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Q 1E HoflE ClrCLI. The Mtchanlct' Falr-1874. Again bu Time paused In bit eeaaeleeB fllahl. And stooped with loTlng hand to deck the brow Of thli, the proud Paclflo'a Empress, with her right A fair-earned lanrel wreath, lniwlntd with olive bough And smilee well pleated to sea that aha no mare Delights to lead her aona in war-like waji; That o er the teeming Tale, or by the ahore, Are only heard the notea of peaceful laja. That, eoneeloiiaof her strength, aha proudly tuna From dull, hard toll! of auch aa feel them weak) And tho' her anvlle ring and forgea glowing burn, Th reign of prosperous Industry alona they apeak. And we, her grateful ehlldren, coma to-day To lay tiurdeede and labora at her feet; The progreaa of another year display, And hear the Judgment lhat aha deemeth meet. The ehalned elementa we captive bring To do the bidding of our Empress fairs Theatately atepa of Progress, too, wa alng In chorua grand, attuned to music rare. Old wrinkled Bclenco cornea with anttere form, Bla ahy young sister. Flora, her to meet; And faela again hla pulaca bounding warm, Bo fair and boautlfnl a maid to greet, lie brlnga hla Ihouaand engines, toya, and worka of Art. The labarlnthlne labora of hla cunning handa; Bia fair co-worker doeth well her part Ily atrewlng frulta and flu were of thla our aunny land. Wa Hat (he vaulted dome give Bounding back The mighty ehorua of a country'a pride j Wa ataad oonfuead and loet In thla a thronglig track, Awad by the eplendore daullng ua on aTary aide. Then let na gather, and with cheering worda Proclaim our gratltudn for thaaa our workera atrong;. And awell the notea until the hllla afar hare heard, And echoed back our glad, trlumphantlaong. If. F. luav Orrica, Auu. IT, 1174. Hew Robert Smilee, Esq. of It. Made a Day Bob Bmllee was a farmer, and an farmers ay, was "writ to do" that is, he ownod bis quarter section (wbioh by tbo way was well waterod and timbered); bad n good part of it under cultivation; hud nix boraos, olgbt cows, thirty-seven hogs, a few (hoop and more, chick ens and turkeys than you could well count. Hut what was hotter tbiin all other of Hob's possession was his wife Mrs. Bmiloe, or as ho called bar "Lizzy." Now Lizzy was not a beautllnl woman, noither was aho by any means ugly. To 110 Hob's expression, she waa nil "biznlz." As this particular quality of her is what wo will have to do with, wo forbear giving you a further description of her, supposing (hut by the time you havo read thin aketoh you will have formed your own opinion as lo that. Hut let mo not forgot to call your attention to an important fact right here, and that is, that out of all the profits occurring from their mutual agricultural pursuits, Mrs. Hob Bmileo olaimod n htr specisl and individual sharo only what w.ih realized from tho sale of their poul try and eggs; and this Bho undeuiubly and mot positively claimed as Aerouxi. It was at that certain timo of the year, when (as most farmers know) the coin in the purso runs low. One Friday evening a Hob sat in the kitchen whisting a lively accompaniment to the cheer ful jlnglo of the supper dishes that bis wife was washing, he said, "Lizzy, what do you say to us cooping np a dozen or two of your chickens to take to market to-morrow ? We need a few groceries, don't we ?" "Well, now Hob," re turned the wife, "you know thorn chickens aro mine; and I've bton doing without a new drese these two months, just a-walting for Ilium to get grown up, so they would fetch a good price. Why don't you get your grooerio of Bcragg A Co'e., just the same as you have been doing all along 1 I'm sure they ain't particular about the money. When I wa at town the last time, they wanted to sell you a lot of thing on time." ..fl.-ll- ..... II.... M..M link ti II,... T iHH IIUV. A(ifcj, ri. ...., wm ,tvu m bate to ran in debt to era ho niuon. i imess .1 .1. 1(11 ft !. a nuil Iktm llm llnl .. -...I ill-. t.inVnii mnolit m ' .inn' you? You aro going with mo to town ?" , "Yea," said Lizzy, "I guess I might as well go i 'lorn. I'd rather pick out my dress myself." Ho It wo decided to "coop up" tbo chickens; and thereupon Holland hit wife repaired to the "ben-bouae" with strluga innumerable, and after much parleying on their part a to which should be aolil and which not, and much noisy remonstranoe on the part of the whole roost (not to meution tbo belligerent atliludo of the cook of the yard, and the vixenish cackling and clucking of motherly old'buutle), they at last bad secure, iu groups of three, four dozen fat, plump chickens. Early (Saturday morning, just aa the inn wa peeping through the cottouwood grove into the field of tall rye, acroi the road, and making the dew drop that ttlll trembled on the bearded head look like diamond settings, Mr and Mrs. Hmlleo were trotting down tbo lane at a brisk rate, on their way to town. Hob waa unusually ploaeaut that moraine; and Mr. Hmllee could scarce keep from blush ing again when Hob would, In a lively ami rol i Hob would, In a lively aud rol - inle to a partlculnrlr interesting e years past, in which they had li quick beating hearts, and at as I. t i .1 i j. .a, a,. -I V icklng way, ailiu day, about three started out with 1 at, l.nnr In uitnrnli (if flint fill mirll lining most important of all official, tho village ' has than considerable blood split, and wbere .ujr upon that same squiro that Lizzy and me win They jogged along over bills and through talking about that morning, came along and lane a. happy and mtrry as folk could well , collared it both, and clapped us Into jail. l; aud iu an hour and a half drew np In front I I Ji " Riving Hob a rendering of this of Messrs. Horsggs A Co', store. Mr. Scraggs, ' incident. 1 have got ahead of myself, who had not yet doue sweeping, was profuse . As I have already mentioned, Mrs. Bmilee in his oompllmeuts at their early arrival; but' had goueiuto the stow to settle .with Mr. Hob, mer.lv remarked: "If Saturday aud we felt like making a day of it." Mr, Hcraggs and Mr. Huiitee toon agreed upon a price for her chicken, aud after muob tugging and cut ting at strings, there were forty-eight bloody legged eblcktus limping about iu Scraggs & Co', poultry-yard. Bob. after standing on one leg awhile and then changing to the other tor a rest, iu trout of a great alack of drew good that Mr. Hmlleo wo looking through, finally concluded that he did not know muob. about ntch thing, and re marked to Mr. Scraggs that he would leave Lizzy to hi mercy, a he wanted to run 'round town a little. Mrs. Bmilee, no doubt, thought that Bob wa giving Mr. Bcragg. a memorsn- burl and Irrl UU4 her. sue waa on exception V -.. m r - .- 7".. . i tit. tl.. ..lu llt lA.lv wlll tiAw narti ah has doutor tne grooene tney wameu, wuen no called that aeutlemon bock to the deak at the i further end of the atore and held a abort cou venation with him. Whether .she thought right we shall see. After much hesitating u to whether b should take 'two calico gown (one light and one dark), and tome of that atrip to cut "bia" for trimming up iu front and 'round the bot tom, or take one off that exquisitely figured jaconet, Mr. Bmilee at last decided lhat It were well for farmer' wive to drea plainly, and therefore ordered two patterns of calico, (not however, omitting to give positive Inatruotion to "throw in" button and thread.) Thl done she requested Mr. Bctsar to make out her bill, adding that she waa going down town to visit a friend, and would settle when the returned. She had gone two block, when the heard a boisterous laugh proceeding from a building across the street; and whether lb voioe wa familiar, or whether from curiosity, I can't aay ah looked in Ut direction whsne it eejne. Now, Jut at tUt moment, Sob tutd m old chum of hi amergwl from behind the ecreen of drinking saloon, walked out on the sidewalk, and, a if suddenly bethinking themselves of gome business that called them down the allev that was hard by, walked that way at a brisk pace. tMrs. Bob Bmilee may have thought and I believe she really did think it that Bob had caught sight of her form and was not inclined to confront her, immediately after having been seated on a beer keg, lest the would detect some of the malt odor that might still be in bis clothes. Bnt we really can't agree with htr In that; for Bob had snob an earnest look on his coun tenance, and hurried away ai if there was some thing so very important to be attended to, at once, that it certainly could not have been as his Lizzy supposed. But Mrs, Bmilee showed her "business turn" now, by turning right about, and walking yes, trotting down to the corner, turning again np the other street, where she came up directly in front of Bob and hi .companion, who had by this time, slackened 'speed to a lounger's pace. When they stood face to faco. Mrs. Bob Smilee very compliu'ontly re marked, "Mr. Smilee, ain't you fmoi-t ready to ?'o home 1" I. am sorry to say it, I ut It is a act, that Bob wa a little (justalillfc) confused, and stammered ratherthan spoke, "YeM-no-yes. Ob, Lizzy, this Is Mr. Grlggswell. Mr. Griggs well, this is Lizzy, my-On. yes-but I believe you aro acquainted. Did Mrs. Qriggswell come in with you?" Mr. Qriggswell repllfd "No," as if he was also a little "put to." But Lizzy was in no wiso disooneerted and repeated, "Mr. Bmilee, ain't you 'most ready to go home ?" Bob by this time had recovered his compos ure and replied, "Why, Lizzy, you don't want to Jo home a'ready ? It's early yet, and you know want to make a day of it. Here you was going to call on a lady I thought. You'll not get back from her home (ill after dinner," "Where will I meet you then?" queried Lizzy. "Well," said Bob,"letmesee I've got to go down to Dyers' to get that reaper slokle, and then to another sloro across tho street from thero, to get somo things for our neighbor, you know, then well, I'll moot you up at Scraggs' at three o'clock; how'll that do?" Lizzy looked as though she was not certain that that would do, but she Raid "well," and walked away, I am not positive that I know exactly what Bob meant, by the use of the phrase, "make a dayofit." But as he and his friend straight way turned aooui auu retraced ineir steps (though not without casting divers suspicious glances in tho direction that Mrs. Bob Bmilee went) and again entered tho saloon, anil called for drinks, aud then smoked, and drank aguiu I supposo ho mont to imply that bo was going to havo a jolly good timo, and perhaps not only mako n day of it, but a drunk of it, also. Ho this as it may, it was not long till Hob had a dozen or more of his f.iruicr frionds about him, mid what, with this olio treating to bier, and that one to ale, and anothor to "straight-lightning," and so on till all had treated each, aud each, all, it is not to ho con sidered at all miraculous that Hob should, by the hour ho had promised to meet bis Lizzy, bo rather top-hmvy, or, bh It i more, appro priately termed, "all right." At any rato, as Mr. Bmlloy wa promptly returning at the hour set, Hob (who waa itandlng at (he front of the saloon ondeavoring to convince hi friend tbst there was no sbado of doubt but that he tea all right) for somo reason, held his ground, and instead of running off down the alley a he bad done before, called out to hi companion, in a cracked voice, "Boys, d'y'e zeo that lady there? I y bio do you zee bio her? Bhcezo my bio wife tho (s; and then to his wire, "Lizzy, oh Lizzy, make you 'qualnted with bio with my friend bio Lizzy." Lizzy didn't shriek and then faint, aa she might have done with propriety, but with a firm step and a determined look walked up to Mr. Robert Bmiloe, Esq,, and, grasping him by the arm, proceeded up the street with him, apparently to the great delight bv the coolnets of his wife, and for a time ao oi nts fellows, iioo was eviaenny non-piutsea "P'd this coercive treatment as a matter of course, uui, ucioro mey niui rvacuou ocrau Co.' store, he grew obstinate, and persisted that there was no hurry, saying, "Lizzy, you know It; I tay nlo you know mo mat i wuut to mako a day of it bio." Lizzy did not feel muob inclined to diaputehim, or arguotbe polut, right then; therefore, after telling him to get the team ready while tho went aud set tled with Mr. Bcragg, left him. Nothing could have been more fully in a;cordanoe with Bob' designs, lust then; and no sooner bad Mr. Bmilee left him, than he (after staring wonder Ingly after her, and winking tremendous know ingly at the boys that bad gathered 'round), staggered tuck toward the saloon, muttering a he went, "I wild I hlo was iik! -I hio am a-going to make a hlo Jay of it;" and I mon in a very self-assuring tone, j m an ngm. But poor Bob waa not so luoky a he might , havo been, and as many like him are. i It so hsppenod that he met a fellow, who I felt himtelf a little? nearer rlni than Bob, and 1 w,J.11not I babbling. pared to j fact; aud, 'liu.l a aW.il ho, notwithstanding Bob' (puttering and . lhat he waa all rigM, and was pre prove it, failed to be convinced of that . as Bob now tells it. they "fell to. and had a rlijht minrt brush, wherein thero wa no Scraggs. mat gentleman inrormea nor mat ne would charae the articles slut had sot to their account, as Mr. Smilee had drawn the amount lhat had beeu due her for her chickens, previous to goiug down town that morniug. I have have heard ladies tay of themtelves that they uever gave way to auger, or allowed themselves to grow' furious over anything. But as I waa a witueta to Mr. Bmilee' condoot when thit in formation wa commuulcated to her, I don't belive that he would ly claim to auch a com- rlete control and composure of temper; for (if may aay it) the raged. Her unusual oagaoity enabled bar to at once too through the trick that Hob bad played upou her. and of course it ....-.-.-, ............ ------ been outwittiil by anyone, especially by her hotter (I metn worse, but am forced to em ploy better, became of eetablithed uaage) half. But, a the tequel will tbow, the wa not o much outwitted aa we might at first imagine. Well, a I said, Mr. Smlieo raged; and, what was moat unfortunate for poor Bob, her rage had just reached it climax at the Squire passed the door with Bob in charge, en route for the jail. Mr. Robert Bmilee, Esq., had (and very naturally, too) by thl time conclud ed that it wa getting late time to go home; and, strange to aay, when hi wife appeared ou the scene, he gave way to a most plaintive whine ; "Lizzy hio Lizzy I I wont to go home hio. Now hio Miuer Bqulre, le'me hio go home. Lizzy, I've made a day of blc-il; Lizzy, let' go howe." I verily believe you think that Lizzy, who waa already in a violent plon. at ihi broke forth in torreut of wrathful epithets, inch as "You rascal, yont you drunken puppy 1 you-u-u-ood-fto-Botbixisb no-sooouut brute I" sad I don't know what all of like Import! but no, Udtdnwi. eke, in veey bstiitse like, cool WILLAMETTE FARMER. snd exceedingly deliberate manner, told the Squire to proceed with hi prisoner, and not bIIIow him to bother htr. At thl poor Bobert'g heart gave way, and he felt snubbed worse than a school boy who has just been the reciplentof a wholesome flogging. But there was no mercy for him. A he wa half-dragged and half-carried up the street, he looked back sad beheld hi hesrtles Lizzy place her thing in the wagon, jump In herself and drive rapidly homeward. But before doing this Mrs. Smilee had told Mr. Bcragg that under penalty of her great displeasure he must see that Mr. Bmilee served his sentence out in jail; that under no consid eration mutt he be bailed out; that she meant to let the law take its course with him. About midnight of the third day from that time there was a very gentle, modest rap at Bob Bmilee' farm-house door. Mrs. Bmilee, who was alone, demanded to know who wa there. A soft voice answered in a pleading tone, "Lizzie, lt' me. I've made a day of it; and am now come home." That voice was Bob Bmilee'; and four years ago to-night Mrs, Smilee arose from her lonely couch and admit ted to her arms a dejected and penitent hus band, who ha never since that, to nim, memor able day been bent on maWno a day of if There is a little Bob Smilee now, and almost any day, If you go out to Bob Bmilee. Esquire's farm, you can hear little Bob hallooing, "Hur rah for ze Orange and ze loca'optlon, for za 1 ze tings furze fa'mersl" And then, if you ask him what that mean, he'll say, " But mamma says papa don't need any loca'option." Not Much. The story of tho absent-minded man who, meeting his ion in the street, thook hand and asked him bow bis father was, has been equal ed by the forgetfulness of a Wisconsin farmer. This man drove to town to transact some bus iness, and was accompanied by his wife. Leav ing her at a dry-goods store, he proceeded to carry out his intentions. Having finished his business, he forgot all about the little circum stance of bringing hit wife with him, and started home alone. Arriving there, he put hi horse out and proceeded to do the chores. In the meantime his wifo had learned that her husband had left town without her. Hiring a convey ance, she was driven home. She didn't wait to tnke off her things, but seizing a press-board, made her way to the back yard. Tne husband was just seating himself on a milklng-slool, and had oponed a conversation with the family cow upon the subject of "h'isting," remarking fre quently that it was "so boss," He was just get ting aottltd down to business when a whistling sound, as of something: rapidly cleavins tho air. came from the other sido of the cow. It was tho press-board, and tho wife was at one end of it. An inBtant after, it fell with crushing weight upon nis knees. Too cow, Having conscien tious scrunleB about standins between hUBband and wifo, left very suddenly, and in her hurry, kicked the unfortunato man in tho immediato vlciuity of bis vest pocket. Tho unhappy vic tim of circumstances scrambled up on all fours, when the press-board again decended, striking him opposite to where the cow had left her track. Hi wifo then asked him if he would ever forget her again, and hi answer wa plain and to the point, "Not much." How He Oacobt It. A resident of New Hav en, Connecticut, has given up steamboat travel, and now, when he wants to go to New-York, he provide tickets by the railway. His preference for the latter method of locomotion came about iu this wise; Not long ago he had occasion to go to the metropolis of the Empire State, and ac cordingly he started for the steamer's landing, with a carpet sack in one hand and a cane In the other, in what be supposed to be ample time. Bnt when he came in sight of the wharf he observed the boat apparently swinging away from her moorina. and amid the ihouts and jeer of the bystanders, he broke into a frantio run for tne landing, ine boat was etgbt or ten feet from the wharf when he reached the place where he had hoped to find a gangplank, but nothing daunted, and trusting to the momen tum acquired during the run, he leaped into the air and gained the vessel's deck. Notwlth out accident, howover. The carpet-bag atruck one passenger so violently in tho stomach that be doubled up like a jack-knife, and absorbed a whole flask of brandy in getting straightened out, while the cane struok another man in tbo faco with sufficient force to suddenly induce him to get down on hi knee to look after hi hat. When ho bad recovered it tho man who bad occasioned all thl commotion said to him in a tone of mingled apology and aelf-gratula-tlon, "Well, I mode ill" "Yes, you did," said the sore-headed passenger, " but, you durned old fool, this boat ain't going out, she's coming "A latk well-known member of the Scottish bar. when a youth, waa somewhat of a dandy, and somewhat abort and sharp in his temper. He waa going to pay a visit iu the country, and waa makiug a great fuss about hi preparing and putting up hi habiliment. Hi old auut wa much annoyed at all the bustle, and stop ped him by the somewhat contemptuous que-1 lion, 'Whar's thla you're gaun, Bobby, that ye mas: aio a grand ware aooui yer claesr TUe young man lost nls temper, and pettishly re plied, 'I'm goiug to tbo devil.' 'Deed, Hobby, then,' was the quiet anawer, 'ye needna be sae nice; he'll juiat tak ye as ye ore.'" i Apntt Comics Oct Aukad. A hater of tobao co atked an old negro woman, the fumes of whose pipe were annoying to him, if she thought the waa a Chrlttan. "Yes, brudder, I spectlls," "Do you believe in the Bible?" "Yes, brudder." "Do you know that there la a paasag in the Scripture that declare that uothing unclean aboil inherit the Kingdom of Heaven?" "Ye. I've heard of it." "Well, Chole, you imoke, and you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven, because thero i nothing ao unolean as the breath of a smoker. What do you say to that?" "Why. I apecls I leave my bref behind me when I go dar. Wbix two young people start out in life to gether with nothing but a determination to sue oeed, avoid the invasion of each other' idiosyn crasies, not carrying th candle near the gun powder, sympathetic with each other's employ mem, willing to live ou assail mean uu may :et large facilities, paying as they go, taking in nere a a discipline, wnn tour eye wann ing its peril, and four bond fighting it bat tle whatever others may aay or do, that i a rovol marriage. It ia so set down in the heav enlv archive, and the orange-blossom shall wither on neither side the grave. It is related that an old EnglUu primer was printed, and the whole of the first edition sent out, in which, by th omission of the letter o in a tingle place, a solemn ttanza wa made to read a follow: When the last traatpct soaadeta Wa (hell not die, Bat we ebell all be haagtd la the twlakltnf of an ay. Tbapc increase the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and (tamina are to be looked for among the cultivator of the land. Lord ChatKam. Barn a conscientious auctioneer: "Ladle and gtntlesae), there 1 mo thorn about th oar- KU; tkey or tenuis tapestry carpet, I aM them ol old Ttry himself.' " The Oyster Ring. The pathway to reform i not strewn with 'Tarn reminded of thl. by a little incident. I have always bought myaptan opened. Mr. Perkins and myself are fond t W? and eat a great many of them. It occurred to me one day-last. Sunday, to be more direct that there existed monopolies in opening oys ters that were hurtful to the public purw. Whenever I get hold of a notion of that kind 1 work it up. I worked this unj I brought home a half buihel of oysters in the At L Saturday night, and put them in the cellar till morning, when they were to be opened fresh tor break fast. When the morning came I went down stairs and brought up the oyster, while Mrs. Perkins got ready a knife and pan. I wasn t quite dressed, because Iwa a little eager to profit by an experiment. Mr. Perkins shared this earnestness in a measure, and was anxious An I.AWA ma nn In wnrk at 0HC6. It i said that the )es a man knows about anything the more willingly he engage to do it. I knew nothing about opening oyster; I had never opened one in my life. But what I lack ed In knowledge I made up in zeal. When everything was ready, I smiled at Mr. Perkins and commenced. T fnnnd thfl moat difflcnltv with the first 0VS tr T looked some fifteen minute for the hole In which to put the knife. But I couldn't nnA l Mra. Perkins, who had rather imp' tientlv watched tho Burvey, suggested that it mloht havA fallen out. and would be in the baa ket. Mrs. Perkins was lightly costumed, and there was no fire in the stove. These thing wore on her and made her ironical. Thoro wa no use looking further for a hole in that oyster. I got ont my jack-knife, which waa sham, and niacins the point at what rea sonably appeared to be a crevice, pushed firm ly against It. II I nail used a nine more arm nets it is more than likely that both the blade and handle would have pasted through my hand. A it was, it was only a part of the blade, and I was enabled to pull it from the same side it enterod. This was an unexpected advantage, and I hope I was sufficiently grateful, but it is doubtful. Mrs. Perking screamed when the blood flew. "You are tho awkwardest man I ever saw," sho observed. It was an easy remark. Ninety-nine women out of everv hundred would havo said it. I tied up the wound in silence, and renewed mv endeavors to Rain an entrance, with zolI materially abated. Pretty soon I missed part of one thumb, and the knife Bnspped in two, I thought over n few oaths I had heard when a boy, while Mi. Per kins went for another knifo. They don't make knives of tho material they used to. I waa surprised to see them break as fast as tney did before 1 got mat oyster open. Mrs. Perkins wa somewhat surprised herself. I think if I had not been bald there would have been considerable variety added to tbo perform ance. I didn't break the last knife. It slipped over the edge of that cursed bivalve, anq went across tho apex of my knuckles with a ferocity almost human. It next went into the stove, I went into the yard to think. Mrs. Perkins went up stairs for a cry. When I came in I was accompanied by tho axe. The balance of those oysters came apart in two minutes. And monopolies are better endured than curt d . Danbury Ntws. A New Calculating Machine. A short time ego (says a contemporary) we saw in the Reliance Machine Work, Philadel phia, wonderful little mathematical maohlne, whioh wa being manufactured in that ettab lishment. There I nothing remarkable in the appearance of the machine, but there i in the remit it achieve. It will add, subtract, mul tiply, divide, and, in fact, perform "almost any arithmetical operation with perfect accuracy ano periect ease of management, it mignt be made of special service to politician in office, for it understands "addition, division, and silence." A an example of rapid computa tion, recently before the Franklin Institute, th Inventor, Mr. F. S. Baldwin, set up a multi plicand, consisting of eight place of figures and a multiplier, alio compoied of eight places, and performed the multiplication in a minute and a-balf. The operator has simply to turn crank; For inttance, suppose the unit figure in the multiplier to be eight, the operator turn the crank eight times, then moves the multiplying gear one place to the left. The partial product ia shown complete at each turn. The macbibe also prove it work by reverting the operation and iurnlng the crank backward until the starting point i reached. If oorreot, tho product will then show a row of nought. The machine has been used by a prominent railroad company for several week, and in a number of long computation has not made a single mistake, but has detected several mis take in tuelr prepared arithmetical tablet. si r Rw lln Wcti-v Hi tuna .TUa aIL. I blue color or tue sky is due to minute par. ttn1iB nf matt A wMrth flnar In iVio .1. W-A ....... w. ..,. nueva tawnv au tUS Ml( II DID these pnrttolea remored, the appearance of tbe abn - til It a ilna A V.1V A Tt 1. .o g is t "uum uu uvtu uia;.v. a m m itici in opilCS Intel ATrwMlItio1v An tnnrttni -... Aim - - ' .- ..J.J HHW VIMVH Vt lUgtjttCiT UIB perse or pcAtter the blue raya of light, ooaraer scatter all the rays, making white light. The atmosphere is full of aqueous vapor, the par ticles of which diffuse white light in alldireo- flntia. WliAfi tliAaA n.Wi.1. ..l... .1 they become visible in the form of clouds. The vapor particles of the white clouds ore sup- Sosed to be finer and lighter than those of the ark clouds. That the diffusion of light In our atmosphere, the blue coloring of the sky and the colors of the olouds, are due to the pres ence of mstter floating in the air, has been conclusively proven byTyndali. On passing a beam of sunlight through a glass tube, tie beam is rendered brilliantly visible by the re flection of light from the dust particle floating in the air contained in the tube. But on re moving the dust particles, which i done by filtering the air by cottonwool, or caution the air to pass oyer a flame, the beam of light 1 no longer vitikle in the tube. Ex. A Good DunricTAMT. A reliable home made disinfectant may be prtpared as follow : ?rT!!3?kTMltHf ""P ' of water, lime, which should be wet enough tolorm a .i?d.M H?"6, Fo,r " PWPOM of a disinfect ant, tnit home-made chloride oi lime i nearly aa good aa that purchased at the shops and ?.,i!.tor? P? " fm,y abont inkl. ". gutters and out.hooe. and in thl way prevent tickne, (uffenng and expense. .i.Av,UT tUn8. n hair-cutting in vogue among the i Ijagas, a tribe in British fndas, is described a follows: The operator inserts beneath the luxuriant locks of hi customer a hatchet or knife, whereon he pounds with a wooden mal let until the edge thine through. . Tw wine merchants from Bordeaux, Franee, vi.!e PPud 'or ipace at the Centennial Kxhi & -ni iM Pd an intention, of ex hlbiibic V) different brand of Bordeaux wines, This J od etunce for California win mn to set up.tWr bottles for comparison. Yodflq Folks' CoLdfiti. The Fair. A Dulooc. JfarfA. Oh, Mary, have you heard tne news 1 You now your spirits can amuse By going nightly to the lair, To notice and be noticed thr Tl open now .Vary. Why, deary me I'm jait a glad as glad can bet I've wished e'er alnce I married Snooks, For some place to parade my looks, Bome place where I could fashion see, And let the people look at me. JfortU. The Fair's the thing besides It's great. To see the wonders of the States The arts, the products, Industries, And things of high and low degrees, From silkworms cuddling; In cocoobb, To engines, mowers, bit; balloons, Hay.f ork and reapers, threshers, spades, Fly-traps and pictures, window-shades, Machines for sewing, running gear, Hops, malt and liquor, ginger beer, And syiups which will sooth a child, And make a crusty old maid mild; Besides all sorts or female things From morning-gowns to wedding rings; Bats, capes, and UlnkeU, furbelows, And cefros we muit not disclose) All these, my dear, and more betide Can there be seen to now decide Put on your hat and we will thare The pleasures of the Mechanics' Fair, A Chapter on Manners. It is a sign of bad manners to look over the shoulders of a person who is writing, to see what i written. It is bad manner to occupy a teat while other people stand around without a seat, It is bad manner to go into any person's bouse without taking off your hat. It is bad manners to use profane language in the pretenoe of decent company. It it bad mannert to use your own knife at meals in cutting off apiece of meat, or to use it on the butter dish get a clean knife. It is bad mannert to go into any porson's house with mud or dirt on your tboet. It ia bad mannert to talk in company when other ore talking, or tq talk or whisper in church. It is bad mannert to talk in company to one or two persons about tomo subject which the others do not understand. It it bad manner to stare at ttranger in company or in the street. It is bad manner to ay "yea" or "no" to a stranger, or to your parents, or lo aged pooplejlet it be "yes, ir," and "no, sir." It is bad manners to plok your toeth at th table, and bod mannert to pick thorn with a pin in any company. It is bod mannert to comb your hair and brush your cost in the eating room. It is a sign of low breeding to make a dis play of your flnory or equipage. It is bad manners to boast of your wealth or prosperity, or good fortune, in the presence of the poor, or those less fortunate than you are. It it vulgar to talk much about yourself, and it i very low and vulgar to lie. It is bad manner to stand In the middle o the pavement when people are passing, or to made remark about those who pan. It it bad manner to spit on the floor or car pet, or to ipit at meals; and yet many people who think they are genteel do it. If yon ipit at meals, get up and go out. Children ought to be taught at school that spitting ia mere habit. A Hosfitaulk Doa. " Our Frank" has been immortalized by the pnblioation of hi bio graphy, although several interesting events were omitted in it, and among them the fol lowing instance of benevolent kindness and thoughtful consideration. Frank himself had the free run of the whole house, but an en trance by the front hall wot prohibited to all his companion, and even to his especial asso ciate, the brave mastiff that occupied the ken nol. This privilege Frank clearly compre hended, and if any playrflate presumed to follow over the threshold, Frank would at onoe turn upon and repel him. On a cold and stormy evening in winter Frank's quick and impatient bark was heard at the poroh door. When it wa opened, he immediately entered. aocompanled bv a little dog, all draggled with snow and mud, aud trembling with cold. irana: conducted nu guest tnrougn a long nan into the sitting room, and led him to the warm carpet behind the stove, which was alwayt re served for himself. The stranger wa caressed and fed, which Frank witnessed with the most intelligent manifestation of delight and satis faotion. The next morning the wait departed, escorted by Frank, who had allowed him to partake of his own breakfast. How Frank pioked up the suffering stranger, and from wuonce no came or wniintr ne went, I never knew. Tv we atan OlA rfrf 11 WA .Ion all 41.A .m! I If we do not uaa the first profane word, we 1 shall never use the itcond. It we are not dis obedient ihejint time, we tUll never be dis obedient. Btbikt Arab: "Box o' matohei, sir ?" Bwell: "No; daren't smoke." Street Arab: " Buy a box, and I'll teach you 1" A Pobtuiko boy had hla hair out off the other day, and immediately petitioned to Uve it " mended on to hia face for whicker 1" Oakpbo Medication. Camphor Is a poison, and yet it ia largely used by many families" for alleviating pain and curing sore. 'It ia a ner vous irritant. If taken in small dotes, it acts like alcohol and opium. In large quantities, it excite the nervous syitem even to the extent of camphor spasms and death. Camphor also act as an irritant on the muoon membrane of the ttomaob, leading to constipation and ulcer ation. On these accounts ,it should not be used without the advice of a physician. Fami lies easily get into the habit of running to the camphor bottle for every trifling ailment, until after awhile insidious maladies break out whose origin it little suspectedJournal of ItmUh. Limon Jdioi as A Local ArmcATioaT rn Diphthzbia. In the clinical lecture by M. Bucquoy he expressed bis prsferenot for lemon juice, as a local application in diphtheria, to acids, chlorate of potash, nitrate of silver, per chloride of iron, alum or lime water. He uses it by dipping a little plug of cotton wool, twisted aro around a wire, in the iuioe. and pr ing it against the diseased surface four or five uuies daily. To Oomcxai.'Bad Tastxw of MsDicwts. The bitter tatte of quinia, colooynth, aloes, quassia and other bitter medicines is said to be instant ly removed by chewing a'plece of licorice root. To disguise castor oil rub two' drops oil of cinnamon with an ounce of glycerin, and add an ounce of castor oil. Children will take it and ask for more. LoBoa ia at ones a burden, a efcastiMment, an honor and a pleasure. It assy be identified with misery, but thare it also a grati glory ia in. It bear witness at tU same time to our aativ povetty, sad to our manifold needs. ' Sfi
