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2 WILLAMETTE FARMER. TlE -opE Circle. The End. ' bt neon rrucs. Put twelve o'clock t Oh, Ho barkeeri, Can't bo thtt I'ra lain hen Mleep On this settee, alnoe noon to-day. Don't I I'll get up. Drunk, did you my t Til not tha Ant time. I say, Joe, Giro in a drop before I go. Iet'i tee my coin ? O Joe, Juit think What I here given you for drink Wealth strength children wife. All all thtt man holdi dear In life; And mutt I beg of you In vain One drop te caaa my throbbing brain ? Don't push me that wayj don't now, Joe, Hand! oft I eayl Defsre I go I mutt have rum. Fur (tod's Mke, man, Hpare me thla torture If you can! This horrible thirst, Ala raging hell Within, that rum alone can quell. There, see, I've fallen I (oh to low) Tou didn't utrlko me, did you, Joe t Tou did I well thee you were In fun, Leave, or I'll get another oner Another blow t Joe, Joo I beware What-wbat-ls that Jut over there I Orrat Ood Almighty I Let me go I Help, keep hlraoltf O Mveme, Joel Oh, iparo he'a gono why, Joe, I swear Tie you 1 thero's snakoa colled In your hair, And In your bosom there la one. They're In mine too I Great Ood I I'm gone I a Dead on the aldewalk I IO, the end Of lilrri who waa a genial friend, A huaband fond, a father kind, A man of culture. Inarm!, refined) A gentleman true-hearted, brave. AIM I alM I a drunkard'! grave. How Wild HonsKs Fiuiit tub Panthmi. Tho puma of Month America, known in differ ent lstittuh h an tbo cougar, panther, catamount , ollcn attacks horse as wi II rm munller game. A traviler relates un instaiion uf an Httiiok of thin kind, and of the remarkiiblo plan and pni- uenco 01 wild nnrseH 111 seii-ucnnae: a lew years ago n putty of Involcrs were exploring Paraguay, whero tlm plnliiH hIniiimc in horses and tho fortsts in pumas mid other wild nnl mals. They aw n muni with n pair of twin eoltH, and stealing near Ilium worn a pair of pumas, wiitio m mini instance worn n liird of horse wlin saw th pntiiHH mid wcro pre paring for lint lie TI111 stallions rotno to tho front, and tlio inarH wtnt to lliu rear mid went to feeding, hh If for u mm. Hunii 11 slnill neigh enmu from thu stallion-guiii'ial, mid in 11 mo incut the. whole troop charged down on lliu jiuinuH, Hurniuiidinl them, hut left a littlo space, out ol which tint 111am and her rolls slipped away mid reached tho othnr inariH Tlio piiiniiH then attacked tho horses, lint I hoy turned heels mid Nttiink tlioin right mid left, keeping up it circular movement, dealing heavy Mown in turn, and Dually laying lliu pumas dead. Our Dumb Animal. A New Hk-vki.-imi. A litllo girl hnd sorti her brother playing with hi burning glass, mid hoard him talk alwut tlio "focus." Not know ing what tho word focus mi'iint, sho coiiHullcd tho dictionary and found that thu foons waa "the place where Ihn rays meet." At dinner, wht 11 tlm family were assembled, hIiu an nouneul as grand us could lm that aim knew tho meaning of one hard word, llor father asked her what It wan, Hhn said It waa tlm word "foam." "V II. Mary," Huiil he. "what does that moan ?" "Why," aim irplitd, "It mean a pluco where they rulsorulvcH." Thla, of course, raised n great laugh. Hut alio stuck to her point, and produced her diction ary to prove that aim win right. "Tin re," said she, triumphantly. "Fi.eu" 11 place where tlm ray a meet, mid If they raise meat they raise calves. Arid bo I nm right, uiu't I. atherf" A Houn Titiirxii. Theodoro Parker most Justly reprimands Uiomi Hour, cross-grained ieoplo who alllict Home hoiAoliold. "A single jiereon uf Nour, hiiIIcii temper what a dread ful thing it I lo have Mich a 0110 In a housel There are not myrrh mid nloea and chloride of liiuo enough In Iho world to illsluftot a tingle homo of audi a nuisance aa that; no riches, 110 elcganooof nielli, no beauty of face, run ever screen Htich persons from uttor vulgarity. There la 11110 tliii'g which rialng person liatn thu repulatioii (if more than all otherx, and that la vulgaillyj hul, (mat me, lll-lompir ia thu vulgaiest thing that the lowest born mid llleat bred ran mer bring to hi homo. It ia ouuof the worst forma of iuipiity. Peevish iicsk In u homo ia not only aln against the Holy Ghost, hut hIii against the Holy (Ihost, in lliu very temple of hive," Bri.r-KxAi.TAnoN. Thtro iann surer soul death, no morn liievllahln paral)ziug nf woith and force than Holf-ixaltatiuii and self.prslso Tlm ahadiiw of hi If hlighla growth, maliiia power, cripplea liilliiencc. 'I hue ate men in Home aaperta almoat great, in otliera pitifully mail, tM'oauao tiny win not aiami out 11I llielr nhadcrw. There ate men who have the ability and thu will lo perform the moid valiant ier ico for one mid auothi r gnat rauae, who are wUc, hrllliaut, eloipieiil ; who yi t have heen of little or no woith to their fellow heingH, Hlmply became they are willing to do nothing without aeciirlim full eridll (or It, to raie 11.1 eolmuu of the trmple of ri'gi'lietattd huuiaiiUy, uuleaa they can llocriho tin ir iiHiiua on Ita eiipllnl, A. P. I'lilfalfy. A W'lrc'a IUt tinchh. - No mairltd woman ran tie happy if her liinduiiid doei not appear In regard anil honor her aa well hh actually to doo. Tlin onlrr of llirta have a certain article of faith which comfort them uiiuhtlly namely, that a man'N wife la alwaja tho leint intercut lug woman In thu room to him. If hedoea not know thla, alio dora; and tome act of graceful courteav, Homo little word or niollou nothing in itaelf, perhaiia, hut indicative of the ti lider uea hn feela for her given tho good wife a moment of triumph no iuuoctut and awed that no 0110 aliould la-grudge it lo her. Tint evidence of a witnea in a life insurance cane Involved In the Mowing up of a alrauiUial 011 the Ohio, it droll, Jut bcaue it ia rlurao turialio. The witnraa knew the miaiiig man, and aw him tiu the deck of the ateamlaiat lw. the rxploeiou. When aakinl by the lawyer, "When waa the laat lime jou w him ?" he anawerfd, "The very laat time I tet eyra on him waa when the Idler bunt, and I waa going up. I met him aud tha uiokn-pl coming down." Tmk Shah of l'ersia buoe orderrd his vlxlcr lo make out a list of all the fools in hit dominion. He did so, and put his Majesty's name at the head of them. The Shah asked him why, to which he ituuicdiately auawrrrd, "IlicaUMyou entrusted a loo of rupees lo men you don't kuow to buv horses for you a thousand miles off, aud who'll nevrr coma back." "Ay, but suppose they do coma bock ?" "Then I shall erase your nana and insert Ihelts." A Wear Imman, who hail a remarkably red noee, having fallen aileep in his chair, a negro boy, who waa in waiting, observed a mosquito hovering around bis face. Quaahyevedlt very attentively. At last it 111 upon his master's noee. and Instantly flew off again. "Yah, yah," he exclaimed with great glee; "an berrv glad to tee you bum your fut l" A Beautiful Chromo. Mrs. Snook Waihlng the Children. If (he rellglouR prexn gets ahead of tho 1 Paso Journal we giva'it fair warning that' It ninst g"t np on ita spine. We have stood tbe -Bleeping unerubn, ' uy iDoiAruuan union, wo have gaE'd on the picture of wall-eyed vir tue, with which brother Talmago ropes in anb scriberH from the rural dielricti unmoved, bnt when tbe Christian al Work Bend us a picture of two aore-oved dogs watching three merino laraba, and wants us to pay them $20 for it, then, indeed, tho free spirit of an American citizen ia aroused. We want it distinctly understood that wo are in the chromo business ourselves. Hereafter, every subscriber that takes the El Paso Journal will receive a beautiful chromo entitled'"Mrs. Snooks Washing llio Children." It is one of those beautiful home pictures that at onco appeal to tbe fondest and li llest nffoct- tious of the heart. Evory man wli sees lt,will at once "Would ho were a boy again " when Do ing washed and getting soap in his t es was ono of tho regular Sunday afflictions nutt to the catechism. In tho foreground Is Mrs Snooks, Before her Is a tub, and one'of tbe orphans Is strug gling in the water. The artist has aei. d upon tho moment when tho infant has jut opened his month for a prolonged solo, but is dexter ously checkod by his mother's swabbing his voice with a sponge. The manner in which a atrc.im of soapy water is represented running down into tho urchin's right oyo is very finely done. In the other eye is thrown all the ad ded emotion of pent-up grief and sorrow that "knows no tongue." Wo defy any man to see this nlctuto without being htirred to his inmost depths, Mrs. Snooks' faco is 11 study. It is such an cxpres-ion of motherly love, house wifely zeal, and beautiful devotion to duty that rati be liktutd to nothing excopt that soen upon the face of our mothers on wash-d.tH and at house-cleaning times. Tliroii of thu children havo nlriulv been wa-hed. Tbolr rosy cotinteiiunciH, blight with exuberent health, have been further hightouod by the art of tho limner, who has depicted them suffering with colds us one result of their baths. At tho same time, their complexion forms an agreeable contrast to thu three b hind tho tub who havo not yet bathed This Is finely done, and cost a world of labor. Thu wholo forms an ugrecnblo contrast to the naked cherub sent out by tho religious press. It is a domestic sceuV, full of holy joy, and tranijulll.td by aaweetmid dreamdiku pence. In order to oonvey the idea that even in so per feet a homo iih this, sorrow must enter, ono of tho childn n is auffering with tho moatles. Thu way ill which tho mcasliH bloich'S are, struggling with the dirt on his nose, having captured the laHt'iuimtd organ, Ih one of thu aweeleat things in tho chromo lino that has ever In en pro senled. Wo aro now prepared to furuUh lh"io chromo to every Hubciiber of tlio 111 I'.iko Journal, Wo append 11 few curtitlcates from prominent Individual: "l'run to life, Tho vi ry atmosphere Htnella of soap." lltnry II'ini llrtclwr. "I ussuro you, 011 my honor, that the chromo is m natural that one uf my children nctually caught the measles from looking at It." llrn Jlullrr. "Uvmiuds mo of thotiino when they used to wash me, now many, many yeiUH ago. .Siukiii Anthony. ' "Send mo l(i,)00 doon of your chromns, 'Washing thu Children." Wo want to offer them as pioiniums." I'Arfitlun il Vork, "It "how a domestic mUcry in thu highest degree. No woman ought to Ih allowed to have suveii children." 1'fclori.l WihmIIiuII. Wo trust these testimonials uro HUlUcient. Wo could append many thousands; but we for Inar. Now let llio honest miasm show their appreciation uf ait by coming up and taking the Kl J'uiu) Jinmuil. The Amazon. A voyage 011 llrn Amazon, wrlti h 1111 American traveler, is etcessivelv monotonous. A vast volume of smooth, yellow water, floating trees and grass, low, lincar.shapcd islets, 11 datk. oven forest, Iho shorn of a boundless sea ol crdiirc, mid 11 cloudless sky, with occasional Hocks of scieauiing parrots these aro tlm gm eral features. No lmy towns aro ecu along tlm bunks; only In re mid tin re it palm hut or iiiuiau village, nun niirieu in 1110 wllilernrss. No mountains break the horizon only half 11 do.eu tabledoiipul hills aud while many bluffs of rid and yellow. trap aro visible, they am exceptional, tlm usual border IhIuu low alluvial deposits, niagtiltlc-ntlv woodc d, but half ttio year covered Willi water. The real grandeur, howeer, of a great river like this is doiivid from rctlerllug upou its prosptctho commer cial importance and Immense drainage. A lover of nature, moreover, emi never get tired uf giilng at tho piotures(Uo grouping mid variety of trees, with their mantles, of creeping plants; tho wild, unooiupiered raco of vegetable giants; the reckless energy uf vegi tn tlini compared wilh which the dene canopy of green aunportcd by crowded columns, branch less for tllty or eighty feel; the bioad-loaved bananas ami gigantic grasses; and. above all, Ihe hundred of spicies of pilms, each viilug with thu other lu btuuty mid grace, A ci.MiovuiN informed his people nt the close of a Million that ho Intended lu 11 few days to go on a mission to the heathen, Alt) r thu congregation was disliiimed, a number of the members waited for their pastor, and, crowding around him, expressed their aktouislinieiit at the new turu iu his alluirs, asking him where he was going, mid how long they would bo ile lirivtd of hi ministrations, He ssid lo Ihem, !'My good frieuds, dou't Ixi alarmed, I'm not going out of town." An Om Tastk. "Aud havo you hnd no other sous r" ankcd a curious Udy of nhronrcd old sea-captain. "Oh, yes, madam, I had one that lived In the South Sea Island for nearly u doxen years " "Heally I Was he bred there, aud what ws his tal the sen or the land 7" "No, umdam, he wasu't bread, he was meat leastways the uutives ate him; and as for his taste the chief s-ild he tasted of trr backer." An old bachelor, thinking over the subject of marriage, aud particularly the expense of main taining a family, set the table lu his louvly abode with pistes for himself aud an luiagiuary wile and five chlldteu. He thru ant down to diue, slid aa often as he helped himself to food he put the same ipjaulity on each ol tha other plates, aud surveyed thr proaixct, at the same time computing the cost. Ha is still a bach elor. Titxss was a certain "Dall Will Spetr," who was a privthgvd haunter of Eglidcton Castle and grounds Ha was dUcovtrrd tiy Iho Earl oue day taking a near cut, aud viosatug a fence iu the detueuse, The Karl called out, "Come tuck, sir; that's .not Ihe road." "Do yoi ken," said Will, "whaur I'm gaunT" "No," replied his lordship. "Weel, hoo the dell do je ken whether this be Ihe road or no J" Am old lady from the country with six un married daughter, went into Augusta, Oa , the other day, hunting for tbe Patrons of Hus bandry, She meant buttaeaa, How Sea Lions Enjoy Life. Charles Nordhoff, in tbe April nnmber of llarptrs', has this interesting account of the habiu of sea lions: .. -. It is an extra irdlnary, Interesting sight to see the marine mons'ers, many, of them bigger man an 01, ai mat: in me sun ana to waicn the superb skill wilh which they khqw how. to control their own motions when a huRewave seizes them and seems 'likely to dash them in pieces against the rocks. They loro to lie in the snn upon the bare and warm rocks; and here they sleep, crowded together, and lying upon each other in Inextricable confusion. Tbe bigger the animal, the greater his ambi tion appears to be to climb to the highest sum mit; and when a hnge, slimy beast has, with Infinite squirming, attained a solitary peak, he does not tiro of raising his sharp-pointed, mag-got-likn head, and complacently looking about him. They are a rough set of brutes rank bullies, I should say; for I have watched them repeatedly, as a big fellow shouldered his way among his fellows, rearod bis huge front to In timidate some lesser seal which had. second a favorite spot, and, first with howls, and if these did not suffice, with teeth and main force, ex pelled the weaker from his lodgment. The smaller sea lions, at least those which have left their mothers, appear to havo no rights which any one is bound to reined. Thev net out of the way with an abject promptness which proves that thov livo in terror of the stronger members of the community; but tbey uo noi give up tneir places wttnout narsn com plaints and piteous" groans. 1'lastered against tho rocks, and with their lithe and apparently toneless shapes con formed to the rude and sharp angles, thoy aro a wonderful, but not a graceful or pleasing sight. At n littlo distance they look like huge mag- fut, and their slow, nngnlnlr motions upon aud do not lesson this ren mblance. Swim ming lu the ocean, at a distance from the land, they are incoiikpicnoua objects, as nothing but tho head shows above water, and that only at Intervals. But when tbo vast Burf, which breaks iu mountain waves ncatmt the weather sido of the Farallones, with a force which would In single HWeep dash to pieces tho big gest Indlaman when such a Burf, vehemently nud with apparently irrosistible might, lifts its tall white head, and with a deadly roar lashes the rocks half-way lo their summit tkon it is 11 magnificent sight lo neo a dozen or half a hundred gloat sea lions at play in the very midst and fiercest part of tho boiling surge, so completely inasttrs of thu situation that they allow themselves to be curried within a foot or two of tho rocks, and, at tho last and imtninout moment, with an adroit twist of tbolr bodies, avoid tho shock, and, diving, re-appear beyond the breaki r. Piioiiaiiimtiks. "Old 1'rob." is not to bo held responsible for tho foliwlnc society nrob ablitlos: When you sen a man going homo nt two o' cloi k iu tho morning and know his wife is waiting for him, it is likoly (o be stormy. WI1011 n man roceiveaa bill of goods bis wife, has bought unknown to him, lookout for thun der mid lightning, When 11 man goes homo and finds no supper ready, the llro out aud his wife visiting, it is like ly lo be cloudy. When a niRli promises tn take his wifo tn 11 pnily, mid chai.giH his mind aftorsho is dress ed, ou miy oxpict a shower. hen a man saves his clear moooy to buy lilo wifu a now bonnet and tho children now shoes, it indicates a spell of sunshine. When 11 in iu dies and leaves it uico young widow, with plenty of money, mid you see tier walking out with tbe executor 011 Sunday uf ter noon, a change is imminent, NiTumi. SxxixTioN. Darwin thus accounts for the probohcis of tho bee. Special organs, such as Iho bills of birds, tha long legs of water fowls, wings, thu long, rough tongue of birds that hunt worms in rottoti wood all these things were gradually sen Hired by tho constant exertions of tha animal to supply its wants. "Thus," he says, "n proboscis of admirabto structure has been acquired by tho beo, tho moth mid tho hummiua-bird. for tho tmrnose of plundering iho nectaries of ilowrrs. ' Will no tell us how tlio bee got along wbllo thu pro boscis wus In ing acquired "gradually V" A Boston artist, who excels as an nnlmil jialuter, saw as ho was parsing through ono uf thu rural towns of.Mussachusttts n very ani- matt d looking bull. Thinking he would like to lake him 011 1 an via ho got permission of Ihe owner, an houust old farmer, nud in duo time produced an excellent likeness of the bull, which ho sold for $200. On seeing thu farmer Hoon alter ho told Id in ho had sold the picture of his bull for $'200. "Good gracious 1" said the old man; "why I would havo sold Iho bull for less than that I" It is told uf a man poorly dressed tint he wont to a chinch seeking au opportunity to worship. The usher did not notice him, but suited several well-dressed persons who pre sented themselves.wheu filially the man address ed iho usher, saying; "Oau you tell me whose church this is?'1 "Yes, this IsChrlst's church." "Is ho in ?" wus the next iiucstlon, after which a sent was not so hard to find. Ureal luijr lw he who ran corumiml Aud rule with Ja.t and tender sway; Yet la diviner wisdom taught llelter by him who rau obey. llleawst are thoan who die for God. And earn the luarivr'a crown of light; Vet ha who llteafor Ood mar ba A greater couiueror In his aUbt. UuVfaiJs Vrvcter. Tiik churacteiistlo of Iho uiubnlU is its 110 er of changing shapes. You can have a nan new silk with an ivory or rosewood han dle Ht any public gatherum; wilhiu three hours it will turn itself iuto a light blue orh foiled I rown cottou somewhat lees in size than a cir cus lent, wilh a haudltt like a telegraph pole, and five ftacliuual ribs. Lkt the foundation of thy atftction be virtue, then make Ihe building as rich and glorious us thou canst; if the foundation be beauty or wealth, and the building virtue, the foundation is too weak for the budding, audit will tall; happy is he, Ihe pulsce of whose affection Is louuiiidupon virtue, waited with richi a, glazed with beauty, aud sealed with honor. (Juartt. It was awfully anuoying to have some other fellow's clolhi s left in your room by the wash erwoman, Saturday we put ou another fel low's shirt, but couldn't wear it. Although it was ruUlod around the bottom, Iho sleeves were too short lo button cuffs on, and there was no place) for a oollar.- JfUir.mJbr Stntlntl. A'Sdndat-icuool teacher was giviug a lesson on lloth. Bhe wanted to bilng out tbe kinduees of Does in commanding the reapers to drop large handfuU of wheat'. "Now, chll dten. she said, "Boas did another nioe thing for Hulh; can you tell tne what it Was t' 'Married Iwr I" aaid one of Ihe boys. A Loctjviu-I gentleman who had his nose bitten off in a tow wrapped it up In a paper, and sent it home to his family. Tha rest ot his body he threw awa. there beine bat little left. Botton i'eef. Pitman's Chickens. Ws had a good deal of trouble last summer with Fitmanrs chickens. As fast as we would plant anything in our little garden those chick ens of Pitman's would creep under the fencd, scratch out the seeds, fill np and go home. When Ihe radish bed had been ravished In this manner for the, fifth time, we complained to Pitman., He was" not disposed to interfere. "Adtler," he said, "I tell you It does 'em good, and it does them beds good to be raked over by chickens. If I have radishes, give mo chickens to scratch around 'em and eat up the worms. Radishes that haven't been scratched 'ain't worth a cent." Then we Climbed over the fence, with a determination to take the law into our own hands. We procured half a peck of corn and two dozen diminutive fish-hooks. Fastening each hook into a grain of com, wo tied thin wire to each hook. Then wo scattered At nt-! it. ... B. .1... B. Jla 1- 1- .1 - .S UD WUU1D U IUD LUIU UU IUI1 fnUlBU-UUM,t BUU fixed the ends of tbe wires to the biggest sky rocket we could get. The rooket stood in a frame about ten yards away from tbe hooks. That very morning Pitman's chickens came over and instantly began lo devour the corn. We were ready, and as soon as it was evident that tbe hooks were all swallowed we applied a match to that rocket. It is regarded ss probable that no barnyard fowls that have lived tince the days of old Noah ever proceeded toward the azure vault of heaven with such rapidity as those did. A fizz, a few ejiculatory cackles, a fmff of smoke, and Pitman's roosters and put eta were swishing around among the celestial constellations witnout tneir learners, and in some doubt respecting Ibe stability of earthly beings. Pitman never knew what becamo of his fowls; but when wo read in the paper next day that twenty-four underdone chickens, with fish-hooks in their craws,' had been rained down by a hurricane in New Jersey, we felt cer tain that that sky-rocket had dono its duty. Max Adtler. Creeping Clay. A peculiar kind of clay is found in many little places 111 our unno', wmen is not a curious on account of its creenlnrr nronensltles. A stratum of this clay will crawl out into tun- nels and other openings in a manuer much re- sembllng tho action of the toy known action of tne toy known ss l'haroah's serpents. You can't see wluro it la coming from or what moves it, yet it is con stantly crawling out. In tho drift which is being run into the American Flat mfuo, at a depth of 750 ft,, they have a stratum of this clay. In order to keep tho drift open, it is necessary to keep one man constantly ongsgod in cutting away the clay as it pushes itself iuto Iho drift. This is not owing to tho slaking nud swelling of tho exposed surf ice, as in that case after n few removals of tho surplus mate rial n holu would bo loft, Thu whole body of cl iy appears .to bo crccpiig. It has tho al most imperceptible motion of the glacier, and, like tho ui icier, irresistibly 'advances, smash ing everything in tho shape of timbers that may use of this ere. p- u ihe pressure of muling strain of ko Hot seen dur- ue placed iu its way. 1110 cause 01 mis ere ing is probably to bo found I tho Hiipcriiiiumbint or Mirrouu rock. Its motion is not unllko that soen dttr ing the straitening out uf a piece of pith which I bus been compressed. There appears to be a 1 limn tn tuis creeping 01 tlio clay, out It Is not roachf d until many feot havo crept out into tho drift, tunnel, shaft or chamber, aud been cut otr mid removed. Its (.clou Isso mysterious that sonio of tlio miners nro ready to explain it by simply saj lug that it is becauso "naturo abhors it vacuum." If left tolls own course it would very 'soon closo tho drift, tuuuel or othor opening so completely that no one could sco that mi oponlng had over been mado in it; indeed, thousands of feet uf drifts nnd tunnels iu our mines aro now so clostd. Iu tbo Caledonia mine much troublo was exper ienced with this creeping clay. Wo have heard of a streak of it two or three feet iu width rising up iu llio floor of a tunnel until over thirty feet had Tome np nnd been cut off, It is Dad anywhere, but is most mUchiovous iu main shafts. For this reason miuiiig mon al ways seek a fport, in which to put down audi shafts, whoro they uro likely to have solid country rock (rock outside of thu vein) to a great depth below thu surface. The sad ex perience of early days taught them Iho lesson, Virginia iiler)rttK. Kixjcatms in Oui'onu. .Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, whoso address is at the OiYrnnfrf ofllco in this city, has issued a circular, in which sho states that shu has in preparation, for iho Uni- led States Commiseiouets of Education, the on- nuiil retiort for tho Sloto of California. Circu - Mrs, soliciting information iu regard to edica- tional mutters, including libraries, museuuiB, medical, dental aud pharmaceutical iustitu-l tlon, bonefaclious, asylums, schools of science, training schools, art, teachers' salaries, etc., hive beeu circulated as extensively sb possible, but Ibo experience uf former years hive proved this plau to bo inadequate. As tho Commis- loners desire the forthcoming report to bo as thorough and accurate as possible, Jits, Cooptr solicits any information bearing upou tho topics above named, or anything pertain - ing to educational growth and advancement that the patrons of iducitlon throughout tbo State may desire embodied therein. All such matter must boas clear and couciseos the Hub- ject treated will permit. , 1 Nkw Mktiioi) ov Prkskuvino Wood. A now method of preserving wood from decay has been recommended by Hatzfeld. It scorns that, In 1830, specimens of oak wcro dug up iu Itou in, which had been burled luce tho juar 1100. This wood was quite sound, but hod acquired u black color liko ebony, and an astouiehuig iiiiruuess, itatzieiit asoriuru us preservation to the joint action of tho tauuiu iu the wood and tho oxides of irou tu tho soil. According lv ho now iiroiuiaeat.n.r.aerv. wnn.ls.rliAei.il. y means J tiuniuand the py.ol.gn.teof iron', t?!ahu. u. wU,ch ? '?' ??' ' specimens from Hmien. HatsfeM liunre.-nat.- tnti tuu wooi to ue preserved, nrst wltu tannin, ami siiiisequeutiy witn Ine pyrollgnlte solution, i ue latter sunatat as a preservative doubtful whether I as proposed I cieut advantage a iioMK-jians iiauom ktkk.- rtnai is Known as Hahiuet'a baroscope is a simple and conven ient iustrument for foretelling a storm by change of atmospheric, pressure. To construct it, 'take any bottle, and pour colored water Into it to one-fourth its depth, insert in it a glass tube, from three to four feel long aud passing air tight through tbe stopper, which mutt also be airtight. Let a paper index, divided accord ing to any scale of division, say Into inches and fractions of an inch, be glued to the glass v . i iuc. mow into tne glass int, so as to cause tt.i tsalaa Aa kian fat la, .. t ' ,us ! hi iixj iu i a lew lucura, aay ion inches, and The iustrument is constructed. Tbe Kittle must bo placed In another vessel, and prottctrd by sawdust, or soma other material, from the influence of change in the atmowphere. This very sensible instrument records faithfully any changes in tha density of the external air, and the approach ot a store will be indicated by a sudden rise of the water in the glass tube. toX2X2ffi 8" . ! JS? '-" J remoVo7fe he addition of the launin. " '" "n V"ea " ' !r Hatzfeld. will urote of suffi- , -TV? ".u"":7V.lMUOn8.0 .?". to warnut the extra expense. 10' YodjJq Folks' CoLUpi. "What is it All When AH is Done?" " The inn goes u and the sun goes down, vnara an tha urn aa nne The leavea grow green, and tha leavea gruw brown. And what la It all when all Is done I " Ana a uouaani Are, what la It all. If thla life M all, Bnt a draught to IU dregs ol a cup of gall, A blttyr round of the rsjleea yean, A saddening dole ol wormwood tears, Asorrowfaf plaint of the pint's thrall, The grave, the shroud, the funeral pall This la Its sum; If thla lire be all. But It la not all; beyond this shore, A sun goes np to go down no more; The leavea that grow green are green for ate. And the flowers that bloom know sot decay) A thousand years an, Indeed, ss one, But of blttcrneaa then the eoul hath none: And this Is all when all ,1a done. A Curious Pair of Jaws. Don't you think it mutt be a curious pair of jaws that can bite off a chunk of cold iron as easily as you bite a stick of candy? You can hardly believe it? Walt till I tell you. Ono of tho most Interesting places I ever visited was a room filled with these monsters with the sharp steel jaws, called nail machines. In tbe first place, thu noise made by several of these machines ID one room issonrething ab solutely fearful. I wanted to stuff my ears with cotton; but I thought that wpuld not bo very civil to my guide, and'aftfr'a little I got used to it, and soon found myself so, much in terested that I really forgot the noise. Some machines nip off tho tacks so fast that a stroam of finished tacks runs down a tin lube into u reservoir thousands in a minute. Listen to the ticking of the clock aud refloct t hat every time it ticks at least twenty tacks are snapped UU. But I must tell you how they do it. First Iho iion bar, as it comes from the iron works, I is put between immenso rollors, which flatten it v out as nicely as tho cook can roll out pie-orust urllti n Vrtl 1 1 art rw tr. Tlin Viae t feann tm lkd mrtlle lnto A KUeei J0 'hick enough for the I n.' " lU8y wn ,0 m"?' ". B nw" tne ' , ?g.M.cn,m,: ,?V ?1"t8i,tl,B . " T tho makes no more fuss Kroner widths for nails than your scissors make about cuttiniz paper. It is cut a littlo longer than the nail is to be, because tho heads are to bo mado. When tho strips of iron aro all ready, a man takes uue, and slips Iho end iuto the sUel jaws I told you of. Thoso jiws nro worked by bteam power, and instantly they bite off a nail while a furious little hammer springs out sud denly, nnd with ono blow ou tho end of the bit of iron flattens it, and thus makes n head. If you want to Know what u blow that must be, take a pit co of iron and try to pound a head on it yourself. The instant tho head is mado, the jaws opon and the nail drops out fluished. Of course it is done much quicker than I havo been telling you; for a machine can mako brads ( which 1 ce,, ' tuo,boy.'' iU) ?0.1,1,J? of J.1 ,s II "' 'A8 .Ly w.ont' but : u needn't tell tho boys aro small Lnils' wiihout ui turen thousand a minute, urts wou't Uo," mid I hope must admit it is hard to be lieve, that story. After the .lacks como out of Iho machine, thoy uro "blued." as it is called. It is doun liv hea'iug them in an ovou or on an iron plate. Ihcn thoy go iu tho packing room, whole ono gill can weigh nnd put into pipers two thou sand papora of tacks in a day. That's an other tough story, but my gutdo nesured me it was true. How many kinds of nails oau you name? You will probably bo surprised to hear that two hundred kiuds cf nails are made In ono factory, beginning with Bpikcs which weigh nearly half a pound each, aud ending with tho tiniest kind of tacks, not a quarter uf an inch long. Men didn't alwnjH have machines to mako nails for Ihem, and of course they hud to make them by baud. That was no such eaey mat ter, and lu. fact, they couldn't mako them of cold iron, but had to boat overy ono. In some parts ef huglund tbey era very slow to get machinery, ami tbe Ignorant people, think ing rueir iriuie is to ue spoiled, will Ur aK up land destroy any inachiniry that is brought , there. So thov work at nail making as their grandfathers did. Every mau bus n little forgt .ucli as yotl have scon in a blacksmith's suop 11 you live in a villageami a small anvil. Every child is put to work to mako nails at eight or nine years of age, because they earn , so littlo that every' ono of a family must help eirn his bread. Of cour.o these chlfdren have uo time to learn lo read, and many grown 1 men nud women can neither read nor write. This is tho way thoy muko tho uails: They bay I iron rods just tho right size for the uails they mako for ouo family nlwajs makes tho same izo of nail, Tbey take onn of theso rods, heat ' it red-hot at Iho forge, lsy it on the auvil, aud I cut off tho length of a nail; then, laying uwoy thereat of tbe rod, Ihey take tbe piece they havo cut off, pound it out to a point at one end, ' and pouud 011 a head at tho other, A very slow operation, you roe, when you think of how the machines snap them off cold. A , whole family scarcely ever eama.more than five , dollars a week nt Iho work, and part uf that has to go for thu cool it uses. Ono of the nail lactories in our country that I have rend about uses nn l,im,lr.l .,,! fifty tous r f iron lu a week, all of which is bit- ten up into nails. Jlarjxr's Jiatar. Skklktomzino Lkaves. There are several ways of doing this. TLot by maceration is long, tedious aud disagreeable, and quite out of dato. The following uro tho methods now In nse: Lay the gietn leases and seed vessels on mall sheets of tin. and cover liahtlv villi tM, lice or musliu, place iu a vessel of cold water. Iho iu over tue nro and boll slowly for several ""."?' "" f OUO. WS9U OUt til ol a ' w re and mounr'n lh?l. way X Put into a basin equal aunlit?e. o ISr unit ealll wnla. nnl tn !. ldaAn .... 1 I.. K Da !" water, put iu the eOTesand let It . . r r"' " ,"" "aita buu ei ii stand on Ihe stove till the mixture boil Tt. move the leaves lo a pan of clear, soft water, off the clear solntion. lfotnrn thla ti Vi A . .. . - wash the leaves, and boil briakl nn. i,n. nl till the Ussute is easily removed. To bleach the leaves, mix a draohni of chlorate of lime with a pint of water and a little acetio acid or strong vinegar. Steep iho leaves in this about lOmtuutts, simmer, rinse well and place la books to press; Or procure Labarragne's'solu tion of chloride of soda, and use a tescupful to' a quart of water. Put the leaves in, and in two or three days they will be perfectly white. it i 2. Tribunt. Gcn-Cotton. A loose yarn of gun-cotton,, if gently sat on Are by a spark, smoulders slowly away, but burns rapidly if lit by a flame. A charge of cotton in blasting a mine or quarry, or in a rifle, explodes after the manner of gun powder; but It fired by a few grains of fulmin-. Ung mercury, it "goes or' with terrifflo vio lence, and can therefore be applied for blasting purposes on tremendous scale. ' ' i .SMI luem uuiciit nmi rnrAinnv (mm ti.a can is