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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, UIveIGON, JANUARY 27, 1882 8 lomc f ttrcl '. llMlkr. Hr Harriot T. KT WAY UNTO THE LORD, apinuer in tlio sun, : UiVlUlS! all the threads will run nto.l wave: f day will bring its task, plinil, no mole to 03b. ' the ui-e or name i I epin. jfcliat h in- one came lid with' it B.tluoad. ami said. "Since you tut one thing you can Jo," h Hie Unpads so rough, and fast, milieu lly, IVtnrmsare sweeping past, ear that 1 lit dare not try to find er place, since I am blind. J.- vhv, but I am sure tint and place jit fabric to endure lime and race rill have. So from the first, a, I never felt accursed. arm this trust has 8:un2 Fon i short word i when I'was voune nnn T hnnril I not that Uod's name signed seaieu iu rus, iiiuugu vmuu. this be seal or siim in, without, Dot; the b6nd Dn iuc ver doubt, set me here, and still. kud blind, I wait His will. (listen, day by day, tear their tread he fin'shad web away. Lieut the thread, d s message in the sun. L'Miinl spinner, work is done." I lttAKES A NOBLEMAN? i mail a nobleman Cts a noble part, vs alike by word anil deed, th a tiue man's heart. I not for himself alone, ins the selfish few; eg more than all things else, od that lie can do. the rami a nobleman baud 8 up for the light, h Wftrlr nf fihfiritv. (.pleasure and delight; Ears the stamp of manliness ffcis open brow, tcr yet known to do jjtfon mean and low. iff i man a nobleman it rives to aid the weak; ter than revenge a wrong, L kind forgiveness speak ; a brotrur in an men, sniint iinfn IrttKVt Hd not crush the meanest worm, ira me weanest imug. be man a nobleman. noblest of his kind. its by moral excellence, iritv of mind: ires alike through good and ill prm unflinching man res the ciuse of 'brotherhood, ads it all he can. INTAQI0U8 DISEASES.' if there was no disease more ilian diphtheria, and those who Id be just as careful as with small it is to be more dreaded than that e. We know of a fata, case arising ning of a valise of clothing that house where diphtheria had been children. We heard cf a case it was bi ought by friends visit' whose children had bad it, carry. ithing. The same family visitine ly, who contracted the disease iguaut as to cause the death of en in each family. Those who are te as to have it must be extremely cleanse, fumigate and disinfect and furpiture, burning everything Bt tie cleansed, we nave neipea ly out a number of children, and Jiat it is a most painful and dread' j1 for which there seems to be no tearing in a malignant form, and no lis it in the family should feel hurt rs, ho"have chidlreu, keep oloof, ard to battle alone, lut it is so con. Bat it is to be dreaded. The small often yield with goid treatment purging, but it seems as if nothing tn this fearful diphtheria. The Nails. Bgjrd to cutting the nails, there is a ided down front old tinu like the fol- , ou Monday, you cutth m for health, on Tuesday, vou cut them for wealth. i on Wednesday, you cut them for 18. ' ... I ou Thursday, a new pair of shoes. on Friday, jou cut tnem tor sorrow, on Saturday, see your true love to-rrow. ! also a well-known proverb, which ter a child had ne'er been born, cut his nails on a'Sunday morn." many it is said if this proverb be dis the child will be liable to stammer. itition exists in certain countries that t parings of a child's nails be buried ash tree it will grow np to be a first r. rptive powers of charcoal are so it wil' absorb about eighty times an its owb measurement. It ii to that it owes its efficiency when animals, and notninc equal given or has eier been mscov . .. Da... t a Ailnra .11. ill,. tn. L'O UIUUI tuuvia uwww re bow uustuihcently it acts in eeejiBlaints, and to such it is recoin M'dweaics of domeJVic animals, and mjjt awinr, with just as much confi- :ing a feucerae a wucu gitcu wj ring typographical error shows auce of a comma. At a ban was given; "oman witn- i a brute. CHOICE RECIPES. Potato Puffs. Boil the potatoes in salted water, then drain and dry them a few m'nutes and mash them perfectly smooth. To a pint of mashed potatoes put two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and beat with a fork until the whole is light and creamy. Add the yolk of two eggs, a cupful of rich milk and lastly the whites of the eggs beaten to a froth. Beat each ingredient in before adding the next. Put in a little salt if needed and pour the whole mixture into a buttered baking dish. Bake in a quisk oven until the surface is nicely browned. The success of this dish depends on the faithfulness with which it is beaten. Apple Meringue. To a quart of sifted apple sauce add the yolks of three eggs, butter the size of a small egg, a little nutmeg, a pinch of salt and sugar to taste. Put the mixture into a neat baking dish and cook until a light brown on top. Cover with a meringue made with the three whites of the eggs beaten with thrje tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar and a little lemon juice until stiff. Soft powdered sugar over the top, return to the oven long enough to color delicately and serve cold w ith sweetened and flavored cream. A Very Nice and Palatable Salad. A small head of cabbage, cut fine; half a cup ful of sugar, half a cupful of vinegar, half a cupful of flour, one-quarter of a teaspoonful of mustard, half a teaspoonful of salt, and one egg, raw. Mix the flour and mustard to gether with just euough vinegar to wet them. Then mix the above, except the cabbage, together quickly; put into a porcelain-lined pan, and stir over a fire until they boil; then throw the hot mixture over the cabbage, stir it through, and cover the cabbage tisht until cold. Serve cold. Celery tops may be cut with the cabbage, and will bo found excel lent, or the entire celery may be used; in that case the mixture should bo allowed to cojI before throwing it over the cut cellery. Coal Oil for Medical Use. About one year ago I frosted my feet very badly, and I tried coal oil with treat success. It not only cured the frost, but I had about a half dozen corns, some of them for ten or fifteen years, and one of them for thirty-five years. I bathed them and cleanea them all off my feet. I also had the "ground itch," as we call it here; I had ben troubled with it very much for many years, and the coal oil cured it entirely. My feet are sounder and smoother to day than they have been for forty years. A Reader. A Recipe for Omelet. '" Aunt Mary," Carlinsville, 111., sends her method of making an omelet, which she thinks is better than any she has seen in print. To six eggs, take a cup of milk; put a slice of bread in the milk and mash fine. Cut fine some cold ham, and place it ip the frying pan. Beat the eggs thoroughly, mix them with the milk and bread and turn upon the ham when that is hot. When brown on the underside, set for a while upon the upper slide of the oven, and when done turn out on the plate and serve. It will not fall but be lie bt when cold, while omelets made with Hour will fall, unless eaten very hot. A Rich Light Omelet. I have discovered what may be a new way to make a 'rich and very light omelet. For a family of three we heat the yolks of five eggs, adding a good tea spoonful of chopped parsely and five even tablespoonfuls of thick sour cream, with a very little soda in it. If the least too much soda the omelet will not be good. I put about the sixth of an even teapoonful of soda, and perhaps even less might do. When that is all stirrred together, add the whites of the eggs, beaten to a froth and pour into the pan, which I put on the stove in advance with a lump of butter in it; put it back so that the butter will only become a very light brown. I cover the omelet and fold it over and dish it. It will be very light, and I, think very good. I forgot to mention the small pinch of salt to the mixture. Corr. Oermaritoion Tele graph, ( The Use of Lemons. I do not think there is an hundredths part of 'lemon juice used generally as its valuablequalities would seem to commend. I know of nothing better ns a stomachic corrective as well as a strengthener of the nervous system. We all know that it is used for rheumatism, and I have no doubt is'also good for gout, if taken three times a day and at least half a gill.at a time. It can be taken in much or little water or no water at all. It is not unpleasant, one soon becom ing accustomed to it, and would rather drink it than pure water. For headaches it is the best cure I have ever used. It will relievo it in from ten to fifteen minutes oy a single dose. I would not advise less than half a gill at a time. I know of people who take it tluee times a day as a preventive cf disease, and as a refreshener in hot -weather. It quenches thirst also better than anything else. No sugar. Household Perils. There are two or three liquids ii8ed in families which are paiticularly dangerous, and must be employed, if at all, with special care. Benzine, either ami strong ammonia consti tute this class of agents. The two first-named liquids are employed in cleansing glov.es aud other wearing apparel, and in removing stains from carpets? curtains, etc. The liquids are highly volatile, and flash into va por as soon as the cork of tho vial containing them is removed. Their vspors are very combustible, and will infhtne at long dis tances from ignited candle's or gas flames, and consequently they should never be used in the evening, when the house is lighted. Explosions of a ery dangerous nature will occur if the vapor of these liquids is permit ted to escape into the room in any considera ble quantity. In view of tie great hazard in handling these liquids, cautious housekeepers ill not allow them to be brought into their dwellings, and thu coarse is quite com mendible. , As regards ammonia, or water of ammoaia, it is a very powerful asent, especially the stronger kinds sold by drujrgists. An acci dent in its use has lately come under our notice, in which a young ladjr lost her life by taking a few drops through mistake. 4fi $M $MWii. THE SQUIRREL'S LESSON. Two little squirrels, out in the sun. One gathered nuts, aud the other had none. "Time enough vet," his constant refrain; "Summer is still just on the wane."- Listen, my child, while 1 tell you his fate; He roused him at last, but he roused him too 'late. Down fell the snow from a pitiless cloud, And gave little squirrel a spotless white shroud. Two little boys in a school-room were placed, One always perfect, the other disgraced; "Time enough" yet for my learning," he said, "I will climb, by and by, from the foot to the head." Listen, my darling; their locks are turned One as a governor sitteth to-day; The other, a pauper, looks out at the door Of the alms-house, and idles his days as of yore. Two kinds of people we meet every day; One is at work, the other at play, Living uncarcd for, dying unknown The busiest hive has ever a drone. Tell me, my child, if tho squirrels have taught Thelesson I longed to implant in your thought! Answer me this, and my story is done Which of the two would you be, little one? . Growing World. HOTS WANTED. Boys of spirit, boys of will, Boys of muscle, brain and power, Fit to cope with anything These are wanted every hour. Not these weak and whining drones, That all trouble magnify Not the watchword of "I can't," But the nobler one, "111 try." Do whato'er you have to do With a true and earnest zeal; Bend your sinews to the task, Put your shoulders to the wheel. Though your duty may be hard, Look not at it as an ill, f it be an honest task, Io it with an honest will. At the anvil, or the farm, Wheresoever you may be, From your future efforts, boys, Comes a nation's destiny. Exchange. OUR LETTER BOX Is full to overflowing, there' being over twenty-five now on .hand, so if any of our little friends fail to see their letters in print soon, they must not be disappointed, but must have patience to wait their turn. E. B. is the only one left of December date. We are glad to hear from him again, and this letter shows improvement, which is just what we like to notice. Fanny tells of the Christmas times. We are pleased to observe that nearly all our little folks have something to say about Christmaa and its pleasant attraction; it shows that there are many happy chi'dren on this coast. Newton and Lydia write together; the brother writes of his new gun. It is well for every one to know how to handle fire arms, but great care must be used or there is dan ger of premature discharge. There is scarce a paper that comes to us that does not tell of some sad accident in the careless use of guns and pistols. Then if every animal was in stantly killed it would not be so sad, but too often the bird or animal sets away wounded and suffering, to die a slow painful death, which is a wicked, cruel thing. Then most boy 8 are so proud of their ability to shoot that they will fire away at anything that comes in sight, which is a needless waste of animal life. We are sure none of our boys will do this V they stop to think. Newton writes well. Lydia helps her mother, which is the very best thing a little girl can do. William seems to be a new correspondent, or we do not remember to have had a letter before from him. Telephone is a funny name for a dog, but it is quite a significant one. If the dog is so good at rat killing, see how long you can keep him, It takes kindness and good feeding to keep a dog very long. Olie writes nicely for so little a girl, and she must keep on trying each time to do a little better. M. M. tells o'f her success in Btock raising, Wliich soon enabled her to own an organ, which she will enjoy as much as the posses sion of cows and calves, though she has "kil'ed the goose that laid the golden egg;' perhaps mamma will explain what that means. Lizio would be, gla 1 to get some pieces for a quilt that she is making. We presume that she would exchange with some of the girls of the Hcto Circle, and it would cost only a three cent stamp to send a livtlo bundle of them. Thomas writes a real boy's letter, telling of things that interest all boys. He writes very well indeed. Nettie writes again, and tells of her pets, and we should liko to hear more about them ' Bird writes a long letter, which shows ex cellent penmanship, and every w ord is spelled right but one, which is a great credit in so long a letter. Every boy Bhould be allowed to have a dog of his own, that is if he is a kind and thoughtful boy, and no boy lias his rights that is not allowed to have One; sea what fun Bird has with his dog keeping the geese off the wheat field. Proxy writes a letter that will bo read with interest. We hope Proxy's little friend will try, try; again, and send a letter of im own, and, if he "don't at first succeed, try, try, again," and he will gain confidence. Meta says her sweetest pet is a baby brother, the most cf a pet after all; and it is such a help to mother to know that baby is in care, fill bands, that will keep baby from harm. CUude tends an excellent letter, one that anyone could see was written by a boy of en. ergy and ambition, He can be a manly boy and enjoy manly sports, and yet thinks it is not beneath his dignity to help his mother with the washing. We do not like a a gen eral thing to see men and boys doing what belongs to the women of the house to do, for men have enough of their own affairs to see to, but if there are no sisters to help, or sickness in the family, it is in nowise derogatory to th men and boys to attend to the homework; but it is their duty to do all they can to help mother along. We have given more than the usual num ber of letters this week, as they are accumu lating so fast. We think the young folks wont care how many come out, as every one enjoys reading them. Euoese Crry, Dec. 28, 1831. Editor Home Circle : As I have not written for so long a time, I thought I would write again. It' has been raining for tho last two or three days and .has brought the river up considerably. Christmas is just past. I had a splendid time. We had a Christmas tree. in our house. I got two pairs of cuff buttons off the tree. My cousins are here spending the holidays with us. My sister is going to take music lessons in a short time. I have tho cows to feed every evening. Pa killed nine hogs yesterday, and cut them up to-day and rendered part of the lard. The verse that Jessie Waldron wants found is in Ezra, fourth chapter, eighth verse. But Jessie did not write all the verse well. I can't think of any more at present. Yours truly, E. B. WAmnDBO, W. T., Jan. 1, 1882. Editor Home Circle : On the beginning of the new j ear I thought I would write to Aunt Hetty and tell her what a merry Christmas we all spent. We had a Christmas tree, and I got lots of nice presents. I am a little girl 14 years old. I live in Sprine Valley, W. T. This is my first letter to Aunt Hetty. My pa takes the Farmer, and I have seen so many nico-letters I thought I would write, too. Yours truly, Fannie Arthurs. Waitsbtjro, W.T., Jan. 1, 1882. Editor Home Circle: I am a little girl 11 years old. I have a lit tlo colt which is not one year old yet; its name is Blaze. I have no other pets. I have two sisters; one of them is 2 years old, and the other is 13 years old. My little brother died last Fall with the scarlet and typhoid fevers, and two or three little girls and boys, neighbors, died, too. I guess I will close. This is my first letter. Good-bye. Olie Artiiers. Franklin, Or., Jan. 1, 1882. Editdr Home Circle : As I have never written to your paper, I thought I would write. I am 13 years old. I live on a farm nine miles southwest of Junc tion. My father keeps the post-office. It is raining here now. I do not go to school. I will tell you what I do to help ma. I wash, iron, scrub, cook and wash dishes, milk the cows, make the be'ds, sweep the floor, sew, spin and knit. I will close, hoping to see this in print Boon. Yours truly, ' Lydia J. Brvant, Franklin, Or., Jan. 1, 1882. Editor Home Circle : As I have never written to your paper, I thought I would write. I am a little boy 12 years old. I do not go to school now, as our school was olosed on account of bad weather; my teacher's name was Loui'ia Wilcox; she was a good teacher. I will tell you what I do to help my father. I plow, harrow, feed the horses, bogs and chickens and cut the wood. Father bought me a Bhot gun. I havo killed nearly every thing I shot at. I will stop for this time, and if this is printed I will write again and tell you more about my home and friends. Yours truly, . Newton J. Bryant, Yoncalla, Or., Jan. 1, 1882. Editor Home Circle ; I thought I would write to the Circle. I am a little boy 11 years old. I will tell you what I do to help pa. I milk five cows, help clean out the barn. My b.-other and I killed a snake four feet and a few inches long. I have a calf; my ma gave it to me for going after the turkeys. I have been grubbing most of this Winter. I havo a dog, and his name is Telephone. I and my brother have good times with our dog killing rats and mice. As this is my first attempt, I will close, wishing (he Farmer luccess. Your littlo friend, William Lamm. Calipooya, Or., Jan. 1, 1882. Editor Home Circles As it has been some time since I wiote to you, and seeing so many letters from tho young folks, I thought I would write again. As the little girls and boys are tellint' about their pets, I will toll about mine. I have a little brother seventeen months old. I have several other pets, but he is the nicest of them all. I have another brother 7 years old; he has never been to school, but reads quite w ell, He says he is going to learn to write, so that he can write to the Farmer anil tell about his pets. As Ida Clark told you about her cows. I will tell you about mine. I had seven dollars given' me when I was very small Papa wanted it, and I let bim have it, so he gave me a calf, and 1 kept her until I had seven head. It cost so much for feed that papa sold them and bought mo a nice organ Now I am learning to play on it. I can play several pieces. I think I am doing splendid, as I have not had any teacher to iustruct me in music. I will close for this time, wishing the Farmer long life aud great success. Yours truly, M. M. Rone. Rosebpho, Or., Jan. 2, 1882. Editor Home Circle: I write this little letter for a boy over 12 years of age. He wrote one himself, and then was afraid it was not good enough to print, but perhaps will send it yet. This is his first Winter at the plow. He drives turee Horses, and is ambitious to do his work well. I liko to see boys, and men too, work at semething that will pay. It is a pitiful thing to see people waste their energies for nothing. But to succeed they mutt study practical business as well as books. We milk three cows, and ther are all teU. They have a good pasture to feed in, and plenty of hay morning and night. You can tell good milk by the way the rich cream foam rises in the milking pail. Some boys like to milk. If the cow is afraid of you. or excited the flow of milk will be scant and poor in quality. I read a piece in a naner about a coat being taken on a ship to furnish milk for tho table, and the writer said that it took two men to hold her, and then thev irot but two or throe spoonfuls of milk. A cow under such treatment would not give much more milk than tho Roat did. But I should think that a goat would feel quito at homo on a ship; it would see so many things to arouse and satisfy its curmsity; it would climb into tho rigging if possible, and when the ahip neared tho land it wouid bo the first one to jump ashore. I knew a goat that took a rope up a tree and hung itself. Strance. but nuite true. Some goats will jump. One of my neighbors owned a goat that would jump fences. Well, the man tied a rone from the coat's fore foot to its hind foot, leaving the rope long enough for it to get about very well, but it could not jump, uno dav the coat concluded to walk up a leaning ash tree. The tree leaned so much that tho goat could walk up it easily, and when up four or fivo feet from the ground the rope caught on a little snag, and tho goat fell off, and there he was swung up by the feet, it had a bell on, too, and rang its own funeral knell. How (one the Door creature hung there before it died no one knew. It wa in sight from a road, and several people saw it, Vint. it. wa tnn far n(f tn tall wlist it WUS. and nobody could have guessed. Your little friend's friend, Proxy ii.. Wells Station, Or., Jan. 2, 1882. Editor Homo Circle: I am a little boy 13 years old, and seeing so many letters from little boys and girls, I thought I would write one. My little brother and I have plowed about fifty acres ready for Spring son'iilg. Wo have 100 acres of wl eat up already. Wo aim to put in 150 acres in tho Spring. My brother and I are going to start to school in about ten days. I went out one morning after the hories, and hearing the dog bark, went to see what she was barking at; she had treed a coon; she land I killed it. My brother and tho dog killed a polecat. We did a large washing to-day for mamma, us she was sick. Our pets are two shepherd dogs and a little babybsiithor. T will close, hoping to see this, my first letter, in print. Papa takes the Farmer, and we like to read it. Cladbe Mansfield. Wells Station, Or., Jan. 2, 1882. Editor Home Circle: I am a little girl 13 years' old. I have five brothers and two sisters. My oldest sister is staying in Albany going to school. I have to help mamma do all the work this Winter, and next Winter I will go to school. Our pets are a cat and two turkeys, but the prettiest of all is a sweet little baby brother. Papa takes the Farmer, and I like to read the let ters from the little boya and girls. This is my first letter, and I hope it is not too long. I will close, wishing the Farmer success. I wi'.l write again. Meda Thompson, Benton County, Or., Jan. 2, 1882. Editor Home Circle : It is a long time sinco I wroto to you, It is a nice day to day. X study reading, spelling, writing and arithmetic. Uncle Jack was down last week. I havo a pet hen; her name is Win; aud a pet bird; his namo is Dot. If Aunt Hetty will print this, sho will hear from mo again. So good-bye. Your little friend, Nettie M. Grounds. Goldendale, W. T., Jan. 2, 1882. Editor Homo Circle: As I enjoy reading the little folks' letters, I thought perhaps some one would like to hear from me. lam piecing a .friendship quilt, and have it half eloiio. I would thank Aunt Hetty or any of the little girls if they would tend mo, some pieces of their dresses and aprons I help do all' tho housework. My pet is a sweet littlo brother; he is seven weeks old, and we call him Pearlie. I would like to hear from all the little writers again. Goldendale is a very nice quiet towi, but I prefer tho country, and I prefor Oregon to Washington Territory. Wo will move to our farm in the Spring. I' shall bo very glad whon Spring comes again, I will clone, with best w ishes to all. Lizik Roiiertsov. Goldendale, Wi T Jan. 2, 1882. Editor Homo Circle: This is my first letter to a paper. I am boy 15 years old. I live in Gohlondale. I have six brothers and four sUters. Wo don't intend to live here after Spring; wo are then going across tho Columbia river to the Spanish Hollow country. My papa and brother Robert have been over there to break prairie. Thero is one case of small-pox in town, My papa bought a span of mares, and paid ?300 for them, They weigh 2,500 pound. Wo have eight head of hoises and two cows. I milk tho cows and help tend to the hprc. I will now close. Success to the Farmer. Your little friend. Tiiomm J. Roukkthos, Tanoe.nt, Or., Jan 2, 1882. Editor Home Circle: I nm a boy 13 years of age. I havo started to write to the Farmer several tnr.es, but failed. I live on a farm near Tangent. I havo been going to school, but it was out a week before Christinas. I had nice weathor to go to school in. We had a nice Christmas tree out here, and the house was crowded full of people; there were oer soven bundled pres ents on the tree. Our folks were all out. The men around here had a glass ball shooting match at Tangent on Saturday, It has Lecu raining for the last few days; it freezes aw bile and then rains. The gceso and ducks are having a nice time on the wheat fieldr, The people are killing them. There has not been very much sickness around here yet. 1 will tell you about my pets. I havo a nice dog; his name is Cola; lie is a smart dog, but there is one thing about him that I don't like, he runs away whenever he getr chance. Ho is a splendid .dog in all otlMf respect. If any geese light on the wheat, W will go and scare them off, and he will kMf after them till they leave the field. IfcT also a pet kitten; his name is Ted. I tutr colt; her name is Polly; she is not broke io work yet. I saw in the Farmer something about a Bible verso some of thn little folks' want found. It is in the fourth chapter o( Ezra and tho tenth verso. 1 will writ t Bible word for them to find: In what part t4 the Bible does it say anything about senators? Well, I can't think of anything else, sol wfH close,. Bird Lupih. ' What Causes Malaria. The researches of Prof. Klebs and Pro, Tommassi-Crudcli, now generally accepted by the medical profession, established that malaria is due to a specific microscopic plant which exists iu the soil of certain district and floats in tho atmosphere above it. This plant, when inhaled and absorbed, finds in th4 human body conditions favorable for it growth and reproduction, and it prospers and multiplies at the expense of the organism ill which it dwells. The mode of combating it If twofold first, to find suitable and, if possible, inexpensive remedies for it and prophylactic against it; and second, to prevent, if possible, its generation and multiplication in the toil itself. The conditions necessary for its devel opment have been found to be: First, a tem perature of not less than GO to 70 Fahren heit; second, a moderate but not excess!? elcgree cf permanent humidity, and third, free 'supply of oxj gen. "The absence of any one of these three conditions is sufficient to arrest or render impossible the development and multiplications of this organism." It I necessary to clear our minds from the old prejudice that malaria exists only, or even chiefly, in marshy soil. The Campagna Of Romo, as it happens, is not really, marshy Pi of. Tomassi-Crudeli t is of opinion that, speaking roughly, two-thirds of the malaria stricken districts in Italy arc situated OB heights. "Sometimes," he says, "the sur'ac- nf these districts is completely dry during Summer; but tho production of malaria in them goes on just the same, provided they are kopt mnist below tho surfaco by special con ditions of the subsoil, and the air can reach tho moist strata by pores or crevices in th surface. This is precisely the condition of th greater patt of the rising grounds in the Cam pagna of Rome. " Further, the direct action' of the oxygen of tho air is so necessary to th development of the plant that the most pel tilential marshes become innocuous when th soil is completely covered by water. Pay nients, buildings and the liko may aot in th same way, and arrest. tho development uf th plant by cutting off tho necessary supply of oxygen. But if, even alter tho lapse of year or of centuries, communications with the out er air is restored, whilo tho other condition remain the same, the soil secovers its nozioQ properties. London Saluntat Jteview. There is an old song which singi how certain venerable man delighted to pas th evening of his days in initiating his grand' child iu tho exhilarating gamo of draught, and so well did the lad profit by his inttruc tion, that at last the old man was beaten by tho boy. In looking over the two parts of Sit Nicholan, this old soag has come back to n. Certainly tho producers of such litoiature for our own boys and girls must look to their" laurels. Both in tho letterpress and the en gravings these two volumes seem to U (though the admission touches our vanity of our patriotism, call it by which name we will, something closely) above anything we produc in tho same line. Tho letterpress, while con taining quite us large a power ot attraction fof ' young fancies, is so much more idea'd, 10 much leas commonplace, altogether of A higher litery style than the average produc tion ef our annuals of the same class. And tho pictures are often works of real art, not only as engravings, but as composition of original design. London Timet. 1 Jl THE BEST OF ALL ' LINIMENTS FOB MAN AND BEAST. For more than a third of a oonturv tile Mexican Muatang "Liniment fins been known to millions uli over tlitt irorld as tho only sure rellunco for the roller or ncoldents aud pniii. it is a modicino above price and prutso the best of it h Ind. Jfur every form of external pain tho MEXICAN Mustang Liniment li without an equal. It penetrates flesh and muscle to the very bone making tlio contluu uoceofpalnundlntlamatuinlinposslblo. Its effoots upon Human Flosh and the Unite Creation uro equally wonderful. The Moxlcan MUSTANG Unltnnnt la n end ml liv ftomobodv 111 j very liouso. KveryduvbiliiKunowaor turn agony 01 n atriui icniu or unra mbUueU, of rlicuirwitlo martyri re vtoreU, or a vmljuauU Uora or ox va vy wo ueuuiiff powvr ui iuu LINIMENT wuloli speedily cures such ailment of the HUMAN FLUJII as Hheumsttsm, Htrelllnge, MtlaT Joints, C'antraetrd Muscles, liurns lugs, Htllluess, Lameness, Old ree, Ulcers, Frostbites, Chilblain, re Nipples, Caked JUreast, and lied ytry form of asternal dl and Ncalde, Cute, Jlruleee and Hnralne. Poisonous Bites and Ntliise, Htllluess, Lameness, Old noree Bore Indeed every ease. It heale wllltout scar' For UlO liHUTE CHKATJOH it cure Hpralus, Hwliuiy, Htln Joints, Fouuder, names Mores, Iloof !! easee, Foot Itol, Bfciew Warm, "cab, Hollow Horn, Ncratehea, Wind 8 alls, Spavin, Thrush, Itlugbone, Id Mores. Poll Kvll. Film noon the Might and every other ailment to which the occupants of the Mtable and Mlock Yard are liable. Tin) Mexican Mustang Llulment always cures ana never dlsapvolnt and It Is, positively, THE BEST OF ALL LINIMENTS FOE 'WAIT OB BEAST. fJ,U JJ..--U A? jI j. -Ci i. f (. fAw s .