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mAPLE8.
:Araicithis maple avenue, on the brow
. Of this tool hill, While suminer Sunkwere bold,
- No gatidie4.coloring.could.Ithen behold
Than the deep green of many -a breezy bough.;
But np the foliage vista gazing now;:
• Where autunin't halcyon brilliancjes unfold,
- And optildit. scarlet blends: with dazzling gold,
• • I feel my wandering fancy dream of how, - -
;Some oid haughty city, centuries since,
• • Back Before the coming of some concinekorprince
from famed -fights with all his war -worn bands, .
' While jubilant -bells in lower and: steeple swung, -
Down wier4idnIptured balconies were hung-
Greatgorgeous tapestries out of:BaSterii lands!
COn_ d•-lsTani\
The-.Ainerican:dollar is derived from the f.
Oetrinan ."thaler " (literally "valley -piece,")
tne]fixst thalerShaVing been coined in Goac-
hinistal in Bohenna where there are exten-
: sive silver- rames„ - The -same name is Also
• used. in SWeden. and Denmark, where the
. unit of cuirency-is-Called r rix -dale, or royal
• dollar. As for the sign orabbieVitition of $
authorities, are divided as to its origin, but it,
is -generally admitted that cloll4s was �rigi
'tally Written with the Son theU ;- but :for
:the sake of; celeritY,. it was Conciderd to be
expedient to change the u t� two_ -strokes
•'through. S, lwhich :has. remained the_accepted.,
. •t. : • - -
The Am4rican and dime; the
French: centinie--and deoline,-. the Italian -cerk.-
.tesiraci, the. South A meriCan.,centaro, .. are
terms' derived from the Latin;: denoting the
thousandth,!- thequindreilth, . khd the tenth .
part of the unit .-. of currency. : -When the
Italian cities were it the 'height of their
Power in the:Middle- of the sixteenth -Cen--
Wry,: their 49iiis naturally. spread over the
•world, 'and their:names viere-taken for the
ooins of many_ other- corintries. • Thus the
world renektiled. Florentine -Amin.. in Italian;
ildrin, so called from the flOwer,- the lily of
Florence beibg. on the reverse Of everreoin;.
was a-deptediby the French and English,,who
also:give the samename to the German- coin
••gukletz-7-49#ird frOni.gold money. The• Vi-
ne -44:n sequin, in Italian -zeochina---fr-oin
_ -a 22:Ont.-was adopted by moat Of the Oriental
lonntrieS- with which the Venetian. nier;.
ants trafficked. • - -
'Ire Milanese direat was taken into Naples
7rance When the armies of these- coin-
_ 7er 16 al I liMilan - The Neapolitan car/iize
' com_witlithe head -of. Charles omit.
8CUdit--h. 'nob.* eCtz--Ltoek.
its
ea the shield_ on lly placed on the
- ...er Italian coin which spread over
• vas the Roman krosso, called in Eng- •
rete, in Trance 'ai:gra.;, in -Bremen a .
-•ad still retainedin• Prussia and'..Sax-s.
a littei groate; : or gfii;eiteta. The
80U is -evidently 'derived_ from tA
piece with: which one can
pay one's debts: - •, •
'-fianseatidriovrirs also furnished coins,
the pupk,. so called from the Govern,
that it good: weight. The.
g of Hamburg was adopted in Eng.
where it is Called a shihhlng., and also by
irk and-SWederi; -.where_ they call .it. a
.
:
ti-
. - , ;
• ny coins prive their- names from the,.
•A. or signs printed- on the reverse; and
the naine*althoughthe sign May have
t_ disused: I. Thus.. a coin! 'which has a-
•. „i_on the. reverse was cillod an cos in
,a croiVii- in English.. A piece which
cross on if Ia.-Called a kreutzer in Ger-
_ (fromtlieberman--,word krec-.4-t-a cosi)•. •
* iugh=ne. signs Of 'a cross Can be disecvered.
ie modern ireutiers:
. le English Pound was Originally g pound
:oney,.butit. has been gradually reduced .-•
present fokni and called a sovereign,i:
-A the head of the Sovereign being on -its'.
- n France during thereignof -
- re was.a coin calla- a -../Ore, 'or. pound
,
the Republic adoptedasthe unit of
• -.:rency, changing the -nanie Of that offranc,
i .
-rich t still retains...,
-When", the kingdom of Italy and, -More -re- -
atly„ the_Papal States adopted the French
• stem they retained the old name of liVre
It:1114./4 -tins:Hind made.thatine'nnit of:
=elle.); So thatt.he franc of France and the
:ca, of Italy are exactly the same Value.
The. “Napoieon".Or "Loins " of the French
_ _
conventional - name. given., 'by the
a twenty -franc piece, -in the same.
. .
the Americans call a ten -dollar
eagle,";-. and as the: Prnesians. have
riek.."`.. The gnglialquineaderived
torn' the, feet Of the gold from Which
guineas Were Made carne from the
Oast,' The. English farthing is so
, its being the fourth -Of-a-penny ;
•%ition-Of the Spanish cFatt? is the
elqiyarto being,* quarter Of a real,- or
.
anaea- of the.. South American -coins
of Spanish or 'Portuguese ;
or reru, is A piece that
o weigh; the centarois the hundredth'
the_mint, of currency, - and the_rei.of
tis .A'royal Piece. :From the. above--
tied facts; it will. be:seen-that the ten -
"nations has been. to adopt the:
:nations ;, witness the groat, -i-•
--f-torn _Italy to Enaland
was -altered; for in-
ai"a.ria worthfoi4y-
vided- into -sixty
there .is one of -
"ein cents, divided
.renters. •
ofthedifficulties a_ mer -
business With 'Germany, has to
. _ter, it 'must be ' remenib,ered. that -five
ct coinages are, in use in that -country,
ly :,=-Prussia iand _Saxony who use
rs, Worth seventy-five cents divided into _
,groschen "Hamburg,- with • markl-Of
,cents,-diyidedi-inte--"SiAteeir shillings ;--
en, , With its groten and Austria and
ria before mentioned.
Italy the Bathe .state of things existed
the establishment of the Italian King.
in -1860. ] Several -years ago the French
rnment proposed to. the States .whose
ge was the same as hers -namely, to-
m, Italy -that the
of one ahatild diminution
pass without
ue in the ierritazy of each of theothers.
roposal was immediately accepted by,
conntries,. and by Rome Some time
• It is this _ arrangement,--- Called in
6 f‘ La Convention__Mdnetaire," which
ropesed to extend sois to make a- uni-
_
elurencY•
Faf_Contlibutor can't understand how
• will struggle two hours to climb .a
le at a _county fair when his health
to permit him to. split any Wood
•
- ,Soldi,ers Chargivng•-
,
It has just been _stated,. onn-ithe authority
of a London .paper, says the -G/obc, that thee -
old
_oustem of cheering at the time of charg-
ing with the bayonet is ordered to be rm.-
trochiced into the British army. _ There can
.be no doubt that such an order,if it has been
given, will .be hailed with Nary great- satis-
faction. It is enly'n -4* years, not Certain=
above fifteensince this practice, which
had-exiited,probably.frornitinie irnmemorial
in our ariny, was for/nail*. abolished; and of-
-leers of noverylong standing, can well
re-
member the reluctance of the rank and file -
to abandonit, and how long after theorderwas given it was Still Often impossible, when ,
the word Was given_ to ;charge; to prevent -
therwell-knownshOut fromrising ;to the set, -
'eks' lipS; In -the s Mind- of many:a veteran
the Mere:action:of advancing at the .double
Was inseparable fmni shouting the Sort of in-
describable war *cry which was known by
the naireof cheering; :anda inechanicalim: -
pulse that had become deeply in -
he should Obey the
.his nature :made it im 6* fora timeth:
_
indulging in the luvury that used to accom-
pany it. Those Who imagine that the.
-im-
portance ' of -such -a luxury is insignificant
-commit A very great mistake. It has played
a more curious' and influential I.:part in his-
tory .than•any.one would at -first sight .suP,..
pose. Readers of the Graulish Campaigns of
Julius 0,mzar know that at - a. very . critical
-moment the. legions -Viere *disconnected and
•-ilinost thrown ' into an utter panic by the
pieraingandunacciistoined jells Of. the Bel-
siiii_hordeStsadVaneing tothe lattack, and
this, although the Roman soldiers theniselvet•
were perfectly accustomed to shout On the
-Charge, The -Very 'same commander who
had then sostrikingan example of the ef-
fect `of;the practice, witnessed another and a:
still more remarkable instance at the battle
of Pharialia: ' It is Well known . that • at the
battle Pompey ordered his soldiers to stand
- 4
;7 -Still .--44-cl• receive -in silence. the .attack of
zar's - His . idea was that the
waste of breath' involired. in - the sharp run -
and the loud shout Might ,simply
rinsed and .reieried ,lor, solid imismilieac--
tidn. But the event belied. his: theory; and
it was always Said..that-.Carattributed the
Speedy defeat of his Adversary to the --great-
mistake that he Made, in depriving his:
sol-
diers of this accustomedmoral .incentive. -
• • I
Fashion Wooing..
There is One race, Called the "love -chase,"
which may he considered a part of the firm.
of Marriage among :the In this the
bride arziledWith a formidable whip mounts
f. ! -
--alleet horse, -aud pursued by all theyoung• meif.whe make any pretensions to her hand: -
'She will be givenasa prize to one -who
eatches .her,: but she has the right,: beside
Urging on her -herself) the utmost, to use her
whip; often with no Mean fere°, to keep off
those lovers who are inweleothe to and
she will probably favor the l one .whom she--
. has already in her :heart.; _how-
ever,l• Kirghiz oust*, -a._ suitor td •_ the
hand Of a pla/c1011-ja sob.liged. to give a Certain'
ka/kin-, • or purchase money, and All agreement
mast be maili4 With the father for the amount
of doiiry he :0170; .his ;danghter,. the love -
chase" is a /natter of form-:.. The
ten; "ConSista,. with, .rich individuals; as
many: as -forty-seven horses, and perhaps a.
Meelitunitould be: tliirty4eYen cattle -.and a
- few horses. . the dowry given! by the --fa,.
• ther ingsValViays be included kibitlr-,i'for
the use of the bride. As mullahs are very
• rare --in the S.ietilSi religious ceremony of
any kind at a -Marriage is unusual,: but one
thing_ must be strictly performed; ; after the
women have sung the lirtUes of the bride, and
the men have chanted those of her husband,..
tellingofhis exploits, --at)* :in4ny cattle hehas
stolen, and he* Many *wending ex,
peditiOns he has engaged, the -young man
iallSt, enter tne-kibitka. Where' the. bride is
seated and take her out, although both en-
trance and exit are forcibly opposed -lay all
her friends. This is probably -a remnant Of
the Old primitive custom when Marriage
was an act Of capture, - • .
- - • ] •
Thk#Ft. of .Politeness.:
Likara the tendon:DO*
A very painful ,disclosure ;with regard .to
the late M. de ISt. Bettye is made-by"the
ed-
itor of a Paris. almanac,which professes to
.giVe:Prenak people lessons in the art of no-
litenesi. The .I"'Alnianac de Sayeir-YrYre,? .
to 'give itsproper title, states that the anther
of the .1."CauserieS Limdi "and the His -
:tory" of Port Royal„'" who asserted that a
man of genius could net possess bad 'Manners -
:was Convicted ,OVno. lesa than eight Offences -
at table by the Master of CeremonieFil in the
household of the late Emperor NaPoilion,‘
, 116. spread his napkin overbothkneekin-
.. Stead' of only unfolding . .he emitted to
crush the shells of two boiled eggs which he
had'eaten -,he• asked for a 'seCond. service of
_chicken.; he touched. the bonesi-of the chick-
. eirtvith his fingers i' -he said `.`Thank you" -
to One of the servants; he left: hi S knife mid
'fork Upon. -the cloth, instead of upon " the.:
plate ; pear latittiainally, instead--
- of longitudinally, and Offered half: of. it to a -
lady seated iiextto worst of all, he
sniffed at his wine -before drinking it. - ' The
- - -
"Almanaa de SaVoir-ViVre" condemns, With
befitting severity', this deplorable ' *ant la
ternie, . and explains that; above all things', the
napkin should, be placed to a, nicety. It i
bad taste to Open it altogether, 'd ridicn
Ions net to open it at all;the correct thing
"-te, ;unfold it _rather inOrn than half, - and
],po.se it negligently .11Pen the knee." •
04-.eradvice--Of an excellent-:kindia -given
Tto - people who. are not quite certain • as te
What is the Proper thing to do When they go -
into " society:" - Thus, 'fctr. instanee, it is
est. of term_ s„. better not in uireafter
tim.•- ._ I.,' .:.:.1-:-:_„---T;
se ,-.:. . 421- mannerC4:?o.take a _seat in of:A-Prince : he Church- until he ja- -
_ -i,n the pre-
..
; vites. you to- do.. se -; d the "AlinaniC:de
Sairoir-Vivre"- says t is. impolite to -a,ild. a '
"postcript to a leiter, because .it shows 'that .
the writer; had.pal .little.,,heed to whathe
. -
-
viii*riting, and COnseqUently had not his
.heart.m the work: ..- tUponr. the -hula-vexed
cigestien-whetheili4 the duty of the gentle,
-inair;td Offer his umbrella to a lady who lhas •
been overtaken laystorin and. With, *hi:MC
he -has( not the ho O. of being acquainted,.
the "Almanac de SaVeir-Vivre" lays down ,
the rule thatlit is riht- to do so, but that it.
- the lady is young !il-she :had better- refuse,
.
shouldtherebe any place Of refuge close at'
hand.; If, -hofWevo,itheie is not, 0/.. if she is
pressed for time, sherthay may: accept .•the -differ-
but she -innstnot ste.lc to thegentleman Who
r .; i
is holding th 1-unila eitever her; and a. must '
merely- ' bpw- lin the!" !nest ' diotant : manor ,
. :
- . .
ese,,And Man
ligaitur •:.T:
111-019. - " ni"41: it • e i---
estly;ounce's its inten-
tion of "raising ,-istandard of.a crusade
on behalf Of french ialiteness," Which, in
the opinion of the cloralpiler;- at present exists
only in name
„_,..1...,4„,,......
. , - .
. • . -I *. * ''. 1 i - . -
etrible Traged ' at Sea-Mysteriens-
Escape o th4-ktirderer. - ]
•..-4 shocking murder las recently,been per-
petrated on - board the -sli-liJ Western:Chief
: . - • -1 f 1 . - - t'
. apt. Hill, which yessol 'arrived at Oraves,
„ end, . September 301% Horn Nagasaki; Japan.
The, crime ,.was coin' i4ted by A- Malay ' sea- '
man, :who. escaped : an -extraordinary -man-
ner, as will be I seen byl' the 'report froth. the
XI -ininutei, longitude -1M degrees 38 --minutes
li
master's official. log _w., ich. lis as follows ;;7-•
". On September; 13, in lattitnde- 27 degrees
west, -between i 11:30 A.m. ;and. Midnight$I
was aroused -from 14 steep by the -Of- .
ficer, Mr. Sturips, and informed that Robert
Hughes did -Willigin .t,,,Platt, __ able seamen,
were . stabbed. 1 I ,iningediately- ran- foiward
to the: house, and aWI-Robert.liugl.ies sit-
ting up • in hisbedt vrir his head hanging
. over his left alioulde/V Mr. liner, chief, effieer ,
e , •
'.nrilar-instrirctions 'are
- the'Atki
t13. About Work.
WINTER: GicAix may yet be sown.;.on. 04 -•
warm soils wheat may succeed. sewnlas
--.tsisretubsea su usual
end
cit asi ehteyn? .mo jounseedt • lch, 0 vo ehn :du redyr a_be 1309,4 e
to ensure .good growth. .have hadan and heavy growth of ry4.3-toteut in
April 'ler sidling; from a field sewn in.-
Vember with 5ibushelitO the acre.
. •
TOP-Dugssn'To the knolls or ar
the newlysown wheat fields,- Will be fouid
- --
useful. A thin :coating of straw_ even
, l4as
been found of treat service, and has -help 21
the crop wonderfully in Berne casesr -
-this purpose any coarse Manure or straw m
be used. Marsh hay or buckwheat 1st/.
will be serviceable, as, except when. mann
is used, the shelter and protection is w
benefits the crop. Where the wheat
come up thin- and poor on 'worn lands, IL
lbs. of the hest l guano or 100 lbs. of nitra
-
of soda, per acre, :will be beneficial.
shoula-be used 'early id- do the Most goed:
- -
using Yhita-,Utmost- e 0a,Vorio to stanch the
blood frotti: the wound iSii.inchesabOve the
knee:, He. never.',..464 -.a.. Word; and died -
'within a quarter of .3an 'roionriafter_I saw -him'
finit; - On exaininintMit,Platt, we found he
had been Stabbed in two places. The wounds
Were sewn -up; and at :presreitt the patient. ap-
pears - to be doing Weltd. .,1 'ordered- all the
• Malays to, be brought to' Mo, and, .On 'muster-
ing them, found-:-Santi ro __missing- -yire.:;g6t
lights, ' and -Searched! -the ship 7 all over; but .
could not diseoVier.hini; iit-fotincl: his Sheath--". _ CoRig ,170DDIIREi3pgqial _ atteilti0n has
knife CST the deck -b3r portfere-rigging:. I recently been given to 'corn -fodder - in the.
. canna.- 'assign Air cause for this .inoste cold- .4meri-e-att •Agrioiaturist. . what ha413 bee.n.8 id,
bloocled"Inurder .;-- t6 ' en all deelare --tbai ' , and ".the - cOntrivaithes ' that have :been !de.
there. had - been • net raii or, quarreling - -Scribed should be studied. There will be. a
..prelionaly 'out selitem pr. 14, lw latitude 28 - scarcity of fodder in: :many - . places , in Ithe
, . 4
degrees33minutes . nortIkt-,!- and ..longitude 8,5-- , ;East,. and economy: should be used in Iuroiu
r degrees 50:-Minntes westirlats6-a•nt.,,exatag' and feey.lizAl't the stalks.. - They should. be Put
ed. signals:. with the Brit* Ship, I4ord-Lynd... _under. cover if possible, as they are :rarely
hurst, .frein Calcutta for London, lop- days. stacked so as to keep them* dry. Meulay.
He"askedif 11144 lod A -4*li- ove1:12(-4r.d.'.' .01i . stalks are Oftel the cause of sicki4sa
.
had picked op i -man -4 i.niniediately Pro-.
being : t61(1.,f !ire,'.' :13.?1,- 41. the Astronomer amongst cattle, -which la charged to .Thorn:
all," or some _Other imaginary or obscure
- deeded toward her aimi.- fcit, i.i1d that it v7a "E the, : - disease: ' ---ThrOw*. out alLsiiiiitty stalks and
Bristol; ninety-nine days out. - .-Lowered the and the seattered]Isinut will be - Very •aptIto
it
.British ship Astronomer, -1014 tOnlbaY . for burn them. They are not wheieAthne., (ttod;:
boat and: Went: on board). itont -the inSin.r.sh4--. --infest the'ProPS, allOther-
Pii4ows from low -vats -shon
be 6 at once, to carry Off .thswat
-
t
Whia,- will gather- by . and by; When' the
spots are' floed.edarrdthe-soil is wet, it
betoolate to do work, As the -traMpli
•of the ground will mere Mischief tha"ii t
_water. _r This sould.be done at once:
. . -
. COAX. IlvsKixo..--416 present season co
may be 'Ina:lied ;earlier- than .tiSual; and the
need be .nonre left in the field . by the -end- -
the *nth, .-Afk there, are many thingalto
.done during fine weather,- it Will.generally
best to let :out this job by the bushel,:
-
thiscasekeep an eye • on the ,Iiiishera,:,t
the Work may be -done cleanly and
ears left on the -stalks Large ears *Meg:stir
tip more quickly, than small ones, Ottd,:q6,
easily _husked, 'henee•-.Small -ears" :are.lioniet,
times not Intaked. Have twObaiketsiii 44 -
field, one for anion eats; soft- torn,: aid nub
bins; and -:the other forvilarIKO: aotuid_
which shmild. :be • cribbed by themselyeli
The rest Should' be boiled. for the e
ground with some 'oats and bran for. fee fm
cows,but never cribbed With geed corn..
•'SEED -CORN should be selected -Ala
. . , _
• next -season. "Large, Beim& ears, "filled'tb
.
tips, are-preferable:to smaller enes,..-althmou h
two may have grown -111)011 :64#4. stalk.'
'would rather. have one good ear Upon.pa.ch
Stalk' than two small ones upon -.half' -the
-Opp, and one swan one upon the rest. One
large good ear upon., a stalk, Will, yield over
200 -bushels of ears per acre, and that •,ought
to satisfy atirean. The .selected ears should
not be "lniaked;. but the 'husks turned .back
and braided -together, se as - to-rniake bunch
of go or 30 ears. :These Should- be "hting:up-
• *A dry safe
ors
Y-
d -
r
fd
had Picked up could not be Ifonnd. There is:
not the _slightest doubt that . he is our Man
and. inlikd.erert, beeauitO !he told-. CaPtaint,
_Edgar; as wevere bearing dewn toward -him; '
- that this was thel.shiP h&j- belonged to.. jNo
- doubt, as . he saw .,a chance; he I must have
--jumped overboard. -Tile' Captain- and crew
all declare that they-saw.him-a few minutes
- before I -hailed them."
. . .•
,••••_ 40.41.•
4n4ii g 41:1P0t.:
I dwell on thielpoint, for weuld; deter -
others froixt entering tiat lp ce of torment.
rY, w
Half the -young Men inl-thi Co t
many o , enbugh o knewfbetter, • would' go
iutii. )3usin-sos-+:thiit,iis,. ioto_!debt7-tO mor-
row,. ifi they conkli -., -Mostpoorl men are -se .
ignorant As to envy the ,Jimkrchant or mann"...
, factnieic- whose life is in ?Unacessant struggle_
that it has been computed that .but one man
1;
with ' Who:* . -ive4 to :constant!
.." ahining,".and who, fru .menth. to month,
. bafely; evades theInso Ve exTvrh.i-cla ' sooner ;
orlaterOvertakee- -ost ine" ;an: business; se
intwentyof-thein:fiehievei it-picipipalary- -ano--
-"0. , 7170T- thy. own partl Wenld rather be a
convict in the -State prison, a slave in -A -:rice
. • 1 1 i ' , ...e .
swamp, than to pass though iu der the
harrow- ofdebt. : :Let -rio ej.udge him!-
. -I '
self unfortunate, or billy' , SO Icing as he
has the full use of his li e. land _faculties,
7 , .
and is substantially; - free filo debt.- Hunger
i_ t • • •
oord;. rags; hard work, : pep 'empt, - suspicion, -,
unjust reproach, are •.disagreeable:_* but - debt
is nifinitely worset an t And if it had pleased God to Spare or or all; my
isons to. be the support •-(1 in declining years, :
the: lesson i which ill- ahetil, .144t -• earnestly :
Seek to impress upon them.; - ,..1*-ier run in
- debt". --- Avoid pecuniary:. .obligations-- as ' you -. •
would - Pestilence Or famine. -. It Yon have but
fifty cents, and can get'nOlittoro IfOi .4 . week,- -
buy a peek of Corn, parch it '. auciiiye .- on it.: •.
obliga-
tions, I do 'not- consider Iiiiiiiiiii debt who .
ii, -1
rather:than, owe a dollars I '. -. )l clelarfie I know-
• that. some men Must do buS'_ esg that involves
a risk, and must give either notes _or obiiga--;
can lay his hands direct O -_-.tIteh means : of
. ..
payin ,s at somelittlesaCrifl . ' all h :owes; • '
. I speak. of". real - debt -7 -that _ N'onob involves ,
i_ _- risk ,or..SkOrifice_Ou:_oner_sid1;_l'Obligation- and--, -,
dependence car the other -a cl I say frau:Lail' `.
- suCh;"let.every youth huinblt. ay_ _064:10-__
pieeet_!........r..,..ste -.1:,-.iihisverii===ore -HrioNIP.._ ,i eeleY•
-, 4-Mali:din . . ' .
We. gather potatoes' sintoi.
• temporary- pit, and cover the heap 'withl
• quantity of, the stalks before we 'leave the
field at night. - We tliinle.this safest- -and •
best. They are not touched by a light frost
that _might occur, nor scalded by the: noon
suns - As soon as. they are dry, gather into -
; heyea of °h or safe5°-bUnutshileihs'eaanvya-cfrOcr-setrig whereeiite
when :they should be pitted,- or stored in
Idry cellar. It is beet to dig only in dry
!Weather. Potatoes are high now, omaccOunt
of. the ravages of the tato beetle d-
dry weather, in -some sections. But odthe-
, y_
keep-tip:When-. _the supply becomes . diffused
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and equalized.• This May be Worth consider. -
„Mg by.t.lioieviho can dig their crops early.1
. whole the crop/is large and prices may not
TiiE POTATO. FUNGUS. -It is now known
that s.7aperes of the .fungus- which causes
the potato e.ttsease, remain in the stalks �r
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tubers airing_ the winter. Where there is
any disease, then it would be safe to. burn
7
the Stalks, and pick , out every -diteased.
tub-- t b , an ed to pigs or chick:
- ens. If this is done. generally, the -potato.
.
diseasewillprobably never become Very seri-ous .
. this country. We. have seen many
diseased potatoes *id- season.
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34.-1301VDTZIk:SHwn gives in NaNre an
account .of_Mr: D. Q. Stone's expeditien t�
.New guinea, from 'which we learn that 31if•
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,Stone left Somerset, Australia, on the:21st of
of October, and after remaining a le* days at
Yule Island, reached port Moresby, New
Guinea, the 29th.. Here,. accompanied
by two taxiderinista, he cominenced making
in°611seectirtriganl4atre_ ninikilase6r1:tisPinpeCieisesii,cc4nlelne:
them three described by Mr, Sharpe ,as
th,e.„ pVARIOUStepr4 oenthobfa an haveartifib: been P. 4;0tPho:re froto4
-leather =parings and:trimmings ; but the pro-:
duets . have. had - the -disadvantage Of bemgj
without elasticity and of _ Coming to pieces in I
water., Sevensen„ of ;Copenhagen has lately
patented an improved prbeess-for this wo*-3.1_
-m-whielt-the parings are first freed from'ini;-i
Purities, and then worked- by:a special, M.*,
chine into -hoMogeneons.7„mass. india
rubber Of any quality -is then squeezed,.;„
washed, and cat into pieces, and dissolved in
oil !of-.. turpentine, benzine, sulphide Of Car-
bon, Or other suitable liquid.- _ The leather
s neit Mixed with =Monne Water, forming
gelatinous -rita.aii and- well stirred, after
which the two maisea:are united in a proper -
niaChine., . general; kw sole 4eather, the
emposition consists of, twenty-five:paits of
olid rubber with sixty-seven parts of the
omogeneaus Mass of leather, and thewholeresSeu immoulds or rolled, . after which it
caw minipultited soasto be brought into
yi desired form: •'
tni experiments:undertaken by the Unit:'] --
d States Fish Commission, several years ago
Stock the waters of Utah - with anadro,
thus fish promises -a fair nioaaare of success.
heiCalifornia sahnon introduced 111.1874 -now,
wattling from- seven:to-) twelve inchei in
equally bad manners to eat largely or, spar-
ingly wheMdining out; for, in the first case,
may seem ,as if you had not enough at
home, and, in the second, as if the dishes of-
fered to you were unpalatable. If you have
a largeappetite, temper it by a light repast
before you leave home. If you do not, feel -
any•
, appetite, say that you are indisposed,
and so .spare your host's feelings. -,1"let less
useful Advice 18 given to people who are only
"invited in the evening." The "Almanac
-de Savoir-Vivre " impresses upon the master
of the house that it is the duty of the master
. of the house "to tlance vrith.the ladies who
do not get the most partners.”. A visitor
calling upon a lady whose husband is not at
home must tot forget to express a hope. that
is in good health ;" but if tlielnist
bind and wife are known' not to be upon the
In a., conminnication o t
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Sciences M., A.- Muret state
recent balloon] ascent off Che
Durhof, they were surprised
its minutest details] though
1700 metres, to.see the "bto
that _point must be 60 or
The rocks and under cuiyen
visible._ He suggesti t
e- Academy of i
that -during a . •a
Null* with M.
atflia height
- o the 'sea
the 'channel at 2
metres _deep. • h
were dead"- 'P
oon. observa
tons might prevent siiiprngeldisasters -due. to IA
expressed at this ,report, and it Would be cu- e
rious to know at what height and under - to
what atmospheric eonditio s la sea-bed m
becomes visible when invisibl from the sur. - t
face.
deficiencies in charte.l. .
•
` length, while those of 1875 are from five to
Viren
wh4"youY;;Inwcilunpdauc.eP mapwanay doesn't. in the. waters olSalt Lake ConntY, as also
goes on seven inches long Tiles' e have been placed -
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5
1
those'sl. Rich, IT
e eel' mtrodue
fw e's lwoan5g
lengthin
li4ke; &ztd.-anoth
River1ts-o feet t
fourpoinids two
„-Tif/4 ev. R.
:--
Phi1osoiicalAfaqi
.planatioxk Of a -r674
.i0annleyn,
gated
Peak,
taupe o
Ward:
this sli
tracted
°mirage::
and Daviscountie,s;
ev:eral *ears Ago onlY
e time, one Orf ,two feet
Ay Tenn& dead m Salt -
as -- taken in the ProVO
Lch, -
es long and-weighiDg
. .
communicates
.4 a description and- -ex-
able atmeaspheriC,phen-,
astern c?e3on. It relates essent-;
e apbeafan• ofanenormous elon-
ow of titiandmitain called AdaWs'
een.a,tsinse, projecting toa die;
6verilatYs7p"1-0114Y themilest6to
he extremityvrest
hiyi-,,
w.appe4ei.jito be reflected and re-
ward a; ii 4:the case of an ordinary -
• : Profes r Tyndell
• tiire at;&'e 'Roy
Of the -p viless de
Fraiiklin-Was
the shoe Ile-
a two' e jars-
• they fe toy the
'1:(Ilitthh°91. °dnowingrill
-
who made iraluablei,d,mtributions to deettii...
city," recei• ed the -i*.fisi;liarge of two jars, but
did not -11.a it painful,: . •
"This Xperien.O. In
the Theat.i e of the- with'lnitie.
titution, and in
,
the presen e of an uience, I once received
.
the disclia ge Of :a ry of fifteen Leyden
. -
jars., e- • -si.
x *len I did not
0. •
s_ Death -
)1 -a recent holiday lee-,
titUtion, speaks thus'
y electricity :-- -
e struck senseless - by
r- -ards sent the discharge C
)tiudghansycgrootbuitspt mageainn ;
had happened ; they
e discharge. Priestly,
62, but1ike then.
e itguish a It nothing. I was -
simply sensible interval
Thiay be r
proof -that oeople by lightning. suffer
no pain.
-as an experimental
eantre
Hence the lectri
centre -of
I
/tient by i
There 18 h
rifie _ballti
reason' enti
But a rifl'
the electri
" The.R'
ning in o
members
8Ubstjtutc
violence a
_
7• focity of electricity is
many _th and tim
mea-
sured Teityof
l° eater than t e in the nerves.
liacussion reaches .the
i:riy possible Announce-, .
ir or sense of feeling.
Once:that deathby a
rain s for the same;
COnSCjqusness or pain.
ise mpared with
Jaces artificial
Iight-
:;society Mild kill its .
anti/loons doom be
tture. and brute, •
evkt
bye
; v iodera, kt,:e
ly WithuL
is at
flash.
Ireff _
this
fo_egrthal
ho
TOMMY
tes
:
DEER 311 4-4 wis
Jonnyish . me -up • _
.me- . aviful CO:=I wont
.cut it hurts.•fhans,-
chickens is °nig t.O'N
;
comes aivf 6 ds they .
On. The olC black
_ didilentWablack cifiRens,we waotedwite,
. so we 6.113.8-,. er awf r I.,day, An the -iyite
.. hen Nioodeli_ set til Jt.!. He het. -onto tRe
.--Aest; And s4 iittzeut _he :stans, Ile sed
he weed .giliSo pie ';Oir %Lip= cheap ' for
' t it. 1:Ilzent hatch yet. 1- -
• Deer Ma I miss -
some pants of my
at feller what comes
•_a_St night: He set
innaer the sofy but
When Ant Cad
.sayg. he 'Alley is
-eset down by him.,
'TaWaY but bine by, .
ATII An slamed the.
ek he_.kist agen an
she lop telling him to . but he c_liddent
il Jennyrunl shaulp, -to his leg. - whin
Ant Cad fee in an. djenny "owt, au
• 04 his pia .cawle olonnawty boyt
n Jonny, orid , itx:ed t et_ller sed -it was no -
tteit ' The -,flour Whk ramma pawls ser -
us blimred the'Other • ' 7' She senflortYry
ddy-to :Conte an a ee 11-; the hows was ftil
f lokes.an a bot Stannk„...wt on thepave;
ent 'looking to the -ten ow.- They was ,a - -
sent Parent. .
AvoOd come homb.
clezzet and pinches
v eginst for -him. to
e,ses. none of the
.nine- *hen niy hen
egi What _Ile set
tride to set but we
cents an 1 ba
wisht I hada tit baw
you awful. ,: ant I
enVe n no .4onnys,
o see -Ant- Id was h-
on the say ..Jonny
he diddent it .at Ear
came in the e r.tole
plentyofr -here;
Then he ki •er net
an she was el mad -A:
door:: When he cam
niin an11
*tinderful.1 * I t
Janny WhiVered
-
pick
int it oot over it yet. I
r set mute
m t a 41
e Wares auch ,Iiig
g goe_ .evry
wice around Iii neck, -
/tit too H&j to it,. an
nokayter wa
at time it is,I -
•ys i onto a I
iinebn it an t
_
noon, he'can
If it 18 aftemo
When. the sun
when it is
ss it is the bes
-
en if
111 egzae
he has
/it shin'
te he ,-
4 mot w
int youto send Me too
ter an rite rit away.
u so rautch I irt wau,
„ -
our
it. They. Bed- it'
was a nice flaur
an I pict it an I
so soar I cant
urgirl has got a
h •gentleman,
chane wounded
en suCh.a wach
65 it is .a coart
e wants---to/10
e,
an lets the
es there til it is
'what time it i.s.
147 -sit til flex' day. -
cant telienyway
'I no. •Ant Cad
.she ever . saw, 1- .
en in your nex
ant t� here from
.• -•
iced' ghed uen tthe 8011
T°21131L
, . .. L.
.,i,
[Prom tiieF tsVille .1d --gisi- Journal.] ,
r. Elton says 0 --WaS0a. esd. to see .anxanT
.. ,
ea Henry Ii4akiiiii; 1,.1 -a -late miner, aged .,
4,$ y . - Hoskins said ,tza he had gone to
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w ilrWithout bre kfast1,t. e had not feit
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vv t) , , 4 *
ill. .' • About 8 :- eloCk he ad ank -some .
coId Water, and 6-hiccOkis e 1 \Violently
at, arst, blitsub e uentlysliel •iit Mind it .
as 6uch,thifiking itwoujdscbu-disappear, It '
-.:di not, however, and liehlidn-' tried, several .
...lOcaL.ramedies, au h as diningnine,swgi--
s of tiriteT.;±_ii4 ting a ol 1 -.piece of slate •
his back; 'a td -811C jke:V.- rP3. „ire
bedame alarmid, .1 r he f 'he
.... _ . . .
Was totting
Weiker every in' u . ,outunted with
,
- • ,,I : -
titre% -violence, ,an
- to go .home,..• by thel
mage -.him 'hot OO ee,- azidL
-, breakfast, btit., his ppetite';'/*
- lio'begin •Lo shivk , and
,0011 ne,d-as -bail' 4% ever'
the4 sent for. .HCi on
ty 4rops, of sal
sth r in a wine
but- that did -no
trieL to divert t
it as all to uo
'the zumi 'thirty urpose
ops of
'
dro e -back to hrik Ions
me eine! • Still the hiccou
in teett injnute
eollyse oart
pe ctly he1thy iu eve--"'".
s elled a great d emed-to itrangle
'Chap Wer4 over. '
.
any k
iu wa..s ad.
)S8. His wife
• tried.to - eat
entirely ,gone.
;hiccough. still
• e ,doctor -was-
- tired twen__-
_. -en-drops/of
itiphor water,
The doctor -
from it, but ]
e -then- gave ,
danum, and
cure other.
ued;And
r left the
_ed to be
- 1 i
e
re, his suffer.
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