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Keller; 1(18-y Solicitor, &c. , East, [over Leader Oflicefl 123-1y George Wilson, (LATE FROM ENGLAND ) muse no: arms motel, RICHMOND HILL, GOOD Accommodations and every attention . 7 shown to v'l‘ravellers. Good Yards for Drove Cattle and Loose dees for Race Horses and Studs. . The best of Liquors and Cigars kept con- stantly on hand. The Monthly Fair held outlie Promises first Wediresdayin each month. Richmond Hill. April 8. 1862. 167 h March 14, 186?. W ALEX. SCOTT, Preprietor. Vol. IV. No. 33. HOTEL CARDS. RICHMOND HILL HOTEL RICHARD N ICHOLLS, Proprietor. LARGE HALL is connected with this Ilotcl for Assemblies. Balls, Concerts, Meetings, (Km, v A STAGE leaves this Hotel every morning for Toronto, at 7 a.in. : returning, leaves Toronto at half-past 3. If? Good Stabling and a careful Hostlor in waiting. Richmond HillnNov. 7, 1861. 145-11)‘. A...“ J _ 'VV hite Hart Inn, RICHMOND mun. IIIE Subscriber begs to inform the Public that he has leased the above Hotel. where he willkeep constantly on hand a good supply of first-class Liquors, &c. As this house possesses every accommodation Tra- vel me can desire, those who wish to stay where they can find every comfort are respectfully iii- vited to give him a call. ' CORNELIUS VAN NOSTIIAND. Richmond Hill. Dec. 28, 1860. 108-1y YONGE STREET HOTEL, AURORA. GOOD snpply of Wines and Liquors I" always on hand. Excellent Accommo- dation for 'I‘rnvollers, banners, and others. Cigars of all brands. I). McLEOD, Proprietor. Aurora. June 6, 1859. 25-:1y CLYDE I-IOTEL, KING sr. EAST, NEAR 'riin MARKET squnun, TORONTO. C.VV. JOHN MILLS, loopy-tam. Good Stabling attached and attentive Hustlers always in attendance. Toronto, November 1861. 157-tf James Massey, (Lan ol'tlie King's lload. London. Eng.) N0. 26 \Vest Market Place; 'l‘OltON'l'O. Ever accommodation for Farmers and others attending Market Good Stahliiig. [13’ Dinner from 12 to .‘2 o'clock. 167 Iâ€"Iuaimter’a ZEIâ€"Ioviei. tattoos @é‘tu’thttttfi, f Ill“. Subscriber begs to inform the Public that he has leased the above Hotel, where he will keep constantly on hand a good supply of firstâ€"class Liquors, dire. This house (possesses every accoriiinodation Travellers can Considered him an (,ld man. 'desire, those who wish to stay where they can find every” comfort are respectfully invited to call. . q - W. “’ES'I‘PIIAL. Corner of Church and Stanley Sis, Toronto, Sept. 6, 1861. l«15~«ly THE WELL-KNOWN BLACK HORSE HOTEL, Formerly kept by William Itolpli, Cor. of Palace .8; George Sts. [EAST OF Tm: mummy] TORONIO. WILLIAM 00X, Proprietor, [Successor to Thomas Palmer]. Good Stabling attached. always in attendance. Toronto, April 19, 1861. JOS. Glt.li‘.GOlt’._.‘ Fountain Restart: ant i 69 KING S'I‘Iiiirrr, Ifixs‘r, TORONTO Trusty Hostlers 125~lv Lunch every day from 11 till 2. 11:? Soups, Games, Oysters, always on hand: Dinners-arid Suppers for l’rivate Parties got up in the beststyle. Toronto, April 19, 1861. Lobsters, &c 125-13' NEWBIGGING HOUSE, ATE Clarendon l olcl, No. 528, 30 and 32 Front Street, ' ororito. Board day Porters always iii attendance at the Cars and Boats. W. NEIVBIGGING, Proprietor. Toronto, April 8, 1861. ,124-1)‘ AURORA AND RICHMOND. _-HILLU AD WNW \W l 3m TS. Linger, gentle angel spirit; , Stay and fold thy cherub wings; To the world thon didst inherit What sweet message dost then bring 7' Erst of'balm for her who bore'thee, W ept thy early bight to heaven; Saw the cold clods leveled o’er thee. Candi bestbw the healing leavan 7 As we tarry by the greenward, Covering to thy mortal bed. And gaze down upon the roses, All in bloom above thy head, Sadly. mildly, mem’rv whispers Of a bud that never bloomed ; Then we feel a presence-near us, Pointing to our rosebud’s tomb, “ Let Sound Reason weigh ,m’oro with 243; than. Popular Opinion.” fifty ducut's',‘an'd sat down to deal; .1 17‘ “we su'rro'uh‘de’d‘“ 1i ..., began. ' Silvio was in and tho- I VOCATE,’ Air, I.) the habit of being ~ perfectly silent w‘l'ien engaged in with the clay ;'hc rteVer'disputed and [layer bxplained.‘ Iriircaces uhcro the sparkled; “The officers, engaged pointeur made ai'.p’ri3talio, he would in reading their own letters, did not w, "mesa" MW .__._. >Wfimw-‘H‘. 18,1862. occasions. One day they while he was reading, immediately paytiout from thc‘bank romark' this. ‘ or Write up thol’shore. W’e .knew his system, andirllowed him to man-vcumstances demand my immediate ‘Gentlcmcn,’ said Silvio, age"‘1n his own, way. But there absencesl leave IO-lllghl-râ€"I hope was among Silvio took tlic,é:halk and balanced the account, as he was accustomed to do ‘,'the officer, believing him to be in the wrong, began to'miike some observations; but Silvio con- tinued to .deal the cards in silence. usan officer who had but lately'join‘ctfii' the corps. Through inadverfzifice tic: made a mistake.»â€" . balls. Guardian spirit, hovering o’er us. 0ft thy presence seeinoth Iio'ar, And when sorrow’s fount o’erflowoth, Unseen pinions dry each tour ;V I When the silent twilight bringeth Bitter memories to fire heart. Back to earth our cherub wingeth, VVhispors peace, and steals the dart ! «m ,â€" am.~_-_m literature. ,uâ€"l FROM. THE RUSSIAN Olt‘ I’USIIKIN. BY F. H. '1‘ . WI; were stationed at the village of A The life of an officer in the army is well known. In the morn- ing them is the parade and the rid~ big-school ; then comes dinner with the Jewish Tavern, and in the evening, of course, punch and cards. in A- there was not one open house, not one heiress ; we assem- lblcd in each othor's rooms, where no one was soon who did not wear our unifori'n. There was only one man who be- longed to our society without being in the army. Hf; was. about thirty- livc years of age. and we therefore Ills sex parieiiceggave him 'mah' y hittin- tach over us ;, added to which, the usual gloomincss of his temper, his rough manners and bitingr tongue, considerably increased the inlluenco he had acquired over our young minds. A kind ofmystei‘y attended him; he seemed to be a Russian, yet his name was foreign. At one period of his life he had served With reputation in a regiment of hussars, and nobody knew the rea- son which induced him to leave it, and to settle in a quiet village, lwheic he lived in a strange manner I ) appearing at the same time poor and prodigal : he always walked on foot, and in a threadbare black coat, and yet he kept open table for all the officers of our regiment. True, his dinner consisted of two or three ldisiies only, winch were prepared lby an old veteran ; but champagne (flowed in rivers. No one kch of his property, or the source from whence he derived his income, and no one dared to ask him about it. He had some books. for the most part military works and novels.â€" $1, per He was liberal in lending them out, and never asked for thorn to be re- turned. His principal exercise was pistol shooting; the walls of his room Wore, so to speak, inlaid with A rich collection of pistols ' was the only luxury of the poor cot- YONGE STREET, HE Subscriber begs to intimate that he of has leased the above hotel, and having fitted it upin the latest style travellers may rely upon having every comfort and attention at this first class house. ' Good Stabliug and an attentive Hostler al- ways in attendance. WILLIAM LENNOX, Proprietor, York Mills, June 7. 1861. 13‘2-ly Wellington Hotel, aurora OPPOSITE THE TORONTO HOUSE. GEO. L. GRAHTIII. momma... LARGE and CommodioUS Holland other improvements have. at great expense. been made so as to make this House the largest and best north of Toronto. Travellers at this House find every convenience both for them- selvos and horses. N.B.â€"A careful ostler always in attendance Aurora Station, April 1861. l ' l irkg; AS s13 Carriage and Waggon MAKER, UNDERTAEEER o'cc. d‘zc; &c. Residence-«Nearly opposite the Post Office. Richmond Hill tagc‘ where he lived. The degree precision which he had attained was extraordinary, and if he had proposed to hit a pear on the forag- ing cap of anybody, there was not one in our regiment who would have hesitated to offer his head for the experiment. We often talked of duels and duelling; but Silvo, for so I shall call him, never joined in conversation. To the question whether he had ever fought a duel, he would drily answer that he had, but he never entered into details. and it was evident that ques- tions on this subject were by no means .pleasant to his ears. \Ve supposed that the fate of some un~ fortunate victim of his terrible art was weighing ou'liis conscience-â€" It never once struck us‘to suspect him of cowardice; there are men whose very appearance dispels all suspicion of this kind; yet an ac- cidental circumstance caused a slight alteration in our opinion. One day about ten of our ofliccrsl dined with Silvio. We drunk as} usual, that is, very freely. Afterl dinner we begged of our host to; set up a book .r be resisted for a long time, for he scarcely ever played at last he 3 ordered cards to be" 172.1ylbrought, threw on the table some tut-e, "I‘he officer, losing- paticncc, took the brush and erased that which he thought had b‘cyn wrongly marked up. SilVIo took the chalk and wrote it again} the officer, heated by the wore, the game, and the laughth of‘his companions, con- sidered himself deeply offended, and ‘scrzing in’his rage a brass candlestick fromithe table, hurled it at Silvio, who nérrowly escaped be- ing struck by It.w We were all disâ€" mayed. Silvio rose, pale with rage, and with sparkling eyes saidâ€"' Sir, go away, and thank Godtl’iat .this has happened in my house l’ We feared the consequences, and considered our new companion a dead man. lie 1ch the house. say- ing that he was ready to answer for the offence in whatever manner would be pleasing to the baukcr.- r‘lic game continued a few minutes longer, but seeing that our best was not much inclined to go on, we dc~ ,sisted one after another, and dis- persed to our lodgings, corivei‘smg about the next Vut:ul’i"y. The next day, questions ‘rvcrc put even it] the riding school as to the fate of the officer, when he nud- denly appeared 'l‘iin’iscl‘f’ainopg us. 1:10 said that he had not as yet re~ ccchd any message from Silvio-4- Tliis struck us as somewhat curi~ nus ; we Went to Silvio, ’aiid found lhim as usual, in the yard, driving bull alter ball into a target, which- ,hc had stuck up on the gate; he rc- coivcd us as usual, without even til-- you will not refus'e‘to diiie with me for the last time. I expect you self to me, ‘I expect you.’ With this he left no in haste,- and we, af- ter agreeing to meet at Silvio’s, went our way. " 1 went to Silvio at the appointed hour, and found almost the Whole regiment there. All his luggage, goods, &c., Were packed up, and nothing remained but the naked ball-struck walls.’ We sat down to dinner; our host was in excellent spirits, and soon the gaicty became general ; the corks were flying GVery minute. the glasses foamed, and we Wished, with all possible sincerity, a good journey to our tra- veller. We rose at a late hour in the evening; as we were looking for our caps, Silvio bade good-bye to each person singly ; he seize 1 me by the hand, and stopped me at the moment I won preparing to go. ‘1 must speak with you,’ he said in an under. tone. I remained; the guests were gene; we continued alone; sat opposite each other, and lightcd'our pipes in silence. Silvie . was thoughtful ; there a peered no traces of his late convulsive joy; his gloomy pale- ncss, his burning eyes, and the thick smoke which issued from his mouth, gave him the appearance of a genu- ine demon. After some minutes," Silvio broke the silence. ‘ Perhaps we may never meet agai-‘n,’ said he. "I wished to ham: :1 separation. You have remarked that I set but little value upon the opinion of others {but I like you, and feel that it would’be painful ‘to me ifl left on your mind a false im- pi'cssion.’ ~ I‘lo stopped, and began to fill his pipe again, which he had just lin- islied; I was silent and .lookcd hiding to the Circuiristanccs of the preceding evening. Three days passed over, and the ensign was still alive ; we asked, with wonder, is it possible that Silvro will not figlit?â€"â€"Silvio did not fight; he was satisfied with a very slight. 'apology, and they became good friends. This incident, for a time, injured him a good deal in our opinion; want of courage is less than all for- given by the young, who generally sec in courage the highest of hu- man qualities, and the excuse for all possible vices. However, by doâ€" grccs, the affair was forgotten, and Silvro regained his former influ- once. I alone could not approach him as before. Being naturally ofa warm and romantic temperament, I. of’ all my companions, had been especially attached to the man whose life Was an enigma, and whom, I fancied the hero of some mysterious talc. lie was partial to me, at leastl was the only one with whom he would lay aside his cutting obsorvations, and speak on all sorts of subjects with simplicity and amenity. But after that on- fortunatc evening, the thought tliatl his honor had been stained, and not, repaired by his own will, haunted me, and prevented my associating, with him on the same footing as for- merly. I did not like to look at him. Silvio was too shrewd and. too experienced not too pchcivc, this change in my behaviour, and, to discover it reason ; it seemed to, vex him; at leastl found him onl more than one occasion inclined to. give me an explanation; but I avoided the opportunity, and Silvio withdrew from me. From thisl time,l met him only in the rooms of my companions. and our former"1 close intimacy was at an end. The dissipated inhabitants of a capital have no idea of the impres- sions which are so Well known 10‘ the inhabitants of Villages and coon-l tty towns: such. for example, as, the expectation of tho- .post~day.-â€"- On the Tuesdays anuFridays our" army-office was full of officers; some expected money, others lct-' tors, and others. again newspapers. The parcels were generally opened on the. spot,tlie news communicated, and the office displayed a liver pith, ‘ Silvio used to receive hisl just above the forl'icad. joined our corps; I shall not name down. ‘You thought it strange that 1 did not demand satisfaction from that drunken fool R You will allow that, having the choice ND ADVERTISER} . letters directed to‘ our" regiment, game and was generally present on them left me w gave him' hate him 2. his success'in the armv a parcel, the sealof wliich‘hc broke greatest impatience, and his eyé's ‘CIr- also,’-hc continued, addressing him- aaag W' 24cm... . .ij., r..;. EJW. /?rvwv~7r€%»v: 7.7...- . i a. t-Gtv-‘.if3'.i""i":‘ ". ‘ ‘ ' ‘ We . .......-._ 3 THIRST ., IN THE , ARTIC i REGIONS}: -1 n . The use of snewwhcn’ person's , are-thirstydoes not by any means alloy, the insatiable desire for water; on the contrary, it appearsjobe in- creased in proportion to the quantityj used, and the frequency witlrwlfifih; it is pu-t’,into the mouth. Forge):- amplc, a person Walkingalong foeldf’ intensely thirsty, and he looks'to his. feet with devoting,i ‘cyoswltbdfiwhis- sense and firm reso'I-sutliofliil-‘ibmott-‘W be OVercomaso e‘dsi’ly‘, hall'nt MIN draws ' the open“ lla‘ll‘dt’ha’t“ grasp thc'dclicious morsclfdjild loch?“ rvey it into his parched mouth? He!3 has severalmilcs'ol‘ajoui‘n‘éYJU ac; complish, and his thirst is Evelymlo'é mcut increasing; he is, :pcrspiriug; profusely, and feels quite hot faudtopf pressed. At length his good resolu-j lions stagger; and he partakes of‘the sr'iiallcstparticlc, which prodttouyfia most exhilaraiiiig.=ol‘leot ~;dudclhthnn ten munites he tastes: again: and again, always ii’icrcasiu’g titre-quark“ tity ;- and in half an fhorlr‘l‘hnb~ a gum-stick ofconden'sc‘d spoilt-Which he masticatcs wgth' places with assrdpi‘t‘y“ installment that it has melted"‘a‘was';"”"l§dt thirst is not alloyed in the/slightéfl “WA /{N\/\/\.Pv'\.r \/ TERMS ,$,1 50' whole“. No...) too. [In ,Ad‘ivan ce. btit [received him coldly, and-he ithout regret. I began to and among the ladies, actually drove me mad. I began to pick quarrels. with him, butto‘ my cpia grams he answered ‘with cpigrams,‘ which we're' always thought better and sharper'tiian mine, and which certainly .wcro livelier; he jestcd” wliilel railed. At last, onenight, at a ball given by a Polish proprie- tor, and where I found he was an object of p‘eculiar interest to the ladies, bud more especially to the {fly 0? for”? ,‘t‘l‘: dim} ltd degree: he is "hot 3.0” m ml 1 .0" Y h43¢“v ‘ film still prcspires; his mouth ismjaiups. a word of gross insult. Carried ‘ and he is driven to the riccessttyflf quenching them with show, which adds fuel to the fire. The melting away by the feeling of the moment, hei gave me a blow on the face.â€" We flew to our swords-sâ€"the ladies [£172. agreed to meet at daylight. ‘ The day was beginning to datt/n. my three seconds. I awaited my adversary with peculiar impatience. Tlic autumnal bun arose, and the heat began to diffuse itself around. lsaw him from afar. He walked leisurely, carryii'rg his uniform on his sword, and accompanied by one second only. We went to meet him. He approached, holding in his hand his cap full of cherries. The second measured out twelve paces. I had the first shot, but the cxcrtement of malice was so great II me that ldid not trust in my hand, and, to have time to cool, I offered it to him. My adversary would not agree to this. We re- solved to draw lets; be was the constant favorite of Fortune; be obtained the first shot, and aimed and shot through my cap. Now it was my turn: at. lastl had his life in my frauds; I gazed at him with eagerness, seeking to find even a shade of emotion. He stood before the piStol, picking the ripe cherries from his cap, and spitting out the stones. I‘llSdl‘ldlflijl'BllCO maddencd mo. " What is the use,’ thought I, ‘ofdcpriving him of his life, since he values it so little?’ A dcvel’ish thought shot through my mind, I dropped the pistol. _..... (To be concluded in our next.) THE END OF GREAT MEN. The four great personagcs who occupy the most conspicuous places in the history of the world, were Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar and of arms, his life was in my hands, and mine almost without danger; I could in this case refer my modera- tion to my generosity alone; but I tell no uritruth. If I could have punished R , without risking my own lifc,I never would ban: forgiven liim.’ Ilookcd at Silvio with astonish- ment: such acknowledgment served only to confuse me the more. Sil- vio continued. ' ‘ So it is. I have no right to ex- pose myself to death. Six years ago, a man struck me in the face,hc still lives.’ My curiOSIty was greatly excited. ‘You did not fight With him .7" I asked: ‘circumstances must have separated you P’ ‘l fouglit‘with him,’ answered Silvio, ‘ and here is a memorial ofl our ducl.’ ' ‘ Silvio rose and took out ofa band-i box a red cap with golden (assal‘ and ribund (one of those which the , French call bonncts dc police ;) he put it on ; it was pierced by a bull ‘ You know,’ continued hc, ‘tliat 1 served in the ~â€"â€"- regiment ofhusâ€" sure. You know my character; I am accustomed to dommicr, and it was my passion from my earliest youth. In our time, extravagance was the fashion. I was the first spcndtlirift in the army... We used In boast ofdrunkeuucss : loutdrank the celebrated BWv. Duels oc- curred every day in our regiment; at almost every one I was either second or principal. My comptr- nions worshipped me, and the com- manders looked upon me as :1 nor cessary evil. I enjoyed my glory peacefully, or rather without peace, when a young man of a rich and noble family him. Never have I met a man so brilliant in his fortunes? Imagine youth, mind, beauty, the maddest satiety, the most careless courage, a without ' sounding name, money end, and you will easy conceive the effect which he produced among us. My priority was on the waneâ€"- Dazzled by my renown, he was on the point of seeking my friendship, l .riearest friends; and in that very Bonaparte. ALEXANDERâ€"~Aftci' having climb- ed the dizzy heights of his ambition, and with his temples bound with Chaplets dipped in the blood of countless millions, lootth down upon a conqurcd world, and'wcpt that there was not another World for him to conquer set a city on fire, and died in a scene of dobauch. Iâ€"IANNIii.iLâ€"Ilt‘tci‘ having, to the astonishment and consternation of Rome, passed the Alps, and having put to flight the armies of the mis- tress of the world and stripped tlii‘ce bushels of golden rings from the fingers of her slaughtered knights, and made her foundations quakeâ€"~â€" fied from his country, being hated by those who once cxultingly united his name to that of their god, and called him llani Baal, and died, at last, bv poison administered by his fainted ; we were taken away, but [stood on the appointed spot with own hand, unlamentod and unwept, in a foreign land, Crus.utâ€"-â€"After conquering eight‘ hundred cities, and dying his garâ€" ments in the blood of one million of his toesâ€"after having pursued to death the only rival he had on earthâ€"was miserably assassinated by those whom he considered his place. the attainment of Wlllel had been his greatest ambition. BONARARTE --â€" Whose mandates kings and popes obeyed, after hav- ing filled the earth with terror of his name-â€"aftcr having deluged Europe with tears and blood, and the world with sackclothâ€"«closed his days in lonely banishment, al- most literally cxrled from the world, yet where he could sometimes see his country’s banner Waving over the deep, but which could not bring him aid. In a party of ladies, on it’sbiiing report- ed that a Captain Silk had arrived in town, they exclaimed, with one exception, ‘ What a name for a soldier l’ ‘ The fittest name in the world for a captain rc- joined the witty one, ‘for Silk can never be Worsted.’ m... “They don‘t make as good mirrors as they used to,’ remarked old Miss Neverâ€" grccn, as she observed her face in a glass. snow ceases to please the palate. and it feels like red-hotcoals, which. like a firecatei‘, he shifts aboutwifll his tongue, and swallows! without the addition of saliva. He is larder!“ pair ; but habit has taken thelplm of his reasoning faculties, huddle moves on with languid steps, lame‘ntd ing the severe fate which "foi'céb him to persist in a practice which in an unguarded moment he airmen to begin. I believe the. true hairs; of such intense thirst is the extreme Il‘ynGSS of the air whentbe temper-r store is low.â€"-â€"Sut/zerland’sJournal. CHANGING Sachsâ€"«The ' Irish. flgrz’cultural Review says :â€"-â€"‘ The practice of frequently changing seed is now recognized in many sections as essentially necessary to the pro- duction of a first-rate crop. We well know that the practice of pro: curing seed potatoes from a dint'o‘nce â€"â€"â€"-say 20 or 25 niileswaridfror’n dif‘ feran kinds of soil, has a marked influence on .product. 'While‘ the" rational of this is not quite obvious, the fact is indisputable. The same result follows also in themn‘nagc- ment of corn, wheat, pumpkins, beans and garden seeds.- 1,1f‘9xgn whore exchanges are made between farmers in the Same” neighborhoodt- and when there is he very marked difference in the geological or mi» nei‘al characteristics of the soil in the resxrective localities, the prac- tice is inductive to improvement.-â€"-' Let those who have never tried the experiment do soâ€"on a small scale at firstâ€"If they are at all skeptical and mark the result, both: as rea gurus quantity and quality of the crop. CURE FOR THE I-IEAVEs.â€"-I have ocs casionally seen, in your excellent paper, remarks upon lieavcs in liorses,and aeourw; of feed prescribed as a reliefâ€"~the dice!“ being generally considered incurable. I give below a very simple and perfect cure for this disease : 4 Keep the horse has winter on corn stalks; and if you feed any grain, let ith corn in the ear, and when yen turn the horse to grass in the spring he will be per- fectly cured of lieaves. 1n the .Southern States, where horses are kept exclusively on corn blades (tie leaves of corn strips ped from the stalk and dried) and corn, beaves are unknown. A heavy horse taken from the north Into the southern states, and fed on blades and corn, is very soon cured. I hrrvc owned several heavy horses, which I have cured in this state; by feeding as above. I would not heli- tate to purchase a horse otherwise Valli-I able, because he has the treaues.-â€"-Corres~' pendent-e Country Gentlempn. H EFFECTUAL i‘vlit'rnon FOR DESTROY; ING I'LA'I‘Sw-A correspmidciit of the Ge: rzcscc Farm/Jr gives the following method for destroying rats. He says :â€"-‘ One a stranger came to the house to buy some barley,and hearing my father mention the. difficulty he had in freeing the house of these disagreeable tenants, hesaid he could put him in the way of getting rid of them with very little trouble. I-Iis directions were simply these: mix a quantity of ar-‘ some with any sort of grease, and plastér it pretty thick around all their holes.â€" The rats, he said, if they did not eat the poison, would soil their coats in push! throuin the holes, and as, like all furre animals, they are very cleanly, and cannot endure any dirt upon their coats, to rob move theoflensivc matter they would lick their for, and thus destroy themselvesâ€"- This plan was immediately put in practice, and in a month’s time nota rat was to be seen about the house or barn.’ W ASKING TOO bloomâ€"«A young couple were sitting together in a very romantic spot when the following dialogue took place:~â€"‘ My dear, iftb'e sacrifice of my life would please the most gladly would I lay it down at thy feetl’ . ‘ Oh. sir you are too kind! But itjust reminds me that I Wish you would quit' chewmg tobacco.’ ‘ Can’t think ofsucb a tbingâ€"â€"it’s a habit to which 1th wedded.’ ‘Very well, sir; if this is the way you lay down your life for me, and as you are al- ready ‘ wcdtlcd’ to tobacco, I’ll take good care that you are never wedded to me.’