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be the oflended through placable jfiéé ,the Comet wearing the sullen, apprehenswe. and abashed look of a guilty prisoner. Charles's good-nature, however. soon re- stored the official to his self possession, and by an easy transition, to a large portion 0t his original insolence. In reply to the monarch’a gentle interrogative as to the causmn’ the last night‘s outrage, he answered boidlvy, “ My orders are to remove your Majesty at once, without further delay." Interesting Readjng for the Home Circle- \Vunulng Apnrunenls. The season has now arrived when the cold 0! winter has to be combatted in our houses by artificial heat, and a few remarks on this subject may be oi interest. One of two methods is generally adoped. The first, that of the open fireplace in which coal or wood is burned. is by far the pleasantest and most wholesome. especially where the chimneys draw well, but it has the inconvenience of being more expensive than the other. The latter is the mode principally used on the Continent, of warming by a stove. It is true that those in use dilier much in their con. struction, for chemists have found in the air heated by some of them appreciable traces of oxide oi carbon, a deadly poison. Conse- quently most hygienists consider the use of stoves, whether in cast or wrought iron, as dangerous, unless they are lined With fire brick or clay, so as to prevent them from at. taiuing a red heat. An almost universal prac- tice is to place on the stove a pan of water, with a view to purify the air by absorbing the carbonic acid contained in it. Dr. Polli, of Milan, who has long been engaged in investi- gations on this subject, is wholly opposed to this system. According to him the water does not absorb carbonic acid, but, on the contrary adds to it by the decomposition of the carbonate of lime contained in all drink- ing water in greater or less proportions. The white incrustations found on the sides of the vessels are, in fact, formed by the deposit of sub carbonates and sulphate of lime produced by the evaporation of the water, the principal part of the carbonic acid having been given of! to the surrounding atmosphere. M. Polli proposes instead to place on the stove pans containing quickliine, which, after a few days, augments in volume andis transformed into carbonate of lime by absorbing the car- bonic acid in the air. By this means the at- mosphere is constantly purified, but at the same time is rendered very dry. To obviate 1 this inconvenience vessels containing water , may be placed about the room in positions where they are not subject to the immediate action of the fire, and they will give ofi, in their evaporation, sufficient humidity to ren- der the air agreeable without adding to the quantity of carbonic acid already present. Be Axreenble nl Meals. Every one can do something to add to the special life at the table, says Dr. Holbook. If one cannot talk he can listen or ask. Good listeners are as necessary as good talkers. Never argue at the table, but tell pleasant stories, relate or read anecdotes. and look out for the good of all. Sometimes a single an. eodote from a paper starts a conversation that lasts during the meal-time. A family table ought to be bright and cheerful, a sort of do- mestic altar, where every one casts down his or her ofl'ering, great or small, of pleasant- ness and peace, where, for at least a brief space in the day, all annoyances are laid aside, all stormy tempers hushed, all quarrels healed, every one being glad and content to sit down at the same board and eat the same bread and salt, making it. whether it were a rich repast or a dinner of herbs, equally a joyful. almost sacramental meal. ’l‘lu- Emnly Spoon. Children are quite as apt to judge their teachers discrimmately as teachers are to un- derstand the children of their charge. The little ones measure pretty accurately the spirit and aequirements of those who are over them. and they know Whether or not their tearsliers are well prepared on any lesson in hand. They talk these things over with each other, and if a superintendent wants to know more than he does about a. particular teacher in his school, let him have a chat on the subject with that teacher's scholars. A well known clergyman in this Province gives an incident in this direction as follows : A friend asked 8. little girl how she liked her new teacher. “ 0h, pretty well !" she re- plied. “ only she tries sometimes to feed us with an empty spoon.” It is probable that the remark was not original with the child‘ and may savor a little of nfiectetion, yet are there not so many such attempts by teachers ? No wonder he scholars remain unsatisfied. It matters ass that this remark has been made before than that it was true as applied in the instant mentions}. It could certainly be said over again. Without untruthfulness in a good many Sundsy- schools this side of the Canadian line. There are teachers who try to feed their scholars with an empty spoon. They haven' t anything else to odei themâ€"anything to dip up with a spoon. They haven t prepared a dish of Bible nourishment for their scholsrs ; and what is the use of a 9. spoon without such a. dish ? And there are the teachers who bring full spoons to their scholarsâ€"but not filled with what their scholars most need. Some are always feed- ing with sugar and syrup, tickling the palate with sweet story-telling. Some again bring salt and pepper and other condiments, in bright and sharp sayings which might pro- perly accompany Bible food, but are no sub- stitute for it Many proffer diluted skim- milk instead of the cream of the lesson. N ow And then a sour faced teacher tries vinegar, but the average scholar won't take that many times from the same teacher. Occasionally one fills his spoon with the chopped bones of technical theology which are more likely tochoke the children than to nourish them. There are teachers who bring full spoons when no spoon is needed. Their scholars would prefer solid breed or strong meet to "spoon vitusls." This feeding of children is a. matter which calls for good sense and intelligent thought. Is 1s Worthy of attention and study in the Sunday- school as well as at the family table. Advice lo the Girls. Learn to darn stockings neatly and then always see that you are in order. Do not let g button be off your shoes a minute longer than needful. It takes just about a minute to sew One on, and how much neuter a foot looks in a trimly buttoned boot than it does in 8. lob~sided affair with half the buttons off. Every girl should make the simple arâ€" ticles of clothing. We know a. little miss of seven who could do all this and also made the whole of a blue calico dress for herself, and pieced a large bed quilt. She was not an overtaxed child either. but a merry, romping, indulged only daughter. But she was‘ “smart." and she did not die young either. ‘ Indeed, we have seldom known children “too smart to live.” Very few ever die of that complaint, whatever their grandmothers may think: , So never be afraid a hit of overdoing the business. Help all you can and study over the business daily. Once got in the habit of looking over your things and you will like it wonderfully. You will have the independent feeling that you need not wait for any one's convenience in repairing and making. but that you can be beforehand with all such matters. The relief to your weary mother will be more than you can ever esti- mate. BAKED APPLES.â€"Cut out the blossom and Item, in the stem and put. some sugar, place in dish with small quantity of water if apples no Iweet ; if sour the juice will be sufficient ; bake till soft ; serve either warm or cold. For an extra nice dish, pure and core apples, A Batch ol Uselul Recipes. Porno Pm.â€"A common-sized teavcup of grated raw potato, a. quart sweet milk ; let milk boil and stir in grated potato ; when cool add two or three eggs well beaten. sugar and nutmeg to taste ; bake without upper crust ; eat the day it is baked. This recipe is for twg pies. _ [cos-imam» mom FIRST PAGE] THE HOUSEHOLD. {To BE CONTINUED place in pan, put butter and sugar in cavity, ,the and sprinkle cinnmon over them. and aerve and E warm with cream or milk. Or, pure and f'quaxter tar' apples puta 1a§eriu earthen re- baking- dish, add lumps of buttei. and ,d by sprinkle with cinamon, then a layer of apples. his l em, till dish is full ; baku till soft. ICED APPLEs.â€"Pare~ and core one dozen large apples. fill with sugar and a little butter and nutmeg; bake until nearly d-ue, let cool, and remove to another plate. if it can be done without breaking them (if not; pour off the juice). Ice tops and sides with oaks-icing, and brown lightly,- serve with cream. AvPLv. SAUCE. Pare. core and out in quar- ters apples that do not cook to pieces easily, and put on to stew in cold water with plenty of sugar. Cover close and stew an hour or more. The addition of the sugar at first pre- serves the pieces whole. If they are preferred finely mashed. add sugar after they are done. BOILED 0moNB.â€"â€"Wasli and peel, boil tenl minutes, pour 01? this water, again add bail- in;: water, boil a few minutm and drain a, second time; pour on boiling water, add salt and boil for one hour. drain in a colander, place in a dish to send to the table, and add butter and pepper. Or. about half an hour before they are done, turn a pint of milk into the water in which they are boiling, and. when tender. season as above. Old onions require two hours to boil. Or put them in a. salted boiling water, with a little milk added, and boil them until tender (no longer). Then place them in a baking-pan with a little pepper. salt and butter over the top of each and put a very little water in the pan. Brown them quickly to the aver) and serve very hot. How TO Coox Orsmns.â€"â€"No culinary artist can make a first-rate dieh out of even second- rate materials. It is just as impmsible to make it firstclass stew out of inferior oysters as it is to make a first‘class fry. Stewiug will, of course, reduce the Mile of all oysters more than frying ; but those which are used in stews should he aslmge ririginally as those which are fried. Equally {or stews as for fries, select only these real prime oysters which are large, fresh and firm-fleshed. and which. though they will he made smaller by stewing. still remain plump and solid. More gratification and more D()lll‘iBllant will be obtained from three or four of the very best quality large oysters than from thirty or forty of the smaller and inferior quality which is generally served. Orsmns PANNED IN THEIR OWN JUICE.â€" Select a dozen of the freshest. largest and most highly flavored oysters, such as you would for a fry ; have a. small pan about one inch (leap with a handle to it; open into this pan your dozen oysters, also the juice of the same and the juice of a dozen others ; in this dish you are to put no water. and no fnilk, only oyster juice, pure and simplu; add one ounce of Chester county gilt edged butter. 3. little of the best (for there me grades and adulteration even here) of black pepper and a. pinch of salt; le‘lllklfl on the top it small quantity of cracker dust; place on a quick fire; when the oyflters begin to swell they are done; to cook to this stage will require about five minutes; do not tum out them.- oysters into another disk, but eat directly from tho pan and while they are steaming hot. ROASTED OYSTEns.-â€"--Sclect the desired quantity of the freshest and best quality of large oysters, such as you would fur the finest fry; wash the shellfl until they are as clean as. polished marblc; place them in a dripping pm with the round shell dawn ; put in a hot oven about twenty minutes; remove one. of the shells. the round one, only when you come to cut them, placing on each a small piece of the freshest and sweetest of table butter, a dash of cayenne pepper and a fmv drops of a piece of a fresh, bright lemon. Fmolsssn Orsmns.--Pnrboil fifty of the freshest of extra prime oysters, not in water but in their own juice. One good scale is sufr ficient. Remove the scum and strain off all the juice. Put in a lint tureeu with caver, and set asidu in a warm place. Rub well to- gether six ounces of the choicest of table but- ter, three-table spoonfuls of scalding hot cream into a fine, smooth paste. entirely free from lumps or grain. Place this in 9. quart of hot cream in a stew pan on the fire and stir constantly. Add three full saltspoons of salt, two each of ground white pepper, allspico and mace. Stir all until it is thick. Now add the well-beaten yolks of fresh eggs, brought in this morning from the barn. Strain the whole through a fine sieve. Pour the some over the oysters Cover :thickly With fresh bread crumbs. Place all in a quick ovcn. where allow to remain until the top is deep sued to 9. rich foxy hrown. Serve piping hot. EFCALLOPED OrerRs.»This ia another style of cooking oysters by which you may r0» tain most of their fine native perfume and make a most savory and satisfactory dish. Take your scallop shell or dish and butter and bread it, using only the swvetest of broad crumbs and butter. On this place a. layer of extra primes. Season with pepper and salt. Add another layer of oysters. Broad crumb. butter and season again. Add a third layer of oysters ; also a little butter and a dash of cayenne pepper and the liquor of the oysters. Place in the oven and allow to remain twenty minutes. Have in readiness a. veryliot shovel. Hold this over the too until it is deepened to Hm rich brown of good toast or a cup pound cake. FRIED OYSTEBS.â€"T0 fry them is one of the best ways to spoil good oysters; but many cooks will so serve them. and many people like t11em;for these the following advice is seasonable and reasonable : Forbid peremptm~i1y the use of hog'e lard for oyster frying. Even the most gefincd hog’a lard is still too gross and rank to be ap- plied to so gamey and delicate meat as the oyster. Fry them only in the very best of sweet oil. Avoid another prevailing mistake of frying too much ; fry not to a dark brown, but only to n‘rich golden brown. The former course tends to make the oysters tough, while the plan of frying only to a deep, rich yellow‘ leaves them far more tender and with a much higher oyster flavor. How To PRESEVE FRESH merms.â€"-Careâ€" fully dip them, as soon as gathered. in per. fectly limpid gum water. and after allowing them to drain for two or three minutes, ar- range them to suit yourself in an empty vase. The gum will gradually form a. transparent coating on the surface of the petals and the stems. and figure and color will be preserved long after they have become crisp and dry. CURE FOR FBECKLES. â€"-Wabh in buttermilk every morning. and rinse the face in tepid water; than use a soft towel. Freckles may also be removed by applying to the face a solution of nitre and water. Another good wash for freckles is made by dissolving three grains of bnrax in five drachms each of rose water and orange flower water. There are many remedies for freckles. but there 18 none that will banish them entirely. Annownoor FOR SICK Fiannaâ€"The follow- ing I often use for my patients : I take a. dew sort spoonful of arrowmot and add a tea- spoonful of milk; wet and rub it smooth. To this I add a teaspoonful of powdered sugar. Heat a. half-pint of good rich milk and bung it just up to the boil. Then. when it. boils, stir in carefully the arrowrool and sugar. Allow it to boil thrae minutes. and give euher warm or cold. Fem IN Sunmmn.~Furs or woollens may be kept. safely from moths during the summer by brushing thoroughlv so as to eradicate all the moth eggs ; then wrr, p them up in a news- paper so that every part is covered entirely. This is unfailing if the clothes or furs be well brushed beforehand. Some thin gum cam- phor put with them is desirable, but I have used only the newspaper, and never had any trouble unless the moths were there when wrapped up in it. MUFFINs.â€"-Flour, one quartern; warm milk and water, one pint and a half; yeast. 21 quar- ter of a pint; salt. two ounces; mix for fifteen minutes; then further add. flour, one quarter of a peck; make a. dough, let it rise one hour, roll it up, pull it into pieces. make them into balls, put them into a warm place, and when the white dough is made into balls. shape them into mufins, and bake them on tins; turn them when half done, dip them into warm milk, and bake into a pale birown. To EXTRACT ESSENCE mum FLOWERS.” Procuro a quantity of the penis of any flow ers which have an agreeable fragrance ; card thin layers of cottonp which dip into the tin. out Florence or Lucca oil. sprinkle a, small quantity of fine salt on the flowws alternately until an earthen) vessel or widuauouzlwd glam; bottle is full. Tie the top close with a bladder, thenlay the vessel in a. aeuth aspect to the hem of the sun, and in filleen days. when uncovered, a. fragrant oil may be squeezed away, leaving a. whole masses quit-e equal to the high-priced essencusl How To PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAVES. â€"- Spre a the freshleaves and press them in a suitabh‘ dish. with alternate layers of fine sand, which is thoroughly dry and as hot as the hand can bear. 'Wheu the sand has cooled they may be removed, smoothed under a hot. iron. dipped for a moment in clear French spirit varnish. and nllowed to dry in thu air. IoIonvl Long and Ilia Advc-nIuI-rtâ€"Ilisl ‘1’ Vice in UN» Egyplinn Armyâ€"«A Hine- cure \Villi Diflic‘ully Exclmngml for Amine Lilaâ€"Grogruphlcul Kru-nrcheu ~‘l‘h¢-. Only flop:- I'or (Tenn-til Africa 1 1 i Loading a quiet and studious life in New York is 11 man who ranks among the fore- most of African explorers and whose cureei has been remarkable for romance and adven- turo. Hid name is (Jliailes Uhaille Long and he IS an Egyptian Bey and an ex colonel in tho thdivo s nimy. A native of Many ‘iflnd, he served in the Union army during the il‘elJGllit’ill. 111 1869 he wont to Egypt. and i was the first American officer to enter the i service of the Klli‘fiiV‘G. While in that ser- ‘vice he cariied the Egyptian flag 4,001) miles smith of (Jain). He visited King 'Vltesi it 1) year before Stanley and brought :1 daiivlite! i of the King back to I} gypt wlu re he placed her in a Catholic convent. Ho exploivd the ivei connecting the Albe1t and V'ictnii 1 iNvanzas. discovered and named Lake 11111-1- ‘him, which lies betwveu those git: at inland seas, and was tho that white: man who HVHI followed thecoiii se of the Nile fiom its so 1rce iii the Victoria Nyanm all the way to the Mediterranean. Afterward he twice invaded the Sondau with an army and fought with the 1111111- (aiitiiig tribes, and at the head of 11 military and naval mpedition bombarded the forts of the pettv Chieftains along the east coast of Afiicu until qtoppi d by the British at Zuni- mir. Colonel Long was (1111.4 of the chief agents in mri'ying forward the magnificent nchmiie of annexing Equatoiial Afrit‘n, which the late Khedivc mineXud while at the xvnith of his power. It i8 of his: achievvini-nts :18 an explorer, however, i'nthertinin of his mili- tary exploits that he speaks with most pride. Those achievements an: much better known and 111010 highly valued in l'niopi- than in this countiv Time the geographical societies Sift the W01k of African) travellnru ('étleffllij. and 1111: not carried away by the iiiawspnper notoriety some 111011 have been able to gain for theinaelves into overrativing their 110011111- plishmonts or underestimating thnso of others. The results of his .-\f1'i(;1111j011r1it-y11 were embodied in 11 book published about two years ago by the Harriers, called "Nakud Truths About N111; ed People. " He ii-i now st11d3111g law \iitli the View of retuining to Evypt and piactising before the inteination 1] . tiimiual. Like most great explorers Colonel Long in of rather small stature and slight physiquo and of a highly nervous organization. it is nervous strength and the will power and courage which go with it, that carries men through severe and prolongod physical ilfll‘tl- ships. Big, bonv, beefy fellows seldom make good soldiers or during travellers. He has keen him-1 eyes, thin brown hair, :1 sharp prominent nose, and u complcxion that has suffered from the limit of Alricun nuns. Ho is a vivacious talker. and a capital racontenr, and to hear him describe tho lazy, luxurious life of Cairo or relate his adventures in the mud country of Central Africa is '1 rare pleu- sure to those who succeed in getting: him launched upon the subject of his life and travels abroad. He. does not believe in the possibility of civilizing Equatorial Africa and opening it to the commerce of the world. The same causes which have made it a seriledCon- tinentin the past will, he says. operate in the future to repel the efforts of modern en- terprise. The air teams with deadly malaria. Between Upper Egypt and the hill country about the great lakes there is a mud belt 1,500 miles wide, and even the hike re- , gion, high as it is above the sea, abounds in ‘poisonous junglen and morasszes. The raluy i season lasla six months. during which time the negroos scarcely go out of their huts and thoroughly miserable. It would be impossi- ‘ blc to operate a railroad into the interior of l Africa because the rust would eat up the rails and the nuts devour the ties. A milâ€" road. could, however, be built up the Nile LValley as far as Khartoum, from which point i steamboat navigation in practicable up to ‘Gonduoora, from whence most points of the iinterior can be reached by caravans in the dry season. Colonel Long does not think 1there is enough in the country to make lprofitable a. costly efiort to open into corn- 1 merce. Nature has cursed it, he says. with & climate fatal to white men, and dreadfully uncomfortable to the native blacks. If the heart of Africa. is over reached by civilizating influences Colonel Long thinks the work must be done by intelligent colored I people from the United States. They if any- body. could keep communications open, in- troduce trade and gradually train the natives in habits of systematic industry. Last Spring when public attention was attracted to the exodus of negroes from the Southern States, Col. Long wrote a letter to the Kim: of Belgium, who is President of the principal European society for exploring and civilizing Africa. In that letter he proposed that the King should stimulate through the medium of his society, a movement to take a large body of the discontented blacks from our Southern States and settle them in Central Africa, opening with them a line of trade and missionary posts from thewest coast to the lake Country. Go]. Long believed that thouâ€" sands of the most industrious and best edu- cated colored men in the Gulf States could be induced to go. Their presence in Africa would create no great surprise or hostility among the nntives, and they would soonl acquire influence over the native tribes and‘ start the work of civilization. In this way the experiment of opening the dark Continent would be tried under the only conditions that afford the least promise of success. King Leopold wrote in reply that the project deep- ly interested him. and that he should give it his careful investigation. but nothing further has been heard from him. Col. Long says it would cost it great deal of money to carry out the scheme. but the African exploring socie- ties in Europe could misc it if they tried. He is not enthusiastic about the success of his plan. but is confident that is the only one not foredoomed to failure. Equatorial Afriâ€" ca..he insists, will never be civilized by white men. T111: biggest ferry-boat in the world made its trial trip in California twelve days ago. The Solonu was built for the transportation of passengers and freight across the Straits of Carquinez from Port Costa. to Benicia. Her dimensions are : Length over all. 424 feet ; length on bottomâ€"she hasno keel~1ll6 feet; height of sides in centre 18 fret 5 inches; height of sides at each end. from bottom of boat 15 feet 10 inches , moulded beam. 64 feet ; extreme width of guards, 116 feet ; width of guards at centre of boat, 25 feet 6 inches : reverse shear of deck, 25 feet. She has two vertical beam engines of 60 inohbore and 11- inch stroke, built at Wilmington Del. The engines have a nominal horse power of 1, 500 horses each but are capable of being worked up to 2 000 horse- -power each. Upon the deck of the Soleno are fourtracks extend- ing her entire length, with a capacity for carrying forty-eight loaded freight cars, or twenty-four passenger coaches of the largest class. The rudders are worked by an hydraulic steering gear. operated by an independent steam pump. These rudders are connected A RF TIRE” EXPIAIRICR with the ordinary steering gear, so that in case of any disarrangement of the hydraulic: :n-pmmus, the vessel may be guided by it. The advantage of this improvement is that the immense craft, can be handled with ease by one man, whyreas, if the ordinary Wheel and system of steering were used. six men wnuki be required at the wheel. The town of Welland had an interesting' case for consideration last week. The par- ticulars we learn from the Tribune. A rather gooddooking woman, who gave her name as i Mrs. Inser. was arraigned before Mayor i Swayzin, on the information of a man named . John Inkor, with bigamy. The complainant ‘ is an Englishman about twenty-five years of age. and trum the subsequent proceedings and from the evidence. seems to be a. brutal and treacherous ruflian. From the evidence given by lnlier it appears that he married de- fendant on the lst of May last. on a license obtained from Mr, Burger, of Welland, and the Rev. Mr. Fife, of Fenwick, performed the ceremony. At that time he said she was the wife of Joseph W. Disher, of St. Untlmrines, and produced a marriage certifi- cate signed by Jacob Henning, J. P., of Sue- pension Bridge. N. Y., the witness being (i enrge Stall. Besides Disher. she had other husbandfi. he said, named respectively. Spear, Connor and Hendershot. Inker could not produce his own marriage certificate, saying that the defendant had burned it. A Witness nnmvd Allan Rice deposed to having seen the marriage certificate alleged to have been burned. Mrs. Thomas Crow said both Inkor and defendant had told her they were mar- ried, and the woman had told her that Disher had deceived her. and just as soon as Hhe found out he had a wife living, she leit him. Inker. she said, had never supported the prisoner. and had grossly abused her and hreatened her life, A Young: ‘Vomau “’ho lln- Alrcnay [Ind Six Husbands. The prosecutor here asked to have the trial laid over until Monday, when Mrs. Inker mum: out a warrant against him for assault. After a stout resistance he “’81-! finally over- powered und locked in a cell. The bigamy case was subsequently called up, and there being nothing against the woman except her previous marriage with Disher, whu. it ap- peared. was a. married man when witness was united to him, it: was no marriage at all. The Woman’s statement is to the effnct tlmtl she acknnwlmlged to Ming married to SpI-ar, l Hendershot, Disher and Inker, and (-xplainsl in justilicatinn that Spear has been a resident ‘ of mine other part of this or some nthel‘l sphere unknown to her for many a year. She‘ next mnrriml Hendershot. “ho departed to tin: great hereafter where there is no marrying, lens ing her it real as well an a grass widow. She then turned for consolation to Dir-her. who, she says, ileueivml her into a bonus marriage, rind r119, virtuous w-xnmn, lcfc him after a short but. interesting humeymoon of four months. Then (mines Inlmr. “ the unlucky fifth one." whose marriage has already been shown. She is now living in Wellnml with a. man named Bmvenstend. hut denim: being marrimi to him. She says she is wnrking for him by the month. Another husband. said to Im- named Connor, ham nut yet turned up. The woman is charged with having six husband; in all. The Mayor, in discharging her, advised to be 11 trifle more cautious in her matrimonial en- terprises hereafter. An aged couple in Medway, Mass, had ai merry Thanksgiving. At the outbreak ofthei war their only son ran away to sea, midi served under Farragut at New Orleans and, with flushing in the Albermsrlu exploit. Here all trace of the sailor was lost, and it was supposed that he was drowned in the river when tho torpedo exploded. His sister died s few years ago, and his parents have been living in retirement and poverty. Late on Wednesday night a man with a scary on his face knocked at the door and requested a lodging. He \vns admitted by the old lady, who asked her aged husband to entertain the stranger while she was making a cup of tea him. The stranger kept his hat on, and the old lady noticed that his eyes followed her every movement. To the old man he repre- sented that he had formerly lived in the neighborhood. When asked his name he gave an evasive answer, but asked if James Merrisk lived there yet. " I am James Mer- risk,” answered the old man. The old lady had been watching the stranger closely. Before he could utter another word she stopped quickly to his side, lifted the but from his head, gazed a moment into his face, and sank into the arms out- stretched toreceive her, loudly screaming, "Jim! Our Jim 1’" “Yes, your Jim; come homo for Thnnksgiving." exclaimed the stranger, as he kissed the aged face with joy and turned to his father, whose frame was trembling with gratitude. After a while he related the eventful history of his wanderings He had been severely wounded by the explo- sion of the torpedo, as the scar on his face testified. He was pulled from the river by one of the boats which came to the relief of the crew of the Albemnrle. He lost his senses by the concussion and wound, but after the latter healed he was permuted to go at large as harmless, knowing: nothing of himself, not even his name. Finally he fell into the em‘ ploy of a former surgeon of the rebel army. and with him went to n plantation outside of Raleigh, N. C. One day, however, the surgeon examined his Wound, and determined ‘ to try an experiment. He opened the wound ‘111 the head, and found the skull fractured ‘snd pressing on the brain. With tho aid 01 ‘another surgeon the skull was lifted or treâ€" panned, and the wound again closed gradual- ly. Merrisk‘s condition imnrovcd. but it was , full} 2). year before his memory returned. Cows shouldhove access to water at 9.111 times, especially cows that give milk. They‘ want to drink often and return to their teed. i The best stable and one in which stock do the} best is one where water was always running ‘ in troughs before the cattle. Thus managed l cows may be kept up to a full flow of milki either winter or summer, and for this reason, i if the pasture fails from drought it may be supplanted with other feed, but a failure 01 water cannot be remedied. So in winter cows that are only watered once a day, as many do who consider themselves good farmers. the cows shrink in their milk and it can never be regained. The same rule will hold good in the stable; abundant feed may be supplied, the water supply fails, the profit will be nil. The necessity of plenty of pure water for stock is one of first importance to breed- ers and feeders. It must not only be m abund- ance. but it should be in such supply that stock may either take it at will, or if Supplied at stated times it should be offered at least twice a day and three times will be better. Noanimal can thrive properly that has access to water but once a day. t very good breeder knows this and hence in all large feeding es- tablishments. the greatest care is taken to keep the supply ample and constant. Many farmers neglect this, and always to their cost. If water cannot be had near in any other way,wells should be dug. and the water raised by wind or other power as the case may be. Having plenty of water see that stock get it as regularly as they feed. It will , Wy- â€"Mr. Moody says there are no free passes or deallrbeda on the celestial railway. This is bad for editors and preachers. â€"-They walked out of the theatre arm in arm. She was as dainty mi 8. princess, and prettier than an opening flower. The long, soft white feather hung gracefully to her shoulder, and her long, delicate, slender hand held a. sumptuous fun. He looked pretty spouiiy himself, but he felt good. “How did you like the opera, put ‘2” he faintly inquired; and the delicious little angel looked up into hisface, and while the gas‘beams lighted up the bit of courtylaster on her chin, replied, “It's the buss !" VALUE 0!? \VA'I‘ICK F158 (YOW'I X'I‘ENSIVEI‘Y NIARI‘IED A .VIEBRY 'I‘IIANICS lVIfi’G â€"â€"In Western Australia a. new tariff has been proclaimed which, it is expected, will yield £200,000 per anuum. ~-â€"-An enormous cougar eel, seven feet in length, and weighinb 45 pounds. was caught in the River Dee in England the other day. -'Capt. Thomas Simpson,of Burnet, Texas. keeps the remains of his wife, recently deâ€" ceased, in his parlor in an elegant metallic case. ~â€"Vitzna,u, the village at the foot of the Bigi, in Switzerland. is threatened with de- struction. the wall of rock behind it showing signs of fallirg. â€"A hard-working girl who was recently married 11) Grown. N. Y.. bought the groom’s wedding clothes, paid the marriage fee and all other expenses. ~Londoners have tired of drab-colored houses, and everything is now cnuleur (Ie rose. The Builder says that Lord John Mammoth pillar posts look like drummer boys. â€"-â€"The attendance at the Sydney Inter national Exhibition since its opening foota up over 180.000. The admission has been fixed at the uniform charge of one shilling. -Louis Lusignnn, a Captain in the R115» man service. claims the sovereignty of Cyprus and vast estates in that Island, and has bagged the Russian Government to intercede fm' him. â€"The Germania, the Ultramontane organ, forbidden to enter Alsace-Loraine for the last. five years. is readmitted; and there is talk of the French papers bemg distributei by the Post. Office without undergoing the censor. ship which now efiaces objectionable passage-a. â€"-â€"After a close and long examination 0: the various plans yet sent in for the Channel tunnel between England and France, the well known French engineer. M. Verard de Sainte Anne, has daclared, in the presence of many eminent engineers, that the proposal was quite possible and practicable. “Ada Clifton. an actress, became discour» aged in Cincinnati. because she could not get. employment. Going into the green roam of the Robinson Opem House, she (hank a glass of wine. remarked “ This is my last dlink " placed a pistol at her breast and fired, but the wound did not kill her. â€"-â€"A St. Louis boy was delighted when a fine, six bladed knife dropped down to him apparently from the sky. Wrapped around it was a paper on which was written, “ We are fastened in the dome; for heaven's sake help us out." Two girls had ascended to the top of the court house. and closed a self~locking door. -â€"The Rev. James Tripp. a clergyman of evangelical views, to whom Cardinal Manning was once curate, died lately, aged 92 years. Until within a. few months he spent many hours on hmseback, liding about his Luge pin-15h unutteuded.1n middle life he had to live four years in Madeira on account of asthma. â€"â€"Uuder a Snunh Carolina law which pro< vides thatmoney Wm] at gambling 91ml], upon proof, be restored {our fold. a firm art Churâ€" leston has entered suit for $79,000 against the proprietors of two iashionable resorts, the mnnunt alleged as having been lofit by young men in whom the firm was inwrcsted. â€"â€"â€"Farmers Umckett and Nichols quarrelled about a hog, at. Lindale. Mo.. and avgresui to settle the difficulty with knives. One had a dirk. and the other a less handy but larger pocket knife. Nichols was killed on the spot. and Crockett lived only two hours after the fight, Twentyâ€"swan cuts were counted on their bodies. “The wifu of Judge Paine of the Cleveland County Court has left him to become a varlety show actress. He. was 60 and she 20 when they married, five years ago. and she gained i1 luxurious home, in which she was supposed to be contented. Ail. an amateur actress she was successful, and this has led to her clioico of the stage as a profession. Her husband has begun proceedings for a divorce. «A wild story is current in Owingaville, Ky” of a. man floating over the place in the air. Several pm‘aons declare they mw him. A woman describes him as making extrava- gant gestures awhile, and then rising out of sight, One theory is that he was Wise, the missing aeronaut ; that he had let himself down by a rope from his balloon. which the startled spectators failed to see, in the hop of effecting a landing. â€"â€"Semuel Shook got- married at Hillsboro‘, Ohio, and took his bride to the home that he had prepared. Two rowdies of the neighbor- hood, desiring to play what they conceived to be a good joke on the husband, broke into the house thatnight while he was asleep and carried off the wife, frightening her into silence by brandishing pistols. They hid her for three days, and then returned her to the anxious Mr. Shook. They said they meant no harm. but he refuses to regard the exploit as fun, and has had them or- rented. â€"-The population of the globe may be roughly assumed at 1,421,000,000, dwidarl thus : Europe. 309 000,000; Aida, 824,000,- 000 ; Africa, 199,000,000; Oceanica. 4,000,. 000 ; America, 85,000,000. It has been cal- culateu from the mortality tables of known countries that annual number of deaths throughout the world is 35,693,350. 01' that, in other words. 97,790 persons die every day. On the other hand, the balance of population is more than kept up by births at the rate of104,800 per day. Seventy new lives are ushered in every minute of the twenty-four hours. â€"New Zealand has for some time sufi'ered from an over supply of rabbits, which have eaten up the growing crops with comparative immunity. But a sharp way with the deâ€" pledators has at last been happily discovered. By aid of an ingenious machine carbonic oxide gas is introduced into tho burrowsmfter all the holes have been carefully stopped. The rabbits are soon in the condition of the Arabs whom the French smoked in their caves. In in a few seconds a great bubbub is heard inside, but this quickly subsides. The burrow is dug open after a short time. when the dead bodies of the rabbits are found huddled together in a corner. â€"The commune of Oberammergau has built a new theatre for the representations of “ The History of the Sufierings mid Death of Jesus." which will be given in the famous valley next year. The part for the spectators will accommodate between five and six thou- sand persons. Exactly as in the great theatre built for the Wagner festival at Beyreutli, the orchestra will be placed quite of view of the spectators. The number of persons who will be engaged in the performance, including children, will be between 650 and 700. Of these, 19 will be actors and solo singers. The orchestra will consist of 30 performers. Al- most the entire population of the district will have some share in these gigantic repre- sentations. ‘â€"OtTrcial whipping‘e are continued regular- ly at Newcastle. Del., and are regarded as a matter of course by the residents. though strangers are sometimes shocked at the sight. On the last whipping day five convicted thieves were punished. The first was a Ger. man, who was not severely lashed, and he walked away smiling. The Pecond was a miserable tramp. who bore the ordeal with- out flinching. Two negrces. who came next, writhed and muttered under the pain of severe blows. The fifth was a boy of 15. He was so frightened that it was necessary to force him to the post. and at the first stroke he desperately freed himself by pulling in hands out of the staples. A handkerchiel was used to fasten him. but he got loose again before the prescribed twenty blows Were completed. and pathetically bagged the Sherifi not to strike so hard. â€"A remarkable article on the militm‘v colonies of the Cossacks is published in the St. Petersburg Gazette. The writer says it is high time to abolish these colonies. as their organization is not in accordance with the re- quirements of modern military science. and that regular cavalry regiments should be created in place of the Cossack regiments. The St. l’etersburg Gazette is, however, of ABOUNDTHE WORLD- opinion that such a change could not well be‘ carried out at the present crisis. when a. war between Russia and some of the other Euro- pean powers may break out at any moment Noune, adds the Gazette, deserves the nut- Ureak of war so much as the 100,000 Cos- sacks on the Don and the Kouban, for they have grown up in the tradition of the plun- derings and robberies which accompanied the ‘ were of the beginning of the century. and hope some day to return with as much booty as their fathers did. â€"The corps of skaters. a. force peculiar to the Norwegian army, has been lately reor- ganized. and consists now of five companies, each of 110 men. which in time of war can be reinforced by calling in 270 skaters belonging to the landwehr. The men of this corps are armed with rifles, and can he manoeuvred upon ice or over the Snow-fields of the moun- tainn with a rapidity (‘qll‘ll to that of the best trained cnvah‘y. The skates they use are admirably adapted for traveling over rough and broken ice or frozen snow. being six inches broad, and between nine and ten inches long. In ascending steep slopes the men take a zig-zag course ; tacking up the mountain as a ship does against a head wind. A1»; an instance of the spoe i at which they can go. it is mentioned that Ian winter 9. messenger was dispatched from Roerass at 3 o‘clock in the morning arrived at Dron- ‘ tlmim at 930 in the evening of the saline day, i having consequently accomplished 120 in l 18.13 hours. “A dry-dockâ€"â€"-A physician going in to get a drink. ~~If n man’s word is worth anything there have been no guilty men hanged for many years past. â€"â€"Meu who Won’t take advice have to take more or less kicks. -â€"Smne one remarks that. children's toys are all several sizes bigger than they used to be. wâ€"A child was cured of diphtheria by small quantities of lime being slaked in the room. â€"-Back-yardsrâ€"-The trains of the ladies” dresses. â€"â€"Nothing pleases a man more than to hear his wife say that ha has a nice thick head of hair. â€"â€"’l‘ight boots and {m accmxing conscience are about equal in their ability to make a man uncomfortable. â€"â€"One of the most interesting sights in life is that of a. Rpiritualistic young lady sharpen- ing a lead pencil with a table knife. â€"Iowa fiermitsz females to be elected to school ofiiceg. Out of tlxirbyseven office-holders not one ever recexverl an offer of marriage. »~Sublimo tobacco! which from (mm. to west Cheers the Ma's labor or the Turkomun’s rest, Whinh also, e'en where thrra’a a cuspadore, Is squirt/ed ruthlessly upon the floor. - We saw a young man the other day with two hands on his ‘lxunlders, but didn’t think it much of a curiosity~oue belonging to his girl. «(live a girl lung eyelashes and small l‘mudfl and she will put. up with N0. 6 feet. and marry all around a curly«head girl Wear ing one’s and a-half. â€"â€"A word that was once worn by William the (lmnqueror is about as much use to a family as a brass monkey is to a funeral pry cessiou. â€"“ Mis.1)ohson where? 5 your husband ?" “ Hes dying, marm, and I don’t; wish any body to disturb 111m.’ A wry considerate woman. that. â€"If a man is bald it is said to ba conclu- sive evidence that he has been thoroughly married. A smooth head and a smooth life seldom go together. â€"â€" It is said to be far better to be an ignor- ant man and ride) in a carriage than to know heaps of thingy. and have to stand on the hind platform of a strevt car. â€"A sentimental young man thus feelingly expresses himself : “ Even as nature benevo- lently guards the rose with thorns, so does she endow women with pins." â€"A young woman who comes into church half an hour law in order to Show off her good clothes. should be looked upon mildly. She is simply making room in heaven for two women in calico. â€"â€"A New York confectioner lately shipped one hundred pounds of chocolate caramels to Spain for use in the K’ g’s household. The Spanish supply of tafiy ran short during the King’s courtship. â€"Customerâ€"â€"“ \Vhat did you think of the Bishop's sermon on Sunday, Mr. \Vigsby ? " Hairdresser â€"-“ Well, really, sir, there was a. gent. a sittin’ in front 0' me an’ ’ad his ‘air parted that crooked that I couldn't ’ear 8. word I " â€"Like Tom Carlyle, 1' nobly hate all shams ; I have an ear for music and a month for clumsl IL is: so in politics, businesa and every where 3368 in life. Th0 man whom you boost up the tree not only furgets to toss you down some of the. fruit. but is as likely as not to pelt you with the chawings. tussle ; u . A clam-eater must needs be .01) his mussel. â€"~Iu Tasmania a Ministerial crisis has oc- curred, in which the Ministry were defeated and a vote of wank: of confidence was passed. The Ministers advised dissolution, but the Governor refused to sanction it. Mr. Gibiin has form ed a new Ministry. -â€"-An English physician says: “ If you feel like sneezing, throw yourself flat on your back.” Yes; or it will do as well to turn a handspring and then cmwl under the sofa. By the time you have accomplished this you'll have got over wanting to sneeze, which will amply repay you for your trouble. mef ever we begin to feel gloomy at the near approach of our shortest days, we should call to mind such places as Hamburg, in (jer- many, where the shortest day has only seven hours; Stockholm, where the shortest, is only five and a half hours long; or St. Petersburg, whose shortest day is five hours. â€"Tust before the iate Spanish marriage, the bashful Alfonso wooed the blushing Christina through the telephone. They were ten miles apart as she listened tn the tender whisper. Now the next thing in order is for some pair of spoony lunatics to get married by telephone. ~â€"A letter from Adelaide, New Zeulnnd, sayszâ€"“l’arlmment was prorugued on the 25th ult. The Governor's speech alluded to the hopeful prospects of the harvest. Com- mercial interests, he said, were encouraging. He expressed confidence in the stability of the resources of the colony." m Marchant. in his “ Betrothals and Bridals," suggests the following code of sig- nals for girls: " A ring on the first finger to denote poverty and willingness to get mar- ried; on the second linger. money and a dis- position to listen, though nothing is pro- mised; on tho third finger. ‘ Already engaged, and so you needn't trouble yourself‘ ; on the little finger, deliberating." muting. Perhaps on some day we have ceased to re member, 8 me day long gone by, Whose light if reduced to a half-perished ember, We havemetâ€"ynu and I 2 May have metâ€"nor either one dreaming or know- â€"A glorious, beautiful widow, says the Washington Cupitul, has the best dodge of them all. She takes home a hundred of her photographs, and when a gentleman calls the maid happens to be looking at one of them. “What is that. Susan ?“ says the caller? “A photograph of Missia ?” says Susan. “Ain’t it just too lovely ‘3" "Rather,” replied the caller. and then he gives Susan :1 dollar forit. 'iug. That each held the other’s half-soulâ€"upon going TO MY OTHER HALF. That halfâ€"souls are given to mortals at birth, I'm bound to believe ; Each seeking the other on all the Wide earth» Maw meet but to grieve I For seeking too long, some tire of the waiting. And give up the Search, wiLh some other soul [Yonkers Gazette. Possessing these», with all things you can BUDGET OF FUN ‘â€"The number of men drafted into the army and navy of Prussia 1n the military year 1878 9 was 86.489. Of this number their am only 2,265 who had not received a commox. school education, while 78,611 had been edu- cated in elementary German schools, and 5.- 613 in schools for Polish and other nonâ€"Ger- man-speaking children. Disregarding the small province of Hohenzollem. the best- educnted province. judging by this military ‘test, was Schleswig Holstein. where only 0.25 per cent. were without elementary edu- . cation. comes from San Francisco : A practical jo went into the electric battery room in a note the other day, and turned the whole force- of the 48 Ruhmkorlf cells on the reverse way at once. Instantly loud shrieks resound'ed through the corridors, and in the next ten minutes the waiters found over sixty guests hanging by their thumbs to the electric but- tons in than rooms, cancring around like manaics and yelling for release. One old lady was drawn up in such It knot thattwo doctors haven’t got her flattened out since. -This impossible and preposterous 83“: â€"“ Are you fond of game ?" asked Belinda’s husband. sticking his fork into the canvas buck. Mrs. Goddingtou did not answer for a. moment. It was clear that the query had called up recollections of the past. Looking up with a. smile pemmbulabing around the deep ruts ol=l time had worn in her kindly‘ face, she said, " When Dm‘niel was alive W9: used to have a good rubber at \vhist now and then ; but as for your new‘fungled games, such as eureka. cabbage and physique, I’m too old to learn any of them. But don’t mind me Theodore, if the young folks want to play let them. I would be the. last to interfere with their harmless recriminations.” -â€"â€"“This is a cold world"-â€"especiully in the winter time. But Prof. Proctor says it will not be as cold as the mom) now is fur 2.500,- (l00.000 years yet. And some of us may be dead before that time arrives. The Washing- ton monument may be finished inside of 2.500,000,000 years. but it is feared Hanlan and Courtney will still be wrangliugover their forthcoming boat race.â€"Norristmvu Herald. â€"â€"T11e quantity of silver obtained 111 1878. from British mines was 397,571 ounces and most of the precious metal was found 11] com- bination with lead. The total value of the silver thus obtained in the year in question was estimated at £88,295 193. 6d. In the same yenrtlle gold found in British mines weighed 702 ounces 16 cwts. 8 grs.. and was estimated to be of the value of £2 848 15s. 2d. Nearly all this British gold- namely.a fraction ove1 697 ouncesâ€"was procured in Wales. â€"~Detroit Free Press ; \Ve sometimes talk of annexing Canada, and perlmps it is a re- taliatory measure that actuatcs the Robinsons of Ottawa. Ontario. They seem to desire to annex some 3200000000 worth of this country. They claim 1,500 acres of land in the city of Philadelphia, eleven square miles on the Hudson Rivu‘. a large tract of coal lands in Pennsylvania, besides a great deal of property in the State of New York. If each Canadian wants to cut 011' a similar slice of these United States we may as well let the Dominion annex us in bulk. and thus save the expense that many small Iraan-tionn would cause. â€"The following from a Kincardine conâ€" temporary tells ils own story, and is another proof of the nearness of leap year : “ Wanted â€"â€"a husband. I am it young lady of 20 ; re- side in the town of Kincardine ; have bright eyFs and dark hair ; my cheeks are like full» blown roses. I am hill. of good disposition.. and fond of music. I can give my hand; heart or fortune for better or for worse. N0 young gentleman need apply who in under 20 or over 35 years of age. He must be tall. of good disposition, and must not Wear a beard on his face like a goat. and must. have a good business. Address, enclosing photo., Drawer 7, Kincardine." â€"He who drinks and goes away “'11 live to drink another day ; But he who drinks bx tween the drinks Right quickly in tho gutter sinks. A Few ol the Qnullons They Auk ‘Y’lien booking [or 3 "Nil." [Dubnquo Times] A servant girl of the present day has more gall thana. sewing machine man or a book pedler. Let a lady advertise for female help and she will have a lot of applicants that will reach from here towivhero ? They come early in the morning. lane at night, and all hours to inquire for the “sin." They don’t come to go to work, but they come to ask questions. They put mow questions to a lady in a minute than two philosophers coultl anu swer in one hundied days. It acln ‘ 2183 the lady, and she begins to won is trying to engage the girl, or the g. When they are ushered into the presence the lady they open the conversation with. "I hear onu want a girl.” “Yes." answers the lady, Ido, but she mnst be a good one. Are1 you looking fox 8. place 2’" Well yes I am 1f I can get one to suit me.’ “What are your terms and under what conditions will you wmk ?" Hereupon the girl presents her. questions. and the interview opens. Girlâ€"How many rooms in your house ? Ladyvâ€"Only ton. I help to keep them in' Girlâ€"How many in the family, and how much washing do you have; how much iinen goods; how about ironing, can I go out when- ever I want to T This ends the interview, and the girl rising says to herself. “Can’t entertain company in the parlor; can’t go out every day; must wash the dishes, make the fire. help to wash and become a servant girl for twelve dollars 9; month. Guess won’t come; will go and live off the old folks a, while longer.” Such is the servant of in day, and the ladies will say the picture is not overdrawm. â€"Great-grandpa~0h. indeedl You can lick your sister at lawn tennis, can you 2.” Well done, my boy! But beware of self‘con.» ceit and never brag. Why, I could licli: everybody at lawn-tennisâ€"or could have done it if there'd been any lawn-tennis to play! I was the best cricketer, the best fencer, the- best boxer. runner. jumper. swimm and diver I ever came across, either at sonb' 'V 01" college, or after ; and in classics an matics I beat 'em all clean out of the As for riding. no one ever touched me dancing either, let alone that I was the hand- somest men in the county, and the bent. dressed for that matter. besides being the wittiest and most popular. Ay, and such a. song as I could sing, too ! And yet. a. more godest and unassuming demeanor than ine it’s never been my good fortune to set eyes on. man or boy, these four score years. and tenâ€"for I‘m all that, my boy, and more, though you’d never believe it to look at me 1 Beware of self-conceit. my boy, and never, never brag l Ladyâ€"Well, our family numbers six ; but we have a wash-woman who helps every Monday. And as regards your going out, I can’t say that you can go out everp time you want tn, as I might want to go once in awhile myself. (furlâ€"Well; how about my receiving com- pany; can't I take them in the parlor. O. I forgot to ask you who will build the fire for me in the morning. and help me wash the dishes; and what will you pay me if I come and do the work. | trim Ladya-I pay from eight to twelve dollura the first month,teu and twelve dollarsia the next, providing the girl gives samisfaaw tion. A fair head mnokly bowed, A shy glance coming when Voices not Overland .. ‘UHElé; the sm‘éky miter. A fair maid flushing red, \Vilh an unknown feeling, But shamed to bow her howl V And Ii low, sweet laughter So is the story told Upiinrthepottuge 01d,“ r ull her lover’s kneeling; So is the story told Down 'mid ‘he whibe and gold, Under the painted ceiling. 80 18 THE STORY TOLD SERVAN l' G"!