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The Cricket in the Wall.

Hark! IT'S the small voice of the cricket
in the crevices Of the wall. How cheerful is
his little song. What is the subject of his
lay? Is he chanting melody 10 the ear of
his lady love, or is he pouring out his soul in
AN evening hymn? Is he singing the praise
of some mighty insect warrior, or laudng the
name of one who has gathered wisdom be-
yond that of his fellows? Have insects
their heroes, their tyrans, their poets, and
their orators? Who can tell
But why is il, that all living things have
glad voices given them? Why is il that
when the sun has gone down and the hum Of
business is stilI-when man has Withdrawn
from the cares and buslle of the day, and The
winds have retired 10 their caves, that the
voice of the insect tribes, low and solemn,
comes abroad upon the air :? Why does not
silence come down with the curtain Of the
night, and brood with The darkness over us
1t is that we may not forget the great teach
ings of nature. The heavens may he dark
ened by clouds, the stars may no; look out 10
remind US, the face OF the moon may be
yelled, and the sound of The winds hushed,
but the voice of the insect world tells US that
life, beauty, JOY and happiness are still rife
in the works of God. We remember the
cricket that chirped in the corner when we
sat by our fathers firesde. His voice was
cheerful. and il was pleasant thing 10 lis
ten TO his happy song. Father, mother, sis
ters, brothers, were beside US then, and we
talked of the little warbler as thing that we
all loved. But the corner and the cricket and
the home of our childhood are all gone,
Swept by lime into the relentless abyss of the
past. Add those who listened with Us, where
are theya Father, mother, brothers, sisters,
where are lheys
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Home Influences.

The relation Of brother and sister in its
kindly influences upon the human heart, is
scarcely exceeded by those other sacred re-
lntions of husband and wife, or parent and
child. What more pleasing spectacle can
be presented to contemplaliye mind than
that OF united and affectonate circle of
brothers and sisters. assisting in each others
success, aud sympathlzlng with each others
misforlunes.
The influence of an affectionate and gen.
tie sister has saved many young man from
career Of folly, perhaps Of crime for when
temptations present themselves stronger it
may be than he alone could bear, the image
of sister, gentle and confiding, comes up
before his mind, and the idea Of what she
would suffer in case of his downfall over
comes the temptation like a summer cloud.
The declaration Of young man who was
the pride of humble home, and one ot a
large circle of brothers and sisters, it is well
worthy recording.
john said one of his sisters who was
about to become The wife Of The man of her
choice, there is no single thing that pains me
more than the idea OF parting from you; al
though cannot say that love you better
than our other brothers; yet on account Of
our being so much nearer of an age, we have
been most together. You have been almost
the only gallant | ever had, and the only one
l desired, until | became acquainted with
him am about to marry. We are all proud
OF you, for although your chances for an ed
ucatlon have not been SO good as that of ma
ny other young men in town, very few of
them are better informed on all subjects, or
can write better article than you. No
mean or dishonorable &C; has ever been laid
to your charge, and there is not man, or
woman either, of all our acquaintance, who
would not trust to your keeping their most
sacred honor. Father and mother believe
you could not possibly he any better than
you are, and am sure that no sister need
hope or expect kinder brother than YOU
have always been
'SophY,' he replied, land tear gislened
IN his eye and his voice trembled as he said
H., am not half as yirtuous in myself as you
suppose and the only reason that have
been restrained from doing many an act
which my conscience told me was wrong,
has been the reflection that my mother and
sisters would be grieved at il. No intrinsic
merit in myself has carried me through tempt
alions which have caused other young men
10 fall, but never could endure Inc thought
that you should be put 10 shame OF my ac>
count. You remember -, who has be-
come so degraded ? He and | were init
mate friends; and he, as you well know,
was once among the best boys in town. We
were both alike tempted and he was lost
Home influence SdUed me; for five had chang
ed places our histories would have been
changed likewise. II am any better than
the common run OF young men, il is because
| have had such sisters as YOu and Maria as
the associates of my early years
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The Black Knot on the Plum.

Many causes have been assigned for the
disease in question, none of which, so far as
my Information extends, are satisfactory
Some have supposed it to be occasioned BY
diseased sap, or vegetable ulcer; some, that
II is the work OF the curculiO; others, with
more pIauSlbIlity, assert that il is the result
of poison Infused by the minute sting Of an
insect. But none of those entertaining the
latter opinion have described the kind Of in
sect or its characteristics; and il is there
fore fair 10 assume that their belief rests up
on conjecture alone. The latter opinion
however, with the exception Of the minute
ness OF The sting, is correct. 1t will be per.
mitted me TO say, that believe myself to be
the first in determining the fact, and in as
certaInlng, certainly,the habits and character
of the insect. | will therefore proceed as
briefly as may be, and without regard TO pos
sible charges of ego.ism, for asserting in op-
position 10 many scientific men on the SUBJ
Ject, what know beyond doubt to be The
origin OF the excrescence, or tumor, and to
describe the insect which causes it, its hab-
its, and the best method of guarding against
lis attacks and increase.
The insect here referred TO belongs, | be-
lieve 10 the Hymenoptera class, and is about
an inch in length; color, pale yellow; has
four wings. and hind legs resembling those
Of The grasshopper, which seem designed for
similar use; and, although furnished with
wings, it uses them only, so far as have dis
covered, for calling its mates. This it effects
by shrI notes through the medium of yibra-
tons, created by a rapid motion of them, and
which affords the means Of tracing it. The
abdomen OF the female is much larger than
that OF the male, in the extremity of which
is concealed Il sting OF about quarter of an
inch in length, with which it pierces any
shrub or limb selected as recepticle for its
eggs-OfIen numbering a dozen or more,
which are deposited with some acid poison
in separate cells, longitudinally. From these
eggs the larvae are hatched-chaDged 10 the
pup@, or chrysas state, and emerge during
the ensuing June.
The excrescence does not appear until aC-
ter The escape Of the insects, the swelling of
which is caused by the circulation of the
sap being arrested in its natural course by
the poison infused, which flows around the
punctured parts, eXtravasates, and gradually
forms the tumor. On dissectIng one Of these
tumors. grub may sometimes be found, but
il does not cause the eXcresence. Any one
may satisfy himself of the truth of the FORE
going remarks by observing the appearance
of the insect during the months of August and
September, when il may be found making its
deposits; these, on being completed are
vanished over with a waterproof substance,
presenting a dark, glazed appearance, by
which it may be known, and on carefully
splitting a stung limb i'll the direction Of Tie
perforations early in june, the insect may be
found in the larvae Standardization ist.
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The Core Worm,

The New England Farmer has an article
on this subject from Maine correspondent.
We copy below its essential points:
So tar as | have investigated the matter,
the core-worms Of the apples in this country
are in no particular different from the pratt
cal depredators Of France, England, Portugal
and South America, and are the offspring Of
a brown miller, some what larger than the
mother ofour common moths. which deposits
her eggs at night in the dried blow of the
apple, when about half grown.
In the island of Jersey place famous for
ITS frult the depredations Of the pippin-
worm, as they are called, is entirely avoided
by The farmers placing among the branches
OF their apDetrees, sometime in April, tufts
OF pea-straw, or what is better still, bean
stalks, which have been kept through the win
Ter Tor that purpose. ln the cavities of these
the miller deposits her eggs which in due
time becomes a grub, and Of an altogether
different character apparently, from the apple
bred offspring Of the same miller.
The grubs never enter an apple, and what
few OF them escape The Keen observation of
the black hornet, or the speckled girdler, find
their way TO the ground il which they bur
row, lying dormant for about ten months,
when they become changed to mlllers in time
for the next crop of apples.
| have seen in the island of Jersey, Ihe ap-
pies from Tree unprotected by the simple
precautIon mentioned, literally alive with
worms, while those OF all the other trees in
the same orchard were entirely free from the
plague.
have tried the experiment in South Am
erica frequently, with the most complete sue
cess and as believe the North American
worm is identical with the apple-worm Of
other countries, | would advise that farmers
generally try the experiment 1t does not
cost much, and if successful is just as good
as a more expensive remedy.
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STUFFING CHlLDREN's HEADS wITH KNOwI-
EDGE.-Children should not be stuffed with
knowledge as you would stuff turkey. Il in
lures the brain Just as much as gorge of pas
try Injuries the stomach. When the parent is
sufficiently enlightened to rear child himself
instead Of plying him with rudmental books,
dictionaries and restraint, let him impart the
first instructions by familiar conversation.-
Ideas advanced in this way are accommodated
10 the comprehension Of the pupil by mutual
good feeling, rendered attractive, and brought
directly within the embraces Of his mind
lhls instruction leads him to observe, reflect
ana discriminate; offers the sciences under in
.eiestlng associations, and inspires natural
'nlrs' ior instruction. Of all results which ed
uca'ion can produce, this is the most useful
2 youln mus trained will be distinguished by
the early maturity Of his reason. and. instead
q his studies producing fatigue and disgust,
they VIII every day give birth 10 new IDEAS and
new pleasures. This was the way he Greeks
taught. They abjored restraint, and tauoht
while walking in the shade Of the portco or Of
trees. Education in England, as a science i
yet in its infancy. The system at present most
in vogue is very superficial. Il neither suo-
gests nor conducts, but puts the brain in an in
fernal limbo Of words, TO the total neglect Of
the freedom and lnxuriance of ideas, attired
only in the language and forms into which
they naturally shape themselves.
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How do you manage your husband, Mrs.
Croaker? Such job as | have OF it with
Mr.. Smith,
Easiest thing in the world, my dear !:
give him a twitch backwards when you want
him to 60 forward. For instance, you see
to-day had loaf of cake 10 make. Well,
do you suppose because my body is in the
pastry room, that my soul need be too? Not
Bit OF il! I'm thinking of all sorts Of ce-
lestial things tue while. Now Croaker has
a way of tagging round al my heels and
bringing me plump down in the midst of
aerial flights by asking me the price of the
sugar I'm using Well, you see il drives
me frantic! aud when woke up this morn
ing and saw the furious storm, knew had
him OH my hands for the day unless man.
aged right; so [ told him that hoped he
wouldn't think of going out to catch his
death such weather; that If he wasn't capa-
Bile of taking proper care Of himself, should
do it for him that it was very lonesome
rainy days, and that wanted him to stay at
home and talk to me; at any rate he nusnt
60 out; and hid his umbrella and India
rubbers. Well, Of course, he was right up
IN end, Gust as expected !! and in less than
five minutes he was sireakiDg of down
street, at the rate of ten knots an hour.
You see there's nothing like understand
ing human nature; 10 woman should be
married till she is thoroughly posted up ia
this branch of her education.
FANNY FERN.
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Young men, few wsrds Of advice will do
no harm. Why loaf about the streets night
after night, as if destitute Of the homestead
roof? Pass your evenings in study, and
bring yourselves up as young men ought to
be in this happy land. The country will
need your services. But how 10 you intend
to discharge duties which must devolve on
you, if you do not apply yourselves in those
hours of leisure, TO qualifying yourselves p
Bear in mind that idleness is the mother of
many iniquities, but patience and Perseve-
renee accomplish great things.
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CoRKscaEwING.-They have some cute
animals in California. A correspondent OF a
San Francisco paper says Of the coyote, an
animal of tie wolf Species
They have way Of twisting a chickeR
of its roost. i call it corkscrc,cing. PIl tell
you how they do il. They 60 under the
tree at night, when the chickens are asleep,
and make noise 10 wake them up; then
they commence walking around The tree
The chickens, feeling no small degree of
interest in the coyotes movements, watch
him with all their eyes. He walks faster
and faster, and after while his gyrations
become rapid and furious the chickens, BY
force of turning their heads round so rapidly,
are seized with the vertigo, and as soon as
the first one falls te the ground Mr.. Coyote
grabs him, and makes sausage meat OF him
in no time at all.'
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-06-02

The MODEL LOCOMOTIVE FOR JAPAN.-The
order given in January last by the United
States Government, TO Messrs. Richard Nor
ris u Son, for the building of model loco
motive, tender, and passenger car, 10 be pre-
senIed 10 the emperor of Japan, has been
filled, and in few days il willie forwa rded
10 Washington City, preparatory 10 being
shipped to japan. The model will be ac-
eompanied by Mr.. Charles Montgomery, one
Of tile employees Of Norris Works, who is
practical engineer. He has been delegated
with the mission, and will explain to the
japanese the power Of steam as applied to
locomotives, aud the great revolution brought
about by means Of this agency throughout
this and other countries, wherein il has been
introduced. The locomotive is complete i'm
every particular, as also the tender and pas
senger car. The entire weight is 1910
pounds The passenger car IS 10 feet long,
2 l-2 feet wide, and feet 10 inches high,
constructed of rosewood A railway track
will also 10 Japan with the locomotive and
its appendages. philadelphia Ledger, 9Th.
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A DOG IN CHURCH. An amusing incident
occurred in one Of the churches Of ne gh
boring village, last Sunday afternoon. Just
as the services were about TO commence, a
good sized dog was observed to be saunter-
ing about The asles, probably in search Of his
master. After making pretty thorough ex-
animation OF the asles, he assembled 10 the
pulpit, passing up the stairs on one side and
down on the other. But not having at
tained The object Of his search, or satisfied
his curiosity, he again assembled the stairs,
and took the same route but with no better
success. Again lie asceDded the Steps, but
instead of passing through the pulpit, he
took position on the upper step, where,
settling himself upon his launches, he de-
liberateiy surveyed the congregation for some
minutes, during which time doubtful pause
ensued, in which il seemed doubtful whether
the audience would litter outright, or The
dog begin 10 bark. At length, after waiting
in vain for the sexton 10 appear, one OF the
good deacons resolved to expel the intruder.
But the dog, as if anticipating his intentions,
took his old route through the pulpit, and as
the deacon passed up one side, the dog went
down the other. This was repeated two or
three times, to the no small amusement OF
the assembled congregation. The deacon
at last seized the dog by the neck, and the
way he marched him down the broad aisle
was enough 10 make philosopher SMILE
This having been accomplished, the services
were commenced with all the gravity il was
possible 10 attain under the circumstance es.
Boston Journal.
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LET CHILDREN PLAY. There are parents
who do not seem 10 have preserved single
memory OF their childhood, and who are al
ways checking the innocent amusements OF
their children. A child cannot have "a Bit
OF a time but the parental mandate of stop
that noise,' falls upon his ear in unmistaka-
BILE words or blows.
Some one who could appreciate tile sports
of boyhood, wrote the following:
Nothing equals boy, except girl. The
frolicking harum -scarum, high-glee times
Of boyhood, happy they were. Perhaps you
never broke steers and colts, never slid down
hill, over fences, across the ice on The mead
ow, never skated among the huge fires on
the ten acre pond, on clear winters's night,
drawing The protties; girl in all the town af
ter you, holding up a stick. II you never
have, you never were boy How many
years does man have to live, to pile up an
much happiness as jumps out Of a boy in q
single oId-tashioned gingerbread, molasses-
candy, wrestling, bat-and-ball playing town.
meeting day!
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Nor SO Poor AS | LooK.-One day as
Judge Parsons was jogging along en- horse
back over desolate road, he came upon a
log hut. dirty. smoky and miserable. lie
stopped 10 contemplate the too evident pow
erty OF the scene. A poor haIf.sIarved fellow,
with uncombed hair aud unshaved beard,
thrust his head through square hole which
served for window, wirh-I say, fudge,
aint SO poor as You think me TO be, for
don't own this ERE land
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RAGs.-Time has been when rags were rath-
er TO be deprecated or deplored in family,
but in the present scarcity Of paper stock, hap
py are they who may be well in rags, for they
are a money article in the market. House
keepers should save every shred for the paper
makers. and by SO doing contribute to the spread
Of intelligence, for what is intelligence unless
printed! and how can it be printed without pa
per! and how can there be paper without ragst
Perfectly simple propositions, yet Of great i'm
portance. Housekeepers, save your rags care
fully.-Boston Post
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-06-02

A SECOND WILLIAM TELL.-About a
month ago, as we learn from The Courier
des Etats UniS, a case was brought before
the Correctional Police of Spires, a city of
Baden, which is certainly without parallel
in the annals of Justice. A weaver of Spire,
who had been much extolled asa marksman,
undertook, by desperate experiment, 10 es-
tablsh his reputation beyond dispute. To
this end, he loaded his pistol, and repaired 10
his garden, accompanied by his son, lad
about IL years old. He ordered the child TO
stand at fifteen PAGES from him, potato upon
his head. The boy obeyed. without making
any resistance and the father, preserving
the utmost GOODNESS, fired bis pistol and dis
lodged the potato, the ball piercing it through
the very centre.
The weaver's neighbors, to whom the fact
was related, refused to believe it, and would
only be convinced by a repetition the fool
hardy exploit. Ii was now night; but the
Intrepid marksman insisted upon an imme-
diate repetition. Instead of The potato, be
placed upon his boys head lighted lantern
at which he discharged his pistol with the
same success as before. The fame Of this
extraordinary exploit coming TO the ears Of
the police, they deemed it their duty to ar
rest this second William Tell and put check
to his wild ambition by the agency of the
law. The justice, before whom the case was
brought, not sympathizing with the admira-
ton which the affair had excited among the
weaver's neighbors, and having ascertained
by careful investigation of the circumstan,
ces that the second time The pistol ball had
slightly grazed the boys cap, condemned the
marksman to eight days imprisonment
Boston Traveller.
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"They are scattered and parted by mountain
and wave,
And some are in the cold, silent womb Of the
grave"
Sad are the memories that the song Of the
cricket brings to our heart. II tells Of happy
days now gone foreyer-of merry hours that
have passed away. 1t brings clustering
around US the fnrrowed brows of the living,
and the pale, still faces of the Albany
Register. - --
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Some young ladies, feeling aggravated by
the severity with which their friends specu-
lated on their gay plumes. necklaces, rings,
&C.. went to their pastor to learn his opinion.
Do you think said they, 'Ihere is any
Improperly in wearing these things?'
by no means, was the prompt reply,
when the heart il full Of ridiculous Dotions is
is well enough to hang out the sign.'
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A chap out West was invited 70 take
hand at game OF 'poker'-a fashionable
game with gamblers on The MississlPPI--but
be refused, saying
NO, | tlankee. played poker all Of one
summer, and had TO wear nankeen pants
all the next winter. have had no taste for
that amusement since
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BRowN VEILs.-T'he Lowell Vox Populi
would like to know who had the presump-
ton TO introduce The nbominable snuff. celor.
ed wells, SO fashionable with the women
folks just now;' and The Newburyport Un.
ion advises the girls, if they do not wish TO
be taken for their grandmothers, to eschew
snuff coered veiIs.'
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-06-02

A Preventative AGAINST MoTHs.-Take
cloves, carraway seeds, nutmeg, mace, CHINA
mon, and Tonquin, of each one ounce; then
add as much FIorentine orris-root as will equal
the other ingredients put together. Grind the
whole well 10 powder; and then put it in little
bags, among your clothes, &c. 1t is pleas
ant perfume and will keep away moths.
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sMouher, shouldn't be surprised il our
Susan gets choked some day
Why, my son?'
Because her beau twisted sIs arms
around her neck the other night, and u sne
had not kissed him to let him GO lie would
have strangled her,
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A TIcKL1sH QUESTION. - Our boy Dick
wants to know what is meant by the question
he has seen in the arithmetic How many rods
make one aeree' He says that when he went
to school, the master had only one rod, but
that used to make great many achers!
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Tom, whom dii you say our friend b.
married 2
He married forty thousand dollars--l ior-
got her other name.
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To make bread go great ways let dirty
GIRL mix it and allow your boarders TO wit
ness The manipulation. One loaf Of this
bread will 60 as far as dozen ordinary ones.
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Medesty and the dew love the shade; bolh
Of Them sparkle IN the light Of earth only %
ascend TO heaven.