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Insects as Seen in the MicroscOpc.

The wings Of insects are very interesting
OBJ ccts both to look at unaSSSed. or with
the microscope. the wings of the house Hv
are found to be covered with minute stiff short
hairs the black network of lines that we
see in them are elastic horny tubes. over
which the membrane is stretched like silk OF
an umbrella over its ribs. Bees have very
curious mode OF strengthening their fight. in
the shape of hooks and corresponding doub
Iings on the edge of then wings, 50 that when
they are lying these are kept expanded by
even extra aids to the elastic ribs and frightened.
membrane Who would have thought of bee
hooking and cycling himself out in that man
ncr All sorts Of theories have held grounds.
successfully respecting the feet Of flies. FIRST
they were suckers and they walked by means
| of exhaustion and atmospheric pressure then
they were graphing irons, and they hooked
themselves to microscopic inequalities by
means Of invisible hooks they were glue pots
and eXnded a natural gum. which gummcd
the insect at every step; how we believe they
are assumed to be all three claws, or spines.
to hook pads, or cushions, to prevent them
from abrasion these pads were the original
suckers J hairlets as sucking disks. that
cXudc certain moisture--all these hypolhe-
when truth unrols itself in sections.
The scales of the wings Of insects are
world in themselves. The little brislle ia il
which l'aves thick dust on your finger,
though touched never SO lightly, leaves in the
dust mass of metallic scales Of all shapes.
Oval. heart shaped, round, elliptic, long and
narrow. shovel shaped they lie under the
! microscope like collection of fairy toys, all
made out of gems. The sugar-louse has ova
or shovel shaped scales, SC, on to stalk ard
| arranged like fan: the ive-plume moth of
the Summer meadows has them willow .lcaved
in shape, sometimes singly pointed. but gen.
orally notched with two, three or four notches,
the sixspot burnet moth has them lustrouS
but opaque; the blue butterfly, shaped like
batlledore: the magnificent emperor has
them triangular while some of them have
them frienged, some pear shaped, and others
corrugated. out overlapping each other, or
tiled The diamond beetle is the most spcn.
did fellow of the lot. He has row of precious
stones in his flat transparent scales that ira
date the whole field with their cleaning
glory. Those precious stones are set on to
broad bands Of black velvet and jewels alter
mating in stripes in the most regal and en-
chanting manner. Few objects are so beau
tiful as the scales of the diamond beetle. with
their royal richness and burning glory.
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EFFECT OF FROST The effect of the frosts
of winter in disintegrating and preparing stiff
tenacious soils, has been admitted by all cul-
tivators OF experience. Ridge up your vacant
ground before Winter, that the greatest pos
sible surface to the amcliorating action ofthe
somewhat mysterious fros.s. Soil in good
state of culture, loose and fliabe, it is not so
necessary that you should operate upon
PArtia lily trench np-that is what old gar
dcners ca II bastard trench all worn out
soils, for escult root-growlng next season. -
This method Of trenching consists in opening
deep and W de trench-say two and a half
to three feet in width, to a depth of two
spades. The contents of the first trench must
be removed to the further side Of the lot if
the space is considerable. it had better be
cartcd; if not. the whee-barrow will serve to
transport it: let it &c deposited along the
ground in heaps at regular intervals, so as to
make up the last trench. Instead of throw
ing the active surface soil partially exhaus-
ted. or wholly so perchance,) into the bottom
OF the trench. as many understand the opera
ton, turn over the bottom with the spade,
leaving the snbsol open. as in common spad-
ing on this spread portion of the surface
soil, then a layer of good barnyard manure
the coarser the better. then another layer of
sur face SOIL taking care to mingle the soil
and manure.
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A LUNATIC ON THE BENCH. The following
incident III court at Hamilton, Canada West,
is mentioned by the Spectator:
Yesterday morning while Mr.. freeman
was addressing the jury. in one of the most
eloquent portions of his speech TO his horror
he saw broad grin on the faces Of the jury,
then they seemed involuntary to huIs: into
n loud laugh. The learned counsel for a
moment nonplaSsed, not being aware Of the
cause of this unseem!y proceeding. On turn
ing to the bench, however, the reason was
scf'evident. The chief justice had retired to
his room for a moment, and there in the
judicial chair in a Il his majesty. Sat Robert
lnnes, an insane man. well known here. -
Bon, as he is familiarity called, looked
smlingly on the learned counsel and said,
Go on it is all right. | II see justice DONE
amidst roars of laughter. AT this moment
his lordshp returned, but the Id be Judge
did not feel inclined to vacate his prominent
position, and it required three constables to
remove him 1t was some minutes ere the
court settled down to its customary solemnity.
and the learned counse. was able t. resume
his Speech"
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A REMARKABLE FACT. Professor Mitchell
III his lectures on astronomy. has related a
very remarkable fact. lie said that he had
met, not long since, in the city Of St. Louis.
man of great scientific attainmcns, who for
40 years had been engaged in Egypt in dec
pherng the hierogvlphics of the ancicnts. -
This gentleman had stated to him that he had
lately unraveIed the inscriptions upon the
coffin of "A mummy, now in the British Muse
un. and that by the aid Of previous observa-
tons, he had discovered the key to all the
Astronomical knowledge of the Egyptians -
The zodiac, it'll the exact positions of the
planets. was delincatcd on the coffin. and the
date to which they pointed was the autumnal
equinox in the year 1872 before Christ or
nearly 3 GOO years ago. Professor Mitchell
employed his assistants to ascertain the exact
position Of the heavenly bodies belonging to
our solar system on the equinox of that yeat,
(l722, B. o. and sent him correct diagram
of them, without having communicated his
object in doing so. III compliance with this,
the calculations were made, and 20 his aston
ishment on comparing the result with the
statements of his S"ientilic friend already re-
fcrred to, it was found that, on the 9TH of Oct.
1922, B. c., the moon and planets had occu-
pied the exact position in the heavens marked
upon the coffin in the British Museum.
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1t is the Good Crop that Pays. ,

The above remark, once overheard from n
p'actiral farmer, may sound like bald truiSm
to some, but 1t contains, on the contrary, a
great and important truth, even IN theory
and still more generally ignored in practice.
The idea is this: The increased expense
necessary to insure good crop is always
when jndlciously applied. more than rcpa id
~ the increased value of the crop and land
For instance, i'll a crop of corn. the increased
cost IN time a I'd money necessary to produce
OF hundred bushels per acre, instead Of fifty.
bears small proportion to the increased value
OF the crop, besides the impossbility of leaving
The ground in as good condition after the
loor crop as after the good one. The interest
uron the value of the land blowing, planting,
&c. are all the same, or nearly the Same,
upon the acre yielding fifty bushels as upon
The one yielding one hundred, and these are
tie always heavy items in the expense. A
good coating Of manure (Which, however.
benefits the land more than the first crop, J
and little extra attention during the summer.
constitute the principal extra expense, with
the exception IF increased harvesting. at
which, however. no farmer would grumble.-
Aud yet nothing is more common than to
hear farmers saying they cannot afford to
MANY '"'''' hN'''u III pioNctIellt DeCauSc lney
cannot spare the moucy, even when they
admit ii will repay twenty to thirty per cent.
invest or Investment. THAT is a kind of
logic you rover heard from any but farmers
Any other class Of men would hire money to
invest ut such proiit,) Even in regard to
drainng--the greatest Lug5car OF all. because
most expensive of farm mprovcments-noth.
ing is moie certain than if farmers cannot
afford to drain they Certainly canno, afford
to farm at all. On two-'hIds of our land
undc'drains will pay fifty per ccat OIL cost,
and often with wheat crop nearly or oni.e
pay ing for their construction in one yea -
Besides they are a permanent Investment.
and after paying for their cost, as they will
III year or two, all increased gains from their
construction are clear profit.
1t may well be doubted, whether. with the
high price of 'ands III Western New York,
farming is paying business. the irteres
alone OF q value Of farm of one hundred
acres, worth slX'y-ive dulars per acre. being
nearly five hundred dollars, besides the cost
OF working farm. stock, TOOLS Sc But If
farming can be made profitable it must be
Motough farming. Every acre must be kept IN
good condition, for the interest on the land is
accnmulat,ng as fast under poor management
as under good And this W i'll cost far less
than is generally supposed. There are thou
SAINTS OF farms worth now from five to eight
thousand dollars, where the expenditure of
live hundred or thousand dollars in
draining and mannring would double the
value of produce to be sold from the farm,
and without causing any extra expense in
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NUMBER ONE.--One hour lost in the
morning by lying in bed will put back all
the business of the day.
One hour gained by rising early is worth
one month in n year.
One hole left in the fence will cost ten times
much as it will to fix it at once.
One diseased sheep will spoil who'll
flock.
One unruy animal will teach all others in
company bad tricks; and the Bible says,
= one sinner destroyed much good"
One drunkard will keep family poor and
make them miserable.
One wife who is always telling how fine
her ncighbor dresses, and how little she can get,
will look plcasanter if she talks about some
thing else.
One husband who is penrrious or lazy, and
deprives his family of necessary comforts
such as their neiehbors enjoy, is not such
husband as he ought to be.
One good newspaper is good thing in every
family, and
One who don't take good newspaper. and
pay tor 1t is ar unworthy citizen. and disre-
CARDS the best interests of his family.
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Misrellanrons,
BOOTS and SHOES!

LIVERY person in want of Boots and Shoes
u especially those having the Cash and expect
ing to buy where they can buy cheapest is respect.
fully solicited to call and examine the really fine
assortment now offered at the Cheap Dry Good,
and Grocery Store Off. F. MAY, in the Hollow"
Elkton. Md.
Amongst great variety, are to be found the fol-
lowing
MEMS BRANCH Mems Heavy Served Calf
Boots; Mems extra good Calf Boots Mems Coarse
Sewed Goots' Mems Double Socd Hungarian
Nailed Boots: Mems Boots Pegged. pretty fair
article at S2.2o Mems Lace Bools. from 81 25 to
$500 per pair. Boys Long Boots, from l.25 to
81 80 per pair.
WOMEN's DEPARrAESr.- Ladies' black Gaitcrs
with Heels Ladies' Gaiters double and Single
Sole Ladies' Morocco Boots, with heels Ladies'
undressed Morocco Boots womens Calf skin
Polka Boots; Women's dressed and undressed
Buskins Womcns Lace Boots MS low MS 81 90 per
pair; Ladies gum Over Shoes Ladies' gum San.
das Ladies' gum Buskins
MISSES AND CHILUHENS SnoEs.-Msses' Drcs
sed Morocco Boots with heels; Misses Goat Boots
Girls Calf Polka Boots ; Chidrcns Shoes. from
No. TO No. ID; Misses Gum Buskins and a
great many other kinds not necessary to enumrr-
ate.
The advertiser, aims to keep nm assortment of
Boots and Shoes. that for durability variety, and
eheapncss shall not be surpassed by any store in
Cecil county. Oct 80. II. F. MAY
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FURTHER DISCOVERIES. DIR. Livingstone
the Eng lish explorer, has been heard from in
the interior of Africa. where he has discover,
ed another great lake. rich and fertile coun.
try. where cotton ahonnd>, and quiet peace
ably people. The lake he reports so miles
long 10y 80 wide, and . 600 feet above the
level of the sea. II we may credit what late
explorers say, Africa has an interior greatly
covered with water. as much so as the int.
rior Of this continent DR.. Livingstone had
conducted his steamer | 100 miles: and proved
not only the navgability of the Lower Fam
besl in the dry season, but that the Shire is
splendid river for steamer, upwards of
100 miles from its confluence. Near the con
iluence there is a mountain over 4 900 feet
high, with considerable cultivation on the top
and climate fitting it admirably for a sana-
tarium. Orange and lemon trees were found
growing wild upon it, and there are fine
springs and hot water baths. The valley of
the Shire is 90 or 30 miles broad and won.
dcrlully fertile. The people seem never to
have been visited by Europeans before. and
were very suspicious of man stealing The
explorers landed frequently. and took great
pains to allay these unfounded fears. and to
explain their real intentions. They bought
provisions and cotton yarn Of the natives.
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STATISTICS OF HEADACHE. The Medical
Times and Gazette contains some interesting
medical data, obtained by inquiries made in
the usual course of professional experience
concerning the causes of headache. Of 90
cases cited, 16 were females, number which
establishes pretty strongly the fact testified
to by most Of the old writers. tina, females arc
more frequent sufferers. Of the &c females,
~ were single The predisposition IN the
case of females is believed TO originate in the
nervous system susceptibility of nervous dis
order being much oftcner found in the female
than In the male subject. 1t is likely to ex
LIST In organisms which evidence capacity OF
so much finenesS and delcacy OF perception
united with so much pronencSs to emotional
excitement, and in which the functions OF
organic life are observed to be so readily
wrought by passing states Of thought. scnsa
ton and emotion.
VI The exciting causes emotional disturb.
ance has the highest number Out Ct 90 cases.
% declared this to be one of the causes of
their attacks, Is also considered that atmos.
lhcrlc states were to be blamed and IS spec
liied thunder. In regard to Inheritance of the
liability, iii ID cases the mother is mentioned
IN .. the father and in IL, both parents; in all
40 gave explicit evidence o. hereditary pre-
disposition, and few other mentioned cases
in colIatera, branches. Out of the 90 cases.
only 10 blamed their diet AS to the influ,
ence of climate 30 seem very clear that they
are least liable to attacks of headache in
places where the air is Cry and braclng: G
commend cold atmosphere, and condemn it:
: praise warm atmosphere, and 8 dislike it ::
q are in favor Of sra-air, ard 1 are avcrse ia
it. Fatigue is mentioned as IN exciting cause
in 90.
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WHEN TO Begin. -" That vcu NAV find
success, y said Rev. Cbas, Brooks. in and adj.
dress to boys, " let me tell you how TO pro-
coed: tonight begin your great plan Of life.
You have but one life 10 live. and it is I'M
mcasurably important that you do not make
a mistake. Tonight begin carefully. Fix
your eye on the foriicth year of your age. and
then say to yourscN-at the aye of forty |
Will be temperate man, will be an indus
trlous man, an economical man, b, nevolent
man, well-Iead man. q religious man, and
useful man. | will be such an one | resolve
and | will stand to it. My young friends.
let this resolution be firm as a,iamant: let i,
stand like the oak, which cannot he wind.
Shaken
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MARINE LOSSES IN NOVEMBER. The num.
Der of serious casualties TO American sen 20.
ing vessels reported during the last month
has not been cquallcd since the month of
December and January. 1861. when the
number reported was So in December and 70
in January. The vessels reported this month
as total losses and missing amount to SIS of
all classes. The only month thai approache d
the past one since 1856 was April 1857
when The total losses numbered 50 vessels. -
The casualties last month class as follows:-
steamer II ships Z barks, IL briggs. and
"a schooners. or these "a were wrecked, 9
burnt, l missing, abandoned, 5 sunk, cap.
sized, and B sank by collisions. Out of the
81 vessels reported gone ashore last month
only live were got an at ogoin, one Of the lat
ter be'ng the ship lieidebnig. Of the bal.
ance' a number of them have gone entirely tc
pieces.
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| WAS ONCE YoUNG.-It is an excellent
thing for all who are engaged in giving insuuc-
ton to yonng people, frequently TO call to
mind what they were themselves when young.
This practice is one which is most likely to
lmnart patience and forbcarance. and 10 cor
rect unreasonable expectations. At one period
of my life. when ins.ruc,ing two or three
Young people to write, | found them. as I
thought unusually stupid. happened a bout
tins time to look over the contents of an old
copy-hook, written by Inc when was boy.
The thick up-strokes, the crooked down
strokes. the awkward jonting of letters, and
the blots in the book, made me completely
ashamed of myself, and could at the mo-
ment have hurled the book into the fire. The
worse, however thought of myself, the bet
ter thought Of my back ward scholars.
was cured of my unreasonable expectations,
and became in future doubly patient and for
bearing. In teaching youth, remember that
you once were young and in rcproving their
youthful errors, eudcavor to call to mind your
own.-Seiected.
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How TO MAKE Coon YEAST Make dec.
cotton of hops by taking two handouts of hops
and pouring on them three pints of boiling
water boil THIS down to a quart and then
strain. To the liquid add one table spoonful
of ground ginger. one ofcommon salt, and two
of molasses or brown sugar; then stir in
wheat -four enough to make it of the consis.
tency OF bread,rising. Let this stand until
cool, then add teacupful of yeast; keep it
in a warm place until it rises, then set in a
cold place as a vault or cellar.
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THE GoHILLA.-Some years ago. We pub
liShrd an account the first discovery of this,
the largest Of all the monkey family: and
last year we gave an account OF the arrival in
England Of the remains of one of these rare
ANNA Is III a state putrelaction and of its
examination by Professor Owen. Within a
few weeks, NJ. Du Chaillu gentleman who
was sent to Africa by the PHILADELPHIA Acad.
envy OF Sciences has returned bringing with
him several skins and skeletons Of the gorilla,
with large collection Of African curlositirs.
which arc NOW on exhibition at No. G3j
broadway. this city. lie says that the state.
ments made by Professor Owen, on the
authority of those who caught his specimen.
IN regard TO the intelligence of the animal, are
greatly exaggerated; that it docs not use a
club as weapon. but is, in fact, simply a
brute. 1t is among the most formidable of
ANIMALS, its arms being as large as some
men S legs, and one specimen in NJ Du Cha
lila IS possession measures feet, 8 inches
from tip to tip Of It's fingers when its arms
are extended. 1t looks very much like some
of the wild African tribe of negroes. and its
skeleton bears wonderful eSe,nblance to
that ofa man. --Snen'lfc american.
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5sleftc0 1)octrr.
a i}irsc.

|.
Day is dying, dying.
IT'S the time tor tears.
Precious ilours are blending
With the vanished years;
Precious hours are fading
From our ken away,
Weep the night is coming,
Weep for dying day,
See, the rain is falling
Where the sunshine lay!
Dry is dying, dying,
Night is Gem ng on,
Whisper. whisper softly
or the brigl hours gone
or the bright hours buried
While We dreamed and played,
Dancing in the Sunshine,
Resting in the shade,
Gath ring flowers that angels
In our pathway laid.
III.
Oh, for hours departed
Mourning them is vain
Yet our tears are falling,
Failing like the rain;
Summer time is with us,
Hopes illumc our way.
But our hearts grow weaker
With each joys decay
Biame us not for weeping,
We have lost To-day !!
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production after the first outlay. Thus the
farmer would get the same interest from five
to ten hundred dollars invested in improve
ments tina he gets from five to eight thousand
invested in land. If he cannot make money
with the improvements, he certa inly cannot
without them. w. j. Fowler.
Rural Neu Yorker.
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MILLINERY

MRS. MARY A. JOHNSON, at Provi-
L'E dencc Mills, near Gilpin's Falls, hereby
notifies her friends and the public that she
has supplied hcrselfwith good, fresh Stock
OF BONNETS. TRIMMINGS and RIBBONS
which she will dispose Of on the most reason
able terms.
1G-BONNETS repaired and trimmed in
fashionable style. [Oct 90, 1S59-Gw'
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To BE ABOLISHED. The British govern
ment is about to abolish the system Of pur-
chasing commissions in its army, the price
actually paid for a lcutenant- colonclcy of n
reg. ment of horse having ranged from SEQ OOO
to $4,000. The actual holders, in every
case, are to he reimbursed out of the treasury
Tor The purchase money paid BY them.
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DISTRIBUTION OF INCENDIARY DOCUMENTS
Governor Wise having requested the opinion
OF Attorney General Tucker, Of Virginia, as
to the bearing of the State laws. upon the
distribution ofincendaIy publication through
the Post office, that officer writes long
report on the subject. in which he takes the
ground that the Federal power to transmit
mail matter does not carry with 1t the power
to publish and circulate, and therefore, that
local laws affecting such publication as the
'ncendIary documents in question, may be
enforced. After this decision the circulation
of Objectionable mail matter in Virginia may
be regarded as definitely prohibited.
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THE VIRGINIA MLITiA.-Thc Alexandria.
Va Sentinel, says: 1t is the opinion of sew.
cral gentlemen who have had conversations
with Gov. Wise, that he intends to place the
Virginia militia on " war footing, il we may
use the term. That is, he intends to have
regular trainings by companies of all persons
over eighteen and under twenty-five years of
age, and make them soldiers, furnishing
them, we suppose, with the necessary arms
The expense incurred by this will &c met by
a military tax on all over the age of twenty
five.
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DRESS MAKING.
MISS KATE MILLER

- ESPECTFULI Y informs the LADIES
IL of Elkton and vicinity, that she is pre-.
pared to make all kinds of FANCY AND
PLAIN DRESSES, and do Fancy Sewing
generally; she will also make Gentlemens
Shirts; at the residence of her father, on
Main Street, Elkton. [April l6, 1859.