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from their parent trees, and tho spores were
aggregated together to form the better-bed
COal,-Pr0f HNxley, sassass

aggregated together to form the better bed
cosl.-FsqE Hssley.
The Potato.-This article of universal food 81
/ the present time was unknown to the civilized
| world before the latter part Of the sixteenth
| century, and did not come into general use till
| the eighteenth. In Scotland its culture was
! first retarded through the ridiculous bigotry OF
| not mentioned in the Bible, this was o sufh-
cient reason why they should not be used.
Even for many years after they were intro
ries, to be bought aud eaten only by the mobiles
and the wealthy. In 1858, in the list of prices
established by proclamation of the Govern
ment, potatoes were ordered to be sold for two
| bushel. A few years previously, the wages of
| bailff of husbahdry, head man on the farm,
| were fixed by the court at ffty-two shillings
(about thirteen dollars) a year; and of me-
chanics carpenters, masons, ETC., at eight
pence (abOut sixteen cents), with board, dav.
Thirty-t years later, in 1865, Muffet, writing
ting to be quite common now; even the hus-
bandman sometimes buys them to please his
wife. "-English Exchange.
Deformities.-Bowe ed legs and knock-knees are
among the cOmmonest deformities of humani-
ty, and wise mothers assert that the crooked
ness in either case arises from the afflicted one
having been put upon his or her feet too early
in babyhOod. But DR.. Crompton, who has
watched for the true cause, thinks differently.
He attributes the first mentioned distortion to
q habit some youngsters delight IN of rubbing
the sole of one foot against that Of the other !;
some will even go to sleep with the soles press
ed together. They appear to enjoy the contact
only when the feet are naked they don't at
tempt to make it when they are socked. So
the remedy is cIyiousseg the babys solss
q different childish habit-that of sleeping on
the side, with one knee tucked into the hollow
behind the other. He has found that where
one leg has been bowed inwards more than the
other, the patient has always slept on one side,
and the uppermost member has been that most
deformed. Here the preventive is to be care
full every night to place the child to sleep in
Different positions. Indeed, all through life, it
is well to learn to sleep on either side.
Curious Will.-The following singular will
was made by niser in Ireland: IL give and
bequeath to my sister-in-law, Mary Dennis,
four old worsted stockings, which she will find
underneath my bed; to my nephew, Charles
Mccartney, two other pairs of stockings, lying
in the box where keep my linen; to Lieut..
johnson, of his Majesty's 5th regiment of foot,
my only pair of white cotton stockings and
my old scarlet great-coat; and to Hannah
Burke my housekeeper, in return for her long
pitcher" Hannah, in high wrath, told the
other legatees that she resigned her valuable
share OF the property, and then retired In
equal rage Charles kicked down the pitcher,
and, as it broke, multitude of guineas burst
out and rolled along the floor. This fortunate
discovery induced those present to examine
the stockings, which, to their great joy, were
crammed with money.-Casselrs Magazine.
a singular Heledy-W neneVer burke found
himself indisposed, he ordered a kettle of
water to be kept boiling, of which he drank
large quantities, sometimes much as four or
even five quarts in morning, without any
mixture or infusion, and hot as he could
bear His manner was to pour about pint at
a time into basin, and to drink it with
spoon as if it had been soup. Warm water, he
sale, would relax and nauseate, but hot water
was the finest stimulant and most powerful
in the world. He certainly thought
it sovereign cure for every complaint, and
the confidence of a Sangrado to every patient
THAT came in his way.-Dublin Uni. Mag.