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GOOD NIGHT.-How tenderly and sweet
ly falls the gentle ''good night" into low
ing hearts, as members of a family sepa-
rate and retire for the night. What my
riads of hasty words and thoughtless acts,
engendered in the hurry and business of
the day, are forever blotted out by it's be-
nign influence. Small token, indeed; but
it is the little courtesies that make up the
sum of a happy home. 1t is only the little
courtesies that can SO beautifully round off
ing men and women. The simple, <sI thank
you," for a favor received, will fill with
happiness the heart of the giver. True
wealth is mot counted by dollars and cents,
but by the gratitude and affection of the
heart. If a home be happy, whether the
owner possesses a patch of ground of one
OF thousand acres, they are in the end
wealthy beyond mathematical calculation.
Then how much more lovingly are the sable
folds of night gathered around the happy
homes; how much more confidingly do it's
members repose their weary bodies in the
care of Divine goodness, soothing their
overtaxed minds to the realities of beau
Jiful dreamland; awakened, refreshed and
invigorated for the coming days labor, by
| having bid their loved ones an affectionate
''good night" And if, during this life we
have faithfully attended to all these little
courtesies, these little soul-needs, if we
have guarded carefully all Goods hearts,
placed in our keeping, at the close of its
brief, yet eventful day, how much easier
to bid all our dearly beloved ones final
''good night
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ACURIOUs THEORY.-A pamphlet writ
ten by DR.. Samuel W. Francis, a ssFellow
of the New York Academy of Medicine y
contains large number of ''curious facts. -
The intention of the author appears to be
to prove ''the great oneness Of the earthly
system" by means of the resemblance in
form between the parts of the human body
and many vegetable productions. Thus,
the cocoanut is, in many respects, like the
human skull, although it more closely re-
sembles the skull of the monkey, and may
perhaps serve Darwin's purpose as a link
between the two. A sponge may be so
held as to remind one Of the unfeshed face
Of a skeleton; and the meat of an. Eng fish
walnut is almost an.sxact representation
Of the brain, Plums and black cherries
resemble the human eye; almonds and
some other nuts resemble the different va
rieties of the human nose; and an opened
oyster and it's shell are a perfect
image Of the human ear. ''The shape of
almost any mans body" we are told,
"may be found in the various kinds of
mammoth pumpkins THE open hand
may be discerned in the form assumed by
scrub willows and growing celery. The
German turnip and the egg plant resemble
thShuman heart. The author finds other
striking resemblances between human or
gans and certain vegetable forms. In the
course of his Investigations he traces the
forms of many mechanical contrivancas in
cannon use back to the patterns fur
nished by nature. Thus he tells us that
the hog suggested the plough, the butterfly
the ordinary hinge, the toadstool the UNI
brella, the duck the ship, the fungus
growth on trees the bracket. Even in the
region Of art he+dnds these resemblance.
The sky presents forms and colors such as
we see on no painters canvas, while ''the
rooster CROWS in three-fourths time, and
Bob White whistles short gallop in two
fourths time.''
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SLEEPING TOGETHER. is moth
ing that will so derange the nervous sys-
tenn of a person who is eliminative in ner-
vous force as to lie all night in bed with
another person who is absorbed in nervous
force. The absorber will go to sleep and
rest all night, while the eliminator will be
tumbling and tossing, restless and nervous
and wake up the morning fretful, peevish,
fault-fnding, discouraged. No two per-
SONS, no matter who they are, should hab-
itually sleep together. One will thrive and
the other will lose. This is the law, and
in married life it is defied almost universal
ly.-JoMqaal of Health.
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Interesting Incidenl

Interesting Incidenl 1t Stonewall jackson
A writer fromlP Petersburg, who we take to
be the gallant Col.W 3. Cameron, sends the
Richmond s'Dispatch'' the following inter-
esting incident about Gen. Stonewall
Jackson:
In the spring of 1851 there were STA
toned around Norfolk many Of the crack
volunteer infantry companies Of the State,
and these were formed into the Twelfth
regiment by Governor Letcher, and D. A.
Weisiger, of Petersburg, was commissioned
as the colonel. Shortly afterwards an Or
der was issued from the State headquar-
tiers assigning Lieutenant Colonel 7. j.
Jackson to this command, and directing
him to report to Norfolk for duty This
news, being communicated by the colonel
to the company officers, was received with
great Indignation, and consultation was
held, to determine what should be done to
prevent the execution of the obnoxious Or
der. In the first place, the officers were
very tenacious Of their ssgolunteer'' right
to select their own superiors; and in the
second place, there happened to be in the
regiment several gentlemen who had re-
Gently graduated at the Virginia Military
Institute, and who brought thence the
prevalent, and by no means f1attering, esti-
mate of Jackson's character and abilities.
Their unfavorable report of him, backed
by instances of his eccentricities and as
celtic disposition, confirmed and infamed
the objection first made to a stranger, and
the end Of the matter was a letter to Gov
erner Letcher protesting against the as
signment and asking for its revocation.
After some hesitation the Governor COM
piled, and giving Jackson another field of
duty launched him forth on that path of
fame now SO well known Of all men.
The Twelfth regiment remained at Nor
folk daring 'e1, and was still. iinactive> in
the following sgEjns>Yhen-tssf- rejected
lieutenant colonel entered upon that cam
palgn in the ValleDwhich haspo> parallel
III Americaa Wsrfare-fo its,9rillian cesand
force. In the summer campaign the regi-
ment took efieient part; and at Cramp-
tons GaP7,Fieldfag Taylor, the gallant
and accomplished officer who came to us in
place of the rejected lieutenant colonel,
was killed; butere then Jackson had be-.
come famous, had been promoted to COM
mand of half the army, had come to be
known as Lees right arm, and was filling
giants place in the minds Of friend and
foe. And often then and afterwards, on
the march and aroupd tho oopo,, emo x,,,o
there talk of the invincible leader, and
smile that we had once rejected him, and
growing wonder as to how different might
have been his history perhaps, how varied
our experienced for the independent
spirit of volunteer organization and the
contagious prejudices of a few of Jackson's
old scholars
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A school committeeman writes: "We
have school-house large enough to accom-
modate four hundred pupils four stories
high" A contemporary. describing pro
cession, says, s'The procession was very
fine, and nearly two miles in length, as
was also the prayer of the chaplain"
A chess match between England and
France is to be played. The moves are to
be announced by telegraph. A similar
match was played thirty years ago, and af-
ter lasting two years, resulted in the de-
feat OF. the English players.
IT can't say as he went to Heaven re-
marked Fort Scott citizen of a deceased
townsman, ''but he paid a bill of eleven
years standing only the day before he died,
and you can judge for yourself"
A Prussian scientist maintains that the
north pole is a point, but must be consid-
cred territory of certain extent, toward
the whole of which the magnetic needle
has an equal inclination.
By means of pair of single spring
tongs, recently invented by Buffalo rail
road, employees are enabled to couple cars
without the slightest danger of getting
their hands mashed.
In stirring his fire, the fireman on a
French locomotive found human foot in
his ash-pan, and that was the first intima-
ton they had that man had been killed
some hours before.
The Duluth woman who put the kero-
seue can on the stoye-hearth while she
went out to trade with a peddler, is now
keeping house in barn, kindly loaned for
the occasion.
When Jemima went to school she was
asked why the noun bachelor was singular.
Because she replied, cit is so very sin
gular that they don't get married."
The new opera house in Paris has
chime Of fourteen copper bells, which on
grand occasions will clang and bang in
connection with the orchestra
To prolong ones life it is necessary to be
postmaster of Boston. All the postmasters
who have served in that office since 1926
are said to be still living.
A music dealer in an Eastern town an
nounces in his window sentimental song,
'Thou Hast Loved Me and Left Me for
twenty-five cents"
According to a French journal, there are
still living in France and it's colonies twen-
ty-fve thousand men who fought under
the first Napoleon.
A young man in the country announces
that he will give chrome to the young
lady who will take him for better or for
worse.
The wolves have been 50 numerous in
France this year that some were recently
seen prowling about the railroad depot at
Metz.
At the Laure1es Rancho, in Texas, a
wealthy stock raiser, at mis- annual brand
ing, stamped his mark on 10000 calves.
Lord Byron's italian servant, Tito Fal-
cieri, who was with the poet when he died,
has just died in London, aged IS years.
A Berlin circus horse sits at the table
and eats like a human being, with his knife
and fork strapped to his fore legs.
The late elector of Hesse Cassel left
$3,50O,o0O worth of personal property to be
divided among his relations.
Among the actors now playing in Paris
are three apes, an elephant, twenty horses
and two mules.
At Mount Washington few nights ago
the wind went on tear at the rate Of 14O
miles an hour.
The Supreme Court Of Maine granted
4S7 divorces last year.
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How OYSTERS ARE BoRN.-Prof. Lock
wood writes as follows in the popular
Science Monthly:'
Our bivalve, however, does not spawn
after the manner of mollusks generally. 1t
is in it's own way yiviparous. 1t does not
emit eggs, but at the proper time, sends forth
it's young alive. The eggs are dislodged
from the ovaries and committed to the
nursing care Of the gill and mantel. At
first each egg seems to be inclosed in a
capsule. 1t is Of yelloWish color, but, as
incubation OF development progresses the
color changes, first to a grey, then to a
brown, afterwards to violet. This is a
sign that the time of eviction is at hand,
for nature now issues her writ to that
effect. And wonderful little beings they
are when the writ arrives to vacate the
homestead, for whole troops of them can
go gracefully and without jostling through
the maziest evolutions ip that tiniest
sphere-a drop of water. AS cited by F.
W. Fellows, in the american Natural
list, says M. Davaine: Nothing is more
CuIlCuO el1cdIl w oCC3 u1uCl ullC IllCIOSCOp63
these little mollusks travel in drop Of
water in vast numbers, mutually avoiding
one another, crossing each others tracks
in every direction with a wonderful ra-
pidity, never touching and never meet
ing" The parent oyster has, indeed,
prodigious family to turn out upon the
world. But when this time does come,
though the winter be near, her actions are
summary, and the wee BARNS are every
one ordered from home. They are spit
forth, or elected from the she'll Filled
with water, the valves are suddenly snapped
together. Every snap emits small, whit
ish cloud. Though little of the milky
fluid be in it, this whitish cloud is COM
posed chiefly of the tiny fry, for individu-
ally they are almost invisible. Indeed,
who shall count the oysters offspring?
Science, by her own methods, has made
the computation, and she gives the as
founding assurance that a single oyster
during the spawning season emits 100000
embryos.
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Poetry.
~@~O~~O~
ON THE TERRACE.

ON THE TERRACE.
The stately lady, the grave, calm man,
Stood on the terrace together;
Mid the bright rose thickets the jewellers strayed
From lawn to fountain the children played,
And hidden music sweet melodies made
At the fete in the July weather.
With careless, languid courtesy,
She bent to hear him speak
OF the newest book and the latest play,
OF the keenest move in the statesman's fray.
OF the freshest topic of the day,
OF the marvelof the week.
Lightly, with his practiced tongue,
He touched ca all and each, =.
With here asneer and there ajest
And now grave word as to attest,
Il give you the foam on the top-the rest
No passing hand can reach"
Yet once-ah, me, now long agO!-
Eacfsone was all to the other;
When every whispered word of his
Woke her young heart to dream of bliss
Does the ghost Of first loves trembling kiss.
Still lingering round them hover
The measure of the music changed;
On the summer breeze there stole
A low, sweet, simple homey air.
Such as one listens to everywhere,
To the two who stoop oEtle terrace there
1t spoke as to heart and soul.
Her proud head dropped, his low voice ceased,
For moment in thought they stood,
Young eager, fearless, happy and true,
As.when no cold wisdom claimed her due,
When love was fresh and hope was new,
As the tryst in the old oak wood,
A vivid flush on the stern bronzed face
A tear in the large blue eyes,
Then back to the world apd its talk again;
Custom closed chill DER the instant's pain,
For thought was folly, and memory vain,
In the path that before them lies.
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els that your mortality puff"
"Hush-sh!'' said Miss Phrygia.
sYes, for a breath might blow him away.
Bring him round to visit my grave, won't
you? Some evening about ~tea-time; and
we'll have-puffs''
Immediately" said Miss Phrygia.
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How TO HAVE GOOD CABBAGEs.-If
you wish to be successful in raising good
solid cabbages save one or two Of your
largest and best formed heads for raising
seed another year. Set them out in the
spring without amputating the head, trim
off the wide sprouts, and from seeds thus
raised and sown select the most thrifty
plants, and nineteen out of twenty of the
plants set will head up and become good
sized cabbages if the ground is in good con-
dition. By cutting off the head and rails
ing seed from the stUmp find that one
half of the plants do not head up. When
cabbage plants are set out, a little rock
weed or a teaspoonful Of fine salt scatter
ed around the plant will keep the worms
from destroying them.
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FATTENING HoGs.-For our own use
we never fatten anything but spring pigs.
1t takes better feed and more care to make
pork from apig than an old hog, but the
pork is better, and the work is accomplish
ed in nine months instead of eighteen. The
advocates Of fattening old hogs seem to
forget that they feed for twelve months
before they begin to fatten, and that store
pigs cannot live ON air and water. IF the
quality and quantity of food consumed by
an eighteen months hog and nine months
pig be compared, the advantage will be
found ON the side of the pig for equal
amount ofpork produced. Of course there
must be some old fellows kept to propa-
gate the species, and these in due time be
fattened.-N York Times.
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To BAKE A BEEF's HEART.-Cut it
open, remove the ventricles, and let it soak
an hour in lukewarm water, to free it from
the blood. Wipe dry with cloth, and
parboil in little water for twenty min
utes. Make rich stufing, fill the heart
with it, and secure it with string. Let
1t bake an hour and half or two hours.
with halt pint of water, in the oven OF
dripping pan. The gravy will not need
any thickening. Serve in chafng dish,
and with currant or acid jelly.
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GROUP can be cured in one minute. and
the remedy is simply alum and sugar. The
way to accomplish the deed is to take a
knlfe and CRATE and shave off in small par
tlcles about teaspoonful of alum; then
mix it with twice its quantity Of sugar to
make 1t palatable, and administer it as
quickly as possible. Almost instantaneous
relief will follow.
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A SOLUTION OF oXALIC ACID CRYs-
TAILS, one part by measure to eight of soft
water, will remove dry ink stains. Sam
pies OF mixed and Of wooden goods are sent
by the author of this recipe, from which
Ink stains have been removed by this acid,
leaving scarce trace behind.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

| How USED SAwDUsT.-About six,
years ago, had a sawmil set on my farm
At first they washed the dust, as the saw
| yers call it, by letting a stream Of water
| run under the saw. AS the water got low
it would not work; then they had to wheel
it out in pile, and when they went away
L had big pile of sawdust on my hands.
AS it was on a good piece of bottom land
that desired to plow, wanted it out of
the way. I tried to burn it but it would
not burn. concluded at last to turn it to
some account; so when put my hogs up
to fatten hauled a load every few days
ann threw it in the pen. They mixed it up
with their manure and the cobs, and in the
spring had twenty wagon loads of the
best manure, besides keeping the hogsclean
and dry. used the saWdust for bedding
the horses and COWS; put it around my
grape vines to keep down grass and weeds.
and the ground moist. The vines improy-
ed wonderfully. So my pile Of sawdust is
used up, land it has paid. If was to have
mill again would make the bargain to
have the sawdust left ON the ground
SHEEP IN THE WEsT.-We find the fol-
lowing i'll the western Agriculturist: -
Western farmers do not raise sheep enough. =
Every farmer should keep few sheep,
and the sale Of wool and surplus mutton
sheep would bring millions of dollars into
the West every year. Washington county,
Pa, produced this year over 100000
pounds. of wool, which brought over 81, OOO-
900, and this, too, without interfering with
their farming. They are prosperous peo-
pie, and give proper attention to the i'm
'proyement OF their focks. Now, sheep
<are the moss,eaSiiy kept of any farm stock;
they are beneficial to the farm to eat out
the weeds and wild grass, and the sale of
wool and mutton brings cash to the farmer
just when he needs it most, from spring to
the maturing of the crops. Too many of
our farmers think it too small a business
to raise sheep, while they will raise scrub
horses and cattle, which they can never
sell for enough to pay for the feed they eat,
while sheep have two profits, wool and
mutton. 7F~
UNLOADING CoRN.-The way to unload
corn, as described by a correspondent of
the New York ''Tribune,s' is simply to put
board lengthways il the body of-carts or
wagons, resting ON top of either end. It
should run the whole length. Then fill in
until the load is on and the unloader begins
at once on top to shovel, running his scoop
on the board, which should be, say ~ OF
Is inches wide. In this manner he con-
tinues to shovel until he gets to the bottom
on the opposite end from where he began,
and then pushes the board out of the way
and shovels out the remainder This meth
cd has proved SO very satisfactory to me,
and such a saving of time, that I feel 1
ought to urge it's adoption by my brother
farmers, believing if it were generally
adopted it would likely save $50, 900 an
nually.
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BROWN BREAD.-One pint of Indian
meal, one pint of rye meal, one and a half
plnts OF milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one
teaspoonful of salt, three-fourths CUP of
molasses; steam five hours.
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: large stock on hand ct prices to suit the times,
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TIIE CREAM from ordinary COWS can
nearly all be worked into cheese. It could
not be done with milk from the .Jersov
or other COWS, whose cream rises SLOWLY.
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