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The UBie Trees" Of California.

A Californian botanist has sent to tho
Rural Press an account OF the results OF
q careful measurement of the famous
"big trees" and q laborious count OF
the rings in various stumps. The
"Father of the Forest" has been said to
have sprung from the earth soon after
the Deluge, but the rings in his shat
tered trunk show that his full age at
base is probably 1900 years. His al
legged forty feet diameter proves to be
only eighteen feet, measured at Six feet
from the roots. This correspondent
adds: "One oft.repeated story is true,
however, that of passage through q
part of his body large enough to admit
horsemen. This passage, burnt out OF
his heart, commences at point sixty
six feet from the roots, and extends l2O
feet, coming out where was once knot
hole, now enlarged by relic-seekers to a
wide doorway. I saw several ladies ride
horses of medium size through this
wooden tunnel, and one day while pass
ing, riding one of my horses and leading
the other packed with bulky specimens,
turned into the cavity aud rode safely
through. The ceiling overhead is four
feet to six feet thick, so the grand prom
enade for visitors above is perfectly
safe." He mentions another monster
tree, whose stump he measured with his
tape-line, "held at the other end by a
master builder from Boston," and the
longest diameter, including bark, at five
feet from the base, was found to exceed
twenty-seven feet. He says also: "The
South Park Grove contains 500 trees,
some of them of the largest class. Ore,
the home of 'Trapper Smith, is vast
swollen trunk at base, ninety feet in cir.
cult and thirty feet in diameter. The
Livery Stable which has received
twenty 1.-TWO horses at time into it's hol.
lowed base, is eighty-four feet in cir
emit" ..
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Old Tige.

A correspondent desires to add the
following aneclote, vouched TOR as q
fact. to the number of dog stories .
"Old Tige," q large bull -mastif, is
the guardian of the premises of Chu-
buck & Co., scituate, Mass, where ne
once enjoyed the companionshlp OF tne
store cat. The two became intimate
friends, and Tige was always ready to
defend his feline companion against the
assaults of mischievous boys and hostile
dogs. One day last winter the cat was
taken 80 seriously i'll that it was thought
expedient to kill her. The dead oody
was thrown in the dock. -"
Tige seemed to feel the loss OF hla
friend, and the first day he went out
after her sudden death, sought for her
body far and near. -.
:: Finding it in the water, he dragged
|it.ont and broup pht it to the store Oi
course the dead body was not welcomed
az the living cat had been.'' This fact
was made apparent to Tige, who, taking
the body to the nearest hill, buried it
in the snow.
As long as the snow lasted, Tige made
a daily visit to the grave of his friend
When the warm weather, by melting
the snow. uncovered the body, I1ge
took it to some place known only to
himself.
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Elizabeth of Russia.

The Empress Elizabeth Of Russia,
daughter of Peter the Great, has been
styled "the humane Elizabeth, because
she made VOW, upon her accession, to
inflict no capital punishment during her
reign: and she is said to have shed tears
upon the news of every victory gained
bg, her troops, from the reflection that
It could not have been obtained without
great sbloodshed.r But although no
criminal was formally executed in pub
lie, vet the state prisons were filed with
wretched sufferers, many of whom, un'
heard of and unknown, perished IN
damp, unwholesome dungeons. The
state inquisition, or secret committee
appointed to Judge persons suspected! OF
high treason, had constant occupation
during her reign; many underwent the
knout, and expired under the terrible
infiiction. But the transaction which
reflects the deepest disgrace upon her
reign was the public punishment OF two
court ladies, the Countesses Bestuchet
and Lapookin, each of whom received
fifty' strokes of the knout in the open
square Of st. Petersburg; their tongues
were cut out, and they were banished
into Siberia. One Of these ladies,
Madame Lapookin, esteemed the hand.
soonest woman in Russia, was accused Of
carrying on a reasonable correspondence
with the French ambassador; but her
real crime was her having commented
too freely on the anaours of the empress
Even the bare recital of such an affect
ing scene as that of o woman OF great
beauty and high rank publicly exposed
and scourged by. the common execu'
toner must excite the. strongest emo
tions of horror, and forbid ms to venerate
the memory of princess who, with &c
little regard to her own sex, could issue
such barbarous orders.
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Recent Postoffice Rulings.

Skates, reptiles, confectionery; and
soap are unmailable. -
Mail carriers cannot carry unsealed
communications outside the mails.
The PostoHice Department, wishing
to avoid any complication with the
rivalries existing between publishers,
decline to furnish information showing
the amount of postage paid By any pub
locations in any one year.
The law providing for the forwarding
OF letters at the request OF the party ad-
dressed, without additional charge for
postage, does not apply to printed or
third.cla matter. ''
The addition of the date on printed
circular by hand-stamp, subjects the
same to letter rates of postage. ...
Advertising sheets, folded within the
issue of any publication, sent to regular
subscribers, subject the same to the
rates for third-class matter. =.
Hand.bills sent from the printer to the
party ordering the same must be charged
as merchandise, and postage paid at tho
rate of one cent for each ounce or frac-
ton thereof.
A publication, in order to avail itself
of the pound rates, must be mailed at
the postofice nearest the claimed office
or place of publication. It may also be
mailed at other Offices at the pound
rates, to regular subscribers, by news
agents.
A husband cannot control the wife's
correspondence, nor can the wife con-
troll the correspondence of the husband.
Postmasters are exempt from militia
duty.
Private individuals cannot send any
communications in the mails free Of
postage, no matter to whom it may be
addressed.
The words "please forward" on the
address side of a postal card subjects the
same to letter rates Of postage.
A postmaster may attend to business
for private parties, if it does not inter-
fere with his duties as postmaster, If ne
chooses to do so.
The erasure OF an address on postal
card and the substituting of another does
not make such card unmailable. Vest
cre Postal RevieU.
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How to Prevent Wrinkles.

There is no such thing as wiping out
wrinkles. In men they are often hon
orable evidence of hard mental labor; in
women they are usually the evidence OF
coming age, although care and suffering
have much to 20 with them. Sometimes
fair foreheads are prematurely wrinkled
from nervous habit OF raising the eye-
brows, and from too great and too
constant pressure Of the pillow on one
or both sides of the head while sleeping
And Just here comes fact worth re-
membering. If the forehead has 'es'
capped wrinkles, crows-feet are prema-
turely spread about the corners OF the
eyes. We all see those crow's-feet in
men end women whose brows are smooth
and young looking. They are the re-.
suits of sleeping on the right and left
sides. The pressure upon the temples
and cheeks leaves wrinkles at the cor
ners and underneath the eyes which
disappear in a few hours, but finally
become so fixed that nei: her hours nor
ablutions will abate them. If girl chill
dren were compelled to sleep on their
backs and continue the habit when they
reach womanhood and afterward, they
would arrive at middle life without
crow w's-feet gathering in the neighbor-
hood of the eyes, and in most cases
their foreheads would be free from even
shallow furrows. .-.... ."'. ..,1't,e'a =
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Strange Remedy for Rheumatism.

"A foreign paper contains the following
in regard to the cure of rheumatism by
the means of bee stings. The cores
pondent says: "That his wife having
suffered SO much as to be unable to en-
ioy any sleep or rest for the space of six
months, the right arm being very lame,
preventing her from doing any house
hold work, making her unable even to
dress or undress herself, and having
heard that q farmer, quite incapacitated
by rheumatism, had been accidentally
stung by bees and thereby got entirely
cured, he persuaded his wife to try this
remedy, as the pain from the sting Of
the bees would not be greater than that
already suffered. Three bees were
therefore laid and pressed upon the
right arm. for q considerable time. in
order that the poison bladder OF the in
sect should entirely empty itself. The
effect produced wus astonishing, as the
lady, even on the first night, was enabled
to enjoy long, good sleep, the first time
for at least six months, the racking pain
being entirely gone. The arm was, OF
course, swollen greatly in consequence
of the stinging, but the swelling ols'
appeared gradually upon the application
of some cooling lotion. All pain was
gone the lame arm recovered its pre-.
vious vigor, and not the least sign OF
rheumatism hes since shown ltseiI'
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Phil0s0phY OF Rain.

To understand the philosophy of rain,
few facts from observation must be
remembered. Were the atmosphere at
oil times of uniform temperature, we
should never have any rain or hail, or
snow. The water absorbed by it in
evaporation from the sea and earth
would descend in an imperceptible
vapor, or cease to be absorbed by the
air when it was once fully saturated.
The absorbing power OF the atmosphere,
and consequently its capacity to retain
humidity is proportionately greater in
warm than cold air. The air near the
surface of the earth is warmer than in
the region OF the clouds. The higher
we ascend from the earth the colder we
find the atmosphere. Hence the per-
petual snow on very high mountains in
the hottest climate. Now when from
continued evaporation, the air is highly
saturated with vapor, though it be
invisible and the sky oloudless, its
temperature is suddenly reduced by
currents descending from above or rush
ing from higher to lower latitude, its
capacity to retain moisture is dimin
ished, clouds are formed, and the result
is rain. Air condenses when, it cools,
and, like sponge. filed with water and
compressed, pours out the water which
it cannot hold. How singular, yet how
simple the philosophy of rain.
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European Character.

| The following appears in German
paper: In religion the Germap is skep-
tical, the Englishman devout, the French
man jealous, the italian ceremonlous,
the Spaniard bigoted. >ri.. ..-- -:
In keeping his word the German ls
faithful, the Engl,hnan is safe, the
Frenchman is giddy, the Italian care
less, the Spaniard deception
In giving advice the German is slow,
the Englishman fearless, the Frenchman
precipitate, the Italian nice, the Span
lard circumspect. rr ;'f.:~ .';:' =.
In external appearance the German is
arge, the Englishman we'll made, the
Frenchman well:looking, the Italian of
middle size, the Spaniard awkward.
In dress the German is shabby, the
Englishman costly, the Frenchman
fckle, the italian ragged, the Spaniard
decent. "- 49, 20" .' ..!:'
In manners the German is clownish.
the Englishman barbarous, the French
man. easy, the italian polite, the Span
lard proud. . 49,: 49,
In keeping secret the German for
gets what he has been told, the Eng
lishman conceals what he should dlvulge
and divulges what he should conceal,
the Frenchman tells everything, the
italian is close, the Spaniard mysteri-
GUS. o.. -. .-... -. :,
In vanity the German boasts little, the
Enelishman despises all other nations,
the Frenchman Aatters everybody, the
Italian estimates cautiously, the Span
lard is Indifferent. ... ....o
In offending and doing good the Ger
man is Inactive, the Englishman does
both without consideration, the French
man is extreme, the italian is prompt IN
benefcence,, but vindictive; the Span
lard Indifferent. '.,r
In speaking the German and French
man speak badly, but write well; the
Englishman speaks and writes we'll; the
italian speaks we'll, writes much and
well; the Spaniard speaks little, writes
little, but well. ..I... .:y,G.. B.
Servants are companions in Germany,
obedient in England, masters in France,
respectful in Italy, submissive in Spain.
The women are housewives in Ger.
many, queens in England, ladies in
France, captives in Italy, slaves IN
Spain. r: -,
In courage the German resembles o
bear, the Englishman lion, the French
man an eagle, the Italian o fox, the
Spaniard an elephant. .
In the sciences a German is a pedant,
the Englishman a philosopher, the
Frenchman q smatterer, the Italian a
professor and the Spaniard grave
thinker.
In Germany the princes, in England
the ships, in France the court, IN Italy
the churches, in Spain the armories, ore
MAGNIFICENT. :.,.i..:. -...
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An Aquarium.

An aquarium, which is source OF
never ending amusement to the members
of household, can be easily made. In
fact, any glass jar that will hold from a
half gallon to gallon OF water will an
swer for child's aquarium. The tanks
with flat sides, of course, are better, be-
cause the things within look much larger
than they really are. If you stock it with
fish alone, the water must be changed
every few days, or they will die; but II
few water plants be added, the tish
and plants will both do nicely for long
while without changing the water. Any
common plant such as you will lind IN IN a
shallow fresh water pond will do. The
water slat-work has little chickweed-
like leaves floating on the water, and
others of different shape below. This
and the mermaid weed you will readily
find. Wash the plants, pick away all the
dead parts, and tie in small bunch; to
this fasten stone to keep it down, and
put it into the jar. Keep it from direct
sunlight for day or two. Get dozen
or two of snails, of as many different
kinds as you can, (they are abundant in
small streams,and on the edges ofponds,) }
and put these in the jar also. Put in a
few young tadpoles if they can be had,
and couple of small fish. If, after a
while, the fish come to the surface often,
to breathe, there are too many animals
for the plants. The snails will crawl
along the sides and eat off the green
scnm which forms upon the glass, and
if there are not enough snails to do this,
tie O bit of sponge to stick and rub
the glass until it is clear. Tadpoles
develop very slowly, and the changes
can be watched. Lizards are very anus
ing to have in an aquarium. They are
fond of flies ii thrown upon the surface
of the water while living. Small fresh
water Holsters can be found In most
rivers, and also look very pretty, A few
white pebbles and pretty shells may be
placed in the bottom of the jar. Both
instruction and amusement may be de-
rived from this easily contrived aqua
rum in miniature. /"
A little boy asked his mother to talk
to him, and say something funny.
"Hos can II" she asked, "dont you
see am busy baking these pies p
"Well, you might say, Charley, won't
you have pie? That would be fun ny.
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Words Of Wisdom.

You cannot dream yourself into q
character ; you must hammer and forge
yourself one.
Alas if the principles are without
us, the height Of station and worldly
grandeur will as soon add cubic 10 q
mans stature as to his happiness:
What is even poverty itself, that a
man should murmur under it? 1t is
but as the pain of piercing maiden 8
ear, and you hang precious Jewels IN the
wound.
We cannot study our hearts too fre.
quently or too closely. Every DAY a
new lesson is to be learned, and one
which may surprise if not confound US;
No man ever prospered in the world
who did not know something of the
human heart. It is knowledge neces:
sary to, and added to perseverance and
industry, is the key to success in Life.
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Snails az an Article Of Food.

Snails abound in Italy, Spain. France
and Belgium; they are allo found IN
large quantities in Algeria, and most
other points along the shores OF the
Mediterranean.
In Italy snails anciently were and are
still much used for the table. They are
regularly sold in the markets OF Swift.
zerland, Spain, France, Belgium and
Algeria, and are exported alive in bar
rels, to the French Antilles, and occa-
sionally even to the United States, where
they are relished only by the real
connoissealr." ;, It,, L,... ~ xvi,'
In the vineyards Of France, the pea:
SAINTS collect, feed and fatten them till
winter. when the snails seal themselves
up in their shells, where they remain
torpid several months. In this state
they are purchased by the confectioners,
who prepare them ip the shell, with but
ter and herbs, and forward them to
Paris. They are then ready for table,
after being heated in an oven for few
minutes.
In Belgium the snails are fed on let
tuce under inverted uOWer-potb, loI
several weeks before being sent to mar
ket. Their price varies from fifty cents
to one dollar hundred. '. :" .,
In Transylvania the large wood snail
is q favorite dish. The animal is drawn
out of it's shell, we'll rubbed in q clean
cloth, to take off the slime, cut small,
mixed with savory stufing, replaced in
it's shell, baked in the stove oven, and
served up hot. In some parts OF the
country, instead of eggs and fowl, the
peasants pay their tribute in snails ano
game. Mr.. Page states that one lady'f
ordinary winter supply as being up
ward of 5000 snails. ,
We have occasionally seen imported
snails served up in the shell, at restau:
rants in New York, and have watched
foreign looking customers who seemed
to relish the meal. These snails are
brought to this country by the steamers
of the Havre line during the winter
months. .... ..:
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An Old Goose.

Of all domestic fowls, the goose is the
longest lived. One died few days ago,
near Baltimore, that was Matched in
1924, on the day that Lafayette visited
that city, aud, during the fifty-three
years of it's life, it's owner, now living at
an advanced age, believes that she has
realized, from feathers and goslings,
between $500 and $500. Although this
srecimen was not the fowl that laid the
golden egg, it produced for it's owner q
pecuniary reward nearly equal to it's
weight in gold. -
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Unnumbered Graves.


Yon hillside with its shafts Of cleaning white,
Bathed in the glory Of the setting sun,
Holds many grave where, hidden from our
sight,
Some loved one sleeps, ife's toll and labor
But theie are graves over whose slumbsring
mould
Nopoished marble rears its stately head,
And where no fragrant flowers above unfold
TO waken pity for the quiet dead.
These are the graves deep down within our
hearts,
Where lie the hopes and dreams of early
years,
Buried from sight, but 8 'gnalled by such marks
AS only can be made by blood and tears
Some early love that crowned us in our youth,
And made life glorious for short sweet
Some cherished promise, robbed OF strength
and truth,
Crushed in the morning of its newborn
power.
Here is the spot where memory has engraved
The form aud face Of one We called friend,
One for whose welfare we would cen have
braved
Censure and heartache to the bitter end.
But twas not wisely done and SO We draw
Before the treachery Of the smiling eyes
A heavy veil. The cold world if it saw,
Would proffer pity in thousand lies.
So lifo goes on. We lay the forms away
OF thugs We loved not wisely but too well,
And in the lapse Of years ve lesrn to stay
The fretful chanting Of their funeral knell.
We learn to smile, before the smiling throng,
Although tho adder's fangs be deeply set;
And join, perhaps. our voices in the song,
To soothe the pain We never can forget.
And thus we learn to envy the calm rest
OF those who sleep beneath the silent sod
; Bound with ife's CALLING chains, We know It's
best
To bend our heads and pass beneath the rod
And when We see some mourners helvy clad
In robes Of black, haggard, with tear
diramcd eye,
We know their lives would be more bright and
glad
Could they but reason-it Is life to die.
Mourn rot the slumbering dead. but rather
say,
Blest are the sleepers. Years may come and
80:
Heads that are brown and gold may turn to
gray;
But they are done with earth and tears and
woe.
Somewhere, we know, beyond the world Of
3 They will at last have found sweet Lethes
stream;
Where life is love, and love one long true
= dream
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ferent' nights they are stated to have
made the attempt, but. were batt1ed by
the vigilance Of Captain Glass. rather
than. that of his countryman Captain
Cocbrane, but at eleven o'clock at night
on the :30th Of. November, 17G5, it
CHANGED as shown at their trial, that
These forir miscreants had together the
watch on deck, when the Sandwich was
already in sight of the coast, OF Ireland;
and when Cochrane, after taking SUR
vey aloft, was about to return to the
cabin, Peter McKulie Drained him with
can iron bar (probably q marlin
spike, and threw him overheard. 90
"A cry that had escaped Cochrane
alarmed the rest of the crew; who were
all despatched in the same manner as
they rnshed on deck in succession. This
slaughter and the din it occasioned,
reused Captain Glass, who WAS below in
! bed; but he soon discovered what was
occurring, and after giving one. glance
on deck, rushed away. to get his sword.
MKulie Imagining the cause of his. go
ing back, went down the steps leading
to the cabin, and stood in the dark e1-
pecting Glass return, and suddenly
seized his arms from behind; but the
captain being man Of great strength,
wrenched his sword arm free, and on be-
ing assailed by the other three assassins
plunged his weapon into the arm OF Ie.
herman, when the blade became wedged
or entangled. It was at length wrench
ed forth, and Glass was slain by repeat
ed stabs of his own weapon, while his
dying cries were heard by his wife and
daughter two. unhai ny beings who
were ruthlessly thrown overheard and
drowned. .,,I. " .....f. ...,..'.,.: ...l =.
Besides these four victims, James
Pincent, the mate, and three others lost
their lives. The mutineers now loaded
one of the boats with the money, chests,
and SO FORTH. and. then scuttled the
Sandwich, and landed at Ross on the
coast of Ireland. But suspicion speed
ly attached, to them; they were appre.
hended; and confessing the crimes OF
which they. had been guilty, were tried
before the Court of Kings Bench, Dub
lin, and sentenced to death. They were
accordingly executed in st. Stephens
Green, on the 10th of October, 1766. q,
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