IlsIBtAUUIBOUV I't')a. The siege of Paris will be raised en the 1511 inst. The condition of affairs in Algeri.i is still critical. Gen. lHossel is to he triled in Paris by sple elal court. .uster, late prefiect of Marseilleh, France. has committed suicide. I)etrolt claims to be the chief tobarcco man ufacturing city in the country. The government of France will soon in troduce bills against the International soci ety. The Prince of Wales has been installed as the Grand Patron of the Free Masons of Ire land. (en. Vinoy, writing from Paris, compli mented Englandl's genierosity during the late war. Napoleon recently declared that France will not allow her Free trade principles to be torn to p!eces. The tramway, or street railroad ot Con stantinople has been opened to public use and is a complete success. Lady Franklin has paid several visitS to the American artist, Bradford. at London, and given a banquet in his honor. The British iron clad frigate Warrior. whlch was ashore near Leghorn, has been got off and towed to Spezzia for repairs. Knights Templar are preparing fr the Baltimore convocation. Perpetual motion I a; wrestled to deaf ness the brain of an Itwa yeoman. Early rose potatoes ought to but have not yet eaught the most worms. Early birds do. Dislocation of the j w eilpWened to a Mil waukee termagant while c:autlling her hus band. Sharon lasses send d.-s psted gentlemen acquaintances a bottle of r,.clalmatory but termilk each morning. Terre Haute, Ind., has a law against hitch ing horses to shade trees, and a case is to be tested, whether a man can be arrested for hitching his horse to his own shade tree. Thursday last the anniversary of the world-renowned conflict between Bill Nye and the Heathen Chinee. It Is An Sin-gular fact that no public notice was taken of the day. The annual income of Miss Anna l)ickin son for lecturing for the past seven years has averaged seven thousand dollars. Her profits last season reached nineteen thousand dollars. The table on which the Versailles peace preliminaries were signed has been pre sented to Prince Bismarck as a souvenir, and is placed in the reception room of the princess, a small silver plate recording its historic slgnificance. By the latest intelligence from Europe, the cholera was making rapid advances from Asia, through Russia and Turkey, into Eu rope, and has already made its appearance in several of the Baltic ports. As the com merce of this city with the Baltic ports, particularly in petroleum, is now consider able, our Board of Health can not be too carefuilln enforcing the strictest quarantine regulations on all European vessels.-N. 1: Paper. WzsTseRN CROPs.--Io Kansas the wheat crop is harvested, and yields nearly thirty bushels to the acre in some places. Corn is from nine to thirteen feet high. The wheat orop of Jersey county, Ill., is estimated at 1.000,000 bushels. The Iowa wheat crop is coming on better than was anticipated. The corn crop is ahead of anything ever before, and the potato crop is faring well. All the crops to Northern Indiana are in splendid Scondition; and the yield of wheat, corn, oats, &c., will be large. KiorTs n MacxanKRY.-A gentleman re siding at Perth Amboy, N. Y.. has patented a machine which ties a square knot. It can be used in connection with reaping ma chines, and will tie the strings around the sheaves as they are made, thus enabling the farmer to dispense with the expense of one man and relieve the team of his weight. The nearest approach previously made to accomplishing tying by machinery con sisated, we believe, in twisting the ends of the string or wire together, and tucking them under the band. A reaping machine may now be made to deliver sheaves ready tied up. A machine has now been perfected which may be applied to cooling the air of theaters, halls, ad all public or private dwellings. One of these machines will either produce 200 pounds of lee per hour, or will furnish In the same space of time 30,000cubic feet of air cooled to a temperature of 30 deg. Fah. I is probable that Ina few years we will tautw an rom tie same registers the cool air in summer and hot air in winter. The ap plication of such an apparatus to the pipes ofa beater would be extremely simple, and furnish just what we want when the heater is off duty. Tas PorouLATIo or Naw YonK.-At the present time the nationality of the citizens of New York is a matter of ceasider able interest. According to the detailed census reports, the population is divided almost equally between the native born and the, I si elements. There are 510,553 natie white eltizens, and 418 646 of foreign blth dibren., 9 Te Irish num. btr wb 0 e tienas. ('r oupin thoe wbor... M ubeinegaa va irusl A Gtria erawsn a P Hesse, Hanover a ma~ ber 9 eor about 48.000 less than the ative of Ireland. There are .2,0040 Zin. s3.400 Canadians, 7.500 South S388 West Indians, 2,100 Swiss, M *~i"rlaaP, ia~Powa..-The possible adaptation oiwlndaills to more general uses than Amp 4o whbh tbj ar t present applied, wwissemvn tr a pargrph in an exchange. Wrea #old that i D-.the 4 Medlna, wum wnd power to un itprinting pWi Th wind wheIn its ofa new pattern, eery simple In itsconstruction, of oer. t isadrrt~r1a ýal to a, 4ý out s a s L a 'sy~d:m jr i buid and put one wduI.ty. We know 3@ihh¶r tm~bde14, Ibi I avuation, but As ~'i~, ugaa~C aMui n t notiic, mt tooosms to ll the fd oauwraebet w"" 1 r snppyIn mIr gFa sap.n ophuing Mtn= vanmp ý tbfsm v ý sir a. e bSIlW5 heqm$Ise Dausue ki I na, 61I~t s.r-BM4~.Ialbsmmm.~~-r 1: ;·~'"7," I Lord.! it thy ý. rvant, o.r brother, contin ues his opposition to us, wilt Thou, in Thb tender mercies, remove him from the churct militant below to the church triumphan above".4"" I wonlt go!" thundered the in dignant and obstinate deacon. The Chicago Times publishes an account of an accident at a funeral: "The parlors where the coffin was resting were* exceed ingly full of people, so that the unusual weight upon the foor caused it to give way during the address of the minister, and pre cipitated the whole crowd, coffin, minister' and mourners, into the cellar. The room below was used as a pantry or store room and dairy, and contained a number of pang of milk, jars of butter, jam, preserves, etc.." so that almost every one was accommnodated with a liberal daubing of one or more of' these articles. The Chicago lady who in formed the writer of the catastrophe, was Particularly fortunate, managing to get one toot into a jar of butter, another into a pan of milk, while a shelf of honey was deposi ted in her lap. To add to the confusion the coffin was broken by the fall, and the corpse landed in a.barrn of Esot soap." Shaker stock ings are manufactured in New Hampshire, iMaine and Vermont; over three fifths of the whole supply being produced in New Hlampshire. In the latter state twenty eight factories are in operation, producing 4 500 pairs per day. l'These manufactories give employment to about fourteen hundred hands, in the mills, and over 13,000 women on the outside steadily employed in knitting on the heels and toes, and also a large num ber earning one dollar a dlozen for this work besides attending to their household duties. The monthly pay rolls of these establish ments amount to fifty thousand dollars in the aggregate. and employ almost the entire fe male population within the radius offifteen miles. In Massachusetts there are seven teen hosiery mills each pro lucing from 250 to 2,500 dozen stockings daily. The five largest mills produce an aggregate of 6,6000 dozen stockings dally, amul e.lploy one thou sand hands. TIE NIw NORT1H G ERMAN MIZ.ISTER.- The new minister plenipotentiary to this country front the North German Confedera tion, Mr. K. Schlozer, was announced some time ago as the quecessor of Baron Gerolt Mr. Sc'hlozer was the Prussian minister at Mexico till last March, when he sailed for Berlin to receive instructions previous to becoming the minister for the German em pire at Washington. He is reputed to be a man of talents and attainments, and by a long residence in Mexico he has acquired much knowledge of the affairs of the North American continent. liHe can scarcely fall to fill his position with acceptability, though he may not altogether meet the views of some 'people because he is not a baron. This is his only shortcoming, so far as has' yet been discovered, and it can do him no injury in the eyes of our republican court. TaIl COTrON CROP.-A correspondent of the Congregationalist, writing from South Carolina, mentions a fact which has a bear ing on the subject of the growing cotton crop, and Is deserving of attention. While the amount planted by the whites is proba bly ten per cent. less than last year, every negro in the coun'ry parishes is planting a little cotton for himself, and as a general thing their crops looks better than in any 1 previous year since the war. It will not be many years before the quantity of cotton raised by the negroes on land of their own will equal, if not exceed, the whole of the white planters' crop. The colored men plant but a few acres each, much less than they used to just after the war, experience having taught them that it is folly to plant more than they can properly cultivate. This secret of success both whites and blacks have been long In finding out. Although the acreage planted with cotton this year is less than last season, the average production may be better. PETROLEUM FOR LOCOMOTIVES.-AFrench inventor proposes the use of petroleum for ed locomotives, and recently exhibited a model an of a small engine heated by this means, for a- which complete success is claimed. This he locomotive carries two thousand litros, or he about five hundred gallons of oil In the ten ne der, a band pump forcing the oil-into a small t. reservoir near the boiler. The process of c o lighting the oil is neither difficult nor dan- c n gerous, owing to the oil being kept in com f partments, a small quantity only being c lighted.at one time, then another division, i g and so §n, until the whole furnace is alight. my This engine consumes its own smoke per fectly, and is said to be extremely easy to drive, on account of the simplicity of the r eh apparatus. A large locomotive, with slight I I, Improvements has since been built, and e successful trials made of its working quail. Cs ties. The consumption of oil was thirty-five t ih per cent. less by weight than that of good a of patent compressed coal, a little more than j 1two Iounds of oil producing twenty-five t pounds. r EcczwrNce BEquEsT.-The daughters of I P- the late Henry Morris, of Philadelphia, have es lately received a legacy of bonds and stock t ad shares amounting to $19.000 from a Mr. 1 er Horatio Ward. an American, long resident in London. The will says: "As these la lt dies are the grand-daughters of the ele tie brated Robert Morris, of the Revolution, it 1 r- will not be difficult to ascertain theltactual a ,d residence. It will doubtless surprise them t ad to get a legacy from a person they never ad beard of; therefore, it seems but proper t 53 they should be informed that the bequest is I n made through copjpassion for their misfor- I a- tunes, and in return for the kindness shown c so me by their father when I was a boy; andit a a, may be as well that Miss Amelia Mornris r, should be informed that It was I who sent is some money to her and her ydunger aister t re under the name of her Father's Friend,' th a few years ago." Mr. Ward also devised a, $100,000 to the National Soldier's Home in f State bonds. He alsogives $100,000 in R.R. t and Southern city shares, to the various f n Soldier's Orphan Asylums in the United e States. a. INxDIuA COAL M.Uls.--The Indiana Jour s, nal of Commerce, in a recent article on the g trade and commerce of that Sta, tsays that r the Indiana coal mines are likelyto prove of a, greater extent than the Penasylvania bitu It minous coal felds. A few years ago it was upposed that, in Indiana, coal was confined to a distriet about twelve or fifteen miles s. long by three wide. Now it is known to it extend from a point about a dozen kl1 i w south ot the Wabash to the Ohio river, Its i it width being greater than heretofore sup t S.posed, and in sonte places, three lpves, or e veins, one above another. The firt being near the surface-from outcrop to sixty feet -and the others within one hundred feet It average. It also states that the mines are worked on a royalty of only twelve and a half cents per ton, while in Ohio the rate l fi seventy cents, and thatcoal can be delivered In Chicago for. three dollars a ton, whereas P1 It now costs, when brought from Ohio or Pennsyvania;six to seven dollars per ton. It these facts are correct, these mines offer reat inducements to capitalists, and are t elto prove powerftl rivals to the Penn- 01 aw GArnDEns IN ENaLAD.- a I ui, the sp sides of a cutting would s star In yellow gravel. Here, they l re an with grass, or laid outin gardes p1 sem readyto slide down hil to the e r These gardens along the side of lb a toometh._ peeis t E lannd. ad oSaba seens a almes.rb here. The Sthe track sa~bhe afneon bSo ia altays put to some use, unless th 0 *aui tobaallhe e U.oil Vegetables are ca _ .st ,common. .18 used in some Tl n a e 8 atao owersareeoa- m t se lae. of the station Is ae emn the ask in colored stones th _ 1. the ittme are cut tlamnmwmaso made mre ::hav e no: not to. th. t not "on l i its ,Italian pase, eh~sae i .rad maccaroni are s:'.l. Th'. r' a feI. years ago was frequTIen, I tI..i :i i ,uking Ild man, who passed hturs examining the -as ronomic wealth spread out before him with as much care a: would a book-worm hunting for some rare volume. lie would smell the savory cheese x i. much delight as if it were aboquetof heliotrope and roses, while his fingers, covered with brilliants, would daintily toy and caress the golden stalks and strings of the Neapolitan pastes. No one knew him, or his social position, only hazard betrayed his incognito one bright day. The mysterious niaccaroni amateur was in the act of getting into his carriage when a gentleman passed and bowed most respectfully, in turn receiving a mere nod. The proprietor of the paste store inquired immediately, "Areyou acquainted with that gentleman "I have the honor." "Is he a person of distinction "O)fthe highest." *'A duke?" "Far better." "A prince?" "'Keep on." "A king?" "Still higher!" "Well, then he must be an emperor?" Y' Yes, indeed, one of the most powerful au tocrats in the Empire of Art. His name is Rossini." "Per Bacco!" cried the excited itallan, proud of possessing such an illus trious customer, '"if the maestro knows as much about music as he does about macca roni, I don't wonder that he composed the Barber of Seville!" .PsITEnR WANTED."-WOe copy the fol lowing very sensible article from the North west, the editor of which is sound and knows whereof he speaks: "This heading meets our eyes every few days, in both city and country exchanges. 'One competent to take charge of an office' is the usual specification in the country newspaper. There are few such printers to be found. They are not 'on the tramp.' They seldom answer such advertisements. because they have no difficulty in finding work where they areknown. A 'good printer,' and one thaet can be depended on. is a rare animal. A boy of flifteen goes into an office, learns the boxes, and is taught the mystery of following copy.' He ac quires a little speed, gets the big head, has a fuss with his employer, quits the office and starts on a tramp as a fuil fledged journey man printer. The country is overrun with such fellows. They meet with rebuffs, be come discouraged, reckless and dissipated, and thus bring odium not only on them selves, but the art which they falsely claim to represent-for one of those roving botches comes it.contact with hundreds of people. while the stay-at-home. competent workman is known to but few-and the public have made up their verdict that printers, as a class, are a graceless set of scamps. The fault is as much n'ith the employers as the employees. When publishers resolve to employ no runaway apprentices, boys will not run away after a few months at the case and none will starton a tramp until they are competent to take charge of an office." SILK FaoM THE AILaTrrnus.-In some parts of France silk manufacture has received quite an impetus from experiments madt with the Samia Cynthia worm, fed on the leaves of the ailanthus tree. One noted weaver says The gloss of ailanthus silk far surpasses any other known varieties of Bourre de Soir, and by tareful culture it can in time be made to produce white bilk." Another writer states that "the silk pro duced from the allanthus lasts double the time of that of the mulberry worm, does not spot so easily, and washes like linen." Mons. Saint Hilare, as long ago as 1557, wrote a& follows The cocoons are easy to cord and spin; the thread obtained is less brilliant than the mulberry, strong and rough, and leaves no residue more than In combing the thread. It is most excellent stuff for use in all manufactures where bourre is re quired. The cocoons are easily cleaned and take a good dye. This culture, made on a great scale, will furnish in abundance a stronger and finer gloss than the mulberry silk worni." hs The culture of the condemned ailanthus is I r likely to become an enterprise of great prom el Ise and Importance, as the results of experi r ments. very thoroughly carried out, warrant is extensive operations. The tree Is easily )r grown, and the Cynthia worm is hardy and a voracious feeder. There is, no doubt, a 11 rich boon to any farmer who will engage I If carefully and systematically in the culture of the ailanthus and the Cynthia worm. About a month ago a detachment of ofl- I g cers belonging to the Secret Service Divis- I Ion: of the Treasury Department were sent Sto Florida to unearth, it possible, a gang of I gold coin counterfeIters. They returned a t o day or two ago and reported that they ar- I e rested Romnius Noble and Elias Sweat at It Fernandina, Florida, and O. S.exton, an d engraver, atSt. Mary, Georgia, charged with E 1 manufacturing and dealing in counter- I e felt five dollargold and twenty-five cent and a fifty cent silver coin of the United States. c nA few days subsequent, Thomas Sweat, at e brother of Elias Sweat. was also arrested at I Tebeanville. charged with the same offense. C i The prisoners had perfected most extensive t e arrangements for the manufacture of the a I bonbs stuff, which they intended for circu. a laton in the Northern States, Cuba and the I it West India Islands' and were the principals a of an organized ring which flourished in the a vicinity of Fernandina, by frequent and I wanton violations of the law, A quantity t 1 of counterfeli five dollar gold coin, admire- i h blp executed was found on their persons t r when arrestd; and there were secured at r the same time, ready for shipment to Black t a Polnt, Ga., thirteen large cases, containing heavy machinery, Germon silver, liogets of r n corno ition metal, English alloy copper, c t used principally in the manufacture of the t five dollar coin, gold and gold dust, a gal- d it vanic battery complete, seventy-five cruel bles, first-class engraving tools, and other a .articles--ll in the very bestcondition. The f Sfirst three named prisoners were taken be- t n fore the UnitedStates Commissioners, where a they were committed to jail, Noble in de- c fault of $90,000, and tle others $15,000 a each.-Peterson'a Dteetiue. True Refinement. t It is most difficult for the man of narrow t f Ideas and low aspirations to become agentle- ii man, even in appearance. There is certain Sto be an occaslodal outcropping o the real A man, an-indication of the vulgar mind be- a neath. He may have all the graces of per- b son and all theaccomplishments deemed neo k censary in a gentleman, but to the discern- u lng eye, the thin protecting shield which these affllord will sufce. As the polished is knife of the surgeon cuts through the tumor gj and diseloses disease, so does the probing si question of the man of the world show the tl innate vulgarity of the assumed gentleman. It is amusing, though, to see how often the ti mere appearance of refinement, a mere sur- !l face poli, Imposes upon those who deem l themselves competent to judge, and com- pletely deceIves them rgarding the char- ec acter of their asooleiea. In most cases, how- d ever, only those are deceived who are them- dl selves lacking in some of the attributes of h, true gentility. Genuine refinement attends it only those of its kind. There is an aristo- craey of intellect to which no plebean place hunter is admitted, and whose MiibolefA he can not hope to learn. True refinement is a quality not of the head alone but of the- heart the one sup plles the Intultion, the other the .inelinatiou; l one cultivates the taste and distingulshes the true course, the other impels to its adoption.. p• SIt is a mistake, however, and one into which writers too frequently fall, to suppose rY that a man may be a gentleman simply be canue he is actuated bygenerous impulse. a The word Implies something more than mere nate goodness of heart-it indicates fo note the 1 i, though precious stone, but to the d jewel. The term gentleman em 4 mars whose heart aisn the right o ,and who ha, from the advantages of sad Hle a cufired m thepower be of i u advamsage. TI t. psg, a can newer becoae a gen e d .'and bteo i t, ti Uga. Nsip and moral good qual g to intheattributes of gentility, coartesy h itsdhilleguhbiagjrlr, fr E D ai ae'f llait w -Richard Metzdorfl tbl of sff sibirbtabiS ed tie esomojqition of wi d ra ItLied "tosanuade and ier So Steags dn a gdes iistrelbs. ca' DOIERTIC IELANUE. SCURRANT Sitt' it.-Your currants mliuIt br quite ripe. Pick them from the stalks, and squeeze them through a linen bas. 'To each I quart of Juice allow one pound of loaf-su gar put the sugar and juice into a preserv ing-kettle, and let It melt before it goes to the llre boil it ten minutes, skimming it well. When cold, add a gill of the best white brandy to each quart of the juice. allow one pound of loaf-sugar; put the su gar and Juice into a preserving-kettle, and let it melt before it goes on the fire: boil it ten minutes. skimming itwell. Whencold. add a gill of thg best white brandy to each quart of the juice. Bottle it, and set it away for use, sealing the corks. It improves by keeping. BLACKBERRY WIsK.-The following is the plan used by the Swiss settlers in the United States, and it is said to make most excellent wine: To one bushel of berries put two gallons of t.', r, and expre ss the juice to each gallon of the liquid ad-I one pound of refined wlhite sugar. Put into a cask about a peck of freshly-burned char coal, broken Into small pieces; then poue the liquid upon it. Let it ferment. As soon as the fermentation subsl.es close the cask tight, and let it remain 3ntil Jr'nu:ary, or later; then rack it off and bottle it, andl set it in a cool cellar. IRASPBERRY VIxEGAR.-One pound c tIhe fruit in a china bowl pour on it ore quiart best white wine vinegar; next day traili the juice on to one pound of fresh Irui'. th. same the following day don't sque. z." t ht fruit, drain it through a sieve, the la-t t not pass it through a canvas wet with vinegar: one pound of sugar to every pint of jimui: stir it when melted; put the jar int, a sauce-pan of water; let it simmer and skim it; when cold bottle it. The fruit, with as equal amount of sugar. makes xrc.ll-en: raspberry cakes without boiling. GLUE WHICHI WILL UNITE EVEN ol'lo.ItiED STmE..-A Turkish receipt for a cemtnt used to fasten diSmotnds and other precious stoncs to metalic surfaces, and which is said to unite even surfaces of polished steel, al though exposed to moisture, is as follows,: "Dissolve five or six bits of gum Ina:tile each of about the size of a large pea, in as much spirits of wine as will suffice to render it liquid. In another vessel, dissolve as much isinglass, previously softened in wa ter, as will make a two-ounce vial of strona glue, adding two small bits of jlm ammo liac, which must be rubbed unTil it is dis solved. Then mix the whole with heat I When It 3i to be used, set the vial in hoilinr water. GRAVY FOR IIOAST OR BAKED CIIIt'KEN. Put the giblets and neck into a small eauce pan, sprinkle over a little salt and pepper. then cover them Rich boiling water and set on the back part of the stove or range, to cook slowly, as soon as you have put the chicken into the oven; dip the feet and legs into boiling water long enough to scald ofi all the leathern skin, and put them Into tin sauce-pan to boll with the giblets and neck. The feet and lower part of leg, that are usu Ally thrown away, contain a good deal o jelly, which gives a very desirable richnes and Oody to the gravy, and when boiled ten der, many think a great delicacy to be ervedt whole. When the giblets are boiled ten der, chop very fine, and, while chopping. dredge over flour till you have made themo like a paste, then put back into the water they were boiled in, to simmer till the chick ens are done. stirring occasionally. that thi chopped giblets may not stick to the sauce pan. After the chickens are taken up, set the meat pan on the stove, and shake some flour in'o the liquor at the bottom of the pan. By the time the chickens are cookeo, this should have bten done to a brown gravy. After you have put in the flour do not stir it until the liquor has boiled up over it, then rub it quite smooth, and little by little, pour in the water in which the chop ped giblets are contained; stir constantly until it thickens, and, If properly managed. you will have a smooth, brown gravy of flne flavor. CARVING MsATS -It is a great accom plishment to be able to carve well and ea sily, without awkwardness; but it is one that receives altogether too little attention. Too often, it would seem, that the host or hostess, or whoever is called upon to per form this table duty, has no idea of there being anythlog needed but to hack offin the most expeditious manner as much meat as is required to satisfy the wants of those pres ent, without the slightest reference to the mode In which it should be done, or the choice bits to be secured by careful carving We have frequently seen those who, in ev ery other respect, were real gentlemen and ladles, carve poultry, or a piece of meat, in such a barbarous manner, as to banish all desire to eat, and almost the ability to taste the big, uncouth, mangled lump that was put, or rather thrown on our plates. To cut offa thick, rough piece from any part that the knife happens to light upon rst, aside from being untidy, and unpalatable, is also wasteful. After two orthree such care less cuttings, the whole piece is so degced and uneven, that it is no longer possible to secure a decent looking bit; and the bone is left with much adhering to It, in ragged morsels, that dry and become worthless if left over to the next day, but which, had the joint been properly carved, could have been sent to the table for a cold relish for tea, in a neat and attractive form. Our ladies are seldom good carvers, and do notoften attempt it. Few have been taught, or thought it worth while to try and learn; but in early times it was considered an in dispensable part of a girl's education. The want of such knowledge often leaves one I an unpleasant and embarrassing position; I for to every one there occasionally comes a time when the gentleman of the family must be absent, and the lady must do the carving, or ask a guest, who may be more awkward than herself. To stand up while carving Is notas proper or skillul a way of doing the work as to be seated; but it is sometimes easier and more convenient, and, if the table is crowded, less troublesome to the guests. In such cases it I is quite allowable. SThe carving-knife must be sharp and thin. A large, broad bladed knife is needed for I meats a long, narrow, and sharp pointed I blade r poultry and game; both should be I kept in perfect order, and always ready for use. When dished, poultry and game must be laid on the back, the breast uppermost, for the greater convenience of the carver, who t should put the fork Into the breast, holding t the bird firmly, until he has taken off the wings and the legs, cut out the "merry I to.t," or "wish bone." cut nice, even slc. srom the breast, and removed the col- I lar bone. A skillful carver will do all this without ones turningK the fowl over. Next cut offthe side bone, and cut down the back, dividing the careass in two. Separating the r drumst ekfrom the second joint, and in a helping lady, if she prefer the wing, cut C it in two prt that she may handle it more conveniently. A ham, oraleg of lamb or mutton, should be first cat in the middle, clean down to the bone, pasing theknlfe all round. Thencut thin, even slices, from the upper or thicker part, separating each shloe from the bone at the bottom, carefully without tearing it. Some siles can also be cat from the lower part of the leg or ham, which are just as good as the upper part* but after a little you come to the ords or fibers, and tbeh the remainder of the lower put should be set aside, to eat out all the little bits for a rel Ish at tea, or, in ham, to chbep up as season ing, or, with scraps of other kinds of meat, for haah. By cutting meat in this way much., ty be saved. Good carving is goo economy. The middle portion of boiled tongue is the best, and habould be first served to guests. The lip is only ft for hashes. It should al ways be cut emeuwise. When dishing sirloin, place it on the plat ter with the tenderloin underneath, and In caning, cat thin slies from the side next to you ;then turn the iece over, and arve the tenderloin caret lly, serving Iqually from both parts. t caring a fore quarter of lamb. divide the shoulders from the ribs then eparate e ribs se.arve bitof the kidney and fat with ear ,EsIf a ugresable toysurguats. Some ko. Is .l., the kidney, and would eat mt moreeih If it were not on their plate. Fore quarter of pork or mutton Is carved in the same way. In carving a fillet of veal, begin at the top 4. cut, serving a portion of the dressing to *-ach guest. When carving the breast of veal, cut the upper portion of the brisket. :i>' that part ot the breast that lies next to tlie ribs, separately, and in helping, Inquire what part is preferred. 'Some like to send a young pig whole to tle table, with a lemon or bunch of parsley in the mouth. We think It much n:cer to take off the head, and cut the pig in halves or quarters, before sending it to the table, and then carve it. It would be very un pleasant to many to see such a revolting car icature of a live pig brought before them. But each one must judge for himnself.-Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher. BlIet-root brandy is an English tipple, said to beat root-beer. New Bedford's washerwoman have all gone to cam p-meting and her soiled clothes go unwashed. The watermelon season has hardly yet opened and yet Augusta, Ga., sends 13,,25 watermelous North in four days. Sorne one says that the great defect in Armerican women is their lack of originality. Dresses of light cloth, braided with a da ker color, will be very fashionable next tall. A new style of fringe is called silk bullion. and I1 us d for trimming handsome silk costumes. Organie musulin dresses are very pretty and stylish trimmed with I)ucbesse or Val enciennes lace. Tambulr work is now all the rage, and is used fr I inlrlrir'rg .'"as, idresses andt lingerie ol all kindll. A iew tyle of dr'.s, goodsis i ofcashmere, two yards wide, striped with broad satin stripes the samne shades as the material. Blue or olive green cloth habits are more fashionable this lear tl.an black, and a high hlat is en ,egle, and no other is. A colt in Camnbridge. Mass., about a week olt is only twenty-three iitches in hight and weighs twenlty-seven pounds. Tobacco jlice bringi good toextirpate po tato buns, Illinois farmers invite their nm igh bors to the wing plicleics on their fields. An Iowa boy his male a sewing machine with a jack-knife. from pine boards and some wires, that makes perftect stitches. There are abonl twenty-seven candidates for the inex governorship ofMassachusetts, besides. tho-e who are indulging a hope. The Emperor of Geruiany has presented to Herr P. Ilertel the conrpo-er of" Flick und Flock," a diamond ring on the occasion ofits three hundredth performance. An application of cologne to a young per sonl's cheek it is said, will bring a bIht-h. It would be a good thing f r sortmeie of the ten der c'dansels at the watering planc s. Many persons who have houses int the country re nt them during the three summer months at a protit which enables them to live comfortably in the city al.d el joy 'hem selves. blme. Grundy Is teliii:g all her |i iends that this is the meanest summer she ever pa.*ed; that there is nobody anywhere, and that everybody has gone to Europeor elsewhere. The hotel keepers propose to ask a lower rate of prices for the rem indler of the s a son, and by having a house full by t his means make up for their heavy losses at the begin ning of the season. Ladles at the sea-shore are c..mlpell<.d to wear short tdresses, as the sea air hits the ef fect of shrinking nearly every material ex cal t silks, and a malti is kept c instantly busy letting down and altering her lIdy's wardrobe. People who go to the Catskill or White Mountains make a great mistake in taking much baggage, as they charge for it by the pound. One gentleman with a large family had to pay $50 for the getting up and down the mountain of the baggage alone. Ladies used to pride themselves on mak ing their diesses last a number of years, but now when any one says to them, "how well that dress has lasts d." they consider it more in the light of an insult than a compli ment, and a reflection on them for, having appeared in it iu public so many times. The origin of sea bathing as a curative is uncertain, and some people declare it a farce to go to the sea shore for health. When re duced to plain common sense essence, sea bathing means only early hours, simple liv ing, plenty of exercise, and a good deal of open-air washing; and, if the same laws wereadop:ed here, they would answer equally well.. EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON TaE SYSTEM. S Alcohol forms no part of the living body, and when taken into the stomach is rapidly I abeorbed, or rather permeates the mem branes and the coats of the blood-vessels, and finds its way into the blood, with which I it forms no homogeneous mixture, but alien f like, is hurried along in the circulation, to I be eliminated, in great part, as speedily as possible, that which Is retained producing very equivocal effects, and in many instances painful and fatal diseases. It escapes by way of the lungs, as shown in the breath of those who have been drinking ardent spirits or strong wines, and also by the skin and kidneys. That portion of the alcohol which is retained in the body accumulates most readily in the brain and liver, and it has been found in its pure state after death in these organs, especially in the brain. The first manifest effects of an alcoholic liquor are on the brain and nervous system gener ally, on which it acts, in a small dose, as an excitant, and in a larger one as a narcotic. Other parts are effected in a corresponding manner, being at first stimulated, not strengthened, and atterward retarded and weakened in their action. For example, the heart, that wonderful and never ceasing pump. when its inner surface is reached by the tide of blood containing alcohol works away so much the fAster to get rid of the intruder; in so doing its machineryis need lessy strained, and If this be continued from day to day, is apt to be deranged and sooner worn out. Under the operation of the pro longed use of alcoholic liquors the heart often becomes hypertrophled or morbidly thickened, and at other times dilated and thinner in its substance; or a still worse condition supervenes-its museular texture is converted into fatty matter, and it fails to contract with the requisite force and regu larity, and 1i liable at any moment to cease beating. In this sudden cessation of toe heart's action is found an explanation of some of the sudden deaths of which we read. These destructive 'effects of the use of alcoholic liquors are not by any means confined to drunkards; they are seen in persons who have never been intoxicated during their lives, but who have been regu lar drinkers of these liquors. The liver is diseased in a similar manner from the like can 'e.-Lippincot's Magazsie. A ROMANTIC TRADITION.-Tl rer Is a ro mantic story told of Newport's affahi in the last century, which, if old to some, may be I quite new to many others. It runs thus: I That a Mr. Cranston, on a vo3age to the West Indles, was overtaken and captured by the pirates. Seven years went by, bringing I no news of the missing man to his wife, who long before the end of that tame accounted I herself a widow. Laying aside her weeds she I prepared bridJl dresses anew to consummate I her marriage with a Mr. Russel,of Boston. I On the eventful day, the escaped prisoner I reached his home to learn the tidings. He I called at the house under theassumedname I of afriendof the late Mr. Cranston, butwhen I alone with the bride to be, he pushed back the hair from his forehead and pointed to a scar once well known to het. The lady recog ued him, and though in anythng but grwOm-like toilette, she flew to his claiming hi as indeed hers. Mr Ruse was ealled iu to learn the truth of thseld I proverb. "There's many a sllbetwixt the cup and the lip," and torea has fair ro pects. The story runs that ori ral n-r were united over again, ad that Russel t gallantlypresented the bride with a wed-. Kicked by I Mule. Jake Johnson had a mule. There was nothing remarkable in the mere fact of his heing the possessor of such an animal, but there was something peculiar about the mule. lie-the animal--could kick higher, hit harder, on the slightest provocation, and act uglier than any mule on record. One morning riding his property to I market, Jake met Jim Boggs. against whom he had an old, but concealed grudge. He knew Boggs' weakness lay in bragging and betting; therefore, he saluted him accord ingly. S"Hlow are you, Jim Fine morning?" "Hearty. squire," replied Jim. Fine I weather. Nice mule that you have. Will I he do to bet on "Bet on? Guess he will that. I tell you, Jim Boggs, he's the best mule in. this country. Paid $.00 for himn." (reat`smash! Is that so'" e.jac5ulated Jim. "Solid truth, every word of it. '1'xll you confidentially, Jim, I'm taking him down for betting purposes. I bet he can kick a fly off from any man without his hurting him." "Now, look here, squire." says Jimn. I I am not a betting character, but I'll bet you t something on that myself." "Jim, there's no use don't bet, I don't I want to win your money." Don't be alarmed, squire, I'll take such bets as them every time." Well, if you are determined to bet, I will risk a small stake-say five dollars." "All right, equire, you're my man. But t who'll he kick the fly off? There is no one I here but you and I. You try it." "No," says Johnson; I have to be by I he mule's head to order him." Oh! yass," says Jim. "Then probably I I'm the man. W'aal, I'll do it; but you are to bet ten against my five, if I risk it." All right," quoth the squire. Now. I there is a fly on your shoulder. Stand still." And Johnson adjusted the mule. Whist Jervey," said he. The mule raised his heels with such vel ocity nd force that Boggs rose in the air I like a lsrd. and alighted on all-fours in a muddy ditch, bang up against a rail fence. Rising. In a towering rage, he etclaimed: t Yass, that is smart! I knew your darned mule couldn't do it. You had that all put I up. I wouldn't be kicked like that for fitty dollars. You can just fork over them are i stakes for it any way." "Not so fast, Jim; .Jervey did just what I I said he could; that is, kick a fly offa man I without its hurting him. You see the mule c is not injured by the operation. However, I If you are not satisfied, we will try it again, I as often as you wish." "The deuce take you," growled Jim. I I'd rather have a barn fall on me at once I than have that critter kick me again. I Keep the stakes, but don't say anything about it." And Boggs trudged on in bitterness of a saul, murmuring to himself, "Sold, by a thunder and kicked by a mule Tns BIRTHLfaCe Or Pi('KwIcit.--Thisl little monastic enclosure is Furnival's Inn, once the mansion of the Furnival family, "A valient family," says Mr. Jesse. "from Girard de Furnival, who fought by the side of Richard Cu'ur de Lion. on the plains of Palestine, to Thomas de Furnival, the com panion of the Black Prince, on the field of I Cressy." Alas! "The knights are dust, Their good swords are rust, And their souls are with the saints, we trust." No more helm and tabard, lance and trum pets round the house of Furnival; but law yers' deeds, blue bags and red tape. In 1383 the gallant, hard-fighting Furnivals became extinct, and the Inn fell by marriage to the Earls of Shrewsbury. In the reign of Ed ward VI., however, an Earl of Shrewsbury I sold it to Lincoln's Inn. The Inn was re built in the reign of James I.; but a part of i t having been destroyed by fire and the rest a grown ruinous, It was pulled down in 1817. i and rebuilt by Mr. Peto, whose complacent I statue now flgures in the center. In the old building there was a chapel, i near which stood a mulberry tree. a relic, t perhaps, of James I., when loyal persons t planted mulberry trees by the kings's wish, to furnish food for the silkworms, which were then being bred by the English silk manufacturers. But the chief memory that consecrates the inn is neither of the mul berry tree, nor of the Knights of the Cressy, i it is a later and more immortal memory. At No. 15, high up at the top on the right hand sideas you face the doorway, are the f humble chambers where Mr. D)ickens was I living when he wrote "Pickwick." ie was i newly married then, and writing ze alouslv t for the newspapers. Here his quick taney t devised that most delightful crowd of odd- c ties,genial old "Pickwick," romantic '~Suod grass," daring Winkle," and gallant t "Tupman," the swift but vivacious "..Jin. t gle," Sam Weller." the incomparable' I here, with those vagrant pigeons from Guild t hall, strutting and fluttering at the window, f Dickens must have sat roaring at his own I fun, and the creations of a humor only transcended by him who created "Falstaff." Yes, there has been laughing in the Inn be- s fore now; for here at No. 3, down to the left as you enter the archway, that gay, a light-hearted "Mercutio," Mr. Charles Mlathews, set up as an architect, and many a brightcastle hebuilt. "I wentout one day," says Mr. Mathews, "left a card pinned up, r 'backin an hour,' and did not come back in five years." t .o +II TnHa FATE OF A STOWAWAY.-Mark Au burn, a poor Enghshman, resolved to come to America. but he lacked the money for a passage. While the ship Idaho was at Liver pool, Auburn secreted himself in the hold, and after she had got to sea he was discov ered and taken on deck. He told the story of poverty. The sympathy of the sailors was excited and they gave him food, and he was permitted to remain on deck. As there is said to be a law, however, in Great Britain against stowaways, the captain of the Idaho resolved to return Auburn to England for panishment, and when the vessel arrived in this port he ordered Auburn to be locked up nna little room. The English prisoner, when the vessel got to its pier. could see from his window the free shores of America ,while he remained a prisoner under the British flag. Anxious for liberty, he cut away the win dow ot.his room witha pocketknife. Pass Sing through the opening, he found that there were no other means of reaching the shore than by crawling along the hawser, as the passage ways of the vessel were guarded. Auburn made the attempt, but becoming exhausted, lest his grip and fell into the dock, where he was drowned. The body was tskc n to the Morgue.-N. York sun. GINoER PoP.--Theare is a story told of Mr. Ralph Waldo Emersom, that once upon a time he determined to live after the fash ion of the world; and stopping, while he was of thbs mind, at a country tavern in a vil lage where he was to lecture, instead of re tiring to meditate and freeze in his own cold, cheerless room, he manfully sat in the bar room like the rest of mankind. He en dured the tobacco smoke as well as he could, watched-no doubt with curiosity as lively as Mr. Du Chasllu's on his first voyage to a can nibal feast among the Fans-the actions of the men who "sat atound." He saw one after another walk up to the bar and demand and swallow, a glass of whisky; and true to his determination to do like other men, the great philosopher so the tale goes, at last rose, and no doubt, also with a sufficient degree o cOurage in his port and counten sace, advanced to the bar, and with a voice modulated as nearly as he could after those he had just heard, demanded a whisky skin." The bar-keeper, a man of high prin ciple, as well as found discretion, gazed into the philosopherts face a moment, and then s "id You do not want whisky; you want ginger-pop;" and accordingly administered tuat mild and harmless stimulant.-Fvening Poet. When a person gives a wedding present it is the correct thing not to have It marked, so that in case there are many duplicates of it, it can be changed for some more needed article. Young lady physicians are multiplying throughout our country, and as a result, it 1 issald, the young men are becoming more slckly than they used to be. About Vipe.s hirs reptil, i+ not itearl r -i gemnerally stpl)lri'oil. 'lr-u it l n. omous langr and its It,ir i- ,.rv oni, though not often ttal. I,, te true apathy of its reptile t lta r,, i ;tr rv unwilling to u-e its foruidabl". pfr and will at all tirfe rather glile :;a- ,:t bit.. I have walked f r dai thr~,r,"h h, ,,Ih lanr!. that absolutely swar, lll ni i' i j,, r of all shades of colors arnd all -i/.- 1- foot brushed asil the lPui it I .'I viper would cri I our of i, softly away; or a ~,e'lII'Ie II;- i point out the spot twi' a r r i .,,l taken alarm, and was ji ri i. presence of tlhe intruder. Not or,, i, i ;i viper ever ofltr to attack n;. r lirln I l;.* often have actually toucheid I heir ,,i, li. ;atI, I feel sure that unless I vi :i i ii- I den on, or in some way i njuretl th- ifltih. it would not hate att('npteil to t i" fangs. Only or e, did I see a viper in tl.. .tiw le of attack, and this was ullder p .iil ir 'ir eumstances. Knowing tllat I t llk ;.an u. ac'ouintable intere-t in the-e rep'i',., a mliall -Hinimoned up courage to hri.r. e t r or :lving viper. Of course I patI hiilr, anr then had the siortiiicatioa o(t ti li, tii hat the poor reptile was quire disatlih ,tI. I, I, mi, having crippled it by a blow fl rr In. -i.k before hlie dared to meddle airh i. ht,,,, it was placed on the ground. i trited to crawl away, but being unable 1io ,o erected the sound portion of uhie ,Ii'v :,al stood on the defensive, striking at ,)v-;. thing that came near it. Butt lhi was ii,, i acting on the defensive. It It coin',il la:ve crept away, It would have done but being crippled, and unable to Iccape. it tn deavored to use its tangs as the oril i mr,olr, of protection. I have set'n the comnnon snake assume a similar mer,:ni'n r.r t it,h and strike as tiercely as If it Ipo.-:.,! r poison fangs of the viler. Few persons know how loth a p ,.,i-,, serpent is to use its fang, except for t;`, ir legitimate object, that of taking lprey. It will endure a large amount of rough l.ir d lind before it will strike, and rarerl itf vr will do so unless .provoked. The "lato Mr. Waterton was so well aware of tl.i+ fact, that he was accustomed to handlle rl e mot venomous snakes with perfect imilr Iitv. lie has been seen, to taker a numbtr