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Hanging a LTammook.— Every well-to-do^ 

 fanner— every owner of a cozy village home 

 —every member of a City stay at-home club 

 who commands a spot big enough to swing 

 one— should have a hammock. A very good 

 one may be bought for $1.50 to $4, or as 

 mucli higher as you choose to go. It, should 

 be hung where there is a good afternoon 

 shade, and, if. intended in part for children's 

 use, so low that small children can get into 

 it by the aid of a box or low stool, and over 

 soft ground, so that the numerous tumbles 

 that are probable will be harmless. If no 

 oilier place is available, it may be hung be- 

 tween the pillars of a veranda, a place well 

 enough for the older people who use it, but 

 undesirable for children, on account of the 

 lack of a soft turf, as we'll as for ttie noise 

 which accompanies its use by the youngsters. 

 When children only are to use the ham- 

 mock the manner Of hanging it is not import- 

 ' Med for the use of grown 

 persons it should then be so suspended that 

 the head will always tie considerably higher 

 than the feet, and much of the comfort of 

 one who uses it depends upon a proper ob- 

 servance of this fact. If you have no more 

 suitable place, suspend it from the columns of 

 B verauda. The hook which supports the 

 head end should be 6^ feet from the floor, and 

 that for the foot end 3§ feet, and these pro- 

 portions should be observed wherever it may 

 be hung, to secure the most desirable curve 

 for the ease of the occupant. 



Another point to he observed : the head end 

 should be fastened to the hook by a rope less 

 than a foot long — just enough to properly at- 

 tach it, while at, the foot is a rope 4i feet 

 long. This gives the greatest freedom for 

 swinging the lower part of the body, while 

 the head moves but little. This is a point 

 which cauuot be observed in a hammock for 

 children, -who think more of it as a swing 

 than a place of comfortable repose. "Wl 

 trees serve for supports, ample provisi 

 should be made to prevent injury to the bai 

 by means of a stout canvas or heavy I 

 between the ropes to which it is suspended 

 and the bark. If the hinging be so arranged 

 that the hammock can be taken in during 

 long storms it will last much longer.-— Boston 

 Golden Rule. 



A Sturgeon's Extraordinary Leap. — Al- 

 though it happened over half a century ago, 

 the following story, vouched for by Mr. 

 Chester Burbank, of Watervliet, au old resi- 

 dent of the town, will be found interesting 

 even at this late date : "In the year 1826 the 

 sloop Robert Mums, of Castleton, was lying 

 at anchor off the Palisades. The sloop was 

 200 tons burden, and was manned as follows : 

 Captain, Arad Buckman ; pilot, Wm, Porgy ; 

 cook, Chester Burbank, who now relates the 

 Story , and Henry Douglass, Titus Mink and 

 one Bogue, of the crew. There; was also 

 two young ladies aboard, who occupied the 

 cabin, one of whom was named Miss Almira 

 Austin. About 12 o'clock at night the crew 

 weie roused by the shrieks of the young 

 ladies and a terrible commotion in the cabin. 

 The dour was broken in, when it was found 

 ii huge sturgeon Was the cause of the 

 trouble. Appearances indicated that the fish 

 had leaped from the river upou the locker 

 and slid through the open window of the 

 cabin; lauding in the berth occupied by the 

 young ladies. The young girls, unable to 

 realize what the object was, were paralyzed 

 wtth terror at first, Out soon regaining their 

 senaesgave utterance to shrieks for help, and 

 springing from their berth, crouched in the 

 furthest corner of the cabin, while the fish, 

 rinding himself in strange quarters, flopped 

 about in the berth. It, is needless '.,o add that 

 the sturgeon was speedily dispatched by the 

 Bailors and divided equally among those on 

 board. The young ladies, however, refused 

 their shares, and "could not be induced to 

 even taste of the fish after it was cooked. — 

 A ibaui/ Journal 



EiitJALiA- "WondbrfuX. — Two patrons of 

 the piscatorial art, having met at tne water's 

 edge, inquired of each other as to the suc- 

 cess of the morning's fishing. It was found 

 that the 3ne had been fishing with fly and 

 had made a tolerable basket, while the 

 other, who had been fishing with bait, had 

 taken only a very few. Referring to the 

 stale of the water, the fly-fisher recommend- 

 ed the otHar to give up the bait and try "fly," 

 and he thought he would be more success- 

 ful. Ilia friend, saying he had no artificial 

 flies with him, he was told he might catch a 

 few natural flies and try these, and that the 

 best for this purpose was the horse-fly, 

 which he would get in the neighboring 

 [ledges. Taking this advice, he at once went 

 oil' in the direction of the hedges. Seeing a 

 girl herding cows, he went to her and said, 

 ''My good girl, do you know where it is 

 likely! will gel, some horse-flies ?" The girl, 

 not Understanding the question, looked at 

 her interrogator, but made no reply. The 

 question was repeated, but still the girl was 

 silent. He then said to her, "My good girl, 

 did you ever see a horse-fly ?" "Na," re- 

 girl, "but I've seen a coo jump 

 owre a dyk.'' — Ayr (Scotland) Argus. 



Moke Irate Editor.— This time it is an 

 English " society paper 1 ' editorwho tries his 

 hand at natural history. A London paper 



One of these journals declares that the edi- 

 tor of another is the arch-fiend who was casl 

 out of Eeaven for misconduct — which we can 

 scarcely believe. The arch-fiend responds by 

 calling his assailant an egg-dealer, and says 

 that he lays goose's eggs, a most remarkable 

 fact in natural history. It appears to us, as 

 mere outsiders, that the fiend carries too many 

 guns for the egg man, and that the latter had 

 better letire from the contest, or there may 

 be a terrific smash, in which his fragile wares 

 cannot fail to suffer severely. It is not pleas- 

 ant, we admit, to be told that you lay eggs, 

 and the eggB of a goose, moreover; but the 

 best way is lo keep the thing as quiet as pos- 

 sible. 



Velocipede Tourists. — Two velocipede 

 riders of Paris, M. le Baron Emanuel de 

 Graffenried do Burgenstein and M . A. Lau- 

 maille d' Angers, have accomplished a very 

 long and rapid journey on their velocipedes. 

 Leaving Paris on March 16, they returned on 

 the 24th of April, after having traveled a 

 distance of more than three thousand miles. 

 Their route extended through a part of the 

 west, the middle, and the south of Prance, 

 Italy and southern Switzerland. They 

 traveled through Orleans, Tours, Poitiers, 

 Angouleme, Bordeaux, Montauban, Toulouse, 

 Montpellier, Marseilles, Toulon, Nice, Men- 

 ton, San Eemo, Genoa, Turin, Milan, the 

 Simplou— where they barely escaped destruc- 

 tion by an avalanche — Vevay, Berne, Lau- 

 sanne, Geneva, Dijon, Troy and Provins. 

 The longest distance that they accomplished 

 in a single day was between Turin and Milan, 

 a distance of 00 miles which they made in 

 0£ hours. 



Teaching Bullfinches to Sing.— At 

 Pulda, in Germany, there are several schools 

 for teaching bullfinches to sing. The young- 

 birds are divided into classes of from six lo 

 ten each, and kept in the dark. As they are 

 fed a small hand organ is played. The birds 

 finally begin to associate the music with th 

 feeding, and when hungry Ihey begin to sing 

 a few notes of the tune they hear daily. They 

 are then placed in a room where light is ad- 

 mitted. This seems to render them more 

 lively. They are then taught additional 

 music, and enjoy singing. The most dillieti!: 

 task is starting the birds. Some are kept for 

 a long time in the dark and on starvation 

 rations before their stupidity or obstinacy can 

 be overcome. 



The Byoiole in Scotland.— The Scotcti 

 papers report that Mr. John Rankin, a young 

 Kilmarnock gentleman, has just completed 

 a journey to London and back on a bicycle. 

 He left Kilmarnock on the 23d of July, 

 and reached the metropolis on the 1st ol 

 August, after having made a stay at Shef- 

 field, part of a day at Birmingham, and pari 

 of a day at Coventry. The distance of 43S 

 miles was thus run in about six days, making 

 allowance for stoppages. Mr. Rankin left 

 London for home on the 5th of August, 

 taking the east coast route, aDd reached 

 Glasgow 1 en Saturday evening, thence going 

 to Kilmarnock that night by train. The 

 longest run in one day was from Morpeth 

 to Edinburgh, the distance being 112 miles. 



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