Before long the sea and the horizon be- 
came lively with birds {-nd soon tlie sky 
above us literally swarnied with these 
red-and-green-beaked, white-masked, yt^l- 
low-horned masses. 1 only W'>ndered 
that they did not sutt'ej- collision with 
each other during their airy sailing, tor 
tliey were as tliick as Maj'-flies round au 
electric light. 
AVhen a 'i'oporok crosses overhead of 
an xlleut he suddenly rai-^cs his net; the 
bird, unable to tuin aside, runs into it 
with a clash, falls to the ground, and in a 
twinkling is adtled to the heap of otln r 
unfortunates with broken necks. 
When full day has set in, this sport is 
at an end, as then tlie birds lly higher, 
and now coines the moment for me and 
my gun, for we, too, want fresh Toporki 
for ilinner. — Indiana Farmer. 
The Coiiiiii!!- 3Iaii. 
I am always inclined to ask, first, what 
may we believe to be tlie probable form 
and likeness of the coming man and his 
v/ife. I imagine that when we look 
back from our home in the unseen uni- 
verse, ages hence, we stiall see, without 
much doubt, a race of men ditt'ering from 
those of to-day as much as the man of 
to-day diflers from liis simions, perhaps 
simian, ancestors. The brain will be de- 
veloped to meet tlie complex and serious 
taxation of a more complex and trying 
civilization; the vital powers will be in- 
tensified; the man, reducing the powers 
of Jiature still more completely to his 
service, will ilepend less upon the t xer- 
tions of his muscles and they will be cor- 
respondingly and comparatively less 
pcnverful, though they will probabi}', 
nevertheless, 1 imagine, contiiuie to 
'grow somewliat in size, as t\w\ unques- 
tionably have grown since the midille 
ages; the lungs must supply a ration to 
a larger and more rapidly circulated \(>\- 
ume of blood, richer in the phospliatic 
elements especially needed for the build, 
ing up of brain and nerve ; the iligi'stion 
must supply its nutriment in similarly in- 
creased amount and altered character 
and composition ; the whole system must 
be capable of more rapid, more thorough, 
and more manageable conversion of the 
energies of the natural forces to the uses 
of the intellect and the soul which inhai)- 
its it. 
If so much be granted, it is easy to see 
something of the nature of the change in 
the physical man that njust gradually 
take place. The brain will enlarge in 
its anterior even more than in its poste- 
rior parts and the great forehead will 
probablj' overhang a heavy but mobile 
face, liaving a god-like intelligence of 
coimtenance; with eyes large and promi- 
nent; with large nostrils; with a set of 
jaws at once titted foi- the reduction of 
grain foods to pulp and to give basis for 
muscles capable of expressing great ideas 
by word and by play of feature. The 
chest will be large; the lungs capacious 
and free in operation, promptly self- 
adjusting to ail demands and all varia- 
tions of demand and titted to aerate enor- 
mous volumes of fluid flowing in from 
the veins. The digestive organs will 
necessarilj' be suited to develop and ap- 
plj^ phosphatic nutriment of grain and 
fruit foods; the liver, and spleen especi- 
ally, producing those fats which make 
the main part of brain and nerve tissue— 
the abdomen thus growing with the 
lungs. The limbs may probably be long- 
er; smaller in proportion to the rest of 
the body, as to weight at least; though 
we may presume that this change w ill be 
made witli positive gain in grace and 
general power. A more generally intel- 
ligent race will pay more attention to 
the preservation and cultivation of the 
physical powers by exercise and every 
sanitary device and this will unquestion- 
ably aid in the development of a noble 
}ibysique. The coining man will be tall 
and free and lofty of carriage as will 
betit a being full of noble and lofty 
thoughts and high aspirations and his 
progress toward tlie intinite in all that 
is good and great will be conimensuralc 
with his enobled powers of body and 
mind. — North Am. Review. 
American Tin. 
PiTTSBUKG. March 5, — The first block 
of tin produced from an American tin 
mine lias reaclu d l^ittsburg. The block 
weighs tweiity-tive pounds and was taken 
from a tin deposit near liermosa, S. D,, 
by tlie Glendale I'in company. Jt has 
been examined by expei'ts.who pronounce 
it excellent. 
The above ile n confirms the statement 
of Mr. Fre<rk Mcintosh, regarding llie 
Tin mines of Dakoia. In the last num- 
ber, by a slip of the pen, an error crept 
into our abstract of Mr. Mcintosh's re- 
marks; it should lead: In the Cornish' 
mines the ore produces of 1 per cent, 
of Tin, whereas the Dakota mine products 
fuinisli G per cent, of Tin; instead of 60 
per cent. 
Hnnible Bees Make Clover Seed. 
An Indiana farmer, who told his boys 
to burn every Humble bt-es' nest thej' 
tound on tne farm, and who was com- 
plaining of the failure of his clover seed 
crop, was surprised when MauriceThomp- 
soii, the Naturalist, said: "That is why 
your clover seed fails you. Humble 
bees make your clover seed." It is a fact 
that a strong nest of Humble bees in a 
big clover field is worth twenty dollars 
to the owner; for these insects are the 
chief agents in fertilizing the blossoms, 
thereby insuring a heavj^ crop of seed. — 
Er. 
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and Jasper. Good lot. J, i;. Nisisley, Adn, 
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