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Am Eventfol Life. 
A correspondent writing to an Exchange from Indian- 
apolis, Indiana, says : " Wbile passing through the Union 
Depot a few days ago, I was accosted by a one-armed man 
in faded army bine. Fourteen years ago I first saw him 
working at a windlass in the gold diggings of Australia. 
lie and his three partners hoisted by that windlass, from 
a single shaft, more than $300,000. A few months later I 
bade him good-bye, as he sailed from Melbourne to New- 
York with 1300,000 in bills of exchange in his pocket. I 
next saw him a wounded Rebel soldier, lying on the field 
of Antietam. A little more than a year later I saw him a 
Union soldier, lying in a hospital in Tennessee. To-day 
he is a helpless wanderer, dependent on public charity 
for a dinner.' 1 He may yet be a millionaire. 
A Small Piece of Work.— A most curious and 
interesting model at the French exhibition is that of the 
rock and fortress of Gibraltar, with a fleet of ships lying 
in the harbor. This fleet consists of a ship of the line, a 
frigate and a steam corvette, a brig and a schooner, every 
spar and rope being faithfully represented ; and yet the 
hulls of these little vessels were constructed ont of less 
than the tenth part of a cherry stone. The rock and fort- 
ress of Gibraltar are in the same proportions, and the 
whole structure can be covered over with a florin. 
Our Artist's Game, 
One of onr artists is very fond of hunting. Recently 
he made an excursion into the country, where he says he 
was very successful. He has made a sketch to show the 
results of his expedition. Somehow he appears to have 
mixed things up considerably, but we suppose some 
allowance mint be made for the excitement he was under. 
caused by his astonishing achievements. It will be 'as 
good as a puzzle to discover which belongs to which. 
A Valuable West. 
A Brooklyn, N. Y., paper says : " Birds usually build 
their nests of hair, hay, feathers, etc., but an exceptional 
case has just come to light, in a remarkable discovery 
made by a lady residing in Bast Brooklyn. While walk- 
ing in her garden she observed a neatly arranged bird's 
nest among the l>ranoh<'s of a cedar bush, and on closer 
examination was greatly surprised to find thatit was form- 
ed principally of Valenciennes lace, worth about $1 per 
yard. A piece seven yards in length formed the lining of 
the nest. The lady recognized the lace as some she had 
missed a month ago, and strongly suspected at the time 
that it had been taken by some of the servants in the 
house. No cine as to the whereabouts of this feathery 
thief has, as yet. been ascertained by the guardians of 
property, the bird having flown." 
A Sincere ?lom*ncr. 
A singular fnneral occurred in this City a few days 
since. A horse belonging to a tradesman in Worth-st., 
had his leg broken, and was shot, to end his misery. 
Men came to remove hira, but were met and resisted by a 
large dog that had been the companion of the horse for 
several years. They succeeded, however, in partially 
quieting him, and raised the carcass upon a cart to take 
it away, the dog meanwhile holding on to it with his 
teeth, and trying to pull it back. At last, when the cart, 
was started, the faithful friend mounted beside the body 
of his dead companion, and was earned away with it, a 
sincere mourner. After about three hours absence, he 
returned, and entered the stable, showing plainly by his 
downcast look and whining, how much he missed his 
former companion. Such attachments are not rare. 
A Troublesome Sliver. 
Charley came to his father one day with a pitiful face, 
and. holding up his finger, said : "It hurts so, I wish you 
would see what is the matter." His father examined it 
carefully, noticed a small red and swollen place, and 
when he touched it, Charley flinched, saying, "Oh ! it's 
sore there." " I think there must be a sliver in there," 
said his father, and. taking out his penknife, he carefully 
picked away the skin, and soon brought out a small, sharp 
bit of wood, which had caused the trouble. " Now, it 
will soon be well." "Thank you, sir, it feels better al- 
ready ; I must have got it in yesterday, when I was piling 
up boards." " Don*t get a sliver in your conscience, my 
boy," said his father, and Charley started off for his play, 
thinking of his fathers curious remark. Soon he was 
enjoying a lively game of base ball. Quarter to nine 
came, and he knew it was time to start for school, but 
his side had the '•innings," and it would soon be his turn 
to strike, and he waited. 
Somehow, every boy before 
him took a long time, and 
after he had sent the ball fly- 
ing- across the field and made 
agood run. he waited to have 
another turn at it, for the 
game was a close one, and a 
few more runs would decide 
it in favor of his party. 
Boom ! boom ! sounded out 
the village clock, just as the 
innings were finished, and 
then Charley knew he must 
be late to school : the door 
would be locked,and he must 
wait until half past nine be- 
fore he could be admitted. 
He gathered up his books, 
and slowly sauntered off, 
thinking what excuse he 
could give for tardiness. It 
seemed to him that half past 
nine would never come, as 
he waited before the door, 
and heard his companions 
inside singing their morning 
song, and he could not make 
np his mind what to say to 
his teacher. At last he en- 
tered. The teacher looked 
at Mm pleasantly, saying: 
"An unusual thing for you 
to be late, Charley; you were 
busy, no doubt." " Yes. sir," replied the boy promptly. 
" I was busy," thought he. pleased that his teacher had 
shown him how to evade the truth. " I knew it must be 
so, for you are a pattern for punctuality," said his teacher, 
and sent him to join his class in the recitation room. 
" I got off nicely, and I didn't tell a lie, cither," was 
Charley's first thought ; but somehowitdidn't satisfy him. 
and he couldn't get it out of his mind, that he had done 
wrong. Things did not go pleasantly all day; his mind 
wandered from his books, he was reprimanded for want 
of attention, and altogether had a hard time of it. Just 
before school was out, while sharpening his pencil, he 
slightly hurt his finger, which was yet tender, and like a 
flash it came to his mind, "there's a sliver iu your con- 
science." Now he knew what his father meant. '■ Til 
have it out," bravely said he to himself. He waited until 
the other hoys had gone, and then told his teacher the 
whole story about the real cause of his lateness iu the 
morning. Then his peace returned— the "sliver" was 
out, and you may be sure he remembered it many times 
afterward, and when he had done wrong, made haste to 
confess it, and in this way to get rid of his trouble. 
A Pair Oivision. 
It is related that when one of our largest war vessels 
lay at anchor in the harbor, a man who wanted to see all 
the sights endeavored to go on board. The Commander 
warned him off, saying they were not then receiving vis- 
itors. The man called ont, "That ship belongs to the 
people of these United States, and I am one of the peo- 
ple, and being an owner, I have a right to go on board. 11 
The Commander, who loved a joke, took out his pen- 
knife, cut a small chip from the mast and threw it over 
the side of the vessel into the small boat, saying, '-there, 
take your share of the ship, and be off with yon V 
A similar anecdote is told of one of the house of 
Rothschild, the great Bankers of Europe. During revo- 
lutionary times an excited workman called at the banking 
house, and demanded that a division of riches be made, 
saying that no one had a right to be richer than another. 
The banker handed him a sou for his portion of what was 
in their hands, and the man at once felt the absurdity of 
his demand, and left the banker undisturbed. 
Counting all who read the Agriculturist, month by 
month, the number must be nearly a million.. Once in a 
while a reader seems to forget that he is but a very small 
fraction of this number, and claims that his letter shall 
be printed, or his views set forth, or some thing else be 
done for his special gratification, as though in 1,000.000 
he were the 1 and the remainder were the 000,000's. When 
we publish 36 pages, as in this number, a paper will con- 
tain somewhere about 500,000 letters, that is about half 
a Utter to a reader, if each could claim bis special 
share. How will you have your half-letter fixed, Sir. 
One-eye-dear man ? 
IXew Puzzles to l>e Answered, 
No. 272. Mustrated Rebus.— For obstinate individuals. 
No. 273. Mathematical Problem* by J. D. McGiffert.— 
Three neighbors, A, B, and C, whose dwellings are situ- 
ated in the form of a triangle, and distant from each oth- 
er 60, 75, and 90 yards, respectively, desire to dig a well, 
to be used in common by them, at a point, within the 
triangle, equally distant from the abode of each. How 
far from each neighbor's dwelling must the well be due ? 
No. 234 IttmtraUd Jitlus.—A truth worth studying. 
Answers to Problems nntl Puzzles. 
The following are ■■- - to the puzsles, etc, in th** 
July number, page "961. No. 2C9. Puzzl R 'Nina 
tailors make a man." No. 270. TUustrattd Rtbvs. - "One 
swallow docs not make a summer." No. 371. AtithmeH- 
ical Problem.— A should receive $80.4agj /•'. 8*4671, 
Solution.— X* hog weighed W0 Iba., which at % cenl per 
lb. more than the price of B's, would bring him $1 extra. 
This *t subtracted from $35, the money for both bogj, 
leaves $34 to be divided according to the weight of the 
hogs ; * for A, aud * for B. 
