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gather moss, and all our readers familiar with 
Germany will remember to have seen them 
coming homeward with large bundles of this on 
their heads. In autumn, the falling leaves are 
gathered and stocked for the same purpose. 
The fir cones, which with us lie and rot in the 
woods, are carefully collected and sold for 
lighting fires. 
In short, the economy and care of the German 
peasants are an example to all Europe. They 
have for years, nay ages, been doing that, as it 
regards agricultural management, to which the 
British public is but just now beginning to open 
its eyes. Time, also, is as carefully economised 
as everything else. They are early risers, as 
may well be conceived, when the children, many 
of whom come from a considerable distance, 
are in school at six in the morning. As they 
tend their cattle or their swine, the knitting 
never ceases, and hence the quantities of stock¬ 
ings and other household things which they ac¬ 
cumulate are astonishing.-— Howitt. 
BATHING-. 
In our humble opinion, many of the diseases 
of mankind might be avoided by the simple per¬ 
formance of this cleanly duty. There is no ex¬ 
cuse for its non-performance, by the common 
plea, we have no convenience for bathing. Yes 
you have. There is no occasion for going heels 
over head into the mill pond to perform ablution 
of the entire person. True a good bathing tub 
or convenient shower bath is useful, but not in¬ 
dispensable, because the skin can be kept per¬ 
fectly clean by the use a common wash bowl 
and coarse towels. By the solid matter thrown 
off by perspiration and accumulating dirt, the 
pores of the skin become clogged, and are ren¬ 
dered unfit properly to perform their functions. 
A clean skin is not only conducive to the 
bodily, but to the mental health. Clothe a civ¬ 
ilised race in rags and filth, and how soon they 
will become savages. No one can be clean who 
does not daily, or at least weekly, bathe in some 
way, the whole surface of the body. 
Cotton-Sweep Cultivator.—Fig. 41. 
THE PURIK SHEEP OF THIBET. 
A ram and three ewes of this bregd have been 
recently sent to England, where they have 
proved themselves wonderfully prolific. They 
attain early maturity, and when grown, weigh 
30 to 40 pounds. They are hardy and easily 
reared, and are commended as excellent substi¬ 
tutes for the poor man’s dog. 
Mr. Moorcroft, who travelled extensively in 
their native country, some years since, thus de¬ 
scribes their pet-familiar habits. £ * The Purik 
sheep, if permitted, thrusts its head into the 
cooking pot, picks up crumbs, is eager to drink 
the remains of salted and buttered tea or broth, 
and examines the hands of its master for lattro , 
(barley flour,) or for a cleanly-picked bone, 
which it disdains not to nibble. A leaf of let¬ 
tuce, a pealing of turnip, the skin of an apricot, 
are also its luxuries .”—English Paper. 
COTTON-SWEEP CULTIVATOR. 
This implement is made expressly for the 
purpose of taking the place of the cotton sweep, 
besides doing much additional work. It is 
made with sharp steel and iron flat teeth, with 
the addition, also, of a well-arranged set of har¬ 
row teeth, so as to cut up all grass and weeds, 
at the same time finely pulverising the soil. It 
can be expanded or contracted, to suit every 
width of row. It works so lightly that one 
mule can draw it. 
An English Bull.— An honest farmer thus 
writes to the chairman of an English agricultu¬ 
ral society: “ Gentlemen, put me down on your 
list of cattle for a bull.” 
Worthless Furniture.— A lazy woman is the 
most worthless furniture a man can have. 
