YOi&Kia 
occasion at the name time to get a peep into tne 
cottages of the laborers, and publishes some line 
showing what he saw, and giving the 
creation between himself aiul the 
uvttvstt 
engravings, 
points in the conv 
“British Landlord.” 
In the first wood-cut we have “the British Land 
lord” introducing Mr. Punch into his stable, where a 
warmly clothed and nicely groomed horse is subjected 
to inspection. “ Landlord (/<»'/•)- ‘ Yes, Mr. Punch. 
Nice, clean, airy boxes, plenty of light, perfect 
draiiuure and ventilation; the best of food ami water, 
To appear ivell, a country no me, oe iv large m 
small, must be finished. It must have an appearance 
of completion ami repose, and not of unfinished hard 
work. It must be suggestive of country quiet, and 
not of city bustle; hence there is nothing more appro¬ 
priate than a summer-house in a sequestered spot, or 
a rustic chair under 
_ the shade of some 
- rV' - C jJvY, spreading tree. No 
. ,^>v garden of any ex- 
-•J ..''■•i't*-** tent appears well or 
■comfortable without 
ufot sin’ll places for rest. 
•’ - “ and repose. With- 
• - .. .j. • - - . 
- ,^ v v out them it has a 
I jegjvjfi; 
tiresome look, sug- 
. w '-‘jr > gestive of aching 
W ran k chcs U from' n the 
woods cut in proper shape and nailed. Any in¬ 
genious carpenter or gardener can put up an arbor 
, Ci this style that will cost but little, A very pretty 
design for a rustic arbor we observed in the Marti 
mlturist for October last, which we give our readers. 
The pleasures and pains of life are made up ot 
small joys and small sorrows, those of every day oc- i 
eurrence. that light up the face with constant smiles, ■ 
or corrode the heart, like the constant dropping ot 
water upon the stone. Hundreds and thousands of 
our people are seeking home and home pleasures 
in the country—in 
the suburbs of our Jj£ ^ 
cities ami large U* ■ 
villages—and yet C S 1 Ml 
find 
■ 
ee.s where till these IK*' 
t'-'u-s - 
where money was /’ 7" : 
lavished like water, ^ vL . 
and yet there was 
an absence of taste 
in little things that painfully forced the impression 
upon the beholder that the owner wasa man of wealth, 
fond of display, with some notions of rural lite, but 
without sufficient taste to make or enjoy a home in 
the country. As a general thing in building and im¬ 
proving an estate, we commence on too large a scale, 
and cither become tired of the trouble or the outlay 
before the establishment is finished. The consequence 
is that the work is never completed, or is finished in a 
careless and cheap manner, that contrasts strangely 
with that first done. 
Cutting Hay on the Alps. 
Tn>: hum of the factory has not silenced the 
shepherd’s song; and the Alps are still the principal 
dependence of the people, but are now chictiy private 
property, yet subject to general laws. Only so many 
cattle can be kept upon a certain space, and persons 
are appointed to count them and attend to the clear¬ 
ing of the pastures, livery Sens. is bound by oath to 
give the number correctly. No one is allowed to 
have a great flock of sheep to the injury of the wild 
hay, and no one is allowed to begin cutting it before 
August. This is to prevent accidents to those in the 
valleys, who must receive notice of the time, because 
it comes tumbling down from the heights with such 
force, that persons may be killed or seriously injured 
if they do not keep out of the way. Those w ho cut 
it are obliged t.-> fasten themselves to the dills with 
hooks or clamping irons, by which they hold with 
end use the sickle with the other, and in 
Cuss-Book or BOtant Being Outlines ot the Structure, 
physiology, and Classification of £lanta; with a Flora o! 
lire United States and Canada. By Ai.rno.NSO Wood. A 
, a l 0 f Female Academy, Brooklyn. [12ino. j»t» 
832.] New York: Published hy A. S. Barnes A Burn- 
Cincinnati* Ricltcy. Mallory ct GQi 
M'GI nnis. Mobile: Randall & Wit 
M., Prinoiji 
IZZ.] 
Trov: Moore A Kims. 
New Orleans: H. D. 
liams.—1861. 
Thb Class-Book of Botany was published in 1845, and was 
the first Flora of the plants of our country, on the Natural 
System of Classification. It was then a great advance on all 
that had appeared from the American press, and so strong 
was the attachment to the Lin naan, or artifical, method, 
that, it was held by many to be premature. But, Its success 
was beyond anticipation. In the following years it was so 
greatly improved by the analytical tables formed bv the 
anthor, to whose great discrimination and tact, shown in 
these tables, the young botanist is under the highest oblige 
f.ions for ease and pleasure it* the examination of plants, that 
it became a favorite work. It was, however, a local Flora, 
embracing the planta north of Virginia and east of Ohio, with 
the. adjoining parts of British America It* extension was 
urged by the friends of Botany at the South, and it ha* 
become a Flora of the 1 nited States east of tho Mississippi, 
except the lower part, of Eastern F torida. Virtually. it 
includes most of the plants, which are found adjacent to the 
western bank of the Mississippi, and the country adjoining 
the great, Lakes and north shore of the St.. Lawrence. 
Only si Pebble! 
Only a pebble! Oh man, that stone which you 
thrust so contemptuously out of your way, is older 
than all else on this earth! When the waters under 
heaven were gathered together unto one place, that 
pebble was there. Who can tell tts the story of those 
first days, when tho earth was In sore travail, when 
her heaving bosom belched forth torrents of fire, vast 
avalanches of hissing, seething water, and volumes 
of deadly vapors? When glowing, blazing streams 
of lava threw a bloody red glare on the ailent., lifeless 
earth, and amidst a trembling and thundering that 
shook the firmament, a thousand volcanoes at mice 
lifted up their fiery heads; when out of the foaming 
waters there rose suddenly the rooky foundations of 
firm land and greeted the light that God had created t 
That pebble was Life’s first offspring on earth. The 
Spirit of God moved on the waters, and life was 
breathed into the very gases that were hid in the 
heart of the vapory globe. They parted in love, they 
parted in hate; they tied and they met. A tom joined 
atom; loving sisters kissed each other, and this love, 
the great child of that Spirit on earth, brought forth 
its first fruit, the pebble! Other stones also arose; 
Thr / V/i/ion of (Ac British Peasant to the Hntish i.anaiora, 
Humbly Camptaminy showeth unto your Honor, 
That your petitioner having ventured upon the liberty (fur 
which he hopes to be pardoned) of having peeped into the 
stable* of your honor (but ho solemnly declares, with no 
evil Intentions and he would not take an oat without leave,) 
has perceived that If thought, sense, and kindness were ever 
...anlfn&teil towards animate. it is in your honor's stables 
Diti nkini} Imi'uhw Water. -Sot a pitcher of iced 
water in a room, inhabited, and in a few hours it will 
have absorbed from the room nearly all tho respired 
and perspired gases of the room, the air of which 
will have become purer, hut the water utterly filthy. 
This depends on tho Tact that tho water has tlm fac¬ 
ulty of condensing, and thereby absorbing all the 
gases, which it does without Increasing its own bulk. 
The older the water is, the greator its capacity to 
contain these gases. At ordinary temperatures a 
pint of water will contain a pint of carbonic acid 
gas, and several pints of ammonia. This capacity is 
nearly doubled by reducing the temperature to that 
of ice. Hence water, kept in the room awhile, is 
always unfit for use, and should he often renewed, 
whether it has become warm or not. And for the 
same reason, the water in a pump stock should all be 
pumped out in the morning before any is used. That 
which has stood in the pitcher over night is not fit 
for coffee-water in the morning. Impure water is 
more injurious to the health than impure air, and 
every person should provide, the means ot obtaining 
dwelling, begging pardon for mentioning such a place,) 
Hopurttto’plAOci iru provided for your honor’s horses, ho that 
they sleep apart, and arc in no way detrimental to one 
another. 
That your petitioner, knowing tho kindness of your honor's 
nature, us shown by this provision, Mid by hundreds of other 
acts of your honor’s, not to speak of your honor’s lady, and 
the young ladies, (all of whom hu humbly wishes a happy 
new year, if ho may be ho bold,) takes tbo liberty to believe 
that your honor cannot know that your petitioner’s cottage, 
on your honor’s estate, is badly built, is uot drained, lias no 
ventilation, has a rotten floor, and Is so cold that Ln the win¬ 
ter the only way your petitioner and his family can keep 
bodies and souls together is by huddling together, adults, 
children, grown up lads and girls, all together in one wretch¬ 
ed bed room, out of whleh they cons* half poisoned by the 
foul air, not to offend your honor’s delicacy by saying any 
thing more than that they ore good for far less work than 
could otherwise bo got out of thorn. 
Your petitioner, therefore, for himself, his wife, four 
grown ip children, and live little ones, 
Humbly prayet.ti unto your honor. 
That you will sk Okxoiooslt Pleased to I beat Him 
I,IKS A lloRSK. 
and work, &c., Ac. 
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Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms. And as the subject is 
receiving increased attention, creating a demand for cheap 
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“ The number, the beauty, and the value of tho illustrations, 
have very justly attracted the attention of students of 
Natural History, and eommended this work as eminently 
worthy of being reproduced in this country; ’ and that " The 
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and enriched with such additional notes as render It morn 
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A SNOW STORM ON MOUNT ROSA. 
In the “ Glaciers of thr Alps," a volume recently 
sent out by John Tyndall, P. It. S„ we have the 
following description of it Snow Storm upon Mount 
Rosa, at an elevation of more than fifteen thousand 
feet above the level of the sea: 
“The fall of anow waa, in fact, aaliower of frozen 
(lowers. All of them were aix-leaved; some of the 
leaves threw out lateral riba like ferna, some were 
rounded, other* arrowy and serrated, some were 
i. Irian rtf. Vi it ru reticulated, but there waa no deviation 
And your petitioner will ever pray 
-It is often a question among peo- 
quainted with the anatomy and 
, whether lying with head exalted 
or level with the body, was tho moat wholesome. 
Most, consulting their own ease on thia point, argue 
in favor of that which they prefer. Now, although 
many delight in bolstering up their heads at night, 
and sleep soundly without injury, yet wo declare it to 
he a dangerous habit. The vessel* in which the blood 
passe* from the. heart to the head are always lessened 
Lying in Bed 
plo who are un 
physiology of in 
I am fond of pets, and like to have a number of 
them about my yard* and barn. It is pleasant to be 
recognized with affection by the animals around us. 
They thrive better under kind treatment than when 
subject to kicks and culls, 
mala to make anreeablr pets, 
dog*, and many 
ing very agreeable, 
Miss Gilbert's Career. An American Story. By J. 0 
Holland, author of “ Bitter Sweet,” “The THtc.omb Let 
ters,’’ “Gold Foil,” Ate. New York: Charles Scnbner. 
Tne author of this story i» already a favorite with the 
reading and lecture going public. In his previous works he 
has shown himself master of a clear and elegant style, fin* 
powers of description, and n dedicate appreciation ol tho 
finer shades of human life and character His admirers were 
possibly justified in expecting of Mr. Holland an abler novel 
than he has written It must be confessed that this book Is 
not so successful In its aim as the Titeomh letters, which gave 
our author the public ear. There aro deficiencies in the 
working out of the details of the story which indicate a want 
of art, and posBibiy of patience, The leading character. 
Blague, is sadly deficient in individuality, and he is described 
rather than portrayed. He certainly fails in impressing 
himself on the reader's mind a* a real personage. The more 
common characters of the story, who are not put prominently 
forward, are well worked out, and display dramatic talent of a 
high order. Notwithstanding these defects, which wo have 
A idtorin of Locust*. 
As wo went quietly through the streets the two 
soldiers by whom T waa escorted raised a sudden cry, 
exclaiming, “Allah! Allah! turn away from us this 
plagne by which we are threatened, and direct it 
toward the land of tho unbelievers!” 
“ Wherefore this cry?” asked I of those who ut¬ 
tered it. 
“Turn your eyes toward the east,” said one. 
T looked in that direction and perceived that the 
horizon was wrapped in gloom, the stars appearing 
as if obscured by a veil; on asking my attendants the 
cause of which, they said: “Do you not see the lo¬ 
custs coming? Allah protect us!” Now a drowsy 
tumult began to vibrate in my ears, increasing in 
There is a choice in ani- 
Bome persona prefer 
of them have the faculty of becom 
1 ' j. But there is always a fearful 
drawback to the pleasure derived from dogs in that 
dreadful malady, hydrophobia. But give me a lamb 
for a pet, tho emblem of innocence while young, ami 
useful when too old for a plaything. 1 have two pet 
sheep which 1 will describe, hoping thereby to en¬ 
courage some of your young readers to choose their 
pets of this useful churn of animals. Their names are 
Tidy and Bokln. They arc a cross between the Cote- 
wold and Leicester, and will bo four years old next 
May. They know their names as well as tho boys, 
aud are prompt to answer when called. They lead 
as well as a horac, and urc useful in taking tho flock 
from field to field. They are well cared for, have a 
stable, stalls, baiters, &c., and are frequently invited 
into the house to sec company, and are much ad¬ 
mired for their stately bearing and dignified manner*. 
They are somewhat aristocratic in their feelings, and 
do not like to associate with common sheep. Tidy 
i* very tall, being three inches taller titan Mr. Raukv s 
famous Shetland pony, girts four feet, and weigh* 
bnrwfvfiri and twentv live pound*. Bokin is more 
[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE OLD NUMBER FOUR PLOW 
BY J. K. RA318A.Y 
Last time I returned to u my father’s plantation,’ 
The vale-dimpled landscapes were vividly green; 
The breeze* were fill’d with the sweet exhalation 
Of flowers aud songs, and the sky was serene. 
My spirit rejoiced In the beauties of summer, 
And fancy took (lights unattemptud before, 
But suddenly sank when I saw a new enraer 
Had taken thn place of the “old number four.” 
My joy was dispell'd by the shadow* of sorrow. 
As all the reverses arose to my view 
Since I Steer’d the old plow, with its share like an arrow, 
Its iron-bound beam aud Its handles of blue. 
How oft in the fields, when the crimson of morning 
Made goldeo tlm mists on night's shadowy shore, 
As the wood-robin welcomed tho daylight returning, 
I turned the brown furrows with “old number four.” 
And all the day blest, with the thrilling reflection 
That soon as the eventide slowly drew near, 
I would clasp to my breast, with a gush of affection, 
My golden-haired Mart, Hie tenderly dear; 
And wander with her, in my rapture a sharer, 
’Neath a roseate sky round earth’s flowery floor, 
Till earth seem'd to fade and the heavens come nearer 
The field that was farrowed by “old number four.” 
Perhaps, after all, Us this rose of our spirits, 
Plucked out from life's wormwood, yet gathered in vain, 
That gives the old plow sneh a “halo of merits,” 
Being mingled with joys that return not again 
But my heart fondly turns from life’* wearisome changes, 
And beats for the beauty that blent it before; 
And loves to contemplate wherever it ranges 
The rapture connected with “ old number four 
Hamilton, C. W., 1861. 
Chamber's Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowi 
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German Conversations Lexicon. Ulustrated by Wood En¬ 
gravings aud Maps. Now York: D. Appleton & Co. 
Tins valuable work has reached its twenty-fourth part, and 
the publishers are faithfully redeeming all pledges made in 
connection with its publication. Celibacy is the closing sub¬ 
ject in the number before us. We cannot conceive of any 
work which would prove more practical in a young man’s 
library than this, and tho mode In which it is published 
(monthly issues, at IS cents each,) renders its procurement a 
comparatively easy task for those of limited means. Liberty 
Hall At Bbo. are the Agents for Rochester. 
THE HUMAN BODY, 
That all the organs wore designed to discharge 
jculiar functions, no one can doubt. If there be 
jsign in a watch, there is design in the construction 
• an ; and i? there is design in the construction 
design in the construction of 
Tattlers.—D on’t you feel a little ashamed, you 
mean, sneaking creature, whoever you are, going 
around and telling what yon hear people say, 
meddling with everybody’s busine**, and making 
mischief generally. Do you want to know my opinion 
of yon. I think you don’t deserve a place upon the 
earth, for there is no spot bad enough for you. I 
don’t despise a right down mean person half so much 
as I do these contemptible, mean decent folk*; for 
the reason that 1 always know just what to expect of 
of an eye, there is 
every organ in the human body. 
Galen, that wonderful man, whoso opinions influ¬ 
enced the medical world for thirteen hundred years 
with unbounded sway, was converted from atheism 
by the dissection of a human body. ^ T or shall we 
deem such an event singular, if we consider, for a 
moment, how wisely ami wonderfully it is made. 
Look at the elements wrought into this animal 
economy; at its structure and functions. What va¬ 
riety of parts! How unlike! How (singular its struc¬ 
ture! How diverse its function*! Here are bones 
and blood, solid* and fluid*; here the opaque muscle, 
and the transparent humour; tho brilliant, adorning, 
vegetating hair; the keenly sensitive nerve; the more 
than curious digestive apparatus; tho breathing lungs 
and beating heart. How various the organs designed 
for multifarious use*! In health they discharge all 
their functions well. 
Here are gathered into one frame, “compacted by I 
that which every joint supplieth,” harmonized, and 
stowed side by side, the most different, conflicting 
I elements — oil and water, acid and alkali, solid and 
fluid, vegetable and animal, iron and oxygen. In 
this organism, all these, and more, not only tolerate 
each other, but harmonize and co-operate together 
for the general good. Kach is indispensable to its 
follow, and one cannot say to the other, “ 1 have no 
need of thee.” Hitch are the elements, not hetero¬ 
geneously commingled, but wisely arranged in this 
body. — Mow to Enjoy Life. 
There is a better principle than that the majority 
j shall rule — it is that justice shall rule. 
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PUNCH ON LABORER’S DWELLINGS 
Thk London Punch is doing a very good work in 
exposing many evils in England, some of which may 
be unknown, and the enormity of other* overlooked 
because so common. The majority ol English farm 
laborers live in cottages on the farm* where they are 
employed. For the use of these they pay a certain 
rent, or as is generally the case, they receive certain 
wages with the use of the cottage. Many ot these 
dwellings are unlit for the habitation ot human 
beings, aud great efforts have been made by the 
benevolent for their improvement, and not without 
some success. Prince Albert has been very active 
in this movement. Punch, it seems, was invited by 
Little drops of raiu brighten the meadows, and 
little acts of kindness brighten the world. 
