conform to chemical laws. The economical reduc¬ 
tion from their ores of copper, tin, zinc, lead, silver, 
iron, are in a great measure questions of chemistry. 
Sugar-r e kning, gas-making, soap-boiling, gunpowder 
manufacture, are operations all partly chemical; as 
are also those by which are produced glass and por- 
celian. Whether the distiller’s wort stops at the 
alcoholic fermentation or passes into the acetous, is 
a chemical question on which hangs hia profit or 
loss; and the. brewer, if his business is sufficiently 
large, finds it pay to keep a chemist on his premises. 
Glance through a work on technology, and it 
becomes at once apparent that there is now scarcely 
any process in the arts or manufactures over some 
part of which chemistry does not preside. A nd then, 
lastly, we come to the fact that In these times, agri¬ 
culture, to be profitably carried ou. must have like 
guidance. The analysis of manures and soils; their 
adaptations to each other; the use of gypsum or 
other substance for fixing ammonia; the utilization 
of coprolites: the production of artificial manures,— 
all these are boons of chemistry which It behooves 
tbe farmer to acquaint himself with. Be it in the. 
lueifer match, or in disinfected sewage, or in photo¬ 
graphs,— in bread made without fermentation, or 
perfume extracted from refuse, we may perceive that 
chemistry afl’ecta all our industries; and that, by 
consequence, knowledge of it concerns every one 
who is directly or indirectly connected with our in¬ 
dustries.—“ Education, Intellectual, Moral and Physi¬ 
calby Herbert Spencer. 
TT, ,|T Afl) UTHRr. IDBXJ S*””.— 
pp 3Q> ] Buffalo: H. H. Otis—1861. 
It unsaid that "rushing into print is a disease." If our 
recent*experience is to be depended upon, we might add 
that I is infectious, and contributors to the Rural are 
spefilBr liable to attack Nor is this predisposition a matter 
0 f render. If it is their good fortune to please and gratify 
theliterary tastes of the people through the columns of the 
„ Xiy press why should not the convenient form the book- 
cuker imparts be given to their productions? In the special 
.L, tie fore ns, however, there are additional reasons for 
j^pearing. and these the preface thus details:—“In this age 
/ feminine supremacy, it appears to be the unavoidable duty 
tif every young lady to either cater to refined taste in the 
/lecture room, glide through the skeleton-hung halls of 
pharmacy, or set her cap— her thinking cap, of course—over 
/ the luxuriance of her shingled tresses, and treat the world— 
I the t norld, ladies and gentlemen.—to a book. Having thus 
decided. ITi.au results. Those of our subscribers who have 
formed a literary acquaintance with Hiss Joxes, will appre¬ 
ciate the opportunity afforded for the procurement of her 
verses in the tasty garb with which they are decked. There 
are many in our parish of reader*. however, who have not 
enjoyed this privilege—tho-e whom wo hare had tbe pleasure 
of visiting for only (he f> w brief weeks which have elapsed 
since the Now Tear—and in *ucli we recommend ite pernaiL 
The pure, unaffected, and simple in poesy, has been sought 
after in the volume Vfrre us, and attained. We cannot 
refrain from quoting the dedication:—"To my Father, who, 
for more than six years, has joyfully heard the harps of the 
blessed; aad my Mother, who, tarrying yet, kindly listens to 
; - fnatri preluding strains of my own little h-’-i thesehumble 
son - are lovingly inscribed." For sale by D«r* 0 W k Buo. 
Dear Brothers: — In looking over a paper to-day, 
my eye chanced to notice the following paragraph, 
as being particularly appropriate for farmer as well 
as all other boys: 
“Young man, don't he a loafer — don't call yourself a 
loafer — don’t keep loafers’ company —don’t bo hanging 
about loafing places. Better work hard all day for nothing’ 
than be lounging in stores, bar-rooms, or around street cor¬ 
ners, with your hands in your pockets." 
No, “don't keep loafers’ company," for if you do, 
you’ll be a loafer yourself,—you cannot associate 
with rowdies without becoming in some measure 
contaminated, Twas no later than early last eve¬ 
ning, while passing by a store and glancing in, that I 
saw no less than a dozen or fifteen men and boys 
sitting ou the counters, boxes, &o,, and I wondered 
if not at that very time four-tenths of the man por¬ 
tion of the world were similarly employed. T don't 
believe a merchant wants a gang of loafera obstruct¬ 
ing his store, or an editor idlers in his office. It has 
always been a mystery to me why men cannot learn 
to “ mind their oum business." If a man has no 
business in a Btoro or office, he should stay out, and 
by so doing, avoid much mischief, and save much 
unnecessary trouble. 
Now, farmer boys, this reform depends mostly 
upon you. We are all apt to imitate our superiors, 
and you, holding the proudest position in the world, 
can exert more lullueuce than any others. 1 think 
brothers, you can sot an example that your fathers 
would do well to imitate, and that is, show an energy 
and promptness, In the ordinary business affairs of life. 
I have frequently known farmers to visit a neigh¬ 
boring village or town for the purpose of transact¬ 
ing business thut could be accomplished in half an 
hour, and yet spend nearly a whole day. The farmer, 
above all other men, needs to economize his time. 
There is so much to be done on a farm, — the fences 
need repalriug, (door-yard fences,) the girls want the 
shrubbery trimmed, the climbing roses need racks, 
and a thousand other things that tbe farmer should 
do, and would, if he only knew how to spend the timo. 
You have the time to spend, farmers, and you too, 
farmers’ boys, if you will only improve your time to 
the best advantage. I nstead of lounging about stores, 
or street corners, or stopping every other man to 
harangue about politics, you should he beautifying 
your homes, benefiting yourselves, or cultivating 
your intellects. 
Among the many things that GOD has given for our 
happiness, are the flowers, Some. farmers (not all, by 
any means,) think it quite beneath their dignity to 
cultivate flowers. But, sirs, I would like to have you 
understand that Gon did not think it beneath his 
dignity to make flowers, and it is not beneath yours 
to cultivate them. Farmers’ daughters generally have 
a desire to have their homes ornamented with Na¬ 
ture's jewels, but arc prevented sometimes, because 
the dooryard has no enclosure with which to prevent 
its being a genuine rendezvous for the horses, cattle 
and pigs. If you wish to render your country a val¬ 
uable service, brothers, you can do it in no bettor 
way than in building a tasty yard fence, and trans¬ 
planting some of the niceBt evorgreens in your fath¬ 
er's forest (those that are transplantable,) into the 
dooryard. Your sisters will tend to the smaller 
shrubbery. It would be a profitable expenditure ot 
Youthful Years of Lord Bacon. 
No one lapse is known to have blurred the beauty 
of his youth. No rush of mad young blood ever 
drives him into brawls. To men of less temper and 
generosity than his own—to Decereaux and Montjoy, 
to Percy and Vere, to Sackville and Bruce—he leaves 
the glory of Calais sands and Marylebone Park. If 
he be weak on the score of dress and pomp; if he 
dote like a young girl on flowers, on scents, on gay 
colors, on the trappings of a horse, the ins and outs 
of a garden, the furniture of a room; he neither 
drinkB nor games, nor runs wild and lose in love. 
Armed with the most winning way3, the most glow 
ing lip at court, he hurts no husband’s peace, he 
drags no woman's name into the mire. He seeks no 
victories like those of Essex; he boms no shame 
like Raleigh into the cheek of one ho loves. No lady 
Rich, as in Sydney’s immortal line, has cause 
“To blush when he Is named.” 
When the passions fan out in most men, poetry 
flowers out in him. Old when a child, he seem3 to 
grow younger as he grows in years. Yet with all 
hia wisdom he is not too wise to be a dreamer of 
dreams; for while busy with his books in Paris, he 
gives ear to a ghostly intimation of his father's death. 
All his pores lie open to external nature. Birds and 
flowers delight his eye; his pulse beats quick at the 
sight of a fine horse, a ship in full sail, a soft sweep 
of country; everything holy, innocent and gay, acts 
ou his spirits like wine on a strong mao’s blood. 
Joyous, hopeful, and swift to do good, slow to think 
ovil, he leaves on every one who meets him a sense 
of friendliness, of peace and power. The serenity of 
his spirit keeps his Intellect bright, his affections 
warm; and just as he had left the halls of Trinity 
with his mind unwarped, so lie now, when duty calls 
him from France, quits the galleries of the Louvre 
and St. Cloud with his morals pure.—“ Personal His¬ 
tory of Lord Bacon,' 1 by Wm. Hkpwokth Dixon. 
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Cassell's serial publication., ire exceedingly popular in 
England, sud when well known, will be equally so in this 
country, being works of real m rit. and not mere picture 
books got up for show and sale, df« itAve received no serial 
the present year with which we U * becX more interested, 
or better pleased, than in Caisetl'S Natural History, Each 
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paper, and profusely illustrated with engravings of the finest 
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parts, and habits of tbe different animals described, and are 
of great assistance to the student of natural history. The 
letter press descriptions are clear and interesting, and the 
general arrangement of the work is all that could be desired. 
Each part 16 cents, to be obtained of the publishers. 
death,—who accepts the terms, let him follow me." 
They followed to a man. Day after day were 
they harrassed by the enemy, and it was at length 
found expedient to disband, each to seek a shelter 
for himself. Our hero was now hunted aa a wild 
beast, and while thus pursued, his wife, who had 
clung to him amid u|I his perils, died of exhaustion 
and fatigue. After her demise, Garibaldi made hia 
way to Genoa, and thence to the United States. 
Upon his arrival in this country he modestly de¬ 
clined all demonstrations, took up his residence upon 
Stateu Island, and earned his support by labor, lie 
had with him a friend named Mkuocl to whom one 
day he said, “We are all idle; you are a man of busi¬ 
ness; you know a good deal about chemistry and 
machine work; why can’t you suggest some employ¬ 
ment which will make our lives and those of our 
friends here more comfortable and Independent?” 
“I can," replied Mjtncoi. “Let us make candles. I 
know u process by which tallow can be transformed 
Into a hard, transparent, and sperm-liko substance, 
from which candles can be made more economical 
thnn any yet in use.” “Good!” said Garibaldi. 
“Everybody wants light, and who knows hut that 
one day we’ll make your candles light the universe. 
Let’s get to work at once.” To work they accord¬ 
ingly went. An opera singer named Sai.vi furnished 
means, and a copartnership tvas formed under tho 
name and style of Salyi, Mhucci, and Garibaldi,- 
the first representing cash, the second, ingenuity, and 
tho third, labor. Tho candles, when manufactured, 
wera sold to Avkzzant, then a New York commis¬ 
sion merchant, now u General with Garibaldi, — and 
the work went on. Tn course of time a manufactory 
was erected, which has since degenerated into a 
drinking saloon, and in the vary bar-room where 
amid tho enthusiastic vivas of a German and Italian 
crowd is now drunk his success, the great Italian 
was in the habit of sweating over his vats. 
But his restless spirit would not permit this quiet. 
Once more he is upon the ocean. Ho visits Califor¬ 
nia, Chinn, and Europe, and finally returns to Italy. 
His late transactions are so familiar to the American 
public that we need not recount them. As an illustra¬ 
tion of the eminent character and love borne him by 
the King and people of Italy, we make the following 
extract from the correspondence of one of our Ameri¬ 
can Journals: 
“Tho political men who surround the King evince 
the necessity of feeling their own way, and to guess 
what might give pleasure to Garibaldi. ‘What 
would lie have?’ said one of them to one. 1 Gari¬ 
baldi’s character, on account of his immense virtues, 
of bis heroic self-denial, Is a very difficult one to deal 
with. One does not know how to lay hold of him. 
What could we offer him? The rank of Marshal? 
Ho will not accept it, out of regard for ClALDtNt. 
The great cordon of the Anuunziata? Ho would 
answer lie wears no orders. The title of Prince 
of Calatafimi? lie would say his name is Goiseppe 
Garibaldi, and he is quite light if he objects to 
change his name. A pension to Garibaldi? It 
would only offend him. An estate? He would say 
Caprera Is all he wants.” 
The Phrenological Journal, speaking of his physi¬ 
cal conformation, says:—“A nobler-looking man was 
never made. He is about the medium height, and 
finely proportioned. His face is sad in its expres- 
OmsKrrE Garibaldi; and if any living person is 
worthy of this attention, we are not aware upon 
whom it could be more properly bestowed. A patriot 
from youth, his life has been devoted to the elevation 
of those upon whose heads the hand of tyranny has 
been heavily laid, and his achievements in behalf of 
the oppressed are household words. 
Garibaldi was born at Nice, in Italy, on the 4th of 
July, 1806, and is, consequently, about fifty-four 
years old. His father was a mariner, and our hero 
was early Indoctrinated into the mysteries of sea 
craft,, and taught to disregard its dangers. Acquir¬ 
ing the rudiments of an education with avidity, he 
became a sailor. The principles of mathematics and 
the natural sciences were among his favorite studies. 
Hia love of learning never deserted him, and during 
his early years one of his chief delights was histori¬ 
cal reading. In thus commencing with the past, he 
discovered what had been tho glory and power of bis 
native country, ho saw what she was in her debase¬ 
ment and degradation, and his bold heart throbbed 
with aspirations For her redemption. 
Garibaldi followed his profession with vigilance, 
making voyages to various portions of Italy, the 
Levant and the Black Sea. It was during one of 
these voyages, says the Phrenological Journal, that 
he first went to Rome, and there, amid the mono 
merits of her former splendor and greatness, and the 
many evidences of her existing poverty and distress, 
he conceived the hope of her resurrection. When 
told that a society of young Italians was already in 
being, who had devoted their Lyqft to the glorious 
work, the dincoviriy fll'e 4 Anspfoikubie Joy. 
He, of course, eagerly enrolled himself among their 
number, and when the uprising of 1834 took place, 
be became a prominent actor in the eventful scenes. 
But the movement proved disastrous In its results, 
and Garibaldi among others was condemned to 
death. Making his escape in disguise from Genoa, 
he navigated tho Mediterranean for somo time alone, 
anil finally succeeded in reaching the coast of France, 
whence he took passage in a friendly vessel to Brazil. 
•Finding the patriots of La Plata in arms, he engaged 
in their service as a naval officer, and soon mingled 
in their public affairs. 
In 1848, Italy became a scene of turmoil, and Gari¬ 
baldi Immediately set sail for his native shores. He 
arrived ut Rome in time to anticipate Mazzini, Avkz- 
zan'i, and others, in their earlier efforts to organize 
the Republic. His known ability pointing him out 
as one of the men best fitted to conduct the military 
defense of the nation in case of attack, lie was ap¬ 
pointed a General of a body known as the Legion, 
which was composed of the bravest and most accom¬ 
plished among those designated as “Young Ttaly.” 
We cannot enter into detail concerning the stirring 
incidents of the campaign against France, Austria, 
anil Naples,— it is enough to say that they were 
worthy of the noble spirits who battled, and of the 
cause in which they had periled everything. But 
they struggled in vain against the triple combination. 
Rome was taken, the sorrowful city was compelled to 
surrender, hut Garibaldi and his noble-spirited young 
soldiers refused to lay down thelrarms. They resolved 
to force their way to a'safe place of refuge. Their 
leader’s speech on that occasion would have done no 
dishonor to Bmmrsorthe Gracchi. “Soldiers!” he 
said, “ in recompense of the love you may show your 
country, I offer you hunger, thirst, cold, war, and 
C , IU,L’( I LLTTSTKATHD HISTORY OK ENGLAND. The Text 
by J. T. Smith to the reign of Edward I, and from that 
period by William Howitt. London and New York. 
Wf. have received several numbers of the above beautiful 
and valuable publication, and have been very greatly inter 
ested in its pernasl. The author* have evidently brought all 
their mental forces to the task, and whiln the subject-matter 
is pre.-inte-rl in a pleasing and attractive form, the truth of 
hv-tory is not hidden from the eye of thn render. Tho wood 
engravings—of which from forty to eighty are given in each 
part—have been prepared in the best style of the art. Each 
number contains sixty pages of letter press, and these are 
sold at 15 cents. Address Cassell, Pkttkh A Galplv, 37 
Park Row. New York 
North British Review Reprinted by Leonard Scott*Go., 
New York. 
The February number of this excellent Review Is before 
u», and the contents are fully up to the standard. Eleven arti 
cles are presented, aa follows.—India Convalescent; Shelley 
and hia recent Biographers; Large Farms and the Peasantry 
of the Scottish Lowlands; Lord Dundonald, Modern Necro¬ 
mancy; Engineering and Engineers; The Political Press — 
French, British, and German; Home Ballads and Poems; 
Hessey's Hampton Lecture; Dr. Carlisle * Autobiography; 
L-tU Palm, i -Ann end our Foreign PoUCV With the present 
issue begins Volumo XXIX of tbe American edition. D. M. 
Dkwky is the Rochester agent. 
FACTS IN THE HISTORY OF GLASS 
History of thk United Netherlands: From the Death of 
Willi an the Silent to the Synod of Dort, With a Full View of 
the Engllsh-Dute.h Struggle against Spain, and of the 
Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By John 
Lotuhok Motley, I.L. D., D C. L., Corresponding Mem- 
hex of tlin Institute of Franco, author of ' The Rise of 
the Dutch Republic ” Volume 1. |8vo,—pp. 632.) New 
York: Harper A Bros. Rochester— Stkklk k Avkky . 
Mkkokwcs or Castile, or, The Voyage of Calhav By J. 
FKNlMOHK COOKER. Illustrated from Drawings by F. 6. C. 
Dari.ky. (P.’mo.—pp 530.) New York: W A. 'Townsend 
* Co. Rochester—L Rut A Bito , Subscription Agents. 
The PrertrrtTv.es and Practice op Land Drainage: Embrac¬ 
ing a Brief History or Uoderdruining; a Detailed Examina 
tion of its Operation and Advantages; a Description of 
Variou* Kinds of Drains, with Practical Directions for 
their Construction- the Manufacture of Drain-Tile, etc. 
Illustrated by nearly One Hundred Engraving*. By John 
H. Kmkkaht, author of tbe " Wheat Plant," Correspond¬ 
ing Secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, etc. 
(lomo.—tip. 454.J Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. [From 
the Publishers. 
Ter Romance ok the Revolution Beings History of the 
Peisoual Adventure* Romantic Incidents, and Exploits 
incidental to The War of Independence. Illustrated 
(lfimo.—pp. 444 ] Philadelphia: 0. G. Evans. [From the 
Publisher. 
Thk Old Loo School House. Furniture' I with Incident* of 
School Life, Notes of Travel, Poetry, Hints to Teacher* 
and Pupils, and Miscellaneous Sketches. Illustrated. By 
Alex. Gi.akk, Editor of ‘ Clark’s School Visitor,” [16m o. 
pp. 288) Philadelphia: Leary, Getz & Co. [From the 
Publishers. 
Tim Children'* Biiilk Picture Book. Illustrated with 
Eighty Engravings. |pp. 32l ] New York: Harper & Bros. 
Rochester— Stkelk & Avery. 
Pamkinna. and other Poems By Tiios. Baily Aldrich. 
[pp. 72. J New York: Rudd & Carle-ton. Rochester— Adams 
A t Dabney. 
Flirtation, and What Came of It. A Comedy in Five Acta. 
By Frank fi. Goodrich, [pp. 92.] New York: Rudd k 
Carleton. Rochester— Adams k Dabney. 
One ok Tiikm. By Cbarlks Levrr. author of “Charles 
O'Malley.'' etc. [8vo.—pp. 187.] New York: Harper k 
s. Bros. Rochester— Stkklk k Avery. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorker: — Herewith I send you 
a short sketch of the history of Glass, believiug that 
it will he interesting to many of your readers. 
Two thousand years ago or upward, a company of 
merchants who had on board their ships a cargo of 
nitre, were driven by the winds on the shores of Gali¬ 
lee, close to a small stream that runs from the foot of 
Mount Garmcl. Being here weather bound until tho 
storm abated, they mado preparations for cooking 
their food on the beach; and not finding stones to 
rest their vessels upon, they used some lumps of nitre 
for that purpose, placing their kettles on the top, and 
lighting a strong fire underneath. As the heat in¬ 
creased, the nitre Blowly melted away, and flowing 
down the beach, mixed with the sand, forming, when 
cooled, a beautiful, transparent substance, which ex 
cited the astonishment of the beholders. 
A great many years afterwards, towards tho close of 
the fifteenth century, an artificer, whose name is not 
known, accidentally spilled some of the material he 
was melting. Being in a fluid state, it ran over the 
ground until it found its way under one of the large 
llag-stones with which the place was paved, and lie 
was obliged to take up the stone to recover his glass. 
By this timo it had grown cold, and to his surprise 
he found from the flatness of the surface beneath the 
stone, it had taken the form of a slab, — a form 
which could not be produced by any process of blow¬ 
ing then in use. 
.Such was the accident that led to the discovery of 
the art of casting Plate-Glass. Wm. A. Kellogg. 
East Scott, Cort. Co., N. Y., 1861. 
Tub charms of the flowery month of May and of the 
leafy June have been ofton described, as well as the 
fading glories of October, and the enjoyments of the 
bleak winter; hut March, whom almost every one 
calls a blustering old fellow, has charms for me. 
Aside from the remembrance of the joys of sugar 
weather, which this month usually inaugurates in 
that distant and favored land, called “ Down East,” I 
like it. What is more agreeable than a bright March 
morning, after a long cold winter. The snow has dis¬ 
appeared or retreated to the corners of the fences; 
the hoys appear to take a parting slide on the few 
patches of ice which remains; the fowls come 
forth in crowds, for the first time in some months, 
and you hear their cheerful cackling from the wood- 
pile and hay-stack, culling up visions of fresh 
eggs In abundance; the farmer begins to talk 
about seed wheat, and discuss, with unusual ani¬ 
mation, the comparative value of the different 
crops. Joyous activity reigns in every department 
of the farm. Other months of the year have each 
their own delights, but March seems to be truly the 
season of hopeful anticipation, b. c. d. 
Geneva, Wis., 1861. 
but the tone was not harp-like, and there was not a 
breath of wind. Then it swelled and approached; 
and then it seemed to lie miles away in a moment; 
and again it moaned, as if under my very feet. It 
was, in fact, almoBt under my feet. It was the voice 
of the winds imprisoned under tne pall of ice sud¬ 
denly cast over them by tho peremptory power of the 
frost. Nobody there had made air holes, for the 
place was a wilderness; and there was no escape for 
the winds, which must moan on till the spring 
warmth should release them. They were fastened 
down in silence; but they would come out with an 
explosion, when, in some still night, after a warm 
spring day, the ice would blow up, anil make a crash 
and a racket from r.hnro to shore. So I was told at 
my host's that evening, where I arrived with some¬ 
thing of the sensation of a haunted man. It had 
been some timo before the true idea struck me, and 
meanwhile the rising and falling moan made my very 
heart thrill again.— Once a IVtxk. 
FREAKS OF THE FUNGI 
The fungus is a kindly friend— a fearful foe. We 
like him as a mushroom. We dread him as the dry 
rot. He may be preying on your roses, or eating 
through the corks of your claret. He may get into 
your cornfield. A fungus has eaten np the vine in 
Madeira, the potato in Ireland. A fungus may creep 
through your castle and leave it dust. Fungi are mostat 
home upon holes of old trees, logs of wood, naked walls, 
pestilential wastes, old damp carpets, and other such 
tilings as men cast out from their own homes. They 
dwell also in damp wine cellars, much t.o the satis¬ 
faction of the wine merchant, when they hang about 
the wall3 in black, powdery tufts, and much to his 
dissatisfaction when a particular species, whose 
exact character is unknown, first attacks the corks of 
his wine bottles, destroying their texture, and at 
length impregnates the wine with such an unpleasant 
taste and odor as to render it unsaleable; more still 
to his dissatisfaction when another equally obscure 
species, after preying upon the corks, sends down 
branched threads into the precious liquid, and at 
length reduces it to a mere caput inortuum. — Athemeum. 
Veneered houses, as they are called, are becoming 
quite common in some parts of New York and New 
England. We do not think they can be recommend¬ 
ed for their cheapness, though they seem to possess 
many other good qualities. The following is the 
manner in which the veneering is done:—The house 
i3 built as all balloon frames—lined with one inch 
boards ou the outside—the foundation wall must ex¬ 
tend far enough beyond the sills for the brick to rest 
on, the brick all laid up in good mortar so as to pre¬ 
sent a face 2 by 8 inches; and when the wall is laid 
up live bricks high, drive a five-inch spike into each 
studding; let the head of the spike be held close to 
the brick, that it may, in driving, scrape itself into 
the brick, thereby holding it firm and tight. Spike 
every tier of five bricks, until finished. Studding 
here are generally 15 inches apart; it will, therefore, 
take one Bpike for every five bricks high and fifteen 
inches long; 7) bricks lay up one square foot. Old 
frame buildings with weather-boarding on, can be 
veneered the same way, and if not plumb, you can 
fill the space between the boards and brick with 
mortar, to keep out rats and mice. In an old frame 
house, you will have to make the foundation walls 
wider that the bricks may have a resti ug place. The ad¬ 
vantages claimed over brick houses are, that they are 
much safer in a storm, and always dry, and no damp¬ 
ness whatever; and over a frame house, they are 
much warmer, and do not need painting every few 
years, which is quite a saving; and lastly, will last at 
Least one generation longer. 
The Man of Force. 
There is always room for a man of force, and he 
makes room for many. Society is a troop of thinkers, 
and the best heads among Itiem take the best places. 
A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and 
tilled, the houses that are built. The strong man 
sees the possible houses and farms. His eye makes 
estates, as fast as the snu breeds clouds .—“Conduct 
of Life," by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
Agriculture in Schools.— The “Union School” 
ut - Huntington, L. I., has adopted a plan Hint may be 
imitated to advantage by other schools. It is a juve¬ 
nile agricultural society, which holds annual exhibi¬ 
tion*, and awards prizes, a* in other similar exhibi¬ 
tions by children of a larger growth. The premiums 
are confined to articles produced by the pupils, male 
and female, but articles for exhibition are contributed 
by parents and friends, to make the fair more attrac¬ 
tive. The prizes competed for, are composed of 
books, agricultural papers, tools, and small sums in 
cash, for the boys; and thimbles, scissors, needles, 
workbaskets, teaspoons, etc., for the girls. For the 
best loaf of Graham bread, a kneading bowl and 
rolling pin are offered. There Is no doubt that such 
an addendum to a school may prove highly beneficial 
to the pupils, in a hygienic, moral, and industrial 
point of view.— Exchange. 
Recuperative Force in Children. 
We watch in children with pathetic interest the 
degree in which they possess recuperative force. 
M hen they are hurt by us, or by each other, or go to 
the bottom of the class, or miss the annual prizes, or 
are beaten in tho game,— if they lose heart, and 
remember the mischance in their chamber at home, 
they have a serious check. But if they have the 
buoyancy and resistance that pre-occupies them with 
new interest in the new moment, — the wounds cica¬ 
trize, and the fibre is the tougher for the hurt.— Ibid. 
The Highest Buildings in the World.— The fol¬ 
lowing list of lofty buildings is taken from the French 
scientific almanac ( Aunuaire par le Bureau des Longi¬ 
tudes ,) for I860. The measurement is above the 
earth in each case, (uut above the sea:) 
Highest Egyptian Pyramid .. . 470 
Tower of the Strashurg Cathedral ..—... .403.90 
TowerofSt. Etienne (Vienna) .......452.7ft 
Ball of Ht. Fetei « (Rome) over the dome.. .433 
Tower of Michael’s (Hamburg) __ 426.30 
“ The Arrow " of Antwerp Church___363.70 
St. Paul's at London------360.90 
The Milan Cathedral Tower...357 60 
Pantheon at Pari*---259.18 
To the above may be added the chimney of Messrs. 
Tcunaut’s chemical works iu Glasgow, which is 450 
feet in height. 
FROST MUSIC, 
I was once belated in Canada on a tine winter day, 
aad was riding over the hard snow on the margin of 
a wide lake, when the most faint and mournful wail 
that could break a solemn silence seemed to pass 
through me like a dream, I stopped my horse and 
listened. For some time I could not satisfy myself 
whether the music was in the air or in my own brain. 
1 thought of the pine forest which was not far off; 
Chemistry iu the Work ol' Education. 
Still more numerous are the bearings of Chem¬ 
istry on those activities by which meu obtain the 
means of living. The bleacher, the dyer, the calico- 
printer, are severally occupied in processes that are 
well or ill done according aa they do or do not 
Confession of a fault makes half amends, 
