HOW TO BURN COAL, 
ABOUT CAMPHOR, 
Nine out of ten who attempt to burn coal in a 
stove, waste about as much coal as is necessary 
to be consumed tor the obtaining of all the heat 
desirable. Observe the following simple rules, 
suggested by a cotemporary, and few who adopt 
the burning of coal will return to wood fires. 
We will suppose the Btove to be cleaned out: 
First—To make a coal dre—put in a double 
handful of shavings, or use kindling wood in¬ 
stead. Fill the earthen cavity (If the stove has 
one) nearly full of chunks of dry wood, say four 
or six inches in length. On the top put about 
a dozen lumps of egg coal. In ten minutes add 
about, t weuty lumps more of coal. As soon as 
the wood has burned out, fill the cavity half to 
two-thirds full of coaL Thu fire will be a good 
one. The coal will, by these directions, become 
thoroughly ignited. 
Second—Never fill a stove more than half or 
two-thirds full of coal, even in the cdldest 
weather. 
Third—When the fire is low, never shake the 
grate or disturb the ashes; but add from ten to 
fifteen small lumps of coal, and set the draft 
open. When these are heated through, and 
somewhat ignited, add the amount necessary for 
new fire, hut do not disturb the ashes yet. Let 
the draft be open hall an hour. Now shake out 
the ashes. The coal will be thoroughly ignited, 
and will keep the stove at a high heat from 
Bix to twelve hours according to the coldness of 
the weather. 
Fourth—For very cold weather. After the 
fire is made, according to rules first and third, 
add every hour twelve or twenty lumps of coal. 
You will fiud that the ashes made each hour will 
be in about that rate.— Albany Argun. 
iHAT solid, concrete substance called Cam¬ 
phor, is known to all our young readers, for we 
doubt if there is any one thing more generally 
found in the houses throughout the country. 
Some one has said, “concerning the simplest 
and most familiar objects men are too apt to bo 
the least informed,” and os this mav he tin*. 
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2. 0, sing ye tlie merry, merry song, so bold ! 
And sing of days of old; 
When the stars of the night sparkled bright as now, 
And wo pledged to continue for ever true, 
As when first our chorus rolled. 
3. 0, sing ye the merry, merry song to-night! 
And sing tho hour's swift, flight, 1 
Sing of Ilira who together has brought us here, 
Sing of Him who 1ms rnado ub to each so dear; 
0, sing the glad song to-night. 
mit, shows how the iron pathway is mounting 
the great hills of the Pacific slopes of the conti¬ 
nent. At Cisco, which the completed road has 
now reached, the locomotive streams on a spot 
as high as Mount Washington, the highest 
of our New England tnonutains: 
Distance (Miles.) Ectevation (Feet.) 
Sacramento. — . 54 
Arcade. 7#. 78 
Antelope. 15 180 
Junction... 18 18!l 
Rocklin. 22 280 
Pino. 25 420 
Newcastle. . 31 980 
Auburn.... 38 1.385 
Clipper Gap. 42 1.786 
Col'ax. 82 2,443 
Gold Run.Gfjtf. ... 3,245 
Dutch Flat. 67 3,425 
Alia. 69 8,825 
Cisco . 93 5,911 
Summit.106V; 7,012 
Some of the structures of the work on the 
last section of tho road arc grandly massive. 
A California journal says one culvert, at the 
crossing of Canuon Creek, is a noble piece of 
solid masonry twenty-eight (ect in height and 
llfty-fonr feet. In breadth. The forcstB of tower¬ 
ing pines — the towering mountain peaks nnd 
jawnlng rifts and chasms, traversed by the rail, 
road between Alta and Cisco, present a sublime 
panorama, which is destined to be a favorite 
study for tho art loving tourist, not only during 
our day, but one which will be contemplated 
with no less delight by unborn generations. 
WHERE OUR FARMERS’ SONS CAN SPEND 
THE WINTER TO ADVANTAGE. 
CAM PH OU TREK AND LEAP. 
“There are several known varieties ot cam¬ 
phor. The two most familiar in commerce, are 
the camphor of Japan, called also Dutch cam¬ 
phor, because It la usually bronght to Europe 
by the Dutch, and the Chinn or Formosa cam¬ 
phor. Every part of the camphor tree (Lanrux 
ramphora) Is impregnated with tho perfume. It 
is extracted by chopping the branches and boil¬ 
ing them In water; the camphor rises to tho 
surlaeo and becomes solid, when the water is 
afterwards allowed to cool. 
The odor of the camphors is powerful, very 
characteristic, and to many persons very agreea¬ 
ble. It ia used for 6ccnting soaps, tooth pow¬ 
ders, and numerous other preparations for the 
toilet. 
What is called Borneo camphor is obtained 
from a different tree, ( Dryobalanops,) but by the 
action of nitric acid is converted into common 
camphor. An artificial camphor also is pre¬ 
pared from oil of turpentine; but It does not 
possess the composition or fragrance of the 
laurel camphor, and cannot ho used as a substi- 
stttute for it.” 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker 
TEMPTATION: 
MAN AND BEAST ALIKE ITS VICTIMS, 
TELEGRAPH FAC SIMILES, 
Editor. My son, having received great good by 
a course of training at your College, and having 
visited the Institution aiul studied your system 
of Business Education, I enclose these few lines, 
which you arc at liberty to use. 
Whatever our magnificent country is to be¬ 
come, depends on our young men. What our 
young men are to become depends on their hav¬ 
ing a perfect knowledge of a few things. I have 
a nettled conviction that commercial prosperity 
cuuuot exist, unless it rests on tho prosperity of 
the common people. To give to the puoplo 
profitable and constant employment, there must 
be expert and intelligent, commercial leaders. 
These leaders must he able to organize industry, 
fo give employment in places where tho masses 
are idle, and to bring order out of disorder. 
Our success as a nation has arisen from obeying 
this law. But, for want of system, young men 
groped blindly, they lost preeious time, and 
many of their host efforts were expended in cor¬ 
recting errors. 
8o great is the money capital of our country, 
so sharp is the competition, so great ia the value 
of time, and so expert have leading business 
men become, that young men no longer have a 
chance to excel, and hardly to succeed, unless 
with a commercial education. 
The first step in this education is the writing 
of a good hand. Many undervalue this. Many 
think they write well when they do not under¬ 
stand the first principles. A young man who 
writes a good band lias laid the foundation of 
future success. In acquiring it. he exercises 
higher faculties than are supposed. 
First, he learns to analyse. Second, he devel- 
ure to he noosed. Tho other one wa9 a shy, 
mischievous, frisky, tricky rascal, and seemed 
to glory in the character. When approaching 
him, with the halter, he would give a glance of 
recognition, seeming to say, “It is all right; 
I am ready for the noose," and keep on feed¬ 
ing ; but the moment a hand was extended 
towards the mane, up would go the head, and 
around wound come the heels, and, with a leer, 
a kick, and a squeal, away he would go to the 
extremity of the pasture, where, facing about, 
would seem to say, by his acts, “ Well, my lit¬ 
tle fellow, what do you think of that ?” 
One morning I took a small measure of oats 
to the pasture. The quiet horse came forward 
and took a nip from it. Ills companion ap- 
prouched too, gave a sniff—played off and on, 
finally circling around, but gradually nearing 
the point of attraction. The measure was then 
placed upon the ground, the noose of the halter 
encircling it. Slowly the tempted one comes 
forward, reaches the measure, and down goes 
his muzzle into the oats, and up over his head 
slides the halter, and he is caught. He did not 
relish the trick: tried to break away but failed 
—the victim of Temptation. 
It is by no means unlikely that during that 
day of humiliation, a horse vow against yielding 
again to temptation was registered—an assump¬ 
tion warranted by the performance of the suc¬ 
ceeding morning. The oat-dish dodge was re¬ 
peated. Tho horse pranced abont in high 
spirits; leered, kicked, and cantered away to 
as before. 
Childhood Poetry.— That was a beautiful 
idea iu the mind of the little girl, who, ou be¬ 
holding a rose bush where, on the topmost 
stem, the oldest rose was falling, while below 
and around It three beautiful crimson buds were 
just unfolding their charms, at once and art¬ 
lessly exclaimed to her brother, “ Sec, Willie, 
tliore little buds have just awakened iu time to 
kiss their mother before she dies!” 
FACTS IN HUMAN LIFE, 
The number of languages and dialects spoken 
in the world amounts to 3,00-1. The Inhabitants 
of the globe profess more than 1,000 different 
religions. The number of men is about equal to 
the number of women. The average of human 
life about thirty-three years. One quarter die 
previous to the age of seven years, one-half be¬ 
fore reaching seventeen, and those who pass this 
age enjoy a felicity refused to one-half the hu¬ 
man species. To every one hundred persons 
only one reaches one hundred years of life; to 
every one hundred only six reach the age of 
sixty-five, and not more than one in live hundred 
live to eighty years of age. There are on the 
earth $1,000,000,000 inhabitants; and of these 
33,333,333 die every year, 91,832 every day, 8,730 
every hour and sixty a minute, or one every 
second. These losses are about balanced by an 
equal number of births. The married are longer 
lived than the single and above all those who 
observe a sober and Industrious conduct. Tall 
men live longer than short ones. Women have 
more chances of life in their favor previous to 
That young man to whom “the world owes 
a living," has just been turned out of doors — 
the landlord not being willing to take the in¬ 
debtedness of the world on his own shoulders. 
Miseky assails riches as lightning does the 
highest towers; or as a tree that is heavy laden 
with fruit breaks its own boughs, so do riches 
destroy the virtue of their possessor. 
A STEAM GIRDLE AROUND THE .WORLD, 
For Moore's Rural New-Y»rker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 16 letters. 
My 14, 3, 4 is the mime of a bird. 
My 2, 12, 5, 7,13 Is an unhappy person, 
My 10,1,15 Isa tool. 
My 8, 0,16 Is a number. 
My 1,14,11,10 ts a boy’s name. 
My 11, 5, 9, 15 is ft kind of food. 
My whole wo seldom find. 
Alexandria, Ohio. 
laer Answer in two weeks. 
the extremity of the enclosure, 
Meantime the other horse was busy with the 
measure of oats. This nettled his companion, 
who liked oats too. Soon he began circling 
around again, gradually contracting his orbit 
as he went. Little by little lie approximates 
the tempting dish till he reaches it, and down 
goes his head, and up the halter slides again! 
Thus is the power of temptation set forth, 
and the frequent fallacies of the strongest reso¬ 
lutions, when appetite comes Into collision with 
them. Many a man is haltered, as was the horse, 
in the face of the strongest purpose not to be 
caught. This resolutiou may be made in the 
morning, with an honc-st inteution of adhering 
to It through that and all succeeding time; 
but ere the day is past the measure of oats 
has lured him again into bondage. As with 
the horse so with the man—appetite is often 
Victor over both.— b. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
AN ANAGRAM. 
Vkbkn vlgts pu 1 ti si wrlae «da breett 
Yawlas ot pkoo anth cone ot edraips; 
Inglf fof eth oald fo IdboVu aungkreni treeft, 
Dna krabe teh lenrd slelp fo clftlntnary reca; 
Everu vgie pu ! ro teh nedrubyma akin uoy— 
Divecronep dilkny sub glemiJin het peu, 
Dna nl lal slnlrt ro selboort bil.kenb uoy 
Uct drochwatw fo flel euint eb, reven velg pu 
South Livonia, N. Y. v. d, 
&£T Answer in two weeks. 
A MASK STORY 
One oi the principal tnujk manufacturers of 
Paris relates the following rather funny anec¬ 
dote:—Some years back he exported a large 
case of masks to Pondicherry. The vessel 
stranded on the coast of Africa, and was pil¬ 
laged by a tribe of savages. At the sight of 
the masks, which they took for preserved 
human beads, they uttered a cry of joy, and 
were about to tattoo them, when the King, 
who was more wide-awake than his subjects, 
examined the masks with profound respect, and 
had them distributed to hit, ministers, who were 
ordered to wear them on days of great cere¬ 
mony. Shortly after a French Bhip east anchor 
for Moore'* Rural New-Yorker, 
A RIDDLE. 
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD 
A wobd of one syllable, easy and short, 
Spells backward and forward the same, 
Expresses the sentiments warm from the heart, 
And to beauty lays principal claim. 
Salamanca, N. Y. t . w . c, 
Answer In two weeks. 
Era, have been found on the 6lopiing side of 
Mt. Moriah* over the valley of Jehosephat. 
The coins are copper, and bear the legend of 
“Tiberius Ciesar, year 1(5," and on the reveree 
“ JaUa, mother of Ciesar.” These coins, which 
are of copper, and of the size of an American 
dime, were of course handled by those who saw 
and knew the face of Clirhst. The editor of the 
New York Journal of Commerce has one of 
these unique pieces iu his possession, which he 
found himself. This identical coin may have 
touched the hand of Peter, or been in the ban- 
of Judas, or bought food for the disciples ot 
their Master. 
A Boston papar says: — “ Though there is a 
heavier force of men and teams at work on the 
California end of the Pacific Railroad than on 
this, the progress In distance is far slower; for 
while here the path lies along on an absolute 
plain, there it is up and over the grand Sierra 
Nevada chain of mountains. About 12,000 Chi¬ 
namen are at work on the road-bed in California 
and an additional 10,000 havo been contracted 
for, to be pat upon the line next spring, when 
the contractors will be grading on this slope of 
the Sierras, and beginning to stretch their labor 
out oa to the plains and into the valleys of 
Nevada. Now the track is completed to within 
sixteen miles of the summit of the mountains, 
and the following table of statistics, distances 
and altitudes, from Sacramento on to the sum- 
ANSWEK TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 878 
Answer to Minced moons Enigma :—8tep aboard 
the good ship Rural for the eighteenth trip. 
Answer to Anagram: 
Catch tho sunshine! don’t be grieving 
O’er that darksome billow there ! 
Life’s a sea or stormy billows. 
We must meet them everywhere; 
Pass right through them I do not tarry, 
Overcome the heaving tide, 
There’s a sparkling gleam of sunshine 
Waiting on the other side. 
Answer to CharadeWoman. 
When Sir Walter Scott was urged not to 
prop the falling credit of an acquaintance, he 
replied“ The man was my friend when friends 
were few, and I will be his, now that his ene¬ 
mies are many.” 
Slight changes make great differences. Din¬ 
ner for nothing is very good fun; hut you can’t 
say as much of nothing for dinner. 
