tfAncxtionxl. 
HOW TO TEACH PRIMARIES. 
In a former number of the Rural, in an article on 
“ Elementary Studies,” we treated of the necessity 
of devoting more care to the teaching of the funda¬ 
mental branches. It is a question, of course, with 
all teachers, how any branch of study may be most 
effectively taught-, and as a good beginning is most, 
essential in all things, the best method of teaching 
primaries cannot be too earnestly sought for. We 
have long held that the old system of teaching spell¬ 
ing and reading could be improved upon in many 
ways. Ingenious teachers can readily devise im¬ 
provements, if they will only give Borne thought to 
the matter. The following suggestions, made by H. 
U. Johnsox, of the Orwell Normal Institute, Ohio, 
through the Geauga (O.) Democrat are worthy of 
attention: 
“ After three or four days have passed in teaching 
words as signs of objects, actions and qualities, du¬ 
ring which time a tolerably clear idea of the office 
of words will be obtained, the teacher may proceed 
to introduce the subject of letters. He should 
select a single one, as o, from the. word boy, calling 
the attention of the children to the fact that there 
are different characters, called letters, in the word; 
printing it upon the board, require the children to 
do the same ou their slates, repeating the name 
which he gives them. A very little explanation will 
give them the idea of the use of letters. After 
they have printed the letter several times, let 
the teacher print several words containing it on the 
board, and then require tne children to point it out. 
If he has a chart, it may be used to advantage. 
After a sufficient drill on o, proceed with b and y in 
the same manner. 
“ As in the case of the words, so with the letters. 
Give a new one from time to time ; drill upon it un¬ 
til the children can tell it readily in any position. 
This part of the work, however, will require but 
little time, for, after eight or ten letters have been 
given, the balance will be picked out in a short time, 
without any particular attention on the part of the 
teacher, and really how he will never know, for it is 
done almost intuitively. 
“ After enough letters have beeu learned to cover 
three, or four words, or, indeed, one, the 8ubject;of 
spelling should be introduced, not, however, in the 
SUG-AR-MAE1ING- 11ST LOUISIANA I 3ST 1 / -O 1 
old “ba, be, bi, bo, bn," style, but as a means of 0 f biographical sketches. 
About the year 1750 Louisiana was the only 
French colony in which especial attention was 
paid to agricultural pursuits. A variety of crops 
were tried, successively, but none proved as re¬ 
munerative as the sugar-cane, which bad been 
taken from India to Spain by the Saracens, thence 
LITERATURE AND ART. 
"People ’9 Book of Biography; or, Short Lives 
of the Most Interesting Persons of all Ages and 
Countries," is the title of a new work by James 
Pabton, now in press by A 8. Hale & Co., Hart¬ 
ford, Conn. From advance sheets we infer that it will 
constitute a very handsome and entertaining volume 
to Madeira, and thence to the West India islands, manual force. The expressed juice after having 
Our illustration is a copy of a quaint engraving, been boiled m a cauldron, was ladled into arg 
' executed in Gennanv, and represents the process of stoue jars, which were exposed to the rays of the 
manufacture, as conducted more tbau a century ago. sun until the sugar crystalled. These facts with 
; The cane was stripped of its leaves and ground, or the illustration, are taken from the Report of the 
I m ther crushed, by a heavy stone made to revolve by Commissioner of Agriculture for 1SM>. _ 
W tfWJHfSu Thb following an ccdotes are told of the late W. 
M, Swain, formerly proprietor bf the Philadelphia 
Ledger: 
As a business man he was very rigid in his adhe¬ 
rence to what he conceived to be sound business 
principles. “ Never flx a price on another man’s 
goods,” was one of those principles. A paper dealer 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
“ SELF-MADE ” — AGAIN. 
Mr. Moore:— Please allow one who has never 
passed through “ manufacturing establishments, 
analyzing words. Suppose the word to// is the one Harper’ a Magazine, for April, is attractive ana enter one hU mble vote against calling the 
whose letters have been first!interesting. The leading article, "Among the » term n Ht the head of these remarks " pernicious,” 
teacher ask how many letters in the word, the first, q{ PerQ and Bolivia,” by E. G. Squter, has ULum WoooBOTP n pleases to christen it in your j 
second, third, second; and so on until they can skip thjrteen nius t ra tions, Mr. Strother’s continuation lt e ?:i 
by number readily; then let him name ^letters, Qf „ Persoual Recollections of the War” has ten, ^ ’? ze any “term” inscribed upon 
aud the class give the numbers. After this the aad aaarti le 0Q Du chajllu and his travels has progressive “ Voung America” that 
teacher should spell the word alone, then with the ^ ^ is ded dedly readable. ^ SfXe aud persevering energy 
class in concert and ^ tioo ’ Putnam’s Magazine, for this month, opens rich ■ the piirsui t 0 f useful knowledge. Let this well 
care bong taken to seen > proper tatonjtam. ^ |<A ^ on Paper8 n and contains a variety kllown P phfaae endure. Its meaning iswellunder- 
Several words havi g ■ P - , ’ 0 f noticeable, articles. Putnam’s is again becoming gtood and n0 fcwo syllables are more expressive of 
spe mgwi n cmnr. no 1 - a model literary magazine, and we are glad to note generally accepted signification. If it “ belittles" 
children. Analysis of words by sound should a o ^ evidencoa * excellence-indicative of able man- any! then" consolation is in the fact 
as early as agement-presented in the present -mb- that .. every tub stands upon its ow bottom,” aud 
possible the full power of letters.” Our Young Folks, for April, is full of mterest « by their works ye shall know them. 
1 _ t .. r _ and attraction for the juveniles, aud much of its Mr> L w yery prope riy protests “ against posses- 
contents will entertalu old folks. It contains the sion wPb out labor rendered therefor.” Labor is 
MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS. third part of Dickens’ “ Holiday Romance,” with a yarions j u ^ performance and results. Does the 
., , , full page illustration, the conclusion of “ The French , Q , u i ace d in college by the wealth of friends, 
Ln Germany no teacher is considered as qualified fQI Twenty Cents,” aud many other at- * d ^ ^ ften in dolged in improprieties and worse 
to teach even a common school who has -t some tbMl usel , 88 luxuries, "labor” nore industriously 
Chobof voieesTo skm uud'io perform on some in- The New Eclectic is a monthly magazine of for his attainments than th ^self-man-making boy, 
. t () *be continent of Europe they are select literature, published by Turnbull «fc Mur- wb0 never aspires to the more popular term of atu- 
«*>«. Baltimore. Tlio d«t» W,«.out «*«« >•i«- **«< 
part of the educational training. It is found far have received, comprises an excellent selection of the great advantages to be derived from an ^ro- 
more effective than tasks, the rod or angry reproof, articles, mainly from foreign periodicals. priatc caUegiate course, by the “oral jnfficloUB 
for softening rugged dispositions. In respect to Maj.-Gen. CuLLUM will soon publish, at his own student of close application whose good fortune 
moral training and discipline, we regard music or expense, a "Register of the West Point Graduates,” has, without any "labor of his own, given him 
ainglng in school as invaluable. Nothing so quickly in two large octavo volumes, and comprising about that enviable position, we should be ungrateful and 
relaxes the mind, and frees it from bad feelings and twenty-five hundred biographical sketches. inconsiderate to neglect the weil merited and 
discouragements which the daily studies may engen- Gkn. D. R. Hill haviug purchased the interest of earned acquit euien so >>- J" .7 it 
der. It relieves the teacher, too, to join in a cheer- Jamcs P . Irwin and Capt. J. G. Morrison in The Land notable «#***,'' 
MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
Harper’s Magazine, for April, is attractive and 
interesting. The leading article, " Among the 
Andes of Peru and Bolivia,” by E. G. Squier, has 
thirteen illustrations, Mr. Strother’s continuation 
of "Personal Recollections of the War” has ten, 
and an article on Du Chaillu and his travels has 
nine. The number is decidedly readable. 
Putnam’s Magazine, for this month, opens rich 
with "A Paper on Papers,” and contains a variety 
of noticeable articles. Putnam’s is again becoming 
a model literary magazine, and we are glad to note 
the evidences of excellence—indicative of able man¬ 
agement— presented in the present number. 
Our Young Folk3, for April, is full of interest 
and attraction for the juveniles, and much of its 
contents will entertain old folks. It contains the 
third part of Dickens’ " Holiday Romance,” with a 
creating knowledge, and genius, and culture,” &c., met him one day in the street, 
to enter one humble vote against calling the " Mr. S.” said he, " I have some excellent white 
1 * fhe head of these remarks "pernicious,” I paper of the size of the Ledger. Do you wish to 
for softening rugged dispositions. In respect to 
moral training and discipline, we regard music or t 
singing in school as invaluable. Nothing so quickly i 
relaxes the mind, and frees it from bad feelings and i 
discouragements which the daily studies may engen¬ 
der. It relieves the teacher, too, to join in a cheer- , 
fnl BODg, both bodily as well as mentally. 
A teacher who sings often will not so often 
scold. Song always draws closer its participants, 
and in the song exercise, if ever, there will be hap¬ 
piness in the school-room. As a mental exercise, 
also, music fixes attention, concentrates thought, 
cultivates quick aud nice discernment; while as 
physical exercise, it brings into healthy action those 
vital organs, which cannot be reached so effectually 
in any other way. There is no occupation in life 
with which music cauuot harmonize. It is an inex¬ 
haustible source of gratification; a present joy, and 
in future years will shed its smoothing influence 
over the ruder experiences of life, lightening toil, 
cheering the family circle, and binding it closer in 
union. 
We truBt the day is coming, and we hope to live 
to see it, when not ouly vocal but also instrumental 
music will appear as a common branch upon the 
teacher’s certificate. By instrumental music we 
mean nothing beyond the ability to read a simple 
air, or play an ordinary accompaniment upon the 
piano, a degree of skill that may readily be Required. 
Teach youth what they can pructice when they become 
men, is a maxim we can commend to our readers, 
and we trust all udll find this applicable to vocal 
and instrumental music. Instrumental music as an 
accompauiment to the voice, is becoming more and 
more a leading feature in our best public schools. 
It follows naturally upon the Introduction of vocal 
music in the large cities of Boston, New York, Phil¬ 
adelphia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and Chicago, aud ex¬ 
perience has long since satisfied intelligent school 
superintendents, committees and teachers of its 
value. A school without music is like a school 
without books, and a teacher opposed to music 
should not be permitted to undertake the manage¬ 
ment of any day or evening 6chooL — Moore's 
Musical Record. 
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The Cornell University.— The Trustees of this 
University have issued their first general announce¬ 
ment with reference to the opening of the institu¬ 
tion, which is to take place at Ithaca on the last 
Wednesday in September, 1868. The departments 
and courses will be organized as foil owe:—Agricul¬ 
ture, the Mechanic Arts, Civil Engineering, Military 
Engineering aud Tactics, Mining and Practical Geol¬ 
ogy, History, Social and Political Science. In all 
the departments a constant effort will be made to 
educate to speedily become practically useful iu de¬ 
veloping the resources, and in aiding In the general 
( progress of the country. Information relative to 
■/\ the institution can be obtained by addresslug Francis 
M. Finch, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, 
) Ithaca, N. Y., or Andrew D. White, President, 
* Syracuse, N. Y. 
7 -- 
Decision and promptitude, even though a man 
may sometimes err for want of due deliberation, will 
L in the long run often more conduce to success than 
\ a slow judgment that comes too late. 
We Love, succeeds to the exclusive proprietorship ' 
of that able and popular Southern magazine. 
Mr. Dickens contradicts the statement that his 
daughter had anything to do with the authorship 
of two novels imputed to her, “Aunt Margaret's 
Trouble,” and “ Mabel's Progress.” 
William Enbicott of Boston has received the 
first prize of $200, offered by Smith Homans of the 
Bankers’s Magazine, for the best article on the finan¬ 
cial question. 
Thomas Dunn English offers a reward of $50 to 
any one who will prove that he was not the author 
of “ Ben BoQ;!” Who wrote " Rock Me to Sleep, 
Mother ?” 
The Germans, it is stated, are beginning to print 
their books in Roman type. It is found much 
clearer and less trying to the eyes than the German 
characters. 
Tub Paris Grand Opera .has played "Guillaume 
Tell ” for the five hundredth time. It was played 
for the first time ou the 12th of August, 1829. 
Queen Victoria’s book is to be done into French 
by Madame Hocede, formerly French governess to 
the Princesses Beatrice, Louise and Helena. 
Donald G. Mitchell’s new book will be upon 
agricultural topics, aud will be published by Gur- 
dou BUI & Co. of Springfield. 
The daughter of Horace Smith, who wrote the 
" Rejected Addresses,” has written an operetta call¬ 
ed “ The Rainy Day.” 
R. H. Stoddard has a dainty little poem, "On 
the Divau," in the April number of the Public Spirit, 
a new aud handsome monthly. 
"The Variations of Animals and Plants under 
Domestication,” is the title of a new book soon to 
be published by Charles Darwin. 
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is engaged in writ¬ 
ing a Life of Christ, which is to be published by q 
firm in New York, 
Libut.-Gen. Sherman Is said to be preparing a 
volume on the war, to be published after his death. 
John G. S axe is said to be preparing a new edi¬ 
tion of his poems for the press. 
Miss Braddon is said to have received $150,000 
for her various novels. 
Among the foreign works of art that have lately 
come into possession of American collectors, is that 
very celebrated cartoon of Kaulbach, “The Reform¬ 
ation,” to which a grand prize was awarded at the 
Paris Exposition. This has been purchased, at a 
very large price, of course, by Mr. Durfee, an Ameri¬ 
can gentleman. Several of Dore’s larger aud more 
important works have also been secured for this 
country by American enterprise. “Dante on the 
Sea of Ice” is one of these, and another is that im¬ 
mense canvas with life-size figures, which elicited so 
much encomium and so much dlsparagemeut from 
the critics of the Exposition. The subject is “ Life 
in the Gambling Houses at Baden Baden.” 
notable individuals," who have climbed to the summit 
of fame on a ladder, every round of which is the 
product of their own efforts while on their passage 
upward. 
“ Fragmentary” names in this class are numerous 
and many distinguished. Did not the wnrld-re- 
nownftd "learned blacksmith” labor both mentally 
and physically ? And what more appropriate prefix 
to the name of such men can we append thun “self- 
made?” Let it pass around; and let every boy, 
from whatever origin, grade his aspirations onward 
and upward, and struggle for its adoption as a badge 
of honor to an American citizen. For when one 
makes no effort to obtain such honorable mark, he 
never learns it, however favorable bis “opportuni¬ 
ties,” which Mr. L. W. says “differ as presented to 
all men.” “The better the opportunities present¬ 
ed, the better maybe the growth,” is carefully said; 
but when the negligent young man becomes degraded 
| after passing through these “ manufacturing estab- 
buy ?” 
“Ye«, sir,” was the reply. * 
“What are you willing to give for it?” was the 
next inquiry. 
“ Precisely the worth of it, sir; neither more nor 
lesB,” was the rejoinder. 
“Oh, of course. But I mean, Mr. 8., what can 
you afford to give me for it ?” 
" Double price, if I choose; but I don’t.” 
“ But, flx the price, sir.” 
“ I never put a price ou another man’s goods. If 
you don’t know the value of your own paper you 
should not attempt to dispose of it. If you do, you 
are wasting my time and your own in idle circumlo¬ 
cutions to get the advantage of me. Tell your price. 
If it suits, well; if not, you may find some other 
customer.” 
Business is buisners, and nothing should interfere 
with it, was another of his business principles. 
Consequently he would take nothing off the price 
of an advertisement on the score of friendship or 
benevolence, or any other of the ten thousand petty 
excuses made to “ nip the printer.” A gentleman 
once called upon him with an advertisement of a 
benefit for a poor widow with several helpless chil¬ 
dren. "How much for the advertisement, under 
the circumstances ?” said he. “ J ust what it comes 
to,” said Mr. S.; “ business is business bir; charity 
is another question." “But to a poor widow, sir! 
every dollar saved is a matter of serious moment to 
her family.” “ Business is business, I repeat, sir. 
What I choose to give In charity iB my own private 
affairs. My business has uothing to do with it f 
Not a cent sir.” The gentleman paid the bill very 
reluctantly, amounting to, perhaps, two dollars, aud 
was going out of the office reflecting rather severely 
in his own mind upon the parsimony of Mr. 8., when 
the latter stopped him. “ Do yon know this widow? 
Is she honest and deserving?” "She is, sir.” Mr. 
S. slipped a $10 bill iu the gentleman’s hand, and, 
turning on his heel walked away, saying " business 
is business.” 
SUMMER IN JERUSALEM. 
During the months of March and April, it (Jeru¬ 
salem) is a dense mass of flowers of an incompara- 
tot the IJflMug. 
WHAT THE WINDS BRING. 
Whioit is the Wind that, brings the cold ? 
The North Wind, Freddy, and all the snow; 
And the sheep will scai iper into the fold 
When the North begins to blow. 
Which is the Wind that brings the heat? 
The South Wind, Katv ; and corn will grow, 
And peaches mdden fur you to eat, 
When the South begins to blow. 
Which is the Wind that brings the rain? 
The East Wind, Arty; and farmers know 
That cows come shivering np the lane 
When the East begins to blow. 
Which is the wind that brings the flowers? 
The West Wind, Bessy; and soft and low 
The birdies -ing In the summer hours 
When the West begins to blow. 
[Our Young Folks. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GRANDFATHER’S STORY. 
They were all gathered around the pleasant fire, 
and the storm aud darkness out of doors made the 
fireside seem as sung aud cosy as you please. 
“Please, graudpa, tell us one of your stories,” 
pleaded Ned. 
“Oh yes, grandpa, do,” chimed in Lucy, drawing 
her chair closer to bis side. 
“ Yeth, dranpa, p’ease do,” lisped little May, who 
loved to lihteu as well as any of them. 
" Well, what shall it be about?” asked grandpa, 
drawing May upon his knee, where she always sat 
when a story was to be told. 
" About hunting," answered Ned, who knew that 
bis grandfather’s experience- as a hunter bad given 
him material for many very interesting narratives. 
“ Have 1 ever told you about being treed by a 
bear?” asked grandpa, who could not remember 
whether he had told them this incident in his life or 
not; be bad told them so many anecdotes that he 
often related one lie had told before. To-night he 
wished to treat them to a new one. 
"No, no!" cried Ned and Lucy in a breath; 
“ what was it, grandpa ? ” 
“ A great many years ago this country was almost 
wholly composed of woods, and there used to be all 
kinds of animals in them. Wo bad just settled here 
when the incident I am going to tell you about oc- 
curred, and our neighbors were not very near by. 
When we went on errands we had to go across large 
j tracts of woodland, and we always carried our guns 
, as protection in case of danger. Very often we saw 
deer on our walks through the forest, and if we were 
fortunate enough to kill them we could enjoy 30me 
i very nice venison without, a great deal of time or 
labor expended iu getting it. 
r “ Due day 1 set out to go to the little village where 
we procured our groceries, such as tea and salt. It 
l was only a little collection of log houses then, per¬ 
haps half a dozen in number, and bore very little 
resemblance to the place you visit often with your 
father and mother when they go to trade. It was 
I about two o’clock when f started, and 1 told your 
a. grandmother that I would be back before dark. 
x "I took my gun with me, hoping to see a deer on 
i- my way to or from the village, for we were out of 
>, meat. I saw nothing ou my way to the village, how- 
:r ever, except a white rabbit or two, and a few squir¬ 
rels. I started for home after procuring the articles 
e I needed, and had gone about half way through 
s. the woods when 1 saw a large bear iu the road before 
e me. I dropped the packages of tea and salt I was 
ir carrying, and raising my gun to my shoulder took, 
y as I supposed, a good aim, aud fired,—but my shot 
a only grazed the animal’s head. I knew by his angry 
a growl that I was in danger, and commenced to load 
1- my gun again. But before I had loaded lt the bear 
;r sprang toward me, I knew there was no Bafety ex- 
-B cept in making for the shelter of some tree, and so 
Ly i dropped the guu and ran. Straight ahead of me 
r! was a large beech with limbs close to the ground. I 
to made for that, aud sprang up into it before the bear 
ir. came up with me. Just as I swung myself from the 
te ground I heard his fierce growling directly under me, 
II and knew 1 was lucky in getting into the tree as 1 
ry did,—for a minute more and he would have over- 
id taken me. 
sly " I feared he might come up the tree after me,— 
eu but he did not attempt to. 1 think he was sure that 
v? i could not get away, and determined to keep me a 
Ir. prisoner. I wished that I could manage to get hold 
id, of my gun,—but it was where I had dropped it. I 
;es knew well enough that 1 should have to stay where 
I was till morning, and was anxious on your grand¬ 
mother’s account,—for she was alone, and I knew 
she would worry over my absence aud think that 
something terrible had happened to me, as 1 had 
ru ' told her that l should surely be home again by dark. 
ra ' “ Slowly the hours passed along, and the bear 
ble freshness of eolors. The animals are small but wa]khlg ab0 ut under the tree all the while, growling 
extremely gentle. Lively and graceful turtle doves, and 8nar p n g, Sometimes he would come aud raise 
lishments,” be will spurn the badge “ self-made,” I blue-birds so slight that they alight upon a blade of up on bi B hind feet with his paws against the tree, 
and attribute his misfortune to his “ opportunities ” grass without bending it, crested larks that come aQd k was afraid he was coming up,—but he was 
wrongfully appropriated. If Mr. L. W. will com¬ 
promise the matter, we will call such self-destroyed 
and allow the worthy to keep their proud name of 
self -made. J* 5V. 
Clyde, N. Y., March, 1868. 
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THE TRADE OF ROYALTY. 
“ Sir,” said a scion of the House of Austria, “ the 
trade I live by is that of royalty.” And a fair trade 
it is, too, if we look at its day’s wages in cash alone, 
aud put aside all the trials, and popular discontents, 
and perils, which multiply in these thinking days 
and make it truer than in Suakspbake’s time, 
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” By 
reference to the British "Blue Book” of 1866, we 
find the royal family cost us follows: 
Trustees of the lato Prince Leopold George.. $ 50,000 
Duchess of Cambridge. 80,000 
fTincess Augusta. 15,<)00 
Duke of Cambridge. 60,000 
Princess Mary of Cambridge. 15,000 
Princess Royal (of Prussia),. 40,000 
Princess Alice. 80,000 
Prince of Wales. 200,000 
Princess of Wales. 50,000 
Prince Alfred. . 
Princess Helena. 30,000 
Total Blue Book. 1866.$595,000 
It should be added that the Prince of Wales also 
enjoys the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, now 
almost to the feet of the traveler, little brook tur¬ 
tles with quick, soft eyes, storks of grave and 
modest air, puittiug off all timidity, allow them¬ 
selves to be approached very closely by man, aud 
seem to call him. In no place in the world do 
mountains spread out with more harmony, or In¬ 
spire loftier ideas. Jesus seemed to have loved 
them especially. The most important acts of his 
divine career were performed upon the mountains. 
There he was heat inspired, there he had secret con¬ 
ferences with ancient prophets, and showed himself 
to his disciples already transfigured. 
-- 
Immigration and run Labor Exchange. —Of the 
4,58-1 immigrants who arrived at the port of New 
York in February, 1,918 had New York for tlieir 
destiuatiou, 558 Pennsylvania, 292 Illinois, 326 Ohio, 
175 Wisconsin, 172 Massachusetts, 100 California, 
and 335 the Southern States. At the labor exchange 
during the last two weeks of February, there were 
850 applicants for employment. Of these, 510—308 
men and 303 women — obtained situations. The 
average rate of monthly wages agreed upon was for 
men $10, for women $8.17, 
-- 
A New Toy.—A new chemical toy is founded oil 
the decomposition of a solution of silicate or soda 
and a metaltc salt, such as crystalized chloride of iron, 
only looking to see If I was there. When he satis¬ 
fied himself that I was still his prisoner, he would 
get down and commence to walk around again. 
“ It was as clear and pleusaut an evening as I ever 
saw. The moon Bhone very brightly, and 1 could 
see almost as plainly as day. As I turned my eyes 
along the path lu the direction of home 1 saw a per- 
sou coming toward me, aud knew in a moment who 
Lt was. 1 kuew that your grandmother had waited 
for me till she became alarmed at my prolonged ab¬ 
sence, and 6he had started out in search of me. 
“ 1 was terribly frightened,—for I was afraid the 
bear would see her, aud if he did he might quit his 
i watch over mo and attack her, and in case he did 
there was no help for her, as neither of us had any 
weapon to defend ourselves with. 
" Quick as thought I made up myxnlnd. ‘ Mary, 1 
I cried out at the top of my voice, ‘ go back l I am 
in a tree, and there is a bear under me. I am safe 
here, but you will not be if he gets sight at you ! 
Go home and I will come in the morning. Be care- 
fctl and make no noise to attract his attention. 
" The bear did not understand gauge of such 
an outcry (roni tne, and growled and snarled ln a 
threatening manner. 1 watched your grandmother 
as 8he turned and passed noiselessly away, and I 
breathed freer when she was out of Bight. 
" 1 Stayed there till daylight. The hear kept walk- 
UIIJVJU uuv I V I vuuvu v» —j —- ~ J — - • 
amounting to about $250,000 per year; and that the pfotochloride of cobalt, nitrate of uranium, or sul- mg off a way’s from the tree towards morning, then 
Princess of Wales is to receive, in case of widow¬ 
hood, a pension of $150,000 per year during life. 
Let it not be forgotton, also, that these enormous 
sums are raised by the English people in addition 
to the money they pay each year for carrying on the 
civil government, including the salaries of the min¬ 
isters of state, judges, and others, as well as for the 
vast expenses of the army and navy! All this ex¬ 
clusive of the millions paid Victoria yearly as 
Queen; but she renders some equivalent in service 
to the State, while these are valueless for service, 
yet constant in their wants. 
pliate of protoxide of manganese. A tumbler hav¬ 
ing a flat bottom Is first filled with silicate of aoda 
of a density equal to 23° Baume, and then small frag¬ 
ments of a salt are thrown in. After some hours, a 
miniature forest may be seen, variegated by remark¬ 
able forms and most brilliant colors. 
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In the depths of the aea the waters are still; the 
heaviest grief is that borne in silence; the deepest 
he would come back, then go off again, a little fur¬ 
ther every time. At last, when it was fully light, he 
went away, and I sprang down and started for home,. 
after securing my gun and the packages. Your 
grandmother was glad enough to see me alive,—for 
she had been terribly frightened, and the night had 
seemed a very long one to her." 
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Duty.—T he moment any occupation becomes a 
love flows through the eye aud touch, the purest duty, even if it is merely picking straws, it ceases 
joy Is unspeakable; the most impressive preacher to be useless, and the manner mjvbich we 
at a funeral is the silent one whose lips are cold. ’ must be of infinite consequence. Vlf • , 
