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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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One Less-One More. 
Little did I think, when I began to talk to the children 
in my old-fashioned way, that I should get so attached 
to them. The nice letters that I get show that the chil¬ 
dren think quite as much of the “Doctor” ns he does of 
them. It may be a fortunate thing that he has no children 
of his own, ns he can now open his heart to those of 
other people* and right happy does it make him that not 
only the children but their parents come into his circle. 
I have written at the fiend, “One Less”—“One More.” 
Before the prizes for the flower-lists were announced, one 
little girl, who was among the successful ones, was taken 
away. Our family of children has now “ one less.”— 
“One more” has been added to that band of children 
who are spared the troubles and temptations of life, and 
whom the good God has taken to himself. I trust it is 
not 'wrong to give some extracts of a letter I received 
from the mother of the little girl: 
“ The copying of that list was the last work our darling 
did. You will remember, I told you in a note, that she 
was taken ill, and I had completed the copying for her. 
One week from that day she died. She seems fully to 
have expected the prize, and bequeathed the book when i t 
should come, if it did, to her father. We -wish to preserve 
the book as a memorial of L_L. had so many hours of 
enjoyment in searching for her flowers and preparing 
her list, that we are desirous of preserving the list in 
her own handwriting. The last work she ever did, the 
last word she ever wrote, the last time she signed her 
name, was on that paper_L. was a very lovely child, 
and an earnest, happy Christian, and met death without 
fear or dread, rejoicing in the knowledge that the dear 
Jesus she had so long loved, would take her to himself. 
We rejoice for her, while we mourn for ourselves.” 
Is not that lovely ? And do you wonder that I rejoice 
over my relations with the children all over the broad 
land ? The Doctor. 
The Isle of Hail. 
It is a long while since we have had a bit of geograph¬ 
ical talk. So let us have a few words about a curious 
place, the Isle of Man. It may be that you will be obliged 
to go to the atlas or geography to refresh your memory. 
When you do find it, it will bo seen that it is in the Irish 
Sea, about midway between England and Ireland, and 
some thirty miles from either coast. The old Scandina¬ 
vian name was Mon, which means alone or isolated, and 
it is spoken of in poetry as Mona, but commonly called 
Man, and the people who live upon it are called Manx. 
The island is only about 30 miles long, and from G to 12 
respect, save that they have no tails. Think how odd a 
rooster must look, strutting about without the fine tail- 
feathers which give our birds their principal beauty. 
Then a pussy without a tail 1 Dow can a cat be a cat, 
when she can not wave her graceful tail? To show yon 
how queer they look, we give you an engraving of one 
of these Manx cats, which as well as the fowls are called 
Humpies, and sometimes Stublins. At the great cat-show 
held not long ago at the Crystal Palace, near London, 
the Manx cats attracted a great deal of attention, and the 
picture here giveii is from one of the animals exhibited 
there. There is a tradition that those tailless cats came 
from a ship that was wrecked upon the island years 
ago. That will do for our geography class at this time. 
I'Bae Ant aimira I.cavcs. 
Who does not admire the forests in autumn i What a 
glory of gold, and crimson,'and richest brown the leaves 
present! The cool autumn mornings seem warm as we 
look upon their brilliant color. Many persons think that 
all this brilliancy is the work of the frost, while the fact 
is we have the finest coloring in those seasons in which 
the frost holds off the longest. The appearance of the 
color shows that the leaves are ripe. They have finished 
their work, and are just ready to pass into decay, just as 
the ripeness of fruit is the first step toward decay. The 
dying leaves are so beautiful that many gather them in 
the hope that they will retain their brilliant colors, and are 
disappointed in finding them turn in a few days to a dull 
brown. The colors can be preserved, but to do this you 
must arrest the process of decay, and this can only be 
done by drying as rapidly as possible. As soon as the 
loaves are gathered, place them between perfectly dry 
papers, old newspapers will do, and change the papers 
every day until the leaves are quite dry, which will bo 
known by their becoming brittle. When the leaves are 
dry keep them between papers until you wish to use 
them for making wreaths and other decorations. To 
make the colors come out moje brilliantly, the upper sur¬ 
face of the leaf should be lightly brushed over with 
boiled linseed-oil. The leaves may then be pasted or 
glued upon card-board to make wreaths or lamp-shades, 
or used iu any other way that fancy may suggest. 
Aunt Sale’s Puzzle-Box. 
NUMERICAL ENIGMA. 
(What we had and did and saw on a certain occasion at 
supper.) 
We 4, 2, 3, and did 3, 4, 2; and we had 5, 3, 4, 2, and 2, 
3, 4, served in the china 2, 3, 4—1, 3, 2; we saw a 5, 4, 2, 
a 1, 3, 4, 2, and some 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; the latter is a power of 
dangerous utility. B. W. Purcell. 
TRANSPOSITIONS. 
(Fill the blanks with the italicized words, transposed.) 
1. Yes, Ma did say so, and I was-. 
2. Edward's pie was served-. 
3. That demon bit me: he was the-of evil. 
4. Ah teachers! be careful how you give your pupils 
5. I endeavored to turn my thoughts- when A. 
raved at me. 
G. Get an air-gun, Lea, amuse yourself, and forget your 
431. Illustrated Jlebus. —Which, when read, will be a 
kind of employment or business. 
Teepanic si a turvie, 
Ospsess ti fi ouy nac. 
T’si molsed ense ni raowna, 
Sels fonet nees ni nam. C. II. M. 
in width. It usually happens that people who live upon 
islands that do not have very frequent intercourse with 
the rest of the world, have many ways and customs pecu¬ 
liar to themselves. The Isle of Man is said to have .a 
very mild and delightful climate, and the Manx men to 
be very kind and hospitable. Many old customs which 
have died out in England, are still preserved upon the 
island. No iron must be put into the fire on Friday. 
Mngwort is gathered on St. John’s day, as a preventive 
against witchcraft; rushes are strewed upon the floors 
upon St. Bridget’s day; on May-day, primroses, butter¬ 
cups, and other flowers are placed before the house-doors 
to keep out the fairies, and a great many other strange 
and curious things are done by these singular Manx peo¬ 
ple. But even here these old notions are dying out, be¬ 
cause a plenty of schools are coming in, and education 
drives away all such odd beliefs. One of the things that 
strike avisitor to this interesting place as strange, is the 
fact that most of the fowls and cats have no tails. The 
fowls are called Humpies, and are very handsome in every 
ANAGRAMS. 
1. Men earn it, Lib. 
2. Cruel pride, Nap. 
3. O drover! weep. 
4. Go, Lion, run at cats. 
5. Carpet paid it. 
G. A girl is apt. 
7. Drape a peer. 
8. Soul edict, I. 
9. Scovil’s noun. 
10. I gave porter. 
ALPHABETICAL ARITHMETIC. 
CLM)TNHEI(NSE 
STL 
N N S E 
N H I N 
U I C I 
U M C E 
U II C 
CROSS-WORD. 
My first is in orange but not in plum. 
My next is in finger but not in thumb. 
My third is in catch but not in throw'. 
My fourth is in hunger but not in woe. 
My fifth is in middle but not in end. 
My sixth is iu borrow but not in lend. 
My seventh is in green but not in white. 
My eighth is in dawn but not in light. 
My whole, I’m sure, I scarce need name ; 
’Tis a capital city of well-known fame. 
Mary Jacobs. 
SQUARE WORDS. 
1 Agony, 2 A foreign word for what we use every 
day. 5 A cipher. 4 To fret. Annie, 
i An animal. 2 A plant. 3 Something that grows 
in the woods. 4 The most desirable. 
E. M. Brown. 
1 A prison. 2 A disease. 3 A bird. 4 Fishes. 
Dot. 
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE AUGUST NUMBER. 
Numerical Enigmas.—1. American Agriculturist. 2. 
Widgeon. 
Compound Arithmorems.— 1. Lamp. 2. Cape. 3. 
Table, 4. Steam. 5. Tall. 6. Dime. 
DIAMOND PUZZLE. 
F 
F A T 
GABLE 
HEARSAY 
FABE I C I US 
O B S CURE 
PHIAL 
AUK 
S = FABRICIUS. 
pi. 
A fretful temper will divide 
The closest knot that may be tied, 
By ceaseless, sharp corrosions. 
Anagrams. —1. Apposite. 2. Platitudes. 3. Dispassion' 
ate. 4. Stupendous. 5. Material. G. Essential. 7. Brief¬ 
est. 8. Destitute. 9. Undervalued. 10. Ordinances. 
Cross-word Enigma. —Chicago. 
SQUARE WORDS. 
1. 
FATE 
ABET 
TENT 
ETTA 
2 . 
PLAN 
I. A C E 
ACME 
NEED 
Blanks. —1. Choose, Chews. 2. Corps, core. 3. Scene, 
seen. 4. Steak, stake. 5. Urns, earns. 
aunt sue’s notices to correspondents. 
I received very few “Oven” squares. “Jes” and 
“Owego ” send the most. “ Jes ” sends ten squares, but I 
must deduct the “ obsolete words,” “ proper nouns,” in¬ 
correct words, and abbreviations (“ nesh,” “ erke,” 
“Etna,” “noil,” and “neer”), which leaves six correct 
squares. “Owego” sends nine; from them I must 
expunge “erne,” “vire,”and “neer.” As both lists 
give evidence of diligence and perseverance, I shall be 
glad to send to the authors “rewards of merit” as tokens 
of my approbation, if they will send me their addresses. 
Somebody who is “no longer juvenile” but “ still 
