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; Poets’ Corner. Hu Fate With keeuest mother-pain and mnther-J >y, Wit i all that love could give or gold could buy, Came Into happy life a btue-eyed boy, Under the az ire of a Northern sky. • And who might koow that In a wayside shed, Beneath the splendors of a Southern sun, That sell-same hour upon a beggar's bed, His fate and rulu her life t> o begun. His Fancy. Here Is the face of my lady, Her face, with its smile divine, Her eyes, with their grave mtentness, And t lelr shy, proud look at mlae. <) mouth, you are firm yet tender, Your tones may be cold or mild ; You may k> ep back a daring lover, Yet comlurt a grieving c 11J, You are pure and fair as the lilies, You are bright as the July sun ; You are grave and gav by flashes ; You are woman and saint In one. Sweet Evening Come and Go Sweet evenings come and go, love, '• he? came and went of yore ; This evenln : of our life, love, Shall come and go ao more. When we have passed away, love, • All things will keep i heir name; But yet no life on earth, love, With ours will be he same, The daisies will b there, love, I’he stars In heaven will shine ; I shall not feel thy wish, love, Nor thou my hand in thine, A better time will come, love, And better sou a be born; I would not be the best, love, To leave thee now forlorn. Could Wi Tell. ■Could we tell whai’s best, my neighbor, In the world we’re passing through— How $o manage well and wisely Ail the tasks we have to do— Could we see life’s snares ; ud pitfalls, Could we count Its many snares, Should we happier be than meetlug As we do Fate unawares? Orald we tell, my friend and neighbor, What there wis for us In store— Whether riches and abundance, Or the lean wolf at the door— Could we forespe hours of anguish, Every ache and every pain. Would not life lose half Its sweetness? Would not pleasure be in vain ? Walking blindly through the shadows, Now and then a cheering rav, Hope and Faith our shield and bu ^kler, Is for us the better way, By and by the mist will v mlsh, By and by the shadows glide, Letting In the light of wisdom When we reach the ther si e. fore tbeyoung pigs were six weeks old the mother would eat them. The too- trusting mistress hal hear 1 of such horrors, and kept at a respectable dis tance, for the specified lime. To ver ify the old adage that “i he best laid schemes of mice and men eang aft agley,” one da/ instead of being driven to the front of the house, as was her custom, the lady had he car riage taken through the stable-yard quite unexpectedly. Tableau: “Mag gie” lying sunning herself on a bed of straw, with thirteen piggies taking nature’s refreshment. As the gardener had given it out that six pigs were the maximum of this said litter, the infer ence was obvious. Six weexs’ old piglings are much sought after and handsomely paid for, aud “Miggie” had doubtless been a bi-auuual El Dorado to her caredaker ever siuee she fell under his charge. As with cowsand pigs, so with the fruit. A friend of miue had an exten sive garden and several hothouses, yet nothing was ever ready tor the ta ble. Happening to go to the green grocer’s one day, she saw some exceed ingly fine cucumbers, and purchased a couple, remarking to the shopkeeper that they were very flue Indeed. “On yes ma’am, they an the best that can begot; I have them from Mrs. Dun- brown’s gardener at Appropriation Lodge; he has supplied me for some time.” Toe name aud address were the purchaser’s own ; she had bought her own cucumbers. The “Handy-Man'’ in England. A prosperous literary man, passion ately attached to the run in urbe, took & suburban house within a few miles of the metropolis. Ti e garden was luxuriant, and, the premises abutting on to a i extensive common, the first thing thought of was to keep a cow. A first-rate Alderney in full milk was purchased, the “handy man” under took the entire care of the animal,and the cookjPvho was the “handy man’s” wife, was to iook after the dairy. In a few weeks the supplies of milk aud butter fell off sensibly, and the “handy man” suggested that another cow should be purchased, and then the milk could never run short. The family consisted of four pers -us only, but the supply after a very short time i still not equalling ipc demand it was .resolved to sell the cows and give up dairying. Tnis was done, the “handyman” and his wife gave no tice to leave, and soon aft^f their de parture it was discovered that the trusted “handy mau,” through an agent, had purchased his master’s cows and had set up a dairy on his own account; he had, in fact, been selling the new milk while the animals were supposed not to be giv ing enough to supply the household. Nor are pigs ltss eccentric in their ways than such cows; a favorite sow had for uiauy Years presented her mistress with litters of piglings vary ing from eleven to fifteen ; she was a sow of remarkably kind and gentle nature, and quite a pet of the family. The death of the mistress and break up of the household necessitated a new home being found for “Maggie,” and she was given away to a near relative on the understanding that in consideration of “Maggie’s” ottering so many hostages to fortune she was never to be made into bacon, but live the natural term of her life. In her new abode “Maggie” fell under the care of the gardener, aud, strange to say, her nature underwent a thorough change; site ceased to present her nistresswith numerous piglings at a 'itter, they fellott to six, even four in umber, and her temper was reputed Seso changed with the change of ^sideuce that if anyone—save the gardener—ever looked into her stye be- A Crow- Story, From the fall of the snow to the present, one of the thoughtful matrons of our town lias scattered the crumbs from her table in the yard that the hungry birds might be fed. At first but few came to the banquet, but now scores of different kinds of winter birds enjoy her bounty. Among the number is a crow. At first he ap proached cautiously, as if aware that his feather was under the ban. But after an unmolested experience of several weeks he grew so trustful as to eat bread from the hands of little children. But still more remarkable is this: A few days ago that crow brought with him to tne premises a lame crow. Tue la j t comer sat on the garden fence aud cawed alarm. Hia guide fiitted beside him,and after bow ing to him and quietiug his fears, in duced him to trust hi mself in the gar den walk. There the guide strode confidently toward the repast, and the lame crow limped after him When the latter lagged, the former would turn and assure him of hospitable treatment. The pautomime was as eloquent as a speech, and quite as ef fective. Presently both reached the spread and enjoyed a square meal. Since then the two crows have made daily visits. A Qentl :man oi the Olden Tim i. O ue.of the pleasant incidents of the go!d«u wedding of General M. G. Vallejo, which took place some weeks ago at the General’s home in Sonorna, has so far escaped public print. We propose to give it as it was related to us by Geueral Murray Whallon, of Sonoma, who was in our city on Tues day last. It appears that, in response to numerous very complimentary speeches, Genenl Vallejo replied at some length, giving mauy instances of relief that he had furnished the pioneers of the early day prior to the di covery of gold, when the raising of stock was the only business of profit to the people, who found themselves away off in the wilds < f this western slope. A man with liis family had reached here and found himself in almost destitute circumstances, and hearing of General Vallejo, aud learn ing that application to the General for succor meant immediate relief, pre sented his claim. Ha was immedi ately furnished with fresh horses and some stock, and he then asked the General if out of his great possessions he would not give him a small tract of land whereon ue could make himself a home, raise his family, and in time enlarge his herd of cattle. The Gen eral, being prepossessed in the man’s favor, told him he would consider the matter, and asked : “Well, how much land do you want?” The immigrant replied that his desires were modest; that he only wauted a Hmall home, aud would be perfectly satisfied with a league of laud. Th9 General imme diately replied : “Why, I will give you five leagues.” “No,” said the im migrant, “that is more than I want; with one league I cm manage to sup port my family.” “Well, then,” said the Genera’, by way of a compromise, “take three leagues.” “No,” per sisted the immigrant, “I wautbutone league ; that will be quite sufti iient.” Tne General then r dsed his straight figure to its full height, and, throwing an air of auth >rity iu his voice, made reply : “Sir, you must take two leagues or I will put you iu the calaboose.” The deed was made and the immigrant entered upon landed estate, and thus avoided the General’s prison bars. The man to whom the laud was given is Bti.l living in this State. The Geu eral, when tilling the story, shook with laughter aud good-humor, evi dently enj >ying the recollection of his generosity In the days when he was the nabob of the land. Aud we doubt not that, even though he him self is almost landless, he prefers the recollections of his many open-he irted charities and enjoys them more heartily than were ha the possessor of millions and compelled to iook back on the wrecks of happiness and the sums of human misery “that to their summits lead.” Truly, the General is one among a million—a gentleman of the olden times. Sewer Gas in Houses. Professor Kerr, iu a late address be fore the British Civil and Mechanical Engineers’ S >clety, expressed views on the sewer-gas question very similar to those urged by Drs. Hamilton and Doremus, o’ this city, in the discus sion of the same question here last March. They knew, said Professor Kerr, that gas was generated by the decomposition of the decaying matter in sew-ge when deposited, in however slight a degree, upon any interior sur face. Wuai followed? They knew this gas had two qualities which were extremely obnoxious; one quality was that it ascended to the highest level by reason of defi dent specific gravity; aud the second quality was that wheu it reached tue highest level it exercised a pressure, being an ex tremely elastic gas. He need scarcely point out the effect of these two con siderations. Waen the sewer-gas (a most excellent name, without going iuto particulars as to whether it should be called gas or vapor; the name sewer-gas carried an idea of offensive ness which was extremely couveni-- ent)—when the Bewergas had reached the highest level, it exercised a pow erful elastic pressure to force its way out, aud succeeded iu forcing its way. It go£ into the house; and if there were no other grievance, there wms this to complain of—that thi-i pestifer ous and poisonous gas forced its way from the sewers into our houses, and of course reached the vital organs of those who occupied it. A Plea for Chtl tren. Of all disagreeable habits, that of leasing children is the most despica ble, Way not let the little girl et j >y ner dolly without tea iug her about its nose or eyes until she cannot take dolly into her arms without thoughts of its imperfections, suggested by this teasing, coming up before her? The little boy enjoys his hobby horse until reminded of tbe f^ct tha’ it cannot eat oats or kick as real horses do, then he is no longer satisfied with his hobby. If a chili’s hair happens to be red lie is teased about that as if it were a disgrace to have red hair. If he has freckles, he is told that his face looks like a turkey’s egg, and similar remarks are made, until the child readily believes that he look i so bad that he is ashamed to go to Sal - bath-school or church. Oiten by this heedless, cruel teasing, the child’s life is robbed of its natural brightness and gaiety. H >w many mothers have we; t bitter te irs as they have seen the child they have so carefully taught to be gen tle aud loving to all, teased into saying aud doing things saucy and rude. In vain do they beg papa, uncle or cousin to desist from teasing, and not until the naturally sweet-tempered child has been changed into a rude aud disagreeable one, do these habit ual teasers see the wreck they have made, and then it is often too late to wholly remedy the evil. Paul understood human nature: when he says, “Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.” No one ever saw a mother tease a child to make it unhappy. We ought always striv' to keep the child in an amiable mood aud to bring into daily action the traits of character which we wish to become habitual. Every outburst of passion leaves its mark on the soul, and whoever needlessly provokes these outbursts, “Notaloie commits an error, But a grievous moral wrong.” A Wel -Developed Ear. Kosciusko Murphy, who is remark able for his large, generous ears, has had a falling out with Miss Esmeralda Jjongeoffin, an Austin belle, toward whom he had been suspected of enter taining matrimonial intentions. Some body asked him the other day w’hy lie and Miss Longcoftin were not out buggy riding as much as usual, to which Kosciusko replied that he did not propose to pay buggy hire for any woman who called him a donkey. “I can’t believe that Miss Longcoffiu would call any gentleman a donkey,” was the reply. “Well, she didn’t come righ , out and say I was a donkey, but she might just as well have said so. She himed that much.” “What did she say ?” “ We were out riding, an i it h4^ed very much like raiu, aud I said it was going to rain on us, as I felt a rain-drop on my car, and what do you suppose she said ?” “ I have no idea.” “ ‘Well,’ shesaid, ‘that raiu I poster’s paste when stale is very “fetch- President Arthur’s Wife. Mrs. Arthur’s room in her beautiful New York mansion, in which she died, has never been disturbed; her ueedle is still threaded and sticking in a bit of delicate euibroidery in ner work-basket, undisturbed; nor will her husband allow any one to change the room in its furniture arrange ments. This is the little rocker In side the standard work-basket, aud the little neglige crocheted slippers. There stands her desk, with the ink dried on her pearl-handled pen, which she had hastily put aside from some interruption never to use again on eartu. Her favorite boeks aie placed in a tiny case, with a marker in one of them just as she left it. O i the table are placed each morning, by orders from the president, a bunch of her fa vorite flowers. Even her favorite perfumes are iu the toilet bottles at her dressing case, and iu the wardrobe hang her dresses. This room is bright and sunnv, her former maid keeping it neat, aud arranging the flowers in the vases, and attending the canaries iu the window, but never altering the places of the furniture, the books, etc. This room is a place where the presi dent takes much comfort in reading and meditation, and they who know say that the bit of needlework has been mauy times wet with tears by her husband. Science for the People. Attracting Moths and Butterflies. On the C mtinent, particularly in France and Italy, says a writer in Knowledge, old soapsuds allowed to become ffcitrhl is largely used to attract moths, aud with fair success. Bill- I failure will result. Most of the hawk j moths can be caught in this way, as none of them come freely to sugar. The females of some moths also have an extraordinary attracting power for males of the same species, the “scent” appearing to travel incredible distances, aud by exposing one of these virgin females in a small box covered with a piece of tine mus lin, numbers of theofliersex wll' com* flying around in great excitement, and settle on the box, or near it, when they can be easily taken. Probably the females of all moths have this peculiar power in a greater or less de gree, but in the case ot the Vaporer (Orgyia Aotiqua), the Oak Eggar (Bombyx Q lercus), the Emperor (Saturnia Carpini), the Kentish Glory (Sudromis Versicolor), and one or two others, it is so very marked that even a person who knows nooning of entomology cannot fail to notice it. Toe Purple Emperor (Apatura Iris), the most beautiful of British butter flies, and at the same time the most difficult to capture, possesses a de praved taste, the greatest delicacy one can offer him being decomposed ani mal matter, and if a dead horse, don key, or other animal in a state of putrefaction happens to be placed near his haunts, he is sure to descend to the feast. Tuts noble butterfly seldom visit-- the ground unless under these circumstances, always flying about the tops of tall oak trees, hence the diffi mlty experienced in catching them. Light is very attractive to many moths; aud if on a still warm night the windows are lettopen and a strong light kept burning in the room, num berless insects will flock iu, appa rently fascin ated by the gl re, and the operator, by standing near witn a net, c in caplure as many as he req uires. Tuey must, if possible, be taken immediately ou entering, as, if not, the wings ?re sure to become more or less injured, owing to the frantic eflirts of the moths to get to the light. All the above mentioned methods are in use, and are accompanied with a greater or less share of success; but for moths, nothing comes up to “sugar” in attracting properties. An Improbable Story. you felt on you three miles off.' ” ear may be two or Mrs. Fletchpr Webster has presented to Mr. G. F. Williams, of Boston, the arm-chair and table used by her illus trious father-in-law iu his Marshfield study. The Wanton Calf. A Fable. A c df.full of W intonness and Play, seeing an Ox at the Plough, could not forbear insulting him. “What a sorry , poor Drudge are you,” said he, “to bear that heavy Yoke, aud go turning up the Ground for a Master!” “Hee what a happy life I lead !” he added. When at evening the Ox,unyoked and going to take his rest, saw him, hung with Garlands, being led by the Fla- rnaufa venerable man with a fond ness for Veal Pot-Pie. Moral—This Fable teaches us that Young People had better STok to the Farm aud not study for a Learned Profession,unless they are fully aware of what it meaus. iug,” aud fruit which has burst through over-ripeness makes another good bait, especially for butterflies and other day-fiying Lepldoptera. The flowers of the ivy are also attractive to moths, aud have a peculiar intite icat- ing or stupefying effect on the insects, which, while under this Influence, can be knocked off the flowers into a net without the slightest trouble. This method must be worked at uigl.l with a lantern. The following flowers, also, together with many others, are often visited by both diurnal aud nocturnal Lepidoptera: — The heather, mistletoe, bramble, catcntty, viper’s bugloas, valerian, several kinds of grasses, scabious, honeysuckle, etc.. The flowers nv’st be well watc and when the iusect is hovering or has settled, the net will haV| used quickly, aud with A Pads dispatch quotes the Debits as telling the following : On the mem orable day of the massacre so ne fifty Arabs, led by a half-naked M arabout, carrying a green flag and a sabre, ran amuck through the streets of Alexan dria. They made a prodigious noise to keep up their courage, for a long time being lucky enough to meet only stray Europeans. Toese they hacked aud slaughtered to their hearts’ con tent. On turning into the Rue du Marche, however, they cima upon three Greeks, seated at a cafe smok ing. Without stopping for a moment to reflect ou the odds arrayed against him one of the Greeks quietly put down his nargile and walked up to the Marabout. That worthy at once set up a dismal howl; “Help! help! Cuildren of Islam! to the rescue! They are assassinating us.” Ou this the uireek snatched the hero’s sabre out of his hand and struck him several times in the face. Having thus shown him the measure of his contempt he ran him through the body before his fifty followers and in the coolest way returned to his nargile. The Arabs, name-stricken bolted round the cor ner, and although after this the three Greeks sat outside the cafe tor some hours they were not once molested The Princess oi Wales. Of the Princess of Wales, the com ing queen, it is said: “Her tender care and solicitude for her children are so well-known that her examples have made it fashionable among titled ladies to affect a fondness for the pres ence and society of their children, who otherwise would be left to the care and companionship of servants.” According to an official statement, 103,000 out of the 124,902 persons repre senting the entire population of the Fiji Islands, are Wesleyans. Mem bers of the Church of England num ber 1,900, and Romau Catholics 9,000. There are stated to be in the colony 12 Romau Catholic priests, two ministers of the Church of England, and 9 Wes leyan missionaries. The labors of these functionaries, so far as they are of a missionary character, would seem be drawing to a close, as the “ui known alid heathen” portion of population is put down as only 10, Wesleyan missionaries .200 ipels aud ot