Show ralto ratto HISTORY OF A CLOCK A foreign journal give the following history 0 of an extraordinary clock in 1700 the widow of a poor protestant nt clergyman named herold lived in the small town of libau in courland one winters night an officer passed through libau on his way to the army heark he asked at the inn for so some me warm beverage but could obtain none he applied in vain at several private houses it was not until he knocked at tile the clergy mans widows door that he at last obtained a dish of hot tea it greatly comforted the weary soldier just before he set out on his journey lourney io urney he offered her money foi far her pains she bhe declined accept accepting iri ill money he remembered lie ho had a ay iy lottery ter ticket in his pocket the prize was a clock reckoned to be worth he made the widow accept this ticket as a souvenir of him the ticket remained forgotten in a drawer her children had so often pla pia played y ed with it as a pie picture pic that it was well nigh in pieces the number which drew ane capital prize was repeatedly announced in the newspapers but no one came to claim the valuable clock one da day y a gentlemen happened to enter her house and seeing the mutilated lottery ticket stuck between the glass and frame ofa of a looking glass glanced curiously at it and was amazed to discover the often advertised number of the ticket which had drawn the capital prize in the clock lottery the valuable clock was given to the poor clergy mans wife the emperor of russia offered her cash and a life annuity of for it she accepted the imperial ofner offer and the clock is to this day dav one of tle the the chief ornaments of the winter palace at st petersburg the exterior of the clock represents an antique greek temple and tha interior contains two orchestras which play together one of the most i celebrated pieces of Moz arts don juan the widow strove to discover the name other unknown bene torand fac although the czar ordered the police to aid her all her efi efforts orts were vain he probably perished in battle in the winter palace there is another extraordinary clock made by cox 1 the eminent english clock maker po tem 1 purchased it in 1780 as ns a present to catharine II 11 whenever the hour struck a peacock would turn toward the spectators and majestically spread its tail till which glittered like a thousand colors formed by precious stones a cock would crow an owl would move its eyes all an elephant would wreath his proboscis and wag his tail tall at every beat of the pendulum an insect would fly lly on a mushroom A cos CoX oress onEss OF workingmen A congress of workmen consisting of delegates from organized bodies in england france germany belgium and switzerland met inet at geneva about a fortnight awo ago ngo ago no reports of its proceedings aeed ce 1 have yet reached us but the subjects ets designated for discussion show a progressive spirit which is highly commendable the operative cooperative co system had a prominent place in the pro gramme a plan of international union ande and credit was wag proposed the relation of the religious idea to social political and intellectual improvement was discussed and among other subjects named were the organization of trades unions a general inquiry into the condition of the working cl classes assess asseff in Et europe eutrope trope the rates and the hours of labor and tl the ae L employment of women and children d ren in the factories A GIFT TO THE ROYAL royan ACADEMY the british government ilas lias given to the royal academy in london the whole of burlington house and its grounds the u upper p er story will bo turned into permanent galleries AN V hox HOUR tiu tit LAW IN int CHICAGO an ordinance has been adopted by the city legislators of chicago iii ili makin mahin making eight hours the limie of ofa a day s work woric it takes effect on tile the of january next the city fathers have also aiso petitioned the state legislature in behalf of arleight hour system for the state frol broi Sou nimr the following lowan is ia communicated to the prairie barme farmer r by a correspondent corres of that jou journal r nal nai a por F for or 40 gallons allons a whisky or vinegar aa f barrel ta take 8 wal gal gallons jofs of syrup r up put this thib in first then fill with rain water if you can got filtered cistern wat water erIt erlb it will make til the e vinegar clearer add a tea cupfuls of hop yeast then set the barrel in a warm place with bung open it will depend upon the temperature how soon it will become vinegar but it Is sure to come to a good article baek aftin another barrell barrels barrel barrei leaving 0 the sediment in the old one when you pronounce it good vinegar it will keep oil on improving n for 12 months I 1 made gallons in one season as follows in manufacturing sorghum I 1 saved the skimming of the syrup syrup a oa soon as it would stand about 28 or GO 30 in the cha rometer the green being all off and the scum becoming yellow I 1 let et it stand over until spring I 1 placed my barrels on rails to keep them thein off the tile ground in a shaded garden among trees of the skimming shimming I 1 put nine gallons to the barrel because of its not being so strong c as the finished syrup I 1 racked it off carefully till I 1 came to the sediment then cleansed the tile barrels and racked from one to the other ae c in the fall I 1 sold this vinegar to the merchants in our town at chicago prices I 1 had several barrels lefto leftover over till the next season and shenone when one year old I 1 considered it 20 per cent better than that I 1 sold the previous fall THE TURKISH TuRin sil sll NEW TESTAMENT testaments 11 american missionary enterprise has never been more wisely nor more faithfully employed than in the translation of the new testament into the language of the millions of the turkish empire vast difficulties have been encountered in this work for in this language a dozen ora orn or a score of terms exist for the same thing or the same idea and the verbal system admits of the greatest variety of shapes in which an idea can be pu tand the greatest greatest variety of relations in vh which I 1 A the subordinate parts of a phrase or a paragraph can be put in relation to each other but all these difficulties have been teen overcome by the eminent dr and the extreme care and caution and faithfulness of the work farther appear in the fact that the first edition was revised by the eminent dr kieffer in paris the next by a distinguished n g shed turkish scholar VC uli ull effendi fe n the next by an english scholar under the direction of the british and foreign bible society it was then carefully collated with the arabic and persian versions and it was then revised by a learned turk in the service of the sublime porte at last it comes fairly before the turkish nation as perfect we believe as human learning and talent and care can make it anabe and being printed on better paper than any turkish book and in the most clear and beautiful type that the world can furnish it is now presented to the turkish people one of the most delightful expressions of christian benevolence ever made by man to his fellow and one of the noblest gifts american missionary enterprise ever made to any people all honor to our countrymen whose talents and learning and piety are making makin donations of such boundless bound less value to tte the unenlightened nations of the earth I 1 tit Tim tiu AMps imps 11 itis estimated that there are in england thirty thousand of the vagabond st rollers known by the name nam e of tra tramps amps and that the amount of contributions levied by them in the name of charity last year was several thousand a nd pounds A faw FEW days since as a little daughter of jacob bischoff of cohoes was running about with a pointed pointe d stick in her mouth she fell with hereace her face to tile the floor forcing the stick completely through gb the roof of her mouth A terrible wound was the result and for a time the life of the little sufferer was despaired of she may recover australian TEA an experiment on a large scale is is in progress at the botanic gardens at Adel adelaide ilae alae and other pla cesin south australia for the cultivation ti often of wea tea from Chines chinese eseed seed |