THE WEATHER. Some good folks (they are suspected of having rheumatic and bronchial affections) sigh for a clime of endless summer. Now we are of opinion that endless summer would be voted a nuisance universally. What should we do for a topic of conversation? What should we do for a subject of complaint? If we had perpetual sunshine and blue sky, the most aggravated dawdler would hesitate to remark day after day, "We're having fine weather." If he did, the testy reply would be, "Of course we're having fine weather-we can't help having it." What would become of our friend, Mr. Dismal? Mr. Dismal is a farmer in easy circumstances, so easy that he would be perfectly wretched, if it wasn't for the weather. The weather is his only trouble, and he makes the most of it. Regularly, every first of June, he predicts that "we shall have a cold, wet summer, and that corn wont ripen." On a cloudless day, with a balmy air perfumed with blossoms, with birds singing on every spray in the glorious sunshine, he shakes his head with a dismal sigh, and says, "Ah, this here's a reg'lar weatherbreeder." When a storm comes he is never taken aback, because he is always predicting a storm. "Didn't I tell you so?" he exclaims, triumphantly, when the "heavens are opened." | Of course he did.

We know another man, Mr. Perker, a little old fellow with a face like a winter apple, and a "frosty pow," who is always predicting a tremendous snow storm. If the weather is in the slightest degree cool, and the thinnest veil of gray is drawn across the sky, he tells you, after a shrewd glance at the vane, that we are going to have a most tremendous snow storm, like that in the year 1780, when the drifts were thirty feet deep, and people "dropped in" to see their neighbors down the kitchen chimney. Of course we never have any storms like that of the year 1780, but that does not impair the popular faith in Mr. Perker's prophetic powers.

Yet another man always carries a green cotton umbrella in anticipation of rain, winter and summer. That umbrella is a blessing to him. We verily believe his life is bound up in its cover, stick and cane. He is very fond of making stump speeches, but we are almost certain that he would be dead stuck without that umbrella to help him along in oratory. When he is assailing a political opponent, he waves it over his head like a battle-axe; when he speaks of the blessings of peace and harmony, he holds it at his side like a sheathed sword; when he alludes to the protection the flag affords to American

citizens, he spreads it and walks about the platform proudly, as if the umbrella was the starspangled banner. He takes walks just to give that umbrella an airing, as another man would walk out with his wife. The possibility of a shower is his pretext for never separating from his dumb companion, and we verily believe that if endless summer should compel him to put aside his faithful friend, he would not long survive the divorce, but we should have to inscribe upon his tombstone, "Here lies Peter Priggins, in the 64th year of his age, and the 44th of his green cotton umbrella."

In a word, if we recorded all the resources derived by all men from the vicissitudes of the weather, we should have to write a volume instead of a brief newspaper article. When all other topics fail, the weather is a sure thing.

MAN-TRAPS.

Thieves sometimes catch themselves, as the following incident will show: A gentleman living near Edinburgh, had his orchard repeatedly robbed, and bidding defiance to prohibitory acts, had an old man-trap tepaired, and set up in his orchard. The smith brought it home, and there was a consultation as to which tree it should be placed under; several were proposed, as being all favorite bearers; at last the smith's suggestion as to the locus inquo was adopted, and the man-trap set. But the position somehow or other did not please the master, and as tastes occasionally vary, so did his, and he bethought him of another tree, the fruit of which he would like above all things to preserve. Accordingly, scarcely had he laid his head upon his pillow, when the change was determined on, and ere long the man-trap was transferred. Very early in the morning the cries of a sufferer brought master and men into the orchard, and there they discovered-the smith!

Foreign Miscellany.

A case in chancery, begun in England in 1791, was decided in London last October.

The salary of the Lord Mayor of London is $40,000 a year.

No Quaker has yet asked the aid of the new English Court of Divorce.

A man now living in Vienna, Austria, is 135 years old, though he has been helpless for a quarter of a century.

In Paris there are twenty-three telegraph offices, principally employed in transmitting messages between the various quarters of the capital.

A new religious sect has begun to develop itself in the northern part of Denmark; its believers claiming that there are five Gods in one, and calling themselves Pentarians.

A handloom weaver, one Charles Lawson, of Dunferline, Scotland, has invented a machine for weaving Brussels and velvet-pile carpets and table-covers, which, it is predicted will cause a revolution in those branches of manufacture.

It is proposed to construct in Paris a magnificent Turkish mosque and a Turkish hotel or caravansarai. The object of these constructions is to attract to Paris as many Mussulman travellers as possible.

The city of Coventry, in England, has for centuries been noted for its weaving establishments. Thirty thousand operatives are usually employed in the weaving district of which Coventry is the centre, but times are now so hard that three-fourths of these are out of work.

Some very interesting mosaics from Carthage have been recently deposited in one of the basement rooms of the British Museum. These are only partially displayed to the public. Their origin, it is said, is likely to be disputed amongst

the savans.

Letters from foreign countries, particularly England, France, Germany, and the Canadas, sent to the department as "dead," are under the provision of postal treaties, returned to the postal departments of those nations, whose authorities reciprocate the courtesy.

A Paris contractor recently wagered 3000 francs, ($600) that in fifteen days he would construct in the new Boulevard de Sebastopol, a house, having a cellar, ground plot and five floors, with an elegant roofing, the whole in stone, brick and iron. He has just completed the job, and won the bet.

A writer in the London Shipping Gazette styles the iron screw steamships, now extensively employed in navigating the waters of Northern Europe, as "sea-going coffins." No less than six or seven of them were lost (five foundered) in a gale October 3 and 4, the loss of life amounting to about two hundred persons.

A remarkable religious interest in London is noticed by some of the newspapers in that city. It is said to resemble that of which so much has been heard within the last year in Ireland. On the 2d ult., Exeter Hall was crowded-one of the principal speakers having been formerly a noted pugilist.

English coal is now soon to be admitted into France duty free.

The result of the silk worm culture in Algeria is said to prove that, in a few years, the French laborer can be clothed in silks.

Madame De Stael in one of her brilliant conversations speaking of the soul-feeling displayed in architecture called it "Frozen Music."

General Martinprey has been appointed lieutenant governor of Algeria. He will officiate as chief of the head-quarters staff and general of the army.

Henry R. Boland has invented a water-shoe, by the aid of which he recently travelled for miles over the water in San Francisco Bay, making some four miles an hour with ease.

Every year France imports between 11,000 and 12,000 horses, at the expense of somewhere about 18,000,000 francs, and still the supply falls short of the demand.

The Society for the Protection of Animals at Lyons has offered a gold medal of the value of 200 francs for the work best adapted to teach children to treat animals kindly.

A paper published at Stockbridge in the year 1800 states that the library of a deceased clergyman sold for £3, and the liquors in his cellar for

£276.

The first railway direct from Stockholm has just been opened. It runs south to the out harbor at Sodertelge. The whole distance will be performed in an hour and ten minutes.

Portable sun dials in a spherical form are now constructed in Berlin, which, by means of a pendulum and graduated meridian circle, may be placed so as to indicate the sunshine at any moment, and the exact time of the day.

The new public wash house at Augsburg is provided not only with the most approved appliances for the purification of foul linen, but also with separate tubs, boilers, drying closets and ironing rooms for Catholics and Protestants. No Jews admitted.

A new painting by a French artist, representing Columbus on his voyage of discovery, places him on deck smoking a cigar; in one of Van Dyck's pictures, the Sacrifice of Abraham, the patriarch is taking aim with a musket at his son Isaac.

A family in Belgium have enjoyed from time immemorial, the singular privilege of possessing six fingers instead of five; and the same is true of their toes, also. Have we any of the six-toed Belgians amongst us?

Sweden contains eighteen cotton mills, running 180,000 spindles. They produce yearly about twelve million pounds of cotton thread, being three fourths of the entire national consumption. The tariff on cotton thread is fifteen per cent., affording adequate protection to the native manufacture

Forty-two young Persians, between the ages of fourteen and thirty, are now pursuing the regular course of studies in the various colleges of France. The Shah and many of the highest families in Persia are using their influence with great perseverance in inducing their wealthy countrymen to send their sons to be educated in France.

Record of the Times.

It is settled that the tea-plant can be cultivated profitably in California.

The brickmaking business in Troy, N. Ý., amounts to about eight millions a year.

A young girl the other day attacked another with a knife in Harmony Court.

Colt's factory turns out 300 pistols a day completely finished.

The Habanese are about to erect a monument in honor of Columbus

A New York critic says the grimmest of smiles is Edwin Forrest's "Lear."

The largest horse in the world is at Newcastle, Pennsylvania. He is of the Clydesdale breed, and weighs 1777 pounds.

The people in a district in Wisconsin were represented in the last legislature by a Mr. Gunn, but he not making noise enough, they have this year nominated a Mr. Cannon.

The common opinion is, that we should take good care of the children at all seasons of the year, but it is well enough in the winter to let them slide.

A curious work was recently published in Germany, the purpose of which is to prove that Judas Iscariot was one of the most conscientious and honorable of men.

The Rocky Mountain News says that coal oil has been discovered in the mountains, about five miles from Cannon City. The spring is supposed to be inexhaustible, and the oil is said to be fully as pure as that found in Pennsylvania.

Over 23,000 letters for delivery are received at the Boston office daily, and about 40,000 arrive from other offices for distribution, requiring, of course, to be remailed. The entire amount of revenue collected for the past year, is not far from $200,000.

From returns received from the towns in this State it appears that about $33,000 dogs were licensed in 1859, paying a tax of $36,000. It is estimated that an equal number were destroyed by their owners as not being worth the tax, and that as many more escaped taxation altogether.

The effect of climate on the human system is shown in a striking manner by the inhabitants of Australia, who, in the course of two or three generations, lose the corpulence characteristic of Englishmen, and become a tall, gaunt, raw-boned race, like the inhabitants of our Southern States.

At Bruges, a short time ago, three brothers, all of them born in the same year, presented themselves to the authorities to be inscribed as members of the National Guard. The two elder are twins, and the third was born eleven months after them. The young men are sons of a letter carrier, who has six other children.

In reply to a petition of 250 Hebrew congregations, a declaration has been published by the Prussian government, intimating their intention for the future to avail themselves of the services of Jews in the various departments of the State. This is carrying out the spirit of the law enacted in 1848, but which hitherto had been almost a dead letter.

There are about forty-one millions of dollars deposited in the savings banks of New York city.

There is a man who resides in Ulysses, N. Y., who is 108 years old.

Napoleon feared a dozen editors more than an army of 50,000 men.

The estimated value of the horses in the State of Virginia is $24,000,000.

John McKinney, late State Treasurer of Michigan is said to be a defaulter to the extent of $134,000. He has absconded.

Mrs. Siddons, when a friend remarked to her that applause was necessary to actors as it gave them confidence, replied: "Much more. It gives us breath."

The interposition of a dog tax in Paris, has reduced the canine tribe within the city from 42,000 to 29,000 in the course of four years, and still yields a revenue of 300,000 francs.

A lion-tamer in London, England, takes half a dozen of the fierce brutes into a cage, shows them a plate full of pieces of raw beef, and makes each take his own piece in his own turn.

A new feature in the late annual cattle show at Birmingham, England, was a show of dogs of every known breed. Among other costly dogs was a King Charles spaniel, priced at $3500.

The schoolmistresses whom Governor Slade, of Vermont, sent out to Oregon, were to pay a fine of $500 if they married under one year. Most of the girls paid the fine.

The Philadelphia Ledger says that city has not kept pace with the increase in population of the country at large, and is losing its relative importance among the cities of the Union.

Some queer fellow who has tried 'em says, there are two sorts of wine in Stuttgard; to drink one is like swallowing an angry cat; the other like pulling the animal back again by the tail.

The Londoners are all alive about a new wizard, a certain Dr. Bly, who reads writings without seeing them, and occasionally makes names which are given to him in sealed papers appear in red letters on his waist.

The general climate of England has been, during the year 1860, very much like that which the High Peak of Derbyshire is said to be favored with-"nine nonths rain and three months damp weather!"

A Turkish journal, edited by Turks, has just made its appearance at Constantinople, under the designation of the Translator of Events. The editors are said to be "men of progress," and imbued with European ideas.

In the south of Russia, more than 400 persons have already lost their lives from the sting of a venomous fly, which has come from Asia. It had also made its appearance in the same country about sixty or seventy years ago, and then caused the death of a number of persons.

There are nine English, two French, one Spanish and four German daily papers in San Francisco. There are twenty-two weeklies, of which eighteen are English, three French and one Ital ian. There are seven monthlies, one of which is medical and another religious.

Merry-Making.

Mr. Rarey's Arms.-A Horse-pistol, and a Colt's revolver.

Why cannot a cook eat her apron? Because it goes against her stomach.

The "freedom of the city," according to loafers, is lodging in the station-house.

When is a lover like a tailor? Ans.-When he presses his suit.

What comes next to an oyster? Ans.-The shell. (A hard case, that!)

What tree represents a person who persists in incurring debts? Ans.-Willow (will owe.)

What part of the play do drinking men like the best? Ans.-The finale (fine ale), to be sure. The girl who succeeds in winning the true love of a true man makes a lucky hit, and is her.self a lucky miss.

When may a man be said to be totally immersed in business? When he is giving a swimming lesson.

It is said that if you stop up rat-holes with old search warrants, every knowing rat will leave the premises.

A man being commiserated with an account of his wife's running away, said, "Don't pity me till she comes back again."

A contemporary says that his voice "is still for truth." Evidently his voice for truth is perfectly still.

"Why is a sheet of postage-stamps like distant relations? Because they are but slightly connected.

Why have compositors more reason to complain than anybody else? Because their business is always at a stand.

If a flock of geese see one of their number drink, they will drink too. Men often make geese of themselves.

A young lady says that if a cart-wheel has

Why are fixed stars like wicked old men? Because they scintillate (sin till late.)

Equestrian burglary. The breaking in of horses.

shoes by wearing boots or going barefooted. The greatest coward may avoid shaking in his

A miser who never gives a cent to the desolate, cries "Heaven help the poor."

Hood said the Thames was a tidy river, but he preferred the Isis in summer.

Why are geese like opera dancers? Because no other animals can stand so long on one leg.

Did the man who ploughed the sea, and afterwards planted his foot on his native soil, ever harvest the crops?

An advertiser in one of the papers says he has a cottage to let, containing eight rooms and an acre of land.

but a malignant throat, not sore, is scarcely any A malignant sore throat is a very bad thing; better.

An exchange advertises for compositors" who wont get drunk," and adds that "the editor does all the getting drunk necessary to support the dignity of the establishment!"

Thomas Hood died composing-and that, too, a humorous poem. He is said to have remarked that he was dying out of charity to the undertaker, who wished to urn a lively Hood.

"Do you think," asked Mrs. Pepper rather sharply, "that a little temper is a bad thing in a woman ?" "Certainly not, ma'am," replied the gallant philosopher, "it is a good thing, and she ought never to lose it."

Mother: "Good morning, George; how did you get along in your debating society last night?" George: "Capital; we voted unanimously not to have anything more to do with the women!"

STREET DIALOGUE.-Street sweeping boy"Please, sir, give me a brown?" Swell-"Sixpence is the only small money I have, my little lad." Boy.-" Vell, sir, I'll get yer change; and if yer doubts my honor, hold my broom.'

like her can't have one.

"I go through my work," as the needle said to the idle boy.-" But not till you are hard pushed," as the idle boy said to the needle.

A certain man says that one of his boys knows nothing, and the other does. The question is, which knows the most?

Boy! did you let off that gun?" exclaimed an enraged school-master. "Yes, master." " Well, what do you think I will do to you?" Why let me off."

"Bridget, where's the gridiron ?" "An' sure, ma'am, I's jist after giving it to my sister's own cousin, Bridget O'Flaherty; the thing's so full of holes, it's no good at all."

A man about town observed, on the morning after a debauch, "Had Leander practised swimming with half the perseverance of my head he'd never have been drowned."