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AQRIOULTQRAL. Band* Derrick for Butchering- Useful in butchering on* beef or one hog a* well a* a number of them. The derrick constructed of three sticks of strong tsoiber, 1.1 feel long. The roller for wind- ease is 4 feel between hearings, and is 3} laches in diarreter. The beat way is to have it turned from sound maple or other wood. A blacksmith can make the hooks and other fixtures. Foranumberof bog*, use a strong pole or scantling, suit- abt- u> hold the weight, by resting one end on the derrick and the other end on a crwt'-hi'l post or a tree with a crotch in it. For one ho;; or beef, use the tackle in top of the derrick, as usual. Use ropes and tackle to suit. Then you will have a handy tool for a number of uses. An Improved Wacon- A wagon having its hauling gear arrang- ed in such a way that a large team of horses may ue Hitched close to the wagn, which nay bo -ilv hauled and the team readily controlled, i- shown ill the accompanying illustration, and ha* been patented by Mr. l>vid \V. Cotes, of Guthrie Centre, Iowa. The wtuon ha* a bed much wider than usual, and with sjlls projecting forward to be fastened with the ordinary king bolt to mhoit axles, each of which carries a pair of WAIiOX. wheels. The axis* have forwardly extend- ing tongues, with the customary wnitlletrees whereby :our horses may be hitched breast, the nock yoke* of the tongue* be- ing coupled together by a detachable rod en that the borne* will pull together effec- tive! j. When the wagon is used for kauling hay or other bulky material it may he provided with ricks at the front and s*ai. or all round, but, without such rack, Uie waggon presents a broad, firm bed, affording a firm Inundation, and adapted to eive scraper loads of dirt or other ma- Women as DriTer*-' Have you ever taken note ol tn* average WODI.MI driver ? No wonder the men slways rrlegnTr to her use the oldest, laziecl horse on the fui n. Here she come*, well braced p, elbows crooked and hands up. with a rain in each, and every few yard* emitting a found very much like the clucking of a ho by wliich means shu hopes to eocour- te the poor ol I Dnbbin to a little faster Kill. No use, Dobbin knows quite well who is Itiving, and plods along wilh head lown and general stupidity n, all his man- Two men came and held the horse (which was not showing the slightest sign of fear) and attempted to reassure her ; but no, she declared that should she sit there until she died she "wadua stir a fit farrei" until that train had gone. The trainmen called "no danger," bat she was obstinate, and I knew that if we were still there when the train began to move, with it* noise and clangor, there might be a very serious acci- dent. The pony would most assuredly swerve and bolt and, though at other times perfectly able to control it, I did not know now I might nanage when hampered wilh two helpless ones ; so decided that discre- tion was the better of valor, and turned up a side streel and drove around the train. ?oing nearly a mile out of my way. When landed that woman at her own door the train was (till at the crossing, but she ha* never forgiven me for not getting frighten- ed ; and many times I seem to hear her say : "Oh, oh, this is what comes ot womon folks trying to drive ; we'll be kiPed sure." Spreading Manure in the Winter- The worst use to which good manure can be put ie to cart it to the field* and leave it in heap* to be spread in the spring. The result of this mistake will be that the sol- uble part of the manure will be washed into the ground under the heap*, saturating the oil there to excess, causing the crop to grow to excess, and fall down and lodge, or if it is wheat, to rust and become worth- less, while the rest of the land is robbed ot its share. The best use to put the manure to, is to draw it to the tiel I on the snow in low sleds, making it easier to load and draw and spread, and scatter it at once where it is intended to make use of it, It is then doing the most good it can. It speedily sinks in the snow to the ground, and there is absorbed and in the spring it is easily turned under at the first oppoitunity, often saving two or three weeks and some- times a month in the sowing of the oat crop, thus making it safe, when otherwise it would have to contend with every ri*k pos- sible. Nothing can be loet in this way, for whatever is made soluble by decomposition goes into the land just where it i* wanted. If the manure is kept in the yard until the spring there is the delay and the difficulty in getting it on to the land, uturated a* it is with the melting snow or early rain*, and softened oy the thawing. The Kitchen jf a Farm House- The kitchen of the farm house should have the oeet attention in the laying out of a plan for building. To slightly alter Solo mon's advice about the rirld, it may be ssid ' First make the kitchen fit, and then build the house." This is due to the moet im- portant part of farm home, the wife and mother. Her health and life often depend upon the kind of kitchen she spends a large part of her time in. It is preferably built a* an annex to '.he house on the east side, getting the morning sun, and escaping the mid-day heat. On the south side should be an outside kitchen for storage, for a laundry and the refrigerator. There should be windows on three (idea, and th fire ihould be on the side joining the house. Plenty of light I* pleasant and useful anil sunshine encourages a sunny temper. Choice oi Soil* Now, take this itupklit; a"iem> "ie horse and a driver tho manage) properly and note the differ cnce. Ity holding the reins in the proper way, you not only have belter control over ymr horse i.ut are a'.le to sil in a more oomforUlile position. Take your reins in the left hand, eroding them and holding firmly in the palm ; then when you require to draw eilher it can easily be done by an lai'lination of the hand, thu* leaving the right hand free, ihould it be necessary to aae the whip ever so lightly. Never make your home trot up or down hill or roads where there are many small, IOOSM stones, (to step on a rolling stone while trotting intent inflict a severe strain) but have. This comes pretty hard on the farm - ere' wivee, and this is one thing that make* the daughter* long for the town. See if yon cannot correct this matter a little. If yon have a field of rye that yon intend to plow under in the spring and want to put it to the most profitable nee that is possible, let us advise yon to manure It heavily this winter on top of the rye, and then plant potatoes there. By this mean*, aided by subsequent good cultivation, you will secure a crop that will be it* own warrant for the means employed. Poultry Piotingt- Haste In producing fatness destroys the appetite and disturbs digestion, and so de- feats the very end for whi _-h you have aimed. Be moderate, a id you gel to the goal more quickly, and find a better profit awaiting you there. Wheat is one of the best foods for stimu- lating egg production. At its present price it can be fed for this purpose with profit. But remember that it i* alao a fat produc- ing food, so do not give too ranch of it, and see that the fowls that it is fed to have am- ple opportunity for exercise. \\ t see by the papers that some farmers are experimenting with the feeding of wheat to stock. There is no way in which a bushel of grain can be cunverte 1 into so much good, nutritions, Tiarketa,b!e food, as by feeding it to hens to turn into eggs. See that the fowls have a place wh-re they can exercise comfortably every day throughout the Winter. They need a place where they will not be exposed to cold, blustering winds. CONCERNING ROYALTY. The 1'rince of Wales captured only two purse* en the lurf this season, and they were worth leu than 12,000. Queen V iotoria will! spend Easter in Florence, and from there she will go to Coburg. She will celebrate her 7*th anni- versary in May Emperor William is trying to buy the new Cap* diamond, the largest in the world, for the crown now being made for him in Berlin. The Prin Maud and Victoria o f selecting farms and gardens in new ers often make the mistake ke him go along smartly on good level re>Mi. A horse that has a habit of shying ewust be carefully watch*'', bill if v< nnloui- d to driving such a one you will soon kaow what objects are likely to prove alarm sag, and will be on guard. Let your horse know that, while kind, yet you are master, and you will get on all right. Another sMceeiary lemon for a girl brought up on a farm is, how to harness and unharneat.and Ik* proper use of every strap and buckle asxl then at any time, should a breakage occur while driving alone, she will b* able to mend it in a temporary way. One time, when all the men were away from home, I saw some girls attempt lo nn- karnet* a horse and they simply unfastened very buckle. The man who put that bar- Mae together again had quite a complicated taxk, and was in anything but a good humor by the lime it ws accomplished. Another gnwn one took the rein* off and wound UH-III round the shafts, Iweide the hold backs and upon requiring them again was to a terrible dilemma, and only succeeded in finding them after a long search. If you have lo liable your own horse never leave tin i wet wilh snow or rain. After taking off the harness rub him thoroughly down, and if chilly] and in a cold stable, better blanket him and then give him a good feed. He will appreciate k% and will be more witling to go tor you wtien next you take him out. After a while you will find a real pleasure in hearing Use borsee whinny at the sound of your oioe. Another thing to be remembered ii, if Use reins are not in your own hand* never interfere with the driver or attempt to grasp the lines if the horse is frightened, and never make a nuisance of yourself by creaming at such a time. Set your teeth firmly together, bile your lips until they bleed, clench your hands until the nails sink into the flesh, but be quiet. This summer I was placed in a position at once ludicrous and dangerous. I wsa driving a rather spirited pony and had an elderly woman and child a with me; and it was necessary that I should cross a railway track. Hut when we were about one him drodyardsolT thedown trsin approached and aooppnd a short distance above the r.rnsf- u.g. 1 lie sight of the locomotive seemed to t* "ow this woman into a panic, and *he csnnmenced shouting. In places, purch of giving preference to light sandy soils, which can be worked with less labor than clay, and never become muddy. But such light soil*, although god for some special crops, poeses* much leas strength than others, anil are enriched at more expense, and while a city soil will islain for years tin' manure that is washed into it, a sandy soil can never be permanently enriched Some years ago, a gentleman called for ad- vice on the late Mr. Barry whose extensive nurseries had given him an excellent oppor- tunity tor testing the value of his previous wide knowledge on the subject. Mr. Barry, in order to convey his estimate of the value of esoh, said: "If you can give f 100 an acre for the sandy ground, yon may well afford to pay $-VKi, an acre for the clayey loin. Underdrain it and manure it, and your improvement is permanent ; but the fertility is soon worked out of the sand.'' Thee* views havs been strongly confirmed to us by our cultivation of both kind* of soil. This subject was thoroughly discussed some time ago at a meeting of the Kruit- tirower* Association of Ontario, when Mr. Kane said that on vuiiing Ihe exhibition* of the finest fruil, he found lh beet were 8 re wn on a clay loam that hail l>en under- rained, and in many uaae* whnr Miinilea were found that came in competition with the beet, they were found to be grown on underdrained clay. Mr. I'attison said that on clay the fertility is not easily exhausted, and can be kept up with a moderate snpply of manure, while in sand it i* feed, feed, feed all the time. A great many orchards do not bear upon sand; this is nothing lea* than soil exhaustion. The clay will retain all the fert ility you can supply it with. Hs said that grapes, pears, plums, apples, quinces and red and black currants can be grown profitably on clay or clay loam, which of course needed most be well underdrained i Practical Pointers. An ' imaha special says foreign capitalists hve tirreed to establish in that city a f I.MD.OUO beet-sugar factory if the farmers will agree to plant 6,000 acres of beet*. Ii is understood that the capital come* from Poland. Within the . wo week* French paper* have taken -,' >>> bushels spot wheat for export account uini paid for it, and the mar- ket is up So psr cental i;h further buying. It Is a waste of time and money to try and grow profitable crop* upon low, wet PEOPLE YOU KNOW Coquelin, the French comedian, now playing at New York, i*, according to Mr. Benjamin Suite, of Canadian descent. Hi* ancesior* settled at Three Rivers in the seventeenth century. The Khedive has received a magnificent present from his mother, in the shape of a toilet service of gold, superbly chased, and enclosed in a huge ebony chest. There are about thirty pieces, each of which bears the monogram of the Khedive in diamonds. Lord Aberdeen is said to be aa Episco" pslianwhenin England and a Presbyter ian when in Scotland. The Queen also belongs to the two churches. One of the features of Kideau Hall life is family pray- er. The household assembles every morn- ing for worship, which is conducted by the (iovernor-Oeneral, or in his absence, by Lady Aberdeen. A hymn is sung, a chap- ter i* read, and then his Excellency reads the prayers. Governor Moreeby, of the New Westmin- ster gaol, has just completed his quarter of a century of service. He waa originally a gold miner. .Speaking of the gold excite- ment, he says : "What would the nresent generation say to having to pay $*JO for a sack of flour, the same for a pair of gum boots, and $5 % pound for tea or coffee? Yet the miners paid these prices cheerfully, and never rued the money, or gold dust, or nugi(ets, as the case might be." Hi-fore the Princess May became the biide of the Duke of Yot... <he hid an ar- dent admirer in the j non of an nrrand boy. He wrote her a .nr decuring his affection, and the Princess promptly handed the epistle <f --r to her Ulher. The Duke of Teck sent for the young lover and told him it was unmanly conduct to propose to a lady unless he wa* prepared to support her in the style to which she was accus- tomed. VI hereupon the lad withdrew his suit. Sir .loneph Hickson ha* sufficiently recov- ered f torn the severe cold which has con- fined him lo the house in Montreal for the last fortnight to go to bis office. Kev. C. H. Kioe. of Fairville, N. K., who shot himself the other day, wsa a Methodist clergyman. The coroner's jury was unable to determine whether death was accidental or intentional. Mr. Laurier has consented to defend 1/Klecteur, of Quebec, in its numerous libel cases. One of the charges of libel has been brought by Mr. Angers, who, it was alleged, had profited by the Beauport deal. Many proirinent Canadians died during the year just closed. Here are a few : Sir John Abbott, Sir Alex, (ialt, Hon. II. Latlamme, John McLennan, ex-M. P., Bis- hop Horden, Moosonee; Lieut-governor Nelsoi , of British Columbia; Lieut-Gover- nor Boyd, ot New Brunswick; John Lovell, Charles gangster, W. H. Howland and Judge Teschereau. The forty-niners, as the participant* in the gold fever of 1849 are termed, are dying fact. The ("harlofetown Kxuniner record* the death at the age of O*J of Charles Batch, a Prince Edward Islander who sailed from Charfottetown to San Francisco on the brig Fanny in the year of the great excitement. By special charter this vessel carried the emigrant Islander* round the Horn and landed them in California, where they (ouirht their fortune*. Five of them returned to then native place after many year*, richer only in experience. A new story is told about the Princes* Louise during her sojourn in Canada. Her Royal Highness had hut recently arrived at Ottawa, and was taking a walk, when overtaken by thirst she called in at a cot- tage and asked for s drink. The good woman, who was ironing, had not time to draw water, for she was hurrying through her work that she might be oil' to see " Our Queen's child." " I will iron for you while you gel water," was the Princes*' offer. The proposal was accepted, and the Prin- ces* applied herself to the old man'* shirt. When the drink was produced the Prince** made herself known, whereupon the shirt was carefully Inid aside, for the loyal house- wife would never liow ironing done by the Wales gave their mother a piano on her re" cent birthday. It had been used by Pader ewski when he crossed the ocean on the Teutonic, and wa* recommended by Signer Toeti. It i* not often that a King takes to jour- nalism a* a profession. This, however, is what the ex-King of the Maoris ha* done. He i* editor of a journal called Te Pakio Matariki, in whote column* are related the manifold trouble* of the ex-monarch. The Herman Emperor i* a hard- working man of restless and unceasing activity. He need* but little sleep himself, and ex- acts long hours from every one in attend- ance. Four or five hour*' rest i* all that he care* for, and the physicians say that he is burning the candle at both ends. The Prince** of Wales alway* sends word to those who wish to present her with bouquet* a* to the six* and weight of the presentation. The rose ie her favourite Bower, and ie usually indicated. There is no spontaneity in relation* with royalty. Everything i* legnlated and formulated and arranged. There i* only on* sovereign who bar ever been up in a balloon. Thi* is Queen Christina of Spain. Some years ago she happened to be passing a field in which some ballooning experiments were being made, and it immediately occurred to her Majesty that she would like to experience the sensation of being up in mid-air. After sending her equerry to make the necessary , arrangements, the royal party asoendedaitd " a * ho "" remained in space for some considerable *"" W ' k .TV' Mciiinms, and \ aughn visited the island, aid while rambling ever the eastern part of it casn* to a spot of which the unusual and strange conditions at once engaged their at- tention. Mr. Vaughn himself, who wasonly Mill MS II A lOYi SCOTIA ISLAM. Load* of Gold and Jewels Bonk by Pirate* in the Good Old Time* Before Ibe Mesaory or Men new li . i* a seian l*e feet itrr v Was Made, Waick Coaaeel* wllfc asi llBa)etraasl Ta el. Where the rreelea* Tfclas> Were Placed I a Weeelea Bole*. Much fiction has been written concerning great sums of money and va*t quantities of jewel* buried by pirates some 200 years goe somewhere along the Atlantic coast. But the following account of buried treasure bae to do only with facts as stated by men now living and who had a hand in them or as was told by men now dead . That a shaft about 13 feet in diameter and 100 feet deep was sunk on Oak Island, in Mahone bay, Nova Scotia, before the memory of any now living ; that this shaft wa* connected by an underground tunnel with the open ocean, about 365 feet distant ; that at the bottom of thi* shaft jrere placed large wooden boxes, in which were precion* metal* and jewel* ; that many attempt* have been made, without succee*, to obtain thi* treas- ure ; i hat it i* reasonably certain the treasure is large, because so great a trouble would never have been taken to conceal any small sum ; that it is now entirely feasible to thoroughly explore this shaft and recover the treasure still located therein. Oak island is situated near the head of Mahone bay, Nova Scotu. A narrow chan- nel separates it from the mainlanJ at that point known as the western shore and four miles from the town of Chester. The island is about a mile in length and half a mile broad. The formation is a very hard, rough clay. The eastern end was originally cov- ered with oak limber, several groves of which still remain. There are OV4R 300 ISLANDS IH THI BAT. At the cloee of the last century this part of the country was very sparsely populated, in question wa* without space time. Word has been sent lo the Courts of Europe that the Shah of Persia intend* to vi*it Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, and Vienna next spring. He will start on his journey in May or June, and will remain in I Europe several months. The raters whom ' he is to honour are in an unhappy state of mind already ou account of the proponed visit. No living sovereign, in all proba- bility, is a more unwelcome guest than the Shah, but hi* cousins in Europe are obliged to receive him with all the honours due to hi* rank. Entertaining him is more expen- sive than entertaining any other monarch. Hi* retinue i* almost a legion. Hew Discoveries in Africa. That va*t central region of Africa which wa* marked on the old map* " unknown " to-day is known a* the moet fertile, fruitful and well wateied and populous of all Africa, region that would not saffer in compari- son with the ba*t p*rt of any other conti- nent on any of these points. In this rery region it u found that for long a^es there ha* been, a* there is now, a wondroui, teeming dwelling place for the largest, mo*t vigorous and promining of all the African races), the great Bantee family, which comprises at least two hundred tribe*, who speak one hundred and sixty eight cognate languages and fifty-five dialects, and no doubt number sixty million soul*. Africa, taken a* a whole, instead of be- ing a dry, desolate, barren, waterless waste, is known a* a land of great, uplifted, fer- tile, populous plateaus, of magnificent in- land lakes, of majestic river* that brim their bank*, and for thousands and tliou sands of mi!** furnish grand highway* for boats, steamer* and ships, a* up the Congo, the Mile and the Zambeai ; a land of gold, ivory, diamond* and gum*, of *ugar cane, eoffee, cotton, camwood and a thousand other thing* that all the rest of the world needs, and will yet have in exchange for the products of it* looms ant) anvil*, spindli *ud hammer*. ground. The best thing'that'you can do, if | yu.'eii's'chiid to bu'spoiled". you havo *uoh a piece, 11 to inveit a little , _- __ of your lurplus in draining it. Probably it | Th . re j , political crisis at Yokohama. is rich, and the extra crop* that it will I and . o/ th . utmo . t Border were produce will su<m reptiy you for the out- w j tll e*ed on Friday. when Parliament re- 'sy- laatembled, ariiing cut of the excitement The I!. 3. Department of Agriculture has of over the question of the presidency. The late year* been of much realservice to the Government ended the tumult by prorogu- ftrmer. Hut we cannot help wondering ing the Parliament until January I'J. liow much more it might have done if it had received financial aid from Congrea* in proportion to the value of the intereit which it represent*. It is a fact that our farm home* do not have the comforts and faculties of living A fierce conflict ha* taken place between the Lume and ^boo*ch tribaa in Albinia and much blood ha* been shed. The Kunian Government ha* ordered an ironclad of s.sso ton*, a torpedo catcher, and three torpedors, to beoommencad lm- eaiily, that town homes ol the same class mediately at Niculaieff. >! Beetle* Mar slave *3,ee .. Most insect* have two kind* of eyes ; me large compound eye. one on each lid* of the head, and the ocleli.or simple eye*, of which there are generally ''iree, placed in triangle between the other two. The compound eye* are complex in structure, consisting of a number of hexagonal facets, each with it* system of nerves. It is not known whether the combination forms one aggregate eye, or whether each facet is an eye. Many insect* have thousand* of these facets tame beetles as many as 'J5.00O. The vuion of sccrpioos, though they have six eyes, is im perfect, and that ot spider*, equally well provided a* to the number of ocelli, is not much better. The chameleon has the ad ditional faculty of moving it* eye* indepen Jently of each other, so that it can look up with one eye while looking down with the other, backward and forward, or in other iitferent directi3us- The eye* of deep-sea linh are very varied ; some have greatly en largedeyeb>llt,audother*are provided with ;>hoaphoiescent processes or spot*. Bird* and many of the smaller mammals have very acute vision, while thet of the larger animals is very much like our own. Hhwer eTatar *! IB Nlkvtrla. Nordenskjold ' journal of his trip aero** Siberia mentions several occasion* of fall* of cosmical d u*t from the region* of space, and when I'rofeuor Marx wa* stationed at Jenisiesk in that country, he resolved to test the matter for himself, which hi* finally succeeded in doing in a manner that wa* highly satisfactory. One morn- ing he found a considerable quantity of dust in hi* pluviometer (Boating on water which the instrument had collected during a shower of the night previous). This dut was of a brick-red color, and upon being subjected to a careful analysis proved to consist of iron, nickel and cobalt. Pro- feasor Marx communicated the matter to his academy and Prof**or Lens, an emin- ent authority, gave it a* hi* opinion '.bat the dust wa* of cosmioal origin, and point* to the laot that it wa* collected during the regular annual shower* of November me- teors or "falling stars." a lad of 16 at this time,snbsequently relat- these facts to Robert Creelman.who still lives at Upper Slewiacke,N.S., and who was afterwards the manager of a company form- ed to recover the treasure. It had every appearance of having been cleared many before. Ked clover and other plants Indigestion troubled Abner McDowell, of ,'iiincy, III., and a friend, who knew a remody for every ill adviaed him to saw wood. McDowell iuwe I half through one log and then fell dead. foreign to the soil were growing. Near the center stood a Urge oak tree with marks and figure* on the trunk. One of the lower and larger branches of this bad been sawed olf, and projected directly over the centre of a deep circular depression in the land about thirteen feet in diameter. These and other "signs" (hnrtly after led the three men named to commence work. A'ter digging a few feet they found that they were working IB a well defined shaft, the wall* of which were so hard and solid that in some place* old pick marks could be seen, and within 1'ieee wall* the earth wa* M loose tht picks ere not required. On reach- ing a depth of ten feet they came to a cov- ering of oak plank. They kept on digging until a depth of thirty feet was reached, finding mark* at each ten feet. Here the work PKUVID TOO HEAVY FOR THEM, and owing to the fact that superstitions beliefs were in full force in that part of the country they were unable to got help and were forced to abandon it. After seven years Cr.Cyndsof Truro visited the island, interviewed the three men, and on hi$ return to Truro organized a company. Among, those interested at the time were Col. Robert Archibald, Sheriff Harris, and ('apt. David Archibald. They made an excavation to the depth of ninety-five feet, marks being found every ten feet. The ninety-foot mark was a flat stone about 3 feet long and 16 inches wide. On it marks or character* had been cut. Afterward it was placed in the jamb ot a fireplace in Mr. Smith's bouse, and while there wa* viewed by thousand* of people. Many years after- ward it was taken out of the chimney and taken to Halifax to have, if posxible, the character* deciphered. One expert gave hi* reading of the inscription a* folio*)*: Ten feet below are _',( xxi.iXX) buried." We give this statement for what it is worth. It was Saturday night when they reached the depth of ninety-five feet, and when they returned Monday morning the shall wa* found to be full of water within twenty-five ur thirty feet from the top. They tried bailing it out, but the task provad utterly hopeless. They then sank a new shaft a few ttet from the old or money pit and went to a depth of 1 10 feat, and then they began to tunnal under, when suddenly the water burst in upon them and they escaped with their live* and a fine drenching. Thi* disaster practically ended the operation of this company. In 1849 a second attempt was made. Ur. Oynds and Mr. Vaughn were still alive and gave much valuable in- formation. They sunk a shaft on the site of the old money pit, which had been filled up, and struck water *t eighty-six feet. They, also, tried bailing; it ou' and were forced to abandon it. Shortly after men with boring apparatus of a very primitive description were sent to the island. J. B. McCully of Truro, who is still living snd tells theee facts, was manager. A platform was rig- ged in the "money pit' thirty feet below the i<iirioe and just above the Wkter, The boring started, and we submit a verbatim statement of the manager : The platform wa* struck at ninety-nine feet. After going through five inches of spruce the. auger dropped twelve inches, then through four inches of oak, then it wont through twenty- two inches of metal in pieces, but the auger failed to ttke any of it in except three links resembling an ancient watch chain. It then went through eight inches of oak supposed to be the bottom of one chest and the top of the next ; then twenty-two inches of metal, a* before : then four inuhee of oak and eix inches of spruce ; then into clay seven feet without sinking anything else. Then the next boring they (truck the platform at ninety-eight feet ; then a fall of eighteen inches, when the auger <:ame into contact with, as supposed, the sido of the cask, as the auger revolving close to the side of the cask gave a jerky and irregular motion. The auger brought up several splinters of oak and a brown, fibrous substance