ng “The parents have often laughingly de- “bated whether the lad was or was not a the boy himself was seen coming across . road that leads to manhood and Deworalic "Bellefonte, Pa., Juue 27, 1390. MAY NORTH-EASTFERS, EY JOHN HUTTON, How summer-like the swallows look Skimming the golden leas, The oxen, standing in the brooks, The hum of passing bees. How summer-like the cloud of gnats That dances in my path, The splash of stealthy water rats Talking their summer bath. And summer-like the long deep grass And shining golden glades; And, when the merry breezes pass Whe young corn’s silky blades. But cold North-Easters laugh at me And say “Not yet, my friend, The summer is not yet to be— Scarce yet the winter's end.’ And 1 rejoice to think the year Has not grown quite so old : For this bright thought I gladly bear The North wind’s breezy cold. ' 1 know the pomp of Royal June Comes next to lovely May, ah. the loss when spring has gone, twelve long months, away ! Bua la Jor Then let the spring's transparent green Veil, still, the trees around— The tracery of their boughs be seen In shadow on the ground. And let the mower’s scythe delay Glade harvest’s welcome sight. Still let the cuekoo cheer the day; The corn-crake luli the night. Mechanics of the Chinese. It is a remarkacle fact that the dwell- ers of the Celestial Empire, notwithstand- ing their technical skill and their many important inventions, stand on a very low plane in respect to the natural sei- ences and their practical application. A recent occurrence illustrates the back- ward state of science in China. A firm of German electricians, by order of the young Emporor, fitted the pal- ace with electric lights. The first trial of the new illumination threw the im- perial cabinet into a fit of consterna- tion, because such results could only be obtained, according to their view, by the aid of some supernatural powers, very likely those of evil spirits: It was consequently decided to remove at once the electric lamps sr¢ machines from the palace. Int'ieir #¢ ronomical con- ceptions the Chi: ese ¢+ nd yet behind the age of Cope nici. believing that the sun revolves rout ¢ the earth, of whose form agd the vi: 7 in which it is supported in space tiey entertain the strangest ideas. Of course, in such a country astrology, soothsaying and all the rankest superstitions still flourish, and a check can only be expected irom the gradual influence of the many in- intelligent young men who have studied in European universities. In the ordinary application of prac- lated of the pigtailed nation, showing that Chinese education is based on an- on | T 00] 459 tate College.Ar| 7 04 51 20, 7 20 Lv.8 ge. Ar| 7 04 5204 Thos, A. SHOEMAKER, Supt. 4 i ERR .. dba