Tatiinirs. Sad m the parting ol the ghost ly ships Chance throws together on the ocean wide; Sweet were tho words then tossed trom li|h list to the song ol the tanner As he ply* the fiuthtul flail, Now s hum ok song, then a strain bright and glad When the sultry air grow* warmer. In cities we fly o'er the sturdy -loot rail, Croat ocean's how light is her uun.l * . For Science waits Will! And tsUin se-ks Phil' ho light is her heart as she longs tor that day —J/htl K. Ilitdrr, is -f/Aeay drjiu. MAXWELLS IDEA. The Yiilnge of W i-ston .xmsists of one main stixx't, w here stand tlte churxTnu. the town ,hail, ptMrtoflire, and sundry feobie-mindo.l stores. There are noble elms, a wide mail, and a few pretty houses. The better class of dwellings are on the hillside beyond the railroad, or to the north, on the meadows. By day a sleepy place; at night everv house is tiiirx) with city ptxtple sound asleep. The people live here, hut their hearts are in the town. Everv hoy looks lor warxi to the time when he shall join the pilgrims to lite city and a store. To gi> into an offiix' or store in lk>ston is the only thing for a young titan to do. He mitt have business in town or lost caste. Torn Maxwell had the misfortune to be born in Weston, ami early imbibed its pecalivDtftMUouuerning life ami the tnin£ to do. For instance, no young gentleman must work with his hands; be must not go into a retail store; he must dress well, be able to take part in the Lyceum debates, and he must not on any account stay in the village during the day. Unless he could do all this, he hail better remove to New York or Chit-ago. and dwell among the enlight ened in outer darkness. Tom luul secured a place as accountant in a wholesale grocery house, and was considered a lucky fellow. He had a small property of his own. and he had fallen in love. The Object had even said she wouid some day wear his name. She wore his diamond ring already. Suddenly Tom Maxwell appcimsl at the village station at eleven o'clock in the morning, and in :ui hour it,was known of ail women that the wholesale grocery concern had failed. The Object knew it first, ami straightway all knew it. Of course the engagement would come to an immediate end There was not th<' lea.-1 fiL— :Uut it. Weston prides itself its dignified serenity under trials. It sto|H>ed. and that was the end of it. The next day Tom had a diamond ring on storage at his rooms. Thereupon the young man sat down to consider the situation. He was now twenty-two. had a good general educa tion. and didn't know anything very well. His hands were soft; he knew how to dance; hecoukl sing tolerably and paint a little; he could not dig. neither couid lie steal, lie was. in fai-t. a fair sample of tiie Weston young gen tleman . lie also considered the situation from a lover's point ofiview. HTP we have no right to intrude, and we must learn his thoughts from his actions. for several days he wandered around in the open air. casting about to see what he might do. hut really curing his heart wound in si'.ent contemplation of nature. Herein was lie doubly wise. In a moment of inspiration he thought of emigrating to New York. Other fellows hai gone there, and had made money; why not he? lie even investigated the expense of the journey; hut something stood in the way. He loved the Object still. One day he happened to pass through the main street at high noon. There was not a soul to be seen in ail the drowsy plai-c. S< >roc sWay hens gathered round the overflowing water-trough be fore the chief store, and a solitary cow cropped the gra*> along the sidewalk. He was a trifle hungry, and went up the • decayed and broken steps of the store to purchase a lunch. The door was locked, and he peered in at the dirty windows. Was it here the housekeepers of Weston iiou-ht their sugars and molasses, their tea- and spices? He felt glad he hail not known it before. What a horrible p :i W Dark, dingy.confused with half- j opened boxes and barrels, a broken scale | on the counter, rows of fly-specked bot tles on the shelves, confusion and dis order everywhere. Just then a man in shirt sleeves and frowzy hair appeared and apenrd the door. Tom asked for bread and cheese. He paid for something, took it away in a newspaper, and charitably bestowed the whole of it upon the ancient hens in the Street. It was a goes! investment. With the purchase he gained an idea. Ideas are money to the wise, and Tom Maxwell was wise aliove his generation. He looked up and down the sleepy street, and contemplated the three establish ments that supported the village needs: one variety place, where nails, needles and dried lisli found a home; one butcher's shop—a horrid den, full of unsfieakahlc abominations; and the dis mal grocery. The idea grew upon him rapidly. He considered it two days, and then re solved to try it. Little did he imagine the immense social changes his decision would involve. How could he foresee the slights, the sneers and insulting con descension that would be bestowed upon him? He saw nothing, not even the outcome of liis love expedience that would spring from his new idea. The following week the village ear tenter received an order to turn the ower story of the old Allen mansion nto something new—what, he could not exactly comprehend. There were to be iwo immense windows, with a wide door opening into a parlor. Behind this were to be two large rooms, and in front there was to be a wide piazza, with ample canopy and broad steps, and with spaces for flower borders on either side. The news spread quickly through the village. Everybody knew that Tom Maxwell had embarked in some insane scheme, and was baring.the Allen man sion to pieces. Poor boy! his sad love experience had injured his mind. He was throwing his money away. His friends should interfere and save him from ruin. At night the returning mer chants paused before the dismantled mansion, and wondered what new folly had broken loose in the town. Maxwell heard of these things, and the next morning a high board fence shut the work from view. This only excited the greater curiosity. Every female tongue wagged fast over Tom s consummate folly. What did he intend to do? Was it a house, theatre, shop or studio? FRED. KURTZ, Ktlitor mid Rropriotor. VOLUME XII. Wivks passtxl. There \\ :vs much Run murine ltchind the high feme. Then came it 10 ni.oni painter*; ami liv*t 1\ one nielli l\v<> hum' wagons unloaded sundry boxes ami IHUTI'I* ai iho ilisif. The same evening every family in Uo village, unit in all iho villages ruuud nlmuu ro irivui k iHillti 1 invitation t. UtsfMvt. on tiio follow ing nieltl, Iho nexx cstahli-h mont. Tho noxt afti-ntivm at half nasi -i\ tho carpenter* pulliHl down tlio high fonot - . ami disnlaytx)- well, it ixiuld not bo called anything. Nothing ike it had ovor been nccn m tho world at iu.-i.-i so they said; hut thon W'u-ton sight m vur extends beyond Boston. litoro w as in front a noat garden xx itli a graveled walk At ono side tho road passed i lost' to tho stops, so thai carriages 1 oatuo directly to tho piawux, Two im ruonso nhttc-gla*.* windows and adouhlo iliH>r filed tho entire front of tho low or part of tho building. Ovor thouoor was a shuttle sign, or card "Thomas Max woll. Through tlio windows oould IH' so'ii tahlos sprvad xx ith whito ixivers. and laid with dishes of the most dclicatcdried fruit, golden huttor. hrvail, oako. every tliiag that oouhi delight tho lioart of tho housekeeper. Tho door opomal II{HIII a parlor, carpeted and furni-hod with nutnorous ohairs and -ma'.', tsbk - Near ly ovory tahlo hail sottn ohoioo display of things desirable in a gastronomic sons''. A toa-urn gnuxxl one innur, and bosido it SUHMI a ooftx--urn, w hilo on tho table IxToro it woro uupx. sugar ami -|HHUIS. Two diH'rs at tho hauk lt d to targe riHims ixuuploU'ly till.sl with tahlos loadtxi xx ith fiiroign and domestic grocurios. No counters, no shelves, not a tiling to sug gest a stun'. English neatness. Parisian ologanoe in arnutgenteut, Atuorioan ix>n veuicnoe i v cry w horo. A pretty girl (from Host on) sat by tho door to roeeivu tho guosts. Two stout voting follows vfrom Maine) werv rea.lt !n the roar room. :unl Maxwell himself sat bv tho toa-urn. By seven o'clock tho* "began to eomo. At oight o'clock there wore twenty oarriagi"s at tho dinir. At half-past eight tin ro wore more than a humlnxl. and the plaoe was packtxl. Tho whole affair was a.-urpri-' Wi ton did not know what to do. whether to applaud or laugh—or ory. It was not a lunch, for not a thing was offered; it was not a party, for thon- won' neither oards nor darning; nor a reception, tor nobody rixx'ived. Maxwell woloomod everybody politely, and hade them ex amine freely. They did. They did more: they com mented witli most refreshing fnxxlom. Some said it was a joke; nay. it i-an ooeasion for grave remonstrance. The poor young man had lost his mind. A few older heads said it might lx- a good speculation, hut not one said a single word of approval, ir even cncouragc mont. At ten o'clock Tom Maxwell closed up the place and went home. He eould not exactly describe it, but he feit it—:ui in detinalde something, a shadow, as il In had passed under a cloud. The next da\ it was clear enough. He had stepped into a social cold bath. In ruder civilisations peoples showed their disapproval by quietly burning off the offending party, or they tore down his house or exiled him. or. in the modern English fasliicn. they broke his windows. Nothing of this happened to Maxwell. None the less sharp and effectual were the arms us*al against the social offender. Tliey spoke to him whi-n tie y mu.-t, hut— No need to descrilie it in detail. He had totally lost position. I tax - and nights passed. Then- was a reception on Walnut street; he was not invited. There was a Herman on the hill; lie re ceived no card. At church they nodded distantly; no more. He sat in his i w, pale, with compressed lips, and an un spoken prayer on his tongue. The preacher said, " Forgive your enemies," and lie resolved he woultl. Day by day it grew worse. Acquaint ances Ixvanie strangers; friends Ixaamc acquaintances. The Object passed him in the way as one would n total stranpT. He had bei-ome— what? In the bitter ness of liis heart he criisl out that all men were cruel, all women selfish and hard of heart. He hit his lips to rvpnss the mingled bars and mortification, what baa lie done? Was he not a man doing a man's work? Work! Ah! that was the thing. He would work, and forget these creatures. The first day the store was oix-n the entire sales amounted to one dollar and a half. A carriage front l'oltham had stopped at the door. Two ladies had entered the store —strangers and ladies. They wen* lost in admiration. It is a letter Regent street, an improved Broad way, a very l'alais Royal. They emptied their poeketbooks on the counter Sueli excellent goods, and reasonable prices ! They woulil call again and bring all their friends. Not a single resident of the village en tered the place all day. The following day was Saturday. It rained hard, and in the afternoon three people came in for sundry goods. One lady made out quite an order, and asked that it be put on the fM>ks. Maxwi-llr>-spectfully de clined. His dialings were for cash alone. The lady—otherwise person—gave him a witiiering look, and declared she had never been SKI insulti-d in her life, and marched out, leaving the goods lieliind her. The others paid cash, and went away more than pleased at the priors asked. They had never obtained such prices before. Tlis next day fourteen carriages eamc from I'olUiam. Two came from Roburn dale. anil one from Newville. The cash business done amounted to $*J75.50 tor tfie week. The next week it doubled. The week after it doubleil again. The fourth week Maxwell hail to consider the purchase of a new team to deliver the goods. Six months passed, and the husiness of the store exceeded the business of all the other ston-s combined. One of tbem had failed, and the other had actually Im-n scrubbed anil painted. Such is the force of example. And still the wonder grew. Weston has a thrifty mind. It can see a cent in a bargain with Hol landish clearness. Tic- Maxwell system was accepted fully. It was delightful to visit a drawing-room, to have a pret ty girl make a cup of tea for you. Ay, twenty cups if you wished; and having tasted, you could buy with knowledge. Did you wish olives, figs, sugars, clus-ae, or bread? Sit down and try them. This is so much, that so much. These an; the samples. Eat, test, ponder, and select. You cannot see the goods; food in the mass is essentially vulgar. Select and pay. The goods will he delivered according to sample. No one was ever permitted to pass beyond the parlor. Within the interior room* the packers tilled the orders witli neatness, dispatch and silence. Did the pun-liaser wish flour? The pretty girl brought a tray full of sam ples, with plates and water. One could make a douph, and even try it in a gas oven, if desired. Oil was shown burn ing in lamps; this light is so much a gallon, that so much, and so on from lamp to lamp. Trie store was a reception-room, shop ping a social tea-tasting, with a gentle man to preside. Maxwell took the or ders welcomed the arriving guests, took the cash, and bade good-speed to part ing friends. They came as buyers, and departed feeling themselves guests. At home, everything turned out ex actly according to sample, in more than liberal measure, and in the most ex quisite order, the very team being care fully covered with white cloths. No un couth youth begged for orders at the door; no collector rang a dunning bell. The heathen builds a temple to his gods in princely splendor, and it is said he pays for the work thereon. The Christian's church is often in debt. So it was at Weston. The First Church was about to fie closed on account of the un paid interest on its debt. It was a mat ter of great grief to the handful of peo ple who attended there, and they met at the church in solemn and unhappy mood THE CENTRE REPORTER i , ...... I one stormy Saturday night to deliluaate nvor tlio iinj'-ihlo In tlio midst of the i dismal prxH ixxlitig* a small girl timidly ; opeiu-d tin'ihxif am) limkixl in. Slio hail a letter lor the i-bak of the society Sotiic- Imdx limk il, and she di-aitpcarexl The j clerk ojietttx) tin' lollof. ami tin re It'll ullt a pitve of pntH-r, ci isp ami rustling Iho jrh i k glaiicx\ at tho note, and, nicking up the paper, thrust it i|tiiokly into his jhh'ki t. t uiiio.itx was aroused, ami -nine uno a-kixl w hat it im ant V i lux k. till, lII.UX o lint*' A i Invk ful tlio n\i filtio interest ♦-t!3.tkt. Wlni-i I'iii'ikf iho I link -aid tho mattor was to ho txwtfi ilotilial. Phi mooting hroku up in.ioyftil UIIHHI. i'ho church waa -afo lor tlio present. That night tho clerk's vxife LII' U it. thi tho Sahhath OVITVIKHI)' ; km w it The i hook wa-signed "Thotuas Max a • 11." Mid it make any dith tx-itee? Not at all. lie was still " the grxkcrxman." Heings ' of a tine mold eould nxx'ixo his gift, hut i oould not reeeive him. They even n - sonl.xl it a- a pieee of presumption. Ho hail only half .if a liinxl n-w in the liaok row. wore ho sat every Sunday with the 1 sexton's daughters They did send a | vote of thank-, but i: CUM b) mail. Not a -oui -pokr to him alxiut it save the old minister. Some sai.l it was a hid for trade. Short iv afterthi- t ho lire-engine boUM t.xik lire, in dori-ion. ;unl ingloriously j hurtled down. Tlio m\t morning the x itlago oarjM ntor xx.us liarii at work haul ing lumhor to tho ruins. Phe tire *xun ! paity. a voluntixT ass.H-iati.in, .x>mpo-od 1 chiefly of working-men and young me chanic*.-aid. " When fore do xo thi- " i And straigluxvax In -aid. in the language of tilt* porind, "Mawx.ll gim mo the order, cash on the nail." Thereupon they xx out xx ith one accord to tin groo.-ry storx* and gave tline olnxrrs for the pro prietor. I'orsuns .if tine mold said. "Another hid fur trade." Maxwell I hoard thereof, and thought it o\er. ' Every man of the tiro eumpany wtis aln-ady a ou-tomor. Moreover, nino ; tenths of hi- tratio came from other | tow lis am) villages. Time xvt-iit mi. and the now idea in the grocery line tlourislnxl inightiix. It wn the wonder of the tra)e. and dealers rame from afar to ->s- how the tiling wa it one. Sensible fathers from the city came with ro juost.- that their sons le ; taught tho now business. It was now husim —. for the grocery-man ot the jH-riixl km xv none of those tilings. IVxx -1 pie pairuni/.ixt liiiu lax-ause they must Tiny oame to Maxwell's hooau-o it was ! a pleasure. Th.'v etuue, and saw, and ■ Imught muoli. fur the business xxa.- foundixl on a rxxxignixtxl law of human nature. M r:ui while the Object lived on and on, apparently indifferent, but really keenly ■ alive to all. Sic MHMM j>arties and P6- cvptioiis. and lieani |>eo|le *|M*:ik of Max well onlv in "light and eonteinpt. and ' she heart! i' ail in cowardly silenec. At la-t her tfli win opOMd. She w;is put on -time charit) committee in the church to visit tin' poor. and. to the surprise of all, she realty did so. which i was unusual for a committee-woman. | Every w here lxf the most fashionable hous. > The parlor was full when she entered, and -he made her way slowly to the side of the hostcs-. Just as sin- stixxi by the host, -s, at the In ad of the room, a xoung male person, in the wholesale iniluncry litnx reni.-urked that sotin p< rson'sduipgs j wen- quite on a level with Maxwell's. " What do mean by that?" saidaclcar soprano beside him. A sudden hush fell on the room. "I nn-an that a man who would do that is not tit to i nter society. He is as as low down as Maxwell the grocery man. :uid uch cattle." TbnenpHD there was a general laugh through the roont. Why the jx-ople should laugh was not cesar. It pro dtlced. however, a surprising effect. "Mr. Maxwell i- a gentleman whom you can well afford to pattern." At once then* was another laugh, but in a different key. "Thank you. miss. I never consider such creatures." "It were wiM-rin you if you did. Mr. Maxwell is a Christian gentleman and a man—who paid the interest on the chureh debt; who rebuilt the engine house; who gave the new Ixioks to the library; who helped tie widow Valen tine; who helped the Fiost family in their distress; who -and the .('larks front positive starvation; who has leer a friend to to the hc|pli-ss; who laid out the little park at the corner—" "Who keeps a grocery store," put in the male person. At this some laughed, hut there was a well-defined murmur of di.-M-nt. and the laugh died away. "Who taught you t<>k-cp n store lion ••stly; who has liorne slights and insults because he chose to do a man's work in the world: who—" She was only a woman. She did not finish the sentence, for she actually fair.ted away, and would have fallen had not the male person caught her. Never had there lux-it a greater s< nsation in Weston. The ladies gathered near, with salts and words of sympathy. The men stood apart in silence, for they were ashamed. A very small female person, who had Ixs-n known to cast gm-ily I-VI-S in a cer tain direction, said spitefully, " Oh yes; it's well enough now he is rich." The Object revived just in time to hear this, and said to the small creature, '* I have lon a foo]—like the rest." Here was a fine state of alTairs. Max well rich, and publicly defended by one of the most fashionable girl- in the town. He must lie cultivated. Within a week he received a dozen invitations to teas, danees. kettledrums and m-eptlons. He smiled to himself at each, and refused them all with thanks. The news of the Object's bold defence came to him quickly. Was she the ob ect still? Of that there was no doubt. Did she care for him? It might lie, and yet what could lie do? He canvassed the whole ground, and wisely ri-solved to do nothing. Events gallop in these days. There came one to the village who seemed a man of the world. He asked for Max well's store, and was shown the parlors on Main stns-t. I!e stood before the place and gazed and gaz<-d. Then liv went in, and ask'-d permission to sit a'wliile and observe the trade. •He sat there three hours. Then, in a lull in the business, he rose and said to Maxwell, " Young num. this will not do. You are hiding your ideas under a bushel. Conic out into the world where you will lie recognized. I'm not a man of words, but if half a million will ln-ln you to ojicn a dozen ston-s of this kind in Chi cago. Milwaukee, Columbus, lyouisville, Omaha, San Francisco, or where else you wish, I'nt your man. Will you go?" "Yes, sir. If everything is correct." " Everything Incorrect. Then* arc my t-ard references. I'll call to-morrow with mv lawyer and the papers." Thereupon he presented his card, and withdrew. The next day the store hud changed hands, for there were parties already waiting to buy it. The evening train that connects with the Western ex press stopped at the little station and took up a young lady and gentleman. The few people who',stood near smiled in that friendly way bestowed on people about to 1m- married, and then they wen gone. The train pulled slowly outof the town, and a young lady, fair to sis', lean ed out of the window and said : " Good-by, little village. I love you, because you are an excellent place to enilgiate from." Then sin; turned to her companion and said, " I am glad, Tom, we are going out into the great world." " So am I, for it is God's world wher ever we go." The new man ran the store just six months, and failed. He was only a grocery man, with a grocery man's nar row views. His failure was perfectly logical.— Harper's Bazar. CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY, MAY 2D, 187 D. FARM, HtRBFN, AMI IIOt SFIIOI.iI. tlsiiuic fur thi lianliH. The ganlen i* indi-pen-nhh lor every xvi'll-regulatisl eoiintry auiily . hut to liave a goiHt am) prodttt live gulden tin -oil uiu-i In kept in a nroper stat' offer (titty fhe li<,{ileal stirring of tie soil, it-constant exposure to the-un tluring the summer, and often double cropping, i- x • I X exhaustix e, and tilth *s il rtx-ei vi . opious ilre—ing- xx ith soim appropriate fertiliser, the land lntl.-t -ism hisaiine IHH'I' tl'll |HHir tl> plXhltll'l' glswl I'l'lipS lit applying a ferliUsi'i. txe should fir-t eou-lder the • ItaracU't' of the Il" sandy, lime -hould he umsl with other ingnalieiits; if a -l iff, heavy . lav, then xx iied asln chip manure or sand, U-isl with the other ingredient*. Fixwli hartl yard or stable itianutX' is not good under any circumstances. If the summer -houlil tu'a dry olte, the vegetables will tu* hard and dry, and may eventually burn up. If wet. they grow too rank, and are will and spongy A* liarnyard HIMHUIV i- not suitable, CUIUIKNIH -hould IK' u-ed. In some pari of tin* garden, or other convenient place, make ait ui{Mt leap. When tin-place i- selected, with tin hoe or .-hovel make it hollow in the middle by )>UIt itiyr the -oil around tin- out-ule, to k>v|> tin* com post from wasting. A- the garden i i u!ti\ aled, rake up nil the wi-xl-, dic ing-of the bed- and trimmings of the borders, and throw thetu on the eoni|H-t heap. The |H-H, heali. euetitnlier and tomato Vines, the di-i osi-d Iwat alii! cab bage leave-, and all other lease- ami \iinU, should In- throw n tln re. If tin garden >('t i- a hens > day, all the wood aahes, either letn-hed orunleoilnsl, when thrown out, -hould go on the compost; all the sweepings of the kiteheli dool yanl, the cleanings of the house, the ehimnev- and cellar; the gm- on the law n. if mown witha-evthe, -hould go to the eotiiiMi-t heap, l-ate in the tall aild to the heap a couple of bushels of the droppings from the chii ki u-roo-t, and a load or two of manure from the i-ow -stahle. If a load or two of luuek can In' obtained from a swamp or hog, and applied, it will add greatly to tin quality of the eoiti|ot. Immediately alter the lir-t thaw of winter or early spring, fork over tin eoinpo-t heap, and if the garden -oil i .mdy, ailil to the tn-ap half a barrel of lime and half a bushel of -alt, mixing them well with the eoiii|>osl; then h;uik the w hole in a elose In ap, and throw on a little -oil to*pn \ eiit the e. ape of tin ammonia. When tin- season arris < - for making garden. spade up tin ground deeply, thoroughly incorporate the com. post svith the soil, plant the „. ,| and give g.nl culture, and you w ill 1- amply reworded svith :ui extra crop of v> getn- Ides of superior quality. I>o mt think it too luueh trouble to make a corm-ist heap It is not half a- mu> h trouble as sotue may sunpone. and a garden in this wav may I*- kept clean with mn half the lalnir than if fertifinal with common stable manure.-(/. .V. in CuutUry Ucntlcnutn. IMowtnir Crop* mm Mmittrr. A large numlier of farmi-ra an- unahle to understand how it is jMissiblc to better the condition of lands hy flowing in clover, rye, buckwheat, etc., in a gn*-n eomlition. Tin difficulty is in compre- In'nding methods hy which crops that an- supposed to draw their sustenance fmm|the soil in which they grow can re turn anything more to tin soil than they take away in their growth. Tin- |M>int is cleared up when it is known that all plants draw- nourishment from tin- at mosphere n* well a* from tin- -oil. and this is one source of gain. While tin leaves arc accumulating store* of fertility from tin-air. the not* an- busy s,.u-ih. ing for it in tin- soil, and thus the two distinct port* of olaiits work together. It is pnilialde that cnip* alsorl> in -ome way nitrogen from the atmosphere; at least, it h.-vs never I cen satisfactorily proved that ihey <|o not, and hence from that aoun-e one of tin- most valuable of the various forms of plant food may 1* derived. If this point is in doulit.it is certain that tin- Unvi-s gather from the atmosphere tin- elenn-nt* of organic mat ter. and organize them so a* to form the the gnat body of the plant; and when we turn under tin- clover it k-aviw it* organic nmthv in the soil. and this is in an important sense manure. But the exei'lient effects of plowing under clover or other grs n crops are not due alone to elements of fertility ob tained from air. The gn-at deep-pene trating nwt.s go to a iMiint lower than most of the cereals, and heni-e they draw supplies of mineral ASM! from source* in accessible to other valuable plants; and further, it i* to IM> OIUMTVIII tiiat these mots of coarse texture disintegrate and loosen the soil, xi that air is let in, and in sonic sense the work of the plow is |M'rfortne l hy tin-in. When these roots decay, they form a considerable portion of orpinic or vegetable matter, which, combined with the mineral, gives pMnl compost for Wetter plants to thrive in. From these brief considerations it will readily Is- seen how it is possible to manure land hy plowing in gns-n crops; and wc will here remark that is a prac tice not often followed hy our husband men. The clover is perhaps the li st of all the plant* for green manuring, and it is easily anil cheaply raised. A thin dressing of superphosphate (home-made) will almost give a heavy crop of clover on common land, and this crop turned under, when at its maturity, and allow ed to di-i-ay, brings it into good tilth, ami certainly affords to the farmer a wide margin for profit in successive crops.— Journal of uiislry. Inrtl ei l*rm. When an early crop of iieas is desired tlic planting should be mam- in thespring in a warm, dry situation. As early as the ground can IM- worked xdect a light giKid soil, not too rich. When practica ble it is always iM'tter to plant in ground manured the year previous that tin-jn-as may not grow tiMi much straw. If n ccssary to fcrtiliw, however, just iM-forv planting npply thoroughly dccom|NiMal manure. The usual mode is to wiw in drills three feet apart for the earlier wort.* and about live feel for the Inter and larger varieties, which thrive liettcr at a irrenter distance. This arrangement ftirthcrmorr {lives space for planting some low-grow ing vegetable la twren, Peas should Is* kept clean and earthed up twice during their growth. From one and a half to two bushels of wed are requirM to the acre, according to tlsir habits of growth. Knrly peas in drills lake about one ami a half bushels, while marrowfat i>ens in drills require one-fourth of a bushel hss. Peas sown broadcast ea'l for an extra anion tit, three bushels I icing the rule. One quart of the smaller sorts will sow say I'iO feet and of the larger kinds 200 feet iii the drill. For a succession plant every two weeks. In dry weather it i advisable to soak the peas a few hours previous to planting, and if the ground Is dry wetting them in the drills wil. prove beneficial. The height to which all peas grow de |wndsjin great measure on the richness of the soil and the wet or drv season. Varieties requiring it should he hushed when about six inches high. The Cham pion of F.ngiand, a favorite for the gen eral qpul late crop because of its delicious flavor and profuse yield, des-s not m-ed the same'amount of manure that low growing kinds require. The little Gem. ail excellent early winkled variety, at tains only about one foot in height and tonsequently is a good kind in small rardens where brush would lie in the way. Tn addition to the variety already gef- rred to or a general crop is ihc White Marrowfat, one of tlie oldest peas in cultivation, and a favorite market kind. It grows six feet high and bears large pods well-filled. The Hwarf White Marrowfat, as the name indicates, is similar to the foregoing but of dwarf habit, and on that account preferable for small plats. The Marrowfat Klack- Eyed is also an excellent pea, either for field or garden culture, and attain four feet in height. (Joining to extra early kinds are I^iw- toil'* Vl|litt, Mt Lmi'pt l.lttlt- (nl- I' IIIX im 'III ioliid, and llliin's AllieriitUl \Vunder Thi* Inst variety is a eru-* lm tWilli the •'hampioii and l.ittle tiem, I olltaillillg thi'desiralile Ijualitiiw of I a< 11. It is numlM ied xxitli the i ij'hi Rt id early ivittklixi p< is in i ultix ation and grows front ten to fifteen inches high I'hila delphia Extra Early is a favorite market j pea ill the Southern Slat. s. M. leans 1 Advance, a prolific dxxarf sort, is also ' OUlit' ll alilolig ilesiialde early varietins, though it is a little later than those men tioned as lieing extra early. A'em ).i-i*ti ix warded, :v- tin Web is'iitaimsi, hosidi-s a large llx. I'll which he xxa* dining, more small flies than l hax e ex er la-fon -' i n in a we)' Neither my *eif, nor those of mv friends t<> whoin l show tin w ill, hax e e*er ->s n unx thing will U' interestixl in such an examule of high instinct in a spider, and those who at' ni"i' n r-"l in liaturai UtfOTJ than iiiyself may IM- able to ix uii tttlsT other cxaiuuk's of the same kiltd That the stability of tin- well de|H-ndi*l uiwri the Weight of tin - stone we- stiown w liett I put my hatn. uiiih i th> latt< r. The tx -u.t xx a* that a- i raisi-il tux hand the niw ■ r part of tin- weh gradually col lapsixl, hut when the stone W ;t* sUll' I* il again ti fall gititly the xxi'lr -tiinix'. it* pn'per shn|M>. The Web xxas aUiUt live f.s-t from the ground Spider cngim .-ring i a most interest ing . and on< that 1 Iwvc nt hours in studyillg. I have worked out nunl of th- iinihlrtmi in oonnwtion with it, hut fl Weight iluigr 1 have not a* yet ln\-n tlhl<-to explain. S-iinr spiders will UM' ties; hut others, of • t* tiy the MUIII' -ins ii-s, will ti aw < i.;ht although tin' circumstances under which U>th huiit apparently an- *imilar. Hut how ilm the spider raise tilt* Weight!* 1 hi* 1 eoUltl never explain to UIV satisfaction, as some of the weight* are no large that it is -M-an-ely possible they i-ouhl lift them by a " ilimil Uft."' lb-side*. they w ill put on one, two or more weight* in a few hour* I-fore wind, to til their Htruetun-n. Tin- indtisirv and ingenuity ot the Spider |iv' < hl'ljef to all those who have iM-en tin in at work, hut no more profitable day ran In- *jn-nt hy a young engiiim-r thin a day alter a ntorill 111 a oath through tin- pilW Wntellillg a spider rvcuttstrueting it* w< h, This i tin- legitimate way of ma-ing the work done, hut tin-re an- other dodgi-*. such a* hn liking down tin w eh. and w al< hing the Jnmr iliai'U recountrU't thetu. ' The use of food hy different jn rs mi should tn- n-gulatisi in iiuantity or char acter, or to Imih. **-ording to their ages, their In-alth and occupations, tin- SI-JIMIIIS and tin eiimaU- pt whh ll they live. Miik is tin' dnly perfect fml for in finis. !i is the fs'st fiMMI for <-hildn*n and youth up to the age of sixtii-n. Old people ar< w- ik> rin thrir ilijistivi l power*, partly !vnus' their who In sys ti'ins ap' weaker. and partly IM-. a use of their diminishisl mux uiar activity. Tlirir fiHMI should In- U-a in quantity than that ux-d by younger persona, ami tif easier digestion. In -unmn r and in warm limatc* le— fiHl ly om<-third is nis ilnl, the tone of the sisti-ni Is-ing lowered, and |-rxins thus Wing unable either to digest or to assimilate as mu< h as in winter and in colder latitudes. So also tat. sugar and starch —the latter includes fine (lour- ln-ing mainly heat making elements, should lie hut little ux-d in summer and in tropical regions, and largely used in winter and in cold climates. Corn-hrcad. which contains a largo per cent, of fat. is better adapted for fiMMI in winter than in summer. Shoemakers, tailor- and people of sedentary habits pie Tally need less fiMwl, and f mml that is mpp' easily digest l, than the farmet and all }>cr*ons who work hard in the open air. Still, every- IMMIV should ban enough of aetivo exer cise to IM- able to digi>t a generous diet. A thinker tu-eils a CIMM! supply of brain (NNI. such as is lilM-rally furnished in oat im nil; but he must not use his brain at tin-expense of vigorous musclix, for it i muscles that have to work not only the stomach, but the lungs and heart. 1 he kick, of course, need AWMI carefully adapted to their particular i-ondition, and those who are not in full health may greatly help themselves by rejecting whatever they find injurious to tliem.— YotUh's I'orn/KiHnm. Bites f Spiders Spiders belong to the same class as scorpions. The poi.son-lmgs of the for mer are connected with hMik-slin|M*l mandibles in the anterior |Hirtions of their IMMBI-S. The following an' some ol the most iniportanl varieties of spiders: The bird-spider, of South America, with a body from two to two and a half inches long; the scorpion-spider, of Costa Uie.'i; the Kirgliccs spider, only about half an inch long, but having a verv virulent |Miison; the katipo snider, of New Zealand; a spider tound. and much feared, in the south of France and in Spain; the tarantula, of Italy, ami tin great American snider. The last is one of the largest, r.xia'pt the htn-k. the whole IHHIV and the fis-t are eovensl with long iiushy hair. The tarantula is s|M* iiillv famous for the prevalent notion that its bite eaux-s delirium, during which the jierson bitten diM-s nothing but laugh, dance and skip about in all sorts ol extravagant pos tures. The patient is said to be eurial only by music. The whole statement is an imposition .n travelers hy peasants, who, for a*few cents, let themselves he bitten, and counterfeit the rest. The bite of most ot these spiders causes speislv dentil in the smaller ani mals; that of Kirglnx's even in large ani mals, and sometime* in human beings, about one in twenty-five of the latter dying when bitten. Jhc ls-st treatment for the bite of a poisonous spider is to apply cold com presses, lee, ind-w:ttcr and aim**.' - i: to withdraw the poison hy cupping glass; to throw the patient into a sweat is desirable. This can In done hy hoi drink*. — IOMM'I Companion. Klssing the Governor. The Governorof( California was making one of his official visits to the Napa Insane Asylum, and while passing through one of the female wards was introduced by the superintendent as "Governor Irwin." OM of W pa tients, a fat old lady, immediately took him by the arm With the sahttat ion; " How an- you, governor? let's take a walk." His excellency humored her for awhile, and then tried to leave her. "Not a hit of it," said she, "you don't go until you have kissed me!" And rumor says that the governor was com* pelted to purchase his liberty at that price. TIM KEY TMl'lt'K. Making xvaisteoats at fnurtci n cent* .ai h, i hex lot shirts at four ix-nU apiixx', heavy overalls at fifty ei-nts |*l' do/.eii and wiMih-n trnus* r* at ten ix-uta a pair are suine fails gleamsl hy a society o| ladies xx ho are inx estigaling the condi tion of tin- sewing women of Cleveland, Ohio. Although the exist'nee of petroleum in-' Xiaal id tin- province- ol Japan is -aid to have l" < n kliowii fur I.'AW year*, the Japanese did not know how to ivlilic it till alwut six years ago. A'oW, Imw '•ver, refining establishment* are spring ing tip rapidly, and it* mnmilacturv is becoming an ini|M>rtaiit Industry. Taking the entire length of the New ) ork Elevated railroad, on latth the nut and west side lim-s, and multiplying it hy the number of trains run during the twinty-lour hours, and again hy tlie IIUIUIMT of locomtive* ami ears, it is found that the distance traveled in one • lav i> miles, or nearly one and a hall times around tin- world; the pro portion of miles traveled on the side, as compared with tlte nai side, IH-ilg nlM'llt one to sevelt. " You attempted to lake the life of the king; tie king give* you life," wen* the Words of the Italian attorney-general, who communicated n> the a**a.sMii |'a satiante in prison King Humbert's ixmi mutation of his sentence ot death to imprisonment for life. IW*aiianle i* said to have displayed considerable emo tion and expressed Ids dis-p gratitude, lie will finish his existelltr with llllld work in irons The king's popularity ha* IM-CII ilien-aseii hy tllis act. Moll archs, a* a rule, dislik- to sign thedealii w arrant* of their would-be a**a*sin*. lrunkeiin-> in S wis leu and Norway is cured in tin- following tuanui-r: The drunkard is put in prison, mid hi* only nourishment is lin-at noakisi in wine. During tin first day tin- prisoner IWrivi* tie- lut and wim- with niUelt pleasure. I'll tie sis-ond ilnv tile lood is not MI c --rentable. Alter that In lakes hi* fo.nl with gnat ni>ugnaii, e. in g<-netal. eight or ten days ot this IreallUi-tit sulliees to produce sueh a disgust of liquor tiiat the unhappy nnui is compelled to absolute al>stin, ins-. After leaving prison his druttki nm-ss is radically euml, with an oerasit>nal • x< eption, and the odor ot liquor prwluos an invincible repulsion. The viiii ruble lVt-r I'isiper ha* a deviis- for propelling the ears ot tie- ele \ atisl railroad* In New York hv mean* of an endless w in- or chain. ami in- ha* writti-n a letter to show how simple, cheap. lioisi ii-ss and safe hi* system would I*-. He ulTi-rs to turn over the invctltioll to tin < ;t*l side road for floo.- <**' in their stock, to In- immediately made over to tin-trust's* ot lite t'oojHT I nion a* a fund for its sup|>ort. and thinks it would In- no mon-than fair that tin v should lake it at those tigut'es, ina>- mueli a.s tin- institute ha* suft< nsl a gn at deal from tin proximity of the rood, which ha* interfered with tin-students and rut down the income from the room* in the Imiiding that are n-nted. ■ Tin-great tunni i under tie- Detroit river will I* eomplrtisl within two years, and will cost ahout t®1,60u.000 Mr Tilling liast.tln pn-sident of the Canada South eni Railway t onipiny, says that tin 10. . at ion ehoM-n for this gn at undertaking i* the only one where tin- tunnel can In- made througli the rock. a* it t-oines within twenty-two fis-t of the surfaas-of tin water at tin- |niints si-lis-ted. At De troit the rwi is nearly one hundred fis-t ln-low tin- surface Amhersthurg is fourU-n miles Itelow that 1 ity Tlie proposal location of tin tunnel will Hi-- 1 commodate traffic from hoth the North w.-sl and tin- Southwi-Ht. Tin- tunne) w ill tn huiit under the supervision of K (' <'ln-s, borough. of Chicago, who has had experience in the construction of both road and river tunnel*. IliTaAcr let nothing Is* said disre s|M-etfu lly of the mule? T isM>r men imprisoned in tin- mine at Wiiti-shnm-. I'a.. who w ere rescued n, a lair condi tion. after 1m ing entombed lor over five days hv the fallen roof, owe their lives to a ttM"ni IMT of this mueh-ahuxs] spcchw, for tln-y killisi him and lor four days .lived upon him. Had the mule liecn as poitivein his character as mules are re putisl to I*', he might have rvfuxil to die. in which cax earring him might Jiave proved a dangerous operation. All's wed that i-nds well, and that must have heon an exciting moment when the seven men who had Is-en in such immi nent danger of death were liberated in the presence f eight thousand persona, having Us-n shut out from the bh*xa i sunlight since the previous Tuesday . morning. A cotton mill is to lie established in China. Tin prime mover in the enter prise is said to IN- a Chinaman. It is statist that .'KI.OOII taels have In-en al ready- paid down as bargain money to the firm w Im h has xvurcd the contract, j The contmet Is said to In- 'J.Vi.OOO tacls for everything delivered in Shanghai. The mill is to IM- elected in Shangliai, and is to contain NM lis mis. It is un derstood that China ixitton will In* uxsl, j and as this is a short staple, it may be . assumed that only coarse calico wi.l IM turned out, as the staple is unsuitable for the manutaeture of fit# gimds. It has been estimated hy the promoters that li.ooo bales p. r year, calculating the 1 ball' as containing fifty piece*, will lie • turned out. This Sis equivalent to a pro ! duct ion of seven and a half pieces per loom jM-r w is'k. A New York scribe has paid Edison, the great inventor, a visit at his work shop in Menlo I'ark, N.and says of him: "lb- looked little enough like n man who h:ui slieeix-dcd half a do sen times in his short life of thirty and odd years in x'tting the world ngog, and no one would have guessed that he had an income of an indefinite numlicr of dol lars a year and had reix-ntly xilved that much-mooted problem of an economical electric light . He lIM S much and says little about it, and while money comes to him from many sources, he is one of those peculiar men who never seems to have any. If he fivls as if he could enjoy a holiday, he takes one and every- IMMIV almiit the place participates. They go down to Staten Island Sound on a fishing excursion or up on the hills to shoot, and Edison pays all the expenses while the works stand still. When the inventor wants anything done, however, he wants it then and there, and it must IM- done just as he say*. Hence one may visit the shop* in what are ordinarily working hours and find everything still. He may go at two o'clock in the morn ing or at Sunday noon and tind every thing in full blast. When the writer called lie found Edison—who is two hundred and more times a patentee— busMy improving what little time the outside world leaves him. His feet were on tin- table easting a shadow over a new experimental vacuum pump, and, n* he grasped his visitor's hand, he remarked pathetically. 'Give me a (hew of to IHI ceo?' However, while Edison uses tobacco to excess, he never drinks, and lux* little patience xvith those who do." Sils'ria has long lieen not merely the political but the universal prison of Hussia, capital punishment Iwing now reserved for eases of high treason and murder punished with transportation for life. Hut in_ this transimrtation there are many different grades. Ban ishment to one of the border fortresses is its mildest form, usually inflicted upon military offenders. Next cornea Western Sitieria. which, traversed by several commercial highways, contain ing many large towns, and in constant communication with Hussia, offers so many advantages that more than one criminal whose tcriu had expired lias TKRMB: SU.OO a Yoar, in Advance. j remained there in pn-ferenee to n-turti i ing home, Ka-ti in Hils-ria, called by the Hussion* "7M Haikalski" (beyond j lake llnikal), is dfWM bj tin' • olis fa I" for its remoteness and sterility, it 1.-ing a eoinmon mis ing nmoiig IJiciii that " one year in the hast is *urw than two lin the West" More terrible than all, however, is the mitini* of hard lalsir in j the miin-K. nq*-vi .lly linns* of qUii'k- I silver, ssM- li, hy its corrosive action upon the Isitn-s, make u certain and horrible death the inevitable climax of the (.l imit s . Kscape is all but impossible, from the eountli-ss military pickets. and tin-strictness of their u r veil hue **; but ' as if to make assurance doubly sure, the iiitssiiui government is now sending I many of its political prisoners to the ! newfy-tui|uirei island of Sagltaiin. lying I Ist wi- ii tiie Sils-rian otmst and Japan. | In the reign of Nicholas, prisoners were ' often compelled to luareli the whole dis tance svith chains on their ankles; hut \ h i).pi > this barbarity has baetaaa no* of late years, though there seem* reason to fi-ar that II may be revived before ! mug. " The Horrors of (•ambling. A correspondent of the Is union 7Vne,, writing from Monaco, the little princi pality on the Medluinuiean famed fur it n-galim-l gambling dens, says: The i -toric* of ruin every da v. tofflHimw on gissl authority, are horrible. Fortune., trust money, provision fur children and widows, tiie -urns acquired by the sale of comilli-idons. -Ullis raised on house IUIII land, have disappeared in a few days or liouni. Often it l- the extravagance •if tin* companion thai drives her victim hock olid hack to the tabh-s, decjier and j deeper. Hut tin* women themselves arc tin* most reckless gamblers. The •■Olll nion i-imputation is a suicide a month, and them sometiwis rami' three or four , together. On tiie ramparts of tiie garden of Monaco there are several piints from which ruined gamblers have thrown themselves into the s 3110 LEI'L IM-IOW. < inly the other day a " lody " thr<*w her self out of her third floor • haiular into the road. There have lev* suicide* in tin- rooms of the Casino and on. at lite tahle itself. Having sLaki-d and lost his last franc, a gentleman stood up and drew his pistol and di-. harged it in his mouth. For tin reception of such scan dal- tln-re is provided a num. liondy for the railway, wliieh pauses almost dirert ly under the Casino. Some inquest there must Is*, and it i- jsTforrued hy the scr-. \ ajits of the establishment. ilut'inosi of tin- victims goawav and liidethemselvns, ami die like a sick dog ill -nine ilirmT, WIHTC they hasten death or let a broken heart take its course It i imisissibleto ooiijistuiv the total amount of the an nual ruin; nor is that an important matter, for the Us of a few hum! ds is as utter ruin to some people as tens of thousand- to others. \\ In n a man can not meet Ids creditors, or even his w ife otul childn n. it i- all over with him, un less In- is devoid of natural filing and lost to sltaiue. Tin mere excitement of a day's gambling lias been know n to kill iM-iple i-.n-titutionaliv weak of In-art or licail, whether tliey "have won or lost. Keslacy work- the effect of despair in sUell IIUMS. l'nople have Is-yn known to gi- to Monti' Curio aft'T Is-ing assured hy friemls and diietors thai it will lie their death if they do. return home late and •lie in a few hours. The attraction once givi-n way to Iweoim-K Irresistible. It is on this fait that the l;uik chiefly stand*. If a vi-itiir lii—i "s. lie leave- the table and tlnTi- is an end of him. If lie gains, he always return- and plays till he has lost everything.—lf tumt /.< U< rto tA< bjtulun IVmrs. Has) l.c**on* in Kliqßdtr. We have Iti-n profoundly {nU-mtxd in a work tlint has |U*L Imii x-nt us, the uuilior wliemiC Profraanr B. K. Fan ning. aims to give to tin* world easy li-SMins in t'tiuUiHr for gentlemen. It is aUM ful work. Anions otluT tilings tin' profimor *ays: " When calling on a new lady ac lUain lance, thi' hat should lr taken to tiii' parlor .*uid ln'ld in the hani." This is one of the le*t instructions in the lxMk. When you don't know all alMiut tin- young lady and her 1.-ouily, young man. fris se to your lint .all the time. We om-i kmw a young laiiy who kept her father and four KrotluTS in nice, new stylish hats all the time, hy simply instructing tin- servant to just skin the hat nick every time a young man with a giddy head was fresh enough to leave his hat in the hall. We'll bet a dollar Pro fi ssur Fanning lias heen then* himx-lf. Anil then. lM*ido*. a "plug" hat is such a comfortable thing to hold in one's hand. When you can't think of anything to say. you i-an stroke the hat the wrong way. and then exert your energies dur ing the rest of the visit to getting it smooth again. " A gentlemen," says the piofessor, with lMi'iuning severity, "never dam** with his oven-oat on." And we may add that he hardly ever dances with His overshoes on, and the intnnoe* in the ls-st xs-iety in which a gentleman has danced through an entire set with his ulster drawn closely over his bead, his Uousct-s stuck in the leg* of hi* india-rubber hunting Issits. and an umbrella held over his head, are nip' indis-d. Society cannot f kick the st titling out ol you.— llurlin?je a shaved eat? They are verv singular creatures— it may he done with a raaor if you know where your father keeps liis'n. You tie up the cat's paws in old mittens while you are doing it. Some folks don't think it hardly pays—and I hall neviT be guilty'of doing it—though 1 do think a father is rather mean who whales his hoy all over—when his linger is cut half off and his face scratched all over all reaily. Kittens are very pretty. There are more than forty of them in tie water under the mill bridge. They nearly all of them have stones tied to their necks. It is a verv unfeeling tiling to drown a kitten. They are in nervent harmless creatures. Cats are great singers. The Chinese eat eats. What can you expect of the heathen? Some people lianr dead eats a* May baskets —it is only a joke hut the folks that get 'em never seem to appreciate it. There is a great many other tilings alniut eats—but 1 think I have given you a plenty of idea* already, so will close. SIMON SLOPE. NUMBER 22. FOR THE FAIR HEX. I'uhlsst of Ikt WaisU. which are separaUst from the i-kirla. wle Un-r mau bing the dn are worn. A these vests must always la- very while, they ar>- mail'' complete wiUi a Iku k. like gentleman's vests, in order that they eiui Is- changed as often a* nec essary. The jacket i* no longer button**! in I root, hut is left open, and only fastened with a IkjiA on either side of the vest. Short dr<*ac* continue in favor. A niong these arc I'otopsilour suit*, which un cut very short and have small draisd paiiiers in the hack. Handsome silk tissues t wltere the sun will n*acli it during a portion of tlie day. and for a week after depositing tin- soul* alHive mentioned. sprinkle the sjsingn lightly every morning to keep the inside damp, but not wet- In a little while the semis w ill mm ntenee to push out their spiry leave* from every part of the sponp". anil, fail ing down in graceful Pndrils as they rapidly increase, then* will soon be formed n pretty mass of flowing green fringe, that will remain bright ami cheerful to the eye fhr a long time. If carefully sprinkled later on. the clover wiil bloom before the mass decays at the roots. Meteoric Bust. A writer in the Ixmdou 7\w.i has Iwen investigating the amount of matter added to the earth by the meteors which are (vnstantly falling upon it. -The total downfall, he says, would not at it* present rate, or even at the pnwent rate inen-asfai a thousandfold, cause tlie earth's crust to grow appnx-iably in the lapse of ages—understanding hy ages ihoamwda of yrai*. It has leen shown hy Professor Alexander Hcrschel that the average weight of shooting stars visible to the eye must la* estimated rather hv grain- than hy ounces, and thc teleseopie shooting-star* which form nine-tenths of the total. ai*rorrlinr to l'rofe-*<.r Newton's (of New Haven) estimate, an*, of course, far siualki*. But assigning even to each meteor a weight of one pound— an utterly inad niissahle estimate—let u* xnsidcr at what rate the earth'* crust would grow. The earth has a surface of 'JUO.tXXi.OIXi SMpiaie mil<*s. and ahoul 10P.000.0110 mepxir* fell upon it per annum. That gives two meteors, or two pound* weight of matter, added to each s.iuan-mile in a y*ar. Then* an* more than 5.000.000 s*|Uare yanls in a mile, so that 1.50i.0i*l years would Is* n*quin*d at the present rate f tneps'rie downfall to add one pound of metj<,< **) canaries. If latitudes were animated, a ilaady would never stl llw one. Water, when It bftftttM steam, is ex panded I.ftn timm its original Imlk. The elephant Is afraid of baggage smashers; be neverbecks his trunk. bitting Null's favorite hair remedy is warmiiUtl U> bring ill** hair out—by tiif rook. It is lirtuwn tlie ag"S of twenty-five and thirty years that most people be come Insane. The military client raptured at laan duia (Zululand) by the Zulu* contained dUJO.um in gold. iiisuiarck n-iuls.cvery word of advice to him in the American newap|s-rs. and he does just as each newspaper think bast. Celluloid can lie made to closely inii tatr ivory, and is making great inroads in tile iiusiuess of the ivory manufac turers. Putnam's winged atom is the smallest of ail known inserts. Ita body isonly 1 IU.MUO of an inch in length, and the an triune only l-'iO.OUO. Some of these Ihlw hall professionals are very poor " sticks. ** nrt, with ildtoule tart, Trifiptng Its tsir #d I? **sin* murmured. *• ft is so nkx*. but that is tw'* sP-p in tie hail and unless you can drop out of llie front window before I get through sj* .-ik ing. you'll have a little wild time with him. my own. for he loves you not." But John William didn't quite make it ami now you can make him grow wild time ami t iim- again by simply asking him what mala* him go lame when he walks, lie knows, but be won't tell — Iturlw/Um Utiwbty* . Hardly any Utter retort in on uncord than one I uade to lYuhmf Bauamy Price, of Oxford rnivendty on his laic visit U thi* ooOßlry. He. was not re markable for his geniality, and at a din ner party, at which popular Mw of hi-artx happened U lie under discus lion, be turned to Hr. 11. W. Ikihw* ami said : "We would like to have your oninion of heaven. Dr. Bellows, a* that of ins-,wiil' stand* outside tin- pale of civiliaed religions.' - Hr. Bellow* re plied : "My idea of heaven is that of a great dinner party when* we can have everything w< want witiiout money and without Prfee.** All hut one joined in tin* laugh.— Jitdqtcmdmi. tin-en wall paper is not the only green tiling that may poison children ami adults. A glanee around many simp*, says a contributor to the Ismuon .Ston (tirrf, at once reveal* to the eye of a paper staim-r ioautxx* of the uw nf.tr- M'uie.oi gm*n in all manner of alluring forms. The )>rigiit colored label of the box of sweet*. the tmnd around tlie piece of muslin, the green figure of the muslin itself, the COVIT of the Iwt it i* packed in, the strip of paper round the purled ofenvelope*, the Itaeks of playing cards, the smartly printed wrappcra of soaps and costuetti*, all aay as plain as print. "I tin emerald green " The only n-tuedy is said to be to prohibit Uie use of emerald green unless mixed wWI of! or varnish. A progressive sand ware, which gradu ally overwhelms fields and villages in its course, ia described in the recent re ports of the great Trignouietrieal Sur vey of India. It consists of a of ivd sand-hiils in the Tinnevelli district of the province of Madras. in Southern India. Timer sand-hill* arc being gradu ally driven from W. N. W. to fc. 8. E., that King the direction of the pn*vailing winds in the region when* they an* situ ated. A comparison between surveyors' mark*, fixed at various tint's ainee the year IK*, allows that tlie whole mass of hill* is moving K. S. E. at the rate of about fifty-one feet a year. Efforts to arrest tin" drift by planting trees, grass and creepers have as yet proved unavail ing. Cetywayo, king of the Zulus, numbera his tn*H>* in novel fashion—putting peg* into tlie ground to measure off hi* men according to his own standard of length. (h a recent occasion, when two rigi imats returned from Jattle, tliey did not come up to the original measure by a considerable space, wbeceuj*>n the lead ers were put to deatli for baring k*4 too many men. At anollier time, after a de feat. the Zulu leader* eomplnims) to the king that although they (vukl face can non and cavalry, tliey could do notliing against the "running fire" of the wliite men. Cetywayo. unable to understand the details "of th. enginwof destruction which tii'-v dcscrilsal. put them to death for " frightening the n*st of the soldiery by their stories. Tlie German Empire has a population of 41.500.000. Among European nations it is second only U> Hussia in siae. It compHaea the kingdoms of l'russL*. Rrandrnliurg. Poracrania. I'osen. Silesia. Saxonv. Selileswig-HoNtein. Hanover* Westplialia. Rhenish Prussia, llews*- Nassail, lldienwilem, 1-auenhupg, Ba varia, Saxony. Wurtcmburg; the gi-.iud duchies of Baden. Hesse, Mceklenhurg- Sehwerin. Ms-klenhurg-Strellt*. Olden iwrg. Saxe- Writiter, Eisenach; tlie duchies of Saxe-A lt*nhvg. Brunswick, An ha It: the principalitis.* of Schwara bura-Rudolstadt. Seliwarrhurg-Sonder sliaiuM'n. Waldeck, Reus*. Scliauinbunr- I,ipi>e. |)ipne-l>etmoid ; the free cities of ii.-iinlmrr. I.ubeck and Bremen, and the conqured Frunoh provinces. Alsace and Lorraine. Baried Alive. Son.e- employees of the Pittsburg, Titusville ibid Buffalo railroad relate a strange and horrible story. It seems a man died at Triumph, a small place not far from Tidioute. Pa. The liody was kept for three days, and at the expiration of that time buried. Then some curious person remembered that a sister of the deceased had lain in a death-like trance for several (Lays. It was suggested that perhaps the uian had been prematurely buried. This suspicion took so strong a hold upon the piople that it was re solved to exhume the body, and the coffin was disinterred, after having laid three days in the grave. The iid was wrenched off, when a horrible sight greeted the eyes of the resurrectionists Evidently the corpse had revived, anil the wretched man had fought des perately for his life. Imprints of his linger nails were visible on the lining of the coffin, which in some places was torn into shml9. The coffin itself was strained and wrenched apart at the join ings in the death agonies of the miserable man who was buried alive. He had turned completely over and was found lying upon his oreast, his distorted countenance indicating the frightful sufferings he had undergone.