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|<s to
lip".
Save tare well greetings that e'er such hetide.
And sail the parting, txy heart replies.
Trust whose faith with dint day-dawn
bogttn,
But 'noath the noonday's rays, pales, droixjvi
and dies,
Or e'er the evening star its course hath run
But sadder parting yet no mortal hath,
Thnn they whose hearts hy passion* fleree
are torn—
Who must not trot the scll-aatno shelterot
|Wth—
Who live to love—who love, alas, to mourn 1
Lutkrr O. Rtffff*.
Farm Song*.
t.
t>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 <undone hy the mart and
the sail-
But our song* and our measure*
Are not half the treasures
That the tanner doth sing when' his heart
would grow sail.
It.
liently as sweetly, the ballad so tree
St.xiL- o'er the meadow to gladdeu the lea -
For tire milk maiden's ecstasies seek tlie wide
sea.
" lXxtli my loved oue watch and dream but at
me ?"
Yes. maiden more lair
Than your song on the air.
Your sailor pr.Hn) in his dreams doth behold
Tour song at the door, ami your hair bnghl a*
|ukt,
And amity tie wakiw -lor he's still tar from the*
ttl.
But * hat is the song at the house* its so gay
As alia sita and she knits when the day wears
away 1
In future's bright cloud
She seeth no shrxwid.
Bat riches and |*iwcr and wisitoru eottdiiued.
Awaits her true son*. l> 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 lx<fore her luul gtme another.
lie had thought hi" ways unknown, but
j the widow ami fatherless were garrulous
! in his praise. She came back aw iser antl
i happier woman.
Tliat niglit there wx* a reception at one
>f 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 <n> 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 ).<rA
i World.
Wrb Kngliieerliig.
On going round the garden this morn
ing. suxs a writer in Mai unit WiU*r,
l perceived w hat MVIIUSI a small piece of
t'hisse ai'pareutly tloating in the air
straight tiefore nu*. On ixitning up to
it, I found that it was suspended front a
spider's welt, which xva* spun right
across tin- path. One's first hasty thought
was that this spider had found a piece
of cheese In-low , and, taking a fancy to it,
i was then draw ing it up into iut weh to
f eat it. Further examination, fmwever,
showed that tin stilmtaju'e was not
i liis—e, hut a small p. bble much reseni
hling that islihle, i-x idently taken ftxuu
the gravel walk Iwneath. There wiw
nothing for the spider to attach his web
to on the xxalk, so he had seltvled a
sttitahlc stone to lialain • hi- w eh, which,
imbe d, it did admirably, tin- weh being
-itLi. 'ln d to tlx* -on i itlier side of the
walk, and w rightist IM low by the -tone,
so a* to lie in nearly a |HT|H iidicular
position. The stone wnaconnctixl with
the Weh hy a threefold cord, the strands
! of xx hich were attaehi d to diffi rent part*
;of the stone. I x i-iti i) the wt-htwo or
I thrx- hour* after the *iiidi-r had tini-hid
it, ami found that his ingenuity had
t>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<sj tsi grateful
to the professor lor mentioning Ibis lit
tle matter of etiquette.
"A gentleman."continue* the profes
sor. "always wears gloves."
This i* solemn, sober, earnest, inspired
truth. When vou meet a—a—person
anywhere, in the street, in the cellar,
at the lunch stand, in swimming, in Ual,
and you si*- lie wears no cloves, shun
that 'person. He is m gentleman. l'r
fixxir Fanning sav* so, and lYofessor
Fanning knows. Why. a real gentleman
wears gloves when he w.-ishes his hands
and when he trims his nails.
" Always," insists the professor, "oi
ler your hand to a lady with the liack of
your hand down."
If you don't believe Uiis, Irv offering
a hand to a lady with the hack of it up.
The tlady will imnua)iatel> kick the
st titling out ol you.— llurlin?j<oH Uawityr.
A Small Boy on Fats.
Cat* are about the most interest ingest
animal there is. You can have more
fun with a eat in half an hour, if you
have a giwsl tree handy and an enterpris
ing dog. than you can with a whole
traveling menagerie. Cats and fire
cracker* are mortal enemies—You tie a
hunch to a cat's tail and x't 'em off. and
they will go down the street like a firry
comet. N. 8.. win- is hcttcrthan string
to fasten them on with—as string is
liable to burn off. It is a very pleasant
pastime to see two eats tight. Their
tails may lie tied firmly tiwetlier, and for
fear they might tear up thing* in the gar
den it is a giMid plan to hang them across
a clothes-line. They can be heard miles.
1 have often seen them. Some folks re
gard this sport a* cruel, we call such
folks chicken livered. Did you ev<Tx>e
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 <r
not, arc cut v*ry long in front, with
■ - nils reaching nearly u the km**. and
< ut up on the hips, to |rev<nt tile drosa
from working up when sitting. This
style is mostly made for full walking
suits, which ran in this way In worn
without over-garments.
•lackcia with white vwu> 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 <lo not require any thing under tie
panier to puff Ihetu out. hut Woolen and
fancy gissls must have tin- addition oj
" touniurtw.' 1 witli light springs, almost
flat, to support tln-m. These must tie
very small, and great moderation should
Is- observed in tle-ir manufacture
Among pretty design* for out-door and
home d erase* "f wash material* for
young girls an* tin* yoke waist* ami yoke
ImaqU'** Tin•* an- a* fashionable u
ever, and are very becoming to yotitiiful.
ilniiler figure* Hut this *tyle should l
avoided by tin- stout, tin- middle-aged. or
elderly Wdimii, whether stout or slim.
Tint* is no style num- im-icgani w lien it
fails to cotnr up to tin- requirement* of
j the U*t sort of a fit. Select a good pat
tern to Is gin with: the yoke must !•
I <leep, both back am) front, ami fitted
n-at lv, so as to out line tin- Pip of the arm
| and shoulder It should also Is- as cloac
ly and perfnttly fitted under the arm as
if the waist a '-re plain ; and if the pleats
j extend over tin- hips in tin- Imaque fi<nu,
they should Is- graduated so as to admit
of a slight spring: at the laack they may
la- kept straight. Yoke hloUMwor haseues
are suitable for gingliams, Madras
check*. ptvali-s, caliooaa, lawns and
linens. All yoke bodice* axv Is-ited in.
This iielt is now more fashionable when
■uade of a strip of the material of tin*
draw than of rildsm or leather. Ixopnd
' Ihiws of the maP-riaf or of rihlMiti may
la- made to eu er the (mint of fastening
of tin' la-It.
Tin- favorite hhwk summer costume
for full dress continues to la- grenadine.
The old. plain gi*nadin-* an- not thrown
i-ntirely away, hut the liaiidsonn-st novel
ties in this line have satin brocaded
leaves, diamonds. iarg<- spots, or lowngo
shaped figunw, and .-ire made up fre
quently in combination with velvet and
Lace - striped grenadine*, also hlaek.
\Vhen intended to be very dnwsy, those
hlaek gn-naiiine eostutm-s an- made up
over colored silk throughout, sin-h as
ruts* pink, gendarme blue, mandarin rel
low. salmon color, and other rich Iml
delicate shades of pun* ton-s of color,
pearl and cream and pure white. The
trimmings are colored In -ad passemente
ries, or else jet with black Bretell or
French lace pleating*, fringes, ami some
tinn-s ialsit or butterfly how* of the col
ons! silk used for tie* linings. Such cos
tume* an* intended for carriage ami full
dn*ss limum- wear. They have long train*
and panier scarf draperies. Simpler and
ch<a|s*r grenadinednrae* an- made sliort
or with ilenii-trains. and with trimmings
of n-lig*u*r pleating*, and sometimes,
though ran-lv, witit festooned flounce*
edged witli hfaek lac**, and headed with
jet passementeries.
A rmir wis4w I'Ust.
Ladies who never tried the nxpert
ment may at a trifling CTjs-nse have a
lieautifinl hanging plant in the east or
south window of the sitting-room. that
will grow very thrifty and retain its rich
green color for montfi*.
Take a round piece of coarse cheap
sj*nge and soak it thoroughly in warm
water until it isfuilyexpanded. Squeew*
out most of the water, ami in the o{N*ned
holes of the sponge thrust rior, oat . bar
ley. grass, millet and re*l clover seed.
Hang this improvised flo* it p>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 met<srie matter to each s]tian*
yard of the earth's surface. Such added
matter, uniformly sprond over the sur
fa<s\ would le utterly in appreciable so
far as the thickness of the earth's crust
is concerned. In a thousand millions
o) years, at tliat rah*, which far exceed*
the real rate, the crust of the eartii
would not 1m- increased in thickness by
a single foot. Tin- excess of inenwse in
the Nortlnm hemisphere would not be
one f<Mt in a billion of years.
"Something to Praise."
The recent accident in one of the
Wilkesharre coal mines, ani the fortu
nate final delivery of all the imprisoned
men. renders a timely wonl in reference
to the sul>j<<etol" mutual helpfulness, as
practiced there in cases of fatal casual
ti<-s. For a long time —indeed, until
witliin two or tliree years past —when
death to the miner has resulted from &•-
eident in the mines, it seems to have
lxen the custom among tinui to throw
up all work until alter the funeral and
then devote a day's labor to the widow
and orphans of the deceased. For this
practice a prominent < llieer of one of the
companies has siieoolwl in substituting
the following: When a fatal accident
occurs the operatives continue as usual
until the day of the funeral, when they
take a half holiday, attend the burial
and contribute fifty i-ents per roan and
twenty-five cents per hoy to the widows
and orphans,; the company agreeing
to double the amount, whatever it may
be. This plan has thus far worked ex
cellently in the eases which have come
under notice.
A custom so sensible ami humane can
not Is- other than beneficial in every way
toentployers and employed: and lor the
same reason that the iiraphu• linds it
necessary to oppose and denounce cor
porations in all these respects in which
they are grasping and oppressive, it takes
pleasure in commending them for every
act of consideration and justice they ex
hibit to their employes and customers.
—New York Graphic.
I TEH* <ll IMERKST.
A tfovel t Itfnir —A rwhhle romanoe
'•Hrentiy tohiscwUt"—A lamk da
-1 At ftfcr*ciil a Krwoor. diphtheria m
*t* hi fowls.
Jersey City manufactures sauaagrvof
limw llnli.
llrhlal t<mm will 1* short this year if
flic " old mm)" Is.
Tim tnllofV unties. " Fits guaranteed/
is an unhealthy sign.
St. I/nil* claims to be the mule uin
tropolis of tlic world.
Chinamen, who will cat almost every
thing. avoid raw oysters.
1 Jid you ever see s pretty milkmaid la
a <jmuj—dary t—Lukem.
A New York dmler in bird* imported
last year !<*>,< **) 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. ** <Hilt this
morning wr saw one who could hardly
ntcli his kiwUi.-fahiu.
According to Professor Trowbridge's
calculation, a man with an average step
lifts his owd wrighl a fool Imm the
ground In every twenty-threw fl lie
travels.
It is a curious flirt tirnt although rice
is the principal final of the A rah*. not • •
frain of it is grown in their country
t is proeumi by them either from India
or Italy.
A Manchester (England) paper men
tions tin- uwr of a mast eighty years old
who is now cutting his wound art ol
teeth. Tlu-y ar< uniform and regular,
top and tsittom of the mouth.
"(lb, ttuudrti >nrt, with ildtoule tart,
Trifiptng Its tsir #d<S om.
What do m mmk by the gnsgung rtsnk
And sjuhl the ifcsj rts V
"Why. M inter," sfo said, "yoa dun'l know
beans!
l is fptUmriu' ) slier dunk for greeae."
—t'<srins/i Star.
Tlic New York Supn-me Court has
decided a usury 'mm-, holding thai a
mortgage of #Vi.ooo was invalid, on
to-count of a violation of the usury law.
The person who negotiated Ui< loan
charged the borrower* a lainusof fi.'JSO.
and p.-dd one-half of it to the lewder.
The court held that this violated the
usury law and render**! the i-ontract
void* Th' lend ex got #2.125 as a bonus
and fost #50,000 principal.
" You make n*' think." John William
■aid. dropping upon the sofa beside the
lavfticwt girl o 'North bill, bwt Sunday
evening, "of a hank whereon the wild
thyme grows." " ik> 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.