THB FARMER'S THANK30IVIN0. TBS earth Is brown an I the itkirm ars gray, And the windy wood are hara, And the first white flka of the owning snow Ar afloat in ths Ir.nty air. But tho spirks fly up from the hickory loir, And th hnmostowd's hroi 1 stone hearth, And the win low sink aud Mi rftr ring To lli" U N and tho li4V mirth. The farmer's face t furrow! and worn, And hi' lock ar thin and whit. Out hts hunt In Ur n tnd III vole U cleir, And hi y ia hlu, nnd hrls-lit Aa ha turn to look at hi ' old wlf, Who 'Ills in tha uwn of ray. With I'ol'Wuh kr'lilMf ami cranny frill Hun wore on her wtddui4 day. II Imwa hi h'nd to th In l"n board, And lil k ! ihoy ar silent .all ''Tliuki. ,iii. l,or I. for tint ruin and aim, An I tin fruit on (lie urch.irl wall. For th llvr wheat mid tlm K ldu corn. And tin stir of n tol.sotn, It f . Tlia Kro it-wt lilmain ilia' Thou canst ifiie A tnm iiu. I Living wif, "' Till whitn-haim I lover lu lin I to k MT lian I In it frill of And I hi In lod r 'in rcr wrinkle I eh !, With a ,r,'i I mi. I -,tirflv rfrn,-,-. Aud Hi" ullik'' rlii k on tin win low paii", Aud t lii rft"r rm t'l, . And .hi ',-1 enrol tic I irni -r llmnl; A Hi "y in 'Mil, I .i Hi, -if ....'. Miniii Irvfrnr. THANKi'lVIXd'S" LOVER. l;v s. J. KiivRm I-I- KK th r-r-it lnl.c.veii imilt iiiln t h huge stone -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - V lift 'flpt'lltl I ii li ii Folsoin' llOUSC tJllTl1 mil II lair young uirl on a lowery ni,iriiin ( November, I 777, and near her, bust i tib( a fat Rimini' ou tho apit befor ii Ion fir,', stood another even fairer than a Ii . T hose maidens, clad in coarse linsey ,iulm'v garments of In miii-m u ii their hair con cealed i'pt fur a low locks tlmt wand, to I from beneath the linen haudkercliiefs witli which it was pro tected, the sleeves rolled to the elbows, revealing anna that were fair to look tt" OU, so whit, were they and of such ex.iuisitc roil lid tit-, were husv with ! tho preparation of a fea-t. ami the natural tiut .? their elieekM, which waa lis ileliei.te a '.lie pencil blooin. was hMghtciicd I y reason of the heat that came from the cracking logav SI'O who Htood at tile door of the bftkeoveli hesitated a liioiiient an. I turned her head slightly to one aide M though nhe list. Hied. 'l'lieu tossing her hand gently, aa though to in.' -that her ears h id lioeu n'"' hupa liy the wind without, th oven r "' kiiiiIiI cuven tu from the en vein wiaiu. -liut Iih jvfiietrateil the crust whi.. auriuoiiutej a reat io that she iniht learu whether the liakimr waa well doue, and then (.lieturued to her ;om inniiti and an id : "'Twill he ii tine feast for fneio Jrbti when he returns to-day. Surely he Kind he would lie laok !y liooii. " The maiden rtho hud the Hoitted A'7 HAsTiMi a Kr .mim: on rrtR si-ir. goose in chnrL'c pnused for a moment j iu her task of anointing it wit'n rich 1 gravy, and stud 1 "Kut her will lie here, I know, if tho Lord peinun. but in these d:irk il'iva that ai'i- up, 11 Us, Milne, who can tell what liiav t.appcu to our niilitiii, parad im here and tmiupin thT,- tlmt they limy observe t he redcoats. Father had, I thitlil, some aeriolis blisiluss wllch led tile company away lust night, and iiiaylniM he will not come ' Visit at dinner with us. Twill be a 1 aorry feast for us if we must cut alone. lov li thi' pie?" " 'Tih ne.'ly done, t think, find aui'h a pie was never made. Tis lull . of g'blw'a, fot you ku iw- that I'uclc i Jo' .'-gh a to eat them, covered VMi the g'avv of the dn-h. 't I l'ot .iine iu uieutsthe luilidetlH con-tii-ed thi'se prepumtiiois, and then hhc who was called Abbie Weut the viudo-, aud peering out for an in ula i,t turned and opened tie door, which creaked with mighty inoaus as it turned upou its rusty Inures. "What 1 1 that you hear, Abbie?" ai 1 the oth.r. "It aeema to me that I hear the march of the coiup iny, and still I do not kliow but 'tis tin wind. Sec, the auow haa beguu to fall a little." The other iimidou arose uiid went to the floor, aud ao they stood aide by side, peeriug out far dwu the highway to the turn of the road, where it skirted the Loug Island Hound. '.tid such a picture did these fair uiaideu make as tJij utrto t Van framed by llr rtoor Mill ami jamb aa would have delightett the ye of dj of the Jouug tuea of that town. " Tia tin, Ahli: 'tia trn. T hear tbir utep, ami aurelr that ia F.phra im'a fe." Allti rfturned to tha kitchen and made preparatioiia for tht great table til receive the bounty with which the day waa to lx celebrated, while th other maid stood awaiting the cotuiug of her father. She aaw the company as it marched around the betid in the road, with her father at the head, and ahe was K01114 forth to meet them, when of a audJeti ahe halted. The look of joy upon her face waa changed to one of wonderment, nnd ahe atood, her head beut alihtly forward, that ahe mitfht tho better nee, perplexing and hesitating. Tim company li ml come as near to the farmhouse as the men low that ad joined it 011 the west, and there they halted, and the maiden aaw that one was w ith them who was nut of the com pany when thev marched away th" tiiuht before. Ho atood nlolie, erect, constrained, nnd ahe pcreuved that his hands were tied with thongs behind his tuck. She miw her father talking earnestly and seeininniy directing two or three men of the company to take this man in chart-e, mid acarcely know ilitf w h it ahe did ahe approached her tiitli"r and was no near that xhe could hav put her hand upon his nhoutder before he saw her. ".Sir.' die h. urd lit r fntlier any. I "yoil were captured wit hin our lilicS without n 1 11 ud li'iving 110 authority to be there. 1 am Koing to send you with a Ktiard to the coiiitc.snder of our army, who is in the camo a dozen miles or so beyond. He will discover ! whether you arc tin Ibitifdi apy, but ) have striive I. aa vou have h.ai.l, within I our lines Ii V accident. " "Whit has ho done, father?" the tjirl naked, fur ahe was filled with pity tor t his lllllll, w ho seemed ho proud 11 lid ret so pleading in his uinntier. "What Thankful, is it you? Why are you here, tny daughter?" aaid the C'iiplaiii. "I came to welcome you, father." "Hut this is no place for you. We have a prisoner." "A prisoner! Surely he can do no harm He ia not like 1111 army tuau and ho seems well favored." "Nevertheless we found him wan dering within our linea and there are apiea about aud he may be otie of those." "A apy? Surely, 1 think not." Aud the girl went to the prisoner aud flood before him in the innocence of uiaiileuly coutideuoo nnd looked full into Ins eyes, lifting her head to do ho, for he was tall and seemed to tower far above her in his spleudid presence. "You arc no spy," hhe said at lnt. "No, my child, not a apy. I am an ollicer of tho Kin'a arniy who haa . ved withiu your lines. Thank you f t aymputhy. You have beauty ice, my child, but you have tter you have sympathy. . went hack to her father and 11 on Id :;ii .1 '1: Hii 1 ii1, 1111111I. Kllswiirtii Am n . Illllllllli 1 ciipituy lireak v " - , , htm for a sp. ,. ,. 1 in this niau'a wr,ls. ,.i..M with von. lon't you reuiciuoer ihat it is 'ThiHikagiving Pay, Hiid that we are to have a roasted goose aud a chicken pie, mid Alilne haa baked a glorious puuiikiu pie? I,et hint come and lie .itticer could not conceal the adnura our guest, aud I'll warrant he'll proinine i tion for her which had seized him, aud tut! that he will make 110 elVort to I when she perceived it ahe turned away tscnpe until you hear from the (Icneral j with geutle oociuetry. Thus this what shall be done with him." Thauksgivitig afternoon, which had The Captain seemed to hesitate for promised to be ao dreary a time for a moment, and tin 11 turiiiuir to his ; him. was one of joy. aud when tho prisoner he said : "Sir, I urn myself I impressed with your dignity of inan I ner. It may be that you speak the ' truth. My daughter's intuitions are I that it is so. I have changed uy mind. 1 shall scud 11 messenger to the tieneral with a dispatch telling tif your capture, J and then w hntever he commands t hat j will I do. Meanwhile, sir, it is our least diiv. We are accustomed every year alter tin harvest to give thanks to the Lord aud to cut a irreat feast mid to make merry iu our families. I will ii.sk you to share this with us. You will be a prisoner, but I will take your parole that vuu will make uu effort t escape." "You do me honor, sir. I give niy parole to you, and, if I may be per- j unite I, to this fair maiden who has interceded for me." They unloosed his thoiK's, and when j his hands were free he stepped up to I Mistress Thankful and he took her baud and bended over it w it It the courtesy nnd grace of one who had been accus tomed to places w here bih breeding and gentle manners prevailed. They had a tine feast at Captain Fob soni'a talde, and the iiritish otlicer being no longer under gn at restraint, becuuie most companionable un.l ven tured geutle jests with Thaukfiil ami her cousin, Mistress Abbie, who served the incuts and bounties with gentle dig nity and unconscious grace. Aud when ahe turned to converse more se riously with Cuptaiu Folotn upon the war and its battles they Thaukfiil and Abbie under preieuse of some engage ment for the preparation of the des sert, glanced furtively at him and ex changed confidence that he waa a handsome mau and well favored and moreover very yoiiug for one of hi statute and of his rank, for it wa iii.ii it that be was a high otlicer. Iu the aft.rnoou there waa gentle merrymaking, and Captain Folsoin, being greatly impressed with the man ifest honor aud nobility of his pris oner guest, had such confidence that be at last ti,l : "Sir, 1 do not know whether your rank would permit me to call you Captain or Major or Colo ucl, for one of these oftices I know must be yours. You do not car to tell us your name or your rank, but I have that confidence in yon that I am willing t ioave you for awhile with theae gen tin guards, my (laughter and my niece, for I have a iniasion of some consequence in the village, which is few mile nwy." ot 'Y'f ARf. NO HPT, "I ant qriteful for your coutidence, air, and rdml! not destroy it. While these ni'iidens guard me I shall protect them until you return." "Will you promise to obey us?" asked Th mkf ul in a merry mood. "In all things," lit replied, bowing with kmcc, and yet with the mock dignity of gentle aport. "I etiict only one promise, ir," said the Captain, "aud that ia that you will not )utt thia house until niy re turn." "I give tint promise willingly." After t aplaia J-olaoiii had (rone I away the yonnif oincer aougui even the more earnestly to entertain these mnidens, and their intuition taught them that their charma bad found fuvor in his aiKht, for he looked upon tiiem with admit iug glances, although with tho (.rreat est courtesy and defer ence. He told them stories of Kng laud which they were pleaaed to hear, and of life among the uobihty there and how the waya of those titled peo ple (littered from the simple customs of their kindred in the American colo nies, ami he asked the maidens many things about their manner of life, and it was plain to see that Mistress Thank ful hud already won lua high regard. 1 "Tell me," aaid he. "how is it that 1 they call you Thankful ? 'Tin a pretty ! nntiie, and well given to you, I should I Miy, but I never heard it before I beard 1 them cull you ly it. "But it ia not niy name," ahe id. "I have heard my mother say that on oue ThnukKgiviug Day they aeut to niy father, who was in the church, and bade Li 111 hurry, home, and when he came home he found tue there, thongu I was not there went he went away, Oil H J-eiI me upT It yi'.'jpay. The Lord haa these many year,but to tue to-day. So her hauksgiving aiucs nhe (at day;' aud that, sir, ' 1 though thev call lue, for V lM L t-. - I M 1 M - 1 "Jl iiliortueaa. Thankful." y ''".o aaid thia with such niodehty an w it h such delicious suggestion of grace. 11 ud her cheeks were so gently Hushed aud her eves so bright, that the young shades of eveningcaine aud the caudles were lighted the maidens and the young ollicer were like those who had been long acquainted. In the evening the girla brought ap ples aud nuts and cider, and they were having 11 merry tiuie.when of a huddeii Abbie arose and went to the door. Her iprck car had detected a strange sound. A moment later a lad came 1 pautiug into the room "Look out, Thankful J they are com ing to attack you," be said, scarcely able to apeak for lack of breath. "They? Who? Who can attack us?" " 'Tis leu Williams and bis gang. Twsh yesterday that the cowboys cap tured a lud a cousin of Heu Williams and for some reason they hauged him, and now Ken is bound to have revenge, aud he has beard that there is a British ollicer bete, and he swears lm'll have him hanged to a tree for re venge." A moment later a young man with 11 musket in hi baud entered the door and he said: "Mistress Thaukfiil, your father left me here ou guard unbe known to you. There's trouble brew iug, 1 fear. They are coming to take the otlicer away aud to do him harm. Let him go with me and 1 will hide him." Thankful brought the officer's cloak aud hat aud bade him go, but to her ttmazemcut be refused. "I caunot go," he said. ''1 gave your father my word of honor that 1 would Uot leave the house till be returned." "Kut von must. Ben Williams is ., brute. lie will take you out aud kill you, sir. Uo under tho escort of the guard and be will take you wbae yon cau be coucealed." lint the ollicer would not stir. He would only say that be bad given his pledge aud be would not break it. In an instant Thaukfiil seem changed, and the otlicer, even iu the suspense aud terror of the moment, perceived that she had assumed the manner o, one who bad authority aud cau exer cise it. She stood erect, ber head throwu back, ber eyes very bright, her cheeks now somewhat pale, and she said: "You must go, sir. 1 com mand it. Go with him. Hark. Don't you hear that mob sLoutiug? lyu hare not a moment to lose. And then as he did not stir she went up to him pleadingly and with gentle man ner, not knowing seemingly what it was she said or did ; she pnt her hand upon his arm with gentle touch, and she said "do, go; for my sake, fro.'' "For your sake?" he murmured, and he seemed to hesitate, and then she turned to the guard and bade hire lead the officer forth. But at that moment the cry of the mob was sodistinct that it revealed that escape was impossible. Thankful bade the guard step in and lM.lt the door, and commanded hi in to use his musket if anyone should try to fore an entrance. And even as she spoke the door wss forced and an ugly face was protruded, and some one shouted : "Come out, you redcoat I" aud would have ssid more had he not been felled by the butt of the guard's musket. The door was closed and bolted, and the guard stood with the manner of defiance. In an instant Thankful had made disposition of the officer. Be fore he was aware what she was doing she had led htm to the settle in the cliiiuii-y corner, and sha bade him to be sested there. None too soon, for the window was forced open and some one shouted : "Come out, you cur.or we will shoot you where you are!" "Oh, you coward you coward, Ben Williams ! He has done you tio harm, and he is unprotected," and Thankful, speaking thus, placed herself so that she stood directly before the officer. There was a crash, a roufusioii of sounds, for they were trying to force the door. The officer, then realizing that thia fair maiden was protecting him with her body, pushed her aside, saying: "No, no', I caunot permit this. You must not be injured. Let ire pass." At that moment a musket was discharged, and the officer, jer ceiving that Thankful was reeling, supported her in his arms. She had received the shot instead of him. A momeat later there was a mighty shout, m great rushing noise, the door was burst open and Captain I'olsom and some of his company entered. "What is this? What is this?" he said. "Ah, uncle. Ben Williams aud hia gang are tryiug to capture the officer, and they have shot Thankful as she tried to prevent it," aid Abbie, cry ing bitterly. "Williams, take him away; bind him ; put him iu the guardhouse with bis gang!" the Captain shouted, and then kneeling down over the body of bis daughter he moaned, saying: "My Thaukful, my Thankful; oh. my daughter, they have killed you!" "They have killed her, sir, while he was trying to save my life," said the officer, and he wept like a child. But she was not dead. They lifted her tenderly aud carried her to her room under "the gable roof and when they Bawr that she opened her eyes and that her lips moved they were re joiced, aud there was a prayer of thauksgiviug to God that He had spared ber life that night. A few days later the order came .f roni the .Uejitfjrti "nstrjlf .tis. .Captain, Folsoin to deliver the prisoner under hia charge to the outposts of the Brit ish army at the Broux in exchange.for it was demonstrated that he had told the truth when he said that he had strayed withiu the patriot lines by ac cideut. As be was about to go away he said to Captain Folsoin: "1 have one favor to ask. May I see Mistress Thankful for au instant alone?" It was permit ted. He weut aud stood by her bed side and took her hand, "Thankful," said he, "I am goiug away. It ia uot right that I should speak to yon except iu thauks, for I am un otlicer in au army opposed to yours, but I may say this: I heard your unconscious con lessiou w heu you bade me go for your sake, and your sweet words theu ut tered will be in my memory until 1 come back again when these buttlesare over," aud theu lv kneeled tenderly over her aud touched bis lips to bet forehead. When be looked at her he saw the Klauceof exquisite joy w hich she could not conceal, and be perceived that L'entlu tears were coursing down hei cheeks, which she did not care to wipt away, aud he knew they were tears wl jov.' Six years lster, ou the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day, a traveler dis ' mounted from his horse iu front of I Captain Folsom's forge for the Cap i taiu wasa blacksmith iutime of peace. ! The traveler looked curiously about, as though not sure that thia was the place besought, when his eyes rested upon a maiden who was standing, in the doorway. It seemed to him a though the picture which he had seen iu that identical spot six year before ou the day of his departure was ther Kgaiu. lie went up to her and said: . " Thankful, my Thanksgiving. I havt come." "I knew you would," she said, and w ith such gentle sweetness of maunet that he took her to his arms. It was a grievous sorrow to Captain Folsoin that bis daughter Thaukful was compelled to have him when sh married this mau whose life she hac saved, but it was a joy for him to know that she bud a husband worthy of her. 1 ShebadinarriedSirJohn Sterling, and ' lit twlr tier to his estates in England. w hich were great, and there as long a they lived, and to this day Biuongtheii descendants, the last Thursday ii November iu every year is celebrated aa a thanksgiving ceremonial, and it the evening to the children every yeai is told this romance of the day whet their grandfather aud great grand father met his Thanksgiving. A Roman cousular army comprised two legious, each oontaiuing 4500 men. Tho unit of the legion was the mani pulus, 100 meu, commanded by a cen turiou. The legion was commanded by a tribune (brigadier geueral). pin roiNT,3. how tim I'UKrtrii little ar ticle: IS MADfc. vTonrterfollf Ingenious Mechanism Which Turns Out the Little nachelor'a Friend" at h Rate of ?5M an Hour. 7T MACHINE that makes pins turns out 7500 of these tiny essentials an honr. Before the pin is finished it goea through very many operations, which are described in the Youth's Compan ion as follows : A reel of wire hangs over the machine, the free end of which passes between two rollers. As the wire leaves the roller it passes between two matched dies uutit it touches a gunge. Just as it does this the dies come together and clamp it firmly in a groove in their face. At the same time the machine cuts it off the proper length. The gauge then moves awny aud a little punch forms the head bv striking the end which rested agaiust the gusge. When this is finished the dies separate aud de liver the pia into one of the great many grooves in the face of the wheel about a foot in diameter, and just as wide across its face as the pin is long. Wheu the piu is taken by the wheel it has 110 point, but aa the wheel turns it rubs the pins against au outside bund, which causes each one to roll in its groove, and at the same time carries them psst a set of rapidly moving files, which brush against the blunt ends and sharpens them roughly. They next pass against the faces of two grinding wheels, which smooth the point, and theu to a rapidly moving leather band having fino emery glued on its face. This gives them the final potish, and as they leave the band they ore dropped into a box underneath the machine. After this the pins are plated with tin to give them a bright, silvery appearance. They are pre pared for plating by beiug first im mersod iu weak sulphuric acid to re move all grease, aud then dried by being placed a bushel or ao at a time, with about the same quantity of sawdust in a machine called a tum bling barrel. Thia is simply a cask suspended on a shaft which passes through it lengthwise. Two or three hours' rolling in sawdust cleans the pins and wears away any little rough ness which the machine may have caused. Tins and sawdust are taken to gether from the barrel and allowed to fall in a steady stream through a blast of air. The sawdust, being the lighter, is blown over iutoa large, room-like box, while the pins, beiug heavier, fall into a bin below. After this they are spread out in trays having sheets of r.iuo in their bottoms, which have previously been connected with one of the wires of an electrio battery. 'The trays are then placed iu tauk containing a solution of tin in muriatic, acid, and the other wire of the battery ii ereiTl'n the sofutiorir" Efectricaf action immediately begins and deposits metallic tin on the entire surface of each pin. They are then washed in a tank of water and put into other tumbling barrels with hot sawdust. When they have been dried and cleaned of the sawdust, as in the former in stance, they are put into a large, slowly revolving copper-lined tub, which is tilted at au angle of about forty-five degrees. As this revolves the pius keep sliding down the smooth copper to the lower side. This con stant rubbing against the tub ami against each other polishes them. It wasthe practice formerly to allow pins of all lengths to become mixed in the different operations, aud, after polishing, to separute them by a very ingenious machine, but it baa been found more economical to keep each size to itself. From the polishing tub the pins are carried to the "sticker," where they fall from a hopper on au inclined plane iu which are a number of slits. The pins catch in these slits and hanging by their heads, slide down the incline to the apparatus which inserts them in the paper. Aa the number of pins iu a row ou the paper and the number of slits are the same, an entire row is stuck at once by an iugeuious device which takes one pin from euch slit and inserts them all at once iu the two ridges which have been crimped iu the paper by a wheel that holds it iu place to receive the pins. At the stiuie time the wheel crimps the paper it spaces the rows, so that when filled with pins the paper will fold up properly. This whole machine is so delicate in its actiou that a single beut or other wise imperfect pin will cause the machine to stop feeding until the at tendant remove it; yet it operation ia ao rapid that one uiachiue will stick D 0,0t)i) pinsan hour. As tho long strip of paper ou which the plus are stuck comes from the machine it is cut iu'.o proper longths by girls, who theu fold aud pack the papers iu buudles ready for bhipiucut. Microns on l'ost Cards. The latest scare in microbes has beeu started by Professor Uftelman, of llostock, who infected a letter with cholera bacilli and put it into a post hag. Wheu the letter waa taken out, twenty-three and a half hours later, the bacilli were Mill alive. Bacilli were also found living ou post cards twenty hours after infection. The uicro-orgauisins were fouud to die rapidly when placed upon coin. A Uy charged with cholera bacilli was ifterward placed on some beef. A' lit tle later the meat was found to be iwarmiug with bacteria. A finger was infected with cholera bacilli aud dried. One hour later the finger was rubbed ou some roast meat, aud nu merous bacilli developed subsequent ly. The moral of these experimeuts is obvious. Scientific Aiuericau. Reeks the Tornado's fWrtt. "1 want to get there right them, into the business end of the atom, where tho tornado ia generated. 1 want the tornado's secret, its agent! and, God helping me, I shall have jC If electricity, then we may be able id dissipate Jove most awful wrath and relieve onr great cities of their worst nightmare, their most insidious an most implacable foes, to a report for the Philadelphia r'ress. The man who made thia bold an striking remark ia Professor Henrj Alien nszen, expert meteorologist o the United States Weather Burean, wno bas nearly completed arrant? menta for a series of not less than lOiw high altitude balloon ascensions, tj be made as often aa three times a dsy under a new and original principle 0 gas conservation, with new scientific instruments made in England express ly for the purpose. The propositi is now before the Board of Advisers r who may be expected to report on tU spplieation as soon as Frofeasor Lanq ley, aecretarv of the Smithsonian shall return to his post. I'rofessori Langley himself is much interested iiJ the subject of tree air observation, a pecislly in au idea he has of seudmL up self-registering instruments to th.j highest possit-le altitudes without! risking the presence of a human le ing iu a balloon. Professor Hazcn however, regards this method as onM supplementary to the work of personal observation and instrument reading which he has in view. Aerial transit! across the Atlantic Ocean is the til tiinate object toward which Professor Hazen'a plans are tending. He state unreservedlv that he will make th trip if he lives. He is already looking forward to the construction of a balloou basket in the form of a completely equipped open boat with air-tightcom partments. In this vehicle, stored witl food and driuk for many days, th professor will set out without a qualm of fear. The only apparent difficulty that has ever beset the problem has been the inability of the aeronauts tt keep the balloon ou a steady hori Kontal plane. The rising and falling! of the balloon can be tegulated by au original device of Professor Hazen'a lie win carry a uucitei at me enu or a long rope, aud water drawn from tho ocean will constitute the necessary ballast whenever hut balloon seems t get more buoyant. The water will Ix poured out agaiu when the balloou needs buoyancy. tiorernor Paulson's Story. While attending the meeting of the Board of Agriculture, at Ktttanning Governor Pattison related the circuui stauces 01 a muimgnt trip ne mmie from that place to Dayton a few yearn ago. He said : "It was the occasion of my official visit to the orphan a school at Dayton. We, myself and another official, left this town in a carriage at 10 o'clock p. m.- to make the drive to Dayton, twenty-two miles. After we had driven three hours through a heavy rain, si terrible storm, aooompanied with JAun- der anJ lichtning, overtook us. The darkness was inteuse and tho mud seemed to be two feet in depth. We pushed on, but at last we decided to stop for the night at the next farm house. Soon the carriage stopped and the driver got out. The next thing we heard was the sound of a man's fist pouuding on a door. We could see uo house. A shutter was opened up stairs aud a mau's voice inquired what wasthe matter. He asked if wa could secure shelter for threo meu and two horses. The farmer said 'Mo,' aud aa if anxious to return to his bed slammed the shutter. But our faith ful driver would not give it up, and ho continued to pound. The window was agaiu opened, and our mau said, in no uncertain toues: " 'See here, old man, we want to stop here; it's too rough to go on; the Governor of Peuusylvania is out here iu a carriage.' " "The farmer poked his head out aud said, 'You are lyin'; uo Governor is such a fool a to be out a night lite this.' "Without further words he closed the window and retired, we weut on through the blinding: etonn, and reached Dayton iu the early uiorn iug." PitUburg Post. What Peanuts Are tiooJ For. The magnitude aud universality of the home cousuuiptiou of peanuts are BometLinc startling. There are few towns too small to support at leaat oue vendor, while iu the cities the picturesque stalls and roasters are a feature of the business streets. The peauut ha a great commercial importance aside from its roasted state. The seeds contain from forty two to fifty per cent, of oil, which is easily obtained by cold or warm ex pression. The first method yields a superior oil which uoue but au expert MALT I cau detect from the true olive oil, and it may be used for the same purposM, both 011 tho table au.l in pharmacy. Iu the latter method the beans are but slightly heated before being submitted to pressure and the yield is much greater; but the color is much darker and the odor more pronouueed aud less agreeable. This second quality of Arachi oil, as it is known, is used for fine soaps, cerates, and ointment. Perfumers use it as the basis of their cold creams and pomades ; aud it is al so used for lubricatiug watches and delicate machinery. Tlu west coast of Africa produces an almost incalculable crop to supply the European demand, Marseilles alone importing iu one year over ttn mil lion bushels for use in the manufac ture of chocolate, while billions of bushels are yearly carried to Loudon, Hamburg, Berlin aud other places, for oil. Very large quantities are grown in India, for borne uses. Brazil, which is the true botanical home of the plant, does little more than supply her own market. Demurest. ,wsr (merfiiT II and iH-n nil' mh srlii .(cru'tl (mr t 1 , isnxit ,,t. man va-lo. O ,lrnall? ,7,'rtnw t ! "! ,'' '"a 1 -Sold Princei fG.ult 1 Th fm keovre Wti of ye. am ioos, t sotb The Fr VOOO f Dasis' kirb un llHI C OC lBf .b.I Bm kould ti rns yi uiture Batch'! Psrlov nft in 1 Impair .Urn. 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