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THZ GRUMBLES. JU trtmU ia tlx vii Ob ran i try It tad. V trlai X anaafaat Waii apnaaior. bcutr aJbrtaJ, B msWM at ei ;. M grvnbiM at J kBila, ll rru&Uei at Ua Uiiatiote, Hafrawbaatti wJa, BtfruaUaiatUacnUcr Wea U fccri a pair af , E r-tatbt at li pawr HUt bu t nadiaf li new, H puUa at li cioet: ia H mr.km awl Us kw. U (tsbUm at U -dr Tin imm a lui E rra&bi at U cuii."ia Wfata U7"r pterieg a ti B greats at ihbcteir Aid way ha eotola , lit rrmt ek btti i4ir uJ. .. 4 tUs lU w.t ke U pn at 'f"-" B pirn BO" ft aaaaar how T7 am!, B rrafc at tU awraat, HsgrnaitueaatMaa. E rraatlat Uadarkaaa f mi UbiU l:r U p ktA U rTBSUM at li SOaidMf, Tb Bitappr RTWLbl.tr, aaa li mmblf at u f. H frombfei at kit rxt. B rmtM at tb atner la tMMU ru ann, i.a4 fee cnuBti at U -W jir" Et7 kb a aum. B rreBtvta t -aLioe, H gniifc at awul: At crca U jmttk- li f4 ft m tLtuUr i B rreiatJej at k dM(tUr Wbea U vms bu T. Aa U grurtJm what at Jasfbt Al aarUuif irrj fucar, Bffi at Um ne asaa, lit j-xm.t' aU it pot. B rrasW at ti lw H rvaiU tl Oa-eat day wi lb 'aAiv b fl, Htrrtibb is lb RctkjM, lit fna.ii 1 lojk.l V a b i (itt ia t J ooi', Wm aaaU da tte kle H CTBaUci t mm III ft M4t bej lit r, A 4 U psafcj f Ifi&. apc tit fw H rmU m fct I:U rarca, H (rimbka e tU jr, II. pak aii lb vr 10 eaaAf U jramUta a.'W.'prajtn, B crambiM ia a aicrp vLj U i lj-.tt ia a M, A4 1 eftes ba7 to mrf KTJ punt; vbta bc't J, ACRtCTLTCBE. At a neeting of profeaaora of agneul tar and borticultara from aeTeral of the agrienltareal eolWo the Wertrn StatM, held at Laming. Mich., Uct nonth, a committee tobmitled a repcrt which eoDUini much of interest to the iargecIaMof people intereeted in agri culture and kindred enbjecU. We give a portion of the report: The idea of ajatematio experimentar tion for the diacoTery or Tenflcation of new troth in agricultural acienoe, if not atrietlt an outgrowth of the preaent een tcrj, he eeiuinlj during thia period been brought more prominently to riew. Ia 1804,Thaer eommenoed Li agricul tural eiperimenU and farm achool at Moeglin. In 1B27 Chrutiani began, and with the aid of hi ton, for many continued farm experiment at Oder brack. In 1835 Bouaaingault engaged in limilar experiment at Eechelbronn. In 1837 J. Bennet Lac began to ex periment, and in 1S13 inaugurated at Uothampttcad that aeriea ofinreetiga tiona which ha made hi name and tUt of hi aeeoeiate, Dr. Gilbert, famoua Iwth in Europe and America. The chemical and agriiultural teaching of Liebig ami Btockhardt prepared the way for the establishment in lb52 of the ex- Esriment Ution at Moechern under mil Wolff. Since that date experi ment elationa hare been etblihed in nearly etery country in Europe, o that at preeent they number not lea tban one hundred. There can be no doubt about the high rank these experiment station! are entitled to hold among agenda that have brought about the great agricultural progrea of the pre ent century. In the United SUtea we find the ex periment elation coming into oporation either a Bute institutions, or in con nection with the agricultural college endowed by the Ooncral Ooternment. Here, however they have not attracted mn.k ttninn u iii older and more mm vuufM --- densely populated couotrio. The almost unlimited extent oi our uiouiuumi wu fertile soil ha mado the occupation n,t rU.rinor of new lands more more economical and more attractive .an thA rAktnr&tion of farms that have i,.nm. atriU h Ivul manacement. In LfWUUi V ww.aav j ' thn nllnr Htates. howefor. the time appears to hate come for a better and more conservative husbandry. Even rw Lr. i.ioi. Aft Mara affo was re garded a the most fertile of the then uew BUtes, vne eviuenoes oi i..n..tinn the, anil and the means for the restoration of it lost fertility, have already become interesting wpios oi In nv that the Bute of Ohio ha not yet expended a dollar to provide lor ysteraauo npenuwumu, a meant of improvement which in othor Bute and countries has proved so eftl .int ami -onouilral. Two rear since . ti m tawin nAtitinna were riresonted to H UBva r " h niiin TciKlatnre. ajtkinir for the es Ublisbment of an cxporiuieut sUtion Mnva IKa farm nf tli Hute University. Bubtefluently a bill was inUcnluced pro- . . n .m.rnnrintion nf tAn tllOU- sand dollar to erect buildings, purchase instrnmenU and material,, and meet ex pense for one year. But the fanners of the SUto, or their represonUtives in the legislature, had not become awake to tlx imnnriiM nf ' niMuiure. and the bill failed to become a law. Tenons not familiar with the snbject do not realize that the experiment sUtion to answer the many ouostions presented by the varion agricultural interesU of a great 8UU, require at the outlet not only sufficient land, but suitable build ings and money for the purchase of ma terial and labor, and also the assisUnce of scientific men. Inasmuch a chemical analyse are required for the protection of farmer from frauds practised by some of the manufacturer and venders of com mercial fertilixer. many persons have fallen into the misUke of supposing that the making of the analyse eonati tutes the chief work of an experiment station. In fact, suoh analyse may be mad at any chemical laboratory, and wery rarely can they with propriety b TTwrfliafdI work. Germaar some experiment station (so ceiled J nave pu mum jm .i and in some instanose, none at nil, and however nstfal, they are, in fact, nothing more than chemical labora tories devoted to agricultural . pur pose. Other experiment station make good te of extenrvie farms. Thatcj.Benoett Uws hai liSO f acres apon whkk most elaboraU and valuable tUld experiment have been made f or long serke of year. To answer the knotty questions that beeet the Ameri can farmer, it is essential that a farm be sitaehed to every experimenUl station and that the farm shall have ptan and meadows, crops of all kinds, and aJ kinds of stock, and fence, vnOdingi, implemenU, teams and latorer. duji i i. k.iMirn arc itilisoeBaable. such a proMgating or plant boas, in which the temperature can be controlled, not i i ' .V- -.th nt nlacU. but for the testing of eommeroal seed, a mat ter not leae unporunt to Ka tiiM of eoromerciaJ lemuzers. There must be rooms for weighing and Trjunmr for drnng sad storage, aaa also for chemical labraiory nnlee this alreadr exiU a a part of an associate .i .', . l imi.-t;tn.&fi EiDenmenUl WHIMIVIW work require money for the purchase oi material such a seed and fertiuers ...I l.tiAnlnrf tncaes. and to COO- HU V w i - j 1 . pensate experts, except where they nuy be found in our agricultural eoLeges. Std more is money needed .to compen sate the large amosnt of eartfnl labor which all experimental work involve cscifnerPj The sUtion at liothhaicp steed is economically managed, for the director, a gentleman of wealth, not only gives his time but pyi all expense from his own pocket, which it perbap a samciett guarantee that there is no ex travagance, yet the axnaal cost i fifteen thousand dollars. Many experiment stations in Germany, in Great Britain and in the United State do what they can neon an income of one-half or even one-fourth of what is expended atEoth empsteed. Well qualified men are also necessary to sneeeeaf ul experimentation, m . tJt mtinn kst rest with a Board or with a single lndindaaL If nnder tie eoctroi oi one person, ue tou .;',.. with &!1 friTTrj of aericnltu- ral indnttry.or in such intimsie relatoni with each that be will unaertxana ict wsnU of alL And he must be able to command the aasuunce ot a botanm, an entomologist, a mkroMopisU, a chemist and a physician. Aie- quate pronnon for all meteoroiog ; I Vttrv&fion must be made at every sUtion, unlets those made at a United State signal suuon in una ticib Lie. The fact that the sci ences referred to are all Uught in our agricultural eoliege. ana specius ia all of thee branches are to be found ia most of them U the great reason for at lui.innwrimtLi stations in the United BUle to agricultural college. Another good reason for this association is found i . tka orimal research of an experiment sUdon ha great value to student a a means oi practice wu tion. To obuin some adequaU idea of tbe wide range of inquiry which a tncoeissful Northern or West ern Bute must be prepared to meet, it mar be desirable to too lora momeci m 1 - 1 -ii v. - the venou interest wnicn vui c Uin to present problems for solution. The dairyman will have hi questions bout th adaptations of various breeds of stock tor tut special uses; u uio u- tinmnrm and comDrative profit of all kinds of feed, the comparative effecU of , I i .V. ihelter, pure air ana gooa wair, vuo c tent and profit of machinery, and the means for preserving and transporting ThA pnun raiser will have his question abotit varieties, quantities, conditions, and time of seeding, modes of tillage, cli mate, sous and manure, oi narreauoK, preserving, and preparing for market. Ktockmen will have innumerable ques tions about horse, cattle, theep and twine; their vanout characteristics and adapUtions, the principles of feeding snd breeding, specially how to prevent the spread oi tucn diseases as tue epifjuuc catarrh of horses, pleuropneumonia and Texas fever of cattle, the lung-worm and foot-rot of sheep and nog clioiera win Farmers interested in uiuug general improvement will ak for exper iments on ueugi-a, icuit, uuuuub, machinery, drainage, irrigation, etc. Fiu it growers and gardeners will have their nianr Questions of soils, manures, climate, s;tution, varieties, modes of propogation and management, especially how to protect ulanU and fruits from the myriads of insect enemies. Forestry, serriculture snd me spiary win aura claim attention. These are only some of the sources from which questions will come questions which can be answered farmer himself or by others working in hit interest. From the extent snd diversity of the interesU embraced by agriculture, it n.m.t It Aviilnnt that an Pino ri m ent sU tion should be amply furnished; the few simple experiments wnicu can ue uaue itiwmi. miAial annliances. have been manv times repeat!. The differences of soil and climate and products which this . .lMaAnts anil tViA multitnilA nf uuuuu; iiwuw, w now methods and a.UiUitions that may . i .i i i le required, not oniv prove mo uwu ui ATiuirimnut but finnvev the im pression that experimental work in this country is scarcely uioro mu utrguu. .-i InrcrA iirnnortion of the auestions tb at await solution cannot be successfully mastered by the individual farmer of limited means, without the necessary ap- nltances. ami oilcn wuuoui bcicuiiuu mtnpation. If the increase of agricul tnral protlncU addt to the wealth of the hil .vinnirv and beneQts not onlv the (,.pk,p hut nlmit onnnllv all other arU and professiona, it it not unquestionably me parv oi mu cl",10, jvw j.w.. nvA all ntwiegurv aid and encourage ment to agriculture? This, indeed.it conceded, and in most of our SUtes lawt have been passed with this avowed ob ject. Congress displayed wise fore thnnplit in ilnnatinor Unas to the several BUtes for the establishment and erpe't ual maintenance of college in which all branches of learning test relate to agri culture or tbe mechanic art were to be Uught. If tbe Bute will take np the Commas beiran. and will now endow well appointed experiment sUtion s in connection with all these col leire. a most valuable combination of iAAkinir with MMwnli will h Mienrad. The nnion of investigation with instruc tion in all these institutions will not only be highly advantageous te student, but v. TrvAtAr1 la nrora ml atill siseter adTantage to the sgricnltaral piogrse of theeonntry. To make the lest nee of time and money, experiment sUtion should be esUbhsbed tn all the But. Each sU tion should know what all others kv done, and tome arrangement should be made by which f stars work wul be properly and conveniently dis tributed. Tour committee there- umMAfiyi tli at aw a w sen- cmltaral college here repreeented, and indeed all otnen. sum Deconu r m for this purpose; that at least onoe ayear those havins charge of th experimental work meet and review the work done, consider what is required, then oy mA-n1 yTmi!nt distribnte new work. according to the mean at the disposal or th special tacuues oi eacn tnsrmuou. It mar be thought that our whole conn- try is too large for a single association, and doubtless it will be more convenient to have several such 'associations each formed of a few eontignou Bute that have climate and product in common. The Pacific Bute can nave a good asso ciation, the Southwestern Bute another, th Xnrth western State n third: !( England, the Southern, and the &dile Bute are distinct geographical and cli matic regions, ana may nna it con Ten- agricnltural college or independent ex periment station wui report to iim own association and all the astociationt should report to the Agricultural Department at aahington, and from that common cen ter complete report may be distributed over the whole country. To bring these snggeationt to a prac tical issue the committee begs leave to nvAsaEnd the consideration snd adop tion of the following reeolationt: Resolved, inat tne agricultural col lege and State experiment stations here nr.MntAl ma far as the tame mar be tuhject to our advice or control, are nereby united as an association ior more iTttematie and eficient experimenUl work. BeacJved, That each college or station shall report to the Secretary of this aaso f iiTi wV il nnerimenUl work it has alreadr done and what kind and amount of work it is prepared to do. P-aaj-.1t) Tliai the retreenUtive of agricultural college which are not pro- Tlded Wlta jacuilie ior npenmcaiai work be earnestly requested to make re havmI efTorts to secure the necee&arr outfit and to report to this association to 1 t a l toon a tney are reaay ior war. vrAwtA Thai all other agricultural college and Sute experimental sUtions be cordially id n tea to join mis associa tion and co-operate in iu work. Don't Whit. Don't be whining about not having a fair chance. Throw a sensible man out of a window, hell fall on his feet and ask the nearest way to his work. The more von have to besrin with, the leas you will have in the end. Money you earn yourtell is mucn ong titer wan any yon can get out of dead men's bags. A scant breakfast in tbe morning of life whets the appetite for a feast later in the dsv. He who has tasted a tour apple ill have the more relish for a tweet one. Tour present want will make future - i, .1 . T- V . prosperity au tne tweeier. xjguwwu pence ha set np many a peddler in busi neas, and he has turned it over until he ha kept his carnage. A (or tne place you are cast in, don t find unit witn that; you need not be a horse because von were born in a sUble. lx a duii . i v . tossed a man ot metal sty-mgn, ne onld drop down into a good plaoe. A hard-working young man with his wiU about him will make money while others ..a . a t 'a T7l will do coining out lose iu no Iotaa his work and knows how to spare. mar lira and flourish nnrwhere." As to a little trouble, who expert to find cherries without ttones, or rose ithout thorns? Who would win mut lAAi-n tn Ur. Idleness lies in bed sick of the mulligrubs, where industry finds hlth anil wealth. The dog in the ken nel barks at 3 ess; the hunting dog does not even know ttist tney are mere, ha ziness wait till the river i dry, and mwr ret to market. "Trr" twimt it. and makes all the trade. "Can't-do-it would not eat the bread but for him, but "Trr "made meat of mushroomt. John Plowman. A Pretty B r Story. Whil trollini7 thronirh the woods at Gognac Lake, Michigan, recently, I sud- dAnl came ac ross half a dozen birds of the variety known as brown thrush or . . . AM 11 mocking birds, iney were an bust working at some object on the ground, snd did not notice my intruding till I was upon them, when, with a shrill cry, they new off a short disUnce and perched on the trees to watch my movemenu. Having my curiosity aroused, I went to examine wbat 1 supposea was a nest oi young birds, when, to my surprise, I found tbe dead body oi a temaie unman, which hal been killed by a shot from some hunter's gun, and had fallen where it lav ThA ir,l which I had noticed bad been covering it ovr with leaves, tticks, IitUe tutu ol grass, etc., unm only its feet stuck out. Immediately the .inr th "Katies in the Wood." cov ered with leaves by robbins, came to my mind, nd all seemou real as toe uoi hn in childhood I read the storr and believed it to be true. Anxiou to see what the birds would do, I stepped back of a large tree to a difUnce and watched lliAm Sins It the birds cam back one bv one, and continued the work of bury- . . " . ... -11 ing the dead bird. niie engagea uvy ping about after leaves and gras they would chirp in a low, melancholy key, what I took to be the dirge note of the liltle bird's fuunl. I did net hi" it in my heart to disturb them, and watched them at their labor for a fall half hour, at the end of which time the dead bird was completely buried. Chicago Tribune. Luxuries in A Rkpvbuc Madam la Marquine Abconati of Pari has, like M. Gambetta, a ailver bath, but the bath of the President of the French Chamber cannot be comared with that of Madam le Marquise. Tbe waUr is spouted into the bath by a dolphin. By pressing his right eye you hsve warm water. A slight pressure on his tongue empties the bath in s few seconds. The bath room is splendid with painted glass win dows and Upestrie. The floor ia of lava, and also the walls. rr iut n. xomi. Andre Perrinoi was the only ton of s widowed mother, and the object of her fondest and most solia tons care, cot withstanding there was a peculiarity about the boy which caused the neigh bors to say, pityingly: "Bow sad that the lad is desnent in tense when he is so sturdy and Land some that he might make his wsy in the world on the strength of his good looks alone, Lad he been better balanced. But now " and usually deprecating shake of the head supplemented the un finished sentence. H was east in large yet graceful mold, and had a finely shaped head, cor ered with masse of dark carls. His straight nose, with iu thin, dialated nostrils, and Lis eurTing red Lps, his large, stag like eyes, the rich coloring of his complexion, formed a "tout ensem ble" which invariably attracted a stranger's admiring notice. But upon addreaing this "rara avis" of nature handiwork, as surely would a feeling of disappointment follow. Vague, unsatis factorr answers would fall from the curved lips and Tacant, unintelligent glance from the great, dark eye. He was like an exquisite statute endowed with Lfe, but without a tpark of Prome thean fire which we to enkindle ue souL A veil teemed drawn over bis mental facultfe. But whatever else was undeveloped in the boy's nature, one thing existed in luu tore a passionate lore of the beautifal. tt' i.rt ataa anlil kindle into ani mation at the tight of a delicately-tinted . . 1ft. flower, or of a handsome lace ; aaa or ould watch with keen deugnt tnoee sunteU where masses of crimson and gold canopy the glowing west. Tnut it was Uiat alter ne grew kj uu a Atte a new emotion was evosea wunin the heart hitherto so quiet. One day the daughter of s rich landed proprietor came athwart hit vwion. She had just returned from her "pensionaire for a mounted on her white Arabian, and attended by an aged ser vant, she new pail Anare, ne cauguiuia breath in astonished ecsUey. He was in the midst oi a group oi Tonne men. Turning to tne one nearest at hand, he aked stammering : 'Tell me. Henn Leclerc, is it an angei from the skies, who flitted past? Ah, was she not beautiful T The Tonth addressed was of a tumor ous turn, end seeing a chance of sport, answered Andre in a way which wet to transform hi whole life. Bo it often hin.-Mthat the scales of destiny are made to incline in a direction hitnerto unthought of. 'Tha Tonne mist is no angel. Andre; the is flesh and blood like you and me. KnnwAsi thon not Pierre Lemoine. who liTes in the great house on the hill? it is w .. a. -t . i rt bis daughter. A tnougnt strisesme: one is just the wife for you, Andre, and it is time that Ton should marrv." Addressed to a diSerent person, inese words would hsve been taken as tney nn maant and lanched at. The verv MAa nf fine of Andre class looking np so high as to an alliance with the heiress of the most important man in the Tillage nnM haTe been so DreDOsterous as not tn nivaaion even a second thought. But falling upon tne eart oi one oi inure t twcnliar temperament, they had a far- . . reaching effect. He went slowly home pondering upon the meaning of Henri's laughing remark. "Mother," he asked, "what is it to have a wife?" Now. Andre's mother had much the um nature as her son. with the excep tion that there was no cloud over her niAntal facnlties. She looked with pity in? tenderness at her onlv son. who had (vim a to her a few months after her young hnsband had been brought home to her killed by a kick Irom a vicious young pnlt ha had been training. It was owing to the shock she had then received that her noor Andre was so different from nthAP linva. It was with s sUrtled feeling that she heard him now ak this question. What had such si he to do with love or mar riage? Kha tint her arut about him with mother! v aflection and gazed into hit volTAtr Hark eres. There was s troubled vintfnlneas in 'them. Tbe anael had de scended into the depths of the pool to stir the troubled wttcrs so mat neajin miirht come with the healing presence "Mr boy ." she said, "a wife is to her hnhhand a fountain of rest and peace She soothes his cares and lighten bis hnnlnns. She loves him above all ota ak KhA is bis rooa sntrci. . . . . it. "Yes, mother, that is true. The young girl I saw made me think of an angel, ml TTonri aaid she was the wife for me. He is a good lad to put me in the right abon! it." "What do you mean, Andre? what in the world has the son of Leclerc been at finer in Ton?" The dark eves of Andre brightened, ml a clad licht came over his face. "Thou knowest that big house on the hill all made of gray like the granite rocks on the way to the great dark moun tain yonder," pointing as he spoke to a distant nnrole peak, whose tummit seemed lost amid misty clouds, "and thn nosips in the irarden are as bright aa the many-colored quilt on the ut hA.l? Tia there she lives. Henri aaid she was to be my wife; and she has checks like this, plucking a maiaen bluh rose from it stem and holding it toward hit mother, "and eyee like what yon ahut morning-glory was this morn ing." "You are talking nonsense, Andre ; and Henri did wrong to put such ideas into your head. Think no more about it, and will iro into the the fields together to Map m anon aa I get the the cows milked, and the butter made, to-morrow morning." It was Andre s chu t pleasure to tase these quiet walks witn his mother, to whom his society was ever a joy, for strange a he was,be had quaint thougbU, 1 . n 1 Oftentimes as quaiauy mitcascu, kju tha twiT iu her earth lv all. So she said this, hoping to Uke his mind from the -. I'l . ll . B A . ' . 1. - 1 HAW AM. idea wnicu ior tne nrst umo uu uvw en tered it Andre was ever docile, so he said no more, although unusual seriousness brooded over his face for the rest of the day, and indeed for many days. Then he took action upon the matter so near to hi. heart Ha went to the house where Ge ral dine Lemoine lived, and asked to see tne master. Fvarr one in the THlem knew him by tight, and felt an Interest ia the Minno a. h aa called. So the servant ahowed him at once into the room where Pierre Lemoine wm making out ni ac count. tta a aaaIaI before a table covered with papers, and beside him stood Ger sldine. looking over his shoulder with an exprewion of interest upon her pretty face. A canary bird was perched upon her shoulder , and it would occasionally peck at th lum of ugr held toward It VlT ftA TTi bat iu chief pleasure seemed to consist in catching some of the shiny threads of ueraidme s suxsn hair, and pulling them between iu tiny bill with a petulant motion, which was amusing in such a dot of a creature as this. . ... An.1r rtnl'u! the enrlv forelockwbicb hung down over Lis forehead. "I am come to tell you mat i wve your girl," pointing to Geraldine, "and that tbe sight of her is better than the sun shine or the flowers. I want her for my ife." Had Andre been in full rxtesession of Lis wits, Lis words would have occasioned anger, and he would surely bave been eat from the room. But innocent are privileged in all countries. They are eonsdered as especially nnaer vac Heavenly Father's protection. So Pierre TmninA pontine red the look of aston ishment which had come into his sharp eve. "Mr lad " Le said seriously. "Le who weds my Geraldine must bring her a dower it coins of gold which would cover this whole UMe." SnitA innkcA aorrawfnllr at Geral dine, w ho was gazing curiously at bim her cheeks red witn biusnes caueu lona bv his words. T it tree that he who memes you must pay for yon, even as a ttore keeper buys his fine goods?" he asked. The father interrupted bim nasiijy. a shade of anger was in his voice, though he tried to speak unconcernedly: "It is not meet to have this talk be fore you, my girl. Go to your room nn- til mv nntinnlcn Tls.tor L&S CTOne. Geraldine obeyed. Then her father Aftil ti A TtArm' Hist ia abont the truth of it. though we don t usually express it in mat way. Tf mn ihnnU hrinir me a bair of eold to morrow, 'innocent' though you are of more than a modicum of brains, I would rive you my girl. A cage is uie tning urA Up,1. to be sure, to enoueh to feed her with, and also to supply her with gay enougn plumage, aow go, my noor fellow, and ask the cook as you VIACA Ant fnr a eake and a CUD of milk. an that Tour errana may not ue a kv-ttloAA nn A Tnt Andr thonirht not of tne where withal to satisfy hunger. He went elow- . . n.i erii tni-ft twindAnn? in Dewiiu .. 1 1 I J AUU DWMJ w J" ' -.l fM,in nnnn what hai nroTed a laauivii MtfwM - - j mittIa tn wiur heads ever since the first love story was told in Eden. ha mat a nAicrhimr fit ins moioer I merry soul who was ever full of quips and jests, . i ImiM ctnnnAil him 1UU1V 0VUpV HAAAWA Toil ma iftflTi w hfi asked earnest! t. T find a baz of ffold? I must e'n buy my wife when I get her i t IUI UJJ WAU. . Taon nncriA1 hi PV Wlllfl in astonish ment at first; but when Andre told of his riait to the rich man oi the yuuge, ne took his nioe from his mouth, and laughed long and loud. inHm vitA.i nariAntiT until ills luer riraent bad subsided, then he repeated hit Question, and Jean answered jest- inclv: (in in the monntaius and ask tbe that makA their homes there. They will tell you. As for me, it is be yond my knowledge, else why thould I be a poor woraman uuieau ui mv coach-end-four?" Then he went whistling on toward a group of companions with whom he was ont to pass his idle hours. Xot another thought of Andre entered his mind for hours. Then a rumor came that the boy had disappeared, it .n nnnxnal thincr for him tO SUV away from hi home for any length of time, so that when the darkness oi mid night had settled down over the drowsy earth and Andre was still away, his poor mother was almost frantic. Morning came without bringing him, and the new day dragged slowly on without his com ing. Then the villagers turned out in a body to search for him. Not far dis tant was a forest which had been kept intact for a royal hunting-ground. Jean had heard of Andre's continued absence, and a he thought of what the boy had said to him, and of the reply he had made, he at once came to the conclusion that he must have Uken him in earnest and so had set out for the mounUins that raised their purple peaks toward the sky at a disUnce so far away as to make "them dim and indistinct. The road to them hiy through that forest.and was a long and dreary one even to those accustomed to traverse it gloomy soli tudes. God help the poor boy if he had bo come entangled in the thickets! The party in search of him had pressed on at first cheerfully, then more doubt fully, as one day merged into another and still there came no trace of him they sought. One looked at another, hesita ting to propose to retnrn without finding Andre, and still each feeling in his heart that the quest was a fruitless one. At last one spoke out: "We will go but another league. Then, if we come not across him we will turn back." "Ynit aro richt. we will do as VOU SSV. If the lad is not found by that time he must have met with harm ana searcn win be useless." With this undertaking they pressed on nntil thoir vaT was stotted bv a dark ravine through whose gloomy deptns flnwA.1 a raniit atrpam. Its sides were percipiious, ana were so tiiicKJT ciotnea wiui Teruuiu umi um could scarcely see down to iU bottom. f)n mn man Tentnresome than the rest, caught hold of a slender young sap- ling and swung nimseii iorwara so as In twr nrer the dizzv Terffe. A cry of ilismaT arnan from his mates, and eXDOS tula ting voices were raised against nis rash action. Rnf ha mzAil and razed as thonch fa cinated before he swung himself back again. "MIm " ha aaid. with a white face and an awed voice, "he is down there! caught on some shrub that are growing on a kind of rocky ahelf that projecU out over the water. He is so white and still that I think Le ia already past help; but if t is only a swoon the least motion would dislodge bim, so what can dor Various plans were suggested and dis carded a unfeasible. At last a youth who was almost a lithe and flexible of iwkiT aa a willow aanlinff nm,..j . . r v F 10 wing himself down by U shrubt and tee if life was still in Andre. If iot jja wonld Uke measures to keep him from slipping from his perilous position until a aaa? vswvte w taae s wawvi Wl si T Q, scend. Afti-r a short interral t.a r),u'.. . cfj came np to the anxious Latener. "tie l auve: max naste; Jean waa among the first to reach the i pot. His dark face worked with emo tion at teeing poor Andre whit a a now-drift from exhalation, with a ehattlv cnt coon hi heaul whifh O A- f I "J colored Li Ungled curls with it tell. tale enmaon. Bat a bit eyee wandered from hi face to the boah which hit hands had evidently draped in a convul sive grip as be bad felt himself falling over the precipice, Le uttered an ei. clamation of surprise. "Surely the boy has found what h was in quest of," he said, pointing to a vellow eleam aiaonir the soil abont tha root of the np torn bush. It was even so. Andre s quest had been rewarded even at the moment when life seemed slipping forever swav Imm hit tired frame. It was one of those oc currence! which are ever proving that truth is stranger than fiction. For, al though the boy did not own an inch of .. - fl l.:-t- t , a . tne vaiuacie sou wnicn 0.14 irom view tha BtPAv Tin nf rirffin rn1.1 hia err of it attracted the notice of the king, who was much interested in his romantis story, and made him a valuable preeent ; . 1 .1-1 V. fti. . in Olueu coins, au mat u was auie W claim the rich man's promise. But, beet of all, either the shock of hit fall or the blow upon Li head scattered the mista which had cloaded his ha. wildered brain and made bim Geraldine peer in understanding aa well as comeli ness. TJas a fsvim f aw s rtil nnet ia wan'i A OVk"u VttUiO tivui a aaa awtaa aa-taia iv till ness their wedding, and "Andre's Search for the Gnomes it one 01 the loik-talet hannAfl Anmm from father to son in tk neighborhood where it took place. The Msl Th wm Mixed. "ILeallT. but 1 hore von will exenia the intrnaion " said the ehabbv-looain man a the insurance agent looked up- w warn. "You are excusable, sir. What did you wish?" well you -see id a bit mixed. Was it Napoleon or Washington who crossed the Alps?" . . t "apoieon, 01 course. "Jnt an thanks. I was inclined that way myself, but jet I know that General Washington was always scooting around, and he might have uken it into his head to cross the Alps. Irood day, sir. He paused down the hall 30 feet, and then returned snd pretested: "Say, don't think ill of me, but I am still mixed up dreadfully mixed. Will you answer me one more question?" "lea." "Was it Xero who commanded the tun to stand still?" "Xo; it was Joshua." "I had an idea that it was Joshua, but I didn't dare put op money on it. Nero was always fiddling around, you know, and I hail a dim idea that he might have Uken a whack at the tan. Very much obliged to you sir." This time he went half-way down. stairs and returned on tip-toe. ins agent looked up and saw him in the door, snd sharply queried: "Well? , "Mixed aeain!" pleaded the stranger, "Say, I want to ask you just one more question." "les." "Tii.l mn prar lend a man a dollar to help him on his way to Columbus to tee his dving wife?" "Never! You are thinking of old Dioeenea. He used to shell out to every dead-beat who came along." "Mixed again, by thunder: muuereu the man; and as he passed down sUin hA tank on-Aot nains to set his feet doWtt on each step like a man who had bet on three of a kind and found a nusn his money. Use of Electricity la Surgical Open lions. Professor ol LSI . vuviwu-.p Chemical Surgery in the University of Glasgow, describes in the British Medi cal Journal of this week the spplicatioa of Faure s secondary or storage oaj tn tha removal of a mevoid tumor from the tongue, to which Sir W. Thomson re ferred in his recent letter to tne xiiuw. Ha anAnVa nf its surtrical abdication 10 very high terms, observing that this con trivance, which enable one w stores of powerful electricity in a ar no biceer than an ordinary preserving mest tin, will render the use of electricity in surgery much more extendea man u- tofore. The growtn was very acui invaded the tongue almost to the mnitw line. The tumor was removed by s p inum wire heated to incandescence oy u use of this electrical iar without tue i- of a drop of blood. Professor Bachsnsa speaks also at the same time 01 lae '. gical nse of Swan's electric light, k;k , wiiii.m Thnmaon suegestee to him the application at the tame time. and which he put to practical day in the wards with excellent effect, employing for the purpose a Swan s elec tric lamp, liven in a waiu ui -pital, where the bright nn could not f" effectually shut out. the translucency 01 the stricture which it was desired to te for the purpose of diagnosis wm nie 'f r r. flonaon pAlCllk 1M Times, June 13th. Dk PnorcxDisl-A young ld.' ( Springfield tried to escape from W Ust sociable "unbeknownst" to a young msu who was anxious toeeeherhomtj ine sociaoie was neia iu 4ha 1 v. --a aKa wAnt no to wi" OI me cuunu, UU uo " . -r w audience room by a back; stairway, to gain the outer door unseen; oo mis-step in the darknes acnt bersP". ing in the baptistry, which had wnb, open since the previous Snnd?-V-, a wasn't hurt, but if it isn't refined, true, to say that she "was mad em through." and that she hate, the cent young man twice a bed as su before.