WILLAMETTE FARMER. Tli H0!"1 Circle. From SerHmer Monthly. Half-way Doln's. By Ibwi Bubku.. Balnbbe fellow-trabelers: In boldln forth to-day, I doesn't quote no special Ten lor what I bas to say, De rermon will be berry ihort, and dla bero am do Dat b air-way doin'a ain't no 'count for dig worl" or do nex'. Die worl' dit we's a-llbbin" In la like a cttpn-row, Wbar eberycnllud gentleman baa got bla line to hoe, And ebi-ry lair a lazy Bigg- r stopa to take a naii, De graaa keeps on a-growlu' for to aiuudderup lilacrap. When Mosea led de Jewa acroat de waterB ob de sea, Dey bad to keep a-goiu', J-a" aa f s' as ra' could be; Do you a'pose dat dey could ebber h,b auuceeded In delr with, And reached do Promised Land at last If dcy bad stopped to flab ? My (rlen'a, dar was a garden once, whar Adam llbbed wld fcve, ... WH no-oue 'round to .bodder dom, no nelgbbora for to ti love. And ibcry day was ChrlBtmaa, and dey got delr ratlona tree, And eberjtin J belonged to dem except an apple tree. You all know 'bout de atory how de anake come snoopier rouu , A tiiinii.tkl1 nifitv moccoaln. s-crawlln' on de eroun IIow Eve aud Adorn ate de Irult, and wtnt and bid delr fate, , Till ue angel oberseer be come and drove em on de piaco. How, a'poae dat man and 'ooiuan badn't 'tempted for to snira, But had gone about delr gardtnln', and 'tended to delr work, Dey wouldn't bab been loaflo' wbar dey had no busl- neitR t i. And de debbll nebber'd got a cbance to tell 'em what tado. No hilf.wav doln'B. bredrenl It '11 nebber do, I Bay! Go at your task and finish It, and deu'a de time to play For ebon If de crap Is good, de rain '11 aplle do bolls, Unleaa you ktcp a.plckln' In de g.rileu ob your bouIb. Keep a-plowtn', and a-hoein', and a-Bcrapln' ob de rows. And wbon de glnnln'a ober you can pay up what you owea; But ir you quits a-worVIn' ebery time de tun la hot, i Do sheriff's gwlne to lebby upon ebcrytlug yuu's got. Whataber Hla you'g drlbln' at, be shore and driba It tnrongn. And uou't let nuflln' atop you, but do what you'a gwlne todos For when you boos a nlggei fooltn', den, aa ahore a I you'ro born, Vuu'a gwine tu nee him comln' out de small eend ob do horn. I thanks you for de 'Untlon you hat gib dls afternoon Slater Williams will 3Mik ub by a-raiain'ob a tune I aee dat urutuer Jubnaon'a 'bout to pans aruun' de bat. And dan't lot'a bab no half-way doln'a when It cornea touatl Weights or Men ind Womkn. A rrcnt writer ff ra certain interesting toots regarding the relative weights of men and women, from whioh we oondense aa fol'owg: Tbe average weights, of boy at biitb range a little over six pounds and a halt, while girls Ml a little be low this figure. For tbe first 12 year tbe two sexes increase in weight in about the same ratio, after wbioh the boys take tbe dtclded lead the result being that young men o( 20 average 143 pound, while the average (or yourg women of tbe same ago U 23 pounds lens. Men reaoh their heaviest bulk at the ago of 35, their average at that time being 152 pounds. Ton WHxium of weight is attained by n omen at GO years, and Is about 128 pounds. The weight of the average man or woman at full growth la about 20 times that at bitth. Gxttino a Wife in China. When a gentle man in China feels deBirous of taking unto himself a wife be Bends to the paternal head oi some family containing daughters (or specimen ot tbe sis of .their feet, with prices attached. On foot is valued at pirhaps $2,000, and the next smallest at $5,000, and bo on, aocording to the market. Alter the foot, or the lady to whom it belongs is ohosen, the is sent in a aedan chair to the Intended husband's house. He meets her at the door, looks into the vehicle to take a view of tbe (air one, and il she suits his taste be admits ber. Ax aeon as she passes his threshold she becomes his lawful wl'o; but if be likes tbe lady not be shuts the door and she is carried whence abe came. This Is how Mary Kjle Dallas bays It feels: "Take a man and pin two or three large table olothea about bim, (astened back with eUatlo and looped up with ribbons; drag all his ou hair to the middle of his head and tie it tight, hair-pin on about Ave pounds of other bair and a big bow of ribbon. Keep tbe trout locks on pins all night and let tin m tickle hUeye all day; pinch his waist into a ooraet, and give him gloveaaalie too small, and ahoes ditto, and a hat tli u will not stay without torturing ela. tlo, and a frill to tiokle his obin, and a little laoevail to bllod hist yea whenever he goes oat to walk, and ha wlllnow what a woman's dftMli. My!" EH 3 A Woman on Agricultural Employment (or Women. The most of our race must expect to remain in the ordinary avocation of life, and it would be very much better were the majority of our people more content with their pursuits. Although it wilt hardly comport with the ides of propriety common even among the wives and daughters of Western New York farmers and Grangers, yet I will venture to call yocr atten tion to certain branches of industry in connec tion with agriculture, horticulture and kindred vocations which are now followed with pleasure and profit by some todies la different sections of our great country. I have lately read of a widow in Co'orado who, about seven years ago, bad only a tent to live in, with a young daughter. Her sole earthly possessions consisted or a very little lurnitnre, together wilh two cows and two calves. Ax i usual in lhat region the cost of keeping ber slock web almost nothing. Bhe sold milk at tbe town close by, and whenever she could spare a few dollars she would buy an extra Calf or yearling. By patient o ntinuance in this manner she baa pros ered, and now owns cat tle by tbe bundreds, rides in her carriage, has educated her daughter and is worth many thousands of dollars, all the product oi her own exeitions. Many others in various sections have started wilh two or three s arms of bees, and by ra tient study, inquiry and obseivation, coupled wilh industry, tbey aie now among tbe moat successful producers of honey the count' y af fords. Could the iwo kiuds of work just men tiontd be combined trgether with tbe same good fortune, a land flowing with milk and honey might yet be found in the western hem isphere. 'xbe raising of poultry and eggs for market pur oses, if propeily conducted, in often verv profitable. Now, why is this not also a brat ch of bubiiies piculiarly adapted to women? O. courte, like everything els-, it requires knowl edge, tact and time. Yei it has been well con cluded by many and can b done again by others, though the teaching- of tbe old story are still true ti at it is not safe to count chick ens before tbey are hutched. Then there are tbe small fruits. Snrely if a woman wishes an avo. aiioo ihit will bring hi' health and wealth, both of these desirable ob jects are i ften fuuud in thi- empl yment. The sme may De said of gardenn g and various oiber Kinds ot work connected with the culti vation of the soil. And one of the best features of all tbese li dustiles is that when sbe wishes to dispose o ber pr ducts nobi dy pys her less fi r them be cause eh- is a woman. Tbe proceeds of ber labor amount to precisely the sanm sum tl a would b- obtained by the lords of creation. In other worris, here, and almo-t nowhere ele alio tec- iveB etpial c mpenaation with man fui doing th- same woik Tbuk Livino. All is not waste that appears so, nor all 1 vmg injurious lhat is relatively ex pensive, bo, instead of grnmhling about prices,' let us remember two thinks: first, tbe ii come has risen wilh tbe outlay. I a man i-pends $5,000 a year, it is, in must cases, be cause bo can get it lo sptnd. And, secondly, dviDg bus become uium expensive, not abo lutelj, but lelatively. It Hands fur a belter value It bai risen into tbe sphere of art. It is, among the sensible part of the community, not a quesiion of display, not of animal gr iti bcatlou, I ut of education. Given so many d l lurs' income, how many av nu a of meutnl and moral help will thy open? how many picture will tbey buy? how many books? how much good society, and generally how much of h1 that makes life valuable to it- poss s-or? Upon this bubjei t the Vornhill Magazine, of late date. baB some senaiblo suggestions, but upsets all its theory by a concluding set tenoe, ihn-. "The person who is best off of all is tbe literary batchelor." In our ju gment be is most to be pitied A human Bilk-worm, spinning cos'ly webt in which to einbulm a cultivated selfishness I No, the ttue living is lhat which is broad enough to reach education, family, society, the world, end God. Interior. Tihkd of Cits Life. A bank Presid'nt of Worcester, Mass,, speaking of Northampton bank rubbt ry, the forgeries of Winslow, and other like items of d mmeroial life, is said lo have remarked: " I'm sick of this rascally world Don't want to see or do business with anvbody. I'd rather be an old farmer, living on a coss rod, (our miles from the eight of anybody, wilh a barrel of cider and two hog-, than to have anything to do wilh banks, money or men." A great many men long counted euo ceBtful will echo the Ike word of Solomon, ' All is vanity and vexation of spirit." But all of commercial life is not thus polluted, nor is "the lot ( f an old farmer living on a cross ro-d. four miles from anybody," quite fo envi able as the bank President's imagination, b Iped probably by the memory of boyhood days, has pictured it. Farmers well know that there are many and serious evils allotted to their lives; but very possibly this disclosure of envy of tbeir assumed hsppy lot may make them better satisfied with their vocation, which is entiiely the best in some respeo's. Tbkk Miononettb. This is by some suppose"! to be a distinct variety (rom tbe common kind grown in tbe garden, but it is not. The tree form is due to careful pruning; and attention, and there is no variety of niignonetie which will assume a tree form without constant care. The way to raise a "tree" mignonette is to sow ine seed bb usual, ana wneu tne plants are about two Inches high, select one of the strong est, and plant in a pot or box by itself, and keep it well supported by a stake Every side branch that appears must be pinch' d off, but tbe leaves must be allowed to remain on the main stem as they are n eded (or the health oi he plant. When the plant is about a foot or more in hlght, the side shoots may be permit ted to grow, but they must bave tbeir beads cinobed off occasionally to force tbem to form a busby top. It will take some months t accomplish this, but, it will make a beautiful piaut. Tale Beabebs. Of all the contemotible neoDle in the world the tale bearer wears tbe boins. Next, and of equal importance, ia tbe man wno, unaer me guiBe oi irieuuauip, uears back to a person every gossiping rumor that floats on the breze. Many ol tbese atone would die out and be bu ied in oblivion but for these busy-bodies who run between principals and atir up eumitles by bearing back thse floating minora. If every one who htara a ru mor derogatory of the charaoter of another, would, without running to the person about whom the story is told and harrowing bis fuel ing with it, and stirring up strife between him ai d the man who only innocently iepeat-d what he had heard, then much ill feeling would be prevented. A Sensible woman remarks to tbe girls, Look out (or phvBical health aud beauty (or tbe sake of the race. Do noc bestow a glance on the pale, dyspeptto, cadaverous biped; shun him aa you would a pestileuoe," ' AlAHlIUBil U1CM WRUM IV PVI1 m INIU U wsrltlnt Itnwaaaf4uiianr aiuuma atnil vtwnlarj na. SL m A wsk&jvwa a feHaai BaaaiA t J. A All Sfc WatwanSh laaa nyivu auauuiuBj aavwMuai sum iivuivto j"- mtte luxuriant p-Ure, while maj-itio olu Utl ruaietj oiauiaM ifQ. UID VJV V IUO UW holder." Women Lawyers. The Milwaukee Setttntl prints the full text of the decision of Chief Justice Byan, of the Supreme court of Wisconsin, refusing to admit Mis Lavinia Goodell to tbe bar of that court. Tbe court premised by say log: "Tula is tbe first application for admission of a female to the bar of this court. And it ia just matter for con gratulation that it ia made in favor of a lady whose character raises no personal objection: something perhaps not always to be looked (or In omen who fir sake tbe waya of their lex for ine ways or ours." Then, referring to the argument that words in tbe singular nnml er niav be construed plural. and in the plural, singular, and that words of tDe masculine gender may be applied to fe males, nnlesa in either esse snob construction would be inconsistent with the manifest inten tion of the legislature, he said: " The argument for this motion Is simply this, that the applica tion of this permissive rule of construction lo a provision applicable in terms to males only has effect, without other sign of legislative intent, do admit females to the bar from which the common law bave ex -laded tbem ever since courts have administered the common law. This is sufficiently startling. Bnt tbe argument cannot stop there lis login goes far beyond tbe bur. Tbe same peremptory role of con struction would reaoh all or neatly nil the funo 'ions of the State government, would obliterate almost all distinction of sex in one statutory corpus juris, and make females eligible to al most nil offloes under our statu es, municipal and Stete, executive, legislative and j dirial, except bo far as tbe consiitution may interpose a virile qualification. Indeed, tbe argument appears to overrule even this exception; for we were re'orred to a case in Iowa, which un f rtunately we do not find in the reports of that State, holding a woman not excluded by tbe statutory deBcriptibn of ' any white male per son.' So we ,flnd no statutory au rhori'y for the admission of females to the bar of any court of ibis State. And. with all ibe respect and sympathy (or Ibis lady whioh all men owe to all good wr men, we cannot regret that we do not We cann t but think the com mon law wise in excluding women fiom tbe profession of tbe lw. The profession enters largely into the well being of society, and to be honorably filled aud a felv to s cieiy exacts tbe devotion of life. The law of nature de-tines and qualifies the female s x for the besrit g and urtuie of the children f our race and for the custody of the homes of the world and their maintninoe in love and honor. And all life 1, ng oallineB f women ii consistent wilh tbese radi al snd social duties of their sex, as is the profession of tbe law, are departures from the o der of n-lure, and, vhen voluitary, treason avii st it. Tbe cruel chances of life sometimes bffle both sexes, and may leave women free fiouj the peculiar Unties of tbeir sex. These may i eed emploj mi nt at d should be elcomi d o nny not deojatory to their sex aid its pio ptieties, or imon-i-tent with the good ordsr oi -nciety. But it is publio policy to provide ( r he sex, not for its supeifluous members; and not to tempt women from the prop-r duties of their sex by opening to th- m untie peculiar to nrs. T here are many emplo ments in life not unfit for female character. Th profession of ihe law is surely not one of these. The pecul- r qualities of womanhood, is gentle graces, i s quick sensibi'ity, its tendr siiscepiibility, its purity, its oMicacy, its emotional impulses. ts Bubi rdination of hard reason to sympa- faetio fee ing, are snrely not qualifications to forensic stiife 'Natuie ha tempered worn to a linle for the judical confliots of the court room as for tbe ph sical c inflicts of the battle field. Womanhood is modeled for gi&'ler and better things. And it is not tbe sainta of tbe orld who chiefly give employment to our pro fession. It baa essentially and habitually to do with, all tbat.ia aeltah and e.xtort onate.kniviab and criminal coarse and bruta), repulsive and ubscenein humanlife. . " This is bad enough for m n. H me Influence. If a father talks "money, money," at borne be geueially rears a family in worabip of tbe almighty dollar. If he talks mainly horses, gsmea and races, he breeds a butch of siorlemeu. If fashion is tbe family altar, then Ibe children a'e offered np as vic tims upon that altar. If u man makes his own fireside attractive, be may reasonably hope to anchor bis own children around it. The ggod father makes himself lh constant evening com panion i f bis boys. 1 he result is that his boys are never found in bad places. But if the father bears tbe clook strike 11 in his club house or the plaj -house, he need not be sur prised if his boys hear it strike 12 in tbe gam ing room or the driuking saloon. If he pu s be bottle on his own table, he need not wonder it a dm ken son staggers in, by-and-by, at bis front door. Wben the best friend that child hood aud youth ought to have becomes tbeir foe, tbe home beoomes the "starting post" for moral ruin. Mb. Cualmebs beautifully says: Tbe little I bave seen in the world and kn ,wn of mankind teaches me to look upon tbeir error in sorrow, not in anger. When I take tbe bi-tory of one poor heart that bas Binned and stiff-ired, and represent to myself i be stiuggies and tempta tions it passed through ihe brief pulsttions of jot. tbe tears of re. ret, tbe feebleness of pur pose, inn uooru ui me woriu iua uh mile charity, the desolation of the soul' sanctuary and threatening voiots within, health gone, happiness gone I would fain leave the erring b ml of my Mlow-being with him from whose bands it came Hbbd to Decide. A very knotty question bas been raised at Toulouse. France. An oys ter opener of that plsoe. In Ailing a small order for immediate consumption, found in one of ih ovstera amagnifloent pearl worth several thous and dollars. She promptly put the pearl in h r oocket, but ihe poison who ordered the oysters insisted that it was his The olsim be makes is that shell', 'juice, oyster and every thing in tbe shells belonged to bim wben be bought tbe oysters, and he has asked the law courts bo to decide. Step bt Step. Life is made np of little things. He who travels over a continent must go step by step, He who writes a book must do it sentence) by sentence; he who learn a science must maa'er it fict by faot principle by principle. What is the hap piness of our lift nude np ot? Little court" ales, little kindnesaet, pleasant words, genial smiles, a friendly letter, good- wishes and good Seeds. One in a milli"n, once in a lifetime, may do a heroio action but th little things that make up our life oome every day and every hour. Dadobteb and MiutxaiD It is an interest ing tact that our word daughter, when traced baok, through the Greek thugnttr, to ita source in the Sanso-lt rfuMfri, U fouod to be equivi lent to miMmiaici, showing that it was the duty of the Indian maiden to milk the cow. It waa no doubt considered a highly honorable i flice, ainatj tbe cow, tbe mo-t v Unable animal to a pastoral people, aoon came to be endowed with supernatural ait rib Ue. Taut Supreme Court at Washington refuses to recognns female attorney, al hough cases in charge of women attorney have bean aent up frost th inferior ooorts. Home-Made Furniture. A lady in the Floral Cabintl say that to hear one talk about home-made furniture the idea is conveyed that nothing can be made oi boxes, half-barrels, etc., tbat will look gen teel enough to be called by tbe name of furni ture, flow, kind reader, don't De disgusted. I have seen common gonds-boxes converted into handsome bureaus and stands; and tbey are to obeap and yet so convenient' that I will tell von how to make them. To make a pretty dressing stand for a bedroom take a box 3 feet long, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep longer if desired. Cover it smoothly with dark brown cloth. Set it up lengthwise, with the open aide to the wall. Tbe interior will hold many things. Shelves can be put np if desired. Have a light frame work made and piloted dark brown tnen varnished. Attach this to tbe baok part of the box, and by means of screws put a mirror firmly in the frsme work. Make a inching of cloth a (hade lighter or darker than tbe other; sew it around the top of the box tbis tives it a finish. It is pretty, as well as useful, and nobo Jy would ever suspect its hav ing been a goods-box once in its time. Another good way to utilize a la'ge box: Cover it all around with dark grteu cambrio (or, if you think green is poisonous, use brown,) leaving tbeopen bide of Ihe box up. The cover should be fastened on one side of the box, so as to raise like a trunk lid. Th- fop of this is to be padded tbe outside covering should be dark cloth. This, in an upper chamber, is very con venient for holding wearing apparel, bed clothes, etc. Good cupboards can be made of large boxes. Put shelves inside, and nail a strip around the top of the box so as to extend three or four inches above tbe level ; this will prevent articles ftoin sliding off. Tbe wLole is to be painted a go d dsrK color. This, iu the kitchen, if not used for holding dishes, will hide bo many things tbat after awhile you Will think it indispeu sible. Small boxes make nice foot-stools. Stuff the top, which selves as a lid to the box, thus making it doubly useful good for holding old newspapers, rags, etc. A whole set of tbese trill be louud useful. In the sitting room they make good seats for the children. Small boxes ate also nice to hold winter flowers. Take tbem about 12 inches deep, 18 inches long, by 12 wide (larger if desirtd), and paint them white. The pare while boxes, with the green leaves so fresh above them, make a beautiful contrast. Keep near a door or wiudow. Mich igan Farmer. Woman's Natube. At the lower end of Woodward avenue yesterday an old apple woman offered her fruit toa.vessel cip'aiu who ws sighing over the good limes of 1861. Sue wanted three cents apieoe for her apples. Ho gave her a pleasaut look and Bald: "Well, well. Why you look as young as you did ten years ago. Same bright eyes and red cheek oume white te-tb." "fake an apple for two cents. Captain," she replied. "1 presume you ure 50 years old," he continued, "hut who'd known? Lots of ladies at 3U look as old as )ou do." "Take an apple for a cent, Captain," she answered, emilinu like a rose. "Some rich old fe low will come along some day, searchiug for a buxom wife," said thn Captain, "and you won t nave to pedd.e apples any more. "Here, Captain, two for a cent, take two of the bigeest 1" abe exclaimed, and then ran afier bim aud dropped two more into his overcoat. Detroit Free Press. Manx housekeepers make a mistake in having no estiMUhed system of doing their woik. i hey worry and are wearied lar more than is ni cesiary, because they do not plan tbe work I tne WeeK judiciously, wnen, H eacn day bad is al otted duties washing, ironing, cleaning. mending, swetping, cookiug, aud then the rest un meiioid aaay wey would De astonlsned at tbe amount of leisure ihey would flud for sewiug, reading, writing and music wbich bo many often negieot when the days seem full ol other woik. Horace Gheeley ouce said: "There is noth ing easier in tbis wicked world than to edit a blackguard paper, and notning more difficult than to get up a newspaper free from foulness and blackguardism. Fish-women and bar room loaf or a are skilled iu the art of bandying pitbeU and bi-spaiteriog each other with dirty words it requires no brains to do this, but it does require Doth heart and brains to piint a newspaper tbat a decent man or woman can read without a blush," A fdnny Btory is told of two Vermont formers wbo are not Grangers. They induced their wives to join and report Detore tbey would sub mit themselves. Now, when they will the osunot. Two black balls greet every applica tion, juranwniie ine wives go regularly ami triumphantly to every meetinu of tbe Grange and the men stay at home and mind the babies. A Holt silence hath ita influence uron all other graces; it causes tbe roses of grace to bud andblossom firth. It baa been found that in ntarly every civil ized country tbe tree that bears the moat truit for market is the axletree. A New Anti Inceustatob. A new anti incniBtator hs lately been introduced under tbe name of apparatine. wbich is prepared bt stirring up 16 parts of potato starch iu 76 parts of water, and then adding eight pal ts of potish or soda lye, at 25 deg. B-iume, the whole to be tnnrougbly mixed together. In a short time the mixture firms a thick jelly, and it is then beaten up vigorously for a time, when it forms a ooloiless, transparent substanoe, slightly al kaline to the taste, and of a strong glue like consistency. It dries slowly in tbe air, with out di compost ion, and wnen perfectly dry re sembles horn, but is more flexible. When in troduced in small quan'ity into steam boiler it prevents ibeir incrustation. It is also capable of nearly all the applications of or dinary gelatine, and is especially adapted for biz ng textile gooas oi au linos, imparting to them abithi-rto unattained smoothness. When new applied to good and dried it is perfectly Insoluble, as three or four washings in b it wa ter have proved to have no effect upon it. It can also be used aa a thickening in calico printing. Sever U of the textile journals spe k if this substance a a very important additiou to tbe resources of the manufacturer and dyer. Care mu-t be taken to retain it in air-tight ves sels until it is used, as it is not easily reudertd soluble again wben it onoe become! hard. Bctinq or Ikon. It has geuerally been sup-po-d tbat the rusting of iron depend princi pally upon moisture and oxygen. It would ap pear, however, from tbe late Dr. Oalvert'a ex periments, tbat oarbonto acid la the principal ag-ni, and without tbis ihe other attendee have vrry little effect. Iron does not rust at all in dry oxygen, bat little in moist oxygen, while it rusts veiy rapidly in a mixture of moUt car bouio acid and oxygen. If a piece of bright iron be plaoed in water saturated with oxygen, it rnsta very little; bat if carbonlo acid be pres ent, oxidation goi-a on ao fait that a daik pre cipitate is produ -ed in a very abort time. It i wid tbat bright iron plaoed In a solution of cauatio alkali doea not mat at all. Th infe rence to be derived ia that, by the exolation of moist carbonie acid from oontact with iron, rust can be vary rapidly prevented. Yoilflq Polks1 CoL,i)fH. Baby's Skies. Would yon know the babr'a skies f Baby's skies an mamma ere. Mamma's ejes ani smile togetber Make tbe baby's pleasant weather. Mamma, keep your eyes from tears, Keen your brart from foolish fears, ' Keep your 11 pa from dull complaining. Lest the baby think 'Us raining. -St. Xidiolas. About Fear. (Ntxt, Vah In Partita Bnral Press. Come, children, cluster around and har what Nell Tan has to Bay to you about fear. When she was a child, which you would think was a very long time ago, she was afraid of the dark, she was afraid to be left alone, in (act she was afraid of ber own shadow. Are little folks as foolish no-a-days, I wonder ? Fear is one of tbe greatest troubles of childhood and it some times clings to people as long as tbey live. Some children wbo might nevor have known what it wa, have bad it taught them. like the ittle boy I onoe knew who was taken up to bed every night by a thoughtless servsnt. While undre-sing he was told to lay his clothes upon a chair at a distance from tbe light, and when crossing the room the wioked creature would call out. "Bun (or fear tbe bears will catch yon." The little fellow would scamper with (right and would not easily go to sleep af ter that. The child's mother was told and the servant well scolded, but tbe mischief was done and the boy suffered in consequence (or many a night afterwards (rom imaginary danger. When children are afraid they rarely ca i tell you what tbey are afraid of. With vivid im aginations they picture to themselves all sorts of impossible things. In going down stura they will say to themselves, "wbat if a big lion or a tiger was after m," and without stopping to consider how unreasonable such an id a is, they plunge in terror d iwu the stairway and into tbe light. Now, these chidreu surely know that we are not likely lo have wild animals run ning loose about our dwellings, and by thus using tbe reasoning faculties they can overcome such foolish fears. Some parents govern their children by (ear. Instead of enforcing obedi ence through love, tbey threaten with punish ment for disobedience. A child s-)on learns by tbe tone of the voice whether it ia expeoted to obey promptly, and if trained to obey on the instant it is rarely necessary to resort to vio lence. Tbe days of corporal punishment and brute force are passing away, it is to be hoped, (or Ihe most enlightened ptrents and teachers flud a better way to enforce submission than through fear of the rod. I bave seen a moth-r t-aoh-ing her two little girls to sew with a switch lying betore her upon the tible. From time to time, as the tired fingers idled or the attention was diverted from their work, harsh woids and blows ere given to remind them of th-ir task. The result was those children grew up to hate useful employment and quarreled continually because tne rebellious part of their nature was ever uppermost. Fear to do wrong always, but never frighten yourselves or others unnecessarily. Nervous children are sometimes f lightened inti fits which affeot their minds for life. Never cause vourselves to suffer remorse by doing such in jury to auy human beiug. And now each one of yon strive all jou can to overcome this bug bear Fear. Good Habits. Bemember, boys, before von are 21 you must establl-h a character that will serve you through all your life. As habits grow stronger every year, any turning into a new path is more and more difflco.lt; there fore it is often harder to unlearn tban to learn, aud on this account a famous flute plyr used to charge double pr ce to those pupils wbo had been taught before by a poor master. Try and reform a lazy, unthrifty or drunken person, and iu most cases you fail; for tbe bid habit, whatever it is, has bo wound itself in'o life hat it cannot be uprooted. The best babit of all is the habit of care in the formation ot good habits. One Dbop at a Time. Have you ever watched an icicle as it formed ? You notioed bow it froze, one drop at a time, nntil it was a foot long or more. If the water was clear, the icicle remained dear and sparkling brightly in the sun; but if tbe water was but a'ihtly muddy, the icicle looked foul, and its be tuty was spoiled. Just bo our characters are firm ing; one little thought or feeling at a time adds its infloenoe. If ach thought be pure and right, the soul will be lovely and sparkle with bappiness; but if impure and wrong, there will be wretchedness. That "Exebcise." Answers still continue to oome in in anawer to the "Exercise" pro pounded by our Eistern correspondent in this department some three or four weeks ago. A Suggestion for the Centennial. Our London exchange, Iron, makes the fol lowing sugcestlon for meohanical progreaa at the CentAnnial. Tt aava? ThA nnuiu .,? ttiA best form (or tbe interior of the blast furnace1 baa not ot late years occupied so prominent a place in metallurgical dlsoussiona aa it deserves. Advantage micht ho taken nt Mia fartti.,nmln Exhibition at Philadelphia to secure much valuable information, whioh it would be beyond ine power ni any individual, or even an asso ciation, to obtain at any other time, bat whiob, onoe collected, would be of tbe greatest aervioe to metallurgi' al industry. It is not, even now, 'oo late for the commissioners of England, Germany, France and Austria, in conjunction with tbe American Centennial authorities, to invite by circular the leading metallurgical firm of their respective countries: in fnmiah inaapecifi-d firm, such detailed particulars, illustrated aa tar as possiDle by plans, of the working of the plaot and processes under their control, as they may feel disposed to gve. Such information from reliable aourcea would at once set at rest many vexed questions, whioh would otherwise only be tardily solved at an enormous cost of unproductive labor and wasted material. Tbat a nnMA1Aa I.-.. -....l. to learn from the be.t Continental and American praottce, is not less true tban tbat in many point we are in advance of our neighbor. Not the least important feature in auoh a pro sramma would be the eollentinn of ! internal sections of blast furnace blown oat tor repairs or otner causes (of which there are nnforinnaielv inat nnor nnl ia. h.-m a - 3vw UIMlJf, AU- section would be drawings of the original contour, wilh fall de tails oi ine ooarge used, aud tbe working im mediately before tbe stoppage, and at different periods of the campaign. Snob rtturna would I ,'rm a solid basis fur uihunni .. . j would materially advance tbat which should be tbe leading object of a true world show the growth ot technical knowledge. Failing it uwpuuu uv omeuu reprt tentative, w com mend the idea to anch rwMa na .w.. soci.tieaof engineers, the American Institute of nvnioej engineer, and our own iron and ateel in-Mute. . 'It 1