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 I f^H- I W^, m ^iii â- II S^ini ,_-,, fnaumaiy ihoiMrdtfl' ttto ^eamiiSik ' whuk tiM ftoMT often nadi the market xenden tiM* nfit for the pnrpojoe of nmHifg, Jm tad jiar* mnch of the oom- meroifi craia ia fotelp^rad by heftting that iti -^maj ia jmrnntai^ V not entirely deetroyvd. At tti* tart gnina in atore- honaee are^ad flUadHlMi aajjlaof weeda aa to bet unfit for medmammm.- Evary year we find goodlKBianilo(g|darte ^laaB aeed, â- wiltiag to pay aa «kka imoa for tiuir reqnirementa, wbiA ia ilmt would ^e a fair pNfit to «1m gEMnr. li flet, however cheaply gnia or otbtr eiq^ aMy aeU, the farmer haa only himaeQ to htatne if h^iaili to receive dne noraaeratian Jar hia labor. If he takea paina to. prodaoat:tta choioMt crop ta oaa nasally adl at hia own price, within reaaoD, among hi* own neighbcre for Why then do not mnre farmers devote their time and land to seed giomngi There is, we are glad to say, iacreased attenfion to this branch of the business of farming, imd with a corresponding redcc tion in the extraordinuy pioiits that onse were common. It shows that good farming, such as seed growing demands, ia more seneraUy prevalent now than formeily. Bat this good farming ia itself based on securing pure seeds, and therefore the de- mand increases aa doea the supply. In fact, we believe that the tendency of the times is to crowd out all farmers who do not use pure seed and grow clean crops. £ven for csmmercial purposes the poor gtain ie so inferior that there is no profit; in it. The law which proclaims the survival of the fittest prevails in farming as it does in all other kinds of business. With regard to many vacietiea of garden seeds it is probable that they should be more largely grown by farmers themselves than is the case at present. Sach a coarse is accompained by some troable r-nd exer- tion, but the extra labor required involves an education which helps fit the man for something better. To grow a crop merely because it requirea littla care or skill is nOt only to condemn one's self to a life of poor- ly paid labor, bat to correspondingly impair the character and mental grasp of the indi- vidnaL The farmer who porsnes a widely diversified indnstry needs, and haa more intelligence than one who confines himself to a few easily grown staples. When farmers begin by market gardening on a small scale and the growing of choice, pure seeds, 'their style of fsrmiog improves in other rcspecta. They are obliged to ke p their land free from objectionable weeds, and quite often they discover that this necessity, instead of being a hardship, is a positive advantage. Very few farmers have facilities fo.- sail ing seed on a large scale at retail prices. If they grow such for market they tnnat do so under contract, and the {Hriots paid »re but little in excets of ordinary market rates. Near cities and villages market gardening offers better inducements in the way of profit. It is a curious fact that many in- land towns are supplied with vegetablts grown by market earderners on the high- priced lands near New York and Bcs'oj, and thence shipped to places that have oot enterprise enoagb to supply the fcoms de- mand. Wherever this is th,e fact there is a field which no time shcnld be los5 in filling. Even where no present dem;.ni appears to exist the productioa of fit si vegetables at reasonable rates is sure to cr^te cue. The market once secured will eaaiTy be retained. The rjute of a dealer in garden vegetables through a city is very like a milk route. Where tbe gc o Is are eatistactcry. an i prices reasonable, customers are retained ior year?. Itisa very sugetive fact that the farmer who once enters upon these branches of farming generally keeps at it as long as he lives or if he seils cut, then the clmice of continn- ing the business and securing his old ouBtcmers is an important consideration, often largely increasug tbe market value of hia land. In one instance, where a new railroad was being run through a town, laad taken from seed and garden farms was appraised more than twice as high as land beside it, naturally just as good, devoted to ordinary farm crops. The appraisers acicd on t):e eld rule, which generally fixes the value of property, that anything is worth in money that sum upon which its owner is able to make it continuously pay the interest. In this view not only does good farming pay, but it is also essential that those crops be $rrown which with care and skill may be expected to yield the largest returns from the aoiL In ttiis way the farmer who makea hia farm bring the most revenue is at the same time increasing its value should he feel inclined to aeli. â€" Am, Cultivator, Lnniliioiis PUuits. There la a sort of fnngos called Rhizomor- pha anbterranca, which stretches ita root uke tendrils along the walls and floors of mines, cr ether underground places. These tendnUa exhibit lines of light which oam e a eonaiderableamonnt of illumination. Wh«th- er the Inminoaity la dependent on the pre aence of oxygen ia a disputed point that dtes appear to uve been determined. If a0, it would look like the'result of c mbustioa, but combustion evcrsos-'osr seems incoa- ceivable in ao inert a form of plant lile; Combustion, of course, goes on in the blood of animala; but even this, comparatively rapid as in, ia far below the rate ot c .mbue. tion neoessary t9 produce light, and it ia in- credible this can be the explanation; for by such combtution the tiiane must speedily be conaomed nnlesa there were a prooeas of re- pair and renewal entirely nnpwalleled in the tiling fnngo â€" „,^-^ been aotiodp:^] fnll bIoHnwfcI phenomenon mty be tiliia6o«» ^Eta â- . antiiera hai JMen^ to c ;otad with fM-, j^-aoPka oa SM tJjed:to JM Wfe a moaentary ^q n d k^tnt jtt^ lifv' i*»#ttrtad in a faint llasn^ Bat «bat explaina notliing. Of what natnre ia that flash! The wdy conjecture ia that itis eleoteic, bat it ia a co3Jectnre only, and there ia nothing more at preaent to be aaid.â€" Auufc^ Jfo^asiiie. Gardm and Fana. ff ' Provide aome old mortar in the hen-yard. Underdraining caaaea the soil to be cooler in the sonamer. Tarred i^»er wrappings infnrad and killsd young tren in a Western orchard. When ony a few fowl are kept it is best to renew the stock every year. The best way to use special manores is to sow them on the surface after partially fitting the soil, then cultivate and harrow in. Gat common brown wrapping paper into piecis four inches square and wrap aroond plants when plsniing. It will defend them from out-worms. Much of the filore with pear tress, in localities supposed to be unfavoratle to the growth and bearing of pear trees, is un- doubtedly OMring to deficient care and cul- ture. Bo not, in feedini; calves, change too suddeoly from one food to another; aad Upve no more than ia really eaten, Cdlve^, like all other young animals, need frequent, rather than luge feeds. A variety of vegstablea is used for fill- ing silos in oiher countries. In France beet top) and the leaves of grapes are employed, in England tomip leaves and vetches, and in India different kmds of wild plants. Dried blood on strawberry land, applied between the rows, 400 pounds per acre, in- creased a Kansas crop one-third, prolonged 'the period of ripening, and the trnit held its size.. Benlta much better thaa with common manure. Ensilage, properly made, says Dr. Hos- kins, is a good feed, when properly used, as avy that waa ever devised for feeding dairy cowE^u good as roots, and far less costly aod difficcli; to produce in large quantities upon our Amer.CMi farms. Salt is being freely used by nurserymen in their pear nurseries for the purpose of counteracting blight. Iron filings and cop- peras in Boidtion bave been used for the purpose, if these remedies do not prevent the disbcss, they at least correct a aisposl- tion to blight. Sac jess in raising house-plants may be forwarded by usiog toil, two thirds of which is garden-soil and the rest sand. It should ha kept light and loose about the roots, and the plants watered only as they appear to need it. When any of the leaves wither and fall, instead of throwing them away make little rolls of them and tuck them down in the earth, where they decay. Tais is the best fertilizer. SCIENTIFIC AM) USEFUL. Ergotine is the most expensive drui; now in the market, ^d costs nearly $1503 per pound. Bain falling upon a dry soil and moisten- ing it to some depth warms both the soil snd the water. The value of the unoonsnmed cpal which makes tbe Lmdon fog and smcka is placed at $23,000,000 annually. Mr. Dammer of Kittery, M3k:n3, has in- vented jt process by which c pp r can be welded as easily i.n 1 ta well as irou. Abagof citr^oU suspended in^c'stem will purify the water, and meat wi^ped in a cloth and packed in charcoal will keep fresh for weeks. Java produces a vegetable wool which, freed from its leathery covering and the seeds, is worth sixteen and seventeen cents per pound. Potassium bichromate is cDmmended by. Dr. Lanjirrois as a disinfectant for cesspools, sewage, etc., and he thinks it Ukeley to be of great use in diseases due to mic.-obia. Dr. Bell maintains tbat in the fat of cheese and fat milk the ratio of soluble to insoluble fatty acids is the same. He is speaking of real milk, aad not a mixture of chalk and water. It is discovered that prosaic aoid ia an anti- dote to strychnine, but it will have to be ad- ministered with great oare, for the required doss would itself be fatal bat for thepreaence of the etryohnine. Bread is made on the Devonshire coaat of Eagldnd from a sea grata Porphyra ladaiata, which is chopped aad mixed with a little oa'm^l. It will keep from four to eight days, and the people whe use it are fond of it. Contrary to the opinions of some tmineat ohemiata. Dr. H. Strave holds that ii the quality of the albomenoida in oows' milk and human milk there ia no diffnence, but the latter haa a amaUer proportion of nitro- geneoua matter, especially of canine. A towel folded aeveml timea aad dipped in hot water and qniokly wrnni^ and amuea over the aeat of the paia ia toothaone or ^^7Ssmw't»t*f*' ^Eta __ L^^jiiBiir' it aoir i#« !ZSSS!^ ita iplaa^'puk. to pa ita oU^ Hotel d'OtMga, wtaN ta «a* POntm" J ' It aqoma ^lat tta laadata of the ina aad oati ia EodMtd an pretty "BUBh of a mn^- Sm ia t««Mt to al^eholding aataoadaat^ If Mr. Gtalatone • father onoo oâ„¢~? •» ** to aaaertad, 880 alaveo. Lord saliawry a naadfather and gfart-naole ware ateenuona {Tpholdeia of the "Afiioan trade," whwJ^ in- deed, found no mote vigoroua defender tnan Gen. Gaaooyne, M. P. ior Liverpool, whose aroperty near that city the Marqou la- henta. Tmpregaatimi of the atmosphere of a aiok flhambcr when the patieotii iU of dij^them, meaalea. sowlet fever, or of any allied dis- leaae, with the od?r of a mixture of equal parts of turpentine and carbolic acid is re- oommended by Dr. Vilandt. Half a tea- apoonfnl of the mixtore will be enough at a time, if it ia pat into a kettle of water kept near the boilmg point. The odor Kenerally gives soipe relief to the sufferer, and tends to prevent the spread of file malady. M. Gibier recently offered to the French Academy of Sciences an account of his ex- periments with rabi3B. He found that he could easily inoculate guinea pfgs, rats, etc., with hydrophia. and all his ca.es died with tliat disras^. Bat the savant, aooprding to the report, wound up his remsrki by. first proving that it was impossible tor fowis to take hydrophobia, aaa then showing con- clusively that they are the only animals who have ever been known to reoovar from this disease. The Mahdi'a famous lieutenwit, Oiman DJgma, is described by one of hia soldiers to be of tall and slender build, with pale com- plexion, large open eyes, and a fine mons- ' tactie. His conntenance expresses oonrage and energy he is almost alwbys on horae- backj^ aad wears over his left ahoalder a veil, such aa the Mohammedans of old â- woie. He generally carries a very long mntket, uid under hia mantie a long sword. It* ia reported that he is very piona, without being a fanatic He haa only one wife and three chQdrsn. Crying paper, always damp and ready for pse, isthua prepared:â€" One pound of chloride of magneainm ia diesalved in a moderate quantity of hot or cold water, llie solution ia applied with a brush to copying paper, in book or other form, or, better, by means of cloth pads saturated with the aolntion. The pads are placed be- tween ^y suitable number of leaves and pressure is applied, very moderate at fiist, ta order that the paper may absorb eaoagh of the liquid, and then the pressure is in- creased. The pads having been removed the paper is pressed and is then ready for use. The Biieets will nou stick together when thus treated. Oa May 9 a ccmimercial traveller found $4,600 as he was gutting out of the train at Brussels, which belonged to a German deal- er in horses, who had been travelling in the same compartment, and of whom he forth- with went in search, and met frantically rushing to' the station. The worthy Ger- man, with prodigal generosity, offered him a dollar, which the finder declined. "Then," said the other, "you orast at any rate come and dine with ma I canaot|paa8 over such a service in this I'ght manotr." The invitation was accepted. The invitug guest appeared on time, but no host was forthcoming, and the guest, as he paid his bill, vowed to abstain tm all time forth from favors toward Teutonic dealers in horseflesh. At a meeting of the Iron and Steel Insti- tute, London, the general introdaction of metal aleepera for railroada waa advocated by Mr. W. B. Browne. The experience of Grermany had shown that the loss by cor- rosion was trifling on mush-used roads, and that there was no complaints of "hard- rJhning." Webb's wronght-iron sleepen proved a succass in South Wales. A mem- ber stated that within the last two years 40,000 tons of iron permanent way had been sent abroad by British manufacturers, and that he hims^ had on hand 111,000 metal sleepers for exportation. Anotfaor m-mber spoke in favor of supersedirn' lej, â- Â« of every kind by the aaoptina u htoei rail of 140 pounds to the yard^ as he believed that a rau of this kind was to be the rail of the future. The prioe of wooden aleepera is e|ven now very close upon that of iron ones, ^d under very favorable oironmstancea the life of the farmer rarely exoeeda twenty-one yearv. Scarcely 25 yeua ago the most powerful piece of artillery waa a 68 pounder, throw- ing its projeotile with a velocity of 1,600 feet per second. Now the weights of gnna have been increased from 5 tons to' 100 tons the velocities from 1,600 feet to 20,000 feet per seoond, the energies froai 1,000 foot- tons to over 52,000. and the proieotilea from 68 pounds to 2,000 pounda. But enor- moos as these attainmenta are expresaed ia ^ures the higheat or greateat are aa no- thins when oompared, aa aome on« haa re- marked, with thuce of the projectilea, vel msities, and energiea exiatlag ia nature Basing the eatimatea on the larindplea laid down by Helmholtz. if the earth, for ex- "^r^, J* oonaiderad aa a hn«e wojeotile. anf if it ooald be poaaiUe tb SSSiettl; whole of the anergy atored up ia goapowdcr there woold ta reqnirad a diarge 160 ttmea greater tiian ito owa weight, aad 900 timea greater tliaa ita vdhune to impart her wUt- al motion to tii^uU.. *^ ^°**^ l^ea. Siwpart. Among ttagpi^i^i^"«y Eoropeaatt ijrefyeiw^'** Tta United SJatea anag bo«t. TonWjT*' turned to the S»vMiMh Bi^« •f^^^C MO. whire ata k taviag aoaaa p* tar wj- ISSyoverbaaled. Sta im^antil a^ri« of week! aiEO. employad ia olawMJ «J »• Altamaha^KTer: from ti mMtn tp toe Ooonee Eiver. The Tocoi ia of compaMtije- ly Ught draft, bat one of *ta *ioat po#rtfnl l^lS of her cl»aain the gover»aient8«m«-, She waa famiahed with a gOOdjiappJy of dynamite oartridgaa. and an electrio l»t- tery, which wew tonad effioaeiona for the wo?k she undertook. A large Bumberof rocks, many projeotmg pieoea of raft tuaoo^ besides several large trees, w«e removea from the channel, so that the nver w quite dear for timber laEtaani light ir»M steamers. „vi«i. Among the obstadea to navigation wWon the Tocoi ehcountsred, were a aamber ol petrified trunks of treea, heavier than. the iWest stones that were tek^n from the bot- tom of the rivf«r. Abovt thiirty miles up the river from tiie Savannah, Florida and Western railway bridge, a large gam tree formed an obstructionâ€" over twenty years ago. TWs huge trunk has broken up aever- al very valuable rafts of timber tbat were being floated to Darien, and has directly snlmdirectly, caused a great deal of annoy- ance to all persons who were intarested in the business ^on the river. There is a b«id where the obstruction lay, and the loaality cime to be familiarly known amimgthepeo- ple aa the "Scooping Gam Band." Here tbe raftmen were always in dread expecta- tion of tavingtiie timber in their charge "aoooped in," or broken up by contact inth the obatrnotion referred to, and oanried rapidly oat of ttair control by the onrreat, which flowa very awiftly at this point When the Toooi undertook to lift thia sunken tree from tta river bed. it was dia- oovered ttat a m onster of no insignifisant proporthma and wejriit, had to ta dealt with. Tta powerfnl engines aad tackU of the boat waae found aneqa*l to the taak, and hence tiie otatmction had to ta taokoi vp witii dynamite, and the pieoea taken up sep»rately. The entire trunk had been completely petrified, and waa aa heavy aa iron. One of the pifoea waa eatimated to weigh atant seventy tons. Soma of the fragments were exceedingly beautiful, taing of different colon â€" aome black, others crimson and violet, and otfaera contrasting shades. Aboat Seme Curious Locks and Keys. In the middle ages looks for churches and cathedral doors were often rare specimens of art mstal work. Elaborate scrolls, the images of saints, and other ambitious efforts of the true atisan of those days, entered into the design of locks which were really an ornameat to the magnificent doors and cabinets of those times. A design for the escutcheon aur.'cunding the keyhole fre- quen'ly had the fignri^s of two guardian aagels with outspread wiogs. Locks of very curious coubtruction, known as "Apostle locks." were also common in med- iaeval times. These locks had on the front tha figure of one of the Apostles, and on tonchmg the hand of the R^nro the bqlt flew back. In the reign of Qieen Eliza- beth one Mark Scalist, a smith, constructed a lock consisting of eleven pieces of iron, steel, and brass,- all of which, with a pipe key, weighed only two grains of gold. The great inventor, the Marquis of Worcester, who flouriahed in the reign of King Charles I., ^deviaed a lock containing a steel bu'b, which waa perfectly harmless so long aa the right key was used, but if a wrong key was inserted the barb sprang through the key- hole, and "caught tta tand of tne intruder aa a trap oatohea a fox.-' It ia said that while the inventor was experimenting with this curious lock he rvas scarcely nimble enough in removing his hand, and waa caught in his own trap. At Willenhall, in Staffordshire, which is the great teat of the lack trade, tilver padlocks the aides of which are much smaller than a threepenny^ p-.ece, are still made, and are quite perfect in their meciianicism. Locks containing single talis, and even chimes, which sonni an alarm when tampered with by a false k«y, are among the modern curiaaitics of the trade. Common padlocks sre largely made for the natives of India and Africa at Walaall. A lobk and key complete are aold by the maker for a talf-penny, and merohanta abroad state that many of tbe natives string theae locka together so as to form necklets, and wear them as "oharma." The Monk's Lesson. There wasonoe aa old monk walking through a forest with a aoholar by hie side. The old man anddraly stopped and poiated to four {duita that were oloae at haad. The firat wa^ just taginning to peep above the ground, the hecmd had rootad lUelf p.-etty well into the earth, and tta tbird waa aamall ahrub, while the fonrth and lait waa a full* aized t'-ee. Then tta monk aaid to hia yoaog oompanion: "Pall ap tta firat." Ttatay ea^y palled it up with hia fingera. "Now pall ap the aeoood." The yoath obeywi. tat not at aaailv. "And the fthiid." The tay tad to put forth all|hia atceiMcth and aas both arnu taf ore ta aaooeaded ia apraotias »Andn»...,M.K. m GA.LLS AKUHO OUB EXCim ••Oh, awManu," aaid Uttle p^ai ^, iMW ta*y «M ahown him for the fi« " Iw-rl^by'" dteases wheli^^ P^ w tta latest t^. Ae ordinary eoma,^ fs^ta nsel as a cui5o,* ..MWlMta|oon^ man be happiâ€", awriter. It dependa to a great Tx^' whatkarUa wife haa got tired aia^^ â- laap^oriaatiU waiting up for him. ^^'^i ThiK ^ueati'oi which anitateg the able hoasewiieat present ii notw,. â-  "Where ,«hatt we go this Sommer?' »rJ*l "Where UutU we make the neigkw:'**! we tave gone?" CantkNi: A lady ninety years old r«...i ed toM.de Fontenelle, wh3i»^^, eighty-five: "lioath has foKotto ?l! ••flnahl" aaid M. de Font3nelle. pSL't^j finger to hia lips. 't "Don't yoa rememtar me?' asked aoda water clerk of a lady customer. »it I I cannot aay ttat I do," she replied, •• i yet there is something familiar abon'J^I fizz " •^*l Damaa fils is aometimes severe: Thee versation had turned on Mrs. X -y had taen very beautiful. "She waiij^ thing of a goddess," said a faithful aA^ "YcS," said Dam IS, "ot an'jiqiity." I A wise man says " the moat powHyl kings in the world are wor-king and%| king." Bless your simple heart, nun (|i| four kings will knook the pair of tiemottl so quick they'll wonder what they eid ataid in for. Miaa Bosebni, who took part in amate«| theatricalaâ€" "Oh, I'm so tired; I h»dt,| stand all the evniiog." Miss Sharp, v^l waa in the aadience^-"My dear, yoa ianl not had to atand nearly as mach as nl tave." I Ttay talk ataut "the wisdotn of thew.l pent," forgetting apparent'y, that itdidiJ reqnue lo very much sapiency to begoileiml poor, unprotected woman, whose mind y I never been disciplined by shoppmgorhoiil keeping. "Loak here. Thia piece of meat dn'ik anit me. It's from the back of the aniguiil nedc," aaid a Toronto man to a Getnal butcher. "Mine fran' all dot beefvotll sella ia back dot neck. Dere. vaa noddk 1 bat home in front of dot neck." ' If it were aa polite to ask an amatearaj^l er not to sing any more as it is to askhimtl sing in the first place, there would be la I wearineaa of the spirit in the world, nil fewer pertona would go into private pa:lin| carrying concealed weapons. Getting aolid with the dog: "Doyal know the Jacksons?" asked a lady of ayoi^l man who lived in their neighborhood, "Ni,| I'm not personally acquainted with all tit I members of the family," he replied, "Intll always speak to the dog at the front gateaij I go past." "I have no fear of the future," remarkedi I harmless youg simpleton. "Yoa should sotl be too confident," replied Deajon Smitli;| ' from late developments in Neir York audi elsewhere it appears fireproof flats caonot bJ depended upon in this world. It; may bethel same in the next," "Hello, Simmons, you loDk gloonj," "Yes, git. dyspepsia the worst w»y." "Why, I thought you went to keepiisj house last week." "So I did, anil tiis.i what's the matter." "Why done yoa let] your wife do the cooking! ' "Xhavs what she is doing â€" you see she's a gradoite of the cooking school." A Mississippi man who writes for a rosi I way wife describes her as having "higU cheek bones, nppsr front teeth out. crippM I in one foot,, cross-eyed, and qdick-spoken.' I One cannot help wondering why the aiu- tand didn't run away ins:ead of the vi{ He oettainly had provocatioi enough. The complaint of the mediocre mm: I "No," aaid the aotor, "I don't sayai tht critics tave ever said anything unkind aboit my acting; bat, to tell yon the truth, it somewhat monotonous to find myself conthi- nally included amOng 'the rast of the chu- acters' who 'do not call for spesial mea- tion," Jones â€" "Now you have had a great dail of experience keeping house on a smiUiii' come, ani know all about how to economia| don't yon?" Smithâ€" "I should say I iH' Jonoaâ€" "Well, â-  now, there's a good fellofi but tell me what yon have found the cheip' est light to go to bed by." Smithâ€" "Moon Ught.^' "Giorge," aaid a girl to her bean the] other night, "here is a piece in the pip* i headed 'Kismet;' what dojs 'kismet' mean! "The word must be pronounced with the 't silent, Nettie." replied George. "Wfaf, ttat woald be 'kus me,'" said Katti^ "With the ffreateatpleaaire,'r3pUed George Aad he did. i "My tlear fellow." aaid a critic, after «• I amiaing a painting by hia artist friend, ' yoa not aee ttat yoa tave pinned thatM' I gel 8 rota toffsther with a gold brooch! wio ever aaw aa angel wifi a brj ch!" i^ after a moment'a reflection "True, biitvvi ever aaw an angel without a broosD!" ^^' tio ailenoed, bit feeling that he had no atated his oaae propsriy. ••L--BSi why didn't yer let Bill Tho"' I takeyer homafioai the ball lat' lUS^r "K*ee, HoU; ta done gone an' showed bw; ae'f a comrd, that'a why. "And hjw*"" he do dat. Lias? ' "Why he had two n« in Im poc^ta, an' I aaya dat ennyfeU^ what earries mre'n ons raaor to a b»'»J^ him an a ooward and ain't no senleoM I doea." '"QBe^yoa|re about ng"