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 'â- m ' 'H Bni "no. the ^f ,weet corn w alf wage pUnt. " the spinel n?, vashy, fodder corn ""f farmers are foolishâ€" Itz^â€"enonRh to " but fcddtrccrn which haa an Mr 1o "^Therecaarotbetoomnohof this kind i*-. J „„ .nv farm. Next year the^area "*oa.ua«' fli 2^ »gma. Xi„.T» Manda an/ JJ nn ioabtedly J of thuwi the D». ' »°d "w^J, eybel:,nged^ [Selves lo G«toJ lona the mou«S tue moantafaTirf e theyhelp^k; family. BitthT there. With tin 7 they gave him i t, prdsamably wja as became hU ri» genealo;?y. Ij^ "you-un*" to the lo the right of hia^ ai he might, H to bear upon thi 3i his eldeit mk ong thia conteatbt. bhd one hand tai atism on theothei cvisary to inqnin. t the Hagnenin of Pjteet as hia toi Higua, and tiiii an ), Dy s )me mn. I fate, left Teagae restless stream ol ecr^ians, with ih una," trickled ovg me of the Petiti who became Pdttyi ui iinoi oa any farm. Nej • «jl) beionr timea as gi eat -all awee* •"•^ The seed is now ready to plnok â€" *^ early and late varietiea. There is m«re to be obtainad in an acre of sweet fod- jfcorn than of any crop; the work is lew Ml na^B several hondred per oent profit. vOne wa^ grcwn aa fdlows; the gronnd -ettd with manureâ€" mind, I aay "oovtr- ed, jcr; "not sprinkled, This wa« plowed on- ground harrowed tnd farrows •j^jthrte feet apart: the teed was ttea JUrtered in the furrows Jiy hand, and • bar "V was run lengthwise over the fnrrows to The- same work may be done aa the com was weU Sfa drill. AsEoon 3, cnltivatrr was run through once in a 'P' -nd twice aft* r wards it was cultivated, •oikiug cloee up to the com. Once it was le over, ai d the weeds in the rows palled Tbf re was no hreing, as it waa not It waa kept mellow and dean. oat. le Flood," â- y kn-xvs the story ^ter Raleigh scrati royai f jet of Elizi witn aii EOverigB'i Btoratioa to favoc, of Ca herine II, am rful Kujsiam famil; roald doubtlesa tavi Ideir 1 a 1 not a tri !, in fa:t, â€" cbaigei iherine hal depaaa herself a^samed jmed to pa'ale g, sworl in taid, a CnttinKapConi. Fortbe caring of com there is probably no lietter iscde, taking into account the value of the fodder, than by cutting at the roots. nlacing in stocks, and so allowing to atand ^til sufficiently dried. The mode of using ibone with pin, about which to form the itock, rnay answer a good purpuse. and jrove convenient, but fcrgreater aecnrity to L stock taelf, the arrangement of the (talks about a single hill that is Ibf t stand- jjgieems to serve a good purpose. In the ijoption of this mode, convenience seems to Mlect five rows at each cutting, giving two «VB on each aide ot the ens up'n which the rtook is placed. With average com, twenty- e.= hills will fcrm a good arzed atook, and bound at the top by bending down the 18, and almost invariably stand erect. i'rect, admit of a free circulation of air, and the proper curing of the fodder. When a horse is employed, unless especial pains retaken, the stocks, with the weakening of the stsdks by curing, are apt to become blown down, resulting in injury to both pain and fodder. It is alwaya safe to com aence cutting com as soon as the kernels bave become a little hardened by being seared over. Of three different modes test edtome years ago, by S. F. West, viz by topping, cutting up as indicated above, and illowing to stand undisturbed until husked, there was a marked advantage in weight of pain in favor of cutting up when the grain htd commenced to haraen. txtenda to the bnlb. They should be ex- posed in a sonny plaae, so as to b«3em« as throoghlv dried as poasible, aad wfaanao drud, seenrtlf plaoe^ in a boac o^ baaliek and eonweyed to a warat, dry c'owk to re- main dniing tiia wintw. Ji diiilled at- a^l during the winter, all hopes of fntorelxaQty will be b'avted, and the eojoymmt derived from a fnit Uoom ot qnket cf taberoMs ahculi be a sufficient indncemeat fcr exar- o'sing due diligtnoa in their proper pro- tection. There is one thing it wenu impossible to do â€" to m-ike sheep do well in a stable in the summer time. They wiU gain very fa^t at pasture, with a little ipain. In winter they i at better, aad with tome roots l^ay and grain, they will gain nqiidly. Instead of selling my surplus ahcep at a low price, I am going to feed them. I do not much ex- pecc lo get a--y profit cm the food^ mily enorgh to I ay for it. The ad^autage wll be in the fine lot of manure to be made from scch food, thU will pay forallof the trouble ana the SI a'n goes into the home market. This idea of a bome market in their own homes, is jast what never enters the heads of most f aimers. How much mrra wisdom there would be in the p*an to look around and get stAne anise ale to fatten, and so keep the grun at home, than to take it awaf to market, and there compete with oar far- mers, who can raise it at so much better «d* vantage. A gentleman who had bred Ma'ay fowl for thirty years, and won more prizas with these fowls than aay other fancier in Eng- land, says tl at bremlin^ in-and-in does not necf sisarily cause deterioration, but all de- pends how this thing is manaved. My pUn is to keep about five or six runs, and to rear 200 chickens eaoh year, and to select tbe beat birds from caoh inn for crossing. I thus secure sufficient croising to prevent deterioiation. Many animals are gregarious and the ma^es must freqaently pair with their own danghters, for they expel the young males aa well as all intruders. Diseased Potatoes. Farmers have not been seriously troubled litb diseased potatoes for joars, until the present, in a number of this vicinity. lilt season, while stopping at Quisaett, Usu., I noticed that potatoes were quite bae ca? Potemkn titeiiBively diseased, and that where, in no knot. He boldl] g the kioat forhii offered J his. I'll a id strack by tin laat, asked his nam would n)t like t( il Pasha, the Sal md most trasted ai Eaaployed in th id a V alaabla Fisnc! wa? ava lable, si ths Saltan bad service and te of England's b« tion from a desk nme instamts, they had been dug farly, and placed in the celUr, they had to he rtnoved and f orted over, sustaiiiing a reiy great loss from decay. At that time, in toe sdjoining State cf Connecticut, but little efftctwaa observed, nothing sufficient to cause any change from the usually pur- iied course regaroing diggirg or atoring; ktthig fesson the ccnditicn of things is Bonsidtrably changed. August waa not sev- erely hot, I ut the early, part of September litnesst dan extremely hot wave, and writh tiut there waa an apparent change in the health and vigor of the potatoe, which re- raited in premonitions of decay by which it lance meeting wit was rapidly fcl'owed, and to a large extent. â-  Seme tbonght to arrest the dueace by dig- ping the crop, but no such re anlt was ob- taJLed; the etede of disease had taken root inddevekped in the nasaof stored tubers At the prcEcnt time very tew are lioiiig anything in the line of digging, pre- ferrirg to wait until decay las exhausted its energies, and then if any are left, they will lie harvested. rain. G;n. Siepk be locomotive, wi chaaics. At» lied to work ay to help supi lie mines, shot heered the much toatimi Hi mistered )ngel to be alio' le engineer char himself. Y' _.ired to supplT 11 so vrell that him aid tlius tpiv* irve and think e Rocket api Plants* of hickory i»J in Mexico, 'winged fniit i tarest geog^ ogs, Uke itajlf intska/emigr*' id it iB "f species at .Jaa iti«*»i llusiratad by Is of CiroUna__ jer timea a northern] org our perioi, fo» ley found a I 'lefc. Nor fplaats have Xt doubtless it their iU. althonj remains kti. without green thiaa iSi as surely f alleged W 10 !«â-¼*• lera. 1*«* foesby.ai' in «â-  a district* resort to I if these oroed; Water Soaked Apples. I lave cbserved f specially in the variety Ibown £s the Kirg of Tomik ns Co., a ten- [Jency to be heavny water soaked, a con- dition which is difficult of accounting for. I live, on previous occasions, observed a sim- iarcrndition on afroall scale, in the esse of tall Pippins and Chtstoro Russets, and in fact, cEe is liable to come across a single specim(n of water soaked apple with any I 'aritty. Now the question arises. What is the cause of this condition? It is tot be- I t»nae cf lying upon the ground, because onr apples were picked from the tree I tod had not ccme in contact with the earth. But 1 observed certain facts which may iave had an influence in producin? this con- ^iticn.and reay not, I can only state my I observations, and leave the matter for the I investigation cf the scientific student. In the first place, from about the first of September, the temperature fcr about two ^eeks was excessively hot; in the case of hie fruit named upon the surface turned tfwarda the midday sun, there was the a^ Pearance of having been super-heated, and 'here this condition exists, was also found hhewater soaked condition. Another fact *M also noticeable, and that was, that the I Madiiions named, existed only upon those portions of the trees most exposed, or foomg fte south; hence, upon the interior of the I ttee, oruponits northerly side, no water Naked apples were found. Whether there Many connection of the different conditions 1 lamed, and the result mentioned, I am not P«pared to state, but simply mention the 'aitiethat others iray give txptettiaa to l^y items of experience or obeervatum •Wchiiig similar cases. Does Death Stlns! One is remarkably exempt from the crime of hasty induction if he affirm tl at there is no aane cr healthy mortal who anticipates his extinction with any deg.-ce of pleasure. The function of dying is absolutely vegeta tive â€" we fall to pieces bke a flower. This very fact, that the process is chemical, con- firms us in the conclusion that tbe final "throe" is as painleis as the inconvenience is nothing to the foetal pilgrim when he touches on daylight. A moment's exanoin- ation of the way we are to die will show marks of goodness in our "taking off." The degree of sensibility is propcr:ioned to the integrity of the ti-sues. An inflammation lightens it; age depreciates i:. Any defect in nutii ion ciiturbe the comfort of the iu- divndal unlil the carbonic acid generated in the devitalization of*theiblood b?comes fixsd in the cells or is i o longer displaced. The sensory ganglia everywhere caie to con- duct currents. Duiing the progress of this (dissolution of neiva lorae, tbis creeping on of this numbness (f death, the inoividual ii rapidly passing into a conditi?n (f repose, and instead of torture or pangs, a degree of Felf-satisfacticn oft approaching to enthusi- am is realizsd. The sensations pecuiiu' to the operation tf opinm, haahish, ether, etc., are not improbably akin to the mental activ- ities of the dying. Barring the hallucina- tions in the stupor as it gains on the subject, the moribund i familiar with naught abat borders on suffering. In short the notion of pain is forlidden the instant ttat any slioa- ulant f is to ex ite a response. Fortunately, for a wne/lsBOine study of one's dercise, there a-e assurances abundant, from vivisection, the testimouy of those who have tave been restored K» cone iiusness, sffirmaiimsof thedyiig, that the-e ii no physical rect il from death. Bum?v ♦rijd hard to rctist the efforts nrale to retu itate him from drowriug. so be» itched wax ho by his prolorged slumber. Dr, Solaader, the traveller, was so deUgbtsd v«ith the strrPa tions of excessive cold, that he was the h. st to lie down in the snow to realize the luxury of su3h a death. Wm, Hunter was sorry he was not able to "write how easy and de- liehtfal it is to die." Infants die as serenely as they breathe, and not a few auaong the advanced ia vears treat death as a friend to their infirmities. Hanging is naturilly rated a meat distressirg procedrre. Bat it is reported cf these who have been saved from strsnguia'ion, that the agony premises to be brief, and was rapi ly replaced by hallucirationsof a fascioaVng ^a ifty* ., ,, One would fai x believe that the kind CrOd who suffered ns to feel no »igh in commg would take no delight in turning our fare- weUintoiirithing-nay, He does not quit ns at the last. He is our greatest benetac tor in allowing us to sleep out of wMrmew. Death is, assuredly, no tax collector its "laws" a-e not the clutches cf an a«ai aut there is no "victory to the grave;" «he ghost «TM««dB awav from as as it entered, with no K. Sfsense of death. ssShakspoare h^a there is no -viunuijf «" -^- " T spe-'ds away from as as it entered, ruffle. The sense of death, ssShaks it is most in apprehension. It is fear of the lonely ni«ht. not the throes nature, that makes the leaving ramfnl. of '»-^J »r«, I as at tbo "|S tim* Caring for TulMTMe Bvlbs. Tie tuberose has long been admired, and *a« formerly ooiuidered to be bejoad the *tB and cultivation of the fanner's wife a "rtof hot-bouse p-odnct to be obtained "y by an expenditure of money, Imt it la J" low common to find this beaatifal mem- I J*! of the floral kingdom in the floww gar- I "*! which has become almost as important 'PSn the farm as the vegetable garden. Jte chief point to be considered in iraa- JB^R tuberose bulbs is their •xtrwnotendar- j JJ*; this is to be provided for in «»• JP*â„¢' I if they are set in the oronnd, in tn«, â-  of them in tho f*U, and in tho keep^ ExtraTageaee i]i.SpeeA. Of all the extravagant habits, which bring trouble to ones neighbcra. ai wg^- we s •elf i. that of extravagant epeaWng. How !!«iJVrn»tation b^ been injured, «ay. IlESe« credit impsirad. »'y^»«»»^ L^^mada of â- oeeckâ€" a remark witk« tram SittoMafiETeSelliriiedMid wlored w?SSwT'^»^ extraTiff-it !«??«. are ^Lait prof assioBS of tov». or »««*«♦ M^to be reliedoo. Taeir jrry fona SCfeel^g-HwmnotUjtojg. to blgotey- an- lioeBSs. twTagance in'rsligpon hada Midioitgoss. ^^^* -^ flu -|ee_-in •f thaft stotsw d»pi«a tlMlMk â€" .... oa iaaportant hnainMS, whieh lad liim in tbe â-¼idnity cf t^at well-known Setiioa tbo '•EvergUdes." Fjirtaaat^ly for «m geaftle- maa m qaeadoa, ke renembMad thaa an old finend had bouht laad asar tho, rea*a he was taking, aad had .there plioited an orange grove^ and it oecTirroii to him that here waa an opportaaity for ea j tying Iflorida ho^tality, whieh had hhfaeto only retdiad him thro^^ tbe famiKar meoas of botela, His friend's oianga grora oorarad abonfe one-half of a five haadrad-aora plaata^iom called "Maiamonnt," and after ie got with- in the boandariea of tiie sparsely settkd r32ion where it was he had no diffioalty ia finding it. ladeed, it was a very old plaoe. though mly within the laat ten yean plant ed in oranges. Fran tiie last town he hal taken horsen for himself and servant, sn I the dozen m^es or so which lav betweea were r^idly ridden over ia the late after nroa. Mr. Cuiaday, the gentfeman in question, aad who now tells the s^ry, reached "Millamont " just befigre dask, and after riding through a long, shady avenue, reined ap his horse ia f ont oi a broad, two story dwelling, evidently aa old-timer, while his fiiead, Mr. Bomayae, oaiaie down from a groap of parrons wildi whom he waa conversing on the piazza to greet and wel- coine him. Introdaotions followed, and then it became evidoit to the gaast that somel^iiag more thaa oommoa waa distarb ing the minds of his host and family, aboat whom there was a oariona air ot mingled mystery aad ezpeototioa which aooa set his cariosity oa the qai vive. Mr. Romayne either perceived tliis fact or was himsdf so fall of his subject that he coald not keep it secret, for he observed, as they were enjoying t'aeir wiae after din- ner "You came in good time to witness a sensation, Ganaday." "I had theimpreaaioin fron your muiner tiiere was something stirring. What is itT" "Well, in brief, it is a ghost story. Sev- eral of us are poing down into the Ever- glades to inqpect for ourselves certain mys terions phenomeaa of a aupematoral char- acter which are ssdd to make their appear- ance every ten years at this time." "You surprise me. Have you any idea o f the origin of the story " "Yes 1 know the story and will tell it later on. The occnrrancea happened about thirty years aso, and eveiy ten years, on the 11th of August, which is to-night, they say that startling scenes occur near a deep, black pcol, where we shall go presently." The party, as made up, oonaisted of three or four of Mr. Romayne's neighbors himself and Mr. Caanaday, and at about ton o'clock the same night they started from the house, guided by an old negro, who. Mr. Romayne said, had lived with Mr. Miilamont when the scene had occurred which it is supposed has given rise to the ghostly appeajrance. Takins lantema, the parties moved in single file through the plantation, aad, guided by the negro, struck into a path, which, after an hour's careful piokins of steps over hummocks, among vines and un- derorush through the swamps of tho Ever- glades, brought them to the side of "Bowl- der pool," as it was called, from an immense mass of rock which stood on ite margin. The pool was about half an acre in extent, difficult o! appoaoh, and, Mr. Romayne raid, very deep and muddy. B-side the bowlder was a dry spot, large enough for a Sarty to huddle together upon it and there, aring first extinguished their lanterns, they seated themselves in various cramped positions and waited silently. Through the dense masses of foliage above their heads the stars could be seen shining, reflected in the black waters of the pool. Oioasionally the creak of a frog or the sharp cry o! some aquatic bird could be heard, and save that, it was still, da-np. and gene -ally a lugu- brious situation. It was about midnight when the silence was suddenly broken by a shritk, so awiul as to fairly curdle the blood. It was repeated In a moment, and thou there was a rash through tangled forest as though of someone escaping froni pur suit It drew nearer and nearer, and pre- sintly stifled cries and the pantmg of a person in hot flight was heard distmctly. The gentlemen had risen to their feet, and. Btending with their backs against the huge bowlder, peered into the direction wheice the sound proceeded. Nearer stUl, and now the deep bay of a bloodhound pierced the niRht. and again that awful shriekâ€" plamly that of a woman, startled their ears and froze the blood in their veins. The noiae of crashing through tbe under- brush, the heavy brtathing of at least two persons, and the low, savage barking of the dog were now to nearâ€" in soundâ€" that the wiSchers gazed in momentarv expectation ef the appearance of the fugitives. And this is what happened: six credible witnesses aver that suddenly a sheet of light, coming from no one could tell whence, lUnmrcated the scene, and there burst from toe forest the figure of a young man, half dragging, half supporting a girl clad m white, her hair disheveled her clothes torn by the brambles, and who even as she appeiwed, sent forth again that terrible shriek! They passed withui a few rods of the stunned and bewildered group of spectotow, and ma moxent were foUowed by a bloodhound, panting and growling, and, behind him. by Ihawt, powerful man, who o"â„¢* »,"|f hand a^heavy wWp. The ,^^8iLil?" vanishodâ€" to reappear above ttimr heads,-- aad a»Mr. Romayne, pointfa* "W*- directed the attentioa ol the otiierj to toe top of tho rock against which they had been leaning, they saw tho yonng man standing aponlt, wlfli the girl daspedm )««»»• iKLwhOe the d-J*yad £^X^' and then tha man i^o had htm foUo^g- Semrraohedtheaammit. The whole sito the elder man tore theni apart, the giri falliaa at his feet. Then there wae a fierce â- tranle. and in a moment tim itronnr bm TSeothar aroond the waist, and, with itio strtngdi. harled him into tho pooU atwtiy daikne«oame "gMn^ neithi dof narmaa. nor •"X^JwJ'J,^ M aflfc poSTat ilBl aa eyar, thadenae tamm, aad tiM gnat howldar. itdcsoribed to lae over and- car Tha old man naa Mri Miflainimt, owned thk p'aoa. and bailt tim honse giil'waB Ua daaj^tar, 4e lov^ m« sen of aasighhoriag plaator, who waa her lover. Her father forbada hia vints, and, finding them together. eVaaad them witii lua dog, aad when tbtj climbod npin tho rook to get awaj from the bloodhoand foUoared thMB. aadinliiaiagethcawtheyoBBg man into tha potd. Thsashe phmged after him and bct*i w«r9 drowned. Mr. MiUaaMfat left the oooatrj hriora ha ooald be arraatod, and waaicpwtod to have been drowasd at Sc Aagaaktna two weeks after. His p*.aoe remained withoat a tenant until I bought it." "Die Bert oioraiag Mr. CaaaaJa^ left for St. Aognstine^ and now toe story m varions forms is bcdng ciraalated through the south. Tills is his varsioa of it, as an eye aad ear witaeas. And he believes his eyes and ears. â€"[New York Td^jram. MODEBN HAWKSHAWS. TlM Bequiattea for a Snoe u a alu l Career aa Good Jadaaaeasâ€" The Seal aaA the ]naa»iiroval Deteotlve, "Lwking back over my twenty years' expoienoe I can not si^ that I rwret my choice of a profeasiou,"remtfked a detective atone of toe aity ageooies yesterday. "What are the requisites of a good de- tective?" asked a reporter who bad been listening to his storiea, "Fesrlessness. coolness and self-coatroL Without toese a maa san never b s a perfect detective, for though he may be useful in some branches oi the businesa he can never attain to toe bighrat eminence in all of toem. He must also have strong peroeptive faculties, and that power of generalization which will maUe him to j amp at once to CO' root oonolunions. Memory is one of his moat important essentials. One sight of a face must imprint it s indeli Illy upon his recollection that he can never forget it; and he most remember not only toe face itself, but the time, pi use, and ciroum«tanc with which it is associated. A mem ry bf faces alone is not suffiaient. Tne detective must have a strong mamory for names, numb n, and dates as well. Ha muct ha intblUgenc, and toere is no knowledKO of any kind that may not some time bi of value to him in his profession. His eyesight aad hearing should oe of the best, and he shoul 1 cultivate a power of observation wliich will enable him to carefully note, witoout seeming to do so, eve^toing by which he is snrrmnded. "Detectives in real life are very different from those in novels and plays. The latter are represented as wearing varions diagaises sueh as wigs, false whisker i, etc., which they suddenly podl off at the moat unexpected moments, thereby revealing their identity. DionBoucicanlt, in one of hii piays, repre- sento a detective who is quite a young man as ma k'"g himself up for an elderiy gentleman of more than 60 and troing about m broad daylight, holding oonversations with p^p'e who knew him well in propria personoe wtthoat discovery. CitrlesRtaia and Wilkie Collins do the same thiuir in some of their novels. Thiis is simply non- sense. It is utterly impossible fir the most skilful hair-worker to make up a w'g or a set ot false whiskers that can not be uetect- ed a^ false when worn, and every theatre- goer knows that the most skilful artiste in 'make-up' can not put upon their faces the lines ana wrinkles wliich indicate age in such a way as to decnve, even when aided by the glamour of toe footlights. Kj de tective in real -life ever attempted to wear any such diaguiae. Dateotives on toe stagi are usually debonair individuals in nb.*t suits end mutton-chop, whiskers. In real lifa there is nothing distinctive in the appear- ance and manner of detectives any moie than there la in those o' lawyers or mer- chants. For my own part, I am more fre- qently taken for a 'well-to-do' farmer than anything else." "Wnac is the salary of detectives? ' "That ia a hard question to answer. There is no business in which the price varies more. Sometimes a man. after having had a little apprent'.c98hip on the police force or in connection wifi soma agency, will set up in business as a private detective, and toen he charge) whatever he pleases. Detectives are pud by the day, and I have known some ot these privats de- tectives, such as I tiave mentioned, to charge the unsophistioated $25 and even more per day. "For the services of any of their d«teot- ivesthe Pmkerton agency charges $8 per day, of which about oae half goes to the detective himself. This is toe invarii'.le charge, and none of the Pinkerton detec ^i ves are permitted to work upon any other sis or wito a vie v to obtaining a contingeiii e- ward. This is tbe only right way, for dc cc- tectives, like m.rohants, should- have one price only, but moat of toe private detec- tives can be induced to take ap cases on speculationâ€" that is, to agree to demand nothing for their work nnlus successful, in which event they are to receive a stipulated apieoei work as t ISAavd of *%afls«H|HthBk« maafcib to be a good gaavcPidfAotiye throiamh toa laiof some one qaalit|'^Hhu^ I oapfiqred a yoaag fellow oae* who r'vto^ht woaU make a spkndid dotoeUTN^sha1 evarytoiag in hii favor, pomeiailig a aploidid phyaiqne aad a|^«maoe, an tfegsat-aad iasianating address, great ahtewdaess, remarkable qaiakn si of per j a|tiB n ,and, ia short, every reqoistte of a grsas dateotive eioept oae^ ai I afterward d fi oovsjted. He waa iaeking ia self -oantiol, having aa angovuned taaiper, to which he gave way oa sught provoottion. This great fmlt was not i^ppueat at first, however, aad I atsigaed him coa aumber of diffiiialt cases, whuh he worked ap very satisfaotbrily. At la«t I resolvsd to test his skill to the atmost, and set him to toy aad extort a ooafeasioa from a youos woman charged with iatenti jide. Now,in toe course of his iaterriew with this girl, aa he after- ward ooaf eased to me, he fell in love with her, and to )k it into his head that she was not only innocent of toe crima alleged against her,bnt that she wat not the raal mo toer of toe infant which she wai aoeasad of having deatnqr«d, but that aha had lawely assamed the rMfManbilttv of being its motoer to shiell a friwid. However, resolv- ed tl do his dntv, and feelmg sure the re- sult would be such earnest protestotiois of iaaosenie as would convince the whole world of toeir sincerity, he persevsred in his attempte to extort • oonfeksion. Ha acted wit'i so much tact that she broke down com* plstely, and wai about to confess the whole affjdr, but being satisfied, from her words and actions, th«t sue was nadoobtedly guil ty, he became so enraged to find that one whom he had al owed himself ti l9ve and believe in had been guilty of such baaeneas that he onrat forth into such a torrant bf oaths and invectives against her ai to seal her lips forever on the snbjeot of her crime. The result was her prompt acquittal far lack of dbeot evidence, Taus yon see how importtnt it is for a detective to keep his temper." "Are not the innosent oftan mistaken for the KUilty?.' "Very often. An innocsnt man wrongly acoosed will always appear like a guilty oae while a hardensd criminal, un-ier toe moit criminating circumstances, will seem the personifiaation of virtuous ionooeace. I re member a singular circumstance that oc- curred at the Smithsonian institoticm in Washington, when I wai doing apecial duty thcora some years ago. In one m the coin oasis toeire was a rare old Riman coin, aupooaed to be the only one of the kind in existence. One day a gentleman cam) with a written order from a high offi. cial directing a curator to let him take the coin out of the case to examine it. It waa placed in his hud, and after looking at it to his heart's cmtent he returned it, a^ he thought, to ite plaoe in the ciae and turned to leave the room. The curator approach- ing ths case to lock it found that the coin waa missing. He stated the fact to the gentleman, who immediately bsoamsvary • relanl indignans aid declared poaitively that he had replaoed it, at the sami timi trying to laave the room. I int irceptei bun and being ooayinced frim his coiduot that toat he hal stolen the coin, insisted upon search'ng him. Hd positively refused to per* nut this, whereupin the curator aid myself after a hard struggle, siooeeded in setrch- ing him by force, and found the coii in one ' of his pooketa, I was just going to conduct him to durance vile when tne cor.it ir, who had goie to restore the coin, shopped me, retunel it to the gentlemw with apologies The poor man had mislaid tha original cola in th« case and hai previously purohawdat great expense a similar one, which we had found in hia pooket, and hia visit wa« for the purp'seof comparing the twj." â€" [P-ila- delphia Times, The Fascination of Ballooning- Explorers of the air and earth are atrange- ly alike in two respects â€" ^individnally they soldo u weary of their self-imposed struggles and collectively they make little progress. A firat plunge into Africa or the Arctic is al- most certainly foUowsd by a raturn trip, if the first be survived. Yet a lady's finger-tip can over all of the polar circle yetclwrted. and Africa is still tho unknown continent. Five bundred asoeuto are credited to Prof. Wise, and Godard left the clouda beneath him at least 890 times. Their perseverance can hardly be surpassed and mo iern skill and soieooe were exhausted m their appli- ances. Yet they went little higher or further or longer thaa the boll men who tested Montgolfipr's discovery a century ago. The tascination of ballooning ia akin to that of gambling. Tnere is a clorioua uncertainty whether the auronaut will come back to be feted and quizzad by men of science, or whether many sorte of unpleasant things wUl liappen to him. MORSELS FOB SONDAI FLAriON. CONTEM- How do men become detectives?" "They don't 'beoome;' toey have a natur- al gift in that direction. Detectives, Uke poets, are bora, not made. Muny of them beginas amateurs. For instance, so meth i ng oocnis in toeir own lives which cwses toem to tarn detective for their own purposes They work up toe case sncoessf ally toey fiad thqr like the work, aad they embark in it as a business. Yoa know toat ia toe way Allan Pii^arton began. He lived in the far wait, and liaying horaea stolen from him on several oooasiona he traoed oat toe thievea in every hutaaoe,_broaght toem to jaatioe, aad re uo v a rad hia p r uy e rty "Yoa would be sarpcised to find how devar scone amateor detoetives ace. I know a young Ohastant street merohaat who woold make oae iof tha g rea t est of all da teatiyaaif ho woald fdlow the boaiasas. He wwtadto findont thawharaaboatsaad an- teeedents of a yoaag fsUow whomhesna- peoied in a certain manner. Heemplo^ad detietives, hot tiiay oooU dSsoovar noftng. Iteally ha began to look teto tl» isattar UomU, and ait^Ba|di ih^ man ha araf after had laf« tha oi^ aad oovaMd ap hia hca^a, rm Meat if he dSdn** find oat eyr "*^ tiMlte araa to fla He dlMovaral daWafai-i^ oaBaBaateaet The heart often leads t} the sheerast folly. After all, how often our reason fuls us at a pinch. Wtto men, friendships mean something, and laat. In the saddest life toere is always some conipensation. Meddling rarely aocomplishes anything exoept misohiel. There are hidden laws that control and shape oar lives. Wonaen learn more throagh their hearts toan toeir heads. Narrow minds think nothing right which is above toeir oapadty, Tlie tutinotive craving of ovary natare is f OT toat whidi aapplemeata itaelf Oae oaaaot live aad fight side by side wito a man for years andnotknbw his maMe. I How true it ia that often the hsaviaat bardeas of life are thoae at iriiioh the wotld woold iMgh, and of tvhioh toe over* weighted heart oanaot and wiU not spsak. â-  Whan a» Shah, dating iU visit to Bag- land, IMitod theSt Thomaa JBoipItal. hu *Hi- amaasnwt^wasgrial on fiadig ^ahat he the I aaapMadapidaae to haanCofaftr toeaiek jandfoi^