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Edith Forrest lifted a pair of pretty blue eyes to her husband's face?pretty soft eyes, with wistfuloess all among their velvety shadows. "It is so lonesome of au evening, Harry! Please stay at home to-night or take me with you for a change, dear!" Mr. Forrest smiled in a very supe? rior fort of way?a sort of patronizing, indulgent way, as though it was the height of absurd womanish folly for Edith to have made the remark. "That is nonsense, Edith. You know perfectly well how ridiculously impossible it is for me to be either "always at home, or take you out some? where. You must remember that be? cause a man is married he does not expect never to be anywhere but where his wife is, if she is the sweetest, pret? tiest little girl in the world!" He bent forward to kiss her, and Edith smiled?a suspiciously tear-flav? ored smile it was, however. "But I do get so tired of staying so much by myself, Harry. I am almost a stranger in London, and I am sure there are only two ladies in the house whom I know, and don't like to be always running to their rooms. Harry ?really I did not think you would rtired of my company so?so soon, hasn't been three months since we were?married?and?" And little Mrs. Forrest's sobs aud tears overcame her entirely, aud Har? ry's face grew vexed and stern. "You are romancing, Edith. You know perfectly well I have never thought of such a ridiculous thing, and I do not want to see such child? ishness on your part." And, to farther enforce his assump? tion of martial dignity, Mr. Forrest walked out and shut the door very emphatically. Then, of course, Edith's tears came in good earnest. - "It's too bad, too bad! "Harry is getting tired of my society, I know he ? is, and I wish?I wish?I had never married and left home, where every? thing was so gay and pleasant, aud there were never long, lonely evenings. Oh-dear!" It wasn't a very good thing for Edith to be thinking?this regret for a life, which, undeniably pleasant though it was, had never been so beautified and Slorified until Harry's love came to er. But it was pitiably true that her husband's neglect of her of late had more than once made such thoughts, more than once had brought hot tears of wounded pain aud regret to the blue eyes that other young men than Harry Forrest had thought worth their while to have smile in theirs; aud Edith was certainly very lonely. The great, fashionable boarding house to which Harry had brought her, and installed her in one of its - most elegant rooms, was not such a home as she had been accustomed to, where everything was gay, cheer and girlish frolic. The boarders were, of course, utter strangers, and haughtily exclusive. Edith was reserved and shrinking, and, with the exception of Mrs. This? tle, a gentle little widow, who was al? most as shy as Edith herself, and Mrs. Wortbington, who was jolly and gay ? as she could be, little Mrs. Forrest had not an acquaintance in all the city. "It's too bad," she sobbed, bitterly, as she lay on the little crimson silk lounge, with her face all tear-flushed, and her rosebud mouth quiveriDg. "I can almost see them at home now? Sue, and Jennie, and Sil, and the ^ar Jor lighted up, and perhaps Howard singing one of? his lovely tenor solos to Sue's accompaniment; and Frank Morrison will come in, and they'll have a delicious waltz, and then Phil will speak of me?dear, darling old Phil! He always thought more of me than any one else ever did?even Harry Forrest! I wish I hadn't ever married him, and then?" There was a little expression of dis? content and indignation coming on her lips?memories that would not bear comparison with her present gil? ded loneliness called them up, and it wasn't a good sight to see on a pretty married woman's face. For an hour after Harry had gone out Edith lay on the couch, all sorts of thoughts running riot iu her brain, until they were dissipated sharply by a rap on her door, and a card that tent all expression out of her face and eyes except surprise, that quickly changed into an excitement of de? light. "Tell the gentleman I will be down in a moment," she said to the servant. Then she flew to the dressing-mirror, and saw that she was in a presentable condition, and then went down stairs with a smile and three uuspokeu words on her lips: "Bear old Phil!" ***** Three weeks later Mr. Forrest came in somewhat unexpectedly?just in time to see Edith standing by the widow kissing her hand to a gentle? man driving lry in a carriage?a hand? some, dashing looking fellow, with bold black eyes and drooping mus? tache?just in time to see the sparkle hi his wife's eyes, and t?e heightened color in her cheeks. "Well, who is he!" He asked the question^) suddenly that Edith gave a little ?ry of sur? prise. ; "Oh, Harry, I didn't kno\ you were here! How you startled me*" "Doubtless. But that dt^n't ex? plain why you were kissing y?ir hand Jo?whom?" The blush on her cheeks denned until her face was scarlet l "He is?a?friend?acquaintang 0f nine," she stammered. He looked angrily at her?angr.y, vith a faint sense of pain roinghg tith the anger. "An acquaintance! Since when phase! Edith, do you know you ar< dohg a terribly risky thing in answer ingany salutes from bold, fast mei who. in driving by, may have beer. ?sciated by your pretty fcce? Edith T won't ask any more questions, but 11 insist upon you obeying me in keeping i away from those, windows." And for the first time in their lives they sat down to their dinner with a j cloud between them. "And I don't care," Edith said to her herself. "If Phil is kinder to me than Harry is, I'll like him the best, that's all. He wouldn't leave me alone a6 Harry does, and this very night we are going to drive to the park if the moon is bright." And when Mr. Forrest came in that evening, about ten o'clock, he was again fortunately in time to catch the black-eyed, black-moustached fellow going down the front steps to the chaise waiting at the-door, and just in time to find Edith folding away her jacket. But he said nothing. His whole soul "was beginning to be on fire with fury and jealousy, and he found it remarkably easy to stay at home when Edith was so wiuuingly sweet and charming that he wondered whether or not she meant it, or was only trying to cheat him iuto a d:sbe lief of her recklessness. But Edith's curious conduct?times when she was extravagantly gay, times when she was dull, pale and sad?wor? ried him. She never asked him to stay at home in the evenings now?of course she preferred to have him out of the way, so that she could have her own good time with her?"friend," Harry said to himself, irouically, for in his very heart of hearts he could not bring himself to say "lover." His faith in his wife was too strong to admit a doubt of aught beyond in? discretion, and yet he was agonizingly jealous. Then one evening the climax came, when Harry went home to dinner half an hour earlier, and found Edith read? ing a note, which she tore into frag? ments the instant he crossed the door sill?tore and threw it into the ihre ?with flushed face and startled action. "Mrs. Worthington wants me to go to her room to-night. I suppose you will be going out, Harry?" ? He knew she was telling what was not so. "Yes, I am going out to the club." In his heart he hated himself for the falsehood he told, for he knew he had made up his mind to watch his wife well that night, and see if his jealousy was warranted or not. Edith's cheeks glowed and her eyes sparkled, and she seemed in a state of delicious excitement at dinner. Then she dressed in a becoming toi? lette of black silk, with filmy laces at wrists^and throat, and rich jewelry? rather elaborate for a tete-a-tete with Mrs. Worthington, Harry thought, as he smiled bitterly behind his newspa? per. - He purposely prolonged his stay half au hour beyond his usual time, and then was vexed that Edith should show no signs of perturbation. "She's already so versed in deceit that she can control her fear and im pr'ieuce." Finally he put on his overcoat, hat and gloves, aud went out, to take up his position on the opposite side of the street, where he commanded the doors and windows; and ten minutes after? wards a tall, black-moustached gentle? man drove up and rang the bell, and in a-moment more his wife?his sweet, beloved Edith, whom he never loved so well as this moment of her falsity? his wife came down, and the two were driven away. It was the work of a moment to hail a passing: cab, and the chase began, and ended at the door of Exeter Hall, and Harry bought his ticket and took a seat as near as he could get to Edith and her?her?"friend." It was a pale, haggard face that watched them all that evening, and a pair of eyes that were pitifully pained and indignant, aud passionful as he noted how perfectly happy the two were?how Edith, whose sweet reserve and shyness had been one of her great? est charms to him?how Edith was so free in her manner to him, and how admirably the gentlcman/eturned her pretty little familiarities. It was an hour of torture to him. He sat there, remembering all the times he had neglected Edith?how she had so coaxingly asked him to "stay at home" or "take her." He realized, as he had never done before, what a sudden and very great change it had been Co her to leave her I home where there was such a large family of brothers aud sisters?', and, consequently, a great deal of young company. He began to appreciate how careless he had been of the happiness entrusted to his keeping. He sat there, repentant, indignant, jealous, remorseful, ready to fly at that handsome, dashing fellow who assumed such an air of proprietorship over his foolish, silly little wife?the lovely lit? tle girl, who, not haying her husband's society, had sought companionship else? where. He never heard a chord of the divine melodies?he never heeded the storms of applause. All he heard, all he saw was Edith's occasional low laugh, her beautiful flushed face as she turned her profile towards him. Then the performance was over. He followed them closely as he dared, until he saw them take their carriage, and then the second chase began, that ended?at the door of their house, and then, from inside his own cab he saw the black-moustache sweep across Edith's mouth?and he heard her low, sweet good-night. "And Pfiil, don't forget the drive to the park to-morrow?at five to? morrow." "Phil, Phil!" "It has come to the |>erintUed famil? iarity of names, has it?" And Harry thought, as he dismissed his cab, and ran up stairs, two steps at a time, that if ever a man had just - cause to shoot another, he had. Edith stood before her dressing-case, l ?owly drawing off her gloves, when l Fe dashed in, pale, wrathful. , I "\" What does this mean ? Where have you been?" If he thought to confronts) her in a falsehood he was mistaken. She flushed crimson, but answered promptly? "I have been to Exeter Hall. Have I committed an unpardonable sin V "You have doue the next thing to it. Who is that?that man with whom you dared to go? Do you know you have run the risk of losing your character? you, a married woman, going to a place of public entertainment with a man who is almost a stranger to you ? Edith ! have you any idea of what you have done ?" She turned -her face, pale enough now, to him. "Harry, have you any idea of what you have done? Night after night I have staved hese by myself, until I wondered I did not run away and go home. I begged you to stay, or let me go sometimes?not always, and you laughed at me. And, then, wheu I found some one who paid me the at? tention you should have done, you talk to me this way! I will tell you, hon? estly, the gentleman who took me in is very, very dear to me. I love him! There! And if you won't be good to me, he will!" Forrest stood dumbfounded. "Edith, do you know what you say? Oh, Edith! wife! are you mad that you dare speak such awful words? You love him!" He staggered to a chair, pale as death. This, then, was the end of all. For a moment Edith kept her ground ; then her lips began to quiv? er, and her eyes filled with tears; then she went up to him and knelt beside him. "Harry, Harry darling, I do love him, but not as I do you ! He is my brother Phil, Harry?the one you never saw. He came here several weeks ago, and?and we planned it all to?to make you love me more, dear." And the lesson had its effect, for Harry Forrest remembers what agony of mind he suffered when he feared the worst. And he realizes that it might all have been as he feared. Theory and Tract ice. There are farmers who are as stub? born and unwilling to accept the teach? ings of theory as are meu in any other relation of life. They entertaiu a con? tempt for book farming, as they call it, that is absolutely withering. Fancy farming and fancy stock breeding are to such men the most trifling puerility ?it is boy's play that was never equaled in frivolity by any game at the fireside or on the green. Yet it is a fact that some of our most important aud profitable practice in both these industries has been taught us by fancy operations. Fancy farming is largely experimental?and it is seldom that experiment in anything fails to result in some benefit. A prejudice agaiust theoretical farming, experimental far? ming, or book fanning, whatever you choose to call it, is a prejudice which other callings have never cherished toward similar teachings. It is true that much of this fancy or experimen? tal work amounts to nothing. There are visionary men in all spheres of ac? tion, and they disgust us with their wild vagaries and schemes ; but an in? telligent experimenter will usually do something to beuefit himself and the world, lingers, for instance, was ex? perimenting in growing grapes from seedlings for a quarter of a century, and during that time failed in many, many instances to produce anything of value in the way of variety; but we all kuow that he produced the choicest varieties of grapes that we have. All intelligent experiments result in simi? lar blessings to the world, and gener? ally in pecuniary profit to the experi? menter in the end. The breeding of short-horn cattle is another example. Mr. Thomas Bates, for instance? among the greatest, if uot.the greatest among breeders?determined to fix the type of the best animal for all purpo? ses?more (.'specially for beef. He had fixed theories, and labored to re? duce them to practice. In doing so he sacrificed anything that prevented success or retarded his progress. If an animal was in any manner defi? cient, it was ruthlessly slaughtered, and the result has been a perfect animal and an inestimable blessing to breeders and the world. It is our neglect to theorize to practice, that is proving an incalculable injury to our agricultural interests. In the former wheat-growing regions, or the east, there is now scarce? ly any wheat grown. The wheat belt of our country has been moving con? stantly westward. Indiana, Michigan and Illinois comprise the wheat-pro? ducing sections, when the East ceased to produce it. Now the still more Western States are the wheat-producing sect'ous. Well, why is it that the East doesn't any longer grow wheat? Be? cause it can't do it with profit. Why don't Indiana, Michigan and Illinois produce as much wheat as formerly? Because they can't; and why? For the reason that the natural richness of the soil tempted men to grow wheat year after year, without returning to the soil any of the elements taken from it, until the soil was thoroughly ex? hausted, and refused longer to nourish this crop. But the same thing is being done in the present wheat regions, and it will go on moving West until we reduce to practice the theory that the elements which the crops take from the soil must be replaced.? Western Rural. "Is he a good doctor ?" askc I one gentleman of another, speaking of au acquaintance. "Well, people call him so," replied the other; "but as far as my experience goes, if I was a pa? triotic man, and there was going to be a long war, I should like him to have charge of the enemy's wounded." They had been engaged for a long time, and one evening were read? ing the paper together. "Look, love," he exclaimed, "only fifteen dollars for a suit of clothes !" "Is it a wedding suit?" she asked, looking naively at her lover. "Oh, no," he answered ; "it is a business suit." "Well, I meant business," she replied. THE SIGNAL SERYICE. Its Origin, Its Development, and Its Uses. From (he Cotwier-Joumnl. "The wind blowcth when it listeth, and thou hearcst the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth." However true the above words might have been at the time the)' were spo? ken to Nicodemus, they have at the present time lost their significance, and the man of to-day has no difficulty in pointing out "whence the wind cometh aud whither it goeth." It still, it is true, "bloweth when it listeth," but its once mysterious and lawless move? ments are mysterious and lawless no longer. If man cannot control its movements, he has at least traced out its paths, and can follow in its circuits. The searching intellect of the Nine? teenth century has proved that what had previously been always considered the most lawless of the powers of na? ture, is as much the servant of law as the planet that circles in its orbit. A few centuries ago such statements would have been considered as the ravings of insanity, if not sheer blas? phemy, and the uttcrer of them would probably have paid for his temerity with his life. Through all the ages of the past the winds have been looked upon as the very essence of instabili? ty, and no one ever dreamed that their comings or their goings were within the reach of human investigation. In every other field of research men toil? ed arduously, and made vast discove? ries, but in the one most infinitely con? nected with the material prospects and physical condition of mankind, until very recently, no progress was made. Vague conjecture, born of superstition, took the place of scientific reasoning, and confusion reigned instead of law. Meteorology was a set phrase iu the mouths of charlatans or astrologers, or consic' nd in some wild theories con? cerning shooting stars and the ignus fatus of the swamp; the former being considered as the manifestation of an augry supernal power, and the latter the delusion of a petty malignant de? mon who lay in wait to lead poor wan? derers astray. The orbits of the stars were measured, and their revolutions completed, but as regards the move? ments of the atmosphere iu which we live and move, men knew little or nothing. Torricelli made the first step in the right'direction, and made fur? ther progress possible by proving that the atmosphere possessed weight. Still more thau a century elapsed before any further advance was made. At last chemistry discovered its true com? position, and iu 1814 Dr. "Wells ad? vanced our knowledge materially by the discovery of tho true nature of dew. How confused were men's opin? ions on meteorology, eveu as late as forty years ago, may be gathered from the fact that iu the year 1836 it was proposed in the Pennsylvania Legisla? ture to pay Mr. Espy a certain sum, varying from ?10,000 to ?50,000, if he would make it rain over a certain extent of country?the amount of money to be paid to be regulated by the extent of country over which he would make it rain. We do not think he ever got the money, as we are cer? tain he never made it rain over any very large extent of country, nor is it in the power of man to do so except to a very limited extent, aud then only by fostering the natural conditions ne? cessary for such a consummation. The only instance when the amount of" rainfall can be influenced is in the case of a country naked of timber be? ing converted into woodland by plant? ing, or a woody country being rendered bare by the destruction of its woods. It is known from experience that woods and forests by protecting the earth from the effects of the lays of the sun, aud by their accellerating radiation, lower the temperature of a district and add to its humidity, which necessarily increases the rainfall. Even at the preseut day, notwithstanding the vast diffusion of general knowledge, there is less known on the subject of me? teorology than on almost any other subject. It has not yet risen to the dignity of a science iu the true accep? tation of the term, nor has it yet, among the general public at least, shook itself free of the old trammels of astrology and superstition. Still, a great advance has been made, and es? pecially so within the last twenty years. We have arrived at a true idea of the nature of atmospheric movements, and have truer notions of meteorological subjects generally. We are no more frightened when fish, frogs or fruit fall apparently from the heavens, but can ascribe such strange phenomena to their true cause?namely, that they have been picked up by the winds and carried along to the place where they have fallen. Thus Elweuberg, with his microscope, identified the infuseria of* the valley of the Amazon in the dust which the winds deposited in the south of France. In respect to meteorological knowl? edge, the United States has taken the laid of all the rest of the world, and has instituted a system of syncrouous observation's, so that the atmospheric conditions extending over millions of square miles of country can be ascer? tained at any given time, and the ne? cessary deductions drawn therefrom. This is the only rational way of solv? ing the great meteorological problem and ascertaining the true nature of the laws which govern atmospheric circulation. This course of proceeding was first suggested by Sir John H?rschel in 1841, but the suggestion was not very exUniivcly acted upon until 1840. In that year the Smithsonian Institute organized a series of meteorological observations at various points, extend? ing over the greater part of the United States, which produced valuable re? sults. These observations continued through a period of twenty years. A similar course of observations was conducted in Great Britain by Admi? ral Fitzroy, more or less successfully. A vast amount of material has been collected iu this way, but as the great? er portion of the observers were with out proper instruments, and also with? out any scientific training, it is very crude and to a great extent very un? satisfactory. The registers of the Smithsonian Institution alone fill up? wards of three hundred large folio volumes. All this was very well, and might assist scientific men in their in? vestigations, but was of very little use to the public generally. One good result, however, was brought about, namely, public attention was called to the subject, and consequently on the 9th of Februar}', 1870, the following resolution was offered in Congress by Paine, of Wisconsin, and adopted without dissent: "Resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is, authorized to pro? vide for taking meteorological obser? vations at military stations iu the fu terior of the continent, and at other points in the States aud Territories of the United States, and giving notice, on the northern lakes and on the sea coast, by magnetic telegraph and ma? rine signals, of the approach and force of storms." Thus was the great department of the Signal Service called into exis? tence. An appropriation of $25,000 was made, and the new department was placed under the control of Gen. Myer, who, in its organization and management, has shown an executive ability of the highest order. It was a laborious undertaking; everything was new, and there was no guide or prece? dent to assist him. The difficulties he had to encounter cannot better be sta? ted than in the words of his first an? nual report: "The organization of a service whol? ly without precedent on the scale ou which this was to be organized; to provide for that service in every part, both as to the personnel and to the equipment without a precedent exam? ple in this country; to establish a system of stations, with a practiced observer at each; to negotiate with telegraph companies for a work on their part, of which their records show not even a semblance before attempt? ed ; to diffuse some general knowledge of the plans and aims to be accom? plished, and to secure the co-operation of scientific establishments, and of those commercial interests for the good of which the work was especially planned, have beeu some of the labors devolving on this office." The outside world cau have little idea of the vast amount of labor this involved. Yet all was satisfactorily accomplished, and the department put in good running order iu the course of a few months, and its course from that day has been one uninterrupted suc? cess. At first people doubted the utility of such a movement, and "Old Probs" has been made the subject of more stale jokes than any other individual that ever existed. "Old Probs," how? ever, did not miud, but pursued the even ton or of his way, surmouuted the numerous difficulties that lay iu his path with an unswerving faith in ulti? mate success;- and to-day ho has the gratification of seeing that success re? cognized throughout the length and breadth of the land. People laugh at him no more. The merchant before he ships his goods, the ship-owner be? fore he trusts his ship to the waters, the traveler before he takes his jour? ney, and the farmer on all occasions, come gladly to consult him regarding the prospects of the weather, so that he is now a power iu the land. From his office in Washington his lines of communication extend over many mil? lions of miles of the earth's surface, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, from California to Nova Scotia. At prominent points along those lines ed? ucated and intelligent men, who have been carefully trained to the duties pertaining to their office, are stationed, who record and report at specific times the atmospheric conditions existing in the neighborhoods, and at all times note the peculiarities and changes that may occur within their sphere of ob? servation. Consequently no storm of any dimensions can show itself on the coasts or within the boundaries of the United States without his having time? ly notice, so that the districts most concerned can have due notice thereof. The benefits thus derived by the shipping interests of the country are incalculable, and millions of dollars' worth of property afloat in the lakes and around the coasts has been saved from destruction by storms owing to the timely warnings given by the Sig? nal Service Department of the ap? proach of those storms. As an in? stance among many, we may mention a storm that swept over the lakes on the 9th and 10th of October, 1875, which in severity has not since been equalled in that region. The damage to shipping on that occasion was, how? ever, not very great, owing to the timely display of the storm signal at the various lake stations. A great 1 number of vessels took refuge in Mil? waukee bay. One, the Tanner, laden with wheat, put out on the morning of the 9th, but had hardly got outside the. bay when the storm struck her and drove her ashore, where she went to pieces next day. Before leaving the harbor, the Captain's attention was called to the "storm signal," but he said it did not matter; he would go out anyway. He did, and lost his ship and his life into the bargain. J*ad others gone out as rashly as he did the damages would, probably, have been something appalling. The benefits derived from this branch of the public service are now fully re? cognized. The signal service is an acknowledged success, and adds new houors to the genius and enterprise of our people. There seems a peculiar fituess in the fact that the laud that produced the electric telegraph should solve the problem of atmospheric cir? culation, forestall the storm, aud make plain the "wind iu its circuits." The signal service has done more to teach the general public the true nature of meteorology and the various conditions implied in the word "weather" than all the writers that have ever "treated of the subject up to 1870. This teach? ing of the public is going ou more extensively and becoming more impor? tant every day. This is done by means of "maps'," "bulletins," "indications," and various other publications, which, through the generous co-operation of the press of the country, are made available to the great mass of the peo? ple. The amount of these issued by the various signal offices throughout the country is something enormous. There is scarcely a village or hamlet in the land that they do not reach- in one way or another. The peculiarity of the signal service observations is their synchronous character. Four times each day, at the same instant of actual time, at every station in the country, those observations are taken, at 7:35 a. m., 12 noon, 4:35 p. m., and lip. m., Washington time. Three of these, the morning, afternoon and night observations, are immediately telegraphed to the chief officer at Washington, and from these the "indi? cations" are deduced and telegraphed over the country. Perhaps it is right to make some explanation regarding those "indications" for the benefit of those who read them in the newspa? pers. The "indications" that appear in the morning papers, are deduced from the 11 p. m. observation of the previous evening, and are telegraphed from the Central office at 1 a. m. of the day of publication. In many in? stances people do not see those papers till near noon, or perhaps later, which is twelve hours or more after the indi? cations have been deduced. The con? sequence is that many people think they have not been verified, whereas they may have been previously veri? fied, and a new set of conditions may be existing at the time they are read in the newspapers. Another circum? stance also requires notice, namely, that they refer to large tracts of coun? try, so that it is possible that, though they are generally verified, there may still be localities in which they are not so. For instauce, the Upper Lake re? gion means Lakes Superior, Huron and Michigan and the adjoining terri? tory, and it is seldom indeed that the same kind of weather is found to sub f i-it over this extent of country for any length of time. When the indications anuouuee rain in this region, the Ohio valley, or auy other division, it does not necessarily follow that it is going to rain all over this extent of country, but merely that raiu will pretty exten? sively prevail. Also, with regard to storm signals?when a storm signal is displayed at auy station it does nqt necessarily imply that a hurricane- is coming, but that the atmospheric con? ditions are such within the neighbor? hood of the station as to demand pre? caution from navigators and others in? terested. Besides the four synchronous obser? vations referred to above, there are three others taken at every station, at 7 a. m., 2 p. m. and j) p. m., local time, which makes even observations each day. All these observations are entered in forms especially prepared for the purpose, and forwarded weekly to Washington. The amount of labor involved in correcting, arranging, and tabulating those observations (for each must be absolutely correct,) with a great deal of miscellaneous office work, the public can have very little idea of. To perform this work with the accura? cy and precision required, demands an intelligence and judgment of high or? der, even outside of the course of spe? cial traiuing~which those, who perform it, are required to pass through. The duties of this class of public servants are very arduous, and, it must be said, their remuneration is very inadequate, but it is to be hoped our next Congress will act with more generosity toward them than did the last, and that their labor will be properly recognized. Then it will be no exaggeration to state that the Signal Service will "be a necessity in peace as well as in war." Artificial Climate. The growth of potatoes, recent ex? periment shows, is considerably effec? ted by the color of the soil in which they are planted. The Galaxy relates that iu studying the puzzling question why some potato fields escape blight while surrounded by others suffering severely from it, it was noticed that these fortunate plots were darker than the infected areas. Thinking that the greater absorption of heat by the darker ground and the consequent higher temperature might explain the difference, Mr. J. P. Hanuay selected a piece of grouud poorly adapted for Growing potatoes, as it was a blue clay, t was planted in the ordinary way, using stable manure. One-half was left as planted, but the other was cov? ered with soot which had been careful? ly washed until the soluble matter had been entirely removed, so that it could no longer afford any nourishment to the plants. Yet the tubers in this part of tlie ground sprouted first, and were always healthier than those in the un? dressed part of the field. Tempera? tures were taken by a thermometer in? serted in the soil, which showed that at a depth of two inches the soot-cov ercd earth was, on the average, 1.77 degrees hotter than the natural ground; and at the depth.of eight inches the difference was 1.09 degrees. Thus the dark earth afforded its tubers a warmer climate than light-colored soil. The most remarkable difference was found in the composition of the resulting crops. The soot-covered potatoes con? tained 22.5 per cent, of starch, >d those in plain ground only 17.0 ,.jr cent., aud the granules were smaller in size.?Rural Neio Yorker. The new style for fall dref-s make the average young lady look like a rolling pin wrapped up iu a rag carpet. JfiaT Josh Billings says, very truly, "You'd better not know so much, than to know so many things that ain't so." ??T Minister?"Don't you know it's wicked to catch fish on the Sab? bath?" Small boy (not having had a bite all the morning): "Who's catchiu' fish?" If nature desigued a man to be a druukard, he would have been con? structed like a churn, so that the more he drank the m iner he would stand. Early Rising. Bob Ingersoll, the sinner, occasion? ally takes a shot at old adages as well as modern theology. In a speech, lately delivered before the Illinois farmers, he thus attacks the well established adage, "Early to bed and early to rise:" "It is not necessary in this age the world for the farmer to rise in the middle of the night and begin his work. This getting up so early iu the morning is a relic of barbarism, has made hundreds and thousands young men curse the business. There is no need of getting up at three or four o'clock in the winter morning The farmer who persists in doing it and persists in dragging his wife and children from their beds onght to be visited by a missionary. It is time enough to rise after the sun has set the example. For what purpose do you get up? To feed the cattle? Why not feed them more the night before ? It is a waste of life. In the old times they used to get up about three o'clock in the morning, and go to work long before the sun had risen with 'healing upon his wings;" and as a just punish ment they all had the ague, and they ought to have it now." AST A gentleman who came down from Lexington on Saturday was ask ed how times were iu that section. He said: "About all I have heard of lately is a joke on an editor, who, go? ing away, left his paper in charge of a minister. During the minister's stay in the sanctum the following let? ter came from a mountain subscriber 'You know very well I paid my sub? scription to your paper the last time I was in Lexington. If I get any more such letters from you as I received last week I will come down to Lexington and maul h?1 out of you!' The minister answered: 'I have been trying to maul that thing out of the editor for ten years past, and if you will really come down and maul it out of him, then, my dear sir, I have twenty members of my church I will also get you to operate on.' " A jury has found a man guilty, and then recommended him to mercy, because it was not clearly proved that he bad committed the offense charged against him. There was less logic in its proceeding than in that of the jury who, although a prisoner confessed himself guilty, yet acquitted him because, as the fore? man afterward explained to the as? tonished Judge, the prisoner was such a liar that it could not believe him. S8T At the police-court a confirmed rascal is seated beside a gendarme, who keeps a fatherly eye upon him, and, noticing that his prisoner is anx? iously looking around, as if calcula? ting his chances for making a success? ful bolt, remarks, affably, "Keep guiet, take your time; no hurry. When yourturn comes they'll call your name. You'll lose nothing by waiting." Pris? oner?"Yes I will?my liberty." tSF A man picked up a purse in the street and advertised the fact In ten days he was visited by sixty-one men, women, boys and girls, all claim? ing to have lost money. The sum was but 811, but of each visitor who called the finder ?asked: "So you lost $50, did you?" Nine-tenths of the applicants promptly replied, "Yes, sir." "Ah," said he, "yours was another purse." 8?F X., walking with a clever doc? tor, meets a pretty woman, to whom the doctor bows. "Who is she, eh?" "A patient." "Her bow was almost a cut?fifty below." "Possibly. We're not on the best of terms. You see, I was called to attend he? husband and had the misfortune"? "Ob, I see? to let him die." "No, to let him get well." VST An Irishman, fresh from the "old country," saw a turtle for the first time, and at once made up hia mind to capture it. The turtle caught him by the finger, and he, holding it out at arms-length, said: "Faith, and ye had better let loose the howlt ye have, or I'll kick ye out of the very box ye sit in, bejabers." ??r One test of a great mind is its instantaneous availability in an emer? gency. The boy who can drop a pa? per bag of eggs on the sidewalk and pass on without changing his gait, in? terrupting his whistle, or looking at what he has dropped, has a future be? fore him, and perhaps something un? pleasant behind him. I@r* "My dear boy," said a mother to her son, as he handed round his plate for more turkey, "this is the fourth time you've been helped." "I know, mother," replied the boy, "but that turkey pecked at me once, and I want to get square with him." He got his turkey. B6T At a duel the parties dischar? ged their pistols without effect, where? upon one of the seconds interfered, aud proposed that the combatants should shake hands. To this the oth? er second objected as unnecessary, "for," said he, "their hands have been shaking this half hour." t&* A boy five years of age having stolen a can of milk, his mother took him to task with moral suasion, and wound up her discourse by exclaim? ing, "What in the world were you go? ing to do with the milk?" "I was going to steal a dog to drink it," was the crushing reply. 9&* "Why," asked a teacher in the Sunday school, "did Solomon tell the sluggard to go to the ant ?" "Because," said a thirteen-year-old boy, "he knew his aunt would have htm at the wood? pile or the onion-bed even- afternoon as soon as school is out." J?* The Major, (rocking Nelly on fcis knee, for Aunt Mary's sake.) "I suppose this is what you like, Nelly?" Nelly- "Yes, it's very nice. But I rode on a real donkey yesterday?I mean one with four legs, you know." J6T When a man begins to love money for money's sake, and not for what it will procure, it is no longer a desire for independence, but the pro? vision of avarice. WOT We often hear of a man "be? ing in advance of his age," but who has ever heard of a wofnan being in such a predicament ? k V - -- 1 legal advertising.-^ are compelled 10 '? require cash payments for adTtrtising ordered by 1 Executors, Administrators and other fiduciaries.^ and herewith append the rates for the ordinary**% notices, which will only be 1; lerted when the money cornea with the order: Citations, two insertions, .... $8.00 Estate Notices, three insertion?. - ? IM Final Settlements, fire insertio is - to correspondents-Id order to attention, communications muni be accompanied by the true name and address of the writer, lie- - ?jected manuscripts will not be returned, unless the necessary stamps are furnished to repay the postage thereon. jj 49* We are not responsible for tb? v/.ewsond opinions of our correspondents. ~ All communications should be *&arested to"K4? ? itors Intelligencer," and all cheeks, drafts, money orders, Ac., should be made payable to the order of E. B. MURTIAY 4 <T Anderson, PROGRAMME1, OF TUE TENTH ANNUAL FAIR of tbe ANDERSON FABHESS' ANT lECHANIftV ASSOCIATION. " f ?October 24, 38 aud *??, I8TT. r - WEDNE8DAY. -mi Articles will be received and arranged for * exhibition. Live stock alone will be ie-* '. ceivedon Thursday morning until 10o'clock, ? but must be entered on or before. Wednesday. THUBSDAY. Gates open at 9 o'clock a. m. Exhibition ? of saddle and harness horses fn>m 11 a. m. -ii to 2 p. m., to close with a general exhibition of saddle, harness and halter-broke animals. - Plowing match at 11 o'clock. At 12 o'clock the cookinc contest between giru from 11 to 14 years old will begin. Premium, China tea set. FRIDAY. jjfeJ! Gates open at 9 o'clock a. m. At It * o'clock sharp the "Baby Show" will take " place. At 12 o'clock the cooking contest be? tween young ladies from 14 to 20 years old will begin. Premium, China ten set. .From 12 to 2 the final contest between saddle horses, single and double harness horses will take place, at which time the Committee will make their decision and tie the ribbons. At 2 o'clock there will be a tournament, at the conclusion of which the awards of the Committees will be announced. committees to award pbexioms. The following persons have been designa? ted to serve on the Awarding Committees for the Tenth Annual Fair. The ladies and Sntlemen named are respectfully requested ? report to the Superintendents of their re? spective departments on Thursday morning, October 25th, at 9 o'clock. Super: Stendent$ will return their department boots, together with reports of Committees, duly signed, to the Secretary's office on or before Friday morning at*9 o'clock: Field Chops.?Joseph W Keys. Sup't C S Mattison, Baylis Hix and W 0 Watkins. Cattle and Sheep.?E 8 Bailey, Sup't. P G Acker, Joshua Jamison and Jas A Drake. Horses.?W T Dean, Sup't; M P Tribble, Asst. Sup't. Jas A Gray, D S McCullough, J S Beaty and M C Dickson. Hoos.?John A Reeves, 8up't J C Keys, M B Williams and G W Maret. Poultby.?B Frank Cray ton, Sup't Jas W Sherard, R W Reeves and T M Cater. Household "A."?John Eskew. Sup't. G W McGee, D L Cox and HI Eptin$. Household "B."?R M Rurrisa, 8up't Mrs E A Bell, "Mrs J N Brown and Mrs Mary Van diver. Household "C."?Wm S Brown, Sup't. Mrs J P Reed, Mrs D J Sherard and Mrs - W J Ligon. Household "D."?John W Thompson, Sup't. Mrs Yashti Burress, Mrs Martha Baker, Mrs E C Skelton and Mrs H I Epting. Household "E."?James L Orr, Sup't. Mrs R L Keys, Mrs C A Reed, Mrs John 0 Whitfield and Mrs J F Wilson. Household "F."?Dr R F Diwer, Sup't. Hon J P Reed, DrM L Sharpe," ATJ3royles and B F Wbitner. Manufacturers' "A."?G F Tolly, Sup't. W A McFall, J J Acker and Wm Ranson. Manufacturers' "B."?W W Russell, Sup't J C Whitfield, A S Stevens and L E Campbell. Manufacturers' "C."?John M Glenn, Sup't. N K Sullivan. J B Skelton, T L Clinkscales and W S Pickens. Needle and Fancy Work.?S H Fievost, Sup't Mrs Lizzie Mauldin, Mrs A B Tow? ers, Mrs J R Cocbran, Mrs Julius Poppe, Mrs H B Fant, Mrs J L Orr and Mrs JW Keys. Fine Arts.?B F Whltner, Sup't. J 8 Murray, G E Brown and C J Hascal!. Floral.?John E Allen, Sup't Mrs Jas Wilson, Mrs J Reese Fant, Miss Carrie Mc? Fall and Miss Jeffie Edwards. Special Premiums.?K Breazeale, R L Keys and S M Cray ton. Miscellaneous Articles.?J N Br vn, J Bel ton Watson and Dr M L Sharpe The "Bart 'Show."?Dr M L i ape, Sup't. Committee on Boy-?Mrs B D Dean, Mrs J S Murray, Mrs S Bleckley, Mrs Jas A Drake and Mrs Georgia Brown. Commit? tee on Girh?W J Ligon, F M Glenn, J N Brown T S Crayton and A T Broyles. -; Any of the persons named on the above Committees, who propose exhibiting in the departments to which they have been as? signed, will be relieved upon their giving notice to the President Superintendents are requested to be . in attendance at their respective departments on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, and re? main, during the hours of exhibition, until tho close of the Fair, and see that tht: arti? cles are not handled by the visitors. They will assemble their Committees on Thurs? day morning, and report all vacancies to the President. They are particularly requested to see that no person other than an officer of the Association, or a member of the Committee for his particular department;, be permitted to participate in the testing or tasting of articles on exhibition. No premi? um will be awarded in auy class of articles when this regulation is violated, which is designed to protect the exhibitor. Superintendents will give their Com .ait tecs every facility for examining articles, but they will carefully abstain from any ex? pression of opinion as to the merits of the articles, and see that the awards are kept private. J. L. TRIBBLE, . Secretary. Change of Schedule on South Caro? lina Raidroad. Charleston, July 14, lf?77: On and after Monday next, the 16th July, the Passenger Trains on the South Carolina Railroad will run as follows: for augusta. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.$00 a m and 7.20 ? in Arrive at Augusta.5:00 p m and &00 ;> at vor COLUMBIA. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Charleston at.........BotS a m and &90 p in Arrive at Columbia.12:15 p m and 8:15 n m for charleston. (Sunday morning excepted.) Leave Augusta at_.8:30 a m and 8:15 p m Arrive at Charleston..4:20 p m and 7:20 a m Leave Columbia at..-.3:15 p m and 7.-00 p m Arrive at Charleston.UfcOO p m and 6:40 a m camdex train. Connects at KingvilledaUy (exceptSundays) with up and down day passenger trains. Day and night trains connect at Augusta with Georgia Railroad, and Central Railroad. This route is the quickest and most direct route, and as com? fortable and cheap as any other route, to Montgo? mery, Seiraa, Mobile, New Orleans, and other points Southwest, and to Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis and all other points West and Northwest. Night train connects with Macon and Augnsta Railroad. The up and down day passenger trains connect at Grantteville with Charlotte, Columbia and An. gusta Railroad, enabling passengers to and from that Road, between Graniteville and Columbk. to make quick trips to and from Charleston and pot nts on this Road. The trains on the Greenville and Columbia and Spartanburg and Union Railroads connect clady with the train which leaves Charleston at 5:15 a. m., and returning they connect in the same man? ner with the train which leaves Columbia lor Charleston at 3:15 p. m. S. 8. SOLOMONS, Superintendent, S. B. Pick ens, General Ticket Agent Greenville and Columbia Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Passenger Trains run daily, Sunday exceed, connecting with Night Trains ou South Caro.ina Railroad up and down. On and after Monday July 16,1877, the following will be the schedule t Leave Columbia at.12 45 t> * Leave Alston.2 .? p m Leave Newberry.~.. 3 U :? m Leave Hodges.~~....- 6 50 \ m Leave Bel ton. 8 30 r m Arrive at Greenville..............................10 00 j m DOWN. Leave Greenville at.5 40 a m . Leave Briton. 7 20 a m Leave Hodges. 8 57 a m Leave Alston.1 09 p m Arrive at Columbia..........................2 50 p OS ANDERSON BRANCH?DOWN. Leave Walhalla.. 4 25 a ? LeavePerryvllle.5 00 ; o Leave Penaleton. 5 40 i m Leave Anderson.? 6 30 i> m Arrive at Bel ton._ 7 10 >. m UP. Leave Belton....~. 8 SO :> m Leave Anderson...~.._ 9 20 j m T/TOTe Pendleton.?-.r10 W#