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BROTHER PHIL.
Willi Forrest lifted n pair of pretty
blue eyes to her husband's laen-pretty
soft eyes, with wistfulness ail among
their velvety shadows.
"It ia BO lonesome of an evening,
Harry ! Please stay at home to-night
or take mc with you for a change,
dcor!"
Mr. Forrest smiled iu a very supe
rior port of way-a sort of patronizing,
indulgeut way, as though it was thc
height of abnird womanish folly for
Edith to have made the remark.
"That ia 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 ho docs not
expect never tn be anywhere but where
his wife is, if she is the sweetest, pret
tiest little girl in the world !"
He beni 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
?et tired of my company so-so soon,
t hasn't been three months since wc
were-married-and-"
And little Mrs. Forrest's robs and
tears overcame her eutirely, and Har
ry's face grew vexed and nier?.
"You are romancing, Edith. You
know perfectly well I have never
thought of such a ridiculous thing,
and X do uot want to see such child
ishness on your part."
And, to further enforce his assump
tion of martial dignity, Mr. Forrest
walked out and shut the door very
emphatically.
Then, of course, Edith's tenrs 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, and
there were never loup;, lonely evenings.
Oh-dear!" *b
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
glorified until Harry's love came to
er. But it wno pitiably true that her
husband's neglect of her of late had
more than once made such thoughts,
more than once hud 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; and
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 bec 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 geutle little widow, who was al
most as shy as Edith herself, and Mr .
Worthington, who was jolly aud 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-flush cd,
and her rosebud rr.<j;tth quivering. "I
can almost see them at home now
Bue, and Jennie, and Sil, and the par
lor lighted up, anti perhaps Howard
singing ono 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 cn
her lips-memories that would not
bear comparison with her present gil
ded loneliness called them up, and it
wasn't a good sight io see on a pretty
married womans face.
For an hour after Harry had gone
out Edith lay on lue couch, al! sorts
of thoughts running riot in her brain,
until they were dissipated sharply by
a rap on her door, and a card that
sect all expression out of her face and
eves except Burprise, that quickly
changed into an excitement of de
light,
"Tell the gentleman I will bc down
in a moment'" she said to the servant.
Then she flew to the dressing-mirror,
aud saw that she was in a presentable
condition, and then went down stairs
with a smile aud three unspoken words
on her lips :
"Dear old Phil!"
*****
T?ree weeks later Mr. Forrest came
lu somewhat unexpectedly-iust in
time to see Edith standing "by the
widow kissing her hand to a gentle
man dr.ving lry in a carriage-a hand
some, dashing looking fellow, with
bold black eyes and drooping mus
tache-just in time to see tho sparkle
in his wife's eves, and the heighter.c?
' color in her cheeks. \
"Well, who is he!" \
He asked the questiuuW suddenly
that Esl?th rara a little. Wu of sur
prise. \ ?
"Oh, Harry, I didn't kno^t you were
here I How you startled meV*
"Doubtless. But that doesn't ex
plain why you were kissing your hand
to-whom?"
Tba blush on her cheeks deepened
until hef face was scarlet
"He is-a-friend-acquaintance of
mine," she stammered.
He looked angrily at her-angrily,
with a faint sense of pain mincliua
with the anger.
"Anf s^Mdntancol Since when
picase I Edith, do you know you are
doing a terribly risky thing in answer
mg any salute? from bold, fast men
who, m driving by, may have been
Ascttaled by your pretij fa .
I won't usk any more questions, but i
meist upon you obeying mc in keeping
away from those windows."
And fur the first limo in their lives
they sat down io their ((inner with a
cloud between them.
"And J. don't care," Kdith said to
lier herself. "If Phil is kinder to mo
than Harry is, I'll like him the best,
that's nil. He wouldn't leave me
alone as Hairy does, and this very
night we are going to drive to the
park if the moon is bright."
And when Mr. Forrest rame ir. that
evening, about ten o'clock, he was
ag??i< fortunately in time to catch the
black-eyed, black-nioustnchcd fellow
going down thc front stejis to thc
chaise waiting at the door, and just in
time to lind Kdith folding away her
jacket. Hut he said nothing.
His whole goul was beginning to he
on fire with l'ui v and jealousy, and he
found it remarkably easy to stay at
home when Kdith was so winuiugly
sweet and charming that he woad rei!
whether or not she meant it, or wus
only trying to cheat him into a d:sbc
lief of her recklessness.
Hut Edith's curious conduct-time
when she w is extravagantly guy, times
when she was dull, pale and sad-wor
ried him.
She never ns^cd him to stay nt homi
in thc evenings now-of course she
preferred to have him out of thc way,
so that she could have her own good
time with her-"friend," Hairy said
to himself, ironically, for in his vcr)
heart of hearts he could not bring
himself to say "lover."
His faith in his wife was too stroll},
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 hal
au hour earlier, and found Kdith read
ing a note, which she torc into frag
meats the instant he crossed lite door
sill-tore and threw it into thc fir
with flushed face and startled action
"Mrs. Worthington wants me to gi
to her room to-night. I suppose yoi
will be going out, Harry?"
He knew she was telling what wa
I not so.
"Yes, I am going out to the club.
! In his heart he hated himself fd
I the falsehood he told, for he knew h
had made up his mind to watch hi
wife well that night, and sec if hi
jealousy was warranted or not.
Edith's checks glowed and her cy?
sparkled, and she seemed in a state <
delicious excitement at dinner.
Then she dressed in a becoming to
lette of black silk, with filmy laces i
wri?t?^nd throat, sud rich jewclry
rnther elaborate for a tete-a-tete wit
Mrs. Worthington, Harry thought, t
he smiled bitterly behind his newsp;
per.
He purposely prolonged his stn
half nu hour beyond his usual tim
and then was vexed that Kdith shuni
show no signs of perturbation.
"She's already so versed in dece
that she cnn control her fear and in
patieuce."
Finally he put on his overcoat, h;
and gloves, aud went out, to take i
bis position on thc opposite side of tl
street, where he commanded thc doo
and windows ; and ten minutes aftt
wards a tall, black-moustached gent!
man drove up and rang the bell, ai
in a-moment more his wife-his SWIM
beloved Kdith, whom he never lov<
so well as this moment of her falsity
his wife came down, and the two we
driveu away.
It was thc work of a moment to h;
a pnasing cab, and thc chase bc -:i
and ended nt thc doo? ol" Exeter Ha
and Harry bought his ticket and to
a scat as near as he could get to Kdi
and her-her-"friend."
It Wits ? palo, iuiggitru lace ir
watched them all that evening, and
pair of eyes that were pitifully pain
aud indigunnt, and passionful as
noted how perfectly happy the t
were-how Edith, whose sweet reset
and shyness lind been one of hcrgre
est charm.s to him-how Edith wns
free iu her mauner to bini, and h
admirably the genticmnn/eturned 1
pretty little familiarities.
It was an hour of torture to him
Ho sat there, remembering all 1
times he had neglected Edith-h
Bhe hnd so coaxingly asked him
"stay nt home" or "take ber."
lie realized, as he had never di
before, what a suddcu and very gr
chnnge it hnd been to her to leave
homo where there was such a la
family of brothers and sisters, a
cons?quent!)'? a great deal of yoi
company.
Ile began to appreciate how care
he had been of the happiness enirm
to his keeping.
He eat there, repentant, indigui
jealous, remorseful, ready to fly at I
handsome, dashing fellow whoassui
such an air of proprietorship over
foolish, silly little wife-the lovely
tie girl, who, uot haying her husba
society, had sought companionship <
. where.
j He never benni a chord of thc di'
melodics-bc never heeded the sui
of applause.
All he heard, all he saw was Ed
occasional low laugh, her beau
flushed face ns sho turned her pr
towards him.
Then the performance was over.
He followed them closely ns he dr
until ho taw them take their carri
an ri I li ni? iii A ??CC?d chafe ?M?gSn,
ended-at the door of their house,
then, from inside his own cab he
the black-moustache sweep ai
Edith's mouth-and bc heard her
1 sweet good-night.
"And PBil, dou't forget the (
to tho park to-morrow-at liv<
morrow.'
"Phil, Phil!"
"It has como to the jiermitted fi
iarity of names, has it?"
And linrry thought, ns he disni
his cab, and ran up stairs, two ?tc
a time, that if ever a man had
i cause to shoot another, he had.
Ediih stood before her dressing
; alowlv drawing off her glover,
i ?hil dashed in, palo, wrathful,
j I "What does this mean ? Where
Hi. i
you boru ?"
If lie thought to roiitronfc her in a
falsehood he was mistaken.
.She flushed crimson, but answered
promptly
"I have been to Fxeter Hall. Have
I committed an uiipardonablc sin ?"
"You have done thc next thing toit.
Who is that-thal man with whom you
dared togo? Do you know you have
run thc risk of losing your character
you, a married woman, going to a
place of public entertainment with a
man who is almost a sinniger to you?
Kdith ! have you any idea of what you
have done ?"
She turned 'her face, pule enough
now, to him.
"Harry, have you any idea of what
you have done ? Night aller night I
have stayed here by myself, until I
I wondered I did nut run away and go
home. I begged you to stay, or let
nie go sometimes-not always, and you
laughed nt mo. Ami, then, wheu I
found some one. who paid mc the at
tention you should have done, you talk
*.o me this way! I will tell you, hon
estly, the gentleman who took lue in
is very, very dour to nie. I love him !
There! And if you won't be good to
me, he will !"
Forrest stood dumbfounded.
"Kdith, do you know what you say?
Oh, Kdith! wife! arc you mud that
you dare speak such awful words?
You love him !"
He staggered to a chair, palo us
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 tu him and knelt, beside
bini.
"Hurry, Harry darling, I do love
him, but not ns 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 nil to-to make
you love mc more, dear."
And thc 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
al! have been as he feared.
Theory anil Practice.
There are farmers who nre as stub
born and unwilling to accept the teach
ings ot theory as arc meu in any other
relation of life. They entertain 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 gnuie 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 hos been taught us hy fancy
operations. Fancy farming is largely
experimental-and it is seldom that
experiment in anything fails to result
in sonic benefit. A prejudice nguinst
theoretical farmiug, experimental far
ming, or book fanning, whatever you
choose to call it, is a prejudice which
other callings hayo never cherished
toward similar teachings. It is true
that much of this fancy or experimen
tal work amounts to nothing. There
arc visionary men in nil spheres of ac
tion, and they d'egust us with their
wild vagaries and schemes ; but an in
telligent experimenter will usually do
.something to benefit himself and tba
world. Hogers, for instance, was ex
perimenting !U growing grapes from
seedlings for a quarter of a century,
mid during that time failed in many,
many instance to produce anything of
value in thc way of variety ; but we
all know 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 thc end. The breeding of
short-horn cattle is another example.
Mr. Thomas Bates, for instance
among the greatest, if not.the greatest
among bleeders-determined to fix the
type of thc best animal for nil purpo
ses-ry 11*0 (specially for beef. He
had fixed theories, and lnbored 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 maimer defi
cient, it was ruthlessly slaughtered, and
thc result hus 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 lins been moving con
stantly wertward. Indiana, Michigan
and Illinois comprise the wheat-pro
ducing sections, when thc Fust ceased
to produce', i*. Now the. still more
Western Hintes arc thc wheat-producing
sections. Well, why is it that the Kast
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 when', as formerly?
_ ?|_ _?. > - u ft
I^UIUIH; UICI i, <tn? \?n? : J.'or
thc renson that the natural richness of
the soil tempted men to grow wheat
year after year, without returning to
tb'; soil any of the element? taken from
it, until the soil waa thoroughly ex
hausted, and refused longer to nourish
this crop. But thc 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 l>e replaced.- Western JCurai.
MST "Is he a good doctor ?" askc 1
one gentleman of another, speaking of
an acqt l-.intanec. "Well, ?icople call
him so," replied thc other; "but asfnr
as my experience goes, if I was a pa
triotic man, and there was going to be
a long war, I should like hun to have
charge of the enemy's wounded."
aSS* They had been engaged for n
long lime, and one evening were rend
, big the paper together. "Look, love,"
he exclaimed, "only fifteen dollars for
a suit of clothes !" "Is it a wedding
suit ?" she . asked, looking naively al
her lover. "Oh, no," he answered :
"it is a business suit." "Well, I nieanl
i business," she replied.
THE SION AL .SERVICE.
Ks Origin, l(? Keveloument, and Ita
Uara.
/?VWM ihr Cv+triff'JoHrimt.
"Thc wini! bloweth when it listcth,
; ami thou hearest the sound thereof,
I but catniot teli whence it cometh, ur
j whither it goeth."
However true thc above words might
; have been at the time they were ajio
! ken to Nicodemus, they have nt the
j present time lost their significance,and
j the man of to-day ha* no difficulty in
pointing out "whence thc wind cometh
and whither it goeth." It still, it is
trio, "blowcth when it listeth," but its
once mysterious and lawless move*
ineuts are mysterious and lawless w>
longer. If mun cannot control its
movements, he has at least traced out
it? pallis, and can follow in its circuits.
Thc searching intellect of the Nine
teenth cent irv has proved that what
had previously be a always considered
the most lawless of the powers of na
ture, is ns much the servant of law as
the planet that circles in its orbit. A
few centuries ago such statements
would have been considered ii? the
ravings of insanity, if not sheer blas
phemy, and the utterer 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 thc very essence of instabili
ty, and no one ever dreamed that their
comings or their goings were within
thc 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, nut 1
very recently, no prognes was made.
Vague conjecture, born of superstition,
took the place of scientific reasoning,
and confusion reigned instead of law.
Meteorology was a set phrase in thc
mouths of charlatans or astrologers,or
consisted in some wild theories con
cerning shooting stars ami tho igmit
fatus of the swamp ; thc former being
considered as the manifestation of an
angry supernal power, and the latter
the delusion of u petty malignant de
mon who lay in wait to lead poor wan
derers astray. The orbits of the stars
were measured, aud their revolutions
completed, but as regards tho move
ments of the atmosphere in which we
live and move, men knew little or
nothing. Torricelli made thc 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
auy further advance was ?nade. At
last chemistry discoverc 1 its true com
position, and in 1814 Dr. Wells ad
vanced our knowledge materially by
the discovery of tho true nnturc of
dew. How confused were meu's opin
ions on meteorology, even as late ns
forty years ago, may be gathered from
the fact that iii the year 1836 it was
proposed in the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture to pay Mr. Espy a certain sum,
varying from $10,000 to 850,000, if
he would make it rain over a certain
extent of country-thc amount of
motley to be paid to bc regulutcd by
the extent of country over which he
would make it rain. We do not think
he ever got the money, as wc 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, and then only
hy fostering thc natural conditions ne
cessary for such a consummation. The
onl)' instance when the amount of
rainfall can be influenced is in the
case of a country naked of* timber he
ilig 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 thc earth
from the effects of the lays of thc sun,
and hy their accellerating radiation,
lower the temperature of n district and
add to its humidity, which necessarily
increases the rainfall. Even nt thc
present 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 thc
dignity of a science in the true accep
tation of the term, nor has it yet,
among thc 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 lost 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 mort
frightened when fish, frogs or fruit fall
apparently from the beavens, but cnn
ascribe such strange phenomena le
their true cause-namely, that they
have been picked up by the winds and
carried ulong to thc place where they
have fallen. Thus Ehrenberg, with
his microscope, identified the infusen?
of thc valley of the Amazon in tht
dust which thc winds deposited in tht
south of France.
In respect to meteorological know!
edge, tho United Stntes has taken tin
lead of all thc rest td' the world, ant
has instituted a system of syncrouou1
observation's, so that the atmosphcrii
conditions extending over millions o
square miles of country can lie asccr
thined nt any given time, and the nc
cessary deductions drawn therefrom
This is the only rational way of solv
ing the grcnt meteorological problen
and ascertaining the truo nature n
the laws which govern atmospheric
circulation.
This course of proceeding was firs
suggested by Sir John Herschel ii
1811, but the suggestion was not vcr
exUudvely acted upon until 184?"1. J:
that year thc Smithsonian lustitut
organized a series of meteorologicii
observations nt various points, extern:
ing over the greater part of thc Unite
States, which produced valuable ri
suits. These observations continue
through a period of twenty year
' A similar collive of observations wt
; conducted in Great Britain by Adm
: ral Fitzroy, more or less successfull;
; A vast amount of material has bet
' collected in this way, but as the grcn
j er pm tion of the observers were wit
out proper instruments, und 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 ii i i 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, publie attention WHS called to
the subject, and consequently on the
lhh of February, 1870, the following
resolution was offered in Congress by
Paine, of Wisconsin, and adopted
without dissent :
"Ilcnofved, That tho Secretary of
War be, and he is, authorized to pro
vide for taking meteorological obser
vations at military stations in the ul
terior of tho continent, and nt other
points in the Slates and Territories of
the United States, mid giving notice,
on the northern lakes and on thc 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 $20,000
was made, and the new department
wns placed under the control of Gen.
Myer, who, in its organization und
management, has shown an executive
ability of the highs;*', order, lt 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 thnn in the words of his first an
nual rcp;;rt:
"The organization of a service whol
ly without precedent on the scale on
which this was to be organized ; to
provide for that service in every part,
both as to the personnel and to tho
equipment without a precedent exam
ple in this country ; to establish a
system of stations, with u practiced
observer ut each ; to negotiate with
telegraph companies for a work ou
their part, of which their records show
not even a semblance before attempt
ed ; to diffuse some general knowledge
of the plans and anns to bo accom
plished, and to secure the co-operation
of scientific establish incuts, and of
those commercial interests for the good
of which thc work was especially
planned, have been sonic of the hibors
devolving on this office."
Thc outside world eau have little
idea of the vast amount of labor this
involved. Yet all was satisfactorily
accomplished, and thc department put
in good running order in thc course of
a few mouths, and its course from that
day has been, one uninterrupted suc
cess.
At fin-t people doubted thc utility of
such a movement, and "Old Proba"
lias been made the subject of more
stale jol.es than any other individual
that ever existed. "Old Probs," how
ever, did not mind, but pursued the
even tenor of his way, surmouuted thc
numerous difficulties that lay in his
path with an unswerving faith in ulti
m?te succ?s.*; und to-day he, has the
gratification of seeing that success re
cognized throughout tho 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 lie takes his jour
ney, and the farmer on all occasions,
come gladly to consult him regarding
the prospects of thc weather, so that
ho is now a power in the land. From
his office in Washington his lines of
communication extend over ninny mil
lions of miles of the earth's surface,
from Canuda 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 iheir office, ure stationed,
who record and report?t specific times
the atmospheric conditions existing iu
tho neigh hoi hoods, and. at all timcfl
note the peculiarities and changes that
may occur within their sphere ot ob
servation. Consequently no storm ol
any dimensions can show itself on the
coasts or within thc boundaries of the
United States without his having time
ly notice, so that the districts mosl
concerned can have due notice thereof
The benefits thus derived by thc
shipping interests of the country an
incalculable, and millions of dollars
worth of property II float in the lukei
and around thc coasts has been saved
from destruction by storms 'owing tc
the timely wuriiings giveu by tho Sig
nal Service Department of the np
proaeh of those storms. As au iu
stance among many, wo may tneutioi
a Ktorni that .-wept over the lukes 01
the 9th and 10th of October, 1875
which in severity hus not since beet
equalled in that region. The dnmagi
to shipping on that occasion was, how
ever, not very great, owing to th<
timely display of the storm signal n
thu various lake stations. A grea
number of vessels took refuge in Mil
wnukee bay. One, thc Tanner, ladci
with wheat, put out ou the morning o
the Uth, but lind hardly got outsid
thc.hny when the storm struck her nm
drove ber ashore, where she went V
fiieces next day. llefoiu leaving th
tarbor, the Captain's attention wn
called to the "storm signal," btit h
said it did not mutter ; he would g
out anyway. He did, and lost his ?lu:
and his life into thc bnrgniu. URI
others gone out as rashly as he did th
dummies would, nrohnhly. haye l?ee
something appalling.
The benefits derived from this bruno
of the public service are now fully rt
cognized. The signal service is n
acknowledged success, ami adds ne
honors to thc genius and enterprise (
our people, 'l here seems a peen lin
fitness in the fact that the laud tin
produced the electric telegraph shoul
solve the problem of atmospheric ci
dilation, fore, tall tho storm, and mal
I plain the "wind in it? circuit-*." Tl
signal service has ?lone more to ter,c
the general public thc true nature i
meteorology anti the various couditioi
implied in tho word "weather" tin
all the writers that have ever trcati
of thc subject up to 1N70. This teac
big of the public is going on mo
i
extensively and becoming more impor
tant every day. Thia is done by meaus
of "maj*," "bulletin*," "indications,"
and various other publications, which,
through the generous co-operation of
the press of the country, are made
available to thc great mass of the peo
ple. The ainouut of these issued by
thc various signal offices throughout
thc country is something enormous.
There is scarcely a villnge or hamlet
in thc land that they do not reach in
cue way or another. Thc peculiarity
of thc signal service observations is
their synchronous churaeter. Four
times each day, nt thc same instant of
actual time, nt every station in the
country, those observations are taken,
nt 7:35 a. m., 12 noon, 4:35 p. m., sud
ll p. m., Washington time. Three of
these, the morning, afternoon and
night observation?, are immediately
telegraphed to the chief officer at
Washington, and from these the "indi
cations" are deduced ami 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, arc deduced
from thc ll p. m. observation of thc
{ircvious evening, and are telegraphed
'rom 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 thc 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
bc 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 instance, the Upper Lake re
gion means Lakes Superior, Huron
and Michigan and thc adjoining terri
tory, and it is seldom indeed that the
same kind of weather is found to aub
rie over this extent of country for any
length of time. When the indications
announce rain in this region, the Ohio
valley, or any other division, it does
not necessarily follow that it is going
to rain all over this extent of country,
but merely that rain will pretty exten
sively prevail. Also, with regard to
storm signals-when a storm signal is
displayed at any station it docs nat
necessarily imply that a hurricane is
coming, but that thc atmospheric con
ditions are such within the neighbor1
hood of thc- station as to demand pre
caution from navigators and others in
terested.
Besides the four synchronous obser
vations referred to above, there art
three others taken nt every station, al
7 a. m., 2 p. m. and j) ?. m., local
time, which makes even observation!
each day. All these observations an
entered in forms especially preparer,
for thc purpose, and forwarded week)}
to Washington. The ninouut of Iaboi
involved in correcting, arranging, am'
tabulating those observations (for encl
must bc absolutely correct,) with t
great deal of miscellaneous office work
tho public eau have very Tittie idea of
To perform this work with the accura
cy and prec ision required, demand ar
intelligence and judgmcut of high or
der, even outside of the course of spe
cial traiuing~which those, who pcrforn
it, are required to pass through. Tin
duties of this class of public servant
ure very arduous, and, it must bc said
their remuneration is very inadequate
but it is to be hoped our next Congres
will act with more generosity towan
them than did the last, ami that thei
labor will be properly recognized
Then it will be no exaggeration t<
state that the Signal Service will "b
a necessity in peace ns well ns in war;
Artificial Climate.
The growth of potatoes, recent ca
p?riment shows, is considerably cfiec
ted by tho color of the soil iu whicl
they are planted. The Galaxy relate
that in studying the puzzling questio
why some potato fields escape bligl
while surrounded by others suffenn
severely from it, it was noticed tbs
these fortunate plots were darker tha
the infected areas. Thinking that th
greater absorption of heat by th
darker ground and the conscquer
higher temperature might explain tri
difference, Air. J. P. Hannny sclccte
a piece of ground poorly adapted ft
?rowing potatoes, ns it was a blue cia;
t was planted in the ordinary wa;
using stable manure. One-half wi
left as planted, but the other was ?r
ercd with soot which had been enrefu
ly washed until the soluble matter ba
been entirely removed, so that it cou]
no longer afford any nourishment i
I the plants. Yet thc tubers in this pa
of the ground sprouted first, and we:
always healthier than those in the u
dre ,ed part of the field. Temper
tures were taken by a thermometer i
eerted ic the ec:!, which showed th
nt a depth of two inches the soot-co
crcd earth was, on tho average, 1.'
degrees hotter than the natural groum
and nt the depth .of eight inches tl
difference waa 1.09 degrees. Thus tl
dark earth afforded its tubers a warm
climate than light-colored soil. Tl
most remarkable difference was foti:
in the composition of the resultii
cro|>s. Tho soot-covered potatoes co
taiued 22.5 per cent of starch, ai
those in plain ground only 17.5 r
cent., and the granules were small
in size.-Rural New Yorker.
W&~ The new style for fall dr
make the average young lady lo
like a rolling pin wrapped up iu a r
carpet.
B&~ Josh Billings 'jays, very tru
"You'd better not know so much, Ul
to know i<o many thing*, that ain't s
Ht?r Minister-" Don't you kn
it's wicked to catch fish on the S
bath?" Small boy (not having hai
bite all the morning) : "Who's*catel
fish?"
If?r If nature designed a man to
a dninkanl, he would have heen c
structed like a churn, so that the m
he drank thc finner he would stand,
I ??nj ?
Early Bistieg.
Bob Ingersoll, the sinner, occasion
ally takes a shot at old adages os well
as modern theology. In a speech,
lately delivered before the Illinois
farmers, ho thus attacks the well
established adage, "Early to boil and
early to rise :"
"It is not necessary in this age of
the wo-ld for the farmer to rise in the
middle of the night and begin his
work. This getting up BO early iu the
morning is a relic of barbarism. It
has mane hundreds and thousands of
young men curse tito business. There
is no need of getting up at three or
four o'clock in the winter morning.
Thc farmer who persists in doing It
and persists in dragging his wife and
children from their neds ought 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 tho cattle? Why
not feed them moro tho night before?
It is a waste of life. In the old times
they used to get up about three o'clock
in tho 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."
gkHF 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 juke on an editor, who, go
ing away, left his paper in charge of
n minister. During the loh.iMer's
stay in thc sanctum the following let
ter'came from a mountain subscriber:
'You know very well I paid my sub
scription to your paper tito last time I
wai- tn Lexington. If I get any more
such letters from you as I received last
week I will conto down to Lexington
and maul h-1 out of yon J' The
mini?te? otiBWOred : '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 ?ear sir, I hara
twenty members of my church I will
also get you to operate on.' "
tSF A jury has found a man
guilty, aud then recommended him to
mercy, because it was not clearly
proved that ho bad committed the
offense charged ngniust 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
I a liar that it could not believe him.
j at?r" 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, "t if calcula
ting his chances for making a success
ful bolt, remarks, affably, "Keep omet,
take your time ; no hurry. When
yourtum comes they'll call your name.
You'll lose nothing by waiting." Pris
oner-"Yes I will-my liberty."
SST A man picked up a purse ju
the street and advertised the fact In
ten dnyB he was visited by sixty-one j
men, women, boys and girls, all claim-1
ing to have lost money. The sum was J
but 811, hui of each visitor who called
the finder ?asked : "So you lost 850, did
you?" Nine-tenths of the applicants
promptly replied, "Yes, sir. "Ah,"
said he, "yours was another purse."
W8T X., wulking with a clever doc
tor, meets a pretty woman, to whom
tho doctor bows. "Who is she, eh?"
"A patient." "Her bow was al most a
cut-fifty below." "Possibly. We're
not on thc best of terms. You see, I
was called to attend he? husband and
had thc misfortune"- "Oh, I see
to let him die." "No, to let him get
well."
DST* An Irishman, fresh from thc
"old country," saw a turtle for the
first timv, and at once mado up his
mind to capture it. The turtle caught
him by tho finger, and he, holding it
nut 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."
J?" One test of a great mind is its
instantaneous availability in an emer
gency. Tho 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, ha? a future be
fore him, and per-u?p? ao??e?iiiig un
pleasant behind him.
HST "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 thc boy, "but
that turkey pecked at me once, and I
want to get square with him." He
got his turkey.
ttST" At a duel thc parties dischar
ged their pistols without effect, where
upon one of the seconds interfered,
aud proposed that the combatants
should shako hands. To this the oth
er second objected as unnecessary,
"fnr " aai,\ Ko "ihC?" Bauds h-TC '.ZZl.
shaking this half hour."
SOT A boy five years of age having
stolen a can of milk, his mother took
him to lade with moral suasion, and
wound up her discourse by exclaim
ing, "What in the world were you go
ing to do with thc milk?" "I was
going to steal a dog to drink it," was
the crushing reply.
B6T "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 him at tho wood
pile or the onion-bed every afternoon
' as soon as school is out"
j f?T The Major, (rocking Nelly on
?tris knee, for Aunt Mary's sake.) "I
suppose this is what you like, Nelly?"
Nelly. "Yea, it's very nice. But I
rode on a real donkey yesterday-I
mean one with four legs, you know."
it?T 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 tho pro
vision of avarice,
i ftfSr* We often hear of a man "be
ing iu advance of his age," but who
i kai ever heard of a woman being in
. such a predicament ?
LBOAL AorsATianta.-vr* *n "
molt? ca* f*ym?nte Cn advertising
Executers, Administrator* aad ata?r
aaa beseelt? a-nail th? a- U_ "
aeuees, which will calv be Inserted wL<m
BMty ?vd4v- ?if* *> UM ?rilar ?
Citation*, two Insertion*, - .
Mat? Notices, tara? InrerUeee, .
Flail SetUeaieate, *T# iaawrtsaao
TO CORnE&TOXDBNT?s-ln ?Mer to ree?!?
slUtrtlon, coanikiUoM MH ba i
by Uta trw maa? aad Mir aaa of tba
'Jetted mannaor! pt? will not ba retara ad, unless <
necessary stain pa arefurnUhrdtorepay the j
thereon.
far We are ?ci responsible fer lb? ?1
opiato?* of our correspondent*.
All communication? should bo addressed to"Kd. .
?tori Intelligencer" and all check*, ?rafla, men?* \
order*, ?e., should be mad? payable fe the order
ol K. a MUsULAT A CO..
i,8. C.
FROGS AMMIS
or T?
TKKTH AHXVAI. FAIS
or TUB
?NDEB30N PASMEIS' AIR) atW??AWI58'
A8S00UTIW,
.October St, 3? and M. 181T.
WEDNESDAY.
Articles will bo resolved and arranged fur
exhibition. Livestock alone will be re-,
eel reel on Thursday morning until 10 o'clock,
but tuuHt be entered on or beio? Wedne*dav.
THURSDAY.
Gates open ac 0 o'clock a. m. Exhibition
of saddle and harnean horses from ll a. m.
to 2 p. m., to close with ?general exhibition
of saddle, harnees and halter-broke animals.
Plowing im.tcl. at ll o'clock. At 12 o'clock
tho oooking.ee nlcst between girls from ll to
14 years old will bvgin. Premium, China
tea set.
FRIDAY?
Gates open at 0 o'clock a. m. At ll
o'clock Hharp the "Baby Show" will take
place. At 12 o'clock the cooking con'.est be
tween young ladies from 14 to 20 years old
will begin. Premium, China tea set. From
12 to 2 the Anal contest between saddle
horses, ningle and double harness horses will
lako place, at which time the Committee
will make their decision and tie the ribbons.
At 2 o'clock there will be a tournament, at
tho conclusion of which the awards of the
Committees will be announced.
COMMITTEES TO AWARD PREMIUMS.
Thc following persons have been designa
ted to serve on the Awarding Committees for
tho Tenth Annual Fair. Tho ladies and
gentlemen named are respectfully requested
to report to the Superintendents of their re
spective ?lepan mon ta on Thursday morning,
October 25th, at 0 o'clock. Superintendents
will return their department books, leget her
willi reports of Committees, duly signed, to
tho Secretary's office on or before Friday
morning at J) o'clock :
FIELD Caora.-Joseph W Keys, Sup't. V
8 Mnttlson. Baylis Hix and W C Watkins.
CATTLE ARD SHEEP.-118 Bailey, Sup't. P
G Acker, Joshua Jamison and Jos A Drake.
HORSES.-\V T Dean, Sup't; M P Tribble,
As.it Sup't. Jos A Gray. D S McCullough,
J 8 Beaty and M C Dickson.
HOGS.-John A Reeves, Sup't. J C Keys,
Td B Williams and G W Maret.
POULTRY.-B Frank Crayton, Sup't. Jos
W Sherard, R W Reeves and T M Cater.
HOUHEUOLD "A."-John Eskew. Sup't. G
W McGee, D L Cox and H I Kpting.
HOUSEHOLD "B."-R M Rurriss, Sup't.
Mrs E A Bell, Mrs J N Brown and Mrs
Mary Vandiver.
HOUSEHOLD "C."-Wm S Brown, Sup't.
Mrs J I? Reed, Mrs D J Sherard and Mrs
W J Ligon.
HOUSEHOLD "D."-John W Thompson,
Sup't. Mrs Vashti Burrcss, Mrs M..r*ha
Baker, Mrs E C Skelton and Mrs U I
Epthig.
HOUSEHOLD "E."-James L Orr, Snp't.
Mrs R L Keys, Mrs C A Reed, Mrs John C
Whitfield and Mrs J F Wilsen
HOUSEHOLD "F."-Dr R F Divvcr, Sup't.
Hon J P Reed, Dr M L Sharpe, A T Broylea
and B F Whitncr.
MANUFACTURERS' "A."-G F Tolly, Sup't.
W A McFall, J J Acker and Wm Hanson.
MANUFACTURERS' "B."-W W Russell,
Sup't. J C Whitlold, A S Stevena ?nd L
K Campbell.
MANUFACTURERS^ "C."-John M Glenn,
Sup't. K X Suiiirnn. J o Skelton, X Li
Clir.kscalcs and W S Picken*.
NEEDLE ARD FARCT WORK.-8 H Pr?vost,
Sup't. MTS Linie Mauldin, Mrs A B Tow
ers, Mrs J R Cochran, Mrs Julius Poppe,
Mrs H B Fant, Mrs J L Orr and Mrs J W
Vggm
?IKE ARTS.-B F Whilner, Sup't. J 8
Murray, G E Brown and C J Hascall.
FLORAL.-John E Allen, Sup't. Mrs Jas
Wilson, Mrs J Heese Fant, Miss Corrie Mc
Fall and Miss Jeffie Edwards.
SPECIAL PREMIUMS.-K Brep?cale, R L
Keys and S M Crayton.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.-J N Brown, J
Belton Watson and Dr M L Sharpe.
Tun "BART "SHOW."-Dr M ? Sharpe,
Snp't. Committee on Bous-Mn B D Dean,
Mrs J S Murray, Mrs S Bleckloy, Mrs Jos
A Drake and Mrs Georgia Brown. Cbntntif
tee on Qirlt-W J Ligon, F M Glenn, J N
Brown T S Crayton and A T Broylea.
Any of ths persons named on the above
Committees, who propose exhibiting in the
departments to which they heve been as
signed, will bo relieved upon their giving
notice to tho President.
Superintendents are requested to be in
attendance at their respectivo departments
j on Thursday morning at 0 o'clock, and re
1 main, during the hours of exhibition, until
tho close of tho Fair, and see that the arti
1 clea are not handled by the viM'/Ors. They
will assemble their Committees on Thurs
i day morning, and report all vacancies to the
' President. They oro particularly requested
! to see that no person other than an officer
of the Assncmthjii, or a member of the
Committee for his particular department, bc
permitted to participate in tho testing or
tasting of articles on exhibition. No premi
um will bc awarded in any class of articles
when this regulation ia violated, which is
designed to protect the exhibitor.
Superintendent:! will give their Commit
ices every facility for examining articles,
but they will carefully abstain fiom any ex
pression of opinion as to tho merits'of tho
articles, and seo that the awa'.ds ore kept
private. J. L. TRIBBLE,
I Secretary.
Change of Schedule on South Caro
lina Railroad.
CHARLESTON, July li, 1877:
On and after Mondar next, tho 16th July, th?
Passenger Trains un tho Sooth Carolina Ball road
?111 run aa follow*:
FOR AUUUSTA.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
Lear- Charleston at.,.fcOO a m and 7.20 p m
Arrltc at Augusta.......&00 p ta and 8.-00 p nt
FOB COLOMBIA.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
Leave Charleston at.5:45 ? sa and 8:50 p in
Arrlvu at Columbia..12:15 p m and 8:15 a m
FOB CHARLESTON.
(Sunday morning excepted.)
Leave Augusta at-.8:30 m m and 0:15 p ti?
Arrive at Charleston.-4:20 p ta soi V:10 a nt
Leave Columbia at..-8:15 p m and 7rC0 p m
Arrive at Charleston.........UH? p BB and 0:40 a ra
CAMDEN Ts A nc.
Connecta at KIngvlUe dally (except8aoday?) with
np sud down dar passenger tra?na.
Day ?nd night trains connect at Augusta with
Georgia Kail road, and Central Railroad. Tala roeta
Is the quickest and most, direct reata, and aa com
fortable and cheap as any other route, to Montgo
mery, Selina, Mobile, New Orleans, and other
pointa Southwest, and to Louisville, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St. Louis and aU caber pointa Weat ?ad
Northwest.
Night train connect* with Macon ?ad Augusta
Railroad. m__ .
at U^?nTt?r??io with Charlotte, Colombia and An.
Ck Railroad, enabling passengers to aad front
Road, between G rail tarilla aad Colombia, to
wake quick trip* to and from Charleston and point s
OD this Road.
The trains on tl?a Greenville aad Colombia and
Bpartanburg and Union Railroads con acct closely
with the train which leaves Charleston at 5:45 a.
rn-and returning Iber ?-nnect ta ?basante man
ner with tbs train . olc? leaves Columbia for
Charleston at 3:15 p. sn.
8. a^OLOMOa'3. Superintendent.
8. n. PICK ass, General Ticket Agent.
Greenville and Columbia Railroad.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Passenger Trains run dally. Sondar existed,
connecting with Night Trains on Sooth Caro.lna
mil road up and down. On and after Mond-?
July 16, 1877, tho following wUl be the schodulut
Leave Columbia at.-.lt tn t. sa
Leave Alston-.t .vs p ra
Leave Newberry.-.~....- ? 4? p nt
Leave Hodges..-.... * ISO p m
Ltsre Delton.-.. 8 80 p m
Arrlf? at GreenviUe...-...-........IO 00 p m
DOWN.
Leave Greenville al.-.ff A4 a rn
Leare Brilon-.-'M.*
Leave Hodges...,.- 8 57 a ra
litare Alston.....-...?.-.1 09 p m
Arrive at Columbia...-1 50 p as
ANDERSON BRANCH-DOWN.
Lear? Walhalla.4 SS a at
Leave Perryvllio....- S 0? a m
I/tare Pendieto?...-. -.-.. a 4? ? s?
Loara Anderson.- S SO a m
Arriro at Belton.-.. 7 t? ? oa
VP.
Leere Belton.-..-.- ..Jr**
Leave Andersen.-..SS**"
tmara Pendlet**.-.-.....-JJ ?P?>
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