SAVING CRUMBS.
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When was a boy about twelve years

 of age, my father sent me on an errand to the house of a poor man. On my arrival,

 l found he had been smelling corn, and was gathering up the few grains that lay scat

 tered upon the ground. The curiosity and

 impertinence of an inquisitive boy, led me to inquire of him, why he was saving of triaes, or stingy' as I rather termed it, He replied in a very mild and placid tone, that it was not stinginess, but carefulness, that induced him to act thus savingly.- He further remarked that the philosophy of nature taught him, that saving crumbs was the. way to wealth. By this honest mans plain and simple illustration of the way to wealth. learned my first lesson in Natural Philosophy.' By Ari.hmeti- cal Analysis he demonstrated that all bod ies. however large, are made up of small particles of matter. The gentlcness ofhis department towards the rude inquiries of a wild, thoughtless boy. made an impression on my tender mind that time has not erased.

 Sixteen years afier this adventure was travelling ili a very beautiful and fourish- ing part of the young but prosperous state of Indiana. After fatiguing ride of some hours, through new and somewhat thinly settled part of the country, approached handsome farm, apparently cultivated, in the midst of which was situated neat com fortabIe dwelling-house and other conven- tent buildings, well arranged in every res spect. Immediately on this discovery, I determined to alight and rest myself an hour or two. Accordingly I called at the house, and was furnished with every thing neccs- sary to the refreshment and comfort of a weary traveller. Butjudge ofmy astonish- ment, gentle reader, when recognized in the possessor of the comfortable mansion and fine farm, the very man who, so long before, told me that the way to wealth was in saving crumbs. Although am still young, l have lived long enough to learn, by practical examples, the importance of saving every little trife.

 Let those who may read this little arti- cle, and who may herafter engage in the study of Natural Philosophy, remember that one principle, at least, may be demon Strated by an agreeable but practical illus lration-by saving many small particles a mass of immense value may soon be collec- ,ed.-Ohio paper.