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" Sometime."
" Sometime, when ill life's lessons hive been learned,
And tun and stars forever more bare ret;
The things which our weak Judgment here has
spurneJ,
The things o'er which we grieved with lashes wet,
Will flash on us, ind light dark night,
As stars hine most lu deeper tints of blue.
And we shall seo bow all Ood'a plans wen right,
And what wo deemsd reproof, wss love most true.
" And we shall see how, while we frown and sigh,
God's plans go on as best lor you and me,
And how lie heeded not our feeble cry.
Because Ills wl.dom to the end could see.
And e'en as prudent parents disallow
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood.
Bo God, perhaps, is keeping from u now
Life's nwectcBt things, because It seemeth good.
" And If sometime commingled with Ufa's wine
Me find the wormwood, and rebel aud shrink,
Be sure a wlaer hand than yours or mine
Pours out the portion for your lips to drink;
And If son.e friend we love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
01 do not blame the loving Father so,
uul wear jour sorrow witn oueaient grace.
' And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath
is not tue iairesi gut uou gives uis lrleuu;
Sometimes the gable pall of dtath
Conceals the suietest boon Ills love can send.
If we could push ajar the gates of llfo
And ttahd wlthlu, aud alt (iod's workings see,
We would internet all tb s doubt Mid striie,
And for each raj stcry could Und a key.
" But not to day. Then be content, poor hetrt;
God's plans, like lilies pure and white, unfold;
Wo must not tear the closu-chut leaves span.
Time will reveal the calyxtB of gjld.
And when, through patient toll, wo reach the land
Where tired feet, with Banduls loosed, may rst,
Where we may clearlj
leany know and uuderstaud.
' know and uuderstau
I think that we will say,
'God knew the best.'
Gleanings from Astronomy.
Sins. Or.onoiE D. W., In Rural Press
'Tia nightfall; and once more the Evening
star, in her effulgent brightness, glorifies the
western sky, descending (an it were) iu eager
ness to hail the Pleiades, or to catch the part
ing glances of the young moon, as she poises
one trembling point upon the mountain's brow,
lingering but a pasting moment, then sinking
behind tho rocky bight, leaving the little
group, now assembled on the cottage porch, iu
darkness, and gazing in admiration on the ra
diant riv.il, who, as a brilliant harbinger, ush
ers in her train of shining stars. Already our
young companions are busily examining a
cluster of slurs through the telescope, while
sounds of merry voices are beard approaching;
but this time u childish voice is in the ascend
ency. Two forms advance, one is an aged,
white hbired grundfathi r; tbeother ulittlegolden
haired girl, clinging tohis hand, who, springing
to the front, exclaims: ''Here isgraudtather I"
Involuntarily we all arose. Drawing forward
the large arm-chair, I hud been appropriating,
I said pleasuutly: "Let me resign the seat ot
honor to you, father dear."
"What u Hue representalion the Colonel
would make ot the ancient philosophic Epi
curus," B.dd Miss Florence, our young teacher.
"And this the beautiful Alhtmutn garden," I
returned. "A very pretty compliment, Miss
Florence," was iho Colonel's re ly; "but I can
not accept the uppellation of the first. All
men may be 'Epicuriuut, but very, very few,
(philosophers." i "Was not Epicurus a phlloso
tfnbrfr?" I riueslioned. "Yes." answered thi
imiortpiinen. l "' not epicures a pniioso
ibrfr?" I questioned, "yes," answered the
Colonel, "lu one sense he was, but bis philoso
phy consisted of acts, not words, lie solved
the problem of a happy life by praolical ex
amples, illustrating that praoticiug the virtues,
not expouudiug them, was the secret of rightly
understanding their worth; yet he was not
what the world would call a philosopher, for
he spoke iu a soft and persuusive voice, and
was not a etoio; but simply taught his sublime
doctrine by practical example."
"Then Epicurus didn't lecture muoh, did he,
grandfather ?" Bald Kate. "No, but if I am to
be your Epiourus, and this, the fair Atheneum
garden, you will have to represent the schol
ars." "No, no 1" oiied Kate, "we nre the
scholars of your old pupil, and have come to
talk about the Btars."
"Come, that will never do," said the white
haired sago. "We must have no opposition
school; no Timocrates; no followers of the
Btoio Zeuo." "Say, rather Zenocrates," play,
fully interposed Florenoo. "What ! the crazy
philosopher, who, while gazing at the stars,
lell into a luisiii of wator ami was drowned,"
was the questluued answer. "Nay, father, you
are Batincul," I returned in a piqued tone.
'If you and Floy wish to appropriate my iden
tity with auy of your olassioal ideas, pray let it
be tome more congenial one." "Such as an
humblu worshiper at the tomb of Virgil, a si
lent deotee at the shrine df Homer ?'" was the
conciliatory rejoinder. "Or it maybe," com
promistd Florence, "a loving follower of Mil
ton, ever Boaring on the wings of inspiration to
the celestial realm of the stars,"
"Come," said the veurable questioner quietly
changing the uouversatiou, "you must not let
mo iuteirupt your anticipated stroll among the
stars to night; but rather let me join your
number."
"Well, to commenoe, what was thoBubject of
our last investigations, Miss Katie!" "The
constellation Oriou," was tho quick reply,
"liight, now observe the change," I continued.
"Wheu we observed, Orion last January, the
Pleiades were on the mendinu; Aldebaran and
his little V cluster, were 11 degrees southeast
of the Pleiades, and still farther, 10 degrees
southeaxt of Aldebarau and the Ilyades, was
Orion Now notice tho change, on this, the 31st
of March. The Pleiades are due west, nearing
the northwestern horizon, Aldebaran following
in all his regal splendor, while the splendid
Oriou parallelogram lies in the southwest. Aud
by suou observations you will also understand
the apparent diurnal motion from east to
west."
"Orion is splendid to-night," said Florence,
"and has more the appearence of a mighty
wairior than when we last uotloed him in the
east, or on the meridian." "Yes," I coutinued,
"the further it advances toward the western
horizon, the more it resembles a wonderful
form, as of a giant figure rushing down a
higbt." I was quickly seconded by my young
companions with various quotations, aud met
aphorical allusions to Oriou.
"But tell us what priuoipal oouatellatlon U
on the meridian to-tight, said grandfather.
' 'The most beautiful and familiar ones have
fias-cd the meridiau. Proserpe, in Cabcer, that
ittle cluster yonder, just perceptible to 'the eye,
is th'i only important oue." -'Was Orion on
the meridian last mouth?" questioned Kate,
"Yes, about the middle of February, I think.
My map plaoes Bellatrix on the meridian on the
JM of January."
"Come, Katie," I remarked playfully, "we
must be more particular this time; you remem
ber we got our map upaide down before,"
"Yen, aud what a consternation it created
among oat" "Well, to make it all right,"
answered the good father, "a mistake rectified
by couo uaive argument, stands oorreot. And
for the proof, Miss Kate, since you have been
the dii gent student, give ut the oorreot Orion
diagraoi."
"But Aral, Kate," I interposed, "always re
member that in the delinUtlon of our map or
diagrams, the position in which we view the
heavens is of the utmost Importance. In ob
serving the south circumpolar constellations, let
it always be understood, that the face is
directed to the south, with the zenith for the
north, east for the left band, the west for the
right band. And when looking at the north
circumpolar stars, the position is completely
changed. The zenith becomes the soutb, the
right hand is upon east, the left hand npon the
west. By thns observing, we shall obviate
many perplexities."
"But to ihe Orion," said the impatient Kate,
who had been examining the map by the light
in the parlor window, "shall I commence aB
we did before, at the Pleiades?" "Yes," I re
marked, "they are a good starting point."
"The Pleiades," continued Kate, by way of a
review of the previous lesson, "ate in the west,
about half way between the zenith and the
northwestern horizon. A direct line, U degrees
southeast of tbe Pleiades, brings us to Aldeba
ran and the Hyades in the same constellation.
Then, 16 degrees from Aldebaran, finds the
wonderful giant, Orion, west of the meridian,
in tbe southern portion of the heavens. Orion
is distinsuished bv the fonr brilliant stern in
the form of a parallelogram; and particularly by
me mree orignc, equidistant stars in the mid
dle of the square, commonly known as the
'three kings' or the 'ell' or 'yard.' The little
needle-'ike cluster, running obliquely from the
belt, is Orion's sord."
"Yes, but it points upward to the middle of
tho ih ee stars which form your warriors' belt,"
said Mary, playfully.
"0! I have nothing to do with that," laughed
Kate, "I am giving statistics now." "Very
well, proceed, I will not interupt you again,"
was the pleasant return. "Orion's sword con
tains the wonderful Orion nebula. The whole
number of stars in this oons'.ellation, as seen
by tbe naked eje on a clear night, hat been
reckoned by the astronomers at about 78; but
many thous ind are Been by a good telescope.
Orion's principlo stars are contained in the
square, of which two are the first magnitude
ltigel and Betelguese.
"Bellatrix, the next bright star of the third
magnitude, and is the first star in the parallelo
gram. A little north of Bellatrix, in a direct
due eight decrees east by north, is Betelguese
Filteou degrees due south by east, is Siiph a
star of tbe third magnitude; and about eight
and a half degrees toward the west is the bril
liant stur, Bigol. Attain, a Hue 15 decrees back
to the northwest the starting poiut meets
Bellatrix, the first star named. Thus Orion's
parallelogram is done."
"Very well done, too," remarked grand
father. "Yes," I relumed, "but in our inves
tigation of Orion, we are neglecting some of tbe
most striking constellations. Many of the
oonstellanons weso much admired in January
hive no disappeared, such as Pegasus,
irisoes, ana oineis.
"But, turning our face north; in the east the
most striking one is tbe con -He lation of Ursa
Major, or the Big Dipper. The two pointers,
Debbe and Merak, are near the zmith; the
whole Dipper turned upside down. The stirs
forming the handle seem to hang down from
the square. Benetoach, the first star in the
handle is due east. Cassiopeia is very bright;
it is one of the mrcuui-polar constellations, and
is always seen near the Dipper. A lino pro
jected through the Dipper uud tbe Pole-star
meets Cassiopeia at near the same distance on
the opposite side of the Pole-star, which is
nearly equidistant between that constellation
and the Dipper. When the Dipper is at tbe
lowest point below the Pole-star, Cassiopeia is
near the zshlttr, uud vlct-vcrBiirlw;u lollow
intf in the oircle.'as the Dipper revolves around
the Pole-star, and always above tbe horizon,
cuiupieiiug ineir circle every a nours.
"If the Dipper at six o'clock iu the evening is
in the west ol the Pole star, six hours after you
will observe (hat it has changed position, and
appears below Ihe Pole-star. At six o'clock
the next morning you will find them opposite
tbe first position, in the eastern part; at 12
o'clock, or noon, if you could see them, you
would find they were directly above the Pole
star, and at six iu the evening they will have
gained their first position."
"The Northern Crown is quite plain to
night," said Florenoe, "It is very easily dis
tiuguished by tbe six bright stars which form
the crown." "Yes," I returned, "the princi
ple star in the constellation of the Corona
Boreahs, or Northern Crown, is very bright to
night, indeed; oue can scarcely tell it from
Arcturis But it is northeist of Bootes, you
can readily trace from Serius, (the Dog Btar),
west of the mendian; Pioeyou, a few degrees
past; Castor ami Pollux, directly north of Pro
cyou, they likewise have passed the meridian.
Meukar, in the head of the Whale, is within a
few degrees of tbe western horiz n. Aries is
also near the western horizon. Further east,
by north, aud about 1 4 degrees above tbe hori
zou, is the constellation Bootes, and further
still to the noith, at a lower elevation, is the
Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown, in which
tbe bright star, Alphacca, that you think re
sembles Arcturus."
"What an extended field is opened to our
miuds for the investigation of science and
truth," remarked grandfather, enthusiastically.
"But who by searching can find out God," I
returned gently, "Milton has beautifully writ
ton: 'Heaven Is the bjok of God, before us set,
Wherein to read hlawonirous works!' "
"But when Bhall we enter this wonderful
temple, not made by mortal bands," mused the
white haired man, "The further we proceed
iu the investigation of the heavens, the more
tho magnitude of the creative power and wis
dom of tbe Almighty Maker becomes; so en
larged aud niugmuoeut do his works appear,
that human imagination is lost amid the sub
limity. The splendor and vastness of its in
finitude so forcibly strikes the inuato spirit of
worship, that we are ready to fall dowu in ado
ration before the Almighty and Eternal Miker,
God!"
"And not only," I remarked, ''do those
beautiful stars, with their holy aud benign in
fluence, soften and purify the fiuer feelings of
the soul, but as an universal timepiece of the
world, and a part of the whole of tbe Creator's
grand deslgus, they guide the traveler as he
wanders from continent to continent, enable
tho astrouomer to estimate the globe on wbioh
be dwells, to determine the length of the days,
joara and months, and furnish the means, to
some extent, for measuring the inconceivable
distances in tbe great illimitable, starry space.
But you must acknowledge, above all their
Eower, to amplify our views ot that Almighty
elng who called them into existence." "Aud
the gift of appreciation aud knowledge to un
derstand is indeed happiness," I said.
"What ia happiness, grandfather?" asked the
2ulet, listeniug Mary. "My dear daughter, the
rst step to happiuess is knowledge. But I
can explain better in the language of tbe gen
tle Epioarns."
"It Is neither in the raging torrent or the
stagnant pool, but in the clear and limpid
stream that glides along its way, turning aside
to let each shrub or rubbish pass; then onward
in its arlf-same course, muimurmg joyfully.
Thus, with human kind, mauy of ihe ills of
life are creatures of our own imagination,
caused by our own obstinacy and opposition to
the inevitable."
As if in soliloquy, in a meditative voice, be
continued, "What is poverty, If we only have
temperano to be content wiih a dratt of cold
water? What is slander, if we have no vanity
WILLAMETTE FARMER.
forittowonnd.no anger to kindle? What is
neglect, if we have no ambition for it to dis
appoint, no pride to mortify? And what is
persecution, if we have within our bosoms the
conscious assuranoe of a trne and virtuous
life?"
"Yes, that is true happiness, father," I ob
served. "The consolous assurance of having
done oar whole duty, according to our best
abilities; and wise indeed is he
Who unshrinkingly hath stood temptations of the
Evil One,
And held his course for good;
lias spumed the crooked by-patks, put aside the gilded
sin,
Unswayed by any volee. but the still soft voice
within.' '
"That is it, my daughter," the old man said.
That still soft voice within, which is the ap
proving voice of the innate virtues. Prudence,
the mother of all virtues; fortitude, her hand
maid; with justice and generosity, gentleness
and gratitude, their combined assurance gives
ns true happiness.
xne ancients held the virtues in great ven
eration," I returned. "You remember Mar
cellus, the great Roman consul, had two mag
nificent temples erected, one to Virtue, the
other to Honor, Tbey were so constructed
that to enter the temple of Honor it was neces
sary to pass through that ol Virtue. The prin
cipal virtues being represented by statuary.
Prndrnce oame first, and was recognized by
the rule and square; temperance was known
by the bridle: inatice. bv the baHnce : truth.
by ber transparent vestments; modesty, by the
beautiful veiled nymph; tranquility, by a sim
ple figure leaning on a column in the attitude
of quiet and repose; liberty, by her cap, and
mirth, by the myrtle wreath."
"But, behold! how the time has flown;
virion is half way to the horizon, and the
Pleiades are just visible. Come, we must prac
tice the virtues we have been expounding. The
dictates of prndence are to bid each other and
our readers good night.
Tempers.
Few men have Bweet tempers, or hold such
as they possess under steady, invariable con
trol, though they are men, who, without this
sweetuess of nature, however much tried,
never seem to lose their self-command. No
publio man can get on long who has not his
temper well in hand; but with the same amount
of inflammable particles, men differ very much
on the occasions that set fire to them. Some
people, who are all composure when we might
reasonably expect and justly excuse an explo
sion, will break down into peevishness, or
passing frenzy on slight provocations. We
have known men. finite remarkable for a well
bred serenity, be unreasonably and childishly
testy at some transient annoyance of a sort
they are not used to. Highly sensitive organi
zations aud intellects kept on the stretch, are
always irritable.
ue Quincy, who has. no heroes, says that
Wordsworth, with all his philosophy, had fits
of ill temper, though tbe unexampled sweetness
of his wife's temper made it impossible to
quarrel with hor. The two great hymn-writers
aud good Christians, Newton and Toplady,
met but once, and but for a few minutes, yet
something passed a trifling jest which up
Bet Toplady 'a equanimity, and made his part
ing words, we are told by friendly by-standers,
not very cortenus. There ore times when men
think they do well to be angry, and attribute
their display of ill-temper to a holy impulse,
while tbe observer sees only a common pet
exposing itself at the most unsuitable mo
ment at-lho failure of their efforts to attract
'ttiid'impress; pernios to shine. The preacher
is particularly sunject to tbe temptation ol an
angry remonstrance 'uttered in the spirit. It
muit be bard to feet your best passages lost
through restlessness of school children or the
infectious inattention of the singing gallery;
but it seldom answers to allow tbe chafed
spirit its fling. The parson may be in a pas
sion without knowing it, but not without Ihe
congregation being quite alive to it, and the
remembrance of a scene outliving every other
tffdet of his discourse, Blackwood's Magazine.
The Autumn House Cleaning. She has
got on a torn dress, hitched up at one side suf
ficiently to reveal an unbuttoned shoe; there
are flakes of whitewash in her hair and on her
chin ; her dress is wet, her Angers are parboiled,
and ber thumb Das been split with the hammer,
but her eye is as clear and bright as that of a
Major-General on field day. She picks up a
handful of skirts and skims through the apart
ments, seeing five hundred things that should
be done at once, and trying to do them; and
every time she comes in reach of the dresser,
she snatches a look into the glass and shoves a
fresh hairpin into ber dilapidated coil. And
thus planted in the debris, like a queen on ber
throne, she unblushingly asserts that "It's an
awful j b;" "Everything is in wretched shape,"
"1 11 be so glad when this is over;" "It does
seem as if my baok would snap in two;" "I'm a
good mind to say I'll never clean honso again
so long as I live." And then her mind uncon
sciously Boars heavenward, and she wonders if
there will be a house-cleaning season there, and
if not, how a heaven can be made of it. It is
this speo lation which gives her that dreamy
expression when she is cutting your bread
with a soap knife. Darbury News.
No Time to Bead We have often encoun
tered many who profess to believe they have
no time to read. Now we think of it, there
have nlways been men of such characters, the
points of which are easily summed up.
Nine times out of ten, they are men who
have not found time to confer any substantial
advantage either upon their families or them
selves. They frequently spend whole days in gossip
ing, tippling and swapping horses, but they
have no time to read.
Tbey sometimes lose a day in asking advice
of their neighbors; sometimes a day in picking
up news, the prices current, and the exchange,
but these men never "have tinui to read."
Such men generally have uneducated chil
dren, unimproved farms, and unhappy fire
sides. They have no energy, no spirit of
improvement, no love of knowledge; they live
"unknowing and unknown," and often die
unwept and enregretted, 1.
A Gbavk Pbofosal. An Irish girl, who was
very anxious that her scatterbrained brother
should not be refused by the demure yonng
Englishwoman with whom he had fallen des
perately in love, implored him to try to propose
with the seriousness becoming tbe occasion.
He vowed solemnly that he would behave as
if he were aoting as chief mourner at his
father's funeral. The demure young lady, in
imitation of many ot her countrywomen, gra
ciously aocepted her wild Irish lover. She,
however, confided to ber bosom friend that Ed
mund had proposed in rather an odd way. He
had taken her after church to see the family
vault, aud had there, in a sepulohral voice,
asked if she would like to lay her bones beside
his bones. This he evidently thought was a
proper way to fulfil the promise made to his
sister of treating the matter with becoming se
riousness, A New York temperanoe lecturer says one of
the chief causes of the present financial depres
sion is sloobolio indulgenoe. The Boston
Post asks: ' 'Does be mean to say that money is
'light'?"
Starving Souls.
Millions are perishing, not because their
bodleB are starving or freezing, but because
their souls are. The inward woe they feel
most is the cry, "No man cares for my'soul 1"
No man it is not that God does not care for
their soul; He does care with infinite tender
ness; but man, through whom God's love
shonld find expression, does not care. There
is not enough of the love of God in the hearts
of men around them to express His care.
Their souls are dying for want of human sym
pathy. As we must show our love to God in
the good we do to man, bo God chooses men,
chooses us if we will, as the channels through
which He shows His love to men. More than
in the sunshine, more than in tbe rain, does
the love of God fall npon human hearts. That
is the medium through which He must show His
love. There is no powerof blessing, of salvation
even, ever touches the needy or the depraved,
like that which awakens in them the assurance
that they are loved. It is life. Behold, then,
how simple the workl In ten thousand ways
you can express the care of love. You can
make souls feel that they are loved. It does
not need wealth. The lack of great talents is
no bar in the way. Adversity of ciroumstances
is often the best teacher here. Tbe smallest
act will often carry the divine meaning over to
a perishing heart with resistless power. A
look, a smile is the light of God. The way is
easy and open to all. II ive the heart of divine
love, and it comes forth into expression aB
naturally as the rose blooms or the diamond
shines. L. Hamilton.
Singular Coincidences. On Tuesday, the
22d of February, at the same hour of the day
and' the same minute of the hour, Deacon
Noah Pease and his wife Lucinda, of Elling
ton, who were united in marriage over 63 years
ago, passed away from this life together, and
entered upon the life to oime almost without
any separation, even by death itself, and this
not by the same disease, but by diseases en
tirely distinct and unconnected. Both were
over fourscore years of age. This miy be
well called a rare occurrence. ItochvilleConn. )
Journal.
We can match tbe above by the following
occurrence which is said to have recently reached
its climax at the places named in this State: "A
few years ago, there resided at tbe Mission
Sin Jose, in Alameda county, two young ladies,
between whom, although not of kin, a strong
friendship existed. Tuey were married at the
same time and by the same service. Tbey took
up their residences, one st Ha 1 ward and the
other at Alvarado In the course of time
they gave binh to children on the same day,
the birth of one child preceeding that of the
other by two hours. Three weeks later both
children died on the same dav. tbe eldest dvine
just two hours before tbe other. Three weeks
after tbe death of the children both mothers
died on the same day."
Harmony in th,e Marbied State. Siys
the illustrious Thomas Jefferson: Harmony iu
the married state is the first thing to be aimed
ut. Nothing can dreserve affection uninter
rupted but a firm resolution never to differ in
will, and a determination of each to render the
love of the other of more value than any earthly
object whatever on which a wish can be fixed.
How lipht, in fact, is the saotiUce of any other
wish when weighed against the afieotions of one
with whom we are to pass onr whole life?
Opposition in a single instance will hardly of
itself produce alienation; that only takes place
when all the little oppositions are but, as it
were, in a pouobi. which, while it is filling the
alienation is insensibly going on and when full
it is complete. It would puzzle either to say
why, because no one difference of opinion had
been marked enough to produce a serious ef
fect by itself. The affections are wearied out
by the constant stream of little obstacles.
The Hindoo holy book forbids a woman to
see dancing, hear music, wear jewels, blacken
her eyebrows, eat dainty food, sit at a window,
or view herself in a mirror during the absence
of ber husband, and allows him to divorce her
if she has no eons, injures his property, scolds
him, quarrels with another woman, or pre
sumes to eat netore ho lias nmsned his meal.
A Geologist says that he never heard of
secondary formations witbont pleasure the
ladies being the secondary formations, for they
were ioriuea alter man.
Experiments with voune arasshoDners at
Jackscn, Maine, have shown that tbey may be
irozeu ana inawea several times without impar
ing their power to return to life.
Amono the privileges allowed the ladies this
year is that of giving up her car-seat to a gen
tleman, but we don't bolieve she will do it.
Machine vs. Hand Labor.
One great Advantage which American manu
facturers possess over the English is the greater
aud more diversified use of machinery in this
country. A large amount of shop work that is
done by machinery here is still done by band
work in England, and our maobinery is thus
more than a match for tbe cheap hand labor of
England. The London Times long since called
the attention of English manufacturers to this
fact, and warned them of tbe evil consequences
that would follow the persistent efforts of the
workmen of that country to keep machinery out
of the shops and mines. In speaking of the
watch malting industry, in particular, that
journal said: "It we would hold our own in
Europe we must follow the example of the
Americans, who have so successfully used ma
chinery in the manufacture of watobes."
To-day the American cotton and hardware
manufacturers are underbidding the English in
the cities of Manchester and Sheffield. The
local trade of the United States with ShefH -Id
for the first quarter of 1873 was over two and a
quarter million of dollars; for the quarter end
log Maroh 31st of tbe present year that busi
ness footed up only a tiifle over the half of one
million, and the telegraph of Tuesday last in
formed us of the rumor that a large Sheffield
house is about to remove ils works to the United
States.
NiwPBOFEBTTDrGLYCiBiNE. B.Godeffroy,
on examining a chemically pme glycerine from
the Apollo japan works, in Vienna, found that
when heated to 150 deg. it took fire, and burned
with a steady, blue, non-luminous flame, with
out diffusing any odor or leaving a residue.
Tbe glycerine had the specifio gravity of
1.2609. This property enables glycerine of
lower specifio gravity to be burned by means of
a lamp wick.
An Antwerp chemist has lately discovered
that the vapor of chloroform will not only
extinguish the flames of petroleum vapor very
speedily, but will even destroy its explosive
and combustible proportions, if mixed with it.
This discovery may prove capable of practical
application in the prevention of Area.
A Fbincb chemist has taken out a patent for
making ink for printing, lithographing, eto.,
from the heavy oils and residuumsof petro
leum. He claims that ink made from these oils
possesses great advantage over other kinds.
YodfsQ Folks' CoLiJpt,.
Excess in Novel Reading.
(From the Paciflo Rural Press.
A Davlsvllle school girl sends us the following with
a note in which she says: "Excuse me for the Ubery I
am taking in sending you this piece. I am going to
schoal, and this is an essay I read there."
In this day ot cheap literature, excess in
novel reading is the bane of our lives. Ficti
tious writing has been read ever since literature
of any kind first received attention; but it has
multiplied to such a great extent1 that it has
been said that the works of fiction now printed
exceed any other class of writing, if it is not
equal to all the other classes combined. While
I do not object to the reading of novels when
interspersed with works of a different nature,
I do emphatically objeot to the way in which
many read them, that is to the exclusion of all
other works.
There are a great many first-class novels
which are useful in inculcating historical and
religious truths. These are very interesting,
and it would be well for us if we were to limit
our "light reading," as it is called, to this
class. I am, however, sorry to say the msjor
ity of us spend a great portion of our leisure
moments in following some wonderful hero or
heroine through great, hair-breadth escapes,
such as tho characters found within yellow
backed novels are fond of setting into. The
f heroes are all brave and noble, tho heroines all
queenly and beautiful, but it seldom ocurs
that we find the readers of these uncommon
creatures inspired by their daring deeds 1 1 d j
anything very extraordinary. They never find
it easy to be as noble as tbey like their heroes
to be. Bat even allowing that a few may ba
baneflted by their perusal, the evil novel lead
ing has wrought over the re-t will more than
counter btlance all the good it will ever accom
plish. We all know the evil influence such writings
have over the happiness of our daily lives, and
how hard it sometimes is, after reading the last
leaf, to return and find things around us not
all that "fanoy painted." I say return, be-cau-e
tbe best of us if interested enough to
read a book through will find, that though we
are not literally carried away, yet our thoughts
go with the heroes as far as possible, and it is
sometimes not uutil tbe words in the good old
fairy tales, "and they all lived happy for ever
and ever" meet our eyes, that we thoroughly
realize there never were suoh beings in exist
ence. If this evil were all, it would not be so
great, but histories, and all other works of a
higher nature, seem dry and tiresome unless
clothed with the glowing descriptions of
romance. It is said by physicians that indis
criminate and excessive novel reading is detri
mental to the mental faculties, as it keeps the
mind in a constant state of excitement, and
hence impairs the memory. J. W.
Work for It.
Boys want to be rich, great, or good, with
out working. They think that learned, wealthy,
and influential men are very fortunate, that
they have easily slipped into their respective
spheres. Tbey scarcely ever think that by
bard work and dint of perseverance most of
these men have risen to their present positions.
Idlers never rise in the world. God does not
reward laziness by " riches and honor." God
did not make man to ba useless andhllro at
ease and reap without sowing. When farmers
can sow and reap on the same day, and trees
blossom and yield fruit on tbe same day, and
not until then, cm boys hope to become men
of marked influence and acquisition without
working for it.
A splendid carriage rolls along the street.
Boys look at it and say to themselves, " He's a
fortunate man; what an easy time he has!
Some day we may have a windfall and not be
obliged to work for a living."
They Bcarcely dream that the occupant of
that costly vehicle was probably once a poor
boy, who worked hard many years, winning
the confidence of all around him by his indus
try, integrity and noble bearing. Had he been
as idle and loose as many boys are, he would
not have owned the carriage nor have been a
millionaire. Many years of earnest toil, strug
gling to overcome obstacles, practicing the
most rigid economy, and bravely holding out
against great discouragments is the secret of
his success.
Daniel Webster could make a great speech.
Boys heard him, and said, " What a gift! How
fortunate he is to possess such talents!" The
thought hardly entered their heads that hard
work enabled him to do it. The first time he
undertook to declaim in a Bohool room he broke
down. But perse rvering industry overcame
all obstacles. By hard study year after year,
and equally diligent practice, he became the
distinguished orator. Take away a quarter of
a century from his life, in which he carefully
qualified himself for his profession, having no
idle hours, and no " bed of down, "and the
world would not have known Daniel Webster.
Boys should not forget this. He oiuld make
a great speech because he worked for it.
Boys, it is a good rnle that nothing valuable
in this world oan be had without working for
it. And the time to begin work is now. Ex.
The Canadian Government have announced
their policy respecting the Paciflo railroad,
which is to ignore the 10 years limit and build
it as rapidly as the circumstances will permit.
The line has been located from the Lake of tbe
Woods across Bed river, via Fort Petty and Ed
monton, through tbe Jasper House pass to Fort
George, in British Columbia. The difficulty is
to decide out the route from Fort George to the
Pacifie Coast, 300 miles. Tbe Fraser river
route has been abandoned as impracticable, so
either the Butle inlet, 150 miles, or more likely
Dean channel, 250 miles north of Victoria, on
tbe Paciflo Coast, will be adopted as tbe west
ern end. At the eastern end it is notat all proba
ble that any attempt will be made to construot
the seotion from Lake Nepigon, north of Lake
Superior aud Lake Huron, to Nipissing for
many years, so it may be looked on as practi
cally abandoned, unless there be a change of
government at the next general election in two
years from now.
A Marl Deposit in Kentucky Kentooky
discovery of a vast bed of marl, which, it is
said, underlies an area ol some twelve thou-
sauu square miles, mainly that part of the
State where it appears to be most needed, the
tobaoco-OTOwino' eonnliAa Twalv. tn...aAj
square miles is nearly one-third the area of
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