THE AVE ST SHORE.
85
February.
CHANCE FOR MIDNIGHT BATTLES.
"The troops retreated under cover of the
darkness" is a sentence which bidB fair to go
out of use in the history of future battles.
The electric light promises to make fighting at
night as practical as lighting by day as though
there could not enough bloodshed be enacted
while the sun is above the horizon. A number
nf intWMtUtfl experiments have been recently
carried out at Metz by a committee of enaineers
and other officers appointed to investigate the
practicability ot employing electnc light during
siege operations, ami to suggest any modifica
tions which it may seem expedient to introduce
in the apparatus at present in use. According
to the PaU Mall Gazette, on the nicht of Octo-
W20th. Forts Frederick, Charles and Alvens- miracle in his dav,
ltjben were illuminated by throwing the electric Perhaps, though, yon may not think
hunt upon tnem, wnen it was lounu mat at a .vniuiemii alter an.
ROBIN HOOD'S MIRACLE.
Fair, fair was the forest of Sherwood in the
lays of Robin Hood; lone were the summers
that garmented the the forests with green, and
nnght were the autumns that browned the
thickets and coverts from which the merry
hunters, clad in Lincoln -green, started the
deer. The Bilvcr horns of Robin Hood's merry
men divided in the morning, and their notes
were lost in the ereat deep forests, but they
blended again at evening, echoing at lirst from
atar ana then drawing near.
Then merry were the tales of the hunters,
as the red moon rose in the dusky shadows,
and poured her light over the forests like a
silver sea.
Robin Hood performed a most wouderful
DEATH OF FLORA TEMl'LE.
The PraJrfa Farmer, says: At the advanced
age for an equine of 33 years, Flora Temple,
acknowledged one of the grandest mares that
ever stepped upon the turf, died last Friday,
at Chestnut Hill stock farm, near Philadelphia.
She had not figured in trotting circles to any
extent since lStil, when she was retired, but
... that (imp fnim IWtfi. she was tlu' ac
knowledged queen of the turf. For great aud
unit., mi mux..! mid finHiraiK'e. aim uuik
tinued success, retaining her wonderful powers
until a ripe old age she was over i, wneu
withdrawn she has never had an equal on the
American turf, except the lately retired queen.
Goldsmith Maid. When four years old, Mora
Temple was such an unmanageable and vicious
i;.ii.. i,-.,t.. Tk,it lwr owner was clad to rid him
self of her for the magnificent sum of i& The
listanco of from two to three kilometers, not We will tell it to you as a very old ballad i man who bought her ID turn disposed 01 mr
only buildings but also individual men could be told it to us. for and was extremely glad to miiBo tiie
T-i.. i .. nn .1.,, ;.,, f ,v n-k f ia ,i... iv: u; U . i .1 i .. ,1. f,...lim. thnt he bad rid himself of A tuid
the exercising gnnmd outside the Chambier in the disguise of a Friar. Ho put on hood, disposed of her, and she finally, in ISoO, turned
iatc. and the light directed upon a row of tar- gown, crucifix and beads, and walked off 1 up in New York city, the property of a
yets. Fire was then opened against these latter slowly, looking very demure and woe-ltegone. I butcher, when a Mr. lelee. ot mucin
? i r -in r i TP I.I u.. i..i ..... .. t ...k.... i. - I...ti. i M V MMionlaitu that there was sum
by WJZ"U I PV" ' ! Vf c '' " ... ' ..;. Ill VMlt " rAi her for I17&
.;n, ,Un lrn tw .Uw Manlt slnno. knot her a coupW of weeks, speeded her a UtUe
. r . :j .1 Tl 1 a.:f t it ..J... j ..' 1.. nil.,-, nitw .i
CHARLES LAM 1 ON THE CAUSE OF
Charles Umb was not a sot. A very little
liquor sufficed to upset the equilibrium of his
He
which was considered exceedingly satisfactory, as
B thick mist prevailed at the time, and materi
ally interfered with the action of the light Al
together the committee concluded that the elec
tric light may in future be employed with ad
vantage not only in siege operations, but also
during outpost duty and engagements at night.
t he lmdon i mm says mat w uantvnuio
light, introduced into the service as a means of
revealing the enemy's position and movements
at night, iB to be superseded by the newest de
scription of star shell. The pnrachute light,
which was invented by Colonel, now General
Boxer, when superintendent of the Royal la
boratory Department, Royal Arsenel, Wool
wich, is somewhat expensive in manufacture and
i,..,.i:.:,," k llv-n t.itv .m ,1 H.,t,l hr for S.O0. to tieorgc tv I errm.
poor friar, who has been wandering since I From that time began her triumphs. Doriu
morning, without meat or drink." her turf career of eleven vears she WOB iW
HHWuuub w.tuvue uimw ., ... "" '......l .,f tll'tlSNl
" In the name of the irgin, nam one oi tne races aim losi ij neuiug .
II ..... l U,V Uii I Ok. .... felt. Hr-t horse, to trot below '.VJO. Will
robbed, and haven't a penny to help ourselves.'' j mug at Kalamazoo, Mich., in harness, OcUiWr
bSjL i.ij l.m t.uJ ..;....! ...iu. I iu! IBM . third heat in SilSf. She still
draw him from the. horse. Robin was so 'stout leaves an unU-aten rcconl of two miles in bar-
a man that the priest could not resist, and
when he command the other priest to dis
mount, he dared not disolwy him.
"You say you have no money.' said Robin.
"Neither have I."
"You know how to pray!' laid Uobiu.
"Yes." said tbo oriests.
Then let ub all fail on our knees, we three to-
rather cumtanome m carriage, as it forms, 1 gcther, anil for money we will pray earnestly,
when closed, a large shell, expanding into a huge and' we will see what Heaven will send,
umbrella, 15 feet high, when opened, the cup of I The priests knelt down,
composition which is suspended being designed " Now pray," Baid Itobin. ......
to bum four minutes and a half. The star shell
is much smaller and more portable, and of eom
paratively trifling cost. It can be fired into the
air from "a mortar at the required angle to show
the enemy'" works, and burns with a brilliant
light for about half a minute, long enough to
take an observation and lay a gun, but not long
t,, allow mi aik-arse wind to bring the
light back over the firing point, and so turn the
advantage in lavor ot the enemy.
UVE JEWELS.
All nature is made to contribute to woman's
love of self-adornment The demands vary ac
cording to the grade of culture or the carprice
of the reigning fashion. The savage is content
with the bmm, teeth and heads of animals, the
f.,H,.rs itf hiroV and the shells of snails and
fisheB, to adorn the head, ears, noes, neck, arms
and girdle. With the women of the cultured
world nothing, perhaps, is made to contribute
so largely to gratify vanity as the richly -colored
birds. Whole birds of paradise and other
species, and the feathers of the ostrich, pOHOOX,
JT ami manv other birds, are made to
servo as ornaments for the head. But it is not
generally known that the Mexican women of
the wealthier classes use aa ornaments, on ex
traordinary occasion, live lire-flies, which in
th dark, emit a bright, phosphorescent light.
They belong to the family of leaping or spring
ing beetles, and are called uj mm nwny
(ueujo. In order to catch these bugs, the Indi
ans fasten a live coal to a stick, and move it to
ftud fro in the dark. The cucujo thinks this
bright point a rival, and, in his anger, darts to
ward it, and finds the grave of his liberty in
the hand of the Indian. The Indians find a
ready 8ftlo for them in the larger cities, where
they arc bought by the wealthy ladies at about
i -. nt.i dozen. Thev are kept in
elegant little cages, and fed on slices or soger
cane, and bathed twice a day, either by he
, .i I , thpir mauls. Ill the
evening they .re nnt into little cks, .h.ped
like roues, nil attichel to Hie iviie. m.
LMUDll H...I i - : 1 . . ,i,
ll .1 tl:,,. nl IB. lilirt'i lll.mii.nw
QHH
lb!
,. i,, i, .iiTtti'iiTHi'H strum
riaul by. AffUM't Journal
DkoUWJ hv the C7JW.-Tlie emperor him
.Ti . ..i. immi.in .if nnlit.rv lionor. He
sell IS Hie "oiu iMiaiiiii - . - ... .. .
They praye.1 very tlolefully. At last they
I
neas. niatle over tne MU wnf ';
JOJ. In 1SIH sho was nU to Mr. elch,
who ond hr at her death, tor JS.OtHt
Sineo her rctiravy she has IOUM W times,
two tillies anil one eoll.
THK PYRAMIDS,
ti. MMmM. ah snmKTiBfl of which we pro-
.,, I .,nr r,li rs. are thoU so well known to
-ii p. 1 1 .,, immW the nvraniiils nf t'irel
rvlM th. VU. The lamest of these
was built to Olum ami the other OM hy
doUQOAo nerves. et he was sufficiently ad
dicted to drink to have experienced the sensa
tions, both physical and mental, which result
from the practice, Kead the following from his
"Confessions of a lruukard:"
I have seen a print after t'orreggio, in which
three female figures are ministering to a man
who sits fast boDJu) at the root of a tree.
Sensuality is soothing him, Kvil habit is nailing
him to a branch, and Kepnnauee, At the same
instant of time, is applying snake to his side.
Iu Ins face is leelile delignt, tne reeoiieciion oi
ivaat rather thau DtMODUMI of present pleasures,
languid enjoyment ofovil, with utter imbecility
to good, ft svoariiic eiieinimu;, nuoiuiwiou w
bondaKC, the springs of the will gone down liko
a broken clock, the siu and the suffering coin
stAiitaueous, or the latter forerunning the
former, remorse preceding action; all this Pre
sented in one point of time. When I saw this,
1 admired the wonderful skill of the painter,
but when 1 went sway 1 wept, beuauee I
thoiitflit of my own condition.
1 Of that there is no hope that it should ever
ham... Th water have none over me. Hut
out of the black depths, could 1 be heard, I
would cry out to all those WOO nave nut sat
loot in the perilous noon, v own i iwtm vw
whom the Ilavor of his first wine is delicious as
tho opening scenes of life, or the entering upon
some newlv diseovervd paradise, look into my
desolation," and be made to understand what a
dreary thing it is when a man shall feel him.
sell going down a precipice with open eyes and
. iv.. will - to see his destruction and have
no power to snip n, ami ji .v
way emanating from himself; to perceive all
Huliiess emptied olil oi mm, nim jei uov v i
able to forget ft time when it was otherwise, to
bear ebon! tho piteous spectacle of his own self-
rnin. UOttlfl he see my levered eye, lovensn
with hist night's drinking, and feverishly look
ing for this night's repetition of the folly ; could
he feel the body of tho death, out of which I cry
hourly with techier and iceiuer ouiery w
deli-Vered it were enough to make MM dash
the sparkling leverage to the earth in an me
pride of iU niftiitling teniptntion; to make him
latqt ins teelli,
Ho utter mt uuiai
TO OURE A BAD BOY.
rt Tii war
mm
THK 1'YllAMlHS 01 OHBOFI
Then
lolcful
ilieht these little buss emit suriiasses m or...
,cy the rellcction of tho purest . diamonds.
! daily bath they receive is absolutely nec
essary, as without 11 mey won... ......
I ,.l I .:.. .r,,a MMk it IS Said, to
watches all personally, and hi. ,r,o,,.l lrinj,
tahUH the rew"d in every cue A
i f praise to It'jaWMBt as the highly
heart of the rr (JJT r,. hundred ollioers
enhani
word,
sion
t . ...artol tne r . .f
cheriahed rcw' kfM,' and dine daily at his
1,1 ""ithc youngest to the oldest ever)
table. , "TL kJ rCfon the meal, in the
''iSed circle a the t ar apisiar. it tl een
mlileil circle, , ,.U1 Wnn(1 Ub
"' 1r, ST o:
Sor.Uher,e.on,S
found another
t'yphrenes. It is asserted by an ancient writer,
i.-. it IM MM ibm OA vearsto lllld ut
the pyramid of Cheopi, and eonsideriiig thu
n..wM., ..f material .limh.Ved 111 its CohHtrilctlnll,
which dOM not fall uiucii snort n vw,w
bie vards. it will not UpaV eeinusnwi w
any of our reiulers. The pyramid of I MOW is
the highett WOUBBHS w "J
the globe, it beina 4 HO feet high. hen wo
reel ect that at the time " "". T ,
2,000 B. c, stoam power VfcSfTZSEl
were totally jSZ
irBk ainaymcnt ami almiratton for the
skill aud )erseverauc of the architects who
eould raise, by human labor, bbniks of stone so
enormous, so heavy, that iiow a days it would
psnntfa itiaehinurv of an unusual lHiwer to move
tlieiu. These huge blocks riseelsive each other
in the form of steps, whieh enable the traveler,
who is fund of exercise, to reach the toll and so
obtain an extended view of the ncighls-ring
couutry.
began to weep and wring their hands.
Robin began to dance.
The priests' prayers became more
than over. But Hobin said:
"Pray! Pray!"
They prayed a very long time.
"Now put your hands into your pockets,
and see if you have received an answered to
your prayers
ino nrst jinesi iws ... " T?
rolled up his eyes very solemnly and sold:
"Nothing."
" Ut me feel," said Robin.
n.. nrit. hm lmike.1 more troubled than ever
Bt& searchoil the m:keta of one, ad drew
forth a purse heavy with gold. Al lMu
"11 , ..tail answer BP i""J'V i
and he scarcho.) " """" "
purse. priesU were struck dumb what
SrSMr say! 11 they hail siaikcn truly at
first, here iniiecu was a minsns.1 mv
Ud says that they "sighed wondrous heavy.
"You have prayed well," said Hobin, on
I 1. ..Li.,,, k.i, d.ie.te.1 looks.
" Hire are live hundred pounds. Now we will I How II Kit Havri HrullJtv J"K. Mrs.
jlIJ. :. I ll-v,.. i-anturi'd Mr. A. Itl.ldle, the novelist.
Aud divide it he did. Me gave cacn pneai lawyer OS 11 asiiiugKin, uj e.cu.uiK urn
I'.ftv ismnds for waving so well, and kept the I uno at the White House, one sweltering hot
r 1. . nr.. . ; .n.i ....,, .i... . In . ,,. , . . . t . i.n,l
nimswi urn no. paw. o." Dvi"' nag .iii....i 'i . 'r tt
BOW
Klisha M. t'ari'iitor. who has (or more than
'XI years been SiilH'rinten.lent of Stat, reform
atory institutions (or boys ill Now York, give,
tho wliprWin! tho result of his wide H
ricnoo in curing lud hoys. Wo ipiote a lew
paragraphs:
1 luring all these years o( experience in a re
formatory tho one thought ippOTMM U his
mind has btWl "How is a liad bof cured of Ilia
liad habits ! how is a lev! child changed into a
good child V and ho bus Inado coi ri sponilllig
etlort III mat oireciuni. iiiwi
montlis of observation aud ospcrionee, It lio-
HUH evident that tile mm DWOIUIHri 01 a re
loriiintory would not grind a disoU-dielit, ills
honest boy into an oliedlent, honest liny; that a
system ol "ilea and regulations, of school in
struetioli and lalmr, rigidly enforced, would
not, in and ol itself, change bail buys, rn MUMi
i i ........ i bara. nssaiis V1 ' n-
fto Hail i..y is reioiineu
nnl edort on his own pirll and this etlort lie
ill not iiiuke until he sees, lirst, that reform is
desirable, and second, that it is sihlo.
Heine, the lirst stop is Insecure Ills coiiiiiieneo.
If be has your sympathy, and you really desire
that he should lieeome a better boy and lieliovo
it possible, ho will Did it out ill due liinei and
then he w ill lieliovo you mid trust in you. I lion
you can inllueiico bin. and bring to lioar ukiu
Mo) those ideas which will work a change in
hia enure, nf Ihuiightaiid feeling, and ultimately
n bis outward hie. 1 lieu can i' iiniiigin wi
very much pleased with II. "inn s ilivis SOU I aiippaffa, sMBnai aim msw w mw. inn ...
nci-l ,,, i,,, . ... 1 1 niiv l,M,kini7 more ' ,n...t ei.iuf. triable wav M dressing was the Innat
h, hall a ..teen; ;w d blk -v, b. .(! tU ... ,. . pror. A pretty little stnry is ala.itol.1 ot linw
nbano w mm l";o-' mit InsUntiy bbsi "JUmM siak the truth, sam lumiu hi bsm i mi minranes in "sw"'
worn attaenWiwu" ""'ThetVJir'svohe calls twtl ,iru!8ts, as they departed; and we have a coetod a huge juke an.l sen. a gawy co iniry
pectatioh is atits ,P 'i.., IKini fur the envied I j, f,f lusi)ii'ii.n that if they ha.1 sp-.ken the la.1, me Jim Saunders, up to t -donel Hayes
the chosen nami. all WMg A 1Jine,ii K. tryl tt,Km't thoir micy t,, the Iwld outlay, as ' tent to see "the woman wlusw busiiiess it was
man to lss. ," K :rt the unS'rial g.K. ilTWu .night, tlo- miracle wnuhi not have t-i mt ml the s-ihliers eiuines. Jirs. iiajis nwi
. .nie. "7' -" ...... 1 1Iiaife U-en, .rreat. . . UufUm-orth, in Janwtry , just arnve.1 sis OSMp at the time. IM WM MS
Hf mini i' hU t wi iii m in i f " ' "'-
- . missiim, eecutol the njirs, and ffM the BMOI
l ' Bl Hi.koI'H.biv. It is confidently hearts while uucousciuusly ..iliiig their jt.ae.
eteted tu. drug has at last len found ! &m York )Ml-
eurarc) Aih U a spt-cific in cases ol hydro
ceives n
hi
man
.olden.
.ives m . ,.,.. atan s BaCM
and, aieV 5 'P'!,C" 'of ill to
lor bie, U " h , l
I it'll " ti" " . , . l:.
,th cheeks boa his
overcome iq
emWngandk.iglth
t"'U .V ,r,l'i.tinct. V,t they went about
lllis - (wr nnsMMMB, WCei.HK.
-s--
,(0, rimes.
what U it that 'yjtcs you so
"OUMUtfi ..thertoS ii,tle toy.
sweetV ttid a o".. XMm. . ,lM,w,e
she preei ro Jlo,t He puttie thuger
u said Charley-
Dm r K. OTUW Mr
iihnl.ia, an-tt in une case, at least, the use of at tlie recent meeting ol the Herman Assoc!,
it to live , ient from certain death. ! tion of Naturalists at Munich, thus nob "I thi
llydrophobin, , diseaM not well undereue.l, duty of sclenlllio investigabirs: atural M
1 ..... .. .Il..r . . I.. .' .OS .111 l" 1."'. 1". ...n. .....
ii, weeks' incutotion. I need never busy itlf alsiul the immeluU
oblongata, and pn.lue. praelioal .puliclinu f wliat ha. U-eu l.aiuil,
in anal.ous to that pni- lecus. for llieni ah.ue it de.rve. the sympathy
in wuicu te animal psMBl apier.. .iw. :
iienisl oi i"""Mirce t
lo affect the Mull.
duced by .trycte on the nerve centers of of the entire cmliaed world and the meane
the spinal cori i nary lor lU culture aud development.
laiar upon him the fimdamontlj truths ol the
Btblt, wniw ww 7' -i
and periliaueiit change tho only true and wr-
IIUII 10 hi mm mi .
A merely outward change of comluct, what
ever the course pursued and motive presented
to it, is but for a time and will mid iu
disappointment. A change of thought and
purpose, based on Christian principle, is tho
only true reformation. Children hardened iu
habits of untruthfulness and dishonesty often
struggle for months and sometimes ovuli for
years, after conversion, More they gain
strength to ovurcomo every temptation and
finally settle dovn into a iHirmaiieut, upright,
Christian life.
To iM'KKAsr BaUOTV. There is a divine
contagion in all Irvautuoiis things. We alter
nately color objects with (ur fancies and aftec
tionsor recoivu from them a kindred hue, This
principle prevadus all nature, physical and
moral. It those who would trace an usprea-
sion of serenity slid tenderness on a human
faeu, waUh a person of sensibility as M gazes
BpOa s painting by Claule or Kaphael. In uou-
tt iiiplatnig a ino' puiiurr, we uriiia in its spin.
U 'ii our eves. If a lovely woman would in
crease her charms, let her gne long and ardent
ly on all lieaiitoous images, h i her mm in
dulgu thosi paaaioiis which deform the features,
but, cultivate, 00 the contrary, every soft af
fection. It will soon Iwcome an easy task, for
one , ."I feeluiu suggests and supNrts another.
W . liivoluiitanly adspt our aspect to our emo
tions, and long hsbits of thought and feeling
leave a iermsnent impression on the coillite
DMOt. Kvery ous lieheves thus far iu physiog
nomy, and acts more or less decidedly upm his
lielief. A tiurco iiisn often looks iriautifully
tender and screiie when either caressing or bo
mg caressml, and deceives us like an ix ean in a
ralui, which at tiuisa is "the gentlest of all
things." --,irtiry Lent'.
I.kmuh WiMin. A traveler writes. "When
iu Itomu, a fuw years ago, 1 was shown some
work 1111. out uf wimmI of the lutiiou tree that
was considered almost as good as if made from
box.''