May, 1875.
140
THE WEST SHORE.
THE MAY-FLOWERS.
On a ninny hillside grew a little colony nf
May-flowers. Thny had slept quietly through
the long winter, tucked up, snug and warm, in
their oovonng of allow; ami now Out Wight nun
looked down on them, and the wind stirred
tham, and the birds called to them, ami they
raised their utiony, hardy leaves, ami liit.d up
their stems nl amall buds, ami rejoiced that
spring waa near. A little girl ramo out among
them. She aaid to herself : "1 am going away
to-morrow. I can't slay to ane the dear May
ftnwara oien, so I will lake aoine of them with
ma, and keep them in water, and they will
remind me id thin lieaiitifiil plaoo, and crliap
thary will liloaaom."
"tin," aaid the May flowers, "pleaan don't
take ua I"
Itut the triad hlew ao that Mary, thu little
(irl, did not hear them, ami the pulled item
after ti mi, till aha hail aa many aa aim could
hold in her amall hamU. Then ahe looked
around her at the blue ky, and the branches
of the treee against it, and the and, dead leaven
Hying in the wind, and the patches of white
aiiow in the hollows; ami away in the diatancu
the light -hollar and tin l,luc water.
Nha aaid good. by to it all, for alio waa afraid
ahe might not aw it again Meal and the little
May llowera aaid good by U it, Umi.
The next day Mary tied the May-flowers
together, and wound a piece of wet paer
arouuu their atema, ami tin y alartoil on their
journey.
The eara were crowded and hot, and Mary
held the llowera very light lor fear of loaniu
them, and the tall lienple reeled their elbows
on them, and the stout ouea puihixl agaiuat
them, and they thought they would die.
Hut MM lliepaer waa taken oil, ami the
tnng wi nllm, and they weie put into a vaae
of water.
The liule May llowera ilriiwd for a tune, and
could not hold up their heads
Mary aal them 111 the open w mdnw, and a gny
bird m a .age aang to them, luil they mourned
for their pleaaant home, and they did not like
to aUnd w ith Iheir feet ill w ater, and they aaid
" I el ua give up in deaiair "
Then the bird aang, "direr up ' cheer up!
I hirrup ! clnlrup!"
Tbay did not luUn tohim at lint, hut I.) and
by tbay aaid to him 1
" Why do you aay that M u I 1 1,, you know
We have beau Uken from our liome and our
fnnoU on the hlllaidr, W heir the ami ahollr,
tad the hirda aang all around ua ! How can we
lira and U hsppy here, and wilhoui feel in the
water, tnu P
Hut the bird aaid "fhcer up ' The lun k)
shining on ).m. and I am aiuging to you aa well
M 1 oan. and how much Utter 11 will U loi you
to Idoaaom anil be beautiful, and make some
una happy, than to do nothing IkiI witlier and
be thrown away. IV. you think I like to lie
hare, abut u. 111 the cage, when 1 have winga to
fly ? No ! If Ihia cage door ahould l led open,
yon would aee ma fly up to Dial chimney in a
aoaM."
"Could fWtf aaid Uie flowers.
" Yea. indeed." aaid Uie I. ml.
" Would yon r aaid the llowera
' Yea,'' aud the bird, "and than into that
tree, and then away to the wooli somewhere
Hul while 1 an. here, I think I may aa well nun
nn,lbaiMjr."
' I'erhaiw bo ia right,' thought the dowers
ao they lifted thwr heads and looked up
Mary gave them freah water every day. ami
Meed them dearly, and talked to them of the
beautiful hdlaide; and the cheerful tarda aang
to Uaesn, and at laat the little buds began S
grow and make Uie boat of it
OtM bright morning, juat two woaka after
they were gathered, the largest IhuI opened it
pelnle. u.1 blun'mil into. fall grown Mar
nowor !
It w aa kit, with a lorely tinge of pink, Mad
oh. to fragrant ' Man ol snoot cried with de
light, and aha kieeed the dear flower, and oar-
no. 1 it to every one in the house to be admired.
The bird stood on tin-toe on his highest perch
and jUppad his wings, and sang his best song.
" Was f right: aaiil lie. "Ana 1 give you
1 .,!.; "
"Yes," said tho flowers, "you wore right.
To blossom and bo beautiful, and make tome
one happy, is better than to givo up in despair
and do nothing. -SI. Niclmla.
Tiik Way to Makk a Taii.i.iwh Kitk. The
aliaHi of the kid' is what the boy" call diamond.
Tliecrosabar, which in a tail kite of the diamond
pattern is straight, should lie made of hickory
and bowed by connecting tho ends with ft taut
string. It should then lie placed at right angles
with the perpendicular stick mid fastened secure
ly, the licndof the bow being backward from the
intersection of the sticks. Kan a string aTQUrid
over the end of each stick and cover the frame
with light tissue paper. For a four foot kite
the perpendicular stick shuiild extend three feet
hcluw the 1 t of intersection with the buw,
aud one foot abovo it. The bow should lie 0110
and one. half feet long on each side of the point
of intersection with the perpendicular stick.
The belly cord should lie united ftt the point of
intersection, and ut the same tunc distance down
the perieudlciilar stick na the anus of tho bow
extend on each sidu of tho tHiriiemlicular stick.
The band is attached at only two points, the
I'omt of intersection and at a point lielow, in
the four foot kite mentioned, one and ono-half
feet lielow the point of intersection. Tie those
tw o strings together and attach the captive cord,
balancing it so that the captive cord shall be
exactly omioaite the point of intersection, or at
right angles with the porxudicular stick frame,
i'lio face of the kite is then convex, and the
liack, of eourae, concave. If at tint you don't
succeed, try again. It is fun for all sorts of
leiya. This form of kitu ia sometimes very to.
centric.
BUM "The music of birds," Mono hath
well observed, "waa the tirst song of thanks
giving which waa ollered on earth ln-fore man
waa formed. All their sounds are different, hut
all harmonious, and all together enmpoao a choir
that we cannot imitate.'' If theao little choris
ters of the air, when refreshed by tho streams
m ar which they dwell, express their gratitude
ny cnaiiiing 111 tlieir way tho praises of thoir
Maker ami I
NO EVIL IN THE STARS.
We alluded not long since to the fears enter-
tained by some of great disasters likoly to at
tend the perihelion passage of the four great
plaueta about to occur, these fears we at
tempted to ahow were not only groundless, but
absurd, the failure of many similar predictions
having been cited in support of this view of the
matter. On the subject of these threatened ills
C. C. Blake, a well-known American Mtronomar,
publishes a long article in an Illinois paper, in
which lie demonstrates the influence of these
planets upon our earth to be so infinitely small
that we need apprehend no malefic effects there
from. He even shows the very data upon which
these alarming predictions are based to be grossly
and strangely inaccurate.
In tho first place, astronomers, in computing
the perihelion of Neptune, differ m much as
seven years as to the time when that event will
occur. In regard to the perihelion of Uranus,
these authorities are not agreed whether it will
take place in 1881 or 1882. Saturn will not be
in conjunction with the aun until the latter part
of 1885, w hen the era of those dire calamities
will be past and over. Jupiter, the largest
planet in our system, being 1,387 times as large
as the earth, will pass its perihelion point is
September, 1880. These great orbs in this
matter nf coincidence will, in fact, not sot at
all conjoiutly. Even if they were to do mm
great harm would follow. The perihelion of
Itipiter, Saturn and Uranus all occurred in
1797, and yet that year was not distinguished
for famine, tempeata, plagues, or other gnat
ilisasler. I lie perihelia of Jupiter and aatnni
wore again in coincidence in 1880, another year
exempt from baleful influences and bloody
events. If all the planets in the solar system
w ei e to paaa their perihelion at one time and all
in the aame heliocentric longitude, such s cos
junction would have no appreciable effect npa
the climate or inhabitants of our globe. DouM
less icranns who have been giving way to fears
aliout those planetary movements, may safely
ilismiss the same. Mining anil atunlife
er, Imwoiiuht Christians ti
blush, who. besides the comforts and con
rajf 1. neos of this world, are indulged with co
inoiis draughta of the water of eternal life, if,
for ao many great blessings, they pay not their
tribute of thanksgiving, ami aing not unto the
l.nrd the aongs of ion ! "He that at midnight,
when the very laborer sleria securely, should
hear, aa I have often done, the clear airs, the
sweet deacanla, the natural naing and falling,
the doubling and redoubling of the nightingale a
voice, might well lie lifted above earth, and say,
lord, what music hast thou provided for the
aaints in heaven, when thou atlordest had meu
such music upon earth !" -fMnji llonu.
T111.S111.y11r Aniiln i.Ti na, Says a writer
111 the ( mllmitor: A lady once came to aee me
about her son entering the Agricultural College
at Amherst She thought it waa a long time to
give four years to learn to tie a farmer. I told
bar that if ha gave twmty timea four of cIom
application he would find he had yet much to
learn, and could he Iwonealh all the know bilge
obtained by Ml years hard labor and study to
some one mat . ..n . ,. ...... iS, 1 la
... .... ..uuj or ajjn.
culture, and he, taking that and adding thoTeto
IW ywais man of careful investigation, the
Utter iiertv would find regions of that realm still
unriplored. Agriculture ia a aubject vaat aa
nniv.re, lU,f. rmbraeea the very lichens
which cling loth, granite rock; it includes in
ita MtW gaa, ,rf tb ,,wt. th) who()
animaled ,M Is iU subject for invMtigatmn ;
the fow a o! tha !.. A A '
all wait... " . 1 . I'U" "
A HlNllfl.AH AND VALDABLK CtlHIOMTY. A
specimen of the handiwork of the sucisnt
Spanish minora inhabiting this Territory was
brought to town from the ferritins mines, a day
or tw o since, and ia now on exhibition at the
ollice of (ten. Atkinson. It is a casting from
what seems to be pure silver, and is, taking a
front view, in the ahape of a crown. Al Ifcs
base it ia '1 inchn thick, at the top 2 inches,
ami at the aidM IJ inches. Its greatest widtk
is II) iuches, and from the top to the bottoa
inchoa. Its weight is 0 pounds and 14 ounces.
If pure silver, its intrinsic value ia about USA,
but there is supposed to be some gold in it,
which, of curse, would add to its vidua. This
remarkable ingot w as discovered under s boul
der, about half a mile to the southeast of MS
celebrated TurtjuiM mine, in the midst of Ut
new discoveries. It must have lain there at
the leMt since 1680, as no working in then
minM was done by the Spaniards after the sp
raiaing of the Indians during that year.
well known that royalties were required of M
miners by the old kings of Spain, and this asjr
have been cast to be um-d in payment of hisa
maud ; but on account of ita peculiar form U
more likely that it was intended as s rV?
the king. hatever may be I
of the queation, it certainly ia
inu-restinal curioaitiea ever found i
of . on 11 try. .Simla V aYrw Merttan,
tended M a Pee"
bo the true solMsM
y is one of the SMP
(onnd in this rapsa
" VotJ don't look well, aunt ; let me get
that bottle of old port the squire ""'.JfL,
" Io 'ee, my love, and ba careful to g1
MWwl I -1.-1. - A- -II . - untlBlSSSll
H' "l.l Niun VO BUr DD BUI 1 "
then I'll be enrtin sure to mt the real flarcv