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TlfE HopiE Circle.
A Tired Woman's Last Words.
Here Ilea an old woman who always was tired,
For the lived In a houno where help wasn't hired.
Her last words on earth were, "Dili friends, I am
going
Where sweeping ain't done, nor churning, nor sewing;
And everything there will be Jnst to rny wishes.
For where they don't eat there's no washing of dishes.
I'll be whero the loud anthems will always be ringing,
But having no voice, I'll get rid of the singing.
Don't mourn for me now, and don't mourn for me
never,
Tor I'm going to do nothing forever and ever."
What They Went For.
Tbe poet has como in for his say, and this is
the way be puts it:
The settler went to the west.
What did he go for there ?
Money to make and flails to nhake,
And with hay-secd fill his hair.
The railroad went to the West,
What did it go for there? -.
Money to mike for lis own sweet sake,
And to strip the settler bare.
Doth went out to the West,
And what they are doing there
la trying to cut each other's throats,
That both may vanish In the air.
Our Saturday Night.
Several miles out from the city, just in the
edge of a village, stands a white house with
green blinds. A pretty cottage home. Many
a time have wo opened the gate, passed into
the yard where the yonng wife had trained
Toses to climb and pinks to spread as they gave
beauty ana fragrance to a piace wnicn naa oe
come a workingman's paradise. Of a Saturday
night there was indeed no place like home. No
more happy placo than this home, at last. It
was like busking in the mellow sunshine of
God's smile to visit here and behold what love,
affection, industry aud ronfidtnee could do to
wards making llfo beautiful beyond words.
The owner of this cottage home was not rich,
but no man bad greater wealth. Ho was an
honest man. His eyes were like tbe cushions
on which angels bear infants to heaven, so soft,
gentle and full of tenderness were they. His
heart seemed more like somo beautiful thought
budding into flower than the arena wherein
struggled human passions, so well bad he con
trolled himself. He lived to concentrate his
life to make borne tbe dearest and sweetest
place on earth, and the rectitude of his life
spread sunshine all over and about the dear ones
who waited his coming. What Ood, the great
Chemist, had joined togethtr, no sllont yet
powerful inflence had put asunder, for our
friend and the pure woman from whom he drew
bo much inspiration lived in the doorway of
that bi.nutiful belief that home is heaven when
homo holds none but loving henrtB.
Day after day our friend labored at bis trade.
Like the father of JesuB, he was a carpenter.
He built houses for others aud used the regard
of his skill and labor to, boautily his home.
Thus he puts bis money to greater interest'tban
any miser yet received or Sbylock could de
mand. He studied and worked. He built
himsoK Into u,( piagnltloeut, manhood. Ho
trained his intelljyenoe, which is immortal, to
ward heaven, and frittered not himself away in
fretfulness, dissipation or fault finding with his
station or condition in life. He turned his
strength to profit his life to sucoess bis vines
to beautify his life, and. homo, Jla planted con
tontment, aud bounteous was, tho harvest of,
happiness ho'renped, for ho was dearly beloved'
by a loving wlfo and throe beautiful 'children.
His wife was loving because she conld not help
being so. Muted as writ as married, their lives
went swoetly on like wedded rivulets fringing
their way to th sea". Their children' were
beautiful. They were conceived in love and
born in the gardon of comploto confidence
While the weaver was, at work in his mysteri
oub chatnbor, there was no ttorms, noflts of
ugly pasBlon, no lowering hides, no crossing of
purposes and 'Ailing of hearts with agony to
the tangling and twihting unci warping of life
throada iu the unborn, so tho little ones who
camo into tho world were beuutiful and dearly
loved blessings. Would that we know, words
in which to convoy ideas. Oh I tbnt wo could
Bit with' all who are waiting to bo parents and
tell them how lovo beautifies, and unkindness
to her who is to be a mother, mars, Boars and
distorts tho iunocenti till they como into the
world laden with tho seeds of misery for their
after Uvea on earth. Wheu men know what
men should know, and women live as women
should live, every child born to earth will be
born to hsppluosd. Hut not of this now.
Our frieml was an honest man. He dared to
be trne to hinisolf. He dared to bo true to hiB
manhood. Ho dared to be true to tho woman
tin Iwail Viw .hi ViA tnAn an hrnVA its lin't
His homo held him by night as did his duty by
day. He lived, not to add to that insane throng
which maVos oxcitemeut for happiness, but to
aid his wlfo and bla children (o develop and
grow in that strength of heart and soul which
gives ub positions in the ranks of those who are
God's oompauioni in the Gardens of tho Golden
Eternal. ,
When tho labors of the day were over, ho
hastened to bis cottage borne, lie was wel
comed on tbe way by those whose little feet
ran to meet, whose little lips did sweetly greet
htm. He was not too proud to play with his
little ones. He was not too dignified to love
his wife. He was not ao great as to make bis
home onea unhappy in the shadow of his sel
fish ambition, ue was a worklngman, untitled
on earth, bat weaving on his heart the garter of
the kuighthood of God. He loved his children
aud they loved him, because ha was good and
hit presence waa the balmy air wafting them
on to the lasting and everlasting happiueis.
full of rest. Tbe good friend held the child
down so it could kiss the cheek of him but for
wbom she bad not been. At once she "sprang
from the arms of the good fiiend, 'nestled close
to the face of the dead, and with ber little arms
on his face, repeated in her baby voice
"Pa-pa I Baby wake pa-pa 1"
Then she bent over, printed a sweet little
kiss on one of the eyes of him who slept,
Suickly raised her head and langhed in glee,
ut papa did not waken. At once, she bent
over, kissed the other closed eye, threw back
her head and said:
"Papa, wake for baby 1"
This had been her early morning play. Oft
nnd oft had she climbed up to his face and
kis-ed his eyes till they opened to smile on
baby, as he held her to his heart and wakened
for the morning romp which flavored with love
the labor of the day. Tbe littie orphan knew
not that his Bleep was eternal. But she saw
Unit papa would not waken to her kisses, as
tbe sobs came from breaking hearts, and tears
ran like rain down cheeks unused thereto. Her
little lips were put up in grief, tbe tears of dis
appointment came to her eyes as she cuddled
down by the face of him whose life-love had
been to ber food for tbe heart and sunshine for
ber infant soul. Her sobs and tears came free
and fast. Her faith was broken. There was a
mystery she could not-fatbom Something her
young intelligence could not comprehend.
Yet, who dare say that the.angels who .went
with father to prepare a home for his loved ones
in the golden gardens had not returned, and
whispered to ber soul a knowledge hitherto un
known. Papa was dead. His spirit had gone on to
its real work. Well might that little innocent
Know that papa was dead wnen ber sweet,
warm kisses could not open his eves to see her
eager smiles, as she waited at the threshold of
slumber for his return.
The world is all too full of dead fathers and
dead mothers. Of those who have closed their
eyes to love, innocence and that affection which
marks the God-like of human nature. If men
knew tbe happiness there is in heart-warmed
houses, they would close their eyes to true love
or depart on selfish missions as do those who
die moral deaths.
The heart of the ohild was broken when she
realized that no longer could her little kiss
open the eyes of the papa she loved. The
weld is full of men and of women, children of
larger growth, whose hearts are breaking be
cause of their inability to open with tokens
from the hearts the eyes of those they have
idolized. To such mourners time brings scars
oftoner than men know of. God pity all such.
Their grief is greater and with reason, than is
those who live for each other who walk hand
in hand, as heart in heart, through life to ac
complish good and who are left only for a lime,
certain of soon meeting in the Land of the
Leal, where those who were the best, trnest,
the noblest and most devoted to homo and to
humanity in this life, will wear crowns and be
blessed with angels in that beautiful home
wherein all the eood actions and kind thoughts
here are preserved to our credit, to glory, nnd
reward there is for all who are deserving, in the
beautiful life beyond our final Saturday Night.
A Plea for Privacy at Weddings.
As the semi-annual bridal season is at hand,
it is the time to plead for a reform in weddings.
Every year this sacredest of all occasions is
turned more and more into a mere opportunity
for display and for replying to some fancied
social obligation. Instead of the and time when
a few of the closest friends gather to witness
the solemnest compact human belncs can
frame, it is chosen as the moment for bring
ing together the larger part of the family's
social circle, to Bhow the bride in her bridal
garments; to prove how many flowers and re
freshments the family can afford; aDd, with
shame be it said, to exhibit to criticism and
light comment the precious tokens that should
nave come wan tender regard lo tne maid on
the eve of her new life.
A wedaing must not be uncheerful: but it must
certainly oe solemn to all wno realize wnatltis.
On the one side, it is renouncing old ties, pro.
mising to begin with faith and hope and love, a
new and wholly untried existence. On the other,
it is the acceptance of a sacred trust, the covenant
to order life anew in such ways as shall make
the happiness of two. instead of one. Can such
an occasion be fitting for revelry? Is is not
wi-er, more delicate, to bid only the nearest of
friends to a marriage ceremony, and leave the
feasting and frolic for a subsequent time? We
are sure there are few girls who, if they re
flect on the seriousness of the step they are
about to take, will not choose ,to make .tbeir
vow within the loving limits of, their home cir
cle. All our best instincts point to the abso
lute simplicity and privacy of wedding services:
only perversion of delicacy conld contemplate
the asking of crowds of half sympathetic or
wholly curious people to attend the fulfillment
ol tne most solemn ot contracts. Jjet tbere be
as much party-making, rejoicing and pleasure
taking afterwards as hearts desire; bnt let the
solemn vows ba made in the presence only of
those nearest and dearest. Scribner's
Tbe heart-broken wife waa kneeling by the
bedside at we entered the room. The two eld
eat children were sobbing as if their hearts
were broken, The father and husband had
crossed the river and moved out of the mortal
temple in which he had dwelt for yean. He
had crossed the river by vhoee earth bank his
loved onet were kneeling in tear aa the waves
of bitterness dashed In great breaker 'over
their hearts. Ue had gone with hi patterns to
build tor those ue lovwi none, in tnat xnq
of the Leal where, there is no sorrow where
htartt are at reit and the stlngi of earthly cir
cumstances do not reach to wound the studiont
soul, -i ! ri a I "
It was a deathtbed, aoene, , The. hour, of. trial
for the living-iorgrief for ftho left1 in the
desert while the faithful guide U jourueyiug on
the oaaia and AndJng the escaping roi4 and
shady grove wbrl,wiU, oome, thoeewhoee
grief-wrapt heart are' now UfeteM In their
Jorrow. ' "I1, 'raT
A lady iriead of Ik affUeted one Utedte
room, bearing in her arm thewojear old
child of him who slept never before so quietly.
Bhe bore the babe to the bedside. The Utile
darling looked . at Ikon who wen bowed in
grief. Then UjookeAM,, Warn who, ajent, nnd
from her Up earn In inquiring tones
How a Coat used to be Made'.
Boys in these days who can go to a clothing
Store, try on a coat, and when they1 find one
that suits, pay for it and take it homo,, may be
interested to know how boys came' by tbeir
oonts in the old times. Hon. Amasa Walker
tells this story:, , f
''After I hud obtained the wool for my coat,
and oarried it a long distance to 'ba carded, X
found the parties overwhelmed (with business!
Everybody desired their wool carded as well as
I, and I was obligod to wait tbe natural .course
of events, which meant two weeks. I" return
ed home, and when the two weeks bad elapsed,
again presented myself at tbe mill, and inquir
ed for the wool. It would bo done in less than
another week. It was done when I next visited
them nnd I took my possession homo. My
mother was quite delighted on, my urrlyal, and
at once set to work to spin it on a great whe,el.
At tbe appointed time I made another journey
on horseback with my bundle behind me, to
to tho store at Knoxville. .Iwas obliged to be
contented with receiving a promiso of the cloth
in tnreo wcoks. ynen the time had gone bv, I
went nguiu, aud. had to wait a lona time, but
finally obtained my treasure and, went borne.
After threo weeks delay arid disappointments
uncio uamei cave me tneciotn tor niv snrtotit.
and then Aunt Debby, the tailoress, had to be
engaged to make it. Aunt Debby could not
come for some days, bnt at last,, after more
hardships in going for her at early sunrise
on a cold, frosty day, and waiting for her to
finish a job, sho was obtained, and the 'hard
earned garment was at last completed, as well
as my brother's clothes."
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Tug Lottmiy or Marriage. Marriage is
oiten a lottery in a general souse; but Hero is
one enso ou record, at least, in which it was
mado most literally so. A certain vouthfnl
Wain In France, relying upon his personal (at
tractions mainiy, actually put nimseit up as
tho one graud prize in a lottery of 10,000 tickets
of tho vnluu of $2 eaob. This novel matrimo
nial experiment created a wondrous sensation
among tho belles of the French capital, and the
result as that all sorts of speculations went
on among tho fair, who eagerly bought up the
tickets. A fair young damsel who speculated
for tbe frolio of the thing, beoome the holder
of tbe prize ticket. The lucky youth tendered
ber the pecuniary proceeds of the lottery, $20,
000; they became a case of "love at first sight,"
and within the britf limits ot the day, Hymen
Battled their destiny, and tho "twain became
one flesh," Whether this marriage turned out
happily, we never heard; at all vventB, it was
certainly as likely to do so as many others that
are contracted, in which the motives are fre
quently no less whimsical, and not a whit
nobler.
Jack's Wit. This is the way a seafaring
man, recently married, "told to the marines"
what sort of a wife he had secured: "My wife
is just as handsome a craft as ever left a
millinery dry dock, is clipper built, and with a
figurehead not often seen on a small craft,
lfer length of keel ie five feet eight Inohes. die-
Slacea twenty-aeyen feet of cubio air; of light
raught, which adds to her speed in a ball
room; full in the waist, spare trim. At. the
time we were spliced she waa newlv rimed fore
and aft. with standing rigging of lace and flow
ers, mainsail part silk, forestaysall of Valenci
ennes. Her frame waa of the beet steel covered
with silk, with whalebone stanchion. Bhe
also haa a aet of storm sail for rough weather,
and is rigging out m small, set ,o( OMvaa for
light squalls, which are liable to occur in this
latitude sooner or later. I am told, in tun
ning down the street, before the wind, -she an.
awere the helm 'beautifully, andean turu
around in her own' length if a handsomer craft
nr. i ii.
"Yoo must have 'lived here a lona time."
aid 'a traveling Englishman to,' an .Oregon
pioneer. "Ye, sir; I have. Do you see hat
atonautnr well, wnen I came' nere 'that
mountain waa a hole in the gronnd." The
Englishman opened his , half-chat ee w ,
,,$,) Ml(leto Mm a' tmryrf Bi
oani he lies on M side; and (Ilea 'turns, and
rise) on the other. t , t
Failures in Business.
Peter Cooper failed in making hats, failed as
a cabinet-maker, locomotive builder and grocer,
but as often as he' failed' he "tried again," un
til he could stand upon his feet alone; then
crowned his victory by giving $1,000,000 to
help poor boys in time to como. ,
Horace Greeley tried threo or four lines of
business before he founded the Tribune and
made it worth $1,000,000.
Patrick Henry failed at everything he under
took until he made himself the ornament of his
age and nation.
Tbe foundsr of the New York Herald kept on
failiDg and sinking his money for ten years,
and then made one of the moat profitable news
papers on earth.
Stephen A. Douglas maae dinner tables and
bedsteads and bureaus many a long year before
be made himself a giant on tbe floor of Con
gress.
A Itvn V av X .1 nAAin lAiln I a hiava nAln Africa
41U1UU1IU. UUWU lUllf .,VU U1I.O UU.U VUUi.
meet by chopping woo' failed to earn his salt
in tbe galley slave lire ot a Mississippi nat
boatman; he bad not even wit enough to run a
grocery, and yet he made himself a grand char
acter of the nineteenth century. ,
Gen. Grant failed at everything except smok
ing a cigar; he learned to tan hides, but
couldn't Bell leather enough to purchase a pair
ol breecnes. A dozen .years ago ne ','Drougnt
up" on top of a wood-pile "teaming it" to
town for $40 a month, and yet he is at the head
of a great nation.
How to Show Love yon a,Wife. Snow love
for your wife, and'yonr'admiration of her, not
In nonsensical compliment; notin" picking up
hpr handkerchief, nr her alovfH. or in carrvina
her fan; not though you! have'means, in hang
ing trinkets or baubles upon her; not in making
yourself a fool by winking at and seeming
pleased with her foibles or follies, or faults; bnt
show them by aots of real' goodness towards
her ; prove, by nnequivooal deeds, the high value
you set ou her health and ilife.i and peace o(
mind; let your praise of her go to the full extent
of her, deserts, but let it be consistent with
truth and with sense, and such as to convince
her of your sincerity.
He who is the flatterer of his wife, only pre
pares her ears for-i the hyperbolical stuff of
others. Tbe kindest appellation that her Chris
tian name affords, is the best that youi can use
especially before other people. An everlasting
"my dear is nut a sorry compensation ior tne
want of that sort of love that makes the bugband
cheerfully (oil by day, break bis rest by. night,
endure all sorts of hardships it the lifu or health
of his wife demand it. Let your , deeds, and
not your words, carry to hor heart a doily, and
nouriy coanrmauou oi tue jiw,,iuiii yuu vaiua
her health, and life, and happiness beyond all
other things in (his world and let this be man-
nest to nor, particularly at tnose times wnen
life is more or less iu danger.
II ku Ladtsuip in the Kitchen. Tbere is a
Prof. Buokmaster at the South Kensington
muBoum who lectures ou cooking, which I dare
say is easy enough, though far from satisfying
to a huugry many Lady Barker, however, who
in ber course of instruction, mixes theory with
practice, is the really popular , culinary pro
fessor of the day. A month" or two ago' tbe
daughter of a very grand lady went to study
under Lady Barker, and returning home- after
her last lesson, wished to show her mother,
the Duchess of , how clever she was, and
how well she conld make 'an omelette, which
she manufactured somehow or other in the do
mestic kitchen. The servants of the establish
ment were so disgusted that the same levening
the cook, and all" the scullerv maids gave
notice.to leave. Whether tbe cook was jealous
of the superior acquirements of her young mis
tress, or simply maintained that in a kitohen
the cook alone is queen, I have not heard.
X. r. Timts. i!
The Fascinations of A Orrr. The Nework
Times refers to the deadly barm the fasolnations
of the great city infllot upon the thousands of
innocent souls by the strange grip which they
get upon them. Out of the thousands of
immigrant who' pour through New lork, there
is a certain per cent, held by the dire fascina
tion ot the metropolis. It would be a positive
kindness to hundred of squalid and degraded
families to remove them bodily from the un
healthy rookeries to cheap and comfortable
homes in new lands. But these people would
resist suoh'an attempt to the death If it were
possible to make it. It is probable that they
would never reoonoll themselves to any other
life than that of the blind alley and. tbe, tenement-house;
redolent of ' fool .vapors. .They, al-
I ways turn a cold shoulder, the editor says, to
draws gloving plot are of ithei golden harvest
of the West and the feliclou.Mte far away.
. Tun Watt Monty Gossi The number, of
Amfoflii Insulate wfc a' tmwmt arf 'feoan' Vnrnnii'
daring the tent sVsoel yejur.'VM Sf.Ne. JAHow
ing that each of .the, iadivMuala pent SCOO
nripg eir anaenoe, we, nave ,'
The First Grapevine A Grecian Legend.
When Bacchus was a boy, he journeyed
through Hellas to go to Naxia; and as the way
was very long, he grew tired, and sat down upon
a stone to rest. As he sat there with his eyes
upon the ground, he saw a little plant springing
up between bis feet, and was so much pleased
with it that be determined to take it with him
and plant it in Naxia. He took it up and car
ried it awav with him; but as the sun was very
hot, he feared it might wither before be reached
his destination. He found a bird's skeleton,
into which he thrust the pUnt, and went on.
But in his hand the plant sprouted bo fast that
it started out of the bones above and below.
This gave him fresh fear of its withering, and
he cast about for a remedy. He found a lion's
bone, which was thicker than the bird's skele
ton, and he stuck the skeleton with the plant
in it into tho bone of the lion. Ere long, how
ever, the plant grew out of the lion's bone like
wise. Then he found the bone of an ass, larger
still than that of the lion; bo he put the lion's,
containing the bird's skeleton and the plant,
into the ass's bone, and thus he made his way
to Naxia. When about to set the plant, he
found that the roots bad entwined themselves
.round the bird's skeleton, and the lion's bone,
and the ass's bone; and as he could not lake it
out without damaging tbe roots, be planted it
as it was, and it came speedily up, and bore to
his great joy, the most delicious 'grapes, from
which he mode the first wine and gave it to men
to drink. But behold a miraclel When men
drank of it, they first sang like birds; next,
after drinking a little more, they became vigor
ous and gallant like lions; but when they drank
more still, they began to behave like asses.
New York TFine and Fruit Reporter.
Business Periods7
Yodq Folks7 CouJpfi.
Give the Little Boys a Chance.
Here we are 1 don't leave us out
Jnst because we're little boys 1
Though we're not so bold and stout.
In the world we make a noise.
You're a year or two ahead,
Bat we step by step advance:
All the world's before you spread
Olve the little boys a chance 1
Never slight us In your play,
Yon were once as small as we;
We'll be big, like yon, some day,
Then, perhaps our power you'll see.
We will meet you, when we've grown.
With a brave and fearless glance;
Don't think all this world's your own
Give the little boys a chance 1
Little hands will soon be strong
For the work thst they must do;
Little lips will sing their song
When those early day are through.
So, you big boys. If we're small,
On our toes you needn't dance:
There Is room enough for all
Qive the little boys a chance I
amount of $18,415,000 In gold going out of the
country in thie direction only probably two or
tnree time moon a u wturoea oj, tuo.
pean tonnat coming hither,
.The ,Ls i the heaviest' vegeiible"' thai
Brows; email wWi"4k Mfgeet inbip.
The carrot if one ol the lightest a well a the
mhetivnlform In weight, it nlwaya weighing
eJyrottrgaan.3 4lt T 7T
Perhaps1 ten years measure the average life
of a business generation. Each new set of
men, growing up under like usage and maxims,
run a like round of experiences; expend their
resources in tbe nope of winning, with the
odds -of ninety-five iu the hundred against
them, at d at the end of that time all but five
per cent, sink into the abyss of bankruptcy.,
The general suspension of specie payment
by the banks and tne general failure of busi
ness men in 1827, 1837, 1847, 1857, is familiar
history. The efiVcts of the crisis of 1827 are
nearly forgotten now. The almost "universal
bankruptcy of 1837 hurt the country immeas
urably. Many a man still thinks of that time
with a shudder. The revulsion came when the
State banks, stimulated by covernmeut depos
its, undertook to fulfill tbe offices previously
performed by the bank of the United States
from which the public funds wero removed by
Gen. Jackson; and in tbe midst of large specu
lative adventures in land, which widened the
derangement of business, greatly increased the
volume of obligations aud intensified the gen
eral distress. Men were not only ruined, but
were bewildered as well. They saw no future
escape from the slough of despond they were
wallowing in. Business, revived very .slowlv.
and did not fully recover the ordinary measure
of aqtivity before the fated tenth year arrived;
ana in tne conapse ot ion many strong bouses
went down finally. Of the panio of 1857. the
Bank Commissioner of the State of New York.
in his report made the following year, said:
"The crash fell like a thundercolt from a clear
sky." Phrenological Journal,
.The (Danders ,or Dancing). The Pall Mall
Gazette says: "At an inquest held in London on
the body of a young lady, who died suddenly, a
few hours'after attendibg an evening party, of
apoplexy, ' the 'corbner remarked that it was a
pity to say anything against "so' healthy and
pleasurable exercise asdancing,"- but 'it most
certainly, produced apoplexy in certain cases.
The oases in 'which death is directly produced
by dancing are happily rare, but' tbe seeds of
death are often sown in a ball-room, not bo
much from dancing aa from the circumstances
under which it is'catried on. For, instance,
what can be mora likely to produce apoplexy or
some ssrious Illness' than the practice of eating
ice0, when thoroughly heated by- violent exer
cise? Again, the htmoBphere of many a" ball
room, crammed aa it often is with three) times
as many people as it, can comfortably contain)
is enough, of itself .to poison any,one not ac
climatized to suffocation by previous training.
Then there are the sudden changes of tempera
ture whioh young ladies, insufficiently clad, are
exposed on leaving tho heated rooms as they
return home, overtired, and in precisely the
condition under wnicn supn cnanges ot tem
perature are likely to 'affect' them if they have
any tendency to lung disease,! the late hours
also .which are necessarily kept in the season.
cannot be otherwise than very prejudicial to
the health of both young and old, and probably
cause many illnesses that are unjustly credited
to other sources. There is, in truth, great need
of reform in most of the social habits of the
present day, and tbe wonder is not that one
young lady is killed by dancing, but that any,
save the strongest, survive the' amusements and
dangers of a summer in London." "
Formation or Flints. The following, ex
tracted from a paper read before the Geolo
gists' Association in England, by Mr. Hawkins
Johnson, F. G. S., gives in brief the most ad
vanced theories with reference to these forma
tions; "The nodules are found all to agree in
possessing a silicified organic struofure, which
may be described as a network of fibres, or a
mass permeated in every direction by anasto
mozing canals. This ' structure was subse
quently filled in with other material, such as
carbonate of lime, silica, bisulphide of iron,
phosphate of lime, carbonate of iron, etc.;' the
particular snbstanoe thus filled in depending
upon the relative abundance of the substanoe
dissolved in the interaticial water of the sur
roundinc matrix. The sineular croups of con
centric, silicious circular bands seen upon many
fossils, and known as orbicular silica, or Beck
ite markings, are also explained. The fossils
on which they occur were mbedded in a matrix
more porouB than themselves, and of irregular
constitution, so that the evaporation, to which
the consolidation of Undissolved silica in their
pores was mainly due, occurred at a number of
points on tbe surface ot the fossils, at whioh
point a deposit of silicate took place, forming
the central tubercles. The cessation of evap
oration was followed by a' fresh saturation with
the solution; to be again evaporated aa1 before.
But a the evaporating point were now plngged
up by the previous deposits, the silica last con
solidated was deposited aronnd their margins,
and upon them internally, appearing outwardly
a a ring round, the tubercle.'' , , ,a
A Nrw Fostax Plant. Prof.' Bchlmpe haa
discovered a fossil pleat' in protogine, a Took
hitherto considered a of tgnaou jln;and
found in the form of erratic, block in the nidea,
of Moat Blanc. The plant l of aquatic n.
tare, -nnd hence the' -aqueous nature'pf the rock
tarandertdprokabJe. -. - I ' -"
A Story for Children.
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"Papa, will you tell me a story before I go
to bed ? " said little four-year old Willie, climb
ing up into my lip and nestling close to me in
his child-like way. ,
Ye, I said, smoothing hts'golden curls and'
looking into his blue eyes; bnt it must be very
short, for it is past your bedtime.
In a far off country tbere lives a' great king.
His city is paved with gold, and his gates are
of lovely pearls. The king is good as he 18
great; so that his people call him Father, and
he calls them his children. Many ot, his chil
dren live in a country far away from him, and
never see him. But though he is separated
from them, he never forgets them, and is always
thinking of them with love.
These children would never know anvthincr
about their tender, loving Father, if he
did not often send messengers with words of
affection and gifts to make their hearts hanov.
Besides all this, the good kirig'hafl promised
that if hiB children are kind arid gentle, doing
to others as they would have others do to them,
they shall come to live with him in that lovely
land, be always happy.
"I know," said little Willie, opening wide'
his blue eyes, "who that good king is; he is
God; and that lovely landfis heaven; and I
shall go there it I love tho,Saviour, and I mean
to, so good night, dear papa."
Boys that have Pkospkeed. Of the large
number of boys who have been transplanted from
New York Oily to the West since the agent fcr
the commissioners of public charities and cor
rection, on his last visit with a party of children,
learned a few foots i that ( are rworth knowing.
Out of a party taken to Danville, v Illinois,,
one boy ( now a young man ) served four yeara
in the Union army, is now working on a farm,
and has $600 at interest:" Another married the
daughter of the farmer he was1 placed with,1 and
possesses a larm worm svu.uuu to $aU,0OU.
Another keeps a provision store at Danville, .
and is one of the most respected and wealthy
men of the town. Another is corporation
counsel at Danville, and is one of the'1 first
lawyers in the State. Still another is a telegraph '
operator further west earning 900 per annum.
Thk FonJntf ot Drftli; Bdrs'." Parents' should
never despair because tbeir children give little '
Jromise, of lemineooe in early.i lifeji Douglas "
errold was considered a dull boy; at nine year' .
he could scarcely read., Goldsmith .was a.fsry,.
unpromising boy. Dryden, Swift, and Qibbon,
in their earliest pieoes, did not uhow' any talent.
ThomOther of Sheridan,1 herself a ' literary wo- "
man, prohpuueed him, to be then dullest and
most hopeless of her sons, 0 The father, of Bar
row 'is said to have exclaimed,: '"If, it pleased
God .to take aWay 'any of my children',' I hope it'
wil,beflsaad." The 'injudicious 'parent"re-' '
garded the lad as a miracle of stupidity,' but be '
afterwards proved the glory of, his family.
War Bvebtoodt is,Caoss. V,Cj. Maryl' aafd
a little boy, 'named John, to his sister, "1 have,
found a pretty thing. It is a r)iece'6f red glass
and when I look through it," everything looks
red, too. (The trees, the 'houses, the green
grass, your face, and everything is jed," ,, r
"It is very beautiful," Slary repHed'wpttld,
your like me to tell you how to learn a use-'
tul, lesson fromit? Yon, remember the other
day you thought everybody very cross with you.
now you were nae wis piece oi glass, wnicn'
makes everything red because it is red; .iYou
were cross, so you, thought, everybody about
yon cross, too. If you are in good humor, and
kind to everyone, al! will seem kind ' to you.
Try if they will not."' '" "
A Schoolboy's Toothache. An exchange
tells us that a Bcboolboy's toothache generally
commenoes at eight in the morning; rca6hes
its highest altitude at a quarter to nine, when
the pain is intense to an, extraordinary degree,
commences to subside at nine; after that dis
appears with a celerity thai must be very com
fortable to the1 sufferer. If at night the boy
hasn't got four quarts' of walnuts' spread out to
dry up stairs,! it is because there is no place up
stairs to do it. , '
A man note One of a thousand dollars.
in rendered prokable.
Tu New York Times cite the fact that 7,000
DMobanioa and 3,600 laberer have aamdned
the Trade Union during the ) year, aa ir
dene of the declining power oi ash omnia-
tioc. ' ' ' -'
It is said that experiment reoently made ln-
dieaklthU wages are most, unity drawn. o
aUlfeome, tlwtfnt 4-h
wheel ar of the same aia. and whan the. pole
U low than the axle.
Sudden Stofpino or Bailboad Tbadto. It '
is claimed that the Westinghouse, brake is .. ,
capable of bringing any ordinary ( train,,
moving at from '30 to 35 miles per hour,, to a v
dead halt within the space of 90 feet or in five '
or six seconds of time; in fact that it is capable '
of doing anything that is theoretically attain
able. The only question is that of inconvenience
to passensers from too sudden a stop. It is
also asserted that the effects of sudden stops are
too much exaggerated, and in proof this is
stated that ift the feet be placed .against the
seat in front, with tbe face to the engine, the
train when going 30 mile an hour, may be .
topped in 30 feet Without throwing greater
pressure on our feet than they sustain in walk
ing. Hence, a we may safely trust our knees
and boot under double that load.' the train
might be stopped in 10 or (13 feet, without seri
ous inconvenience. The question then .of
bringing a train to rest in 10,'rather than 30
seconds is perfectly' immaterial no far aa con
cern passenger' comfort, while it may be
vital one so far a their safety 1 involved.
UauauBiianrr or xsn .QwrnnoaT. 'Aonoir or
SoiA I4oht. Dr. ,T.I. Phipon,JP.,C,,&,h,
in a not to the Chtmical .Yew,, any :, Many, -year
ago' I toade"ome experiment on' this ,
SAbjonnPari,ajdsoirbf4 a method whtch'1' ' "
I Milam capable of giving mora aocurat - '" oi
olUtiwn any hitherto, oM,VJBritt !.,
covered that a colorl,aojuon,p,molydfton
of ammonia! is anlphtrrio acid besam greenish
bine when'MoV o-nhn na.''dooWc
gain during ah night,iand tlsai'tk ameMstrf '"'
chemical aotien.eierHd to -ptwdnen' aha tint u I
may be aecuraUly determined by a dUas nelH
won ot parmsngonst oi pouan, it r
pent always upon the nam qnantity of ssh-'
unoe, and to saoM rt to'tfce 'Ightfor tb
period el ttm. an ondarto ps,iptv
Wettyneeniat W ., mm 4iwbeh that
ehjttt intensity of !( H-hl I aj nam), df
be nolved in a completely ssUefactory manner.
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