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Better than Gold.
Better thin graneleur, better than Bold,
Than rank and title a thousand fold,
la a healthy body, a mind at ease,
And simple pleasures that always pleaae;
A heart that can feel for a neighbor's woo
And chare hi" Joys with a genial glow,
With eropathies large enough to enfold
AH men as brothers, ia hotter than gold.
Better than gold la a conscience clear.
Though toiling for bread in an humble sphere;
Doubly blent with rontcnt ana health,
Untried by the cares of lust or wealth.
Lowly living and lolly thought
Adorn and ennoble a poor man's lot;
For man and morals, In nature's plan,
Are tno genuine test of a gentleman.
Better than go'd is the sweet repose
01 the sous of toll w hen tbeir labors close;
Ubtu r than gold is a poor man's ele p.
And the balm that drops on bis elusibtrs deep;
Bring sleepy drafts to tho downy lad,
Where luiury pillows his aching bead;
UIb simpler opiate labor deeruB
A shorter roaei to tho land of dreams.
Iln'ter than gold Is a thinking mind
That in the realm of books uanflud
A trra-uro surpassing Australian ore.
And live with tho good and great ot yore.
The save' lore and the pott's Idy,
The glories of eru ires past away; '
The world's great drama will thus enfold
And yield a pleasure better than gold,
Better than gold Is a peaceful home,
Where all the nreeld charities come,
Tho Brlneof love, the heaven of life.
Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife.
However humble the home may be.
Or tried by sorrow with heaven's decree.
The blessings that never were bought or sold,
And center there are better than gold.
Curious Facts About Clothing.
Washing da) sat the time of the Tudorsand
Stuart, though a little more important than in
the preceding ages, had none of those unpleas
antnessts and terrors which are said now to ac
company them. Articles v, hich required washing
were "few and far between," while those of a
texture which would not "stand a wash" were
usually worn. The dyer was fur more com
monly employed than the laundress, and his
trade thus covered a ''multitude of sina" of
omission of personal clounliness which the
laundress would havo romedied with more
healthy results.
Velvets, taffeta and rich silks were in the
middle ages oltonworn by tho wealthy without
any undeiclothing whatever, while the domes
tics and poople of lower order wore course
wool n, also without underclothing. The pos
session of a lintn shirt, even with the highest
nobles, was a matter of note, and but few ward
robes contained them.
Under the Tudors nightgowns were worn,
though they hud not been before; but they
were formed most of silk or velvet, so that no
washing was required. Anne Boleyn'a bight
dress wan made of black satin boiiuil with black
taffeta, and odpcdwith velvot ol the 8. me color.
One of Queen Elizabeth's nkh gowns was of
black velvot, trimmed wiih silk luce and lined
with fur. and in 1568 her maj-esty ordered
Georuo Bradyman to delivt r "threescore and
sixe of the bet sable Bhymies, to furnish us a
nightgown." In another warrant from her
mujei-ty in 1572 Bbe orders the delivery of
"twelve yards of purple velvet, frized ou the
back aide with white and russet silks," for a
nightgown for hersolf, and also orders the.
delivoiy of fnurteon yards of murry d iniask for
the "makyug of a nyghtgowu fur the Erie of
Leycester." Night dresses for bidios were, at
a later period, culled night vails, and iu the
reign i Queen Anne it beianio tho fashion for
them to be vvoru iu tho daytime ou the streets,
over tho usual dress. Nijtht caps wcro mostly
of silks und velvets, and these, with tho velvot
night dresseH, the silken shiits, and otbor mat
tors of a like kind, ouHtel the laundress thoueh
they must have addtd to tho discomfort of tho
wearer, Ex. t
The Won't-Work Men.
The Chicago Times has an article referring
to a cbiss of men who came to California with
the immigration, looked nroeintl for a few days,
and returned homo to abuse tho country, Tho
Tones putH tho case strongly, but, us roliittB to
these tillers, none too severely. Ihoso who
needed work among tho immigrants, and sought
it, gtneially found it. So fur as wo can loaru,
the country labor market is by no means over
stocked, I. nd tbti railroad couipauies urej Ruing
employment to Chinese because whilo laborers
elo not present themselves. 'Ihis is what the
Timts Bays in relation to the growleis:
Probably ano-balf of human designs havo ut
bottom n motive whose end is snoot hs without
labor. Thieves, confidence mm, gamblers, and
scores of other similar classes havo this end iu
view; und tin y, iu reality, labor twice us hard
to live without work, as they would have to
labor to secure the mine results by downright
exuniou. A man will perform a most gigantio
labor iu cro-siug the continent to California,
iu order lo live there, as he hopes, without
what he calls work; and then will perform an
other most gigantic labor iu recrosiiig tut con
tinent, to hi. Eastern home), where ttie pros
pects of having to work for a living aro less
severe tliau ou the Pacini slope. Iu this case,
the exertion he lias made in twice crossing the
continent, the sao iflaos ho has endured, if put
iu the direction ot ditvh-diggiug, or applied at
tho tail of a plow, would bavo afforded him u
very substantial atldition to his income. He
found plenty of work iu California; hut it was
to escape, uud not 1 1 secure woik, that he un
derwent the Inbor of going to that Suite,
Roman Kitciikn Utknsils. A paragraph in
the Journal de Uentit mentions tho aeeju lition
by the museum ot that town of a set of It unuu
kitchen utensils found iu a field iie-nr Murtiguy,
having ptobably been buried ou account of
eonio sudden alarm. There ure thuty articles,
mostly iu bronze, some of them elubor ite'y
-worked, rcmiudtug one of tho beautiful shape
aud oruatueuUtiouof Pompeii u vrssols. Tue
shovel and pot-hauler do uot differ much from
modern ai tides, and there is an earthen sauce
Dan with the bo torn worn away, a large boiler,
a tunnel. to ladles, a stew pan, and vases, or
eweis, with two handles, one of which bears
the represent itiou of two gladiatois, and ap
parently awarded as a priro. There ate also
two silver ornaments, seemingly of later date,
and believed by Dr. Goaae, the curator, to have
been used iu Chtistlau worship. He attribute
the flud to the third century. Three brouze
coins were diecovered in the same spot, two ol
them bearing the effigy of Auguatus aud the
third that of Atoninus.
Babdlt a diatinguiahenl man oan bo found in
all the oeuturlea of history who reaohed his
pi.eniintnc without a prodigious self curbing
and oll-luoitlng. Military chleftuiun, princely
marchauU, naiigaton, explorers, artists,
aoholiM, became iucb by a voluntary concen
tration which required the remittance of many
trong propensities, aud the summoniug forth
of eome of their moat reluctant powers. Men
acquire thU aelf mattery in some thing almoat
whenever an adequate motive put them to the
effort. And, U to thiugu, why not
others?
Mrs. Lincoln's Derangement.
Mrs. Mary Lincoln, the widow of President
Lincoln, wag recently brought before a jury of
very influential residents of Chicago to test her
canity. She was attired in deep mourning, and
her face was sad and perplexed. Her son and
counsel, Mr. Isaac N, Arnold, an old friend of
her husband, were with her. The evidence
showed that for several yeais she has ben a
confirmed spMtnalist, and believed that her
huhbind s spirit was constantly hovering about
her und dip-ciiDg her. t-ho was lio haunted
by nu Indian spirit, who with hideous y-lU
would remove and replace her scalp, take wires
out of her left eye, and detach steel springs
from her jawbones, nt other limes scraping
bones out of her head. She prepared every
thing for her death on the 6tti of September
last, the date announced to her by her upirit at
tendant. Her mania wns for shopping, and
her rooms at the Grand Pacific Hotel contained
hundreds of packages of dry goods unopened
A halluiination possessed her that Chicago
was to be burnt d again; indeed, on one occasion
she went wildly to the Safe Deposit Company,
and told the officers that the Som h Side w as on
fire, diew S57.UU0 in bunds, which Bhe placed
in her pocket, and sent her twelve trunks to
Milwaukee for sifety. She also believed tha
her life whs threatened, und (bat the rebels bad
pe isoned her coffee. She would neither sit nor
sleep alone in the hotel, but always wanted a
servant or companion with her. On one oca
Mon she sent to tho office for protection, ask
ing that thy bigge-t man in the hou e be sent
to guard her. The evidence of her derange
mi nt was very complete, and she- was sent to a
private institution fir the cure of the insane at
Batavia, Illinois, nnder the charge of Dr. Pat
terson. Honesty of Female Clerks.
Qenoral Spinner pays a merited compliment
to the female clerka in the Treasury Depait
ment. He employs them as "money couuttrs,''
because he has more confidence iu their integ
rity than in that of men. Wnen suspicion of
dishonest practices crept into the mind of Mr.
Graves, who is in charge of the department, be
expressed his conviction to the General that
some of the women would ptobab y be imp ica
ted. But the ol I gentleman did n t believe it.
He shook bis head and replied, "You are wronu;
n woman will not steal; she has i ot got th
norve. If she did Rive wavatanv lime tu tnmn.
tation, it would only be to take a few dollars,
and if she fl'ched more, it was becansH she had
some out-ide 'pal,' who was sure to bea mau."
the ladies would doubtless feel m ire flst'ered
if General Spinner bod omitted the reason for
their honosly, to wit, "a want of n-rva." He
might with truth have said it is becau-eof th-ir
possessing naturally stronger religious con
victions, and of their being ge-nerally educated
in a higher school of moiuuiy. But the fact,
even with his qualitlea ions, is creditable to the
sex. and commends woman to omplojment in a
field of labor from which she has heretofore
been too much I'xclud d.
TnK M IEAL EFFtCTS OF IIcbry. To the
thoughtful the moral consenueuces of tension
and hurry are very saddening; to the physi.
ciau their physical results are a matter of pro
iounu cunceru, ior tneir grave evi s come und r
lyaeliilv ob-ervauon. No evolution of f.irce
con take p'aoe with undue rapidity without
damage to the machine in which the trnn-form-ation
is effected. Express railway stock bus a
much shorter term of uso than 'hat reserved
for slower traffio The law is universal thai
intensiiy nnd duration of action ate inversely
preiportionnl. It is therefore no m etter of sur
prise to find that the human nervous Byetein is
no exception to tho law. The higher sidubiity
of rural over urban life is not entirely a matter
of fresh air anel oxercise.
Sural life involves leisure and rjause in wnrlr.
which are veiv essential to tho maintnnnnn nt
Hlie uorvons system in a state of duo nntrit on
- . - -
unremitting spasm soon ceases altocether
The high tension of life pioduoes weakness
nt iqo very plaoe wuere strength is most
noeded. Tho damage done to he.Jth of the
most valuable part of tho community, tho best
trained thinkers, most useful workers, is in
calculable. Work and worry, though not pio
ponional, are closely connected, aud an excess
of the former soon entails an increase m the
1 etter beyoud the limits which the nervous ays
lorn can bear with impunity, especially under
the conditions under which work has to be
douo. The macliiuery for otgauiziug the work
of a communitv has to be ligid and indexible,
aud in the strain nv. lved in bringing a chang
ing orgmisiu iuto harmony with n mnchine,
Ihe foruior niuat inevitably suffer. London
Lancet
Home, Best of all things to us is home. In
hours of ambition and pleasure we may some
times forget its exquisite sweotness, but let
Bickuees or sadness come, and wee return to it
at onoe. Let the boll iw hearts that feicn a
friendship which they do not feel, stand revealed
before) us let us know, as wo all must at
moments, that however important we mav be
iu our own estimation, our places would be
nileet in au Hour a notice should we die to-morrow;
then we whisper to outs Ives the magic
word home, and are comforted.
"Homti. Sweet Homel" It does not matter
how bumble it is, nor is it less a homo for being
a paluce. It is where those we lovo dwell
wherever thut may be -where we are valued for
ourselves anel are held iu esteem because ef
what we aro in ourselves ami nut because of
po nor, or wealth, or what wo oan do for other
people.
Who would be without a homo? Who would
take the world's applause', an 1 honor, in place
of tho temltrness of a few true hearts and the
oosy fireatdn meetings where truth may be
spoken without disguise, und envious carpings
are unkuowu? In life's battle even the hero
finds many enemies and much abuse aud slan
der aud el. traction; but iuto a home, if it is
what it ought to bee, these things never find
their way. There, to his wife, tha plainest man
becomes a wouderful thing a sige, a man who
ought to be President of the United States, and
would be were his worth known.
"Lovkw Womicj." The most hideous
women iu the woild ate said to live in the val
ley of Spiti, which isauiouutaiu-bound, almost
iuaoceaaible place, 12,000 foet above the sea,
uuioug ihe Himalayas, Tbeir features are large
aud coarse, the expression of their facea is
usually a natural grtmsce, and they hang huge
riugs in their noses. They dress in thick tunie-a
und trousers, and their heavy boot, coining
above the knees, are often filled around the legs
with flour for warmth.
Vcnicc has a woman's paper oalltdXa Donna.
The editor is a young lady of twenty-three
years, who is sell-tducated, having risen from
the people.
London market gardeners pay 9200 per aore
yearly tent (or the land they onliivate, and
their average profits are $ 500 per acre,
NoTurso is more common said Voltaire, than
people who advise ; nothing more rare than
those who assist.
WILLAMETTE FARMER.
The Silk Frauds How They Were Ac
complished. The Claflin indiclment has a long history
connected with it, and constitutes a memorable
chapter in the history of a great conspiracy for
defrauding the Federal revenue. In 1870, one
Charles L. Lawrence, a companion and protege
of Tweed, and secretary of ihe Americus Club,
conceived the id"a of establishing a gigantic
system of smuggling. The associations of Law
rence were well calculated for villainy. The
eompanions of his revels were thieves, who
boldly flaunted their plunder before the eyes of
their victims. They laughed at the perils of
the law. Lawrence turned his attention to silks,
which, by reason of their being subject to a
duty of sixty percent, and not eFpecially bulky,
promised the best chances of profit. His plans
aere laid with extraorditmry deliberation and
method. Having selected his confederates,
they agreed upon a lexicon e f cipher, so com
plete as to be sufficient for any conceivable form
of correspondence. Thus prepared, Lawrence
went to Europe an 1 commenced operations. The
scheme was to invoice silks as hosiery und cot
on goods, to come into collusion with one De
Ang-s, then Deputy Collector. One package of
nosiery or cjtton goods was sent wltn each
lot of silk, and this one package, in each in
stance, was sent to the appraiser's store for ex
amination, while the others were delivered to
the smugglers. The saving of duty was enor
mous. It was not until the summer of 1872 that Mr.
Talcott, the bead of Claflin & Co.'s silk depart
ment, di-covered where silks could be bought
at less than the cost of importation. Since
that time there have been sold to that house
$500,000 worth of them, and thousands of dol
lars worth of them have also been bought by
Boston merchants, who, it seems, were also in
the secret. While Lawrence was engaged in
bis dishonest business, a rival sprung up. His
name was Wolff, and his customers held for
him some $700, 0J0 worth of silks. It is esti
mated that Lawrence has made $70,000 by his
operations, but it is not known wbat bis ex
oenseg and great cost of living in Europe was.
DesAnges, the betriyer of his trust, languishes
in jail. Des Anges was ones un Inspector of
Customs in the Boston Cu-tom House. Subse
quently he was transferred to New York, and
was the first mm promoted in conformity to
ihe service rules established,
Sbaeino Hands. How did thu people get
the habit of shaking hsnds? The answer is
not difficult to find. Iu early und birbarous
timer, when every savage or semi-savage was
hi-own liw giver, judge, soldier, and police
man, and had to waicu over his own safety, in
def iult of all other piotectton, two friends aud
acqnaintun"es, when they chanced to meet, of
lered eaeh to the o'her tbe riuht hand, the
hand a ike of defense and offense, the hand
that wields the sword, the dagger, the club, the
t iraahiwk, or other weapon of war. Eich did
his to show that the hand was e uply, and
neither war nor treachery was intended. A
man cannot well b ab another uhiie he is in
the act of sh eking hands wi h him unless he is
a double dyed train r aud villain, and strives
to aim a cowardly blow wiih the left, while giv
ing tbe right hand, aud pretending to be on
Kood tei ms witn his victim. The custom of hand
sh iking prevails more or less among alt civil
ized nations, and is tbe tacit avowal of friend
aulpnnd goodwill, ju t as a kiss is of a warmer
pa-aion. Ladies, us everyone must have re
marked, seldom or never shako hands wuh the
cordiality of gent emen, nnle-s it be with eaoa
other, liio lea-on is obvious. They cinnot
be expectelto show to persons of tbe other
sex a warmth of greeting whioh might be mis
interpreted, nnle-s such persons are very
closely related to them by family or affection,
iu which case hand shaking is not needed, and
the lips do more agreeat le duty.
Individual Dutiei. We .should remember
that it lies in the power of each one of us to
make lite a great deal more pleasant, or more
drraiy, to the people among whom we are
tbiown, and that only by taking or not taking
a little trouble to cultivate kind feeling, aud
aot on that genuine courtesy which, be it ob
served, is a Scripture command, though, for
some reason or otber, many good people seem
to have agreed to ignore it. The world would
not be sueh a bad place, after all, if people
would not make it bo, and if we all tried to
brighieu aud smooth it, instead of casting
sh. do us aud heaping difficulties in another s
way. Il we would try to cheer and encouratee
one another, instead of taking a pride iu being
eeihone more reserved aud on ihe defensive
than another, we should see many sad
countenances brighten into smiles, and ill
temper olten melt iuto good humor. People
are often dull and irritable because they have
no hope ot being well received, no confidence
iu their own powers of pleasing; and thus
whole lives are saddtned that might be render
ed happy.
Not a Ceoss Beak. In tho valley of Tajar
rau, inSihena, two children, one lour ana the
other six years old, ram led away from their
friends, who were hay. making. At last they
came near to a bear lying on the grass, and
without the slightest fear, went up to him. He
looked ut them steadily without moving. At
1 Ui,th they began playing with him, aud
mourned npon his bacK, which he submitted to
iu perfect good humor, Tuh parents, misuing
tbo truauts, were uot long in reaching the spot,
when, to their dismay, tbe. beheld one child
sitting on the bear's back, aud the other feeding
htm with fruit. They called quickly, when the
voiingsters ran to their friends, and Bruiu, ap
parently not liking the interruption, went into
the forest,
A Hobbiblk Afpaib. A fearful Buio'tde oc
curred iu Paris the other day. Gerard An
thoiue called his little toy, aged six, to him
and seld: "Little one, you bavo ofteu wished
to play with this pistol," showing ibe child au
old pUtol. "Ob, yes, papa." " Well we will
play with it now," and loading the pistol the
lather banded it to the boy "Now, look," he
said, "I will get down on my knees before you;
you will point at me right between the eyes and
pull the trigger; you'll see bow funny it is!"
aud he knelt down. "Aim well, in the head,
between the eyes," he said again; "but first
embrace nte." The poor th Id embraced his
father, then pointed the pistol aa told, and
fired. Gerard (ell back dead, aud ihe boy Fee
ing the terrible result, ran out of tbe room
sobbing.
A Singular Nami. The most singularly
named man in New York is Walter 11. T, Jones,
the middle initials standing for Ilestcred
Twice. His parents first bad a sou called
Waller, who died. Another boy was born to
them, and christened alter tbe first, with an
addition, Walter Restored. He died, and a
third male child was born, and received the
name he now bears, Walter Bestored Twice
Jones.
ShbocdI" exclaimed an old lady who was
listening to an old sea captain's story: "What
do yon have them at sea for?" "To bury
dead calms in, madam,"
Flirtation.
No woman can carry on a flirtation with a
married man that is not criminal. No woman
can flirt innocently even with a young man.
It is the first step toward unbalancing his char
acter. Through her he sees other women and
forms an estimate. The young womtn who
enters a family and wins the affections of the
husbindand father knowingly and the can
not do otherwise has entered on the road to
perdition. There is a punishment for the
housebreaker, bat nono for the hotnebroaker,
who Bteals and mars life's bjst treasures.
Every wnman has the best right to her hus
bind. He is hers in sickness and hers in
health, to love and cherish, as exclusively as if
she be his. He is to provide for her, honor
and love her. He is her protect ir against nil
the adverse circumstances of life; uo othr
woman has any right to his attend' ns and en
dearments, and a wife has a ptrfect right to
resent snch uttentions. A man who saw an
other man's arm around his wife's waist would
consider it a case of court, or an exerciBa for
pistol shooting. Women, with keener sensi
bilities and finer nature, feel it deeper. It
touches the heart.
A certain sen-ible woman says there are two
things she will never allowanjbody to meddle
wi h her husbind and her sewing machine.
Such flir ations are unworthy of true manhood
or womanhood, 'ihey blixht the lives that
were created in th" imae of God, and make
the innocent Buff, r for the guilty. All mothers
will do well to see th it their daughters are not
mentally growiog up ou tbe morbid books in
which somebo iy is aluaya represented aa fall
ing in love with somebody else's husband or
wife, and a "soul union" picture which ip in
tended to veil the inoirmti n of lust. There
are enough men and worn, n to fill by theforoe
of circumstance! or tne depr.vdyof original
sin, without educating any to it. It is well
enough to pull ou- ox or ass o it of the pit; b it
we do not want to dig pits for tbem to fall into.
Many a soul has g ue blood stained into the
presence oils Maker, sent inoner ny a cnmax
of dark circumstances brought about by a
woman's fliitation. Don't fl n. It is unwom
anly; it is untrue to ;onr sex; it is wrong
against the tuothetr you revere. The man whom
yon are temp ing wilt not respect you, aud
worse, you w II not respect yourself. Ex.
A Woman is a woman, and not a lesser edi
tion of man. The competition in which we
are forever laboring to involve them has no
existence in niture. They are not rivals nor
antaaonisis: they ure two halves of a complete
being. The offices they hotd iu this world are
essentially el iff rent. There is scarcely any
natural standing ground which we cau realize,
on which these two creatures appear as rivds.
The very thought is preposterous, Shsll the
woman challenge the man to a trial of s'rength?
Sball the man pit bitns 1 agsinst ihe woman for
delicacy of eye and taste? Shall she plow tne
heavy fields with him, wading through the new
turned mold, or shall he watch the sick with
her, patient through the weary vig 1? An ex
change of place and toil, the mu taking the
indoor work, and tbe woman the outdoor, iu
order to prove the futility of their mutual dis
content, wasafavirite subject of the old bal
lad makers, and the witty minstrel is generally
very great ou ibo domestic confusion thut fol
1 iws, anel gives the wife the best of it. But
tbe fact is, that such rivalry can be nolhing
bat a jest. The two are not rivals they are
not alike,
Tbe Crration of Woman. A prince once
said to Babbi Gamaliel: "Your God is a thief;
hesurpti-ed Adam in his sleep aud stole a rib
from him."
The rabbi's daughter overheard this speech,
and whispered a word or two in her lather's
e ir, asking permission to answer this singular
opinion herself. He give his consent.
Tbe girl Btopped forward, and feigning terror
and dismay, threw her arms aloft in supplica
tion, und cried out, "My liege, my liege, jus
tice revenge!"
"What has happened?" asked the prince.
"A wicked theft hag taken place," she re
plied. "A robber has crept s-cretly into our
house", carried away a silver goblet, and left a
golden one in its Btead."
"What an upright thief!" exclaimed the
priuce. "Would that such robberies were of
more frequent occurrence."
"Behold, then, sire, the kind of a thief that
ihe Creator was: He stole a rib from Adam,
and gave him a beautiful wife instead."
"Well said!" avoaed the piince.
Attacked by a Hawk. On Sunday, says
the Highland Falls .our-nat, as a little girl living
at West Point was coming down the buck road
from that place, on a visit to this village, she
was attacked by a large and ferocious hawk, and
but for the timely assistance of a gentleman
who struck it to the ground with a cane, tbe
bird would undoubtedly have destroyed her
sistht, as its effirts seemed to be euttrely to
Stlike hftr in thfl f,inn. Tt-. la aimnno.il UU cn.
of the bird had been robbed while she was away,
uuu ou return, nuaiug ner nest empty, attsoked
the first person Bhe met, which happened to be
the little girl mentioned.
Pabis r n Casts. Not a very long lime since
e-uiuu luwevj lujuiviuuai sirucK upon ine nappy
thou'jht that plaster of pans would be im
prove d by mixing it with a solution of alum,
and such in reality proved to be the case. This
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the action of tbe alum iu this case, and he ar-
nvejee ue ma conclusion mat its principal role
was to convert any caustio lime, of hich there
is always more or less present, into a sulphate.
Startiug with this idea, be then attempted to
accomplish the same result by the use of other
sulphates, and iu this he succeeded. Next he
tried the efTf-nt nt mdnm Ireae Annl il.n .,,
phurio acid to effect tbis conversion into sul
uhate. and aftArurarHaneletnttintt T?,n.,lln t.
ascertained Ihit the quickest aud simplest Way
was to immerse theuuburntgypsnm for fifteen
minutes in water containing eight or ten per
ceut. of Bulphurio acid, and then calcine it.
Prepared in this way. it set slowly, but made
excellent oista, which were perfectly wuite, in
stead of the usual grayish lint. The latter is
due to tbe destruction of a small amount of
organio matter by the slight excess of tulphurio
acid. r
Coooia's Comet. Seechi hss jnt published
some of his recent observations on Oongia's
COmeL He eomhinaa eu aetuiMuAn. ..
polariscope wih his telesoope; the Bpeciro-
wKw nuumu uAi iuvrv wero iwo BpeciTei, OUO
contiououa and the other con-iatiug of lumin.
OtlS bati(i4. ftrTrAh! nn airh thAtts r ,.I,1A
.V..B ...u MUD w uaiuo ui car
bon; whilrt the polariscope showed thu ihe
.-... .fvniuui wm ungiuai ngui, wnue ine
continuous spectrum was reflected light, also
howiug tha; the latter came from tbed rection
Of tbesuu; consequently that the continuous
spectrum was reflected auulight. He proved
thna that thia isnniAt ehnnA ... a.i. .la. ....
fleeted sutlight, bat by its own liglft also,
.umeuj ,,,. uuk iuo mature oi its original
luminositv. ThU ia an linii.u Ik- v.l-1 .
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decree of refinement aoi vt nhtatt.ii m maah.
astronomical research.
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Ill, has been made by Perrolin of Marseilles.
YodflQ Folks' CoLdfif,.
For Baby's Sake.
The weary night has worn sway
In troubled dream and start of pain;
Anel, groping through the shadows (tray.
Morn Hunts my darkened room again.
How can I moet this bitter morn,
Life's anguish left, its hope forlorn 7
How can I bear the thoughts that wate
From Bleep with we ? For baby's Bake 1
Tho brightest of the morning beams
Seeks out the darling lying there;
It Hunts the sleep-flushed oheek:lt gleams
In tangled waves of sunny hair)
Flies from the hand that graVjpi in vain,
Then klaies the soft lips again.
No shadow of my sorrow Ilea
In those furget-uio-nots, his eyes,
I check tno Blahs that quickly come,
Drive back the tears that haste to spring;
I will not cloud with look of gloom,
Ihe little one's awakening.
Bis father's faco he ne'er shall Bee;
More bright his mother's smile must be.
My bark ot joy gone rtowo It's wake
Must glitter stUl for baby's Bake.
Dear baby anna, that clasp my own;
The soft embrace renews my power t
Street voice, I hear in every tone
Ood'a message eo my darkest hour.
He knew tbe griefs my soul moat stir,
And sent my little comforter!
A baby's hand to help me on
A baby's love to lean upon.
Nor all alone, I'm sometimes sure,
My Joy In this ratr child can be;
From holler home, with love more pure.
His lather watches him with me.
To grasp heaven's hope, by faith and prayer,
To train his boy to meet him there
For this I live I For this I wake I
Help me, dear Lord 1 for baby's Bake 1
Sophit Lingdon, in Aldine.
Don't Give Up, But Try.
A gentleman traveling in the northern part
of Ireland, heard the voice of children, and
stopped to listen.
Finding tho sound came from a small build
ing used as a rchoolhouse, he drew neirjasthe
door was open he went in, and listened to the
words tbe boys were spelling.
One little fellow stood apart, looking very
sad.
" Why does that boy stand there?" asked the
gentleman.
" Oh, he is good for nothing," replied the
teacher. "There's nothing in him. I can
make nothing of him. He is the most stupid
bjvin school. "
The gentlemin was surprised at his answer.
He saw that tbe teacher was so stern and rough
that the yonnger and more timid weie nearly
crushed. Alter a few words to them, placing
his hands on the noble brow of the little fellow
who stood apart, he snid:
"One of these davs you may be a fine
scholar; don't e.ive up; try, my boy, try."
The boy's soul Was aroused. His sleeping
mind awoke. A new purpoe was formed.
Prom that hour he was anxious to exo 1. Anel
he did become a fine scholar, and tbe author
of a well known commentary on tbe bible; a
great aud good man, beloved and honored. It
was Dr, Adam Clarke.
The secret of his success is worth knowing:
" Dou't give it up; but try, my boy, try."
Gibl-Stabs. Speaking of comets, wo inhabi
tants of the earlh don't Bee so many of them.
Prob-tbly not more than one hundred and fifty
have visited the world; but a great astronomer
named K-p er once said that there are more
comets in space than there are fishes in the
seal I heard a little boy say, the other day,
that comets were girl stars, because they had
long bairl I thought it was such a comical
idea that I must repeat it. At the same time,
the little b y ought to be told that all comets
do not have long hair, or what-ver else we
choose to call the great cloud of vapor that
streams from the comet's head. Tno comet
which we all have been admiring this summer,
was, as you know, a long-haired comet, or, as
the astronomers Bay, it had a very lone, straight
lad; but sometimes the tails are curved to one
side or the other. There are a few o imets that
have two tails or " brushes " as the Chinese
call them and soma have even more. iS(.
Niclwlas for December.
Pitting of Varnish.
Tnereare varions causes why varnish pits, as
varnishing over color which is not dry, and es
pecially where sugar of lead has be. n used as
a dryer, or over varnish whioh hud not become
thoroughly dry when rubbed.
Using varnish that is newly made and has
not had time to ripen, will often cause p tting.
In such a case, the varnish should bd set aside
for four or five months; if it Bhould then act so,
do not use it, but send it back to the maker.
Another occasional cause for pitting is the
mixture of two different kinds of varnish to
gether to make them work better.
Varnish should never be used from the bot
tom of tbe can or barrel for rubbing purposes,
aa the sediment will sometimes ca ise it to
sbr vel or pit.
A dimp varnish room is liable to cause pit
ting, or varnish that is kept in a damp place,
aud put on immediately after opening.
English and best finishing varni-hes should
not bo used direct from the can without airing
at least fifteen or twenty minutes.
If j on have your varnish room closed tightly,
and the ih. rinometer indicating from 85 to 100
degrees, and the floor very wet, the steam
arising therefrom will sometimes o inse pitting.
When a storm is gathering in midsummer,
do not use the best finishing varni-h until the
rain falls; as the atmosphere previous to that
time has a peculiar effect upon varnish.
One common cause of pitting is cold weather
in tbe early spring and fall, and in winter,
when tbe varnish becomes chilled; or should
you put it on in a room where in the afternoon
everything is right (the room, the body, and
varnish all of tbe sinie temperature), but fol
lowed by a oold night, and no fire left to keep
up tbe warmth, tbe varnish will beoome chilled,
and will enamel or pit before it is thoroughly
dry.
Adding japan to a varnish to foroe the dry
ing, or laying on the varnish toobeary without
properly brushing it out, will sometimes also
cause it to pit. Carriage Monthly,
Fob Kilt-imo Knots. For killing knot in
work to be paiuted, various preparations are
recommended, such as, glue size and red lead,
gum shellao dissolved in alcohol andi mixed
with red lead, and also gutta percha dissolved
in ether. But the pitch will work through any
or all of these if the knot is exposed to a hot
sua. Perhaps the very best method is to size
the knot with oil size, and then lay a lest of
gold or silver on it. In a very choice piece of
work a hot iron may be held over the knot till
a good portion of tbe pitch has come out and
been scraped off, when the two coats of the
leaf will be sure to keep out both the pitoh and
any discoloration.
Gbawob Co Opibatios. American farmers
are beginning to learn wbat ran be done by co
operative effort. What a hundred n t can not
do, each acting separately, can be don by fonr
or five men acting in concert.
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