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' THE AGE-QUESTION : OR A PLEA FOR CHRIS
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Nevin has grappled boldly
,with what is at least
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subject. He takes advanced ground, advocating
visible, organic union on the basis of the funda
mental Christian doctrines, as set forth in the
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method by which existing difficulties in the way
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Nan's Destiny. " Immortality: The Arguments
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LITERARY ITEMS
Rev. T. L. Cuyler, D.D., writes to the Evan
gelist: "The too-long deferred Memorabilia of
Professor Addison Alexander, are in course of
rapid preparation for the press. They will give
a peep into the mental machinery of this remark
able recluse, which will be abundantly entertain
ing. His linguistic learning was something stu
pendous. In the diary of his reading, occur some
such entries as this—'Read to-day, so much San
serit and so much Zoroaster—finished a perusal
of Littleton in Latin, with the old Norman notes,
etc.' Other men's toils were his recreations."—
Mr. Dickens, in reply to a request from a French
author for materials to write a biography of him,
says he has long ago formed the intention of writ
ing an autobiography.—An English paper says
that 4,000,000 copies of the (moderate) High
Church hymnal "Hymns, Ancient and Modern,"
have been sold in Great Britain within the last
five years. The English edition may be had in
this city for twenty-five cents.—Miss Anna E.
Dickinson has completed the story upon which
she has been actively employed for some months.
It is announced as being reformatory in charac
ter, dealing with the questions of the hour, and
is to be published early in autumn.—lt is very
difficult now to find anywhere at the book stores
in Belgium, Germany, or England, a copy of Vic
tor Hugo's "Napoleon Le Petit," in French, the
agents of the Emperor of the French having
bought up every copy they were able to lay their
hands on.—Among the candidates for seats in
the new British Parliamen', several are or have
been connected with the newspaper press, in
cludinc, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Baines, Mr. Roebuck,
Mr. John Walter, principal proprietor of the Lon
don Times, Professor Morley, of the Fortnightly
Review, Mr. Edward Miall, of the Nonconform
ist, Mr. Tillet, editor of the Norfolk' News, Mr.
Jaffray, of the Birmingham Post, and Mr. Gor
rie, formerly editor of a Scotch paper.—Bishop
Heber, had a brother once, who spent his entire
rife in collecting books. A journey of several
hundred miles was often undertaken to secure a
single copy. He rented houses in Paris, Antwerp,
Brussels, and other European cities, and filled
them from basement to attic. When he died, his
library, which numbered five hundred thousand
volumes, was disposed of at auction, the sale last
ing two' hundred and two days, and the net re
turns being over a million dollars.—A London
religious weekly publishes a statement that three
hymns commonly ascribed to ADDISON were un
doubtedly composed by ANDREW MARVELL,
They are the well-known pieces,
"The Lord my pasture shall prepare;"
"The spacious .fimament on high ;"
"When all thy mercies, 0 my God."
These hymns are found in MS. volume of Mar
vell's poem bearing date of 1676, when Addison
was four years old. They came into Addison's
possession in some way, and were published by
him in the Spectator, with laudatory prefaces,
a circumstance which is alone sufficient to indi
cate that Addison could not have intended to
claim for himself the authorship. He surely was
not the man to pronounce his own verses "ex
quisite."—The N. Y. Sun says:—"Mr. Ware, a
Unitarian preacher in Baltimore, is out in a tirade
against the present mode of conductinc , news
papers. He might turn his guns with far more
justice upon the present mode of preaching the
gospel—his own included. He inveigh's against
publishing accounts of crimes. We heard him
once proclaim that the greatest blessing which.
befell Adam and Eve was their expulsion from
the Garden of Eden. Is not all crime a lecriti
mate consequence of the first sin ? Mr. Ware
should be more consistent."—There are 306 re
ligious newspapers and other periodicals published
in the United States. Of these 60' are set down
as Baptist, 54 Methodist, 30 Presbyterian, 29
Lutheran, 26 Episcopal, 24 Catholic, 16 Congre
gationalist, 11 Universalist, and the remainder
scattered among the smaller societies.
kinttiftr.
INFLUENCE OF. THE MOON ON THE
WEATHER.
At the late meeting of the "'Scientific
Congress" in Chicago, Prof. Loomis presen
ted a paper on this subject. He stated that
from a comparison of twenty-eight years of
observation in Germany, Schubler 'deduced
a sensible influence of the moon, the num
ber of rainy days at the time of the second
octant being' twenty-five per cent. greater
than.at the time of the fourth octant. From
a comparison of observation, made at Paris,
Orange, and Carlsruhe, Gasparin arrived at
results not differing greatly from those of•
Schubler. By a comparison of sixteen
years of observation, at' Greenwich; nine
years of- Oxford, and Sixteen' years at Ber
lin, Dir. Harrison of. England' has obtained
results which are remarkably consistent
with each other, and which indicate that
the moon exerts an appreciable influence
upon terrestrial temperature, the maximum
occurring six or seven days after new moon,
and the minimum about four days after full.
The difference between the maximum near
the first quarter, and the minimum near the
last quarter is' two.and &half degrees of
Fahrenheit.,. 'These results ; which tine my,
different from what' might be' anticipated;
Mr. Harrison explains by supposing that
the moon really attains its greatest heat
about the last quarter, but that the heat
which the moon radiates to the earth is en
tirely dark heat, and therefore absorbed by
our atmosphere. The heat raises the tem
perature of the air above the clouds, causing
increased evaporation from their surface,
by which they are dispersed, and thus there
is an increased radiation of terrestrial heat
to the sky, and consequently a diminution
in the temperature of the air near the
ground. He supposes that opposite results
must occur at the period of minimum heat in
the moon. In order to compare the influ
ence of the moon with that of the sun, he
bad taken the average cloudiness of Green
wich, as indicated by observations made
every two hours fora period of seven years,
and the table shows,—the greatest cloudi
ness due to the moon's influence occurs
about the time of the greatest heat; that
is, near the third quarter, and the minimum
follows about a week after the maximum, or
about one-fourth the time of the moon's ro
tation. This disturbance of the vapor of
our atmosphere gives rise to storms, during
which vapor is precipitated, and a vast
amount of latent heat is liberated. The
motion of these storms over the earth's sur
face is influenced by local causes such as
latitude, proximity to mountains or the
ocean. The result the Professor found in
the statement that the moon does influence
the atmospheric phenomena in n appreci
able manner ; but, in ordinary parlance, the
influence being so small, it may be said that
there is no influence of the moon upon the
weather.
BURSTING OF A GLAOIEB.
A correspondent of a London paper gives
the following account of a singular occur
rence at Chamounix, Switzerland, on July
23: "At ten minutes to five, a dark cloud
overshadowed the valley of Chamounix, a
peal of thunder was heard, and then a con
tinuous
,roar that awakened every one in
the village, caused every eye to strain itself
in the direction of the Aiguille BlaitThre.
At this moment no sign could be seen of the
cause of so much commotion. Presently a,
puff of smoke, as it so appeared on the
crest of the mountain that supports the
Glacier des Pelerins, raised the cry that the
glacier had burst, bringing with it part of the
moraine that had kept it within bounds.
"The peasants of the valley were rushing
to and fro, driving the cattle into safe quar
ters, and then all eyes were watching one
of the most glorious and overwhelming sights
the visitor to Chamounix could desire to
see. My pen is too weak to describe the
commotion this mighty avalanche created,
every moment adding fuel to its course, tos
sing up clouds of spray, ;bringing with it
pine trees, huge boulders, rude bridges, and
deserted halets, until it reached the pretty
Cascade du Dard, when the noise was most
deafening. The falling mass here, fillhi the
gully, and gaining speed atevery exertion,
left the course the stream usually takes,
and tearing down pine trees, opened an im
mense track, and overflowed the meadows
and gardens of the Hotel Royal, destroying
whole fields of barley and potatoes, and,
after spending its fury for twenty minutes
on meadow and peasant land, this muddy
mass formed itself into a large lake, which
will remain some time, to be regarded by
tourists as an event which is very rare in
the valley of the Chamounix."
Dad grintntß',
OX OR HORSE TEAMS.
"I live eight 'miles from Newport and
about . the same distance from Fall River,
and have to haul my produce to one or the
other of these markets. -I use a light- wagon
with a pair of 'horses and carry alight l'O'ad,
or two pairs of oxen and a heavy cart for a
larger load. The first don't pay, and the
last is slow work for these times. When I
was in the army I was struck with the laige
wagons in use at the South!, and even on
the country roads about Philadelphia, draivn
by four horses or mules, and carrying mach
larger loads than wo are accustomed to. I
would like to have your opinion as to the
relative advantages of the tvvo systems."
There is much to be said in favor of oxen
—they are cheaply kept, when not at work,
and their increase of size pays in part for
their food; they make a steady team for
heavy work, and they are easily managed,
requiring 'only the simplest sort of gearing
for the road = or the field. They are such
comfortable creatures to have about that
men who have been accustomed to them all
their lives are very prone to give them
more than their due, and to scout the idea s
of replacing-them-with horses.
Of course, in pioneer lifepand in all cases
where the cost of their, keep is not an ob
jection to being' largely stocked with cattle,
oxen are invaluable. They get an immense
amount of work done at very little cost—
if one has enough of them, not to overwork
theal at,any time, so that all of the teams ,
may ke,ep up a thrifty growth, and turn
hay into beef at a profitable rate. On a.
feeding farm they are a- great - resource for'
times of heavy and piessing work. Brit
when we have said this we have said all,
and there is a dark side tu, the picture. The
habitual, use of oxen, is exceedidgly demora
lizing to the farmer and his hands.
The ox gives the tone - to the whole estab
lishment, and sets its time—and mighty slow
time it is. That in this steam age any man:
who cares for more than to "put in his
day's work," should, be satisfied to creep his,
slow way along at the side of four oxen,
eight miles from home and back, is an evi
dence of the depressing influence of an ox
team en the human energies. , For All road:'
work, yes for All steak' i work, Iloraps,or
mules (preferably the lattor l are the 94br
teams that an active man. Ought to be con-,
tent 'with, whether' he' driVridne pair or two.
For all road teaming, the large Pennsyl
vania wagon, drawn—with its load of three
tons--by four stout horses or mules, is far
more economical than our lighter wagons,
which carry hardly more than one ton with
two horses. The horses do full work; of
course, although a larger part of it is ap
plied to the hauling of the wagon than in
the other case, while the man (giving his
time to the management of one ton instead
of three) is accomplishin g only one-third of
what he might do. We think our corres
pondent would do wisely were he to adopt
the more effective four-horse team, keeping
his oxen in rapidly growing condition,
ready for any extra work on :the farm.—
The New York Evening Post.
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