61y famitg "NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP." In the quiet nursery chambers, Snowy pillows yet unpressed, See the forins of little children, Kneeling; white-robed for their rest, All in quiet nursery chambers, While the dusky shadows creep, Hear the voices of the children— " Now I. lay me down to sleep." , . In the Meadow' and the mountain Calmly; Shine the winter stars, But across the glistening lowlands Slant the moonlight's silver bars. In the silence and the darkness, Darkness growing still more deep, Listen to the little children, Praying God their souls to keep. " If we die"—so pray the children, And the mother's head drops-low (One, from out her'fold, is sleeping, Deep beneath the winter's snow,) "Take our souls ;" and past the casement Flits the gleam of crystal light, Like the trailing of his garments, Walking evermore in white. • Little souls that.•stand , expeetant, Listening at,the gates of life, Hearing far away the .murmur Of the tumult and the strife; We who fight beneath - those banners, - Meetibg Yanks of fdernen there, ' Find a deeper, broader meaning In yohr simple vesper prayer. When your hands shall grasp the standard Which to-day you watch from far, When your deeds shall shape the conflict In this universal war, Pray to 'Him, the God of battles, • Whose stion4.eye can never sleep, In the warring of temptation, • • • . ~Firm and t4tte your souls too keep. W hen the combat ends, and slowly When the smokes from out the skies, When, far down the purple distance, All the noise of battle dies, When tbe last night's solemn shadows Settle dark on you and me, May the)ove that never faileth Take our souls eternally. MINDING. Charlie, come in, I want you," said a sweet womanly Voice to a little boy who was playing marbles on the sidewalkin front of a nice brick house. Now Charlie '"was very busy, and in the midst of a delightful' game. Re was as hap py as could be. To quit his, play then was like quitting the table when. half trough dinner. Would he obey. We looked with interest to see what be — would do. What would you' have done ? harlie replied, " yes, mother," and pick ing up his marbleS, started off with a" smil ing face and a bounding step bp' the side yard, and in at the end door of the house. • A fine boy that, I thought, as I looked after him. I wonder wbo he is? What a beau 3iful thing At Janet be to have a, little boy or girl that will mind at °nee, and with a hap py loving heart!' I wondered what would become of that, boy, and wished to, see more of him and learn his history. , I used to wilk past that house' every week, and always thought of that blue-eyed, light:haired boy. The tharight of 'him made me happy. I sLW a great many naughty children.r Once I spent two ( or three days in trying t& fund - a naughty boy who ran away from ! his home, and overwhelmed his pti , enta with; grief; rand wharl'l'idund him, some one had stolen his • coat. and hat,. and , bundle of,clothes, and all the money he had. Once I chased after a truant, boy and girl for several, hours, and at last, late at night, found there in the woods, wet through, cold, and frightened l almost to death. They had disobeyed their` mother, and gone to plaY instead of going to school, and both of teem,e were sick,for several weeks in.consequerice of their `"folly, and exposure. A' boy that minds-Lhe is' a jewel. I had been in business a year or twb, and ' in that time had had several boYs.;. but it was next to impossible to find one that would , mind. At last I was quite out of patience, . and I determined that 1 would have no one . who could,not bring the best recommeuda . tion, and stand the closest test. Several ap plied for the place, but ,no one suited us. _At Jest came a, blae-eyeti,, flaxen 7 ,haired youth ""of „twelve years, with a bright, honest face. There was something engaging in his aspe9t. Rad.l seen him before? "What is your name ?" " ' I live 'in Franklin -.street. My father. is.a carpebter, but 'is lathe now, and cannot Work, and I 'have got mo ther's cownt to go into a store, if I can find a place." It was the very Charlie whom I bad seen playing at marbles. I remembered - die dr cathstaddilit4na;km.3w ",that he would mind. I did net need' a - I.6cOmm'enditibb for him, • ' but gave him the place, and twice as much pay as I had propoped to give. Charlie came to Work on Monday morn ing. It seethed hard for him, the first - Week of work, but lie.bebaved•like. a ma... The - boys in the next store came in and made his acquaintance. One morning Lheard two of them trying to persttadir-Chagtis to go off with thbrn down ou the viFliat4etrin the fore ' boon and see a boat-race that was to come Tiff. a " No," said., Charlie, " mother, told 'me to mind. nity .: business, and I -am paid for staying here, and don't think itright to go off without my employer's knowing it." That Was, a brave word, and I - thought More Of Char' We than ever. ,was _ten years.ago,, ,I,je has been ; With me ever since, and proved to 13 - 6 1 . the best ,clerk lever Yesterdayt we put up a rieW all& on it,idlarge-giltleiters, VasQl:tarliOtu,l,l name. Thl f store owe. „fle ia, ) Ackvf a PKOARSK9,tl4,Pr9Oisi?lg young many and if he lives,.wlll he a rich,' honored -Than , And all this because one brightmoritrsthe thieled his mother when gibe eattedifirri. aSch-litthrthings THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1860. treat results• come. Always mind, and it will be .always well with you.—Ladies' Re pository. THE BITTER KISS. Who would have thought there could be such a thing between a mother and her little daughter ! Yet I know there was, for a pair of coral lips told me of it this after noon. We were talking in' the class, and Flor ence asked—" If we say things in joke, and then explain right off, is that really lying ?" and wh4ile we are trying to make it clear-to children's minds, that lies are lies, and that truth is truth, a great many incidents came from the children's lips.' Daisy said she thought it was best-never to " make be lieve," but always say, vhat was really meant; Florence was somewhat unsettled in her mind, desired me to think it over a little, and answer next Sunday; and then it was that Mary told me about " the -bitter kiss." " I was a little bit of a girl," she said, "and mamma had told me not to touch a jar of mincemeat, which She had on- the table, ready to make pies. §),lddenly, some one called her to the hall-door, and the min ute I'beard her talking,ll just put my band right into the jar, and helped myself—then I jumped down-and ran into the play-room, and stayed a long time; I could .not go back to mamma, even though she had promised to mske me a little pie: I washed my 'hands and face, and was sure nobody could find it out. I did not remember that God saw me ! When mamma took me in her lap at night and stooped‘ down to undress me, she start, ed back, and her face was very red. She did not say anything then, but she told me afterwards she saw a bit of mince-meat clinging to my apron. She hOped accident, and did.not wish to say anything until she knew certainly; so she went on repeating our night's verses, until she seem ed to be thinking of the"mince-meat again;.. then sffe asked if I had touched it in play, and I said right off, no ma'am, Mamy did'nt take any; but my face felt so hot I had to take mamma's fan ' then she looked very sober, and stopped talking for a minute, when somebody dalled her and she went out. So I crept into-bed, not daring to ask' her to kiss me, and feeling as if I could not go to, sleep without it;—presently she came back, and stooping over me," , raised my lips' to hers.—ln a moment, I should have had one of ler sweet kisses, but her'eyes filled with 'tears, and her face grew very White, as she exclaimed, child has Eurety, told' a lie Oh, Mamy, your breath tells the story. That. , Avas bitten ' , Ms my little; daughter was going—to give her mother.: Oh, my child, my child!' Tlient,she`kneeled' down by my little bed, and called inie`t;b:her; and she put her arras:l;olnd, me, and . asked the SaviOur to forgive me and, every now' and then she , ihad t Ast l 9l4lo3 tears came so, fast. I shall never forget` that time, nor, the bitter kiss' I was going to give my, mother. . ., ; I havernlver J think best 'alivays , tb-tell- iihe-ilinth. feel about just as Daisy dOes;"and I gneiss Plbrence will too, when- she thinks about; it.: Then we talked it over a little , how that Mary's first sin ' stealing the, mince-meat,' led to the second sin, denying it; and so it! was best te 10. -,, tr*tb£o, l auCalways avoid! the first step that is wrong. Then the chil-1 dren learned, this, " Lying lips are, an abomination to the Lord, but they, that' deal • truly • are his delight;" , , and Florence, -rn,a,de up .her mind that she should not nee;:l' "time to think it over," but could decide; now t.hat.it-wias always hest, to "ideal truly."' —Tle 11:rational Baptist. ' ' THE MYSTERY OF SANCTIFICATION. • r , " 1 may be faint arid weary," , says the be liever,7,"lnitifir9Wcitiiiaot be. I may alter and fluctuate, as to my frames ; but my Thai dee'rner iblifichitrigeiftillPlYe same. I mighij Utterly fail and conic to nothing if left . 'toi mysillf; put the,Spirit of Truth hath....saidl I will never leave thee, nor forsake , my strengtit) either by charig-; ilienWiveitikileSe'intiAttrieifigtii;lit'by ing ine'*ith His own poNier. 11616‘viseto see and provide, for all my clangers l J'lle rich to relieve and succor me in , 004; He . is grabious`to hear and to anaw.er ailtay prayeris.; He is' omnipotent to deli-vett-Iml defend me from all,rnyepernies • Ile is faiihf ful to perfect and!perfoi fit! His own proi mike; 'He , Is eternal d Id' bless my poor depending soul with eternal td edness and immortality . Ob,..*hut &Wit and glorious Saviour for such a .mean and worthless dinner! Oh', what a brinntifuldrol graciously indulgent Friend for such a base and insignificant rebel !" What am I, when I compare , myself, and all I• myself; with what Lean conceive ciflpy,go,d,, and o wh a t Ile bath kindly promised, evento , me! What, a mystery am I to myself, tri Artrigersi to men ! A worm of earth to be like a star of. heaven.; a ,corrupti hie : sinner ,to be an A in ; corruptible saint; a rebel'lolletnude,afehil3 l ; an outlaw to become an'h'eir; .a deserverof hell to. be an inheritor of \ heaven; , a,strone h dd . of - the ddil' tO 6,1464:f n mf ple of God; 'an enemys:l4cl beggar 1;1 exalted to 6:throne, to be iv friencifibizwith God, one with Christ,' a possessor of Hiq Spirit, and of all His horibr ' PapPiiiese;,and glory forevermore; and all -rwithbut .any right to anYone thing on My part,.pqfiti, miseries aft lowest hell 1 Oh, what manner; and what,mAttfir,pf ? Lord, take' my. bealli k my soul my, all I can, run er aloe &MC:re, itndiq *Geld rentarrthee4 less.—Ambrose '" * ' .Man, is 9nejci,vdisrm both wnrlds doeeti his" body participates of the lower, hbi goul of the upper morld, hence, it,is that he finds. such tugging and; this,Way and that way, upwaT4 . l?nd dowutvarct;: , l39th worlds were contending - ter this initilus,ble 'prize, the,PreSin:ViAo4l.' A TEACHER'S COVENANT, The following covenant, which was pre pared for one of our best schools, is worthy of a wider circulation, and practical adop tion: Impressed with the responsibility of our positions, and feeling the need of •greater iaithfulness in the selvice ef our Master, we do, as teachers in the—Sunday-school, make the following engagements : 1. To be present ' in our classes every Sab bath at 2i o'clock, the:hour fcir opening the school, and- to remain through the entire session. 2. When unavoidably compelled to ab sent, or to leave our classes, we will provide substitutes, 'or give the superintendent time ly notice. 4)11 ', , 3. We will prayertully and studiously prepare our lessons athome, and attend the teachers' meetings with all possible punctu ality. 4. We will maintain a thorough supervi sion of all our scholars, visiting every new' scholar within a .- vireek •of his admission, and all others monthly if possible. 5. We will constantly remember that by example by instruction, and 'by prayer, we must aim to lead our pupils to Jesus; and then to usefulness in his service. Finally. We will do all this in humble de pendence on Min, who alone can crown our efforts with success. TZAIFIING TO ,17.1 LL. Only beginning the journey, Many .a rnile,to go, Little feet how they patter, Wandering to and fro. Trying again, so brairely, Laughing in baby glee; Hiding its.face in mother's lap, Proud as a baby can be. Talking the oddest language Ever before, was heard ; "pit mother — you'd hardly think so— Understands every word. Tottering now, and falling, Eyes that are going to cry, Kisses and plenty of love words, Willing again to try. Father of all, oh I guide them, The pattering little%feet,' While they are treading 'the up-hill 'road, Braving the dust, end heat. Aid them when_ tkeygro*, weary, Keep them in a pathway blest, And when the journey's ended, Saviour, oh 1, give thenz,rest. PLAYING LIKE A 611EISTIAN. heard of two little , ehildren oy and - girl-who used to ,a ' great, ; "deal to gether. They both becalm eenverted. One d 4., the boy came to his mother, tin,d , said, "Mother, I know' that 'Emma 'is a Chris tian." . "What makes you think so, my child ?" "Because r anatliet, slitgorapi like a Chris “pli t ys like a 'Chiristio:?""sald sr; the expression sounded a little odd. 1-pfl," l replied, the child,. ".1f you take ,evelrtbi ?jot; a:CA iiTY4 efore, sb.9 'vkas selfish ; and, if she didn't have everythingtheiniMvig;)she would w,on'A play witb ,, you ; you, ,are, an' usly'little boy!” . ' ' • A 'GOOD RE§OLVt. g when. am a man, will begin These words fell from the lips of 'a 'fine little fellow scarcely si years old. His r r ika l Mma had 'endeavored ti*ke`after impress„on hia, youthful mina ;ibe necessity ,of,early !piety;: but hitherto,• all her .persuasions' seemed in -vain. - 'When he uttered' these 'words, she said, "But, ttiY'dear; saPpose'you `do not live to be a man !"' Be rem'ained 'silent Air ° trlinUtes, with his ey9sfixecl on the ceiling, as if deep thought.; and then With'a resolute countenance ...added, ‘f Then mamma,..T.' had better begin-at : Now; my dear young readers, will.yon follow,7Eddie's example, and begin at once There is no time like thepresent for serving the I.4ord,,;;lfyou put it 9ff-,E!..:little longer, xon,will, perhaps, find, that you have it dot *IU - tie too long. YOU AIM-been Tre-! "quently• reminded in "tkiese ,Psges, and per hapsl , by tinncidents> occurring , around. , you, that the youngest is 'not toO•young to die. But neither are you - too young to give your mbeert.to Jesus. Ton go to ifrim.now,you .I*ll - not; regret .it .when,lyon 'become. men anawomen; ,, bit on the contrary, will-find -GIWs care and protection tq kl 9 dver l you at all,Anies, and that 'Ho <fiilfile His,promises in ags t4 l 4 l P s ti. 0940 t 'fix,lls'.tiOetfitAP4;-- , zarly Days. 'LAP 'CHURCH. We ,„c,csnplend,,,to the consi t ieratißn of tikoae ,whoilre„in- the habit, 'of getting:. to 'Ohara +Me; the . question Which- a little, boy put to, his, 9ptber. Tbe incident ftirni`sh r ' ed;bY, corresp,oNiint, Of the 'Advance• : Many years agirralittle son not four years old, one Sabbath morning, came very care Ailly e ap4.,eilentlyi down ;pp, c4amker,,stairs as thoughafraid - avi : lticepicig some one. Coming 'lll,l3 l nlY' robin 'arid' laying his *a upon A my, BllPActex, .141 tri4i9BeTedi la~mma, is iit Nop4cd ,to gat -up as. ear ly Sxiii4y,'ltiotiiitig., you; do Ober, in - gs 4? ", The little fellow ~knevi—t,,hat- h e bad " " sometimes., to stay at me., ()cause, ene was-not time to get alt#lo l ,P,o9lir,Fly? That was alesson to me—a lesson-which have never forgotten. _ AN Ekina . 134 PAPER. relateS 4.i th'efeliowing l e "A 10ter -fro, m the wilds pf Rheshlre wag r rowed ~o ne morning, having _ the simple sn " Eor rnoi on, Irlr ndon.', s hand& it was at length duly deposited, along with a thousand other letters, at a left-till-called for office, thereto await the chapter of accid ents. .B. few days afterwards a simple looking countryman presented himself, and inquired, ' Han ye...gotten a letter for me fra moi feyther ?" A titter, . a whisper, a sig nificant nod of the head on the part of more than one official, then a rummage. .among the pigeon boles, and feyther's' letter was found and handed to the son', who looked upon the whole proceeding quite as a mat ter of course." '-' • grinti4. PHILOSOPHY OF' INDIAN SUMMER. coF.resPotttdclkt writes from:Port TieROI Del. :—"The "peculiar atmosphere of this season, we 'suppoge, originates from the sud den death and consequent combustion (or oxidation or fermentation) of an infinite number of leaves and 'vegetables, whose vi tality is, extinguished annually y the first frost (that may' extend from Maine to' Georgia or California); producing what is equivalent to a 'hot bed' of 'great extent." "One of the results of this change in the color` of the leavesis the evottition of enor mous quantities of hydro-carbon compounds that are characterized (like the diamond) , by very high refractive, power;• the 131111's rays are thus concentrated by this peculiar atmosphere, and the heat is, reduplicated also. The lurid appearance of the atmos phere may bey thus easily.explained . . , Also, we should anticipate a more . frequent exhi bition of the aurora in lower latitudes - at this season, if`t depend,entt',ontb,e'refrac ting power of the air, and certain zones, are annually subjected to the sana.atfaospheric changes in the autumn." Another correspondent writes---"It is a settled fact that during the summer months eyaporation is much greater than during the other months of the year. Now, if this substance is capable of being absorbed by. water, of course, during the summer months it, would. be taken up,by the,aseending mists and fogs. If it is so light as to be carried up by such small particles of water, then evidently t the same agency which influences the mist and rnakes,it rise went(' influence this substance. It is evidently of a different nature from water. It is evidently of a dry nature, and hence, when dry, is lighter than; water. The reflections of heat from the' earth during summer produces a: current , upward. There-are points in this current to which certainisubstances will go and no fl4their;the sOstOPe ,gQing high :,',.‘This substance' • under.,, consideration, l being lighter , than water,lAmall , particles:, will become 'detached froiii` the. 'Water anal ascend above its range, but not so far Above, the surfa6 as not to be infigencell by its heat. g o iticiti g e . , mains whild,iiih'ent from, the. earth is sulticient to support it. In au-i tumn'thetiirbegiiise•tio chill; and there is no liTnier AuffiCiOnt - exPatisive force to sup port this - sibstance. It be,e9m4 dined, it cont;racfs; 19,441 , #flloYsitstylksif IRO - iurface, that line of heat sufficient to support. ABl before remarkeiPthililitubstatitie may be seen, botil,„ l , l beftire and alter ri4, but ritiwr du i tfierifilPSEMAilMtnnatratillothat lengqi„,Af in,c,lititijAmipes depends; upon the amount of rain ni autumn. Hence,' as the line, of heat sufficient for it support; apprOacliCis auto n - is dra, riff 318,;Ve rolig 3 ,lnalka a short have now opinion' „ th i e' p of*a - ything i student. o f f cduise, it is open to comment, and criticism. Neva' York ObserOer. THE; FISH _WITH. A BLOW-GUN. Did you ever see • , a fishi-shbot ?" asked , UriOle' [tea who' had' Oen a 'gieat' Sailor in. his ' , gine,' "having- been ''twice the; wbild••' , • •• ' ;' • "Of course havc, - 13undreds of times,", answeee'd Harry, his little 'nephew. Shoot' I.through the water " b," I don't Mean th d but with a gun, said`Uncle Rea." " A fieh ehoot 'gun! TY,ou)know never did„ nor anybody - else. ,there's ':a ftaldin the I,adia„n ‘Opean that; parries a . gnu and shoots its ( prey.", ~r " Now uncle, 'you're - just fooling me i• I :cron't believe-1J would '=believe' that if r s'aw "Seeing is beli'eVing, - Ilarry : and as I've Se'errit, bhuhirlo'belinteit,"" '" Yon - ITrible'Rea; yod. saw a' fish with a gun ?' " Yes." • _ " And saw it shoot ?" "Yes, oftener than I've got fingers and toes. " , y - L s i . ;. "". ;` r. " W 'pep k , pig ;;O i c a arsta , lwe / Did the fish use powder anes - hoel" h aidly tainikittlaidltinble - ROaP ing, i‘ " that -it couldihrnpi.npt its powder dFy. didn dice a peoWdeVoin, birt i n bl4*-guttl"•••• •••I • 7• . • "You're, , ,j . ustjeoling L ine in some way," said Harry, u tAlf laughing l half . serions. " 'honor bright" returned Uncleßea • " it's just as, I'm telling'. • you. You have '.seen pair of bellows-with their long nose. iii`sfefid' (iPti'wide`:month, like mot fish of I stfinak Ea•B a 1 04 muzzle or snout, something like . a pairtot bellows, only it is split down the middle, sel that it can open like a pair of pincers. This is its gun." 'T•"•'I•„ 1 " Oh I lithunglit...youimeatit ;that it carried its,fiaq, ••";ir • 110 73 ' lincle Rea l'augited, 'am thei Went - telling aboutdifitifiVi.;ro9.l3a ,Thqll. l tPli? 9f• Lt4P,A.PAk 3 ;,ti!le•Reakf4 i todseas along the coasts of China, Japan Old intir& iii(theislandei it.feeclsymostly.on,Ausects, but as enough_ of\thuaeto satisfydtd3thauger, do not usufto4o,,yliiiifa.t,,h9 zivAlpfe r Amakeet u P.+ l ll9Miql Diag.n.P i ng . " I " I'd just like to know how, Uncle Rea." "It's wonderful enough, my boy," said Uncle Rea; " but as I've seen it scores of times, there's no doubt of it in the world. A fly will light near the water's edge on a blade of grass or a twig, seeing which the fish takes a drop of water in its mouth arnd swims quietly up to within two or three , feet of the fly, with its body, except the end of its snout, in the water. When near enough, it shoots this drop at the fly, and with such sureness of aim as almost always to knock it into the water when it is snap ped up instantly." " Well now, that does- beat everything !" exclaimed Harry. "And 3you've seen it done, Uncle Rea?" " o,h yes, as I've said, scores of tinine In Sava , and China they keep these finny,bAnt ers in , bowls and vases as pets, and wise themselves by watching them in, pirsuir_of their prey."' '" _And did you ever see them. in vases r " Oh yes.; and have often held ally near the water, on the end of a,stipk, to see tNem shoot it ?" "And. did-they always shoot."' " Almost always, and rarely missed' theii. " Why dida't: you:, bring one home, Uncle Rea ?" asked Earry. " I don't -thinks theyrWould live in • our climate ; they belong to a'warmer region - of the -world." " Are they large?" " No ; I never' saw theM 'More than five or ,Six ;inches long. They are , shaped Much like a , san-fish, And are curiously striped with brownish bands, edged with darker breicin and white. •Butelet us s'ee if we Can't find the' pictilre of one of them in a book ,on Natural History!' ' ; ; • And Uncle Rea went to the library and took down a volume. " l':ps,; here is, the v ‘ ery,cllp himself," said Uncle Rea, as he turned the leaves of the book; " and the; artist who drew him ;has taken him in the very act of shooting a fly. See the drop;of •water just at the muzzle of his gun, ready to porroutat the poor insect, that •a thought of danger." " believe 'most anythidg after this !" ex-dlitiin'ed"Harty,' gttiifig intelisdy 'At the picture, for a long time: 1 d And to think th la liefoie," he added; -then' aftervapange; he said : "I• guess there are ktrOtr • Miler oth'er ;toys—and girls too—that never , heard 'of a fish with a 13how 3 •them`4 all' this ;picture, and tellthein.about it too." •.•i- 111 ABOUT ZL00D..,, 04sprvkyonr mother yvben site is packing a trunk, and you will see that whatever she iS.X.Opstkafraitt , slo/Jvbe 'Briilodi,. Bll 9 is most careful to put in theAniddle, that it may be tlevetgexpoadd 4,o,accidents. Andthis is what a kind Providence has 'with the arter ies; which , bave the . utmost , eau, to dread accidents, while thi.ireiheri which are much .betteV,ible to bear rong:lcutitigel, are allowed to wander about i freely just` under the skin. b But-when the ones happen-to take" up a -great deal oft robin-, and coMevrdaUthe skin theinselves,-asis the - case in the wrist, the artery is forped,,,,wheth.er hp likes-ft or , riot, to venture Ao,"iho,inrifitce, and tlieil. , we are 'ableto.)put -our finger, upon him. Aibd , there are others in the same sOrtoofsituatiou: the - artery 'of' the . Tobt for • Youfeel ,ouit,p,srirebleoitis,ro, tto you not? *ell; it is-ino,,more,,zed . tlian ,l 4e water of a stream Avould , be eif yOu we-to Ail 'it with little red fishes': Suppose , the fishes to be very, vett sme t ).l-- T ad . small'ailqii 'grain` of 'Sand = 'and;plosElik:c'o*(l4reipgefller'tgrough the whOle depth of the stream.; 4,ltetwater would look. o 9,pite t red t 7 . 9llo..+Ktp? , And - 1.149 is the, way ip.wiiiiqk WO, loolts ; ,only ob serve one.tbing;. gr,i4 OX.eand is a moun tain in - comparison witti,tbe,little red fishes the -blood.. ,If I were, to tell. you• ,they measured about the three thousand two him dredtOriri < diameter, you' would Ackot-, ; keouu t e,,b ) *iser,so, I pretpr. saying (by way of giving you a more perfect idea Of their miiiutenesii)%that there would be about, a million in stietoi drop of blood as would hang on the m ' point, of 'a needle . say so on the,aptberatyof l a l i,entific Ererielpian— Mt., , Boulliet.. -Not,that he„has ever counted them, as-you--may suppose,any--more-than I have done; but/a - Ltd§ as near an approach as can be made by calculation to the size of those fabplous blood fishes, which are the three thousand tivo hundredth part of an inch in diameter.—Jean Mate. ' - MAKING GLASS EYES. • v 1 I ar(ft. • . , It is saidttbktfthere ' iti'dgew York at least seven thousand pertiong*l6--Weii: false eyes. The manufaeturelif these eyes is done entirely by , b.a . ntpd.isqtlitlihdiespribed by the - knerici2kArii;lan?; ,' - 0) A man sits down behind A•jcii of gas flame, which'is :pOintiod' and 'dire'Ked as,' he wishes by a bloW:Vipe. 'The pipit of the eye is made wich! ,a drop 'of ' black , lea& 4 imbedded in. the centre' of the.iiis.: the blood-vessels seen in the white of the eyiliiiire - easily put in With '. red:dials: L *l;lg tile .1) - iitie'iiii glowing with f r ,iveiit 'like a ball''-cif• gpld. The whole .eye can be .made.inside*of,an. :hour, and it is at once' ready to, ll .up in. : Thereader should knows that it is simply a thin gliisil shell in tended to cover the stump of the blind eye. After being dipped in the water, this shell is slipped in pine, *ingihe . •y the eyelids. lit e The seqftt ffAifitailinl , r.ottb to it de pendsAp‘ni•-working the gl se that it shall.fitalhe stump. If it is too EWA it will not itttii , e; if it fits nicely, it moves iri every paitkitlar like the natural eye, and' il quite impowiligoidia#Fnesstiorittlilheffr4i. the °the?: The °paillion sonde Vie it di - least f AY.irtilT hii &WOW, kliii p icwivlirti - them a number of years feet bait(er, ; .with them in than wliiiiirtlifit i t izpviwe s ios , .eyelhould be taken out every.luthl t 4iiliplit; in in the morning. 4 %Alm:l9l'4 .•Wilryt4l 73 , 9 3 3 - , false eye beeip, 1193)21'3,,MrttlitiiNnt3w one - has to be obtailieillf; .i:4,4 * l A •li l ilit' ij !,;',l-.', ',:` : .:. ; .f. 4, ..t.3.3A..1 t Ri21.411 - 1 .....i /%,..4,. , ..'... -,.'1.1
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