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."
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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