Voices of Nature. “To him, who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, She speaks a various language.” Thanatopsis. The rivers running to the sea Are ever singing unto me: “ Rejoice, sweetheart.” The winds that softly o'er me blow Are whigpering ever soft and low: “Be glad, sweetheart.” The mountains that above me tower Say always when the storm clouds lower, “ Be brave, sweetheart,” From all the valleys comes the song, Like fairy music borne along, “ Be true, sweetheart,” ~~ Annie Francis Baker, Doubt, The wild rose blooms for the sun of June, The tide ebbs slowly out ; 1 hear in the dreamy afternoon The far-off fisher's shout. The sand lies gray and the sea leaps blue, The tide ebbs slowly out ; Q iover mine, who called to you, The white gull's wing sweeps tha whiter foam, The tide ebbs slowly out; To put my fears to rout! The rose may blush and the sun may shine, The tide ebbs slowly out; The world is good if you are mine, Ashes and dust without! - Celia Thaater, A RED MITTEN. CHAPTER 1, It was the afternoon of a clear, sharp January day of 1861, and the company numbered fully two hundred; there were men and women, boys and girls, fiving and circling about, In magses, singly, by dozens and by twos and threes over the frozen surface of the beautiful Silver lake in Rockdale, a sub- urb of the flourishing city of B—, Among the « rowd were many lads and lasses who imagined they were fond of skating, and who came to Nil- ver lake for no other reason. It wus singular, too, to note how mueh more gracefully the “outward roll,” back- ward or forward, can be accomplished by joining hands or being linked to- gether by a walking - stick. These sticks, in some instances, proved no non-conductors to the sympathetic thrill that pervaded the magnets at either end. The positive and negative conditions were fully realized in the case of brawny John Horton and rosy-cheeked Abbie Latham, the daughter of the squire. She, with her plump, comely figure, and fresh, handsome face, lit up by a pair of laughing blue eyes, could have led awkward John, on or off skates, anywhere, with an apron string or a thread for a conductor. Not so withJohn. He could lead her nowhere; | and the more the girl could balk and tantalize him the more she seemed to enjoy the skating and his company. Many a ludicrous figure he cut, and many an awkward fall he endured by her sudden and unaccountable turns and shiftings, and her mirth and glee were at the highest at John's repeated failures to follow her difficult and tortuous windings. John was over- grown and massive, his twenty years of existence not having yet served to properly knit together and round out the proportions of his frame. She was litheand quick, and as graceful as she was skillful in the use of skates, Apart from the throng this after- noon John espied a little red mitten lying on the ice, where it had been dropped by some one of the numerous children. Miss Abbie saw it, too, and, as John, by one of his graceful move- ments essayed to stoop and capture the article, she refused to release his hand; but, just as he bent forward, she gave a wicked pull, and John, unbalanced, was sent sprawling arod or two be- yond. A peal of silvery laughter was her sympathetic comment, as, with a graceful curve, she turned and caught the tiny thing in her hand. John blushed at his awkwardness, and held out his hand to receive the mitten. But the captor only held it before him, and gently moved away. “Won't you give it to me?” he asked. “I will find the owner.” “I can find the owner more easily than you. I can’t trust you; you would fall and crush the poor thing in trying to deliver it.” And she saucily laughed again. “ You made me fall,” said John, ina grieved tone. “You are always doing these things. If I skated more and studied less I'd soon be as much an adept as your friend Joe Staples, whom you are always praising.” “You? Ha, ha, ha! As graceful as Joe Staples!” and the hilarity of the young maiden made John Horton's slugggish blood course through his veins till his face was as red as the scarlet kerchief that encircled his neck, All the rest of that afternoon John was gloomy and silent. He moved around mechanically, or rather auto- matically, and his companion con- cluded to serve no more tricks upon him. The sport finished, the two wended their way to the house of Mr. Latham, John's fair ompanion failing to rally him into anything like conversation. He answered her only in monosyllables, and seemed morose and preoccupied. As he was about to take his leave, John said, seriously and a little sarcas- tically: “ Abbie, I'm going back to col- lege to-morrow, and 1 hope you will enjoy the rest of the skating season in companionship more graceful than mine.” “IT hope I shall,” replied she in the same tone. “You must feel bad about something; perhaps it's the mitten! you had better take it, no, not now—1I won't give it up. If I ever think enough of you to surrender it, I'll send it to you by express.” And then she smiled on John, with rare sweetness, but John had seen that smile before, and felt she was only mocking him. So with a solemn good- night he buttoned his coat close to his chin, and with hands resolutely thrust into his pockets turned homeward, ! resolved to waste no more time with | skating girls, who judged young men by the dexterity they exhibited in handling their heels. CHAPTER IL Among the earliest volunteer regi ES VOLUME XV, TERMS: 82.00 a Year, in Advance. Ca NUMBER 40. interesting and exciting. The officers of the —th had arranged to have an “opening” in the celonel’s quarters, and thi Pall who were not on d repaired. The evening was of eo most enjoyable, for nearly every one had received from home some gift or token to remind him of a mother, sis ter or sweetheart, sometimes of all three. Horton was present, cool gloomy and indifferent. He did not expect any present. His family was scattered, and many of those nearest to him to whose 3 would naturally turn at thi passed away. He did not feel athetic or sentimental mood, ¢ 0 particle of envy entered his mind in witnessing the enjoyment of oth rs. As the major held up a small paper box, however, and called out “Lieutenant John W. Horton,” the lat- ter started and felt his face aglow in an instant. He took the parcel, and in spite of entreaties in which not a few eX Dense, loving syvmpat x x n jokes were cracked at his placed it in his pocket till the conclu. sion of the festivities, when he retired to the comfortable quarters he shared with Lieutenant Carter, Lieutenant Horton was puzzled and curious. After divesting himself of his overcoat he sat down, placed the box on the table, lighted the solacing dudeen, determined to approach and unravel the mystery as becamea phi. losopher., Carter got decidedly impa- tient before even the outer wrappings were removed, as Horton conducted proceedings with a weighty delibera- tion. At last Horton shook from the box a little red mitten snugly wrapped in a piece of white tissue paper. No note of explanation appeared, and Horton met his companion’s gaze with a look in which were pictured at least half a dozen of the emotions that af- fect the human mind, the principal one being surprise. CHAPTER IIL For the next three evenings our hero was engaged in writing letters or rather a letter—for no sooner was each one completed than it was torn in pieces ‘and burned. Horton felt him- self in a tight fix and hoped the enemy would make a demonstration on the camp, that he might get out of it. He had rather face a hundred cannon than undertake to acknowledge the recep- tion of that mitten. He knew that he had loved Miss Latham, but his big, sensitive soul had been terribly lacer- ated by her apparently beartless be- havior, and he had concluded to be- come indifferent, not only to herbut to all womankind. This might be an- other of her heartless tricks, but when Jack recalled her words, “If I ever think enough of you to surrender it, I'll send it to you,” he felt the little vitch did entertain some little regard for him. Still, as she had vouchsafed 10 kind of message with the surrender of the mitten, he was at a loss how to act. Write he could not. “If I asked Carter's advice,” he reasoned, “he would only laugh at me. Why can't those plaguey women let a fellow alone, anyway?” he muttered to him. self. “1 was trying to forget her and now she has opened all my wounds afresh. She did it to tantalize me, but I'll show the flirt and the whole sex that I can’t be tantalized.” And then Jack took from his inner pocket an en- velope, out of which he fished a little red object, on which he gazed for a few moments as a naturalist might gaze upon a newly-discovered insect, with mingled curiosity and tenderness. The soldier sighed as he replaced the trifle, and going to the door of his tent gazed out into the darkness, As Jack stood gazing into the dark- gloom, and the sharp report of small- arms broke the stillness. “Hello! here's for fun!” exclaimed Jack, as he rushed for his accouterments. The long roll called the men into line, and in a few moments the regiment was prepared to receive the enemy. Being one of the officers at hand, Lieutenant Horton was ordered by the colonel to go forward with a detail of men and ascertain the true state of affairs, The pickets wereretreating, the firing being answered by stray shots from the enemy; no judgment of affairs. The pickets were retreating, the firing being answered by stray shots from the enemy ; no judgment of their num- bers could be 1cvged, but the panic-stricken pickets reported them to be 10,000 strong at least. Hor- ton determined to keep cool and ascer- tain for himself the number of the enemy. He had had little experience of fighting as yet, and his position was by no means a pleasant one. In this maneuver his excellent judgment was proved, for after studying the situation as long as it was prudent he hastened to the colonel and informed him that they consisted of not more than a regi- ment of infantry, moving directly for the camp. A hot skirmish ensued, the fight lasting for an hour or two, The de- monstration closed with the retreat of the enemy, on whose heels, Lieutenant Horton, whose fighting blood was up, | hung with a tenacity that astonished his brother officers, But Jack, fired by his success, rashly pushed too far ahead, and was laid low by a bullet through the shoulder. CHAPTER 1V, Jack Horton was the hero of that fight, and was mentioned in the com- mander’s report for his coolness, cor- | rect judgment and unflinching bra- It needed just such an occa- sion as this to bring out what was in His wound was a painful | preceded him, Like hundreds of others he abandoned | his books for thesword, and had passed | nights and days in study and drill to | fit himself for his new position. Hor- ton enjoyed the reputation among his fellows of being rather an anchorite. He was reticent, sometimes gloomy, and, although he performed his duties acceptably, he had thus far failed to show any distinguishing qualities for a military career. He joined in few of the camp pleasures, and when not on duty, reading or studying, was sure to be seen in abstract thought, walk- ing about the streets of the camp, or in the region of country imme- diately around. Christmas and New Year in camp formed one of the brightest seasons to the hardworked soldier in the years of the rebellion, Though the quantity of useful and useless articles dispatched from home was at all times great, the bulk of con- tributions arriving at this festive sea- son sorely tried the carrying capacity of all engaged in supplying the army at the front. And the occasions of rious about how Miss Abbie would greet him if he chanced to meet her, He hadn't the remotest idea of calling country’s and his leisure moments were passed, even in those invalid days, in the study of military tactics, He! did not want to be made a lion of; did not pretend to resemble that noble animal in the least. So he stayed at home and studied his books. Just before his return to the army | he attended a fair at Rockdale in aid | of thesoldiers. The young ladies were | the principal attractions at this, as at all fairs; and among the young ladies | none were more attractive than Miss | Abbie Latham. She drove a remark- | ably successful business at the flower | stand, one of her principal patrons be- | ing Mr, Joseph Staples, who pur-| chased at least halt her stock and dis- tributed it with a lavish hand. He had not gone to war, but had at least, | and without compulsion, hired a sub- stitute, His patriotism was ardent, as he assured Miss Abbie, but there were other attractions nearer home, opening the boxes and bundles among t but pay his respects to Miss Abbie become wore trim and manly than when she last saw him, His features, sadness and suffering; ho moved with. out awkwardness, and all the young ladies declared him to be the hand somest soldier in the hall, He won the sword that was voted for on this occasion, as he deserved to, Jack's gaze of the young lady; but if he felt any emotion it must have been slight; she was very busy with her customers, and especially with her wholesale patron, Mr, Staples, vet, as the lieu- tenant bade her good-evening and turned away he nt flush steal over her cheeks, For two old friends so long separated the meeting was decidedly cold and Harrow, In the stirring events of the next two years Horton bore his full share at Frederic Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, the ness, down to Cold Harbor, where at the head of his regiment he fell des- bal kshiure ANLIUIR, wld, He was conveyed to the hospital at Washington in a seemingly hopeless condition, with several wounds, each of which was dangerous. The nurses moved among the wounded men like angels of mercy. Some of the soldiers lay in a stupor, some were raving in delirium and others dying in agony. For days Horton's life thread, his fevered brain mercifully hung on a 'H ing. As he awoke one morning a soft and gentle hand was soothing his brow, when the dawpness indicated that the fever was broken. He tried to open his eyes but was too weak; speak he could not; and many hours passed before he could discern what was around him. Since the night of the Cold Harbor fight his life had been And now he saw before him the pale face, that looked familiar, but he could not recall the name of its owner. Again trying to speak, the surgeon whispered, * Keep perfectly quiet and all will be well” tendant at his motion withdrew, The next morning his dim vision face; and a gleam of wondering inquiry passed over his countenance as he gazed upon her. At last he feebly whispered, * Where am 17" “In the hospital, and with friends,” she gently answered. stronger, and he asked, “ Where have I seen you?" At a sign from the physician » answered : » Latham. You ting better now, and will soon 1 course, at once concentrated on his her care, and one bright occurred the last conversation we shall record ix romantic sketeh. was sitting by the side rranging a bouquet. The wounded man had begun to feel like his old self, and permission was given him to converse all he desired. “How long have you been in the hospital, Abbie?” “ More than a year,” she replied, in a sweet, womanly voice, of his CL, fairer creature. as a girl, the scenes she had witnessed had touched and chastened all that was lovable and womanly. his eves filling with tears, “No, no. Your strength has trinmphed. 1 have done what little I could. And here her eyes filled, and her bosom heaved as she took his hand and gently pushed the brown curling locks away from his forehead. Jack had never felt so happy before in his life, despite the solemn character of the conversation, “I can never repay you, Abbie. I'm only sorry for that. But if I dared hope" “Perhaps you can, Jack,” she re- plied, with the sweetest and most con- fiding smile. “I found something in your inner vest pocket which has paid me already.” And she took from a blood-stained envelope the litle red mitten, “Then you knew by that token that I had loved—at least, had never for- gotten you,” said Jack, a little con- fused. “Yes; and if my woman's sense had not told me, your talk in delirium would have proved it.” Jack mentally thanked heaven that he had been crazy. “ But, Jack, why didn’t you answer my letter? It was cruel of you.” “Your letter?” “Yes; the one I sent by post to ap- prise youof my present. Mr. Staples took it to the office.” “And I never received it ! suppose that fellow was enough—' “No, dear Jack, don't get excited. Let us suppose nothing. All's well that ends well.” The little red mitten is a treasured relic in the Horton fainily, and it has been a wonderful question to several cherubs that gladden the household why mamma has never knit a mate for it. Do you mean A Poem Written on a Grain of Rice. A Chinese teacher in the colony has just presented quite a curiosity to the city hall museum. Many of our read- ers have doubtless seen specimens of printing compressed within very small limits, such for instance as the whole of the Lord's prayer contained within a circle the size of a finger ring. This, however, is not a specimen of minute typography but of caligraphy, for it contains thirty-three distinct and well in the full style without any contrac- tions, though the most complicated characters are not introduced into this liliputian poem. It seems almost in- credible, but it is a fact that the whole of these thirty-three characters are in- scribed on one grain of unhulled rice. It is only another instance of the pa- over apparently unremunerative work. —Overland China Mail. EH ————— ———— According to a recent return there are eighty-eight convents, with 2,620 nuns and 546 monks in Bwitzerland. The property of these foundations ig estimated as being worth $4,000,000, SCIENTIFIC NOTES, It has been estimated that there are about 6,000 species of birds, of which five-8ixXths are known I'he Coues list of North American birds now embraces 888 species, 120 new species having been added during the last eight Years It is well known that a constant suceession of sound-waves excites vi brations in the bridges and they increase in force with wires of BUS pasion the continuance of Cause, For this reason these bridges step and bands of usic are not al lowed to play on thom, Lireak Mr. Holman Hunt was once sharply criticised for painting a rainbow of one eolor——-read. 'wo such rainbows are described in a recent number of Nature, as having been seen, and a third which showed only orange and red. In the Dresden gallery there is Foligno a semi-circular rainbow which It is estimated by Professor Brewer, of Yale species of wood plants growing native in the United States, of which about SU attain a height of thirty feet and college, that there may be SiR where, Excluding on the extreme southern border, and some others that uid still remain abou jes, of which about twenty grow to 100 feet, feel or over, are conifers, Of these 120 about fifty Professor Reinsch, in a lecture lately He had exam. not Jess than coal had been formed. ined with the microsco 2,500 sections o the conclusion formed by the alteration ted land plants, but that it INICTOSCOpC forms of § protaplasm, and although he fully examined the cells and other re $ 5 mains of plants of a higher order, only a fraction of the mass of have been in some instances ‘ ferred to the fact Dr. Muck, o Bochum, held that = have mainly contributed to the formation of ooal, were rarely found in coal becau to decompos and that caleareo a —— The Alligator Industry. The business of killin alligators gives occups persons in the South, Ad of a large alligator is worth It is ali rhenmatism. It has, however, ! unpleasant smell, unless properh Many fishermen have been known to eat portions of the meat, that i i of the tail being said, when cooked, to duite lnerative business is that of capt alligators alive to send away bition, Colonel Williams, when Span ish Fort wa { made a summer resort made 8 contract with a fisherman pond for him, and in the course couple of weeks he had it stocked w thirty or forty, ranging in length fr six inches to seven or eight feet. The man who caught them showed no fear in handling the huge reptiles, With a companion he would capture and bring into camp an alligator sixteen feet long. The manner of accomplishing this feat was, as he explained, quite simple, The old are savage and will fight for their young, and this fact is taken ad- vantage of, Some of the young are caught out of the spot in which the old one is lying, and a stout noosed rope is then placed where to emerge she must thrust her head through it, When all is ready the young are allowed to cry out, and the old one thrusts out her noose, She is dragged around in. the water until pretty well choked, when another noose is secured to her tail, and she is firmly strapped, stomach downward, on a wide board, which she cannot break, as her powerful muscles in the tail act only in a lateral direction, Her head is then fastened to the boat, the noose about her neck is removed and she is towed away after her young have been placed in the skiff. Young ones are bought by dealers for from §2 to $4 a dozen, if not over a foot in length. When they sell them they get a much higher price, as they are hard to preserve alive. The larg ones are sold differently, there being an increase in price of 50 cents to §1 for every additional foot over a certain length, Alligators sixteen or eighteen inches long are frequently found by the dozens in shallow water, and can be handled without trouble, providing the old one, who is generally near, does not take alarm. Most alligator- and search along the shores of bayous and lagoons for the holes of the ani- mals. When the hole is discovered it is explored with a long pole with a big hook set in the end, and if the unfor- tunate resident is at home he is queer and pretty sight, having the fire size, A Husband's Present, A gentleman sauntered into a large dry goods store in the city of L a few days befort Christmas, and re- marked casually to the attentive clerk: “1 want something for a Christmas present for my wife, What have you got ” The clerk suggested various things, but the customer seemed not quite sat- isfied. cloth ¥”’ “ Certainly, sir.” “I need some new shirts, How much cloth does it take for a shirt?” “ About four yards,” “ Well, let's see, 1 want eight new shirts, two. I'll take thirty-two yards.” ing as a Christmas present the cloth for eight new shirts for her husband can better be imagined than described, —Harper's Magazine. About 3,000,000 sheep skins and Chinese Theatricals, It is considered a benevolent act and one highly pleasing to Heaven for a Chinaman to give a public theat- rical performance; and wealthy men Who are mmbitious, and who cater for popularity, often expend considerable SUIS in this way In Chefoo a rich Chinaman living ghborhood, who had of late years been very successful in his com- mercial speculations and had recently obtained by purchase the rank of a high-class mandarin and the privilege of wearing an oj + blue button on the top of his official hat, gave an ex- tensive thi £ \ periormance in public, to whi were invited, He selected a large open space elose to his own residence and there had a stage erected, apposite to which a large ten porary box was constructed for the use of himself and his {riends, On our arrival at the place our host came forward and ceived us with that formal politent s which is obsery- alle amongst the Chinese better classes, and we soon found ourselves in a roomy and comfortable apartment, where seats were at once provided for us. In the middle of the box was placed a large table or altar, which groaned under the weight of the good things provided as thanksgiving offerings to heaven. Phe innumerable varieties of Chinese here represented; roast ducks decorated with gilt paper, sweet meats of all Kinds, cakes plentifully be- i} Our nel dishes were spangled with raisins and currants, imitation little pigs formed of pork, fruits in great variety, pigs’ feet guar nished with bruised potatoes, and a quantity of dishes whose composition and names are unknown to Europeans, were spread out in promiscuous and rich profusion, The principal compartment, in which wo sat, was flanked on either side by two small boxes, in front of which were screens which, while concealing the inmates from the vu mitted from and the movements thereon; were reserved for the native female ns of the host and his friends. meantime tea was ordered for Ar gaze, per within a view of the stage these connect In the us, and a servant placed a small table, or “tea-poy,” in front of us, on which he arrang ups, and poured into them some genuine Chinese tea as onsumed by the natives themselves, is a weak and insipid production, of dor of pale sherry, and tastes ff hot water than of tea: no milk sugar is mixed with it, and what with the awkward shape of the cups with their embarrassing 8, and the uninviting nature of the Ix verage, a HSE {8 nol a boon vy foreigners. On nade as few faces auld in presence of our we managed to sip a little onvenience watched “wings” to were two th rough which the actors entered when thelr turn came ound and d when they had per- ted part. i he Imag- nations of the audience were not as y ans f ¥ i 11 formed thelr all sistid by scenery or stage accessories y 8 i entire back the or. fants and hangers of of { which we sat was open and had not the advantage possessed by the boxes in which the Chinese ladies sat unobserved, so that in spite of the gorgeous dresses on the stage, in spite of the vigorous strum ming of the orchestra, in spite of falsetto shrieking of the actors, the merits of the piece itself, a larg proportion of the audience turned their backs on the stage, and the foreigners became the attraction on which the concentrated gaze of the multitude was firmly set. Whatever little in- terest we might have commenced to take in the performance being now completely checked by this demonstra tive attention on the part of the crowd we rose and quickly took our departure leaving the actors in undisputed pos. session of their rights as caterers to the amusement of the multitude, . —————————— Living Chessmen, The Rev, C. C. Chevallier, the vicar of Heighington, in England, in order to raise a fund to provide bells for the parish church, arranged, says the Pall Mall Gazette, for a game of chess to be | played in Bedford park, by players who were dressed to represent the different pieces on the chessboard. The day was fine and a large and fashionable com- pany was attracted from Darlington, Bishop Auckland and other parts of the district. There was a considerable space of green sward roped off in the park, which was laid out in squares The band escorted the opposing forces an to the ground, who marched in pro- cession and presented a most pictur | esque appearance in their fifteenth cen- tury costume, The prevailing color of the costume of the players on one side was green and on the other red. The pawns were dressed as pages of the fifteenth century, with long-pointed shoes and tights, The castles were imitations of the castles known in chess, consisting of canvas in which four young ladies were enveloped, The bishops appeared in bishops’ costumes, those in red being the cardimi ls. The two gentlemen who directed the play- ers were the Rev, C. C, Chevallier and Mr. Johnson, of the school. The moves were faultlessly made, showing that the players had been well drilled, ————— The Decoration of the Grave, | The New York Evening Post's octo- genarian merchant, Mr. Degraw, savs I was the first person in this country, flowers, I got the idea from some of the British poets, who wrote of an old custom in England. Having long had a fondness for flowers (Mr. Degraw [the Brooklyn Horticultural society), { and keeping many of them inmy garden, { 1 went to the grave of a friend who had | stead, LL. 1, and covered it with some of the most beautiful and | varieties in my possession, It was early | one Sunday morning, in the yard in | front of the Methodist church, and | I took my stand near by to see the effect of the flowers, for no person could enter the church from the street with- out passing hy the grave which 1 had decorated. 1 noticed that the family of the dead lady were deeply affected by | shipers in general were evidently | struck by it. The news soon spread SUNDAY READING, Newmeotime, It is a sweet, sweet song, warbled to and fro among the topmost boughs of the heart and filling the whole air with such joy and gladness as the songs of birds do when the summer morning comes out of darkness and the day is born on the mountain, We have all our possessions in the future, which we eall “sometime.” Beautiful flowers and singing birds are there, Oh, reader, be of good cheer! For all the good there is a golden * sometime;” when the hills and valleys of time are all passed; when the wear and fever, the disappointment and sorrow, of life are over, then there is the place and the rest appointed of God. Oh, home- stead! over whose roof fall no shadows or even clouds, and over whose thresh- old the volee of sorrow is never heard; built upon the eternal hills and stand- ing with the spires and pinnacles of celestial beauty among the palm-trees of the glorious city, those who love God shall rest under thy shadows, where there will be no more sorrow nor pain, nor the sound of weeping “sometime,” Advent Review, Religious News and Notes, in France, The State of Mic higan has 209 Con- gregational churches, One-half the cadets of West Poin are church members, Edinburgh, Scotland, has been be- sieged by the Salvation army. New York city has twenty Lutheran churches and Philadelphia thirty. The Reformed church in America has 500 churches and BO, 167 commu nicants, The sale of Bibles and other Chris- tian books in Japan is increasing rapidly. The head chief of the Pima Indians has cut his hair short, dresses in American clothes and regularly attends church, Members of his tribe are erating a small chapel at Blackwater The late Rev. Dr, Geo. W, Musgrave, a Presbyterian pastor of Philadelphia, bequeathed $30,000 to Princeton col $50,000, to found a Musgrave professor- ship, and $17,000 to other Presbyterian institutions. Atlanta, Ga, shows, it is claimed the best church record of any city in the Union, With a population of nearly 50000, it has forty-eight churches, with a total membership of 18,0950, and an average Sunday attend. ance of over 20,008), A woman forgot to send home some work on Saturday, On Sunday morn- ing she told a little girl who lived with her to put on her things and take the bundle under her shawl to the lady's } “ Nobody will see it,” she said. “ But is it not Sunday under my shawl, aunty?” asked the child, i Hse, The Protestant Episcopal diocese of Indiana presents the following statis ties : Clergy, twenty-nine; ‘parishes, forty-eight ; baptisms, 105 of which were adults, 429: communicants in forty-five churches, 3.830: contribu. tions in thirty-four churches, $57,122. Diocese of Pittsburg: Clergy, 46; parishes, 55; communicants, 6,040; confirmations, 411; Sunday school teachers, 495: scholars, 4,749 ; contri- butions, $132,499, A very preity story is told of the who recently completed her eightieth birthday. She is too deaf to hear her son preach, but every Sunday morning before he is going to church he tells her what he is going to preach about and gives her an outline of his sermon, and then she prays for him in her room during the hours of service, She was left a widow fifty-five years ago, when her son was only four years old, sn ———— Logging in Nevada, A chute is laid from the river's brink up the steep mountain to the railroad, and, while we are telling it, the monster logs are rushing, thunder- ing, flying, leaping down the declivity, They come with the speed of a thun- derbolt and somewhat of its roar. A track of smoke and fire follows them fire struck by the friction with the chute logs. They descend the 1,700 feet of the shute in fourteen seconds. In doing so they drop 700 feet perpen. dicularly. They strike the deep water with a report that can be heard a mile j distant. Logs fired from a cannon | could scarcely have a greater velocity than they have at the foot of a chute. The average velocity is over 100 feet in a second throughout the entire dis. tance, and at the instant they leap fully 200 feet per second. ten tons, What a missile! How the water is dashed into the air. Like a grand plumeof diamonds and rainbows the feathery spray is hurled to the height of one hundred feet. It forms the grandest fountain ever beheld, How the waters foam and seethe and lash against the shore! One log, having | spent its force by its mad plunge into | the deep waters, has floated so as to be at right angles with the path of the descending monsters. The mouth of the chute is perhaps fifteen feet above | the surface of the water. A huge log, hurled from the chute, cleaves the air and alights on the floating log. You Know how a bullet glances; but can you imagine a saw-log glancing? The glides quickly past fora short distance, then with a crash like the reverbera- tion of artillery the falling log springs | vertically into the air, and with a curve like a rocket falls into the water, a long distance from the log it struck. vs A Dangerous Bedfellow, Ferryman Hoppy, of Arena, Wis, recently experienced a fearful sensa- tion on awakening during the night, He felt something crawling over him, and knew, when fairly awake, that it wis a snake, He did not know what | to do, but finally took both hands and | threw the bedelothes over it and got { on it with his knees. The reptile im- mediately coiled its tail around his { neck, he being on its head. By re- peated efforts he succeeded in uncoil- | ing it, but not before he was nearly | strangled, Ile gathered up snake and | clothes together, threw them from the window that was open near the bed, | and then as quickly as he could get out | of doors caught up a pole and struck | the snake a blow. He could see him {coiled up and could hear the rattle, | showing it to be a very large rattle- | snake. As he struck the reptile coiled {around the pole and as he raised the | pole to strike again it sent the snake | away out into the river. It was a close T/nited States. persons went to see the sight. such bedfellows, and has wire screens | to his windows now, WISE WORDS, EE a A THRILLING NARRATIVE, It is wisdom to think and folly to | sit without thinking. | The Loss of a Steamship Described by i : : | Yeung Lady Whe Was One of the Twe Sur. It is a good rule to be deaf when a vivers. slanderer begins to talk, From Parry Sound, Ontario, come Charity gives itself rich, but covet- | particulars of the sinking of the steam- ousness hoards itself poor, ship Asia. Every one of our actions is rewarded two survivors, gives the following or punished, only we do not admit it, | thrilling account of the eatast 1 Life is just long enough for a man | “It did not get very rough until 8 to decide where he will spend eternity, | o'clock in the morning. I was up then, but was seasick and took no { breakfust. I saw four women with children in the cabin-—one had four, Nature has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of man’s own making. It is easy enough to forgive your and on id two, and two hid gn enemies, if you have not the means to | ,.v.. ." 4.4 harm ths | taken a deck passage. 1 noticed the f . four women and their children It is a fact worth remembering that larly, The women were all and it does not take half so long to makes | the cabin maid was feeding the chil- wound as to heal one, dren. There may have been other We should not measure the excel- ladies in the open air. I knew there lence of our work by the trouble that | wasno danger. I saw people putting it has cost to produce it, on life preservers. 1 lay down When alone guard your thoughts; and thought I would not move when in the family guard your tem. if the boat were sinking. The per; when in company guard your boat rolled on her side, and I thought words. it was sinking, when I jumped up and Foundations are good, and paths are | Went into the adjoining stateroom, good; but they are not enough. Foun. | Where a woman with two children was. dations were made to build on; paths | i found her asleep and awoke her, but Were mane to walk-on. ‘think she never left the cabin. Her T Le . 2 | children were a small one about two vere is no time in aman’s lifewhen | 0 0 oop and a child in the arms, he isso great as when he cheerfully | § then age a life er and sat bows to the necessity of his position | by the of door fore 1 went to and makes the best of it. | my stateroom I asked the mate if there The best receipt for going through | was any great danger, - He said there life happily is to feel that everybody, | Was A very heavy sea, but they bad al- no matter how rich or how poor, needs | ready thrown some horses overboard all the kindness he can get from others. | and would throw off all the freight they This life is not ordained in vain; it | could. I could hear a great made is constituted for a grand purpose, if | by the horses. I had hopes the boat through its lessons of experience we would be saved till I saw water coming become convinsed that this life is not | into the cabin, ull | “1 was on theupper side of the boat. What men want isnot talent, it is pur- ' She lay now en her side. I took hold pose; in other words, not the power to | of the rail, slid down into the water achieve but will to labor. 1 believe and sank. I came up by the side of that labor judicious and continuously | the captain's boat. He took me applied becomes genius, the wrist and the mate helped to Much talk and much judgment sel. | me op. My stateroom com dom go together, for talking and think. | Were th in the same boat, but no ing are two quite different qualities, | other women or children. I saw the and there is commonly more depth other two life-boats, both full The where there is less noise, i captain and mate had Oirs and tried to i take care of our boat, The steamer now ———— | went down and left wre floating Does Salt Kill Trichine ? around. I saw the: other two boats A French savant, M. Colin, some upset twice, and each time the number time ago declared that the salting of | Of passengers were largely reduced. meat was a sure and certain method | The three boats drifted for a of destruction to these parasites. This, | short time. 1 heard those the other however, was different to the opinions | boats call to the captain for cars. One often expressed by German investi-| of the two boats had no oars, one had gators, and also to the fact that several | OB¢ and our boat two. The cases of trichinosis, believed to have | could Spare nohe. Our boat went resulted from the eating of American | along quite nicely for some minutes; hams that had long been salted, had | the others capsized almost been reported. Among other chemists, | tely. They had nothing to help them- Schmitt, Chatim Girard, and Pabst, | selves with. I was sitting in the bow and De Benecke and Libon, may be | of our boat looking back toward the medtioned as observers who had found | Wreck. I saw the other two boats tip the trichine still living in meats that | Over three times, and when I next saw had been salted for several months, | them they were empty, no one even | The experiments of M. Colin led to | clinging to their sides. I am sure | others oy M. Fourment, the results of | Done were saved except Tinkis and | which have just been published as a | myself. : report to the French Academy. : “Finally our hoat upset and we lost These experiments show conclusive- | both oars. =~ We were then at the Iy that the salting of meats cannot be | mercy of the waves and were upset four regarded as a safeguard against | times in all There were eighteen trichinosis. M. Fourment took al persons in the boat before she upset. piece of meat on the 19th of April, | 1 Wo women were lost the first time. 1881, from some American salted | It became calmer near dark and the meats examined at the Havre docks | boat did not upset again. About this and found infested. This meat was time we picked up a floating oar, but placed in a flask and imbedded in| Were too exhausted to use it. Thy fine salt. It was then hermetically Mate told me to hold on to the lifeline sealed and not opened till the Ist of | Whatever happened, and I never let go. | April, 1882. By this time the meat | When the boat upset I hung on and | had undergone a year's salting carried | Came up with it. None of the five men to the highest degree, and if we died until after dark. The mate got add the time that must have elapsed | since it was first put in salt in |land. This cheered us all. The cap- America (which could not be put at | tain seemed very sad and seldom ] less than three months) the meat may | None had hats or coats on, but Tinkis. be said to have been in salt for at | I had neither hat nor shawl. We were least fifteen months, The meat was all in the water up to our knees, but then cut up into small pieces, |the Water was not up to theseats. If and these were placed in water, which | We had had a bailing-dish we could was frequently changed to remove the | have bailed out the boat after the sea salt, and remained for several hours in | vent dows, but we had nothing to do a temperature of seventv-one degrees | Fit Fahrenheit. On the 4th, 5th and 6th| “The men all died quietly and of April this was fed to a mouse, | Seemed to go to sleep. The mate which died on the Tth, after present. | his head up to my face in the dark and ing symptoms of diarrhea. The in- | asked if it was me. I said yes. testine was evidently inflamed and | hair was flying around. He seized it contained sexually developed trichine, | in his death-grasp and pulled down my A second and a third mouse were fed | head. I asked the captain, who was near, with more of the meat, and with ex- | to release my hair. He did so, and the actly similar results in each case. Sey- | inate soon breathed his last. We saw eral other experiments were made. M. | 8 light at Byng Inlet about dark, and Fourment says that all show that the | could see it all night, but drifted south. trichinse were then certainly alive and | Shortly after the mate died and the capable of reproduction after fifteen | Captain laid down. 1 tried to arouse months of salting; and it is conse- | the captain, but he was dead. I think quently manifest that salting does not this was about midnight. surely and rapidly destroy these para-| “Mr. Tinkis and 1 kept up a conver sites, They may die in salted meats |Sation. I was nervous and feared as well as in any other situation, and | that Tinkis would lay down his bead | thus explain the negative experiments like the rest. I asked him to come to published by distinguished observers; | the bow, but he said we would balance | but they may also live a considerable | the boat better by remaining as we time without our being able to deter. | Were, and that he would not go to | mine the length of the period after owt Dastight nally dane and yee thich death necessarily follows late : . ; Whi h death necessarily follow HE work od the boa : tow and the shore vith But, although salting is thus an un. | the oar we had picked up. WAS certain re there gE be no dan- Deautiful warm morning and the sun ger whatever from trichinosis if enly | warmed us and dried our clothing. We the meat be properly cooked. In mo attempted o walk BOTOSS the island, single case—and there have been nu- | thinking that we might find some merous experiments made—has heat | houses. I could not walk, so we re. failed to entirely destroy these para- | turned to the boat. Tinkis took the sites. Fjord, in Sweden, and Krabbe, | bodies out. I could not help him. He in Germany, have both proved that a | then pried the boat oft with the oar, temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit | Ie then worked the boat down the has been shown by many experiments | beach, but made poor headway. Dark- to kill instantaneously. Only those | Ness coming on I was afraid it would who neglect the precaution of thorough | £°t rough, so we landed, broke boughs cooking—absolutely necessary in the | OF our beds and put some under and case of all pig meat and sausages— | OVer us. I slept some, but was ner- need be under any fear of these para- | VOUS. We were up before sunrise and : It was calm then. 08. Neto York Observer, | got into our boat. ; sites.— New Yor server | We rowed a short time, but then guve [it up and went ashore and laid down An Historical Gorge, | on the rocks and went to sleep. An Among the Capon mountains of | Indian came along and woke us up and Hampshire county, West Virginia, is a | asked if we were lost. We said we gorge, called Hanging Rock, which | were. Ilis squaw was in a boat. We possesses more than ordinary historical | asked him how far it was to a house, and romantic interest. A narrow road | He said it was twenty-two miles, and runs along the side of a brawling | asked if we were hungry. Ile then stream, and above it on either hand the | got some bread and pork from his boat. wooded cliffs rise to a height of sev- | I could not eat, but 1 drank some cold eral hundred feet. A band of Catawba | tea. Tinkis offered the Indian his Indians who were encamped in the gap | watch to take us to Parry Sound. We in 1781 were set upon by a party of | had little to eat on the way. The hostile Delawares and totally exter | squaw made me a bed in the boat and minated. A few years later some 1 slept there Sunday night quite com- prowling Frenchmen and Indians fired | fortably. Tinkis never gave up except from an ambusl; on Ensign Daniell on Saturday morning, when we lay Morgan, “the hero of Stillwater and | down on the rocks to die. I thought the Cowpens,” who" was passing of the ‘babes in the wood,’ but saw no through the gap bearing dispatches to | hope of rescue.” Winchester. Two soldiers who were | as con ———— with him fell from their horses dead, Mortality Among Railroad Employes, i while Morgan, with the blood stream- | ing from a terrible bullet-wound,! The slaughter of railroad employes clasped his mare about the neck with | amounts to between twelve and fifteen both arms and was borne safely back | hundred killed each year, and from five to a neighboring fort, where he was: to ten thousand injured. Most of the lifted from the saddle insensible. In| accidents are the result of working in 1864 the gorge was the scene of athe depot yards and on freight trains.: fierce cavalry fight between some rov- | This mortality is one: of the items of Confederate armies. Recently sur | tions in machinery ave perfected apd veyors have located the route by the | adepted these figures will grow less { Baltimore, Cincinnati and Western | proportionately. — Dr. Fodte's Nea ' railroad directly through the pass, Month SAE tite i ; i J CH if bi |
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