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A DISCOVERY IN ASTRONOMY,
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BY THOR. BROOD.
Son -
Dne day, ~I had it fron a hasty modth
Accustomed to make many b unders dally,
And therefore will no t name precis: ly,
South Herschel or Bally =
But one of those great men who
skies
With all their rolling. winking eyes,
Was looking at that orb whose ancient god
Was pateon of the ode, and song. and sonnet,
When thus he musing ered, “It's very odd
That no astronomer of all the squad
Lan tell the nature of those spois upon it!"
*Lord Master!” muttered John, a liveried elf,
To wonder so Rt spots upon the sun!
I'l tell you what he's done, =
Preckled hisself1"
watch the
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HELTY.
mrn. Daisy, the pretty faced Jer-
quietly eating her sup.
Grandpa had raised Painy from
David had brought her,
little lambs
the 1
a tiny calf,
two
’
She needs sumthin’ liven
’
:
thars them
o' the sea!
for’ company, and
pinin'."”’
“1 can’t ind him!" sobbed Hetty, as
19
I've been everywhere!
“What's that? What's
that 0m
voices, in storm and winds, heard
“Somethin’!”
si
her joy. Her old voice
hev such discouragin’ times
It don't seem as I ought to be
I do
David.
» liven at all.”
“Why Hetty Stone!
of a sudden some day.
ginfal I”
““I don’t care if I do! Then!
bired of bein’ of no acconnt, and if God
wants me to die when [I'm only twelve
years old, it's His wilil an’ I'll die
when I'm twelve!
“Why Hetty Stone! What spiritual
notions you be a gittin’ and sich a child
too!
an’ talk’ about dyen.
as 1 be, and orter to be more lively.’
“I often think about dyen.’
You'll die all
You're so orful
I'm so
Jes' a blossomen out like a flower,
You're as hearty
’
It was'nt a very cheery room, nor a
a house. This
house stood
very cheery place for
old brown weather beaten
from the shore,
and reared
on an island, six miles
and the thandered
all around it, Great dark rocks stood
high up out of the water, and a landing
or boats, was built in a narrow place
ocean
on one side,
Close to the house, Hetty had a little
pat Her l i
ba buttons
had i
bat
giten beat them
. > : - 1.}
of garden, marygolid
helors sOmMe
the
to go at]
and read tl
her, and pl
Beil.
irl stirred,
y eyed mot he Fr, died inl one
y, and Grandmother
heart, and a
water rollin’ over
of a broken
lookin’ at that orful
lin’ face of my boy.”
Hetty had
blue eyes, and
i avy sv} wal a 3 alas
golden curls vet and clear
the visitors at the light |
' keep-
ETE.
wri
{
18e calle OnEe
wind
sail Tr,
still ling
his lif
“well
much
Providence, for you to fret about liven.
Ef the Lord hed
marcies es He hes yo
of Him, ruthur than
ways— leetle gal.”
tra-ry to
give me
m, I'd be a praisin’
fightin’ of His
as many
‘“‘ioocd bye David, I think I'm sin-
ful, but I'm so tired David of bein’ of
no account Knit, set the table, read
and play with old Elizabeth Jane—
that’s my doll, and she's been ship-
wrecked forty times, the old thing, old
8 I am this minute, and just as cross!”
Hetty went to get supper, and David
elambered down into the old boat.
“Where's your Grandps, child? I
bain’t seen him for two hours! Look
for him quick. It's time to light the
lamp,”
Heity ran out to the rmall barn,
across the leetle garden, but saw no one,
It grew dark so fast. The roar of the
ocean almost drowned Helity’s voice as
she screamed “Grandfather.”
“Oh what ails y'er Grandpa?” wailed
the poor helpless old woman.
The cow was secure and snug, the
ness for the coming storm.
“Darlin’, yon must go and light the
lamp this minute! go slow, go stiddy.
Oh dear Lord, go np them stairs with
and the gray head dropped on Hetty's
bands, so tiny and brown, Ske kissed
her twice, and hurried her AWAY,
climbed the long narrow stairway safe-
ly. She drew the slide, and in one
little minute the great red light flash od
over the water, Hetty sat down on
Grandfather's char and cried with joy,
It bad been so dark, and the dangerous
rocks, the black, deep water all around
her sland home, were ad familiar to
ber as the green gross to you and me,
But, Grandfather! Now she must
0 ont and look again. She tied on
oh dark sea hood, her warmly knitted
jacket, took the litte swinging lantern
apd started out, Amin she wens to
> .
delight,
“Oh dear Lord! He
call! My pretty darlin’!
pals a speakin’! I know his voice!
The Lord hez held on to him this orful
night!”
“*Mo-ther,—Moth-er; Hetty,-He
Faintly it eame, in at the open door, in
the intervals of the ro wind, and
bas hearn my
airing
the darkness,
“It's me, my darlin’!
ion’t
10
called
land,
ned tr
od
d
spose I orter a-gone down to
water so nigh dusk, but David
me; some people was tryen to
but the storm be«t em ont, an’ I
ied to eall David back, but the
sCreee ed mad! and |
»
I
tl to
the poor
waler by myself,
an’ arter
time bl
isi
down
up, and
the
0 eh
come
Was ck
I jist sot in the cove,
and waited!”
{ seen the hand
darlin’
em ————————
Marvels Made of Milk.
The first food of man” has been pul
to man
¥
forms by human ingenuity, out its latest
uses, and converted into many
on is perhaps the most remark.
An
vontar I
INYonior has
it taken out a
" vilua di bevh a
for bone or
ho material which is to
Pe
} 1
ascine--the solids ia milk
od gen
substances is
{rom - milk.
are in the first place reduced to a partly
gelatinous oo
nition by-mesns of borax
or ammonia, and
then it is mixed with
mineral talt
which liqui
juentily evaporate
The method of proce ure is to pl
casein in a suitable vessel and incorpor-
| ate under heat the borax with it, the
proportions being ten kilograms of borax,
dissolved in six litres of water. When
| salt, held in solution of three litres of
| water, Is added. Almost any of the salts
| of iron, lead, tin, zine, copper or other
| mineral which are soloabls in seid may
| be used. When the mixture is effected
| the solid matter is found separated from
| the greater portion of the acid snd water
| ond is then drawn off. Next the solid
| matter is first subjected to great pressuro
to drive out all possible moisture, and
aad then to evaporation under great heat
| to remove any remaining moisture, The
| resulting product is. called -‘lactites,”
| snd can be moulded into any desired
| form. By the admixture of pigments oz
dyes any color may be imparted to it, but
the creamy white color natursl to the
| substance is the most beautiful, being a
very close imitation of ivory, Combes,
. billiard balls, brush backs, knife hans
dies, and all other articles for which
Ivory, bone, or esiluleld are employed,
ean be made of this new product of
ilk. Boston Transerpt,
——
~*1 have started to work on a fives
act play, “said the repérterwho rites
badly to the city editor, “but 1 don'ts
. know whether toefinish bor not. “Pine
ish 18 by al) means,” was the 3
| "You can't get 100 much exercise
pepmanship."— Washington Posh
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THE OLD COUPLE.
s—
in an old arm-ohalr,
t from the Western sky;
side, with silversd hair,
8 open Book of God elose by,
# the Tay, the gloaming alls,
Ba leant tm th aspera
m ir
the ph streets of the tana adar,
ANON,
iden 1
His wile by his
| Tho Geod Queen of Madaghsear, |
About threo months ago the church
designed for the use of the queen and |
court of Madagascar was comploted in |
the capital city, A French periodical
gives a picture of the scene at the dedi |
| tation, where many thousands of the |
native Christians assemble in honor of
| the completion of this sacred edifice, |
Which is one of the ffuest buildings
| tver reared in Madagascar.
The present queen was the daughter
of one of the most erucl and blood |
thirsty rulers who ever lived. Iler
mother, Queen Ranavalona I., leng
becupied the throne of Madagascar, |
and put to death thousands of her peos
ple who had embraced Christianity, |
Bhe ordered all copies of tho Biblé and
religions books that had been printed
| luring the reign of her hasband to bo
destroyed. Missionaries were driven |
from the island, and for many years
the native church was entirely withe
| but any guldanco or aid from foreign
lands,
Madagascar furnishes a more signal
{llustration of the growth of Chris.
tianity under the most cruel
tions than has been seen elsewhere in
The strong hold which
persects
modern timos,
the teichinges of the English ir ission.
aries had taken upon the peoplé can be
accounted for by no philosophy. Ale
though the people were slaughtered by
hundreds, © ghey still held religions
meetings on the tops of mountains and
{in tho depths of forests, and even
| during the darkest days of the perec.
religions mcetings were held
| within a short distance of the qneen’s
palace In
Many Dibles were hidden
soldiers could not destroy them,
the houses of the converts.
so {l
ab 1}
AL e
the
i
iho
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persecutions yo to 186
i
then queer
prose
Christian long
’ me a Christian long
before her ie 1, ascended tho
throne she made a wonderful change.
The idols hor m
thrown out of (ho palace, and at
queen, wh
her worship ped wero
her
i coronation the new queen said to her
people: “1 shall bring my kingdom to
1
and just and to walk in
lean on God, and expeetl yon, one
all, to bo wise
his ways.’
All that part of Madagascar
pied by the Hova nation is now nomi.
pally Christia
that the
had wonderful in
'
occu.
134
1 there is no doubt
missionaries, who
in the cout
ys VAYE BOC
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Just n Pian Salter.
A sea captain, oing
All his friends,
who was g
Camo
and a Chicago
| broker who first discerned his pres
ence, gave the boys the wink, and fols
lowed it up by saying:
“If we work it right we can pot
| some awful lies out of him. Let somo
ny {ose
penta.”
Four of us crowded him inlo o
smoking compartment, and when we
had become slightly scqualniod ihe
inquiry was made: :
“Captain, you have donbtiess seén
ome very larga whales? How long
would you ray tho largest was?®
“Gentlemen, I never saw a whale
in my life,” ho replied. “i have been
| at sca for 26 years, but I never hap.
pened to see a whale”
“Well, you havo seen. serpents. in
| the warm seas?”
“Never saw one there.”
{ “Bat youn must have ston some axes
| tra large sharks?”
{ Gentlemen, I hope you will bes
| lieve me when I tell you that T nover
saw a shark except in an aqoarinm.”
“Dut you have been wrecked 2
“Never.”
“Ever have a mutiny
“No.”
“Fire at sca?”
“No.”
“Meet with a pirale!”
“No.” .
“Tidal wave?”
aNo.»
“Humps What sort oy a salle
fro you, anyway ?”
"Vm sorry for you gentlemen, very
sorry, but tho fact is I am only a
plain, everyday sailor, and my mother
made me take a vow when I fiest went
fo sea that I would always speak ‘the
truth. Hero are somo: good nickel
cigars for you, but as for ying. 1}
can’t do It—not even sbold £58 4b
Donte =LNow York Sums
-
Brooklyn's Churches and Ministers?
Salaries.
At a recent meeting of tha Brooklyn
‘ongrogationat Clu the value of
churels property und ministers’ salaries
in that city were discussed.
“I doubt,” said one of the talkers,
“whether thero is any elty in the
United States, save, perhaps, New
tr
i
a total of value as in
The valuation of the 279
Aurches, of eight distinct denomina-
ions, in this city, is 212,000,000,
And yet I am informed by a gentlé-
nam, who has taken the trouble to get
he facts, that of these nearly threo
tundred churches only thirty, of
Protestant denomination, can be said
0 be entirely out of debt.”
“It may, 100,” continued the speak-
ry “be said of Brooklyn that there
cities in the country which
are paid such high sale
heavy
the salary roll:
30
iy
= 1
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19 (y
Lé,!
Dre.
vid Gregg, and
10,000 each: Drs. Lyman
. 3. Meredith, £7000.
in for
nd £4000 each are numarouns.
ministers who come
‘ee t00, Brooklyn pays
'Yy as any city in
For this purpose tho First
nally; the Lafayette Avenno
20; St. Charles Bor.
tholic, $3000: and a
churches from $2000
The iargest no
wembershipe,
fall,
these ecxpenecs are:
Limestone Blocks.
Cuzeo, Pe ro
Remembering
these enormons
rom
shape by a
use of fron; y wero brought
from distant without
the aid of beasts of burden, raised to
their elevated position on tho siorra
and adjusted with the nicest scenracy
without machinery, ono is fille] with
| astonishment. Twenty thousand men
are said to have been employed for
fifty years on this great s
masses
fashione 1
of ths
wero
15%
the hills and
propio ignorant
Fim 1.
that th
quarries
tructure, amd
It was but a part of a system of fortis
fleations which the Incas established
thronghont their domaine hero
| were-three towers on Sachahnaman,
| each some distance from the others;
{| one most elaborately earved, for the
{ ise of the Iucae, and tho others held
[by a garrison of Peruvian ’
| commanded by officers of roval blood
was considered of
noblee
for the position
too great importatco 0 be intrusted
| to inferior hands. Below the towers
were several sublerrancan - galleries
communieatling with the eity, now
[Washington Star.
An Indian Fiend.
About two weeks ago an Indian,
commonly known as “Glass-eyed Bil)”
shot and instantly killed his papoose
at his place on ‘thie Dig Sandy for no
other reason than that the child was
sick and had been erying and wailing
the day and night before, Tho ine
human brute took the little one, and,
despite its pitifal pleading for mercy,
placed it on a sund dune and delibers
ately shot it. About two years ago
this same Urnto shot and killed his
squaw in a liko mander: Tho squaws
white folke on the Sandy, but we sup.
poss no action will be taken for the
punishment of this monster in huwnan
guise.~[ Mojave (Cal) Miner,
imi
A Chinese Panacea,
In the course of (ho last sixty yeay
the country Store-kespers: of the Oat
skills and Alleghenics havo probably
bought: up somd ten million doltarg
worth of tho vegetable produer know
(hat amount finds Irs way to Nort)
American drug stores, but fons of th
i aromatic are exported "
China, where its curative
boay
the Beginning of the present contnry
mall quantities of
the precious spe-
tific were sold in Peking for thelp
walght In goid.— (New York Volos,
§
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FOOD FOR THOUGUT.
Rule yourself,
Love your neighbor,
Where you serve, love,
To stand still is to shun some duty,
He who follows a gcod example sels
one,
Live with wolves and you will learn
to howl.
False modesty 1s the refinement of
vanity,
Wealth is not his who gets it, but his
who enjoys it.
Truth is not a salad that It must be
served in vinegar,
Thres things to love—courage,
tleness and affection,
The bad thing about a little sin
that it won't slay little,
Advice to stage-struck young ladles:
Think before you act,
gen-
is
A stone that is fit for the wall will not |
be left in the way,
A soldier with a kicking gun must
Women think more of flattery than
men, but they believe less of it,
Three things to admire—intellectual
$1
He that in hi
1
sarly
it Ue
nks it too
age, find
youth {
oO
late,
He who lives up to his opporunities i
ususlly too busy to live up to his
come,
you by the halr
whole
ey 23
When the devil holds
to your
head,
The
an i
1
1 would
1
worl
t1 en would live ug
tis if 1
a repuiati
it rs foo
the day bring vo ac
There are times when forbearance
ceases to be a virtue, but never when
¥ou are bo her ng somebody else,
The men who took Jonah's money |
were the same who thew him overboard,
Things hke that still happen,
Worrying about things you ean’
belp is as foolish as to throw stones at
the sun when its shining doesn’t suit
you.
Never does a man portray his own i
character more vividly than in his
manner of portraying the character of |
another,
If a fool knows a secret, he tells it be- |
cause he isa fool; If a knave knows
one, he tells it whenever it is his inter.
est to do so,
The pleasantest things In the world |
Somebody has sald that the man who
pays his rent has to hustle, and the man
who doesn’t pay his rent is obliged to
keep movir g.
The older a man grows the more |
pleasure le takes in thinking that the
young are not as wild as he used {0 be, |
and will never be as good as he is,
How natural it Is to hate the man |
who when he hears that you havesworn
to reform, reminds sou that he has |
heard you take the same oath before,
The man who does not complain |
makes more friends than the man who
The dead |
martyr 1s the only kind that Is ever
canonized,
Some men who lie a wakea | night de- |
termining to do good good work on the |
morrow are so sleepy in consequence |
next day that they are not good for any« |
thing at all, i
Man by nature lovet society, and the |
more he loves it the more natural vies |
tues he possesses. The most viciou-
awonyg the animals are those who live
the most secluded.
When a man tells you that be is per
feetly contented he means, in n'ne cases
out of ten, that after thi the mat
ter all over he does not see how he can
get anylhing more, : d
He
aa
HORSE NOTES,
- Palo Alto worked a mile in 2.1
California recently,
~~Jockey Overton 1s to MArry i sistey
of Jockey Britton shortly,
~All of the finishes at the Indepens
dence meeting were photographed
rided-off
has been retired to the stud,
~-Temple Bar, 2.17%, the
stallion,
~A. J, MeKimmin, the well-know1
Tennessee trainer and bree ler, 18 dsad,
~~ When Allert n trotted in 2.14
wore five-ouncs § forward and thi:
ounce shoes beh
— 1 1 Geers lan
47 in which
Grand Clreult
wee {F368 free-for-all pacing race
nounced for Lexington meetin
been abandoned.
—Y ork ville }
tion among the
—The one
returned
is posses
ow
at (
‘
was Lbere he m
BO,
— Nancy Hanks,
i Barnes, located st
exer-
JOrcoran
lo healing
1002 DELLE
15 regular employer, R. Bradley,
tly was left at the with
Jay F, Dee and became 80 angry that
he siruck the horse over the head with
the butt end of his whip, knccking an
eye out,
& hie
: ¥ t
at Ca Ps
~The latest from Independence Is
that, C, W, Williams drove Allerton a
mile and repeat in 2.11} and 2.114. In
the first heat he broke when within a
hundred yards of the wire, but the last
one was without a skip. These two
a stallion.
~At a recent meeting of the Detroit
Driving Club it was decided to increase
another eligible location, to build a first-
class double decker grand stand and
ciutr wowte, Both running and trotting
m etings will be held.
Manager, wio took a 2-year-old
pacing record of 2.16}, and a three-year-
old record of 2.113, is a dark gray colt
Wilkes; second dam Bashaw
- The one, two and three-year-old
pacing records of the wor'd are held by
gray colts. Rollow, 2.37}, by Jercme
inherits the
year-old record at 2.164, and the three.
year-old mark at 2,113,
~The old black gelding, Tom Allen
(2 22), by Honest Allen, 18 a very ban.
on the French (trotting
tracks, winning two races recently, ihe
sold f=: 21400 to J. Pelletim, of Pans
The horse is sixteen years old and got
his Awerlican record in Cleveland ia
18835,
— While the performances on the kite.
shape track are wonderful they should
not be rated as well as tho e on circle
courses, us the turns on the Iatter are a
detriment, to a certain extent, to the
stride. The kite track, by itsconstruet-