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VOLUME XL.
Sc p.2'75
P.F.N.T, M. DECK
May 1, '79
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'Tway wars ago I used to know
This little lad and love him so,
.And since our parting ['e'er I've heard
• Of hint, or hail a single word -
To cheer my thoughts, yet all the while
The recollection of Ids smile,
Ills Mart!r of truth,
The sweet attractiveness of youth,
Jn many an our have made me glad
That .•nce I knew the little lad.
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[novil-75
A TERRIBLE INTRUDER.
We were alone in the house—
Maude Chaplain and —a n d did not
altogether like the position in which
we were placed.
While the daylight lasted, and
there seemed so Jima life about the
farm, it seemed very pleasant to4five
the house to ourselves, to be a.I.A to
wander to!rether through the quaint
old rooms and to talk on the subjects
• very dear to both of us, without the
i r dread of being overshadowed by th
' London female cousins and the rod
tering yOuths who had come to spend
a month of the shgoting beneath our
roof.
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For a time we reveled in our com
parative solitude, and pitied the
female cousins, the eager sportsmen,
poor papa, and-,..the res of the house
hold, who had been beguiled into
(
acceptitg an invitation' to Mrs. Ra
ttletrap's picnic at the Scrubs,a piece
of moorland some eight miles.Aistant
from our house. We were all ex
pected, but my old school-Mips',
Maude, pleaded headache, and Vwas •
not sorry to have an excuse forLstay
rug at home with our guest.
We had met hut seldom since we
had left the prim school at Taunton;
and although Maude had already
been with us a week. what with the
noisy clatter of our friends, the cro
quet tonrnays, the lawn dances, and
the other pleasant ways in which our
evenings were spent. we had hithyto
had no opportunity of judging -in
those mutual confidences so dear to
women who are in the blissful state
I known as,"'eng,raged." There was a
particularly- ender bond of Sympthy
bet Ween ns, inasmuch as I was in bi
weekly !corresponylenee with - her
brother John, to Whom I signed .my ,
self ° yours affectionately," while her
' betrothed was Harry Somers, who
had been a visitor to our house from
his,child hood. Ere they dfove away
in the afternoon the other girls twit
ted us rather severely for not joining
them, and it seemed a general opin
ion that Maude's headache was noth
ing more than a sham. But the gen
tlemen said little; 'in my opinion,
their hearts,-would have been glad
dened bad all the party abstained
from attending the picnic. their in
-1 clinations tending toward the wheat
1 stubble in " five-acre-field " and the
adjacent turnip patch. where a fine
1 covey land sought - shelter the night
Ibefore. But as the girls were re
solved on going, the malesof course
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Spril L.
were obli7ed to act as escort. By
and-by papa was ;induced to join
them, and thus it was Maude and, I
were left aloiie.
So engrossing., was the object of
our conversation that. we were sur
f prised when the housemaid dropped
in the tea. and dropping a courtesy,
asked if Sarah, the cook, might go
J down with her to the village until
ten, o'clock, to join in the . festivities
with which Farmer Ashcombe was
celebrating his harvest home. It
then, occurred to my, memory than
the servants had asked me for this
holidqv a fortnight previously, and
that 1 had given a half acquiescent
resp , nse. In the hurry of my do-,
mestic duties, and the' excitement
Loceasioned by a house full of compa'-
Vny, I had, however. forgotten the
; circumstance until 'now.
Where is Ben ?!' I inquired, re
ferring to one of the carters who in
habited a snug little cottage on the
farm, and was consequently iequired•
to place himself at our service when
we so desired.
The domestic (hopped 'another
courtesy, awl announced that the in
ividual alluded to had gone to Wells
with a load - ofharley, and would not
,;be back until late.
r i And -the boy Smith V'
" Please, Ari, master told him he
might go when he 'ad fed the poultry
and fastened ''em up for the night,
and he `as been gone this quarter of
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GOD BLESS THE LADS
A little lad I used to meet,
years ago, upon the street, •
Whose, pleasant 'smile and look of truth,
The sweet attractiveness of youth,
So won my heart that I would watch
Aiming the crowd lits nod to,eatch,
Tnat was, upon a cloudy day,
A bit of sunshine on my way;
Atotanswering back with;smile as glad,
I said, "God bless the Little lad." ,
Fozditin I felt an anxious care,
In all his interests had a share,
And planned what shouicilthis future ha,
As if he had helcinged to lite.
As childless mothers ,
for lt he good
9f hearts instinct with motherhood,
Suite little waif will kin4ly take
And cherish well for lore's dear sake,,
whose lot in life was sad,
Took to my heart this little
I knew not who his parents were,
lir where he lived : what did I care?
Or it his garnielit.s were as line
As I should giro a child of mine ?
My daily thought, my Miter concern,
Was that he might no evil learn.
But strive in manliness to learn,
Foremost, and in integrity,
To rt,e by every ciatu•e he bad,
To prclve Illuiselt an honest hot.
I.eannot.think be went astray,
Or wandered In an evil way,
lint 1 . 1111,4 bellelie he's neat and trim
A• triter. liirct encountered him.
And n hen among the news I read -
0 I gallant or heron• deed,
I feel that lie would. do Jest so--
This tittle lad I lona to know;
And ,11 I pray while tear I IlviK
••• the! tiles the lath , : Goifbh•ss them all :'
to "'ark Lerlyer
rlrrfcd F;tle.
Cd-liJe
but as I had given a half promise
to tlie girls, and I knew it would be
a sad disappointment to them not to'
go, I dismissed my apprehensions,
and told them they might leave the .
tea things and be otr at once.
Noticing that after a time Maude
became less conversational, I inqUired
the reason ; but receiving naught but
evasive answers, I questioned her
more closely.
" You are•nOt afraid, are you,dear?"
" I shall be only confessing the
truth when I tell you that I was very
sorry to hear you giye your consent
to the servahtsleaviAg us. Suppose
any person has be & watching' the
House, and was to seize the opportu
nity of committing a robbery ?"
"Nly„ . dear Maude,". I responded;
"nothing of the sort ever happens in
these parts. Living. as we do some
distance from any town, we know all
the persons within a radius of, say,
four -
" But lio,w about tramps ? Are
they not dreadful people, sis ?"
-" Perhaps, Maude, even they arc
more sinned against than sinning. At
all events, tramps seldom, if ever,
come near ins. You see,
we lie off
the main road. The lane leads to ¶.he
farm, and nowhere else."
" But," pursued Maude, that fact
would he all the worse fur us if a
tramp should come here."
" Really," P'replied, " I shall get
quite angry with you if you pursue
the'nuhjeet further. To put au end,
howerer, to all your fears; you shall
come With nit!, and we will bolt the
outer doors."
The alacrity with which Maude
rose from her chair was - a good proof
that the proposed measure was of a
weleolne nature, so, proceeding from
the drawing-room, we walked to the
lawn, and, fastening the gate which
opened on the lane, we re-entered the
house. We then locked, bolted- and
barred the back premises, saw that
all the windows were fastened, and
then came hack to the drawing-room
I,' , must confess that when we had
secured all the approaches to our cit
adel, I was myself a good deal more
at ease than I had been previously.
Slowly the autumn sun sank be
neath the range of hills fronting our
dwelling, tinging the sky with radi
ant hues that varied momentarily.
I could have sat for hours watch
ing the numerous hues that swept
across the heavens, but with the up
rising moon and gathering twilight
I clearly saw that Maude was once
tore becoming nervous.
" Won't you close the shutters,
Mau(le
Nut unless youparticularly wish
it, dear," I replied.
" But I do," he answered.
I was about to shut but the moon
iight view, and mice a desperate
effort to change the conversation,
when• Maude, who !MA ter eyes fixed
on the •lawn, suddenly clutched my
arm, and 'involuntarily retreated a
step. "Sis." she xried. " What is that
moving in the laurels?"
I looked:and in a moment observ
ed emerging froth the shelter of the
laurels, but still remaining beneath
the dense shadow of the overhanging
tree, what seemed to be the figure of.
a man. Ile looked in height very
short. , almost dwarf:like, but was
stout of frame. and appeared dressed
in white, or without a coat,and seem
ed to be in his shirt-sleeves; being
alone seen as he raised his arms in
freeing himself from the hushes.
"Oh, Sis." exclaimed Mande, " it is
a man. Let us give him all our jew
elry. or mayhap we may be•murder
cal• ere any of ,our people may come
babk."
Maude." I .cried, " for heaven'a
sake retain your senses. You yester.
day remarked that the double-barrel
ed gun hangs over the m:ptel-piece
in the back kitchen, and asked me if
it were - loaded! Do you think you
could fetch it cio me while I- keep
watch here?"
She nodded ; I knew her fright
,prevented her speaking. 'Clasping
her hand tightly within my own, and
then releasinir, it I said :
" Hi ing it to me, then; the gun is
perfectly safe so long as you do not
touch the trigger."
While'Maude was gone it seemed
to me as though the figure drew
closer; it was careful to remain with
in the shadow of the tree, but' it
struck me as exceedingly strange
that, although the white sleeved arms
seemed continually raised, as- though
their owner had just aroused 'from a
sound sleep. I. could not see the
creatures head.
In a very short time I heard
Matule's;approaching footsteps.- As
she plac&t.the gun in my hand I felt
that her fingers were cold and tremb--
MI
At that . moment the mysterious
being came a few paces 'nearer, and
seemed to have alimping gait, wheth
er from natural infirmity or drunken
ness, I could not tell.
Throwing open the window, and
raising the gun, I cried at the top of
my voice, " Who's there? Answer,
or I'll itire."
A . few seconds elapsed - , but; no re
sponse came to my inquiry.
" Who are you_?" I again shouted.
My f\ngers closed . upon the trigger,
then came a flash of light and a loud
report—the intruder upon the lawn,
staggered and fell.
S'imultaneously poor Mande sahk
fainting on the 'carpet.
Not daring to move from the room
I rested the gun against the table,
and raising Maude's head in my
hands,oideavored to restore her to
consepsness. What seemed to me
hours, but it could not have been.
more than twenty minutes, passed
and then came the sound of vehicles
driven rapidly up thelane. I heard
my father clamoring for, admittance,
and hurrrying to the.ddor fell almost
swooning into his 4rms.
As coherently as I
_could ' I told
him of dur adventure, and that the
body of a man lay beneath the laurel
bushes; sa resigning me to the care
Of one of the gentlemen, he hurried
to the spot indicated. In a moment
a fte'r, . his cheery ' voice sounded
thrOngh the still night air. "I've
'got him . but he's more frightened
than hurt. Why, girls, it's a repre.
sentative of yourselves! Ws. noth
ing byg a flogolet”.
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, 3ANUARY 15, 1880.
And 'so it was. That boy Smith,
who was so much to be depended on,
had for once proved himself un
worthy of his . trust, • and this poor
bird, in "his futile endeavors to seek
its companions, had in our nervous
fancy, become magnified to the pro
portions of a house breaking despera
do; its outstretched wings in the
shadow, to which it so persistently
kept, helping to carry, out the delu
sion we had entertained. Of course
we were pretty considerably rallied
about the matter„Anit we never there
after volunteered to. remain in the
house. alone.
Diversions of a King.
PROF. GALL AND HIS PHRENOLOGICAL
" Who," said King Frederick of
Prussia, at a fete at Potsdam,
which had attracted an unsually
Lssemblage, " who is that
tall, bony old man, with a head so
full of character ?"
"Sire, it is Dr. Gall, - the famous
phrenologist "
"Ah, the phrenologist, eh.? Com
mand him to (line with us to-morrow
evening."
Next evening the King received
the. doctor - affably, and t.hey sat down
to dinner with a dozen other eon
rives, all blazing with decorations
and uniforms, but awakward aod
constrained in manner and eonveqa
tion.
"Doctor," said the King at the
conclusion of the repast; "pray let
us see something of your wonderful
skill: Examine these gentlemen's
heads and tell me frankly what you
think of their characters and dispo-si
tions from the indications afforded
by their cranial developments."
Gail rose and felt the head of his
neighbor on the right, a stout, power
ful in a resplendent - uniform,.
who had been addressed as "General."
"Speak frat.kly," , said the King,
seeing that the phrenologist appear
ed to he embarrassed.
" Ills Excellency," said Gall, "must
be very passionately addicted to—to
field sports and exciting pleasures;
he has a decided fancy for—for the
battlefield and—and—"
The King smiled and then pointed
the phrenologist. to his other neigh
bor, a small, alert, keen-eyed man in
a diplomatic costume.
" This gentleman," 'said ,the doctor,.
"is—hum—an expert in gymnastic
exercises, an accomplished pedestrian;
very neat and graceful in all opera
tions requiring manual dexterity—"
" Enough," said the King, rapping
on the table,. and, as a score of
soldiers entered,. he continued, to the
stupefaction of Dr. Gall, " remove
these gentlemen to their cell. Allow
me to' put in plain language what yoil
were reluctant to say. The general
is a murderer under sentence, and
sour other neighbor is the most . ex
pert pickpocket and cut purse in all
Prussia, who has eluded capture on
innumerable occasions. EXamine .
your pockets." .
The doctor did so,,and found that
his handkerchief, purse,
watch, snuff
box-had disappeared. They were all
returned, to him the next day, with a
complimentary letter from the King,
and a costly snuff-box bearing Fred
erick's potrait set in brilliants.
Fun, Fact and Facetix
Ax Ithaca little girl, attempting to de
scribe an elephant, spoke of it as "that
thing what kicks up with its nose."
A. enms.rittxx match between a police
man and a steer is talked of. A toss will
bil: - made for the start. —New York CO+P
merridl Adrertixer.'
AN Indianapolis lady ,hugged the Pres
ident the other day. and b admits tilat
there arc somethings in this world better
than pumpkins. " •
A mcius head does not contain a brain
capable of culture ad relined rearing, but,
it is wonderful to what extent the other
end of the form can be reared.
cAItI'ETERS, as a rule, are liable Let
any time to be prosecuted under the Unit
ed.
States laws, for how many times haye
we seeh thOn make a counter fit?=-- L t lea
Ohm reef.
STUDENT, fresh from college, to con
ductor—" 1. wish to get on the penulti
mate ear," ConductOr" We have no
peanut car ; you can take the smoker."—
Rochester Express." •
THE Boston Poet man has 'fully recov
ered froM the efleets of his vacation and
gets this off:, A broken preserve vase
suggests the Chinese language, because it
•is ajar ;;one:"
*i / imr; men are captivated by a woman's
laugh; just as some men predict a ideas
aut day, bccauve the sun shines out clear
for.a.moment. They forget the chances
for squalls.
" How to ttil Lad eggs." is the title of
au article in an. exchange. When you
have anything to tell a bail egg, you must
be careful nut to break the shell while
imparting the information,—Sorridoitil
l'untE was -never yet a boy so good
that he didn't have au overwhelming de
sire to look for a lump of.sogar if he came
bogie and found that his mother had gone
to a neighbor's to " borry tlat-irems."—
Del roil'Fre'e from
" SUPPO:MNG, Charley, you were at a
masquerade ball, would you dance with
an . unknown lady, if she requested it?"
Said Charley, "If she is masked and I
am asked, why shouldn't I :"'--BOBfOA
Tralivript.
A LADY, engaged to be married, and
getting sick of her bargain, applied- to a
friend to help her untie the knot before it
was too late. She replied : Oh, certain
ly, it is very easy to uutio itnow while it
it is only a beau not."
. A LADS who had quarreled with her
bald-headed lover said, in dismissing him,
"What is delightful about you, my
friend, is that I have not the trouble of
sending you back any locks of hair."
Kissixn the babycmay result in deform
ing its nose, and bringing-on near-sight
edness. The.safest plan is not to kiss a
baby of the feminine gender until it at
tains the age of sixteen. years. The car-.
tilage.of the nose is much stronger then.'
THE subject for conversation at an ev
ening enterptinfifent was the intelligence
of animal.;, particularly dogs. Says
Smith : `There are dogs that have more
sense than their masters." "Just so,"
responds young Fitx4oodle, "I've got
that kind of a dog myself." . •
THEY were meandering arm in arm up
the street, and a shorf distance ahead of,
them walked a young lady very hand
somely attired. The sun was about set
ting, and its light was throwing a beauti
, ful crimson glow all over, the, earth. He
.• said, in a rather subdued toue• of voice :
" How heautiful : perfectly grand :" etc.
"Well, I don't know," was the response
from the fair one by his side; "1 don't
minnto• her gtyle, aunt I.llq drc4is iN.O
mighty poor (it." . .i
. ,
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REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
PATIENTS
A Romantic Duel.
Once upon a time all Algiers . was
laughirig over an article printed in a
local pa tier edited by M. Arthur de
Fonvielle, in which Gen. Yusuf had
been amusingly caricatured as "Mon
sieur Joujou." The late Clement
Duvernois was the author, but the
editor avowed-his responsibility for
it. Early-next morning there was a
Ting at the journalist's door, and . the
.General showed his Arab face on the
threshold, followed by .an aid-de
camp. De Fonvielle was still in bed.
"You are M. de Eonvielle? You
called me ' Monsieur Joujou.' We
must fight."
" As you wish, General. will
send you a couple of friends."
"Oh! no, none of that; let us set
tle it now—here! I've come to kill
you."
"Ah ! then allow me to get up and
dress. • Where do you prefeefighting?"
" This room will do."
"Agreed ; and if your aide will act
as second to 4 both• of us- 1 --"
Yusuf drew his sword and mo
tioned to his companion to do the
same, then offered the tic° weapons
to De Fonvielle.
" This one' will do," said the jour
nalist, selecting the officer's sword,
and the two men faced each other.
Yusuf had thrown off his tunic and
rolled up his sleeves,
showing his
brown, corded arms; his sunburned
face had a wolfish gleaM of white
teeth. Fonvielle . remembered 'how
his adversary, being in love with the
daughter of the Bey of Tunis, had
poniarded in her chamber the slave
that had threatened to inform Kasou
bah's father, and cutting out, the
blaek's ° ton7ue cast itat her feet, say
ing, "It will tell nothing !" Yusuf
fought like a — savage, with tiger
springs, gleaming eyes starting from
their sockets and cries like a jackal
at every motion. At last getting an
opening lie made a tremendous lunge,
missing De Fonvielle7s heart but
running lam through the arm.
Yusuf dropped the point of his
saber. "It would be murder for this
to go on," he said, " with . your arm
wounded. When you recover we will
resume and finish it."
Nest morning, and regularly every
morning thereafter, the General
would put in an appearance at the
wounded man's bedside. " Sorry to
keep you so long, General," the in
valid would say, "but have a little
patience and 'II be at your disposal."
"Oh, I'm very patient—very patient,"
the General would answer, bow and
depart.
At last the journalist was well
enough to leave the house and take
the air. The first person he met was
Yusuf. who r stalked up to him, offered
him his arm, supported him during
the. promenade, never thereafter
talked about dueling, but remained
his firm friend till his death, when in
La Lawrie De Fonvielle was able to
pay an! eloquent and hearty tribute
to his memory.—French Paper.
How . ANIMALS PLAY.—Sthall birds
chase each other about in play, but
perhaps the conduct of the crane and
the trumpeter is most extraordinary.
The latter stands on one leg, hops
about in the most eccentric manner,
and'throws somersaults. The Amer
icans call it the mad-bird on account
of these singularities. Water-birds,
Such as ducks and geese, dive. after
each other, and clear the surface of
the''water with outstretched neck and
flapping wings, throwing abundant'
spray .around. Deer often engage in
sham`battle, or trial of strength, by
twistipg their horns together and
pushing for the mastery.
„ x All animals pretending violence in
their play stop short of exercising it;
the.dog takes the greatest precaution
not to injure by his bite ; and- the or
ang.outang, in wrestling with his
keeper, pretends to throw him, and
makes feints of biting him. Some
animals carry out in their play the
semblance of catching their prey:
-Young cats, for instance, leap after
every small and moving object, even
the leaves strewed by the autumn
wind. They crouch and steal for
ward, ready forthe spring, the body
quivering and the tail vibrating with
emotion ; they bound on the moving
leaf and again spring forward to an
other. Bouger saw young jaguars
and'cougers playing' with round sub
stances, like kittens.: Birds of the
magpie kind are the analogues of
monkeys, full of mischief,. play, and
mimicry. There is a story of a tame
magpie that was seen busily employ
ed in a garden !gathering. pebbles,
and with much soleinnity and a stu
died air burying them in a hole made
to receive a post. After drop Ping
each stone . it, criled, !' cur ack ” tri
umphantly, and set ott for another.
On examining the spot a pone toad
was found in' the hole, which the
magpie was stoning for his amuse
ment.
NEW Iltil.E?; SPEW Drop
ue at the end of words like diittogue,
eathlogue, where the preceding:vow
el is short. Thus spell depagog, pe
dagog, epilod, synagog, etc. Change
tongue for Lung. When the preced
ing vowel is lorig, as in prorogue,
vogue, disemtiogue, rogue, retain fin
at as at present.
2. Drop final e in such *ord s as
definite, infinite, favorite, where the
preceding vowel is short. Thus spell
opposit, preterit, hypocrit, requisit,
etc. When the preceding vowel is
long, Ps in polite, finite, invite, unite,
etc., retain present form unchanged.
3. Drop filial to in words-like quar
tette, coquette, cigarette. Thus spell
cigaret, roset, epaulet, vedet, gazet,
etc. • „_
4. Drop final me in,words like pro
gramme. Thus spell program, ori
flain, gram, .etc.
5. Change ph for,/ in words like
phantom, telegraph, phase. Thus
spell alfabet, paragraf, filosofy, fonet
iel fotograf , etc..
X. S.—No change in proper names.
•
c.ms!..tileave my mammy yet."—"Y
like you." sighed . a girl to her suitA,r„
"but I can't leave home. I'm a widow's
only darling'; no husband can ever equal
my dear }Arent in kindness." "She is
kind." pleaded the wooer, "but . be my
wife; we will live together, and we if 1
don't: beat your mothov."
Life and Death of a World.
[Professor PROCTOR last week delivered
a lecture in* Steinway Hail, New-York,
the subject of which was " The Life and
Death of a World." lie considered the
growth of the stays • through millions of
years—their slow but steady decay—and
briefly summarized the processes through
which the earth .must have passed .in
teaching its present condition. lie esti
mates the time consumed in these pro
cesses at not less than ilve.hund red million
years, and that twenty-five million years
will elapse before it will reach the present
uninhabitable condition of the moon. • The
'speculations of the dis',tWuished astrono
mer will be found as* Meresting as his
perhsls of time, are stiipendnous and be
yond the grasp of the human mind].
THE LECTURE.
We haige this eVening to-eousider
e various members of the solar sys-
tern; as representing to us the begins
nina, the middle life, and thepld age
ad . : death of a planet. I forbear
froni:troubling you with any consid
erations as to the'varioris arguments
concerning the crest on of the uni
verse, as' I think . 11 at tlie students
of science have satiOed themselves
that the planets and the earth on
which we live have arrived at their
present condition by processes anal
ogous to growth, and which are com
monly known under the - one head of
ev,olution; but I may particularly in
dicate them in this way. The changes
of the earth's crust such as are now
going 'on we find have been going on
dining periods ofetime which in real
ity grows longer the more we study
ttie evidence, and' 1-don't think it
would be exaggerating—in fact I
know from the evidence Which has
been gathered - that it does not fall'
far short of the truth—to say that
one hundred milllion , of years must
have elapsed, during which the frame
of the earth has been very much as it
sat present. Vitrions processes have
taken place during that time which
have aided in the course of formation,
such as the gradual deposit of matter
and other proces ,, es which we call
enutiation; bv which the surfaces of
continents Inise been worn away,
=2l
and other details in the formation
have taken . , place. If estimating at
what rate the processes have taken
place we are able to form some idea
of the length of time which must
have elapsed- (hiring which these pro-
ceases haye been continually going
on. Then the earth's crust shows us
cleafly that aoterior to this there
must have been a time when there
was far , too great a heat upOn this
globe for it to be the abode of life,
and 'this perioii has been carefully
estimated at three hundred million
f years. Then we have the preeed
ig period, when the earth was in a
vaporous state.' Of 'that we derive
evidence, not from tt* world herself,
but from the present tate Of the so,
lar system, Which leMs us to the
conclusion that tilt 1 what!' system
must have been iii a form. of vapor,
and therefore our t i arth must have
had its beginning in a vaporous state.
find another line of evidence
-)1 this fact in regaird to the moon,
which' shows that the frame of tlic
earth must once have. extended so
far as to include that luminary, and
that could not have been unless she
had been in a vaporous state. So
we have, to take into account, also,
the )m1(411 of time that wonlil be oc-
copied-` in the change. of • our earth
from a vriporous to a solid and liquid
staie, and we cannot regard that as
less than one hundred million of
years. 'IV::: brings us ,to the very
moderate estimate of five hundred
million of years (hiring,' which our
earth h:t existed an independent
whole first 111," a varorous state ; see-
ondly, the solid an-d liquid form, and
its gradual - cooling so that at length,
and thirdly, its surface was fit to be
the ;abode of living creatures sof vari .
ous kinds, and by!the processes of
wearing down and 'denudation, such
as are now taking place, reaching her
present condition.
It is essential that we should grasp
the idea of the long period which has
elapsed during which these various
processes of formation have been in
operation; hut there 0, of course, an
escape froth that by accepting the
thpory that everything we find 'upon
the earth's surface and everything
we have discovered in regard to the.
solar system, is evidence that the
system was created just as it is ; that
though • all -the evidences of the pro
cesses of development , are presented
to our reason, we have been mishal
that reason, not our own, but giVen
to us, has led us astray; and that all
Ahesb relations of earth were; created
at once for, no other purpose :appar
ently but to contradict our reason.
Why should we be, conscious to save
time or limit our ideas of space . if
,this were not so ? hn the- eyes of
Him who works through all things
there is no difference between great
and small ; land these longer periods 1
are as easily to be believed in as re
sulting from His action as the'short
er periods -we are so Much better
able to deal with. Where we admit
growth and development on a small
scale, we ought to be able to adthit
it on a large -scalp: and where_ our'
reason seems to point to these enor
mous periods of time, I do not think.
we ought to reject its teachings and'
refuse to accept them as readily as
we do the processes of development
affecting plant, ; or animal, or those
t mailer details we are able to utider
stand more clearly.
POOLING 'PERIODS OF TILE WORLDS.
- But after all it matters very little
whether we take the longer periods
of , time or the shorter. We are not
concerned• with the periods of - time
but the amount of tleeclopment tbr
each period in the past.of our earth;
and it matters little whether the pro
cesses of developmentwere quicker
- and so required- a shorter period, or
were slower in their Operation and
so required, a longer tithe. What we
have to consider ie whether the vnri
ous .members of the solar system
represent to us the remote past of
our tiwn earth in some cases,
and in
• othet4 the remote ruture; anti think
I skill be able to khow you that they
do, r . or I am going to aflopt n plinci.
t ,
pie that;' will allow us to view Our
own planet and the sun at different
ages, and this principle is, that the
larger the orb is the longer has'been.
its period of growth, beeauSe. it would
tale .a longer time fora large'mass
to cool than for a small one. Take
two balls of heated iron, for instance,
one of which is four times greater in
size, and has a volume eight times
greater, than the other. At the be
ginning the
. larger ball will hare!
eight times as much heat as the oth- .
er, and as the surface is only fouri
times as great the supply . of- heat
would last four times as-long. Apply
that principle to thn planets:- The
diameter of Jupiter is seven times
that of the ; earth, and his volnine
wonld be in the same ratio Were it in
the same shape of compression as
.that of our earth. Then, if we mul
liply our five_ hundred million of
years of existence by seven,
-we get
three thousand five hundred million,
yeais; or, in other words.' if the
planets began their existence at the
same time as independent orbs, which
assumption is adopted for convenience
only, it',would be three thousand mill
len years before Jupiter would be in
the same state as our earth. With ,
out insisting on these figures, we.
may fairly assume pat Jupiter will,
have to go through a very long pe
riod of time before he reaches the
.same state as this globe. Take the
smaller orbs., The moon is one
eighty-first part of the size of our
'earth, and 00e-thirteenth of our sup=.
ply of heat would last the ineon . sik
times as long. Every stage of onr
-earth's cooling, therefore, would last
six times as long: Therefore, instead
of five hundred 'millions of years'we
get for the moon only about eighty
millions of years. In other words,
the moon would have. reached the
, same. state as our cardh is now in
four hundred and twentylmillions.of
years_ago.
The sun Was probably formed, as
all the planet&were famed, in. a
state Of vapor, and probably still re
mains in great part in a vaporous
state. He is the younger ruember..of
the solar system simply because , he
surpasses all the rest in mass. By
the same principle as we have before
applied, it would take thirty-five
thousand millions of years to bring
the sun to the same state as Our
earth ; • thetefore. We will consider
him as a younger member of the sys
tem; not, of course, in years, but. in
development, and so pags onward
from its present state to the clianges
our card; is passing through, and
then to her old age.
TIIE EARTH'S FUTURE
A comparison of the various other
members of the terrestial part of the
solar'system will tell us much of -the
eareh'S future, the moon especially
telling.of the earth's future just as
Jupiter has of its past. Upon the ,
pictures of Venus.kery Pale reliance
can be placed ; and few favorable op
portunities are offered for studying
her, because when at the full she -lies
on the other side of the sun, and at
the only time we could study her she
turns -her darkened hemisphere ,to
ward us. In this vieV,of the transit
of venus. half het• di§ is shownoa
.that of the sun. Wtmust not as
that this is not sunlight, for it
Must be light of the sun brought
into view by the erect of reflection.
Therefore we learn that the planet
has an atmosphere, and it is said to
beat the very least as - dense as that
of our own earth. Then we learn
also that oceans are on her surface,
because it has been shown by. the
spectrum. It appears also that it
closely resembles our earth in condi
' tion, and that it is the one planet fit
to be the abode of living creatures
like those which exist on the,earth.
In Mars we begin'Aq recognilze the
effects of planet:H. - S. old age. These
greenish patches we must i , regard as
seas, and we tind that they are much
-larger in comparison to the rest of
the area than in our earth. On our
own
. planet 72,410 is covered with
water, and on this onlvj about 5 - O.Qq.
,The older planet has ,the smaller
Water surface, and the idea is sug
geAed that in old age of a planet
the waters gradually diminish in ex,
Nye pass to the moon- to answer
that question, and here we certainly
find no traces or water. Also, we
trace no .atmosphere of appreciable
density,. and everything tends to
show that she had ° water on her sur
face, but that it. has disappeared.
Does this, seemingly cold and:dead'
world appear to have passed through
tie same stages as ou s t. own earth ?
I think we cannot doubt-this wheP we •
look at her volcanic craters. .I.think
too, there must haVe been there such
"life as exists on our own planet.
There were oceans- on her surface,,
which formerly occupied these spots,_
which, the waters being withdrawn,
present this finely granulated appear.
,anee from its action., This seems to
be a natural explanation, as the planet
Jiecorae old the oceans become soak
'ed hit° the planet's interior, the
crust of the surface as the planet
"cools, being formed into large cavi-
ties such fts exist in porus substances,
and-into these the water is withdra`wn.
Dr.'Franklin, of England,. has shown
Out fOur iftneS as much- water as
now - finds place on the ',earth's sur
face could be found, room for 'in the
interior of the earth, when the pro
cess of cooling his gone sufficiently
'far. Then, in regard to, the atmos
phere, there is certainly no trace on
the moon, but we have a picture here
showing that the volcanic action of
- the moon was, at one time no less
than in 014 4 ' oiVn earth. Here are the
craters of 6pernus compared with.
those on the Bay of Naples. You
notice that 'they are larger on the
moon's surface than those of Naples,
;with the exception of Vesuvius, But
we have tcOetnember that the volcan
ic action of the moon had more to
contend with, aid therefore, although
the volcanoes are large, they may not
have .exerted so great a force. :Here
we have A picture repres:enting the
moon without an atmosphere ' and
this, it may be g'enerally stated, rep
resents the future of our own earth.
The moon probably represents the
future of our own earth at' a distance
of time of twenty-five million of
years :30 not only in the firmt Once
• 511.00,per Annum InAdvance.
NUMBER 33
have we not suilleient time. for theSe
charigeslto occur, but our eniotions'
are also satisfied, so far as they are
affected by . the painful- thought that
when the old age of: the earth will
come, it will cease as the abode of
life, by the reflection that Ourselves
and thousands after us, to the re
moteF.t•of generations, will still have
ample time and. ample rook' to re.:
'.main - on the earth's surface. •
AN INFINITUDE OF STABS
• Let.us . pause to` consider some of
the Stars in this regard. Many :of
them are too Old and many too young
to sustain life on their -surfaces, but
that they were
. formed for some pur
pose beyond that of being useful to
this particular planet_ there is no'
doubt.:•Aistudy of the heavens Semis
to tell usithatTall life should occupy'
all space and all tithe, and not e
Crowded into one portion of time or
one portiOn'of space: So I think we
may lookat the .heavens, with the
thousands of stars to be seen with
the naked eye, and hold this thought.
There you • have . 6,000 suns, each a
brother of our own sun, though many.
belong to higher orders, and we may
believe they baVe thousands of orbs
circling round, .them- which are the
abodes of life. And if each one has
but a single world in its system as.
the abo(le of life, we have'then thou
sands of inhabited worlds similar,
perhaps, to - our own.
In the one polar map here showri
there are 324,p00 stars, all to beseen
with a small telescope, and'br One of
Herschel's telescopes 20,000,000 stars
would haVe been brought into view
in the same section of/the firmanent.
We here'find in the depths of' space
the worlds that wilt-take the place of
those already known to us. But after
all there' still remains the thought
that each planet is. tending toward
death, and' though the periods of
time are.so vast that they seem like .
eternity, the - dying . out of the larger
of these suns appears to . us like the
death the universe itself. But
take uch - an orb as Sirius, which isa
th said times larger than the sun,
d after his death' all the sinalle
ores will have died, but can. we
escape the thought') that there. will
still - remain others to take - 'their
places: - It seems to me "ice cannot if,
we remember how thoroughly we
.e been deceived, in the past; We
thotight the earth the centre of the
nniv4se; then the solar system was
everything, then that system became ..
but one in a galaxy ; of stars 3 and in
turn the galaxy of stars is lost in the
infinitude of stars: So may it not be
in regard to time and space as it is in
regard to Matter.; that time is one of
many -formationw of the Univers.e.
that there are higher orders so much
grander in form that eeryrairacles of
time in reonrd to them 'are like-the
suns and planets that we see. There
is a lower order that Wander through
space. in- which all the 'waste.eneoies
of 'sans—ocit' own sun included—are.
continually' being - poured ; .they may
'be in turn reviving the next louver
order of the universe, and mayit not
well be that We in turn may receive
from the higher orders something of
their waste energy ; so that instead
of death we- may rather undergo a
continual interoifinge by various
orders 9(1 - the universe, which shall
be carried on through - all
,time;
How" Silver Ore is Sold at Lead
-
,The bosiness.of buying and,selling
ores in a camp like this, when the
output of the Mines , is so .immense,:
and the value in dollarso great, hIS : .
been reduced to a science; and is by
no means, as many have , supposed,'
dependent upon the fair dealing and
honesty of the mill men who gener
ally are the purchasers. The large
Corribrations and, wealthy in
dividual owners of productive pro
perties.have.their own •assayers,, as
well:as their own scales at the mills.
S 9 far as:practicable, similar' ores
from the . ditfcrent pay streaks are
piled together
. for shipment, under
the distingUishimr, titles of hard Car
bonates, iron dark sand, gray sand,
and many other varieties of ore. -The
assayer makes frequent, assays for
the purpose of keeping a general
knowledge of 'these separate kinds
of .ore, yet, such assays are- not the
basis upon which sales. are 'made,
owing to the-flict that Such *samples
May be either too high or too low
for thebulk ofsuch lots, and the cor
rect sampling works of regen;ing so
many pounds at regular intervals,
out cif a•given - weight of ore as it is
being crushed. This system ' gives
' approximately the. true value .of the
bulk of nre, to ascertain which is
equally to the -interest of the buyer
and seller: SaMples from these bulk
samples are assayed by the mill men
- and by the:oWner, and if the,ounees
elOsely tally, the price to he paid is
arrived at,...:,11 too, great variations
occur, :the assays are Made over again
until they do.agree. The owner of
ore, knowing the cost of milling and
Marketing ore, is.as well, able to de,
termine what the mill man,can afford
to pay as the mill than can himself,
and thus there is full 'and' complete .
satisfaCtion and 'confidence •existing
between 'the sellers and buyers of ore
inthis camp. The. weight of each
ton of ore isinade to tally almost to
a pound by allowing for the unavoid
able light waste in hauling, and it is
very seldom that disputes' on this
.
.
PREACII . ING' FOR - A CROWN.--110WC11 1
DavieS, w. 'king
,one Sunday . morn- i
ing to preach, was accosted i by a. der;
gymanon horseback, who was bound''
on the same errand, and who •com
plained of the iinprofitatle drudgery
of Ilk ' profeSsion, - saying : that he
coati, never get more than half a
guinea . ,for preaching. ;.The Welsh
man replied that-he,'for his part, was •
content to preach for a erown.. This
so offended . ttAe other that he up
-braided "the - pc( estrian for disgracing;
his . cloth.. .".I' rlittps," said Davis,f
"you will hold me still cheaper, when.
I inform yOU t at 'I am going nine
miles to preach, and have only seven
pence in my pocket to bear my ex
penses out and in... But the crown
t'Or which I preach.. is the crown of
lory," • - i : . . .
• MOTHER'S WAY. ' •
r" r Oft withlniourVittle cOttage: .
the gently fall; wranarge..... ,
•Witite the tunligkt tonehes softly '"
„,=()ne sweet face upon the wall,:
. f. we gather eloserkgether,",- -
And in hushed:stul tendeitene,:
Ask each other's full forgiveness If
' For the wrong that each has done.
.Should you wonder Why thts'„custent
At the ending of the day "Z
,
Eye and voice would quickly answer,
' "It was once moth e rs way!" L..
If our borne he bright and eierry,
- If It M;bl Arelrma true s -
Opening wide Vs door of greeting
I _To the many, not the few ;
If we share our Father's bounty
With the needy, day hydayi ,
because our heart's remember
This was ever mother's way,
Soinetlmes, when our hinds grow weary
Or oar tasks seem very long;
When - our burdens look too heivy, • .
And we deem the right:all wrong, ,
Then we gain a new (resit ceurag, ,
Ali we rise to proudly say: '
Let us do . our duty bravely,
This was our dear tether's way."
Tll4 we keep her memory precious.A
pile wo never eetse to pray
That dt 15-st, when leligthenlng shadows
ar the evening of our d.y,
Tisr*May find us waiting
'o,gi) home our mothers way I .
Thoughtful Thoughts.,
• A as you would be done by.
NOTHING is difficult to the brave. and.
faithful.
A svtoNG- shield is the.safety of com
manders. -
WE would -do many- more 'things if we
believed less in-impossibilities.. .
more honorable to. acknowledge
our faults than boast of Our merits..
11F. that representeth hiniself
diator between God and man isa demon.
To. row is to pray, to' plant is to,
prophecy, and the harvest answers and
fulfills. • "
- IF you . - present God as a . poetic, I can
accept it ;. if you present him as'alact, I
resist it.
.' TALENTS are best matured in solitude ;
character is best formed in the stormy
billows of the world. - •
FEVERISH, anxious, expectant waiting
s the things desired of litiff its pleas- •
tires and wears umn the soul. •
-tun first step to self-khowledge is self=.
trust. Nor can we attain to any knowl
edge except by a like process. ; 4 -
TEARS are to be,looked'atj, not; as' a
proof of very deep sorroW; but as a gra
.relief to the killing intentity of such,
grief. •
.1 "
Tifn love that destroys pride and envy,
and that .teaches us to endure tiibulations,.
tits us for heaven, and will be bur eternal
portion in heaven. . A -.
WE need grace alike to ket;p us from - -
breaking the. weightiest comman - dmentof
the law, and from falling into the most
ity of the age - . •
HASTE al rashness are storms and
tempests, - breaking and wrecking .busi
ness ; but
. nimbleness is a ; full fair- wind,.
blowing it With speed to the haven, -
Orpoltrui - ry is'. the dower of 'lime
and_ as' the. stalk may . ,reinain *hen the
flower is cut so time may remain with
us when oppertunity is gone . forei - er.
_
.17 ENTILITY consists not in birth,wmltb, .
manners, or fasht m, but in a high sense
of honor ; a determination never to take,
au Undue advantage - of. another.
Tim element of faith is in tlie-imagina
tion. That which comforts must be ac-:
cepted as true, .althouillh 'it
_cannot be
proven by any dlreetjine eyidence.'
A. 'Moat glorious victorY_ cannot be
gained over another man than this'--that
when, the injury began on :his part, the
kindness should titian] on ours.
THE habit of resolving without acting •
is worse than i,not resolving at la, - inas
much as it gradually-sunders the natural
condition betwear-thought and deed.
Ernitv man silould reap ! . from his occu
pation as flinch-Pleasure as lie can;- and
men in congenial oecnpations have little
need' to seek beyOnd them (Or amusement.
Tii moral restraints of habits nr4hnt
so many lines at which one stops—With
every line obliterated there are-the fewer
cheeks in The way of theirapetudus man.
titEu is tie magnanimity in conseience;
t is prOzie to' take us at advantage.' It
always wields its whip of scorpions when
the soul is scoured by outward circtirri
st ance. • -
Children's Fancies and Sayings.
CAROLINE, (under ,ten,)_ walking.
through falling leaves in autumn :—"Arc
the trees crying, mamma, because the
summer is gouel .
3lsmmA to Isabel, (four years of "age,)
who is rather unmercifully teasing 'the
kitten Isabel, my child, you must not,
do so. - I don't like to see , Isabel
" Well, don't look,. mamma.''
O . Nx. evening , as Elsie (three years old),
was saying her prayers to - her mamma
she said "Oh, - mamma, mayn't I say
the'spider and the Fly' instead of
Gentle Jesus,' for a change?" . ,
• 31i'utEL, 'singing : ' • • '
" There is a happy land,
- Far, far away, .
.
Where saints in glory stand"—..
—" Is there not room to !tit down in
"Heaven; mamma ?" . - '.
. ,
SCENE in a country "road.: Harry, (agelcight,) reading a printe bill on a
gate-rust :—" Sermons 'will be preached
on Sunday u - ext by the Rev; "John Until
berts. M. A." Oh,.Amy, faucY Mr. Cuth
berts' ma is going to preach ; I didn't
think women ever did."
-
A Lima.: buy of seven had been order
ed to ake planet by; 'the doctor. A person,
dining with- the family.- said 'to hiM :
" You shotild put a little)-water with with it ;
it brings out the Itaste;";, "That's very
tine," risiOnded the sevenlyear old, 'but
I prefer the taste left iri."
ON leaving church a corintry vicar was -
asked by his. son (aged.tive) when the old
parish clerk Was going 'to bc.erucified. 'He
expressed some surprise, and was remind
ed that he had just said in his sermon,
" We must crucify the old mangy' ,
JANE, (under nine,) to.her gOVerness:—
" Miss. Blunt, when Ma asks you to have
some more wine to-day at dinner; do,
please, say t•es." - Governess :—" Why
What do you wish me to take more wine
for V - Jane Oh, I only want to see.
ma's face l"
AT family.prayeni , one. - Morning one of
the petit ions was, "That ire Might do our
duty in our several stations.". " papa,"
"aid Johnnie (five years old) after prayer,
"did that mean Leisham station or
Iflack
heath station?"
.* , A
LITTLE 'boy ; . six .narnnia, do -
People say the Prifice of Wales will not.
be a good king?" - Mamma :—" Some
persons think that he does not - promiso
very well." 'Little lkny :—" But mamma,
perhaps he-will - notteep.bis promise."
PnEeorious Precaution: -Professor
-Deepthinker's Son and.lleir to Professor
Dcepthinker— , Wot - am I a-doin'? I'm
a tirin' this off; Ybu're a-blooding' too
much, 'an' I ain't goin' have no loaded
pistols round, .or clse,sorne day you'll be
browin' yer brains out, an' cheatin' Mud
der and my out of yer life insurance."—
Park. ' '
-A LITTLE boy live years old was taken
to the seaside. , Wren he- arrived it was
high tide. The next morning, the tide
being out, the little 'fellow was found
gazing with wonderous eyes at the long
stretch of sand and the distant sea. After_
a patme he exclaimed :—"-Why,. auntie,
it's all gone down its sink.'!
A lady giving her little boy religiouS in
struction, told. him: that if, "he was good
he would gate Heaven and sing psalms,
and play the harp before the throne of
God. - " But I can't play tie harp;" said
the child. His mother answered that
be would know how to play when hn got'
up to Heaven. The child. thought for a
moment, and then said,—"Mainma, When
I get Op to lleavgn I shatl, ask God to
give me a drum."
SCENE : the. breakfast table: 'lamma,
•Ing.:—" Hamilton, .go up stairs and
change yOur. clothes. Now. you are at the
seaside I want you to wear out your old
gray suit." . Hamilton,- who is nine, ap
pears four hours later a sight to - behold.
,• :Mamma (horrified) :—" Hamilton, what
ha re you been doing ?" Hamilton. (cheer
/I fully :—" Oh, mamma, I've ',been having
Rich n jolly roll down the chit -You wish
-1 ed me to wear ent. my tild.clothes? Yutt
know," • . .
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