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aS him nutd who darw tootisvb
- Tb nektrwnpth of. Troth
Tevirbo would BrrerdrMtn
Cod th kn of Tooth
Xo wb Brer ma tbm
L'f " ' TD1 tb tmntiiiff of the craia,
f i ' - on nerer fed th tmuhin
Glotrlsc JnBt beyond the tain I
Call .him mad who pnshing forward
Fall a centory In the fan! ' i
Claims man'i -leader l a kaao t ,
And if yon must stop asd lizurar. ;
Stand back lower d&rkneoe
- Hake room lor him who will!
YlatA tii roar idle Teasels
fiIaoe'ihlofit3ieic 'A f.
t&t. Though yod mA)noltinriarif-L
v ana wonaer a( uae waters .
6tretchinoat so triia and free,
Domewnere tnere'B a better sailor
'Tho will dare to- put to sea !
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Keep yon then in perfect safety
. Close within yotir guarded fort ;
Make the War of Earth a pastime,'
r And the Fight of Life a s jiort ;
X4nger, if yon will, in pleasjare,
v While the weary Jioars lag; ,
Somewhere, there's a bolderTeailor
, Who will carry on the Flajg 1
Call him mad I .; And yet f oi-erer
Borne grand leader will be there
FWiine opward to. the summit :
Poshing npi toward clearer air.
Yon may stay in lower d.irkness,
Clasping close your cl auUiig chain :
Some-one yet will strike it from you,
. -Making free the he.irt and. brain I
'George J. Parrish.
A SILENT ACCUSED.
it was tne loyelit placd
for raany
mnes arounthe little, red
farmhouse
.standing isolated in the midst of an
Orchard, half-way up the hillside,! and
i Shut in by a strip of vood which con
cealed it from the vill age bellow. j --.
This latter defect might have Ibeen
remedied by judicious openings (here
and there ; .but Miss Ihcebe iiowei was
of the old-fashioned, conservktivekind,
and often remarked that jvvluti had
been good enougli for her father and
granuiathcr was good, enough for her.
Consequently, Rhe was opposed to all
j change and improvement on Iher farm;
land this, in truth, had been ihe iause
ot Stephen Greer's dismissal, who,
t being of , the progressive orderr could
; notbiBrojghltt.tq manage Jier place in
h6ped to. be able soon to-purcliase a
little place of his own, anil td ask
Bessie Urown.' Miss .'Phoebe's comely,
'. fpsy-heeked maid, to share
4itbhiin. . . . ,
home
m
Mt,
hether or no Bessicc-would
con-
MI. wo a nnMtr.mn vlrn T.h rrwiiTi '
j- md clever, the inrl did not seem! par-
lticulariy to fancy him.
Some hinted, at a likinsr which was
Bessie and Miss rhoebe s nejiheiw, an
orphan boy whom she had 'grudgingly
""brought upf' 'and assisted ,tct educate.
; and who had disappointed her j expecta
tions by falling; Into idle and dissipated
habits, instegd of working steadily on
tuu iai 111 ; .
Lit,.
nevertb return tjr write to her until he
ihoiild hasettlcd-lir some stpudy .em-
f V
ti o
U.
ne u est, mau
some
and, W gdsG""1
it in unsuocessTiil speculation. Thence-
Miiilr.innJ
forth he
ed it,wnWedate would
n .nr crr-''
"expressed
' "never come to any good.'
Bit JtfiigutklUlffiC
: Bnring, about sixanoBths after!5tephen I
' Greer had letnilllsUWaiing mant
stoDned at the Earmet's .llfestxainernv
a few miles f rpaithe village, asked
for a frugal supper s ' fi '
He' was pooriy'clidi and evidently
desired to pass as a stranger but one
of 'the stablemen' recognized in him
the long-absentmepbejpr of Ii38 Phcedje
' Bowel. y ' ' ';- 1 ' " -
The .man did? not, howeveir, l)etray
his knowledee : and the guest, having
partaken of the meal he had ordered,
went on his way, replying,1!! h. aa-
wT to a anestionrth;it"her slwwld'not
r pass through; the village, .but
but would
dce ' a snorter, rouw w i
, Abnnt an-hour after he
the main,
rad left,
tifoWhH flWw 'cttine ridinir5 past, and
seeUig the landlatly busied -about her
flower borders raking tho l)eds and
planting seeds, etoppetl for a few mo
ments' cliaU r .v A-t -It-v m
In the course rjf- '.their talk" Mrs.
Winterby mentioned their hnfte guest,
and their suspicions of lis being
nohfrt Steel. Miss rhcebel RoweTs
nephew.! !mi j V
That Inot JlikefV.wJ Stphemie-
novaioaciir I f hftwT Robert
Steel, what motiyexxuld,4ie bave.tor
wishing to cbnceaiit ? (Wlryjhfuld
- he go Uironghitbaasrborrarl, right
- tnrougn US Jiuisie iarui
Or to ae4 Bessiel" suggested the
landlord w)to -was standing bv aud not
loth to tsase Stephen a, littfej "Folks
used to 'sav there was a more than onll
nary )udng between them two; and
that was one reason, I fancy, o$- his
aunts sending him away. jSfcje wasn't
willing to lose Bessie's services, when
she knew she couldn't get; another
' like her if she searched the! country
' round. Now. I'll lay a jwager the
lad Tl stop to see his old Sweetheart;
and if you're on your way up there,
RfjrwP vnuMl have, a chanccitoiimake his
acquaintance. He's a fine-looking
v ... ).ni(Alii oh nUihut Clothes."
wtiuuk 1CUUIV DU1VUU1U :
vRtpnhfin flnshfd a little! but made
iirftt nf the subiect '" I
Early the next morning thetjittle inn
and the village were in a statif ot great
a f M1m rPha?be Bowel had
TiivAa vonn nrrt fliA-trt(V striven him
lyiw iwtu or : , . .
ft 11TT.1A' TIlnf"Y HDU SHIl 111 IH WIT-' VV ' w
PV UPS -p " ' ' O . - -
He had go
bad found dead in bd, with marts
of flnjrers upon her throat: and th
- w -
Frogyfar and near people hastened
to the scene of the tragedy, and poor
Bessie was well-nhrh distracted with
the multitudinous questions with which j
us wiv puea. . m
: ouv wtu uut.niue 10 lea. unytne
previous day .Miss" Pho5bejitri
ted hef t tfttnymju-
ner annt a in the village, on cndittaa.
ot ner oeing uaci to her work w nn
rise hett fnomfng. ! ; 3 Wju
She had returned punctually at! the
appointed, ' tnte, nV thld.KiHdJ
Barnes, me oui man, who-had Stephen
Greer'splace, quietly attending to -his
mistress' bedroom window raised and
the blind open, and surmising some
thing wrong Lad gone to the -window
and looked in.
She 'saw Miss Phcebo lying upon the
bed, as if asleep, but no answer being
returned to her repeated knocks and
calls Bessie had called David and in
duced him to break open the door of
the room, when they discovered the old
lady to be .quite dead and cold.
There were tracks of a rhans feet.
evidently in his stockings, outside the
window, and a few threads of coarse
woolen clotI appeared tKught upon a
nail on one side of the sash. , " "
The secretary bad not been forced
open, but unlocked with a key, which
was left remaining in the lock, and
none , of the contents of the drawe
had been disturbed except the money
and an old-fashioned silver watch that
had belonged to Robert Steel's father.
Who the guilty party was Bessie had
not the least idea. As to David, a
simple, piohs soul' who had spent ;Ws
whole life in this neighborhood with
out a word of ill being said of ; him, no
one ever dreamed of accusing him.
Among those who, on hearing , the
news, hastened to the scene of the
crime, was the innkeeper, Wintlrby.
and he at ; once informed the magis
trate, whom, he found there, of the ap
pearance of Robert Steel at his .hos
telry and his strange speech and be
havior. , , : - f -
This seemed at once to eleaii up- toe
mystery of the cas, and parties were
instantly dispatched to scour th$ coun
try in search of the supposetl culprit.'
Before, noon he was discovered
makinjj for the nearest railway statipn,
and was brought into the Village se
curely handculfed anJ lxlged in jail.
lie firmly id-inlignaiJjottedV
his innocence. lie had returned from
lad been worKing at an v. cnance ioi :
that he could get, until, hearing of
good employment to 1o hadon tlienew
railroad, he had started "thither by a
route which necessarily led past his
old home."
Mindful of his aunt's parting in
junction, he had noidca f stepping to
see her; but 'he confessed wthat lifter
leaving thd Farmer's Rest and coming
in sight of ,the,littlo red house. qi),tbe
hill, the temptation to caV'and sptfik a
few words with his old; sweetheart,
Bessie, was too strong to resist.
In the early dusk he had passed
through the orchard, but, to h'isdiajnay,
encountered his aunt instead of Bes
sie. ; . . i- -
On hoarinff his aoouht of himself
slie had been kinder thanhe artticlpatW;
had ffiven him a good supper, and, as
ras 'Important that he siiouUl reach
destination, i tune. 1m! gone
into her bedrobmfvaencoslei'turned
irnpd
With a now flve-doli.ir bill,1 to help him
his
and his father's silver j
iMi - ntfli aim! asiiil mUrllt. now lie
ton 111s n ay.
w..,. ,.. va?" - - --
she ftared his meet-
ing with Bessie m tuo,
being a mild mooni
vnorning -and,
being a mild moonlight nignt, ne
had-restrmfd hls-'Jumuej, Mtiping
awhile in.the-shed jof a wnysidei black
smith's forge.
This wa3 thf wxjQUPt. no ffavef 01
ldmself, ilaniticofili3itB
sion of tlie watch, which latter Bessie
reluctantly identified. , ! i .
Only one person believed hun, and
thatBelJe herselftirie rest of
the stolen money, people said, he must
have" concealed .somewhere along the
road. , i . .
It was remembered that he knew 01
the secret place where his aunt was ac-
cusjtomjsd to keep the key of her secre
tary, which 'accounted for its being
iminrVtrfiriste'ad'of broken open
iT.T strensrtlienthe circumstantial
ev'nWagalitt'tiimt his foot-prints
warn nf inst. tlA e-MSf those ! found
rwnpnt.h the window. .while the wool
n thrpads founa upon tue nan wt;
pronounceil by half a dC? vlf
etitnted iudtres to resikurll
y
arious dilapidated portions ofjiuf gv-
c . . -
ments.
But the most
nrwlnsie evidence
Uiatkof Sr:hl.Greer,
aramst ui
tafLivin JltiJd at
the villa,
inn till past 9 o'clock on tue
evening in
questus, 1
had nen
Udarfed for homelLlftn . I
coming hastily , "tlown
through
man
MistfPhobje Boweli
direction of fWlib1
rom the
of, him, in .the
L-rSSSrd ( tm -oath that
cf ooi was the . man ( vaA, lux-
th he had in his hand a small
mtedbraot tound trpcartrrnr wbeu ar
rested; and that.,j fSLJfS
tJ. t.y himjferrrfrtrT to-
enmstances wnicn nooeri. i,vV
denied
WJtll
m.was
A
I !
k 4 !
It was in the early Arratuat
1 1
tragical event occurred i at theHUlsMe
farm, ana tnei triw
would not come off for some months.
Meanwhile the little red.
was deserted, except by David Barnes,
who retained charge of the pjace j tot
Bessie had gone to Uve with diet '-ttnt
in the village. - J,.,.
She had wtiJ.isitedj
farm for many weeks since that law
event which had given it an evil name
in the country.
i : I I timA with
4t one day a neirhbor. '' haring
some,, business with Darid Barnes.
wvMv " 11 jvTr w AaVem a Js, w 11 m
her back
xnDiac bad been hiftair nnA y,irm
when she left t In April ; but she now
found It in all the luxuriance of early
rfzmer : the trees in full foii&o-A mu.
uopm, and tne garden-walks and
Si llSatiS -m.
Jrll I- i-,.
-iJeneaUi tba, -willow try:irWche
j Durgiar naa entered had. sprung up
hnita a little wilderness of weeds.
H' Bessie's eoMuauJon approached this
spot, in order M get a glimpse of the
txoncwithin.' At the same moment a
strong, spicy odor arose from i the
trampled weeds beneath the window.
4im.Bes6iC slie t!d, to gurprise;
aiyssum Here. . I
"Is that sweet aiyssum?" Bessie
answered, indifferently, looking down
at the delicato little plant. I don't
know how it came here. I never saw
it before." j
" That's odd. I never knew of a bit
of sweet aiyssum in this neighborhood
except what Mrs. Winterby -broughtf
ironi ner sister s iasi spring. Mebbe
she gave Miss Phoebe some of the
eeos. .At any rate, l ii taKe away a ;
there is springing among tne gra-s !
and here's one, growing in the moss
and dirt in the corner of the window-
sul. The wind must a' blown
here, I'm thinking."
cm
Bessie made no reply, and she was
unusually silent on their way home.
The circumstance had set her think
ing. She knew that Miss Phoebe had
never had any seed of sweet aiyssum
How, then, came, it to be growing on
the place? From the scattered man
ner in which it gTew the seeds must
have been dropped accidentally, and
on the sill of that very window by
which the burglar had entered 1 the
house, she knew, she felt in her iri
piost heart, that Robert Steel had
never crossed that window-sill. Who,
then, had left that wj-aterious trace to
rise up irir silent accusation against
him?
Restless and agitated, Bessie slept
none that night. The next morning,
before the, sun was fairly risen, found
her on her way to the Farmer's Rest.
It was a distance f some five or more
miles, yet she thought not of fatigue
as she steadily tramped nlong the lone
ly road through the tincrelising heat.
She had Invented "a ' little "business
errand to Mrs. Winterby, and on her
arrival, -having dispatched, this, she
adroitly turned-the subject "Id The; gar-
tl.?Lof.'wi1.ah?.rrnpw fh"i lfiniifrv
.u u 80 jJl'uUU. , jt coure sue was fn-
vited to; see it, and it was not lony ere
she descrie! the plot of sweet aiyssum
of which she had heard, j
"That's the only sweet aiyssum in
this part of the' country." Mrs. Win
terby observed, proudly. "It's a very
skeerse yarb and powerful sweet
smelling. 1 dare sav you never saw
any of it btfore, Bes'sio?" . j
"Only onoe," Bessie answered. "I
Suppose vou never give away any; of
the seeds'?"
" Well; I hadn't any to spare in the
spring not moro'n u thimbleful that I
got from my sister Lambkin down
South. , Mrs. Law.wn wanted some
powerful bad, and I did send her a lit
tle pinch: but when I asked her-.awhile
' ago how it was gRwIng she, said she
- 1
; never gov n. 1 u :a iu B
.: away tnis iau, ani you re wuiooiuo w
; tu,uc . V " ' " ,1.
nica tiling to nave in a garueu, aiu5iiiu
evening;
away in
folks like it put away in a clothesr
press,
heerd,
It
keeps away moths,
I've
"I'll be glad to have some,-.I'm snre,
said Bessie, adding: " It's a pity Mrs.
Lawson didn't get her seed. Who did
you send them by ?" i
" Jiy otepnen ureer, one eveuuig
when ho stopped Jest outside tue
fence here, while I was fixing my
flower-beds. He askea wnat x, was
plantmg, and when 1 said swpt alys-
Riiih. he said he d never neeru 01 11 uut
once, when Mrs. Lawson was wishing
or some: because it used to grow m
her mother's garden. tx tiien 1 gave
him a ninch. and he dropped 'em in his
weskit pocket, careless-like, instead, of
tying 'em up hi paper; and that's the
wav. T take it. they came to be lost
lpssie's neart was oeanug suib
.- . . . . 1 ..11 r .
nearly to choke her. . To conceal her
n fnf An aliP fifrWrWI (KJWU LU AUlinc
the plant, as she 6ait: (
tttllluuvu w j
"That wasn t line owwicu iwioci.
He's always careful and cautious... How
long ago since you saw mm vdi viiue r
" Well, nign uptn two mouu.a
Rtav-now I rekiliect iwas me f t-u
in llOberi oteei siopcu e
supper, i I know it, becauss he hadn't
v...!in rrct nut of sisrht when Stephen
alone, and my old man got to
iLnr him about him and you, Bessie.
J . ... t .1 A nritti a clrrVi
Hoor lact. sue auucu, " &"
twmiia a Iieen Detxer u neu never
mme hack, to be throwal into the way
Ji-h a w fnl temptation; for you can t
vm. -- . . " 1 1 - 1
n-ince me that a iroou-natureu, lunu-
voUiwri laH such as Robert was could
UOv . . . . .
ever ha planneu sucn a imng m wu
blood., ji his aunt hadn't been so hard
oaWm from" a child he'd ha' turned
out as good as anybody." ;
" Robert never swue uu mvucj
never murdered Miss Pho?ber said
Benin tarring erect, and peaking
- t
Lwlth such firm ana an moo uiww.w
emphasis that tne j ianouy w
XbOT she took a hasty leave and
i... hnmpward. flushed, exated
q
damation of " 1 nana .
trembling lips.
Ob blessed mue piuw oyk
"i,f,..-.Itonocent and point
tngri. w vv -
tniiltV !
. a tiA with this thought in her heart
she hurried straight to the lawyer who
f ..hnMi as Robert Steel's
r-hut. little more to add to
h! true story. Following up the clew
so fortunately, so almosV wonderfully
offered, a clearer ease of drenmvtan
tial evidence was made' out against
Stephen Greer than had served against
Robert SteeL
On hearing the whole Stephen in
order to defend himself arainst the
charge of murder, voluntarily pleaded
guilty to that of burglary.
ing. reniainedin the.Tmajh
friends until about 9 i
tartinsr homeward, he had been 1
Jle nad, he saii, on that laal even-
some
When,
fetarting homeward, he had been led by
jealousy to turn a little out or bis way
to satisfy himself whether nil rival,
Robert Steel, was really at te farm
house. ,
lie had seen a light In. the kitchen
window1 and another in jhat of Miss
Fhccbe's room. Glancinrf through the
tlatter as hepassed, his attJnHoh was ar
rested oy seeing the oleMuHtaf an open
secretary drawer, unrolling a bill from
a large bundle of bank notes, which she
then proceeded to ; replace in a little
inner drawer, and locking ithung the
key on a nail behind the secretary and
IPft the room. Proceeding next to the
kitchen window, he saw her talking
carnef tly to a young man, a the latter
sat at the tablej eating ; an 1 it instant-
ly occurred to hi in that here would be
T n tt 'I T 1 T.. , I 1 M
to the moner, the si"ht
of whjca had
w--awva ilia '
Cautiously raising theknsh, .inch by
inch, he stepped through! the window,
unlocked the drawer lad possessed
himself of the roll of balk notes. 1AU
this had tak-n some considerable time,
and meanwhile Roberta Steel must
have left ; for, as he wasiin thf act of
shutting the- drawer, Mik.Fh.cebe ap
peared at the open dooray and in
stantly darted forward aal seized him
a3 he endeavored to escajit. '
A struggle took place, f id to compel
her to relax her hold, lie h id seized her
by the throat; but he firn: iy protested
that he had no thought or ntention of
injuring her. He wished escape un
recognized!, an 1 when slt staggered
toward the bed he'hatl hastly effected
his retreat through the win)4awcalch-
ing his clothing on a nail asjhe sprang"
to the ground. It was in tlfis way that
the seeds were scatterel which, had
now arisen from the grqxujd bv- silenjt
evidence,sig.-un hfm. ' : " "
Stephen Greer w;:s sentenced to a
long term m'the State's priijn. When,
at the end cf tJtose weary years he
came forth a free man Hillside .was
one of ,tliermost prosperous little farms
in the country, and Farmer .:S$eel np
his Avife, Bessie, R3 happy-looking , a
middle-aged couple as cotild bo met
with, while a f ainilyof .stalwart sons
and comely daughters! i were '''growing
stocked ''with rare and ' lcautlf ul flow
ers, bjit it was observed that among
these the simple and unpretending
sweet aiyssum 6eemed always the fa
vorite with Bessie.T Smmi Archer
Weiss.
Japanese Sacr.d Xrmplcs.
Dr. Dresser, who has traveled exten
sively through Japan, has written a
book on that country: architecture.
art and art maarufacturcs. f n a review"!
of the work an English paper says;
One of Dr. Dresser's most carious and
iritcrestlng expeditiors tow Eonr
Zan, a vsist mountain at the top ox
which, nestling iu a little depression.
there lies a sacred city, full of antique
shrines and t inples. Four hundred
and forty of these holy buildings still
exist in a place wnicn formerly con
tained a thousand. "TheOie clustered
together in the snow, under the shadow
of enormous coniiers, uicu oiwi
above them bke the nave of some huge
cathedral. The strange 6nfuslon andi
obscuritv of this mysterious city, into
the more arcane parts of which evea
Dr. Dresser was not permitted to enter,
its rareuedT "atmosphere on tne edge
of the frost-limit, l" tnrong v
priests, fts great sanctity and antiquity,
the beauty 01 its proyc.i wu d
narrow a point 01 extreme aitituae,
combine to make Koya-Zan one 01 tne
most fascinating places in the world.
The thirtv-threes temples 01 ivioto
presented no such extraopiinary diffi
culties to the explorer, and among the
mnet. - rharminor . illustrations oi vr.
jv-.v " O ....
Dresser's book, and those over which
wa are tempted ti linger longest, are
the full and elaborate, cuts ; from pho
tographs of the Mshi-bong-wan-ji
temnle at Kioto, ThUOilding
surrounded, as in an suc www, uj
low walL broken : here and there by
ronfed irate ways ot tne most sumpt-
ous magnificence. The most celebrated
rarnenter-builder that has ever lived
in Japan worked on the architecture
of Kioto, ami his umbrella is hoarded
among the antiquities of the place as
an almost sacred relic.
Useful Birds. '
W hen Michigan was invaded by the
army worm, the blackbirds did excel
lent work for tlie suffering .fanners.
Un the prairie myriads of these birds,
yellow birds and robins were .hovering
over the place most infested, evidently
making a meal of tne worm.
front of the right flank of the army of
worms isa cornhriJ, ana y along uie
east fence, which separates it from tbe
mMdnw. a line of blackbirds were sta
tioned in as good order as if marshaled
for a fight under. a wivzhtj leaner.
Thev would ny in a solid mass to the
ground as if attacking something, and
then fall lack, to the position on the
fence, from which they repeatedly ad
vanced in a body. Tins6.Tards,'T
said a gentleman,-"are protecting that
corn. Surely enough,Txaanination
tirnwed that tbe pestiferous insects had
come up to the fence, but ? ad not gone
on th corn.'.,Bat;?irn,unI1
,iul worms could be sen on the
frround where the birds h been east
of the fence. It is certafb that the
birds had made havoc wit 1 the worms,
and it really looked as ij they had a
design in it to keep then out of the
cornfield.
POFCLAB SC1EKCF.
M. Carre estimates that meat may
be frozen sufficiently to destroy any
trachinmit may contain at a cost of
less thana tenth of a cent per pound.
He has strongly urged to the French
Academy the importance of this sys
tem as a safeguard against trichinosis.
A new use of the micro-telephone is
that j of finding underground water
courses. The -microphones are buried
in the soil on a hillside, and each con
nected with a separate battery and tele
phone,, liy listening at thetefepfcone-
at night the faintest murinur"brgur-'
glingof water can be detected.. '
According to Mr. II. C. Ilovey, each
female oyster is estimated to contain
from 1,000,000 to 101000,000 eggs, of
which not a tenth can be said to be 1
vitalized in the courseof nwtwre. But
, be is of opinion that by a. proper ; sya
teiii or oyster rarming luliy one-half ot
the young may be matured 1 td that
stage w hen they can take care of
themselves "Seed 'oysters are between
une and two years old, aud those known
as "saddle rocks". require four years, to
attain their high commercial value.
Mr. Grant Allen has drawn this im
aginary picture of man astevolutionists
siqpose him to liavb existed in mloeenej
times; " A tall and hairy creature,
more or less erect, but with a slouch
ng g;iit, .black facetl and whiskered,
with pnlniding jaws and large, pointed
imiino teeth those of each jaw litted
into an intcrsjiace in the opposite low.
Vhfse teeth, aA Mr l)arwin: suggests.
wero used in the combats of the males.
1 1 is forehead was no doubt low and
ie4ieatingwiihLanybo6ses
lying the staggy eyebrows, which
gave him aileice expression something
tikoitliat 1r4.lV gorilla, Jjiit already,
in all likelihood, he hadV learned to
walk habitually erect." ,
An ingeiiious adaptation of the elec
tric signaling system, says the Tele f
ttrnvh and Tiltruhitne. has been effected
.in connectui with a lamp "which js.
mauNjlo give nottc,e of tttlref a
glarious entrance into, or a fire
bir-i
updn
premises where it is employed. The
appanitus(conshts of a-smaU Jjattery
Witr)iidijio Attaints on
doors and wintlows,Aana oCher wires
communicating with the lamp, which
may be placed eitherf hrwde cjyutside
tho premises, as . nref ened. Upon a
door or window being moved, after the
apiaratu nas ieen set lor tlievm
luiiTtfie ;nnp liglrtjKi;&reiJ lRg
is rdeastnl by I he aid of a small
tro-magnet placed Within the' lam'p,
and at rwl or danger signal is thus
given, the light having previously been
rMr fin"-
firn.
si
tTIerinometer
is -U3eu, ana wuen.tue
raised
temperature causes' the mer
cury to rise, metallic contact is made,
2141.il the lamp at once shows . the , dan
ger signal. ? -rlaced outside houses orf
public buildings this lamp would afford
u sur&andcx to ; the ' police .as to the
safety or otherwise" of 'the interior of
the premises. . '
Deciding on the Site of a Pal ice.
The royal palace of the king of
Gfece, at- Athens, was constructed
alter; a curious and original experi
ment. It was blpdlt byOjto, prede-
rnr 01 me present monarcn,-a son
of , Louis iff .Badm. "Vken hwas
elected king in 1832 by the?natliiafas-
Sernniy 110 Tnwii wtjiens jrau beta
left by the Turks tn such a gtateo-dl
lapidat hin that it resembled i heap of
rHiri.vr-.auer tuan a city; a jjoua
artitiiiect was sent for to repan thin
generally, and to plan.'the .cdntrue
tion ot a idai-e.' The negifboHood
of the temide of Theseue ws rfiosen
for 'the site. After , 'awhile King
Louis, of ilavarja. jKiid a , visit to his
' .yJTJi 11 f' toniavvTiie arcni-
Uti has chosen tire most unhealthy
part of the whole city. . Is'ow, I have
taken nut: of. alettt-r site, which pos
sesses all the , silvan Ui giaj tliis one
JarUs." "But, father, I assure you
that " jsever iiiinu ; 1 will jirove
.what I say." And King Loiusat once
ordered two pieces of fresh meat to be
placed, one en eadi of the two sites.
bentihel werepostexlto prevfent the
meat frtfri Using stolen. -Twelvte hours
later the piece of meat left upon the
site chiwen by the German architect
was found to be putrefied ; while the
other pitce, placed upon the site of the
present parace,-wasHina .to ue per
fectly fresh and swQct. 'Louis of
Bavaria was a student of the science
of hygiene. - '" ' ; '-Yi
Flrrl GlInpM of HeflanoT""' -A4
verylarge opal or the inside of a
motherK)f-pirl shell would make a
gjl background for this thin strip of
distant Holland that lies blinking
aw ay in the ' early morning light. A
hng, narrow ribbon of a picture it
makes, with its little spots and dots
and splashes of color here and there,
act idental here and methodical there,
as if part -of a pattern; i By carefully
hxking through' a glass these dots of
various shapes. and sires soon resolve
themselves into windmills, cows,
sheep, Dutchmen, churches and
steeples ' and . ' 'Uttle red-tiled
h nises with green or hi ue shut
ters. I do nut pretend that this
is a pcculwr or Wrfkiag instance of
lhcDrt vliinpee of a foreign ctntad
consisUns of cows, windmills and stetfe
pies I know of other such 5 platfes-
but I contend that the Dutch sand slip
fatter, the windurllls more" jaunty and
active: the cottages more spick and
snan and more recenxIV out of a toy 1
turn! anweH-tMla Kev-f except on
-m- niiiM tiw.sf Thiti-h ifrt win
you see just such specks as these. "And
there is no mistake this is Holland,
and no other land at alLJfrpery
Magazine. 5 i ?
Tlie Methodise .church has 20.483
Sunday-schools, '223,000 officers and
(iKlierp7 and l,588)00 scbolara.
. AbJjbjlIs and the laeleata.
In ancient Egypt, when a cat died in
the house, the inhabitants shaved their 1
eyebrows ; if a dog died, they shaved -their
whole body.. In Athens one of j
the laws of Tnptolemus declared that
no one had a right to inflict a wrong
upon a living creature. Tbe Greeks
were aware of tbe tender and affec
tionate care which the young of the
stork exhibit ed fcr their old parents.
and recorded that, when the latter lost
their feathers from age, the young
stripped themselves of their down for
them and fed them with the '.food they
collected. This was the origin of the
Greek law called the "law of the
stork," by virtue of which . children
were obligated, to take care of their
aged parents, and those who refused to
do so W ere declared Infamous. - How
different is it in our modern societies 1
Plerquin my wSth fpasnn that, as
man. r;se3, he treats animals as if they
were conespondingly degraded. For
a' long time theyjhad the same rights.
During the middle" ages they were al
lowed a part In religious ceremonies.
At Milan they figurel in the festivals
of the kings j and processions of 'anU
raals appesir In the las-reliefs of the
cathedrals' of Strasburg, Mans- and
.Vlenne. On Holy Weilnesday al the
clergy of 'the church of Ilheims went
to Saint Rem! to make a station there;
the canons, preceded by the cross, were
' arranged in two lines, ach drawing
I herring after Uin, with a. cord ; and
eacJi was intent upon paving his own
fish and steppingiipon.3!uit of the
canon in front of him. At Paris 'the
procession of the fox was as .ouch en
ioved as the festival of 1 he ass. Th
underv-jriimal, drassed in a kind of surplice,
wearmg the miter, had his place in the
midst of He' tlcrgy ; a fowl was put
within. his -ryach he. often v forgot hi?
pious iunctions'to spring upon the bird
and devonr it in . the presence of the
faithful. Philip the Fair was very fond
Qf this procession. Only a few years ago
the procaioij . the atjxx remained,
a survival from (he 'paVaV feasts. a
real, pieqe qf wreckage from vanished
civihzatious; v- '-' ' '
Wm Ktm rights of animals were
thus recognized, their deities -towrd
man did not escape 'the .earlier legisla
tors, ."; who severelv punished their 1
crimes apd attempts upon- human life.
The law of Moses (Exodiw xxU'128,
29)reeStes: "Kan ox gore ain1iaior
a woman, that thev die : then; tho ox
shall i be surely stoned, and his rlesh
fshalHnot be .'eaten ; but tho owner. Of.!
the ox shall be quit. But if the ox
were wont to push with his horn in
time. past, and it hath been testified to
his owner, anil he Lath not kept him
in. btit. fhat bp hath killed a man or a
woman ; tne ox suuii ue sr
owner also shall be put to death;
Judgments based on this principle
are Recorded at Athens and Home.
According to Pierquin, , Deniocritua
wished an animal, which Imil occai
sioned some major damage, to be pun
UHeuwKbr'deatlJ? UnderDomitian,
according to the report of Martial, the
mgraHtuoe ox hob urn aw cs roasiv
was severely punished, uolumeliaand
w ....... , M . . . . . ,
Varro say that Ihe ancient RoniansTe:;
garefl lb px,itlTeeoinpanta qWhe
lalxirs of man, and that the act f
killing one ws regarded, as a homicide
and punished In the same 'way ;' and
the ox enjoyed the same: privilege in
Attica and Pelononnesus. It is also
said that the Arabs in: the mountain
of Africa formerly crucified Hon ,
guHty of murders, upon trees, as.wwr
hiff4 to. . others. Popular Scttilc
, A Marvel' In' Stone.
A remarkable Indian idol jj aa re
centlynttken :'from Horsy Crk in
Cedar county Missouri; th borne of
the last mound InUkW. -Among those
who were present was K. A. Blair, the
owner agdjlh$overer;f Jthe fineet4 lot
of mastodon bones now in the United
States, one who Kai devoted all his
leisure to the style and literature that
would make his -opinion of value in
this matter.
The subject is ot such importance as
to warrant giving the description and
circumstances- of - the finding of the
object '- the a widest . publicity. This
Indianor Aztec Idol, as it I believe!
to be.' U four feet long aiKl Weighs
sixty four pound. In general outline
of figure it resembles a hug lizard or
chameleon It is carved out of a slate
or lead-cplored stone ocompitin; of
moderate hardness w as smooth as
glass, and shows that it is the work of
a pereon- of . fine rtnagmation;' Intelli
gence and skill, whether1 he lived wne
thousand years ago or is living to-dy.
' On a closxaminatiod the idol; is
found to be made up of parts of .a
dozen cratnm--Hafaphibiarrjvivcra,
insects; reptiles and Jowl. The top
of the bead has the resemblance of a
fiat bone plate, and 'hi shaped like that
of an eaghv' with: a (long, sharp beak.
Near the middle of the beak is a horn
like that JLS rhinocer'. and of light
yellow, color. "The under part of the
beaAis shaped like S that of a' turtle
or fro-aad is Hgnt J yellow; The
eye is like Ujt pf ij eagle.
It has four k tifo in front and
two behind: The leg fare shapfed 't&
actly like those of an elephant, have
four jellow toes oh each' foot, and the
tottca'cf the feet. bAve the spongy
jpe2S5te pecnliar to those of an
phant.' Between each pair of legs on
ilTviiI.. dCtlui 1 in 11 r nt atifwi " nf
the Plate of bone-like tbat of a turtle.
I On the back are two shields, or wing
' covers like those on the back of a com
mon beetle. Behind the legs and about
the-middle of the tail is a fin divided
Into fourfingers or.fiapsW4 FromV the j
notnt wnere xne wioks wnnuw w
thnendof the tail extends a row
diamond-shaped yellow spots; -"The
iidoi is in a perfect state of preserva
tion, and at a distance of a few steps
looks as if, it were alive. St. Lout
QloU'Dtmocrat.
TtafXrtrmmTtArxrM will, never want
SV mtj "b 1 I
lor love; ne nnrnDie, anu you wui.j
never mu iv s-s-
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IVOR DS OF TriP03I.
We must
n to trifles :
learn to, infuse
t
lublitn;
To have ideas is to irather flnwpr! "
ao. iiunR ts. to weave tljfin Into
lands. r . t . ,
Though authority
bear, yet he is oiti'n
with gM L ,
a- tnblKr
by the nbe
let!
AVealth Is most dsn gerMa
arbitrator in, pohtiral or social crit
troveries. ' . . '.-.;: ':
Knowledge will always predominaa
over ignorance, as n man governs fctgS
other aniiuiilf i ? . :
' AVhile we retain the power of rentfei
lnggvrvuv ami ronreiring favors
seldom experienco ingralitude.
If we ilid but know htAv little s
enjoy the great things thy posSefi5
mere wouia .noj, w mm n envy in IF
world." - ' ." -r- Oig)
Feelings come and 'g.V !tfc lliL;.
troops following the victory of !ti
present ; but pfincijilei, like tr4fV
of the line, arc un'dislurlKtl and stsiij
fast. ' ; ;;
- A more glorious victory "ennnnifc
pained over another man than th'v
that when the injury began onjl
part tlie kindness should begin. fax
ours. ; , ' . ',IS
Revenge is a momentary trinnipts,in"
which the satisfaction 'dies at onrc,
and is succeeded by remorse ; wUc
forgivvmys. which is the noblest of sir
revenge, entails a perpetual pleaslitf.'
Youth and age have too little
pathy with each other. If the youg.
w 011 hi remember they may be old, jifld
the old would reir.ember that they wtSff
once young, the world would be ljap-
pier. ' ' - I
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!H)rULAR SCIEXO. . 1 f
From statistics gathered, in Inrifjjitt
appears that cliuiern is far mure din
ly in the open than in the" woxleit dis
tricts. . , . -;r - 'vv -
The greatest astronomical rvHt-jtft'
ISfcSwjJIbe the 8-jlar etdlpe on;tl
bthof May, the totality of which svll
last luinntc?. Unfortunlt'ely, le
hue of totalitv lies out at scai. . a ri -
v - v.
Vegetable nil u meh in its pure sMe
is a tnick, .glairy, tostele.4s tluid, aaj-, i
ogops.to.tlie w -bite, of egg... It ifforl
abuhtiarttly -ih.fuic.es of grernlcave ;i 1
well 'as-in tlie tUiur from wheat. ii?U4
Professor I'et vrs does not agree THttSTs
those wnojthink that the gre;jt conift
is identical! with """the 'crnnets'of lf
and-18lo and is losing its velocity ftnld i
preparing to 'soon return and fall into
the sun. - . . . . '..
4 A patent has been taken cut tn fie.
m iny ror "r m em r tho' vh tti ! f
wMii it driven backwrml umi forwH
by tmall charges I of gunpowder; nr -
plied ajf. each end by un automatic af
rangement. The ignition 1 eflTectidl ,. -by
the niotion of the piston,' whk-
draws in a llame of ga- br spirit, l4
access being regulated by isidc yalvr.'
which also cpen outlets for the eVflpj . r
of the gases of combustion. ' - . J .
Rice constitutes nearly oue-half jfii .
the food of the people of JajKib. lut -
as. -to food' and drink -climatic con" .
tions and industrial deuvmds d ) nota H
yet. exercise their due innu.mce on p
writers of works on hygiene, whell--forming
their conclusions. One rjifo '
may live and move and have a toleg-
able usefnl existence in a certain regfet
upon a sort of sustenance altogether . ?
inadequate to another race dfffetentSv
l enviroaked. Suppow. tor lnaUuriTr
to put this importaot question Btiafyty
and strdnglv, th diet bf an Esqdlm5iM 1
and an inhabitant of the tropics. w
interchanged, on the strength of Iicpl .''.
sanitary statistics;'' Veuld not tp
chaaceflfacbv speedily reaching f
graTe be atnjut equal. and the leases 'if
life of both be considerably shortened?
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XhelFornutloB of Coal.'7 ! :
At a m '
Academy of Scienoes In New Yorkji.
8. Newberry, of Columbia college, ril , -an
essay on "The phy-jical conditlti!i .
under which coal was formed'" ':". ,
paper was in substance as follows: 1 1
- The peat-bpg theory of tha; f oro-
tion of coali has geiieraUy: been, faf
cepted. Thi4 view is to the effect mt
coal is the'-residaal' liydro-eftrlwq'iitf :
plants which have grown whert .
remains are found, and tliat it has bMini -
found precisely as peat auiriulatea,ln
loarshis. Mr. Grandeury bar rwey i
cndeav.Ted to, refute this Ueory,!aBd
that ma'-u-s tt nccary to discuss'tlte., :.
nutter guln. lie fioWs tln V t hUiU ,
from which .the, coal Is formed tilurii..-
Ietrt transported vfrew their pU0M
growth to a greater or less distance In,
the biatom of, kume water basin. ' fKia-
turu has in most' Instances5" left a-f fill !
Am - . m. . At, m.- ' - 1 m.
ana r.junini recoraoi ncr wxrK m irfte
fcti.t which we. hav given anl ji;"
Ivifri.'t.ftiMijr- I wiy confine m)"s4fJto
tne 'ot the cud .103' In Ohio. ' ils
IS 'of the lowv8tTiT'ali MnMii
sert Tb4aceat:lics in . n series. of
narrow tmoghs r hsioklfkh, Mfa'tt
evjuntly iAkCf inarches occitpying 31
df it vAttriii, and'the T,dley rf ; ttrhs
tipoh'ilr then existing .surf ace. -Miiy
'0sd ex petto the following phcnou;jna
to view':''' ' " ' . " ' ' Hiif '
1 1. A-!irejfUmielowescbiM-am'pepie
traied in -very direction w ith rootf nd
rvuilrts of siigmartiij . ill;
'1. A oal seam having a maxifiim
thltUce." of six feet in the ,RL!Hn '
ui the' t -uias thinning out tj ieatfiier
edges.- . 1 .im -
3. The coal cn the margin i! ohe .
basins h ometin:es tbhty or fortf:eet
alwve it" place on "tbe bottom. rlj ' "' a
4. Ad average of two and a halfper
of Kcatofaih.1 . ' "j ' ;l ilr. :-; ...',
b. A rvci xompose! 01. arguiaus
shaleV of which the I lower layerre -crowded,
with impressions of plant?
Fibtri these facts 1 derive thKpls
toty of the. formation of coal w?cb ,
has made the peat-bog theory the ac
cepted one. x -! ' : -
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and muff to match each costume.! if i
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