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PROM ALL-SOURCES.
1 * ari’enter, in discussing tiie
nb-<ovHti<m.s made by thr American vessel
th* in the deep sous between the
l ruled Scales and Japan, infers the general
want t that sub-surfEtee stratum of above 40°
l which, in the north Atlantic, with the
same or vet higher parallels, has a thickness
.i it least five hundred fathoms. The true
e iuse of this peculiarity is that the north
l'neifie derives its deep stratum of glacial wa
ter. which nearly fills its basin, from the polar
arc vof the opposite hemisphere, the inlet at
B bring straits being too narrow and too
• hallow to admit n flow of water of any appre
ciable importance. This northward* flow of
flic water from the equator must have, as its
complement, a movement of the superficial
stratum front the northernmost limit of this
flow toward the equator, and thence toward
the southern pole. The glacial current when
it reaches the north Pacific comes nearer the
surface than it does in the Southern ocean,
even in the higher latitudes; and this, modi
fying still further the reflux surface flow to
ward the equator, appears to account for the
well-known indie ration of the climate of the
Sandwich Islands, though they lie within the
tropic of Cancer.
The principal time-piece of the Paris
observatory is located in the catacombs so as
mbe free from the disturbing influence’of all
vibrations, and by it arc regulated all the
numerous dorks employed in the observato
ry. It is described as an instrument of such
envision that it scarcely varies to the extent
< i one second in a twelvemonth. A proposi
tion, it appears, ha-v just been made by M.
vorrier, the director of the observatory, to
ular • all the public clocks throughout Paris
u dio’vi connection w ith this time-piece. He
proposes to lay a telegraph wire which shall
connect the ivgulator of the observatory with
?!n clock of the Luxembourg palace, now
used for the prefecture of the Seine and the
municipal council; and that time-keeper in
mm, it is proposed, shall be put in electrical
. omimiuication with those at the Bourse,
Palace de dnsfiee, mairies of all the arron
bissements of the city, churches and other
pubi*c buildings.
iuic salmon trade on the ColumMa
river during the season of IS,’a has been one
oi remarkable prosperity the unfavorable in
dications at the outset not having been eon
’ min'd. _ Of fourteen canning establishments
■ ri the river, twelve were in opteration, and
pm up i all two hundred and sVVvuiiv-iive
thvmsjmd cases, each r-asp eonVaihlng* four
Mown one-pound asts. A large quantity of
hs.i tins also been packed In tierces and hai'-
v<ds the weighted which has not lew, given
\n important addition has WtSVi made to the
oMiai treat ment of these fish in the utilization
• u the heads forth? purpose of extracting the
”1, r)V,Io > too > that the oflal getver
a - will all he utilized ultimately for oil and
manure. r l'he prices so far realized for thy
’-.dmoTi have been heUer than in 1874, atUount
mg to from *1 vjo to $1 35 ]A-r dosyp this vear,
as contrasted with $1 Do por dozen last year.
I x a, speech delivered a day or two
:ig-> in New \ ork, Colonel Frederick a i'onK
.ing sanl: “l nquestionably the fsode o[ the
Mississippi valley is the greatest Vyinmercial
prize that was ever strttgghiii for. Within
’he hie of the child of to-day, there will be a
population of one hundred millions of htm!\
■industrious fremvieu to that valley, find sut-h
,i stream of w ealth as has never teea swu t
-1 ore will pour from it to some city fry thy-side
of tloi Atlantic.” _ He thiViks 'that Y*iVy she'>Vu
be. Lew York. tV> : u if here, ih the jtfihth and
w 'St, we are 'wise ahd properly encourage
English I'ap.iPd and enterprise to come and
develop Phi- noble territory, and help to es
tablish diced trade, that city will be a south
ern mi?-New Orleans of course —and the
whole Mississippi valley will profit, by it.
Mr. Henry Lee, in Land and Wa
ter, uivt's an interesting account of l*is visit
t > the Great Eastern for the iwoqvis,. of ofc
tainim; marine animals for the Ilrigtifoft aqua
ium from tin* ship’s Wttoni, WhfCh was About
he in,it cleaned of a vast ;reeiim illation of or
.Jianie matter. The pfim ipalmass of adherent
•'distances consisted of mussels, form ft £ r.Vie
dense dejuvut coWring a surface „f fifty
rhoa-and square feet of iroy plates, and in
Mune parts six inches thick. On the basis of
an ylmvam’c of twelve pounds of mussels
> the square foot, which was considered very
•■■■asonable, it was estimated that bo less than
'hive hundred tons were attached—enough
) load two colliery brigs with ftdl cargoes.
flic 1 me,-4 smugglers’ trick tit San
Frane.seo \v*s the introduction of twenty-five
boxes ih (iWe, the interior filled with Havana
L r ar> ssiu fine playing cards. Among recent
■'(‘irc.fcs were Sf> boxes invoiced as oil, but
''outlining 520,000 worth of opium, :>n<l a
*j (, ‘ iitity of ale barrels containing st>,9.o
vorth. Opium is otherwise introduced by
concealing it in false bottoms of Coflfce ket
tles, used ou the voyage, in tinner’s pots
which are brought ashore on the backs of
passenjrers, and in old pieces of timber, h*
vhieh pieces are cut just large e*o*i<h to
hold ii vc-t;!c! cans of opium. Another mode
n ts to have the boxes fitted o.vohnd the calf
"f n man’s leg, which were tilled with
opium.
v anada claims to bo tJc third in
inportance among the shijKVwning countries
‘i the world. According to a report
by the UriUxh government* the do
minon, at the end of the year jx74, owned
,; ,93U vessels, measuring t ,158,363 tons. Of
these, 634 are steamgrs, 23(j first-class ships,
->b> harks, and the remainder of smaller di
mensions. The ship-building trade was dur
ing the same year exceedingly good, as
vessels 1 1X.5,000 tons) were lit Can
ada, <uid rhe other six (7,7iS proceeded
to Iv.jdand under a yovyfhor’s pass and
v.cro there registeredv
fun best method of rendering faded
manuscript legible, consists in moistening the
paper first with water, and then dipping it in
•ii solution of sulpho-liydrate of ammonia. The
writing reappears immediately, becoming
very distinct, and remaining permanent On
parchment. Certain parchments treated this
way ten years tigo still maintain their legibil
ity. I his result is due to the fact that by the
action of sulpho-hydrate of ammonia the iron
which outers into the composition of the ink
is tr;ir* sforuled into a very black sulphuret.
Dangerous counterfeits are in cir
vulatioH of the denomination of $3 of the fol
lowing banks: The first national bank of
Chicago, Ills.; the traders’ national bank of
Chicago, Ills.; the first national bank of
Paxton, Ills.; the first national bank of Can
ton, 111. Nearly the entire amount of genu
ine $5 notes of these banks have been with
drawn from circulation, and no additional is
sues will be made.
A Connecticut girl baby came into
the world the other day to find her relations
-so mixed up that she will never get them
straight as long as she lives. Her great
grandmother is first cousin to her greatgrand
father; her step-grandfather is first cousin to
h<r mother; her uncles and aunts are her
- aamd cousins, ami her mother is her third
cousin. lint of course the poor little thing
doesn’t know it yet.
The Gardner machine gun, the in
vention of Wil iam Gardner, of Hartford,
■vhich.is aid to be much more effective than
'he Gatling, though of similar construction,
'as tested at Hartford last week. The gun
•'sed had only two barrels, and weighed 90
pounds, but 40 shots were fired irrtm it in less
than five seconds, and, as the number of bar
rels can be raised to 2.3, the rapidity of firing
'atn be proportionately increased.
The Providence, Tv. I. tool company
’ manufacturing 700,000 stand of arms for
die Turkish government, which looks as if
dr. Uulul Assiz means business. It is jiossi
-1 that a number of unfortunate tax-payers
V’dl be fearfully burdened in order to pay
tor diene tpnnittnijs.
JIM_WOLF.
~O' V he Failed to Cirab (tie Tom Cat* hilt
Spoiled a Candy I*,. 11. ’
ISY MARK TWAIN.
I knew In- the sympathetic glow
ti]>ou hi 4 bald head—l knew bv the
thoughtful look upon his face—-I knew
b\ tiie eimulonal Hush upon the straW
herry on th * end of the old free liver’s
nose, that Simon heeler’s memory
was busy with the olden times. And
•so I prepared to leave, because all
tnese were reminiscences—hilt I war
too slow; he got the start of me. As
nearly as 1 can recollect, the infliction
was couched in the following language;
“We were all boys then and 'didn’t
care for nothing, and didn’t have no
trouble, and didn’t worry about noth
mg only to shirk school and keep up
a levivjn state of devilment till the
time. This yah Jim Wolf 1 was talk
ing ’bout was the ’prentice, and he was
the best hearted feller* he was, and
the most forgivin’ an onselfish I ever
see—well, there couldn’t he a more
bullier lx>y than lie was* take him how
}°u would, and sorry enough was I
when I saw him for the l ist time-.
Me and Henrv was always pestering
him and plastering- horse hills on his
back and putting bumble bees in his
bed, and so on, and sometimes we’d
crowd in bunk with him not’thstand
ing his growling, and then we’d let on
to get niad and fight across him, so as
to keep him stirred up like. He was
nineteen, he was, and long, and lank,
and bashful and we was fifteen and
sixteen, and tolerably lazy and worth
less-.
. So, that night you know* that my
sister Mary gave a candy'pullin', they
started us on to bed early, so as the
company could have full swing-, and we
run in on Jim to have some fun.
Our winder looked out onto the roof
of the ell, and about 10 o’clock a pair
of old tom cats got to rtirin’ and Charg
in’ around it and carrying on like sin.
1 here was lour hiehes of snow on the
iwof* find it was frozen so that there
was a right smart crust of ice on it,
and the moon was shining bright,, and
we could see them cats like daylight.
First they’d stand ofh and e-vow yow
vowi just the same as if they was a cus-
one another, you know, and bow
up their hacks and push lip their tails'
and swell around and spit, and then all.
of a sudden the grey cat he’d snatch a
handful of fur out of the vidlo fat’--
klllll - iUiil -jjxiA Iki -4 like IX
ysp ;Vt> burn door. But the yaller cat
was game, and he’d come and clinch,
and the way they’d gouge, and bite and
howl, and the way they’d make the fur
flv, was powerful.
Well, Jim, he got disgusted with the
row, and ’lowed he’d climb out there
and shake him cfi’ii that roof. He
hadn't reek’ no notion of doin’it, likely
Ivut we everlasfrin’lv dogged him, and
bully-ragged him, and ’lowed he’d al
ways bragged how lie wouldn’t take a
daxe, and so on, till bunchy he highsted
up the winder, and bv flu A behold you,
he went—=Went exactly as lie was,
nothing on hut a shirt, and it was short,
hut you ought to see hint. You ought
to see him cre-e-pin’ over that ice. and
diggin’ hu toe-nails and finger-nails in
to keej) from slippin’; and hove all,
you ought to seen that shirt-tailflappin’
in the wind, and them long, rtdicku
lous shanks of his glistenin’ in the
moon-light.
Them Company folks was down there
under them eaves, and the \vh<dp*t“,Uad
of ’em under that ovnel'V shed of old
Washin’ton lb AVer vines—al l sett’in
round fioout two dozen sassers f hot
Candy, which they’d sot in the snow to
Cool. And they was talkin’ and laugh
in’ lively; hut bless you, they didn’t
know nothing’ ’bout the par/mama that
was goin’ On c-vfii their heads. Well
JirAi !\e went a-snea-kin up, tinbe
knowns to them tom cats —they was a
switehin’ their tails and yONYvowin’ and
threatenin’ to HiiVeli, you know, and
not payin' liny attention —he went a
di-Vi if right up to the comb of the
roof, till he was in a foot’ll half of’em,
and then all of a sudden he made grab
for the yaller cat! Hitt hv gosh he
missed fire and slipped his holt abd hts
heels flew up and he flopped on liis
hack, and shot OffTi that roof like a
dart?—wellt a slashin’ and a crashin’
■ down thro’ them old rusty vines, and
landed right in the centre of them
comp’ny people! —sot down like a
yearthquake in them two dozen sassers
of red-hot candy, and let off a howl
that was hark fm the tomb! Thertl
gals —well, they looked, you know.
They see he wasn’t dressed for comp’ny,
and so they left. All done in a second,
it was just one little war-whoop and a
whish! of their dresses, and blame the
wench of ’em was in sight anywhere!
Jim lie was ti sight. Hewasgormed
with that billin’ hot molasses candy
clean down to his heels, and had more
busted sassers hangin’ to him than if he
was an Injun princess—and he come a
prancin’ up stairs just a-whoopin’ and
cussin,’ and every jump he gave he
shed some china and every squirm he
fetched he dropped some candy!
And blistered! Why bless your
soul, that poor cretur couldn’t reelyset
down comfortable for as much as lour
weeks.”
In olden times it was the fashion fer
a suitor to go down on his knees to a
la-ly when he asked her to become his
wife, which, with very stout gentlemen
was an uncomfortable proceeding.
The way in which Daniel Webster
proposed to Miss Fletcher was more
modern, being at the same time neat
polite. Like many other lover, he
was caught holding a skein of thread
or wool which the lady had been un-
CARTERS\ ILLE, GEORGIA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1. 1575.
ravelling. “Grace,” said he, “we have
been untying knots. Let us see if we
can not tie one which will not untie in
a life-time," With a piece of tape he
fashioned half a true lover’s knot.
Miss Fletcher perfected it and a kiss
put the seal to the symbolical bargain.
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS.
A Single YearN Pi unurtion of (lie Mines
of America.
I he year 1876 will rank as an event
ful one in American mining, Whether
in the line of new and rich discoveries,
increased yield from old ones, or better
me..tods of taking out and reducing
ores, it is equally a year of great pro-
K ress ; The yield of precious metals in
tiie l nited States, which has for some
time fluctuated from $(>0,000,000 to
$70,000*000 per veal', will ill 1870 ag
gregate very nearly $100,000,000. It
F claimed also by those who have giv
en the subject most attention that the
yield in actual cash lets been greater to
the number of men employed, and the
average per cent, of profit higher, in
mining than in any branch of manu
facturing or commerce. Since the pan
ic of 1873 mining seems to have passed
entirely from the domain of speculative
investment and become a systematized
business, in which money is made by
the same management and nice atten
tion to details as in manufacturing.
Perhaps the greatest progress has
been made in the reduction of “rebel
lious” ores, notably those of Colorado.
For instance, in Griffith district, in
that territory, the first ores produced
had to lie sent abroad, frir reduction,
mostly to SwailsCtfi M Elies; but some
even to Germany. As late as 1867 the
mills which first succeeded in treating
the ores of that vicinity charged SIOO
per ton for reducing, and did not claim
to exact more than si sty per Cent, of
the silver contained in the ores, as
shown by fire assay. Under this sys
.tem only the richest ores could be
profitably mined, and many of the
mines now most valuable necessarily
were abandoned for the time. Succes
sive improvements have been made un
til now the average ores of that country
are reduced at a charge to the miner of
but SBO per ton, and the freest ores for
$25. According to the prevailing sys
tem the mill owners deduct the cost and
pav the Lninc.r fCr the remainder. Thus
ore vielUiiig 100 . . ~
ton is worth .1 the mill S7O, the re
mainder being retained as toll. Obvi
ously even at this reduced rate ores
cannot profitably be mined which yield
leas than fifty ounces per ton, as the
margin above thirty is nearly consumed
in mining and transporting.
Children's Rights;
The first right dt‘ every child is to he
well born; and by this I mean that it
has a right to the best conditions, phys
ical, mental and moral, that it is in the
power of the parents to secure. With
out this the child is defrauded of his
rights at the outset, and his life can
hardly fail of being a painful protest
against broken laws. Centuries of prep
aration fitted the earth for man’s oc
cupancy-, hinting thus the grandeur ol
hf destiny* and suggested that in an
event of such magnitude as the incar
nating of a stud s provision should be
exert'LOu, and all the best conditions
secured in aid Of, a barntopunis and
happy result. On<M health, good
habits-, Sound mentality and reverent
love should form the basis of every
new life that is involved. The mother
who giver- herself up to morbid fancies,
who considers her health an excuse for
petulance and non-exercisc of self-con
trol, proves herself unworthy of the
holy office of mother, and ought not
to lie surprised if she reap at a later
day the bitterest harvest of her unwise
sowing* second in importance to none,
as the means of securing the happi
ness and best good of childhood and
youth, is the right to be taught obedi
ence. It is easy to submit to what we
know is inevitable, and tn the little child
the requirement of the patent should
he the law without appeal. The ten
der, miniature being, shut in by the
unknown, where every relation is a
mystery and every advance an experi
ment, has a right to find itself every
where sustained and directed by the
parent. It should not be tempted to
resistance by laws that are imperfectly
enforced, nor subjected to the injuri
ous friction of discussion b.v having a
long list,of reasons fir every require
ment. The habit of obedience to the
parents may be formed before the child
is two years old, and this is a necessary
precedent of obedience to law, the next
stage of true development. The child
has a right to ask questions and to be
fairly answered; not to be snubbed as
if he were guilty of an impertinence,
nor ignored as though his desire for in
formation were of no consequence, nor
misled as if it did not signify whether
true or false impression were made
upon his mind. He has a right to be
taught everything which he desires to
learn, and so be made certain, when
any axked-for information i- withheld,
that it is only deferred until he is older
and better prepared to receive it.
Answering a child’s question is sowing
the seeds of its future character.—
1 Victoria Marfazinr.
A wealthy New Yorker in Long
Island stopped a man who was driving
a spanking team along the road and
inquired whether the outfit was for
sale. “Yes,” said the driver. “What
L the price?” “Fifty-six thousand
dollars,” was the reply. The New
Yorker thought he wouldn’t buy, The
horses were Lulu and Finely Guhkliay,
and the driver was Charley Green,
A MINISTER’S FALL.
A Painful Sn nt* an<l a Touching Confes
sion.
In the Maroa (111,) News of the 25th
of September, is an account of the res
ignation _ of Elder J. V. Beekman as
pastor of the Christian church of that
village. For some time past the rev
erend gentleman’s habits have been
such as to cause great grief to his friends
and bring reproach upon the church.
At the close of the sermon which was
preached by a neighboring pastor, El
der Beekman made the following ad
dress, which we give as a warning to
all men, both young and old, to avoid
the sin and shame which have come
upon this man:
Asa man I have the highest concep
tion as to what the life and character
of a minister of the Gospel should be.
1 know that lie should lead a consistent
and an upright life, that can be looked
to by the community as an example of
purity and righteoilsnessi Knowing
that my life has not been such in all
respects, I desire to tender to this
church, for which I have labored so
long, my resignation:
You are Mare that t refer to my
sin of intemperance. This may be my
last opportunity of addressing you, and
I want to ask you that you will not
charge this great sin to the religion of
Christ. It teaches better things.
Charge it all to niy own depravity and
sinful nature. To you who have not
this habit, it is strange that I should
thus yield to temptation. I well re
member the time when 1 thought it
strange tlliil (fillers tirttnk tint! ruined
themselves with alcohol. I am glad
that there sire so many young men here
this morning, that I may lift my voice
in warning, and beg them to profit by
my example: Tint think new that you
are strong, and in no danger. 1 well
remember the time when I believed
the same. Twelve years ago, when I
reached forth my inexperienced hand
•uid took the intoxicating cup, I thought
I was strong; but I developed a habit
that now holds me in chains, and in the
most awfjil shivery that, bjinlanity was
ever subjected to. It Holds nie in its
embrace when I seek my bed for re
pose; it disturbs my dreams during the
weary hours of the night, and seizes
me as its prey when I rise up in the
morning to enter upon ilie duties of
Profit, oh! profit by my example,
see what it has done for me. There
was a time when l stood as fair as any
minister of the church in Illinois; there
was a time when l had ns bright pros
pects and as cheering hopes for the
future as any qf niy classmates- But
now tliej’ tire ail gdne befafise (J intem
perance. O! that I could bring the
whole world to hear my warning voice.
Young ladies, vqil can, do much to re
move this curse fluid tiie wdrld by not
countenancing its use among your com
panions.
Brethren, I sever my connection with
you as your pastor with a sad heart. It
would be sad under the most favorable
circumstances, but much more so as it
is. But 1 shall remain with you in the
church, and labor in the Community
for a livelilkmd i 1 will Conte td your
social meetings and work with you in
the Sunday school; and will do what I
can to atone fdi ; ilie ifrdiii; sin l Have
committed:
God knows I do not vt;isfi p) injure
his cause. Prav for.ifie that I may yet
overcome this besetting sin; I trust I
shall be able to conquer. Bat should
I go down under the withering influ
ence, I ask that you remember me
kindly. Whenever you meet me, and
under what circumstances; remember
there was a time wllcil Vdii WCfe proud
of me. But treat me as you may, act
toward me as you choose, I beg that
you will remember my wife kindly.
Do not give her pain and sorrow be
cause of my wrong doing. Poor wo
man, she hits already suffered enough.
I married Dei 5 :! r-WCPt fil'd innocent
girl. She lias Been a patient anti a
faithful wife. Again, 1 ask that you
will kindly remember my wife and
children.
Fire Under the Smoke.
The Daily Graphic has this to say
of the late election, in Ohio: The
Ohio election has blown most of the
smoke front the political field, Hut it
leaves the public in a lk ; ttei : condition
than before to ascertain exactly how
much fire there was underneath and
where it is located. Those who im
agine that this soft-money agitation is .
purely gratuitous, a mischievous inven
tion of a few uneasy and malignant
politicians, are profoundly mistaken.
They represent a large and powerful
constituency. When over two hun
dred thousand citizens of one of the
most intelligent States in the Union
vote against contraction and in favor
of a greenback currency, it may be
safely assumed that there are plausible
if not valid reasons for their course.
And it is morally certain that an issue
which polls thousands of votes more
than were cast at previous elections
conducted on the old party grounds is
not settled by a paltry majority of
5,000. The financial question which
was raised in Ohio is a real and vital
one, and will agitate the country till
it receives an approximate if not a sat
isfactory solution in the settled policy
of the Government.
There is fire under the smoke. The
democratic vote in Ohio expresses a
profound dissatisfaction on the part of
a large body of the people. Aiul it
has a solid reason in the continued hard
time* which depress trade and lower
prices and depreciate values and make
everybody feel poor. People out of
work and with little to eat, farmers
who have no market for their produce,
mechanics with nothing to do, manu
facturers whose business is at a stand
still feel that something is wrong and
demand a change of some sort. The
constant element in all the democratic
speeches was the badness of the times
and the necessity of change for their
improvement The diagnosis of the
disorder may have been all wrong, but
the pain was real; the specific may
have been quackery, hut the paralysis
was there. Then, too, the existing
national bank monopoly furnished an
unfailing argument tor the greenback
orators. Here was a real incongruity
in our financial system; a vast privi-
lege ?given to capital at
tiie expense of the industry and wel
fare of the country. The people could
see at a glance that there is a manifest
injustice in taxing the nation some
twenty millions a year for the sake of
enabling twelve hundred banks to make
from twelve to tweiltv per cent, on
th eir money. The proposed substitute
for the national bank system may have
been idiotic, but the. common sense of
the country stH* clearly enough that
the system is wrong.
With two such solid reasons to back
them, and coining within five thousand
votes of victory after an excited cam
paign, it is not probable that this finan
cial agitation will sultside as a passing
flurry. The Ohio agitators have thrown
a great question into the political arena,
and there will he no peace until it is
Settled. The next congress might do
much to solve the problem were it to
set about the business in downright
earnest.
Prehistoric Handicraft.
In a lecture on tiie subject of “Tools
of Prehistoric Man” before the society
of arts, the Rev. Art-hug Rigg, M. A.,
gave some very interesting particulars
in regard to the curious implements
which have from time to time been
found.- He says: The word “prehis
toric” has a cie'arlv defined meaning
with geologists; If One turds to a
scheme of geological strata,* then those
strata found above the tertiary are di
vided into three classes—the post-gla
cial, prehistoric and historic. In the
formei* (jMsbyWhil),there are not any
second fpreYustdricAhere ate
mains of canoes made of trees, ot
dwellings erected on piles, implements
made of flint and stone, and fragments
of charred wood. A hen speaking ol
the third or historic period, even then
geologists do not refer to such written
history afi We iMidefftand by the word;
but to the foregoing iithdemCids they
add such as are made of rrtetai. (\\ ith
the flora and fauna of these periods we
are ndt concerned.) Each* may for
himself decide liOV many years arc
comprehended in these three geologi
cal periods. For our purpose these
are three “ages;” one ol which tool
were of stone, and this is again subdi
vided into two periods, when the pal
aeolithic nr ancient stone period, when
the stone tools Were left with rude and
rough eMtefidrlq and the neolithic or
recent* when there Was somewhat ol
an externfii finish Of polish on the
tools.* A sefiond age in which tool
are fount! fit ruled Of pure Hopper or
bronze, the pure copper tools being so
rare that they are comprehended in the
term bronze: A third age in which
tools tire fdriiieu Of iron: these intro
duce us to the age in which we live.
It must not, however, be assumed that
these ages arc ptarkedly distinct. It is
more titan pr filial)te that whilst in one
part of the world men are Using bronze
in another part they might he using
iron. Thus much, however, is certain,
that in times to which even geologist
might hesitate to apply the term “re
cent,” the smelting of copper and ot
tin were known, and the combining oi
tbe*e metals to form the hardest bronze
made and Used at the present time was
also practiced. An analysis of these
ancient bronze implements shows that
the copper is alloyed with from five to
ten per cent, of tin.
Secret Societies in Europe.
The secret societies of Europe h ivc
assumed anew importance within the
last five yeatx The Masons of France
nmhber 500*000, aiid afe acknowledged
to be a great agitating fdrOe.- Mo Ho
man catholic can be a member of that
order in England or any continental
country, and in even the United Suites
the most solemn of all the sacraments,
that of extreme unction, will not be
administered until the dying man re
nounce his connection with Freema
sonry. The result is that that popular
organization has become, certainly in
France, a vigilant enemy of the church
of Rome. It must be confessed, how
ever, at least in Latin countries, that
the Masons, in what they call their
war upon the Jesuits, do not console
themselves with any other special form
of religion, and so the charge is freely
made that when they attack the Roman
catholics they find in those countries a
refuge in what i- known as infidelity.
The Odd Fellows of England, accord
ing to Mr. William E. Poster, M. I*.,
in his last speech at Bradford, numbers
close upon half a million members —
430,000 in England, and the rest in
colonies, Scotland and Ireland, with a
money capital of £4,000,000. The
co-operative element among the Odd
Fellows of Great Britain is its strong
point, and might be profitably imitated
among the working classes of the
United States,
LEONA
BY JAMES G. CLARK.
[Competent literavy critic's Imre pronounced the
following poem un-m pa*cd liy any other production
otlts class in our laiijfiiasi,.. It ie perfect in rhyme,
beautiful in figure and expression:]
Leona, the hour draws nigh,
The hour we’ve waited so long.
For the angel to open a door through the skv.
That my spirit may break from its prison and try
Its voice in an infinite song,
Just now, as the sltmilters of night
Came o’er me with peace-giving breath,
The curtain, half-lifted, revealed to my sight
Those windows which look on the kingdom of light
That Inmlers the river of death.
And a vision fell solemn and sweet,
Bringing gleams of a morning-lit land ;
I saw the white shore which tlie pale waters l>eat,
And l heard the low lull as they broKe at their fe.-t
Who Walked on the beautiful strand.
And T wondered why spirits could cling
To their clay w ith a struggle and sigh,
When life’s purple autumn is letter than spring,
And the smi! flies away, like a sparrow, to sing,
jn a climate where leaves never die.
Leona, come close to my bed,
And lay your dear hand on my brow ;
The same touch that thrilled me in davs that are
fled,
And raised the lost roses of youth from the dead,
Can brighten the brief moments now.
We have lived front the cold wold apart,
And your trust was too generous and true
For their hate to o’erthrow ; when the slanderer’s
dart
Was rankling deep in my des date heart,
I Was dearer than ever to you.
I thank the (treat Father for this,
That our love is not lavished in vain ;
Each germ in the future will blossom to bliss,
And the forms that We love, and the lips that we
kiss
Never shrink at the shadow of pain.
liy the light of this faith am I taught
That my labor is only begun;
In the strength > f this hoi>e have I struggled and
fought
With the legions of wrong, till my armor has caught
The gleam of Eternity’s sun.
Leona, look forth and behold
From headland, from hillside and de.-p,
The dav-king surrenders his banners of gold,
The twilight advances through woodland and wold,
And the dews are beginning to weep.
The moon’s silver hair lies uncurled
Down the broad-breasted mountains away ;
The sun-set’s red glory agifht shall 1m: furled
On the walls of the West, o’er the plains of the
world,
And shall rise in a limitless way'.-
Oil! come not in tears to my tomb,
Nor plant with frail flowers the sod ;
There is rest anioilf- rose* too sweet for its gloom,
And life where the lilies Ctmdiy bloom,
In the balm-breathing {Xwdous of God.
Y. t deeply those memories burn
Which bind me to you and to earth,
Arid I sometimes have thought that my being
would yearn
In t lie bowers of fbe beautiful home, to return
And visit the HoWP of jt birth.
’Twould even he pleasant to sfriy
And walk by your side to tlie last;
But the land breeze of heaven is beginning to piriy -
Life-shaWows are meeting Eternity’s day,
And its tumult is hushed in the past.
I -oona, good-bye; should the grief
That is gathering now, ever Imj
Too and irk for your faith, you will long for relief,
And remeirilter, the journey, though lonesome, is
brief,
O’er low hind arid fiver to true
Nothing Moan About Him.
A r?fan went into s coinedwm
ery store a few Jays ago,- in an excited
manner, and rushing Ujr U* the propri
etor said:
“Do you make wedding cakes?”
“Yes, sir,” said Blight.
“Well,” said the other, “I’m goin'
ter git married ter-day, an’ I want a
cake. I’m no slouch, an’ I’m goin’ ter
dew things right up ter the handle. I
don’t intend ter git married hut once,
an’ yew bet 111 lfinke things howl.”
Blight smiled bhmtffjq and com
menced lifting out ten and twenty dol
lar wedding cakes, gorgeous in Ixmmi
ful frosting aUd artificial flowers.
Among the rest was a small plain cake.
“How much is that?” asked the ex
cited purchaser.
“Four bite,” said Slight.
“That’s the one for me; —here’s your
money, old pard—wrap her up. Thar’s
nothin’ mean about me; I wouldn’t care
if it was six bits.”
Blight gaifett on the purchaser as he
went out about five minutes, the picture
of amazement* and t hen he sat down
and fanned himself for half an hour,
and then got tip and Consumed half an
hour more in stowing away the piles of
fancy cakes and talking to himself
softly, but his bland smile had passed
away for the time being.
“Ain’t you exprised to see me?’
said a five year old girl, a* she tripped
into my house in the midst of a ndn
storm. “The rain fell all over me like
it ran down through a strainer, and I
shook it off, hut it wouldn’t stay
shooked. I asked God to stop, hut
there was a big thunder in the way,
and he ctfiihl n*t hear me, I under
speck; and I ’most know he couldn’t
see me,* ’** mse a black as an V thing!
Nobody couldn’t see little girls through
black clouds. I’m going to stay till
the sun shines, and then, when I go
home, God will look down and say:
“Why, there’s Nettie! She went to
-ee her auntie right in the middle ot
the rain;’and I guess lie’ll he just as
much exprised as you was!”
Di'iunO the time when Clayton was
ruler of Arkansas* all juctiees of the
peace had to be appointed by bis excel
lency. One old negro, who thought
he knew enough to discharge the duties
of the office, called on the governor to
be examined and receive his appoint
ment. Several questions were given
him, all of which he managed very
well. But when he was asked: “What
would you do in a case where a man
had committed suicide?” “What
would I do?” said the negro. “Well,
sah, in a case like dat, de very least 1
could do, sah, would be to make him
sport de child.” He was appointed.
A co ßiiESPONdent of the Jewish
Messenger says: The small boy sharp
ened his pencil and wrote the advent
ures of the day. The diary was
passed around, and we admired the
graphic description of sea life couched
in sentences like these: “June 13th
Very Ruff. June 14th Buffer to-day.
June 16th, To-day we went 61 nets.
It is still very ruff. June 17th, There
were pot many at dinner to-day, and I
liked the plums. June 16th, I didn i
keep a diary yesterday. Ma said it
wtw the plums. 64 nofs to-day.”
VOL. lU--NO. 45.
PARAGRAPHS OF THE PERIOD.
“Father,” asked a Vicksburg bov
at the dining table the other day, “are
you a big man?” “Well I dunno,”
musingly answered the parent.
“Why:” “Cause I heard some men
talking at the hotel, and they said you
were one of the biggest men in town.”
“Well, I suppose I do stand pretty
high,” replied the parent, looking
pleased and consequential. There was
half a minute of silence, and then the
lx)V added: “They said it was a won
der how you carried your feet around?”
The boy can’t understand yet why he
should have received a box on the ear
which made his head roar for two long
hours.
An aged colored woman in Galves
ton, when urged to leave her residence
to escape the recent Hood, replied:
“I jess don’t done nothing ob de kind;
de good lx>ok says dat de world don’t
get stroyed by water again, an’ I’se
gwine to stay here suah.” In less than
two hours the house went to pieces*
and Aunty came paddling to shore on
a part of the roof. The old woman’s
faith was somewhat shaken, but all she
said as she made her wav to the higher
ground was, “I jess ’clare to goodness if
dis ere isn’t ’markable.”
Have von ever watched an icicle
it formed? .You noticed how it froze
one drop at a time, until it was a foot
long or more. If the water was clean
the icicle remained clear, and sparkled
in the sun, but if the water was
slightly muddy, the icicle looked foul,
and its beauty spoiled. Just so our
characters are forming. One little
thought or feeling at a time adds its
influence. If every thought l>o pure
and right, the soul will l>e lovely, and
will sparkle with happiness; hut if
impure and wrong, there is always
wretchedness.
Tun husband and wife had ar
ranged that when one was drunk the
other should work, thus keeping on
every day. But once John kept drunk
for three days, and came home in dis
tress. “And what are you crying
about: * asked his helpmate. “Oh, I
feel so unhappy,” cried John. “Un
happy! and you’ve Ixen drunk while
I’ve been working ever since day l>e
fore yesterday. I)o you expect to be
an angel?”
f 't' U.’<(kliLl lui u iiiila fiiniki' Ot nno
some time after the purchase of that
tefritorv by the United States govern
ment, they used slyly to nudge each
other and hint that they had got much
the better of that bargain; but now,
the finding of extensive silver mines is
reported there, and if Alaska should
develop sources of wealth like Nevada,
the fun would not be quite all on the
Russian side. — St. Louis Globe-Deuw
ernt.
Tm:Picton Gazette says Mrs. Rorke,
wife of the mate of schooner Union
Jack, which sunk in Lake Erie re
cently. saved her preserved peaches,
although the vessel sank in five
minutes. The woman who, with a jar
of preserved peaches in each hand,
call calmly await death is worth hav
ing, although sugar is ten cents a
pound. —Owe jo J \iUndi uni.
In the matter of perseverance the
world must learn the lesson from boys.
A boy does not sink into despair if the
first burr he throws at another boy
fails to stick; lie keeps on with a steady
aim and a stoical indifference to ill
fortune, and though he may have
missed his mark a dozen times, he fi
nally succeeds in decorating a pair of
trowsers in the most satisfactory man
ner.
A Texas judge is credited with the
following neat decision: “The fact is,
Jones, the jail is an old rickety affair,
as cold as an iron wedge. You ap
plied to this court for release on bail,
giving it as your opinion that you
would freeze to death there. The
weather has not moderated, and to
keep you from freezing I will direct
the sheriff to hang you at four o’clock
this afternoon.”
In some churches choirs are per
mitted to sing their own voluntaries
with which to close the service. At
the funeral of a distinguished gentle
man of Massachusetts, the singers sang
of their own accord:
“Believinp: we rejoice
To see the curse removed.”
“Won’t you cut open a penny for
me father?” said a little girl w hen she
came home from school one day.
‘•Cut open a penny! What do you
want me to do that for?” asked her
father. “Cause,” said the little girl,
“our teacher says that in every penny
there arc four farthings, and 1 want
to see them.”
Boo akdi's, the demoniac pigeon
murderer, can shoot fifty innocent
birds in eight minutes without ruffling
his conscience. If there are such
things as special providences, the day
will come when this terrible man will
involuntarily blow into the muzzle of
his gun to sec if it is loaded.
belts are the latest
agony among the wqnld-be conspicuou
girls of the period. distance the -
took—the monogram latffv ;
from Chinese tea-boxes; and as they m<*
worn so near the chest the impression
is sustained.
When a boy has been off all day,
contrary to the express wish of hi
mother, and on approaching the home -
stead at night, with an anxious and
cautious tread, finds company at tec,
the expression which suddenly light •>
up his face ran not be reproduced on
canvass,