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8 Charade. Voiceless, soft, noiseless, With an echo, it rings in the heart, Noiseless, soft, voiceless, It says to each life-sound, “depart.” Sleeping, yet creeping, It glides in the moonlight and shade, Creeping, still sleeping. It is soft on each woodland and glade. # Timid, so timid, Speak ever so soft and 'twill fly; Timid, so timid, It stops not to hear e’en a sigh. Solemn, thrice solemn, It fills its whole empire with gloom; Solemn, thrice solemn, It tells of its home in the tomb. Rubie. St. Joseph’s Academy, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 18, 1868. Answer next week. ENIGMA—No. 65. MISCELLANEOUS. I am composed of 20 letters : My 1,7, 8, 15,11, 5, is what my whole is. My 5,3, 19, 5,1, is a characteristic of my whole. My 1,2, 3, 11, 15, is an animal. My 3,4, 5, is an animal. My 17, 4,13, is human. My 10, 6,7, 13, is the King beast. My 20, 18, 14, 9, is a species of flower. My 16, 4, 17, is a species of fruit. My 8,12, 19, 8, is a part of speech. My whole is the popular candidate for President. W illie W ildwood. Answer next week. New (h'leans , La. t 1868. ENIGMA—No. 66. HISTORICAL. I am composed of 25 letters: My 1,3, 21, 7, 12, 17, was the wife of the Roman Emperor Constantine. My 8, 13, 19, 11, 10, 14, 4, 17, was kept at bay by Horatius Codes. My 15, 10, 16, 10, 11, 23, 7, was the Viceroy of Babylon, who rebelled against Sardanapalus. My 20, 21, 16, 18, 3, 22, was the apostate Emperor of Rome. My 5,13, 2,6, 24, 16, 17, 4, 21, 11, was the banished Roman who spared the cit} r at the entreaties of his wife and mother. My 5,6, 5, 10, 9, 13, was the Prince of Roman Orators. My 4, 10, 25, 13, was the Emperor who burned Rome. My whole is second on the Ticket for the November campaign. Willie Wildwood. Answer next week. New Orleans , La., 1868. # ENIGMA—No. 67. I am composed of 23 letters : My 11, 16, 19, 4, is what this company often formed. My 17, 12, 3, 10, is how this company often marched. My 20, 7, 16, 11, 10, 5, is what they often performed. My 15, 12, 2,6, 20, is how some occa sionally got. My 14, 18, 21, 8, 22, was the name of one. My 9, 21,1, 9,4, 21, 15, 22, is a part of what they fought for, My 13, 11, 1,8, 22, is what they gained. My 4, 18, 13, 3, 10, is what was stamp ed on their buttons. My 17, 12, 2,6, 15, is what they often did. My 8, 18, 19, is what they never did. My 20, 14, 4, 10, 3,4, 9, 6,18, 19,15, is what they saw. My whole the name of a Company that went to the wars from Georgia. Annie E. Me. Answer next week. Savannah, Ga., Sept., 1868, ENIGMA No. 68. I am composed of 16 letters. My 16, 6, 4,15, was a cruel tyrant. My 1, 11, 12, 13, 6,4, is an herb which grows in Jamaica. My 8,9, 10, is a tree of America. My 12, 2, 1,4, 3, is an animal, (origi nally of Africa.) My 14, 15, 16, 5,9, is a useful house hold article. My 7,8, 4, is the curse of nations. My whole was the Hero and Statesman of America. “Devil” Stanford Banner. Stanford, Ky., 1868. Answer next week. ♦ Answers to Last Week’s Enigmas, Etc.— Enigma No. 61. — Central Rail road and BankingCompany—America— Darien—Captain— Dinner —Loom—Bark —Byre. To Enigma No. 62.—Seymour and Blair—Body—Sour—Sallie—Samuel — Near. To Enigma No. 63 —General Howell Cobb— Wool— Hollow— On— Low- Ball—Gone—Corn —Bee. To Square Word — OBRIEN BRA NDE KAWTOW IN TUNE EDONIS NEWEST <i Prepared for the Banner of the South by Uncle Buddy. FAMILIAR SCIENCE. • HEAT CONTINUED. The temperature of Islands is more equable than that of Continents, because the water around the Islands absorbs the extreme heat of Summer, and gives out heat to mitigate the extreme cold of Winter. Islands are warmer in Winter than Continents, for this reason: Unless the sea be frozen, (which is rarely the case), it is warmer than the frozen land; and the warmth of the sea-air helps to mitigate the intense cold of the land air. The ceaseless change of air tends to decrease the warmth of the naked body, in this way : The air which surrounds the body absorbs as much heat from it as it can while it remains in contact; being then blown away, it makes room for a fresh coat of air, which absorbs more heat. The air which surrounds a naked body woirtd become, by contact, as warm as the body itself, if" it remained motionless; but, as it is continually changing, it absorbs as much heat as it can in the time, and passes on. Fanning the face in Summer makes it cool, because the fan puts the air in motion, and makes it pass more rapidly over the face ; and, as the temperature of the air is always lower than that of the human face, each puff of air carries off some portion of its heat. The fan does not cool the air. On the contrary, it makes it hotter, by imparting to it the heat of our face; but, it cools our face by transferring its heat to the air. Fanning makes the air hotter and hotter; for, as the air absorbs more heat by being driven rapidly over the body, each cur rent becomes heated, and flies oft' to make way for another cooler current. But, while the act of fanning makes the air hotter, it, at the same time, makes a per son feel cooler, because the air absorbs the heat of the face. Broth is cooled by blowing it, because the breath causes a rapid current of air to pass over the broth ; and, as the air is colder than the broth, it continually absorbs heat from it, and makes it cooler and cooler. The air would not absorb heat from the broth just as well without blowing, because air is a very bad con ductor ; unless, therefore, the current be rapid, the air nearest the surface of the broth, would soon become as hot as the broth itself. Hot air will not part with its heat in stantly to the adjacent air, because air is so bad a conductor that it parts with its heat very slowly ; unless, therefore, the air be kept in continual motion, it will cool the air very slowly. Wind, generally feels cool, because it drives the air more rapidly over our body; and this rapid current of air draws oft' a large quantity of heat. Air. absorbs heat more quickly by being set in motion, because air is a bad conductor; and, if set at rest, would soon become of the same temperature as our bodies; but, every fresh gust of air ab sorbs a fresh portion of heat; and, the more rapid the succession of gusts, the greater will be the quantity of heat absorbed. If the air were hotter than our body, the wind would not feel cooi, but would be insufferably hot, because it would add to the heat of our body, instead of dimin ishing it. The air is as hot as the human body in some climates; and, when that is the case, the heat is almost insupportable. A kettle will boil faster when the bottom and sides are covered with soot, because the black soot absorbs heat very quickly from the fire, and the metal con ducts it to the water. We wear white linen and a black outer dress, if we want to be warm, because the black outer dress quickly absorbs heat from the sun, and the white linen, being a bad absorbent, abstracts no heat from the body. For outside garments, black is the warmest color for dresses, aud then such colors as approach nearest to black, (as dark blue and green.) White is the coldest color sos external clothing. We can prove that dark colors are warmer than light ones by the following little experiment; “Take a piece of black and a piece of white cloth, and lay them upon the snow * in a few hours, the black cloth will have melted the snow beneath it whereas the white cloth will have pro duced little or no effect upon it. The darker any color the warmer it is, because it is a better absorbent of heat. The Min® ©i aim ■ order may he thus arranged : 1, black, (warmest of all); 2, violet; 3, indigo; 4, blue ; 5, green; 6, red; 7, yellow ; 8, white, (coldest of all) Black kid gloves arc unpleasantly hot for Summer wear: Ist, because black absorbs the solar heat; and, 2d, kid will not allow the heat of our hand to escape readily through the glove. Lisle thread gloves are agreeably cool for Summer wear: Ist, because thread absorbs perspi ration ; and, 2d, it conducts away the heat of our hot hands. Lisle thread gloves are generally of a gray or lilac color, and, therefore, do not absorb solar heat. Hoar-frost continues on tombstones long after it has melted from the grass, and gravel walks of a church-yard, be cause, tombstones, being white, will no't absorb heat, like the darker grass and gravel; in consequence. of which, they remain too cold to thaw the frost con gealed upon their surface. It may be asked, “if black absorbs heat, why have Negroes black skins, and not white skins, which would not absorb heat at all ?” The answer is, because black will not blister from the heat of the sun. Although, therefore, the black skin of the Negro absorbs heat more plenti fully than the white skin of the European, yet the blackness prevents the sun from blistering or scorching it. You can ascertain this fact by putting a white glove on one hand and a black glove on the other, when she sun is burning hot; the hand with the white glove will he scorched, hut not the other. The hand with the black glove will feel the hotter, but will not be scorched by the sun; whereas, the hand with the white glove, though much cooler, will be severely scorched. The skin of a Negro is never scorched or blistered by the hot sun, be cause the black color absorbs the heat, conveys it below the surface of the skin, and converts it into sensible heat and perspiration ; hut the white European skin will blister and scorch, when exposed to the hot sun, because white will not absorb heat, and, therefore, the hot sun rests on the surface of the skin and scorches it. Water, in hot weather, is kept cooler in a bright tin vessel than in an earthen one, because bright metal will not absorb heat from the hot air like an earthen vessel, in consequence of which the water is kept cooler.. A saucepan, in order that it may boil quickly, should have all those parts which come in contact with the fire covered with soot, or be black, in order to absorb heat; but all the rest of the saucepan should be as bright as possible, to prevent the escape of heat by radiation. A Sponge, and What it is. —“ What is a sponge made of ? ” said George, gasp ing, snuffing, and winking under his Croton bath. No one near could tell him. Now listen, little Georgic, and I will tell you what a sponge is. The very sponge which washes your face, was brought up from the bottom of the ocean, and was part of a living ani mal. For a long time, sponges were supposed to be plants. Messrs. Agassiz, and Gould, in 1848, called them so; but later observations have decided them to be animals, and they are placed in the class Protozoa, the-class most resembling plants. When first found in the water, their appearance is very different from this, which yod now see. This is the skele ton only, the part corresponding to our bones. When this was a complete living thing, deep down under the ocean, it was covered all over the outside, and filled in every one of these little holes, with a soft substance, something like the white of an egg, and this was like our flesh. It was fastened tightly to a rock, and, its color was a dull, bluish black on the upper side, and a dirty white below. It was formerly supposed to be a plant, be cause it was always fast in one place, but for other reasons, it is decidedly an animal. All through the mass is a regu lar circulation, like our blood and food. It has been seen to absorb nutritious matter —that is, to eat, or rather to drink. You see all over its surface, orifices or holes; these communicate with each other throughout. Into the largest of these, called pores, the sea-water is con stantly entering, and out of the smaller ones, called vents, it is regularly spouted, and it, doubtless, finds in the sea-water, minute animals, which serve it for food, and increase its bulk. * And this strange animal produces others like itself. I will tell you how. From the soft part * little globule is seen to float off, and after moving about awhile very briskly here and there, as if looking for a place, it fastens itself to some rock. Next, gradually begins to be seen the more solid skeleton, (what we have seen here,) the soft part increases, and so it grows, not very slowly, either, foi the divers find it at the end of three years, large enough to bring away. To get these sponges from the bottom of the ocean, furnishes occupation for a great number of people. One thousand men are busy in the Grecian Archipelago alone, and thousands besides, with many hundred boats, are engaged in the Gulf of Machri, on the Barbary coast, and elsewhere; so that, in many villages there from May, to September—the best diving time—only old men, women, and children, can be found. The finest kind is brought from the ./Egean Sea. At daylight there, in the Summer time, when the weather is pleas ant—for it requires smooth water—the boats, each with six or eight men, and one pair of oars, will leave the shore, and proceed to where the water is eight, or ten, or thirty fathoms deep, for those found in shallow water are very inferior. Here they stop, and the divers pre pare to descend. Each one puts a hoop around his neck, and to this, fastens a bag, in which the sponges are put as they are gathered. In very deep water, the diver uses a rope, with a heavy stone to it. He sinks the stone to the spot he intends to reach, and this holds the rope steady, which he uses to assist himself in coming up again to the surface. After being busy thus till noon, they return to some of those pleasant little nooks, which abound on the shores of the Archipelago, to prepare what they have gathered, fit for sale. The first thing is, to press out the soft part of the animal, and then to bleach the remainder in the sun; so they beat them, and stamp on them, and trample them, till there is no more life left. The skele ton part is then washed, and spread in the sun until it is quite clean; and grows to be this dull, yellowish color; then it is packed in bags, and sent to market for sale; sent to all parts of Asia, Europe, and xVmerica, aid used mostly for wash ing purposes. Meyerbeer.— The heirs of Meyerbeer, the composer, are parties to a suit, be fore the civil tribunal of the Seine, under circumstances of some interest to the musical world. The plaintiff, M. Henry Blaze de Bury, induced Meyerbeer to compose an opera for a Libretto, with the plot of “La Jeunesse de Goethe,” a play of some popularity in Paris. One act of the opera was completed, when the death of the composer put an end to the work. M. de Bury claims* the manu script of the unfinished opera. The heirs of Meyerbeer come forward, and say that, with the exception of “Vasco di Gama,” (“ L’Africaine,”) all of his unpublished works have been shut up, and present the following clause in Meyerbeer’s will: “ For a long time past, I have been in the habit of making notes, on a special music book, of every inspiration which comes to my mind, and pleases me, either when I am sitting at the piano, or at any other time. I entirely’ forbid the plac ing of these fragments in the hands of a living composer, for him to make anew work out of them, or to complete my r un finished compositions, and afterwards give them as my posthumous works; for such a fate has too ofteu befallen other artists, and damaged considerably their future glory. My family does not require any such resources. It would be equally painful to me if. by neglect, these music books fell into some treacherous hands, and my thoughts were used by other musicians under their own name. My express, and positive desire is, that a few days after this will is opened, the above named books (five of them he minutely describes) be removed from other papers, by my wife and executors, and sealed, and carefully preserved in a special box. “If, some day, one of my grand-child ren evinces real taste for ntusic, the books containing my musical thoughts are to be delivered up to him, as well as the diary kept by myself since the end of 1816. No one, without exception, must be allowed to look over the aforesaid books, or my unpublished compositions, or my diary. If none of my grandchildren are endowed with a taste for music—of which my ex ecutors are to be sole judges—these books, compositions, and diary, must be destroyed. This, be it understood, is only to be done when my three daughters are no more, and when my grandsons have attained an age enabling my execu tors to judge with certainty of their apti tudes. 1 (Here Meyerbeer gives his special instructions concerning “ Vasco di Gama.” which have been fulfilled ac cordingly.) I inflict no penalty in the case of non-accomplishment of the desire expressed above concerning my manu scripts, etc.; but I appeal to the love and piety of my cherished wife, of my chil dren, and executors, and eagerly entreat of them to fulfil these my last wishes. Meyerbeer. Blanchette. —Dennet, of the Planters’ Banner, advises everybody to let Plan chette alone. There is no good in it. It is a spiritual scallawag, and won’t “do to tic to.” Wit and ftotrr. Advice to old bachelors who dye their hair.—“ Keep it dark ” A French paper advertises for an editor, and promises double pay while in prison. It is said that Butler will go iut 0 Grant’s cabinet. Certainly, if he keeDs his spoons there. Good Advice. —Descend a step in choosing a wife, and mount a step in choosing a friend. “ I never was ruined but twice,’" said a wit, “once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I gained one.” How many people are busy in this world gathering together a bundle oi thorns to sit upon ? A thundering lie is now rendered— a fulminating enlargement of elongated veracity. A Colorado paper complains that no citizen of that Territory has yet written a life of Grant. < Before you acquire a taste for whiskey; insure your life, and take a farewell of your family. Whiskey is a certain death. It is only a question of time. The latest invention is said to be ink made from India rubber. It has been suggested that writers inclined to “stretch a story,” will make use of the article. During the recent hot term of weather, it is said that the Universalists at Omaha made numerous converts, everybody believed that no world could be hotter than this. A young lady whose father had suc cessfully “struck ile,” boasts of the posses sion of a pair of ear-drops, made from “lather,” brought from Mount “Vocife rous” during the recent “disruption.” A sparp-talking lady was reproved by her husband, who requested her to keep her tongue in her mouth.—“ My dear.” responded the wife, “it is against the lav/ to carry concealed weapons.” Punch gives these scientific terms : Absorption—lced brandy and soda. Ra diation—On the countenance after a certain number of glasses. Reflection— As to taking one more or not. There is an anecdote told somewhere of a dispute, in which a boisterous, ik bred fellow called his adversary “no gentleman.” “ I suppose you think your self one,” was the reply. “ Certainly, I do,” answered the bully. “ Then,” said the other, “I’m not offended that you don’t think me one.” A tricky individual was refused a drink unless he paid for it in advance. A by stander, who owed the bar-keeper one, ir the way of practical jokes, bid him giw the man his liquor, “and,” said he, “if he refuses to pay for it, I will.” The fellow got his drink, but refused to pay for it and so did his endorser, as he had promised that he would. During the recent “season” at Sara toga, a little knot of ladies, seated in tin parlor of Leland’s Hotel, were discussing the subject of marriage. One of tin party, a single young lady, said, “Matche arc made in Heaven.” “Very likely." was the quiet rejoinder of a married lady her friend, “and they are otten dippy in the other place ! ” It used to be a law in one of the little States of Germany, hardly so large many a wheat patch in our Wester:, country, that no one should be allows to enter upon the territory, unless he had money enough to enable him to journe - across it. One day, a traveller we stopped with the usual question, to which he replied, that he had no money, but!: had a biscuit in his pocket — sufticier provision to last him while he was wak ing across the country! Prof. Henry, in the meeting of th Academy of Sciences at Hartford, spell - ing of the electric spark, said he, “com judge better of the duration of the spar:: when seen perpendicularly’than honz • tally.” When it appeared in print, i read: “He could better judge ot t;. duration of the squash when seen p pendicularly than horizontally.” That i equal to Mr. Burlingame's eloquent a, sion to the “granite shaft,” on Bunker H but, which was printed, the “grog shot on Bunker Hill. An M. P., who owned extensive tates, and was a considerable person celebrity, was spending a few days at t residence of a noble family. There wtm ladies in the family, to whom the 11- Member, as in duty bound, showed eve: attention. Just as he was about to t.y-; his leave, the Nobleman’s wife proceed - to consult him in a matter which, she a ledged, was causing her no little disti. “It is reported,” said the Count' “that you are to many my’ daughter L- What shall we do ? What shall we about it?” “Oh,” quietly respem the considerate M. P., “just say she rein me.”