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Will and Way.
Where there is a will there is a way
is true iu sense and practice. Though
the way be rough and beset with
many obstacles, yet they will all yield
to a resolute and valorous man, and be
but chad iu the wind. As Virgil says
of his boats wan, men are able be-
cause they thii-k they are able. A
strong will is a marvel in accomplish
ments. Quinton Matsys, the famous
Dutch painter, in his youth despaired
of ever being aide to paint, till his
master told him that only by produ
cing a picture of merit within six
months could he have his daughter’s
h ind ; and then be set to work and
brought forth “The Misers,” a master
piece of art, which connoisseurs have
admired for ages. Napoleon regarded
nothing as impossible to a mind in
tent upon the object of its will. “Im
possible,” said he, “is a word only to
be found in the dictionaries cf fools.!’
When told that the Alps stood in the
•way of his armies, “There shall be no
Alps,” he replied, and he made the
road across the Simplon.
Have energy and a lore of excel
lence directed in the right way with a
steadfastness < f purpose, and you will
reach the summit, while others are
standing in the valley trembling with
fear to attempt. Be as was said of
Brougham, “that if he had begun
life as a shoe black, he would never
’have been satisfied till he had become
the best shoe black in England.” Be
not satisfied until you go from the
castle of Giant Despair to the Delecta
ble Mountains. Tenacity of purpose
and stubbornness of perseverance win
the battles of life, whether fought in
the field, in the mart, or forum. The
world, ad Emerson says, is no longer
clay, but rather iron In the hands of
its workers; and men have got to ham
aner out a place for themselves, by
eteady and rugged blows. We grow
strong with struggling for existence.
“To know how to wait,” said De Mais-
tre, “Is the great secret of success.”
When a father was anxious that his son
be admitted to the bar, he con
sulted Mr. Chltty,who said, “Can your
■on eat sawdust without butter?” No
man can end with being superior,who
^tfft»t.begln with being inferior.
Self-reliance is a very important ele
ment to stir rr^en onward to distinc
tion. “Every person has two educa
tions—one which he receives from
others, and one, more important,
which he gives himself. Be not dis
couraged and bullied into despair by
failures In your undertakings, but
make them incentives to new en
deavors.
# Pluck bright glory from the pale faced moon,
Or dive Into the bottom of the deep,
Where fathom-line could never touch the
* ground,
And drag up drowned honor by the look*.
• ;
Practical talents are most useful to
success. High intellectual culture is
often at the 'expense of moral vigor.
, ‘-‘Experience and observation, rough
hew them l^v we will,will lead to for
tune.” “At a gathering in Australia,
four person met, three of whom were
shepherds on a sheep farm; .one had
taken .a degree at Oxford, another at
Cambridge, the third at a German
university. The fourth was their em-
fftoyer, a equatter, rich in flocks and
herds but scarcely able to read and
writ®.”
Reason's whole pleasure, all the Joys of sense
Lie in three words—health, peace, and com
petence.
Health consists in the moderate aud
roper use of our faculties, aud they
tmonish us that when used luordi-
ly, ot in violation of nature, sick-
ess aud siiffeiiug will result.
“ Wuat makes all physical or moral 111 ?
There deviates nature aud here wanders
will.”
Peace gives us that tranquil, serene
feeling which we enjoy in the per
formance of good aud worthy deeds,
It is “the soul’s calm sunshine and the
heartfelt joy.” Competence is that
quantity of meaus which provides for
all our wants and necessities without
the extravagance aud waste of super
fluity, whloh produces luxury and all
its enervating and degraded effects.
Better bunt lu fields for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught;
The wise lor eure on exercise depend,
God never made his work for man to mend.
Knowledge in a Nutshell.
Facts and Information for Everybody.
^ What is a Oastroaoope t
An instrument by which it is possi
ble to illuminate the interior of the
stomach, and see the condition of the
lining membrane.
It is au ingenious, delicate, and pro
bably very costly instrument, and is
more interesting as showing what can
be done than what is likely to be done
frequently.
Who first used, the words: “Millions
for defense, not a cent for ti ibute f ”
Charles Cotes worth Pinckuey, El-
bridge Gerry, and John Marshall had
been appointed envoys to France by
President John Adams, for the pur
pose of making an amicable adjust
ment of the difficulties with that
country. This unfriendly feeling arose
from “Jay’s Treaty,” ratified in 1795.
The envoys were insultingly met by
tiie French Directory, and finally in
formed that nothing could be accom-
plished until a present of money was
made. It being intimated to the en
voys by Talleyrand that the penalty
of refusal would be a war. Pinckney
replied :
“ War be It, then ! Millions for de
fense, sir, but not a cent for tri
bute! ”
What is electroplating t
It is the process of depositing one
metal on another by means of electri
city. The metal is deposited most
readily on German silver, brass, cop
per, or nickel silver. The last is a mix
ture of copper, zinc, and nickel, and
is used for the best plated ware.
A vessel is gold-lined by filling it
with a solution of g> id, suspending in
it a slip of gold from the positive pole
of the battery, and then attaching the
negative pole to the vessel; while the
current passing through the liquid
causes it to bubble like soda water,
and in a few moments deposits a thin
film of gold over the entire surface.
Whut was the Ear of Dionysius f
The name of a cave near Syracuse,
Sicily. A whisper at the further end
of the cavern is easily heard by a per
son at the entrance, though the dis
tance is 200 feet. Traditiou says that
the Try ant of Syracuse used this as a
dungeon, and was thus enabled to list
en to the conversation of his unfortu
nate prisoners.
What salaries do our foreign ministers
receivet
Ministers Plenipotentiary to Franoe,
Great Britain, Russia, and the Ger
man Empire, $17,500 ; Brazil, China,
Japan, Mexico, Spain, and Austria,
$12,000; while those to Chili and Peril
receive $10,000.
What is the origin and meaning
of the common expression “ O. AT.?”
The slang expression O. K. is fre
quently attributed to Andrew Jack
son, but it was Seba Smith who, in
his ‘ Letters of Major Jack Downing,”
said frequently that President Jackson
used to indorse certain papers O. K.,
meaning “Oil Korrect.” No such ex
pression can be found in any message.
Jackson was not an illiterate as he has
been sometimes represen ted,though he
used to write Gibraltar with and an e
in It..
What is the Microphone f
A variety of telephone. In (his in
strument the sound wives are made
to vary the electrical resistance of a
circuit, and thereby produce varia
tions in the quantity of electricity
which flows through the circuit. These
Variations, by means of a telephone,
are made to reproduce the sound-*
causing them. The microphone is
placed near the place where the sounds
are originated and connected by
means of a conducting wire with a
battery and a telephone. Whatever
sounds are made near the microphone,
such as talking or even breathing, can
be heard by any one listening at the
telephone, even though it be a hun
dred miles distant.
What was the* Vocal Memnon ?
The Greeks called a statue of Amen-
ophis at Thebes the Statue of Mem
non. It stands on the banks of the
Nile, is 47 leet high, and extends 7
feet below the ground. Ancient writ
ers tell us that about sunrise each
morning there issued from this gigan
tic monolith a musical sound resem
bllng the breaking of a harp-string.
It is now believed that this was pro
duct d by strong currents of air (due to
th - ohauge of temperature in the early
morning) passing through crevices in
the stone.
Digital Forfeits.
The Maylays have at all times been
addicted to gambling. In those days,
in Ceylon, they would “play away
the «nds of their fingers” over the
draught-board. They would sit down
with a fire burning, whereon was set
a pot of walnut or sesame oil, while
beside it lay a small hatchet with an
exceedingly sharp edge. The loser
placed his hand upon a stone, and the
wiuner chopped off a joint, when the
mutilated finger was plunged into the
boiling oil aud thereby cauterized.
Borne men, fond of the game, but uu-
skilifal or unlucky, had every finger
I shorn of its tip.
Rich Men’s Sons in Colleges.
Wellington college was started upon
a wofoldidea. It was to he 'i great
edacatioual institution, worthy ot the
great name given to it, and it was to
be^it the same time a place at which
the sons and orphans of officers might
he fitted for their future career In life,
“whatever that career might be,” at a
oost far below what would be incurred
at any other place where like advan
tages could be obtained.
The mixture of classes at Welling
ton college has not f* vored those
economical habits which would have
been in strict agreement with the
original design of the place. The sons
of rich parents have imported into the
college their own standard of expense,,
Their less well-to-do school fellows
have been tempted to vie with them,
or have been placed at a disadvantage
by comparison with them. The com
missioners appointed to in quire in
the pratical working of the institution
think that a strict simplicity of living
should be the invariable rule at Wel
lington college, for the boys and for
the masters, too. To inculcate inex
pensive habits and steady self control
is ss important, the commissioners
say, as to teach classes and mathemat
ics. We are not sure that they do not
somewhat over-estimate the extent to
which expensive habits have been en
couraged or suffered at Wellington
college. The further question whether
the expenses of all the boys should be
more nearly the same, is a much
larger one and more open to con
troversy.
A public school, it may fairly urged,
is a little world in which the great
outside world should be shown in
miniature. The French “lycees,”
with their strict control of expenses
of every kind, down even to dress, are
perfect models of whnt the commis
sioners propose for Wellington col
lege.
Penmanship.
Few great men pay munh attention
to their penmanship. They seem to
consider it something too trivial for
their notice, forgetting that whatever
is worth doing is worth doing well.
Oberlin, the famous French pastor
of the Alps, put the matter in its true
light when he made it a ppint of
Christian duty to write in a clear,
round hand, because, as he said, bad
writing was displeasing to God.
Charles James Fox, when made
under-secretary in one ot the English
departments, took great pains with his
hand-writing, that he might excel his
predeolbsors. He said to a friend, “It
is a duty to do everything at one's
beat, even in little things.”
Mr. Webster once sent a sharp re
proof to Mr. Choate, who was noted
for the most illegible hand. He had
received a letter from Mr. Choate,
giving his advice on an important
matter in a great crisis. He opened it
eagerly and ran his eye down the
pages. He could make out scarcely a
werd. He sent a, message by a mutual
friend—
“Tell Mr. Choate to write better.
His hand-writing is barbarous. I
could not read a single word. There is
the letter. Just look at it. Tell Mr.
Choate to go to a writing-school, and
take a quarter’s lessons.”
No better i d vice could have been
given. What is written Is intended
to be read, and tbe letter and writing
are both failures, if the words cannot
be deciphered.
Bayard Taylor, whose “copy” was
the delight of compositors, made it a
rule always to write each letter per
fectly legible, and the result was a
manusoi ipt that could be read as eas
ily as print.
The Steer and the Railway
Train,
A Wyoming man saw a Texas steer
standing on the railroad track, and
knowing that the express train was
due tried to induce the beast to move.
Several pieces of board thrown at the
ferocious monster failed to move it,
until at last, as the train rushed down
the track t£ lightning speed, he seised
the steer by the tail aud twisted it like
a wet towe). At thiB momeut the
train struck them both and the result
was stupendous. The steer was found
two days afterward browsing peace
fully in a ooru-field, with two driving
wheels hung ou his horng. No trace
of either the mau or engine has been
heard of sinoe.
Itinerant Musicians.
Eaglish journals are discussing the
rights of street musicians and the
wrongs aud woes of householders
invalids especially, who grow weary
of incessant griuding organs, peri
patetic bands, and strolling singers.
It seems that there is an old-fashioned
act of Parliament evoked in response
to satires « f the famous John Leech in
Punch,but it gives no authority to sup
press the more modern devices for
making artistic noises. Victims have
tried prosecutions under the law of
nuisarce, ’but a street performance
may be very annoying and exasperat-
ing to a person of tven moderate
musical culture yet not actually in
jurious to the health and happiness ot
the neighborhood in that extreme
sense which would constitute it a
public nuisance. One gentleman who
lived n»xt door to a ladies’seminary
declared to a poliee magistrate that he
did not object to piano music in
moderation, but that the noise of three
or four piano-fortes in the girls’ school,
thrummed from dawn till midniglt,
was slowly doing his aged mother to
death. The magistrate thought then
was no lellef unless by an injunction
from Chancery. Now, this is in Eng
land a fearfully expensive remedy. A
street band was stopped in its per
formance by a local coustable, but the
musicians appealed to a magistrate,
who said they had a right to play,
there was no law against it. Borne
new law to restrict performances in
London is earnestly demanded. When
it has been framed there will be many
who will wish to see it re-enacted
here.
Social Ways in India.
The etiquette of calls in India is,
that they should be paid by the last
comer between the hours of 12 and 2,
and anyone Is at liberty to call on all
the people who have arrived at a sta
tion before him. Everybody in soci
ety, on going to the chief town of a
province, leaves a card at Government
House, and receives an invitation to a
dinner or ball with “R. 8. V. P. to
Bo-and-so” in the corner. These mys-
teious letters have been known to
cause some difficulty to India-born
officials of the “uncovenanted” class,
who by obtaining the wished-for dis
tinction of a gazetted appointment,
find themselves admited to a society
above the level of their earlier days.
There is a story, said to be wholly
true; of a worthy couple who were
anxious, before going to a new station,
to part from their old neighbors wiih
every graceful and appropriate form of
farewell; and long and sadly they
pondered over the cards they were to
leave. “I know the ladies do write
something in the corners of their cards
when they are going away,” said the
wife, “but I don’t like to ask anybody
what it is, because that would show
we did not know ourselves.” She
had better have asked, poor’lady, or
else put nothing at all, for her bus-
band, who was familiar with no com
bination of letters without words save
£. s. d. and T. O., suggested she
should look through all the cards she
had received. She did so; there was
none with P. P. C., but there was a
card of invitation to an entertainment
at Government House ; that must be
right surely—the mysterious intitials
good enough for high officials must be
good enough for her, and so the sta
tion was convulsed with laughter
when In every house appeared a fare
well card from,
“Mr. and Mrs. da Costa.
“R. 8. V. P.”
It is rather amusing to watch the
arrival on horseback of a visitor who
wisely wears an ugly and unbecoming
solar tope* (oork helmet) to shield his
head from the fierce sunshine, while a
sals runs® behind carrying the tall
glossy hat which his master brings
into your drawing-room and strokes
daring his visit. It is always hope
lees to give one’s name to a native
servant, its mangled remains would
be long past recognition by the time
they reached his mistress; so the
proper thing to do after ascertaining
that a lady is at home, is to send in
your oard, or “ticket,” aud wait until
the servaut returns to give you her
“salaam.” Ladies get vory much per
plexed sometimes as to the personal
identity of their visitors. Thus, when
a pair of friends go round together to
make calls ^uring their holidays in
the Hills, how is a hostess, who never
saw either of them before, to discover
from their occasionally rather bashful
conversation, which gentleman is Mi.
Joues aud which is Mr. Biulth? If
she asks them to dluuer afterwards
for different evenings she is sure to
find the mau she took for Smith re
sponds to Jones’s invitation, and vice
versa.
In the wholesale system of calling
pursued in the Hills it often happens
that you have to entertain at dinner
guests whose persona) appearance is
entirely unknown to you. These la
dies, whose husbands are unable to
get leave from work in the Plains
have called upon your wife without
seeing her, and she has returned the
visit with the same result; so you are
both dependent on the quickness of
your own faculties to discover from
preliminary talk which is the most
important lady whom you must take
in to dinner; you know her name, of
course, and probably all about her;
but you have no idea which of your
guests she is. As the first visitor is
seen approaching, a servant enters
and announces. “A lady comes.” So
you go out and receive on your thresh
old an utter stranger, to whom you
offer arm to the drawing-room, and
make yourself as charming as circum
stances permit, until the announce
ment of another lady, whom you must
receive in the same manner, and so
on until all the party is assembled.
Delicacies ot the cuisine.
Pineapple Jam.—Peel, grate, and
weigh the apple ; put pound for pound
of pineapple and sugar; boil it in A
preserving kettle thirty or forty min
utes.
Quince Jam.—Peel the quinces and
grate them on a coarse grater ; and to
one pint of quince add three-fourths
of a pound of sugar; boil it half an
hour ; putin small jars aud cover as
other preserves.
Mince Makmalade.—Take the
quinces that you have boiled for jelly
and mash them with a spoon ; to a
pound of quinces take a pound of
sugar ; boil them together until they
are well softened ; then strain through
a coarse sieve, and put up in small
jars.
Tomato Jam.—Peel ripe tomatoes,
taking out all seeds; put in preserving
kettle with one-half pound of sugar
to each pound of prepared tomato;
boil two lemons soft, and pound them
fine; take out the pips and add to the
tomato; boil slowly, mashing to a
smooth mass; when smooth and thick
put in jars and tumblers.
Rhubarb Marmalade.—Peel fine
oranges, removing the rinds, white
and pips; put' the pulp into a stew-
pan, with the peel out very small;
add five pounds of rhubarb, cut small,
aud four pounds of loaf sugar; boil the
whole two hours, and the fruit half an
hoar, before adding the sugar. Three
lemons may be substituted for the
oranges.
Apple Maricaladb.—Take any
kind of sour apples, pare and core
them ; cut them in small pieces, and
to every pound of apples put three-
quarters of a pound of sugar; put them
in a preserving pan and boil them
over a slow fire until they are reduced
to a fine pulp; then put in jelly jars
and keep in a cool place.
French Marmalade.—Take the
entire rind of twelve oranges or lem
ons; put it into plenty of fresh water
and boil until quite tender; then
throw it into a pan of cold water; let
it remain from eilght to ten hours;
drain it, mash it smoothly, pass
through a sieve, weigh it, and to each
pound of pulp add one pound of white
BUgar; put it into a preserving pan,
and stir it well over a moderate fire
until it is a rather thick paste; put in
small pots for use; the juice and pulp
are not used.
Preserved Oranges—Take any
number of oranges, with rather more
than their weight in sugar ; slightly
grate the oranges, aud out them rouud
and round with a knife, but not very
deep; put them in cold water Tor three
days; changing the water two or three
times a day ; tie them up iu a cloth,
and boll until soft enough for the head
of a pin to penetrate the skin ; while
they are boiling place the sugar on the
fire with iather more than a halt-pint
of water to each pound; let it boil a
minute or two, then strain through
muslin; cook the oranges in the syrup
till it jellies and is of a yellow oolor;
try the syrup by putting some to cool;
it must not be too stiff; the syrup
need not cover the oranges, hut they
must be turned so that eaeh part gets
thoroughly done, \
In the single State of New York
there are 127 savings banks, and on
the 1st of July they had in their keep
ing nearly $400,000,000. Twenty-five
of these banks are iu the City of New
York, ana held $219,000,000 of the
above arnouut, an inorease for them,
during six months of more than
$8,000,0(1).