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ty as could die,
aid harbor give
frtuethan doth live;
i had a fault,
this vault.
[Things.
time run short ?
sport
ing to you ?
'ork to do.
|uickly in?
fin.
old ?
&d bold,
thrbne ?
i own!
Tile,
air
[ears, the while
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Finshine sweet,
\ way.
\ —Celia Thaxter.
yrone and evil;
if you do.
for your neighbor,
Ire back to you.
Us, iuok for gladness:
, them all the while,
smiling visage _
s, you meet a smile.
—Alice Cary.
|kes anew this throbbing heart,
,e are never old.
■Winter glaciers
ae Summer glow.
[through the wild-piled snowdrift,
sebuds blow.
—Emerson.
warm rose
ciyjnger than steel
tiSe sword of the Spirit;
[Swifter than arrows
The ligttit of the truth is;
Greater-than anger
Is love ttuk subuueth 1
i burn silent with unconscious light,
; euse in beauty shines most bright;
ig charms with edge resistless fall,
who means no miseheifdoes it all.
—Aaron Hill.
Not the show
tis and features. No.
flowers
sir dated hours
(fieir momentary sweets, then go.
stainless soul within
foutshines the fairest skin.
'—Sir A. Hunt.
. I see humbly I seek to do,
'pedient-to the law, in trust
vil! come, and must come,
i well.
will
—Edwin Arnold.
if occupation is not rest,
^mind of ignorance is a mind distressed.
—Cowper.
The truly generous is the truly
And he who loves not others li
wise;
ives unblest
—Horne.
Seldom can the heart be lonely,
If it seek a lonelier still
Self-forgetting, seeking only
Emptier cups of love to hil.
1 —Frances Ridley Havergal.
Scientific and Useful.
Sir William Thompson follows Dr.
Thomas Reid in ascribing to man six
senses instead of five, namely, the sense
of force, of heat, of sound, of light, of
taste and of smell.
An excellent soap-bubble preparation
is composed of oleate of soda and glyce
rine, and from it bubbles two feet in
diameter and of exceeding brilliancy
can be blown. Some of these have been
kept forty-eight hours upder glass.
An apparatus for recording the exact
speed of a train during its entire rim,
including stoppages and startings, has
been invented by M. Pouzet.
M, Jacquellin says that carbons free
ash ean lie made by passing dry
llorine gas over pulverized coal or coke
to bright redness.
tooording to the Sanitary Review the
the high mortality in Memphis
shown by Dr. Thornton to be
|with the negro popu-
patient. A day’s treatment will effect
a cure usually.
The grapevine in France is surely and
steadily failing. The phyllogera has no
doubt contributed much toward its de
struction, but aside from that the vine
seems to be in a state of natural decay.
The young and vigorous vines of this
country must in the fixture supply the
deficiency of the French vineyards.
Bricks are thus made without baking :
Equal parts of hydraulic lime, sand and
scoria are pounded and then mixed,
being made into a paste by the addition
of water. This paste is submitted to
strong pressure in molds, and afterward
hardened in cold water. The bricks
therefore, it will be seen, simply consist
of hydraulic cement.
There is sometimes an advantage
gained in blindfolding a balky horse. If
tl^p habit is not inveterate, closely band
aging the eyes will distract the attention
and set the animal at work again. To
do this with the bestjeffect the bandage
must fit closely over the eyes, and the
common blinders which* |only partially
exclude light will not answer as well.
Artificial siates : Boil four gallons
water, and add when boiling, four
pounds and one and one-half ounces
borax, and then one pound gumalac,
in small portions. Then add two
ounces lamp-black, eight ounces silicate
of soda solution (sirupy), one pound
nine ounces silica. When this mixture
is of convenient thickness it is applied
on thick paper.
Some experiments have been made by
M. Decaux, on the effect of the electric
light on the colors of cloth and paintings,
etc. The colors were exposed for 1500
hours under thin glasses to the action
of an arc light at a distance of 150 cm.
(about GO inches), and under these con
ditions the effect of the electric light
was found to be similar to that of sun
light, but only one-fourth as great.
It is almost a self-evident fact that
there should be some other way of dis
posing of sewage than turning it into
streams. But there is hardly any cen
sure too severe for those who cut and
store ice from polluted waters. Or
ganic germs of disease are contained in
Such ice. People drink water cooled by
it in the summer, when the system is
most liable to sickness that may last all
the year round.
'An automatic electric' mechanism
that is designed to announce the ap
proach of railroad trains has been tried
on what is called the Paris-Lyon-Medi-
terranee line. It consists of a box filled
with mercury placed under the rail at
the required distance from a bell. When
a train passes over this box the mer-
ipury is so agitated as to form contact
with the wire communicating with the
bell, and thus make it ring,
The Smith says that a number of
ladies of Summer, S, C., have organized
asilk association, bought land near the
town, purchased mulberry trees and
silk-worm eggs, given notice of applica
tion for a charter and entered upon the
venture .in a very business like manner.
The ladies propose to buy a reel and reel
off the silk in Sumter instead of sending
the cocoons off, and hope to have at
some time a silk manufactory.
Dr. Thomas Taylor of Washington
has made some investigations which'
convince him that the common house
fly, aside from being an annoying pfest,
islpossessed of the capacity of transmit
ting disease by carrying the germs from
place to place.
It has been proved by numerous ex
periments that flour cannot bear the
action of the sun, even when no|ij|x-
posed directly to its rays. When flOur
is exposed to the heat of the sun an
alteration takes place in the gluten
similar to that produced by the heating
of the stones. For this reason it is ad
visable that the transportation of flour
should take place, if possible, on Tool
days or by night, as well as that flour
should be stored in a cool place.
:aj;ite antidote for rattlesnake
exico is.a strong solution of
assium iodide. Mr. H. H.
pd sou^e of the poison
and finds that
itate is
ex-
clining to the southeast. Three day
after this, with seventy-three flowers
open, twenty-one (among the older
flowers) had advanced toward the north
east, their horizontal faces becoming
nearly erect during the journey.
A non-conductor of electricity has
yet to be found, for all substances hith
erto discovered are conductors of the
force under certain known conditions;
but those whicli offer a great resistance
to it serve the purpose of non-conduc
tors in practice, although they may be
all classed as good or bad conductors.
The best conductor known at present is
silver ; the worst conductor is solid par
affine. The Mayall metal, a substance
.composed of plumbago and rubber, re
cently patented by Thomas J. Mayall of
Reading, Mass., is said to be economical
and most efficacious in this connection.
Dr. Merkel states that the height of
an individual after a night’s rest, meas
ured before rising from the bed, is two'
inches greater than it is in the evening,
measured standing. There is a grad
ual diminution in height, caused by the
yielding of the plantar arches and of the
intervertebral discs ; and a sudden di
minution, when the individual rises,
occurring at the articulations of the
loAver extremities. The sinking at the
ankle is one-third of an inch; at the
knee, one-twelfth to one-eighth of an
inch ; at the hip, two-fifths of an inch.
The shortening at the knee is probably
due to the elasticity of the cartilages.
At the hip there is, in addition, a sink
ing of the head of the femur into the
cotyloid cavity.
A Greek Wedding in London.
A London letter says : Last week I was
present at an interesting ceremony in the
beautiful Greek church at Bayswater,
in itself is a study of Byzantine archi
tecture and elaborate decoration. A
Greek maiden was to wed one of her
own nation, and to make her future
home in classic Athens among his peo
ple. But very few young women, ex
cepting the bridesmaids, were present,
and I noticed that the men and women
sat on different sides of the church, as
is the case in our own very High
churches. As the bridal party walked
up the centre of the church, two
golden doors above the altar steps were
thrown open, and two priests appeared,
gorgeously robed, wearing curious liat-
like coverings to their heads, much like
those worn by Jewish rabbis. One of
these, the Archimanorite, is a handsome
man. They descend, each holding a
cross in his hand, and proceeded with
the ceremony in a language quite un
known to me, and I found it was equal
ly unintelligible to a distinguished Greek
scholar who was with me, who explain
ed that the pronunciation of modern
Greek differs so much from that of the
7T
IIis father died when he was a child
and his mother, who was his father’s
second wife, was left to support hef-
self and her children from her farm.
She lived in comparative poverty in a
small wooden house. Her son George
was a strong, healthy boy, and gave
her, no doubt, all the help lie could-
He studied well at school. He was
always industrious. Like many useful
men, he educated himself. His mother
would no doubt have been glad to have
sent him to college at Princeton or Har
vard ; but the cost was great, and the
poor widow's son could hope for nohe
of the advantages of a higher education.
John Adams and Samuel Adains could
pass through Harvard with success;
Hamilton was at Columbia College,
Jefferson at William and Mary. But
Washington, the most eminent of the
patriots, was obliged to educate him
self in the midst of his labors on-the
farm. Like Franklin and Burns,
Shakespeare and Virgil he probably
re;id as he worked at the harvest or
guided the plow.
Washington had never any leisure to
learn Latin or Greek, or eveai French.
His object was to make a living. He
ancient Greek of the university schools j kept no journal of his youth. He never
Sanitary.
Effects of tooMuciiBrain Work
for Children.—Dr. Richardson, F.
R. S., delivered a lecture on “National
Necessities as the Basis of Natural
Education,” before the Society of Arts,
and brpught forward the following facts :
“In one large establishment, con
taining about six hundred children, half
girls and half boys, the means of indus
trial occupation were gained for the
girls before any were obtained for the
boys. The girls were, therefore, put
upon lialf time tuitions ; that is to say,
their time of book instruction was re
duced Rrom thirty-six hours to eighteen
per week, given on the three alternate
days of their industrial occupation, the
boys remaining at full school time of
thirty-six hours per week, the teaching
being the same, on the same system,
and by the same teacher, the same
school attendance in weeks and years in
both cases. On the periodical examina
tion of the school, surprise was ex
pressed by the inpectors at finding how
much more alert, mentally, the girls
were than the boys, and in advance
in book attainments. Subsequently,
industrial occupation was found for the
boys, when their time of book instruc
tion was reduced from thirty-six hours
a week to eighteen, and after a while
the boys were proved, upon examina
tion, to have obtained their previous
relative position, which was in advance
of the girls.”
Tetanus from a Carious Tooth.
—The American Journal of Dental
Science says that a very remarkable case
of fatal tetanus, ascribed to the irrita
tion of a carious tooth, was reported
some time back in one of the West of
England journals. The patient was a
shoemaker, residing at Bridgewater,
who had enjoyed excellent health until
he was seized with violent pain in thp
side of his head. lie was treated in the
first instance by a chemist for neuralgia,
but the symptoms becoming aggravated,
Mr. Kemmis, a medical practitioner
was called in. He found the patient in
sensible, with his jaw locked and iin
movable. Treatment, however, was
unavailing; the man remained insen
sible, and died in a few hours. At the
inquest Mr. Kemmis stated it as his
opinion that death was due to tetanus
brought about by a decayed tooth, and
he characterized the case as a most ex
traordinary one, a statement with which
every one will agree. Simple trismus
from some form of dental irritation
generally the difficult eruption of wis
teeth, is not a very rare phenom
cases of it are recorded
anditotal tetanus from
iu^^Hfcilv of rare occur
a case
that though he could read it tolerably he
could in no way understand or converse
in it. It was noticeable that no instru
mental music enters into the service of
the Greek Church, but the voice alone,
chanting or intoning the prayers and re
sponses, conducts the whole service.
I was curious to know why I had seen
two wreaths on the table, thinking, per
haps, that two brides were expected, but
I found that in this very symbolical
ceremony the bridegroom is crowned
with flowers as well as the bri le. This
is solemnly done by the priest, and the
wreaths are crossed and exchanged
above the heads of the pair in a wonder
ful way. until, with them supported as
well as possible in position by an attend
ant groomsman, the bridegroom is led
by the priest, intoning as he walks, still
holding his bride by the hand, in a sort
of procession round the centre-table of
the church, followed by the bridesmaids
and the assistant matron, and by two
young men of the party, each holding a
large wax caudle, about six feet high,
lighted and wreathed with white flowers
md satin ribbon. It must have been a
trying position for the young man, and
certainly neither a dignified nor a solemn
one to an outsider, looking more like the
performance in a cotillion than a religi
ous service ; but I was told that in the
Greek Church much is symbolical, and
appeals only to those who can estimate
the significance of each little ceremony.
This processional march indicated joy
and rejoicing, as by a dance.
The sign of the cross was very con
stantly made by the congregation, as in
a Roman Catholic service, and the thick
gold wedding-ring was used for that
purpose by the priest on the forehead of
both bride and bridegroom before it was
placed on the lady’s linger. The pair
partook of the bread and wine under
the siime symbol. Of course the mar
riage was really and legally effected by
yie registrar at an early period of the
day, and a Greek lady told me that the
ceremony we witnessed included both
betrothal and marriage, hence its length
and variety. • In such classic society as
this we scarcely expected ordinary food
but 1 found that good English roiist
beef agreed admirably with preserved
rose leaves and delicious honey from
honey
Mount llymettus, where the bees of to
day still extract luscious fragrance frqm
luxuriant and perfumed flpwers, under
the sunny skies of Attica, as they-did in
the ancient times of classic story. The
honey cakes we had for lunch on this
occasion I shall not soon forget. They
were a dream of flowers and ambroflial
sweetness, and were washed down by a
rich wine which tasted to me like
nectar.
For Our Youth.
Washington In Youth.
Fortunately for himself and his coun
try, Washington was educated in pov
erty, the son of a Virginia farmer.
From his childhood he was probably
employed in active labors. His father
had large tracts of land that apparently
produced little money. The house in
Which the young Washington was bom
Wap small, and built of wood. The
arouii'Jjl was wild and thinly
desired to become a “great man,” but
he was resolved to be an honest one,
and to maintain himself. At one mo
ment he thought of going into the navy-
but his mother opposed it. She said it
was a “bad scheme,” and she.kept him
at home to become the founder of the Re
public. The warrant for making him a
midshipman was already signed, when
she interfered so happily for all. She
would not part with her eldest son, the
stay of the family. She feared to expose
him to the temptations, and dangers of
‘ naval life. A mothers love saved
him fco his country. Forty-twp years
afterward, in 1787, b£ could still vyrite
and subscribe himself, “I.am, honored
madam, your most dutiful and affec
tionate son, G. Washington.”
:Yt fourteen Washington became al
most accidentally a surveyor. ,He had
already taught himself to write a clear,
round hand. He drew well and was a
careful mathematician, very correct and
methodical in all that he did. He had
left school and went to stay with an
elder half-brother, who owned the fine
estate of Mt. Vernon. He seems to
have resolved already to become a, sur
veyor. He had surveyed the land
around the school-house, and was fond
of wandering over the country. ,, He
had not sufficient knowledge to become
a teacher, like John Adams, or a law
yer, like Jefferson. He seems to have
found farming a pursuit that brought
in little money.
He passed the winter in preparing
liimself for his duties, and was Em
ployed, when under sixteen, by Lord
Fairfax to lay out his large estate
beyond the Alleghenies.
In this pursuit he plunged*into the
wilderness, slept on the ground in dull
weather, swam streams on horsebacK,
climbed over rocks and precipices, anc
performed his work well. Ewrythiffg^
that he did was done well. He gretv
tall and strong ; he could bear hardship
and constant labor. He was trusted
for his honesty and good faith. At
nineteeu he became the most active
of the surveyors of the colony. He re
ceived large sums of money; he was
never again ii^want of it until late ih
life, when his patriotism had made him
poor.
But his work was constant^ Fop
three years lie was always busy in
wilderness. He climbed mountains,
explored valleys, became, familiar with
the red men and the wild tehantq .of the
forest, and evidently loved his border
ife. This was the school and college
in which Washington was drained. . He
was the product of a laborious youth.
Had he been accustomed only to the
luxurious life of a city, he could never
have borne the toils and cares of his
camp life. Had he been loss honest
aud true he might have sought a crown
and a tyranny instead of the lovq and
gratitude of mankind.
It was l>ecause he turned to labor In
youth that Washington became useful
to all men. We celebrate his birthday
because he labored, not for himself, bqt
for his country.—Harper'’a Young Peo
ple.
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