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m * The Beaufort Tribune. % VOL. II.?NO. 33. BEAUFORT, S. C., .TITLY 5, 1876. " $1.50 PER ANNUM. Galileo. Jesus ! thy saints have waited long For rended sky and wrath divine, When thon shalt c >ma with angul throng, And in tlio pomp of glory shine ; But holier than such cloudy throne Thy watch and walk bosido the sea, When midnight's stars in beauty shone Ou tho still waves of Galilee. The ministers of pride and power Have wrought a chango in human thing", And seen, in some propitious hour, Thy kingdom patroniz id by kings, But nearer to thy heart was laid Tho humbler learner at thy kneo, Drinking tl>c gracious words that made Tho night diviuo on Galilee. Grandly the skill of art may show In pictured wall and chanted hymn, Whore high barbaric windows throw Strango light into tho c'.iai eel dim ; A scone of simpler art was thine? The song of maidens by the sea, And fishers' nets in bended line Along the shore < f Ga'ileo. The foxes fi >d a sure retreat Iu holes upon the mountain's breast. Where the gro 111 olive branches meet The birds Lave bnilt their sheltered me! ; Tho cows and sheep, iTico night began, llo newrrd front wood and will'have *p d' And left them to tho 8on of 5Ian, Who has not where to lay bis head. Oli, Christ! whatever men mrv ssy. They, not thyself, in pride liavo grown ; And let them rot expect the day When th< y bhall see thee on a throne, Nor look for wonder and for sign, But thy full soul of life to see In eyes whom light of love divine Outglei mi the stars on Galilee. The Story of the Seal. rnero is probably no part of the earth's surface, used for farming or stock raising, that produces bo handsome a yield to the acre as the narrow beaches of the Prybilov islands in Bullring's strait. These are four in number, St. Paul's?with 21,120 acres, St. George, with about 17,01/0 acres, Otter island, a mile aud a half long and less thau half a mile wide, and Walrus island, a mere flat rock, rising but little above the surf, a quarter of a mile long aud a hundred > ards wide. The first two have together savonty-one miles of coast line, but so much of the shore is bold aud rocky that only eighteen and three-quarter miles are visited by the seals. On St. George several thousand sea lions have taken possession of half a mile more of lauding. The beaches on which they breed are narrow reaches of sand varyiug from forty to 150 feet wide, and covering a total area of 6,387,340 square feet, or not quite 147 acres. On this area about 100,000 seals are killed yearly, worth $700,000. This is a yield of $4,762 nu acre. Tho United States government obtains from these islands a rental of $55,000 yearly and $262,500 for 100,000 sealskins. This is taxing these barreu sand beaches to the amonnt of $2,150 per acre. Figures like these deserve consideration, for it is only by buch computations tlint the . value of fisheries to the country will ever be made apparent. In the present case it is satisfactory to know that the government tux is a blessing to the world. Tho. total number of seals wliieli breed annually on tho islands is computed at 3,493,670, and before the restrictions placed on the huut by government they were killed at the rate of 240,000 monthly. This would have extirpated them in loss than five years. Now tlio number is limited to 100,000 a year, and they are said by some observers to bo increasing at the rate of live per cent, annually. The abovo number does not include those which aro killed, but the breeding community which is preserved. Of non-breeders, the number is estimated at 1,500,000, so that the total seal population is about 4,700,000 The malo seals land first, in the latter part of Aprd usually, or in May. They always choose for their resting grounds or 'rookeries" such beaches as are strewn with large bowlders, where the new-born seals can have some protection against tho sweep of the surf. On landing they givo themselves up entirely to sleeping, but meanwhile keep a sharp lookout to prevent young bachelors and old weak patriarchs from coming to tho rookery. This system of natural selection is advantageous* to the race and to their human pursuers also. It keeps the stock strong and hardy aud sends the bachelors of less than six years (the age L. !1_\ L~ 1 1 11 ui muvuriiy) iu liuiu iueill.se 1VOH lip Bt some other poiut, where they collect together ami cau be readily herded by the hunters without alarming the breeders. The females do not laud for a month after, and aro tben taken possession of by the male nearest to the poiut at which they leave the wuter. The selection is not mado without tremendous lighting, and some of tho old seals are wounded and killed, or driven off. Prof. Elliott says : ' It appears to be a well understood principle among the able-bodied bulls that each one shall remain undisturbed on his ground, which is usually about ton feet square, provided that he is strong enough to hold it against all comers. Some of these bulls show wonderful strength and courage. I have marked one veteran, who was among the first to take up his position, and that one on the water line, where at least fifty or sixty dosnerato battles were fought victoriously by him with nearly as many different seals, who coveted his position, and when the lighting season was over (after the cows have mostly all hauled up) I saw him covered with scars and gashes, raw and bloody, an eye gouged out, but lording it bravely over his harem of fifteen or twenty eows, all huddled together on the same spot he had flr.-t chosen." The fighting is done with the mouth, and when the jaws have olosed on a foo the effort of slinking them loose leaves an ugly wound ; "the sharp canines tearing out doep gutters in the skin and blubber, or shredding the flappers into ribbon strips." The families averago about fifteen cows each, and they take Tip so little room that a space two feet square suffices for a cow, while the bull, being much larger, needs about twice as much room. Within two days after landing the young are born, and in threo or four days more the guardian patriarch allows tho mother to retreat to the water, where she spends most of her time, returning to land whenever the young seal requires food. Seals are good mothers, and nurse their young for nearly a year, or for more than a year if they do not have another birth. While the mothers are playing in the water the old male remains on shore and takes care of the pups. It is thirty-five or forty days before the pup cau be taken to the water, and four months be I iorn ue is strong enougn to louow tlie mother on her migratory jonrney through the ocean. As each mother has one pup, the four square feet of ground which formed her resting place carries two lives, and tho computation given above of 3,193,670 breeding seals on these islands is made from a measurement of tho area occupied by the "rookeries." Pi of. Elliott found their distribution so uniform that ho calls it " a tine instinctive law of distribution," and says the government agent can always safely report upon the condition of the seal crop by observing the area occupied by the animals between the tenth and twentieth of July. That is the week of their greatest expansion. When the purpose for which they have landed is accomplished, the systematic organization breaks up, and the seals scatter, some straying inland, and tho whole herd may cover twice its noimal ground. Of every 100,000 breeding seals more than 85,000 are cows and less than 15,000 bulls, and in a few weeks after the females begin to land, there are about 180,000 parents and pups on the same ground. In the autumn and early winter the seals take their departure.^ Where they go is not ascertained definitely, but they probably spread themselves over the North Pacific, following schools of fish or frequenting banks and shoals where they can find food. The amount of food required by them is immense. At five pounds each per day, which is not half enough for a full grown male, they, the seals of these two islands, will eat up no less than three million tons of fish in a year. This immense quantity makes it evident that human caro can do nothiug to assist their propagation. In tho sea they have enemies, but it would be simply impossible to obtain food enough for them at the islands, even if it were the only point to bo considered. To get such a supply they spread themselves over the ocean, and there come in contact with enemies us voracious as they are. Killer-whales and sharks make such havoc among them that of a million pups, which is the estimate of a year's ii crease, not more than one-half return the next spring. Some observers put the proportion much lower, and with great probability considering the helplessness of the sucklings. The second year, however, they are better able to care for themselves, and do not lose more than one-tenth of their numbers. After that they do not suffer much during their lives of fifteen or twenty years. From natural enemies tho pups have most to fear, for they are probably the most toothsome, as well as the most helpless. In the stomach of one killerwlialo no less than fourteen small harp seals were found. But man also has his share in their destruction, and he strikes what he finds without regard to age. The seal loves to sleep on the surfaco of the water, and are often surprised in this condition by whalers and the natives. It is quite common to find shot and even bullets imbedded iu th j blubber, just under the skin , of the young seals killed on the islands. Were it not for these vurious enemies, there is no knowing where their increase would stop. Out of a million pups born every year, 550,000 are destroyed at sea in the first two years of life, 100,000 move are killed for their skins, and probably 25,000 are killed by natives, or die soon after birth. This is a total loss of (175-000 of loss khan fivo yjaara at ana yearly, by accountable causes, aud yet tho increase is reported at five per cent., or 200,000 seals a year. As tbe artificial destruction of one-tenth the annual increase by man does not interfere in the least with their perpetuation, Prof. Elliott considers that they have arrived at their maximum expansion. One reason, however, for tho slight effect of the hunt upon their numbers is that none but males are killed. Of tho 450,000 which survive at the ond of tho second season, one-half are probably males. But their family relations are such that only one-fifteenth of the males are needed, and the remainder, or more than 200,000, can bo killed in their second, third, and fourth years without disturbing their natural inorease. In fact, on its present basis, the seal hunt can safely supply abont 180,000 skins a year. Tho conditions of this business are such that there is no re/ison why, without unexpected accident, the seals should not continue to earn at least $300,000 a year for the United States government for centuries to come. To make this certain it is proposed to have them carefully mapped as they lie on their breeding grounds, and compared from year to yoar. They bear this inspection very well. Those which arrive earliest are sometimes timid, but when the males are in great numbers they take no notice of the inspector. They are fortunately not affected by village sounds, unless very near, nor the stench of the slaughter field. The habits of seals are as interesting as those of any animal known. The mere fact that, if the observers are not mistaken, only one-fifteenth of the males can set up a family, indicates that the law of selection must bo iu active use among them. The cows do not come to land until their young are ready for birth, and having borne them, they leave the principal care of the pups to a husband who i* not the father. Thero is no proof, but evidence to the contrary, that the seals, male or female, seek the same rookery year after year. The strongest warriors get tho first pick, and the ays* tern of uulimited roguery in which they indulge makes it impossible for a cow to return either to her old homo or her old husband. The strongest bulls establish themselves on the water line, and when tho first cows appear they aro received with great aflability, and coaxed and urged up ou to the rocks. Their new found masters and protectors aro violently jealous, and tho new acquisition canuot bo enticed uuless the rival fights a successful battle. But the fortunate husband soon has his attention called to a new appearanco of cows, and while he is engaged with number two his next neighbor reaches his long neck, picks up number one by the nape of the neck, and lauds her within his own precinct. When number two is brought to shore the two bulls at once have a fight, during which two other rivals take possession of both cows! The gentle cow thus progresses with some rapidity to a back station whero the lord is not so often beguiled by new arrivals, and thero she rests. As before said, these cows bring forth almost immediately. Then they leave the pups in charge of the bull, wlio carea for them so faithfully that he sometimes remains four months out of the water. Duriug this time he is deprived of food, and lives on the store of fat lie has accumulated during the winter. This trial is much more severe than that of the bear's hibernation, for the seals arc extremely active during their deprivation. No special .organic provision for this ordeal has been found, the stomachs showing 1 o peculiarity either in 6p.iug or fall. The long fast, however, greatly weakens them, aud after two or three months the old bulls who have not been able to get a place ou tho breeding ground, and have conscquoutly spent the summer in cruising around behind the rookery, find it possible to come forward and drive out their once powerful antagonists. This phase of seal life is as singular as any other, for the new comer does not think of driving away the pups born under the seignorago of his predecessors, but on the contrary takes the place of faithful guardian to them. As to the cows, they are so gregarious thut even when they come in such numbers as to be able to make a choice they prefer the best filled harem. They will ' not lie quiet away from the great mass , of their sisters. Tho consequence is that Che stations nearest the water have from twelve to fifteen cows each, and those in , the rear from five to nine. "When they come up from the water they bl-a-a-t to 1 - meir young, wno answer in tlie same , manner, and in this way they are quickly singled out. Some signal is necessary, j for after they are two months old they collect together by tens of thousands, frolicking and sleeping. Yet it is strange that tho mothers will see them killed ( without showing any concern. Even the tierce old guardian who protects them and their mothers seoms to have no in- ] terest in them personally. It is a precint that he guards, and if they stray , beyond that, they get no care from him. , The pups do not know their mothers, but being inclined by naturo to bl-a a-t ! incessantly, the mother can find her i own. By the time she reachos it, it j may have fallen asleep, and then she i has nothing to do but take a nap her- | self, for she cannot find it in the wrig- ( gling and crawling mass of thousands of i pups, and she will not lot any other take its place. i The females come to maternity at two < years of ago, the bachelors at five or < six; and as there are a million and a half < of these classes who are not admitted to \ the harems, it is obviously necessary to \ have some provision for them in seal I sociology. They take their rest on so- < called "hauling grounds," of which there are two kinds. The most favored is near the water, iti some place apart from tho breeding grounds. The other lies further inland, and must be reached ' by passing through the precincts guarded * by tho patriarchs. The bachelors are ' allowed to do thia, and a path running 1 between the h&rems is by common consent regarded as neutral. On this path- 1 way a steady stream of bachelors is ' passing, while tho neighboring patriarchs guard their seraglios with re- j doubled vigilance. Such are some of tho peculiarities of ( a seal colony, and a much more complete 1 account of them is given by Prof. Elliot ! in a letter from tho secretary of- the treasury to the House of Represents- | tives, published by the Unitod States ' government. The sound arising from ? | these great breeding grounds, he says, 1 " where thousands upon thousands of angry, vigilant bulls are roaring, chuckling. piping, and multitudes of seal < mothers are calliug in hollow, bla-ating i tones to their young, which in turn re- < spond incessantly,is indescribable. It is, i at a slight distance, softened into a deep 1 booming, as of a cataract, and can be 1 heard n long distance off at sea?under favorable circumstances, as far as five or six miles?and frequently warns vessels that may bo approaching the islands in thick weather of the proximity of land." The value of tho seal islands to the United States government is, by a common modo of calculation, as follows : Two milliou seals of suitablo ago for killing, at $2.62}, gives $5,250,000. This amounts to twenty years' taxes, but takes no account of tho annual rent, which would be $1,100,000 moro in that time. Total value of seal islands alone, $6,350,000. The other furs which Alaska sends to our markets bring at least one-half the value of the soalskins. Would Jump oil the Car. Ho stood on the corner, waiting for a car. He was dressed up to kill, and he knew it. His hat Bhone like tho headlight of a locomotive. Ho had au umbrella in one hand and a sachel and a bouquet carefully wrapped in tissue Saper iu the other. The car came along, to did not hail it. Ho did not want it to slop. He could get ou it without putting the driver to that much trouble. He had seen others do it, and knew Just how it should bo done. The front platform was crowded, but that made no difference to him. He would show the passengers standinc rmon it how to do the thine gracefully. Ho stopped to the track, 1 took bis umbrella, sachel, and bouquet in one band, and, as tbe car passed bim, grasped tbo brace on tbo front platform with tbe other. Tbe car was going at a good rate of speed. His feet flew into tbe* air, and as bo assumed tbo perpendicular be mauaged to get one of them on the step. Then be shut bis bat up like au accordion against tbe stomach of a fat gentleman who was at that moment drawing in a mouthful of smoke from a regalia, and who was, in consequence, too full of indiguation?and smoke?for utterance. Then tbe " killer" laid bis sac.bel, bouquet, and umbrella down upon tbe platform very suddenly, and apparently without any intentim to do > o on bis part; and then be laid himself down upon them. This was also done in an irresistible way. At this moment tbo driver put the brakes on very suddenly, and bo rolled over on bis back. Tbe man who was behind him stopped on bis stomach and leaned over tbe dashboard?gazing intently at the track, as though be saw somethiug there to attract bis attention. Then tbo passengers righted themselves, and our hero gathered himself up and went inside the car, amid suggestions about " learning bow to get on rf car," etc. Hut be only smiled sarcastically. He knew what be was about. The next t time they saw a passenger attempt to get t on a car be thought they would make t room for bim. Aud tbe passengers, on i their part, made up their minds that tbe t Lit'iL urno ne anemptea mo ieai, mey ? would. Taken Clear In. An actress of considerable prominence in Paris was admired by a married gentlemad named B. They visited in company tbo establishment of a prominent jeweler, and were shown a magniiicent set of diamonds worth $3,000. B. intimated that $2,000 wore the highest figures ho could use on this occasion. He did not say that ho intended to present them to the actress, but she, at least, thought so, and was, moreover, fond of diamonds. The actress having taken counsel with herself, visited the jeweler privately. " B. will give but 82,000 for the diamonds," she said, " and if he can get them at that price will probably present them to me. You aHk $3,000. Be it so. Here are the extra $1,000 from my own purse. When he comes again to morrow offer him the jewels for $2,000. Keep our little game shady. Farewell." On the morrow B. went to the jeweler's again and bought the diamonds for $2,000. The aetress awaited anxiously the coming present in which t-he had so liberally invested. , She is still waiting. B. saw that ho bad ' a bargain iu diamonds?bo bad bad , really once intended to present them to this queen of the stage; but bo saw financial storms, disaster, shipwreck on . Bvery side. Ho saiu to himself: "These i diamonds arc a good investment; they will cortainly at any time bring the money I have given for them;" so bo , changed bis mind and gave them to bis own wifo. " What's hers is mine, and . what's mine is my own," said ho. And tho nctross' $1,000 ? A pang shoots through her breast as she thinks of it. She has even been obliged to see those eery jewels on the brow of Madame B. . How Much Shall We Eat I \ Sir James Clark thought that one of I tho most fruitful sources of consump- 1 tion was excessive eating. He says : ^ " By a too stimulating diet the stomach becomes disordered, the secretions impaired, ilie circulation unbalanced, the skin dry and haish; and often, as a con- t joqueneo, tuberculous disease results." ; Dr. Johnson ^ffers the following on i tins point: " Whenever ft meal is fol- ] lowed by an inaptitude for mental or t sorporeal exertion, wo have transgressed { the rules of health, and are laying the t foundation for disease." t What an immenso gain it would prove , to us all if the dessert could be abol- t ished ! Ninety-nino peoplo in a linn- j lred get enough, and most of them j too much, before reuchiug it. f " Sire, one word," said a soldier one c lay to Frederick the Great, when presenting to him a request for the brevi t ?f lieutenant. " If you say two," an- \ iwered the king, "I will have yon c iianged." * Sign," replied the sohlier. c The king stared, whistled, and signed, a Presents from India. A London correspondent, writing of the many curious animals presented to the Princo of Wales during his trip through India, and brought home by him in the Serapis, says that though a considerable number of the animals have Found a temporary home at the Zoological Gardens, London, where they are being inspected by the public, a number of them have been forwarded to the royal residence in Norfolk. The gem of the collection is the elegantly formed gazelle, which rejoices in the name of Latin Rookh. She is very tame, and Sits about the house of Mr. Jackson with is much freedom as if sho were a member of the family. The collection has iuat received an interesting addition, a 3ow of the buffalo species having had a jalf. Both mother and offspring appeared to bo doing well. In a paddock beyond the gas works are three Brahmin ?ows grazing contentedly. Originally ihoy had with them a bull of the same breed, but unfortunately he died on the passage. They have the well known bump on the top of the shoulders, and ire scarcely more than half the size of an ordinary English cow. They possess sleek coats of a white gray, with long, ;hin, white tails tipped with a tuft of black cnrly hair. They are by no means in a bad condition, considering the long sea voyage they have had. They are rery tame, although they manifest a playful disposition to ran at anybody tvho goes near them. At the Royal Mews is a pair of beautiful hill ponies from Nepaul. They are not more than fourteen hands high, and are brown, vith dark manes. One of them, which ;ho Prince of Wales rode on some of his lunting expeditions, has an enormons uaue. as well as a verv heaw forelock [n the adjoining box are two animals, arger end of stouter bnild, one of tbem jeautifully marked. In another is a jair of diminutive ponies, scarcely more ihan three feet high, and with short and frizzed manes. In the deer shed are ,wo wild boars, and two hog deer. Near ;he head keeper's house, and in a shed yy itself, is the line Samur buck which same over in the Jumna; and in an adoing shed is another of the peculiar ooking little animals of the deer species sailed the hog deer. It is not higher ;hnn an ordinary pig, whilst its gait and nenners somewhat resemble the animal lftcr which it is named. There are four oraco of dogs, singular looking creatures, some of them being hairless, and af a dark lead color. The Temple at Jerusalem. It is probably no exaggeration to say ihat more has been written regarding lie temple of Jerusalem than in respect p any other building in the known vorld,and,unfortunately, it maybe addsd, more that is wild and utterly untenible. This last peculiarity arises from teveral causes. First, because all the jarlier restorers were entirely ignorant )f the ground on which the temple itood, and of the local circumstances hat governed its construction ; it was lot, indeed, till the spot was surveyed ay the lato Mr. Catherwood in 1833, and lis plan published on a sufficient scale u 1862, that restorers had such a map if the ground as would enable them to idjust their measurements to the locality vith anything like certainty. Though ihat plan was wonderfully perfect conudering the circumstances under which t was mado, it has since been supercedid by that mado under the direction of ZJapt. (now Mujor) Wilson, R. E.,*in 1861-5, which leaves nothing to be denred in this respect. It can be depend3d npon almost to inches, and has been 3n graved on a scale sufficiently large for ill topographical, if not quite for architectural, purposes. A second cause of ;ho wildness of the restorations hitherto iltempted is that the temple at Jerusaera was quite unique, Not only had the Jews only this one temple, but, so far as wo know, it was entirely of thoir iwn invention and utterly unlike the temples of the Egyptians or Greeks. It nay have had affinities with those of tho ivmyiouians or Assyrians; but, notwithstanding all that has been done of late fears, we know so very little of what the ;enip!os of Mesopotamia were, that these inrdly help us even at this day, and the assumption that this might be so was of 10 use whatever to earlier restorers. Saving thus no analogies to guide them, ind as it is literally and absolutely true .hat not one stone remains on another )f tho temple, properly so called, it is lot to bo wondered at that early restorirs failed to realize the truth and inlnlged in fancies which were utterly untenable. In nine rases out of ten their jbject was to produce a building which vould bo worthy Solomon in all his <lory rather than a reproduction of the irery moderate building described in the Bible.?Contemporary Jieriew. Talking at Table. This is one of the best digesters; here is no tonic known equal to it, as t is of the kiud calculated to promote lilarity aud good feeling generally. Most parents are prone to prohibit their hildren from laughing and talking at he tablo; it in nn physiological; it is a sruelty. Joyousnesa promotes the cirsulation of tlio blood, enlivens it, invigorates it, sends it tingling to the reuotest part of the system, carrying with t animation, vigor and life. The louder he littlo ones laugh the better; the aster they talk the better, for then they at less in a given time, consequently hew their food m?-re thoroughly. In tlio present century two sultans re re murdered after being deposed; and >f tlio ten Hultaun of the seventeenth entury Fix lost their throne by violence, ind three of them woro strangled. The Old Fashioned Way* The rattle of the lawn mower is heard in the land, bnt a oitisen of Detroit, aooording to the Free Frew, when a hardware man asked him if ho didn't want a mower, replied : " No, sir, I don't. There's nothing like a good sharp scythe to cut grass. You can sell your new fangled notions to such as want them." Ho went home with a scythe one forenoon . The grkss was in fine condition and he never felt better in his life. He throw off his coat, whistled like the farmor who surveys the dewy meadow and then went in. The grass fell in showers for about a minute and then waited while the scythe cut the penstock hose in two. The wife and son camo out and denied leaving the hose there, and after some hard words the mowor cut a new swath. It wasn't a very long one, owing to the fact that the po.ut of the scythe entered a cherry tree. Some boys leaned over the fenoe t and asked who cut the favorite cherry tree, but there was no reply. After pulling and tugging for awhile the scythe was extracted, and the man crossed to the other side of tho yard and cut a Bwfttti along ttie fence. Tbere were only eighty-four pickets in the fence. That's the reason the scythe didn't ohip into any more. It was a beautiful swath, howover, and it enoouraged the mower to renewed exertions, It wasn't long before he turned np three bottles, four oyster cans, a ooil of wire, five or six olotheapins and a lot of rag carpet. When he strnok an old stove oover he leaned against the honse to sharpen np. The second pass he made he sharpened np his thumb. The third pass passed the scythe over into the back yard, where it cut three lines ont of the clothes reel and nearly stabbed the hired girl in the heeL " Nevertheless," explained the citizen, as he stood at his gate with his thnmb rolled np in the largest part of * an old shirt, " I claim that a scythe has many advantages over a lot of cog wheels and handles. I have ridden np and down on the street cars so long that I am a little ont of practice." Specific Gravity. When Archimedes was asked if he oonld find ont whether the jewelers had, in making the crown, kept back some of the gold, and supplied its weight with some other metal, the philosopher was pnt to thinking and experimenting; and one day he. exclaimed, with excited energy : "Eureka ! Enreka !" (" I have fonnd it I I have found it !") What had he found ? He had discovered that any solid body, pat into a vessel of water, displaces its own bulk of water; and therefo:e, if the sides of the vessel are high enough to prevent it running over, the water will rise to a oertain height. He now got one ball of gold and another of silver, eaoh weighing exactly the same as the crown. Of course the balls were not the same sine, because silver is lighter than gold, anu so it takes more of it to make the same weight. He first put the gold into a basin of water, and marked on the side of the vessel the height to which the water rose. Next, taking out the gold, he put in the silver ball, whioh, though it weighed the same, yet, being larger, made the water rise higher; and this height he also marked. Lastly, he took out the silver ball and put in the crown. Now, i: the crown bad been pure gold, the water would have risen only, up to the mark of the gold ball; but it rose higher, and stood between the gold and silver mark, showing that silver had been mixed with it, making it more bulky. This was the first attempt to measure the specific gravity of different substanoes. An Ingenious Pieee of Work. The Colorado State building on the Centennial grounds is in tbe form of a Greek cross, in the center and under the cupola of which is suspended a bell ingeniously constructed qut of grains in the stalk, grasses, and broomoorn brush, while the tongue consists of a bellshaped gourd suspended at the end of an elongated olub gourd of over six feet by abont two inohes in diameter. The bell is eight feet nine inches across the bottom, and eight feet six inches high, and is in the same proportion, and beam the same inscription, as the old Revo lntionary relio in Independence Hall: " Proolaim LUgerty throughout all the lend to all the inhabitants thereof (Lev., xiv. 10). Reporters. Dr. Bartol, of Boston, a gentleman of somewhat radical views, has been preaching a sermon on reporters and reporting, and favors the process. "The reporter," sai l the dootor, "is a photographer. Bnt the snn may slnr or distort ; and who of us ever thought his own picture handsome enough, or his idea fitly represented ? But these invisible observers and listeners have no Enrsonal favor, or personal or sectarian ias. There is no bribe to take or ax to grind. They pass up the' exaot record, nothing added or left out. They are but our proxies and servants; for in all our action and speech we are reporting ourselves, and, however we wish, are no more able to question tho register than a man to deny his own signature.** Dr. Marcy, the physician to the late Alexander T. Stewart, has received from Mrs. Biewart, as an appreciation ol Dla services, the exqnisite picture by Ool known as ? Spring," or " The Swing." It cost $6,000, and Mr. Stewart had refused twice that sum for it. It was one of the gems of his gallery.