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TRL-WEKLY EDITION.1879. VOL. 111.-NO. 116.
OLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.
BY J. WM. VAN NAMnH, it. 3).
0, think not, my friond,
That I'm always so sad,
Bright moments of ploasure
And joy I have had ;
Moments of brightness,
Of peace, and of love,
As bright and as obooring
As ought from above.
But satlnoss will como
And darken my brow,
And storn sorrow rest
On my hoart even now;
But ero the dawn of the day
Mly grief will depart.
And joy reign supremo
On my wild throbbing heart.
This life is made up
Of Aunshino and shado,
F!nwors must blossom
1o wither and fado.
Pleasure comes with a smile,
For a time hovers near,
Then sorrow and grief
Follow on with a tear.
But the clouds break away,
And the sunbeams-so .right,
Gild shadows of sorrow
With soft, holy light ;
We must never give way
To grief or to tears,
O !ifo will be but
A lapso of dark years.
We can make it so bright,
So happy and true,
If we pass over clouds,
And look for sky soft and blue.
Then never despond
Nor give sorrow away,
And joy will be ours
Each swift-passing day.
Nearly Too Late.
I was left ain orphan at the age of four,
but was brought up by a kind aunt and
uncle. My childhood passed merrily
enough untiI I was about eight, whenl my
uncle, hearing of the Australian gold fields,
determined to seek a fortune abroad, in
stead of toiling for a mere pittance at
home.
So I was trqnsferred to a family by the
naie of Graham. They were middle class,
plain, homely people-working goldsmiths,
In fact-and lived in Northampton square,
Clerkenwell.
They had but one child, a daughter,
named Lily, who, being only three years
younger than myself, we became great
friends. It was natural also that as I grew
up and went proudly out to earn my few
shillings a week, and drew nearer to man
hood, 1 should -learn to love my pretty little
playfellow.
Circumstances went on thus happily un
til I was twenty and Lilly seventeen years
of age, and then a - communication from
my unlce In Australia informed me that
they had a capital opening for me.
I was loath to leave Lilly; yet, as I was
doing very indifferantly and had heard of
anch great fortunes acquired in such short
spaces of time by energetic men, I suim
moned enough courage one day to tell the
Grahams and poor little Lilly I was deter
mined to iro to Australia.
I shall diover forget my parting at Black
wall Pier. I shall never forget my pretty
little Lilly clinging to my neck, and sobbing
aloud, and imploring me not to go, and I,
struggling between the influence of love and
enterprise, trying not to be.a coward, when
I felt already that I was one,
It was in vain I tried to cheer her; I
think I did not look so very comforting,
though, if I remember rightly, I recollect
saying:
"Never mind, Lilly darling, I shall return
one day and make you a grand lady. I
shall be sure to succeed, and shall return to
make you happy I"
My tears, I know, were threatening to
break the feeble barriers that held them
back, and when she saidl:
"Ah I but suppose you never do return
I shall break my heart, Robert l'
' Why, then I think I di shed a tear or so
only to keep her company.
At last the boat pushed off, and Mrs.
Graham-good, kind old soulli-still kept
her arms around Lilly, as she waved her
fihnal adieu to her orphan protege.
I arrived at last at Melbourne. I went
miles overland, and at last reached my
uncle's settlement, but I had not long been
there ore I found lIfe in Australia less eay
than I had-anticipated. I stayed with him
for a little time, until I took a dislike to
farming-for that was what, my uncle had
made most of his nioney at-and joinett a
party of young fellows starting for a new
gold field farther up the country.
Trhree yearsa passed slowly away, and I
began to get.along mtuich better, and had
sent many a nugget. to Melbotune. I had
only receivedkone dear cherished lbtter from
Lilly, written on her eighteentyi iblrthday,
and sending nie alloct( or. ty chest
nnut hair ; yet I thbugh .I b eneto[
fear, as I know thae :writinkfters doek"
net give young ladies hlf thoe:-jog of re
ceiving them, and I wrote ef ten enough.
Well, time went en. I had found a
staunch, true friend lahout lng ogn ago, amid
we were like.brothors. AWe always worked
*togethuor, and whmon we had beenr out four
years and a half, Tromi Trhuopson-forlbat
was thle nameof mry~faithful friend-and 1
were getting rich.
I knew (t itI Wi nearer henio .and more
- likely -to datn my dlear little Lilly every,
mnonth I worked; bum I also was 'aware of
the desporate Orlinjls aud ,terrible. 'deeds
* that wore i~ ng Conmitted aroulid us by
the rangers ani other villains4 I knew that
r; a d ig waoa e
- miostlanthindeasisem
* ong a pjrrt of 'tihe story that nee~l ha ot
brevity, but, al it1 bears directly upon tbhe
*ulti4intof tl, I shall trospass -upon
- fatev itjn full.
* 7 r~g)4~o~landI. had retlro a the
b ~tbui4 above the ba menV
of our litehu,~rd ews airea os
ingie ~t~,~ ng careflliy
the ro1o Iiecd not toll yoh4
tl1 cUntr weo n$
himself in the cabin to gain possession
of it.
When we heard himi move again, and as
we correctly thought, he had gailned our
hidden nuggets, we crawled ailently to the
hole that gave entry to our little bedroon
and looked down.
All was dark, yet we could see the dim
outline of a man moving hither and thither
as though he know every inch of the ground
lie trod. Now, we knew he would be cer
tain to carry aris and so we bad to be ex
coedingly cautions.
Tom coolly placed an old fur hat on a
stick lie had beside him, and hung it over
the hole shouting as lie did so:
"Who's there?"
We received no answer, but thought we
saw the figure move nearer to the cabin.
"Answer," continued Tom, waving the
old fur hat, "answer, or I'll fire."
But Tom had no time to (1o anything of
the kind, for the rascal fired directly, and I,
looking through a chink in the rough and
divided flooring, saw and recognized the
thief as one to whom Tom and I had been
the best of friends. It was Sinon Rail,
a man whose reputation had been of late
far from satisfactory.
Tom and I were unhurt, and ero we
could get down, for we found that the vil
lain had removed the laddor, Sinion Rail
had escaped to cover.
All the sostlement was alarmed, and
search made; but lie was not found until
afterward.
Well, three years' more of hard work
lound ine a rich man, and Tom and I
reached Melbourne, and sailed with hope,
love and joy for England's happy shores
When I reached homo no one would have
known me with my beard and peculiar at
tire-half settler, half nautical. I need not
tell you how eagerly I sought out No. -
Northampton square. It all seemed the
same. Seven years and a half had very
little altered London, so far as I could see.
Yes, it all seemed the samo until I reached
her house.
'lIlow dirty and neglected," thonght, I,
as I gazed up at the dingy yet familiar old
place. "I am certain Lilly cannot be here,
or everything would look brighter and
cleaner. Perhaps they havo moved; I'll
knock and see."
So I gave the door a series of loud raps,
just to enhance its wakefulness.
"Well, sir, what is it?"
It was an old, dirty-looking womnan that
spoke, as she half opened the door.
"Do the Grahains live here still?"
"Live here I bless yer no I They are rich
folks now."
"Rich?" said 1, and I believe I looked
dreadfully angry; as thouii I thought they
had no right to be rich.
"Y es, rich I" replied the dirty old gossip,
drawing nearer and opening the door wider
when she found my business was so simple.
"Yes, richI and all through some gentle
man who started old Graham in business
some nionths ago. The old 'ouso 'as bin to
let ever since they left it-ten months ago.
Live-why, lot me see-somewhere near
Reading, I think, a little village called
D-. But that's not the shop. The
shop's In town somewhere. A.statiner's,
I've heard say, and-"
"Thank you, thank you, that will dol
Hero is a trifle to drink success to my
search."
I managed to get away at last, and was
soon being conveyed over the lines of the
Southwestern Railway to Reading
It was a lovely afternoon when I entered
the little village of D--. I soon espied
the little cottage to which I had been
directed, half hidden from the road by a
row of poplar trees, and It was with very
little hesitation I was soon walking up the
little garden path aud.ringing the bell.
The Grahams wore out, but I explained
that.I was a friend of the family, and had
come a very long way expressly to see
them.
Tfhis gained me the desired "open
sesame,". and I was soon ushered into the
little parlor. Yea, this was Lilly's home. I
gazed aaround mec as though I was in the
sacred precinct of some holy spot. As my
eyes wandered around -the sweetly scented
little parlor, they rested at last on some
milliner's boxes that lay upon the table. I
had seen such boxes In my youth, and knew
thorn to contain the appurtenances of mar
riage garnments.
Yes, I read her, my Lilly's, name on
them. I lifted the lids slightly, and, alas I
fhuy fears were too true; they were the
bridal decorations of Lillian Graham.
I could only just manage to recover my
self as an 'open carriage drove up to the
garden gate. I could not see them -alight,
but I soon saw an old lady and gentleman,
whom I recogniz~ed as Mr. and Mrs. Graham
and then I saw the (lear face of Lilly-saw
it to notice it was pale, thin antd sad-saw
it to qiclkly tell that even prosperity, and
pemthays thme prospect- of an advantageone
marrlige, had not made her look'better hani
the merry, laughing-eyed, little maiden of
?wept seveiteegi. e .
And then I'sawv a 'goetleluan, tall and
well dressed, with his back toward mie,
gvhmg son', directions jo theo coachmian.a
a gro thut I nowid not sea ior the 0old
couptli4 .e 'to the parlor,.
"Oh, M. and MrPs. Grahdmi, i s'ad, eager
ly, "do you not know moe?"
"I pqahjy liavgn't;. tlhe'hongr," soniewbuat
stifly replied1 tiie old geib~ihamn.
"What! not know Bob Phillips, that
whut to Australia eight years ago?'
"'Bob.Phillips is good GodI",
SThis last was uttered by thme tall gentle'.
mfan,, a1 stono ofe ndisgised surprise,
'My name had. seemed to create a iaried'
impression upon them all. The little old
gentlemani hooked petrified, while -Mrs,
Gi'ahain imppea'ed frightsmdad ain'd presently
broke out quito tragically :
"IRobert Pill~i risent from lis i#ave I"
unoxpected turnofaar.
"'Yes, sir, from' his ave,')1 i4 ,
Markham; "yes, sir, it'id' udeof 'oui ty,
ing to piass yourself 6f a~ h ottng wan..
Ihasbden idead theset.Za
c1~Ihin~ ? , almost
l~"it thth
with a little muscular exertion, and' a w('el
directed blow between the oyea, I soon
threw Mr. Markham (as he calledll hinself)
seniseless. in tle hall, just as Lilly, hearingj
my voiee-ahe had not forgotten it; she did
not einre even if it was my ghost, or if I
had coeic for a transitory stay fromn the
other world-caine an'd threw herself into
my arns, exclaiinung:
Oh, miy own Robert! I did not believe
it. But I waited two long, weary years,
and then father said he was certain that It
was true, and it would imake him happy if
I would-If-"
Ier tears explained the rest. I knew
what she meant, and I drew ber fondly to
my ieart, and said:
"I knew you would not forget me, Lilly.
I am rich, rich now, and very unlike dead,
OIL? But I will not stay longer at present,
darling. 1 will hasten to prove to you what
a thorough rascal you were near marryhig.
I shall send some one to look after your
safety, and take that rascal away fr6i
you."
Thit rascal did not move. I had taken all
the "Mr. Markham" out of him, so,,without
much notice of the terror-stricken Mlr. .iid
Mrs. Graham, but taking one long, fond
kiss from the dear lips of Eilly, I departed
hastily from the house. . -
I had determined to give this episode a fit
denoucient, and I think you will id.mit I
did so, when I tell you I went to the au
thorities of the parIsh and told them not
to let the marriage take place next day (as
that was the date fixed for it) upon any ac
count. After doing this I went to London,
and there met Tom, and told him that I had
found the robber of our nuggets nearly rob
bing me of my most golden treasure in life.
Toi and I next morning, foumid out that
Simon Rtail had come to England, after the
robbery, found my friends, reported my
deith (which my neglect in not writing
served to corroborate), obtained a place of
trust upon falso representations, and 'ulti
mately made the acquaintance of the
Grahamns, to complete his villainies by mar
rying my betrothed. We found out also
that his employers had that morning dis
covered they were ?1,000 short, and had
dispatclied two detectives to find the faith
ful Mr. Markham.
Well, after all, when I come to look back
to it, and think how I went down next (lay;
hiow they told me all about the deception of
that rascal; how I paid back the ?200 to
Rail's employers that lie had advanced to
the Grahams; when I was once more re
cognized as the true, genuine Bob Phillips;
when the villain was sent back to the scene
of his first exploits for several years at- her
Majesty's expense; when Thompson came
down with his long leved Alice, I said to
him: "Ah, it is not our doing, Tom, it is
God's ever-watchful care that tests us, loves
us, and brings us always out of our trials
just in time to be happy," and. when. Tomn.
was married, he said: "Yes, Bob, and it was
you who taught me to believe in woman's
faith and constancy; and I cannot feel quite
happy until I own a part of my happiness
Is duo alone to you."
A Boat-ride through Big-Horn Canyon.
Two adventurous miners recently took a
ride through th UBig Horn Canyon, Iu time
Yellowstone reg.an, never before traversed
by man. Had they been able graphically
to describe their adventure they would
have told a tale seldom equalled in thrilling
incidents, Wishing to save 200nmestrayel
around the mountains they concluded to try
the canyon. With some tools they had in
their mining camp they built a frail craft at
the bottom of the canyon, having-previgusly
taken down their material or red 'edar,.
The boat was 12 feet long, 8 feet wki #n
upon trial was found to carry its cargpr.,
freight and pasehicrs adiimdrabIy; So p.
the morning of tlye 2Id of July, they untidd
it and pushed into the current. ' The .usah
of the river, which befre starting w ph,
nmost deafening, was terrible # 'the Ijoat,
started on its journytbr~ouglithis unkpoWi)
gorge. To go back was . iniposelble; te,
climh11 the solid limestone walls.whicl,.roso.
500 feet gbove their heads, where a harfowy
streak of light lighted up thiJr course, vy
not to be entertained1 as a n.a. o escape;
through they must .go, trust 95, to.: eigO1~
ability . " avoid rocks, aind t~o the strength.
of their craft to run the rapidls, which they
met at every bend of the canyoi. The loud
est halloo wvas heaird as a whisper, Grottocs'
caves, unknown recr'sset 'of Ature. :wero
passed by these hardy hiavigatota. Iri places;
flocks of mountain shieep, startled . by. the
appearance of the curiosity rushing .by be:
low them, would run along fldggo
rocks, jump from crag to crog,'Whleroe (opt
ing for man w'ould be impossibi y and dis
appear. Evening coinilg on.th attempt
ed to tie up for tihe night., They Worked
the boat close to shore, umped outs and
away weont the orpit, carryng the guns and
provisions. With starvation behind them,
and hardly a foothold bbfore themn;titoir
chances for keqping on wed douhtfui-wheri
they luckily found ..two logs; whi,chi theyi
lashed together with thicl1 hi tsa andi'igir
trustin to thie river and till mjore rjqger
91 vhw. tJe sfot tov c eiio telgy
where it had stopped in an eddy. IOn the
afternoon of the third day, while w nd~tiAg
how much longer the B* IHorn Canyon
: tha fl~ oirn e ith'
Fort C. F. Smith on their right. .y
Aifomnso's Mutnaner PaliaceI
LaGaa isarjI ~ iimimer rcs dence oT
tho Sppnish family up ip g~q',Gut pr~ a
Miount ains, 8,800 feet above thle h
sea,:1,470 feet above the altitude of a
and highei' by '801feetathan~the-top of cau
vius, .It Was'bobght iftom thythonksof:l.
PatrAl'of Segotiat, ~whc~ow~ed t)16 lands fo'
~cod 6f tiiles r9d and .IaPhprob theiur
gSd b'Phili qtI&'t~iB p Pdutng
hotiiin toct epti~4h
uline, dm
laid outgs ns in 1nitation,~f
6hkloyiah thapr fro;1Za:99 4 ~
suechr of thi4 dost that th gardeB
aldhie Oahdtn outlay of fogy.fl li~iga
of t CJ5,00,00 In turn for
~ (itt'I~j as ho
and *oi ha moth
Witplu the last hailf ccnquey' ot, nre. otii
gossipls have delighted I In telling slirilling
stores of the hroi dead ocaivionally return
ing in thei owln bodies an(1flesh iliaong the
living after their last remains had' been) con
signed to the 'Towers of Silence. An in
stance is related in which a male member
of an- old Parsi family, known in Bombay
as the Dthuinna Patill faihily, reappeared
Ifore a female member of it soveral years
after his denti and claimed her as his own
sister. Not many months ago complaints
were made in the local Gujarati journals of
a corpse-bearer who was isipected of hav
ing *ith a large~ iron shovel like those kept.
in the Towers of Silence, brained ~a man
who, having come to life soine hours after
lbeing laid In the Tower, was seen setting
tip on the istone slab whekoon his (lead body
luul beei plaed. It was stated that had'
not the man been killed mercileasly. he
might have scale(i the Tower wall aid, Os
caping with his life, might havo- heen re
stored to lis family and friends. : Disguise
is said to be a necessary predaution for pei*
gone 'coie from the dqad," for a deOl)
rooted superstition associates their presence
m'ong: the living with a Aure sign of an im
pending. public chlamity. or un epidemic.
Such stories of visits from the dead (o. not,
howoVer, fidd general credenco among the
Parsi of Bombay. In the Mofussil towns
whero the walls of the Towers of Silenco
are low and therefore easily scaled, where
the towers themsOlves are situated at con
siderablo distances from the habitation of
men and favor the escape of any one who
might com to life after beig laid among,
the dead, old gossips find a free scope for.
their tongues in the narra.ion oilstories sim
ilar to those mentioned .above. We now
hear of a case the particulars of which
might be sufliecnt for a writer of the "sen
sational school" to weave a chapter of
bloodl-curdling romance. Eleven years ago
Shapurjec Cahanjeebbo was a well-to-do
resident of Dehegaum, a village situated lit
a shoit distance froiji Gandevi. A faithfg),
obedient wife managed his hdmisehold af
fairs. and. the "eycn tenor of, theiir ways"
was enllvened by thepresence 9f two prom
ising son1'. In the cburSe of time the sons
were betrothed and linrAe4d, and their circieg
of telatjos, widened. While on a visit to
Gandevi on business, Shapiijee wAh attack
ed with fever. mid' died suddeilk. pfter an
ilhIess of twd 4.,, J wife and relations
were present at his denthiaeb, - the propdr
religious cereinonidsgwere hurriedly ' gone
through, and his last remains were in the
manner of Zoroastriluis, clsined to ia
Tower of Silence., His rciatious.miournod
their loss;and 'went to g their .own, village.
Some hours after bein laki in the Tower,
Shapurjeels said to htd recoveredt froin a.
comatose state. Ie Saw the awful-position
assigned him among t1 odead bpnes of his
ancestors Being a man of ready-resourc's,
4e looked through a sipall hlup u isually'kept
in the wall of a ToWer of Silenecd and saw
soie villiage people paesing at a distance.
He riised a cry of di.stress, iyhich (irew tie
men iearer to hmim. Understanding what
he said,.they.assitud him in scaling the
walls of the Tower. They went their way
and connived at his escape f0m11 ni awful
doom. lie procured a disguise and vand
ergl from village to village as though pur
aned by , terrible foe., By turns lie became
a 'beggar,'a dhki, I. c., it quack. Wanl
derig far $nd wide, lie bgs at present turn
ed up 14 Bomnbliiy in the lisgiiseof a Wai
aghee, i.,c."'A r cligious' eggaf, aul, di
popseg r4vq detags and ios hn . I1p has
fect giiz~ orifet1endlstotcbognise, ceftain
" MatgabW,' anid claims
iiship wth t.m. ' 111l fahiify Iand 'Ma-.
O16t4 at'D6i mp lihyd'bed iipprised' pf
his rbaV3eape In'the h4fnd of the )fying,
%hnd mr'e i6M on their wA tb JUbinltay
"~!t~in1thB hoge' lit greetingn alodg' lost
huiddiceplyr~i'ibd. Ti'uth'Ildhfal. '0(
wil) .o bobW 4n their o n polors.
P.di~hbin'tlie legal chatj/ -for a short
ridd 'i d. bhbl(6%Atriage la 4In'English? 'ix
'plfe blit iAblIfexpect~lfo1 tb' giva him
thdtig ih 4(lti01't thietetha~l-r. I If you
its ihh Wliat 'fil -'ried is, 'hl im;nalably
the lawfutl "umbunt' lhe' is -ridvei' satisfied.
.Two. American"- gentlemien na DublIn, ' a
Wif gb dg6,mlucde a 'b& rom ' holding
thltel ivo4uld' Aie'' "c'hiy" sitelm' a: fee
tlit hd~ w'ould'ask no -more. Tils 'his friend
d1udlard~'iais not- po::ible."' They took. a a
4dab, thd~ first thiey met,' adid' mede iidistanceo
h bout 'tWo iniles. a-r 'g'~ ' e
"lidir indceh' u16T o'W64 ytr.n % inquired
the gentleh'~dn-at th'ie e,,it '6f tlie'igrneynor'
*"Sur~e ni 'ydur honor camn give rpo what'
691 full"skid thme doh~r;'
your chare '. - ' (1d.
"Indejd W I ont. t a not- fo - nie to
aind mli over half a sovereIin iin !gold
4fr Go'tioe.thatBIahdaldrhluVecott yixlIanolate
b looked at the coin, thee.At~h
bua op jnrespeptf
knowledgement ofhsgratitude. ie
thme fieldifW they turned to leat. . th$
before he and his companion had Jydiked,
ord vehiicle o take of $bgrpv
~~py rl11~Si. nr.e hayll
4iAe ~amMpi4 O sW14~
,a~t~iasnftA ~ U;"lle(
as
&4he~a~lamV.iit
Lead, P bluish-gray metal, was known to
the Egyptians at an (early date, and Is mnCa
tIoned by Homer. It wats used In Rome
for pipes to convey watter, and in thin sheets
for roolling purposes. Tih powder (certssa)
used by the Athenien ladies to tint their
complexions was their white lead. Lead
OWes its isefulness in tihe metallic state
uhielly to its softness and fusibility. In an
Dlent times tin was scarce, and the chief
Supply Wis from India, Spaini, anlid the
uelebrated mines of Cornwall, England,
which have been worke.d uniiterruptedly
front the earliest historic periods. 'Tin was
ised by th Egyptians nearly 4,000 years
igo. Mercury wis well known to the anl
cients and was then supplied from Spain,
wyijre it was obtained from cinnabar by a
p)rocess which appear' to have been the
1lrst Cr'du eximIple of distillation. The
jower of mercury to dissolve gould wits
known to Pliny in the frst century, A. ).
With us mercury is much used in various
phemical preparations as a powerful med
icinand as i developing agent il ti le
thigueioceotype. It is also used to extract
gold fromi its earthy or rocky'matrix. The
chIeniist, uses is instead of water for collct
nig gases, which would be obsorbed by the
atter fluid. For many ages no addition
wis madti to tihe seven metals which have
been descilbed in modern articles. It
Was not even suspected that the number
could be increased, but towards tihe end of
Ahe thirteenth century antimony was added
'o the metallic fanmily. It wis discovered
by Basil Valentine. It is found in Ger
many and also in I1(dial. It is of a sil ver
white color, with a good deal of lustre, and
ieither tarnishes nor rtists. It. is valuable
in the arts from its hardness in nmaking
iloys. A second metal, bimuitith, has
been knowi since 1b29. It is readily dis
Linguished by its pecnliar reddish lustre
and its highly crystalline structure. Its
[irincipal source is Saxony. It is largely
11ployed in tle arts, but rarely by itself.
Pearl powder, used to whiten ladies' faces,
iontains bismuth. Zinc Is perhaps tle
nost ihipoitant of the newly discovered
metals, kund may have preceded the others;
it wSv certdinily described long before. An
Abscure passagIe In Strabo seems to show
lf'dt'n certliln stene was found to drop false
silver when melted, but there Is little to
show thut this false silver was zinc. It is
positivo, however, that its alloys were
knQIu to the later Romans, for numerous
coinis have been found containing copper
and'zinc nearly in the proper proportions to
form brass. The origin of tihe term zinc is
lost in obscurity.. It was first employed
by Basil Valentine, but Paracclsus, who was
fond of penetrating to tile source of things,
Was the-first to-associate the word with a
netal possessing the character of zinc.
Platinum, discovered by Ulloa, a Spanish
,raveler in America, in 1735 is one of the
pmre ipetals found only in its native state,
n emiail glistening globules of a gray steel
:olor, though occasionally in Ilmasses the
size of a pigeon's egg. it is the heavicst
form of matter yet known. It does not
oxidize In air at any temperature, no single
cild has any effect oil it, and it is very In
fusible. It has been coined into money in
Russia. C(olialt is the name or certntin
lIcions who were supposed to hmaunt mines,
,i([ to minufacture those ores which looked
well to the eye but were really of little value.
Anlong tlese were supposed to be the ores
of'this metal, and hence Its name. It was
illscovered about the middle of the
Aighteenth century. It Is reddllsh-gray m
color, and, Is of no use in manufactures
and the arts, except that beautiful blue and
green pigments are produced from itsoxides.
Nickel was discovered by Cronstedt in 1751.
Pure hickel Is a brilliant silver-white, due
tile, malleable metal. It Is used a at whiten
ingagelit in the manufacture of German
silvor, and has been convented into coin at
tho United States mint and has got largely
into use in plating various metals. Our
nilckel cents contain 88 p~arts copper and1(12
nickel. Manganese, made known in I174,
Is bne 'of the heavy metals of which Iron
may be taken as a representative. It can
be highly p~olished; and1( Is so very hard that
It can scratch steel and glass. Arsenic was
produced as a metal abloult 1733.' It was a
very soft, brittle and eminently poisonlOus
inctal of a steel-gray color. It 18 scatteredl
In great abundamnce over thle mineral king
Join and 16 sometimes found in thme free
state,' but more frequently combIned, chiefL
ly with Ironi, nickel, etc. It is used in thme
Irts and also as a 'medicine. In addition
to the above there are at least thirty live
inetals, mest of them discovered slince 1774.
I'ho best knwnm of these are jungsten, 1781,
palladium'.and rl odium, by Dr. Wallaston,
who ilrst fused platinum ; po0tassium, sod
uit,'chcuin) baritum, and strontitum, in
t828, mnagnesiuam, In 1820. The very .lat
n~ date is dianham,. discovered In 1860.
14 8 'ainter's Studio.
D In the glass pamters' workshops may b~o
ieen devices1 at a cost within the reachm of
~he :ma~ority, whieh, would brighmten and
llutuin'ato:hmabitatorts large or small. IHero
ire mnedlailton rwitdows filled with -medal
one6, orpanele, containing colored pictures
irraniged in, a. systematical mnanner, and
mbuledded in a mosaIc ornmental ground
(ormed of rich colors, hIghly suggestive and
igreeable In sitting room, whatever be Its
prinoipal es. - ie are pictures wIthout
immbergem~presentlng successive Incidents
ipaa parable, a story, or a legend, prose or
rerse, some even bearing, effigies, having
Illitpr, colors for the edgings of the various
paeling and) outer~ border of the windows.
Profuso in fancoy are thme rous' of leaves,
the~nmaple, qak, ivy,; axi t~eparitto
plaptei ae well as th~e bid and (nscte and
Il~r) wp* fprnm oCttiq yining toti
lrd of,,plants,; r, hbags, or brariches.
i4es with $al rmn~ g np the sides o~f
1 1 eiloft I a sprpezg no manner' or,
""to vh espiimg e9aves1 acornsg1
J iJ th }k ma be of oni eor'
S not~ r, an ~ppintroduce
16i : m helmet9
t gft mmoor tg t
i ori
Making Soap,
In the first place, about six weeks be
forehand, the housekeeper must begin i
by telling her husband that she wants
a barrel fixed in the back yard to run
off lye. Of course he won't pay much
attention at first, but will merely say,
"Yes, yes, I'll fix it," and go off to his
work as uisual. In a week or two she
becomes more emphatic ; she tells hini
that every crock and old pot and broken
dish about the house Is full of soap
groase, and that if lie don't put up that
lye barrel the grease will certainly get
worms in It. Then he goes out and
looks around the yari and says ho don't
see any barrel and no place to put one
if he did. In about another week she
tells h im that if she was a man she would
have had that lye barrel put up long
ago, but it makes no diferelence to her
now, as she meani to throw the soap
grease away anyway; that there is no
use anyway in a woman's trying to
save and economize; that it don't,
amount to anything, as a man Can
spend at the bung-hole while his wife
saves at the spigot; that she will never I
be any better oir for her economy, and
finally she caps the climax by telling
him she isn't going to slave for -me1
other wonman to enjoy after she Is dead
a.nd gone, and then she begins to cry.
lie goes oil in a huir, buit in atbout anl
hour she discovers that lie has really
fixed the lye barrel. Then she wants
the ashes put in It and there is not a e
creature iII sight to help. So she rather
sheepishly carries theni herself and C
(Imips them in, spoiiimg her clothes,
getting dust in her hair and making
herself generally unattractive anid mis
crable by the operation. Who her t
husband comes to dinner he looks ask- i
ane at her red eyes and disordered
dress, but never says soap. Then water t
Is poured on and the lye begins to run,
and then it 1s a constant worry to keep
the children away from it. A week or
more of constant and uneasy watching i
and she has enough first-class lye to fill a
a big Iron kettle. T1'hen one morning
she gets the hired man to fix a I
place outdoors for a fire, and gets the
ketLIQ rigged on it and filled with lye.
Then she gathers the disgusting grease
together and scrapes it into the big pot. a
The smoke hurts her eyes, *and her G
children all have a dangerous fascinma
tion for the spot. She dare not leave L
It and them, and so she watches and ia
stirs it, occasionally with a spooi and
saucer, and scolds the children oil and 9
gets fearfully overheated, and in a few
hours has a great pot of scalding soft
soap that is "just splendid.'' If she Is t
so fortunate, by close watchiig, as to
kccp the baby from taumbliig into It t
she will finally get it poured ito the t
soft soap barrel, and congratulate her
self that after all 1her trials and tribula a
ions, and cares and vexations, she has t
ully a half dollar's worth of the best
kind of soft soap. d
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Love.
The following is what some authors 9
have to say about love.
Love seldom hatunts the breast where f
learning lies.-Pope. L
lLate makes its vehement partisans,'
but love more so.-Mothe.
Love, one time, layeth butrdenis; an..
other tine, giveth wings.-ur P. ~Std..
Love is the virtue of wvomen.-Dude-- r
vanat. s
In love, the deceit generally outstrips I
the distrust.-Rooefoucausld.
Where love dwells is paradise.- ~
Richster.
Love Is preisely to the moral nature
what thle 8111n is to tihe oartlh.-lalzao. d
Words of love aire works of love.- a
Alger. . .
When we love we live.-ongreve
Gold does not satisfy love; it mnis b
paid In its owfl coln.-Madameo D4D t
Love is an all'aur of credulityA o0a:
She that is loved Is saf e.-,Jermy Tag
lor.r
hlow shall I do to love ? Bhllee r
flow shall I do to believe? Love.- ~
Lelyk ton.
Love is an egotism of two.-A. de La ,
Salle.
The King and the Actor.
Af ew days ago the King of Denmark
was being driven along thme road by the
seaside leading from tihe capital to the
Palace of Bernstorff, when suddenly
the royal equipuage camb into violent G
collision with a vehiele whieb was be- T
ing incautiously driven by .a weli- (
known young actor. TUe King, hap
pihy, was unhurt; but his carr~lage re
ceved such serious damage that his
,fajesty alight4d in order 'to finish his
journey on foot. Whenm the risig ti
young votary of 'Thespis disdo~ired
that ho had actually. endangered 'th e
lifel of his sovereign- by" theoliftner"
gay in which he he h 4 acted the j~rt
of a coachmnap he b0 o confuised
,that liev~as tnablo to eitraneWo
bis feelings, ?-~ N~ A jp~ rpleity
much releved wh~it0~ p1o(Ze
pursung hs 0
dea ,
Augget to op 9
FOOD FOR THOUGIHT.
Seem ing difliculties generally vanis'i
.foro faith, prayer and perseverance.
All hunian virtues. Inerease and
;trengthen by the experience of them.
There Is no less grandeur in support
ng rent evils than In performing great
When things are plain of themselves
i set arguinent does not perplex and
1onfound them.
It is not advisable to get out of doors
without anything on your head, nor in
.o conipany without anything in it.
As we must render an account of
)very idle word, so must we like wise of
)ur Idl silence.
Let friendship creep gently to a
tielght; If it rushes to It, it, may soo
un itself out of breath.
There cannot be a greater treachery
hlan first to raise a confidence, and
;hen deceive It,
Act well at the moment and you
avo performed - a good action to all
tornity.
It is our duty to be happy, because
appiness lies In contentment with all
;he divine will concerning us.
A wrong done us may be forgiven,
Jut how we may forgive those whom
ve have Injured is a grave problem.
Virtue Is an effort made upon our
mlves for the good of others, with the
nitentlon of pleasing only God.
Our own hands are heaven's favorite
nstruments for supplying us with the
iccessaries and luxuries ot life.
All mion look to happiness in the
ut ure. To every eye heaven and earth
ern to embrace in the distance.
L, very person has two educations
me which he has received from others,
and one, the more important, which he
,Ives himself.
The greatest evils in lite have had
heir rise from something which was
hought of too little importance to be
ttended to.
"Knowledge is power." It is a truth
hat is glorioua, but at the sanie time
orrible. Knowledge Is power, power
or good or evil. -
Our striviig against "nAture Is like
tolding a weat horeock with one's hand ;
a soon as the force is taken off it veers
gain With the wind.
Wheni you are sick it comes easy to
roinilse all sorts of refortination4, and
tien you recover it is juist as easy to
orget them.
Nothing will make us so; charitable
ud tender to the faults 9f others as by
elf-exati mitlon thoroughly to know
tir Owii.
Relations always tak the $c'eatest 11
ertios, and frequenti#'lgive the least
asistance. 1.11. 1
Avold tedious circutmlQoution in Ian
t'age. Worls, lIke pon-balls,
huwkld go strailght to their'-ngrk.
We trouble life br the o066f death,
nd death by the care of' lf; the one
urmneuis, the other frights us.
Modern education too otten covers
ho linigera.withu rns. and at the same
une cuts the sinews of the wrists.
The remnnbrance of a beloved moth
r becomes the shadow -of idl our ac
ions; iIt cipher goes before or follows.
The law should be to the sword what
lie handlo Is to the hatchet; it should
Irect the stroke and temper the force,
Talk of fNne and romane-all the
lory and adventure in 'te korld are
ot worth one hour of domestic bliss.
Iu is dangerous for one to climb his
ainnly-tree too bigh, for he Is very apt
D get amiong dead and decayed branch
s.
Value the friendshIp of him who
lands by fou in the storm;:swarms of
isects will- su rrouand you inl the sun
line.
WVe hate to seQ a 1oy witA the mlan.
ers of ani old 'nmi, wo~hate worse to
u6 an old than With- the mainers of a
oy * ., o
Love cannot fully admit the feeling
lat thq. beloved .objeoc may dIe; all
assions fool their objept ,to ,bo as eter-.
al as themselves. -
The ruamt who dilentlIiaEtes or ar
ently loves, canndt avoidl being in
Dane degree a slave to the person de
osted or adored.
Men trust rather to theli' eyes than to
hbir eArs; the effect of precepts is
herefore slow and tedious, whilst that
f examples is summary and effectual.
My country Is the world;* my coun
rympni are all maukind ; I am in oar
Lest;' will niot equivod~at; 'I will not
etroat A single ineh ;-andalI will be
eard.
it is diliut, I- own, to , blend and -
nite tranquiliy ~n acpting, and
norgy in using' tf.facts olife. But
is riots imp6ssibe; if it'b , it is im
ossible to be happy.'
A zealous soal' without .meekness is
Ike e; sp ein .stopr. danger ok
treoksA meoe g~ul' w 'out zeal is
ke a'sii mn a eo i'f thui ibvos not as
setasIt outit4 'K . j
Get your 'doctrine ifromn othe Bible,
eot yopf examp,9 frqi inist. A day
,ill not pass af uveqosed with
hrIst's promi~,rIe*l meet you
ritha duddel. Ein irt# th.
Whethei'the uiistol f~bls the 90on-.
regation or nt ithe Ceog gtion feels
L9 min sr qti hse knows
~i ~ Bi h 1er knows
'The ieid d 'of thf 1W'ent thr at
ned de~ oftfa th is slot a' lioMstalI
in oroi Or a chn 40.
J9 t, despirit.
tutt "d
1ptom ofthe I