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Hov t; .BeHappy.
Are you almost disgusted
With life little man?
I will tell you a fonderful trick
That will bring yon .contentment
If at ything oan
Do sonething for.somebody, gatok,
DO something Yoreoinebody, quicki
Are'you awfidlyred
With play little girl?
Weary, discouraged and sick?
I'll tell you the loveliest
Game in the world
Do something for sonebody, quioki
Do something for somebody, quicki
Though it rains like the rain
-.Of the 1tood, little mai,
And tho.oloude are forbiding and thiok,.
You can make the sunshine
In your soul, little man-.
Do something for somebody, quick;
Do something for somebody, quicki
Though the skies are like brass
Overhead, little girl,
And the walls like a well-hebted brick;
And are earthly aIairs
In a terrible whirl'
Do something for somebody, quick;
Do something for somebcdy, quicki
THE PANCAKE MAKER.
Mary was a pancake maker in a res
taurant. it was her duty to stand in
a show window on Broadway, and
pour batter upon the griddle. Thour
ands of persons stopped before the
window every day, and watched Mary
as she deftly greased the, griddle or
with a turn of her hand eopped the
pancakes over to be browned on the
other side. Mary had been selectea,
for the job because she was pretty.
Her selection proved to be a prolitable
Investment for her employer. Those
persons who were insensible to the
charms of pancakes were. not inseusi.
ble to the attractions of beauty, and so
many came in to eat the cakes and to
wish that Mary was a waitress as well
as a cook.
One day, when the bubbles were ria
Ing from the freshly poured batter, and
Mary stood waiting with her spatula
In her hand, a young man stopped be.
fore the windoW- His dark eyes took
in the smoking griddle, the rounded
arm above it, and the white brow
which was wrinkled iii the effort to'de
termine when the cakes were prop.
enly done brown. She looked up and
their eyes met. Then he passed on.
What dark eyes he had I thought Mary.
What a nice looking girl that was!
thought he. 4nd all day long Mary
looked up from the pancakes, half ex
pecting to see those eyes looking into
hers. Even the bubbles in the pan
cakes seemed to take oa the expression
of his eyes and to look at her from the
griddlu with a stare of admiration. As
for the young man-who was a clerk
in a dry goods store-a rounded arm
seemed to beckon him to come in and
eat pancakes and become saturated
with mile sugaa.
Every morning he stopped at the
window cf the restaurant and was
greeted with a glance from a pair of
bright eyes and an evidently studied
desire to be graceful in turning the
cakes. After a week had passed he
left his boarding house earlier than
usual one morning and stopped at the
restaurant to get his break fast. Mary
saw him come in. She did not turn
j her head nor give any sign of recogni.
tion, but she listened with~ bent head
and attentive ear for his order, It
* came like this:
"!ome pancakes, please!"
How carefully she poured out that
batch upon the griddle! With what
*an anxious eye she watched the edges
harden and the centre of the cakes be
* come perforated with holes like those
in a sponge! And when the cakes were
done to a most delighitful brown on one
side, she held each one tip on her
spatula and greased the griddle anew
before putting the cakes on the grid.
* dIe, so~that they shonid not stick to
the griddle.
In her eagerness to bake the cakes to
a turn she burned one of them, and
so.in disgust she threw the whole
batch away and began once again.
Meanwhile she stole al furtive glance at
the young man, who was drumming on
is -plate with his knife and watching
* Qtiningly the curve of Mfary's grace
* ul neck and the dainty coil of hair on
the back of her head, and which Jack
* ished was against his shoulder. At
last the pancakes were done to the fair
c,ook'3 liking and were placed before
Jack. lie sald-to himself, as he cut ia
section of the full moon of buckwheat.
'Well, I never ate pancakes like
those bdfore. They're so- light and
flaky, and ihle .sirup is real true maple
sugar, and nuot made of watered mo
lasses."
Jack didn't add that the cook was
charming, but' lie thought6 it all the
same. The next batch of cakes which
Mary cooked was not as well done. as
the ones Jack was eating. It was per
fectly natural that they should not b,
'ox was not Mary pnxiole to- see how
hie enjoyed them, and did not she make
in excuse to leavo her post and, go to
tbe other end of the:restaytrant to get
i new piece of pork to grease the grid
le, do,that she might steal a glance as
the went by? And when Jack had
aaten his cakes and had lingered- twice
a long as usual over his coffee, so "that
he could feast his eyes as well.as his
palate, he arose tq go- and their eyes 1
net for just one ieeting glance. ' Jack
lushied and said to himself that it was
aused by the coffee. Mary's face was
'nged with crimson, but of course it 1
was due to the heat of the griddle.
&nd so the days came and went. Each i
vas attracted to the other by the load- I
stone of love. Each one fearful to 1
make overtures to the other for fear
bat the illusion would be dispelled.
But the mysterious alchemist was busy
aixing the sweet potion which each 1
)f these young hearts drank. The po
ion in Mary's heart conjured up vi-..,
ilons of :what a glorious man Jack i
must be as she lay awake at night in I
,he' dark with her eyes wide -open. I
Then she closed her eyes tight, and.
thought of him as a mailed knight
3lanking into the restaurant to refresh
himself with a plate of pancakes and a
sup of coffee ere -he started out in I
iearch of his heart's desire.. "But I'm
afraid he didn't care for me," thought
Mary, o ning her eyes again in fear. I
"I saw him smile'at Miss Bellows to
lay." And so between her hopes and
ier fears Mary fell asleep and dreamed I
of pancakes and her favorite customer, I
and only awoke when the sun was
shining in the window, and she hur- 1
rled down to the restaurant so that she i
might see her knight,as soon as possi 1
ble and catch a .glance from his dark
ayes.
In the meantime Jack had not been
idle. He had cultivated the acquaint
%nce of the proprietor of the restaur
ant. By careful questioning he had
learned that Mary was one of the 1
many girls 'who had been rescued by
the Five Points mission when she was
a mere child. Mary's mother had died I
In a tenement in Baker street from i
consumption, brought on by the ne- I
;leot and unkindness of her husband.
Since her death tho husband :bad gone i
3n from bad to worse, only saved from I
killing-himself by his excesses by being ,
ient to BIackwell's Island at various
intervals for at least eight months in ,
3ach year. During one of his sprees
ae had signed a paper which commit
ed his little daughter to the care of
he mission. And so Mary had grown
ap to be an exemplary young woman
md the pride of her benefactors.
Jack's curiosity was awakened to
Ind out what kind of a man Mary's
lathor was and so he started out one i
sight to search for him. He spent
hree nights after working hours in I
he search, and found him at last in a
miserably squalid room on the top floor f
f a tenement house in 1'earl street.I
Rc was far gone on the road to the
grave. The neighbors did what they
would for him, which was not much, I
or.they were very poor. Bo Jack sat I
ip with him late into the night. A
~eeble kerosene lamp burned on the
nantle and corners of the room were
Ililed with shadows. Mr. Rogera fell
nto an uneasy slumber toward mid- 4
sight and muittei-ed in his dreams
Lhout the good thmngs he had to eat
avhen lisa wife was alive. In his inico.
serent remarks he mentioned roast
eor and gravy. Then he awoke.
"I was dr'amin' iv th' foine feedin'
had aforo Mollie dIed. Aye, b'y, but
ihe could cook th' grub. An' th' I
>ancamkes she could bake was like 1
loney in yer mouth. I wisht I bad
ome of them cakes now, 8o I do. I
hink they'd be puttin' lire intil me." 1
Next morning when Jack went to
ect his breakfast, as usual, he asked t
he proprietor to permit him to have
n interview with Mary. She came,
luttering and I)ailug. into the back
art of the restaurant.
"Miss Rodgers," said Jack, all or a
remble, because his love was so near,
'I saw your father last night."
"My father," gasped Mary ii)
ilarm. "Whiere was hie?"
"In a back room on the top floor of a
enement, in P'eari street." -
"Was he well?". whispered Mary,
iot daring to look -Jack in .the face,
)mt droipping her eyes upon her snowy .1
ipron and absent mindedly smoothmng
uLt a wrinkle. '
"o lie was i,l.IIe spoke about
he pancakes youtr mother used. to
nake, and said that If he could have
ome equally as good' he thought he
night feel better, and perhaps recover
tis health. If you are willing to make
hem for him I will see that lie gets
"Hlow good of you '' replied Mary,
ooking at him with a glance of admir
ition. "B3ut how can we keep them
wa"I anttogto ht, t
some to thi ik, I can borrow a little oil
tove, you can furnish' the batter and
he frying pan, and tonight we will go
lown and take him some. ];ut perha a
rou are af,aid to gb with. me, as I. am
L stranger to you?"
Maty looked' abyly at fim and hOe.
.tated-for a moment. Thgn she said:
"lut I have seen you in the restau.
ant, haven't I? And I think ,you can
3o trusted. You don'0 lpok live a
ery bad- man. You bring -the oil
Itove around to-night at 0 o'clock
when the restaurant closes, and I will
iave the batter and the griddle ready."
All day long Mary sang at her work
md smiledto herself in anticipation of
he meeting. Sometimes,' hoery s w
)ecame grave when she thought of 'her,
'ather. But her recollection oY:himi
was very indistinct and associated only
with oaths and blows. At 6 o'clock the
estaurant was closed and' Mary
itepped out upon the walk'with a tin
atl in her .hand contahing batter, a
mall griddle wrapped in- paper. under
ier arm, and a nice piece of. salt pork
o grease the griddle in her pocket,
Jack was already there with a small
>i1 stove. He was w4lking 2up, and;
lown the sidewaTk- impatiently. They
went across to Centre street and from
;hence to Pearl. They said very little,
mud were content to know that each
was near to the other. On reaching
;he tenement they felt rather than saw
;heir way up the dark stairiay. Mary
was frightened at the dismal look of
ior father's room, but Jack cheered
ier. Mr. Rogers was awakened by the
)pening of the .door. Jack turned his
uack on tho meeting between Mary
md her father, but he jieard feeble and
broken acknowledgements of past
weakness and promises for the fdture.
When he turned and came to the 'ed
ilde he saw two wet faces, one soft
med and repentant, the other hopeful
mud shining,
Do you think you could eat some
pancakes,, father?" said Mary.
"Oh, dear, I could av I had some iv
for mother's makin', Mary. I'm feelin'
)etter already since ye kom," and he
ralsed himself on his pillow to show
ils strength. -
"But, father, I can mak.e you .op ,
mud I'll wairant mother he6vr"ma1
)etter," said Mary, looking archly at
rack.
And so the pancakes were made.
rack lit the wick in the stove 'and
creased the griddle, while Mary poured
)ut the batter, and the savory smoke
arose like incense in the dismal room
mnd made Mr. Rogers sniff cheerily.
He sat up in bed, b,3lstered by pii
ows, and ate two of the cakes. All
he time his eyes followed the trim
orm of his daughter as she tidied up
he room. The lovers remained* with
urn until late into the night. Then Jack
ook Mary to her boarding house, and
he wicked young man actually kissed
ier at the door. She ran up stairs and
ooked in the glass to see if his lips
iad left a mark on her cheek. The
iext morning she ran down to see her
ather and make him comfortable for
he day.
Under the watchful care of Jack
mud Mary the old i.an slowly became
tronger, and liu a few weeks was
mhout again. He did not return to his
1ki habits, and forsook the tenement
or two rooms ia a more pretentious
ocality, where Mary went with him to
coep house. ~ The other (lay there was
quiet wedding, at whIch Mary and
Fack were the principals and a few'
iholce friends the spectators. Tne
hiheft dish at the wedding feast wvas a
ig plate of pancakes baked by the
pride.
Now the many persons who pass the
estaurant daily look in the' window,
put they lock in vain for the cook.
ihe is baking pancakes for oully two of
he hungry persons.
Teo Grooer and tho FMesc.
A Chattanooga grocer, 'heing greatl.a
roubled by fies, put twenty-one sheets
>f sticky fly paper about his store. In
he ovening lie gathered them up, and
moticed how much heavier they were,
seing~ covered with flies. He weIghed
ho twenty-one sheets and found they
veighed seven pounds. Then ho put
wenty-one fresh sheots on the scales
ud they weighed four pounds and
our ounces, Thus the flies weighed
we pounids twelve ounces. He found
hbat, there were twenty fles to each
quare inch of the fly paper; each sheet
iad 888 sqxuart ipeobes and 68720 flie4~
mnd the twent.-nne.het4 ad 4i,i6
lies. 'Thuse one may ascertain the
veighL of a fly; for, :if 141,120 flies
veilh two pounds twelve ounces, it's
asy to calculate w one 1i0iweigh.
A ueto,lubricant, the.nuse of which 'is.
idvocated in the Austriati Rakodd2
Fournai, is mustard oil, It remains
erfectly fluid at the loW "tWpd%mture
if 140 .F, and wl(,keif ondangedi for
fll DING . M fi Ut4 PAOE.
The hai aoe tnmo Dvawo
{ on It in .Uim'stakable
I4ues.
)t Oao n ause$oange
lately published aontaied the. follow
!ng n Q oer very yl0io I
Inark $ dlbip of h
the t its orim b d
pd. by all .6,isa
soU 1Qght; tar el 180ed; It
contaw* the germ a doctrine which
16 1teti l9 to jljue l'gely In the
phiei9oIgyof tohe 1utuxei
eoiry e konows that men's passions,
prope,fl ttes and peouliarities, as well
as theit silings, are reflected in their
facesj .lt It is only the few who have
alade 'study of phyaloghomy an es
PeoiaL rsuit who are gifted with the
powerp reading those faces. Judges.
who.i,e -.ervQd "ling ;terms .on the.
lieoh 4yars inq large pIaotle and'
doctor Ise'nineico possoss ~the power
of interpreting physiognomies more
large!y than other people. But any
one can acquire the rudiments of the
art .y dint of study.
it-is (i im;i)slble 'to disguise a face
as- a 'h nd-writing, When the expert
c)mes t,?i disguise is torn off and the
face te1i-the true story of the,spirit lnsido
the body. One only needs to visit the
paiiten iary to realiz3 how undeniably
vice write3 its sign manual on the
features. It Is not the drunkard only
whose :ird- nose, flabby cheeks and
rheumy eyes betray him; It is the sen
sualist vbose vice is read in his lips,
the knave whose propensity is revealed
in the shape of his mouth, the m.tn of
violence who 1s surrendered by his
eyes. An experienced detective or a
trained jpitor seldom needs to ask the
crime of 'which the prisoner was guilty.
-ie can tell it by his face.
It i3 quite evident that in the future
the stud.y of physiognomy is going to
be pursued more vigorously than it has
b en. As a means of preventing crime
it may prov6 -invaluabla. How con
staotly do we> hear' of men "falling
fromn grape," as the phrase goes. Yet
tlese men- must have carried their
, me 1n their face.for a long time. If
Sy' -ond"ha.l bed' able -to-read their
features the n}isohief ngight i;ave
been averted. ldow often are we
assured that this or that orimi.
nal enjoyed the perfect coaudence of
his employers and the Iubhic till the
very day of his detection; an expert
physlognomiht whould probably. have.
spotted hin long before. Again, face
reading might be turned to fine account
in business. It Is well known that
every man's face is more or less stamped
by the pursuit ie follows. An experi
enced observer can generally detect a
lawyer, or a doctor, or a merchant, or
a clerk, or a mechanic, or a clergyman,
by merely studying his face.
The study might be carried much
further. The same rule which enables
an observer to distinguish a lawyer
from a merchant will; when followed
out, enable keen eyes to separate able
lawyers from lawyers who are incompe-.
tent, merchants who are going to make
a fortun'e from merchants who are go.
ing to fail. Men often carry their
destinies as well as their character in
their fases. Indeed, the former de
pends so largely upon the latter that it
would be singular if it were otherwise.
Wimen, too, will be able to disorimin.
ate among their luvers and to -pick out
the man who will make a good husband
from one who will.have to be' dragged
into a divorce court. All the advan
tages which Fowler mistakenly told us
we were' going to derive from the study
of phrenology we may possibly gain
from the older and more mysterious
science of face reading.
somnamiblitsmn.
The pl.enomena or somnambulism
and their i"nnection with the nerve
centers zn . .. it been satisfactorily ac
counted for. They probably depend.
primarily, says the Lancet, upon a di
recting impulse or sensory origin.
Some of our actions often becoma by
practice so nearly automatic that par.
tial sleep or stupor does not arrest their
onconsolous performance. 1rsomnam.
bulism the intellect and controlling will
are torpid, while the sensorl.motor man
whom they should govorn is awake and 1
active. Ai in dreams the intelligent
sensorium is alone drowsily active,with
possibly a noticable tendency to rebtless
movement, so there may be other states
of dreaming, in which the centers of
'motion are stimulated to a more power
'ful but uncon.scious action. P2artial
counteractives to somnambulism may
be found in throwig oft worries, and
in the proper regulation of evening
mdals.
ElectrcQty is being used to purify sew
?ge, [ti prod uces_ a chemical change by
which the solid matter comes to the
surface and pire water flows oft
A GRE&T INVENTION.
One That : Trebles tho Valuo or the
Seed of the Cotton Plant.
Eli Whitney, though a Mhssachusetts
man, happened to be at Savannab, in
the house of General Greene; when he
Invented tho cotton gin. No mechanti
cal revelation of modern times did
r4oro to expand commerce, agriculturo
an$i manufactures in this country.
Whitney'was ill-requitted. The South
ern States, with one exception, treated
him shabbily, and Southern members
of Congress hindered him from reap
ing the pecuniary rewards he had hon=
orably earned, It was one of the sar.
casms of fate that after he had helped
enrich the South by inventing the
cotton gin, he was driven by discour
agement to the North, where he inven
ten the gun that had so much to do in
subduing the Confedracy.
It is now said that another invention
has- been about perfected which is
second only in importance to Eli Whit
ney's discovery. This,new implement
Is called the Crawford cleaner,' where
by the seed of the cotton plant will
command a price equal to that of the
lint. It is explained that under pres
ent processes cotton seed is not worth
to the grower mote than $0 or $8 per
ton, and.the oil manufacturers make
only a reasonable profit after paying
that price. With the Crawford cleaner
the seed will be worth from $25 to $80
per ton, and will give the oil mill a
much larger profit than it made now.
Cotton planters ought to realize con
siderable profit by the use of this in
vention. There is no reason why they
should not have all the advantage at
home, instead of allowing so much of
the raw material to go abroad for man
ipulation. The principle of proteution
to home interests ramiles in all sec
tions of the Republic and it will be for
the common welfare when the South
manufactures the larger part of her
cotton lint and seed. The value of the
seed for oil, for stock food. for lard
mixing and fertilizing has been
enormously increased of late years,
thanks to ingenious brains and magical
money investment.. If it be true that
the new cleaning process is an assured
stoce8s, theb' il; be corresponding
awakening in other. departments of
trade to meet the public demand that
inevitably follows all great and useful
discoveries,
The Beggar of Dotne.
One picturesque character is general
ly lacking from the hill top-the beg
gar. Dirty and charming as he may be,
lie is relegated to one principal Pincio
approaches-the Spanish steps, and
the piazza at the summit, were his
progeny-especially the Nettunese
from the Campagna, swarm to heart's
content. Au, but isi't lie a beauty of
a beggar? he or she, but especially he,
for the Spanish step3' people are of the
beggar upper ten, and take up such a
menial occupation only when their
regular trade as models becomes slack,
Dr when the only other allowable cal.
ling in comport with their dignity be
oomes unprofitable-that of flower sel
ling. But who, I say, can refuse
those great liquid brown eyes of a sol
to, even if he doesn't want a bunch of
violets, and who anyway can refuse to
Look at the superb coloring of the cam
paganese costumes as the models throw
Shemselves into~ the abandonment of
a thousand unstudied p6stures on the
steps.
They are honoster, too, this motley
3rowd, than some who aren't begcgars,
A. little ragamuffln of them who takes a
Liking to you will often come running
tip to you with his buttonhole bouquet
md, deftly sticking It in, will be oif mn
liffy. Astonished indeed you are the
lrst time this extraordlnay occurrence
~akes place. By and by. repeated ex
erlences show y.u that it is an ebalit
Ion of gratitude on the part of little
3iull0 or Giovanni for sundry coppers
wvhich from time to time you've tossed
im, He'll be glad of future tossings,
~oo, for begging has no elements of
izegrace 'here, but as pay for his free
fift.--neverI Hence, Joy and woe to
urm who, daily passing that way, comes
o know and %anucy any of the models.
[Lis stock; off'emall change somehow
vill grow:beautifully less, b)ut heo will
evel in the free nature of color and
orm and gracious manner, whioh one
nay find at al L imes, like wild yet clus
ering ilowers, clinging to those sunnied
teps.
l3oci-Beolothes.
'Paper bedelo . mre madie at a fao
ory in Ne.. Jorsey, They are do4bled
heets of maullia paper, strengithenedi
vith twine, and valuable by re'ason of
he peculia'properties of paper as ai
ion.conductor of heat. They have
warmth preserving power far out
>roportion to their thickoess:
reight
NEWS IN BRIEF.
-At the funeral of an aged lady Ia
1'ennsylvania recently, there were
present eight near relatives, the young.
est of whom was over seventy years of
ago.
-A silver"haired patroh of the Fifth.
avenue Hotel, New York, who has
lived there for twenty-fve years, claims
that lia that time his lodging and meala
have cost him $700,100.
--'here are over 2 600 soldiers in
the Russian army afflicted with opth.
alima in the hospitals of the Odessa
district alone. These cases are en
tirely treated by nurses and havo no
skilled medical attendance.
-A cowboy and his horse suffered a
singular and violent death - recently
near Cheyenne Wells, Col. Lightning
struck the iron in the saddle and ex.
rploded all the cartridges in The man's
belt, also eetting fire to his clothing
and trappings.
-The forest fires in Illinois have
done much good as well as great dam
age. . The.y have destroyed the #pyriads
of chinch bugs that ruined the corn
crc p last seasou. Before the fires started
the fields and woods were swarming
with the bu .s.
-An 8 year-old g rl in Marlboro,
Conn., is well supplied with liviog an.
cestors, having, besides her fath ir and
mother, two grandmotheis two grand
fathers, two great-grandmothers, two
great-grandfathers, and one g:eat
great-gran.dmother who is almost a
centenarian.
-The use o? eleotri.llgbt on pubito
buildings <at Washington has led to a
great increase in the number of spiders'
webs. The lights attract multitudes of
insects, and these in turn attract the
spiders. in many cases architectural
outlines have become badly obscured by
.the webs.
-Manufacturers' complain that the
African rubbers now received do not
yield, when strained and cleaned,
more than thirty or fifty-five per cent.
of pure rubber gum, owing to the na
tives adulterating with saw dust, bark
dust, etc., to overcome the nconven
ient stickiness of the juice.
-The physicians of L,uisvil!e, Ky.,
are mystined by a case in the hospital
of that city. It is that of a Polish
man who freely perspires blood. As
far as can be ascertained his affection
Is the result of a virulent fever con
tracted in (quatorial regions. At last
accounts he was improving. 2
-.In 1852 .t1h Upited Statq$ govera
ment sent: a small' herd of cameja into
Texas with the idea of using them and
then get to cross -the so-called Great
American Desert. The camels pros
pered and multiplied; but when the
war came they were scattered through
the State and Arizona, and many of
them became wild. Railroads have
solved the Great American Desert
problem, and the camels have fallen
into inaoouous desuetude.
-Eighteen years ago, when the air
brake was tried it required eighteen
seconds to apply it to a trJtin 2.000 feet
long. Four years later the time was
reduced four seconds. Recent experi
nients with the air brake on freight
trains show that it can be applied to
every car in a train of that length run
ning at the rate of forty miles an hour
and that this train can be stoppea
within 500 feet, or one-fourth of its
own length and all this without any
serious lolti g. - -...
-A card was Issued to Nina Van
Zandt under the name of Mrs.- N.
Spies. The library is under control of
the city government and when, ~re
cently, she appliedi for permission to
draw books as Mrs. Spies the mnanagers
were undecided as to thme propriety of
granting her request and thus giving
quasl-oilicial recognition or the validity
of the proxy marriage. They sought
legal advice, but with no definite re
sult. Recently it was decided iu tihe
absence of well-definedi objection to
give out the card as applied for--to
Mrs. N. Spies.
-The year 1900 will not be a "ieap -
year," as centurial years not multiples
of 400, even though divisible by four,
are not reckono I bissextile, or leap
years. About forty-five years before
Cbrist Julius Caesar decreed that every
fourth year should be heid to consist
of 800 days, for the purpose or using
up the odd hours. Seeing thas a day
every fourth year was too much, it
followed that the beginning of the year
moved onwvard. From the time of the
Council or Nice, in 8215, when the ver
nal equinox fell correctly on the 21st of
March rope Gregory found, in 1582,
that there thad been an overreckoning
to tne extent of ten days, and that on
that time the vernal equinox fell on the
11th. of March. To correct this he de
creed that the (Lih of O.tober of that
year sh.ould l'o reckoned ais the 15.m,
-and to keep the years righi In future,
the overp)lus being e'ghteen hbours,
twenty-seven niinutei mund ten secogids
in ai century, lie ord'-red t,bat diery
centurial year that coul I not be diflld
by 400 .should not be alssextilq, as it
otherwise would bo. Thu Gre'g sj a~
calendar wats decreed by P'opes 9lgr
fii 1582, on this basis, aind was lea N
adopted by Cathulic, though note by
rrotestaint curtries. 1t did not. 0'
tin ini (heat Britain umitil 1752, e'y
which time the diffue~n'ce hetwairi ti,a
Jumlian aind Gre.go'riu pe~ la amoun&td
to) eleven days. An act of i'. tinem'nn
wa,s p.smicd dE m tt that Lhe 3 I r.
deptembher thaIt yeatP sh,..i. lie r,,.:.
every foesr or' the centurlial yei tra
abould, ats ini i'de Gregory S arrau;e
in *1, t, n ot ba bisseXijie or leop i' . s,
i'he Greegoriani ca!enure i. m..; ', .l