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WHAT IS ILLS! Villi AXD POINT. bis mother startled -him as he entered the hall, i Do go and look for Isabel. TO COKUESTONDENTS. of Rochester, on board his and landed them in France, for which service many things were premised. The Bestorataon came, but none of the gifts, and Tettersell therefore sailed into the Thames and' moored off Whitehall, where his dingy bark attracted the attention of the King, who, being thus reminded, gave the Captain a ring," a perpetual annuity of 100 a year, and took the collier into the navy under the name of the Lucky Escape.

Alice fought a desperate battle between love and duty. i "Goddard, I have chosen. "I cannot leave my sister." -He tried to break this decision by but tones were firm and unshaken as she said, at last. Goddard. it would be unjust to say that I do not love yon, for you know that I do, but I cannot be false to my charge." And they parted he to walk home as if pursued by furies, thinking bitterly of woman's obstinacy," and yet in his secret heart honoring the- girl who walked so unflinchingly in the path of duty.

Alice went up stairs, and. biirying ber face in the soft cushions of an arm chair, with the friendly darkness around her. nature took her revenge for the self-control of the last heur. Her eyes throbbed and burned like balls of fire, her heart beat in high, (urging waves, but the hand was icy cold that she placed over her mouth for fear that a cry might escape her hps which would awaken NelL But, despite all her precaution, there came a sound of bare feet on the floor, and a little white-robed form nelt down are no lawyers, no Judges and no courts Amen." The court bit its lip, the attorneys' ribs could hardly be restrained from "shaking by the solemnity of the occasion and business was not. taken np until some time after prayer.

The parson doubtless meant that on the other shore there would be no occasion for legal proceedings, but the bar persisted in misunderstanding that -there were to be no lawyers among tne elect Lewi's ton Me.) Journal. Still Seeking an Impossibility. Man has sought out many inventions" and is likely to discover many more things that are important The present century has been more fruitful than any of ita predecessors in discoveries and inventions of practical importance. The mechanic and farmer can perform vastly more and with greater ease by the improved machinery and implements of labor, than they could fifty years ago. But there are impossibilities.

There are some things that scientific skill and mechanical ingenuity cannot accomplish. One of the impossibilities is the discovery of mechanical perpetual motion, or the construction of a machine which, when set in motion, will continue to move without the aid of external force 'and without the loss of momentum' until its parts become deranged or worn out. Thousands, and in all parts of the civilized world, have sought this impossibility. Some men have spent a life-time ona perpetual motion project, and thereby beggared themselves and their families. A great many work at the idea, in secret, knowing that the demonstrations of mechanics are all against and they would avoid ridicule othera, feeling sure they are just on the verge of a successful demonstration of their theory, are.

secret in all their movements, fearing some one may. steal their Perpetual motion having' never been stolen from; any one thus far, their fears are quite premature, though they do not see it If the census taker could have known all the perpetual motion inventors when he went his rounds in 1880, the returns would show a list quite formidable hi numbers. One of the most persistent of these pursuers of the delusion has recently come to light, and is one Charles Brown, of Corry, Pennsylvania. He is a German, and first conceived the idea of perpetual motion while working as a machinist in Karlesrube, Baden, in 1862. Since that date he has worked at his idea almost constantly, save barely earning his bread.

He came to this country in 1867, and is now working upon a machine which he says will weigh about thirty-five pounds and is sure, in his judgment, to succeed. He has built and abandoned several machines as failures in his labor of twenty years. This last construction he expects to complete soon. A history of the more important attempts at finding perpetual motion, written by Henry Dircks, was printed in London, in 1870. It is stated that Wilars de Honecourt, an architect of the fifteenth century, made the first attempt so far as is known, to master the question by a mechanical contrivance.

Capra, "in 1678 undertook the problem and failed. The Marquis of Wooster made a labored attempt to accomplish the motion, and his machine has considerable historical prominence on account of the rank of the inventor. Probably he exhibited no more skill than hundreds of others of les note, of whom the public have never heard. It is a fact, doubtless, that some important inventions have resulted from the endeavor to solve the problem of perpetual motion. The mechanic who stopped when he found something practical and left the impractical the impossible, alone, for a real invention, was wise.

Tho great majority of workers of the problem have, however, followed the one idea, and their machines have died with them. The endless chains, the balls, the pulleys, all til in producing the result desired. The doctriue of the conservation of foreea seems to demonstrate completely the imiKissibility of mechanical perpetual motion but it is likely the world will hear of the enthusiastic workers at the problem for a long time to come. It is not probable that all the known laws of motion will be proved a fallacy though enthusiasts continue to discuss the theme and mechanics con tinue to work at the problem. Rochester Democrat.

All ozmranicatinDs for thla paper should be i panted bj the name of tbe authoi; Dot nun; ni'j for publication, but aa a eriJeoc of good faith oa tba part eftbewritax. Writ oa oa sids of tbe paper. Ba aarticolariy careful, in cities paices and Utsa.ta hare torn lattara and figures pbvn and distinct A SECWTD THA5ATOPSIS. XIOKaKO HKJ.KI STODUAJLIX. Kot what we would, bat what we mut.

Hakes up tba mam of hying Haavan is both morr and lees dan jast In taking and in giving. Bwords cleaye to hands that sougftt fW And lanre-a mlaa the soldier's brow. He, whom tba city hold, wboaa fact I lava worn ita atony highways. Familiar with ita tones vent street Ita waya are btt my ways. My cradle waa beeide the sea.

And there, I bTe, my grave will be. Old homestead I In that old, gray tewa. The vane aa seaward biowiitg. Thy slip of garden atretchea down Jo wtitre the tide in flowing Below tbey lie, their sails are farted, 7 lie ships that go about the world, Dearer that little country boose, Inland, with pines beside it; Borne peach trees, with oafrsiifal besghe A well, with -eeds to hide it; No flowers, or only sueh aa rise Rcif-fiOTrn, poor things, which all deepiee. r- Dear country home JOan forge The leastf thy sweet trtflea i The wind ow flnea that ciaaaber yet, Whose bioctna the be etEI rifles? The mewtetde bJaefchtaiise, gsewiite; ripe, -And in the woods the Indian Pipe 7 Eappy the man who tills his fcld, Content with nwtie labor Earth doe to him ber fullness) yield, Hap what may to his neighbor 1 Well days, sound nights.

Oh, can there be A hf and free Dear covntry life of chfld or man I For lxUi the the strongest, That wifb. she earliest race began. And baa onthd the longest Their dttee perished long ago Who the first farmers were we knew, Perhaps our Babels, too, wg fag, If so, no lamentations, Tor mother earth will shelter all, 0 And feed the unborn nations; Tea, and the swords that menace BSW Vill then be beaten to the plow. NELL'S PROMISE. She "was flying down the path, her long straight black hair streaming behind her, her great eyes sparkling, the dark, thin, irregular features fairiy alive with vivacity.

She looked to the very life like the wild little creature of 15 that she was but into the face of the beautiful, fair-haired girl whom Nell Haviland was coming to meet there flashed such a look ol love that a stranger would have known that her girlish sister was very dear to the heart of Alice Haviland. The two were orphans, supported by the industry of Alice, the oldest, who was well known in the town as a very skillful teacher of music. The younger was of entirely a different nature from the quiet, steady, lovable Alice. The townsfolk said that her baptismal name of Eleanor whs altogether too grand and 6tately for such a Loydenish creature, and 60 it had become shortened to the monosyllable "Nell." Alice," paid Nell, 44 you cannot guess whatJ have done "Something impossible for any one else to do, I presume," said her sister, smiling into the eager eyes. 44 1 climbed into the old oak and tied my handkerchief to the top," said the girl, pointing triumphantly to the flut- 4li Ts TsT-lfzh aXv' lua aaa tv ni'U "Did you?" said Alice, absent-mindedly.

"Oh. dear!" said Nell, pettishly, "you don't hear a word 1 say. I guess you are thinking of Goddard Tressil. I wish you were not engaged to him, Alice, for you don't seem to care a bit for me now a days." "Nellie," tho love in the tones rebuked the girl, I shall ever love and care for you, darling lister, ccme what may," and, putting lur arm caressingly around Nell's waist, the sisters went into the onw. The humble supper was over.

Alice was sitting at the little piano, weaving a sweet harmony from the ivory kevs, she heud a step on the walk which summoned her to the door. Alice and her hand lav in the hand of her betrothed, Goddard tressil. The tall, handsome, young fellow that stood before her was the heir of "The Cliffs," the great mansion, around which lay its extensive farms "the best place) in the country." It is too fine a night to remain in doors, Aliee. What do you say to a moonlight row "It would give me much she said and, running upstairs for a 6hawl, she paused a moment and opened the door to Nell's chamber. The, sound of her low, regular breathing satisfied her, and she went down stairs to rejoin her lover.

They walked slowly down the path, drinking in the intense loveliness ol the night. The moon was at its full. Great golden stars seemed melting into bine ether, and white weird drifts, like phantom fleets, floated across the sky. The calm ocean ended their walk. Each of its waves seemed tipped with a diamond crest, and the reflexes trembled in pearl and azure.

Assisting Alice into the boat, Tresul mshed ont so as to clear the shore. The ittle skiff rocked lightly on the slow, faint swells of the outgoing tide, and the oars splashed with a musical rhythm very pleasant to hear. A silence fell over the two. It was broken by the voice of Tressil. "Alice, I have something important to say to you to-night" What is it about she questioned wonderingly.

"About NelL" The words were said hesitatingly, as if he was nerving himself for an effort. "About' Nell?" she repeated, in surprise. "Yes; where is she going to live after we are married?" "Going, to live? Why, with me, of course," said Alice, wondering would come next. "It cannot -be, Alice. She must be sent to a boarding-school or somewhere Why Goddard, what putthat.inta your mind?" exclaimed Alice.

"She would not, stay at a boarding-school for one moment "it would kill her to separate us. for I am all she has in the world, and I promised mother, when 6he was dying, that I would never leave s-r forsake the child -sister intrusted to v- oare," But, Alice, mother and Isabel said How to procure a telling effect communicate a secret to a woman. 44PiiEASTt pass the butter," as the man remarked when he sent his gout by rail. Is the matter of vaccination, it is the heifer who gives the physician his best The wood-chopper who called to see his girl was disappointed to find another feller there. A tkacheb says 44 In one evening I counted twenty-seven meteors sitting on my piazza.

Bacon says Beading make a full man." That must be the Beading in Pennsylvania where the brewery is lo- i cated. Mont often leads men astray some 1 of them will run after, a dollar a hound dog is more avariciousr he will follow a scent A Chicago woman, while touring in Oregon, frightened off a bear by simply shaking her skirts at him. The motion probably brought her feet into view. 1 Philadelphia News. A han intruded into an Irishman's shanty.

4 What do you want asked I Pat Nothing," was the visitor's re-Iply. 44 Then you'll find it in the jug where the whisky was." A certain doctor of divinity said every blade of grass was a Bermon. The next I day he was amusing himself by clipping lawn, when a parishioner said, "That's right, doctor cut your sermons 1 short" 1 "Hh was gored by an angry bull," wrote a reporter in describing the death of a farmer. Don't be said the editor 44 strike out tho word I angry ot course a good natured bull wouldn't do such a' thing." 44 Previous good counts in Texas. A man who was on trial for arson brought forward witnesses to I prove that he had neglected two good chances to steal horses, and tho jury decided that no 6uch man could be i guilty of burning a barn, Some people are too smart A man saw a pocket-book lying on the pave-j ment, and was about to pick it up, when he remembered what he read about 44 tricks on travelers," and let it alone.

1 A man behind him picked it up. 44 Got fooled, hey chuckled tho first man. "No," said the second, 44 got 810." A little girl once took a letter from her mother to an old-lady friend. 44 Many thanks, my child," she said you may tell your mother that you aro a good child and a faithful little messenger." 44 Thank you, ma'am and I shall tell her, too, that I didn't ask you for 10 cents, because mamma told me not to." The Judge 4 4 How many tenses are there asked a teacher of a boy. i 44 Seven," answered the boy; 44 the present, the perfect, the imperfect, the pluperf.ct, the first luture, the seoona future and Oscar Wilde." 44 Why," asked she, 4 4 what tense is he 44 Oh," replied the boy, 44 he's intense 1" "Yessir," said the marketman.

i 44 plenty of game on What'll you have And the gentleman re-j plied 4 Oh, I don't wish to purchase anv now. I don't know as 1 shall want any at all. But I expect to go hunting this afternoon, and I just thought I'd make sure there was some in the market, in case I didn't kill any." Boston Post. FROM MISS TO MISTRESS. She who fails Mrs.

to change troui Miaa, Ha? Air. cliauc ol weudiiig Outs. Cincinnati Gairtti', i Put Lm; wlio changes from MiBs to Mrs. Han vf-d th- Mr. of kisses.

Aiirfi tin'r. 'All. ii Mr.t. to kia a Mr. i A Mixh in in iuoiIith bisUiry.

Gxrh'tni 11.) Mountaineer. I Mitw, t. HHid, Is hh good as a mll. When a Miss Misters do tniile. State.

The following Bcene took place in a Par in restaurant on the occasion of a wedding dinner. An awkward waiter, in attempting to place on the table the soup tureen filled with fat chicken broth, pilled its contents on a lady's i white satin dress. The lady screamed i and was seized with hysterics. The waiter stooped and shouted in her ear 44 Don't despair, madam; there's plenty of broth left in the kitchen. I am going for it now." Scene at a Socialist meeting in Paris.

An 44 orator of the reddest radicalism has been taunted with a long-forgotten conviction for embezztement Th meeting ferociously summons the orator to explain. 44 Citizens," he replies, in tones of dignified contempt, 44 the citizen who iuterrupted me just now is riht. I was on'1 ser to jail for something of the sort" liid meeting boils over.) 44 But, citino," continues the aiguiuou cnap, not 10 near wie groaus of his indignant aUilu-uce, 44 1 word will suffice to cler It was during the Empire (Shouts of 44 Bruvo Bra The speaker in carried triumphantly round the room He will soon be a Deputy 1) r-r-rt Carlyle a Mathematician. Among Carlyle's Edinburgh connev, tiqns'in those' Kirkcaldy, days, one comes to us in a book form. It was in" 1817 that Professor Leslie, not yet Sir John Leslie, brought out the third edition of his 44 Elements of Geometry and Plane Trigonometry," being an improvement and enlargement of the two previous editions of 1809 and 1811.

The geometrical portion of the volume consists of six books, intended to supersede the traditional first six books of Euclid, and containing many propositions not to be found there. The seventeenth proposition of the sixth book is the problem: 4To divide a straight line, whether internally cr externally, so that the rectangle under its segments shall be equivalent to a given rectangle." Tho solution, with diagrams, occur k-s a page, and there is an additional page of scholium, pointing out in what circumstances the problem is impo.4sible, and calling attention to the valuo uf the proKition in the construction of quadratic equations. So much for tho text of the proposition at pages 176-177, bnt when we turn to the "Notes and Illustrations" appended to the volume we find at page 310 thic note by Leslie: 44 The solution of this impcrtant'problem now inserted in the text was snggested to me by Thomas Carlyle. an ingenious young mathematician, formerly tny pupiL But I here subjoin likewise the original construction given of Pappus, which, though rather more complex, has yet some peculiar advantages." Leslie then procei ds to give the rotation of Pappus in about two pages, and to add about three pages of further remarks on the application of the problem to the construction of quadratics. The mention of Carlyle by Leslie in this volume of 1817 is, I believe, the first mention of Carlyle by name in print and it was no small compliment to prefer for text purposes young Carlyle's solution of an important problem to the old one that had come down from the famous Greek geometrician.

Evidently Carl vle's mathematical reputation was still kept np about the Edinburgh University, and Leslie was anxious to do his favorite pupil a good turn. Macmillan's. She went down to the cove and has not rttnrned. He waited to hear no more, but in a moment was running in the direction of the cove. Hark Above the roar of the surge, steady and clear, souuded the death, song Oh, reoeire my soul at liist." -'He reached the cove and commenced descending the path at a break-neck speed a his horrified gaze discerned two women at the foot.

They both looked np as he called, Hold on for a -x r'V The possibility of being saved took away Isabel TressiTs strength, and her horror-stricken brother saw her fall forward "into tho embrace of the wave that just swept up. But no. The pale face of Nell Haviland gleamed from the water, and the almost-exhausted voice said, "Take her, quick Tressil, snatched the senseless form of his sister and groaned, "Oh, God must I leave you to be drowned, Nell 7" I cannot take us Tell lco pf1 ePl promise ana turned-her face away to watch-with a ae w. a ssSi Si curious sort of expectancy the gigantic billow slowly crawling toward her. It swept over her.

and ithen she felt herself lifted up and borne off; but the benumbed sense of hearing it seemed as if an agonized voice called, "Nell, my darling and then' darkness nothingness. vWas it Providence' that called Alice Haviland to the cliffs at that moment? But she bent over them just as Goddard Tressil began Ms ascent. What was that object buried almost in the water below him? She recognized it. Only Wange could Kate steadied the feet of the light figure that swrtng itself recklessly by Goddard Tressil and his burden. She reached the end of the path just as the wave bore away the farm of ner sister, and a great cry broke from her lips: Nell, my darling The covetous waves dashed the helpless body at her feet, and then strove to bear away two victims.

But the soft arms of Alice. Haviland seemed to have been endowed with the strength of cast-iron, for seizing Nell in a strong embrace she fought the billows until they shrank back conquered by the power of love. Soon Goddard Tressil relieved her, and, how she never knew, she reached the top of the cliffs, but when there unconsciousness overtook her. Slowly Alice drifted back to life. She found herself in a large, pleasant chamber.

4 Where am she questioned feebly. Goddard Tressil bent over her. 44 You are at the Cliffs, "he answered. Recollection oame baok, and, starting up, Alice exclaimed, 44 Where is Nell? I must go to her." 44 She is doing well, and mother is dividing her time between Isabel and sister Nellie; that is," he added, imploringly, 44 she will be my sister if you can ever forgive my cowardliness of three months ago." If we failed to surmise Alice's answer, the wedding bells that rang so merrily six months afterward would have told ns whether she refused to forgive him or not. And among all the kinsfolk that assembled at the Cliffs to witness the marriage of Goddard Tressil and the fair young music teacher none was so dear to the heart of Mrs.

Tressil as daughter Nellie, who nearly lost her life to save Isabel's, and happy Nellie Haviland never regretted that she faithfully redeemed her promise. A Few Yerbal Errors. The following examples of the more common errors in the use of words are taken from 44 The Yarbalist," by Mr. Alfred Ayres Accord for give; as, 44 the information was accorded him." Aggravate for irritate; to aggravate is to make worse. Allude to for refer to or mention.

As for that; 4 "not as I know," for 44not that I know." Avocation for vocation; a man's vocation is his business avocation are things that occupy him incidentally. Jia lance for rest or remainder. Character for reputation; one may have a good rcjiutation, but a bad char ncter, and the two words should never be confounded. Dangerous for in danger; a sick man is sometimes most absurdly said to be dangerous, when it is onlymeaut that -the poor fellow is himself in danger a very different thing. uemean, for debase, disgrace or humble.

To demean one's 4elf is merely to behave one's self whether well or ill. Dirt, for earth or loam. Donate, for give. Execute, for hang, as applied to the criminal. It is the sentence, not the man, that is executed- Jlealthy, for wholesome; an onion plant may be -healthy, but- when pick an there is no more healthiness or unhealthiness to that, although it may or may not be wholesome as an article ot food.

Illy, for ill. Inaugurate, for begin. Kids, for kid gloves. Learn, for teach. Liable, for likely or apt.

Ixxin, for lend. Pants, for pantaloons, or (better still) trousers. Partake, for eat. Plenty as an where plentiful is meant. Heal, tor very: as "reaTnice," 41 real1 pretty." Iteside, for live; residence, for house.

Jictire, for go to bed. Seldom or ever, for seldom if ever, or seldom or never. Some for tomewhat; 44 she is some better to-day." Stop, lor stay; 44 where are you stopping?" This is one of the vilest of Briticisms. Summons (the noun), for summons (the verb). Thoae kind of apples, for that kind.

Transpire, for occur. Vulgar, for immodest or indecent. WUhout, for unless. A correspond Err of the Sanitary Engineer advises the use of a mountain a a trout to wear out iwo-incn water pipes. The head first, into the highest point of the pipe, and bid an affectionate farewell.

Ha cannot return, so yon walk gracefully to the outlet orifice and wait for your trout to appear. It don't take long muddy water comes quickly, and finally along comes your Irout but he. frequently looks so fatigued that he can scarcely move. 44 Here, said Jones Brown, wear my hat till you get one." 44 Not much, answered Brown smartly "Tm afraid I might be taken for "Don't be alarmed Mr. Brown; there's no danger of anybody taking you for a gentleman, I Then there was silence, and a bitterness arose between Jones and Brown.

Sleubenville Herald. A Kpark erT rirev. re! afW.ier-sasM Iaiervwttsia! OseraUaM AbjosU the Mm BwiMB Aamteawy. lXewTorkJCewB. While.

the gastric juice has a mild, bland, sweetish taste, it possesses the power of dissolving the hardest food that can be swallowed. It has no influence whatever on the soft and delicate fibers of the living stomach, nor upon the living hand, but at the moment of death it begins to eat them away with the power of the strongest There is dust on sea, on land, in the valley, and on the mountain there is dust always and everywhere the atmosphere is full of it; it penetrates the noisome dungeon, and visits the deepest, darkest cave of the earth no palace door can shnt it out, no drawer so secret as to escape its presence every breath of wind dashes it upon the open eye, yet that eye is not blinded, because under the eyelid there is incessantly em ting itself a fountain of blandest fluid in nature, which spreads itself over the surface of the eye at every winking, and washes every atom of dust away. But this liquid is mild and so well adapted to the eye, itself nas some acridity, which, under some circumstances, becomes so decided as to be scalding to the skin, and would rot away the eyelids, were it not that along the edges of. them little oil manufactories, which spread over their surface aj coating as impervious to the liquid necessary for keeping the eyelids washed clean as the best varnish is impervious to water. i The breath which leaves the lungs has been so perfectly divested ol its life- giving that to-rebreathe' it unmixed with other air the moment it escapes from the- would cause immediate death by suffocation while if it hover about us, more or lesB destructive, influence over health and life would be occasioned.

But it is made of a nature so much lighter than the common air, that that it escapes the lips and nostrils it ascends to the higher regions above the breathing point, there to be rectified, renovated, and sent back again, replete with purity and life. How rapidly it ascends is fully exhibited on frosty mornings. But, foul and deadly as tbe expired air is, nature, wisely economical in all her works and ways, turns it to good account in its ontward passage through the organs of the voice, making of it the whispers of love, the soft words of affection, the sweetest strains of ravishing music, the persuasive eloquence of the finished orator. If a well-made man be extended on the ground, his arms at riht angles with the body, a circle making the navel its center will just take in his head, the fingers ends, and the feet. Th distance from top to toe is precisely the same as that between the tips of the fingers when the arms are extended.

The length of the body just six times that of the foot, while the distance from the edge of the hair on the forehead to the edge of the chin is one-tenth the length of the whole stature. Of the sixty-two primary elements known in nature, only eighteen are known to the human IkxIv, "and of these seven are metallic. Iron is found in the blood, phosphorus in the brain, limestone in the bile, lrme in the bones, and dut and ashes in all. Not only these eightoen human elements, but the whole sixty-two of which the universe is made, have their essential basis in the four substances of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carlxra, representing the more familiar names of fire, water, saltpeter, and charcoal. And such is man, the lord of the earth a spark of fire, a drop of water, a grain of powder, an atom of charcoal.

Perihelion and Aphelion. The earth reaches her perihelion er nearest point to the sun the 1st of January. She is then three million miles nearer the sun than when in aphelion, or her most distant point from the sun on the 1st of July. As the earth moves in an elliptical orbit, and the sun is situated in one of the foci of the ellipse, she must some times be nearer him than at others. Her nearest point is called perihelion, from two Greek words meaning near the sun.

Her most distant point is called aphelion, from two Greeks words meaning from the sun. Though much nearer to he sun than in July, the increased proximity is not even perceived by far the greater portion of the myriads of human beings on whom the sun shines. And yet the three million miles that measures the earth's increased nearness, is a distance of which we can form little conception. By measuring the sun's diameter from day to day throughout the year, we have the means of determining the relative distances of the sun from the earth. In this way the shape of the earth's orbit' was found out.

The earth moves fastest at perihelion, for the sun's attraction is then strongest, and the greater his attraction the faster she moves. This is proved by measuring the sun's apparent movement through, the ecliptic Thus, on the 1st of January he moves through sixty-one minutes of the ecliptic, en the 1st of July, he moves through about fifty-seven minutes, giving four minutes of a degree in increased velocity, which means countlesas miles in the earth's actual Bpeeel. An interesting question connected with perihelion is the reason why ws do not have our hottest weather when we are nearest the sun. It is because it occurs in the northern winter when the sun's rays fall obliquely upon the earth and give comparatively little heat, though it is probable that the severity of midwinter is tempered by the benignant influence. Tbe reverse takes place in the Southern hemisphere, where doubtless, the occurrence of perihelion increases the midsummer heat This theory accounts for the fact that in Australia and Southern Africa the temperature in winter is higher than in corresponding latitudes north of the equator.

The earth's perihelion is, therefore, an interesting topic for study to those who would understand the play of some of the great forces that rule "the worlds in space, for the same laws control the movements of the smallest planet and the largest sun. Proi idence Journal. The "Lucky Escape." Oa the-night of Oct 14, 1651, a tall, swarthy young man with a companion slipped into the George Inn, Brighton and said he would wait to meet a seafaring acquaintance. In earlier days the host had been employed in one of the London palaces, and he recognized in his seedy visitor Prince Charles, son of the monarch who, more than two vears before, had been beheaded at Whitehall. After the battle of Worcester the young King had experienced many adventures and worn many disguises there was a price upon his head; but the innkeeper, either from loyalty or discretion, did not offer to molest the fugitive or bis companion.

The Captain of a collier, Nicholas Tet-tersell, then appeared, and took Charles and his companion, who was the Earl a iloffrsstein en a Sad Subject. Misder Hr.ffenstein," said Herman, as he entered the store, "Vile I vaa valking along Canal Street a leedle vile ago, I meets Simon Hirsch, vat vas in de notion pisiness in Shreveportlast year, und you don't vould know him, he vas so changed. He dells me dot he vanta to die, because his store vas all proke up, und he -don't got some pisiness any longer." 44 Herman," replied HoffenBtein, after he had listened attentively, "Ihaf seen hundred of beople in de fix vat Hirsch as in, und dey alvays vant to die. De reason is, dem.kind uf men don't Lai de, spunk to fight mit dere droubles, und dey vant death to come in und help dem oud. but it von't do it Death don't go around accommodating beople in any such vay, you.

know. Yen I vas poor I used to valk around mit a ventilator in de seat of my bants as big as a door mat; und vas shust as miserable as any von, but I nefer ranted to die. No, Herman, ITshnst put pn long ofercoat to carry oud de contract vat my bants hod made, und I made up' my mind dot I could peck a lifing -oud of Sis vorld if I could get-my pill in de right blace. I knew a man yot haf a large family, und all de time he vas vishinir to die bnt didn't 'vaht to kill Yon 'day he tell from de Second floor down de bateh-yay uf a hardvare store he vos vorking in und smashed a cultivator plow. Vat you dink, Herman, de only harm vat de accident did vas to put anoder doc tor's bill against de poor man, und ven he got veil de shentleman vat owns de store made him pay for de vay he damaged de plow.

De same man a short time afder de accident got a bi fortune vat vas left him, und he didn't enjoy himself more den dree veeks ven he died deader as a mackerel mit de measles. If he didn't get dot fortune he vould haf been alive to-day, und as helty, und as poor und deeper in debt as he efer vas before, you know. Dere vas Isaac Schwab, whose vife runs avay mit a fellow vat tunes pianos in Yickspurg shust before de var, und gife him drouble. Schwab vas so miserable dot he dakes boison a gouple uf times, but a doctor alvays comes along und bumps it oud uf him. Yen de var preaks oud he joins de army, dinking dot he vill be killed, but he don't.

He charges de vorks de enemy right vere all de cannons vas, but he nefer gets hurt, und at de end of de var he comes to de conclusion dat de only vay he can get a bullet in him vas to swallow von. At last he makes up his mind dot he vill try once more to kill himself, und he goes und hangs himself in an old stable on de edge up de town. Vile he vas swinging in de air, von uf dem ram sheep comes in und butts at him until de rope breaks, und den de ram butts Schwab all ofer de town. Dink uf it, Herman it shows dot death, you know, vont go loafing around trying to blease a man ven it knows itself. Death, my poy, loves a shining mark, as do books say, und it nefer vaste any time mit a poor vertless fellow, ven it can get hold uf velty und influential citizen, mit a stomach on him vat stands oud from de rest uf his body like a bay-vindow.

A Sparrow's Faith and Trust. The railroad station was not intended as a lodging house, yet it has a regular lodger every night This little lodger is an English sparrow. Opposite the large lamp at the corner of the building, up in the outer corner of the awning, on the inside, is a rouud hole an inch and a half or two inches across, partially through the boar put there for no one knows what Into this hole each and every night may be seen thiB sparrow, snuggled closely away, protected on all sides from the cold winds, safe from cold and harm, and apparently sleeping. The numerous trains that come and go, the crowds of people that gather at the depot with every train, the scream of the whistle, the ringing of the engine bells, the rattle of the wheels oyer the rails none of them disturb him in the least The glare of that lamp full into his resting place, or the gaze of curious eyes ail the night until midnight, cause no sign of pertuberation in his peaceful little breast. He may be watched steadily for hours, and he won't wink.

'He knows he is safe there, and he attends to his own business strictly, letting the outside world out for itself. In the day time he is away, his living, but one among hundreds of sparrows hopping about and picking up whatever they may find, but at night he perches himself in his jesting place, as if there was not another sparrow in the world, and ere he falls asleep looks calmly down upon the busy scene bekrwj perhaps with a measure of contempt for the rush and bustle and cares of He did have a nest there, but when the awning was painted the ruthless hand of improvement destroyed the nest, However, his love of locality is strong, and he sticks to his old home, putting up with less comfortable accommodations for the sake of remaining there. Providence Journal Density or the Earth. Herr von Jolly, of Munich, has been applying the balance' to ascertain the density of the earth. The balance used was placed in the upper part of a tower, and from each of the scales depended a wire, through a having a second scale at the lower end, 21,005 metres below.

These lower scales were 1 02 m. from the ground, so that a lead ball one metre in diameter might be brought under one of them. A body brought from an upper scale into a lower one has an increase of weight corresponding to its decree of approach1 to the earth's center and to the increase of acceleration; WLen the lead ball is brought under the same lower scale jts pail is added. differr ence of the implements of weight, with and without the' lead ball, indicates the umount of pnll 'of latter, and the quotient of this pull and that of. the earth alone furnishes a means (with the law of gravitation) of comparing the density of the earth with that of the lead, and, the latter being known, of determining the mean density of the earth.

The author finds the mean" density to be 5692, with a probable error of not more than 0O68 either way." This agrees more or less with other determinations but-from the mean of those with the torsion balance it diverges about ten per cent Bather on the Lawyers. The Supreme Judicial Court for one of the counties adjoining us sat and one or two members of the Androscoggin bar attended. A clergyman was invited to open the court with prayer and did so. The divine closed his petition in this manner; 44 At last may we become dwellers of that better land whare there beside, and the dark face with its weird i i eyes peered into hers. What's the matter, Alice Why Nell, I thought yop were asleep.

Come. dear, go back bed: you will catch cold up here. "I don't want to go. "What "is 'the trouble, Alice the girl, And Alice told her all. Neil kissed her sister passionately, then, clenching her little brown, fists; she said, fiercely I hate those proud women I I hate Goddard 'Tressil I I will pay 'em back for what they have said, for every word Hush, dear I and Alice dried her tears hastily.

I want you to promise me something. Will you, darling?" Anything said Nell, impetuously. "I want you to promise me that, if it ever lies in your power to do me a favor for any one of the Tressil family, I may depend upon your performance of that favor." Oh, Alice anything, anything but that Promise me. Nellie 1 a ring of decision in her voice. There was a silence for a few moments.

Then, in subdued tones, came the words "I promise." The September son, with its ripening tints of amber, lay warm and golden in the garden, walk and terrace of the cliffs. The waves. of the ocean-crept slowly shoreward, drifting into fantastic shapes, and then breaking scattered the pearly spray far up on the land. Mother," and Isabel Tressil stopped before the open door of the pleasant sitting-room. "I lost my bracelet down in the cove this afternoon, and I did not notice that it had slipped off until I got home.

I must go and recover it before the tide comes in." Cannot Goddard go for you said her mother. "I don't know where he is." "Very welL be careful about the tide," said the mother, anxiously. "I will be careful," said Isabel, confidently. Adieu, ma mere." She went down to the foot of the cliffs, which gave her home its name, by a broad, gently-sloping path. Then her path lay along the sands to the cove.

Two long parallel walls of rock made off from the shore, and during high tide the little cove thus formed was a mass of tossing foam, but now it was a loj, narrow stretch of sand. Isabel Tressil at length reached the cove and began to search anxiously for the missing bracelet. It was a present from Goddard, and she valued it very highly. She was about giving it up for lost, when suddenly she caught sight of it, almost hidden by a mass of sea-weed. Isabel caught the bracelet up hastily and turned to go, saying to herself "I must hurry or be caught by the tide." At the thought her eyes turned toward the termination of the point around which she must go.

Her heart almost froze with horror at the sight that met her gaze. The waves curled at the foot of the point, soft as carded wool." "Help! help The cry sounded faintly above tho beating ot tho tide on the rocks, and reached the ear of Nell Haviland, who stood watching the waves as they slowly encroach ed upon the sand. Some one is in the cove," said the girl, and, running along the edge of the cliffs, sho bent over the rocky precipice. She saw a woman, evidently half dead with terror, orouching at the foot of the cliff. "She will be washed away before can get help.

I must help her myself, sail Nell to herself. There was an almost-imperceptible path down the precipitous wall. Though she was as used to ciimbiug as a goat, Nell found it no easy tak to de-' soend. When she had nearly arrived at the base, she called out, "Sou must climb up this path I will show you how." The woman, who had not heard Nell before, turned at the sound of her voice, and Nell Haviland stood face to face with Isabel Tre-ssil. "Oh, Nell! dear Nell, stve me 1" 6he cried, clasping her hands imploringly.

A vow registered soul. "I will keep itself in Nell, my pro ni Lso if I drown. Take hold of that little bush," she said, "and put your foot there," pointing to a little projecting stone. I Isabel's terror caused her to catch at the guiding hand instead of the seemingly-insecure bush, and her excess of weight caused Nell to fall downward. A stone dislodged struck Nell's foot, and to her dismay she found herself unable to step.

She braced herself agaiust the wall and urged remorseful Isabel to at-" tempt to scale the cliff. She tried in vain. The unused muscles refused to perform the task given -them. Then with the cold, crawling waves around them they screamed in unison. No answer.

At witn a moan of utter despair, xsaoei gave it up. drpwn. God ment of agony, she buried hrr face baft Men shoulder. The words of a'grand' old hymn she i had often heard Alice sing came baok to; jHji 8 rnino, men put ner arm around the trembling form of the terror-stricken NeU, it is of no use we have got to 1 But I cannot, cannot die Oh. 1 have mercy I and.

in. an abandon- i 1 Fancj TTork. Wall pockets and card cases are easily made common brown building paper, a largo roll of which may be bought at any hardware 6tore for five or ten cents, will do as well for them in most cases as tho more expensive bristol board generally used. The pockets may. be made in endless shapes and covered with wall paper or the pretty enameled paper to be found at the prining office or the fancy store, and colored or gilt pictures can be pasted on the front Boxes made of cardboard in the shape of books are neat and useful, and nicely covered are an ornament to any center table; Cut a pattern by a book the size you wish, fold back the covers and.

cut a piece the shape of the and a straight piece bent' with 'the fiugers till curved like the front of a book-; the bot torn and back of the book are in one. piece, cut by the cover of, the pattern, book. The upper cover can be fastened to the back by a strip of cloth so that it will open like the cover of a book. The edges should be covered with gilt or. marbled paper and the cover with any color you wish.

Very handsome oDes can be made with velvet line them with paper or silk. Blue, brown or green boxes can be lined with very pale pink, and fancy pictures ornament the upper cover, inside and out; pleated tissue paper makes dainty linings. These boxes can hold photographs, cards or stereoscopic views or collections of small engravings. Brackets can be made of pine, stuiced with walnut juice and varuished. frames of planed lath, stained and varnished like the brackets, with a foi led edge of gilt paier around the inside are soeeially pretty for bright colored landscapes pine" mouldings at from me and a half cents per foot up to as high as you may wish to pay, may be obtained at the lumber vard and used in the same way.

Jr'enwippers oi. CJom cai me shape of a leaf, three or four fasten! together with a slight veining floss, are nk-e' to tie to the children's books. 'tfopsy. i i He was a man of considerable wit. During tL iVanoo-Prussian war he waa much annoyed by the stupidity of a country sub-editor with whom he had to do, and he determined to play him a trick.

So, late one evening, when he knew nobody else would be handy to keep the obtuse one from making a blunder, he telegraphed through to him, 44 The Prussians have taken Umbrage." it. a. The sub-editor, glad of a piece of news however late, came out with large bills and headings, 44 Capture of Umbrage by the Prussians." He never bothered the contributor any more. The State of Missouri contains several hundred springs which send forth a large volume of water with sufficient energy to run large mflla or factories. "Goddard.

please tell me precisely what your mother and sister have said, so that I may know just how the matter stands." -t! Weil. they can welcome you, very gladly, aa a daughter and sister, but- they cannot endure the idea of having Nell under the same roof, and she must abide somewhere else." And yon Goddard said Alice, imploringly. What can I do, Alice?" said he, in a sort of a helpless way that struck a chill to the girl's heart. So it is a question of decision on my part between yon and my iter Nell?" "Yes, Alice." and tnen tne young voice sang out clear and sweet as a bugle-call, 'flinging a grand defiance into the very face of death," emu, knrer of my ecmi, Let me to Thy bosom i The cold spray struck the brave young singer harshly in the face, as if to stop utterance, but the next second the words, While the bCknrs aear me reg. While the tsmpast still Is) high.

floated over the water. Strength came back to Isabel her vedce'joined Nell's, and steadfastly they awaited the seem-insrly inevitable. Goddard 1 The anxious face of.