Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1879 — Page 3

The Ilei)selahr RENSSELAER, . . INDIANA.

* DECREED. * 4-U> iAwltth nuine riJi? ifitirf! ?alts' Intn all eyea home tear drops (tart. Into all souls some doubting oome, _ _ rortss^wtui£'«:/?a,.s 1 Oer sotne.cloudj must Javer. i * Or entering the heart with their bittersting. Uopryall brows rough wii.chi njnst bjpwl ■'i iHißttAwftar 4 ’' Down to the dost in bitter pain. Into all hands is ■» - - fl 1 Ilf 1 * 1 <4> Ir’ks son>eT>frdJn«gitn, i *. 1 I GpAIS niZtlio wait withliifurSirtXwiilht, ► I I ' God s dear sunshine comes streaming down Gilding the ruins of Life’s great plain— A . Weaving for all a golden crown, x: i[ >' 5'X O | -iT^ r * l6,<^y> l I

ONLY ME.

A little figure glided through the hall; •Is that you. Pet?” the words cama tenderly, A eob-supnrcHsed toletthe answer la.ll —< . - r ■ “It isn’t Pet?mamma; it’s only tne." The QUfrerinarbaby lips!—they had nofrnseant •• . > But to tluw mother-heart, a strange pang went— She heard, and stood like a convicted thing. One instant, and a happy little face Ihrilled 'neath unwonted kisses rained above; And, from that mpment- Only Me byd pb|P l And part pat Jnjteun' ;'imiilier-hive. '■ -Carotin} A. UtOit.in CortgrigafidHalM.

JUDGING BY APPEARANCE.

“Here’a.a nice place, Mabel,” said the elder of the two ladies who had just entered ttyo p t|ain. “ Add we’ll try torkdbp jt Undisturbed, too,J’ phe added, proceeding, to deposit their shhwls, sachels, etc., upon the end of each seat, while the two ladies ffeStetTOieifiselves facing.eaqh other. • - They verb Evidently taotheh and daughter, the mother large, portly and the daughter a slender, brfght-mced little thing, and just- as evidently people of “position,” marked by all the belongings of wealthy travelers. .■ Elegantly bf aided linen ulsters, over suits of black silk, stylish hats, dainty kid gauntlets, Thissia leather saphels and shawl-strap's Were thieir dlsfln-. guishing marks, beside that indescribable air whifch stamps its possessor* as. one peed to good society. So very warrt! Do reach my fan, Mabel!” said Mrs. Glenuor. “We have a terrible hot day for our ride!” “But is such a nice breeze,, I, think it will be lovely,” returned bright-eyed Mabel. “ Oh, you're always contented with everything. Dear me, I hope the carriages worst be crowded!” “They are almost thatndw,mamma. We have the oply vacant seats, I beUfave.”: ‘ k ‘ ' 1 ■ “And 1 ! mean to keep them, too,” announced Mrs. Glennor. - ? A ' At thqt, moment spoke a voice at her elbow: ~ “ la that seat engaged, madam?” Mrs. Glennor’ and Mabel both looked up to see a young lady dressed in a Elain, untrimmed linen suit, with a town.veil covering her hat entirely, and shading a plain, homely face. “ . Her speech was that of a well-bred person, but her exceedingly plain at'Cre'st&nped her in Mrs. Glennor’s eyes as “common folks,” not worth an effort to be polite. She turned to the window and settled .herself in her place without seeming to near, but good-natured Mabel spoke at once: “Mine isn’t. You are welcome to share it.” a s And; notwithstanding the decided Irdjvn’on her lady-mother’s face; she tossed her “traps” over on the pil«>already beside Mrs. Glennor, and baffled a reply to the voting strangers quiet reaching out her hand toward the the seat herselp’fcaying;, i yon -” But Mrs. Glennor, with a little acCbut of spite, addressed her chttighter Mabel. don’t make yourself overofficious. 1 wonder how far it js to WW/ “■Don’tthe table tell you, mamma?” aftne intnicrer, *“ at least We' shall be able to select our society there.” “Mamma, don’t!’’ pleaded Mabel, in a low tone, flushing at her mother’s rudeness. ”T detest these trains, where every rude person who chooses may intrude upon you,” Went on Mrs. Glennor, coollv. Mabie knew there was no telling . where her mother would stop when once she was on the track, and she noted the flush which overspread the ydung stranger’s face. She quietly changed the subject. “Do you know Mr. Hamilton’sfamjly, mamma?” ‘‘No|t the children. Not since thby were grown, that is. I saw them when Theywere little,” “jf they are like their noble old father, I’m sure 1 shall like them. I ■thffik he is splendid,’’’answered Mabel. The strange young lady smiled .'quietly. Mrs. Glennor answered: I daresay they are. Birth and Jpreeding always show, Mabel. I, for one, could taever mistake a person of wealth and culture for a common ope.” .» “Is there only one daughter?” asked Mabel. “Only One at home, the youngest on«» Henrietta. And one son; Richard. I consider it very fortunate that Hamilton invited us to make this visit, MAM. JLdjard Hamilton will be very -troll, who shows what you may do in the-way of a settlement.” “ Now, mamma, if yott begin to talk thaUway, Irdo solemnly declare I will S’ ’ too far, so she said no move, but hol H]k to the P ro, F°eHn visit er window. 1 ..J. The ride was a warm one, but Mabel eftjayed it. and, in spite of hermani£a’s. frowns, chatted with her seatafo very sociably. - ■ , ft ..yas getting, sundown wfcqn .the x train stopped ,at Hamilton, and several 'passengers descended, among them Jdrs. Glennor and Mabel. wr > There Witt a forlorn-looking stating with a dusty little refreshment-bar in one corner of a dingy room, labeled

alies' Mboto.’”' There weretwtfor Village idler*, vpith hands in their its, promenading up and down the platform, and that was all. “Why, what does this mean?” fretted Mrs. Glennor. “Mr. Hamilton wrote he would l>e pertain to havp the car'riage to meet is.” < “ Perhaps it will be here yet, mamma,". 4auJ Mfibel. “Suppose yotf ask one of these men if Irkas been risen.” “I believql will,” and Mrs. .Glennor probed majestically. Up to one of the men aforesaid and inquired: " Can you tell me whether Mr. Hamntbn’s carriage has been rit-thb station to-day?” 11 nq’m-rl. i don’t know—there it are a-oomin’ now,” t Was the jlighUy incoherent answer. . , 1 ( TurnirAj in the direction W his extended nnger, she saw a handsome carriage rolling rapidly upA V It is. ittsh censing,” she announced ukldabel JwloEtaf eyes had Already infoaned her of the fadt. They waited upon the dreary platform until it drove up and the driver dismounted. Than he came up the steps and addressed Mrs. Glennor, touching his hat : “Eadies*for Mr. Hamilton’s, madam?” • “The carriage is ready, ladies. The spring cart is already to take your baggage oveir. x Will 1 take your tickets?” Mrs. Glen not gave him the tickets for their trunks’, and the ready boachmyi apop 4jad them piled in the light cart whiuh hatt followed the carriage. “Now we are ready,'" declared Mrs. Glennor. But the coachman appeared to be looking for some one else. “ Our young Miss Henrietta went up to town yesterday. Wo expected her back.by this train.” I* Here I am, Sam!” called a familiar voice from the door of the ladies’ room; anfl the homely young lady in plain Unen, who had shared Mabel's seat, came out of her retreat inside, and approached then. “ My’goodness!” was Mrs. Glennor’s dismayed'ejaculation, as she flushed up to the roots of her hair. £ But Mabel sprung forward with extended hand. . « What! are you Henrietta Hamilton P Tam so glad!” “ And you are Miss Glennor! lam glad, too!” said the young lady, offerinker hand most cordially “J would bate made myself known in the train, mivi ; am always so shy with strangers, and I was not sure who you were till now. ‘ Mrs. Glennor, I am very glad to Welcome you to Hamilton. I love your daughter already, and I am sure we shall have a delightful visit. Let ns go now;.Sam is waiting.” This prompt courtesy, so delicately ignoring her own rude behavior in the train, was a greater rebuke to Mrs. Glennor than any show of anger could have been. For once her ready tongue was at a loss, and shq only followed her young nbstess to the* carriage, silently ana .With flushed face. ——- But Henrietta’s kindly spirit soon put her at her ease, except when she remembered her mortifying blunder. It was a wholesome lesson, however. And the next time Mrs. Glennor meets A lady in the train, whether she is robed like a Queen or in plain linen, she will treat her as such, and never judge by appearance. Caleb Cushing as a Worker—His Remarkable Memory. Caleb Cushing was never on confidential jernu with anybody. To begin with, he was-in youth as ambitious as Napoleon, and he elevated himself to the position he occupied at his death by sheer force of physical application. He had a memory probably unequaled <ny tn ja now alive. He could read sixteen hosts a day for a month, and nevec.forget an.important fast obtained in tli»t time, and this faculty foade-hfip : ttic prdMurrdest- authority on Federal irscs, i*L t U i A oountr y’, His memory au.d his powut of work were the secrets of his success. As an illustration of this, .the folio wing anecdote is told; In. m AhereaboUte, he was appointed Chief-Justice of the Supreme Bench of Muesaahusolta. He was out of practice, and, to use his own words, “ very justy.” He set to work, however, and in nineteen days bad read sixty volumes on different laws questions of precedent, laws of contracts, laws of exchange, Oto. About seventeen volumes weTO devoted to Massachusetts law, twice as many more were made up of reports, and the reading was altogether extremely varied. t Npw„for an example of his power of irorkf Between the ages of twentysCtTen and fifty-four he never knew what it was to be sick- He was, accustomed in Washington to get to work in the morning at five o’clock, and labor trenieudously through meal hours, and without taking a rest, until eleven at night. Then he would smoke a cigar, get into bed, find read history until he fell asleep. In one winter he finished in this manner thirteen octavo volumes of scientific travel and recent history. While Attorney-General he would have his meals brought to him and laid on his writing-desk. His custom often was to eat the entire meal without lpo.kihg.at it or resting from his work. Friends or business associates during, the time when he was. trying to adjust the Hudson Bay Company’s claims, and often on ordinary occasions, would find him buried in writing-paper or lawbooks at four o’clock m the morning, he having been at his desk for twentythree hours without rest. He knew everything in the encyclopedia, and oopld talk about it, always quoting authorities. He once talked four hours with a stranger, who, in his hearing, said that he believed in phrenology. Once the publishers of the first edition of Webster’s Dictionary sent him from Springfield a presentation copy, requestingin return a critical notice. "'Cushing, having plenty of leisure timfu glanced at the first page and found numerous mistakes; he read the second page and found many more. He read the entire book, and wrote to thd- publishers that if they expected thqf he. Was going to write a complimentary /notice' of a book with. 6.QCO errors in it they were mistaken. The impUsterq of caqcpe found fault with his etftraordwary statement, and wrote hajk to. tbe effectthalif'he would prove this to the 'satiifactidn of Prof. Porter, of Harvard, the, editor of the Dictionary, they soidd believe him. Angry at this imputation, this extraordinary man read the gigantic book over again, atod wrote' odv the 5,000 mistakes and mailed them to Prof. Porter. I Mr.'Chahiog leaves no direct heirs. His . property„ in Newburyport is estimated >tt to worth |BO,OOO. Beside this, hdowns large tracts of land st St. Anthmiy Falls, in Virginia and other placdh. ‘ His total wealth is variously estimated at from #300,000 to SBOO,OOO. —Boston Herald.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

—A brother bf George D. Prentice is now a clerk in the Navy Department, —Some months ago the Roman Catholic Indians in Maine sent to Pope Leo an qlskpretoly-trLiumed pair of moccasins; and he has just returned the compliment by sending them a handsome medal. • -,-Marriui at Mount Etna, Pa., on tlfe 30th uft., Mr. Leonard Immcl, aged 80, Hind Mito Sarah Keller, aged 87. The hridefrooii was so happy that he iflistributeircash and otitor necessaries bmong the spectators in a lavish manner. —lt has been, said that the matter which hariihdtAl GovJHAmpton most concern during his illness has been a report that his Injury was received by being thrown .fitAn his home. The Governor prides himself on his horsemanship. r Boston is Joshua M. Sfiars, who pays $3V,754Ym a property of #2,949,400. W. F. Weld is taxed on #2,663,600, Moses Williams on $2,051,400, and John L. Gardner on #1,264,500, these being the only men who pay on more than a million. —The current feport that a daughter of Sec’y Stanton is employed in the Treasury Department is not true. The lady so engaged is a relative of the late War Secretary, but not a daughter. The Stanton children have a modest competency, which is administered for them by a Philadelphia trust company. —Among the persona receiving calls on New Year's Day in Washington, was Mrs. Bruoe, the bride of the colored Senator from Mississippi. A large number of Senators, Representatives and other public men paid their respects, and were received very gracefully by Mrs. Bruce and her sister from Cleveland. —The late Representative Beverly Douglas of Virginia was a man of great strength and quick temper. During the late Congressional campaign, whilestumping” his district along with a competitor, he became incensed at something which the latter said, and hurled him from the platform, breaking his arm. —Of Senator Conkling arguing a case before the United States Supreme Court, the W ashington correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal gives this picture: “Cold and indifferent as. Conkling apuears to be, he can summon up as much facial expression as an actor. When he wishes to sneer he knits his brow, half closes his eyes, gives the muscles of his cheeks and nose a twist upward, while the curling of the lips causes each hair of his mustache to vibrate like the strings of an zEolian harp; then in slow, measured, but sarcastic tones, he utters an irony, which, in this instance, is aimed at Judge Bradley.” —There is a significant contrast between the “ pomp and circumstances” attending the movements of the new Governor-General oFCanada and his royal wife. and those of the Chief Magistrate,of the great Republic this side the border. President Hayes and his wife walk to church on Sunday, simply dressed, and wearing or doing nothing to attract special attention. There is still enough popular reverence for the dignity of authority to cause their movements to be -eagerly watched by curious eyes and to prompt many special attentions. It is chronicled that on a recent Sunday a gentleman sitting behind the official pew took out his handkerchief and carefully brushed the rain drops from the President’s coat collar.---Boston Advertiser. —Ccnuarning Mr. Webb Hayes, the Washington correspondent of the Berald.9itimVon, tells this story: “Mr. Webb Hayes, who has a keen sense of humor, astonished his parents and the friends with them last fall, at one of flie largest public receptions held by th« Prg»iaqut and Mrs, HayeA in the Whst. Me {the wag of the family), while t&Misands werb passing up to stfika hands w{lh the couple, pulled hili. down over his face, drew his qpat tight around him and, falling into fine, gravely Walked.up to his mother, and,'taking her hand to shake it, as the others did, .stood for a moment, And gravely said, in a clear, raised tone, so that'all mighthear: ‘God bless you, madam, for your noble adherence to the temperance cause.’ Mrs. Hayes; thbugh taken unawares, thanked hipi gxavely, without any appearance of recognition, and he passed on with tlih crfiwd.”

Winter Butter.

The most serious difficulties of the dairy begin with the cold weather- In the winter season cows have usually passed their period of freshness by several months, the food is dry, and the temperature is very low; all these circumstances tend to change the condition of the milk and cream, and affect the character of the butter, so that with the advent of winter the complaints of trouble with the churning become constant, and the dairy people become disgusted and despairing. The butter refuses to come in many cases, and after many hours of patient churning.there is a foamy mess of sour cream without any sign of butter in it Or the butter, after hours of churning, comes in shape like grains of sand, without any coherence, and white, and of disagreeable flavor. The least disagreeable result is the appearance of white curdy specks, which disfigure the butter and render it unsatisfactory alike to the exacting customer and the ambitious producer. The happy dairyman is he who has all his plans laid for winter business. His cows are fresh; he has a stock of beets, mangels or carrots on hand; his hay is green and odorous, having been out in June, and cured while it was yet young, with all its juices sweet and “abundant; hja.Jjatn.-w-wrann;Tils -ywdrAW well sheltered; his dairy is warmed to ajsUmmer temperature, and his product is of even quality, and comes from the churn without trouble or disappointment) He enjoys the knowledge that his butter is selling at double the rates of the summer markets, and he is never disturbed by-the souring of his milk or the softness or early spoiling of his product. It is E‘ the winter dairyman, who comins of the difficulties which have n referred to, because by his method of business they Cannot possibly occuj;. But for many of those who are not so fortunate, and who are compelled by circumstances to make butter in the winter season, there is hope and comfort in the knowledge that by good management their troubles may be •i>lier prkverited or greatly eased. In some eases it will be impossible to remove or'prevent the difficulties* met with, as, for instance, when there is one cow only, And she is either oonsti- , tuttonally a poor butter cow, or is in ! such a condition that good butter cannot be expected from her.

The most frequent difficulty experienced at thiseeaapn is the impossibility of procuring nuttef after long-oontin-ued churning. This may be caused by the condition of the cow, constitutionally or otherwise. When it is constitutional there is no remedy» obviously; otherwise, the cow may have been milking for a long-continued period, and the quality of the milk may haye become changed. In all cqses it will be foupd Hat the mixtore of the milk of s’ 7 fresh loow with the other milk( will rempve the difficulty; so that where several cows are Aept,-i» should be so arranged that some of the cows should oome in early in the winter. This trouble may also be caused by keeping to before churning, o£ by churning trie cream at too low a temperature. In the formed cise t to mil Ein ay himi undergone the| first pt’ocesbdf'deoothposition, which is the production of alcohol from the fermentation pf Pfllk sjjgan and this forms an emulsion with the fat-globnlet, which foams in the chum,, aqd from which butter never can be made. In the latter case the fat-globules are too solid and hard to adhere together, and they either do not gather into butter or they form a loose sand ar gravel-like mass, which is difficult to work together. The remedies for the,former difficulty are to prevent decomposition of the milk by scalding it before it is set for cream and by adding to the milk a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda for every four gallons, <no to stir a teaspoonful of salt into the cream for each gallon as it may be added to the store in the cream-jar; and for to latter difficulty, to add warm wator to <to cream, or otherwise to bring it up to a temperature of 70 deg. at the churning. The prevalent white color, of winter butter may be changed into a fine summer color by the audition of a harmless and agreeable coloring matter formed of preparations of annatto. Some butter-coloring is made and sold ready for use by dealers in dairy supplies, and ample directions are given by the dealers for their use. A simple and excellent coloring may be made by dissolving a piece Of annatto paste, to be procured at the drug-stores, as large as a pea, for four gallons of cream, in a teacupful of hot water. The solution is poured into the churn with the cream, and will give a rich yellow color to the butter without any streakiness or patchiness. Too much color will give a reddish and unnatural tint, which will be prejudicial to the character of the butter, because the addition will be too apparent, it being not the artificial character of the color, but the overdoing of it that Is objectionable to the purchasers. The white curdy specks are the most troublesome to deal with. These may occur from a natural defect of the cow, and if so, they cannot be. prevented. Thgy may also result from the too long keeping of the cream, and the consequent curdling of the milk that is mixed with it, by the repeated stirrings in the cream-jar. It may also occur from the use of impure salt, any particle of lime or free soda in the salt forming a soap by combination with the butter, ana causing a white speck wherever the particle of alkali may have been. The latter cause may be prevented by the use of pure salt only, and there are several brands both of native and imported dairy salt which are entirely free from particles of lime or other salts of soda than the pure chloride. But what cannot be prevented in this way may be cured by the use of the coloring matter, as already directed; and on the whole, considering the ever-present danger of “spookiness” in winter butter and the frequent want of color, it will be advisable to make a practice of using artificial' coloring in the winter season. The frequent objections made to this practice are not worth considering; they are either captious or made without knowledge. If it is wrong to color butter, it is equally wrong to color chqese; to use caramel in confectiqpeiy or to use the yelks of eggs or other coloring matter in cooking. The eye may justly be pleased as well as the palate, and if the coloring is innocent, as is annatto, it is unobjectionable— N. Y. Times.

How the Alps Were Formed.

Prof. Judd, of.the RoyM School of Mines, LondOh.gavereoen'tly interesting explanation of the formation of the Swiss Alps. The results of geological observations he said show that four stages can be recognized in the history of these Alps. First, the existence of a line of weakness in the earth's crust nearly coincident with the line of the present mountains. This is evidenced by the fact that along this line of weakness there were volcanic outbursts, the results of which can still be traced. Secondly, there followedhtong this line of weakness a depression, and in this huge V trough” of miles in extent there were accumulated sands, limestones and clays by various forms of water agencies, and by animals living in the waters. Thirdly, there followed the consolidation of these soft and loose materials. There is evidence that the accumulation was of from six to seven miles in thickness, and the mere weight of the superincumbent material on the lower strata would have a share in effecting consolidation. But this was not all. Under this vast covering heat had led to crystallization from fusion. There was, too, the crushing in from the sides of the trough. This was illustrated by a model of the late Sir H. de la Beche, where lateral pressure was employed on layers of different colored clotn, showing how crumpling resulted, with uplifting of parte of the accumulated mass. Fourthly, there had been the sculpturing of all this into its present form, which was the work of rains and frosts. Some ojUbaexisting peaks. even 3,000 feet high, "Were composed entirely of the disintegrated material resulting from the action of the water, either as ice in glaciers or as rain and streams. The amount of material removed in this way was so stupendous it was almost staggering to try to grasp the facts. The sculpturing of the contours is still going on. This fourth stage was of quite recent date, speaking geological* ly; but the whole history involved a lapse of time which at the beginning of .this ’ century philosophers would not have been prepared to grant, even if this since-acquired knowledge of facts had been presented thepi. A man will sit still in the theater for three hours and think the play the shortest he ever saw. and yet sit as un- ' easily in his pew on Sunday as though ' he were being used for a pincushion, * and think the twenty-minute sermon the longest he ever heard.—X X Berald. , I Timi Is money, but health to happiness. If I' you have a bad oold or cough, use Dr. Bull’s | Ooqfh Byrup< It will aura you. Price,* tea

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

-*Thto is about the time for peddlers of new and marvelous kinds of fruit* at fabulous prices. Those who have tx on only bit a few times can try again ,anti! they are satisfied— Exchange. ,i —Fattening beef animals pays; but trying to fatten inferior animals is a waste of energy, time and labor. The animals should be selected with special reference to the rapidity with which they will fatten; to the qualityof the beef, fineness of bone, compactness of body, and small amount of offal which the carcass will yield.— American Agriculturist. ; ' ' i —Don’t buy any patent “ drinking fountains” for your fowls. I bought two and one, and I would sell the whole lot for one good three-cent postage stamp. Common wooden buckets are the best things for fowls to drink from that I can find; they are, 'high enough to keep the hens from acralching them full of dirt. and. y®t not too high (ortho fowl’s convenience, and, beside, they are easily kept rieflt; an old broom and some hot water will, make them as/’cleau as a whistle” in a few minutes.—Cor. Prairie Farmer: —A contemporary says: “ There is no reason why farming may not be made to pay much oftener than it does. Very few have learned to regard it as a business. It is a sort of chance work all round. Most men look on it as a sort of real estate transaction. They hope one day to sell out at a big figure, hence are afraid to improve their rarms with a view to agricultural operations, fqr fear that whoever buys the land will not care for these little things. We have often heard some improving farmer ridiculed for his expenditures by some knowing ones, who were very sure so-and-so would get no more for his place than if he bad thrown the money in the dirt.” —A Virginian writes in praise of corn not only as the best food for laboring men, but foi domestic animals Of all kinds. He states that the usual ration for a negro laborer, for a week, i«i one and a half pecks of corn, three pounds of bacon and a little molasses. They thrive on it, and are healthy and strong. Southern horses and mules, as anile, have only corn for grain, but they live longer and do more work than Northern horses that feed on oats. In that part of the country dogs are fed almost exclusively on cornmeal, and they not infrequently eat corn in the ear, while wandering curs devour it oq the stalk. Even cats eat corn-meal stirred up with water, as is done in the case of chicken feed. —To fry oysters, draw the juice from the oysters, and season them well with pepper and salt. Let them stand for an hour, then dip each one separately into rolled cracker crumbs, afterward into an egg beaten with two tablespoonfuls of milk, then in cracker crumbs again. The latter must be seasoned with pepper and salt.. When ati are ready, set them one side, to be cooked just when wanted, as they; should be eaten as soon as done. To' cook them, have a kettle of boiling hot', lard, into which plunge a frying basket with a few oysters in it; when cooked a light-brown color, lay them on a piece of whitish-brown paper and set them in the open oven for two or three minutes to drain, then serve on a hot platter accompanied by cold-slaw or celery-salad.

Explosives as Fire-Kindlers.

Year after year warnings Are published in the newspapers against the practice, in which some house-servants and fewer housewives indulge, of kindling fires with coal oil. Sometimes the warning is a simple account, of a fatal accident, sometimes it is in comments thereon. The warnings, however, do aot seem to be heeded,. and now comes the story of • wenian who used blasting powder with which! to kindle a fire, and caused an explo-| sion, fatally injuring herself and two children. The use of powder for kindling fires was not unusual in the army during the war, but the fires were in open air, powder was used by men familjEr with its properties. They were, indeed, so well acquainted with the danger attending its Use, that they never tried the experiment until all other means had failed to quicken a fire, and then with extreme caqtion. It is scarcely necessary to say that all explosive compounds, and all butting fluids, should be kept away frbnit the stove, and that, under no circumstances, should an attempt be made to add powder or oil to a fire. It is bad enough to saturate wood with oil before lighting it, which is rs practice very apt to lead to carelessness and danger, but the attempted pouring of off on a flame is an actol suicide.— Philadelphia Ledger.

A Singular Transit

Astronomers are not always content with predicting transits of the inferior planets visible on the earth. At the last meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society, London, Mr. Marth called at* tention to a phenomenon occurring this year, which, though it could not be seen here, possesses perhaps at least as much interest to astronomers as a total eclipse of the sun, visible only near one of the poles. The phenomenon in question would only be seen by astronomers on. the planet Mani' On Nov, 12, 1879, about two minutes before 2h., Greenwich mean time, a small black body would make its appearance on the south following side of the disc of the sun; in six minutes it would Jiave fully entered upon the disc, and would proceed slowly from left to right in a direction little inclined to the ecliptic of Mare. About a quarter past 4h. an* other and bigger black body would encroaoh upon the disc, and would occupy twenty-one minutes before it had fully entered upon it These two bodies were the moon and the earth, and they would be visible from all parte of planets where the sun was above the nonzon. But observers placed along a certain zone or track would have the opportunity of seeing a third and apSarently bigger body across the sun’s isc. it was at present somewhat uncertain at what time this third body would make its appearance, probably about a quarter to 4h,, while the moon was yet alone on the sun’s disc.’ This third body would come from the right hand side, in a direction at a slant of about 20 deg. from the south; at which point it would touch depended on the station, but Marital observers would have to be very quick to observe all the contacts, since the time- tor "doing so would be limited at besi to some twenty or thirty seconds. This third body was Phobos, the inner satellite! but observ*. Pre on Mars would be far more inter- ' ested in the transit of the earth and moon than in that of Phobos, since in the course of a Martial year there were no less than about 1,388 transits of Phobos, across the sun visible f rom some

part dr other of the planet, while the number of transit* of uelmaa was about 133. On the other hand, tnpeits.pf the earth and moon were rare occurrences, the last one having taken place iff the year 1800, while the next to follow would happen In 1906. About a quarter to 10, the moon, wlfldh meanwhile had apparently drawn nearer to the earth, would quit the sun’s disc, and the last external contact of the earth with the •disc would take place at Greenwich midnight. But before external contact.. about half-past llh., I’hobof would again cross the sun’s disc for pertain stations; after having tneanwMle petturned a whole Revolution artftmd the p. fallQwiiur painful story is ijsported from the village of St. Antoine Do Tilly, In Canada. A middle aged baniwloref the place, named Maxims La Bortfl, who lived alone and led an exemplary life, not having been seep about for some days* the ne'ghbora broke in the door of his houap, at terrible spflctacje meeting their gave. La Borte sat in his chair, life having evidently left him several days before, flesh of.hfii face and other portions of his body had been almost entirely ghawed on by two cats, which had been, confined in the house, and found means of appeasing their,|iim“Oh dear; I meant to mend your glove,”' said Mrs. Jones, as Jones drew On a glove without any ends to the fingers, on a co|d morning.. And Jonqsi who had no), recovered from the lodge meeting the night-before, ssld;~** r *(Fjoept the ’mend-meant.” — Y. Mail.

A Lady’s Wish.

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