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satire.

Satirists are at first sight not a pleasant
set Of pe5ple-n3t tie sort Of persons with
whom We care to have much 70 do, or in
whose presence We leelaltogether at our ease.
Who can tell whether they may not be '' tax
ing notes 80 of himself while tncy seem to be
joining with MIN in familiar intercourse,
even in the sacred shelter of private friend
ship Then. again, they are often declam-
a-ory and terribly severe They seem to
have au interest In making every one out TO
be villain, and in representing the men and
the characteristics of their own time under
the worst possible c1lors. They are usually
di-cuntrnici. mQrJse. savage. a.d overbear-
inc and we are inclined, after all. to think
that the world. bad enough as it is. must
have some good an it 70 account for the for
bearance Of Providence towards it. and at the
same time to doubt whether it will ever be
made much better by mere sco!ding. Pessi-
mism is an unhealthy theory. and We have
sometimes an alarming suspicion that setlr-
lists are not themselves much better than
those against whom they invcigh.
Yet. after all. satire lie a legitimate literary
weapon. though it requires a very well-disci-
nlined mind and a very sound Judgment n
WELD it we'll Like religious controversy, II
ought never be intrusted to men VINO, ether
by their mental constitution or by their
training. are deficient in certain special re-
qusites of character.
In religious controversy-to put ASIDE the
consideration of proper theological training
and legitimate cOmmission-it Is obvious
that the first essential mental condition Is the
capacity-in which it is clear that some are
bopeles-ly deficient by nature-of calmly
measuring, patiently comprehending, and
fairly expjunding the views Of their adyer-
saries. and the habits Of thought of which
these views are the fruit. lmpetuous and
narrow minds should never touch contro-
versy There is but one corrective that can
cure the original vice of their constitution
and that they will seldom submit to-we
mean long course of oral teaching from the
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GETTING DINNER rtK THE Minis ER.-Ihe
followingisa good illustration Of the free and easy
habits of pioneer hfe. Some families might feel
relieved if they could obtain supply for their
tables, when entertaining the minister, on As
easy terms
Mr.. Bascom Travelled two years in the noun
taiuous region Of Kentucky. The country was
rough, and the people generally poor. But the
romantic willingness Of the country was con-
genial 70 his feelings, and he enjoyed the rude
hospitality Of the siucere-hearted torestrrs.
He used to tell with much apparent pleasure,
Of dinner he enjoyed with particular satisfac-
ton lie was preaching on one occasion in "a
cabin, which was At once church and dwelling
The people were listening with seriousness and
with attention to the truths Of the Gospel, when
in the very mids, Of his sermon, his host, who
sat near the door. suddenly rose from his seat,
snatched the gun from its wooden brackets upon
which it lay against the joist. went hastily out
and fred it of, and returning, put the gun in
its place and quietly seated himself to hear the
remainder of the sermon.
The whole affair hardly consumed $ much tim
as it requires to read this account Of 1t, ami in
very few moments all vas going on as smoothly
as if 70 interruption had occurred. After service
was ended, Bascom inquired Of the man the
meaning of his strange conduct
Sir" said he, 1--WE are entirely out of meat
and was iperplexed to know what We should
give YOU for dinner, and it was preventing me
from enjoying the sermon, when the Good One
sent y flock Of wild turkeys this way; hap
pened to see them, took my gun and killed two
at a shot, my mind felt easy, and enjoyed the
remainder Of the sermon with satisfaction
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ANECD DOTAL.


A pious Scotch minister being asked by
fruI. during h:. last illness. whether be
thought himself dying. replied &c Really, friend.
care not whether | am or not; for If die,
shall be with Col: and if | live. God will be
with me-
4 story i, told Of a South Carolina bow saving
90 his father Christmas d4v. 1854 =" Papa.
santa Claus dii not put ANYTHING in my stock
ing Inst night Have the Yankees killed him,
lat' " No, my child, was the answer, " but
they have made him prisoner
said Lord John Russell to Mr. Hume alta S.
,i,l iirD.r. =. What do Won consider the object
.f f..-i.l,tion .-' The greatest cool Co tie
.rsafest number g, What do vo.i ems der tle
greatest uuuber7'' continued his lorisbip
.Vun.bsr one 3, WIS tb. e.mroner's rro-n1-
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S'r Isaac Newton was member oil the britisn
House of commons, and during the Whole
course oil MS parliamentary career ne is report
Ell 70 nave made nut one speech ana 'hat a very
brief one lie arose and asked a person IN The
-'iiery TO open "'ndo"-
Illustrative Of President Finney's habit Of
plain speaking, even when speaking of himself,
"a clergyman tells # having heard him make
this confession az family prayer one morning
e. o Lord We So abominate ourselves that We
could spit IN ouf own faces and kick ourselves
into hell
la or-r..T r,rr+ar rrra r.~aaarfff.f a
check for payment at a bank where his counte-
nance was not known. '' You have perhaps
heard Of me" said Herring - Oh yes" said
the clerk, - have the Three Members Of the
TEMPERANCE Society hung up ia nv room. but
hov do l know that you are the piiut-r,'' Her
ring se'zetl the pen and paper AMI dashed oif
vivid ske.rh Of the three horses heads drinking
in the trough and the clerk cashel the cheek
without more words.
A citizen Of Washington whom we viii call
Mr.. P. once rang at the door Of the British
Minister. and telling the servant that be had
important bus ness with the Minister, was shown
into an anie.roo- where he was soon i1ined by
that dficial. when the following dialogue took
place e. Nav ask sir, what business it Is that
YOU have with me7'' .' Certainly, sir it Is
this. Ia passing your house / learned that You
have A whist ptrtv here Tonight. and as am
remarkably fond Of the game. thought would
lust stem in and see what are trumps" The
sublime impuience of the thing 90 amused the
Minister that he invited the intruler into the
room where the quests we're assembled, and in
troIu.eI hin, a- .. the most impulent man in
A,,eri., 81,
be,,,- ,,ho was in the habit Of sitting on
o,. ~, ibc London bridges accompanieI bv ador
Win a nI.cari Inscribed :. BliD1i attached 10
hi. neet was fortunate enough To awaken the
charitable svmnatbjes Of A gentleman wboeverv
I1orping when he nsssed the mepdieapt drnpped
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He came to the house two or three
times after that but never to spend an
evening alone with Julia. Pretty soon ne
did not come at all, and Julia u-ed 70 cry
and pout and be go cross that she maue '"'
whole family uncomfortable.
One dav he drove up 10 the dooI III
splendid sleigh, for il was winter tiihe' ano
the seighing was very good. Juli" was SIT
ting at the dining-room fire
.. There. - said She jumping up, " he
ccme to take me to drive. Now | won g
sten unless he asks nv pardon for staying
away 50 long
e. Her mother showed him into the parlor
and he asked for me. | went IN wonder
He asked ne to % to ride as coolly as II
had been in the habit of driving with hin
all tho days Of nv life. and there was some
thin, In his manner that would not let me
refuse. went. and he asked me to marry
b.m. waited three years for him, for b,
was not settled in business then-then W,
we were married, and | have been happy
every day Of my life since.
- One day he told me why be had no
married Julia.
e. was pleased with her" said he. 50 but
when ! saw her let you, guest, leave voul
employment with a gentleman, To DO hel
mothers work, while She sat doing nothing
but some embroidery, | knew she was indo
lent and selfish, and she never looked pretty
10 me after that moment If it had no
been for that c1umb-cloth, Mamie, should
probably have married her and been al
wrctched az / am now satisfied
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There are 1910 Iuli4ns in Nass-eAu>c..s
Twelve hundred Of tbs number are classified .u-
to tribes. the remainder are scattered. For th,
past ten years the numbers have not maternity
increased nor diminished The Boston Trlrei-
ier describes the distribution Of the tribes
Ihe Chapps4u.iliea tribe, aeatei on au
island OF thaJ name 900 The elster.y hm., vi Mar
tha'- Nne,arI of these there are a.
The Ohu-riautown Indians, situated on tAt
sho.e, Of vineyard Sound, on the uorher.s a'
Of MIiAa's Vineyard, and ia the town of lis
bury. Their whole number, Ja
The Gay Head tribe, on the westerly end o
Nartha's Vineyard Utthe>e there are -J+.
The Marsupee uIbe, which is the largest dis
tinct body OF the descendants Of iuiaus, 3, siiu-
ateI on ape Cod. IN the westerly part Of b .ru-
stable county, bounded on the north ty sand
wich and Baru,tabie and on the west oy Fall
mouth, on the south by the waters of Nuuey ytro
Sound There are 1921 l. acres Of A.ud ~
the district and fJ- inhabitants
The Herring Pond Indians are located on
uecs Of and between Herring Pond and Jap'
Tod Bay. The territory is chiefly ia the town o
Plymouth and a small part iE Stulwich- Iu'
Plantation contains 5000 acres o. land. ana
there are g. inhabitants.
The Naticz tribe Is almost extinct, only T. re-
main .ng, aui they have lao local ha5.;a,.or, bu
are scattered about the state.
The Puukapog Indians were formerly propr-
etors OF five thousand acres Of land IN Canton
none Of which is now in tLeir possession. ihel
number ! L.
TIE Fa.i RIVER ar Troy tribe Is situated on th'
cast shor, oI the Nor,h NatuTpl Pond, in th'
ea-torly part of Fal River. Their whole num-
Der Is about -.
The Hassauamisco Indians are greatly scat
tered, but most Of them have left Grafton
and are settled IN Worcester. There are 75 O
them.
The Dudley Indians are a remnant Of the Nip
mugs, cal the Pegln tribe, formerly inhabIt
ing "A tract OF land IN Worcester county. Ihey
number "a.
The Yarmouth tribe are scattered and minse,
in the community at large, yet they are mostly
in Yarmouth. Ia all there are about l2G
The N4mataaee-c, ludiaus had taelr origuG
location Ia tte town Of Pembroke. There ar
2jof them
TIE lumpum tribe are supposed 10 have beeI
a local tribe living near Pembroke. There ar
only Is OF them.
The Deep Bottom Indians reside about l..
miles westerly OF Elglrtown They reside in
valley called '' Deep Bottom lhey mum
Der H.
The Mddleborough lnlians were formerly 10
Gated in the vicinity Of what is called Lakeyille
There are only 10 of them remaining
There are 60 Of those who might be callec
miscella neous Indians, who are not classified in
to any If the foregoing tribes
Probably there is not a clear blood Indian II
the commonwealth. They have chiefly intermar
ried with those Of African descent The most o
these Indians are wholly or partially the ward
Of the commonwealth-none Of whom have a di
rect right Of franchise.
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late number Of the S1,urday Rsrier has a
somewhat humorous article on Boys, in which
the writer, whose object is TO exhibit bis subject
in the light Of diabolical uuisances, relates the
following in support Of bis propositions:
We once saw the Strand thrown into terror.
confusion. and distress by the unaided ait o.;
two boys It was one Of those frry, damp.
December evenings. when The lamps look Ike
blurred moons, and objects twenty yards of are
all but undistingnishahie. and The pavement i-
as slippery a If all the clowns Of al the theatres
had been practising the making uf butier-sli e.
for the coming pantomiues. These playful
youths had got a suit Of old clothes and some
straw, out of which they had made up an i'm
mage sufficiently ike man to pass muster in
that Uncertain light With this, counterfeitins
the action of affectiouate sons taking home a be-
loved but intoxicated father, they would sud-
denly appear in front Of some passing omnibus.
and then. affecting to lose all presence Of mind.
allow their helpless parent to fail almost under
the feet Of the horses. The scene may be
imagined. Terror Of the passengers, horror Of
the driver, horses down through having been
sharply turned aside, or pulled up on the greasy
pavement, general agitation hch eliminated
when at length an omnibus with more way On
than usual actually passed over the body, the
wretched driver Of course suffering the mental
agonies Of homicide until relieved by seeing
the straw intestines Of bis vierim.
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o thou who passest thro' our valleys in
Tbv strength, curb thy fierce steeds, alay the
heat
That flames from their large nostrils thou, o
summer
of pitohedst here thy golden tent, and Of
Beneath our oaks hast slept, while We beheld
With joy, thy ruddy limbs snd hourishing hair.
Beneath our thickest shades We oft have heard
Tbv voice. when noon upon its teryid car
Rode DER the deep Of heaven beside our springs
Sit down. and in our mossy valleys, on
Some bank beside a river clear, throw thy
SILK draperies of, and rush into the stream;
Our valleys love the Summer in his pride
Our bar5ls are famed who strike the silver wire
Our youth are bo,der than the southern swains
Our mailens faircr in the sprghtly dance;
We lack not songs. nor instruments Of joy,
Nor echar- sweet, nor waters clear as heaven,
Nor hui, wreaths against the sulrry heat.
u iiiaH BlgLs.
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have experienced under the influence of the
earth-an influence sixty times that which
the moon e1erts on the tides of the earth
would have produced friction enough on the
moon-which again has sixty times less iner-
tia with which to resist such tides-to have
caused it TO assume its relation toward the
earth. This friction also tends to loss of
some time in the length of the year. perhaps
about twenty-five seconds in a century.
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CIESTIFIC

The character Of the solar spots has beer
curously proved by taking photograph of tn,
sun AT time when il showed a well-defined
spot. and then waiting a single day and taking
a second photograph. These two photographs,
put together in a stereoscope, gave the appear
ancc Of the sun as spherical and not as fat and
it was possible 70 look down into the cavity Of
the spot as if into the crater Of a volcano. In
the same way the facue or bright spots showed
themselves to be higher than the average sur
face Of the photosphere.
NJ Cogne, Of Paris, for the purpose Of ex-
tracing gelatine from bones, places them in
cold water and forces current Of sulphurous
acid gas through the water until the bones be-
come completely softened. They are afterwari
washed in water wherein some ofthe gas has been
previously dissolved. It is well known that by
drochoric acid is used for the same purpose, but
/ it is Objectionable on account Of the formation
Of chloride Of calcium, which interferes with the
drying Of the geatine.
The lava which has flowed from volcanoes is
such a poor conductor of heat that the interior
Of the stream may remain red hot for years after
the exterior has hardened, or even been reduced
% cultivation. The lava of Jorullo was hot
enough to light cigar twenty one years after
its issue and sixty-six years later it was per-
cepuhly heated enough TO give rise 10 the escape
Of steam. One Of the lava flows Of -Etna, that
OF l7s7, spread over a mass Of snow, which in
1880 still remained under it uumeted, while the
everything mass Of rock was quite hot. The
snow was preserved from melting by layer Of
ashes, through which the heat was conducted
with some extreme slowuess.
The light from the sun comes to US in two
ways-direct and by reflection from the atmos-
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PhOlographlns Of ihe EcIin.e.

DR.. J. Gardner contributes 10 the Cincinua;
Gazette an interesting account Of the photo
graphic pictures of the solar eclipse from wh.cI
We make the following extracts:
Preparation had been made some weeks ~,
(at Bedford. lndiana) for photographiug th
eclipse in its progressive phases Through th'
kindness Of Mr. Baldwin. the accompI .hel
photographs artist Of Bedford, had the use o.
his gallery, and also his assistance, in mtsine
the series OF pictures Of the eclipse. IN uuob.
structei view Of the sun was obtained from th,
door Of the gallery opening 20 the west, from
which EXTENDED platform landing and stars tt
the ground, one story below.
Our corps were all in place, ready for bush
ness. rheu, at O'Clock and Il u minutes,
contact was observed in the magniied image on
the ground glass half minute later the
watching crowds on the streets caught sight Of
it. and % low murmur, swelling gradually into a
shout. heralded the fact. Up TO this time nj
noticeable change had taken place IN the whole
range Of nature At the first sign Of contact
4 called for plate, which was coated az once,
sensitizei and passed to me. The first picture
was taken five minutes after contact, and the
/ sun. only shining on the plate the tenth part Of
7 a second, impressed its image there. E2posei
too long vas called from The dark room. Four
minutes later the next picture was taken. No
/ change yet in the temperature Third, fourth
and tfth, taken n three, four AMI five minutes
apart. No change still in the appearance oi the
earth. no falling Of the temperature. sixth
picture flrty-niae minutes after !, and "a falling
Of one degree in temperature. lercerflole
change adirkness WIS also seen 90 Dee creeping
over the face Of the earth. The lights OF the
foliage grlIually took peculiar hue, which is
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ANCIENT MUsic-The Egyptian flute was only
a cows horn with three or four holes IN II, and
their harp or Tyre bad only THREE strings the
Grecian Tyre had only seven strings, and was
very small, being held in one hand; the Jewish
trumpets that made the walls OF jericho fail
down, were only rams horns; their huie was
the sane a. the Egyptian; they had no other in
strumental music but by percussion, Of which
the greatest boast made the psaitery, small
triangular harp or Tyre with wire strings, and
struck with an iron needle or stick; their sack
but was something Ike q hagpipe; the timbrel
was a tambourine; and the dulciner was bor-
izontal harp. with wire strings, and struck with
a stick Ike the psaltery. They had 20 written
music; had scarcely vowel in their language;
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sclrtt alistrllanp.
3 Brink 10 IheC'

Ids.uk 20 thee, love, from this cup,
Ot cool and blushing wine;
Whose sparks in glittering crowds rise up
bright as those eyes Of thine
I drink to thee as TO a queen,
For thou art Beau;y's oTn'
And every charm that e'er was seem
Bird-l.ke to thee has flown
Woull could find a lily filed.
Tqsi morn with perfumed dew,
Or IA rv-like a palace build,
W1ere skies are ever blue;
ia give the lily unto thee,
The palace should be thine,
Ifthou wouldst whisper unto nc
Thy Eladness TO be mine.
I'm waiting. love 10 bear thee speak.
The wiue-cup by my side;
I see a blush upon each cheek,
A. though a rose had dlet,
And left It's faded beauty there,
That ! might learn thy will;
I snow it lis thy love TO share,
although thy voice is still
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" Madame, it is my duty to arrest You.
e. You dare not
The lips were white with passion rather
tlan fear. and the lady stood before me like
a liouess at lay. Even then l could not
hclr but note the splendid beauty Of this
/ grand lady. Tall and slender, eyes black
and na-hiug-alm0st lurid now-the specta-
F Gle she presented, standing there IN the mid
die of tie apartment, was more the appear
auce Of queen than a hunted criminal.
90 must" replied. I'd. do not doubt
YOUR innocence. looking into your face it
II strange that any one could couple it with
guilt. but am constrained to do my duty,
madame. however inimical it may be to my
feelings"
VIII You allow me to change my dress -
she said in a tone almost Pleasant. The
hard lines around the mouth had relaxed and
the passionate glow 0n the face gave way to
q pleasant smile.
Z" Certainly / viii wait for You here. '
e.. wish. also. to send a messenger for a
friend will You permit him to pass :'
s.. Certainly.
Ihi, was ms first interview with EuScuia
C0ruilc ] Lad seen her for months, the
leader of our gavest and most fashionable
society. In her splendid mansion she dis
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TIE ADVANTAGES or PURE LIFE-If you
look into the early years Of truly helpful men,
those who make life easier or nobler to those who
come after them, you will almost invariably find
that they lived purely in the days of their youth.
In early life the brain though abounding in vigor
is sensitive and very susceptible to ipjury-and
this to such degree, that comparatively brief
and moderate indulgence in vicious pleasures
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appears to lower the tone and impair both the
delicacy and the efficiency of the brain for life.
This is not preaching, boys-it is simple truth of
science -Jdmes Parton.