, 1873-04-27

/ "LIFE UNDER TIE OCEAN WAVE"
is an ex4nisita]y illustrated article OF tho scie1
tito order, now, happily becoming 80 popula1
Tt describes and pictures the sea-weeds, til
anemones, the polyps, the cora1s, star-hahe.
| cuttlo-1shes; echinusoB, and countless othc
forms OF life the dark, unfathomed caves O
ocean bear. .:tThe terrestrial forests" say
Charles Darwin, "do not contain anything lik
the number OF animals that those Of the sea do.
The surface of the waters, which, plowed b
storms, arc such q source Of Tread to man, sr,
the protection Of these children Of the mothe
| ocean:
At $50 fathoms there Is perfectly uniform temper
ature the same r. Ill latitudes. No cold pierces th
s1s aaen ~
tures, hvtns marrying, dying warning upon tht
nerr, weavers, architects, builders; endowed
wonderful @ IN their NY as our higher resson, and ID
bound together by mysterious ties which We arc
equally unable to comprehend Of to call IN question
So tue ia it that the mysteries Of science far outweigh
those Of morals and theology.
These Inhabitants Of: tho nca arc found IL,
Old i' Oceans popalstioa ever has been taken, a.
or evcr be. They exist in all watersr
the bo. as xe as the sed the freeh !. - Esll
to find the all about him growing luminous, as
though the water beneath the hot equatorial san
had turned to flame. Flashes Of co1ored Light
dart from tho keel Of his vesal plows the surface
Of tho waters and streams Of light Like lightning spar
stiuous fears By growing accustomed to the nght,
ho drops bucket into the luminous sea he brings up
Mhat seems less Like water than Ike molten lead t
lights the forecost1e like TORCH lie plunges his hand
particles elitter1ne lie diamond, fun Of Light: How
@ s'ass's H. ess.n into ns &c. ef A'' ught
Sometimes g. these tiny creatures int instead Of
Illuminating the Insects whose diameter Is less
than that Of hair, 500 Of whom placed IN line
would not make inch in length whiten tho waers
Dutch sailors call the Milky soa, OF sen Of SNOW IN
1854, in the Bay Of Bengal, Capt; kingman
e f''a 4se ass tha B.a miles 81 gss III Nth sss
creatures Thirty miles Of animacuIes 500
Of whom *ould hardly constitute an inch seamen
cinity Of the Cape dc verd Islands. Ehrcnberg has
examined this log with his microscope He finds TINT
brought BY tho winds from the coasts Of South Amer
ica. Let the reader imagine II he can, how many Of
these ahela 50 san q to be quite invisible to tho
enough and dense enough to perple1 the navigator.
Nov, are the planets less minute or less numerous
creoie IN the neghborhood Of Tsjo in ths 1se Of Lu
ocesn-tinted Light red Thi. color proved to be duo
square inch there were 25oooo GOO individuals. A
the coloradon extended to considerable
eoaeepon q ther nam5er sn less to e.lcuI.e it.
It is the presence Of similar natural dye which has
given to The Red Sen its name. These minute objects.
atitudes and II ii waters The S s1sst rsels team n
oas rear 1ss 2be NJ
squal IN volume to stx eight Of the great Pyra-
+ I'll Il so @ fes % Between the Phppas snd the Mar-
.nne Islands, WAS found to contain 116 species: In
he arctic regions, where the Intense cold forbids Ill
hardy constitution which defea all ci-
natea IN the residu Of blocks of toe, nearly hfty
he ses Which exceeds tho hight of tho iofest noun
ains Humboldt asserts TINT there are to bo found
ndumerabe pha1anx Of animals, tmpcrcephble to the
lumau eye.
TIE xEwsBoY's DEBT
s homely, but affecting, piece Of poetry, which
YVES great deal Of its charm to the extreme
arity Of the particular genus Of newsboy there
n described. AL the ve1ses cannot be given, |
nut the following give the main points:
!" Why where's tho hoy7 and where's tho change
He should have brought an hour ago7
A1, velli ah wel t they5e r., ~ u altfe1
"pi.hone,tl Vel, might hIs;g hsye ttnown; t1s |
He would have earned the difference
uhe had brought me whit "as due.
"But caution often comes too Late"
And 80 took my homewaId way,
Deerniug diatrust Of human Kind
The only lesson Of the day.
just two dayr later, IS aat,
Half doing. r. my odlee chnir3 c1nl3
In my brusquo fashion, " Who is there7"
An urchin entered barely seven-
The ssetsa fsss the s ssns so6a blue
Attached at my forbidding guise.
" Sir, il you please, my brother jim
Tha ona Won gave the bill. you know
He couldn't bring the money, SIR,
Because his back Was hurted 10.
a. He didn't mean to keep the 'change:'
He got runned over, up the street:
Ono wheel want right across bis back,
And tothcr fora-wheel maalled hts fect. E
|" They stopped the horses Just in time, r
And then they took him up for dead, =
And all that day and yesterday :
Ho wasnt rightly tp hts head :
IT They took him TO tho hospital &
Ono Of the newsboyx knew twas JIM {
And went tooy because ypu Ece, n
We two are brothers, and him. =
tt He had that money in his hand, g
And never saw It any more. G
Indeed, he didn't mean to steal! +
He never lost cent before! Y
+. He WIS afraid that you might think o
rhis s morning; ue g @ when Il 1hey brought him to,
He cried because he couldn't pa5. q
He made me fetch his jacket hero: Il
It's torn and drtied pretty bad ct
t,s only ct to sell for rags, &
But then, Jou know, it's Ill he had Il
When he gets Hel1-it won't be long ~
II you viii cal the money lent, ~
ie snyB he'll work his fingers of ta
But what he'll pay you every cent" g
nd then he csst ruefu1 glance ..
At the soiled jacket whero It lay. ~
No, no, my boyi Take back the ooat.
Your brothers badly hurt, you ssy7
Bhe,n did ttey TAXA him? Juet run ou3 N
And hail cab, then watt foE me-. vi
Ghy. would gt1e q thousand costa, tn
Ana no11nda. fox' Inch = hu aAhare m