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ICE 1T THE Borrom or THE Sci

The following is summary of paper
by Professor Hind, in which he describes
the remarkable effects.of an anchor ice
on the coasts of Labrador and Newfound-
land:
Anchor ice is a form of ice which
occurs 10th in fresh water and sea water,
and is known tc the Germans under the
name of Grundeis, to the French Cana
dians under the name of Frazoo, and
to the old sedentary seal-hunters under
the name Of Lolly.' Anchor ice forms
in rapid rivers, and has not unfrequently
been described. 1t is, however, on the
borders of the artic current. where sea
water rapidly cools in the ial of the
wear, along our coasts, that anchor zee
manilests itself in a peculiar manner.
During the first cold snap, at the begin
ming of winter, cay toward the middle of
November. and early in December, the
sedentarv sealers often had small spiculP,
or needles of ice, formed on the corks of
their nets, which are set in eight, ten,
and sometimes fifteen fathoms of water
If the seal-nets are not soon taken up
when the corks near the bottom begin 20
show the ice needles forming about them,
they are liable to be lost. The spicul~
accumulates very rapidly, and being
lighter tLan the water they will enable
the corks to raise the whole of the net
to the surface, and if the anchors are not
frozen to the bottom Of the sea- the net
IS liable to be driited away by the tides.
1t sometimes happens that the anchors
of seal nets are frozen to the bottom, and
when forcibly detached, they bring mp
masses of frozen sand, and this from a
depth of fifty and sometimes seventy feet
below the surface of the sea. In other
words, the bottom of the sea is frozen
This remarkable phenomenon was mex
plicable till Despretz showed that sea
water in cooling does not follow the or
dinarY law which governs fresh water
when it cools from forty deg. to the
freezing point. But sea water increases
in density regularly as it cools, hence the
coldest water is always at the bottom.
Sea water freezes at twenty-seven deg7.
Fahrenheit or five degs below the freez-
ing point of water; hence, as the coastal
waters cool in the fall on the Labrador
and northeast Newfoundland shores, the
bottom layer of water acquires, during
a cold srsp, temperature of five degrees
below the freezing point of fresh water,
and from every rough surface, such as
stones, bits of sand, seal al-net-corks, seal
nets Themselves, minute spiculG of ice
form, first at and near the bottom, where
the water Is coolest, aud these very
rapidly accumulate, break of. and rise
to the surface, forming the lolly.
When sealers see 'lolly forming they at
once take up their seal-nets; and it
often happens on the Labrador that seals
taken in nets sunk fifty feet below the
surface are found frozen solid when
brought to the surface "-ToroHto Gio5e.
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REM4INS OF ENGLAND'S WOODEN
Wills.

The oldest vessel, indeed in Ports
mouth harbor, is Nelson's Victory, the
only ship which the sentiment Of the
nation will never allow to be broken up
She is one hundred and eleven years Of
age. She is not the first of the name, a
previous Victory, as great, but not so
fortunate as herself, having been lost at
sea with a thousand hands.
Next to the Victory in point of age
is probably the st. Vincent, now train
ing ship; after her the Excellent, for
merly called the Queen Charlotte, whose
launch was signalized by an accident
which caused the drowning of fifty peo
pie; the Carnatic and Malabar, now
black old hulks, once gallant ships Of
Nelson's time, though not of Nelson's
fleets. Then comes COdington's flagship
at Navarino, the Asia, an old Indian
built teak ship there is the BellerophOn,
which received Napoleon; half dozen
splendid old threedeckers which, like the
Donegal, Glawgow and Victoria, have
seen the blue water on single trip; or
else, like the Camperdown, have lain
forgotten by the Admiralty, and actually
never been to sea at all.
Among the other relics of bygone
fashions there is the Act;eon, the last
sailing ship ever built for the navy; the
poor old Oberon, which once did good
service cutting out slayers, now con
demned to be target for tOrpedoes;
there is perhaps the last of the old
French prizes still afoat, the Blonde,
captured in the time when if war ship
came back to Plymouth or Portsmouth
without her prize she was fele to have
disgraced herself; and alongside the
modern royal yachts, bright and dainty
with gliding and paint, lies the Royal
George-not the old line of battle ship
which went down with the flag of KEN
penfeldt, and dragged down with her
twice four hundred men, but ship
rugged, square built craft, designed for
King George Ill, in which his grand
daughter, Queen Victoria, made her first
voyage to Scotland.-LondOn Daily Ne1es.
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greeted with a shower of bullets that
drove HIM back in to the hut. Barrica-
ding the door with the best means at his
command ne patiently awaited the day
light. In the meantime the Indians,
about forty IN number, rs near as he
could tell, had moved further up the
creek, but just at daylight, one of them
who seemed 10 be in authority, and lead
er of the band, from the mannerin which
he was dressed, came to the door Of the
dug-out, carrying a white flag of truce,
and, in broken English demanded his
surrender Tichenour replied that there
were three men in the hut all well armed,
who would defend themselves TO the last.
The chief then began to threaten, de-
claring that he would take his scalp and
all of those with him, and the doctor,
taking this to be declaration OF war,
shot the red man dead in his tracks as he
stood. The entire band then rushed to-
ward the hut-Lut were driven back,
ssgsSr 1l-Tis ectt d,aHOrss EetiIIIg AZ 1lss'f'
4der. The next manGuvre OF the Indians
was an attempt to smoke him out by
burning buffalo chips and the wood work
of the dug-out, and from his position the
doctor could see some Of the arrange
ments made for his destruction. lie
could not see the Indian in charge, but
he knew that the work was going on,
and that in short time he must yield.
Realizing this, he made dash for the
outside, kicking the burning buffalo
chips right and left, an exchanging shots
with the head Indian in charge Of the
FIRE, killing him instantly, and receiving
bullet himself through the lower part
of his body. Then began the long-range
shooting match, during which he saw
three of his assailants fall. This was
kept up during the day. At nightfall a
terrible snow storm arose which drove
the Indians southwark, and which snow
ed the plucky doctor in. Had il not
been for this snow storm the Indians
would have captured him, as he was un-
able to move for three days. At the end
of the sixteenth day the weather mod
Grated so that he was able to 60 out and
seeing the coast clear, he travelled on
foot to the settlements. The doctor re-
ceived several bullets in his clothing,
but was wounded but once.-Leauea.
lg0Ttb Kan Letter.
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/. Is it because l am afraid of ridi-
cule, and what others may say of me
Whosoever shall be ashamed Of Me,
and My words; of him shall the Son Of
Man be ashamed"
,. Is it because of the inconsistencies
of protesting christians
Every man shall give an account of
himself to God"
3. Is it because l am not willing TO
give up all for Christ
What shall it profit man if he shall
gain the whole world and lose his own
soul ."
4. Is it because I shall not be &C
cepted?
Him that cometh unto Ne will in
no wise cast out"
.. Is it because 1 fear l am great
sinner?
''The blood of Jesus Christ cleanse:b
from all sin"
6. Is it because ! am afraid shall not
hold out?
Z" He that hath begun good work in
you will perfect it unto the day of Christ
Jesus"
7. Is it because 1 am thinking that |
will do as well as I can, and that God
ought to be satisfied
|Vhosoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet offend in one point, lie is guilty
of all"
s. Is it because | am pOstponing the
matter without any deinate reason?
Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for
thou knowest not what day may bring
forth"
Choose ye this day whom you will
serve for this faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save sin
ners. y Christian Cynosre.
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IfyOu are ever tempted to purchase
a very large pear, decline the investment
or reckon upon disappointment. You
will probably find it woolly, almost taste
less, and more like turnip than a pear.
We know, for we have made the expert
ment in the land where the gigantic
pears are grown. Overgrown fruits
never seem to us to have the delicate
sweetness which may be found in those
of the usual dimensions. What is gained
in quantity is more than lost in quality.
In the same manner great wealth, great
honor and great rank generally turn out
TO be great shams Beside the counter
acting influence of great carel and great
temptation, there is the inevitable satie-
ty in too much of anything, which soon
renders it tasteless. For sweetness pre-
fer competence to enormous fortune, the
esteem of a few to the homage of a null
titude, and quiet condition to posi-
ton of eminence and splendor. There is
more flavor in enough than too much.
Solomon's proverb bids us prefer the dis;
ner of herbs eaten in peace to the stalle4
OK consumed amid contention; and his
remark is the more practical when we con-
slider how often the fat OK seems of neces-
sity to involve contention, while the
herbs are not thought to be worth fight
ing over. He chose wisely who said:
" Give nae neither poverty nor riches. y
He took the smaller and the sweeter
pear. After all, it is better to have nc
choice, but leave all to our heavenly
father.-Spurgeon.
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SOLD.

He set up the champagne. 1t was bis
treat. This is how it happened; He
had insured a small house which was
burned down. The loss was adjusted,
but the agent pretended to object, Offering
ing to rebuild the house in place Of paying
the money. This offer was rejected with
some heat The dispute went Oh for
little time, when the agent, with appa-
rent Indignation, thrust letter from the
company's home Office in the hands Of
the now warmed-up policy holder, say
ing. "If you do not like the way do
business, sir, take that and do the best
with it." The gentleman, on opening
the letter which he thought might con
tain challenge, found to his astonish
ment. that it contained cheek for the
full amount of his loss. His good ma
ture returned. He saw the joke ant
stood treat with his usual generous lib
erality.
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The plums grown in Martin county,
Minnesota, viii be converted into bran
dy this year
More than one hundred thousand
wards Of cotton cloth is made weekly at
Janesvillc, Wisconsin.
A. r.. Whitney, Franklin Grove, Lee
county, Illinois, has the largest apple
orchard in the world 1t contains TWEEN
ty-two thousand bearing trees.
There is n girl ten years old in Kinds
county, Miss, who is six feet high,
weighs one hundred and ninety pounds,
and has six fingers on each hand and six
toes on each foot. leaar
An ivory and porcelain button factory
is to be established 1t Dubuque by two
Frenchmen, who say they can manufac-
ture those buttons as cheap in this coun-
try as in France.
Among the latest DEPARTURES for the
Black Hills have been one hundred and
sixty-five barrels Of whiskey from Frank
ford, Ky. The particular point OF their
designation was Custer City.
The total exports Of Wilmington, n.
c.. for the month Of February amounted
TO $3.50. .OOO. There were cleared from
Charleston, S. c., last week, thlrty-hve
bags of sea island cotton !; ], ,944 bales up
land cotton, ,e35 tierces rice, 539 casks
spirits Of turpentinc, 2,92l barrels resin'
3, 100 tons phosphorate rock and sun
dries.
A. Millett, OF Baylor county, Texas,
with his brother, own three or four ran
chos, on (which they have about $4,000
head of cattle. Cattle arc in fine condi-
ton, and prices range from six TO twelve
dollars, herds selling in round lots at
about.ten dollars n head. Land Il worth
from one 10 two dollars an acre, and
the best has already been taken up or To-
Gated. =,
q News that about two miles from En-
field. on Mr.. Thomas Glasgows farm,
soIid wall. built of lnick, has been discov-
cred under the ground. Most of the
brick are two and half inches thick,
eight inches long and seven and bali
vide. The full length and width Of the
wall has not been determined. An an
cient looking sword and axe have been
dug out of the ground adjoining
So far but two women in the United
states have been elected as directors of
national banks, Mrs. Bradley, OF Peoria,
Illinois, being one, and Mn. Louisa
M'Call. of Canton, Ohio, who was but
recently elected, the other. Mrs. MCalPs
husband was president of the bank at the
time of his death, and she has been
elected as well fitted, by her business
ability, to represent his large interests.
There are many other women who are
equally competent to fill such positions.
BY the way, there is bank in this city,
located on Fifth avenue, especially de-
signed for the use of wealthy ladies.
Parlors are provided for their accomoda.
ton, and the effort is to have it known
as ladies bank. Why not elect a.
directors few of the rich women of the
city9 Such course would undoubtedly
increase its popularity with the gentlel
sex.-NelO York Graphic.
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rnnmpnoN or q .4NGs.s.'

1t is the story of Thompson-of TP''iSip sae
FreouensiT hfTo drunk n ~sa Thompson bys p
Light and 'f res ts ths aas i1sqSsG shs i6ach Of
Great t5e ssv1lS4ai mortality incident upon th
and freedom;
Yet moi happy or gay was Thompson, the y @ Of
Often spoke A1foli io himself in accent. Of and
sorrow, s1,.ai -,
" Why do make the graves oi the ifi''-'' I'm
who in folly s-rss. I. a..
ThoughtIessiy pass my revolver, ioshs' g fs
lightness and freedom
Why, in my daily walks, does the spFss'Pircp
The undertaser Rs saa SMILE and the seulptOr q ye
st ne marbles
Lean on his chisel ard gaze2 leare nos eReli
simple aln lGf Iiilpiy IN my ways save bat iOr t hi-
ness and freedom"
50 spske that pensive man-this IhoHI- = tfe
hero OF . Angels ~
ohapparal, musing ,s.s. .
- Why, why - echoed the pines IN - 0arS
olive depth far Tesoundtng, ~
Why indeed {" whispered the sage s9re' A4fai
bent meath his feet no.relastse- -
plessant insIeed s.as H.. nssIa tbats@ h
Where in their manhood's prime w. az u lhe
pride of the hamlet.
Six took sugar in theirs, and nine TO the bar
keeper lightly
Smiled they said, " Well, JiHi, you can give us
regular i1SI -
suddenly. as the grey hawk swOops down on the
baTn-yard, al1ghting
Whei e. pensively picking their coTnI the fayorite
pulets gathered,
So in that festive bar-roon dropped Thompson, the
hero Of Angels"
GraspinE his weapon dread with his pristine light,
ness and freedom.
Never word he spoke; divestins himself oi his
garments,
Uttered single whoOp. and then in the accents of
sake, o behold il me a Crested Jay Hawk Of the
Mountain"
Then rose palIid mana man sick with fever and
small was he, and his step was trernuIous weak and
slowly DeringSr drew and covered the person Of
Thompson,
iad in his feeblest pipe, L n a Baid-Hesded
Snipe Of the Valley"
IS on its native plains the kangaroo, startled by
caps with successive bounds, and hurrics away to
% leaped the Crested Hawk, and quietly hop
ping behind him
Snipe Of the Valley
7a the festive bar still fingered the people Of
ANGELS"
Iearing afar IN the woods the petulant pop Of the
pistol;
Iever again returned the Crested Jay Bawk OF
the Mountain; "
Sever again was seen the " Bald-Headed suipe Of
the Valley"
let in the hamlet of Angels" when truculent
speeches are uttered,
hen bl0odshed and life alone viii atone for soma
trifing misstatement,
ISidens and in their prime racall the last hero
Of Angels ~
think of and vsinly regret the 90 Bali-HeadCd
Snipe Of the Valley "
Bret Hayte IN "PpcG"
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would not only pay my debts, hut would
leave me enough beside to enable me to
clear out ofthe country
" Your daughter, in having locked
her bureau, did not take her key, but
left it in the lock; therefore, SO far the
way was paved for me.
did my best to conquer these temp
tations, but alas we arc but too weak
creatures, and / at length succumbed,
and resolved to turn (ohl my friends;
pass over the word as soon as pOssible)
thief SO at quarter past one this
morning l descended to the drawing
room, opened the bureau, and was about
to take the jewels, when, hearing the
handle of the door move, / went to see
the cause, and imagine my feelings at
seeing your daughter before me. soon
perceived, however, by the fixed look in
her eyes that she was asleep. She begA~
to talk disjointly OF having left the key
in the lock of her bureau / went to my
-s,,vrcss5f,s 'NffIcn wys m tYfeSr room, and
got key-that of the front door which
had taken from you study, and forced
it into her hand. She believed herself
to be the possessor of what she wanted,
and, turning round, left the room.
For some moments | stood where she
had left me, looking after her as if | my
self were in dream. When / had seen
her standing before me, with a lace as
pure and innocent as her mind, uncOn-
scious of all evil or danger, | seemed to
realize for the first time what a mean
and guilty wretch l was.
Contrition seized me: | recoiled with
horror from the thought OF the action
had been about to commit, and thanked
heaven it was not too late to resist the
temptation. After lapse of ,ew mo-
ments | went up t. her room to possess
myself of the key l had put into her
hand, which l found on her dressing Ia
bic. | then went back to your study,
put it nack in its place wrote the pres
ent letter, opened the window and shut
ters, aud babe farewell to the house
where had spent so many happy hours.
And now that you know what l have
done, try and forget my ingrstitude if
you can.
Ever yours lovingly, my dear friends,
EUGENE MENTION.
So ended the letter. Poor man!
inquired OF my father if nothing could
be done to trace him, and get him to re-
turn He replied he would do what he
could. We succeeded in tracing him to
New York, and there the clue was lost.
We tried every means which occurred
to Us for discovering his whereabouts
and inserted advertisements in the New
York and Canadian papers, begging him
to let us know at least that he was alive
and well but all our endeavors were in
vain-we never heard of him again.
We often think of him with pity and
regrets, for, whatever were his faults,
there must have been some goad in a
man who was capable of feeling such
profound and sincere contrition for a
guilty Illustrated Feekly
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KISSING THE RLARNEr STONE.

All that IS left of Blarney Castle, n
mere she'll, stands somewhat apart from
the village Of Blarney and the lake,
though it is near to the mansion now
occupied by the possesser of the estate.
I was admitted to the castle by the
woman, who bade me climb till / came
to the top, and she did not omit to eau
tion me against falling off on the way
up. 1 climbed, and climbed, and
climbed Three or four times on the
way TO the turrets | might have dropped
down frem the doorless passages that
opened into the interior. There is not
a door left in it from the foundation to
the top The castle is like an enormous
chimney full of small windows. By the
side of the spiral stairs that screw their
way up one corner of the building there
are small chambers-hardly large enough
for sleeping rooms, though perhaps once
used for that purp0se-with walls of
amazing thickness. On the top | fol-
lowed the wall, quite broad enough for
footpath, till | came to that part of it
where the famous stone is lodged, held
in its place by strong bars of iron. The
outer ruin or turret is larger than the
castle, and is held in it's place by pro-
trudiDg stones; anywhere along the top
between the supports you may look down
the wall of the castle through the gap,
and the sight on a windy day, when the
ruins seem to quake under you, is by no
means inspiring. The Blarney stone is
clasped to the outer parapet by the irons
| have already referred to, and in order
to reach it you must lean out over the
open space between two and three feet
in width. 1t is quite impossible to
touch it with your lips without the as
sistance of a second party who hangs on
to you in the rear to prevent your diving
out through the chasm beneath l was
alone; the wind whistled about my ears;
and all the grass and fern tufts that have
spreuted among the decaying mortar
hissed spitefully. l cautiously crept to
the edge of the wall, and while the earth
seemed to swim under me, while the
walls of the old castle seemed to sway to
and fro, I reached out to the parapet and
touched the stone with my finger tips.
This is as near as | ever got to it, but ]
have had enough. There is stone
down stairs on the ground which is far
more convenient, and is usually sabsti-
tuted for the original. For more than
four hundred years this castle has been
the souI-.eature of Importance in very
cheerful though lovely landscape. The
square tower, with its machicollted bat
tlement-all that is left of the castle
has been visited by pilgrims from every
cline. But it doesn't pay. 1t Is very
dreary and very tiresome- Tue man on
the lawn who sells big oak ornaments IS
more attractive The woman who holds
the KEYS of the castle, aud who talks as
if she had been brought up on Blarncy
stones. is setter worth your attention
Catholic Standard
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RELIGIOUS.
Tic afeek Porfrn,teol. /.

The Meek Portrayed.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit tn
lsh. Md SO.
The world looks down upon the meek,
And scorna the very name.
But heavens high laws for them hespeak
a heaven-recorded fame
For them the Lord OF heaven declares
Himself viii teach his way,
Guiding in judgment, that HES srares
May lead them not sstray.
Blest are the meek for they possess
In patience their 5wn soul
No passion, longing, or distress,
Usurps them, or controls
they never feel the vexing pain
That jealousy begets,
Nor are disquieted in vain
By any vain regrets
Blest are the meek. for rich content
Makes them, in tenure free
The heirs Of all employments bieht
With earth, or air, OF sen.
Blcst is the wisdom OF the Rieek,
Divine their maXims wise:
Sc Re swift TO hear, and slow TO speak,
slow 20 let anger rise"
BE swift 10 hear that what is heard
May the true mesniIig glye; a~aNA
NaTes- even Tfsrtiti n Ais Atisscsfve.
Be slow 20 speak aud that will show =
How slow TO wrath thou art;
/ he tongue well governed curbs the now
of passion in the heart.
silence is like the summer dews
Distilling 10 the night;
A happy freshness they ditiuse
against the returning light.
silence is like a golden gate
Opening to fields serene,
Where quiet souls walk separate
FroIH anger, pride and spleen
Forgiying are the meek and just
Committing what is done
By enyious hate, in simple trust
To the All-Seeing One.
The spirit is but unseen breath,
Yet. like the unseen wind,
IL scatteTs desolating death,
IN rage and fury blind.
The meek who rule their spirit well,
Resemble him whose viii
Brints down the whirlwind S angry swell
BIDS bowling storms he still
Just like them, Lord, fain would he
And unto thee turn,
Me kness and lowliDess Of Thee,
And only Thee to learn.
-Ssroiinc Nay, IL, n. =. ObseTte'.