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Science and Industry.


In paper on the use of lacs of cosine
and fuoresceine for preparation of decor
ative painting without poison, Mr.. Tur-
pin gives the following recipe: A potassic
or sOdic solution of cosine treated with
an acid gives precipitate of cosic acid
insoluble in water; this washed until the
water begins to take rose-color is insol-
uble ID the hydrate Of Ioxide Of zinc, and
70 forms a very rich lac, the red color of
which varies according to the quantity
Of cosic acid which had been employed.
On the 10th Of December last, a Dan.
ish vessel nearly. stranded ON an island
about forty miles from the straits OF
Magellan. No land was indicated on the
chart Soon it was noticed that the
island was slowly sinking. An attempt
was made to land on it, but this vas
found impossible, as the rocky mass of
which II was composed was so hot that
the watar touching it Missed. The island
continued to sink, and eight hours after
il was first observed the vessel sailed
over the place where it had appeared
above the surface of the ocean.
There ia a common impression that
green Wallpapers only are poisonous.
Mr.. seebold, of ofManchester, England, has
analysed not less than sixty or seventy
kinds efpaper for covering walls, and he
found that ten only were harmless,
the colors were not green, but
pink, blue, red, brown, etc. The cause
Of the illness Of children, and delicate
persons, which in many cases perplexed
skilled phySiciaus may be the poisonous
mineral contained in the innocent-look-
ing wall paper Vi bedrooms
A method Of engraving on glass
electricity has bea1 described by
Piante. 4 concentrated solution
nitrate Of potash Is poured upon the suf
face Of a..plate Of glas 81 crystal until tie |
surface is covered ith 4 horizontal |
alantinum wire connected uith one Of
shs poles Of ) secon Larry battery Of ffty
II sixty clements Il placed in the liquid
llong the edges then holding Ia the
iana the othsF eleetFo1a (iasulated
sxespt At She end figures or characters
# any kind which may be described with
she ends On the glass viii be found to be
'learly engraved.
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Miscellaneous.

A ststement has been prepared in the
Office of the secretary of the treasury
showing that since 1871 to the close of
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1876, the
sum of 1899 ,327 $500 has been paid out
to the various classes OF pensioners. In
1871 the disbursements were $34, ,O24,- :
99021, 1t is probable that there will be
a decrease in these large disbursements
hereafter.
The department Of agriculture an
nounces that the climate and soil Of
Florida, Lower California and portions
Of Texas are well adapted to the growth
Of the coffee plant. Great warmth Of
climates not essential to its development.
It thrives best in regions where extremes
of heat and cold are notexperienced. In
Lower California and Florida wild coffee
with many characteristics of the culti-
vated plant, is very abundant. The
importations of coffee into the United
States during 1876 were nearly 34O,-
100000 pounds, at cost of nearly
$57, 600, 600.
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clF u u stion q anasthet

sf+7 E =
tlcle I'D the action Dc anaesthet
ios sleep producing sgsnts
pos Ne II causing i kind of
con cerebral c0rtex while
ethar nts aEly allied q them IL
somp6 q Aot possess Il pswer.
MorRhiai ether and chlaroiarm
have d stron atg fot the ssaa5e
so1 the cors & the brain II maD,
alad thy enter mo aomhf-
.aation I'LL cerebral aabstanra slleY
act 4 os lng TIA siate
graz ae iving naa er, sod thus
zen lo discharge tiis sI6nc-
8ns reQ Il d. RsH Ese4 pro
fraeted ject. comes
eanclliiori.
rdde Fepfesel a5i5hs Of5 oEi foes
near the Lacs dies Merveilles, in Switzer-
land, have long been puzzle to archa
oIogists. Some have believed that they
were the work of the soldiers Of Hanni-
bal. (What busy people these soldiers
must have been from first to last) The
most satisfactory explanation OF the
origin of these figures has just been
given by M. Chiquet. He says that at
certain seasons of the year shepherds
could find near the rocks some herbage
for their sheep and goats. To while
away the weary hours the shepherds
amused themselves in cutting figures
which have cost days OF owlish study to
saVans, who are more inclined to look for
mysterious aud remote authors of such
things, than to accept an obvious and
common-sense view.
At a recent meeting, of the royal astro-
nomfcal society, London, large photo
graph of the sun, twelve inches in dia-
meter, was shown as a specimen of the |
photographs now regularly obtained by
NJ. Jansen at the observatory at Meudon. |
Mr.. De Ia Rue declared it to be the
finest example of celestial photography !
he had ever seen, and he expressed |
especial qualification that it was taken
with an instrument cOnstru eted like the |
new heliograpb, having 8 two-inch |
object glass On the picture of the disk
of the sun were markings which De la
Rue, Abney and Christie said represented
tornadoes. It was suggested that there
ought to be physical observatory to
register the changes which take place on
an enormous scale every hour on the
compared with which the
phenomena of sun.spots are relatively
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Death of the King of the Lepers

Honolulu papers announce the death
in December Of VIM. P. Ragsdale, COVER
nor of the leper settlement on the island
of Molokai, Sandwich Islands, "Bill
Ragsdale," =" as he was popular known, was
a Hawaiian by birth, his mother having
been native and his father an Ameri-
can. He was lawyer, speaking English
as fuently as Hawaiian, and the most
noted orator Of the Hawaiian kingdom.
The manner in which Ragsdale discovered
that he had the leprosy, as told by him
self, is interesting. He resided for
number of years on the island Of Hawaii,
and had an Office at Hilo, the capital Of
the island, One night ne was studying
up law case IN which he was deeply
interested, when the chimney from his
lamp fell on the table. Although the
chimney was hot as fire, BILL" in his
excitement, picked IL up and set it in its
place without experiencing inconyeni-
ence, such as would naturally result
to a really sound person handling a
hot lamp-chimney. He reflected for a
moment, looked at his hand, but could
not discover the least sign that IL
had been burned. He then took off and
put on the chimney repeatedly, and with
the same result This experience con-
WINGED him that he was among the af
fiicted, and he lost no time in communip
eating with the authorities. An exami-
nation was made and medical authority
declared he was afflicted with leprosy.
The police did not arrest him, however,
owing to his exalted position, as was
common with those suspected Of being
lepers, 30 he Voluntarily delivered himself
up as victim of the terrible disease.
He was then cent to Molokai and installed
as governor of the leper settlement,
which position he held up to the time Of
bisdeath. During his administration OF
affairs he was as successful as he was
popular. There were and are about
eight hundred iepeTs on the settlement,
bat by his tact and kind.neartednes''
Rsgsdale made the most extraordinary
snd saddest community on the face of
The earth as cheerful and happy as the
rnfortunates could be. By his advice
tic government made many reforms and
The epeFs recognized him as q father.
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Foreign Gossip.

In France condemned criminals never
know the time fixed for their execution
until the moment arrives. Indeed, as a
prisoner condemned usually appeals as
matter Of course to the Cour de Cessation
against his ssentence, he must be uncer-
tain to the last whether the sentence will
be carried out. The order for the exc
cution is only sent to the prison the
evening before it is to take effect, the
criminal is not informed until the uext
morning, and the sentence is carried out
at a very early hour.
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After the declaration" This is, per-

Fix her SO that when you end oil
! She can scoOp aDothtr man.
1t is reported that Mrs. Hicks, like
other fond wives, already stands over the
register and monopolizes the heat, while
her dear Lord stands apart and kicks the
wainscoting to keep his toes from freez-
ing Derrick.
Doctors don't believe in advertising
it's not professional, you know-but let
one of 'em tie up a sore thumb for John
Brown, and they'll climb seven pairs of
stairs to have reporter "just mention
it you know"
When we think of the villain who
stole our umbrella, and then of the bare
possibility that there is no hell, we feel
as if we could bury our head in the
waste paper basket and smother right to
death New Haven Union.
A woman may change her mind. A
lady in Cleveland obtained a divorce
from her husband on the ground of cruel
and inhuman treatment, and now Pc
titions to have the divorce declared void
for the reason that she was mistaken.
"A Connecticut Jonathan, in taking
walk with. his dearest, came to toll
bridge, when he, as honest as he was
wont to be, said, after paying his own
toll (Which was one cent?, " Come, Suke,
You must pay your own toll, for jist as
like as not sha'n't have you after all"
-" Why, Sarah" said one dark
colored enchantress to fashionable com
panion, "who Civ yer de nice, charming
bonnet ?'' I" Iza bot it myself. Ize gwine
to show desc er white folks dat we niggers
can wear jist as booful and jist as spensive
hats as dey" But, Sarah, dat's real
flower garden, dat hat is,'' Sarah lin
dignantlyl-" Go way, chile how you
talk ;-tink dis Niger have 40 taste Don
you see dem colors blend Ize in de
fashion, I IL"
..Ofpe names among Indian lovers in
Manitoba, letter to the New York Post
says: "In the Cree tongue he may
address her as his musk OK, or, if he
desires to become more tender, may call
her his musk-rat with equal propriety,
By blending of two Indian tongues
she becomes a beautiful wolverine, and
a standard but common. place lovename
is my little pig The half-breeds' pet
names have all been taken from those of
animals that seem to be especially inno-
cent or beautiful in his eyes; and the.
fact that different persons have different
standards of beatty and innocence has led
to the invention of an almost unlimited
vocabulary Of diminutives. When the
lady-love is inclined to be stout the
names of the larger animals are chosen,
and rather liked by her upon whom they
are conferred. l remember that one .
woman was afectionately called the
Megatherium, name which clung to
her for months as being peculiarly the
of ideal love-"
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From washington.

s. lae committee on Educsti1i. tll L.
" : unanimously ID lavor of taking
w. ..sls y cheek The evils Iii Chinese immi.
se,'oa v ~ % ths Pacifc coast. M. WilIis.
T.. \, Asasucky, wto IS The head 81 Tia
- ,.s.lia tses has very carefully ex.
- -. sas subject, is authorized 70 re-
ss s.. y the house joint resolution
-ag the pTesidsss to opsn cor.
es ,s asnee With the royernnao,. u
a... ,,s "a Great Britaia, with 4 visw og
a'i'lg ! oaangs d abroratiop !, y -, sn9 !,
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stlpalation II exIs Treaties which
! permits th Un imraiefa - 81
~ ~ 81 s'ls 1lted states. he
hsass nofh democrats and
stssa q tslA policy
lassa by Mr. Wills to
" 3o.ns Eesoi5tioh presents
s8 le'2iAg e2asioefataons
he statistics nj tbe cllstoinhouse
ne p3al twenty years, shows that
sil7aalilg essla twenty years into periods
es lsge Yeas eaesi, the average irsrrease
~ saaa peEaoa ~ nsty per cent Esti-
.lle0ials sls present = lslsaper 0I Chinese on
~ s Al9 i'e = ig0VV0f which y tsae
ase ss Y any soslFEse
sss Y lHsHs
YA y Z nese word
oASe0u e.s Ha'iVe Young population, TO"
sosnel VIE immigration from all other
sources over oV'VOV' Ihe question there
-Ol0' l' nOU 0ne Vi prospective but OF
ple9on' i,I. IL, pot'ahoe' ana demanding leg
nA@HiYn' 1.Y, II '"eSe immigrants are oPJec-
siSFSgle. ~
z. Inc class OF immigrants is from the
fourth or lowest class of Chinese, class
among whom, when in China, the mar
ltal relation is ignored, polygamy and
prostitution and concubinage recognized,
II not legaiized, children and wives are
sold into slavery, and sanctity of oaths
disregarded, infanticlde, and especially of
females, common and unrebuked, clean.
illness almost unknown, and paganism
the only religion.
8. They are mostly brought here
under contracts, by which they agree to
pay to certain brokers, or to the six Chi
nese companies, a large percentage upon
their passage money. When these Chi
nese attemptto return home tbey are
unable to do,so, unless these six comma
MES give them a permit The conopanies
exercise control over them greater than
that of the civil government The wo.
men who come are, without exception
immoral, and are bought and sold ike
sheep in the shambles.
4. Viewing the subject from a labor
standpoint, the report saws these China
men live fifty in one room twenty bv
twenty. They have no wives. no child
rem, no home in the sense in which the
word is known in America. Their food
is rice. Packed like sardines. and eniov.
ine none of the comforts of a home thew
live on ten or twenty cgnts per dav
Their whole life antaronizes the Ameri.
can idea of labor.
5. The report argues that thew are
unfit to Be American citizens, that thew
disregard oaths, keep up pagan customs,
and that it is impossible to execute the
laws over them, or to make them regard
sanitary regulations.
6. The chief objection TO the Chinese
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How gnYER vas pEMonETIzEp.

/ z
Senator Thurman, of Ohio, spoke a
few words in behalf of the silver bill in
rdply to Judge Edmunds' three-hour
slylock harangue against it, from which
u make this extract:
Senator after senator had declared that
Efhe act Of 1878 demonetized the silver
dollar. It did nosuch thing. The silver
dollar was demonetized by the revised
statutes, but they were not intended to-
change any existing law. They we've
simply compilation Of the laws as they
existed at the date of the adoption Of
the statutes. The silver dollar OF 4123
grains was full legal tender for ali pur-
poses, and had not been legally demone-
tized. The argument had been made
that silver dollars were not in existence
at the time, and therefore the bondhold-
ers did not expect to be paid in silver.
As well might such an argument be
made against gold, because there was but
little of that coin in use. The coinage
act of 1873 was a step in the direction
pf demonetizing silver, but it was not
actually den1onetized until the adoption
pF The revised statute in 1874. It had
been argued that injustice would be
done to those who purchased bonds since
1874 If the government should pay its
bonds in silver; but be tBfr. Thnrman)
would endeavor to show, when the bill
itself should come up for consideration,
that the payment of the bonds in silver
would not do injustice to any one.
The goldites try hard to conceal from
the public the rascality.. practised clan
destinely by the statute revisers in 1874
IN sneaking In 2 section which demone-
tized the old silver dolIsr.-[C [Caicsgo
Tribune,
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be gold standard, previous to 1878,I was

the gold standard, previous to 1873, was
lower than the silver standard Silver
vas at premium of three per cent.
Even the gold papers will not call Mr..
Belmont a swindler and knave if he
aid for his bonds in the cheaper metal,
paper that was convertible into 1t,
is -goid. The bankers of the world
Sid not insist upon paying for their bonds
sn the dearer metal. But having pur-
ehased, as they had a right to do, in the
cheaper metal, they now clamor for pay
sest ii the raatal which has been arti-
enhah Tafue by the de-
tionof silgeE there is certainly
dishonesty n tle nation paying
to EacE il the
hsa dsst when inc bonds
we're haht. The government has ex-
actly the same right to it's option in the
payment Of its debts that the bankers
had in the choice of metals in which to
pay the evidencessof the debt. There is
no more dishonesty,in the one case than
in the other, especially in view of the
fact that the silver dollar was secretly
and sneakingly dropped frem the coinage
of the nation, at the instance of the
creditors, in order to enhance the value
of their bonds.-[ Graphic.
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SOME BOTTOM FACTS ABOUT silver.

l. Great Britain-which is7 mono-me,
tallic, with gold valuation-during 1877
exported $lO1, $780, 900 in gold, while i'm.
porting but ST., $50, COO, thus losing fol
1877 the sum of $24, $40, 900 of her gold.
2. FFance-which is ,bi-metallic with
gold and silver co-equal legal tenders fo1
any amount-during 1877 exported but
about $17, ,546, 900 in gold, while import.
ing 500, 100000; that is..to say, France
added $79,O00,0OO to her stock in gold
during that period.
8. Of the gold exported by mono-me.
tallic England bi-metallic France gained
or imported directly no less than $50, ,00O,-
600, while also importing fully as much
as $4,000. 900 from Germany, which
that country had received from England
since the 1st of January, 1877.
4, Notwithstanding the balance Of
trade as between the United States and
Great Britain has been in our favor dur
ing the last year we have, nevertheless,
exported to England during 1877 no less
than 100000 in gold, or above a
third as much as England imported from
Australia, her present chief source OF
god.
s. On the 10th of January, 1878, there
was lin the bank of France, in coin and
A.-Eaa>,--, .sa------- 90 sooO5 too5ovus nDUuU
the same time the amount held in coin
and bullion by the bank Of England was
$l22,54O,000; Imperial bank of Ger
many, 113,045,OO0; National bank of
Austria, SOS, 8,725, 600; National bank of
Belgium, $19,495 600; Netherlands
bank, $53, ,0S5, 900, amounting in the ag-
gregate to 1916, $4,000. Excess in favor
of bank of France, $22, ,26O, 900. This is
not an exceptional state of affairs. The
bank of France has thus for eighteen
months contained in its vaults much
more specie, chiefly gold, than all the
other National banks of these chief COM
mercial European states together.
6. Bi-metallic France, where silver is
an unrestricted legal tender for the pay
ment of all debts, having, as we have
stated, for 1877 imported $4,000, 900 in
gold in excess of her exports of that
metal-on the other hand, exported to
mono-metallic England as much as $5,-
875, 900 in silver, or about 45 per cent.
more than she imported from the same
country. Further, France, while i'm
porting $15, ,25O,00O in silver-chiefy
from Belgium, Italy and Mexieo-ex.
ported nearly 100000.
4 Z. While Germany has exported to
England in the year as much as $685.
t97 900 in silver India absorbed it all,
4nd more, namely, s71,568,OOO; and
china nearly $40, 100000 or, together,
S1, ,s96, 900, derived exclusively from
tie London market.--[M Mining Record.
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Den you'se on de side OBJ de fab
and birthstone in dis he'll discussion ?
aYou'se right, honey! Et yon tink
you'se gWine ter ieebo dis wurld ter play
snow-ball somewhar, you'se 'rong. DaIs
or warm place jess beyant heah fer do
manigers eb de Freedman's bank an
chickin-lifters ginFully, else Tee gWine
ter swap my himbook fer er pack er
kyards."
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W. Va. 3

When fhe as ana sa sEs alI endsd
Ann fes eddfl ~ ~ Gz lanli izse
and me Sq ones sae
bi8 me sood night 81
GsS she ilteis white atEs Onei
81 nerk q : teuds9 ans f1,ot
asn, tie slniiesI HIT Hse
Sheds ng spnas pTie
And when n rs eaua sFsa alsI
QI MI 100 % q laatf
5i lovs
Mhea Il
Ers tha sq9ld
pa9tFlNs d
han ne gssrE O. faa
And tne glory ot
Oh, ny heag
Ard 5ha
AS tiaie W
81 tha
tua
The twig II B0 easily bended,
have banished the rule and the rod,
have taught them the goodness of knowledge
They have taught me the goodness of God.
M y he2rt isa dungeon Of darkness
Where shut them from breaking arIle,
My fr0wn Is sufficient correction,
My love Is the law Of the school.-
1 shall leave the old house in the autumn,
Totrayerse its threshold no more;
All /! how l shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me eRca morn at the door.
l shall miss the good nights and the kisses,
And the Fush OF their innocent gIee;
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning TO me,
/ shall misS them ut noon and at eve,
Their song in the school and the street;
shall miss the low hum Of their voices,
And the tramp Of their delicate feet
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And Death SAYS, "The school Is dismissed"
May the little ones gather around me
To bid me good Bie hit and be kissed"
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sunday-school teacher TO aatonished
child" Ny dear, every hair Of your
bead is numbered" Scholar (hesitat-
ing1 to astonished teacher" Pull cut
No. 6 for me then, pleasst'
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WAITS AND WHIMS.
Fly, Happy Sails,


BY TENNYSON.l
Fly, happy sails. and bear the press,
Fly, happy with the mission of the c1oss;
Knit land to lgnd, ami blowing heavenxard
With silks. and fruits, and spices clear Of toll,
Enrich the harvests Of the golden year.
But we grow old. All when shall all mems good
Re each mans rule and universal pence
Lie like a shaft of light across the land,
And like a lane of beams athwart the sea,
Through all the circle of the golden Year,
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WHICH is THE MORE HONEST

8 If Mr.. Belmont was asked what money
be rendered il1 purchasing United States
bondss ne would Of courss acknowledge
in the cheapest currency then 10 vogue.
Its bis business as q tanker. 81 Indeed
it is Of every other purchaser, to make
the best bargain he can. Previous to
1873, when these debss we're contracted,
paper money was in universal Use. But
the value Of the paper was measured By
the gold standard. Now, it happens that
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Itis thought that General Joseph E.
Johnston will be electedto congress from
.hs Richmond (Va.) district without OPP
,zg;tion
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