The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-17

JouUil hlltl lOISoKoCtl Utlc covenant OF
her God-dcstroyed without reme-
dy,' and tho chasnA behind echoed
1t, 'Dcstroyed without remedy
And the chasm before echoed it,
"Destroyod without remedy" And
thero she perishod, her foot cut and
bleeding on tho edge of ono chasm
and her long locks, washed of tho
storm, dropping over the other
chasm.
But by this time our carriage had
reached the curbstono Of my dwell
ing and 1 awoke, and behold it was
q dream
A method of cqualizing the wear
in horizontal steam cylinders has
been brought to the notice of the
English Society of Engineers, in a
communication by Mr.. Schonheyder,
one of the best authorities on such
subjects. The groat and unequal
wear of the cylinder, in this case, is
due, he says, to tho weight of tho
piston continually rubbing back
ward and forward on it, and to the
difficulty found in lubricating it
sufficiently, especially when the
cylinder is kept hot 10y tho now
universal steam~jackot. After emu
merating the evils resulting from
such unequal wear Of cylinders anu
plstons, and. describing the most
important expedients for preventing
it, Mr., S. explained his own method
OF remcdying tho evil, and which he
bad found to be so successful.
This he stated to consist in making
the piston rod with a gambler, OF
upward bend, in such manner as
that, when loaded with the weight
OF the piston and placed in the
cylinder, it assumes u straight line,
and transfers the weight to outside
guides special tools are used,
which render the production of
these rods oasy and certain.
The age Of the sun and stars has
recently been discussed by astrono~
mers in q manner and from q stand
point differing somewhat from the
method hitherto in vogue. The
conclusion arrived at by some of
the most eminent investigators is
that that the history of tho solar
system is really comprised withip
twenty OF thirty millions of years,
and, from the fact that the larger
ates twice as much chi SIT SGH9ptagE tsg Et,o IS sun, III
while the mass of tho former is less
than that of the latter, the proba-
bility is inferred that our solar
system is more advanced in it's
physical history. 1t would seem
that 81 Cygni has reached greater
degree of condensation than the sun
since, on the hypothesis of equal
density, the surface Of the larger
member is one-third that of the
sun, while the intrinsic light is less
than one-ninth, Again, the com-
panion of Sirius seems to have
reached q stage of greater maturity
than the sun, while, singular to say,
tho contrary appears to be the case
with tho principal stars,
ALWAYS THE SAME.-They had been
engaged about fifteen minutes and
she nestled her head little closer
under the shadow of his monu-
mental shirt~color, and whispered,
"And now what are you going to
call mo, Algernon ?" "Birdie!" he
whispered rapturously, while his
voice trembled with tender emotion,
Railways and ever, nothing but
Birdie !" And she fairly coocd with
delight. He kept his word, al
though with the growing precision
of middle age, ho has become
specific and does not deal in sweepr
ing generalities any more, and SO it
was that day before yesterday
neighbor going in the back way to
borrow the OK, q cup of sugar and
the cjstern pole, heard him call her
"an old sage-hen. "-Haaoheye.
A GoAr IN DErENs1vE Possession
OF AN IsIAND.-A goat has taken
possession of an Island in San
Francisco Bay-at least the Neaos-
Letter says so-and practically
isolates it from civilization by but
ting off everybody who attempts to
land there. There is also family
living on it, which has displayed
distress signals for weeks past, and
is supposed to be starving to death.
but no boats can go to its assist