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journey from the East to Pennsylvania.
He says the deepest darkness was in
Essex County, Massachusetts,, the lower
part of New Hampshire, and the eastern
portion OF Maine (where my great>
grandfather lived). In Rhode Island and
Connecticut it was not so great; in New
Jersey peculiar clouds we're observed, but
the darkness was not uncommon, and in
the lower parts of Pennensylvania
nothing unusual was observed.
1t extended as far north as the
American settlements and westward to
Albany, but its exact limits could not
be 'ascertained.
In Boston the darkness continued
fourteen or fifteen hours, varying in
duration at other places.
As it was impossible to attribute the
darkness to an eclipse, the wise people
formed many theories respecting It; be-
ing convinced that it was due to immense
lines in the woods, winds blowing in
opposite directions, and TO the condition
of the vapors; but Herschel says: "1he
dark day in Northern America was one
of those wonderful phenomena of nature
which VIII always be read of with in
terest, but which philosophy is at loss
to explain
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Horse PhysiognOmy.


His well>shaped, delicate ears are
capable of being moved separately in
every direction, and every movement is
full of meaning and in sympathy with
the eve. The eye is prominent, full and
large, and placed laterally, so that he
cln see behind him without turning his
head, his heels being his principal wea-
pons of defense; his nostrils are large,
on. and flexible, and his lips feshy,
though thin and exquisitely mobile and
sensitive. The large, open nostril is es-
sential to him, as a horse breathes solely
and entirely through it, being physically
incapableof breathing through his mouth
as a valve in the throat actually pre-
cludes him from so doing; hence the
month of horse, without bride in it
is opened only for purposes Of eating or
biting. but never from excitement
or from exhaustion, like that of
most other quadrupeds, except the
deer species. The lips are, per
hans. even more characteristic; they are
his hands SIS well as part of his mouth,
and the horse and others of his family
alone use them in this way. The OK, the
sheep, the goat, the giraffe above all,
and in fact, we believe all graminivor-
ous animals except the horse, either bite
their food directly with the teeth or grasp
ami gather in with the tongue, which is
prehensile, and gifted with more or less
power Of prolongation; but the horses
toneue has no such functions, and, there
fore. no such powers, as the-e services are
al performed in his case by his lips, and
no horseman who has let..a favorite horse
pick up small articles of food from the
the palm of his hand can have failed TO
bestruck with the extreme mobility and
also the sensibility and delicacy of touch
with which the lips ara endowed. Now
aIl these physical characteristics are
patent without any knowledge of ana
tony to any one who applies intelligent
observation to an animal which he sees
daily; but in pictures, both by medieval
and modern painters, what wonderful
libels on horse-nature do we perpetually
seel He is commonly represented as an
animal either with human or else with
small piggy eyes, with a blunt, solid
nose, with two small round holes fol-
nostrils. with an open, foolish mouth
with long body like a bolster, straight
shoulders and round, shapeless legs anc
this not only in the case of the old Italian
masters, who seem to have lost, with the
loss of Crock tradition, all sympathy
with and appreciation of the horse, bui
also in the case of English painters o
euinence of the present day in this horse
loving country. Let the reader, for IN
stance, turn to the large illustrated ed
ion Of Tennyson's poems, and to othe
hooks illustrated by leading artists, whom
# would be invidious to mention, ant
then let him say whether the above des
oriotion is an exaggeration of what h
generally finds.
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Choice Sayings.

Commentator.
Divine vengeance comes with feet OF
lead, but it strikes with hands of iron.
Men may die like lambs, and yet have
their place with the goats.
1t is common for those who are farthest
from God to boast themselves most OF
living near the church.
Events are not determined by the
wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by
the wheels of Providence, which are full
of eyes.
reckon him a Christian, indeed, that
is neither ashamed of the gospe' nor
shame to it.
Nature is content with little. grace
with less, but lust with nothing.
Gods presence with. !. man in bis
mouse, tsfJffghsIt be' but = Ess.ssc...'
that house both castle and palace.
Length of days is wisdom's right hand
blessing, typical of eternal life; but it is
in her left hand thai are riches and
honor.
1t is good to be early at our devotions.
The morning is as good a friend TO the
graces as il is to the masses.
We ought to know the scriptures as
the physician does his disPensatory, the
lawyer his books OF reports, anu the
sailor his charts and compass.
Gods laws were never designed to be
ike cobwebs, which catch the little flies.
but suffer the large ones to break
through.
Venture not into the company of those
that are infected with the plague, DO,
not though thou think thyself guarded
with an antidote.
As when we are in prosperity we are
ready to think our mountain will never
be brought low, 50 when we are in adj
versity we are ready to think our valley
will never be filed up.
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Bright Reading for Children.
Louisville c,urier-Journal.

Auui-Ait+ Z. JliEtfl- INiiiA4
Scarcely a day passes that we do not
read some startling account of youthful
criminality. In almost every case the
cause is traceab.e to the pernicious liter
ature OF the day. A recent estimate
shows that twenty-five "boys papers" of
the vilest type are published in New
York, having circulation Of more than
375, 900 copies. Is it any wonder, then,
that this vast evil influence works its
natural result, and boy criminals are
multiplied sll over the country? Parents
and Guardians can not be too careful or
too watchful of what their children read.
The vivi1 Imagination of a boy, coupled
with his natural restlessness, demands
something OF interest, VIII le his instinct
gives him keener appreciation of fraud
than does the experience of his elders.
If children wish to read they will read,
and can not be prevented. The best
that can be done them is to keep them
supplied with books of a good moral
tendeney-some spirited child's history
or interesting story of real life. Chill
dren will rot be satisfied with second
class writer's. They demand as much
genius and talent in their line as does
the world OF science and philosophy.
Then take care, fathers, what your chil~
dren read Many a mans health is
ruined by the indizcretion of youth, and
many a bright future is marred by the
evil influence of vicious literature. The
stream annever be pure that flows from
poisoned fJuntain, and the mind can
never be pure once famiIiarized with
bright pictures of crime.
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Dealing With the Man Who Ad
SertiSed.

Olive Logan, writing from London to
the Cincinnati Enquirer, tells this story
of the value of advertising.
suppose you don't know what sort Of
a pen am writing to you with I sup
pose you don't care what sort of a pen
am writing to you with yet the pen
am writing to you with is an epitome of
all that that has been printed, spoken,
or sung concerning the value of adver-
tising to the mercantile community.
Observe the following facts:
In Paris. last summer, saw a friend
of mine who had Just come over using a
pen of peculiar construction, designed
with special reference to those untidy
persons who, like myself, ink their fingers
when they write. Now, my friend is a
man whose hauds are always as white as
lilies, with fingers like rose-buds in tint !;
noticeable hands, even remarkable, con-
sidering that he Is an elderly man, aud
one who occasionally helps with the
lighter work on his farm in Nebraska.
Catch him linking his fingers
"Why, where did you get that nice
pen ?' / asked him, vista OF blissful
exemption from an uninked middle
finger opening on my joyous expectant
mind.
''In Omaha, he answered. Its the
incest thing--I used to ink my fingers
before I got H."
He did He mixed his fingers That
was enough TOR me. ] got the name Of
the merchant from whom he bought the
pen, the price of it, and irGlosing the
~ s1sepiz-sssisS 1SA~
tha. pen.
BY the last steamer it came to me-
There bad been a little delay. The sta
toner at Omaha was out of them, but
he sent up to Sioux City to the man that
advertises them for another lot. And
now here is where the laugh comes in,
so prepare to pucker. The pens are an
English invention, and tons of them can
be bought in London, if desired. At the
stationers next door l could have got
what I had sent after to Sioux City. But
how could l know that ! dealt with
the man that advertised.
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CAMILLE.

Stay by me, Armand IshSI need you only
Tonight -to-morow hall no be here;
All, mel the place had been 20 Sad and lonely,
But that knew you, Armand, were 90 near.
dreamed this morning OF the SUMNER pleasant
We passed together In the sweet last year,
And how the village dame and kindly peasant
Came TO our cottage with their homely cheer.
CASTOR and I were running down the valley,
And you were dancing, Armand, with Eichette
And then you ali sang cut 20 musicalIy,
'Cumille, Camille, we shall bs happy yetr'
And so thought, and smiled and laughed aH ever
And then the dream changed, Armand, and you
said,
"CsmilIc. Camille, we shall be happy neveri"
And aWoke with dreaming you we're dead.
And lam dyiDgl Armand, am dylngi
And have no fears, but even wish to die,
II you will sometimes come where ] am lying,
And promise sometime BY my ride TO lie.
stay by me, Armand; shall need you only
Tonight tomorrow shall not be here;
All, mel the place had been sad and lonely,
But that knew you, Armand, were near.
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HartfordPost.


American enterprise is demonstrating
that Alaska, which has been muc 1
sneered at, is endowed with the soliI
elements of prosperity. 1t contains do
posits of gold, silver, copper, graphite,
lead, iron, sulphur and coal. It's waters
swarm with fish millions OF salmon of
the finest quality frequent its inlets and
rivers, and there are halibut, Goldfish, ard
its islands and coasts are the faverite
haunts OF countless seals. It's mountains
are covered with pine forests and shin.
building timber. and there is prairie land
and pasture grounds near the coast The
climate is milder, less rigid in win,.-
and less rainy than in the south Of SGT
land. Its purchase may not turn ont 70
be as great piece of folly as has BEEN
charged.
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% Immense advantage that the eiec-
nc t1ght Possesses over ordinary Hghts,
such aa gss or candles, is that it is inde-
pendsnto foxygen as a sustaining power.
II BURNS q brightly and as long in
vacuum ss in the open air. This ha
ben taken advantage of in Illuminating
the depths Of the sea. Electric lamps
haye DeFu devised that burn steadily
under Water, and it is one of these inn
pfe3ea iFnps, regulating itself according
p p1e iiIength OF the current employed,
shal VIZ used by divers in examining
the aalen hull of the Inflated Eurydice
'fhRo 4s current is tso powerful, the
carbon IDints recede; and when weak,
theKssl;Roach each other, thereby keep
-. 80 LIGHT of equal intensity and
'ss,s- s-rssliil. any posfhon. 1t
Is tncIosed in strong scase, with lens
opposite the carbon POINTS, and smaller
one of color to examine the light before
sending under water. This casing, called
the lantern, is perfectly water-tight when
closed, and is connected to the battery
by means of a double cable OF two in.
sulated wires, the cable being made of
India rubber, and the two united by
tape covering. Fifty Bunsen elements
placed in boxes of tin compose the bat>
terry, which is handler for moving alb ut.
Tie electric lamp, we are told, will burn
for about an hour in the open air; but
in the lantern it will burn for twice that
period, as the combustion of the carbon
points is not so rapid as in the open air.
But if electricity lends its aid in the
raising of ships, it also contributes to
their destruction, through the ignition
of torpedoes by electric wires. 1t is at
once the bane and antidote, so to speak,
in this species of warfare, since our iron
clads are now fitted with electric lights
and rejecting apparatus, likely to be of
good service in protecting them from
night attacks by torpedo boats The
electric lights provided on Admiral
Hornby's ships are described as appear
ing as bright as a star of the first magni-
tude at distance of thirty miles on a
clear night In this powerful light the
smoke of a steam-launch betrays itself
at distance Of more than two thousand
yards, so that its value IS preservatiye
Of costly war vessels from destruction
can scarcely be overrated.
Electricity, however, can equally be
adapted for purposes of attack as for de-
fense, for it seems that on board ship the
electric fuse is superseding the old Ian
yard in the firing Of heavy cannon 1t
is specially convenient for turret guns,
rs it il not only possible to take better
AIMS this use of electricity, but the |
efeE OF the shots Is more terrible,
-h III the concentrated fire of a stimuli |
discharge of several projectiles
VI penetrate heavy armor when I
~ cash 1raiRps--'+'TAly heF-@->4
guns ~ .ne rFaoeI, &c
IS better performed by an officer
! I'd above them, be can by electric
- kscharge the guns simultaneously
at Wmoment he thinks most fit, while
beiE'f .nkely to act with all the more
coolntSs and judgment from being out
of tie way of the smoke and hustle
below
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Where Ignorance Was Not Bliss.
Boston Transcript


In a town near Boston there lives a
good lady who suffers acutely from
sciatica. She has consulted physicians
far and near, but has been unsuccessful
in finding a cure. Not long since she
heard that a man living not far away
was afflicted with the same disease in an
aggravated form, and it occurred to her
that she would cali upon him and ask
whether he had found anything that
would avail to lessen its terrors. SIZE
did so, and having introduced herself,
stated her errand. "Do you" she asked,
"fnd anything that affords you relief?''
eyes. marnn,' he replied, two things.
'sTwo things Pray what are they
e'Cursing and swearing" said the invalid
1t is added that on her return home the
good lady told hel husband that she
regretted that she could not avail hersel
of this remedy. "Not that I have anJ
conscientious scruples," she said, "but
don't know how"
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Dimensions off the Globe.

Professor Lockyer ia Good Words
It's size mas been determined, l have
no doubt, TO within very few miles, in
what appears to US nov a very simple
manner. In the first place, every sec
ton Of the earth is bounded approxi-
mately bya circle, and mathematicians
divide all circles into $50 degrees.
Hence, If we can measure accurately the
1860 part of this great circle, and if,
when we have got that measure out into
miles, we multiply it by $50, we get the
circumference OF the earth, that is to say,
the whole distance around it. Then by
dividing this result by somt thing little
over 3 (314l6, the ratio of the circum-
ference of the circle to its diameter) we
find out how far it is from one side of the
earth to the other This gives Us the
diameter of the earth. As result of
long series Of observations, il has been
found that a degree measures as near as.
passible on theff Eegsgs 6924 miles a,
enough for me 10 give as a first statel
ment of result that it is about 69I miles;
and if you take the trouble to multiply
698 miles, the average length of one de-
gree, by $50 degrees, the number of de-
grees that there are all around the earth,
YOU will find that the circumference is
something like $4,000 miles, and there
fore that the diameter of the earth is
something like 5000 miles. Mark well
the words ION the average" Ia truth.
the earth is fattened at the poles, 50 that
the length of the degrees varies from the
pole to the equator; and hence the dia
meter in the equatorial plane is in ex-
cess of the diameter from pole to pole.
these two diameters. expressed in feet,
are as olIows: Equatorial, 41,S4S. $50;
polar, Al, 7O8 710.
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THE first translation of any part of the
Holy Scriptures into English that was
committed to the press WAS the New
Testament, translated from the Greek
by William Tyndale, with the assistance
of John Foye and William Roye. and
printed in 1926, in octave Tyndale
published afterward, in 1880, a transla-
tion of the five books OF Moses, and of
Jonah, in 1881, in octave An English
translation of the Psalter, done from the
Latin of Martin Bucer, was also pub
lished at Strasburg in 1880, by Francis
Foye, in octave And the same book,
together with jeremiah and the ''Song
of Moses" were likewise published in
1884, in duodecimo, by George Joye,
sometime Fellow of Peter house in Cam
bridge. The first time the whole Bible
appeared in English was in the year 1885,
in folio. The translator and publisher
was Miles Coverdsle, atterward Bishop
of Exeter, who revised Tyndale's YER
sion, compared it with the original, and
supplied what had been left untranslated
by Tyndale. It was printed at Zurich
and dedicated to King Henry VIII.
This was the Bible which, by Cromwell's
! injunction of September, 1886, was or
dered to be laid in churches.
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The Consumption of Timber.


Lumbet man GdIctto-
w ave now about 10000 miles Of
Iailroad; the annual consumption for
ties or sleepers alone is 100000, or
thirty years growth of 1000 acres. To
fence these roads would require at least
l30. 900 miles of fence, which would cost
$I5 GOO, coo to build, and take at least
SO, 600, 900 annually to keep in repair
We have $4,000 miles of wire, which re
quires in its putting up 100000 trees,
while the annual repairs must take 300,
OOO more. The little insignificant lucifer
match consumes annually in its manu-
facture 900, 900 cubic feet of the finest
pine. The bricks that are annually baked
REQUIRE 1000 600 cords o: wood, which
would sweep the timber clean from
so 0OO, 900 acres. Shoe pegs are quite as
important an article as matches or bricks,
and to make the required annual supply
consumes 100000 cords of iue timber,
while the manufacture of lasts and boot
t ,ees takes 500, 900 cords of maple. beech
and birch and about the same amount is
required for plane stocks and the handles
of tools. The packing boxes made in
the United States in 1874 amounted to
$4,000 600, while the timber manufac
tured into agricultural implements, wag
ons. etc, is more than 100000. The
farm aud rural fences of the country
consume an immense amount OF lumber
and timber annually, but as we grow
older as nation this consumption may,
and probably will, be reduced by the
more general use OF live fences and
hedges. Our consumption of timber is
not only daily on the increase, but our
expectation of timber is also rapidly in
creasing. Our slaves go by the million
to France annually; walnut, oak, maple
and pine to England, and spars and dock
-. =; -, J,or 70 Cbioo oud Tapau
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COMMISSIONED.
BIZ SUSAN cOoIrDcE.

.sDo their errznds; center into the sacrifice with
them: he link yourself in the divine chain
and fesl the Joy and life of it"
What can do for thee, beloved,
Whose feet so little while ago
Trod the same wayside dust with mine,
And now up paths do not know
Speed without sound or sighY
What can 1 do? The perfect life
All fresh and fair and beautiful
Has opened its wide arms to thee;
The cup is over-brimmed and full;
Nothing remains for me-
used to do so many things;
Love thee and chide thee and caress;
Brush little straws from of the way,
Tempering with my poor tenderness
The heat Of that short day.
Not much, but very sweet to give;
And it is grief Of griefs to bear.
That all these ministries are o'eT,
And thou 50 happy, love, elsewhere,
DOst need me never more.
And lean do for thse but this;
working on blindiy, knowing not
If 1 may give thee pleas ure SOL
Out of my own duh. shadowed lot
can arise, and 90.
To sadder lives and darker homes,
A MESSENGER, dear heart, from thee
Who was on earth comforter;
And say to those who welcome me,
am sent oTth by her:
Feeling the while how good it is
To do thy errands thus, and think
Il may be, in the blue far space,
Thou watches from the heavens brink,
A smile upon thy face
And when the days work ends with day,
md star eyed eyening. stealing in.
Waves her cod na.,ss 8 1fs iHs nooHs
And restless surging thoughts begin,
Like sad bells out Of tune.
Pll pray "Dear Lord, TO whose great love
Nor bound nor hmit-line in set,
Give to my darling. implore,
Come new, sweet joy, not tasted yet,
For can give no more"
And with the words my thoughts shan climb
With following feet the heavenly stair
Up which thy steps so lately sped.
And seeing thee 50 happy there,
Come bsck half comforted.
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WHEN the belated Christian, with a
face like stubble-ield, rushed wildly
,b.oagh the streets last Sunday morning
only 70 find all the barber-shops closed
4 vs9Aen that he exclaimed: "What
.baIl l$b to be.shaved ?''-[ Philadelphia
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

GRANDFATHER to his hopeful: My
son, which would you rather have when
you get home ca little brother or sister,"
Grandson "Well 1 would rather have
alittle pony
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

BLUE glass windows are said to stand
a family fight fret rate Detroit Free
Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

DID you ever see an Indian Paweens
oyercoat ?-[Cincinnati Saturday Night.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-13

Mr. J. n. ADAMS, in the Rural
American thus tells of his experience in
narrowing wheat in the spring Of 1877
after being badly winter-killed, mainly
to secure good catch of clover II re-
ceived a good catch of clover while
neighbor who ridiculed my movements
has ploughed his ground this spring for
another crop. He seeded in the same
manner, the same kind OF soil without
narrowing" There are hardly ten farm,
ers in Eastern Pennsylvania who harrow
their wheat, and yet it viii increase the
yield from three to ten bushels per acre,
besides rendering the catch OF clover al
most certainty.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-14

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13.-It
was reported on the street this
morning that low grade ore had
been struck in the crosscut on the
1600-foot level of Savage. On the
strength of the rumor the stock
jumped to SIP.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-14
DIR. l.. MCGUIRE,

lySician and surgeon
FFICE-RoOms No. and 7, Lanfran-
Block, Main street. Residence-204
street, Los Angeles, Cal.
lice Hours-FLom to IL A. NJ. and 2 TO
too p. NJ. apl2tf
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-04-14

gun in the bow. Preparations were
actually begun to fit them with
magazines when counte rmarding
orders were received.