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Year: 1877

The clusters of matter which


are called nebuIe, and which the


most powerful telescopes have re-


solved into stars, are shown by the


prism TO be nothing but patches of


luminous gas, possibly the first be


ginnipgs of uncreate9 wcrlds.-
Comet tails are of the same nature,


IA doubt existing as to whether


their nuclei borrow their light from


the sun or emit light of them


selves. We may close a necessa


riiy brief outline on this part OF
our subject by stating that it is


possible that the spectroscope may
some day supplant the barometer,


more than one observer having
stated that he has discovered by
its aid signs OF coming rain. when


the latter instrument told fatter-
ing tale Of continued fine wea' her.


We have merely shown hitherto


how the spectroscope is capable
of Identifying metal but its
powers are not limited to this /; for
by a careful measurement of the
length of the absorption lines, a
very exact estimate of the quanti-
ty presented can be arrived at
This method of analysis is Sc deli
cate, that in experiments carried
on at the Royal Mint, a difference
of Que ten'thousandth part in an
alloy has been recognized. Neither
must it he supposed that the servi-
ces of the spectroscope are con
fined to metals, for nearly all col
o-ed matter can also be subjected
to it's scrutiny. Even the most
minute srbstances when examined
10y the microscope In conjunction
with the prism show a particula:
spectrum by which they can al
ways be identified. Nor does the
form of the substance present any
in its examination, for
solution will show the necessary
bands. Blood, tor in
stance, can be discovered when in
a most diluted form. Tc the ply
sician the detection OF the vital
fluid in any of the secretions is
a great help to the dag
nosis of an obscure case. But in
forensic medicine (where it might
be assumed that this test might
De OF value In the detection of /
;rime) the microscope can identity
blood stains in u more ready man
ler.


The simple glass prism, as used
~ Newton, although it is the parent
If the modern spectroscope bears
cry little resemblance to its gifted
uccessor. The complicated and
ostly instrument now used consists
Year: 1877

AN UNREASONABLE FATHER.-A


curious elopement took place in Eng


lard the other day. An old gentle


man ran away with a young girl, and


to the great disgust o. her parents,
the couple were not causht until they
were safely married, aud all the indig-
nant papa could do was to upbraid his
daughter for marrying a man old
enough to be her. father /; much older,
indeed, than he was himself. A few
weeks OF happiness, or the reverse,
with her aged adorer, proved enough
for the young bride, who incont:Letly
ran away with young fellow she met
at foreign watering place. There
was, of course, great scandal, and
her father came once more to upbraid
her with the enormity of her behavior.
Really, papa" SAID the unreasonable
young person, "there's 10 pleasing
you you told me before you would
not have minded if it had been a young
man, and now when have chosen
Young man, you are just as angry J"
The father was dIsgusted with her
moral obliquity, and left. her to her
fate.
Year: 1877

Pleasure is sn' j, ct in which
we are all interested. At twenty
five we kill pleasure, at thirty we
enjoy it, at fcrty we husband it, ut
fifty we hunt after it, and alas at
sixty we regret it
Year: 1877

The Senate and House decided yesterday
to adjourn until Monday morning at ten
o'clock, so that the special session will prac-
tically run into the regular session Of the
new Congress, which meets at noon to-mor-
row. In the Senate petitions, bills and reso-
lutions were tumbled on the Secretarys
desk as if the day were the beginning in
stead OF the end Of the session. Mr.. Davis,
Of Illinois, endeavored to convince his fell
low Senators of the absurdity of the thing,


but his mild rsmonstrance was of no effect,
and honorable members went on with the
Legislative comedy as if they expected their
pet schemes to be taken up and acted upon
at once. Finally the Deficiency bill was
considered, and amendments providing for
the expenditure Of more than million dol
lars additional to the amount agreed upon by
the House were adopted. The House very
properly refused to instruct the Committee
on Ways and Means to bring in tariff bill
which should be- purely u revenue measure
and blunderingly defeated q general am
nesty measure. A two-thrds majority was
required, and that could not be obtained.
In unanim mously passing resolution allow
ing some compensation to the families of
the unfortunate men who were lost on the
Huron it came up to the demand of the
country on the subject and did just, meri-
.torious and patriotic work. The Senate, for
some inscrutable purpose, referred the res
olution to one Of its committees, which, it
is to-, be hoped, will present favorable
report as early as possible the cominp week.
Year: 1877

citizen of another country. Equitably such
cases might fairly enough be left to them
selves but when a man has legal right to
call upon our government for protection it
is not within its discretion to refuse it, and
hence it has taken up this mans case. But
having taken it up it should have dealt with
it thoroughly out of regard to its proper
sense OF self-respect. Now, to have pro-
cured the revocation of the decree against
Bedel is not satisfactory solution. There
should be some MISUNDERSTANDING for
the inconvenience and wrong and loss OF
time and injury through his enforced de-
parture to the business enterprises IN
which he was engaged.
Year: 1877

The notice given on Wednesday last by the
Excise Commissioners to the Comptroller not
to appropriate any more of the excise moneys
to charitable societies at present, as con-
tingencies might arise which might compel
the Excise Board to refund the license fees
in whole or in part, is another of the un-
pleasant complications consequent on the
want Of a proper excise law tor New York.
1t is evident that the charitable institutions
of the city will be the real sufferers by the
existing confusion. At best they will re-
ceive nearly quarter Of million dollars
less this year than they received last
wear, and there seems to be q pos
sbility that their future receipts will be
stopped until May next. But the notice
given to the Comptroller needs some ex-
planation. The Excise Commissioners
have for some time been in the habit of
taking deposits of money from applicants
for licenses, but postponing the issuing of
the licenses until, as they allege. the neces-
sary inquiries have been made as to the
right of the applicant to receive the same.
The police have recognized the receipts for
the money thus deposited as equivalent to
n license and have not interfered with the
business of those who hold them. Has the
money thus received on deposit only, been
paid over to the Finance Department II
not, where is it kept and what is its
amount :?
Year: 1877

lose nothing and likely to win something
by the earlier session. The blnnder was
the more inexcusable inasmuch as the
policy he had initiated was so contrary to
the traditional policy of his party as to be
almost certain to make enemies, who only
needed time to increase their numbers.
When Ohio voted, and voted against him,
distinctly rebuking his policy, his eyes
must have been opened to sense Of the
the Ohio defeat other evils crowded thick
and fast. Emboldened by the result Mr..
Conkling led crusade against the admins
tration in New York so fierce in its charac-
ter as to induce the belief that he courted
the fate of Samson and would pull down
the temple of republicanism in New York
about his ears only to lie crushed and dead
beneath its ruins. But Samson had not been
shorn, of his locks. In November he carried
both branches of his State Legislature and
reduced the democratic majority ofuths pre-
ceding three years. Pennsylvania followed
Ohio into the democratic column, deserting
the administration and condemning its
pOllcy. Maine Hau StOOu ucut1ui Will /"
quasi rebuke of the President uttered under
its breath. The only seriously contested
November State to give President Hayes On
Endorsement was Massach usetts, and what
an abject political poverty is exposed in
the claim of Massachusetts, as a republican
triumph! What wonder that after the No
vember elections Mr. Conkling went
back to Washington strengthened and
emboldened? The fatal mistake made by
the President became then manifest to oil.
The opposition to his policy in his own
party grew stronger from day to day; the
democrats were encouraged to make their
recent exciting contest, and finally the re-
publican Senate subjected the President to
the humiliations OF the last days of the un-
fortunate extra session. 1t only remains to
be added that by the mistake of avoiding the
constitutional duty of calling an extra ses-
sion before the commencement OF the
present fiscal year and putting it off until
it trod on the heels of the regular session
the Army Appropriation bill, for which
alone it was needed, only passes just as the
regular session meets, and could have been
postponed for its action without any more
inconvenience to the service than has
already been experienced.
Year: 1877

BY the cable despatch with the views OF
the London Times on the arbitration at Hal
ifax it will be seen that English opinion is
now especially directed toward the possibil-
ity of the reopening of oil the disputed
points in regard to the fisheries upon the
expiration OF the time for which the conces-
sion was made by the Treaty OF Washington.
This is leap beyond the issue made by the
award and seems to take it for granted that
there can be no trouble on that score either
as to the amount or as to the objection of
the representative of the United States in
the Board of Arbitration. England's inter-
est in what may be done or not done under
a treaty as to which she has no further re-
sponsibility is of course far less than her
intarest in what may remain to be done
Year: 1877

TIE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY declines,


with thanks, the offer Of city banker to pay
for the four per cent bonds III silver. As Mr..
Sherman forcibly points out, to do so would be
the biggest kind of bonanza for the banker,
but very poor speculation for the government.
Year: 1877

REYNARD AND THE QUEENS COUNTY HOUNDS
afforded some first class sport yesterday to o
pretty fair field of huntsmen. Fox hunting may
now be considered fairly established in this Sec
ton Of the country.
Year: 1877

Some ARRANGEMENTS ought to be made as
soon as possible by the Park Commissioners to
accommodate the tens of thousands of skaters
who daily visit Central Park during the skating
season. The expense of keeping the ice clear is
MI that is necessary, and that need not cost
Year: 1877

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock mar
Set was lower, with a slight rally at the close.
Gold was weak at 1928. Government bonds
were firm, States steady and railroads lower.
Money on call was active at z per cent.
Year: 1877

Notwithstanding the fact that this favorte resort
OF the music-oving pubic filled IN the afternoon,
another large audience assembled in tho evening 10
enjoy tho superb harmony interpreted by Theodore
Thomas and his orchestra. Tho programme was the
same that performed on Wednesday afternoon
at the pubic rehearsal and commented upon at lcngth
in these columns the following day. 1t is there.
fore unnecessary to enlarge upon tho complimentary
remarks then made, save to aid that Miss Mathilde
Wilde, tho soloisl, sang with moro confidence and
rerpe than tho first occasion and acnlevod
genuine success. Her voice IL not OF those which
capture the citadel OF onss appreciation ~ the FIRST
assuu It. but Us IT grows iamiar II becomes winning,
although at times there even then cold glitter
about II which reminds Of the mere brightness OF
tho dium0nd light rather than Ol the warmth or
genuine lrc The Interpretation by the orchestra OF
Mozart's nat symphony and Of Schumann's
MINOR opus l2O which were tho saiicut features
OF the evening, simply superb In fact, whatever
Thomas touches he muSically to gold. Fourteen
years OF practical experience as leader huve gwen
him know ledge Of all the methods whereby beauty
can be expressed by orchestra and the latter CO.
operating with him IN giving voice 70 the great
empars of their art naturally produce perfect
result
Year: 1877

The PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF SUNDAY
Sunday is Gods special present to the work.
ing-man, and one of his chief objects is to
prolong his life and preserve efficient work
ing tone. In the vital system it works like
a compensation pound; it replenishes the
spirit, the elasticy and vigor, which the last
six days have drained away, and supplies the
force which is to fill the six days succeeding
and in the economy Of existence it answers
the same purpose as the economy of income is
answered by savings bank. The frugal
man who puts away pound to-day, and an
other pound next month, and who, in quiet
way, is putting by his stated pound from time
to time, when he grows old and frail gets not
only the same pound back again, but q good
many pounds besides. And the concientious
man husbands one day in his existence every
week-who, instead of ALLOWING Sunday to be
trampled and torn in the hurry and scram-
BILE of life, treasuers it up-the Lord Of Sunday
keeps it for him, and in length of days the
hail of age gives it back with usury. The
savings bank of human existence is the weekly
Sanitarian.
Year: 1877

BORROWING BooKs.-Nobody would think
of going into your parlor and picking up a
mantel ornament or tidy, and saying, "Can
take this for few days? I will bring it
back again" But they frequently do so
with your books. Now, books are as much
the furniture of room as anything else, par
ticularly when they are in the parlor. They
are put there to be looked over and promote
conversation, and if they are carried off their
purpose is defeated. Besides, borrowers feel
much less obligation to return books than
anything else Very few people keep more
than ten or fifteen volumes on parlor table,
and though one might not be missed for q
time, yet ifeverybody who came in would ap-
propriate one, the owner would soon be des-
titute
Year: 1877

Two S1DEs.-Remember that all questions
have two sides one is the right side, the other
the wrong side; one is the side of justice, the
other injustice. If you take the right side,
the just side, ultimately men, however much
they may oppose and revile you, will come to
your support. Earth, with all its powers, will
work with you and for you, and heaven is
pledged to conduct you to complete success.
If you take the other side, there is no power
on earth or heaven that can lead you through
successfully, because it is appointed in the
counsels Of heaven that justice, and truth,
alone can prevail.
Year: 1877

If Jesus Christ is not a messenger from
beyond the grave, you will search in vain
over all human experience, over all the
learned utterances and thoughts of all ages,
for solitary argument, for single fact that
gives hope to the human race | was not
used to believe this in my early ministry
and early studies of this subject | was i'm
pressed with the idea that even without "a
Bible there was more than ground for con-
lecture there was some solidity in the ar
gument. | read with great avidity all the
authors and all the books. think there
have been no books written on the immortal
ity of the soul that have not read-none
of which | have any knowledge or ever
heard of. have perused them, bought them
at great prices, read them with great ear
nestness, seeking to construct IA satisfactory
theory TO my own mind-seeking to master
that great argument have spent thirty
years at it, hoping some day that possibly,
by diligent study and prayerful earnestness,
! might be able to convey that argument to
present it with more force, and to make its
impression upon the world. But when death
came to my home and struck down my
darlings, when | went and looked into their
graves, saw nothing but utter darkness.
| looked up into heaven with a hunger that
| can not describe; with an anguish that
can not express. | went out on dark night
into the deep woods and looked up into the
great vault of heaven, and beat upon my
breast, and cried to my Father in heaven
and to the spirits that inhabit those distant
and unseen realms, until my heart was
crushed and broken until my tears were
exhausted aud my tongue almost Glove TO the
roof of my mouth. In speechless silence,
with my face upon the earth, listened ii
haply | could hear them but found that
all was dark and silent-not ray, not a
voice. | went and sat down by the philoso-
piers who had edited me, and found that
they gave me nothing but husks. | read
their arguments that had once cheered Inc !;
but they broke my heart. They had nothing
in them-not even enough to hang "A CON
lecture upon | was desulate with an utter
desolation. | sat down and wrung my hands
in agony that could not describe, until |
heard u voice coming through the gloom
and out of the darkness and silence, with
more than heavenly sweetness and music in
it, and it said, I" am Jesus of Nazareth
thy dead men shall live Aud upon that
single idea, that single thought, | found that
could rest my hope and my faith, and upon
no other. lie has brought life and immor-
tality TO light he has revealed that great
doctrine; he has established a truth which
the world sighed and longed and wept and
prayed for, but which ever eluded them un-
til he came down out of heaven and told the
story Of the fatherhood OF God and the i'm
mortality of man. ! can not pursue the dis
cussion upon this thought. say he has
settled that question, so that ii is no more
a question OF conjecture or hypothesis or de,
bate, that "it is faithful saying, and
! ,f all h.t n h,io OF
| UtsLa, Jasfa..
Year: 1877




Modesty shines nowhere more beautifully
than III the character of a minister. As an
ambassador he stands not for himself but
for his Lord, and he should ever keep his in
terests in ront. A worthy representative of
the Master does not need to proclaim him
self; his excellency will shine forth as the
sun, and the odor of his virtues become diff
fused like precious ointment, the fragrance
filling the house. How unworthy a thing
Tor such man to be ever on the alert to OBJ
tain conspicuity, to impress the public with
his ability, to preach himself rather than
the Lord who sent him forth The modest
minister will not have much to say of him
self or of his doings they are, in his view,
too poor TO be proclaimed on the housetop
or in the newspaper. II he breaches great
sermon, or is blessed with an extensive re-
vival, he is reticent on the matter till the
work has been proved, and then no trumpets
are needed. His works praise him in the
gates. In all his modes of expression, too
he is self-oblivious. Cautious in giving forth
his own experience, he recognizes the i'm
portauce and excellency of those to whom
he ministers. lie never speaks of my peo
ple," OF "my church or of amy services
Ills own life is merged in that of the flock


he is only one of "our people" only serv
ant in Gods house.-Zion'S Herald,
Year: 1877

Cons ALARM CLocK.--Now, conscience
is Gods alarm clock God has wound it up
so that it may warn us whenever we are
tempted to do that which is wrong. ltgves
the alarm. 1t seems TO say, Take care.
God sees you. Stop" How important it
is to have conscience that will always
warn us of the danger of sin But if we
desire such a conscience, we must be will
ing to listen TO it. If we stop when it says
stop" if we do what it tells us to do, then
we shall always hear it. But il we get into
the habit of not needing its warning, and
not doing what it tells us to do, then, by and
by, we shall cease to hear it. Our con
science will sleep, its voice of warning will
be hushed, aud we shall then be like yes
sci at sea that has no compass to point out
the right way, and no rudder to keep it in
that way.-NdShUiHe AduOcate.
Year: 1877

A SCoTcu minister was once busy cate
chising his young parishioners before the
congregation, when he put the usual first
question to stout girl whose father kept a
public house What is your name ?" No
reply. The question having been repeated,
the girl replied, Name O. yer fun, Mr.. Min
lister ye ken my name weel eneuch. Dye
no say when ye come to our house on a
night, Bet, bring me some ale 2" The
congregation, forgetting the sacredness OF
the place, were in u broad grim and the par
son looked daggers.
Year: 1877

BIZ FRANK.-Never deceive for the sake
OF foolish jest, or to excite the laughter of a
few companions at the expense of friend,
BE anxious when you relate anything to tell
it just as ii occurred. Never vary in the
least degree. The reason why our ears are
so often saluted by false reports is because
people in telling real things add little to
them, and as they pass through dozen
mouths the original stories are turned into
something entirely different. So when you
attempt TO tell anything you have seen with
your own eyes, relate II correctly in every
particular, and as you grow older you will
reap the advantage of this course.
Year: 1877

Write the address on letters to the New York
Herald In bold and legible hand, and give the
name of each subscriber, Of Postofice, county
and State 30 plAinly that no errors in mailing
papers will be liable to occur. au10
Year: 1877

THE NICARAGUA CANAL. The re-
port of the commission appointed by
the President to examine the several
reports of the surveys which have
been made at the expense of the
United States, to ascertain the prac-
ticability of an inter oceanic canal
across the Isthmus, favors the Mica
ragua route and fixes its cost at about
$4,000, 900. Its construction will con-
sumo ten years.


The President believes that the
prospect of an early beginning of the
work on this canal is very favorable.
Under his direction communications
have been sent to the principal pow
ers OF Europe III regard to the subject,
directing attention to tile satisfactory
results of the surveys which have
been made, and to the views set forth
in the report as to the best route.


Replies have been received from
several of the governments thus adj
dressed, in which they express them
selves favorable to an early beginning
of the work.
Year: 1877

THE LOST JOINT RULEs.-Quite a
good joke is the result OF the con-
troversy about the alleged abroga-
tioh of the joint rules of Congress. It
was noticed when the present session
began that the sale of liquors at the
House restaurant, which used TO be
a fuFtige business, was conducted
without any attempt at concealment,
the bottles being plainly in sight, and
the liquors being drank without dis
gnise or deception. On inquiry it
turns out that the astute caterer ex-
amined the manual of Congress and
found that the restriction on his SELL
ing liquor was contained in the mines
teenth joint lule, as follows:


No spirituous or malt liquors or wines
shall be offered for sale or kept within the
Capitol in any room or building connected
Herewith, or on the public grounds adjacent
thereto.


As the joint rules were no longer in
force, the caterer inferred his right to
sell liquor, and hence the change
above referred to. The affair raises
quite laugh upon Mr.. Randall, who
persists in believing the rules are in
force, while the nineteeth joint rule
bids fair to become as famous as the
twenty second, especially as an invi-
tation TO drink is now worded as an in
vitation to ego down and suspend the
nineteenth joint rule. IN. <. Herald.