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Year: 1873

efoeee N ,rortanoe in astronomy snd viii he told
ar oOseqaent lectures that Astronomers are % p ~


sgnate what the constitution OF tue sun anu an m
the stars is by reason OF these simple facts III cohhecoh
with their spectra


PHYSICAL CONDITIONS KNOWN PROM THE srEcrRA'


This much granted wish call your attention to the
res which have been obtained by the examination oil
tho various agents Of illumination and sources OF light
which we have upon the earth. My lecture viii be
rather upon results therefore than upon methods The
character Of the spectrum depends one may say AZ once
upon physical condition OF the substance which gives
IT, Then we can have approximately only one kind OF
continuous spectrum IL is true that there may De te
spectrum than in another Whereasn the case Of dis
continuous spectra ana IN the case OF speGra % w1ch are
presentwe observe that these lines are very different
and are of different positions and have different charac
teristcs Now let suppose that each colored light
gives its set OF lines then we can determine what the
Character OF the colored light from number of lines
from their position and from the general appearance Of
the spectrum Now need not tell you distinctly tnat
we have the direct relation between these colored lights
and the chemical elements For example, every boy
who has experimental with pyrotechny knows that
when he gets nitrate Of srontium and mixes suitably
with cOmbustibe material, he gets red light. What
| we know red fireworks made from strontium !;
and green fireworks contain barium and yellow,
sodium and blue fireworks, copper, and so on. We get
IN our own minds an idea Of the color OF Chemical
| that is such a fire burnng Now this is practically
That what Prof Bunsen did But suppose that
ces IN an identical fame IL would impossible to say
| from the flame what substances were present.
find each color is Impressed with its own law Of
Tranquility Each color has It's own lines Red bent 70
| its place, and the yellow and the blue bent " their
places. We find, therefore, may separate all these
coors matter how many there are present by simply
passing them through prism, and distinguish them
| when examine the spectrum, when We examine
| the colors themselves.


will not trouble you longer by stating this matter
formally 1t necessary for to state this I'D order
that might proceed with my subject L VIII simply
you the the character of or two OF
these spectra. Understand what is the difference pc
tween a continuous spectrum and n spectrum inter
rupted In the first place, while the lights are down. my
assistant VIII enlarge the image OF MS . h @
that may exactly the parts 10 which nave re-
ferred to- and which exactly drawn on the diagram


IA picture OF the spectroscope shown earlier in the lee
Jure then thrown upon the screen The following
diagram shows of two prisins by which
| a wider dispersion of the colors is efected.l
Year: 1873

l like to read about Moses best in the
Old Testament. He carried a hard bust
ness well through, and died when other
folks were going to reap the fruits i a man
must have courage to look at his own life so.
and think what'll come of it after he's dead
and gone. A good, solid bit o. work lasts +:
if it's only laying floor down. somebody :
the better for its being done well, besides
the man as does it.-IGeo. Eliot.
Year: 1873

Some writers have held that the cause
of baking is bad treatment. / think
that this vieWpis partially false. Some
horses will balk any way, and some can
not be made to balk. When a horse
once commences to balk, the treatment
will make but little difference. To illus
trate: l had fine, large, fve-year-old
mare, that took notion to balk. 1 did
nothing for her; and finally she got so
she would balz almost every time 1
hitched her up. One of my neighbors
had four-year-old of good deal the
same style of horse, that commenced to
balk some time before mine did. Both
of these had an indentation in their
foreheads Notice this: every horse that
has an indentation in its forehead will
balkl He may balk sooner, or he may
balk later, but he will balk sometime.
But to return to the subject. My neigh
Dor and l pursued two different ways of
treatment: he believed in whipping, and
he beat with sticks, he pounded with
fence-rails, and he used his brogans with
telling effect. At first he made her go;
but, finally, the harder he whipped, the
more she did not 60, until at last he gave
it up and sold her. Now for my treat
ment: I continued to drive my horse,
and l had q time of it, she getting worse
all the time. But one day an OLD man
saw her balk, and said to me, al will show
you what will start her" Accordingly
he took cane with a crook on it, and
struck the hook down into her ear. The
horse started with jump, and we had
no more baking that day. 1 have tried
the plan since then, and have always
been successful Don't be afraid of in
jjuring the horse: it will only make it
mad; and that is what you want. The
philosophy of the thing is this. Take
any horse, and especially balky horse.
and you will find an aversion to having
the ears handled Now, when you put
the cane into its ear, the pain makes it
so mad that it forgets all about its balk-
ing and everything else, and starts right
off. Try this plan, and never whip.
You injure the horse, discomfit yourself,
and waste elbow grease that might be
usefully employed somewhere else,-J
NJ d. iR Western RuraL
Year: 1873

'To succeed, says Emerson, lone must
enter cordially into the game and whirl
with the whirling world" Nothing of
Importance is ever achieved without
fixed determination, coupled with def
mite plan of action. Hence, to conquer
success, one must set out in life with
some definite purpose. More than half
the failures in life are directly attributa-
BILE to a want of concentrated effort and
well directed diligence; for, without
these two great essen tials, every scheme,
however promising it may appear, will,
in the end, prove only failure,


People who are constitutionally tired,
who have chronic aversion to activity,
must be content to repose in the valleys;
it keeps the lungs in motion to go up
hill. People who regard labor in the alb
stract with smiling affability, but in the
concrete with ferocious disdain, need
never expect to outwit Dame Fortune
with any such sort of fiattering coquetry.
Although seemingly apricious-hutter-
ing up and down, in her moods of benig-
nifty or impudence-in the main, she
awards her bounties in exact proportion
to the faithfulness with which we pursue
the ordinary means allotted for their ac-
QUESTION. To succeed, one must enter
tain an irrepressible expectation of sue
cess; a bright-eyed confidence in the re-
suit of heroic effort; an uplifting energy,
that scorns to halt until rewarded; a pa
tient consistency of purpose, that takes
no account of difficulty; determination
so emphatic as to wreSt victory out of
the very jaws of defeat. The men who
succeed are the men who expect to sue
ceed; the men who fail are the men to
whom success would have been an over
whelming surprise.
Year: 1873

Certainly all animals have mode of
expressing their feelings to others of the
same species. Wolves arrange attacks.
hunting together in packs. They are all
animated by the same thought, and
therefore travel with energy for hours to
accomplish a design of which each mem
Der of the enterprise has rational un-
derstanding Deer and buffaloes act in
concert in regard to seeking food or
water. Perhaps the government of wild
horses, through signs which any horse
in a group of hundreds instantly recog-
nizes as an imperative command of one
individual, who prances up and down the
line like one in authority is about as
perfect and as mysterious as any thing in
natural history. Birds and dogs are eX-
ceedingly sociable, enjoying the society
of their kith and kin as much as country
cousins when they visit city relatives,
Rats and mice, too, and even insects, are
supposed to have the faculty of commu-
nicating their wishes and opinions to
each other.
Year: 1873

Some were angry, most were amused.
When, at last, comparative quiet was
restored, Hannah explained.


She had really thought it was real
ghost when she came there, but she must
have house to live in, ghost or no ghost.
She had only been there a few days,
however, when she discovered that the
spirit was only a white rabbit, but she
kept the secret to herself in order to Sc
cure lodging. At last, as she had said
before, being entirely out of food, she
was obliged to trap the rabbit, which was
very tame, and make a stew of him. And
it was the clatter and fall of the old box
that she used for trap that had fright
end the boy Abe that night, when he
came to tell her the miller had no more
bags for her to make.


"Now," said she, "you have heard it
all. l hoped you wouldn't find it out;
but it can't be helped now it's done. I'll
have supper, and something to eat to-
morrow, and maybe next day, for it's a
big rabbit, and then l suppose somebody
will take the house, and I'll have to go. !"


The party stood quietly. Nobody
said anything, for nobody had anything
to say. Several of them thought that
the house was avery good one, and might
be got cheap.


Hannah leaned her head upon her
hand. 81 suppose you don't believe
what I've told you" said she people
hardly ever do believe lone woman,
when she's stranger. 1t is no use say
ing I'm respectable, when I've got moth
ing to show for it. A married woman
without any money, and no way of max
ing any, can't expect much when her
husband goes off and deserts her.


But reckon he can come back again,
Hannah !" said Isaac Harris, striding
across the floor towards the fireplace.


Mrs. Harris sprang to her feet.


Yes, it was Isaacl
Year: 1873

A good handwriting is not merely a
great accomplishment, it is a positive
help to success in life. One of the least
of its advantages is that it secures the
perusal and publication-Of articles sent
to o newspaper. We omit scores of con-
tributions simply because we have not
the time, patience, and ingenuity to de-
cipher them, Their authorship leads us
to believe them good; but we must read
them to know if they are what we want,
and as life is short, we neglect to read
them, and they are lost
Year: 1873

Ruskin, writing of himself, says; II
was obliged to write too young, when
knew only halftruths, and was eager to
set them forth by what l thought fine
words. People used to call me good
writer then; now they say / can't write
at all; because, for instance, if / think
anybody's house is on fire, l only say,
Sir, your house is on fire. whereas for
merly / used to say, Sir the abode in
which you probably passed the delight
full days of youth is in state of inaam-
nation and everybody used to like the
effect of the two ps in probably passed.
and the DIS in delightful days,
Year: 1873

A poor woman used to give an
elephant, who often passed her stalls
in the market handful of greens,
of which he was very fond. One
day he was in a great fury, and
broke away from his keeper, and
came raging down the market-pIace.
Every one fed, and in her haste the
market-woman forgot her rlittle child.
But the furious elephant, instead of
trampling it to death, picked it mp
tenderly and laid it on one side in
place of safety. Do you think she
was sorry she gave him his handful
of greens as he went by? No. We
never lose by kind action, no mat
ter to whom it is done.-Childrez's
Hour.
Year: 1873

FREMONT, o., april 1st, 1872.
DIR. LIBBEY-


DEAR SIR: should be ungrateful indeed
if did not make some acknowledgment to
you, of the wonderful change you have work
ea in my physical condition during the past
three months treatment Ihave received from
you. My heart and lungs were in fearful
condition. was generally prostrated and
completely broken down. feel now as well
as nine-tenths of the women of my age. am
sure that your treatment was the cause of so
wonderful a change. My friends and neigh
bors are loud in your praise. There are many
in this place and vicinity that arc anxious to
avail themselves of your skill, and look for
ward with great anxiety to your next visit.
That you may live to do more of the good
work you have begun, is the constant prayer
of Yours,


Tpr.l1r rs
Year: 1873

TIE TRUE GOSPEL OF DRESS is that
of fitness and taste. Pictures are
painted, and music is written, and
flowers are fostered, that life may be
made beautiful. Let women delight
our eyes like pictures, be harmonious
as music, and fragrant as flowers, that
they also may fulfill their mission Of
grace and beauty. Let them think
less about ringIets and ruflles, in order
to give themselves to the contempla-
ton of whatever is noble, and lovely,
and of good report. BY companion
ship with beautiful thoughts shall their
tastes be so formed, that their toilet
will never be out of harmony with
their means or their position. To buy
and to wear the right thing will come
TO be as natural as to breathe. They
will be clothed almost as unconscious
ly as the lilies OF the field; but there vii
be no more of uniformity in their at
tire than in their faces.--New YorI
IndeDendent.
Year: 1873

Experience mas shown that the moro
rapidly lumber can be seasoned in
open air the better the quality, and
the less liable it Is to be affected by
the variableness Of the atmosphere
During the months of June, July, and
August the air is drier than at any
other period, and consequently better
adapted to seasoning lumber. Planks
or boards should be piled up under
sheds open on all sides, to allow of a
free circulation of air; in no case
ought lumber to be subjected to the
rays OF the sun or rain, and il should
be elevated two feet above the ground
1t the shed has a floor it will be much
the better. AS soOn as the moist
weather of the fall months commences
the sheds should be inclosed on all
sides, and opened only on clear, dry
days. Lumber well "stuck up" under
sheds of this kind will dry out in two
seasons, and retain all the natural
strength and elasticity of the timber
The bark should always be removed
from white oak and hickory. The
growing scarcity of lumber necessi,
,ates more care IN seasoning if we
would prevent prices advancing toe
rapidly.
Year: 1873

PRESERVING EGGS We have kept
eggs perfectly good from October tc
March, in the following manner: A
: iece of lime, as large as quart DIP
per, is put into five gallons Of water,
and salt added until an egg will fiat
This is strained and put into a clean
keg into which loose head is made
to fit easily; knob is fitted to the
head for handle. The eggs are put
as they are gathered into the liquid,
and the loose head placed on them to
keep them below the surface. The
keg should be kept in cool place in
the cellar. The liquid will not freeza
except at a lower temperature than
freezing point. Eggs thus preserved
will sell readily as "limed eggs" until
fresh eggs come, and are almost as
good as fresh ones.-American Agri,
cUlturist.
Year: 1873

A successful orchardist in Maine has


IN odd theory in regard - the decay
os apples. His farm Of fifty acres,


with the exception Of about ten acres
in pasturage, is covered with app.e


trees of various sizes and ages, though


a majority OF them are nov in bear


ing. One of his theories Is not to use


apy animal manure around his trees,


but to depend wholly upon vegetable


manure in form of mulchiug- He de-


tends his position upon the ground


that the one is the natural method and
The other artIfcial-the latter tend
ing TO decay and the former to health


lie kept over 200 buhsels OF apples,
mostly Baldwins, through the past
winter and spring in his cellar, and has
only Just sold the last of them, the
rcss ranging from 81 81 per bushel
He says by his mode apples may be
kept the year round without losing
their iuiciness or crispness and his
method should be understood by every
His theory is that the
early rotting and decay OF apples Is
due, to a great extent, to a vegetable
mlasmi in the air, which is communi-
Gated to it by vegetable evaporation
under certain conditions. The effect
Of this miasmi is first seen in minute
speck; sometimes as many as dozen
may be counted on the same apple.
His method is a daily airing OF the
cellar or place where the apples are
stored, arranging SO as to have
brisk circulation until all the stagnant
.ir is expelled and its place occupied
by pure, healthy ar.
Year: 1873

A wliter 10 the Herald of Health
says: at surprised me to see your
correspondents recommendation to
use brown sugar in the preparation 0 +
food. queried whether she had ever
seen the process of the manufacture
and refining OF sugar. Does she know
that brown sugar means, simply and
solely, moist and dirty sugar ? Does
she comprehend the quality and nature
of the dirt which constitutes its
BROWNIES ? Does she know that pure
loaf, crushed, Or gTsuulated sugar is
not only perfectly free from dirt, and
and is incapable Of aduiteratiOn, but
is much cheaper, pound by pound,
even at the slight additional price
usually charged for it, than brown
sugar OF any grade, because you buy
no dirt or moisture, but saccharine
matter? Does she know that the
notion that drown sugars are sweeter
than white is pure fancy, and that
the contrary is true? l suppose We
are each and all destined to eat our


peck oi dirt sooner or later, but there


is dirt-and save us from the dirt


that makes brown sugar brown
Year: 1873

WESTERN farmers are proposing to
use their old implements or hire from
their neighbors, or If they must buy,
to pay cash, and to make wholesale
purchases, whereby they will save at
least 20 per cent. 1t is well enough
to consider that a good deal can be
saved in another direction. When a
reaper or mower stands in the field or
by the side of the fence for year at
ter it is used, or a plow stands in the
furrow all winter, there is loss OF at
least 90 per cent, which if saved Is
just as good as 40 per cent, earned
---Nelo York Tribune.
Year: 1873

CHAFING IN INFANTS.-1 will give
you a recipe for the benefit Of suffer-
ing babes from being chafed and sore,
which you can publish if you think
proper. We had fieshy baby IN the
family that got very sore in the
wrinkles on his neck, arms, and legs.
We tried everything we could think
of without relief, until a lady friend
told us to take the outside bark Ct
sassafras, shave off the weather.beaten
part, crate or pulverize the balance
fine, and dust it on the parts affected.


We did so, and it cured it in a very
short time. This suggestion may prove
of use to some one.-Ecebange.
Year: 1873

Jubal Early, President of the re-
Gently formed Southern Historical
Society, has sent to the Virginia ps-
pers letter from Gen. Dabney Ii.
Maury, wherein the latter Gays:


Soon after the war closed my at
tention was called to the Tact that
not only had we been subjugated to
the power of the North, but the his
tory of our revolution was being
written exclusively by our conquer
ors and every effort was being made
by them to misrepresent us, our cause,
its principles and our conduct during
the war, which was forced upon US in
defense Of our country The whole
power of the newspaper press, OF
the pulpit, magazine literature, the
makers of history books, of the
school teachers, and most potent of
all, of the school book makers, was
combined to falsify and degrade US
in the eyes of pcsterity. The effect
of all this was painfully manifested
upon the character and demeanor CT
our own people, We had become so
familiarized with the odious names
and the odious light in which we
we're presented, that We were fast
losing our self respect, and seemed
ready to acquiesce in all the degra-
dations thus prepared for US, and to
be ready to transmit, without an
effort at retrieval, our names to our
children with all the odium malig-
nant, un-elenting, active, and unscru-
pulous enemy could throw around
them. The policy Of rendering
treason odious, (which was announced
by Andrew johnson, when he mana
cled our President and cast him il to
prison to die Of slow torture, when
he judiCislly murdered Wi,tz, and
hanged sn aged and innocent woman
contrary to the evidence and without
the forms of constitutional law, had
reached such o practical result as
must have been satisfactory to the
most exacting "loYalty." We had
been called ''rebels' until nine-tenths
OF US felt we had been rebels ; and ii
was impossible to recognize in the
anxious, cowed aspects of the men
of the South, whose only care seemed
now to be TO avoid every thing which
could give ofense or would not be
entirely pleasant to our Northern
masters, the gallant spirit Of the olce
proud Southern Confederacy, who
had challenged the admiration Of the
world by their heroic defense Of their
country. All that was now left TO Us
was to rescue the true history Of that
defense from oblivion and destruc-
ton, and to leave posterity to judge
US aud our cause by the testimony
we should place before 1t. This aad
this alone is the scope snd object OF
the Southern Historical Society. And
for this inaugursted in New Orleans
more than five years ago, the first
step in q movement which now al
last seems likely to produce the re-
suit we have aimed at.
Year: 1873

KEEP cattle and sheep in the yards
until the grass has grown sufficiently
to afford some nourishment as well as
4 reasonable "6ir' for the animal
Watching a spire of grass to see it
grow, and cropping it when the six
teenth of an inch above the surface,
makes a constant but not a satisfactory
aud much less a delectable employ
ment tor a COW or sheep; and yet on
an inconsiderable number of farms
the animals are permitted to wear the
flesh from their bones during the
early spring days in doing this hard
and reprehensible business.
Year: 1873

OATMEAL PoRRIDGE. Soak six
tablespoonfuls of meal over night in a
pint and half OF water; in the morning
stir it well, and set it in a pail into q
kettle of boiling water, and let it boil
hard half an hour then add a cupful
of milk, and let it boil fifteen minutes
Season with salt, and eat with cream
and sugar.
Year: 1873

The Boston TrQyeller SAYS:


Brown, our young insurance friend.
has just returned from q weeks va
cation at the seaside, and while he
was calling on US yesterday, to see if
we had any spare ticket for ANYTHING,
he told Us of little experience of his
in the hammock line. 1t seems he
has been stopping at the house of q
fisherman, on an otherwise uninhab-
tied island, which lies just of the
coast. Near the Eouse was q grove
in which Brown had slung his ham
mock, and there he would lie for
hours, drinking in the beauty of the
mighty ocean and ginger ale, and all
that sort Of thing, and listening to
the roll Of the tumbling waves, the
sOughing of the breezes through the
bending bougbs, and the remarks of
the hshermsn's youngest son, who
was being whaled for stealing lobster
claws, and who had thought the cat
did it. Well, one night Brown could
not sleep indoors. The sea breeze
was of on visit somewhere, and he
felt in his soul a longing for nature
born OF close room, and multi
tudinons tossiDgs on q far from
downy couch. So he took a blanket
snd wended his way to the hammock,
and then, oh bliss The cool wind
came up out Of the great deep and
tanned him; the waves crooned q
lullaby that Homer might have set to
words; the aromatic salt air steered
his tired senses in comfort, and-he
woke up at about nine, and found that
picnic party Of some twenty ladies'
and gentlemen had rowed over from
the main land and taken possession
Of the grove for the forenoon. From
pine to three the unhappy Brown lay
there IN abject misery, afraid 70
move, starving, cramped almost to
death, and the subject Of unfeelIng
remarks from the picnickers. When
they departed Brown, more dead
than alive, deliberately took the ham,
mock down and walked into the
house with it, and, after dressing,
confded it TO the kitchen fire, with
The remark that il he was ever


aught in one OF those again he would
b. inflated, or words to that effect.
Year: 1873

Tn. New York Tri6Dss has no
love for the Republican party, but
lives it . dab whenever It can get q
chance. Yet it is constrained TO say
'the back pay bill was not party
measure at all, snd the Democrats
did rather more than their share in
sustaining it." That is the plain
truth, and no Democratic paper ven-
lures to face iE.