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No. 1. No. 8,
FANCY SI ITCH-NO. 1,
This stitch is gives fur 4 sml 2 needlea. Fort
npi'il'i'." om! tm nny niAnber tLint will dlnde liv '2.1.
?l-t 1.1111111." l twist Mitch (knitted from the
huii . 1 )ui:l, nv ar. t-liii 1, 1 tainui, knit '_' tue tl,er,
jinns the slipped stitch iivti both tin- others, over, 1
purl, 1 twist, 2 purl, slip 1,1 plain, paw stitch
liver, o plata over, 1 plain, tiver. 5 plaina, knit 2
together, a purls; rape*! from.*?liiul round." 1
twist, 1 purl, 4 plain, 1 purl. 1 twist, 2 parl, slipl, 1
plain, rn sn etirch over. 4 pl ito, over, :i plain, orer,
4 plain, knit 2 together, 2 purl ; repent from*,?Ititi
nn?ul. *l twist. 1 purl, 4 plain, 1 purl, 1 twist,2
puil. slip 1,1 ulam, pass stiseh orer. 3 plain, ..vii,
0 plum, over, 3 plniu, knit 2 together, 2 purl ; re?
peat fruin*.?-1th mund." 1 twist, 1 purl. I plain, 1
Purl, 1 twist, 2 purl, dip 1, 1 niiini, pis- atiti li over,
J plitm. uver, 7 plain, orer, 2 plain, kim 2t<
2 purl; repent from*.?."Uh round.* 1 twist, 1 purl,
over, slip 1, l plain, knit 2 together, pass
1 lie dipped Stitch ovi i both the other-, on i. 1 parl,
1 twist, 2 purl, slip l, 1 plum, pass stitch over, 1
Plain, nwr, B alain, over. 1 plain, knit
2 together, 2 pun; repeal from*.?otb round.*
1 tvvi.-it, 1 purl, 4 plain, 1 pm I. 1 twist, -
purl, slip 1, 1 plain, pass Stitch orer, ovetj
ll plum, over, knit 2 together, 2 par): n peat bom.
?7lh riuinil.* 1 twist, 1 purl. 4 plain, 1 purl, 1
twist, 2 purl, slip 1. 1 plato, pass stitch over, 5
plain, over. 1 plain, over, fi plain, kuit 2 together,
2 purl; repeut Iroin.*?Sill round.* 1 twist, 1 purl,
4 plato, * purl, 1 twist, 2 pur), slip l, l plain, pass
stitch over, 4 plato, over, 3 plato, over, 1 plain,
knit 2 together, 2 purl; repeal from.*- 91 h i<? iii-?i.?
1 twist. I puil, over, -lip 1,1 Diam, knit2together,
pass slipped stitch ovei Imi!) tin- others, over,
1 purl. 1 twist, 2 |iuil. slip 1, 1 plain, poss stitch
over, ;t plato, orer, 5 ulam, ovi r, :'. plain, Knit 2 to?
gether, 2 purl; repeal from.*?iota maud/ Like
4lh.? 11th round,* 1 twist, 1 purl, I plum, 1 purl,
1 twi-t, 2 nari, slip 1, I plain, pass stitch over, 1
plain, over, l> plain, ovi i, 1 plain, knit 2 together,
2 purl; repent from."?12th.roaod.* 1 twist, l pnrl,
4 plain. 1 purl, 1 twist, 2 purl, slip 1,1 plain, POM
stitch tiver, over, ll plum, over, knit 2 together, 2
purl; repeat from.* Commence again al 1st ronnd.
Fur tidies uso two wooden needles, No, lt)
or U, Bud a coarse number of ootton, Add .1
purl stile!,es at seen ( Iga to sew the fringe or e--1 tr?
im.' on and repeat th j pattern, consisting i ; '_?"
miielics, tbree times, making, wnii the three edge
Stitches, 84, then, to make both i- ir:< - alike, rep .it
the tirst 8 stitches ol ti.'- pattern, aud add 3 purl
stitches ut the end, making iii gil 95 stitches.
lite edge Btite'ies a-e to he purled on
the right side of the w.aik. and pinn
in the alternate rows, amt trill uol be mentioned in
the pattern. Knit a purl row, except the edge
stitches which are plain.?1st patts! n raw. Sam. as
, -? i .ninl otana shove, and after tbe third repetition
f the pattern, knit again the flrsl Bi os of the
row, ending with " 1 twist."?2nd roand. *i purl,
1 piala, 4 pori, 1 plain, 1 pul,2 plaiu, pnrl -j. ,,
?tether, 4 puil, over, '.i inn. over. 4 pori. 1 puil, pul
mik on left liiind in a iiii-. draw tbe next stitch orel
lt. Hint puss to right hand needle, 2 plaii ; n peat
from ' twice more, then knit again firai 8 al itches aat
row.?iinl row. Berne as 3rd ronnd niven aboTe, re?
heating ot ths end of the first 8 stitcbea,?4th rnw.
1 purl, 1 plain, 4 pm'.. 1 plain, 1 port ~ plain, pun
2 lo^'iher, 2 purl, over, 7 puil, over, 2 purl. 1 purl,
put hack on tefl liuiul mciiie. pn-s in xi stitch over,
2 plain; repeat fruin * twice more, then ki il again
we int 8 stitches.?fit b row. -Same aa 5th ?
Kneeling si the end as before.?6th raw. "i purl,
l plum, 4 pur), i plain, l part, 2 plain, pail 2 to
tether.over, li parl, over, l puil. poss next stitch
liver as before, 2 plain j repeat lr..in * twics
more, aud knit again th- rir-t 8 stitch) a.?7th ri w.
Mosses 7ih rount!; en! as before.?8th row. *1
f?ri, 1 plain, 4 purl, 1 plain. 1 ninl, 2 pinn, purl 'J
ogether,4 purl, over, :i purl,over, 4 pori, l pori, i'i.
next stitch over as before, 2 plain ; repeat from * twice
Mte,andkoitsgolnthe tii- Sst ? -. -Otb row.
?aine ;is wth round ; end as before.?101 ii row. v n ,
is 4th row,?lltli row. Like 11th ronnd; end aa
heture.?12tlirow. *1 purl. 1 plain, ' purl, 1 plain,
1 pori,2plain,pnrl2together,over, .1 pun, over,
1 puil, pas- next stitch aver a- before, 2 plain : i -
seat from * twice mote and knit again Hie first -
Hitch' -. Begiii al Irt row.
FANCY hillC'll-no, 2.
This Mtitch is Riven both for 4 and 2 DOedles, w.th
thc- Int ti (say no 10 wooden needles ana a
uunib-rcotton), it isa handsome pattern t"r tidies,
and with nsegies No. 17 or Im, and fins crochet
ootton, it would bo verj pretti for tbe lop ol s
toilet pm cushin. For 4 needles cast on any nnm
lai-r that will divide liv '-'ii.? 1st. round.* i plain,
over, kuti two together, 2 purl/ ovi r, dip 1,2 plain,
?sss the slipped stieh over the two ot tiers, repeat
mm I 3 time more j then 2 par), l plain, over, knit
2 together, 1 pnrl, over, kui' 2 together, 1 parl;
repeat from*.?2nd roand.* Knit 2 t getbi r, over,
1 plum, 2 part, 12 plain, 2 purl, knit 2 together,
over, 1 iilnin. 1 purl, 2 plain, lpiirl; repeat from*.
?Uni roand.* 1 plain, tiver, knit '_' together, 2 purl,
12 plain, 2 puil. 1 plato, over, knit2 together, 1
iiurl, 2 plum, 1 purl; repeat from.* Ith round.
.ike 2nd.?fiih numil.* 1 plain, ovi. lint 2
together. 2 purl, slip 1, 1 plum, pu-s slipped stitch
?var,lover, slip i, 2 plain, pu-* slipped stitch
over tiie owen, repeal fromi twice more; then
over, 1 plain, 2 purl, 1 plain, ? vii, ki.ii 2 to?
gether, 1 purl, knit 2 t.>?eth<?r. over, 1 run 1 ; repeal
from *.?Otu round. Lil,.-2d.?7th round. Like 3d.?
fcthround. Like 2i!.?Ott) rouud. Bepeat from the
1st.
For ndies with 2 untidies, adal :; parl stitches
st eaeh odsjs to mw the fringe or edging tc
U) eal I) ettae IO m--v tin- uini.ii ui i-iiki"., na,
anti repeal the pattern consiatiog ol '->', atiiches
three timos, inakmu with the '.'> pori edge Bl Ii i i,
111 then, ta aaoke both sides alike, re] ihe first
88 stitches ot the pattern, aod add ll purl stitcbea
at the euti, whieh will wake ia uli 106 stitches.
wide enouith on Nu. IO needles foi s u.l-.-i/.i-d
tulle.?1st row. Borne ss lui round giveushore,
adding 3 nari at the beginning, snd aftei :';>! repe
tition of tue patlern kim again ti.*- iii .1 L"_' stile!,? ,
anding with knit 2 together," aud udil :i purl at
plain. 12 purl, 2 plain. 1 purl,over, purl 2 tog) i j
repeat from * '.l times mere, and :t plain edee
Mit ches.? 3rd row. Sam- ns 3rd round niven ubove,
adilitu' .'! lutrl ul the begiuning and end, aud sfter
?Hrd repetition kmt sgain tbe first 22 stitches ol
the row.?4th row. Like 2nd.?5th row. Likefith
?nnd gtvea above, adding thc edpe s'lti lu-, ;,t,il
?peatingthe isl 22 stitches at the end so before
looted.?<i'h row. Like 2nd.?7th row. Like
..I LJ.l -.._ , .1.,. .....I I..'. B. /'.. -.
the row
ron
repeat
di
3rd.?*th row. Like
again at 1st row
ind.?lull row. Commence
HAUY .-Ol KS.
Ann! Mamie writes : " I send direct lona for k Kit?
ting little hock*, which I think 'jut-; tbe thing' for
Jour kniiiiiiu column. They an- so exceedingly
I letty, snd are, besides, simple sud easy to kau.
knit them of either Colony yarn, or single senber
?if thc inter, 1 ounce ol white and *a om.ol col?
ored will be required. For tb* colored, " baby
ame "or pink un; prettiest. Lae medium siled
feeedlce.
? -. am with the willie yarn, 18 stitches on t.-.o
boedlee. snd twenty on the third, lat round! knit
plum. "2d rouud: purl. 3d and 1th rounds: knit
aluin. Bi h round : make one, fun two together,
make one, knit two toge! sll around.
8th and 7tb rounds: knil plain. ?>m!i ronnd: pnrl.
Oi h an i 10th roaods: knit plain, llthronud: like)
fith r<.unil. I2ih ami 13th rouuda: kbit plain.
14th round! pun*. lfilb, 16th bim! 17th
round";: knit plain. In tbe l?in round
knit plain 0 stitches with white j thru, without
snaking off the white yarn, k-i.: 2 -.:'' ??:?-< blue,
then i; whi'e, 2 hine. sll round. 19th
round t Commence wiiji ', white, then 4
hine i white nil round. 20th round :
like Hie lPthi 21-: rouud: Ike thc I8tb: 22d
toand: commence with fi white, then 1 blue, 7
*hit?, i lilma bu arotiod, : <>i rouud: oom*
tttutj with 3 white, tin1!! 2 bine, 6
*liiic, and so on nil arouiid j 24th round:
coinineneo ^vith 1 while, then 2 blue, U srl.itc
all Brun .1, 23th roun<!: like23d; 26throundi like
22il:27ih round: Uk-1^ h ; 28t*!i r-.m d: ! k"l?thj
jgthround: like lOih : 30th rounrl: Uki l*tu; !tl-',
f'^il iiiul ;i:itl Murnda kuit plain I white,
"Jfk od tbe blue.
Uni makiri a little vine runtiinu around the top
of the wuk, and ia very pretty, lue neal 18
r?nnds are knit like tno munda tuna tho
??l to int- lnth rounds?Ineliided bctwern the
**o*, Hie iunt round being a purl cur. Tl:!- ttnisbei
:)l log of tho aock. Nt.vv intuit the BtiU'lus on the
>?xt mellie, usuklng nire tlcic are IH ntlti'h->s,
?Km: across tLat bfctdie oi.ly, t..is woy:
uv*'.- i.ue, knit two together, and so on
*'{*>** the needle. 'IMrn lt and juirl bsok.
l hen atake ene, knit U tegather aud av uu j
ncross the needle; purl hark. Repeat these
4 rows until you count 10 hole*, then
narrow at the Winning of the needle, by
knitting 2 lowther, and knit plum across. Con?
tinue to do thia, narrowin* at the beginning of the
nemile every tune, then knitting across plaiu,
until theie are only lt) stitches left uii tho needle;
then lund and east oft.
Thia makes the top of tho foot Now count the
stitches on tlie other two needles, and slip one from
the 20 needle oa ta Mm ih needle, macing 19on
each, 1 aili, with one of these needles take
JP tho stitches on the i-i,!,. of the
loot un.I to tbe middle of the ten ititcbes on the toi.
making, counting lttetitcbes already on the needle,
and the 5 on the toe, ls attaches. Then uarrow al
tu toe iimi knit plain across, slip off the tirsl stitch at
tbe heel nnd kuli plain screes. Continne thia al?
ways narrowing al tue toe and slipping off st the
heel for eight rows; then narrow ai lu.iii ends ol
the n< ?... . and continne to knit plain ba< I.
and I..rtli. narrowing at both heel am! toe. at thc
i" ginning ol the needle for20 more rowe. Then cast
oft. ink.-ii pi lie .it itt lu-un toe ot her-,i ie in the saute
way, ami Knit just like the titst, then bimi off. Turu
it wrong side oul fasten off all tbe emla, then sew
the two aides together. Preta it nader s damp
cloth. I'litish by running a nhium through
iiiu thud row oi holes from the mp
"> . "a'd out of tue boles- or bi
running a cord of tbe two colors through them, fin?
ished uti with ring hails.
1 make the hal's tay winditta tho two
colon of yarn round a bair-pin (acp -
rated slightly by my thumb)- wind until
?iiiite thiek, then fasten securely In ths middle wnh
a sh,:n, tiuui,|,. thread: sow in tue knot at the end
nf tbe <"i<l, then cul the yarn at both ends ; ulm it,
tic plose ami round.
This is uti unusually pretty lace pattern nnd one
very easily worked, lt yon vv ish it to be rather
line um needles No>. loot lu and cotton No. 2G.
I ton IS stitches.?Isl row. 8 plain, knit2to?
gether, over, rt plain, over, 2 plain.?"2d row. 2
plain, over, Ti plum, over, knit 2 together, 7 plain.?
3d row, ii plain, knit 'J together, over, 1 plain,
knit 2 together, over, 1 plsin, over, anil 2 together
1 plain, over. 2 plain.?4th row. 2 pinn, over, 1
plain, iinii 2 together, over, :t plain, over, knit 2
toilet her, 1 plain, over, 7 nloio.--5th row. 4 plain,
kuil 2 together, over, 1 pla in, knil 2 together, ovi r,
3 plain, orer, kuli - together, l plain, over, 2 plain,
?otb row. 2 plain, over, 1 plain, knit 2 together,
mn. 'i plain.over, knit2 together.2 plain,over,
Lint 2 together,] plain, over, kuli 2 together, 3
plain.?7th row. ,"". plain, over, knil 2 i ther, 1
plain, over, kui! 2 together, 'I plain, knit 2 together.
over, 1' plum, kui: 2 together, over. 1 plum, kuit 2
together?8th row. ) asl ofl 1 plaiu, over, kuil
2 together, 1 plain, over, knil 2 together, 1 plain,
knil 2together,o^ er, 1 plain, knit 2toi(ether, ?
plain?'.ith rnvv. 7 plain, over, knil 2 togctbi r, 1 plain,
over, si p 1. knit 2 together, p.i-s slipped stitch
over, over, l plain, kui) 2 together, 1 plain, knil 2
together.?l(rth row. 2 plain, ov r, knit 2 log
A plain, knit U together, over, * plain?lim row.
'.' plain, over, knil 2 together,! plath, knit 2 to?
gether, over, 3 plain. 12tb row. c.-?.!._', 1 plain,
ovi r, knit :s tog) thi r, over, 10 p ...:.. (
?gara at 1st row,
BCBAP-BAG.
Cnn nv- Sack.?W .11 you be kind enonah ta give
me ilni'i I'liii.- foi crocheting a chili 'ssaek in
shell utitch?ehlid nine to 12 months ol .tc-, stu
-i ribch. Will some otli.r subscriber oblige her f
Crazy Sun h.?A -iii.-< ii' ei ssks: Will some one
inst rael tn Interested reader ot the ki.itiiiin
i .-ilium bow io crochet s shawl nf Shetland -.\.... I m
split zephyr! Crazy stitch?a shell stitch begin
nins al t eutre ol sh..wi uisti sd "t ??
linen.?Will some one siva' s pattern of lady's
[knitted oi crochet) hood, sue as tue ladies ore noa
wearing in New-York sud oblige a frii ni. i . H. i~
Kshtixi; EX1 RA : Vt. n't 1 hi ii.nu - -. publish ;m
extra composed of the knitting ci .?-,' to
i'. Sli y?Tba probability is thal sued an exl ra will
ba p li.li-in-il, tie...nh ii i" nol abs 'li?:. iv ..ii nu.
OJ OBOE ( .IA S'ISO'8 DH"! II HY.
i rd stratford de XUdeliffi m lh, SineloentA Ctntk
1 lillie t uk tilt .lb. lT.V ol I.milli. I" ."'
- manm i of i si n i?g i n hi polil ? I .lift, r
ences with the Duke ol Wellington wss rat bel be?
low what tlu Duke might i. brly Ihit '?> i ue to i
meat military services : nd sin ost nnrivalli d i leva
t, "ii. " H.- must take neighbor's fare," wai sll ! h '
in reply. On soother occasion 1 ventured to ex?
press some little sni prise thal be should I
so far iu the beat "t parti strife a- ;.. -. p Mi.
. lilli's provoking nive Ive by exclaiming
I t. slr, is false." His instillation consisted iu
tbe assert iou that the words, however unqus
** bod done a great deal of ??....!." il.- mention of
tbe e rathei trivial aneedotes may be ei
ai count of their -? ss indicat
manner ol expressing himseli ahem xplanation wa?
in oe avi m. d
i point ol i lew nt iy be furthi r lllnst rati
-muli v i ''iiiuii' niici ii- I - "I
winch, however, can ouli be -i,:..i at Ihi rink ??!
rbatis already known i" the social oi
literary world.
At the bead of a dwarf selia lien may flt!) be
placed a schoolboj . written, tin it a ould
-ea-iu, with a fei aimg v, inch in due .-.a'-., u was to ex?
pand into patriot ism :
Wii.-n w? Igh'il wltti ut -? ''ii ti'el. il t be in,
P;ay v. I - . ' I |eal' us ;
If Hue, ih ie - ii'- ea ir, we det na?
Toa sresucl
Kton st a later period wo il ?'-'?-, eeneofwhal
follows. Several ooys met together ?"i the reeiial
? il ii poem composed by on< <>l them. Anio
verses i which ron thos, ii long tra<
he COI red I
Hy the '.','u- lu-'r, ol ber ' mguUl eye.
iij otion was made to the Italicised epithet, snd
.- umendiin nts were suggested. '1 wool thi-ei
of them were near tbe nuuk, hui not so near as to
I,.- ouite sal isfactory. Hil ncc ensin >i: ev< i, om
? i n -e.iieii ol i be pi.-. i. .i- but latent ???
a wold i ouveying tbe Ides "i i ?-? In p eition and
breadth <>t range in rotation. Buddenlj ? ron ?? was
'n-arti: *? Wini t - ii v v?> ?; ? ? > ? f Oravit} al
. ed. ninl away into vacancy un s roai of
lan chi ci went }??- .am and poe! and
Thc next illustration may be given in Can
own words, lu September IT'.'ii, be writes cu..,
(JieVTti II all ;
I 1 I V. ' ll M I . -? a ' I, '-,'"1
Mrs. Crewe, yea mast know, i is a dog cai ii "(tuan."
k day or twi ....a. . -...--., r. Mr. Cn-wi
._. ii tutti been vi-rr 111 Ul tlie un.rc mc. auu "lt lu
said be to Mrs Crewe, "will you ht bun he tiurlcu lu
Muir ala, ry I" Now, adair] is rather I.lellcstea ph.
to bury ados In, anil so Mrs. C. I uah! lt ofl roi ? mi
lime; bu tot li it, "W-il." mill nile, lui 'I ??<
-a,, i be un rn . 11 bare lt vuu will alvi li lui aa ?|
'?'l'i.al I Will." raid 1 .1:
Poor \ i tin dan ??,
A lid i* no that a Sad tiv it ii iln ru i"
Hauy vein's afterward be had i" entertain ii..
Kl uk iiii'i Queen ol Lin - u i li J lu d . whon
Ibey visited Knglaud during bis tenure ol t lu- For?
eign Ollie. He ion,, d Mr. Byi , ??? well known
um the poodle, t" act as msstei ol tbe ceremoniea
to Unit .M.ij'itii >-. <h.i morning arrangou eula >?? ere
tu be mode foran excursion, v council was li. 1 <'.
and every place in tbe carriage waa supplied with
nu occupant, VV hen -ollie Olie I vuna tl. " ^ oil c.'tii't
leave Byng behind; how ls he to gol" "Under?
neath, ol course," aid the Minister. ,\ laugh en?
sued, bul the poodle wai seated with due rc p. ct.
There ia reason to presume tbal practical joking
wai a good deal in lush iou abouta i-enturj ago,
Mic amusement was one which had it In.rem
ie.ii i -. bni i hey belong to the time ol anion, and
thc remembrance may be entertained without a
-paitk rn i' gmt. Two malana -a in wbh h Mr. Can?
oing bad .? - ? hold a place in mt reeollei
I lo . ,\ porty ol young people were brought to
Belber ul a coonil v bouae in I' i ? hi a ii
hupp, ned one day thal the i ouvi i-.ii I
t.ju.ii the manner in which trials were conducted,
..eu .i lad] wbo '-v.i- present expressed In
forms sud bi i wish lo sec tl nm in pi. .
[ng ii, i. eas.!." saul ??.i thi eoiiipaiij ? "1
think we are uumeroas enough to ucl up a trial
without waltina until Hie Courts are in session.'
. mer said 'han done, lu n v. tv few davs the
jndge was on his Iw nch, ibe iWjrers, the \niiu?e-.
Hu pat: km coneemed, all in their respective places.
\ respectable numot i "I p ? ta oi - tu ide the repi -
Mutation complete. The pl e exan in i
-. iln summing-up, were ail cai ried through,
and ihe judge hav tug received th) verdict of a sup
p .-, .1 iel .. was on iln- i" i"? ' I oi* ii
the li adii g i uunsel < inmuti, i >? .
, and requested in rarni -i tones
au imper taut witness, just arrived, uugkl he
I,,- ird. ( ono< ni was giveu ?? ll Ix i nn
? ?
I nu- in?- lordship's hon oi w
j, i eived thal th
: nm dressed up tor ihe occasion, and disclo -
ii,ll hi io thc ecn t. i i cnn fully k- pt, ol bis
, ,,,, bald ' -- I bo Judge waa ; o li - i i- i
.iii Hie mu- H.uni Honorable John Bookham
._
A riti.-'ii of Nt-w-Mcvcai being Informed thal ia
.'nea puiiiher bad attacked bis wife, and
she bad beaten oil and killed the animal, he shrusged
his shoulders and said. "Ki tl al panther had
koowed lier an well nsldohefda never riled her
iiiii.d.r un, you bat."
Who wai stuf-A (alagna) from Alexandria
niinaiuneesthit "tbeaeeoud ( leopatra'a needle baa
been lowered, ind preparations sn being mads tar
li.shlp.neul loAmerioa." lt Manu a Uttlo rough
m the Yankees to speak of tbe transportatioa ..f
thtaobeiiikas - ccr.iiio" "ti bul ?"? to the
,,ame ofullth.it ls ancient was tho " MtNMd Cleo?
patra"!- -IJudjr.
SCIENCE FOR THK PEOPLE.
? ? -
A RAT IN TRIANOI'LATION.
A correspondent of Suture says that ? imti'
rortliy advance in geodesy liss itietitly been
ecompHabed hy junction of the network of
leaaureinents coveting a liirpre portion of tim
iir..-ti ?? of Europa, arith the African continent.
'he entire triangulation ot Algona waa com?
peted hy Fri nell engineers some linn- since,
ml extended to thc edge tba Babara, m
nt. :t7 . M. Perrier, fbo bad directed in
real meagan tim triangulation of Algeria,
ms for thc past eleven joan been seeking
lu- means ot Joining the network in tim' i oun
iy wiih die perfect trigonometricsystem cot*
ring the Miit.ife ni Spun. I't ami' ami Eug?
un!. For such un undertaking the moat care
ul nml painstaking preparations were requi
ite. Aa the rcsull of Ins >reconnoiiisaucea be
ween L868and 1^72. M. Perriei fonnd timi
nun nil tlie trigonometric pointe ol
lu- first onler between Ona nn<i Ibe
rontiera of Morocco, tho loftier
f tin- Hiern Nevada on the Spanish
unit opp .-itf, wini risible in exceptionally
lear weat lier.
Arrangement* wen subecqnently made
iith tbe Spanish Geographical Institute
tap Um mutual and contemponneons
M'.utiDii of the propoaed plan. In ordei tn
ii-iiif tin- accuracy nt tin- obeervationa, which
equired the paaaage ot signals over a distance
ii 270 kilometres (nearly 150 miles), it waa
li'oiili tl to maka nae ol lolar reflectors nnd
aaaiv at fol i< n-i-s. ihe efficacy i?r such ui>
iiinitiiH fm even greater distances hud already
teen teated bj M. Perrier! still for tbe
aeasuiementa in queation they appear to have
itteily failed to anawer the exnectationi
meed upon them, not a single solar signal
teing visible from anj elation. Fortunately,
he -urti? of tin til'-ei vntln'i- dill lint n Ml
ntirely upon tjisonc ny strm of signal*. Pre
larntlons bad likewise been made lor tbe
mpittvmint of tin- electric light, and nu
he summit of eaeb mountain one <>i
iramme's electro-magnetic m ac dim ? worked by
ngines of six-borsi power h.ul been placed
n position. <Hi August 20 lari nil the sta
tona wi n- occupied nml tin* electric lights
rere displayed throughout each night, lin"!
he patience nt Hf observers waa submitted
n a long proof. 'Ihe mir-'-- riaing from tbe
i' literranenn totallj prevented tbe exchange
f signal* until, after a ileliiv of ivveiit.v days,
ne uliti another tin- electric litrlit> became
isible even i<> the naked eye. Perrier com?
an d tin- Intensity nf tin- light mi Ti ir a,
early '-'Ti> kilometre* distant, t" thal ?>! a in
'rna .Major, which rose iiiiii by, Tbe en?
ervations were <-i>iii iiiinil trom September 9
i) Octobei ls, win n tins task, fm which such
stiii-iva' preparations bad lu en made, waa
ompleted in tho must satisfactory manner.
\iili it- completion the sclent ilie world comes
un possession tai trigonometric measurements
t the ni"- exact nature, extending from Lat
1 In thc Shetland Islands, tn l.u. iii on tbe
huiIm in frontier of Algi ria.
\ NI-.W REMEDY HM; CONSUMPTION.
For .-cnn' wt i!.- past, says Tie farndon Lao.
et, ilif German medical iiress bas lu en dis
.? new " cnn " for phthisis, aud ac
niii'i-, iintf or h -- accurate, of the method
nd ii- benefits bnvc found theil way into the
aily und weekly pupers, both on tho
'outiniiit ninl in England, nml have ex?
ited a considerable ;iiii"iiiii ni attention.
?i. Kmi/ak. the assistaul to Professor Kok
. nt Innsbruck, li is Iu'i ii in am g tbe
unsuniptivc patients in his wards by the new
net hod, and. it is aald, with reiralt* that have
ur mu;:- 'il i i- expii'lutinns ; Imt u< vet DO
a iiiuii' Ktatistics ol the c ises nml il.i ii course
i..11 lt 'ii pul liabed.
I ,.? ii nu dy i- simple i nougli. A ?'? i
nlution ul l? ? ? .t - h.i ls to In- inliitU-d
..it" iluilj Lu seven week* by nu .tn- af .i
ticing inlinler, in the pro|
.1 .. t- |. irt ni the -.iii t>. ;i l.OOOtli t.i il e
n ilv weight. Thc qiumtih mci - iv toi a
aunt ni I 10 punnu.- in weight Would, nu H fore,
ie a i.i H ti j ' i Hum i - ,.t each in hu I a! ion ; and the
lihuli i- must In carefully for sui li
unou ni ;n lu- ia!,, ti inti) t'i mi ;?
I certain proportion will always .? itie into
iii permeate thc air "t in room, and the na
ii nt should remain therein foi un hom after
.nil inhalation. We inn tu-ih understand,
'. timi inbulatioi
il .li rn i> 'ne ni mu,it- beni lit in chi
ng the formation ol mm ns oi '.??!- lu
'lum Iii-.tu! ic umi even in phthisical ra
i- ; in f ia:, tin "'d I'i i.n'.- iml *am I
nt ii, ami is still, fn-quentlj employed wnh
idvautage foi this purjiose. 'lin-, however.
- mit the it-ult lhal i- tn tu- secured hy the
ii w "cure." I'he beiizoutc ol soda i-a ?up
ai.-i tl io deatroy tbe s|iecilii bacteria to which
I..- tullen ulizm^ inna a -- i- due, ai >' limn
i.inmii inti i'liii itory rh ?? .. - li i th?-ir
lc ?t ruct ive character* mut slowly in-il. liii?
ilii win.h such a Ihcorj can be Imped are
limos) i h.ila iv wanting, li seems to in mian
I ki .;. tn i.i Iii ,i a .Ul , .. - ,,. ,... ,,. da .. ,, .
? , linutioii tItiiii those in v\',,ii ii t:m
ul.i n ni.-i- i- i. king place.
ARTI! Ul \l. I'I WI"'
The ' ommui ii ution n 11 ui'y m.nie tu t (ie
p' it id mu it tv hv Mr. .'
.iii-lcu, or Ihe St. liol lox !'... mn ul V. a
ti that city, ol w hich the cable him iii :
riven -nuif acron ut, i- i J, s i -? numiiiuiizi-il in
lie I ngiiiih press: Mr. Mac tour hind th,it on
lie 1l';.i ni the month he -i-m a moe i.
[JlXOil (till --' I j' I..I.V ) giVUIg fill.nu ..
. . 'I 111 I.e.,,, , Ch I
tbul be stipuhiti .1 the note wiih :?
i-j.: sealed until thal meeting?until, in fact,
ic bud satisfied himselt, bj nil thu un
,i- power, and by more competent opiuiun.
iiihiip.-, iii ni h.- own, iis in the nature ol
in-i- results. Ile iu.ii submitted the results to
i i .a udall umi I'rofi --m .-mv iii, au.l
lu; ? ie nuv. iu the 'i inda ol Mr. Mn ke
vtit, iii tlie Ui it inti Museum. Tluv were
nu Hy the?e: Alt. i a series u^ care I ul ta
leniuenta, extending <?vii a period dating
IS l..i Lm< 1. a- I BOO, ht- hml -in i.tl
i: obtaining t-ryHtaliized forms ol carlton.
, .. fi-re pei fectly pure and tran pit -
ni, aud hml ali the refractive pxiwer ol dtu
I hej had i be rrystul inc lm tn ol dla
i."ii- -. and resit i >i acid -, alkalis, nml the
un i.-e hfai ni the blow-pipe, They also
watched L-l.i ?; und the only other tests thai
en',nne I tn be applied weie aa to whethei
in v could -i-a nilli diamond)) or be scratched
>v diamond*, us lo the retractive indei of
ii i b o the meflsuremenl ol the
ingle ni tin- ctv-iiiis. These testa bad not, us
I- iimi -.ini, been carried out, bul tluv would
if whorl ly, iimi h.- bliped to pul -nun- i.i the
? pi i nm ii- belora ilif society on n luture occsv
im. Ile hml mi doubt in bia own mind, aud
mitlier Van-, tillie any doubt in the mind
? i n.ilie geiillenien whom he hud con* i
?nlitii, thal tbej were diamonds, bni In tbe
in ii iiin. i., i efvin-d in describe them a -
?ini fi.-. :.linne ia.nu- of carbon. Ihi' forma
ie h.ni obtaint d vn rc in ii/.v one thirl i -
-iiinmiii ni un imli. The iinii report ol im
xperta in wboae banda the mw diamonds
'i placed hus nol yel been rn ul., but
- awaited with mud. scieutitlc cunosity.
lill PLA-NI i - IN JAM m:V.
'i he planetui v ? v. nt. ol .1 mn i j.
.?. i.tii ni The irv, fi i ce Jo not so
ita rt I ing and brilliuul us those thal Boiuctinics
ire n-i nnieti ou celestial annals, but the inter*
-i \. 'li ti"i v .m.' Ui tbe /.ula.us stiiilcul of
ra, Thc Winter mornings will bc graci l
iv Iii lan ICU) - ul V. HUH, thc Ililli--! inn! lu .
: .ni the hosl th il keep winch ai tl ..
iver the sleeping earth. J upi t ur, -Saturn and
'.lill - t lirOWt I.a ll pll.lll t|f V .Hali liva
i.. m. the last i tme for many months :?
1 ne i hangi: in the ;> sition of tht * plunel ? \\ ni
i' pereepi Ide dui ma ti,' ii.I ?, foi ima
nuv ii I ; .ii pi lei ? ii lo come
i little h. ti aud a uim-li vi ,,i, i
sri] I mil iv, ju- between Mn- uud >iiturt,.
Mars i ? y, he v. ill be 11 ir
ilie ti nith in ti;? ? ,? 1,1 g, aud well Mi?
lan il tm ?? lie setD -nnii iilnr A ;
it titi- t ini na tbi nu.ntli ai'miit -j in iin> morn*
mi.'. Jupiti r bi even r, aud rapidlj ap?
proaching bia conjimction wnh the -
mi in the vvti-ntii eveumg sky bean
witness. Mature is i reuing star, nd has little
tiiat is notewortht foi otmervution during the
present month. Hf la travalbng from ti ...mt
inn muikv li^lit i- i.c wing iiuiie dun.
Alu: TBE OCEANS DISAPPEARING I
Ai a nit nt meet ing "' ''"' French Oo I >gi
nil Society ? communication from M. I.
?cbold, ul Moscow, vms lead on tbe nou-iu
ability ol the levi 1 ol the oci an. Ii tt minuted
with thc following conclusiona : l. lu i ropor
tion nu certain partti ot the earth's crust rite
from the bottom nf tbe kid abott! its level, tbe
latter must he lowered, si. Tba surface <>i
nearly all thc pregan! rontinenti haa been ut
one time the bottom of Hu- mu. It rises from
tin- water partly i.v reason ?>! upheavala, partly
beeanae ol the retreat oi tin- beean. 'A. Aa
continent* ure formed, one pint cf tin- water
nf aeai is transported to them in thc form nf
lakes, riven,eternal mows, glncienand organ?
ised substance. Owing to these actiona tim
water ot the ocean hus diminished in a con?
stant manner, ami its level hus been lowered,
?I. In proportion aa the earth coola down, ice
accumulates near tin- poles ami on mountains,
water i- Imbibed more deeply into the terres?
trial cruet, ami the formation of hydrated
mimili!- is manifested everywhere. It results
from ail theae beta thal since water existed
oil tlie -.ul,ice nt (he until the level of thc
*ea lins been gradually lowered.
A KEW ALLOT.
Tho proprietors ol' thc Isabcllen Hiitte, near
Dillenbery, in Rhenish Prussia, bave intro?
duced, says //,/? A tin-lift mu, a reina)-kulde al
loj iii manganese and copper, whieh promises
io be of considerable importance. " Mangan
kupfer "?manganese bronae?which consists
of 70 per cent ot copper and 'Ai' of manga?
nese, la employed in small quantities to im?
prove commog brass, bronte, bell metal, and
tin like, rendering them more compact, bard
and ductile. A similar alloy was patented in
England sunn years ago, bul appears to have
attracted licit- attention, and to have lu-mi a
failure.
TOTAL sdi.ak ECLIP8E&
According to Profesaor Davidson, of San
Francisco, tbe mool Important total solar
eclipses during the present century will ba aa
follows:
1'VII. i
imr..in ii nf
v ? ? Month. ' 'iiiiiint.r.
lay 17. .. Ia rubia
.1- I- Incus.. 1',-e
ls-.V S,-j,|. !l_I.N *W /aul.allal. -'Illili. Ul) aaa-c.
Ism; . .Vii;. -;i. Weal .vn.e. ... 0 nun. Mime,
min
!-'-'.< la,., ?'?.' Viii.-..Ir. Went AfrlC*. li min. !!;-.?.
API ll ll. I...,/.,I . 1 ll, Ul. 14 - ?
Tiie next total solar eclipse risible nesr the
rim.-il Mun--will lu- tlun of May 28, 1000.stU
i iu the afternoon j wherein tbe central hue
of tot ility passcii tin >ugi Mi tii o, tbe Ai ires, aud
Egypt. _
SA 11 l; ri.i.E.
[ wh. i? ike autkor of this qmaint poem 1]
Mv ai a h le - nun in'I at -eluiul,
1-Vii In-1 April's ie li!e-f v lolet ;
Her iiiiw a a.1- 1.au brou 11 hair
Wnh ili.iuiiitids nf itsowi iilusa set.
1 vi".| mat (he On ik :
1 1.1. m. I ., I'ronei pine,
l-'iiiui ai! (bull iii- '.'. ri -.tvea!
! li'! /. 1:-. ami ! ? , ii y leen.
rim. .l;iiue. fm got their ulm,
And when bei itcp Iud through the mart
I (Hi foi ? ame it- greed ;
\ .t tiuipleni .-. waa all bi r rn ?'.
For I" anty um her 1 ale,
Kel language, toue, and gentle ways;
lil. .1 la -I ill 1
ll IJ <.
A ina dav. met,
\ woman's i-i ni 1 now lier earthly dress;
Ol [l ?' ? |d, I l-l '".
Va lia Te not c banned ber simpleness!
Dl.lt t ill El.til 1 HM I .
I HE BIRI .'l'l ICl Ol - \I.M\(.I'.M)I."
|).al|h| li -s 1,1.1 UV ll .Ciel ?- et 111 I ? , i ' I ' -. r ll I ?".
cf the imt iimi tin venerable man ion tiamlinu
cn ii ? ' t-nve, ann
I 1 . al one 1 nee i .--...?;
-. 11 ii \s aub ni;:..11 liv nu-. 'I in- I. Hil
haili bj .'? . li ?? a-1 ;? mv.-1 tu ur 1111 n tm tbe tu nu I ie , .|
tin- Imi . ? -ai ni v, umi ui tn- death the pt
i> ?- ed ind the band 1 ot bia I .<? .ivi 1
lc ut. Ju 1703 (...vittieiii Kel ? inberili
Ills 1111. li-, tbs iii ' v , -11:11 11 d. I I
thi- e.ni- 11 rind ile- pl IC * '?- ll 'I BU MoUIlt
tut, hui il was chnsti ne . ( oeklofl Hall, bj
li -. mi', dunug ii 11 vi 1 iii in Ki 11, th -
tune: ' is mihi 1 a,-., dubbed the b
hu pronrieioi " Ibe Patron." I... mansion, in ii
..: ian .. 1, in .1 ? .1 plan I dr, wil li
il or. A i?.'.i li, ..vei whit ii
11 Hc.lt . euliv eic '1 ii.' ;
bel s ..nv. . . -..me vi hal
. ii h n. t in 1 ie
v.- 1. 11.. 1. vi .1- .? sloping
Iud ii -1 . I ' '
\\ I.. ten '!.'.'r admitti >l
llltia t ha '? Chili)
- '.pei;. .1 to the wins ? bole !>.i 1
l.i ile
-'?111 ai..e.? . Um..-. 11 na
tl.- '? lita t. M.!.-. 11.' ti-.- ?' Ut i - ? r.i'k
I Illili ? -.',' Hil .'I Ul ll! '
1 ilev..t.'d tu
tau.ilv ti.ai nu.1?Un- digniti il .1 . ?-;..is nt the
,,
pl Dp
. Ile 11 I a.ll, :. ..ll. ..
? ? I .? .:r v 'a| 1 i.ii-e h .illus
. . , ?: " .-.ii?
.ii."
ol a
-
'
I illtV"
-
, ? -
il ire
lu,1 1 liv I
I'.'! M.Ila.I ll! Ill .'.ll. ll IIIUII IK I 1 ? ,W.| k
aaf lila- cl Ila i UK I ?. ntl III
! UL' lllllaa i
mi a .
(hey iinl win n irving moralized ami pluloeonj
..ii .... nun uul.lll . i.ii. ami 1.;
.
Ill .1 HOI ' III . ll ii
fears, there wan a n near t lie
ir known as il
, : lu tue html
, 1 1 i.i pi m qui
-till len,alli. ti. nilen leill'ali cut lip ?
v m.,11, nv. um i which ; ..1 lin 11 lite
... I. ,?? a- n> 1 h - ?
ph. 1 " linell Iii have a li t||.p ind, .ill I I
?aiiiv tn- pul .ie 1 n nihle 1
1 . . ii.'
J lu. I HES "I Miskin t.\ ii.. I. I Sit.
I r ir I ?? , ? - apt
1 ? ii t cabin info wini b 1 vvcul waua place-tbal
Ult i ,,a|4 , ellie,III WOUld tblllli ilia la.,1, ll e. . ,,,!?. ji?
ll' cl, ..I eui 1 li ninl -ii 11 , 1 .K .1 w:. I
aatei evni Hot . rn the hi llott ; the u ly lui wture
was .1 l. ,-. cupri and nu
11 un v tiih- nial tint - ;'iii mi cornel ii in.. ?- of dirt J
-lum 1 . en tined a ? ., lied, 1 ti on I lie
? ri lei.eil lieu 1 til : und .-il i ' 111! rn I un
ai "i ig| loi . hi'. 1 1 iiiuii "t tbe hon c -in" 1"
aiiil ' "in a ?-, pale ami Iinii jurd ? al idle upon ll In;:
Ol Jil'.,ai, lie.,I. 1.1 \.I Mill 1 Illa food l's.ul..,
dill imi i'n. and through the gloom around (he
ii ai. 1. -them won im window i" -:? .K ... eon ld be
illinlv linnie nut cue ... twa i I ? ic iii Ii l' fellillle
I nev er saw iii.tl. ..'ii lm ne
in a etviliz 1! c. nutty- lind I Imv. nee 11 a non
.?? ni 1 Ibis. Vi l hi ie was the
ol a m.in ,1;,t h.1; t hi, ,? in ie- 1,1 lani!, ami usual!.!
Betting what he woul lie eonteul to ..ill -i liw'littf
oul ..1 t bum. Nu .... . -! lie nml Ibu thousands ol
? bill), hive le: elie,I lin emt ct .le U lill -
.?ia,.1. 1..-1 ? 1 ..-i.i,1... clop, nml he,..ml tbem bul n
lillie wa) li s si 11 v ni'. 11. I,, nail ni-,' ni ludiiin
incl ua- .-ii the '
lilli u;i..ii \i!i;. li, bj fe Ol e, ll oliej e.mel
"?? a isi-d, und In tin- ipientuui " W Ital ? ii' you do
wheo tho 11 .. ni :" , ?u,a 1 hi ... pairing su
swi 1. " I he l'.1 I. iiioWM.'
.Val 1,11 Hail; thi-, 1 WI - -ll.ll'-II ht Ul', ill' il'' '!l"l.
taut into un ? iiuulij a n-tchi ii bovi I, rn lion a
widow with M-veii yomiRchildren wno lightl .
hitler battle ol life, und 1 pully Kel ting womtcd in
tho ntruggie. .--ii liemei! lind none oul gathering
' lin could "i -I'll' : ' Ul) ? '? ?! tin- vvhclvvv Uti to
'.li tin i.ii.u v ,i.i'1.1 i., mi-1-1 uk Uh, my blot hers
rn ciitinni ia!.ie Knglinh bomi 01 .. Ingle cabbagi !
Uni iii, [mi Iden, htill-ila'lhcil, thc.
hollow ? I willi in 11 trending
eloquent-! lor ant. Onee more I heard the old story,
il \.. a, 1., 1 uni nj igj 110 : nm nih! li ? ob?
tained lol ni,'I slum ??. . mih .
mid 1 I. ?,
Over ? for a dwelling
III 1 hil e pu
a
A /'>;./?> mut MAS! I.
M. V.. -'nt M. uni, in 11 -? .-,1.1,.- nrttcle recently
? ..iinii.m. tl tn //?, /in/';"'/, ir. v- -?'mi- curous In
? - 1 I mulila winn ll oe lin llisclv) - n oin time
tia , tu., in persona who ure otherwise sane and
,1 iimi cf .1 dinting!
poet ami -a. .i.ii well km .vi 11
in amiable dinponltioii aud wimble lontinctn.
? arc, however, moineutn in his life in which be
iM- in almost irresistible desire to Kill some one,
1 In ?! 1 uh wi ihe 11' Ihe silentest mallee or provocation,
umi bli to I be chief of a
.1 ii, -r ci- ni ihe tani ..niu Bt. Antoine ami pre
.1- , ao 1 bumba to bs Inuni .Lately th ii together
v. ttli 11 le ' ,.f 1 ibbon, wlm li baa the Instant 1
iy luz tie murderous impulses and restoring
bim to bi ?? iiu.n!. li 1 s.n.I ihat 1 lils gentleman
ism, ,a, descriptive of th* symp?
toms ami trams of thought which loudtiploso
tal phi.'-.iiiineuou.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
-m>
Si.WDKitisr. Bishop Hkiizoo.?Aa oftiei.il
journal st Baale has been tined ?io t.irslaml
erins the old Catholic Bishop Henog, and an
additional fine of * l<> Inns lit en imposed iiiuii)
ihe writer of tha artiUe. In tins article dil
Catholicism was denounced in violent tarma,
aiul Bishop Herzog was prooonneed "a eome*
d'an*' ninl un "aicoholwed picotn (oif&oAo
' cher pfarrtr), tbe exnres*irni being a piav
mi the wini's altkathoUtchersp orren, wlm h
mean "Old ('ntImho Priest." Tba editor in
bis defence affirms timi he hml changed Um
word altkoho.'lscher to altkatholiteher in manu?
script, but tii" compositor had sot it np "attko
liiA i filler, vv Iiiiii, not lu lng ti German woid, could
hardly bc pet down as a slander af ter alf. Por
the usc of the expression " a comedian,*1 an m
i-'i iiimis defence was pot in. I be iii fendanl
contended that inasmuch ss OM Catholics pre?
serve ninny ul the mit want tonns of the re?
ligion they h.'tve left, nnd their priests clot he
themselves in sacerdotal vestments while they
have abandoned tlie beliefs of wliich theae ara
tin- emblems und tba Church to which atone
they rightlj appertain Bishop Herzog, when
he performs ecclesiastical functions, ls really
playing s part in a comedy. Hence the word
in question wus simply descriptive and ex?
pressed in indisputable fact The judge's de?
cision tn favor of the Iii-Imp compelled the
paper tu paj iln fusts besides lim line, $10, ami
to jmlili-li in its own columns the judgment
in extenao.
Staii-in - rn Nrw-York Baptists.?Pram
the New-York Boaptist Annual for 1880, just
published, it appears thai the whole numlier
of Baptial churches in the State is 872, with
h total membership ol 113,744?which iasaven
fewer churches than wera reputed laat year,
ami :i77 iiinie membera. Ol baptisms there
were 4,133,824 fewer last your than in the
previous year. Four churches haye more than
800 mem bot a. Tin sc ara tha Abyssinian of
New-York, winch luis 1,400 membera; tbe
Strong Place, Brooklyn, which has wh; tba
church nt Binghamton, with B57. and tim
Calvary of New-York, with si7. Thirty
churches hav.' 500 members and mora; ll'.'
bave ai least -jon, ami 222 bave 100 members
ami upwards. Thora are 494 which have
fewer ii,an loo members. Tba reported valu?
ation of all the church property in Um
Si itc i- ir;7.""?"?.~s". on which then, ara en?
cumbrances to the amount ol $660,019, show?
ing u reduction of Indebtedness for the year
ol (71,806. Al the same time then- bas been
paid oul for improvements the sum of $130,
920, wblcb is .filT.iKH-' in excess of the t-r.iii
pain out laat year. The gifts for benevolent
pun.- have exceeded those ol h.si year by
iiciily $20,000. _
Nor Permitted to Mabbt.?Dr. A. I).
Madeira, punter of the Central Presbyterian
Church ai Kansas t'iiy, Mo., desires to murry
ii, int his congregation arc opposed to
in- doing so. He is now post ii liv years of
I i- i,ccu twice mauled ami posfesses a
I.nully nt inm. children, all ot whom live in
Kan-a> City. He is one ol the leading divines
n> thai town, and his church iii very large
and ii,lim -nt ntl one. The lady a bom be wishes
tn ninny is Mrs. Diggs, thu daughter ol s
county judge, and said :<> be both handsome
?tmi accomplished. She is about thirty vims
ol age; hi i family is ol the beal and ber
placi in -otu ty is high, lt appears however,
that Mrs. Diggs hus Int it invoiced fiom ;i
tullin i husband and tins baa aroused theop
nu. ia', i. i.i Iv it was di oided to bold a
church meeting to consider the case. This
accordingly was done and Dr. Madeira was
ueard in hi- nun defence. He quoted largelj
from tbe Scriptures .uni cited secular autnori?
ne* to show thu! marriage wah s divorced
woman was lau mi in the eyes of God and
man. Many ol bis bearers wept al his words.
Stioug opposition still remains, however, und
further action by the church is probable,
igh it is believed that Dr. Madeira wili
bruvelj marr) Mis. Diggs aud take ail the
l nus. Hill I,ll-. _
.lu-, i'ii Cm k os Carlyle.?From Emerson
Mr. i ooh nun. to Carlyle, taking up the chap
t.i iii "Sartoi Kesartus 'on iii" "Everlasting
\i .," which i- taken to signify tbe raine ol
prayer, luis 'mink was for year-, Mr.
. suva, the inspiration ol New-Euglaud
. ud i- very largely an auto?
biography. After quoting the passage which
, "O, Uenveus, is il in very deed God then
ever speaks through thee (Nature); thal
lives and loves in thee, thal lives aud loves
iiiiuc .'' Mr. Cook remark)* that this is Car?
pi ucla m.'itioii ol in- belief m a personal
t(J il. und th.i ii woo "his adopt on
ni ;;,!!-..i v\n:i!i tii.-! united tho ki,nt which
? I him." A not hei passage i- quoted, but
" il lines HOI Sulllill HUltC like | Ul ll! Ill IStll." .\| I .
Cook at- ii "supreme psalm of tri
-c iii which occur the* a mus;
?'ii i-i..i th. BVundiipol sorrow originated and
i.e ii gciu-ruted ; is it not Lac I Ft 1 it in lin
, md iln n *nj win tber ii is rn timi! This
is belief; nil e'.i'i- opinion?for which latter,
- trill itt lm.i M.'iiv ami be worried."
A i'm ii. n in vs Uproar.?Tho inti"
? ?I au i.e. i -i vniii in w.ii-inri to administer
: i ? iou at miduig ni nn t m ?-;
.i-i il in un i'\i ram.' i i
? tue laa Us Wa if ChilUillg li "I"
1 1 ai'e'i.i iv at lliglll iit . Wt ell t '
uni tinily men entered thu deorwny .nd l>c
U'.tll tn ring tuc lull-, tn Iinl.. a.ul ti) ll.llimi,
while some ol them continued io smoke their
pipes in-nie ihe i n.inc. i.v-iv appeal ni the
ii,in lm Inin tn ei ,ist their scandalous
;.;... ? iliu^s WUS ni vain. One niau Wen.
ward in (h.- communion taole mil began to
jump about before i;. Others muda an at
lempi in pulldown -nuic ni tin' Clinstnias
da final .mi?- ami to dtuiolish a cross which
i. i.i cn the ii."lc Meanwhile tin- .-nh as
ile c were made: "We're uol goiutr to have
11:13 I'opcn len!" " Nn iiiuii itu !"' Ii was
? .-.Iv wiii, greui ililli.-iiiiv iii,it older waa al
last n '...nd. Thene iiiieguiiied iuttudera 111
-null- way 1 rm:;.'Hied tim linly Communion ai
midnight was connected with extreme run.ii.
1- 11 ti Pope's Paper f?Tbe circular
which iinniiiiii'til il.: appearance in Rome on
Jami irv 1 nt a mw ilaiiv pu] ? 1 in bc fail' ii /'/'.,'
Aurora denied iii.u ii would have an ofllcial
.inn.niel, thc il;'ital being du- m> doubt tn
rumers ttitt bnve been widely circulated that
Ihe paper WOllld !'?? un OrglUI Ol Hie V.tl U'llll.
Nevellueless il 1 said thai publicouiuiou in
K. m.- still regurds il al least uudei the prutec
itu.1 mid .ms; tn. ct' high autuorit) ami be
I evi - th.-.! c will draw it- spirit from the Pope
lim.-i li. Without anticipating his intentions
ur h.lV lUg I ? a Ul l?f taa.a-.llk' Ills Ililli! lt Will .lilli
directly to follow Ins policy, tn style it will
adopt that temperate tone which al present
pn vuila in .iii \ .ii.t.in utterances. The bditor
nj it 1- Pietro Hal.rn, who is au :ili!e wntei and
baa gained distinction for his historic.il knowl?
edge. IN ail;1 ul., i.'i.il- .1 bigh position in tho
?t the Vatican archives, li Lspredicjfed
i,-, 1 atholics tba) The Anni-" will au- a j*.
II il ni na rank aitb anv in italy.
A Mission v nv'- lit.mm.?Albert Bushnell,
tin wei.-i,ti i.v ii Uonaregutional uibwiouary w lm
dud 1,1-1 mouth lu Attica, visited in- native
place, Home, N. V., aboul a year agu for the
in-i tim" siiicc is 11. The entire visit to th ni
country extended over many mouths. Mr. Bush?
nell was 011 I.is way hack to Africa, and hail
reached Sierra Leone, winn be died. During
the visit he was taken iii ami it IS said be th) U
i-xpn -t d ,1 wi-a that when in- died it might lie
in Africa, aiad his illness for this i..i on
hastened bis return. His death took place nu i.v
a few hours after he luuded. With him on hu
in -t voyuge yea I- ugo Mr. Bushnell had a com?
panion who died befoio Afri ci cd. li
1 - i.a he murri) d in Africa
also had gone out as a missionary, but shi 1
. a year. Niue years afterward he mar?
ch 1 .1 jain, h. <i during hi . ? \ it bi
? ,11- silver w< titling.
A .Mit.ai. nv GREER Mo ,:.-.? Thc !.'? I, !
]nt)iu", 1 \ which long agu Iel! tu the monl
Mount Athos and Jerusalem from pious I
ii.1 in K011 inn it ,.1, aiul wm.'ii in 1864, owing
to a im.un- to appropriate the revenui
prescribed in the act 01 gift, were si-queati
by Prince Cousa, bave become tbe subject of
new negotiations. Por many years m --roi ui
tiiuis were carried on concerning thom t>c
tv.. 111 tba iiink Patriarchs and tha Bon
in niau government, but they led to no dell
nite result. An appeal is now mads to an
article ol the late treaty winch says the monks
ut .Minuit Athoa, Whatever their native ennu?
in, shall he maintained in their former poe*
sessions and advaatagea. Tba monks cluim
thut tim oonflaoatod lloumuniuu properties ute
et ill their rightful possessions.
John Rattenbury, a Wesleyan nnntMei who
died lately lu England, had tot upwaid of
forty years travelled in'stim* of the leading
circuits ol English Methodism, nnd b*00SJM
widely kimwii. In 1$7'.) he retired from ei;
euit work that In- might ruiM- ii Special fund
tt) itiiirinciit the income of siiperaiuuiateil in 1 ri?
Utera ami maafcsteraf widows, liv hts inriu
if is said that tin- hands, inc sum of
^"iOO.OOO wa.s Obtained for this purpose.
Althtiiiirli in Union College ? ?' Kpi-eopaliin
students are now abo*! as anmerow es ihe
l'n si ?\ ttl ia m-, iinl while the lario-t nu nt
endou ni nts bare been obtained through Presi?
dent Pottei's influence among tbe membera of
Episcopal eh'tn-ies, tbe college still pre*
senta, it i- -"il, ilie fuel whieh lie., nader its
minx?a i nity nf denominational sentiment
and mi mn. At the same time it is sold thal
more than one-half the wetting corps aro
I'lesl-y tel ians. _
The pastor of the Coiigrcgntional Church nt
Bontbington, Conm, prepared n novel snrt of
Chriatmaa tree fbi Ins Sunday-school, it wm
a full-rigged ship, fourteen feet Ima oHth
sails all sit ami mane-paper dans dying. A
class of boys manned the boat, which a ia
freighted witta many Christmas Rifts. Br ?
mechanical device it was made t" move into
the presence "t the school, where tbe.topsails
were backed, the anchor waa dropped, aaa tho
captain wished everybody a merry Chiishnt
through Inn ijwmting hempel
Sir Garnet Wolseley havinir accused the mis?
sionaries in Zululand of spending so mneh
tune in business traffic that they had none hit
io convert the sui,juts of (i ty wayo, the mis?
sionaries are naturally indignant at tim m cn-a
tlon. They affirm that to build houses wm; an
al.solute iiceessiiv, ami thai to tlo it they wert!
compelled to bur their materialaof the Zulus.
Supplies of loon they also bad lo buy ol' tim
n.Hives, They timi it very difficult to mako
any prog.ess m that country with the Christ lau
religion. _
A tailor iu Wales recently entered a church
pew, in which was Sitting a larmer, who told
him to close the door. Declining te do thia.
tin' Itu imr caught hold nf his coat collar anti
tried to put hun our. Tba scuffle wliich en?
sued resulted tn the farmer being taken be?
fore a magistrate who fined lum >."> ami costs.
Ile refused to paj a Earthing. "Ur fourteen
day's imprisonment,'' urged tbe magiatrata.
Bul tbe farmer declined to pay and was taken
into custody. _
An Old Catholic priest af Geneva, named
('havarti, has resigned after six years ol btboc
iii the Church. His reason for tbe action ia
that as allans ure now managed he despair!
of a Catholic reformation. He complains tha
the movement is without unity of doctrine ot
liturgy, and that it goes mu ol its way to prov
mote political ends. He has resolved hence*
forth tn hold aim,' from all theological COM
tiover&ies. _
It is saitl that Uro. Gordon Hall, of Northamp?
ton, Ma-s., was as much surprised BS the |iii|)lic
to hear of the fortune which ber husband bad
!. tt. As sunn a- ihe harnell ol lt, she vviole to
l'le-id; n! Se lye ami others?w ho hail offered to
secure tor ber ihe remaiudei ol lui- buebend'a
salary by supplying the pulpit for a few
months?thanking them tor their kindness and
decliuing their assistance.
CUBE EXT HELD, I ors OPISIOS.
wnorr. church-) BBiers OBTHSMnmrBRii
/'/?mu Ta. Mouton OongrogaUoiutlitt n maj
Some churches gather srouad a smetana there.
fore reflect all the moods and eapncesof tbs man.
And vv hen tlie man is separated lunn them hy ie
moralor death, the.) show little ooheslve powec.
Other churches gather around s principle?s prin
eicle which finds Its incarnation in Jesus Canst.
Iii.- tm., is iii. Kev. Mr. " tin li- arch j
Ihe ctlifT- ks a church nf Christ, The latter is stable.
I nra I : in in may come ami usn may un. bat it
- a-,eli and efllciently together, Cor th
ii aai th.- -iivi.uii's blood anti tbe Saviour's lorn
ni'. Whose eburch ii tbs one to which yen
belong! _
COUB IGKOCH WORK.
/ ... 1 ' ? ' r ;?? ,
Honor to Richard simm! Mr. Nuith ls the
widely-known snd popular editor of Ihi Cincinnati
fte. That psp r, for tbe past three months, has
been waging a courageous and persistent warfare
against the gambling ileus. Immoral rsi lety ibowsi
nml Bundey innn- iu nts, and the corrupt polios nf
tb citi trhose oft rs have been fattening on tlie
" inn..ii-mi>;ic\?v i-\'.i ted from the keepers ol the
v.iriiius haunts ol iniquity as tbe price p lid for their
being Iel slone. Recently Mr. Smith waa r
t-e-r.-ii (bnt aoon discharged} at the in tooee nf tba
chief ol potlee on tbe charge of having M libelled "
that pabltc lum u i
Flini. in.'- 1 HBORY OF FOBCB.
From .ne Sett- lurk i otkotie /.'?-?; ir c otk.)
Hr. Froud) - one soi ii:- ..iv in destine with
? t.,e tin- .1'.- ni I.ii.,, nie-u eitn .'.' j.i i -.I
and the natural riahts of nan. roi bim ao weak
man hos a right ayuinsl s stronger, lr i- nu this
arnaud that Ito appeals to the people of tin United
-t Catholic I'.tiz n-i forgetting iii.it
ry existence of the Cutt eil States i- ii- il lbs
it ron gent and mo-i heroic refutation ol suet a
tyrannical and mouatrous doctrine. 1'iusco
tbrough blood -ii.-! saflerimr, wnh r!u- aid "f
I'.iiu...i ? Ki mee sud Catholic >:n:n, irrencl -i it*
liberty from the country to wbleh Mr. Kn.m.ls
helium, sud from s false study of a wee history.
traditions ai -li. Froinie probsbl) learned
hi- nw u political rel liri on, lt :- u r lin.that suss
out either ttte temper or tbe heart ot tliia p
ram ts iQEfH) -i.i k<n:i) hy ciiun isa.
/ a hm liv Hem fork 7 inn Itt tel ??. Upi
The 'lidless tangle ,i Indian mauageuieal I i
nt w kink in charges agaiuatCommis?ionei llivt,
iv hie li hare at leasl one good M thodisi name wo*
i. uul r li*-ni. that nf Qeneral Clintou B. Fisk, ihe
details nf tbe rose we cannot eater into, bat this
? in bo vie.u tl e :i'-:..i ni ? snt rn Ii di.ni
Ai;, ni ?. tbrough the churches worked better than
any other system. The real difficult) in Indian
management is t.. - eura a precise responsibility.
I h.- I gent ia hemmed i'i \>\ cmtractoro aud a
who ci.ulm nih make or uar bim, ll b
. . demands, the> suecessfidlj -Limier bins,
Hl.it -- ue e,Ul ..lit,l.II -U|a|it>rl atll-liie of tile (itiViTIl
When idenominationseleouauAgent "iib
cure, ir is u.siiiill.v safe for it to support bim against
.. tugsof awindlers abo inf eal t Ii.- whole Indian
busiuess ami nuke ll a borriblt thing.
BAPTIST ORTHODOXY.
Prom Th. Wtm Vork Kxautiuor and vkroniele , ii ipi
Baptist churchea are nut bniltonhuma creedal
ami it ia tnan-, usc to repr ,i i.t tbe Arti) .<?- ni ins:)
a- " tiie a Ides I orthodoxy of our dneon in n um," us
I'r. Recreati. Thal orthodoxy noes for ita origin
more thau 1,600years bock ol 1680. Itsele
a ie .iii written out In s book koowa so i -j.
iii.-ti ii- the New Testament. 1 las.- old Bapt tts
ni li'.s'i were rery good men, hut then was nothing
i> t.mille In tbem. aiul nothing In thais si.t
v. nell Au et'it.in Baptists Ullglll mil liiteiiut't
or ai I il to. or strike trow. Jual - they believed a
Nev. Ientauieutorthodoxy demanded. I'hialajasS
n . ..! linn iinl. Hem e ns ;i denomination americ ia
Baptiats i..ve! lmvc been anything elae than raw
t 11. i.i! ii, iii. ii v.-w ? nf communion al the l.>:.l'i
(supper, Oui frleud Beeves may be Hie sun ufa
prophi t, hui in- tu ike- ,i bold feature ia predi<cting
llb "! restricted i m. lu ii n 'i it i -in s., sa a..n 'ft er
bis own admitted (allure to wheel tbe .denomina?
tion into me opeu-commuuioii line.
l'Klal 1.-1 VV I'- fall NON CATHO! ,1) -.
ti. m '?' l re nu,ii'? ? itt.)
ihe principal Uah) lu our time between i mut
ati-Cbriat, lietn 'u the c.ula..lie t nun ii sod
all opposed t>. ber, is i..r the i...-i,?mn ni tbe train*
lug ci the ronna, l hej who are making i bis train*
education, . irefn y, and al
i.n.'a-i ii. v. i'! i""i-, lac of tbe Vicar of
Christ, aii'i ol the I'burch, ol which be is tba
Teaching Heiid, Th se thst teach otherwise?or
pra.-ttee mila r v :-?.? ant during to avow their fa ?
ni i tim m-?ara', iii tbe in -.t perfect definition of t!ie
imu. Prut eula uta, W.jtt.i not call Protestant^
^ gent ii mus, .un -ah- of
. IioJic ( .un .. i .i . ?? ol i na riana, alnioat
vs ithoui exi ??' . .a ? ?
? ? ii
? .'? ti iditii ?? ia and iii-' duties sra
owing to Him. Tl
' > neal
,
: ' ich
.
POOH i'i "i'i.;:.
'av i
There Dever waa s non Idle outcry thoa lin's
la mails from year ii> year .m.un u,,- poor
. uiipron ii. ?! with ? . m,at'
i- beyond tba
demand, and alwaya is. A- ill is well known thal
ni .ny ol nu- pooi ; al they tl" i."t
< a, tic v ai.- im Dished with
C'..IUl III- ililli ilil 'i.f lie Ul- "'1 '-l'.U " aa 1 le t'.e Heh
do not atti id. All tl i Christian denominations ot
thia cit/make lara* provision of iles sun tur tn-.
poor, and then ui not a person m thia eily wishing
to attend el.ur-h regularly, who cannot Ind seas
idenee a house ol worship open wi hui with?
out money or price. ia>" n.a) tacts are weald tal
out distinotlj i First, ail tha ehurebsa
aie avaUabls ku tha poor, aud dom uu? sxeludad te
want tu ability to pay { and Hoomlly, an many of
the poor ar* unwilling togo rn eburch wah Mm
neb, abundant provision la made tor all in churches
w hoic tlu-y wouid attend, if any whero.