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fly Mother's Shingle. ttUUTOU>. When the angry pa**lon gathering la my mother1* face I Me, And *hc lead* mt to thahedrpom^««itl>' lay# me on her kneeThen I know that I will catch It, and my 6*ih 4 In fancy Itch ha," A* '1 11* ten for the palter of the *hlngto on my ' brccchc*. Every tinkle of the shingle ha* an eeho and u tiling, auo a thousand burning Onelw uno e°Uaie bolug spring, And a thousand bee* and hornets 'neath my coat-tall soenx to swarm, As I listen to the potter of tlio shlnglo, Oh, so warm 1 fry . * # • r> ;? J \ ' / In a spiuucrromcMuy fhthcr.whom f thought away had gonrfk f To survey the situation and to make, her lay I tunTo «oc her bending o'er mc as I listen to the ■train Played by her and by the shingle to a wild j and weird refrain. . . i. „• In a sudden Intermission, which appears my | only chuntw, , I say, "Strike gently, mother, or you'll split \ my Sunday punta." She stops a moment, draws her breath, tho shingle holds aloft, And says,-1'! had not thought of thai, my son —Just take them ony* Holy Moses! and the ungcls! cast your pitying glances down, And thou, O family doctor! put a good soa pouHlcoon ; And may I with fools and dunce* everlastingly commingle " v If ever I say another word wheu my mother wields the shingle. Whittier ; the Waldenses. »Y REV. J. C. rtETCDBR. Some thirty years ago, at Geneva, Switzerland, 1 was a seminary student, under the late Dr. Merle d'Aubigne. ! There were thirty students only in the j Oratoir — as tho theological school wo* j called — and we all knew each othor better than in Princeton, where I had been with 150 seminary mates under the e x an dors. Miller, llodg o and GrOen.

There were some eight or ten w amensian students at Geneva, for there was no seminary then at Florenco. A tew of us boarded in a beautiful environ of Geneva called Malangnou. The student who roomed next to me was Rivoir, a Waldensian, and wo frequently had sweet converse, whether in regard to the ancient "Israel of the Alps," or concerning things of the kingdom. One day my friend tapped at my door and asked me to come into his room and hear him read an interesting French poejn, about the manner in which his ancestors of the Valleys did good and propagated the truth in olden times, "when," as Milton wrote in hi* beautiful Bonnet, "our fathers worshiped stock* and atone*." I gladly accepted, tho invitation, and listened to a Bhort but very interesting poem, called "Li Colporteur Vaupois," which was in j Vinci's Cli res torn a thy of French Literature, Your readers are aware that tho French term for a Waldensian it Vacdois, and that the term of tmlpokteuk in French i# much wider qhan with us. There it means an itinerant hawker or peddlor. .They are also probably atvaro that the lato Viuot, tho greatest and . most eloquent preacher in tho French i language, was also an eminent liter- j ary man. More than forty years ! ago, while ho was Professor in the University of Basle, he gave several courses of lectures on French literature, which were afterwards published in threo volumos, under the title of "A Oh rest omathy of French Literature-" So ex- j cellent were the selections, and so admirahlo woro the criticisms, that whatever was found in th is collect ion bocame classic in tho French language. I naturally inquired of my friend, Rivoir: "Who is the author of this poem ?" It represented an old Waldonsian colporteur going with trinkets and silks for sale,- and thus being in the ond the means of giving to tho noble lady of th© castlo tho "pearl of groat price." llo replied that he did not know, but that it was translated from the English by Professor G. do Felice of Montauban. How quickly came up before mo that familiar name, or rather the familiar CI l(U' V/A^CkXVKR lUBK.fl the IIC^dHiuwJlCt) of Christian Europe through the faithful correspondent from "Tarn© and Gar rontie!" How often have 1 since then soon, on three different continents Where 1 have resided, th© New Yoke Oiuikkvkr with the well-known letters from G. de F.l I afterward* found that this poem, the "CoLPOktioa VhfcDora," was not only a portion of general French liteVa-

Utre, but was taught to every Protestant child in Franoe, and that amongst the Waldenses it was as familiar a* a house hold word. When all Italy wa# open to the gospel, the brave Waldenses began their work. Thoy established schools and churches, and, whenever convert# 'were made, the <tCou-oET*cr vauoou,^ after the Bible, was taught to the people, both young and old. But, to revert to t$i6 original question, "Who wrote the original English V* The ntfxt year after Rivoir had read to me the translation, I txtongiit vliat i Uad found the journal wherein it first appeared. The Loxoox OnikBVhk had published it some years before, and Dr. Bairn, in the America# akd Foreign Christian Magazine, said that It was attributed to the Ix>kix>n Observer j" and the Prosbyterian Board of Publication still issues a book on tho Waldenses, in which it states that the i poem appeared originally in the London j Ob#krvi;r. But, strange to eay, I did not learn who tho author wa* until, in 1854, when [ I returned from Brazil for the first time. Then it was that 1 learned that the poem was not written by an Englishman, and that it did not first appear in the London Observer, but that it originally appeared in the press of the United States, and that it* author was no other than the most American of American poets, John Qreontmf -Whittiar _ -Its. title in his works is, "The Vaudois (or Waldonsion] Teacher." In 1857 I contributed an article on tho fact narrated above to tho Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. A short time afterwards I visited Whittier in his little home in Amesbury, when he informed me that he had been more moved in hearing that the "Vaudois Teacher" had touched the brave Walden- ! ses than by any other piece that he had ever written for any purpose whatever. A few years ago, finding that the Waldenses themselves did not know who had composed the beautiful piece, ' translated by de F*, 1 wrote up to the . Moderator-Of tho Waldensian Sypod at j

La Tour, tolling him who the author was. In September, 1S75, when tho Synod mot amidst the fastnesses of the Alps, the Moderator, at the clerical banquet always given at the conclusion, arose and said that it gave him the greatost pleasure to make known to his brethren who wrote the "Colporteur Vaudois." "It was," he eontinued, "written by Jean Greanlyoff Vittier [I ^ give tho name as ho pronounced itj of i America, and, my brethren, I propose , the health of Monsieur Vittier !" All , rose to their feet, and, with a right hearty good will, they drank to the ^ quakcr poet. A letter was written by the Moderator to Whittier stating that ; ^ he thanked him in the name of the J WjLldonnUii Chywob for the beautiful \ and Christian "Colporteur Vaudois." j . I afterwards saw Whittier's answer : , translated into Italian and printed from on© end of Italy to th© other. Believing that the poem will bfc inter- ; ©sting to your readers as tho only poem | ! which has become classic ip French, and j which has become a household word to , Waldenses and all other Protestants in i Italy, 1 append it, together with the j portion from Rhenarius Saccho (an in- ! | quisitor of the 12 century,) which in- ! spired Whittier to write tho "Vaudois [ ! Teacher THE VAUDOIS TEACHER. ["The manner In which tho Waldeniie* and \ • heretic* disitemlUHtcd their principle* among • the Catholic gentry, wa* by carrying with I them a box of trinket*, or article* of dre«*. [ Ilnvlng entered the house* of tho gentry, and ■ disposed of some of their goods, llioy cuutlou*ly fntitrmlcd that they had e«»u\w\QdUt** far . i more valuable than the*©— lnesUiuahieJcwel*. 1 which they would show If they could be pro- ; ice tod from the elanry. They would then io ve their purchaser* u ltlble or Testament; and ' thereby many were deluded Into her easy."— H, tSALVHO.) "Oh, lady fair, thescsllks of mlnenre beautiful and rare — The richest web of the Indian loom, which beauty1# queen iul£ht wear ; And my pwirl* are pure a* thy own fair neck, with who*© rndjant light they vie; 1 have brought Uirm with me n weary way,— will my gentle lady buy ?" And my lady smiled on the worn old man r through the dark and clustering curls, Which veiled her brow a* the bent to view hi# silk# and gUtteHng pearl* ; And she placed their price in the old man's hand and lightly turned away, Hut she jiauscd at the wanderer's earnest call w*My gentle lady, slay 1" .*■■■ 0 Itustr© • '.v . Than tho diamond flash of th© Jeweled crown on th© lolly brow of kingsA wonderful pearl of exceeding price, who*e virtue *hall not decay. Whose light sh*n be as a spell to thee and a blecslng on thy way l" Th© lady glanced at th© mirroring steel where her form of grace was seen, Where her eye* shone clear, and her dark looks waved their ©leaping pearl# betweent— "Bring forth thy pearl of exceeding worth, theu traveler jr*:* and old -

And name Our prlc* erf thy precious gem, and my page shall count thy gold." Tho cloud west off from the pilgrim'# brow, a* a small and meagre book, U Debased with gold or gein of oosi, from W* folding robe ho took ! "Hero, lady folr.U the poarl of price, may it prove as such to thee ! Nay-keep thy gold— I ask it not, for the word orGod is freer The hoary traveller went his way, but the gift he left behind Hath had Its pore and perf ect work on that high-born maiden'# mind. And she hath turned from the pride of sin to r~ -tf# iOTfti ■ wg«j«u. beautiful hour of youth 1 f And she hath left the gray old halls, where an evil faith had power, Tho courtly knight* of her father1* train, and th# maidens of her bower; And she halb gone to the Vaudois vales by lordly foet untrod. Where the poor and needy of earth are rich in the perfect love of God 2 A New Theory of Dew . Investigations which Prof. Levi Stockbridge ho* made at th© Amherst Agricultural College, upon th© comparative temperature of soil and air, and the disposition of dew upon the earth and plants, have led him to conclusions very different from tlioso commonly received in regard to the formation of dew. It is usually held that dew is the moisture of the air, condensed through contact with ubjoci* uf a iuwer*wmp#i attire', and' that it does not form till radiation ha* reduced the temperature of the earth and other object* below that of the i atmosphere. The experiment* referred to teem to indicate that, a* regards objecte in the immediate vicinity of the earth, at least, the process is the coni rerse of this, viz., by the air, of warm i vapor as it rise* from th© soil. Tire • cours© of experiment* from which this novel scientific theory was deduced is outlined below. The basis of the theory is tho discovery j that in Summer the average temperature of the earth at night is higher than that of the atmosphere. The temperaImv vt aju v>i ■ i ■■■■■!■ ii ii rn i

on a level with surrounding soil, and the temperature of the air, were taken at the warmest time of day and the coldest timo of night for several month*, and the average temperature of the air for the season wa* found to bo 72,940°, and that of the *oil 72,0C1°. But t)io average temperature of the air | at night wa* 49,644°, and that of the i soil 56,370°, tlie earth thus averaging over G° warmer than the atmoephcre. temperature of the soil and air at night was also taken at various point* ! within 10 mile* of tho college, on all kinds of grass land and bare soil, and in the forest, ami the same facts were obtained, the soil being at all times warmer at night than the air. These results led to experiment* on dew fall. Two boxes, each of a cubic : foot capacity, were filled with soil with- , out disturbing it* )»article* or disarrang- j ing its strata ; one receiving absorbent, ■ retentive loam, and the other peat. J These boxes were placed iu a trench, in an open field, level with the surrounding ground, and exposed to the weather. Through th© mouth of Juno they wore weighed niglil and morning, and ■ unless there was a rain in the night. ' they uniformly weighed loss in th© morning thun at night, the loss l>eiug ■ from one to thro© ounces for the loam, and one to four ounces for the peal. This, Prof. Siockhridg© thought, ifidicated that the soi) at night gave forth water, and that th© moisture found on th© surface o( a field in the morning , came from a deeper soil rather than ' from tho air. Other similar experiments followed. In one a cabbage pluut was inclosed in an airtight tin ; case. Where the stem of the plaut pro- 1 truded through the top of the case, wax was used to mako it impossible for molt- | ture to escape through the leaves. The can wa* fir*t kept within doors and , weighed night and morning, when it al- j ways showed a loss during the night of 1.21 -gram* to 1.78 grams. When left out door* at night, with the can wrappad in cloths to prevent moisture reaching it, th© lots was from 3.55 gram* to 4.23 grams, showing a loss oven when 4* V , ' ^ V ' \ J(^T' These experiments, contmut-u *nrougn the season, gave Prof. Stockbridge thee© j proof# of his proposition that the dew I on the ground in th© summer is th© j eondenaation of vapor that rise* from | the earth \ 1, The vapor of th© soil is I much warmer at night than the air. | and would be condensed by it. SL Va I jYor from the noil \* soon diffused and ; equalised in the whole atmoapher*, but j in largest proportion ^fcen ©vsporttion 1

_ i fl . ^ A . ^ - 1 ■ il ^ M AMY*! dwr. 3. Pew «m*r ■ - — '# # # What Pap*r Has Hdpcd to Make. Tk« development of Ike product* of the printing pre**. Ike foondin* of sciiooi* and college*, and Use AU*rtTn~8p ^ of every kind given to the promo 4km ef education and cnlightment of thi* a ' ' % - rate with the opening dp Voir magnificent natural resource*, and the rapid increase of our population, due to unprecedented emigration. In 1776 the etvilissd population of this country numbered 3,000,000, and occupied the thirteen original States ; now, after an interval of scarcely mor* than one hundred yean, our population comprise* 54, 000, COO i»dividual*, scattered over 3,000,000 square miles of this continent, or throughout thirty -seven States and nine Territories. Our broad domain, with mightly navigable rivers in its heart, and with thousands of mile* of fertile prairie*, ha* become by far the chiefagriculUirml region of the world ; and the value of our agricultural productions ha* now reached the enormous annual aggregate of $2,aOO^KKljOWL Our mineral resource* aft* *Uo unequsded. The United States, exclusive of Alaska, i* estimated to contain more than 200^000 of workable coal bed#, "eight times as large as the available ■ coal area of all the rest of the worid." Within twenty years California and neighboring territories have yielded to American enterprise not less than one thousand millions of dollars in gold ; yet, at the time America wa* discovered, Europe con tain od only sixty millions of this precious metal. Vast beds of other minerals, especially iron, abound, in the development of manufactories of all kinds, giant forward strides have abo been made. Of cotton factories alone, there are over 1,000 in the oountiy. Now turn and look at our remarkable

"literary ad van cement wiunil IM WBXK period. At the breaking out of the Revolution the Colonists possereed but nine college*, among them are three hundred similar institutions in this country ; while the development of the common -echool sys- ; tern, from scanty beginnings, with a | few books, etc., to the establishment of numerous fine school bouses, and the furnishing of all that c an render education easily and cheaply attainable by the multitude, bo* been a much greater feature of our progress. But the*© educational results have been, to a great extent, made only possible by the wonderful achievements of the modern printing press, which, in turn, owes a heavy debt 10 those great improvements in our facilities for manufacturing paper, that alone have rendered the latter articlaaufficiently plentiful to meet the enormous demand* of the press, and that alone enable us to buy cheap school books, as well a* cheap periodicals of every kind. Our progress in journalism is shown by the fact tliat in 1775 there were iu 1 the United States lew than forty news- ; papers and periodicals, whose aggregate issue for that year comprised 1,20G,<XY> copies ; now the united jness publishes ! over 500 daily newspapers, more than 4.000 weeklies, and about 600 monthly publications ; of the dailies that existed in 1870, about 800,000,000 copies were struck off that year j of the weeklies about 600,000,000 ; and other serial pub- ! iiealions, about 100,000,000, amounting in all to 1,500,000,000 copies. And to sum matters up yet more forcibly, it ; must be stated that th© United States ' publishes more newsjuipers, with greater combined circulation, than all the other countries of the world can together boast of having. The history of th© Postal Department 1 of th© Government presents an interesting feature of our natural growth. Shortly after th© close of 1785, it was estimated that there were about 50 post ground for ten feet, which is technically termed an anchor. The post to which the chain is now fastened stands in x;*>*ty -sixth street,- on the east side of ^ ^ ^ 5 v. * ,schain carrio* one of the purchase block*. , th© other purchase block of the |*oir ' \>©ing hooked on the end of a span or ' bridle, which *# in turn fastened to the 1 cradle on which the obelisk rest*. The | chain is in lengths of ninety feet, and ! there are six length* of 540 feet iu all. ( As each pull is made one length of the i chain is removed and so oh until the j obelisk has reached the post, which it I now shifted 500 feet farther in tbv dt- ; rection the obelirk It k» more.