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Ilea bm£Xn: -Ton know mj aister Amy ia coming borne with mo for a Jong ri»it. John." "DcaT j era think It wool J be a caaU LU thirg if ahe sad year brother Tom weald fall in loo with each other?" They could get married aaj act np housekeeping is thii Loose irmi the street; aai. oh, John, it vuold "«V" me perfectly happy!" John AckrrzLan Isoghrd .long and xeiy heartily. • , * ^ "Mabch making, by Jorrol" he "l*w at last. ^ "MiieraLfo yoorscH, and wast crcrybc*2j e!ae lo be; la that it, Minnie?" "Don't ixngtr. John, for I'm a earae*L" "I know they yill like each other, and I hare nt ay heart ca the match; juat think how nice £j would he to hare Amy here always; and Tom u asch a j darling?" » "Amy ahould famish her xittisgrooajosl like bum, only where thia i* blue Ler* ahonld be eanlinal, for ahe is dark, yco know." ... John was ucigLing again .by thia time. -However, he fell in with tho p'*** readily enough. •*1 tell you what it la, Minxae.** •DoaT yea aay a word* of this to Tom cr Amy, or they will take a dixliio to each c<her immediately." "1 know it,- wisely rr joined hilnnie. •'When i told • Torn 1 was gcdag t to J riail Aunt Hargarrt, I did sot mention Amy's name, and I doah think he ksowa 1 of her eristeaoe,"*- ; * * 9 ' 1 <

"As for Amy, I hjrro been with her ao little airee 1 waa married, that I am acre I ncror apoke to l*r cf Tom." / .. iTinnie departed the next morning. The day before the waa to return, Aunt lUrgrrri fell tH, and Amy fell obfaged to postpone b«w Tint far a few days at least. Hlnnie acuid go pa as the had intended, and ahe would follow as soon as Aunt 31 argaret could rjmro her. Tbns ft happened tfcat"-3flauw mtoned home alooei One morning John aaid; t • *"/ ">■' • ' trWa had b?Uer Lake that long ran to Cambridge to-day." We mast go aomeiimndhia ipoath, and of course yoa won't want fo go after yonrtisW oocan." e«r.l^

"John,. yoa know ,fw ^aot stay away all mghf; X giro Jennie ieare of abssaoe until Friday, and it won't do to Iaare the Loose ileov* A.« 'TO grtTota to coma and sleep here." Hinnie had no other reasonable ohP&Lod to make after this, ao ahe prepared tog a, •There are three keys," aaid ahe, as they left. — 1 - : "Ton can gire ooe to Tote, and I will Ieare one with Xra. Oaies, next <W* r: . ....... Li The house might lake- fire/ arid *Vtti It would be better to here a key, ao thai they could get in the boose and bring out the things. ** ^ ... Tes,** said John, lirentleillr. "or I wghtkffealoiof |oli«oA> watch the' boose day ahd * •- Abo* toirT^dock that ertmjp^ Kim Amy Asda alighted fctw an erprtaa trato, and looked about1 the atatlon as if They could not hare reoefred. my V . • . ' . ' *. ."••

•cooud uote," xUe coaduJed, after waiting nearly half an hoar In the ladies' fwa. '•Weil, I can rcry easily ^ their . hoaxa." Armed, Amy ran across the small sras» plot, ana rang the bell. Mrs. Q^tos from next door soon explained matters. j "She probably did not rvociro aiy . second note, which 1 posted yostcrday J morning." ' "Well, 1*1 1 gire yoa the key; but aro you not afraid to stay alnno in the bouse?* "Oh, I'm cot at all timid," Unshed Amy. "There '■ a game of burglars about ; the neighborhood." urged Mra.-Uau*. i •'They've been in throo house* in , this street, and only Uxt Sunday night j them was a dreadful robbery in thn next street, ami a man nearly killed." 'Ton am welcome to come in and sleep ca our^sofa if rou aro afraid." "Xo, thank yua," Amy sail j "X uill ri»k tt for oue night, and yoa j *ar Jtr. and hlr*. Ackermaa will rcj turn to rtvorrow." She let herself into the dcacrlcxl I house, not wilhr nt some thrills of fear, it must be confessed. How quiet everything wasl Oh, if Minnio were oulr there! She took a aurruy of tho tocms, the neat kitchen laat of all, where ahe concluded to hx»k for some thing to cat. Hark! what waa that? Only the auvcr-toaid dock striking cIctcu.

That woman's talk about burglar* . has zuado me nerroua," ahe thought, v coutinuiug her search for eatables," Hark, again! ^ Surrly that was a key turning in a lock; then a door opened and shut t quietly, aid them were footsteps in the j halU ( Amy's small stock of courage went down to ucro. • I Wlni would happen next? Instinctively alw gruaped a poker lying on the fender. The next instant too door opened, and a great broad-shouldered man with blackened lace and Lands stepped into the room. Aay felt herself growing white with feer, but ahe raised her poker threaten- * r For a moment thoy stared at each other in silence, and then the spoke. "Who the deuce are Jpa?" Amy tried to shriek hir te.'p, but tho sound died away iu her throat; ahe waa loo thoroughly frightened to speak cr more. Presently tho man camo towards her. ••Will yoa please 'xwer tlie i»oker, or else sotb away from the link?" v "I. wtmid liko to come there ami wash my Lauds," be aaid, looking very much inebaed to laugh. Was ever nrazh cflrontcry known before? Still speechless. Amy noted tJowly round towsr.la what seemed to be so outside doer. " 1 — — — ►

"Don't glare.at rue in that frightful **7#" ho went do, with a glanoo into her tcrzur-atricken eyes. "1 will look more pr»?^eatal>!e when I get ny face washed." Thru ana a hearty laugh, which reassured Any a rcry little. CerUin'y thia was a most extraordinary burglar, or else there was soma ridiculous mistaks, ahe thought, dropping her weapor, and tagging a way at m huge bolt, with trembling fingers. By this time the young man had daubed his ablutions, ard presented quite a different appearance. > •*I am Mr. Aekermao'a brother," he •ail, politely, i "He asked me to remain in his bona© to-day, as a means of protection in his absence."

• "Mr. Arkermin has no brother," contradicted Amy, stoutly. » "Are yoa of that?" "Certainly I am," -■ • "Mrs. Ackermaa has Just paid me a •rislt, and -she would hare mentioned him If such a perron existed." •*Caa is be possible yoa are Aunt Margaret?" "Aunt M&rgaret, Indeed r Amy was finding ooeraga saotigh. T hex jour pardon, ¥ «sid Tom; "but Minnie told ma aha waa going to ritii her Aunt Margaret, and you sail aba had been rUttlng you, hence my mistake," , J* .', "I am Mr*.' Aekarxnan's alitor." ^Strange thai I aerrr beard her apt ak 1 pfyunT , "flowarar, I am worry I frightened jo*, Mies — Mies Arise, aadlf youwill allow ma X win wxplata mattors." . ' "X am book-keeper at Bolton's fou» j SzT-' ■ X Tow looked snorts Uka Captain ' • '-'Vi ' '■ *'

> Moonlight," said Amy, ready to cry »' with vexation and ucrrou^acxs. • "Or a burglar, " ulJod Tom. x •'Well, as 1 was saying, 1 am tookkeeper there, but as thorn waa a press 1 of work at the founJty to night, and a* they happenoi to bo short of hands, I • offered to stay and assist; this accounts for my blackeaod fsco and hands." f 4,U**« yoa exaniiuid tho photographr albam? ' ho Asked suddenly. "If yoa will kiudty do *o, I tbiak r yoa wiU find a Tcrygtxxl ruprcseutatiou 5 af me there, which will canviueo yon that I am at least on terms of Intimacy I here." Ho looked rcry rninh liko indulging t iu another heurty laugh, bat res train o<l , himself at tho sight of Amy's win to > distrossod fare. t "Xwas afraid i was rude,*' alio su'd; 1 "bat it was such a shock to me," •'I am very tirod and—" Tom sprang to ccr aide, or sho uvuld Usto failcu f/x>m sheer exhaustion. He helped her into the littlu drawiu *- room, brvinght wlao and refreshments from Minnie's well-stocked cupboard, and thoj were soon talking matter* urer : qui to calmly. • It was alter two o'clock wh?u Tom : pro|»osed to go and ask Mr*, Gate© to ■ cwmo over for Ihe rest of the night; bat 3 Amy protested against this, asyiug she 1 waa not arraiJ tf ho would remain In ' tho houao* * < Minnio was quilo beside herself when I she came home and found how affair* < had gone In her absonee; crying 020 c minute over Amy's fright, laughing thn <

1 next oyer Tom's graphic description of , iko aamo, it was some tiqio before thoj settled dawn Jo anything like qoiotnews v .1* tho days and wocka went by, Minnio 00 aid not determine wholhor corf Uin plans of hem were to prt*spcr ur not Tom »j>cnt all his evening with them, bat ho and Amy were si ways on contrary aide a of every question, and they : tantalized each other ao unmercifully Ltut poor Minnie sometimes despaired of their being friends, not to mention a nearer relation. Sho was, however, delighted one evening before the month was out at having her Attention called to a diamond ring sparkling on tho Anger of her blushing alitor; and a marriage between Tom and Amy Lhroo weeks afterwards proved beyond a doubt how auecoaaful aho had boen in her littlo pamo of •■ 'Match-making.^ " O+clIng A flrwi H-* ct'j*. Itooenlly tho Indians on Itancho Chico, CJifornia, had iirely sport in their "swoat-hooie." A largo crowd of people from town witnessed tho duo* The Diggers kept np their homd jelii until late m tho night. This "swsat-honse" is built in the' shape uf a hill, or monuif, an entranoo being had from a hole in tho top. It Is linllt of heavy Inmber and covered with dirt The air Imfde la almost sliding, but tho Indiana stay to the bouse for aoreral hoars, Tho occasion of tho demonstration recently waa the election of a

L medicine man, and the Indians were > rigged oat in their best dry goods. Thia election burners with the Indians , is eondnclcd "on tho square," tho beat man, physically, taking the office, , There iano chance tor casting HJsgal ballot*, and they don't trifle with a groat register. The two applicant# , take their place* tu tho "1 west- home," , and at a given signal they oommexao dancing. It is not a graceful, gliding walla, but it la something alter the atjlo of tho "Highland Fling," tho Indiana jumping and kicking nnill a person womd think they would Jerk tbrir lirnU oft Too man who can stand thia work the longest is Uio best mah, and Is elected. Itoomitiy the fan commenced in tho forenoon, and was not finished until midnight- Thn Jumpers gave out several times sad had to bo rub bod and bathed by their friends, scd finally one of thn backs quit, saying bo had all he could ctaad. TX< tmh>* city..' Tho "Isolated city of the great Norlhwmi" is up the Missouri river, 1,200 milro beyond Bismarck, away from any railroad, hemmed In by mountains, and at this season shot out from all the world. It bears llio aims of Benton, la honor of "Old Bullion," and Jt la the magazine of the Briatlsb Northwest. It is a substantial town, because lumber is so oosUy there that It is economy to build with brick. During navigation twenty. two steamboats carry freight to this remote city, sod the volume of bonnes* there jostifle, a Chamber of Jcamrrce sad mammoth brick hbv»*» he 3000 tools la this mountain fastmnat enjoy a peso# that peaseth aadersUedlag la the busy life of New I Terfc. J ' •• s •• • "

DoUX Warm*. Not very fax frsm the palace, wo wcro shown ovl* what wo paiticolarly wished to see, a model Dutch hum. Avythiag so pretty and so exquisitely neat to never saw; red and blue, hero and there white and yellow, were lha pro vailing 00I0**. Oa entering, wo were directly in the kitchen, (too Urge corner was raised and inado a platform. Ou this pUtrona, tho family had their incai* aiul spent their teunro I hours, which, judging Irom tho aotivlty we saw, mn«t bo few and far between; fur it was a farm where all tL« sous and daughter* worked, and few hired hands Wcro ociplojcd. Tho •to\o was a perfect' pic tare/ L?ight-& steel; and tho china pUqnus facing it U»Jqd and white) looked ao tempting and pretty. All tho pails, etc,, were printed blue; aud tho iron hoops wcrol jolishod till they looked liko silver, The dairy was bean tlf ally kept, but I totally different froia opr ideas of a I dairy. Tho farm [a famous for ihu I skim-milk cheeses, not thoeo round, I red cheeses wo cult Dutch cheeses, or! the Gouda choasca, which are considered I in Holland as iufcrior to olbcrs, but! larje, ml her flat checsea. The milkpnua ara rxtrcmely deep and narrow a', tho baae, and Ibe xailk stand* one day j eight. It t* then akimmed, tho cream makes hotter, and tho wholo of ihe milking of tho day before makes one cheese. They mako About 250 1 cheeses ia tho year, oil of which go ■ r o I

3 direct to England. The j»a:is are all f set -on the ground, which, liko all tho r nst of tho ballding, is tiled and painted • rc«L Tho cow-byros wcro also, all I painted ml, walls and floors, except I tho atono ooping which divided tho rcanger* from tho oows, and this VJU,I pointed in rod, b!no and white stripes. There was no division between tho oow*, who are fastened by a elumsylookicg but skapto ooutrivanoo wh<«ti I thoy Inhabit this beautiful homo. Just now they aro ont all day and night, I ■and aro milked in tho " fields, (too tiring all through HolUnd gives a wull- 1 fimshoa and ploasant look to all country hfo, and waa particularly uoticcablo in tbo outhutlding of thu farm— Ihu woodwork, it ia ao beautifully finished. Tho railings of tho outdoor ataircajio to tho I bay.foft might adorn many a gentle- 1 man 's homo in England; tho bar* am round aud |X>liahi-<d, tho cc mm on cat | laildcra nro not rough, tko galea aro oniamcntot and almost always painted, and tho pallrg* aro bean Uf ally neat.' 3 Tho gcod rroutr was pleased by oar 1 1 keen appreciation, and led tho way to a ] very small sitting-room (which Is never J 1 UKd). to show us a glass bookcase. 1 1 Each shelf was full of silver ornaments I which had bocu presented to hor and 1 her btutand tho yoar beforo, on their ] sUrcr wedding day. All round tho I placo the greatest tiding* prevailed. ' Too cows aro almost all black audi wllito, and yoa soldou? soo any other I ' color; when yoa do, it is generally dan I f color. Tney aro sometime* a great I • •Ire, hut tho xaewt prevailing kind aro I not very Lixjul Hero tho oow* wcro

9 very floe. \Vo oountod twenty In ono ' field near thVfarm, and thcro may 1 havo been more. T wanted to know 1 how many theyfccpl, aud was told tho ■ nunbcr^tarlod. Ulxoo thty had a good 1 oow they kept her; when they saw a k good oow tfipy Infught her; sod when I [ they (tad a bad cow the? told her. | A IVnaUltfZtua i^llar. | An autograph letter of |W*ahlngton, owned by Mrs. Lney Wood*, .of Staunton, Vs., ha* joat been mtdo publiec I H was written to tho citizens of Shopheristown, Uctobir, 12, 1705, lii r^- 1 sponso to a formal sidront ton lore J by | them to tho flrot Prondent ou his an- I nouueomcnt of his dctormlna'Iun to I retire to private life, and ram in part as follows;— 1 Tint beneficent Providence which hitherto has preserved os^Ju peace aud Increased our proipcrity will not, I trait, wilhdrmv Its protecting hand, wnile we on onr part endeavor to racnt a oontlnnance of IU favors. Equally 1 persuaded am I that no incouronienco • will result from my retreat to Ihe walks j tk private lifo. The good aenxe of my j ocmntrymcn will always dkecra and 1 can never bo at a los* to chooses fit I character to administer the executive < government of these United States, If ] It has boen my good fortnni throngh the course of my civil and military ( employment* to have mot the approba- 1 tton of my countrymen, my wishes will < bs consummated and I shell b are found 1 the oaly reward I ever had in view." * — ' ■ . 1 M. Duuf/rce advance* the opinion that ■ earthquakes have probably their maximum ■ rale of occurrence at the aew and full £ moos ana thdr minimum at the tho later- » msdiats quarters of the location. n k ■ •• '

lV«j»M«nc iu il*»U. > 'lb ere waa to be a K'ratnl Bali, aud a r ailt-cdgcd barber partor wai c-owded, and I the tcpirtrr wai compcllri to wait LU , J^ni. As ho perched hlmactl in a roarcnI leal *c*t. ono 01 our Ilrat Young Men bad > Juat roenff rtablj bellowed httuictf U one 1 1 of tb-wo luzurioui rack* oa whicu too 1 ikloniuc opcmUiMt li conducted, sod the , reporter naturally beat hi* lolchiua gltuco upia Lto. Ihe louodatlon o! soap and tho alow movement of tho glancing bmdc ' I wcro bolti old K-ac* lo too man ol new*, 1 who waa I -carded hko Ihe pud, and the | liny fountain* of blood which appeared „ ooRuliinally were cq islly old sud fauullar aUhta. Then can;o e deluge of water and a briik fncuon wilh a towel, and too faco I of toe Ihvt Young Man abooe out ibiay j dear and red ; And now-come* too upwafiuu whldi I cattaod the rc>;anli of iho reporter ta bo j fixed with fearful lotcnlnc**. The artut I pruluturi a bxtfocomainlng a milky li- [ quid, and with hi* roU palm dlatribmed I u auxxithly over tho *hln;ng face, giving It a aofi, yearly clow, wLlUnlng oa thu I lujuld dried, Ihl* wat rubbetl fo and toned down by a gentle application I or a tccond fl itd. tho aroaiatlc odcr of which proclaimed it hay rum. A soil 1 I towel- dried :t off again and tho barber, ' I seizing a box iff prepared chtlk, "coated I the f«oe until It wore fho aoioolh white- 1 J Deaa of alabaucr and icrcmbled a nuwly 1 ka'aomtnal ctfiing. '1 Lc gliaatly effect of 1 thu wai remind l»y a g<n;!c rubbing with 1 I tbr spcrator a a>!t band. Tlie remit of ( the treatment torn f*r icf; tbo face with 1 an enameled look, and too owner 2ud, uo- 1 | <kr too grailgtit, a* creamy complexion ( I *ucb as Wheeling amoko never permits; * and hero the reporter expected too opcj*- 1 lion to cease. Hut no ; going to bu drea- 1 Mr. too i arbor produced a cocnh and a f

atlck of pomado ; toe former waa hucrted I under tbo palti tcouiiacho and tho latter > sollly dabhc.1 over 11, giving to h a warm I I color of de-p brown. A littlo touch of 1 1 cologne ihiepaJcd tbo odor of toe cosmetic and tr.oro evenly distributed it over the ' moudache. A ioft hrutolag and w littlo I waxing completed ihe decorall*. of the I I I mouthpiece. U bit next? Tbo*c pale cjelirows did 1 not correspond and. miut be tn ado to do 10. | A small tooth bruto, dij p d into hrllluctine, darkened with black pomid% was deftly passed over too brows, which were I then oriogccd and neatly brushed, giving | tbo ocner a woodcjfully improved look. I Then camo the eye latotc Very tmpjrt- 1 | ant 1 cat urea are ihey and great cam wai I I bestowed upon them. Tbo pom ado pencil J I *urin brought into requisition ondt I Dno delicate line wai drawn oa each lower Ufl, J**t away from tho huh. Then tho laibcs wcro touchol up with tho pencil j and the autijccs opened a pair of eye* to at I seemed twice as large ana dark as before, j while the penciled brow* gave character ni I well ai beauty 10 hi* altered visage. Was I tola all? The barber opccod another draw- I I tf, took out a bottle and dampened his I firgcr wilh its contents. . Tho finger was then poised over bia subject's Up* aod prraJo f they Ioji Ihtlr pilcncti and woro [ a rich ruby redness toat lleDo migbt barn I envied. The finger again sougoi the bottle and then caressed ht* check, and lot I ibtir ptlo raapirtt health set her ro*y I I btnnra "Yes, I'm very, very beautiful I" tola recmcd to murmur to himself, I bo throw an approvisg glance into too mirror ami then vacated tho chair. | M>o you go ihrcugh that olten V atked reporter, as he took tho cmpiy chair. "O, JCN ttr," replied the tentorial artUt, 'qipccally on party nlgbu. llaro It (to dc. air ?" "Uow much?" "Twenty- five cent*.'* • Gimme a ten cent share." Tti» ciil. I ;

Seventy- four year* ago Bpalu was barbarouily bcrrft of n I re as or* that every true Caatilian prized far aboro ruble*. Daring tho French invasion certain Napolcoalo legionariea broko open I ho tomb at Bargue containing thn I roratins of Ifoy Diaz do Hirer; the Cui' I Campcador, and of hi* wife, tho CountI Ices Ximcna, emptied the cofflua la search of valuables, and eventually I left the bones of the Illustrious dead scatterul about tho floor or tbo vanlt in which thia aacriJegoos act wis commitloJ. rrinco Sa'm-Dyck,- who hap. peuod to bont Bnrgoa at tbetimo, and a French officer named La Marttllct. careiully oollcctod tho "disjecta membra," which the Princo sulwequvntly deposited in a small sarcophagus ex- 1 octijr eoplod, by nia directio;a, from that in which Uiq oofflnj hai. reposed I fir 700 yeari. During hi* life-time Trinco Balm kept the aocrct of this! sarcophagus, which after hi* dc*lh camo into the pomroiioa of I'/foee Anton rou llohcnzollcrn, the King of] Koumanfa's father, by apeclal requrot. Tho atraagoat epiaodo Iu ltd* remaika- [ bia a lory U rot to oomo. One day last Htqnmcr, a* Dr. Lioaer, a German art journalist, waa going throngh the a*guiceni collection of antiquities at bigxnaringea Goalie. bbpYttenUoD was at- I traded by a small but elaborately carved atone sarcophagui, bearing upon iu lid 1 1 the eiflgiee of a fnllr armed knight aud 1 1 a nohiy-attircd ladr. Inqnlring brief ! the history of this object, ho waa informed thatil conUinod some relic* of ! the famous Cid Itodrigo. Throngh ono or his H Danish acqoainUnco, Ihe act 1©. \ mician Tahino. Isinser si onoo impart- , rd the wlere-abonts of this repooutory and Its content* to King Alfonso, who ! toat do lime la itirrfeiTing an urgent re- . tjaest lo tho Fxince of HohcuzoUerh . lor their restoration to Bpoin,- It la , •earcely neocasary to add that hu lioy- \ d Highneaa readily aoeeoded to ihe 'i pan (ah monarch's wishes in a mailer 10 deeply in term ting to Spain from a f lationsJ point of view, 1

luiuu URhlrnn tu IMmu, A few we^ks agi an lullaa do su paper iHihliiued so acojunt of a vuil paid by 000 of |U corn*p03dcot* In ibe ooavict pruon of Porto Fcrralo, Jq tho Iilanl of L.bs. wbcro Pauaaaotc, who tried to inuidcr Kioj Humbert fo 1578, tiaioBned. Pswaaantc'sllfo wis spared but too exulunce bo leads la no better than living Ucdh. He li secured to too wall of an aJtnoai dark ceil by a chain five feet la length wbtch Is rife led to an iron ring around bia ankle, and which doc* not allow him ti toko more 1h*a ono step to any direction. During the flu; two rear* of hu toipritomncul tho wretched mm lay all day upia bia tnaltrcaj sJdco toen ho hu boen rolcaictl once a day for half an hour to walk about LU cell, but ho novcr C"ca luto tho open air. Ho la watched night and daj by ihtee wardens, wbo aurvey bla nviTitiica'a through a pccp-holo ' to too but wbo arc forbidden to apeak to him or to answer bu qacauoai. He bia become imbecile, la cooligooui celh are two otocr Alrocfoui lxmrdcms — lluigool, a Frrncbmao, wbo commuted fifteen tourdcre at Tuna, by watlayfog t>cop!e at tiguq stabbing tbcoq and throwlog ibc.u luto tbo River Pa, after rifling tbrir clothe*, aod Cipriani la Gala, former:/ tbo chief or a gsur of brfoanda. lfoaiguoJ, who la derenbed as a roloaaui. was Oral acntcnccd to death, bul Victor Emanuel cummutrd the acotcner, aaA tho murdcrvr aim wed hu aenso of tola favor by killing too two carabineers who wcro cinvcyfog him to Porto Fcrralo, afier which ho ocarly maJe hU«cij>c. Ho ha« seven jreaii fo whal la called ftrctUt cuttodla ; bat Cipriano fa GaTs, hla nclcbtwr, who ia drcidod by all jq too priaoa, from toe Governor downward, a> s mo*i dtngcroui ac\wndrcl, who wouJd afir up s revolt of *11 tho council la tbo prunq If bo

wcro let out hii cell, baa b«q living aioco 1002 chained In a sort of rtoac box, wbcro thcro li not enough light to tcad by. Ail to cue cioomy dcUlla, when toey wcro published, produced coualderablo excitomeot in Italy, and It waa triced la many quarters wheto r thcro had boon any real mercy fo ipxring tho lirca of Faaaaoaate, Itojiigzol and Cipriano la Gala. Tho soI vcriljr with which theie men aro befog trcaicd u rxccptnnal: but foal 'there sbould be any mxd for such acverity ap|*ur* pi show that tt would haw boen kinder lo the men lo Lavo put them out of I their mixcry long ago. I tVntt (U* T«!p»«o}»* Did for Allros«tn/. Tn« foundations of physical aitronomy I were Laid In tbo invention of too (clftcopr. Every ono hai heard ol the emotion which Ailed Europe at tho announcement of the ducjvcrv ot an lorirutneol which had tbo power of making distant objects appear u If they were near. U was ai thai time Ihat Oilrico, having ouJy Je^rood that such an instrument existed, discovered lis arrangement, constructed oof, turned It toward the aky, and, with tola aid. fertilized by his ccoma, trade a aerlci of magisterial discoveries. Toeao discoveries bolongcd pre-emiotntly to phyiical asiroao. my, and from it* flrrt courses. If we exceoillo tun and moon, which have a rtry sensible dumeler, and admit of some observations without the aid ot the telescope, all the atari sppe*r lo tbo eye only a* j brilliant points^ and admit of no studies exoept of thrlr moliona. Toercfore, an astronomy without the teleacopo would never tuvo permitted u* olherwlio than ai a milter of probability to consider lbs planets as liko too earth ta form, coasliLallou and o flier. Rut when If was seen that these bnUunt and almost blazing points were rtaoivad undocthe telescope Into wcll-di fined chaki, thowlog lndlc*» lions of oonllocnta glouda snd atmoaphcroa; when aatellifoa wcro pcroeived arohud Ibeac globe* ptaylog the same part - to them as the mora plays to Ibe earth—

4 I then probabilities gave place lo a dear 1 1 certainty. Telescopes, then, aro too Ino I itrumenli by mcatu of which tho conalllu2 [ tlon of the solar tyatem hu been dcfloitely 0 unveiled, and the earth hu boen aaugncd n J Its part and it I rank In ihe *yi!em oi the pl planets. Tho discovery of tot spots on . [ tho sun and of lis rotation completed too j conception of the solar irstem and prer I pared fur the theory of lis I or mall oa. 1 1 Hera Is marked s well-determined phase 1 I !o the history of human ideas respecting . the universe, and It u cbarac'.trlxed by tbo „ great nado of Galileo. j Was it jtosaible at once to go beyond | (hist Was R possible lo queslloo the alar* ; I in their turn, stxl inquire If. like the sau, p toey had a sens! b:« disk, spots, a rotation, and planet* revolving around them ; wai J It potubfo in toort, to extend to toe stelI tar universe the notions we had already I acquired concerning toe solar »j«em I 1 The methods fo use did not permit this Th* Old It*bt>«r !!&»•« I . Do you remember toe old-fashioned ruV I ber shoe 1 Ah, ibat wu a iboe worth bar. I ing I It wu none of your fliiziiy, trim, I ahlny abocninalions • of tho present degenerate day; U wu a great, clumsy, llJdooklog moceailn, that bad eilhet form nor I symmetry, but It would wear out a dozen of our modem shoes. What aa art was II I lo put tho thing on I Turning It half fo side out, you pot your toe into Its interior, I aod ibeu. with a lug and a Jerk yoa puffed [ tbo heel ia place, ard you wcro londe a shco that clung fo you fighter a * brother I And what fan was it at school fo dlmplo fo the toe, place a apri-bali In tbo hollow, and then, with flegero lossde, to * send a hall with csUpaltlo purer smack rnlo too faco of lbs studious scholar on ifaa opposite side of too room I Alu I there I* fan in tho modem jabber shoe, sod bat littlo wear I Joy and utility have given plaeo to mere besaty of oaltLne and ' ' pro*s:e comfort. Tas number of fansa la tbo United bu Increased flfly-ons per oetri. fo ihi part ten yrtrs.