Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1879, Page 2

(Fos Tux Eventxe Stan. PLYMOUTH ROCK. Bow haa time changed the ancient landing-place ! Bare sky and water, sandy soil and rock— ‘There yet remain, but where is the old stock Of sturdy manhood, men who did embrace ‘The opportunity of the Saxon race? Who bore the bible and the old fiint-loek, Came to town-meeting or the battle shock, And had convictions like this granite base ! Belief it was and not the blarney stone Which made this Rock the fulcrum of the world. ‘The statue ours, at least they gave the block. ‘They were the granite sill, the stiff back bone Of the great continent against the curled, High, w wind-laahed seas that beat on Plymouth Jouy Savanr. Written on the spot, July 3, 1879. (For THE Star. LADIES LAW OF LEAP YEAR. ‘The near advent of the leap year season has had the effect of again starting the inquiry as to the origin of the custom which allows ‘wome n during leap year to assume a privilege which, during the other three years, is the sole prerogative of men. To trace the origin, ov foundation of this custom, is a work of no small magnitude, every step is beset with dim- culties formidable and seemingly insurmounta- ble, days, weeks and months have been spent, and very little gained to repay the expenditure. Old musty and dust-laden tomes have been pa- tently examined in the effort to find something upon which to base a theory in the absence of any tangible fact, but without success. Those who possess ever so little knowledge of an- tiquity are aware that its current of thought differed very much from its tendency in our own period. This instinctive feeling 13 by no a. basis, in fact. If “it be true the same motives ruled men fa all former ages as at present, It must sul be allowed that the sources of the knowledge have been unknown to us, and that somethin; innitely more potent than imagination‘has o1 ated the traditions and monuments that ve come down to our time. Modern philoso- phy and allour habits of thought sup) the rogressive development of institutions, and Rherewith of arts and sclences. At the same time, however, it cannot be denied that certain fountains of knowledge have heen allowed to ary ptt Se as the wells of Abraham were filled with ‘What these were are clearly indicated by then missing links in the chain of events, which alone can furnish information as to the ori; of many of our customs and traditions. After all, it seems to have been one of those mythical legends, which after long years is accepted as a fact, and that the ladies have a greater privi- lege during the 366 days of oe year, than dur- ing those that contain only 365 CHANGES IN THE ioe ‘The want of uniformity in the calendar was for a long time a source of trouble to the earlier astronomers. The Popes and Emperors were continually issuing decrees in regard to it, lengthening the months; taking days from one month and adding them to another; that it was with great difiiculty earlier hisvortaas were able to agree as to the time an event took pla: Dut, thanks to that monument of human pa- tlence and labor, “L’art dv Veretier les Dates,” we are able to bring order out of chaos, and fix with reasonable certainty the date of early transactions. In early times the Roman Pontifls regulated the length of the civil year so tmper- fectly that in the time of Julius Caesar the spring occurred in what the calendar called summer. Cesar, with the help of Sosigenes. reformed the calendar, and introdueed the present arrange- ment of having three years Of 365 days, fol- lowed by one of 366, dividing the year into months nearly as at present. Previous to 1532, the year in most countries commenced on the 25th of December, but this was not untfors some had the 25th of March and others East day. In England, for a long time they had two different dates. The confusion which arose from there being two modes of computing dates im one kingdom tmust be suftictently apparent to every one. Remarkable examples of the confu- sion produced by this practice are afforded by eeoor Of the most celebrated events in English ‘harles I. is said by most author- feet to have aveboa beheaded on the 30th of Janu- ary, 1648; while others with equal correctness —— that event tothe 3eth of January, 1619. ‘The Revolution which drove James IL from the throne ts stated to have taken place in Febru- ay, lass; by some writers, Bebruary, 1690. evo arise through some histo- pnors Seo civil and legal year, and others a 31 an only 30; Dut the Emperor Augustus not liking the idea that Julius Cvsar's a a Should have more days his, took one from September, and to Vo keep up the alter- nate character of the months took one fron ont, and gave it to October. The custom Of dating time aoeu birth of Christ was first Exiguus, a learned monk, bout the rine century, and generaily adopted in the Ce century. Thus tbe calen- dar stood until 1583, when it was discovered that through errors in the Julian method it bid ed ten days. To set this matrer 14 regory XIIL. ordered that October 5th, 1552, called the 15th, aud that ail centurial year: thus eight years will elapse. The Gregorian ru. of omitting: three leap years in every 4 years, reducing these to 146,09T days, gives each Civil year 365 days, 5 hours, 48 mfa.,49 which exceeds the solar year by 22 min. and amounts to the difference of a day 0: troduced into England by Lord Chesterfield, at the ae met with . opposition. Bia ee the popular feeling on the subject at Hogarth in onect his pletures has a pl inscribed, “Give us our eleven days. fora Macclosneia’s son 3 years after was op- mn the ground that his father ple of eleven days. Russia retain the old style, conse- quently there i is adifference of 12 days between poe e and ours. In France during the Key- Ly pos abolished the Gregorian Calendar, lered that the year begin on the 22d of sop 1792, which they called the year 1; was 2, &. The week contained 10 days,the loth Deing’a holiday, all religion was abolished. Tae Year was divided into twelve months of 39 days each, the five additional at the end were dedica- ted to Virtue, Genius, Labour, Opinion and Re- nis ‘absurd ‘system ‘lasted until 1895 and was discontinued by Napoleon Bonaparte Since then nothing has been done with the Cal- endar, although a bill was introduced in the last Congress looking to a change. THR LHAP YRAR PRIVILEGE. ‘The privilege of Ladies choosing their hus- bands is thus explained in a Work entitled, “Love,Courtsbip and Matrimonie,” London, 1606. “Albeit it is nowe become a part of the common lawe tn regarde to social relations of life that a3 often as every Dissextile year dothe retura the ladyes have the sole privilege during the time it continueth of inaking love unto the men which they doe either by words or lookes as to them it Seemeth proper; atid moreover, no man will be entitled Uo tne benefit of clergy who doethe in any way treate her proposal with silght or con- tumely.” ‘The above seems to establish beyond cavil their right to reverse the accepted order of things. at least, once in four years. From time immemorial there has existed a legend wo the effect that in leap year the customary regula- ons of courtship may properly be reversed,and offers of marriage proceed from ‘the fair sex to the male objects of their affection. We do not read that this privilege has ever been taken advantage of to any great extent Ls the ladies; but the ico is as strong in e minds CA the people to-day as ever, and it bids fair to be transmitted tn unimpaired fresh- hess and force to the latest generation. ‘This being the case it logically follows that there is a vullar idea of the inherent fitness of the Fight, otherwise it would have died out ages ‘ago, it there were not deep down in the human heart a peeves that the ladies have some natural rot rights in regard to the choosing and of a partner for life. ‘Whether they to exercise the privilege is altogether Braga to the question of right. Were it not feeling this leap year tradition had long since been forgotten. All nations have the! folk lore; persons and places are invested With powers which inspire the Ignorant ith and cause them to shun eee laces. There ts a striking the world over between the popelar legends and traditions of different Bations. They are reproduced with slight dif- ference of circumstance and place to sult the different localities. Dr. Mackenzie, who seem3 7 have ee considerable tune to ferreting out e origin of “Legenda ” has a very in- chapter on the S mabe la his “Bits of Washington Irving has localized sev- eral nds ag American, but his “Rip Van wi has long since been traced to German Some years ago a supplement to the id and One Nights,” coataining an Arabian tale called the Suge Heycar, was pub- Ushed at Paris. The translator noted the curious fact that this Oriental od contained many incidents exactly similar to passages in the life of Aesop. Sixteen pages ot Tietalls of a visit made ve charmed all of us in youth,and rarely to delight us when we return to then in ronal years) _ full of such ere | bape Just before going [ecipenns she must salt, sheil and all, and nett ones ci for drink after tt ge ee an rat ‘ charms by peep into the future and salve ( to'th them) "tne interesting question of their lives, the rere deeply am I impressed with the convic- tion that great injustice isdone to woman by denying her the privilege which tradition gives her during leap year. For of all women she ts most to be pited who has a hesitating | who boggies about “pop} the question.” He is worse than a bold one. How perfectly satis- ecory, Was the conduct of that who rode up to ae door of the girl of his echelon and eben tee ired her to be called out tohim, i $4 el, the Lord hath sent me to ome ry chest” ‘When the girl answered with oe trankness, “The Lord’s will be done.” ‘hat a blessing to the household is such a woman, one whose spirits are not affected by wet days, or little ee eae aed Cro teat ast jemselves of their ¢ the question,” we are unable to bay how eae would do it, but it is safe to say they could scarecly do worse than many men have done, 4s the following will prove: An Irish girl who was very anxious that her scatter-brained brother should not be refused by a young = lish-woman with whom he was desperately ve, implored him to propose with the seri- ousnees becoming the occasion. He vowed he would behave as if he was acting as chief mourner at his father’s funeral. And actually took his lady-love after church to see the family vault, and there in a sepulchral voice asked her, “If she would like to lay her bones besfdes his bones?” It is enough to say she a A very neat way is tor the gentleman, after dancing a number of times with a young lady, to say, “If ever he became a benedict he woul't like bis wife to look exactly like, and dress pre- cisely as she does.” ‘This may be a proposal or not. When, however, a shy man havinz got his mother to plead his Cause, says to the beloved ‘one, with a tremulous gasp, “Won't you do the thing my mother asked you?” there it no doubt about Bis wanting her for his wife. More than one proposal has been made by underscoring the lines In the marriage service, “Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband?” and passing the book and pencil during the sermon 0 the favored. one, it sometimes oftener than not comes back with a faint, but still visible stroke, under the “I will.” A young man of a Leber! turn sends the following to acoquettish Oh! lovely maid thou art the fairestslavoin all God’e ‘Thess harms to win, with all my empire, I would One Mise 140d, to plorce Uke fire, thy too reluctant It aay be interesting to the young ladies who are not already aware of the important fact that leap sear empowers them to dosomething more than “pop the question.” Notes and queries tor 1856 contains the following: “If a young Leh should so far forget herself as tosi union between herself and a bachelor act tris ee who should be uncivil enough to decline her proposal, she could thereupon demand from him the gift of a new silk dress. But to claim tunis dress with propriety, she must at the same time be the wearer of a scarlet petticoat, which, or the lower part of which, she must exhibit to the gentleman, who by the law of leap year co bound to present to the lady a silk dress to cover the scarlet petticoat,and assuage her displeasure at the rejection of her proposal.” ‘This item of feminine folk tore may prove ex- ceedingly useful to the male readers of Tas Srar in Putting them on their guard during the year. r it is not probably without a deter- mined significance that the Wearing of rea coats is made one of the chief novelties of dress during the winter season. In fact it may reasonably be inferred that the ladies’ lay oi leap year is about to be inflicted upon the gen- Uemen in its most expensive silk dress form. From the above it can rei be seen that those vacillating bachelors who have managed for years to steer clear of hymen’ tolls, will be made to play or Ray. It fs, indeda, wonderful, how they have so long managed to bid deflance to the many charming women who have, year after year, shone with cee brilltancy in the Magnificent entertainments of the gay Capital ; some of een ‘al alle in beauty the famous Agnes Sorel, whose beauty was so striking that it aed Henrys I, ee of France, to trembie when first he beheld her. From a careful consideration of the various dangers arising from this “‘Leap Year privilege,” I am inclined to thine Mr. Meagie’s advice to the beadle ts worthy of imitation, and that when- ever we see a young lady “in full fig” with a scarlet peti ttleost coming down the street, we shall show our best discretion by turning, and running away. And now a word to my bachelor friends by — of caution—be as bold as before, fear not the Lae Genes but when you meet the ladies on New Year’s day pledge them as of yore, with— ‘Drink to me only with thine eyes ‘And I will pledwe wi Or leave a but im aS cap, Fee noo tot ne oa doth rise fo thiret, that from the soul do Dethask « drink divine. But emipht, I of Jove’s nectar, | sup, Iw not change for thine. DANtaL. Munnay. ++ ‘The Chances of Death from Meteor- ites. Mr. Proctor writes:—“I have received several inquiries,some of them rather anxious inquiries, respecting the ers to be feared from ine onic downfall, the death of David Meiseatl ppparensly, u ested that such danger: may be an Bas a Ut heretofore been. su; we new. the average number of met masses which break thelr way through ti e ’S armor—that Is, through the ‘flrmament expanse of either, pure transparent elements: air—it would be very easy to calculate the exact chance of death by meteoric downfall. AS it matter of fact, we have no satisfartory evidence rear ese it, because most of the meteorites whieh fall upon the earth escape attention. I , however, that if Prof. Newton, of Yule ft orders to be 400,000,000 yearly, we may fairly assume that about 4,000 meteor! fall annually upon the earth’s surface. ‘This a!- lows one meteorite for 100.000 falling stars. Now, let us take the total number of numia beings af any one time on the earth as 1,500,000,000, Assume the risk of | persons within doors equal to that of persons in open air—for a meteorite falling on a hoi would not be serlously Interrupted in its cours: ‘since It would travel with a Telocity of several! miles per second. Again, remembering that the mncteors do not fall vertically, nor, even If did, do men always stand upright, we must take a larger surface for each person thar that whic! he presents as seen from above when stand! We may take half a square yard for an adult and perhaps a quarter or a square yard for the average human being. Now, the earth’s surface contains about 200,000,000 square miles, eac containing about 3,000,000 square yards, or 12,000,000 quarter sqiiare yards—tn all 2,400,b09,- 000,000,000 quarter square yards—whereas the human race occupies only 1,500,000,000 quarter square yards. ‘Thus the chance of a single me- teorite Striking some one is as 15 in 24,000,009, or as 1 in 1,600,000; and if 4,000 meteorites fall per annum ‘the chance of one death occurring in any given year 1s ubout 1-400th. On the average one death by a meteor stroke might be expecte to occur in 400 years. If it 13 true, as [hi seen recently stated, that nine such deaths have occurred in the last 900 years it would ap- pear probable that 16,000 meteorites, instead of 4,000, annually reach the earth.”—[.¥. zerald. French Home Life. Every morning the housekeeper, or the bann* goes to the market or to the stores to buy whi strictly needed for the day, and no mort You will see one, for instance, walk x along with her small basket on her arm, carrying ten cents’ worth of charcoal and two cents’ worth of kindling wood, and do it with as much unconcern and with evidently as much relish as if it were a basket full of luscious fruit or fragrant flowers. Another will be on her way to buy provisions for the second breakfast. If, for instance, there are four in the faraily, she will stop at the fruitier to buy a little bunch of nice fresh red radishes, with a quarter of a pound of butter, to be set on the table as hors @euvre: then she will trot along to tha butcher’ 'slooking so nice, with her pretty ae casing her black crispy hair, and fer rie it smiling face shining under it; she 13 often heard humming a well-known alr’ as she fice along, and does not think it unladylike a. it to Oke ‘up her turned up nose, even a little higher than is becoming, at something she sees and does hot like; onel say, she trots to the butcher's to get four chops, one apiece, ata Price of about fifteen cents a chop; then a pound of potatoes, to cut fine and fry crisp and puffy, as only the French know how to do; on ‘she will wend her wny to the cheese store, and among the hundred kinds for sale there she will select ten cents’ worth of the kind she wants; onward she trots to the fruit store, and there she aint picks two nis nice fresh bunenes é grapes, or two large, luscious pears, to - vided cong the four for Cet tadp pasa — tog by, she drops in at the grocer’s and fora Yori of a pound of sot bt coffee, for the in- ispensable little cup, of coffee to be sipped at lelsure while rry talk goss round. making both help toa ‘the oumble, but still refined, dejewner. you see, with what you would call a meagre meal, they will have almost a feast, because the ier = been Ce selected and tasiefully Deczuse ee, ‘aly ‘mien because 1 been prepared itt was Teant not ony to be eaten, but to |; because it was very daintly pate on a or le; because each dish en French enjoy most faviting ‘aD] ‘and eat with the petite. You will make that nice amnnly ery out in ‘holy. horror if you only tee ine that they might sit down to this breakfast s oe or two bottles of wine on their table. They of course, put water in their wine while ig of the gros plats, but ae just before the coffee, they will swal- moderation, but use it as if you liked what God gives you.—{Cor. Cincinnati Gazetie. RELIGIOUS NOTES. — Achurch in Yorkville announces as one of the attraction of its fair that “ neither raffling nor gambling of any kind will beallowed,” —A “preaching match” is announced to be held in a public hall in Dairy, Scotland. The hearers af to judge of tue merits ofthe contest | cen ant —The Baptist ministers of Philadelphia are trying to decide whether it Is right or wrong to observe Christmas and Easter. At latest ac- area ee nceane had not Teached a definive — Mr. Moody believes in a personal devil. Be- ing asked by a St. Louis reporter if this was true, he replied that he “most certainly ” did believe so. “The Bible,” he added, “is just Princ fate in cir sean and has this rorid for his ce we kingdom.” —Mr. Spurgeon, who 1s now at Mentone, writes home in anything but an encot way of the condition o1 very sorry,” he says, “that I am altoget earnestly verse forl an J yrous nt verse for T am brows] very low. I ‘lant ar pa the warm and genial we pather. will enable me to rally much sooner than if I had been at. home. I cannot write more, for Tam very ill” Notwithstanding the oddities and eccentric- i of the people who call themselves the ‘‘Sal- vation Army,” considerable good seems to have been accomplished by it in the manufacturing towns of England. There are now 122 stations Where members of the “army” larly work. ‘There are over 200 officers, and nearly 2,000 speakers. These speakers have addressed over two millions of pes since last New Year's Day. The people addressed are of the roughest description, and often give attention to the speakers during rain storms. Ona recent Sun- day about 8,000 persons thus listened to a dis- course which lasted an hour. They filled a large market place in Nottingham. — The Presbyterian Board of Education utters a complaint that its friends are not standing by it with the funds it wants. Dr. Poor, the secre- tary, Issues an earnest appeal to the churches to hurry up their contributions. He asks: ‘Shall we suspend payment before bankruptcy over- takes us, and tellour 400 young students that we have nothing more for them?” Dr. Poor says that churches in which the pastors have fairly presented the cause from the pulpit have sent Contributions, which are in some cases li He argues that where contributions ‘ar me sent, it is because the pastors have not told their people of the necessities of the case. — Acorrespondent of the Mustrated Christian Weekly is exercised as to the right or wrong of buying and reading papers which are publishe: on Monday. Hesays: “I have always consid- ered it wrong to. take take or read the Sunday edi- tions of the daily papers, cep I have pest told that the Monday papers prepared and printed on Sunday; Is it ot. t therefore equally wrong to read them?” On this subject the edi- tors say: “This is one of those questions where each one must determine his Tine of conduct for himself. For ourselves we have no scruple in Dore the Monday morning papers. If we cor ind what we want in any paper. that was as repared with Sabbath work we should be gla ‘ee — A singular case of disturbance in church is reported from St. John's of Hampstead, near London. One Elizabeth Tocock has annoyed whe Meg! ae Poles ae aaa impo? singing and has persisted in 1s so long agains the repeated complaints which have been m: to her, that the vicar at last carried the case into a police court. He testified that sper dls- turbed the services “by making the most s! ing noise, 9 which he Supposed she would, call singt ng, at the topmost pitch of her voice.” She did not sing with the rest of the congrega- tion or the choir, pat ones: a little before Cente ora ues after: He had once thought of nates the church altogeti or an ain nad thought ne would shut up the church, so greatly was he worried. For two years the singing had become worse and wors. In reply Miss Tocock said she had not the slight- est intention to annoy anyone. On the con- trary “her whole heart and soul were in the services of the church which sho had attended for twenty-seven years,” and she had aways felt she was doing her duty in singing. e ad- itted that her voce was very high, but sal’ 1 “her whole prayers were for the clergy.” The court decided that Miss Tocock was lable to a fine of $25 or two monthsin jail; and that it was not necessary that the annoyance should b> malicious. The summons was, however, ad- Journea for a month to see if annoyance — During the performance of an oratorio in one of the churches in Chicago recently, two young girls in the loco Bpproached the King on “the light fant irritated a church-member who sim apport ay asked whether ae time bad.come when the “House of God 13 to be converted into a dancing academy?” The pastor felt called upon to say a word or two tn oe and the responsibility thus: a a a ot eo two young ladies, entering of the platform, approached ed the King with a gliding motion. to confess that the motion was not a walk bu Dut am equally sure that it was not a dance.” — The Rev. Dr. Ormiston, of New York, has sharp, black eyes with which he can almost loox through anybody on whom he fixes his gaz. Some years ago, when he was called to nis present charge in the Reformed Church on Fitti avenue, he found, on entering the pulpit on the first Suaday, that not many of his congrezation had arrive He waited until the timo for be- ginning the service, when he rose tn his pulpit Teedy to offer the’ opening prayer. Still th= people kept coming down the aisles one at a Ume. The preacker stood perfectly sileat in his pulpit, it, turning his penetrating glance to each lat ie opened his pew door, and for several minutes this silence upon his part was kept up until the last arrival had been seated. This was an absolute cure for lateness in that church, for the members much preferred to sit. pane in their pews for a half hour b2- fore the service rather than run the guantict of their pastor's keen eyes in the solemn sttliness of his church. It wasa severe remady, but the People were forced to admit that it was a thor- oughly successful one. —The trouble with ministers in respect to their salaries is quite as likely to arlse from the uncertainty as to when they will be paid, as from the smaliness of the salary itself. Tho utter lack of system which prevails in many churches, and the feeble sense of cost aetuley. in rej to the payment of the salary, 1s source of perpetual anxiety and discomfort ‘ many a minister.—[Morning Star. —St. Nicholas!” who was he? No “topic of the times” is more prominent just now than this Kindly Saint. It were a pity, knowing him so well, not to know more about him. Tis home, it is said, was 1 Asia Minor. He lived about the time of St. Augustine. He was a bishop. His benevolence was unlimited and was continually sonding him out on errands of unexpected kindness. “It some noble fanlly had fallen into musforbuns and poverty, it was his special delight in an unknown diszuise, to surprise them with the means of relfef. His S, diseriminatingly distributed on every Con in spite of his attempts at self-coaceai- ment, made him famous; until, after a while, bis good. deeds having;been, perhaps, consider- ably ified, as men re-told the celugneeal sou of them, he came to be taken as the per- sonal embodiment of the gift-giving spirit of Christianity itself.—_{Chicago Advance, —One of the stories lately told of Mr. Lin- coln, is the following: When he was young he boarded with a deacon, who came one might to his room andtold him to arise, for the stars were failing andthe Judgment Day had come. Young Lincoln arose, looked out of the window, and, sure enough, the stars seemed to be falling in showers, but when he looked away in the distance and saw the grand old constellations remaining firm io their Peep just as he hal seen them from his chile e returned to his bed, feeling that all Was well oo long as the old constellations were not moved. So, amid all the alarming signs which Mr. Smith dis- cerns in the social and political heavens, filling him i the fear that “‘a collapse of religious belief of the most complete and tremendous kind, 18 at hand,” they are the eternal constel- lations of truth, ‘the same to-day as when they first shone out into the darkness of the worid and lifted the thoughts of men from earth to heaven. They move not. Gamblers on Railroad Trains. The New York Central railway, as we have Infested with gangs of sharp gamesters, Sotto of ni wi of P gamesters, some o| whom have thelr Headquarters Syracuse. Tho Utica press, and ry sally the eo Horald. makes fae eee ole of their exploits, which oughi. ot, deter travelers on the road from yieldiny to thelr wiles. Their organization 1s so complete that they never come in conflict: with each other, but work their several trains in peppy. harmony. Their faces are ee enealy, lar to the conductors and brakemen, they are toevery habitual patron of the ae and it is only if tine with the servants of the company thi are pera en to their vocation uundistur . Nor do we beets that the com) "s oflicers are ignorant of their practices. 80, it is due to a blindness that cannot De accounted for on general principles, and one which a day’s journey would readily cure. Now, it seems to us that a corporation owes something more to the people who feed Its coffers than the mere pv oonveraa of themselves and their luggage from place to place.—{$yra- couse Herald, Conservative. ewe wie on ee pay $40 a year. fady—pat besides, you ill get Ss is that ee — Sentra $i0 aster, a new Gress at Christmas, and $3 every y time chore 18 % peireaBut te T cannot depend on getting the last "Gndy“Waen Tsay & thit sae a thing Y mesa tt Ithas pecan the custom in. family, and as long as I live it will not be abolished. -kerench Letters tt. He is the | MUSICAL AND DRAMA‘ Girvune ea the theaters next will be Kate Claxton at the National, and the new play of ““On the Pacific,” at Ford’s. — Oliver Doud Byron has just Lat remat = peo ei meng a sous scons tly running with Ses brn binge it Coal for’a tow wears yee it It S propsbyy “Por rol _ get Me Not,” or “Deception.” — The pathic ribg! Mary Anderson’s, of nearly falling eee pes epee Sede not be a8 po) ond robbery ad., as He Eon amen couse tomer up. — The new play which Bartley Campbell is writing for Daly is called “4 ." Helen Blythe, Daly’s new leading lady, has pitas if Lyte ‘and, if oe Plecejis a “go,” she — Miss Sales has been obliged to give up her Russian e ent ON account of the Ill” ness of her er, With whom she will spend the winter in It was recently announced that Miss Kellogg ene done be married, but this is now emp! nied. — Miss Nelison concluded a successful engage- ment in“ Fg Spee ,” before a crowded — torium, at Mevickers theater, nes ae week. The play has been received there with great splendor. — Charles Furbish : organizing @ company ala eecune note an id will start on the roid soon. His play is “Commercial Traveler,” and Blanche Gorell is the leading singer. — In St. Louis the sum of $250 has been raised by subscription in behalf of Max Maretzek’s stranded chorus. Of this J. W. Norton gave $50 and Fanny Davenport a similar amount. — Cleveland has a Bach Musical Society. Some of the members are married.—{ Nin 0: leans Picayune, Turn Bach to your diciion- ary and see {f you have the correct pronuncia- tion of that name. — Maurice Dengrement, the twelve-yeaz-old boy whose playing of the Mendelssohn violin concerto at a recent Crystal Palace concert: took all London by storm, is said to be coming to this country next year. —The Philadelphia Times thinks Major Henry Clay Britt, one of the sub-characters in “My Partner,” the best comedy part that eerie Campbell has given to the stage, being equal te Sellers or Slote. — “Ours” has ‘been revived at the Princess of Wales’ Theater, London. Mr. Bancroft’s Hugh Chalcott 1s as celebgated on the other side of the Atlantic as Mr. Lester Wallack’s on this side of that “great divide.” —A Berlin critic says that Ristori’s imper- sonation of “Medea” in 1879 is an exact repro- duction of her performance of the part in 1556, Thus years roll on, but the Marchioness Del Grillo grows no older. — Albani ts in Florence, singing at the Pagli- ano. It wasin that city that she won her first triumphs. She goes next week to Nice, and thence to Brussels, where she is to sing in “Lohengrin” and * Hamlet.” — Charles R. Thorne’s daughter Grace made her first appearance on the stage last. week. In eS She played “Henriette,” in “The ‘Two Orphans,” and her performance has been considerably pi — Planquette, the composer of ‘Les Cloches de Corneville,” which has been so popular in this country both in the original and ia an English version (‘‘'The Chimes of Normandy"), has written another work, entitied ‘Le Regi- ment qui Passe,” which 1s to be brought out at the Folies-Dramatiques ip Paris. Such num- bers from it as have been heard in private are saidto be as charming as anything in “Les Cloches.” — Edwin Booth has been engaged for a pe- riod of three months, beginning March 1. He Will be supported by Agnes Booth and a strong picked company. ‘The tirst engagement 1s in Stone . Gilmore’s new song, “Columbia,” a Carcumas offering to the Nation,” was not a success. It was presented to the public at the Academy of Music, N. Y., on Christmas night. There was a great chorus and full orchestra, and the composer rendered the anthem in an effective manner, but the music did not please. — “Where do we find the earliest mention of free admission to the theater? When Joseph was let into the pit by his brethren for noth- ing.” Exactly. He citar go: into the dress cir- cle, as his brethren had en away his dress suit, it will be remembered. — Turf, Field and Farm: Modjeska 1s writing a renee for Scribner's Monthly, It 13 a love The heroine’s name is Griseldavitch Toppiewatehuitzey, and the hero's Valdimir ezarotsh. The scene is laid in the quiet ite Polish pangs, of Stirritupvisch, on banks the classic river Muddib- scbky, in the region of the Kotzenbutit- zelosky mountains. We extract a passa from advance sheets: “Within her wan hands she had her face concealed, when to her Viadi- mir asked if she did truly lofe him. ‘Yea, I lofe fs by yonder bale moon I adjure it.’ ‘Let us, then,’ said he, ‘flee!’ But she hesitated by rea- son of her trunks, which being still unpacked. ‘The tears wandered from her eyes, but mean- while Viadimir repeated what for she would not be coming pretty soon, not having been aware of the ‘the words of him made on the inside of her heart.” THE BABY AT SCHOOL. The baby has to ta,sehoo!, ah me! What will t! fo mother a lo, to > button,” or pin, icp afi all aay: iy? Bik flor lite. ‘Anofticr basket to Oi wih dans, er ** good-by" And fie mothe stan: a the ‘door to see. march sw ang forme with 9, mers that js half relief, alf a 19 grief. ae ghinks of « ible future ‘when th wap one by one, will from their home out ito t tho world ‘To battle with life alon And not even the baby be left to cheer ‘The desolate home in the future year. She picks up garments here and there, ‘Thrown down in carcless haste: And tries to think how it would seem If nothing were displaced ; If the house were always still as this, How could she bear its loneliness? But mother has no time to dream Of fu or Joye, Shels very sure that night will bring ry girl «girls and boys. 0 casting useless foare sveay, Sho labors cheerfully all the ay. {Boston Transcript. a The Spider. With that sense of touch praised by him Twickenham asso vexquisitely fine,” and wich each foot firm set on a radius or spoke of her web, Epeira waits for the coming fly. Soon the insect comes. A vibration passes along the cords from the sticky circumference where Musca is entangled in extreme perpleniyy, of mind. At once Epetra is On the al several radiating threads, she sharply jerks them; and if the subsequent Siguggies of the canvuret one convince her that landed Renee, she will rapidly traverse the web to- the outside edge, seize the prey in her jaws, and instill her potent venom. ‘Thereafter ‘she will inclose her victim in a silken shroud, and dispose of him in some quiet corner, ee in due time she may retire to feast the juices and fluids of his frame. You wit have witnessed in such a study, how greatly Epeira, and indeed all Arachnidans, de- pend on their sense of touch for information regarding the outer world. We know little or nothing of the seeing powers of those insignifi- cant eye-specks scattered over the back of her head and chest, but we may readily conceive that the acute sense of touch, resident not merely in the palpi or feelers of the mouth, bak in the legs as well, and which responds ti every vibration, wi very 1 fuly. sl ly supply to the spider race the place ot visual and other sensory organs of pigher existence. Not a movement appears to be made by the ordinary Arachnidan without the accompanying work of spinning a thread. From place to place Epeira moves ee quiely and defely too, but ever accompanied the thread which she who Tunsspins. A friendly call—a practic? which, by the way, is not much in vogue, in Arachni- dan soclety—would be performed by aid of the thread, the one extremity of which 1s secured athome, while the other merges into the as yet unformed strands of the spinneret. Along this thread ae recur ered is made. ae aheight E; safely and secui ay means of the Welln nigh invisible Scanian up this thread she clambers wich agility Ss Ganger looms or necessity drives. ‘Tnus does the Arachnidan literally live “along the ine,” fin itis perhaps hard to concelve of any ex- actly mode cf progression in the ant- mal world. Imagine an aerial humanity pro- better on business or pleasure bent, by Taean5 of clot! lines. Or thinkof the ann Suncement, made by a polite attendant that Mm*. Tege naria’s “line” was at the door, ani waitiag to take her home; while, instead of the complaint that “Mme. e. Epelra’s carriage 3103 the war,” 1 would be said that the lady's “ina” had g9t en tangled with the threads of other members of speedily attend ee Pons would epige Py at rd jue arrangemel Fe te $27 The Boston Eee 9 ‘says to look for a ere business ” than ever after Janu- oe classes who Poe Bice bear | 8 prosperity—one of them betng those who can’t get a chance to bear it.—[893ton Transcripi. — 1s rumored, are about to rt a a bebevelen it, society withthe tae of the Locust Chub.” £4. ¥. World, honest men only rrowed book, and reo will bring your umbrella home. hepborip of ee Behen, 50 found at the Bichaal Sar- tothe dead THE HOUSEHOLD. ie, alters { its quality, ofen causes it tobe b aeorben be ne a SPLITTING PaPER.—In Selecting articles for a Scrap book, it sometimes occurs one wishes to save the matter that ison both sides of the thoroughly, 80 th water, when, with a le care, ipper paper can ‘be entirely removed. The is as much a matter of curiosity as uulity. {american dge riculturist. Some Norges Anour FLowers.—Blue-lined An- got bags are ular for flower-holders. Jac- quimonots are still small and Marechal Neils lack color. Keep cut flowers in cool NApey it rve them fresh. Bul: ‘The spray-mounted paim is the newest design for a centerpiece. Laurestina, the plant | of our grandmothers, is the favorite with florists. | Natural flowers have driven artificial ones en- Urely from the costume. Gilt horseshoes, with | inted straw pouch, are new for flower brackets. ‘ariegated periwinkle is Touch used for a i ming the handles of baskets. Malmaison with their faint blush, are now among g the choicest blossoms. Spikes of tube roses and long-stemmed carnations are used for festoon- a pe pleces.—{Scientisic Gossip. (@ FLUID—No women will ever regret naieren given this recipe atrial. It will prevent. many a weary step, many an greieee or foot, yes, and many a heartache, too. fe one pound Of sal-soda, one-half lime; put them into one twenty pu let stand till put in stone Soak your dirty clothes over ni ibd or until well wet throughs wring out and rub on plenty of soap, and to one boiler of clothes covered with water, add one teacup of the fluid. Boil half an hour fast, then wash through one suds, rinse In two waters and your clothes will look nicely.—{Germantoon “Tous graph. PAPER AND STRAW UNDER CaRPETs.—In putting down the carpet for the winter,do not forget that a layer of paper should be first. spread over the whole floor. Thick, course and porous paper is made for the purpose; it is in a continuous sheet, and may be had at the carpet stores by the yard at a low price. Another material ts made of two sheets of brown paper with a thip layer of cotton batting between them. In jhe abeence of these, newspapers will answer about as well, and be much less expensive. Several layers of newspaper may be put down, orasin- eb thickness 0 aperg over ‘which is’ pl a thin layer of straw and other papers over this, putting inatack here and there to keep all in place while putting down the carpet. Either 0: these will cover holes and keep out the cold a while the straw will give a soft surface to upon and greatly help to save the car- Deb—Lamer ‘ican Agriculturist, AFGHAN FOR BABY-CARRIAGE.—A_correspond- ent asks for directions for making an Afghan or couvrette for a baby-carrlage, and herewith 1s accordingly presented a very pretty and easy pattern Shieh will serve admirably for this purpose, or as a cover for a child’s cradle. It i> worked with Saxony wool in alternate squares of white and blue; other colors may, of course, be chosen to suit Individual taste.” The stitch is crochet tricotee, or what 1s peony, called “Afghan stitch.” Make a chain of 14 stitche: with white Saxony wool, making 13 loops ot tricotee, work on It 13 rows of white; then take tke blue wool, and ‘continue, working 13 rows; then take the white again, working thus in al- ternate squares until the required length 1s reached. The next stripe begins with blue wool and is worked in alternate squares in th» same way. The stripes are joined together by a row of chain stitch, in either white or blue; a lon of water, boll square may be embroidered in blue or gold. sil any pretty flower or figure the worker likes. The couvrette is to be finished with a finge which is crocheted thus—isb row: With White wool, 1 g0, (single crochet)" 7 chain, miss 2 loops, 1 sc on the next loop, repeat, trot rounded tows 10 Ou the ich loop ot the frst chain, 1 sc on the 4th ort e Next 7 ch. of the preceding row; continue all round; this row Is worked with blue wool. Next cut the two wools in lengths of 9 inches, and loop 6 strands into the centre of each 7 ch. of the 2d row, pea er) blue and the white in the al- ternate chains. Saxony wool ts excellent for these Afghans as it washes well, especially if bran is used instead of soap.—{N. ¥. Tribune. Bep-Room Hyerene.—As, under ordinary cir- umstances, one-third of human existence is pee in sleep, it may be worth while to direct some attention toward the its furni- ture. The period when a bed was made as a representative of luxury, when the little Mar- Fiat Sone her visitors in bed. (‘en ruelie, ”) was Les away, and with it all those heavy ings which were draped around it. ~~ one with maracas ideas of common sense Gnguishers What more absurd than to hive around the sleeper the air which he has breathed, which naturally in the process of res. piration mes tainted and overcharged with caibonic acid There are no temptations which should induce any one to sleep within a curtained bed. Ifa room is cold or drafty, let. cui tains be placed on the windows, but never onthe bcd. Somewhat of the same positive rules in regard to having nothing above one’s bed, holds good as to extending the bed-cover: so that they shi ll to the floor. It may be asthetic, but it m clean. The ventilation o: the bed from aboVe and below should be pre- cisely the same. There is a habit of parade as to beds, which drapes them with “valence,” an upholstering invention which should not be eu- couraged. It is not worth while to descans par- ae on the mattress of a bed. American enuity has devised innumerable merchant- cal appliances which do away with other meth- ods, It should be remembered, however, that curled springs, interlaced wires never prevent the introduction of oy iuen ea patentee declare immunity from bugs. rings very few persons are aware how Drejudicl i is to sleep even in a cold winter’s fat with too much on one. Imperceptible perspiration always takes place, it {s true, but an excess of covering induces an oye rspiration yee though it may not act turb sleep, is Weakening in ite ‘ffocts. People laugh very much to-day at what were the anti uated ideas of making a bed comfortable in and suehan instrument as & W warming g-pan, has been relegated, with the filnt and steel and the Under-box, among the rubbish of the past. Sull, it has its use, and might even be em- poyed to-day, or its subetitute—a hot-water tuie—in many beds. he first shock of getting Intoa ton cold bed Whlen often is of serious Consequence to persons of weak constitution. eo le past a certain time of life do not react ‘ily. Hours of good, wholesome sleep are on len curtailed, and in order to get warm and keep warm, recourse ls had to immense piles of coverlets. If however, artificial methods are used to warm a bed, the ice is broken, not in a Hgurative sense at all, and often great ene ensues from it. The German of eider- down coverlets is not recommended. Though warin and light, “it is insidious in its action,” says a leading authority, “and in the case of in- validsshould be watched, for it is apt to throw the sleeper into a violent perspiration.” It oo ae almost. a per rere ae the ai of beds, as all good housewiv sup- posed to to have it sous Still, as it Is pemecnny Onin depends entirely on servants, it is safe A Say thatthis, the most important point of all rd to health is often neglected, no one ever posdaty wouldthink of washing his face in the same Water twice, unless there ee no more water, sbut it is quite as disgustin; wworse for eed oe for a person to eMuvia of his body. purifiers, and the work in a worse than neglected when beds, pillows, core erings, and mattresses are not thoroughly air —{v. ¥. Times. Mother-Worship im India. Mother-worship in some form or other oo the popular worship of India. In the first Apri every living mother is venerated as a kind ot fee by her ee ent Then almost every vil- lage has tts own special iganral an Mother, called Mata or Amba, or, in the south of India, mman. here are about 140 distinct Mothers in Gu- \t, declared by the Saree ml oon ane o forms of Siva’s consort, Tepresentatives of ancient ‘Tocal deities ( Gana Gevatas. ‘worshipped by the innabitan! weather. time immemorial. I visiteda Kaira presided over by a Mother ue pped ane e name Khodiyar (Mischief py bere because supposed when in an amiable mood to oitela from harm. Nor is she undeserving of her name, for she will turn mischievous when her temper is ruffied by neglect. If an epi- demic breaks out among the villagers, Mother Mischtef is bell is believed to we heecee 8 edcand must be supeseed| by e extraol fferings, and per- ha) eather other in a neighboring village is worshipped under the name of Untal. she has the special function of Drains oe a a ducing cough in children. Another, Beral, prevents cholera; another, called aural pularly Markt), causes cholera; another, Ha. $8 and prevents: aro ad hobia; another, Asa-purl; represented by ols, aa the hopes of wives by giving children. ‘The offering o} '3 blood to of these is su to eftec- pane ner or at least one wa-anpert ae ther mG repr iin bg way for the poner after child birth. ‘women ann pay low-caste set of basket-maker3 called 20 itis See ees ae cool, pour off and } } ! EDISON’S HORSE-SHOE LIGHT. A_Charred Paper Burner Glowing for One ‘Hundred Hours—Prepar- ing <a Public ly Demonstrate that He can 2 What Me Claims Sree the Air is Dray® Erom the Lamps. (New York Sun.} «There's no unearthly ard about s ” said Mr. The a in ani ou will notice, there are no sharp shade * On a table before nih was'o ‘one of his new horse-shoe electric = of a dozen that were a low-roofed, dark-walled ene This room, Mr. Edison's office, his se, and ve five other houses are now | tea intr with the new lamps; but this is ‘ot the grand regener Promised whea all ius preparations For this he will ix ite, but he hopes to. be ready on Monday night next. The new lamp resembles a oe ure horse-shoe, agiow at a white heat, in a gmail pear-shaped giobe. The loop of fire aoe a tain orange Unge, and a soft light, not. very Gifferent from gas-ight in color, but purer and without ficker. The reason that the onlinary eiectric light produces black and sharply detined shadows fs that it proceeds from a very sinall point. Although it may appear to be as large as a pea, or even as large as a hickory nut, yet a darnipg needle held ‘tween it and the eye will place the eye compietely in shadow. The new light, proceeding from a loop over an inch high and three-quarters of au tach wide, shone Tays across the edge of every object from Its different parts at very angles. This carses the shadow to shade gradually off into light. As one looks with the naked eye at any part ot the horseshoe, it users to be over an e:ghth of an inch In width, but a pair of blac glasses rob it of its fringe. and ft thea shrinks To its true dimensions, about a thirty-second ofaninch. It then shows like a loop of white- hot iron. Mr. Edison, I tip that lamp with “ Suppose, my cane.” said a visitor, “won't that loo) of cDarred bristol board break?” * Vl show you,” replied the inventor. He then went to a workbench, on which stood a small box of the carnon ‘horseshoes. ‘They hed been prepared for lamps, but had proved to be faulty and were condemnet. Lay- ing one of them on a table, he placed a finger on ‘one of the ends of the shoe, and lifted the other up and laid it nearly over on the table in the opposite direction from its fellow. It twisted at ihe top where the curvature was the greatest, and finally broke there, just before the movable end touched the table. “This is paper,” sald Mr. Edison. “It isn’t merely the remains of bristol board. You may make paper out of various substances, and this is cbarcoal paper. It has all the texture of the paper left in. All I have done to {t 1s to drive oft all the other substances that were In it by heating {tin an oven. The texture remains as it was. The interlaced fabric is left, and It re- tains its strength.” ‘Then Mr. Edison took one of the lamps and {a red it in his hands without breaking the paree ne, which could be seen vibrating inside e glol One of the lamps hanging from the calling had heen in use for five days. It had been burned In <1 about one hundred hours, and the horse-shoe feemed as perfect as ever. By Mr. Edtson’s di- rection all the other lamps were turned off, and about three-horse power of electricity was al- jJowed to run through the single lamp remain- ing. It ran upe from about eighteen candle power to such a pitch of luminosity that one could read advertisements In the Sun at the dls- tance of 75 fect. The rim of the horse-shoo wit- ened until one could not see through It, and the whele resembled in shape an elongated silver aoliar. The laboratory 1s 100 feet long and ‘about 30 feet wide, but all parts of 1 were illu- pated Mr. Edison expected that the lamp would be destroyed in one of three ways: elther the small platinum wires connected with the horse-shoe would be melted, or the glass would crack near where the platinum wires plerced it, or the charred paper would be disintegrated. After vainly walting until his visitors were tred for the destruction of the lamp, Mr. Edison had the other lamps relighted. Across a lon; ble in the laboratory ran two wires three inches apart. If both were touched at the same time a faint electrical effect was produced on the nerves of the hand. Mr. Rdl- son took several lamps and laid them along be- tween_ these wires, each lamp had two wires extending from the bottom. When these wires were attached to the two lel wires each Jamp in succession burst into luminosity. There were several lamps near them, fed from the same wires, but their luminosity was not sus- ceptibly diminished. Mr. Edison hopes, tn prac- u ice, to feed eight lamps with each power 16 USES, Be) secret of this light,”the inventor ex- es ed, “is that, the resistance offered by that little pee of charred paper, Oe two inches in rekage a straightened out, is as. ee the resistance of ten miles of telegrap! I mean that it the enet tricity were measui passed through ten miles of telegraph wire, the result would be the same as if an equal current were measured after it had through that little horse-shoe. It is ce con- verts the electricity into heat, and causes the charcoal to glow so brilliantly. All I do 1s to make the jorse-shoe @ part of the circuit by turning this screw. No matches are needed; no ammonia, naphthatine, or other noxious gases and vap oa are given off, and only one-iif- of a vutrent of ¢ of elec- after it had ee of the heat produced by a gas-jet is ven off. Mr. Fdison laid his hand on the globe of one visitors to of his burning rene and invited co the same, e@ heat was not unbearable, although the gies touched was not an inch from the glowing chai Mr. Edison said that so much of the air had teen removed from the globe by the method he «Inploy ed to produce a vacuum that its pressure was only one-millionth of that of ordinary oe 70 exbaust a lamp of air it ts connected wit system of glass tubes. One of these tibes & long and upright. Mercury is forced up through it, driving the air out at the Si Thee air is not allowedto remain at the top, and when the mercury fails by its own weig! t a vacuum is formed above it, This, however, is not perfect enough. By the side of this tube is another long, upright tube. A connection is formed be- tween them, so that what air there 1s in either may circulatethrough both. The second tube has a small caliber, except where it is enlarged a little to serve as an air-chamber, or, as it might be termed, partial vacuum chamber. If a stream of mercury is made to run down the tube through the chamber, break into drops in the chamber, and then run down the remaining part of the tube in a broken column, between each two portions of the broken column will be carried cownward a sinall portion of air so long as any is left in the chamber. By this process Sprengel was able to produce a nearly pe erfect vacuum in about twenty-four hours. hile Mr. Edison was inaking use of a Sprengel tube, however, he by accident allow the mercury to pour through the tube in an uninterrupted stream. ‘fo his surprise he found that, although it was not in accordance with § Sprengers theory, the air was exhausted faster than before. In some Way, which he does not atvem) mt to explain with certainty, the alr was carried out by the con- tinuous stream of mercury more rapidly than by means of the vacant spaces tn the interrupt- cd stream. This discovery enabled him vw pro- duce such @ vacuum as he desired in one hour. ‘The other important processes in the making cf a lamp require only skiliful glass-blowing and nice manipulation in preparing the carbon horse-shoes. . It can, therefore, De made very cheaply. Only a small amount of platinum wire is used. Platinum Is the only conductor of electricity Mr. Edison has found that he vo pass through glass, and then seal up the 0 ing around it With am alr-tight joint. Ti ‘Ss because, in the first place, the platinum will ad- here to glass in a fused state; and, in the second place, because it has very nearly the same ones of expansibility under like degrees of ea Edison intends to measure the amount of electricity each family uses in this way: He will draw off from the wire et entering the house a certain quantity of the electricity, Say one five- hundredth, and tet it. run through a solution of The morecelectricity that sulphate of copper. runs throi chemical. the ater the ugh amount of copper take this metal plate from the meter and carry it to the office to be weighed. When one piate is removed a clean one will be put in its place. “Will not your carbon ho) 08 consume in the course of time; or waste away?” Mr. Edison isked. “i is ‘think not,” he replied; “I nae — that the resistance of the horseshoe after using for some time in some cases changes very slightly, Dut when it cl it always: (es This telis me that the horseshoe has grown larger, and not smaller. and that none of Te has been burned away.” “There 1s one advant we shall have over ” Mr. yn continued; “we the gas companie can sell ight all oe wer all day. The jet will run 2 electricity that have re gall high ey eine that it was at work, and the electricity used was exactly the amount re- quired to burn one gas jet, that 1s just one- eighth of a horse-power, for I reckon élght gas Jets for every harse-power.” | Hon Selly; Fleming Susan Mrs 4 ont MS Gatew — aya A Washtt ington telegram to worming, mentiol the introduction ofa y Con th Which provides that the fresident. shall bs ee thorized to select from United States public land iu Coulfornia, aoe which are growing = big trees as AY deem prover, Not ex. in the ay = two townships of land, and withdraw them from settlement or sale, to De set apart for public parks or pleasure nds. This movement was recommonded by tary of the ae in his annual report, and Was referred to by President Hayes in his mes- sage to the present Congress. There has been & lively interest taken in this matter by American and Euro] Scientists who have Visited Callfornta and gazed with wonder upoa the magnificent proportions of the $7uoia gi- gantea— Dig trees”—as they believe it would bs feriminal neglect of tho duties we owe te terity to allow their total destruc Ls that must ensue if some legal restriction ts not LS shit Cen cutting them down. Theodor, Wagner, United States Surveyor-General, stated toa CuQ reporter yesterday that the Dill as drawn contemplat reserving Umber laads in different parts of the state, upon which both the Sequoia gigantea and the redwood— Sequoia sempervirens—are: now grow!t A grove of tho latter trees will be set apart in the kussian River country and one or two other points, while groves of the former will be re- served at several localities tn Tulare county. The famed Calaveras and Mariposa big-iree groves are already set apart by the governinant, or beld by private corporations, “A year ago, several men went up tnto Tulare eounty, aad. \ Led the largest specimen of the Sequoia gigan- feo they could find, and, cutting a section near t. base, Drought ft to this elty, where it was exhibited for Several weeks as a great curtosity, ‘These trespassers upon the public domain wit: Ungly paid to a justice of the peace the fine im- posed by the State for destroying one of these trees—$50—and considered they had made good investment, The larger specimens of th redwood are so immense that when they fall they not only take many neighboring trees with, them, but the tree cut 1s so splintered as to bs of little service for long clear timber. They can- not be sawed in saw-mills on account of their dimensions, and they are, consequently, torn rt by gunpowder—a rather loose mettiod of getting out timber. Without some method of protection, these groves are Mable to be de- stroyed by fire. Under the provisions of thls et, Gen. Wagner thinks that a good portion of the famous “ings River Canon may be ~ served, These different sore if the bill posed becomes a law, will be at once plac Ta charge of the Secretary of the Interior, who will establish the necessary regulations ‘for thelr proper preservation.—{sun- Francisco Call, De cember 18. IST OF 1) ae SHL °TTERS REMANIING IN STON CITY POST OFFICE. To Saturday, December 27th, 1879. nfm Te obtain, Any of those Letters the applicant ro DVERTISED LETTERS, the date of thin Hist. ty ee f not for within sent to the Dead Brest ao Ball Anna; Bryant Ai x ing b Alice Ji Mis: Barrington’ Dal enen El brown Eliza hire, Be re jorenice; Burnside Geo Mis; Brown. Col Gurl. Banke Hannah; Bresnahan John Mraz Bucayon Jane Mrs: Brown Kate; Brown Lucy. Mt iat Bro Bowie Killie Mrs: Brown Mary; Bowen Bender M; Baker M Mrs; Bralion Mand; Be Bie! 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