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COOPER AND IISTARTATT,
CHAPTER XX..—To TIIIII 114SOUR,
We left Captain Morton, ef the Nautilu
yaohs, in the boaeat ancl sympatbizin
eociety of Admiral Clifford. Between then
had sprung np a friendly feeling, Such a
was more than likely to unite limn of equa
generosity ef Soul. A hidden community o
teeling—of which they could hardly be saic
to be fully isware as yet—more firmly unite
them together ; and as they listened to th
guns from theSpray, which announced hes
entrance to porn; each seemect to look a
the other, as rho would say:
fit\
" These Eicall aS are intereeting in some
way to both o us, because they will be
interesting, certa'nly, to one,"
But a great change was about to take
places in the mode of proceeding of the two
officers in their search for the daughter of
Captain Morton—a change which no longei
in any way neceesitated that assistance
which the admiral had suggested. •
That change was brought about in this
way : During the slight pause that ensued
while they listened to the guns of the Spray
in the offing, a miserably clad woman mune
stip to the admiral and put into his hand a
folded paper, which he at once without
opening, returned to her, with a shilling on
the top of it, as he said .
arm of the achniral as in accents of deep
emotion he said :
5 " Ny child 1 my child ; my own dear lit -
g fie one 1 At owe, Bt puce I will go. rask
for no help, for no Afisistance ; thr tee
8 that there is danger to my darling•e life. I
1 (shall now seek her alone, ashnirtsl. Thi
cottage, Iwill ge to it at once ; she may be
1 • there, 1 know the cottages on the beach;
ci I will seels her there now, on the moment."
"Stay," mad the admiral. " The cot-
Mges you speak of are not those yoa will
t have to seels. A boat will be your hest
conveyance to those in the ooctipation of the
fisherman. have heard of tine man Dolan."
" Yes, my dear friend. God bless you
for all your help and sympathy ! A boat 1
wi'111 Agovaisilt aheba6vaibaagt, Qalillenesii"sil 1" said the sail-
, or. " gore's Calstitin Grey and some of his
quarter deck big guns, sir,
"Captain Gray? Oh ! Captain the Hon-
orable Minto Grey I" said the admiral, with
a slightly perceptible smile. " We shall
hear something now of the cruise of the
Spray." •
The noble captain of the Spray had land-
ed, and was with a look of intense ennili,
slowly approaching where stood Admiral
Clifford and Captain Morton. The lieuten-
ant of the Spray was close to his captain.
When sufficiently near to do so with effect,
the Hop. Mint Grey put up to his eye --
where he at on, efixed it by muscular con-
traction—a glass, and took a good look at
the admiral.
"'Pon life," he said, "it's the old com-
modore."
Yes, sir—the port admiral," said the
lieutenant.
" 'What a providence !--seems no end of • e
bother. Well, admiral that's over. Sunk a
the Rift."
"Sunk her ?"
" Oh, yes! Rather a low affair, ah. To
London, now as fast as post horses can take t
"Sunk the Rift have you, Captain Grey?" t
" Oh, yes. It' S in the log."
" Oh !"
"Yes, ah. Quite a trouble, but it's in s
the log. Where's the log, Mr. Green—eh?
ere sir.
the extent of the caveraone recce e was
that amount increased.
And ar,ainst the covering of the sea -ca
to " I. shaflE ay to you what you call clear
ve, "
to the most mean and despicable
that'a civil,"
calamity
whore ;tide the Rift so securcly. Caill0 the " Mais, as 1 say, 1 smuggle ; but when 1
wittskaosarettremscaaomouvitoosoa ovstopooviirsomoi6
THE GREAT TELE$COPE•
Some /fore Prelsieterio HOnSea•
Schliexuagin accom t ied b '1
lashing tido, and deep, misty glown settled smriggle I do not eat de troat—coupez
upon the face of the sea and the darknese bah bah 1 1 will promise, parole (non -
was thick and palpable. neur, I will not say of this place, or of any-
thing ; but I will go free, and will have
no more to deal with the Rift."
" That won't do," said Dolan.
Captain Moequet shruf„fged his shoulders
and his hued elaeok as it rested on the
hatchway. He knew lie was—supposing a
direct line could be drawn from him to her
—about sixfeot from th heart of his Maria.
" Listen, " added 1)01(111. " We WI
fetid to divide our gains and to disperse,
1 g , Pay us•—give us en order on some ono in
' " You know my nen," said Dolaa " that
s we have a prisoner, 02a board. the Rift."
The smuggler and pirate felt that the
authority was no longer of the ammeter it
had been among the lawless men he com-
manded and he had an appreciation of the
necetsity for conciliation.
It wes, then, with such an idea that he
called aloud to the crew of the Rift afar the
departure of Gerald from the vessel.
"Format', all hands—forward 1 I have
ll, somethStig to say win& may be for the
"My good woman, I dare say it all
Isere, and you are very badly off. But I am
not able to give more, because I am forced
to give so often."
"I do not want charity," she said.
"Then what is it?"
"Road that, sir."
The achniral opened the letter, and read
the following words:
"12 ever it should happen, while I am
away on a cruise, that any inquiry is made
about either of the children, it will safer
to make away with them, than allow any
one to get them from you. I have, as you
know, full confidence in you and altliough,
of course, the girl is of :very little con-
sequence to me and ray project, coMpared
with the boy, still I will net have her go;
and I would rather hear that she was dead,
than that she had got away. Besides, she
knows too much now and is clever far be-
yond her years, as you. well know. Take
her to the cave at once, on the least alarm
and do not let her stir till it is so completely
over that there can be no danger. There is
however, not much chance of any stir being
made about her, since the American ship
wae never spoken of; and 1 believe that she
was the only living soul saved from it. So
now, Wagner, I beg of you to be very dis-
creet indeed. I will take Gerald with nie
next cruise and that will be the last, as I
hear the port admiral is on the lookout for
the Rift. 1 sent this by Bowline,' Who will
°all at the cottagli to see you about other
"What is all th-Isstabout ?" Said Admiral
matters."
Clifford.
"You have read it ?" said the WornaSs.
" I have."
Then read it to me, sir." .
althe admiral did so; and then the woman
ihipped her hands and said
""That is it; I know now. That's what
.risakes madam such a fine lady, that she
can't so much as say, "sit downs" to her
poor sister. I thought as much 1"
"What do you mean ?"
"Why, that my sister, Mrs. Wagner, is
earrying on affairs -2c4' Captain Dolan, to be
sure, of the Rift, and hat this letter, which
put in my pocket when she was notiook-
ing, is from him, and means that the little
girl is to be murdered some day if anybody
comes to look after her. I only asked her
for a few pounds to take me to Gibraltar,
where my husband is—he's a soldier; but
she turned me' out of her cottage, and I saw
this letter, with just the corner of it peeping
ant of a closed door, so I dragged it out and
brought it with me. And I know that Cap-
tain Dolan is a smuggler, and not a bit a
fisherman."
"But what child—what little girl do you
talk of ?" said Captain Morton, with emo-
tion. !
" Oh ! She told me about that long ago;
it was saved from an .Atnerican ship. She
sha'n't turn her back on me for nothing.
You had better, sir, as you are a great ad-
miral, go and rout out Dolan; for I tell you
he's a smliggler, and the Riftgoes out smug-
gling—not fishing. And then there's an
end to your airs and graces, Madam Wagner!,
Hoity-toity 1 indeed—not so much as yob.
are welcome for a clay or two, sister.'"
"Woman," cried Captain Morton, "you
have said too much and too little."
"What do you mean, sir? You are
hurting my arm.
"1 do not mean to hurt you; but if you
will answer me what I shall ask of you, L
will give you the money you want to join
your -husband at Gibraltar."
" It's three pounds, sir."
"There are five. Now tell me where this
Mrs. Wagner is to be found."
In one of the cottages, sir, on the beach.
In Dolisn's cottage you will be sure to find
her or Mrs. Green."
" Mrs. Green 1—who is she ?"
"Oh ! very old, indeed. She minds the
cottage while Mrs. Wagner is away."
• "Away vshere?'
" 17hat she never would tell me. But I
know that she and Dolan and all the smug-
glers have got somewhere to go to that they
can hide in, and where nobody can find
them. I'll teassler to show me the door!
Who's she, I svoW•er? Let a beggar on
horseback! Oh 1 indeed !s -and her fine car-
riages too, bobbing about'? Hoity-toity ! a
great madam we are 1"
"But the child—the girl 1" cried Captain
Morton ; " what of her ? '
"Well, sir, I don't know anything mote
of her but that she is with Mrs. Wagner."
"At the cottage 1"
" To'be sine."
" You saw her?"
"Well, no ; she was net there; but that's
where she Sac s a year ago."
" Yon saw her, then ?"
Castain Morton's voice was almost choked
with emotioes
" To be Suns"
" And she was ---that is,, was she very
beaatiful, with fair hair, inclined to althorn,
and long lashes? She—else bad. A very
sweet smile—so light, so gentle; and her
eyess-somethiug sad abott the eyes,
th "
" thimit yes; and 1 SatIr the corals."
" The whist ?--the corals ?--a necklace.
Bracelets, jagged, natural corale that the
child wore when the dill) WM *stoked.
The snaps Were rough Indian geld."
"Yes, SaW them, and fan made of
feathers_, which was found in a box that
came a8110r0 after the ivreek, :Nlm Wagner
Wit," ,
,
Captain Morton laud heavily uPen the
"Aye, aye," was the •cry. And a dark,
scowling look came over the fame of eoine of
them ; for, eentemporimeous with the thought
of the possession of that prisioner, came the
idea of the necessity of getting rid of Inas
"You all know," added -Dolan, "who
that prisonee
".ye, aye—the Feerich captain!"
" es, the French captain. Now, my
men, Captain Mocquet kuovss by this time a
great deal about us."
"Death 1 death 1" cried several.
And, Captain Mocquet IS a rich nian.
There can be no doubt but that if we set a
handsome value on his life he would pay
it. Why should he not pay it ?"
The crew were silent They did not fully
comprehend the scope of Dolan's rernarks.
" I mean," he added, '1 that if we let him
go free vse ought to be paid,"
Aye, ayecried several.
1` And as we are about to separate and
. . .
give up this little confederation—as you are
all about to leave me each taking his share
of the plunder and the profit of our cruises,
shy, such profit may as well be increased
by a good round sum from the Frenchman.
"1 propose, then, that he be erect his life
or a hundred thousand francs."
"How much is that ?" growled one.
"Five thousand pounds !"
Several of the crew whistled.
"Welt, if you think it too much, we will
ay half that sum; but I am sure he is rich,
nd can pay whatever amount we want of
"And if he won't pay ?" said Max -tin.
"Then I should say, for the general safe.
y, hang him 1"
"Belay there, mates !" said Martin, as
here arose an angry growl from the crew.
The general safety won't be a bit better if
e does pay the money ; because then, you
ee, mates, he can go away at once."
"Oh, no 1" said Dolan.
"Oh ! Well let the admiral' have the
log. Haul down my .flag on board the
Spray. I'm off. Good -clay,, admiral—by-by 1
Ah, what a fatigue! That's over"
The Honorable M into Grey strolled slow- g
ly away, leaving the lieutenant with the so
ships log -hook in his hands, which he had t
taken from a sailor who had followed with
it from the boat.
"The puppy !" said Admiral Clifford.
The lieutenant coughed. ,
" I beg your pardon, air 1" ,
The lieutenant bowed.
"1 shall be happy to see you to dinner,
sir, and then you can tell me more than
captain Grey seems inclined to do of the
Rift."
The lieutenant coughed again.
"You look, sir, as if there were some
mystery in this affair. What is it ?"
"The log -book, admiral, states that the
Rift is sunk, under fire from the guns of
the Spray."
" Well, sir, 1, suppose there can be no
mistake about that ?"
•" I hope not, admiral; but if you will
permit me to go on board the Spray again,
and continue the cruise, I shall feel great-
ly indebted to you, sir."
The admiral bit his lip.
"Now, is not this too bad 1" he said. "1 C
ask for a vessel on a special mission and th
they give me one with such a commander as sa.
--as that,—"
The admiral pointed to the retreating
lounging figure et the Honorable Minto Grey w
who was making his way to the principal
hotel as quickly as was consistent with the ki
lazy habits he usually indulged in. a
"Very well, sir,'11 added the admiral. , of
"Then go on board Spray and take the' it
commas d as from me. Do your duty, sir.
It is not'for me to do 'so serious a thing as an
on
"Then,rnayhap, captain, you will say
hat he s to pay the money for 1"
"Aye, aye.' Old.Martin is right. What
an out-and-out sea lawyer he is, to be sure 1"
said one.
• "We can still keep him," said Dolan,
until we are dispersed; and anything he
ight say or do would be of no consequence
o us "
" Mayhap, then," added Martin, "we can
do that in any case; and then you see, mates,
you wouldn't foul your hands and your souls
with a useless murder ?"
"You are a mutinous rascal 1" cried Dol-
an. "My men, I call upon you to seize this
fellow; is a spy—he will betray you
some day 1"
No one stirred.
Old Martin looked as calm as possible,
and then he said:
"Why, you see, mates, if I was what the
captain says, and if I meant anythingwrong
to you all I should keep a smooth, civil
tongue in my head; but you know, and he
knows, that it is not true. All I. have to
S0 y is that it's a sad and horrid :thing to kill
the Frenchman. You will say, some of you,
he is only a:Frenchman, . I knowthat ; but,
peer' Man, that's his misfortune', not his
fault."
"Good," said Several of the crew.
." I propose, then," said Dolan; "that
aptain Mocquet be offered life for fifty
ousand francs—death, if he refuse! Who
ys ay to that?"
"Ay, ay 1" cried several voices.
Then old Martin dipped his hands in the
ater and shook them over its surface.
"Look, you mates!" he said.; "you
low, some of you, what that means? It's
sailor1s way of saying he washes his hands
that affair ! Some of you have said ay to
; I sayno?" '
" Come on board, all of you," said Dol-
.. "It is one for all,. now, and all for
e. Lotthe boats drift.
One of the boats was made fast to a ring-
bolt in the side of the cavern and the rest
were let float about, attached to it by the
tow ropes, how they pleased.
"Bring him up," said Dolan. "Off with
the main hatch 1"
,The order was obeyed ; and then Dolan
Slowly crept away from the hatchway ; for
he knew not but that the first object that
might meet his gaze would be the fair young
face of that (as he believed) drowned girl,
who had terrified him in the cabin ; so that
he would not have descended to it again for
e whole sum he had just mentioned as
ptain Mocquet's ransom. '
" Ahoy 1" cried Bowline down the hatch -
ay. " Corne up, you mounseer. Come
, will you? Ahoy 1"
No one came.
"Very good," said Dolan ; "go and
tch him."
".I are here 1" said Captain Mocquet,
oking pole and wan, as he appeared above
e hatchway--" I are here. What forth
clo you want of me ?'.' •
" Close the hatch," 'said Dolan.
The hatehwas closest ; and then Captain
Mocquet uttered kincl.of sigh of "relief.
HiS heart was in the cabin of the Rift with
his darling child.'
" What want you at me ?" '
"Look you here, Captain Mocquet," said
lisn, • " you are ' our hands ;"you know
w the secret of our eavern—at least, you
11 be able to guess it. You are dangei one.
us ; therefere—, "
" Arretez. Monsieur Capitaine," said
ocquet, "1 shall tell you. 1, as one 'wis-
er, was obliged here.' I do not come
hat you call him 1) my own self, Iset un-
Ilingly."
That may he true enough, Vit it is the
time of war." -
",War Non 1 Bali 1" ,
" In a Word, then, Captain Moequet, we
encl to hang you 1 pc), yoti comprehend
eet's:!1' tain bowed hie
sd. • .
I was to know," he said, " that to be
e smuggler was to go by the mistoin-lionse
vas to not pay -what you ball the duties—
Wee., That wise little. I ani foe the
de' free, on the' ehoth 02 (111 nation, the
ods of all' nation, and the high bidders
11 buy him, Bien I I care, not for ene
question the logbook of Captain Grey ; but
go, you, sir, and do your duty."
The lieutenant bowed.
"1 shall be glad to have a report from
you sir, whenever you please ; and if you
want any stores you can have them, sir 1"
," We want nailing, sir; and I have the
honor to bid you good morning, sir I"
" Good. morning ! Captain Morton! Eh !
—what?"
" Went off, admiral, in full sail," saki the
sailor servant. "Clapped on ever such a
lot of extua canvass ,,vhen he got to the cor-
ner, and went before tile wind, sir."
"And that woman—where is she?", th
"Nor' -nor' -west, sir.. Tacked. up Albion Ca
street, sir, and got somehow into port ; for
I didn't see no more of her."
"Well, well. No doubt we shall soon up
hear somethingmore of Captain Morton.
He seems a noble fellow,"
"As true a seaman, admiral, as ever fe
stepped between stem and stern. There,
sir—there lies his little crs.ft ! the Nautilus, lo
sir. Ain't she shapshape 1 Hilloa !" th
There was evidently some movement on go
boa,rethe Nautilus. In another moment as
if some sea -bird had spread its wings, "a
streak , of snow-whitecanyas fluttered aloft.
Then a small boat might have been seen
dancing over the water. Captain Morton
was going on board his yacht.
At the same moment another boat was
at an angle from that one, making for the Do
Spray, which had not dropped her anchor, no
but stood off and on in the roads. wi
Lieutenant Green was going to take his to
new command.
Bang 1 went a gun from the Nautilus ; and M
the admiral accepted the salute as a "good- on
day to yet, dear friend," from Captain (w
Morton. wi
"Good fortune attend him 1" he cried.
" is a gallant fellow." for
The stars and stripes, then, of the 'United.
States flag flew out from the Nautilues ; and ,
she went on her way, like a sen -bird, tosvard iiit
the cottages that had been indicated os
those in whieh Dolan and Mrs. Wagner had r -
their abode. • he'
g
• •On
CHAPTER XXL—Tho Ptaatass Divtnt
Tnein 1?tussnau.
tra
There 110ityy roll of seats) the English 'go
channel and agennet the chalky ramparts of shs,
old Isnglancl the waves beat tnintiltturesly,, sin
riisliino back iii foam and With Sounds oil
sembling the boom of ,artillery in the dis110
-
tance,
And int). the cavernous, reeeeees of the s
old 'with hiseing vehemence, went ss.,/
the salt ooze, clashin„o' int() every oreelee and ole
±iogiitguWay °halls ;awls ilintetenes to add g
to the debriel the battens of tile' sett, While to
uggle. I place nly hand on. whet you $ay
6 Stonietels--que dites-vons en All
stOtriaCli ? Stomach I ish, noes --on iny
EtJA, plaaS my hand on my heart and
ay to Instil be teenquille—soyess tranquille
say to him ,soyez traniruilie, 'and sissug-
ls Bah I"
Bist seliett'e all that to us 1" growled
'
, ,
Franco and when we get the money or it—
an order for fifty thoueand franes—and I
say when we get the xrioney for it you will
be free."
1' Ah, you disperse—you smuggle no
more—and the Rift --the cutter—the Rift ?"
"That we shall take to some port and
sell."
The countenance of the French eaptain
brightened up, but his hand trembled still
more as he said hurriedly :
"Bien, you sell hirn. I buy—I buy of
you all the Rift. I give you fifty thousand
francei for the Rift and for my life. I take
him—I sail away wid him. I say bon soir,
messieurs -1 say no more. I buy him and
give the order on the bank at Havre. I
have spoke, mes amis. It shall ?
Eh ?"
"That's fair !" cried Martin again,
"No," said Dolan. "1 won't part with
the Rif t."
A flush of color came to the face of
Mocquet, and clutching the hatchway, he
said:
"Then he is mine—mine, and no one
dare—no one shall go 1 Hush Bah! I shall
say too xnuch. I will buy him, then, one
hundred ahousand francs for life and the
Rift?"
"
"1 shall write one order; and I shall
promise that one seal is on my lip—one seal'
"What does he mean?" said Bowline.
"He means that he will be secret," said
Dolan.
" Oui—yes—secret. I will never—never
say one word of the place, nor of the cruises
of the Rift—never—never "
"Lights closer here 1" said Dolan.
Several flaming flambeaux were now
brought close to the little group on the
deck of the cutter, and Dolo.n,s turning to
Bowline, said:
IVfocquet's countenance fell.
"She's mine," added Dolan.
"Oh, no—no! Dieu merci 1 No—no !'
"Why, what's the matter with you
now ?" growled Bowline. "The rope is not
round your neck yet, mounseer !"
"You will not sell to me the cutter ?"
No ; I will not sell the cutter to any
one," said Dolan, "at present. I will take
another thought about that; and if I do sell
her, it will be for more than you say. You
offer nothing.
" Bien ! nothing ? '
"Nothing. The fifty thousand francs
are for your life. You offer nothing for the
cutter."
"Ah, I see. I shall give—what shall I
give? I shall give fifty thousand more for
the cutter."
"That's a good offer," said Bowline.
Dolan was silent.
"Hark you, captain," said Martin. "that's
fair, and • my mates right and left of me
think it so. They fancy it will be a good
whatsum to divide among us along with
hat you have got to give us as well.
"Be it so," said Dolan, briefly.
"Go below; in my cabin you will find
pens, and ink and paper."
"Ay, ay."
"I saw him 1" shrieked Mocquet. "I
saw him, sacre Dieu ! I saw him myself 1"
"Saw who ?"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
ETIQUETTE NOTES.
AEBA NOEM ENT ,FOlt S I 1110(1$0,000
LErtsv.s--DE 11, teArii aRrsm,.To.
The two great lenses for the Lick telea,
cope, on which the Messrs. Clark, of Cara
bridge, have been, so long at work, are no
practically completed and will soon be sent
to their destination. The plan adopted for
shipping the double lens, worked out b
Capt. Fraser, is as follows : The two glaSae
will first be wrapped separately, in liftee
or twenty thicknesses of cloth drawn -very
tight, The cloth will be (!ottoll, and. in
order to make it soft and perfectly free from
grit it will be washed many times and
thoroughly beaten. Next to the eloth will
come a thiek layer of cotton batting and
then a layer of paper. The lenses with
•their covering will be packed tightly in
this box. The shape' of this box will con-
form to the shape of the lenees. ,The felt
will be attaches" with glue, so that `no nails
will be anywhere. near the glass. Outside
of this wooden box and enclosing it will be
a strong steel box, about the shape of a
cube. The wooden box will be tightly
packed into the steel box with curled hair
To erielose thie steel box will be atilt anothe
steel box or chest, and the inner sthel box
will be kept from &melting it by a larg
number of spiral springs covering the whole
interior of the outer steel (theist. Thie outer
chest will be packed with asbestos, to ren
der itfireproof, and both of the steelsboxes
will be made airtight and 'waterproof. The
outer chest will be stiepended by pivots in a
strong wooden frame, and a contrivance
has been adopted for turning the chest one
around every day daring its pro-
gress to California, This is to prevent any
molecular disarrangement in the glass and
avoid the danger of polarization, it being
feared that the Jarring of the train will
disturb the present arrangement of the
moleculesSunless the position of the glass is
daily changed and all lines of disturbance
thussbroken up. The glass will be insured
for its full value—or rather its cost -851,-
000, and all the precautions mentioned are
taken to prevent any accident to it. It
would probably be impossible to replace it
as Fell, who cast it, and the elder Clark,
who ground it, are both old ,men. The
glass will be shipped by express.
HOW THE LENS WAS GROUND.
There is something ahnost romantic in the
design and construction of the monster Lick
telescope. Being the greatest work of the
kind ever undertaken, presenting difficulties
that had never before been encountered,
inviting and. suffering drawbacks and disas-
ters that seemed to be sufficient to stagger
the most persistent and painstaking skill;
watched from day to day by a whole world
of anxious observers, hovered over and ca-
ressed by the united wisdom of a generation
—the lens has come into the world with its
great cyclopean eye ready to pierce the
mysteries of the heavens. Captain Thomas
Fraser, superintendent of the observatory,
furnishes some hitherto unpublished and
highly interesting information concerning
the grinding of the crown glass lens, and the
plan adopted for transporting it from Cam-
bridgeport, Mass., to San Jose. On the
subject of the grinding, he says that the
closest measurement at command was the
100,000th part of an inch, but in grinding
the great lens it was discovered that even
this infinitessimal fraction was too large.
A still finer measurement was required in
reducing the lens in numberless places to
thickness (itself unequal) that would exactly
concentrate parallel rays of light, filling a
circle three feet in diameter to a point a lit-
tle larger than a pin. In order to reduce
the fine measurement already at command,
the following ingenious arrangement was
employed by Alvan Clark & Sons, makers
of the lens :—A gas jet was placed before a
mirror, which sent the rays of light through
a telescope to the great lens, thus magnify-
ing the rays. The magnified light, pass-
ing through the great lens, was still
further immensely snagnified, and, afterhav-
ing passed through this lens, it was observ-
d through a second. telescope and thus
urther magnified. In this way the least
allure of the great lens to concentrate per-
ectly was detected, and there was also de -
ermined. the amount of glass in it, at any
iven point, that had to be ground off in
'der to secure a perfect focus. Thus a
easurement of the 2,000,000th part of an
nch was secured. It took very little grind -
g to remove so small a thickness of glass
rom a given point, a, gentle rubbing with
he thumb being sufficient, as the glass is
orfatenis' et71.iipant. common window glass. —Bost° n
pt y
has left Athens for a voyage uP the Nile as
far as the second cataraet. Be hopes to be
able to begin excavations in Crete in the
spring, on his return from Egypt.
Originally he had intended resuming his
work at Mykene, in the hope of discovering
the palaeo of the Atreidte. His calculation
was that about one hundred laborers would.
be uecesearY, during three years, for remov-
ing the aemunulated debris in the acropolis
and in the lower town. However, the Greek
Arelneologinal Souiety resolved upon taking
the matter in hand, and has bean engaged
on the work since June last. Owing to the
small number of laborers employed (sixteen)
the work has gone on slowly. No gold or -
ailments have been found except a gold
wire in spirais. The surmise that a prehis-
toric building would come to light has been
verified.
On this subject 'Dr. Sehliemann Avrites to
a friend : " A fortnight ago I was at My-
kene, and I have convinced myself that 011
the summit of the rock the foundations of
the prehistoric edifice have really been
found. But they have afterward been alter-
ed and evidently used for a Doric structure
r a temple. The prehistoric build-
ing seems to have been the old palace. Of
e the walls no trace is preserve,d. On the
other hand, at the south side below the sum-
mit, one-half of a hall and a little room have
- been brought to light which seem to belong
to the old palaoe--all the more so as in the
hall itself one-half of a round hearth, ex-
• actly as in Troy and Tiryns, is preserved.
"02 the walls of this hall, and of the lit-
tle room ale3o a portion still exists. The
walls have the same style of building as
those of the Tirynthian Palace ; that is,
they consist of lower part of quarry stone
and clay, and above of sun -bricks; and
they are first covered with a. thick layer of
• clay dressing, mad then with a wall -dressing
of lime. This palace has also been destroy-
ed by fire; and the heat was so fierce that
• nothing has beeu preserved of the svall paint-
ings sins In the rubbish, however, sever-
al pieces of painted wall plastel veernifound.
I also found some such at Mykene in 1876."
No further excavations have been made
on the slope of the castle rock. On the
lower terrace, where the laborers were after-
wards set to work—that is, to the right of
Dr. Schliernaam's former excavations—a
small house with three little rooms was dis-
covered. In the largest of these the fire-
place is in the centre (as is always the case),
and in good preservation. With the ex-
ception of some fragments of terra cotta
vases and idols, no finds dating back to a
prehistoric epoch have been made. A Dorm
capital was found, which seems to belong to
the later building on the summit of the
rock.
Say woman or lady, not " fenzale," when f
speaking of a girl or woman.
Take off your overcoat and overshoes and sf
leave them in the hall before entering a par- -G
bor.
In introductions gentlemen are presented
to ladies; young men to older men; young
svomen to older ones. lin
Do not tilt your chair, sit on it in an easy f
position, keeping your feet as quiet as possi- t
Me, also your hands. Both may of course s
be moved quietly; but not so frequently as gs
to attract notice. Above all, do not lounge
or take ungainly attitudes. If you must do
this, do it in your own room, where you will
annoy iso one.
The following are from a very sensible
little manual written by a well known liter-
ary man, and entitled "Don't" :
"Don't repeat the scandals and malicious
rumors of the hour."
"Don't discuss equivocal people or broach
topics of questionable propriety."
"Don't be witty at another's expense;
don't ridicule anyone; don't infringe in any
way the harmony of4 the company."
Don't be longwinded. When you have
a story to tell, do not go into every detail
and branch off at every word—be direct,
compact, clear, and. get to the point as soon
as possible."
"Don't cling to one subject; don't talk
about matters that people generally are not
interested in; don't, in short, be a bore."
An Auation Story,
The auction is 0 mine for story -tellers,
and the tale which., follows is a good one,
Which will nOt be hurt by prefacing it 'with
another. In a College recitation the profes-
sor, a dignified man of few words, hacl ask.
ed a question relating to the reign of Charles
I. of England. The student answered with-
out hesitation, and his answer was wrong.
" the year 1018-,." he eaid.
"Impossible," said the prof essor, "Charles
was not yet king."
"1 61 9,' ventured the student, who knew
he was working in the right direction.
The profeesor ehook Ins head.
1620," the student advanced.
" Nol" said.: the instructor, withont look.
ing n p,
'1 Twenty-one; "
Raising; his eyes, from the desk to the
student, who was becciming donsoiiins of
his ridiesikessisoeition, the dighified prOfes-
. sot! said slowly' With some segetity,
"Mr. Sanford, cut you' at an ancOon?"
Mr. SariforcIrecnined hie seat Odd a roar
el lenghter; and the prefesossealled for ait-
Sada
Six million barrels of beer are coireumed
annually in this eity, at a cost to the con-
sumers of at least $80,000,000. Since more
them half the population rieVer ' drink beer
at all, those Ivho do average over $100 a,
year apiece for it, Minh allownig, as the gun
Suggests, tlm,t the people who come froth
ortt of town drink a good deal of it. This
8001110 rathet en expensive IsiXitry,--.W.
Mai/ and FaapreSs,
FRIENDSHIP.
UT JOHN linux, TORONTO.
Friendship 1 thou holy bond that binds my
heart
To others that to mine seem counterpart,—
Love-giving, yet love -getting all the more,
Thus daily adding to our mutual store
Of kindly deeds and words, each thought
and look •
As readable and clear as printed book;
Enjoyable in life's gay, golden hour,
Yet doubly so when clouds of trial lower;
Then closer draw, as lambs do in the fold,
To gather heat, and 'scape the rain and cold;
Till warmth and sunshine -Cake the phsce of
rain,
Then off to gambol on the hills again!
h ! Men 14hip 1 thou art like a golden
chain,
Each link a friend—each friend a golden
gain!
An Electrical Crematory.
An electrical crematory is said by the
Philadelphia Ledger to have been devised
by a process deeeribed as follows :—The
body, being shrouded in sheets made of as-
bestos, is laid upon a frame composed of fiee-
brick, while at the head and foot are large
copper plates, to which the leads from spe-
cially constraeted dynamos of large electro-
motive force are attached. The body ap-
parently occstples the position of the filament
in au incandescent lamp, and, upon the cur-
rent being passed through it, would be in-
stantly carbonized ; while, as the air would
have free excess to it, the process of destruc,
tion, or rather decomposition would be im-
mediate. This process appears to have the
eecommendation of great rapidity of action,
and freedom from nasty of the objections to
crematum m the ordinary tAray'y, and admits
of several little Improvements upon all re-
cognized forms of burial.
Praetioal Religion.
Little 1)ot—'1 1 heard. your Islamism tell
my mamma you were getting to be a awful
gond boy,"
Littlo Dick—" 1,-cs, I am"
"She said she knew now What yoit Want,
cd for CliristniaS,'cause she heard yeti as
pray& for them,, '
" Yes; 1 prayed real land so she Wontd,"
Minnie Lee.
111, J. 11. WILKINSON'.
I shall never see thee more, sdinnie Lee,
Minnie Lee, with the gold brown hour;
And thy violet eyes, so sweet and pure,
And thy face so wondrous fair.
Tve loved thee long, and well, Minnie Lee,
But the dream was all in laun ;
And the busy years that drift away
Have left a weary ceaseless pain.
Do you remember a time, Minnie Lee,
When we wandered hand in band
By a silver stream in the fair sunlight,
That wound through is summer land?
The world was glad and bright, Minnie Lee,
Mantled in wondrous bloom
Of beautiful waves of foliag,e and flowers,
And laden with rich perfume.
The emerald fields stretched far away,
In the mellow, rosy rays;
And the crown of the distant ,hills was lost
In a purple and golden haze.
The soft south wind toyed with thy hair,
And sighed among the flowers;
And wandering on o'er the billowy lea,
Was lost in woodland bowers,
Ah I sweetly,and gladly the song birds sung,
Aye, thrillingly glad and free;
And gazing enrapt on thee, I knew
That time was Heaven to ine.
But the summer passed and changes came
O'er the face ot the world so wide;
And an iron hand pressed cold on my heart,
And banished me from thy side.
I never shall see thee more, Minnie Lee,
And I'm tired and sad to -day;
And longing. for rest and finding none,
As the years drift slowly away,
I bow my head and the tears fall fast,
And my soul is heavy with pain ;
I can only see the gathering gloom,
My prayer was all in vain.
Henry of Bat,tenberg as a Baby.
Prince Henry was a species of enfant ter-
rible, and one of the chief causes of his being
the good young man he is lies in the fact
that he sowed all his wild oats before he
Was three months old. His favorite pastime
when ten months old was to crawl up the
stairs, stop half way up, and squeeze his
head through the banister. The squeezing
caused his little head to swell so that he
couldn't get it back again, and then there
was trouble of a highvocal order. After
half the old oak banister had been sawn off
to get little " Heinrich " out of pawn, Prince
Battenberg had wire netting put up to save
the baby's head and his own pocket.
Swarming up the legs of tables on which
lighted lamps were placed was another of
the youthful Henry's accomplishments.
When he was three years old he set the
palace of Darmstadt on fire this way. Help
was at hand, and the conflagration was soon
put out, btit the occasion was interesting as
being the first on which the naughty young.
stet felt the weight of the paternal right
hand.
Connubial Sareasnn
Husband—" Bell, your feet suggest a
capital paraphrase to me of those two lines
contained in Goldsmith's 'Village School-
master :'
And 8till they gazed, and still their wonder
grew,
That One small heal', covld carry all he
New." •
Wife (sweetly, expecting a compliment)
—"How so, my net ?"
"Thusly, (edging toward "the hole the
car-penter left)
And still 1 gazed, and still niy wonder grew
That big 9' hoofs could wear a small
shoe."
The piece of bric-a-brac that she grabbed
from the mantel did not hit hini, but it
Cracked a panel in the closing door as he
vanished.
'
Stist the Man He Wanted.
A burglar, who Was doing a neat job on
a large safe was horrified, on looking up,
to see a mass standing quietly beside him.
He was about to retire, svheri the gentleman
said
" Go ahead, I ast interested in that
" Why ?" tusked the astonished bUrghtr.
" Because I hare forgotten the combina-
tion, and no persoft living knew it bilt my-
self, If you can get that safe open, I'll
unske it worth your -while."
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Inas ittrst.--Tilis may be Seisioved
volt mibted With a little lenion juice.
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