KNITTING AND CROCHET.OLIVE LEAF PATTERN.From The Weekly Tribune.

. Counterpanes, tidies and the like are knit Instripes aa well aa In squares, and a combination otbotb forms ia often exceedingly effective. The fol¬lowing st ripo may, for example, be used between

the rows of large squnres of the Raised Leaf Pat¬tern given last week:Cast ou 36 stitches with 4 extra for edge, stitches

..2 ou encb side.1st row : Knit 2, pori 2. * narrow (by knitting 2

together), knit ll, purl 2, over twice, knit 1, over

twice, purl 2, repeat from * ; knit 2.2d row : Knit 2. knit 2, * purl 3, knit 2, purl 10,

purl 2 together, knit 2, repeat from * ; knit 2.Remember that the second loop of tho "over

twice ¦ is to be dropped throughout the pattern.Also that in "over twice" before a purl stitch the

cotton is brought forward nnd then carried twicearound the needle.3drow: Knit 2. purl 2, "narrow, knit 9, purl 2,

knit 1, over, knit 1, over, knit 1, purl2, repeat from. ; knit 2.4tb row : Knit 2, knit 2, ¦ purl 5, knit 2, purl 8,

purl 2 together, knit 2, repeat from * ; knit 2.5th row : Knit 2, purl 2. * narrow, knit 7, purl 2,

knit 2, over, knit 1. over, kuit 2, purl 2, repeatfrom " : knit 2.6th row : Knit 2, knit 2, . purl 7, knit 2, purl 6,

purl 2 together, knit 2. ropeat from * j knit 2.7th row : Knit 2, purl 2, .narrow, kuit, 5, purl

2, knit 3, over, knit 1, over, kuit 3, purl 2, repeatfrom *, knit 2.8th row : Knit 2, knit 2. 'purl 0, knit 2. purl 4,

purl 2 together, knit 2, repeat from *, knit 2.Gtlirow: Knit 2, purl 2, "narrow, knit 3, purl 2,

knit 4, over, kuit 1, over, kuit 4, purl 2. repeatiroro*; knit 2.10th row : Knit 2, knit 2, .purl ll, knit 2, purl

2. pO'l 2 together, knit 2, repeat from*; knit 2.

11th tow: Knit 2, purl 2 * narrow, knit 1, purl2, knit 6, over, knit 1, over, knit 5, purl 2. repeatfrom * knit 2.12th row : Knit 2, knit 2, ¦ purl 13, kuit 2. purl 2

together, knit 2, repeat from *, knit 2.13ttirow: Kuit 2, purl 2, *ovcr twice, knit 1,

over twice, purl 2, narrow, kuit ll. purl 2, repeatfrom *, knit 2.14th row : Knit 2. knit 2. "purl 10, purl 2 to¬

gether, knit 2. pur) 3, knit 2, repeat from *; knit 2.

15th row: Knit2, purl 2, *knit 1, over, knit 1,over, knit 1, purl 2. narrow, knit 9, purl 2, repeatfrom*, knit 2.16th row: Knit 2, knit 2, *purl 8, purl 2 to¬

gether, knit 2, purl 5, knit 2, repent from*, knit 2.

17th row : Knit 2, purl 2. *, knit 2, over, knit 1,over, knit 2, uurrow, knit 7, purl 2, repeat from ";knit 2.18th row: Knit 2, knit 2, \ purl C. purl 2 to¬

gether, knit 2, purl 7, knit 2, repeat from *; knit 2.

19th row: Knit 2, purl 2 *. knit 3, over, knit 1,over, knit 3. purl 2, narrow, knit u, purl 2, repeatfrom *; Knit 2.20fb row : Knit 2, knit 2. * purl 4, purl 2 together,

kuit 2. purl 9, knit 2, repent from . ; knit 2.21st row: Knit 2. purl 2. * knit 4, over, knit 1.

over, knit 4, purl 2. narrow, knit 3, purl 2, repeatfrom ' ; knit 2.22d mw : Knit 2. knit 2, ' purl 2, purl 2 together.

knit 2. pnil ll, kuit*2, repeat from *: knit 2.

23d row: Knit 2, purl 2, * knit 5, over, knit 1,over, knit 5, purl 2, narrow, kuit 1, purl 2, lepeatfrom * ; knit 2.24th row: Knit 2. knit 2. * purl 2 together,

knit 2, pull 13. knit 2, repeat from * ; knit 2.

Repeat from thp beginning. If a wider 6tripe isdesired mid 19 stitches for each adtlitional pattern,and repent the directions between the stars for

every pattern added.

TIDY IN KNITTING.Mrs. L. B. sends " a pattern for a very pretty

tidy as some compensation for the muuv beautifulones" .-.lie lias found in these columns.Tnke cotton No. 12, 14 urie- livery alienate

row is to be purled except 3 stitches on each eilije,which are always to be knitted plain.Cast on ll stitches for each pattern and 6 more

for the edge. Ninety-four stitches will make a tidyof medium width.Knit 8 plain rows to begin.1st pattern row : Knit 3 (edge) stitches, *, knit 3

together, knit 1, ever, knit 3, over, knit2 togethertwice ; repent from *.2d row: l'url; 3 stitches plain on each edge. Every

alternate row the same as the second.3d row : Knit 2 toe-ether, over, knit 2 together,

knit 1, over, knit 1, over, knit 2 together, kuit 1,over, knit 2 together, repeat.5th row: Knit 2 together, knit 2. over, knit 3,

over, knit 2. kuit 2 together, repeat.7th row: Knit 2 together, knit 1, over, knit C,

over, knit 1, knit 2together: repeat.9th row : Knit 2 together, over, knit 1, over, knit

2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, over, kuit 1,over, knit 2 together; repeat.11th row: Knit 1. over, knit 2 together, knit

1, over, knit 3 together, over, knit 2 together, knit1. over, kuit 1; r-pcat.13th row : Kuit 1," over, knit 3, knit 2 together,

knit 4, over, knit 2 together: repeat from.*15th row : Knit 1, over, kuit 1. over, knit 2 to¬

gether 4 times,over, knit 1, over; repeat.17lhrow: Knit 1, over, knit 2 together, knitl,

over, knit 2 together twice, over, knit 2 together,knit 1, over : repeat.19th row : Kuit 2. over, knit 2. knit 2 together

twice, knit 2, over, knit 1 j repeat.21st row : Kuit 3, over, kuit 1, knit 2 together

twice, knit 1, over, knit2 ; repeat.23d row : Knit 1, knit 2 together, over, knitl,

over, knit 2 together twice, over, knit 1, over, knit2 together: repeat.

25t)i row : Knit 2 togother, over, knit 2 toeether.knit 1, over, knit 2 together, over, knit 2 together,knit 1, over; repeat.27th row: Kuit 1, knit 2 tot-ether, knit 2, over,

knit 1, over, knit 2. knit 2 together, knit 1 ; repeatB»gin again at '. st pattern row, aud repeat the

pattern to the length you wish.

FLUTED LACE.N. A. P. kindly scuds a sample of pretty fluted

lace with those directions for making it:Cast on 18 stitches.Int row: *KnitacrnM plain2d row : Purl 14 ; this leaves 4 stite.bos on tho

left needle : turn the work as if to begin at tho endof tbe needle.8d row : Slip the first of the 14 stitches from the

left needle on to the right one ; kuit 9, narrow,

over, knit 2.4th row t Purl 14 : tum tho work as in 2d row.

Otb row : Blip the 1st of tho 14 stitches us in 3drow; knit 13 ; this ends the 1st quill or fluting.Now begin the 2d:1st row : Knit plain across.

2d row : Knit 4. purl 14.Sit row : Knit 1, narrow, over, knit ll; tum the

work.4th row : Slip tuc 1st of the 14 stitches as before,

knit 13.5th row: Knit 18 across plain*. Repeat from

first* to the lust, thus making 2 Quills. This lacecan be made of any width desired for children'sruffles. The addition must be made in the plainwork, the edges remaining as above.

KNITTED LACE.Tbis edging is excellent for ail washing articles,

as it is strom, and does not stretch. Cast on 8Hitches aud knit across plain.1st row : Slip 1 with the thread before tbe needle

aa in purling: put tbe thread back and knit 1, over,knit 2 together, kuit 2 plain, over twice, knit the

test plain.-2d row : Slip 1 as above, then knit plain till yon

leone to tbe long loop made hy " over twice ;" knittbe 1st, purl the 2d, the rost knit plain.3d row : Slip 1, kuit 1, over, kuit 2 together, knit

tbe rest plain.4th row : Slip 1, tbe rest plain.otb row i Slip 1, knit 1. thread forward, knit 2

together, knit 2. over twice, tbe rest plain. Knitthe 6th row like tbe 2nd, and tbe 7th row like the

I.b.8th row; Yon should dow have 12 stitches.

Cast off tour, being careful to slip the 1st, as in

purling. This makes the pattern. Begin again at1st row.

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A PRETTY EDGING.Mrs. G. M. M. wishes to contribute to the knit-

ting column the following pattern which she says isvery pretty and easily knitted:Gnat on 14 stitches.First row : Slip 1, knit 1, over, narrow, 1 plain,

ovor and knit 2 together 4 times, 1 plain.2d row: First make 1, then knit across plain.

Every alternate row the same.

3d row: Slip 1, knit 1,over,narrow, 2 plain, over

and knit 2 together 4 times, 1 plain.5th row: The same as 3d, only 3 plain, over and

knit 2 together 4 times, 1 plain.7th row: The same as 3d. only 4 plain, over and

knit 2 together 4 timos, 1 plain.9lh row: The tamo as 3d, only 5 plain, over and

knit 2 together 4 times, 1 plain.11 th row : Tho Haine as 3d, only 6 plain.12th row; Cast off 5. knit thc remaining stitches

plain. Eegin at 1st row.

SCRAP BAG.Ecnti Trimer* .C. F. G.. who sends a pattern for

knitted Ince given above, sends also a saiiiplo of timsnme in pretty i5cru linen thread. She says thatnice openwork mitts and stockings cnn ho knit ledwith this thread. They are cool and neat for Sum¬mer wear. She ands thar " Tun TRIHDKI knittingpatterns are much superior to those printed else¬where, lu that they come out neht." She asksabout " twist-Btich." Tbis is made by knittingfrom the hack part of the Joop or stitch no leftneedle. Tho right needle is nut in behind the leftneedle nnd passes through the loop from right toleft, much the same as in pulling, except that inpurling tho needlo is passed tnrough the frout partof the Toon.Kkssinotow EstnnoIDBRT..K. H. B. will proba¬

bly And her wants supplied by a book called " Ar¬tistic Embroidery." published by Adams &. Jlish >p,46 lk'ckmau-st., N. Y.(JnnciiKTKD Afghan..N. A. P. sends these direc¬

tions for a pretty afghan for a child's carriage oicrib. Make a chain 1-4 vnrds long, crochet (J DC,miss 2. then 6 DC and 3 DC in the 7th stitch. Thiaforms one scollop and is to be repeated acmes tbechain. Turn and crotchet DC in each back stitch.Always miss tho 2 stitches in the Hine place andcrochet tho 3 in tho centre of tbe highestpoints each tinio across. lt is lovely madein light shades of Germantown, and it would behandsome in tho mme colors used lor tbe "RomanAfghun," This department is pleased that N. A.P.enjoyed thc novel sent to ber. lt will always beglad to print her pattern*. Many responses havebeen received to lier request for tho emly chaptersof " Probniion." If sho will mention Ihe dates andnumbers of the papers she wanta, one of these kindtenders will send them td her. L. A. C, says: "Thereis something ii the lew words-he has written thalbaa Lime straight to my heart, and I would like insay to lnr. Be hopeful; hetir your sickness one dayat a tune, and may God in His loving kimble** giveyon. as be bas me, after being lono an invalid, a

moderate degree of heall li and ii heart made tenderand mindful of t tie sufferings of others.'"HEHRING-BONK Stiicii..Mis. S. lt. (J. in sending

direction-, lor making this stitch says: "1 havebron a readerof Thu linnrsi for rears. I thoughtit inst perfect bnt since tbe id litmn of the knit¬ting column lind it dill lack s imethiliff. Have triednearly all the insertions and edgings with succr**,"For tue "Berrinc-bone stitch."casi on any numberihat will divide by tl. Kuit 3 rows: *.*d row purl.1st and 3d plain. 4th row -. Kuli plain with the(breadS times over the needle, Stbntw; Hip offthc first 6 at itches the full length, pas* th. 1th.5th, and 6th thronah tbeflrsl 3, tbcu knit plain lim¦Uh, Tull and (Uh. lin-*) thc 1st, 'Jd and lid. Take oilevery ti stitches in this way and knit the wholerow. Repeat,MiscRiXANKOin-.*.Hiss A. H. Rhode* asks If the

directions in th»* 9th row of Adelaide's lao." i»vrr

twice, narrow 3 times ".mean thal the "overtwice" is to he repeated before each narrowing, ltdoes | but the directions would have been plaineril they ha<l read "over twice and narrow threetimes." Tbs tenth linc shows, however, thal tho"over twice" should be repeated as well ns the nar¬rowing.

1). C. FRENCH, THE CONCORD SCULPTOR.

From The Boston llrrald.Five years ago, art Invert ni this country, and

patriotically inclined people who took an interest in

ihe centenary celebrations then beginning, werestiipri.ed to eoe springing ont ol tbe -nil, on ihehe'd ot Concord tight, a lithe-looking bronze ligar.-.bv a new sculptor, whn-h waa instinct wit ii genius.This figure was the now well-known "Minute Mau,"nnd the new sculptor waa Dniul Cheater Freneh, are-ulentof the town of Concord. Hi- fatber,the Hon.II. T. French. Assistant Secretsrv of theTreasury ofthe United Mate, owns a flinn here, on which is acomfortable and dignifh-d old dwelling house, sur¬

rounded by a velvet lawn. The studio also fansthe road, a few rod* away from the hollie, nndseparated from it by a short stretch of apple*orchard, lt is built of wood, in n sphci«s of fjn<*enAnne, style, after a pinn inn.le by Mr. Krenctihimself, nnd on tho outside is finished {with a coat mg of gray-green mastic part wayDp. thc remainder ol the wall being sheathedwith round, dark red shingle*, which join ihe pur¬ple-brown roof, ile does not confine himself to it

altogether, having from time to tune a working*room in Boston, where he receivee silters tot por¬trait busts, ile works in hm studio or in Bostonpretty much at all times of the dav; one of th" pe¬culiarities of his crult bein, thnt after a work it

once begun it cannot be lefl alone, on scennut ofthe necessity for ke-ping the clay moist. Diningthe Winter's wotk on the colossal group, too, finshad to bc kept up night and day in the Mudlo, loavoid the possibility of frost all.ri mc the damp ma¬terial, and destroying ia un hour the result olmouths of toil.Although identified with Cooeord in the public

mind. Mr. French is not a native ol the town. Mewas hom at Exeter, Mass., April 24), 18ff0, and after¬ward removed to Cambridge, where his father livedfor a number of years, and he himself received hisschooling. It wits hcie that he made his fir-t ei-a iv

in statuary, modelling a Hon in snow one Winter'sday, which attracted crowds of curious people whileit remained unuieited. It is said that, some veins

later, when he wont to study with th- greatest ofAmerican sculptor*. J. O. A. Ward. Ward said tohim, laughingly : " Don't model a statue m snow,whatever vou do." But the advice came mo late.

It is a singular tact that Judge French, who linsalways hail a strong taste for artistic productions,had settled it in his mind that Daniel'.- elderbrother, William, was to be a sculptor, and hadtried to stimulate in hun the desire to heroine one.

by furnishing him with clay and modelling tools.But William, somehow, was not inclined in thaldirection. Ile has since become a painter, nnd isconnected with the reorganized Academy of KineArts at Chicago, in the capacity of instructor. Tbafather of these two artists appears lo have given nphis plan of moulding a sculptor uftor the first fail¬ure, and accordingly Daniel was not given nny dav;but. following tho paternal taste, ho interest. d him¬self in observing works of sculpture mid in readingbooks on that art. lt was not null I became toConcord, some ten year* ago, that the lateMay Alcott Nieriker, thinking she delectedgenius in him. aud having a great enthusiasm for I liedevelopment of art among her townsfolk, save theyoung man proper materials to work willi, andurged him to tty modelling. Prom that momentbu career wai settled. Mias May Alcott was v rvfond of owls, and mado nonie good pictures of wilier.they were the subj-ots, nnd it may have bern due tothis that oue ol the lust attempt* of theyoong sculptor was a pair of owls on a reduced scale, perchedon one blanch and sidling up against each oilierwith a quizzical air. This, executed iu plaiter, be¬came very popular, and inny still be Sean in toeshopwindows.His choice of n profession having been mado,

young Mr. French went to New-York to take in-structlon from J. Q. A. Ward. Mr. Ward, bavins atthai time attained celebrity and executed works ofexceedingly high merit without ever having been to

laifope, adv iced his pupil to remain In the UnitedMates until he had aft lined a riper growth, After¬ward, When ho had hunt-elf linnie a lour abroad, hereturned full of enthusiasm, and urged Freneh toerena the water as speedily as possible, lu the mean¬

time French hail received a commission from thetown ol Concord to make a statue for the new cen¬tenary battle monument, mid bad completed his" Minute Man"t thus achieving hi*first, work wim¬ont having exposed himself to burupean Influences.Om-ol Mr. French's wink* in relief man ideal bead

of ElateVenner, Riving the artist's interpretation ofDr. Holm, s's famous heroine. Ile lins preserved theplaster mould from which thia reliefwaa made, and,being cut instead of projecting, it emref as an an-

taglio. At a little distance the lij-ht and shadegive to the head fhe appearance of projecting, so

that all the eflect of the relief itsell is obtained.The face is a peculiar one, with a slightly retreat¬ing, ophidian forehead, and a strange expressionabout tho features; but ttl*, at the sauio tune, ii

beautiful face. The sense of something mysteriousiu it is heightened by the sinuou* locks of hair tail¬ing down to tbe hick, unil a narrow necklace, tliewoven scales of which suggest a serpent,

EARTH EATING ls~JAPAS.From The English Mechante.

It is rather surprising to tind that some of theJapanese are uduictcd to the eating ot mirth. Dr.Love has lately published an analysis of n claywhich is eaten to a considerable extent by liteAmos; it occurs in a bed several feet thick, in thovalley of Tsmtonai (eat-earth valley), on tho northcoast of Yo-ho.- HI* light gray in color and of fin-Structure. The people mix with the clay fragmentsof the leaf ot some plant for the aromatic principleit contains. They eat the earth because they thinklt contains some beneficial substance, not becauseit is a necessity with them, 'ihey havo meat inabundance of vegetable food. The clay ls eaten Intho form of a soup. Several pounds are boiled withlily root* in n small quantity of water, and after¬ward strained. Tbe Amos pronounce tho soup verypalatable.

SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLECORMORANT PISHING IN CHINA.

Cormorants nre used for river fishing. Thcmost celebrated place for bleeding them ifT'anghsiclien. Tbe inhabitants tura believed t<possess a secret in cormorant-rearing whichKives them menial success. The coi morant'sbook nunn- is lu tzu, aud the common natue yuying (fish-hawk), or yu yn (flah-erow). Tinfemales lay yearly from throe to nine eggn, btuthe eggs of" the first st asnn (til st moon) are tinonly one* retained for batching- which angiven to hens to hatch, ns the female cormorantis a careless mother.Tba agna of tlie second season are not used,

the weather being too cold. The young birds,are dist lcd willi a mixture ot beat-Curd um;raw eels1 fleah cut line. The price of a mukis Idol, or .lin!., ami a female half aa mach.When they have attained their full size ii hi linnis tied to one lc-., thc oilier end of it being fas¬tened to tho bans of a pond or canal. They arr.Dion made lo go into Um water, the tra.neiwhistling a peculiar call, aud using a barn botto force them. Small tish are thrown them,upon which they pounce greedily, ns they lumbeen kept on short allowance of food. Theyarc now called back by a different whistle call,nml forced to obey by means of the ftiing. Atthey reach tho shore more fish is given them.This teaching having been guim through tinilyfor a month, another four or live weelu mc

spent in training thc birds from a boat. Altho end of this period tho string is general.]dispensed with.The teaching being completed. tiieeormoranti

nro fed sparingly. A small hemp ring is liedLimul their neena to prevent, them from swal¬lowing huge Baba and they uro taken on bonnithc small boat called "cormorant boat " to tinnumber of ten or twelve. They ara now aidocile aa dogs, and sit. perched on the aide olthc boat until they aro sent ii.to the water liv ii

whistle from tho master. They dive afleifish- and bring their prixca to the bout iii mlvheld in their booked bonks. When n Bah is toe

liir^e for one bird three or more join (heir force,and capture it together. Alter fishing two Olthree bonn tho innis ara allowed to ionic onboard and rest. At tho end ol the day rhchempen string is loosened or removed alto¬gether and titey are elthoi allowed to Rah foithemselves or are fed liv the hand of theilmaster. A cormorant holds out for five yens.

TOE NEXT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.A recent paper by Mr. 1). P. Todd, of Tin

Anierieun Ephemeris ofttcA; give* some valuablehints lm the us,' of the electric telegraph iototal Kolar ecl'isrs. Taking ns an example thcneil infill ce iipae ol Hie sun, na Mnv 1(1, 1882,it is remarked tli.it the pith nt totality lies nl-liirst w. olly mi I.uni. Beginning in WesternAllic.i. with ii northeasteily direction, it eros*esUnperEgypt mid Ibo Red Sin, passim* a lewmill s s null of Bagdad nml Teheran, nml thencetraversing d-ni.ni A in ii leaves thal conti¬nent nour Shanghai. Thus several widely-i-ep-united n ginns, connected by telegraph n rabiesun I bimi li s, tm- npou thc track of tin- centraleclipse. Mr. Todd remarks tittil from El-Akhuivm. on ihe Nile, a lim* runs north to

Ah'Mimina. Itoin wnich |-luro Teheran isdirccth ncecs'-ihlo by lelcgiuph. From Trite-lan a laud line mus southeast through Iteloo-rlnstan and llindosiun to Madras, winch is rou-in--it-d by eublc-litics willi Singapore, Hong¬kong, ;iml Shanghai. Ile points out that au

additional advantage iitt-ichos to this eclipsefrom the t irciinistam*e iimt. lhere is u duplicatelim-ol' ti-b ui:i|.hie connection helweeu Egyptnod Shanghai by way of Constantinople,Vienna, and Mot-cow, nnd thence liv the Russianlim- through Silierm to VVladiwostok, andthence to Saangli n.Supposing, lien, ihal an mtrn-MerriirinI

planet weiediseoveied during tolalitj in Egypt,a duplicate message might lie sent, lo insurelu-1¦ .ml doubt t tit t,.c discovery -lu nil bcknown tn idiacivers al shanghai. If a planetw rn- «.li- i \ id nt Kl-Akhllivm, Ililli-li\e min¬

nies ol nli-nliiie lime elupsiug before theshadow reaches Teheran, the poul!um mr.ht lu

telegraphed io thc iatici station mi a* lo give11 c iilist-i vet abundant time to verify the di--ciiveiv. winlc ol i-c i v.itiniis nt holli placesmight be t-dc-toohed lo Shanghai, which thcshadow Mill not leach until more than h n

boura after leaving Teheran. Mr. Todd thinksthe telegraph coinpa idea, with Hie courtesytiiev havi always shown in scientific nudeunk¬ings, would null-1 every assistance in oanyiugout snell a scheme

THE TRANSIT OF VENUS.At the laat meeting of thc Royal Ai-tronomi-

ral Society. Sb George Any rend a papci on thpreparations lo be niailc foi observing lh< nealtransit of Venus, wh-ch nccuri Decenther li,1 v*-'_'. Tile rllief |)iiilH -H to be t ilise I ved me theingress and eirreas ot the plane! on 'he pun'sdisk, and each of the* phases ie watched fromtwo points, n;i.- where it is acceientted, tlu-nthe i where il is retarded. Tm ingress accele¬rated, tl.c Astronoiiiei Royal recommends hta-

tions in Caic Colony, South Afuca, loni theCapo Obst ivaio y to Durban, with au elevationol thc sun lansing from 3U lo lil Pur ln-gteas retarded, Mi. Airy li il formerly pin

pened to depend upon stations on the coast ofthe United Slates mid Canada; bul as thc ele¬vation ol the Hint will lu onl.v lunn 1 "i to 1H ',In- now prefers the whole (ham of thc WestImiiii Islands, with au rlevaiiou nt lunn *_:<' io

43 '. Thc longitudes Of these stations havebron determined willi great accuracy bv Amen-can observers. Rermuda, with an elevation of25°, would also be very favorably Minuted forthis phase of the transit. All these stations aronlso suitable for fhe egress ac derated phase.For egress relntded, although Mell-oume, withelevation 10', Syduey, e'evatioii ll , and Ncw-Calcdnniu, elevali >n _'_',' are suitable, theAstronomer Royal would depend chiefly onNew-Zealand, where tlie elevation of tho sun

will runge from BO" to 35°. Sir Goorge Airyalso urged tbat the history of previous observa¬tions, and especially thal of the transit ol 1701,should be c,neill ly studied by intending ob-ho'vers. Among the records ol tim transitwould tte found a mention ol tho ring nf lightwhich had puxzled obaervers so much in 1874.

MEAT BREAD.M. Scheme;-Ke.stner, says The Knglitth Me-

cAantc, has discovered tbe remarkable Incl thalthe fe.mentation of bread causes tim completedigestion of meat. Jin lound lhat a beefsteak.cu: into small pieces, and mixed with limn amiyeast, disappeared entirely during thc processof bread-making, its nutritive principles nciugincorporated with tho bread. Thc meal wouldalso appear capable of preservation foran indefi¬nite lier od in its mw state, for loaves of meat*lunn! made in 1873 wera submitted tn thoPr* neb Academy of Science, when uot a ti aceof wm ms or mouldiness wa* obst i fable.At Ihe beginning of his experiments, M.

Sciiciircr-Kostiicr used law meat, three partsol which, lindy mixed, be mixed with live, partsof flour and the same quantity ol yea-t. Biifll-cient Willer was added to make tho dough,which in due lime began to tennent. Altertwo or tinco hours, tin- meat disappeared, andthc brea, was baked in the mdinury manner.'fhiis prepared, the meat-bread had a disagree¬able som ta-te, which waa avoided by cookingthe meat lor an limn with sufficient water tomoisten the flour'nfleiwards. Thc meat mustbe carefully deprived of lat, mid only havesufficient salt to bring out lin flavor, hm salt byabsorbing moisture from the air would tend tospoil thc bread. A patt of tho heel may In- re¬

placed with advantage by salt.laid, which isfound to improve the flavor. Tho proiiortinnof meat to flour should not exceed mic nail, ho

as to insult- complete digestion. Bread modewith a suitable proportion ol veal is saul lu fur¬nish excellent soup fur the sick and wounded.

FISH ON THE PACIFIC COAST.As a result of tho Inborn nf thc members of

thc United States Fish Commission ou IhePaeilic coast, there have been forwarded overmic and a half tons ol specimens of tish to thcSmithsonian Institute nt Washington. Fifty ofeach kind have been sent, so us to maka aworking scries in each variety, mid nlso to per¬mit <»l duplicates being sent to the BritishMu>cum, the Jurd in dca Plumes in Pans, amithc other'important museums of the Continent.There nie, up to this time, 252 known speciesof fish op tho Paeifle coast between Victoria,Vancouver Island, ou thc north, and Sun Diego.California, on tho south, of winch some 20Uhave already been sent to Washington. Of thctotal numlier, forty-six are new sjiccies in¬digenous to those waters, thirty-one of themhaving been discovered by iPio'tessor Jordan.Several sharks have been lound, amougtthem c.

huge u man-eater " shark, the first recorded onetaken on that coast. lu Its stomuch, as statedby tho fishermen who caught it, was found ii

Kc.a-liou which weitrhed a little over one hun¬dred pounds. These sharks resemble tho com¬

mon European sharks. This is an interesting

fact for natural historians, a* showing the wideextent of sea over which they range.

experimentI^TIiagnetism.An interesting ex- jriment in magnetism has

been described to die French Academy by M.Obiilski. Two ir^gnetic needles are suspendedby fine threads attached to uniT.e poles, overwater in a vessel. Their distance from eachother isa little greater than the Rum of theirradii of mutual attraction, and their poles are

opposite each other. The water is graduallybrought up over them by means of Ja tube ofcaoutchouc, connected with tho ve.-tsrl andwound on a dram. When immersion begins,the needles approach each other by their im-mciscd pnrts, and when the immersion hasreached tho third or fourth of the needles'length, they go together. The. explanation seemstobe that, what hindered (he approximation oftho needles was their own weight; and theforce of gravity being weakened bv the immer¬sion, the magnetic forces become manifest. Acorresponding though opposit". phenomenon is

witnessed when the needles are suspended bytheir poles ol Ihe same namo.

VEGETALINE.A new compound hus been patented m Eng¬

land nuder tho name of VeaetaJine, which is in¬tended ns a substitute for ivory, coral,deaf her.caoutchouc, etc. Ikis prepared as follows : Cel¬lulose (woody tllire b from nny source whatever,is treated with sulphuric acid of 58° B. (=-.-p.gruv. 1.670) at 15° C. (=.V.)° Fuhr.), thenwashed with wulcr to remove excess of acid,dried, and converted into a fine powder. Thisis mixed with resin-soap, fal a mortar, and thesoda nf ihe soap is removed by treatment withsuplbute of aluminum. Thc mass is now col¬lected, dried again, and pressed into cakes byhydraulic pressure. These oakes are then cutInto thin plates, which ure shaped by nguiu sub¬jecting them to pressure. By adding castor-oilor glycerine lo thc mu-s before, pressure, thoproduct may be made transparent. Colors maybc imparted by the, use of vegetable coloringagents. Facts raavecting the strength and elas¬ticity of this product are wanting.

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A DRIED UP LAKE.Where nt one time, says 'Ihe lui)ela Leader,

was Ruby Lake there is now not a drop of water.Seven or eight years ugo this sheet of waterwas fiom 18 to 20 miles long, and varied inbreadth from half a mile to two or three milesiiml in a numlier ol places was very deep.Thc Like was ted by niinienuH spiinirs alongIhe fool ot Ruby Mountain, and was the largest,butly of waler in Eastern Nevada, For some

years past it has been gradu illy drying up untilit has at Inst totally disappeared. No causefor its dia,ippear.ince ran bc assigned. TlieKuliy range of mountains is considered thehugest ami liuest lulwc- n the Rocky .Mountainsnml the Sierra Nevudas, and besides beingWell wooded has been tbe best wateredmountain range iii Nevada.

ELECTRO (III.DINT,.Electra gilding in vat iou* colors may be

readily effected, says The knaineei; by addingto ihe gold bath small quainities of copperin liker solution until the desired tint isobtained. A small quantity of silver solutionadded to the gilding hath causes thc depositla assume a pole yellow tim. By increasingthe dose of silver solution a pale greenish lintis obtained. Copper solution added to thocold bath yields a wurm red cold tint. It is

recommended to usc a current nf rather hightension such as that of the Bunsen batteryfor depositing the alloy of gold and copper.

A SUBSTITUTE IOU GOLD.Many am lite compounds put forward -villi

more or liss success to imitate sold. Anewpreparation, says Iron, is made of copper, 100parts; pure tin, 1"; manganese, <>; commontartar, li; ammonia, 3.60 j und chalk 1.60.Thi* i-. said lo lunn so close un imitation ol'Un- precious until mat lt eau only bc. dis¬tinguished hom it hy the difh-rence in weight.Tlie a!!ov can also lie worked into leavesalmost ns thin ns those of gnni.

lill. LADIES' .UUI. OX A JUSE MORSISG.from London soeiety.

A rare June day. ti pies ant scans,A ..ruin- mr. ti -iky unclouded.

Hon sweet (boee elms'new-budded green I.Tin Ladies' Anio ts crowded.

A c iv kaleidoscopic show,lu i'..lui ,f iii',, h all unending,

Thc ri lill S lt.IC lue ll th ellie tl till ITO,Ki vulviug, parting, blending,

O, there :ir<- forms "f Jiitiii-iiiould.Alni palfreys turlee! in their paces,

And ti' ss h li!.c k nti'1 brown timi gold,Alni priniil Hint piquant faces.

One face, sudd a hundred here.Mm. n; e!\ i.ri; il l-l I, ii. hiv tinted ;

One coble ls-*-".how s.ift snd dearI.I pun in.v heart is printed.

(tweet, in those far-off wistful eyes,I lie jangling life ar.nii.il unheeding,

1 think ti I'll rt- heart-history ln-s,.Nut ilttllrtilt ot re Hiing.

I (bink,ere London wmrl and strifeInvolved yon m their 'wildering mases.

Von liv il n simple pastoral lifeA ti...tu' your 1ml-. ttuil daisies,

I think vmi think you'd gladiv changeVi.ur throne shove ihe rival h.-unties

For tliat old life's mill tiered tungi',Its thoughts and dreams ami duties.

1 think 'twere sweet to lead you back.Ami watch (.ia London's towers should

du iiull')Yonrsofl cheeks win the bloom tliev lack,

Your great eye* lias* and kindle,I think -hut, see, sin- mles away ;

Mic lu tits t lu- until in cauter Iupul;She's coin-; tin- Niiii-I. fulls the day,

'1 hu Mite Ik st uh' alni vapid.

LITERARY RECLUSES. .

/Yojn Chambers's Journal.Mr. Itvan. librarian ol th" Kilkenny Library So¬

ciety, uncle liunlot his idols, dcuvintr himself ciel yhixur* and not a lew necessaries in order tu add tobis collection j tbs well-furnished library of whichhe was custodian heirn: insiifHcieul to satisfy hisliterary cravings, lie lived in Hie lipper patt ofthe society's premises, bn I admitted no oue to en¬ter his ro'iins tor nny purpose whatever. On hissudden deslh, In 1800, their privacy waa pei forceInvaded, His bedroom, or wbal passed fer snell,wa- found toeotitain nothing in the way of furni¬ture save sn old sofa, vt Indi bad served him lm a

bed, upon vt bieh lav a nair nf old blankets, his mlenightly covering. Piles nf luniks were heaped uppromiscuously lu every direction. Bo lu hi*- fut nng-ioi un, there was scarcely space to move for dust*covered volumes, of winch tho owner had appar¬ently mails rery little ute, contented, like ninny sn¬other collector, with merely haying acquired them.A wealthy eccentric living in ii I reneh provincial

town wss not open tu that reproach, Ile dweltul..ne m ti secluded house, admitting no one hut it

charwoman, who prepared his meals, and a newsag.-ni, wbobrouaul hun thnt vcr forty journals ata time. One day even they could nut obtain ad¬mission, and the police wein culled Upon to inter¬vene, Upon Dutering thu solitary bedroom in thehuns.'.a rixuii ss squalid as it well could be.thorecluse wns found dead on tho bod, which couldonly In* reached by passing through it ruvine, thosides of which were composed ol thousands ol news¬papers aud novels, whoso perusal hud been tho bolodelight mid oeoupal inn of Ins wasted life.

ElOS MASSEUS.

From The Fhilwleljihla Trltyra)ih.Abeu! ii year ago, while uear Windsor, I lostmv

wtiv, mid chancing to meet n vonna Etonian, cladin tin- traditional short Jacket, stove-pipe hut, midturued-down collar, which excite so much amusedwonderment in the American mind. I politely askedhim if I wen) lu Ihe right, path. The voling black¬guard tunk no more notice ol ny civil question thanif I litul been ii stone, bat went on his way With an

Imperturbable equanimity which would have beenamusing were it nut nu disgusting. I wonder whath it ill-hied cul) would have thought had I told himWhat was on the tip of my tongue to let him know,1. e., that, with all bisconceited airs, he was not onlyrroeivitg his education like n pauper, but was de-pnving sollie other hid of bis Just rights.

'j he explanation of tbs young patrician's inso-lonco was given to me afterward. It seems thatwo "hadn't been Introduced, you know," ann

Etonians carry thou- oxcIusivoiiosh tosuoli a pitchthat they will not, if they can possibly avoid it,hold the slightest communication with any onewilli whose antecedents they aro not familiar, orwho hus not be.n vouched lor by n pioper Introduc¬tion. Had I heard this story second-hand, I shouldhardly havo credited it, hut as tho Incidcut oc¬curred tn myself. 1 cnn vouch for its accuracy j andii linly of good hirth and station, to whom 1 men¬tioned tim circumstance, assured me that she ex¬perienced a similar suuiplo of Etonian politeness.When mon in thc late Prince Albert's position willnot contaminate th rm ne Una by receiving a gundirect from tho vulgar banda of their game keeper,lt is perheps not so very singular that the youngergeneration ot patricians can lind no hotter moansof oasei ting their dignity than by the exercise ofsnob insolence ss would disgrace tho dirtiest mud¬lark that paddles about tho streets of London.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.rn

Pastorless Churches..The facts whichcame out at the recent General Assembly of thePresbyterian Church respecting churches vi hiohhave no pastors, give interest to what is calledan .* overture " to the Assembly from the Pres¬bytery of Iowa City, showing what the Pres¬bytery believes to be tn largo measure the causeor these vucant pulpits. The overture is anearnest.an almost ^painfully earnest.protestagainst a too great dependence on the ministerfor tho prosperity of tho church, aud tho evills declared to be so great that it ig difficult toframe a sentence that shall compass all itsphases. Extraordinarv mental gifts are de¬manded, and if tho minister fails to give pop¬ular preaching and to build up tlie church he istirivon from his place by various means, one ofwhich is " tho abominable practice of withhold¬ing the payment of his salary." The questionsba is constantly confronted with aro these:" How smart are you ." " Can yon make iherental of these pews pay the salary nnd allcurrent expenses." "Can you steer success¬fully between the Scylla of orthodoxy and theCharybdis of liberalism ." Unwelcome as thestatement is. the position of tho present averagechinch appears to be that it is to succeed or failaccording to tho ability of tho minister alone.The entire responsibility is to bo thrown onhim. The language of his call, " That von maybe free from worldly cares and avocations, we

promise,". a solemn promise that it is.isbroken ruthlessly, and tho pastor for want ofbis salary, which ls purposely withheld, seesnothing betwcen]humiliation niid|flndiug|nnother.burch. Many churches, therefore, are withoutpastors simply because the churches drive themiway. "The peril of a degraded ministry," isthe title which thc Iowa City Presbytery givesto its overture. Tho outside world will learnwith soce astonishment ol' the degree of feelingwhich oxistsin this matter. There ispreat forcein the assertions often mado that a want of thotrue religious feeling exists wherever a man isnot unable to worship alone, and with littlethoughf or care for what the minister says orliis neighbor does. There has been introducednto churches of late a large deal of vulgar am¬bition for success as a chinch in a purelynateria! way, nnd to imagine a congregation inhiv ' growing " American town which should bo¦nntcnt to worship in a little rude stone churchivith ivy growing over it like ono sees in Eng-aml, would be to imagine aud never to realize.Itrick, mortar, and dressed stone, black walnutind upholstery, a high steeple with bells, andi big debt an much prefened.Ai.gti.l ov Prayers..In asking thnt his

tame be added to the mr mini-ship of theChurch Service Society of London, the Duke»f Argyll has written a lefter to ex->lain tho views with which ho does it.ile should be glad, ho says, to seeinion;; ministers nnd congregations tho sys-einatic, but not the exclusive use, ofhose forms of supplication of which theLord's Prayer is both thc typo and great ex-irnple. No one would deprecate more thanic should tho monotony and rigidity of a coui-

lulsory rule, or the abandonment of spontane¬ous prayer, nnd it is noi the sub-titution ofmo tor the other lint a eotnbin dion of thewo that be desires most to see, Kach has itsiwn dangers. Any constant repetitioa of theutile words has an inevitable, tendency to be-'ome nu <liiiiiic.il, ami, ou thc other hand,.|)i)iit.incous prayer, unless uttered under con-lit ions both ot form and spnit which aro sotften wanted, is difficult for congregations:o join in, and sometimes even hardo listen to. On the subject of church musicie is "old-fashioned enough to prefer groat Ivlie use of the human voice alone." uud heooks with some regret on the notion whichleonis to bo growing, thai wheo un organ hasleen Introduced, tho best hus been done thatmd be done to give greater life and varietyo public worship. He adds that it has beenmimed out by a great authority that there isligh traditional witness to an extensive use>t ihe human voice in thc worship of tho.arly church. Again, he says that whetheror prayer or for praise, whether for languageiddrcssed directly to God or for words yieid-ng comfort and instruction to them whoitand by and bear, there is no liturgy com-Arable with the Psalms, which aro the com-noti heritage of tho Christian Church. Thenore systematic reading ot them would alone,io thinks, bo a great, reform.

IsTof.F.KANCEiN Wai.f.s..Lord I-omhyn's ac¬ion in refusing to thc Calvinistic .Methodists nf'aiparvonshirc, Wales, the use of a c< itaiu.nVMiear Bangor for tbe annual neetiag known ashe r?asswon, bas created, it is said, a powerful'celina not only m Carnarvonshire hut throuch-mt Willes generally. Tins denomination is thettongesi in Noithcrn Wah-s, and its meetingilways attracts un immense number of peoploi. lu Liverpool nml nil the Welsh towna. Heru-olore i.'ic uso of a certain Held has been gruntedty laud Penrhyn os a sanction to ihe consent otlie tenant, ami it is hinted that bis refusal now- due to the personal pique he feels nt the de-cnt ol his son an I heir as the Conservative can-liilate lor Parliament at the lost election.A' lieu certain ol' the minsters and prominent'burch members lem their aid in securing the-lection ot thc Liberal candi.late, it was sur-niaed that some difficulty would bo found in.curing tho Betti for tho next meet mg, and

liter thc tel ins had lecently been iigieod uponnth die tenant, the casu \>as laid before thoaanager of the Penrhyn estate, and a direct re-u*al was at once returned. A second applies-ion '(suited with a liko refusal. It was thenIcteinuned to ai ply directly to Ins I.oioohip,tho lives in London. His answer was thalHider existing circumstances ha did not see thexpciliencv of allowing his tenant to let thenml, ami he milled thai tlu-ie were other 'fieldsn Bangor besides his whioh could uo doubt beinti.

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Tiik. American Fkikniw.. At the recentearly meeting of tho Luglisli Society of'neilds, ono of a committee who had recentlyisited the Friends in this country ¦,'ttvo nu ac-oiint of his observationa, Criticisms had beenlade on ifit- lack ot' discrimination ol'icu shownnie. in admissions to membership- and hecplicd to them that much allowance should lmnillo tor the circumstances ot tho American'Wends. In n certain district he Was fold thatcarciiy nny Friend possessed books ol' the totalallic of $"">. They have veiy few books indeed.limy ot their ministers ato out of pocket byheir Qoapel journeys, sometimes to a largemount, in this way their ministers ure a self-enyins body. The Arnot man Friends gen¬ial.y nave also, of late years, ho fcuid, shownn increasing disposition to contribute to theravelling expenses of their ministers, both atonie and when Journeying iu Europe.Fur.K Si-KEcuUi-iiEf.P..Professsor Robertsonmith, wno aroused a fierce sto'iu of attack incotlanil by an article in the u EncyclopirdiaIritauniea, in which he denied tho Mosaicri'.in ol Deuteronomy, bas been restored to hishan in the Free Church Theological Seminaryt Aberdeen, Pioussoi (Mackie celebrates thiaictoiy in the sonnet printed below iGinni news I ("ond news! truth triumphs tit'or all ITin.ii L-l) .nula sn immy, yet the wino uro more,The triggest louis still make the loudest Uaw)And ti niinpti.till the notes ure counted o'-r.Him.il firm, my soul, mut liohl uo ¦due-tor fear 1Tliouril priests ami lilKots stand In milt' nu av,I. irui-aeaitedTiinli, with 8.ii-.e for sarine**',O', i si...'li und st..tic will st'inn Itu coiiipii'i'iiiir way.(ind blent Hue. Smith I Thou dld'~l uni slink nw.iyWith shitty couipromUi' fruin Inuit of buttle;No lion's runr thou lut-inl'st In ins ¦*,' bray,No Jot-Inn '.builder la h bitby'd rattle;Tun- suhlier thou, ami faithful to my Lord,Who mud.' Noi petttio I tunU you, but » sword.' "

Bad Hamts Discarded.. There aro few vil-iges m the hind where so little tobacco is useds in Oberlin, Ohio. It is doubted if twclvoabitunl smokers cnn be found muong thoivolve hundred members of tho two leadingburches, but publio sent munt was recentlyulled to tho increase there of the salo ofrbacco, and a moulin1* to take counsel in thetatter was held. A candid and temperateilk on the evils of the danits of .smoking andhewing was held, nnd several persons who.ero continued iu one or thc other habit were.d to abandon it, and the proprietors of two ofio five or six stoics that sold tobacco gave uplie further sale of it [cheerfully and withoutrgmg. _

Canon Kyle's consecration as Bishop of thoow See of Liverpool took place on riday, aeek ugo. in York Minster. Some disappoint-mut had been expressed at Liverpool thntio consecration was not held either in Liver*ool or in Chester, so that the people might'itness it. It is explained tbat the Arch-lshop of York was willing to conse-rate iu Liverpool, but a suitablehared could uot be found, and to visitbester was thought to be not. desirable owing> the Bishop's domestio affliction and the

absence of the Dean*.Dean Howson, who ha*been for som? months rn this country.Tl e number of delegates from this country

to the Robert Raikea Sunday-school celebration,to be held in London and elsewhere in England*on Jane 28 to Joly 4. is 225. From Canadathere are forty-six. Tbe delegates from thia .

city are the following i The Kev. Dre. JohnHall, W. M. Taylor, E. A. Reed. 8. H. Tyng,jr.. and E. P. Rogers t the Revs. A. F.Schauffler, E. D. Murphy, and J. F. Potter IGeneral Clinton B. Fisk, and Messrs. E. G.Mitchell, Ralph Wells. C. & Blackall. C. B.Knevals, T. A. Brouwer, and James Talcottfand Miss M. Louisa Clauson, Miss Jenny B.Merrill, Miss Helena L. Davis, and Mia* CarrieW. Pitkin.

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At a recent English dinner, the health of Car¬dinal Newman having been drunk with neal,enthusiasm, tbe Cardinal., remarked, * intacknowledging tbe compliment, that- it waaa matter of surprise to him, after haring Int)certain sense lived separate from the world, tafind that there was such a feeling of kindnessabroad toward bim, and tbat people had for biawhat be might call romantic feelings. Ha waaonly a mau like themselves, he added, and If iehan been the will of Providence to do anythingby him, lt was what, of course, God might haradone by any oue else if lt had pleased him.Tbe work of rebuilding Tremont Temple-

Boston, makes rapia progress. By the middle)or last of July it is expected. that the stru-starawill be ready for use, and that services will bohold in it. The shops on the ground floor willbe ready for their tenants much earlier, prob¬ably by the end of June. They have all beenrented, and persons who {occupied rooms in tbaold building are expected to return. The topfloor will be used by tbe Baptist MissionaryUnion.

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A well-known English Wesleyan ministerwho baa a high rank among his fellows, is re¬ported as saying he does not remember a singleinstance wbere a Methodist minister haa for¬saken Methodism for tho religion of Rome. Haadds that the names of all tbe members of tbadenomination whom he ever heard of as Joiningthat Church he could more than count on thefingers of one hand._A priest of the Greek Church at Athens baa

been making a special effort to stop the practiceof seeping shops open on Sunday, and withvery good success. His sermons were atten¬tively listened to by the keepers of shops aswell ns by people tn general, and the shop¬keepers have been led to agree that hereafterthe doors of their establishments sholl be kepiclosed on the Day of Rest.The Professorship at Auburn Theological

Seminary, which was made vacant recentlyby the resignation of Dr. Herrick Johnson.and has been tilled again by the election olAnson J. Upson, D. D., of Albany, ls to haveits fund increased by $40,000, of whichDr. Willard, of Auburn, hos already given$10,000._

A dispatch from Rome affirms that CardinalNewman's recent address on the conversion ofEngland to Catholicism has u engaged the veryearnest attention" of the Pope, and tbat he haacaused his special thanks aud congratulationsto be conveyed tu the Cardinal for it.

It has been decided by the English nnd'Amer-ican braucbes of the Bible Revision Committeeto print the revised edition of the Bible in para¬graphs according to tbe sense, rather than iiicdapteis aud veises as is now done, and.also toprint the poetic parts in poetic measure.

A report says that Edward Everett Hale haawithdrawn his name from tbe list of membersof the St. Botolpb Club, of Boston, giving aathe reason that ne cannot approve the use ofwines and liquors furnished by tbe club.A Congregational minister at Brynamman,

England, with about seventy members of biacongregation, has gone over to the Church ofEngland._

Dr. Philip Scbaftris announced to speak .to¬night lu the independent Catholic church atTwenty-eighth-st. aud Madison-ave.President Hayes has been elected a vice-

President oi the American Bible Society.CUBREXT BELIGIOUS OPINION. .

STAGGERED BY JOSEPH COOK.From The S'ne-York Examiner and Chronicle {Baptist)

The ttbserver is haviug u little scrimmage with Mr.Joseph Cook ahout the latter's lecture on Wpirit-ism. Mr. Cook denies emphatically tbat he is aSpinti.st. and he certainly ought to know whs. hisown heliofs are. Hut on thc other hand, The Oft.seiver convicts him of having said thums In his lec¬tures tbat are hard to reconcile with his disclaimer.It offers Mr. Cook tbe nse of its columns to explainttn- inconsistency, and it b to be hoped that theBoston lectnrer will avail himself of this offerspeedily. The "ditor of Jae Observer is by nomeans tho "uly person who was staggered by somethings iu Mr. Cook's last lectures.

TOB-CCO IN TflE MINItfTRT.From The Boston Uo>igregatioi,aUst.

The action of the recent Methodist General Con"terence In regard to tobacco was so absurd that wedo nut i* onder at the fau which is being made of lt.Whatever the brethren may have thought in tbematter, they ought to have been consistent iu theiraction. What t nov did was to decree that the useof tobacco shall be forbidden hereafter to candi¬dates for the Methodist ministry. What theyshould have done was to leave tbe subject to the-in-dividual conscience, where ir properly belongs, orelse to prohibit tbeir whole ministry, old and youngalike, veteraus and candidates, from tbe bishopsdown, from using it. If it be wrong for tbe candi¬dates, lt is especially wrong for their seniors.

A BIT OF POOR HUMAN NATURE.From The Xeio- York Christian at Work.

A correspondent from a neighboring city writesus deprecating "tbe stingy economy which justnow bids fair to keep relatives and fne.ida from the..rave, and which would reduce tbe funeral servicesto the most barren rites."' A consultation of thedirectory shows tbe writer to bo an undertaker.

FREE THOUGHT IN A CHURCH.From The Christean Union.

Later information respecting the case of ProfessorRobertson Smith shows tbat decision to have beenu fur more decisive vioiory forrebgious free thoughtin tbo Church ot Scotland than would appear fromthe first brief repm t. Tbo question whether everyprofessor in every theological seminary is bound loquit his chair whenever he makes au advance incritical knowledge, is oue of very great interest toall lovers of the truth in the Church and out of it.Ii it is necessary to endow a new seminary everynun' u new di-.cove.rv is made in criticism or a newtin night is born in 'theology, tbe progress of criticalaud theological science will be both slow and ex¬pensive. _

CAPTIOUS,fra*, ile Baptist Weekly.

It ls said the Hov. Dr. Duryea is te be the next1.Muan Beecher Lecturer on Preaching at Yale Col¬lege. If these lectures aro continued for a hundredyears what an exhaustive treatment the topic willhavel Cerfninlv any one *vbo can say anythingoriginal on preaching in a few years' time will be rn

E benoni "non. Already most people think we havead about euough of it.

UNWISELY GRIEVED.From The Xeie-York Independent.

The Central Baptist is grieved thut tbe patter ofthe .Second linplisi Church, ni St. Louis, Dr. W. W.Boyd, should have beeu married in bis own churchby Dr. Kliot. u Uuitarian. We don't understandwhy. Don't the laws of Missouri allow a Uuitarianclergyman to solemnize marriage, and what betterplace is there than a church to solemnise it in t

JOnN BROUGHAM'S ORAVE.From The Boston Pilot tCatholiei

"To all my fi tends 1 leave kind thoughts," saidJohn Brougham in his last will nnd testament. Itis a chit;-.icicriti ic legacy, and all that poor Broug¬ham had to give. Ho never kopt enough of anv-t In mr, but ennnty and good nature, to have a sur¬plus al the end. Au incident at his burial illus¬trated his utter uust-ili.-iliness through life, ihefriends who followed his body to reen wood weredelayed there some time by the difficulty of settingthe collin into the grave that had been opened forit, o,Mug to tho space hoing so narrow, While tbefriends waited, tho cause of the grave being socramped was explained. Some years agog youngactress, a stranger in the country, died in extremepoverty, lt was found difficult to get enoughmoney to bury her. Brougham had no money togive, out he offered a grave In his plot in Green¬wood. His wife had beeu buried atone side of theplot, the friendless young aetress at the otber, audwhen tbe time came that he, too, should be buried,tbore was scarcely enough room remaining tore*esivn his body. He bad thought of himselfIssi, asfae always did, sud bis generosity hsmperei kineven in the grave.

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PREACHERS AND TOBACCO.From Tue .Set.-York Msnminer and Chronicle.

Probably a great many people who do not use ta¬bacco themselves, nor regard favorably its uss byothers, wdl all the same think it rather absurd fora denomination, or any part of a denomination, tomake such use the proof of a mail's nafltaess tepreach the Gospel, aud the .uffloieot cause tor biarejection by a oonfurenoe as a oanUidate for Oldination.