Notes On Literature Science, And Art.

a thunderstorm . The flowers show red spots whenever rain-water has wetted the surface after a shower during the night . A few of the flowers rubbed in a glass of water will give a bright blue liquid , which will instantly redden if a drop of nitric or other acid be put in ; and the blue will be restored by neutralisation . But if the alkali is much in excess , it will turn green , and return to blue on neutralising again . Water coloured by the red convolvulus will turn blue on the addition of an alkaline salt , but is not so sensitive as the blue . " Boss Cottage , Slol-esley .

Lost And Saved; Or, Nellie Powers, The Missionary's Daughter.

LOST AND SAVED ; OR , NELLIE POWERS , THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER .

. BY G . H , LOO MIS . CHAP . VIII—Continued . AND so time passes ; time that destroys great cities , mammoth structures , ancl - - great minds ; time that in its fli ght causes hearts that were young to grow old , that fond into that makes

changes hopes despair , the small great , and then blots the great out of existence ; that reaches its great hand over all the world , ancl gathers everything within its grasp , and slowly but surely crushes out its life . Five weeks had passed , aud the "Sparkling Sea" was again on the bosom of the great ocean . Within a short week after entering port she had been loaded , ancl once more her anchor had been raised , not to be again dropped until thousands of miles had been sailed over . .

During those five weeks , there had been some pleasant days , ancl some clays that were not pleasant . During this time , the crew aboard the " Sparkling Sea " had spun yarns , ancl cracked jokes , as countless as the stars . Jacko had performed any quantity of funny tricks on the shrouds ancl stays of the vessel , much to the amusement of his mistress ; while the parrot , which had ' been christened like all other parrots , Poll , had done so many bad things that many vows had been made the tain and his

by cap officers to sooner or later close its . book of life . A great many times he had roused tbe captain out of a sound sleep , by the cry of " all hands on deck , " or " eight bells , " which he had learned to speak in the voices of the different officers . Hearing an officer speak would give him his key-note , and during that officer's watch , Poll did all his talking in that person ' s tone of voice . It was on an evening , just five weeks after leaving pork , that the crew of . the

" Sparkling Sea " were gathered around the forecastle employed in their usual evening vocation of spinning yarns . Each man had his little black pipe , and clouds of smoke , which , although not made by the most costly tobacco , made beautiful wreaths in the eyes of the men as they sailed along over their heads ancl disappeared . " Barney , " said Dick Flynn , "I votes ye pass along that ' ere tobacey can , an' then after we ' ve all filled up again , I votes Tom Mooney sings us that ere splendiferous hisen the Rio Grande

song , o' , 'Down on . "' " That ' s it , " cried the men in a chorus , " give it to us , Tom . " " Now shipmates don't be askin' me for the same , for I forgot it long ago . But there's Dick Flynn , hisself , that has a v'ice loike a crow , so swate it is , an'he can sin * as many songs as iver there was in the odd Muther Goose book . " ° " No , no , Tom , give us a song , " cried the men . " Wed thin , I'll do the bist I can , but I'll not go to warrant that I'll plaze you . "