St Nicholas [serial] . while Jack, worn outwith rubbing and crying, lay asleep by the was Nellie ? and what could be the mean-ing of the red fitful glare in the light-house tower?Almost sinking with fear and apprehension, thefather had mounted the stairs, and there, at thefirst glimpse of his little daughter,—pale and trem- 58o GUNPOWDER. IJn bling, yet standing firmly at her post,—he had readthe whole story. And how proud he afterward wasof his brave little girl, we can very well imagine. Aunt Sylvie had been prevented returning homeby both the storm and the illness of the fisherma
St Nicholas [serial] . while Jack, worn outwith rubbing and crying, lay asleep by the was Nellie ? and what could be the mean-ing of the red fitful glare in the light-house tower?Almost sinking with fear and apprehension, thefather had mounted the stairs, and there, at thefirst glimpse of his little daughter,—pale and trem- 58o GUNPOWDER. IJn bling, yet standing firmly at her post,—he had readthe whole story. And how proud he afterward wasof his brave little girl, we can very well imagine. Aunt Sylvie had been prevented returning homeby both the storm and the illness of the fishermanswife. She had felt no anxiety about the children,believing that their father must have returned. ti The little family at, the light-house live there sthappy and contented. Nellie is a big girl noUncle Brister, who entirely recovered, is today very fond of telling this story to the people wsometimes in summer cross over to visit the liglhouse. Guess its de fust light-house was eblighted up wid pine-knots, he GUNPOWDER. By J. A. Judson. I HAVE no doubt you all have seen some of thatinnocent-looking stuff, like black sand, which iscalled gunpowder; and I think you will be inter-ested, as the Fourth of July draws near, in knowingsomething about it. Though it appears to be, and really is, a verysimple compound, yet to make it properly is animportant art, and its invention and introductionhave had quite as much influence as that of steamin shaping the destiny of nations. The word powder is not sufficiently descriptive,since any pulverized substance may be so , therefore, has given us the name gun-powder, because, among Europeans at least, it atfirst was chiefly employed to propel balls and bul-lets from rude guns and cannon, although nowwe make use of it for various other purposes, suchas splitting rocks, throwing life-lines, and in charg-ing fire-works and fire-crackers. I will tell yousomething about fire-crackers that perhaps some ofyou do not know. When y
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