' i..!
Farm, (i.irdcn and Household.
rnper-hanginps for vrnUn nre known
to everybody. It is now proprmptl to
use linngiups mntle of mtt.nl, nnd nn ne
ronnt of this npw invention, which
comes to nn from Pnris, hns boon roml
before the Society of Arts. The metal
employed is tinfoil in sheets nbout six
teen feet long, nnd from thirty to forty
inches wide. The sheets nr'e pninted
and dried nt n high temperntnre, nnd
nro then decorated with many different
patterns, mich as foliage, flowers,
geometrical figures, imitation of wood,
or landscapes. When decorated, the
sheets nre varnished, and again dried,
and are then ready for sale.
A new mode of washing linen lias
been introduced and adopted in Ger
many. The operation cousists in dis
solving two pounds of soap in about
three gallons of water as hot as the hand
can bear, and adding to this one table
spoonful of turpentine and three of
liquid ammonia; the mixture must then
bo well stirred and the linen steeped in
it for two or three hours, taking enre to
cover up the vessel which contains them
ns nenrly hermetically ns possible. The
clothes are afterward washed but nnd
rinsed in the usual way. The soap nnd
water may be reheated and used the
second time, but in thnt case half n table-spoonful
of turpentine nnd a table
spoonful of ammonia must be added.
The process is said to cause n groat
economy in time, labor, nnd fuel.
A writer in the Country Omftnnan
says ; " Steers I handle and yoke up
the first winter before they are' a year
old, and during the following summer,
to accustom them to the yoke, nnd to
walk side by side evenly together. The
second winter I put them to light sled,
mill put a small rope around the nigh
one's head, not to guide them by, but
to secure them from running away from
me by some sudden fright or' some
other cause. I then, with a light, short
M'1P, proceed to teach them 'to draw,
to go forward, to stop, to haw and gee.
I use few words with them, and few
motions of the whip, not trying to teach
them too many things at once. 'When
they arc a little older, I teach them to
back by choosing a piece of descending
ground for that purpose, with the empty
sled or cart for a load. I never try to
plough without a driver till steers are
four years old.
An Iowa farmer recommends the fol
lowing device for measuring land. Take
two shits about six feet long, shprpen
one end of each, lay thum upon a floor
like a pair of open compasses, so that
the points shall be exactly fivo feet six
inches apart; now nail 'the other two
ends together and a piece across the
middle, so that it will look like the let
ter A, and the measure is finished. To
measure land place one point at the
starting place and the other also on the
ground in a straight lino for destination;
stand alongside the machine, witli one
hand on top of it; take one step for
ward, tip up the point thnt is behind,
swing it around (from you) on the other
point, nnd set it in line also. A person
in this manner can measure correctly as
fast ns lie can walk three spaces make
n rod walk straight without stopping,
count the spaees, divide these by three,
nnd you have the rods.
Califominns lead in the matter of
dairy cuteness so far as heard from. A
commission firm in San Francisco "late
ly found that some of their customers
were exasperated about something, and
Miliary suspicious and grciaov
looking boulders nnd bricks we're
brought in and deposited on their coun
ters by persons who stated that they
found them in firkins of butter they hail
bought of the firm, and these persons
not unnaturally indulged in remarks
that they could not be deemed compli
mentary to the butter dealers. Au in
vestigation was nt once made, when it
was discovered that a consignment con
sisting of twenty-eight firkins of what
purported to be a choice product of the
dairy was largely "doctored" in this
substantial manner. Some of the firkins
contained from ten to fourteen pounds
of rock nnd brick. Measures were at
once taken to trace the ingenious villany
to its proper source."
A correspondent of the Prairie
J'nrmer, who has had large experience
with swine, says the following are re
liable: J'rcmitirr.One peck wood ashes,
four pounds salt, one pound each of
black antimony, copperas, and sulphur,
quarter of a pound saltpetre. Pound,
mix thoroughly nnd moisten enough to
prevent waste; put in a trough in a dry
place where the hogs can at all times
cat ns much as they please of it. I have
strictly follow'ed directions nnd hnve had
no cholera.
Kcmcdy. It is: Sulphur, two pounds;
copperas, two pounds; madder, two
pounds; black antimony, half pound;
saltpetre, half pound'; arsenic, two
ounces. The quantity is sufficient for
100 hogs, nnd is mixed with slop enough
for a few doses nil round a pint to
each hog. Each time I tried this I had
nbout fifty head, and not one died that
was able to wnlk to the trough and had
enough life left to driuk.
A correspondent of the Vermont Far
mer thus describes an improved poke or
jumping-stick: First put n piece neross
the horns. Then have n piece of hard
wood board, one-hnlf or three-fourths
inch thick, and about three feet long.
Have a hole inserted in the bar across
the horns in such a way that when this
hard wood strip is inserted in it, running
out over the back, ns the animal natu
rntly carries its head, the rear end will
be just free of the back. Drive three
or four shingle nails, ground sharp into
this end, letting them come through
three-fourths of an inch, so thnt as soon
ns the animal makes nn effort to raise
his head to jump the fence, the nails
will soundly prick his back, and he will
be apt to frisk his tail and start for
some feed that is easier to be obtained.
For cheapness nnd durability this ar
rangement is uneoualed. It weighs less
than three pounds; it is not in the way
in traveling nround, and when the ani
mal lies down it is on one side, ns it is
natural for the animal to throw its hend
"opposite to the side it lies on. When
they nre feeding it is upright in the air.
It will keep the animal to which it is
applied whero he belongs, sure.
Everything thnt enters Faris has to
pay octroi duty. For many weeks an
elegantly-nttired gentleman drove a
well-appointed dog-cart from the out
skirts to the city, being attended every
evening by a neat-looking groom. One
night the dog-cart was upset in the
presence of the gendarmes, who, on go
ing to the rescue, noticed that.the groom
had not moved from his seat. " Come,"
said one of the men. The groom pre
served a dignified 6ilence. " Come
down," cried they angrily, " don't you
see your master is hurt ? " " Is he
drunk or stupid?" The groom pre
served his English sang froid, nnd the
employes, giving him a shake, discover
ed, to their unutterable astonishment,
that he was made of zinc, and contained
150 litres of cognac I
A DASH FOR LIFE.
I was out in , during the wild
times that they had Jhera K number" of
years ago. There must, I think, hnve
been five or six hundred of us in and
about 8 . We were surrounded on
all sides by bnslirnngers. Outrages of
every possiblo kind wero of daily occur
rence, and many a brave fellow met his
death in attempting, with others, to
break up tke camps of these daring out
lnws. Did I come nenr losing my life,
you nsk ? Yes, more than once. And
I particularly recall one time of which
I will tell you.
We hnd a small, resolute c.ompnny of
men under us, made -desperate by re
peated wrongs, and they hardly enred
what they did or what risk they ran, in
trying to exterminate thoso fierce bushrangers.
Almost every movement oi ours was
watched ; but Sheldrie Day, our captain
was as keen ns the sharpest of the out
laws. So when an old farmer came in
with his wagon filled with green stuff
and covered with straw, Day watched
his chanco and succeeded in starting
him homeward with a load of rifles un
der the straw.
Toward nightfall one man straggled
off, whistling in one direction, with his
hands in his pockets ; another one an
other way ; another, another ; nnd so
on. Our rendezvous was Dury's Forks,
a lonely track of country, where the
roads branched oil in many directions.
When we got fairly beyond the lim
its haunted by spies, we mended our
pace, and the men were soon coming in
from all directions upon the run, ready
to seize their weapons and go whither
Captain Day might lead.
ShnpiiiK our course in n southwesterly
! direction, we mado what speed the
I tall, tangled, bothersome prairie-grass
! would allow, and crept on stealthily.
The camp of the bushrangers was at
supper ; we surprised it, and a fierce
haud-to-hnnd fight ensued. The fellows
were finally routed ; but somehow I be
came separated from tke rest, and two
or three of the ruffians, discovering my
situation, bore down upon me. In spite
ot my lrantie etlorts they captured me,
! and bore mo with them on the retreat.
' My company probably did not at first
! discover my absence, as it was quite
i dark, and so I was left to the mercies of
a gang of cut-throats,
j With no delicate touch they seized
J upon me, securely bound mv hands, nnd
advised me, with the cold lips of a re
t volver, to keep quiet. They then dash
! ed awny toward a village some miles dis
. tnnt, where their headquarters were, or
i rather where the prison was located,
j Without a word, I was thrust into a
damp, dark, underground apartment,
, whose only aperture for light and air
; was a grated hole which just rose above
, the ground level. I gathered myself up,
; and looked my situation in the face. I
i knew these outlaws well. I had noth
i ing to expect but to be dragged forth
I during the night and hanged upon the
i first projection which offered sufficient
i support for my weight. I was too well
j known as first lieutenant of the K
I Kegulator to hope for mercy. My eoru
! pnnions would doubtless think that I
! had fallen, and leave me to my fate.
Worn out with hard work and care, I
: fell asleep though I have often won
! dcred since nt it from which delightful
; rest I was awakened by n soft, rasping
' noise close by.
j " Eats," I 'mentally commented, nnd
i turned over1
" Hist," said n voice nt the window,
j tlic fir.itrtl op-cmxipj tlmt oowGcl for
one. ",Aro you awake ?"
"Awake and more than awake," I
answered, and immediately brought my
face to the aperture.
! " Be quiet," said the voice. "Their
' guard is pacing not ten yards from here,
but the darkness is favorable. Get this
' iron bar between the rods and wrench
carefully toward you. I have straight
ened out the ends that were clenched
' upon this side."
i Carfully seizing upon the iron bar
j thrust in to me, I inserted the end mi
' der the first rod, nnd gradually started
it.
" Hist! the guard is coming this way;
wait until he returns to the front,"
breathed my helper. " Hist!"
The guard clanked bv, starting the
sweat from every jiore ol my body; for
I expeccted him to stumble upon my
friend and deliverer outside.
1 "Be quick," resumed the voice at
the grating again. " He will return in
just twenty minutes, for I have marked
his beats; and quick."
One after the other each of the bars
was dropped from its place; and then,
; by reaching my hands out through the
aperture, and by dint of using my shoe
less feet against the wall, I struggled,
I and was drawn through. Fortunately,
i I was slim and slight; a large man must
i have hopelessly strangled himself. Xot
, too soon, either, for the -guard turned
the corner at the moment and came to
; ward us. We crouched behind in the
! shade of the projecting wall,
j He heard nothing; saw nothing; paced
: his beat, and went back. Oneo out of
i sight, be very sure wo did not lose any
i time. Springing up, nnd cntehiug by
i the top of the high fence, we swung our
! selves outside.
j " The only thing that I could get,"
j said Davis, leading me to nn old mule,
I nnd cnutioniug me in a whisper to be
' ware of the vicious old animal's heels.
" Now, look sharp; don't take the Red
Forks, mind you. nor the main route
that leads to the court-house. There
are four roads by the Live Oaks, all
running west; you know them; bo sure
don't take the third one, that leads right
into the camp of the outlaws, but the
fourth takes you down among our boys
the Kegs. Mind well my directions,
and ride softly, while I try to take up
the attention of the sentinel."
I mounted in a heterogeneous man
ner, the old mule refusing to remain
i sulucieutlv stationary for me to seat uiv-
I If . S' . i il ! a ,'
sen according 10 uie iasnions oi civili
zation. Bide softly ! Davis must have been
joking. For the heels of that vicious
brute bent the sod as though he were a
drum-major beating the devil's tattoo,
and with considerable more force and
effect. But nt Inst I persuaded him with
my heels to move on, not until I bad
heard the sentinel brawling with Davis,
who was personntiug a drunken man
with great zeal nnd eminent success.
I got out of the place os soon as tke
stiff knees of my animal would let me;
but somehow or other I became con
fused as to Davis' directions.
The stars broke out through the
clouds, and se I passed the Bed Forks,
and the main route leading to the court
house safely, but when I came to the
Live Oaks, there I was out, nnd un
consciously, too. To this day I don't
know how it happened. I certainly
avoided the third road, as I believed ;
instead of which I turned into it. There
deeming myself sufe, I relaxed my vigi
lance, and pictured our men's surprise
when I should ride up to them. Three
quarters of a mile off I could see their
camp-fire glaring. I dii not shout or
apprise them in any way of my coming ;
they were for the most part asleep ; but
went quietly on, and dashed right into
the enmp of bushrangers ; some of
whom had carried me to prison but a
few hours before .
Picture my position. Had I possess
ed n good horse, I should havo made a
rush for it, while, they were petrified
with amazement ; but my treacherous
old benst now refused to move forwnrd
or back. Just then couldn't I have
shouted with Uichnrd: "My kingdom
for n horse!" Well, they had me, more's
the pity, seeing that nenrly nil of them
wer drunk, nnd tho rest unsteady in
their joints. Mnybe they mnde me the
butt of n few thick prnctical jokes, ns
they pulled mo from tho old mule's
back, and bound my'hands; making the
ropo fast to n stump, and setting a
thick, rough fellow to guard me. I was
half palsied by mv mistake, I had made
no resistance. No doubt that ' much
was in favor.
Time passed. Ere long my guard be
gan to snore. I then cautiously worked
my hands, nnd found to my joy, that I
could strain upon the knots, nnd slip
my hands through. This I did. Next
I mado some slight movements to try
my chance, nnd I found they did not
nrouse tho sentinel.
The fire wns dying down to a flicker
ing shade, and I knew that it must be
within nn hour or two of daylight. I
crnwled past my guard; he did not stir,
and keeping well in the shadow, I made
for the horses of the party. When close
up to them, I cautiously roso iiright,
and snatched a picket-pin, seized the
halter, and vaulted upon the back of a
powerful horse. He seemed docile
enough, but the moving him out from
amid the others made them uneasy.
They stamped, and pawed, nnd neighed,
aud'wheiij with n rnp of my heel, as a
spur, we dashed for the cover of the
woods, the disturbance made by these
treacherous animals alarmed the camp.
I wns in for it jiow. Life or death
depended upon the events of the next
fifteen minutes. I dashed into the
thick, tangled woods. Utter darkness
reigned. In liv minutes I was unhorse
ed, but holding to the halter, I leaped
on again, nnd madly dashed forward to
life or to death.
What n ride that was ! Without bri
dle or saddle, dnsliing full tilt ngainst
the wild grape vines everywhere strung
across tke way, went I. Once they
caught me under the chin, nnd swept
me oft over the horse's bock into the
brush with the perspiration oozing from
every pore.
I scrambled out and mounted again.
It was a good horse, but a dangerous
way. Now n dead branch would catch
the corner of my mouth, nnd now some
thing would come in contact with my
eyes, making them sparkle again.
But I escaped. The very danger
which beset my path saved me.
I got through that seventeen miles'
ride somehow, coming out scratched and
bleeding, but alive. Out on the plains,
some live miles from L , I ran upon
the remains of a mule train that had
been bringing us provisions. Tho
drivers lay nround murdered, the enrts
plundered and broken, and one boy of
fourteen, with his scalp clean gone, lay
on the ground, vet alive. I got him up
before me for how could I leave him
there ? and carried him into S .
" But did the boy live, captain ? "
" Bob ? Oh, yes, and afterwards be
came a soldier, too, nnd fought ngainst
the Indians."
" Without his scalp ? "
" Yes, and thereby escaped much
trouble, you understand. Pass the ci
gars." Shark-Fishing In Iceland.
" The Icelanders," says the National
Jfatftzinc, " take no active partem the
whale fishery, but devote themselves,
as a rule, to that of shark and cod.
They fish principally from light open
boats, with projecting prows, and carry
ing only one smidl lug-sail. Bow-boats
are preferred on account of the number
of hands required. The Icelnndic fish
ermen are described ns possessing a
power of endrnnee, nn ability to keep
the sea in nil weathers, nnd a courage
above nil praise ; they s'corn to tk
provisions of nny kind to sea, though
they never neglect to carry their snuff
horns. It is greatly to be deplored that
these hardy mariners are so careless
both as to their personal comforts and
as to tho seaworthiness of their craft.
since to these faults may doubtless be
traced the fact that forty per cent, of
the deaths of the men are caused by
drowning. When n vessel is in search
of sharks, it is anchored nt a place
where they are presumed to be in pre
ference, near the rising edge of a bank.
The anchor used is generally a four
pronged iron grapple, weighing nbout
180 pounds, with fifteen to twenty fath
oms nine-sixteeu inch iron chain cable,
and a 350-fathom long huwser. When
anchored, the fishing commences. If
nothing is caught, the position is shift
ed until the shark is found ; and if the
take is good, the vessel remains at the
post, and rides out tho storm if neces
sary. The lines used ore of the thick
ness of deep-sea lead-lines, fastened to
three fathoms of chain, in the middle of
which a leaden weight of ten pounds to
thirteen pounds is fixed. Under this a
strong six-inch hook is fastened ; the
entire hook is covered with bait, and it
is notched inside the bend to prevent
the latter slipping down. When the
shark is hauled up to the surface it is
killed by means of a long spear. A har
poon is then fixed in it, and the rope
fastened to the ship's side ; after which
the carcase is ripped up by a knife af
fixed to a pole, nnd the liver is taken
out and placed in barrels, and stowed
away in the hold. The value of a car
case is about 7s. 6d. The flesh is sold
to the pensnnts, who bury it in the
ground for two or three weeks, and then
disinter it, wash it, and cut it up into
strips, and hang it in the drying-house.
After one year's drying, it is considered
fit for food. The fiesh hns then assum
ed a clear, reddish-yellow color, which
gives it something of the nppearence of
salmon, so far ns the eye is concerned,
but certainly not the nose, for its pres
ence in a room is very perceptible.
How perceptible it must be in ease of
ten-year old shark flesh, which we are
further informed is accounted a delicacy
among native connoisseurs, wo must
leave to the imagination and olfactory
nerves of our readers to conjecture.
The gall of the shnrk is used instead of
soap. The skin is also turned to good
account ; after being stretched on the
ground and dried, it is used as shoe
leather, though it is not susceptible of
polish. A shark of moderate size yields
two-thirds of a barrel of oil, (reckoning
a barrel at about 140 quarts,) which is
extracted by boiling the liver. A first
boiling gives the light train-oil ; a sec
ond, the darker or common oil. Three
barrels of liver give about two barrels
of oil, and, in calm weather, one small
open boat, if fortunate, may secure about
fifteen barrels of liver in a oouple of
days. In Sweden and Germany, where
the train-oil is much used in tanneries,
it fetches from 55 shillings to 125 shil
lings per barrel.
A Paducah small boy was fined eighty
cents in tho City Court the other day
WORK ;
or, CHRISTIE'S EXPERIMENT.
J'T Loi'tKA M. Alsott.
Author of " little Women," " Oil Fathionei
Girl," Little Men," etc., etc.
CIiAlTEH I.
cnnisrra.
" A UNT BETSY, there's golna; to be a new Dc-
XV elaration of Independence."
" Bless and nave ua, what do you mean, child ?"
And tho Marti I'd old lady precipitated I plo into the
oven with destructive haste.
" I menu thnt, boliiff of age, I am going to take
care of myself, and not 1ms a burden any longer.
ITncle wiihea me out of the way thinks I ought to
go, and, sooner or Inter, will tell me bo. 1 don't in
tend to wait for that.but like the people In ftiiry talea,
travel awny into the world and seek my fortune. I
know I can nnd it."
Chriatie emphasized her speech" by energetic demon.
Rtratlousln the bread-trough, kneading tho dough as
if it was her destiny, nnd she was shaping it to suit
herself ; while Aunt belay Btood listening, with np.
tilted pie fork, and as much astonishment as her
placid face won capable of expressing. As the girl
paused, with a decided thump, the old lady ex
claimed t
"What crazy Uco hnve yon got into jour head
now?"
" A very sane and sensible one, that Rot to be
worked out, so please listen to it, ma'am. I've had
it a good while. I've thought it over thoroughly,
and I'm sure it's the right thing for me to do. I'm
old enough to take care of myself , and If I'd been A
boy, 1 should have been toicl to do it long ago. I
hate lo be dependent, aud now there's no need of It ;
I can't bear it nny longer. If you were poor, I would
not leave you, for I never forget how kind you have
been to mo. I'm a burden to him, and 1 must go
where 1 can take care of myself. I enn't be happy
till I do, for there's nothing here for me. I'm sick
of this dull town, where the one idea is to rlt,
diink and get rich. I don't find any Wends to help
me ua I want to bo helped, or nny work that I can do
well j so let nie go, Aunty, aud find my place, what
ever it is."
" Hut I do need yon, deary, and yon must not think
Vucle don't like you. Uo does, only he don't show
it, and when your odd ways fret him, he alu't pleas
aut, 1 know. I don't see why yon cau't be content
ed ; I've lived here all my days, and never found the
place lonesome, or the folks unucighborly," and
Aunt Betsy looked Dornloned bv the new idea.
"You and I are very dirfcicnt, ma'am. There wan
more yeast put into my composition 1 guess, and after
standing quiet in a warm corner so long, I begin to
ferment, and ought to be kneaded up in time, so that
i rimy uirn out a wholesome loaf, iou can t do this:
so let me go where it can be dime, else I shall turn
our and good for nothing. Uoes that make the
matter any clearer?' And Christie's serioua face
relaxed Into a smile ns her aunt s eye went from her
to the nicely-molded loat offered as au illustration.
"i seo wuot you mcara, Kitty ; but I never
thought on t before. You bo bctler riz than
though, let me tell you, too much emptius makes
bread poor Bluff, like baker s trnsh; and too much
working up makes it hard and dry. Now fly
around, for the big oven is most bet, and this cake
takes a sight of time in the mixiu."
" You haven't said I might go, Amity," began the
girl after a long pause devoted by tho old lady to
the preparation of BOne compound which seemed to
require great nicety if measurement in its ingredi
ents; for when she replied, Aunt Betsey curiously
Interlarded her speech with audible directions to
herself from the receipt-book before her.
" I ain't no right to keep you, dear, ef you choose
to (take a pinch oi' silt.) I'm sorry you ain't happy,
aud think you might ef you'd only (beat eggs six
yo:ks and whites together!, lint if you can't and
feel that you need (two cups of sugarl, only speak to
uncie, una e: no says (a Rquceze or lrosn lemon), go,
my dear, anal take my blCB'iu' with you (not forget,
tin' to rover with a piece of n.iperi."j
Christie's laugh echoed through the kitchen: and
the 0,(1 lady smiled benignly, quite unconscious of
the cause of the girl's merriment.
" I ahnll ask Uncle to-night, and I kuow ho won't
ot'tect. 1 hen I shall write to ace if Mrs. Flint haa
room for me, where I can atay till I get something to
do. There is plenty of work in the world and I'm
not alraid of it: so you'll soon hear good news of
me. j.on t .look sad, for yc.u. know 1 never could
lorgct you, even u I should become the greatest lady
in the land." And Christie left the prints of t'vo
noury but affectionate hands on the old lady's shoul
ders, as she kissed tho wrinkled face that had never
worn a frown to her.
Full of "hopeful funclaa, Christie, salted the pans
and buttered tho dough in pleasant forgctl'iilness of
all mundane affairs, and the ludicrous dismay of
Aunt Betsey, who followed her about tectliving her
mistakes, and watching over her as if this sudden
absence of mind had roused BUfpicioua of her
sanity.
" Uncle. I want to ao awav. and t?et mv own livinr.
if y"bu plecae," was L'biiatie'a abrupt beginning, as
iney sai around me evening nre.
"Hey what's that?" said Uncle Enos, rousing
iroiu me noze ne waa ciijoyiuR. wnn acauuioiu per
ilous proximity to his newspaper and his nose.
Christie repeated her request, and was much re
lieved when, alter a nicditHtivo stare, tho old man
briefly answered:
" Wal, jro altead."
" I waa nil-aid you might think it rnrdi or silly,
sir."
" I think it's the best thiug yon could do; and I
like your good sense in pupposln' on't."
Then 1 may really go V "
" boon's ever you like. Don't pester me about it
till you're ready; then I'll give you a little suthing
to start off with." Aud Uncle Knoa returned to
" Tho Farmer's Friend," as if cattle weio more in
tcrcstiug than kindred.
, Christie was accustomed to his curt speech and
careless manlier had expected nothit g more cor
dial; and turning to her aunt, said, rather bitterly:
"iiid'nt I tell you he'd be glad to have me go ?
No matter! When I've done something to be nroud
of, l.a will be as glad to see me back again." Then her
voice changed, her eyes kindled, and the finu lips
softened with a smile.
"Yea, I'll try my experiment; then I'll get rich;
found a home for girls like myself; or, better still,
be a Mrs. Fry. a Florence Nightlngulc, or "
" How are you on't far stockings, dear ?"
" Christie's castles in the uir vanished at the pro
saic question; but, aftor a blank look, she answered
pleasantly;
"Thank you for bringing nie down to my feet
again, when I was soaring away too far and too fast,
I'm poorly off, ma'am; but if you ore knitting these
for me. I shall certainly start on a rirm foundation."
And, leaning on Aunt Betsy's knee, she jwtiently
discussed the wardrobe question from hose to head
gear. ' Don't yon think yon could be contented any way,
Chrislie. if I make the work lighter, and leave you
more time for your books aud things?" asked the old
lady, loth to lose the one youthlul elcmeut in her
quiet life.
" No, mVam, for I cau't find what I waul here,"
was the decided answer.
" What do you want, child 1"
" Look in the (Ire, and I'll try to show you."
The old lady ohedienUy turned her spectacles that
way, and Christio said ill a tone half serious, half
playful:'
Do you Bee those two logs? Well, that one
smouldering dismally away in tho corner is what my
life is now : the other blazing and singing is what I
want my life so be."
"Bless nie, what in Idee I Thev arc both a burnin'
where they are put. aud both will be asliea to-morrow;
so what difference docB it make ?"
Christie smiled ai the literal old lady; but follow
ing the fancy that pleased her, eho added eamcatly:
" I kuow the end ia the same ; but it does make a
difference how they turn to ashes, and how I spend
my life. That log, with its one dull spot of lire,
gives neither life nor warmth, but lies sizzling des
pondently among the cinders. But the other glows
from end to end with cheerful little flames that go
singing up the chimney with a pleasant sound. Its
light tills the'room aud shine out into tho dark; its
warmth draws ua nearer, making the hearth tho
cosiest place in the house, aud we shall all miss the
friendly blaze when it dies. Yes," she added, as if to
herself, I hope my lifu may be like that, ao that,
whether it be long or shorl, it will be useful and
cheerful while it lasts, will be missed when it ends,
and lcavo something behind besides ashes."
Though she only half understood them, the girl's
words touched the old lady, and made her look aui
iously at the eager young face gazing so wistfully
into the lire.
" A good smart blowin' up with thebeluses would
make the green stick bum most as well as the dry
oue after a tpell. I guess contontcduess is the belus
for young folks, ef they would only think so."
" I daresay you are right. aunty; but I want to try
for myself ; aud if I fail I'll cjme back aud follow
your advice. Young folks alwaya have discontented
fits, you know. Didn t you wheifyou were a girl ?"
" Shouldn't wonder ef I did ; but Euos came along
aud I forgot 'era.' -
"My Enos has not come along yet, and never may ;
so I'm not going to sit aud wait tor any man to give
me independence, if I can earu it for mvscli."
Aud a quick glance at the gruff, gray old muu'iu the
corner plainly betrayed thnt, in Christie's opinion,
Aunt Betsey made a bad bargain when ahu exchang
ed her girlish aspirations for a man whose soul was
in liia pocket.
"Jet like her mother, full of hifalutiu notions,
discontented aud sot in her own idees ; a poor capi
tal to start a fortiu' on."
Christie's eye met that of her uncle peering over
the top of hiB paper with an expression that always
tried her patience. Now it was like a dash of cold
water on her enthusiasm, aud her face fell as she
uswereu quieaiy :
How do you mean, sir ? "
" I mean that you are startin' all wrong; your re
diu'lus notions about independence aud self-cultur'
won't come to nothiu' In the long run, aud you'll
make as bad a failure of your life as your mother did
of her'n."
" Please don't say that to me; I can't bear it; for
I shall never think her life a lailurc, because she
tried to help herself, and married a good man in
spile of poverty, when she loved him I You call
that folly; but I'll cat the same if I can; and I'd
rather have what my father and mother left me, than
all the money you are piling up, just for the pleasure
of being richer thaa your neighbors. "
" Never mind, dear, he don't mean do harm ! "
whispered Aunt Betaey, fearing a storm,
But though Christie's eyes had kindled and her
color deepened, her voice ws,s low and attady, and
her indignation waa of the iuward sort.
" Uncle likes to try me by saying such thinga, and
this is one reason why I want to go away before I
get ahaip and bitter aud distrustful aa he is, I don't
suppose J can make you understand my feeling, but
I d like to try, and then I'll never speak of it again ; "
and carefully controlling voice and face, Christie
u y d:ea, with a look that would have beeu pa
thetically eloquent to one who could have under
alood the tuetiucte ot a strong nature for light aud
freedom. "You say I am discontented, proud and
anibttioua; that's time, and I'm glad of it. I am
discontented, because 1 cau't help teeliug that there
la a belier sort of life than this dull one roade up of
everlasting work, with uo object but money. I can't
starve my so-U for the sake of my body, and I mean
to get out of the treaimili if I can. I'm proud, aa
you call it, because I hate dependence where there
Ua t any love to make tt bearable. You don t iay so
In words, but I know yon begrudge me a horn
tllonfh yon will eaU mo migrated! when I m Rone.
I'm willing to work, but I want work I can put my
hnnrt Into, and feel It doea me good, no nwtler how
hard it Is. I only ask fur a chance to be useful,
happy woman, and I don't think thnt In a bfid ambi
tion. Even if I only An what my dear mother flirt,
earn mv living honestly and happily, and leave
beautiful example behind mo, to help one other wo
man as hers helps me, I shall be satisfied.
Christie's, voice faltered over the last words, for
the thoiijhls and feelings which had been working
within her timing (bo last lew days had stirred her
rlt'eplv, and the resolution to cut loose from the old
life had Hot been lightly made. Mr. Devon had in
toned behind his paper to tuts unusiim uif i "'a
with a sense of discomfort which wan new to him.
But though the words reproached and annoyed, they
did not soften him, and wbn Christie paused with
tearful eyes, her uncle rose, aayiug, slowly, as be
lighted his candle:
" Kf I'd refused to let you go before. I'd agree to It
in. ...... .,a tw.ii,.' i mv jt. and veil are
Roin'' where you 11 get It, so the sooner you're off the
bettor for all on us. t:onie, Dewey, m my -
esve, for wo can't understand tne wnms m in
hfghor natur' ns Christie calls it, and we've nau iec
terin' enough for one night." And with a grim laugh
the old mau quitted tho field, worsted, but in good
order. . ,.,,
" There, thero, dear, hev goon cry, snu n.riov
about ill" rurrcd Aunt Betsey, ns tho heavy
footsteps creaked awav, for tho good soul una a
most old-fashioned and dutiful awe of her lor and
1 shan't cry but act: for It Is high tlmo I vat
off. I've staved for vour sake; now 1 m more mu
n.nn ..a T nn lnat nifht, my
denr old aunty, and don't look troubled, for 1 11 be a
lamb while 1 stay." . , .
ir....t..M iriUA.i 4t.A rtirtstie nwcrit tier
work awav, and sat down to wright the letter which
was tho first atep toward freedom. When it was
done, she drew near to ber friendly ronli-.lowe, the
Are, and till late into the night sat thinking tenderly
of the past, bravelv of the present, hopeful of the
future. Twcntv-bue to-morrow, nnd her Inheritance
a head, a he:irt."a pair of hands: also the dower of
most Now Kuglaud girls, intelligence, courage ana
eommon.Bcnsc. mnuv practical gifts, all niiluen
under the shy pride that soon melts In a genial at
mosphere, much romance and enthusiasm, anil
the Bpint that can rise to heroism wheu the great
moment cornea. ,
Christie was one of that Inrgo class of .women who,
moderatclv endowed with talents, earnest and true
hearted, are driven by necessity, temperament or
principle out into the world to ui;d support, happi
ness and honiea for themselves. Many turn own
discouraged; mom accept shadows for substance,
aud discover their mistake too late; the weakest lose
their purpose and themselves; lint the strong-r
straggle on. and. alter danger and defeat, earn at last
the best possession this world can give ns, the P
sesaion of a brave and cheerful spirit, rich in self
kuowledgo, self-control, self-help. This was the
real desire of Christie's heart; this was lo bo lief
lesson and reward, and to this happy rnd Bhe was
slowly yet surely brought by the long discipline of
life and labor.
Nilting alor.c there In the night, she tried to
strengthen herself with all the good and helpful
memories she could recall, before she went away to
find her placo in the great unknown world. Hhc
thought of her mother, so like herself, who had borne
the commonplace life of home till she could besr it
no longer. Then had gone sway to teach, as most
country girls are forced to do. Had met, loved and
married a poor gentleman, and after a lew years of
genuine happiness, untroubled even by much caro
and poverty, had followed him out of the world,
leaving her liltle cuild to the protection of her
brother.
Christie looked back over the long, lonely years she
had spent in the old farm-house, plodding to school
and lmr?h. and doing her tnsks with kind Aunt
lictsv while a child; and slowly growing into girl
hood, with a world of romance locked up in a heart
hungry for love and a larger, nobler liie.
She had tried to appease this hunger in many ways,
but found little holp. Herl father's old books were
all she coul 1 oonimnnd, aud theso she wore out with
much reading. Inheriting his renned tastes, she
found induing to attract her in the society of
common-place and often coarse people about
She tried to like the buxom girls whose one ambi
tion was to ' get married," and whose subjects of
conversation were "smart bonnets" and "nice dres
ses." She tried to believe that the admiration and
regard of the bluff young farmers were worth striving
for; but when one well-to-do neighbor laid his acres at
her feet, she found it impossible to accept for her
life's ccmpinion a man w hose soul was wrapped up
In prize cattle and big turnips.
Uncle Enos never could lorgive her for this piece
of folly, and Christie plainly saw that one of three
things would surely happen, if she lived on thero
wlih no vent lor her full heart and busy mind. She
would either marry Joe Buttertield in sheer despe
ratiou, and become a farmer's household drudge;
settle down into a soor spinster, content to make
butter, gossip, aud lav up money all her, days: r do
what poor Malty htoiie hnd done, try to crush and
curb her needs and aspirations till the struggle
grew too hard, and then, in a tit of despair, end her
life, and leave a tragic story to hauut their quiet
river.
To escape these fates, but one way appeared; to
break loose Irom thin us .-row lifo, and go out into
tl'.c world and Bee what she could do for herself
This idea was full of enchantment for the eager girl,
and, after much earnest thought, she had leeolved
to try it.
" If I fail. I can cmun hack," she said to herself.
ovenjwhtlo she scorned the thought of fniluio, for
with ull her shy pride eho was betli brave ana ar
dent, and her dreams were of the rosiest sort.
" 1 won't marry Joe; I won't wear myself out In a
district school for the. mem sum they givo a woman:
I wou't delve awny bore where I a:n not wanted ; aud
I won't end my lite lik.i s coward because it is dull
nnd hard. I'll try my fate ns mother did, and per
haps I mav succeed as well." And Christie's
thoughts went wandering away into the dim, sweet
pnst, when she a happy child, lived with loviug pa
rents iu a diffcri nt world from that.
Lost in thr se tender memories she ant till the old
moon-faced clock behind the door struck twelve,
then the visions vanished, leaving their bcuison be
hind them.
As she glonced backward at the smouldering
Are a slender s;pire of name shot np from tuu
log that hod blazed so cheerily, and shone upon Inn
as sho went. A. good oiiies, gratefully accepted thou,
ond remembered often in tiic years to come.
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Vinegar lllllcrl are nt a vile F.inrv n.mli,
made of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spii its nnd K, t.e
Liquors, doctnrcd, spiced, ami sweetened In pN-.ie the
taste, called "Tonics," " Appellors," "Restorers,"
Sc., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness nnd mi.,,
but nre a true Medicine, made from the native mota
atidhsrbs of California, free frum nil Alcoholic Stii:inl.ints.
1 .,ey arc the (treat Hlood Ptuitier and a I.il'c-uivine
Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invi-ornter of the
System, carryint; olT all poisnuoiis matter ami restoituj?
the blood ton healthv condition, enriching it, rvtVeslimg
and inyihraling both mind ami bndy. Thev are ea-y
of administration, prompt in tlicir action, certain iu their
results, safe and reliable in all fin ills of disease.
No Person enn take these Hitter accord
ing to directions, aud remain long unwell, provided
their bones nre not d;atrovcd bv mineral poison or oilier
means, and the vital organs wasted bevoud llie point
ofrtSpatr.
Lysiepsirt or lurilircstloil. Headache, Pain
111 Ihe Slln.uilers, C'"i!is, Tightness of the Chest, Du
ioiess( jiour Ei'irt.atinns t the Stomach, Had Taste
in ihe Mouth, liilious Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart, Inflammalionof the Lungs, Pain in the regions of
the Kidnevs, and a hunched inker painful symptoms,
are the orTspime; of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
it has no equal, and one bunte will prove a better guar
antee of its meiits than a lengtliv advertisement.
Vnr 1'cniiilc Complnliils, m young or old,
married or single, nt the dawn of womanhood, or the
turn of lite, these Tonic Hitlers display so decided an
jotliieiice that a marked improvement is soon percep-
I'or Iiiflrtmuinloi-y nnd Chronic ltliru
nintism and fjetit. Dyspepsia nr ludijieslion, liilious,
Remittent and luteilimtent Fevers, l'iseases of the
Wood, Liver, Kidneys and Madder, these Hitters hnvti
been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by
Vitiated I'.lnnd, ulvch is generally produced by derange
ment of the Digestive Organs.
Tlievnru nUenile Pnririillvc n well ns
SI Tonic, possessing also Ihe pcuiiar lueiit et acting
as a powerful agent in relievintr Cnugtstiet! ofliitl.im.
mation of the Liver and Visceral Orpins, ami iu limo'ii
Diseases.
Var Skin T)lMcnsea, F.iuptions. T-iit.-r, Salt
Rheum, l!iotchs. Spots, l'linples. Pustules, Ihiils, Car
buncles, Uin-worms, Scald-1 lead, Sore I've--. I'.rv
sipelns, Iich, Scurfs, Di.-culoiatiuns of the Skin, lluuuus
and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever ii.iiik or ii-ituie,
are literally dug up nnd rallied out of the system iu a
short lime by the use of these Hitters. One buttle in
such cases wiil convince the nwist iiiciedii!i,us ui tliuir
curative effects.
lennse the Vitiated Dlooil wliraevcr veil
"ind its impurities bursting through the skin in 1'impVs,
Krnplious, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it ob
structed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is
foul ; your feelings will leil you when. Kuep the bleed
pure, and the health of ihe svstem w ill follow.
Omlt-fill tlioilHrtuil proclaim ViNRGsn Hit
TKRS the most wonderful Iuvigorant that ever Mtslaiuv'd
the sinking system.
Pin, Tape, nnd other Worms, huklng in
ihe system of so many thousands, are effectually de
stroyed ami removed. Says a distinguished phvstol
ogisl : Ticre is.-circely nn in dividual upon the face of the
earth whose b.wly isexempt from the presence of worms.
It is not open flie hcalMiv elemeuis of the body thai
worms exist, hut upon lli, diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living mousteis of disease.
No swstem of M-:dicine, no vermifuges, no autllclmin
itics, will free the system lieiii worms like these Hit
ters. Meclinnlcnt Disease. Persons engaced in
Paints and Minerals, such ns Plumbers, Type-setters,
Gold-beaters, and !dineis. as they advance in life, will
he sntuect lo paralvsis of the H"wel. To guaid against
this take a do.;e of Wai.kihi's Vi::bg.vk liiTTaxs once
or twice a week, as a Preeentive.
Illllon, Iteiiiiltcikl, nnd Intermittent
lA'vera, which are so -rcva'ent in the valleys of our
great rivers throughout the United States, especially
Ihnse of Ihe Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten
nessee, Ciimheil.uid, Arkansas. Red, Colorado, Ibaios,
Rio (iraiiile, Peail, Alabama, M.-tliile. Savannah, Roan
oke, James aud many others, with their vast tributa
ries, ihtuugiioiit our entire country dining Ihe Summer
aud Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of
unusual heat .and ilryness, are invariably accompanied
by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and
other abdominal visrera, There at e always more or less
obstructions of the liver, a wealaiess and irritable state
of ihe stomach, and great lorpnr of the bowels, being
clogged up with vitiated accumulations. In their treat
ment, a purgative, exerting a powerful inliiience upon
ihese various organs, is essentially necessary. There ia
no catnariic inr nie purpose equal to dr. J. walkkk a
Vinki;as Hitters, as they will speedily remove the
dark C'i'ored viscid matter wiih which the ttow-el are
loaded, at the same time stimulating Ihe secretions of
the liver, ami generally reslorm the healthy functions
of Ihe digestive organs.
Scrofula, or ICIhr's Evil, White Swellings,
Ulcers Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goiter, Scrofulous
lntlauimatinns, Indolent Inftailiinalions, Mercurial Af
fections, Old Sores, Kruptions of the Skin, Sore Eves,
etc., etc. In Ihest, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, W'ai kek's ViNEasa lliTTuits have shown their
great curative powers iu tha most obstinate and intract
able cases.
Dr. Wnlkcr's California Vinegar Illliers ;
net on all these cases in a similar manner. By purilyiiiK
ihe Hlood they remove th cause, and bv resolving away
the effects of the inflammation (the tubercular deposits)
the affected parts receivt health, and a permanent cure
is effected.
The properties of D. Waikkr's Vc,ar
Hitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminative,
Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Countct-lrri-tatit.
Sudontic, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious.
The Aperient and mild Laxative properliss of
Da. Walker's Vineoa Hitturs are (he best safe
guard in all cases of eruptions and malignant fevers,
their balsamic, healing, and soothing properties protect
tha humors of the fauces. Their Sedative ptopertiea
allay pain in the nervous system, stomach, and bowels,
either from inflammation, wind, colic, cramps, etc.
Their Couuter-Irritant influence extendi throughout
the system. Their Diuretic properties act on the Kid
neys, correcting and regulating the flow of urine. T heir
Anu-Ililious properties stimulate the liver, in the secre- ,
lion of bile, and its discharges through the biliary ducts,
and are superior to all remedial agents, fur the cute oi
Bilious Fever, Fever and Ague, etc
Fortify Ihe body against diaease by puri
fying all its fluids with VimecTak Bitters. No epi.
demic can take hold ef a system thus forearmed. ' The
liver, the stomach, the soweis, the kidneys, and tha
nerves art rcudeted distal-proof by this great uivie
erant. Dli-cctlpus. TaVs of the Bitters on going to bd
at night from a half to on and one-half wme-glassfulU
Eat good nourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton
chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and uk
out-door exercise. They are composed of purely veget
able ingredients, and contain no spirit.
T. WALKER, Prop'r. 11. Ii. McDOXAI.D&Vo.,
Druggists aud Geu. Agts. , Saq Francisco and New York.
99- SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS,