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VOL. 00.
IIOW TO MUNOMIXR
IIY MARY K. V ANDY NR.
•Why is it so difficult to econo
mize ?'
The wrinkles of Mrs. Lofton's brow
were very deep, and it was with an air
of weariness amountiug almost to de
spair that she laid down the pencil
wherewith sl.e had been checking ell a
series of accounts.
Aunt Ahhy lifted her eyes from the
stocking which she had been darning
with such exquisite neatness, and gaz
ed sympathetically at her distressed
friend.
'I am afraid you don't quite kuow
how.'
Mrs. Lorton looked astonished and
we girls, who were spending the holi
days with our friend, wondered also
what the little lady could possibly
mean.
4 'Don't you know !' Political econ
omy, I am willing to admit, is a most
ditlicult science ; but I did not fancy
that domestic economy involved any
thing deeper than self-denial and the a
voidance of unnecessary expenditure.'
Aunt Abby smiled. 'lt may seem
that way in the beginning ; but I real
ly doubt if there is any part of our dai
ly living that requires more tact, judg
ment, and experience than this same
business of economizing successfully.'
'The results of my last year's work
incline me to suspect something of the
same kind,' sjglied Mrs. Lorton. 'I
clearly must have made a great many
mistakes somewhere, but just where I
am at a loss to discover. I certainly
have tried very hard, and have done
without a great many things I used to
think were quite necessary to the com
fort and happiness of the household ;
yet here the figures are, and really the
sum total is very little less than it was
a year ago, when our iucome was so
much larger.'
Mrs. Lorton looked thoroughly dis
couraged. We who admired her so
much and took such pleasure in the
intimate friendship to which she had
admitted us, sympathized with her
most thoroughly. She evidently saw
how we felt from the expression of our
faces, for she turned to us laughingly
and said :
4 You young ladies must le very
much interested in my financial Doub
les. It is too bad to entertain you
with my laments over these unruly
ends that seem to require such an un
due amount of stretching in order to
meet.'
We hastened to reply that anything
which concerned her could not fail to
inteiest us, when Aunt Abby (a rela
tive, it should have been explained, of
Mrs. Lorton's husband, a gentle little
lady whose lile had been spent in a dis
tant city) riveted our attention at once
by saying :
'I was just about the age of these
young ladies when I first made ac
quaintance with what I am now inclin
ed to call the science of domestio econ
omy, though, like you, when I first
found myself under the necessity of
mastering it, I thought there was little
in it, save doing without many things
I was accustomed to, and bearing the
discomfort as heroically as possible.'
'Well,' smiled Mrs. Lorton, 'what
are the great underlying principles (is
not that the phrase ?), also the process
es whereby we are to arrive at practi
cal results namely, the bringing of our
expenses within my husband's means?'
'Well,'echoed Aunt Abby, 'one of
the leading principles is the abandon
ment of the velvet cloak I saw you
working at so industriously this morn
ing, and all garmeuts of a similar char
acter.'
'What can you mean ? Why, I have
worn that cloak two winters, and now
I haye put new sleeyes in it, and it is
quite as good as new. Surely nothing
could he more economical than that.
Why, X take immenie credit to myself
for that per^omance.t
'Precisely. It would have been very
extravagant to give or throw the cloak
away. You would have blamed your
self greatly, would you not ?"
'Or course I should.'
'Well, let us emulate the famous
cow, and 'consider.' The cloak is of
Lyons velvet; the new sleeves required
a yard of the same material, costing
§lO. The 3loak now is 'quite as good
as new ;' but new or old, it can only
be worn in fair weather. There must
be a cheaper one to 'save it.' Again,
this velyet ploak requires a handsome
dress under it, and a cheap bonnet
would be quite incompatible with it.
You require, therefore, to complete the
operative process resulting from the
underlying principle of this velvet cloak,
the repairing of which was such an e
conomical measure, an expenditure of
anywhere from §SO to SIOO to produce
the harmony in your toilet which your
cultivated taste demands, and perhaps
| SSO more for another suit in which to
go out on cloudy days, to wear shop
MTLLTIEIM, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11)., 188(1.
ping, and for nil the ordinary,common
place business of life. Would it not,
then, hnye been much more economical
to let the velvet cloak go, and purchase
a substantial cloth oi.e, Dimmed with
fur, we will say, so that it shall bo
handsome enough for visiting, suitable
for church, not too fiail to stand a
sprinkle of rain, and requiring to go
with it nothing more elaborate than a
well made cashmere dress and a taste
ful bonnet of ft It, or some material as
enduring ?'
Aunt Abby paused, and, following
tier suggest ion, wo all emulated the
cow and 'considered.' Mrs. Luton's
wrinkled forehead relaxed, and after a
few moments she broke into a merry
laugh.
'Why did you not read me that lect
ure a week ago ? 1 beiieve that is the
way in which 1 have been 'economiz
ing' the whole of this past year.'
'I have no doubt of It. It is the way
i in which every one begins, I fancy.'
Aunt Abhy amused us for the next
half-hour with meny stories of the
tilings she had bought to match otln r
things in her early days of economiz
ing, and Belle and 1 thought guiltily of
some elaborate gauze overdresses,broad
sashes, and expensive artificial il lwers
which we had recently purchased with
a view to arranging some cheap even
ing toilets over two old silk skirts.J
'1 believe I have been doing ttie same
thing with the children,' sighed Mrs.
Lorton.
'I believe you have,' smiled her
friend, 'for only last Sunday 1 heard
Jenny tell her sister, very gravely, that
mamma was going to lengthen her blue
silk by putting on a new tlounce.'
'That was my plan.'
'Yes, aud then the blue silk would
demand a plush jacket, and that would
call for a bonnet with ostrich plumes,
or some other bit of frail magnificence.
'What shall I put on the girls ? ;
'Two pretty tailor made suits.'
'And waste the silk frocks because
they are a tritle short ?'
'Decidedly, or else they will waste a
great deal of mouey, and the children
be left without any suitable serviceable
garments for half the occasions on
which they wish to go out '
Aunt Abby was growing very elo
queut with her theme.
'I think,' she said, 'that a great
many of the worries, the wrinkles, and
gray hairs that vex the days and de
stroy the beauty of our American ma
trons grow out of this very want of
harmony and arrangement in our do
mestic affairs. Wealth has been be
stowed so lavishly upon American peo
ple in the past ; we have enjoyed so
much luxury, and gratified our taste 3
and longings so habitually, that as a
nation we know very little of domestic
economy. To use a rather vulgar say
ing, it we economize anywhere we are
apt to 'save at the spigot and let out at
the bung.' We are wasteful in our
kitchens, extravagant in cur ward
robes, and caieless of our furniture.
Our attempts at saving when the ne
cessity comes suddenly upon us are
apt to be yiolent and spasmodic, and
productive of very small results.'
Aunt Abby smiled suddenly. 'I re
member one instance," she went on,iti
explanation of her amused expression,
'when I proclaimed to my fattier,
whose household was the scene of my
early experiments in domestic econo
my, that for the last three months I
had not spent but fifty cents a day for
food, and with a household of six*
'Well, and what have you now in the
house in the way of provision ?' lie in
quired, mildly. What had I ? I in
vestigated my closets, and found—well
an empty flour barrel, an empty sugar
barrel, a butter firkin with scarcely a
pound of butter in it, no rice, no soap,
no starcli, no pctatoes, no coffee, no
tea. In fact, I had simply gone on ex
hausting our supplies until everything
had to be bought at once. My fifty
cents per day had simply paid for milk,
meat, vegetables, and such things as
must be pnrcbased day by day. I shall
never forget the mild glance of inquiry
wherewith my patient parent went o
ver my accounts, which read,' January,
February, March, sls per mouth ; A
pril, £os.' Our income was a very
small one, and for some time I had to
endure the impatience of tradesmen
who kept asking ' when I would please
Settle that little bill ?'
'Another of my mistaken fancies,'
Aunt Abby proceeded, 'was in regard
to laundry work. What is so pretty a
bout a house as white curtains, tine
toilet tables with white muslin drapery,
and so on ?- And the muslin 'costs so
little.' Alas, yes ! But when the bill
of one dollar for each window comes in
from some Celestial, and Ah Wang, or
Chu Wai, or Lang Fu shakes his long
queue and 'mus habee him monee,'
then one begins to realize what luxur
ies these pure white hangings are.
'Another point where economy is apt
to press sorely is iu the entertainment
of one's friends. One does so long to
give them something a little better
A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE
than tlir ordinary f.irc, flomo one dain
ty diah to do them honor and to show
what an accomplished housekeeper and
cook presides over tiro üble ! Hut
when that dainty dish must l>o shared
by all at the table, those terrriblo bills
will show it if tho luxury ia often in
dulged in.'
'Hut one must entertain one's
friends.'
'indeed one must. Hul then, if we
relied that it is our affection for our
I solve*.and not their appreciation of our
cuisine, that brings them, we shall feel
solicitude about producing any culinary
tiiuinp s for their delectation.'
•Hut, Aunt Abby,' sighed Mrs. Lor
ton,'would not life be very dreary with
only brown stuff dresses,bare windows,
and a diet of roast beef and cottage
puddings ?'
•No I think not. Luxuries cease to
be pleasures when they bring care and
worry as how they are to be paid for
with them. Besides, there can be a
great deal of variety in the st utl dress
es ; all drapery does not require semi
annual refreshing in the laundry ; beef
and cottage pudding are but two of the
healthy, nourishing, and inexpensive
varieties of food our markets provide.
'Hut 1 must finish my sermon. It is
getting too long,and only that my aud
ience is too polite to yawn, they would
certainly do so. i will simply 'sum
up,'as old fashioned ministers used to
say at the conclusion of 'eighthly.' If
you want to economize, think well
whether the thing you propose to do
will not, in addition to the original ex
penditure, bring with it a train of ex
pensive consequences, liemember that
nothing is cheap if it is not durable.
I)o not fancy that you are economizing
if you are simply using up supplies
that must be renewed at some time.
Remember thai in living beyond your
income you harass yourself much more
than you impress others.
'There, good people,' laughed Aunt
Abby as she gathered up her knitting,
•you have results of a great many severe
lessons that I once learned in a very
severe school.'
Common Sense and Common Sleep.
Excitement,worry and anxiety,which
have their seat in the brain, interfere
with the functions of the stomach, and
in like manner anything that unduly
taxes the power of or irritatesthe stom
ach disorders the circulation and nu
trition of tho brain. The sleeplessness
often complained of by gouty persons is
due to the poisonotn effect of the mor
bid material upon the nervous system.
Excessive smoking, too much alcohol,
tea and coffee, often resorted to by
over-worked persons, are frequent
causes of sleeplessness. In all these
cases the cause is removable, while the
effect may be counter acted by appro
priate treatment. Nothing is more
mischievous, however, than to contin
ue the habits ar.tl to have recourse to
drugs to combat the effects. A duo
amount of exercise tends to induce
normal sloop, and such exercise need
not be of a violent character. A walk
of two or three miles daily is sufficient
and is, perhaps, as much as a busy
man can find time for. A ride on
horseback, the Palmerston cure for
gout, is probably the best form of exer
cise for those whoso minds are con
stantly at work. It has been well said
that a man must come out of himself
when in the saddle ; be is forced to
attend to bis horse and to notice the
oljectshe meets. Walking may be a
merely automatic process, and afford
little, if any, relief to the mind, and
carriage exercise may bo practically
valueless if the mind is not diverted
from what had previously occupied it.
A Midnight Battle with a Panther.
From the Nashville t'nion.
A few days since John McAtee, a
prominent mountaineer of West Vir
ginia, started from a neighbor's resi
dence at nightfall for bis home, sever
al miles off". The path lie followed
led through thick woodlands. It had
grown intensely dark and he was
stumbling along the path when his
blood curdled at the horrible scream
of a panther, apparently' some distance
away. He hesitated to retrace his
steps, when the scream was heard a
gaiu, this time much closer. MeAtce
realized that the beast was on bis
trail,and drawing a large sheath knife,
the only weapon ho carried, he boldly
pushed forward. He had traversed
perhaps two hundred yards when tho
cracking of twigs in a low tree a few
yards ahead attracted his attention.
Looking up ho saw two frightful balls
of fire glaring at him. The next mo
ment the beast sprang upon him. A
bloody battle took place, in which the
panther was killed and the man badly
wounded. The beast measured eight
feet.
MR. TILDEN'S WILL.
Loaving an Eatate of tr5,000,000
—Two-thirds for Public Institu
tions.
The will of Samuel J. Tilden was
ro.nl 13 the heirs at Greystone. lie be
queathed the bulk of his property to
public uses, but he was not unmindful
of his relatives. The value of his es
tate is closely estimated at $5,000,000,
and outside of Greystone and theGrum
ercy Park (New York city) property, it
is nearly all in personal property. The
amount bequeathed for the establish
ment of public buildings is fully $-1,(100-
(00, and the disposition of this money
is left absolutely in the direction of
three trustees, whom lie names—John
Rigelow, Andrew 11. Green and George
W. Smith. Mr. Smith has been with
Mr. Tilden for twenty years, and was
liis confidential Secretary and the gen
eral manager of his estate.
Mr. Tilden provides hberally for his
relatives. To Mrs. Pelton, his sister,
lie gives the house in which he resides,
.18 West Thirty-eighth street, and the
income of SIOO,OOO. For each of the
other relatives lie sets aside a certain
sum to be held in trust by the execu
tors,the income to bo paid to them dur
ing their liyes, they, however, to have
power to dispose of the principal at
death. All the rest of his property,
Greystone and the Gramercy Park resi
dence included, is left in trust to the
trustees, who are also executors, to be
applied to several public uses. They
have absolute power to do, or not to do,
as he suggests in the will. All details
are left entirely in their discretion, ex
cept in one point—the outside limit is
fixed in each case.
The will provides for a free public li
brary aud reading room in New Leba
non, and another free library and read
ing room in Yonkers. These are small
things compared to the next suggestion
of Mr. Tilden, which provides for a
grand free library in New York, at a
cost probably of more than three mill
ions foi establishment and endowment.
Nothing is said about the fine library
now in Die Gramercy Park house, the
disposition of that being a detail left to
the discretion of the trustees. No
specific disposition is made of any part
of the property except in the case of
Mrs. Pelton. The will provides that if
the trustees decide not to establish the
library they may use the money for any
other charitable or educational institu
tion that they may prefer. They may
also use any surplus funds in this man
ner.
A large number of small bequests are
made to servants and friends.
HEFSEES.
A little girl of nine summers came
to ask her pastor about .joining the
church. She had been living a Chris
tian for several months, had been prop
erly taught and answered the usual
questions promptly and properly. At
last the pastor said :
'Nellie does your father think you
are a Christian ?'
'Yes, sir.'
'Have you told him V'
'No, sir.'
'llow then does he know ?'
'lie sees.'
'Sees what ?'
'Sees I am a Christian, sir.'
'llow does ho see that ?'
'Sees I am a better girl.'
'What else does lie see ?'
'Sees I love to read my Bible and to
pray.
'Then you think ho sees you are a
Christian ?'
'I know he does ; he can't help it;'
and with n modest, happy boldness she
wa3 sure her father knew she was a
Christian because he could not help
seeing it in her life. Is not such the
privilege of all God's people, to be sure
that others see they are following
Christ ?
We remember hearing of a poor hard
working man whose fellow-laborers
laughed at him, told him he was de
ceived and pressed him with difficult
questions. At last in the desperate
ness of his heart he said '1 am a saved
man. Go ask my wife if I am not.
She sees I am.'
This is what Christ meant by being
wittnesses and lights in the world.
Not only orthodoxy of faith and bold
ness of confession, but a manner of life
which, even without spoken words,
testifies of a new life and love.
This is the best evidence of our re
ligion. When those who work with us
in the mill or store or on the farm see
that we are living a new life, then our
words have power. This is the privil
ege of everyone. We may be rich or
educated or eloquent, and hence not
able to give much or teach much or
speak much ; but we can live much,
and good liying is the best giving, the
best teaching, the best eloquence.
The poorest, the most ignorant, and
the youngest can cause people to see
they are changed. They can prove the
reality of their conversion.
We cannot hide a good life. It
shines. It may make no more noise
than a candle, but like a candle it will
be seen. Thus eyen a little boy or girl
may be a light-bearer.
Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance.
My Friend, the Major.
A MAN WHOMEVERYBODY
LIKES.
"To Make Himself Felt" Was The
Scheme of His Life.
Do you know my friend, the Major ?
lie is a rare bird. He is an optimist
on principle, and a liar because he can't
help it. To know the Major is a lil>er
al education, at least so far as the fine
art of prevarication is concerned. The
Major first attracted my attention dur
ing the war. He was exempted from
service on account of some slight disa
bility, hut as soon as hostilities opened
he announced his intention of joining
the army, lie made no secret of his
determination even to strangers.When
ever he saw a crowd of able-bodied young
men he would introduce himself, con
gratulate them upon their manifest a*
bilities to serve their country in the
field, and wind up with the statement
that, although a cripple himself, he
did not projiose to be cheated out of
his share of the glory, and was then
making his arrangements to go to the
front.
The effect of this kind of talk can be
imagined. Iu those days everybody
was patriotic or nothing. Many a tim
id man was made so ashamed of him
self by the Major's devotion to the Con
federacy that he precipitately volun
teered and marched off with a musket
on his shoulder. All through sixty
one and sixty-two this gallant patriot
gave himself up to his work. Finally
it began to dawn upon us that he was
loosing a good deal of time, and missied
all the fighting right straight along.
Something of the sort was hinted to
him, but he promptly silenced all criti
cism. He had been delayed by so many
things he said. First, he had intended
to join Col. Blank's regiment, but the
Colonel was killed,and that caused him
to change his plans. He had found it
difficult to decide between the infantry,
cavalarv and artillery branches of the
service. He had also thought of the
navy, and at that very time was wait
ing to hear from a certain admiral, who
was an old friend.
After hearing these voluble explana
tions, men would wink significantly at
each other, but they kept their suspi
cions to themselyes. It was useless to
make war on the Major. He was hand
in glove with the authorities, and the
women were all on his side. The sacri
fice which he proposed to make in go
ing into the army in spite of his exemp
tion stirred the feminine heart, and so
much was said about it that scores of
men less fit for duty than the Majbr
found themselves unable to stand the
pressure. They rushed off to the army
but the Major still lingered at home.
During the siege of Atlanta, my old
friend made himself very useful, and I
think hurried up matters not a little,
lie attached himself to a flag of truce
party one day, and although present as
a citizen, he wore an officer's coat, ne
strolled about, got left by his party,and
was picked up by the Federals as a spy.
He was so defiant, so voluble and so
bright that he was carried before Gen.
Sherman. In the presence of this ter
rible commander the Major did not a
bate one jot of his natural dignity. He
explained his position satisfactorily,
ana in respor.se to the questions put to
him said that Atlanta was defended by
60,000 men; that Gen. Wood had 200
big guns,unlimited ammunition,and all
the supplies ha needed. The garrison,
he said, would be reinforced by 40,000
militia from the South Atlantic States
inside of ten days. To make him stop
his everlasting jaw, Sherman ordertd
him to be escorted to the Confederate
lines,
As soon as the Major got back to the
city, he was interviewed by everybody
from Gen. llood down to the newsboys.
To all these searchers after truth the
Major was gracious and communica
tive. He said that Sherman's force, at
a moderate estimate, amounted to 140,-
000 men, and 60,000 more were on the
way. He had seen 300 heavy siege guns
placed in position and had learned that
it was the programme to open fire on
the city with all of them in forty-eight
hours. He had also seen a brass band
with instruments costing $40,000. This
band had just arriyed from Washing,
ton and had been sent for to furnish
the music when Sherman made his
entry into the eity.
Looking back to those days I can
easily see that the Major's fearful yarns
must have driven both Sherman and
Hood nearly crazy. Both generals made
some very eccentric movements soon
afterwards, and my old friend was
doubtless responsible for the whole bus
iness. After losing sight of this am
iable personage for nearly a score of
years, I found him some time ago com
fortably established in a small town,
not a hundred miles from here. Time
had dealt gently with him. He was
rotund anl rosy, and his face wore a
perpetual smile. I accepted an invita
tion to ride with him into the country,
and on our trip I learned still more a
bout the man. We passed a farm near
ly all hillside, but with a narrow strip
of bottom land. The corn on the hill
side was stunted and worthless, but in
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the tHjttom it was very flne. Stopping
suddenly in the road, the Major hailed
the farmer, a blue, hopeless-looking
man.
'Say, Jones,' he shouted, 'that's
mighty One corn in the bottom.'
'Yes, it's tolerable.' was the despond
ing reply.
'Tolerable ain't no name for it,' naid
ray companion. 'There ain't no fluer
corn in tiie country. I always did tell
those town fellows that what you didn't
know about farming warn't woith
knowing.'
The gloomy Jones smiled with evi
dent pleasure.
'lt's my opinion,' continued the Ma
jor thoughtfully, 'that yon will soon
have the best paying farm of its size in
the country. Just keep up the lick jou
know.'
And, with a cherry smile and a wave
of the hand, he drove off. s
Turning to me, he said :
'Now, I talk that way on principle.
Why call Jones' attention to his hill
side corn f Poor fellow I He looks at
that too much anyhow. I made him
look on the bright side of things, and
whooped him up. That's the way to
do it.'
Throughout our ride this rosy, smil
ing old man stopped every man, woman
and child, and gave them just such a
racket as he had given Jones, suiting
his talk to the varying circumstances
of each case.
On our return to town I could not
help noticing that the Major's encour
aging words had alreadj produced an
effect. At many of the farm houses
the women folks had been told by their
husbands of what bad occurred. They
looked upon us smiling from their door
ways, and at several places little chil
dren were sent to waylay us with fruit
and buckets of .cold spring water. Even
at the cottage of the despondent Jones
we saw that gloomy individual laugh
ing in high glee and .chucking his wife
under the chin.
'Jones will come out all right,' said
the Major with a grin, 'if not this year,
then some other year.'
Naturally 1 asked the Major how he
was getting along.
'Splendidly,' was the answer, 'l've
made about $40,000 since I here,
and I'll clear s£o,ooo this year.'
lie said much more, but these figures
will do. Before leaving the village I
had an hour to myself, and improved it
by making a few inquiries about the
' Major. I found that all he had in tin
world was a place worth a few thous
and dollars, and heavily mortgaged. 1
found, too, that he made only a tare
living. He must have known that I
would learn the utter falsity of his
statements, but his old habit of lying
was irresistable. One thing struck me.
Every man in the town stood up for
the Major.
'ne'll never pay out of debt,' said
one, 'but that makes no difference. No
body's going to press him.'
•You like him ?' said I.
'We love him,' was the answer. 'The
Lord don't give us many such men.'
All the testimony was to the same ef
fect. As the traiu whirled me back to
the city my thoughts were decidedly
mixed. I said to myself :
'Here is a cheerful old fraud who
can't tell the truth to save his life. He
played double during the war. He lives
by false pretenses. He is iasy, extrav
agant, and an old bag of wind. Yet all
these people love him. They would
fight for him, die tor him,and, most in
credible of all, they credit him. What
is the secret of it all ?'
Then I thought of the talk with Jones
and the other farmers and their wives.
It all flashed upon me in a moment.
With all his faults the Major's genuine
love for his fellowmen made itself feH.
It was invincible, and it won the devot
ed friendship of the very men who hat
ed his besetting sins. Human sympa
thy is a wonderful thing. It will wia
a spontaneous return when everything
else fails. We cannot well spare such
men as the Major. We need them to
whoop up the Joneses.—Atlanta (Ga.)
Constitution.
Fell Under a Moving Train.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Aug. 12. J.
W. Harding met with a miraculous es
cape from instant death to-day at
noon. He was going to take the noon
train, Philadelphia and Reading rail
road, for Montoursville. He was a lit
tle, late however, and on reaching' the
depot found that the tram had started.
He tried to jump on at the Market St.
crossing, but fell and rolled under the
wheels of the moving car. The by
standers stood by awe-stricken, but
luckily as he fell he doubled up and
was not struck or hurt at all. The
train was stopped and Mr. Harding
was rescued from bis perilous position.
—THE NERVOUS, brain-working
type .of people, such as lawyers, clergy
men, business men and students are
the principal victims of hay fever.
Sufferers may be certian that bay fever
does not arise from an impure state of
the blood. Local treatment is the only
way to cure it. Judging from results,
Ely's Cream Balm is the only specific
yet dicovered. 28-4t