RELICS. >V Wll.UA* WIXTT*. Ths riolaU that you rir m dad - Tho* could not b*#x th km of TOU ; The spirit of the rose ha* fled - It lovsd TOO. and it* lor* was tru* ; Back to your lip* that *pint SIM. To baak beneath your radiant eyee Only the ash as bide with me - The aahe* of the ruined Sower* Typo* of a rapture not to b* . Sad relic* of bewildered hour* ; Poor, frail, forlorn, and pitoou* abow* Of errant (vasaiou* wasted woe*. He grai>dh lore* who lore* in ratn ! These witbereil flower# that leaeon toacli Tbey suffered ; they did not complain . Tlieir life wae lor* too great for *pc*oh; In aileiit (Wide their fate thev hor* They lored. ttiey gnawed, thev dt*d no more. Par off tin- purple banners flare. Beneath the golden morning spread , 1 know what queen i# worshipped tli. re. What laurels wreath her lorely head Her name tx< sacred m my thought. And ea.-r.vl be the grief ah* brought. For, ain.-e I saw that gkinou# fa.-e. And heard the luuaK- of that voice. Much beautyfallen to disgrace That need to make my heart rejoice ; Ami roee and violet u*'er eau be The aaiue that .MM they were to me. ry. THE HIDDEN BROOK. KT Jolts TKOWktHUHtK. What is Una melo.lv Uvoealh Ut# cram ? . ome hither, stoop and Baton—nearer vet , And {-.Mil aside the thick and tangled net Of bending rnshea and the braies' green turn*. It touea Ike ahnlhng of the kvnst'a claa. And. like a harper'a touches falling iu With high uotea of a avaator a tvoUu. it land* a (airing strain to itartuouy. H .wh. bobolink! and .-ease to emulate, tiar bud, thou hast not caught the gentle *ts; Too aaany roguish thought* together throng. And mingle in thy carols to thy male. link frash from graver foraat-a>tu(>hoi.lea, The anudn in varied movement, low and sweet. Within the ptne* and huvh-treea may rej-eal Tht* iweeteat of tha meadow a mehxiiee. —."krvWr'j Jf.-ntAi'v. Uncle Seth's Ck)oking- Match. BY MaKV MOKKISOX. I'ncl* Seth was—was. Uncle Seth! He was a character by himself. There was never anybodv like him, and he was not like auybotly. He was an old bachelor, hut he took care of so utany poor willows and father lean children that he seemed more fatherly ami husbandly than mr pajwi, wiio had ouly manuua. Bob and me. He was ve*-y rich, but he live.l in such a plain hnv? and wore such simple clothes, all out of fashion, that nobody would ever have know n how his gold was piled un iu the bank. Uncle SeUt was always thinking; bus he never told liis plans until he sur prised us all by something splendid none of us had ever dreamed of. But he never wauled any thauks, only h liked to sit and look at us. aud rub his bauds as he saw how we enioved it. "They said" Uncle Srth was disap pointed when he was young. That he loved a preuy. gay young girl, but be fore he asked ner to marry hini, he thought he would go to sea a second time, ami "make his crown a pound." But she, with all her lore and romance, without a thought for the practical part of life—what a bother that is, anyway —thought he did not care for her; and that she might get rid of her disap pointment the quicker, married his friend who staid at home. "They said" that the widow Nelson, who had lately came to Kiverhanks to live, with her daughter, was the verv one; hut I'ucle S-th said nothing ahout it. lie did not know they w en- poor and took in sewing. But we did not dare to ak any quest ions, and 1 don't thluV he had heart! of it. We had just Nvii having a *|N*Hing match ami were discussing it when Uncle Seth came in. "Hurrah! Bob," lie said. "So you beat all the bojrj in the High School ami Academy lu 1 congratu late you." "\e.a,"Mtd Bob, complacently; but 1 had to fall at last." "What wu the word that brought you do*' n ?" "Zinxiberaceous," he auswered smil i"£- "Enough to bring anylmdy down, I should tiihik,** said Uncle Seth, sympa- Uiiziugly. "I>oes it mean the condition of things iti tiie ark?" "Xo, it means pertaining to ginger. So Smart says, in Webster." "The man must be smart who invents such words a- tiiat," said Uncle Seth. "But I'ollie," said he, turning to nie, "why don't yon girls get up Some kind of match? 1 thought girls were fond of making matches." "I>o you suppose we could ever have courage to spell in the Town Hail, Uncle Seth ? 1 believe 1 should forget how to spell dog." "What is the use ot having a spelling match? We have had a spellofspelling, until every one is sick of the Mftmd of the word. Excuse me, Bob; 1 mean all hut the heroes of the occasiou. But Pollie, I projiose a cooking-match." "Good," said papa. "Capital!" crfef Boh. I'll be on the tasting committee 1" "We'll give you the zinziberaceou* articles to try," said Uncle Seth, iatigh- Ing. "What is the rest of your plan, Seth*" asked mother. "1 propose to give a prize of five dol lars for the best cake, twenty for the best bread, and live for the best fancy tea-dish. I propose that we give this notice publicly, and that the articles for competition all be sent in to the Town Hall two weeks from to-day at eight o'clock; and that a committee oi three ladies—there's lurk in odd num bers, you know—tie ap|iointed as Judges. I propose that we have music and read ings, and at the end announce the nrizes ana pass around the cake, and I will provide lemonade. "But," said Bob, "you have made no provision for tickets. Is it to be free?" "Xo. We will have a limited number of tickets at a dollar apiece, and the surplus money shall buy flour for the poor widows of the town." I clapped my hands and kissed Uncle .Seth, and told hlra he was the must splendid uncle that ever was made, but that two weeks was too short a time for me to practice. Bob laughed at this, and expressed his desire that 1 would not give the family the benefits of my exi*riiiiciits in the meantime, as tie bail too fresh recollection of asking for bread and receiving a stone, once upon a time. That was only too true; but lie played iiase ball with the biscuit and won the game for the first time, so he bail no right to complain. Then mamma—deur practical mamma —reminded Uncle Seth that he had not limited tiie age, and asked if she was to lie permitted to try fof the prizes. "There! I did forget that," lie said. "It shall be o|ien to girls under twenty. 1 think it would tie rattier discouraging to the younger ones to see proofs of skill like yours placed in comparison with theirs. And this was the way that our cook ing match was planned. The long-wished for evening came at last, and only one addition had been made to Unele Seth's plan, and that was that those who sent in contribu tions should lie admitted free. The hall was beautifully trimmed with evergreens and may flowers; tlie tables were covered with snowy white cloths, and each had a pretty center piece of flowers; tlie place for tlie band was among the green cedars a.id flags in the gallery; and the platform was arranged with red, white and blue drapery, evergreens and candles. There were seats in the center for the judge and committee of award, and tlie steps where the successful aspirants were to go up for their prizes were carpeted with blue and liordered with pots of white geraniums. The girls them selves, all with white aprons and jaunty muslin caps, were to wait upon the FRED. KURTZ, Editor uiui Proprietor VOL. IX. .ilitl jhl-iN lilt* ltDloil2tlt* :4Hi trtkf .tiler the prise# hail Inwui jjlven. The ootninltlee had their room ha. k of the hall; and alter the coinuience tiieut of the entertainment, when every dish had heen .tin lir*t by the itmllcmc, they wore carried to the rouiinlUcc to lie luapected. There w en- seat* In the hail hut the |Mvi|ih- promenaded #- Ho lland (dayod; ami when the reading, were (*Sven out, they .at down ami li-- It-tied. Hv -l he-Way, Hoh was not |int on lilt-lasting eoiuiiiiltee, and he -*v - he .hall not forgive liiin a long a. he lives, | know he w ill tiefore t hrlstuia*. though. Boh never nh k- tip a quarrel with any of u# during the month ot I V-.-entlier, •Ittsi here I nnist tell yon a tilt of inn versation I hoard Itetween I m-le Setli and mother the idglll before the oooh ing-liiateli. "I think you have planned a capital thing, Seth. to interest the girl* in tamkiug. There ha* not heen stieh an excitement in Itiverlutnka for inontha; j and that is a branch of hon sew ifery j they all neglect, at lea-t nearly all. 1 J Ileanl a young lady aay the other day that ahe waa going to housekeeping In a week and do her own \yoik. hut she had never cooked anything in her life hut i chocolate caramels." "Yes," said Set It, "ami the worst ! feature of it ia, they boast of their ig i noranee.'* "They won't do that 111 Kiverlouiks now for you have tuade it the faahlon to cook. But why did you add fancy tea 1 dishes?" "Because ao few women understand .-.Hiking tliem, and a savory hit at tea is alw ays appreciated. Something In-side pies and cakes, or instead of them— something with a character to it. Brains .an be u>ed in cooking as well as any thing else." "t'aif brains and pluck?" asked mamma, laughing. "Xo; New England brains au.l New England pluck, which all our girls have if they would only use theiu. By tho way. liaria. do you remember that Turkish yiUote s.pronounced a decvH-tlon of rice boiled in rich mutnm broth ami tomato-water, and a great favorite in Turkey) Helen used to make from the receipt I brought from Con stantinople ? Xo one else could ever do it ao well as the people in the East, ex cept Helen—my Helen, you remember. Maria?" 1 had been wondering who this Helen <-ould Ih>, whom I had never before heard of; tail when he spoke in a lower tone and said "my Helen." then 1 knew . While (tie (ample were listening to the music, 1 slipped into the Rack room to see Uncle Seth. The committee wen bussing like three great bumble-bees, and Uncle >cth was harking on quietly, rubbing his hands and smiling, when, suddenly, the three women all stopped stuttering and held up tneir hands in horror and wonder. At last one of them spoke: "What iu the world is this mess ?" Then the third says: "It Is colore.! salmon." As If that In itself were enough to condemn it. Then the third, as if a new idea had occurred to her, proposed to taste it. "Y'ou may," said the first, "I don't i want to. It's -oiiiethiugfrom the shan ties, I know." # Then Uncle Seth came forward and looked. You ought to have seen his fa.-e, tlr*t he turned red, and then while aud then went hack to his chair. What could it tie? Whatever it was, only one woman dared to taste it. ami by universal consent it w as put ai le. Then I went round by Uncle Seth and said softly: '•What do you suppose it is? \ kind of w itch c.mi(M>uml — to of oral aii,l tor of fro*. Wool f fast ami 'Wirt - win*. S.wr of l'urk .M Tartar". In* V "It would take the nose of Turk to know it. or else mine." said he. Bring it here, Pollie. Ix-t me try it. 1 don't want any of the girls to he disappointed, j S> I brought it, and he ta.-ted it, and j said: "Yes, It Is pff{iii",jiiM what I thought It deserves a prize and shall have it." I was so carious—so different from girls generally, that i could not resist the temptation of asking: "IVho do you suppose made it ?" I hail gone a step too far. I always am doing thai. Uncle Setli looked solier and turned away witlmut atisw ering me. But just then the Land liegau to play "The M atch ou the Rhine." and i for got ail about the pi I (me and went back into the hall. The time of triumph for some of us had come. The judge hail taken his seat in the large chair on the platform. How 1 did hope my bread would get the prize, just to stop Bob's tongue! But boys are so aggravating, and bread is so contrary. I knew it wouldn't get the priz-. for I was sure it did not raise quite enough. Mother says her spirits always rise aud fall with "the bread. 1 was pondering on the trials of life in this misanthropic way when suddenly I was called back to what was going on about me by the announcement of the first prize: "Miss Mary Lawton, twenty dollars for the best bread." On! what a thrill she must have felt as she went up through the flow ers with her eyes sparkling and her blue riblxm* waving, iiow glad 1 was that she had got it. To be sure. I—but never mind— •'Miss lli-ttie Smith aud Miss Poll it- Webster; five dollars each for the best cake; both equally good. And now I was to go tip among the flowers! I was to have a prize! it was lovely to see the others, but to have a prize one's own self! It is rather nice, Isn't it? Especially when one hasn't become sanctified—and I can't IK- that before Bob goes away to college, If ever. "Miss Martha Felstone; five dollars for the best fancy tea dish." Then Uncle rieth said: "There is another prize I should like to give for the best fancy tea dish, but I am tohl it is left without a name, ft is the Turk ish pilUite which Is made to perfection, and is as good as I have ever seen in Constantinople. If the young girl who has made this is in the hall, 1 siiail be glad to give the last prize to her." No one moved. The Committee looked at each other and at Uncle .Seth in a bewildered way. I ahould have been convinced that it w-iia the "witches' work" but for Uncle Seth's conversa tion with mamma. "I do lielieve," I whispered to Boh, "that we are on the edge of a love story." Boh looked at me as If I were an idiot; so I didn't tell him what 1 guessed. But no one claimed tlie prize, and alter refreshments the cooking-mutch was over, and such a gay evening we had, never before had been in ltiver bariks. What I tohl Boh, or what I Intended to tell him, was true, and we were not only on the edge of a love-story, hut right in the midst of it. Uncle Seth found the girl who made the piUaw at last, but instead of giving Iter the live dollars, he gave her mother "my Helen"—hit own splendid self and all lie had. And now the plain house w ill bloom all over with roses, and Uncle Seth will buy a new hat— people always do when they get mar ried, and he will have a chance to eat pillow to his heart's content. By the way, Uncle Seth laughed so the other flight, just after the wedding, when I asked him soberly, if he didn't believe in cooking matches, lie. looked at "my Helen." sitting by his side, and said, rubbing his hands: "Yes, i'oilie, it was a very good match, wasn't it?" Holland ha* 12,000 wind mills in oj>- eration each doing a six or ten-horse power service through the twentv-four liours. They are kept up at an annual cost of $4,000,000, and perforin all tlie service required of steam engines at one-twentieth the cost. THE CENTRE REPORTER Ike I I..Ma Mmim HV t i uiim i i I>K, let u. iM-gln with ill.' frtmk ahandou lueitt of an. formal parlor, hut, I.iking the largest and pleasant*#! and liio#t a. - cessllile fiHtiti in the limine, let ns give It up to the wife au.l children in the daylhue, and to the meeting d the whole family when evening eimts, Tliere U not much need at the present lillte to ciilphasi/t-this suggestion, for it is one w hlch experience and necessity have already tuade to a gi**l many pro pie; aiul now that the problem, "How to get a dwelling at a rent within lll.slerite means" Is lieing solved hy the increase of "tlat-s" aud apti tnient hou.es, the "parlor" must IH< given up, there l>eltig no provision made lor it in the commou (duns. Bui it is hy no means in. notion that the llviiig-r.*un should IH- a homely, matter-of-fact a|wrtuieut, consecrated to the utilities, while the Muses and tifaif* are left to ki< k their heels in the hall, On the eonfrary, we want In the living. RTHUU, fur a founds tlon, that the furniture shall be the la st designed alt.l l*sl made t'tal We ealt afford, and all of It Intended to IH* u*el am! necessary to our comfort; not an article to Is- allowed that doesn't earn its living, and cannot prove Its right to U- there. These wants being provided for tirst. then we will admit the orna ments of life—oasts, picture-,eugr:iv lugs, broures, books, chief nourisiicr* In life's feast ; but in the la-ginning the-.- arc U> b.- few, and of the choicest, and the greatest care is to la- taken in admitting a new-comer. The room, from the very tirst, ought to represent the culture of the family,—wltai is their taste, whnt feeling they have for art; it should re present tileitis,-Ives, ami not other |a*o ple; and the troublesome fact is, that it will and must represent these, whether its ow ncrs would let It or no. If young |aX>ple, after they have secured the few pieces of furniture that must las bad, and made sure that they are what they ought to be, have some money left to get a picture, an engraving, or a cast, they ought to go to work to supply this want as seriously as they would the other, v. hlch securs the more necessary, but iu reality is not a bit more neces sary. 1 look ti|on this ideal living room of mine as an important agent iu the edm-atiou of life; it will make a great difference to the children who grow up In It, and to all w hose exjH-ri once is ass.H'iatc.l with it, whether it IH* a beautiful and cheerful room, or only a homely and bare one, or a merely formal and conventional one. The re lation of these things to education is all that gives any dignity or poetry to the subject, or makes It allowable for a reasonable man to give luueh thought to it. But it has a real vital relation to life, ami piavs an important part hi education, ami deserve* to I"* thought about a great deal more than it is. It is therefore no trilling matter whether we hang |K>or pictures on our w alls or ginul ones, whether we select a rim* cast or a second-rate one. We might almost as well say It makes no difference whether the people we live with are Hrst-rale or second-rate.— Scribntr. I'flff Infection. Men of science e{eak of epidemic waves, and of scarlet fever being com municated hy the few drops of milk which yon pour into your tea. or cream diffused iii a dish of etiaw U-riit s. **n a late occasion, at a fashionable din ner-party lu London, a- many a* eight or teu guests, ami seven nietniters of til® household, totik sc.nlet lever. Ob viousiy, the infeetiou must have Iwen caught at the dinner-party; hut hII ; a second attack being very unusual.— Chamber's Jour nal. The Urrmmi I hrlalmni It i* slrange that Christ's mass should is* the great festival of the rear in Proatestaiit Germany. In Catholic countries New Year's day is the grand fete when visits and congratulations are exchanged, and bonhonsand rfrftiiim tlv ainnit as at carnival times. With us Christmas means g'ssl cheer, full houses, hiankets, coal ami clothing cltihs; plum piiddiugs dance while "greasy Joan doth keel the pot;" gardens are rohlied of their greenery ; fair dam-els decorate the churches; there is feasting in the hut and flirting in (lie hall; full services, nelglilsirly greeting-, jxaee and good will all around tlie parish. The holly, the yew, the ivy, and the rosemary, climb up the pillars of the sanctuary; the Jolly mistletoe hang* in tlie hulls; no matter if "coughing down tlie parson's saw," lie cuts Ids sermons short without any scruples at defrauding religion, and scuds them all home to their piuin-piiddiugs. It is Cbiistnuui, and the people want to !• happy in their homes. But n German Christinas differs widely from ours. There is more senti ment (ns we have seen) about, and less solid hospitality. More bustle, mystery, and preparation, hut less religious fervor. The churches are bare and empty—the |oor owe less (<> the bounty of the rich. It is more a domestic festi val, celebrated in each household for its own special members, than a stretching forth of tlie arms of brotherly love, ol tenderness, of charity, of loving kind ness, w hieli would fain embrace tlie whole world and greet all humanity anew. No, the rapture of rejoicing that greets the nativity in rational Germany t- that the lonely legends with which the IHIIM- I* ted auw tho .-ed- ol uuliellel lu hi* mind, and that, later op, lie tlml*, w lib dismay , thai ihc religion of hi- i hihlhiMsl can never '* the tvligion ot his rljror rears; that i all tin- fanelliil Act ton, and aw eel, grain* 1 lul -torle- which made l.iin worship with the magi, anil UstaMs it the manger, are hut so many i<*di#h table* With which his Innocence ha* been cheated. It ha* la-en said b> a great divine that a child should Is-di iwn ap to Heaven, not lleaveit hrouglit down to liiui; ami, haiking at the outcome of j German l*roie*lanii*m, oriel* not in etineit to dispute the assertion, file Nasun't Ursi*. In all the past age# the tmdies of the Ma#,>nh tlead have IHMS! I aid in grave# ! ilug eal and west, with their la.e toward tire east. The practice hashed! borrow ml aud adopted by other# until it has tn-corne nearly universal. It im plies that when the tlnai day shall come ami he w In. is death'* conqueror shall give tin- signal. Hi* Ineffable light shall rirsl la- -cen iu I lie ca-t; tiiat from tin ea-t he will make Ids glorlou# approach; will Stand at the eastern margin of ; thesi- graves, ami with Hi# mighty ]mer, that grasp Irresistible strong which shall prevail, w ill raise ilie bodies which are therein. We shall long he burled, long decayed. Friends, yea nearest aud dearest, will have to re j member where they laid us, 'The broad I earth will have undergone wondrous I changes, mountain* IMV leveled, v alloys ! tilled. The seasons will have t-ha-ed I earh other in many a fruitful round. I Ocean la*hed Into fury by the gales to day, will to-morrow have sunk like a ! .spoiled child to hor slutnlrer. Broad trees vv It It broader roots, will have It*— ; tcr lockesl them ulwive our iodic*, a* if to oouooal the fact of our having lived; I ami then after centuries of lite, they I 100, will have followed our examples ot | mortality, ami long struggling with decay, at last will have toppled down their remains with ours, thus oblitera ting the la-t poor te.-tlmony that m.n \ has ever lain ucre. But the eye of God j nevertheless, will uwrk the #jHt, green ' with the everlasting verdure of faith. , ami when tlie trumpet's blast shall , shake the hills to their very ba*ia, our astonished trndies w ill rise, impelled ujuvard bv an irresistible Impulse, and we shall stand face to face with our Re deemer. ■ oallurl of WUnles on lite Vppronch or IMaftr. Sja-riii whale- liav)* a mean* of com municating with each other nt long dis tauccs—how long ha# never INHVU det.-r --inlnol; but certainly ut di-iance# as great as are commanded by the eye from the mast-head of a ship, or in n radius of #ix or *)-ven miles. The mean* are a my*tery, but every whaleman has ob served the tact, and lias lao-ed his oj>era lions iu the chase upon it. It hu* tieeii suggested that, aw ater is *u gmsi a con ductor of sottnil, ft may be by sotimi; but the distances an' t>o gn at for any sound w liich the w hale is ca|uihlc of maktug to |H-m-trute, am) it Is observeil tiiat the telegraph i* a- jwrfect a# ever in higli winds u hen a tiioUMUld w ave# are breaking. 1 >.u tan iron Into ain -w bail or gu'lic iiim by going on iii- eye, and a I mo-1 simultaneously with his cutting fluke- in the air the whole school will show alarm bv running ami cutting their flukes, or by ili windward ami running bead out. If it tw n female tli i! is lnii k, the inaic. art- arrested ill flight, and ate apt t<> gather alsmt her, ami uffcr ('JiiUUm fur more than u single whall. Again when a M'tniul of rotrti am! calve* an* frightened to windward am! a cwlf be •truck, the wlHilrndtnol w ill "bring to," autl gather riusely an mini the luiinnM jrotui|, •xuni tluic* so t liiM'lf that the riidoas) boat w ill not dare to uae the lance; am! they wilt tint* remain as lung as the cnlf I*alive or the iron Imlih. But Nhouhi the iron draw or the calf ille, the w liole M'hl will ui-tintly scatter. Whaling Otplaliii have taken |iin* to olmi rve from the mtuUliead, w lien a boat was going on to aw hale to leew art], the effect on the *rhoo| mile* to windward; ami soon a* the eye coiiM turn from one •jiot to the other, the alarm of the •truck whale to leeward would lw coaiutiitil cuted to thine to w Slid ward. Heme Axrlenltnrnl 11-ni. Pumpkins can bn raised ii|aui Jreis by simply placing a few of them under the trei-s during the blossoming season. S'r.ipe your imb Imfbre planting, and they w ill grow trees tliat will Isutr fruit without any (tceling* on them. Bend the limh* of your young trees down and cover their tops with earth, and w hen they have taken nail, cut them from the tree and grow theui wrung end up, ami they will I war fruit without seeds. To keep worms from your trees, draw a Hue on the ground around tln-ui, and shoot all the worms that crosa the line —a shot gun is best, as It takes a ga>d lio.>ti-t to draw a bead On a worm with a rifle. White la-ans should be raised on the south side of the barn, sheltered from the north wind. Onions can IH> raised without any unpleasant smell to them, by grafting them on to parsley or summer savory. It Is l>ct to raise beefsteak and onion* together. Fish halls can be raised by enriching vour lands ith codfish Tills I did not believe myself until 1 had tried It. halt your land to raise watermelons, it makes them thirsty, (irandfatber raised one in this w ay thai he had to lap it for the dropsy. In plantiugoorn.it is hot to put a charge of powder in each hill, ami If your corn does not come up promptly, you can blow li up. Any quantity of corn can be raised in this way, no matter how |*>or the land is. Brown bread 1 best raised frotn the seed, hut some prefer to buy It raised from the yeast at the baker's. Egg-plant* can l- raised best with a little hotch it. The hardiest chickens are those hatched from porcelain door-knobs, tail few liens have |M>rseverance enough for the busi ness. These are a few of the Ideas on which I have successfully farmed for years.— Jotl Sloptr. A Truthful Mkrtrh. L<-t a man fail in business, what an ■-fleet it lias on his fotmer creditors! Men who have taken liiin by tin- arm, laughed and chatted with him by the hour, shrug their shoulders ami puss on with a cold "How do you do T" Every trifle of a bill is hunted up ami presented that would not have seen the light for months tomme, hut for tin- misfortunes of the debtor. If it is paid, well and good : if not the scowl of the sheriff, pcrhajis, mc<-ts liim at the corner. A man that has never failed knows hut little of human nature. In prosperity lie sails along gently, wafted by favorite smiles ami kind words from everybody. He prides himself upon his name and spotless character, and makes his Isiast that he lias not an enemy HI the world. Alas ! tin- change, lie looks at the world in a different light when reverses come upon him. He reads suspicion on every brow, lie hardly knows how to move or to do, this tiling or the other; (here are spies alsiut hint, a writ is ready for his back. To know what kind of stuff the world is made of, a person in list. Is- unfortunate, and, stop paying once in a life time. If lie lias kind friends then they ait* made manifest. A fail tire is a moral seive, it brings out the wheal and shows the chaff'. A man thus learns that words and pretended good will are not and do not constitute real friendship. Trtvlnlua I MS •> . Have toil a l*'v from live to eight . . .1-. dial ii ... ||lit matter oi ill.- greatest lm('rtance thai von train liiin up ilgiit. 'Teach him from the Mart that lie can't run acrna* the Ihair, Wlump, chase around the back yard or use up a few nails ami board# to make carta or IHUII*. if YOU let hill) chase ai'uUlid he'll weal out sli.a-saiid i-iollie*, , ami nail- ami bmuil* Oo*l in.mcy. Train him to control his an|ictltc. t• Ive him the smallest pio-e of pie; the liulir mil of the steak; tin* small |Milalo, ami keep I lie butter dUli out of his ■ cadi. It \ n*achlug lititi to i urb iii* up|M'lite ton can keep him In good humor, ivoy* are alwav * giMsl Immoreil will-it huiiger gnaws at their stomachs, j If lie hap|iens to lin-ak a .Hsli f liiiu*li him for it; dial will mend the dish aud teach him a lesson at the same time. It you haptieu to notice that your IMIV'B si OH-" are wearing out, lake down the rod ami give iiim a |ie.-)iug. These shoos were purchased only ten uumtha ago, ami though von have worn nut two pairs of IMHIIS during dial lime, til* IH.V lia no hit si ties* to tie hunt mi allocs. By , giving iiim a sound thrashing you will prevent the shoe# froia wearing out. When you want your l#iy to go on an errand you should state it, ami add; "Now go as quick as you etui, and )l you are gone over live minute* I'll cut the hide off of your bm-k." lie w ill ri-eoguise u.e usoMsitjr of haste and w ill hurry up. Y'ou could not do the errand yourself inside of ttfleeii minutes, hut lie is tint to know that. IT you want hlin to pile wood, the way to address him i* Ihu-ly : "Now, mo hem, Harry, I want every alii k of dial wood plied up tiefore noon. If 1 come home ami tiud you haven't done it, I'll lick you till you cu't und ' up!" It is more than a hoy of life i*e ought to do iu a whole day. hut you are tint to blame that tie ts not thirteen year* ohl instead of -lgliX. I It you hear that any one in the nclgh- IK.IIUHHI LUT* broken a window, stnTeii fruit or uuhinged a gate, be sure that it was your hoy. If he denim it, take flown the r--i and tell him thai you will thrash him to death if he doesn't "own up," but that you will s|iare hitu if he Idocs. He w ill ow II up to a lie to get rid <>f a thrashing, and then you can talk to | hitu alniut tin- fate of liars ami bad boys, and end tip by saying: "Go to tani now, and in the morning I'll attend hi your case." if yuu uk>-liim to church am) he looks around, kick* the *cat or smile* at some boy actptaiutaiice, thra*h iiim the moment you get home. He ought to have been listening to the Mruioii. if j lie see* all di other boys going U> lite | circu*, and wauls ttfleeii cent* to lake him iu, teil him what aw Till wicked tilings circuses are: liow they iletaoralixe boy*; how lie ought to he thrashed for ever seeing the procession go hy; atid 'then when he's sound asleep do you sneak off, pay half a dollar to go iu, aud come home astonished at th>- menagerie ami ploaiw-d w iUt the wunderfill gymna*- tic feats. Keep your IHJV t-.idy at scbtM-l. ltave j work for him every "holiday; thra*h j hitu it he wants to go Ashing or hunt ing; restrain hi- desire tor skates, I kite* aud marbles; rout hitn out at day . light, cold or hut, cull his ear* for act ing question*; make Id* clothes out of your ca*l off garim uts, and you'll have the satisfaction, when old and gray I headed, of knowing I hat you would have trained up a UM-ful mcmlw-r of j — H ic !y hidhe md di) i ju*t a- lie wu- , i getting well htuken iu.—.V. t. A M. iiiliiltrrMrr ol ItrrrrUr) Vlmiloii In the third year of the war, when flag* were lw*ins; Planed oter churclie* in Baltimore, Washington, ahd Iti many cities WHIK .oid .vtiitlli. w hose member* were supposed to he disloyal, house rrtxieil hy Southern Methodist* in Washington wa* dedicated. A minister of another deuoinlitatlon alone could he fouml to nwjit tlie service. A* he np proaelicd the |>intli tlie flag was aeen draped ovrr the door. He (WIIHII It hi* du(v h> maintain the principle of entire .e|>aratioii of cburrn and Mate. Turning to tlie company assembled, he •tated that duty fori mile hi* ofliciaUng mi the ouwdon; and hi* reaaons would lie given to tlo* Se rotary of War. Amid aniat excitement. Isith of tlie *upcclcd churdi and of aruty ufli lal* present, lie returned home, and addressed a note b> the Secretary, stating three reason* fi>r hi* poMponlug the service*: first, that neither the church tueinliera nor the excited crowd were in a frame of mind to dedicate a sanctuary to li*h as an ostrich," has long -ince paa*ci| iuto a proverb, and, unlike most saving* of its kind, is a true one; the bird being, under certain i-ircnm > -taiu-oa, one iv|' the most SI lipid know I) to man. it must not, however, be imugloed that the creature caltuly allow * Itself to IN- approached ami captured; tar from that. At the slightent noise it starts off II|MI i Its liinil>eriug cour*e, anil with UUtcmleil wings rushes hither and thither pell-iueU, running until It U completely exhausted, when It display* Its innocence hy hiding it* head. Sofne years ago I was traveling in Africa, and hy accident, for 1 was after dlfletcnt game, i amc acroa* a native en gaged In collecting ostrich feathers. It being iiiijH'ssThh- for us to accom pany the tnait, we w ere obliged to eon tent otirseivea by viewing the auiuso nteui through oi,r glasses, the ostriches being far too wary to allow us to approach thctn. I'he hunter ilo-aaed himself In the pre(>aml skin of one of the birds, then, urmoi with a bow and arrow*, starteti toward* the group, dis tant about a mile, ruituing just as an ostrich doe# when it has strayed tram iu flock. After trotting for a short dis tance lie would (muse and urelend to fool, then start off again, lit circles, until he gradually approached the near est of Ids prey, when he halted, dropped hi# neck in a very unuaiurai fashion, and, drawing hi* bow. abot the creature just behind the wing, after which lie once more raised his disguise and pro ceeded to the next victim. It was ■musing to watch lite gravity of the other turds; and fur *uim- momenta it secured as tiiough he would secure a •ecoml prise, but. alarmed bvthe tm natural action of his neck, the ti-st of the bird* started at a gallop ami IUUII floundered out of sight over the horicon. When ruuniug at full spued, the ostrich ajipears to skim over the genuml, the inotioii* of its limb# >N>ing *o rapid a* to I hoi (Highly do-eive the *|s-ctalor. Making the best of our way toward live hunter, we found him busily en g.igcd in plui'kiug the (ilume# ami talk hig to the turd in a mist comical tashion. "YTh v don't you have better feathers? Ah, yotr i-am|>. you don't mind dying, now that your covering 1# so rusty! Cutue, not a single good one? The tird proved to lie old, and almost valueless, finding which the man grew more ami more angry. However, be fore -uu*et he contrived to secure a specimen thai u really worth captur ing, am! w lib h. I hould think, weighed three hundred popntU. He informed us that sometime* tin oMricii will turn anil kick like a home, and tiiat he had know n hunter* to he poumh-d to death by Utc creature-. Tluit night wc parliMik of oMricii lledi; the Tat or which was of a bright orange rotor, Mil was by no mean-imp Osi-ihie. Wc un* also treated Ui a rude omelet coui|H>uml of the egg-, which made ns all very *lck. I hsVe never seen these crvxlure* hunted M iih horsea, although i *• iulorinetl that this method i- noaeUiiMHi luiloKiyJ. After t lirokf camp, the African packed In- -|S>lliu a CMC made >K w<**i, then started uputi hi- Journey to the nearest maritoct—distance, four hundred milt**. When taken from the bird, ' leather are dull ami uninviting in appearance, it being left to the art ol foreigner* to rumler t Item into those Itcatiliful object* known a-mi lady'splumes. Tk* far kMi From Mr. Ilenry KllMt't nqsirt on the condition of affair* in the Territory of Ala-ka, the following new facte in regard to seals are extracted. Mr Kitlott l employed now lu the Smith sonian institute, and l a young man of moat i|>erior attainment*: "I he male fur seal at the age of six or seven year* Is described aa an animal that will measure six and one-half to seven and one-quarter feet in leugth from tip of nose to end of tall, and weigh at least four hundred ami some times as much perhaps as six hundred pounds. The load in ooatpartsou with the. ilium-use tiiick neck and -boulders, sortus to tie unpro|H*rtionately small, hut as we Come to examine it we And that it <* mostly all occupied by the brain; the light frame work of the skull supports an expressive |iair of Urge, blue-haacl eyes, and a niur/le ami jaws of nearly the same staw and form observed lu any Newfoundland dog, with the. difference of haviug no flabby, hanging lips; the upper lips sp|iort a white and vellowish-gray moustache, long ami luxuriant, com posed of heavy mill bristles. Tin- fore feet or hand- are a juur of dark hluisb black flippers, about eight or b n Inches broad. The shape of the fllpjier Is strikingly like a human foot, providing the latter were drawn out to a length of twenty or twenty-two inches, the hutcp flattened down and the toes run out into thin, membranous nval-tipi*-d points, only skin-thick, leaving three strong cylindrical, grayish, hom-col oml nails, half an Inch long, hack six Inches from thms shining trie-ends, without any nails toioentlou on the big aud little toe. As we look on this fur seal's progres sion, that which scenes most odd is the gingerly manner lu which he carries tliewe hind flippers. They arc held out at fight angles from the bbdjr. 'directly opposite the pelvi*. the toe ends and flaps -lightlv waving aud curling above the earth, 'l'he neck, chest and alvul dors of a fur seal hull comprise more than two-thirds of his whole weight, and lit this long, thick neck and fore limb- i- Cmlaalled the larger portion of his strength; when on land with the fore font he does all climbing over rocks, the hind flippers (wing gathered up after every second slop for wan 1. These fore -et are the propelling power w hen lu water, the hinder ones being used a* rudders chiefly. The females or cows, like the males, vary tnueh in weight, hut are much lighter, only weighing from eighty to one humln-d ami twenty Ixmmts. The strong tain trust MtWI the males and females in sixc and shajs- is heightened by thi- air of exceeding pence and ami ability which the latter class exhibit. They are from four to four ami a half fe.-t in length from head to fail, ami ninrli more -hapelv in tlo-lr pnqxirllons than the male, the iicek ami shoulder ls-ing not near so fat ami heavy in pro |Mirtioii to their posteriors. The head and eye of the female are nattily at tractive; the expression is exceedingly gentle ami Intelligent; the large, lus trous eyes, in the small, well-formed head, apparently gleam with benignity and satisfaction w hen she is |iercliod ii I MHI some convenient rock and has mi opportunity to quietly fan herself." I'rrferctirrn In Marriage. As to physical preferences, 1 confess that 1 have felt aultleieiit Interest in the subject to ask a score of short men the kind ol stature they most admired hi women, when they made the following replies: two for medium stxe, two for small, thirteen for tall, and three for very tall. But, as may be observed, Terms: $2 a Yeur, in Advance. twenty ia hardly a *11111)10111 numlM*r on which to In>- a theory; atili, it i* )'nt(Ugh to Imli) ate thai idit-te are nroha liltilh* in favor of it, and In llic af>)ii)-* of more extended leal* I am Inclined fo le||)-ve thai, w here there areilxleoo for ami only four agailiat, the siiMtli mail prt-feia I lie Urge wuu.au. In audi a mailer Uo> rough *x la man llta(*ikrli. Imlee)|,lt Is a > mmn topic among men to give a )lea)vl|tlon of the wxman tliey miinire, white the uuwlesty which liehmgk t. women usually ke*p them from ciilerlug into doiaii* after the masculine manner. It i only In moment* of corner ex|aßhii that the woman condde* to a friend that she ha* a marked prefcroma-, in Which < a*e iic 1* more eutliiishuilic iu tier admiration than tin- man, ami In vesta Iter type with tlie attribute* of heroism. If the affair* of civilised life |K*ruitiu*d M- lection, miblmril by |ijr other <*on .nitration than that of natural stirs. lion, guided It Mould U- by human intelli gence, the rat** Mould of course n*li a degree of perferttMl vblrji ii la far frimi fMMM-aaiuK at present. • •cuius and ranting Mould Mailt baud In hand with the Veuua of Miloaud TLM AJH.IIO Ibdvl ilere. In ihU age the ohtuw lea to u< h a race ami'horatkiii appear U> lie greater than ever for the noM hu|a>rtant oon i-lderaliunr MOM entertained In the union uf man and woman iiave hut little to do with their mental, moral, and physical improvement.—tieUoty. turpornl l'ualttit aUdlalo-d w fth out Injury. The uecessltf of using it it very, perhaps increasingly rare. The teacher Mbo frequently and freely iw aorta to It I* praruiupiively unlit for hia situation. But the noMer to uae it ahould reat hi the teacher, aud ia pre ventive of mischief. Corporal ptooikh luent Iwu .icver been abolished in the kingdom- of nature or of grace. Every teaMier know * rliat there are boy*, who, l>y aotne ii nl eonfortilatiuu or some detect wl hour training, d>> not respond to the ordiuary motive* Of the MIIWII room. We give the little victim* over, un helped and liardenod, to tjie cruel indul gence, to the iatai una hdotu of their untaught, uucajiable guardians. To turn inativ of these boy a hut of -cbooi it to turn tliem upon tire at reel, la V lei tiiem !<■*- into a life if idleness and UM le*ue**. It U uujuailo the iwrttiu, aa well a rainooa u the chthl. The former have paid their *kare of the taxes M hl< h support the school and they have a right to all the bedetlt which (be schoul is capable ol belwjng. When they aend their children to whool, the •cubed ought b> teach au<| govern thern, not aend them home again. Tflil* l*Jui what the naughty boys want. In very many inaa the rod would not need to be Itlpl, 11 tlo u,) taowiqM bv playingi trick*, or by prolonged htenea*, or oon-1 ttsina, v, or relielHon, he Mill be ouly M-nt adrift, he w ill play the trick* and wrench himraif free from restraint! The - M <*epiug away of oorjK,rl |wiui*limoiii from school* ia the fioviering ul thai, tare of weak new Mrhlcii wpiing* u> vigor ous growth aide by aide *ith tlie wheat of k ndneaaiu your rich American MII. I It i the tone vague, Mind, emaocuhtfW, j injudicious coinidaiaaiice which wink* ; at crime and shrink* from puui-hnivitt J and paniona out, aud la not *0 far be moved from cruelty to the community a* it U Iroiu bene dee are to the criminal. Aud always and everv M heroit ia, to Uie full measure of ita influence, kubvr*ive , of manhood and fatal U> character.— t U a vital d-wnt of fhris iia.ii *l*i* air \. Wiiboul il|a4iiid neither truth nor Adelitjr to promise can IK* hojihl for. The coward h sure u Ue when truth mean* j-iul-hunut. and sure to Mr*( from bis ttgimnenb l when they involve peril. We heed valiant souls that have learned t>< endure and •corn pain, ami to fare danger fcarlsly and promptly when daty niiuires-. Some parent evade this vital part of training by gki-cs and deception. A mother who ha- taken her hoy to the dentl-t's to gm a tooth out will often way. if he la shrinking, "Sit still, my my boy; it won't hurt you," Now she knows it will hurt him, hut thinks If she can only get him by thh> device to •It wtill and let the dentist get bold of the tooth, then hi* discovery of the iwin will not hinder its csinetion. Thi- is a double mistake, It destroy* her hoy's confidence In her; for ho detect* her In a lie. And though It gets the boy this time, to sit still, it b under the delusion that there is to be no pain, whereas lie should be taught to boe the pain and to -corn it. Thi* makes the mlTerenee bet ween onwards ami heroes, A regi inient of poltroons coubl march up to a battery as cbeerfuliy as I regiment of heme* if tbey thought then" Was no enemy at the"guns. The dHtWorms la that heroes know the danger .aud yet face it valiantly. A Popular I'sllor) l..nrnl( Over- work. ! The subject of overwork, then. Is one of the greatest Importance to study, and has to bo disou- M-d daily by all of us. | MY own opi OH ha- tuckuy been ex pressed, tliH Ims evils attending it on the oooiiQuuity at largo ate vastly over estimated , aud, judging from my own expcilcni the persona with unstrung nerve* w • apply to the tk* tor are, not tbe prim. ,tsler. the hiahop-, ludges. ai.U, liarb- ving professional men. but roerh. .ma stockbroker retired from hu Itiess, government clerks who work from ten to four, women whose dome-lie duties and luul servants ar< driving them to Uio grave, voting Wntie whoHii visit- to the village school or i Sunday performance on the organ arc undermining their health, ami so on. Jn short, in uty experience J see more ailment- arise from w aut of Ooonpatfbn than from overwork, aiid taking the various kinds of nervous and dyspeptic, ailments which we are constantly treat ing, i tiud at least six due to idleness to one from overwork. Walt. Walt, husband, la-fore you unnder audibly why your wife doii't get along with the household atTairs "as yhiir mother did." She is doing her licst—- and no woman can endure tltfu la-st to Is- -lighted. Kcineiiilter the long weary nights -he sat up with the little lulls that died; remember the love and care she bestowed IIJHIII you when vou had that long s|H-)l of sh-kuCss. I ><> you tliink she IS made of cast iron? Walt— wait In silent"o and forbearance, and the light will come back to her eyes—the old light of the old days, Walt, wife, before you s|*-ak re proachfully to your husband when In comes home lale, weary, and "out of sorts." He has worked hart) for you all day, perhaus far into the night; he has wrestled, baud in hand with care, aud selfishness and greed, and all the demons that follow in the train of money making, la-t home lie another atmos phere entirely, la-t him feel that there is no other place in the world where he can tind )vace and quiet, and ]>erfeet love. NO. 1. mtMT COLt'B*. Tkt fitrnndtfl A'Wp,—"Poor ahip T aanl Frank, it* he looked at a vrwaid , Handed on tlm beach, with the wavea daakuig over hor. "la aim loot, jiapat" "I am afraid an. She haa been driven far in ly a atorm upon a randy aliore. ' and ran never Ik got off again. All ! (he | M-OIDE have left hot. Ihiy after day and eight after night the great wave* rolling in from the mean will strike against her side*, and dash brer her dock*, and break ber at iaat to piocca. In a tow month* ouly scarcely a trace of her will be found. "I wouder If the captain was adeep.' raid Frank, "when be let his ship come in uttou the ahore f * "That ia aomeihing we cannot know,' l enlied hla father. 'Mayite, 1 ' said Frank, droppiflg hia ; voice a lit tlo, "be was like Captain I Luke, when he ioat lite ship," "How waa that f Who told you any thing abtuil i'aptai' Lukef" "I heatd yon say it I* mamma one day." • Hay wiiat f' "That ( apUun Lukehn.i been drink-! ing too mm.lt IMIUOI, and ioat hi* own ' ttwkonilig u-ioie be lust the ship"*. What t* lockonigg, papaf "A captain'* t< ckoning ia hia know! otlge of a ltera hia abfp aliould he. This every caputt, know* arh day from what are called olutervauona. Then he look* at his chart or map*, and they tell hint if he i near a dangtrotua shore or a sunken 'rock, or anything that makra rare and vigilance needful. When a ship fc driven on to a eoaat or shore, like the one in the picture, it metal always happen* that the captain ts in lault, aud 100 many of them in fault just a* Captain Lake waa when lie lost hia ahip. Lit inking liutmris rertaiu to oonfuae the mind. and whet) the captain of a vessel drinks, yon can never or aura of hia ship.'' "flli. 1 vrlah people wouldn't drink Hie dreadful stuff* aatd Frank. "We're all the while hearing aisiut awful thiuin being done by di vnkoa m*." "11* verj aad and v#r> dreadful," raid paps, "aud I don't see how It k to be tilled, uaiefes ail the little boys iu lb* land undertake to do it; and then it will take a great many yeaT*. ,, "Oh, papa! How can the little boy* do ilf' asked Frank. "If all the link boy* |n the land re solve that they M ill never taste * drop of strong drink aa long a* they live, aad stick to their resolution, then we've only wot to wait until all the drinking men die off, whru the evil will be cured. Don't you see !" "Why, yea, papa! That's sot" ek clatuicd. Frank, hu face btigbtoning. "Aud I nt going to be one of the little boya." "That's right," raid papa. "And 1 went you to toll every little boy you know just what you're gains to do, and get as many as you csn !<• follow voor example. And new thai I think af it. Fraitk. suppose * MCU Moid about to all tlie little iny* aud ask them In do aa you're going to do t" '*t h, do, (utpa f That will be splen did." returned Frank, clapping hia (muds. And now, dear little reedaaa, resolve each one of you with Frank thal you will acither touch. ta-t-, nor tmndle Ute "at* ursed thing," but grow up to be good and teorperab nit n. So you *RI Imcatue agents in the greatest and most needed reform the world itas aeaci, and the world be better and Itappier hcc-tura jroa hare lived iu it. 41 , , MI |IIMIeen prying lnu> eow*' tuu rfhs of Late; though ! hope they will pot admire the cute farmer too much. There are some kind* of ah re* due** ahidt Jack doaan'P liy any mean* hold up a* good ugatn plea • Dear Jack; Y our Ittvn concerning "C*wa* l'|>per TeuUi," iratiud* rue of an incidcut which occurred iu an ad joining town. A city getitleman who had just pnr ciraeed a farm in the ctninfrv . utshed to boy soon: cattle a ith inch to stock it. lie therefora attended an suction where cow* were to be sold. One of tbetu, * rainarkaldy hue annual, soon attracu-d hia sUention. and, he bought her At a fair price. He Wo* eututmag liu purchase, when a farmer, who un fortunately bail arrived ioo lato to boy the cow himself a* ht bad U*tended, drove np. nud thu* accoMed him: **! say, friend, did yon tdd off tliaT cow V "I did," was the reply.* "Well, did you know i thai she bad. no front teeth Hi the apm r jaw T" "No," replied tlie gvudeman, indijr nnutiv. "laihatMf v . "Yon can at* for jwonglf." The gentiemaa ex*niod the mouth of the cow, aud tiadiug no upper teeth, 1 immediate)v went to the auctioneer and rrqicsMd him to aeii the cow a^nMu. "What's the troubleV* **ked the auctioneer. "hv hasn't any upper front teeth." was the reply. "Very well," replied auctioneer with a smile, "H! put her up onew more." [ Hedhl so. and tlie aliievrd fanner *ho had giveu the inhumation to the city gentleman, bid her off at the same price.— Bl. \trhokw. , The /irttUk Bmmk Arrow.—What a world thia ia! Hearing MOW peraoua mention the British )lr<*d Arrow, 1 naturallly Imitiked of the birds about it. knowing tiiat they are specially in teres ted, pimr thing*! iu arrow a and in aH sorts of weapons. Now, what do you tlilnk they told me * Why, the English ftrbad Arrow is not an arrow at all. That is. it's not an arrow that you can tire from a IH)W at a mark, but ft *a a in.uk itaelf. Yet uot a mark to be liml at. It ia a mark stamped or cut uion VTO*H! and iron and certain other materials which be long to the British Crovemment and are used almut its uaval ship* or dock yards. The Broad Arrow look* very little like an arrow, and very much like the priiii which a Hen's foot leave* in the urud.— St. Skhv ia*. iiVsjxvt I tmr Teockcr.—"lvospov'tyonr teacher*. Imys, raid Deacon Green to two smart rornig fellow* from town who were just now walking "ueros lots" with him. "Hcspeet your teachers. I don't un an ouly. that yoti should treat them with ont ward defen*ui*,hnt I want you to truly honor them. If ytur By to do it ami can't— why. go to another school. UoiK>r the man who toadies you, who preaches you, who reaches you,say 1? The laiya htnglied at the deacon's I funny rhyming,but 1 noticed thai the) straighteniMl up as He spoke, and, froni the bright look in their eye*, it w ev ideui that tlmv took bin idea.— Sk Nick- i itirnn. _ Wnlllst Dinner. Nothing Is'more trving to the mis- ! tres* of a honsi in any grade of life iWHnii to lw cnni|M-llwl P> ••wait tWnner" {the aonvsulease tJirdy gue.sta, TOI ray uotlung of the discomfort iullictv'd oil other visitors The luisv js-ople or the world are punctual people; thevtian wliose cyery moment M worth money to himseifami the otlrers alwaya juaii ages to lie in time. It is hard that such persons as tliesr' should be eoinuclTed to waste H long time in waiting dinner tor the arrival of some man or woman whose unpunoiHslity Is meroJy Ute re sult of an impertinent want of fore thought. Tin* proper mode of treating such persons w'ould be to ignore them' aitogertier. If, when tlie dinner hour ariixid, dinner were served, and |he drawlers were eomjielhd hy tlioir lab? arrival either u> go w itliotit dinner or to sit down in the middle of ttie feast— no bringing back of earlier dishes al lowed—this evil of careless lateness would Wop be remedied. ''So sorry to Is- late," ought to be met hy "So sorry we couldn't wait, hot glad to have yon join us at this stage." If ladies would take this matter iu their own hands, the iiabit of late arrival, which is a jtositive social nuisance, would soon he cursd. ' *'• ,s • • ' ."•)<*' Iftt nWS a BlU£y ® -jpringctoo ha* atudent* thl* rleto, ■ ono, has a Chinese ftemale piiysidan practicing there. -Hars>4*ay ('handler i worth flt.OlW -000, made iu ttie dry gooda trade. —At KaatAurpra, N. Y., the other day, a man ff fH mairlei! a girl 7 yoar* old. * —A fretful wvcupiit* haa been klllitl at Hudson, Mich.—a rare animal In t irow jrarls. —TenarwHMß ha* now tlx "unlvri fje" already organised or about to be ••sUtbilshHh. —"J'bc !><• hi ware Tculwuln dries JM tori* wf jwaehe* and ran* .1,tf14,000 tlireo imniid can*. —Fifteen thouasrul eight hnmlrol and sevsutjr-ftve irvlvor< of the war uf tali age on the pooahm list. —AU the Virginia (jity aaloon* are in rutmiuir onler agolii. Tbs recupera tive energy of whwlty la hard to beat. -Mr. W. W.foreoran of Waahlngton I* *aM to be eonteniplatHig the erection of a studio bitiidlng for tlie artist* of tlie city. —A Hwvdiah school bouse, for exhi bit ioti at the Centennial, has been from that country to PhlladeD ' -Tliesaw mill* In MtnneapolU.Mlnn. , have* manufactured about 135,U00,0t fnqt of lumber during the aeason juat , closing. , —Ptmater Gvaerid Jewell I* said to favor a return to (be old rate of . newspaper postage—one cent for every two oitnto. > —'fhe * 'hiueee resident- of Ist Ange les. CaJ., have clubbed together rained f13,Q00 aud purchax-d three gml*. Tliey ' now are happy. —lt la othnatod from ueh ceosus rw- Uitnl a* have IKS-M puldished tbi* year that (be pr>|MitaUoa of the L'aioo I* i about 4ti,2to,UUo. n —The tobaoco-ffroM er* up the C ear's regatta by giving them an informal row of about # mile* every MYcraraou. —The new State constitution of Ne braska ootOaiua a provision that tlie F lilted Htates Senator* for that State Shair hereafter be elected by direct vote of the people, —Ex-Cov. C, C. Washburn, of Wis consin, 1* said to ow-n the largest flour mill in America, ft f* seven stork* high, oot-L*.**M#gp sir 1 torus out 1,000 larnUof i'.uux a day. —J'oar (he pearl fisheries of the GuTf of Oififortli* yieldol xbuot fllOO,- tWO worth of pearl* n€ 1300,000 worth of shell*. The •tjeu-arkw.- of this year will baraly pay cxpeaaa*. —'lite San Francisco paper* are jubi lant over the near oomtdetiou of the first hlp ever built at that port. Tlie v*el wit! he fton* ineaauremctit, and namtnicicHl wholly of flr. —Mrv. Lhrermocr estimate* that In Masmrborate* titer* are 70,000 mar rlramalde woman who are likely to re main single, bncantw there are not men enough in tlie State to go round. —Th#re arc punll* 111 the the ' tttoffle wefitete* Of Samlusky who are learning the German braguage. CM" thi* number Iff 1 arc of Araaricau parentage. Uig bnlauoa baiug of German parentage. I ~—T*w proprietor of the L'niontown (hy.} Litcal rafuie* to receive the amount of suWrlption* in wild plums. He says he must draw the Hue Mwne wliere. and be draws ft at wild plums. —A rifle < lh knOSrn U the "Boston ltHteGtob" h hrtng formed in Boston, •ML- they will Maoare a permanent ratigp near Boston, where sliooting touruauieitt* a la t racdutore will ie —Bet ween thl* time and January 1 there ale to be twenty-three nen k.nngrat In various parte of the country, ihi- aissMinis for the ric nt rapid ri*e in Ute priue of i lothea lines aud bed conla. —Tr. David Creel, prohaldy the only surviving member of the jury which tries* Aarou Burr for treasou, is at present,a rvahtettt of AJiillicothc. Ohio, and enjoys excellent health, though oxyrjyijrear* old. —TTalk about the crovked streets of Boston! Tlie Traveler unblushingiy jiiiblkhcsa list of 17S n.-uues of streets whtcfi are thiplirotol in that city, 48 wfaicii are triplicated. 16 which occur lit br localities and five which occur In eix. —The old church In Bur lington,' X. J. is toV restored. It was thi lit one hundred and seventy years ago. Beneath the veakrable pile re i#e the of tlie non-juring bl-iiop 'J alK'l, Urn ftrst In Kplseopal qrdyys h this cotintrv. —Of the S,OOO,QOd Jews estimated to Be nn the flp-c of tne globe, 130,000 are assigned to America. 4f1,W0 to Franro, 300 to Ireland, 35 to Norway. One out of every seven iubabltaiits of Poland and on< out of every 33 of Hamburg, Romania anil Austria are Hebrew*? —The Fall River manufacturers have voted a furthevrnTncrioti of 10 per cent in wage* ami MlSrle* ff ail employe*, from Uie raperHiteudeiihs down, to take efleet Devemlair Ist. A couunlteee is MpjHiiutol to visit England and arrange for the exportation-of Fall River fab rim. I*rtns* have fallen nearly one .vAt jor yaril since rwpkeinbiT. —A Bengal alitor suspended his paper two wcekaou Uie arrival of the Prince of Wales. What a live Yankee eilftor M-oold havW doue, according to the New Y'ork Rrprera, Mould have been to publish extras, interview tlie l'rinvv and ewry uteiuber of hi* suite, and proturtdy gl\'(- fffw achromocff Uie ' royal visitor to new subscribers. —Tho'Coolt RxPnrslon Coni|iany, of England, have niflde avtangemeute on a colossal ieitle ff>r Euglisli jwople alvue. They have cliarteml aeven htcHincrs to bring the excursionists to * America, and have made arrangement* to leave them a certain time at the Cen tennial, a iter which they w ill divide biiv two routes, une to proceed through the country to "Sail Francisco and the ' other to New Orleans i■ . ■ A Machine la Write Down Npokea . Word*. A macfiliie, It f* said, has IKMU In- WMtdky u *l. 11. Hupphigor for writing spoken 'll amoving band of paper in dote and dashes of tlie Rainp sort a* those employed in tele graphic writing. The person using M. Hnpldnger'* invention simply rcia-ats the word* of tlie spiuker after liiin in audibly, and the *ame words are then faithfully written out on the moving band. — London Iron. If you love others thev will love you. If VHHI will speak Idiully to them, they M ill IHA kiAjlly to you. Ixive is re paid with love,-and hatred M-ith hatred. Woufd you hdsur a sweet and pleasing ecflo," speak sweetly and pleasantly yourself. -', ■a"