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 h<nr
was the puzzling matter of inquiry,
for uo one in the family f the host
was known to have leeii affected with
the disorder. Was t lie diM-aae brought
to tlie tiouse hy a waiter 1 Was it con
veyed in the table-linen from the
washerwoman f Was it somehow in
corporated in the cream that had la-en
used in the ilesswt t An investiga
tion on these and other Points, as we
understand, WHS made, foil not with
auy satisfactory result. The cream was
thought to la- niost likely the vehicle
of infection: but how could any one be
certain on the point f The cream em
ployed in fashionable dessert in I-on
don is possibly made up of half a dozen
creams from as many dairies and in
quiry ends only in vague conjecture.
Rather a hazardous thing, one would
say, going out to dinner where von
may ruu the chance of Ix-itig killed in
a manner so very mysterious. I'eople,
in their innocence, are not aware of
the manner m which contagious dis
eases may be communicated by public
conveyances, by articles of (tress, by
dwellings, hy the very atmosphere.
We have just heard an instance oT tlie*
com muni cation of scarlet fever by
means of a"kist,** the name usually
given in Scotland to a servant's trunk.
A servant girl in Morayshire fell all
with scailet fever, and died, lierkist,
a painted wooden IHIX, containing all
her worldly goods, her later clothing
included, was sent home to her rela
tions, and lay for some weeks at a sta
tion on the Speyside Railway before
an opportunity occurred Jor removing
it by a cart to her mother's cottage
among the hills. During this interval
the station-master's children, in romp
ing about, conducted their gambola on
the kist, which was a repository of
contagion, and in due course were
struck down with scarlet fever. At
length, the fatal kist was conveyed to
its destinatinn, and the contents were
disfiersed among friends and neigh
bors. The donations were kiudly
meant, hnt they proved fatal. No
precautions had been taken to disin
fect the articles. the result being that
wherever the clothes of the deceased
girl were taken in, scarlet fever found
its victims. For several months the
fever raged, until the wave of its in
fection was expended. Now ensued a
remarkable event. The outbreak
proved to be an opposing barrier to
the spread of a more virulent type of
scarlatina advancing from another
quarter at a later period of the .war.
•In reaching the former scene of the
disease, it was arrested for want of
material to feed U]H>II ; 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
<juitc loses sight of the great origin of
the popular festival audit is only in
fanciful utterances that tlie child learns
CENTRE llAid.. CENTRE CO.. I'A.. IIICRSDAY, JANUARY <i, lN'7(i.
-oinelhllig ol the • lii •"I w lio-e niu# It
l. It tiM> 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<vnp|#-.irlng from
the surface, ami routing up mile- u>
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'h<M>l 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 <h*l; *e,-ond,
that there was a place to lost loyalty,
hut that the Minetuary was not tlx- place,
■dure he who mistook mtriotkm for
piety might mistake self-interest for
patriotism; and third, Uiatthc suspicion
expressed hy the flag was a stain on
Christian character, tested for year*,
which nnisl be removed heforo they
could Im mxgfa i rial hy a minister of
amniier denomination. Willi his char*
arteristic vehemence the Keyretary ex
claimed, as the nop* was read to lilin '
"He is in tlie right." The flag was
down lielnn* 2 o'clock, and no flag (torn
that day was allowed to be put oter a
church.— H'lJiiAoejn and Itr. ticrtor.
Italof Home.
It was scarcely more than an hour's
drive along a qtiiet country road. For a
mile or two the reluctant village strag
gled after. Tbea we passed solitary
farnihouscV and laborer*' cottages, a
vineyard, an old graveyard, and the
rugged sides of a rocky bill. And
then a little lielt of wooded swamp
lands stretched out its armsot fir, and
pine, and hemlock, full of stm-y odors,
and merry little buds, ami squirrels
and gray rahhila, all the auiumer long.
In the winter thia was the place where
the fuiries hung out their washings,
and sometimes their pearls and dia
monds. Beyond, the road grew rougher
and narrower, winding up hill ami
down hill, over tumbling brooks and
a noisy river.
But every rod of the way WM as fa
miliar as our father's house. We knew
where and when to look for the waxen
cups of shiniug laurel, for pink azaleas,
tor the earlhwt May (towers, ami the
latest trails of clematis and swinging
southern moss, We knew, too, when
a meadow fence had been built, or
manded, ami saw, with rendy interest,
cverv patch of new shingles on a way-,
ide iiiuisc or ham. We noted whose
haying was coming on earliest, whose
woodpile was largest-, and whose corn
promised lest ; while ever* luce we
met was the face of a friend. So with
i many a nod and n smile, and word of
neighborly greeting, we drove at last
taster, as we cante to the end of our
journey, up to our fathet's door.
They had heard fruit within the
sound ol our coming w heels, and there,
on the threshold, stood our mother,
smiling, ami stretching out Iter hands.
Presently, from aerosa the street, ami
across tm gardens, one aud another of
onr friends came in, always so glad to
see us. <4lad to see us for ourselves,
and glad for the ripple of outside life
we brought to the quiet neighborhood.
The table was laid with the choicest of
farm and dairy; the little family trou
bles were brought out for considera
tion and sympathy as well as the lum
ily joys ; ami for out brief stay we were
the centre ol the household and ncigh-
Irorhood.
But of all the pleasures of the wel
come home, the smiling mother with
the outstretched hands is the dearest
symbol now. It is eight years since
the eager hands w ere lidded for their
rest niider file gra-s on t lie hillside.
Folded forever f We go and come, ami
come ami go, but thev beckon never
more. We see the white headstone
that says so little, ami yet so much,
from the windows of the room that
was hers, but we sec nothing besides.
Has that loving heart forgotten ihciif
Are the hands to be stretched out to
us never again f Are the swift feet
stayed forever in their coining t No!
Xo! Ilia only tiiat 0111 jotitm-y home
ia not yet MA-eoiupltahml. Th ia empty,
liungiv, aching "mother waul" will IN
aoiue day aAtialiod.
We are on our journey, un hill and
liow n hill, and lit all aorta of weather.
Along familial aceuoa, and among
11 lemlly I area. Ncaier and IH*rsr,
taster and faster. Airi-a<ly tL f. with
in the veil, may have hea-d tin sound
of out coining, and be pro* ,ng to meet
u* with out-aUechiug h ! otue. The
thiuga which CIMI lust It pt pa nil have
not entered iuto the heart of a man.
hut we have each our own thought and
t-v (wet ut ion of heaven. And fur mo.
my heaven la a* a going hopie. Ami
as the heaven a are higher than the
earth, ao w ilt IN- the toy of that hotue
couiing higher than the joy of thia.
Mf U4y f PIIBN.
"As fiH>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'ualtti<at la Iter trhwu.
Within a f<-M- year* ►•* of nur cotu
muiiitleg have forblddett all retort to
(H |mril iiuuiohinent for refractory pu
l*ila. It la deiiuanond u tertwruu* and
degrading An iadla< re*t adaulniatra
tiou of it arouse* an cxeiteuiant a* in
discreet aa the original cln. itnn-ad uf
removing the one offender, we remove
fruui all iiaieU the wrapou with which
be luu offended. It k always ao rtub
eaaier to gcueraltac than to dlacrituiuan*.
Xeverthele#* I relajiae Into bar bar but
sufficiently to suggest thi, in the pi*
ent state nf our olvilir.fftion and our
achuul organUalloii, oonwral jtenUh
turn I U a mean a of grace * hieti we can
not abolish, and have u<>t 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.—
<Au7 JlitmlUvn, Ol /W^nUl.
Tewhlag <tilldrrn * uura|>
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 |IIMI<WPI <I I
A Shrewd Jt'arm*r,~ Here 1* a letter
that will amuse the chick* who have
I>een 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.
, —P<M>tmater 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<o
noetteul valley ray UuU the crop of u
liU( (w the istirs appears better this
year than ever before.
, —The alr-iddp m hi. h Mr. Sbnraler ie
building at Baltimore, and In which he
exj*-et* to crm* (be Atlantic in forty
hotira, la nearly evHnpietod.
—'Praaaurer New saw Uncle Ham ha*
spent fifteen millions leas thi* year than
last year. We arc glad the festive old
chap ia econom Uing it lUtle.
—Cor! S liura ha* written a letter to
s friend In Washington, in which he
eutea that he hat dafliitsrJ to reside per
mauenily la Mow York city.
—Tb nwoafasture of peat for the
Hau Frauilsco rnarkei is a new industry
Just Ktkrted In the vidulty of Htocktou,
with good promise of eocweas.
tailored Atari odltt Eplcjjial
church bt America ha* now four
bishops aud $ pwmberaiiip of 300,0 M iu
the southern wl western Mate*.
—Mm. l~ Mopwail, of N'eensh, Wis.,
ha* an |Mte tree which lias imrne two
crop* g fruit thl* yoar, and b now
biorauoted out/or the third time!
—The length uf decp-raa cable laid
In the world I# 7(1,000 luilra. The world
tetegraplde lines extend over 4410,000
rollc*. and to re are 190,000 miles of
toUrosd.
—t aptpte Look, of the Yale na rr,
ha* already Ivgwn to train hi* crew for
next > 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 '<ifils. Accord teg b) the llvrue.
JmlHstritlU. this instrument, which is
about the sire of Ihebahd, is put iu con
nection with (he vocal organs, and
records tlielr movement*u]m>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"