xe THE TRAILING ARBUTUS. ) wa ndered lonely where the pine trees made Against the Bast their barricade; And, guided by its sweet Per fame, I found, within a narrow dell ‘able to rub into her cheeks appeared * brightly now. Mus. Bt. Rose was Neil Gaynor's sis- {iter, the most delightful lady in exis- With a sob she turned and fled noise | lessly as a zephyr. | She reached the rose arbor by another path. She rushed into the fragrant gloom shell Amiddry leaves and mosses at my feet. From under dead boughs, for whose loss the pines : Moaned ceaseless overhead, the blessoming vines Lifted their glad surprise, : While yet the bluebird smoothed in leafless trees His feathers ruffed by the chill sea breeze, And snowdrifts lingered under April skies. As, pausing o'er the lonely flower I bent, I thought of lives thus lowly, clogged and pent, ‘Which yet find room, Through care and cumber, coldness and GCay, To lend a sweetness to the ungenial day, And make the sad earth happier for their bloom. arson fA ————— in the Gloaming. “Now, my little Truthie, you'd better lay all this to heart.” This was the end of handsome Hal Hale's long lecture to his pretty, co- quettish little sister Truth, He lay in the hammock before the open door, and she sat upon the lower stair in the hall, pouting and playing with a daisy chain. It had been a long and unusually serious lecture, all about Neil Gaynor, the last of Truth's summer lovers, whose heart she was playing with as she had played with a score of other lovers since the lovely season at Moss- mere began. “If Neil were a noodle like Fitz- gerald, ora fool like Markham, Truthie, { wouldn't care,” Hal had said. “But for you just to amuse yourself at play- ing hide-and-seek with a royal fellow like Neil won't do; in fact, he won't stand it, and you'll never have another such an offer, you silly, spoiled little puss, as long as you live. So take my advice and marry him offhand like a woman, and have no more of this flirt- ing.’ Hal had turned over in the hammock and taken up his book. Truth had twisted her chain until she broke it. She was still pouting, but the flush had died off her dimpled cheeks, and there was a suspicious moisture in her «yes, She did not speak. She could not tell Hal that his shafts of truth had gone home. She knew well enough that Neil Gaynor was ‘‘just splendid.” She had learned it already by the manly way with which he received her refusal the previous evening. ‘She liked him very much asa friend, but she could not think of anything further,” she had said, her golden head as high as possible in the air, and ber gase wandering as far as it could from the serious attention of his handsome JTAY eyes, They were such clear, frunk beauti- ful eyes. . They haunted her sleep that night. She woke up and thought by the wmoorlight, and felt very small and mean. What did make her such an insincere trifler she could not understand. She knew that there were pol many men like Neil Gaynor. lustead of being grateful for his love, why had she crested her head, like a silly bird, and declined it ¥ And he had not uttered an angry or reproachful word—had not accused her of flirting, called her ‘‘a heartless coquette,”” as; the others did—only bowed in silence and left her courtéous- 3 y But those clear, beautiful eyes would not be forgotten, She sobbed a little on her pillow, try- ing to declare that she didn’t care, And now, with morning, comes Hal's serious interference, though he knew nothing about last evening 'sscene. She was really frightened at what she had done, and dared not tell him—good Hal, who was the kindest elder brother a naughty girl ever had ; for though she had said to herself, *‘Neil will come back,” even as Hal lectuied, Mr. Neil Gaynor, on his black horse, Turk, rode slowly below the terrace, and, seeing her, did not pause—only raised his hat and passed on. The season was at an end, the people at the hotels going home. What if he went to town and she never saw him again ? A mist came over her eyes ; the wind soughed among the woodbine at the door which made her shiver. Poor, remorseful little Truthie ! She sprang np and ran away at last. What if Hal should look around and see her crying ? She drenched her face well with eau de cologne before she came down to dinner. ; . +o Truthie,” sald Hal, carving the joint, and helping her liberally to Lyon naise potatoes by way of making up for the ing’s scolding—for he was very fond of this little sister of his, and very “Truthie, we are invited to Mrs, St, | Rose's for to-morrow evening.” The color which Truth had not been a large party, *‘She is rather late with her party this year. | “I believe she has been waiting for her niece to come down from the moun- tains,” said Hal, carefully choosing a stalk of celery. | ““Have you ever seen this Miss Myr- tle 9" asked Truth, glad that he was not looking at her and finding out her secret, she felt so miserably transparent, poor little thing ! “Oh, ves, I have seen her,” replied Hal, carelessly, dodging behind the big bouquet of lilies in the centre of the table, to prevent her looking at him. “Pretty, isn’t she ?"’ “Very.” “Have you seen much of her 7’ *‘Considerable.”’ “Where ?”’ “‘Neil used to bring her to the as- semblies, last winter.”’ “Oh The red faded out of Truth’s cheeks again, She had not been to the assemblies ; she had a tendency to cough, and the doctor had forbidden it ; and Neil Gay- nor did not dance, Why, then, had he taken this pretty cousin, Maud Myrtle, to them ? Obviously only to please her. She was a good dancer, she had heard ; and Hal, who was very fastidious, pro- nounced her pretty. Truth pushed away her meringue un- tasted. The color did not come back into the rounded cheek. She went upstairs and tried to think what she would wear to Mrs, St. Rose's. Whatever it might be she was sure Maud Myrtle’s would be prettier, She was very fashionable, and Neil had an eye for dainty costumes. No sign of Neil that evening, nor all the next long, bright day, though the St. Rose carrjage had gone by, Neil driving with his beautiful cousin. Miss Myrtle was beautiful ! Truth saw that she was a charming brunette, with a cherry-red mouth, and enrling black lashes, She was talking to Neil with the most delightful animation, and he was listen- ing with an enjoyable smile, If she had been crying again, when slie came down dressed for the party, cologne and a dash of pearl powder had concealed all results about the pretty eyelids, She wore white and knots of cherry blossoms, and looked gentle and sweel enough for a nun or a bride, Neil Gay- nor thought, when he saw her, He bowed pleasantly. He had Maud on his arm ; he seemed devoted to her, Truth thought. “He finds her kinder than I, and she is far, far prettier I"’ she murmured. She felt as if she were choking ; but she must not be a 1 aby there, She forced herself to chat, and sing, arith elit ices, keeping for the most part with Hal, though he was strangely pres occupied, and spilled cream and blun- dered over ladies’ dresses in a most un- usual way for him. Truth asked him to take her into the garden at Inst, and he did so. Part was illuminated with Chinese lanterns, and part in lovely moonlighted shadow ; but the moonlight, and the fra- grance, and music, made Truth want to cry worse than before--that strange, lonely pain at her heart was so very hard to béar. Hal threw himself down en the seat of a little rose-covéred arbor, with along sigh, whieh Truth observed, and asked him if his new boots hurt him. He replied gravely that they did not although they were a very snug fit. Au had better run in and sing that duet with Mrs, St. Rose, which you de- clined to do awhile ago, while 1 smoke a cigar,’ hesaid. “I will be here when you come back.” Perhaps she hadn't been nice to de- climes it wouldn't do to mope there any way, Truth knew ; she certainly should be erying— the music of the band hidden among the acacias was so sad ; so, never suspecting that Hal wanted to be rid of her, she turned away and flitted baek to the parlors. . Agnin Mrs, St. Rose urges her to sing With her, and this time she consented. | But the words blurred and the lights dazzled, for Neil, with Maud upon his arm, went out as she came in. ~~ After the wong she flirted desperately with Bert St. Rose for twenty minutes, and then slipped away to rejoin Hal. She ran down the piazza steps, turned around a clump of shrubbery, and there, inthe shadow of a locust tree, stood a 8he could only see the outline of the gentleman's form in the gloom, but of course it was Neil Gaynor, for the glow of a Chinese lantern struck Maud Myrtle's face while it was lifted ten- derly to his, as, bending, he kissed those beautiful lips, and as Truth paused, breathless, she saw .a ring slipped on that snowy hand, bent figure on the rustic seat. “Oh, dear Hal, take me home! I want to go! I cannot stay here! Neil i Gaynor is engaged to his cousin, and it's all my fault. I refused him, I | didn’t dare tell you. But oh, I'm so miserable !| You don’t need to scold me, i Hal. As soon as he had gone I knew 1 | splendid. How could I helpit? I was i silly ; but I am unhappy enough now, Oh, Hal, take me home! my heart will ' break The arms which had closed so quickly about her drew her closer. In all his life, Hal had hever failed to be tender when she repented of her follies, “Don’t scold me, Hal ? I'm punished enough, I love him so, and have lost him ‘“‘Are you sure, little gir! ?” It wasn’t Hal's voice, Truth canght & quick breath as that strange yet familiar voice went on ‘Are that you love me, Truthie, darling ¥ Because I hold you so dear I cannot be trifled with again.” “Neil I “Yes,” “f[—Tam all in the dark !"' stammered Truth, trying to free herself. But the gentle arms held her yet more firmly. “So am I, unless you say once more those precious words,’ “Say-—‘I love you, Neil I’ ”? It was very dark, else Truth, blush- ing to the roots of her golden hair, could never have said them. But very sincere sounded the sweet voice “I love you, Neil!” “My darling !"’ There was no doubt to make his voice cold now, and Truthie nestled in those sheltering arms in delicious happiness, “But Neil,” “whom did I see with Maude Myrtle 7" “‘Hal, I suspect. He her distraction. They met at the assembly you sure or mistrust a she whispered at last, * vO loves balls, last winter, and he visited her at : my sister's when she was in town, They have been in correspondence all sum- mer. but Hal wasn't sure of Maud is such an unhcofimon nice girl and has so many lovers—and begged me to get him a chance this evening to speak with her alone. He came down here, and I brought Maud down, and as soon as we appeared he popped out of the arbor and I porped in, [I guessed how it would be when they but I never dreamed of who had given me rushing in here and making me her father-confessor.”’ His hand rested golden head. “Oh, Neil, she sighed, ‘‘aren’t you glad that it was dark 7"’ she strolled the little girl a heartache AWAY, such on her tenderly -— Breathing Spots for Metropoli- tans. The capitalists of all our large cities seem to be competing in the effort to establish healthy spots for the dust rid- den and heat burthened citizens of the metropolis of the country. There is a race between the seashore and the hill tops. Harding has nationalized the Kaaterskills, and now H., H. Hous n, Esq., of Philadelphia, is having erected on one of the many emi- nences in and about Chestnut Hill, Pa,, one of the largest and finest hotels ever built in the suburbs of any city. The location of this im- provement is about one mile south of the depot at Chestnut Hill and one thousand yards west of the new Penn- sylvania Railroad to Chestnut Hill The structure will nearly cover the block of ground bounded by Willow Grove and Wissahickon avenues and Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, The ground there is very high and the hotel overlooks the Wissahickon and Park and presents a magnificent view of the surrounding country ; Roxborough, with its tall church spires, on to the southeast, on an equally high hill, being quite conspicuous, The hotel building is of stone quar- ried in the vicinity. The style of architecture is of the old English type. The dimensions of the structure, out- side measurement, are length, 227 feet | width of main building, 50 feet ; rear wing, 127 feet; two wings, each 227 feet. The height is two and a half roof, broken with dormer windows. The building will contain about 300 rooms, 2650 of which will be for sleeping purge, +A portico, one-third of a 1. The hotel will be furnish- with all the modern conveniences and elegance, and comfort, it is said, will prevail in all the arrangements. ‘Our people owe these and other men of enterprise their thanks for the ‘efforts made and risk takein catering tire ed For Our Youth. NEAR AND FAR-SIGHTEDN ESS, —-~ Near-sighted boys and girls are often surprised to find how much farther their companions can see than themselves, Some can tell the time of day indicated by a distant church-clock, where they cannot even make out the clock itself, but there are fine tests in the heavenly bodies well-known to astronomers, and with which any boy or girl may become familiar. The Pleiades is a famous constella- tion, with which is associated a tradi- tion coming down from Grecian times that one of its stars suddenly disap- peared. An eye of ordinary power can easily make out six stars; a stronger vision can count eleven, and some with extraordinary powers can discern thir- teen and fourteen, With a telescope the number visible varies from fifty to a hundred. Everybody knows the Great Dipper. The middle star in the handle has a companion star, which a tolerably good eye can detect. A stronger eye can de- tect a third and fainter star, It re. quires the best eyes to pick out the moons of Jupiter, but this has been done by a few. It is comparatively easy to see them when two are in con- junction, and thus a larger surface to the eye. It may afford no little amuse- ment to our readers to test their vision by experimenting, some clear night, on the constellations we have mentioned. ApouTr EARNING MoXNEY. — Some of the boys have written to the post- mistress asking her to tell them how they may earn a little money during vacation. One bright eyed little man —George R., Jr., is his name--has solved the problem for himself. He has a boat called the Pocahontas, and, as his home is near a favorile summer resort, visited during the season by numbers of people from the city, he rows passen- gers across a certain little stream at five cents a trip. He intends to buy a with when he have earned enough to pay for one. shall I iy ives, pony his money will not tell vou where George but it is not improbable tLat among my young friends there may be a half-dozen may take Pocahontas, and for their who, before vacation is over, the brave a seat in pret(iy have my little laddie ferryman,. ‘ Ol Another x 3) my who expected a year or two ago to his father's permission to learn some- thing business life in the ten weeks before school should reopen. He sought and found a place in an office, about Jeased his employers so well by his ¥ Pio) promptness and intelligence that when he had been graduated they at once gave him a permanent situation. But I want to tell you about Hal W, They ever 80 much to go to the mountains and his sister Dessie, wanted this summer, and weeks ago they asked their mother if she would give her con- sent. She shook her head rather sadly. “Where is the my dears ?"’ money to come from, Bessie knew, if Hal did not, that there was no money to spare. Mrs. W, paints pictures, and is sometimes paid very well for them, and sometimes, alas! the pictures do not find pur chasers, “If you and Bessie can manage Lo earn enough to pay your expenses, you may go to Wildroseville in August,” said the mother, Now some children would have said, “What's the use of trying ?'' Not so Bessie and Hal, who are young Ameri- cans, and have plenty of pluck and persistence, They shook all their pen- nies out of their saving banks and counted them, and added to their sum several silver pieces which had been given them, about the Fourth of July by uncles and cousins to invest in tor- pedoes. They had not wasted a penny on torpedoes, and when they footed up their wealth it amounted to three dol- las. With this Bessie bought a good many yards of strong, brown gingham of aclose checked pattern. After she brought it home you might have heard a sewing machine singing a merry tune. As its little needle flew up and down the seams it seemed to say, with its quick click, click, click, Hal and Bessie are going 1 guess, Upthe beautiful mountains, Where the streamlets flow, where the sen ferns grow, In the spray of the snowy fountains Hal and Bessie, they mean, I guess, Although itis very funny, To pay their way on a summer day, With their own bright golden money. Isee ‘that you are puzzling your brains over the wonder what my dark- eyed Bessie was making, while Hal danced a jig as each finished thing was neatly folded and laid away in a flat basket. As you never will find out, I will tell you. She made a dozen aprons such as working men wear to protect their clothing from soil and dust, and when they were done Hal took the basket on his arm and went to a great building where he saw men employed, some in one way avd some in another, and there he offered the aprons for sale, He asked a quarter o' a dollar apiece for them, anl he sold the dozen in a hour, Bessie went on making and Hal went on selling the useful aprons to men who were glad of the chance to buy them, until they had disposed of no less than two hun- dred, Another girl who wanted money, not for herseif, but for charity, to be- stow on some poor children who were in need, went every day for a month to read the newspaper and Bible to an old lady whose eyes were failing, but who wanted to hear the psalms and chapter she loved, and also to know what was going on in the world, The lady paid her liberally for her trouble. There is a boy who writes a wonder- fully good clear hand, almost equal to an engraving. His name is Ambrose, He is in request among the ladies who knew him to write their names on their visiting cards. Other boys earn money with their printing presses, or by weeding in the neighbors’ gardens, going errands, or lending a hand generally. If you wish to be of use, you must keep on the lookout in your own neigh- borhood. Above all things, be punc- tual, steady and honest, showing that you are worthy of trust, I have a great deal of respect for such a little girl as Cassie R. (ten years old), who picked berries all through the long hot days’ of last summer, sold them, and thus earned the money to subscribe for the Ohio Press which she wanted so much that she was willing to work for it. Honor to willing workers! Though I say this, I do not want any of my boys or girls to think that itself the pursuit of money is a very grand or noble thing. Earn it for a purpose, and let that purpose be unselfish. Pro fessor Agassiz once said, when urged to lay aside his scientific pursuits and engage in lecturing, so that he might secure a fortune, “* I have no time to make money.” Everybody honored him for feeling that his lifework was above mere gain or loss, mm Now I think you will agree with me that you have had a long epistie, and that it is time for me to sign myself your loving friend.— Ohio Press. —————I A H—————— The Worm Turns, From the sterner sex and from the sterner members of her own sex poor defenseless woman has received an enor- mous amount of reviling for her corsets, her high heels, her bustles, her tight shoes and the thousand and one other things which she imagines make her wore charming. All this she dured up to the present, and with saint- ly patience ; but, at last, even the worm brought to bay will turn and read his And the peculiar thing about it is that she seems to have some reason on her side. She tells her critics to re- move first the from their own eyes, and they will be better has en- ACCUSES, beam qualified to judge of the size of the mote which is obscuring their sisters’ vision. Her first point of attack is the starched shirt front. This we surrender at once, And so on until we are reduced almost to the condition which Eve succeeded in making improper for Adam to appear in on the day when that wretched couple indulged too unrestrainedly in a vegetation deit. Then it was that women first provoked the dress discus gion, and it bas remained with her a fruitful topic ever since, Up to that time there was no question as to what was and what was not “‘rational’’ dress, But Eve listened to the Worth of her day, and here we are, after centuries of evolution, each sex weari'g a fashion of fig-leaf which the other knows to be ridiculous, and yet are no nearer a solu- tion of the vexed problem than were our unworthy progenitors on that No- vember afternoon. when they were evicted from the Garden of Eden. Is there no compromise possible? If we yield points on our side, will our daughters, wives and sisters meet us half way? Will the abandonment of the high hat purchase abstinence from the flower and feather-trimmed monstrosities which furnish the milliners a luxurious existence? Will the giving up of starched collars, cuffs and shirt fronts gain the abolition of an equal number of starched skirts and lace-trimmed petticoats * Will our return to san- dals mean death to French heels ? Will our absolute desertion of barbers secure temperance in the use of rice-powder and arsenic solutions? When these questions are answered in the affirma- tive we will give in our allegiance to the new order of things, but until they are we shall cling manfully to the right to incase our bodies in stiffened linen and torture ourselves in any other way we may see fit, Antique silk guipure lace in the piece and in trimming widths is again in fashion for black dresses, and is very handsome when made up over black gros grain. The designs of flowers, leaves, and strips worn ten years ago are again seen, and there are also quaint figures of birds, dragons and animals | woven in these rich guipure laces, ; — Health Hints, How to preserve and Restore the Hellth. A Portugese doctor asserts that he has cured seven cases of hydrophebis by rubbing garlic into the wound, and giving the patient a decoction of garlic to drink for several days, It is ouly ten years since cholera was epidemic in the United States. In 1843 it was very general throughout the Mississippi valley, there being over 7,000 cases in nearly three hundred localities, and less than half recovered. The New York Tin.cs says : Doubtless there is no sufficient cause for any present alarm. And yet it cannot be questioned that the ways of cholera are even more mysterious than those of yellow fever. The poison is easily concealed and is most portable, and there is no certain limit of time to its vitality, so that in these days of easy travel and immigra- tion no locality is entirely secure against attack. Thus, in 1873, three distinct centres of the disease were established at so remote points as towns in Ohio, Minnesota and Dakota from poison brought by immigrants from Holland, Sweden and Russia. The ships were perfectly healthy, and so were the people, until their goods were unpacked in the heart of this country, in the cool north and remote west. Then the disease broke out in most virulent form, The inference is that not merchandise but luggage needs the most careful attention. Cholera is neither infectious, nor contagious, nor, in this country, the result of local cone ditions as, for instance, yellow fever may be. The only way in which it is expected to reach the United States is by the importation ite peculiar poison contained in the ejections of a sick person and carried in clothing, ete. When the packages are opened the dried particles which may have sur- vived during heat, cold, moisture and lapse of time, may be breathed or swallowed. Is can thus be seen what a problem quarantine against cholera is. Hor Axo Corp DRINKS, —A corres- pondent of Knowledge calls attention te some of the disadvantages of hot drinks, Cold drinks, he says, are natural to man, though most people nowadays are so used to hot drinks, that they do not feel satisfaction-—really stimulation unless they have them. Hot drinks are injurious to the tongue, for they deaden of or drink, the tongue becomes quite nmb and unable to taste the finer fl wvors of a dish. The teeth are greatly njured by them, and many dentists say caries (decay) is due to them alone. They crack the enamel and thus allow caries to set in. When caries has once set in hot drinks are a common cause of neuralgia. Hot drinks are especially burtful to the stomach. They cause irritation of the nerves of the stomach and consequent mild inflammation of that organ, so that after a hot drink the stomach is red and congested ; in time a debilitated condition is set up, A temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit also destroys the active ferment of gas- tric juice—pepsin-—and so leads to indi- gestion. If the stomach is at all dis- ordered, hot drinks give rise to much griping pain, and in many cases to vomiting. In cases of diarrhea, too, hot diinks only increase it, while cold ones tend to lessen it. Thirst is not common in winter, unless sugary or hot- spiced foods have been taken. In cold weather the air contains more moisture than in hot, and in cold weather there is less perspiration. Hot drinks in- crease the volume of heat in the body and, if that is not required, it is quickly got rid of by the skin. Water is the best thirst quencher, but if simple food be taken the need of drinks will be small. Many vegetarians drink noth- ing from month to month, the only fluid they get being the juices of the fruits which they eat. But pleasant drinks, like tea, coffee, etc., may be taken lukewarm for a long time with little apparent damage. The least in- jurious is cocoa, made with plenty of milk and allowed to stand until nearly cool. A good test is to apply the little finger to the drink, and if it be not too hot, then it may be safely taken. fe Vegetation Of New South Wales. Is noticeable for the large number of distinct species it contains, and for their issimilarity from the species of other countries, There exist about 10,000 species of flowering plants in Australia, being more than is contained in the whole of Europe. Over 1200 species of native plants have been observed in the county of Cumberland alone, and large numbers remain yet to be recorded, All these plants are highly organized, and capable of withstanding great extremes of heat and cold, Some of the noble eucalyptus trees, with their vertical branches and evergreen leaves, reach to a height of 120 feet, with curve of from twelve to twenty feet. The highest tree in the world, 480 feet high, was discovered in Australia, and several trees are now to be seen over 420 feet high. Theve are about 300 different species of acacia or wattles, with ever- green branches,
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