THE OLD HOME, It sleeps beneath the sunny hill As in a tranquil dreamt ; The giant elms are spreading still Above the meadow stream. Wild birds that join in music sweet And quiet sheep and cows Find grateful shelter from the heat Beneath those leafy boughs. All day among the scented grass The crickets leap and sing, And green and golden shadows pass Like swailows on the wing. How calmly in the sheltered nook The summer hours may go, Yet bright and joyous as the brook That sings with deep'ning flow. O world, with all thy cities’ pride, Thy plains and valleys green, Thou hast not in thy bound'ries wide, So sweet, so fair a scane. TTI, A BRAVE WOMAN, At Mr. Lonsdale’s anstocratic man- sion in Philadelphia the earliest letters fee. so that Mrs. Lonsdale was lang- uidly eating orange marmalade when the letter with the black edge which had just come from Moon Mountain. “eft a widow!” echoed Mrs. Lons- dale. ‘‘And with six daughters. What a very unpleasant circumstance!” “She was my favorite cousin,” Mr. Lonsdale. *‘As bright a girl as I ever saw. I suppose, Naomi”—with a little hesitation—*‘we couldn’t her in here?” “Take her in here?’ repeated Mrs. Lonsdale. “Why, where could we put a widow and six young women? We actually haven't room to accommodate ourselves?” rv.” said Lonsdale. the bluest eyes I ever saw. Six daughters, and we never had one. Perhaps, Naomi,” with the old hesita- adopt one?” his wife, ed child into my house it will not be the country article.” - * ® - » w At the solitary little farm on Moon Mountain, however, the same topic ford. was darning the carpet with a piece Jf woolen yarn of the same color and Lizzy was trimming seven plain straw hats with bands of crape, as inexpen- sively as possible. Susy was picking over a shining tin pan of dandelion greens for dinner. ast and rosiest of all, was feeding a lit- tle flock of downy chickens, and Sarah, the eldest, was absent at a neighbor’s, of half a dozen boys, “Sarah was always so handy with the needle,” said Mrs, Drix, with pardona- ble pride. up from her work with a troubled countenance, “*what are we to do?” “Mother,” said Lizzy ‘our Lons- dale cousins in Philadelphia are rich. Couldn't we go to them?” “Certainly not,” said Mrs, Drix. “I wrote to them, telling them of our af- fliction, and they sent back a letter full of common-places, without even offer- ing to help us.” ‘But they are poor.” “Yes, rich, and we are and they live in splendid Susy. “Very likely,” said Mrs. Drix “But in this family and God spares our beggar!" family, *'I really think—"’ “1 ‘ve settled it all in my own mind,” said Mrs. Drix, stitching away until her needle looked like a gleam of steel lightning. “The house is large, al- though it isn’t built after the latest fashion. The air Is wholesome and there is the Black Spring, where people come to get the water for ten miles around, I mean to keep boarders!” “Hurrah for the little mother!” cried Essie, clasping her plump hands, *‘And I may help you make custards and do up preserves, mayn’t I, mam- ma?’ Susy and Esther shall help me,” declared Mrs, Dnx, “Sarah can al- ways earn her living by tailoring work. Helen shall go into the glove factory; 1’'m told they need new hands there, Lizzie can help Mrs, Dart, the milli ner, and Rosie is to be nursery govern. ess at Mrs. Millingham’s, And if be- tween us we can’t earn a livelihood it will be very strange. Susy and Essie were delighted. Rosie naturally regarded her position as a decided promotion. Helen, however, dropped a tear into the pan ef hot . water which she had just poured out. “The glove factory, mother?’ she repeated. “But it will be such a strange, lonesome place. I don’t think I shall like it.” We must all of us try to like our duty, child,” said the brisk little wid. ow. “I’m an American woman, and they canuoct discourage me. This is a country for the woman’s rights.”’ “Mary 18 going to open a boarding- wife. “She has requested me to insert an advertisemeut in the dailies for her.” “Very laudable of her, I am sure,” said Mrs, Lonsdale with a yawn, “Suppose you were to go there for a few weeks before the Saratoga season painting and repairs are going on.” biously. her husband. cheap?” “] should imagine so.” So Mrs. Lonsdale wrote a patroniz- speaking the best room. | there was only one little square room | left. had gone forth in all directions, and a cle praising the delicious pine-scented air and well populated trout brooks of | the mountasin—and the consequence was that the farm house was full, “But this room is too small,” said | Mrs, Lonsdale, fretfully. “It's all I have left,” said Mrs, Drix, “and I could have let it half a served for you, cousin Naomi." “You'll take me at a reduction from | the usual prices, I suppose?” said Mrs, | Lonsdale, “I shall charge you just what I charge everybody else, neither more | nor less,” answered Mrs, Drix. “Bat I'm a relative,” pleaded Mrs, Lonsdale, “What good does that do me?” said the widow, fixing her blue eyes full on {| Mrs, Lonsdale. “My terms for 8 room | of this rize are $15 a week.” “But that is too much,” whined Mrs, | Lonsdale, “How much did you expect to pay?"’ asked Mrs. Drix with a curious sparkle in her eyes, *In this wilderness here,” said Mrs, Lonsdale, “810 would be" “If those are your ideas we never shall come to terms,” said Mrs, Drix, “But if you are really cramped for money—"’ “My dear Mrs. Drix, you have no money" “I will take you for twelve dollars.’ Mrs. Drix completed her sentence as if | the other had not spoken. And the bargain was completed. | Mrs. Lonsdale had not been in the | house a week before she took her hus. band’s cousin severely to task. ““T'hat horrid old man in the faded | olive-green suit has the best room in the house,” said she, “The very best.” “Yes,” sald Mrs, Drix, “he is my mother’s uncle. He was always very good to my poor husband.” “But I'm told he price?” “Yes,” confessed the widow. **He is very okl, and can't go up and down * only half pays stairs, so of course he must have the first floor room.’ “‘But he hasn't any property?” “He owns Carragee farm, across the mountains,’ said Mrs, Drix, “but no- body will rent it of him because the land is so rocky, and the farm house was burned down last fall when there were 50 many fires mm the woods, De- yond that he has nething.” Mrs, Lonsdale frowned, “Nobody has any right to Jive to be seventy years old without having laid up some little provision for the future,”’ she said. “I was thinking,” said Mrs, Drix, “that perhaps Cousin Mortimer Lous- dale would contribute alittle something | to his support, as we are equally rela- i ted.” “You may be very sure that he will not,” said Mrs, Lonsdale, with empha- sis, “Very well,” said Mrs, Drix calmly. | “He shall never want while I can help him.” The very next week, however, old fr. Darrow was found dead in armchair. And by will he had left everything he possessed to his grand- niece, Mary Drix, i w said Mrs, Lonsdale. “Of course you'll lutely be money out of pocket.’’ “It was all he had to give?’ said | Mrs. Drix, Meanwhile the family was prosper- thrifty young farmer of the neighbor- | bood. Helen was earning a good live | ing. Lazzy was contemplating the setting account—and Rosie was in high favor at Millingham Place, Even Mrs. Lonsdale admitted that her French cook could not excel the creams, delicate cakes and delicious puddings which these young damsels compounded, “I'm almost sorry our rooms are en- gaged at Saratoga,” said the city lady. “J am getting rather to like Moon Mountain, And your table is decided- ly good. Mary. And as for the girls, I have grown to like them very much.” Mr. Lonsdale himself entered as she spoke, “Well,” said the lady airily ‘what, is the news, Mortimer? “Bad news,” sald Mortimer, in a | hoarse accent, “We are ruined! The business has gone to wreck—the cash- { fer has gone to Belgium-—and we hav- | en’t a cent to éall our own!” | Whereupon, naturally enough. Mrs. | Lonsdale went into hysterics, scream- | ing, “Oh, | ruined, ruined! Mortimer—I | starve,” When Mrs. Drix came in, Naomi was widely loading her husband with | reproaches and struggling with him. Mortimer Lonsdale stood with some thing glittering in his hand. Mrs, | Drix went up to him and took it away with gentle authority. | “Give me that pistol, Mortimer,” | said she, “Get up, Naomi, and leave off crying and sobbing. If ever you needed to be a woman, you need it | now.” ““We are ruined——we are ruined!” “1 can never redeem myself,”’ said Mortimer hukeily. ‘You had have let me shoot myself, Mary" “Pghaw!” said Mrs Drix, curtly. “Suicide is the last resort of the cow- ard. Don’t you know, Mortimer, that it 18 always darkest just before day- light?” “I don’t know what you mean,’* said he, “Then listen to me. The old lawyer has just come over from Carragee farm, He says that they have struck a rich we are ruined, life has ended, as well heaven! My might die as for $30,000, and I've agreed to sell it, Uncle Darrow was as much your grand- uncle as he was mine, We'll divide the money, Mortimer, you and 1.” “But I've no right to it Mary,” fal- tered he. “Not by law, perhaps,” said the wid- ow, “but you have by equity—at all events, half of it shall be yours, What do I want with $80,000? Half of it will be great riches for me, The girls are all doing well, and I like to lead a busy life. Nay, Mortimer, you must take itr He turned away his face, “Mary,” sald he, “you have heaped coals of fire on our heads!" “Mary,” sobbed Mrs. Lonsdale, “you are an angel.” a pretty farm on Moon Mountain, and, gtrange to relate, their only son, Greof- frey, eventually married pretty Drix, “So you'll Essie have to adopt one of Mary Drix’s girls, after alll” ber husband. jocosaly said * She’s a perfect little darling!” Mrs. Lonsdale, had softeped strangely of late; “and her mother has said who shown me what a complets fool 1 made of myself. She has brought me to my senses, Mortimer, and I think we are all the happier for having been ruined.” —— The Soldier's Lite, Going into winter quarters the veteran what holiday t First of allt Was ime is to the YO school-boy. Il there was the ed down for a time, the prospect of a long much an increase of personal comfort. The dreary boxes of hard were exchanged for broad sheets of fresh loaves from the Govern- ment The sutler and the arrived, and every table groaned with simple but high-priced luxuries. Hat-building grew into an art. A few men of mechanical instincts would explore the woods, in search of all sorts of odd-shaped roots and branches, creating of these un- promising materials specimens of rustic work remarkable for in de- sign. Usually the huts were built of rough logs, split in half to give the in. terior walls a finish, Shelter tents wer® stretched over the rafters, the chinks between the logs were stopped with wet clay, and a chimney completed the exlifice, Six men formed a mess, shelf. 3 and weeded rest, with bread bakeries, paymaster » ous neatness end. In the center stood a cracker<board table, with a few stools barrels. The muskets and equipments hung on pegs on either side of the door, In these snug huts the men for- Chess, checker, and backgam- mon hoards were obtained from the a pack of well-thumbed cards, These A great deal of pipe- devoted their leisure to inventing pat- One of the most valua- market owes ita origin to a soldier mechanic, who completed the details in a winter hut. si MI APSA Think of ease, but work on. A foul morn may turn a fair day. A threwd observer once said that in walking the streets on a slippery morn- ing, one might see where the good. natared people lived, by the ashes thrown on the ice hefore the doors, Have the courage to show your re. spect for honesty, in whatever guise it appears; and your contempt for dis- honest duplirity by whomsoever exhibi- ted Piowuresgue War. The expedition which Lord Wolseley the English journalists as original and daring as anything in the annals of war, Jt may, however, have had its proto- type in the ancient Pharaohs, who sent large expeditions into the Soudan, be- their sway, to procure drugs, ivory, ostrich feathers, lions and slaves. These expeditions may possibly have ascended in the small Nile boats which are repre- The English are going to attack the rebels in row boats. The Londoners speak of It is the common way of going to war with the river tribes, This expedition was to leave Sarrar What it will do, now that it is impossible for the liars of the Soudan and of Cairo the fact that Gordon is as safe in Khar- toum as the Khedive in Cairo, and that no ‘rescue’ is needed, it is impossible to predict. But it seems to be belived that the English troops will continue restoring allegiance to Egypt by a show of force, The expedition was to contain 7,000 men in a flotilla of 800 small and nar- row boats. Each boat is 32 feet long by seven feet broad and will carry ten boatmen, ten soldiers and food for one hundred days; they draw only twenly inches of water and can be salled, rowed or poled or “tracked’-—that is pulled along by a rope. It is thought that boats of this size can be hauled over the rapids with little difficulty. Of course the only reason for following the river in its roundabout way Is that the men may haye water, the want of which presents an almost insuperable obstacle to the crossing of the desert by a large army. If this plan 1s carried out, the expedition will respects a be a novel and in some pleasant The the upper Nile in winter is superb, with adventure, climate of rain, fairly cool nights for sleeping, and a temperature of seventy degrees during The voyage, to be sure, if it lasts a couple of months, will be rather no no dampness, the day. monotonous, and we imagine that row- ing the boats up the swift current will cease to be amusing after the first day. No progress worth speaking of can be made by poling, and tracking is about as slow as rowing. It requires a good deal of strength to pull a small row boat up the stream, with only four or and when it is at- tempted to row a boat thirty-two long, and loaded down w men provisions for three months, it will no joke, occasionally, for the prevailing wind five persons in it, ith Sails may perhaps be utilized on the Nile in winter is from the nord but, in taking this great its numerous short bends, there will be a 3 Circus, Wisi a good deal of distance where sails can- not be used. » To ascend the river in a ( 4 gt row boat is also less pleasing than on a i dahabeah or steamer, whose decks are high enough out of water to give a high and steep banks. against a three-mile view over the To pull along rent, in fact to crawl along, in the river, with little to see on tonous banks, will be anything but in- spiring. Probably, , the sol- diers will walk a good deal of the time, their food. Certainly expedition will be watch- ed with interest, Ee _————————————— top of the mono- however § 7 1 3 / and drag boatloads of th wae Henry Clay's Medal. Henry Clay, when presented in Febu- ary, 1852, with a large and elegantly- executed medal, by some of his New Y ork friends, received it by reading a written address, and then, in a conver- sational manner, expressed a favorable opinion of the bead, as giving his feat~ ures with great truthfalness, but play- fully remarked that he did not know before that his nose was 80 prominent, and then added, in allusion to the great intrinsic value of the medal from its material: “Who can tell but fifty or a hundred years hence, some Goth may get hold of this and say the nose of this old dead fellow will serve to buy me a great many things that I want, and may carry it off? However, it is a capi- tal likeness, I think. The artists,’’ said Mr, Clay, “have not generally succee- has been ina great measure my own fault; for my face never retained long when I am under any excitement, it changes every moment. John Randolph intentionally, fer he seldom complimen- ted any man; but, without intending it, he paid me what I esteem one of the highest compliments I ever received. He said that whenever a debate is coming on, if I can get a sight at Mr. Clay's face I can always tell which gide he is going to take.”’ Strange to say, the medal was soon afterwards stolen between Washington and New York from a lady to whose care it had been intrusted, and the original donors had a fac-simile made, at considerable expense. Protective Union, The workingwomen’s Protective Un- fon of New York has a record to be proud of. It has been in existence 20 years, and during that time has expen- ded $65,000 in the conduct of 7,000 prosecutions for attempted frauds upon working girls Yictoria's fortune, Her Majesty possesses an lmmense The estate at Osborne is at when it was purchased by the (Queen The Balmoral property of her Majesty now extends over 30,000 acres. the property outright three years ago for £78,000, Probably its market value is not much under £150,000. The Queen also possesses some property at With regard to personal property Mr. Consort is believed to have amounted to nearly £600,000 ; but the provisions the document has never been proved. The Queen must also have saved a vast sum out of her income, which has al- ways been very well managed. Since the of the the general administration of the Queen’s private affairs has Lord Snyder, who 1s a man of business, death Prince Consort been confided to consummate I have reason to be- lieve that in due course application will on behalf of the and Princess of 18 to be a royal be nade to parliament children of the Prince W message on the subject of Prince Al: bert Vietor’s establishment next sess- The country will not, however, provide for the younger of the royal family. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are death of ales. Indeed, there 10M. be asked to members will migrate to Germany ; but the Con- naughts, Albanys, Christians and Bat- tenburgs will look to the Queen for provisions; and so, also, will any of the younger children of Princess Alice who may happen to make poor matches. It will be seen, therefore, that the Queen will have plenty to do with her fortune, large as it undoubtedly is; and althe in the event of her Majesty's deat country would be asked to provid Beatrice, vet she ats Dast Princess 11 s # feet wo Ya will occupy an import piace mother's will Harvest of Salt Marshes Thousands of large haycocks are vis- ible over ihe length and breadth of the Laboring in these harvest fields that rest on watery the ar- cadiant charm which is associated with the same work among clover and timo- thy. There is no suggestion of lowing kine. no sweet scented breath of new Jersey marshes. great fondations is not attended with mown hay, no rest at noonday beneath The 4 rance of the salt meadows 18 that the cool spreading trees frag- waft- sluggish ditches and stag- choked vegetation of years, and from the great od from the with the decaying pant pools malanous slime which sources of oozy, . t the receding tide the sun. Mosquitos are born in millions in these eX poses wo congenial breeding spols, and swarm constantly about the ears of the This salt hay, after being cut and is left in the meadows untill has so stiffened the horses may safely driven on them. Then the hay is haul- the farm or premises of the his hay is prized and prin- used as bedding, although it INOWers, slau ked, weather that winter marshes be edd 7) OWners, cipally serves in some places as food for cattle especially if upland hay is scarce and high. Large quantities of it are sold in Newark and Elizabeth to livery stables. brewers and manufacturers for bedding for horses. It is worth about what the purchaser may feel like paying for it, although in some Seasons it has brought £5.00 a ton. a — The Hest Medicine, Speaking generally it is not to the laboratory of the chemist that we should go for our potash salts, but to the laboratory of nature, and more especie ally to that of the vegetable kingdom. They exist in the green parts of all veg- is illustrated by the manufacture of commercial potash from the ashes of twigs and leaves of timber trees. The more succulent the vegetable the greater the quantity of potash it contains, though there are some minor exceptions to this, As we salts when we boil vegetables and throw away the pottage which our wiser and more thrifty neighbors add to their everyday menu. When we eal raw vegetables, as in salads, we obtain all their potash. Fruits generally contain important quantities of potash salts, and it is upon these especially that the possible victims of lithic acid should rely. Lemons and grapes contain them most abundantly. Those who cannot afford to buy these as articles of daily food may use cream of tartar, whic when genuine, is the natural salt of th grape. om ardently, First understand, then argue. Be just to all, but trust not all. The beauty of the face is a frail pos- session, a short-lived flower, only at- tached to the mere epidermis, but that of pie mind is innate and unchange- A MAX'S domestio relations don’t both- or lym ss munch as the relations of lus domesties, FOOL FOR THOUGH. Fall not out with a friend for a tri- A flow of words is no proof of dom. A good paymaster never wants work- Attend to duties promptly and Jaith- Never speak to deceive, nor listen Lo Yield always to reason, but never t The sublimest miracle in the u: Friendship 1s the bud of the A friend to everybody 18 a friend t nobody, Form plans with care, to ex The old man’s staff is the rap; death’s door. The agitation of thought is ti Children have loug tongues, Be forgetful of self, yourself alone. Many without without sin. Mediocrity is th lyzes Progress, Pleasure in work is the mere of rhapsodists, wide ears and live no punishment, 1 pony € ary rot Little things console us because | things afliict us, Whatever is worth sticking to. Remember that a good very convincing teacher, ’ thoughts Aare Second children of experience. worth Be respectful towards others commanding self-respect, Learning is pleasurable, but the height of enjoyment. All life alms are at anything less than heaven. }eing found true the goal of the humblest life. : wain $3 in Yan 1 of } + i DEAT, Lif Malice sucks the greatest par own venom, and poisons berseif The lowest deeps and heights are in the heart of man The Cant of politics is soa reprehensible than It is the best proof of family circle to see a happy fireside, Kind hearts are more tl and simple faith than N¢ Many persons friendly when they are only the its. corn consider themselves olicious, sand- truth, oles vin I culed No pleasure is comparable to ing on the the vantage ground of Have the courage Maker, the risk of being rid: i nt aL Wi ¥ nen. 0 ve apna d & ‘ 3 . « 1 aa ustom, see that it 1s at least If you are determined to a slave 10 « a good one. The beggar is universe who 1s appearances, The best and most important a man’s education is that gives himself, The best and most import: a man’s education is that gives himself. A can boots with polish his manners. That which is won ill never well, for there is a cause alien which will waste, The man whose rule of neve yws the glow or honest enthusiasm, Have the Tn Boas courage to do witd your eyes cover il Have the courage to provid tainment for your friends withir means-not beyond. Scholars are frequently U with who are ignorant of nothing their own ignorance, Good taste rejects excessiy it treats little things as | and is not hurt by them. He that, to the best of his power, has secured the final stake, hasa peren- nial fountain of joy within him. Genius is only entitled to respect when it promotes the peace and im- proves the happiness of mankind. “In the sweat of thy shall a Curse Lisguilse, brow which has proved a blessing in A false friend is like a shadow on a vanishes as soon as a cloud approaches, Work of hand or head is not an end in itself, but a means to the develop man. Nothing makes the world seem so In the literary as well as military under a rustic garb. Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance, rather than to seek credit for knowledge under false pre- tences. We often meet with more instances of true charity among the ignorant and r than among those who profess tc be Christians, Religion cannot pass away. The burning ot a little straw may hide the stars of the sky, but the stars are there, and will re-appear, The same corrupt dispositions whick incline men to the sinful ways of get- ting will mecline them to like sinful ways of spending. He who is truly in peace never sus. ts others, But be who is ill at ease and discontented, is disturbed by vari- ous suspicious. So quickly sometimes has the whee turned round, that many a man has lived to enjoy the benefit of that chanty winch his own piety projected, Have the courage to work and sup- ourself, though it may be by Pore ng the pick, rather than sponge on your relatives, and act as a dude. Have the courage to wear old clothes until vou can pay for new ones; and do without’ rather than borrow, particu. jarly from any than a near friend.
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