pcm————————————————————
Only.
SOMETHING to live for came to the place,
Something to die for, maybe,
Something to give even sorrow a grace,
And yet it was only a baby!
Cooing. and laughter, and gurgles, and cries,
Dimples for tenderest Kisses,
Chaos of hopes, and of raptures and sighs,
Chaos of fears and of blesses.
Last year, like all years, the rose and the thorn;
This vear a wilderness, may be;
Put heaven stooped under the roof on the morn
That it brought there only a baby.
—Jlarriet Prescott Spafford.
————— p—
THE CHILDREN OF THE HOUSE.
HOLD.
The pansies outside were nodding
and dancing in the bright April sun-
shine, looking with their queer, know-
ing faces, like a group of falries gos-
siping together. The pansy inside,
stood with tears in ber bright eyes,
looking like the other half of the prov-
erbial April day. She was still stand-
ing so, when she heard a light footstep
behind her, and then a pair of firm
hands turned the doleful little face to
the light.
“What! Crylog, Pansy? Why, what
is the matter?”
“Why you see Auntie, it’s almost
my birthday, and I want to have ‘our
twelve’ but I don’t know what to do.
Everything is so old now! I've tried |
and tried to think, but I just can’t find
anything new
“Soap-bubble, bean-bag, donkey-par-
ties? Those are all good fun,” sug- |
gested Auntie.
“Yes, I know it, especially the don- |
kev.’ sald Pansy, a faint smile creep-
ipg around ber mouth as she remem- |
bered how the donkey's tails had been
distributed over the room, ‘‘but we
have had them all.”
‘How would a
then?”
“A pansy-party? 1 never heard of |
ope. Isit fun? And how do you do |
it, and—"’
“Don’t . overwhelm me, Pansy,” |
jaughed Auntie. **If you will ask your |
questions one ata time, I'll try to an- |
swer them.”
“1 won’t ask any.” said Pansy.
“But just tell me everything about it,
and I'll keep quiet.”
It took some time to tell everything
about it,’ but apparently the inter-
view was entirely satisfactory, for two
days later eleven perplexed and eager
boys and girls had received an invita
tion to a ‘‘pansy-party.’’
For the next week Pansy was daily
plied with questions, but she would tell |
nothing, and the eleven perplexed and
eager boys and giris—still more eager |
and perplexed after a week of vain con- |
jectures--presented themselves promptly |
at the hour on Wednesday evening.
The parlor was brightly lighted, and |
decorated with pansies, and the pretty |
little hostess herself wore a cluster of |
the purple and golden flowers, As she i
greeted each one, she gave him (or her)
a strip of green tissue paper with a pin |
on the end, and when her guests saw at
the end of the room a sheet having an |
immense pansy pointed upon it, they
knew at once what it meant and boldly
advanced, blindfolded, to pin the stem |
in the right place. The most success- |
ful one received & pot of blooming pan-
gies, and the one who distinguished
himself by putting the stem the fartu-
est froma the pansy, a pansy fortune
teller.
After this Pansy announced *‘literary
pansies,’’ and, greatly enjoying the
puzzled glances of her friends, led the
way into another room where, on the
table, there appeared to be a veritable |
bed of pansies; a bed of pansies it was,
but of paper ones, and each one en- |
closed a quotation. Pansy gave each
guest a tiny blank book and a fancy
pencil with a bow of purple and gold
ribbon on the end, and then told them |
to take a dozen pansies aplece. **And |
the two who can give the authors of the |
most quotations shall have prizes,’’ she
said. “You see it was so near the
time for our literature examination
that I thought this would be a good
review for us, and I asked Miss Eliot
to give me the quotations, I haven't
seen them, so I can try with you.”
At first the faces were rather sober,
but as one ridiculous or appropriate
quotation after another was read, all
thought of lessons finished, and a merry
time they had. The first prize was a
book of quotations—a little holiday
gift-baok, whose cover had been taken
off and a cover with a few stray pan-
gies and ‘‘Pensees’’ In fancy lettering
painted upon it, was put in its place,
The second prize was a photograph of
a noted author, the date of the pansy-
party being written on the back.
They were still laughing over the
quotations, when Auntie brought in a
dozen tiny cards, each with a pansy
painted npon it, and giving one to each
of the twelve, told every boy to take
down stairs the girl whose pansy was
the same color as his own, It didn’t
take long to do that, you may be sure,
and six merry couples were soon finding
their seats at the table, How did they
do it? Why, at each place was a tiny
ciuster of pansies to match the cards]
there were . purple, deep red, blue,
white gold and brown, and a large bowl
of pansies in the centre of the table re
peated all the colors,
After the ice-cream and cake had
been disposed of, Pansy still kept ber
seat, and her friends, wondering what
y
pansy-party
1
GO,
was to come next, saw two large dishes,
one filled with purple and the other
with golden paper pansies,
“More ‘literary pansies,’ sighed gne
boy. (N, B.—He had not won a prize
for his quotations.)
“No,” answered Pansy gaily, *‘it is
‘Pansy predicaments’ this time, Each
girl take a predicament--one of the
purple ones that is—and each boy a
remedy (a yellow one) for the first time;
afterward we can reverse it.”’ And
she led Ly reading from ler pansy,
“What would you do if you should
never grow any taller?’ in answer to
which her partner promptly read, *'1
should scrub the spot with sapolio.”
Questions and answers flew merrily
round until the dishes wer: empty, and
an exclamation from one of the girls
as she glanced at the clock, told them
that the time had passed all too
quickly.
The little party broke up soon after
that, but not until pansy had been as-
sured many times that ber pansy party
was a complete success
“But it must have taken a greal
deal of time and money,’’ you say.
It did take some time, but not:0
much as one would think, and the ex-
pense was very small. The “itemless”
pansy can be drawn roughly with col-
ored crayons in a very short time, and
one or two sheets of tissue paper ata
cent a sheet, will furnish all the stems
needed. For “literary pansies,’ three
or four sheets of different colored tissue
The pansies are ple-
ces of paper cut in five scallops, and
the quotations (selected trom any book
of familiar quotations) are legibly writ- |
ten and twisted up in them. The lit-|
tle blank books cost a cent a piece and |
the pencils—which can be used as souv- !
The rib-
picot
used is the narrow edge,
“Pansy predicaments’’ are made in the
same way as the *‘literary pansies,’’ she |
wrapped In one |
color and the remedies in the other. If |
it is impossible to have the cards pain- |
ted, there is another very pretty way lo |
Take half as many cards |
colors, some pretty or appropriate quo-
tation on each, Then cut each card
girl whose card completes his own quo-
tation. As for the prizes—which, by
the way, are not at all necessary--any |
little thing will do. If one can paint, |
some small gifts can easily be made, |
and if not, a little ingenuity will do
wonders, since even the interminable
pen-wipers can be made to resemble
pansies, And the pansies? Well, it |
you have none of your own, and cannot |
afford to buy them, just wait until |
spring and let your pansy-party be a
violet-party instead.
————
Olid London Bridge.
The first stone bridge
Thames at London was
1176. The architect was Peter, of Cole-
church, who died in 1205, one year be-
fore the structure was completed. The
stone platform was 926 feet long and 40
feet wide. The coping stones were 60
BOTORS
the |
commenced |
fect above the level of the water at ebb
pe iinted arches, with massive piers from
a5 to 34 feet in solidity, having a draw
bridge on each mde of the river to
tect the approaches The in-
geribed to St. Thomas a Becket consist
ed of two stories, and was familiarly
It
that
pro-
chapel
stood on the tenth or great pier,
is, as nearly as possible in the centre of
the bridge, the lower portion being the
crypt, paved with black and white mar-
ble. In this erypt the architect, Peter
of Colechurch, desired that his bones
might rest; and there, it may be pre-
sumed, they peacefully remained for
centuries, but in 1737 the premises
came into the occupation of a Mr, Yald-
win, to be used by him as a dwelling
and warehouse. Whilst alterations were
being effected under the staircase of
the crypt the remains of a human body
were discovered and removed, but no |
inscription was found to afford a clue
records of the interment forthcoming. |
In the summer of 1833, old London |
Bridge was removed. I was at school
in Kennington at the time, and, hoar
ing that the crypt which once contained
the remains of Pater of Colechurch had |
been discovered, I hastened to view the
ruin. Admission to inspect was denied
to a boy, albeit of archeological pro- |
clivities, and 1 was fain to watch the
process of demolition from the nearest
buttress of the London Bridge now
standing. However, I secured a print;
which I still retain, showing the chapel
of 8t. Thomas and the erypt let to Mr.
Yaldwin in the last century, The ques-
tions, therefore, remaining to be solved
are—(1) Who completed the old bridge
when Peter of Colechurch died in 1205?
(2) Of whom were the remains discover-
ed in the tomb nnder the crypt stairs
in 1787 and where were they afterwards
placed?
————————— A SS a.
The heart that has no sympathy with
thoughts and feelings that scorch the
soul, is dead also—whatever its mock-
ing tears and gestures may say-~to a
or a grave.
Evils in the journey of life are like
the hills which alarm travelers upon
their road; they both appear great at a
distance, but when we a h them
we find that they are far less insur.
mountable than we had conceived them
PRIDE SEPARATED
THEM.
THE DOGS’
A Strong Sense of Duty Developed
Early In a Pup.
“Where's your dog, old man? said
one of a party of diners at a down-town
restaurant the other day. ‘You used
to be inseparable.’ I'1 tell wis
the answer, if you won't laugh at me.
I had kept the dog for years, you know,
and was 28 fond of him as he was of me,
you,’
which is saying a good deal.
almost human, 1 do believe, and 1 kept
finding out new traits in
all the time. It wes his infernal pride
that separated us though at last. I
took him everywhere with me, and he
behaved like a gentleman always. But
I went to call one day on a young lady
in Brooklyn, whose mother violently
objects to dogs. She made so much
fuss the dog coming into the
house that I felt aunoyed and wasabout
his character
about
to take my leave, bnt my desire to sce
the young lady overcame my resent
him out, though with difficulty, as he
did not seem to understand
meant by it.
no Rollo
Further down the street I came
him and called me. He
did not come, 1 All my
attempts to cajole, caress or play with
‘When I came away was in
sight.
upon him to
was amazed.
him were received with evident con-
He has disowned me from that
and has transferred his affection
to the landlady of my boarding
“Tt
Lis
party, ‘and,
aid thar
sald another
while we re
1 want to tell you of
that occurred
s¢ of duty seem
dog
little girl got
developed in a
My
SOImMew hie re
wn
and divided
about equally between 3t an
She 85 BR
last
them to bed the
fore going there hers if
never ir
absent
she stepped
fell
Cis
getting »
to bed
and
ie iE
fd
hall to
toys, she saw Lhe
of the doll
gO and put
per boxes thad served for d
then came back §
did the same with 1t
third while
that pup Was evid
surd as he hunted for the
Finally it
threw
r ihe sed
My
he was gon«
tress of
EVOTrYW here
He with an
shake, ff to
find his little mistress, fawned upon ber,
licked her assured
well as 8 dog ©
wos
ite bed
dashed
given
him. it in
i 1 3 »
anda then
1 }
BLG ner
iid that her dolls
Sy
wore
all right in his care while she was Sick.
Jewels That Are Glass.
Most of the world’s beads are Vene-
tian. In the islana of Murano 1000
workmen are devoted to this branch.
The first process is to draw the glass
into tubes of the diameter of the pro-
posed bead. For this purpose the glass
house at Murana has a kind of rope-
walk gallery 150 feet long. By gather-
ering various colors from different pots
and twisting them inlo one IAass mwavy
combinations of color are made. The
tubes are carefully sorted by dismeters
and chipped into fragments of uniform
size. These pieces are stirred in a wix-
ture of sand and ashes, which fills the
holes and prevents the sides from clos
ing together when they are heated,
ing pan, constantly stirred over a fire
ular form.
in one set of sieves until the ashes are
shaken in one set of sieves until the
by children, tied in bundles and expor-
tad to the ends of the earth,
whieh, in the finer forms, are close imi-
have been invented by M. Jaquin, in
The common variety' threaded
js blown from glass
5000 or 6000 globules in a day. They
It takes 16,000 fish to
make a pound of the scaly essence of
pearl, Until recently the heirs of Jac-
quin still carried on a large factory of
these mock pearls. The best of them
are blown irregular, to counterfeit
nature. Some in pear shape, others like
olives, and they easily pass for genuine.
Imitation gems formerly employed the
chief attention of the highest artificers
in glass, They are still the chief idea
of ornamental glass in China. In the
ancient and middle ages they circula~
ted everywhere without much danger
of discovery, and their formulas were
held as precious secrets, Clancourt
first published their compositions in
1606. Now they are common property;
and, with the growth of science in the
Be wn an expert knowledge has
be widely disseminated, which
easily detectt the paste from the real
jewel ~particularly as the modern false
stones are less successful copies than
ths old glassmakers produced. More
tudy is now given to wriificial gems,
which ure true gems, being composed
ones, but manufactured,
ET ————
A FRENCH STATESMAN'S TRI-
BUTE.
What the Americans Did That the
French Neglected.
It is not merely to the absence of any
powerful rival, or 10 the
space open to thelr population, that the
United States of America
their singular success, The rapidity
ise 10 greatness are
boundless
have owed
and
dents alone, but are to be attributed ina
great degree to moral causes. They rose
ner of right and justice, and their revo-
lution begun an act of defense,
which were inscribed in their charters,
and which the English parliament it-
subjects, had formerly triumphantly af-
DECORATION.
THE LUXURY OF A ROSE JAR,
A delightful perfume for halls or par-
lors in dwelling houses or hotels can be
easily procured at this scason of the
odor that it charms every 14
simply fi YORE Jar, which should be opens
ed for about on UY EVEry morning,
and then earef sed. A writer
3 cont MPOrRries de
method for stocking thie
sts the prepar-
One,
ck should be detail
o member of the®am
‘ » 3%
ivihing frit
morning,
let
ily, who nev
¥
Y Od Joe talE 11 iL
glass butter dish is a convenient
You can add to this
from one ow to a quart, according u«
the jar; stir every morning
and dis-
Ameri-
Strictly speaking, the
Americans did not attempt a revolution.
greater violence
the organiza-
affecting the
dally affairs of life,
There was not greater
Ni fh
men’s minds undergo a great
in social than in political order.
did
tical good sense of the old Puritans sur-
the
ca. he
most of t admirers of
aa pr -
atten) 1
atiacneq
The
A Lit
foundly Christia warmiy
4
t
0 118 Creed as ideas
iherty.
and
der the of democracy fe
t hot
Liens
318 ty un-
passions which SOC i
rent in
by the excell
ig
the str
which, in u
the population. ;
tions, and often save It,
self, from its own ind
hese tutelary princi
JVEr the ongin
that it
grant that in the for
levolution,
Mav heaven
which they have
wt ¥ sirien
SLTUYERIe W
tain on every side, u
to om
guide this poweria |
be always at har
of the
ahiysses
pati, {ruiz
Pusgy in the Witness-Box.
A
natoed Major,
Newfoundland
yod from his
in all good
faith by another gentieman who recog-
lost Newfound-
persuas fail
y recover Major,
vaiualne
having stra
owner's hot inimed
18¢, WAS (
nized the dog as his own
land, Argument
ing, suit was brought
the
nto court
and on
£4
case was regularly
to
before a judge and a
brought
and ig
and came tri abot
ai
jury.
Witnesses testified that it was Major,
and that it was not Major—the animal
going freely to either of its
claimants, seeming indifferent
to which might finally sed
Aas
ht
diaidi.
ure
Ais
fiicting tes
timony, and neither
the
render a decision,
A
same house
clared
t
question, since the
judge nor jury
were better prepared to
wiser, of
t this paint
LIES POITIL 4
with
in the
owner
woman living
Major's
her cal
de-
that uld settle
cat and Major were
on terms of great friendship, eating and
playing together,
same rug, while the
and sleeping on the
cat was the sworn
Here was a solution by which all
ingly issued in the name of the people
Nate,
att
ali
commanding
So-and-s0, a justice
monwealth aforesaid,’ at a given time
and place duly specified in the writ,
thereof to fail not at their own
At the time appointed the momen-
tous cat was duly produced before the
honorable court. The record does npt
state whether Puss was duly sworn to
tell “the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth,’ nor whether
his owner was required to act as proxy
for him in this respect,
However this may have been, he pro-
ceeded to vindicate his mistress’s asser-
tions, first with regard to his fighting
qualities, for, on the introduction of
some strange animals of the canine
species, brought by direction of the dig-
nified court, he dilated his tail to most
majestic proportions, arched his back in
monumental style, and gave battle, to
the satisfaction of the spectators, if not
to that of his adversaries, clearing the
room in fine style, and in an exceeding-
ly brief space of time. Next, Major was
brought in, whereupon Pussy’s warlike
mood and demeanor were speedily
changed to demonstrations of acquaint-
ance and good-fellowship, the animals
recognizing each other to the satisfac.
tion of all concerned, and immediately
terminating by this conclusive evidence
a suit, which, except for the shrewd
thought of a woman, might have drag-
ged on interminably and Jed to rancor
and strife,
he bottom of which you have placed
much stick cinnamon broken
This may
weeks, closely covered, when it is ready
for the Perma nt Jar, which may be as
pretty as your ingenuity can or
your Grease Those with
the best, and very
blue and Jup-
ware, holding over rt, can
bought at low prices
Having ready
Ves, Al
ae
devise
neans Pp
COVEerg arc
¢ while
8 quar
i
tom
have the
3
advertise
ng the ¢i
ORNAMENTAL FAN
sheets of stiff wrapping
iage : wether at
overlapping the
long enough 10 pint int
II your odds sz
paper, W@ more varieties
r, and paste them on the paper
y work fashion, putting the differ
patterns on in all kinds of shapes
and corners. Finish with a rich piece
if bordering and then lay
or wix inches deep, tying them
bry
other
d ends
hie
in plates five
together
f nbbon,
n the wall in a slanting shape
A NOTABLE BOUDOIR.
and tack «
1
iG
One of the most original roc in a
cently finished and very artistic house
« the walls painted in designs imita
¢ certain old French tapestries of
% with figures in debicate tints
fairies dancing in
swans floating In
bath
gaUzy
distances Thies wall is divided from
the wide frie OY 8 mit monl
ding. The
beauty of the decoration is enhanced by
]
hung from the moulding and
which is 1
the floor. This drapery is
reaches to
with the slightest current of air and
gives an effect of atmosphere to the pic
ares, making them appear like natural
and softening their ing in
(he frieze is with
COLOY
It represents apale bine sky with
birds on the wing, far
apart.
The furniture of the room is in har-
eate railingsand fine gold lines
green and white damask. Ihe floor 1s
of polished white wood with a rug as
thick as woed moss, and of the same
gray green eolor. A scarf of gray green
India silk is draped over mantel of
carved white wood, and over the mirror
above
set in white wood, are embroidered with
gold, and the curtains and portieres are
of gray green with tall shadowy white
lilies and iris flowers mingled in the
pattern.
1
Working Girls In New York.
Girls who get positions as ‘salesladies’
in stores must begin at 82 per week,
and the highest pay they can hope for
is 88, and Shey must dress nicely. The
higher in the social scale the position,
the more is required in the way of dress.
Shirt makers get 28 to 85 cents a dozen
for men’s white shirts, and two dozen is
a big day's work. Women and chil
dren's underwear and wrappers are as
badly paid, and the most expert opera
tor, by working every hour of the day
and far into the night all the time, can
soarcely pay for the barest exiftence,
lot alone save anything for ber in-
ovitable day of need. Cravat making
and men's underwear are paid for at
starvation price, and one of three things
is bound to nthe girl finds a
husband, a grave or worse, for human
uature cannot stand the awful strain,
Literature has her quacks no less than
medicine, and they are divided into two
classes: those who have erudition with-
out us, and those who have volu-
bility without depth. We shall get
nd-hand sense from the one, and
nan SER TRRSRI.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
| Every passing year deprives us of
| something.
Trouble is the common heritage of
i
|
i
When rogues agree honest men catch
| the deuce,
You must stand yous
day of trouble,
groun
No gift can make rich those who are
poor in wisdom.
I'he politician is Jost who hesitates
long enough to explain
Now that I have a sheep and a cow
everybody bids me good morning.
Ambition thinks no face so beautiful
a8 that which looks from under a
CIOWL,
It i& not true love that makes all
things easy; it makes us choose what is
difficult.
{| It is folly believe that one can
{ faithfully love who does not love faith
fulness,
The Christian is like the ripening
| corn: the riper he grows the more lowly
he bends his head,
10
He that would be angry and sin not,
must not be angry with anything but
sin.
1f you would have a faithful
and one that you will like, ser
| self.
The
servant
Ye your-
§
right of
froportant adjun
grocer’s
f the most
welglit 18s one
{
USI
The man who believe
as big a fool as he who bel
aE,
3
v
Lad
exter
$
Have the coolness to cut the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when
you are convinced that he lacks princi-
ple: af hould bear with a friend’s
a
riend sho
nfl jes. but not with his vices,
a
mas
thing
village
To find fault is the very easiest
. world. to invite criticism and to
by it, is the only unequivocal
a great mind,
We are more forcibly pursuaded in
general by the reasons thal we ourselves
discover. than by those that come from
the minds of others,
The world is made of such hard flinty
substance against which your better and
holier thoughts will be striking fire; see
to 1t that the sparks do not burn
The last word is an *‘infernal
chine. and marned folks should
more struggle for it than for a hundred
pound shell with the fuse lighted,
In all contentions wit and
violence, prudence and rudeness, learn-
ing and the sword. the strong hand took
it first. and the strong head possessed it
*
last
You.
a
no
vet ween
Much as friends add to the happiness
and value of life, we must in the main
depend on ourselves; aud every one is
his own best friend or worst enemy.
You will find that mere resolve
not to be useless, and the honest desire
to help other people, will, in the quick-
est and most delicate Ways, improve
yourself,
Whatever mitigates the woes or in-
creases the happiness of others is a just
criterion of righteousness, One should
not quarrel with a dog without a rea-
son sufficient to vindicate one through
all the courts of morality.
the
wil
He is a weak man who cannot twist
and weave the threads of his feelings
however fine, however tangled, however
strained or however strong, into the
great cable of Purpose, by which he lies
moored to his life of action.
The happiness of life is made up of
minute fractions, the little soon forgot-
| ten charities of a kiss, or a smile,a kind
look, a heartfelt compliment, and the
| countless infinitessimais of pleasurable
| thought and genial feeling.
Affection is the stepping stone to God,
The heart is our only measure of infini-
tude. The mind tires of greatness, the
heart never. Thought is worried, and
weakened mn its flight through immen-
sity of space, but love soars around the
throne of the Highest with added bless-
ings and strength.
As the tree is fertilized by its own
broken branches and falling leaves, and
grows out of its own decay, 80 men and
nations are bettered improved by
trial and refined out of their bitter
hopes and blighted expectations.
The family is the miniature common-
wealth upon whose integrity the safety
commonwealth depends,
of all morality, We
longings of the hu-
speak of a time to