eM Lt a Hata —— in the Twilight, BERTHA PACKARD ENGLET, They sat in their soft-cushioned rockers, In front of the bright, cheerful grate, And they talked of the years that were fleet ing The sh years that never would walt, Their dear locks were white, And dim was thelr sight. And they lived in the years long ago; For they talked of thelr youth-time sunny and bright, As they cheerfully rocked to and fro, They made such a beautiful pieture-—~ Those twe people aged and gray, With their sunrise far, far behind them And nearing the calm close of day All gloom they ap }, For all must be well, With the two saintly souls Their hope is 10 Christ; He well, Their life's work has been ample proof ‘neath our roof, knows them full Still they sit by themselves in the t wilight— The! our which they call their own, As they have ever since those days long ago When the®two were living alone Ihev have stood side by side, And stormed every tide And their love has grown stronger each day: And we think i a blessing that we can provide ¥or them on their Heavenward way ‘LOUD. uo my fiendish prompter. F ather and mo- love them, pet?” Thus spoke husband their Lon his parent The youth meekly over 2 2 O34 whi! voon, while her bosom and shall far their hittle The happy ting and, d romance, visit and, disgusted with then they wen having ple house in elegant style fied, but thought ture was needed to cv on the parlor she expressed a partic thing Wilbar, lo gratify it wil cultivated ta ed upon It was a repr of Washington with different expressio their counter around the dying hero; a as night, pe« ped from behind the pery of the be d, while above hove red the goddess of liberty with a sorrowful, half averted face. It was painted in glowing color turned met the smiling eyes of her husband, who had entered unperceived. “What do you think of it, dear?” pleasantly inquired ‘Jt is the most horrible daub saw,” she replied, scornfully. “Daub, Rosa? The paintin somewhat faulty, I admit, but the de- sign is fine, 1s it not? Observe the ure of Liberty mourning the loss of her champion.” “Indeed.” said his wife, mischievons- lv. “I can’t decide whether the is weeping the dead g } y black negro, appears to be wiping his nose upon the ains. I suppose this is one of your jokes, Wilbur, but pray remove this unsightly blot immediately, lest some inopportune visitor happen in shame us” No, Rosa; I intend it sh replied emphatically; ressive picture " § i jo8a away in dismay, and he { 18 fig- goddess 1 or over nerai who over the intensely ourt and all remain,” “it 18 a Ye ry “Ve rer sarcastieall impre HELV sald she, be more ath scene—it is especially suggest for the walls of a parlor. . oR gr thy An g Can than it Wilbur! “You are a ising anger. I'ben I'm not a suitable gentleman of discriminating tastes and politeness,” she retoried with ness, Then she rushed to her own room, threw Lersel! upon a chair, flung her arms half across the table and burst into a storm of hysterical sobs. All their little variances rose mind; how very should admire this odious had often heard his judicious comments 1 w nl " 1 sé I L001 exclaimed, with wife for a to her had she known him to be so deficient in judgment. Surely there must be gome hidden motive for such conduct What could it be? The longer she entertained this idea the more vinced she became that there jealousy was aroused in her heart. to receive her. “Dear Mrs. Plant,” she exclaimed, piteously, “I am very unhaAppY; Wilbur was cailed me a fool-—and 1-1 thought that the first year of married life was always the happiest.” “Not always, dear Rosa; it takes years to learn the ins and outs of each others’ character, as well as to assimil- ate in habits and testes, but don't be disconsolate; love has as many lives as the proverbial eat.” on ean joke, Mrs. Plant, but I feel my heart is breaking.” “Well-—well, dear, one of the most insupportable pangs that can afflict the sensitive heart, disenchanting forever the bright illusions of life, is the first doubt of the idol of our affections,” replied her friend, laughing; “but seri- ously, Hosa, 1 am a veteran and have passed through many a slight skirmish. Come, cheer up; your heart is tender, but not past mending. You must go home with me over the river; I dare say that irate hnsband of yours has al- ready eaten his way through a whole bill of fare. Depend upon it, if he starves his love for a while, he will not starve his stomach.” Rosa accompanied Mrs. Plant to her handsome home, leaving word for her husband that she would return the neat day. While crossing the ferry her friend, noticing her sadness, sought to divert her thoughts from that dreadful epithet of “fool,” which she said was ngang is her ears continually. “ " she said pleasantly, “you rR —————————— must not allow trifles to worry you so. Men are fickle creatures at best. Let me tell you a secret; it may be helpful to you. “I was not my Charlie's first love; you look incredulous, but he himself told me all about it—when in his 20th year he took a fancy to a pretty girl and visited her frequently, finding her more attractive and interesting upon each visit. “Of course it was impossible even to hint at a marriage just then, as he was only a clerk upon a very small salary indeed, but Charlie was a wise chap he determined to wait patiently uuotil he could ask her, especiglly ns he | cied that she would not say no. “One evening he invited her to ac- far iRn- i institute. I dare say she was handsome fellow like Charlie, and they uttered a great deal of soft ne Sense as immense hall.” Bosa smiled, and Mrs. Plant knew | i" “You know how "tis yourself, she “At last.” she continued, ‘‘the loving pair came to a confection plentifully supplied with ers stand, a tempting “+f know you are fond of candies,’ "Will yon have some.’ “Thereupon she selected whate suited her taste, and as he t pocketbook to pay for then vir OR oul his y the ¢ rather bulky he had made two of 1t. “You can carry this one, 1 he toer 11 LIAYH, ‘and re is Three please the and do again.” “Rosa nov disen- thint A Sn) pack La sweet for vagant for P| AWATre ndan the perceive, Hosa, that ¢ fancy that there never will be anotl or w attractive 3 1 call me a fo Nes friend's | eantiful if he the next day. le would Suddenly she saw he proaching. Hel a little bird had sung felt as awkward cornered by a cat; bu discre etly re mained ive I 0 BK #4 and nd “Rosa, forg y little wort In the firs * first © riers of pride y, and she th } ; 8 Dar- rew werself into his outstretched arms and bted out “Dear Wilbur, ¥ have too Oh, w iy d much to " forgive. 1 IMAITY 106 not half as explain my unpar- “Because 1 los well as now; lot d ie nable rudeness “[ had a dearly loved b er than myself, who earl genius for painting and rother, young- A veloped n irawing in oil med consamp- | tive. “He devoted the failing energies of his own life to t picture that you so uamercifully ridiculed; it is to me a sa | ho) cred memento, hallowed by a thousand | can you blame me if I hear to hear it criticised in | I thought you were very heartless, Rosa.” “Oh, why didn't you tell me of this before?” she inquired. ‘My remarks | must have seemed cutting aud cruel. tion of the ridiculous, and my risibiii- ties are casily excited, but I sincerely hope that I am not malicious. Will | you torgive me, Wilbur, and show that you do, byallowing the picture to re- main where you placed it? 1 dare say that 1 have indi of faults, but I hope time will correct them all—perhaps I shall be perfeet some day, but I fear it won't be till I have wings.” ‘“‘Rosa, woe must bear and forbear, Youn must try to bring out my best points; you will doubtless have a trying time of 1t, but remember what the im- mortal poet says, and he 1s anthority: “Nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.” wrf, 8S, in New York News, AL ts. Cheap but effective. Miss Goldie Lovke—How can 1 thank you for this maguificent valentine? Mr. Wil Getthere — You can't 1 didn’t send it, These paltry rhymes would ill express the passionate love which I “And when the ender calls a little later, Miss Locke is engaged--in both senses, II While you are about it you may as well raise 4 good animal as a poor one. It costs no more and pays much better than a serab, The man who begs for favors always puts his worst foot forward SOME TIMELY SUGGESTIONS, A Few Suggestions from Kate Up-~ son Clark are Well Worth Reading. Do not kiss your friend good-by un- | less 3 are very intimate with hor. The kiss is too sweet and sacred a token | to be bandied lightly about among | more acquaintances, A cordial hand. | shake is enough to indieate your genuine | regard. Do not say that you are going | until yon have made up your mind firmly, irrevocably to go-——as though you were making it up to something far | more important, You Having proposed and | earthquake det you, If your to the door; ution which afd which, is inadmis- ay nll that you have to y be. the outside door opens. Then your hips and w $0 your or your car, as the case may Mn a hospitable atte usually unnecessary, sible J 11 known club for women, one it sisterhood In a wi the entire S01 lv, tant wh ! hil attention to what our chil say to us, and to trying them aceur by noticing just what i to 1 in ge neral uch r rks Women nlf attentive to what i cle ver to answer In § ately: 18 remarked ociety, to the mre and by re very best o Cin ability, sider ctor con nImes But the Read confined to the request bring one's § nt coll The ie library will ha terest sf ¢ iis greater in nor, and a the name, the & name of the book under give individuality to each of umes, A concert or entertainment in which the price of admission should be each vO i- ly not only to yield a large return, but | What is the most in story you ever read? ‘‘Jo- “Ruth?” “The Argonauts?” he Trojan Heroes?” “The Boyhood of Buddha?" “Undine?” ‘“Thiodolph?" “King Arthur?” “King Lear?” Long- fellow's “Evangeline?” *‘Paal and Vir- gina?” Uncle Tom's Cabin?’ These names will snggest a multitude of | teresting er ing and useful the subject may be made. | Among the new entertainments likely | oleties are tableaux that represent the Columbian discovery, or the dramatic | events of the life of Columbus Sach tableaux invite a free use of stringed instruments, and the gay music of the | South, as guitars and mandolins, and | the romantic compositions of Rossini. A very amusing mock tableau may re- present Queen Isabella as going to a Jewish pawnbroker with her duplicate wedding presents, to secure money for the great expedition. A splendid snd spectacular musical tableau may present the meeting of Columbus and the Castilian monarchs under the pavilion of the fleld of Santa Fe, the place of the great national thanksgiving for the discovery of America. It was here that the choir of Isabella sang the Te Deum Laudamus. On this occasion, Columbus related the story of his voyage to the court, sud presented the Indian captives to Isabella. The scone took place near Barcelona, EE a —l a Fender and Fire-Place Curtains. No open fire 1a safe without a fender, but the handsome ones are expensive and many a housewife suffers the loss of carpet or rug beesuse she cannot buy an expensive fender and does not know how to make a cheap one. A very fine brass netting, such as is used around bird-cages, sometimes an- swors admirabl hor the outside, but it is so vier must that something sold by not expensive. i wire heavy enough to keep it where it ig wanted. This comes in different styles of mesh and in various widths Should either wire or netting bent, they must be stretched upon the floor, | They are then ready to be join- ed together: there 1s a very fine brass wire suitable for this purpose, which out through the meshes a8 a needle would used (ireat care must be taken to keep the two even and well fastened at both top and bottom: when this is done bend the be than 18 needed should be bought, al- this must be firmly pressed, being care ful not to break the wire, 80 as to form a sort of hinge that will stand firma when the fender 1s moved. The workers in hammered brass have great opportunities for making beauti- ful fenders, but the opaqueness of material, confines the ruddy glow of the conl or wood behind it. So many of the modern heated by steam or {nrnaces, t fire lance 1s rather useless piece of furniture, so to speak, and the de tor it becomes intter of ion ol fi mat ortance, this horse Bare int Lhe i“ tO ora They are, o and dran ny be “ary well DeCes It i Garape namental, mt the yery ht. YY NAY Seem His desk iles of books, m manuseripts, everything vat man sibly fine | & place there, emanation, weakness, antagonism ¢ heart-kindliness, which seems with ela- the nat suggest Truel to permeate the atmos] here tion or oppresion, in proportion to scuteness or cultivation of one’s ural perceptions A lady hostess sends ont eards for an home.” She cordially takes the band of each guest as they appear with smiling lips and words of pleasant Oss What complications those palms present! What she thinks and feels, is concealed with the art of an adept What they think and feel, is like the hand-writing upon the wall of her com- prehension. It is, perhaps, the most faulty code, which decrees smiles, when the heart is full of sneers and compels congratula- tions where only envy and bitterness abound; but it is the world’s way, and one mast not cavit at the creeds of the Suffice it to say, “at biage at large, are deceived by assump- I deftly conveyed, is considered quite as flattering, as the utterance of a bona “Doin Rome as the Bomans do,” and always béware of the social bore, who deals only in traisms, which may be another name for malice, which in any form is all the better for being sugar-coated. The habit of being pleasant, engen- ders a social serenity, conducive to genuine goud-feeling even where it does not exist, Beware of the Pharisee alert for eriminationa. ere is even in the bitterest wrong, some saving clans of suffering, and to no human be- ing has the creator accorded the sovereign right to judge or to condemn a fellow-mortal, 1et us rather enlti- vate the charity which is as the fra. grance to the blossom, the lustre to the sun. 8.J. B Incubators “that a child ean run’ are too handy to have in the house, Such easy machines are merely built to run, not hatch, ———— ever on the Tramp ~*Your dog, ma'am, has been smelling of me. Will he bite?” Madam “If he has smelled of you he won't bite, You needn't be alarm- FLOWER GARDEN, WOMEN AB FLORINTHA The Housekeeper, valuable advice A writer 1n the following WO | to I am asked to give approximate fig- establishment which shall or more greenhouses, A sin house say 20x50 feet would plete, if heated by flues, in the neigh- borhood of hundred dollars, the price varying according to location and the courequent difference 1n the cost of think the Henderson New York FUre, mre ures, area trifle work He in gricaiturs and heat cost com four material and labor | enti- | mates given by Peter takes the vicinity ol oasis from which to fl right; if anything the fig high for ordinary work on “Gireenhouses x not § vicinity about BAYS water con dolinr if by Ci iy t¢ melnsions ly estimate that with a th capital and plent; and determination has a love he work, might work’ of a florist, prov have to encroach on he livelihood. Please do not misunderstand reader. 1 would not that no one ean start In tin with less than thousand dollars, for many have made a success on consider- ably less than that; but 1 would have you understand that such an amount under the circumstances mentioned, | would enable start nicely become a full-fledged florist. Less cap- ital and longer time would accomplish the same results, This. I do say, that any woman possessing the necessary | qualifications as to ability and knowl- | edge, will succeed in nine eases out of ten, where men would fail on whatever the capital might be. The reasons we | have already given you. This subject lis a broad one and will | earnest thought of any one, who wishes | to engage in it. Do not jump at con- clusions but look the matter over care- | fully, measuring every step and its | probable results before you take it | Some of my readers who desire to em- ali 1ded she does r capital fora me, have vou believe business fi you fo and qualifications you find yourself want. mg, for goodness sake don't gointo the business. There are dozens, yes hun- dreda, of people in this business to-day who have not.the slightest ability for the work and they are only injuring themselves and the rest of the trade by remaining in it. Look to it well that you do not become one of this sort throngh any mistaken ides of your qualifications. ——————— - ~Bourbon Belle, the dam of Han- over, is a barren this year, — Majolica, record 2.15, will be sold at auction, ~ inspector B, the well-known son of Enquirer, dam Colossa, by Colossus, has been leased by Dwyer Bros, to the Kittson Bros, and will join Elkwood in the stud, at Ecrdenbeim, where his grandsire, imp, Leamington, stood so many years before him, «Orit Davis' mile track at Harrods. burg, Ky., has been ded and is now faster than re Is just enou velop muscle, He gD gras good halfemile truck to break colts and jog on. Davis has a good string of borses, includ Broising youngeters, To HORBE NOTES, ~=Terra Cotta 8 training well, — It $8 rumored that — Lem Ullman er A., 2, The 1 pi HY * wll ean Jatgn 374, and Charley Clay. New Orieans spring running mighty son the 1 totally blind. gone f ~ LBOnatus, Longtellow, has Varley & Co'.s Suburban book full on St, Luke, Fresno and Jubal, ~Clifton’s great race for the Green Isle stakes will be run on Monday next, March 24th, Wilkes, filly by - [Osa foaled a ing. record 2. Nutwood, ~Menator Stanford, of California, re- put a price on Palo Allo, ree- key Stoval East, and he Towpkins, has returned to the says he will ride for Mr, Sunol, re purchase . Robert JE ord 2.104 s Will © Charles Marvin's string. ner's - Entries to the Rochester associat April 1. he 0 2 h 15 William Gregg has a fine chestnut filly, 2 years old, by Epaulel, out of Ettie, and he 18 about purchasing a full sister to the filly of the same color. The Iroquois Bunt Club Stable is a organization at Lexington, hy. training oue 3-vear-old and the counin cam- t has in six 2 year-olds for paigun. —fon. C. M. Thomas, of Bourbon county, Ky., has sold Edeeline, the 2- year-old sister of the unbeaten Edge- mark, to J. Malcomb Forbes, of Bos- ton, for $6000, Od y £ In France it is intended to spend £80,000 odd in encouraging horse breeding, £56,000 for bays ing horses and mares for the stud farms, and about £40,000 in veterinary education. — William Marks, of Mrrks Brothers, has purchased a 100-acre farm above Bryn Mawr. He has two Electioneer stallions and one by Stamboul; also a number of brood-mares., He intends 0 breed trotlers, — Notwithstanding the fact that Eurus was considered a broken-down horse at Monmouth last summer, Mr, ~Trainer Hugguns, who spent the winter on his Texas farm, will come East early in April and take hold of Eurus, whose racing qualities, it will be remembered, were given to him by Mr. Cassatt last fall, — William H. Humphrey, proprietor of the Madison Avenue Hotel, and once widely known as the owner of the famous chestnut gelding, Judge Ful. lerton, record 2.18, died of heart fail ure at New York recently. win the premium list of the new South-eastern Trotting Circuit the gap is too wide between the 2.37 and S-min- ute classes, It would be well to add a 2.45 class, even at the expense of drop- ping the S-minute class, —loora and Independence, the team which William Rockafeller drove to pole mm 217 at Hartford in 1878
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers