——————————— Eventide. B.S. PHELPS. Take unto thyself, O Father, This folded day of thine, This weary day of mine. 11s ragged corners cut me yeh © still the jar and fret Father! donot forget That | am tired, With this day of thine, Breathe thy pure breath, watching Father, On this marred day of thine, This erring day of mine. Wash it white from stain and spot, 0, cleanse its every blot, Reproachful eyes! remember not That | have grieved thee On this day of thine. --—- BEN'S ONLY SISTER «Ben! most six o'clock.” h Y es, * ‘'Breakfast’s all ready.” “1'm coming as quick as I can.” The door at the foot of the stairs closed with a light bang, and Ben dis- contentedly stretched himself. “I'm sick of that old mill. Droning and droning there day after day, never seeing anything, and getting such mis- erable pay.” Ben forgot to think, as he slowly dressed himself, that no very long time had elapsed since he had thought him- self a very lucky fellow in getting a sitnation at the mill, with a prospect of better wages If he proved himself faith- ful and capable, “Hurry, now, you've no time to lose.” said Susan, following him to the gate after be had finished his breakfast. ““Work begins pretty prompt, doesn’t it?" “Prompt? Yes, 1 guess it does, and 4eeps up pretty prompt all day. Wark, work, work, all the time. Jim Slade says a smart fellow can get twice as much pay for half as much work in the city, and have a chance of seeing some- thing a little lively, too.” “But you wouldn't think of golng anywhere to leave mother and me, Ben?" “Praps I would for a while, Sue, if I could make lots of money for you. And then you and mother’d come to where I was, Wouldn't that be fin? But I must go now." Spsan stood for a few moments at the gate with a heavy misgiving at her heart. Ben had seemed unsettled ever since Jim Slade had come home from the city, taking less Interest in his work, and appearing less anxious than hh ASA A553 her with very loyal desire to stand be- tween her and hard work. The weight at Susan’s heavier as the alternoon wore on, The clothes were dried and brought in, looking like woven snow, the little house 1n order, and then Susan took her sun-bonnet and went out saying to her mother: “I'll walk towards the mill and meet Ben.” Ie was not on the scarcely expected it, for she was a lit- tle in advance of the usual time for leaving work. She caught sight of Mr. Graves, the mill owner overlooking the construction of some improvements in the boom, and as she drew nearer could see that most of the force of workmen were engaged there. Ben would not be there, for his duties lay in the light= er work under Mr. Grave's directicn or in the office, “Ben?” she said, looking into the office. ““He’s not here,” said a workman, | calling good-nuturedly to her from where he was setting some machinery in order. “But I guess you won't be long finding him for I seen him come out o’ there not five minutes ago.” “Thank you,” sald Susan, “I be- lieve.” she added to herelf, feeling | more tired than she had before real- ized. “I'll sit down here and rest a minute and watch for Ben, He can’t ba far off. Another man passed the door and. seeing her stopped. “Here,” he said, giving her a plece heart grew road. She had of folded paper. *“‘Ben gave me this | and made me promise I'd go round and give it to you to-night. Dut I guess | it'll do just as well now, ”’ In surprise and dismay she opened | the paper; then sat for a few moments ! in a maze of despair, “Dear Susy,” .it read, “I'm going | away for a little while to make a strike for something better; and saying good- | bye is such hard work that 1 don’t | want to, You'll hear from me soon, | and then you'll say I did best to go, | though I’m afrail you won't thiuk so now. Wait till you see what 1’m going | to do for you and you will know how I | love you, so good-bye, dear Susy.” How long Ben's sister sat half stupe- fled by the terrible blow she never could tell. The sounds about the mill les- | sened as all hands gathered for an ef- fort of strength at the boom. It could formerly, to do his best. She did not know that Jim's reason for coming | home to take a little rest just now, as | he had given out, had been a dismissal from his situation ander circumstances | which he was anxious to keep hidden from his country friends; and that his | strong mberest in her brother Den arose | from the fact of his guessing that he | had a little money laid by, and feeling | desirous of sharing it with him through | coaxing him to return to the city with him. Bat Susan had an instinctive | distrust of Jim, and had not liked to | s -¢ his growing Intimacy with Den. i She looked aaxiously after her | brother as he took his way along the pretty mountain road. “I'd like to | work in that mill myself—such a nice | one.” she said, half laughing at the | idea, She had a boyish taste for strong, i large things, and had beeu greatly 1nter- | ested in improvements which Mr. | Graves had made in his sawmill, new | machinery and conveniences which were novelties to the country folk. i At dinper-time Ben seemed restless | and uneasy, avoiding ber eye, she fan- cied, and talking in quick, tones about matters of no lgportance | to their mother, who was an invalid, | and bad drifted into a way of leaving | "eve rything to Susan's capable ordering | and performing. i “1'm in a dreadfal hurry,” gad | Ben, at length, springing from his chair, “(ioc d-bye, mother.” He kissed her, and then with an awkward | i excited | laugh and heightened color hurried out | of the house, } “You've forgot your handkerchief,” said Susan, making a pretext of it again to follow him as be was hastening away. ““You're ever so good to me, Sue,” be said, making a snatch at it as he held it out to him. *‘You've always been good to me, and I'm going to be good to you—you'll see.” He was off without a look at her, and Susan went back to the house fecl- ing more and wore perplexed and un- easy. As she resumed her work a ter- rible suggestion flashed upon her mind. Could Ben be intending to leave home without letting her and his mother know. It would be unlike him to do anything which he must realize would be such a sorrow to them, but she knew that Jim's influence over him had been growing stronger and stronger, and he tad succeeded in filing the mind of the foolish country boy with the idea that the could do far better for himself and for those two who were partly depend- ent upon him, by leaving the home which had uniil lately been perfectly satisfying to him. To do the boy justice, hs strongest feeling in the matter was the desice to be helpful to the others, “I'H fix t:iofs so poor little Susy won't have to work so hard any more.” be said to himself, a mist rising to his eyes, as, reaching an opening in the woods, be turned for a glance back. She was carrying out a basket of clothes to hang in the sunshine, and he knew they were for Summer boarders : 1 st a farm-house near by, He gazed at » not, however, have been many minutes surrounding objects, took in, at first vaguely, a thread of smoke which slowly curled up in a corner of the of- fice. Very thin It was, but growing “Where there is smoke there must be fire,” going toward It, “What can it be? How would the fire get here?" No one sald Susan, 1 ever knew that less than a been flung by the careless hands of and lighted his pipe, while he wailed for Ben to join him. It had fallen upon a morsel of sawdust in which it had smonidered, appearing first to take but Little hold, But it sometimes seems as though in- at works mis- glowing spark to another grain of tered by the hand which chief alone, for the one moment. The office was only a corner trade of light pone, Everything was in unfinished state, and it chanced | that a vaste basket of loose papers and hidden foe, Into these it leaped just as Susan ap- | and the dread flame flew up her. With every sense called by proached, before the sudden emer- by a stream from high up the moun- tain side, Ben had shown it to ber with great pride one day before Jim Slade came, dashing the water about | aud wetting her from head to foot, in | {splaying its convenience for putting | out fire, if fire should come, The hose was only a few steps from Let, and as she caught it in her hand | she fully expected to put out the fire | without difficulty, but in the same mo- | ment it burst into a fierce flame, blaz- ing far above her heal, With loud | cries for help she ran out of the office, | still, with great presence of mind, holding on to the hose, Tho:e who know anything about saw- mills will readily understand the dan- | ger now imminent. The greater part of the building was old, and every beam and ledge covered with the fine dust, the combustible nature of which forms a constant source of anxiety to mill men. The needful precautions had been taken, but the hand which had been trusted to apply them had falled In the duty of the moment, Just beyond reach of the flames Susan turned, She had the hose, but the cut. off at the pump was unturned, How could it be tarned when the fire was playing around it? But how else conld the mill be saved? She threw her light shaw! about her head, rushed back and turned the cut-off, Bot a breath of the flame had seized her throat, and as sie reached Lhe fresh air she sank dow helpless and inssnsible, , Her work, however, was done Stronget hauls than hers seized the hose: a bucket-brigade was instantly f formed, and before Susan had opened ——————————————) her eyes under the ministrations of rough, kindly hands, the [ire was out. Ben and his friend had walked up the mountain above the mill, taking a short cut over to the town in which they expected to take the cars for the city. At a bend in the road Den paused and looked down at the m!llL “Come on,” said Jim. “Wait a minute,” said Ben. “I ain't in any hurry. Maybe it'll be a long time beforejl see it again.” He sat moodily down, shaking off Jim’s hand as he would have urged him forward, “You ain’t going to weaken down, are you?” asked Jim, with a Lkalf sneer, “No, I ain't,” sald Ben impa'lemtly. “But 1 wish I knew how Susy’ll feel about my going; and I feel rather sneaky about stealing off when Mr. Graves left me in charge of the of- fice. “Nonsense, Come Jim, “What's that poise?” said Den, springing to his feet. Sharply upon the clear air came the cry: “Fire! Firel” “What's that!" he exclaimed, listen- ing intently, on.” repeated it matter what "tis?" sion to the mill, “It 18 than that therel’ ns mill tempt, succeeded by an ugly smile, taking from his pocket a wallet which he examined with great satisfaction. ‘1 shall only have to get a little farther away and pever come back, * “QO Ben!" , Fis face was the first Lo greet Susan * ». i draw a free breath. been?!’ she added. “No matter where ¥ was, I'm here now, and—! with a choke in throat—""1'm going to stay, too.” He had guessed that she Imd come seeking originated through his failure to be at his post. And in the confusion he had peril of her life. It was a long time before Ben found hed gone off with his saving of two years’ work which he had foolishly ertrusted to him. And in her glad realization that Ben had come to his senses and concluded that he was well at home she fell that the money was well lost in showing him the real character of his false friend. But she was too wise a little body to say so, fF Lik an honest confession to Mr, Graves of the fault which had led to the disaster, concluding with: *'I s’pose you won't need me any Jonger, sir.” “1 think I shall," HOW ESOUIMA UX LIVE. Custom of a Peculiar Race of North~ | ern People Who Are Disappear- ing. Their social customs are full of in- | terest and individuality, Their way of eating, for instance, Is decidedly pecu- liar, Cutting a long strip of gory, greasy meat from the mass before him the Esquimau gourmand takes one end of 1t in his mouth, and then, pull- | ing the other until it 1s strained tight, | with a quick slash of the knife past his | mouth and nose severs a mouthful and swallows it without mastication, repeat- ing the operation rapidly until the limit of his storage capacity is reached. A civilized spectator watching an Es. quimau family at dinner cannot fail to be struck with the wisdom of Provi- dence in giving these people such short noses, as, were the features any longer, they would infallibly suffer early abbre- viation, In the matter of amusements the Es- qnimaux are not badly off. They have | ess Ay the block falls, the position of the hole | determining the value of the stroke. | Another game closely resembles domi- noes, and contains pieces running as but sequen- ces are not regularlp carried out, the! breaks in them seeming to be without | They have like solitaire, with the exception that | a game exactly | balls, The special amusement of the | “eal's cradle,” | which has been” brought! to such per- it. In-} forming tricks with string, winding and twisting a piece in and out among their fingers, and then disentangling it} by a single pull on one end, Such are some of the manvers and | customs of the quaint, harmless and despite their dirt—lovable people, whose home Is among the dreary re- gions to the north and south of Hud- son's straits, They bave many adimni- | They are’ wonderfully patient and enduring in and suffering; honest and intelligent to an uniooked for de- gree; perfectly fearless in the chase, that quarrels are almost unknown; hos pitable, docile, keenly appreciative of last bite with their white visitors; to work when opportunity offers; stusll remuneration, have they, indeed, ! that the sad certainty of their gradual extermination is rendered all the sadder thereby. their numbers in the Hudsoi's straits region at present is 1,000; bul this, of an as their own system which | generally runs “one, two, thiree-—a great | The most careful estimate of Approximation, of counting, census impossible, Each their food supply diminishing, year | it is worth more than And a boy with a sister like yours ought to be worth three or four boys.” “lle’s right there, it ever a man together, ——— The Love of Mumbug —— men by the latest never so happy as after and are beguiled shams, and seem ly is this trait noticeable in the matter of physicial ailments, The family phy- doees of quinine or senna, give the whalers and sealers, Asthe number of seals decrease the number of Esquimaux decrease also, and the end, though it may be long delayed, seems inevitable, Suffered From His Politeness, Ex-Governor and Representative | McCreary, of Kentucky, is noted for | his politeness, On one occasion he was the guest of a friend in the country. ! him wheiher he wished coffee or tea, The replied: “Coffee, if you please, madam,” His tondness for hot coffee is known to his friends, who can well imagine his feelings when the hostess informed him | that the cook had neglected to warm (rovernor | part with the consciousness of duty done and the certainty that the sabject will leave the powders untouched om the mautel, unless he becomes frighten. cian will suffer in consequence, But let some traveling fakir come along, pitch his tent, swing out his flag, horns, aud lo! the pablic is at his feet nauseous mixtures, if only they be christened with unpronounce able and nutransiatable names, anxious to pay double the f=es of a respectable, responsible physician, and bold to assert after a week's diet of bread pills and rain water sweetened with molasses, that they are perfectly cured of imagin. ed ailments, and are urgent that their friends shall share in thelr good for. tune, Science doesn’t always receive the support of the universal public; hum- buggery does. The street wizard, with tangled hair and pleturesque garb, ean extract teeth painlessly by the same process which nearly murders the pati. ent if performed by an educated dentist, dresse] in Nineteenth century clothes and located In a well appointed office, The noble aborigine, In war paint and feathers, dealing out “Sagwa' and mystic olls, will carry off all the spare change of a community, while the vil. lage physician grows poverty stricken. cold. Even this information of the cook's neglect did not affect the Gover- | replied: “How fortugate, madam. Do you know, madam, that I ma so eccentric as to prefer cold coffee and do not care for it in any other way. Your cook's neglect is good news to me.” The relief of the housekeeper can be understood as she handed Governor MeCreary the coffee which he sipped with well-feigned pleasure, The weather the next day was cold and bracing. It was just such a day 4s to make the heart of a coffee-Irin- ker long for his favorite drink, Gov- ernor McCreary had forgotten the inci- dent of the night before when he sat down to breakfast, But if it bad es caped bis memory it had not that of his hostess, “] have the coffee cold for you this morning, Governor,’ she said sweetly; vyou see I remember that you sald you never liked it in any other way.” The smile on Governor McCreary’s face was hardly as angelic as it was the night before, but he drank the cold coffee without a mtrmur., It was with difficulty, however, that the other restrained their laughter over the unfortunate predicament in which the Governor had placed himself by his politeness, Thou Pound Bank Not A One sand Poun ote. Pank notes for £1000 are Not so com mon but that the adventores of this one may be worth a brief narration, - They connect themselves with a sad i i. ting a fortune, Edward Gillett, wealth, Thereupon he followed example of the man who was told that Witnesses bad been and to dripking.’’ disproved, In month, The pocket of an elderly note to remain, and at the end of the month this specimen of portable prop. erty took its flight. At the time of the escape Gillett was helplessly intoxica- ted, and lie spent the evening of his days in Darenth Asylum. Mr, Gillet 1s described by his daughter, with Glial insight and candor, as *‘childish, self- willed, obstinate and hardly ever sober.” But the getting of it from that day to this, have succeeded In another, fnvest £1700for them in consols and pay them the interest, But the Bills of Ex- change act, passed in 1822, lic better terms than these, It provides giving sn idemnity in case the note should turn up and should have to be cashed, This the Gilllett's were wil- This is obviously fair, failed there would have been dead loss to the family of £1000. a Shakespeare and Dante. Shakespeare rimost always implies total in a difference scl ure ing from the birth ste, another base and cruel; and he dis- the pure s# Lr plays each in its sphere as having nature of a dove, wolf, or lion, change of nature Hy any external prin- giple. There can be no question that other form of was never, as far as I recollect much note of him. stern view of humanity joined = . taker by And with this sorrowful view of He is distinguished from y by his siways dwelling on last # instead f first Dante CRUNCH soul's choice which fixed its fate, to the i instant of { the day when it read no far ther, or determined to give bad advise about But always leans on the foree of Fate, as it evil; and dwells infinite bitterness the wicked, and the infinitude result dependent seemingly on little Penestrino, Shakespeare with of on power A fool brings the last piece of of ite noble houses are lost; they might have been had Othello if the sacristan walked. saved him the nothing for but death, hold of wrong foil, and the rest is silence. Edmund's runner is 8 moment too late at the prison, and at Cordelia's Salisbury a moment too late at mov Goneril and Iago have ou the th ongh they It that is a pin with: and Carelessness and Folly sity with the pin-srmed skeleton, c———— S550 Self Possession of Women, Women are more seif possessed Lhan men. On occasions of cereinony and display they appear happy and “ab home.” A well dressed woman is “in ber el«ment’ at public entertainments, and she moves czlmly and gracefully under the gaze of numerous eyes, while her male attendant 18 self conscious and flurried. Observe ihe placidity which characterizes a handsomely dressed woman as she takes her seat in a church or concert room, and the contrast presented by the nervousness and lack of repose in the motions. of. man, It has often been remarked that brides are generally collec’ed and se- date uring the marriage ceremony, while bridegrooms are bashful and awkward. 3 The Foree of Evaporation '. - FOOD FOR THOUGHT Every good uct mau Goes is shaking | hands with God, LL — i p— Ie specially careful of draughts and sudden changes, { Do not overwork Of what | wealth without health? Happiness 1s the uniform se | a well governed rind. It isthe for iss anita of the athels! | scan infinitude wilh a microscope, Ie not ostentatious in dress or dee | portment; nothing can be more vu To be happy, take things as | come, and let them go just as they come, It is much safer to learn enemies than to ry to friends, Remember, weary farmers, that it is { the men who have ite to do that wear out first, Reflect that life like every blessing, derives its value from | alone. | People seldom improve when | have no other model but themselves Lo copy after. If a bed or curtain json fire beat ou the flames with a woolen garment ull extinguished, | Never urge another to do anything | against bis desire, unless you see dan | ger before him. Re 18 TOILy « f War, Ltiiey from instinct Our yar otier its nee Lev I wish that there were more attach | ment to the truth, and Jess to the man {| who delivers it, It is worth a thousand pounds a year to have the habit of looking on | bright side of things, It is very monoionous to be rich, but there is a variety about being poor that makes one weary. The feeble tremble i the foolish defy it, the wise judge the skilful direct it, Humility 1s most serviceable as undergarment, and should never worn as an overcoat, There are some men to whom ihe | toss of their reputations would mean mighty good luck, Do not wait for extraordinary oppor- | tunities for good actions, bul make use of common situations, Forgiving our enennes has the sawe | refreshing effect upon our souls as it the before omnion, 5 ily an I { does to confess our sins, | If we always tell the truth we stamp | our words with a mark that makes { them current everywhere, Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the | harvest we must sow Lhe seed. { tudeness harms not even the hum- blest and posrest to whom it is diract- ed, but it injures the exhibitor, A sociable man is one who, when he has ten mioules to spare, goes and { bothers somebody who hasn't, Excess of grief for the deceased madness; for it is an injury to the and the dead know it nol There are plenty of people who know how to make money, and how to waste it, but few who know how to spend It, is Hy. ng IK. Blessed is the hand that prepares a pleasure for the ehikl, for there is no saying when and where it may bloom forth, Remember that good manners thoughts filled with Kindness and finement, and then translated into LAYIOL. There is a great deal of artificial ' honesty in this world; it wants & beap of watching, and should be labelled “noison,”’ Better follow the sternness of a truth than the glittering delusion of a lie | Men often follow lies because they shine, 1. fe hath no blessing like an earnest fren than treasured wealth more precious, than the power of monarchs, and the people's loud applance, Ale re- Lee Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one band, With her | right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain. As there are no laws extant against | ingratitode, so it is ulterly Impossible to contrive any that in all circum- | stances shail reach it. Good breeding is the art of avoiding familiarity, and at the same time mak- ing 1he company satisfied with you and pleased with themselves, | An eagle measufing something over | pine feet from Sip to tip of ils wing | was shot in Leon county, Fla, after it | had nade off with a pig. Some people are never so happy as when they are making other people feel bad, Such people are generally happy, wo. . Be not discouraged If the tide of Mate, rifts wou beyond the harbor’s gate The tide will turn, hope on and wait He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but be is more excsllent who can suit hus temper to any clreum- slances, You and I, tolling for earth, may at the same time be Wwiling for Heaven, and every day's work may be a Ja cob’s ladder reaching up nearer ic God, Our happiness depends upon Chak which is within us, and not upon that by which we are surrounded. And ¢ it isthe surroundings thal engage Ly of our thoughtfulness, Trust in Gol does nol supersede the employment of prudent means oh our i 1 densation takes place at an height of 3000 feet, scientists conclude that the force of evi uppl rainfall must equal the lifting of 322 . every minute, or about 300,000,000,000- horse power constantly exerted. Of through rivers to the sea, and a still smaller fraction is utilized by man; the remainder is dissipated in space. This ought to be OU to onquer nity wa stronger and 10 uiake a further growth inholiness, =... . .. What a 1 Vast and wide as the id, rooted in the abrases of ores. ih
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