A Legend. a There has come to my mind oj thing | bad half forgot, 4 And whether I read it or dreamed it, ab, well, it matters not, It is said in heaven, at twihght, bell softly swings, And mae may listen and hearken to the wonderful music that rings, If he puts from bis heart's inner chamber all the passion, pain, and strife, Heartache and weary longing that throb in the pulses of life If he th:ust from his soul all hatred, all thoughts of wicked things, He can Lear in the holy twilight how the bell of the angels sings. And I think there lies in this legend, if we open our eyes to see, 8.mewhat of an inner meaning, my friend, to you and to me. Let us look in our hearts and question, Can pure thoughts enter in To a soul if it be already the dwelling of thoughts of sin? 80 then let us pouder a little; let us look in our hearts and see If the twilight beil of the angels could ring for us—you and me, LITT LE JERRY. RY J. L. HARBOUR. a great «You won't forget any of the places, will you, Jerry?” “No. father.” “And you won't leave pint cans at any of the places where you'd ought to leave quarts?’ “No, sir.” “And remember what I told you about Miss Perkins. She's to have an extra pint to-day, and you're to leave it in the basement. She leaves the door unlocked on purpose, 'cause she says she can't bear milk after it's froze; and it's so stinging cold this morning it'd be froze clear through fore it was taken in if it wasn’t put in- side. You'll be sure not to leave it out- side Jerry?’ “[']l put it just where you say, father —in the basement.” «All right; that’s a good boy. I hate to send you out alone this way, Jerry, and | shan't do it again soon. Drive careful, and get home as soon as you can.” “Yes, I will,” replied Jerry, as he climbed into the milk wagon standing in his father's barnyard, snd took the lines into his hands. It was just four o'clock in the morn- ing of a cold winter day, and little Jerry Hawes was only ten years old. He was to drive two miles to the city alone in the cold and darkness of a January morning. And, after reach- ing the city, he was to go rattling around over the stony streets leaving milk at sixteen different places, anc then drive home again, with the wind almost lifting him from the seat of the wagon, and the snow in his face. His father had a small dairy, and supplied sixteen families with milk. He carried it around himself, but on this purticular morning he had to goto a distant city on an important errand, and must be off before daylight if he wonld reach home that night. He had tried in vain to get some one to deliver the milk to his customers that morning, and Jerry had himself proposed carry- ing it " “I know all the places,” he said, “for I’ ten gone with you in the summer | ot a bit afraid, and I know er the milk just as well as | ¥€ Oi} as a robust and w, but he did feel a hittle timid as be turned into the woods which hid his father's house from view. And it] Ider than he expected to find it. | ies felt like bands of ice in his | hands even through his thick mittens. | His teeth chattered, and he put the | lines between his knees while he swung | his little arms around and clapped his | hands together. Finally Jerry tied the | lines together and threw them over the | dash-board, while he jumped out and | ran along by the mide of the horse and | cart to rid himself of the numbness in his feet and legs. And so théy entered the deserted streets of the city, Jerry and the cart and old Bally the horse. There was no | life nor stir in the city streets. All the houses were dark, but the street lamps were burning, and Jerry seemed to feel a sepse of companionship and friendli- ness in their twinkling lights. He came to the first place at which he was to leave milk, a tall, gloomy looking house. He climbed down from the cart and hnrried through a dark, covered entrance way to the rear of the house, put the two-quart oan of milk down and ran back to the cart, glad to be with it and old Bally again. So he went to the end of his route bravely and manfully. There was but one can left in the cart, and that was for Miss Perkins, an old lady who lived ina large and beautiful house at the end of a handsome streat, Jerry remembered all his father had said about nding the basement door unlocked, and about putting the milk inside where it ald not frozen. He found the rear door unlocked, but dreaded to open it and step into the dark little entrance, at the end of which there was a second door secureiy locked, but this little hallway wasnot sodark as Jerry expected to find it. The second door had in its upper half a sash in which there were four small panes of glass, through which a bright light was streaming. Jerry stood on his tiptoes and peered through the glass, he hard. ly knew why, for he was not one of your idly curious kind of boys. He had an instinctive feeling that some- thing was wrong; and what he saw caused the little milkman to utter a low exclamation of wonder and affright— the whole basement seemed to be a mass of smoke and flames! He knew nothing about fire-nlarm boxes. Indeed, he was so dszed and terrified for a moment that he did not scem to know any st all! Then he ran wildy out into the and around the house, his shrill, childish voice piercing the frosty mir with ite i roe ap am oe trout slept, and ® ran u an hdked ni hammered on the onken y erying out wildly: ** Miss Perkins! * O Miss Perkins! Your house is on fire! Fei-i<i-re! Fei-i-i-rel” Old Bally, with head at the ga up his ears, and tarned his head toward she hose. while Jerry up and down in his excitement, out the dread. ed cry of “fire” with every breath. The frout parlor windows reached to the floor of the wide piazza in front of them, and were made of a single sheet of glass. In his excitement and eager- ness to arouse the inmates of the house, Jerry ran to one of these long windows and kicked in the glass with his stout boots; then he rib, oi into the room, and into a great hall, just as some one came to the head of the stairs, lamp in hand, It was Miss Perkins herself, with a great scarlet blanket thrown around her. Jerry ran swiftly up the stairs shout- ing: “Fire, ma'am! fire! The cellar is all on fire!” “Goodness mercy!” shrieked Miss Perkins, ‘I thought I smelled smoke. Give the alarm, somebody!” But Jerry's shrill, childish voice had given the alarm both within and with- out the house. Bervants came running down the stairs, the street was filling with people, a policeman was trying to kick in the doors, a fire engine came around the corner with a great rush and noise, “Old Bally will be scared out of his senses,” was Jerry's mental comment, as he rushed out of the house fast filling with smoke and flames. But some one had kindly led old Bally away, and hitched him to « lamp pout up the street; and there Jerry ound him, half an hour later, after hearing the fireman crying out: “It's all out now. We can save the house yet.” And Jerry drove home in the dawn cold. The short, winter day was draw- ing to a close when Jerry came home from school that night. He had walked more than a mile, and burst into the house crying out: “Whew! but it's cold! I tell it'l—" He stopped short when he saw a strange lady sitting by the fireside, a short, stout lady with gray hair show- ing under her handsome bonnet. “Ah, this is the litte boy I've been waiting for, is it?” she said when Jerry came in. *‘Come and shake hands with me, won't you? I've driven out to tell you how grateful I am for what you did this morning. My house and my- bern for vou. " you. long as it 1s, if I were to tell you of all the good and pleasant and helpful things that came into Jerry's hereto- coming acquainted” with Miss Marcia Perkins. — The Congregationalist. — ——————— —- Proverbs About Rain. we feel that interested in signs of have been so our readers will some old *‘saws’’ rain, When there Is unusual clearness in the atmosphere, and objects are seen very distinctly, there will probably be rain, When clouds are gathering to- ward the sun at setling, with a rosy hue, they foretell rain, dry (7) that all be concerning g red Evening gray and mormin . 3 wet your head. Put on your hat, or you'll stop before 8 a, m.; if it begins about noon, it will continue through the after noon; ifnot till & p. m,, it through the night; if it clears oft in the ut, it will rain the next day. RIgUS, If it rains before seven, it will clear before eleven, If it rains befors sunrise, expect a fair afternoon. If It rains when the sun sbines, it will rain If clouds appear suddenly in the south, expect rain, Rain from the so prevents the drouath, But rain from the west is always best. When rain will not continue long. during an east wind it will continue a full day. If*an assemblage of small clouds spread out or become thicker or darker, expect rain. Small, inky clouds foretell rain, Dark clouds in the west at sunrise indicate rain on that day. If the sky after fine weather becomes heavy with small clouds, expect rain, comes from the west jt Tar Italians and Chinese of N. Y. uave become so far Americanized as to organize mutual benefit and relief as- sociations. Two [Italian sasociations find one Chinese society flled certifi. cates of incorporation with the Secre. tary of State in March last. The Chi- nese society was entitled ‘The Chinese Charitable and Benevolent Association of New York.” Its object, as stated, is “to eare for the sick and destitute Chinamen in New York city; to give advice and pecuniary assistance to re- putable and deserving Chinamen as may be required, and to aid and suecor them when in need.” The signatures of the trustees and incorporators are all in English, and are good specimens of penmanship. The ltalian societies are The Masanello Bociety aud Labor- ers Union of Mutual Benefit of New York, and the Aviglianese Club of Mau- tual Benefit of New York. The object of each is the mutual aid, protection, and benefit of its members. Ax old friend spoke these words of counsel to some young soquaintances recently. They are herein submitted because the advice is sound and worthy of trisl: There is as much connection hotween the words and the thoughts as thera is between the hts and the words; the latter are not only the express ions of the former, but they havea power to react upon the soul, and leave the stains of their corruption thera. A y man who aliows himself to use one profane or vulgar word has not only shown that there is a foul spot on his mind, but, by the utterance of that word, he extends that spot snd in. flames it till by indulgence it will soon polinte and ruin the yiole aon Be careful of your words as ae your ts, If ou ean control the that no improper are will soon be able also to control Jind and save ou from corruption. smothering Private Economy. BY JAMES M. LORING. I have for a long time meditated writing an essay on Private Economy. With no intention of associating my- self with such distinguished names in literature, I am reminded that Kmer- son wrote one on “Wealth” and Lord Bacon one on “Riches.” Political Economy, or as Adam Smith called it, ‘“I'he Wealth of Nations,” has long been denominated the “Dis- mal Science.” The diagnosis of a na- tion's financial condition generally shows the disease to be chronic, and the disorder is said to be organie. Why this should be, is a mystery. I have often noticed that the same thing is true of private individuals, Every man,no matter how poor or rich, is in a chronic state of more liabilities than assets, more debts than ways to meet them, whether it be John Jones, groeer on some cross-roads near a little western town, or Jay Gould who pines for more railroads to devour and has not the wherewith to get them. So private domestic economy is also a *‘dis- mal science.” I have in my case endeavored te make it otherwise, and I will here set forth some of the rules I have persistently and consistently followed for a quarter of a century, so that others may possi- biy get a leaf ont of my book that may help them in the future. A large part of what I say will constitute a revela- tion of private history, It is immater- individual may be; these methods with proper modifications will apply to any vocation in life, ed through life is, the best use of mon- ey is to pay debts with, Every man whether he gets a salary, or ceipt of any considerable sum should apply it to the payment of all miscel- lsneous small debts; finally by this method all will be paid. When they are once paid, create no more. It gives sa man & bad pmme to owe a great many small debts created on trusting to his not pay. Another rule, never make small per- nosed around, and finally such a one is shunned and refused when he is per- fectly good. If you need money, make a business matter of it and apply for a ing a definite time for its repayment at a fixed rate of interest, When you apply for a loan, make up your mind beforehand like Antonio in the “Merchant of Venice,” how much you want, for how long, at what rate of interest, and on what security. Do not make the mistake that Antonio did and tell for what reason he wanted it, that was strictly not Shylock's business and he took a {- vantage of it to insert a eruel condition in the bond. Often it defeats the loan, as the lender may criticise the object of your borrowing and advise you thal ways to you to get along All the lender needs to know is simply that you want it; more does not concern him to know, Never mutilate a large sum of money and fritter it away on many divided ob- jects, but rather make a payment on larger debt. Should should money be com- ing to you, always have the payments i once built a dwelling house that cost me about twenty-five hundred dollars. I owned the ground, but had no money to pay I finished have lived roperty. The labor bills I met by small sums out of my business as they came in; I put some small notes in the bank to pay off the bills that could not wait. All other material bills dred dollars I gained in examination of title, interest, commission and other Had I put a twenty-five hundred dollar wiped out my homestead. Always use the bank, put your mon. ey in it and d aw checks for as small amounts as they will permit vou. In drawing the check, make it pay- mark on the back of it; on the face of the check, over your signature and in parenthesis, in abbreviation form, indi- cate what the check is for, (int. on note of 220), (on acct. groceries), (1 suit of clothes), (a loan), or any other appro- priate memorandum. Always introduce some friend to the bank and have him deposit there,—two or three friends if possible. Let the officers know that you have dome this. Never overdraw, and always be punctilious in your deal- ings with the bank. Take no liberties with its cash. Should you by accident overdraw, immediately replace the amount with a personal explanation. Now, what good resulta follow from all this? My answer is, many. The bank has expert bookkeepers, they count your money and do it sc- curately, they keep your booksand you can thus dispense with one bookkeeper ally if you make, in pencil, a memorandum opposite each deposit, of the source of it. The having of a bank eesount tends to habits of economy and saving, gives on financial standing in the commun ty, and as your bank account and that of ‘your tw or three friends swells the amount of annual business of the bank the money always passes the oth- er way. It has the stamp of the psy- ing bank on it, and the date, and the paying teller can always be made use of as a living witness Hf necessary. I once saved the repayment of interest on a debt of two hundred and twenty dollars by the produetion of sa old bank check with memorandum on it, and the payee's name on the back of it. He contended that in a series of years one had been omitted. The check with memorandum in body, and his name on the back of #4, wasan argument that satisfled him and saved a law-smt. | have a complete chain of checks of twenty-five years’ business, and they amount to several thousand. To me they are a connected record of my busi- ness for that time and are invaluable 1n many ways. Avoid lawsuits. To succeed in court, it is necessary to have a good case, a good judge, a good jury, good witness- es, a J lawyer, and good luck. Even then you have lost good time and may be good semper, and sometimes a good friend. Should your neighbor sue you for your coat give him your vest rather than go to court.with him. The wise man of old said to agree with thine adversary quickly on the way to court. Good advice; good now as then. Es- pecially does it behoove a good busi. ness man to avoid lawsuits about trifles and with neighbors, I once had a contentious neighbor ! come to me and claim I was an inch and a half on his ground. I, without hesitation, authorized him to take up the fence built by me and move it three i inches, or evan six inches over if he saw fit. He saw that he conld get up no lawsuit with me and so let it wii | Being improvident as well as conten- tious, a short time after he lost his house by deed of trust. Be persistent in whatever business you undertake. Emerson said in one of his inimitable essays, ‘‘many efforta and many failures and every in." A remark I read twenty years ago | and have never forgotten. If you want a horse, or a cow, or a carriage, or any other article, wait till somebody has a good thing to sell and wants the money: be ready with your | money and buy with a concession. It is better to be slow and sure, and thus avoid great losses, than to plunge in even with a chance of making great gains, but with a probability of suffer- | ing great losses, Always have a reasonable ready bal- ance in your bank to take in any good deal that may present itself. By observing the above rules one may live in a good house provided with all the modern conveniences and ocom- forts, in a good neighborhood -—sur- rounded with good neighbors, send his children to good schools and churches, go on summer travels, have all the good things of this life, and die at iast leav- every goed man should. Attention to the rules of private, personal and busi- ness economy, would thus reverse the old adage of its being a dismal science and make it a source of constant com- fort and pleasure.—From St Louis Magazine, ——— a — Qur Fashion Letter. Decidedly, it is no more “*a la mode” to wear sleeves of the same material the garments or the costume. imperatively demands that they should be different, and to such an extent that tailor made black jackets in cozeron or diagonal cloth, are made with sleeves of surah or embroidery. For the rest it is much better to make the sleeves of the same material embroidered undulations with fire gold or silver cord, sometimes mingled with black, of all sorts dispute for supremacy. Large jackets are seen resembling some-what the velvet corsage was spoken of in our lastletter. One was of black velvet closed at the open over the waistooat of black lace. On the hips were placed beautiful pockets of jet. The small back, de- tached from the narrow sides, formed two tabs slightly overlapping each other and between which was placed a nilling of lace. On the basque and ! shoulders, were placed ornaments of | jet. The sleeves wore of black surah | draped with a puffed sleeve of black | tulle, overlaid with lozenge shaped, velvet-figures, and finished by dee | wristbands of velvet embroidered wi | jot. | There is no greater novelty, for the i moment, than these jackets, long or | short as the taste of the wearer may | dictate, with their large sleeves of tulle | of different styles. Many most elegant | and lovely varieties of tulle are shown | this season among which are chenille | tulle, tulle with lozenges of velvet, | tulle embroidered with applications of | silk gauze, ete, A jacket just brought out by a fash. ionable house is of Janey black cloth with embroidery of out cloth encircled with gold cord. The embroidered fronts, with rolling revers which ex- tend in front to the bottom of the jacket open on a waisteoat of anemone, colored chinsorepe cloth, ornamented with beautiful turquoises surrounded with brilliants. The large full sleeves were finished with deep embroidered cuffs, With $his jacket, was worn a dress of anemone-colored, broeaded silk orna- mented with delicate little blue bon- nets. Besides the carricks, which have met with so much favor, there are the clas- dazzling, excite, in this season of brilliant colors, but little attention. Pearls are seen in the embroidery used on dresses, in a manner not seen for many years. For instance: With a robe of black satin having designs of old rose, ver light, imagine sleeves of old rose vel- vet covered with little pearls of cut jet; on the shoulders and bottom of the sleeves three pearls form a rich em- broidered design. On cloth, on silk, in the centre of arabesques of soutache are scattered these cords of little pearls throwing forth thousands of scintillations from the dull arebesques of the mohair gal- loon. Of another sort, are the steel nails forming by themselves the only ornas- mentation of a toilette, A dress of blee Amazon cloth kes a deep band of the same cloth, but of a darker shade, on the skirt shielded at intervals with these steel nails. With this dress was worn a jacket of the style of Louis XIII, very lung, open in the back and quite covered with similar steel nails. One must see this costume in order to realize its simplicity and effectiveness of ornamentation, What woman is not passionately fond of lace, and it is a fondness to be com- mended for there is nothing that is so becoming to every woman. Of course there are times when it should be worn, and again, times when it should not be worn. To such of our readers, and no doubt there are many, who have ons or more of those delicate, back lace flounces which once played such an important role in “Dame Fashion's” realm, carefully laid aside, we will give | & hint or two as to the method in which | they may be utilized, and at the same time, be made to display all their beauty and delicate vont om. A cape of mastic cloth descending to the waist, may be bordered with ome of these flounces which should be about a yard deep. It is needless to say that the cape should be richly embroidered with fine black and gold cord. As a carriage wrap it is very graceful. An- other way of using these flounces, but in our opinion not so pretty is to place flat on a skirt of old green surah two or more of these flonnoes, each sur- mounted by three rows of over-shot satin ribbon. The parasols this roason rival in their way the garniture for hats. They are made of all conceivable | materials and for all possible and im. | possible cocasions. Some sre in Seoteh { surah, some in black lace lined with straw colored silks, some in pleated flounces of fancy tdlle overlapping | each other, and others still in pininer | materials. Rustic handles of all sorts and medium length are those in great- HORSE NOTES, —'The aucilon pooling at the Louis. ville Hotel has been brisker and heave sr than at any time in several years. ~-Jt i8 no secret among racing men that the Dwyer 2-year-olds of '0) are Muon as great a failure as lust year’s ot. —There will be a summer meeting at Belmont Course July 15 to 18; the ok following the Point Breezs meet. ng. —On the opening day at Brooklyn Littlefield and Bergen were suspended. for the week and McCarthy for the meeting. ~W. C. Daly’s Best Boy, who a few weeks since was a speedy colt, 18 belog rapidly reduced to the outlines of a skeleton, - Spokane is now virtually out of the Suburban, as his recent illness at Lous isvilie will throw him out of training for some time. ~The new one-mile rule proved a decided failure at Lexington, for the fields in the all-aged events were more meagre than ever, —Astoria’s colt by Lord Russell lived only a few days, David Bonner has sold the youngster before it was foaled for £1000, — Eighteen of the nineteen subscribe ers to the Detroit £10,000 Merchants and Manufacturers’ stake have made ~The Hank'ns-Kiley Leigh combina. tion lost §4,000 on Robespierre in the Derby, Ed Corrigan did not back Riley to any great extent, — Michael Dwyer is greatly improved in bodily health, and is beginning once more to take that keen interest in the sport for which he is noted, ~—Mr., Belmont’s Her Highness is a long strider and gets over the ground with remarkable ease. At a mile it will take a pretly good one to beat her, ~At Marshall, Mo,, on May 20, a broodmare belonging to William Barnes, of that city, dropped three colts, They are all aliveand well, and, though small, are perfectly tormed, ~ A meeting of the Board of Stewards of the Grand Trotting Circuit will be held at the office of the Rochester Driving Park, Rochester, N. Y., on Tuesday, June 10, at 11 A. M. --A Montana paper contradicts the report that Yolo Maid has hart herself, and that Favonia is Jill, and declares that the horses on Marcus Daly's ranches are generally in prime condl- tion, ~The colt Jess Armstrong, a 3-year- old by Glengawy, dam Myrtle broke his right foreleg recently at St, Louis, The owner has decided to have the leg ame | est favor, the © medallions | of ornamented rich lace, or designs BPRCES of minating in round or square ornaments of ivory delicately carved. Some are | covered with real, duchess lace costing {what would seem to some people a { small fortune. That the flowers are not all reserved for the hats, is proved by the parasols. Many of them are ornamented with garlands of these | graceful beauties. One, which called | draped with white tulle while a border { also the outer edge. The handles of | silver with | somely carved ivory. Ferice Lesure. A— tp —-— Popular Entertainments. Somebody was saying the other day | that Mrs. O. B. Bunce is the only wo- { man in New York who would be capa- ble of holding a “salon.” This 1s the time of year when the salon idea al- ways revives. In Lent, for lack of | amusement, we fall back on the alleged | conversazione. Mrs. Bunce is credited { with a peculiar tact in bringing to- gether people who are congenial. er than this, she keeps a conscientions watch on her guests, and if a man and a woman show symptoms of tiring of one another's company, she provides them expeditiously with other partners. In this way a kind of progressive con- versation party is maintained the entire {evening. The same devotion to duty {on the part of a jess tactful woman | sometimes results disastrously. The { idea that a periodic shaking up is good | for a drawing room having onoe taken | full possession of a hostess, adien to { comfort for that evening. One dares not for an instant cease talking lest the quick eyes of the mistress spy out the | lapse, and, presto! the brilliant sent. {ence you were evolving 1s so much | brain sotion wasted, for the man you were about to spring it on is whisked one way and you are spirited another, and the two of you are set down mn op- posite corners to look over at one an- other disconsolately and begin again the painful flashing of fire works in a fod of strangers. There 18 good con- versation always at the Gilders’ and in Miss Kate Sanborn's circle. hs ———— A —— Miss Uonaox, by the bye, who does not live a hundred miles from the Bre- voort House, is a very interesting wo- | putated and save the coil for the stud, An artificial leg of some kind will be made for hum, ~Jim Mclanghlin, the well-kni)wn i jockey, and who is now training Mr. P. Lorillara’s borses, will in all proba- | bility be seen in the saddle soon. He has been seen reducing at Brooklyn. ~—Trainer MeCarthy brings he | Brookdale lot tothe post in great shape, | and the “all black’ will do to follow, {| The Uncas-Necromancy colt is asturdy, | robust fellow and should to the | front before long. —Mr. Withers has twenty-six vear- lings and they are all so good that be | says he don’t know which twelve to re. tain. When he consults his employes {| a8 to selections, the result is that all are selected as the best, --The drivers at the Point Breeze meeting wore numbers on their arms corresponding with the numbers of their horses on the programme, The also wore the usual colored caps and jackets, and as a result it was easy to pick out the horses, ~Starter Caldwell says he held the flag 220 days in 1880, and expecis to make the number even 300 this year. It would have seemed & crazy prediction to make ten years sgo had anybody said that a starter would receive $30,000 for his services in one year, ~The following surprising notice has been posted up at the Gravesend race track: “Notice. Any person on or off the race track using language det~ rimental to the interest of racing, such as asserting that a horses has been pulled, or that a race has been fixed, will be promptly ruled off the grounds of this club unless he cap substantiate his assertion. By order of the Execu- tive Committee,” ~A pew feature has been added to the Westchesier course in the shape of a welghing-house. It is located in the paddock just inside the gate leading to the course, ana is made of glass. It is square and barely eight feet in width, by the same depth, conse- quently it will allow only the clerk of tue scales and the jockey, owing to its limited dimensions. HN 80 -It is said that Ed Corrigan will send Riley, the Kentucky Derby wine man, apart from her culinary equi yd celebrity. Those who do not know her presu . versation is limited to boil and roast, whereas I should say that the kitchen isonly an incident in her discourse. She is a somewhat leisurly but very in- telligent talker, capable of bearing the on of a conversation, and even to do so should there be a at BEELE (5;
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