MARGU«RITE, pe 4 LIFE SKVTCH BY ISAREYL STRAQY. Floranerite was the e'dest daughter of a clergymun whose flock was geutly {eade dl bh the green meadows and the rippling waters of a sweet suburban hamlet, Heading tims the thonghts of nature, thie had acquired a childlike simplicit7 of manner which proved a ghibuole! a to the hearts of those with whom sl.@ came in contact. In study- ins bomanity how fullv do we realize that, as in the physieal, so in the spiritual, our souls assnme the color of their surroundings. To the oritieal ex ¢ of a stranger Marguerite was pro- nounced plain looking, but never so to me, tor I had learned to penetrate the fly veil of mere physieal contuur and discover beneath the inward beauty of the hearth From those sot lLrown eves there giune thet kindly syvmpathetio light which is its own interpreter. Although her years could scarce be counted by a score she had been mtiated into the | wembership of the great society of | - A severe illness in early childhood bad sapped ber strength, leaving her very fragile. How faithful. lv week alter week she toiled the Weary flights of the Hos ital wards to bring a gleam of sunshine to the sufferer’s | throbbing pillow. Whit delightful little surprises she planned for the sick:sometimes flowers, *«( rod'sthongl ts in bloom,” at other times some daiutily | arranged delicacy, How exquisitely thoughtful for the eomfort of those about her. The poor mother, weary and faint from a night | of anxious watching was made aware of | an early visit by the reality of a re-| faeshing repast, { I cannot forbear a smile as I recall her penchant for dispensing g fts upon every conceivable occasion, whenever the merest shadow of an available ex- sure presented itself, Would that all our little eccentricities were as delightful as that of Mar- | guerite’s. Even her faults, aris'ng, as they did, from the ardour of her pa- ture, quickness of temper, and an ab- | horrence of any kind of restraint, only endeared her to ns all. And thus her busy, nneventul life sped on. But when nature had tenderly buried her dead leaves. and covered them with ! their fleecy shrand, spun from the! treasures of her snow-flakes: when the “foam flowers” of winter were all in blossom; then love, that comes to all, came to Marguerite. And in the ful! nes {f her gentle heart she poured forth the treasureof that love, eventhe sweet in wh ch, all nnseen. had | ] liet:lled in the chalice of Ler! fragrant Ah! Wi at hom she loved was He 3 known satisly her ' WAS comy elled {Oo wor uds for his daily bread! we wealth indeed? Deliol med to her to watch his daily acts | of kinduess to the poor and forsaken. Burely here was a kindred heart! But when the tiny leaves burst forth from their h'ding-places, like a troop of merry dancing children mad with the new wine of life's when nature's robe wis o sprirg beanties—timid violets, chaste blood-root, hepaticas, sadder tongue, and all the sweet vows of badding hfe: then sorrow, that comes to all. came to Marguerite, and the pure lucent flam: of joy went out. The budding prow- wes of a new ereation were now to her 88 sometimes fall upon the ear the shouts of merry children when appears the golden water on the wall, and to the spirit of some little Paul the angels sre murmuriog “Come.” 0, let me not utter it!— He whom she loved so well had provea himself unworthy of her love. Never did her unselfishness shine out more strongly than in this silent endurance of suffer- ing. Never before did she realize “bow sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.” Turse about her felt, rather than saw, the change which had 80 intensified her character. The child-like Marguerite had developed ato a loyal, true hearted woman, 0, how a few short hours of suffering ean sccomplish the work of years in the fruition of a character! The bruised and bleeding flower breathed forth a perfume which the perfect blossom had never yet revealed, flerera, cense m the til ang life. what Lalevon & those! end un- hes, poor to ert as ¢ he *Love took up the harp of Life. and smots on All the chords w th might, 8mo e the chord of self, that trembling Fassed in music out of sight.” IN THE SICK ROOM. BY FRANK Hl. STAUFFER. There is a peculiar knack, as one might call it, in waiting upon the sick. In some it is a gift, an intuitive apti- tade, which others ounly scquire by ex- perience. No one is so quick to detect the want of aptitude as the sufferer, and if the latter has taken a dislike to the nurse it is better for Ler to retire until the aversion has dissipated itself, The dishke may be but a whimsical fancy, and yet is as injurious as if based upon abundant cause. The hand of one watching, toying gently with the hair of the sick one, will woo to slum. ber with its soothing touch; the band of another may irritate and induce in- creased wakefulness. The touch of both may be gentle, but thare is in one & sincerity of sympathy, an abiding patience, a personal magnetism, or whatever it may be, that is wanting in the other. Phere is no time when love lends such a charm to every word and action as in the hour of sickness; and yet there is no time when a young girl is made more conscious of ber insufficiency of the fact that she is a most as helpless as the invalid. "The failure may largely depend on what she regards as the veriest trifles, and which generally might have been avoided by thought. fulness, The mother generally, knows through experience, how to nurse her sick daughter; but very often the danghter does not know how to nurse her sick mother. The J ensuing wympathy and r fails for want of method and a know! edge of what is essentinl—of what onght to be dove and bow it onght to ba done. Bhe becomes agitated when fhe ‘vught to be calm; she becomes ir- r..ated when sho Onght to be serene; per patience becomes exhausted just v.ien 1: is wost needed; she replies sul- lenly 10 ¢ omplaints, she rebels agnivxt uucd jed-for reproaciies, and fiually frees off by herself to have a good ery. 18 an unpleasant experience to her, bul nay prose profitable, She dis- covers that she was not sufficiently equipped, and will very likely inform herseli as to what is requisite, and meet the next emergency with better BUCCORSg, Nurs sg dees not merely consist in sul iux food fo a taste which iliness has wade ter tiwes more fastidious than usual, or in giving the proper medicine In proper quantities at proper inter- vals, or in bathing the languid head, or in moving tie weary body, There is a delicacy besides delicacy ¢f food and | delicacy of touch, It includes the | modulation of the voice, the move- ments about the room, t' © suppression | of neediess noises and a score of otuer tangs of the kind. The young nurse must be neither | nervously appre ensive nor studiously | indifferent. She should seem cheerful | snd hopeful though she does not fee 1] 80. It is a pardonable deceit. Indica- of alarm and distre 8 mut be suppressed. The dress should not | rattie or the shoes ereak. The move- | ments to and fro shou'd be gentle and | unobtrusive. Nothing shonid le said that the patient onght not to hear, for | in sickness the hearing 18 often unnat- urally quickened. i Rejected dainties should not be al- lowed to remain in the room under the | ue.usion that they will be fancied by- and-by. It isa certain way of making | the patient loathe the food. In giving stimuluuts or nourishment | the bowl of the spoon should be care- | fully raised, so as to not spall any of its | contents or to annoy the patient by un- | tidiuess, In shaking np a pillow do it with the | utmost gentleness, T'o raise the in- valid to a sitt.og posture, pnt a scarf or long shawl behind the pillow and let two persons each take an end and geatly draw up the patient. No madicine is so beneficial to the sick as fresh mir. It is the most reviv- ing of all cordiale if administered with prudence. Doors anl windows should | not br: thrown open 3 at ravdom. Fresh air should be let into ad, if possil le, by sunddenly or ie the windows of aaGjoimning © pa- i an apartment. If the windows of ti * 3 tients roor not opened, ie door nl OR’ LB $11 1% tO swine ti ¥ lsinfectant in cas instruction for be I } every young girl, it will be well for her to remember the practi | eal hints hereln given ooks of ‘1 eT Yi » } 5 as they ma v4 with Of RECIPES. SPANISH DISHES, CLARA BARTON'S AID TO THER DESTITUTE FROM FIKE, FLOOD AND FAMINE. The Btory of Miss Barton's Car=er, In the honr of public ealamity ot national disaster the noble workers oi the Red Cross Association stand ou gilhouetted in bold relief acainst ti clouds of suflering by war, tive, flood or famine. They have just been fore the public eve laboring without rest for the homeless Johnstown sui ferers, and the nue of Clara Barton the leading spirit of the ol nurses encamped in the mists of the Conemaugh Valley, is worshipped by he afflicted community and welcomed like an angel sent from heaven. The story of the life of Clara Barton an the noble work of the Red Cross stagrering blow to the whine of th pessimist who in the frailties and depravity of human nature, Those who have chanced to hand while the Red Cross nurses wer ministering to the wounded or dvine Id, or who were held i during the recent i Juckson , 3 3 minting of the work be C ony is '. 4 FIOvies be a! on a battle-fi quarantine fever epidemic at WwW Lhe il them he perform their muccy. The Johnstown sufli pily enjoyed the ntiol voung women of the Red Cross, Ww the society to tu Nnirse noiselessly errands atte in charge, movements of hes Europe f hand ha Barton, the president, was directed the assistants. In all Miss Barton's been felt, This woman, of wrote: ‘She has the talent of a states man, the the heart “i ctions { ministering whom Sumner one command of a general, and and hand of a woman,’ are far less war than isolation we the disturbances of and more subject liable to the nations of Europe: no country is powering National calamities famine, fire, floods asirogs ail 4 also ft 1 O% °*r- iy . droug lated 1 of Amu es Red Piguante for Fish Pound into a pase an two red ich have be en softened Ly wm for half a minute in boiling water. Dilute the nixture with water and put it into a saucepan, in which is already a ecupful of bot oil, with salt and a rablespoonful of vinegar. In this any kind of fish that muy be required and serve with it, i Fresh Cod with Naffron Put into a sancepan a teacupful of oil, some salt, chopped parsley, chopped garlic, a blade of saffron, a pinch of | flour and the piece of a lemon: let it all slightly brown, stirring all the time, | Then add the fish in pieces and stir it while cooking. When the fish is i browned on one side, turn it to the other. Moisten with hot water, give it | one boil up and serve. Ribsof Mutton “a la Mallorguina,” — Trim neatly a piece of the ribs of | mutton, and part each rib without actually separating them. Put a small | piece of Lutter on a baking tin and on | that the rius, which must then te cook- | ed in a quick oven. When done, place between each rib a small ball of butter mixed with varions herbs or pounded | anchovies and a little lemon juice, Segre Little garlic and wl ] capsicuns i steeping tl sauce cook MIee Co uveflor com Tomatos ( Ca uliflower i with Tomato Sauce), Select small i close cauliflowers, and after boiling | them in the usual way, drain them | thoroughly and place them on a hot | dish. Then pour over them, covering them completely, a well-made, well seasoned tomato sauce. They should be well arranged on the dish, side by side, with the heads upwards. Serve very hot, Boronia—Farcie of Aubergines (Fruit of the Egg Plant), — Heat about | a tea-~pful of good olive oil with some minecd garlic; take out the garlic and slightly cook one or two aubergines in | tho oil. They must be previously | peeled and cut in dice; put in the oil | with them, some powdered all-spice, and a blade of saffron. Add some pumpkin ent in dice, and the pulp of two or three tomatoes, moisten with a i little hot water, and salt it to taste. Have ready sufficient crumbled bread mixed with sal; and a few cummin seeds, to make a puree of the whole; | put it into the pan with the other in. | gredients and let the whole simmer for | about a quarter of an honr. Serve at | once, Cebollas rellenas (Stuffed Onions), Tomatos rellenos (Stuffed Tomatoes), ~Take either tomatoes or large onions (Spanish), cut them into halves and hollow ont the centre; make a (Jn meat with whatever cold meat, poultr or game may be at hand, with the ad. dition of ham or tongue, a little onlon, fine herbs and erambs of bread. Vee | a beaten egg to bind it and make it in. | to balls, with which fill up the centres | of the onions or tomatoes and let them | the earnest desire may resent, but that is not enough, althon Bh the strong, hoslthy girl is apt to think it 1s. She stew gently in stock. Before serving, pass a der over them needs thee RISRIDD RIP and the uly on the and money il firea clothin in fi pga Valles : and Waslies , and months Gui k £0 know the no time, so quickly her comparatively 179.080 eine spent the Mizais comprehend the needs relief but flies to the and quietiv a required, she mission th few people know aught of the is gone Society she represents, This, then, is what means. It is hood, not a comin but sign, and the redu of Red Cross der of knight- Y. not & secret werful, peaceful ing to practical use broadest and lanthrophies the world has ever known-—the symbol of divine humanity destined to bring universal peace, And what has Clara Barton received for all this? In her little jewel box theve gleams a royal jewel, an amethyst cut ka the form of a pansy, the gift of the Grand Duchess of Baden, her per- sonal and beloved friend ; the jewel of the American Red Cross, the Servian decoration of the Red Cross, presented Society, the i one of the Duke and Duchess of Baden: a Red Cross medal, the gift of the Queen of Italy, and the Iron Cross of Morit, presented by the Emperor and Empress That is all, save the love But this noble association does not begin and end in America alone. The under the Geneva Convention, whose nim is to ameliorate the condition of wounded soldiers in the armies in The idea of such a society was conceived in the mind of M, Henri Durant, a Swiss gentleman, who saw the battle of Sol. efficient and extended consequent upon war, The whole of Europe is marshalled under the banner of the red cross, and wherever the din of war is heard is planter] the white banner that bears the bly ssed sign of relief. The ensign waves in Siberia, on the Chinese front. ler, in Algeria, Egypt and Oceanica. “Get rich in any legitimate way von ean, for we can do nothing without money,” says Miss Barton, «Ent never beg a dollar. The sorriest sieht 1 know is a beggar giving alms. 1 poy or begged a penny in my life for suv object, and if you cannot give yours WwWio nied 4 The societies are usaully composed of curnest, people, wi ready offerings, together with the vol. from interested funds requisite. ul funds, iris ted for sanit made, have the lot those rive el those give benevolent Ore untary contributions people, furnisa the “a, AE er the eollectd in werial is eolls ‘rv ary m ervice, clothing is bandages, int, ete., prepared, practical improves nents and i in all relief apparatus are made and perfected ind training schools for nurses are ese iblished, whose members uwon luation seek employment always ¥ understanding that with wir they go to the front, inventions Eanitary ET it} v Hirst He the wie of He Knew Her Well, Redding Cape was known vide in the mountain t fille No killings ould properly take place unless Can there. le powerful, 1 haired and eross-eved, His peren- fume red flannel shirt a pair of butternut tucked Of wife far and COUuLnLryY around borough as a butcher. . 1" Was tall, as COR Was n pants tops enormou His as himself, es mp ri 8 fifty others of both down to the branch aptism. The minister was and undersized, but he got along ul right until hey wade d out n hand until she vhile t up to his neck ind almost floating off his feet. The minister went through the usual wound with “I baptize the name of the loly Ghost,” and k the convert. She but the pastor d his footing and got a mouthful ROINOE wind fo nor 0 dis. { he ¢ into t vine 1 y Was uj i ape, ater hand Ler waist, Ww y LO he parson was up ister Cape, in son and I youd 1188 1:1 1 PINE un rock , » essayed it , when I say the word tf L8 ) { ‘es. uh 2 irself fall back into the OL resist, d woman over oks Antics of an Educated Alligator in Florida. ion was made it four feet long that by Dan Warne ron ory vignryd Ago men most thickly settled i) =a in felt #8 SOON ian that jt ence, and set is perfectly ‘John . he (as made, revelation. & been taken the utensils and coOTner 48 neatly The first trick he i, aller the Mn t ie them thea fn te #bov could do it. learned was to stand his tail and hind feet. It is pathetic to see him as he assumes the position and crosses his fore feet over his breast, awaiting the loaf which is given him as a reward for his skill. He is very fond of cider Schmidt & Warner have found it necessary to place the barrel beyond his reach, as he has half a dozen times turned the fancet.—Lake Region. i A Noted Editor, Sir Edwin Arnold, the author of the Light of Asia, is also the editor of the London Daily Telegraph. He rarely goes to the office of that journal, how- ever, and does all his editorial writing at home. He is most methodical and practical as regards his work and takes no poetical license with office hours or office requirements, and is so regular in his methods and so punctual, that his paper can depend implicitly upon a certain amount of copy from his pen daily, and could almost be made up in safety with just so much blank space left for Sir Edwin to fill, in time for press. He never signs an article, but stamps it ineflaceably with his individ- ual style, and although he has written over eight thousand editorials, it is av- erred by Londoners that he could be recognized by any single one of them. His wife was an American, gifted and charming, and since her death, Sir Ed- win has retired from society and ac- repls no invitations. C—O AO il Jewelry of Low-Class Chinese. A traveler says: “The only ornaunemn worn by the Chinese of the lower or laundrymen class is a wristlet, a polished translucent ring of white or greenish stone, just large enough to slip over the hand. They are quite ex- pensive, ranging from £3 for an ine ferior dull white specimen to 850 for the green rings that are most highly prized. They must be entirely free from imperfections and emit a clear, sonorous ring when struck a light blow, “Some Chinese never remove them he pans, take on give increased strength to the arm, and specimens dug from ves are most valued, as they are believed to ba on ally efficacious in wardine of evil anirite » ‘ o* oa WHITECHAPEL BY NIGHT. | LORSIBLE BCHNES OF MISERY | AND RIBALDRY. : A in London, “There goes Jack the was not a cry of alarm that wus on Lhe Whitechapel jas wis 8a woman's shout of a young along the sidewalk with a tattered sh shoulders, her uncovered, her face bil blind, a creature horrible to look upon. The ery she uttered was meant in jest, it was her idea of fun, and was taken up by a group of her kind, ing after a Is had come to W hitechapel i sake. “There § Ripper,” the woman laug and the eve was taken up by the rougl the si ement, yet it ery, the erirvl in dra who sambied reeled over her seragey hair LW greasy F ve? oated, her e respectable si who euri- osity’s the ¢ hoursely, men lounging along might have thought, had nothing of the White that there reets, you UA DE muraers world as Jack the Rippe Yr. Yes, they gported with the ass: tht here in White AERIT name horrible }ie Lo-n1giit s drinking to the h. They were mer according to their ide and they flaunted out upon the healt ik of me ome | sunghing at the mt some venting incoherent d night w Whit { as a typical Sat hapel. The Ea HE miihon x urday § § mye i broad urned highway bywavys. I went tonight, 1: to the back courts. Ni the been a thousand policem Dat time I did not s places i - - 3 3 ay arrow and crooked an were streets, here may n lurking dark corners, for ten minutes at a © On y ‘ : £0 lonely and wretched and that hil of made one’ cep. One does not gloomy the «i them almost = fle Bil 1 alone into White hapel after and we w away from the horril ol to Lave rh bywavs Ni Gar, ere evYerviu and sly into the streets for ai " rb anine CRine fi Blr ening sith, deafening to hear, depressing | think of, and then, perhaps, Ripper was prowling among | crowds, with his knife sharpened and Arrive WARREN. i Jack ti the wady, ci - Penmanship at the Vatican. Autotype machines bave just bees served out for he first time to some of the copying clerks at the Vatican: bat | (according to a Continental oorre- | spondent) they are only to be used for the roughest kind of proof-work, which has to be done in a hurry. The Pope dislikes the innovation, for he is anxions—and rightly so—not to break up the admirable school of penman- ship which flourishes at the Vatican. There is no such writing in the world as that which is seen on the documents sent out by the Caria. All the copy- ing clerks of the first rank are priests and monks, and many of them real artists in cal graphy. They are allowed to exercise their fancy in the tracing of illuminated capitals and ornamental rubrics or margins; but there must not be a single erasure on a page which has to be issued in the Pope's name. A misplaced comma causes a whole page to be re-written. - — ct i A Million at Twenty-Seven. The career of DeWitt J. Seligman, the editor and proprietor of the New York “Epoch,” is one which hss a few parallels in the annals of literature. When twenty-seven years old he with- jdrew from Wall streot, after having | made a fortune of nearly a million { dollars, and is wow devoting himself {to journalism. It was after his mare | riage that Mr. Seligman took to study, ; entered Columbia College, and gradu: i ated with honors. I i A Romarkable Old Man. The Rev. Dr. Edward Beecher easily { earries off’ first honors as a Grand Old Man. Where will you find another like him, who, at 86 Jenrs of age, can railroad train, suffer amputation at the knee joint, and then, in a few weeks, nothing had happened. LL A, SAA ts to receive two, and is 4d ted if she dossn’t get " them. " TRO ¥COD FOR THOUGHT, Error 1s vear sighted. Iznorircs is stone-blind, A pean man 19 never happy. Nothing 13 «terval that ean be geen, ’ The wheels of t me turn only one ways The soul has more diseases than the body. ‘ All must respect those who respect : {hein elves, | Those w mand A dandy never yet fell “if. Repentande should be the effect of { love, not fear, Faith and c riosity are the gin cock | tails of suece 8. | No gift can make rich tkose who are | poor in wisdom, | Goodness Is just as much of a study | a8 mathewatics is, —— ————————, . } a eommand themselves coms oilers. in love-—only i with big Large charity doth never soil, but | only whitens soft Lands. Caut'on and curiosily are the privy couns llors of truth. Paganism strengthens the strong by » Weakening the fe ble. 1s The line of life is a ragged d agonal line between duty and desire, It isthe Good character 's property. | deceit has once begotien. Revenge sometimes sleeps, but vanity always keeps one eye open. It Is ;w possible to ba a hero in any- { th'og un'ess oue is a bero in faith. Christianity strenctbens the weak af Those folks who expect to fall in | enterprise wost gencrally do. an The worst siaves are thow that are {constantly serving their passions, Things that we can’t d+ wouldn't be of any use to us if we couid do them, There are som» things that can’t be | counterfeited —a blush is one of them. Many of the shadows that cross our i path in li'e are caused by standing in { our own light. ueteless iL need it, Town it 4 doy Advice man | wo n't ha thing —a and a fool | Wine ve The sen of uri Be gent) we pentle. 4 DY a wall We are always locking ahead, and hal Is the way t f the man at te wheel looks back be will soon beach Lis ve sel, The man who contrad'cts is very dis. agreeable company —particularly when you happen Lo be in the wrong and beis in the right, } IO0K Wisdom is magnified common sense, One sell-approviog hour whole years outweigh, The great man 1s he who does not lose his child's heart, Weakness on both know, the motto of all q sides Is, as we jarrels, Every ba‘e occupation makes one tharp in its practice and dull in every o. her, The man who believes nothing is no- thing. Love is free, but it takes money te keep house The easiest thing tobelieve isa pleas ing lie about curselves Fame is a shining garment, but it soon wears out at the elbows, Per ple who try to be funny do exact ly what they try to do. They try. Diamonds please the eve, but nobody ever gets fat by looking at them, No man can oppress the weak with out killing scme«thing good in himself, The right kind of success is the kind that blesses every thing it touches, People who never have anything te overcome never amount $0 very much, The spider and the honey bee can not agree as to what the flowers were made for, Yon can do more good with a kind word than you can with a silver dollar. Those who have not suffered for love do not know very much about the mean. ing of the word. The father did not fall upon the prod. igal son's back, as the boy thought he deserved, but upon his neck. If we could only get up high enough to look into the hearts of our enemies, compassion would take the place of en mity. There never was a oiseky man who did not think native modesty his dis tinguishing characteristic, No man ever won great battles whe did not fight under some kind of a Bag that meant something. Above all things always speak the truth; your word must be your bond through life. Next to laziness the hardest thing on earth to resist is the impulse to take aides in a Oght, We swallow at one mouthful the lie that flatters, and driek drop by deop the tiuth that is bitter, » Let your alme-giving be anonymous, It has the double advantage of suppres. sing atthe same time ingratitude and Whatever else may bs wrong, it mast be right to be pure, just and tender, merciful and hooest, A sound discretion 18 not so much ine dicated by never making 3 mistake as by never repeating it.
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