Our acts make or mar us, Industry is a gool estate, Diligence is a fair fortuae, Choose justice rather than wit. Ohoose sincerity rather than show, Man is a substance clad in sha lows. We are the children of our own doods. Kindness will melt and reproof har- A mans nature runs either to herbs or woods bidden. There never was a good war nora bad peace, Biyle in writing is like style in dress -& good fit. Mind is never put into opposition to gray mater. most lovely. Peace and rest are found struggle and effort, The dawn, like the life of a child fresh and bright. ouly after y I8 pure and good, the proprieties of life. Friendship st the highest height is stronger than love, Where the sun does goes the doctor. Happiness and grief are by hope and anxiety. If youth be a dafec!, it is one we out grow on'y too soon. not go, there represented THE YOUNG RECITER. KINDS THAT ARE WANTED. WANTED—A boy that is manly and just, One that you feel you may honor and trust, Who eheartully shoulders what life to him Drings, its sunsuine and pleasure, or troublesome things; Whose eye meets your own with B) shadow of fea. : No wile on the face that is open and clear; in purpose, and ready to push For “a bird in the hand is worth two In the ne bush; Who sco.ufully turns from a something to gain, If it bring to another a sorrow or pain it ever dear; Who is willing to hold what 18 rig And Is patient, unheeding the scoff or the jeer; Who doe all he can with a heart that's elate, He is wanted, that boy, whatsoever his state, Wanted—a girl, not 4 bu'terfly gay, Who is gentle and sweet in a womanly Way: With care; worth, Fiids plenty to +o in the life she is ving, Filling its duties with quiet content, are sent: Mrs. Logan's tome Journal, THE PORTRAIT. “Am I falling in love with a ple- ture?” I asked myself; and a sudden comical remembrance of Bam Weller's young hairdresser, who conceived a tender passion for ‘von of the vax images” in his window, ended the matter by making me laugh aloud. Having laughed, I yawned-—having yawned, 1 fell asleep—sleeping, I dreamed. I fancied myself not myself, but another man——in fact, my titled an- cestor, the Count Jouvin. I walked up and down a long green lane, with my riding-whip in my hand; beyond, a groom held two horses, one bearing a lady's saddle. I seemed to be im- patient and looked at my watch often. I expected some one—who was it? At last I knew. the grass; a voice called turned. The lady of the picture sto d before me. In living presence, I the white bosom, the enowy hand, its fingers holding a rose. 1 rushed meet her. 1 pressed a kiss upon those hands, [I led her forward. not in my own langunge, in French. 1 told her that from that moment I was her slave, and she wept {o 3 I spoke to i her I spoke Before I left home in America my | “You are going to England, Re bin, “Yon will It will be a new ! You will see | Ee father's peo to rile big, experience you. the of his family: |OCCSLOrs, but ony mine is French, A Now,hs is a very | mine is jus. as old, | We were titled | ancestor of mine was a | He was a | people. gers everybody shouts for joy. The first of all gospels is this, that a Me cannot endure forever, Those who plot the destruction others often fall themselves, A few bra‘ns in a man’s head are as molsy s+ shot in a blown-up bla lder. What only the few can attain cannot be lile’s real end cr the hizhest good, When you want tosee the erocked made stra'ght, look at a raliroad map Manners carry the wold for a mo- ment, character for all times, of The jealous man is never grogressive; he insists ouly on holdidg bis own. The true friend stands up for you in public ard :ilsdown on you in private, We consider it teins to talk of the weather, and yet there is not ing more portant, Calumay would soon starve and of it-elf if nobody took it ia and & lodging. If you would not bave afl ction visit you twice lislen at once to what teaches. Ai the present rate of I~zal fees none but a wealthy man can ‘‘keep his own counsel.” The more money a man hasthe more his glaring faults become odd hitle peculiarities, The devil doesn’t care how solemn a man looksir be forgets hus religion whan wading horses, die gave The laziest boy in school 18 seen clos. #8t Lo Lhe bead of the procession when the circus is in ‘own. TLere are those who can’t laugh with mpunity; if they are not stilf and sol- oul Lhey are nothing, Great nen should only allow their mo Lr by friends to see them in thor hours of relaxation, A man of talrut can make a whigtle out of a pig's tail, but it takes a man of genius Lo make the ‘al Young man, you can’t learn anything by bearing yourself talk, but you may sossibly by hearing ot om, When some actors play a part wa are often impelled to wish they would play apart from publ.c observation. It 1s better to suffer wrong than todo it, and happier to be sometimes chaat- #4 than not to trust, The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it, “A lofty spirit comes before a fall,” but ordinary spirits are usually oon- sumed after cold weather sets 1n. That relating to our hearts and habits, sannot be torn away, like the lichen from the trees, without leaving a Bear. Life, notwithstanding all, is a beauti- ful gif", so much depending on how it Is accepted and afterward preserved. We can be good workers for ths Lord and successful fruit bearers for his glory without having the pick of plae- os. Thers ara numerous individuals in the iand who look upon what they have not got as the only things worth hav- ns, There world whom vou can blow up like a bladder, aud then kick them as high as you please. If some men had the nine lives of a eal they woull waste them all in folly and then have nine death-bed repent- ances. You can find hypocrites in the church, but when you want one quickly you can find bim a great deal aster out - mide of it. ately, and you will be surprised at the dividends that will coms to you, daily snd yearly, The man who is humble in by and brave in adversity Is as much nbove the reach of fortune as an angel Is above temptation, The wages of 3a is death, It's a time t» Ww OF one’s wages, but Jing iat §ewautl or ahs Wages, until the end of tine. tog When a man throws away the strap sronnd his pocketbook as soon as he f fins the eburels, it isa prety sure sign that lie has religion. youthful dear, he Years ago; days a little wild, Dear, lived nearly two hundred but my grandmother had | The family | fled to America during that awful rev- | you are as well-born on | “I think I will give you the portrait | unt. Yon may show it your aunts, if you like. Bee, I have it | hew ;” and she laid before me a little miniature set in gems—the portrail of a dar®-eved young man, with eyebrows, an! a full chin, and thing in his face that struck me as familiar, but which I did not under- | stand, until my mother eried “Why, Robin, eX him! It migh iT portrait Then I saw the lil was this ancestor of mine who had to siraignt SOI | : onl: x ap le 3 you are iy like £ De vin ” : If. IJ of | ~this wild voung lived 200 SHORE Ye indeed the cxact counterpart Count be- | fore. It delighted my mother very much to know it. I was silly enough to be pleased myself. When I left America I carried the miniature with me, and it arrived safely in England. My paternal uncle and his lived in a fine old English mansi m, | London. [ reached | ¥ Cars fistors | coid and weary, and ready and having been | ~~ | ! i i ments, in a large parlor, over the man- | tel of which hung a very old picture of | an English officor. He was a young | man, with stern, gray eyes, and | scemed to st upon me from | the sguressive sort of | he been alive, [1 tedd a challenge on the I supposed that he was an ancester of mine, but he did not look : friendly, and I took a terrible dislike | to him, though 1 laughed at myself | for it. Try as I would to turn my eyes from h's pictured face, they wandered back again, and it was only when a voice at my elbow said, “Mr. Robin Rawden, | I believe,” that I averted them, and let then rest, instead, upon the smil- | ire down canvas in an way-—s0 that, had should have expe snot. ing face of a prim old lady, who, hav- | having | gone to a wedding, but that she would | make me as comfortable as she could until their return, and would I have Supper now or go to my room first? 1 chose supper, and having discussed it sought my apartment, not very sorry that there was no need of doing the agreeable that night, for I was both weary and sleepy, and, consequently, stupid. The room into which I was ushered was a tremendous one, with a wide a four-post bed with curtains, in which ten persons could easily have slept. The floor was of oak, with a square straight-legged chairs, and | tervals, All was stiff, and massive and ugly, Was a picture, the portrait of a young girl with powdered hair nd a very low-cut bodice, who held a half-blown rose in one hand and shaded her eyes with the other. It was an old picture, but the tints were still fresh, and the beauty of the face as soft and mew and tender as though ii had been painted yestorday from a living model who still awaited her seventeenth birthday instead of » that th belle who bad sat for it might have died a withered octogenarian yond the memory of any living man. As 1 looked at the face an odd fancy cameupon me. I felt that I had known this girl and loved her. | felt that loved hor till. 1 wanted to kiss those ripe, pouting li hold the little round-tipped that grasped the rose. | actually found the tears in my eyes as [ turned sway and Jrapare for repose, and 1 put out ight with a marvellous regret at losing sight of the face that so ,m- pressed me, I 0 the i saddled a way, the moon shia upon ug, her turned the and Wn upon horses stood we rods a eves my face, Out of this with a start dream, but I felt guilty and remorse ful. Somehow i. seemed that mv con- found it for a long time At last, in the gray dawn, I once more lost consciousness. Again 1 slept; again I dreamt. I was standing in the midst of lovely park. The branches were the brown leaves lay scattered at foet Oppoa.te me s'ood a tall with a high nose and stern gra eves, He was armed with a sword. So was Two other iemen stood near Another stood a littl poof impossible to sleep a vare, iy man, gravy! gant Count Jouvin. We were evide tly fighting & duel, and i. i him, but be evi- my :ife, defends Englishman id not desire kil dontly endeavor dt For al tnyself his gi LY -0y etd € to » (ake ng while At last s € ig Human forbearance. I merely tpossible, wounded. further mu sword back ware , and he pon the ground. fro Ww it I HH est mort," and man winspey, I saw the blood ds p 1 the of my blade as i witl dey md multer, + I heard the Faglish “Doctor, is he dead?” I turned towards the doctor, saw for » moment his n 1 $11 Roe grave, square face, and I was the Count Henri y ! century no longs den, an Au.erican, on visit to his English relatives: snd there was a knock at the door, and a calm English servant brought my aunt's love, and had I slept we.l, and bre k- fast would be read. in half an hour When I had dress d, 1 had still an uncomfortable memory of my dream, as of a thing that had actually happen ed. I not guile believ. fn my vwn identity, and | felt an tenderness for the girl in the ol I lon } kedatit] a polite coud still odd pri - ong and carnesi,y, ture, “You are, doub loss, my grandmoth- gireat-grandmothe. ,)” 1 said, look- back over mv shoulder: «but I believe I've fallen in love w er’ ing do ith Then | went down stairs to be wel announced himself as my uncle, and two old ladies in high lace caps, who were my aunts. They were kind, eyed officer stared sternly down upon me from his tarnished frame on the oak panelled wall. At last it was im- possible to avoid speaking of him. “This is an ancestor of mine, I sup- pose, sir?” I said to my uncle. “Yes, Robin,” repiiedhe. Yes, yos; that was Col. James Rawden.” *‘He must have been avery unhappy mag” said my uncle. “Of course, as vears ago, and he died in a duel.” “A duel?” 1 eried. “Priscilla.” said my Aunt Deborah, “the gentlemen will excuse us.” I arose aud opeaed the door for the When I had closed it my “Yes, Robin, this} mg gone ancestor married a besutiful girl, and was too cold and stern to win her love. remember, was not of our blood. Her picture hangs over the mantie piece in the room you slept in. Perhaps yon remarked it? She eloped with a French nobleman. Col. Rawden followed him and fought him. The Frenchman killed him. have been a pretty girl, and he a fine, orave fellow, but it all went wrong, somehow. Yes, I= and (hough it is #0 long ago, one feels sorry for it yet.” ‘Sles,” said I, still lsed by the cold, gray eyes of the picture, 1 to soften my heart to it; “and, of course, no one knows the name of the Frenchman. It is #0 very long “The Frenchman was the Count Henri Jouvin,” said my uncle. “Why, my dear nephew, you look ill.” I felt ill, but gave no cp lanation. But | did not speak of mf mother's aristocratic ancestors daring my visit to my father's relatives; and o this day 1 shudder whew | recall my strange TL Cnweliee it with w=. Hanes | to the Count Jouvin, the scwss of ident- ity with him which I felt even on awakening, and the passion with wh'ch the beautiful picture on the wa.lof my ancestral mansion inspired me, 1 ask myself if there can be any truth in the fancy some have entertained that one soul sometimes inhabits more than one body. For if I could have faith in this, IT should believe that I, Robin Rawden, was once no other than the Count Henri Jouvin, and 1 do not re- spect that fellow, snd am not pleased with the idea. A A A ——— PLAINS WORDS TO HOUSE- WIVES. When you are providing warm oloth- ing, carpets, easy chairs and the like for the comfort of vour immediate family during the coming winter, enlarge y onr ideas of duty nnd remember the necds of your servants, the kitchen and their sleeping apariments, The vare not mere machines that ean vear ronnd withont but have bardsh are inst as real as ve degree rather than kind, To be Are unapprec) servants ar ther are guel slation in Wf cus ti at m tions, willing of the rom! 10 he Work eannot and vant unless rood are provided, rangement, or ot! should alwavs be taken into eon t.on when i ideing of one’s There are numerous ecoanveninnoes that mav be added to kitel laundries and pantriesata trifling cost Indeed the ingenious woman who ean nse common carpenters fos like saw, bammer and screw d iver ean earily do many si eh thin elf There are kinds of work that can Iv and well, up, and chan faily roafal kitehen tl provided Chnir sud A ra bemme | before other 1 stand if vou has keep REZOIDE nil § fiche or a pain: pe and sufferings that Liffer in da nn MITE fd | § gure there evers life, bint in rthing BITORR Berl ity «¢ Of hie r employ. he dA one er how « fficien well no ov att ntens:l and { orwi 186 Hers bility. 4 Cnn, 4 “ os her kitchen as expedit ons. own as standing mn is wonder. A aiwavs | 0 mussel = acocomn Ber Of the § Have ight ng it rug, table FOIE 10091 basset of se wing conve I tm Hair mattresses, fine furniture sre not their chambers: but 4d Lave : paper of a pretty light-colored desig on the walls, springs the bed and plenty of whole, clean bedding Prying inquisitiveness in personal affairs 18 just as impertinent when shown to a servant as towards your aristoeratio friend, but if the former inclined to confide in you, do not%i M her advances with coldness but listen Jutieatiy and advise kindly and wise. ¥ " In matters of dress the majority of rervanis expend their earnings in a vyory extravegant and unsatis act ry way. This is due in part to 1enorancs of materials and their own needs, but more to mmsiaken not f what co sti ntes a Jade.” Pity that I know-how h ki div advice in this regard, d ther r of pur. e r them 18 som times greatly appreciated and goes far to secure in- terested and faithiinl ser oe, I do no an that one should pl on au equality with their servants, hat kind words, just praise, patient for bearance and a kind'y interest in their welfare will be apyrecated in the | majority of cases, and go far to solve the much vexed servant cuestion. CHRISTMAS CAKES, There are so many other tempting | delicacies prepared for the Christmas is usually | eaten, but one wants that little in read iness and of exceptional quality. It is | therefore best to choose such kinds as | will keep a long time in prime econdi- | tion, if not, like fruit-cake notually im- proving with age, l'ke lemon cake, i jumbles, pound cake and the like. And | to avoid crowding too much work nto | the last few days, theso oskes should ! be made now. Preparing the fruit is by far the | most tedious part of the operation, {and it is an excellent practice to pre | pare a quantity at one time, as it will fare perfectly in glass fruit jars, Be eareful in purchasing to got new | fruit and of the best quality. Raisins | should be seeded, carrants washed in » | colander through three tepid waters, i then dried in a towel and afterwards {in a cool oven. Almonds blanched and | dried, candied lemon and orange peel { cut fine, and oitron chopped io a Per | fection meat cntter. Keep in tin boxes or glass frait j Fruit chonld always be added to cak. | the last thing and always warmed an! | floured, [” Make a paste of flour and water, rol | very thin and line the bo'tom of the | pans in which pound or frait cake is to : © baked. Line the sides of the pan | with letter paper allowing it to com. up above the tin two ine this fol {over on the outside until it comes a little inmde of the top of the pan. This | makes the up part firm enongh to jiaz a fece of heavy r or oard. across to cover t and pound cakes when first put in the oven. Of course, the and r should be well battered pape All rich Sikes contai fraat, re ohne . | CEs elo under De O ser ni aki asen § He themsely is { holidays that little cake is a light yellow color. Ole und ench of butter, raisine snd enr. Po ball & pound each of blanched { oi one-fourth pound enoh of candied lemon and orange peel, one teaspoonful each of einnavon, nut © eg aud mace and one fourth of a teaspoonful of cloves, and hall a tes- onpin] of mola: ses, Chop the raisins, almonds and cor- rants fine, eat tue eiiron, lemon and orange peel in shreds, and measure tie spices and sift them together. Cresm the butter and sugar thoroughly and add the oggs one at a time, beating a minute beoiween each addition until half axe used. Then sift in one tea- cupful of flour and beat vigorously for five minutes, and add the other five eggs in the manver directed above, Cover a small waiter with a sheet of fools-cap; on this mix the entire Put the braady, wine and Spice in the cake mixture and beat well, then the molasses ana lastly the fruit, or on the back enough to bake of the rape. Btir only mix, pour in the pan and lowly fonr hours, Lat it stand 'n tin until cold, and next day ice both op and sides CITRON CARE of en ur, feo « 10, Oe OF ruse One pound of boiter, one rar [grannulat wine 1 & ol 5 Jes, And put in the In xinre a reds, ur fruit for th iu nntil cold, One pound One xonunag SUZAr aod ter and sugar the to ture of powdere of cocoanut. fingers nto tl 1 the mass into little bs ——_— = - HOW A DOG soLD FLOWFHS. A Faithful Four- Footed Friend Whe Helved His Siok Master. He was only s dog, buts very smart dog indeed. lo be longed to the class known as shepherd dogs which noted for thelr Sagacity snd fidelity. His s a little Italian boy caliod Bl Pro, who earned hig liviz g by WETS on Lhe sirees ¥ was vory fond of Beppo, who bad been his master ever ince he was a poppy. and Beppo bad never fa.led to share bis crust with his good dog New Tony had grown to be a large, ftrong dog. and took as much care of Beppo as Beppo took of him. Often while standing on the corner with his basket on his &rm, waiting for a cus- tomer, Beppo would feel inclined to cry from very loneliness; but Tony seemed to know when the ‘biues” came, and would lick his master's hand. ‘as mu as to say: “You've got me for a frien Cheer up! I'm betier than pobody! 1'N sland by youl™ But one day Mt happened that when the other boys who shared the dark cel: bome with Beppo went out early in Qo morning as usual, Beppo was so iil that ho could hardly lift bis head from tho straw on which be slopt. He fel that he would be unable to sell flowers Gat day. What to do he did not know. Tony did his best to comfort him: but ho tears would gather in his ayes, and if was with the greatest difficulty that be at last forced himself! to got tp and Ko to the florist who lived near by. for the usual supply of buds. Baving Biles bis basket, the boy went home aTain d tied it around Tony's neck. Then Bnd at the dog and said: “Now, Tony, you art the only fellow I've got to depend on. Go and sell my flowers for me. and bring the money home safe, and don’tlet any one steal soy thing.” Then be kissed the dog and pointed to the door.” . Tony trotted out in the street to Bep- po's usual corner. where he took his ftand. Beppo's customers soon saw how tatters stood, and chose their Sowers sad put the money in the tin cup within the basket. Now and then when a rude boy would come along and try to snatch a flower from the basket Tony would wi florcely and drive bim away. So that day wont safely by, and at alghtfall Tony went bome to his master, who was waiting anxiously to see him, and gave him a hearty welcome. Beppo untied the basket and looked is the cup, and I shouldn't wonder if he found more money in It than he over before This Is how Tony sold the rossduds; and he did it so well that Be nover tires of telling about eR a» #1 Ohie © © iis, oe aro masiar wa ” ion a: —-" HORSE NOTES ~*Dod” Trwin blem, record 2 19}, —Thers may be a winter race mest ing at Hot Springs, ~Jockev Overton is gathering to gether a stable of his own. ~Hal Pointer, 2 09] has Leen retired for the season perfectly sound. ~Tohn Condon’s rast pacer Burpas Is running out ju New Jersey. —Charles Myers thinks that Neddy H., (2.163) will lower his record next BEABON, is wintering Pre. {= Fourecar loads of horses were shipped | from Gloucester to Guttenberg recent ly. ~Beth Griflin is bmilding a training track «<n J. HH. Copnor’s far nes Laban un, Tenn, ~ Lhe dam Hal Pointer and twe Hal have been booked 4] Sigler io Viow: to Direct, I ectioneer's while 0¢ ow red DeLer, numney Woods trotters are still air records almost ronning Will begin April 8( “. the o'de red after ao : YOArUs, tof English ACLive Ca ony sire with twe the 2.10 iist—Sunol, ito, 2 03% ing will until wil b May also oon. 14, open race record 2.12 i race 9 14%, wil we An0n, 1 the roan 19 “43, to Wik ue Lim as a 8 sald to sold 0 a ith Amer- next year iuding six- , HOW year I Park, Chi- for keeping Z the entire Walton has Valentine. x . out of purchased 4-veur-old Freelove, that show a 2 4 Lad J gait, —Tenny 1% again reported to be lame, bul, ren emberinog the experiences of last winter and spring, the public re fuses to believe it —M. J. Daly's b-year-old eh, h. Cor- tz, by King Altouso—imp Invercauld, broke down afier running half a male in the last race at North Bergen recent The filly Lasse, record 2.29, by New York Dictator, soul | have been alded @ the Jit of fast 2-3 ear-0id tiotters of ~0 Li wsie is owned by Allan Bash wid, of Pans, hy, i ~A Tl of the pool se'lers that were ip the box during the progr s«of the Tem. ‘e Bar race at the Cleveland weet, ng were or'ered (0 apjwar in New York before the Board of Review. At the Paris- Vincennes meetin re. ently A. E. Terry’s Amerizan wares sosqoe Bonita and Mollie Wilkes, trol. ed tive furlongs to pole In 1 27, a 2.90 ait, driven by Horace Brown, —Frank B. Whipple, for many years manager of the Algeria Stock for the ate W. L. Scott, will have a smal; but wlect racing stableof his own next VOT, ~The San Mateo trotters consisting for the most part of the get of Guy Wilkes and Sab'e Wilkes, and including Freedom, the deposed yearling king, will be taken up to be prepared for the “astern circuit next season. ~ Under pressure Judge P. P. John- ‘ton reconsidered his decis on from the wad of the Kentucky Trotting Horse ireeders’ Association ana he will serve hat organization a8 President for mother year, That is good news, ~- William Nicholson is wintering a “tring of six tr ters at Belmont Courses, Royal, 2 20§, by ason of Volunteer, ‘ine Light «5 year-old; Delaware Boy, 2 19%, a T-year-old baif-brother to Dela. vure Boy, and a 4-year-old by Eupalet —Erdenheim stod, Chestnut Ril, lias sold to 8. E. Larabie Deer Lodge, Mont., the imported brood mare, Clara, y Dutch Skater—Expectation. Clare is 11 years old, and snow in foal to Cbe Bard. Themost noteworthy of her jroduce is the good 6lly Reclare, ~~Marcus Daly's stable of runners won $79,180 this year, Tammany head- ing the list with $24.70, Sir Mathew comes next with $26 780, and Montana was the third with $20,605. Of the ‘ourteen other horses in the stable none won upward of $.0), and eight fail to Arn 8 oent. ~The ad harve a wre as follows: paver |, ’ Aa 3 jee Fron, 2.26, by Sudney; ¥ 44 little over §76 0.0, ain » new ciub will be
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