The Murderer.
" TMs ba row doom tha Judges mli
lb aaa wboaa hands with Mood warn red—
" Bisgil by tha naok tUI yoa am dead"
The (Won ataggarad from tha dock,
Thm pater turned to bear tbo uioefc
IBs waning moment* grimly mocfc.
TWm on hla wthrta they oUspad tha gyvaa—
Mr taw bold* fast on murdarwa' Itvaa
hoa aaoteooe-day tin doom acrtvea.
Be paused, an instant, in tha etraat
Mr tha last time tha aby to great,
Awl anuhlae— na'ar before *> tweak
IBs Wert (I s men who J all ward M
laxSutd aa it following tha daad,
Awl moved along with measured tread.
thadar the prison'* frowning K*b<
Ho | ■■t l the threshold of hi* fato,
Awl parted there with human hate.
A hanfier by the stairway aaith,
" One momant panae to give him breath
Awl whispered, "he belong* to death "
AM IUS oell-door to awing begao,
A etaadebr through hia body ran .
Twae opened by the mnnleied man !
"Vs. igjeoter-Ytotim a ghastly grin
Weloomed the ooaTict-gnoot within—
At last the murderer aaw hi* sin!
Oily tua aye that specter aaw
These grating oall-bott* alowly drew,
Uarteog the vengeance of the law.
The felon atood at tha dart throne,
Awl beard three word*. " I claim mine own-
Ton no'ar again shall be alone."
Hia vans seemed filled wrtb molten lead
As oonatsntly the specter aaid
"Hanged by tha neck UU yon be dead I"
TVisnoeforth the fare whereon he fed—
The per eat milk, the I wee test bread
Mrfcoaed hun with ita.hoe of red.
rhtnorforth that specter gavei no peace—
* By taunting voice shall never oeaee ;
HOT idiall the aeaffoid yield releeae.
To Kmis like thine by crime parpieted
Baawwee shall preach from spectral test
Rver m this world and the next!"
—ATne for* Wor'4.
'A WOMAN'S WORK."
I vrss at Lake George; my boa band
www in Europe.
"Well Kitty," stud my husband, re
turning from businem one evening earlier
than usual, "I moat be off to Europe by
tfco next steamer."
'' To Europe I" I exclaimed. " How
delightful I 1 thought we were going to
Lake George. "
"Tea, darling, you shall go to Lake
Oenrge, but I rnuat go to Europe."
"What I" I almost screamed, "and
without me?"
"Oome, come, litUe one, don't pout
Ibe ww pretty lips of yearn, sad I will tell
T" *h7>"
" I don't want to bear any thing at all
about It if you are going away without
aaa," and 1 threw myself petulantly upon
the sofa.
" Don't to unreasonable, Kitty, but
listen to me."
80, taking a seat by my aide he told
roe aIJL The manager of their branch
Louse in England, it was rumored, was
guilty of some very strange—to say the
least—transactions. My bnaband, being
the younger partner, waa deputed to
make the necessary inquiries, and of
course such a ease brooked no delay.
He would tako me with him, but he
knew that a trip to Europe combined
with the harry and scurry of business
■valid afford me no pleasure.
And that ia bow it came that I waa at,
lake George without any husband, and
the knowledge of this story fell in my
possession.
We were a merry party—four in all—
Grandmother Hungerford, my sister
Alias, my brother Tom, and last, though
I hope not least, your humble servant,
Kate Oleaveland.
Alice waa a bright-eyed, light-hearted
remap of seventeen, and as full of mi*
chief aa an egg ia full of meat, aa the
■eying ia. Tom—well, Tom waa a
broad-shouldered, good naturad young
fellow of twenty-two, and oared for Dott
ing particular but a game at billiards
and a good cigar. Grandmother—l
know not how to deeoribe tor—except
that she waa the nicest, kindest, best
old lady in existence.
We bad been at the lake about a fort
night, Tom escorting us about in hia
■any, indolent manner, returning to hia
Mlharda and cigar immediately be got
ua back to the hotel, when ws wm in
troduced to a Mr. Arthur Oheaney.
Mr. Cheney waa tall, well made,
handsome-featured, a most delightful
companion, talked exceedingly wefl, and
CMS Of the moat enthusiastic admirers of
nature I ever met
Time had rolled two more weeks to
ward eternity, during which period Mr.
Oheaney bad somehow or other taken
tbo place of Tom aa esoort. With him
ws had visited Shelving rock, Black
mountain, Rogers' slide and Anttony'a
nose, the ruins of Ticondemga; in short,
nearly every point of interest.
"Do yon know," said Alioe to me,
one evening, after our return from a
meat delightful leant to H ibbstbday
point, "Ithink Mr. Oheaney ia railing
ic{Jove with you ?"
" Nonsense f" I ejaculated. " A mar
ried woman?"
And yet it moat be confessed I bad
noticed that ha paid me mors attention
than he did Alioe.
"Ton may say ' nonsense' as long aa
you like, but no woman receives the
attentions of a gentleman without know
ing it."
" Upon my word, miaa, for a young
ady of seventeen you must have tod a
great deal of rxpma.esf"
" Tea, dear," said Alice, demurely, "I
ma the same age you were when you
vers married."
"If I thought such a thing as you
say, I would get grandmother to take us
tome immediately."
"It ia my turn to say ' nonsenu'
no yr," replied Alice. " Why, what's the
LMTO ? He doesn't know you ate mar
. 3ft
nod, and it would ba capital fan to have
a little flirtation with bin; besides, it
would rmuiah him for naglooting ma."
" Doaa ha not know I am marriad ?"
I anted.
"No; tow ahould he I When Tom
introduced him he did it in hia usual
slovenly manner. ' Thin ia my aieter
Kale; flxla ia my aistar Alice; my grand
mother, Mm. Hnngerford.'"
Alice imitated Tom'a manner ao ad
mirably that I could not help laughing.
"Well, wall," mid I, getting into
bed, " I will think about it.
The next day we went flahing on the
lake, and Mr. Oheaney'a attentions to
ma were more marked than ever. And
—to my shame be it recorded—l en
oouraged them. Alioe, the aly pnm,
pretendeil not to notice anything in Mr.
Obeeney'a behavior beyond ordinary
politenem, but I obaerved that Grand
mother Hunger ford waa more Ruber and
aelate than usual, so I aaked;
" Are you not well, grandma, dear?"
" Quite well," was the reply, "but I
think we had totter return to the
hotel."
That was the end of our Ashing, for
Grandmother H ingerford's wish was
moat always s command, so we had
nothing to do but to obey.
" Kate," mid my grandmother, as she
was about retiring for the night, " I
wish you would come to my room; I
want to apeak to you."
" Certainly," I said, and rose to fol
low her.
"Not you, Alioe," who hail risen
alio, "I want to see Kate alone."
" What oonld she want with me?" 1
thought; yet my heart told me, an.l
full of conflicting emotions, I entered
the room with her.
"My dear." aaid my grandmother,
seating herself and smoothing her dress,
aa was her wont when she had anything
important to communioate, " I wish to
tell you the story of a friend of mine."
" A story f" I exclaimed, jumping up,
somewhat relieved, for I expected a
lecture. " Then by all means let as
have Alioe here."
" Bit down again, Kate; this story is
for your ears alone."
I saw by the gravity with which this
was said, that it was no common story to
to told, so wonderingly I resumed my
seal
Hearing a little sigh, and bruahing
away a tear, my grandmother com
menced :
" The story that I am abont to tell
you has not been told for forty years,
and I would not tell it now, did I not
thiuk that circumstances demand it."
" Forty years ! why, what a long time
ago I"
" Yes, it it ia a long time," and my
grandmother sadly shook her heal,
" bat long aa it is, I was then acquaint
ed with a young girl, whom I will call
Marion Orme,"
*' Then it is not s real story, grand
ma ?"
"If you mean a true story, it is. But
I shall disguise the names."'
A true story with the name disguised!
My curiosity was piqued, and 1 deter
mined to find out the real actors in it, if
I oouhl. I liecame all ears.
" People called Marion beautiful: to
that as it may, she waa a good girl, of
that I am sore, thangh somewhat
thoughtless and giddy. At last she was
married, and none loved her husband
more than she."
"And why shouldn't she love her
husband," 1 interpolated.
Motioning me to silence by a wavo of
her hand, my grandmother continued :
"After two years of wedded happi
ness, hnsinr as called her husband sway,
sod Ms'ion was sent to spend the sum
mer with an old friend of hers on Wash
ington heights."
Here was a parallel case to my own,
so I listened, if possible, the more in
tently.
" New York in those days was not the
city it now is, snd s journey to Wash
ington heights involved as much proper
at ion as a trip to Lake George does now.
80, after taking an affectionate leave of
her husband, Marion was bnmped along
in a lumbering old stage-coach to the
residenoe of Mrs. Van Duaen. Clara
Van Dusen, who had Wn one of
Marion's bridesmaids, received her with
open arms, and, perhaps, it wonld to
difficult to say who waa the happier of
the two. The first evening was spent
aa ia usual in such cases when two young
girls meet—for indeed they were nothing
else—after a long separation. Clara
showed Marion all ber new dresses and
knick-knacks, and Marion unpacked her
trunks for the edification of Clara."
" The next morning, Clara, on entering
Marion's room to announce breakfast,
aaid, carelessly: ■ Ob, Marion, I forgot
to tell j TO last night that Mr. Clarence
Arlington ia staying here. He is the
sou of an old freed of my father's. I
have been plaguing him abont you, ami
have told him he mustn't lose hia heart.'
' What nonsense,' Marion answered,
laughing; ' a man doesn't lose hia heart
to a married woman.'"
My heart beat violently.
" Nothing more was said on the sab
jeot; but at the breakfast tablo Marion
waa introduced to Mr. Clarence Arling
ton by Clara, who aimply said, while a
roguish twinkle beamed in her eyee:
' This ia my dear friend, Mr. Ar ling too,
Marion Orme.' All women like s<i mi ra
tion, and Marion could see before the
meal was finished that Mr. Arlington
admired her. He paid ber the moat de
voted attention, and before e week waa
over he became her moet constant at
tendant."
"do like, so like," 1 thought.
" Mr. Arlington wee to leave • few
days after Marion's arrival, bat on one
pretext or another be prolonged hut star.
To do Marion justice, it most be said
that she did not oonrt his attentions;
bnt they were tendered so graoefnlly,
and with each an air of polite t'efereooe,
that she thought no possible ham of
reoehring them. Clara wonld often joko
Merlon upon Mr. Arlington's devotion,
ee she celled it; bat with some light
hearted jest Marion wonld porry the
thrnst, and eontinne receiving the hom
age of her admirer."
My grandmother paused, I had a
sickening sense of indefinable drsad
npon me, yet I begged her to eontinne.
" The end of Marion's visit was
drawing nigh, sod she casually told Mr.
Arlmgt iii so. That very dsy, as she
was sitting in the library alone, Mr.
Arlington entered, and- as was the ens*
torn in those ,lavs threw himself upon
his knees, ami deolared his love for her.
" Poor man, poor man I" WM all that
I oonld aay, while the teare began to
well in my eyes.
" Tee, poor indeed," eaid my grand
mother, and r(warned her story.
" • Too forget yourself,' said Marion,
riding, knowing in her own heart that
■he had gone too far; ' how dare yon ad
dress snob words to a married woman.'
' Married I' and he started I tack as
though Marion had struck him a blow.
' Tes, air, married,' and she looked de
fiantly at him. Mr. Arlington stood aa
one suddenly bereft of his senses; then
passing his hand over bis fare, as if re
calling some lost thought, said: 'Ho
fair, and yet ao cruel; 'tis bettor as it is;
she can bare no heart.' 'Mr. Arling
ton,'said Marion, 'if by any action of
mine I have led TOU to suppose that
1 could regard you oilier than a friend,
lam very very sorry.' • Horry I' he re
torted, with a bitter laugh; 'for pas
time you play with a man a heart till it
bleeds, and then you're sorry I' 'I am
sure,' faltered Marion, 'it is through
no fault of mine that yon have been led
into this mistake.' ' I accuse you of noth
ing,'he rejoined; 'in all probability I
was too presumptuous, for that I ask
your forgiveness, and that you may
never suffer aa I suffer now is my most
earnest prayer.' Ho saying, he gave
Marion a look of mingled agony and
reproach, and strode from the room.
Wiping her eyes, with a suppressed
sob, my grandmother oontinned :
"Full of remorse, and with strange
forebodings of ovil, Marion retired to
her room, there to torture herself with
the thought of having been guilty of all
manner of crimes. ' Had she given Mr.
Arlington any enoouragemcnt ? En
couragement meant unfaithfulness to
her husband, and unfaithfulness moaut
—what?' The idea was too terrible,
and in a flood of tears she threw herself
upon the tied in the vain hope to obtain
some relief for her aching head and
heart."
"Heaven help her 1" 1 ejaculated,
moat fervently.
" How long abo lay there abe never
knew, but ahe waa suddenly aroused by
the sharp report of a pistol that re
sounded through the houae. Haatening
to the door ahe saw the whole houae
bold in commotion, and all with
blanched and scared looks. ' What,
what is the matter V ahe aaked, hut re
ceived no anawer; so, following with the
others, ahe came to tbe room occupied
by Mr.* Arlington. There upon the
floor he lay with a pistol bullet through
his brain, and on hia breast waa pinnisl
a pa IKT on which were thtwe words :
'A woman's work."'
My grandmother's tears were falling
fast now, and ahe made no effort to re
strain them. I waa also crying ; go-ng
to her I knelt beside her, and kissing
her, endeavored to soothe and comfort
her.
Hmoothing my hair, my grandmother
said : "Heaven keep you from such
an experience, my child."
" Amen,' I said reverently.
When we became somewhat more
composed, 1, still kneeling at my grand
mother's feet, looked up into her face
and aaked :
" And what iiecame of Marion Orme,
grandma 7 la abe still living f
" Hhe is."
*' Have I seen her ?'*
" You have."
A audden light broke in upon me,
and I blurted oat before I had time to
think : "Are yon not Marion firmer*
My grandmother nodded.
The following trammer my huabaod
made another trip to Europe ; I accom
panied him. Upon the dork at Jereey
City, to aee tia off and * iah na god
apeed, w%a Mr. Arthur Chceney ; bang
ing fondly npon bia arm wa* hia newly
made wife—my darling airier Alice.
Farts About Ike Human Body.
The akin oontaina more than two mil
lion opminga, which are the outlet* <>f
an equal number of awaat glanu*.
The human akeleton oonaiata of more
than two hundred diatinrt bone*.
An amount of blood eqnal to the
whole qnantity in the body paaaea
through the heart once every minute.
The full capacity of the lung* ia about
three hundred ami twenty cubic inobea.
About two third* of a pint of air ia in
haled and exhaled at each breath in
ordinary reepiration.
The atomach daily produoea nine
Knnda of gaatrio juice for digeation of
*1 ; it* capacity ia about five pint*
There are more than five hundred
aeparate muaclea in the body, with an
eooal number of nerve* and blood vee
aela.
Tbe weight of the heart ia from eight
to twelve ounce*. It beat* one hundred
thouaand timea in twenty-four lion re.
Each r-erepiratory dnct ia one fonrth
of an inch in length, which will make
the aggregate length of the whole abont
nine mile*.
The average man taken five and one
half pounda of fool and drink each day,
which amount* to one ton of aolid and
liqnid noun aliment annually.
A man breathe* eighteen time* a min
ute, and three thouaand cubic feet, or
about three hundred and aeventy-flve
hogahead* of air per hour.
Paper Barrels.
II is claimed tbst the new peper flonr
bsrrels era not only cheeper but more
tight end durable, as well ee lighter,
tlmn those of ordinary const ruction. By
an improved method of manufacture,
these barrels are composed of straw
peper pulp, which ia run into a mold
made into the shape of one-half of a
barrel cut vertically. The pulp ia sub
jected to a powerful hydraulic pressure,
and, whim reduced to the required thick
ness, the oada of the halves are cut off;
the pieoea are then placed in a ateam
drier, the aides are trimmed evenly and
the", subeUnce thoroughly dried. It
cornea from the drier ready for making
up into barrel*. There are three heavy
wooden hoops and two hoops fastened
together, and, into grooves cat in the
stsve*, the paper halves, which have an
avenge thickness of three-sixteenths of
an inch, are slid. The cod' of the bar
rel ate made of paper of a similar thick
naas, constructed on the earns principle
M the aides. The berrela are manufac
tured entirely by machinery, and the
halves are cut so true that two pieces of
the same site will readily fit together,—
Trruir Journal
k HiUwiao sculptor ha* chiseled, out
of oommon coal, n tine bust of the Ger
man emperor.
" After the American Fashion."
A young stndent st n ball at Peeth,
Hungary, resented the attentions of one
of bis fellow guests paid to a young
lady whom he chose to esteem his par
ticular sweetheart, and took advantage
of the first opportunity that offered to
treed on his rival's toes. Next day the
latter called on him.
"Tonhave insulted me grossly," he
said, " and I demand satisfaction. Be
ing the insulted party 1 have the right
to choose the means of justifying my
self. I suggest s duel after the Ameri
can fashion.
" What the deuoe ia that 1" demanded
the insnlter.
" Himply to pat s white and black
bean in a hat and draw without look
ing."
"And then ?"
" Well, then, the one who draws the
black bean is bound in honor to blow
his brains out within ten days."
The student lost Nine days later he
hurst into the room of a friend in great
agitation.
" For the love of heaven lend me five
florins, old boy I" he exclaimed.
"Five florins I" was the response;
" why, 1 haven't got the ghost of s brass
penny."
" Thou," cried the duelist after the
American fashion, " I am a doomed
man I"
"Doomed I How?"
" Read . "
And he handed him a note, while be
drew a revolver and flourished it with
melodramatic desperation.
"Hir," meanwhile read the friend,
" nine days ago I challenged you to a
i duel after the American fashion, and
j you lost. To morrow it is your duty M
| a man of honor to blow your brains out
As I am hard up at present, I will, how
ever, aell von your lifo for five florins.
Ton will find me waiting at the door."
"And iait for this you want the five
florins?" asked the reader,
j "It is. I must have them, or kill
myself."
"With wbstr
" With this I"
And hs exhibited the revolver.
"Old boy," Mid the mentor, eagerly,
" there is s gunsmith shop next door.
He will give you five florins for that,"
"Happy thought!" exclaims the
duelist. " I'll book it 1"
And ten minutes later be had ran
j sotnod himself.
Snow Is >or way.
It is always with s slight fee ofling
anxiety that we read about heavy snow
storms in this country, for we know
that they mean, or may mean, the stop
< ping of traffic at this point or that Ho
. much the more eurions it is, when open
ing a Norwegian newspaper, to meet
with passages like this : " Fortunate
ly, we have had ranch snow in this
part of the country, and there is (rood
Lope that it now will remain solid on
' the ground for the season." But in Nor
way the snow is itself s means of traffic,
and that an important one. When the
snow fails, th- lumber trade, for in
stance, one of the most important
branches of the industry of the country,
is seriously embarrassed. The trees are
felled during fall and winter, and those
i Luge, giant trunks which it would be
next to impossible to transport in the
summer time over the steep, rugged
ground, where horses cannot be em
ployed, are in winter time drawn easily
along on the smooth, solid surface of
the frosea snow. Tied together in im
mense bandies, they are thrown down
; in the dry river-bed, and when spring
| comes and the snow melts, the bundle*
; are carried down by the stream to the
very gate* of the lntnlx r-yard. Thus
the snow, which to as is an impediment,
ia to the Norwegians an aid, and it is
even something much more, for it is,
indeed, one of the great national poets
of the country. It makes the house* so
waim and an coxy; it makes the land
scape ao soft and ao mild ; and it makes
people so merry and fall of new plans
and new ideas, for it brings them to
gether. Neighbors who, in rammer
time, cannot visit each other because
j the journey alone the bail mads— which
| creep in xigxags through the glens, along
the clefts, over the peaks—takes two or
three day* can now roach each other
in a few hour*, setting out on their
enowshoes or in the light sledges
drawn by reindeer, in a straight line,
across the glens, the clefts, the peaks,
everything being buried under the
snow or bridged over by,
TrtcfctßMia.
This is a parasitic disease, caused by
eating pork infested with m inn teat hair
like worms, called trichina*. It is only
since 1860 that the disease has been
fully investigated and understood, bat
it can now be traoed back, under other
names, st least two centuries. Bines
the above date it has been recognised
wherever pork is eaten raw or imper
fectly oooked; and there have been
many epidemics of it.
The triehinn, after passing through
the stomach, rapidly multiply in the
intestines, and thence they work their
way into the substance of the muscles
generally and at the interna] organs,
where they soon roll themselves up into
coils, like worms of the earth.
If comparatively few trichina are taken
into the stomach, either because the
pork ia hot slightly diseased, or is eaten
sparingly, or the meal ia not repeated,
the disease is light and soon over.
In severer cases there is vomiting;
diarrhea, followed often by obstinate
constipation; profuse sweating; fever:
great pain tn the limbs; difficulty of
chewing, swallowing and breathing;
hoarseness, often with entire loss of
voice; neuralgic attacks and sleepless
urea, except in children, with whom lbs
opposite condition of stupor prevails.
In the milder oases lbs patients begin
to recover in five or six weeks; in severer
forma, convalescence is deferred for four
month*, while the fall strength to not
restored for a much longer time. A
fatal termination ia very common, gen
erelly from paralysis of the respiratory
organs. In children, recovery to the
rule. No means have yet been found to
destroy the triohinm.
American bogs seem to be especially
liable to the disease. Tbey should b
sold for the market, home or foreign,
on It after legal in f • ion Butthorongti
cooking kills tb trichtnm, Lard, of
course, having been subjected to a high
oannot contain them.- YotUhi
If MM la Winter.
At a recent regular monthly meeting
of the New Tor? Horticultural .octet?
the business was to elect half a doaen
new members and to listen to the read
ing of a prise essay. Mr. Peter Hender
son, the veteran florist, offered in No
vember last s special prise of 2S to the
writer of the best essay on " Boss Cul
ture for Winter Blooming." The nrixe
went to William Bennett, florist, Vtet!
bush. Mr. Bennett advised that cuttings
abould be taken from the strongest roots
as early as January if possible. In
March plant them iu the rose-house.
The border in which they arc to be set
should be of strong loamy soil, with no
manure. Drainage of the border should
|be perfect. While the roses are grow
ing daring the summer months, they
! must be well watered continually. The
I varieties beat to grow for winter are
Bon Hileoe, Haffrano, Hprunt, Cornelia
Cook, Nephitos, Douglas, Madain, Tal
oot, Pearl of the Oarden and Marshal
Neil. These oomprise all shades of
oolor known in roses. Pruning shonld
be done sparingly ; rosea are usually
hurt by ovenccaloua pniners. The tem
perature in the night should not average
above fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and
by day seventy-five degrees. Finally
Mr. Bennett Mid that the causes of
failure to produce winter rose blooms
ar not only that the border is usually
manured too richly, but also that the
borders are badly drained and the rosea
too closely pruned, flreat care shonld
be taken to begin the temperature low
when the rose-house is closed up in the
fall. If weather permits, the tempera
ture at the beginning should be forty
five degrees in the night, ranging up to
fifty five degrees in daylight
( lotking a (Heat.
Ibe Eureka (Nev.) Leader is respon
sible for the following story : A young
lawyer of Eureka, who has inst been ad
mitted to practice at the bar, had the
responsible dnty assigned to him by
Jndge Rives, hut week, of defending a
criminal confined on a charge at robbery.
The budding Blackstone visited his
. client, and was shucked to note his
! shabby appearance and generally un
washed and unkempt appearance. As
this was his first case, our legal fnend
wsa naturally aniioua to acquit hi*
client, and in pursuance of this laudable
ambition be concluded that if the pris
oner presented a cleanly and respectable
sppesranoe before the "court and jury,
I his chance of getting off would be en
hanced, and, acting on this idea, the
lawyer not only sent to the jail his best
suit of ciotbea for the fellow to wear,
but also dispatched a barber to the
scene, with instructions to shave, sham
poo and cut the man's hair. It was all
done, and the thief came into court look
ing as nrat as a newly-elected candidate.
But, unfortunately, one bad mistake
had been made, The barber bad shin
glcd the fellow's hair down to a dose
crop, and in conscinence a worse-shaped
head or a more villainous set of features
i never were revealod. The impression
on the jury was ao marked that tbey
rendered a verdict of guilty without
leaving their seats. It was "time and
coin thrown away; and not only that,
but it ia said that Blackstone ha>[ to get
>ut s writ of replevin to regain p—r
don of bis clothes. After this he will
rely on testimony, and let personal ap
pearance take care of itself.
Itea't Waste Vital F.serry.
The most rigorous persons do not bsve
too mnch vitality. People generally in
herit a lank ; or at least find that much
vital -oergy has been permanently lost
in their childhood ana yontb, through
the ignorance or carelessness of thsir
parents. Often it is impaired hr wrong
indulgence in early manhood, the on
chsvor with all persons should be to
husband what ia left, be it much or little.
Therefore ;
1. Don't do anything in a hurry.
X Don't work too many hour* a dev.
whether it be farm-work, shop-work,
study-work or house-work.
S. Don't abridge sleep. Qet the full
eight hours of it, and that too in a well
ventilated and ann-purifled room.
4. Don't eat what is indigestible, nor
too much of anything, and let good cheer
rule the hour.
5. Don't fret at yourself, or anybody
else ; nor indulge in the blues, nor burst
into fits of passion.
6. Don't be too mnch elated with good
luck, or dishearted by bad.
Positively—be self-controlled, calm
and brave. Let your brain have all the
real it needs.
The Spelling Reformer*.
The spelling reformer* are making
headway fast, and the moat sensible of
them are coming to MOM sort of agree
ment ss to the essential changes demand
ed Professor March, of Lafayette col
lege, Pennsylvania, and Professor Whit
ney. of Tale, the two moat distinguiabed
philologists in this country, are the
leaders in a spelling reform association
which baa adopted an alphabet to meet
the requirements of the new system, and
has already published a primer and first
reader embodying the new characters
and methods. The principal features
are the use of a single vowel for s diph
thong or triphthong having the Mm*
sound; the substitution of one vowel
for another of similar sound, according ;
to a determined plan ; the use of / for
ph and of k for cA hard ; the omission j
of fins] 0 when not pronounced end of
all silent letters, and the introduction of
significant characters to represent sounds '
compounded of two or more letters.
The new system seems to be gaining !
many disciples among intelligent men
Olarirmati Skm.
Writing of New England in the seven
teenth century. Prof. Moses Ooit Tyler
says, in hie " History of American Lit
erature," recently published; "The
typical household of New WM
one of patriarchal popukmsoe**;" and
adds in a note: " The sturdy (Mirk*, j
Rwer Olapp, of Dorchester, wsa happy ;
in Wis possession of fourteen children. '
Cotton Mai her WM not so abundant in
children M he WM in books, Mace of the
former be had only fifteen. Benjamin
Franklin WM one of seventeen children.
William Phips, who attained the baser
of knighthood and became royal gov- I
• root of Massachusetts, was the son of a
poor gunsmith of Pcmaquid, and be
longed to a flock of twenty si* children,
all by the same father sad mother, and
of them sons."
F
3L feuL 4k jtk
BajiH TijWr.
Deed be I*7 im| Ui book*,
Tbe pease of Qod via la hi*:ioofcu
A* lb* rtatoee faa Um gloom
Wrtafa oar lUiimiW. tomb,
Bo U>m volumes, from tbeir shelve*,
Welsh Urn riieot as Uxan—lrwa
Ah I his haad.wtn nevermore
Tom their, slotted gags* o'er t
Hevanecrs hi* Dps repeei
Hong# of tbatra, however nut I
!at tbe lifeless, body rest.
Ha la gooa who via tta goeat
Oooe aa traveler* haste to leers
An Inn, nor tarry until art;
Traveler, in what realm i afar j ,<
In vbat plana*, in vbat atar .
In vbat rest aarial apaoe,
Hbinaa tba light opera thy faoe ?
In vbat garden* of delight
Haat thy weary feat to-nigbt ?
Fort V Tboo vboaa iataat reraa
Wat a garland cm thy baaraa;
Tboo haat anng with organ tone,
In beoheUon's Ufa own.
On tba rolna of tba pest.
Bloom* tba parfaet Sowar at lest.
Friend ! hot yesterday tbe bella
liaug for tbaa tbair lood farewell* ;
Ai,d to-day thay toil for tbaa,
I>ytng dead beyond tba oaaa.
f.vlng dead among tby book* ;
Tba peaoa of Ood in all tby looks.
—f/arvy IF. Ismqjtiifna.
ITEMh OF IftTKREHT.
The morning noose Yonr neck tie.
A hotel bill may be called iriD-debted
nee*.
" Anti-fat remedy"—Killing tbe bog
when young.
Winter ia tbe season beat suited to
free., speech.
The population of tbe Grrmta empire
ia 76,000,000.
lova'a flrat governor, Anae) Krigga, it
"till alive and hearty.
There are fifty ex-aoldieni in tbe Mma
aacbujietta legislature.
Ton cannot mend yonr way* with tbe
thread of a discourse.
The population of the (rr-rman empire
amouuta to 75,000,000.
Why ia a healthy tree like a dog?
Bee*dm- the bark ia aouud.
Bt. John*, Fla., orange-gruvea were
saved from front by big bonfirea.
A New York advertiser haa h*d haa
, name stamped on 60,000,000 tooth pieka.
When do the teeth usurp the tongne'a
prerogative ? When they are clutter
, i&K-
A tabltwpoonful of ammonia in una
gallon of warm water will reeiore tba
color of carpets. ,j
Indiana people feaat on quail at a cent
and a half apieoe, and killed with five
cent*' worth of ammunition.
Getting drunk, the Boaton Poo.
think*, ia one of the greatest hindrance*
to temperance in thi* country.
| A novelty in gentkmm'a ulster* to
J mane revonible—one aide to be worn ia
, baainas*, tbe other .for calls, etc.
Before you give your neighbor a gold
. toothpick find out if be baa anything ia
bis cupboard to go between bis teeth.
Wolves and wild bears are still nu
merous and troublesome in France,
owing to tbe extensive tract* of forest
i 1
How some people keep from freeaiag
>n the winter -By 'keeping themselves
constantly in hot water with their neigh
lior*.
Woman's capabilities are great, but
hardlv sufficiently developed to allow of
her driving a nail without hitting her
finger.
A man who bought a box of cigars,
when asked what they were, replied,
! " Ticket* for a course * lectures from
I my wife."
A romantic young man ays that a
young woman'a heart is liae the moon—
it change* continually, but always has a
man in it.
We call a writing desk a secretary,
but that's do reason for labeling aa
office door " president," " treasurer "
or *• cashier."
Instead of leaving flowers and wreaths
on tbe graves of dead friends, custom
expects the people of Madrid to leave
I visiting cards.
All tbe signers of the declaration of
independence signed their names with
ouilf pens except one—he signed his
Witherspoon.
To the Paris exposition there went
64,044 Englishmen, 81,000 Belgians,
23,000 Germans, 16,000 Italians and
14,000 American*.
" I4f I* tedious ss a twtsv-totd tais "
To the ftbort -righted sura* who near stakes
• ssle.
•He who doDi advertise.
A colossal flower haa beea lately 4
found in Bumatra forests which has an
! svorags diameter of thirty three inches
; It ia called tba titan am.
Two boys reeenUy found in the gem
district of Oeylou a blue sapphire weigh
ing no leas than two pounds in the
rough, and valued at 160,000.
Nothing aan exceed the intense affec
tion which a girl deals cat to her father
few a day or two before the time when
she's going to ask for a new dress.
He that ia found reasonable in one
thing ia concluded to be so in all; and
to think or my otherwise is thought aa
unjust an affront and ao srnsaless a can
sura that nobody venture* to do it
Winters are an sever* in Wisconsin
that this year the sexton of Um village
of Kewaunee has prepared, in advance,
six home* for as many person* who ere
expected to join the silent majority be
fore spring.
' " What ehalt I leave yon when I
die?" aaid an insipid fellow to e young
lady whose patience he had nearly ex
hausted. "needn't wait till yoo die."
aaid aha; "you can leave something
now, if yon will." "What shall I leaver
fee asked. " Leers yourmlf," she re
plied. He left
Tbe Bt Louis ffepeßteas rnju: Tba
correct way to proooeece tbe nam* of w
this State ia as though it wert rpetM
Missouri, and that of its southern
neighbor as though it were spelled At*
kaneaw. Dtcbonarww and ganotteers
often give other pronunciations, but
these are Um ones which the people at
the respective States generally follow.
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