(Jive Thank*. 1 Gtva thank*! for tho rhnngriful neanotis, 11 For tho promise* of tprtogi For the perfume* nml the fruitnge I That the tnmmer blowamii tiring. Give tlmnk < ! for the nutumn lmrvoiit, For the ripened fruit and gritiu. ' Give tlmuks! for tho winter season, J When the days are short again. Give tlmnks ! fur the harvest garnered; C 'Th>n the tired eartli cau rest, a And we'll gattier round the tlrosido ; j With tho dear ones we love heat. Give thanks ! that the M i ter knnweth When the thirsty soil needs rain. I Give thanks! that ottr choicest blessing* Are tho undergrowth of pain. i Give thanks! that the hungry birdtings t Are well fed from nature's yield, That no care for food or raiment Have the flowerets of the Held. Give thanks! for tho midday sunshine, 1 For the glory of God's light, r For tho social hour of evening, I For the silence of the night. Give thanks ! that the hand of friendship j Will uphold us when we fuiut; That the love of little children Hath no sinful, selfish taint. , - 1 Give thanks ! that the earth is lovely; Give thanks! that each life is blest , H ith its trials or its blessings, For lie knoweth which are best! Mrs. Bardwell's Tramp. A THANKSGIVING STORY. I " Are you going to meeting with ' me, ma?" askisl Mr. Hurdwell, laying ' down his Sunday hoots as he spoke, * reaching after a the blacking brush. " Xo, I gti'\ss not," she answered slowly. "It wouldn't do me no good, 1 and I should ho worriting all the time, ! for fear the turkey was burning or the water done out of the vegetables." 1 " It will be a lonesome Thanksgiving without Samuel," he continued, pol ishing vigorously on the rough leather. There was no reply. The clock ticked solemnly in the corner and the ' old gray t at purred loudly in the rock ing-chair. She was not unused to 1 filling domestic interludes with her unchanging song. " A l-o-n-e-soine Thanksgiving!" he repeated. "Sam was a smart young 1 chap, but high-strung. I'm most afraid we were too harsh with him. Seumntha. It is ten years since he went olT." "Ten years since you turned him out of the house," she answered, shortly. "So, no. Don't say that, Semantho. Of course I was riled up about his taking that butter money, though I don't believe the boy meant to steal it; and perhaps I faulted him moro than I ought to, but I never meant to drive hiiu away. Well, well, it is too late now. Like as not he is dead and buried before this." Mrs. Hardsell went hastily into th pantry, and there was a sound as of some one sobbing; though, perhnjft, it might have been only the rustle of the dry leav s upon the dead grass. A little later a dim-eyed, sorrowful faced man ■ lamb red into his ricketty wagon and jolted uncomfortably down the street. Steadily the hands swept round the dial of the clock in the old brown house at the Four Corners, till both pointers stoo l at twelve and the din ner was an assured success. The turkey was done to exactly the right shade of golden brown and with the pluui-pudding and its rich sauce flooded the kitchen with fragrant odors. The cranberries, with their perjielual blush, were Hanked by mince and tart and custard pies, each a won der of culinary art, but dwindling into insignificance beside the mammoth i chicken pie that overshadowed them all. A plate of snowy biscuits stood upon the dresser. Some passing im pulse had led Mrs. Ilardwell to make one of the "dough men" that little fjammie used to delight in—a creature with an impossible head and arms that stood out like a sign-post; but. ashamed of tho momentary weakness, she hurl hidden it, .as •o<>n as it was baked, on the high shelf In the pantry. " I'll lay tho table in the sitting-room," she soliloquized "it will seem more like Thanksgiving; but I will put on tho blue plates, bo cause they are easiest to wash." She drew out the old-fashioned cherry ta ble and covered it witii a spotless cloth. The quaint blue earthenware, with its pictures of tall young shep herdesses with their crooks, of raggerl boys chasing butterflies across the meadow, and of strange birds, whose anatomy would have astonished Audu bon, were disposed upon it; and as she worked she sang, in a high, cracked voice, her favorite tune of China: " Why do we moors <lpr*M!ng friends, Or ehske at Death', alarm, 7 Tie ba nt the vole that de.ne wnds, To-oo c,-all them to-oo hie erme," rolled forth in well-known quavers. Just as she gave the finishing touches to the table there came a knock at the outside door. Opening it in a me. cbanical way, .Mrs. Jlardwell saw a young woman, in a faded calico dres*. with a little boy beside her, standi up on the threshold. "Please, may wo come in and rest a little while and get a drink of water?" asked a pleasant voice. " Well, yes," she answered, in a hesitating, absent-minded way. " I don't, as a general tiling, harbor tramps, but seein' it is Thanksgiving, you can come in and stay awhile," "Asa is hungry," remarked tho child when, seated beside the lire, ho surveyed the good .things in prepara tion. "Ilush! hush! Asa!" whispered his mother, quickly. "That is my husband's name," said Mrs. Ilardwell, peering curiously into the hoy's face. Something she saw there—it may have been the innocent look with which childhood always wins its way closest to our hearts, or it might have been some fancied resemblance to the boy lost ten years ago; but it sent her into tho pantry to take the dough-man ; from tho high shelf and give it to little j Asa. A moment later she heard the rumble of wheels upon tho frozen ' ground, and, fearing lest her husband should come in before the child had ' finished eating it, she went to the door and railed to him that he had better j put out the horse at once, as by that i time dinner would lie ready. After he came in and had sat down near the stove, he held cut his hand to the hoy, who. bribed by the promise of a red apple, climbed into bis lap. Stroking j the bald head softly with his dimpled i hands, he asked, with childish wonder. " What makes your head so funny? , Did H.HI forget to plant any hair" I l on can have some of mine. Can't he, mamma?" "1 had a little bov once about ymr size,"began Mr. Ilardwell. Then,at a signal from his wife, tie put down the child and followed her into the ' sitting-room, closing tho door behind him. i "Seeing they are here," she said, in a timid way, quite unusual for her, " hadn't we better ask them to have dinner with us? '* "That's just what I was a-thinking myself," he replied. "We shan't tie none the poorer for it, I reckon." So the wayfarers received a cordial invitation to sit at the hospitable tioard. As the woman took off hor old, j weather-beaten hat, she gave it a lit tle shako in front of the window, as if to dislodge some possible bit of dust; but the action must have been understood by some one outside, for in a moment the door opened and a tall, bearded young man entered. " Wh—what?" began the old far mer, in uneoneeAled surprise. Hut his wife, with the mother instinct which is never quite dead in any woman, dropped the dish of ma le d potatoes on the floor, its she cried out, "Oh! Samuel." And so the whole story catne out. After his boyish folly, ten years bef >re. he ha<l gone West, burning with re sentment at his father's last words— "that their house Was no home for a thief." He had been fortunate in af once getting a good situation ; but, In fore many days hail passed, the old love came back, and lie had written a penitent letter home, asking for a for giiing message from the father and mother whom he hail left alone in the ■ld brown house at the Four Corners. Hut no reply came. The letter was lost on the way and had never glad dened the eyes of tho sorrow ing couple, who were in Ig norance of his wherealiouts. Day after day, week after week, month after month he waited, till at length he con cluded that his parents were inflexible in their determination to cast him off. i Life prospered with hiin. He married the daughter of his employer and en tered into a business partnership witli him. Before the wedding ho wrote home again. Probably tho clerks in the dead letter office never guessed with what a burden of love and hope I tho missive was freighted. 110 had named his little son Asa, after the dis tant grandfather, and this last year the longing to see tho old homestead ha<l lieen so strong upon him that he hail persuaded his wife to do a | littio masquerading, in order to gain admittance into the house. The events of the day hnd come to pass as he hail planned. "And the Prodigal has come bark, father," he said, as the old man took out a red silk pocket-handkerchief under the shallow pretense of a cold in the head. Hut what need is there for me to Ml what followed ? Of course, the table was reset with the beat green-sprigged china, and the little Asa hail the seat . of honor, and was allowed to eat all i manner of unsuitable food. He liked s the turkey dressing so much that he . passed his plate the second litne, say- ing modestly: " Please give me some • more of the clothes."—/ ndtprndtnt. f * There are 124 theological setsiaa v riea in the United States, LADIES' DEPARTMENT. W*mnn' Itlchu li Narway. Women's rights are obtaining recog nition in Norway. The parliament lias passed u law, which the king has j signed, giving women the privilege of attending the universities and apply-; lng for degrees in all the urts and sciences; hut the right to hold office in 1 the service of the state and of partici pating in the competitive examinations for such positions is not yet accorded : to them. ——— I.nff Pitprr for DrPafi. Lace paper is coining into fashion as an adornment for actresses' dresses. A correspondent writes of having seen j in Paris a magnificent stage costume enriched with the loveliest lace eye ) ever beheld. "The dress," he says, "was displayed on account of that lace, though this latter was not worth more than twenty-live francs—for it was paper, wonderfully stamped to represent trains of furhias, and looked Just as much n piece of real hue as a Paris diamond by night looks like an old mine gem." Parisian actresses arc said to wear paper lace a great deal; It is tough, soft and very effective. To wear a costly lot of hire, which maybe ruined in a night, when very cheap lace paper looks as well, is considered the height of folly by intelligent for eigners. % Hrclpp for ihr i nmpletlon. Here is a recipe to make women pretty. It is from a New York letter in the Washington Critic; A celebrated beauty, whoso complexion at sixty was fresher than that of our women at thirty, told me her secret this summer, and it was divided Into two parts : First—She never U.ssl washrug or towel on her face, but washed it with her hands, rinsing It off With a Soft Sponge. she us<sl clear water in the morning, but white Castile soap or very w arm water at night, and after drying it on a soft towel she would take a flc-h-brush ami ruli her cheeks chin and forehead. Second—lf she was going to he up late at night she always slept as many hours in the day as she < xprctcd to be awake beyond her usual time. She finished her little sermon on beauty preservation by saying; "Soft water and sound sleep keep off wrinkles anil spots, and girls should give more at tention to this than they do, for " With lh# rem. njj of th crtnr." fwt U I ht (Sing bf \Ur IxSIUI frx-t" Of Traionm. During the lad five years one more article of attir" ha-! • > "ino indispen sable in a well-appointed wardrolte— the tea-gown. Soincmonths agotliere was an exhibition of ladies' hvgu ni<- clothing. Foremost among tins should have t*en the tea-gown. We would draw the attention of those who I<><- ture for the National I! -alth i.ty on riottiing, dress and deformities, i ■ this garment. The ci. torn now is among ladies of "ton" to wear a tea gown. which, it may be explained for the uninitiated, is nothing more than an elegant form of dressing gown, the whole afternoon, an 'l even when rn fimilU to dine in it. As its use usually enables the wearer to dis pense with the corset, the hygienic value of the tea-gow nls apparent. It has been stated that sotne ladies wear Corsets even beneath the tea-gown, but they are in a small minority. If the tea-gown he the pioneer of other gar ments which may expunge corsets fr< >m the list of ladies" clothing it Should indeed 1e welcomed. This, however, is unlikely. Still the wear ing of it is a fashion which it may lo hoped for the sake of those w ho follow it may !>c more than ap.uising fancy.— British iMOtil J'mrtuil. F*hiw VolN, Cuffs are not worn at all. Real Chantilly lace is becoming the most popular of black lares. Artificial flowers, as a rorsags bou quet, are considered ta<l taste. Gold chatelaine watches, heavily Jewelesl, are coining into fashion. Jerseys, and velvet jackets very much resembling them, are in high favor. Long cloaks are correctly worn with plain skirts, untrimmed save around the bottom. Suits of rloth In the dark red and ooppcr-red shades are seen in nuint>ers la New York. Chatelaine hags of every description, odor, shape and muterial are in use for street costumes. Cashmere remains the favorite ma terial for second-best dresses of young girls and matrons. Velvet and plush turbans with soft folded crowns come ready made In Colors to match suits. Table rovers of coarse netting, over light-colored silk, are the latest thing ia decorative art. The most popular braids for soutache embroidery are the Russian tubular ami square cords. Chatelaine I sign of plush, velvet and alligator skin, with bolts to match, will be much worn. Sleeves are made tighter than ever, and are generally buttoned on the out side seam to the elbow. Some pretty fancy wall pockets come in the shape of an old-fashioned bel lows for blowing the fire. Dark red plush skirts are worn under polonaises and overdresses of dark blue and dark green cloth. Dark furs are most in demand in England; here the light and yellow furs bid fair to lie the favorites. Short mantels are dr rlffiicur with rich and dressy costumes, which must never he covered with a long clonk. The short Talma mantles worn in Paris are of Ottoman silk, black or colored, plain or figured, and are bor dered with feather bands. What was formerly railed the Gre cian way of arranging the hair at the nape of the neck is now called the " Langtry knot" after the celebrated beauty, who generally twists her hair in that fashion. There Is a great variety in buttons, although tln-y an- not conspicuous or naments this season. For indoor dresses small ball-shaped crocheted buttons, or wooden molds covered with velvet, are used. F<>r outdoor garments there are large buttons that look like tortoise shell, hut are really made of horn; there are flat buttons of colored metal; and there are c ombi nations of metal and pearl in tints like colored silver. Silk chenille fringes, tipped with tiny hall* in bright color*, arc seen ujv.n Imported bonnet* an>! hats of velvet "plum" pompons ; smooth and glossy chenille and st!k ornaments are also used. Th'-se are about the sire of an "egg" plum, and a bum h of tliem in shaded colors of olive, old gold, Ver million red, dark bronre brown and. pale blue, set at one side of the crown of the velvet capote or hat, is all the brightening it requires. The linings to these are sometimes of red, old gold, or any one of the colors of the p >rn js<ll s. and sometimes the lining Is of plahied surah, or plush, showing a rich Mending of all the shades. FK V RLS 01 111 OCbIIT. It Is a delightful help merely not to !>e hindered. Fortune brings in some boats that are ret ste. rot. lb- who knows only his own side. ' the ease km w little of that. To persevere is one's duty and to be silent .> the i rst answer to calumny. Lay by a go | store of patience, but be sure to pu ( t where you <an find it. lie ttiat will n-.t h.k l*>fore bim will have to look behind him—with re gret. To correct an evil which already ex ists is not so wise as to foresee and prevent it. Action may not always bring hap piness, but there is no happiness with out action. Slumber not in the tents of your col umns. The world is advancing, ad xanee with it. A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones. The more an idea is developed, the more concise bonnes it# expression; the more a tree is pruned, the better is the fruit. x He is a good man, people say thought lessly, They would be more chary of such praise if they reflected they could ticatow none higher. THK FA M 11,1' IHXTOR. To heal rut fingers with rapidity wrap them In a cloth saturated with alum water. The follow ing remedy for a •* black eye "is given by Dr. Foote't Health Monthly: Moisten dry starch withhold , water aud place over tho closed eye; cover with a piec# of coarse brown pa j>er soaked in weak vinegar. A sure cure for chapped hands is something greatly to be desired. Try this: Wet your hands in warm water t then rub them all over with Indian meal; do this twice, then in the water u**l to wash off the meal put a tea- Spnonful of pure glycerine. If it is nt pure it will irritate the skin. For cmup administer a teaspoonful of strong alum-water; repeat the dose even-fifteen minutes until free vomit , ing occurs. Put the feet and limits in hot water and then wrap up in flannel; } place on the chest it poulUce of oat. meal sprinkled with mustard, lb ware of cold draughts. As the attack de parts administer a dose of magnesia, rhubarb or castor oil. When chiidrcii are liable to crbup, always keep the alum-water solution ready oc the wash - stand. SCIENTIFIC SIR A I'M. Wa know that flour containing a largo portion of gluten makes a finer loaf than that from flour poor in this constituent; hut oatmeal, which con tains more gluten than flour, will not make a loaf at all, thus showing that the gluten of oats is not identical with the gluten of wheat. The vertiele thickness of clouds does not generally exceed half a mile, but cumulus clouds are sometimes formed of enormous magnitude and height. It has been computed that the tops of cumulus clouds sometimes attain the height of four miles, while j their bases are not more than half a , mile above the earth's surface. Mr. Vacher has assured the ISriti-h Medical association that milk from tulxTculoua row;} must he regarded as dangerous, hut the transmission of consumption hv milk Is almost incapa ble of proof la-cause so many other possible sources of the il ease exist in all cases win re pr mis become af fected. A wise ci,nr . is to l<oil all milk to be u-ed as food. A remarkable statement was made recently before a scientific body in liondon—the statement given as on the authority of Mr. Veitch, the well known authority on " Conifers® " —that the cones of many of the species on tlie Pacific coast never op< n unless ojm-uwl by a forest lire, when they fall out and replenish the burned waste, "They hang on the trees for many gen erations—even for thirty years." A new electric light has appear**! in Paris, which is called ".Sunlight'' on account 'of its mellow luster. The light is formed by inserting two car lsins in holes bond into a block of marble in such a manner that the points of the carbons arc separated by a thin partition of the marble. An electric current is passed through the carb us. and 111 tra\, r-ing tie- -hell of the marble causes it to become white , hot, emitting .1 most agreeable light. Curiosities of Tasie and Smell, Hunger, which is usually associated with the "mouth watering" and other palatal indications, is really located in the stoniai h. and can only !• appeased by the presence of s, lid matter there. Si me tribes of Indians dm* tbeir recognition of this fact by swallowing earth when d barred from fmd; in the {Southern Mat. > hunters take with tin 111 pills made of cab ined oyster shell, for use in ease tie :r provisions 1 evbau *<d while erasing the j r.l re ; t! • trajiper of the far Wi-st mix- • hair < w ,c'i i- w holly in< apahle of !;g -'ion, with his p< mini, m on a uilar princ jih.-iij erstiti,,imly in .st ing that it must be the lur of the x, rv animal from the flesh of which the compound has been made, t ■ smj,art its ps uiiar virtue; Kainsi hatdab - stir up sawdust to give !> b to their train-oil whentheyar r, need to !iv , n that ex hilarating 1 leverage; and the < ingalheae Vcddah* mix j> uncled wo -l-tilnT with honey wic n tlmy 1.111 get nothing else. Thirst, again, r ally belongs to the stomach, in spite of tie dryness of the mouth and tin at which calls our at tention to it. tin- b irig en gen d ri-d by the lack of due fluid proportion in the Contents of the blood-ves-els. lh'th i human beings and animals have been seen to drink until tlmv could drink nc longer, without slaking tlicir thirst, whin the throat was •ut and all iwed the fluid to e cape. Many animals never drink, but absorb sufficient moist ure for their tissues from the air or 1 from tlmir f >d ; there is a parrot in ! the zoological gardens in TP gent's park which lias lived there fifty-two years without a drop ■ f water. Snakes will go a year or two without {food or water, apparently suffering no incon venience, and a ■ tie has lived three years without cither. Tin; ta*te and smell of many things are identical, so to speak; so that cither sense would immediately recognise them, if they had only hfea exhibited to the other previously. This is espe cially the rase with vinW, ros, orange lemon and most vegetable es- ntial oil*. If we take one long "sniff" at the musk plant, wr cannot detect any odor in it at all on a second inspira tion; and tlu'fe would socm to he some thing jteruliar about the scent of sweet briar. since it eludes many people's ol factory nerves altogether. The idio syncracies of individuals with regard to these two senses are nutnherleas and entirely inexplicable, Some faint at the perfume of i*ertain (lowers, while distaste amounting to utter abhorrence of certain ordinary fmsls ha* ls-en known to I* hereditary in families. The reflex action of mental association may aoetmnt for tlii*. in some igno res, hut certainly not in alt. lleot favors the afitltanons of both senses, and cold blunts It, It being notorious that the delicate flavor and bouquet of choice wines are destroyed by over icing them.— Alt the Year Hound. At the Season or Thanksglvlas. Oh, Charity, d*ar rommuger, From hahveu's court* derosod, And to oiy earth-born hearts tb# fift Of Ihy Rarest ioflosnos lend. Touch nod urimss ths .liunUsnng ayaa Which do uot wake hi see How other eye* grow dim with tmn. And heart* droop wearily. Remind on, when Father'* grao# Hath blc*sed with many a gift, That there are those whom we uiaj> My From aorrow'e gloom to lift. Quicken our *ym(>athy—our lorn, Our mercie* let u* ahars, Let the glad *un*ldne of our liven Spread o'er *ad live* of oar*. Sweet charity, we will not ctosn Our hearts to thy soft voice, For every impulse born of then Must make some heart rejoion. Then come, come quickly, Charity, And all throughout our land On waiting hearts—or cold or warm— Lay thine own biassed hand. J/. L>. Brine. I*I'XEXT PA IUG A I'llß. The good that men do may be in terred with their leuies, but the nofllns of som* men are not crowded. Aw oman has to settle a man's cof ; fee with the white of an egg, hut she ean settle his hash with a look, j A philosopher says; "This world belong to the energetic." Thank you; but how can wc get possession of it? When a woman wants to pet rid of her husband fur an hour she sends him ujistairs to get something from the pocket of on® of her dresses. -aid a loving wife to her hn-band: "Ho you know, dear, that butterfly ornaments ar" very fashionable?" "Perhaps s ~" lie gruffly rejilied; " but grub is the great desideratum." Absent-mindedness has been cojj shb red ttie mark nf a great inan, but a fellow never feels very big about it when he lugs a napkin away from the table in his handkerchief pocket. "Look at you!" rhr., ked Mrs. Eeomi, is the nurse let the l,aby tumble. "Tw • inches nearer the wall and that I child would have smashed a %'J) statuett* and the hall lamp." And then they picked up the baby. A young gentleman, who was look ing over a pretty girl's shoulder vrhil® ■be was playing cards, observed ; "What a lovely hand!" "You may have it, if you want it," murmured she, anil all the r**t of the evening ho was wondering what her intentions were. The state of \Vi*conin paid during fbe last b-i al year £;i/!22 for the -■ alp' of wild animals, of which £{,375 are alleged t , have been paid to jer sons who r< ar wolves for the sol® purpose it s. uring tiio bounty on ( tiu-ir scalps. A pretentious person said to the leading man of a xillage; "How would a lecture on Mount Vesuvius suit the inhabitants of your village?** " Very well, sir. very well, indeed," ho answered; " a lecture by you on Mount Vesuvius would suit thrin better than a lecture by vou in this place." A lion-tamer Iwing pursued by his infuriated xvife, took refuge among his animals, whereat, after the manner of the small boy to his companion who takes a position l>eforo a plate-glass window after he has thrown a stone at the other,she railed out tohitn: "Cow ard ! cow ard!" " I wish you were | only a tiger." said he, "I could soon teach von to lteliave," At a recent fashionable werluing, after the departure of the happy pair, a dear little girl whose papa and mamma were among the guests, asked, with a child's innocent inquisitivenens: "Why do they throw things at the pretty lady in the carriage?" "For luck, dear," replied one of the bride maids. "And why," again asked the child, "doesn't she throw them bark?" "Oh," said the y ung lady, "that would le rude." "Xo, it .wouldn't." persisted the dear little tiling, to the delight of her doting parents who stood by, " ina does." Children** Chance* of Life. An English writer on vital autistic* "aleulatrw that of ten children horn in Norway a little over seven reach their twentieth year ; that In England and the United States somewhat lews than seven reach that age ; while in France only live reach it, and in Ireland Uwa than five. It Is also ascertained that in Norway out of 10,(K t*>rn, rather more than one out of three reach eft the age of seventy; In England on® out of four ; in ttm United State®, if both sexes lie computed, leas than on® out of four ; in France, less than on® out of eight; ami in Ireland, less than ono out of eleven. Further, it appears that in Norway the average length of life of the eff.s th e population Is thirty nine; in England, thirty-five and a half ; in F rauee, not quite thirty-three years; and In Ireland uot quit® twenty, nine.
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