" f ; ' , , - i a I 4 . A It J. . 7 S . : ii ij if sir ; B. F. 6CHWEIER, : ' - . ; - IHI C05STITDTI0H THB BBIQH AHD IB! KSVOBOmST Of f HI LAWS. i ' , t . ; , . ... . ' ; -Ju . Editor and Proprietor. TQL; XXX: r-yr- ; . MITFLI : ! . NO. 9. TWO BT TWO.7 Cp and down this gladsome world we wander. ; Two by two; S ee its sights, and learn its trntha to ponder, Twobytwo; Smiling lads and winaome lassies stand " In life's rosy portals hand in band. ' ' ' As soon as we can walk, ' John takes the road To some Mary's ever-bright abode ; -And prattling Kary molds, of plastic day. Bare pies for Johnny, as they steal away. : . Twobytwo. . '. ,-, Noah filled the ark. onto his foresight giren, 1 Twobytwo; ' And since Che- flood, hare peoples its -owa heaven, ''!. x 'Twobytwo; i The Maudes and Charleys carved on birchen bark. . '..... . Tell ns where lover strayed within the park: Adown the lake at Summer's eventide. Oft times ws see two mimic shadows glide: . . And tell-tale cnrtains tautalice onr sight , .. , With forms of sweethearts, courting by dun Es-bt, , . ' ' Twobytwo. ... . t . I.-. . . Youth and age, aH seek enchanted Aidens. - ,. Two by two j ; : , Marriagb laws bind willing men and maidens, .' Twobytwo; :' , 'j Two eyes to failings then should e'er be blind : Two ears should hear bat gentle words and kind; - i ' ' a :'. 3 Two hands be glad to work another's will-; . Two feet be patient other needs to fill ; Two people thus, earth's happiest race will - , r " ' ? tl If Two hearts, united thus, will be as one, ' Kot tww by two. The Victory. it; "Howard!" and the voice wag. low and tender which (spoke; but the hoy nerer heeded, and the soft fingers flatt ing nw ieu no answering pressure. "Oh brother," went on the same en treating to es, "do not give up so, as if there were no hope left; there 8 many and many a thing you can do yet ; only think, -dearest, how much .worse it might have been; only think if you had been But she could not finish the sentence. "It would have been better, Ethel." he answered, passionately, his voice hoarse and broken. "Better, far better, that I had died, than live only to drag out a miserable existence, a burden to every one and myself." " "Xo burden, Howard," sobbed the girL ."Oh, no! How can you say that, when we love you so dearly? It would have "broken 'mamma's heart to part with you- O brother!. Think what it is to have the sweet privilege of still exchanging acts and thoughts of love." His heart was softened; tears filled the large hazel eyes and he flung his arms about her neck and silently kissed her cheek. For a while each was busily thinking; then the sister rose to go. "I cannot stay longer, Howard," she said, regretfully. "It is time to make the tea;" then, as she bent to give him her good night caress, she fondly whis pered, "Remember, dearest, 'they also serve who only stand and wait. " , "Dear Ethel !" mused the boy, when she had gone, "what a brave, loving spirit she has! Xo, 1 will not despair; for her sake and mamma's 1 will achieve something." And he lay still Jhere in the qniet twilight, his large eyes looking out into the shadows, and his mind bu.-y, plan ning for the future, until his. thoughts took aliller?st turn, and strayed buck over his infancy and happy boyhood, down to the , first great sorrow, bis father's death, and on to the accident a week before, which had made him a cripple for life.-. . He was Tiot what was called hand some Howard Lee though tall and well-formed.- There was nothing lu his face or manner' to strike the tran sient beholder; his was one of those natures with which there must be soul union ia order to.kuow its true: worth. His love, where he did love, was in tense, over-leaping all obstacles, and the whole devotion and ardor of his wealthy heart ' was centered in " bis mother and sister. . He was gifted, too, though as yet be scarcely knew it, and all his high resolves and aspirations met with a keen shock when he heard that henceforth his. vision would be bounded by that little room. But Ethel's words sank deep into his mind. He was fifteen ; the next five years he could de vote to preparatory study. Mr. .Weston, who had been his staunch, tried friend, would 6upply him with books from his library. What might he not do in five years? And then and then! Mrs. Lee was not rich, as might be seen by the room, the only article of lnxury in which was the sofa on which Howard was lying. Still, there was no sign of poverty ; the carpet and cur tains were warm, if not expensive, and all the furniture was in keeping. But constant industry was needed to sup port the household in comfort. Mother and daughter kept a little millinery es tablishment in a suburban village; the family was respected and wished well by all ; and not only this, but every oue knew that whatever was bought at Mrs. Lee's would really be worth the price. Howard, who wrote a good hand, bad been employed as copyist in a lawyer's office, in London ; so that each member of the little group had been happily and cheerfully occupied, until this mis fortune cast a cloud over their sky. -r t j It was morning a clear", cold, "De cember morning, and Ethel had just cleared away the breakfastthings, and arranged Howard's room, which was now nsed as the fitting-room, and was preparing i to aUVdown to her work, when a brisk step sounded on the walk, and, in a moment, some oue. knocked at the door. . J -.'" - "O Howard !" said Ethel, archly, as she opened it, "here's another of these interminable visits, don't you wish' it was over?" "I only wish it could, er Intermina ble," said Howard, as he extended his hand for Mr. Weston's friendly grasp; and a smile, the gayest that had been seen on his face for days, chased across his face.' - Mr. Weston was a widower; his wife had died many years before, and it was not long ere his only child followed her. People suspected that he had met with reverses of fortune, but he never hinted it, and none could tell; all they knew was that he was extremely simple in his habits, and books were the only luxury he Indulged jn. It has been al ready Raid that he had i ' Sue 'library. But, however it might be, neither pov erty or grief had had powee to contract the gentle heart that found its. delight in doing good to. others although he felt, as keenly as any could, the blight that rested on all the fair promises of j its own life. To none was he more at-' tached than to Howard Lee, and his affection was fully returned by the warm-hearted boy, aud the feeling of sorrow and disappointed hope was hardly less keen to him than to the sunerer. He bju? Wn ifMnt Tap itinnth antT this was the first time since thJ lapfhouse of Courtney t Co.," wa' coming aiter tne acciuent, uiat ne naa seen Howard, who was now eagerly pouring ' Into his attentive ear bis plan for studying- ; "To be sure, my dear boy, to be sure," was his ready .response, when he bad concluded. "And I will DrODOse some thing more Howard, which you have not inougnior. - l snouiu line to -come and give you some little assistance my self. Xow, no thanks," he continued, smiling, as he noted the look of de lighted surprise that beamed in the earnest eyes gazing into his own. "It will be as great a pleasure to me as to you." ' - i ' !f So, with Mrs. Howard's consent consent how willingly given I it was tnus arranged that Howard should study with Mr. Weston, a few hours every morning. Ah, me! that little room where the young cripple lay, what sweetly mournful memories clus tered around it in after years ! ; Thus five years passed tranquilly away, and it was not until the fifth that Howard revealed to his friend his long- cnensnea scneme oi becoming an au thor, begging him to keep the knowl edge sacred. Mr. Weston was deliehted: He bad far less tear than the trembling aspirant that he would be successful, aud readilv proffered his aid in the laborious task of writing and correcting. So the two worked steadily on, While Ethel and- ner mother little dreamed of the ambi tious scheme entertained by those so near them. , -" Though Howard had the general plan and scope of bis work already sketched, it took two years to finish it for the publishers. How hard it was to appear indifferent during the time its accept ance was pending he onlv knew ; but he went bravely through the ordeal. If it should not succeed, he asked himself again and again, what was the use of all these long vears of study ? But ah ! if it should if it should ! What a happy competence it would provide for them all, releasing his dear ones from all toil and caret ,. ; ; " ' ; !: : i And there were other and nearer considerations that increased his anx iety. ' Howard ' knew, although his mother tried to conceal it, that she was greatly straitened for want of means. The summer had been an excessively hot one. Day after day the scorching sunlight fell on the parched earth, but the bright beams brought no joy to the hearts that were palpitating with hope for a shower. Xo balmy wind brought relief to the fevered brow of Ethel, as she tossed on her little bed, her whole frame wasting away under the fever that burned in her veins; her thoughts wandering back unconsciously to other days. Poor Mrs. Lee forgot, her perplexity about the want that Impended In attend" ing her darling; in watching, with trembling hope and fear, each beat of the fluttering pulse, each gasping, pain ful breath. , Long seemed the contest between life and death ; but youth and vigor conquered at last; and one bright, beautiful morning, after, weary days and nights of tears and watching, Mrs. Lee came into Howard's room, her eyes dim, and her voice tremulous with joy, to tell him that Ethel was pronounced out of danger. "Oh, we should not repine at any thing when we have our darling; re stored to us !" she whispered. "E very thing else will come riirht in time; but. oh ! 11 she had goLe, there would have been no joy lelt." She had just closed the door when Howard heard a quick step- in the hall, which he well .knew, and his -breath came and went hurriedly as Mr. Weston entered. Ila could not trust hlniMlf to speak; but He glance at his friend's face; flushed with ' Joy, revealed the truth, nd a fervent "exclamation of thankfulness burst from his full heart. "Thev hae sent a sum of money in advance," said Mr. Weston, as he turned to depart- I cannot stay any longer, but d ar Howard, no one rejoices more at yo r success than I do.' - i Iloward caught tils nana, and Dowed his head over it and Mr. Weston felt the teais that would not be restrained fall upon it. ; " Mrs. Iee was surprised at her son's emotion as she looked in to bid nun "good-night." "Stay one moment, mother, he en treated, "I have something to tell you. I know you are troubled about money for the rent and the things you have needed for Ethel's illness. Take this and use it as you will ; it is a little gift Irora me." She looked astonished.''.- : ;: Ask no questions now dear mother," he said, gaily; believe me, you shall know all soou. , And remember - the promise I once made, that though my life was a narrowed, it should not be a useless e .stence. ' Ah ! what a pleasure it was to be able to supply the little delicacies so grateful to tne Hivana ; to see tne nappy iook oi contented peace come back to bis mother's eyes; to feel that, but for him, a relapse might have carried the one so dear away from their yearning hearts to know that it was his work. It was worth a lifetime of pain to have reached that hour. . ; , ' . Slowly, at first, the bloom of health returned to Ethel's cheek, its sparkle to her eye, its elasticity to her frame; but, after a few weeks, she grew rapidly better; and when, on a lovely evening towards the middle of August, Mr. Weston walked down to the cottage, he thought he had scarcely ever seen her look so blooming. He had brought a new book, he said; and the little group gathered around to bear him read it. Hour after hour stole ou unnoticed, wliile they listened, eutrancedy to the glowing thoughts that sprung fresh From the hearty of the author a heart beatlnir'warm and tender towards his fellow-battler' In the 'great contest of life, urging-them ever not to despair, not to yield to doubt, to rembember that the promise is to him. that "over-com- eth." Lavish were, the praises bestowed on it ly the listeners, though Ethel wondered blightly why Howard should be so 6ilent- ; . i . 2 When their exclamations of delight had subsided, Mr. Waston -said, half smiling-'Terliaps" you would like to know the name oi tne writer." "Oh, yes, indeed !" said Ethel eagerly. "He does not live far from you," was the repivi "Can you not guess " ' But he was interrupted ; she catight the glance of hej brother's eye: some thing Jn it told her the tale, and she sprang to his side with a glad cry. Her mother pressed lorward anu caugni nun to her heart, while their tears mingled. It was long ere the happy trio sepa rated, but at length Mrs. Lee, fearing the effect of such excitement on his delicate frame, drew the reluctant Ethel away that he might" aet: a Httle repose. As she drew the curtain to shade his eyes, she said, "Yoo have worked too hard, I am afraid, dear Howard; you are looking pale and thin ; try and rest awhile." Then, aa she looked back from the door at the f:ice lying with closed eves on the pillows she mur mured with a fear she lid not wholly admit, to herself "My blessed Howard, heaven grant him to us a little longer." Five weeks had flown by and the little, household had settled back to something; of its usual calm when they were startled by the arrival or a letter, saying mat Mr. Courtney, of the great publishing, uowbwuiciuui"' iu"u,"''""vi and had thought it better to have a per sonal Interview with Howard, regard ing a new edition of his work. So one evening be alighted at the village inn. and the next morning walked over to airs, iee-a. ' - He was refined and talented, and they were all captivated; be, on bis part, seemed no less pleased, and bis visits became more and more frequent. In deed, the villagers began to bint that there was an attraction more powerful than Howard's presence at the cottage, and that when, after a prolonged stay, he at last departed, the pretty Ethel's heart went away with him. They must have been right, for there was so much busy preparation ; and . when be re turned there was a quiet wedding, and the timid, blushing Ethel was the bride. Of all the happy hearts, assembled on that bright spring morning, none beat more joyously or thankfully than he who gave away the bride Mr. Weston. He lingered, after the guests had de parted, to say a few parting words, and it was not till after the bridal party bad gone that HowarJ saw a packet directed to bis mother In his friend's well-known hand-writing. He called her attention to it. When opened it was found, to contain a deed, made out in Mrs. Lee's name, of the home that had sheltered them so long. The letter went on to, say that he had unexpectedly fallen heir to a large fortune, and he hoped that they would accept this alight token of nis . friendship, it would nave Deen unkind to refuse, and they gladly re ceived it . . . , . So the mother and son lived on in the old home, Howard from time to time seuding forth a volume from his retreat and she finding her happiness in his. Every summer Ethel and her little ones spent with them; and their grand mother could hardly be blamed for be ing a little partial to one fair boy whose dark eyes and 'auburn balr were the very hue of bis namesake's. But the tenth summer brought with it the sad knowledge that the life so prized was drawing to a close.- Howard was dying. It was on a summer even ing that lie died, just at sunset; the fading light streamed through the win dow, resting like a halo of glory on the calm face, losing itself in bis wealth of auburn hair, creeping tenderly around those kneeling beside the bed, falling warm and bright over the- quaint old Bible lying open near.- .?.,! Mother and son were not long parted J A few short months and the hearts that clung so fondly to each other -were to gether evermore. : Life Leafftheaed. Dr. Hall in his excellent Journal of Health, gives the following sensible and suggestive rules under the above bead ing: - .... 1. Cultivate an equal temper; many have fallen dead rn a fit of passion. 3. Eat regularly, not over thrice a day, and nothing between meals. 3. Go to bed at regular hours; get up as soon as you wake of yourself, aud do not sleep in the day-time at least not longer than ten minutes before noon. 4. Work always by the day, and not by the job. 5. Stop working before you are very much tired before you are "fagged out." 6. Cultivate a generous and accommo dating temper.. , ;:n 7. Xever cross a bridge before you come to it; this will, save you half the troubles of life. ... . 8. Xever eat when you are not hun gry, nor drink . when you are not thirsty. ..... ... 9. Let your appetite always come un-. invited., f.t ...i.f' i i 10. Cool off in a place greatly warmer than the one in which- you have been exercising. This simple rule would prevent incalculable sickness and save millions of lives. every year. ,"' .11. Sever resist call of nature for a single moment. 12. Never allow yourself to be chilled through and through ; it is this which destroys so many every year, In a few days' sickness, from pneumonia called by some lung fever or incarnation of the lungs. 13. Whoever drinks no liquids at meals will add years of pleasurable existence to his life. Of cold or warm drinks the former Is the most pernicious. Drink ing at meals induces persons to eat more than they otherwise would, as any one can verify by experiment; and it Js an. excess oi eating which devastates the land with sickness, guttering and death. 14. After fifty years of age,' if not a day laoorer, and sedentary persons at forty, should eat but twice a day in the morning and about ' four in the after noon ; for every organ without adequate rest will "give out" prematurely. Venua Wives. The cnlinary art forma of a part of IUQ OUUHUUD Ul ,Ut3 WUIUCU 111 UOIUIA- ny. The well-to-do tradesman, like the mechanic, takes pride in seeing his daughters good housekeepers. To ef fect this object, the girl on leaving school, which she does about fourteen years of age, icoe through the cere mony of confirmation, and then is placed by ber parents with a country gentleman, or in a large family, where she remains one or two years, filling what may almost be termed the post of servant, and doing the work of one. This is looked upon as an apprentice ship to domestic economy. ' Sue differs from a servant, however, in this she receives no wages; on the contrary, her parents often pay for the care ta ken of her, as well as ber clothing. , This is the first step in ber education as housekeeper. She next passes, On the same condition, into the kitchen of a rich, private family,' or into that of a hotel of good repute. Here she has control of the expenditures of the ser vants employed in it, and assists per sonally in the cooking,: bat is always addressed as franlein, or miss, and is treated by the family with deference and consideration. Many daughters of rich families receive similar train" ing, with this difference, however, that they receive it in a princely mansion, or a royal residence. . Tnere is a reign' ing queen in Germany at the present time, who was trained in this way. Consequently, the women in Germany are perfect models of economy. ' - .:: i r i Ta ? : no v ,u . A writer in the Xet;A York Times de scribing the operations of a professional tattooer relates that the "artist" said to him that he most frequently put upon sailors the crucifixion very ofteo. '.Reli gion don't make much, difference, and it is on as many men that are not Catho lics as are. The reason is this, that, as there is a good deal of trading with the West Indies and South America, should a sailor die with the crosss upon him, be would be sure of having Christian burial. I remembertwo sailors, in a fri- fate 1 was serving oa, asdied In Oallao. he one as was a Romanist hadn't no cross on him, and the other as wasn't of no religion at all had the crucifixion on him. The people -on shore wouldn't have the Catholic buried in the regular cemetry, for we bad to put bim in the sand on the beach, while the other man that bad the mark ' of the cross on him they took all kinds of pains with. I have 'known In a hospital in South America ft man with the crucifixion oa. Tiim nursed' first-rate,' when another man was neglected who belonged to thslr religion. thru Ue Fas. (Tianalated from the Pvralmm. by Dod Orlls, ia -una fu-j An author wbo bad wrought a book of Fables (the merit whereof trans cended - expression) , was I peacefully sleeping atop of the modest eminence to which he tad attained, when be was rudely awakened by a throng of critics, emitting adverse judgment upon - the tales ne Dad Duuaed. - - "Apparently," said be, "I have been guilty or some small grains or uncon sidered wisdom, and the same have proven a bitterness to these excellent folk the which they will not abide, Ah! well, those who produced the Strasbourg pate and the feather-pillow are prone to regard a as rival creators. I presume it is in course of nature for him who grows the pen to censure the manner or its use." - So speaking he executed a smile a hand's-breadth In extent, and resumed bis airy dream of dropping ducats. , , Moral: , As above.,. " What have you there on your back I said a zebra, jeeringly, to a ship of the oesert in oanast. ... "Only a bale of gridirons," was the meek reply. . "And what, pray, may you design doing with them ?" was the Incredulous rejoinder. 1 "What am I going to do with grid Irons?" repeated the camel, contemptu ously. "Au question for yow who have evidently come oft one I ' , People who wish to throw' stones should not live in glass bouses; but tnere ought to be a lew in their vicinity. .- .i .- i ia.. . -- A man pursued by a lion was about stepping into a place of safety, when he Detnougnt mm or tne power or the hu man eye; and, turning about, he- fixed upon bis pursuer a steady look of stern reproof. The raging beast immedlatelv moderated his rate per hour, and finally came to a oeaa nait wttnin a yard ot tne man's nose. After making a leisurely survey of blm, be extended his neck and bit off a small section of the vic tim's thigh. i . "Beard of Arimanes?" roared the man; "have you no respect for the Human Eye?"-. ' -1 v ."I hold the human eye in profound isteem," replied the lion, "and I con fess its power. It assists digestion If uiKeu jusi Deiore a meai. ' rsut i aon ( understand why you should have two and i none." .! .. ' ith that he raised his foot, un sheathed his claws, and transferred one or the gentleman's visual organs to his own mouth. ,i-t. "Xow,?" continued he, "during the brief remainder of a squandered exist ence, your lion-quelling power being more highly concentrated, will be more easily managed." He then devoured the remnant of his victim, including the other eye. ' This tale seems to imply ihe falsity of certain accepted beliefs. It is, there fore, insulting. Tratulator. '!," '. ." ":.." iv- , An ant laden with a grain of corn, which he had acquired with infinite toil, was breasting a current of bis fellows, each of whom, as is the eti quette, insisted upon stopping him, feeling him all over, and shaking hands. It occurred to bim that an excess of ceremony is an abuse of courtesy. So he laid down his burden, sat upon it, folded all his legs tight to bis body, and smiled a smile of great grimness. "Hullo! What's the matter 'with you ?" exclaimed the first insect whose overtures were declined. . "Sick of the hollow conventionalities of a rotten civilization," was the rasp ing reply. "Relapsed into the honest simplicity of primitive observances. Go to grass!' ' "'".' 1 "Ah ! then we must trouble you for that corn. In a condition of. primitive simplicity there are no rights of prop erty, you know. , These are-'hollow conventionalities.'" , . . t. A light dawned upon the intellect f that primrose. . He shook the reefs out of his legs; be scratched the reverse of his ear; be grappled that cereal, and trotted away like a giant refreshed. . It was observed that he submitted with a wealth of patience to manipulation' by bis friends and neighbors, .and went some distance out of his way to shake bands with strangers on competing lines of traffic. .j-4-v ;..'ri - Xevertheless, this fable does nol teach that social observances are always or even commonly grounded . in -good sense. If It did, that, would make it true. ....... - , - ,' : Y. r.r-j . A snake who had lain torpid all win ter in his hole took advantage of. the first warm day to limber up for the spring campaign. Having tied himself into an intricate knot, he was so over come Jy the warmth of bis own body that be fell asleep, and did not wake until nightfall. - In the darkness be was unable to find his hesd or bis tail, and so could not disentangle and slide Into his hole. Per consequence, be froze to death. " Many a suitable philosopher has failed to solve, that knotty problem, himself, owing to his Inability to discern his be ginning and bis end. - - , ; ' - , , : - - . i ,i Teaeblag. Cklldrea t Talk. , In the vocabulary of educated and highly cultivated people, the number of words in ordinary use ranges from 2,000' to ' S,000, and, in rare cases, to 4,000 words. The ignorant require but a few hundreds to express all they have to say, aud as they rise in the scale of culture, they add constantly to their vocabulary new terms to express new ideas. .. .. .i t t ... . When one who by much study, vsri ous readings, and many turnings of the lexicon has acquired a fair knowledge of his mother tongue,- and, with this in mind, takes "up bis little four-year-old and -begins to teach him the rudiments of the language, it, does seem that the youngster has entered on a long and weary way. Through how many hours of slow plodding in primer and reader, in speller and definer, must he pass, and how many books must be read, before the words to which be has-been thus introduced will have lively and ready meaning for bim, and before he will at tain sufficient mental development to comprehend them! It is not desirable that the labor of acquisition should be entirely relieved,' that Ui child should ome into the Inheritance of a noble and beautiful language without any effort of his own, for this .very effort U essen tial to his intellectual "growth... Xever theless, if his parents and teachers shall manage judiciously , the little student may be spared a large share of the labor ordinarily involved, and occupy him self, instead, with the pleasant gather ing of spoils in fields already near. The narrow routine of school life permits pupils to learn little more than the rudiments of expression merely the names' and uses of tools, not skill in using them. This they can acquire only by free conversation at home and in society. If they bear In constant and appropriate use front: their elders the bard words they spell and - define at school, unconsciously these words will psss Into the texture of their thoughts and on fitting occasions drop from their The rssls) er tongues. Xay, more than this: if they are accustomed to hearing tne nest inn - . I .!. nl n La they will be prepared, by a , partial familiarity with the higher forms of ex pression, to execute their tasks at school with a readiness snd success that other wise they could not possibly command. Every discerning teacher can see in tne pupil just the grade and amount of in telligence in . the borne of which the pupil it the representative, and in ninety nine cases oat of every hundred It will be found that the premium scholar comes from the refined and cul tivated household, and that the parent tar more than the teacher deserves the credit for the honor his child has won. Long before children understand the technical meaning of a vast number of words, they can gather from the man ner in which they are used a tolerably correct Idea of their significance, so that a child of ten, who might not be able to define the words used In conversation by his elders In the social circle, would yet - gather from that conversation great many ideas, vague in ft degree. but ever growing clearer and more de finite, until, by and by, be would with out effort express them In the phrase he has been accustomed to hear, t or this reason it Is an admirable plan to permit children to be silent listeners at - the table and In the parlor when guests are present and intelligent conversation is going on- : , 1,1..;,-.! a .1; Inquisitiveness is so marked a char acteristic of mental activity in a child that, with the slightest encouragement In that direction, the little one will be gin at a very early, age, to ask the mean ing of words. Every question of, this sort snouid be answered In such a way as to invite unlimited recurrence of such reachings out toward knowledge. As has been already intimated, the more familiar a child can . be made with the sound and meaning of words it , is to meet and wrestle With in the speller snd reader, the easier will be Its conquest of the drudgery which makes the first years of school life so' monotonous and wearisome. A very good method of in troduciug children to an acquaintance wltn the nnest expression Is to take some story, as the. Lady of the Lake, or Evangeline, and, choosing one or two stanzas at a time, read it over to the child, explaining the meaning of the words used, and . then, in the simplest lau guage, giving a free translation. In this way many of the poems of Milton and Scott and the plays of Shakespeare may be made to afford infinite pleasure and instruction to children scarcely able to read, and a taste may be formed, even in childhood, for the higher styles of literature. Ihis taste, once formed, it will be easy enough to develop and con- nrm. .it is not desirable that children should talk like "grown folks," but nothing else than good can come to them from bearing : their 1 .mother-tongue spoken with perfect pronunciation, with grammatical purity, with an exact and nice use of the meaning of words. Cicero says that the finest of the Roman orators learned to speak the Latin tongue In their cradles, from their mothers, and that they were so instructed from In fancy in the arts of perfect pronuncia tion and . elegant utterance that - in maturity they had nothing to unlearn, and could by no lapses fall into vulgar or Incorrect expression. - He rddiw. The students in one of our colleges being frequently annoyed by the noc turnal and inquisitorial visits of a Pro fessor, wbo suspected them of playing cards, one evening prepared a kettle of mush, otherwise called hasty pudding, and by the time it was boiled, had seated themselves around the table in the atti tude of card-playing, waiting patiently for the well-known step of the Profes sor. It was no sooner heard than a large outside pocket of one of tiiem was forthwith filled with hot hasty pudding and all were seated as before. As soon as the professor had opened the door, the student who was loaded with the mush, made a sudden sweep over the table with his band, as if to gather, up the cards, and "with another motion, apparently put them Into the pocket containing the mush. These move ments could not help being noticed, as they were intended to be, by the Pro fessor, who, considering them as a pretty strong evidence of guilt, broke out with the following: ' "Well, young gentlemen, I've caught you at It at last, have I ?" "Why, yes, sir; we are all here." "So I see you are, and you have been playing cards, too." ' "Xo, sir, It's not so." ' "It isn't, ba? What have you got in your pocket, young man ?" "Hot hasty pudding, sir." "Hot hasty pudding, ha? Hasty pud ding, hsve you? I'll hasty pudding you," said the Professor, at the same time thrusting bis band, .half-way to the elbow, In the hot hasty pudding. The dolorous looks, the shaking of fingers, the groan in gs, and capers of the Professor, are better Imagined than described. , . . , . ' Am Exsvewslve Breakfast. Long years ago, way back, to 1814, when our wives.sisters.and sweethearts wore calico dresses, the material of which was cheap, and made for seven yards, and It cost as many shillings; three young men of capital and high standing, panted, Strong, Bell, and Sedgwick, indulged In a night's de bauch at a hotel In Northampton Mass. In the morning they summoned the landlord to their presence, end ordered a breakfast, which they stated must be the most expensive that had ever been given in the State. , The principal dish ordered was ham and eggs,' of which they would go to the kitchen and su perintend, personally', the cooking. When the fat was hot, they each depos ited in it their gold watches, chains, lockets, and signet rings, which were fried with the bam and ergs. The cost of the jewelry alone was at least $1,500. All of the parties are dead now, but they lived long enough to know the folly of their foolish extravagance. Capitalists of our day are more prudent witn their money, while the ladies have grown more extravagant. - Parallel r tk Sexes. . There is an admirable partition of the qualities between the sexes, whiob the author of our being has distributed to each with a wisdom that challenges our unbounded admiration-: ' Man is strong woman Is beautiful. Man is daring snd confident woman is diffident and unassuming. Man is great in action woman in suffering. Jian shines abroad woman at home. Man talks to - convince woman to persuade and please. -, ; Man has a rugged heart woman a soft and tender one. Man prevents misery woman relieves It. ' . -: Man has science woman has taste. Man bas iudgement woman sensi bility. Man rs a being or justice woman an angel of mercy. . ....a- . t From Ohio comes, the news that there will be no decrease in hogs tbls year. Of this favorite Western fruit tnere were o,ouu,uoo plucked last year. . , Tale rreaa Belecasv. Bologna is full of beautiful storit. There is that of King Hensius, or En zio. I remember reading in an old ann ual, many years ago, this story, told by Mrs Norton. I think the very gilt ed ges of the precious volume rustled in mv memory as I entered a grand room in the Palazzo del Podesta. and was told that here poor King Enzio was a captive tor twenty-two years.' k . Euzio was the natural son of the Em peror Frederic II. He led a Ghibelline armv against Bologna, was taken oris- oner in 1349, and Kept in confinement for the - rest . ot Ms - life ; but love laagbed at locksmiths in his, -as in many eases. The priest who came to confess tbe royal prisoner was accom panied by a beautiful boy, wbo brought wine and fruit, and wbo begged to be allowed to remain as his page. - King Enzio had a fever, and in one of his de lirious moments he imagined that tbe page took off his cap and allowed to flow down some long golden hair. Per haps instead of being delirious he was gaining bis senses. . Certainly the page was a wonderful nnrse. King Enzio was sorry to recover, but finally he was well enough to sit up at the window and look out at the glorious view of the Apennines. 1 be poor fellow rea lized that he was a prisoner, and wept Ditieriy. ne nearu a Boouing Deninu him 2 it was the page, sadly sympathe tic. "See. boy, this great beautiful world which 1 ran enjoy no longer. Life, lore, and liberty all, all are ta ken from . me." Then the beautiful Lucia Vendagoli, alias the page, let down all ber back bair, and throwing herself on bis bosom, asked him if love would console him. No one knows what King Enzio replied, but the good priest coming in opportunely, married them on the spot. For the long years of his imprisonment this noble creature lived and wrought for the King r.nzio. She battled magis trates and jailers, and carried to him whatever 01 comfort and solace his life thereafter knew. He left some beautifal verses in her honor, and the noble family qf tbe Bentivoglio are proud to claim descent from Lucia Vendagoli. . Mar they not owe their name, which being translated meanetu "1 wish thee well," to the whispered adieu of their royal ances tor, as Lucia crept away from many an interview fraught with danger f ' ' Another and a sadder story is that of Properzia de Rossi, called the, Sappho of Bologna. ' This woman was' a poet, a sculptor, a painter, musician, ana en graver. Bologna is full of her works now, bearing the marks of genius every one of them. She madly loved some man who did cot care for ber, and died of a broken heart. . Tbe great Pope Clement V1L expressed a wish to take her to Rome with him, so much did he admire ber works in the church of San Petronio. "Tbe church holds only her dead body," said a monk to his Holi ness. She died that day. The imposing Basilica of San Petro nio contains some angels painted by this gifted and extraordinary woman. Her bust, sculptured bv herself, is over one of the doors. . Her story adds another to the many bearing this le gend; "A woman of genius is seldom a happy woman. Happy they who have no history." The Galaxy. "He's a Brick." If It is slang, it . is really classical slang. And yet of tbe thousands, wbo use the term, how few how very few know its origin or its primitive sig- nincance. truly, it is a heroic thing to say of a man to call him a brick. The word, soused, if not twisted from its original intent, implies all that is brave,' patriotic and loyal. Plutarch, in his' life of Agesilaus. King of Sparta, gives us the origin of the quaint and familiar expression. un a certain occasion an ambassador from Epirus, on a diplomatic -mission, was shown by the king over his capital. The ambassador knew of the monarch's fame knew that though only nominal ly king of Sparta, he was yet ruler of Greece and he had looked to see mas sive walls rearing aloft their embattled towers for the defenee of the town ; but be found nothing of tbe kind. He mar veled niu.cn at this, and spoke, of it to tbe king. . , . ; t "Sire," he said, "I have visited most of the principal towns, and 1 find no walls reared for defence. Why Is this?" "indeed, Sir Ambassador," replied Agesilaus, "thou canst not hare looked carefully. Come with me to-morrow morning, and I will show you the walls of Sparta." ' . Accordingly, on the following morn ing, the king led his guest out upon the plains, where his army was drawn up in full battle array, and pointing proud ly to the serried hosts, he said : . . There, thou beholdi-st the walls of Sparta ten thousand men, anil evrg man a brick. . Lsea tk Vewt f rrej artlea. A subject for the constant study of the farmer is. how to lessen the cost of pro duction of his crops, so as to make them more profitable. One of the best ways to lessen the cost of production is to in crease the yield per acre. If only thirty bushels of corn are produced per acre, at a cost, we will say, of twenty dollars it can be readily seen that such farm- tncrilnn't nar Put if hv nlnnirhinif --r " fJ "t "J f""r lb deeper, and preparing the ground bet ter, and planting more carefully, and cultivating more thoroughly, one hun dred bushels can be produced to the acre, the little extra care given hears but a slight proportion of expense to the very largely increased yield ; and while the latter system is made very profitable, the rormer does not pay ex penses." So, to make farming profitable it must be well done tbe largest yield must be obtained that the land will produce, to lessen the cost of produc tion. To effect this, brains must be ex ercised, so that everything is done timely and properly, and in the best manner. Improved methods must be adopted, improved machinery used In cutting aud harvesting crops, and pre paring them for market. ' The old fogy system must be given the go-by, and a progressive, intelligent system adopted. Colman' Sural Wotld. ' ' Masclea sad Bteawa. A bundle of muscle-fibres (as a recent German writer puts It) IS a kind of ma chine, eonsUting of albuminous mate terial, just as steam engine Is made of steel, Iron, brass etc., and, as In the steam-engine; coal is burnt in order to produce force, so in the muscular ma chine, fats, or hydrocarbons, are burned for the same purpose; and just as the constructive material of the engine Iron, etc., Is worn away and oxidized, the constructive material of the muscle is worn away, and this wearing away is the source of nitrogenous constituents of the urine. This theory, ft Is asserted, explains why, during muscular exer tion, the excretion of urea Is little or not at all increased, while that of carbonic acid is enormously augmented ; for, in a 8 team engine moderately fired and ready for use, the oxidation of iron, etc., would go on quite equably, and would not be much increased by tbe more rapid firing necessary for working, but much more coal would be burned when it was at work than when it was stand ing Idle. . The receipts of the Xew York city street railroads, sixteen In number, foot np over $3,000,000 for last year. TOCTHS- C0LC15. 1 "t " ; , ' ' Tke Shover of Gold. It was a bright afternoon in midsummer, and the jew eler who lives in the sun was shower ingeverything withgold. Didyou ne ver hear of the jeweler who lives in the sun t It is he who in the morning turns thedew-drops into sparkling diamonds, and at noonday makes rainbow brid ges' of tbe seven precions stones, and, when sunset comes, builds castles of ruby with gates of pearL A wonder ful workman is he.aud now he was emp tying great bushel-baskets full of gold dust out of his shop-windows, and the lake was all smooth gold, as far as the eyes could see, and the green trees were all covered, and . so were the blue mountains, and one could see it coming softly down through the air from be yond the white clouds. One could see at the edges of the clouds, too, how it had fallen upon them, and had lodged among their fleeces and there stayed. It was as if there had been a snow storm in summer; and all the snow flakes were pure gold. Four men were in a boat on the lake, and one said to the others : "Look at the gold!" One was a poet, who sab to hearts of the golden age ; and one was a miser, who hoarded the yellow gold so that no one but be could see it. or use it, and it could do 110 good : and tbe third was a batterer, who bought and sold it, and thought of it only ; and the last was an artist, who had golden visions, and painted pictures that made folks joyful with louging. So they all looked at the gold, and each one thought to himself : "What mav I do with it f . 1 . . . And. the miser thought :' "I will get on shore as soon as ever I can; and 1 will hurry and get all the largest trunks that ever 1 can, and be first to gather op all the gold, and nobody shall have any of it but me." So he got to land, and found sixteen trunks, each as large as a bureau, but when he got them to the place, the gold was nowhere to be seen, and not the smallest gold-nuke did the miser get. And the barterer thought: I will fill my pockets with the gold, and carry it to the city, and buy aud sell, and make more." - So be opened all bis pockets as wide as be could, and the gold fell in. and be buttoned and Btiehed. and double-stiched them up, as safe as safe could be. liut when he got to the city and opened them, it had all vanished, there was no gold in them 1 And the artist thought : "1 will let it fall noon mv nalette. and catch it in my brush, and thus I will mix it with my colors aud paint pictures that will make people joyous and me great." So he did. and painted sea and shore and sky so wonderfully that men for got their sorrows and were joyous, and praised tbe artist. And the poet t The poet's heart was so fall that be con Id do nothing; he could not tbiuk what was so beautiful that he might use so beautiful a thing for it. He could only open bis soul to the beauty of it and pray that he might give its beauty also to others. There it lay, till one time when he was sad and in trouble, and'tlieu it shaped it self into strange, svreet music, by aud by the poet wrote a wouuertul poem. so that all the hearts of the people opened to bim. and they listened when he sang to them ot happiness, and how to know and to be the good, the true, and the beautiful that was it. 1 And the miser and the barterer wished: "Oh that I were the artist 1" and the artist winhed : "Oh that I were the poet '."tit. Sicholat. TTf- oi7 Surino. An old woman. dim-eyed and bent, sat on a bench at the door of a hut in spring time. Above her head rose a tree that had iust but on its first leaves. Behind her ran a river, down which a vessel was making wav in the direction of the sea. On the roof of the little hut, birds were resting in . the fresh, warm air. .Near the old woman's feet sat a little girl who had been reading. The book lav open bv her side. the little girl looked np at the old woman with wonder and child-like pi- 'Shall 1 ever be like that rethought the little caild. "Can 1 do anything for you, granny V said she. . And granny, doziug in the sun. thought to herself. "All. mv voice was once like that, and my feet and hands were swift to help ; but now 1 am old. the wind blew softly, the birds chirped, and she dozed orfmto a dream of her own childhood. The fields were green around ber, for it was full spring; the doves were cooing; and she was playing with a ball by the side of her uiotuer. .. Kiver. river, where are von floating tot The river, : which came from the mountains, is going to the sea, where it will be lost in the great world of wa ters. The trees and bill-sides will nut on a deeper green, for the summer will fol low the spring. - Hut the summer, too, will pass; the browu autumn will come : the leaves will fall ; the winds will blow; aud some night, when the little girl is asleep, a frost will kill off the last straggling flower. Good bye, flower! good-bye, leaves ! But you will come again in the spring. And what will the little maid uol She also will pass through soring to summer, from summer to autumn, and soon, through the failing years, to the wintry davs. then some one shall give her back the love and care she gave in her own early springtime to the old and feeble graudmother. Tlie Wiie old Hare. There was a lit tle dog whose name was Dart. He was owned by a lady, and she took great care of him. Oue day she put a nice red ribbon, for a collar, around his neck, and said to bim' "Xow, Dart, this is Sunday ; and I want you to keep still at home, and not soil this nice new ribbon." But no sooner had this lady left the house to go to church than Dart crept forth, and went into the swamp tor a frolic. Soon he started a hare, and took a great leap after bim. Bat the hare was not niucb afraid of such a yonng dog. 1 he bare knew or a hole rn the trtrnk of a tree that bent over a pool of mud dy water; and there be ran while Dart ran after him. ' But, just as the hare ran into the hole, the dog lost sight of him, and made a leap into the pool. He yelped and barked; and it was some time before be. could get out. Then what a sight he was. with his hide all dark with mud, and his nice ribbon spoiled ! W hen the lady came home from church, and found that Dart bad not minded ber. she bad him chained no in his little bouse, aud did not let him go with her when she went to walk that afternoou by the side of the sea. Dart was very sad because be could not go. He barked and cried a good deal : but be had been naughty, and so was made to know, that, when he was told to stay at home, he must stay, and not run after bares, and jump into pools. Hew ta Kill Time. First catch your time by the fore lock, if possible ; then hold him tight ; then pinch hint well ; then give bim one for bis nob, and let the one be a good one; then knock him down ; then kick him from the rear; then make faces at him ; then pull his nose ; then sit on bis bead : then ask bim if he's had enough now, or will wait till he gets itt If he don't answer yon may safely conclude that yon have killed him. KIWS Q B&H7. Chicago has a German population Of 50,000. An Atlanta (Ga.) firm sold 150,000 -oranges in December. The annual rainfall of Colorado Is . seldom more than 13 inches. There are 20.000 more "her" than ' "him" in the State of Vermont. " Boston will celebrate "Evacuation Day" (March 17) with an oration. There 11,333 blind men and 8,977 blind women in the United States. . Senator Jones of Florida, was born In Ireland, and Is now 45 years of age. A Brooklyn cashier has disgraced the : --ofessioti. He took only $JO,000. seems almost incredible, but then- are 453 churches in Xew York city. - - Richmond, Va. Is growing steadily ; and solidly. It now claims a popula tion of 72,500. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany can complete 100 ears in a week a : theix shops in Altooua. ... T-Wisconsin and Michigan have abol- Isbed the "Grand Jury." and Illinois talks of deing the same. ' The letter mail te the only portion of the United States postal service : which is self sustaining. The Chinese emigration Into Call- . fornia last year amounted to 13,144 per sons, while tbe State gained a total in- i crease of population of 69,172. . , .. . ., A fine marble bust of General Hal- . leek, who was a pioneer of 1848, has ' been presented by -the General's son to : the Society of California Pioneers. . . A boy at Rocbelle, III., who is onlv fourteen years and six months old, tips the beam at 425 pounds, but has a reas- ' ouaWe hope of attaining his full growth : yet. Minnesota Falls, Minn., was or ganized as a town over three years ago, ' aud although the population is over 300 not a death has occurred there during the three years. ' The Chinese In this country are al ready outgrowing their superstitions. . The body of one who died recently In . Xorth-Adams, Mass., was not sent home for burial. - Pretty safe. Of forty-two million passengers carried over the Massachu- . setts railroads last year, not one was killed except by their own carelessness : and only six were injured. . -; t Tbe San Francisco Journal of Com merce estimates the wheat crop of Cal ifornia at a value of 26,000,000 and what will surprise many people tbe gold and silver crop at a million less. Mr. Andrew J. Houston, a descen dant of the famous Sam Houston, of ' Texas, protests against the erection of a . monument to his ancestor by means of . a lottery scheme, as has been proposed. " There are eight completed Besse- " mer steel establishments ia the United . States aud three more are In progress of construction. It we include Pitts burg, the West will have six of the eleven. AUentown, Pa., has thirty segar ' factories, which turn out monthly 300, KH). She Is the third largest manufac turer of segars in the United States, New York being first and Detroit second. . The temperance people of Buffalo are about organizing a law observance association for the purpose of prosecut ing liquor dealer who violate the law. A fund of 110,000 is to be raised for this purpose. The Minnesota Senate has passed a bill to borrow $60,000 from the school fund to pay the current expenses of the Legislature. A protest was made that it was a bad precedent, but there were only six nays to 27 yeas. The melon trade of Richmond . county, Ga., reaoh-'d List summer the enormous aggregate of 256,450 melons. The Central railroad carried away 90, ST0. Ten thousand melons were -taken northward by the express companies. General Priest, of the Xew York Central road, has consented to send the driving wheels of the first locomotive run in America to the Centennial, pro- : vidiug their return to the company is . insured. The wheels are now at West Albany. Delmonlco, the Xew York restaur teur, has leased for ten years the whole . block in Twenty-sixth street, between Fifth avenue and Broadway, aud will convert the buildings into cafes, dining .t halls, and a ladies restaurant. The Fourteenth-street house Is to be con tinued. . The bullion shipment 'of Denver last ye? r wns $5,237,710, a considerable increase over 1874, while the banking capital was raised to $4100,000 and $2, 2110,000 of deposits were made. There were also over $2,000,000 worth of real estate changed hands. Mr. John Hatch, of California, has spent many years in making a collec tion of specimens of the precious ores of the Pacific slope, Mexico, Central and South America, Australia. China and Japan. His collection numbers between twelve and fifteen thousand, and he Is preparing them for exhibition at the Centennial. J. M. Hutching, of Yosemite. has discovered in the head waters of the Kern River, 10,500 feet above the sea, a new and beautiful fish which he named the "golden trout." Its color is like that of the gold fish, but richer, and dotted with black spots a quarter of an nch in diameter, and with a band along its sides. Emma Britton. a Lewisbure. Pa.. girl, weight 140 pounds, can jump fif teen feet on skates, run 100 yards in thirteen seconds, drink, smoke, and talk horse. She is a good shot and a good quoit pitcher; can easily swim half a mile and jump the hightest fence. She will not marry, which is good for the man. . - The oldest pensioner on the roll of . the Hartford Pension Agency is proba bly Mrs. Lucy E. Bur beck, of Xew - Loudon, widow . of Henry Burbeck, who was a General In the Revolution ary war. Mrs. tturbeck Is ninety-four years of age, but is still able to sign her name to the quarterly vouchers. She receives $150 each quarter. , The monitor Amphritite has just , been burned at Pennsgrove, X. J.. in order to obtain the iron," copper, and other metal used in her hull. Forty barrels of eoal oil were used in reduc- ' ing the wood work of the vessel to ashes and thirty-five tons of copper and one hundred and ten tons of iron-have been " taken from the wreck. The monitor originally cost $130,000. 1 The Xew York Legislature has taken a practical steo towards discour aging the tramp who will not work but insists on eating, by adopting a bill which provides for the relief of all ap plicants, conditioned on their Derfor- mance of certain reasonable task. If ihey do not accede to this they forth- ' with declare themselves vagrants and become liable to the customarv nenal ties.
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