I THE WE8T SHORE. 153 best is to help it to be its best, if there be the proper protection thrown about it; but, on the contrary, to express suspicion in its natural disposition is to discourage and thwart its good in tentions. Tarents thus become, in many cases, the cause of a child's motives. And in another way, also, are they largely responsible; that is, by holding before the child, as an induce ment to obedience, the very incentives which they sadly depre cate at other times and upon other occasions. " Johnnie," says Mamma, " here is the bowl of milk you wanted ; come and get it." But Johnnie prefers the milk in his silver bowl, while mamma has it in a china one, so he demurs and refuHes to ac cept it. " Very well, then," concludes mamma, " I'll give it to little sister," and starts to make good her word. This arous es Johnnie's selfishness, and he receives the milk. Mamma comments, " I thought I would conquer," and In half an hour after, perhaps, she is lamenting this same selfishness. This is but one instance, where many might be given, where, through the parent's fault, the child develops impure motives. Too much oare can not be taken in mingling with children at all times, that the slightest development of a wrong motive bo checked as soon as it appears, and that requires the parent's watchfulness over his own actions as well as those of the child. READING FOR BOYS. Many boys drift into loose, and even bad, habits, more be cause they are not well engaged in something profitable and elevating, than because they naturally incline to a wrong course. Mothers realize this, and very generally make some effort to supply entertainment at home. Gan cs, society reading, and whatever the ingenuity of parents may suggest, are employed for the purpose. Ikst of all these means, as a source of pleas ure and improvement, is that of reading, for it not only affords pleasant employment, but if well directed by parents, it en riches the mind and gives it bias in the right direction. Head ing aloud is often more entertaining than reading to one's self. Especially is this so to the young, for in talking the subject over they may give their own thoughts with seeming weight, and enjoy the added information which those older may give upn it. Every family, whose circumstances will at all crmit, should have always on hand a book in progress of reading in this way. It may take weeks, and perhaps months, to com plete it, but the pleasure and profit will pay for the trouble. A book thus read is never forgotten. The matter of family read ing is not a subject which parents may pass by lightly. The child mind must bo fed in some way, by some means. Thn following, taken from an article in one of our exchanges, dis closes the folly of such parents as not only do not direct the taste of their family in the selection of reading matter, but neg lect to supply the means necessary for the purchasing of such as is interesting and instructive : " Not long ago, I overheard a conversation between two boys, upon the merits and demer its of their favorite books-which, alas! seemed to be all of the blood-and-thunder kind-and though 1 profess to have a fair knowledge of boy nature, I must confess I was surprised ; not so much at the class of literature they had evidently n di gesting, u at the credulousncss they displayed in shaking of their Kocky Mountain Jims, Three-Fingered Jacks and Mus tang Petes, for these bloody gentlemen were seeming y as murti heroes to the boys, as though they had really existed ar.yH.ere except in the diseased imagination of a sensational novel int er. I could not understand, at first, how these boys had formed the habit of reading such unhealthy stuff; but after talking to them, it came out that their parents, who are good, coni encioua christians, by the by, who would not let a novel come in their household!, i they knew it, did not takn any Interest in, or furnish them with, reading of any description," and so the boys supplied themselves with flash literature, which they de voured by stealth. I also discovered that the only reason they had, in the find place, for buying this stylo of reading, In pref erence to any other, was that their limited supply of pocket money would not allow them to Indulge In anything but ten-cent " yellow-backs." I also found out that they had so deteriorat ed their minds by such reading, that it was doubtful whether they could now enjoy a pure, elevating lxk. Such I the ef fect that flashy, cheap literature has on those who oftentimes becomo its too willing slaves." PLAN YOUR HOUSEWORK. Hie following, from a Maine houm-kcejr, is full of practical suggestions, just such as have long Wen thought to 1 prac ticed by New England house wives: Have your bread baked in the forenoon. Tile your supjer dir.be together snugly and set them in the closet, to bo washed with your breakfast dish es, except your knives and forks, which you can wah and wipn in a very short time. Have two sets of milk strainers, one for night ami one for morning, and drop the night strainer Into w ater until morning. Ulnso milk palls and turn them Uttom side up in the sink, and give them a thorough washing in the morning. Get a half-bushel backet; when you math your d'shc, have two pans of nice water, one very hot; wash through thn first, rinse through the second, and turn on edgn In thn basket to dry; In an hour or so diey will lw dry and ready to set away. Han all your work so that it can Im done as quickly as nmi ble, and when evening comes, always dress up and enjoy It with your husband, In such ways as are most agreeable. What work you can not do before evening, leave until morning. DRIEP NOTES. ttoston has always ln noted for her Intellectual womnn. That city has now an organlxatlori of women, known as thn " lUton Political Class." It mcinlieri meet tw Ice each month to discuss questions of public Imjtortance. At one of thw recrnt meetings, there was a spirited debate of two hours ujon thn tariff question, which was decided, by a vote of the l.o'isn, tobn victory for free trade, Some of thn opsit sex, w ho U-lleve in protective tariff, will doubtless give It as their opinion, that the ladies who discussed the question were not of the laUrlng clashes'. At the civil service examination held In New York hut month, eighty-five women ex pn-rd their willingness to smn Uncle Ham, by applying for an examination for customs In H'drcsse. They came from various vocation In U, each hoping to Utter her condition. Tim passing amsgn of thn ex amination was lixty-flve er cent. Thn rustling, crowding and jelling of Eastern womm, for sulll lent money-paying laUr to meet dally need, prove that the broadly agrrlv and en terprising West U Utter than the Fast, lor woman a wll ai lut man. Miss Ftta M.atturk, the Nebraska a-lwol teacher, who iws so badly frow n during thn recent bluard, In saving tl live of her ipil, dird at reward, Nebraska, after having suffrrrd tU amputation of lth legs. A sum of motcy, amounting to ovr fjXflW, which bad been contributed a reward for h-r heroic effort, wa given to her parent, who were tej-ntent urfj her for iup"fl Of thn two thowan d six hundred and nineteen rhu'w (join twelve Amrr'xao college, a large rojiuj-dnn bw-