FIRELIGHT VISITANTS.
With low complaint anil pltou moan.
Anon loud ahrloka, and wallini(i drear,
The wind lunxuiO dear love, dead,
Hwent Hummer, fulrnat of the yeur,
The ahuitnwa of the evening wrap
About the old, liniwn. mother lirvant,
To make believe aim's young and fair
And folded thua, she links to nab
The firelight flicker on the wall
With yellow, lumlnutlng fliuh :
Then darkly elumb ring In the conls.
DnapalrlnK. (Ilea: a mining g
Doth mark her burial; I peer
And peer In pleasure hull, half fear
Unruptured, held, despite, my will,
While vlxltauu come cropping still.
From crevlrea, f roin eornera, nooki, .
From eupboarda. from out the hook;
They scramble o er the raawrent wlilo j
Jlithlnd the door, they peck and hide:
,J)own through the chimney e'en thuy crawl; .
'rom picture, panel. but, they full;
They perch upon my ahoulder. chulr,
My knee: they tangle In my hair;
They unite my cheek, mynelf deride,
To twitch "",y none, their time abide;
Home linger near with kindlier rnlen;
Home noble are, with grace a queen
Might envy; tome rich drftimed, and tall,
And anme In no attire at all;
Home have their lives but Just begun,
While some are older than the sun.
They eome from Nowhere land of dreamt,
Uncertainty, of crystal utrramii.
Of fair skies, flowers, with thorns Inwrought
They come from out the lurid of Thought.
, t'dna HMdrak.
SALLIE'S TRAMP.
Ho First Amused Her and at Last
(. Marrlod Hon
Tho clntter of pans, tho rythmic throb
of tho rolling-pin, with tho accompanl
ment of slamming oven doors, and i
girl's cheery voice tinging snatches of
old lovo song. Pretty ulack-oyeu
Sallio Klliott, farmer's daughter, busy
at work a usual, and tinging as she
wrotiglit tlint busy afternoon before
Christmas. Stowing and baking and
trying to be done for to-morrow and to
morrow's crowd of visitors, and tho
aroma vf stowing fruits, baking cakes
and plus, and frying doughnut filled
the room ami was wafted out through
the partly open door, and down to the
roadway, rather and brother had
driven out Into the Held gathering corn,
mother had just stopped over to a
neighbor's, and she was loft nil to her
pretty self to do the accustomed Satur
day afternoon's fixing. Quite a lot of
it too, seemingly, for ono pair of little
iiands to dof but they werodeft, willing
little hands, and tho way work flow bo
fore them was simply imigical. A
clumsy shullle along tho walk, an un
steady step on the porch, and the door
was pushed rudely open, and a man's
burly figure darkened tho doorway.
The blithe song died away in a pitiful
little quaver.
I "Ha, ha! Now I have yon! A woak
girl all alone saw men folks leave
neighbor too fur to be alarmed too
cowardly to uso weapons even did alio
have them-in short an easy victim.
To-morrow'a dailies will announco
another tlendish murder by tramps to
a sensation-loving world! Just fresh
from sjuughloring my one-hundredth
limn, while my arrests, rolrbories oto.,
are entirely too numerous to mention."
All the tramp hail said was onlv too
true. Hut though the rosy cheek did
turn deathly pule and there wet the
least perceptible ipilvor about the rose
bud mouth, the black eyes Hashed
ominously as they enst a furtive glance
at tho gleaming butchor knife lying
near.
"llutohor knlfo won't amount to a
hill of beans" observing tho glutton
"will only add a spice of danger to the
sport, and thereby render it more ex
hilarating! Just m well meet your
fate resignedly. Your only respite or
hope Is. to at once set before mo plenty
of tho very best you have to cat this
verv minute. Look sharp now!"
Site looked at the man critically. A
rough, rugged and duty man, with un
kempt hair and a rough stubble of
beard covering his face, and a pair of
bright mischievously twinkling blue
ye that gave the lio to his threaten
ing. '(), perhaps you. are not altogether
to bad a man as you teem to wish to
make out," she ventured with a pitiful
attempt at a tmile. "At any rntn, not
to bad as to take advantage of a help
less pirl who never did you harm."
"Y list, not, and 1 a tramp! A rag
god, dirty and brutal tramp?" ho ex
claimed. "Surely you can t have kept
up with tho papers! All poor follows
out of luck, and ragged and dirty are
tramps,' and to lie kicked and culled
about like dogs and then wondered at,
that some of them act tho dog they are
treated."
"Hut all men a little ragged and
dirty are not tramps, more tlian all
men who are linely dressed are gentle
men," answered Sallio with a littlo
laugh now. "If they were, we should
have lots of tramps who are any thing
else, and lots of tine gentlemen who
are not so considered."
"If you doubt my tramphood, just
put something before me really good
to cat. and 1 will convince you 1cyoud
a doubt. lu quick about it,' seating
himself at the table "for I am in haste
to be through, and proceed to murder
you, plunder the house, and then lire it
according to the usual and mosj ap
prove.! method."
Sallie laughed a little uneasy laugh.
It was plain to be seen that the fellow
had no notion of doing as he boasted,
still her positiou was not one very en
viable by any means.
"Certainly you shall have something
to cat," she hastened tosay, "we never
turn any one away hungry, no matter
who. Not very niuch of a lire-let it
go down whilo'at my broad," stirring
It vigorously; will run out after a
little wood.'1
"Not much will you!" exclaimed the
tramp springing to his feet; "am too
harp (or that; all you wan: Is to get
out in sight of some one passing and
give the alarm. 1 saw the wd pile
tramps always hxk to that, you lct
taw that it was all worked up too, else
1 shouldn't have hon cd you. I'll go
for the wood while vou put on my din
ner. Hy the by, )ut Introduce the
eoflee pot to the stove for ui benetit,
willjou?"
The fellow's assurance was simply
unparalleled, and ct In the war he
spoke It. was not altogother disareca
tle. So while he brought in the wood.
r-!lie. not unwillingly set him a
bountiful dinner, not forgetting the
rotlce as requested. Kciurtt ng tililv
wNi the wood, tito tramp nvodd
as per r ght to bo ld tho lire, an I then
tt-aicd h.unoif at tho taUo. To sav
that be" did full lustlceTcTthe food tot
before him, would but foebly express
the real facts. Through with his ropast
at length, the follow moved his chair
back from tho table and proceeded to
pick his teeth as coolly as though him
self proprietor of all about him.
Happen to know of any work for ft
followr' nonchalant! v.
The rolling pin, which had again
been plying vigorously, ceased to play.
Sallie woll knew that her father was In
utmost need of a hand to shuck corn,
but to have ono so ragged and dirty
about the house and sleeping in her
clean beds, was not a very agreeable
anticipation, t- lay tho lca-it But
bunovolonce triumphed over telfish
ness; It might be a kindness to give the
fellow a chance.
"Why yes, father, I bollovo, wants a
hand now to shuck corn," she
answered.
"Pshaw! how Indiscrcot In mo to
ask; might have expected as much!"
exclaimed tho tramp in well foignnd
disgust. "If there's one thing more
than another that my proud spir t
chaffs under, It's work. 1 tnmk I'd
better bo going. When will your
father be liahlo to return?"
Anothor poser for Miss Blackcyes.
She had triumphed over her lirst ro
pugnanco; to have to enjoy the fellow's
company the rest of the afternoon, as
would most likely be tho caso, while
awaiting her father's roturn was a
more serious thing; over all repugnance
to his person and habits, maidenly
modesty rose uppermost against it
"Don't lie, now!" cautioned the fel
low, seeing hor hesitate. "Don't sav
that ho was coming right back and
liable to be here at any momont, just
to frighten me away."
"No. really. I don't expect him back
much before uiglib" she houostly ad
mitted. "Good girl!" commented tho follow,
"always toll tho truth, if it does pinch
In this caso you'll have tj enjoy my
company until evening."
Torlmps you d better go out in tho
fiold and see him," she suggested,
"might possibly hire tome ono dsn."
"Couldn't entertain tho proposition
a moment; too conscientious altogether.
Place must seek the man, not man the
placo, as our civil reformers express It.
Besides don't love work woll enough to
leave good oompitnv and a good lire
for tho snow and winds without, to
find it"
The fellow's "brass" was certainly
never O'liinlod. The only wav to get
rid of him whs to order him outright to
leave, and this with his "cheek, judg
ing by past experience, would likely
prove only good breath wasted. Vexed
and annoyed, despite a relish of tho
fellow's wit Sallie was endeavoring to
see a wsy out of her dilemma, when
thoro came a stop on the walk and a
ceremonious knock at the door now
partly closed. At her bidding a flashily
dressed follow, all hair oil and cologne
and evidently of tho genu country
dude, entered the room.
'Kiood morning to vou, Mis Sallio,
In an alfoctod drawl, and with hi most
crushing bow and most captivating
tmilo, I'm delighted to meet you, I'm
sure and "
His eye hero fell upon our friend,
the tramp, seated tipped back, cross
leeged, picking his teeth and evidently
regarding him with nonchalant interest.
"An what s this terrifvinz fellah
doing heah, Miss Sallio?" with a feoblo
attempt nt ferocity.
"Iniiuiring Into the prolmblo merits
of tho Darwinian theory and poculiari
t:csoftho species asininn just now."
the tramp answered for her, eying tho
dude critically.
'Shall I aw put him out for you,
Miss Sallie?" evidently nettled by tho
tramp's evident irony, and anxious to
show his valor and prowess.
I ho traino darted a searching glance
Into tho girl's fuoo. Flushed and con
fused, it was evident at a glance that
the follow was forcing his attentions.
and that his company was littlo more
losiraiilo, if tniteeaat all, than his own.
"Sho does, if you aro man ouutiirlt to
do it?" ho answered for her.
Of course this was a summons to
arms, for whatever may have been our
dude's preference, he had cither to back
square down before his "girl," or at
tempt to put his wonts into execution.
"Don t be alarmed, Miss Sallie." ho
said assuring!)', "I'll not hurt tho fellah
at all. .Now get out of heah, you Im
pudent fellah," drawing his oauo and
approaching tho tramp in a threatening
manner.
Before the blow could descend, tho
stick was wrenched from his grasp,
and In a "jill'y" ho found himself prono
upon his hack on the floor, with tho
tramp holding him down.
"Don t be alarmed. Miss Sallie. I'll
not hurt tho fellah," mimicked tho
tramp "More food for tho dailies!
Another terriblo outrage by tramps!
One enters tho residence of a farmer in
his absence, terrilies his daughter into
feeding him, overpowers a gallant
vounir niHti who attemots to nrntect
her, gatiiers him by the slack of the
pants and rudely heaves hltu out head
foremost Into a snow-drift" suiting
the action to the word, and landing t ho
dude far out into a deep snow-drift
Sallie could not help laughing at tho
fellow' discomfiture. As the tramp
had surmised, sho had repeatedly "mit
toned" tho conceited follow, who would
still persist in his attentions (as gath
ering himself out of the drift, wet, mad
and humiliated, with dire threats, ho
struck a bee Hue for the held,
where tho farmer was at work.
Keeling himself "solid" with tho
girl at least, the tramp lush-ad of
now taking to his heels as
per custom, cooly seated himself bo
fore the lire to await developments.
Nor had he long to wait; as luck would
have it the dude met the old farmer
coming iti with a load, and the tramp
had scarcely returned to his seat before
he saw him drive up to the crib in a
brisk trot, throw down tho reins, and,
with the dude behind him, rush to
wards the house. Evidently deciding
discretion the best part of valor just
now, as they came storming in upon
Hie porch, the tramp darted out tho
hack door, shot around behind I te
smoke-house, and springing over tho
fence ran toward the barn.
"Where Is that fellow, Sallie?" de
manded the old father sternly, enter
ing tho rom and finding no one; "did
he harm you. or bother any thing?"
anxiously. " ,
"Ho did not, nor would ho havo
troubled anr"one'els6, had they not
been ou te so iresn. sne answereu.
"And. chancing to glance out into
the barnyard, "there he is now throw-
. . .: on.linrr with
ing OUfc VUUI U IU1 JWHl "
a merry laugh.
Sure enough, Mr. Tramp had thrown
off hi coat and was scooping out corn
for all that was in him!
"What a follow," commented tho old
farmer, a after a few more particulars
from tho girl, ho went out to him.
"See here, friend what are yon pp
to?" ho demanded rather brusquely.
"Up to throwing out this load of corn
to pa for my dinner just now, after
ward's, if you don't take a fancy to me
and hire me, I'll bo up the road fast as
my leg will carry mar."
"So you'd like to work, eh?'
quizzically.
"No, do'ddodly not; what tramp ever
did? Still for tho speech of pooplo as
well as to set a good example for the
r sing goneration, I expect I'll have to.
No personal consideration otherwise
would begin to tempt me."
"Well," docidod the farmer as
the follow finished his task, "you seem
to be a protty fa;r f -How. and as I m
In need of a hand just now, I believe I
will L'ive vou a trial. Let mo teo bow
woll vou understand choring this even
ing, and to-morrow morning 1 11 givs
you a trial at shucking corn."
When "tho boys" came in that night
they had a deal of sport over the "old
man's now hand," and curried sister
Sallie nartimilarlv "high" over her
tramp, as they at onco dubbed him.
But tho next morning in tho field,
when, after lagg'ng behind with his
team for somo time, and bearing their
mischievous iibes in silence, he at
length began to gain on them; and at
noon drovo out a'lea I of them with his
load full and all nicely shucked, their
contempt was turned into admiration.
"Darndest follow to shuck oprn I
ever soon," announced tho farmer that
evening. "Does it so woll, so much of
it. and 'pears like so easy. Can t ono
of the boys ho.d a candle to him."
The out-come was that our tramp
found himself in a winter' job, and
that too at good wasjos; while Sallio
had the tables rather turned on her mis
chievous brothers. A smart, steady
fellow and moreover a "good fellow '
the boys were not long in deciding.
When ufter a few days he wont to town
with tho old farmer and came back
closely shaved and rigged out in a good
new suit of clothes, "not such a bad
looking fellow, cither." black-eved
Sallio was not long in deciding. Then
it became soon known that ho was
really of a respectable family, had loft
his homo, a foolish wayward, boy, and
after yoars of knocking about and
working hi way homeward, reduced
as ho had appeared at farmer Elliott's
door.
Just about tho time of this discovery
the cows began to show unusual rest
lessness at milking time, and Sallio had
to have a hand to hold thorn while sho
milked. So this task was always to bo
dono early in the morning or late in tho
evening when tho boys were either ab
sent or busy. What more natural than
that the hand should have this to do,
and very singularly, ho seemed Hither
to like tho job. And moreover this
strange restlossness continued far into
tho next spring, long aftor they had
"come in" fresh, and were supposod to
he on their best behavior cows noted
hitherto for their docility. Tho dudo
camo over several evenings at milking
timo and endeavored to soothe and
persuade them into thoir olden good
behavior, but ho only made matters
worso. And than it often took two to
hunt up tho eggs, to hang out tho
clothes and to pick tho gooso-bcrrios
for canning. Then it always takes
two, nuithor more nor less, to go to
church with any thing at all like satis
faction. And when, "tocapthoshoaf,"
ono evoning at meeting sho gave the
dudo the "miiton" "slap dab," and
walkod homo with her tramp, much to
tho delight of tho boys who had a spite
at tho dudo, people figuratively began
"to smell a mouse." And tho mouse
became a goodly siiod "rat." About
Christmas, there was quite an impos
ing wedding at Farmer Elliott's, and at
which blaek-oyod Sallio and "her
tramp" plighted themselves "for better
or worse, through good or evil report"
for tho rest of thoir natural days.
Utrn Plowman.
AN HONEST MAN. ""1
The Imllgimtlnii Willi Which m Colored
lirntUiuan Met Ills Accuser.
One of tho strongest characteristics
of tho negro is to feign groat indigna
tion upon bing accused, when he has
reason to believe that no proof can bo
produced, of committing a theft. The
other day, Colonel Billings, mooting
old Sandy, said:
"Liook hero, old man, cau't you find
work to do?"
"D, yas, salt, plenty o' it."
"Then why don't you do it?"
"Does doit, sah."
"Why don't you buy somo wood'"
"Does buy wood, salt."
"Why, then, do you steal my
wood?''
"Steal yor wood! Why, sah, I ncber
stole er stick or wood from yer in my
life. Look heah, Colonel, l'se er mem
ber in good standin' o' de church, an'
yor' layin' yerso'f mighty liable when
yer come 'cu.in' me er stealin' uv yor
wood. Yor onghtentcr 'spicion er olo
pusson like I is."
"I don't suspect you, Sand v. I know
that vou aro tho thief, for 1 saw you
stealing my wood."
"Saw me, did yer? O, wall, cf yer
saw me, it's all right Didn't know
but some o' dose heah mean uiggors
hadconio crroun'cr tellin' lies on mo,"
ArkiHav ZVorWrr. '
The Stato inspector of factories In
Now York reports that as a rule wages
in factories are fair throughout the
State, women earning from 73 cents to
f i per day in exceptional cases, men
from tl to f LAO, and children from 2i
to AO cents. .V. 1". Time.
Mr. Faintheart "Do you think It
would 1h safe for mo to approach your
pa on tho subject?" Miss Fairlaily
"O. perfectly; he hvs the gout ajain."
Uufiilo Cuiit'Htrrttil !
During t'tc past few year land in
many Florid t o mn:ies has doublod.in
price. Tho p.ipulaliou h is also doubled.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
gome of the Had Itmults of Ruperenltl-
li eu and CarelmMO.
TIs we, not they, who are in fault
When all the world seems wrong.
So many of us aro apt to pass unjust
sentence uixm the world at large II ono
little factor of it hnpiens to cross our
paths in a way unpleasant to us. In
deed, there are not a lew oi us who are
so choleric as to believe that our best
friends are plotting against os, if they
dare tike the liberty of differing from
us on any subject, and unless wo can
have this .thinking, active, throbbing
world narrowed down to fit our own
slings, we pronounce it going to the
bud. Now, this is an unhealthy state
of mind, and is trncoublo in a large de
gree to selfishness; for the view wo get
of the world depends much upon tho
scctnclcs through w hich we look at it
If wo peer out at it through our bitter
ness, selfishness,' or uncharitablencss
we will seem to sen those unlovely
qualities in others, while in reality we
are the faulty ones, and not our fellow
creatures; and if, instead of condemn
ing others, we would look more impar
tially into the causes of the unhappy
state of a Hairs, Ave would find that our
proneness to impute unworthy motives
to others in their actions toward us
bus been nt the root of much of tho
trouble. Observation has taught me
that the two chief reasons for mental
misery are oversensitiveness on the
part of half of 'the world, and lack of
thought, or tact, on the other half. It
is those afflicted with oversensitive na
tures who aro quick to take offense at
all imaginary slights. They aro for
ever on tho lookout for something to
feel injured about, and invariably per
suade themselves that the motives
which would havo actuated them in a
certain courso of conduct must have
influenced the ono who has offended
them. This inclination to fix unkind
motives upon tho words and deeds of
our friends and acquaintances has
caused us more real heartaches than it
was ever intended we should suffer.
Tho motive is, after all, tho thing to be
weighed, and if we know that tho un
kind word which wounded was not pre
meditated nor intentional, are we
not wrong to ourselves and others to
invest it with a harsher meaning and
take it to heart as much as though it
wcrcspitcfiilly said? Indeed, there is no
sense nor reason in our harrowing up
our feelings by imaginary thrusts and
stabs while there aro so many stern
realities which make tho old world
seem out of gear.
If, then, the sensitive part of tho
world suffers, it is tho thoughtless half
which is in most instances to blame, for
more sorrow is caused by the carelessly
thoughtless than ever was wrought by
tho wickedly heartless; and yet many
plead this self-same mischief-making,
"I did not think," ns tin excuse for
their wrong-doing. Our prayer-books
teach us that "sins of omission" rank
in enormity with "sins of commission."
No one who is not possessed of a cer
tain amount of thoughtfulness or tact
can attain to that degree of perfection
which endears her to the heart of every
one. In the society world it makes tho
successful hostess, for what is more
charming to meet together with those
whom a jiico discrimination has se
lected because of compatibility of tastes
and acquirements. The same thought-
fulness guides tho conversation from
topics which would prove cmbarrass-
ng, and invests tho hostess with the
happy faculty of always saying tho
plcasantest thing possible and making
her guests satisfied with themselves its
well as her.
This is an attribute- which may be
cultivated by those who havo gone so
far through life heedless of tho feelings
of others, for there will come times
when this uniform carelessness will tes
tify against them in the absence of
their fast departing friends. But the
exercise of a kind thoughtfulness is not
limited in its province to the center fig
ures of the social circle, ns the home is,
above all places, the one in which it
should never be forgotten. Each mem
ber of tho home knows what is the sen
sitive point of each of the others, and
remembering this, and avoiding always
these reefs of danger, tho daily inter
course of families might be more har
monious than we frequently find it.
But the most careful person may at
times unconsciously touah a hidden
spring of sorrow or bitterness in an
other by some light allusion, and im
mediately the wounded one feels anger
and contempt for the speaker, so quick
ly does she lielievc nn unworthy motive
suggested the remark. Thus, in all the
world, these two griefs play into each
other's hands, stirring up strife be
tween the dearest friends, estranging
the members of one household, and
making this lovely world, with its
beauty and sweetness, appear as wholly
unattractive Baltimore American.
Connubial Sarcasm.
Husband Belle, your feet suggest a
capital paraphrase to me of these two
lines contained in Goldsmith's "Village
Schoolmaster:"
"And still they giutd, and still their wonder
Rrvw,
That one small head could carry all he knew."
Wife (sweetly, expecting a compli
ment) How so, my pet?
Thusly, (edging toward the hole the
carpenter left):
"And still I muml, and still my wonder irrew,
That big 1' hoofs could wear a small -J' shoe."
The piece of bric-a-brac that she
grabln-d from the mantel did not hit
him," but it cracked a panel in the clos
ing door as he vanished. fijlitys.
m sw
Slippers, to be cozy and comforta
ble, must be several sizes larger than
the Idiots a young man wears when he
givs to see his best girl. This is : hint
tin-own out to those who are making
slippvrs, l:,!on ijt.
THE GRANT BROTHERS.
Two Anlot of th. Original of Chr!e
Dirkens' "t'hwrjrulo Brother.
Readers of "Ncholas Nickleby" need
not bo reminded of the "Chccryblo
Brothers." Tho " originals were the
Messrs. Grant, whoso extensive if some
what eccentric benevolence was well
known, to whom Dickens was intro
duced, in company with Mr. John
Morley, by Mr. W. Harrison Ainsworth,
at a dinner given by Mr. Gilbert Winter
in 1858. Tho survivor of tho brothers
used alwavs to put a sum of money in
his pocket to give away in the course
of the day. A clergyman asked him
for a subscription.
"Put your hand in my side pocket
and you shall have all you can find in
it." Tho parson did so, and fished up
a sovereign. "You aro welcome to it."
said Mr. Grant, "only mind it is tho
only coin I have left"
Ho once naked tho same clergyman
at dinner what his education had cost
him.
"A matter of 2,000," was the an
swer. "I'm afraid," said the questioner,
"education is not a good investment
Here you spent 2,000 on your educa
tion, and, as you tell mo, your curacy
is only 150 a year. My education
cost mo nothing, and I am making a
good many thousands a year. But I
dare say you will get some interest
somewhere else" looking upwards
"and as I believe you are doing good,
whenever you aro in want of a couple
of hundred pounds, or so, come to my
warehouse and I'll oblige you."
Rut thev wero shrewd men, their
benevolence notwithstanding. A mas
ter ono day wanted somo work done
which could only bo managed by a cer
tain skilled workman. Unfortunately
the man was iriven to drink. So a bar
gain was struck that, besides his wages.
lie should have gin-nnu-wawr w uo
itum. "Now mind," said tho master, "you
nromise to drink til) what I first irive
you before you touch a drop more."
As the work went on, the man asked
for his gin.
"How much will you start with?
"Sixpenn'orth."
"Now iriu-and-iOTter. mind you; and
you must drink it all before you drink
again. Hot or coiar
"Cold."
"All right. Here goes. Bring mo s
pail of water."
It was brought, and into that tho irin
-- --- o c
was poured. Tho man was dumb
founded, but ho was held to his bargain
and tho work got done. As ho went
awnv sober, of course, and with his
wages in his pocket ho turned round
and faced Ins employer:
"Master, savs ho. "there s no one
can get tho better o' thee but one, and
that s th ould chap hisself. Temple
uar.
TRAINING YOUTH.
Why rarent Should Never Forget to Keep
l'p a High Standard of 1'rlnclple.
As tho boys grow older why let them
seek companionship away from home?
With mother their best friend father a
companion in youthful ideas, none
others will be found necessary to con
tentment If children girls and boys
alike must give their overflowing
spirits an outlet, need the noise always
bo hushed? Is not their happiness ns
important as somo older body's petted
nervousness? As each one develops
seek out and encourage tho tastes and
qualities that vary so indefinitely In
each young character, though all be tho
children of tho samo parents. Allow
them, as they grow older, to have opin
ions of their own and to express them;
wliat need that they should bo mere
echoes of the past generation? Direct
an improvement on the parent stock
if possible, bearing in mind that from
;rr cf mater familias come all the
"quips and pranks and wanton wiles"
as well as the "nods and becks and
wreathed smiles." Tho older members
of tho family are largely responsible
for the circumstances that develop tho
inherited character; have patience oh!
that beautiful patience of motherhood
with their faults and failings. It can
not be impressed too early on the infant
mind that each fault, each naughty ac
tion, must havo its effect on the future.
They can not escape consequences, even
by being sorry, when they have acted
wrongly., Each child should bo culti
vated separately; what reason in expect
ing them to grow up like so many wheat
stalks, all in a row, and cutting them
by machinery?
There is no need that they should
grow through the different phases of
childhood and youth, blinded by rose
colored spectacles, only to have tho
storms of life conic upon them with un
expected fury 11s they roach mature
years. Let them know the actual facts
of living as soon as they arc told enough
to understand; give them the sense of
responsibility, and that without sadden
ing. It is wrong to depress them be
cause old hearts have suffered. Let the
conversation and loving warning be al
ways tempered with hope; speak cheer
fully of all the possibilities lying before
each active mind. Keep up a high
standard of principle; never forget that
in years to come the children will be
the judges of the parents' actions. Give
them reason to say: "And their chil
dren shall rise up and call them blessed."
Chicago Herald.
"Would you believe it, dearest
that on the eve of our marriage I have
a terrible dread about this step we are
going to take?" "Really?" -I love
the city, the world, the noise and ac
tivity, while you, on the contrary, do
not care lor any or these thmjrs. Will
we lie able to agree?" "Certainly.
We shall S4c so little of each other!"
French Fun.
THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD."
In Kentucky this year nearly fie
million bushels more of corn were raised
than In 1885.
Omaha reports tho erection ot over
1,600 building last year at a cost of
$5,024,000.
Tho average catch of lobsters on.
the Maine coast has been 15,000,000
yearly for thirty years. Boston Ilerald,
Generally the person who is most
fond of a secret is tho very ono who
doesn't think enough of it to keep it
Thiladelphia Call.
During the year 1886 American
mills produced 1,350,000 tons of steel
rails, valued at 1 10,000,000. Tho pros
pect for 1887 is still better Pittsburgh
Post.
Tho amount of capital and capital
stock put into new industrial enter
prises in tho South during 1886 is re
ported at $l29.000,000ras against $06,
000,000 in 1885. Chicago Journal.
The Watson Car Manufacturing
Company, of Springfield, Mass., haj
voluntarily incre:ised tho wages of iu
employes ten per cent. A number of
voluntary advances will bo made dur
ing tho coming winter. Philadelphia
Becord. .
Reed, the spruce-gum man, of By
ron, Me., employs twenty men to gather
gum for him. Ho has just filled an or
der for a ton and a half for a Portland
firm. Ho expects to get out about tea
tons this wintor. Boston Journal.
There is money in wool! pulp,
judging from tho demand. One mill in
Brunswick, Mo., has hard work to keep
ahead of its orders, running night and
day, and pulp made there has gone to
Boston and returned in tho shape of
aewspapcrs within forty-eight hours.
Carnegio Brothers & Company have
decided to erect a new steel rail mill at
Braddock, Pa., and work on tho struc
ture will bo started within thirty days.
Tho plant will cost upward of a million
dollars, and will give employment to a
large number of men. Tho company's
works will then have a capacity of 400,
000 tons of rails per annum, or about
one-third of tho entire product of the
country. Philadelphia Press.
Another new town is to bo started
four miles from Birmingham, Ala., with
a contributed capital of $10,000,000. It
will have water and gas works and
electric lights, and large manufacturing
establishments will bo built at once.
A Jamestown, N. Y., edged tool manu
facturer will move his $100,000 plant to
Birmingham. Huntsville, Ala., is after
6,000 feet of 6, 8 and 12-inch gas and
water pipe. Three blast furnaces are
to bo built at Florence, Ala. St. Louit
Post.
Tho great pyramid has 85,000,000
cubic feet, the great wall of China
6,350,000.000 cubic feet. An engineer
in Seward's party there some years ago
gave it as his opinion that tho cost of
this wall, figuring labor at tho same
rate, would more than equal that of all
tho 100,000 miles of railroad in the
United States. Tho material it con
tains would build a wall six feet high
and two feet thick right straight around
tho globe. Yet this was done in only
twenty years, without a trace of debt
or bond. It is tho greatest individual
labor tho world has ever known. Mill
ing World.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Farmer Bates, of Hand County,
Dakota, has started nn order to be
known ns the Knights of Agriculture.
A cyclone is like three school-girls
walking abreast it doesn't turn out for
any thing. Waterloo Observer.
There aro somo great composers
that arc deserving of their name. Their
works can compose an audience to
sleep with the utmost ease. Boston
Post.
The difference between a journalist
and a newspaper man is that the forms
writes with a pearl-handled gold pea
and tho latter with any thing ho can
sret hold of. Xtw Haven Kcus.
C -
A Coac'.TiTig CTub. Reporter "1
understand you have a coaching club
stopping here." Hotel proprietor
"Yes; they camo last night." Re
porter "Can you tell me the names of
somo of tho professors, and who they
ary coaching?" Harper's Bazar.
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