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Shall I tell you how to J., — ' brought it liefore, but I couldn ’ t find guard against losing it in the future?” Mr. Shott hadn’t been out of Detroit in “I have no time to read," is the com I esterday morning a large number of Th«1 d« sides atum of small waists has RT WILLIAM C. HKYAXT. you. I hope yot^are not troubled about “Oh, yes, if you please.” bee» the prefoature death of thousands mon complaint, and especially of women, seven years when, the other day, business the fair ones of one of our most popular “Wear this little ring of mine to guarii tlrose ridiculous jokes,” he added, digni- Standing forth on life's rough way, upoto thousands of the fairest and most whose occupations are such as to prevent called him to Chicago. Mrs. Shott wanted female colleges assembled at the railroad it; or, better yet, exchange with me. tiedly. Fatiier, guide them; promising yohng ladies, before they had continuous book perusal. They seem to to go aloDg, but he said that times were depot to take a farewell glance at the “N-o,” responded Prudence, miserably, Give me yours and take this instead,” Jo wv kninT-nut what ere k»ng time to learn’the dangers they were in- think, because they cannot devote as too hard, he didn’t want to have the bother city of Wilmington till after the holi said the ybung man, daringly. Provok between her sobs; “I—I thought you'd .May betide them. vtfipg by folpwing the example of those much attention* to books as they are of taking care of her, and she was com days. Some, however, were not there to ing Prytiencc looked at the hcavily- think I did it oft purpose.” ’Neath the shadow of Thy wing. who tetach by thejr practice that they compelled to devote to their avocations, pelled to remain at home. He reached say good-by • to the city, but ouly to “How could I have thought so! it was prefer conforjnity to the requirements of a t >at they cannot read anything. chase«! gold ring he held out to her, and But home in the evening after an absence of many who were about to leave it. A Father, hide them; a mere accident my getting that particu then lt»oked back at the water with an t iis is a great mistake. It isn't isn’t the two days, and as he sat eating his supper few moments precediug the arrival of Waking, sleeping. Lord, we pray, perverted t:rate to exemption from the innocent “Oh, I don’t think it would fit.” lar biscuit. I’m very sorry you should the train which was to convey more thau i Go beside them. penalties of Being out of shape, in the books we ¿Dish at a sitting which always be observed: “Try it,” suggested her companion, be annoyed in this way. I’m going away do us the most good. Those we devour “I tell you it was a long ride, and I’m onft away to the homes «>f pleasure sense of those who exercise no judgment to-morrow, Miss Prudence.” softly. When in prayer they cry to Thee, his important matter. . . . in the odd moments, half a dozen pages glad you didn't go.” aud huppintras, there might have been I’rudence shook her head, but finally The sobs partially ceased, and Miss in regard to |hi “Lonesome, was it?” she asked. iny robust women are, with at a time, often give us more satisfaction, seen in the waiting-room of the depot Thou wilt hear them; Favored; as ma agreed, blushingly, that it woukl do no Prudence said, surprisingly, “Are you!” a tine organil^ition in other respects, they and are morelhproughly digested, than “It would have been fearful if I hadn't groups of these young ladies discussing From the stains of sin aud shame. r “Won’t you bid me good-bye?” harm to try; and slipped the ring on her those we make a particular effort to read. had a young lady in the seat with me,” in an excited manner the latest and most can live-out Along life in comparative live out Ji Thou wilt clear them. Prudence said “Yes,” unsteadily, but c»n forefinger. health and ^ornfort; but they are few The men who have made their mark in he replied. r becoming style of pull-bacfc; how the vii anu ’Mid the quicksands aud the rocks, “It’s a perfect tit!’’ cried Mr. Went did uot raise her head. “What I A young lady in the seat with hair should be worn: what a beaver cap pared tcjlhe vast number who fall the world have generally been the men com, _____ Thou wilt steer them! worth, delightedly. “Nothing could be “You will shake hands, won’t you, Miss yhood formed the Jiabit habit you J" , * v. short anal di| before they have attained who have iu boyhood would cost, and how many presents the tu ti iirpTUtlnn, trial, and grief, , ■ better. Why, Mis^ Prudence, you surely Prudence?”} of reading at every available moment, “ That is — that is — y«eu know the car __ I on earth. The coming huljilaya Humid btiug. “Jennie.” , all they might have had TL_ Be Thau near them. don’t mean to give it back!” No answer. whether for five minutes or five hours. was crowded,” he said. , said the center figure of one of these ijputost rib on either side, just first or f I can’t go away while you are offend “Of course 1 do,” was the saucy re e ciltar-bone, is short, thin anil It is the habit! of reading rather than “And you offered her half your seat?" groups, “do you intend to have your Unto Thee, we give them up, ed with me. Won’t you at least tell me Under tl joinder. “Why not?” command that helps us the time at our “•I—that is, she sat down there,” he sack cut bias, and will you wear your ' i&tiner curvature. It has no Lord, receive them; its sharp oi ~ “Because,” said Mr. Weutworth, shak why you are crying!” oh the road to earning, Many of the stammered. , bei/ new blue silk to the party tonight, and A brace between the dorsal In the forld we know must I m * . motion, “Because I—I lost my grandmother’s ing very earnestly and disregarding his Mrs. Shott’s ears grow red and her eyes those s----- The ivord was drowned in breast-bone. It is im- most cultivated persons, whose names i ! andfthe r* »1/1 Much to grieve them; column oars altogether, while he tried to get a ring,” sobbe\l Prudence, making a great the noise of the shrill whistle of the ap foovabh > foi| tho purpose of protecting lave been famous as students, have given snapped. Many striving oft and etrong'*- glimpse of the face hidden by the flat effort for composure. roe hours a day to their only two or th “ And so it was lonésome % was it? You proaching train, which soon thundered ten» and veins lielonging to the large ar To deceive them; hat, “because I meant to ask you to wear Mr. Wentworth laughed in spite of didn't speak to her, I suppose?" inquired up to the station. Then there was a citlfer side of the neck. Incases books. If we in akc use of spare minu arms on Trustful, tu Thy hands of love, it always for my sake. I meant to ask himself. “Why, it's safe on your fiDger mu unusi. in the midst ui of our work, and read a the wife. perceptible stir among these devotees of test has been manipulated iu We must leave them. you—----- and not a whit the worse for its baking/ where tl >e ttle, if but a page or paragraph, we “ Why, I — I spoke once or twice, of fashion; the groups were broken, and in unj b carfnot expand downwards till the. “Oh,Mr. Wentworth!” cried his listener Is there no other reason!” s lall find- our brain quickened and our course.” the midst of the cries of “Come girls!" p above that no. Ris- for ed up rib. Wij - they art here “do you see that lily on your left— •N-o.” The IjÄst Biscuit. “Nice young lady, I suppose? •♦5 from one; “Got your ticket?" from an ng al above ------- and below «that rib toil lightened by just so much increased --------- and fall ng won’t you get it for me!” “But there is. I shall never have an - ing satisfaction as the book gives us. Noth “Well, no, I can’t say as she was;”*' other,they hastily made for the cars, then level, tie lo >e chafes and fret» against Prudence Holmes sat alone in the wide, “I’ll get you that and twenty others, if other happy moment if I’ve offended you,” ing helps along the monotonous daily “ And there you sat and looked your came the scenes over which a heart of mar curvature. It is inflamed ptin« (he reeii sha«ly kitchen, busily engaged in picking you’ll listen to me first. Do you care fof said Mr. Wentworth, tragically. “I was ' ‘ and striking sweetest, and I’ll bet you passed y«>ursclf ble might be moved to tenderness. There ifae organ becomes diseased, round so much i i as fresh and at last, | over whortleberries. Without, the golden me. Prudence? Will you marry me?” a brute to treat yjou as I did this after ........................ loughts, to be considered while I our off as a single man.“ was no discrimination made of hats or If: that] chr ii ng is not relieved, but in sunshine of an August afternoon bathed Prudence's face was turned away and noon, but I’m going away, and I shan't A new idea from a a new lands are busy. “ I don’t know as I did,” be replied, as collars; but without the regard to dam ion the serious covering of pin b each ret the green fields an«l dusty road that wound her head bent lower. A crimson flush anuoy you again. Won’t you forgive me age, arms pressed in ctose embrace,,/ to the lun gL isjrritated continually, the in- volume Is like oil which reduces the he drank his tea. away to the village, and touched with stole over her ears, peck and chin. now, ami shake hands?” What friction of the uachiuery of life. “ Did you inform her that you were arms that embrace again; lips met; eyes tiqhjie apt to extend quite, into richer color the nasturtiums, sweet-peas, , Another long silence. Mr. Wentworth fl am in al “Prudence!” we remember f *om brief glimpstra into married and had three children! ” she |y ofthe organ, increased and in- spoke love to eyes that spoke love again; geraniums, and zinnias in the tiny gac- No answer. Her companion leaned turned away in despair, but was detained the l>od .»ooks often selves as a stimulus to ac- demanded. cheeks were Ixniewed with falling tear «len, and the heavy Virginia creeper that over and took her hand again, ventur by a faltering voice. “I—I’ll forgive you tpnsifie« i bytexciting emotions, laborious “I don’t remember, though I presume drops; and above ‘it all arose that un pursuit! ï , or’unfavorable exposures. Fi tion, and becomes one of the most pre climbed and blossomed above the door. ously. it-r~” cious deposits in the treasury of our rec I did. ” mistakable sound!of snapping fingers. lie mucous lining of the air-cells Prudence made a pretty jricture as she sat “Well,” was the breathless interposi nally, tl the lung sympathises aud becomes ollection. All knowledge is made up of “Prudence, will you wear the ring?” “ You presume you did! Well, I pre At last the conductor cried out “All within 1 on a low cricket, with a big calico apron , he questioned, softly. tion. small parts, which would seem insignifi sume you didn't. I know just how you aboard!” the warning bell struck the d al»o. In this condition we may ihflam«j< — spread over her blue-sprigged muslin “You—won’t—go—away.” cant in themselves, buVwhich, taken to sat up theré and. pretended to lie a rich But the hand was hastily drawn away, dresa to defend it from the stains that had The moro observant boarders noticed trace the commencement of pulmonary gether, are valuable wea;«ons for the widower, and took care of her satchels, dismal sound, and as forty handkerchiefs a pair of saucy black eyes flashed into a. It wóuld be denominated waved on the breeze the train moved off, consunfpti soileti her little brown hands. She was hi»’’ own, and Prudence's merry laugh at breakfast, the next morning, that Mr. sp<irOdic. ,, a a T i 1 widely different from pul- mind anff substantial armor for tho soul. and bought pop-corn and illustrated pa leaving many hearts happy, and sorry, a petite, daintily-rounded maiden of Abbot Wentworth wore the ring he had anything continuously,” says Dr. pers for her!’’ ] rang over the water. dictase by too. The train was not yet out of sight w inheritance. . . . “ Read ■eighteen, .with great dark eyes anil glossy found in the biscuit on the little finger nionar-------------- J you will be learned.” Johnson, “and • Mr. Shott inquired if there was any Consuipptifcn is not only develop«! by when the tear-drops that had stained the “ I ’ d rather have grandma's, please. I curls shading a fair brow and cheeks that of his left hand, and that Prudence wore tight li.cini, *-■■* ------ more biscuit. if, b.u.t a multiplicatfon of cases, cheeks of those who remained were ought to go home, Mr. Wentwortli, for I had a touch of wild-ruse bloom upon a heavily chased gold circle in the place “It’s a nice operation your coming miraculously dried; the handkerchiefs the original conformation of the where V accination . — In InJia the govern them. The kitchen, too; such a pretty know it's almost tea time.” of her lost ornament. To use the words picture, with its well-scoured fl<xir and Mr. Wentworth put his ring in his of one of the belqre-named boarders, indivic ualyvas favorable for a com para ment has made great and«generally suc home an«l expecting to find hot. biscuit were replaced; the ladies formed them tiveiy long life,, is beyond question. cessful efforts to diminish the ravages of for you 1" she went on. “Why didn't you selves in line, and a9 they inarched away dresser, its asparagus-topped clock, its p«»cket, and took up his oars again ener “That tells the whole story.” ’ Metlici tioift cannot atay the on ward march small pox by getting the children vac ask if that young lady could make bis one who had wept much and kissed fre shining stove, with bunclms of herbs hung getically, without a word. He was fresh «tf disorganization when ulcerations eat cinated. In some quarters, however, cuit! Why didn’t she come home to tea quently thus addressed her companions: behind, and the great bouquet of vivid from college, and he held the stroke «Jar Reminiscence of Governor Seymour, of toll'vnn what ia girls, on ria if the Misses Mis-es the tissues! Once destroyed they can never I tell'you what it is, great opposition was manifested to this with you?” cardinal flowers, set on the snowy table. in many a race, but he never made better Connecticut, y be reproduced.' Therefore, if prevention is “ Nancy, don't be foolish," he observed. — do get their beaver cloaks aud J »roceeding. The pareuts of the children The kitchen was perfectly still save the time than he made that afternoon in row better tha4 cute, less expensive, and al ook every means possible to prevent the “Don’t be foolish! Who is foolish? new silks made while they are away, buzz of the flies, and the click of the ing up the river. The light boat shot Tire Hartford TVihas recalls the memory clock; and outside the cricket and the along with the rower's brows knitted and of the excitement in that city in May, ways mor| (agreeable, why not profit by doctors touching them. The ground of Here I was, sefubbing around and baking why, I,for one, don’t want auy thing more locusts alone disturbed the peace. Pru his teeth set. Not once did he look at 1851, when the Connecticut Legislature, these stigj rations? No compression of this resistanci was the idea they had and patching«and breaking my back, and to do with them!”— Wilmington (Del) dence believed that every one in the house Prudence, who sat in half-puzzled half very closely balanced as to parties, was the base of the chest of men being in conceived, tin the mark on the child's you.were graced up in a seat beside a Herald. was asleep but herself, and yawned some alarmed silence, now and then stealing about to elect a Governor, there having duced by light dressing, a chafing of the arm was a government sign oi brand, and young lady, striking those yellow whisla- what wearily as she tossed over the ber sidewise glances at the offended Hercules been no election by the people. It was upper ¡surf*« ice of the lung rarely occurs that all the children thus distinguished ers and talking about your l>ond( and Cow’s Teeth. Mr. Wentworth generally believed among the Whigs that to them. | . . Great men, giants in became in some way the property of the mortgages and your lonely widower life.” ries, finishing the yawn with a bit of so ‘rom uiuler her hat. MiitfJ’ i»eople who have not paid es-1 “I wasn't,” he briefly observed. drew a breath of relief when the boat at hey would elect their candidate, Hon. any deparfo nentofbusy life—those who British Government. liloquy uttered half aloud: pecial attention to the anatomy of lower orld conscious of their influ- “ Daniel, did that girl rida all the "Way We are not surprised that such notions “Oh; dear! this having summer board ast grated on the sand, and, having as .atayette 8. Foster, by one or two major .make the w animals do not know* that cows have no > yhor quicken thought, or from Chicago with you? ” asked Mrs. took possessioi n of the minds of a people ence -¿tho® ; sisted Prudence to land, and curtly of ity. And the Democrats, though j claim ers isn't very nice!’’ anil leave iving in the densest heathen ignorance; Bhott, as she toyed with the handle of front teeth on the upper jaw. The fol “Miss Prudence,” said a voice in the fered to carry her lilies he shouldered his ing nothing, were also hopeful of elect revolutionize public sentiment, and lowing is the manner in which a city *‘" genius * in “ ** ’“ history Jut what sba il we say of a similar oc the milk-jug. 30 of 1 their the doorway so suddenly that Prudence nearly oars and marched grimly home by her ing Gov. Seymour. There was great ex the impre*~' gentleman became aware of the fact, ac jjin which they flourished, were “ Did she! Lem me see ! ’ ’ he mused, as currence in Germany, the land of phi- of the age side. Prudence, somewhat bewildered, up&t her berries in her surprise. citement. Much depended on the vote^ cording to St. Niehola»: “Oh, Mr. Wentworth, is it you!” she and more angry, made no effort to break of three “Free-soilers" or Independents,; not tie ins of gaunt mothers whose osophers and theologians, some of the he helped himself to the butter. A city gentleman who had just pur “You know she did!" shouted Mrs. sai«L, bashfully, {»ending down to pick up the silence, anti studiously endeavored to but they were conceded to the Whigs, and waists res nbled the middle of an hoyr- soldiers of w lich in the late war carried chased a farm in the country, wished to .|f. Q. Smith'» Wa^ of Women. Shott. glass. — «7. Sanscrit books in their knapsacks! a few berries that had rolled from her keep from crying. When he at last left things apparently all hinged upon the “If she got off at any of the stations I buy some cattle with which to stock it. At Kouigs iute,Sn Germany, recently, her at the d«>or with a cool “Thank you. doubtful member from Ashford. The apron. To M ai | E H ard S oap .—The following )r. Kaminski, a leader of the old Cath didn't see her," he admitted. He therefore attended an aucti«m where “I’ll pick ’em up!” exclaimed the new Miss Prudence,” and departed to carry the Tiine» had announced that if Governo^ for making hard soap, which cows were to be sold. One of them, a is a rqcipq olic movemeat, happened to be present “ And there you sat and sat, and rode comer,—a tall and rather aristocratic- oars to the barn, it is well he did not look Seymour was elected it would run up it» remarkabl/ fine animal, soon attracted Hi ‘ excellent and economical. is said to 1 when some c lildreu were being enrolled an«l rode, and you paid out the mopey we back, for Miss Prudence tossed the lilies looking youth of twenty-one, with merry flag. Ou that flag-pole thousands of eyes^ blue eyes, short auburn hair, curling aside with a petulant gesture and had a were eagerly directed from all parts of the' Nearl r ev jfy family accumulates through or vaccination (in Prussia a man must uee«l so much in the house, for peanuts, his attention, and he bought her at a fair closely under a straw hat,—diving for fit of crying with her head on the kitchen city. Gov. Seymour, who decline«! to ap the wi utei drippings from beef and mut- je vaccinate« four times before he is of and pop-corn, and juba-paste, and pic price. He was /examining his purchase, pe can be utilized ’ for grease by age). From i this circumstance the parents ture pa ¡»er»! Daniel, let me see your when a farmer, who unfortunately had ............. the missing berries with ungraceful dex table. pear in the contest, and seemed to have ton. |Th< [water, allowing it to cool, then imagined tht it their offspring were to be wallet!" arrived too late to buy the coy himself, When Mr. Wentworth returned to the little expectation of success, was quietly bdili terity. “Yes, it is I, of course. Have as he had intended, drove up, and thus from th? water and boiling till remoting ofiuj converted to old Catholicism, and a se- “My wallet?” you forgotten your promise to go after barn, half an hour later, he did see a pic at work in his garden; not so a young L?r is expelled. Of course the accosted him: all the ws , rious riot em rued. What an idea of con- ture that comforted him a little through woman, a domestic in the family, who had “Yes, sir, your wallet!" lillies with me this afternoon?’’ T grease ____ _ the nicer the soap. “I say, friend, did you bid off that whiter tike version .they must have had? the h«jop-wreathed pantry window. It “ What “ for, Nancy? ” posted herself at an attic window where Tllkc six “Ob, but I didn't say this afternoon, Gounds of a**l sal jndn soda, oiv six ivAimrlc pounds cow ?” — ------ e-e --------------- was Prudence with her sleeves pinned up, . “ I want to see your wallel!" she could see that flag-pole. The elec you know,only some afternoon this week,” 'liree and a half pounds of new “ I did,” was the reply, of greased molding biscuits in desperate hastd; tion resulted in favor of Seymour by bpe “It is the same one I always had.” T iie H ani • some S ool .—One day last responded Prudence, demurely. “Well, did you know that she had no while the tears fell thickly on her high majority, and the Time»' flag appeared. , stone lirnl if four gallons soft water, one- winter, a litl le boy from the South, who “You left home with twenty-six dollars, “Well, we will call it this afternoon,” •alico apron. This pictureso amazed Mr. The cheering that followed from thou» half pouni d of borax. Put soda, lime aud was on a vis: dt to the city., was taking his and I know exactly whR,t the trip cost. front teeth in the upper jaw?" won't we!” was the persuasive rejoinder, “No,” replie«! the gentleman, indig Wentworth that he retreated hastily be sands of people came from full hearts, water inti j an iron boiler; boil till all is irst lesson in “sliding down hill,” when Fare to Chicago and back, seventeen dol as the straw hat was tossed oh a chair. hind a lilac-bush to observe it, and lin and the excitement ran high, butnowhere dissolved! When well settled pour off tie suddenly found his feet in rather too lars. Hotel bill, two dollars. I’ll allow nantly. “Is that so?" “I can’t; I’ve got these berries to pick “You can see for yourself." gered so long that he. was late at tea. was it greater than at that attic window the clear J lye, wash out the kettle,'and close contact with a lady's rich silk one dollar more for incidentals, and now •over.” The gentleman examined the mouth This was a model, supper. There was a ■on Governor street, where the exeited calls put in tin I clear lye, grease and borax; dress. Surprised, mortified and confused, where’s that six dollars?" “I’ll help you. Len«l me half that ¿comes to soap, pour into a tub of the cow, and finding no upper teeth, boil till i* great dish of berries with snowy cream to the Governor, and the waving of her “I—I------!” he stammered.« le sprang from his sjed, and, cap in apron, and we’ll have them done in a »nd when sufficiently hard cut isnd, commenced an earnest apology: immediately went to the auctioneer and to c©ol, beside, flanked by the cheese and rasp “You what?” handkerchief by the young woman, ap trice.” > , requested him to sell the cow again. berry jam. There were two mountainous prised that modest gentleman of the re into bars And put on boards to dry. “ I met Green down by the depot and “ I beg your ur pardon, ma'am; ma'am ; I __ I am “But I shall have- supper to get. “What’s the trouble?" asked the auc- plates of snowy biscuit, contrasting with sult, and he at once sought his parlor, very sorry." lent him four tjollars. ” A nd G ood S oup W ithout M eat . C11EA Mother's away, and there are biscuit to the gold sponge-cake and the richer gold where, a few moments later, a committee —Peel tl following vegetables, and cut “Daniel Bhott, whois Green, anti where tioneer. Never mind,” exclaimed the lady; I make,” insisted Prudence, turning her “She hasn't any upper front teeth," of the butter. Mr. Wentworth, who had from the Legislature waited on him with tjjem in “ there is no great barm done, and y< f»U does he live!” small pieces: Six potatoes, face away to hide a smile, that would was the reply. supposed he would never have an apj»e the announcement of his election, and four itur eel worse a »out it than I do. ” Dauiel didn't reply. . t if only the ordinary size; ■curve her lips. “Very well,” replied the auctioneer tite again, felt quite revived by the pic the hand that had just been wielding the two car “But, deal madam,” said the boy, as i “Daniel Shott, you have lied to me!" two onions; if obtainable, “Never mind that," responded Mr. Ab ture. The rest of the boarders seemed to me now took the peu to prepare the me»' two [ m ^roons; one head of celery, iis eyes filled-with tears, , “your dress is she exclaimed. “You didn’t want to take with a smile, “I'll put her up once more." bot Wentworth, bringing a chair to her He did so, add th«! shrewd fahner who share the sensation, for the group of mus sage. Years afterward, when Governor* Toast a targe u 'slim of bread rather brown. ruined. I f ought you would be very me along owing to the hard times.» You side. “Tea’s at'six, isn’t it? and it’s only had given the information to the city Ifl for )w>incy an rorolnaa lin was very hilarious, and the eatables Seymour was United States Minister to Put thes^ ingredients together in a sauce angry with me for being so careless. ” said I'd bother you. If I ’ d been along half-past two. We’ll be back by five, disappeared rapidly. Prudence, presid Russia, he sent to that young woman a; pan ¡a it« four quarts of water, seasoning, “O, no,’ replied tho lady; “better you’«! have growled four times a mile gentleman, bid her off at the same without fail, and have time to get half the • ■ — ■ temper. »» about the bother and the expense, and price. ing between the pots,seemed rather out of tine ring, to show that he had not forgot-' and ^wo |£aspoonfuls of Harvey’s sauce. lave a soiled * dress than a ruffled lilies in the river;” and he began to assort --------- < » spirits, but farmer Holmes atoned for her ten the interest she had felt in his elec Birnnx r gently for three hours, or until it “ O, isn ’ t she a beauty !" exclaimed the there you went and lxithered with a young a handful of berries with much earnest I n at O ne E ar , O ut of the O ther . silence by unusual jollity. as the lady passed on. lady and squandered four dollars on her, —Borne years a^o the parishioners of tion in 1851. “i is all recced th a pulp; then pass it ad, ness. m T— * — - - - 1- through « sieve. It should resemble pea Who? “ —that * lady! ” returned his com^ and here I’ve worn these old shoes seven When the biscuits were passed a sec “W-e-1-1” assented Prudence, after a Sedgetow'n, in Lincolnshire, had a griev — ■ ■ ; call her a beauty you months to save expense!” T ruth S tranger than F iccion .- h soup in «insistence, bu| be of a dark rade. “If you pause for consideration and a glance at ond time to Mr. Wentworth he saw that ance. Their vicar always preached the me. “-------- Why, she is more “I’ll get you a new pair pretty soon," he same sermon, and they desired a change. the clock, “I can go for a little while, only one w as left, and would have refused Seventeen ^years ago, says the Bostorf brown ct>Jor. Warm It up who« required, shan’t choose for perhaps—Oh! don't stain your coat, Mr. decorously, but the hospitable farmer Hew», William Lester, a poor carpenter; and, if lilted, add to the flavoring. To than thirty ’ years old, and her face is replied. It was of no use to remonstrato with pressed it upon Ipm. “Don’t be afraid died in Boston. Three of his children matoes, if in season, are very nice in this yellow and I wrinkled.” ['“You will, eh? When!" Wentwortli.” * him, for he invariably replied that whea “I don't care if her face is wrinkled,” ¡“Before the Fourth of July, anyhow.” they had done all he told them in that But Mr. Wentworth was sublimely in of it. There’s plenty more in the kitchen, were taken West by a friend, and thé soup, anti greatly improve its flavor. replied the little hero; “her soul is hand “You can squander four dollars on an discourse he would give them another. different to his coat, and worked with such ain’t there, Prudence!” Thus pressed, fourth, a little girl, was placed in a Boston CINQUE M ethod of C ooking R ice .— some, an$ tow.” unknown girl and make me wait four At last a deputation waited on the bishop, a good will that the berries were soon Mr. Wentworth accepted the biscuit, and asylum. Last September the only sun Take« ejean stew pan with a close fitting t _ ---------- o —r i months for shoes, can you!" picked over, and Prudence and himself Prudence disappeared to replenish the vivor of the Western members of tho fam lid; ¡then take a clean piece of white mlis- and laid the matter before him. They “What unknown girl!” on their way to the river. Five minutes plate. Mr. Wentworth divided the bis ily came East in search of his long lost lii large enough to (X)ver over the top of a B e it eh low up a little. Our rate of had heard the same sermon, they said, itively dangerous. If the < “Daniel Shott------ !” later, Prudence, with her draperies dain cuit and then dropped it suddenly <ith an sister, having himself become very the panind hang down inside nearly to living is every Bunday morning for ten years, and And the milk-pitcher came down on were tired of it. His lordship owned so fast that one must run tily bestowed around her, was seated in exclamation that brought every eye upon wealthy. He found that the girl hud the bottbm. Into the sack thus formed world mo the stern of a little "boat, Which, propelled him. There, imbeddedin the light,white been adopted by John Wheeler, a dry placie om pound of rice, pour over it two for his lif he might as well die by be- his head, she caught him by the neek-tia, that a little variety might fairly be in r as to die by trying to get and the oldest boy ran out doors and sisted upon, after so long a season of by Mr. Wentworth’s practiced hanil, shot bread, lay Prudence’s ruby ring. goods merchant, but he had been dead a cupfuls* f water, and put on tho lid of the ing run swiftly down strsam. Although Mr. Buch a shout of laughter arose that dozen years, knd there was no trace of pan so AS to hold up the muslin and fit out of the way. It is all the sama in yelled “fire!" Several of the neighbors monotony,aud asked what was the subject 0 was driven mad, aud in our ran over, and Mrs. Bhott met them at the of this ever recurring sermon. “Subject I’’ Wentworth said to Prudence five times brought Prudence back from the kitchen the girl’s whereabouts since. Being dis tight alparound. Place the pan on a low the end. within an hour that it was a lovely day, jn baste, just in time to see Mr. Went- couraged he started West again, but iob fire« anti the steam will cook the rice. day thousands ore doomed to her fate. door and said it was only a burning repeated the first parishioner. “Let me own State, insanity is in- clfimney. When they asked for Mr. Bhott see. It js about—what is it about, Hig uthou"h Prudence assented every ■worth coolly remove the ring from the the train, a little way out «»f Boston, Jhp More water, may be added when neces Here in o and although time, I * hardly think they appreciated the biscuit,* amidst the merry chorus, and noticed among a bevy of girls who En sary, but the pan must not be heated hot creasing n a ratio greater by nearly she remarked: gins!" “Well,” said the second parish “Mr. Bhott doesn't feel a bit well, and ioner, “I don’t mind exactly what it is l>eauty ____ y around them, for Prudence was drop it into his waistcoat pocket, “to be tered the cars one who remarkably jref- enough to create too much steam, or the twelve pe cent, than that of population, so, at leas Gov. Rice tells us, and he is covered ap on the lounge!”— Detroit about” “What was the text?" asked quite absorbed with the lilies and the re kept till called for,” he said,with a signifi semble«! his mother. He left the train ltd will blow off. assigns the causes of this increase Free Pre»». flections in the water, and Mr. Wfentworth cant glance at her scarlet face. Poor when they did, and soon found that it the bishop. None of them could tell P umpain as a P oultice .—A corres- “the educ tional pressure upon the young looked more at his companion tlian at the Prudence I there was no peace for h$>r was indeed his sister, who was living pondent him the text “Why, then,” said the ’of tile New York Farmer’s Club to the _ _ artv ___ T he C orrect E xpression .—Lawyers bishop. “I hardly know how to frame lect of _ physical exercise, aspect of Nature. They had gathered after that. An army of jokes quite over with her poor adopted mother. She bad innaturai names habits or of living, the are generally very particular in the-use of my remonstrance. Suppose you go and enough lilies to satisfy them, and Pru whelmed her protestations and disclaim never been told that she was an adopted gives apiinstance in which a woman’s ticial and unnatural and competition of Iqisii ness, ---- language, and very justly so, for many an hear it once more." dence was leaning backward and idly ing*, and she was thankful to beat a re child, and it was long before she realiz«jd arm wax swelled to an enormous size and excitem A poultice was and wha ver causes multiply nervous n«r.*“ expensive lawsuit has grown out of a trailing one hand in the water, when she treat to the kitchen when the meal was her situation. The young lady coûld not painfully inflamed. No J udge .—A late learned and elo the brain, slovenly-worded legal document. suddenly uttered a little scream, and sat over. But even there she was pursued by be prevailed upon to accompany h£r made of stewed pumpkins, which was diseases, pecially those of th renewed every fifteen minutes, and in k a >• which r quent bishop was very anxious to con ult in mental derangement' The other day one of those learned and erect, with white cheeks, from which the a laughing trio of the ladies, harassed brother West, but as she looks upon the color had been frightened. with questions, and wonderment and mer luxuries with which she and her adopted short tiine* produced a perfect cure. The The age eeds a Westinghouse air-brake admirable gentlemen was waited upon by vert a Parsee who was making some it. a young man who wished his advice, and stay in Ixmdon, and, meeting him on an “Oh, I almost lost itl How careless riment, until the last dish was set away, mother have been surrounded by^hfer fever drawn out by the poultices made applied occasion favorable for private conversa liegan by saying:— I am r she exclaimed, replacing an old- and she had seized her hat with the excuse brother she enjoys the pleasures of a real them extremely offimsive as they were taken off. A S tate to L ive I k .— The tion, he opened an attack on his peculiar “My father died'and made a will"— fashioned ring, set with a tiny circle of that she mast go to the village for let romance. ' - U « P oo ^- M an ’ s C ake .—One cup of sugar, State urer of Iowa, in his recent rubies, on her finger. ters. Instead of going to the village, “Is it possible! I never heard of such tenets. “I cannot think,” said he, “bow A correspondent giro» a very tout one cup of inilk, one tablespoonful of report, ws that the expenses of a thing,” answered the lawyer. any man of intelligent and education, “Did the water sweep it off your hand!” however, she stole along the hedge, the “ State] ■ ■ last year were less than $1 for “I thought it happened every day,” whose mind has been enlarged by travel “I suppose so. It’s too large for me. climbed the wall, and rau to the furthest ing description of a scene of domestic butter, [one teaspoonful of dry cream of r I'm always losing it and finding it again. end of’the orchard, where she flung her felicity be witnessed at the home of a tartar, one-hajf a teaspooDiul of soda dis each inh bitant. Iowa is more cxclu- said the young man; “but if there is to be and association with men of different cultural than any other West any difficulty about it, I had better give opinions can worship a created object, I wouldn't lose it entirely for the world, self on the ground and cried as if her young married couple in Connecticut. |‘I solved in the milk, one egg, a little cin sively and has no very large cities, you a fee to attend to the business.” such as the sun." “Oh, my lord bishop,” because it used tp be grandmother*»/ She heart would break. She had, perhaps, came upon them quite unexpectedly,” he namon, and flour to make it as stiff as ern Sta As a res t its affairs are administered The fee was given, and then the lawyer returned the Parsee, who had not been gave it to me.” v cried half an hour, when a step crushec writes. “She was sitting in the front poundcake. economy than those of most observed, *0, I think I know what you fortunate in the' weather since his ar I nd ^ ju R usk .—Twb light cups of In with “What a curious old ring it is!” said the dry grass at her side, roused her, an« parlor eating peanuts ana he was crawl and the State debt is re mean. You mean that your father made rival in this country, “yon should see it; other dian meal, one cup* of white flour, one Mr, Wentworth, with interest. “May I the very voice she most dreaded to hear, ing around on his knees picking up the you have no idea what » glorious object nothing. '. <>nful of saleratus, enough sour or duced a will «nd died.” * , look at it! Don’t trouble yourself to said: shells.” it ta.” ' / Bilk to dissolve one cup sweet; “Yes, yes, that must be it.” take it off,” be added, drawing his oars “I’ve come to return your ring, Miss Y ung [W ing has purchased • large lot --- - , ---- — three-fourths of a cup of molasses. and leaning toward bis companion. Pru Prudence.” W heat a M innesota .— The wheat st r in W hy is a man who makes additions t<> in H , ConD., for the Chinese Ed- I t has been ascertained that a hen may dence allowed her tiny brown band to Poor little Prudence sat up hastily ant crop in this State is estimated at thirty- i false rumors like one who has confidence live to be 28 years old, but of course much Commiasion, on which they in lie in his aristocratic white one a moment, took the unfortunate ring with a falter two millions of bushels, more than three» PES smakkr ’ s apprentice speaks of ucati ■ in all that is told him! Because M head' is aocessl- then coquettishly withdrew it. tend to erect a building for their head-| depends on whether the coop ia i ing “Thank you,” Alien immediately hit fourths of which will be exported from her cross-e; ¿es-eyed lover as the fellow whose relies on alt that he bears. quarters, to accommodate seventy persons. [ bio by night, — .ZMro# “Jsn't it pretty!” »b- inquired, au-J. her face again. the State. look's are cut bias. Our Children. 1 V Al tlHC, tvoo —- f il s ? Ì 1 f AV Al \ 4