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AVliy They aye “ Lucky. ”
The Wonderful Lamp.
Ammonia.
“I Don’t Love Yon Now, Mother.”
Colonel Anson started, and looked at
Gias* Honaes.
me
very
searchinglv.
1
No housekeeper should be without a
When a vessel of the Cunan^line is
A great many years ago, I knew a hr y
One night during the recent troubles in
BV JAMES M<»NT<iOMEItY,
Plenty of stones are living about now
4
“Has Hill dared to reflect upon the who had been sick for two years, as y li" bottle of spirits of ammonia; for »e- ready to sail, but before the passengers the Pennsylvania coal regions, Judge
I
There is a land,of every]land the pride,
conduct of his coinmanding office^?” he have seen many a one, all the while sh> ir- sides its medical properties, it is inval ta- are recei :ved on board, a complete in Potts’ brother, Thomas Potts, was round adays. We all take a certain saH«facti<m'
Beloved by heaven o’er all the world beside;
asked,coldly,but without meeting my eye. ly dying with consumption. She li ;d hie for household purposes. It is nea-lv s|»ection is made by her commiinding at a meeting of mine owners, anil after in a well established case -of public
fraud; just as our Indian brothers rejoica
Where brighter »Uns dispense serener litflit.
“lie said no more than every one in the one child—a little boy earned Henry.
as useful as soap, and its cheapnsss officer, ai nd the murine siqierintendent. the adjournment he stepped into a tavern. when a prls mcr is set in the line to ran
And milder moons eniputrudise tlie nigl.t;
regiment has,” I replied—“that he re
brings it within tlie reach of all. Put a The crew are drawn up for inspection iu While there he met some friends, ami in the gauntlet. There is the.wretch! Pelt
One afternoon I was sitting by her si<
gretted having gained your dislike, as he and
A land of ta uuty, virtuejvalor.Jruth,
teaspoonful of ammonia in a quart of two lines, in the .starboard portsides of the course of an hour or two begot vjerv him down. We all can have a throw at
it
seemed
as
if
.she
would
cough
I
was sure lie had done nothing to merit it." life away. Her little l»oy stood by t ie warm soapsuds, dip a cloth in it and
Timv-tutored uge, aud lone exalted youth.
g'> the deckj each man wearing the badge of intoxicated. On his way home he lost him. And the bigger the stone and tjie
“Wasthat all lie said, doctor?" '
over your soiled paint and>see how r q>- his boat, and ready to answer to his name. his hat, and a miner who knew him, harder we sling it the more securely Vo
post
of
the
bed,
his
blue
eyes
tiHed
jvi
h
The wandering mariner,¡whose eye explores
“He added,” I replied, after hesitating
By and by t ie idly the dirt will disappear; no scrub The musler roll having been called, or feeling compassion for him, clapped on establish our. owu clnim to virtue. We
The wealthiest isles, tlie most enchanting a moment, “that he would gladlyhlie to tears to see her suffer so. P_
terrible
cough
ceased.
Henry
came a d bing willbe necessary. It will cleansei nd ders are given to prepare forboat service; his head a miner’s hat; and in order to all have j fined in this outcry a'gainst one
»bores,
serve you.”
put his arms round his mother's nee <. brighten wonderfully. Ton pint of lot and the nen break upjinto the necessary make the dark street look brighter he delinquent after another in Washington,
Viewsnot a realm so bountiful and fair,
An expression of intense pain swept
his head in his^motber’s boso n, suds add a teaspoonful of the spirits, i ip number of crews, each at bis own station. lighted the lamp« iu front of the hat. thereby taking the place of the tribunal
Nor breathes the spirit of H purer uir;
over Colonel Anson's face; but he was nestled
forks
and spoons,
and
said,
“Mother, I do love yog. 1 in your ------
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.------ « (or
VC- whate
------- ’er When th*j s is done, the order “boats out*’ When Potts reached the house his wife that judges and condemn«, knowing and
In every clime tlie tnagn :t of liis.soul.
silent. After a brief pause, he said,
have
to
clean),
rub
’
with
a s|oft is given, When the boats are down, and had gone to bed, ami the lights were out, caring very little that the lash was lading
you
1
wish
you
wasn
’
t
sick.
”
Touched by reuicmbram i e, trembles to that quietly, “I will not detain you longer,
»is proof has been given that everything con- but Potts felt certain the lamp was burn laid on our own backs, and that the de
brush
and
then
finish
with
a
chain
An
hour
later,
the
same
loving,
bh
i;-
pole;
doctor, I am sorry to hear of Hill's sick
* » ing in the hall, but he couldn't for the linquency was liehl bv other pcn|>lcs to
For
washing
windows
and
mir-
skin,
_
eyed
boy
-
came
in,
all
aglow,
stamp!
nected with them is readyifbr servi«», the
ig
For in this land of heaven’s peculiar grace» ness.”
rors it has no equal.
It will remo ive order to iaul
I
them
in
is
¡given,
and
in
a life of him tell where it was.
the
snow
off
his
feet.
“
O
mother,
ifnt
laul
given,
be national, not individual. Tlie war,
I was more perplexed when I left the
The heritage of nature’s rubiest race,
ie greasespots from every fabric withoi «t few more minutes they are restored to
go
skating?
it
is
so
nice
—
Ed.
aud
V
’
luu:
He
looked
at
the
regular
lamp
and
it
which taught the American what a full-
room than I was when I entered it; and
There is a spot of earth mpremeiy blest,
injuring thé garment. Put on the am their customary resting places. The same seemed to be out; then huuted in every blooded, full-pocketed fellow he was,
feeble
said
t
ie
are
going.
”
“
Henry/
’
f
'
during the long winter I had no means of
A dearer, sweeter spot’ thfin all the rest.
monia nearly clear, lay bhitting pa >er organizal ion of crews is ¡applied to fire direction for the light, but he was unable taught him to care less for the opinion of
gratifying my curiosity. Indeed, it was mother, “I the ice is not hard enough ye
Where man,creation’s tyrant, casts aside
over, and set allot iron on it for a uio- duty; and as soon as the boat inspectiou,is to find it, although it seemed to shine the ¡»eople «»ver the water of whom he
very
jufftishly
said
t
e
“
But,
mother,
”
intensified by the fact that, at tlie express
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Ilis sword ami sceptre, pagentry and pride,
ineut. Also a few drops in water will completed a fire drill takes its place. In brightly wherever lie went. Presently used to stand in dread.
request of Colonel Anson, the President boy, “you are sick all the time—Imw
While in his softened locks benignly blend
cleanse and whiten laces and musl ns this soiqe meu have charge of buckets, he happened to stop in front of the mir
‘
•My
child,
you
mu»t
ob
y-
you
know?
”
*
Nor is it half so necessary that we
The sire, the son, the husband, brother, promoted Hill tp a vacant lieutenancy in me,” gently said the mother.
beautifully. A few drop« in a bowl of with roots attached to them, »<» tbat they’ ror in the hat rack, and then be saw pre should wince upder the lash as to con
his
company,
j
frietiA
‘
! ■
“It is too bad,” angrily sobbed the hr y, water, if the skin he oily, will remove nil can lie tilled over the side and hauled in. cisely where the light was. After a brief vince ourselves th it we deserve it ns the
At last he went to the Peninsula, and
Here woman reigns; thje mother, daughter, ere long my regiment was called on to who, an hour ago, had so loved• I is greasiness and disagreeable odors. Ad< ed Others ?: ave to fetch and join the hose, objurgation upon Mrs. Putts for leaving first stop br reform. N >w the corruption
to a foot-bath, it . entirely absorbs nil to connect it with pumps Worked by the
wife,
’ ' ■
:
participate in thL «lesperate battle at Fair mother, “1 would like to have my lit le noxious, smells, and nothing is better to engines < or to take charge of the jets, a light in such a place, he went up to-tfee in Washington may be as deep ^and ,
y
boy
go,
”
said
his
mother,
looking
sac
mirror and tried to blow it out. He blew widespread ns is n»serte«l, and the -lack
Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of O iks. That engagement brought me
remove dandruff from the hair. ’I'or Others a re prepared with blankets to be and blew, but somehow the fl.iuic burned of honesty there in the men may have
at
the
little
boy's
face,
all
covered
_wi
fH
«
work enough, for' my regiment suffered
life!
frowns; “you said you 'loved me-r- F cleaning hair and. Gail brushes it is wetted and thrown over tht flames, but as steadily as before.
been
prompted
by
the
mad
extravagance
As
hardened
as
I
thought
I
Jiad
tarribly.
In the clear heaven of her delightful eye,
the essential matter is th.at^véry man lias
r, equally good.
“That," said Potts, “is the most extrae of the women; but the fact rem tins that
become, I grew faint and sick over the good.” “No, I don't dove, you n<i Id
An angel guard of love and graces lie;
For heartburn and dyspepsia, the aro his place and his duty, and every man is or’nary lamp'» ever lieen my iHisIbrtim, there never would have been corruption
mother.
”
said
the
boy,-going
out
a:
dreadful work that gave me neither rest
Around her knees domestic duties meet.
matic spirits of ammonia is^ especia iy acquainted with them both.
‘ , The snipe t'encounter.” Then he took off’ his coat- in Wadungton had not the social atmos
nor hope of rest. Tire little field-hospital slamming the door.
And fireside pleasures gipubol at her feet.
Again the dreadful coughing ’car ie prepared; ten drops of which, taken in division into crews, as for the boat«, is ami holding it in front of him crept cau phere <u the wliole country nourished the . ”
which I had established on .the edge
also Use« for manning the pumps, and as tiously up to the mirror, and tried to growth. The noxious plant comes to,
Where shall that land, tliat spot, of earth be of the swamp, seemed to me a perfect upon her, and we thought no more of.t ie 1 a wine-glass of water, will give relief.
For house plants, five or six drops to soon as t ie fire drill is over, the pumps crush the coat overthe lamp, which still Tull head and flower there in the broader
boy
after
the
couglr
commenced.
•['
found!?
slaughter-'iouse, and I longed more
every pint of water, once a week, v ill receive tllie next attention, Each ciew is ■burned brightly, lie said:
tears falling tldck upon her pl
Art thou a man?—a patijiot?—look around
Í
light and waiting opportunity,'but its
eagerly than 1 had ever done for a cessa noticed
11<>
make them flourish, It is also good to expected to l»e in its place, eaclr pump is
low,
but
she
sank
froth
exhaustion
iu
“That’s cer'iuly very extro'nary! moz seeds are scattered from one sea to the
Ob, thou shalt find, hdwe’er thy footsteps tion of the fighting. It came at last, a
M cleanse plant j irs. So be sure and kt < ep tested an ll examined, and it is shown that ’»tonishin’ circumstanz ever come un'er other. Let us look at home. Bring
roam
little after 10 o clock on Sunday morning. a light sleep.
In
a
little
while,
muffled
steps/ff
incii
fS a bottle of it in the house, and have a there is no' water in the bilge, This done, my obzervulion. Dun'uo how t’count Belknap's walls about his ears as uc
That land thy coyuitryj aud that spot thy I had cleared out my hospital, and had
the crew are dismissed, but the inspect- furit!”
.
is glass stoppei;, as it eats away corks.
feet
were
heard
coming
into
the
housepj
choose, but !e’t us see that our own are
sent my last man across the Chickahominy.
Lome!
ing
partji
proceeds
to
make
a
complete
though
carrying
something;
»iiisthiag;
and
t||
tS
y
,
It
occurred
to
him
that
perhaps he not built iff glass.
We are ready
My assistants werf absent for some j pur-
tour of i he vk-ssel. The storerooms are might smash the lamp with an umbrella. enough to assure our English critics that
almost lifeless L»«||
b<ld
Hard Corns,
ppse, and I was ^ie only person in the were—carrying the
However painful, can be safely, easily, visited, ajipl the steward is cautioned with Seizing the weapon iut went up to the our best class of men do n<>t represent us —
little structure of-boughs. Suddenly I of Henry.
Angrily had he left his mother; hn ]«1 and promptly softened, without any ci is- regard t< his* duties in respect to them, list rack, and aiming a terrible blow at officially. We are fond of asseiting that
The regiment to wluch I was attached was aroused from a reverie into which 1
was tbe,Sixth New York, Its Colonel had fallen by the hurried entrance of gone to skate—disobeying her; and thfn comfort, by soaking the whole f<a»t in and is especially told that no other light the light, fie brought the umbrella down. politics is a trade; that the virtuer reli
was an officer of great capacity and re some one. I looked up and saw Colonel broken through the ice, sank under tie quite warm water for half an hour ni< ht than tint of a closed and locked lamp He missed, aud smashed his Sunday hat gion, enlightenment of the country is to
must ever be taken to them. Every water into chaos. lie took aim aguiu, and be found in her quiet homes. Whose fault
eff>>. t, and morning, rubbing the water w .th
markable promise. Yet he wus, withal, Anson standing before me. He was pale water, and now, saved by a great effo
.
home barely alive, to his si< k thè tinger into the corn, during this balli. tight door is shut and tested to see that caught the umbrella in the lamp over is tfhat? If‘the prize-fighter or the pro
a cold, stern man. He was somewhere and exhausted, and was bleeding ‘from a was brought Home
near fifty, anil had come to New York deep cut in the head. He held in his mother.
’
.
. .
In a day or two, sometimes after the it moves freely on its hinges, and that head, bringing it down with a crash. fessed gambler directs our ward politics
I
closed
the
doors,
fueling
more
dang
tr
from Italy, where he Ijad been.in service arm« tlee inanimate form of Lieutenant
first soaking, the kernel of the corn < an none of its lever fastenings are rusted <»r Then he tried a third-time, and plunged and our State affairs, or represents us at
with Garibaldi. He was an American by Hill. I never saw so much grief iu a for her life than the child's, and corny CT (F lie picked out with the finger-nail; if out of ¡or ler. The supply of r<>ckets and the ferule of the umbrella through the Washington, while tne honest man, the
birth, but had been away from his native human face as was written on that of softly.in, drew back,the curtains frwni.t e this is removed, there is no discomfort c >tlier signals is examined, the steering mirror, sma»hmg it into atoms; he felt man of retjuement, the Christian, shs
and sign .ding apparatus tried; and only exultant fora moment a9 the light disap- quietly at home, who is to blame? If
land so long that he had. become almost Colonel Anson, as he laid his burden on lied. She spoke, “I beard them—It’ 8 fur weeks ami months, if ever after.
’V
denationalized.
1
-
Henry;
O,
I
knew
he
went
—
is
he
dead
If corns are “pare<l”' with any ahi rp after everything has been found to be in peared from his vision, but he was per we Voluntarially suffer these men to be- <
the rude table.
r
In the same regiment was a private, a
But
she
never
seemed
to
hear
the
an»w
instrument, they take deeper and wider order is I 1 he word given ffrr the ship to plexed to find there was another light come our representative«, they do re|»re-
“Be quick, doctor, for heaven«« sake!”
young man of about twenty-five. He was he said, painfully. «
I gave, telling her, t “O Mw.
no.” She coi i-’ root, like a weed cut off on a level w th embark I k'r passengers ami to proceed somewhere, he did not know exactly seut us fairly enough. The man uho <■
a handsome, energetic young fellow, anil
■ the ground, growing harder and more upon he: r course. . Iu addition to all this where. So he sat down ou the stairs aud sooner than soil his bands with “the dirty v
“But you are wounded, Colonel!” I tx- menced coughing—*1 aliq died iu
one of the best soldiery iu tlie regiment. chtimed, when my astonishment would strangled to death, ''the p<»or iQothei! painful. Medical works record cates care, evel iy officer is responsible for the remarked:
business of politics” remains tranquil at
the b »y's disobedience: killed her.
He wasof English birth,he ¡aid, and seemed let me speak.
“M >z ’»tonishin’circumstanz overcome home, and gives/over rtie country to
where persons have bled to death from condi tiou 1 of things in his owu depart-
itfter a couple of hours. 1 sought tl ß slicing off the top" wrtli a sharp inst u- mvnt ami 1 the captain for all, so that thet un’er my observation. Wliaten thunder brn»c-takers and black-mailers, has IIO
to have no friends, no relations in this
“Never mind me,” was the quick re
country, tor he never received any letters tort. “Attend to this one.”
l».»v’s room. “
■ O 1 wish I had not tq 1 ment ; no one ought to run such a risk wl en smallest imperfcctioiT would be reporte«l d >Z it mean an'h<»w? Light’s gone, an’' right to whine ou the scoieof honesty or
as soon a s it was diseoviBred, ainl rectified yet it’s »hillin’! Perfuctly i.icomprc'iisiole! intelligence.,
or presents as did the other men. He had
mother
1
did
not love her. To-niorro
simple'warm water is*always efficient.
Hill was wounded in the breast, and I
»ol -
the VOIIM,
child, sol
frequently attracted^tire attention of Ids saw at a _ glance that it was a dangerous I will tell her I do; ', ” said UIV
Nor does the extravagant follv of fash- i
Tne hardest corn can be elicetti a ly as soon al »,rectification was possible. The B ish t’gracioqs Air». Potts d' wake up an’
My- heart ached ; ti - softened in forty-eight hours by maki ig Cun aider i>m|iany doesinsurv, hut yet takes 'spt.-un it. Durn'f 1 know what 1 bad ion in Washington
Company, and of some of the regimental and a doubtful case. I bent «town to bi ng painfully.
ington differ from the same
officer»; but to the astonishment of all, loosen his coat, and examined the injury. inoiniw I knew we.must tell him »lie wi s a hole in two thicknesses of bticksl in its own r| isks to a certain extent, and n<> bet'er do.”
folly in the village except i.i degree,
cai|fe
the Colonel steadily exerted himself to 1 could do no good. The aim had been dead. ...
1 We
__ «lid not,
Then Pott* took off his hat to scratch O.ie woman with a fair fave and love of
- , till
. the
. child ...
| <<r wash leather huge enough to receive known rj Isks are ever incurred. If thp
prevent any reward being given to the true, and the ball had gone right through hintself into the room,| crying, “Mutlry the corn, bind it on the toe, till it w th smallest i defect is discovered iu any pari his head in the ¡hope that lie might scare display reigns a belle at the capital, aad
young man. Hill, for thut was the name the heart. This was not my only dis . I do love you;” O! may 1 never ag i: i any ordinary ointment, cover it with a of a ship, no question is raised whether it up an idea, andi the truth flashed upon to keep lip that display receives a bribe
wiH— lata i. ** one voyage or two voyagq- him. Gazing at tlie-lanip for a mometit, from a rich mail. 'I he sicn-t is louiiil out
he went by, never complained, however, covery, I had learned part of the mystery see agony like that child’s, as the lips I e piece of oiled silk, and let it remain.
more,
ba ; theorder “out with it” is given until he drank in a full conception of tlie ami the scorn of the whole |>ei»ple is
though he knew very well what was go- that lipd hungover Hill. .
kissed gave back no,ki»s—as the hamli :
Corns are made by wear^iiWtuo tijj lit
at
once.
ingon. He was strict jin the discharge of
took
fed
lifeless
from
his
baud,
instea
I
trouble it had cau-ed him, lie suddenly heaped on her. Another woman (h-»w
shoe«, or those so loose thnùp there is a
“Heavens. Colonel 1” I exclaimed, look-
his duty, ami gave no cause for complaint. ing up at him. “This is a woman! 01
ofsh.iking'liis hand as it always Ipu , shuffling back ami forth at «very st«p,
smashed it down on the floor in a rage, many other women!) with as (air a t\cc
Reflections.
During the winter of 1861-^62 the army
and extinguished it after covering two perhaps aud the like love <>f vshow finds
causing friction on the skin, In tliiee
“The only one that ever loved me,” ami the bov knew she was «lead.
lay before Centreville, doing very little groaned the Colonel. “She followed me
“Mother,11 do love you now ,” all the du f cases out of four new shoes are too tigl ■ht;
BY 8. A. M. MOSS.
yards of carpet with grease. -Then he herself in an iuiand town or village. Site
iv...
“
O
motlie
,
but scouting, picketing, and preparing here in male disguise; and, I, tqis
long
he
sobbed
and
dried,
went to bed and iu the morning Mis. dresses, furnishes her house, ch ><»ses her
this can be easily prevented, if .two p lir
till morning,
for the spring campaign, Though there when 1 was in danger,«ravedni
Then
lie
woul
1
mother,
forgive
me.
”
’
___
?otts informed him that some of «those carriage and horses, mo<leis her whole
of the ordinary stockings are worn, aid
ne, who hud
For ><Jme years past preachers have awful
was nothing exciting in all this, it wus dope nothing but wrong her,at the cost of jmt leave his mother. “Speak to in then having tlie shoe titte«l, or meitsi re
miners had biaiken into the house daily life and hibit, u >t by her husband's
very trying to the men, for the season was her own life. She was my w ife, doctor.” mother!” but she could never spea c taken without letting the shoe man know »leachedl husbands and fathers have the night before and left'one of their hats iucoiue, bat by the effect »he wishes |o
»rayed, and sons and grandsons have
unusually severe, and the hospitals were
again, and he—the last words she h;i 1 anything about it. because the credit <> a dreamed day dreams of the girl in a w ild nith a lamp.^Potts turned over in bed troduce on the world. Bhew lives on' a
He left me before I could speak.
well filled.
This was all I ever knew. The next ever heard him 8ay, were, “Motber,i “neat fit” coming from his store is of m< re state, domestic, unextravag.-uit.
They so that she could not see his face, ami credit and teaches her children the same
One morning Hill came toiny quarters. day the Colonel was shot in a skirmish.. don’t love you now.” i
importance to him than the comfort of I lis have dreamed, but have failed utterly to said if the steru hand of the law wasn't system to carry into the next generation;
“Well, Hili,” said I, as he entered, Iliad him buried in the grave where we
Tliat boy's whole life \vas chari£e< customer.— Ilall t Journal of Health.
make the girl of the dream the wife of laid U| m » ii those ruffians sooiqjiobody's finally her liUsbind fails. She has taken
“what can I do for you this morniogf’
H
q
»
sober
and
sad
he
was
ever
after.
IIj
life would be •e safe.
the money to keep up her false state not
had laid his w ife, and to this day I have
the heard.
“1 wish to go on the sick-list, if you never learned tlie secret of their uuhap
now a gray-headed old man, with, ¿i It J
from one rich office-holder, but out of
Now is your time to act. See to it that
H ot C ross Bess.—Pijt two pounds i of
I? sorrow over his one act of disobe<lieiic
please, sir,” he replied, in a quiet tone.
II k C ouldn ’ t W ai r so Loxo.—He the pockets of poor men, grocers, butch
lives.
you
dream
not,
but
net.
I started, and looked at him seurchingly.
wore a slouched hat aud full gray suit, ers, irades|»eople, the very servant who
and wrong words,, embittering all his.li k* flour into a basin, and mix well with it
He whom you adore may indeed lie able
Though I h:ul seen tbe young soldier
—with those words ever wringing in h six ounces of moist sugar and a lit: tie to tell you how you should make bread; liis face was somewhat browued from ex- waited ou her at table.
Aliout Leap Year.
ground allspice. Mix two ounces < of
toften, I had never been in his presence
»osurti, Jand his general appearance
ears,
I
“ . JIUHIVi,
Mother, I 1 141/lA
don’t V AV»V
love J'**»
you *»'*»••
now.”
How much thia accredited swindling
be
As
a
year
has
3u5
days
it
should
German yeast with half a pint of . lui Ç'- >ow his grandmother makes cakes, anil »macked decidedly of the faun.
l>efore. He was a slight, finely-formed
He is going on in every town and' village?
Will
the
little
ones
who
read
this
r<
-
5
divided
into
7
months
of
30
days
and
mother
fries
fritters;
but
these
how
his
________
Make
a
hole
in
the
cen
re
warm
milk.
fellow, with the most effeminate face I
member, if they disobey their mother, f
walked leisurely into tlie appointment of llow many American middle class and
ever saw. Had he been a woman, I should months of 31 days each, but instead of they are cross and lpuighty, they sa , of the flour, pour in the milk ami yeart. ■V accomplishments alone,-valuable as they fice of the Interior Department, and laboring people are living within their
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have called him a woman; and as it was, that it has four months of 30 days, and ev.ry single time they do so, y»a teuili r and, with a wooden spoon, stir enough of iu^y seen to him, will avail little in real, dropping familiarly into acmi^remarked: means to-day, or honestly paving their
»radical life—will 1 hardly of
■*’ “
1
of
themselves
the*
flour
in
to
make
it
the
thickness
I could not deny him tbe distinction ( of 1 month of 28 days, and 7 of 31 days.
“I'm from Virginia; 1 want a place.” way as they go? - G.al forohl that we
i
But the year is nearly six hours longer mother’s heart, by actions, if not. in» tl cream; throw some of the flour ov ir, render h< »me happy.
being pretty; His voice was soft dud
words
of
Henry,
the
vjery
same
thingj
“
Yes?
”
remarked
the
clerk,
hxikiug
should
j
istify
the
ili-«loing
at
Washing
What you desire is not merely an ac- up somewhat astonished. “What sort of
then cover the basin with a cloth» a id
cleuh and, though ' it did not seem that than 305 days, so in every four years a “1 don't love you now] mother.”
ton! But common sense fprbids that we
day
has
to
be
added
in
February
to
make
complislied
mail, nor yet is beauty alone a place do you want?’’
*et
it
in
a
wsrm
place
for
about
an
hour
of a man, was hardly that of a woman.
trn
Churchman.
I
'
slhmld
lie blind to the ill-doing at home.
and a half.
Melt the butter, but not to that for which you must seek. Should ' “Oh! most anything; ain’t very partic
I gazed at him searchingly, but he bore h 11 right, ami that day is to-day. '
1'iibuite.
—
N.
But the year is not three hundred and
Goioi an Dili’s.
tny s»:rutiny well.
n an oil, ami stir it into the «ither ingre »overly, by some fatal chance, fly in at ular; something that’ll pay about a hun
F
fathered
“You are hot sick, I hope?” I remarked, sixty-five days and a quarter. Enough 1863,” says M. de 5 L mtrie,
took ,ti\ ; dients, with enough warm milk to mate your window, servants may not always be dred dollars a month, <»r ub<»ut tike that."
Arab Dexterity.
minutes are gained every four years to little sparrow-hawk» nitric,
at length.
from a high towi r the whole into a soft dough; then mould had to wait upon the former, and beauty
“Ain't particular as to the kind of cm-
make
one
day
in
a
hundred
years,
ami
is,
in
itself,
but
a
vain
aud
doubtful
it
into
buns
about
the
size!
of
an
erig.
“I aui broken down, doctor,” he an
and put tliem in a cage on the balcun,
The following anecdote is given by M.
»loyment,are you?”
swered; “I have been ou guard for live therefore there is no leap year in the The parent birds im||nediately brOhgi t Place tfiemon a tin, in rows three inch i ;s good."
■
“
Well,
something
light.
”
de
BiUssiei'v as an iLlustraliou of the
s
years 1800 or 1900 or auy even hundred them food, and I was uot surprised to at - apart; set them in a warm place until
Learn, rather, if he whom you would
’ successive nights.”
Arabs in some of their theft«. An Arab
“
Weil,
my
friend,
you
might
stay
here
years.
choose
cau
hoe
corn,
pull
at
weeds
—
not
they
have
risen
to
double
the
size,
p
it
“The deuce you have!’’ I exclaimed in
This is a pretty fine calculation, but that this food consisted of twelve mic ; them into a brisk oven, and, just l>ef<> ' ‘e tobacco ami cigars only—plant potatoes, and wait for a place; you »laud a g<MHi introduced himself by creeping jm all
astonishment. “Tbe regiment isn’t so
four large lizards and 'six mole-cricket .
four.«, like u t| i wlrupcd into Lye teat in
only think of the wonderful skill which A meal of like size was brought evpi < tlivy are dime, wash them over with a drive felice-posts, set out fruit tree«, chop chance; of course there aiu’t any vacan
short of men as that, is it?"
w hich one of the lieys was-reposing, and
cies
at
.
prese.it
,
and
there's
oil
I
y
t.veniy-
7»
They will take ubo it wood, plane a board, shpvel a sidewalk, four bundled applicants ahead of you, |>o carried off' his clothes mid arms in
“No, sir,” he replied, quietly. “I was makes our earth go round the sun every day for a month, At'dne lime mere w|ei ; little milk.
year
in
exactly
the
same
days,
hours,
build
a
ffie,
bring
in
a
hod
of
coal
or
an
twenty
minutes
to
bake.
kept ou by the Colonel’s orde.s. He
fifteen iield-mi^e, two little birds anql I' i
Dy »ticking right to it you might get in which he attired hiui.elf. Q lilting ilie
P ancakes . — Take six eggs, break armful of wood, black his owu boo to, ahead of the list; there’s uotuing like tent very early in the' morning, and as-«
says the guard duty is very important minutes and seconds, without making young rabbit. ’Last year I made the stAt j
‘ ’ the
- * same
’ ' ' result,
‘ one mu: I them separately into a cup, to ascertain hone a razor, shave himself, and drive la energy.”
just now, ami he wants the best men in any mistakes at all., . We could not make experiment with
suMiing the manner mid haughty carriage
the best watch keep time £or a year consisting of twelve
the regiment to be put on it.”
nightingales,
in j til it they are fresh; put them into a nail without pounding bis own fingers.i
of the chief, wlmm lie left asleep, he »o
“
I'-w-c-n-t-y-f-o-u-r
h-u-n-d-r-e-d
!
no
RjmemlxT tint' lie who has never vacancies; well, I don't think I stand imposed upon the utteudanta by -his ap
“Has he kept auy one Ou so long?” 1 without losing or gaining some hours or lark, thiee molys and one hedgeh*( • basin, whisk them well, then add half a
minutes.
questioned.
The parents always attfthe head*oittlu| r pound of flour and half a teaspoonful of eanivd (o serve himself is totally unfit to milch of a chance, anyhow.
G o < m I pearance tliit they led forth' tlivir mis
We suppose that you all know that in prey, and picked from the bodies ofki »al t. Beat to a perfectly smooth halter, direct tllpse who may serve him.
“No, sir, I would.not have come to yon
morn
’
in,
”
and
lie
departed,
lost
in
sad ter*» horse, which the Arab mounted i.nd
If then you tiii‘1 one who can say “Yes, dest thought— W'U'iinylori, Vhronicle.
to-day, but that I kuow I am incapable leap year the girls are the boys, and have dead birds some of their feathers, lull » then add stiff! ient miik to make it tl e
rode off* without ci eati<ig suspicion. Ail
Place r ma'am,'* to the above, why catch him if
of standing another night. 1 should fall to give their arms to the youths to help case of the hedgehog, the only part in t consistency of thick cream.
hour afterward the, servants were sur
asleep ou ¡tost from sheet* exhaustion. them along. It is not surprising if. after eaten by these voracious littie creutun s siiiail frying pan on the tire, and wlien you can.
T
he F irst R ed C ent .—Au item is go prised at hearing the voice of the bey
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the arm, a good many shouhvgi ve was the »kin of the buck, which was tub quite hot put in a piece of butter or laril.
Then I suppose I should be shot for giving
ing the rouuds of the p ipers stating that proceeding from the tent, calling for as
the
hand
also, and every farmer’s son much for their maws.
It
S ays the Whitehall Times: A few days “the Cent was tif»t proposed by R »bert sistance. The latter was strll more as-
When it is nearly boiling, pour iu about
sleeping in the presence of the enemy.’
In
one
mouth,
tlie
twenty should look out for this. five baby hawks rid the world, by actui half a teacupful of batter, or ratlnr since a Whitehalier called to pay his re Morris, the great financier of the Revolu tonishcvl than Ills servants; .the boldness
“By Jove!” I muttered, “that’s what over
Poor
city youths cannot do,as they would
more, according to the size of the pa II. spects to a lady. He was obliged to wait tion. It began to. make its apj»earHuee and adroitness of the thief appeared to
Colonel Anson is up to.”
count, of 204 rats and mice, 200 mol
like
in
this
way
for
fear
of
not
being
able
I spoke louder than I intended. He
ds. Were not tile Fry it until it is a delicate brown, then in the parlor some time for her to dress. from the mint in 1792. It bore the head him totally ineompreheiisibie.
crickets, and 158 lizards,
beard me, and replied in a tone in which to keep up an establishment; but Uncle twelve poor little nigl htingales and toe turn it carefully with a slice, and when AS the gentleman had been broken of his of Washington on «»ue side and thirteen
Alter several weeks sjient in fruitless
brown on the other side sprinkle, son e rest the previous night, he unconsciously links <»n the other.” The ceut recently endeavors to discover the delinquent, the
there was some bitterness, in spite of bis Sam wants every farmer’s b'»ys aud girls lark well paid for?” !
to do their duty to the country.'
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efforts to repress it.
pounded sugar over it. Take it out wi h fell asleep. The lady eutered the room referred to in the Newt, belonging to M. l»ey announced a free pardon to whomso
And speaking of tins we cannot help
“I am afraid so, sir. I do not see why
A C ause of F ailure in L ife .—O jh IC the slice, and place it ou a dish befo e soon afterwards, qtfii comprehending the R. E. Roberts, of this ci(f, lias on one »ide ever would acknowledge in what manner
Colonel Anson should dislike me so much. thinking of the poor fellows on the Pa great cause of failure is that there are n it tbe fire. Proceed in like manner until state of affairs, arnj. wishing to enjoy a the sun'and dial, underneath which the his arms had been remored from under
I have never merited bis displeasure. cific Coast. It is 9hid there are 190,000 enough fools in the world, __ Yon lai y sufficient are cooked for a dish. Ser 'e joke at the gentleman’s expense, she sat words “Miud your Business,” anti on the the pillow on which he slept.
Heaven knows,” he added, and 1 saw his more men than women there, so that hireliug f fails, loses his plSce, because h s immediately. Never place one pancake down in a chair ou the otljer.side of the sides “Fugio” ami “1787.” On the re JSoine days ntterward the identical Arab
features tremble, as with a sharp pain, “1 there must be tliAt number who have no employer is not a fool. . Generals bar e upon another. Lemon-juice and sqgi r, stove to await the awakening, aud euj >y verse a circle of thirteen riugs, on which presented himself before the bey and re-
wives and can get none thereabouts. We filled because the opposing generals we e or jam, are served with pancakes.
the astonishment of the caller. In a lew is stani|>e<l “United States,” and iu the miniling him of his proclamation, motiou-
would die to serve him.”
hope
we
shall
not
shock
anybody
when
inouieuts a feeling«»!’ drowsiness begun to
“Very gmxl,’’ I said. “You can remain
To D ry P umpkin .—Take the rirte creep over the fair oiie. She finally center “We are One.” It has always been edliim to recline on his couch and remain
we suggest in this leap year to the girls not fools; farmers, .because there werff i o
at your quarters for two days, and con
fools to buy thistles, which could l>e pumpkins, pare, cut into small pieces, .lr«»pped off, fast asleep. The gentleman understood to have been designed by Dr. silent, whilst he should explain the unale
sider yourself on the sick list for that who make up three-fourths or more of raised without labor; lawyers, Ipscaule stew soft, mash and stririn through
_* a awoke, ami, taking ¡Ú the «itiíation, Franklin. Sucli is a correct description by which he effected the robiiery.- The
our congregations at the East to get some
' time.”
of the first cent: In this centennial era ArabIbrthw ith dressed and armed hiuiself
there
were
not
enough
fools
to
go
to
law;
colamjer,
as
if
for
mu
king
pies.
Spreid
dear, good auntie in every neigl|t>oiho<>d
thought he would t.urn tne
the joxe
j'tke oa^lli*
pnf
Thanking me, he went away.
aud
publishers,
because
there
were
ii
Io
in (natter* of history is im as liefore, left the tent, ami again de
on
i
this
pulp
plates,
in
layers
not
quite
i
n
fair joker.
J
• Taking a card he wroterinf
wroterbif it: correctness
The fellow perplexed me. 1 was con who has a friend in California or Oregon fools to subscribe for a small, tri flit! [jr inch thick ; di
portant.
In
this connection (he question ceived the domestic^, who brought out
dry
it
iu
a
stove
oven,
w
hir
h
fident that there was some mystery exist to take out ten or twelve of (hem (all of paper, when a larger and better of should lie kept at so low a temperatu e My <lear Miss B ——, as this is sleep arises, a* U has ala»ut pins, where have for his use a valuable favorite horse, ami,
ing, between him and tlio Colonel, and high re»|»dctability and carrying letters could be hail for the same inoiiey. Thei as not to scorch it. In about a day it year, I Willingly accord you the privilege the millions «»f tbe <»kl red cent* nmde by moreover, handed him a mo»t UMghificent
known only to these two. While I was from their churches) to that good land, is an artist.who has nut succeeded for the will become dry and crisp. The sheets that your sex is entitled to once in four the Government gone to? Mr. Robert» pi|>e, siip|iosing all the lime -they were
years. Sleep f<m, fair -friend, sleep on,
musing upon this, the Colonel sent for where they will flud etnploymeut as reason that those able to employ hiin C
has >ds«> shown us a copper coin aliout waiting on their master. Duriug the
’ can be stowed
_ in a dry place,
thus made
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me. lie received me with Cold politeness. teachers, governesses, or house-servants were not rich fools, but com potent judg|: : and they are always ready for use f »r Yours,-r”
the »ize*of the old United States cent whole of this scene the bey, who shw
“What is the matter with Hill?” he in families, till they are each remorse of workg of art. Many an aspiring autjlibi lr pies or sauces. The quick drying aft)er
T iie storm of last week showed the lieariiig the head of “L »uis XVI. Roi des what was passing, was couvulsed with
lessly gobbled up by some whiskered has failed because there were no f«»ol*||i
laughter, but his merriment was hk > u
asked.
portion
f.oiu
efficiency *of the sigual service very con Francois, 1790.”— Detroit Newt.
cooking prevents any ;
cheeked when his prototype fairly made
“He is broken down by the unusual fa Oregonian or California^. This plan buy and read his senseless prmluctiog* slightly souring, as is nearly always
n e
spicuously.
From
a.
signal
station
on
the
T he refornjs intended by Turkey off, at full gallop, with bis weapons and
tigue to which he has lieen subjected. carried out on a large setfle is the way while p<Mfts have l»eea kept out of th le case when the uncooked pieces are dri£d; New England coast comes a rej»ort that
"
Five successive turns of guard duty would to benefit the Union and ¡forestall John temple of fame because there were <$< io the flavor is much better preserve«!, end the exhibition of the storm signal en conteinplate'tlie qualification of Chris baggage.
Chinaman ou the Pacific Slope.— N. Y.
kill a much stronger num than he is.”
tian* for'all offices, the admission 'of
fails
to
go
intd
raptures
over
p«»eitts
|8
the
after
cooking
is
saved.
To
use:
s
>ak
abled
oue
hundred
and
thirteen
vessels
to
A pretty little Ohio scboolmarm tried
“W’lio has kept him on so long?” asked Wit nett.
which would not raise a mail's thoughts pieces over night in a little milk, md put to sea in time to escape before the Christian evidence in all courts, the right
to
whip oue of her pupils, a boy of 15,
ito
hold
freehold
property,
au«l
an
As-
the Colonel, biting his lip.
A tramp arrived in Sussex county, higher than a child's nonsense.
will return to a nice pulp as de- gale struck the coast.
I they
“He was kept ou by your orders. I be New Jersey, where the authorities gave ■■■
senibly of the Notables of each Province the other day. When she commenced op
licious as the fresh pumpkin.
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erations he coolly threw .Ilia arms around
A helping hand to one iu trouble is to meet in Constantinople.
lieve, sir,” 1 replied, looking him full in him stones to break before he had Ilia
H ate the courage,to laugh at yd ir
9
her neck and gave her a hearty ki»s. She -
tbe face; “and 1 must say, Colonel, tliat 1 dinner. Then up spake |he tramp aud personal defects, and.the world will be
often
like
a
switch
on
the
railroad
track
C aleb C ushing iva» first appointed a
am surprised at your putting him to such said: “When they ask fur bread will ye deprived of the pleasure of being Re Cabinet Miui.ter iu 1853, when he was —but one inch lietween wteck and smooth . T here are 23.000 workmen oat of em- went straight back to her desk, aud her
give them a stone?”
I *
I ployment in Berlin.
face was “just as red.”
rolling prosperity.
minded of their own.
a test, unless you wish to Fill him.”
made Attorney General.
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