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My Little Laborer.
A tiny mint with flngera rolt and tender,
Aa any Udr'it fairs
Hwett ejtn of blue, a form both frill and alender,
And curls ot eunnjr biln
A household tor, l f rtitlle thing of beeutv
Yet with each riling min
lu-fffne his round of toll i solemn duty
Tnitmunt be dilly done.
Tn-Ua he' building cattle, liouso and tower.
With wondroua art and skill;
Or labor with lili hammer by the hour,
With strong, determined will.
Anon, with little loaded cart he's plying
A brisk and driving trade;
Again, with thoughtful, tiniest brow, la trying
Home book'! dark lore to read.
Now, laden like some llltlo beast of burdMi,
Hodraga himself along;
And now his lordly little volte Is heard In
Holster' ua shout and long;
Another hour Is spent In busy tolling,
With hoop, and top, anil ball,
aAnd with a patience that Is never falling,
lie Irion and conquers all,
Ilut aleepat last n'ertakrs my little, rover,
And on his mother! breast,
Toys thrown aside, the day's hard laW over,
lie sinks to quiet rest;
Anil as I fold hlin to my bosom, ale ping,
I think, 'mid gathering tears,
Of what the f uturo may In store, bo keeping,
Aa work fur manhood'! yeara.
Must he with loll his dally bread bo earning,
In the world! busy mart;
Ufe's blltcr lessona every day bo learning,
With patient, atruggllng heart t
Or shall my llltlo arihltii t bo building
Home monument of fame,
On which. In letters bright Willi gtory'a gliding,
Tbo world may n ad hi name?
Perhaps itotno humble, lowly occupation,
Hut shared with swei t content;
Perhaps a life In Infill r,'pnuder elation.
In m Iflsh ideasiim apt nt.
Pi rchauce tin so lltllo feet may cross the portal
Of learning's lofty fane;
Ills life-work li to 'ttr truths Immortal
Among the son of ln u I
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A Lesson tor Women.
When one hitler word stirs up (wo moro bit
ter when tho elnvo-oycel fairies tako wing, uml
tho tinlioly imp!) niMli in to wink uml Mink elo
Mructinu, it Ih nt Hticli it timn as thin thn "soft
nnswtr" In to tlio Inmbltd hoii! what oil in
tho troulileil wavo. Hlriku tho hnrmonlo chord
of IiIh tiiitnru -whether drunken or angry
"htmp coals nf flro on his liunl," alter thu
lununer nf kindiiuss, nud If one iirolii ol truo
innnllnoHH Ih in him, it tuny tuko toot and boar
lenioiu.
Onuof tho stringent things on record Ih that
twin, who in lioblo how lirond and fair, iiiiiiiiiit
pleasing, himd butlmiH willing to scatter bliss
lags nt our fet t should ho 1 xIi ttlo hiniHelf
iih to w allow in his dobuucliiry liko pigs
in Ih" mini. And I supposo tho woniim wliols
specially Interested in Hint limn, whether sho
bu mother, sister or wife, would qucu:h rather
limn waken slrifo; thn belter angel of his be
ing, wakening, might rally to bci kon him lack
to thn llirono o( hln manhood. And tho angry
man wi II, what of him; Ho In no doubt
thoroughly In earnest, and If you can keep out
of hln way lili hln emotion cooln off, you will
feel an snfo tut if you had not been in bin reach.
Of courxo wo expect woman, in her weakness,
to do many things which lack wisdom; but
innu niujiHtlo, htruug-uilndcd, powerful I
dtltik not no deep from your cup of dlnnipiitlou
an lo linnblo your power mid your uinjcHty in
tho ditch. If you hold thu Hcepterof superior!
ty over thn weaker tossol. then swuv that hcoii-
ter with dignity, and let not your mother, your I
isler, your wito or your daughter IiIiihIi at tho
record of v our manhood. It wan n tradition nf
tho riuly Indians that over tho destiny of all
i arthly beings, by guardian augd suspended,
in each baud a ciown, one mndo of thorns and
thn other of ruses that when wo did a noble,
sell-siicrllUiiig act, from tho crown of thorns
a thorn was plucked, nud in its Nteadn roso wan
placed; anil lor each mean and petty act, from
the crown ot macs n roso was taken, and iu its
stead a thorn wan placed. So tho guardian an.
gel kept (heir record. What am wo doing?
Aro w lllling our crown of nines with thorns,
or otherwise? Our Home Journal,
An Ankcihitk or Mojiiir ami llviN.--Mn-
rjirt's noso wua a very long one, it great con-
trast lo hln friend Haydn's, who lim almost it
tint noses Many jokes pinned bttwoeu them
about HUM'S.
Ouo ehiy in it numerous ami eravo soeletv.
tlm niibjeut eif luiniu wan being discussed, ami '
Mozart, in reply to tho e'ompUmeiitn mndo him,
laid it wnger llint no one, not even his friend i
Uavdii, was capable of performing, at first '
sight, a pieeio which ho Intel composed that
morning. i
lluydu acevpieul tho wager. Tho plee'o of
muslowas placed beforo him on tho piano,
Hajdn easily plaved through the first portion
of it, thru stopped short, finding It impossible
to git any further. Tho two hands must bo ut
tho furthest I'UromotloK of thu Instrument, and
ono nolo in the uiu.lo luiporlously demanded
that ono of them should bo in Iho center.
Hajdn confessed himself conquired,
An to Mozart, ho ttxik up Iho piece) of iiiuhIo,
and when ho arrived at Iho piunling note,
touched it with his noso. everybody laughed
heartily, aud not tho least ho who lost his
wnger.
"lite content with llltlo," Thero are many
good reasons for this rulo. Wo desorvo but lit
Ue, and so belter is little with tho fear of (lod
winn ureal treasures nun troumo ineruwltli
two men wero determined to bo rich, but they
set nKuit it in different ways; for thotmoitlrovo
to raise his moans to his drains, while tho other
did his best In bring don his desliea to his
means. The result was, Iho una who coveted
n,bwriiuioTa,r,a,Li,iv,i!' ;,!,"r, V ho ,u" ;
Hlnsl but lilllo was always contcntest. I
I.KixiNO a Littlk A ueuTu nw ml.l In ..
priZani-lnHn "whin' 'waTy I
look a hatchet aud went into Iho woe'l.
When I found. Inodat was alrahtht and biJ .
ami solid. I didn't touch .l.t lr..; I.. ,(,.,. f I
lOUUll OUtl
I soon Imi
altrr christian
straight aud
arte hollar lit
Lira Is made, uot of great wrluYoa or dutl. '
but of lilllo thliiga. iu which amilea and kind-!
neas ami small obligation given habitually aro
what wlu aud preaervo the heart and preserve
the heart and prraerve comfort. Air , Any
Tin faithful, patient xtloruianc of any
duty which 1 distasteful to us In a great
achievement, no matter how Iguoiuloious it
may appear; and it alwajs bring a rich and
uueijxictttl rewanl.
A a(MTUkUNiutt a UlTwfiud lad Iu the I
road, aud placing in ouo of his hand a ill-1
pone aud a rwuuv. aaktxl him which of tha two
be would rhuoM. The lad replied that ha
"wouldn't tw greedy; he'd keep the tiltleat.'
Ill conception of a prrtect man I of one full
of power and life, moral teutloieut and imaglua
lou, but with all the ao subordinate to Ood, 1
r trn that man. lUtcbtr, .
Itxiulug Utile aud holler iuslde. I.,".".. " ..", 7. "?" . ' J"" '"' "' '
I him down. So when dodebll coca '""VV'-. '""'"' u no one arwsltst
a he don't touch dem dat stand .. ,. " TL "V..1 T.V tSm ? mtMi lor ,b.r
truts but dem dat lean a little and I ,,;C. I,,, J , ,V.Z Sv , n f,
.1,1- ,UK ' nraintliops were 9.1,000 a year. Since
The Wrong Room.
Tom Bent was half distracted, lie hated
tho cold, foggy city and tho oudloss rows of
staring brick blocks, and tho whole race of
I landladies, bin own landlady especially.
i Tom sighed dismally when he thought of
I the cony little nest his friend Hampton was
blessed with; and Hampton wns only a clerk,
I too, with a very limited salary and the "nest"
j could only boa-it of three rooms, liut they
I wero delightfully homelike; with tho brightest
(.of carpets and whitest of curtains; books on
tho tables and pictures on tho soft tlnlod walls,
and pots of fragrant flow orn in tho windows,
Ouo painting Tom remarked well, "Sunset ou
, the Shore" Tho wholo western sky was flam-
I ing with purplo and gold; tho white capped
I waves sparkled like diamonds in tho glow. In
tho background wan a fisherman's cottage; and
framed ill tho low door was a girl with one
dimpled hand shading her eyes from tho blind-
I lug glow as she gazed over tho dancing watr.
Way back in his boyhood, Tom had loved
ijunt such it girl; years ago, beforo ho
unci lelt tlio mossy old farm uottso to seek lame
and fortune in tho city. Agiiu ho could feel
tho fresh breeze lift the damp hrdr from bin
forehead, just as it did yuam ago when ho Mtt
and listened to tho drowsy minister in tho llltlo
nrowu cliurcu unit widened tlio wild roso laco
ut his sido. Then tho walk homo in tho Sab
bith stlllnoHn, through lovely glens flaming
with bitter-sweet nut creamy curls of sweet
scented hotioy-sucklo. Hut of all tho "pictures
on memory's wall," nono could bo clearer than
that day of days whon sweet Margery Dean
promised to bo his wife. Tho very hills scorned
to rejolco, flaming in tho flro-lil days of Octo
ber. Ah I well, but that wan long, long yearn
ago. Now Tom wan n comfortable old fellow,
with no nonsonso about him. Tom reached
hin hoarding houno at last and found tho hall
us dark as usual, IIo groped tho way up stairs,
and In n desperuto hunt after tho mutch-bur,
succeeded in upsetting tho ink over hln bust
coat, and thu iiair oil over himself. With it
woll not exactly a blessing on tho heads of
landladies in general ho concluded to retiie in
1 tho dark. Now it so happoncd that tho laud
lady was blessed with a hopeful young sun, who
took particular delight in tormenting poor hu
manity. On that particular ovonlng, of which
wo wrllo, ho had chanced to pass Tom's room,
1 mid fltidinu tho door Maudlm.' convenlcnth
open, conceived tho brilliant, and wo bono or
iginal, Idea, of placing Homo uico sharp briers
tinner mo stieets ot tno ueel. in nappy uticon-
I clousnoHH, Tom Jumped Into bed nnil jumped
nut again with n liowlof rago and pain; "Thun
der mid Mars 1 what in tho name of Satan can
bo in my hod this llmu ? Homo infernal ma
chiuo to kill mo, I haven't a tmrllclo of doubt.
Shouldn't bo surprised If I was it crlpplo for
tho rest of my lifo." And Turn jumped fraiitl
cally about in quest of n chair and sotted him
sell in tho slop-pail, which tlio thoughtful boy
had placed thero conveniently. That was the
last feather.
Tho unit morning Tom Interviewed tho land
lady. "Madam," said he, brandishing hln lac
erated hands, "I can stand thin no longer I I
have had dead rats, cats and pups put into my
viator pitcher, pins stuck into my chairs, nud
turpentine put in my hair oil. I said nothing.
Hut if you think it's pleasant to go to rest on
plus, noedliH, thorns, rusty nulls and saws of
Ihe very iaggedest description, jou aro n trillo
misiauen. lorn, into mom nun, could oxag
gerato a llltlo when tho occasion seemed to de
mand it. And it was a llltlo uxaspcrating to
have tho landlady look so smlllm. fKltn hail
Just taken n now boarder.) "I cannot stand
It madam I cannot. You must nmko that
hobgoblin of yours quit his pranks or I shall
loavotho houso understand, madam V" Yes,
"ho comprehended
matters perfectly, and
That eveiiini'. on Tom'n
would sen (o t IiIiih.
return, ho limned fnlensant iiTictn nf thn
thorns) up to his room, in tho darkness.
opened tho door, Li, bohold I wan that his
room V That with Iho pretty nuw'carpet, round
plump bed, shaded by dainty whlto curtains.
I Torn wedged himself in a luw rocking-chair,
'and stared about in helpless iistoulsliuunt.
Hooks, magazines and evening papers on Ihu
table, pictures mi tho walla, a pot of flowers on
' liny Maud. Tom concluded to tako tho goods
' tho gods provided and bo thankful, no ho read
the newscomforlably, and thon retired behind
tho white curtains lo sleep tho sletn of tlio
just. '
'1'01" "weiko rather suddenly to find tho room
"1hI with light. Pulling the curtains g ntly
. ho peered cautiously out. Iu tho low
tookiug.chair sat a llltlo plump figure, brush,
lug out long waves of dusky hair. Tom gath-
,'r,'(l " hlauket hastily about him aud ill tuned
ml( " "'" "u"r
"If jou ple'iise, Madam, I'vo I'vo nutilo a
""'V' I'om gasped.
Madittu stared iu blushing astonishment,
"What do you menu sir ?" sheidemanded.
"I -I don't mean anj thing. Deuco of a
mistake beg pardon," ami ho commenced to
K"""'!" IIH clothe up feverishly.
. "Seems to mo j on look u little liko Thomas
n. et'iuimereit tlio little laity,
""." "" J eiia'f b Marge ry
Demi?"
"Oh, yes, 1 inn," ellmpling nud blushing.
"lliuutler and Slum I I never was m de
lighted Iu my life. Thought ot you for fit o
iiir; 1 wun it terrible ftiol in" tho old days,
Manser)."
"You -yeiu aro hardly properly nltlrod for
conversation with lady," bluslniigly hinted
thn lilllo woman. t
Tom glanced at his blanket, and rushing for
tho door, gasping something nluut "to-iuor-rowinoruing
Interview.''
Well, tin ret wan an interview in tho morning
and it eiulet, delightful weeldititi in Iho fall.
lorn decUroe that Iho most fortuuaio tliliiL-
that ever happened to him iu his life wan his
mor lift Ing blunder of getting into "iho wrong
room."
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Gausk inu Krtk.-r Vnl.1.. mi,,i. m,i I.
no0S9oi
,.rtM ,mti Thll UM , ftua M ,u
? Wl'"" tf '.H,000, only thno persons have
HXMa"tkJn:ni" fT ?" AT
r' I'" 'f "' nne.l. In two of the
1. tr"JH ,of rr,mln"1 ' 1 .), there
w. u tr iuiii.il caso on mo , locket. Tliera
Incliuling coat of grand jury three ttrms only
M)- Wh h'w "'" 'lw or nwe con.
"K statement placed upou record! Can
any one doubt iho tme ndatiunahip existing
betwecu "cauae aud effect?" Like cause will
produce liko tetinlt. aud aocordlug tothe aetsl
sown will be thecron. So lomraa the adnwie
of license laws exjHct to gather grape of thorns,
or figs of thlitlcs, just so long will they gather
the bitter fruits of their folly viz, crime, pau
perism, taxation,
Ha love moat wbosservieeis most constant,
mo5' "ralous, most true. The rule seldom if
' 'il- Love to (lod meana work for Ood.
ml unfailing devotion to hi cause. There
may be some aervice with little love, but the
ueai service watta on love the truest and best.
Oua grace, like evergteeus, grow most in the
low vale, of affliction, even as the stars are moat
luniluou and lovely when nearest the horizon.
liaVMIthlV llsiilll all man tat l.t 1 1 .. !. I. .a
The Gqod'bye Hospitality.,
The half of hospitality lien in tho speeding
of parting guests. Lavish welcomes are easily
enough bestowed, but the hospitality thought
must be very genuine, indeed, which dares to
leave tho guest as freo and welcomo to go as to
como. Wo all suffer, now and thon, from un
duo urging to stop when wo prefer to go, and
nearly every one of us is himself a sinner in
this regard, too. No sooner does tho guest in
timate u wish to terminato his visit than wo fly
in the face of his desire, and nrgo him to stay
longer. We sometimes do this, too (do we
not ?), as a mere matter of duty, when in our
hearts we care very llltlo whether tho guest
goes or stays. We feel ourselves bound to show
our appreciation of our friend's visit by asking
that ho prolong it. Now, truo hospitality
ought to learn its lesson better than this. Our
effort should be, from first to last, to make our
friend's visit thoroughly pleasant and ngreen
ublo to him. Wo strive for this result in wel
coming him. It is tho dosiro to do this which
prompts us to offer him tho most comfortable
chair and to set out the beet viands, if ho break
broad with us. It is that he may enjoy his
stay that wo take pains to talk only upon ngree
ablo topics. In short, from Ihe timo ho crosses
our threshold until bo risen to leave, wo court
eously ondcavor to make Iho moments slip by
as pleasantly an possible. Iiut the moment ho
askn lor hin bat our courtesy falls us. Hith
erto wo have studied to nnticipnto and gratify
hln overy wish. Now that ho wishes to go,
howovcr, wo ondoavor to thwart his pleasure.
Wo nelflshly try to turn him from his purpose
to ours. Wo wish him to stay, while ho wishes
to go. Courtesy would prompt us to givo his
wish prccedcuco to our own, bu, as a rule, wo
ask him to sacrifice his own to our pleasure.
Hearth and Home.
LiTTLR words are tho sweetest to hear; lilllo
charities fly farthest and stay longest on tho
wing: little lakes aro tho Btiilcst: little hearts
nro tho fullest, nnd littlo farms tho best tilled.
Mine books aro tho most read, and little songs
the tlcarcst loved. And when nature would
make anything especially raro nnd beautiful.
she makes it II ttlo littlo pearls, llltlo diamonds,
littlo dews, Hagnr's is n model prayer but
then It in n littlo one, and tho burdcu of the
potitlon is for but littlo, Tho sermon on the
mount in little, hut tho last dedication discourse)
wan an hour. J.ifo In mudo up of littles death
is what remains of them oil. Day is made up
with little beams, aud night Ih glorious with lit
tlo stars.
Chaiilks Lahii, riding homo ono evening
f after dining with a friend) iu a crowelcel Lou
don omnibus, had his attention nttractcd to
the; vociferous Inquiry:
"All full insiilof" on tho part of a gcntlotnan
it mo cioor, biinries Hill tea snmo time (being
much afflicted with stammering) to boo what
nollco his fellow-passengers would tako of Iho
unsuccessful applicant for n seat. Nono deign
ing to givo the individual nu answer, Charles
replied, on a repetition of tho inquiry:
"I d-d-don't know how it in with tho other
gontlomcn, but that last piece of oyster plo
iuiiv i iuuh inn my uiikiucss.
CnUKLTY TO ANIMAUI. llrllto beasts nro do.
fonselcss, .and to torturn them In despicable;
tho iiksasHlri at least risks his life, but tho tor
turer ot animals risks nothing; nnd I do not
hesitnto lo place him lowor slid iu Ihe sculo of
humanity. Thero aro mon who lmvo commit
ted great crimes, nnd yet In whom tho spark of
ak ; ensure hef.S"""; .Tnl" TT
,i i .7i Ti -"-r- - " " "-
mal, nnd uroloncn them reL'nnllosn nf Its rrrnnna
and of it supplicating looks, I pronounce
without n hour!: and when thn lionrt la ,!.,, 1 nil
is ilcad. tioinfe ih (,',ujxlrin,
A stoiiy told by Dr. McCosh, of Princeton
College, in Hcasouahlo. A negro iu n religious
garnering prnyeii onrnostiy nut no ami bin col
oted brethren might bo preserved from what ho
called their "upsetlln' sins." "llruelder," said
ono of his friends, nt tho cIobo of tho meeting,
"you nlu't got tho hang of dt word. It's 'be-
aettlnVnot'iinseltln. Ilruddor," replied
Iho other, "if dat 's so, it's so. Hut I wns
pruyin' do Lonl to save us from do siu of in
toxication, nu' if dat ain't an upsettin' siu, I
duuno what am,"
Tuts ways of women nro past finding out.
It is said that tho ladies of Jacksonville, 'lenu.,
lmvo a fashion of tying up thoir taper fingers
when young gentlemon aro expected to cull,
aud when thov verr ualurallv uol- tha .
they blushingly romnrk, " I burned thorn brolll
ing steak tuis morning." Tho result is that
Bcvcral young genllomen havo burned their
fingers by behoving tho story.
In speaking to his father's coachman of n
neighboring family, a young man remarked
thnt " they wero happy until sorrow suddenly
came aud left her traces there." Tho coach
man looked puzzled, but tlually responded,
"Indeed, sir I an' what did sho do with tho
rest of tho harness ?"
An Oswego paper describes a flro by saying
that "Iho red iiiinesdanced iu tho honvens uml
filing their flory arms about liko n black funo
ral pall until Sam Jones got on tho roof and
dousi'd thorn out with n pall of water.
iMiTUTiNkNT danily (a stranger). "Mav I
havo tho honor to accompany jou, miss'?"
Cool young laely "Certnlnlysbutkcep behind,
in your proper place. I discharged my last
footman for impertiuence."
A IHJWN Kastor believes there is uothlng liko
advertising. He lost his pocket-book recently,
advertised his loss In tbo local newspaper, and
next morning wout down into his own cellar
and found it on the floor.
Thk following advertisement appeared re
cently iu an English paper: "St. James'
Church-On Sunday next Ihe afternoon service
will commtnco at half-past three and continue
until further notice."
"1'atunch is alwava crowne.1 will. ,n.....
This rule is without an exception. It mav not
be a spleudid suoeess, but patience nevsr takes
anything in hand that it does not succeed with
insomotorm."
"Fatiuh. fonHve them for lhr Irnn. nnt
what they do," was Dean Stanley's text when
he preached to tbo newly-wed Duke aud Duch
ess of Kdiubargh, soon after their arrival in
Loudon.
Tuis mayor of a Portugese city ouce enumer
ated, among the marka by which tho body of a
drowued man might l: identified. "A marked
impediment in hi speech."
Tun following appeared iu an Edinburgh pa
per: "We regret to And that the announce,
turn! of the death of Mr. W. is a malicious
fabrication."
An exchange tell of a little child who watch
W the annw dake in the late torm, and after
a ruoment ol thoughtful alienee aaiel, "Mamma.
I it next winter?"
A Uoiton Dorca Society fine gotsipa one
dollar tor each offense. The proceed therefrom
will be used to pay the national debt.
The Baby's Death.
There came a morning at last when tho ba
by's eyes did not open. The Doctor felt tho
heart throb faintly under his fingers, but he
knew it was beating its last. He trombled for
tho mother, and dared not tell her. She anti
cipated him.
"Dootor," said she and her voice was so
passionate that it might almost have belonged
to a disembodied spirit "I know that my
darling is dying."
He bowed his head mutely. Her calmness
awed him.
"Is there anything you can do to ease him 1"
"Nothing. I do not think he suffers."
"Then you will please to go away. Ho Is
mine nobody's but mine, in his lifo and in his
death, and I want him quiet to myself nt tho
last."
Sorrowfn'ly enough, ho left her.
Tho mother held her child closely, but
gently. Sho thought in that hour that she had
uevor loved anything else nevor in this world
should love anything again. Sho wanted to
cry, but her eyes were drv and burning, and
not a tear tell on tlio little upturned laco,
changing so fast to marble. Sho bout ovor and
whispered something in Ihe baby's car a
wild, passionate prayer that would rcmomber
her and know her again in tho iuflnito spaces.
A look soemeel to answer her a radiant, lov
iug look, which sho thought must bo born of
tho near heaven. She pressed her lips in n
laht despairing agony of lovo to tho littlo face,
from which ntrendy, us she kissed it, tho soul
had flod. Her white wonder had gono homo.
That which lay upon her hungry heart was
stone.
QKNitnAb Mackenzie, when commander-in-chief
of tho Chatham (England) division of
marines, was very rigid in his-dnty, nnd among
other regulations would suffer no officer to be
saluted by tho guard if out of his uniform. One
day tho general observed a lieutenant of ma
rines in plain dress, and though he knew tho
youug olliccr intimately, lie called to tho senti
nel to turn him out, Tho officer appealed to
iho general, saying who ho wns.
" I know you not," said tho general; " turn
him out I"
A short timo after that tho general bad been
at a short distauco from Chathaui to pay n visit,
and returning in the evoning, in a bine coat,
claimed entranco at tho garden gato. Tho sen
tiuol demanded the countersign, which tho
general not knowing, desired tho officer of thu
guard to bo sent for, who proved to bo tho lieu
tenant .whom tuo general had fronted so cava
lierly. "Who aro you ?" inquired the officer.
' I am General Mackenzie," was tho reply.
" What I without a uniform I" rejoined tho
lioutinaut. "Turn him out I turn him out I
Tho general would break his bones if he knew
no assumetl ills mmo.
Tho gcnornl mado his retreat, but tho next
day, inviting tho young officer to breakfast, ho
told him "no had done his duty with very
commendable exactness,"
LKAnxiNO tiik Way. An honest dosiro to
know the way of lifo is tho best qualification to
learn of Him who spakons never man spoke,
Dccoiuo ns a littlo child, conscious of weakness,
nud willing to be instructed, nud you will easily
losrn from tho Divine Tcncher a higher wis
dom than was over taught in tho most renown
ed tchools of human philosophy. Rccoivo the
word of Christ as a personal messago to your
own heart; appropriate to yourself tho merits
of His death ns fully an if you woro the onlv
8'nn0r, . lli? .WOrlJ. fof WH .
you win easily icarn now to oo saved
'
O"" Bodiks and Souls. ."Two things a
mnster'commits to his servant's earn "ba 1.1 nnn
"U child nud tho child's clothes." It will be
it poor excuse tor tuo servant to say nt his mas
ter's return: "Sir, hero nro oil tho child's
clcthos, neat, clean, but tho child is lost I"
Much so with tho account that many will givo
to God of their i-oiils nud bodies nt tho great
day: "Lord, hcio is my body; and I am very
grateful for it. I neglected nothing that bo
longed to its content aud welfare; but for my
soul, that is lost nud cast away forovor. I took
littlo euro mid thought about it," Flml.
Tue ovidonco of a witness iu a lifo insnranco
case involved "in tho blowiug up of a steam
boat on tho Ohio, is droll, just because it Is
characteristic. Thu witness know tho missing
man, nud saw him ou tho deck ot tho steam
boat beforo tho explosion. Whoa asked by tho
lawyer,
"What was the last timo you saw him ?"
Ho answered, ,
" ilio very last timo I ever set eyes on him
was when tho biltr buret, .and I wan going up,
I mot him and tho smoko-l
pipe comiug down.
Milk as a
Diet and its
System.
Effect on the
Thero is considerable rtlfferenoo of opinion
on tho subject of a milk diet. It is surrounded
with a mass of whims, of prejudices, and of
mistaken ideas, which are based more on In
dividual fancies than upon certain facts. To
one n glass of milk imbibed is bolioved to be a
sure provocation of a bilious altaok; to another,
a disordered stomach; to a third, drowsiness,
and so on, through such a category of simple
though dlsigrecablo ailments that we look
aghast at tho farmer who drains cup after cup
of tho fresh puro liquid, lime and again during
the dty, and wonder at tho resisting powers
which his orgnulzntion must possess. Tho
truth Is, however, that milk is uot unwhole
some. On the contrary, it contains good sub
stantial bone, muscle, flesh and brain-prodtteing
substances, whloh, assimilating, quiokly act
rapidly In building up the botly. Naturally,
we assert, it is nourishing; that it does biing
on curtain troubles is novertbeloss true, but the
cause is in tho individual stomach, not in tha
milk, provided, of course, the latter be fresh
and sweet. Scientific .linrrican.
Milk diluted with one-third lime water, it
is said, will not cause nuy one biliousness or
headache, and, If taken regularly, will so
strengthen the i-tomaoh aa to banish these dis
onlers. It may be taken with acid of gome
kind when it does not easily digest. The idea
that inflk mu.t not be eaten with pickles is not
an intelligent one, as milk curdles in the
stomach nearly as soon as it is swallow
When milk is constipating, as it is frequently
found to be bv nersons hn
drink freely of it
in me country in summer time, a little salt
spnniieu in eacn glassful will prevent thediffl
oulty. W hen it has an opposite effect, a few
drops of brautly in eaoh goblet of milk will
obviate iU purgative effect. Aa milk is so
easentlal to the health ot our bodies, it i well
to consider when to take It, and how. It is a
mistake to drink milk between meals," or with
food at the Uble. Iu the former case it will
destroy the appetite, and in the Utter it i never
proper to drink anything. Alter finishing each
meal a goblet of pure milk should be drank
and if any one wishes to grow fleshy, a pint
taken before retiring at night will soon cover
the scrawniest bones. In cases of fever and
summer complaint, milk I nnw nt.... ..i.e.
excellent result. The idea that milk is "fever,
un has exploded, and it i now thn r.v.r.ui.n.
great reliance in bringing through typhoid
patient, or thoe in too low a itate to be now
"hed by .olid food. .V. 1 Cownerclal .sW
Yod(Q Folks' CouJfrff..
Saturday Night.
Placing the little hats all in a row,
Ready for church on the morrow, you know;
Washing wee faces and littlo black fiats,
Oettlng them ready and tit to ba kissed;
Putting them Into clean garments and white.
That la what mothers are doing to-night.
Spying out holes In the little worn bose.
Laying by hoee that are worn through the toes.
Looking o'er garments to faded and thih
Who but a mother knowa where to begin f
Changing a button to make It look right
That Is what mothers are doing to-night.
Calling the little onea all 'round her chair.
Hearing them lisp forth their evening prayer.
Telling them stories ot Jesus of old, .
Who loves to gather the lambs to Ilia fold;
Watching them listen with childish delight
Thit Is what mothers are doing to-night.
Creeping ao aoflly to tako a last peep,
Af ler the little ones all aro asleep;
Anxious to know If the children aro warm,
Tucking tho blanket! round each littlo form.
Kissing each little face, rosy and bright
That is what mothers are doing to-night.
Kneeling down gently beside the whlto bed.
Lowly and meekly she bowa down her head,
Praying aa only mothers can pray,
"Ooil guido and keep them from going astray."
" He Gets Drunk."
A Sketch (or Young People.
" Ho'h tho smartest youug man iu our olass."
" Yes, but he gets drunk."
" Oh, but he is so fine-looking, so noble and
so talented withal I His composition yostcrday
was the very best in our division. Hit rlt.,u
splondidly I They lay he's writing for a maga
zine. Only think of it, writing for a magazine,
uu oiuur iuiiu no is, anil not out ot scjiool yet I
won't ho bo n great man, though, some dav!"
"No, I don't think he will." '
"Whvnot?"
"Ho gets drunk."
" Oh, Hint's nothing; a good many smart
men get drunk. Every young man has his wild
oats to sow; nnd because a fellow gets n littlo
boozy onco in n whllo, I wouldn't condemn him
forover; quite likely ho'll outgrow it whon ho
gets older and sees tho folly of it."
" Moro likely that will outgrow him, and, as
to his getting n little boozy, I'm afraid ho was a
good deal so whon tho boys found him bcsldo
tho walk tho other night, aud had to carry him
to his room, dodging around Blrcot corners and
skulking through by-ways so that nono of tho
professors would sco him, I tell you a person
that drinks at all isn't to bo depended on. Tho
only young mon thnt I havo any confldonco in
nro thoso who let intoxicating liquors entirely
alone."
" Woll, I don't caro; bo's good nnd smart,
nnyhow, and I liko him,"
' I don't; ho gets drnnk 1"
So tho conversation ran on hettroin irn
schoolmates who wero walking Just nhoael of
mo. Ah, how those worels, " He gets drunk,"
kept ringing In my ears I Possessed of a noblo
manhood and a glorious intellect; blessed with
tho greatest nnd best of God's gifts; having thu
iuvu ami upprouutiou oi icacucrs; admired and
looked np to by associates; tho prido and hope
of n fond father, intormined in the heart and
life of a dotiug mother, united in close and
tender bonels with brothers nnd sisters; holding
in his baud tho honor and good uumo of tho in
stitution with wbiob ho is connected, of tho so
cloty in which ho mingles, and yet "qets
drunk!"
As a natural consequence that young man
who drinks will generally blight tho manhood
that is within him, chungo to curses Iho bless.
Ings that aro upon him, bring to tho dust what
ever highborn aspirations, whatovor longiugs
fcr greatness, glory and immortality may bo
his; blast, the fondest hopes of parents, put out
tho brightness of their future in tho darkness
of disappointment, pain and Borrow; bring
shamo and roproach upon brothers and sisters;
trample upon tho love nnd confidence of his
fellows; Bhut himself out from all goodnoss,
purity, usefulness nnd happiness; blot out the
imago of God that is stamped upou him, and
drag himself elowft lower thau tho brutes. Aye,
so surely does ho shut hlmsolf out from Hea
ven, as "hegtU drunk I"
Dons' Lanquaok. In Charlcstown recently a
largo dog gavo chase to a poor littlo " black and
tan whoso hind leg had boen injured, but,
failing to ovorlako him, turned about and trotted
slow ly back. In a short time the small dog re
turned, followed by a large Newfoundland, who
upon reaching the corner, " seemed to be look
ing for something," when the littlo dog gavo
tw or ,1ree HnarP D0ki much as to say,
"That a tho blgaog who chased me," at the
stme time indicating by his actions the large
black dog, who wos thon at somo distance.
Whereupon the little dog's ally Immediately
nttackod and severely punished ths aggressor,
who was gladjenough to trust to the swiftness of
his feet for safety. After this litnA .m,!.- th
small dog and his friond returned down the
street apparently much pleasod with thoir tirt
of tho Into transaction. How did the smalldoc
Impart the idea to tho largo one ?
"IlKhas left a void that can not be easily fill
eel. n,s the bank director touchingly remarked
of tho absconding cashior.
Vrm-TABLB philosophy Sago advice.
.i V.?)Dtn,lIt h.a? b,?en. eDally supposed
that the beauty of Japan lacquer work was duo
to ingredeuts derived from unknown plants,
Hnd that the secret was confined to the Ori
ental workmen. Roeently, however, in Hoi
land, objects of art havo been produced, lac
quered and covered with mother-of-pearl, in
pieces fat similes of those mndo in Japan. The
lacquer nsed is prepared from the hardest
varieties of gum copal, principally that of
Zanzibar, which is coloreef blact with India
ink. The articles aro covered with several lay
ers of this substance, upon which, while still
u.utiw T?'er J8'?', tue molher-of.pcsrl is
inlaid. Drying fn a furnace follow, another
coat of lacquer is applied, then mow drying
and smoothing with pounce. These operations
are repeated until thn anrr. T.".i
rfc & PolUfiUglven
I'OUITBT lUlsnto Th Th.t l i
mence keeping ponltrv is in th. .n . r?l
winter. At that time young hens can be mir.
chased readily.- In tbS .pAng frme' wC.
are no anxious to sell their fowls. IfUiey m"
fed well and a warm place provided, aome of
the hens may be set in February or earlier, and
some early brood may be hatcfied out and sold
JZ im iV U & or MWolly man
aged double that number. One variety wo.ld
be found most profitable, unle.s fancy poultry
were kept when, of course, there mnit be a
separate ho.se and yard for each kind. A
change of rooaters should be made each year
American Agriculturist. ' '
Dc. Gairrrni. of Chiao. ha ihi..... i.:
valed 3,000 acre of grain, which will yield an
average of at leaat 30 bu.hel to the acre. He
hasaloharvoted700tonaofhay. The Doe
tor sold a short time since 85,000 pound of
bacon in the Mary.viUe market.