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The Two Anchors.
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It was gallant Milor mm
Uad J ant come home from sea.
Ami is I pasaed blm on the town
He sang "Ahoy 1" to me.
I stoppe d, and Haw I knew the man
Had known him from a boy;
And eo I anawered, Milor-Ilke,
"Avast 1" to his "Ahoy I"
I made a song for him one day
His ship was then in sight
"The llttlo anchor on the left.
The great one on the right."
I gave his hand a hearty grip,
"So you are back again?
They say you have been pirating
Upon the Hpanish Main;
Or was it some rich Indiamsn
You robbed of all her pearls?
Of course you have been breaking hearts
Of poor Kanaka girls 1"
"Whirevcr I have been," he said,
"I kept my ship In sight
Tiio llttlo anchor on the left.
The gnat one on the right."
"I heard last night that you were In;
I walked tho wharves to day.
But saw no ship that looked like yours.
Where does the good ship lay 1
I wsnt to gu on board of her."
"And so you shall," said he;
"But there are many things io do
When one comes from sea.
You know the song you mado for xnc?
'The little anchor on tho left.
The great one on the right 1' "
But how's your wife and little one 1"
"Gome home with me," he said.
"Oo on, go on, I follow you;"
I followed where ho ltd;
He bad a pleasant little house;
The door was open wide,
And at the door the dearest face
A dearer one Insido I
Ho hugged his wife and child; be sang
uis spirits were so light
"The llttlo anchor on the left,
The great ono on tho right I"
'Twas supper time, and we sat down
The sailor's wlfo and child.
And he and I; he looked at them,
And looked at me, and smiled.
"I think of this when I am tossed
Upon tho stormy foam,
And though a thousand leagues away,
Am authored hern at homo."
Then giving each a kiss, ho said,
"I seo in dreams at night
This little anchor on the left,
This great one on tho rlgut."
Kitchen Economies.
From Pacific Rural Press.
Waste, waste I "Wlure? In what? I do
not understand."
In cutting that twelve-pound roast. Cook it
wholo and you savo nearly ono-fourth its value.
The larger the surfaco the greater tho loss of
nutritious juices by ovaporution. For tho same
reason largo niessoi), and mosBOB cooked in cov
ored veBsols, go farther ill feeding a family than
small mosses and messes cooked in open ves
sels. Tho cook has less uppotito than eaters
from othtr departments of labor. Why? She
imbibes nulrimout from tho atmosphere nutri
ment that escapes from the food in process of
cocking. To prevent the Chcnpo of this nutri
ment, whioh tukeH with it the liner llavor of the
food, is an economy worth attention.
In keoping an account of tho expenditure in
food, for my family, varying in number from
six to twenty, my utttntion was arrested by
tho fact that as the eaters increased tho cost of
food, per head, decreased. Certain tbnt in tho
cookery lay Ihe secret of difference I soon
cunio to the com luslon which years of experi
ence and observation bavo continued without
a questioning fact.
IIow often wo hear it remarked that food
tastes belter with a tabic full of eators, the
speaker attributing to tho sociability of num
bers the relish which Is duo mainly to the su
ferior richness and lluvor of food cooked in
argo quantities, oto.
Keep au exact uccouut of expenditures in sot
ting a table fur four persons. At tho tndof a
mouth divide Iho sum total by tho number I,
and you will hate tho oost of board per hoad.
Add four to your tablo for the next month and
provide as before, in qualities and kiuds, and
at tho end of the mouth you will And, that if
tho cost of the first four uk $2 por head, the
cost por hoad of the eight will vary little from
$1.75. And for twelvo persons tho average cost
will bo nbuiit $1.50. Tako into account fuel
and hire of help -which is not materially in
creased by the increased number to bo pro
vided for and tho difference in favor of tho
greater number will bo still nioro appareut.
A dozeu children eat proportionally less than
half that number. Ho that tho poor mau, with
a houso full of healthy boj s and girls, is amass
ing a capital in labor, at less expense of broad
nnd butter, tbaujhis wealthier neighbor who has
tho smalli r number. This view of tho case di
minlshes tho wonder at "how Mr. I), contrives
to llnd food for so many mouths," Slews and
soups, bo ooononiieal as regards tiuie and oostol
material, so wholesome, and ulways so much
relished by children, are more frequent dtshos
iu such families, and have much to do with
their general hetiltbfulnexs and vigor.
Said an Alabama lady, "Mrs. Nichols, the
Yankees do not cook rico like Southerners."
"And how do Southerners cook it ? It being a
Southern production, and staple of Southern
tables, Southern cookery should turn out a
prime aitlole, I rtpllul,
"Wo would put iuto your oven a pan with
rico nnd the requisite quantity of water or
milk and keep it cooking moderately till done
half an hour perhaps thau turn it, without
stirring, iuto a dish for the table. The rice
graius, feathery as snow flakes, will be whole,
and tho skiu which forms over the mass in the
commenoemont of cooking, and which can be
Btripped off before tnrniug out the rice, pro.
vents the escape of the delicate aroma of the
rice, aud you have a fine flavored food in place
of the pasty, insipid result of boiling and stir
ring," Watt, Wait I
"And what is the matter now ?"
Why, my dear sir, yon are buying your
groceries by the pound and small measure,
when if you bought by the hundred, the box,
the sack, and keg or barrel, you would save the
timo you waste in going for sniull quantities
nnd get a luudsome discount on prices. There
is besides leas waBte in the purchase of Urge
quautitits they "spend better,"
Von are of the opinion that "a more lavish
use would make the wholesale purchase, money
out of pocket 7"
Well now, that reminds me of a neighbor of
my father's, whose children were my play.
mate. Ana as me story nai a moral and
couldn't be embellished by fiction, I will wake
it round out my kiteben economies.
Our neighbor, Mr. 11.. waa what waa called
"forehanded mau." lie had a good farm
which he got by marriage, hit wife's money
having paid for it. lie waa a clothier by trade,
and a good workman; managed hit own bail
nets ordinarily well, but waa a xuoat remarka
ble economist in household affaire, which he
supervised with great vigilance. With nine
oefldren to clothe and feed, Mr. 11. had fre
quent opportunities for lecture on economy,
whioh his patient little wife beard, something
aa one htart a disagreeable noise, that can't be
ahut out, but need not be listened to. Year
after year she had begged for materials to make
for her children comfortable garments; had
urged, that she could take her time in the mak
ing and save her strength for seasons of hurry
and extra work or sickness, if she could have a
bolt of muslin, etc., to make under-clothing,
etc., etc.
"No," said Mr. Ii., "tho cloth would bo used
more lavishly; jou would pnt more in a gar
ment and wouldn't patch and make the old
ones last bo long. We've none of us ever been
sick long enough to feel any inconvenience
from want of clothes, and I guess we can get
along as we have for a while yet. It's no matter
about childiea's clothes, and as for yours, why,
if a woman's drees suits her husband that's
enough. A man has to go to town, nnd sit on
juries, you know, aid travel round the country
on business, and must have a good suit of
clothes."
So this woman, who couldn't help herself,
because she had no means in her own right
gave it up. The children continued to go to
bed Saturday nights shirtless, while their tired
and disheartened mother washed, dried by the
firo and ironed their garments for Sunday
morning. One year later and B'ii economy
ended in ten motherless children, between the
ages of 1G years and one week. And whether
or not her last dress "suited her husband," it
wastohtrtbe most comfortable one he had
ever furnished.
There are very few thoroughbred B's in the
world; but there are very many with a strain
of the same economy; and many a woman
spends her strength to disadvantage and wears
out with the friction of ungenial espionage and
privation of materials for which her husband's
means are ample, who, if free to make and carry
out her plans, would develop unsuspected tal
ent and energy in the conduct of household
affairs. My plen is for these unfortunate women.
Men have business enoueb of their own and it
would bo unmerciful to expect them to manage
the house additional. It is enough when sick
ness of the house-mother compels them to take
up tho burdens of nurso or cook. And their
thoughtful help in many directions relieves tho
over-burdened wife and fills her heart with
love's sunshine.
Potter Valley, Oct. 19th, 1874.
"I Love You."
Who do you supposo Raid it ?
She wus very beautiful, with her cheek of
rose-hue and curling auburn tresses that the
wind sports with so gallantly; but she did not
say it. No. That bright creature, by whose
side stands a lover, looking so tenderly in those
happy eye", nor et the dimpled babe, with
cherub face lifted to tho more mature but not
less iunoceully sweet features, with the holy
light of mother glorifying every smile again.
Wrong again.
Then, who do mil sunnose snirl it ?
Not that newly-wed husband, whoso homo
for a few fleeting months be has called heaven
full of smiles and toudernoss, and oft-repeated
vows. Although ho whispers many times of
love, yet this "I love you" was not spoken then
p.uu tnere.
A tired woman sits hushing to sleep her nest
ling bubo, lieauiy onco mado that face radi
ant, perhaps, but all that beauty has gone now.
The nlue eye is dim and faded tho whole ex
pression is sorrowful tho palo brow covered
with linos of cure. Perhaps, in that far-off
look of herB, sho sees three little graves, green
with as many summers. Her home is very
humble all day she has toiled, and the fainting
spirit almost surrenders to fatigue, tho down
oust oyos trembling; with tears she is bo weary.
And every nerve tingles when tho boys come
hungry from sohool, borne with weoping and
tales of sorrow, that mothers must hear. And
after that they aro hushed with kissincs or
chidings, till it is time to got supper for seven
hungry mouths, and then tho accustomed,
nover-ending routine of putting away and clear
ing up, till tho worn out creature wonders with
n sign if there really will over como a rest to
her au etornal rest.
At last she can rest her weary limbs in the
old rocking-chair. Tho babe, whose eyes
close fitfully to a low lullaby, liosiu his father's
lap. lie is a plain man, that good father with
an honest face aud great heait that would if
bo oould, take in all tho care aud sorrow of the
household.
Tho babo sleeps. With a rude gentleness he
lays it on its mother's bosom, aud as tho ruddy
firelight plays over her caro-woru features, he
looks upou her with eyes suddenly grown lus
trous and beautiful. IIo lifts his great hand
softly, till it rests on her shoulder, as he sajs,
"I loo you, doar Mary 1"
Ah 1 you long-married husbauds, who exact
every atteutiou as a duty, how much would it
cost jou to mako your homo beautiful with all
its euros? I tell you one word of lot e will
loosen great burdens from tho sbouldors of the
toiling wouiauvou cull wife. Try it. Go home
some night and look upou her with tho eyes of
long ago. For ono little moment think what
great trials sho took unto her heart when she
married you. Then teuderly clasp her hand,
and as she looks with wonder-open eyes, fay to
her iu a low aud Btoady voice, not carolesslj
nor sportively, but earnestly
"I love you."
Trust me, it will bo to her, and to you both,
"better thau diamonds."
An Odtrahk on Womkn. Charles Kendo
sas: "Notbiugisso hard on women as a long,
a o.iely struggle. In matters pbys'cal, this is
tho thing the musoles of the fair cannot stand.
Iu matters intellectual and moral, the long
strain it is that beats them dead. Do not look
for a Bacoua, a Newtona, a Handella, a Vic
toria Huga. Some American ladles tell us
educatiou has stopped the growth of these.
No, mesdames. These are not in nature.
They can bubble letters ten minutes that you
could no mote deliver to order iu ten days than
a river cau play like a fountain. They can
sparkle gems of stories; they can flash like dia
monds of poems. The entire sex has never
produced one opera nor ono epio that mankind
could tolerate a mluute; aud why? these come
bylong, high-strunglabor. But weak as they are
in the long run in everything but the affections
(aud there they are giants), they are all over
powering while their gallop lasts. Fragella
shall dance any two of you flat on the floor be
fore four o'clock, aud then dance on till the
peep of day. You trundle off to your business
as usual, aud oould dance again the next night,
and so through the countless ages. She who
danced you into nothing is iu bed, a human
jelly crowned with headache"
A Fbencu Lady' Skorkt. Fair ladies of
Utah, discard all kinds of drugs and all cosmetic
nostrums f or perservlng the fairness of your
complexions, lor a win communicate to you a
secret, an Infallible recipe, of one of tho most
taaciuating ladies ot modern timet. I mean
the Countess Diana of Poitiers. When forty
years old, a king in the bloom ot youth waa
mitten with the charms of thia celebrated
beauty. Diana of Poiliera washed her face
with rainwater, even during the bitterest cold
of winter, and three king in succession were
passionately fond of this bewitching lady. Ex.
This Is the way a colored preacher at Rich
mond harrangui d his hearers for mutual conven
ience: "De fore part ob de chsrch will please
sit down so de hind part of de church can see
de fore part, for de bind part can't tee de fore
part ef de fore part peiaist in standby before
de hind part, to de niter exclusion of de hind
part by dt fore part."
Read This.
There was a great stir in the garden the
other day. The po atoes were ready to jump
out of their skins. Thebeets turned red to their
very roots. The celery lost their heads, and
the cabbages their hearts. The peas split their
pods with excitement. The aoparxgns could
with difficulty be kept in its bed. Ttie parsley
cuiled itself up in one corner. The cucumber
alone maintained its habitual coolness. The
cause of all this commotion was the presence
of a noted vegetarian. The potatoes never
took their eyes off of him. Punch's Almanac.
And Then This.
There was a great slir in the fields Ihe other
day. The partridges suddenly limped oway.
The hares scampered. The pheasants whizzed
through the air. The lark soared fast as they
could, and every little singiug bird was in
panic. The sheep and lambs were aghast, and
a hugely fat ox would have run away if he had
had breath in him for it. All this horror was
caused by tho presence of a noted omnivorons
epicure. The fish, lobsters and frogs were
happy not to get sight of him. The very snails
and periwinkles shuddered. The worms had
ugly forebodings. Francis W. Newman.
The A he a of California. For the informa
tion of thoso who have never vi-ited the Pacific
Coast, we will give the area of our State. It is
not a Slate so much as an Empire, with its 188,
931 square miles, or 130,927,810 acres. A re
cent authority makes the following thowing;
The combined area of the six New England
Slates is but 68,338 square miles, showing that
California has an area almost three times as
great as this division of the Republic. The
area of the six Middle States New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania.'Delaware, Maryland and
West Virginia is 137,464 square miles larger
than this section. The combined area of the
twelve Slates forming the New England and
Middle States is 295,812 square miles, showing
that California contains an area almost as great
as these twelve States. It is 78,225 square
miles larger than the whole of Great Britain,
the latter being 110,850 square miles. It would
mako twenty-four States the size of the State
of Massachusetts, leaving 2,784 squat e miles;
and the area of California would make one
hundred and forty-five States as large as the
State of Rhode Island.
To Those Who Draw Notes. A man drew
a note promising to pay one hundred dollars.
He used a printed form, and did not close up
the blank devoted to dollars, and after passing
it as negotiable paper, somebody inserted "and
fifty" after the one hundred and before the
printed dollars. The note, thus altered, cot
into the hands of an innocent party who pre
sented it (o the drawer, and the Supieme Court
decided that the maker of the note was liable
for its face, because through negligence he did
not draw n line between the wore! "hundred"
and tho printed word "dollars." Any testi
mony that the drawer might offer to establish
the fact that ho gave the note for one hundred
dollars must go for nothing, as thero was no
thing on tho face of the note would have
changed the case. Let this be a lesson to all
drawers of promissory notes. No one can be
too careful in such matters.
Another consideration: the rogue who filled
the blank iu the note above, will everlastingly
curse his own stupidity for not making it $99
87 in stead of the $50 additional. Therefore,
rogues cannot be too careful in such matter.".
Povfrty A Blessino. Poverty is the nurs
of manly energy, and heaven-climbing thoughts,
attended by love, and faith, and hope, around
whose steps the mountain breezes blow, and
from whoso countenance all the virtues gather
strength. Look around you upon the distin-
guisnea men tnai in every department of life
guide and control the times, and inquire what
was their origin and what was their early for
tune. Were they, as a genoral rule, rooked
and tlandled in the lap of wealth? No; such
men emorzed from tho homes of decent com
petence or struggling poverty. Necessity shar
Eens their faculties; and privation and sacrifice
race their moral nature. They learn tho
groat art of renunciation, and enjoy tho happi
ness of bavinsr few wants: thev know nnthini.
of the indifference or satiotv. There is not nn
idle fiber in their franios; they put tho vigor of
a resolute puipose into every act. The edge
of their mind is always kept sharp; in the
school of life, men like these meet softly-nurtured
darlings of prosperity as iron meets the
vessel of porcelain.
A Wipe's PitAYEti. If thero is anything that
comes nearer to the imploration of Naomi than
tho subjoined, we have not seen it:
Lord bless and protect that dear person
whom Thou hast chosen to be my husband;
let bis life be long and blessed, comfortable
and holy; and let me also become a great bless
ing and comfort unto him, a sharer in all his
sorrows, a meot helper in all the accidents and
changes in the world; make me amiable fore
ever in his eyes, and forever dear to him.
Unite his heart to me in the dearest love and
holiness, aud mine to him in all sweetness,
charity aud compliance. Keep me from all un
gentleness, and discontenteduess and unrea
sonableness of paBsion and humor, and make
me humble and obedient, usefnl and subservi
ent, that we may delight each other according
to Thy blessed Word, aud both of us may re
joice in Thee, having our portion in the love
and sen ice of God forever. Amen.
Mother. Young man ! Thy mother is thy
best earthly friend. The world may forget
thee thy mother never; the world may wil
fully do thee many wrongs thy mother never;
the world may persecute thee while living, and
when dead, plant the ivy and the nightsha ie
of slander udon thy grassless grave, but thy
mother will love aud cherish thee while living,
and if she survive thee, will weep for thee when
dead, such tears as none but a mother knows
how to weep. Love thy mother 1
Labohino. Luther said that "ihe devil
hated a good laugh." We can almost imagine
his sataoio majesty prowling about for prey
among the downcast and doom v. the satiate!
and greedy of mankind, and turning away from
the hopeful and light hearted, the innocent and
generous. If we admit that Luther's maxim
embodies a truthful principle, we should apply
such maxim to our couse ot life, and raise the
lanch that will keep the, iIavU nnt nf nn ...,,
and oat of oar lives.
Boon. The tendency of a book should be
to attract and fascinate the attention and inter.
est ot the mind whilst it does not rack the at
tention by spurring it forward feverishly. If
ai any given moment wo can take up the book
and get absorbed in it, and can at any given
moment lay it aside and feel our heart and
mind filled wjth it; if reading on, or reading
again what we have already, gives us equal sat
isfaction, that book is the right reading for us.
Tn gallant secretary ot a life-insuranoe
company, being in command of a platoon
daring the late unpleasantness at New Orleans,
struck up the gun of one of his men, about to
fire on a staff-officer, with the exclamation.
"Hang It, don't shoot at him, we've got a policy
on him!" r '
FirTTTUL is axe-ldnts. A chopping sea.
Boxtxo Match between William IV. and an
Amebican 8ailob. Nathan Lord served during
the Revolution on board an American privateer,
which was captured by a royal navy frigate,
and its crew taken prisoners. The young Duke
of Clarence, afterwards William IV.. was an
nfllcer of the English Bhip. One night subse
quent to the capture, while some of Ihe rebel
sailors were standing upon the upper deck,
the royal middy addressed them with insulting
words, calling them rebels, Yankees, etc. Lord,
one of the number being rather of an inflam
mable spirit, and not relishing his remarks, re
plied that if he were at liberty he would com
pel him to retract, and sugge-led some rather
forcible arguments that he would use it neces
sary. The English officer was desposed to test
his fighting qualities and accordingly a com
mon seaman's chest was broURht up from be
low, the combatants were placed upon each
'ide, and a regular sset-to was the result. The
Englishman was the first to "cty enough," and
tbns the affair ended. Soon after tho arrival
of the ship in England, and while the American
prisoners remained on board, previous to being
removed to Dartmoor, a message arrived from
the Duke of Clarence, bearing an official dis
patch commanding young Lord's release, grant
ing him full pardon, and giving him permission
to return to America.
Baby Life. Who has not slept on a mother's
Inn? Who has not loved a mother's smile?
Who has not looked to that mother for kind
words, for sympathy, for guidance through
life? Yet who knows the mother's task work?
Only a mother. There lies her darling, Burning,
and apparently happy. Its cheeks are round,
peach color, aud beautiful. Its dreams we
may imagine are sweet, but they are beyond
comprehension. The mother, however, can in
terpret them. She speaks fo her child in a
language which no philosopher can translate.
Her smiles and her talk to that gift from God
can electrify the coldest heart. Baby-life is a
great as well as solemn lesson. It teaches
more than books. It shows us that innocence
and happiness and love are to be found in this
task work. The mother will risk all for her
child. She has courage to do any great deed
to save its life. Sublimity cannot go beyond
her thought and high daring. But, after all, it
is but a short jump from the cradle to the
grave. We may dissect human character with
our scalpel-pen to day, but O great truism! the
carcass is cone to-morrow. Cradled amidst
joy, we depart amidst tears. Yet how sweet is
baby-life 1 Would not we who ore boyond it.
give all we possess to return to it once more?
It is the golden year of our existence, as the
angels of heaven well know.
What a Good Periodical may Do. Show
ns an intelligent family of boys and girls, and
we will show you a family where newspapers
and periodicals are plentiful. Nobody who has
been without these silent private tutors, can
know their edncating power for good or evil,
nave yon never thought of the innumerable
topics of discussion which they suggest at the
breakfast table, the important public measures
with which, thus early, our children become fa
miliarly acquainted the great philosophic
questions oi tne aay, to wmon unconsciously
their attention is awakened, and the seneral
spirit of intelligence which is evoked by these
quiet visiiurs i anyiuing mat manes nome
pleasant, cheerful and chatty, thins the haunts
of vice, and the thousand and one avennes of
temptations, should certainly be regarded
when we consider its influence on the minds of
the young, as a great moral and social bless
ing.
A Word To Boys. Some one has said:
" Boys, did you ever think that this creat
wona, weaitn and woe, witn all its mines and
mountains, its oceans, seas and views, with
all its shipping, its steamboats, railroads and
magnetic telegraphs, with all its millions of
men, and all the science and progress of ages,
will soon be given over to the hands of the
boys of the present age boys like you, assem
bled in school rooms, or playing without them,
on both sides of the Atlantic? Believe it and
look abroad upon your inheritance, and get
reaay to enter upon its possessions. The
kings, presidents, governors, statesmen, philos
ophers, ministers, teachers, men of the future,
all are boys, whose feet like yours cannot reach
the floor, when seated on the benches upon
which they are learning to master the mono
syllables of their respective languages."
A "big Indian" strayed away from his camp
aud got lost. Inquiring the way back, he was
asked if he was lost. "No," said he disdain
fully, "Indian no lost; wigwam lost." Striking
his breast, he exclaimed, "Indian here!"
PKorLE talk of evil deeds bringing their own
penalties even in this world, and yet here is a
sewing-machine agent who inherits $3,000,000
from an uncle iu Scotland,
The Pacific Mail Steamship Co., several of
whose vessels have lately broken their propel
lers, have come to the conclusion that it is
choaper to make repairs by means of a coffer
dam than by putting the vessels in the dry
dock. The "Costa Kica" lately arrived with a
broken shaft, and the expense of docking and
loss of timo would be considerable but for the
adoption of this method. The coffer-dam was
placed under the stern of the ship one day this
week, and, by means ot three steam fire en
gines, pumped out in less than two honrs. The
men can work with perfect safety in this box,
detaching the propeller and do other repairs
necessary, while the company by this simple
contrivance, saves at least $5,000.
Stevens Batteby. On the 1st inst. the Com
mission appointed by the Legislature to sell
the Stevens battery met at Trenton, N. J., and
opened tbe bids received for this famous war
vessel, which has been in construction since
1813 at Hoboken.. Ten bids vera revived
and the bid of the United States Government
of $125,000 was accepted, subject to the con
dition that an appropriation be made by the
wi .uu(jicm iur me amount.
Wheeler's Expedition Reports TAmt
Geo. M. Wheeler, of the Engineer Corps of the
uuuru amies, win soon nave ready tne nrst
volume relating to natural history collections
and observations made during his famous ex
plorations. The work is in course of prenara-
lion by Dr. Garrow, the naturalist, and the
plates will be prepared by Prof. Bidgeway, of
the Smithsonian Institute.
A laboe amount of railroad material is going
forward to Sparta, the present terminus of the
Southern Pacifio track, and it is understood that
the company intend pushing on the road to
Cerro Gordo pass, a point fifty-two miles from
The various coal mines about Nanaimo are
doing well, judging from the amount of coal
which they are turning out. Dnnsmnir's mine
and the Victoria ooal company's mine are ta
king out about 110 tons per day.
TuEPostofiioe Department has abandoned
the idea of making that Department self .sus
taining, for the present at least Tbe great
difficulty in the way of retrenchment lies In the
question of newspapers and other minted mat.
ter. r
Yoilffq Folks' CoLilptfi.
The Fairy.
Come, Utile fairy, In your robes so bright,
Make me a fairy with your wand of might;
Dress zne up nnt, in your silvery sneen;
Take me U the home of your t
rrairyc
1 queen.
I want to tell all the children I meet.
Of the beautiful thlcga In a fairy's street.
Of the little coach drawn by butterflies
Over the flowers, away through the skies.
But mother tells me It cannot be so
To the fairies' home I never can go;
The fairy is only a pleasant theme.
For a childish thought, or a childish dream.
Buckeye, Yolo Co., Cat. M. J . II.
Be Content.
A boy was found on board the steamer who
had no ticket, and no money to buy a ticket
with. He stole on board and hid behind a pile
of freight until we were far. out on the lake.
"Stealing your passage, hey 1" said the second
mate, dragging him to light and taking him to
the first officer.
"What I a runaway ?" said the first officer.
"Where from, and where bound ?"
The boy made no aDSwer.
"Have you a father ?" "Yos," said the boy.
"A mother ?" "Yes." "A home ?" "Yes."
"Hun off?" "Yes." "What for ?" asked the
mate.
"To be my oven master," cried the boy,
gruffly; "that's what for."
"Well, my boy, I am afraid yon have chosen
a pretty poor master," said a man standing by.
"A man who counsels you to run awoy from
home is the worst sort of a master."
It is the greatest mistake in the world for
children to think that they are capable of being
their own masters, and taking care of them
selves. A kitten, a dog, a calf, a lamb, can
better take care of itself than a child can.
Children are longer dependent upon the kind
offices of their parents than any other young
creature. They have to be cooked for, and
sewed for, and sent to school, and taught a
thousand things, before they can ever be of any
use either to themselves or other people. No
body loves to do all these for them so well as
parents. And in return for their oare and love,
children are bound to love and obey their
parents. This is God's plan. This is the way
the Son of God did when he became an earthly
child, to show our loys how to do. There is
only one thing told about his boyhood, and
that is, when he wanted ever so much to stay
longer in Jerusalem, he willingly gave up to
bis parents, and went back to the country,,
where he etayed, "subject" to them; and it
was the first thing that could be said of him.
What did the Clock Say ? The clock upon
the tower of a neighboring church tolled forth,
slowly and solemnly, the knell of tho dennrlfid
hour. As the last sound died awnv. Willie.
who was sitting on the camel at hismother'n
feet, lifted his head, and, looking earnestly in
her face, asked, "Mother what did the clook
say?" "To me," said his mother, sadly, "it
seemed to say, 'Gone gone gone cone!' "
"What mother? what has goao?" "Another
hour, my son." "What is an hour, mother?"
"A white-winged messenger from our Father in
heaven, sent by him to inquire of you of
me what we are doing; what we ere saying;
what we are thinking and feeling." "Where
is it gone, mother?" "Back to Him who sent
it, bearing on its wings, that were so pure and
white when it came, a record of all our thoughts
words and deeds while it wag with us." Were
they all such as our Father could receive with
a smile of approbation? Reader! what record
are the hours, as they come and go, bearing up
on high for you?
Childken. Juvenal says: "The greatest rev
erence is due to a boy." Plutarch relates of
Cato tho censor, that, when his youthful son
was present, he was as careful of his words as
though he was conversing with the Vestal
Virgins, whose lies were devoted to perfect
purity. Juvenal adds that nothing unseemly,
tither in words or appearance, should ever
touch the thresholds within which a boy dwells.
These sayings commend themselves to every
one, and they scarcely need illustration or ar
gument to enforce them.
A little five year-old boy was undergoing
an examination in catechism. He made bad
work of his lessons. The words were too long,
and he did not understand them. The blund
ers that he made were so many that his mater
nal teacher was obliged to rebuke him sharply.
In despair, he at last cried out, "Ma ! ain't
there any fci'tfenchism for little boys? this 'cote
chism is so bard!" That's not bad for a five-year-old,
is it?
A Child on the Eternal Fitness of Things,
Mr. P's little daughter came running to her
aunt one day, saying," Aunt Kate, little Mattie
has swallowed a button!" Seeing her terror,
her aunt calmly replied, "Well what good will
that do her ?" Said the child very seriously,
"Not any that loan see. unfciA iimihi...
button hole I"
Girls, as von value vnnr lives ,nnf n.t
and get breakfast in the mornings. A young
lady attempted it one day last week, and was
burned to death. Show this to vour mammas.
All the girls are becoming vegetarian0.
They wear turnuphats.
Laboe Boches of Gbapes. A bnnch of
Black Hamburg grapes was lately shown at the
Great International Horticnltural Exhibition.
at Belfast, which weighed 20 pounds 12 ounces.
This was furnished by Mr. Hunter, of Lambton
Castle, and exceeds the weight of Speechly's
cluster of Syrian by about a pound. Setting
aside the fact that the latter variety is a much
coarser grape, bearing large clusters under the
most ordinary cultivation, the analogy between
the two grapes in this case is similar to that
existing between a Quetn Pine and a Provi
dence. This cluster is the largest as yet grown
in Britain, and, like the celebrated fifteen
pound Providence Pine grown at Gunnersbnry
by Mills, will long be remembered as a triumph
in the history of Iruit culture.
Hay fob Fuel. The" hay in some parts of
Iowa is so abundant and cheap that it has
been found more economical as a fuel for
steam purposes, than peat or any other sub
stance. One enterprising inventor wishes to
know if he can obtain a patent for the idea of
using hay for fuel in steam boilers. He thinks
it new in the annals of steam engineering to
M?.h'J.fffr. $' Paten hw en taken
out in California for using straw for steam fuel
-the same will, of course, apply to hay more-
over, such fuel has been found both effective
and economical.
i?? ,1?l" BBTHiBs.Tbis noble ship,
which left San Francisco October 12th, 1873,
with the largest cargo of wheat which was ever
pnt on board of a single ship, returned again
" 7 "" "'" ueen aMent sou days.
The Three Brothers " is now the largest sail
ing ship afloat.
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