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Trji Hf"E Circle.
The Autumn of the World.
IBt Eoxcud w. Gome.)
The lwt wan petals lesve the row,
The latest swallows preen for flight.
The summer's gone, where, no one knows.
With dead men's love and spent year's light,
And warm heart burled out o sight.
Red roses are the crown of youth;
The warm light strikes on lover's lips,
Laugh thou, and fondle, happy mouth,
And yet, remember, sweet time slips.
Death hurries on with full eclipse 1
So short, so sad I Oh, let not death
Find only faded flowers and wine,
When, hungry for the Joyous breath
That dreams not of the ytar's decline,
lie lays his cold, whlto mouth to thine 1
Cling to the flying hours; and yet
Let one pure hope, one great desire,
Like song on dying lips be net,
That ire we fall In scattered fire
Our hearts may lift the world's heart higher.
Here in the autumn months of time,
Before the great new year can break,
Borne little way our feet should climb,
Home little mark our words should make
For liberty and manhood's sake I
Clear brain and sympathetic heart,
A spirit on flame with love for man,
Hands swift to labor, slow to part
If any good since time began
The soul can fashion, such souls can.
And so, when we arc dead and past,
The undying world will some day reach
Its glorious hour of dawn at last,
And we across time's sunken beach
May smile, one moment, each to each.
A Beautiful Art.
From Faclflo Rural Press.
Some weeks ago, I promised the readers of
the Rural Piiess to give them, during the year,
some directions how to make inexpensive, hat
really valuable Christmas gifts. I am now go
ing to describe a process called photographio
printing, by which charming pictures may be
taken of our lovely California plants, for
albums, screens or any other purpose which may
suit the fancy of the collector. Tbe beginner
had better commence his experiments with
loaves nloue, aftorwards simple plants like
nemophilas or gtllias can be taken entire, Tbe
first step is to lay in a stock of materials.
We must have good, well dried specimens ol
all the leaves maple, abutilon, pear, cherry;
every kind is desirable; but those in which the
veins are well relieved make tbe best pictures,
and fonts are the most beautiful in form.
Lay the leaves into an old book, and dry with
medium pressure.
Now for tbe chemicals. We must have a lot
of sensitized papofl and had better, for econ
omy, make it onrselves. As soon as this pretty
accomplishment becomes fashionable, as it
surely will, we slmll be able to buy these papers,
as wo do materials for whx tlowers and tbe
like, but at present we cannot. Select a dozen
sheets of the best wove letter paper, eschewing
cream laid or any which shows the manufac
turers wire marks when held to the light. Wo
shall want a dozen spring clothes pins or pegs,
and a few quarts of rain wafer,' If you have
only spring or hard water, this must be distilled
before using.
Now put in a medicine bottle, holding at
least half a pint, halt an ounce (four drachms)
of prussiate of potash, in four tablespoonfula of
the rain water. When it is all dissolved, so
that none is visible in the bottle, pour half of
the solution in a dinner plate, and float on its
surface a piece of paper of tho size intended,
letting it become equally wetted. Then bang
it by one of the corners from the edgo of a
shelf and let it dry. Thia part of tho business
mast bo done in a dark room, by the light of a
candle. Candle light does not affect the paper.
Daylight would ruin it for this put pose.
Now have two sheets of clear class. Lav on
ono of them tbreo or four sheets of white blot
ting paper; npon this tho dried and sensitized
prussiuto of potash paper with tho prepared
surface uppermost, and upon this place the fern
front or other dtBired leaf with the baok down.
(All this, remember, in (he dark room). Then
lay on the second stieet of glass, and put the
clothes pin clamps on tho edges to hold it in
place.
Some clear sunshiny day, tako your prepared
object into the light, and leave it exposed for
a half hour or more to the direct rays of the
sun. If you watch tbo paper whilo Nature is
printing it, you will observe tho part not cov
ered by the leaf changing to a bright blue,
deepening with the tint of exposure until it is
nearly black. When you take it out of the
classes, you have a yellow leaf on a blue ground.
Wash the paper Beveral times in the clear rain
water, and every traco of the potash will disap
pear from tho yellow ground, leaving a boauti
lul, oleau white impression.
Freshly senlltlteil papers are the best, but y u
can preserve them lu absolute darkness if you
wish.
These nature printed photographs may be
colored truo to nature, in autumn tints, or the
vernal hues of surina. Theroaro other metViivIn!
one, in which the ordinary albumenized paper of
vuunrgmruni a UICU, UllCr UIJIHUg It Q(0 B SO-
lutlon of. nitrate of silver, sixty grains to tho
ounce of distilled water, float and dry as in
the previous caie. Whou the picture is painted,
and the glasses removed, wash it in rain water,
to remove tho nitrate of silver; then wash again
in a solution of hyposulphite of soda; strength,
two ounces to half a uiut of water. Ynu will
neod to keep the pictures, made with nitrate of
stiver, immersed in tne Hyposulphite solution
for fifteen minutes, in order that they may be
permanent.
A great many impressions can bo made in the
Bame day by economizing time and space on
the papers. They may be ruled off Into sizes
fit for album cards, and tho leaves selected so
aa to leave nest margin, before the paper is
sensitised, by numbering the squares and spec
Imam, tbe spaces Till be quickly filled, and
four or more impressions taken at once. The
washing and drying process is thus economized
also. It is pleasant to have both the upper aud
lower aides of some leaves taken. Very thick
leaves, like the California laurel, should be re
jected. Alfl.eria'U a beautiful leaf for this pur
pose; so are many of tho aoacia. The nitrate
oi mver process is tne most perfect, but it is
fatal to olothes and delicate hands, and should
only be attempted by a careful and dexterous
operator. Jeanne 0. Cam.
Sensible Advice About Boys.
We never could understand why so many
parents experience such trouble with their boys.
We like boys, and think we could select almost
any nine cnap irom tne street and make a good
man of him in time. Almost any child requires
to be interested in something; if you let him
loaf in the Btreets, nine obauces out of ten he
will become interested in something detrimen
tal to his moral life; but if you put him on the
right track he will be just as much interested.
And almost any mother or father, by a few ex
periments, can learn what worthy way will at
tract their child. Give him books, talk over
different subjects you can very soon detect
what interests the child then follow the lead
and give him all tbe advantages he craves.
You will find, in time, that it is money in your
pocket to keep your boy thus away from bad
company and mischief. We expend so much
money for our own amusement in parties, con
certs, theaters and so on, and leave our boys to
the mercy of school life and street associations!
Ulve your boy a bit of land, some tormina
tools, even to raise a few flowers or vegetables;
or a chest of mechanical tools, scientific appa-
.ntun, mm DpcuiwcuH, a lent, magnet, micro
sc ope. Test all the latent possibilities, and you
will yet have a boy to be proud of, even though
he be reared in San Francisco. A capable,
manly boy is worth thinking about. Keep him
busy about something interesting, and you
need have no trouble. We stood in a corner
grocery the other day when some little, rough,
ragged boys came in. They were all smoking;
here they met a school compauion, and urged
bim to take some tobacco to make him a cigar
etta. "I don't use the article, ' ' was the manly
reply. We made up our mind that that boy
had a mother who cared for her children.
When we see mothers leaving their children
day after day to the care of hired nurses, and
leaving them evening after evening to find their
own way of passing time, and knowing the
temptations ever offered children, we wonder
so many select the half-way compromise be
tween good and evil.
How does nnv one accent narentaae without
its attendant responsibilities? Is a pure life of
bo nine consequence r we near parents say,
"I cannot manage my bo v." We alwavs want
to reply. "It is vour own fonlt." We have
known people who acted as though the life of
tneir cnuaren tor goon or for evil was not
worth a few years of self denial! It should not
be self denial either, but pleasure, for the par
ent to guide the child.
Above all things, interest the boys in their
studies. AlmoBt every place in geography has
a local history a story that can be told to fix
it in the memory. The family accounts can be
handed over to the young arithmetician, and
very soon mathematics will assume a personal
interest. So in writing and spelling let kind
letters open the way, and the boy will soon
excel. It is bo easily to learn happily. Call.
The Family Circle.
The Baltimore Sun alluding to the prevalence
of crime among bos, very properly asserts that
one of the main causes cf the decline of mo
rality is tbe decay of dlcipline. The family cir
cle the domestic hearth, is the true fountain of
purity or corruption to publio morals. Most
people become wont they are made at home.
They go forth into th6 world to aot out the'
character they have formed in the first fourteen
years of life. It is alleged, in excuse, thatchildren
nave neoome more unmanageable than they
usod to be. We reply that human nature and
human relations are unohanged.
Children are just as amenable to authority as
they ever were. This is tbe main purpose for
which Providence has made them helpless of d de
pendent, mat tney may be trained to qbedlence,
to order, to industry, to virtue. It is not true
mat parents Dave not as absolute control over
their children as they ever had, When there
is dependence, obedience may be enforced The
real wot is, that parents are too indolent, too
negligent, too indifferent, to take tbe pains to
train up their children in the way they should
co. It requires perpetual visilsnoe. and thv
get tired. It requires self-control to exercise a
proper authority over others. Self-conquest is
the greatest victory over all. There can be no
just parental discipline, when there is no charac
ter to back it.
Itouoit Dots. It is always pleasant to see
boys well behaved and kind; but rough boys do
not always make bad men. A tried and
anxious mother lately wrote to a friend asking
what sbe should do with her boy of ten years,
who within the last few days drowned seventeen
kittens, tied pans to the tails of nine dogs,
washed his father's new silk hat against the nap
and blown up his sister's pet oanary with a fire
r, acker.
Tbe friend, endeavored to console the des
pondent mother, by answering her note aa fol
lows: Your boy will be all right provided he
undergoes the necessary moral change. His
boyish pranks indicate life, aotivity, energy and
force. When these come into subjeotiou to his
moral aense, if you choose you can make a min
ister of him, and he will preach to some effect,
instead of putting his congregation to sleep.
A wise mother will find such employment for
uur cuuureu as to seep tneni out ot mlsoblel.
That is her privilege, her duty. It is occupa
tion, suited to their years, that all children
need; not drudgery, not heavy tasks of either
body or mind, but "something to do." This
patents must furnish, or, "Satan finds some
mischief still for idle hands to do.
Tdk Flkascbls of Law Suits. No man is
so full of business as he who has a law suit,
and no man does so little. lie attends to no
thing. "From morn to noon, from norm tn
dewy eve," and through the long gloom of
night he is full of it. It la his waking dream
by day, and sleeping vision by night. It is
olng on, or it is not going on; be has to pro
uce more papers, or lie has brought forward
all the papers that can be produced eaoh is a
sufficient cause for thinking and speaking of it
to the exclusion ot all things besides. He is
like a uiutioal snuff-box that' only plays one
tune; you can get nothing bnt that out of him.
It is a grief due to every lireasl, in hia imagin
ation; and upon every breast that he can hold
by the button be mercilessly inflicts It. He
is restless, fidgety, nervous, cross, exhausted.
depressed, happy and miserable, in delight and
ueauair uj turns, ana is forever "rtnclnc tbe
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Significance of the Finger.
Each finger, and the mount at the base of it,
is named after a planet. In the normal hand
the second finger is the longest, and the third
the next in length, while the first is nearly as
long as tbe third and much longer than the
fourth or little finger. Jupiter is the first finger;
if it be long and not illshapen, and the mount
at tbe base be well developed, it indicates a
noble and lofty character and a religious
minded person. It disproportionately long, it
will mean different things aocordin; to the
type of hand in which it may be found; or ac
cording to the type of that particular finger.
In the first type an over-long first finger would
denote an inclination to tbe fantastic or exag
eratcd in religious matters; or it might, per
haps, mean religious madness; or, if other
signs in the hand favored this view, it could
be taken to denote pride. Pride is a form of
worship the culture of self. In the second
type of hand, the excessive development of
uupuer uiigui mean uluuuiuu, ur, u lb were ill
a hand that is eminently unselfish, it might
stand for a something that is puritanical in
manners or morals a type ot too great a se
verity. In tbe third type, a very long first
finger would probably signi.y vanity. The
second finger is Saturn. If too prominent it
announces melancholy, or misanthropy, or
downright cruelty, according to the type of
hand, but if the finger be within due propor
tion, this sadness may take the form of pity for
others, or it may mean a becoming gravity.
Tbe third finger is Apollo and belongs to the
arts. In a "pointed band Apollo will give
poetry and music (composition); and in a
"square-shaped" hand, painting, sculpture,
(here art leaves the domain of the purely con
templative it becomes partly active from the
combination of manual skill with only what is
imaginative ): and in a "spade-shaped" hand
Apollo gives histrlonio power, an aptitude for
acting, or a love of theatrical amusememems.
On the stage art, is joined in the closest man
ner to motion. The fourth finser is Mercury.
If well proportioned, it promises a scientific
turn of mind. Resourcefulness and diplomacy
andpilmistry agtee in almost all particulars
about the thumb. In both systems it is treated
as the most important part of the hand. The
upper joint, that with tho noil, stands for the
will; the second division, the reasoning facul
ties; tbe base, the animal instincts. St.
Paul's Magazine.
The Wrong Kind of a Candle.
Nonsense.
A Kentucky paper relates that during the
Christmas holidays, Starling Curd, an indus
trious colored man, living near Bristow, in that
State, gave an entertainment at his house. His
wife asked him, coming to town the day before
the frolic, to get a tall candle with which to
ornament and illuminate the table. Starling
called on H. 0. Hines & Co. for the candle, but
stated the case in such a shape that Mr. Hines
thought he wanted a Roman candle. It was
accordingly put up for him, and Starling re
turned to his home, when his wife insisted that
he had made a mistake, saying that it was a
oandle she wanted. Starling assured her that
it was the latest style of caudle be had pur
chased, and, to prove it, stuck it into the fire.
To the astonishment of both, a flaming ball
popped out; then another, and another, when
the frightened Starling dropped tbe "infernal
machine" upon the floor. Another explosion,
threatening the destruction of the bouse, and
he again seized it, but, unfortunately, wrong
end foremost, when a ball Struck him in the
abdomen. Suddenly turning it around, an
other ball shot out striking a new counterpane,
through which it burned a large hole. The
whole household was in a state of terror, and
Starling went to town the next day with a mind
iuii oi lawsuits tor aamages. but. being a rair-
mindsd man, was pacified .when it was ex
plained that Mr. Hines misunderstood him.
Power of Beauty. A lovely woman neces
sarily exercises a great deal of power; but the
foolish girl who relies solely on her own regu
larity of feature, and neglects the cultivation of
ner mind, is a melancholy spectacle. Her
selfish little heart, her barren little mind, lord
it all over her cheap superficial beauties, and
will soon leave nothing behind but a dresry
waste, ner little victories are temporary, ner
little failures lasting. Sbe can never be a
Sower. She can scarcely help being a drag.
er companions must be amonc the common
place, not to say vulgar, for she has nothing in
common with the lofty and the grand. She
would gasp on the heights. She can assimilate
nothing beyond the material. There is danger
that she will soon be unable to rise above the
mean.
A Popdtab Gave.' Here is a new game, very
popular In the country just now: A young man
takes a chestnut, cuts round the hull with a
sharp knife, aud then takes one-half tbe chest
nut in his mouth, and a pretty girl the other
half in her mouth, and they pnll and the bull
comes off. There may be quicker methods of
hulling chestnuts, but none more soothing to
the feelings of the young folks; and they don't
get mad and dance wildly around if the hull
don't come off for five minutes or bo. Country
games are not to be despised, after all.
Tn V ai.u or Tbocblm. A praon it not
worth much that baa not had troubles. You
rannol aubdu Mlflabneaa without a struggle.
You cannot restrain prid without a conflict.
You cannot expect to go through Ufa without
bearing burden. Bat you an (tola to have
halp andsr drcumatanoe that wiU redeem yon
from thee thing. Yon are going to experiano
hot victorias than defeats. Your suffering
will Iw only bar and thar littl spots la a
whol ild of peace and Joy.
A Manama conceal bis nam, hia age, th
elrcnatatano of hia life, but not hia character.
That U hi moral attaoapher, and is aa iaaep
anU traaa hint aa th fragreno ol th roa
fees th roa itaalf. In th glaac of th y,
la th oas ot th vol, in mi and stature.
meter dialoaa itaalf.
world with a vain stir.'
Went Home ToamiKa Mr. and Ur n.n.
iel Biglow died at Genesee Falls, New York, a
lew uaya since, iney wer eacn over eighty
years of age, and had lived aa husband and wife
for over sixty yean, raising a family of sixteen
children. Both died on th nam day, only a
isw uuura auan, oi natural cause and they
war buried in the sam grave.
Tn leading broom manufacturer ot east
ern New York, who claim to make a quarter
of all the brooms wad in th United States,
hare held a convention and decided to elevate
th prio of that household necessity twenty
five cents on a dozen.
A max with an affectionate disposition, who
And wife to concur with hi fundamental idea
of life, easily come to tturauade himself Hut
no other woman would have tutted hint o well,
and doe a Utile daily snapping and qsJamUaa
ithotaytatflinaUM. -""
How to Educate Princesses. The Queen
of England's daughters are examples to tbe
rest oi tne i&snionaoie world in industry and
taste. At the royal Swiss cottage each of the
princesses has a garden which she cultivates
with ner own hands. They nave learned to
cook, and they frequently sit down to a meal
prepared by one or the other. Louise, wife of
the Marquis of Lome, is a clever artist, and all
oi tnem are accompiuned in some way orotner,
besides being excellent linguists.
GsEELKi'a Dauobtms. A New York paper
says; "It is now nearly two years since tbe
death of Mr. Greeley, and this season, for the
first time since that event, his daughters, Ida
and Gabrielle, occasionally make their appear
ance in publio. Gabrielle ia still very young,
but has grown during her years of seclusion
into a tall and very beautiful girl. Both have
exquisite complexions, lovely eyes, ripe, scar
let lips, and aweet expressions."
Wished to be Excused. A Detroit young wo
man tried to be arlstocratio and did not look at
the money that she cave the horse-car conduc
tor; but he meekly gave her back the lozenge ou
which was written, "I'll never cease to love
thee," and said he was an orphan with five lit
tle Mother to support, and must be extra ed.
The Oat. It is an interesting fact, quite re
cently established, that the oat of the Greek
and Soman waa In reality the white-breasted
beech marten (MvMtlafoina), common iu the
wooded districts ot antral Europe. The mod
ern cat waa domesticated in Egypt.
A Bio Woixd. A Georgia paper know a
man who want all th way from CassvUle to
Atlanta. On hia return he looked solemn with
the weight of garnered wisdom, and said: "If
the world ia aa big t'other way aait ia that, it'a
whopper!"
Poo Laxd. Somebod v aara of a not verr mod
piece of land, "It 1 so poor that not vea
iastareei eeald be sained cwea it.
The most striking resemblance of which
we have lately heard was that of the hope?
ful son who took after " his father with a
It is a thing to bo wopdered at that tho
advertisements of miraculous cures by
the quack doctors are over read or in any
way pay for their being printed ; but they
must do so or we should see no more of
thorn. Hero Is one which may not be all
imaginative, or quite a fiction, remember
ed, we believe, from reading some English
journal :
Tberowa.ia Jirs. r.,
So very deaf
hue might have worn a percussion cap
And been hit on the head without hearing it
snap, .
8bo was by advertisement induced to buy
the Patent Wonderlul .Ear Trumpet, auu w
put it in use;
And the very next day
Sbe heard from her husband at Botany Bay.
Our farm once beinir in ieopardyfrom
land sharks, wo had to attend a term of the
District Court of Sonoma County, and the
time lianclncr at evonlnc heavy on our
hands, we attended a mock trial of a, mem
bor of the bar bet'oro a jury of his peers,
Charley H., of Petaluma, a son-in-law of
tbe lamented Col. Uaker, was a good lei
low and first-rate lawyer; but, it appeared,
would take cases for what he could get,
regardless of the prevailing rule among
the lawyers to charge stated prices. His
fellow practitioners instituted proceedings
to fine bim the champagne supper for tak
ing a District Court case for five dollars,
when the lowest prescribed fee was fifty
dollars.
The court-room was tho law-office of
Judge T., and the jury of lawyers duly
empanelled. Tbe witness for tne prosecu
tion was H.'s client, who, being induced
to believe himself under oath and bound
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and no
thing but the truth, admitted that he had
employed H. as his attorney to defend a
District Court case then pending at the
term, and that H. as his lawyer had taken
it for five dollars, as all the fee he expect
ed. Conviction seemod Imminent, but H.
rose, and conducted the cross-examination
thus:
" Peter Hans C, you came to me to do-
tend you 7"
"Yes."
" Told me your case ? ''
" Yes."
' What was the first thing I said ? "
" ' You must bring me a fee of a hundred
dollars.'
" Mine Got 1 I can not 1 I have not got
one cent. I am a stranger, all alone. I
am very poor. I have no money.' "
" ' Haven't you got any friends 7' "
" ' I'm all alone mine wife and me. I
knows nobody ; nobody knows me.' "
i Can't you borrow some money, or
beg it, or get it, somehow? ' "
" ' How can I gots it ven I knows no
pody?"' " What did I say to you then T "
" You gets mat, and ret in the face, and
you says to me: Git out, you Dutch
I ' And I say: ' Mr. H., you must
defent me, and safe mine case ; I gives
you what I can, and I pays you some
time.' "
" You gets matter and matter, and say:
Git out of here I You goes and borrow
some monish, and if you can't borrow
any, you begs some; and if you can't bor
row nor beg, you steals some I Git out I
any now j and don't you comes pack with
out coin.' "
"Well, you got T'
" I did, Mr. H. ; you knows I did ; be
cause you kicked me out. But I came
pack."
"Well?"
" I tried hart. I could not get any mon
ish, so I tried to borrow, but could not ;
then I bogget, but could not ; and then I
watohet my chance and stole all I could.
And I come pack to you, and said : Mr.
H., I have been to work, and could not ; I
have begget, aud could not; but I have
stole fife dollars, ant here it is.' "
" Bo you brought me all you could earn,
beg, borrow or steal, and I took it)T "
"Yaw; dat ish shustitl You got all I
ooult earn, beg, borrow or shteal, ant you
knows it ; and you takes mine case."
No other testimony was presented. The
culprit showed that he had taken as fee
all his client had, could earn, beg, bor
row or steal, and successfully pleaded that
he not only ought to be acquitted, but the
prosecution should be mulct as in costs
the proposed penalty on him : the price of
the supper.
The result was as anticipated in his fa
vor ; ana we were favored with an invlta-4
uon to join in tne entertainment, where
many good bar stories were told, with
which " Nonsense " may hereafter bn fa
vored. A. w. T.
The Sackful of Earth.
A rich 'man had by an unrighteous law-suit
obtained from a poor widow a small field, by
the produce of which she was just able to
maintain herself. The inconsolable woman
came to the merciless man with the humble re
quest that he would allow her to take away a
sackful of earth from her former possession.
The rich man consented with a contemptuous
smile; so the widow went with a large sack,
and dug and shovelled till it was quite full from
the bottom to tbe ton. When sbn Vnul flnt-v,
sbe asked her plunderer, who had been lookinc
, uc.j, mi j mi urn ekus. upon ner snout
ders. To this he also consented, and exerted
all bis strength in order to lift the load; but it
was of no use it was too heavy.
A he was about to go away to fetch a strong
laborer to lift it, the midow held him back, and
said, "Friend! stay here; as I am obliged to
Sve up the whole field to you, therefore I will
ave you the sackful of earth also. But can
you answer me the following question: 'As this
saok i already too heavy for yon, will not the
whole field weigh still more heavily on you be
fore God'a judgment-seat, and crush jou to the
ground' "
Tbe man's conscience waa
Yoityq Folks' CoLdpifJ.
A Noble Boy.
The following touching episode in street
life, is a beautiful gem, and should find a place
in all memories, surrounded with pearls or
sweetest thought and gentlest sympathy.
About nine o'clock in the morning, a little boy
of twelve, whose pocket and white apron dis
tinctly indicated that he followed the profes
sion of a pastry-cook, was returning from
market with an open basket upon his head con
taining butter and eggs. When he reached the
vicinity of the Church of St. Enstache the lad,
who could only with cifllculty make his way
through the crowd, was violently jostled by a
stranger who was passing,' bo that his basket
tipped and tell to tne ground witn lis contents.
The poor lad, when he saw his eggs all broken,
and tumbled into the gutter, began to cry bit
terly and wring his hands. A person who
happened to be in the crowd that gathered
round the little fellow, drew a ten cent piece
from bis pocket, and giving it to the boy asked
the rest who stood grouping around to do the
same to make tip the loss occasioned by this
accident. Influenced by this example, every
one present oomplied, and very speedily the
boy's aprou contained a respectable collection
of filver. When all had contributed their
quota, our young varlet, whose distress had
vanished in a moment, as though by enchant
ment, warmly thanked his new benefaotors for
their kindness, and forthwith proceeded to
count the money he had received, which
amounted to two dollars and thirty cents.
Bnt instead of quietly putting his sum in his
pocket, he produced a bill of the article? he
had lost, and appropriated no more than that:
sum. and then observing in the croup that sur
rounded him, a poor woman in rags, the gal
lant little fellow walked up to ner, and placed)
the remainder in her hand. Certainly it could
have been impossible to show himself more
deserving of public generosity, or to acknowl
edge it in a handsomer manner. The boy's no
ble conduct was greeted by the applause of the
crowd.
A Word to Boys.
A writer in an educational journal, tbe title-
of which we have unfortunately lost, has the
following pertinent and truthful remarks:
Boys, listen! The first thing you want to
learn, to develop what force there is in you, is-,
self-reliance; that is, as regards your relations
toman If I were going to give a formula for
developing the most forcible set of men, I
should say, turn them upon their own resources
with their minds well stored, with moral and
religious truth when they are boys, and teaob
them to "depend on self, and not on father.'"
If a boy is thrown upon his own resources at
fifteen, with the world all before him where to
choose, and he fights the battle of life single
handed up to manhood, and don't develop
more than average share of executive ability,
then there is no stuff in him worth talking about.
He may learn "to plow, and sow, and reap,
and mow," but this can all be done with ma
chines and horses, and a man wants to be some
thing better than these. Wipe out of your
vocabulary any such words as fail, give up wish
ing for improbable results, pnt your hand to
the plow, or whatever tool you take to, and
then drive on and never look baok. Don't ever
sight your person to see if it is straight; "don't'
be consistent; but be simply true." If you go
"to see a reed shaken by the wind," it ispretty
likely you will never see anything of more consequence
A Canaet'b Lesson The following anecdote
was told me by a very sweet and gentle-hearted -
Eerson, who has found through her life great
appiness and good from watohing and caring'
for animals:
She had a pair of canaries, and thinking that
they needed something bright and fresh in their
lives, she went out and dug a sod of grass and
clover, the size of their cage. After a time
three young birds were hatched, of whom,,
judging by what followed, the parents took un
commonly good care. One morning, the fe
mole, having taken her bath, hopped on the
edge of the nest, intending to take her place
with her young ones under her wings, but with
out having dried herself. The mole flew to her
and scolded her a little; still she persisted,
when he resolutely beat her away. Finding
she was still determined to come on the nest,
he settled himself there and covered his chil
dren with his own wings until sbe was properly
dried, which was not for half an hour, during;
which time he twittered at her incessantly
Then, having seen, that she had shaken out
and smoothed her feathers, he left the nest and
allowed her to resume her maternal duties a
wiser and a tetter wife and mother. Out
Dumb Animals.
tnnfhl tiw M
reproof, and b gav th field up again to the
A Lawteb Ptxtled.-
tms: " Twenty yean aeo. lust after I
A Boston lawysr send
. taat ftfiv T .a
pitted to the bar in Maine, I called on even.
tng on the young lady who ha sine booa
?7j?U' A m" Weod "Kb bar littl brother
Addle, and when he ran out of the room heard
him ask his another confidentially, 'Mamma,
do you think angU' winga are strong eaotuh
to carry lawyer to heaven?' The good
woman answer waa lost in th 'Hush, dear I'
but in th battle of life line than theqantion
ha com bach snor than one."
A Good Ma and a wiaa anon mt
b?1!H,'lwUh , nd at time grieved
at it; but no nun U vr iMsinalniiJ With the
world If b m hit dnty in It.
Boys Heed This. Many people Beem to
forget that character grows, that it is not some
thing to put on ready-made, with womanhood .
or manhood; but day by day, here alittle, there,
a littlo, grows with the growth and strengthens ,
with the strength, until good or bad, it becomes,
a coat of moil. Look at a man of business,
prompt, reliable, conscientious, yet clear
headed and energetic. When do you suppose
he developed all these qualities? Let us see the
way iu which a boy of ten years gets up in the
mornings, works, plays, studies, and we will
tell you just what kind of a man he will make.
The boy who is late at meals and late at school
stands a poor chance of beinir a nrnmnt man
The boy who neglects his duties, be they ever
so small, and then excuaes himself by saying
"I forgot! I didn't think!" will never be a re
liable man. And the boy who finds pleasure
in the suffering of things will never be a noble,
generous, kindly man a gentleman.
Bekabxabu Pebtobhance. When -Wro.
H. Seward made his tour around th world,
he witnessed some performance of juggler in
India which were quite surprising. He saw a
man climb a bare pole alxty feet high, standing
in the open air, and when he reached the top
he mysteriously disappeared. After n while
his feet reappeared, then his legs and body
and he easse down. H claimed no supernat
ural powers. How did he do it ?
An AkeeicahGdu WEaLAirD. ThMcom
ber gun fan American invention) waa recently
tested at Portsmouth, England, and oonioal
t weighing three pound, discharged at tbe
initial valooity of 3000 feet a aeoond, a higher
velocity than any gun yet achieved. Th range
of this weapon ia claimed to b nine mile.
A. Naw Istdostbt ia about tob opened up in
vlrginia-th saanmfaotur of lfrich, the
active principle of madder. Kliaarieh, a here
tofore obtained, ha eoet 93,60 per pound; but
by th new Brooea it may be mad for tl.as.
Th aaaaufaetur i already ia raootaaful pro-
aa uvnsMw j.
MrsTamu. On. n Jatax. Mineral oil are
found in abundance in JapanaEdaooaaatiafJoa
of Mieatite Japan ia now in Philadelphia
to win into the ncineinl and ssssssu at
thia iadwtry a feTCfepe in that Bute.
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