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My Mother's Handi.
Snch beautiful, beautiful hands I
They're neither whit nor mll:
And you, I know, would rcaroely think
Tht th7 were fair to all.
I've looked on hands whose form and has
A sculptor's dream might be;
Tet an these aged, wrinkled hands
Host beautiful to me.
Such beautiful, beautiful handa 1
Though heart were weary and sad,
These patient hands kept tolling on,
That the children might be glad;
I always weep, as looking back
To childhood's distant day,
I think how those hand rested not,
When mine were at their play.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands I
They're growing feeble now;
Tor time and pain hare left their mark
On handa, aud heart, and brow.
Alas I alas I the nearlng time,
And the sad, sad day to me,
When 'neath the daisies, out of sight,
These hands will folded be.
But ob, beyond this shadow-land,
Where all la bright and fair,
I know full well these dear old hands
Will palms of victory bear;
Where cryatal atreama through endless years,
Flow orer golden sands,
And where the old grow young again,
I'll clasp my mother's hands I
The Art of Thinking and the Habit of
Observation.
We hare frequently directed the attention of
parents and instructors to the importance ot
teaching children to think, and we now quote,
from the Philadelphia Ledger, some apposite
remarks on the subject:
"In venr early life, the perceptire faculties
are the principal channels through whioh we
oan reach the mind. Closely connected with
this subject is'. the cultivation of the think
ing powers. The two are indeed so intimately
blended that neither can be effectually improved
without some increased development of the
other. In learning to see and hear with deli
cate accuracy, we insensibly strengthen our
powers of thought, and accustom them to work
more effectively. Still the operation of think
ing deserves n far more Bystematio training
than it usually obtains.
"When we are striving for success or excel
lence in any special pursuit, we think to some
purpose. Our will concentrates our thoughts
to the point in question, dismisses summarily
all irrelevant subjects, presents tho matter in
its various bearings, with some degree of logi
cal sequence, and rarely allows the mind to
drift away from it until some definite result has
been obtained. There is a considerable por
tion of every one's time in which nothing but
thinking can be done. There Is time spent in
cars, wheroeven readiDg Is injurious; and there
are times of waiting, resting and enforced in
action, when the mind has undisturbed oppor
tunity for effectivo operation. Then, too, there
are many employments so mechanical as to
claim no portion of the mind's aid. When
we have learned to do anything 'without think
ing about it,' the thoughts necessarily run into
other channels. Much manual labor is of this
description, A distinguished prisoner of war,
of large mental resources, being allowed to
chooBe his employment while in oonfiuoment,
selected one so simple as to require neither
skill nor thought, assigning a.i a reason that,
though his handi would be occupied by com
pulsion, his mind at least would continue his
own and remain in freoclom. We all have somo
of Buch work, aud many have much. Now. if
we had loomed to employ this time in clear
and consccutivo thought it our will could con
trol our reflections, directing them in definite
channels, aud aiming to roach some well de
fined conclusions we onu hardly compute how
groat an effect would be produced in strength
ening our mental powers, in maturing our
judgment, in bringing us to tho kuowleduu and
appreciation of truth, and thus of increasing
our solid happiness and our permanent value
to tho community.
"Tho boat exerciso of every faculty is tho
chief road to truo enjoyment, and no one who
has onco tasted tuu Dleasurcs of thinking to a
Surpose will evor williugly allow his mind to
issipato in wnndoriug thoughts and day
dreams. Neither is such discipline so difficult
as some iinagiuo. If begun in early life, by
awakening the childish interest in what is seen
and hoard, alluring the mind to reflection by
question mul iinswor, aud acocmpauying tho
thoughts to dwell for short periods, but in
tently, upon familiar subjects, it will become
pleasmit exercise, nuil gradually grow into tho
habitual lenor of tho mind. What we truly
will do is already half accomplished; aud the
watch thus placed over tho thoughts will, of it
self, reduce to order uud regularity much that
is now chaos and confusion. It is by no means
necessary that tho subjocts thus menially dis
cussed should be remote or abstract, on the
contrary, let them bo matters familiar to our
minds and agreeable to our tastes. Let the
memory please us with pictures of the past,
and tho imagination revel in beauty of scene or
heroism of doed. Let the business nmu revolve
the scheme which he longs to execute, and the
philosopher meditate on tho priuoiples of life.
But whatever be the subject, lot the thoughts
pursue it with a consistent progress that shall
eventuate in some real benefit to the mind."
Bltuilar in nature aud importance is tho habit
of rapid aud acourate observation, tho great
value of which was tho subject of an address to
the Dairymen's Association, delivered by IIou.
Uoratio Soyinour. In the course of his re
marks, he said:
"It seems singular that some men pass
through life without observing thiDgs which
conic before their eyes almost dully. An intel
ligent f armor onoe told uie that he would not
recognize any of the horses belonging to his
neighbors, excepting those noticeable from some
peculiarity of color. A Chicago merchaut,
who daily drove his horse eight or ten miles,
told us ho bad never noticed any difference be
tween trotting and pacing.
"A college president is said to have made the
questiou 'in which way do the seeds lie in an
apple V a tost of the habit of observation
among hU studeuts. Our tests with this uues
' tion would iudlcato that more than one half of
the average of men aud women either don't
know, or will answer incorrectly. We onoe re
ceived a well written essay on the value of ob
serving closely, yet there was not a capital let
ter or a puuetuation mark in the half dozen
pages. Mauy such iuataneea could be given,
were it necessary.
"This matter is not oue of slight importance.
Tba carefully observaut man will see thing
which will be of pecuniary importance to him,
while bli ill-tralued neighbor may lose by not
seeing. The farmer with habits of observation
will uotloe alight symptoms of illness in hi an
imals or plants; will rrddy see the effect of
this or that practioe; will much more qulokly
discover counties Utt things whioh, If neg
lected, may result in m nous loss.
"As is the case of in.bits generally, much can
be done in childhood, aud it certainly should
be the duty of pamm and other teachers to
halo children to Imru to observe carefully.
qui
tUl
uleUy. accurately u is low iy soma oas
it in sua caiiunouu ns precuoea running past
a shop window and then stopping to describe
as many articles as he could recall, and in this
way acquired wonderful quickness of observa
tion. There are hosts of points to which a farm
er's boy should have his attention called at an
early age. Suggestions as to the mode of
growth of plants, the form of a leaf, growth of
a fruit, or the pointing out of peculiarities of
different clashes of animals, may do blm great
good in developing this habit, and also have a
marked effect in interesting him in bis calling
"This habit of observation should not be
confined to the things we see alone, but should
extend to the things we hear, and those we
read as well. In this latter matter, there is
great lack. Many read to little profit because
they have not trained themselves to observe
carefully." "
Long Words.
"Bob," said Tom, "which is the most
dangerous word to pronounce in the English
language?"
"Don't know, "said Rob, "unless it's a swear
ing word."
"Pooh," said Tom, "it's stumbled; because
you are rure to get a tumble between the first
and last letter."
"Hat bat" said Bob. "Ndw I've one for
you. 1 found it one day in the paper.
Which is is the longest word in the English
language?"
"Valetudinarianism," said Tom promptly.
"No sir, it's smiles, because there's a whole
mile between the first and last letter."
"Hot hot" oried Tom, "that's nothing. I
know a word that has over three miles between
its beginning and ending?"
"What'B that?" asked Bob, faintly.
"Beleaguered," said Tom.
MaCAULAT's TBIBUTE TO TBS MOTBEB
Children, look in those eyes, listen to that dear
voice, notice the feeling of even a single touch
that is bestowed upon you by that gentle
hand. Make much of it while yet you have
that most precious of all good gifts, a loving
mother. Bead the unfathomable love in those
eyes; the kind anxiety of that tone and look,
however slight your pain. In after life you
may have friends, and fond, dear, kind friends;
but never will you have again the inexpressible
love and gentleness lavished upon you which
a mother bestows. Often do I sigh in my
struggles with the hard, uncaring world, for
the sweet, deep security I felt when, of an eve
ning, nestling in her bosom, I listened to some
quiet tale, suitable to my age, read in her un
tiring voice. Never can I forget her sweet
glances cast upon me when I appeared asleep;
never her kiss of peace at night. Years have
passed since we laid her beside my father in
the oid churchyard; yet still her voice whis
pers Irom the grave and her eye watches over
me as I visit Bpots long since hallowed to the
memory of my mother.
Wheneveb man pays reverence to a woman,
whenever man finds a woman purifying, chast
ening, abashing, strengthening him against
temptation, shielding him from evil, minister
ing to his self-respect, medicining his weari
ness, peopling his solitude, winning him from
sordid prizes, enlivening his monotonous days
with mirth, or fancy, or wit, flashing heaven
upon his earth and hallowing it for a spiritual
fertility, there is the element of true marriage.
Whenever woman pays reverence to man, re
joicing in his strength, and feeling it to be
God's agent, confirming her purpose and
crowning her power; whenever he reveals him
self to her, just, inflexible, yet tolerent, merci
ful, tender and true; his feet on the earth, his
head among the stars, helping her to hold her
soul steadfast to the right, this is the essence of
marriage. There is neither dependence or in
dependence, but interdependence. Years cannot
weaken its bonds, distance cannot sunder them,
it is a love which vanquishes trie grave and
transfigures death itself into life, Gail HamiU
ton.
Mas. Ann H, Jddson was charged with ex
travagance in dress. The suit which she wore
when she went out begging money from the
poor but pious, was said to be worth if 1, '200.
It consisted of a cahmoro Bhawl worth $G0O,
a leghorn hat costing $150, lace on her dress,
if 150, and $300 worth of jewolryl The matter
was investigated by a competent committee.
Behold the rosult. They reported that the
shawl cost $25, the hat $8.25, she had no lace,
and leas than $5 worth of jewelry t
We publish this reminiscence for the benefit
of somo who, like this noble woman, have felt
the keen edge of slander, but for whom no
committee will interest themselves, What of
it? Angelic purity would oxcite the envy of
some spirits. The traducers who walk about
us, aud manage to obtain the recognition of
docout people, are, sooner or later, found out.
Escheated Estates. Some idea ot the
amount of money which goes to the banks and
holders of money loaned in this State from
persons who din without having known heirs or
wills, may bo inferred from the following suits
reoeutly commenced in this city: Complaints
were filed yesterday in tho Third District Court
in three suits of unusual interest. The actions
are brought by tho State Controller, on behalf
of the State, to recover from the several sav
ings banks such of the funds in their posses
sion as have revorted to the State by reason of
the failure of heirs on the death of depositors.
The Hibernia Savings and Loan Society is
sued for $800,000: The Savings and Loan So
ciety for $600,000, and tho French- Savings
Hank for $480,000. The plaintiffs are repre
Bonled ty Sullivan & Meighan, of this city,
aud Creed Haymond, of Sacramento.
A Hindoo priest called in all the members ot
a large family, one of whom was known to
have committed a theft, and addressed them:
"Take each of you one of these stioks, which
are all of equal length, put them under your
pillow to-night; I do not at present know the
offender, but you must return the sticks to
morrow morning, and the one belonging to the
thief will have grown an inch in the night."
The family retired to rest, but before he went
to sleep the man who had committed the theft,
tbinkiug to outwit the priest, cunuingly cut
off an inoh from his stick, firmly believing that
it would by this means attain the exact length
of the others by the next morning. The stioks
were returned, and by comparing them the
priest was able to pick out the offender, to his
great surprise and dismay.
A Neat Tbiox. At last here is a new fancy
in the prestidigitation line. He borrowed a
bonnet from a iauy in the audience, and as fast
went to return it it caught fire in the gas, and
he had to stamp on it with both feet to extin
guish the flame. Misery of the lady I It was
her best bonnet! Then he fired a pistol, and a
bonnet just like it fell from the chandelier in
the middle of the theater.
PasiCBixa. A clergyman, being applied to
in less than a year after his appointment to
put a stove in the church, asked now long his
predecessor had been there, and when answered
'twelve years." he said: "Well, yon never
had firs in the church during bis tins."
"No, sir," replied the applicant, "bat ws had
firs in Ue pulpit then."
WILLAMETTE FARMER.
Active Old Men.
A. T. Stewart is seventy-four, and, being the
owner of many millions, might indulge in an
easy mode of life, bnt suoh Is not his disposi
tion. This circumstance leads a correspondent
to observe that New York contains a remark
able group of laborious old men toilers con
amore amateurs ot work, whose best of life
would be lost without the daily task. In addi
tion to Stewart there is Moses Taylor, who is
nearly of the same age. He is President of the
City Bank, and is worth $5,000,000, but bis
application to business is of an unremitting
character. Commodore Vanderbilt, at eighty,
may be found daily at his office, next to bis
residence in Fourth street, a quiet and retired
spot well suited to a calculator. The front
room is occupied by a clerk and in the rear office
the Commodore receives special vlsitorsand goes
through his daily duty. His library of railway
reports is well read, and he has books of cal
culation upon transportation and all the minu
tiro of his realm, which are thoroughly studied.
If he omitted this he would soon sink into
dotage. Wm. B. Astor, who is more than
eigbty, visits tue Land Ufflce every oay, ana
keeps a clear view of his immense estate, al
though its principal care is in the hands of his
son, John Jacob Astor. George Law and Daniel
Drew are now' seventy-six, and yet attend to
their usual ensasements. Peter Cooper is
eighty-one, and yet calls himself a business
man, and has a private office in the institution
which he founded, where he carries on his
daily routine. Edward Mathews, at seventy
five, is eager for tenants to oconpy his suites of
offices near Wall street. Charles O'Conor, at
seventy-eight, is still in legal practice, though
he objects to going before a jury. These men
work in obedience to that law of nature which
makes industry essential to the greatest amount
of happiness. All New York's millionaires
(except a few who inherited wealth) are over
sixty.
Want of Thought.
The following incident, related by the Patron
of Husbandry, of Columbus, Miss., has also a
most especial application in California: Trav
eling in the country, we saw an old negro
tugging a basket of peaches up a long, steep
bill to throw to his pigs, which were jnBt out
side the fence. Seeing that there were nothing
but fruit trees in the orchard, we asked: " Old
man, why don't you turn your pigs into the
orchard and let them get the peaches for them
selves? " The old man scratched his head a
moment and answered: " Thankee, marster, I
neber once thought ob dat. I'll try 'em, shuah,' '
Would it not be better for the West to start
factories and thus bring consumers to the corn,
than to send their corn thousands of miles to
the consumers?
With money at three or four per cent, in
terest, the Western and Southern States would
be dotted all over with humming factories be
sides the flourishing farms, and what is more,
our American manufacturers, because of their
superior skill and enterprise, could successfully
enter, if not absolutely control, the markets of
the world. We have every element of wealth,
but we lack cheap money capital to develop
this wealth. This we can never have upon a
gold basis.
Jelly fbom Old Boots. The reader may
stare, but science smiles supreme, and asserts
very emphatically that a toothsome delicacy
can be made from a dilapidated foot covering.
Some time ago, says the Scientific American,
Dr. Van der Weyde, regaled some friends not
merely with boot jelly, but with shirt coffee;
and the repast was pronounced by all partakers
excellent. The doctor tells us that he made
the jelly by first cleaning the boot and subse
quently boiling it with soda under a pressure
of about two atmospheres. The tannio acid in
the leather combined with salt, made tannate
of soda and the gelatine rose to the top, whence
it was removed and dried. From this last, with
suitable flavoring material, the jelly was readily
concocted. The shirt coffee, incidentally men
tioned above, was sweetened with cuff and col
lar sugar, both coffee and sugar being produced
in the same way. The linen (after, of course,
washing,) was treated with nitrio.acid, which
acting on the lignite contained in the fibre,
produced glucose, or grape sugar. This, roast
ed, made an excellent imitation coffee, which
an addition of unroasted glocuse readily
sweetened.
Sonnowiso Households. Not a hearthstone
shall you find on which-some shadow has not
fallen, or is about to fall. Further than this.
you will probably find that there aro but few
households which do not cherish some sorrow
not known to the world; who have not some
trial which is their peculiar messenger, and
which they do not talk about, except among
themselves; some hope that has been blasted;
some expectation dashed down; some wrong,
real or supposed, which some member of the
household hassuffered; trembling anxieties lest
tue other memoers win not succeed; trials from
the peculiar temperament of somebody in the
house, or some environment that touches it
sharply from without; some thorn in the flesh;
some physical disability that cripples our ener
gies when we want to use them the most; some
spot in the house where death has left his
track, or paiuful listenings to hear bis stealthy
footsteps coming on. Dr. Stars.
A Motueult Woman, writing in the Christian
Monitor, declares that she fully agrees with any
thoughtful woman who spares her boys the
humiliation of wearing great round or angular
patches, when her own skill and a generous
supply of pieces moke the panta look almost
as well as new ones. She suggests that when
pants need repairing over the knees, it is a good
way to rip the seams each side of the worn part,
cut it out, aud insert a new piece, pressing It
nicely before closing the seams again. Neither
boy nor man need be ashamed to wear garments
neatly patched, if it be necessary; and every
girl should be taught that vundimj tctU is an
essential part of domestio economy.
Keep to One Tnruo, We earnestly entreat
every young man after he has chosen his voca
tion to stick to it. Don't leave it because hard
blows are to be struck, or disagreeable work
performed. Those who have worked their way
up to wealth and usefulness do not belong to
the shiftless and unstable class, but may be
reckoned among such as took off their coats,
rolled up their sleeves, conquered their prej
udice against labor, and manfully bore the
heat and burden of the day. Whether upon
the old farm where your fathers toiled diligent
ly, striving to bring the soil to productiveness,
in tho machine shop or factory, or the thousand
other business places that invite honest toll
and skill, let your motto ever be perseverance
aud industry. Tht Bock.
The Smxltkcj Mania. The following is one
of the sweet little ditties which the present
spelling mania has created:
Oh. lssd my Infant fast to walk
Into the spelling school j
Let other children anew sad langa
At oitaocnnale ml.
But tt that better way still lead
TU1 parfsctly I spell;
So may I aha the path Oat leads
To waste ioea BUUaflS tell.
Execution of a Boy Ten Year Old.
The coming execution of the boy Pomeroy,
now nnder sentence of death and soon to be
hung in Boston, calls forcibly to mind a similar
occurrence which occurred in Alexandria, in
the State of Louisiana, some ten or twelve
years sgo. We had put the scrap away among
our clippings of horrible things, and now bring
it out as another reminder of the faot that
history is continually repeating itself in the
smaller as well as the larger affairs of life. The
item was originally published, we believe, in
a New Orleans paper. Here it is:
The execution of the boy Frank, for the
murder of Bev. J. J. Weems, took place on
Friday, the 24th. It is strange to say that the
majority of the citizens of Alexandria, and in
fact the citizens all around, were anxious to
see him executed; and on the fatal day when it
came to pass, there were not a dozen people
there. Some rode forty miles to witness this
drams, but he was executed and burled by the
time they came to Alexandria. On the day be
fore he was called to face death, some gentle
men visited him and propounded questions to
him, but his answers were and could be no
other than childish. He was, I believe, only
ten years old. The gentlemen told him the
sheriff was to hang him on the next morning
and a&Ked mm wbat ne tnougni oi it, ana
whether he had made bis peace with his God,
and why he did not pray. His answer was
"I have been hung many a timet" He was, at
the time, amusing himself with some marbles
he had in his cell. He was playing all the time
in jail, never onoe thinking that death was to
claim him as his victim. To show how a child's
mind ranges when about to die, I will mention
that, when upon the scaffold, he begged to be
permitted to pray which was granted and
then he commenced to cry. Oh, what a horrible
Bight it was I
A Handle to His Hat.
There are no doubt some of our readers, of
advanced age, who resided in the State of Con
necticut during their younger years, when all
well behaved children were expected to take off
their hats and salute the parson on the high
way with a respectful bow. The writer well
remembers the custom, and with many others
can heartily appreciate the following: Dr. Bel
lamy was riding over one day on horsebaok,
from Bethlehem to the neighboring town of
Washington, both in Litohfield county, Con
necticut. As he came to the centre of Wash,
ington he passed a boy, who gazed at him in
silence. The doctor, after riding by, stopped
and said, "My boy, you go home and tell your
father that you want a handle to your hat."
The boy ran home innocently and delivered
the message. "Ah!" said the father, "I under
stand what the difficulty is; you did not make
a bow to him. Now, the next time he passes
you be sure and make a handsome bow. The
boy watched his opportunity, and whether the
same day or at some later time we do not
know, but when he saw the doctor coming
again on horseback, he mounted a stone wall,
and took off his hat with such a flourish and
such a decided inclination of the body, that he
frightened the doctor's horse, so that he shied
suddenly, and well nigh threw him off. The
doctor rode on to the minister's. "Well," said
he, "this is the last time I shall attempt to
meddle with the morals or manners of Wash
ington boys;" and he then told the story.
The Oppbessed Sex. What will those of
our fair readers who are dissatisfied with the
fiosition of women in America say when they
earn what she has to suffer in India? Among
other restrictions, the Hindoo bible forbids a
woman to see dancing, hear music, wear jewels,
blacken her eyebrows, eat dainty food, sit at a
window, or view herself in a mirror during the
absence of her husband; and it allows him to
divorce her if she has no sons, injures his
property, scolds him, quarrels with another
woman, or presumes to eat before he has fin
ished his meal.
The Pbinteb's "Devil." One of the edit
ors of a New Orleans paper, soon after begin
ning to learn the printing business, when he
was technically a printer's "devil," went to
court a preacher's daughter, The next time he
attended the meeting he was taken down by
bearing tho minister announce as his text:
"My daughter is grievously tormented with a
devil."
Politeness at Home. Always speak with
tho utmost politeness and deferenoe to your
parents and friends. Some children are polite
and civil everywhere else except at home; but
there they are coarse and rude enough. Noth
ing sits so gracefully upon children, and noth
ing makes them so lovely, as habitual respect
and dutiful deportment towards their parents
and superiors. It makes theplainest face beau
tiful, and gives to evory common action a
nameless but peculiar charm.
Interesting Experiments With Flowers.
The Journal d' Horticulture de France con
tains some interesting particulars on the artifi
cial coloring of natural flowers. Those that
have a violet hue will gradually change color
and turn to green under the influence of the
smoke of a cigar. This change is owing to the
ammonia contained in tobacco. Starting from
this circumstance the Italian professor, L.
Gabba, has made a series of experiments on a
variety of plants with that alkali in its natural
state. His apparatus is a very simple one,
merely consisting of a plate into whioh he
pours liquid ammonia, covering it afterwards
with a reversed glass funnel. The flower to be
tested is inserted into the tube. In this way
he has seen violet, blue, and purple turn to
bright green; intense carmine red (of the pink)
become black; white turn yellow, &c. The most
extraordinary results were afforded by varie
gated flowers. When the latter, immediately
after this exposure, are dipped into pure water,
they will retain their new colors for several
hours, after which they simply return to their
former state. Another curious discovery of
Professor Gabba's is that the flowers of aster,
or starwoit, that are violet and have no smell,
acquire a delightful fragrance and turn red un
der the influence of ammonia. We know that
the Japanese, by means of injections which
they keep secret, can color or whiten flowers
and obtain wonderful variegation. The Chinese
have also secrets of their own, among which
is one for reducing -large trees to a dwarf size.
The Garden of Acclimatisation has at this mo
ment an orange tree, a hundred years old, and
imported from China, no bigger than rose
tree; its fruit scarcely attains the size of a
cherry.
EucTXicnT and Dhxam. The increasing
use of electricity in medical practice is worth
notice. It is now applied as a remedy for
toothache a current of electricity being inge
rdoasly appled to the seat of the pain. The
instrument employed is delicate and specially
contrived for the purpose. Chilblains, it is
said, art) also speedily cured if treated by electricity.
Yoilfiq Folks' CoLi)if..
The Little Grocer Who Failed.
The following, though intended for the
young folks, will also convey a very useful les
son to children of a larger growth:
"Mamma," cried Freddy, "I will play grocery
tore." . ,, , -
After a gTeat deal of counting, Freddy found
that he had seven pennies.
"Not much capital," said sister Nellie she
was grown up. ,
"What's capital ?" asked Freddy.
"The money you have to buy your goods
with that is your oapital."
Freddy bought tea, coffee, white sugar,
beans, salt, pepper, flour, meal, candy, nuts,
soap, dried apples, crackers and starch. But
all these cost fifteen cents, and Freddy had
only seven cents.
Freddy arranged his store and put out bis
sign; andjnst then all the older brothers and
sisters came home from school, so that Freddy
had plenty of customers, and his goods went
off very fast, and he thought grocery store a
splendid play. Lucy said she would take all
the dried apples it he would write it down in his
book for her, because she had forgotten her
money.
When tne little grocer nan soia an nis gooas,
Nellie reminded him that he owed eight cents.
"Why I they didn't pay for the things," said
Freddy.
"You know I asked you to put the dried
apples down in your book," said Luoy.
"Yes," said Freddy, "but I didn't have a
book, and I forgot it, besides; but yon might
bring back the apples, Luoy."
"Oh, no ! I can't 1 I've eaten them," said
Lucy.
Then Freddy found that the candy and nuts
were eaten up, and that those who had bought
them had no money to pay for them.
"Well," said Freddy, "it's of no use, I tan't
pay that eight cents, for I've only four."
"Why, then, our little grocer has failed,"
said Nellie.
"Failed ?" said Freddy. "That means that
I can't pay it ?"
"Yes, that's it," said Nellie.
"That is because I did not think about the
pay when I sold them," said Freddy.
When yon are grown up a man, and have a
real store, remember these things. Don't buy
more than you can pay for. Don't sell other
people more than they can pay for. Always
think what you are doing.
"Wait 'Till You Shave."
I once told a little boy, about three years old,
that I was going out to a new part of the coun
try, and after telling him what fine times we
could have felling trees and burning brush, I
asked him if he would go along. Muoh pleased,
he answered "yes." To try bis pluck, I then
told him that if the wolves and bears did come
around, they would not be likely to hurt us
while we were Dy tne nres. tie listened soneny
to what I had to say about bears and wolves;
and when I asked him the second time whether
he would go, he replied with gravity mixed
with a smirk of mischief: "I will wait 'till I
shave first."
This was not only a cute answer, but it con
tains a good idea. Some boys wish to roam in
the city or neighborhood, whethertheir parents
know it or not They are likely to run into
danger, or fall into bad habits. They had bet
ter "wait 'till they shave."
Some boys scoff at the advice of their parents
and friends, and wish to do as they please.
Suoh we find everywhere. They do not know
everything, and had better "wait 'till they
shave "
Some boys talk big on important matters,
and perhaps censure some one, or dispute with
some older persons. It would do them much
good to "wait 'till they shave."
About chewing and smoking tobacco, trading,
"taking airs" and a great many other things,
boys had better "wait 'till tbey shave." Do not
you think so, my little brother ? Exchange.
A Boy's Letteb. The little boys down in
Maine begin to write letters early. Here is one
that a little fellow in Auburn wrote to his
brother, the other day: "Eat your bred and
butler up Jony. don't eat half of it up and
leav the other all tome and bitten or the crust
at the sides of your plate, then the highard
girl will throw them away, ya wold wast the
nice bred that papa bys for us and brijet
makes."
Childben look little beyond the present
moment. If a thing pleases they are apt to
seek it; if it displeases they are prone to avoid
it. If home is the place where faces are sour
and words barsb, and fault-finding is ever in
the ascendent, they will spend as many hours
as possible elsewhere.
A little girl, who was asked by her mother
about suspicious little bites in the sides of a
dozen choice apples, answered, "Perhaps,
mamma, they have been frost-bitten, it was so
cold last night."
A Lie has no legs, and oannot stand; but it
has wings and can fly far and wide.
Cooking For Invalids.
Following are some excellent hints, taken
from Arthur's Magatint, in reference to cook
ing for invalids:
Let all the kitchen utensils used -in the prep
aration of invalids' cookery be delicately and
scrupulously clean; if this is not the case a dis
agreeable flavor may be imparted to the prep
aration, which flavor may disgust and prevent
the patient from partaking of the refreshment
when brongbt to him or her.
For invalids, never make a large quantity of
one thing, as they seldom require much at a
time, and it is desirable that variety be pro
vided them.
Always have something in readiness; a little
beef tea, nicely made and nicely skimmed, a
few spoonfuls of jelly, etc., that ft may be ad
ministered as soon almost as the invalid wishes
for it. If obliged to wait a long time, the pa
tient loses the desire to eat, and often turns
against the food when brought to him or her.
In sending dishes or preparations up to in
valids, let everything look as tempting as pos
sible. Have a dean tray cloth laid smoothly
over the tray; let the spoons, tumblers, oups
and saucers, etc, be very clean and bright.
Gruel served in a tumbler is more appetizing
than when served in a basin or cup and sau
cer. If the patient be allowed to eat vegetables,
never send them up under-oooked,or half raw;
and let a small quantity only be temptinfflv
arranged on a dish. This rule will apply to
every preparation, as an invalid is much more
likely to enjoy his food if small delicate pieces
are served to him.
A mutton chop.ntcelv cut.trimmed and broiled
to a turn, is duh to be recommended for in
valids; but it must not be served with all the
fat at the end, nor must ifbe too thickly cat
Let it be cooked over a fire free from smoke,
and sent up with the gravy in it, between two
very hot plates. Nothing is more disagreeable
toanUvithMsaokedfood.
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