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IT KBVEB PAYS.
It never pays to fretcr growl
When fortune tt-etai our foe:
The better bred will punh ahead
Aud strike the braver blow.
for luck is work.
And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom;
Bat yield the pi ay.
And dear the way.
That better men have room.
It nerer pars to foster pride,
Aud quander wealth in show;
For friends thus won are sore to ran
. In times of wtnt or woe.
The noble worth
Of all the earth
Are gems of beattltnd brain
A conscience clear,
A household dear.
And hands without a stain.
It never pays to hate a foe
Or cater to a friend.
To fawn aud whine, much leu repine,
lo borrow or to lend.
To faults of aaea.
Are fewer when
Each rows his own canoe.
For friend and debts
And pampered pets
Unbounded mischief brew.
It never pay t wreck the health
In drudging after gain;
And be is si-Id who mink that gold
la cheaply boug.it with pain.
A humble lot.
A cozy cot.
Have tempted even kings.
For elation higu
That wealth will buy.
Naught of contentment bring.
It never parti A blunt refrain.
Well worthy of a song;
For age and youth must learn this trnth
That nothing pays that's wrong.
The good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success.
while wnat is right
In heaven's sight
Is always sure to bless.
A FORTUNATE MISTAKE.
It was the evening of the 2d of May,
in 185, that I went to hear the Russian
Princess Strainervoyce, who at that time
attracted the fashionable world to her
concerts. I went to hear the Princess
partly to kill time and partly from a de
sire to see and hear for myself the mar
Telons foreigner whose name was in
everybody's mouth. When I reached
her Majesty's concert-room it was
crowded to its utmost capacity. It was
so closely wedged that one could ha ye
studied anatomy, after a fashion, merely
from the impression of one's neighbor's
bones. At the close of the concert I was
borne along with the crowd, and jammed
through the doorway at the risk of break
ing every rib in my body. Ere I could
escape from the throng, and while I was
shrugging my shoulders to assure myself
that my collar-bone was in its proper
position, I felt a hand olasping my arm,
and a musical voice exclaimed:
"You good for nothing! I though I had
lost you! What a frightful crush! I do
believe my arm is broken, and my dress
ruined, and all for the sake of hearing
this Strainervoyce!"
I was on the point of replying that I
agreed with her, but restrained myself,
laughing inwardly at the novel position
in which I was placed, and wondering
who my fair companion could be. Evi
dently she took me for her brother, or,
possibly, her husband, 'judging from
the familiarity of her manner, for she
added, in a sympathizing tone:
"Forgive me, Ralph your poor head!
I am sorry I made you come."
"Pardon me, madam," said I; "but
"Oh, nonsense, Ralph!" she inter
rupted me. "You have become half
barbarian since you went to the Crimea,
to permit me to seat myself, while you
stand there as if I were your wife, and
you ten years married, instead of your
sister, whose ready assistant and attend
ant in place of a better you should
be."
"Excuse me," said I, "but "
"Ralph.I shall catch my death of oold
standing here, and such a long ride,
too." Here the lady gave a peculiar
shiver. "Do jump in and Bit down, or I
will "
What she would have done I did not
wait to hear; but, taking my place be
side her in the brougham, we were
driven off, whither I knew not.
"I won't ask you to talk to me, with
that headache, but I want you to listen
to me," began my companion the mo
ment we started. "I wanted to talk to
you coming in, but that little chatterbox,
Maggie, prevented me from saying a
word to you. You remember poor little
Lucy Walters, Ralph. Her mother died
about two months ago, and the poor girl
has gone to live with the Deans. Mr.
and Mrs. Dean have been very kind to
Iter, but it is impossible for them to
more than shelter her. How any one can
have the heart to wound Lucy's feelings
is a mystery to me, and yet every occa
sion that presents itself is seized npon
by the Wares and Kings to insult her,
even to commenting upon the poor girl's
father's actions, as if she could have pre
vented that which occurred twenty years
ago, and I have seen Sarah Ware imi
tating her walk, regardless of poor Lucy's
tears."
I could not restrain an exclamation of
disgust as I listened to this.
"I knew it would disgust you, Ralph,"
continued my companion. "Well, the
doctor says now that Lucy will always be
lame there can be nothing done for her.
I have been thinking, ever since her
mother died, that if she had a good
teacher she might not only in time be in
dependent, bnt achieve a name as an art
ist. You shonld see some of her at
tempts. She is a genius, Ralph. But
that would require money, and where is
the money to come from? You know I
haven't much, Ralph, but I have deter
mined to do somethiag for our eld play
mate. I cau save out of my allowance
at least thirty pounds, and now if you
will doubto it, what will that not do for
Lucy? I Was counting it up the other
day, and if I am correct it will enable
her to attend the School of Design and
take private lessons in art for a year; and
st the end of that time, if Lucy is alive,
she will show the world what a woman
can do. When I look at that poor girl,
with her rare mind and her craving for
knowledge, I cannot help thinking how
superior she is to me a mere idler; and
I sometimes think that if she had my
place and I hers, there would be more
justice in the distribution of the world's
goods and co J3 for U. Don't say I'm silly
and sentimental, Ralph. I know you
will give your snare oi the sum line a
good, brother, as you are. I have been
talking to her about it, and I know I can
manage it so as to overrule .any scruples
she may have against receiving anything
from as."
Here my companion became quiet and
the question presented itself to my mind,
Mow am i to escape irom mis awawara
position honorably? Here I have been
guilty of listening to a communication
intended for the ear of another have
been guilty of an inexcusable deception
practiced upon a stranger and a lady
knowingly. Perhaps the honest way
would be to acquaint her at once with
the mistake and solicit her pardon."
I had at last summoned sufiioient cour
aga to clear my throat and was about to
commence my well-studied speech, when
my companion gave a Iitle laugb, as she
said:
"Really. Ralph, you are very enter
taining in your own peculiar way. but if
you re as dumb when in tne presence of
Miss Vernon as you have been to night
she is to be pitied rather than envied.
You are little better than a barbarian!
Bat here we are at uncle's.and yon know
I promised to stop with Carrie to-night,
so you will have no one to bother you the
remainder of the road. How singular
you do act to-night, itaipni wen, x
won t tease you any more.
Suddenly the driver drew up before an
elegant residence, and imagining I per
ceived a loop-hole whereby I might es
cape from my awkward predicament, I
sprang out of the brougham and assisted
the lady to alight.
"Is your head still aohing, tfaiph l
Good night. Why. you forgot to kiss
me!"
As the fair face was upturned to mine,
with its tempting lips awaiting the kiss,
I pressed my shawl down from my mouth
suddenly, and as suddenly felt my head
drawn down to receive the most delicious
kiss that ever was bestowed by maiden.
"You need not wait; the door is open.
and there stands Carrie, bless her!" said
my companion, as she tripped up the
steps, while I stood irresolutely beside
the brougham.
"Then, my dear fellow, 1 mentally
ejaculated, "it is time you were off."
And, seating myself in the brougham
once more, l was again anven oh, due
whither I knew not. I only knew that
I had lost a charming companion, whose
lips a moment since were pressed against
my own, and whom, in all probability, I
might never meet again. And when I
recalled her generous offer, her sym
pathy for the poor lame girl and her
self-acousing spirit, so unlike that of my
acquaintance m general, I longed to
know more of her. Then again my
cheeks tingled when I remembered the
deception I had practiced. And what
would she think of me when she ascer
tained as she most certainly would.
sooner or later the truth.
My speculations were, however, cut
short by the abrupt stoppage of the
brougham, whereupon I stepped out
leisurely, picking up Irom the bottom oi
the carriage as I did so, an exquisitely
embroidered handkerchief. Upon ex
amining it closely I perceived the in
itials "C. W." in one of the corners. I
was reminded of my situation at that
moment by the driver's inquiry "if Mr.
Ralph would want him any more to
night; so 1 merely shoos my bead, and
without vouchsafing a word of explana
tion, I turned away from him and walked
homeward.
Evidently I bore a very strong resem
blance to Mr. Ralph, whoever he was.
When his own sister and the servant were
deceived by the resemblance, it must
be very great. True, my cap was drawn
down firmly, almost concealing my eyes,
and the lower part of my face was muf
fled up in a heavy shawl, still, taking
everything into consideration, I said to
myself, the similarity of dress, feature
and manner must be wonderful to de
ceive one's relatives.
It was late in the spring, and the frosts
in May out off most of the fruit around
London. The night was in that commu
nicative mood termed "nipping," and re
membering that a walk of four miles lay
between me and the Albany, I walked
forward briskly, revolving in my
mind the different aspects of my adven
ture as they presented themselves, one
after another, and resolving to keep my
own counsel. I had walked perhaps a
mile, when I observed a gentleman ap
proaching at a walk as rapid as my own.
As he drew nearer I was struck with his
resemblance to me hight, size, manner
and dress, even to the wraps around his
neck, and the buttons upon his coat wore
the exact counterpart of my own. I
think the resemblance must have struck
him at the same time, for, as we were
passing each other, we involuntarily
paused, scanning each other closely and
curiously, then strode on. "Mr. Ralph,"
I said to myself as I turned to look at
him. Singularly enough, Mr. Ralph
was at that moment looking at me; but
the instant he was detected he wheeled
around and resumed his walk. Ere I
reached my chambers I resolved to as
certain, if it was possible; who the per
son was who dwelt in the large house on
the Common, and who had arrived from
the Crimea so recently, that I might
thereby assure myself to whom I was in
debted for a delicious kiss, and whose
acquaintance I was very desirous of mak
ing. Early upon the following morning, I
sat down and wrote a few lines to Miss
Lucy Walters, the lame girl, and inclos
ing three ten-pound notes, sealed the
letter and depositing it in my pocket,
sallied forth in quest of the information
I so much desired. Wending my way
to a friend's chambers, I encountered a
young articled elerk, who was at that
moment entering the door.
"George," said I, affecting a careless
manner. "I wish to ask you a question;"
and I then inquired if he was acquainted
with the neighborhood in which I had
been on the previous evening.
"Yes, sir, very well," he replied.
"Cau you tell riie who lives in the large
house with the two eagles on the gate
posts, on the left hand side of the Com
mon? The house stands back from the
road."
"Oh, you mean Mr. Wright's," said
he; "but its more than four miles out
there, sir."
"How far is it?" I asked.
"About four miles and a half; may be
no more." I
"Thank you. That is all I want," I
replied, as I passed into the house, where
I addressed my note to "Miss Luev
Walters, care of Miss O. Wright;"
then sauntering out slowly. I called the
lad to me.
"By the way, George," said I, "I have
a letter to deliver out there. Do you
think you conld do it for me? If you
would 'call a cab any way that yon
could get there soon; and when you de
liver it. don't stay a moment. I don't
care about having you questioned."
He was a shrewd lad, and, as he lis
tened to me, I knew by the expression
of his face that he guessed my motive.
"You don't want them to know where
it came from, if you can help it," said he.
"You understand me, 1 see, said 1.
"Well, I can manage it for you, .Mr.
Clark." said the lad. "My Uncle Dean
lives out there."
"Is Mr. Dean your uncle?" I asked
hastily. V-
"Yes, sir," he replied.
"There is a young girl living with
him?" I oontinued.
"Yes, Miss Walters," he replied.
"Cau I trust you, George?"! inquired
"You may, sir. If you want to help
All sa Waiters without her knowing who
is doing it," said he.
"Well," said I. "this letter is intended
for Miss Walters, as you will perceive.
It is a money letter, and if you can con
vey it to her that is all that is required.
You will keep the matter to yourself?" I
added, as l endeavored to place a
sovereign in his hand.
"No, sir; not that, Mr. Clark. I only
wish I could do twice as much for Miss
Walters," exclaimed the fine fellow. "I
shall put the letter where she will get it,
and she will never know where it came
from. I am going there to-night."
"Very well, George," I replied, as I
left him, feeling satisfied that the note
was in safe hands.
"That lady in blue?" said my cousin.
"No," said I, "the lady beside her."
"Have you not made her acquaintance?
That is Miss Wright."
"Any relation of Miss Emma Wright?"
"No; they are quite intimate, how
ever. jet me present you.
I fanoied Miss Wright bestowed a look
of more than ordinary curiosity upon me
as my cousin presented me; but I I had
the effrontery to meet her inquiring
look as if unooncious of the fact that I
had met those eyes before, and had re
ceived from those lips a sisterly kiss. As
I seated myself by her I overheard the
words. "Taking everything into con
sideration, I think very little blame can
be attached to the gentleman," uttered
in a merry tone by a person who was at
my elbow, put whose faoe was turned
from me.
"Pray, have done, Ralph," said Miss
Wright, as she tapped his shoulder with
her fan, a faint blush suffusing her
cheek.
But the coolness of the whole pro
ceeding," continued the party addressed
as Ralph, heedless of her remonstrances.
The fellow even gave her a brotherly
kiss."
"Ralph!" exclaimed Miss Wright, en
ergetically, as the blood mounted to her
forehead, dying her face and neck crim
son. "Come, come, Wright, don't ask us
to believe that!" exclaimed one of the
group.
'Well, she cannot deny having com
plained to me the next day that he was
exceedingly stupid thinking I was the
offender all the while and scarcely ut
tered a word; that, in fact, she had to do
all the talking."
"We will take that with considerable
allowance, too," replied one of the lis
teners. "I met the fellow on the road," re
sumed the gentleman; "and I must say
I never encountered a man so like my
self in all my life."
"In truth, you are a barbarian, Mr.
Wright, to tell such things about your
sister," exclaimed our hostess, with a
merry laugh.
"As if I did not owe her ten times as
much," said the. young man. "Ever
sinoe that evening she has been teasing
me in eyery conceivable manner," he
added, turning round suddenly toward
her, and in doing so encountering my
steady gaze, he ejaculated, with a per
ceptible start, upon facing me, "There
he is!"
Miss Wright flashed a meaning glance
upon him, then suddenly turned toward
me, as if to observe the effect his excla
mation and manner would produce upon
me; but I was equal to the emergency,
and maintained an unruffled composure.
"I did not hear the first of that, Miss
Wiight," I said, as I cast a careless
glance over the wondering group, and
another of pretended astonishment upon
Mr. Wright, who evidently felt no little
annoyance.
"Perhaps it was just as well," was the
reply, as she glanced at her bother.
"Ralph really is unmerciful when he be
gins. I am glad you did not hear the
whole; but now that it is out, I may as
well give a correct version of the affair.
Like an attentive brother he permitted
the crowd to separate us at the close of
the Princess Strainervoyce's concert on
Tuesday, and I waa so unfortunate as to
mistake a stranger for him, who accom
panied me home without acquainting me
with my error. Thinking that it was
Ralph, and that his headache prevented
him from talking, I did permit my
tongue to perform rather more than a
fair share."
"Then all the blame must be laid upon
Mr. Wright. He should be the last to
mention it. His want of proper feeling
is very much to be deprecated; but let
us hope that he will change for the bet
ter," said our hostess. "I think even
now he exhibits signs of repentance."
"And have you no idea who the gen
tleman was, Miss Wright?" I inquired.
"Until lately," she replied, placing an
emphasis on the word, "I had not the
slightest clue to the gentleman."
"Does she know the truth?" I asked
myself. "Have I betrayed myself? I
might have known that her woman's in
stinct would detect me."
While these and similar thoughts oc
cupied my mind I became engaged in an
interesting conversation with Miss
Wright. In the course, of it allusion was
made to the Princess Strainervoyoe."
"Did I attend her last concert?"
"Really, was it the last, or the one
preceding it, or the second? Certainly I
attended one of them, but whieh of
them? My memory was so treacherous.
Perhaps it was the last; at least there
was a suffocating crush."
And the conversation went on as be
fore. The digression removed all doubts
from her mind. I at least had known
nothing of her adventure prior to that
evening, when her mischief-loving
fTDrotner had made it puoiic.
jWV a -. a w
I do not think I was romantio at that
time, and yet I must confess that, from
.the beginning of our acquaintance. I en
tertamed the hope that Miss Wright
would one day become my wife. I was
not disappointed.
W . ., m.
At was perhaps six months alter we
were married that I carried home in my
pocket a newspaper containing a flatter
ing notice of Lucy Walters. As Mrs.
Clark employed herself with her work, I
drew forth the paper and read to her the
notice. Lucy was imcming her studies.
and had carried off the prize medal. As
she listened to the nattering comments
paid to her protegej my wife's face lit up
with a glow of pleasure.
"Ralph used to laugh, at me when I
told him that Lucy would one day make
a name for herself," she said, musingly.
"I have so often wondered," she oontin
ued, as she resumed her work, "flrho it
was that gave her that money."
"You mean the person who accompan
ied you to your Uncle Graham's from
the concert said I.
"Yes," she replied: "it was very sin'
guiar, his giving the money in the way
he did."
".Doubtless he did it to secure your
good opinion, said I.
"Then he has never had the satisfac
tion ot knowing how it was received,'
said my wife.
"Of course he has, though," said I.
"How do you know?" inquired Mrs.
Clark, looking up from her work. "He
may be dead."
"But he is living," I said.
"Who is living?" she asked.
"The person you so often think about,
who sent Lucy Walters thirty pounds,
and whom you kissed."
"Mr. Clark!" exclaimed my wife, as
the work fell from her hands into her
lap.
"Mrs. Clark!" I retorted.
"You don't think! How can you say
such a thing!" And a puzzled expres
sion rested on my wife's face, that in
spite of .all my powers of resistance,
forced me to laugh loud.
Oh! I remember now," she said.
"Ralph said something liko that once
when you were present."
"Then, Mrs. ClarK, you deny having
kissed him?"
She threw her work to one side and
arose. "Harry, is possible that it was
you?"
"Very probable, certainly."
"And vou have concealed it all this
time! Yon are the most deceptive of
all men! ' she exclaimed.
"Don't blame me for doing what neith
er you nor any other woman can do,
said I, "and that is, keep a secret un
less it be her age.
"I will not believe it! said Mrs.
Clark.
"Because you tried to surprise me into
a confession and failed,"! replied. "Then
let this be the proof.
I was prepared for this scene, and I
drew from my pocket the embroidered
handkerchief and pointed out to her
her initials, whereupon wef mutually
agreed that she had made a "Fortunate
Mistake."
The Uirl" Question.
One of the most vexed, perplexed, but
yet important questions of the day is the
girl question; the problem' of bow the
work of the household is to be done, and
how more efficient help is to be procured
and kept. The decay of the home Bpirit
is a decay that is to be greatly deplored.
Whatever saps that foundation is work
ing ruin in the moral, social, political,
educational and religious foundations of
the world. There ought to be hands and
heads and hearts enough on our great
continent to save us from this ruin and
to secure for our people the privileges
of home life.
But the trouble is, most of us wish to
be freed from all cares and responsibili
ties and perplexities on the subject. We
do not wish to "fight and run away," in
order that we may live to renew the
"fight another day," but to run away and
abandon the fight altogether. The plan
of having co-operative kitchens seems to
be quite seriously mooted, so that we
may have our cooking "done out;" then
with the laundrying "done out," tho ed
ucating of the children "done out," the
sewing "done out," etc., there really will
not seem to be very much left to be
"done in," nor, indeed, much individu
ality left in the home.
Women are not convinced, often and
eloquently as they are told it, that their
true mission, "their right divine and un
questionable," is to create good, true,
pure, beautiful homes. Yet the woman
who can create a home that her husband
will curry in his heart all day and return
to gladly at night; a home in which her
children grow up into all beautiful right
living and right-thinking to which a
friend cau. come and feel rested and
strengthened, and the wayfarer call as a
blessed oasis, is a woman who has per
formed the highest mission on earth.
Her mission is not confined and circum
scribed. It is essential that each home shoull
have its own distinct individuality; and
that it should be well and comfortably
"kept." The art of "keeping house" is
only a part of the necessary means to an
end, but it is an important, even-though
a subordinate part. The cooking of
food the washing of dishes, and the set
ting of tables, the sweeping, dusting,
bed-making, etc., must be done, and
there appears to be great dearth of
means to have them comfortably and
well done.
A revolution in a certain household
after an uneasy reign of servants, seems
to suggest a possible solution of the
problem. A tall and slenderyoung girl,
with quiet, lady-like ways, entered the
family to do "general housework," and
she does it quietly and faithfully. She
always speaks promptly and pleasantly
when it is necessary or when she is ad
dressed, but she never intrudes herself
or her remarks. She is self-respecting
and dignified; and she is respected, and
ah I how heartily approved and appre
ciated. She has her faults, but who of
ms have not?
That this happy adjustment of house
is due to
two evils. The most evident one is that
our American girls lose sight of what is
due to others in their determination to
assert their own position and dignity;
that they seem rude and forward when
they attempt any such occupation. They
fan to realize that their self assertion is
their own humiliation, aud that the po-,
anion, whatever it may be J does not
honor or dignify the person, but that it
the is individual that dignifies the posi
tion.
If it were not considered a disgrace to
perform the essential labor in a home, to
do housework; if it were, instead, thought
to be not only a respectable but a com
mendable occupation, one of the great
est objections to accepting such positions
m w r l
would be removed, inen, unaouoteaiy,
our own American girls than whom
none are capable of being more apt and
adaptive would help us in the solution
of one of our greatest national diffi
culties. Our homes must be saved to us;
IhAir (lnmnafirii.v. their inniViilnalitv.
" J W 1' J 9
their sanctity, must be rescued from the
evils that threaten them; and our girls,
too, must be saved from the exposure
and the temptation, from the want,
despair, and sin which now are
appalling
evils.
But the second trouble is to
nod mis
tresses capable ot
oversight of their
taking charge and
own household ar-
rangements, and are willing
to do it.
They must be prepared to take young
girls and give them necessary
instruo-
tions. They must remember
that they
have human souls to deal
merely machines, and must
with, not
deal with
them with the faithfulness and justice
they desire to receive in return
There is a deep social problem under
neath this difficulty. It cannot be solved
by a tirade against poor servants or poor
mistresses. Cooking schools (for ladies
or cooks will not relieve us. Editorials
directed to woman's incapacity and ex
travagance will scarcely touch the mat
ter. Men must be desirous to- have
homes; they must leave competition
when they leave their stores, and be con
tent to breakfast and dine and jsup. in a
"homely" way. High seasoning must
be taken from our tables, and the. spice
of variety must be, like other spices,
more sparingly used. Meals alia Russe;
drawing room, parlors, reception rooms,
boudoirs, bric-a-brac; gowns of delicate
fabrio put together with countless
HtnhH nonnot be the daily food, shel
ter and raiment for a family conducted
in a "homely way. we muse curtail
these things or give up sweet, quiet,
. . , a a w-r a a
restful, wholesome, loving
Christian Union.
homes.
Mackerel Catching Off ('ape Ann.
The macktrel oatchers are
vessels of
the same rig, tonnage, and lading as the
cod-fisher, except that in them
the
seine
takes tne place of the trawl
The
scene
of their operations is rather wider.
too,
as they meet the mackerel on their
ap-
pearanoe in the spring as fa
south as
Virginia, and follow them to t
e shores
George's
of Greenland and Iceland.
Bank, in the open sea about 1
miles off
Cape Ann, and the Dominion
aters are,
however, the favorite fishing grounds.
When one of these vessels reaches the
spot where her prey may be taken, a
sharp watch is kept for the schools,
which may be seen playing about on the
surface; old salts aver that they can
smell a school of mackerel a well as
menhaden. When one is sighted, tho
listlessness of the crew gives wy to ani
mation. The purse-seine, coilod ou the
after-hat oh, is hastily thrown into the
seine-boat, which has been towing astern
since the vessel left port. Two dories
are let down, and, in company with
the seine boat, row . out tq ward the
school. At the 'proper time
the seine-boss gives the word, the
two dories take each an end of the seine,
some 150 fathoms in length, aud in three
minutes inclose -the school. (Then the
seine is "passed," and the schooner is
signaled to come alongside. There are
500 barrels of large, fat maokerel in the
"purse." The method of transferring
them to the vessel is much like that prac
ticed by the Menhaden steamers. A large
dip net, with long handle, worked by
tackling, is let down into the st ruggling
mass, and throws them on the vessel's
deck by the half barrel. This! done, the
operation of "dressing down"-pegins by
throwing the catch into a square trough;
twelve men of the crew of fonrteer then
attack them with knives, dexterously
open them by a slit down thejback, and
clean them at a stroke ; they are then
washed, assorted into varions grades ac
cording to size and fatness, and packed
in barrels, one barrel of Liveroool salt
being required for four barrels of fish.
So rapidly do they work that forty-seven
barrels have been oleaned and! packed in
two hours and a half. Meantime two
men have been overhauling the seine,
repairing it where a shark or blue fish,
had made a rent, and the men are ready
for another haul perhaps to work for
hours without securing a barrel. Corr.
N. Y. Post.
bhall We Prune In Autumn!
To the above question which comes
from several subscribers, we say decided
ly, yes, provided the question; applies to
newly planted trees,' those planted last
spring, or within a few years. The sooner
such trees have their final shape given to
them the better. This should have been
done when they were planted, but be
tween the hurry of spring work and the
timidity of the inexperienced, who are
afraid to cut, trees are quite too often
set out just as they come from tho nur
sery. Such trees must sooner or later
be put into their final shape for bearing,
and the sooner this is done, the better.
Some books on fruit culture, the French
especially, give diagrams to show how
the tree should be shaped. These are
well enough as suggestions, but as no
two trees grow precisely alike, the only
guides in such matters are a general
idea of the laws which regulate tree
growth and common sense in their ap
plication. Working to pattern cannot be
followed. If one has a young orohard,
the first point to be considered
is the night, at which he
will make the heads, of Lis trees.
In . localities where the summer
is long and hot, it is claimed that low
heads shade the trunk, and thus are a
benefit. Others wish to have the heads
hold labor is not oftener seen
high enough to allow of the passing of
teams beneath them, if need be. While
there is no objection to cultivating
crops in a young orchard, and indeed it
is better to do this than to neglect the
soil entirely, the praotioe is becoming
more general of seeding the bearing
orchard to clover; and using it as a pas
ture for swine, to the mutual benefit of
pigs and trees. The hight of the heads
being decided upon, all brauohes that
start below this should be removal.
The next point should be to secure an
open and well balanced head with the
main branches that crowd or cross one
another, all "water shoots." vigorous
growths that sometimes start up in the
growing season, should be cut awav.
The season's growth being completed,
the removal of branches at this time will
cause no check, and as the branches to
be cut away are all small, no large
wounds will be exposed. Hence we sav.br
all means do such pruning in autumn.
while the weather is mild, and other
farm work is not Pressing American
Agriculturist. '
Stories of Animal.
A North Chatham. N. Y.. farmer ha a
dog that climbs trees. It recently cap
tured a raccoon, after a desperate ficht.
in the high branches of a chestnut tree.
Iwo sparrows in a street gutter in
Paducah, Kentucky, had a desperate
fight. Finally, one got the best of the
other under water, and kept it there un
til life was extinct.
A cat had been carried in a bag from
Rome, Ga., to a new house thirty-five
miles away' over a country it had never
seen, returned home in twenty-four
hours.
A flock of robins and sparrows attacked
a cat that bad stolan a young bird in
West Chester, Pa., and by pecking her
upon the head compelled her to drop her
prey and run for her life.
A dog belonging to Garret Brodhead.
of Milford, Pa., got tired of working the
churning machine, and let the rope en
circling his neok strangle him to death.
Although when at play he was full of
life he had tried onoe before to commit
suicide on the machine. I
A leopard and a cobra had a terrifio
battle near Lahore, India, in whioh both
lost their lives. Tho cobra had its head
severed from below the hood, not, how
ever, before it had fatally stung the
leopard.
A mocking bird belonging to Robert
Potee, the gambler, who committed sui
cide in Kansas City, showed great grief
upon seeing the body. It refused to eat,
and when Po tee's body was taken away
the bird died.
A squirrel romped over the roof of the
barn of Andy Glover, at Sumter. Ga..
with the house cat. They rolled over
together like kittens. Mr. Glover's son
shot the squirrel, whereupon the cat re
fused to be comforted. I
The London Field tells a story about
a sparrow catching ducks at the rate of
six birds daily. The sparrow takes hold
of them with its bill, shakes them as a
dog does a rat, and afterwards throws
them over its head. . i
A flock of ravens numbering some 500
hovered high in the &i? over Ginnheim,
Ohio. They formed three detachments.
and, as if at a given signal, flew at each
other with savage cries. Dead birds be
gan to fall, and soon over fifty birds were
picked up. Their wounds were all on
the head.
A Kansas farmer thought that the
quail he saw running between the rows
of corn just sprouting were pulling up
the seed, and he began killing them.
After one cutworm, twenty striped, bugs.
and over a hundred chinch bugs were
found in the crop of one. bird, he con
cluded he bul made a mistake.
Webster's Resting Place.
Webster's first purohase of land in
Marsh field was an old homestead of 150
acres, but he kept adding farm to farm
till he had an estate of nearly 1800 acres,
much of it consisting of the wide, grassy
downs of the ooast. The farm extended
north and south from the homestead
and was bounded by the ocean on the
east. The graveyard in whioh he was
buried is out on the bare downs in sight
and sound of the sea, and fully a quarter
of a mile from the highway, access to it
being had by a rude road through the
fields. It is one of those neigborhood
cemeteries common to country districts,
and holds the dust of perhaps a score of
the neighboring families. A moss grown
wall of stone surrounds it on three sides,
the fourth side being inclosed by a mod
ern iron fence. The Webster plot is in
tho southwest corner of the yard, near
the entranoe, and consists of a little
cluster of eight or ten tombs. A large
mound of earth on the north side of the
plot, surmounted by a plain marble
slab, holds the dust of the statesman.
The stone bears this inscription:
"Daniel Webster, born January 18, 1782,
died October 24, 1852. 'Lord, I believe;
help thou my unbelief,' and beneath
this an appropriate phrase from his pub
lished utterances. Other graves in the
plot are those of Grace Fletcher, his first
wife; Julia, his favorite daughter; Major
Edward, a son who died in the Mexican
war, and Colonel Fletcher Webster, the
second son, who was killed at the head
of his regiment in the war of the re
bellion. N. Y. Post.
The Emperor William's annual three
weeks' visit to Gastein, which closes in a
few days, has been paid regularly for
twenty years, excepting during the wars
of 186G and 1870. The emperor occupies
fifty-four apartments with his suite, and
his daily existence follows a uniform
routine. Rising at "8:30 he bathes and
breakfasts, and at 10 o'clock takes an
hour's walk on the promenade, returning
home to lunch, where his favorite dish
of boiled crabs is served daily. State
affairs occupy the emperor till 3 p. m.,
and after a short rest he dines at 4
o'clock off eight courses. His suite al
ways dine with his majesty, and any
prominent person in Gastein is generally
invited, the number never exceeding fif
teen. Dinner lasts an hour, coffee and
cigars follow, and at G o'clock the em
peror takes an hour's drive. The even
ing is generally finished at the house of
the adjutant general the Solitude
where a number of guests' assemble, and
musio and acting are provided. At 10 p.
u. the emperor goes homo to bed.
HEWS NOTES.
Yellow fever is raging at Gnaymas ami
Hermoaillo, Mexico.
Watermelon cuts ara a variety Of so
cial festivity enjoyed by temperance folks
in New England.
The Canada Paciflo railroad is now
completed a distance of 1100 miles weit
oi Lake Superior.
A Minnesota photographer's tent has
been pulled down by some of his cus
tomers whom he had not made handsome
enough..
A hotel at the Delaware. Water Gap
had 206 guests to dinner recently. - Of
these, 200 were ladies and eight were
gentlemen.
George Saunders, vouched for ua
trustworthy, reports the discovery of a
sea serpent sixty feet long in Lake Mich
igan on the Wisconsin shore.
It is claimed as one of the advantages
possessed by Florida that it is south of
the tornado belt. And California lies a
good distance west of it.
Ex-Governor Hubbard of Connecticut
lost his daughter some years ago by her
marriage with his coachman. Now he
has lost his fortune.
It is said that portraits of reputable
citizens are kept in the Rogue's Gallery
in New York, and are exhibited to stran
gers as piotures of thieves.
The University of Chatauqua has per
manently organized not a cooking school,
but a cooking college, which will, prob
ably prove a benefit on a large scale.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the dis
covery of gold in Cherry creek will bo
celebrated with a banquet at Denver on
September 13th by the early settlers of
Colorado.
The city of New York borrowed half a
million for sixty days week before last,at
three per. cent, a year. Bids not accepted
were for three and nine-tenths and four
per cent.
Eight hundred head of Jersey cattle
and a number of ponies, sheep and hogs,
valued at $75,000, were landed at Ches
ter, Pa., August 29th from Hull. The
animals were quarantined.
Jay Gould and Cyrus W. Field now
have a chance to see how they like it in
the contemplation of unsightly telegraph
poles set on their estates by the New York
Water Commissioners'.
The new system of inspection of hogs
which has begun in Chicago, with the
view of determining the existence of txi
chince in pork, is one good result of Ger
many's outcry and embargo.
Mr. Edison has armed each of the bal
let girls in Kiralfy's new play of "Ex
celsior" with a little battery, and at a
signal each one will flash out npon tha
stage with an electrio light upon her
forehead.
"We know whereof we speak" says the
Boston Journal, "when we say the re
publicans of Boston have to-day a better
working organization than they have
ever had so early in the campaign.
The Wyoming people lelieve that tha
real significance of all this summer's ex
cursions to the Yellowstone park will be
found in an effort to Induce the next
congress to transfer the park to Montana
control.
A well postod treasury official gives it
as his opinion that there are at least 15,
000,000 trade dollras in the New York
banks and depositories, and that before
congress meets the amount will be in
creased to 20,000,000.
Moody and Sankey have never taken a
dollar of the $400,000 profits on their
hymn book. The money has been paid
over to a committee and devoted to
charity.
Mrs. Jane Swisshelm says': "Tho
things we call women are simply small
packages of ache and pains done up in
velvet and lace, and topped out with
ostrich plumes."
The Woman's Baptist Foreign Mis
sionary Society of the west is to send a
petition to the queen of Eo gland and
empress of India, petitioning her to
abolish child marriage in India. - Tha .
petition will have many thousand signa
tures. The ladies' tricycle reoord has again
been lowered, this time by Mrs. Allen,
who, accompanied by her husband, suc
ceeded in riding a distance of 125 miles
within twenty-four hours. The previous
best reoord for twenty-four hours was
made by Miss Jessie Choice.
The queen of Italy is very fond of
children, and seldom takes a walk with
out stopping to chat with one or two of
her youthful subjects, especially little
girls. In former days she would often
ask a protege: "And what is your
father, my dear?" But sinoe the haughty
reply of a mite of seven "My father is a
republican !" Her Majesty studiously
avoids this question.
An Audacious Snake.
Miss Brooks, a respectable young lady,
and daughter of a truck farmer st
Sheridan, Pa., on the Lebanon
Valley railroad, met with a startling
adventure while out walking in
the woods with a female companion.
The story of their wonderful escape is
vouohed for by the best citizens in the
place. While the two ladies were
promenading in a secluded spot in tho
forest, Miss Brooks suddenly experienced
a heavy pressure around her waist, which
increased to such an extent as to almost
deprive her of breath. She cried out from
pain, and her companion sprang to ono
side. Then Miss Brooks put her hand
to her waist and she discovered a thick
and heavy roll under tho
light evening costume. Immediately
thereafter the two were horrified beyond
description upon seeing the head of a
snake protruding from the folds of the
dress, its horrible fangs darting in every
direction. With rare presence of mind
Miss Brooks' companion seized hold cf
the former's dress and pulled tho skirt
from her body. A huge black snake was
found coiled round her waist. It imme
diately dropped to the ground and diu
appealed in some dense nnderbrnsb.
The ladies say it must have been fully
six feet in length. It must have beta
lying in their path, and as they paaand
alonsr worked itself up tho young lady's
underclothing and found a comfortable
resting place around her waist.