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-Order solicited and ytouiptly ueci.
ann Anothorarifis
UUU 11UUIUUUU11UM
The Kingdom of Love.
Mjwlfc is not in fashion,
O very far from that, " ' '
' She wijars uo jewels on her uer-k
Nr feathers la her hat;
She has no train, nor courtly raee
To wield it if .she had,
She Unties not with rousfe her face,
N'or does she paste and pad.
Her liijure i not delicate,
Her voice is not divine, .
She hits no wondrous jififts of mind-.
That bonny wife of mine
Her yifts to uie, more choice than jol1,
In jtatietil cares nie jivcn,
And Jo her babes, in wealth of love.
That make of home a heaven.
J 4-ze s-oiuclimes upon hirr face,
So lined, and worn, and white,
And think how- beautiful it was
That summer wtvldin-niht;
And how for years life's hopes and fears
Have scattered through her hair
The precious f-ilver threads, that make
A crow it of ijlory th'-'v.
() wife, so true to every trut,
Thy -rifts the world's renown
Ma- never win, but on thy cares
The Lord of Life looks down :
He will to thee a guerdon give
Better than fame or p;old,
Fir wive?, wl.o rule their homes by love
Karth's noblest kingdoms hold.
Mies. Denmsox.
A Narrow Esoait'.
KHO.M Til K FKKXCU OF ALEXAXDItEDUMAS.
Thedea'hof the famous dog. Suther
land thus mimed after the; Englishman,
who had made a gift of it to lite Empress
Catherine II. of liu.ssia neatly caused a
tragic mistake, in solar as it nearly cost
the donor, a celebrated banker, his. life'.
The occurrence took place at St. Peters
burg. " . '
One morning, at daybreak, Mr. Suther
land, tiie geutletuau who had presented
the dog to the Empress, and who win
consequently a favorite with thjit...august
personage was suddeuly awoke by his
man-servant.
"Sir," said the footmau, "your house is
surroundfd with guards, and the master
of tiie p olicj demands to speak to you,"
"What does he wish with mei" ex
claimed the btnker, as he leaped from
his bed, s -me ., hat startled , by this' an
nouncement. "
"I know not, sir," answered the foot
man; "but it appears th it it is a matter
of the highest importance, and which,
from what lib says, can only be commu
niriVed t you personally."
"S'.io.v him in," said . Mr. Sutherl-iud,
iu-! he hastily donutd his dressing -gown.
The footman. -depuiied, and returned
some minutes afre'rwards with His. Ex
telIen(;i'Mr. Reliew,-. upon whose; face
tla) banker read at tl;e first glance soma
f umidaliie intelligence. The worthy'
t-auker, however, maintaineo bis cami-ncs-,
and welcoming the master of the
police vtith tii' iiMd urbanity, presented
him w it'u it seat. His Excellency, how
ever, rent lined standing, and in a tone
the most dolorous w hich it was possible
to assume, said :
"Mr. Sutherland, believe me when I
assuie you that f a n truly grieved to
have been chosen by Her Majesty, my
very uracious i;verietrn, to accomplish
au order,' the severity ff which alilicts
me, but which has without di.ubt beeu
provoked 1y some great crime.";
Uv some j;reat crime, your Excelltn-
cyi" exclaimed the. banker,
then has committed this cm
And wIn)
triuttr";
" You ioiibtle1'-s, t-i r, since it is. upon :
you' tliaft th"! puuisfrmeut is 14 fill;" - .
'. Sir I-.sat-:ir toijm.tllilt I kno.v not of
anjrepro:fM with w ldch. to cJiai'gb mv
s"e"lf" as a subject of our soveteign, for I
am a naturalized llus.sian. as you must
know."
"And it is precisely, sir, because you
aie a naturalized Russian that j"our posi
titdi is terrible. If yen ha I remaine 1 a
subject ..f his Biittaunic Majesty, you
would have been -able to call in the dd
of the English consul, and escape thus
perhaps the rigor of the order winch I
am. to mv very 'rrcat reirret, charged to
execute."
"Tell me, then, Your Excellency, what
is ttiis order
"Oh, sir-, never will I have the strength
to make it known to you."
"Have I lost the "rood graces of Her
Majesty ?" -
Oh, if it were only that!"
"I it a question to make me depart for
England V
"Oh, uo; even that must not be."
"Mon Dieu! vou terrify inc. Is it
an order to send me to Siberia?"
''Siberia, sir, is a fine country, and
which people hare calumniated. Besides,
people return from it."
"Am I condemned to prison?"
"Tiie prison is nothing;. I'risoners
come out of prison."
'Sir, sir 1" cried the banker, more and
more frightened, "am I destined to the
knout?" .
"The knout is a punishment very
grievou; but the knout does not kill."
"Mherabie fate!" said Sutherland, ter-
j rifil -:d. "1 see indeed that it is a matter
j of death."
' "And what a death!" exclaimed the
; master of the police, while he solemnly
i raised his -eyes with an expression of the
j inuft profound pity.
i "How! what a death ! Is it not enough
i to kill ine . without' -trial, t assassinate
me without
)ef .
cause? Catherine orders,
"Alas! yes, she orders"
"Well, speak, sir! What di es she or
:er: I ain a man; I have eaiirice.
Speak!" -
"Alas, my dear sir, she ord.-j- If it
had, not leen by herscijf that the cidu:
maud had been given, I declare to you,
my dear Mr. Sutherland, iluit I would
n ot nave oeneve i it.
"But you make me die a thousand
times. Let me tee, sir, what has she
ordered you to do?"
"She lias ordered me to have you
stuffed!"
The poor banker tittered a cry of dis-
tress; then looking the master of the
police in the face, stticl :' "But, Your Ex
cellency, it is monstrous whiit you say to
iuie: you miuthave lo?t our reason.
"Is'o, sir, I have not lost my reason ;
but I will certainly lose it -during the
operation."
"B.;t how have y,u you who have
said you aie my friend a hundred times
you, iu siiort, to whosa I have had the
houor to tender cer.'aiti -ei vices, how
have you, I any, recti vc-d such an order
without "eiidoavoiiny; to represent the
Ijarbatity of it to Her Majesty?"
"Alas! tdr, I have done what I could,
and cet taihly what 1..0 one would l;av(;
dared to do in jitv t,!;'ce. I besought'
Her '.visjesty to renounce her design, or
at len.st to chiirye another than myself
wit it the txwr.Uiou ot" it; and that with
tears iu my eyes. But Her Majesty said
to me with that " voice which you know
well, and which dues nut admit of a re
ply: "Go, .sir, and do not forget that it
is y.'.ur duty to acquit yourself without
a murmur of the commissi. us with which
I charge you.' ''
"And then?"
"Then," said the unler of the police,
"I lost no time iu tc pairing to a very
clever naturalit wh stuff ir.iitnals for
tiie Aca.leiiiy of Sciences; for, in short.
since then; was not anv a teruative, I
deentcdit only proper, an ! out i f ra.
;0Ct
for your feeling, that jou should
stuffed in the Itet manner posiible."
"And the wretch has, consented'?"
he
"Jle referred nie to hi c !k"igu-. w.ho
stutl'. apes, having studied rhe'jui-dngy
between the human species ami the
tvioukev tribe." ' . ' .
"Well?" . '' ' '
"Well, sir, he await you."
"How! he awaits im:,l But is the order
so peremptory:''
"Not an instant must be lo,t, mytiear
sir; the order of Ilert .Majesty .does not
admit of delay." .
"Without grabtiug Lie tini to put my
affairs iD order? But it is impossible'!" .
"Alas! it is' but too true, sir."
"But you will allow me first to wiita
to the Empress?"
"I know not if I ought; my instruc
tions were vol y em phatic."
"Listen!- It is a great favor, u iavor
which is not tefused to the 'greatest cul
prit. I entreat it of you."
"But if is my situation which I iK-k.''
"And it is.my life which is at stake."
"Well, write; I permit it. However,
I infer in you that I do not. leave you a
single instant."
"Thanks, thanks. Pray, recptest one
of your officers to come, that Jiu may
convey my letter." ', .
The master of the p-.dic called a ljuu,-
fenant of the Jiaval Guards, deovetvd tH
him the 'letter r,i poor SUth-etland, and
ordered him to bting back" ti e :ins.ver
immediately. Ten itiinutes afterwards,
the lieutenant returned with the order to
bring the banker to the .imperial palace.
It was all that the. sulfeter desired. ;
A.cairiage stood at- the gate. Mr.
Sutherland entered it, and the lieutenant
?eated himself near him. Five minutes
afterward they were at the palace, where
Catherine waited. They introduced the
condemued man to her presence, and
found Her Majesty in convulsions f
laughter.
It was for Mr. Sutherland no.v to be
lieve her mad. He threw himself at her
feet, and seizing her baud in his, ex
claimed : ".Mercy, madam ! In the name
of heavtTi, have metcy on me ; or nt the
least tell nie for -what, cipne .IhUe ttc
served a punislniiereto.hort'ntle''':- "
'- "Biit'my, "tlctir. Mi-V i -uthei t-a'cd,'''
replied C aherine vviili ajl Jho giavity
fi .e c.ou it comm inu.. viius umuci .'cj
. 1 , V , - . ...-. .1 ...
not concern vou at ali.
"How, Your Mftjesty, is rt not a matter
conceriur.g jne: men w uoni trota n
concern?"' ' . ' "
"Whv. the dog. f course, whicfi 'you
gave me and which dici yesterday 'of
fndigestiou. Then in my giief at this
loss and in mv very natural desire to
preserve at least the skin, I ordered that
fool Bcliew to come.to nie, una shuj v
him: '-Monsieur lleliew, I have-- t? ie
uuest that vou will liav'e ' Sutherland
stuffed.' As he hesitated, I thought he
was a-hamed of such a commission;
wl.ereiioim f became aanrv. and ilis-
missed him on his errand."
"Well, madam," ans.vered the banker,
"you can boast that you. have in the mas
ter of the nolice a faithful servant; but
at another time, pray, I entreat of you
to explain better to him the orders which
he receives.
The four-footed Sutherland was duly
promoted to a glass case vice the. banker
relieved.
Ai.koxsoaxd His Fatheu-ix-Law.
Just as the King wished for the Friti
cess Mercedes and won her, so he does
not wish at nreseut for the Duke, his
father-in-law, who has gone. When
some months ag , the llustiau Eaihasai
ib,r iii a trivaic conversation, trave him
to understand that the Czar had no marked
nrcdilections for the father ot Princes
"tfprcedos. "You may" say," said--the
young King, "that, w hatever may happen
it will be Princess Mercedes I marry
aud not the Ducde Montpensier." When
c. tin-.n nrrf. h,-. sbmed the document
bv which he asked the Cortes, not lr
anv allowance for Ids wife but simply
for a dotation iu case of widowhood, tiie
King, putting down his pen. said, turn
ing with a smile to ti.o.-e near tiiui
l'(.nn!i. will not kav that even this at
was inspired by the Due de Montpensier
When he was at Barcelona, a working
tailor commenced his harangue with
these words: "If a workman may addres
Kino- " Alfonso.- intei ruoti-nii him
eaid- Avhv not? we are both workmen
you make clothe?, and I make order; but
do not forget that my work permits me
r enin thi fruit of OUrs." I flUOte all
this from authentic witnesses, and I quote j
it to show that Spain ad Alf.i.o XII.
might live long together if royal quali
ties sufficed t govern a country which
is neither able to govern it-elf, nor will
ing to let itself be governed by otoers.
Madrid Letter to the London. Timen.
"Towels with Colored Borders' are
advertised iu an up-town window. We
didn't suppose that colored boarders ever
had anything to do with towels.
Fashion to-tho Last.
, We apprehend there is little reliance in
this story, although it is Fronchy enough
to be bo:.
A French lady, distinguished in so
ciety as having lmd more admirers than
any other uotna.f,. died
the other (Jay, i
leaviug Jier husband a freedom he
loujr si"hed for u t n ancient halt.
beautiful lady v. as enrhumee (French for
cold) fioin going t" a ball. Bat then she
must also iro to atiother ball two nights
afterwards, insts-uj of staying iu her bed.
Iu vain the doet'- told her it would be
tier death. . Th- couirhed badly, lm
replied:- - '
'"But, my liie.id, do you not under
stand that a woman of fashion can afford
to die. but cannot ulf rd to miss Count
IIopjHiiini's ball, Where" all the most
g.- oi'd world will be? Will I' die? Eh
bien, you shall see.' I give directions tor
a more grand funeral than Paris has yet
scon. I send for Worth tote en suite; I
make myself fitted for tf Unreal (French
for winding sheet I, iu which I llatler my
self my adorers shall fiud nie c'lai-iuiug.
Yoila." - .
At the bail she was rather more beauti
ful and bewitching than usual,, and rare
ly, if 'ever, had a saloon witnessed a tri
umph of Kiic.h eclat; but the next day the
be uity couldn't move Mid ha I to send for
a priest, while her husband wns-made -sad
by glancing fiver the itemizad prospectus
for the funeral. P-iaeing bet fair band in
that -of her. hudand, the lady said in
faint accents : ' . ,
"Mon ami,' if you love me, swear that
y!u will do something which I shall-ask
if vou!'''
I swear.1' ''''
Then" see that all shall lie as I have
lii'ceted, especially the black plumes on
trie horses' heads." Aud her mind being
asy on the 'oint, she faintly asked" the
nest to reati something Irom tne iiioie,
i ik I when he requested -to know wiiat
particular chapter she like t bes't, she re-
Ifed: .
'Alas! "1 kciv.v thc!.good bo-k so lit-"
; but attejidt-z, mv f ilher, i there not
tl
in the sacred- vobini-; that sweet little
story ot. the voung Jo.-ev and -tunc". 1'oti-
diar?" lU-ad me tliat, I pray you."
r.d with the reminiscence of the good
boi k 1 lie f.imou ..1t-Jl was rocked into
Sternal s'ecp. . - ; .
Effkct of Leaxxess. In order to ap-
:eciate the following anccilotc, it must
be borne hi miixV that Mr. K carts is tpiite
tfuu man, and ioes not weigh much
over 1UL) poumu :
At (lie great r.ieeUng he'd in Cooper
i-titnte in OetoUcr -last, -at. which it had
)i'i-u iinnoune-cd that ;Mr. Evutii would
ir prcetn;, a geniicvian troia veruioue.
ho' had never s en thu j.'.::'ctarV of State,
ut U'd a elesire to flo s-', y.-H-l to the ter-
on seated next to. Hi in, -"Is Mr.'E-vatts
on thi platform ?' . ..--"'
"No;, he has. not j'et arrived."
"He's expected?"
"Oh, yes; he'd be along ptesently."
"I've never seen Mr., E-varts, though
I've heard a trood deal of him. He's got
farm up to Windsor, in our State.
"Well, when he comes I'll tell ton.
The boys generally give him acheer when
he conies on the stage. Ah, there he
comes . .
"Is tul him?" -
"Ye,."..
"William M. E-varts?"' "
"CVit duly."
"Weil, I declare!" exclaimed the Yer-
tnsuttr.- "Why, he l-jOka 'tiH ihouyh he
iloariedT' : -' '. '"' '
!4'.vti - ltoixcis-rOxli 'ox Ill's -Lviifs.
The. -Princu f "Wales made"' a speech,
liighJ.y;Couipiimeutary t Stanley, at the
meeting.-, lhei Hiioe would "not take a
gold medal pri. j"as - a' speaker'. Ho be
yios very inuciv as if it were' a disagree
able task, and rushes through it in a sing
song, hard-shell' Baptist style, lie don't
stammer-- like mauy - Englishmen, for
which let -us ha trnty grateful; but he
gives small impression of refinement tr
cul-ture in -his public adelresses. He is iu
conversation, 'htwever, quite elelighttul.
The fact is that the English do not un
derstand how' to "uubend" enough to
make easy and graceful public speeches.
T! exceptions prove the rule. Young
xapoleon was present. He has a smirk
ing, almost expressionless face-, hand
some enough in regularity, but that is all
11 lie amounts, to much-in tins worm it
will be. a'woudar. -He 4s, I beiieve.
painstaking, hard-working, stuelent; but
he h is not receiveu .1 heritage ot talent
from : his father, unle'ss I am'greatly mis
taken. Pe'i haps, -however, !fe wid, as
S;mth Cnrolkia irtrl once told - me oi her
sy,ectheait.;"be. a po-rlui smart man
when he spreads." London Letter on the
Stanley licceplion.
A Paisfci. Okpkat,. A Vermont pa
per savs:. "Mr. 0: Colby, of Dinville,
met with a serious !.ccident last week
while in the woods chopping. In cultim
down a large spruce tiee it fell iu a con
trarv ''direction -from what lie intended
and when it eamr down caught his leg
between the-butt-and a log that lay near
dislocating lu's ankle joint and breaking
theboues so that, tliey. protruded througn
the'flesh. Tu this condition he was held
fast cml''i'.(i help near. Although his
cries w ere - heart! a great distance-, none
reco'uizel them as.ot a person in uis
ticss. Finding that he was not likely to
receive assistai.ee, he took an axe and
rlionoed the end ' of the" log '' off, hich
was aoout 'twenty mciee. cmouu, uu
freed himself, and then crawled oa his
hands and knees toward home, but had
gomj but a sjiwrt. distauce before he gave
up in despair. In this condition he was
found by a man happening along, going
across from the main road to the Ba
rlVanau nlace, w ho took him to his home."
. . ! j. . ... i.
Thk Eefect Etheu Had ox Him. A
Newbury port man recently went to a
dentist to have a molar extracted, and
took ether, contrary to the advice of the
dentist. The result was that he knocked
Idown the operator, aud made a dying
leap through lhe window, whereby his
hand Wns severely injured, and be is now
under the care of his family physician.
Fight life's battle bravely, manfully.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
A Bit of Married Experience'.
xV writer in the Christian. Union says:
"I married my wife about thirty-live
years ago. The ceremony was performed
about seveu o'clock in the morning. Be
fore retiiing that evening we had a talk
witli each other, an 1 the result has sweet-
hnu j eted our entire lives. Ve agreed with
Thciach other that each should be
natchful and careful never, by word or
act, to hint the feelings of the other. We
were both voting, both hot-tempered,
both positive in our likes and dislike,
ami both somewhat exr.ctirg and inflexi
blejust the material for a life of conju
gal warfare. Well, for a few years we
found it hard woik to always live by our
agreement. Occasionally (not often) a
word -r l ak woukl slip off the tongue
or faee before it could ho caught or sup-piv-s-e:
i; but we never allowed the sun to
go down upon our wrath. Before retir
ing at night, on such occasions, there
were always confessions and forgiveness,
and the culprit would bee me menii care
ful in the future. Our tempers and dis
positions became gradually more and
more congenial: s that cfter a few years
;. we came to !-o one in reeluy, as the mar
ital CMi'tii' ii r le.d pror.ounced us nomi
nally. In thinking back we find that for
iii' ie than twenty years our little agree
ment f as been unbroken, and there has
been no occasion for confession -or for
giveness. In business we have had our
adversity and prosperity, failure and suc
cest:. We have brought up a family of
chibh f n ami now' have our gi-;.n iehil
dren a'.iout us, and we are simple chough
to brdie-ve that w have better children
and iiiMpdebildren ' because i f our little
agreement. Under such a' contract, re
lijjiousiy kept, no ill-natured children
will be reared, and no boys will find the
streets and bar-room more pleasant than
home.' To' 'make ag md wife or husband
requires the cd-uperaiion of both."
Ci.f.axixo E.NerUAVir.os. It frequently
happens that Hue engraving, despite the
care taken of them, will in .s"ine unac
countable manner become stained aad
dirty to such an extent as to seriously im
pair their beauty. To those of our read
ers who own engraving-' that have beeu
injured in this way a simple recipe for
cleaning them will prove of value. Put
tlu enslaving on a smooth board and
cover it with' a thin layer of common salt
finely pulverized; then squeeze lemon
juice upon the salt until a considerable
portion f it is dissolved.- After every
part ed" the picture has been subjected to
this treatment, e'evate one enel of the
board to that it will form an angle of
fori y-five degrees with the horiz-.n. From
a tea kettle or other suitable vessel pour
m the engraving boiling water. until the
lit and Lemon puce ".'o ail wa-nel off.
fhe onuraviug will then be perfect! v clean
uid-fee from stain.- ft must he diicd on
theb.a:d, or on some smooth surface.
gradually. If dried by fhe lire or sun it
will b.j i-i'iged with a dingy YeI.iowi.sh
color. Wilmitfton Commercial.
Peach Tapioca Pcddixu. S-ak' over
night in one qtiait of water a teacupful
of tapioca, which has beeu wet! washed
first in two or three waters. Early in the
morning take the soaked tapioca, adel a
pint of h"t water, and throw it into a
lanna kelt;e. bet it simmer till it is as
lumpITss as starch, but not too thin.
Sweeten to taste. Open a Iresh can of
peaches, stir in the syrup, ami lay thi
halves' ia with tiie round sides up". Grate
niltnteg. ove'.; ad, .and put the .com pciundj
into'the oven- for Jiuit an hour rill ''the
peaches, r.re, evoked. .... Try them with
fork, aud tjien set them away to gefc-per
fee fly cold. A sauce dor this pudding
is maueot one pint ot sweetened cream ana
one teaspcoutul of flavoring extract
vanilla, lemon or peteh. Whip iu- a froth
just before sending t the table. Jlouse-
eeper. . .
Appt.k TvuxovEits. Make a paste of
sour milk or buttermilk with a little soda
and salt, a lor biscuits, except that more
hortening is neressarv. Rub the short
ening into the flour and add the milk;
then cut oil" a piece the size of a biscuit-
md roll out rather thin. Have ready
dried apples stewed, sit ted, sweetened
and spiced to taste. Place a large spoon
ful ou one half of tiie rolled paste and
bring the Other half over it, pinching the
edges securely together. 1 ry in hot
lard, turning them, frequently to brown
evenly. Also if you will make up your
soda biscuits for tea iu precisely the-same
fashion, aud beiore utting into the oven
wet the surface with milk, you will. find
it an agreeable variation from the usual
way.
Tkaxspauent PcDDixti. Beat up tight
egg with some nutmeg, one-half pound
butter and on-lia'.f pound sugar; put
into saucepan and stir till it thickens,
then cool; line the pudding-dih with
rich ctust, pour in the puddiug, and bake
iu a moderate oven.
. Rice Gkipdle Cakes asd Waffi.es.
Take the cold rice left from dinner, add
milk, sail, anel batter sufficient to make
it the required consistency for either grid
dle cakes or waffles.
The' Value ok Diffeuext Staples
as Food. One pound of corn is equal as
food to about three aad three-quarters
pounds o( potatoes, or tight anel one-half
pounds of white turnips.
CotiKixo Egos. A teaspoonful of vine
gar put ill the water wiil keep eggs from
breaking when being poached.
Pocket Mucilage. Boil one pint of
best white glue, and btrain very clear;
boil also four ounces of isinglass, and
mix the two together; place tiicm in a
water bath (glue kettle) with one-half
pound of white sugiw'and evaporate un
til the liquid is quite thick, when it is to
be poured into moulds, dried aud cut
into piece ot convenient size. This im
mediately dissolves in water and fastens
paper very tirmly.
To Eboxizb Wood Mix up a strong
stain of copperas and extract of logwood,
about equal parts; add powdereei nutsall,
i one-fourth part; stain wood with solution,
j tlry, rub down well, oil; then use French
polish, made tolerably dark with indigo
or finely-powllered blue-stone.
A Soft Answer Turneth .-Away Wrath.
We take.-the 'following from u bio-"
graphical Sketch iu tho' Providence Joiirr
nal: ..-..'-. -
Mr. Wffl. T. Robinson ijsed to relate an
amusing anecdote of one of the early Ilob
in3ons, who, it appears, had joined the
Quaker Meeting. Gov. -Brenton hid
placed him on the farm belonging to turn
situated on the .south end of the Island j
adjacent to Benton's Point, and stocked
the same largely with sheep. In a violent
snow-storm such as used to prevail more
frequently than of late in New England j
IthouuU I have kr.own.everal in iay day
nearly equally destructive), these sheep
haviiiir been le.'t in aa exposed position,
were driven by the incieiuf nt tempest of
wind and sleet off t'ne rocks into the sea,
where they perished. When liobiusoti
communicated the less of the sheep to
Brenton, the governor, being a man ot
hasty temper, flew into a to.eriug
ra:.fe. with his tenant, and reproached him
in unmeasured terms for the loss of- fhe
sheep through, as he charged, gross neg-
lect. To ait theabu-e heaped upon himf
liobinson answered not a word, wbicil
submissi veness seemed only to increase
Brenton' ire, who, at last, in his frenzy,
declared that Robinson should pay him
for his lost sheep, and bid hini choose a
man to arbitrate their value,whiie he
chose another, which Brenton did, or. his
pat t, instautei . It was now Robinson's
turn to choose his innn. "Friend Bren
ton," said lie, "I kuow of no one whom I
should prefer to trust my interest with
than thou! I think I will choose thee
for my man!" This was too much for
the governor, who, after bursting into an
uproarou fit of laughter, told his un
manageable tenant, to go back to the farm
and ne would venture to trust one more
flock of Ids sheep in his care. .
A' 'Great Evil!
The foe of American social life is iu tiie
tendency to luxury pnd.efl'eminacy among
the weii-to-tn voung wome i oi our
American cities and large towns. They
elo not realize how this dread fit I man i for
expensive pleasuresjaud a life of alternate
idleness and amusement, 13 destroying
their health, abolishiug true marriage,
feeding the flame of gross sensuality and
intemperance among young men, and sad
dening the hopes of the best parents in
ttie land. Some1. of theyi will never know
it hi this world. But most of them
ive no raal purpose to wa-ite theirlive3
in this wretched way.. And it is a bigh
crime iu mothers, teachers, ministers of-
rc-ngiou autl tne public press to paneler to
this inability. Thousands of good-hearted
young girls are sat-ritlced- every year, when
a Jittie wise -and loving guidance crJulel
save them. But we feel that they slwuld
be told that unless" they change, this life
thev wiil pilss away like the flowers of
June, and a more hardy and resolute class
occupy their places, --
American society will shed every cl'ass
oi triflers, male or ieuiale, that docs not
doits work, as the forests shed their witji
'ered leaves. Let them awake from their
dream of social iadulgene-es ; learn to live
out of doors; to build up .their health; to
cultivate more simple tastes iu dress, and
more moderation in pleasure ; study do
mestic economy; study social skill and
tact; fit themselves for the noblest posi
tions ever yet offered -' to .their sex, and
learn that woman is the soul of American:
life, not; the tinsel on its gamma l.-ir--;
versatisl Quarterly. . v ..
ICiifg" Al foiiiso at""li on?.
Tiie young KingoT- Sain gave anattdi-
ence tue other day w hi.ch jwas, plenisaurt.-
anel conversational. A Ijundon 1 t,mensc$r
respohdent says of TIT -The young mon
arch au'd his neiiaWe- britle '"vere
standing at - the entrance--of- a ;tnird
room, the Iving .witli extended -hand
and affable smile, on his lips, .-aud. .in
a gray country suit, tue uueen in
a dark green velvet brocaeled dress." Dur
ing the whole interview tlieKindtd not
utter a sentence without looking -at tiie
Queen, as if to ask tier, approval, ami my
friend tells me that the Queen, to-whom
my back was necessarily turned, "listened
with adtnirnthVn'to" h'6r husband's word?
"Hiave noticed you several-times, ""said
the King, "during these- grand Spanish
fetes; butrthey have not beeu-so fatiguing
for you as for those .who have constantly
had to figure in them, lou have wit
nesseel the two greatest events in my life
my accession to' the throne " and my
marriage. As to my marriage, all I now
ask for is to rernain quiet with my wife
aud as to my accession, I have the Arm
resolve to be a Constitutional King; and
as long a3 I remain here" here the King
looked at the Queen with mingled lender
ness and 8adues3 "as long a I am here
no Cabinet will be overturned by a pal
ace intrigue, uor ifit please God, by extra
Parliamentary events, but us far as
possible by the working "of Tarlia
mentary majontk-s, to whose policy
1 shall loyally contorm. ' , .
A PitOMPT Mule.1 A good story
told of a. deacon in Tennessee, who wa3
in the habit of aiding a bucking mule
that is, a mule that can make a camel's
back of its straight one, and, by a spas
modic movement of its four-legs and
hump, discharge its rider like a cancon
ball. Tiie other day they came t the
edge of the worst mud hole ia the State,
and the mule gave unmistakable indica
tions of bucking. The good deacon knew
that he was about to be thrown, nnd his
mind skunied about for a prayer. His
table grace came easiest: 'Lord, for wdiat
we are about to .receive, make us hunYblylood as claimed to be, it should be knowu
. . r .. 1 , . 1 4 1 ... ,, l. i t - ' : l ..t .... : .....
thankful," 'he exclaimed, and the mule
had buckeet ana lie was in
Evex an epitaph may by some unfore
seen accident tell the truth. ...T&e: old
French saying, "To lie like a funeral ser
mon," is not always uppucaui.
Paris a headstone with this' inscription,
startles the visitor : "Here repose in peace
after Uuty -;ears of inwried Mey
Bigot aud hi wife."
Connecticut has adopted, by popular
vote, amend ineut to its constiution pro
hibiting extra compensation to puclic
officers and towu aid to railroads.
m.:r."TL Japanese Lotus.
In summer the lotus flowers grew and
bloomed, slowly rising from the long
rants "in the ooze, unfolding their first
emerging tips iato glorious concave
shields of g"reen two , feet in , diameter
corded beneath like the veins of agladia
tor, autl holding on their bosses translu
ceut pebbles of dew. Then rose the
closed balls, like a clasped haud that
trembled with the trembling water, giv
ing no sign tf the beauty -within the
mighty tiower iu its bosom. Then, as
the sunshine of summer fell usiaat the
cool water, the' ball, tenderly and shyly,
as li utraut. u snouted dav by oy until
the spleaeiid revelation of the lotus was
complete. - -Massive shied , and glorious
flower made a picture of unearthly loveli
ness tothechild who strove to pluck llic
remote- beauty, or to the adult to whom
the lotus-llower is the emblem of eternal
calm. The. little Japanese child w ho tit at
with Hie glorifying eves f childhood
looks upon it purity, linds in it ati ob
ject of unspeakable delight. The mature
iwdiever in Buddha sees iu it shido.e.i
forth creative po a er, universe, and world -growth.
"The lotus spring fro. a the
mud" is ever the answer of the A-iaue to
him who teaches that the hum ui heart i
corrupt and unable to clean -.e i'self. Tor
calyx of the lotus is a tri-nle whose
base is a circle, symbols of spirit and
form, of eternity and trinity. In Nir
vana Buddha sits on a lotus-dower. As
the mortal body of the believer ap
proaches the cremation house, that the
borrowed elements of his body may be
liberated from their fleshly prison and
returned to their primordial earth and
air, a stone carved to represent a lotus
llower receives the bier. To the Badd
ist the lotus is a thing of beauty, a joy
forever, because the constant symbol of
poetic aiid 'religious truth.- Oriffis.
Short-Horn Crosses for Market.
An article on Short-Horns in 1877, in
the Loudon Field, has the following re
marks, which we copy for the beaetit of
those who do not yet appreciate the
value of thoroughbred sires, r who
think that an admission of the meri-s !'
cross-bred cattle detract fiomthe merits
of the 'thoroughbred, instead of eithan-.--
ing them :
livery year makes manifest ttie exfra-
oi'tliaary value inherent in this breed for
crossing purposes . e. Mr producing
sires which, used with tows of other
varieties, beget stock not merely f;sr in
atlvnnce of the dam's kin, but even i:i
some respects of greater wortli than the
Lather s relatives too, m that which is the
only infallible place t assaying reul
merit in beet-makers iu a nrst class
butchers shot).
No feature of TS77 has been so re
markable asr the very large number of
fat stock shows, at which the reporters
have hurried over the pure classes to
eulogize the cross-bred. In every in
staGce,'one parent of the successful cross
ha. leeu of Shst-Horn origin. This
conspicuous success in cxldbitious is
maintained in a stiil more trustworthy
trial-ground, namely the London Christ
mas market: What meat now top the
pi ice list there? The Scotch f.oasigu
ment. And what are these 19 times out
of 20? They are cross-bred beasts, with
just sufficient of -the native blood te-
ttuned among the bhort-Horn to preserve
a polled head and a black or iron-gray
'-e?..giod' as the, Scotch races are, they
do. not. reo.cn tneir climax till tne lees-
- 1 - . T .1 O .
water nas loucneu inem.
- - . , .
Care op' Fowts and Egos. A Michi
gan farmer's 'wife who lias had splendid
fruc;es?r. ' m-tvnage her poultry in this
way ','IyJien house is in a sheltered lo
cation, having a southern exposure. The
roosting and lajing rooms are ,warm, and
kept clean anet' well ventilated. I keep
dry soil, sand aud ashes scattered over
the floor, renewing it irorn time to time.
I vary the food. Corn when ted by itself
fat feus -the hen, but doe not produce the
more proutabie egg laying. I think it
well t give a'fced of coru at night. I
often make a mush for my hens of coarse
ground Indian meal, welt-seasoned with
red pepper, and feed it to them hot.
Sometimes, instead of red pepper, I sea
son with horse-radish, mustard or ginger.
Wild birds get access to many highly
spiceel buds and berricai:.the lack of
winch is supplied to our uJinestic iowls
by ttie use of condiments. I save all of
my potato, turnip and apple parings to
boil for my hens; aud when I can, I boil
them in the water in which meat has
beeu boiled, and, if possible, feed them a
little raw meat- twice a week. I occa
sionally put a Epoouful of sulphur in
their food to keep them clear of vermin.
My hens lay all winter, and average over
one hundred eggs per year. I never
"keep. liens. over three years old."
To Kill Vermis ox Fowls. A cor
respondent of a foreign exchange 833
that the only reliable meaus of lidding
the hen-roost and pigeon loft of vermin is
a 'preparation of sulphur and carbotc,
technically known as the sulphurct of
carbon. In France it has Keen tnorouguiy
tested, and we are assured that it works
like a charm. It kills the insects which
prey upon pigeons and fowls, without
irfjuringthe birds. A bottle containing
the solution will last several days, aud
the costof.it is small. Put two ounces
of the sutphuret of carbon in a bottle
open at the mouth aud hang it by a string
in the lien-house. At the end of eight
days the bottle should be refilled. Ttie
. . . ".r. .T-i.i.. we ...
remeJ v is saiei 10 ue luiauiuic 11 n
to every farmer's wife and poultry raiser
;f.nt1l?'land. ;
" 51,'Cn-A'COT, a Frenchman, recommends
common-table-salt for oidiuin or grape-
j..
vkie disease. lie says that his vines and
f grapes were covereei lor some years witn a
dn&u's-like substance,anel that last spring
Hrtitpi-mkled.a handful ot salt about the
T8C;t --eaoli vine. - I Ire' vines grew
luxuriantly "arAl bore au abundance of
grapes, entirely free from the fungus of
oidium."
Three fifths of the cereal production
of the United States is Indian corn. Iu
Europe, oats take the lead.