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Cohie boys, I have something to tell you; found a woman who, appreciating ers ” in thfi spring he thrust it at
his worth, was willing to cast in random into the Lank ; and out I der is made, its ends are cut off,
Qome near, I would whisper low—
Yon are thinking of leaving the home- her lot with him and become his 'came a young mink; minus the tip an<l it is divided lengthwise and
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Several bright beautiful ■ of his tail which the spear had ent flattened out to form a flat smooth
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Don’t be in a hurry to go.
children became theirs, who tender- . off. This poor waif was apparently ’ sheet. All plate glass is cast. A
The city has many attractions,
i ly and equally loved both their par- the only one left of a very young polished iron table has ledges at
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j family, and his home had probably" ThesTdiv^—
• When once in the vortex of fashions,
while in this country, called upon been broken up l>y some lalauers of (he plate of glass. The melted
-• How soon the course downward be-
them, and, examining the Wind : who had been cutting a channel glass is poured upon this and spread
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man with much interest and care, just below.
Yon talk of the mines, boys-—
* about the size of a.nnnr- i The plate is then annealed ; that is,
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in gobi, nu^loubt; said to bin!: ‘ Your blindness is .....—Ha wa
But, ah ! there is gold in the farm, boys, wholly artificial ; your eyes are mon
house,-rat
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If only you’ll shovel it ont.
naturally good, and could I have Iering did not Jook much like the is so arranged that the glass will
operated upon them twenty years lovely brown fur if latter days. cool very slowly, in order that it
The mercantile trade is a hazard—
The goods are first high and then low. ago; I think I could have given I He was cared for, fed with -mrlk, may be tough when, at, the end of a
Better risk the old farm awhile longer ; you sight. It is barely possible ; and, as he grew older, with meat week or so, it is cool. But Xhe~
Don’t be in a hurry to go.
that I can do it now, though it will ' \ and fish.- Of the latter he was glass is now dull ^nd rough, like
The farm is tire safest and surest;
cause, you much pain. ’ “ I can 1 very 1 ' fond, and would.- - go down to that which you see Jn roof and
The orchards are loaded to day ;
bear that,” was the reply ; 11 so you. thts-brook and fish there alone by' skylights. To become the beanti-
YouJre as free as theairin the mountains
but enable me to see.” The surgeon the hour, always returning when ful plateglass it must be groupd
And monarch of all you survey.
operated upon him, and wasgradu-’ wlristledJbr- you know men and and polished. The plates are so ar
Better stay on the farm'awhile longer,
ally aiicnessful ; first there WerA -bf^ys-h a ve the-feenity—of teaching4 ranged that they may be rubbed_ _
faint glimmerings of light, .then almost any creature-to obey that together, one upon another, by ma
slow’,
1 { member, you’ve nothing to risk, boys more distinct vision. Tnt? \blrnu signal. Visitors always asked to chinery? First sand and water are
Don’t be in a burry to go.
father was- handed a rose ; he had
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tanve—TnTnj?^~"^ >t the] placed between them, then emery
—-l,'armer and I)iiirwnan.
smelt—onebefore, but Itnever accustomed call he could be per of different «izes, and after being
seen one; then he looked upon the ceived hurrying up the bank and ground with'the finest emery, they
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t face of.his wife, who had been so making all speed in their direction ; are polished by rubbing them with
r true and faithfulto him ; and thèn but 1 M'.fore they knew it, he was some kind of polishing powder.—
' his children were brought, whom he , nowhere in sight. By some myste Hwmia. Agr iculturist.
There's always a river to cross ;
had so often fondled,- and whose rious feat the droll little thing had
Boys out Nights.
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prattle
had
so
frequently
suddenly made himself invisible^
If there’s anything good to win,
The boy who spends an hour of
fallenupon his ears. He then ex and all the time the good man
Any rich priz, to tike.
Yonder's the fruit we crave,
claimed : “ O, why have I seen all would be looking so roguish over each evening lounging idly - on
Yonder the charming scene ;
these before inquiring for the man the mystification of the guestsf. He street corners wastes in the course
But ,de?p and wide, with a troubled tide,
by whose skill I haye been enabled was used to the tactics of this cu of the year three hundred and
Is the river that lies between.
to behold them ! Show me the doc rious pet, and knew just where he sixty-five precious hours, which, if
For the treasures of precious worth
tor.” And when he was pointed would presently pop into sight. It applied to study, would familiarize
We must patiently dig and dive ;
out to him, he embraced him with was a very absurd proceeding-, but him with the rudiments of the fa
For the place we long to fill
We must push and struggle and drive ; tears of gratitude and joy. So the mink chose that way—to run miliar sciences. If, in addition to
And always and everywhere,
when we reach heaven, and with up his master’s leg, inside of the wasting an hour each evening, he
We’ll find in our onward course
unclouded eyes look upon its glo pantaloons, up inside of the vest, spends ten cents for cigars, which
Thorns for the feet, and trials to meet, ries, we shall not be content tvith a
is usually the case, the amount thus
and then peep out, to the astonish-
And a difficult river to cross.
view of these. 7'
No, we shall say, ment of ¿be beholders, just under wor»e than wasted would pay for
The rougher the way that we lake, ’ i “ X^here is Christ Î He to whom 1
ten of the leading periodicals in the
his chin, and there snuggle down—
, The stouter the heart and the nerve,
Boys, think of these
am indebted for what heaven is 1 the sly-boots I—purring like a kit country.
The stones in our path we break,
show me him, that with all my soul ten.— Chautav<[tia Heading Course, things. Think of how- much time
2s ur e’er from our impulse swerve.
and money you are wasting, and for
I may adore and praise him through- in J al j Wide Awake.
• For the glory we hope to win
what!1 The gratification afforded
Our labors we count no loss ;
endless ages.”— Christian at IForfc.
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lolly to pause and murmur because
by a lounge <m the corner or a cigar
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Of the river we have to cross.
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is not only temporary but jrositively
Soiueboy writes- to “ The Doc hurtful. You cannot indulge in
So, ready to do and to_darer
The mink is a wandering crea tor,” asking how window glass is them without seriously injuring
Simuld we in bur places.stand,
ture, leading a solitary life a good made so Hat alid smooth, “especial yourself. You acquire idle and
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Fulfilling the soul’s demand ;
part of the year. If you happen to ly those in the large windows <»f wasteful habits, which will cling to
For though afthe "mountains high ’
live near-the water you have some store -fronts.” There arc two kinds you with . each succeeeing year.
The billows may rear and toss,
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of window glass, one called “ cylin You may in after life shake them,
They'll not overwhelm if the Lord’s at chance of making his acquaintance, I
off, but the probabilities are that
and will find him a very petable dFF- ami the other “ plate ’ glass. the habits thu« formed in early life
the helm,
thing. I have known of two that All the.large pains are plate-glass, will remain with you till your dy
When the difficult river w-e cross.
— C onqregationalist.
were caught and tamed, and became as the size of the cylinder glass can ing day. Be warned, then, in time,
not be increased beyond a certain and resolve that as the hour spent >
as don estic as kitten^;"
One of them was accidentally point. In this kind of glass a cyl in idleness is gone forever, you will •
A little Scotch girl in answer to
improve each passing one, and
discovered by a gentleman who was inder is blown; those who have thereby fit youiself for usefulness
the question, " What is patience
Baid-, “It is wait a wee bit, and enjoying a May morning by the been in a glass house—-and I advise and happiness.— The Youth’» Evan
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his dopr-yard. Il« heard a queer
little plaintive cry almost under
A man blind from birth, a man his feet, and taking up a spear such
of much intellectual vigor and with as is used ih killing “ suckers — all
A Beautiful Incident.
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