nrg ftodcaiw J. TAN 8LYEE, EDITOB ANDPUBLDSHEB. ILLINOIS. 1 «* • OX7B JCTTtNTLKS. IntheBmm. r rifWfc«k,ar«yoii wptathe hay-loaf'^ -A f ** «f«* tip there, too., t ?' being a lady; ( £ ; Ift rather have fuo Wither. There's company in the pulor, And mamma whispered to me, "How do he a l«4y, P"iMie, And aee how good 70a can-be." •; • *f*y Bat, JacS:, it TTM really dreadful! X couldn't sit still, you &ow, And most likely the compatlT woaAtnd To see nle fidgeting do. Bat I heard you laughing and shouting, And I knew you were having fun, «fx Audi looked at the clock and wondered * A How soon her call would be don*. But while they were busy talking, Aftd didn't remember me,' . • ': I jwit slipped out as softly J, And here I am, you see. 0 Jack I. it is awfully jolly Not to be grovrn-up folks; They never have fun in the hay-loft, Laughing and telling jokea. ^Htey caa»i go hunting for heae' «gga, Or awing on the old bars door, Or climb ihia steep old ladder. And jump, like us, to the floor. ^ To ait In a cAair is horrid; To sit on a beam is fun, •< * And tee don't care if we're sunburned We aren't afraid of the sun. Just fancy mamma and sister Bollixgiibout in the hay! It makes me laugh--because surely Their "trains " would be in the way. 1 heard papa call me a "Tom-boy;" - I'd rather be that,"I declare, Than to sii lor another hour 1 80 still in a parlor chair. Just think of the time I wasted, When I might have been here with >you! And it may be another half-hour Before her visit is through. I'm sorry for mammajand sister, Irf>ng dresses, long manners and all t' And, Jack, I'll be sorrier still, dear, When you and "Pussie " grow tall. --Mary D. Brine, in Youth's Companion. ;i / 1 JPteHaieVOMMlw. f}-.$ Pansie Carlyle's real name was P elope; but 110 one called her by it. Perhaps they thought it too grave a name for such a pretty, merry little "puss. However, Pansie she was called; " and the name was exactly suited to her; for she was a» fair and sweet as any flower. Pansie was the only surviving child ffity wealthy parents, and was petted to . | fttoh a degree that, had she been less ti 4fniable, die would have been entirely foiled. As it was, she was an unaffect ed and engaging little girl, and nU who knew her loved her fdr her childish! beauty and gentle manners. One sunny day in June, Pansie Jfcunded into the drawing-room, where f her mether was reclining on a couch. The child was evidently excited, for her - rose-leaf cheeks were carmine, and the wavy, golden hair floated over her shoul ders unconfined by band or ribbon. ! The pretty blue sash was all awry, and ft straw hat huhg ol the ivory dimpled arm. "Very well; be ready to-morrow at 9; only yon must giveMiss Clare satisfac tion to-day. If you do not, yon will remain at home." 1 Lessons IPli onjj very well that mom- lag. The ohildrey certainly did their best, and Miss Clare WAS very pleased with them. "Now, dears," she* said, when the xosi- tstions were concluded, "you may copy out this French exercise. Yon will just have time before darner." The cousin* set to work and carefully wrote the «x«rt<tse. It was a trouble some tank, sod the dinner-bell had rung thi»y titui completed it Pauline put aw*,* iinr bm>k* and prepared her self fur tUftnor, 1'itude finished a few" minutoM lat^fi and, hurriedly placing her books itt her dt«nk, followed her cousin. Tin* afternoon was spent in weiring calls with Mrs. Carlyie, and when they returned Miss dure summoned Pansie to the schoolroom. "Panaie, dear," she said, gravely, "you must lose your excursion to-mor- row. I have been obliged to mark you for carelessness. See"--and she held up Pansie's exercise-book, all covered with ink. "I. found this lying on the floor near the ink-pot, which had been overturned. I am sorry, Pansie, but you must be more careful." "But I put my book in my desk," cried Pansie. "I did not leave it here." "Now, my child, you must have left it out," said her governess. "If you did not, who did? You will remain at home to-morrow, and write it put again." The morrow dawned bright and sun ny. The carriage was at the door early, and Mr. and Mrs. Carlyie started off with Pauline. When they were gone, Pansie went to the deserted schoolroom and wrote out her exercise. Then she took her hat, and sauntered into the garden. - "I will go out in the lane," she said to herself, presently; "I can walk about until dinner;" and the tears dimmed " Oh, mamma," she cried," what do jL you suppose ? I met papa in the avenue, <uid he said that Cousin Pauline is corn- Are ing here to stay for a whole year, you sorry, mamma ? " "No, love. Why should I be sorry? " smiled Mrs. Carlyie. "I don't know quite, mamma. I don't Cpre much for Paula. She does not seem honorable." "And is my little Pansie honorable ? " asked her mother. Pansie lifted her earnest eyes to the fond faee of h$r mamma. , / the, blue eyes. ' So she strolled down the lane near the house, now and then stopping to gather a flower or a wild strawberry. Presently she spied a cluster of for- get-me-nots on the opposite bank, and darted across to gather them. Alas! she did not observe a carriage which was rapidly approaching. There was a shout from the driver, a frightened cry, and little Pansie lay white and senseless in the road. When the picnic party returned the house was all in confusion: Two doc tors were there, and they pronounced the child in great danger. [ Pauline was in an agony of grief, and when she saw Mrs. Carlyie alone she confessed that she had prevented Pansie from going to the picnic, by placing her books on the floor and covering them with ink. \ Pansie recovered; but it was long Ire- fore she was her own gay self again. When she was strong and well, Pauline confessed her fault, and promised to try to be good and unselfish like her gentle little cousin. And I am very happy to say she kept her word. „ "I try to be, mamma," said she, gravely. _ ^ 4 Mrs. Carlyie kiBsed the'coral lips. "That's right, my darling," she said. ^®*How, Pansie dear, I hope you will be very kind to Pauline. She has no mother, you know." "I will try, mamma," said Pansie. v„. A few days later Pauline Croydon ar rived. She was a handsome little girl of 12, with large dark eyes, and curling, raven hair. Simple Pansie was aston ished at her cousin's self-possessed man ner and stylish ways. Pansie was dressed by her mother's maid, and seldom cared to see how she looked if Graves was satisfied with her appearance. Miss Croydon, however, spent all her leisure hours before the mirror, admiring her own pretty face, or arranging her curls in the most be coming style. A. short time elapsed, and Pansie was getting accustomed to her cousin's pres ence. She began to like PauHne; but that young lady did not care so much for Pansie. The truth was that Miss Croydon was too much occupied with herself to study much, and Miss Clare, the children's governess, was always praising Pansie and blaming Pauline. Miss Pauline grew jealous of her gay little cousin, and determined to have her revenge. The opportunity soon came. •'Chilcbren;* saul Mr. Carlyie, one morning at breakfast, "How should you like to go to a picnic to-morrow? " There was a little cry of joy from both children. "I don't suppose yon would have any objeotion," ooatinued the gentleman SUNBEAMS. GREAT losses ennoble the character-- it is a fire which tries but to purify and refine. THE guilt of one sin is a greater mis ery than the burden of a thousand crosses. WE seek for riches, and do not find them; we do not seek for death, but 1 he comes. FORTITUDE is so becoming in human d |iature that he who wants it scarce de serves the name of a man. WHEN good-will goes gadding, he must not be surprised if ill-will some times meet§ him on the way. KNOWLEDGE cannot be acquired with out pain and application. It is trouble some, and like deep digging for pure waters; but, when once you come to the spring, they rise up and meet you. WITTT sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping off a broken string; but a word of kindness is- seldom spoken in vain. It is a seed which, even when dropped by chance, springs up a flower. HE WHO spends his life in accumulat ing knowledge which is never adapted to the wants of society is m literary miser. His gainings bear no interest, and he defrauds mankind of their just dues. HAPPINESS is not to be found in the social glass nor in the festive hall; not in the hilarities of the ball room, nor at the gaming-table; not in the pursuit of wealth, nor worldly fame> or honor, but it may be fofand in doing good. * .. SILENCE is a privilege of the grai;e, a right of the departed. Let him, there fore, Who infringes that right by speak ing publicly of, for, or against those who can not speak of themselves, take heed that he open not his month without a sufficient sanction. - A SAN FEANCISCO man sent his affi anced wife to remonstrate with his brother, who was a gambler, and tiy to convert him to a propc^ mode of life. The mission was in one seihse success ful, for the gambler was converted; but he named missionary. TBfit^RCORKSHOP. GLASS melts at 2,377 deg. F. Tax most suitable time for felling timber, as regards its good qualities, is in midwinter and in midsummer. TIMBER that has been for a long time under water, when brought into the air and dried, becomes brushy and useless. STONE colgr for house-painting may be n&ced as follows: White taui, with a little burnt or raw umber, and yellow ocher. CARRIAGE-PAINTING should be con ducted in a room where dust can be en tirely excluded, and where ready means of ventilation are always at hand. GLASS can be drilled with a common drill, but the safest method is to use a brooch drill. No spear-pointed orill can be tempered hard enough not to break. • - \ . IN warming buildings with steam, one square foot of plate or pipe surface will heat seventy-fivo cubic feet of air in outer or front rooms, and 100 in inner rooms. IN preparing" an old whitewashed or colored wall for paper, the wash or color is wetted with water and scraped oft with an old plane-iron or any piece of steel which has a smooth edge, after which the wall should be swept down with a stiff broom to remove all that the scraper may have left and make an even surface. CEMENTS for joiniiig mirfala or glass and wood are made as follows: Melt resin, and stir in calcined plaster until reduced to a paste, to which add boiled oil--& sufficient quantity to bring it to the consistency of honey; apply warm. Or, melt resin 180 parts, and stir in burnt ' umber thirty parts, calcined plaster fifteen and boiled oil eight parts, Or, dissolve glue in boiling water to the consistency of cabinet-maker's glue; then stir in sufficient wood ashes to pro duce a varnish-like mixture. While hot the surfaces to be united must be cov ered with this compound end pressed together. FOB uniting parchment to paper or woed, the surface of the parchment must first be moistened with alcohol or brandy, and pressed, while still moist, upon glue or paste. When two pieces 'of parchment are to be joined both must be moistened "n this way. It is said that the paper will sooner tear than separate when it has thus been fastened together. Another way is to put a thin piece of paper between the surfaces"of parchment and. apply the paste; this forms a firm joint. Glue and flour paste are best adapted for nniting sm-- faces of parchment. WHY BRO. GARDNER DID NOT HUSH. "I war gwine ober to Mrs. Johnsing's dis mawnin' to borry a leetle coffee for breakfast," began Brother Gardner, "when I obsarved dat a certing house on de way war werry much agitatered. Dar was de soun' of blows, yells, hoots an' screams, an', believin' dat de house was on fire, what did I do--what was my dooty in de case? " "You rushed in dar!" exclaimed a dozen voices at once. "Not exackly, gemlen--not exackly," resumed the President. "I doan' rush ez much ez | used ter in de years gone by. When you h'ar such agitashun in a house you kin make up your mind dat it's either a family fight or de house ar' on fire. De bes' way am to wait till ye find out which it ar*, an' den rush in or stay rushed out. ? In dis case it war a famly font. I/e combatants soon rushed out, strikin' an' kickin', an' de las' I saw of dem dey war breakin' down de gooseberry bushes in de back yard. Ez I walked long I wondered why folks who can't live togedder in peace don't settle up 'counts an' move on. Dar is my case. Now, if de ole woman an' myself couldn't 'gree on what de Bible says, what de almanac says, and what de preacher means, would boaf of us be hangin' 'round dat cabin on In- dianer avenoo eny longer dan it would take ter divide up de bottles an' brooms an'yarbs? In de fust place, be peace ful, exercise common sense, an' doan' expect dat de hull sidewalk b'longs to you. Dar's heaps of folks, lots of trials an' triberlashuns, an' we can't look for perfeck human natur! We mus' bend dis way, dodge dat way, an' try to do good widout bein' in enybody's way. If eny member of dis club imagines dat dis kentry was diskivered an' laid out fur his indiwidual benefit, I hev some figgers which I would like to read to him, an' will be happy to take him aroun' de co'ner an* fadlr wid him."-- Detroit Free Press. 1 low giving his name as F. E. Jackson asked small bills for a $100 bilL He was given a new bill, but wanted an old one, as he wished to mail it, he said. He was accommodated with an old bill and left, forgetting to return the new one, and the fraud was not discovered for some time. The trick lies in con fusing by repeated requests and ex changes of money. This game was suc cessfully tried on one of the bank of ficers in Windham county, a few weeks since, and but for the quick wit of an officer, who was at once put on the fel low's track, the bank would have been out $50 or more. The rascal was caught, and gave over the money.--New Haven Palladium. A CURIOUS KIND Of &WIXDLK. "A well-dressed and well-appearing man asked a State street bookkeeper, Thursday, for small bills for a five. After the bookkeeper had given him the bills, he changed his mind and wanted a $5 bill for small bills, keeping the change first given him in his hand. He, then changed Ihis mind again, and wanted. a $10 bill for two fives, and in that way mixed! the bookkeeper up so that he finally beat him out of $5." The same mode of swindling, and very likely by the same swindler, happened at the Httrlbuc Bank Winsted, where a fel- r- ENGLAND'S THIRD AFGHAN WAR, ^he first shots have been fired; the voice x>f the diplomat having failed, King Cannon resolves to decide the question. The Afghans call themselves Push- taneh, and are termed by the Indians, Patans. Afghan is the name by winch they are known to the Persians, and through them to the Europeans. Their speech is the Pushtu, a dialect derived from the ancient Zend, and, therefore, a sister language of the Persian. The Afghans inhabit the mountainous region to the northward of the low country of the Punjaub, or the plain of the Indus. Their proper country is the southern declivity of the great chain of Hindoo Eush, the western continuation of Him alaya and the Paropamisan range; it in cludes also the chain of Soliman, and the tableland to the westward, of it. The Afghans are a mde and warlike people, and are distinguished by their manners and language, as well from the Persians as from the natives of India. Under Russian tuition they are likely to try the metal of the best of Britain's troops. The Khyber pass, 4s Celebrated as being the "northern gate of India." The mountains rise on each side of the entrance to the pass to the height of 2,000 feet, and the road between the mountains is only 100 feet broad. Be yond this the pass opens out to about a quarter of a mile, Which continues, with slight variations, over a tolerably good road. Then begins the work. The road then ascends the steep side of the mountain, the path being cut out of the solid rock'. The road is only twelve feet wide, and .continues for three-quarters of a mile, during which the ttBceiil i» uearlj 2,000 feet. After getting up this worst part the road continues much the same, though not ascending, for three-quarters of a mile, in which there are two short but very steep ascents; the whole length of this difficult portion is about thirteen miles. The pass then continues as far as Ali- Musjid, a strong post on the summit of a mountain; from this almost impreg nable position the chiefs command the whole of the Khyber, and levy passage- money on all travelers. The road is then wild and difficult for three miles more. First up and down the rocky mountains, then along a pathway on the side of one, only three feet wide, and then leads down to a dry nullah, lead ing out into the plains of Peshawur. This short description of the famous pass will give our readers a slight idea of the difficulties before the British troops. A SORRY FELLOW. GirJ|, will you listen tb a few words of advice? Do not marry if you cannot find a suitable husband, for a bad hus band is infinitely worse than none. Never marry a fellow who is ashamed to carry a bundle; who lies in bed until breakfast and until his father has opened his shop, or opened and swept it out; who frequents taverns, bowling-saloons, prize-fights, ejx>\ who owes his shoe maker, tailor, washerwoman, jeweler, barber, printer and landlady, and never pays his debts; who is always talking about his acquaintances, and is con demning them; whose tongue is al ways running about nonsense; who thinks he is the greatest man in the neighborhood, and yet whohi every one spises and shuns. We say never marry a fellow with all or any of these qualifications, no matter how handsome he isj or how agreeable he can make himself on an occasion. He. will make a bad husband. ^ POWER OF THE HAND. _ It may be goi»g too far to say that man may judge the character of*hijffet- low-man by the manner in' which he shakes hands. But there is certainly a significance in those busy members of the body which "he who runs may read." The creator of Uriah Heep has taught us not to trust the owners of limp, moist hands, which close cordially to nothing save their own possessions. Says a commentator on this subject: d " IMs the touch of a hand at a greeting which warms or chills my heart, and makes me know to a certainty how much or how little I shall like the person before me. If the fingers close about my own with a short, quick, con vulsive grasp, I know that ha v/ill anap, snarl, and finally quarrel, and the less I have to do with the owner of these wily digits the better off I shall be. If a nervous, cold hand glides into my own, and seems disposed to lie there, without life, I know at once that my happinwH would be as nothing in that awful palm. But if the hand grasps yours and holds it firmly, in strong, warm fingers, yon are safe in cultivating the friendship of the Owner. Thaw human ' ymm the beginning of life they play an im portant part' WILLIAM'S LITTLJB OAMW, - The idlers at the ferry-dock fester- day were considerably agitated by a lit tle incident in which a " William" and his girl were the main actors. The pair were excursionists, and the girl had her " dander " up about something. "I don't know what ails her," ex claimed William to a policeman, as the girl sat on a salt-barrel and munched an apple in a hard-hearted sort of way. " I had my arm around her all this morn ing, and we've walked all over town with clasped hands, but all of a sudden she flew from the track, and. has had her nose up ever since." " Are you engaged? " asked the offi cer. , " Well, I kinder infer that we are, or was afore she got this mad fit," " And what will you do?* " I dunno; I was thinking a spell ago that I might draw out her feelings, if she has any, by jumpin' into the river, though I kinder hate to wet np this Sunday suit." The policeman held a whispered con sultation with William, and the result was that the young man went back to the girl and said: " Emily, I think you* have given me the cold shake. Heaven knows I love you, and I can't stand this no longer 1 Emily, take my ring and pocketbook, for I am gotng to jump into the ernel river!" "Humph!" replied Emily, as she re ceived his wealth and bit into the solid1 side of her apple. "Good-by, false one--don't look for me anybody!" exclaimed William, as he leaped down into the harbor-master's boat out of sight. , "Man overboard--save him--where's the life-preserver? " shouted a maw with a voice like a thunder-storm. ' There was shouting and running to and fro, but Emily never even looked around. Throwing away the core of her apple, she slowly opened the big flat wallet, turned over the several pieces of old scrij), and, stepping up to a fruit-stand, she said: "111 take 10 cents' worth of raw pea nuts." * She was putting them in her pocket when William looked over the dock, no' ticed that the crowd was laughing, and he crawled out of the boat with the re mark: "It's a dead failure, and I know it! I'm a "shook man--thrown over board for some fellow who wears standing collar, and now the only thing left for me is revenge!" "She takes it very cool," observed a policeman as William reached his feet. "Cool! There she sits, using my money and chawing peanuts, thinking I'm a corpse; yes, she's got the heart of a tiger, sir, and, jf I had them 70 cents in that pocketbook,'I'd lick her father before the excursion left this town! There she goes, chawin' away and chawin' away, and I am left in a strange town without a cent to get them jude switch for mother!"--Detroit Free Press. • t SHE HAS A HRART. "She's a dreadful, dreadful hard hearted woman," observed one of the females, as the pair took seats at the front end of the car. " Oh, I don't know," replied the other in a doubting tone. * " Well, I know," continued the first. " She's a cold, cruel wretch, and I shall never, never return her call." "You are entirely mistaken in her character," said the other. " To show you how tender-hearted she really is, let me tell you that she caught a rat in a trap the other day, and ----" " And put i!tfl eyes out with a red-hot poker! Z "Oh! no. On the contrary^ she didn't want to see the poor thing suffer by be ing killed, and so she locked the trap up in the spare bedroom for a whole week until the rat starved to death, and saved it all suffering."--Detroit" Free Press. LOOK AFTER THE CHILDREN. The habit so prevalent at, this time of allowing children to have parties and go to public places unattended by parent or guardian cannot be too much con demned. It is well to call attention to this sad defect in society. Shall we be less careful of the riiorals of our chil dren than even the . volatile French mother, who always aocompanies her unmarried daughters and judiciously selects their company? Truly "the mother holds the key," and should kedp it until years of wise discretion. ILLINOIS ITEMS. Vi ONE of the Latin-school graduates alluded to the " rulers of the past;" some of the old pupils remember them as being among iue smartest things they have^ever had on hand. --In Bockford the school janitors hat# ̂ all the power of a policeman. --The Rock Island water-wnrka pytny / over 1,000,000 gallons per day. - --Sycamore nas put $50,000 iato aMf ^ ; buildings during the past year. ^ --There are over 1,0,000 names on tlgfP 1 </ Chicago, Burlington aad Qnincy ffiSr ' pany's pay-roll * K* M --The fifth annual session of the HH- f nois Millers' Association was held last week at Springfield, the President, D. %•.' R. Sparks, of Alton, presiding. \ - j --A Northwestern Base-Ball League^ : comprising the Bockford, Dubuque, " 9 Cedar liapids, Maxslialltown, Dave&v j port'and Peoria clube,is to be estafc- lished. --The Winnebago Supervisors hate a .special committee whom duty it is to * look after suits for damages on of the fall of the Court House some time since. V --Paying bounties on wolvee is rap»;: idly depleting the Winnebago county treasury. Hairing wolves and getting $10 per head tot their scalps is able busihess. --Gov. Cullom has officially pro claimed the adoption of the drainage amendment to the constitution, voted upon at the late election. There were 295,960 votes east for it, and 60,6$t against. v --The report of the Southern peni tentiary for November shows that sixty- nine convicts were received during the month, three being females. But two were removed, both to Tnno^o Hospital, Jacksonville. There are it present 308 inmates. --Mayor M. S. Henry, of Sterling, died a few days ago. Mayor Henry has for nearly forty years been identified with the best interests of the State. During his life he has beep a membsr of thf State Legislature, and was, dur ing the war of the Bebellion, a Pay* master in the army. --Intelligence has just reached Tuai* cola from the western frontier of Kaft» sais that the Cheyenne Indians, during' their recent raid, murdered the wife and five children bf Stephen Prose, who emigrated from that county to Kansas some years ago. It appears that Mr. Prose was absent at the time of the raid, and heftdone remains alive. --The statement of the State treas ury for November is as fnllnw4» Tb^ ceipts -- Bevenue fund, $12,368.88;v school fund, $6,917.10; military fund, $212.36; total, $19,528.34. Warranto paid--Bevenue fund, $58,268,72f; school fund, $14.66; military fund, $13.80; un known and mipor heirs' fund, $25.9$; local b^nd^uind, $724.56; total, $59*- 047.66. \ -- The Executive Committee of tlli Illinois State Young Men's Christian. Association, in session at Springfield, decided to hold a series of conferences at Aurora, Bockford, Quincy, Chioago, Bloomington and Kankakee for the prosecution of the work during tb» coming year. The State was divided into fote .districts, and a Superintend* ent appointed for each, --The subject of absorbing interest Springfield, recently, has been the a£ rest of Michael Gaffigan and Michael Merrick for a murder alleged to have been committed by them in St, Clair, Pa., nearly thirteen years ago. Both men had married in Sangamon county, and accumulated $10,000 to $15,000 worth of property, and have for years been leaders among the Irish-Catholioj portion of̂ the community. Their friends are almost unanimously of the opinion that they are innocent. \ : • vj THE expression "halcyon frequently employed to denote a season of special security and joyousness, is derived from an old fable that the hal cyon, or king-fisher, made its nest op the surface of the seas, and possessed some innate power of charming the wavopguid winds to rest during the time of its incubation. Fourteen days o$T calm weather were in the power of the king-fisher, or alcyene, the fabledL daughter of vEolus, wearing feathered form in token of grief for the loss of" Ceyx, her husband, and deriving h< authority from her father, the lord winds. There is a singular idea con# j cerning the king-fisher which seems to*' have its origin in the same mythical" history. In the rural districts a king* . fisher sometimes is seen suspended b|f . the point of the beak from the beams of the ceiling, the notion being that th* bird turns its breast toward the qcuurtajT from which the wind is blowing. THE statistical returns of Methodism for 1878 show that the number of^ Methodist communicants in the world is 4,489,877, wi£h 104,175 local and trav eling preachers. The Methodist popu® lation is estimated at 20,000,000. The Methodist Episcopal Church reports I,688,783 members, 12,560 looal and II,308 itinerant preachers. The gain of members is about 17,000 for the year. Other branches of the denomination^ bring up the total in the United States to 3,396.999 members, 26,642 looal and 22,194 it 'W-' & rV m - r •