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r*B* f. jjwi O'Plln, w th« w*dew majr koow, las a etrcu* actor in « <?">»• 8,'?w- "bit came of OTike vou'U piwbaMyjW, r»r advancement of tuiiiRS he seemed to ifMi •frike" used to be plumber in • o*r|K»titM*8 dtrofS ®u* the foreman pronounced lihn a miserable fop, And S<h onlingly foreman abandoned Sir 'l'ik®, Allrt put in another wh<« name was I'. Spit*. ^ke tisei to I* corporal in * military wajy t SI«!ke couldn't IK- corporal every D»Y. • - •o lie, too, turned plumber and rooted out • maddened at this, Pike an actor * onld ». #lke niVed himself up to the flrni rlrcus fnan "Sjhat li»i>pmieil to paw* through his sln-curwd M&d, 4nd proiwHsd to be a« actor o^»micli wortty aoi», gut in history profane he wa* Ices than a nuw! ^kc'K regard for the lawn of activity *» small, Wor, seeing, he paw he was no sclor at aM, _ •or when he weut up he came down with a craan, And that la why foreman said Hike was so rash. fir Pike, as an actor, wax not a pucceaa, or what lie attempted was a nmrdrrojis mew, Jfor once oi> s time h:> wound 'l-ouud the roller-- tailing, iofct all beiief in the system that • solar! UU ; ' " " BO." "I will set. them an example, then," mid Mrs. Newton. •' Hereafter, what­ ever articles shall be purchased of vou shall be paid for on the spot, and I HL&M expect yarn to sell them as reasonably as you This arrangement was also made with tlie others, who, it is scarcely needful to say, were glad to enter into the arrange­ ment. Beady money is a great support­ er of trade, and a cash customer is worth two who purchase on credit. Fortunately, Mrs. Newton had a small supply of money by her, which lasted till the first monthly installment from l er husband became due. Thus she was enabled to carry out her cash plan frr>m the beginning. Another plan which occurred to her as likelv to save expense was to purchase articles in large quantities. She had soon saved enough from the money al­ lowed to do this. For example, instead of buying sugar a few pounds at a time, ' in# ue« uioriung MU(W WteWiiOii "in­ vited her husband to take a walk, but without specifying the direction. They soon stood in front of the house in which he desired to live. " Wouldn't you like to go in ? " she asked. Yes. WW. AU c'WsftUtt" key." "I s showman of grit sent hliu home to a friend; rfeet Godsend; And past n. Wherein he take* a notion to sail down toe rWw j In search of a fair one, which ho fail* to find. | Contentment was not in Pike, to be wire ; > Sis want to be great, while he was so obscure, J tiled him dead as a flower in an October from, : And it came to this fish to pay all the cost | . Pike's predicament now was quite a sad case, I For his heart almost broke with tho length c*f Ilia j face; i But he oalight np a plan and pnt it in force. . fhis plan had in it a lady, of eouret! i .•ore are rules, by-laws, and regulations concocted; j Tis strange he such rules shonld have adopted: JK1 sail down the river as a man of good name, ] ' tod find me a lady of world-renowned fame I | 0P nailed lr. a craft quite shackled with agOj ' Whose boiler was gone and had lost its good gauge; Forsooth! let me say, it drifted along, While Hfee was as merry as a bird in ite song! Pike dlifted to a,wharf down at New Orleans, j There to l'Kik ae a fool at the city's great t-cenee. ! Be met with & Quaker, who asked him,, quite bland r J " My friend, canst thou tell me from what land j " Ton come T Art thou in pursuit of riches herein ? | II FO, return to the city ngain! » For tlie city is overrun by the boldness of thieve*, j And the haughtiest man all the money itaceives.'" | Pike, maddened at this, walked down id the shore, ] To find his boat gone with the water's din-roar, ' ' For the fooi in his ecstasy h"d lift it untied, i ^fcad this is the cause of the boat final ride. He that night cursed and swore and dreamed in his sleep, And was worse in his heart than Bopeep for his sheep; f t dreauied of fair negro women tramping along Amid a great crowd and amid a great throng. Pike tramped it back home, forgetting women and Jove, And vainly he " swore T>y the messenger dove His hopes were all gone, and so wae his !>oat, 80 Pike, in his grief, had a burden to tote. Pike died In the age that hap pn«.e<i, passed away, And his tomb telle his life and liis ago to a day ; A verm: is inscribed on his tomb, pure and white, OSving tribute to Pike thnt was done up all right ! TDK INSCRlVTiOK. j •Here lies- -In honor to«ne who has passed away j And went to sleep to await time- for " all aye"-- j One who diod in an unmrK^ful but heroic art, ) Died for want 0/ breath, of tone, and a broim heart! j 'O'Pike was his real name, but he became fishy, | and concluded he wouldn't be called an Irishman, so | lie l«eheacled hia name by catting off the Mg " O."-- 1 jlrTUOE. • BEN'TON. 111. BOBEQT F. DOTT. ) in the'course of a year, but the same system carried out in regard to other tilings yielded a result wliich waa by no means a trifle. There are other ways in wliich a care­ ful housekeeper is abfe to limit expenses vhicli Mrs. Newton did not overlook. With an object in view, she was al­ ways on the lookout to prevent waste, to get the full value of whatever was ex­ pended. The result was beyond her an­ ticipations. At the close of the year, on examining her bank-book--for she had regularly aeposited whatever money she had not occasion to use in one of the institutions --she found that she had $150, l>esides reimbursing herself for the money dur­ ing the first month, and haying enough to last the other. " Well, Elizabeth, have you kept within your allowance ?" asked her hus­ band at that time. "I guess you have not found it so easy to save as you thought for." "I have something, however," said his wife. " How is it with you ?" That's more than I can say. How­ ever, I have not exceeded my income, that's one good thing. We have lived fidly as well as last year, and I don't know but better than when we spent 8500." *' It's knack, Ezra," said his wife, spuling. She was not inclined to men­ tion how much she had saved. She wanted, sometime or other, to surprise him when it would be a service. "She may possibly h»ve saved up $25," thought Mr. Newton, "or some trifle," and so dismissed the matter from his mind. At the end the second year Mrs. New­ ton's savings, including the interest, amounted to $350, and she began to feel quite rich. Her husband did not think to inquire how much she had saved, supposing as before that it could be but very little. However, he had a piece of good news to communicate. His salary had been raised from $1,000 to $1,200. He added: "As I before allowed vou one-half of my income for house­ hold expenses, it is no more than fair I have the key/' said the wife, and forthwith she walked up the steps and proceeded to open tlie door. " When did you get the key of 'Squire Bent ? " asked Her husband. " Yesterday, when I bought the house," said his wife, quietly.^ Mr. Newton gazed on his wil® in pro- found astonishment. , , j , " What do you mean ?" I "Just what I say--the house is mine, : and what is mine is t^ ine. So the house j is yours, Ezra." ; "Where, in the name of goodness, i did yon raise the money ? " asked her j husband, in amazement as great as ever, j " I haven't been a managing wife f >r ten years for nothing," said Mrs. New- I ton, smiling. " With aoin£ difficulty Mrs. Newton ! persuaded her l iusband that the pr ice of j the house was really the result of her i savings. He felt when he surveyed the ' commodfous arrangements of the house j that he had reasons to be grateful for j the prudence of his managing wife. ii Teddy's Coop. ' '$ \ One day at the attic window •;f I heard such a breezy clamor-fc,-^.-;;^^ *. j? 5,The eonnds of a saw and a hateM^1 • -*• v" 'til® The pounding of nail* with a hammer| ,, , . ,, | While the chatter of Ted and his ptaymMlB It S a pity we haven't got the Together wa. IM incessant That I judged whatever they worua M ; v ;L '* a 'Twas probably something pleamml ^,.:.*:®ach gave the other an order , As often as he was able; iThey almost might have bean building . • Another tower of Babel . "" "J had no glimpse of tho toilers-- ? Not even when lunch was ready-- : s jtThough uif through the iiiut of thestairMy I m/m than onoeonlled,4< '•Viidy.'J At laat, though, driven by hu: The two little boys descondi And I asked if the work on the And the strife of tonguea waa Then both made haste to tell mS The secret of all their labor; A half-fledged dove had been glvM To Ted by a little neighbor-- A ragged, pin-feathery pigeon, With bill wide-open and yellow, And they were busy at building A coop for the little fellow. That day and tho next in the attio I heard the oustlc and clamor, The sonnds ol tho saw and the hatchet, Tho pounding of nails with a hammer. But the pigeon must have considered The whole affair but a bother, For before the ooop could be finished He flew away to hia mother. .. . mance to a uvui, wuu m« uaiv m . and his head erect ? What State looks ( something like an arm-chair? _ What | lake looks like a great hand, with the ( AliS i yi « ̂ THK United States, while it contains I less a sixth of the population of I Europe, has four-fifths as many swine, a j third as many cattle, and a fifth as many ^ sheep as are in all the Eropean countries j together. ! PERHAPS the heaviest returns ever ob- i tnined in this country from a single j slioep was secured last year by Daniel ; Smith, of Hinsdale, N. H., who raised i from a Shropshire ewe three lambs, i which he sold for $18, and the wool of ; the ewe for $1.50, making the total in­ come from the sheep $19.5b. [ FKIEND farmers, prepare your land for ' wheat t>etter than you ever prepared | it before. Harrow, harrow, harrow. H j the soil is sandy, roll after sowing or drilling iu. If at all inclined to be fingers pointing westward? In the map of South America, held with the Pacific ocean upward, what country looks like a beaver ? With the map held in the same position, what country looks like an tigly boy's head? In the map of Europe, lieid with the Atlantic ocean upward, can there be ! found the picture of an ugly being who 1 in playing leap-frog over Austria, has 1 stumped his toe against an island iu the ; Mediterranean sea and hit his nose; against Africa? What country forms the king's crown, what country tlie head , and neck, what country his shoulders, j and what country the only one of his j legs that can be seen ? ° i In the map of Europe what country is . shaped like a boot? I ola.v<-.v, roll before sowing. See if th« In the map of Europe what sea la | results of this careful preparation do not shaped like the foot of a stocking ? i than pay the cost. With the map of Europe held upside | PUOF. Bn>i> says, in the Iowa Coliccf. \ down, what country looks like a battered Q'lartcr/f/, of tlie Worden grape: "Wo | spoon? | have the true Worden growing on the : In the map of'Asia, held upside down, j college farm, and the merest novice can i where is the hooded woman who appears j distinguish between it and the Coucord j to be trying to hit an island with a club ? at a distance of ton feet. It ripens in I More to Me than Cold. Hu. H. R. Stjcvpks: WAT.FOM, Haaa, Match ?, t8K,. I wi«h to inform ;ron what Viorrnfx has done for i I linvr- been troubled with Biyaipelaa Humor for n than thirty yearn, in my liraba and other parts of body, and have boen a great sufferer. I taking VKOKTISK one jwur aco last August, and ota teu'y My it h.is dons mora-for me than any other madk etne. I mm to he perfectly frae from this hnmor and ea& racommend it to every on*. Would not b« wUboat this medMne--"tis mtwe to m« than sold--<u»d I iaal|K> will provn a blessing to ot-here US it haa to PISS. F"-S Yuucs, most rcsunctfulls?, Mnm, »AVU> CLASK, * v J, BENTLEY, M. D.v says: to has done more good than «R Medical Treatment. NEWMARKET, OAT ̂Feb. •, MMI MB. B.B.8TBvmta. Boston, Mass.: • Bir--I hnvo wild during the past your a consicleraoH quantity of your VEGF.xine, nnci I bpliove in all oaaeatl ha» Rivon RBtisfactli<n. In one cn»«\ » d«lioate jnraac lady of «l»oMt govontonn jf>ara wm much l>en«iited by it# use. Her p^r^nts informed me that it had done bar more good than all the medical treatment to whtoh aha had pnrioaalr been snhjeated. Your, M. D. HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS. FRECKLE LOTION.--Muriate ammonia, one dram; cologne water, two drams- distilled water, seven ounces ; mix ana use as a wash. It contains nothing in­ jurious. T? ROAST OYSTEBS.-- Open, leave the oys­ ters upon the lower shells, place in a large dripping-pun and set in the upper grate iu a quick oven for ten minutes. Take out, season with butter, pepper and salt, and serve upon the shell. BKOITIED OYSTERS.--Select large ones, wipe dry and broil upon a fine wire grid­ iron. By dredging with flour before broiling, a crust is formed which is liked ^ ^ ^ ^ by manv. bprinkle with salt and pep- : from summer trip to Grandfather per and drop a bit of butter upon each. ' BurtouX in the COUntry, Will had been Pss CRUST.--Three and a half cupfuls j telling John, who had remained in the Cleud Shape* anil AtlM Panics* " Clouds ! who ever heard of finding fun in the clouds ? What in the world is Willie talking about ?" So spoke John, who was Will's big brother. John was nearly 15 years old, but Will was only 10, " Didn't we liavo lots of fun out of the clouds ?" asked Will of Aunt Alice. "Yes, it was good sport,,and Joha would have enjoyed it, too, if he had been with us," replied Aunt Alice. " Well, I never heard the like before," said John. The three friends to whom the chil­ dren are hero introduced were at the breakfast table. Aunt Alice and Will With the map of Asia held upside ! down, what country is like a steep mouri- [ tain peak ? ; How will the map of Australia have to : be held to f ind the head of a man with a j long r /ose ? j Pecuniary Independence. i We talk a great deal about our polifi- , cal, intellectual, moral and social iude- ] pendence; all the world has heard us j talk about them. We do not enjoy them as fully, perhaps, as we think. IIcw much independence of thought has the journalist, for instancy, who must bid . for an audience, the author whose first i thought must be never to displease a' reader, the orator who must repeat the stock notions of his hearers, the pro- , feasor who has to recocile evolution with ; theology; how much liberty of action ; has the voter who depends upon a Gov- i of sifted flour; one cupful sweet lard. one teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful baking-powder, one cupful very cold water; mix with knife, using hands as little as possible to mix with ; roll. V^ORN FRTTTERS.--To the beaten yolks of three eggs add a teacup of milk, a pint i where grandfather was sitting, of boiled given corn grated, a little r,alt j shady and nice." city all the summer, about his adven­ tures on grandfather's farm and in the wide woods close by tho farm. " We were real tired from running so much one afternoon," continued Will, " when we all went out on the lawn, It was T II .ma. : sifould do so now. That will give you a I HE M AHflBIHo WIFE# ^~""j«>etter chance to save part of it than be- I fnn> " Ezra Newton had been looking over his yearly accounts. " Well," asked his wife, looking up, "how do you come out?" 11 find," said her husband, " that my fore.' As before, Mrs. Newton merely said that she had saved something, without specifying the amount. Her allowance was increased to $600, but her exp uses were not proportion- and as much flower as will form a batter thick eno.igh to drop from a spoon. ' Beat the whole verv hard, then stir in the beaten whites of the egg; drop the batter a spoonful at a time, in hot lard. ' CROW'S NEST.--Fill a deep pudding ; tin, or dish with apples cut in thin slices; ' sugar and cinnamon, or lemon, to sweeten and flavor to taste, and a little water: i hovered with a thick crust made as ( ibove; bake until apples are tender; , ;erve hot with hard sauce, or with cream •ind sugar ; be sure to cat air holes i» j ihe crust to let the steam escape. OYSTER SOUP.--One quart of soli1; oysters, free from ferit. Pour into a | sauce-pan two quarts of boiling water: cyeam, a large tablespoonful of flour with a half teacupful of butter, thicken the boiling water with the paste, season with pepper, boil up, add the oysters and cook until the edges curl. Have lieat<v5 a teacupful of sweet cream or as rick milk as you can get, turn into the tureen, : pour in the oysters and serve. having returned on the night before j ernment salary, or who is iu a politi 4 l l « * n n / l t a ^ i \ A« i I • « » A / \ • • i ciau s employ ? One cannot very sen- ! onsly blame these people, to whom in- | dependence often means starvation. J What I •want to set in clear light is this : i that independence in life and thought ! depends, more than we like to believe, | upon pecuniary independence ; it is not i to be had by wishing merely. Indi- j viduals there are, and always will be, j who will suffer for their moral or iutel- i lectual independence ; but the communi- i ties will be what circumstances make | them. This, again, I want to set in ! clear light: that we are, as a com- | munity, deficient, in spite of all our na- I tional wealth, and unnecessarily deficient, J in the best part of independence--the power to enjoy our lives. In this re- I spect we are behind our friends iu I France, with their 2,000,000 of people j living upon their incomes. j These 2,000,000 of people are not, for the most part, either idle, or frivolous, Please pass me another you know what?" interrupted John, pointing with his knife at a plate of cakes. " As I was going to say," Will con­ tinued, "we were resting in the shade when grandfather told me to look at the great white clouds that were marching round the sky. By and by grandfather said: ' Willie, I see a soldier with a sword in his hand.' 'Where?' said I, looking down the road. ' Up in the sky,' said he. And, sure enough, I saw* a great white cloud almost exactly like the j or wealthy people. Many of them live picture of Gen. Jackson in grandfather's • m t]ie cities, but more of them are quiet dining room." i people, living on their modest proper- " Was he marching?" asked John. j ties in tho country, and enjoying their " Yes, but his legs didn't move. The j competeii.ee in a rational way--enjoying wind shoved him along for three or four : friendships, social pleasures, family ai- minutes and then blew his head over so ! fections, and all the kindly observances that after a while the soldier turned into ! of home life in a way that we have little a thing very much like a buffalo. But that wasn't all we saw. Aunty here soon pointed out what looked like a lady dressed for a ball. Tlie cloud lady had ! on a dress almost exactly like white FAVRE BEANS. --Boil some white beans j Hatin The 8Un waB shining on the dress J. UUli. OMU 11CX ilUOUIUilU truail Ul T , , 1 . 1 , 11 ,1,1 expenses during the past year have been ?tely increased at ail, so that her sav- *\i 351 1 insrs for the third vear swelled the affcrre-thirty-seven cents over a thousand dol­ lars." j " And your income has been a thou- • ' sand dollars ?" " Yes, I managed pretty well, didn't i I?" i " Do yoa think it managing well to | --exceed your income ?"' said his wife. *'What's this thirty-seven cents?" asked Mr. Newton, lightly. i " Not much, to be sure, but still some­ thing. It seems to me that we ought to have saved, instead of falling behind." " But now how can we save on this ailary, Elizabeth? We haven't lived ntravagantlv. Stall it seems to have laken it all." 1 " Perhaps there is something in which V"e might retrench. Suppose you men­ tion some of the items." " The most important is house rent, $150, and articles of food, $500." "Just half." " Yes, and you'll admit that we can't retrench there. I like to live well; I liad enough of poor board before I mar­ ried. Now I mean to live as well as I can." "Still we ought to save something against a rainy day, Ezra." " That would l>e like carrying an tun- 'ibrella when the sun shines. "Still it is well to have an umbrella In the house. ings for the third year swelled tlieaggre gate sum in the savings bank to $600. Mr. Newton, on the contrary, in spite of his increased salary, was no better off at the end of his third year than before. His expenses had increased by 8100, though he would have found it difficult to tell in what way his comfort or happi­ ness had been increased thereby. In spite of his carelessness in regard to his own affairs, Mr. Newton was an excellent man in regard to his business, and his services were valuable to his employers. They accordingly increased his salary from time to time, till it reached §1,600. He had steadily pre­ served the custom of assigning one-half to his wife, as heretofore, and this had become such a habit that he never thought to inquire whether she found it necessary to employ the whole or not. Thus ten vears rolled away. During all this time Newton lived in the same hired house, for which he had paid an annual rent of $150. Latterly, how­ ever, he has become dissatisfied with it. It has passed into the hands of a new landlord, who was not disposed to keep it in the repair which! he considered de­ sirable. 'About this time & block of excellent beth houses was erected by a capitalist, who j designed to sell them or let them as he a j might have an opportunity. Tliey were ..f. ,. • . . , , i modern and much better arranged than ,, i controvert your logic, Eliza- j t)ie one m which Mr. Newton now » an aid we shan t be able t liv-Wl. and h« fp.it a stromr <1c until quite dry and tender. Into a four ; quart baking dish put an inch layer of I the beans, seasoned with pepper and i salt, strew over minced bits of salt pork, : cover with a layer of raw oysters, sprinkle with powdered cracker crumbs and bits of butter and cover with another : layer of beans, thus alternating until the dish is almost full. The beans should make the last layer. Pour over a pint, : or more, if the beans were very dry, of i oyster liquor, cover and bake half an ! hour, removing the cover toward the last ; that the top may brown. CHUTNEY.--One pound salt, one pound mustard-seed, one pound stoned raisins, i one pound brown sugar, twelve ounces j garlic, six ounces cayenne pepper, two ; quarts unripe gooseljerries, two quarts ; best vinegar ; the mustard-seed gently | chied and bruised; sugar made into ! svrup with pint of vinegar ; gooseberries i dried, and boiled in a quart of the viue- i gar; the garlic to be well bruised in a ; mortar ; when cold, gradually mix the | whole in a large mortar, and with tlie re- | maining vinegar thoroughly amalgamate ! them. To be tied down close; the longei | kept the better. | A Sailor's Luck. i The captain of a fishing schooner, whoso adventures are recounted by the j Bangor Whiff, believes that there iB I such a thing as luck in human affairs. i He has fished on the Georges seventeen and it glittered as if it were covered with pearls. Near the sky-lady I saw a lion. Grandfather said it was more like a New­ foundland dog, but I thought it was a lion. While we were looking at the lion the lady changed into something that looked like a turkey. Besides, we saw a good many giants, and a few mountain ranges." "Aunty," said John, who had been slicing his wheat cak$j into the shape of cats and dogs and swallowing them, "don't you remember what we heard when we went to seo Booth play ' Ham­ let' at the South Broad two winters ago?" " Oh ! " exclaimed Aunt Alice, " you mean al>out Hamlet and Polonius and tho whale." idea of--in a way that the tourist in Paris sees nothing of. We have much to learn from the French, and among the things that we have to learn are some that may surprise in. One of these things is the comfort, the unity, and the permanence of Flench homes. The French home and family, their hap­ piness, their unity, their permanence, these have been developed by the com­ bined industry, thrift, and domestic sen­ timent oi the most intelligent people in Europe, and especially by its great mid­ dle class. We have the significant tes­ timony of Prince Bismarck "that the French nation has a social solidity such as no other nation of Europe enjoys." And Mr. Matthew Arnold, from whose " Mixed Essays" I quote, adds : "This cay only come from the broad basis of well-being, and of cause for satisfaction with life, which in France, more than in other countries, exists." If we had 2,000,000 of people, or 1;000,000, who were enjoying a competence, earned or " Who're Hamlet and Polonius ?" said Hpli&rited, can it be doubted that we Will. "Don't you know?" laughed John. " Why, they're some of the great Shaks- peare's men." . " Who's Shakspeare?" asked Will, not a bit disturbed by John's laughter. Aunt Alice smiled, and explained that Shakspeare was the greatest winter ever known. He lived in England's great city of London more than 300 years ago, when America was a wild country. He wrote plays-for the theaters, and the theaters nowadays often use his plays because they are the best. One of his plays is called " Hamlet," because a years, and last spring concluded he P™60 named Hamlet is the heart ajid lived, and he felt a strong desire to move to save anything this year. When I get ; mto one of them. He mentioned it to my salary raised it will be time enough to think of that' his wife one mcrning. " What's the rent ? " inquired she. Let me make a proposition to you," \ " Two hundred and twenty-five for "You said that one- " said Mrs. Newton. 7' on articles of food. Are you willing to allow me that sum for that purpose?" "You guarantee to pay all bills out of 'it?" "Yes." VThen I will shift the responsibility upon you with pleasure. But I can tell you beforehand you won't be able to save much out of it," "That's well. I shouldn't relish hav­ ing any additional bills to pay. As I am paid every month, I will at each month lia»d you half of the money." The different character of the husband and wife may be judged from the con­ versation which has been recorded. Mr. Newton had little prudence or foresight, i corner house; $200 for either of theoth- half of your income had been expended i ers." * " The corner house would be prefera­ ble, on account of the side windows." " Yes, and they have a large yard be­ sides. I think we had better rent one of them. I guess rH engage one of them to-day ; you know our year is out uext week. "Please wait till to-morrow, before engaging one." " For what reason? " " I should like to examine the house ?" "Very well, I suppose to-morrow will be sufficiently early." Soon after breakfast Mrs. Newton called on 'Squire Bent, the owner of the cev,- block, and intimated her desu-e to be shown the corner house. J Id- He lived chiefly for the present, and I quest was readily complied with ; Mrs. seemed to fancy that whatever contin- S'-Uciea might arise in the future he would somehow lie provided for. Now, to trust in Providence is a very proper way, but there is a good deal of truth in %he old adage that God will help those who help themselves, Mrs Newton, on the contrary, had been brought up in a family which was com­ pelled to be economical, and, though she was not disposed to deny herself com- forte, yet she felt that it was desirable procure them at a fair rate. ^ The time at which this conversation took place was at the commencement of thdTaeeond year of their married life. The first step Mrs. Newton took on accepting the charge of the household expenses was to institute the practice of paying cash for all articles that came under her department. She according­ ly called on the butcher and inquired : " Jiow often have you been in the habit of presenting your bills, Mr. Will­ iams ?" ' Quae in six nlonths," was the reply. ' And I Huppose you sometimes have 1 J bills? ; one-third my profit*, on the re, are swept off by them." you conld afford to sell cheaper, for ready money ?" I w«4s«iJi*'fli»d if all my Newton was quite delighted with all tlie arrangements, and expressed her satis­ faction. "Are these houses for sale or let?" she inquired. "Either," said the owner. " The rent is, I understand, twu hun­ dred and twenty-five dollars." "Yes. I consider the corner houso worth at least twenty-five dollars more than the rest." "And what do you charge for the house for a cash purchaser ?" asked Mrs. Newton, with subdued eagerness. "Four thousand dollars cash," was the reply, " and that is but a small ad­ vance on the cost." " Very well, I will buy of you," added Mrs. Newton, quietiy. " What did I understand you to say ?" asked the 'Squire, scarcely believing, his own ears. " I repeat that I will buy this house at yourjpriee, and pay the money within " Then the house is yours. But your husband did not say anything of his in­ tention, and in fact I did not know--" " That he had money to invest, I sup- would go home to Gloucester, sell his little 1 tome, pay off the mortgage, and with the proceeds go to Boothbay and live quietly. He got as far as Portland, and had a dory stolen from his vessel. Arrived at Gloucester, he accidentally lost liis right finger. He lifted the mortgage by selling his house," and had $233.50 left. The money he putin an envelope, and the envelojie in au inside breastpocket. He set sail for Boothbay : with his family in his vessel, and on Sat- • unlay lust, when off Cape Elizabeth, ! leaned over the side of the vessel to pull in a rope. As he bent forward the en- : velope fell from his pocket, and as $1.50 : of the money was silver, it sank before ^ his eyes. A Frog That Would a Backing Ho. A Plainsville druggist has preserved in i ! alcohol a huge bullfrog, and iu his mouth , a young duck. The history of the pair is as follows: Mr. Freeman, of Plains­ ville, had from time to time missed young duck, in all some twenty or twenty-five, for whose mysterious disappearance he was unable to account. Determined to fathom the mystery, he waited for the enemy, who surprised him in tho shape of a large bullfrog its he seized one of the young ducks and was iu the act of swallowing it, when Mr. Freeman put an end to the sport by rapping him over the head with a club. The two were pre­ served exactly as they were taken.--S\ir Ifaren Pfillafliinn. A Remarkable Woman. Miss Milly Gibson, who died in the poorhouse in Laurens county, Ga., was a remarkable woman. There was an ac­ count published a year ago of the open­ ing of the longitudinal and transverse sutures of lit r ski 11, thus 1 tying bare her naked brain, and rendering it neces­ sary to keep her head bound with a j handkerchief. She was 84 years oi age, : for fifty yews of her life an opium-eater, I an inveterate smoker for seventy-three soul of the play. Hamlet is in great trouble, so the make-believe history says, and a foolish old man named Po­ lonius thinks Hamlet is crazy and treate him like a child. One day Polonius went into a room where Hamlet was and began to talk to him. Hamlet was standing by a window, and, pointing at the sky, said: " Do you see yonder dTond that's almost In shape of a camol ? " Polonius answered--"By the mass, and 'tis j like a camel, indeed." Hamlet (who watt making fun of old Poloni- • a*) then said--" Methinks it is like a weasel." PolonitiH--" It is backed (or has a back) like j a weasel." „ i Hamlet--" Or like a whale." Polonius--" Very like a whale." "So you see," continued Aunt Alice, i " that they had fun out of the clouds 300 years ago just as we had out in Lancas­ ter county last week." "That's so." said Will, "and Hamlet was just making fun of old Polonius, ; wasn't he ? " "I'm off for school," said John, and | in a moment Aunt Alice was left alone at ! the table. At schot.l that day the shape of things i kept running in Willie's head. It was a j clear day and he couldn't find any cloud- shapes, but every map in the geography ' that he was studying seemed to take on the shape of some animal. In the map | of Europe he found several shapes ana . so with all the maps. And now let the children open their 1 geographies and start on a jolly hunt for 1 " shapes." Below are given some geography "shape-puzzles,' which may j lie worked out by the children from any i good-sized atlas. ! Take the map of the western hemi- 1 sphere and turn it around so that the [ Pacific ocean shall be at the top and the Atlantic ocean at the bottom. Now, what part of the map looks like the head : and trunk of an elephant ? ! Take the map of the eastern hemi­ sphere. Let it remain in its ordinary should be a happier people, and a bet- , ter one, thau we are? France and the j | United States have this important feat- ! i ure in common--in each country nearly j j one-halt of tho people live directly by i i agriculture ; but onr country homes and ! | families have not attained the comfort j | or the jtermanence of theirs. -- 7' M. ' i Coan, in Harper's Magazine. Put Life Into'Your Work. , A young man's interest and duty both dictate that he should make himself in­ dispensable to his employers. A young man should make his em­ ployer his friend, by doing faithfully and minutely all that is entrusted to him. It is a great mistake-to be over-nicely fastidious about work , ̂ Pitch in readily and your willingness w ill be appreciated, while the "high-toned" young man who quibbles about what it is, aud about what it is not his place to do, will get the cold shoulder. There is a story that George Washington once helped to roll a log that one of his corporals would not handle, and the greatest Emperor of Russia worked as a shipwright in Eng- j land--to learn the business. That's just j what you want to do. Be energetic, | look and act with alacrity, take an in- j terest in your employer's success, work as though the business-was your own, and let your employer kno^ that he may place absolute reliance in your word and on your act. Be mindful; have your mind in your business; liecausc it is that which is going to help you, not those • outside attractions which some of the ! "boys" are thinking alumt. Take a t' ileasure in work, do not go about it in a istless, formal manner, but with alacrity | and cheerfulness, and remember that j while working thus for others, you are j laying the foundation of our own success l in life.--Ow Morning Guith. A Sympathetic Mail. Tlie proprietor of one of the great res- Iowa fully ten days before the latter, and the fruit is larger rtnd more juicy." CHICKUN CHOLERA.--Seeing cousideva- ble al>otif this disease in the different agricultural journals, I give you a very simple cure, w hich was communicated to me by a ladv friend. We have tried it a* d found it to work "to a charm." It is simply a piece of salt bacon or shoul­ der nailed to a stump or board and nlaeed where the fowls can pick at it. Old wormy stuff--that is not good to eat" --is just, as po id as any, and a large piece can be bought at almost any coun­ try store for a mere song. Try it.--Hay- sr<rl, in fhr Mm of the Soil. THE CODING FISNOE.--The Farm Jour­ nal gives iu a few words its opinions con­ cerning tlie fences of a no distant future. It savs: "1st, the fencing material of the era now dawning will consist more largely of iron than heretofore, but, 2d, iron posts wili not be used unless there is a great fall in the price of iron, a cir- cumstauce not likely to. occur. 3d, to turn <!attle and horses only, a fence con­ sisting of wooden posts with three iron No. f, wires will prove* the cheapest and best fence. The bottom wire, about two feet from the ground, may have barbs upon it, to prevent cattle from pushing against it; the top wire should have plastering lath wired to it horizontally, the lath whitewashed, I5r> prevent aui- mals running into the fence. 4th, to turn sheep aud hogs wooden fence is cheepest and best. 5th, as to the fence of the more distant future for turning cattle, we are not prepared to name it, but many farmers in the old dairy sec­ tions will say 'fence, no fence.' The soiling system that will feed and sup­ port one hundred cows on one hundred acres requires no fencw at all, for the cows do not graze, but are fed at the barn winter and summer." SALT KOK PorivniY.--Hens often have a habit of bitiug and pulliug their feathers and greedily eating them unjil their bodies are bare. This practice, it is be li«ved, is occasioned by a want of salt, as when salted food is given them they m»kc no attempt to contiuue the habit. Salt pork chopped tine and fed twice a week has been adoptsd with success, while others put a teaspoonful of salt with two quarts of meal or shorts inoistend, well mixed, and fed about twice every we. k. Fowls, like human beings, to be healthy must have a cer­ tain allowance of salt. So long as tlie American people prize sugar sweet cakes, and the New York hotels consume 1,800,- 000 chickens and poultry, and 5,500,000 of eggs every week, the poultry business in this country will remain a good one. Give your fouls warm, clean houses and dry, "grassy runs, if you would have tliem clear of roup and canker. And feed tliem regularly with good nourish­ ing food, if you would have them free from disease, lay more , eggs, and be more profitable every day. WINTER DAIRYING.--The l»etter class of livers in the United States are begin­ ning to demand good, fresh butter in­ stead of the salted article which hah hitherto been eaten through the winter months. In consequence those farmers who try to please tho palate by produc­ ing a sweet, nutty-tasting commodity, will reap their reward by receiving a re­ munerating price. Setting aside fancy prices, it is certain that a good, fair rate will always be paid for butter which can be depended upon to come to hand weekly in uniform quality. The best liutter-niaker iu the United States fails unless the cows are fed properly, there­ fore there must be the right sort of food. The hay should be made from grass cut w hen iu bloom,"mid this alone will do, but some corn meal and wheat bran will increase the cream and add to the rich i llavor of the butter. Also the use of carrots will cause a greater flow of milk, and there will IK; then the peculiarly fresh taste wliich characterizes butter when cows art; in good pasture in June. Of course comfortable stabling, cleanli­ ness, and exercise in a sheltered yard will be requisite for full suocess. The cows should have their calves in September or thereabouts, and the lteife.r calves from all good milkers should be raised, which can be done t>n the skimmed milk. In the autumn there is no forage of food of any kind, better for milch cows as a help to failing pasture than pumpkins. I have used them freely for years with the best re­ sults, aud find tlie fear of the seeds all nonsense. At the present- time I have a fine lot growing among the corn and about three acres planted near the barii, which together will be sufficient to last till Christmas if I can secure a portion of them from frost. After the pumpkins are gone, carrots are better thau any other variety of roots, and if fed till grass comes again there need be no loss of quality in the butter. The quantity of the milk will lie equal to the best grass season, aud will depend upon the cows. Any man having common sense, and managing projierly, can obtain double the average given by cows of the kind usually met with, if he will buy good ones and breed from none but deep milkers, and from bulls which are from a deep milking strain.--Correspondence oj Country Ge n f ir m an. Loudly In Its Praise. TORONTO, Ont., March 8,1W, DNT Sir--Considering the short tiros that VIOETIWI has been before the public hero, it soils well ss a blooa purifier, and for trcohler.irifiinK from a sluggish or tOT* Pt l ji ver it is a flretrclmis mixlicine. Our customSM spssk loudly in its prats*. .J. WRIGHT 4 CO., OPT. Queen and HiHtsbsUi Utusti. VEGETINE PUEPARKD BY H. R. STEVENS, Boaton, Iu. Teietiic Is Soil tiy All DngiMs. ̂ jjoSED^ Sitters The accumulated evidence of nearly thirty years ihw that the Bitters is a certain remedy for malarial iHnir--• as well as its surest proventive; that it eradicates dys­ pepsia, oonstipotion, Uver complaint snd nervousness, counteracts a tendency to Rout, rheumatism, urinary slid uterine disorders; that it imparts vigor to the feeble,and cheers ihe mind while it invigorates tho bod}-. For sale by all Druggists and l>e;ilcrs generally. WHY? PERMANENTLY CURE8 |KIDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS,| |Constipatfon and Piles. IT HAS IWONDERFUL POWER. BECAUSB IT ACTS ON THEl ILIVER,THE BOWKS AND KID-| |NEY8 AT THE SAME TIME. Beoause It oieanse* the tyatwii of |thepoi8onous liumorathat devel^pel lln Kidney and Urinary disease*, BI1-I llounness, Jaundlce« Constipation,! iPHee, or In Rheumatism, Neuralgia] [and Female disorders. KIDNET-WORT U a dry vegetable s Ipsssdssd sssleMatk/BsUpNfsli | One package rill makeatxqtsof medfctse.1 Titir x*r» assro-w s Buy It si the Druggists. FHM, $i.OC WSLL8, UCSA2830H A CO., Friprlcton, lO Bsrllagtsa, Yt. A MOIVTIf § Atsnti Wasted t I TS Best-Belling Articles in the world: a SWB> 1 pie J'r**. JAY BRONSON, Detroit, Mioh. 1IAMKI. F. BEATTV'S ORGANS! POPS, HI; B. 11 ASS & OCT. CWITPfcKK. ONLY $65 lion, Newlersay.. Ovor 1,000,000 Afica of Choice Farming Land* in tho ifear West I tauranttt in Paris was sighing and lumeiit- | ing at the door of his eHtnbliHhment. ' i Some hahitues, an they were going out, j ! oaked him what wa« tlie niatU-r. "Ah ! I | Me&sieurs, four persons have jiu.t gone , I away without paying for a sumptuous ' j dinner which they have eaten." "That j : is unfortunate, but you need not. dispair | so violently." "Ah!" replied the res-1 j taurant-keeper, in a tone of distress, " it j is not on my own account. I am rich. But my waiter, Messieurs--my private- j room waiter--the father of a family, who j - „rmc For sale by lite • M M I • • • Iowa R.R. Land Co. I I I I I I I ! • Cedar Rapids, Iowa. •^ Branch Oflice. 92 Randolph St., Chicago, 111% SAPONIFIER Is the ' Original" Concentrated L/o and Reliable Family R.-at> Moker. Directions accompany each On for making Hard, *oft and Toilet *oii|» 0<iioUr. It is fnl) weight and strength. Ask your grocer torn NIPOMriKB, and take no other. Fenn'ti Salt Manufact'iiK Co., PhihL NCYCLOPytDIA E TIOUETTEIBUSIHESS lis the che«m»8fc and only compiH* niid tclkibta This it tli© cheapest and only comph'tf OSK? tclkibl® vrnrk on KU<|u«tte .ind Business mid Formn. It (dill how t<> perfoim all tht* various of lif<«. and how to appear to the bent ndvunt ft* on nil occasion*. AeenU Wiink'tl.- ^ond for circtilnre containing ft full'de^cription of th« vrnrk ami vx\m tarran to Aicottte. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING (JO., Chicago, 111. years, and a memlx;r of tlie Methodist position, right side up. What part of Church for seventy years. She wawin f the map looks like the head of » man [ the poorhouse for four year*. • j <*ho appears to be trying to swallow a part of Asia? In the man of North America, looked at from the southwest, what country re­ sembles an old dunce-cap ? In the map of the United States : What lake looks like an alligator's head, trying to swallow the town of Port Sani­ lac? What State bean some resem- A MAN asleep at the top ot a telegraph Sile was a recent spectacle in Boston, e was a drunken repairer, who had _ . grown drowsy at his work. A great pose you would say. Neither does ne* crowd gathered, but nothing was done know it, and I must ask you not to tell to arouse him, and he finally awoke in hun for the present," 'safety. To Remove Wrinkles. To OIK* fluid ounce o{ tincture of gum benzoin add seven fluid ounces distilled rose-water and one-half ounce glycerine. Butlie face, neck and hands with it at night, letting it dry on. Wash oft in the morning with a very little pure white eastile soap and soft water. If the water is hard, add a little dissolved borax. This is a famous cosmetic, and has been sold under various names. It is an ex­ cellent remedy for tan, sunburn and j fr.;ckles, also. The latter, it is said, has nothing but his place to live on I He j may be removed by using the following will have to l>ear the loss, and not I!" | decoction : Put a quantity of elder fiow- And he sank down on a chair and melted ; era into a jug, j o .r belling water on into tears. | them, let the mixture stand twenty-four hours and strain through muslin. Wash IN 1860, the number of lunatics in England was 38,058. Now it is 71,191, an increase of no less than 87 per cent. During the same period the population increased only about 28 per cent., a third of the rate at which lunacy ad­ vances. the face every morniug with the decoc­ tion. It is good also foi sunburn and to beautify the skin. A MAN in debt earnestly wishes that tlie sign, " Post no bills," was inscribed on the postofBce building. The Koran. A rurlmlly to every «n and a necessttv to all students of II lot or.v or Kcltclon i TUB KOKAN OK MOH A MMKI) ;tran»ln»eiifr.im1he Arahl# bjr (thorite Sale. Formerly published fit a new. beautiful t pp. lU'ist, cluth-tMiiirui ndlthin; juice, S& eeiil*, and 41 cwits for pngiagn. < atiilnem' of 111 say Staiuiard works, remarkably low in prion, wi*!i ext ra to; m« to clu1'*. free. Say where >• u saw this miveiti^eineqt. AMKIIU'AN HOOK KXCHANUK, Tribune Huilduitf. N.T. 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