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It HU IM f,' Wfcca the night* wan leng, end the euth was beml With drift on drift of cold, white snow. With • thousand hrnntifni things that dl Ther* slept the love of long ago; The HuuiiuKi wavs of ray hpart forsaken, It lay in M silent am) ralm reptee-- In a sleep that seemingly knew no wakiM With leaf and blossom and tree and rod But now, whan the wanton earth is baretnf To the sun's warm kiss with throbbing beet And th'- shameless skies smile <>n, uncaring, The old love Mirs with a vague unrest. In the s*'«-et, d(i*g nights when the rain li MIlH Quieily over vale and hill, I heard it's low voice calling--calling-- And my heart responds with a nameltw thrilL The toe. and th* auow, and the aleet dep«fti4 And left the blossoms to wake and grow; But strongest and l<est of the germs that IWM Wai the dear old lore of the Song ago. What tho" my reason and pride forbade It-- TW I tread the earth down oner ita toeab (t M4KI the sods from the grave that kit lt» A Ml rises newljr te bud and bleotn. Ent and aiway ita sad leave* turning Towarl a tun that has long since aeC To t u<l *n>i bloom into pandnnste yearalag, Dartea* *t»rrvw and Tain regret. O d^ad ><M lore, why hare you risen (»ut of % he grave tuat was dug for yonf Oo bark, go back, to your silent pri*>B. And Ifi am and mw tieert tnd someth' -OHnw JICANTHA'S COMEDY. Undoubtedly Mr. dabaogh ought to lukTe been "wiser, after twenty-nim •ears* knowledge of kts nephew, than to have been at all annoyed or impatienl beeauE»e that nephew was late to break­ fast Bat Mr. Clabaugh had important btisintts oc hand, end was eager to teas* act it "Does Jasper think that I tel* graphed to him to journey 500 miles te meet me here to-day without a motivel Has the boy no curiosity?" muttered h« to himself, as he slowly stirred his third cup of coffee. The long dining-room of the Peagood hotel wax quite deserted, save by Mr. Clabaugh and one or two waiters, whet Mr. Jasper Surridge eventually made his appearance. "I seem to be a little late," Jaspei coolly remarked, after exchanging t>alu- tatioas with his uncle; "I am sorry yon waited." "If you kne\v why I desired to meet you here, what toy business with you is, von would not wonder that I waited! | t think I was the .first person to sit i down to breakfast, and now the room ia [ deserted." "So it appears--has quite the air of a •banquet hall deserted.' But that is al the better for us if you are anxious tc discuss business at once; there will be nc eavesdroppers." "Quite true,"remarked Mr. Clabaugh. "I think my news will give additiona. delicacy, even to those tender chops. You remember hoarius: me speak of that eccentric old Philip Euliffe, for whom 1 have made so inanv wills?" **The man who lived in Merton?" "Yes, the same. Well, he is dead." **Wliohas got his money and prop erty, one of the old maid cousins or • hospital?" "Neither. A person of whose exist­ ence I never heard until I made his last -will; his only grandchild, Acantha Ed­ liffe." "What an outlandish name! 1 thought he was a bachelor--a mysogy- nist!" "So did I, but he was married in his yonng days, acd had one son, Pablo, whom he drove from home by his ill temper and his miserly ways. This SOD also married and died, leaving one . daughter, Acantlia; as this girl is his le­ gal heir, none of the many aspirants can even claia the property." "Curious! But why telegraph foi IBa?" ••This gid is young, rich--aad un­ married. " "Ah, I understand! I, too, am young and unmarried, but, alas! not rich. You think there are possibilities for me?" "Certainly I do! You are good-look­ ing--" "I inherit my looks from my mother; the Clabaughs are all presentable." "Nonsense!" but the uncle was flat­ tered. "You have always been very successful with women. But, by the way," and Mr. Clabaugh's tone changed from complacency to auxietv, "is there any entanglement between you and IiOttie ?" "Oh no, notliing serious, only a flirta. tion. I have not committed myself." "That is lucky. It wouldn't do, you know, for my nephew to be caught in anything dishonorable; it would injure both of us." "Don't you worry, uncle! I am loo wide-awake to leap before I look. Lotfie is very sweet, aud if .she were old EdliLVs heiress there would 1** KC.>M»> sense in my wooing her. However, she is almost as poor as I am, so that match will not be made. But about Miss Ed­ liffe; is she--is she at all passable ?" "Of her looks I know nothing; but as Ae has been a teacher in one of the board schools at Clarendon for the last two years, she must have some sort of an education. Now my plan M that you start for Clarendon to-night--" "No, no, to-morrow. You forget that I have just come post-haste from Dublin. Do give a fellow time to breathe, "I presume a fei Bo harm, so we when you reach Clarendon lttok in the directory for the name of Edliffe--it ia not a common one--and make Acantha's acquaintance as well as you can. Here •r® U'tters of introduction to three of my friends, but don't use them if vou can help it; it will be better for von to fall iu unlmown heiress, Jasp«r carefully sur veyed the congregation, and sighed foi some fairy to whisper to him, "This it she." Presently the organ pealed forth, anc a clear, sweet, mezzo-soprano voioe sanf an anthem, "Come unto Me all ye tha lnbor." Regadless of the place, Surridgi turned to his next neighbor and whis pered: "Whois that charming singer?' "Miss Edliffe," was the starling re directory had already showed his there was but one family of that name in the town--"Mrs. Jane Edliffe, 1' Willow street; Acantha Edliffe. schoo teacher, 17 Willow street;" evidently this was the heiress. ! 'What does she look like?" was hit next thought So he turned round and took a good long look at the singer; re­ suming his mental conversation, he said. "Medium height, slender, dark ejses and hair, good complexion, decently though plainly dressed; she will do!" To make sure that this was the person he sought, he discreetly followed her home, and when he saw her enter 17 Willow street, he was satisfied. He delivered one of his letters of introduc­ tion the next morning, and as soon as he could he bega^ to rave over the "ex­ quisite voioe, the most delightful voioe,' he had heard in the church, and inno­ cently asked the stranger's name; then, finding that his new friend knew her, he besrged him to present him to her. Chuckling at hi3 good luck, he began to make delicate but assiduous love to Miss Acantha. and was charmed to find that she did not repulse him; on the contrary, after a few days she seemed to give him some little encouragement-- not boldly, however, but timidly and innocently. Mrs. Edliffs was not so cordial as he could have wished, but still she was not actually inimioal, and there was no one else to interfere--at least, no one of whom he knew anything. "Acantha Edliff's conduct is really disgusting!" whispered the gossips with­ in a week after Surridge's arrival in Clarendon. "Before this strauger ap- {vared she accepted Hubert Luttrell's yt^ntions with avidity, but how she quite ignores him." "He hasn't feeeu to Willow street Bince last Suuday,'" responded another gossip, "while this Mr. Surritige is there every evening, takes Acantha out for a drive every afternoon anil sends her books and flowers every morning." "Well, he is rich (probably), and very stylish, while poor Hubert is neither." Acantha's conduct in this mattei caused plenty of talk; Luttrell himself was the only silent one. When some venturesome person tried to interview him on the subject he simply set his teeth together, aud muttered, "Fop!" But foppery or not Surridge com­ pletely distanced Luttrell in two weeks. At the expiration of that period ho might have beeu heard whispering to Acantha: "Oh, my darling, if you kotew how much I loved you, you would not be so coy; you would at least try to love me in return'" "Petnaps I may try," whispered she, hesitatingly; but quickly added, ward­ ing off a threatened embrace. "But how can I be sure that you are true! You have known me so short a time!" "Fourteen long days! After all. what is time to those who love? The ranmeut I saw you T knew that you, and you alone, must be my wife!" Which was true, but not as he would have had Acantha understand it. "You have loved before, of course--' "Never! never! I may have had my E>assing fancies, but you are the first adv whom I have wished to marry." "BufM am poor and insignificant." "Not the latter, my sweetheart. And as to poverty, do you supj>ose I care for that? We wUl manage to lire, I assure you." "Yon know nothing of my family "Your mother, yon say, is yoiu only relative. 1 am sure she would grace any station." "Dear mother, I am sure she would! If I should consent to--to try aud like you, you must promise and not listen to any nonsense about Sir.' Luttrell. I did love him, really love him, I thought, un­ til--until " "My darling! Your sweet oonfession has entrauced me !" "No, no! I have confessed nothing! Give me until to-Eiorrow to think of it; and mamma's consent must be gained." Of course Surridge promised to do auytliing Acantha desired; aud when he returned to his hotel that evening he telegraphed to his uncle: "Com« at once. The fates are pro­ pitious. " The fates are proverbially eccentric ; so Surridge realized wlien, calling at 17 Willow street, he was told that Acantha was too ill with nervous headaclie to see any one. In the meantime Mr. Cla­ baugh arrived and congratulated his nephew warmly on his success; but also in the meantime, simultaneously with Mr. Clabaugh's arrival, came the rumor of old Mr. Edliffe's death, and the next morning it was announced in the local hours' delay will do i newspapers, with the addition: will say to morrow. | "This gentleman was unknown to our yon both look surprised; you wonder who revealed your secret? Mr. Clabaugh' was ny informant" "I was not,'" Mr. Clabaugh retorted. "Yes, you were. I was an unnoiced listener to part of your conversation nt the Peagocxl Hotel, and your dilatori- ness, Mr. Surridge, gave* me the one day's start needed to come home and instruct my mother and Hubert as to my plau. Perhaps you rememl»er that the waiters at that hotel were all young ladies; several of us school teaohera ueeded both money and change of air, so we engaged ourselves during the va­ cation as waiters at the Peagood Hotel, aud gained some money, plenty of exer­ cise, mountain air and a little fun. In addition, T gained material for a parlor comedy, in which you, Mr. Surridge, have admirably performed the part oi first rflain. Biug/ibwn the curtain." ==£==== Painting Daniel Webster's Portrait. Webster, said Mr. Healy, the cele­ brated American portrait painter, was an excessively bad sitter. I had been commissioned to paint his portrait for King Louis Philippe, and for Lord Ash- burton, as well as to prepare a portrait which is now in the State Department at Washington. On the first evening after my arrival at his house in Marsh field, the subject of the painting was ap­ proached only m the conversation after dinner. The great man inquired how many sittings I should want and how much time he must give. I was much impressed by his ponderous voice and his grand manners; so I answered, rather modestly, "Six sittings of two hours each." "I can't give 'em," said Mr. Webster, in his deepest voice. I reflected a moment and then answered : " It is very well to know that, for I shall now be able to return to Boston in the forenoon of to-morrow." "How is that ? " he said. I stated that my in­ variable rule was to have six sittings, that as I had three portraits to finish, I could not undertake to do the work un­ less he would be kind enough to comply with my conditions. "I could not," I said, "agree to give a faithlul resem­ blance of yourself to Lord Ashburton and to the King without six sittings." He seemed amazed at my presumption, but finally he said : " Very well; I will do the best I can." A lady who was present subsequently remarked to me that she had never heard any one speak in that way to Mr. Webster before. " I am proud of you," she said. He proved a kindly, though a difficult sitter. After he had risen from one of the sittings he placcd his hand on my shoulder and ac­ companied me to the door. " Mr. Healy," said he, and his voice seemed to shake the threshold of the door, "do you see the brow of yonder hill ? Go there with the telescope which yon see hanging in the hall, put it to your little eye, and when you come back tell me if in Europe there is such an enchanting spectacle." "No! splen­ did subject, bad sitter--impatient-- such was Mr. Webster !" " At a little later period," he added, "I was in Washington making a study of Mr. Webster's head for a picture of him as he appeared when replying to Hayne in 1830. Mr. Webster, who was often weighed down with public duties, man­ aged to give ns an occasional morning. A French artist friend of mine, a dimin­ utive but very agreeable person qamed Du Bourjal, was admitted at the same time with myself to make studies for an aquarelle. One morning after I had finished my details of the face and was to paint the garments and some small matters connected with the statesman's general appearance, Mr. Webster ar­ rived in very bad humor. I made the mistake of trying to talk him out of it, but the little Frenchman, who had a wholesome fear of the great man, eyed me with teiror. 1 soon found that Mr. Webster was not inclined to respond to cheerful talk, and presently he said, in a voice like rambling thunder : S. What are you painting this morn-Mr. Healy?' " ' I am painting the dress, sir.' "' Then why do you wish me to talk ?' he said, very gravely. I accepted the teproof aud meekly attended to my du­ ties, the little Frenchman doing his work in silence, and, after we had fin­ ished, Mr. Webster arose, went over to i)e Bourjal, took him by the hand and said : ' Come and see us to-night and take a dish of tea.' He then glared at me for a moment, as if hesitating whether or not to invite me--' and bring your friend Mr. Healy with you,' lie added. He then stalked out majes­ tically, and the little Frenchman said : " Do you know what I thought when he turned to you just now ? I thought he w as going to take me by the legs and beat your brains out with me !' " iMZ .4' JL8BICULTUR1L. %, v . townsmen; nevertheless his large furtime is to come to us, Miss Acantha Edliffe (teacher in Oak street grammar school) being his heiress." "The fat is in the fire now,'* was Jas­ per's savage exclamation when he read , . - those lines. "What possessed the girl love with the girl witliont knowing wlic i Uave a headache last night!" she is; then no one can ever accuse yon ' "No matter. You are virtually ac- of having married her for her money. | cepted. You can still make a good point Do y.n» under^md? ' j Show her the notice, and say that ol w B.utw,Jl,not Rhe' or 8om« | oourse she will not want vou now that on«, smell a rat. My appearance in she is rich; that you canno't submit to be Clarendon just as she becomes an heir- ( called mercenary; that will fetch her." .„ , , . . : The uncle and nephew called together „ .T?1"* vdl not k»ow she is an heirest1 that morning, and after the former had mitil I see tit to tell her. I intend tc ! told Acantha of her grandfather's be- How Lew Wallace Got Shot for a Yarmlnt* "It was when Lew Wallace was put- tin' on dandy airs old Bill Dumble's youngest darter 'Line that the thing happened," said Buckshaw. "Old Bill Dumble, you know, is a mighty straight up and down religious man, and he lieerd it told as how Lew got on a regular brazoo every week or so, and raised thunder. Well, the old man told Lew that he was a tare in the wheat field, and if he did not keep away from his darter Lize, somebody would get fanned out with a saplin'. Lew had sense enough to know that the old man was in earnest, and he kept outen his sight, but at night he w uul<l climb up on the board fence in front of the house, and hoot like a horned owl. 'Lize Dumble as soon as she heard the signiil would creep oijt where he was, ana Both of em wort Id sit down behind a prickly pear bush and talk about how they were gwine to do after they were married. The old folks didn't suspect anything until one night when it was so dark a black cat looked like a snow bank. Lew got ou the fence give you from one to three weeks' start:! quest, the latter ruefullv~"withdrew his I an^,G^nn 40 lloot- ,au<* I am not well; rav phvnician has ordered ; prooosal 7 | couldu t come out Lew he jest kept ou ^ru\t ̂ ^UTJtuin8 ^ reenperate; how j "'Oh, Mr. Surridge, what a poor opin- ' auu shines. Miss Acautha will have first a lover, t'uen a fortune; which is rathei j i love? »o true woman ever weighs love against monev," serious, ~ " ~ -- reversing the usual order of things." "You are serious, Jasper? Yon really try to win this young l«uly "J. atn seriously--very sorioi hooting, and a hooting until old Bill Dumble heard the noise, aud it sounded HIOF T _ .. -- --••-- ------ , so nateral that he hunched his wife and ,|i r -i- . permit the wealth ct the ; said: 'Sairey, thar's an owl hooting, •! i i witocome between me and the man j anj m bet ho's ther same onery cuss 1 o 1116 womau ever weiorhs love • what has been eating ther young turkeys hatched last week.' His wife told him . ttHMl -- TI USK/livU JLUov Tfc( 1X13 WHO u iVr.ii ^ l i p7?u overwhelm me! i to get up and take his gun aud kill the - y - . . I " r e n o b l e r -- " s t a m m e r e d J a s p e r . 1 ' . . . » very seriously--it f "Nobler than you are?" said Acantha, tr^Ug- ^ 5 8arca8ticall-v' with » sndtlen change in «us rural damsel (for Clarendon is hard- i voice and manner. "I micht easily be """• I U'V',k ! I f""' <T eo.,3 »C, I- oauuo it. answered Jasper Surridge i ly, opening the door that led into the hS5 I*"d ***ber ̂ «->•"» \oung Surridge had good grounds foi! flus confidence iu his &e was tall, handsome devoted to ladies attractions graceful, anc , society; could quot« poetry or utter delicate compliments bi •he hour; and some of his half-enviotu admirers declared that he had beer Altera enough to refuse two offers of mar twga from rich widow*. When he made his appearance ir Jfurch the morning after his arrival ir Clarendon, there was quito a fluttei of Hubert Luttrtll.who stood there with a smile ou his face, "let me present, tc vou my husband, he who lftved me when I was poor, and to whom i was married this morning!" Tha tw o plotters gasped and turned pale. Jasper was the first to recover himself. He exclaimed: "Miss Edliffe, your conduct has been unwomanly! You encouraged me " " Why did I encourage you?" she asked, quietly interrupting him. "For lesson, has been ,, , . jilted Miss Lottie •me man? ° j solely for my money; you would'have With his mind concentrated upon tin married mo with a lie qu your lip§» a}x t owl, or they wouldn't have nary a chicken or a turkey about the ranche. Old man Dumble loaded his gun with small shot and climbed over the back fence so as to circle around aud get on the off side of the owl. Alxnit that time, Lew Wallace was squatted on the fence with the rear part of himself pointed square at Dum­ ble, who, being powerful near-sighted, got down on his hands and knees and crawled up until he got a glimpse of the bulk on the fence. Just then Lew hooted 'Hoo-ah! hoo-ah! hoo-ah!' and as he did so old Dumble raised the gun and fired. The next moment Lew Wallace gave a keen yelp and bounced up in the air with both hands beating around his pauta buckle like a pair of wings. Well, sir, when he landed on the ground he struck out for the open prairie, and I don't think he ever went to see 'Lize Dumble after that, because the whole neighborhood for a month talked about how Lew Wallace got shot for a varmint" --Or'eann Time*. ftlfiNCH WHEAT CROP. to keep up our sell respect as American fanners, but overrating our performances is not the best way to do it There has been much brag over our wheat produc­ tion, yet Dr. Loring's address to the National Agricultural Association allows that the wheat crop of France--old France--"not larger than the biggest State in the Union, equals our own." Our wheat, it may be remembered, is largely grown by depleting virgin soil, while the wheat of Franoe is necessarily taken by culture from land used for ages to agricultural processes. The one is like butchering droves of bisons for meat, compared with the slow and kindly pro­ cess of herdsmen and shepherds. We need not thank the orators who misrep­ resent the quality of our prosperity. The same bogus statesmanship which ran us into a debt that onlv a war could settle, will blind us, if it can, to what we owe the soil we waste. BBEAKINQ CoiiTS.--After being prop­ erly halter-broken in all kindness and strength, your colt needs to chew the bit and learn the curb of the people's will, as a rising politician needs to. This lesson must be learned so thoroughly as never to be forgotten. Not of an indig­ nity, mind you, but in connection with joyful,oats and tid-bits of grass, apples, berries and any sweet thing • the animal may be fond of, with liberties and the society of faithful and just men. A colt requires months, aud a statesman may well have years of this sort of thing before much but good behavior is ex­ pected of him. Let the colt be led at the tail of a Cart behind his mother, and among friends, as business occasions offer. There is good in hitching him once in a while to a springy birch longer than he wants to et ind. Patience comes by a tustle with the impossible and a reasonable hope of dinner time. Lead­ ing in harness, by an accustomed hand, is a good primary road lesson for a colt, teaching him how to stop and back or Burn and start handsomely. One master of horse that I know would always ac­ custom his colts to a Joose whifile-tree, wrapped in rags at their-breeching, before ever trying a regular hitch to shafts or pole. Some day the colt must be harnessed and driven till he is tired-- preferable beside his mother or a trusty companion, where bis chief busiuess is his exercise,""and a daily lesson of a short duration should be continued for a fort­ night at a stretch. In old times, the old-style farmer would plow, harrow and bush his rye and buckwheat ground un­ der the head of breaking colts, and no time produced more trusty horses for all work. Some course of this kind, with variations, may do in places now. t SOURCES OF DISEASFNON THH FARM.-- Since the time the song of "The Old Oaken Bucket" was written, and per­ haps for centuries before, people have believed that the open well as found in the vicinity of most farm-houses sup­ plied water "the purest and sweetest that nature can yield." It is true that nearly all nature's springs and many wells afford excellent water for driuking and culinary purposes. But it is also true that a very large proportion of the water consumed in this country is very bad. It would not be tolerated for sup­ plying the inhabitants of a large city. In some cases it is taken from streams that contain nH sorts of vegetable and animal impurities. In very man;- in­ stances the water that falls from the roofs of buildings is conveyed through dirty troughs into wooden cisterns, where it is stored for the use of the fam­ ily. It contains alhtheimpurities of the nil* as well as those on the roof, in the troughs, and in the cistern itself. What is worse, it is constantly accumulating impurities in the place where it is stored. It becomes worse the longer it is kept. No filter, however good, can remove all the foreign substauces it contaius. It has a disagreeable color, flavor, and smell. One long accustomed to the use of the water may not notice them, but they are apparent to persons who jiave beeu in the habit of using water that is comparatively pure. Most wells that afford excellent drinking water are so carelessly managed that they become reservoirs of all kinds of filth. Vegeta­ ble matter of various sorts flows into them and becomes decomposed. Small animals and various sorts of vermin fall in the wells and die, and as their decom­ position is slow, their presence is not noticed for many months. When a farm well is cleaned out, the beholder is gen­ erally nauseated at the masses of corrup­ tion he sees taken from it Many wells are so situated that the filth of the barn­ yard, the pig-sty, and even the privy finds its way to them. The liquid from these places must flow somewhere, and as the well is the nearest outlet for drain­ age, it passes into it through the porous soil. Sometimes surface water, after heavy rains, flows into wells. DEFECTIVE DRAINAOE.--Some surface or open and underground drains are usually constructed on farms for the purpose of rendering soil more suitable for the production of crops. But it is ex­ tremely rare to find any drainage system undertaken with a view of sanitary ad­ vantages. The water that flows from fields improved for cultivation is often allowed to accumulate in pools within a short distance of i)H» house. There is nothing resembling a sewer in connec­ tion with the house or the lot on which it stands. The water from the sink as that in which the family washing is done, and all that employed in culinary operations, generally find its way to the soil about the house. This soil becomes saturated with filth. It becomes full of the seeds of disease, which are ready to germinate as soon as the conditions are favorable. During the heat of sum­ mer. deadly va]x>rs arise from it which are likely to pervade every room in the dwelling occupied by the family. In every direction are pools from which water only passes by the process of evap­ oration. There are also sluggish streams that have no perceptible current, except when the water i« high All these are nurseries of malaria. . TUB PCP.ITY ov COUNTRY AIR.--The purity of the air in the country, like that of tit* water, ia generally greatly over­ estimated. Many of the bad odors are disguised by the perfumes of apple and clover blossoms and numerous wild flowers. The vilest odors are con­ stantly arising from manure heaps, from the yards of barns and stables, and the iuclosures were swine and poultry are kept. Animals and fowls that die on farms, in the highways, or on land that is not inclosed frequently remain for weeks without being buried, for the reason that there is no person employed to look after and dispose of them. Many vegetables like cabbages, potatoes, anil fruits are left to decompose on the ground. The cellars under most farm-houses are man­ ufacturers of poisouous vapors which as­ cend through the doors and cracks, aud enter every room in the dwelling. in a thousand contains a t>ath-room, supplied with hot and cold water. OCCTTPATIOY AND LABOR.--Most kinds of labor, as they are generally conducted on farms and in farm houses, are not conducive to health. The work required in the field during summer is very hard, and is attended by almost constant ex­ posure to the heat of the snmmer. Dur­ ing the season of haying and harvesting all work requires hurry and a certain amount of confusion. The rest that farmers receive is chiefly at the time when they can not work out of doors. They enjoy it at so long a period at a time that it ceases to be eujoyable. They long for spring to come, as it af­ fords occupation for the mind and hands. As to females who live on farms, they have no practical appreciation of rest. Their employment is drudgery. They have no amusements, and few social op­ portunities. The food consumed in farm houses is not generally conducive to health. Its quality is poor, and it is poorly oooked. It lacks in variety. It is largely composed of salt and smoked meats and dried fish. Most farmers have nothing but an apology for a vege­ table or fruit garden. An ice-house or a fish-pond on a farm is very rarely found. The sanitary condition of farms should receive more attention, especially when the settlers have the means to mqk" suitable improvements. There should be drainage for health as well as for profit. The water supply slionlK be im­ proved by the introduction of means for bringing it from springs and lakes, and carry it where it is wanted m every house. More pains should be taken for disposing of manure, dead animals, and decomposing vegetation. The matter of ventilating dwellings and cellars should receive more attention. When regard is paid to all these things the death-rate in the country will be lessened, and the general health of the people improved. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. OEMS OF THOUGHT. [From Detroit Free Pre^s Hnn»eliold ̂ BROILED STEAK.---Never put salt on a steak until after it is cooked. After trim­ ming on each side equally, dress to taste with sweet fresh butter, pepper and salt, and add, if preferred, a teaspoonful of lemon juice. SHREDDED CODFISH.--Mix it for fish- balls or cakes aud it is excellent; use it with egg sauce and milk and it will make a dainty dish, or combine it with beaten egg, adding a spoonful of flour and friz­ zle in a little butter and it will make a savory and nourishing kind of omelette. SLICED SMOKKD BEEF. --Mince it fine and sprinkle it into a saiad, or mix it also with potatoes and egg for a cake, or use it with a spoonful of flour and eggs for an omelette, or heat it by steam through and eat it with a can of warmed up peas or a dish of stewed onions and potatoes. LEMON PUDDING.--One lemon grated, rind and pulp, oue cup of sugar, one cup of water or sweet milk, four eggs, three tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two tablespoonfuls of flour. Line a deep dish with pastry crusts, pour the custard in, bake thirty minutes. Beat the whites of three or four eggs to a stiff froth, sweeten, spread over the top of the pudding, and let it br9wn slightly. To COOK RICE.--To cook rice so that the grains will be whole and tender, wash it in cold water until the water looks clear, then cook it rapidly in boil­ ing water for fifteen minutes, after which drain and place the covered saucepan on the back of the stove to steam until the grains crack open and are tender, which will be about fifteen minutes longer. BREAKFAST HERRING.--Place the her­ ring over a steamer and heat them well through, touch them up with a little butter and have a dish of well steamed potatoes ready, and it will make a meal. Chop the herring very fine, mix with mashed potatoes and a beaten up egg, and fry in a little butter, aud it will make a nice potato cake. POTATO CROQUETTES.--Take six boiled potatoes, pass them through a sieve; add to them three tablespoonfuls of ham grated or minced finely, a little grated nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste, and some chopped parsley; work into this mixture the yolks of three or four eggs, then fashion it iuto the shape of balls, roll them in bread-crnmbs, and fry in hot lard, and serve with fried parsley. LYOWATSF POTATOES.--Boil the pota­ toes with their jackets on and allow them to cool in order to have them solid. Pee] and cut into slices about a quarter of an inch thick, slice an ordinary sized onion for lialf-a dozen potatoes. As soou as a tablespoonful of butter has melted in the pan, aud the onion begun to color, put in the slices of potatoes. Stir them a little. Season with salt and pepper. Fry the potatoes until they are a golden brown, and then chop up a tablespoonful of parsley and spriukle it over them just before taking them out POTATO SALAD.--Take some cold boiled potatoes and slice very thin; add to them three hard-boiled eggs, also sliced thin; ohop one small, fresh onion. In a glass bowl or salad-dish put a layer of potatoes, then a layer of eggs, and Bprinkle over them a little chopped onion, salt and pepper. For dressing, take the yolk of a raw egg and stir into it half a teaspoonful of made mustard. Beat into it, drop by drop, three table­ spoonfuls of sweet cream; add oue table­ spoonfuls of strong vinegar and the white of the egg beaten to a stiff froth. II needed for supper make at noontime. Flakes of cold boiled salmon, cod or halibut, substituted for the eggs, or added with them will improve the salad. try houses generally have no other means of ventilation than that afforded by the doors aud windows, while the air in them is rendered foul by the vapors that arise from the wash-boiler and the dishes that are being cooked on the stove. Not one farm-house i Encouragement. An amusing story is told of a little fellow named Artie, one of three broth­ ers, whose parents had brought them tip to l>e brave and self-reliant. He couldn't do much, but what he could do he did with all his might. And as their parents were Methodists of the good old-fashioned kind, the boys were in the habit of hearing--at such times--the hearty " Amen" break forth from their father's lips when the sermon w:is particularly enjoyable. One cold Sabbath day these children were left at home, with many cautions to be careful. Hardly had the parents l&ft ere the woodwork near the stovepipe was dis­ covered to be on fire and out of the children's reach; but, with wonderful activity and energy, the eldest climbed upon the table and put out the flames. Wlieu the father and mother returned they shuddered to see the danger to which their dear ones had been exposed, and, with thankful hearts, praised them for their courage. " How did you manage, Tommy, to reach the fire ? ' asked their father. " Why," said Tommy, " I pushed the table up to the wall and got upon that" "And did you help brother, Jimmy?" to the next. "Yes, sir; I brought him a pail of Coun- ! water and handed him the dipper." WRINKLES are the tomb of love. LISTEN |o oonscienoe more than to in­ tellect. MORE important than the thing you do may be the discipline of the doing. THE things which we enjoy are pass­ ing, aud we are passing who enjoy them. THE greatest sources of happiness and usefulness are open to rich and poor alike. BODILY labor alleviates the pain of the mind? whence arises the happiness ol the poor. TEMPTATIONS come to us from our own. bosom mainly. That is the great maga­ zine of temptations. I HAVE seldom known any one who deserted^ truth in trifles that could be trusted in matters of importance. DOUBT always sees huge obstacles in the way of accomplishihg anything-- nay, the doubt itself is the obstacle. THE highest elements of character, of power and of dignity lie within the reach of the lowest and the poorest. ONE of the moet effectual ways of pleasing and of making one's self loved is to be cheerful; joy softens more hearts than tears. <?? LIFE is a casket, not precious in it­ self, but valuable in proportion to what fortune, or industry, or virtue has placed within it. * HOPE is mau's birthright, which, after all his blandishments, delusions and mockeries, never maketh him ashamed to hope on, hope ever. AFTER we have learned to give willing­ ly when asked, we will next learn to give as largely without the asking. -- Central Baptist, ONLY the waters in the ship can sink the ship; but while kept outside, all the heaving deep waters thundering over three-fifths of the globe can work no shipwreck. THE last, best fruit, which comes late to perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbear­ ance toward the unfortunate, warmth of heart toward the misanthropic. "Oil, THOU to-morrow! Mystery/ Oh, day tliut ever runs bifore! ,5 What has thy hiddeu hand in store For mini1, to-morrow, anil for tue? Oh ! thou to-uiorrow wlmt hast thou In store to make me bear thee now?" THE images with ^hich the minds holds converse may uplift or degrade as truly as companions iu bodily form. A thought may scar the soul as a weapon leaves its mark on the flesh.--National Baptist. • HE WHO hates an enemy, gives him more reason for animosity; he who slums him, creates the su picion that he hates him; he who forgives him, always triumphs over him; he who loves him, makes him a means of good. 1 BELIEVE that virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen. I believ<e that Bhe and every beautiful object in exter­ nal nature, claims some sympathy in the breast of the poorest man who breaks his scanty loaf of daily bread.-- Dlckenn, THE best part of one's life is the per­ formance of one's daily duties. All higher motives, ideals, conceptions, sen­ timents, in a man are of no account if they do not come down and strengthen him for the better discharge of the duties which devolve upou him in the ordinary affairs of life. HAPPINESS is like manna. It is to be gathered in the grains and enjoyed every day; it will not keep; it can not be accumulated; nor need we go out of ourselves nor into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from heaven, at our doors, or rather within them. How strongly a man loves is not to be measured by the flame of the impulse that he litis at any hour or at any mo­ ment. It is what he is willing to do aud to suffer for another that measures how much he loves. The mere outgushing of emotion is one test, but an unfit one. The living one's life--not the laying it down, but the usiug it for the object loved--is the highest test possible. PERRY DAVIS' Pain-Killer « SAFE AND tlin REMEDY F0« MnunatisB, Hroralfta, Cramps, Cliolsra, Diartkoni UJ8NW|i 'And what did you do?" said the proud father to his pet, the youngest of the group. " Well, papa," said Artie, " you see I was too small to help put out the fire, so I just stood by and hollered •Amen." "-- Yr/ntKn Companion. A Philosopher. "My son," said the aged philosopher, as he got his back braced against a bale of hay on the wharf, " it's all in know­ ing how. For instance, nine out of ten people who go on a steamboat excursion suffer with the crowd and jam. What idiots ! I eat an onion five min­ utes before going aboard, and, as a re­ sult, have two chairs to sit on, while you have to stand up. I enjoy the same cool breezes, see the same scenery, and come home refreshed and serene. One simple onion does the business. " You chase a- street-car, and then stand up after you get in. Do I ? Never! When I want a car I fall lame. The driver stops short on seeing my condition, and 1 no sooner enter the car tliau some one gives me a seat. It's only the difference between a walk and a limp, and yet you never thought of it " Most men who use tobacco carry their pouch or box in the coat-tail pocket. When feeling for it they in­ variably feel in the wrong pocket. I presume there are 3,009,000 tobacco- chewers in this country. Each one av­ erages ten chews per day; each one con­ sumes fifteen minutes per day iu feeling in the wrong poeket. Here are 45,000,- 000 minutes per day lost and gone. Has Yankee genius ever sought to save these precious hours and days and weeks ? It has. I am the man. My invention or substitute is a glass l>ox suspended to the neck by a string. It is in sight, handy to reach, and, if empty, the fact can be seen without opening it "When you want a glass of ginger ale or soda," continued the old man as he gathered up a rip in the leg of his pants, "you have to come down with a nickel. Do I ? Not much! I im­ bibe the same as you do, enjoy it the same, and, when through, tell the man he can either pump me out or let me go. " When you want a lunch you must pay 30 to 75 cents. Do I ? Not by a hat full of hornets! I rush in, rattle the keys aud nails in my pocket, fill up, and then softly remark that I'm ready to be kicked. But they never do it It would raise a row, drive away custom and give the place a bad name. " If you rent a house vou must pay the rent. If I rent one I have one of the children rubbed with croton oil, and the owner pays me to move out for fear of the small-pox. If you ride in a hack you must pay.' If I ride in one I be­ come insane and the driver is glad enough to see me go my way. "If you run in debt at the grocery you must pay or be sued. If I run in debt the groce­ ry won't throw good money after bad. When you want clothes you must come down. When I want 'em I find some drunkard asleep in an alley. And yet people are fools enough to believe that philosophy and broadcloth go hand in hand, ami that wit and genius move only iu good society J"--Detroit Free Press. "ALL there!" Clerk (who was called to see the gas meter) "Is yours a wet or a dry meter, madam ?" Young wife (who does not like to show ignorance)-- , "Weil, it is father damp, I'm afraid!" 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