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NEVER DOUBLE TROIULB. > • • • £ ~~T~ A TAXKIt WTJTMO^ A '.. . «3 K» good jpn ie a clever man, ~ \ ' ^ fwhicM® ORO 'Will gainsay: J» , • '*! fie lje,jwak.r to p:ot and plan : "*,• ** • . *"w •Gnus: liou« iu tho war. Whit I. without a thought of 111, frteep en tin <1 onongh for three: «jp ** '!• I neror trouble trouble till 1 'rouble troubles me. y'A holiday -we aov«r 4x / But ho is sura 'twill rain; j:. / And when tho sky is clear at six Ho knows it wont remain .. fie is ai ways proj lies} ing ill, To which-1 won't aijree,, , ^<Por I never trouble trouble tut Trouble troubles mo. , , The Trheat will never show atop-- But 6oon how green the field I tTe will not harvest hnlf a crop-- Ye* have a famous yieid. » •will not 6ell^ it never will; But I will wait and see, For I never trouble trouble till Trouble troubles me. have a good share of worldly «tife And fortune seems secure. Tit my good man is full of ear-- Misfortune's coming sure! »eMs Be points mo out tho almBhou#3 »e(j But cannot make mo see. For I never trouble trouble till Trouble troubles me. 4^ ,4, » life has a sort of second sight, * !* And when tho fit is strong, £b> sees boyend the good and • -J *lhe evil and the wrong. ^ ' . Heaven's cup of joy ho'll surely spCll ' JUnleBB I with him be, For I never troublo trouble till ̂ Tronble trouble* me. *" --Jforrislown Hirald. 1 TEA-PARTY OF TWO. BIT AKNE CIS RES FBITSCH. "Well, here I be; now where's that jell?" said Mrs. Lester, a portly dame of fifty or thereabouts, who had boen summoned "over" by her neighbor to give her valued opinion regarding a number of glasses of fruit jelly which she had made on the day previous, and "which was still ostensibly refusing to congeal. "Here 'tis", replied Mrs. ̂ Simpson, a thin, middle-aged woman, of the type one meets so often in farming commu­ nities ; women who fret and worry themselves old long before their time; women on whose faccs the long, hot days of overwork, and the sleepless nights, spent in tending restless infants, have traced line after line, until their owners might easily be mistaken for their husbands' mothers. Mrs. Lester was justly proud of her local reputation as un authority in mat­ ters culinary, a£d now she stood in Mrs. Simpson's pantry, contemplating the row of glasses as they stood on the shelf, giving forth pale golden gleams from their amber-colored contents. "Lerume see," said she with a critical - glance, "that 'ere jell don't look so bad nuther; it's clear enough; not but what its looks wouldn't be eggsactly what they'd orter be, held up by the side o' mine. Did ye bile it the right length o' time ?" "Yes, twenty minnits, jest as je told me to t'other day1" "An' stirred the sugar an' juice to­ gether, afore ye sat it onto the fire?" "Yes?" "An' measured yer juice with a pint cup, an' then the sugar the same? 'Cause, ye know, it takes a pound o' sugar to a pint o' juice fer to make jell, an' a pint's pint all the year 'round, as the old savin' is." "No, I didn't do that," replied Mrs. Simpson, "I was iu a hurry, 'cause the baby wus beginnin' to fret, an' 'twas most time fer him to be rocked to sleep, an, I knowed ef I didn't hurry he'd git to squallin' an' I'd hev to stop right into the middle ov the * jell. So I jest lumped it off an' "Yes! tho hois that goes the fastest don't always git to town fust. Ye might ha' knowed ve'd spile it. Guess at it, I should say as much! Ye're a sight better hand at guessin' than I be, ef ye ken do that." "But," ventured poor Mrs. Simpson, quailing before her stern judge, "I reckoned a dollar's Worth o' sugar orter be plenty an' to spare, fer to make that ere kittle o' juice----" "Never mind what ye reckoned, ye might ha' knowed better. That 'ere jell aint never goin' to amount to noth­ ing not ef yo let it.stan' 'til doomsday. Ef ye'll foller my advice, ye'll stew up a lot o' apples into it an'can it, an' 'twill make a lot o' good common sass fer winter. Good enough to be sat on when ve aint got no comp'ny, or even ef somebody is a visitin' ye what ye don't consider " o' much consequence. In course, ve wouldn't want to set it on when the minister has come to see ye." "No, in oourse not," said poor Sirs. Simpson in a weary, disspirited sort of way, "I wouldn't think o' putting it on arter her husbun died with blood pizenin'; that he'd ketclied a cnttin' a dead corpse to pieces; (sarved him right, J say.) "Doc' Larcom wus a yoang, entar- prisin' feller, jest got done studyin' to collidge. He took amazin'ly with the folks 'round here, 'cause why? he tried ta make friends with everybody an' took a si^ht ov int'rest iu the pashunts what fell into his hands, an' he hed mighty good luck a doc-'rin' folks. "As wus to be expected, the gals all got very sweet on him, an' ef he'd wauted to git married he could ha' had the pick o' them afore he wus livin' amongst us six months. But he didn't hev no hankerin' arter married life, leastways it looked to us all as ef his doct'rin' hiziness wus a takin' up all his time an' tliorts. "Wall, the follerin' winter there wus a big s'prise party got up on Simon Sprague, 'twus t.n the 19th o' Decem­ ber, seein' that's his birthday." * "All ov our folks wus there an* we calc'lated on lievin' a stavin' good time, an' would ha' hed it, too, ef it hedn't a bin fer Amarias Fenton, 'Bias, we call him fer short, 'cause it's handier, but Amarias is his name; Amarias. . "He's a likely feller enough, 'Ria* is, when he's sober, which is most o' the time, 'cause he can't git no licker 'round these parts, but when he gits off to town or somewhere away from hum, he's sure to come back middlin' well sot up. "That day he'd bin to town with a load of fat liogg, an' that's what oilded him an' made him act so queer like to tho party, 'though I wus fur from sus- picionin' the truth; seein' I didn't know he'd bin from hum. His wuinman must lia' knowed it, though nobody couldn't rightly blame her fer keein' it to herself, poor crittar. "Wall, 'Bias begun to act amazin' queer an' locked sick an' white in the face, an' he sweat so the water stood onto his, hide in big drops. Everybody crowded 'round him, axin' questions an' offer in' their help, an' that natterelly made liim wuss; it al\\'U3 dnz. "I stepped up an' ses to tho crowd: " 'Jest stan' aside, all ov ye, will ye, 'cause ye're a henderin' more'n ye're a helpin'. An' you, Tildy, (that's his wumman's name, though it orter be spoke Miatildy, but Tildy's what I'd called her from a leetle gal up), 'git yerself an' yer young ones ready; 'cause me an' my man is a goin' to take 'Bias sti'aiglit hum.' "By the time we got him hum an' to bed, 'Bias wus that sick he never stirred, no, no more'n a saw log. "Tildy she got scairt an* begun to cry, but I said to her, ses I: " 'Don't ye worry. I reckon I ken fetch him out o' this all right. It's nothin' 'cept a attackt o' dumb ager, an' it's struck onto his stummick an' the opine o' his back an' his midrift an' brain.' " 'Oh, my!' ses Tildy, 'of it's settled onto so mennv diffrunt vitals he's got to die, I jest know ha lies. Oh--oh-- oh!' " 'Look here, Tildy,' sos I, kinder soothin', 'cause I felt sorry fer her ignorance; 'look here, ain't I here, uu' what be I here fer ef not to save his life? Hain't I nnssed duzens o' sick folks what would ha' died ef it hedn't bin fer me? 'Causa good nussin' goes a sight fuither than pbor doct'rin', an' I reckon ef ennybody ken tell what ails a sick person, I ken, fer my eyes is natterelly keen in them things." ' " 'An now, ye go down suller an' fetch up a half a bushel or so ov onions an' set all hands a peelin' 'em, fer I see frphag when he's here; he's sech a jedge o' vittles." "My sakes alive!" ejaculated Mrs. Lester, sotto voce, as they emerged from tho pantry into the sitting-room, "did ye ever! Look through this win­ der onto the porch, what do ye pee?" her rotund figure fairly quivering with suppressed laughter. "Ye may well ask," said Mrs. Simp­ son in an irritated tone. The sight had evidently driven the fiasco of her jelly from her mind for the time being and aroused stronger currents of emotion than that misfortune had done. "What do I see, but that rattle-headed gal o mine lookin' sweet at that popin­ jay ov a new store keeper, that's goin' past. I'd sot her to sewin' carpet rags, but it looks as ef she needed all her eyes to see him with. She feels mighty flattered when he goes by an' lifts up his hat city fashion, the conceity critter, an' bows - as ef he meant to double clear over. An' she thinks she's dretfnl cute, sence he stops to talk to her acrost the fence; she acts tickled to death over him. Gals aint what they used to be; that's what I shall alwus stick to. I don't know what my mother would ha' done to me ef I'd kerried on in that style " "Now look here," said Mrs. Lester, vigorously rocking herself in the chintz-' •covered vocking-cliair in which she had deposited her ample person, "ye're •wrong there, as ye mostly alwus be. Ye're in too big a hurry;. jest as ye . wus with yer jell! An' ef ye don't go a leetle more slow ye may spile yer dar­ ter's prospects o' life jest as ye've spiled that Gals is gals, an' young uuen is young men. Let Trafeeny hev her day; ye've hed yourn. An' don't be in sech" a desp'rit hurry to run Mr. Perkins dpwn, jest 'cause he's a new comer an' sort o' stylish. Ef he's smitten wifrh Trafeeny, wait an' see what'll come on it; you haven't got no light to stan' in her light. On the con­ trary, ef a likely young feller shows signs o' bein' took with her, it's yer duty to help it along all ye ken. "That's what I done when my Phoebo •Ann, wlitit's married to Dr, Larcom, wus a gaL Ye warn't livin' in these parts then, an' can't be expected.to hev heerd on't. "Seein' my morning's work is done <up to hum I don't mind stayin' long enough to tell ye all about it. " 'Twas five years ago, last sheep •shearin' time, sence Dr. Larcom hangUt out eld Doc Altec's widder, tliaT^moWt o lered us here; 'sp cfc they feel wor- retted about poor 'Bias.' "Twarn't long afore the onions wus peeled an' stewed into a kittle. "Soon's ever they wus cooled off enough, so's they wouldn't blister 'Biase's hide, which I satisfied myself ov by puttin' some o' the poultice onto him five or 6ix times afore I got it cooled down to the proper tempera­ ture, I cilled for abed sheet an' spread it out on the floor, an' ladled the onion poultice onto it; oven an' smooth like. "By that time the men folks hed un­ dressed 'Bias, an' I made four on !em take the sheet up by the corners care­ ful like and kerry it into the bed-room. Then I made someo' the stoutest fellers lift 'Bias up, an' me an' Tildy spread the sheet out onto the bed an' rolled him up into it, from head to foot; 'twas as ef he'd bin put to soak in stewed onions. " 'There now,' ses I, 'ef any doctor ken beat that. I'd like to see him. My word fer it, 'Bias will be up an' ready to go choppin' cord wood inside twenty- four hours.' " 'Let us hope that your words may be verified; meanwhile, madam, will you allow me to approich the bedside and examine my patient?' ses somebody behind me, and when I looked 'round there stood our new docter, a shakin' all over, and lookin' dretful red in the face; he tried so hard to keep from bustin' out larfin. " 'Doc,' ses I, kinder riled up, as who wouldn't be? 'ef that's what ye came fer, to make fun of a wumman what's old enough fer to be your mother, ye'd better ha' staid to hum. An' ef ye're larfin at my onion poultice, ye'd better lia' took lessons o' me in doct'rin. What good is all yer collidge larnin' ef ye don't even know that onions is the best medicine when the ager lies struck onto folkses vitals ? An' as fer 'Bias bein' yer pashunt, I don t know about that I hed them onions wrapped 'round him afore ye showed up in here.' "Ye'd better b'lieve them words took him down a peg or two. He axed my parding fer hurtin' my feelin's an' said that Mrs. Fenton hed sent fer him. Then he axed Tildy some questions, off into a corner, in a low-spoke voice. "I wus powerfully took aback when he told us that what ailed his pashunt was indnlgin' in intoxicatin' bevereges too freely--'cause them's the high-flown words he used--an' that 'Bias would be all right in the mornin'. "But my sperrits riz afore long, 'cause 1 considered that ef 'Bias hed hed the ager instil o* being drunk, why, my onion poultice would ha' bin just the thing an' would ha' gone fur ahead ov all the stuff the docter could har gi'n him." "But," remarked Mrs. Simpson, with a nervous glance at the kitcben clock, whose hands were pointing the hour when preparations for dinner for her numerous family and the farm hands must be made, "ye wus a goin' to tell how Phoebe Ann an' the docter come to be married; ye hain't told nothin about it yet" "I know it; Tm comin' to it now. wus a follerin' the straight road that led to their gittin' married, right along. I don't b'lieve in no cuts crost lots, I don't, not when I'm tellin' stories, nor in nothin' else. Ye ken see by the straight at me, kinder pitiful and *ciurt like, an* with the tears a glistenin' in her eyes. " 'Oh! ma,' ses she to me, 'will he die?' " 'Die!' ses I, "not while yer mother's a nussin' him, I reckon.' ^* "Then, seein' that the doctor looked at her kind o' sharp, as ef he wus took with her looks, I said: " 'Doc, this is ray oldest gal, Phoebe Ann; she's jest come hum fromboardin' school, an' hes learned a sight o' cu'ti- vashun. You an' her hed better go into tho kitchen an' visit awhile, seein' ye've got through with 'Bias in here. "When we was a climbin' into the bob-sleigh to go hum Phoebe Ann sed to me, ses she: " 'Ma, Dr. Larcom is a dretful smart man, an' good lookin', too. An he's comin' to our house next Sunday night ef nothin' happens, a purpose to git acquainted with us.' ^ "I chuckled inwardly but said nothin', cause I see which way the wind wus a bio win'. He came, sure enough, an' that wus the beginnin' o' their court­ ship. "Show me a gal round here that's done bettor gettin' married than Phoebe Ann, an' that's why I say to ye: Don't stan' in Trafeeny'slight," but--good gra­ cious me! Ye don't say its most twelve? An' there's my bread to hum, that orter bin made up an hour ago. I bet the dough's run out o' the pan onto the floor, an' there's my dinner. Well, I shall hev to hurry hum fast es I kin trot. "Good mornin', good mornin'! an don't fergit what I told ye about Trafeeny an' the jell." Recovery of Lost Articles. Some curious discoveries of valuable articles occur from time to time. For example, a singular literary discovery was made at a monastery in the Island of St Lazarus, at Venice. A pet mon­ key had climbed to the top of a boot- case, and was amusing itself in imitat­ ing a venerable monk, who was trying to induce it to descend. The animal, in a sudden freak, seized a bundle of papers, and breaking tho string, show­ ered down on the father's head a num­ ber of letters, the ink of which had be­ come 3rellow with age. They were said to be a series of letters which Lord Byron wrote to the monks of St Laz­ arus, with whom he had once resided. An extraordinary instance of the re­ covery of a lost ring may be added to the list of curi ras finds. A lady when digging holes for planting celery tin- consciously dropped the ring into one of the holes. A plant was inserted, doubtless through the ring, and as the root grew the ring must have become embedded in its substance. The ring had been given up for lost until the following winter, when the mystery was cleared up by the ring making its appearance among the soup at dinner in a portion of fee celery root A woman employed as a rag-sorter lately mef with a lucky find. While she was engaged in sorting a quantity of rags which had been in stock for a long time, having been sent from France, she came across something re­ sembling a dress improver, which she cut open, and found in it French coins and notes to the value of over £28, which became her property as the finder. A very opportune discovery of money occurred to a distressed person in Lon­ don. A distraint for arrears of rent to the amount of £80 had been levied on wKKKKKKm 110 HUH uUell "Why A CIKCUS HIMSELF. Ithose days. They were obliged1, there­fore to send their Sunday nndefcloth-,w,oulauj», os uoumnv J Those of the Clown". "• A middle-aged man, whose face bore the imprint of that great household virtue; patience, leading a little boy by the hand, elbowed his way through a crowd at (} circus. "We'll sit here, Jiramie, where we | order> but ifcwa3 ft miracle of- ele" nce can see everything, said he. "Now | ia the eJea of the minerg anJ theH .Ce. WOrr?re, . . - i lestial was tempted to come over the The boy gazed m astonishment at the |pacific/ aaJ 0'nce Lere 8(K)n ,earned vast crowd, remained silent for a few | how th0 washerwoman of the time did ing te China, and did not, as Napoleon recommended, 'wash their dirty linen at home.' The garments were at hand again on Saturdav--not the Saturday following their doparturo, but some Saturday al>out four months later. The work was not of a very superior few moments, then said: "Papa, papa." "Well?" "When will the showman "Alter a while." "Do them men over there with the horns belong to the show?" "Oh, yes." "An' does that man standin* there by that pole own the show?" "No; that's a town marshal." "What's a town marshal?" "A man that arrests people. her work, and improved very largely on her plan; and it is to be feared that the Chinaman ha* left his teacher far behind him.--Francisco J£xam- inen Know One Thing W<H* It has "been remarked that tho farmers who best succeed in this coun­ try are thoso who devote their chief at­ tention to some one product which is favored by their special soil and cli­ mate. There is a county in New Jersey and a town in Michigan where farmers grow rich by raising a vegetable so un­ important as celery. One region of Long Island thrives upon asparagus ; parts of Delaware upon peaches; the Gulf States, upon cetton; Northern Vermont, upon gras3 in its various down if ; forms df milk, butter, cheese and beef; put you in jail, couldn't | Northern New York, upon potatoes ' transmitted into starch; Iowa, placed the ex< antique" left to the last from mere accident On looking into one of the drawers a small paper parcel was discovered, which was found to contain 114 old guineas of the reign of George IIL The claim was, of course, soon discharged, and the furniture restored to its proper position. ' But perhaps as curious a find as any was that which lately took plaoe at the New Britidi Iroa Company's Works, Cradley Heath. Among a quantity of scrap iron forwarded to the works was a disVod malt mill. Upon some work­ men placing the mill under a steam hammer for the purpose of breaking and preparing it for the furnace, iponey was scattered in all directions from the mill. The find is said to haVe been about £100, and the workmen were al­ lowed by the manager to retain the money.--Chambera' Journal. Becoming Gray. Brete Harte is becoming very gray. His hair is almost snowy white, but it- is thick and luxnriant, so that the ex­ treme lightness of color does" not give him au appearance of age. He looks younger than he did ten years ago, when his hair was brown, with hardly a trace of gray in it. His color is the fresh color of a man who livos a care­ ful, regular life. Mr. Harte's white hair is combed down very low over his fore­ head. His eyes are dark and full and deep set His nose is a small Boman. His mustache is quite dark and makes a striking contrast to the whiteness of his hair. He looks not unlike Lord Wolseley, Adjutant General of the British army. Mr. Harte is living very quietly and goes out but little. He is now engaged on a new book, and is husbanding all his resources for that-- Detroit Free Press. mishap with yer jell what comes folkses bein' in such a des'prit hurry. "Whilst me an' the doctor wag stan'in' talkin' over 'Biases condishua.in come Phoebe Ann; she leaned acrost the foot-board o' the bedstid an' looked "How arrests them?" "Puts them in jaiL" "Will he put jou in jail!** "O, na" "Why?" "Because I haven't do] "How done anything?" "Why, I haven't been bad." "But you could knock him he tried to yon?" "I suppose so." "And then he'd let you alone, wouldn't he?" "I think so." The band struck up, and the per­ formance began. The boy becoming all eyes for a time lost his tongue. "There's tho clown," said the tether, but the next moment regretted having said anything, for the boy wanted to know what was a clown? "Why, he's tho man that makes tho people laugh." . "Will he make you laugh!* "Well, I think not" "Why?" "Because I have seen him so often.* "Will he make me laugh?" "I think bo.- "Why?" "Hush, now, and look at the per­ formance." "What's the performancef "The acting." "What's the acting?" "What tho actors do in the ring." "What's the ring?" "That er --that round plaoe out there. Look at the lady on the horse." "Does mamma ride that way?" "Of course not What" do you mean ?" "Last night when you came home, you told her every time you stayed out late she got on a high horse." "I was joking." "What's joking?" "For goodness sake, hush. See, all those people are looking at you." "What for?" "O, I don't know." "Why?" "Listen, nowT~~^he^clown's going to sing." What for?" "Hush!" "Why?" "If you don't home." A few moments of silence followed. One of the clowns said something, the audience roared and the boy, turning to his father, asked why the people laughed. ,ughing at what the clown said." ' at did lie say ?" n't know." * take you Cutting Red Tape. Harper's Bazar gives tlie following veracious report of an interview between a negro and a sentinel at army gate, Bichmond, just after the war: Sentinel-- Halt! Negro--What I gut halt for ? Sentinel--No one allowed in there. Negro--But I 'bleeged to go; I got a note for de boss. Sentinel--No one allowed to go in without a pass. Negro--But I tell you I 'bleeged to go in; Mr. Annerson he sent me. Sentinel--Can'tJUelp who sent you; you can't go in. Negro--Well, den, you gimme de gun an' you take de note. Too Well Reconciled. "My brother," said the pastor, laying his hand tenderly upon the shoulder of the weeping man, "I know not how to comfort you. You have lost the best and dearest friend in all this world, but the Bible teaches you resigna­ tion--" "Never!" howled the stricken post­ master, springing to his feet--"never I I'll hold on to the eud of my term, and you haven't- got enough influence in your whole party to put me out! Don't come around talking resignation to me!"--Burdelte. A NOBLE nature can alone attract the noble, and alone knows how to retain them. .tniXide you lauj h!"mat sayin' ?" KANSAS railroads are $500,000,000. worth close to Why? What n "Announcing t "What's tho cdti "A show." "This show?" "No." "Another show?" "Ah, hah." "Where?" "Here." "Bight now ?" "No." "When?" "My gracious alive! if you don't h I'll take you home. I never saw sue a boy in my life. You are worse than the nettle rash!" "What's the nettle rash?" "It's--it's--oh. I don't know!" "What made you say I am worse than it for, then?" "Are you going to hush?" glaring at the boy. "Yos, sir." "Well, see that you do, now." After a short silence the boy broke out again concerning the man who sold song-books. "What does he want to sell them for?" "For money." "To buv candy with ?" "Ah hah." "Has he got anv boys?" "I don't know." "Why?" "Great Cicsar! Didn't I tell you to liusli ?" "Who is Cfesar?" "A man. Hush!" "A showman?" "Ah, hah," abstractedly. "Could he jump over a horse?" "Yes," musingly. "Did vou know him?" "Ah, hah." "Did I ever see him?" "Yes." "Does mamma know him?" "Know who?" arousing himself. "Ciesar." "No, no. What are you talking about?" "Do you liko him ?" "Come on, now; we are going home." "What for?" "The show is over." "Are you going to stay to the con­ cert?" some one asked. "Not if I can help it," the father re­ plied. Shortly afterward a perspiring man, leading a "Jiang-back" boy, might have been seen walking across a lot The man sighed deeply, and the boy asked: "What made \ 6u dothat?" Where They Learned to Wash. "How did the Chinaman learn to wash our clothes so well?" said a gen­ tleman who has passed most of his life in China. "Well, not in his native land upon corn condensed into pork and whisky. By concentrating his attention upon a single product or class of products, and that product favored by nature, the farmer surpasses competitors in other places. There is a world of se­ crets involved in tho raising of a fine field of cabbages. Try one row of fifty plants, and you will wonder that any man ever succeeded in winning the victory over the acute, numerous, and unslumbering rivals who dispute with you the possession of every leaf. The special farmer must of necessity possess all the erudition of his spec­ ialty, and he succeeds because ho does. A man became rich on the Hudson by raising one variety of apples, the Newtown pippin, which brought the best price in Europe and India. There are farmers in Virginia who gain a large revenue by raising peanuts. To use the language of our informant, "They know peanuts all to pieces." Is it not precisely tho same in all the avocations of us mortals? An English lady, who has been struggling for life in New York and Boston for six years as a writer, told her story the other day in tho Homan's Journal She failed because she did not know how to do any one thing well enough. Soon after reaching New York she was offered $15 a week to work upon an encyclopaedia, with a promise of $25 or $30 if she proved herself competent For a month she worked for herself and children with the energy of des­ peration, only to be told that her want of knowledge made har services use­ less. She has barely lived, she and her children, while seeing chance after chance j*lide by which she could not improve because she had not the special skill or knowledge required. But she had learned wisdom whieh she has utilized iu the education of her children. Each of them, she says, "knows one thing well," and both have good prospects of success because of this--one as a teacher of the usual English branches, and the other as a teacher of music. She utters this com­ ment, which we advise our ambitious young readers to consider: "There is one key only which will open the door to the bread winner, and that key is thorough knowledge of uml training for tho work selected, whether it be making a buttonhole or writing a treatise on philosophy. The days of amateur work in any department are over." Benefits of tlie Moon. The moon ministers to human wants in several ways that are not so apparent ,s its light-giving function, although me of them are much more important, by observing the position of the with referonce to tho fixed stars o navigator determines his longi- ' on the revolution of the moon arth is based a convenient ime, the month, intermedi- at furnished by the earth's nd its revolution through nbtful points in ancient have been frequently settled by means of eclipses of the moon, the dates of which could be accurately de­ termined. The intervention of the moon in eclipsing the sun gave astrono­ mers the opportunities for obtaining their first knowledge in regard to the solar envelope. But the largest effects on human welfare are produced by the moon through the agency of the tides. Twice a day the decomposing organic matter brought down to the seashore by rivers, or deposited along the woter's edge by human agency, is swept away by the tidal wave in its course around the globe. This sanitary service which the moon performs is of inconceivable value. In many harbors, largo ships and heavily-loaded rafts and barges are moved from the entrance to their wharves, miles above, by that slow and powerful tug, the flood-tide. An amount of work is thus done which, if it had to be provided by artificial means, would cost lor such a port as London thousands, perhaps millions, of pounds yearly.---Popular Science News. Tongue Trippers. v Facile princeps among those crafty word combinations to tho correct ut­ terance of which even tho perfectly sound brain cannot compel the tongue, stands the "Peter Piper" shibboleth, and next to it in difficulty, the line be­ ginning "seven slender saplings stood, etc. A writer in The Youth's Com­ panion gives us a very good list of sim­ ilar sentences. Test your mental pre­ cision and agility of speech on them. Gaze on the gay gray brigade. The sea ceatheth and it sufficeth ua. Say, should such a shapely sash shabby stitches show ? Strange strategic statistics. Cassell's solicitor shyly slashes a sloe. Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig- W*Sarah in a shawl shoveled soft snow slowly. She sells sea shells. A cup of coffee in a copper coffee-cup. Smith's spirit flask split Philip's sixth da1 its o1 cliron certainly, though he may have obtained sister's fifth squirrel's skulL the rudiments of the art there by hear' ing the Europeans swear at him when he brought them home their washing with the bosoms of the shirts looking like damp, white dishcloths, and their collars having the consistency of rib­ bons. He understood then what the The Leith police dismisseth us. Because. "Why do you call that man a cow­ boy?" "Because he is 42 years old, and hasn't been a boy for so long he has for­ gotten what it tastes like." "And why uuua» no uuuoiuiu'ju iu&u wiun iuo o juter barbarian, including the 'Melican do you caillnma ? „ "Well I man,'wanted. But it was onlv when he drives steers a«l liulta. JV ell I •ie actually came face to face with the thought there must be some reason for air artist from Hibernia and her colored it. I Kuew t a a . , . ister that he could with his own called because e J mnds do it The Argonauts of '49 first matinees were g!veni at the vesper hour ,ave him the opportunity to practice but I didn'^i know^you had sue «, kejn refined washing on a large scale, for j son®ew n ^ • there were few women in California in i wost. llutaeiie. Cooking Vegetable*. The cooking of vegetables is an Of no mean pretensions, requiring, like" other cooking, close attention. A little heart, as well as art, must needs go into the oven or the kettle, or a deli- sate taste will discern tho lack of it All kinds of green vegetables need to be examined with great care before washing, to see that nothing lurks underneath the leaves. Distinctly im­ pressed upon my memory is tho horror with which I found that my fork had bisected a large insect boiled with the cauliflower served at an elegant dinner party, which discovery spoiled the re­ mainder of the entertainment for me --an insignificant occurrence, perhaps, but one which is always connected in my mind with the charming dining- room of the hostess. Lettuce, spinach, and cauliflower need to be washed in several waters, and left in ice cold water a few mo­ ments before draining. The use of these greens is very apparent to one who studies the chemistry of food. By them slight indispositions are often re­ moved, and very likely grave disorders obviated. Almost every kind of vege­ table has it specific effect Celery, it is well known, is a nervous sedative, and acts favorably upon rheumatism and neuralgia; lettuce and cucumbers, with the acid which is used in dressing them, are cooling during the heat of summer; asparagus is an admirable blood puri­ fier; tomatoes stimulate the action of the stomach and liver; onions are a remedy for sleeplessness and are very wholesome; beets and turnips furnish waste material, while peas and beans are nutrious and strengthening in a high degree. But from the first of the list to the last much depends on the way they are served. Contrary to the old opinion, it is now believed by many of the best scientists of the present day that vegetables and cereals furnish all the substanoes needed for the nourishment and main­ tenance of the body. However that may be, fruits, grains, and vegetables largoly preponderate over meat in the dietary, and we cannot overestimate the necessity of preparing them so as to be at the same time appetizing and strengthening. In boiling voftitables it is much better to use soft water than hard. This is no fancy, but has been, and may be, dem­ onstrated. The housewife who is de­ pendent upon her cistern for soft water may dislike to use it in cooking, but a home-made filter will make cistern water palatable. A tight wooden keg with pebbles at the bottom, a layer of sand above, and coarsely powdered charcoal over that, with a faucet to draw off the water. This any farmer's boy can set up for his mother in the corner of the back kitchen. In some portions of the country where lime is abundant, such a filter for drink­ ing and cooking water ought to be in- dispensable. Occasionally a sensitive person cannot use alkaline water with­ out injury. All vessels used in cooking vegeta­ bles ought to be so clean that they would not soil a white cloth. After draining the vegetables either steam them--a way thatis not sufficiently pop­ ular--or plungo in water that has just eome to the boiling point Drain and dish the moment they are done.-- Housewife. Brevity Is the Soul of Wit. One of the best means of acquiring not only the ability, but also the love of writing is to begin the useful prac­ tice of conveying the most possible' thought and meaning in tho fewest words. If a person writes correctly he will be apt to think correctly, and at the same time will bw luopfrA* » love for the art. Pruning sentences of what is superfluous is a most beneficial practice, especially in a young writer, since prolixity is the bane of young authors, and if continued it will de­ stroy the Remand for their produc­ tions. \J Brevity ip'/ expression leads to per­ spicuity in style. The tendency of con­ tinuous writing is to increase sen­ tences at the expense of thought But the age is demanding more and more the thought of the writers in its most compact form. The long messages of the chief exec­ utives of the state and nation are rarely road through by the average citizen, while tho brief one is read by almost everybody. Edward Everett delivered an ele­ gant and eloquent, but long, address at the dedication of the soldiew' cemetery at Gettysburg, and Abraham Lincoln delivered one on the same occasion, the length of which would not cover an .or­ dinary page. The address of Everett is hardly remembered, while that of Lincoln is year by year memorized bv thousands of school chihlron. Patrick tfenry, by a fifteou minutes speech in the convention of delegates of Virginia, March 23, 1775, established his repu­ tation as a great orator. - As "brevity" is said to be the "soul of wit" so is brevity of expression the soul of sense. As a striking examplo of the brevity of expression, coupled with vast breadth of though';, may be mentioned the work of Francis Bacon as exhibited in his essays and the aphorisms in his "Novum Organum." Well may Lord Macaulay say: "His undertaking resembled the tent which the fairy Paribonon gave to Priuce Ahmad--fold it and it seemed a toy for tho hand of a lady--spread it, and the armies of powerful sultans might re­ pose beneath its shade."--The IFriter. Ft'encli Hatred ef Germans. One day in Paris recently I asked a gendarme the direction to a place I wished to see. He straightened up his crooked and lazy form and began to point the way, when a French woman passing along took in the situation. She came up and expostulated against the civilty. She declared I was an Englishman. I said "No." When the woman went away the gendarme con­ tinued to do his official duty and a fel­ low policeman interfered. This man said I was a German and shook his head in opposition to the kindness be­ ing shown me. I protested, but it was no use till I said "American." Then I was slapped on the shoulder and all was well. Thus, it is seen that this disposition to strike at England and Germany even pervades the gendar­ merie of Paris.--Boston Advertiser. A Zoological Loss. A famous sea anemone--a specimen of Actinia mesemOrijanthemum has just succumbed to parasitic disease iu the Boyal Botanical Gardens of Edin­ burgh, after sixty years of captivity. From its great age, and its more than 690 immediate offsprings, it had be­ come familiarly known as "Granny." This interesting creature is pictured in, several scientific works, and was visited by many eminent scientific men and travelers in addition to the usual sight­ seers. It was fed regularly onoe a fortnight with half a mussel, and was supplied with fresh water after each of these meals. OXS STATE NEWS. over has fiil^^^Voatli; A depth feei was reached* when Up,w<Ulfilim4l> wiUi soft walw, pnttingii' stop to operatic --Frank ()'Wilkin*, of Florence, Kas., . killed himself at Champaign recently bf taking morphine. He oame from his home hoping to marry Miss Amy Bixley. of Hoopestown, to whom he was at one time engaged, but sho refused to see him. --The Macon Conntv Supervisors met ll Decatur, recently, and ordered an inve«tf» gation of the books and records of the lastr twenty years. There has already bee#; found $6,000 due from the retiring Sheriff, • $700 from the late State's Attorney, and $1,100 from the outgoing School Superin­ tendent. The two latter have settled. Tits Supervisors refused to submit the building of a $100,000 court-house to the people, y --The Washington correspondent of tl||s Chicago Times has this reference to one c|t^ the State Congressional delegations: "J. G. Cannon, of Illinois, or 'Joe,' as be tfe called by Keed, Carlisle, Kandall. and otM) Congressmen who have Berved with him maOy . J-ears. is one of tho •wheel-horues of the Repnh- lean party in Congress. When appropriatfoiW are to I e fought over be is their main depend* ence, for he knows all about the needs of the various branches of the public service, and. what it ought to cost to run them. If partis aa capital can be made out of the apprcpriatiofe bills Cannon can point it out, and never laiM to do it. When he puts bis brosd foot in hie chair, and points the index £nger of his left - hand at the Democrats, yon may know he is warming up to his work. Canaon is chairman of the Kepublican caucus, and the heed of thelf - steering committee." ^ --The annual exhibition of the MacoB County Poultry Club began at Decatur re* cently, with 300 entries and nearly 80® finely bred birds of different varieties. There are exhibits from Parry, Petersburg^ , Chicago, Edinbnrg, Forsyth, Berlin, Em. : cry, Elmwood, llliopolis, Elwin, Daltoft City, Hillsboro, Buckley, Pittsfield, Macon, Hammond, and other cities. B. N. Pieroe. id Judge. Charles Dickens, Jr., who is in» tfrested in Buff Cochins and Hoodud,. visited the show. ' - ; ' ; --George A. Chenoweth, ef Argeot^y' Macon County, has sworn ont a Statefe warrant for the arrest of a young mjn. named Nelson, who wrote Chenoweth a note challenging him to fight a duel witti: pistols at fifteen paces. Chenoweth has the note, and will vigorously prosecute Nelson. The penalty on conviction for ail: parties attempting to fight a duel is a sen­ tence of one to five years at Joliet, and % line of not more than $3,000. The tw« men fell out about some trivial matter. --Maj. Daniel N. Bash, Paymaster, a^l pointed from this State, some ten or A dozen years ago, was last summer robbed of $7,350, which he left unwatched ins stage-coach, while he and two soldiers who were with him as a guard for the treasure were in an eating-house refreshing thera* solves. It did not impress a court of in* quiry that Maj. Bash bad taken due pre* cautions for the safety of the money, and he was therefore relieved from duty and ordered into temporary retirement at hit homo. That money stands on The books of the Treasury charged against the Pay­ master and his bondsmen, and Bomebo^y will have to make it good to the Govern­ ment unless jhe Gqjrernmentfeleases tfae& fromj-*" patel; <An<cus liabi was forriiSrl; islature from one of the Chicago district --The educational records of the Illinois.. delegation in Congress, according to the Congressional Diiectory, are as followae Senator Cullom had a university education* •' but the institution is not pamed; Senator , Farwell had an academic education: Mr» Mason studied in Birmingham College, bat did not graduate; Mr. Adams graduated at Harvard; Mr. Hopkins at Hillsdale, Mich.; Mr. Hitt at Asbiuy University; Mr. I'aysoft studied at Lombard University, but did net graduate; Mr. Post graduated at Union College, Schenectady; Mr. Gest graduated at Williams College, Massachusetts; Mr. Anderson graduated with the h'ghest hon­ ors of his class at some oollege'not named; Mr. Springer graduated at Indiana State University; Mr. Rowell graduated at Eure­ ka College. Illinois, and Jehu Baker studied at McKendree College, but did net graduate. Messrs. Dunham, Henderson. Lane, and Townshend had academic ed«"' cations; Messrs. Plumb and Thomas h«d common school educations^-and Mr. Law-- ler is one of the eight self-eduaated men ia the Congress. --The State Dairymen's Association held its annual session at Mount Carroll, with a large number of members present and A line display of dairy produeis. Many vaM» able prizes were offered for the best saa** " pies of products and best utensils. Secrttary l.espinasse spoke of the excellent quality buttur rnndu iu this Stute, and said that tue butter commanded tne bifLtst prices the world over. He thought the price of good but-, tur had not varied luuili in years, and that the market v .lue of it now is about the same aa It whh in 1817. President .lohubuu followed with Short addross, in which he asserted that the dairymen had reason to be thankful; that though tuey had in some sections of the StaJb ju»t passed through a severe drought he thought it would prove a blessing in the end, as the drought hud undoubtedly checked the over-prcduction. He said that farm­ ers wore compelled this year to utilise thalr corn iodder, and he believed that fodder is a bettor producer of milk than timothy hay. He thought that prices for good butter during the past year had beeu reasonably fair. Ue alluded to nog cholera, and thought the cases of thia disease shoul-l be looked into carefully, and that hogs and dairying went hnnd iu hand. Secretary I.espiuasse read a report on the olo.iinai'g&riue question. He believed a heavy tax shouU l»e laid upon oleo- nitirgurino, butterine, and all other bogae batters. He said that Pennsylvania, Ohio, Mis­ souri and other States have prohibited the sate of tucse bogus goods entirely, /knd asked why should not this State do tho same. He sat ad that tho sale of oleomargarine was 30 per cent, less thufi it was a year ago. P. W. l.ittle, ot I're-eu.ption. read a paper on tbe "Results ot Feeding Creamerv buttermilk to Ho:s." aa& illustrated his subject with his personal ex­ perience. "Ensilage' was the sub ectof several interesting papers apd a good deal of profita­ ble discusBiou. Hoa. Jouathan l'er aiii, ot Chicago, read the rirst paper. He t->ld what ensilage wus, how tho corn. rye. or clover should bo grown, fcarsested. cured, and fed. ' according to his practical knowledge. It waa the teed for dairymen, especially in a seasea like the last summer, when pastures wel* dried up. Ke was followed iu a bris.s Jiscue* sion by a number of members who tad uio»e or less experience, which varied with ditlerent locations and kinds of ensilage. But all agreed as to ti.e general benefit derive I from ta n*e» particularly as a milk and oee prcdueer. The big white southern com saoms to be the favorite varietv for pa>diicing .,u»utity and quality. J. N. Sawyer, of l.odfrey. also read a paper ua "Ensilage."* aud answered questions. He prs^ ferred com as an ensilage crop, and preferred a suuth-s de hill for silo, as it would be warmer in winter to feed from. He waa positive that the safest and best way t> procure good retolta was not to put straw or other dry snbetaaee with the gieen when i^ut into silo, while a fw otht-rs .• new of it b ing .lone successfully. The main point that those advocating ensiiace «eem to make is that eusila.-.e is so utuvU more sue- ceplitde to digestion that it took so gaoeh lees food to carry on oitfeeUoa. mU ftere «£ * silase would prodaee better resells than <*Mr foods. I >