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0ft *' p h • <> -In:" • ' • - • WHITE RITBB* **na.>. T. E WOMi 4< j through (he f<ww6^ ..." ^ ' «dl»i« o>r «ho pW« " •asiklinR i« the sunshiny in the win. TTRFOIPH TIN" BUSY OTTY, TJir.«iiuh thr fields** oora, BAJIR > ripp'tng riv««^ * Beautiful af> mora. JWunt in its missto®, JyOMiy thong h ibt " Benring in its IMX»<HI» • J nv» V, hrn >i<> fw* JUI nubduetl and geM^ Overcoming strife tor the liven of otti«es Spending *'.1 it-s "(S. km 1 stand it ©>mea a th<>u«tiM*OB» (Fblls a tear --I hidaftt Patient a* tho mm Wtm lie ever, bearing Sorrow silently ; All OUR PLEASURES uliariag, ^Ith a childiwh glee ; Cbn rful as » m-.nhesm. Tender, true and * A&d a <it ath'.esR halo Shines ar.mnd his K no revelation Vhispered fromfl»©«04l Bat that form benpatb It, I should trust in <k>A. If no light supernal To my sou! was given, Ufa memory eternal Were hint enough of IfaMSZ, Ind. COUSIN EDWAM. Row He Lewned His LB--on. CHATTER L •* Ob, vhat have I don© t What have I • $tvne r exclaimed Nelli& under her hres.th, as sad and disuii^d she hnr- rw*J n» the garden path. "He will WTO? W kind to me any more. How tt-ml.i I k&ve saifl such tilings!" And I** isiaA? trembltxi «o that she could jcurviT lift tct" latch of the old-fash- ioMid acd aho turned away to .qnx~ a little before going in. TV. *rss lowly and luxuriant, tail Iwrty weighing down the Itflsat ti' ail the beautiful blossoms, anadf ill «£0 naw lowly in the calm. f i«t£r ttrii of the moon which shone so j torjpfrtb ^erhesui. Bnt with and mother--all tluxje, and many of the neighbors besides, soon saw what it would como to. And Nellie grew older and graver day by day. But as I vet she kept her own secret, and she hoped more and more that Edward luid forgotten her foolish, thoughtless words on a certain moonlight night, now some seven or eight wr^ks ago. At last the engagement was an­ nounced. Grace Bassett had no friends to interfere with heir, and, flatteml by Edward's attentions, and quite believ mg that she loved him "quite enough t'or happiness," she had agreed that the m«rriag<e should take place us soon as all needful arrangements cotud be made. " You know, Nellie," said she, as the two sat sewing in the garden one hot af­ ternoon, while Edward was out on his rounds, "it really does not do to love a person too much. You are certain to become a slave to his whims and ca­ prices if you do. I have always made up my mind that I would marry a man who i loved me, and that if I had a reasonable j liking for him in return ho would not . expect or even wish anything more." | Nellie made some reply, she scarcely j knew wrh!*ft)and then she went on think- , ing the matter over. Had she been ex­ alting love to an undue value? With . her it had stood before every Hung. "If a man would give all the substance of his house for love it would utterly l>e contemned." She had entirely indorsed the sentiment. But now was it passible j that she had made a mistake ? Grucie [ Bassi'tt was a year or two older than herself, and probably knew better than she did. Nevertheless, at the conclusion ! of her cogitations, Nellie shook her head, and half smiled and half sighed as she answered: j j " Well, you have, of course, a right ! to your own opinion, Gracie, but I must 1 say I don't agree with you. I think | that I would rather die "than marry a j man whoin»I did not love with all mv \ J heart." * ; And Nellie gathered up her sewing ! a sign , _ Xslik «•<=*#: oat ol the glory of silver | «ad went into the house, singing as she paoed to and fro beneath a j went: •J\T of rsggw elms, whose far-spreading ! tesaaheo cast a fretwork of shadow over j the Aawerv borders and neatly-graveled __ , „ „ paths below. The wedding' was over. The honey- Nellie glanced up at the rambling old ! mrI0,11 ovt1'1 >'dso and Mrs. Melville, farm-house, which had been her home | ncMv dressed, and vey lovely fnr art ni'.inv vo»ra Hnw alip lnvivt it i ! ^ Edwiud ss an attentive and devoted Love shall still he lord of all. CHAPTER m. And Edwftrd, when the first benumb- i ing influence of hit grief was over, sold j his pruetice--ho had no need of it now-- I and went abroad. ! Eighteen months passed away. A man bronzed and bearded stood at the gate of the old farm-house. A little toddling creature ran down the path, her fair curl* Hying in the wind. The stranger caught licr up. "Whatis your name, little one?" And in baby-voice she told him •' Gracie Melville," and he covered her little face and hair with kisses. But who wits this coming out to look for her ? " Aiuitio Nellie !" she said, in pretty piping treble, and 'slid down from heir father's arms. "Cousin Edward !" exclaimed Nellie, glr.dlv, tho color rising rapidly to her usually quiet, pale face. And tie sliook bands with her ; then, keeping the hand he had taken, he led iier indoors. * , * * • * « * "And will .you tell me now, ont* more, Nellie, dearest, that you love me l>tIter than any one else in the world?" Nellie swiftly covered his mouth with her hand, while burning blushes dyed her cheeks. "Oh, Cousin Edward, do please for­ get that I ever said so!" "Not likely," he returned, smilingly. "Ah, Nellie," and he was serious now, " 1 have learned my lesson since that evening. I have learned to value love, not as it deserves, but at least to set it above everything earthly. My Nellie ! do not tell me that your low for me is dead!" Never mind Nellie's reply. Two months from that day she became Ed­ ward's wife, and he never had the small­ est need to remind her that she had prpmised to obey him, simply because she loved him, and to ilo as lie wished was a pleasure. And, having at great risk and cost learned his lesson, Edward strove to teach it to others, and to more than one young man he gave in confidence the ad­ vice : "If you winli to be happy, marry only a woman who loves you. * Neither money nor position, nor anything else, can bear the least comparison with love, 9. liich will outlive them all." OUR YOUNG FOLKS. like Boy*. i the boy*! O dear the MM, lie whole house feels the racket, bold the knee of Harry's panto, knd weep o'er Bertie's jacket. But never mind, if eyes kpep brigh% And l!mb« grow straight and liniltff { We'd rather lose the tree's whole h»(it Thau find uuBonnd the timber! • How hear the tops and marbles roll I The floors--O, woo betide them I And I must watch tho banisters, For 1 know boya who ride them I Iotik well as you descend the stairs, : X often find them haunted By ghostly toys that niak* no noise, JTntt when their noise is wanted. the very chairs are tied in pairs, And made to prance and caper; What swords are whitt'ed out of sttetof What brave hats made of paper! The dinner bell peals lond and well, To tell the milkman's coming; And then the rush of " steam-car trains" Sets all our ears a humming. M" How oft I tmy, " What sKAU I do To keep those chi.dron quiet? " If I coulvl find a good receipt, I lertainly should try K. But what to do with these wild boya, And all their din and clatter. Is really quite a grave affair- Mo laughing, trifling matter. «Bc»s will be bays "--but not for long ; Ah, could we fxsar about us This thought--how very soon our boys Will learn to do without us 1 How soon but tall and deep-voiced men - Will gravely call us " Mother ;" Or we \io stretching empty hands From this world to the other. More gently <vo should chide the noise, And when night quells th(i racket. Stitch in but loving thoughts and prayers, Willie mending panto and jacket. for so many years. How she loved it! Every nook and corner that it contained was dear to her. "I have it and all in it left to me," she said, in a soft, sad toue. " and dear father and ,mother, too. A happy, hap­ py home it has always been, and I am thankful for it! But, oh, Edward ! how could you be so unkind V Oh! how could you ?" She listened, fancying she could hear his departing footstej« yet. And per­ haps she might- have done so. Wit?' lofty looks and disdainfnl curve of has rather-thin lips, he was on his way home, along the winding lanes. He was a man of five-and-thirty, while Nellie was scarcely 20. She was ample and innocent- ns a child, but he had learned many a lesson in the school of Hfe ere this. Yet another was in store for him, and probably another and an­ other, for while we live we must learn ; and we will learn--so foolish are we--in the most costly and laborious way, for the nost part. "Experience keeps a dear school," says the proverb. " but fools will go to no other." And are we not all HOUSEKEEPERS' HELPS. husband beside her, was receiving her guests. Nellie was among them. She was paler than usual, and her free, happy, girlish laugh was gone forever. Yet she, too. looked lovelv this afternoon, in her pretty blue silk dn-ss and cott: ge bon­ net, and there was u sweetness and beauty in the expression of her gentle young face that v.eut far beyond any men- beauty of feature. The house was handsome and v.ell- nppointed, the servants w ere models < f attentive respect, AJ1 s. emed .as,- A should be. Nellie stayed the remainder of the day, and saw nothing that she did not like. Edward was forever on the watch to please Grucie, and sin;, for her part, took it all ns her due, and so far gave him her sweetest smiles in re­ turn. What more could be wanted ? Only a few weeks passed. Nellie was invited to dine with theni. After dinner they were moving alx>ut the drawing- room, and Gnice was exhibiting to Nel­ lie some choice bouquets of flowers win go ro no otner. Ana are we not all ,1 • 1 i J i t i » *•»>? ̂ inexorable esperi- M tSTS enoe has knocked and kneaded wisdom into ns ? And one lesson which Edward i Melville prided himself on having j ^learned was the value of money. He j s If was a bachelor, and so he mad«s* up his mind he would remain until he could find a woman with money who would be ! his wife. He himself 3j»\« tM They had all been arranged on one table, in accordance with a whim of the young wife, who declared that the effect of their richDess and eolor was lost when were scattered. ut Edward had not he^rd hftr ohy this. Let me put this blue vase here, TOMATO SOY.--One peck of rips to­ matoes, one quart of vinegar, three and a half pounds of sugar, and one ounce of whole cloves. Put all over the fire to­ gether, and let them stew slowly until they 1 >ecome a thick mass, very rich and dark. CHEAP CABOMELS FOB CHILDREN.-- One cupful of water, one of sugar, one- half cupful of grated chocolate, and a piece of butter the size of a wajnut; boil the water, sugar and butter to a syrnp, and add the chocolate when nearly done; stir to prevent lnmping; spread on greased paper, and cut into squares. CHOCOLATE CARAMELS. --Take of grated chocolate, milk, molasses, and sugar, one cupful each, piece of butter the size of an egg; boil until it will harden when dropped into cold water; add vanilla; put in a buttered pan, and before it cools mark off into square blocks. II. Four ounces of chocolate, two pounds of light brown sugar, two gills of cream, four ounces of butter, vanilla. PRESERVED GRAPES.--The fruit should be mature; but not soft or broken. Qur native Catawba makes a good preserve; wash and allow to drip; pick carefiUly, rejecting the bad ones. To every ponnd of grapes take one-half pound of white sugar; use no water; put grapes first in I fvP"T pan, then layer of sugar, tlien layer ot t 44rr"- How Some Itollaii Broke ttae Law« At William Hackett's dingy, cramped quarters in London there were throe very busy people. These were Mrs. Hackett, Miss Hackett, and Master Hackett. They were working upstairs in an attic room, sitting about a table on which there were dolls, doll-heads, doll- bodies. All about the room were boxes of dolls, undressed except for those in­ evitable little paper-cambric slips which seem to embody the only inalienable right that dolls have in this world. Were the Hacketts--Mrs., Miss and Master--dressing dolls to help out be­ lated Santa Claus ? No. Were they making dolls? Again, no. They were unmaking the creatures. First, the lovely dears were beheaded. Then they were ript>ed open about where their clavicles would have been if the doll-makers hadn't left tho clavicles out of the darlings. WTien they were all ripped, and gaping in a ghastly way from shoulder to shoulder, they were emptied of what would have been Iheir vital organs if it hadn't been sawdust. Then the heads and bodies were stuffed like Thanksgiving turkey, not, however, with oysters or curry force-meat, but with costly laces--laces fit to adorn a Duchess. Mr. William Hackett was going to emigrate to America. He was going to open a tov shop and a lace shop in the United States, and make his fortune. He had put his means, the gatherings and savings of thirty years of work aud economy, into fine laces. Custom House officials incoming steamer, Mr. When the boarded tha ^ j Hackett. without hesitation, reported his dolls and toys, and stood by while his wares were rummaged so roughly that Master Hackett, also standing by, 1 hought that some of tho doll-lieads must surely burst open and let out their secrets. But the investigation ended without any cracked skulls ; duty was paid on the dolls, Ayhile the laces passed . j uet nit; doctor, and, with a veryTmaU Sd°nS J ?racif'" he, ™™^ug\y began, remov- increnhmg practice, it trould, never do to j 1 ' af Tle ,8p ^' , an(' e1' m«L«.w or^ ?.„*# •!,«>* A J -- "There! It shows to advantage now ! £ } ' marry and have but- that to depend up- oiLhe told himself. He had generally escorted NelUe to her own door, after their evening walks, but this evening he had left her just outside the gate. He was her aunt's step-son. She had known him all her young life, and had always called hirn Coasts Edward, HH unsuspicious of the filing which was stendilv gaining strength within her heart, till"this even- nig. And Edward, for his part, had al­ ways treated her a* a more cliild, » " A glorious night U^ie murmured, as he leisurely pursued Ins way ; and ns he looked round at hamlet nnd trees and .Way&ide brook, and picturesque farm­ houses dotted here and there, all sleep­ ing in the moou'ight. the disdainful curve left Ids lips, and pride and hau­ teur smoothed themselves a way from his brow. " Poor little Nellie !" lie said, agniu, Kith something like a oomplacent smile. " I suppose, then, that she cares a little more for me than I deserve. It is a great bore, for of course it is out of the question that I should--that I con id--'" He paused, and began humming a. tpn?, and switching the dew-laden hedges with his walking-caae. " No," he presently recommenced, " one must have enough to be comforta­ ble. And Nellie has got nothings and I have got next to nothing. One may put up with the want of a little sentiment, I advantage Grace, witn heightened color, deliber­ ately wtdked to the table, and, taking up the vase, restored it to its former po­ sition. . "It is qnito out of the way there," she said, slilHv, "aud this is where 1 wish it to be, Edward." "How great a matter a little fire kin- dleth !" Edward's color also rose, yet he did not look angry. "And I wish that it should stand here," he returned, once more taking up the vase, and then he added, half re­ proachfully, half playfully, "you prom­ ised to ol>ey me, Gracie, did you not? " " Don't be so ridiculous, Edward !" And her eyes flashed, and she looked as if she would have dashed the flowers " from his. hand, and before he could set them down she had taken them from i him, and finally placed them in the par- j ticular spot she had,chosen. ! Edward looked pained, and Nellie mused wondenngly over it all, as he, in moody sdence, escorted her home. Could all this have happened in a house where love was lord? No, indeed. "A woman," thought. Nellie, "who loves, loves also to obey." But this proved to be only the begin­ ning of small discomforts and disagree­ ments. Many months passed. Grace grew more imperious than ever, and Ed­ ward's face lost all its brightness, and he seemed day by day to grow old and si­ lent and sad. Auli when Nellie went to j grapes; cook slowly on a moderate fire; stir continually and strain through a sieve when hot; put in air-tight vessels. HEN'S NEST.--(A very pretty ornament for table.)--One-half dozen eggs ; make a hole at one end and empty the con­ tents, fill up with corn-starch made stiff. When cold strip off the shells; pare lemon rind very thin, boil tiU tender, then cut in narrow strips like straw and lay in powdered sugar; fill a deep dish half full with either cold custard or wine jelly, put the eggs together in the center, and lay the straws nest-like around them. TOMATO SAITE.--Take six large, or eight, ripe tomatoes; cut them up, add ing a small onion, a little celery, and a little thyme, tablespoonfnl of butter, half a tablespoonful of sugar, the same of salt, and a quarter of teaspoonful of pep­ per; set on the fire to stew slowly; when it has boiled until the tomatoes are thoroughly done, add a tablespoonful of flour, half-pint of broth, and a little cayenne pepper; strain it through 8 sieve, put back in saucepan, and let it stew until it adheres a little to the spoon. MULLIGATAWNY HOLT. -- Take three green or sour apples, one turnip, one carrot, and two onions; slice and divide as liuelv as possible aud fry to a brown in butter; stir nnd . shake, adding to it about the close of the cooking a bunch of chopped parsley, a bay leaf, a The HmrkettS, in good humor; to6h ; rooms, and acrain the dolls were behead- i ed, disemboweled, and reconstructed. | Tlve laces were worked over and carded ; I a toy-jfliop was opened, and Master j Hackett, instead of going off to fight the ; Indians nnd to pet' scaled, was set to j keep it, while Miss Hackett presided i over the lace shop. You and I know | why her laces could be sold at low prices j --low prices bring quick sales--thus Mr. j Hackett soon found himself back in . London, ready to bring out auotlier I lotof immigrant dolls to find homesinlit- I tie Yankee girls' hearts. In tho meantime i" ! some things hud happened--among oth- - ers, the Chicago fire. By this, many and many a little girl was left doll-less, and many a boy top-less. All over the country, from Now England, and New York, and Ohio, and the great North­ west, and the Pacific coast, while mam­ mas were lx>iling, and baking, and pack­ ing boxes of clothing for the burnt-out folks, and papas were giving their checks freely, the dear little boys and Jfirls were getting tops and dressing dol-ies to comfort the burnt-out children. And Santa Claus, you must know, was one of the heaviest sufferers from tho great fire. Thousands and thousands of his Christmas toys were destroyed. But when the great holiday came around, the children in the land stood by their blessed old saint and friend. Manv a " And what it this ?" said mamma, as. having rescued the other parts, her han J. plunged and brought up the hea«i Dripping Honiton lace was hanging from it. " Did anybody ever ?" contin­ ued mamma, pulling at the lace, and drawing out yard after yard. Further investigation followed; dolly WBS dissected, and a marvelous anatomi­ cal structure was revealed. You see how it was, do you not ? It was one of the Hackett dolls which, by mistake, did not get its lace insides taken out, on its arrival in America. Of course, the matter couldn't be kept out of the papers ; it was published far and wide. _ I presume you read an ac- connt of it. Some custom house offi­ cers did, and the Hacketts did not. They took a London paper, setting it down that American newspapers were sen­ sational and unreliable. The custom house folks had their explanation about the lace-stuffert doll; the lace was smug­ gled lace. They wrote it down on their memory's tablets, "Beware of dolls?" Mr. Hackett was coming in on a second venture while this inscription was fresh on the tablets. When his dolls were exposed for in­ spection, the investigator took one hi his hacd. It was a beautiful creature, with long Saxon curls, black eyes, bright cheeks and a rose-bud mouth. There is surely not a little girl in all the Wfrid who could have looked at it without a flutter. What do you think that hard-hearted officer did ? He took the head in his right hand, the bright face against his great palm, while the left grasped the darling jnst over tho little heart, if there had been a heart in its body. He laid the neck across the box's edge and broke the pretty head off, so that- it would have bothered Master Hackett, expert that he was, to reconstruct that doll. Doubtless there never WJIS another lot of dolls that paid a higher fee than Mr. Hackett's for admission into our country.--St Nicholas. The Kitten'ii Dinner. Two little gills, the older not yet 5 years of age, had a present of a kitten the other day. It was the first time in all their little lives that a cat of any age had ever been in the house, and they were as delighted as possible, and as full of wonder over all its ways and doings as if it had been a rare animal from some foreign land. " What shall kitty have for her din­ ner, mamma?" asked Lulu, climbing down from her high chair when dinner was over. "Oh, you can fix her up something on a plate," replied mamma, hastily, ns she went into the sitting-room, for she was very busy with some sewing, and forgot that her little girls knew nothing abcut feeding kittens. Five minutes later Bridget poked her head in at the door. " Plaze, mem, do jist come out and see thim childer." Mamma dropped her sewing and fol­ lowed Bridget. On the floor behind tho kitchen stove sat Lulu and Ella, either side of a largo dinner-plate, by which stood the kitten, as if puzzled what to do about it. Aud what do you suppose those two little dunces had put on the plate for that kitten to eat? Well, there was a h»rge slice of wheat bread and butter, a generous spoonful of cider apple-sauce, a pickle, and a huge pile of plum-pudding fairly drowned with sauce. Mamma laughed, kitty ran under the stove, and the little girls both cried be­ cause kitty would not'eat the nice dinner they had fixed for her. But Bridget went and got her a saucer of warm milk, and the children forgot all their trouble in seeing'her-lap >ifc^ip.. FARM NOTES. sprig of marjoram, and one of thyme; | Christmas box they sent to Chicago'for , , X:,7 •lUB • B Ulr 1 ! see them now, she found that unless I " tolerable Grat.e expected visitors she took but «ftlementinlifo. At ril events, I mean | 8mall pa[U6 uith herself, remarking j sometimes to Nellie, as they went down- CHAPTER II. i ^ YQU will go to meet Miss Bassett, i 1 snppose, Nellie? " inquired her mother, i " Oh, yes, mother. Edward was good ) enough to say that he would drive me j to-the station in his dog cart, and he ^ill bring us both home, too. He says | that a rich young lady like Miss "Bassett j will not care to walk a mile, even along j : • our lovely lanes, he is sure." { Perhaps there was tho slightest under- | tone of sarcasm in Nellie's voice, for • mother glanced at her as if iu surprise, i without replying. j Edward had given Nellie, bit by bit, ' and with a good deal of tact, his ideas ' upon the subject of money, and of the j comfort to be derived from a proper use i of^ it. Outwardly the two were as good I friends ag fiver. At heart, hp^yever,- he j was carefully on his guard, while Nellie, | him p Kugiuj despising j ftgam now--but he was not to be seen. #««** «• •stairs for the evening "I have not dressed^ Nellie. Of course you don't mirul, and there's no­ body else bui Edward." Nobody but Edward! Love would have made him all the world to Nellie. " I would wear my prettiest and best dresses for my husband, Gracie," she said. "As for other people, thev might go. What should I care for tliern ?" But Grace only frowned for reply. Nellie had not been to see them for some time, and various small circum­ stances caused her to suspect that they had had aserious quarrel. Grace had gone for a fortnight--all alone--and Nellie's j father, taking pity upon solitary, sor ' rowful-looking Edward, had invited him I to Bpend an evening with them. After tea he saunter<*l into tho gar-1 den, and he was gone so long that Nel- j lie went to look for him. She glanced i take a pint of good stock, made of beef or veal, and put in the fried ingredients; stir into this two tablespoonfuls of curry- ! x)wder, or less if too much curry is not iked; when it has been boiled for ten minutes, skim and pass through a sieve, using a masher to render the vegetables into a pulp. To PICKLE PEACHES, PLT-MS, ANTI PF.ARS.--Take of ripe peaches, -plums, pears, or apples; seven pounds of sugar; one quart of vinegar, and one ounce ol mixed spices; put the sugar and vinegar together, and pour over the fruit, allow­ ing it to stand until the next morning, when repeat this process, straining the this and that burnt-out Sunday school. And BO it came that there was a Christ- j mas-tree for a certain Presbyterian Snn- j day school in Chicago, all of whose gifts had been sent by children of ntv J body-knew-what places ; that is to say, j nolx)dy knew by the time the articles j had reached the tree. | Among other things on this certain j tree was a wonderful dolly, in a marvel­ ous dress ol pink gauze. j "HI could have that," said Josie } Hawley, "I'd stop crying about my burnt-np dolly." " Why don't you pray to get it ?" said Patsy Clark. " I've been praying foi juice off the fruit, letting it come to the i that picture-book up there eve^> since I boil, and continue to do so for four morn­ ings; then add spices, and put all over the fire, and cook very slowly until they look rich and clear. Pears should bo | lw>iled in watt»r until you can run a broom | whisk through them. Quinces arc also j delicious when preserve»Iiu this manner. | p- Mss Bassett was an old schoolfellow . J* Nellie s, and a great heiress, and she had taken a fancy to spend the remainder of the summer in the old tumble-down torn-house which Nellie called home. ixlward was very attentive, even spe­ cially k;nd to NeHie, on their way to the •tetion, and her heart went out to him again. " If only I had not said that to torn," she thought, as the dog-cart {topped and he carefully lifted her out. •* I hope--O, I do hope that he may for- .get it." The train ran in. There was pretty Grace Bassett's face at a first-class car­ riage window, and in a few minutes she %»s seated in the dog-cart beside Ed- -Npard, chatting to and laughing with him M if she had known him for years; and Nellie had taken the seat behind. And that was not the only drive they had, nor fee only evening they spent in chatting toughing, and hot father j Then she came to the summer-house, i Ah, there he was, leaning forward on the little green-painted table, his head j in his hands, and Nellie heard him mur­ mur, in a low, moaning tone : " I wish, oh ! I wish--" ' . Ihe rest was indistinct, and his long- ing, whatever it might be, was still his own secret. And Nellie passed softly on and indoors. * • 4> • 4 Grace had a little daughter, but, in­ stead of rejoicing in Edward's house, there was hitter ~ sorrow, and, as the young husband knelt by the bed­ side of his unconscious wite, he felt all the old love for her filling his heart once more. But vha|will even the tendere&t love avail in bours like these ? Grace's last moments were numbered, and she Signed away, leaving her little one to eilie. THE burial of Ole Bull took place from his resident**' on Lysoen, the "Isle ol Light," a rock in the iidet of the Berenf- jord, rising a hundred feet alntve the sea, and covered with dense woods of spruce, fir, and birch. The crown of gold which the citizens of San Francisco presented to Ole Bull ten years ago was carried behind the coffin by his most celebrated pupil, the composer, Edward Grieg; his many decorations by his old friend, the famous physician. Dr. Dan- ielsen. At the grave, the poet, Bjornst- jern Bjornson, spoke, and in the whole country there was hardly a village in which the day was not solemnized in some way. first saw it. " Well, I will," said little Josie. She put her hands up to her eyes, and, looking through hei fingers to keep the coveted dolly in sight, she said : " Now I lav ine down to sleep, 1 nray the Lord my soul to kerp; 1' 1 should die before I wake that the right way ? * I pray Santa Clans has tooked it she cried. A lady had just whispered to Santa Claus. He was looking straight into Josie's eager face. "This l>eautiful doll," he said, "is for the good little girl, Josie Hawley." Oh ! where was the little girl who had sent that pretty doll ? She ought to have been there to see Josie's radiant, happy face, as two eager arms were reached out to receive the beauty. One day, in the following January, Mrs. Hawley was thinking, in despond­ ing mood, of her ruined fortunes, when Josie ran into the room, crying : " Come quick, mamma 1 My dolly is T , , , _ . ,, drownded all to pieces in the baf-tub." IN a lake near St. Paul the other day " Why, Josie, what have you been a box was picked up containing two hu- ; doing?" said mamma, hastening to the man heads, and there is great excite- j bath-room. ment. We do not see why there should i gived her a baf ; her wanted a baf be great excitement. The probability is | so bad," said Josie. that, though human heads were plenty, There, in and on the booming deep, ooxes were scarce, and tho man put the i with a cataract roaring from the open two in one box to economize. It may not have been very good taste, but we cannot see any reason to get excited be­ cause our ideas of propriety differ from those ol other people. We have not all been brought up alike.--Peck's Sun. faucet, was the beautiful dolly, all un- Easted. One fair foot and the fairer ead had gone to the bottom of the tub. The beautiful nnglued curls were float­ ing in a tangled mass on the restless waves. A Father Who Melted. A fond father beckoned to his twelve- year-old son to follow him to the wood­ shed, and when they had arrived there he began : "Now, yrmng man, you have been fighting again 1 How many times have^ I told you that it is disgraceful to tight T "Oh, father, this wasn't about mar­ bles or anything of the kind," replied the boy. " I can't help it. As a Christian man it is my duty to bring up my children to fear the Lord. Take off your coat." "But, father, the boy I was fighting with culled mejiames." "Can't help it. Calhng names don't hurt anyone. Off with that coat!" " He said I was the son of a wire­ puller." " What! what's that ?" " And he said you was an office- hunter." " What! what loafer dared make that assertion ?" " It made me awful mad, but I didn't say anything. Then he called you a hireling." "Called me a hireling! Why, I'd like to get my hands on him !" puffed the old gent. " Yes, and he said you was a political lickspittle." "Land o' gracious! but wouldn't I like to have the training of that boy f< «r about five minutes !" wheey/ed the old man, as he hopped around. "I put up with that," continued the boy, "and then he aaid you laid yonr pipes for office and got left by a large majority. I couldn't stand that, father, and so I (tailed over the fence and licked him bald-headed in less'n two minutes ! Thrash me if you must, father, but 1 couldn't stand it to hear you abused by one of the malignant opposition !" " My son," said the father, as he felt for half a dollar with the one hand and wiped his eyes with the other, "you may go out and buy you two j>oundjs of candy. The Bible says it is wrong to fight, but the Bible must make allow­ ance" or political campaigns and the vile slanders of the other party. I only brought you out here to talk to you, and now you can put on your coat "nnd run along." Remedy for Bone Felons. The London Lancet; which is author­ ity on such subjects, gives the following unique cure for bone felons : As soon as the disease is felt, put di­ rectly over the spot a fly-blister about the size of your thumb-nail, and let it remain for six hours, at the end of which time, directly under the surface of the blister, may be seen the felon, which ; c.iin 1h> instantly taken out with the point of a needle or lancet. ' Why Mr. Rat* Changed His Name, j The Hartford County Superior Court j has granted the petition of Henry Ratz, of rhompsonville, praying that his name be changed to Henry Raites. It was shown by the petitioner that his peculiar j uame was the canse of a great deal of i annoyance to himself and members of I his family. Mischievous neighbors ' spoke of him and his wife as the "old j rats," and the children as "little rats," | some going further and teasing them by calling them "mice." The neighbor­ hood will now have a chance to tax its ingenuity upon the new name, which, fortunately for Mr. Raites and the chil­ dren, appears to be one not easily played upon. --Hartford CouraM. IK caring tobacco, it should dry slow- Jy, and yet not pole burn. Very much depends on the weather. Rapid drying- tends to produce light colors, which, usually, are not desirable. KEEPING sheep is pleasant and profit­ able, if attended to properly. Wool is a sure thing every year, and brings cash. It has its nps and downs, but let any man make up his mind that none bnt his wife or his administrator shall sell his wool for less than fifty cents per pound, and he will come out all right* So talks an eastern contemporary. FROM a late Paris journal we learn that the French Forestry Department have arrived at the conclusion that for­ ests greatly increase the water supply wherever found. From close observa­ tions made it is found that rain falls much oftener and more abundantly in wooden tracts, and that, while the leaves and branches give back the water quick­ ly to the air, they prevent rapid evapora­ tion from the ground, and are thus favor­ able to the formation of springs. CORN loses one-fifth by drying, and wheat one-fourteenth. From this the estimate is made that it is more profit­ able for farmers to sell nnshelled corn in the fall at 75 cents than at SI a bushel in the following summer, and the wheat $1.25 in December is equal to $1.50 in the succeeding June. In the case of po­ tatoes--taking those that rot and are otherwise lost with the shrinkage, there is but little doubt that between October and June the loss to the owner who holds them is not less than 33 per cent. A CALIFORNIA?? claims that iu seven years triid, ej^>ot$ed to all possible vicissi­ tudes, and subjected to early and late planting on all kinds of land" the Ana- hiem Odessa wheat has never been known to rust. It stands hot dry spells and north winds before which other varieties are known to fail, besides which it has l>een known to produce forty bushels to the acre on strong alka'li soil fhat had failed to raise any other crop and would not sprout corn. Noth­ ing was said about the marketable qual­ ity of the wheat, but if it has standard value in addition to all these qualities it looks very much as if it could be intro­ duced into Oregon, and especially to the dry alkaline lands East of the Moun­ tains, to good advantage. -- Prair'n Farmer. A CORRESPONDENT of the Countr/f C/mttemanbelieves that every species of bird, large and small, is subject to the gapes. The ywnng of the robin are often troubled with them. It is also be­ lieved that many chicks thus afflicted die of starvation, on account of their inabilty to swallow. This parasite disease is oc­ casioned by a number of small worms in the throat, producing inflammation. The fowl is oftentimes relieved by the use of a stiff horse hair or a quill stripped of its feathers within an inch of the end, which, when carefully used, will remove some of Che worms. Care and proper at­ tention to fowls will ward off the disease. Pure water, wholesome food and suffi­ cient room for exercise will seldom fail in preventing its appearance. SOME time ago we remarked that an acre of swamp muck of good quality, three fept deep, was actually worth .$25,- 000. No doultt such a statement is sur­ prising. So was the statement of Dr. Lawes, of England, that a ton of bran fed to cows returned more than it cost in manure. Swamp muck, free from sand, contains two per cent, or forty pounds of nitrogen in a ton. Nitrogen is worth in the market twenty-five cents per pound, so that a ton of swamp muck is worth $10 for the nitrogen in it. All that is needed is to work up the muck, so as to make the nitrogen available. An acre of swamp muck three feet deep contains fhns, and "'^cmld fequire .eight, months to drnw out, at ten loads a day. Few persons realize tho value of the fer­ tilizing elements of common waste mat­ ters which lie under their feet, and the innumerable tons of matter that may be available for fertilizing purposes, and that much of the idle and neglected materials represent a vast amount of wealth.--Aincrican ArfrirultitrfaL IT has been stated by some of our ag­ ricultural papers that one objection to the Southern cow-peas for the North is that the season is too short to admit of their ripening seeds. This is one of those errors that occur from perfunctory exper­ iments. The variety of cow-pea called " Poor Land " ripened seeds at the Iinrsd Farm in large quantities by August 12th. This variety is. indeed, one of tho best for Northern fields. The seeds germin­ ate freely and produce an immense amount of vine, which completely covers tho earth for a space of not less than six feet. Those who have tried the mixed kinds which we distributed last season, and who would pronounce them a failure are advised to try the •" Poor Land." It can be supplied by Southern dealers, and perhaps by Northern ones as well.-- IturaJ New- Yorker. Why He Was in the Penitentiary. An important case was tried before the Criminal Court of the District of Columijia. An old colored man was on the witness stand. The District Attor­ ney interrogated the witness : " What is your name ?" "John Williams, sah." " Are you the John Williams who was sent to the Albany State penitentiary for larceny ?" "No, sah--not this John." " Are you the John Williams who was convicted of arson, and sent to the Balti­ more penitentiary ?" t " No, sah." Tired of asking fruitless questions, the District Attorney suddenly put a leading one. "Have yon ever been in the peniten­ tiary?" "Yes, sah." All eyes were now turned upon the witness* The District Attorney smiled complacently, and resumed : " How many times have you been in the penitentiary ?" " Twice, sah." "Where ?" "In Baltimore, sail." "How long were you there the first time ?"' "About two hours, sah." "How long the second time?" asked the attorney, rather crestfallen. "An hour, sah. I went there to whitewash a cell for a lawyer who had robbed his client." The attorney sat down amid the laughter of the spectators. Varieties. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts. In memory's mellowed light we behold not the thorns, we see only the beau­ tiful flowers. 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