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A OBAininAK UREAM.
Little Jtell was in trouble, not be
cause of anything slio had done, but
because of soinetliing she could not do.
Nell was a school-girl and had reacli-
od “ Verbs ” in her grammar. I imag
ine I hear many aymiiathetic sighs
from those who understand what it is
to have reached verbs. Nell could not
understand the relationshii) that verbs
sustained to each other, and therefore
was very much puzzled and discour
aged. But I am going to let Nell tell
the story as she told it to me the next
day;
“ Well, Aunt May, you know I wan
discouraged, and was iu what school
girls call ‘ a genuine fit of the blues
coii3ejuently I was not in very, good
humo.r, having made uj) my mind that
I was the dunce of the class—that I
did not know anything and never
should. I drew up an arm-chair be
fore the grate and settled myself com
fortably with my school-books. The
wind w'as whistling through the trees,
making that mournful sound so un
pleasant to one’s ears; yet so 8yini)a-
thetic it sounded to me, that I closed
my book and sat listening to it, and
watching the flames rising higher and
higher, forming all sorts of objects.
At last the flames seemed to separate,
and I was surprised to see a large
room, which appeared to be a large
school-room without desks. As I sat
looking, the room seemed suddeidy
filled with people, each one having a
large card suspended from his neck.
In one comer of the room there was a
man whose card said: ‘ My name is
John Smith; I am a noun, because I
am the name of something.’ A man
standing next to him pushed him down
and stood iu his place; his card had
the word ‘lie’ on it, and said: “I am
a pronoun, because I stand in place ot
a noun.” Standing next to the pro
noun w'as a boy' dressed in his Sunday
best, with a book of psalms in his
hand, aud his eyes cast upward j his
card said: ‘ I am an adjective, because
I assert that the pronoun ‘Ue’ is good,
and in this rvay add to its meaning.’
Next I saw a man sawing wood; his
caul read: ‘ 1 am a verb, because 1
exijress action.’ Then came a man
beating a little boy with a stick; his
read: ‘ I am a transitive verb, because
1 represent an act done by one xmrson
or thing to another.’ The poor little
boy’s card said; ‘ I am in the passive
voice, because I am acted upon.’ In
the middle of the room was a little
boy sticking pins into his playmate,
w’ho was crying, ‘ Oh 1’ ‘ Ah 1’ iu quick
succession; his card read; ‘ I am an
interjection, because I speak abruptly
to express emotion.’
“ I had not had time to read all the
cards, when they formed a straight
line, leaving space enough on each
side for another person. When they
became still, a line of boys and girls
came and filled the vacant places.
Their cards said: ‘We are conjunc
tions, because we connect words.’ They
then made a bow and mai-ched away.
“The flames came together with
such a loud report that it made me
jump. It was not until I found myself
on the floor that I realized I had been
asleep. I gathered up my books with
renewed courage, and I must say that
my dream has helped me wonderfully.”
My dear young friend, perhaps you
are trouNed as Nell was; if so, I hope
Inee dream imry' assist y'ou.—New York
Observer.
THE GOOH KATEKEH HEAR
In t1)e valley of Tajarrau, in
Siberia, two children, one four
and the other six years old, ram
bled away from their friends,
who were haymiaking. They had
gone from one thicket to another,
gathering fruit, laughing and
enjoying the fun. At last they
came near to a bear lying on the
grass, and without the slightest
tear went up to him. He looked
at them steadily without mov
ing. At length they began
plaving with him, and mounted
upon his back, which he submit
ted to with perfect good humor
In short, both were inclined to be
pleased with each other ; indeed,
the children were delighted with
their new playfellow.
The parents missing the
truants, became alarmed, and
followed on their track. They
were not long in searching the
spot, when, to their dismay, they
beheld one child sitting on the
bear’s back and the other feed
ing him with fruit! They called
quickly, when the }’oungsters
ran to their friends, and Bruin,
not seeming to like the interup-
tton, went into the forest, appar
ently loth to part with his new
made friends.—Atkison's Siberia.
THE GBANDilIOTHEK’S STAR.
Kebxion in Heaven.—‘•‘'I am
fully persuaded,” says Baxter,
“that I sliall love my friends in
lieaven, asrd therefore know them:
and this principalK' binds me to
them on earth. If I thought I
should nerer know them more,
nor lov® them after death, I
should love ihenr comparatively
little now, as I do all other trans-
itui'v things.”
face.
“Began to-day !—how ? What
do you mean to be I”
“A Christian boy, and so grow
up to be a Christian man,” said
George.
“I believe that is the greatest
somebody for us to be.”
George is right. There is no
higher manhood than Christian
manhood.—-Our Little People.
THE VIIVE l]\ FBAKCE.
Little Annie’s grandinotber seemed
to regard her as a bright .star given her
by heaven to cheer the evening of tier
life, and never for a moment seemed to
think that one so beautiful and beloved
could be taken from her. But in a day,
when she looked not for him, cousunq)-
tion again entered her dwelling j and
instead of laying his hand upon her
whose frame the storms of life had
bent, and whose head had been bleach
ed by the sun of many summers, he
blasted in the bud this lovely flower.
Soon it was seen that the destroyer
was at work. No remedy which wealth
could command was wanted. But all
iu vain I After some months of lin
gering illness, which she bore with the
fortitude and resignation of a Chris
tian, they one day laid the child, still
beautiful as the oi>eu rose of summer,
upon the be.l. She said, ‘Sing for me,
grandma; sing ‘I want to lie an angel.”
They gathered around her bedside,
and she joined her sweet v'oice with
theirs. Wheit the -song was ended,
with a sutile of seraphic sweetness she
l)ointed ni)W'ard, exclaiming, ‘Grrandiua,
don’t you see those beautiful children!
Don’t y(Mi hear them sing ? I want to
go with them!’ She dropiied her head
closed her eyes, and the lovely child
hail gone “to bo an angel, and with the
angels dwell.”
Of all the elements of wealth
in w’hieh France is so rich, none
contributes so powerfully to the
prosperity of that country as the
vine.—France exports more wine
than all other countries taken
togetlier, though the grape ripens
to perfection in Itah, Greece, and
Turkey, iu Spain and Portugal,
in Germany and Austria, through
out AVestern Asia, where indeed
it appears to be indigenous, in
Australia, South Africa, and the
United States of America. From
the plains of Champagne to the
shores of the Bay of Biscay, and
from the banks of the Loire to
those of the Klione, the cultiva
tion is general. It occupies over
five millions of acres, gives em
ployment to at least seven mil
lions of peo} 1 aud produces on
an average every x'ear a harvest
valued at six hundred millions of
dollars. It may be judged, then,
how terrible an enemy the phyl
loxera must be under these cir
cumstances.—Selected.
GREASING BEGGIES AND WAG
ONS.
SVinmER FRUITS,
Tlie hygenlo effects of summer
fruits cannot be well overstated
The cravings of tlie system for
vegetable acids are a natural
indication of the necessity to the
human organism. This is pecu
liarly the case on the approach of
the summer solstice; aud at the
Very season when nature comes
to the rescue, offering the early
fruits which are characteriiSed by
that happy admixture of the
sacchariue and the acidious prin
ciples ivhich render them so
universally acceptable to our
palates. The digestive,apparatus
accepts the grateful offerings, aud
fortunately there are few excep
tions to the axiom which may be
announced : That well ripened
fruits, when freshl}' gathered, are
among the most wholesome arti
cles of the materia alimentaria.—
Selected.
soheebodv.
“What is the use of being iu
the world unless jem are some-
hodif ?” said a boy.
“Sure erro-agli, and I mean to
be,” answered his friend. “I bo
gan this very day. I mean to be
somebody.”
Ashton looked George in the
. Greasing buggies and wagons
is of more importance than some
imag’ne. Many a ivheel is ruin
ed by oiling too plentifully. A
well-made wheel will endure
constant wear from ten to twenty
j’ears, if care is taken to use the
right kind and proper amount of
oil; but if this matter is not
attended to, the wheel will be
used up in fiv'e or six years, or it
may be sooner. Lard should
never be used on a wagon, for it
will penetrate the hub, and
work its way around the tendons,
of the spokes and spoil the wheel,
Castor oil is a good material for
use on iron axles ; just oil enough
should be applied to a spindle to
give it a light coating ; this is
better than more, for the surplus
put on will work out at the ends,
aud be forced by the shoulders
and nut into the hub, around the
outside of the boxes. To oil tlie ax-
letree, first wipe the .spindles clean
with a cloth wet with turpentine,
if it doesn’t wipe without it On a
buggy or carriage, wipe and clean
off the back and front ends of the
hubs, and then apply a very small
quantity of castor oil, or more
especially prepared lubricator,
near the shoulder’s point
Resolutions of the Grand Eodge.
Adopted Dec. 3d, 1875.
Besolved, 1. That St John’s
College shall be made an asylum
for the protection, training aud
education of indigent orphan chil
dren.
2. That this Grand Lodge will
appropiate $ annually for
the support of the institution ; but
will not assume any additional
pecuniary responsibility.
3. That this Grand Lodge elect
a Superintendent who shall con
trol the institution and solicit
contributions for its support from
all classes of our people.
4. That orphan children in the
said Asylum shall receive such
preparatory training and educa
tion as will prepare them for use
ful occupations and for the usual
business transactions of life.
Adopted Dec. 5th 1875:
Resolved, That the Superinten
dent of the said Orjilian Asylum
shall report at each Annual Com
munication an account of his
official acts, receipts, disburse
ment, number of pupils, &c.
together with such suggestions as
he ma%’ see fit to offer.
^^Besolved, Tliat the Master of
each subordinate Lodge appoint a
Standing Committee upon raising
funds for the Orphan Asylum, and
require said committee to report
in writing each month, and that
said reports and the funds recei
ved be forwarded monthly to the
Superintendent of the Asylum and
that the support of the Orphan
Asylum be a regular order of
business in each subordinate
Lodge at each communication.
4. All churches and benevolent
organizations are requested to
cooperate witli us in the orphan
irork aud collect and forward
contributions through their own
proper officers, llete are the
resolutions:
Resolved, That the sincere
thanks of this Grand Lodge are
hereby tendered to many benev-
O'lent ladle.® and gentlemen, to the
ministers of tlie gospel, to church
es of various denominations, to
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pvthias,
Good Templars, Friends of Tem
perance, and other benevolen-
societies; whose hearty coopea-
tion and liberal contributions
have rendered timely and valua
ble assistance in the work of
ameliorating the cond’tion of the
orphan children of the State.
Resolved, That all benevolent
societies and individuals are here
by cordially invited and request
ed to cooperate with us in provi
ding funds and supplies for feed
ing clothing, and educating indi
gent and proKiising orjihan chil
dren, at the Asvl'am in Oxford.
THE
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