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"A dariirg old poet wm Orandmohcr,uooeo,
Who cnitmctcu the rnymes taat-onrin-
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Lnd eh did her beat work when ehe let her-
f felt Joo '
! On the umoat oU woman wno una in ner
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eutject, as ecre as; you're
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A An. improbable
But ncrer mind
one, yoti may poesibly say;
turning yonr nose up
in
'j j acorn; t - ! :
i For centuries after you're flitted away.
'oang people, and probably old.peopio, too, j
Will dif cua the "old woman wno urea in her
w I hoe.M :
There arc thoec
! ! !tale,
who declare it a ludicrous
, And.init U.at tho bard didn't tiae with
rrrhana ihrv douU b Jiere Jonah ewallpwed
f-jwlale,'
Ot lhat Mr. Lt't turned to ealt
fVackp? '
her
iTher resemble the fkept e who Unghi)
f .
in his
' At the" time-honored talea of old Cfrnkelt
f I- and B xne "
W'bu nee r.- at tl e story of Adam arc! Ere
And tlonbts fiat a cow eer etraddlfcd the
mo n.
If rfjnc'i 1 atil? as ,he, I imain", ould f nf eT.e
At tho lor.iil it fdet that the moon is a rhecte!
t ry w II - t ry n.a'l. SUy, reach ins my
euuff ! , , j;
j (I Rm f nd of the weed in a pulverized
I -ttate); .
ThoUv fkeitiM will run aa:nst trouble
! 1 enough . .
Iuih Ir ffnts to pilfer tie cron r tbc
: i grejU . . !
I nort?r indulge in the cereal juice,
t '.y N -rjuoietcn my li
I I i put 1 1 I cheirfully
j Mother G oae,
lip in the irew oi me nop;
rnctz) to your ltt'alth,
Mother O oae, j-
f ! K A- I wipe frm my eyes the emotional drop;
v .A-cIu i-! V.'hilo I lire I'll insist that it's (rue-
There wa n M woman that lived
ii4 a-h-
1-
shoo!
FOUND IN A FLOWER.!
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Excuse me, . you were speaking
of
Yonnur Graham's unfortnnato affair
with his emplorer's dinRhtcr." j ,
i " Ob, yes very ead ; but tbe woman,
in usual, gets mora than her share of
.blame.'-'
I " Ah ! Bat you know her, I believe.
TIipti sha was not aa heaitlcss as! the
i world calls her ? " .
: . , : I think not. He was presumptuous,
; she proud very proud, and he jwas
M fatally . mistaken in the character of
1 1 her rec-ard. She was his friend ;!lmt
7 his folly made even that impossible
longer. . '
!. ,,L?te and friendship, Miss Van
'Decken how, may one judge between
them 7 V 1 '
j Hia quick glanco and flushing face
were, not seen, for her eyes were cast
down. How could ihe know that in
this way the reserved Rassell Dajton
put nis fate to the test ? The tone was
calm; -enough, and, lest she should
betray .her own heart, the reply was
given carelessly, indifferently : ;
Intnitively.-of course, Mr. Dajton ;
but it is always best to remain, on the
Just a' little pau-o between them,
.which he was tho first to break. j .
! am sorry to make my adieur so
Vrl in tho evenincr. Mis3.Van uecKen.
rmust fay good-by, also, fc
. t 'many months before I see y
i - t eTer. I am going home."
--. . . , f..:i :n k-
jor ii wiiii tjv
vou acaia, if
- ITnmP. Mr. DavtOU ?
. ! To mv mother! Her health is fail
ing rapidly; but I liave only lately
decided in which direction my dnty
iif" ' :
r Ah, I had forgotten I Ton have
i S been among us so long that it seems
Utratge to locate your home so jfar
; i away, W e shall miss you, Mr. Day ten,
and many besides myrelf will hope for
j your return to New York." . ! I
j k Thankyou. The year I have spnt
in the city has been a pleasant j one.
!l Tbe hospitality extended to me by ydur
Mhor atiri nnrRPii. win ever do Rraio
fullv remembered., . . I
i ; 4 And how will he supply your place
in the office ? ' j
I EasiJ v, I have no doubt. j
'As soon as I con complete my
arrangements. Will you give mo this
in token of vour cood wishes? I take
" Anil TUU KU
f them for granted, you see. . ! I
He touched, as ho spoke, a hajf
'".i v. blown rosebud which, wilh others,
! caaght np the lace drapery of her rich
dress. She detached and gave , it '.to
'.'f him, paying : I. I
f My very best wishes for one of my
! jlet friends." , j I
K Commonnlaco words, ouiet, even
1 tones of voice, a courteous hand-shake,
an ; ordinarr naitincr. marked by the
1 i polish and ease of perfect good-breed
: in g that was all ; and yet Louisa Van
- D.Hken learned in those few moments,
i trenail donbtincr. that the man to
; ! 'whom snb so quietly said good-by was
I - taking her life's hopes and nappmess.
-T .-He went, with her words ringing
I through .his brain, set to tne mad
music from the adioining oaii-room,
f-Thefafe side the safe side," and to
them he added a sentence of his own
She' has saved me from myself. God
bless her for ever !'
i Bo two lives toucheJ. If they could
i" ) (have known I And separated to meet
again.-
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Colonel Oiiphant waited impatiently
for the ladv r but his .impatience was
'modified aa. standinsr on one side, he
caught the words of the conversation,
and discovered that the young man
; he so cordially and unreasonably dis
liked was not likely to cross his, path
affain. - .
i Miss Van "Decken, escorted by the
colonel," moved through the .elegant
! rooms, i .
wonder if she cares for him?"
'Questioned one of the guests, eotto
voce. ' ' -
The colonel also, who had puzzled
. over the matter for a much longer
time, had resolved to, hare the answer
that veiy night, aud so it came about
that Miss Van Dcken was ionsed
from her painful abstraction by the
tones of her lovei's voice, as, alone
with her at last, he uttered i the
words which had so Ion $ trembled on
hlS JipS. ... . ' . " i" I i : J .!
I hare no lore to gire you, CJolonel
01ipbantw i . - '- 1 f - r
The Toice would havo told him that
without the words.
Then I will a!: for nothing j but
your acceptance of mine..
She shook her heid. '
It is your father's wish," he urged ;
"do not disappoint us both. Give me
the right to lore you. I will trust to
time for its return." - j
r was a - long-sobbing breath,
I aud, ' with the scarce-uttered words,
For his ake, thn,? sh suffered her
strangely-accepted suitor to taxe, tnfffnlm rrom her happy resting place. ,
hand which mado hiial shiver as he i "It was much to me," he rephed, "it
tonched it, as if it had been ice.
" How well Miss Van Decken
looks
to-night," commented one. , :
u She is i beautiful, came (from
another; "and what a happy woman."
The lady spoken of canght the last
two- words as she moved by I the
speakers, notl thinking to whom they
referred. " A happy woman 1" She
pitied herself to think they could never
agBin apply to her, and jet she - tad
dreamed of happiness once.
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Society was correct in the prophecy
that the party given f by . the Van
Dockons would be the finest affair
of the season. It wai really a great
8HCC8S
" Lucky old Van Decken l"
" Fortuoato Miss Van Decken 1" ,
Oh, most wise world !
The news of the lady's engage
ment' to Colonel Oiiphant confirmed
the opinion.
To be sure, he is old enough to be
her father, and they do say he has a
fearfal temper ; but then he is so fine
looking, and belongs to such a good
family. Besides, she will have money
enough for both." ;
And so for once wealth did ; not
form one of the ingredients in what
Mrs. Grundy considered a " splendid
match." , ,.a
Bat three months after the 'splendid
wedding" which was consistent with
di.l match " came one of
those fearful ; crashes on Wall street
so disastrous as to become historical
and "lucky old Van Decken" was there
after spoken of without tho prefix of
tho first adjective.
" Well, if he married her for money,
he has jast been come up with ; but
they do say he abuses her shockingly,
and" what she endures nobody knows.
It is fortunato her father didn't live to
seo it. He ;jast idolized her, and
they do say say she married him more
to please the old man than for anything
else." '
Such was the true, though slightly
ambiguous statement made by Society
four years latr ; bat Colonel Oiiphant
had taken to drinking, and, in his swift,
downward career, dragged wife and
child with him out of Society's sight
and mind.
IV. :
" Mrs. Oiiphant, did you say ?"
"Yes, sir; a widow with one child
a boy two or three years old." !
"She wants a lease for twelve months,
you say, and intends to advertise for
boarders ? " t
"So she stated. She came to the
office yesterday, and seemed disap
pointed when I told' her . the owner of
the house had concluded to withdraw it
from our agency, and occupy it himself.
It suited her, she said, better than any
other on our list, and 1 promised to
speak to you about it. ;'
" You mentioned my name i
th u" nnt: i told ner Ttnas poBBiuiY
. . ...
vou would
be in the office this alter-
noon, and mere sne is uuw,
and the
clerk advanced to meet her. !
A tall, slender figure, clad m neavy
mourning robes, with a crape vail laid
back from an almost death-like face
and snowv hair that, was what Russell
Dayton saw. i 1
The gentleman I spoke of
come in," the clerk was saying,
has jast
" This
way. if you please, madam.
And, in anotner momem, euo wo in
troduced to her fathers lormer asso-.
ciate, Russell Dajton. ;
It was a shock to both, but the lady
was the first to speak, and without em
barrassment. 'j; ';. " !
I have never heard irom you since
you leit me cuj, , y
father olten spose oi juu uuiui8
last days. Is it long , since j your re
turn?" ' J " J .
I was away from New xorK dus a
short time- My mother died euaaeiuy,
and I have found in an absorbed busi
ness life the only relief possiblo for
what was to me an unspeakable loss.
Forgive me for my selfish allusion, xne
years bring sorrows. You have not been
without your portion.
You would hardly nave Known me,
I think," and she smiled laintiy as sne
touched her hair; "and yet this is the
work of five years only. Does it not
seem longer than that since I saw you
in my father's house? But I must not
speak of those old days," she added,
hurriedly; "I have nothing left to re
mind me of them now. ;
Nothing r he questioned; "then I
jour permission I wiU nd jou p.o?-
am more lonunaie man vou. tum
aee. a very mtie one, wnicu you -xij
return to me if it does not prove accept
able. In case you should care to
keep it, however, I will only ask in
return the privilege of calling upon
you." . " ! ' 1
Hhe flushed eiignuy. one nau uu
altogether lost sight of the past, and its
contrast to the present. xnen. sne
cave him her address without hesi-
tation.
T am glad to find that ypu are the
owner of the house I am so anxious to
secure for the coming year. Have you
decided to Jet me" have it, Mr. Day
ton?" - ' : I .
I hear that it is your intention to
take boarders, Mrs. Oiiphant ' If ' 1
thought you would count me as one of
them I should be inclined to .oblige
you in the matter. ' X had thought cf
keeping the whole of it to myself for-a
bachelor's hall.. Will it incommode
you very much if I dj not decide until
to-morrow?" j
"Not at all: as I feel almost suza ybi
will let ; me have, it, Mr. Day ton, and I
shall be glad , to see : you t when Jyou
come.", ... . . . : :
But the little package came first,
early the nex morninga tiny -box,
holding 1'aT long dead rosebud, aiida
slip cf paper on which was written in a
hand she had once known bo well: "My
very best' wishes for one of my:be5t
friends,'' " and underneath, her ?:wn
name aud the date, January 10,
1867." .,..-'.,
. j "It was such a beggarly littlergif t to
be kept all these long- years,'" she-4said
to him a few hours later, when clasped
in nis sxrong"rms, sne smuea up ai
TT S0 OU A CSOA. iVl UUCMI
r'And all I dared to offer, though the
whole heart was yours' then as truly as
it is now."
I 1 fTiinlr "vnn mav Vi vn tli TKnnsA.
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Louisa," he said demurely, as he left
nave for-
her at the door. "I see you
gotten to ask about it, Ind the only
condition I will name is that you wiU
you
share it with me." And as the condi
tion was not a hard one, there could be
no objection made. - i W
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
j The average age of the ant is said to
be one summer. j
I Birds who nest in holes are said
to
always lay whito eggs. j
i A few days after Victoria's coronation,
Mr. Montefiore was elected sheriff of
London, Jhe first Jew who had ever
been chosen for that" office.' """t""
) Consul Stevens writes from Chiria
that the chain pump, , which was sold
largely in this country not many years
aeo. has been in use in China for over
2.000 years. Double-headed tacks, top,
have been used there for
many centu-
ries.
?
The ancient manner 01
f1
knighting was
hv a box on the ear. implying that
it
would be the last he would receive, as
he would henceforth be free to maintain
his own honor. j .
The solid nine-inch concrete lioor in
a Buffalo elevator showed a little bulge
upward, and it grew in stature for five
days when, to the astonishment of all
concerned, a mammoth mushroom kick
ed the pavement away and crowded it
self through into the air in perfect
form.
The enormous glacier, Fon or Svarti
sen, on the Seujen Island, in Norway,
and which is the northernmost of its
kind in Europewill shortly be made
the obiect of a remarkable ! enterprise.
It appears that a number of speculative
merchants in Bergen have obtained the
right of cutting block ice for export
from its surface. Some blocks have
alreadv arrived at the latter place, and
as the quality of the ice is found to be
good, large shipments may be expected.
The glacier is about 120 , square miles,
and as the distance from ! its border to
the sea is only a couple of miles, the ice
may be obtained very cheaply.
Flowers and Superstitions,
The necessity of gathering certain
plants before sunrise, as in tne case oi
the St, Johnswort, or in the gathering
of the May-day garlands, seems to go
back at least as far as the days of Pliny,
who mentions that some flowers, as the
lily of the valley, had to be gathered in
secrecy and therefore before daybreak,
nmTA thpir efficacv. It is,1 perhaps,
no loss that the purposes for which tbe
iarri.woTld emploved th3se flowers
Viotra mnflMl into
SVAAwav w w a, m , .
oblivion : DUt it. is
I 1 1.-1- k. trrithnnt. ! coma BUCI1
UHIW f ,
i yi -: .
mowiea w
or supersnwonu awtauuci j
plants must remain impossible. Poppies
are said to have once been offered to
the dead to appease their manes, which
Ls.rtnTit for their surviving aa a
funeral flower, in spue oi iiieir uukuv
ness of color. The use of the vervain
or holy herb, in the Tyrol worn in the
shoe to keep off fatigue, may point to
the origin of our own word speedwell,
and there are other English names of
plants which are capable of explanation
by a studied comparison with their
names in other countries, or in earlier
times. Some of the names of flowers
are simple enough, being suggested by
some obvious characteristics, or by
some comparison to something rather
like it. The sage, or Salvia verbenaca.
owes its synonym clary" to its old use
as an eye remedy, or clear-eye, and the
comparison oi the Adonis aumi.xo
(which, in most languages oi j-urope,
still retains in its name its old connec
tion with the blood of the slain Adonis,
and in popular German is still Bints
tropfchen) to the eye ! of a pheasant
leaves no mystery about its name.: But
sometimes the explanation of names,
founded on the principle of comparison,
seems somewhat absurd, j Of course we
all know that we call the dandelion
from the French dent de lion, and we
are asW to see in the plant's indented
leaf a resemblance to the tooth of a
lion, little as we can explain how the
French became so conversant with lions
as to compare their teeth; with the leaf
of a, dandelion. Is it not more bkoly
that this plant derived its nameirpm iu
m f nl
s?rpose4 efficacy -"J""
lionVtooth, just as in Lower Bavaria,
at this day, a certain plant carried on
the person is thought to be a safeguard
... -v x-- Vi Virrnpv-
against a aog s Dixe. wr "- " - ,
sickle, which in French, Jt
Spanish, and in the English of Spencer
and Shakespeare, is the capnfolo, or
(root-leaf. Are we aeriously to believe
what all the botanical books gravely
tell usr that it was so called because it
seemed to climb rocks like a goat, when
a hundred other climbing plants might
as readily suggest that animal's activity
May it not be that the goai, wr.
fond of the leaves of shrubs, shows a
particular partiality toj those of the
honeysuckle r xne aooiogis uctDr'6"
come to the aid of the botanist. Oorn-
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FOR TOE FAIR SEX.
.1 FaakUa Natea.
Chemises are made with a V fro.it, to
be worn with Y-front dress bodies.
The lace fichu so popular this Bum
mer will; be reduced to a full ruche by
fall. ;-;.! - n?l.. :. ;-:;'',
Lace and embroidery remain the
favorite trimmings for all kinds of
dresses. - :
Ficelle net will cover the collars aud
cuffs of many dressy costumes in the
faiL --j ..r'-; - .. .;
Scarfs in open-work embroidery are
much used for pahiers, tunics and
lappelsv . " " - , ; .- !
The wraps adopted by young Amer
ican girls abroad- are of masculine cut
and tailor finish.' ;.-:.m ' -'
JJost evening druses worn at water
ing places are white, -pale blue, or shell
or shrimp pink. j
Pompons and ostrich feathers form
the trimmings of the largest number of
summer dress hats.
! Beally lovely is a new chintz pattern
of tiale blue convolmh over a cream
colored ground. Another, equally pretty,
shows pale pink roses and lilies of the
valley over a very light water-green
ground, i
; The "Yankee" is a new Parisian bon
net for married ladies, with shirrings of
light surah, and very thick wreath of
flowers round the crown, which is semi
conical or rounded, while the border is
more or less wide." . 1 j 1 - I
A. navy blue ain parasol is lined
with rose color and has a handle of
Saxon china, and very pretty is? one of
scabiosa-colored satin, lined with pale
heliotrope, trimmed with yellow Span-j
ish lace and prune-colored primioses.
Casaquins, polonaises, redingotes and
corsages a panier will all be fin favor
this and; the coming autumn' season.;
Drawn bodices are aiso much worn with
diaphanous fabrics f the number j of
shirrs on these, however, is greatly
diminished. ? If
Some of the new satins are brocaded
in lace eflects in black audi white on
grounds of color embracing all the new:
esthetic and fashionable shades. These
will be trimmed with white and black!
laces matching the design of -the bro
caded lace eflects. I j "-!
The earliest fall suits are of cheviot,
flannel and Gilbert cloths of light tex
ture, in shades of huzzar and silver
blue, drab, terra cotta, Marlborough
red, mahogany, brown and neutral
shades, aUd Are made dressy wun oui
tons, buckles
out steel.!
and fancy ornaments
of
Carrylna Their Iluabands. i
At one time the Dak of Bavonia was
besieged in his castle and was compelled
to surrender. His lady demanded for
herself and the other.ladies of the cas
tle that they be permitted to go out in
safety with all that they could carry 6n
their backs. This was granted, and, to
the "surprise of all, the ladies appeared,
carrying their husbands on their backs,
and for the devotion the Emperor par-f
doned them all! and set them at liberty.
There are many women who, by their
industry and edonomy, to the shame of
the able-bodied men be it said, are car-;
rying their husbands and their whole
households, either by earning all the;
monev themselves or by economizing
with the little that comes into their fin
gers, while the husband squanders the
evenings in a dissolute or voluptuo
life. Rev. E. M. Wood.
An Independent Widow-
On a bav ranche of several hundred
acres, says the; Winnemucca (Nev.) Sil
VAT statfiq. livek the Widow Loveless, a
rfimarkable woman. Lass than the me-'
rlinrn heierht of her sex. but muscular:
as a man, she carries on the business of
ho or, a raftiWiHincr. She ' dresses in
man's attire, and there is nothing to de
note her sex save her auburn hair, which
hangs in wavy ringlets over ner snoui-j
ders. She rides and uses the lasso as
skillfully as a vaquero, and lives alone
since her husband, a loveless scapegrace
left her bed and board a year and a half
ago, taking several of her best horses
She has 1 no false delicacy about her
attire, bnt gives as a reason for wearing
the breeches that she has to do a man's
work and finds it more convenient to
dress like one than to wear the usual
garb of her sex. She objects to paying
poll tax, though the assessor insists that
she must do it if she continues to dress
lilrn n. man. 1 I
WORDS OF WISDO-ff.
Were absolute-perfect ion enthroned,
courtiers would certainly discover some
way to flatter it. I j I
The idle should not bet classed among
the livintr t they are sort 01 dead men
who can't be juried.
Once loosen the
honor, the door to
swings easily.!
, i. . .
latch-strings of
crime and folly
A man loves wLen his judgment ap
proves ; a wonianV judgment approves
when she loves. I!
A cood situation is like a savings-box,
its value is not known until it is broken.
What a catalogue of social virtues
man requires: to make him generally
beloved !
The cheapest, advice is that which
costs nothing and ia worth nothing.
Popularity is not infallibility. Errors
exist only wnue they are popular..
Educated men sometimes steal, bu
education is not an incentive to stealing!
TCatnre never moves bv jumps', but
always in steady and supported ad
vances.' I j i ' i 'I. ' ' A
If those who are the enemies of in-
nocent amusements had the direction of
the world, the v would take away the
rTinir and vonth. fhA former from the
CJ af
year and the latter from human life.
Poverty is : the load of some, and
wealth is the load of others, perhaps
the greater load of the two. It may
weigh them toj perdition. Bear the load
cf thy neighbor's poverty and ies nim
bear with thee the, load of thy wealth!
Thou lightenest thy load by lightening
his.
SMALL FARMS.
Same
tm aad Flanres which Should be of
ii Intereat. U'
are a fewj facts and figures
which ought to be of interest and ser
vice to large number of our readers,
women is well as men. In the special
buUetiqwsned. by j the Census Bureau
recently showing the size and number
of farmslheld in the States, the total
riumberVas stated to be 4,008,907. Of
these, oAy 139,241 were less than ten
acres inkze. j That is to say, only 139,
241 persons in this country have thought
it worthl while to 1 cultivate for profit
patches of ground: of less than ten
acres. Th fact is . almost incredible,
but it is a feet. jHowj many, thousands
of women-ail tens ;6f thousands of men
are struggling now for life in 4 our great
cities who.couid rent these small farms
and make a healthy, comfortable living
from them 1 1 Bit how ? Let us look
into the matte A moment and see. The
reason why anyiban or woman should
need informationum the subject is that
Americans have tie misfortune of living
in an enormous Itountry and dealing
with large stakeslin life, Tbeir eyes
and ideas are usfcl to sweeping over
anVi immfinsfl aoafcis that a petty busi
ness with pefty p
contemptible. ".
fits
seems to them
mmg, I to most oi
our readers, . mean
i vast sweep of land
m Minnesota give
up to (wheat;, or a
few miles in i Tex:
or Colorado- with
tens of thousands
least, a couple of
cattle; or, at the
ndred of rich acres
in Ohio or Pennsy
nia, all of which
are to be controlle
by the owner's ye,
tut with which
little to do. I
hands shall have
Such chances fal
to very few. But
vomen could culti
l acres, growing the
br fruit for which
how many men and
vate from one to te!
w . i - - . . a i i
Etna oi vesetauio
they can find the mtst profitable mar
ket ? ; ' Take cucumers for example,;
The average crop islfrom 80,000 to 90,
000 per acre. Read) sale for them is
found in this market or to pickler's at
from $1.50 to $2jpjr thousand. Yet
Cucumber raising is ot considered one
Ol tne most proniaoioior a trniau iului
er. Let him cultivate the finer fruits,
ihe berries, the bette class of pears or
grapes, if he wants to Imake a marked
success and high profit. The finer the
erade and crop and the more skill and
intelligence which are put into the
work, the better it will pay, of course.
Flower and herb raising are industries
which are only jast beginning to attract
notice in this country; they ate espe
cially suited for small plots of ground
ind for women. A quick wit will find
new paths in this trade as in any other.
The first man who grew mushrooms in
k cellar for this market made a fortune,
f Bee-keeping is I another "exceedingly
profitable use of a small farm which our
people are just finding out, The report
of the Bee-Keepers' Association snows
that during the seven years ending with
1879 the average yield per pound was
nint.v Ttonnds weieht. Twenty-five
ma r a nwAd co eacu acre, wux
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readers who well
know the
the nearest
average
market
vrice of honev in
an oar. imak the Tvrobable profit. Poul
try raising is a business which on a few
acres can be mado to pay wen. j w
TOrr,or, o vWnw who. beer inninflr 1 with
fan ft nil ar ft' worth! of eflr8. i
years possessed forty ytrds of the finest
took in the country, waich yield her a
ompetency. i j
Mr. Gladstone lor inree years um
t i7.nrUni nreaaed tttention! to what
ean inrmnir nn me huuix lj.wmxxw-
is there callecLvilla farming the culti
L zu fillal-ilfl rronnd
Vr" a
n Ismail patches in; tie raising, oi looa
anon ot every
tnch i luiauio biuuuu
upplies. "If,", say-;-a recent uum,w
bf the Estates Roll, fevery acre m Jng-
to-zi t,ia orofnllv fanned what an lm
inense difference there would be in -our
imports and exporis returns!" The
same argument com home forcibly to
ul now when the prifce of every kind of
farm product is almcst doubled.
I Bnt. artmft! the tinid. what if our
crops fail, our bees ire frozen, our poul-
try die? Such misrapsare noi uuucij.
Failure is probable in every business.
The only remedy o (prevention is con
stant care and haa wmk. xiKuu-s,
and especiallv smad farming, requires
nrtbr emnlovmenfe the
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(actual personal attainon oi mo uwic-.
Tr. CATt in'no ease le done by deputy.
That personal careinsured, intelligence
Uni innstr-r i will bav. we believe, in
this work as well al m any osner. lw
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Climate on Plaiits and Animals.
A ! nnrresnonAnt of Knowledge,
U-fn fmm r!flfl! flolonv. points out
T- ' " i . - .. ' . ' x
iseveral facts showing the marked influ-
nnA of climate on plants and ammais.
Plants, he says, i feel, severely the
bhange in their nsual habits whfch
.a-Aa vdartA whpa thev are transplanted
from; Europe o South Alrica.j The
mrotor of ' fie Botanical Gardens at
Grahamstovh; states that this is mark
edlv the cie with regard to fruit trees.
The reversal !of the seasons, occasioned
by the coange oi atmospnere, oewnuCia
th T.lats. which are. m some cases,
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educa-ed " to sucn a degree ma m-j
are not ible to survive the shock. The
cnly ichince of getting them to grow is
bv crraflncr. when they borrow the con-
atitutioa of the! tree on which they are
grafted, and acclimatize readily. Ordi
no-- iHim An on a trees behave very ir-
t S IT " J :- W--- - or i
Tfiirnlarrv also. 1 Sometimes they will
inn ll t nYnnffTi ianmetimes thev die : but
the first cuttings never appear to thrive.
Evergreens are not affected, j Birds
take to the change of season well, j if
one may judge by , the few European
anarrows which have been introduced
F.nroneau dogs generally; die. Irh
ported oxen land horses appear to do
wellt provided they receive the same
t of care which thev experience
i.x : i.i-iv.-i - '. h-
ac oome. vaw ouiito.
A curious fact in connection with in
I-
stantaneous j phojography ! has lately
been noticedj In the photograph of a
TroVnVlA drawn bv a trotting horse, all
the part? are ! very distinctly shown, ex-
cent the wheels, which are less distinct;
in their upper part than in the lower.
Th TPAsnn is the mathematical One;
that the spokes of the wheel have a much
greater velocity wnen at the upper pari,
than when their extremities are near the
'ground.
Feet and Shoes.
There is ho part of the human body
which has suffered and suffers more
from the caprices of fashion-than the
foot the female foot esjpecially. Ex
cept, however, with the Chinese ladies
whose pedal deformity American and
European women so ardently strive to
emulate we rarely nnu among iuo
Orientals any willful disregard of the
artistio principle of beauty and utility.
as a ruie, n. is w fcuo c awm y
for the best examples . of artistio cos
tumes, and if there be any exception to
the rule; it is not in the matter of the
covering of the foot. In contrast with
the absurd fashion of the Chinese lady,
we have the sensible and generally
beautiful shoes and sandals of the Turk,
the Persian and the Hindoo. Even in
China it is'only the highly born who
deform the feet , Xho workinar-womAa
there wears an easy shoe, as indeed he
is bound to do by the nature of her oc
cupations. American working women,
or working ladies, as they prefer to be
called we know, of course are just as
insirteni pn their right to imprison their
feet as our women of leisure who habit
ually ride abroad in carriages or loll at
home inf easy chairs. It is. not possible
to find a naturally beautiful foot in aqy
country j where Parisian fashions obtain.
Every one that is encased in the modern
shoe isi' deformed. The second toe,
which should be separated from the rest
of thd toes, is inclined toward them,
and is "seldom longer than the great one,
as it should be. All are crushed out of
shape to fit into the cruel little leather
case which' fashion ordains shall contain
them. The artist understands this per
fectly well, and when he wants to paint
a beautiful foot he knows better than.
tt seek! the' lady of nis acquaintance,
whose pretty face may have enchanted
him, but goes to the east or among the
fisherwomen QfBrittainy or Italy, who
have never worn a shoe, and there he
finds the firm, free, and elastic move
ments bf the muscles which the tiny
feet of the American belle have never
known since in their infantile days they
toddled about the nursery. : . ; 1
"The! gestures of children, being aa
dictated by nature," says Sir Joshua
Reynolds, "are graceful; affectation and
distortion come in with the danqing
master.?' : This is yery noticeable in
tttrning1 out the toes. We do hot say
tha.t altogether turning them in is depir
able, although that is the tendency 9f
nature. But there is a nappy meuium
which is seldom rekched. ; Mrs. Merri
fiAia. an English writer.! some time ago
pointed-out the consequence of turning
nut r.nfl toen in ino iumuwiuk jauKunKu
"Thelinner, ankle is bent downward
toward ! the cround and the knees are
drawn inward, producing the deformity
called Isnock-kneed; thus thj whole limb
is distorted and consequently weaKeneq;
ilegs Of 'those who turn f their toe very
'much outward. It must be remarked,
however, that women, from their greater
breadth of the frame at the hips, ; natur
allv turn the toes out more than men.
In this point also, statues may be studied
unth advantace. Where form is . only
considered, it is generally safer to refer
to examples" of sculpture than painting
vanTn the latter the artist is apt to
because m W8 iwi . . ;A-i .-JT t,:a
lose sitrhtof the primary object
in his
is the f
sculptor who makes an exact image of a
aT.raTii.if hi i i t , nui lwm-.v
figure jWhich is equauj ; penw
from all points of view, hile the pamtep
makes a pictorial or perspective repre
sentation of nature, as seen irom one
point of view only." Painters and poets,
it mav be added, are much to blame lor
'
?-r beatiful muet necessai
1U --.svn-ayainAnt Of tne 18180 lUOtt
- , . Smiili fftet and hands, it
v r" . r. .uA in SOme n-
a fm ata eharacteriBuc in
tions; in this country and in the southern
lands of Europe, for instance. But a
small hand or foot is not necessarily
shapely; nor is a large one tne reverse.
Beautiful feet we are told, are to be
seen in Egypt, especially among' trie
female peasants,, whose feet and hands
are said to be exquisite. . The same, is
true inv regard to the Hindoo women.
The lite Jules Jacquemart had a famous
nnUoM.tnn of shoes which was parucur
larlv rich in Oriental example?. f Art
Amateur.
Of i
A Russian Convict's March
On the road to Omsk, just heiore ar-
-,vir,rr if. that. citv. writes a correspond-
ent from Siberia, we met a numoer oi
detachments of convicts, and what at-
frat mv attention particularly a small
company of distinguished political ex-
iles, banished for their supposed plotn
tings against the uzar. among uem
care seemed to he taken. of these and
fhAw.-r watched as though they were
Tf vau m y
tv a nnmhAr Of VOUnfirnODieS. OPCCiai
unusually dangerous. Half a dozen of
them Were conveyed in sieigns smgiy,
each of them having lor personal
Jiari1 RAated beside him an armed sol-
dre.rltolwhoia he was tightly chained.
-l J -Ttv waa also closely guarded by
ft companT of mounted Cossacks,; and
j tA sligntest possibiUty of any es-
cape, was m-ito muiuvui uuwv
tb at chance to be particularly promi
. i ;., . irinrt - la irinai cxry i
nent and dangerous are almost invari
ably! forwarded to their destinations
under this close surveillance and rush
ed through by night and by day as fast
as the swiftest horses can take them. ; ;
Ulema isa word that frequeutly occurs
the dispatches from Egypt.! it is f?
piuraijor me I wwu
learned man. I 'Ulema" is the coUec4
tive name of the body of learned men in
Turkey. - In a general sense, - uiem-i
are persons who are learned in both law
and divinity. They consuuue uionuu.
body in Constantinople, whose iuncwoa
1G IS wawu up -
tation lof the Koran and the right appli
cation of its teachings to law and polity I
Tbd head of the ulema is the grand
muftVor Sheikh-ul-isiam; next w ,uiu
come the Kaziaokiers, of whom there is
one1 for Egypt and one for Asia; the
third class are the Mollahs, the superior
judges of the province and after - them
are theCddis and the common Mnftis.
j Prisoner, this is the third time this
vear that you have appeared before this
i Whati has brought I you here
aVf tU V 1 r -
a nit iiTflLA 1at 01V f .
j- ' A Shadow.
'In perfect love i perfect trust,
: Bo guys a maxim old ; , .
And yet the saying is rot jast,
When all the tale is old.
There never.yet a love was born
Into this world, witt out . j
A Bilent shadow on its lawn
. The ehadow of a doubt.
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A shadow which is eca recly e eoD,
And yet as swiftly flies, ' "
As objects which may iomq between
Oar vision and the skies.'
And vanish, leaving ixa their track
No token and no traic, . i
Nor ever in their paths turn back
To mar the day's swket graco.
, .. ! '
lJut through, the shadows that are past.
Through all love's wavering donbt.
The perfect Sratrt shall dawn'ais hr
To cast the snaaows oui. ;,.
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Throueh darkehincr clouds, which averbrood.
The sunlight shall appear,
" , -
And lovo'a transcendent interlude
DUau Damsu cvorjr ii.
ITEMS()F INTEREST.
Two thousand Clioctawolndtans
still
live ih Mississippi. ,
There are eleven hundred and Sixty;-
five lawyers in Bostbn. 1 !i
There are five States in tho South
that cannot boast a. brewery. ! i
About one-tbird 6f the rye crop of tho
United States is grown in Illinois. .
It is said that lb, 000 men are now
employed in railroad constructioh in
Florida.. , . f .
Tri Sonrhbamntoii. Virinia: there is a
child iormed very much like a frog and
partaking of the amphibious nature oi
tnai animai.. ; ; rj , . i j
The total annual JWlaction of sugar,
in the world jssaidpto be 5,820,000 tons,
of which the United Utates4 or rather tho
State of Lousiana, ; roduces only 125,
000 tons. . i ; ' ; ;
Henry Clay's old Ashland hbinestead,
after two generations, returns to his .
family. It has been purchased ,by
Major Henry Clay McDowell,T huband I
of the granddaughter of the great states
man. ; .- " . : '.; '
The extent of Ibe manufacture of .
oleomargarine will doubtless surprise
the ordinary reader1, and perhaps alarm r
the average housekeeper. upwaru oi
$5,000,000 worth was made in
by four establishments j in New
city alone. . '. :j . i! ; '
1880
York
Th lakes, and bonds of California,
according to a recent, census bulletin,
cover an area of sixteen hundrod square
miles. Tulare lakf is the large-it ibody
of water lying wholly within the limits
of the United StateW. It has an area of
8ix;nunttrea anaiiiir(",
About 70,000 acres in Great Britain
are under hops, land the difference
between a good and an indifferent crop
means millions sterling. A good crop
realizes half a ton to the acre, and this,
at $25 per cwt., amounts on 70,000 acres
to 817,500,000. A blighted crop (there
ia mnMi hlii?ht this vear) may be esti-
matfid on the same basis at but $700,
000. I 1
HUMOROUS,
nirln. UlrP onrortnnities
are al
the
more to you after being embraced
TJiat's what beats me," remarked a
boy, as he passed a pile of shinglesl
Clergymen ! preterm to discourage,
lying, and yet ask wjmen their gts.
A crusty old bachelor says he thinks .
its a woman, and not her wrongs.? that
ought to be redresseji. . j
The high price of meat does not effect
the consumption of hash. Thftwa
articles never did depend on each other
much. ' j - j . r "-j
I really believe my wife thinks I'm
only half baked," said a sad-faced j man,
"for she always gives me a warming
when I come homeJ ' ;
'Tk I'a nnf. rnnflidered good form to ask ;
a young gentleman with a fob ribbon if
he is aware that the end of his suspend
er is hanging below ibis vest, j ; ;
Confidential: 'A- lecturer . is telling
tiXXnto wa hear. " It 'is easily told.
ftnmAbodv tells a friend ol ours,
friend oi ours, anu
tells him not to ten; that s tne way.wo
near. i
Harrowing Tourist "I ; say,
mi
owT
a n vnn know the way to liar
jjQ8tic (contemptuously) "The way to
arrer j D'you think I spent nigh on
fort- yearS on this 'ere iarm, auu uuuu
u frt ofrr?' " . ..
how to 'arrer r:
As that poor man in New Hampshire
died of smoking, 1 don-r. anow
ought to press you to take this cigar,
said a visitor to a reporter. V1"1
accept it," said the scribe, as he reached
for the Victoria, a siraoger tu
paper offices, adding ''A fellow who
haiwritten up deaths from arsehic in
wall paper, from chicory n coffee, from
7; i ' -hAia and from inhal-
f"wfSl die a. natural
death."
The Rothschilds Ouatnt Birthplace.
; In the ancient city of lW
the-Main is a tall, many-gabled house,
which for years has stood gaunt grim
and empty, with closed s butters.! The
house wPas the cradle of the Bothschilds
and tne uiriuy"w v T--
left the paternal roof to become
n :t -o.fcro nf TRnrone. 10
the
this
hSuse. his
elme Rothschild, in 1770, brought home
Gudula Schnapperrhis young wife, .nd
in the lower story this smart btmnew .
man carried on a Uvely Mo ly old
coins, jewelry, and antiquities of all
kinds. But the foundation, of e
ness of the family began in ISOL-wheD,
oS the death of the Landgrave Will
IX Meyer, who had been his banker,
52 operate on his owi t account
with the large fi
hU hands. Meyer died m TO but
his'widow refused to
1a nA TAtnained in the old
houuntfl her death, in 1819. at the
a era at ninetv-six. Since then the nouse
his remained uninhabited, and will Boon
be nothing but a memory.
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