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Labor.
Labor, labor honest labor
Labor keeps me well and strong ;
Labor gives me food and raiment,
x Labor, too, inspires my song,
Laborkceps me ever merry ;
Cheerful labor is but play r
Labor wrestles with my sorrow ;
' Labor drivetli tears awav. 4
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Lai or hiakes me greet the morning
In tlie glorious hour of dawn,
And see the hill and valleys
Put thtdr golden garments on.
Labor curtains night, with gladness,
Giveth rest and happy dreams;
And the sleep' that follows labor x
...... With the sweetest pleasure teems.
Labor brings m-e all I need ;
While I "work I need not borrow
Hands are toiling for to day,
Mind is workingr for to-morrow.
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lacors tool maKe sweetest music, i
. And their busy echoes ring ;
LoaJii, and wheel, and anvil, ever
, Have a merry song to sing.
Labor,
laber ! ne'er be idle
Labor, labor while you can;
:Tis ths Iron Age of Labor ;
Labor only makes the man!
To do this effectually is one of
the apparent impossibilities of
modern tainting. Every rarmer
knows it from experience. Not
withstanding the utmost pains and
Care in 'ploughing, the grass," esw
pec;aliv if lon will luistle up in
beard and turts here,' therev and
everyivhere injuring alike the ap-
jicarance of the field and its ca
pa city for growth ; for tins grass,
instead of being visibly present to
drawj nourishment; lor itself and
impifle the giowth of something
else. jiuieh niore profitable, should'
be buried beneatlrthe surface to
manure the soil and as:ist in,, the
the giovth of its betters. Well, do
yon , jwish to remedy this..' great,
ditiieulty ? If so, use the chain
and Shall to your . dough. No
matter what kind of a ploifgh you
have, try them. , A -piece oroi-jdi-nary
trace chain wiil be veiTwClk
Fasten one end of it tyour coul
ter, and to the orher end attach a
round inm ball of from two to
tlin e pouiids weight having the
'chain long enough to! permit
the ball to reach to about the
middle of vour mouid-boanl -and
there let it drag along, on the oft
side of course. This is not a new
idea iu fact it is a very old one
but like good wine, age only im-
proves t. just try it oiue; and
ve have no tt-ar of vour verdict.
It may not do the work to abso-
liite per feet imi-lmt it will per
form it atrteast ntty ocr cent, bet
ter tlian yoacan without it
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til
tsti nrnnnn
muiud
Slow to peaceably Unite "Two
or .31 ore Swarms.
The beo-keejier is often under
the necessitv of -tinitinjf' several
swarms. Tliis is the case al)Oiit
swarniinsr time, wlicn he will dt"
ten he compelled to unite two or
moire swarms. This happens es
pecially with after-swarms, jof
which' it will often reqnire sevepl
to make one-trood one. In these
oir1 ropiMna ntlinr "lcnc mnef- fluv
hee - keeper unite his stocks. The
aancer-Then y)rescnts useir to tne
bee-keeper tl at he may lo a
portion, perhaps a larire portion,
of his unite. stacks hv their tijrh.t-
t ,1 . , I . it
i nT anion r -each other, while j by
judicious maiuiement hardly a
bee will he InSjurod or killed.
In aeeompishiii this union
there are two questions of impor
tance :
1. When shall the nnicn take
pi ice?
2. How shall it be acoomplish
ed? When the union takes place
the bees themselves teach us. I)o
two colonies unite, when swarm
ing, the bees minerle together
without anger, Ino bee tliroiiglj
hostilitv iniurindr another. While.
the swarm Is settling;, the assem
bled bees appear. to think ot noth
ing hut the act. of swarm in r, ilot
even gtiardiijg their cpieen, as the
bee-keeper discovers, when a
young queen is placed in a virgin
swarm and the old one .killed .
" Hoes tlie bee-keeper desirej to
unite his swarms, he should do it
on the same day on whiehjthe
swarm makes its appearance or
very soon thereafter. Has j the
swarm occupied its hive already
tor a week, and possessing brood,
the Work of uniting will be more
difficult. For performing 1 tlie
operation, I prefer the night to
the day, for then the .bees are at
restand all ffaihered into their
hives; during the day, owing to
the coming and going of the
workersXtlie stransre lees are
stunsr and killed, beinsr taken for
robbers, and hence attacked. The
actual upiting Is; accomplished in
this manner : I destrov the sense
of smell in the bees, that thev
will take the strange , bees for
their comrades. Many bee-keep-
era use only tobacco
only tobacco smoke.
,vi,:k fi,,. ;ntr .thr hivn
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lierter, in . my experience.
is
sprinkling the bees in the hive in
which the strange bees are to be
placed with thinned honey. Then
the bees to be united arc sprin
kled with, the same . honey until
tliey- are" (fnite wet, and thrown
into the other hive. Through the
jar occasioned by easting the
strangers into their hive, the bees
will be so disturbed, so terrified,
that they will not think of th ar
rival of the strangers. u hen
they undertake to lick the honey
for themselves they Will become
friends, and through the honey
receive the same scent. Never,
since'.I adoptedthis inethodihaye ; happy eXresVions .and harmon
I had a single Ikmj : stunir. - Many j iousentences, frowned : with a
bee-keepers, ami I myself, "make tiara of wit that gltstyns and qmv
the bees walk thnUirh "f resh crs, yet you are rtnh ly jtistled
dewy gra?s. The reas-n why the
hers will allow tliem -elves to
mingle by this method lies in this
that the fresh da nip grass re
moves the individual scent of the
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oees. 10 nie. However, spnnk
imir w iui iioncy appears ro uo tne i
safer method. An old phm comes '
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to miniJ, that instead of honey
water, wine was used; This dan
has certainly been proved ; the
g roh ml on which it is has.d is ap
parent at once no L the. reajler,
without dotibt, knows what I
want to say IwTonld rather stick
to my old plan! American Dec
Journal x
Generosity daring life is a verv
ditferent thing from geherasityTn
the hour ot death; bnproe'eeds
form geuuiireMrity and be
iievoleiRehe other from pride
or ieii
It is almost iniossibIe to state
any truth strongly without seem
44
ing to conflict with some other
truths.
ir.
Yery old is the fable of the
girls at the well : where, from the
lips of one, a fairy causes pearls,
and roses to fall, and' from the
.lips of tlie other, toads and snakes.
I thought tle story had been left
in the nursery together witli Jack
the giant-killer, Mother Gooae
and other literarv toys witlMyhich
thi childish fancy is -amused A Rut
lately I have had cause not only
to remember the fable; but also
to discover within it a solid strurh;
a Mind of prophetic meeting -vith
reference to the use ofslaog which
is now becoming so common, es
pecially among the young peo
ple. I was most forcihlv reminded
of the fable the other evening,
while slttiiag With some friends.
Their eonvf'rsath'ii would have
greatly entertained me, were it
not, that during the chatting,
ever arid mion t'lte-' toads of slang
words would leap Irom red lips
and quite 'disturb my equilibrium,
These girls Itad been nurtured in
retined and cultivated homes, lwt
from outside associations, had
fallen into the fashion of talking
slang. -It
is rad to see how universal
this habit is growing among our
girls and boys. At a future day
they will constitute the country,
and their speech the Iaiiiruasre "'of
the land. What if it be a lan
guage of slang? '
W ould that the young could be
impressed with the necessity of
guarding their lips ! that no cant
phrase or slang expression escape
them. Surely it does not add to
the grace of womanhood or to
the dignity of manhood to use
inelegant language. Pure good
English is more appropriate and
is a much clearer medium for the
passage of their thoughts. More
over the frequent use of slang
tends to weaken and corrupt the
mind. The words mav proceed j venture to say that, had they re
lrom mere thoughtlessness and j mained free mm the disorder up
levity, thus causiog only toads to
fall at first,1 but siiakes are sure to
follow the viper utterances of
rude and common thoughts.
It is more lively, more ex
prcssive, etc." Ah! Young
America, that is just it. With
your swift impatient movements
toward progress, you find even
the language too slow and tcdU
ous for use; and, so pull it to
pieces to form one to suit your
pu rpose.
Thisoftcnsive manner of speech
is constantly spreading; it is
creeping into American litera
turemarring and lowering the
standard of hatevcr it appro.v
inates. j
Our p-and old English lan
vgnage ! , liow it is encroached
upon. Having been growing
thesejnany years, to its full and
! perfect stature, walking with the
stately sfcppings of mighty words,
clothed with the flowing robes of j
j a-ide ! by yhom a usurper with
spry ana inuoienr gall, wmi tne
manner of a jockey. One vyho,
tlmugh coarse and intruslve,js
1 i i . . . in . i
becoming as welcome in the par
lor or tne nest society as tie is in
the kitchen and stable.
" speech is silver." Our fath
ers brought the silver trumpet
from the mother country; with
it thev blew the clarion tones of
liberty ; with it they have; dhfiis-
ed tlie various notes of literature
and science. Now, through the
swell of sound we hear the con
tinual tinkle of a penny trumpet.
"Speech is silver." Let n
have it ; pure l inging, strong' me-
lolfious words! SoaiUxceslem Pres-
I bytefiai.
Cultivate'a humble, willing 'ind
docile mind, or desire toj be in
structed in the ways of God ; for
persuasion enters like a sunbeam,
gently and without violence : and
open but th.e .window and draw
the curtain, and the Sun of Right-
j eousness will enlighten your
darkness.
Golden Grains.
Thou must be true thyself,
If though the truth wouldst teach ;
Thy soul must overflow, if thou
Another soul woulclst reach :
It needs the overflowing heart
To give the lips full speech,
Think truly, and thy thought
Shall the world's faine reach ;
Speak truly, and thy word
Shall be a faithful seed ;
Live truly, and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed.
medical Tiew of SpirjlunUsiii.
Of all mental ailments none
wi'iii t yield to treatment po re
liutantly as spiritualism, I have
watched inanv cases of genuine
spiritualism, but do not remem
ber to have seen a chronic case
permanently cured. 1 have seen
typical cases pass regularly
through their successive stages
ami terminate in .open insanity,
and have new r been able to miti
gate the symptoms' nor avert the
the result, Spiritulism is the
most uncompromising- complaint
with which the psychologist is
called to meet, JNo .epidemic of
modem tunes can compare with
it. It is a delusion .which has
existe 1 twentv-five vears, and at
tacked in tlie United Urate's alone,
nearly tlnee millions of people.
The last eeiiMis informs us that
there are in the republic twenty-
four th Misaml insane, setting
aside idiots; and it is believed
that out of this number seven
thousand -five hundred ca-es may
be traced directly to spiritualism.
The delusion does not. appear to
be decreasing, though fortunate
ly its victims are now almost al
together from the vulgar and illit
crate classes, and scientific men
do not seem to be liable to the
contagion. It numbeis among
its victims a few men and women
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of talent and irenius. but thev
ire hi us.
were attacked years ago
and we
to the nreseiit day, they would
not. now be very susceptible to its
influence. The fact isy spiritual
ism has lost, its hold on the high
er classes, and is spreading with
fearful rapidity, among the rude
and illiterate. Whole communi
ties are given over to its influ
ence. Its believers have their
organizations,- places of -.worship,
mediums, books, papers, and asy
lums ; they' are us sincere, "earn
est, and fearlecs as were the
Flagellants, Lycanthropes, until
Crusaders of tlie Miadlc Agqs ;
but, alas! they are even more
deranired. N. Y. 'Medical Renew.
.The iicplii ui A&itf Oicau.
On hcrvo3'age from Teneriffe to
St. Thomas tne British exploring
ship,' Challenger, dredged and
sounded every other (lay. The
soundings showed f that pretty
level hot t torn ruii3 oil" from the
African coast. Deepenting grad-'
u j llyxto a. depth of 3, 1 25 fa thorns'
u abfiut one-third of the Way
across the. West Indies. If the
Alps, MoiiiitsBlan'? and all were
submerged vit this spot, there
woiiid still behalf a mile'of water
above them. ' Five .hundred
miles farther west there is a coni-
'jparatively shallow part, a little
less than two miles iu depth.
ThcXwatMi then deepens again U
three miles in' depth, which con
t lines cfosvJ over to the West In'
dies. At the deepest spots both
ui the east and w'et sides of the
Atlantic, the dredge brought up
a large quantity ot dark red clay,
which contain e I j u s t s u 1 h ei e l it an
imal life to prove that life exists
at all depths. No ditlicnlty was
ex pe ri e n ced i n o b t a l n i n g t h e 'd eep
sea dredgings, ami it was merely
a question ot p:ttience, eacli haul
occupying twelve hours; In
deptns ver two hilled little has
been found, but that little was
totally new.
A Western genius liis ah idea
which is an idea. lie proposes
to arrange church seats on pivots
so the devontd may more conven
iently examine the toilets of those
in the back seuts; , :
Anecdote of II all del.
Handel was one of the-most hu
morous of mortals and at the same
time one of the most irritable..
His best jokes were perpetrated
frequently during his most vio
lent bursts of passion.
Having occasion to bring out
one of his orotorios in a. provin
cial town of England, he began to
look about for such material to
complete his orchestra and chorus
as the place might afford. One
and another was recommended,
as usual, as being a splendid sin
ger, a great player and so on.
After a while, such as were coN'
lcctable were gathered together .
in a rO'mi, and after prelimina
ries, Handel made his appear
a nee, puffing, both arms full of.
manuscripts.
' Gcntlemen,,, quoth he, ' you
all read manuscripts ?"
44 Yes, yes,v responded from all
parts of tire room. 41 We play in
the church," added an old man
behind a violoncello.
"-Verv well, play dis,'' said
Handel distributing the parts.
This done and a few explana
tions delivered, Handel retired to
a distant part of the room to en-
joy tne enect. i ne srumonug,
,i . rt- .a i i: i
fumbling, and blundering trat
ensued is said to have been inde
seribable. Ilaudcrs sensitive ear
and impetuous spirit could not
long brook the insult, and clap
ping his bands to Ins ears, he rail
to the old gentleman of the vio
loncello, and shaking his fist furi
ously at the terrified man and the
instrument A said, " You blay in
de church ! very well you may
blay in de church for we read,
De Lord is long suffering, of great
kindness, forgiving iniquity,
transgression and sin; you sal
blay in de church, but you sal not
blay for me !" and snatching to
gether his manuscripts, he rush
ed out of the room, leaving his ,
astonished performers
their own conclusions.
to draw
That connot be healthful piety
when there is no activity in doing
good.
Never kick a man when he a
down unless you are sure hecan't
get up without your help.
The man most likely to make
his mark in the world One who
cannot write his own name, i
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It takes two bens to
go-tp
school nowadays one to study
and the other to carry the books.
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True wisdom is a thing very
extraordinary .vxIIappy are they
that have it ; atulnext to thera,
not those manyw tharunnK they
have it, but those tew thaVarseii
sible of their own want of itj and
are seeking it.
"Mi
ss," said a gentleman, ojler-
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nrm anu umureiia iv
voung lady in a shower, upermit
nie to be 3 our beau!" "Thank you
for vour politeness," was the re
ply," - and as I have plenty of fair
weather beaux, I will call you my
rain
beau."
The little things which you ,
mav do Tor those about' you will
falf buck upon your heart as the
summer dews fall upon the vine
vards. What if it is nothing
more than a kind word to a school
boy crying in the street; it dries
his tears,, and the acting heart
grows glad again. Who knows
what cloud of darkness ope kiud :
word may dispel.
" A teacher, one day, endeavor ,
iig to make a pupil understand
the nature and .application of a
passive verb, said : " A passive
verb is exressive of the nature
ot receiving airaction, as Peter is 5
beaten, o-v, what did Eeter s
do "' The boy, pausing a mo
ment, with the gi-uvest counten
ance imaginable, ' replied.
Well, I don't kuow, without lie
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