Plymouth Democrat, Volume 15, Number 34, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 April 1870 — Page 1

POETRY.

YOUTHS1 DEPARTMENT

THE CHILD'S PRATER.

BT J. L. a'CREERV. Throtgh ftl: Uie gathering mist? of age, One -cone and Nam linden? yet ; Tta' -tamped on memory's page, The last 1 ever can formet : 'Twas when the orb of day declined Beneath the many-colored wet. It seek my mother's knee, and find Upon her hoom perfect rest : And when the -tar betan to hine From out the ether blue and deep, Repeat the prayer whe opening line Was Now I lay me down to elep." 0, childhood hours; how calm, how bright! How like a dream they paed away ! Tha mother ank to sleep one night, And woke in endleso day ! Thea manhood, with its per:la. came; Its high-w i ought hop . its vaijr.c dc.-'.:e?: Ambition's fervid, quenchless llame. And pass on' baleful furnace fire?; But i dl he thonbt had power to sway. Amid temptations fierce ard deep " IT thus I sin how can I say 'I pray the Lord my soul to keep!' " Around us flit, on pilcnt wing. The viewless messengers of death ; Where ueau it now, an hour may hring The burning brow and fevered breath ; A'a. how mtuy sparkling eyes That close to-nigh. n scenes of mirth, E on saatSjSf morn shall rise Shall look their last on things of earth ! I know, ere morning dawns, for me The silver cord of lile may break ; O Fa'her. take me home to Thee If I rhoiiid die before I wake For earth to ear'h. and dust to dnst, ' Mn-t soon be chanted o'er our sod ; And for the ret we can bat trun The ever-liv.ng Father. Godi O. welcome faith! with what delight We near the river deep and wide, When friends we loe. with forms of light, Are waiting on the other side ! When life low tide is ebbing fast. And sense and thought their throne forsake, lie then my MtBMl player, my hist, - I pray the Lord my toul to take." MISCELLANEOUS. A OUSCrl OF BASE. B7 RCTII CHESTERFIELD. David Thompson's new house was finished at l ust, the litter of carpenters, masons and painters was cleared away, ami now he hud brought with him hi3 intended wife, that they miut plan for fitting it up. David had been engaged three years, hut bcin r :t pru ient young man, he said he could neve r marry till he hd a fair start in th i world Hi- thought he had it now, sfaaeei in addition to youth, health, a house and 3Q acres of land, Mr. Durch, the gnat mill owner, had lately made him his ton -nan, a nceftioai he had long Coveted. The wed bug day was therefore fix d lor September , three mouths hence. For once in the world's history, no one found any fault with the snatch; but all declared the happy pair were very well suitul fbf each other. Suiiie Dearing, the br. de elect, wa neither a beau?, r. belle, nnra crnius she wis jmM sweet wo n mly woman, with domestic habits, and a great many little feminine lantrs ud ftUBCa & As to the tearing family, tuey were reHH.lshV, r'-ot and brunch, and always hao been a- fiu buck as memory or records could go. At the present time there were none of them remaining in town save Sallie and her parents, who were getting to be elderly people when she was born. "It's a trKHi house and thoroughly built," ud David, 1 oking around him with SMtisfa i n. "I allowed none but the best materials to go into it. it might have been i t, third cheaper, but I said no i: is lor a lifetime." "And so bright and 3unny," said Sallie, 'it Seenas Ukc home already. Sme houses stnke a chill as soon as you enter them, but I don't think ours can ever be one of that kind." "I don't think ay house could, with you tor its mistress," returned David, gallantly. In every apartment Sallie found something to praise and admire, from the baywindow in the p trior to the waaaVboUen in th back kitchen. Opening the doe r of Ike bt d r. m on the ground floor, she remarked 14 Tkb shaif be our father's an d 0SOther8roocn. It's just near enough to the patios lor eonBpany, and jut far enougk off to be quiet. You must have plamnd it on rmrpose far them, such a dear, good David as you arc," and the young tod hud her hand caressingly oa his arm. David took no notice of the slight advance, however, but stood twirling his ausstäche, sad looking thoughtful and embam Pied. " Of course my parents ere to live with us?" add Saltte, qucstioningly, after a pan?'. MI tttt& joa might be cxpectinar it," answer d Davkt, "tni I have evaded the subject in each a fray that I koped you wo::i i understand nie without any "expsaaation. It seems you did not, however, and the explanation miy M well come now m any time. It yoa will think the matt! r over, yi u will lee that tuts thing cannot be. ' " Why notV" "BccaOM nohody could reasonably expect TOOBg B in to take such a burthen upon his shoulders." " Bat they'll not 1m; a burthen upon you at least not much. My parents are not paupers.' " And hoH take care of thea in their old age?" aske I David. " V. ho ah n 1, bt the took care of wh-.n she v. plied Sallie. ighter they ' rei.s a baby 4 1 want my wife to wait on me." "I don't think I should ever fail in duty to my hu band." my Vm sore you wouldn't, my darling, so n )W it's settled, and we'll say no more abou- it." " D ivid, I put to you the same pH-nion you p it to me. Who will tak rare of my mill fas theil old age? Who, if their ilaughier frmikf them V " I don't ash you to forsake them," said David, impatiently ; "that's just like your -!i I! rwB w ly t putting tilings. am willing yoii should do as much for your p;!n-;- .s other people do for theirs; but Who .' itatei to marry and leave the old folks behind? It is the way of the world. The j mg bird forsakes the old ;i"st, and builds herself a new one." " itut have you never read how the stork that was young and strong winged, ear ried the old one on its back F and would you h ive m- icH dutiful than the fowls of the a:r?" replied Helfta "After au, the bmte creation are no patterns fbf BS, arid David, seeing how Halbe had turned the tables upon him. "And : ,' !fth, Scriptures say that a man shall leave hther and mother and cleave unto Ul wi'e? A ts wer me that. Of eours", the same rule ho!ds gord for women, too. So cow, my dear, let us drop the BUbJi ' I havi n't shown you tile Seeon 1 story yei. I hope you will admire he ?fairoase, for I quite priile myself npfn it," im' young man started to h ad the way u;. bura. " It is no use to go any further," said BelHe, mournt'illy, yet firmly. "What do yoa mean by that f" asked David, paodag and looking back. " That I shall live where my parents do." " WithouT n;- r" " That's for you to decide." " And I me dteftdeC Of all the womm in tho WorM I have chosen you lnit erhea I marry you, I do not marry your family." " Very weft David." " II ov am I to understand that?" That you and I part company." 41 Very dt, it is, then. Uut let me tell you thi , I'm not the man to be trifled with, i ie now or aerer with me ." 44 Ne .-rr," said Sallie. "And let me tefl you further, that if you w.n't be mistress of this house, there are plenty that will. Then 's Jennie Bums, flte handsomest girl in the country I wfll n t say she 13 to be iiail for the asking: but I have reason t know she think- favorably of me. A3 to this freak of yours, it is nothing more nor less than sheer obstinacy under the guise of Ulfa pit "Hard words avail nothing; but this I wib .f,ay, thai whoever you bring here, bo it .li-nnie Hums or another, L scarcely think she 'nn be to you what I could have Ix-en I, wno hve loved you o Ifng and faithfully. And, David, when ou shut int. out of your life and home because I refused toVoRfc. o, KiUh Commandment,

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VOLUME XV. take care that you do not shut out God's blessing at the same time." Öallie had advanced to the outside door and was standing on the threshold, and the setting sun, which, through the hazy atmosphere, was red as blood, shone full upon her. As she said the last words she raised her hand to heaven, and, bathed in that crimson light, she reminded David of a martyr in the flames. He thought that she had never looked so noble, and that he had never loved her so well, but he answered, not a word. Fie walked home with her in silence, and refused to enter the house. Mr. Horch, besides being owner of the mills, was an amateur farmer. He took delight in drives and strange breeds of animals, and rare specimens of plants. He leklom visited the mills, leaving the care of the business almost entirely to his foreman. Beyond these htcts the townspeople knew little of him, for he lived in great seclusion at his place, Riverbank, which was a mile or two out of the village. Having heard that his foreman was about to be married, he offered him the prettiest Aldeney heifer on his farm as a present, and invited him to come and select it himself. David thanked him very heartity at the time, but had never availed himself of the offer. Mr. Durch lapposed this might be owing to diffidence, and one day rallied him on the subject " I'm not going to be married, sir at leaat not at present," said David, looking glum. "Indeed! I hope nothing serious has occurred," said Mr. liurch. " It's all off," said Uavul, shaking his head. " A lover's quarrel, perhaps. If that's all, don't despair. Young ladies like to be coaxed." ".Not Sallie, sir," said David. "I suppose then she has taken some new fancy. They're tickle creatures, these woruenkind. What suits tlum to-day, offends tlnm to-morrow. Well, cheer up, my lad, and lenrn to get along without them, as I do," said Mr.' Bureh, smiling and laying his hand lightly on David's shoulder. "i'm certain tJauic never loved any one but me." answered David, decidedly, "and since you are so kind as to take an inter eat In the affair, I will tell you the troth about it. She was unreasonable enouh to expect to saddle DM with lae care of her old father and mother." " And you could not afford to take such a charge. WeQ, I am glad you toid me, forthat is easily fettled. Rather than two young pc )ple should be dlmppointed, 11 raise your salary." " It was not jusi that," said DavM; "the Dearings here a little property of their own but she had some tine-spun notions about the matter, and wanted to take them into the family." " Oh r Behl Mr. C, and paused abruptly, Reeaaingly intently occupied with punchbag tittle hotes in the ground with his gold-headed cane. "One ihottldn't be barty in af&urs of ao mu ;h importance," taid he at length. "Perhaps you may yet induce her to reconsider." " Ii would be of no use to try," said David, " for you ought as well attempt to movL- tue sun as to move Bailie Dearing when once she gets set upon anything she fancies to be her duty." Very unreasonable truly," said Mr. B.: but there was a loach of sarcasm in his tone. "And you could not think of yielding yourself?"' fc llicvcv sir iicvcv " Well, you 'shall have the Al lenv y all the sam-, lor I rappoee you won't sell your place ?" " Not I, sir nor buy a ropo to hang myself with, either." Mr. liurch laughed, and as he walked away he said to himself, "I gneai the heifer will console him for his los-." David did not, indeed, buy a rope to hang himself; but he slipped his neck into the matrimonial noose in the course of a few months, and moved into his new house predaely as he had pawned to do the only difference being that Jeannie liuyis v.us his bride instead of SalBe Dealing, Sallie, meanwhile, wa.Aiot left entirely without consolation, for, if she had lost a lover, she had gaiie l a friend, and that friend was no It S3 a personage than Mr. Batch. She was much surprised one day, on opening the front door in answer to the mukoDS of the great brass knocker, to behold him Standing on the step, and his horse pawing at the gate about as Brack surprised as you would be if the statue of Washington, which adorns the sonare, should dismount from it rampant steed and pay you a viiit. He extended Ida hand smilingly, and inquired for her father and mother, upon which Sallie invited him in. lb: said he had been trying to obtain some of the old English strawberry plant. . lie had the Hovcy seedling and the Harth tt, and in fact almost every other variety; but the old English had become very rare, and hewas toid that Mr Dearing had it. Upon which Mr. Dearing said that he had, and th.it Mr. Burch was welcome to some. And Hun they fell into a long con venation about horticulture in gen and, and Mrs. Dearing treated him to a glass of her elderberry wine. So he stayed I n hour or more, and though he addressed but U w words to Sallie, his baxel eyes were npofl her eren while he bilked to her bit her. And bo, upon one pretext Off another, he continued to come, until at last he came withottl any pretexl a an. The old people valued his society on their own aeconnl not a little, but. more because, as flicy said, the companionship of a gentiemn like Mr. liurch was BOCh an advantage to a young girl like their daughter. As for Sallie, she regarded him as a dear brother, or at least she thought the did, until her old Mod, Mrs. Burdock the same who was so rrsmhUbted by the "pink ribbons" destroyed the illusion. It was one afternoon in early June, when Mr. Dealing slept in his arm chair, his srife darned hi.s stoehlngs, and Sallie sat stitching away upon BOOM pretty piece ol nonsense which, truth totell, shewas Baach addicted to doing that Mrs. Burdock stalked in like some giant and griz ly Fate. After diaoonrsiag a short time about the lateness of the season, the prospect for er .ps Mrs Black's rhennaatiz1 and Mr. Brown's broken leg she came at Saat to the BObj et uppermost in her min'l, and whack bad beCfl the real mo tive of her eall. "So Mr. liurch is going to be mar ried," she remarked, looking keenly at Sallie. That young worn 111 gave a little sbirt which caused her to prick her linger and stain her work with blood, and, let na hope she derived a momentary satis faction from the fancy that the cambric was Mrs Bnrclock, end the needle adng ger. She did not, however, look up nor make say reply, bat her mother mid, in the most commonplaee way in the world : "Is he I Who is the lady '" "that T hain't found out, but he's fixin' up hib hou.e with the beautilulcst new things, f made an arrant there and mm 'in myseIC Ft mmt be the Queen ol Bheby at least," and lira Bardo k cackled at her own wit. "He's lasen down to Boston three times in one week only think of it," alio added. What followed Sallie did not hnr sh felt confused and bewildered, and was thankful when she could Steal aw.iy to In r chamber. Then she reproached herself for feeling distr-'S ed at the news. What is it to me," thoaghl rtie, ejheejisi he is married or not ? He has been the kindrct and denre t of friends, and f hpped things ins :ni continue as they were, but I had DO right to sped if. Well, whatever happens, i shall always reverence him as tho noblest man in the

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world nobody can deprive me of that comfort." Like many other young ladies, Sallie was a little given to superlatives, as may be seen. The next day Mr. Burch called, smiling, as handsome as ever. He confirmed the truth of Mrs. Burdock's statement with regard to refitting his house, and paid Sallie the compliment of asking the benefit of her taste in completing the arrangements. " Will you put on your hat, and go with me now ?" he asked. " Certainly," she said, and tried to add, " with pleasure," but the words got no further than her throat. She remembered how she had once gone over another house with another bridegroom, but it was not that memory whih caused her to sigh as she crossed the threshold at Riverbank. "Indeed, Mr. Burch, yöuhad little need of any taste but your own," she observed. They had nearly completed their survey of the house, and were now standing by a recess filled with the choicest of plants. " Then you are pleased V" he asked. " I am charmed." "It still lacks one thing without which even Paradise was not complete," he said " its Eve." " A difficulty which will soon be supplied, I suppose," said she, turning her back on Mr. Burch, and looking intently into the heart of a ealla-lily. "That deptndl on you," he said. "On me t exclaimed Sallie, facing him now ; " how can that be?" " Because, unless you consent to marry me yourself, I shall remain single.1 "Impossible !" said she. " Have I presumed too much ?" he asked, regarding her earnestly. " I meant impossible that you could think of me," Btammered simple Sillie, blushing rosily. " But seeing that it is not impossible what then t " Why, then" " I shall fill up the blank to suit myself,'1 said he, bending lower, and taking her handa in his, but, to his surprise, she dn w hack. " There are some things that may cause yon to alter your mind," saiel she. " Well !" said he, and waited for what she had to say next. "I have been engaged before," she said. "I know it." " To your foreman." "I know it." " I have two old people dependent on mv care." " 1 know it." " Aud I can never leave thctu." "And I never wish you to. It was hearing of your devotion to them that first led me to seek your acquaintance. 1 know so dutiful a daughter must make a true and faithful wife, and no I et niyself to the task of winning your affection. Have I succeeded!" Sallie was arain wrapt In contemplation of the cälla lily. Hut Mr. Burch was a man who was not to be put off with any evasions so he repeated, " Have I succeeded ?" "Ye s" said Sallie. Then he kissed her, as it was high time he should do, and said a great many lackau'aisieal things to her, of which this is one : " I won't say that your personal graces had n effect upon me; but then 1 must have loved you if you had been as gaunl and grim as " " Mrs. Burdock," suggested Sallie. Both laughed, and he finished his sentence " instead of the sweetest little lady in all the world, as you are." So Mr. Burch fulfilled the prediction of Mrs. Burdock, and brought a wife to Riverbank ; but that good woman was sorely disappointed that the expected " Queen of Sheby " should turn cut to be nobody but little Sallie Hearing. Mr. and Mrs. Dearing wen very happy in their new home ; nor do I think their son-in-law er r regarded them as a burden or wished them away, tor he was more than once heard to remark, " There is nothing which gives such dignity to a house as the pres ncc of serene old age." No special misfortunes befel David Thompson, and the world voted him a prosperous man, yet sometimes, when vcx d to the soul by a vain, frivolous and heartlesi wife, be thinks of one whose; steadfast spirit might have been hi.3 stay and comfort. And sometimes, when returning home at evening, he fancies he sees standing on hi threshold, by the crimson light of the letting sun, a figure with one hand raised to heaven, and these are the words it utters : "And, David, when you shut SM out of your life ami home because I refuse to break the Fifth Commandment, take care that you do not shut out God's blessing at the same time !" Nem England Phraser. Fame. If all who are smitten with the love of fame could become personally acquainted with a lea really famous people, their eyes would bo speedily opened. They would find that the laurel-crowned goddess who isesned SO charming and so enchanting to them was utterly ignored and unthought of by those who bad secured her smiles. They would lind that scarcely any fact appeared off less value to such people than the bet that they were famous They would find then working hard and painfully for the development of some great Idea, or the accomplishment of some great buk for his own sake, and without the slightest reference to the admiration their labors might happen to excite in the minds of men. There are men who live for fame, and who are merely famous without the greatness on which true fame can alone be based ; but a singlu glance at the inner life of such men would be sufficient to reveal the utter hollo wness of such a life and its entire tack of caoacitv to satisfy the mind. Agasela is a truly great man, but what does he e;re for the gaping crowd that Bonden at learning. His absorption in his work is s complete that, in addition to the love ol fame, another of the ruling ; 1 ions of the human mind has lost its influence over bun. When urged to devote a portion of histime to lecturing on account of his great popularity and the amount of money he would be urr t derive from the plan, bo replied, " I have no time to make money." What did Beethoven cae for farm I Once on a certain occasion when he was in despair by reason of his increasing deaf ae s, and he was almost tempted to com mit suicide, he says: Art she alone she held me back. Okl it seemed to me Impossible to quit this world before I had accomplished all of which I felt myself capable, and then fore 1 preserved Ihu unhappy life." It is n -edless to multiply instances. Our position is abundantly verified by facts. Therefore we say to our friends : Do not be misled by the glitter of popular ap planne. The approval of thoughtful and judicious friends is worth more than the senseless shouts of the whole world. Be si 1 Sj there is only one way in which true lam ; can be achieved, and that is by doing one': work well. New York Jfuxiad Omtu. " vV 11 v Bridget," said a mistress, who wished to rally her girl for the ainuehment Ol her company upon tho fantastical ornamentation of a pic, "why bless an ! did you do this? Von arc quite an artht; how did you do it?" "Indeed, muni, it was mynelf that done it," replied Bridget; aint it purty? Faith, I did it with ycr false teeth, mtunl"

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A Chapter Upon Figures. About two years ago, the following arrangement of figures appeared in the WareHey Magazine, in which, if we mistake not, it was styled "A Curiosity

1 4 1 13 5 7 10 IS 11 9 8 6 15 I

Counting the above upward, across, or from corner to corner, it will be found that the amount in each instance is 34. It is a clevei hap hazard combination of figures, without any rule for their formation. The proper arrangement of figures in oddnumbered squares has, however, been long known ; they are easily made, and no matter which way they may be counted, will give the same amount in each column, as may be seen in either of the following squares : 18 TXCU WAT. C IACU WAY.

it si 1 a 15 8 1 41 5 7 14 10 3 5 7 4 1 13 40 SI 4 S i lu IS IS -il S 11 IS 45 4 J 17.") KAi'H WAV. SS "o is 1 m n -m :1X 47 7 V IS 47 '1'J . 4i tt S 17 Si 3-r :17 5 14 10 -IT, XI V, IS 13 15 24 38 11 41 4 1 S3 32 11 4:1 a IS SS 31 40 4'.t 11 SS Ml bacb; way. 47 .S 9 SB 1 HI 23 84 45 01 ttS 7H 11 t Si U 4tt 7 7S 111 -i XI 43 51 BS 77 7 is 90 SI 49 53 55 t 17 W" .1! 4J" b'i 3 65 7li IB sfTSS 4!i 51 tVi at 7:" "r 2ti 2 :t.t U 11 n 74 4 IB SB as 4S 0 71 73 8 14 "7 SJ j'J 70 si - ffl f K

To make these squares, we begin by placing No. 1 in the middle place in the top row ; Wethen put No. '3 at the bottom of the next row to the right, and oblique upward to' the right with our iR-xt figures, until we fill the place In the last perpendicular row, when we carry our next figure to the left hand place on the horizontal row next above it ; we again oblique upward to the right, until we reach either to the top or a filled place if t" the top, we place our Dext figure at the foot of the next row to the right, and oblique upward as before, to the right ; if to a filled place, we put our next number directly under the last one made, and oblique upward to the right, a3 before, until we come to the top, a filled place, or tin- lat row on the right if the latter, we go to the left place on the horizontal row next above and so on to the end, when the highest and last number will be found at the foot of the row containing No. 1. Win n we get to the top place on tho right hand column, we cannot drop to the bottom of the next row to the right, as there is none, ami therefore place our next number under the last one ma le, and then go to the top of the left hand column. Aud now, having shown what has been done in forming thes squares, we will give a ftw of our own thoughts upon the matter, and, although offered for a pastime, we have the hope that they will be fouud worthy of consideration. We have said that the Wnivthy combination was formed without rnl tk;c sra repeat; but we nave discovered how similar ones may be formed, and how to know the exact number any square be it odd or even numbered, large or small should contain when the numbers are added consecutively together, as well as the total of each column, horizontal, per pendictdar, or diagonal. Thus, to find what the square Should contain, we multiply the number of places in the square by half the number of places, and to the product add the Other half; and, to show what each column of the square should contain, we divide the sum of its square by OHO of its parallel sides, aud we have the answer. Thus: :j 3 :fl P 45--315. 4x418x881384 31. 5 x 5 85 X YtM- 8255 85. n is im ; 1 s ;;!-4-6-iii. 7x74J - 24; 24$ 1,225-4-7 -175. 8x8 54 o'l ; 32 u80--S-4r,o. 9x0 81 40' lot'- :3,321--9308. 10x10 100 x 50505,05010 515. 20 80 4O0 800 ; 200 80,200 20 -4,010. 40 x 40 -1 ,000 x 800 800 1 ,280,000-- 1 0 32,000. 0 x 800,400 x ;;,200 :;,200 - 20,133,80080 858,0401 And so on, as far as we m-iy wish to go. The truthfulness of these rules can be easilv tested for, as 18345 1-67 8845, and 4r - 1011 1213 14 1518188, so 1861718108081 22 23 1-244 25 :!23 ; and so it will be found with all. We will now give a few eveu numbered square, commencing with two of the same number of places us the one in the Waverley, each of which shows a different combination : 4x416x88136-4 t, the number in each column. j 1 y 1 1 7 I 11 III 12 is i 1 11 14 t ; is 11" s .1 13 10 M s 1 i M With the square of .'16 places, we have 6x638x18h 19 566, the sum of the square; and this, divide Iby 0 one of the parallels gives 111 as the sum of each column :

I SS I s at 4 5 so 1 IS -.'Ii in n is ; I 21 I M II 17 Hi is is is ( an su si il 11 si s ! at" 1 W il xi ni 1 I I 1 1 f j 1, with the square of 100 places, we 1 10 100 50 50 5,050 : 10 Ö05: ' ISO S 1 7 i 96 5 1 H IP ill 1(1 s-i i M7 -M ii -t, k 3 ls hi s ! M H as u in :;n i;i , in i,'. m o& 1 m ai s'j .1 ßi 4S if 43 4 i'i .17 Si 5S 'I 41 Si IS as 66 r.l 4? BJ I 71 as M SI M Si. Si SS i ::i 1 72 7s 7! SS 78 TS 84 i, fO M 1! tl ft BS SJ If 88 s.i 1 II BH Si M I M .Ct s I

The above Square limy he counted in ft hundred different ways, ami always with the same result It will ah-o be observed that the first and tenth parallels of this square, when added together, sänke a hundred and one; so also do the second and ninth, the third and eighth, the fourl hand seventh, and the fifth and sixth. A similar arrangement will be observed in the smaller squares; and. as An first and last numbers must be added together, the parallels will always count one snore than the number of ptaocs in the square. AinLtoiiM Joitrwd. Bownra Smat.t, Brd. A half inch in depth is as much as should be placed over any of the small kinds of 11 wcr seeds, and many of them ought not to be covered more; than halt that depth; and after sowing, the surface of the soil, if fight, should be gently packed down with cither a hoe or spade, as this will press It elosely to the leed, and in a measure prevent drying. Buccess or failure in growing plant usually depends up m some Kltle difference In the way tie roü li uMmipa lated. The professional fiorist appareatl does every thing in the most hurried and careless manner, but he never omits those important operations whieh insure the life and future growth of his plants. Hearth and Home.

Tho Old BftWBlll. BY EKNKY WARD BEECHEU. Oh, that blessed day ! What ws that? Fourth of July? General training day? Thanksgiving? Christmas ? None of all these. Far more important to our heart was the day when we first went a fishing alone ! Whether we had permission we cannot at this late period certamly determine. We presume, from the recollection of the anxiety, and the distinct remembrance of general exhilaration, that we had a dispensation on that day to roam. There is a vague impression, too, of digging worms, of putting a piece of twine on to a pole. Then went we forth eastward toward the River Bantam. Now the River Bantam was to our young heart what the Jordan was to a good and patriotic Jew. It wasjthe chief stream in our neighborhood. It was the chief resort for swimming purposes. For, though it was hardly knee deep, and, in many places, easily jumped across, yet there werespoola. and a notable one, called " Lord's Hole (doubtless from a Litchäeld family of the name of Lord), where a small boy could go in " over-head." It was one of those clear brooks a mere brook, which mostly brawls over pebble-stones, now and then widening into quite a sheet, and then, like mea who have been too generous, growing narrow again, and deep. Along it 3 banks grew alder bushes in abundance, tod here and there great trees reached their branches over the Ft ream and watched themselves in the water below. Not a great way above Lord's Hole was the "oil sawmill;" not that there was then a mill, or even a mill dam, but tradition said that there had been one, and the legend was probable, inasmuch as two steep banks on either side, floping up some twenty feet, seemed to have formed the wings of a dam ; and the water made a fall as if, underneath, there was the remains of some obstruction. On the blessed liy above mentioned, a barefooted boy mignl hare been seen on a June afternoon, with his alder pole on his shoulder, tripping through the meadow, where dandelions and wild geraneums were in bloom, and steering for the old saw-mill. As soon as the meadow was crossed, the fence scaled, and a descent began, all familiar objects were gone, and the overpowering consciousness of being alone set one's imagination into a dance of fear. Could we find our way back? What if a big bull should come out of those bushes? What if a great big man should come along and carry us off! To a six-year old boy these were very serious matters. And nothing could have so well tested the eagerness of OUT purpose as perseverance under these soul-bewildering sugcrestions. For realities, in aft' r!ifc, are seldom so impressive as imaginations are; in early life. A child's 1 ars arcruel. They are to him the signs of absolute realities, and he is quite unable to reason on them, and is helpless to repel or to endure them. The fears of our own childhood constitute a chapter of mental phil icophy. Hut no sooner did we see the sparkle of

the water than our soul grew calm again, and happy. Now, for the first time in our lives, we put on a worm. We threw in th" hook and trembled all over. The hook and the bait fell upon the wrinkled water, went quietly down the stream, and swept in near the shore, where some projecting stone roofed oyer af little pool, out r mat pool our little eyes saw something dart, and our little hands, all a tremble, felt something pull. In an instant, with a spasm ot energy, we drew back the line, there was a Hash in the air, a wiggling flash, and something smote the rocky, gravelly bank behind. Scrambling up, we fount a thiner, but, alas, smashed to pieces! Soon another and another fared in the same manner, and it was long before vre could subdue our nerve so as not to dash the fish to pieces. Our courage grew every moment . What did we care il there was a bull in the bushes? What if a beggar-man should come along? What U a great black dog should bnl thai thoaghl wasa little too serioua Black dogs were terrors not to be lighily thought af, even bv a six-year old urchin, who had canght lish, alone, toi) And so eithering up two roach and three shiners, we Started home. Up the sloping hill we ran, till our father's house "shone out from among the trees, and thuu, with the dignity and nbnchalance of a conqueror, we prepared to make a triumphal en! ranee. But here, as often happens in the rcmin iscencesof our childhood, the vision fails. We can recolleet nothing of OUT recepti in. Since then we have fished in many a stream and lake, and in the deep seabat never with half the exhilaration of that first Joyful hour upon the Bantam! Not even there, agon, would the fire be re kindled ! For, not long after, taking a younger brother, to be a marve l ng wit ness of our success, we went again to the old sawmill. The air was disenchanted. The roads and bushes had no spirit in them. The brook gargled and rushed We caught our fish, a few, but without craze, and came solemnly home, wondering what the reason could be that the first time could be had but once. Since then we have seen many grown np boys seeking to reproduce the tirl sen s ttions and to make nOTeUiea perpetual. But each day must provide its own first times. Those ol yesterday are shrunk and Csded. Chriitian Union. The Worth of Work. Wl who labor, and so many of us must may well stop occasionally and ponder over the real worth of our work. Not its worth in dollars and cents, not what it is to bring us or may profit another, hut what it is really worth to us in developing our Christian Character, in strengthening us, in helping us onward and upward. For work .should have this tendency. We hohl it ncxl thing to a crime, that any man should perform a ser rice thai degrades himself Uesinsthus against himself. Against himself first, and then indirectly against the whole of mankind, for in lowering his own nature the average brotherhood of man is lower d. Work should be ennobling. Eren the most menial, provided it hare not some element of baseness in it, may be made so. If is our privilege to Invcfll daily labor With an interest and a thought above she thing itself. The thing we do perishes, mayhap, but the thought vit!i whieh we Clothe it, and which its kind henceforth symbolizes, lives on forever. And so the thing done is worth to us its qrmbol,- -aye, even much more. Bach symbol isa suggestion, and in He' fruitful mind suggestions multiply themselves and bear fruit even to an hundred fold. II we let our work grow distasteful and uncongenial, it is of very little worth in deed. In real, lasting benefits it will not avail the value of a straw. There is small degree of wholesome good born of dis taste. Our duty Mien is, seeing that we should reap as rich harvest as wo may from the held where we glean, to take kindly to the work under our hand. It may not be the labor WW BKJSl like, but. if not degrading, we can make it return goodly reward. But il we continually fret aud repine over it, - If we say to ourselves dally, "This h not my forte ; this is beneath my powers; this Is uni I fj ing , would 1 could Had other work to do," we s re veri'y starving ourselves, chi 0 hag our bettci natures out i that which is right within our grasp. To be sure, we should Strive to obtain euch work as we feel ourselves best fitted for. Circumstances permitting, we should

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t ke up that labor most in harmony with our tastes. But this cannot always be done. Men may not always elect their place and their toil. Work comes to us often. Duty takes hold of us, and will not let us go. And so it comes about, as we have seen, that life-time labors are now and then life time trials, chafing and wearing. Who is at fault, that they do so chafe and wear? Not God, surely; therefore it must be ourselves. Failing to realize the true value of our doing what it may be made worth to our life we forever look beyond it to some faraway duty that may never come to us, and to which it is designed we shall never go Yet, though we may not always choose the work we would prefer, it is within our power to refuse that which will do us harm. Isthat power always exercised? Look at the many doing Satan's service, and answer. There is degrading work beckoning on every hand. God pity those who respond to its call ! Good, honest, loyal toil abounds. It will soil no one's soul. It can be made healthfully effective. Its worth to the manhood and womanhood of to day, if only it be faithfully performed , and with a spirit to press from it all its richness, can hardly be estimated. Workers everywhere ! see that you garner the worth of your work! Excliange. Dr. Lirlm stone's Ad vent vre With Lion. the Tns following extract from Dr. Livingstone's account of his sxl ventures in Africa, during one of his early visits, may be new to some of our readers : " In going round the end of the hill I saw one of the beasts sitting on a piece of rock as before, but this time he h:;d a little bosh in front. Bein about thirty yards off, I took a good aim at his body through the bush, ami fired both barrels into it. The men then called out : 1 He is shot lie is shot!' Others cried : ' He has been shot by another man, too ! Let us go to him!' I did not see any one else shoot at hint, bat I saw the linn's tad erected in anger behind the bush, and, turning to the people, laid: 'Stop a little till I load again.' When in the act of ramming down the bullets, I heard a shout. 1 Starting and looking hall ronnd, I eaw the lion just in tho act of springing upon me. I was upon a little height ; lie canght my .shoulder as he sprang, and we both came to the ground below together. Growling horribly cloe to my ear, lie shook me as a terrier doei a rat. This shock p: od need a stupor similar to 1 hat which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of a CSk It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain, no feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that waspmppening. It was like what patients partialiy under the mfluessee ol cholrofbrm describe, who see all the operation, but feel not tho knife. Thi3 singular condition was not the result off any ment d proCess. The shake annihilated fear, and allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast. This peculiar state i probably produced in all animal.-, killed by the Carnivora; and, if so, is a mereiful provision by the bene Vol: nt Creator for lessening the pain of death. Turning round to relieve myself of the weight, as be had but one paw on the back of my head, 1 saw his eyes directed towards ftebalwe, who was trying to shoot him Bl a distance of ten or fifteen yards. His gun, a Hint one, missed Are in both barrels; the lion 88888 aaashs i aaa si ltc amassy od altn.- ai - 1 balwe, bit Iiis thigh. Another man, whose life I had ssvx be fore, after he had been tossed by a buffalo, attempted to spear the li'n while he was biting Mcbalwc. He left Mebalwo and caught this man by the shoulders, but at this moment the bullets he had received took effect, and he fell down dead. The whole was the work of a lew minutes, and must have been his paroxysm of uj ing rage. In order Ui lake out the charm from htm the Baktala on the following day made a huge bonfire over the carcass, which was declared tobe that of the largest lion they had ever seen. Besides crunching the bone into splinters, he left eleven teeth wounds on the upper part of my arm. A wound from this animal's tooth resembles a gun shot wound ; it L generally followed by a great deal of sloughing and discharge, and pains are fett periodically ever afterward. I had on a tartan jacket on the occasion, and I believe that it wiped oil' ab the vims from the teeth that pierced the flesh ; for my te companions in this stfiray have both suffered from the peculiar pains, While I hare escap d with only the inconvenience of a false joint in the limb, 'f heman whose shoulder was wounded showed me his wound actually burst forth afresh on the same month of the following year. This curious point deserves the attention of inquitf rs." Domestic Bwenty Extra v ao Axt parents must expect to have extravagant children, and when masters and mistresses do not economize, they can scarcely expect the servants to do so. There is a vast difference between economy and Btingini 98. The former is laudable the latter despicable. Prudent personwho study their expenses closely are likely to set aside three-twentieths of tin lr vearlv income for contingencies : sixtwentieths for household expenses ; threetwentieths for servants and aiuu-einents; tour-twentieths for education of children, personal expenses, etc.; and fonr-twen-tieths for rent, wear and tear of tarniturc, insurance, etc. For example, suppose your income to be $8,000 a year, you expend fOOO for (bod, $300 n servants, etc, $ too on family and personal expenses, ifcloofiT rent, while there remains $300 for an accumulating fund. It your income is Huctnatiag, be sure and set sside six t went iet lis of it for a reserve fund, and divide the rjt of the income as above. There Is a great deal In management. Some housekeepers will make $2,000 go farther than oth.rs will $4,000. The habit of spending money needlessly, in the gratification of a host of imaginary wants, is one into nich our young men and women arc too apt to fall. The lolly of this they can see and acknowledge, and yet they have not the resolution to pursue a different c inrse. We cali upon all our read rs who are not blessed with abundant paeans to ponder npon these things to abstain from pr i eat expenditures, and lay up a stated amount of their income every year. There is many a man who keeps himself poor by indulging in the following trilling expenses : Two glasses of ale a day, at ten cents i nly three dollars ju t V ST. Three cigars a day, at tea cents each one hundred and nine dollars and tilly cents M iking nearly $900 worm than thr wu away, since malt InpiOK and the sjcotine stupefy the brain. That $900 would pay the premium upon a lile insurance for the benefit of wife and children, or it would f ie, perhaps, an overburdened mother isom needless toil in her old age. It is pitiful to think of the t ns and hundreds of thousands of dollars Wbloh are yearly consumed in im ke and In liquors .whu h debase and bruitlfy man, "who was made a little lower than the angels" Well might Jeremiah say H3od made man up-right, but be bath sought out many inventions. Hi rtii a l Home (Inn who was glowing blind cheerfully said: " I am going into the dark, but! mean to see all I can before I gel there." It was brave in him not to h i Mic futtlt shadow the present.

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NUMBER 34s PACTS UTD FIUUKE8. UaonurxLai with litest invention. win lows athe Cincinnati pays $10,000 a month for street cleaning. Neaht.y 70') Philadelphia gills were married to foreigners last, year, Fr vnck claims nearly one f ur h of all the theaters in Europe. Canes with whistles are at the present time very fashionable in Paris. The total yield of quicksilver on the Pacific coast, in 180t, was lnv.i-; fl Over thirteen miles of st-erts were opened in Det roit during the past year. Tiib elevated railway in Greenwich 6treet. New York, wnl r::n for the put lie in May. Tuiicity of Paris uses 100,000 leases of paper per day En ' er different printing houses. A twenty-one pound trout, two feet nine inches long, has been caught in Lake Winnlphnogee. At a late funeral in Hart ford, the coflin was borne by six sous of the d caa d lady. A woman in Concord, X. H., with an income of near $5,000, hireeoot a- s. housekeeper. A Boston piper stages thit a few c' dp? and some small pieces of tarred pp r ::re all that is left of ihe great Ccüsenm. Tnaaaare now in Perlin seventeen advertising agencies, which do together a business of fimx million lhalers i year. Toy English National Lifeboat In-'i-totion Is doing a great work. Last yeas the boat! saved 871 lives ant'. 3o resseu. A PcnaSVLTAKIA p'.rl hM reclaimed her lover from a lunatic asylum, where his parents put him because he would marry her. A ooamawpoauBHT writes that a new mania has sprung np u long the ladies ol Edinbursrfr 3( anums t cc k. A ladt who xvas Injured by the f düng of seats at a circus in Oregon City, regop, baa recovered $3,000 damages Crem the company. Boar. Josts A. ('one., eldest e n of the !at e Howell Cobb, owns ami manages 14,000 acres of rich land, in one body, about fourteen miles f:m Americas, ;.i. J ack Rktholds, whDe on the way to the 'gallows, exclaimed, in the bitterness of his heart and soul, M My God! I , ish sH tbe rum was out of tVc world !" A veudict of Ai v oo l ;:? tor; rendered sgainat the Adams Express Company, the value of a lar.o M of peaeiea i:t'!ided for New York, left si Portress Monroe in Is i 7. It is said that Qeorge Hunncwell, who was recently pardoned from the llassachusetts Btato Prison, after twenty-two years confinement, was more surprised at tne street cars man ai anyi;iitvT e:.!. : Two old pumps in London, the 1 andks of which had been rctnoved, have been mistaken for letter-boxes by stupid peoat the street cars tlian at anvt;i:n5T eise. p. o- ' ntiv :m.l thirt v or foriv h-ters. snrmoaed to have been" stolen Li the I. :' I Iffl ' have been removed from them. ' m r . hi ir Tun editor of Cassc lj Jlrurvy one ol the ssost sue Bsful i di ors ol the "Ai ifT.- IS ; erally right when he rejects an article, but almost alw.ivs wrone when h !. Lias to give his reas -n for bo doing. A Bochiestbb Police Justice, Instead of sending t j.-iil a man who was brought be tore UUll i i i- ..;,.;, prOC '.!" ! , mpl y ment for him, an 1 was rewardpd by tl c heartfelt thankaof the man and Ins prom ise to irive a good report of hims ilf. Statistics of commerce and navigation

show that the imports of the year 1809 were The next day, however, the sassa pro$41,401,437, goM value, and in 1868 were gramme was repeated, the cl rk d.-imr 1380,701,510; domestic export s, $404,8l,- nothing more thsn lookingoa, while the 3Q0, mis d values, against 0411,80072 in master pel the Aloe in otderfortmsfBeaa 1868, while the re exports were ? 221,- Then at ni hi Mr. 61 r said: "Tommy, 514, against 2? 03l,'.Ts in :s. yon mad hi ve learned by this time how ir.. tr..,..,r. r.wn i I tn make the fire dus and sween oat. To-

K .'..II 1 ' I I . , I i Tun- v that on M r. h 'Jo a sp,-t va - viiiile on the sun, indicating a disruption i Ute solar photosphere to the enormous extent pf not less than 10,000,0 0 sqnere miles, or eight times the superficies of the terraqneons globe. A MransH i in Lawrence, Kansas, was j recently. The Drümne says: cleaned out " The lcs tit was intere iting to that cuss of our young men who depend upon boardimr houses for Licir daily food. once aua i--'. n;ni iv;'ii pmhmdui ii hi . i i.i i . i r this ciatern for a longtime. The clean-lag-oat operation brought to light one dead c:it, five defunct rata, an old bo a shoe, two hoop skirts, nirt of a m ., 1 about a foot of general ttlth.M I OldJudok Axkkh, of Greenfield, Mrs., waaojaite fanmna for his extra indicia! opinions. One of them runs as fol ws: Presiding at the trial of one iisk for an aggravated crim, an I the Jury having brought in a verdict of u guilty. Judge A&eusaid: Fik, stand ap. For tbe j ciime ot w hich you have hau convicted von sre condemned to siditurv confinement for one day, and to imprisonment daring the rest of your natural life and I wish it was in my power t seam ace yon longer." Tiik Pottsville (ra.) Mi r :SJ mal s-iysthat a Cewdays since, t the Colon do Colliery, the workmen strack an old gangway Of a colliery worked many yen! ago by Stephen Gil 1, in which Wl ;.r s fdsjad a three lootgan. railway track upon whieh stood a coal wagon caj sble ol carrying three tons of evil. Although this gangway was cut many years ago, In the early history ol the region, trie props, timbers the ties, and wagons, were m a perfect state .t preservation, and It. m all appearances, WÜ1 last a century yet. The Chicago CkrUtUm Bland ird says boat twenty of the students of the Ii.iptist Theological Seminnrv, in that citv, found themselves unable to meet the small charga of two .'tl':irs and thirty cents a week for board at Ike Se minary building. There wer.- two alternatives h it them either to abandon their st-alie or nhanlt to stiil rnrther privations. With a apirit of sacrifice rarely equaled, they decided upon the latter; and they have been living the wile of n married student doing the cooking on on dollar a wt k. They do without un at er buMer, or tea, or colfec in fact the staph- of their 14 laider is corn and oatmeal 1 And their warurobclaaj scanty as their tabic Tan San .To-e (Cat) mtrcrj of April 8 relates the (bliowiag incldeuL : "The llayor brought into our offiee y sterday, a Htfde lad, who gave his name a Kobt tl Gbmham, sad says he i- il years of ge, bnl look-, several years young ;-. f had tells a singular story, lit- s b i k M Kahima. M, Mii hi u,abou1 a month ago, wiuiuu. may , ,' ;':! hat step-mother, with whom he bad n en r:o'.vv,,.,m.m.:!,,,':a,n,,.f ? r:.r:-.,,u; : :. ... l. . .1:1 . 1 llioiieiit lie t 'nti't ii ... ii i ii. " ct-iii i A t... i;..:..... ii.;., x-.u,,. ir,. Col on the train coming wesa, and" win n

the eonductors w uld put him ou thi cars ' he would get on the neat train, spending . intervals At statims along the railroad.) Trm Sei Ameri gives an ae Sometimes passengers, on learning his coasttYof taa ntamafacsaara af peifkasery fsa condition, would give him a little money S. ullieru Fr.11.ee, aud t. e t ultivatim. of to et his meals with, but he often had to flowers f.r tliat per,-- .the latter 1umgt hungry; But aever faltering, he ness being much nvre extensive thin worked his way along In this style, until might at flrat be snppoaad. Ossmaai hleaho traveled the whole dif-tanct! to Call sons sccra to bi In tJ : and, fornia, and Is now iu tan dose, lie is an being l i- oi th .1 m .it tUl w orked np interesting hoy, father delicate, aad givei Into oJtrs annually, r ; t next in an interesting acoaint of his advcntnrcK. ( pcpnlir !tvor, of whit h H ere are uta The married siator he wLsbea to find mai 265 tone ytawtjrj aaaa oi kaaansTM ried a man nameel Andrew Taylor. Her j Urns, of varies 37 toaa, ami oi ei.-iidum nasiden name was Allee Graham. Th i avt h 15 tons. Thi bcdI of tin Jsfl boy is now stopping atone of th- hotels, i air uc the least poprl .i, two i r- imI at the axpenaa of the Mayor, until such a half of thai blossom laiu? a'l üui the Uino hs his sister caa bo heard from." 1 1 hion iblc nose vii: Lai i3

TBÜBT TOUR MOTIV n TnrT your mott;?-. littl one : In life momlnir jut hnun. Yon will Und wme er?"f. pome fear. Which perhaps may caue you tcan;' But a mother' ktw may hral MaDjr eriefe that children feel : Tru-t vonr mother eoek to prove Grateful for her thoughtful love. Trr.5t yonr mother, nobie yon'h. Torn not from the path of truth ; In tompta! n evil lionr. Heek her. ere It cain new power. Hhe will never ruide you wroFa'th In her will make you rtrong; Trnt yonr mother, aim to prove Worthy of her fondest love. Tmt yonr mo-her. maiden fair: I.ove will enirte yonr with cars ; liet no clond e'er come tietwecn Lt no shadow e'er N -en. nifiJn? from yonr mo- r -hart What miy prove a po:r.crt dart ; Tmt yonr mother, BSSk to provj Worthy of h"r -iafl toot

" I CA VT. Tommy was a New Eneland boy, the eldest son of a widow livine in humrilc circumstances near Boston. Naturally bright and etive. be was mueb bt loved and indulged at hme by his mother and sixers. In fao, they had got into the habit of dnin? nenrly everything for him. until he thonsbt that he could not brins; a pail of wrd r from the cittern to he house, or hlark hi hoot?, at if One eveninpan ade, who was usually appeilcel to by Tommy's panther whenever she needed cme advice in the UMnduCt of her aftair-, came to the besjrSa, and in tho course of conversation ?a?d : " Bv the wry, sister, it is time that bov of tOStl was doing something for himlf. Tie must be fifteen years old now, and that la shout the right ajre for a lnd to get n cood clrVchirt." " Tea, I know it, Wi n "faltered the lady; "hot I'm afraid hern herdry sJhNaaaj enough to take and keep an errand-boy's n!-.ro. Yon knov .!; constitution has always been delicate beeiden, wc can't think of par' inc Tv:th hiss yet." "Tu, tnt, tin Tsij'l SSStliwsg, saS hearty as nine truths of those of los a?o now in storrs rr.rninc: croM wane. BeJ been home too much, and needs pome of tho outer world! discipline to develop and make a man of him; and in my opinion, if something i not done coon, he'll be Bpoiled, and amount to nothing.'' " We,!, bmtm r," sni I the widow, with a half sols, "you know bst about these things, bnt da Uy to get poor Tonrary n cool, cav p1ore T won! Int l ave him knocked shout Ihr the world." The prudent ancle (bond I place for his nenhew in the oftlce of a friend, Mr. Shaw, of Koste, and the anxious mother, after llttmcr Tommy out in life best style her narrow eiremnsta&ces alTorded, accompanied him to the city and c dh d on the gentleman. After introducing heiself and Tommy, she ssld : " I hope, srr, that the work my son will have to io here may not prove too much for his strength." "wo not trouble yonrseH n tint account, u-r i.- i m," S-.V 1 Mr. Sl-.rvw, who at once appreciated the condition of things; "nay requirements will not be severe, ard besides, I will promise yew that whatever he cant d, I'll do for him." After some further talk the widow dcparted, well satisfied with her son's employer. At the close of the day, when it was time to leave Um nfftee, Mr. Shew said to Tommy, " I want you to habere brhrJht and early to morrow aaoraing, to open the office, make the tire, and sweep ut, and have everything shining by the time I show myse1f.M Tea, tlr, answered Tonsaay. AViicn Mr. S':".v cli w ! liimselfthc n t mrmng, normng uaa oeen There was n i fire, an I Ih i Itter ietday :Vi critthered the floor, Tommy stood m tbe midst, lookin nct mnmm?. nohmir had tw -n done. ft veswhile I OnilUV ST if l 1 111 H:e' IIllvl-, 1 ' ...:. 4 UViJflcS and tearful. M How is this, T smmy?" ho ssid; why hive you not dene as I requ S sd f" u Oh, I can't, sir; can t.' ; .... , .f Mr s,aw , tolj v, nr ra ,h. r. ytm know. that what von ' 't do, I' ' d foryosj.Ad Mr. Shaw went to work, and in a jifiy ha I :i bright fire crai kling (a the grate, and things mi l up so that the office look 1 cheerful and attractive. Tommv rym-lml V h t .-t found s ciittdid situation. At night, when tha j were leaving, Mr. Shaw said, "N.;w, my boy, let lut1 ec what you can do t -Torrow inrmng toward clcanin r np and fixing things."' ' morrow mornini I iiorsole u not when baeknäde sib r br down ss t yrly as promi b to ha evi I come 4. TT MI gaces so," answered Tommy. But fli n. ! iii.-.rn": tf V.T. ! h w nisdf Lis anpcaranre r'din--v.lrp vi 1 '. cne Lolv different from that efth two scarcely previons moruings. 14 Here, Tommy, take this, said Mr. Shaw in a pleasant tone, extending the rkln A him. ":.:!. 1 rfffl VO!ira:lf a ITvJ.vl trouncing.1 M Oh, I cant, lir; I eaaV wh' I fonsaay. VVc.l, dont cry, r.v bt J. ItoM vour m r vn:1 r r tl it von e lUMUI UU i u uu ' mm So Mr. Shaw did for T mmv '.hat Tommy rouM it Co I rid '.' md d uhtles did it well, for Tommy ncvir said "F can't" to h:ni ssriin. ind found himTV' i.. r... ... sell quite equal to the ta ot making a good are ami s wee pi: - .. m i in mo morning before !r. k . . . entered a. lur .t . Jo V Friend to '. I wilt, tell yoa a brae stry of a dog nam d Fih r, ' lie v as v rj fond of a cat whi h he h id known ever since she was a kitten. He u i 1 to carry her ahout, t v, in qcite :m odd wsy : hfl wnüld take her whole Le id Into his saouthu TiMTi'n-i- mother ihi in the h'tc: M h IHr.1 ir . n.,t like (. , . . h(, a. . . y-x r friend If !;c .t p Pt:l;rs. Fif r would In ar him bark, and, ni hing to nroted puss, v.,ud l tukc her up the head in his mt,utb am c.-rrv ; ...r O(fto tbe kitchen. j V;H j, ,( . tQaj tv;. would 1. 1 , bi.a il? i;. . sh.. .v.j :,v.i one I he was the means ol getting 1 f 1 ck wkf -he had bct n 1 I will U 11 ou how it wrt. Puss was missing one day, to the great grief of the childivm, who did all they could to fiod her; foe she waa n L only 1 1 1 1 w aata, but gn il pet Days pa - ., and noMdnc w.-n heard of I the eat lint about a week after pusshtal i en lost, a boy who v 1 ; - - 'w her in a honae near by, b king la the 1 sunshine at a low i v. j The boy went in, w I claimed the cat as b. 1. ' . - i bat the fblka ' reft, ed to give her ap, 'Th cathioura, said tti r; "snd w h g od one, we do not want to i Von can't nnn-r .-.. 1. 1 !. - 1 v.r n;i-!re . I De i ry anew ne ot a ,av of 1 "1 know ! cat thc la." If.' ran home an I 1 U hi d Fif r. Tl.e iastaad Fd'. r saw his cat lri. n l, ho w-; wild v. i'h j y. 'i :t cijual'.y . glad, and ru led to Filer; and the two roiieti over and ov. r :i if they did not know how to show th r 'hnlness. Then Fi ft r I c:d h to CMTJ . . ' s,t" -1 ,t .u, h.u - v. r n . hsuri i i pri--.l at ! ( v couiti uol r' :" P'W l? ' !1 1 irt V . .