Heading.
niffie Probably Socrates was the Erst to reeog
Ts result of sympathetic intercourse.
Lself 1 to this that he refers when he calls
the midwife of men’s thoughts. De
Quincy and Emerson both ins st strongly
on this benefit of conversation; and it was
probable something of the same kind that
Charles Lamb had tn his mind when, after
speakingofthedeathofseveralfriends.be
said : ‘And now, for so many ’* parts of my
self I have lost the market.'
But such intercourse is tare. It is prob
able that it comes but seldom to any of ns,
while to many it never comes at all. Con
sequently, we are obliged, for the
part, to go for our mental stimulus to boqks,
which are more or less accessible to us all
And what will books do for us ? Why are
we to read them V Hot for enjoyment
merely ; not only in order to store the
memory with facts, nor even to enrich the
mind with the thoughts of great men. We
read them and we value them for all these
reasons: but they have a hither use mill:
namely the education of the powers, the
cultivation of the mind, the formation of the
character. ‘Books,’ say Emerson, ‘are, for
nothing but to inspire,’ The mere trans¬
ference of the contents of a book to our own •
mind will do us little good unless the mind,
besides receiving, acts upon what it re
ceives. The food of the mind, like that of;
the botfy, is intended to be digested and j
assimilated, to nourish, and to result in
growth and increase of power. If 1 am to !
be in no way better when I lay down my ,
Plato or my Shakespeare than I was when
2 took it up, I will not read at all. Why j
should I? But if 1 have held intercourse
with ‘a soul that made my sou!
indeed my time has not been wasted. I
The amount of reading that is profitable
will vary with each individual, since it de- j
pends upon the minds receptivity and power j
of assimilation. It is of less importance to |
rtad Wisely—that much than is, to to read read exclusively wisely and good well, j
authors; and well—with the reasoning 1
power, the imagination, and the affections
awake and on the alert. i
aud We moral are, then, culture; to read for our own rule, mental j
we are not, as a to |
read in order to write. It is true that in j
some cases, sueh as in preparation of liter j
ary work done ‘to order,’ this is inevitable.
But all will agree tbat tbe best work is not:
done in this way. It is the subject which |
we have studied for its own sake, whose i
interest and value have drawn us irresisti- j
bly onward, on which we shall be best able!
to write; and this not merely on account;
of our better acquaintance with it, but from ;
tbu interest which we take in it. It is I
extremely difficult to interest others in j j
anything in which we are not interested
ourselves. i
Obvious as this consideration appears, it |
is frequently overlooked, if we may judge !
by the unreadableness of much that * 8
printed both in periodicals aud books. The
writers of such unreadable matter may have j
said to themselves: ‘This subject will,
make a magazine article, or even a book ;
ihey did not say. is is a su jeet °f (
merest, of import to mankind; we »wl
needs try to make its value as clear to oth- j
ers a, it is to ourselves. Tins is the spirit |
in which we ought to write. If we cannot
show to our e lows somet nng t ml wi. 8ee ’;
and that they would be the wiser and the j
happier and the better for sec.ng, we need j
scarcely write at all.
Oil Meal lor Hogs.
A correspondent of the Iowa Homestead,
oi , oil uieal , c lor swine, says, x l nave
writing
lised .. with .. good j effect ,»» i by ••
it apparent . . mixing
twill, ... . : week , when i c feeding ,
it m giving once a
iatteimig 4 t bogs heavily J , would i .
”... on corn.
recommend ieedmg it occasionally n to . fatten r t .
hogs .... in tbat way. 1 T think . . , I , nave seen good ,
results from feeding it in swill to sows about |
to farrow—sav farrowing.' for two or three weeks prior j
to Care must be token not to
feed too much (I am speaking now of old
process of meal.) Do no, feed it after tar
rowing tor three or four weeks. A, leas,
very-little should be used. Swill for a suck
ling sow can be loo rich, vine litters ot
pigs are often ruined by over feeding
bow with rich swill; and speaking ot swill
it occurs to me that swine are very
te a two-legged breed 1 have seen as to the
variety aud quant ty of swill they will take
in. The four-legged species are,
excusable, being void of reason or common
sense, while the two-legged sort are said
possess both. Pardon this digression. 1
am ot the opinion that there is no economy
in feeding oil meal, other than as a medi
cine o- to give variety, which is very esseu
littl in swine breeding.
Corn is certainly cheaper even when i,
reaches sixty or [seventy cents per bushel,
or even at one dollar per bushel, aud 1 am
quite sure corn is a belter feed. 1 prefer to
mu say six parts of corn to one of oats, lmve
the two ground together, then mix with
brau,milk, and house swill; feed Wore
getting sour. There ia no better teed for
bows while suckling pigs or for the pig
when they first begin to eat. 1 said corn is
«■—*< *» p-»»»a
cent per pound. 1 believe one pound ot
corn is worth two of new process oil cake
meal; it true it stands as one to two and a
half. Any one can tel! which it will pay to
buy. I have no, been able to find anything
from which 1 could get figures as to results
iu feeding new process oil cake meal to
•wine for fattening purposes. 1 think it is
of little value.
Effect of Riches
It you tbit.k the matter over, without
prejudice, ycu cannot fail to understand
why rich and poor people, even though
lated, may not meet on common ground
Put your best foot forward ever so witeh
when your rich cousin ccmes to visit you
yet you are all the while conscious ihat she
knows it is your belt foot, and thinks it no
great shakes; that she inwardly comparts
your poverty with her own superfluity, ani
rather plumes hersell upon it, as,i! ft were,
an inborn grace ot her own; missus ber
luxuries at jour fireside, and r cards ycu
as a person of small account to be content
with such meagre be-ouging. You ar,
perhaps aware that she tolerates you as a j
relative, when otherwise she would have i
r r I
J0 °\ *”»**'* W* 1 ”* j
ahabbln ^' y ° 88 U "f of ° Ut ° ^ ' y °° ° f
^le-clotheswh.chttmay ^ be, you h ™* never h -1
of m connect,on w.th style. You beg, n to
feeI “ manner8 ’ *° Ur ^\° Ugbt >
5' 0Ur speech, your tastes are behind the ,
t^s. on belong to different worlds and
«'»'»*>'*"*• H “ bas » ,a0ed her
« rapport with . all he nineteenth center
h “ *» off®, k« e.ri,tod her to make the
taleut and opportumty
tlaV< 81 ‘onu amo.o , acq tainun, t wit t
T? '^n T**' '"TT" 7
ant> *“ ,,Ur * ha * Um f b ? t. and a |
you become presently ashamed of your own |
tarba,ent on - Yon suspect her of being
C h “ aC, f ,e “ her m, " d 18 \
r,Ca . '* dev e°Ped, till presently yon discov
er that ?'.' at y °“ ^ ,e ? ° b ® charatter i"
»alformation a neglect
ofh * a,tby 1 hufi sho become8 !
resents raoreor ^ her supenortty; ot8 wp ?“ uh we to fee! ’ 0nr as .?* if a 0 “ sort B ! ;
of presently iaj T <X realize had Z? hat the ! rich T and A , poor We : ,
rel8t,0n C8n " 0t P,ll ‘ ,0,!e ' her ' !
'
Tahnage on tile Songs Ot Solomon.
A wh ite dove with outstretched wings
3Urmountl ngttfloral croBS wa9 percbed over
Dr Tal mage’s head as he sat amid a pro- thJ
fu8ion of flowers on the platform of
Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday morning
pj ora ] crosses, festoons, and buskets; flowers
in p0t8 and in bunc hes made the pulpit i
look llke a conjervatory , and the perfume I
died the vast, amphitheatre. "My beloved j
ig u „ t0 me as a bed of spices and s wee! ;
0 , Pr8 ” was the text. I)r. Talmage said,
•‘Solomon’s songs are considered by many !
as fit only for tll(J moongtruck sentimental
ist(J written by a man craze for a fair maid. |
^ R book unfn fol . fam ;| y r8adin> , fo r
churches. We must admit that for a long
t ; mp Solomon had several hundred more i
„ iv , 8 than he was entitled to ; but he after !
ward repented of b ; s sin, and God chose him
to writ e some of the sweetest things about I
Je8Ui| Christ that were ever written. Lei j
me say tba( , be modern criticism which we I
hear ng t0 tbe immodesty of the Bible comes j
w ; tb B vfcry bad grace [,. om all age w i,i ( b
g0<u0 of |bfl worst Trench novels have '
mu , h( . d , be i r fiftieth edition aud when on j |
(be panur tab | M 0 f respoctu hfe people there
are books aborn inabR l-'or every pure
minded man and woman Solomon’s deB i
scr j pt ; 0) , ol Jesmg Christ is a mental t-n ;
chantment. Why should we all the time
| l0 v 0 r about a few violets in the word of I
,j 0 j wbeQ (b( . rfi are w niany aza fi a8i ,. bo d
odellUroa8i (uebia3i evening primroses,
orocusaes, 'passion tl iwers, and morning
glories ? Why are these flowers symbolic
() , tleHUg CbriH , ? p; r8t( beL . ause 0 f tbe j r
fragrance. No sooner had you opened the
doorofour ohurch t0 . day lbaa you per . j
ceived , h<J fra({ance 0 , theae , iower8>
“fl 0 w shall I describe to you the fragrance ;
Chrigty The name of Cmsar m-ans
. Alexander, conquest; Demosthents,
Phidias, sculpture; Benjamin
The namp of yhri8 , mean9
Sae buw (h u na „ e hM affectfld raen .
ft mftn of llrgamen|>
wbowa8n8ver charged with sentimentalism,
at tbe mention of the name of Christ sat
down ayd wept in joyful emotion. John
Kn oxe a man o! independent nature, whose
righteous indignation made the Queen
shiver with agitation, yielded to the story
^ a Savior’s love. Solomon surrendered
his whole palatial splendor to turn,
i? lowers are symbolic ot Christ alsobe- , .
’
cause ot their briirntuesu. . , hverythinic . .
about Christ ih bright aud radiant. Look ;
at that melancholy man over there. You
think you are better than 1 , , because of your
J
, lu^bnousuess. .. i , . cheat .
ou can me, yon
l)ld h ^ ° 0r f ;1 ll0re 18 J U8t
“ “ 1U0h u rell *°'" 10 a wedding as tn a buna
iell « ,oaB 18 oro u * ld W- they
haV0 P !au ‘ ed a palm a ‘ ,h,B . e “ d of lhe
f” alform wh ' cb « ‘ Ufi 11 Ho8a »“ a '
*“ d oue «“,‘ he « th « « nd whlch 8, ' 01 " K ,0 8i ‘- v
;
!
Plantation Philosophy. ;
Nature , 18 de ,u ' ldder , ob de chde , but j
edyW,1 , ° n 18 , <l , ' ! m “ ddt ; r 0b , de maU * j
’
bo,!ie '' ien d * t de hu ' nan family ... 18 “
'T^j t’,, T b Go State ’* * oidy " axes ° DS<> dem8elv0K a man ter
, h b
‘ ° “ ay ! ,f£ ’* ' “ ° ' 0 S0U 8
j‘ ter d ° “J ' U ‘ t '
e man who ts ashamed ob tie lack „e s
f r ° W "! ® f' Ht,kaow |,)d « es dat h,s W0,K ba8
been badly performed.
! 0an th,Ek dlt a ma " s bvav0 01,80 , h, ‘
"“f, , . 3 ' T le , " tt " “““
. ..
j "V a * H> ’IV'" “1 1 ‘ ' ’° ' ? S
dp Zn'wImRfoan’ wlut to fighf^De w.Z
j ’ • . • , , . • V" r -
! Wi.foiii ' freedom dC^Za of .Z ■ " ‘
ter e ‘ ‘hep , D ‘
bi „l y* b?<1 ’ he’s '*
de lrpp i
i nnk , (in ns „ , - „ ,
: 8j>oll in on acc0UBt ob j oks aB - cas ,
8
| it behind' de chist.
1 It is impossible fur a man ter be success
; j- | Bn ' re(a ; do friendship obhfo neighbors
u n
I V «s e ob< ry m<m wward 8UC . s3 is regarded
t
j by de publ e a3d fo bone8 ,
i De sucker is de biggest coward ob fish
Unlike de rat he aiu’t got de brav. ry ter go
•' up aa’ pull at de hook but sue's aruun
'
De sucker is my idea ob de pMurian
DeboywUuhinksd.it ids fodder is a
j- .j mIiI-!' ' , 1
'
. b de fate de
0 in twi'l
: Z h Z t 'Z on mav a mi s'it ome' ‘ ; hit
De Oman wha, woB'd slander her fri \i\- >n
^ gocount t>b ‘sperforitv ob de hfoT' t \
wus da „ de , man wba [ H .,, a | d g(a ( " ”
' b j |- j ' j de j .
ca , 8 s r en g m , "
_ lrka nsaw Traveler
—
.
Jessie Ate, the keep-r ot Mumbles I. gh •
house on the coast of Walej, saved the lives
of two seamen during the gale ol January
27. The Queen ha« sent tor the heroine’s j
photograph. The Queen, you wiil . bserve,
takes the Ace iu this instance.—Boston
Transcript, j
Women, especially those of the npper
classes, who are not obliged to keep them
selves in condition by work, lose after
r 8onl estimeB earlier) a consul
erab l e amount of their height, not by stoop
a8 men do , but b y actual collapse
.inking down, mainly to be attributed to the
f the muscleg tbat 8upporl the
^ .„ con8eqaence of habitual and
constant pressure of stays, and dependence
up0ll lb , artificial support by them afforded.
K , irl wbo wear# 8lay8 that press upon
^ 1DQ8C , eg and re8tr ; cl the free devel
opmen t 0 fthe fibres that form them, relieving
them from their natural duties of supporting
the spine, indeed incapacitating them from
s0 doing, may feel sure she is preparing
^ t<> fce B daB) woman. A great
Kai fo re of health aufong women
when the vigor of you.h passes away is but
^ &h<1 b , )t t<H) COIDmOD l y caused
by thi8 practice. Let the man who admires
(hfi g of ; that doe8 dnty fo r a human
bo dv picture to lumself the wasted form
and seamed skin Most women, from long
cuBU>m of w , a[]n(r these stay8i are rea ]l y
unaware bow much they are hampered and
A gir ; of 20 , intended by nature
to be on- of her fines, specimens, gravely
assures one that her stays are not tight,
bein „ exactly the same size as those she was
firs, put into not perceiving her condem
nation in the fact that she has since grown
inches in height and two in shoulder
breadth. Her stays are not too tight, because
the constant pressure has prevented the
natural development of heart and lung
space The dainty waist of the poets is
precisely that flexible slimness that is
stroyed by stays. The form resulting from
them is not slim, but a piece of pipe, and as
inflexible. But while endeavoring to make
clear the outrage upon practical good sense
' iad 8ell8e ^ beaut v ' U is nece88ar y
-
»*><lorstar,d and admit the whole state of the
case. A reason, if not a necessity, for some
sort of corset may be found when the form
w very redundant; this, however, cannot be
wiib the very young and slight, hut all that
necessity could demand, and the practa a
good sen-e aud fitness would concede, could
found in a strong elastic kind of jersey,
sufficiently strong, and even stiff, under the
b-ist to support it, and sufficentiy elastic at
the sides and back to injure no organs and
impede no functions. Even in the case of
the young and slight, an elastic bu d under
the false ribs would not he injurious,
perhaps the contrary, serving as a constant
h,nt to keep the chest well forward and the
shoulders back; but every stiff, unyielding
machine, crushing the ribs and destroying
th e fil)re of muscle, will be fatal to health,
to freedom of movement, and to beauty ; it.
' s scarcely to much to say that the wearing
-uch amounts to stupidity in those who
do not know the consequences (for over and
over again warning has been given) and to
wickedness in those who do.
Scaudal.
The popular parlor game of scandal aptly
illustrates the magnifying powers ot gossip,
The persons who are engaged in the game
stand or sit in a circle. The more the
better; thirty or forty will make more fun
than twelve. When all are ready, the per¬
son appointed takes 1,is right hand neighbor
aside and whispers in his ear a short story;
it may be about some one present, or about
some [> >blic personage; but whatever it is,
he must write it down and keep it, as proof
of what Ins statement was. The neighbor
in bis turn, repeats the story as exactly as
possi jit' to the person on his right hand, and
he having listened, passes it on. At last
the tale returns to its original narrator, who
writes it down as he receives it. It is said,
and I believe truly, that never once has it
come back as it started. The most aston
foiling alterations occur. Innocent jokes
have turned to frightful accusations, aud
ouly the reading of the first story can con
vii.ee any one that he did not repeat exactly
wliat he heard. That a number of innocent
people, with no intention ol distorting facts
cannot hand the simplest story from one to
a, other in the same room for a few moments
without alterations, proves the impossibility
of getting at the.«ruth ot any story which
!. as passed through many lips. I he dispu¬
ot the hearer color8 the tttle even as
ll * ll8ter ' 8 ’ aud n,ore ibau lh ‘ 8 ' many persons
<“< deal without being conscious of it, aud
in a peculiar way. There is an auricular
Ufogfon as well as an optical illusion.
know persons who, while intently listening,
w crds that are not uttered, and who, iu
repeating the expression that has beeu
made on them, do not intend to tell false
hoods, but who will, nevertheless, say to
>ou. with a bland smile: “1 have told every
0,10 that you told me that Mr. X-’s
beautiful young wife had eloped, and they
Having ^ made IT any hi “" such . A statement, “ d wbi ' 0 y and °°. stare deny
ln w ^>der at the speaker, you remember
b ° vU,,t toU b ” tbat Mr ’ 8 new
,oun!r >'. houS0 WftS 8,tuated °“ » beautiful
riio P e of the hitf. and that be had bought it
10 P lease hls young wile.” J, myself, no
™ d ° uh
la ‘ al 8ee ’
How to Clean Wall Paper.
-
To e’ean wail paper, take off the dust with
a soft cloth. With a little flour and water
makc ' a ,um P of ver J stiff dough, aud n.b
,he wail gfatiy downward, taking the length
01 the arm at e-c., stroke, and in this way
f *'* md fbe roo ’ n ' As ,h « dou ? b becoia '- 8
parts off. In the sec
on I 'und commence me stroke a little
above where the last one ended, aud be ver>
c,r, ‘ i ! * nat *<> cross the paper or to go up
Ordinary paper cleaned iu this
wa J W1 U look foesh and bright and almost
as s ° od as new ' ® ome Papers, however,
and these most expensive ones, wil! not
clean nicely; aid in order to ascertain
whether a paper can be cleaned nicely it is
i-est t) try it iu some obscure corner where
it will not be noticed if the result is unset
tory. lf there be any broken places
the wall fill them up with a mixture of
parts of plaster of Paris and silver 1
made into a paste with a little water;
cover the place with a little piece of
like the rest, if it can be had.—Ex-;
I
One day an editor, hard at work trying to
devise a plan on make his delinquent sub
scribers pay their dues, was called upon by
a shoemaker, who dropped tn to gtve the |
editor some hints on running a newspaper.
The editor overjoyed >t the opportunity, :
gave the man his best cane seat chair, bon
ored him with a cigar and listened atten |
tively to what he had to say. Quoth the
shoemaker, as be ltt the weed
“Your paper needs a hundred improved
features. Yon do not grasp the top.es of;
the day by the right h i. He: yj« do,, t set j
the locals in the right type, your teegrap j
news is too thin; even the paper itself ..
poorly manufactured, not thick enough and j
is too chalky white ; yon don’t run enough :
'matter,” and what you do run ain't of the
right sort; your, idea on D.sestabhshment
is wrong, and is regard to "Wee Cohn you
stand bad. 1 tell you these things because
I went to see you succeed. I tell you as a
i friend. I don't take your paper myself,
but I see it once in a while, and as a paper
is a public affair I suppose i have as good j
a right to criticize it as anybody. If a man
' wants to give me advice, I let him ; I'm
I glad to have him, in fact.” !
, That’s exactly it,” said the editor, kindly.
I I always had a dim idea of my short-corn
; ings, but never had them so clearly and |
convincingly get forth as by you, 18 *“
possible to express my gratitude for the e
j trouble you taken, not only to find out
j these facts, but to point hem out als0 -
I Some people, knowing all these thln « s
; perhaps nearly as well as you do, are mean
enough to keep them to themselves. Yon
suggestions come in a most appropriate
time. I have wanted some on to lean on
as it were, for some, weeks. Keep your eye
; on tbe papar and when you see a weak spot
| come up. ”
I The shoemaker left happy to know that
, his suggestions had been received with such
a Christian spirit.
Next day, just as the cobbler was finish
i n g a boot, tbe editor came in, and, picking
I up the mate, remarked.
■'[ want to tell jou how that boot strikes
; me . i a tbe first place, the leather is poor ,
1 h in the sole wide apart, and
the atitc e s are
tbe upper8 too nea r the edge; those uppers
w ill ; g0 to pieces in two weeks. It's all
wrong ray f r ; endi putting poor leather in
j tbe bee ] 8i and smoo thing it over with grease
aud i am black, Everybody eoraplains of
your boots ; they don’t last; the legs are
too gbo rt, the toes too narrow, the instep
tQ0 i,; gb h ow you can baV e the ‘gal to
charge 22s. for such boots heats me Now
(te fi you ^ b ; s because I like to see you suc
c(;( , d Of course 1 don't know any more
about shoetnakiiig than you do about a
newspaper, but still I take an interest in
y0 u, becuase you are so well-disposed to _
i ward me _ In tact I,—”
j Here the exaspera f ed cobbler grabbed a
apstone, and tbe editor gained tbe street,
followed by oil knives, hammers and awls,
! sent after him by the wrathful cobbler, wbo,
regaining his seat, swore by the nine gods
that no impertinent lop-eared idiot should
ever come around trying to teach him his
trade,
V alga.' Habits.
j Asking questions, private and personal
> 3 a vnlgar habit, aud telling your own
business, which no one wants to know, is
another, Asking the cost ef a present
that has been made to you, loud talking in
public hard staring at table, insolent dia
respect to husband, wife, sister or brother,
showing temper in trifles, and making
8< ’«ues in public, shewing an embarrassing
a »>ount of fondness, and making love in
Public convert sneers, of which people can
see the animus, if they do not always un
island the drift; persistent sgotism,
which talks forever of itself, and cannot
<* en ‘ ei K n the m08t P a88in * lntere3t in
another, detraction of friends, and, it may
be . relatives, husband telling of h„ un
P' aa8a «‘uesse 3> a wife complaining of her
husband s faults, the bold asumption ot
superiority, and the servile confession of
iuiiaite un worthless-all these are signs
and evidences of vulgarity-vulgarity ot a
far wor8e ^ t!lan that wh,ch0at3 ,ts fisb
with » steel knife, and says, You was,
and “Each of the men
--
A Better Knowledge.
1 The better results now so apparent from
the development of onr mineral resources,
j an d the mere profitable return from mining
, investments, must be credited to a more
! complete comprehension of mining as a
’ productive industry. An era of speculative
' activity—a kept aiive by unreasoning
craze
i and unreasonable meu-prostituting the
h,est j features of a great industry for money,
has for years hidden from the eyes of the
i 0, ' eat “«j^“y ot our people, the true char
acter of mining as one of the substantial
industries holding in reserve immense
j resources of lhe most desirable kind which
can be used tothe advancement of a common
| and a permanent prosperity- A better
knowledge has been gradually obtained
>«• "•« —- -
| sources of this country are destined to play
t in future prominence aud power, and as
me " have com P reheuded the ,ruth - i( has
; made them free from the toils of the
! speculator and the gambler, and the real
| object of the possession has and rapidly development
1 <d a valuable resource come
into the foreground. This change in public
opinion and growth in knowledge, net yet
‘ conj P lete - is 8l,offn in ,he iBWeastd out P ut
from the mines, and a general tendency to
develop mining properties to a producing
basis. As this spirit predominates, the
balls of the stock-cambler are dull and
ides rted, and the field of development is
stirring with the busy forces of energy and
industry.
People are but just beginning to compre
heud the real place and power of the mining,
industry and the millions of dollars of
bullion which are now each month pouring
into the trade centres of the country, is
the result of the first touch of dawn upon
the threshold, the stirring of a mighty giant
at the break of day. before waking from his
slumber to put on the strength and atmor:
of battle.
The work of placing our mines in a
productive position, so that the vast mineral 1
the Rreftt 8toreh ouse of wealth, that nature
^ sQ bountHul|y provided , U by n0 means
comprehfnded or under stood.
The territorj now knoWD t0 be underlaid
^ ^ ioM ra i nerala is suffi
^ t0 guaraDtey to a certainty that 1
^ ^ an cac ftnd wi „ become f'
in this couat one 0f the chie f 80 urret 3
natioual weal(h and ereatneBs The leafo'a !
JpLss of lhia day aud generation
y sufficient wisdom, to he
, use the tmmense advan
^ ^ and build the
raaS3 i ve bulwarks of security and prosperity
p a joundatiou that can never be re
ved ^ butth dest and m08t wonderfu l
bear ; D g territory the world has ever
bnown wait8 , and will wait, to pour out,he
eless wealt)) of jtg exhauslle83 treas .
a P , e wbo3e intelligence and
hft ^ wor% to uge to
advar , ta?e * the Westings of a per
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Sensitive People. ,
t A “he English church,
wh 8 e writings * have gtven he\ P and comfort
g0U ls, once said, “I am
doubly watchful over myself when I
experience ikon great exultation of devotional
fee K nft f for the rapture has passed I
b] ^ fretful and m tempered .
Tbere t0 be a 8trange contradict i 0 n
in the faol that when a man is lifted through
slr(jn otion to tbose ht . ights of big bein(!
^ ^ comes closest to God, and
catche8afar . (ff( , leam of t h e hills of Beulah,
he 0houl(i descend t0 be captious and irnta
bl „ w ;, h hig fam n v ; yet it ia a fact. As
M the days of tbe Pharaohs we are
(old that Mofjeg when he came down from
Mount Sinai his face shinning with the
heayeR was enraged at the ;do)a _
^ of Ae , e but hfe wa3 provoked to
rigtdeous anger.
J( , g nQt (he 8ou , of the mRn which ; s in
^ ^ ’ bnt hig body- The ner v 0 DS sys
teM react 8 under any grea t strain, and
gbowa j tg exhaustion and weariness through
the temper . Hence, men of fine sensi
bili . y and 8trong imaginative power are apt
(o bg 3Q peev ; gb and exacting in domestic
j lj}f) that .. 0De j. ad need De very muc h their
friend indeed to pardon or to hear it.”
There is in almost every family a young
boy or girl of more intellectual activity
than the others, of more refined tastes and
keener sympathies. Almost invariably this
member of the household, gifted with the
temperament of genius. If not of creative
power, imagines himself lonety and unap¬
preciated by the commonplace souls around
him, and longs for some purer air and wider
life where he could find the affection and
recognition which his soul craves. He has
usually no exactions, his irritability, his
thiu-skinned sensitiveness to slight, has
become a dead weight upon the good, af¬
fectionate, unselfish souls atout him, has
dragged them to lower levels instead ot
lifting them upward.
At an exhibition of pictures in Paris lately
a crowd was gathered about one, the work
of an artist who probably possessed more ot
the subtle quality called genius thau any
other of this century.
“Ah 1” cried toe enthusiastic woman, “I
should like to have been the wife of such a
mau.”
“I know him," said dryly a physician, stand
ing near. “His wife died after ten yearn'
care of him. Such a man would drain the
life out of any woman.”
“The work he has given the world is
cheaply paid for by their lives,” exclaimed
the fervent admirer.
The doctor expressed his doubt by a
shrug.
Whether a great work done for the world
atones for the torture which an irritable
temper causes its possessor aud those about
him is doubtful. But it would be well for
fine-grained, nervous people to remember
that their irritability makes them a burden
to their friends, and that they have, as a
rule, produced no great work to atone for it.
—Youth’s Companion,
Husband and Wife
When Peter Cooper first hired out to
I make a living he received $25 a year and
his board. He was seventeen years old,
and the trade he took was carriage making.
Tt was not till long after that he got to glue
making and the iron business, from which
his fortune grew. He had previously learn¬
ed someting about brick-making, hat-mak¬
ing, brewiug and the grocery business, and
what he did learn he never forgot. 01
schooling he got very little indeed, aud that
iittle only of the simplest kind, but he made
good use of his spare hours, and when
be reached middle life was a well
informed man He married young
and had the good fortune to find a
wife who was rrue helpmate. For fiftysix
years they led together a contented and
happy file, the earlier part ot it in struggles
which would have discouraged less
hopeful hearts than theirs. When prosper¬
ity finally came the husband gave the wife
a large share of the credit of bringing it.
He often said it was to her the greater share
was due. She was as plain, sterling and old
f a8b ioued in her way as he, and the credit
her husband gave her was well deserved,
jj er cbaracte r was described in an address
delivered at her funerai fourteen years ago j
by t be Rev. Dr. Bellcws, who knew her
^ e u ;
" Yo “ bebold ber no fe0ble reUl ' of daint * !
idleness and unstrung fibers and soft and !
ten fee weakness. Here is what is left of a
frame that has used every nerve aud tissue [
in human service, household cares, diligent
and paintaking duty to husband, children
aud dependents. Here are the ashes of a
woman ot the Puritan and Huguenot spirit ’
—one who knew nothing about the modern j
discontent with woman’s sphere; nothing
about weariness of leisure and the lack of
adequate occupation ; nothing about the
inequality of her woman’s lot, or the monot
ony and oppression of a wife s and mother ■
duties.”
---—
False friends are like our shadow, keep
ing close to use while we walk in the sun
shine, but leaving us the instant we cross
into the shade-Boyce. ,
Choosing Friends
Fr,ends a sh , ° u,d be few - fbat „ . ' 8
, ™Z jd . Z ZZ ;
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tbe * shou!d be be tW thoS * on * boEn we caa
* L "J “JS^ 30 " J* 1 "
few who more can can IZftTZl nower enter into ul mot the ves deep Tb and a
fnendshtpwhtchDavtddescnbes as
Wa8 ^nTerfol^uassimr W ? nder ^'- P 8S!Dg I'l the loVe of f
„ A man s dut.es , and , every day ,
would ,n many cases preclude him
cementing friendships of so close and
" re 3 c araC e ^‘. a ® 0 OQ
of fir,end * , J ™ , dlff8rent de * ree8
every one wtth whom he cornea
° Dtact - II 18 " ot 00 mach t0 tbat |
seme spark ofgoodness even in the .
degraded of our race, and therefore ,t
ould be ' h ° earnest endeavor of everyone ,
of obtaining friendship to find the
nd ° f association between himself ana
man; to claim it and eher.sh it
a rlend ,<”* ,bat ^ round ' lf aU
8bon “ pr ^ ,aim ra,b6r aaenm,t ^
which a friendly nature would be carefu 1
t0 decl ™ ia ft “ n “ friecdly Way '. 8 ° 5 “
°ur troubles and cares, onr arx.eties and
ortunes, our joys and our successes, we
d bav f a mU “f.° sympathizing
and they won d be rea friends in
^ degree that JlZu tieZdfoefinZe
by the common t ^ foe S
cla,m the.n sbouW nrt
mistake as our friends mere acq a
whom we know no hiug, orfam 1 a at .
The chances are that there are many whose
names we do not even know, more firmly
nnited.to us in tnendship by the bonds of
common feeli11 ^ hopes and inspirations,
thau tho8e t0 wh ° m ^ ar ® a ; cust ° med to
bid good morrow. True friendship is a
noble thing, and there are many instances ot
its perfection. but what is the of
Some one may say, use
friendship? It is the intermingling of ideas
and affections with each other, which, i
fully carried out, would bind humanity with
an encircling cord, rendering wars aud
tumults impossib'e, and the diffusion of the
arts of peace and domestic comfort
practicable. In the narrower spheres
individuals, as Bacon says, “it is the
and discharge of the fullness and
of the heart, which passions of all
cause and induce; tor, as there are
of stoppings and suffocations most
to the body, so are they also to the mind.
We take medicine for the one; but no
openeth the heart like a true friend,
whom you can impart griefs, joys,
hopes, suspicions, counsels, and
lies upon the heart to oppress it, in a
of civil shrift or confession ” The loss
fortune often is the forerunner of the loss
friends, so called, but who, in reality,
none; merely attendants on fortune, aud
whom, if,we acted wisely, we should have
other feeling except pity. And to guard
agaiust such disaster, let us remember that
it is not the fawning professor who is most
likely to prove the friend in need.
ship real and true is that which suffers
death for its friend; that no hardship
trial or adversity can shake off, using plain
outspoken admonitions and warnings
prosperity, a kind and gentle help
advice in adversity.
Origin of Two Expressions.
The origin of the terms “Uncle Sam’
applied to our government, aud “B-other
Jouathan,” applied in the first instance to
the people of New England, and sometimi a
to the people of the whole country, o ,
rather, to the represenative American, often
proves a puzzle. The question how the
terms arose is often asked. The foliowit g
seems a correct answer:
After Washington was appointed com¬
mander of the patriot army in trie revolutior,
he had great difficulty in obtaining supplies.
Ou one oecasian, when to way could b?
devised by him or his officers to supply the
wants of the army. Washington wound up
the conference with the remark, “We must
consult Brother Jonathan ” He referred
to Jonathan Trumbull, then governor of
Connecticut, in whose jiidement he had
confidence. Governor Trumbull helped the
general out of his difficulties, and afterward
the expression used by Washington became
a popular byword in the army, and eventu¬
ally a nickname for the nation.
The name Uncle Sam as applied to the
Uuited States, is said to have originated in
he war of 1812. An inspector of army
provisions at Troy, named Samuel Wilson
was called by his workmen “Uncle Sam.'
One day somebody asked one of the work
men what the letters “U. S.' printed on a
cask meant. The workman replied that he
supposed it must mean Uncle Sam. The
was afterward spread in the army, aud
this, according to the historian Frost, was
the origin of the naitional sobriquet.
How a Woman Uses a Simmer.
She wants to hang a pic'ure on a wall.
She gets a nail, a hammer, and a tall chair
to stand upon, and calmly surveys the
situation.
Then she measures distance and scratches
a spot, always an inch too high or too low,
and prepares for actions.
She takes the nail in the left hand and
the hammer in the right, and gc-ntly taps
like the drum accomcaniment of a
box. blow,
Then she lays herself out for a b-g
raises her arm and strikes, and yells like a
captured Camanehe maiden on the bound
J h « about ^ the h rest of tbe morning
* bread poultice.
, , ■
et 8 e never learns .rom ex P"; at ■
e next time =e wants to ri J®
« . ****»>* abe wdl blt rt exaCt1 ^ m ^
same Pi«<.e._ t ___ Jones,
A certain barrister named woo
practiced in Brougham’s time, contracted
the habit of commencing the examination
of a witness with these words : Now, sir,
I am going to put a quesiion to you, aud
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care which way you auswei it.
Brougham had begun, like many others t
tired of this eternal formula. One
he met his brother lawyer near the
and addressed him thus:— Now.
I am going to put a question to you,
I don’t care which way you aaswei it
do you dor’ ‘
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biers the same story in eve y Z t" 1
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occurred to the parties
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