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AMfc an heOtoo than my hothat ? t' WoUi loinioiui, WhoiraaUojiro ' ssfT:nam^x *** **,1 ; ah.ll Vm ffly otw hotter than you r •> -■afc^ha full i ■ fair, K«kn> ' Soi'w:iaon«i.lo»oIW*rfcar, I , Suifc'iiok'wj own (Mart, *Wo I m» that ntouthk he?.; . L» tolatlaea, aarh , In itoown w»t, «la up Ho own pUco (a tho hawt, oupplyina Ua nocte, an« white love fbroAdi may be compWtr, ' ?*&~£T3Z*£Z, ' whin la'AUce T la alio not all In.all tire buaap Faal hat daltno upon '«*< «» oenaltlTe, Hetew, I fan . • lUrtmo when! o»y, that LdoaMma of IM, team ■* koamithex, oreo thouph MMhH N M»«* flwrtan, without . aome ih.iilc of aaddened Map at ■ chafcrk WVieh team inrrttaMr to tel- ' " Than JOU arenot loalooa, Xatluui. 5 ihOl,I jh^bTjop Aftt^^iJinrl how unfaud and coldl waa to you ? I • woodrr, brother. K «wy»hl»* rforl of • ^apte^yUch I paawrl, would f hare aoftened mjt.WMentmi and made mo take of-lite a wido aaA.mora callllA ^tetehT Mr (.*1 "if ,» r.l laT " I camtot JRA . Hakm. I can tell, though, hpwitjrwmd tp hare you km AMco, and how happy It made mo, to hare yodr heart open and lake bra ta. She' feifpooa dfa-Mr and coldoem, • hi r 1) . tenia tail m alii, fa. Ip hr t orph*i»se fnaa all drar tWa of rarth. Her pyta hart oftm.mdd to me ,«3^tl»n ym are all of earth that I own,' I ha^ryaTthr di^iup of'^tlfeart." the pait may wo bo one. Our Ion aaacUSod and atnapthcoed by hew , ilea whioh lite hriapa, ereu though the 1*4 WO*— a," d.writ ta a eattapk nw c», a home With .which .aha Imd no ayuijaOh,. ' She waa not what M# wurid (M la

aa 'rKif JioSitt ifX obaarraBow. She wfiWo#«U 'qifcii trntle, .. RkT heihfpi ' Of the" World, wits born 10 km and be fared, the heart ■ that tnoet mew rare,- and whoee my " a eekftfaeijklTiii'f' teieo.*.ea^i m.VM ' Ha Beauty pad otnogth. Hn Ihltk •eesnedto walk dally with hand truatlogly In that of the God of the widow ' and the orphan, I did not wonder than my brother fared her, Her1 ehar- . acter, htf farrllneaa, tbo lonelineea of her munition, weir all each to win upon a heart teaa iuoceplible than lite, •r.than ted atudHfl far the 1**. j He did nptpyeeea what, j^rhaiio I Beat " neread,MafadVfanrit*«ed-|Oudird, thought and read. The quality so e»•entULUknae auolWeo . efarllpe ilnlegrJly^poMeaWto ep. tmtoait degree. I eey toyvuiiil to o*« rm», 1' bccanac Un jufe ihel etarta In talaehood fakl'ifcftWeorita «r izsteraw^-: • wo"rMly pdat : W;! Vfaw- And what tranaient f imal anececa weigh, agaluat the fafa jUT aeir-reopeet, leaped of IHfaw-nwn- nod approval of cenThe .oefabralwl letter, of Juniua make I be ability Of it lawyer generally cm n lertl with hi. integrity. Jndglng , from thia .tand point, a manrelona fat of I ha eraft harr before thorn ample ' room far extended Intellectual and raeral improremcnt. I Nathan waa alnady In (metier. . > Hard ktqdy and pomeTrraaec were doi I ng their part to develop him, and hit firm, ootapekM purpoae to be an hoo1 eat lawyer waa winning him Menda. It waa late InOctobtr. Oneofthom ertetrnee la enjoyment" and In wbkh on trie* to aeiae and lengthen erery 1 a.s! ug. moment. Of an day In tbU ! : latitude. October daya exeel in loreli- j praa. Nature In her wonderful, rarlgakxl Irauty, the ahadowa .oft ami ! dreamy and the air dalioioualy cool I Add to the daya, thfl nlghta of moonlight, with their unearthly, wierd-likc aplendoc and cue eaa lmagiue how tho aamq aoft flood of the moon tell on the deatrted Mooriah Alhambm aa Irrtag eat ami wrote among it. rulna. . Paul amINathaa propoerd that they, Alice and myaclf, go to' the UnO', about three lallea diatant, to upend the BlteflMcarin the wood, ta gather learn aDd enjoy the glorj.of the weather. rorh tempting delight and we atarted a (f hamiily for a ji\eaaorc tHp.of a Ifcrr t bouri.' Erery, fad-fail crag and afcme and Vwk of thriilaflk, I knew writ I 1 hafl -often ' ridden 'thfre, tertruod my a tree, Wed my boUny box 1 wlih llcpatfaaa,' Bahtwcutara and the t beutrttolbfaaaoma-thet weye rfrinkled 1 rrerywhere. The moat bcauUful moaaea that I had erer beheld, 1 had ! gathered at the 1 Unite. The clear, ' aporkling at ream that ran down the 1 atone, eende ita muaic yet to aty cam, [ and I almost UaU the cool watery i draught that my little cup" gathtted ■ from it and bore to my waiting hp. Alice'a keen nature, alien to epjoy- > rocP, iitenk U Orfeythtag aa we rode f afaug and khe: seemed aa happy aa a spring Moaaeen ertkn eeng of a bird. > Ioo'ulduck help Doflag U.'. IVhap U ■ wrU the cdftSclousncM of a' aurroundingatnreephere of fare, of which .In > aoeneay through tin leautifUl light of > tko

tlic auttntm tetr. rneWetad and aimple, taodcM and retiring, aha acemed to enjoy errey thing, whatberfar the moWant Nathan Waa « heriHc or not We were breaking tugetfau a branch (nm. a beaulifal maple, whan the mid, "IIow Eke the ken. we are, Helen.'' " Yes, aotbepeets my, Alkc, and It la truth," I answered. " Do the poets say It ?" she asked. imaarasar'j knew a great denl, I lor* Mra Hemans and Mm. Browning and. little song of Christopher -Marie#"* tfA thosqgdear, quaint vrrsjp Wtegood George Herbert, But I tlA*bJ read about the Ice re. In jny HiUte, *elen. Yon and Nathan know so tnflqh. : 5 jPsrhapa he will teach me when *tr are married." ' "We know enough to renter that we know nothing, All*. - Ikwkfa it ie not learning or wealth that being. Jmpjdneee, and happlnem it the thing " desirable, it It not Y' "Yea, happiness,'' khc auswercil - thoughtfully, "happlneae, enrtldy hap c plnras, i liireW knew till Nathan I luseJasstn 'j r ■ ; — . I looked »t the strange, calm llghi in her W, hot iuaweod nothing. At this moment Nathan and Paul cams 'Up.' 1 do net know 'that my hruthrr natked the fkint flush on Alice', tee*, bnt there was an unepeak«fale, faeing temdaorm In htem.aarr Ujignfci, " We «b going to the edge of the rocks," both seni at one*. "Comehu .lire, the remafl tk-pgar. deecriptkm." "I dcclnrt Oiitl'H tha with Naples arid we might brlfaTi! outsorts at th" toot of the Jora." added Paid nit Ira - d^tten uy. . :-.^i - Twin saretH atrip ortr the ocean and a wwll rfrfaUghtftil sea- neknem, then," I suggested. ' ''Just so, Well come along, flout lag behind with PanE" mH Nathan. "No doubt hs would like to keep rou arui^h'itried forward.^. ^ ^

fii|- ''' Wtejdqjauiaughr ' tin '• How »n I help it ? Are yo* ia tat pfcre 'trio ABcc? Who Vonlfl hnre art thought yon, rani, sueh lUtceptllde *t JWJ*"'' t. ; "One rauno* help, sometimee adm miring a woman, tb©> be la not In lore *. wfit'bsr. Ifbat lift, th AHce T Woii | men- read women IntuiUtely. Toll at- ' roewlntt isit." o* " Alice ia my old riral. Yon need far Dot expect me to pass Judgment on ir- 1 her," I said, crading an answer, and of ' my okl disposition to torment, up(>rr- ' ■m | moat, "Paul Rrerton, this Is beyond te; : pffeeSent that here in the ears of your ,if. I oWu /ancir ybu extol womanly rtrtnes ,-l and loveliness of another rather than ; of her own I" ay " Virtues and lovtlinrwi cocnuon to rt. the sex, jroorself loclodtd, Miss Potid, phfU,',' be raid, taking off his hat rrlth m- an air of comic politeness. " But you s. do not answer urn f " Is; "Stne* you own snch psnHentinl is, wtedom-I think,'' I answered, that 3d Alice's charm is her religious life. ■j. Not the roliglon of cant or talk, or ,d loud,, empty sonnds, bnt the Iddifan a thing of the heart, the ornament of *a at buck and qniet spirit' which breathes i. itself into erary thought, action and Ct motion of her daily life. Her heart a- seems like a fountain mirroring forth the true, the pure, the beautiful, roll venting itself, as it must, ia expression |y of the (See, aDd creating a sort of hnb ig lowed atmosphere shout her. There jt Paul is my judgment upon Alice's fa charmed life. And, I may add, if it d suit you, hr my belief, soeh charm is the only tine. Imperishable on. of wo. t, manhood. I nm glsd for Alice's trail der, gentle sake tint her happiness [a reels in no smaller edition of manhood >- than the son! of my brother. " We were nearing the peak, within o : sounding distance of its summit, when h j " Quick, Paul, qnick, for God's sake, y | PanI, be quick!" s j Paul hastened on, leaving me a few 1. paces behind. I crime np in time to (. see Nathan, white hs marble, his Hps ,1 and cheeks as though erery treco nf blood had fled them, leaning over the rock looking into tbo deep, woody, c marshy abyss below. 0 " Where isehe?" naked Paul. n " There !'< raid Nathan, pointing a with his finger downward, " tlic rock i. has caught her and she Is lying on Its r ledge. " Merciful Heavens !" he f, shuddered, "O, ABcc, ADcc, Alice 1 1" e Witliout anotlicr word and .(nicker a than my pen tan write It, he was r. cflmWng otw the rock, treading Its , n craggy edges, pushing aside mora and d sticks, tlw debris of yean, upturning g stones to make foothold, where tell « sounded through the deep below. I advanced toward- the rocky edge, . y pronimity to which made mo diary, x and stood long enough to gore at wlint a roei my fcya beneath, i AUee- Wiy( libs » balai Jiskwp, on a ■I leilg* some filly feet Wow. She was d (wrfcctly quiet. Whether insensible r, or dead, I could not tell. Her eyes e were closed and her long, beautiful . i, hair, looeem d by the fall, from its j fastening, was streaming orcrthc rock, d Nathan, In his IKuxied excitement was making remarkable headway. I :- 1 expected every moment to see him le slip and the sound of his own falling body to asceml to roy ears with that of 1. the 'failing stoma. , B : ' Paul cam- to me ss I was standing I- and iprinly toying hi » hand on my arm ie led n>e to the t tump of a tree not for s- ilislaflt, s»yln|: Jlrnjly, "«ny here, ie -Helen Mt down and wait till I return. " ■J I hod no power to disobey or even f I had disobey I I er.

- to oppose bios. If I had wished. Mei cbaokaRy I Asokmysoat on thestnmp. What rest I narrate is as Paul afterWards told ma. I knew nothing for a i long time alter seating myself in the , shade. ' Paul raw that the only assistance I from him could only be rendered from the height and not by ruh, untimely . itosornt. He fled with lightning speed 1 to a neighboring field, where in paaa1 Ing we had seen men at work. Qulck- - ly obtaining strong ropes, he returned s with rope, snd men to the bluff. Na I than had still maintained his footing 1 wss dcsceiiding and almost within I reach yf the felr, motion less figure. . Not a word had been uttered. Lips - were paralysed. The descending youth s had no words or thoughts for aught else than the form his eye rested on in t its perilous descent, and tongue, above, t in the Intense interest of watching, , were wafed to attrrancc. " Ho has reached her," exclaimed I Nathan, truly, hod he r In his arms. . Looking around and above him, he , aroned Air the first time to realise his . Situation. Hexqaia to her. but she t made no answer. At length, cither nosed by his touch or bto words, she J " Where sm I V" j , ,Ai Nathan's nqffyfilg, "In mj . arms," her eyes dosed again m srarer tomexfsrsilin. . . Hopes from above were already paaae ; "Seeure her and send her up first," : shouted Paul, lo wbkh Nathan wared a*stn'_ It Was strange, queer work, far N»thsn ifotiphar to b. Wndtag with h heavy oocils the fragile, delicate form tot wbfah In had risked his life. The 0 BUfc, trsmbllng thing worth more to '' .U» then ought in all the wide, wide world. I tadicr. that for the lime It was ryBrf to Mm to hare her inrensiL bin ; retisf that she knew nothing nf the risk, the fright or the mature. * To secure her wra hit the work of „ many mnrorata. Hr graduaCy « her making tbo mceM nod heheU her e rate to PnulW arm. lie. breath,.! J ft«.. PW himarff he W m fo.tr. The reqw ww* quickly attached to his " pcraou ataffdsohg, brawny srm» drew * hku to th. top of the cBff. Cnboond. 1 he fantad tack ujku the steep he had sd her ligfa tepsre and here hhr ta thc

earriage, to which, aroused froth my to stupor, I had gone a short time brfore. re We bolstered her aa best we could, fa whlfa Nathan with cold water chafed her wrists and temples. He seemed d- like a man walking In a dream, tin conre sdooa of the existence of an outer »- world. His whole Ufe 'was bonnd in B AUceW return to consciousness awl it was pitifttl to watch his waiting, anxd I Ions look. u : We carried her home. Strangr d I cloring of n day that had promlswl so . r- ' much delight The sun had gone d d.wn and the daylight almost faded ir when w* drew up In frimt of Alice's t cottage. Nathan lifted tier from the | n carriage and placed her on the bed in her llttleroom. Room of quiet beauty, e arranged according to her owu taste, i- fta large open window looking Weill wmal, snd ftom which she had so often u watched his entrance by the gate below. d "Many days and nights of sleepless I anxiety were sprat by all of us si v Aliret bedside. Her head, the physif dan judged, had been struck In the a fall, and fever, with intense delirium a followed. She had uttered no express don of apparent consdoasnws ftom 1 the time her foot gave way on the rock, t except- asking. " Where am 1 1" of ti Nathan on the lodge below. - Poor Nathan 1 how 1 pitied him 1 a my heart yearned over him in his - trial 1 Alice wavered between life ami e death and in the wavering his own I life seemed to go out. No thought, no t labor, no fatigue, no weariness seemrd • too much for him to bear, ne stood - over her, vainly looking for word or • motion by which he knew that she I recognised him. 1 Day after day passed, slowly yet surely the truth dawned Ujsm us, Lbol 1 tlic fever in reins and brain would bo » satisfied with nothlns • of life it- • sell. The fright and the contusion . teem too much for her delicate, nervous organization. " Only oos recognl- » mcthnt I could bear 1L" ■ The recognition came. Cue morn- • tug she scented kttcr and looking ' round, askrd for bim. He wasqulckly ) • at licr sltlc. " B'hy hare you stay<d j from me so long ?" she asked " You t with you nearly every liour. Did you 1 think, lore, 1 would stay nway because ' you were sick f" > " Xo, Nathan,— The afternoon was ' lovely, wasn't it ? and the sunsrt— ' just as Ufe, goes out and Uje Soyloup 1 with iL Nathan, let me.beoryou say ! again, ' I lore you, Alice.' " I t " I lore r.u, dUre^-apd Uis wml t went out with the words. ,. ^ , ' "That will do. I know yon lore me. I am not afraid, Nathan Not . afraid of the wavi or the slutdpw. Tcl| • ore, lore, that you will come to mo." 1 -She faltered a little and attempted to , rise. lie took licr in his arms and 1 folded her clow to Iris licnrt. Never, " upon a face of such quiet dcapnir as I fora moment hcenuie that of my broth- ' Sho again altemptedtosjH-ak. "Na- • tlian " Over his fhvc came aglenm 1 of light almost au(sjrnatural. Was it I the relteetlun of her own face, cDVcrrtl 1 with ht-arcttly radiance as she lay there ! just on jJw borilen of the luisorn r world f "Na|han,—r-" again she ouinnurt ed, "answer me. Nathan, darling, ' iifr, lore, my all of rarth, how, O, r how can I leave you J Answer me." His roico trembled slightly at first, ' but instantly grew fltm, — ' " God granting, sty men dtor Alice, /

He kissed her lips ss ho spoke. She " seemed satisfied and lay quietly in his » onus for many minutes, then murniurc lug " Saviour, blessed baviour," f«U asleep. That precious sleep in the Bc- ° loved that wakes to no shadowy, un1 real existence, but the true, keen, pure f dawn of an Eternal Day. I I stood beside Nathan as he laid - the precious form in the " house ap- - pointed for aB Bring" and tried to . 1 poor into his bleeding heart, the Vfass- - ed, healing Balm of Gikad ? "Life seems so broken and desolate," v lie said to me one day not long nfter- - ward, as we rat in the parlor together, s "I miss her so, Helen, nnd the Intcnso f yearnings of my soul go out, bnt to 1 come back dried and withered to the > spring ftom whence they started. I , have bent my stopt to the collage more . than oqo evening, then paused hy the maple, remembering Hut I must go to 1 the church janl to find hor." My Bible lay on the table. Openiiqr . to Isaiah, I pointed to the words, 0 '• When thou pnssemt through the s waters I wlB 1c with thee, and through ' " There, my brother, Is the verse that 5 came to me In the darkest, most desolate moment of my Ufe and lighted my -whole being with Its deiidout glow," f I said to wm: ! A tear came lo Ida eye. It waa the first natural expression of grief I had seen him bear. His sorrow bad secsned so keen, hitler and desmiriso. ' " It Is easy for yon in trial, with a 1 woman's trust to ray, The Lord gassed the Lord bath taken away,' hot ' forme— for me, it ia not easy." "And yet, Nathan, U waa a man, a 1 great, good, though sinfal man, who e uttored the very words you quote. The " Lord did gtre, my brother, and the ' Lon> for hit own great, good purpose hath taken away, whether we ac- - knowhdgeHlahandornet. . ITe wasthooghtful and dfant. After aflmc be said— words that 1 shall nm - ■' or forget for Ibey were sueh a glowing. ' kmuuful tribute to wort* In woman - * boud- " I cm bolter foe baring burs Are. '• J better man for baring lowed Are.'' * Three months afterward, I*atd. Na * than and seysetf stood besldr a snow- ^ covered mound fa the village pavet uinaathe poet Kqata. who,, wtan ■ dyiag salrL — a poetic mind onlv, eoahl u have thought or ottered a sentiment so c eXqntiltdy benoflfhl—

ly "1 feel the flowea growing abbTe ■ e. my grave." The flowers springing J, from the snowy mound nbore the dost d of Alter Karle? ',,.1' j- were the months since my-iislefulsio 1 ■r had pained one now beyond my power. : n What would 1 have given to be able to | it ray, "Forgive, O forgive uio, Alice, | t- and help rue to live." j | From out the struggle at we three ; g ; stood silently, grew there no help, no ( 0 { voice saying in soflencil. sweetness, 1 * j " 'C'.mqucr by this'—' fts-oyt llim thai t d lowed uej " [ 't Yes, 'twas tiiis blossom of victory Ii t j tluit through blight and sti»w sprang c Nathan, as we [asred through lire i church -yawl gato. "How 1 shall miss , J n ron licrth Tou, who have borne with j t - me In my great trial," and tlien for the j first time he announced to us his In- - I * tendon to go to Hamilton and study ti >t theology. ! * I- "Why not remain in the bar f Paul p e asketl, " lire profession needs Its ram- ' q n ret. upright. Christian men. " o - "The conviction has silently bat a a firmly grown upon me," be answered, " and my oath to Alio* Is registered ia I f the sight of my God. •* g i " And yonr mother- 1" said Itenl. fa " I will faring to you and Helen on fa [' ' Olfer myself to the Board of For- a 1 sign Missions," he replied J si 1 Reader, did flowers, never-fading : g r flowers, spring — are they not yet ' o s springing— from the aionnd of alter- a note grass and snow above the grave ! tl t of Mice Katie ? 1 Whose life, in its simple, gentle tl a trust, its self-forge tfutuess and self-do- « > within It, where fragrance shall nover t , pass away ? a f)n the morrow wo were married. In h 0 the Utile parlor where with mi Ix.iks, > flowers. Nathan, nnd lastly. Paul, I J ,. had inrsod so many Imppy Uoius, 1 u 2 Blood beside him as we |iloil|jC<l our. i, , j selves to inch ether lu the stnuigi, j mysterious lie that lands so nuui) hu- .! r I Till' foUowing truthful remarks ws r i cli|i from llir Meridian (Miss ) Gatr(tt. a - the picture furnishes its own uiorab — h f Says the Gautt-. : c 1 " If an mlrertisement were to ap- n pear in the Coir fir, today, 'Wanted, A h 1 Clerk,' we hare no doubt the silver- fa User wonld have at least n hundred v c applications for the gen tori 'posish,' r t before dark, snd this, when fertile J Utmls are growing up In weeds, while 1, machine shops and foundries are need- fa i> ing apprentices, and while there are h 1 more lawyers than clients, and more t , physicians than (intients. The troth ii c is, the present generation of young , , men are wonderfully averse to manual - labor, They have no incUnatinn to d work rnlrutatrd to develop more tuna- fa - eto than is nevd.d to wield a jrarilstlck p a and it Is no less lamentably true, that c t their opportunities for an education t I nre few, or rise grossly neglected.— * a prWs thenin-lves upon the matnees ^ with Which they do up a bundle for n f * lady, ran mentally solve Hie simple p , question:' 'Nhie Is two-thirds of what | p ntimberT" " •_ ' "Parents should Is- careful to work up , , , their boys into different material. The ■ r •gentool' oceupntions are mors locked, j p A littls observation, proves mnrluslve- T j

ly, that two-thirds of Uw young men | p c who aspire to tho dainty labors of the ® a counter and desk, are 'loafing,' sod - wasting their lives In fruitless Ull»11 ncra." - " A trado is bottar thsn land, ami - R'is the boundrn duty of parents and " e guardians, while they hare tbeir boys r' under control, to compel them to barn h J a trade." j d —i - i e o IiAXrrx Wkibtkb's Frioiit.— ' ^ "Upon one occasion, Mr. Wehsler was p on his way to sttend to his duties st j „ . Washington, nc was compelled t<U<1 proeccd at night by stage from Bs'tl- i a more. He bad no traveling compan- c ions, and the drtrer bad a sort of felon I' , look which produced no InconslderaWc t e alarm with the Senator. , "X endenrored to tranqniHze my- r o, self, "said Mr. Webster, "and had par. e tially succeeded, when we reachnl Hie . | woods between Bladensburg and , u Washington (a proper scene for t«ur- „ der or outrage), and hear I confess, i ., '* my courage again deserted me." ' - , ' "Just thra the driver torrdng to me, , ( ® with a gruff voiae asknl my name, I r ' gore It to him. r.i ' t "Where areyou going ?" said he. ( The reply was "to Washington. I i " am a SMtotoy." ' I s * XTpon this, the driver srirrd me ftr- [ , rently by the hand, and exclaimed.— [ j, " How glad t am? I hare been tremb- , ® ling in my seat for the last hoar, for "j d when I looked at you I took youfaNe, d a highwayman." Of course, faHlfpar-^t lira Were retfared. X c * Old Joint ad.l*s.-Mr. Webster « |t visited Mr. Adams a short time before c his death, found him reclining on a ' aots, evidently in feeble health. Ho ! o rrntarked to" Mr. Adams : c "I am glad to ice yoti, sir. snd hope yon are getting along very well." m Mr. A. replied In the following fig- t • art tire language : itrary, I find 1 I am quite a poor tenant, occupying, a f house much shattered by lime. It l trembles with erery wind, and what Is ,t [' 'vsrj, sir, the londlocd, aa mar ss I ' cttdtmd out, "doti't intend to make any , . repairs." . . ' i Tsjqutdl the pride ereu of tbs great- t l- rat, we should reflect how ranch -more c r- we owe to others than to oureehr*. I Tn* passport b. heavas is written j nowhere else than upon the knves ) a of a pure heart. ( d A M*!)"h Ufe is too fang when he « * I Ml^jntfatk beaHh, and [

lonsrar annsam ntronrriss ' OJ» nOATn AND DOAT StAXTSO. I like boaU. When I am Mg,I mean to have as qtapj hoau as I want. , I once reifa * book written Iff Mr. Snodgrass. He raid that a boat woes good , thing to hare in the house.ee|s.utally If these be- any water near. : 1 think so faa . Pa says he'll buy mo a bunt when he gets rich. He says h<:'» so, poor now ran hardly clothe lite bock. He a uiu: new coat only, lost week He says Uc csn't afford a bunt, though has to buy rignrs, and e pew fa e.hfach, aqd John Ilnrkffcarn, andoth" it iKceeutiea of life. i think a boat is more a uceussary of life than a |«'w | Xlarfayroni is and why tic wnnaf ' buy him. , Aunt Jcroehp, soys that if that boy n boat he'll he euro to tumble overboard, and be brought home wringing wet, and dead aa s doer noil, Iff the police, on a siiutU-r. It. would be fun, : cope bring ma home by the coat Collar or Iff the tor. It hurts— A think shutter would be much bettor. I rowed pa over to lisolopen ones. rays it's good far boys to row, and good for uku to sit in Hie atom of the and Ik rowed. Sor us times boys too much of the good thing. I I caught crabs while rawing to lh>Isjfccn. 1 caught 'cm with my oat, and they knocked me off the sraL Pa to be knocked nriir in the bottom ' of a leaky boat ; it worn thru trowaen and makes 'em feel sticky. I don't call that growing, I A don't fata- to bailout boat*. Whce boat ie leaky, i toko Dicky Moppe with me. lie's littler than I am, and pa said lie could uot (ay thereat, and must bo arrested, and .who should lis get to lull him out t 1 said "Dicky Moppa." PR said "duu'l bo a fool.'* Ma says thivt pa soiuetimra asks very 1 like to build Bute suamlswls.— soys I used up all her aposds of eotlon for cylinders ami rigging. 1 borrowed some of tho wheels from Hie kitolu n rhsjk osive to make nineliincry, and the clock lias never went sine. . Ma found it out, and laid Annt Jerudia that i had wonderful lofaait, and w ould make a, great mechanic. But when 1 took a wheel, a needle, and some other things, out of sewing machine, ma said I ought be whipped soundly. 1 don't see why one thing don't shown ntueli tal. ent its fhe Ulfibr. Aunt jeroslra rays I am dragging to an early grave, because I took Xvcr glasses out of her spectacles, and the top or the ten kettle, to make up toll liim I rut out the hull with piece of Ills sliirt. Iht snys llie wastithrm washed tbHxtck all not or lite shirts. 1 think shirt stuff makes very many boats, nud 1 know a l*oy whose, keeps a watch store, aqd has' of little wheels and things. That namo js bprtggitis- Hank Sprig- ; gins. I guvc him an apple Untej It sour, and I didn't want it. I ' mean to make up to Spriggins, and sec if bo won't give me some clock worka can get (fame front his pa, I often I get soma from his often

get things ftom pa without bothering bitn by asking him beforehand. I take 'cm. It raves troufae. I -I Mus roc.- t A tired woman hushed' to steep her ' nest Brig babe. Tteaoty once nuvde her radiant, perhaps, but all that j is gone now. Tho bloc Vy» Is ( and faded— the pole brow It cor- ' ered with lines of care. Dsrbapi with ' ' that far off took of here, she sere three graves, green with as many summers. Her home Is very humble— all Allay she tolled, and t lie fainted spirit 1 almost surrenders to fatigue, the down- 1 east eyes trembled hi tears— she Is so ' Atid'every nerve tingles when ' these toys eome hungry from school . some with a tale of sorrow that motHer 1 must hear. ' And after they are hushed with ' or eliidings, it is time to getritp- ' per for seven h angry mouths, and the accustomed never endings of putting nway and eteknhig up, till the worn otit creature wonders with a sigh if there really wilt come a rest to her— ^ At fast she ran seat her weary limbs j I in the old comer "rocking chair. The , whose eyes closed fitfully to low | lullaby. Ilea in her fall let's lap. Ho is I a plain man, that good father, with-ajt (honest face, and a great heart, U)jt j .would take fa oUtlje core, and aorttjw ofthe houtohold. The bobs steeps. lYith a rode gen- 1 tteotes belays It on its mother's bos- I om, and ss the ruddy fire-light plays < hm core wpro features, ho. looks I her with eyes grown saddenly t Imtulifolv. He Ufts his great hand i softly tin It rests on her shoulder, as ( "1 tov* yon, drar Maty.1 ' ' — ' How the poor heart tea™ Into lore, light and retL How safash ths rares that trod upon her weary soul. She no more remembera the toUsoqas Wash ] Ing. She reflects not now that' tho" « E!ir : ■ dran leased hiW, that the line Xiroke. and tlat every bmb fa her ftranr aehsd ' I eighteen ySOTs M the sunllghf Vff fam- '? pin-ss, through tin: 1-i-uds Of deapair, J when oeauty made wiahiar.aad when I I ^X^s^XrfTtWwC -1 " Ifave you, dear Ktey."-

"• . 27te Gatherer. a - I nand-somTtore " ,'pithte' j j I Crtea from tho deejy-fteh falls. . t- Adbeontra^.^S^-^j^qwk. i r. How to make a ctean swesp— wash ; The milkman's soqg— ^ "Shall w» ; ir Gather at the River." »• A blow at real estate— when ipqn" 1 « arc ragaged breaking ground, i The man who had no music in hi* | sole wore seasoned Icathgg. n The plaos to lookfor roonded periods -] i- —in circular tetters of credit. ., „ t ^Mkn should be like wine— they V should grow better as they gtow ok)er, 0 Why is the road of the transgressors J so hart? Because it Is sq mudh,tos.Te|,U. . - y Iait* is bettor than s pate of sprc- ■- tacks to nuke everything (epm greater g which It seen [thro^lL « An Inrliana robj^ rar Is about .Wi, 'ng invented, which, shtt jaiq, ftth, t win hold acrapte more-\,jr „ k Tou can't smother a shoemaker, fur If yon exclude all the air ftstpkim he , will breathe his losL '^' r , ' Qortp, who, is aloTfaejCfawk says, e that "Cootin' thro' ths Rye" acter . gee* across tho-graln.* ' 't - ■ 1 Wlien was the tdqal .lKer Jea nuide? WXien Henry thg Efahth dinolved the - Pope's hull. ■, , i • • What isi that which when thrown s out, you nuty '*x#ayt rafeh wftheml e hands? A hint. a Page is tho nanvfl . ol a, newspaper in » Paris. Itoatpaj 1° the oaras oTa J great many hi AmdricO. ' ; What UM different* between, '^ah 0 editor and'* wifcl Ooe tels articles s to rights, and other writes articles to 1 set ' . .'."■-'"'T? T' • ltonucum— A .'steay aog that runs v up to every one be sees, and was Jkimd self all Over. q, («.-:■ i 1 A schoolmaster on being naked what ' was tuennl Iff the won! "fortification," ) answered, " Two twontyfleotioca makf " a fortification. " i . . ImoH Mankind may be Ira ruing for six - thou sand years . and yet haw few base ' learned that their fellow beings are ss r good as ilwni selves. An editor commenting U£r portancvof small things,, ° ' slight a straw, if It bos ao- 1 d bter at one end. \ >1 Toast- The ladies— Their, ill, I la- only fisipes whlch. wq » extinguish, and sgafaal ?te(dt U V J no insurance. , , ,' K M it A doctor detained in «aurt as a wfa " 0 nrs. complained tojbqjhdpi that If he ^ !- was kept from his patirats they might recover In his abseo^*v| ; , fc A story Is toid. of ..a, young man who k wss going wrsltp opep a Jewelry store, d when asked what capital he bad, red plied, "A crowbar." I' " Although 1 never driok, 1 think s I'm Inking a drop now," as live tomi peraoce man said when he fel| out of ■ the thinl story window. . h It is unwise to worry about Hint a, which cannot be helped, and foolish to worry about thai wbldi ran be helped, •fi Therefore, worry not at oil. " What should a young man carry y with him when railing upon hi* *ft fianood? AlfccHoa in hi* heart, per- ■- fecuou fa Ids manners, and confection s In his pocket. , ... ,t Joeh Billings says; " I dont Xwteaf Iii fa>d lurk being sot for a dob. fire a 1 trap; hot I have knywn l^ts jqf fidVi I who, if there .wag.anj fli»t-rate bad c luck lying around kjosq, WpftVd be sure t to get one foot fa it enny bow, » Joah Hillings divides ..the ..human . the ,- human

rare into three dosses:. "iThoaa- who think It ia ao, those wht think it ian't so, and those who dqoft careaifr-— — n whether it is *0-1* BoU',' Of these classes the test is moat -objectionable. A peaceful disposition ia not ahaofoto prolectle* against the fanpnUa af life. What's mure, peaceful than * dam! And yet, ton to ooev.it ends its, Ute.fa broil And then how peaceful an oyster is? And yet how frequently it gete mixed op la aatow.;,, light indlapoaUkm', told he/, aympatiiixfag btwband that lt.waavMh great diflkultyebs roald breathe, ' and far effort distreaaed her exceedingly. Hit Is too bad I woutd-not try my daor,'- \ loothlogly responded the hnrimnd: A rnwTE sold to a trip el rm trial for drunkenness, ' " Prisoaer, yon ' have | heart tbeemnplirtlhtltelflbiiAldnri*eirnou: what have yoti to ray In yqhr "Nothing, pteaac year bunor, hot , habitual thirst." A votrxo lsdy having asked a geptleman the sire of hte neck, he sent the : WfeWln«:i. . -Th* viva of a re ire M TSaris maitiH* re-P. ' ' ' ' ' ' . i n itn iiaaiiklan rsiniii nora" ' ' Ihsirtnrfasrasarosnwteiswuatnflaff An Indian prinra, remarkaMe for prifie nsvd iD-iatnar, an** eralktng ■ the Window of fate pri sanu. drarafar with a foreign ambaaaadwr,"raM to > "Do you know, air, that enaop my jraeestoor famed B pagken tff'ynwr description from thfafaalenar fate «K > street?" " II may baaa," masthare(dy, " bat probably 4* waa tea* the fashion Urate, salt it new,' for rates ' sajlors to wear their swards!' '■ Remember the worfo ''ot Bfahop : "A'gemUevnan W but a genlno Mm, -tea Ira.;', afafaend polished, that mra a diamond fa the man is modert; a gnqUraraBte: cofol trous, gensrouv, slow lo fakn. asbrang one thatnrvar girss itgaiaw to surmise evil, ss Icing one who anrr Bsssasss ^JSjjS&r^S