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 " •*c^x.^W'^W5'-?Ef^^«f^^^^^; -^^3^ 'â-  â- : â- ;*-^%":*-;r:"?^'^f ^%#^%-^^;flfJy Vi -.®*^^" â- â€¢ Of. an ianged Her Tune. 311 the hired girl wheraof er a patent procea* " e would never need. door-bell, and whaa sae on Sis most inain»to^ high off his he»d «« ndest voice house, I b«Ue«t lid, with a month fa^* ity years old and g«»» id a figger like a »»»• er 'â- ' ke 'when too late, tot « ,wn the gravel »a- retfully «okl new that? I "-J^ uidbeaatifnl,«»diF*B tetany P»«S"«ja«i lie interrnptea. at them." tusofafiaflNWjV :d hostelnrin jgg dining when » -^^ neapple '"JO'^** at it was a »»• jT^bii £denc« «»^J!ilfc the friewto .«T!r7 i^erT* «« i« P' foreleg, {!!,*•• •J!!' h gaffs afijt^^ r '^kled to?*tlIS 7. 4 sol 1^ Come, Bel,],. " ** 1 " plumb 4t^ 'ies- The doe 1!??* »W forthestreet^^W, he\eprhi^'^4^i on the soew. TfiS*»l â- '-- man's ri|ht to SL**! r'y watched* hinT A?l less of Humaa Emotioia. risitbyanymeanstobesrtl Jiess peculiar to or ch«S?f mind, to be blindly S2" tagion. Eventhe^sSSS ind warped by the S^ issions persistently bloiZ ions Original mind; S ^renchcall.V,pn^p„yf^ .Uideed, affected rather nZ commonplace people by chef ae around them, becauMtkeir ire more open to the aym- L-jke ships with every aia lught by every breeze, [t Jj gree hov,- much each maa -fl- ee from his neis[hbora. It carefully noced, it is )a» nd not by any kind ef »uth- id, that emotions canbecoB is a matter of common obaw i effort to direct the emotiwa j endency tc produce the op :he intended. To ehalleng* ve is to make him nervoaa; in a person or a work of art tt bt :o be critical; to comnjand n woman t j love the elect of to chill any nascent inciin» ed direction, and to aakii ntagues to hate Capaleta m 3 of Romeo and Juliet W^o sUng we desire. Wa caaniK it. yina: a Cow. a nice milch cow. 3L9W Paid forty dollars for her, t being ten cents per daf ch G, 1886, On that day* isisted on treating as 3 our birthday but we k*- ss, informing him, com. had never smoked a cigar, Ed that he averaged irsm day, at a cost of fiyaco h day, and that he never hange. V.'e told him then ,y on we would lay aw»f as long as we were able to i ranch it would amount Jo ive kept it up to dare, ami e have a tine Durham flow ith four hundred ten oeoc iiceas, isn't it WelKi^i- â- will result m sometWag cr friend, who, no doobt !e, can show nothing w hs of smoking, but 3Jg« imparcd health, we eu ind talf worth $45M 'a 0fTIE'S_FATHEIl. bv CHARLOTTE SI. TOXTNO. XXXVII.â€" (Continued.) -he returned in the morning it was I ^5*that since daylight he had been more I* asleep; but there was a worn, l^L look about his face, and she could |f*i*^ jgged to leave hiim alone while ths ||H^' -^..H about and breakfasted. Irfstssarreu _j ^^ 1^' l^'telmiling and happy; he looked .-;- and said gladly, Wyn at home! iown o»u nursery," but he did not want '^^ t ap " Wyn 8 so tired,^' he said, '-fine of himself in the baby form that I'zTfot several months discarded, but he â- Jhis pretty "thank you," and took de- ^- in breakfasting in his cot, though still -J subdued way, and showing great re- n'e to move or be touched. '"vuttie was sent for to report of him to • fitber, who would not hear for a moment ifJis-ety' declaring that the boy would be liTwell if they let him alone, he only SiMd rest, and insisting on following out ^intention of seeing a police anperintend- to demand whether the kidnapping ^als could not be prosecuted. Veither by Nuttie nor nurse could much extracted from the poor little fellow him- jf about his adventures. He could not !l. to think of them, and there was a mist infusion over his mind, partly from wakness, partly, they also thought, from die drugged spirits with which he had been •ore than once dosed. He dimly remem- missing Gregorio in the park, and g^ he had tried to find his way home ime, but some one, a big boy, he thought, liadsaid he would show him the way, took jpjd of his hand, dragged him, he knew not fbere, into dreadful dirt and stench, and jiparencly had silenced him with a blow tete« stripping him. But it was all very iidistinct, he could not tell how Mother get got hold of him, and the being dressed jc the rags of a girl had somehow loosed ItE hold of his own identity. He did got seen at all certain that the poor little jjigr petticoated thing who had wakened in horrible cellar, or in a dark jolting van, f'ao had been dubbed Fan, who had been lorced by the stick to dance and twist and (Mspelled to drink burning, choking atnff, was cbe same with Alwyn in his sair suit Kin his white cot. It was Dr. Brownlow who at once detect- d t'lat there had been much Of this dosing, end drew forth the tact. It had probably been done whenever it was expedient that he should be hidden, or unable to make any ippcal to outsiders. Alwyn was quite him- leif by day, and showed no unreasonable iear or shyness, but he begged not to be usched, and though he tried to be good and naaly, could not keep from cries and creams when the doctor examined him. Then it came out. "It's where he kicked ue." "Who?" ' ihat manâ€" master, she said I must csJl Aim. He kicked poor little Fan with his great heavy big boots â€" 'cause Fanwould say TTyu'i prayers." "Who was Fan?" asked the puzzled doctor. "Himself," whispered Nuttie. "Alas I timself " "Wyn was Fan," said Alwyn. "Fan's jone now " " And did the man kick poor little Fan, ' 'epeated the doctor â€" "here?" "Oh don'tâ€" don't It hurts so. Master aaid he would have none of that, and he kicked with his big boot. Oh Fan couldn't ^ce one bit after that." He could not t«ll how long ago this bad Men. He seemed to have lost aU reckoning of days, and probably felt as if ages had past it Funny Frank's van, but Dr. Brownlow taought the injury could not be above two or ihree days old, and probably it accounted ior there having been no more obstxuctions pa: in the way of removing the child, since te hid ceased to be of use, and the discovery •ftbe injury might have brought ths per- retrator into trouble. Indeed, as it was, iir. Egremont caused the police to be writ- ten to, demanding the arrest of the man wd woman Brag, but they had already de- tain yed, and were never traced, which was •decidedly a relief to those who dteaded all tha: a prosecution would have involved. And Dr. Brownlow became very grave •'ver the injury. He said it was a surgical ease, and he should like to have another opmion, enjoining that the child should be ^ept in bed, and as quiet as possible, till he •-ould bring his friend in the afternoon, Thich was no difficult matter, for Alwyn •eemed to have no desire for anjrthing but rest and the sight of his friends and his treasures, which were laid beside him to be gently handled and stroked but not play- ed with. Mothu and Mithter Button ^ere among the friends he craved for, but he showed no desire to see Billy- boy, and it was thought best to keep that yonug gentleman's rampant strength at a •istance. The chief difficulty was with hia father, ^Qo declared they were all croaking, and «at the boy would be as well as ever to- "aorrow. He went and sat by tlie cot, and wked merrily of the pony that Alwyn was Y ride, and the yachting they would have la the summer and the little fellow smiled »nQ was pleased, but went to sleep in the puast. Then Mr. Kgremont went out, tak- 'ag Annaple wifi him, because Nuttie would fot go till the doctors' visit was over, though 3e declared that they were certain not '0 come till long after her return from we driv e. He actually ^ent to the dealer's, «d had pony after pony paraded before the 'uriage, choosing a charming toy Shetland "last, subject to its behaviour with the j^^ohman's little boy, while Annaple hope- "opefuUy agreed with him that Alwyn wld be on ita back in another week. He still maintained hia opinion, ontward- 7 least, when he was met on hia return p Nuttie with a pale, almoat thonderatmck !*«?• Dr. Brownlow had caUed her from ?J^ to soothe away the fright and suffer- of the examination, to break to her that ?°w he and hia colleagu thought very aer- *^7 of the injury and ita oonMqaencea, » deemed it very doabtfnl whetlier the P«w little fellow could be pnUed through. .1 • Egremont waa mgain angxy, de- ^»red that ehe had mimnderstood, and ^e the worst of it that Dr. Brownlow *u a ctmceited yoong aas that hia friend ^eduto hia handa; with othar ameni- T** of the same kind, to which ahe ?J??d with mingled irritatiim and for hia ani«aaonabl«M8s. and even a* r" sympathy which he foond in Annaple'a •^Jnl nature. J-ne young mother never dreaded nor ex- pected what ahe oonld not bear to a»mV P*"S*' V^, â- â-  ^« death-warrant ot that beantifnl child, whUe Nnttie'a natore alwaya expected the worat, and indeed had read tbe doom in tite doctor'a eyea and voice rather than in liia words. So Annaple lack- ed Mr. Egremont np wh«i he made hia daughter write to desire Dr. Brownlow to call in the first advice in London and among them tbey made so sore that this would be effective that they actually raised Nuttie's hopes so as to buoy her through the feverish early hours of the night when the pain was aggravated, the terrors returned, the boy waa tormented by hia duality with Fan, and the p;ist miseries were acted over again. Even nurse and sister did not suffice, and Mithter Button had to be fetched by Mark before he could feel quite secure that he was Alwyn and not Fan. Indeed, in these light-headed momenta, a better notion waa gained of what he must have endured tluui in the daytime, when all seemed put aside or forgotten. After a time he became capable of being soothed by hymns, though still asking why his sister could not sins like that virion of hia mother wtiich had com- forted him in his previous miseries, and craving for her return. Then at last he fell quietly asleep, and Nuttie was left with a few sustaining words and a pressure from Mr. Button's hand. Alas the new consultation could only ratify the first opinion. The injury need not have been necessarily fatal, though dan- gerous to any young child, and here it had been aggravated by previous ill-treatment, aud by the doses of spirits that had been forced down, besides which, Alwyn waa naturally delicate, and â€" though the doctors would not say so to father or sister â€" there were hereditary predispositions that gave him the leas chance of battling through. Yet Mr. Egremont concluded his purchase of the pony, and insisted that Alwyn should be carried to the window to see it and Alwyn's smile was almost enough to break Nuttie's heart, but his head drooped on nurse's shoulder, he hardly lifted his heavy eyelids, and begged for "by -by" again. Even Annaple burst into tears at the sight, ran out of the room with her sobs, and never augured recovery again, though still she strove to cheer and while away the poor ather'a piteous hours by making the most of every sign that the child was happy and not suffering much. That be would be viewed as a " pale placid martyr " was his sister's chief comfort. His replies as to the manner of the hurt, as well as his light-headed wanderings, had made it more and more evident that, the man Brag's brutality had been ezcitsd by his persisting in kneeling down to s^y his prayers aloud â€" the only way he knew how to say them. In- deed there was a recurring anxiety night and morning to kneel, which had to be rea soned awray, even when he was too weak to make the attempt, and was only appeased by " Sister " kneeling by his side, holding his hands, and repeating the little prayers with him. It was of his own accord that he added "And forgive those people, and make them good." Annaple burst into tears again and almost scolded when she heard of it. " Oh dear 1 oh dear! now I know he won't get well I I'm glad Billy isn't so hor- ribly good I Nuttie, Nuttie, don't You know I don't mean it. Only I j ust can't bear it. He is the sweetest little fellow in the world I And oh the cruelty of it." " Yes," said Nuttie in her dreary calm- ness ' he is .too sweet and lovely and beatiful and good to be anywhere but safe with mother." For it was more apparent that they could no£ keep him. It did not last long there were a couple of piteous days of restless pain and distress, and then came the more fatal lull and absence of auffering, a drowai- ness in which tbe little fellow sank gradual- ly away, lying with a strange calm beauty on his face, and smiling feebly when he now and then lifted his eyes to res!; them on sister or nurse. His father could not bear the sight. It filled him more with angry eompassion than Mrith the tender reverence and hushed awe with which Ursula watohed her darling slipping as it were from her hold. So Mr. Egremont wandered wreteh- edly about the lower rooms, while Mark and Annaple tried their best for him through the long summer evening, darkening into night. By and by Alwyn lifted his hand, turned his head, opened his lips, and whispered, " Hark, sister, she is singing." The look of exceedinging joy beamed more and more over the pinched little face. " She's come again," he aaid and once more, " Come to take Wyn to the dear Lord." After that there were very few more long breaths be- fore little Alwyn Egremont's spirit waa gone to that unseen world, and only the fair little frame left with that wondrous look of delight- ed recognition on the face. CHAPTER XXXVin. THE UM 3RELLA MAS. Little Alwyn was laid to rest beside hia mother in a beautiful summer noontide. His father was not in a state to attend the fun- eral, and was left under the care of Ann»ple, bis own choice among those who offered to stayandministortohim. It was his own wish that his daughter should be to the last with her little brother. He had even said to her that she had been a good sister, and bis boy bad been very fond of her, and he would not keep her away on any account. And, with a man's preference for a yoimg and kindly woman, he chose Annaple to be with him rather than Mr. Dutton, remem- bering likewise that but for him the boy would have died in some workhouse, nn- icnown and unclaimed, or among the wretches who had caused hia death. So Nuttie had the comfort of Mr. Button's go- ing down with her, aa well aa Mark, and poor broken-down nnrae, but not a word re- ferring to the confeaaion of that happy even- ing had paaaed between them during the mournful fortnight which had ainoe elapsed. May Condamine and her hnaband had made all aa f afr and conaoling aa they could. There were white-robed children to bear the boy from the churchyard gate, choriaters aaiu; hynuis, the grave waa uned with moss and daisies, and white roaea deck- ed tiie little coffin and the mound. There waa aa much of welcome and even of triumph M befitted the innocent child, whoae death had in it the element of teattaony to the trntiu And Nuttie felt it, or would fed it by and by, when her apirit f elt leaa aa if â- Mne pnorana thiiw had been torn np by the rootaâ€" to be safe and waiting for her elaewhei«, bideed, but that did not aoUce the yearning loi^big for the merry loving /^ na nor mo aolilng pity for the «nahad lighted creatme whom ahe had watdied ipgSciag and dyinx. It waa far beyond her nawet tm yet to acqnieaoe in her aimf a oon- aeration that it was happier for the ohfld himaelf, than if he wai to grow np to tern- tatkm from without, and with an wmohH constitation, witii dangerooa hereditaiy pr " divities. She oonld bweve tt in faith, na ahe had already ezporienced the diffieoltiiea her father had thrown in her way of dealing with him, ahe tried to be resigned, but the good aenae of the Ganoneas waa too much for her. It waa a day of more haate than aiuted the ideal of such a time, for Mr. Egremont could not be left for a night ao there was only time for a luncheon, with little jerka of talk, and then for an hour apent in abort private interviewa. Mrs. Egremont obtain- ed from poor Nurse Poole all the details, and, moreover, her opinion of Mr. Mark'a baby, in whom, it having been bom under her auspices, she took a special interest. Nuttie meantime was pacing the sluMly walk with her dear old friend Misa Nugent, feeling it atrange that her heart did|^ot leap np at the bare preaence of one she loved so much, yet conscious of the soothing ot her sympathy. And Mary, watehing her all throu^b, had been struck with the increased sweetness and nobleness her coun- tenance had acquired during theae years of dissipline. More of her mother's expression had come than could have been thought pos- sible in features of such different mould, formed for so much more strength and enersy. They had not met since Nuttie had been summoned home to her mother's deathbed, and their time waa chiefly apent on reminiscences alike of the old sorrow and the new but, when the time for part- ing waa nearly come, Mary said affection- ately, " And you, my dear " " Uh, I'm aU right," said Nuttie, and her eyea shone with a lieht Mary did not for a moment understand " you need not be anxious for me now," " I suppose that unhappy valet's death will make your task easier," aaid Mary. " I think it will," aaid Nuttie, " Poor man He was â€" I can't help saying it â€" ^the evil genius of thejhouse. Dear mother knew it, struggled against him, and broke down in]the Blarnggle. It seems ao strange that what she could not do has been done in such a manner, and at such a price. I won- der whether she knew it when she welcomed her boy " " Her influeuce will aid you still," aud Mary, " and you h«ve Mr. Button to I-.elp you too. I was so glad to find he waa so near you. "4 " Oh, Mr. Dutton I" exclaimed Ursula, in a strange tone that sent a thrill through Mary, though she knew not why but at that moment they were interrupted, very inopportunely, by Mr. Bulfinch, who could not go away without asking Misa Egremont whether she thought her father could see him on business if he came np to town the next day. She thought that such an inter- view would rouse her father and de him good, advising him to call on the chance. TO BE CONTiNUKD.] The Gormth Canal, A very ancient idea, that of cutting a ship canal through the Isthmus of Corinth, after several abortive attempts to carry it out, has at last been undertaken with every prospect of success. The Romans first aug- gested the project of cutting through the isthmus, but not having t^e aid of dyna- mite or gunpowder were forced to abandon all thoughts of attempting the task. At the present time the work ia being pushed for- ward by a French company organized in 1881 with M. de Lessepa aa honorary pre- sident. The excavationa were commenced in May, IS82, but after a couple of years of digging, the contnustori struck the solid rock connecting the Peloponnesus with the mainland, and aa they had not reck- oned upon ao formidable an obatruction they threw up their contract. The com- pany then made a new eatimate, upon which a new contract waa let and the work wu re-commenced with freah vigour laat February. Great progreaa, it ia reported, ia now being made, 7,S00 cubic metrea of rock being extracted each day. Fifteen enginea and two thousand eight hundred men are employed. The cutting atretehea 6.000 metrea from sea to sea, with a width of f or^ metres. The canal will have the same depth of water as the Suez canal, neceaaitating a descent of eight metrea below sea level. The tolls of the canal will be placed at a reason- able figure, and it is expected that the work will eventually pay a good dividend. The new route will save eighteen hours to pass- enger boato from the Italian ports en rotUe for Constantinople and Smyrna. AU the commerce between tbe Black Sea and the western Mediterranean will go via this ca- nal, and the enterprise will therefore be of great value to the Greek Kingdom. Maniage in Nebraska- A newly-elected justice of the peace who had been used to drawing up deeda and willa andlittleelaewaa calledup to marry a couple in haate. Removing bis hat he remarked, "Hats off in the presence of the court." AU being uncovered, he proceeded " Hold up your right hand. You John Mankin, do yer solemnly swear to the best of yer know- ledge an' belief that yer take this woman to have and hold for yerself yer heirs, execyrt- ers, administrators, and asaigna for yer and their use forever 7" " I do," answered the groom promptiy. " You, Alice Evans, take this yer man for yer huaband, tor have and ter hold for- ever an' you do solemnly swear that yer lawfully seized in tee simple an' free from all encumbrance, and have good right to seU, bargain, an convey to said grantee, yer- self, yer hein, administrators and assigns 7" " Iâ€" I do," said the bride, doubtfully. "WeU, that 'er'a worth a dollar'n fifty centa." " Are we married?" asked the bride. "Yes. Know aU men by theae presents that I, bein^ in good health and of sound mind and diapoeition, in conaideration of a dollar'n fifty cento to me in hand weU and truly paid, the receipt whereof ia hereby acknowledged, do, an' by these preaenta, have declwed you man an' wife, dnria* good behaviour, an' nntfl otherwiae' ordered, by the court." The popular width for aaah ribbon is eleven inchea, Aoogh the extreme width is fourteen inehea. WIT AID WISDOM. MonsKN Usages. Slug a aiMig of noBMnae ffiUy Mary Ann lw ia in the kitchen Working like a man. Paw ia in the counting houae Toiling hard for money You are in the parlor Don't you think it funny Sing your aouf' of nonsense Some time, l^ury Ann, Yon'Ubeinthe kitshen Working like a man. Husband in the counting house Earning Uttle money Daughter in the parlor Then it won't be funny. â€" CMcetgo Sun. Cuatomer (to Mr. laaaoatdn)â€" " The coat^ isabont three sizes too big." It is curious how aweet a honey-bee ia at one end, and how bitter he ia at the other. A married man belonging to Washington refers to hia bachelorhood aa "befo' ths wah." A phUosopher, who waa recently lost in thought, waa afterwards found in a brown atudy. Leaf pattema in platinum and gold are much in favor for aleeve linka among people of taate. " Fine day," said the judge, as the seven- ty-fifth man went through the miU for" $5 and costs." The mosquito bar is the only bar that gets a Ucence without appUcation.â€" [Marion Ledger. Mr. â-  laaacstein (impressively) â€" " Mine frent, dat coat make you so proud you vil grow into it." A young lady uf Albany has named one o her admirers Hoosac Tunnel because he ia auch an everlasting bore. Wistarie is the name of a new shade which is between crushed strawberry and violet. Rosy lilac would better describe it. Athony Delmore, a merchant of Akron, O., burst a blood vessel the other evening whUe laughing at one of his own jokes, and died instantly. " You don't mean to say that you under- stond French, Tommy?" "Oh I yes, I do, when ma and pa speak French at tea, I know I'm to have a powder." He^" Your friend, Miss Wabash, ia quite ' chic,' Miss Breezy " Miss Breezy a (trifle enviously) â€" " Yes Clara may be a trifle ' chic,' but she's no chicken." "Why," said theyouog wife of a physi- cian, who was given to boasting of her hus- band's professional skill, " he cured a pa- tient of convalescence in less than 24 hours." A Cape Cod farmer aays " This larnin' ev'ry girl to play on the planner, and ev'ry boy to be a book-keeper will make pertators $5 a bushel afore many years." When young Jenkinson told his father he'd only been out on a Uttle lark, the old gen- tleman muttered that "he guessed there was more swaUow than lark." â€" [Indiana Farmer. Fond Father " Don't you think I ought to have my daughter's voice cultivated?' Tortured guest (impressively) " I think you ought to have something done with it." â€" [Detroit Free Preaa. The atory from Indiana that a boy had found a neat oi sold and aUver coin whUe " grubbing" will be accepted with caution by other boys whose fathers have patches of ground to " grub." The Prince of Walea weun a biUycock hat, amokea a abort pipe and drivea about in a hired carriage when at Cannea or Nice, and cuts everybody who attempts to treat him as a prince. Neapolitan braids are arranged in Tam O'Shanter fashion, and make very becoming headgear for young faces. Those in black have the side trimming of a lace bow and quill fe%ther finished by a buckle. " I know I've got a vein of poetry in me, sir," confidentially asserted the young man to the editor, " and aU I want is a chance to bring it out. What would you suggest, air " "I think you had better see a doctor and have it lanced." The Italian sleeve ia much uaed in artiatic evening dress, and also in the making of picturesque gowns for children. Oriental effecte also prevail in the creation of sum- mer gowns for garden partiea and other anmmer f etea. A pretty laoa pin cooaista of a ereeoant of hammered geld, within which Ilea a Kfaj of enamelfla f«cget-m»4iotB. The teacher had jast bean explainhig to the daaa the Chtiattan teacjiiitt ol £Mriv». neas. '*N0w,BoUhy,"dM aa^ «»eiq Johnnie B l oan om ehmdd hit yoo wK^ s or with hia fiat, what wonid be thediti w»yoCtraatiiuthim" "rdlkOtUvflnl Md I s'poM I'd fo^ve bfan tiltm^^^ plied Bobby. ^^' He Didn't Pint Out. There ia a colored congregation of Metho- diats, aays the Kansas City Star, who until a couple of months ago were led in the paths of rectitude by a very young preacher. He was a fluent ion of Ham, and the length of the words he hurled at his hearers was only limited by the amount of oxygen.he could take into his lungs at one effort. This was all very well for a time, but when the elders of the church saw that the argnmento adduced did not draw the erring ones nearer to the big white throne, a change was decided upon, and a committee of one was appointed to ask for the preacher'a re- aignation. When the error had been stoted, the preacher indignantly asked what the congre- gation expected for nothing. " Waal, now, doan' yo' aee, we duzzunt expect " " lan't my character away up yan above procraatinaaun " "No trouble 'bout dat; but, sah, yer isn't fur enuf eddicated to " " Kaint I talk conflnentiy enuf tor suit de moetrapaahua!" " Dara it, chileâ€" dat'a it hole right on whar y'ar now. Yo' kin taJk and yo' itin talk, but yo' doan'tp'int out yo' kin ugify an' yo' kin argyfy, but yo' doan't ahow wharin." The resignation was handed in directly. Half a Loaf Better Tlian lo Bread. "DarUng," aaid be tenderly, "I have saade np my mind to ask yenâ€" to askjjron â€" ' ' Yee," she whispered tweathleady. ' To ask yon to become my infe. I know, deejreit, that it la bold, it ia prosnmp- twNia, for ni^ to do ao. Yon uw ao ainoh aoperior Uf- me, I aim, I ,,feei, oaworthy of jouâ€" " • **'SBy aa iMinkrJbkU. I am years. OMty be mvoithy «f ne^ bnt-i- y,tj Yea '« ^Bat^k«^dairai«r SarndUe SnggeBtions. When riding through tb» oonntry, no ob» thing strikea me witii more force than tiM aberaoe of treea, ilowcra and ahmbo arowrf many fine farm houses, and I often think what a fine-looking place that might be made. WhUe many farmera appreciate the value of theae thinga, many do not, and in the yarda of auch one does not aee even one cultivated flower. Now I cannot under-, atand how any woman cui be willing to Uve without flowers. I think I hear some of youaay, "lack of time," and oJiera, "it would be of no nae to try to grow flowers with aU these chickens. These are tiie objections most often given by the farm- er'a wife who does not cultivate flowera. Let me give you who are busy, some hinta as to making, savins, or perhapa you may think atealing time. In the firat place, I wonder tbat we do not aee more hariy planta in the groimda of faimera, for when once planted they repuire very Uttie care, and richly repay aU the attention they re- ceive. For inatance, a bed of perennial phlox wUl give more aatiafaction that many bedding planta, and aU that ia needed from • year to year is to divide tJie roota aa they get too large. Pink8,"aqmlegiaa, campanulaa, pyrethmm, perennial popmea, the hardy lUiea wiU give a grand diapUy, with a amall outlay of money, time and atrength. And the hardy ahruba and roaes. Oh, the roaea I They are not to be exceUed by anything in the floral kingdom. Half an hour each day iriU ke^ ^uite a large flower bed in order, and there ia no fancy work which can give more real enjoy- ment to the lover of flowera tiian the eight of that bed. Have it where you can aee it whUe about your work if poaaible. Many a woman could save some tmie almost any day by using fresh fruit on her table instead of making it up into pies. As to the connec- tion between pie and dyspepsia, I have no- thing to say, but in one home I know that fresh fruit, if placed upon the table, would be eaten in preference to pie. Thisre ia no reason why fresh fruit cannot be found upon the farmer'a table every day in the year. Apples last until strawberries ripen (ours last longer). Yon can do a great deal to- wardsleducatingthetaitoofyourfamUy. De you say your family would not be wilUng to fo without rich and fancy pies aud cakea once thought ao, too, of my famUy but £ find the eating of plain food and fresh fruit more satisfactory all round. It is a great saving of labor, and the health of the famUy has not suffered from the change. Then put less work u^n the chUdren's garments, thus saving the time sient in making, and of thos* that are washed, in theirening. Neat, clean, well-made, plain clothing is good enough for the chUd of any farmer. Give your chUd clothes that he can work and play in, and spend part of your time in helping him to have a good time, and in teaching him how to care for flowers, and it wiU not be long before he can care for a good number him- aelf. Say to Johnnie, "help mamma to do up the work this morning, and then we idU work in your flower-bed, and set out jovc pansy plants." And if your boy is like mine, he will gain you quite an amount of time, and be happy in thinking he is of use. I have uttle patience with those who aay, " Oh, I had rather do it myself than bother to teach a chUd. " Do it for th« chUd'a aake, then, if not for your own, and you wiU aoon find the child wiU be glad to do many thii^ for you, whUe at the aame time he or ahe u forming habita of order and neatness, which wiU be of service all through life, and which can at no future time be so eadly learned. Teach chUdren to help whUe they are young, if you expect them to be willing to help yon when they are older. I beUeve it is the fault of the mother if the daughters leave her to do all the work in the kitehen. No doubt there was a time when they wanted to help, but were sent away because they were thought too young. My heart goes out to aU the tired, overworked women, and they are legion. Perhaps witii some it is impos- sible to spare a minute from the constant toil but I know many might profitably spend some time in the open air, even if part of the scrubbing and scouring went un- done. This is not written for those who can hire the work done, and spend their time as they please, or for those who can hire a gardener. Such sometimes have lovely surroundings and we admire the beauty, but I doubt after aU if they receive more, downright pleasure from them, than we, who must plan and contrive for every moment we give to our floral friends. " The Boy is father to the Man" A Swediah boy feU out the window and waa badly hurt, but, with clenched Upa, he kept back the cry of pain. The king, Gnatavua Adolphua, who aaw him faU, pro- pheaied that that boy would make a man for ai^ emergency. And so he did, for he be- came the famous General Bauer. A boy used to crush the flowers to get thefr color, and painted the whito side of his father's cottage in Tyrol with aU sorts of pictures, which the mountaineers gazed at as wonderfuL He waa the great artiat Titian. An old punter watohed a Uttle fellow who amused himself making drawings of hia pot and brushes, easel and stool, and said, " That boy wiU beat me one day." So he did, for he was Michael Angelo. AGerman boy was reading a blood and- thunder noveL Right in the nudst of it he sail to himself, " Now this w^iU never do. I get too much excited over it. I can't study so weU after it So here it goes " and he flung the book out into the river. He waa Fiohto, the great German phUosopher. Do yon know what these littie sermons mean? Why, simply this, that in boyhood and girlhood iire shown the traita for good or e^ which make the man or woman good or not. Mr. Cobb, an American citizen, the story goea, want^ to put np a flour ndU in Aiw- 0000. Flonr in Moroooo had alwaya beea' ground by hand, and the Sultan wouldn't let him bnOd a miU to overturn thia ancient and honorable custom. He wrote to the Amerioan Consul, and got back a iormal n9te aaying that if the Sidtan wouldn't give him perminion he couldn't baUd the mill, Kod that waa aU there was aboat It. He took thia letter, with the arms and seal of the United States oonspionass npenit, to tiie Moroooo aacboritiea, told them it waa an or- der for liim to go almd «od bottd hia mlU, ubA wanted toknow Wbatthagr proposed to do alwat it. Thqr oeolda't i«ad ttie note, but they saiv tbe seal and aims, and aaid that they SB fp es ed that ratkar than kavi war thef wmud J«». Un g» ahead. Bm went aheML«adaBir««M fi^ Sultan's 'â- i-^.^. i « â-  I ;*.:•." â- i'-l. rifj-l iU 'â-  W^ mn; ^â- 'â- \:i.:: =m-- ' $1 ' ' ' â- 'â- k'.^ ' :â- : â-  /f?;; '1*1 â- mm m W^ • --it":-- ' Mi. m » J -i %;.«rf; ,.1^, *Ji^ Ifefi* MfiitiiiMiiiii