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Lore In Triumph.
3Pt the Old Tear's grave the New Tear
In younar exultation stands,
SwAfpinar from a great harp, triumph
Over all the listening lands.
But his exultation is not
Over the dead Brother there ;
Nobler is the March's music
Marrying the circled air.
He ia swelling with the glory
- Of the mission sent from nigh ;
Tin the light by it aooorded
Sparkling Love in his young eye.
He has started from his Brother's
Slumber in the Silent Place ;
Hark 1 he cries, I am a Worker,
With Prophetic Promise hallowed,
From God for the Human Race.
Farm, Garden and Household.
Ifaper-hangings for walls are known
t everybody. It i now proposed to
se hangings made of mstal, and an ac
count of this new invention, which
comes to us from Paris, has been read
before the Society of Arts. The metal
employed is tinfoil in sheets about six
teen feet long, nd from thirty to forty
inches wide. The sheets are painted
and dried at a high temperature and
ere then decorated with many different
patterns, such as foliage, flowers,
geometrical figures, imitation of wood,
r landscapes. When decorated, the
sheets are varnished, and again dried,
and are then ready for sale.
A new mode of washing linen has
been introduced and adopted in Ger
many. The operation consists in dis
solving two pounds of soap in about
three gaVons of water as hot as the hand
ean ber, and adding to this one table
stxjonfnl of turpentine and three of
liquid ammonia; the mixture must then
be well stinted and the linen steeped in
it for two or three hours, taking care to
over ut the vesnel which contains them
as nearly hermeticallv as possible. The
clothes are afterward washed out and
rinsed in the usual way. The soap and
Water may be reheated and used the
second time, but in that case half a ta
. ble-spoonful of turpentine and a table
PTonful of ammonia must be added.
. The prooess is said to cause a great
economy in time, labor, and fuel.
A writer in he Country Gentleman
says : " Steers I handle and yoke up
" the first winter before they are a year
old, and during the following summer,
to accustom them to the yoke, and to
walk side by side evenly together. The
second winter I put them to light sled,
and put a small rope around the nigh
one's head, not to guide them by, but
to secure them from running away from
me by some sudden fright or some
, other cause. I then, with a light, short
whip, proceed to teach them to draw,
to g forward, to ston, to haw and gee.
I use few words with them, and few
motions of the whip, not trying to teach
them too many things at once. When
tney are a little older, I tench them to
back by choosing a piece of descending
ground for that purpose, with the empty
sled or sart for a load. " I never try t
plough without a driver till steers are
- lour years old.
An Iowa farmer recommends the fol
lowing device for measuring land. Take
two slats about six feet loner, sharpen
one end of each, lay them upon a floor
iiKe a pair or open compasses, so that
the points rfball be esactly five feet six
inches apnrt; now nail the other two
enrts together and a piece across the
middle, so that it will look like the let
ter A, and the measure is finished. To
measure land place one point at the
starting place and the other also on the
grot! in a straight line for destination:
stand alongside the- machine, with one
hand on top' of it; take one step for
ward, tip up the point that is behind.
swing it around (from you) on the other
imu set 11 m une aiso. a person
in this manner can men sure correctly ap
fast as he ean walk three spaces make
a roa was straight without steppin?.
cownt the spaces, divide these by three.
ana you nave ine rods.
Ualifornians lend m the matter of
dairy cuteness so far as heard from. A
commission firm in San Francisco "late
ry found that some of their customer?
were exasperated about something, and
soon sundry suspicious and greasy
looking woulders and bricks were
broupsht in and deposited on their coun
ters by persons who stated thnt ttev
found them m firkins of hntter thv bd
. bought of the firm, and these persons
not unnaturally indulged in remarks
that they could not be deemed oompli
mentary to the butter dealers. An in
estimation was at once made, when it
was discovered that a consignment con
: sistdng of twenty-eight firkins of what
JJurported to be a choice product of the
dairy was largely " doctored" in this
substantial manner. Some of the firkins
" contained from ten to fourteen pounds
of rock and brick. Measures were at
once taken to trace the ingenious villany
o its proper source.
A correspondent of the Prairie
farmer, who has had large experience
wixn swine, says the following are re
uoie:
yrswnrtffc One peck wood ashes,
lour pounds salt, one pound each of
Mack antimony, copperas, and sulphur,
quarter of a wound saltoetre. Pound.
mix thoroughly and moisten enough to
prevent waste: put in a trough in a drv
place where the hoa can at all times
eat as much as they please of it. I have
tnct'y followed directions and have had
so eho'era.
Remedy. It is: Sulphur, two pounds:
copperas, two pounds; madder, t two
pounds; Diaeg antimony, half pound:
saltpetre, half pound ; arsenic, two
ounces. The quantitv is sufficient for
100 hogs, and is mixed with slop enough
lor a few doses all round a pint to
oach hoar. Each time I tried this I had
about fifty head, and not one died that
was able to walk to the trough and had
enough me left to drink.
A correspondent of the Vermont Far
tnor thus describes an improved poke or
t uuipiuR-BucK : nrsi put a piece across
ne norns. Then have a piece of hard
. wo-mJ board, one-Vilf or three-fourths
nch thick, and about three feet lonsr.
Have a hole inserted in the bar across
the horns in such a wav that when this
Lard wood strip is inserted in it, runaing
- out over the baok, as the animal natu
ratly carries its head, the rear end will
b3 just free of the back. Drive three
four shingle nails, ground sharp into
this end, letting them come through
three-fourths of an inch, so that as soon
, as the animal makes an effort to raise
Lis head to jump the fence, the nais
will soundly prick his back, and he will
be apt to frisk his tail and start for
some feed that is easier to be obtained,
x or cheapness and durability this ar
rangement is unequaled. It weighs less
than three pounds; it is not in the way
in traveling around, and when the ani
mal lies down it is o one side, as it is
natural for the animal to throw its head
opposite to the side it lies on. When
they are feeding it is upright in the air.
It will keep, the animal to which it is
applied where he belongs, sure.
- .
i The general servant of a Parisian gen-
tleman entered, " like Niobe, all tears,"
his "wife's chamber sobbing:
" Oh, madam ! " Oh, madam !"
" What is the matter, Francoise ?"
Madam, I have stuck a fork into my
finger."
? " Oh, that's nothing, Francoise ; you
will not feel it to-morrow."
"I should not be afraid, madam, if I
was sure the fork was silver."
"You may, then be perfectly easy ;
the fork is : all our forks are silver."
-"Oh, then I don't feel alarmed ; but
. I was. dreadfully frightened, for I
- thought the fork was plated." -
The next day Francoise disappeared,
taking- all the forks with her.
A BASH FOR LIFE.
I was out in , during the wild
times that thev had there a number of
years ago. There must, I think, have
been five or six hundred of us in and
about S . We were surrounded on
all sides by bushrangers. Outrages of
every possible kind were of daily occur
rence, and many a brave fellow met his
death in attempting, with others, to
break up the camps of these daring out
laws. Did I come near losing my life,
you ask ? Tes, more than once. And
I particularly recall one time of which
I will tell you.
We had a small, resolute company of
men under us, made desperate by re
peated wrongs, and they hardly cared
what they did or what risk they ran, in
trying to exterminate those fierce bush
rangers. Almest every movement of ours was
watched ; but Sheldric Day, our captain
was as keen as the sharpest of the out
laws. So when an old farmer came in
with his wagon filled with green stuff
and covered with straw, Day watched
his chance and succeeded in starting
him homeward with a load of rifles un
der the straw. !
Toward nightfall one man straggled
off, whistling in one direction, with his
hands m his pockets : another . one an
other way ; another, another ; and so
on. Our rendezvous was Dury's Forks,
a lonely track of coutry, where the
roads branched off in many directions.
When we got fairly beyond the lim
its haunted by spies, we mended onr
paoe, and the men were soon coming m
from all directions upon the run, ready
to seize their weapons and go whither
Captain Day might lead.
Shaping our course in a southwesterly
direction, we made what speed, the
tall, tangled, bothersome prairie-grass
would allow, and crept on stealthily.
The camp of .the bushrangers was at
supper ; we surprised it, and a fierce
hand-to-hand faght ensued. The fellows
were finally routed ; but somehow I be
came separated from the rest, and two
or three of the ruffians, discovering my
situation, bore down upon me. In spite
of my frantic efforts they captured me,
and bore me with them on the retreat.
My company probably did not at first
discover my absence, as it was quite
dark, and so I was left to the mercies of
a pang of cut-throats.
With no delicate touch they seized
upon me, securely bound my hands, and
advised me, with the cold lips of a re
volver, to keep quiet. They then dash
ed away toward a village some miles dis
tant, where their headquarters were, or
rather where the prison was located.
Without a word, I was thrust into a
damp, dark, underground apartment,
whose" only aperture for light and air
was a grated hole which just rose above
the ground level. I gathered myself up,
md looked my situation m the face. I
knew these outlaws well. I had noth-
ng to expect but to be dragged forth
during the night Aid hanged upon the
first prelection which offered sufficient
support for my weight. I was too well
known as hrst lieutenant of the &
Regulator to hope for mercy. My com
oanions would doubtless think that I
had fallen, and leave me to my fate.
Worn out with hard work and care, I
fell aslee though I have often won
dered since at it from which delighted
rest I was awakened by a soft, rasping
noise close by.
Bats," I mentally commented, and
turned over
" Hist," said a voice at the window,
or the grated opening that served for
one. " Are you awake ?"
Awake and more than awake, I
answered, and immediately brought my
face to the aperture,
" Be quiet," said the voice. " Their
qruard is pacing not ten yards from here,
hut the darkness is favorable. Get this
ron bar between the rods and wrench
carefully toward you. I have straight-
med out the ends that were clenched
upon this side."
Carfully seizing upon the iron bar
thrust in to me. I inserted the end un
der the first rod, and gradually started
it,
" Hist! the guard is coming this way;
wait unt:t he returns to the front,
breathed my helper. "Hist!"
The guard clanked by, starting the
iweat from every pore of my body; for
I expeccted him to stumble upon my
Eriend and deliverer outside.
Be quick, resumed the voice at
the grating again. "He will return in
itist twenty minutes, for I have marked
his beats; and quick.
One after the other each of te bars
was dropped from its place; and then,
by reaching my hands out through the
aperture, and by dint ol using my shoe
less feet against the wall, I struggled,
and was drawn through. Fortunately,
I was slim and slight; a large man must
have hopelessly strangled himself. Not
too soon, either, for the guard turned
the corner at the moment and came to
ward us. We crouched behind in the
shade of the projecting wall,
He heard nothing; saw nothing; paced
his beat, and went back. Once out of
sight, be very sure we did not lose any
time. Springing up, and catching by
the top of the high fence, we swung our
selves outside.
" The only thing that I could get,
said Davis, leading me to an old mule,
and cautioning me in a whisper to b&
ware of the vicious old animal's heels,
" Now, look sharp; don't take the Bed
Forks, mind you, nor the main route
that leads to the court-house. There
are four roads by the Live Oaks, all
running west; you know them; be sure
don't take the third one, that leads right
into the camp of the outlaws, but the
fourth takes you down among our boys
the Begs. Mind well my directions.
and nde softly, while 1 try to take up
the attention of the sentinel.'
I mounted in a heterogeneous man
ner, the old mule refusing "to remain
snffinientlv stfttionarv for me to seat mv-
self according to the fashions of civili
zation.
Bide softly ! Davis must have been
joking. H or the heels of that vicious
brute beat the sod as though he were
drum-major beating the devil's .tattoo,
and with considerable more force and
effect. But at last I persuaded him with
my heels to move on, not until I had
heard the sentinel brawling with Davis,
who was personating a drunken man
with great zeal and eminent success.
I got out of the place os soon as the
stiff knees of my animal would let me;
but somehow or other I became con
fused as to Davis' directions.
The stars broke out through the
clouds, and so I passed the Bed Forks,
and the maki route leading to the court
house safely, but when I came to the
Live Oaks, there I was out, and un
consciously, too. To this day I don't
know how it happened. I certainly
avoided the third road, as I believed
instead of which I turned into it. There
deeming myself safe, I relaxed my vigi-
1 Attics 4-TfkeA An r tyi OTk'a Qnrni'icA
lance, and pictured our men s surprise
when I should ride up to them. Three
quarters of a mile off I could see their
camp-fire glaring. I did not shout pr
apprise them in any way of my coming ;
they were for the most part asleep ; but
went quietly on, and dashed right into
the camp of bushrangers ; some of
whom had carried me to prison but a
few hours before.
Picture my position. Had I possess
ed a good horse, I should have made a
rush for it, while they were petrified
with amazement ; but my treacherous
old beast now refused to move forward
or back. Just then couldn't I have
shouted with Bichard: "My kingdom
for a horse!" Well, they had me, more's
the pity, seeing that nearly all of them
were drunk, and the rest unsteady in
their joints. Maybe they made me the
butt of a few thick practical jokes, as
they pulled me from the old Mule's
back, and bound my hands, making the
rope fast to a stump, and setting a
thick, rough fellow to guard me. I was
half palsied by my mistake, I had made
no resistance. -No doubt that muoh
was in favor.
Time passed. Ere long my guard be
gan to snore. I then cautiously worked
my hands, and found to my joy, that I
could strain upon the knots, and slip
my hands through. This I did. , Next
I made some slight movements to try
my chance, and I found they did not
arouse the sentinel.
' The fire was dying down to a flicker
ing shade, and I knew that it must be
within an hour or two of daylight. I
crawled past my guard; he did not stir,
and keeping well in the shadow, I made
for theborses of the party. When close
up to them, I cautiously rose upright
and smatchecl- a picket-pin, seized the
halter, and vaulted upon the back of a
powerful horse. He seemed docile
enough, but the moving him out from
amid the others made them upeasy.
They stamped, and pawed, and neighed,
and when with a rap of my heel, as a
spur, we dashed for the cover of the
woods, the disturbance made by these
treacherous animals alarmed the camp.
I was in for it now. Life or death
depended upon the events of the next
fifteen minutes. I dashed into the
thick, tangled woods. Utter darkness
reigned. In five minutes I was unhorse
ed, but holding to the halter, I leaped
on again, and madly dashed forward to
life or to death.
What a ride that was ! Without bri
dle or saddle, dashing full tilt against
the wild grape vines evjjggrwhere strung
across the way, went I. Qmce they
caught me under the chin, and swept
me off over the horse's back into the
brush with the perspiration oozing from
every pore.
I scrambled out and mounted again.
It
was a good horse, but a dangerous
way. JNow a dead branch would catch
the corner of my mouth, and now some
thing would come in contact with my
eyes, making them sparkle again.
Uut l escaped.- The very danger
which beset my path saved me.
1 got through that seventeen miles
ride somehow, coming out scratched and
bleeding, but alive. Out on ttie plains,
some five miles from L , I ran upon
the remains of a mule train that had
been bringing us provisions. The
drivers lay around murdered, the carts
plundered and broken, and one boy of
fourteen, with his scalp clean gone; lay
on the ground, yet alive. I got him up
before me for how could I leave him
there ? and carried him into S .
" But did the boy live, captain ? "
" Bob ? Oh, yes, arid afterwais be
came a soldier, too, and fought against
the Indians.
" Without his scalp ? "
"Tes, and thereby escaped
much
trouble, you understand. Pass
the ci
gars."
The Necrology of 1872.
Death reaped a rich harvest during
the year just passed. Artists, actors,
journalists, authors, statesmen, soldiers,
kings have been gathered to their fath
ers, and have left in some instances en
during work behind them. Among the
most noted names of statesmen and poll
ticians are William U. Seward (October
10), Senator Grimes of Iowa (February
7); President Juarez, of Mexico (July
18); Senator Garret Davis, of Kentucky;
Joseph Mazzini, revolutionist (March
11); Due de Persigny (January 14), and
Senator Van Winkle, of West Virginia
(April 15).
Among journalists, Horace Greeley,
founder of the Tribune (November 29)
and James Gordon Bennett, founder of
the Herald (June 1), are pre-eminent,
The authors are represented by the
ripe and genial critic, TheophileGautier
(October 22), Merle d Aaubigne (Octo
ber21), F. Gerstacker (May31), Norman
McLeod (June 15), Ludwig Herbach
(September 17). John Frederick Mau
rice (April 2), Charles Lever (June d)
Francis Lieber (September 80), Sara
Willis Parton, "Fanny Fern" (October
10V T. Buchanan Bead fMav 11.
The prominentactors who died during
the year are, McKean Buchanan (April
lb), Uogumil Wilson (Jb ebruarylO), &d
win Forrest (December 10), and Wm. H.
omith (January ia).
The noted clergymen are Cardinal
Luigi Amat (November 9), the eccentric
T J J ' 1 1 j 1 n!f T 1
jreier tianwrigm (.oepiem oer zo ) , rusnop
McGill, of Bichmond (January 1), and
Jb'rancis Vinton, (Sept. 29.)
The army has lost the Archduke Al
brecht, of Austria "the victer of Cus
tozza" (September 11); Marshal Forey,
of France (June 20); GeneralR.S.Ewell,
Maior-Generals HenrvW. Halleck (Jan
uary 9), and George G. Meade (Novem
ber 6), of the United States Army; Jb leld
Marshal Sir George Pollock, (October
6), of the English Army; and Marshal
Vaillant of France (June 4).
Painters and sculptors dead during
the year are Joseph Ames, N. A. (Octo
er 30); John F. Kensett, N. A.) De
cember 14); Thomas Sully (November
5); and Bichard Westmaoott, R. A.
(April 19).
Two kings died during the year
Charles XV. of Sweden and Norway
(September 18), and Kamehameha V.,
King of ths Sandwich Islands.
Other prominent persons are: George
Catlin, the artist; Sir John Bowring, re
former and diplomatist; George P. Put
nam, publisher; Lowell Mason, com
poser; Erastus Corning, financier; Skr
Henry Lytton Bulwer, diplomatist;
Prime Minister Thorbecke, of Holland;
Count Heynenberg Dux, President of
the Bavarian Ministry; ex-Premier Mac
donald, of Canada; John A. Griswold,
of Troy; Professor James Hadley,
Orientalist and Hellenist; and the fa
mous Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of
the magnetic telegraph, who died in this
city April 2.
Encouraging to Poor Girls.
A few years ago the Archduke Henry
fell so desperately in love with a Miss
Hoffman, a girl of modest beauty, sweet
temper, and gentle winning manners,
but possessing no other gift of rank or
beauty, a simple citizen's daughter, that
no prayers or representations could wean
him from his love. . He married her,
however, like a man, openly before the
whole world, fulfilling publicly all the
requirments made by State and Church,
and willingly abandoned all the prestige
of his high position. His name was
struck from the army list, where he
ranked as Field Marshal, his high or
ders were taken from him, and the
wrath of the Archduchess Sophia, then
the ruling spirit of the imperial family,
went so far as to cause a serious reduc
tion of his allowance. With rare forti
tude and noble consistency, he bore it
all, and enjoyed true happiness by the
side of his loving wife and in the midst
of his numerous children,
mimeroiis children. At, Inst.
I -warm friends, fired with admiration for
W"L. J ! J a? 1
his courage, and convinced of the gen
uine merit dt his wife's character, renew
ed their intercessions," and finally saw
their efforts rewarded. During the last
week his dignities have been restored
to him, and the Emperor is said to be
delighted with his new kinswoman.
An imperial ukase has just been pub
lished at St. Petersburg ordering a levy
of recruits to complete the establish
ment of the Russian army and fleet for
the year 1873. The proportion of re
cruits to the population m the entire
empire and the kingdom of Poland is to
be six per thousand except among the
Carelians in the Government of Archan
gielsk -"and Olonetz, where it is to be
four per thousand. An addtional levy
of one in five hundred is to be made in
the Lithunian and other southwestern
governments to supply the arrears in
the recruiting of former years in these
provinces.
Shark-Fishing in Iceland.
" The Icelanders, " says the National
Magazine, " take no active arttf in the
whale fishery, but devote ttiemselves,
as a rule, to that of shark and cod.
They fish principally from light open
boats, with projecting prows, and carry
ing only one small lug-sail. Row-boats
are preferred on account of the number
of hands required. The Icelandic fish
ermen are described as possessing a
power, of endurance, an ability to keep
the sea in all weathers, and a courage
above all praise ; they scorn to take
provisions of any kind to sea, though
they never neglect to carry their snuff
horns. It is greatly tp be deplored that
these hardy mariners are so careless
both as to their personal comforts and
as to the seaworthiness of their craft,
since to these faults may doubtless be
traced the fact that forty per cent, of
the deaths of the men are caused by
drowning. When a vessel is in searcn
of sharks, it is anchored at a ! place
where they are presumed to be ip pre
ference, near the rising edge of a banK.
The anchor used is generally a; four-
pronged iron grapple, weighing about
180 pounds, with hlteen to twenty fath
oms nine-sixteen inch iron chain cable,
and a 350ufathom long hawser. When
anchored, the fishing commences. It
nothing is caught, the position is shift
ed until the shark is found ; and if the
take is good, the vessel remains at the
post, and rides out the storm if neces
sary. The lanes used are of the thicK-
ness of deep-sea lead-lines, fastened to
three fathoms of chain, in the midcSe of
which a. leaden weight of ten pounds to
thirteen pounds is fexed. Under this a
strong six-inch hook is fastened ; the
entisje hook is covered with bait, and it
is notched inside the bend to prevent
the latter slipping down. When the
shark is hauled up to the surface it is
killed by means of a long spear. A har-
poom is tit en hxed in it, and the rope
fastened to the ship s side ; after which
the carcase is ripped up by a Jcnile af
fixed to a pole, and the liver is taken
out and placed in barrels, and stowed
away in the Mold. The value of a car
case is about 7s. 6d. The flesh is sold
to the peasants, who bury it in the
ground for two or three weeks, and then
disinter it. wash it. and cut it up into
strips, and haner it in the drying-house,
Alter one year s drying, it is considered
fit for food. The fleh has then assum
ed a clear, reddish-yellow color, which
gives it something of the appearence of
salmon, so far as the eye is concerned,
but certainly not the nose, for its pres
ence in a room is very perceptiDie,
How perceptible it must be in case of
ten-year old shark flesh, which we are
further informed is accounted a delicacy
among native connoisseurs, we must
leave to the imagination and olfactory
nerves of our readers to conjecture
The gall of the shask is used instead of
soap. The slun is also turned to good
account : after being stretched on the
ground and dried, it is used as shoe
leather, though it is not susceptible of
polish. , A shark of moderate size yields
two-thirds of a barrel of oil, (recKoning
a barrel at about 140 cpiarts,) which is
extracted by boilkig the liver. A first
boiling gives the light train-oil ; a sec
ond. the darker or common oil. Three
barrels of liver give about two barrels
of oil, and, in calm weather, one small
open boat, if fortunate, may secure about
fifteen barrels of liver in a couple of
days. In Sweden and Germany, where
the train-oil is much used in tanneries,
it fetches from 55 shillings to 125 shil
lings per barrel.
The Bed Sea.
A writer in the London Neios remarks
that the Red Sea is rather noted for be
ing hot, but the greatest heat is said to
be in August and the early days of Sep
tember. There are burning deserts on
each side of the sea, and the hot air
from them is most intense in this month,
and must come by whatever wind may
chance to blow.
Sleeping on deck becomes the fash
ion, and every night increases the num
ber of what seems corpses laid out in
rows. At last, as we get in the middle
of the Red Sea, the ladies find it impos
sible to exist in the cabins below, and
they have their .beds brought on deck.
Wiping the perspiration from the face
and neck is the only possible occupa
tion. Ji you try to write, great drops
gather and come down with a splash on
the paper as if from a thunder cloud.
Men with bald heads seem always to
have a crop of pearls doming up through
the skin. All the pores of the body
seem like perpetual fountains of water.
The sight on the forecastle .is very
striking at night. There are the crew
of Lascars, and the seedy Wallahs, or
negroes, who do the stoking poor fel
lows, they come up from their fiery
Gehenna gasping, at times fainting in
this climate. The stewards also take
refuge on the forecastle, and it is the
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CHAPTER I.
1 .... rWRTCTTm
A jUNT, BETSEY, there's going : to be a
JLi new Declaration of Independence."
Bless and gate us, what do you mean,
child?" And the startled old lady precipi
tated a pie into the oven with destructive
haste."
I mean that, being of aire, I arq going
to take care of myself, and not be a burden
any. longer.' . Uncle wishes me ut of the
way ; , thinks I ought toi go, and, sooner or
later,, will tell tne so. ' I don't intend to wait
for that,, but like the people in fairy tales,
travel aWay into the world and seek my for
tune. I know I can find it."
Christie emphasized her speech by ener
getic demonstrations in the bread-trough,
kneading the dough as if it was her destiny,
and she was shaping it to suit herself; while
Aunt Betsey, stood listening, with uplifted
pie-fork, and as much astonishment as her
placid face was capable of expressing. As
the gi-1 paused,' with a' decided thump, the
old lady exclaimed :
" What craav idee you irot into your head
now?"
Avery sane and sensible one. that's cot to
be worked out. eo please listen to it. ma'am.
I've had it a good while. I've thought it over
thoroughly, and I'm sure it's the right thin!'"
for me to do. I'm old enough to take care of
myself ; and if I'd been a bov, I should have
been told.to do it long ago. I hato ' to be dependent,-and
now there's no neod of it ; I can't
boar it any longer. If you were poor, I would
not leave you, or i never lorgot now kiiki yot
have been to me. I am a burden to him, and I
must go whtre I can take care of myself. I
can't bo happy till I do, for there's 'nothing
here lor me. i d sick ot tins dull town, wnore
the one idea is to eat, drink and get rich. I
don't, find any friends to help me as I want to
be helped, or any work that" I can do well : so
let me'go, Aunty, and find my place, whatever
it 18.
But I do -need you, deary, and you mnsn'r
think Uncle don't like you. Ho does, only he
don't show it, and when your odd ways fret
him, he ain't pleasant, I know. I , don't see
wliy you can t De contented ; i ve .uvea nere
all my days and never found the place lone
some, or the folks unneighborly," and Mmi
Betsey looked perplexed by the new idea.
"Y-ou and 1 are very different, ma'am.
There was mose yeast put into my composition,
I guess, and alter standing quiet in a warn
corner so long, I begin to ferment, and onph'
to be kneaded up iu time, eo that I may turn
out a wholesome loaf. Y-ou can't do thfc : so
let me go where it can be done, else I shall turn
sour ana gooa ior notnmg. isoes inat maho
the matter any clearer ? " And Christie's seri
ous face relaxed into a smile as her aunt's eye
went from her to the nicely-molded loaf offered
as am illustration.
" I see what you mean, Kitty ; but I never
thought on't before. You be better riz than
B3 ; though, lot me tell you, too much emplins
makes bread poor Btuff, liko baker's trash ; and
too much working up makes it hard and dry.
Now fly around, for the big oven is most hct,
and this cake takes a sight "of time in the
mixtn.
"You havn't said I might go. Aunty," began
the girl alter a long pause devoted by the old
lady to the preparation of some compound which
seemed to require great nioety of measure
ment in its ingredients; for when she replied,
Aunt Betsey curiously intorlardcd her speech
with audible directions to herself kfrom the
receipt-book before her.
" I ain't no ripht to keep you, dear, of you
choose to (take a pinch of saltl. I'm sorry you
ain't happy, and think you might ef you'd on'f
(beat eggs six yolks and whites together).
But if you can't and feel that you need fftwo
cups of sugar), only speak to Uncle, and ef he
savs fa squeeze of fresh lemonj, go, my dear.
and take my blessln' with you (not focgettin'
to cpver with a piece qf paper)."
Christie's laugh echoed through the kitchon;
and the old lady smiled benignly, quite uncon
scious of the cause of the girl's merriment.
"I shall ask Unola to-aight, and I know he
won't object. . Then I shall write to see if Mrs.
Flint has a room for me. where I can stay till I
get something to do. Uhere is ple;ty of work
m the world, and I'm not afraid of ft ; so you'll
soon hear good news of me. Don t look sad,
for you know I never could forget you, even if
I should become the greatest lady in the land."
And Christie left the prints of two flourv but
'affectionate hands on the old lady's shoulders,
as she kissed-.the wrinlied face that had never
worn a frown to her.
Full of hopeful fancies, Christie's saltod the
pans and buttered the dough in pleasant for-
getruiness oi an munaano anaiis, anu tne lu
dicrous dismay of Aunt Betsey, who followed
her about rectifving her mistakes, and watch
ing over her as if this sudden absence of mind
had roused suspicions of her sanity.
Uncle, 1 want to go away, and got my own
living, if you please," was Christie's abrant
beginning, as they sat around the evening
fire.
Hey I what s that? said Uncle Enos, rous
ing from the doze he was enjoying, with, a can
dle in perilous proximity to ms newspaper and
his nose.
Christie repeated her request, and was much
relieved when, after a meditative stare, the old
man briefly answered:
" Wal, go aneaa."
" I was afraid yon might think it rash or silly,
sir.'
I think it s the beet thing you could dc; and
I like your good sense in pupposin' on't."
" Then l may really go t
"goon's everyoulike. Pon't pester me about
it till you're ready; then I'll give you a Uttle
suthing to start off with." And Uncle Enos
returnod to " The Farmer's Friend." as if cat
tle were more interesting than kindred.
Christie was accustomed to his curt speech
and careless manner had expected nothing
more cordial; and, turning to her aunt, said,
rather bitterly:
" Didn't I tell you he'd be glad to have me
go? No matter 1 When I've done something
to be proud of, he will be as glad to see me back
again. Then her voice changed, her eyes kin
dled, and the firm lips softened with a snnle.
""Yes, I'll try my experirSent:- then I'll get
rich; found a home for girls like myself; or,
better still, be a Mrs. Fry, a Florence Nightin
gale, or "
" How are you on't for stockings, dear ?"
Christie's castles in the air vanished at the
prosaic question ; but, after a blank look, she
answered pleasantly :
" Thank you for bringing me down to my feet
again, when I was soaring away too far and too
fast. I'm noorly off, ma'am ; but if you are
knitting these for me, I shall certainly start on
a firm loandation." Ana, leaning on Aunt
Betsy's knee, she patiently discussed the ward
robe question from hose to head-gear.
"Don't you think you could be contented any
way, Christie, ef I make the work lighter, and
leave you more time for your books and things?'
asked the eld lady, loth to lose the one youth
ful element in her quiet life.
" No, ma'am, for I can't find what I want
here," was the decided answer.
" What do vou want, child ?" .
"'Look in tie fire, and I'll try to show you."
The old lady obediently turned her spectacles
that way, and Christie, said in a tone half se
rious, half playful:
" Do you see those two logs ? Well, that one
smouldering dismally away in 'the cornor is
what my life is now ; the other blazing and
singing is what I want my life to be."
" Bless me, what an idee I They aro both a
burnin' where they are put, and both will be
ashes to-morrow ; so what difference does it
make?"
Christie smiled at the literal old lady ; but
following the fancy that pleased her, she added
earnestly :
" I know the end is the same ; but it does
make a difference how they turn to ashos, and
how I BDend my Jife. That log, with its one
dull spot of fire, gives neitfier lice nor warmth,
but lies sizzling despondently among the cin
ders. But the other glows from end to end with
cheerful little flarr.es- that- go singing up the
chimney with a pleasant sound. Its light fills
tho room and shines out into the dark ; its
warmtti draws us nearer, making tho hearth
tho osiest place in tlfo house, and we shall all
miss the friendly blaze when it dies. Yes," she
added, as if to herself, " I hope my life may be
like that, so that, whether it be long or short,
it will be useful and cheerful while it laBts, will
be missed when it ends, and leave something
behind besides ashes..
T lough 6he only half understood them, tho
girl'8 words touched the old lady, and made her
look anxiously at the jeager young face gazing
so wistfully into the fire.
"A good smart blowin'np with the belusses
would make the green stick burn most as well
as the dry one after a spell. I guess contentad
ess is the,bellus for joung folks, ef they would
only think so." --
" I .daresay yoti are right, aunty; but I want
to try for myself ; and if I 'fail, I'll cojne back
and follow your advwe. - Tioung folks always
have discontented fits, you know. Didn't you
when you were a prirl ?''
" Shonldn' wonder ef I did.; but Enos came
along and I forgot 'em."
" My Enos has not com along yet, and never
may ; so I'm not going t6 sit and wait for any
man to give me irftlependence, if I can earn it
for myself." Arid a" quick glance at the gruff,
gray old man in thq corner plaiijy betrayed
that, in Christie's opinion, Aunt Bktsy made a
bad bargain when she exchanged her girlish
aspirations for a man Whose soul was in his
pocket. :''.. .
"Jest like her mother, full of hifalutin no
tions, discontentedjnd'aot in her own idees ; a
poor capital to Btaip'ifortin' on."
. Christie's eye mot ftg vr her uncle peering
over tho top of his pTrper- with an expression
that always tried her patience. Now it was
like a dash of cord ator on her enthusiasm,
and her face fell as she answered quickly :
" How do yeu mean, sir ? "
"I mean that, you are startin' all wrong:
your redie'lus notions about independence and
self-cultur' won't come to nothm' in the lojig
run and you'll make as bad a failure of your
life as your mother did of herti."
" Please, don't say that ft) me ; I can't bear
it ; for I shall never think her life ft failure, be
cause shefeed to help herself, and married a
gpod wan nr spite of poverty, when she loved
him 1 You oalt that folly : but 1 11 dp the same
.if I ean s amdTd rather have whatiny father"!
and mother, left me, than all the money you aie
piling np, JuetfoV,the pleasure of being richer
than your neighbors."
" Never mind, dear, he don't mean no harm I "
whispered Annt Betsey, earing a storm.
But though Christie's fives had kindled arid
her color deepened, hor vgico was low and stea
dy, and her indignation was of the inward sort.
" Uncle likes to try me by saying such things,
and this is one-reason- why I want to go away
before I get sharp and bitter and distrustful as
he is. I don't suppose I can make you under
stand my feeling,'but I'd like to try, and then
I'll never speak of it again ; " and carefully
controlling voice and face, Christie slowly ad
ded, with a look that would have been patheti
cally eloquent to one who could have under
stood the instincts of a strong nature for light
and freedom: "You say'I am discontented,
proud and ambitious ; that's true, and I'm glad
of it. I am discontented, because I can't help
feeling that there is a better sort of life than
this dull one made up of everlasting work, with
no object but money. I can't starve my soul
for the sake of my body, and I mean."to get out
of the treadmill if I can. I'm proud, as you
o'i,ll it, because I hate dependence where there
isn't any love to make it bearable. Yon don't
say.so in words, but I know you begrudge me
a home, though you will call me ungrateful
when I'm gone. I'm willing to wrk, but I
want work i can put my heart into, and feel
it does me good, no matter how hard it is. 1
only ask for a chance to be a useful, hapoy
woman, and I don't think that is. a bad ambi
tion. Even if I only do what my dear mether
did, earn my living "honestly and happily, and
leave a beautiful exnmple behind m, b help
otic other woman as hers helps me, I Bhall be
satisfied."
Christie'B voice faltered over the last words,
for tbe thoughts and feelings which had been
worlnng within her during the last few dav.s had
stirred her deeply, and the resolution to cut
'oose -from the old life had not beon lightly
made. Mr.'Devon had listened behind his pa
tv r to this nnnmal outpouring with a sense of
discomfort which was new to him. But thogh
tbe words reproached and annoyed, thov Bd
not soften him, and when Christie pansed with
tearful eyes, her uncle rose, saying, slowly, as
he lighted his candle :
"Ef I'd refused to let yon go before, I'd
agree to it now ; -for you need broakin' m, my
nrl, and volt are goin' where yon 11 got it, so
tbe sooner you're off the bettor for all -on us.
Came, Betsey, we may as wal leave, for we
can't understand tlie wants of her higher
natur' as Chrisfie calls it, and we've ha dlecterin'
onough for one night." And with a grim laugh
t.ho old man quitted the field, worsted, but in
ood order.
There, tiere, dear, heV a good cry, and for
crit about it 1 " purred Aunt Betsey, as the
henvv footsteps creaked away, for tho good
aoul had a most old fashioned and dutiful awe
of her lord and master.
" I shan't cry but act; for it is high time I
'was off. I've stayed for your Mike; now I'm
more trouble than corafo?t, and away I go.
Good night, rav dear old auntv, and don't look
t roubled, for I'll be a lam while I stny.'.'
Having kissed the ofu lafay, Christie swept
her work away, and sat down to write the let
ter which was the first step toward frcfflom .
When it was done, she drew near to her friend
ly cmfirlmite. the fire, and till late into the night
sit thinking tenderly of the pst, bravelar of
the present, hopeful of the future. Twenty
one to-morrow, and her inheritance a hea'd.
heart, a pair of hands; also the dower of most
Now England girls, intelligence, courage arid
common-sense, many practical gifts, all hid
den under the shy pride that soon melts in a
genial atmosphere, much romance and enthu
siasm, and the spirit which can rise to heroism
when the great moment comes.
Christie was one of that large class of women
who, moderately endowed with talents, earnest
and true-hearted, are driven by necessity.
temperament or principle out into the world
to find supnort, happiness and homes for them
selves. Manv turn back discouraged; mre
ncce.pt shadows fr substance, and discover
their mistake too late.; the weakest lose their
purpose and themselves; but tbe stronger
struggle on, and, after danger and doreat,-earn
atast the best possession this world can gjve
us, the possession of a brave and cheerful spir
it rich in self-knowledge, self-control, seV
fffclp. This was the real desire of Christie's
heart; this was to be her lesson and reward,
and to this happy end sho was slowlv vet suro-
ly brought by the long discipline of life and
labor.
Bitting alose there in the night, she tried to
strengthen herself with, all the good and help
ful memories she could recall, before she
went away to find her place in the ffneat un
known world. Bne thought ot ner mother, so
like herself, who had borne the commonplace
life of homo till she could bear it no lonsrer.
Then had gone away to teach, as most country
guls are forced to do. Had met, loved and
married a poor gentleman, and, after a few
years of genuine happiness, untroubled even by
"much care and poverty, had followed him out
of the world, leaving Her little child tothe pro-
i - . r 1 . l xi
TecLioil ui ii ur unitiier.
Christie looked back over the long, lonely
venrs she had snent in the old farm-honse
plodding to school and church, and doing her
tasks witn kind Aunt .Betsey wnile a child; and
slowly growing Into girlhood, with a world of
romance locked no in a heart hungry for love
and a larger, nooier me.
She hgd tried to appease thij,hunger in many
wn.va Vint, flnnnd Kttlfi Tlfiln. Her father's nlfl
"books Were aH she could command, and these
she wore out with much reading. Inheriting
his refined tastes, she fonnd nothing to attract
her in the society of the common-place and
often coarse peoplb about her. She tried to
like the buxom girls whose ono ambition was
to " get married," and whose subjects of con
versation were " smart bonnets ' and " nioe
drosses." She tried to believe that the admira
tion and regard of the bluff young farmers were
worth striving for; but when one well-to-do
neighbor laid bis acres at her fet, she found
it impossible to accept for her lire's companion
a man whose soul was wrapped up in prize cat-
tie and Dig turnips.
Uncle Enos never could forgive her for this
piece of folly, and Christie plainly saw that one
of three things would surely naen, if she livdtl
on there with no vent, tor her lull heart and
busy mind. She would either marry Joe But-
terfMd in sheer desperation, and becomo
farmer's household drudge ; settle down into a
sour spinster, content fo make butter, gossip
and l"y np money all her days; or do what
poor Matty Stone 'had done, try to crush and
curb her needs and aspirations till the struggle
grew too hard, and then, in a fit of despair, end
her life, and leave a tragic story to haunt their
quiet river.
To escape these fates. but oneway anneared
to break loose from this narrow life, and go out
into the world and see what she canfd do for
herslf. This idea was full of enchantment for
the eager girl, and, after much earnest thought
she had resolved to try it.
" If I fail, I can come back," she said to her
self, even while she scorned the thought
fniliire. for with all her shv pride she was both
brave and ardont, and her dreams were of the
the rosiest sort.
I won't marry Joe ; I won't wear mvself out
in a district boIiooI for the mean sum they give
a woman ; I won't .delve away here wrnere I am
not wanted: and I won't end my life like
coward because it is dull and hard- Ml try my
fate a mother did, and perhaps I may suocei
as well." And Christie's thoughts went wan
dering away into the dim, sweet past when sho
a happy chiru, uvea witn joviug parents in
differ 3n world from that.
Lost In these tender memories, she sat till
the old moon-faced clock behind tnedoor struck
twelve, then tho visions vanishod, leaving their
benison behind them.
As she glanced backward at the smouldering
fire, a slender spire of flame shot up from the
log that had blazed so cheerily, and shone upon
hor as she went. A good omen, gratefully
accepted then, and remembered often in the
years to come.
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" The End of the World," etc., etc. '
ROBERTSON" GRAY,
This is the uoin de plume of another favorite Btory
writer, heretofore fcnewu chieBy by the brilliancy,
wit, pathos, humor, and readableness of the shortei
umvb puousneu over ms own name. -
Ine above Serials in Book form
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A SPLENDID LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
mcmoing not qnly those who have heretofore
wruieu ior ine UHiusTlAJN UKION, but also man
others whom our increasiiiK resources enahln n't
more and mot e widely to seek out and RPr.lira niTinno
the most eminent and attractive wiitern ol EuulantL
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The Illustrated Holiday Number
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wuowuidu fiuiiuay flumiwr oi December isth,
with Chrietmjs Pictures, and Christmas Stories ; am
iuicia.uug jji.uit-r uy airs. Mtowe, tne poet whittlor,
and many others, Jn this commences Miss Alrott'c
now story, the Succeeding number of which np tc
ouuumjr i ue sent w every suoscrlber. Also.
GIVEN AWAY !
A NEW AND EXQUISITE FRENCH ' ,
OLEOGRAPH,
A name given only to the highest and choicest clasp
ot rrcnen aua Italian Art-printing in oils the per
lection ox Un-ohromonM ThA Ptohin, In - itia
SIMILE of the latest and most brilliant work of thi
great French Painter I.omucHONa oharminc sub
ject, charmingly portrayed a beautiful creation ol
art, entitled
LITTLE RUNAWAY and her PET!."
The color, the finish, the delicaov of non runt inn
the sweet attractiveness, and the thoroughly artistic
beauty of the thing, make it a rare picture, it wtts
pamtea expressly tar the Christian Union, and wiT
be I'ltKSKM KK to its S bscribcrN. Tho Orirfna'
Painting cost thousands of franos ; tho NINETEEN
lithographic color atones are mado by Jehene, trie
acKuowieagea master oi tnat at in the whole world
it is printed in Fans, and 1" the
LARGEST AND HANDSOMEST
FRENCH OIL CHROMO
ever offered by any periodical. The size tli l-a. x3l i.
indies) gives a wan-picture a great elegance, which
in mo picture store s, easily sens lor $1'4.0U.
This picture, while beautifullv complete in itsell,
isa most cnarming ciiJSi KJti 1'IECE to
"Wide Awake'.' and, "Fast Asleep,'
those two pretty French Oil ChromoB, now famous
tne continent over, and of which we have already
wj m:ouj i.iv.uuu pairs to our subscribers.
They are still in unabated demand, and nn uA
for they win the heart as well as the eye, and, as the
"Advance" says, ' Unlike nine pictures out of ten
that eosta great deal more, one can look at them day
aiier am- ana not lire oi tnem." we therefore shall
continue to PltEsEVT'THE PAIU to everv Annual
subscriber who prefers them. The regular market
pnee oi tiiese- tx auuiui pictures is (K I in Ten nullum,
size iu i.-i mcnes cacn. They are no common
prints, duc careiui copies or paintings by Mrs. An
derson. the eminent English artist : printed In nil
oolorsfrom sixteen stones and equal to any chromo
heretofore issued. The subjects are LIFE-SkZE, and
can not inn to please all wno love art or children1
Or, we will present both the OLKOOUAPH, and the
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ceive the Christian Union for one year, the Illus
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Detween tne two picture premiums, viz : the charm
ing. PA IK or Oil Chromos, " wide Awake" and "Fast
Asleep," and the exquisite OLEOGRAPH, " Littla
itnuaway ana ner jrets.
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Christian Union for two years, the Ilrastrated Holt
day number, tne opening chapters of Mies Alcott'
new story to January 1st, and both of the Picture
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new subscriber, (i.e.. six dollars in all,) Bhall receive
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eimer m tne two ncture nremlums Be may choose:
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ready for framing the pair of Chromos on card
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Oleograph mounted on canvas and wooden stareoher,
exactly like an oil painting, varnished, etc.. $3.85,
(mnst be sent by express, at expense of subscriber.
The mounted form is much the best for the sub
scriber, as all pictnres must be mounted before
framing, and, in the vast quantities we prepare, it
can be done more uniformly and at a quarter oT the
usual expense. - Therefore, all subscribers should
send for their pictures monntod.
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No Person can take these Blttrrs accord
ing to directions, -ana remain kmjk wm-rn, provmva
-their bones are not destroyed by mrlirra! imunn or other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
of repair.
Dyspepsia or inaiCfUIloni n nu.icne, rain
the SlRniiders, Coughs, TiRlitness of the Chest. Dii-
... r . i i - - 1. II-.J M' .
ness, amtr t.ructauons oi inc in,i-ii,
the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation ol tn
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain the regions
of the Kidneys, and a hundred oilier painful symptoms.
re the orrspriiiRS ot Dyspepsia. Iu lliese compiaiuu
has no eoual. and one bottle will prove a Letter guar
antee of its merits than a lenptliv advertisement.
For Fcmnle Couiilnliits, in young; or old.
married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the
turn of lite, these Tonic Hitters oispiay so ucciora n
nfiueuce that a marked improvement is soon percep-
ble. .
For Inflammatory mid l lirontc iineii-
uiatiam and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Inter,
mittent Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder, these Bitters have no equal. Mich Dis
eases are caused by Vitiated Blood, which is generally
produced by derangement of the Digestive Organ.
Tlicy are n tirni i i-iirirnii vo u wun
a Tonic, possessing alsi the peculiar merit of acting
as a powerful atjent m relieving Congestion or mrum
mation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious
Diseases.
For Skill Diseases, Eruptions, letter, bnic
Rheum. Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Rins-worins, Scald-Head, Soie Lyes, Lry-
upelas. Itch, Scurls, Discolotauonsot the Kin, numoi-s
md Diseases of the Skill, of whatever name or nature.
are literally dtijr up and carried out of the system in a
short time bv the use of lliese Bitter.-..
Grtiteful Tnousaitus proclaim inecar hit
ters the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained
he sinkinc svstcm.
1 WALKER, Prop'r. II. II. MfDDNALD & CO.,
UruRRists and CJen. ARts., ran l' raucisco aim rew ioik.
Editorial notices are so common that
it is Almost impassible for an editor to
express his honest opinion of the merits
of amy article without being suspected
of interested motives. This fact, how
ever, shall not deter us from saying
what we think of a new addition to the
Materia Medrica to which our attention
has been recently Airected. We refer
to Dr. J. Walkers Uamornia vinegar
Bitters, a remedy which is making its
way into more families just now than
all the other advertised medicines put
together.
Its popularity, as iar as we can juage,
is not Dasea on empty pretention.
There seems to be no question about
the potency of its tonic and alterative
properties,' while it possesses the great
negative recommendation oi containing
neither alcohol nor "mineral poison.
That it is a specific for Indigestion,
Billiousuess, Constipation and many
oomplaints of nervovs origin, we have
reason to know ; ana we are assurea
on good autnonty tnat as a general
invigorant, regulating and pumfying
medicine it has nO equal.
It is Btated that its increments (ob
tained from the wilds of California,) are
new to the medical world; and its ex
traordinary effects certainly warrant .the
conclusion that it is a compound of
agents hitherto unknown. If popular
ity is any criterion, mere can ue no
doubt of the efficiency of the Vinegar
Bitters, for the sale1 of the article is lm
"mse and continually increasing.
Com.
Chut with Grumblers.
Many years ago, in company with our
wife, says Dio Lewis, we made a sum
mer drive through the Canadas. Iu
giving that attention to our horses which
is the habit of prudent travellers, we
visited the stable morning and evening.
We think it was the first night after we
crossed over at Niagara that we said to
the hostler:
" Suppose some one were to leave you
a hundred thousand dollars, what would
you do?"
"Well, boss, there is one thing I oan
tell you: you would never catch me work
in' any morf)."
Holding, as we always, had, that work
is the warp and woof of human life and
happiness, the hostler's remark struck
us as curious; and recalling it on the fol
lowing evening, we asked the next host
ler what he would Ao if hehadahundrefl
thousamd.
"I'd travel all over creation, but as for
work, I'd never do another chore as long"
as I lived."
We talked it over while riding the next
day, and concluded we Bhould ask every
hostler during the trip and make a record
of the answers:
The Bame question was put to thirty
four hostlers, and all cave essentially
"the same answer, though a few said,
"Of course I should want something
to do when I felt like it, but then I
wouldn't work regular."
We were a member of a school-board
some years afterward, and asked one of
the lady teachers what she woulU do if
she had a hundred thousand dollars, and
her reply was:
"I would go to Europe and live in
Paris. "
.'"What would you do that for?" we
asked.
" Why, I should go for the same rea
son that ether folks go to see the
sights."
We asked the same question of four
teen female teachers and six male teach
ers, and they all gave about the same
answer, though a few of them suggested
a division with the poor. One young
lady said she would give thirty thousand
apieoe to her throe brothers, and then
go abroad with tie remaining ten thou
sand. Without exception, .they spoke of
travel, and most of them of life in
Europe. Not one of them spoke in fa
vor of work, but most of them spoke of
escape from work.
As regular work is the great staple of
happiness, as work is the regular bread
and meat of body and mind, while recre
ation is but the sweatmeats, all this con
demnation seems a strange hallucina
tion. And as work is absolutely neoes
sary, it is the greatest misfortune that
there should exist a prejudice against
it. A little philosophy, a broader intel
ligence, is sure to cure it. A little ex
perience at nothing to do has generally
cured even ignorant people of such fol
ly. Let a man "loaf" for a month, and
if he is well, he is glad enough to go
back to his work. And there are a good
many of us who can look deep enough
to see that work is the best of good
things, and to love it for its own soke
aad for the good it does ub.
Work, like food, is a necessity of our
life. A disgust for either indicates dis
ease, or some unnatural condition.
When we find disgust of food, we learn
generally that it comes of exoess. In
the case of disgust for work, we think it
generally cpmes from the same source.
It is often said that man is naturally
lazy. Let every one speak for himself.
We know the statement is not true of
ourself . We love work. We like a day'e
recreation occasionally, but the hours
begin to hang heavy in the latter part of
the day.
Experienced sportsmen predict that
one result of the late storm will be that
quails will Be found to have been de
stroyed in great nnmbers, and that for
the next season, to say the least of 'it,
quails.will be scarce.