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January. worn and gray
Like an Old pilgr'm hy the way
Watches the snow, and shiyering CHS
A- the " ID curlew round him flies
Or. huddled underneath a thorn,
SITS pnyns ,or the lingering morn.
February. bluff and bold,
O-er burrows stridn@ scorns the cold
And with his horses two abreast
Makes the keen plough DO his hehesi.
Rough March comes clustering down tho road,
Do his Wrath-haud the oxen -uod'
OF. with rough and angry haste
Seatters the seed DER the dark waste
April. a child. halftcars. half smiles,
Trips full 0. little playful w.les;
And, laughing meath her rainhuw ho'''
Seeks The wild yiolcts ia the wood
Nav. tie bright maiden. singing goes,
To where The hawthorn blows,
Watching the lambs leap n the dell
Listening the mple village bells
June. with the mowers scarlet face,
Moves u'cr the clover fields apace,
And g-t ID Dis crescent sc1 the sweeps on
O'er spots from whence the lark has hpWn-
Julv-the farmer. happy fellow,
Laughs 90 see the corn grow yellow
The heavy zrl be- t1sSes up
From his ri slt isul as from a cup.
August-the reaper cleayes the way
Through tire golden waves al break FED. DAY
Or. on bis wagon piled with com,
Al sunset. hlme Is proudly borne
september. with bic Iraylug hound.
Leaps fence and pale 90 every bound
And casts into the wind iu scUrn
All cares and dangers from his horn.
October comes d Wuudmlu ull,
Fenced w th tough leather from the cold
Round swings Dis sturdy axe, and Do,
a iir branch .Ills It every blow.
November covers before the fame
Heared cronc. forgetting her own name
Watching the blue smoke curling r.-s,
AaI brood. upon old memories.
December iat and rosy strides.
ll old heart warm. well clothed h.- ..ips.
With kludly 8 word for young and old,
The cheericr for tine h8c.u- cold
Ian ching welcome. open nings
% IS doors and as Dee does t sings.
Chamber 1sarHIL
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IHE LUBPlCATOEs OF SOCIETY There are
lubricators among men, who keep the ma
chlnery OF society oiled, 50 as to prevent its
joints from wearing. and its journals from
heating. He Is lnbricatOr who introduces
great improvements in the processes of sOcie-
to; but there are men who prevent the iric-
ton which w0uld otherwise be produced by
its working, Such man consider one who
is thoroughly good-natured. A man who
carries a disposition that Is characterized By
thorough gooi-natuTe, tends to make others
good-natured. Other people take from Us
what we carry TO them and if you 90 inan
irritable mood to your breakfast, You will
probable find another person who is irritable
over against YOU and the irritability will
be there because you carried it. you are
cold, those around you will shiyer. If YOU
are so0d-natured, men will be apt 20 know
it,and to respond to your good-nature. Men
are as much perceived that carry goOd-na-
ture IN society, as spice-wood is that carries
sweet odors. God bless good-natured men,
and multiply the number Of them There
is no danger of there being too many men
who are not easily irritated, who look on the
bright side Ofthngs. and who tend to solace-
men that you can cushion on. and not touch
the hard angles of an exaeting, conscientious
spIrit-men who, in ship, or house, or store,
or shop are so sweet that they suggest the
more genial, the kindlier aspects of human
life. ! would not have all the world good
natured. | would not have good-nature to
be the only and supreme grace, and there
is no danger of its being sO-not the least.
But where there are 80 many other sterling
qualities, we need lubricOtiOn. And blessed
are they that move around about in society
50 as to lubricate it. There are many such
who are not conscious ofit.-H. W. Beecher.
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struck out, my boots going away Of them
selves, and my jacket getting as heavy as a
ton of bricks. But was up again and
alloat.. 50 | swan for the bulwark, when |
was knocked over again and sucked under.
don't recollect how managed to get of
clear. | have some recollection of being
laid hold of several times, and kicking and
tearing myself away. | think | remember
other figures coming to me and trying to lay
hold of my shoulder but felt | had got
some life in me yet-just enough and no
more-and | struggled hard, sir, for that
little bit. | thought Of nothing but keep
ing float until was clear and away from
the -reck, for she was sucking under me
ana drawing me down. At last got clear
and out Of reach of those that were trying
to swim or drifting about on bits Of wood,
and the boats and life buOys, and such ike.
How kept ahoat and was picked up don't
remember; but | must have been good
long time in the water, for do remember
being carried into cabin and vomiting a
lot of salt water
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The DEroRMrIEs OF CmLDREN.- No child
IS more tenderly loved than the unfortunate
one if the misfortune be blindness or deaf
ness or physical malormation. The mother
who could come to hate child on account
Of his natural misfortune would be a brute
indeed But few mothers reflect that the
child's ill-temper. irroverence, or even
graver faults are also the result of natural
deformity, and that the child who Is always
under censure for bad qualities is in reality
an object of pity. Not until parent can
be brought to see the matter in this light
can there be n right relation between
parent and child Temper is an inherited
quality. and cannot be broken all at once.
The child whose blood is poisoned by some
ancestral taint, which may have lain dor
mant in the generation Immediately pre-
ceding, needs the comfort and sympathy Of
father and mother, and gets the rebufis only.
Ingrained traits can only he combated with
any success where they are combated with
infinite patience and kindness. That
"grieyous words stir up anger" IS rs true
now as in solomon time. and as true when
the grievous words are spoken by parent as
by a stranger. But can not wink at the
child's badness. Certainly not. That
would be Incidence. But YOU can show the
child that NOu nave luil appreciation Oi
his misfortune, that You have Il sympathy
with his struggles and his difficulties.
When YOU have done this, You have taken
a grand step toward helping him out of his
trouble Nothing is of more Importance.
in dealing with difficult child. than
prompt praise of his earliest endeavor to
overcome his fault. Do not measure your
commendation by his succ ess but by his en-
deavor. The selfish or indolent parent
pities himself. - That child will
kill me-" - have got to en-
dure his temper year in and year OUT
All yes; but what has he got to endure
if he lives till he is 100 there will be some
thing left of the old battle yet Ifyou work
from no higher motive than to relieve your
self of annoyance, you cannot succeed. But
if you 50 develop the selfcontrol of your
child that he will have permanent ad-
vantage in the lifelong warfare with his
besetment, you have delivered him from a
lifelong bondage. Consider the patience of
teachers in institutions for imbeeile children.
In some cases, weeks arespent in persuading
a child to make one awkward mark with a
piece of chalk. Reflect on the time spent in
taking the successive steps that bring the
drooling idiot up to the level of man able
to care for himself. And is not the victory
worth the battle? Is not your. patient en-
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NU MBER 81


Senator's The time fixed bv the Cop.t;-
tuition for the dissolution ofthe 42dConores.
I has arrived. and with few parting words
| shall resign this gavel to the honored ,,n
OF Massachusetts. who has been chosen bv
the people as my successor. Administer
tons terminate and Congresses expire rs the
years pass by, but the nation lives and grows
and prospers. to be served in the future by
those equally faithful to it, interests. and
equally proud Of its growing influence
among the nations of the earth. To he
called by the representative, of tie peo9le
and afterwards by the people themselves To
the responsible daty OF presiding success
iyeiy over the twollouses oiCongres, for the
past ten years, from the era of war through
the era Of reconstruction 10 the era ofpeace.
more than fills the measure of an honorable
ambition. Looking back over these ten
exciting years, | cam claim not only that |
have committed no act which has proved
the confidence misplaced that called me to
tins position, but also that | have striyen.
in it, official duties. to administer the par-
llamentary law with which the upright
Judge up0n'the bench decides in questions Of
lie and liberty, TO faithfully protect the
rights OF the majority in the advancement
oI publlc buSiness, o. remain calm and
unmoyed amid the excitement OF debate, %
temper ana restrain aSperities and TO guard
against personal antagonism: 10 perform
acceptably the complex and often perplex-
ing duties OF the Chair without partizau
fears has been my constant endeayor Ii IS
gratifying. therefore. thai 0f the many -huu-
dreds OF decisions usdo by me. often ON the
instant, none have been reversed and scarce
any seriously questioned How much
owe to the uniform kindness and support OF
the members over whom / have presided. is
difficult to express in word. Il has been
bounded by no party lines and controlled bv
no political affiliations. and | rejoice that
have been able 10 attest my appreciation
OF this support while zeal0usly defending
the principles before tte people The de-
fence has never been coupled with per-
sonal assaults ON any of the eminent public
men with whom J have differed No epi-
thets or invectiyes have fallen from my lips
Bat the Clerk admonishcs me that the
i2d Congress has already passed into his
tory, and wishing you, Senator'S, useful
lives for your country and happy lives for
yourselves, and thanking you for the RESP
luton spread on Your journal and invoking
the favor Of Him who holds the de-tiuiss of
nations and Of men in the hollow Of hi,
hand, | am ready to administer the oath of
Office TO the Vice Prcsidcut-ccet. whom | .
now introduce to You.
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Do not freeze the stomacls of them members of
your family at the dinner-table. and then
run the risk Of freezing their hearts Keep
the ice-cream for the evening, to refresh the
palates that may have been parched by con-
yersation or singing. Another important
thing, and which, like nearly all other do.
mestic duties. devolyes on the wife andmoth-
er, Is the selection of the daily food. We
have explained what 10 serve. and how to
serve it; we will add few directions IS a
guide First, understand that by good and
proper food we do not mean costly food.
Many have poor food. q ! consequently roor
dinners, though they h q paid high price
for it, while Others have good and properly
prepared food for a reasonable price. the DIFF
ference between the two being only in its Sc
lection and preparation. Cookery isa branch.
of chemistry a. well asan art. Soups. sauces.
grayies, stews, etc. are compounded as care
fully as chemical preparation They act
on the system according to preparation-th
is, if well prepared, they do good if not.
the opposite Cookery Is the science that
keeps in order the animal mechanism of hu-
manity The physician is only called in
when, through causes entirely Independents
Of cookery, that mechanism is oat Of order.
Blot IN Horpr's Bq-ar
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IN sitting posture. lie had taken his own
life; First tying handkerchief about his
neck. he looped around it small piece of
tarred ratllne, and made fast to one end of
the moose line coil of fine wire weighing
about eighteen pounds. This weight he
threw into well hole of four feet pile of
large wire, and strangulation followed. No
possible cause for the suicide can be
imagined. He was the only son of DR..
Alvah Smith, of Cambridgeport. regular
attendant at the Prospect street church.
Cam6ridseport, a young man of the bes.
associates, and in disposition and tempera-
ment kind quiet and cheerful Boston Id
rcrtiSer. Ftb. p.
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EMrHAsIs.-So years ago there was a
student at the Theological Seminary at An
dover who had an excellent opinion of his
own talents. On one occasion he asked the
professor who taught elocut;on at the time.
what do specially need to learn in this
department. "HOn ought first to learn to
read, said the professor ''Oh | can read
now, replied the student The professor
handed the young man Testament. and
pointing to the 25th verse of the 2lth chapter
Of Luke gospel asked him to read that.
The student read ''Then he said unto them.
fools, and slow Of heart 10 6eiiere all that
the prophets have spoken - ''Ah. said the
professor, they were fools for Jelierinq the
prophets were they" OF course that was
not right, and 50 the young man triedagain.
80 fools, and slow Of heart to believe al
that the prophets have spoken" " The pro-
phets, then, are sometimes liars?" asked the
professor. No, o fools and slow Of heart
to believe all that the prophets have spoken. "
According to this reading" " the professor
suggested, ''the prophets We're notorious
liars" This was not n satisfactory cOnclu-
sion. and 50 another trial was made 80,
fools, and slow Of heart, to believe all the
prophets hare spoken" Il see now said the
professor 'the prophets wrote the truth,
but they spoke lies. This las. criticism dis
couraged the student, and he Acknowledged
that he did not know how to read The
difficulty lies in the fact that the words ''slow
of heart to belieye" apply to the whole Of
the sentence.
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\ singular suit for damages has Just
reached settlement at Dover, n. H.. A
school boy, scuiing with playmate. four
teen years ago, hurled him against clothes
hook in the entry 20 that the hook entered
the boys neck, and, breaking off. crippled
him for life. Nothing was done about the
matter until two years ago, when. the
parties having grown to manhood, the Grip
pie being unable to labor, and the one who
pushed him being in paying business. some
humane parties took up the case and got a
yerclet OF $50, 900. Payment was refused,
however, and every evasion made, even to
an attempt at taking the poor debtor s
oath, until last week, when the referees to
whom the case was; given decided that pay
ment must be made at once, or the delin-
quent jailed.
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DoN'T GIVE LIQUoE To CHLDREN.-Oue
of the first literary men in the United States
said to a writer, after speaking on the sub
iect of temperance There is one thing
which, as You visit different places, | wish
you to do everywhere; that Is. 10 entrest
every mother never to give a drop Of strong
drink to a child. | have had to fight rs for
my life all my days to keep from dying a
drunkard, because | was fed with spirits
when child acquired a taste far it. My
brother, poor fellow, died drunkard.
would not have a child of mine take a drop
Of it for anything. Warn every mother,
wherever You go, never to give drop to Il
child"
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The dinner is the principal meal of the
day, and the one that restores the waste of
the system the most, being generally taken
after the days tasks are done, and being COM
posed Of more nutritious and more numerous
dishes than the other meals As the mind
and stomach can not both work well at once,
it is certainly according to hygienic laws not
lunch. Il Is different at dinner: besides
having no work to perform after it, the en-
joymeni rf having the whole family assembled
is one oi dhe best condiments that can ac-
company the meal Wives and mothers,
have flowers on the dinner-tablel have at
tractive-looking dishes have palatable food
have cheerfulness have cup of warm cof-
fee or tea after the dinner You are then
pretty sure to have warm hearts around you
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SLEEP.-The motto ofthcoycr;axel brain
worker should ever be More sleep. more
sleep. and as much Is possible Of folding of
the hands to sleep. BY day o- by night
after meals or before, early or late. in the
horse car or on the ferry boat. We should
welcome each desire to dOzc a. an angel
from Heaven. The habit of very early ris-
ins-whieh, under the old dispensation, be-
fore the era Of the telegraph, steam-power.
the press. and other agencies that rob Us OF
our nerve force. was virtue---we in this
year 1873, should with all our might avoid.
Early to bed and late to rise makes the mod
ern brain-toiler healthy and wi-e--Dr.
Beard IN The hdpndcHf.
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The Nation (paper) assailS the republican,
democratic and liberal parties. Ii Is also
opposed to the temperance party, the labor
reform party and the w0man's rights party
Itscowls at the internationalists and suecrs
at the ultramontanists. Itdespises thewhiss
and the tories. Ii has nothing but scorn for
the junkers and the radicals. Its contempt
for the extreme right, the center. the LETT
center and the right center. 1t curls it,
lips at the PapaliBOs, the t'aribaldinOs and
the Ministeriaiists. 1t boots at the Carlists,
Alfonsists, lsabellinos, Montpensierists,
Maccaronistos ard Castelarists. The Ma
tion should start n new party, to be called
the Cosmopolitan, Sard0nicratic, AntiphlO-
gistic party Cincinnati Commercial.
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Justice has at last oyertaken one of those
wicked persons who have 50 long defed the
law with impunity-not in this country, we
are sorry to say, but in England, where an
umbrella thief has been sent to the peniten-
tiary for fourteen days. He carried of the
sacred implement from the waiting room Of
n railway station, and when asked by the
Judge what he had to say for himself, he de
clared that he left the station with the UNI
brella '' in a fit of abstraction" This was
evident enough, but the court sent him mp
all the same
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SFIRrTUALlsTIc " EDnINC.-Ihe recent
welding Of Mis- Kate Fox, one of
the Fox sisters. 90 whom Is due the origin
of spiritual manifestations in this country,
was attended with demonstrations of an ap-
propriate but ghostly character. Rap- We're
heard about the altar and at the wedding
breakfast the spirits rendered their consratu-
latiOns hy tumultuOus raps. and by play
fully Transporting the table, TO the aggra-
walton of the hungry guests. The brides
mother, deceased, expressed her approval
by a special message to the groom. Then
the ghosts grew ioyial and cracked a few
time-worn jokes, of whose antiquity they
We're doubtless ignorant, as they were fresh
when they were on earth. Altogether, one
must conclude that it takes groom of con-
siderable nerve 10 marry ' medium.
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UNDER Suspicion.

Under Suspicion.
... ....
nc.e Joseph "iA You see '' i.e idS-
Eage
''Oer,alu-y- madam. / repneI' always
called my brother second "ile adah
we never qlafieleI- '"l eich 'hgl-H1 IHat
the other was the most diSlsreeihie person
iu the universe ana "- w, eaeh hne" "nat
the other thodsht,.ii may 1e imagined that
our ntero'ur-t was mot "i very cordial
KIND.
dId -rs 10 the luggage ana then took
tickets l'r she party Tor the YORK express
10y the Nreat Northern railway
Fortunately we had % compartment Go our
-e.'e~-tnai i-. MT. "e'-Ier' my niece
Clara ana myself
Clara, my dear. Nol ilok a~ no as You
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nave ''''I ,'yN "''' ulA'" "i' I'9'IiiS7''
quietly nave DO l4.ien'e WIN lheSe
poor men n-iSh,in- q sirl $ eI'a"'' oi selllhs
well settled n life in this way however,
thank s''dne~-' Il 5 all over now, the iour
Hea~ are gone tins three months and to-
morrow you Will be the happy wife OF a man
whose aye viii command your respect, and
whose position will secure you every COM
l'rt.
Sand, mamma. whom nothing on earth
bat my solemn promise 10 my poor dea-
iather would make me call husband.
" Well, my dear. it'- fortunate ioryour fu-
ture Interests thu; yea made that promise.
m sure that Mr.. Ireisar is man after my
own heart II ! hadn toiher views for my |
children 5 sake. should have set my own /
cap al HIM myself.
Il IN sure, madam, Mr. Iredgar would |
feel only too much honorrd it he knew your |
sentiments tle candid ayowal Of them Is, |
think, highly calculated To add TO Clara : |
tappine~- under existing circumstances.
" We'll you know Jncle Joseph, am |
hlld % % l1uli-
'Deelded-y, madam, most decidedly. |
replied, "a remark which caused Mr.. Web |
Ster to read a ye!iow-co'ered novel for some |
time in silence. though shortly afterwards |
She dropped asleep.
Clara stole % my side of the carriage and |
leaned her head on my shoulder,
oh uncle, wish were dead can it |
DE 50 very wretchel 10 die2 / am 50 |
wretched ! dread tomorrow. oh why |
will not God pity me aud take away my |
Ife2''
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Two PICTURES.- themselves some
times have 3 curious history The story of
the two pictures at Florence Is old. but not
worn out. An artist at Rome saw often.
playing in the street near his window. a
child Of exquisite beauty, with golden hair
and cherub face. Struck with the loyelineSs
Of the boy, he painted a picture Of him and
hung 1t up in the studio. In the saddest
hours that sweet, gentle face looked down
upon him like an angel Oflight. Its presence
filled the soul with gladness and longings
for heaven which its purity sYmbolized. If
ever | find, said he, "a perfect contrast to
this beaute0us face, ! will paint that also.
and hang 1t up on the opposite wall, and
the one | viii call heaven and the other
hell. Years passed. At length, in another
part Of Italy. H. prison he visited. looking
in through the grated door of cell. he saw
the most hlde0us object that ever met his
sight-a fierce, haggard face. and cheeks
deeply marked with the lines of lust and
crime. Ihe artist remembered the promise
he had made himself, and Immediately paint
ed 4 picture Of this lo1thS0me culprit. u
hang over against the portrait Of the lovely
boy. The contrast was perfect the two
poles of the moral universe We're before him.
Then the mystery of the human soul gained
another illustration. lie had two pictures,
but thoy were Likeness Of one and the same
person. To his great surprise. on iuquirlng
into the history Ol thi, hurril wretch. be
learned that be was no other than the sweet
child with the golden ringlet~ whom hc once
knew 50 well and saw 50 often playing IN
the streets of Rome.
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deavorto cure a moral defect rewarded by
any measure of success, however small?
Wherefore cheerfully take your share of the
heavy burden of your child, aud by bearing
it brayely, help him to bear his lifelong
load.-Htn1h and Home.
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\ STRANGE SuIcIDE-Yesterday morning
a remarkable suicide was committed in a
store, 6 and Liberty square. One of the
firm Of Small d Witherell. iron and steel
dealers, who occupied the store, on reaching
it az half-past eight o'clock in the morning
found it locked on the inside. Opening it
he found Charles A. Smith, a boy seventeen
years old, who had been employed by the
firm since the FIRE, on the floor at the side Of
the store, back of the counting room, and