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stepped on the sill, and then ran round
the lean-to to fiud his mother. No moth
er there, but the smiling, pinky-faeod
German girl, who was pairing potatoes to
bake for supper.
Tom bawled out lis mother dead o,
want my notherl' and circled around
the house and peeped in shyly with vet
eyes.
Was that lady in soft gray merino
dress, wearing an embroidered collar and
gold ear drops, his mother? That pretty
womanl Surely it was, for Ncttie was
feeling of her face, and was sparkling over
and saying "Is this you, mother? Why
where have you been p
"Oh, ma !" said Tom, holding heraround
the neck as though she might fit away the
next minute; "why where did you go, and
when did you come back y
Poor little ones, how proud they we're
of the household drudge in her new and
beautiful transformation
But this is not all. Before the first
cod blast Of Winter came, steps were tax
en- to save and tighten the labors of the
feminine portion Of the farmers house.
hold. An addition was built to the house
new siding was put on and painted. New
windows were added, and green blinds and
spouting, and big cistern close to the
kitchen door, and wide, long, roomy
porch. Closets were put in all the rooms;
the old yerminy bedsteads split up and
used for kindling; new chairs were bought,
including a new rocking and sewing chair
for mother new sewing machine, that
was love Of a friend the door.yard was
paled in, and the calves and colts kept
where they belonged; and evergreen trees,
and Towering shrubbery, and rose-bushes,
made beautiful the new yard An easy
chain pump took the place of the old moss
covered bucket that held as much as
chun. 1t was packed off to the barn to
put clover seed in, and the heavy windlass
was borne away forever from the little
arms that had tugged at its ponderous
weight with sick weariness many and
many year. The big well-rope made
nice swing under the oaks for Tom,
Belle and chubby Harry.
Now that the no longer enslaved moth
er has leisure to mingle with her growing
children as teacher, and companion, and
friend, they grow more lovable and intel
ligent, and they cling TO her like vines.
They see so much in her to admire and
emulate.
And John Jones? That spell Of fever
was the Aaron's rod that smotc the rock
of his soul and opened it for the outgush-
ing of love, and sympathy, and charms,
and graees of the human heart and to-
day, growing broader, and ruddier, and
riper, and better. There lives no happier
farmer than dear old renovated John
Jones.
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CuRE FOR LocKJAw.--A correspon-
dent Of the Scientific Americaa recon-
msnds turpentine as cure for lockjaw.
He says; aI.et any one who has an attack
Of lockjaw take a small quantity Of turpcn-
tine, warm It aud pour h on the wound, no
matter where the wound is, or Of what na-
ture il d, aud relief win follow in less than
one minute. Nothing better can be sp.
piled to severe cut or bruise than cold
turpentine, Ii viii give certain relief almost
instantly. Turpentipe b also a sovereign
remedy for Group. Saturate piece of
flannel with h and place the flannel on the
throat and chest, and In very severe cases
three 10 Eve drops on lump Of sugar may
be taken inwardly. Every family should
have bottle on hand" The remedy Is
simple and easily tested. In all serious
cases an application should be made under
needful advice.
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hundred feet wide, Of loose basal, rock
thrown loosely On the bottom Of the ocsan.
The concrete blocks under water ere laid
in courses on this hasalt By divers Above
low water marx the blocks are laid 10
cement with close joints. aud the more
exposed are fastened sogather BY iron
anchor ties. The blocks Of which the
piers are built are thirteen feet long, three
and a half feet high, and four feet In
breadth, weighing ten tons each. So se
we're are the storms to which these piers
are exposed, that even some Of these Inn
mense. blocks, clamped together BY iron,
have been Krenched asunder and swept
away into the harbor. These piers are
about twenty-three feet broad on the top
and thirty feet at their base. They are
now nearly completed, They enclose an
area Of $50 acres, But the labor dos not
end here. The whole harbor Is now to be
dredged to the depth Of thirty feet, and
the material carried away, Thelocks sep.
arating the harbor from the canal are most
magnificent pieces Of masonry. AZ high
water the sea is ten feet above tho Ievel of
the canal and must be barred out By these
sea gates.
There are no rocks in Holland. The
immense amount Of stone required for
these piers has been manufactured BY the
canal company. They have large works
for this purpose. The concrete Is made
of equal parts Of cement, gravel aud sand,
mixed with water, in large iron cylinders.
The blocks are then cast into moulds, and
must stand to dry for Eve months before
they are laid.
No body Of men have ever undertaken
more difficult piece Of labor than the
building Of this canal and harbor.
haze never been 80 much impressed
with the vast resources Of human skin aud
the indomitable enterprise Of people, as
on this occasion, when / visited all these
works with the Engiueers and Directors Of
the Company. We fst inspected the dam
which holds back all the waters Of the
Zuyder Zee. Here were steam pumps
which raise "A, 900 cubic feet Of water per
minute from the Y into the Zuyder Zee.
We next went in steamer through this
magnificent canal, 300 feet wide, and the
immense sea gates to the harbor, and then
along the lofty piem to their extremity,
where the whole force Of the ocean was
roaring and fretting against their massive
walls. Here we could stand and see the
whole Of this grandest piece of masonry in
the world, enclosing an area of ESQ acres.
We passed on the canal thousands Of acres
Of land which was a few months before
covered with tidewater, where nov crops
are growing, and BY the immense mann
factories Of concrete. As | viewed il ali
I was filed with amusement at the daring
which could undertake, and with admira-
tion at the skill which could accomplish
such marvellous work as this xI<fhe
DUTCH succeed IN making their harbor to
stahd, they will have become benefactors
to the whole civilized world. They win
have demonstrated the practicability on
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tlett poetrp.
4, LiacVs Liring Age.
EtIIn YEARS.

A ,himme white robes-a pail just after,-
Then, bits kng and yic,ors' shout, anon;
Now iast SLOW with mingled wall and laughter
The molofeIrd procession moyeih on -
And sill II out the shAdowy dim TO Re-
Another lanother year glides stealthlly.
O phanIoi sainl Your chill breath dulis our
p.nrcs
Your lo0ipA leave the furrows aud the frost
With uthl4and ye gather up our treasures
TIL in the 4 Of" by.gones" they are lostl
And darker windows closing portals show
The daught&f sweet harmony brought low
And yet, O Dug years o grim procesAonl
A lavish X ye tossed into our hands
Rare gems, 4 gold--ah, yes we makeconiession
Your gins balanced all your stern demands;
And many altered prize our idle fingers lost,
Because all ihlessly We slumbered at our postt
Then fair, f@ laughing year. with light steps slId
inE
out Of the ttc Aha'le--tho veilcd Unknown
In childlikc b, In patient hope abiding,
We place w. welcome hands within thine own
Your touch 4 thrill and brishlen-or may loose
thetcr cord
Il matters noFc know thee-an envoy from our
Ion
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Tue LILLY.-In all Buddhist temples
is tall and brOad-leafed lilly, which stands
directly on the front of the altar. Its idea
is us beautiful as its workmanship; it rep
resents that just as the pure white flower
may grow out Of the mirs and filth, and
blossom into loveliness, somay the heart Of
man raise itself above the wickedness and
corruption of the world unto state of
spotless purity.
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The Garth Is every day overspread with
the veil of night, for the same reason that
the cages Of birds arc darkenedi 90 that
we may more readily approhend the higher
harmonies Of thought in the hush and
stiffness Of darkness. Paul
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A rosebush .adorning cottage in Santa
Rosa, Cal, was planted in 1858, and il
one Of the Lamarque variety, the most
beautiful of the white roses. Imagine an
immense bouquet Of white roses, twenty
Eve feet high, twenty-five feet across,
beautifully rounded, with blossoming
surface Of four hundred square feet, with
four thousand full-blown roses and twenty
thousand buds
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Ifyou wish to live the life Of man, and
not Of q fungus, be social, be brothsrly, be
charitable, be sympathetic, and hbor earn
estly for the good of your kind,
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1t is easy in the world to live after the
worlds opinion, il is easy in solitude to
live after your own; but the great man is
he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps
with perfect sweetness the independence
of solitude. - Emerson
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The column is an emblem Of Faith, It
springs from earth to heaven; the arch
symbolizes Mercy, ID descends from heav-
en- to earth.
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He that cannot forgive others, breaks
the bridge over which he must pass him
self; for every man has need to be for
given.
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Which is the wiekedest portion Of Amer.
ica2 Why, sin-sin-naughty, to be sure.
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No other living thing can go SO slow as
a boy on an errand.
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Don't 60 to chlvch unless you know how
TO behave.
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Why Is a chicken like a farmer ?--Be
cause both delight in full crop.
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Confidence may not be reciprocal, but
kindness should be.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-14

One dclightful : Saturday. Kate and hen
brother Charlie were going to spend the
who!, morning II the museum. where.
besides the stuffed animals. were to be
seen the learned pics. that sane like birds
and Iii sums in arithmetic: the little birds
thai gruntrA like PICS, and fell down dead
ut the word % command: the chcrrV-c0l-
orcd cut that sat tWid,ilin~ his Whi>kcr~
ut the company. nS mach Il, to say, " DENY
that | am chcrrV-co!orcd. if you can" tn"
man who at Goals of fire, and seemed to
relish them ~ Won would 4 h"ct~tc;;k; the
fat miantr>~. Who danrcla hornpipc, s!a>-
in~ HE floor and making the very windows
rattle: the man without arms who kept
seven ,onp-p!atc~ shooting up Ikea folm-
tain in the ar with his toes; and :; hun
lrcl other ctlr"ls thing.
"Oh dcar.' cIies! Kate. = am 80 hap
py. / cannot keep sill; lets ~ail u boat,
Charlie.
81" carl9h, hi, bands, and they swung
round faster and fI~.rr. till they both tum-
blcl in a heap on the floor. hats flying of
ana thu bluc ribbon IN Charlie, collar
hanging bE one end.
Nov. Kate" h. exclaimed. just look
at my bow: And mamma i reaI y,-I hear
her coming down >;air~
Yes. Vr,: ! sc. tnlrie. I'll fix it
again Us 4ood;,~ new, laughed Kate.
She pat Oh i.er soft, pretty >ea!-shin hat,
and arranging ChwI;r's tumhlcd hair.
placed his htt nicely on his head; and
then the good sister ted thr neck-ribbon
into 4 lovely bow. Ghlylie holding his
head erect and stan ling up straight and
s,iI Us Il -p!dicr--" eye, RIGHT and
4, in
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on, sammrr afternoon | III ont on !:
walk oi It couple. oi miles to visit a mu
WHO WIS oll ~ich. ana soon 10 die Tn,
law Wa~ uarm and the roud hilv. Be
coming wam and tired. sat down on :
larg,. ~,on- beside tn. rotd. Very soon
o.ctl4- Interested in Watching uhlt well
ni~h proved Il tragic scene i'll the insect
world y @rl-~hopr"r hal evidently beer
eau-l in Il spiders web in til" grass n'al
my fr.;. rlr spider wa ylo~r hy. hui
seemed - A' Sanding still. while tho
.ra~shopn.r wa~ Slowly whirlin= ronno
m round r'Hl not understand what
M g"Inr ON. - determined /" wait ano
So what would hrroin" Of il. BY and by
~Iw tn. I...g~ Of the unfortunate @ras~
hoPp r Wrr" drawing up closer and closer
- hi body. IL would seem 10 -trurgl,
now ana lhcn to ~trli@hten them out, bur
i.r an" strange. reason IIi not succeed
He hrit on tuning round IN 4 mysterious
Way.
Ate" watching Sharply for some time.
~aW Tint little threads were wound about
ham. L WI now clear that the spider
was turning hlm round anu winding 4
thread about him. - 4 - hold him till he
could Mi and cat linn, lnr threads b.
came more AMI more visible. Tighter and
stronger grew the cord every time the
-5r1~-hopp.r went around. After awhile
hr looked Il il he had been put into Il
CLOSED y-lliting sack. It was of no use now
for him t. try to ret away. poor fellow
H. seemed to hn in despair for he hardly
tried to escape The spider now drew
back to ret, and was. no doubt. very hap
~ thinking what a rich feast h. would
have for supper.
"Iou wicked spider. said, You Will
20 hungry yet.
| took out my pcnhnifr AMI went to
WoI K to cat open very c;lrrfulv the SAX.
- u no. to hurt Grassy. soon he was free.
but h. did not move. What, dead. poor
thing tried 70 rouse him. rs You some
times do Your sleepy brother in the morn
IN. At last hi, lr:c> began to move Il lit
tie. and after he cot them I'LL ARRANGED
with one hop away he went in happy free
dom and safety Narrow c~t.apr. that, I
was Ilaply TOO. and cot 10 and walked on
and what do You suppose | thouohto
thought that il Wa lust like this that
great many little threads. At first they
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NANING NEGETAEIE SEEn Nnnrl,

SAVING VEGETABLE SEED.-Ncarly al
the vegetable and garden seeds USUALLY
needed i'll Il family garden can ana Should
be homegrown. The only exception
usually nude is that of pea seeds. which
are best when grown in England or Can
alta; rs in our hot. dry summers the pea
beetle tIrive', and nearly every pea saved
tor seed will be found "burgv'' in the
spring ut time Of sowing. All Garden
seeds should be gathered IL SuOnaS rjnn
PIT into small packages, ana laid in .oil!.
unoccupicd chamber. or loft, or other tr\-
place rec from mice OF moisture. Each
p2ckI@e should be plainly marked 1T time
OF putting up. 50 that no mistake, need
occur At the time of sowing. In :; month
or two. or Il soon az thoroughly ,lrirI, the
seeds. still! in their packages. should be
packed away carefully in Il box or drawer
for the winter. Cucumber and SQUASH
seeds should be washed clean and dried
before putting into packages Corn NAV
be kept best on the cob. braided I'M ae
many farmers do their seed corn. Pot?-
toes, onion sets. AMI root, mus b. kept
III the cellar, away from danger from frost
Corn, melon, cucumber and squash rl.lnt,
VIII not come true from seed. unless III,
seed Wa saved from plants growing At Z
distance from amy other kinls.-rOualr,
Gtht I'm ~.
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The next morning, their mamma called
them, and away they ran, two merry, hap
ply children.
How astonishcd they were at all they
saw. How they laughed when they found
that the cherry-colored cat was black, and
suddenly remembered that some cherries
were black, so it was no h1mbug, after
all. How amazed they were at the bril-
liant performances of the learned pigs
and birds, and how pleased they were
when the giantcss shook hands i with
them. and politely inquired after their
healths,
But Charlie was most delighted with
the man without arms. 1t seemed $50
very jolly" he said, to do things with ones
toes instead Of fingers. His eyes were
which drew pictures. cut protileS, played
on the fiddle. and, above all, sent the soup
plates gracefully following each other up
in the air.
Charlie always learned his lessons roll
inc about on the carpet i'll the library.
He declared that he could get them into
his head better that way. As he was
walking home from the museum, he re-
Elected seriously on his toes, and made
Il resolution that they must learn to be use
full.
" Stupid things" he said they certain
ly ought to work for their stockings and
Shoes, and | shall begin their education
ii once. I'll learn my geography for Mon
day ;s soon a> | GET home My toes shall
hold the world in pala'S library, 50 that
can study the United States comtorta-
bly,"
No sooner said than done First putting
on his school clothes, with a patched knee.
for his mamma had forbidden him to
roll on the floor in hi, new knickcr-bock-
rr>,-Charlie FASTENED to the library with
his book. He lifted from its axle the
heavy globe, which was placed upon Il
stand, AMI from which it was ten times
more convenient to study. Then he took
oil his shoes and lying down on his back,
with great difficulty lie managed to prop
TIL" world up on the >ocs of hi~ feet.
Aha. this is Jolly" he exclaimed.
e" lie; M see. There are the United States
Of North Amrricr.- ~plcnddly | can
see them, How many are there? SIX
New England states; four middle states
one. two. three. four. five. >IN. seven, eight.
nine tn southern states and such Il lot
of western states and territories Let me
sc - Dear me. the world j. getting
heavy, One. tWc.-Don't Wimglc 80, he
rcmarhrd to hi feet. which were getting
very tired and -lmhy: " hold steady. can
vour one two.-OW, Halo. he cried,
i the world rave 4 distracted lurch to the
left. th,n cnrrcrrd wildly over Charlie
head ana cam" loNn with crash on the
ioor.
Alas alas, \ terrible crack showed it
-clf hc,wtrn North AMI South America,
Cuba was in such ~plintcr- that it would
be- hard to believe ii" would ever look
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/ DEFpN>I1;E BI-rrEE.-prrhrn, vuw
Readers may be Interested in a Short no.
count of the method of making Devon
/ shire butter. in England, which ALWAYS
commands the highest price in Lon.Ion.
| he milk i set in round. tlarn9 ,.,Ithrrn
! pans, nine to twelve inches h4h These
;trr filled with new milk and allowed to
stand for twelve hours These carhrr,l
i:tii> are then set on :; stove, (the ord ma
r American cooking stove viii do. but
/ Il must only be- set on the hot plate. not
over the fire. 1t continues slowly heat
inc till Il ring rises on the cream the siI.,
81 the bottom of the pan. 1t is then taken
of the s.Ove and allowed to stand twelve,
hours, or till quite cold Now it is ready
for ekimmin@. and is made into buttr.
without 4 churn. The cream i then nut
mo IN carhrrn pan. same shape rs tllos,,
pans the milk IS st in, and is beaten w
VITA Il wooden Spatula or straight ladII.
1A"ut five inches long and four inches
Wil' fiat on one side and slightly round
IN on the other. or it is sometimes worked
up with the hand. The cream. when
skinned, is called Dcron>lre clottc,l
cream: and by some is sent up to London
packed IN pound tins. sold for the sam"
prIc" a> butter, is considered Il great lux
urE, and is eaten on fruit pies or with
fresh Strawberries. Some use it on bread
spread thick, with honey or trcaclr spread
thln. | have been quite familiar with all
tins for many years Of my lifn-Nor.
.>t9,I ,I1UrHd.
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Pure WAITER FOH A<INAIS.-Onc rca
SON why cbilcmicS among cattle, hogs
AMI horses are 80 common and fatal. i
because they do not have pure water AZ
the country @roW, older and is more cX-
tcn>ively settled, the streams are more
likrIv to b. polluted with cXcrcmcnt from
iccaving organisms: and this taken into
he blood Of animals is sure to breed dis
ease conditions. Once such cpidcmics
were common among men, and swept of
a larg, part Of the race. Now 10y wise
hygiene most of them are avoided. The
cattle and horse plague viii some day be
yot ril of bi hp@icne -nevcr by amy other
means.
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render il vastly improbable that the con-
taripln is inhaled; and. therefore, reason
me again by way of exclusion, we are
brought to consider the alimentary canal
- the avenue through which the conta@i-
um enters the system. Thus we are MT
.onally led to the conclusion that drink
inc water is a medium by which typhoid
fever may be communicable. These
similar results furnish Il firm basis for san
itarv measures and point out the urgent
nccl of Il better style of domestic archi-
lecture than that generally adopted by
builders in this country. Typhoid fever
i essentially prerutaJ1e disease, and
it, presence in a community consequently
proves beyond question that sanitary sci
cncr i neglected. 1t is true that impure
drinking water may not be the only cause,
but it * doubtless the most common.
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MANHOOD: How Lost, How ReStOrde.

Just publish! Il, in edition of DIR. CULVER
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that the alarming consequences of selfabuse may be
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means of which every sufferer, matter what his
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