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dollars ON account, perhapsf" This was
almost his last hope
If he got three or four dollars the chill
dren could have their stockings and init
tens, and the oyster supper should Ger.
talnly come of But otherwise there was
no chance to celebrate Christmas.
Mrs. Homebody was really touched by
the unconscious pathos of his tone. and
wished with all her heart that X had been
lot of small bills. so that she could have
granted his request. But she was q ed
to produce ten dollar note after v. e e
had said, 30 she merely repeated her EiFi-
alton t. call aggin
A curious phrase. that "call again We
speak it to our best friends, and it carries
great deal of cordial hospitality in it; we
speak it to- Indifferent people indifFerently,
and it means nothing; then We speak it at
the door to the young man who collects the
bills for the butcher, the grocery or the
milkmsn. and it means again and again
and again. We don't say 'icall again" to
the doctor at present rates, if we can help
it, and as for the gas-bill collector, he pays
no attention toft It we say it, but quietly
goes home and stops our gas. This is, in
deed, an outrage, but as it has nothing to
% d;,.,'ia with the rrq1 4 story lpa.' it by il
Mrs. HomeRSdy, in te@ng Old Nor
rOco to come again, put it ip little less
discouraging form than aks-st Come
again-day after t0-morrow eAaid she ''for
Tomorrow is Christmas, &sskknOw-and
bring receipted bill with W..
Old Morocco tnrned sadly and bowed
himself out, saying. with an attempt at
cheerfulness, that seemed much like a sigh,
'Weil, good-day Imus4Aset back to my
family"
She was half o mind, even then, to re
call him. II she had known all that was
IN his thoughts she certainly would have
done It. But he never made practice Of
harratIng his domestic affairs, and she
was merely led to feel in a general way
that it would be far more in accordance
with the principle that should rule Christ
mas time to pay this quiet, gentle, dilapi-
dated old gentleman what she fairly owed
him than to turn him away so unneces-
sarily, on the theory that it is never best
to be in a hurry about paying out money.
While she hesitated he closed the door and
was gone. Instantly she heard the clear.
NJ" '"iSO vi SoPhy souuuIng uONn tne
stairs.
Mother. cried Sophy, forgetting in
her excitement that she was Lady Gray
and hadn't any mother, ''may give him
my ten centsl'
Yes, replied her mother, sarcastically,
quite unconscious Of Sophy's performances
III you 6nd ten cents lying around any
where giveSem to anybody you like and
Mrs. Homebody returned to the kitchen,
where, in the rescue of pie that was in
imminent danger Of getting burnt, she
speedily forgot X and Sophy and Old Mo
rocco.
But Sophy had not waited for further
discussion. With both hands she had
turned the great knob on the front door
;Ss sHd itIsss f[,.ssd with all her drapery' into
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How Statues are Made.

The bronze ststuary Just now 50 popular
is manufactured by a simple process
Over the clay model Is poured coating of
plaster of Paris, which, having been al
lowed to set is taken oH In anltons, thus
affording hollow mold ~ the n zBse From
sncha mold is prodaoed q -tucyy duplicate,
either Of the entire statue or of!such por-
tion thereof As is intended to;be cast at a
time, and ON this again is fornted second
mold of greater thickness and solidIty for
the reception of molten metal. The ma
terial used for the final mold is acOmposition
of stucco and brick k-dust, this il applied in
plastic state To the stucc0 model, from
which its inner surface takes the form Of
the figure We're statues cast solid, it
would now only be necessary to separate
mold from model, and run metal into the
former till its interior vas filled. This,
however, would involve absurd waste, and
IN order to economiEe material. a solid core
is placed inside the mold, leaving only such
space all around as will receive the thick
ness of metal deemed necessary for the
work in hand The nbld, with its core.
having been thus completed and firmly
hOUped round with bands of iron, is placed
IN kiln to bake tosperfect dryness. This
precaution i necessary from the eircum-
stance that even sIrace Of moisture might,
on the applications ~ molten metal, occasion
a dangerous explosion. In the case Of the
casting now "a question, the drawing Of
the mold OCCUPIES some weeks. On the
removal from the kiln, the mold is buried
IN dry eartA below the floor Of the foundry,
only the aperture for receiving the metal
and the \ int hole for the escape Of the air
remaining visible.
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Elephant Laborers.

Ii would be too long To relate a tte
uses to which elephants are applied al
Burmah.
Let us watch them at work among the
wood yards where the trunks of lockwood
trees, which come floating down the river,
are piled Every working elephant is
mounted by driver called ''conace, 4"
whose principal business ID rather To excite
the animal than TO direct il. In the season
when the roads are cut, the trunks come
down the river to the bar much faster than
they can be disposed of III the sawmill,
aud they accumulate in vast quantities all
along the banKs. 1t is necessary, there
fore, 10 drag the trees ont of the water,
and arrange them III piles, until such time
As they can be cut up.
There are only three sorts Of piles, vary
ing with the size Of the trees. First an
elephant in the water clears the logs from
th' mass and ranges them one by one upon
tht bank He carefully examines
the chaos ~ logs, and proceeds with tusk
and trunk to disengsge the tree he had Sc
lected, and which he intends to carry to
land. AS soon as the tree is placed On the
bank another elephant is harnessed to 1t,
and drags it to the wood yard, where ne
leaves it,
Two other elephants now come up, and
one Of them takes one end Of the log upon
his trunk, and drags it to the pile upon
which, in view Of it's size, it ought TO be
placed, while his companion assists him BY
pulling with all his might. AS soon as
they reach the proper pile the first ele-
phant lifts the top of his log upon the pile,
then he forms kind of ring around the
log with his trunk, while the other, with a
vigorous blow Of his head, shoots the log
into its place.
The intelligence displayed by these ami
mails is almost incredible, and we should
scarcely have believed it f we had not
seen their movements as described above.
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conJurors exhibition, clutch the things
they are asked to hold, lest they should be
spirited away or changed into something
else. And very much like one Of those
surprised boys she felt when she opened
her hand under the full gas-light down
stairs, and pulled out Of that glove the
book binders bill, with the bookbtnder's
acknowledgement at the bottom, in these
words:
Received payment through Lady Gray.
God bless her and thank you, and give
you many Merry Christmas.'
Lady Gray" ejacuated Joshua Home
body, in bewilderment.
That's me, said Sophy, "I'm Lady
Gray-when / chose, and paid him with
my ten cents"
Then there wac long explanation,
during which the Whole gtlEy came Lat,
and i appeared clearly that Sophy was not
TO blame, but in her innocence had hap
Pened to do very fortunate thing.
Its a lesson to me, said her mother,
'if | had paid you your ten cents you
would'nt have thought Of taking the ten
dollars, and IL had paid the bOokbinder
you wouldn't have run after him."
And We shouldn't have a Christmas
story acted right in eur family By our
queer little girl. guess nobody need com
plain this time, wife, " interrupted Joshua
with an extraordinary hug of Sophy.
Nobody but me, said Sophv, straight
enlng herself, under the inspiration Uf a
great discovery. IF that wasn't my ten
cents somebody owes me ten cents, and I
want It to give to the bookblnder's wife
my own self.
Amen, said Joshua, with a good deal
OF enthusiasm, but now you must go to
he'd, or Santa Claus will be tired Of listen
ing at the top Of the chimney and wonder
ing whenthose people down in front Of the
Fireplace will stop their everlasting cIack
and get out Of the way
After SOphy was gone there was a very
Jolly excursion into sundry shops on the
part of the two parental Honehodvs. and
the results thereof next day we're delight
full. But after their own Christmas NOR
ming frolic the best pleasure Of all came to
pass. For they took Sophy and big
basket, and what should they do but call
on the bookbinderl And out az that bask-
ct came an elegant repast, including roast
turkey and mince pie, and pretty soon the
cook arrived with a lot of camp-stools and
another basket containing crOckery and
table-cloths, and Mr.. and Mrs. Homebody
said they had taken the liberty to invite
themselves I'd dinner with the bookbinder
because they had heard that his v III vas
confined TO her room, and % could Rot
come to dine with them. And there was
no charity about it, but real fan, lust az
when anybody dimes with anybody.
The bookbinders Willie had TO 90 be-
hind the door two or three times to say
10 Jimmy vas 50 happy.
And the qleen Of the feast, BY common
consent, was little Lady Gray R W.
Rdunoltd, IN Christian Union.
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With his dear, frowsy old head full Of
these visions he cheerfully bade the family
good bye, and departed humming his fa-
Forite hymn, "When l can read my title
dear" Old Morocco professed to like that
hymn, because it reminded him Of his trade,
IN did also bis other favorite, "Blest be the
tie that binds"
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VOLUME XII.
THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.



with hnRars weary and worn.
with eyelids wcsry and red'
A woman sAa in unwomanlv rARs
PLYING her needle and thread
stitch. stitch, Stitch
In poverty, hunger aud dirt.
And stili with . voice of dolesome pitch
WORK. work, work
While the cock Is growing aloof.
And work, work, work
M the stars shine through the roof
ItsO' 10 he slave
Along with The hArberous Turk
Where woman hAs never = soul 10 ave.
WORK. work, wugk
m the nratn begins 20 SWlm-
Nork, woFk, work
I'LL the eyes grow heavy and din,
Seam ana Russet and band
Band. and gunset and seam,
iii over the buttons ] fell Asisep,
o, Isea, with sisters dear.
u men, Win nothers ano WfVes
1t Is noe hnn<n you're SSAr1nT cut
Dut nunlh teetunes NS-
H~a' Ssss-n' S-1 A.,
49,, Po,s.sy, N,y nI ..s aA1 ~ I,iIs
-Ss.SsS - 80. :. ~.
Z Du1 ~ny % ! 1lk OF deAth'
mat pnantom OF grlsly bone.
hardly fsAF hA ee' uble shape,
II seems 50 hke my own,
IL seems 80 hte my own,
because o. the iAats keeT
" zoo InAt bread should he - de r.
work. work, work d.
Ny iaOH never nAgs
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At 9allsrt, in Australia, recently,
nugget of gold weighing OF. dwt was
picke@up in Marcarthur street by a poor
work hgman. The discovery was rather
singular. He was wearing pair of almost
solelSss boots, and while walking along the
stred, felt hard substance pressing
against the bottom Of his foot Looking
dowh to ascertain if the cause was a sharp
pointed stone, he saw the point of the mug
yet Sticking out Of the ground, Aad soon
nnaArkhed N
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A man and his wife who had been mar
ried ten years disagreed aad determined
to separate. The terms Of separation
were TO be decided BY the Justice Of the
anondisement in which they lived. They
were Parisians
Have you any chilsiren?r asked the
Judge.
Yes, monsieur"
How many
Three, two boys and a girl, and 1t il
with them that les the difficulty
Madame wishes to have two Of them; 20
do l."
@Have you agreed to abide by my de-
cisi0n?"
I'VE have" said both Oh them.
@Very well, my friends; / condemn
you TO have another child, 80 that each
may have two. When you have obtained
that you may return 10 me-
The matter was then adjourned for the
time being, Two years Afterwards the
worthy magistrate, who Ia the meantime
had heard nothing Of husband and wife,
met the former.
@Ah,' said he, shsv sbocs the sspazs.
tioaT
sStilI impossible, monsieur. Instead
et fsx sh1dzsn ~ hare Ere"
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A Fearful War Whoop.

The Lexington, lNoJ Caucasian.
@Americansl Countrymenl The SOW
ereign State Of Louisiana is no more.
Stiff and stark, but royal even In her
ghastliness, her mangled and outraged
form stares with stony eyes to the bleak
nid-wfnter heavens that send her no re-
Lief.
A vile, JANUARY guarded Pashawiic rears
It's hateful head where she, the proud, the
beautiful, the benifcent, once sat enthron-
ed amid paradisean domain.
IL has enabled the ape-armed barn
burner Of the Virginia Valley TO plant the
booted and spured hoof Of barbarie des-
potLsm on the necks Of five hundred thou
sands Of freemen's sons.
Sons Of glorious rebel siresl Arise
And in tones Of wrathful thunder, that
shall shake the very foundation stones Of
the White House head heIIion's den, and
topple down the gigantic dome upon the
mad, ruthless Iberty-cides Of the capitol,
swear by all the memories Of the Repub-
tic; swear by the Constellation; swear By
Him who doeth al things well, swear
by everything noble, and sacred, and dear
IN American history, that Federal nxxrpa-
aon, pveside~sial ostlaDry and iasolesee,
andbay5arias shoulder strapnswdey sball
end"
The above ID > kne specimen Of 70
constructed rebel How does it suis you,
Northern meat
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CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

DAPTIST CHURCH No pas
I'D tor. Services ut l01a n. m, and IA p. IN.
Sunday-school 121s m. Prayer-meeting Thurs
day evenings.
NJ E. CHURCH.-Rev. C. b. CLARK, pastor.
W. Services at l0ls a. m, and seven p. IN.
Sunday-school p m. Prayer meetings Thurs
day evenings.
- FORD, pastor. Services at l0ta n. M, ana Z
=. m. Sunday-school at y. IN. Prayer meet
ings Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.-Rev. j. E..
~ SNowDEN, pastor. Services at lOH a. M,
and p. m. Sunday-school at l2@ III. Prayer
meetings Thursday evenings.
LNIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. II.
Il ). SNoDGRASS, pastor. Services at IL a. m,
and ca D. m. Sunday-school at 9h a. III.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
~ Rev. T. II. LESTER, pastor. Services ga p. m.
EPISCOPAL LCHURCH.-Rev. JAMES ALLEN,
u rector. Services at l0H a. m, and 7h p.
IN. Sunday-school at l2:l5 m.
TTNIVERsALIST SOCIETY.-No regular SER
u vices. Sunday-school at p. m.
1tHRISTIAN CHURCH.-Elder ID. II. DUNCAN,
" Services at l0h a. m, and p. IN. Sunday
school at ga p. IN. Prayer meetings Thursday
evenings.
II p. CHURCH.-Rev. II. \. McAYEAL, pas
u .tor. Services l0la 4. H., p. m. Sunday
school 81: a. IN. Prayer meetings Thursday
evenings.
SECoND NJ. E. CHURCH-Ccolored Rev. t.
- j. Marshall, pastor. Services l02 IA. III.
Sunday-school 3Is p. m
L'RIENDS' MEETING.-On lst and 4th days.of
II the week, at 10 a. m; on LIST day at p. IN.
Sunday-school Immediately after service on LIST
day morning.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Father HARDIN. Ser
~ vices first Sunday of each month.
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EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY ". q. TABER.
SPASMODIC WORK.

Perhaps there Is no work in tho world
that requires 80 much study, care and
painstaking effort as the work Of the
teacher, iii be nell dome. The work Of
the teacher is TO develop character in the
pupil, To train his powers aud faculties
in the best possible way, that he may be
come thinking being governed by those
principles which indicate his fitness for
true citizenship This work can never be
done well by spnsmodic efforts. The
teacher who would achieve success, and
fulfill the obligations resting upon him,
must labor steadily and persistenty.
Unfortunately for many pupils, they
are obligel to be under the instruction Of
these spasmodic teachers To-day the
teacher is well prepared, and works no.
bly,; tomorrow partially prepared, little
nervous MS n consequence easily disturbed
in the days duties; the next day perhaps
better, but frequently less fitted for good
honest work Then comes another
spasm Of excellent preparation and the
teacher is encouraged by the result Of
her own effort manifested in the general
smoothness with which the whole machin
cry Of school life runs for the time
Teachers nre npt 10 say, in reply 10 such
statements as the above, that every school
must have its hard days-must have its
clouds. This Is true, but "a "bebind the
clouds the sun is still shining and will
soon dispel them, 30 will the everready
teacher be able 10 clear away the clouds
which 80 frequently come 10 many school
rooms.
Az VIC have indicated large share Of
the difficulty In these schools go uncvcnly
governed and instructed arises either
from neglect or non-realization Of respon
sibility On the part Of the teachers Some
say that they work for the number Of
hours they arc employed and for which
they are paid, and even then earn moro
than they get Undoubtedly this ia Of,
ten true, and yet the responsibility can
not consistently be sbirkcd. / am bound
to labor just as faithfully for small as
large sum, IL / engage 10 do certain
work. The faithful engineer will not be-
less On the alert or less mindful Of his
duty, because he does not receive asmuch
as fellow engineer. The ground Of ex.
cuse was not well taken. Every teacher
is bound for humanity's sake 10 do his
'level best" in all his work for his school
Each new experience should enable him
10 progress in the manner Of doing his
work; besides, he should grasp every out
side influence that will assist him. Re
PROGRESSION should never be tolerated.
Another source Of this uneveuess in
school work, besides the lack Of stadious
preparation, is want Of care in the ply.
sical habits. The best condition Of mind
and body is necessary 10 command that
control Of self, which, in the presence Of
the young, is worth more for discipline
and instruction than thousand preeepts
r. RI e.
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The ideal Of elementary education
surely ought TO be discipline that has
taught the scholar steadiness and control,
and has given him facility Of working
power, that ia, has made him able 10 do
sonsshing Jor hinrs,y intellectually in mat
ters that are within the ordinary com
prehension Of his age, while besides that,
IL has developed "tbe conscience Of thor
oughness." The school work ought fur.
ther 10 supply the largest possible amount
Of that general information about nature,
history, and human life, which, without
pretending 70 exaetness, is nevertheless
the source Of a very large part Of all the
interest and pleasure beyond the merely
physical, which Ia possible In this life.
The aim Of this discipline is q training
which shall be 70 the scholar both the IN
centive and the guide 10 that sslftrafning
which is the only perfect master. Be
meath that discipline, and yet above IL,
tfanscending il, shall be an Inspiration,
born out Of the knowledge Of the highest
things, out Of contaet with the best and
bravest the world has seen-an inspira.
ton which shall prompt him 20 strive for
the attainment Of high Intellectual moral
character. MEs. A. G. MAgTIg.
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To CLEAN PAINT.--Thcre is very
simple method to clean almost any kind
Of paint that has become dirty, and IL our
house wives would adopt il, it would save
thom u great deal of trouble. Provide u
plato, with some of the best whiting to bo
had and have some clean warm water, n
bit of flannel, which dip into the water
and squeeze nearly dry; then apply to
the painted surface, when a little rubbing
will instantly remove any dirt or grease.
After which, wash the part with clean
water, rubbing it dry with u soft chamois
Paint thus cleaned looks az well as when
first put on, without any injury to the
most delicate colors, and docs not require
more than half the time and labor.
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CIsrEaNs.-A cistorn five feet in diam.

CIsTERNs.-A cistern five feet in diam
eterwill hold n fraction over 6ve barrels
for every foot in depth; six feet, frac
ton over six barrels per foot; seven feet,
nine barrels per foot; eight feet, eleven
barrels; nine feet, fifteen barrels per foot ;
ten feet, eighteen barrels per foot Tho
last named figure is quito large size for
family cistern, and ten feet in depth is
as much as we often find and the con
tents OF such one, according to our esti-
nation, would be $50 barrels, and yet
how many OF our readers have had TO pay
for 1900 barrel cistcrus of smaller
size. Farmers and others contemplating q
putting down cisterns-and every dwell
ing should be provided with ono-might
find it advantageous TO preserve this cal.
culation.
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DsEssIys SHEgP,-A correspondent ol
the Indiana Farmer, says: II you vaat
good, sweet mutton, kin your sheep with.
out WORRYING and fatigue, the less exex
else the better Hang him 40 by ta<
hind legs and clean HIM at once: nox
change ends; hang HIM by the bad. and
skin down the tail; the Job il done IN
bali the slns and done neatly. Isk not
the wool that gives NATION the skespy
taste and snAea; il - the food daring q,
sssise, and siter being killed, hence tie
necessarily sf speedy work rnd cleaned.
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Many parents have no other object in
sending their children 10 school than to
have them get The knowledge necessary
TO transact business In their judgment,
anything further may be Ornamental, but
i not useful Some teachers d6 not
recognize that there il utility 10 any eda-
cation, unless II can be directly applied tn
some business that brings money 20 the
pocket Saeh teachers ought % have 10
pupils except the children Of those par.
enxs last mentioned
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What knowledge IL Of most use, has
been much debated question, aud has
been treated By writer's az If IL we're what
knowledge ought we 10 use, and perhaps
this Is what is fairly meant. But let the
question be, what kind Of knowledge do
men make most use Of, and we assert
that Except some simple relations Of
number, time and extent, which al men
possess, we make most use Of the kaowl
edge OF language. We use this Knowledge
constantly, and almost always without
thinking Of It. Il is Ike the ar which
We breathe every moment, while we never
see it.
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TURNIps AND CoRN.--A Westchester
county, IN. ~ farmer Is in the habit of
sowing Yellow Aberdeen turnips among
his corn ut the last passage Of the cultiva-
tor, when the plants are about five feet in
height. The turnips do not make much
growth until the corn is cut, after which
they swell rapidly. The cost is nothing
except for the seed and harvesting, and
the corn being already cut is not injured
when the turnips are gathered ip From
one to four hundred bushels of turnips
per acre have been thus obtained without
lessening the corn crop Weeds are not
tolerated, and the whole strength Of tho
land is devoted, as it should be, to useful
crops.
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NJ MASONIC

FENRI-LUMINAR LODGE, No. Is, A. F. Il A. NJ
l. Stated communication Friday evening on
or before each full moon.
c. Ii. PHELPS, w. NJ.
T. III. GREEN, Sec'y.
II IRAN CHAPTER, No. 6.-Stated commu-
IL nication "Wednesday evening before full
moon. III. X. KENDIG, III. p.
L. BAKER, Secy.
TUSCALOOSA COUNCIL, II. & s. NJ, No. T.
~ Meets at Masonic Hall first Monday even
ing in each month. III. HOWARD, Il. L. NJ.
II. 7. BACON. Recorder
TIE PAYEN'S COMMANDERY, X. T., No. g.
IL Stated communications second Tuesday
evening in each month.
JOHN II. PERRY, Recorder.
Transient brethren of any degree invited to
meet with u.s.