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Good Advice.

Do not call a man liar unless you
have lump in your throat and are quite
sure he is a liar.
Much jewelry is vulgar.
Do not smack while eating.
Do not cut your nails in public.
Do not run after famous people.
Do not breathe hard while eating.
Feeling walters is paying blackmail.
Serve vegetables on separate plates.
Cheese should be eaten with fork.
Unsweetened coffee cures bad breath.
A mans dress should not be remark
able.
Do not give mere friends costly pres
ents.
Short nails make the finger tips grow
croad.
Girls who part their hair on the side
look fast.
In going up and down stairs precede
the lady.
A formal call is long if it last over half
an hour.
Never take bits out of your mouth
with your hands.
There is too much promiscuous kiss
ing in this country.
A young lady should never stretch
her feet out in company.
Some men unpleasantly comb their
mustaches at the table.
A pink ribbon under the chin makes
a pale woman look brighter.
Always take the last piece of every
thing-there is supposed to be more.
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The Mothers Vacation.

Now the criticisms that men make on
women's work-and I dare say that
those made by women on men are no
more reasonable mainly of this
notwithstanding out of the impress
sion that all work is easy which one
does not understand. Just as hay-mak-
ing is the ightest and most graceful of
labors to those who have never person
ally handled hay fork, so is the great
er part of woman's days work easy to
a man until he has tried it. Try him
for while at the occupation that seems
ightest-let us say, for two hours
steady work at taking out basting-
threads from that pretty blue bunting
that was bought to please him and see
it he does not get some new views on
the subjectl And all this has yet a
farther bearing upon the summer rest"
as it is called, of women, by the mount
aims, or >sea-shore. We sometimes see
very ll-natured things said on this sub
ject by those who should know better.
1t is easy to contrast. the hot summer
labors Of the husband in the city with
the anil e,n.'nar vocatinD IT tho u;fo
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back of his eyes, and very small red
spot between these, On the top of hie
head.
The upper part Of his shell is green,
edged all around with small scallops of
yellow. It is regularly marked off with
lines Of black and yellow.
"His tail is another double v, f" said
Genie, after watching him while
longer. It was light yellow, and shaded
by green Y on the top.
"Does this kind ever grow into the
tortoise-shel turtle, that combs, and
sleeve-buttons, and things are made Of r
asked Genie.
emo; there is only one kind of turtle
whose shell is used in that way. It is
called the 'hawk's.bill turtle Its shell
is almost transparent, and beautifully
colored." -.--.- mfs ssas5. -
Glow do they put the gold in, like
the gold stars in the balls Of Aunt
Mary's comb?"
"The shell is put in boiling waite,
until it becomes soft. Then the GOLD
can be put upon it, and it is pressed in
molds and polished" .r--
"Well, my turtle is pretty enough tc
have gold stars pressed into his SHE'LL
said Genie, "but I'd rather have him
sailing around in the water and enjoy
ing himself. And then, if he gets tired,
and feels as if he was in prison, we can
just take him to the sand-bar, and let
him slip off into the river. But sha'n't
let you 60 just yet, Double v"
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A Sad Condition for a Man.

Matthews Rankins, of Lewiston, Me.
has for twenty-three years been con-
fined to one chair. The Journal of
that city says that when schoolboy,
twenty-nine years ago, companion
tripped him, and in falling his spine
was hurt. For two years after the acct
dent he was able to walk around some,
then he lost the use of his legs, and
finally his whole body became rigid.
His fingers and toes are all disjointed,
the only material joint in his body be-
ing in one thumb. He can use his hands
and ankles little, and his eyes and
tongue fully. When he sleeps, his low
rocking-chair is simply tipped back
and he is covered with blanket. He
has invented ingenious contrivances by
which he reads and writes great deal,
and he seems as happy and contented
as if he was not afflicted, though he sui.
fers great pain necessarily.
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Double V.

"1t's to me! It's to mel" said Genie,
reading the address on the small box
left at the door by the "expressman:"
"Cut the cord quick, mother!"
The cord was cut and the paper wrap
per taken off the box, when her mothers
eye detected slight motion, as if one
corner of the box-id was slowly pushing
up to give something breath Of air.
Il am afraid We have q traveller here
who wants to get in without knocking"
said Genie's mother, carefully lifting
the cover of the box.
"Oh, oh! the ugly, pretty thing!" ex-
claimed Genie. ~
The ugly, pretty thing" was little
turtle. His shell was about the size of
silver dollar.
"He has had long journey, shut NJ
so tight" said Genie's mother. as she
shook the turtle out carefully into a
basin of water, where he houndered
and swan, and seemed quite at home.
Oh, how pretty he is underw ex-
claimed Genie, turning him on his back
with little stick. "Two green VS. on
yellow ground. I mean to call him
Double ""
And so this is the name of Genie's
turtle, that Travelled alone in the dark,
without any lunch" all the way from
Kansas, where he was born, and where
ne has cousins very much like himself,
only they have scarlet VS. instead of
yellow.
Double VS. head is green, striped,
and dashed with yellow lines; his eyes
are jet black There are two vermiliop
spots on his head one each side. lust
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The Spirit World.

The very grave is passage into the
beautiful and the glorious. We lay
our friends in the grave, but they are
around us. The little children that sat
upon our knees, into whose eyes we
looked with love, whose little hands
have clasped our neck, on whose cheeks
we have imprinted the kiss-we can al
most feel the throbbing of their hearts
to-day. They have passed from us
but where are they? Just beyond tho
line of the invisible. And the fathers
and mothers who directed and comfort
ed us, where are they but just beyond
the line of the invisible? The associ-
ates of our lives, those with whom We
took sweet counsel, and who dropped
from our side, where are they but just
beyond us?-not far away-it4 may be
very near us, in the heaven Of light and
love. Is there anything alarming in
the thought OF the invisible? No. It
seems to me that sometimes when our
heads are on the pillow, there como
whispers of Joy from the spirit-land
which have dropped into our hearts
thoughts of the sublime and beautiful
and glorious as though an angels wing
passed over our brow, and some dear
one sat by our pillow and communed
with our hearts to raise our affections
toward the other and better world.
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AT THE LATTICE.

She was waiting at the lattice,
Where the snowy plumed clematis
Translated for her. gratis,
What the breezes sung and sighed,
And the dainty tendernesses
OF the sunbeams on her tresses
Left her tranced in the caresses
OF the golden morning tide.
The linnets were a-cooing,
And the dapper bees a-wooing,
And the dews were interviewing
All the flower-cozied fays.
While lightly from the dingle
The zephyr. lone and single,
Came up to intermingle
In the leaf entancled maze,
She waits another coming,
Her heart its riches summing,
Till suddenly drumming
From the gravel walk arose.
A hope triumphant filled her.
And clear the words that thrilled her:
Look here, you Jane Matilda,
Come and knuckle them ar clothes :"
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England's New Steel Ships of War.

An6AnA1N NC" OCcCA Ou1pS VI war.
Three steel-clad ships are, it seems,
at this moment building in the Govern
ment yards at Portsmouth, Pembroke
and Chatham. What their cost will ul-
timately be when completed it is too
early to make even a rough guess; but
the two larger ones, to be named the
Majestic and Colossus, are not likely,
SO far as we at present know of the ex-
pensive material of which they are to
be composed, to be finished and fitted
for sea for less than 81 100000 apiece.
The least of the three, the Conqueror,
whose lines have been laid down at
Chatham, is to be some 1000 tons less
than her big sisters, but they are all tc
be built on the model of the Indexible
turret-ship, and not of the old broadside
pattern, which seems, for some reason
or other, to have been abandoned for
some time past. The Majestic and
Colossus are to measure 9,10O tons, and
will, therefore, be considerably smaller
than the Infexible; but, as their armo,
will be of steel, there is no necessity fol
carrying so much of it. The Infexible
turret-ship carried twenty-four-inch ar
mored plates on her turrets, while it is
anticipated that the same amount of
protection will be afforded to the Colos-
sus and her sister by sixteen inches O,
steel. Moreover, steelwill be employed
in building the ships as well as in per-
fecting them; and in this way it will be
possible to construct them upon finer
lines, while still remaining as strong as
broader craft of iron. A greater speed
will also result from this innovation
and the Majestic and the Colossus, pro-
vided with engines Of 6,000-horse
power, will doubtless realize speed OF
sixteen miles an hour under favorable
circumstances. Like the Infexible,
and the Ajax, and Agamemnon, our new
steel-clads are not to have their revolv-
ing turrets in line with the ship, as in
the case with the Thunderer and earlier
vessels Of this type; but the two struct
ures will be placed diagonally across
the deck, so that all the guns can be
fired right ahead of dead astern.-Lo71-
dom Times.
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Cool COurtship

A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times, writing from the Azores, gives
this description of the way in which
counting is conducted: Passing q house
in the suburbs of Ponta Delgada one
day, saw young man standing in the
middle of the road talking to a young
lady who was leaning over the railing
of the balcony. When he saw us he
walked away. Looking back saw that
he had returned and was again chatting
with the Lady. In answer to my in
curing look an English lady Of the
party said:
sob! that is Azorean courtship;
they always begin in that way. In
deed, they continue in the same way
for a long while. The young gentle
man is not admitted to the house until
about to be engaged to the young lady,
and then he sees her only in the pres
ence of the other members of the fam
ily." +.
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cautious glance around the room, and
pointed to q stranger who was silently
smoking and drinking, to all appearance
engrossed in their enjoyment. - IS.
Il must leave you," he said in q
hurried, hoarse whisper. ""Good-by,
friends" and he crept out of the cabaret
quickly. 49,: p .s@-.- ~
The next morning, Ludwig Kuhl's
body was found floating in the canal,
near it's entrance to the Scheldt, pierced
in the breast by short dagger, with
the device in German on it's fiat black
handle, 1--WE watt" .n.. .-.--e 20
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-26

The study of the principles of plant
growth is very interesting; no man can
fail to learn even from cabbage head,
and if he watches the usual course of
events in a garden, many little matters
will suggest themselves which may be
turned to practical account For instance.
certain plants are very liable to be eaten
of by insects during the frs, few DAYS
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
Retrospection.

KetrOspectd0ns
"A rose, leaf, two broken rings
Mamma, why keep these worn old things?
A lock of hair, . picture-see;
Can al these things come play with met
piece Of whip, an old kid love,
A card with @l0oe, }" "love."
picture with blue eyes is here
And two hearts on it-oh, 80 near szssssFta,
And here's some violets slowed away
Please may play with these to-day?
I wonder If you mean to keep
These queer old things in here asleep.
No, no, my babe, my dark eyed pet,
You must not touch these trifes-yet.
'he leaf, and rose, and other things,
I've kept with thoughts kind memory brings.
That picture, with the eyes of blue. A@
Once loved mamma-if signs be true. 'ssf5.
The violets hide thought of home
So let the tiny things alonel
could not, darling, give you these
Old broken rings nor withered leaves.
token bright they are for me.
OF friends now far beyond the sea.
The baby-face looked into mine,
And said: "IH play aofth these some other time. :"
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ONE day when Gen. Garfield was
busily engaged at his desk in the House
oof Representatives, numerous cards
were sent to him. He became impatient
and told the messenger that he should
not receive any more, as his time was
engaged. "WeD," said the messenger,
"the gentleman that sent you this card
said he desired you to look at it, Gar.
field did SO, when he saw upon it this:
"The man that sold you Bill" The
General says, Il vacated my seat long
enough to see that man, and I would 20
some distance to see him again." Bill
was Gen. Gar6eld's war-horse through.
gut the war.
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THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE.
By GEORGE ARNOLD.

Twas jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall and slender. and sallow and dry;
His form was bent and his gait was slow,
His long, thin hair was as white as snow,
But wonderful twinkle shone in his eye;
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
Let US be happy down here below;
Inc living should live, though the dead be dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
he taught his scholars the rule of three,
y Writing, ana reading. and history, too;
He took the little ones upon his knee,
For kind old heart in his breast had he,
And the wants Of the httlest child he knew;
" Learn while you're young" he often said,
Life for the living, and rest for the dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
With the stupidest boys he was kind and cool,
Speaking only in gentlest tones;
The rod was hardly known in his school
Whipping to linn was barbarous rule,
And too hard work for the old bones;
Besides it was painful, he sometimes said;
We should make life pleasant down here below.
The living need charity more than the dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
he lived in the house by the hawthorn lane,
With roses and woodbine over the door;
His rooms were quiet, and neat and plain,
But spirit Of comfort there held reign.
And made him forget he was old and poor;
I need so little" he often said,
And my friends and relatives here below
Won't itgate over me when am dead"
Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
But the pleasantest times that he had, of all,
Were the sociable hours he used to pass,
With his chair tipped back to neighbours wall,
Making an unceremonious call
Over pipe and friendly glass.
This was the finest pleasure, he said,
OF the many he tasted here below;
who has no cronies had better be deadi"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
Then the jolly old pedagogue's wrinkled face
Melted all over in sunshiny smiles;
He stirred his glass with an old school grace,
Chuckled and slipped, and prattled apace,
LII the house grew merry, from cellar to tiles;
I'm pretty old man, - he gently said;
Il have fingered long while here below;
But my heart is fresh if my youth is hed!''
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
he smoked his pipe in the balmy air,
Every night when the sun went down.
While the soft wind played in his silvery hair,
Leaving its tender kisses there
IN the Jolly old pedagogue's jolly old crown;
And, feeling the kisses, he smiled, and said
Twas glorious world down here below;
Why wait for happiness till we are dead?''
Said the Jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
ae sat at the door one midsummer night,
After the sun had sunk in the west,
And the lingering beams of golden light
Made his kindly old face look warm and bright,
While the odorous night-wind whispered "restl
Gently, gently he bowed his head
There were angels waiting for him. know;
lie was sure of happiness, living or dead,
This Jolly old pedagogue, long ago!
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Sweet Smiles.


WOMEN always claim to be anxious to
have as good husbands as possible, and
yet we never attended wedding where
the bride married the best man. -Bos-
tom Post.
1T was Trojan lady, niece of Mrs.
Veneering and cousin of Mrs. Shoddy,
who invited lady to come around and
see her horse and phantom.-Albany
Journal.
MISS MADEUP OLDaAL-" Yes, I love
the old oak; it is associated with so
many hours spent beneath its shade. It
carries me back to my childhood, when
Young Poodle When
you-er-planted it,"
AN old Bridgeport co., woman, who
has pasted nearly 5000 medical recipes
in a book during the past forty years,
has never been sick day in her life,
and is growing discouraged; some peo-
pie are born to in-luck, she says.
A BOSTON wife softly attached a
pedometer to her husband when, after
supper, he started to go down to the
Office and balance the books. On his
return fifteen miles of walking was re-
corded. He had been stepping around
billiard-table all the evening.
A YOUNG lady advertised for maid.
One applied, and, in response to the in
quiry whether she was quick, she re-
Piled: "Oh! so quick that will en-
gage to dress you in half an hour"
In half an hour" reiterated the young
lady; and what shall I do the rest of
the day."
You may talk about quality and all
that sort of thing but, until woman
can go week s journey with no ether
baggage than a clean handkerchief and
a toothbrush, she can never hope to oc-
cupy position upon the same exalted
plane with us who are natures lords of
the universe. 4t-s
Two LADIES with children are talking
in the garden of the Tuileries. Little
Billy leaves his companion and ad-
dresses his mammals friend: "Say,
madame, will you take me walking with
your" With pleasure, my child; but
why do you want me to?" *'Cause you
could show me so many streets and
things and tell me about them. Mamma
says you are SO much older than she
is!"-Paras newspaper. Co..
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OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
WHY'S View Of Things.

why's view OA 4 AAu80s
Charley he's my little buther,
And We has the mostsst fun,
Don't we, Charley? Our dear mother, =.
Whenever we whips one mother,
Tries to whip us, and we run,
Don't we, Char1ey?-and men byme-by,
Men she gives us cakes and pie,
Don't she, Charley1-when we come in,
And promise never to do it agin.
He's named Charley; I'm Willy,
And I'm got the puttIest name!
My Uncle bob he calls me Billy"
Don't he, Charley? Our FLY
l named Billy" the same
Thlst like me-and our mother said
Bob puts foolishen in our head"
Didn't she, Charley?-and she don't know
Much about boys, cos Bob said so.
Baby's the funniest Teller
NaiDt no hair on his head,
Is they, Charley Y-it>s meller
Wife up there; I'd sell her,
And buy one at wasn't so red,
Wouldn't you, Charley?-nen we could play,
And have most fun wiz him every DAY,
Couldn't we Charley2-and have most fun;
- Wisht they'd buyed purifier one.
Our little sister she's 'leven
Years old; ats mucher'n I,
int it, Charley I'm seven,
Bnt our little sisters in heaven
Dead peoples goes to the sky:
Don't they, Charley?-nen they has wings,
Thist like Fanny and purtiest things,
Thist Misunderstanding VISIT I'd die!
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bumped head until she laughed with
delight again.
I am going to tell you one story about
Once when Nan and Nell were straw.
berrying down by the stream in the
meadow, the sheep got out of the past
ure and came trooping past them, with
the CROSS old buck at their head. The
little girls dropped their baskets and
ran, for they knew he would attack al
most everything he saw, and only few
days before he had broken the neck OF
neighbours buck in a fight.
There was large stump near, upon
which they climbed and sank down
breathless, but they were ready to faint
with fear when they saw that he had
stepped out from the flock and followed
them, and was stamping and shaking
his head, and making other threatening
signs.
For moment they hoped his atten-
ton was taken by the baskets they had
dropped, but, after smelling of them
and finding nothing to his taste, he put
his head down and charged upon the
stump. The shock almost sent them
of, and a large piece of rotten wood
dropped out Of the side of the stump
and fell off,
The children were frantic. The wide
fiat stretched west nearly a half mile,
then there was hill, and on the top of
this vas their home. They could only
see the back of the barn, and there was
no one stirring in sight.
Again the old buck came on, and the
stump shook to it's foundations. They
were certain that it could not stand
many such assaults, and they were in
the greatest fear of falling off.
ON" .sohhcd Nan, "it we nad only
LAX eli .tgagel' and. at thought of him
she drew up her breath in sheer desper-
alton, and initiated the peculiar, pierc-
ing whistle by which her brother always
called the dog from distance.
Then she strained her eyes toward
the house, but oh! it was so far, and it
seemed so hopeless! Again the buck
struck the stump, and again. above
Nells screams, she called louder than
before, and whistled for the dog.
And this time, through her tears,
what did she see? Was it brown bali
rolling with lightning speed down the
dim hill, or could it be Brave coming?
And now it has reached the flat, and in
straight line for them, hugging the
ground as it comes flying across.
Nearer and nearer and faster and
faster it came, until the old buck, Just
gathering himself for another spring,
was suddenly rolled into a heap on the
ground, and, amid the joyous cries OF
the children and the hoarse growls from
strong mouth that was tearing the
wool from his throat, he scrambled to
his feet and scampered away with the
frightened flock.
And Brave trotted back to the thank
full children, wagging his tail, and lick
ing their fearful faces as they Rugged
him, and when they had picked up their
baskets and made themselves ready he
escorted them proudly home.
ANNA BOYNTON.
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after they have appeared above ground.
Efforts to destroy the insects almost al
WAYS tail.
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Our little sister she's 'leven
A Brave Dog.

Brave was wise dog that lived in
Alton, Maine. He belonged to the old
est boy in family of ten children, so
you see that he had good many little
masters and mistresses; but he loved
them all dearly, and served them faith
fully, and protected them, and defended
them whenever they needed him, until
he died.
There is many pleasant story to tell
of him, for, though he was large and
strong, he was so gentle and goodman
nered that the neighbors and the school
children would say, "What a good dog
Brave isl''
When the baby was learning to walk,
she would pull herself up and cling to
his back, and he would wag his tail and
look lovingly around at her, and walk
slowly and softly about with her, &C.
commodating himself to her uncertain
step. And once, wien she lost her hold
and fell back, he expressed the tender
est sympathy for her, and licked her
bumped head until she laughed with
delight again.
I am going to tell you one story about