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you are succeeding in your undertaking, you
will always be hindered by rejecting upon
any neglect in which you may seem to lie
Such reflections jeopardize success and quick
en- failure.
No man should do more work of muscle or
of brain in the day than he can perfectly re-
cover from the fatigue of in a good nights
rest. Up to that point exercise is good be-
yond is waste of life, exhaustion and decay.
When hunger calls for food, and fatigue de:
mands rest, we are in the natural order, and
keep the balance of life. When we take
stimulants to spur our jaded nerves or excite
an appetite, we are wasting life. There is
wrong and mischief in all waste Of life. A
man should live so as to keep himself at his
best, and with true economy. To eat more
food than is needful is a worse policy than toss.
ing money into the sea. 1t is waste Of labor
and a waste of life.
There is no more royal road to good habits
than to learning. Step by step, and with
painful effort we conquer here, we subdue
there; we mould ourselves bit by bit and
hour by hour, till time comes in to help US
with our work, and habit reacts on itself by
crystalizing and consolidating, SO that custom
becomes a necessity and action automatic.
Then we may say we have formed good habits,
and we may be so far satisfied with ourselves:
1t is easy to work with bright prospect of
great reward Immediately before ones eyes.
But the world is not so constituted as to ad-
NIT of this, as general thing. Large dia-
monds do not lie scattered round promiscu-
ously on the face of the earth, where any one
may stretch forth his hand and pick them up.
They have to be delved for-not only in the
dark, but, in the majority Of cases, in uncer.
tainty.
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SOMEBODY'S MOTHER.


The woman was old and ragged and gray,
And bent with the chill of the Winters day;
The street was wet with recent snow.
And the womans feet were aged and SLOW,
She stood at the crossing and waited long,
Alone, uncared for amid the throng
OF human beings who passed her by,
Nor needed the glance of her anxious eye.
Down the street with laughter aud shout,
Glad in the freedom of school let ont,
Came the boys like flock of Sheep,
Hailing the snow piled white and deep.
Past the woman so old and gray
Hastened the children on their way,
Nor offered helping hand to her,
So meek, so timid, afraid to stir,
Lest the carriage wheels or the horses feet
Should crowd her down in the slippery street.
At last came one Of the merry troop
The yayest laddie of all the group;
He paused beside her, and whispered low
"I'll help YOU across If you wish to gO.'
Her aged hand OH his strong young arm
She placed, and So without hurt or harm,
He guided the trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were firm and strong.
Then back again to his friends he went,
His young heart happy and we'll content,
"She's somebody's mother, boys, you know,
For all she's aged and poor and slow;
And I hope some fellow will lend hand
To help my mother, you understand,
Ifever she's poor and old and gray,
When her own dear boy is far away"
And ''somebody's mother bowed low her head
In her home that night, and the prayer she saio
Was, "God, be kind to the noble boy,
Who is somebody's son and pride and Joy.'
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deal on his hands at different times of hi
life, replied to every letter, no matter from
how humble source Once clergyman
who lived at distant part of the kingdom
wrote to his grace, on whom neither he mol
his parish had shadow of claim, to beg fol
a subscription to rebuild church. By re-
turn of mail came back letter from the
Duke to the effect that he really could moi
see why in the world he should have been ap'
piled to for such an object but the parson
sold the letter as an autograph for 95, and put
the Duke down for that amount among the
subscriptions.
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Selistellamepns &eadimg.
ONE IN A THOUSAND.

"She's one in thousand"
Said old farmer Gray,
AS he waded knee-deep
In the sweet-scented hay.
"You won't find her like, marm,
From here to the town
That woman out there
In the calico gown"
eff you could have seen her
That morning in May,
When stopped at her fathers
And took her away
A lively young bride, marm,
So blooming and fair,
And clipper as that little
Lamb frisking there"
"When first we were married,
And all for my SAKE"
land here the old farmer
Leaned hard on his rake),
"She gave up her music,
And gave up her books
No nonsense about her,
You know by her looks!
"And if you should lose her?"
ventured to say,
The old farmer sighed, ..
And looked down at his hay.
"Twould nigh breaf my heart"
He replied with tear;
"As now helps uncommonly
High about here!
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WIVES Who DO ALL THE COOP THEY
CAN OUTSIDE OF THEIR Own FAMILIES
When the peddler rang Mr.. Birds door-bell,
the other day, Mr.. Bird opened the door.
Mr.. Bird had the baby upon his arm, and
had four other children at his heels.
"Is the lady of the house M" asked the
peddler.
"Certainly she isn't" replied Bird. "she
is perennially and eternally out"
"Where can I see her?"
"Why, 20 down to the woman suffrage
club.room and if she isn't there, 60 to the
society for the prevention of cruelty to an.
imals and if she isn't there visit the hall Of
the association for alleviating the miseries
of the Senegambians; and if she has finish:
ed up there, look fol her at the church aid
society, or at the Ninth Ward soup.house,
or the home of the one.legged, or at the re-
fuge for infrm dogs, or at the hospital for
the asthmatic, or at the St. Pollycarp orphan
asylum, or at some of these places. If you
get on her track, you'll see more paupers and
stroag- minded women, and underclothing for
the heather than you ever saw in the whole
course of your life"
81 wanted to sell her a cold.handled fiat
iron, just out. Do you think she will buy
one?"
"she will if you can prove that the naked
cannibals in Senegambia are yearning for
cold-handled fat-irons She would buy d.
amond breastpins for those niggers, if they
wanted them, I believe"
81 intended also to offer her new kind of
immovable hairpin which -"
"All right. You just 60 down to the home
of the one. legged and persuade those cripples
to cry for immovable hairpins, and she'll Or
der 'em by the ton"
"Has she any children p
"Well, I'm the one that appears to be hav-
ing 'em-just now, anyhow"
because have a gum top for feeding
bottle that is the incest thing you ever saw"
"Now," said Mr.. Bird, "I'll tell you what
you do. You get those paupers to swear
they can't eat the soup they get at the soup
house with spoons; they must have it from
bottles with q rubber muzzle, and Mrs. Bird
will keep you so busy supplying the demand
that you won't have any chance to sleep.
You just try it, Buy up the paupers
Bribe 'em"
How'll I know her if I see herr"
"Why, she's very large woman with q
bent nose and she talks all the time. You'll
hear her talk as soon as you get within a
mile of her. She'll ask you to subscribe to
the Senegambian fund and to the asthmatic
asylum, before you can get your. breath.
Probably she'll read you four or FIVE letters
from reformed connibals, But don't you
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A PUGILIST PREACHER.

Rev. William Thompson, who died in Eng
land few days ago, spent nearly quarter OF
century in the prize ring, under the name
of "Bendigo," having fought "a times before
he was 80. When he was converted he had
three belts, including one for the champion
ship. He had served % terms in Jail for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct. "Ben.
digo's" own account of his conversion is very
curious. While in prison he attended the
regular religious service every Sunday, and
first had his attention attracted by the minis.
ter's account "of the set-to between David
and Goliath" He became so absorbed in
hearing how "David, the little 'un, foored the
giant and killed him." that he forgot where he
was, and shouted out, "Bravo I'm glad the
little 'un won." When he got to his cell he
began to think seriously about what he had
heard, and could not avoid the conclusion
that somebody must have helped David to
lick the giant" At this point of the nara
tive, "Bendigo" continues: "Well, it was as
singular as though it was done on purpose
The very next Sunday the parson preached
another sermon, which seemed hitting me
harder than the week before. It was about
the three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Bendi:
20, who were cast into the fiery furnace, and
who were saved by the Lord from being burnt
Oh yes, I've heard about that since; it was
not exactly Bendigo who was the third man
but the name sounded like it to me, and took
it as such, though I didn't say anything to
anybody. "If one Bendigo can be saved why
not another?' I said to myself, and 1 thought
about it good deal. Sunday after Sunday
I looked out for something about me in the
sermon, and there it always was After the
one about the fiery furnace, came one about
the IL fishermen. Now, I'm fisherman, my
SELF Bless you should rather think
was one of the best in England Well, aftel
that came sermon about the 700 left handed
men in the Book of Judges and l am left
handed man. Of course am. 1t was thai
what beat the knowing ones have had te
stand up against. Well, it was this always
going on that made me make up my mind te
turn as soon as 1 got out" "Bendigo," Of
William Thompson, as he was thencefortt
called, made good his purpose to lead better
life. He began to fit himself for another
work by learning his A B Cs, for his early
education had been so neglected that he could
not even read. He announced and carried
out his willingness~to spend the rest of bis
days on the platform, persuading men to en-
brace religion. When he began his ministra
tions, about six years ago, he attracted great
attention, but the novelty soon wore off, and
he was permitted to continue his labors in q
quiet and efficient way. His meetings at the
start were largely attended, especially by per-
sons of his own class, who listened with rapt
attention to his story of his conversion and
his evidently sincere exhortation. The meet
ings we're held at Claimants mission hall, the
Seven Dials, and at other places in notorious
neighborhoods in London.
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ORIGIN OF A FAMOUS CAMPAIGN Cry.
The Log Cabin and Hard Cider campaign
derived its name from contemptuous para.
graph in a campaign newspaper. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Baltimore Rep1lb.
licars, a prominent Van Buren paper, in wri-
ting to his paper spoke sneeringly Of Gen.
Harrison, saying 'FGive him barrel Of fhard
cider and settlea pension on him of a thousand
a year, and, our word for it, he will sit the re-
mainder Of his days contented in log cabin"
The Wings took up the epithets and made
out Of them the campaign cries of tho contest.
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A BEREAvED HUSBANDS LoT.-Youl
correspondent happened to be walking out in
our beautiful city cemetery the other day, and
saw what few people know to exist here-that
is, few people out of Griffin. A gentleman
has lot there, in which are buried FIVE wives
and five children. A marble slab marks the
resting place of each wife, and smaller one
is placed over each child. The monuments
are all just alike, of the same pattern, and
look like row of capital and small "I's"-
II II II II IT, On the last headstone is the
suggestive name of the child, Little Hope,
though understand the gentleman has mar
ried the sixth time. l do not mention this
out of disrespect to the gentleman he was ar
old resident of Griffin, but has recently moved
away. Only the remarkableness Of the sight
leads me to allude to it. Somebody said, the
other day, it was because the girls around
here all know him that he moved away. His
cemetery lot is certainly curiosity, and many
a visitor has wondered at it.-Cor. Atlanta
Constitution
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p9 "Marier Marier! !" called washerwo-
man of the "Holer," "You, chill, be sure and
brung all dem clos often de line. De publi
cans have meetin' to-nite, and we don't want
none of dat Mogollier bizness round us you
hear me, honey?"
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mind 'em. Ny opinion is she wrote them
herself"
And with baby singing vociferous solo
and the other children clinging to his legs,
Mr.. Bird retreated and shut the door. The
peddler had determined to propose to a girl
that night. He changed his mind, and re-
solved to remain bachelor.
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The VOICE OF THE LIoN.-One of the
most striking things connected with the lion
is his voice, which is extremely grand and Pc
culiarly striking. 1t consists at times of low,
deep moaning, repeated FIVE or six times, end.
ing in family audible sighs; at other times
he startles the forest with loud, deep.toned,
solemn roars, repeated FIVE or six times in
quick succession, each increasing in loudness
to the third or fourth, when his voice dies
away in FIVE or six low, mufled sounds, very
much resembling distant thunder. At times,
and not unfrequently, troop may be heard
roaring in concert, one assuming the lead,
and two, three, or four more regularl taking
up their parts, like persons singing catch.
Like our Scottish stays, they roar loudest in
cold, frosty nights; but on no occasion are
their voices to be heard in such perfection, or
so intensely powerful, as when two or three
strange troops Of lions approach a fountain
to drink at the same time.
When this occurs, every member of the
same troop sounds like bold roar of def.
ance at the opposite parties and when one
roars all roar together, and each seems to vie
with his comrades in the intensity and power
of his voice.
The power and grandeur of these noctur.
nal forest concerts is inconceivably striking
and pleasing to the hunters ear.
The effect, I may remark, is greatly en-.
hanced when the hearer happens to be situa.
ted in the depths of the forest, at the dead
hour of midnight, unaccompanied by any
attendant, and ensconced within twenty yards
of the fountain which the surrounding troops
of lions are approaching. Such has been my
situation many scores of times; and though
I am allowed to have tolerably good taste
for music, I consider the catches with which
I was then RECALLED were the sweetest and
most natural | ever heard-Five Years IN
South A frica, by Cumming.
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SANDS OF GoLD.-Iti is certain that time
and circumstances have much to do with the
relative success of two men, or of the same
man at different periods But it is equally
certain that the plain duty of every person,
great or small, in storm or calm, is to do the
very best you can. More than this is impos-
sible; less than this is sin. If he is play
ing the part of manly man, his reputation
will take care of itself; if he is not, no lam
entations over the worlds GOODNESS will help
him. Nobody can do good work who is per-
petually stopping to see how the spectators
regard it. Praise cannot put a coward into
the heros place, neither can detraction reduce
to the ranks kingly soul. Whether or not
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SPRING OR FIALL.-We have two or three
inquiries now before US, as to whether Spring
or Fall is the best time to set out trees. We
cans tell how often we have treated on this
subject, but it is natural that the question
should continue to be asked, as young men
grow up, marry, and either 60 to farming or
in other ways possess land, and desire infor.
nation as to what fruit trees to plant, and
when to plant them. In very few words
we would say that there is not much choice
in the season. If the soil is naturally moist,
Spring is probably to be preferred for setting
out; if dry, Fall. If the trees be large,
early Fall should be chosen, and as soon as
the trees are done growing, and the leaves
begin to drop. In both cases, the trees should
be taken out of the ground carefully, and
with as many of the small roots as possible,
before the roots become dry. To prevent
their becoming SO, they should be we'll cover.
ed, kept out Of the sun in transporting, and
"heeled in" or buried, and literally watered,
as soon as they arrive, until ready for plant
ing. The planting cannot be done too care
fully. The hole should be large enough to
rece We all the roots carefully spread out, and
the ground put about them should be fine and
rich. If the roots are too big, they should
be somewhat pruned, and the branches OF
the tree also. Sometimes the branches, where
the roots are few and have been injured in
taking up, should be severely shortened to
save the life of the tree Germantown Iste.
qraph.
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How BOYS MARBLES ARE MADE.-Al.
most all the "narbles" with which boys ev.
erywhere amuse themselves: in season andout
of season, on sidewalks and in shady spots,
are made at Oberstein, Germany. There are
large agate quarriesj and mills in that neigh
borhood, and the refuse IS turned to good &C.
count in providing the. small stone balls for
experts to "knuckle" with. The stone is bro
ken into cubes by light hammer. These
small blocks of stone are thrown by the
shovelful into the hopper of small mill,
formed by bedstone, having its surface
grooved with concentrate furrows; above this
is the runner" which is Of some hard wood,
having a level face on its lower surface. The
upper block is made to revolve rapidly, water
being delivered upon the grooves of the bed.
stone where the marbles are being roun1ed.
1t takes about fifteen minutes to finish about
half bushel of good marbles, ready for the
boys knuckles. One mill will turn out 169,-
900 marbles per week. The hardest "crack-
ers," as the boys call them, are made by q
slower process, somewhat analogous, however,
to the other.
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CURE FOR WHooPING CoUGH.-One table
spoonful of clean pure tar, one pint of new
milk; stir we'll; let stand two hours; pour off
the milk let the child drink it every hour.
It will effect a cure in three days.
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WHY LIFE is A DISAPPOINTMENT.

Life is disappointment, chiefly because
those who are starting in it overestimate their
own strength, and underrate that Of their
competitors. Selfsufhciency and ignorance
are the pioneers of defeated expectations.
The locker on is not disappointed it is the
actor who is. Overweenjng selfcon6dence
refuses to see difficulties and thus the prepa-
ration which might overcome them is neg.
lected. The defeat is crushing, because it
was deemed impossible. Presumption and
arrogance have burned the bridges, and have
left no opportunity to gather the shattered
forces by retreat. There seems to be no help
for these blunders; each generation must
learn for ITSELF There is point where teach
ing ends and experience begins. 1t is this
which has set bounds to human knowledge.
No man can take up the work OF another.
Where it has been left there it must remain.
The father cannot give or bequeath the child
his experience, as he can his property. Men
may vaunt themselves as they will, but there
is limit to their power; and that limit seems
in some cases to have been reached in one
man. Shakespeare and Bacon have had no
successors. No man has been able to take
up their work, where they left it. So far as
mems efforts are concerned their works are
completed. As they left them so they re-
main. No man has yet appeared, who can
equal what they have done, much less i'm
prove upon it. As far as we know, they
reached the limit of mans power, in the di.
rection in which they taught. The child
must mistake the road, just as the parent mis-
took it, and learn what is the right road, on.
ly when too old and weary to walk in it.
And perhaps it is we'll that it is so. The wis
dom of age and the form Of youth cannot be
Joined in beauty. Could the young know
their true strength, and foresee the difficulties
they have to encounter, they would not fall
by the way, but would faint in the beginning.
Favorable circumstances bear men on to for
tune, to greater extent than the successful
are willing to admit. In my own profession,
those who have achieved success in the early
part of their career, have fallen heir to the
practice of a father or preceptor. The in
heritor of a practice is whole generation
ahead of him who is the founder of one.
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KIND WoRDs.-Here are four good rea.
sons why we should use kind words when
we speak to others:
1. Because they always cheer him to whom
they are addressed. They aoothe him if he is
wretched they comfort him if he is sad they
keep him out Of the slough Of dependency,
or help him out if he happens to be in.
g. There are words enough Of the opposite
kind flying in all directions sour words, cross
words. fretful words, irritating words. Now,
let kind words have chance to get abroad,
since many and so different are on the wing.
3. Kind words bless him who uses them. A
sweet sound on the tongue tends to make the
heart mellow. Kind words react on the kind
feelings which prompt them and make them
more kind. They are fresh fuel to the fire
of benevolent emotion in the soul.
4. Kind words beget kind feelings. People
love to see the face and hear the voice Of a
kind man.
Kind words arc therefore of great vslue.
AS good old George Herbert says, "Good
words are worth much and cost little"
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LEARNING To SEw.--To be handy with
the needle, is oneaof the sterling accoE plish.
ments of every educated woman. To be able
to take the stitch in time,' is worth all the
time and trouble that are required to learn
the art. Like walking, reading and the many
other things which we come to do without
special thought, the learning to sew is a slow
process, and should be begun while the child
is quite young. The girl should not only
have the use of the thread, needles and patch:
work, but be instructed how to take the
stitches, turn the corners and do the various
things connected with needle work. We gre
not excluding the boys in our remark, be-
cause they need to learn to thread needle
and do general sewing. Men are sometimes
so situated that they must depend upon them
selves for their necessary sewing. Even il it
is sn age of sewing machines, it is best that
all children should learn to use the simple,
common, old-fashioned KIND, which can new.
er he wholly superseded. The amusement
and occupation that sewing furnishes little
folks. afford sufficient reason why mothers
should see that their girls, and boys, too, learn
to sew-but the very practicable use of the
needle in after life, is the principal thing af.
ter all.