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or figures to itself an sstAstis. huasa iiisthat
enc may compare to that Of the tabled Grass
hoppers. who were once men. but having heard
the song OF the MUSES.. could do nothing but
sing. and starved themselves 20 till they died.
and had . 1t resurrection as Rrasshoppers
And this. says Socrates. was tho return the
MUSES. made them."
II these citations stood alone. they might
seem to justify the inference that George Eliot
was a follower Of Augusts Comte Such in .
strictly limited sense. she unduestionably was.
Comtism. conceived as an attempt to organize
an enthusiasm for humanity. she regarded
with undisguised approval. and deemed II
long step In the right direction. But her exact
position in reference to the Positive Philosophy
is defined by Mr.. Cross. Il do not think"
he tells us on ono OF his final pages.
Il over hoard her speak Of any writer
with more grateful sense Of obligation for
enlightenment Her great debt to Comte was
always thankfully acknowledged. But the ap-
probation was thoroughly seective. 80 far as
was able to Judge. Parts OF his teaching were
accepted and other parts rejected" 1t IL added
that tho reservations in her attitude toward
Comte. considered as the founder OF q now re-
ligion. arc indicated by tho fact that. while
for many years and up to the time OF her death
she subscribed to the Comtist Fund. she never.
80 far as I am aware. more directly associated
herself with tho members Of the Positivist
Church."
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IV.

In the present notice we have merely glanced
at the letters bearing on the preliminary por-
ton OF George Eiot's life. which was wholly
spent In Warwickshire. Through other parts
Of her correspondence we shall hereafter follow
her to London. where her union with George
Henry Lewos was to place her at the focus Of
social mslioration. and where her creative and
abiding work was to be done. At the point
where we now leave her. her pivotal
Vows regarding mans origin and destiny
arc definitely moulded. and she has laid
the groundwork and mapped out tho
lines OF broad and massive SELF ducation
But from the point Of view Of social experience
and observation. she Is still q country girl Az
yet the living world known to the future author
Of "Middlemarch does not transcend the
bounds Of an inland shore which was q spe-
clally backward part Of England. Ono Of the
helpful reflections Of which We sometimes feel
that Mr.. Gross. In the pursuance OF his fixed
purpose OF solf-efYacement has been too
sparing touches on the confined prlmi-
tive. and rural character OF his wifes
earlier surroundings. 1T u.s." he suggests.
to these circumstances Of her young life
that great part OF the quality OF George Eliots
writing is due and that she holds the place she
has attained in English literature. Her roots
were down In the pre-railroad. photographic
period-the days OF ane old leisure-but tho
fruit was formed during an era OF extraordi-
nary activity In scientific and mechani cal dis
covery. Her genius was the outcome OF these
dual conditions. 1t would not have existed In
the same form. II deprived Of either influence"
M W. H
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FROST PRESERVES THEM,
Some Facts About Frozen Apples that are
Contrary TO the General Belief

Some Facts About Frozen Apples that are
Contrary TO the General Belief
II your garnet or loft Is only cold enough,
there isn't any reason in the world why you
shouldn't trent your friends with plump. full
favored Rhode Island greetings. Badwins.
or any o.hor choice apples. Just as we'll next
juno as you did last Christmas" said Wash
ington street commission merchant. IN
have last years Baldwins. and 1 don't know
but last years greetings. as sound as knot.
In my house next summer. in the same dish
with this years harvest apples yet nine out
OF ten people would have thought those same
apples were ruined two months ago. and would
have treated them accordingly. Why2 Simply
because they were frozen"
Doesn't the freezing Of apples spoil thsm,
theu ?" asked the reporter.
The general opinion is." replied the uer-
chant. that after an apple freezes its value IL
gone but the fact is that just the contrary is
the truth, Let barrel of apples freeze in the
fRll. and keep them frozen or. rather. do not
disturb them. and In the spring they win be in
the very condition they were when taken from
eating apples. do not have their full flavor nor
msllowness when arst packed In the fall. They
uary., After that they begin to decay. and when
tho.s that are stt being the result Of especial
ripening process ID checked. The vitality OF
the apple is simply suspended, and II only
natural action. The trouble has always been
Il rosS Il spes sS t. be
and subjected TO rapid thawing, Some poo
pie take the apples out OF the barrel and plunge
them IN cold water to draw the frost out The
result is fabby. fRvorless fruit, really not
worth the room IT. occupies. and subject to
rance. A frozen apple is one Of the most sem en-
sitive things in the world. Touch your finger
upon It, and when the frost is thawed from the
apple the spot touched will be a mark OF decay
Sys ns
apples are thoroughly frozen the barrel will not
be full by nearly q peck, SO much has the fruit
sible. now. 10 move the barrel without ruinine
every apple in it. So. IL it stands where It will
not DO subjected to sudden warmth. aud thus
thawed out rapidly, let 1t stand; Cover the APP
away and let them alone. until spring comes
and draws the frost out OF everything. Then
you will find the barrel full to tho head with
house in the fall. and which were a sorry-looE.
Ing lot OF wrinked shrunk-up fruit the last
time you saw them.
II they were assorted apples when packed
just as sound and hard rs they we're In Novem-
bar; BY the middle Of May or LIST OF June they
will be In the fragrant. mellow condition that
they would have been In five months before II
I've had apples frozen and thawed out three
times In one winter. owing to sudden changes
n the weather; but they were all right when
berd ma drawing o. The frost took place.
sand years. believe, and the fruit would be just
as sound AMI fine favored when thawed out
and ripsned as 1t was the day 1t was packed"
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SoMls NEW B0OKA
olimpsss 81 George Eliot's life.


The collection OF extracts from the letters
and journals OF George Eliot. made by her hus-
band. Mr.. J. W. Cross. and too COMPLEMENTARY
entitled George EIors Life 70 vols. Harpers). Is.
In spite OF the shortcom ings deprecated by some
English critics. who would exact OF the COM
piler more than duty and affection should 10
called upon to give. a precious addition to the
substantive and lasting literature OF the nine
tsenth century. Regarded a. q record OF self
discipline. encouragement. reflection and as
piration. as o transcript Of the Highest intel
teotual and spiritual life OF perhaps tho most
gifted and by far the best equipped feminine
author Of our own or any time. 1t will rank
with the soundest and tho ripest products OF
George Eiot's mind with the most illumina-
tive. forceful. and inspiring OF her published
writings. In tho passages hero culed
from her confidential letters or from the MEM
orandR made for her eye alone, there 10 hardly
any phase OF human conduct or endeavor
which is not explored and lighted up by her
wlde-ranging knowledge. her line intuitions
her broad. yet delicate. and often poignant
sympathies. her wisdom. and her conscience
On every page OF these three volumes We be-
bold at work tho noble alchemy that distils the
fullest culture in tho largest usefulness. We
watch tho flights Of strong intellect, the
growth Of great heart; we recognize with rev.
srenee the presence OF spirit dedicated to the
slevation and enrichment Of human nature, q
spirit not unvisited. indeed. by the last inflrm-
lty OF noble minds. yet Jealous to make fame it.
sslf the fulcrum Of more best exertion and
unswervingly directed by its own unsslnsh
prayer:
Give me no light great heaven. but such as turns
To snerg, of human fellowship;
No powers. save the growing heritage
Thst makes eonpleter manhood
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y SERIOUS Case.


Hs 10 tender and GENT, ana good 10 me always;
death. ~ ''
Tho home liz has mAdr y. true lovers Eden.
Except for a serpsnt - Iurkinx beneath
Here ait aud snbroidsr. paint plaques. and write
pnetry, ',''N
And wait for his coninr-hia fond ltt.s wife;
But when rush To him and ask " h. love- me
lie kissss mo. saying You bet your sweet lifo."
Oh, how can bear ~ For love 10 SO serlous
30 sweet ana 30 solemn. that cruel the pAng
The true heart must feel when its ouipournR
10 met IN such fashion W lh jesting aud slang.
But the end sapproachtg and cen though IL kill me-
III leavs him, since surely he has regard
sor MS wife-,or to-day when asked II he loved me
hsa never lave auswsrsd-"why. cert, little pard."
ADAM CLARx,
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wlsoOnsiu Lawyers.
From the Chicago Herald.

mtddle-aRed. enterprising- looking passsn.
ger said he was lawyer In Wisconsin town and the
hsndsoms da,hing young man who was flirting with
rs your son lawyer, too -
mo, he never comes near the once. Doesn't know
any law, But he IL . great help to me, though"
Assists you IN court then. or in hunting witnesses
or taking depositions does lie 7"
No he doesn't The fact ia he won't work at any.
thing He 10 gentleman of leisure, he IT, and does
nothing but wear nne clothes and have a good time
An" ~''
"Guess you don't understand me- That boy 1, slvsvs
flirting with women, and prefers married onss He's 4
divorce suits 10 the last year SIX OF em in my
this year I've promised to take him into
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Preparing to Welcome the Old Fire Laddiss,
Prom the Baltimore Sun

Frsmens Association Of Baltimore to give = hearty
Welcome to the Veteran firemens Association OF New
attend the inauguration Of Cleveland. They will arrive
In Baltimore on March and be escorted from the rail.
way station to BArnum's by the old Baiimors nremem
ON The sth they will go to Warrington, but will return
parade throngh the principal streets OF this city
quartsrei here and 10 thought they will participate
and make the parade picturesque. The New York nre-
Baltimore nremen viii turn out IN the parade with
suction engine which once the machl with which
the members Vt Lafayette Company used to run.
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The March or she Work ers,

From the CommonOedI
what e thi. the sound and rumor, What is this that
Like ihe wind In hollow valleys when .hs storm Is draw
Like the rolling on Of ocean in the eyentds Of fearf
Whiting. w$:"s. sSin. sh ss wh.. ar.
In ~hs. So@n,. are they dwelling t~.. the gate. of
Are they mine q thine for money, viii they s.rv.
still the rumor's marching on.
ok0su'IH.r r. the .s,i rolling Of IL. ,hund.rt
ks aa' s9ah .s and If Sdp: sns sona,
Aud the host comes marching on.
Forth they come from grief and on they wsnd
All tho wide world is their dwelling every corner Of the
Buy them sell them for the ssrvlcsl Try the bargain
~. For the day. ar. m.rchins on.
Smooth the rugged S the barren turn tn. bitter into
AL for thee this day-and ever What reward for them
TIL the host comes marching ON.
Many hund,sd years. passed over have they sbored
Never their sorrow hope their toll
Now heard and It, and their ory comes
And their feet are marching on.
on ye mSh men hear and trembie for with words tho
"ones for you and death We laOorsd; changed hence
We arc men. and we shall battle for the world Of men
Aud our host Is marching on
"n Vat 'hsn' wlliys perish as the dry wood in TIL.
Is pesce' Then be ye Of let your hope be our de-
sire.
Como and live; for life awsksth. and the world shall
never tire;
And hope 10 marching on.
On wo march, then, We tho workers, and the rumor
that 20 hear
10 the blended sound OF battle and dsverance
For the hope of creature is tho banner that we
And the world Is marching on.
CnoRUs-HArk the rolling OF the thundsrI
l.o. tho SUM and ln, hereunder
Riseth wrath and hope. and wondsr,
And the host comes marching on.
WILLIAn NORRIS.
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POETRY OF THE PERIOD.



Prom Good words.
May God DO near thee. friend.
when we are Tar away;
MAY His smile cheer thee. friend.
And make al light ~ day.
Look upt tho sky tn Stars above
Will whisper to thee OF Ills changelcss Iowa
In distant deasrt places
The mounts OF God are found;
His sky the world embraces
Aud makes II holy ground;
The heart thai serves. and loves. and clines.
Hears every whers the rush OF angel wingA
To God the there IL here;
All spaces are His own:
The distant and tn. near
Are shadows OF His throne:
All times are Ills. the new. the old
What boots II where lifo's little tale 10 told
'Tis not for ua to choose;
We Listen aud obey;
IT'S His t. call and use;
IT'S ours 70 serve and pray:
II matters little, here or there,
Gods world Ii wide. aud heaven II everywhere.
We cannot go so far
That home 10 out OF sight;
The morn. the evening star,
Will say, Good dhyi Good nighti
The heart that loves will never be aonet
All earth. all heaven 1t reckons ~ its own.
MKSRy BuRros.
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A Hog Exploded.


Talk about dynamite. can tell you n true
story OF what liro'1yo-rlue once did In statc II
was out near frHirie du Chen. where they ere bas
ing on the 'hicagn Milwaukee and st Paul rOhd Tha
contractor had several Kegs ~ the stun IN an under
ground plhee onr day workman left the place opsn
by nnh by some noHs came along found key omen and
nsgycsfns A. sweet almost as honey. the animal
nlied himself lie came out by and by aud soon an
dersd INTO stable which contained about forty horse,
beongng TO Tie contractor The hog got footing around
ma gy. M Hog good one The concussion started
tns pnsness aud not vestge ever discovered Of
the hog or OF single horse the stable And where
Stable oncs stood there hole earth so
deep and NV feet In circumference Fsot Eontiemen
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that Froude. IN the space at his commAnd.
found II impossible TO execute Carlyle's injunc-
ton with scrupulous fidelity. As an artist
compelled to recognize certain mechanical
limitations. he must have left ont much more
evidence OF Carlyle's habitual testinsss. sour
ness. waspishness. and general unamiability
than he has actually printed. Yet 1t is evident
that By George Eliot. ho would be pronounced
guilty OF uncovering too much OF the weaker
side Of Carlyle's life to permit OF adequate jus
tice being rendered By either biographer
or reader to tho inherent breadth OF Carlyle's
nature. TO the soundness Of his moral fibre.
and to the prevailing nobility OF his impulses.
And finally. II 1t cngender an aesthetic mon
strosity to compound In the same portrait all
that was shabbiest with all that was finest. In
tho life oven OF q man like Carlyle. whose dere-
Lotions. grievous and deeply regretted as they
were. cannot properly be taxed with deep moral
oblQuity, the proprlety OF telling tho whole
truth about such men a. Rousseau. Byron. and
Goethe may be warmly controverted In the
forum Of morals. For hero We have to reckon
on the undeniable propensity TO palliate I'M
worthy predictions by tho moral Irregular
tiles OF tho mentally distinguished. or. In
Tennyson's familiar phrase. to draw foul en-
sample from fair names.
In brief. 1t is George Eliot's view-so far as
we are able to gather It from a number Of cur
sorry illusions. that. In recognition OF an au-
thors effort to benefit his fellow creatures, the
utmost pains should be taken TO reveal moth
ing that would weaken or dlstort the impress
sion mado by his published writings. Tho
worst he kept. the best he gave and 1t would
be. to her thinking. an act OF Dissertation and
disloyalty to thrust aside the veil which an au-
thor like any other human being, has right
to draw over tho errors tho sufYerings. and the
sanctities OF private life. To George Eliot
biography could have no justification for ex-
istence II 1t only ministered to small or mali
oious curiosity. or unless. like these selec-
lions from her private papers made with her
full consent by the hand Of reverent Affection
1t could add something Of positive and pcrma-
nent value to the work submitted to the public
eye during the authors lifetime. II is certain
that In these volumes-no matter how they may
disappoint the hungry scrutiny OF those who
can see nothing more interesting and enlicht-
ening in tho life OF q woman like George Eliot
than tho circumstance Of her informal but
otherwise truly wfe-like union with George
Henry Lewes-we have just such O memoir as
she would herself have wished. for 1t gives US
glimpses OF precisely those aspects OF her life
and labors which she doomed most worthy Of
disclosure in her novels. Itpoworfuly deepens
the Impressions which she earnestly essayed
TO make. and which 1t was the blessing and tho
solace Of her troubled lifo to fee had not been
made In vain. Nor could any other species Of
biography. or substitute for biography. BIO rea-
sonably looked for from one who loved her
living. and who rovsres her dead.
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On an Old Song.


FTUWt 1uCWtttAWs AuvtssbN
Little snatch OF sncient song.
What has made thee live 40 l0ngf
flying on thy wings OF rhyme
Lightly down the depths ~ time.
Telling nothing strange or rnre,
Scarce . thought or image there.
Nothing but the old. old tale
Or hapless lovers wall;
OFFSPRING OF some idle hour,
whence has come thy lasting powsrf
BY what turn Of rhy thin or phrase.
BY what subtle. careless grace
Can thy music charm our ears
After full three hundred vearsf
Little song. since thou vert born
In the Reformation morn.
How much OF great has passed away.
Shattered or by slow decay
Stately piles IN ruins cruuibled.
Lordly houses lost or hutubled.
Thrones and realms In darkness hurled.
Noble flags forever furlod,
Wisest schemes by statesmen spun.
Time has eeen them. one by one,
Like the leaves of autumn fall
A little song outlives thon all.
There were mighty scholars then
With the slow. laborious pen
Filing up their works Of learning.
Men OF solid deep discerning.
widely famous as they taught
Systems Of connected thought.
Destined for all future ages;
Now the cObweb binds their pages.
All unread their volumes ho
Wondering 40 peaceAhly.
Coflined thoughts OF cotfined men;
Never moro to stir again
In the passion and the strife,
In the Meeting forms of life;
All their force and meaning gone
A the stream OF thought hows on.
Art thou weary. little song.
FLYING through the world so lon9i
CAnst thou on thy fairy plnions
Clears the futures dark dominionb
And with music soft and clear
Charm the yet unfashioned ear,
MtuglinR with the thinQB unborn
When perchnnce another morn
Great As that which gave thee birth
Dawns upon the changing earthf
II may be 3d. for all around,
With heavy crashing sOund,
Like the ice of polar seas
Melting In the summer breeze,
Signs OF change are gathering fast,
Nations breaking with their past
Tho pulse Of thought is beating. quicker.
The lamp OF faith begins to flicker,
The snciont reverence decays
With forms all types of other days;
And old beliefs grow faint and few
As knowledge moulds the world anew,
And scatters far aud wide the seeds
or other hopes And other creeds:
And all in vain we seek to trace
The fortunes Of the coming race,
Some with fear and some with hope,
None can cast its horoscope.
yaporous lamp or rising star,
Many light II seen afnr,
And dim. shapeless figures loom
All around us In the gloom
torces that may rise and rolgn
A the old ideals wane.
Landmarks OF the human mind,
One by one are left behind.
And subtle change 10 wrought
In the mould and cast OF thought
Modes of reasoning pass away,
Types OF beauty lose their sway.
Creeds and causes that have made
Many noble lives. must fade;
Aud the words that thrilled OF old
Now seen hueless. dead. aud cold;
Fancy's rainbow tints are flying,
Thoughts. ike men. are slowly dying;
All things perish and the strongest
Often do not last the longest;
The stately ship ~ seen no more.
The fragile ok ID nttains the shore;
And viii 9 the great and wise decay,
And all their trophies pass away.
Some sudden thought, some careless rhyme
stu dosts above the wrecks OF time.
W. Z II. LRcKI
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Thou that In every Held OF earth and sky
Dldst hunt for Death. who seemed 10 dee And fsar
How great and greatly fallen doat III GU Iie
slain IN the desert by = nnmelesa spearl
NOT here ala,r' may England say. not here.
In such quarrel was II meet to dies
But In that dreadful battle drawing nigh
To shake the Afghan Mountains Ions and sere 4"
Like Aim by the ships, shouldst thou have stood
800. The bulwark OF thy people and their shield
TIL Helmund or till LorS ran with blood
ana back toward the Sorthands and the Night
Ths stricken eagles scattered from the he.dI
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Gel. r. g. Burnabv.
Killed the Battle Of Asu Kisa In the soud.n Jan H. 1885


Aied ~ ths bas's OF Abu hss In the 5oudsn Jan IL
From Punch
Brave Burnaby downl Wheresoever Ills spoksu
The news leaves the lips with a wistful regret
We picture that sqnsro In ths desert shocked broken
iE packed win STOUT hearts, and inpregnahlc yet.
And there fell. ut last In close melee the fighter,
who Death had 80 often affroutel before.
One deemed he'd no DART for his vsoroup slighter
Who such a gay heart to the battle front bore
But nlasl for the spear thrust thar ended q story
Romantic AS Rolands as Lion Hearts brief,
Yet crowded with incident, gilded with glory,
And crowned by laurel that's verd Int of leaft
laterdhy faladin, prone to adventure
With little enough OF the spirit that SWAPS
The man Of the market the shop, the indentureI
Yet grief-drops will glitter on Burnshy'a bays
Fast friend rs Keen fighter tho strife
Yet CHEEKY all round with his friends and his foes
Content through life story short soul stirrtng
And happy as doubtless he'd deem, In its close.
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OF the human) Have you quite fairly repre-
sented yourself In saying that you have ceased
to pity your suffering fellow men because you
can no longer think Of them IS individ-
ualitles OF immortal duration In some
other state Of existence than this. OF which
you know the pains and the pleasures That
you feel loss for them. now you regard them as
more miserable2 - cannot believe that
your strong intellect will continue to SEQ In the
conditions OF mans appearance on this planet
obstructive relation to your sympathy. This
seems to me equivalent to saying that you care
no longer for color. now you know the laws Of
the spectrum. As tn the necessary combins-
lions through which life is manifested. and
which seem to present themselves to you as .
bideous fatalism. which ought logically to
petrify your volition. have they. in fact. any
such influence on your ordinary course OF &C.
tton In the primary affairs Of your existence As
. human. social. domestic crsature2 And II
they don't hinder you from taking measures
for bath. without which you know that you
cannot secure the delicate cleanliness which is
your second nature. why should they hinder
you from line Of resolve In o higher strain OF
duty to your Ideal both for yourself and others?
Tho consideration Of molecular physics Is
not the direct ground OF human love
and moral action any moro than 1t is
tho direct means OF composing noble pic
ture. or OF enjoying great music" Elsewhere
In the Same letter occurs the following specially
noteworthy caution: THE teaching you quote
as George Sands would. think. deserve to be
called nonsensical. II 1t did not deserve to DO
called wicked. What sort OF culture OF the In
tellect' Is that which. instead OF widening
tho mind to fuller and fuller re-
sponse to all tho clements OF our exist
snco. isolntes 1t in a moral stupidity,
which fatterN eOoism with tho possibilitv