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the other an iron giuy Texas pony: both
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THE CHEERFUL FACE.

Next to the sunlight of heaven is the
cheerful face. There is no mistaking it
the bright eye, the unclouded brow, the
sunny smile, all tell of that which dwells
within. Who has not felt it's electrifying
influence? One glance at this face lifts
us out of the mists and shadows into the
beautiful realm of hope. One cheerful
face in the household will keep everything
warm and light within. 1t may be very
plain face, but there is something in it we
feel, yet cannot express; and it's CHEEKY
smile sends the blood dancing through the
veins for very Joy. All, there is world
of magic in the plain, cheerful face, and
we would not exchange it for all the soul
less beauty that ever grsced the fairest
form on earth.
1t may be very little face, but some
how this CHEEKY face ever shines, and the
shining is SO bright the shadows can not
remain, and silently they creep away into
the dark corners. 1t may be wrinkled
face, but it is all the dearer for that, and
none the less cheerful. We linger near
it, and gaze tenderly upon it, and say,
"God bless this dear happy face !" We
must keep it with us as long as we can,
for home will lose much of it's brightness
whsn this sweet face is gone. And after
it is gone, how the remembrance of it
softens our hayward natures! When care
and sorrow snap our heart-strings ssun-
der this wrinkled face looks down upon
us, and the painful tension grows lighter
the way seems less dresry and the sor-
rows less heavy. God bless the cheerful
face What a dreary world this would
be without this heaven-born light i
Home Visitor.
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sSar111, Stonns at1d Gardsm.
A GOOD GARDEN.

A proper diet is one of the highest
considerations in the care of our bodies
it is fountain Of health, and an improp-
or diet is the source of most OF our ills
under whatever form they may appear
Ripe fruit and fresh vegetables occupy
the highest rank among the articles of
healthful diet, and these may be the pro-
ducts Of your own garden. Why should
not the table OF every family, at least of
every country resident, be we'll supplied
with the choicest fruits and vegetables
the year round? There are few places in
this country where it might not be so. If
such is not the case it is because OF
inattention to the garden, and this may
be the result OF Ignorance, or thought
less, OF wilful negligence. If the reader
should discover himself in either Of these
classes, it is to be hoped for humanity's
sake, his own included, that he will start
a reform, and begin it now. Let the gar
den be visited at once. If the necessary
work cannot be performed by the mem
bers OF the family, let competent man
for it be engaged. II the family is small
and the garden small, it will take but
portion Of mans time, and neighbors'
gardens will keep him busy. With a
large family or small one, there is no
better investment than the wages paid to
a capable gardener.-Vach's Magazine
for April.
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BRIDAL CUSTOMS.

Among the Lolos of Western China it
is customary for the bride on the wedding
morning to perch herself on the highest
branch of a tree, while the elder female
members of her family cluster on the
lower limbs, armed with sticks When
all are duly stationed the bridegroom
chambers up the tree, assailed on all sides
by blows, pushes and pinches from the
dowsgers, and it is mob until he has bro
ken through their fence and captured the
bride that he is allowed to carry her off
Similar difficulties Rssail the bridegroom
among the Mongolian Korsks, who are
in the habit of celebrating their mar
riages in large tents divided into numer
GUS separate but communicating COM
psrtments. At given signal, as soon
as the guests are assembled, the bride
starts off through these compartments,
followed by her wooer, while the women
of the encampment throw every possible
impediment in his way, tripping up his
unwary feet, holding down the curtains
to prevent his passage and applying will
low and alder switches numerically as
he stoops to raise them. As with the
maiden on the horse and the virgin on
the tree-top, the Korak bride is invaria-
bly, captured, however much the posi-
bilities of escape may be in her favor
Black1oods.
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lilies, except the tropic bird under discus
sion; and had he known of a market he
might have easily loaded his ship with
eggs from this island.
1 have probably said as much as will
be of interest concerning these birds. At
some other time 1 will talk of the birds
of the antarctic region. Every form
which the most lively fancy could create
and every hue that the imagination could
conceive are to be found in the feathers
of the birds whose homes are in this far
off South land.
also took look at the bottom of this
Southern Ocean and saw many of the
jewellers OF the deep as well as many va
rieties of the sea fora, all Of which are
full of interest and fascinating to the
student of nat Herbert Bartlett, in
the Current.
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AND TEMPERATE LIV-
INC

The experience of all ages has proved
that abstinence is more conducive to
health and Hong life than repletion and it is
pretty certain that there is far more evil to
be encountered, attributable to too much
food being taken than to too little Where
the living is plain and simple, and the
dictates of nature are followed, there is
no need of weights and scales, but how
many are there who would not be in an
infinitely better state if they lived upon
weighed and measured allowance of food
and drink? Seeking for what is pleasur-
able instead of natural, the promptings of
instinct are overruled, and it is the incli-
nation instead of appetite that regulates
what is consumed. Were it not for the
temptation to excess, induced by the re-
finements of the culinary art, the physi.
clans aid would be much more rarely re-
CURED than it is at present.-Dr. w. Cur
3.O91
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BRINGING UP CHILDREN RAJ
TIONAIIX.

1t is as natural to a child to be happy
as it is to q fish to swim. But for this
they need certain amount of "letting
alone" 1t is great mistake for parents
to hamper their children with foolish re-
strictions. We pity the little BIS our
next-door neighbours children, from the
bottom at our heart. There is picket
fence in front of the house, and they are
scarcely allowed to go near it, lest they
should climb and hurt themselves. They
cannot climb tree for the same reason.
They may not skate or swim, or have a
gun. The consequence Of this training
is that THEIR parents have made towards
of them all, with the exception OF little
Bessie, who is the most daring little mis-
chief that ever wore asun-bonnet, and she
has learned to be deceitful and plays all
her mad pranks we'll out of sight OF her
parents eyes. We caught her the other
day walking the railing of bridge that
crossed the track of railroad hundred
feet below. The railing was not foot
wide, and she trlumphantly told us that
she had walked it while the train was
passing under. 1t was enough to make
one shudder.
Don't fancy your boy is made of glass.
Grant reasonable request, and let him
feel that when you refuse, it is for his
own good. Between the Jellybys and the
Gradgrinds OF life, children have hard
time of it. The youngest child needs
some sort of agreeable occupation, and a
certain amount OF physical freedom.
There is nothing more painful to young
people than to feel that life is one dull,
routine, and that nothing ever happens"
as we once heard disconsolate lad re-
Women.
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BRIDE AND GROOM A CENTU-
RY AGO.

To begin with the lady. Her locks
were strained upward over an immense
cushion that sat like an incubus on her
head, and plastered over with pomatum,
and then sprinkled over with show of
white powder. The height Of this tower
was somewhat over foot. One single
white rosebud lay on its top like an
eagle on hay.stack. Over her neck and
bosom was folded lace handkerchief,
fastened in front by bosom-pin rather
larger than a dollar, containing her
grRndfather's miniature set in virgin
gold. Her airy form was braced up in a
satin dress, the sleeves as tight as the
natural skin of the arm, with a waist
formed by a bodice, worn outside, from
whence the skirt flowed of, and was dis
tended at the top by an ample hoop.
Shoes of white kid, with peaked toes, and
heels of two or three inches elevation, in
closed her feet, and glittered with span
giles, as her little pedal members peeped
curieusly out. Now for the swain. His
hair was sleeked back and plentifully be-
Toured, while his queue projected like
the handle of skillet. His coat was a
sky-blue silk. lined with yellow; his long
vest of white satin embroidered with
gold lace; his brooches of the same ma
terial, and tied at the knee with pink rib
bon. White silk stockings and pumps,
with laces and ties of the same hue, COM
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-05
A REVOLUTIONARY ORATOR.

There was q time when American
school-boys spoke pieces" From a cur
sorry examination of such speakers and
books of selection as are now published,
we should say that change had come
over the general custom that there was
good deal Of tawdry rhetoric and cheap
humor In place of the old-time stirring
patriotic passages. Possibly an explain
alton may be found in the disappearance
of the old oratorical school, and the rise
of the more matter-of- fact and business
like appeals. Be this as it may, the dec.
lamations of American youth thirty or
forty years ago were of a passionate
order and those orators were drawn from
chiefly who had heated the iron words Of
opposition to tyranny to white heat
The war for independence left legacy Of
ervid speeches, and of them all none was
so popular as that of Patrick Henry's in
which occurs the splendid burst begin
ming, "Mr. President, it is natural to man
to indulge in the illusions Of hope" and
closing with the words, ave must Fl ght!
1 repeat it, sir, we must fight An
appeal to arms and to the God of hosts
is all that is left us"
This speech and others of Henry's came
down to young Americans, accompanied
by traditions of the orator power of de-
livery which represented it as something
transcending description. To those who
read the book, Mr.. Wirt's biography
seemed always struggling to set upright
the colossal figure of Patrick Henry, the
orator. and the impression which the Virg
inian undoubtedly made upon his contem-
poraries was SO magnified in the clouds
of Mr.. Wirt's rhetoric, by which chiefly it
was conveyed to the imaginations Of later
generations, that Henry was scarcely
thought of except as fiery man who
spoke pieces.
Patrick Henry's name as an orator will
not be lessened by the latest biography
which has appeared; it will rather be in
creased, because his power over men is
reaffirmed and proved by many cogent
instances, and his oratory is shown to be
less cratic and more stable element in
his nature-to be set in the midst of 80
much variety of mental gifts as to take
hue from them, and not to be come ex-
ceptionsl, unsccountable manifestation.
Atlantic Monthly.
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ANNOTATED BREAD.

Ammonjated baking powders-that is,
baking powders in which carbonate of
ammonia is used as an ingredient, and
which exhale an odor of ammonia when
heated-are classed by many eminent
physicians and sanitarians as superior to
all others. Professor Hassell, of London,
who is recognized as highest authority
on the subject OF food hygiene, commends
in tho strongest terms the use of carbon
ate of ammonia as leavening agent,
stating its great advantage to be in it's
perfect volatility, which permits it to be,
by the heat Of baking, entirely thrown into
leavening gas whereby the bread is raised.
The experiment with heat would seem to
indicate the superior, not the inferior,
value OF such baking powder. The little
heat that is impaired to it when held
over gas jet, lamp, or stove, suffices to
resolve the carbonate of ammonia into
eavening gas and throw it off. The first
heat at baking, therefore, will effectually
develop all the gas, thoroughly leaven
the loaf, and dissipate the gas-producing
ingredients of powder of this kind; and
this is the highest test of perfect bRk-
ing powder. Where other alkalies alone
are used they are not infrequently re-
tanned, unresolved, through the whole
process OF baking, and remain an un-
wholesome ingredient in the finished
bread. The carbonate OF ammonia can
not be used as substitute for cream Of
tartar.-Neao York Weekly Tribune.
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1.-THE GREAT EASTERN"


just thirty years ago there was launch
ed upon the Thames the largest steam
ship ever built, called the Great Eastern.
The expenses of launching alone were
nearly 100000, and during her lifetime
she cost her owners millions of dollars;
but recently she was sold for $4,000, and
will be broken up for old metal. She
was capable of carrying 1000 passengers,
5000 tons Of merchandise, and $4,000 tons
Of coal for fuel. She had ten anchors,
mile of chain cables, and an electric tele-
graph wire was used to convey the cap
tain's orders to various par is of the ship
In 1860 she came to America. making the
passage in eleven days, and while in New
York harbor was visited by 10000 per-
SONS. But the cost of running such a
mammoth vessel, together with the ex-
pense of repairs, made her failure f.
nancially. Almost the only real service
she ever rendered was in laying the SUBJ
marine cables, the passenger accomoda-
tons being removed to make room for
the great iron tanks which contained the
cables. Two years ago an enterprising
Liverpool tradesman used the Great
Eastern for advertising in a novel way.
The ship was anchored in the Mersey
and on her sides were flaming posters
announcing the bargains to be obtained
at his establishment. Thousands of ex-
cursionists visited the steamer, where re-
freshments were served, and dancing and
other amusements INDUCED in, but fire
finally put an end to the scheme.
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BAH.

Always there is some fellow who wants
TO pronounce everything differently from
everybody else. One day. we remember,
q young fellow speaking to old DR.. Cramp,
of Wolfville, Nova Scotia-forever bless
ed be the good and grand old mans men,
ory-said that he had just returned from
Manito-bah. "Ah," said the old man,
sweetly and kindly, "and did you go
down into Minneso-tah?" There was a
profound silence, and the old doctor
went on, "There is a route of musical
names from the South to the Northwest
out there =. Nebras-ksh, Minneso-tah,
Manito-bah, British Columbian, and
Alaskan" And after that we heard no
more about Msnito-bah around Acadia
College.-Burdette
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AT CIIAPPAOUA.
THE HOME OF HORACE GREELEY.

His cherished woods are mute, the stream
glides down
The hill, as when 1 saw it years ago:
The dark, pine-arbor, with its priestly gown,
Stands hushed, as if our grief it still would
show;
The silver springs are cupless. and the flow
Of friendly feet no more bereaves the grass;
For he is absent who was wont to pass
Along this wooded path, His axes blow
No more disturbs the impertinent bole or
bough;
Nor moves his pen our needless nation now,
Which, sworn to Justice, stirred the people
so,
In some far world his much loved face must
glow
With rapture still. This breeze once famed
his brow.
This is the peaceful Mecca all men knowl
Joel Benton in " America. "
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Sir Charles Lyell, in his Geology"
speaking Of Madagascar, Gays that, with
two or three small islands in it's immedi-
ate vicinity, it forms geological SUBJ
province in which all the species except
one, and nearly all the genera, are pecul-
lar. he singles out for special remark
the lemurs of Madagascar, comprising
several genera, only one of which has any
representatives on the nearest mainland
of Africa. Hitherto no fossil remains of
these Madagascar species have been
known to exist, but M. Delfortrie. of the
French Academy of Sciences, announces
that he has found, in the phosphorite of
the department of Lot, an almost COM
plete skull of an individual belonging to
this lemurine family.
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gl1e Hnn1e PaDe.
A FACE IN THE STREET .

AS hurriedly along the crowded street
Ipushed my way, woman's awful face
Confronted me and darkened all the place
Wherein we walked; then faithful memory
feet
Rushed back into the'dusky past to meet
Great Dante's creatures-al that direful race
Of piteous souls that traversed hells wild
space
And vainly battled with the woes that beat
Against the naked spirit. And thought:
This woman's face to some lost soul belongs,
Escaped from its dark prison, and dis
traught;
And now it glides among the eager throngs
To clutch their souls with terror and restrain
Their feet from Turing ways that lead to pain.
George Russell Le,Uis.
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TWO FAMOUS PIRATES.

In the early years Of this century, when
there were slave Instructions in the
West Indies, and wars for independence
in Mexico, Central America and South
America, many people were driven from
their homes in these regions, and came
to New Orleans as place of refuge.
Among them were two brothers, Pierre
Jean Laftte. They were Frenchmen
born in Bayonne, but they had lived for
several years in the West Indies. Both
we're tall, handsome men; but Jean had
the stronger character. For time, they
carried on the trade of blacksmithing.
Their shop stood on st. Philip street,
between Bourbon and Dauphin. 1t was
pulled down only few years ago. Bold
and enterprising in disposition, and Of
commanding presence, the two brothers
were fitted by natute to be leaders of
men. jean, especially, was of an appear
ance SO striking that strangers, meeting
him on the streets, tuaned for a second
to look at him.
At first, they were only the agents in
New Orleans for smugglers who brought
merchandise and slaves into the bay IS and
bsyous along the Louis lana coast; but it
was not long before they became the
chiefs of the most powerful organization
of lawless men that ever existed in this
country. In 1910, they made their head
quarters on the is land at the entrance OF
the Bay Of Barataris, where they built a
fort and village. They obtained from
the republic of Carthsgena, in South
America, then at war with Spain for its
independence, letters Of marque which
authorized them to capture Spanish ves-
sells wherever found. They fitted out
and armed fast-saiIing schooners, which
we're the terror of that Gulf. Accord
to common belief at the time, these ves-
sells were pirates, which did not hesitate
to pick up any Workmanship they could
overhaul, no matter what flag it might
carry; but the Lafittes denied these re
ports, and insisted that they were honor
able privateersmen, only attacking the
the ships of Spain, as, under the laws of
nations, their letters of marque gave them
the right to do. That they were snug
glers, violating the laws Of the United
States, they did not deny.
In. vain did Governor Claiborne issue
proclamstions, commanding the people
of Louisiana to arrest the Lafites and
their men. Jean and Pierre came often
to New Orleans, and read the proclama-
tions posted on the walls of the old gov
eminent building. on the Place aux
Armes. Once there was an effort made
to arrest Jean, as he was passing through
a bayou with boat-lo of struggled
goods. A party of custom-house officers
attacked him from the shore. There was
a fight, and Jean and his crew beat off
their asssilsnts. Afterward, Jean sent a
polite letter to the captain Of the GUS
tom-house force, in which he said: 81
am man of peace, and do not want to
fight; but would have you know that I
am at all times ready to lose my life rath-
or than my goods" -"An Ancient Haunt
of Pirates" By Eugene Y. Smdlley.
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A traveller in Zanzibar describes the
red and black ants as one of the greatest
scourges with which Eastern Africa is az
ficted. Thess insects, he says, move
along the roads in masses 30 dense that
beasts of burden refuse to step among
them. II the traveller should fail to see
them coming in time to make his escape
he soon finds them swarming about his
person. Sometimes, too, they ascend the
trees and drop upon the wsyfsrer. The
natives call them nlddinOdo-that is, boil
ing water-to signify the scalding ssnsa-
ton produced by their bite. These ants
are Of great size, and burrow so deep
into the flesh that it is not easy to pick
them out. In certain forests they are
said to exist in such numbers as to be
able to destroy rats and lizards.
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pleted the habiliments of his neither
limbs, lace ruffles clustered around his
wrist, and portentous frill worked in
correspondence, and bearing the minia-
ture of his beloved, finished his truly
genteel appearance.
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In Pittsburg, Pa, out of 1900 applica
tons for saloon license, only 24S have
been granted. This result is the applica-
ton of the high license law of the State.