Year: 1874

Soon. too soon, the world will teach


Stings may lurk in honeyed speech.


Treason hide in kisses


TANNING BIRDs.-It may not be unin-
teresting to some of your readers to see
the account, which 1 give below, of my
experience with wild birds. / am very
sure birds could quite easily be taught
to have confidence in us.


families of birds known as "chipping
birds" They at first picked up the
crumbs shaken from the table-cloth.
After few days they would come upon
the steps of the cook-room, and at last,
they became so very tame, they would
come into the house for food for their
young, and if they found no one in the
room to feed them, they would go into
all the rooms, until some one was found.
have known them even to go into the
parlor, where five or six guests were
seated, without fear, and come directly
to my feet. When their young left
their nests the parent birds taught
them to come into the house also, and
they never manifested fear. Sometimes
several of them were in at onoe. This
season, We have bluebirds quite tame,
having their nest in the verandah. We
have tame chipping-bird, and feed
him many times daily. Last evening,
at ten o'clock, 1 was sitting by the table
resding, and was much surprised to
hear the little fellow singing. He had
seen the light shining through the win
dow, and saw me sitting there.


PLAIN TALK TO GIRLs.-Your every
day toilet is part of your character. A
girl who looks like 'fury" or a sloven
In the morning is not to be trusted,
however finely she may look in the
evening. No matter how humble your
room may be, there are eight things it
should contain, viz q mirror, a wash
stand, soap, towel, comb and hair, nail
and tooth brushes. They are Just as
essential as your breakfast, before
which you should make good and free
use Of them. Parents who fail to pro-
vide their children with such appliances
not only make a great mistake, but
commit sin OF omission. Look tidy
In the morning and after work is over
improve your toilet. Make il q rule of
your daily life to dress up for the after
noon. Your dress may or may not be
better than calico but with a
ribbon or flower, or some bit of orna-
ment, you can have an air of self respect
and satisfaction that invariably comes
with being well-dressed. A girl with
fine sensibilities cannot help feeling
and awkward in a ragged,
dirty dress, with her hair unkempt, if a
stranger or q neighbor should come in.
Moreover, your self-respect should de-
mand the decent appsraling of your
body. You should make it O point to
look as well as you can, even if you
know nobody will see you but yourself.


A WONDERFUL ART.-Ths manufac-
tory in Rome where pictures are copied
in mosaic being thus rendered almost
everlasting, or time-proof. is the most
establishment of the kind in
the world, some OF its productions be-
ing little less than miracles of artistic
genius, beauty and skill. The mosaic
is formed of tiny bits of Opaque colored
glass of various shades, amounting, it
is said, to the almost incredible number
of 80, 600 different and distinct shades,
themselves so arranged as to form a
picture perfect in every detail-in light,
shadow, shade and color. 1t is de-
scribed as corresponding, in some
to the pictures formed in
Berlin wool. The various pieces of
colored glass are placed in their pre-
order on a table covered with
q sort of cement, and when this tedious
process is over, for there are many
Of pieces in each picture, the
surface Of the picture is then smoothed
and polished. These are the main
features, mechanically considered, of
this wonderful art.


BooKs.-Books are a great aid in
and the people who really
wish to learn will be careful in their
choice of books. A great many works
have no tendency to awaken thought on
the part of the reader. They present
only commonplace thought, and are
not worth reading, except for the in
formation they may convey. There are
other books which set the reader think
ing. They are commonly the produc-
tions of first-rate minds. 1t is seldom
wise to read a book produced by an
inferior mind. You know that there is
an advantage in having familiar inter
course with men of superior minds.
You would not choose the society of
weak and ignorant minds, if you could
have that of strong and learned minds.
In like manner you should not spend
your time in perusing the works of
feeble or commonplace minds, when
those of frst-rate minds are within
reach.


How TO SUcCEED.-If your seat is too
hard to sit upon, stand up; if q rock
rises up before you, roll it away or
climb over it. II you wish for conf
dence, prove yourself worthy of it. It
takes longer to skin an elephant than a
mouse, but the skin is worth something.
Don't be content with doing what
another has done-surpass it. Deserve
success and it will come. The boy was
not born q man. The sun does not rise
like q rocket, nor go down like bullet
fred from gun I; slowly but surely it
makes its round, and never tires. 1t is
as easy to be q leader as q wheel horse.
II the job be long the pay will be
greater if the task be hard, the more
competent you must be to do it.