Year: 1878

Maine husbands come a trick on talka-
tive wives. A man tells his wife that he
is going to Asusanguatansogow
90 fishing. He then requests all his
friends to call at his house and inquire his
woman is exhausted and doesn't speak
again for Il month.


A pious resident on Brady street, who
has been much interested in the cremation
system, yesterday said to his wife: MY
dear, wish you to remember that when
the Lord calls me to my reward, desire
to be cremated, if u suitable furnace is ac-
cessible' Yes, love-" replied his
spouse, " but when the Lord calls you. |
think he will provide for your burning


The Rev. John NJ. Chenowitch, aiiaS
Wells WAS recently married in Illinois,
and it was soon after fonnd out that he
had wife in Indiana. Also in Ohio.
Likewise in Kentucky. Additionally,
wives in several other places. seven or
eight in all. He doesn't believe there is
any hell, of course; but the first thing he
knows he will run against somebody with
a double barreled shot gun who 'vill get
up small one for his especial benefit.


Next to the love of her husband, nothing
so crowns woman's life with honor as
this second love, the devotion Of the son to
her. And | never yet knew boy TO
turn out" badly who began by falling in
love with his mother. Any man may fall
in love with q fresh-faccd girl, and the
man who is gallant to the girl may cruelty
neglect the poor and weary wife. But the
big boy who is a lover of his mother at q
middle age is true knight, who will love
his wife as much in the sere-leaf autumn
as he did in the daisied spring, There is
nothing so beautifully chivalrous rs the
love of a big boy for his mother.-Ber iah
Green.


The Morning Star has made her annual
trip among the Miocronesian Islands, and
returned to Honolulu in safety. Reports
from all the stations are full of encourage
ment, those especially from Apaiang in
the Gilbert Islands, and the stations on the
Mortocks, where native missionary teach
ers from Bonabe have been laboring. The
king and about fifty of the inhabitants of
Apaiang have forwarded request to the
Rev. Horace Taylor. to return from the
United States and renew his work among
them. A report had reached the island
that he had been detained in the United
States because of the unwillingness of his
wife's mother to his return. If such was
the case, the inhabitants of Apaiang invite
her to come too.


PLAIN TALK TO GIRL.-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 how
ever finely she may look in the evening.
No matter how humble your room may be,
there are eight things it should contain,
viz: mirror. washstand, soap, towel,
comb, hair, nail, and tooth brushes. Those
are Just as essential as your breakfast, be-
fore which you should make good and free
use of them. Parents who fail to provide
their children with such appliances not on.
ly make a great mistake, but commit a
great sin of omission. Look tidy in the
morning and after dinner work is over
improve your toilet. Make it a rule of
your daily life to " dress up" in the after
noon. Your dress may or may not be any
thing better than calico, but with ribbon
or flower, or some bit of ornament, you
can have an air of self-respect and salts
faction that invariably comes with being
well dressed.