308 AMEKICAN AGBICTJLTUBIST. [August, 
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“THE BOOK OF LIF E.” —From a Painting BY G. Pope .—Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
ITere Is a picture that tells its own story so plainly that 
there is hut little need of explanation. The little one is 
allowed to look into the great family Bible under the care 
of her larger sister. Most of the older boys and girls can 
recollect what a treat it was, when they were too young 
to read, to look at the pictures in the Bible and to have 
some older persons explain the sacred scenes and inci¬ 
dents they illustrated. Long before young people can 
comprehend its higher teachings, the narratives of the 
Bible, such ns Abraham and Isaac, Joseph and his Breth¬ 
ren, and many others, have a great charm for them. 
Many of these portions afford subjects for beautiful pic¬ 
tures, and by the use of these, children learn much of 
sacred history, and not only this, they receive from them 
impressions of the manners and customs of eastern coun¬ 
tries, which, in after life, are never obliterated. A well- 
preserved, old family Bible is a most interesting book. 
Infants have turned its pages with wonder, and the aged 
have gone to it for consolation. It contains usually the 
record of births and deaths for generations, and is often 
the only link connecting us with ourancestors. The artist 
has well called his picture the “ Book of Life for the 
children are looking at a book to which this title applies, 
not only in its higher sense, but for the reason that 
there is no book which is so closely connected with all 
the various phases of our lives from early youth to old age. 
Going; into t he Country. 
Such fun for hoys and girls who live in cities and vil¬ 
lages to go into the country in this heated month of 
August! Winter is the time that young country folks visit 
the city, but now the current runs the other way. Both 
visitors and those who are visited can do much fo make 
the occasion pleasant. It is too often the case that we 
are glad when visitors leave, because they do not take to 
our ways, and make us feel all the time that they are dif¬ 
ferent from us, even if they do not consider themselves 
superior. Good-hearted hoys and girls will try to adapt 
themselves to the customs of those whom they visit. If 
the ways of living are different from those you are used to 
at home, do not remark it. City people can make them¬ 
selves very disagreeable by constantly informing their 
country friends that they do such and such things very 
differently in the city. Country children again must rec¬ 
ollect that their city visitors are not used to many things 
that are every-day matters with them. If they cannot get 
over fences, climb a tree as readily, or endure as much fa¬ 
tigue as you can, do not make fun of them, but show 
them how to do the things that they seldom have a 
chance to try. Recollect, if ci ty boys and girls visit you who 
live in the country, that what is perfectly familiar to you 
is quite new to them. Many of them never saw a spring 
sending its cool water up from its bed—never saw what 
kind of a bush huckleberries grow on, never knew how 
checkerberries grow—these and many other things will 
be quite as interesting to them as city sights are to 
you. Tell them the names of the different birds and let 
them know what ones the different songs are made by. 
Show them where the barn swallows build, and the big 
hornet’s nest, that is to be treated with respect. There 
are so many things that you can do to entertain your 
friends if you go about it with the right spirit!—Then 
you, who are visitors, learn to use your eyes, and don’t 
be ashamed to ask questions. You read the travels of 
Carleton and others, and wonder how they could have 
learned so much. Simply by the means we advise you 
to employ. Use your eyes and ask questions. When 
you return to the city, you too will have a story to tell, 
and we trust that you and your friends, who live in the 
country, will have enjoyed your summer’s visit so much 
that you will be glad to repeat it another year. 
Tjjlsem sitf, Isas W<ird. 
A good story is told of King Louis XIV., of Franco. 
It is said that at a state dinner, the courtiers, as was the 
custom, gathered around the table to see the grace with 
which his majesty picked the wing of a pheasant. One 
among them named Dominique, was a great wag, and 
Very fond of good things. lie was looking with longing 
eyes at some partridges which were upon the table in a 
gold dish. The king noticed Dominique’s attention to 
the partridges and said good humorcdly, “ Give that 
dish to Dominique.” “ Really, sire, and the partridges 
too ?” replied the ready Dominique. The king for a 
moment was astonished, but amused at the fellow’s im¬ 
pudence, replied—“ Yes, and the partridges too.” 
Answers to Problems and Puzzles. 
386. —All instinct independent of reason teaches that 
our foes are to be avoided.—Awl-in-stinct in D pendent 
of reas on tea-chest-hat-our-F O’s-R-toe-bce-avoided. 
387. —If on the sudden he begins to rise, no man that 
lives can count his enemies.—If on tea he sudden-lie-beg 
in S-toe-R eyes-gnome ant hat-LIV’S-can-cow-nt-H cyes- 
N M eyes. 
388. —The boy was 16 years old. 
389. —The letter was for I. Underwood, Andover, Mass. 
390. —He hitches two horses to the mill and grinds one 
bushel, then he takes out one horse and puts in another 
and grinds one bushel; one horse has now ground two 
bushels, he is unhitched and the one that has already 
ground one bushel is put in his place, and the remaining 
bushel is ground. Each horse grinds two bushels. 
The following have sent correct answers. Herbert 
Goodell, R. A. Smith, Emma and Janie Hays, E. S. Vach- 
er, E. Cadwallader, C. A. Sibert, L. Harper, L. E. Shrivel - , 
W. C. Eveleth, E. II. Denny, “E. P. W.,” F. W. Hall, 
J. II. Barnes, F. A. Johnson, Harry S. Brown, C. II. 
Smith, “ Kon,” J. D. Delop, Belle M. Dun, Belle M. 
Sheppard, L. E. Ettinge, J. N. Chingan, Geo. Shearer, 
C. F. Deibeit, Annie E. Lafferty, Alex. L. Rugbert, II. 
Hamblin, H. S. Pope, J. M. Walker, J. I,. Terry, Clias. 
0. Latla, Marion B. Kautz, Mrs. G. T. Jenkerman, J. E. 
Tallman, M. Richardson, J. n. Arncr, M. N. Whiteford, 
G. W. Morse, C. T. Wakefield, I. Shaver. Some of the 
above names are rather uncommon ones, and we fear 
that we have not read all of them correctly. Most per¬ 
sons write their signature more indistinctly than they do 
anything else. T, I and J are often made too much alike. 
