say lie pursued his wooing with assiduity 
and with apparent success. But Brigham 
east his well-trained eye upon "Amelia, and 
marked her for his own. Poor Hills was 
packed otT on a “ mission,” and returned to 
find his inamorata installed as a member of 
the harem of the president! 
The story might, doubt less, be duplicated 
with reference to nearly all the handsome 
concubines of Young and his sons. Ame¬ 
lia has a stronger hold upon the Prophet’s 
heart, than any of the other women, lie 
makes life home with her more than w'ith 
any other; takes his friends to her house to 
dine; wooes her and caresses her in his ten- 
derest tones; furnishes her dresses to her 
heart’s desire, whatever he may preach in 
the tabernacle about plainness of apparel; 
the best carriage, the finest pair and the old¬ 
est. driver are always sent when Amelia 
calls for them; Amelia’s house is filled with 
)otce 
ONLY TO-DAY 
LONGING 
TO A LITTLE HOUSEWIFE 
BY FRANCES E. KIXOPLKY 
O FOOLISH wisdom smiKht in nooks ! 
O aimless fret of household tusks ! 
O chains that hind the hand and mind,— 
A fuller life my spirit asks. 
For there the Riand htlW summer-erown’d, 
Slope Rpntly downward to the seas ; 
One hour of rest upon their breast 
Were worth a year of days like those. 
Only to-day in which to labor,— 
Only these few short hours; 
Only to-day is ouis. 
Only to-day in which to suifer 
Sickness or care or dread • 
Soon will the day bo tied. 
Only to-day In which to cherish 
Dreams that- arc nothlnu worth 
Dreams that must fall to earth. 
o little Housewife, clean and spruce, 
Thy use one heart divines ; 
A rosy apple full of juice, 
And polished—till it shines! 
A tidy, tripping, tender thing, 
A foe to lazy litters ; 
A household angel, tidying 
Till all around thee glitters! 
Their cool soft green to case tho pain 
Of eyes that ache o'er printed words; 
This weary noire—the city’s voice. 
Lulled In the sound of boos and birds, 
To see t.liee In thy loveliness, 
So prudish and so chaste, 
No speck upon the cotton dress 
Girdling around thy waist; 
Thy ankle peeping white as snow, 
Thy tuck'd up kirtlo under ; 
What shining dishes, row on row, 
Behind ihoo, stare and wonder. 
Only to-day, O miser grasping 
Gold so dearly bought,— 
Gold so blindly sought! 
Only to-day, fond lover, breathing 
Words of plighted love. 
Registered above. 
Only to-day for thunks and praising 
Him who rulcth above, 
Only to-day for lovo. 
Only to-day '( Enough for doing 
All that our Lotto cOUnmunds, 
All that His love demands! 
Mansfield, Pa. 
For Eden’s life within me stirs, 
And scorns the shackles that I wear. 
The man-llfo grand ; ptiro soul, strong hand 
The limb of steel, tho heart of atr I 
While round lliy door the millions call 
While tho great markets fill, 
Though public sorrow strike us all. 
Singing, thou workest still; 
Yea, all thy cure and all thy lot 
Is ever sweet and willing 
To keep one little household spot 
As clean as a new shilling. 
And I could kiss, with longing wild, 
Earth's dear brown bosom, loved so much 
A grass-blaxlo fanned across my hand, 
Would thrill me like a lover’s touch. 
voice as “ pure as moonlight,” hit beauti¬ 
fully; but when lie added, “ tender as a 
tliTOC shilling shirt,” he revealed a glance at 
hard times and struggles with material 
things. 
We remember that once, while in school, 
some of our classmates had the audacity to 
initiate a coversation on poetry and pools 
at, the close of a recitation in geometry. Our 
worthy instructor was petitioned for her 
views of Fanny Fern. 11 A nutmeg grater,” 
was the laconic answer. “ What of Willis ?” 
avc asked. “ A muskmellou a little too ripe.” 
We remember a passage from Willis that 
has often reminded us of the over ripe melon. 
FTo is describing a lovely morning, and says 
it is better than “music, or a feast, or medi¬ 
cine. 
llow much of real poetry there is in these 
smooth-flowing lines from Shelley 
" My soul is an enchanted boat. 
Which, lllca u sleeping swim, doth float 
Upon tho silver waves of thy sweet singing.” 
No one has failed to mark the frequency 
find simplicity and beauty of Beecher’s 
similes, lie drawn them from the most com¬ 
mon surrounding objects, and any one desi¬ 
rous of studying bis writings in Ihia'particu- 
lar respect need only take up any one of 
bis volumes. 
The trees would talk with me; the flowers 
Their hidden meanings each make known 
The olden lore revived once more, 
When man’s und nature's hearts wore one. 
WHAT IS RELIGION? 
The crimson kitchen firelight dip3 
Thy checks until they glow; 
The white flour makes thy Auger-tips 
Like rosebud:, drnpt in snow ; 
When ail thy little gentle heart 
Flutters in exultation 
To compass, in an apple tart, 
Thy noblest aspiration ! 
And as the pardoned pair might eomo 
Back Oi the garden Goll first frumpd, 
And hear Him call lit even fall, 
And answer, “ Here iru I, ' unshnmod- 
You will consider the question superflu¬ 
ous, perhaps. As though every one did not 
know tins meaning of that term religion—as 
though there could bo more than one an¬ 
swer t Religion is belief in God and His 
revelations; an acceptance of the Divine ns 
ruling over the Human; a faith in the spir¬ 
itual as working in and through the material. 
And to he religious is to acknowledge Goo’s 
power and man’s weakness, human need 
and Divine helnfulness; and to confess, in 
So T, from out these tolls, wherein 
The ICden-earlh grow* stained and dim, 
Would walk, a child, through Nature’s wild, 
And hear His voice and answer Him. 
IT/ie Overlund Monthlu , 
O Housewife, may thy modest worth 
Keep ever fresh from wrong; 
Blest be the house anil bright the hearth 
ThouWessOst all day long! 
And nightly may thy sleep be sound 
While o’er thee, softly, stilly, 
The curtains close, like leaves urottnd 
The hustled licurt of tho lily I 
[Alt the Year Round, 
LEARN TO KEEP HOUSE 
AMONG SIMILES AND METAPHORS 
No young lady can he too well instructed 
in anything which will afFoci the comfort of 
a family. Whatever position in society she 
occupies, she needs a practical knowledge of 
household duties. She may he placed in 
such circumstances that it. will not be neces¬ 
sary for her to perform milch domestic 
labor; but on litis account, she needs no less 
knowledge than if she was obliged to preside 
personally over the cooking stove and Lite 
pantry. Indeed, it. is more difficult to direct 
others, and requires more experience, than to 
do the same work with our own hands. 
Young people cannot realize the import¬ 
ance of a thorough knowledge of house¬ 
wifery ; hut those who have suffered the in¬ 
convenience and mortification 01 Ignorance 
can well appreciate it. Children should he 
early indulged in their disposition to hake 
and experiment In various ways. It is often 
hut a troublesome help that they afford ; still 
it is of great, advantage to them, f know a 
little girl who til nine years old made a loaf 
of bread every week during the winter. Iler 
mother taught her how much yeast, salt and 
flour to use, and she became quite an expert 
baker. Some mothers give their daughters 
the care of housekeeping each a week by 
turns. It seems to me a good arrangement 
BY L. D. BURDICK 
annulled in the expiation of the cross. In 
such a kind of general reasoning would most 
men attempt to answer the above question. 
All this is very well as far ns it goes. The 
great things of religion are comprised in 
these general outlines Of creed and doctrine, 
and without subscribing to them no one can 
be truly religious. Yet we have seen people 
who, subscribing to them intellectually, did 
not lake them deep into their hearts, and 
were religious only in form. \V e have seen 
others who, really taking hold of these great 
truths with heartiness,—wc use. the word 
meaningly,—were yet hut halt religious at 
the most, and needed some new infusion ot 
faith, or belief, or live being, to make them 
all their profession represented. 
Religion is not merely a matter of the 
head, but of the heart, Tho true kind is not 
alone a belief, hut an emotion. It is built 
upon certain creeds, but, it is not simplj 
LADIES’ ART ASSOCIATION 
Tt always gives us peculiar pleasure to 
chronicle any movement or endeavor where¬ 
by Woman is the gainer. Any step forward 
on the part of womankind, —any effort, 
which makes her life easier or develops 
its real womanliness,—any endeavors which 
enable her the better to make her way alone 
t hrough the world when unfortunate, circum¬ 
stances render such proceeding necessary,— 
wc welcome heartily, and are glad to en¬ 
courage. 
There is in New York City an organiza¬ 
tion already proving beneficial to quite a 
number of women, and promising wider and 
greater benefits in the future. It is a Ladies’ 
Art Association, the objects of which arc 
more st rictly practical than esthetic. It was 
organized two years ago, by a few energetic 
and enthusiastic women, who hoped to aid 
each other in co-operation, and likewise, ren¬ 
der assistance to others wishing to rise in a 
profession perilous and uncertain, and usu¬ 
ally so long barren of pecuniary returns. 
The Association numbers more than thirty 
members, and all these are working artists, 
earnest in their calling. Through many 
hief of which was the death of 
Horn's Lumina." In tho simile, the compari¬ 
son is expressed; in the metaphor, it. is 
implied. The simile is tho language of 
calmness and formality; the metaphor is 
the language of passion. Their use is to 
illustrate, embellish or aggrandise. Com¬ 
parison with a more familiar object enables 
us to grasp more readily the idea. Com¬ 
parison presents the .subject in a new light, 
and we get a mor$ <_<vafiod knowledge of it, 
Comparison assimilates- new ideas with our 
knowledge attained, and leaves a more last¬ 
ing impression. 
The grandest ideas may be expressed in 
the choicest figurative language and in the 
simplest, words. Tho Indian warriors’ 
speeches that have descended to us abound 
in the choicest similes and metaphors, mostly 
correct, because they were true to nature. 
An anonymous epigrammatic definition 
of an epigram is one of the best similes wc 
know: 
“ An epigram Is like n bee—a thing 
Of little size, with honey and a sting.” 
The beauty of a comparison is in its ap¬ 
propriateness. A likeness far fetched, though 
not incorrect, detracts from rather than adds 
to. The language and style should he 
adapted to the nature of the discourse. 
What can he more weakening than the 
metaphysical language of the English histo¬ 
rian who described the passage of a certain 
bill through Parliament;—“At length, on 
the side of ti great majority, it was floated 
Irrougli both Houses, and steered to the safe 
harbor of royal approbation.” 
The comparison should not rest on an in¬ 
ferior object. A correspondent of the lnde- 
nendent recently wrote “ The sun blazed 
Beautiful is old age; beautiful as the 
slow, drooping, mellow autumn of a rich, 
glorious summer. Ill the old man, nature 
has fulfilled her work ; she loads him with 
the fruit of a well-spent life; and surrounded 
by children, she rocks him away softly lo 
the grave, to which he is followed by bl'ess- 
ings. God forbid that wc should not, call it 
beautiful! There is another life, hard, rough 
and thorny, trodden with bleeding feet and 
aching brow, a battle which no peace follows 
this side of the grave; which the grave gapes 
to finish before the victory is won; .and 
strange that it Should he so, this is the highest 
life of a man. hook back along the great 
names of history; there is none whose life 
is other than this. 
AN EASY WOOER. 
misfortunes, c 
the President and founder, it lms passed to 
assured success. The ladies comprising it 
meet once a month in the parlors of the far- 
famed Women’s Bureau, where a number of 
very creditable art-specimens are seen, the 
work of their pencils. Though so nearly as¬ 
sociated with the new Revolutionary move¬ 
ment, avc believe they are in no wise accom¬ 
plices in it, and, while desirous of winning 
good results for themselves, are not specially 
interested in the Woman Suffrage cause. 
As part of the practical effort put forth by 
this Association, avc would mention the 
hiring of a large and pleasant studio in Clin¬ 
ton Ilall, in an eligible part of the city, 
where artists and art-students may rent 
easels or studio room at moderate rates. In 
this room, Avhieh is furnished, heated by fur¬ 
nace and lighted by skylights, twelve or fif¬ 
teen easels can he accommodated, and in 
much more comfortable style and at more 
desirable figures than could be obtained by 
single applicants under ordinary circum¬ 
stances. We, understand it is the purpose to 
have lectures delivered here during the Arbi¬ 
ter, by leading artists and writers. The 
paraphernalia peculiar to studios, and most 
useful to artists, is already being gathered 
together here, for the sole benefit of mem¬ 
bers; and we can hut believe that the Associa¬ 
tion, if rightly conducted, will be productive 
• of great good. , 
The late Rev. Dr. Wiohtman, of Kiark- i 
maboe, Avas a simple-minded young clergy- j 
man of the old school. When a young 
man, he paid his addresses to a lady in the 
parish, and his suit Avas accepted on the 
condition that it met the approval of the 
lady’s mother. Accordingly, tho doctor 
Availed upon the matron, and, stating his 
ease, the good woman, delighted at the pro¬ 
posal, passed the usual Scottish compliment, 
“’Deed, Doctor, you’re far owre guid for 
our Janet. 1 ’in sure she’s no guid cno’ for 
ye." “ Weel, Aveel,” was the rejoinder, “yo 
ken best,; so avc ’ll say nac mair uboot it.” 
No more Avas said, and the social intercourse 
of the parties continued on the same footing 
as before. About forty years after, Doctor 
Wiglitman died a bachelor and the lady an 
old maid. 
Vit’TORLESs Heroes. — Tho man who) 
fights successfully the battle of humanity 
against any form of wrong, cruelty, or op¬ 
pression, deserves a niclic in the temple of 
fame ; hut such a niche is deserved none the 
less by many another who fought just as 
bravely, but, failing to scale the citadel, lias 
fallen unnoticed into the trench below, The 
world echoes the praises of the victor in arts 
and arms. One day avc shall open our eyes 
upon the long procession of heroes who 
gained no victories, but struggled with una¬ 
vailing courage until, ovenvhclmcd by Fate, 
fortunate feet 
they paved the Avay for more 
with their hones. 
We know not whether the following 
stanza is expected to be considered as con¬ 
taining a metaphor or a simile: 
“ Mammy and I together lived 
Just two yours and a hull; 
She went first, I followed next; 
The cow before tho call’.” 
The tender passion has always been a 
fruitful theme for metaphors. We find in 
“ Romeo and Juliet ” that “ Love is a smoke 
raised with the fume of sighs.” Wo read, 
also, that “ Love conquers all and love shall 
conquer still;” hut a iicav warrior appears 
in an epitaph taken from a child’s tomb¬ 
stone ; 
“ The little hero buried here 
Was conquered by the diarrhea.” 
“ Idleness is the sepulcher of living souls,” 
we believe, is one of the proverbs of which 
Dr. Holland has hammered “ Gold-foil.” 
It is a homely “ Bitter-Sweet” truth that 
41 Hearts, like apples, are hurcl and sour. 
Till crushed by pain's resistless power..” 
Montgomery gave us,— 
*• Life is a lightning flash of breath, 
Fame but a thunder-clap ot death;” 
and the following beautiful simile: 
” The (lead arc tike the stars by day— 
Withdrawn from mortal eye, 
But not extinct, they make their way 
In glory through the sky.” 
No one can tail to appreciate the exquisite 
beauty of that dainty little poem of Stod¬ 
dard’s, that makes the sky an overtiurned 
drinking cup pouring “ Avine of airy gold ” 
in the eyes of men. 
SUGGESTIVE BRIEFS 
GOSSIPY PARAGRAPHS, 
The blind man thinks more constantly 
than the seeing man ; this from his habit, of 
uninterrupted introspection. Out of blind¬ 
ness came the Iliad and the Paradise Lost. 
Time is an old novelist, who takes a pleas¬ 
ure in printing his tales on mu’ countenance. 
He writes the first, chapter with a swan's 
down, and graves the last with a steel pen. 
Richter observes with justice that no 
school is more necessary to children than that 
of patience, because either the will must be 
broken in childhood, or the heart in old age. 
Travelers in the Orient secrete gems in 
their flesh against the time of need. So do 
we enshrine precious memories iu-our hearts, 
to brighten life when darkened by calamity 
or desolated by sorrow.— Street. 
Man endures opposition and reproof more 
readily than avc suppose, only ho will not 
endure them when violent, even though they 
are deserved. Our hearts are dowel's, they 
continue open to the gently-fulling dew, but 
close against a storm. 
Passionless men doubtless usually take 
more, credit to themselves for goodness than 
they deserve, Avhile fiery men are sometimes 
judged over-harshly. Ah old divine says 
the grace which would have, converted John, 
would hardly have kept Peter from knock¬ 
ing a man down. 
AS YE HAVE OPPORTUNITY. 
A physician was once returning to his 
home, Avhen he saAV a little child in great 
peril in the street. Another instant sho 
would have been crushed under the iron 
hoofs which Avero almost upon her. At 
great peril to himself he rushed forward, 
and, seizing the little one, bore her in safety 
to the sidewalk. Curiosity impelled him to 
look into the child’s face, that he might see 
if ho knew whom he had rescued. Pushing 
hack the little liouuet, what were his feelings 
to see that it was his own little daughter 
Avhose life he had saved. So he who hastes 
to save the perishing often finds rewards lie 
little dreamed of. “Whatever thy hand 
flu doth to do, do with thy might,” 
A lady being about to marry a man who 
was very low in stature, was told that he 
Avas a very bad fellow. “ Well,” said she, 
“ if lie is bad, there’s one comfort—there is 
very little of him!” 
Jennie June prophesies that in fifty 
years it will be as rare for women to make 
the garments of the family at home as iL is 
liOAV for them to spin linen. A. T. Stewart 
devotes one large department of his vast 
store to the ready made garments of women 
and children, furnishing complete outfits. 
And if men’s clothes can lie more economi¬ 
cally furnished ready made there is no ap¬ 
parent reason why women’s cannot. 
Grace Greenwood does not disown her 
country girlhood. Her opinion that har¬ 
nessing and driving a horse is not an un- 
feminine employment is sensible. She says: 
“ For me, the actual daily care of a horse 
were far from a hardship. It may lie a coarse 
employment, but it is congenial. I never 
avus feminine enough to tend a canary or 
cleau house for an old gossip of a parrot; 
but 1 can look after the comforts and decen¬ 
cies of a stall most faithfully. I never could 
comb or curl a French poodle; but I can 
groom a horse, upon occasion, and after a 
fashion.” 
THE QUEEN OF THE HAREM 
In a late gossipy letter to the Chicago 
Post, quite a full account of Brigham; 
Young’s domestic relations is given, and in 
regard to Amelia Folsom, the youngest 
and prettiest of the great Mormon leader’s 
numerous Avivea and concubines, Ave extract 
the following! 
Amelia’s history is an interesting one. 
Her lather joined the Church years ago, but 
lingered behind the saints when they left 
Council Bluffs. A young man named IIills 
fell desperately in love with. Amelia, fol¬ 
lowed her to Salt Lake when her father 
moved hither, and finally embraced Mor- 
monism himself—doubtless in all sincerity 
and devoutness. It is scared}' necessary to 
Let your Light Shine. —A man m a 
blouse once said, “ I have no more influence 
than ft farthing rushlight.” “ Well,” was the 
reply, “ a farthing rushlight can do a good 
deal. It can set a liay-stack on fire; it can 
burn dOAvn a house; yea, more, it will enable 
a poor creature to read a chapter in God’s 
Book. Go your way, friend. Let your 
farthing rushlight so shine before men that 
others, seeing your good work, may glorify 
