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©OBE’S BUBAL fiEW-¥ORKER 
YESTERDAY. 
I was blind till yesterday 
When Alonzo catno to me; 
Noblest, truest, best of men, 
1 can only see store then. 
Rlind, and doubly blind with tears 
1 have lived a thousand iears 
Since the time lie came to me, 
Yet 'twits only yesterday. 
Tell me. ye of longer sight, 
Was the world as lair and bright, 
Ere this love of mine, so kind. 
Kissed me till I was not blind. 
Did the twilight use'to close 
I .ike the shutting of a. rose 7 
And the daybreak shine with dew 
As if earth were made anew ? 
Did the moon's white grace Invite 
Companies of stars at night? 
And the noontide He abroad 
Like Die great broad smile of God. 
Life was like a volume shut. 
All the beauteous leaves uncut. 
Till Alonzo came to me— 
Came and kissed me, and I see. 
I.llicc Caru. 
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THE GLEANERS. 
All over the broad and fruitful surface of 
the United States the farmer Is to-day gathering 
his crops of grass, wheat aud other grains. The 
hill-sides and valleys are golden with the ripen¬ 
ing harvest; the voice of peace ami plenty is 
fig tree, however, as this one does, playing with 
her child, who reaches for the apple as lie re¬ 
clines on a bunch of wheat beneath the shade of 
trees. This delightfnl scene tilings to mind the 
joys and comforts of a rural life, than which 
there is none more conducive, to health, intelli¬ 
gence, independence, virtue and happiness. Our 
picture of the Gleaners tells its own story, of a 
happy mother and healthy child. It Is beauti¬ 
ful, suggestive, and cannot fail to please. 
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SAVING MONEY. 
Thkre Is, perhaps, no one in this world more 
to he pitied than tin- poor man the man who 
lias got info the habit of saving until lie sax es 
from sheer delight in seeing his wealth Increase, 
and of counting every dollar of expenditure as 
though ils loss was something Unit could ne\ 
er be repaired. Yet it is the duty of every poor 
man to save something. The possession of n few 
dollars often makes all the difference between 
happiness and misery, and no man, especially 
with a family dependent upon him. can be truly 
independent Unless he has a few dollars reserved 
for the time of need. While extreme careful¬ 
ness as lo the expenditure ot money w ill uiakea 
rich man poor, a wise economy will almost as 
certainly make a poor man rich, or at least make 
him, to a considerable extern, independent of 
the caprices of employers and of the common 
vicissitudes of life. Nothing is more important 
to the poor man than the habit of saving some¬ 
thing: but his little hoard will soon begtn to 
grow at a rate which will surprise and gratify 
him. Every workingman ought to have an ac¬ 
count in some savings bank, and should add to 
it every week during which he has full employ¬ 
ment, even if llie addition is but a dollar at a 
time. If tie does this lie will soon find the dol- 
DON’T BE TOO SENSITIVE. 
Here is a short art icle we And floating around 
on the unknown sea of journalism that many 
men should pusle in I lieir lulls and ladies on their 
bonnets, if room can be found on “the little 
duck of a tiling." Those people, liable to ifiiick 
emotions with sense hut not reason, showing 
their nature in their countenance, and often 
marring repose and friendship by unwarranted 
suspicion, are found in all our cities. l,ot them 
read and profit by this: 
“There are some people, yes, many people, 
always looking out for slights. They eonnot 
carry on the daily intercourse of the family 
without some offence is designated. They areas 
touchy as hair triggers. If they meet an ac- 
Huaintance on the street who happens to be 
preoccupied with business, they attribute ills 
abstraction In some mode personal to them¬ 
selves, and take umbrage accord i ugly, They lay 
on others I lie fact of their irritability. Alii of 
indigestion makes them see impertinence in 
every one they come in contact with. Inno¬ 
cent persons, who never dreamed of giving of¬ 
fense. are astonished to llntl some iinfortiinnlo 
word or momentary taciturnity mistaken for an 
insult. To say the least, the habit is unfortu¬ 
nate. It is far wiser to take the more charitable 
view of our fellow-beings, and mil, suppose a 
slight is intended unless the neglect is open 
and direct. After dll, too, life token its hues in 
a great degree from the color of our mind. If 
we are frank and generous, the world treats us 
kindly. If, on the contrary, wo are suspicions, 
men learn to be cold and enut.inys In us. Let a 
person get, the reputation of being touchy , and 
everybody is under more or less constraint, and 
in this way tlie elinneo of an imaginary offense 
is vastly Increased." 
®itr #torg-l§fqltyr. 
THE LITTLE SAVOYARD, 
A TRUE STORY OF STREET LIFE IN PARIS. 
It was the twelfth night after Christmas—an 
evening celebrated in England, France and Ger¬ 
many by fetes and entertainments, in wliiehlhe 
children bear n prominent part. 
I must ask the rentier to accompany me to an 
elegant mansion in the aristocratic Boulevard 
of Malesherlies. in the city of Paris. It was easy 
to see that something was going on inside, for it 
was brilliantly Illuminated, and from time to 
time elegantly-dre.vsed tigureswere indistinctly 
seen through the openings of Hie curtains. 
It was a Twelfth Night festival. The saloon 
was fairly ablaze with light. Multitudcsof chil¬ 
dren, dressed with taste, moved about gracefully 
In childish dances, or eagerly partook of the 
bon-bons, which on that occasion are always 
liberally supplied. Among t hem moved elegant 
ladies, most of them being parents of the chil¬ 
dren present, who with smiles watched the en¬ 
joyments of the little ones. 
At. last came the grand ceremony of the even¬ 
ing. This was the cutting of the Twelfth Night 
cake, which was of mammoth proportions, and 
of which each guest was entitled to a share. 
The cutting of the cake was watched with inter¬ 
est, and the pieces were drawn by lot. .lust be¬ 
fore tills was done, however, the Countess do 
Charity said to the hostess; 
“ Will you gratify me in a little caprice? " 
“Certainly," said the hostess, complacently. 
“ it is this; 1 wish my portion of the cake to 
everywhere heard in the land, and forty mil¬ 
lions of people will soon be giving thanks for 
stuffed com cribs and bursting barns. This 
favored land is never afflicted with successive 
seasons of drouth, like Persia, with famine, like 
Ireland, nor is It overcrowded with human be¬ 
ings like England. It is the home and store¬ 
house for all the poor and oppressed of the 
world. We do not gather our wheat after the 
manner of the primitive simplicity represented 
in the beautiful picture we give this week ; out¬ 
fields being so vast it is necessary to use t he best 
machinery, and our women having work of 
greater importance to look to than gleaning. 
Every mother may sit under her own vine and 
lars growing into tens, mid these tens into hun¬ 
dreds, and in a little time will be in possession 
of a sum which is constantly yielding an addi¬ 
tion to his income, which secures him a reserve 
fund whenever one is needed, and which will 
enable him to do many things which, without a 
little money, he would he powerless to do.— 
PiU&bury Post. 
Let amusements fill up the chinks of your ex¬ 
istence, not the great spaces thereof. Let your 
pleasures be taken as Daniel took his prayers— 
with his windows open; pleasures which need 
not cause a single blush on an ingenuous cheek. 
— Parker. 
A STRING OF PEARLS. 
Quarrels would not last long if the fault was 
only on one side. 
Spare that you may spend; fast, that you may 
feast; labor that you may live;and run that you 
may rest. 
Disdain not your inferior, though poor; since 
he may possibly he much your superior In wis¬ 
dom, and the noble endowments of the mind. 
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of 
an important und indisputable truth. Soutid 
maxims are the germs of good; strongly im¬ 
printed in the memory, they nourish the will. 
be given to the poorest little boy we can find in 
the street." 
The French are always fond of novelty, and 
this “ caprice” struck the hostess as promising 
a pleasant, variety. 
“ It is a good thought," she said. 1 will at once 
dispatch Antoine on your errand." 
Antoine was at hand, his services being liable 
to be called upon at any moment. Ho shrugged 
his shoulders as the message was given him, and 
thought, there was no accounting for the ca¬ 
prices of fine ladies. But of course it was not 
for him to remonstrate, and he went out to exe¬ 
cute his errand. Reaching the street, he looked 
around him, hoping he might not have to go far 
THE CUr.KA-TN'KIt:--. 
