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THE LITTLE STOCKINGS; 
OR, CHRISTMAS LIVE. 
He will see sweet stockings, cunning and new, 
Warm in scarlet and dainty in white— 
Stockings that never have crept in n shoo— 
Waiting his morning’s enchanted light. 
And other ghtd stockings that he should know, 
Grown larger, perhaps, than they were last year. 
In many n pretty, half sleepy row, 
They wonder, no doubt., if he is near 
This Saint of the children, who loves them so, 
Fairly ailing each colored space. 
Will touch clear dreams with his kiss—and go 
With tears, I think, in his tender face. 
Ah ! spite of his furs, he will shiver, I fear, 
At the thought of some stockings,brightand small, 
Whose curious looks are no longer here, 
Awake for him by the lonesome wall! 
Oh ! you whose lUUe hands reach no more 
Toward his gray, kind beard in their dimpled play. 
Whose little feet pass’d through the great dun Door, 
With never a step nor a sound away. 
Have yon found another, who lights with love 
Hts birthday Tree for your charmed eyes? 
Do you see in its brnnehns the snow-white Dove? 
Is it fair with the (lowering fruit of the skies? 
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KEEPING DIARIES. 
Oi,d people who have not accustomed 
themselves to anything of the kind, me very 
averse to jolting down notes of wlmt trans¬ 
pires from day to day. As the father of the 
writer once expressed it, “They think they 
can carry l kings in their heads much belter 
than on paper!'’ It is a very easy matter, 
however, to form, in youth, the Imbit of keep¬ 
ing a diary—putting down in a memorandum 
hook the facts and incidents of our everyday 
lives. Once fixed, the; habit remains and 
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3for IJottng jJcoplf, 
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3 er, for sheer want of something to do. happier than that at my Grandpa’s, when it in despair, but Bob resolutely took up his Lon had been **$»'** *>•»«. a U..o gU 
< r hat a woman needs is an education which I was a little girl. We were all to go—all knife and fork. lie had once told me in io\\ “-.au i u m * ” ' ’ 
tall enable her to read and follow the Par- my aunts, and uncles, and all the children, confidence, that when he got fnglitfully Hntjust then the m rants trel g 
amentary debates instead of the police and my cousins. hungry in school he remembered the nice m codec and bwcmt uml cake- 1 ed d 
bourne case, or the marriage of the Princess 
Beatrice— flickers feebly in the socket and 
finally dies out. The last stage—that of ab¬ 
solute imbecility—is now, unless very pow¬ 
erful remedies are exhibited, a mere matter qHRISTMAS DINNER AT GRANDPA’S. 
of time. _ 
It is too clear, unfortunately, why it is that BY mrs. George bartlett. 
so many women thus waste their time and - 
rot their minds. They read novels, exactly There have been many happy Christmas 
as some young men smoke aud drink hitter times,—but there never was one, I know, 
beer, for sheer want of something to do. happier than that at my Grandpa’s, when 
What a woman needs is an education which I was a little girl. We were all to go—all 
shall enable her l<> road aud follow the Par- my aunts, and uncles, aud all the children, 
Hamcutary debates instead of the police and my cousins, 
divorce reports ; aud when women arc thus 
educated, then feeble novels and feeble 
novelists will vex our souls no longer to the 
horrible extent to which they irritate us at 
present. Of such an education we may say 
that it is not to ho got in hooks, unless, in¬ 
deed, books can give sound, healthy common 
sense, and wholesome interest in common 
subjects. But men can give it by making 
the women of their families their compan¬ 
ions ; and that they should neglect to give 
it, shows, after all, how invetcrately deep- 
seated is the extraordinary notion that the 
intellectual difference between men and 
women is one of kind and not of degree. 
OLD YOUNG GIRLS. 
Many a sensitive girl owes over-strung 
nerves and congestive brains to the stimulus 
of school training, lit childhood the little 
creature will naturally run and play so much 
out. of doors, that she w ill generally lie able 
to preserve pretty good health. At this age 
the studies chiefly exercise the memory,and 
do not demand great mental effort, hut as 
the girl la approaching fifteen her lessons re- 
Sarah and Aunt Effie were disputing, as aud two young gentlemen came for Bertha 
they always did, whether the wine should he and me ; and another set was forming at. l ho 
passed to the right or to the left—the door other end of the room; and such a splendid 
opened, and to our amazement, Hannah, dance as wc did have. Oh, such fun ! How 
the girl who waited on our table, brought in we laughed! Grandpa pretended, allot a 
an enormous pie. Oh, my!—such a pie! while, he was so lame he couldn’t, go at all, 
She put it on Ihe table before Bertha, and aud Tom was so saucy; lie caught, hold of 
she being the eldest, was to cut it. one of the foUng ladies from town, and 
How could we eat anv more? It did not kissed her, and pretended he made a mis- 
reallv seem possihl e. Most of us looked at lake—that he thought it was Aunt Sarah. 
* * . . . Ml_ill ...i t . 4...» ..11 ll.i'nitrrh 
becomes a source of pleasure. Thousands of quire severe brain labor, their numbers are 
persons derive solid enjoyment from sitting 
down at their desks before retiring, and 
spending a lew moments with their journals. 
But the benefits resulting from such a prac¬ 
tice are what should make it universal, par¬ 
ticularly among young ladies, who generally 
have time for such things. It causes reflec¬ 
tion and gives a deliberate turn to our minds. 
Wo cannot sit down every twenty-tonr hours 
ami recall what we have done without soon 
beginning to hesitate and deliberate before 
doing a thing—thereby becoming more cau¬ 
tious and guarded in our actions. 
The practice furnishes exercises in com¬ 
position. The young lady who writes a lit- 
mulliplied, home duties are exacted of her, 
musical practice must ho kept up, not to 
mention others of her accomplishments. 
She also begins to go into “society;’’ the 
intricacies of fashionable dress claim a por¬ 
tion of her time and strength ;"young beaux 
begin attentions, and her relatives worry her 
about who may aud who may not he “ en¬ 
couraged she has no time for the invigora¬ 
ting walks and romantic musing*, which 
naturally to her now take the place of child¬ 
ish spoils; over-stimulus of the brain, the 
depressing effects of “ worry,” and com¬ 
bined with these au unsubstantial diet, ex¬ 
haust the girl just at the time when she 
tie every day and lmbilimlly clothes her ideas needs rest froth overwork of any kind, but 
in words, will sooner or later he able to con- especially mental, perfect freedom from all 
struct ilie tine sentences and to employ the 
beautiful language which she now perhaps 
covets in others. Nothing is heller calcula¬ 
ted to fix in our memories wlmt we have 
read, and at the same time to strengthen our 
memories themselves, than the practice of 
communicating to paper the thoughts ob¬ 
tained from hooks. We have a friend who 
makes a rough skeleton of every hook the 
moment lie has completed its perusal, noting 
the principal characters and llicir character¬ 
istics, giving a brief synopsis of the plot, 
if it he a novel; copying a beautiful passage 
here and there, Ac , Ac. By so doing he sup¬ 
plies himself with a reference book of all 
that lie reads, and, as lie informs us, con¬ 
stantly refreshes his memory by running over 
the skeleton work. 
The daughter who desires to cultivate 
economy, the housewife who wants to he 
frugal and draw as little as possible troin 
her husband’s earnings, should keep a diary 
of daily expenditures. Those who have 
never made the experiment would be sur- 
care and responsibility,and generous diet.— 
Mrs. Dudley. 
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THE RUSSIAN GIRL AT SCHOOL. 
The suppressed sex is making its way in 
Russia. The father of our young friend 
Alexis is an enlightened ruler who compre¬ 
hends the spirit of the age and is in sym¬ 
pathy with it. One result of his reign is 
that there arc now full as many high schools 
for the Russian girls as for their brothers. 
The teachers in these schools have all passed 
a university examination. The course of 
study includes mathematics, history, philos¬ 
ophy, French and German. For the golden 
girls of the nobility there are distinct schools, 
carried on by ladies of noble birth, who are 
pensioned by the crown. In St. Petersburg 
and Moscow there arc excellent, mixed 
schools after our American pattern. There 
j\. CIIBIB-TMAS IHNNE.K A/l 1 GRANDPA’S. 
A blue merino dress had been made for pieces of pic and cake he had sometimes left 
me; and my mother’s hair-dresser had been on his plate, aud he felt awful mad because 
sent for, to friz my hair. lie hadn’t eaten them up. So now ho looked 
Grandpa’s house was thirty miles in the determined, and 1 knew lie would manage 
country, and when my mother and I arrived to eat a little piece of the pie if he possibly 
the greater part of the company were there, could. 
and the dear old house, always so pleasant, Bertha wasn’t very tall, and I remember 
was as lively and gay as could he. The she stood up; and then she began to cut the 
rooms were all open, and hung with Christ- pie. Dear me ! what could it he made of? 
mas wreaths ; and each one was warm and The knife didn’t seem to go in, but flip crust 
cheerful with a bright, wood lire. Every broke, and as Bertha lifted the fork it had 
one was smiling and happy. Little Lillie caught on something. What could it be 
Lee; it is true, had shed a few tears because that was coming out? All bright colors! 
site had been obliged to wear a (lark sash ; Slowly Biortha drew it along, and the 
and Bob had been sulky because his mother bright colors kept coming. A lovely Roman 
obliged him to wear a warm jacket, instead sash,sure as the world ! Oh Ihe wonder in 
of one that showed the shirt bosom; but little Lillie Lice’s eyes!—and how eagerly 
when we all got. together, we were just the we all looked at that silken strip of rain- 
happiest set of children ever seen. how color. It was quite drawn out now, 
There was Bertha, the oldest, just four- and the soft paper in which it was wrapped 
teen ; then Tom and Bob, and myself came had come out too, aud Lillie Lee’s name 
next; then there was Ella, and Sammy was upon it. 
and Hattie, and link. Lillie Lee. At The crust of the pie and the white paper 
first, such fun wc hodrunning about the that served as a lining hatfbccome so brokefi 
house. Aunt Mattie, who lived at grand- that a number of little wrapped up parcels 
pa’s had made some wreaths with paper now appeared ; and, oh my, the excitement! 
roses tied in them. So lovely! Then up We were all standing up around the table 
garret were two or three trunks full of old by this time, peeping curiously down be- 
partv things, just wliat [we wanted to dress tween the broken pieces ot crust. One little 
up with. We put on long, trailing dresses, package—so neat and square it seemed to bo 
and looped them up with artificial flowers, a box — Bertha look out first. It had 
and put the wreaths on our heads, and play- Elba's name upon it. 
ed we were princesses, ami going to a ball. Next came a little package* for BoB-a 
Bertha 1 called “ Madeline Ermina,” and beautiful pocket hook with fit e dollars in it. 
she culled me “Alimionzink Leonora;” And then a parcel for Iom, just like Bobs 
Ella was “ Genkvra Sezettk,” and little a pocket-book with five dollars. And next 
Lillie was “ Florabelle.” Such a good wasa little box tor me, and oh it, lutd a lovely 
time we were having I but right in the midst bracelet in it.!—so exactly what 1 had want¬ 
ed' it one of the servants came to tell us din- ed for ever so long. How did grandpa and 
ornamented. The grown-up people said, 
“Dear me! the idea of eating anything 
more!’’—but Bob pulled Bertha's dress, 
and pointed to a round table in the corner; 
so wc children all sut down around that, and 
made a party by ourselves. 
But, after a little more fun, and playing 
one or two games, it came time to go to bed. 
There were a great many rooms in grand¬ 
pa’s house, and wc were all to stay lill ihe 
next day; indeed, it turned out that. Bertha 
and Tom, aud I, stayed a week after this— 
and never, never, 1 mu sure, was such a 
happy holiday time. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA.—No. 18. 
I am composed ot 21 letters. 
My 4, 9,10, II, 13, 1,10 was President of the United 
Stnles. 
My it, 5, 4, l was a Swiss hero. 
My 1,13, 13, 31,5, 8 was a general In the laic war. 
My 3, 3, 30, 0, 13, 17 figured in the revolutionary 
war. 
My 19, 5,14, 30, 10, 4, 15. was an aucient Saxon 
King. 
My 7, 0, 13. 15, t«, 13, 17,0 Is a province of Italy. 
My whole is a ShaUspenrian character. 
Edward D. Haddock. 
Answer next weelt. 
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CROSS-WORD ENIGMA,—No. 11. 
My first is in cross but not In crown ; 
My second is in flown but not in fly; 
My third la In smile but. not in frown ; 
My fourth is tn soap but not in lye; 
My fifth is in monl, also In beam ; 
My sixth is ever in Southern climes; 
My seventh is in think but not in dream ; 
My eighth lias lived in olden times. 
IST" Answer next week. Ilualyn. 
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ner was ready; and then how wc pulled off grandma know ? 
the tine clothes, and smoothing our dresses, Next Bertha took out a cunning little 
scampered down stairs. Everybody was in box for Sammy. lit? found a pair of sleeve 
the dining room, laughing and chattering; buttons, with a dog’s bead upon them, and 
aud oh, the table ! The great big, roast tur- pink stones for the eyes. Ella had found a 
key, and the chiekeu pie, the ducks gar- necklace in her box; it. was just wlmt, she 
Dished with croquclcltcs, and then the crau- wanted, and she was holding it up for us to 
he try sWtce, and so many other dishes! see. And now came another parcel; it was 
n r.ititimn was old-fashioned in her ideas: for Hattie— a beautiful blue silk fan, paint- 
you might, autl should save them against t> lolllu 1> 0 ‘ ullj IL ^ ^ till the soup and the fish were eaten, but pre- 
thc day of need. Try it, and see if tins is TTNTTFD q TA TFS fcrml ,h0 (lis,,es sl,oukl mnUo a luuu1s0,nc 
not the case. KISSING IN THE UN11LD blAIEb, appearance when tliO company entered the 
It has been truly said that no one who ^ ^ ^ rU tf) start] „, iiss dining-room. And indeed it did now, with 
kept au account of expenditures ever became a Nantucket girl, site says:—“ Come, its shining silver mid cut glass, and loaded 
a spendthrift. The person who always re- sheer off, or I'll split, your mainsail with a so n ilh nice things. 
mains under the weather, financially, is typhoon." The Boston girls hold still until «*«<» nolle full with the 
the one who complains, at the end of the they are well kissed, when they flare up and 1 * Krg* lu ^ \ ™ 
, Z ,w ... cannot I,.11 where his say 1 think you ought to be ashamed.” uncles mid aunts, and the young ladies and 
J —Boston Transcript. gentlemen they hacl (nought wiui vuem , 
money has gone to. 
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THE NOVEL-READING DISEASE. 
It is a source of no little regret and solici¬ 
tude to the well wishers of the race that the 
increased facilities for hook making in the 
United States have materially developed and 
increased Hie pernicious practice of novel- 
reading. Not only do ladies of wealth 
waste their precious time over yellow- 
covered literature, but the poor work-girls 
"When a young chap steals a kiss from an 
Alabama girl, she says:—“ I reckon its my 
time now," mid she gives him a box on the 
car that, lie don’t forget ill a week.— Irving¬ 
ton Ur raid. 
When ft clever fellow steals a kiss from a 
Louisiana girl, she smiles, blushes deeply, 
and says nothing. We think our girls have 
more taste and sense than those of down 
East and Alabama. When a man is smart 
and we children were to have a small table 
to ourselves. This we liked better— because 
when we sat at the largo table, Aunt 
Sarah, Ella's mother, would always have 
Louisiana girl, she smiles, blushes deeply, and not hoard; but when we sat by our- 
mul says nothing. We think our girls have selves we could talk all the time, and say all 
more inste and sense than those of down £| ie B pjy dungs we wanted to. And Bob 
East, and Alabama. When a man is smart j t ho could eat a great (leal more 
enough to steal the divine luxury from them, vo , c „ ..... • 
iLovn.-f, N O PfMmi.ru>. when he didii t have to be so particular 
something to say about little girls being seen out. We looked at one another s things ; 
and not hoard ; but when we sat by our- and we tried them on, and wo talked, and 
selves we could talk all the time, and say all we laughed ; and then, alter a while, wo all 
„sn„ .I,i„,« wanted to. And Bob went to the drawing-room. It was just bc- 
lhey are perfectly satisfied.— 2s. O. Picayune, when he (hunt nave to uu so 
covered literature, out me poor Avr.ric-giris When afemaleis heresalnted with a buss, about behaving. , ™inred nictures which we looked at* 
_wi.n now mrchusc trash for a few she puls on her bonnet mid shawl, and an- Well, we had all we wanted to eat; the mu colored picuues, wnicu loortea m, 
ii La from sIpah tn swereth ihiis:— “l am astonisliod at thy candy from our pockets wc heaped up on and then presently Aunt Mattie sat down 
pennies steal Hours horn sleep to giutihy agsur)ince> j e dediah; for this indignity I will a table c | olll . alK i Bob ate sugar almonds at the piano and commenced playing some 
morbid tastes . A w ntei m ihe Loiuion L.\- scw tl)ee u p” Lynn Record. _ with the turkey, and said it was the nicest dancing music. Every one all at once 
aimner argues tluit this nmebi ending pio- j T , iC ] A( y m ; n this city receive a salute he had ever tasted Presently the seemed gayer than ever, mid grandpa jumped 
pensity has become a regular disease, which with Christian meekness; they follow the "'f* !' movrd aml t i lC plum pudding up and ran acrosa the room and snatched up 
should he treated as any other mental Scripture rule:—Wlien smitten on tlie one meat was lcniovcci, mm me pm.u k n » Morton offered 
,naiad v. He savs :-When the disease is con- cheek, they turn the other also .-BungUmn came on, all blazing with blue flame. Then U Lill. *> ;■ • • ; 
who can now purchase trash for a few she puts on her bonnet and shawl, and an- Well, we bad 
hours from sleeo to cratifiv swereth thus:— I am astonished at thy candy from our 
"U. c-stcal boms tom sleep to giatiby nce j^ediah ; for this indignity I will tablc clolU . , 
or!ml tastes ? A writer m the London Lx- j . tl)ea up .”—Lynn Record. the table emu 
. ♦.i a * ... 1 v wilt hr* iirkuW 
'*V . , ’ . . V, 1 . r?r Answer in two weeks, when the numesof 
iracelet HI it. SO exactly what. 1 had want- tj, 05C lvbo answer correctly in the interim wilt 
■d for ever so long. How did grandpa and b0 published. 
rrmulma know? _, 
. r T1 . . , . r,,i„ ZOOLOGICAL ENIGMA.—No. 1. 
Ne-xt, Bertha tooic out a cunning little - 
jox for Sammy. He found a pair of sleeve i am composed or ton letters. 
Jllttons, with a dog’s head upon I hem, and My 7,3, 8, 4, 10 is n small rook quadruped. 
link stones for the eyes. Ella had found a My ;}> £ , .. ((s|mi|1 r(! , ooi()tJ8 n „ itim i. 
lccklacc iu her box; it. was just wliat. she My whole nieaiis wood-coal or clwrCClAI. 
wanted, and she was holding it up for us to {^r - Answer next, week. Sarah s. G'ox. 
see. And now came another parcel; it wns --- 
for Hattie— a beautiful blue silk fan, paint- THE BOOTS AND THE COUNTERFEIT BILL. 
Maml spangled. , . ... Is Rural New-Vorker. Nov. 18, we nn- 
And here now was the bottom of ihe dish SW0l „ J( j following; “problem" proposed to 
covered with candy and mottos. Bertha’s ugbv a correspondent:—A. went to n. to buy a 
cheeks flushed,—was there nothing for her? peir of bools; selected a pair worth $5, and 
She,"Who loved grandpa and grandma so banded B. a *30 hill pajmont. D. had no 
. , , . , . , . eltatitre, bill took the bill to C., who gave him 
dearly. Ah, look .—there, hidden by sortie ten $5 hills. B. then Kftve A.$45 and tho boots, 
marrons glace’s,sure enough, was a little bit j )l)t flodin^ ihe $50 bill couirtoit'eU, demands 
of a box for Bertha. Aud iu it was such a of B. good money, which the latter wits com- 
bcauty of it ring!—areal diamond ring! pelted to furnish. How much did the hoot 
J ' tmikor lose by tho transaction? We answered 
What, a pie! Was there ever anything $50 nud tho boot*. Now another correspondent 
like it? I can’t tell you how delighted wc asks us to “explain bow wc make it out, so that 
were and our uncles anti aunts were as a wayfaring man, though afool. need not err 
, , , i.therein." Well, wo lutvo to routes* our error 
much surprised as we, am utra i« u « „f tci . reviewing tlio question more carafully. 
our beautiful presents, as we took each one A|jd thjg iH our so ],,iiou:-A.gives B. n counter- 
out. Wc looked at one another’s things; foil. $50 bill, who receives for H, from 0., f50 iu 
and wc tried them on, and wo talked, and good money; ot this It. gives A. $45 and a pair 
« laughed ; aud ,h«n. ado,' a while, „ ,.U 
went to the drawing-room. It Wits just be- ^ tho{30(tncl5i<llnx the$5 for tlio boots) lor the 
ginning to grow dark, and the great rooms oountciTelt bill, which leaves him out or pocket 
were already lighted. $50, or $15 and llio boots, which he luts given A. 
There were some port-folios of engravings Il ‘ othvr "' ol ^ 8 \ 1,0 r ” ct ‘ lvod f’' 0 " 1 
1 ", , , 1 , , , , “ he returned to him; lio received from A. a $50 
and colored pictures, winch we looked at; 0oun j er f 0 ;fc b in and gave him $45 in good money 
and then presently Aunt Mattie sat down an d a pair of boots worth $5 $50innU. 
should he treated ns any oilier mental 
malady. He saysWhen the disease is con¬ 
firmed, the dropsical Habit of mind be¬ 
comes apparent. The conversation of the 
patient becomes flabby and limp. Her in¬ 
terest in all ordinary subjects—except, per¬ 
haps, the latest fashions, or the more scan¬ 
dalous portions of evidence in the Ticii- 
Qhronide. 
When a New York girl receives a kiss, 
she squirms at first, talks of the parson and 
wants to be spliced forthwith. If the teller 
sheers off, he is sued for breech of promise in 
the sum of $10,000, as a dowry for her Mose. 
—Our Jeems. 
came the pastry, and tho jellies, and the his arm to grandma-—B ertha had wliis- 
bhme-mange molded in the form of rabbits, pored to me at dinner, that she guessed be 
Of course we ate lill, as I look back upon it, was Aunt Mattie’s beau. 
I can’t understand bow we did it. But at Well, grandpa and little Lillie took the 
j„ s t_while the grown up people were busily top of the floor; and grandma and Mr. Mor- 
chatthm over tlieir nuts and wine, and Aunt ton, laughing very much, went opposite; 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.-Dec. 9. 
PROBLEM No. 10.—Hlglrt of tree. 30 foot: tllnmeter 
at hottum. 5 inchus; tUlckncs# of lust your s grain, 
.OaOMx inches. 
Cross-word Enioma No, 10.—IIuucl breadth. 
RIDDLE NO. 4, Chair. 
BIBLICAL SQCAKE-WORD NO. 7.- 
C A K 1 
A It I O 
R 1 NO 
T O G A. 
Illustrated ItKiiua No. IS.- Because man would 
fain leave well enough alone. Is hc.therefore a pump ? 
