URAL NEW-YORKER. 
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. 
What's this I near. 
My Molly dear. 
About the now carnivora? 
Can little plants. 
Eat bugs and MW, . 
And gnats and flies: 
Wby,—bleiS my er«« ! 
Who is the great dl&ktverer I 
Not Darwin- love, 
For that would prove 
A sort of retrograding; 
Surely the rare 
8 f flowers Is air, 
r sunshine swept. 
They shouldn't eat 
Or do aught so degrading I 
Alan 'twouid bo 
Sad news to me, . 
To hear your own dour l ldo, pot, 
Uad lost his breath 
In cruel dentil. 
Because, oue duy 
In thoughtless play. 
He went too near n vlolot I 
Or, horror I wlmt 
If, heeding not, 
Some cruel plnnt carnivorous 
We ventured near— 
Ves tee, my dear— 
And swallowed were 
With no one there 
To succor or deliver us, 
And yet to die 
By blossoms, l 
Would call a doom chromatic. 
For one might wait 
A harder fate 
Than have u ro*0 
End all his woes 
In palu e-died aromatic. 
Ah, science knows 
Each flower t hat blows 
And all Us wicked habits. 
'Tla not for ns 
To make a fuss ; 
For aught we know. 
The lilies gtow ...... 
From dining on Welsh rabbits 1 
[JYj.i Stacy, In Scribner. 
(Dur £torg-£cUcr. 
A CURE FOR MOTHS. 
We were examining our wardrobe after the 
summer and found, to our surprise and grief, 
many of our choicest articles of apparel sadly 
damaged by tho moths. It) the midst of our 
trouble and the discussion as to the modes of 
protection against moths, which hud been 
handed down by tradition, Aunt JULtAcame in. 
** Aunt Julia, hew do you keep your winter 
clothing from tho moths?” we both 
asked eagerly, as that good lady pro-- 
ceeded to lay aside her h a u d s o m o 11III 
shawl, which looked as fresh as ever 
after seven years' wear. i| |j| 
*'I used tosuffer from moths as much j 
as any one," replied Aunt Julia, tak¬ 
ing her knitting from her little basket 
and sitting down, “ but l found a recipe 
in an old-fashioned book, which has 
relieved me of much solicitude on the 
subject. It, was many years beforo I 
ooutd be persuaded to try It. In my ^ 
young days money wa3 not quite so VAt. 
plentiful as now, but provisions were iJV 
cheap, and a farmer's daughter began I | V 
her married life better supplied with M , |i 
linen, blankets and bed-qullta than 
many a Jewel-docked city bello. As I 
was an only daughter and was not mar- 1 I 
t ied too young, a noble pile of blank¬ 
et?, feather-beds, bed-qullts, &e„ be¬ 
came my portion. For many years after 
we removed to tho city I used to dread 
my summer work of airing beds arid i 
packing very line home-made blankets lej&£ 
aud quilts stuffed with the softest 
dowu. 1 tried auuff, tobacco, camphor, 
pepper and cedar chips and yet, as we hLjjs 
changed our place of residence several SW 
limes.soinecolouy of moths, old squat- wTOI 
tors among the bc»ui3 of the g;irret or 
In some unobserved scrap of woollen JSSfl 
cloth, would encamp on uiy choicest 
possessions." \ffim 
" Why, Aunt Julia, 1 thought you 'flm 
had a cedar closet." 9H| 
“ Yes, when we moved into our new pi Ij 
house; but by that time my closet was iMjKI 
too small for my increased wealth, and |Mi 
till I used this recipe I seldom passed IM® 
a year without some moth holes ; but 
now I have not seen one in nine years.” 
"What was it, aunt? Have you the 
book—or can you repeat it from mom- ijNl 
ory? It is too late to save these things M§| 
but I will write it down and try It next 'W 
spring." So saying, Anna took out her MR 
little recipe book and pencil, while 
Aunt Julia prepared to recall the moth tjUj 
preventive. 
" The book was an old one, with the 
title obliterated and the title-page torn Jl'j 
out by some careless child; but the ^ 
directions were these : ^ 
** * Lay not up for yourselves treaa- sSr 
ures upon earth, where moth and rust 
doth corrupt and where thieves break 
through and steal. But lay up for ^ 
yourselves treasures In heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt \I^f( 
aud where thieves do uot break jfin 
through nor steal-’ " 
“O, Aunt Julia, Is that all? How 
does that help the matter?" 
** Walt, Anna, and hear my story out. 
One day, as l was mourning over my 
choicest blanket-, eaten by the rnotlis, 
and airing my down bed-quilts and 
feather beds, which had been rendered 
obsolete by the introduction of spring mattress¬ 
es—as I sto>d ready to cry with vexation to 6ee 
my choicest articles eaten In the most conspic¬ 
uous places, as you have experienced to-day— 
my eye rested on au old Bible, which lay on the 
top of a barrel of pamphlets in tho garret. 1 
opened It and almost unconsciously read tho 
recipe for avoiding moths which I have given 
you to-day. 1 then recollected that they sel¬ 
dom troubled the clothing in frequent uso and 
that the articles which caused me so in ueb care 
were not needed twice a year. I then thought 
of Sophy Baxtbu, with her large family and 
Blck husband. They had boon burned out tho 
spring before and were just entering upon a 
cold, long winter of poverty. I sat down and 
writing her a note, sent two feather beds and 
four blankets and an old-fashioned ' coverlid' 
that very day; and two more blankets 1 dls- 
p itched to a poor old rheumatic neighbor whose 
destitution had novel' occurred to me before. 
I then began to breathe frooly, aud before an¬ 
other week two more blankets were gone to 
comfort tired limbs and aching hearts. The 
cast-off ooatB. cloaks and old pieces of carpet¬ 
ing which had lung lain in my garret, were glyeti 
to the deBervlug poor. A bag of woollen stock¬ 
ings au J socks which had boon kept for clean¬ 
ing brass, were sent to a charity institution, 
never again to become a temptation to the 
moths. I inquired particularly the next year 
and found the beds aud blankets wero in such 
excellent preservation that I cheerfully laid out 
more of my surplus property Mu heaven,* and 
out of the way of moth and mold. My cedar 
closet and trunks hold all I wish to preserve 
and, wheu they begin to run over, I commit 
more artlolos to the keeping of my widowed 
and fatherless acquaintances." 
"But, Aunt Julia, your'* is a peculiar case. 
You had the home-made outllt of a rich farm¬ 
er's daughter and could not expect to make 
use of It; besides, the Bible don’t encourage 
wasting our goods extravagantly." 
"I do think the Bible leans to what Is cat ltd 
the extravagant side. The rost of the ohapter 
following the verse I have quoted gives little 
encouragement to much forethought, cither in 
food or raiment, and in another place says, 4 Ho 
that hath two coats, let him impart to him that 
hath nono.’ This rule leaves very little to pock 
away In a cedar chest. In my opluiou, GOP s 
Providence Is fur from encouraging extensive 
accumulation either of money or possessions, 
especially among Christians. Fire aud flood, 
' drouth, mildew and moth, stand ready to re¬ 
buke that spirit of covetousness which the 
Lord abhorreth.” 
"Surely, Aunt Julia, you wouldn’t have me 
give away the new furs you gave mo yourself 
last winter?" 
” No, my child; but let us examine for a mo¬ 
ment this moth-eateu pile. Hero are three 
ooats of your husband’s w bioh he never oould 
wear again." 
"Thoseare for Ashing, aunt." 
“ How often does he flsh ?" 
"Once in four or tlve yearr, perhaps,” said 
Anna. 
"Well, here Is a bag of outgrown, shrunken 
socks and stockings and these old dresses of 
Ada’s, and these ovorcoats of the boys that I 
hoard you say wero unfit for wear, cveu in 
the playground ; and besides, I think you re¬ 
marked that the whole difficulty originated in 
an old carpet which has been harboring moths 
many years, when It might have been out of | 
harm's way upon some poor w Mow's floor.” 
" Well, aunt, I believe you are half right." 
"Try my rule, Anna; not after your property 
is ruined, but when you find you can spare it 
even at tho risk of sending some of your treas¬ 
ure to heaven before you have obtained all you 
could Troni its use. Many an old garret have I 
known to be Infested with moths, ruining many 
dollars' worth of valuable article.-!, when the 
w hole evil might bo traced to an old coat or 
carpet selDsbly or carelessly withhold from the 
poor. Wo are God's stewards, and our luxuries 
are not given us to feed a' covetousness which 
Is Idolutry,’ but are talents which may be in¬ 
creased ten times beforo the great dav of flnal 
account. When people ask me how to prevent 
moths, I always long to say, ‘ Lay up your treas¬ 
ures In heaven;' because I have found, from 
experience, it is a sure and convenient way.” 
"Well, aunt. I own I never thought tnuoh 
about It before as a matter of Christian duty. 
I will try, before another year, to confine my 
care to the articles I tmd, and shall hope for 
better sucoess.” 
.-»» » - 
ELLA GOODWIN’S TRIAL. 
BY 8. ANNIE FROST. 
" Going out agaiu ? ” 
Ella Goodwin spoke In a fretful tone, and 
her pretty face was puckered up into a most 
dismal frown. 
“ I promised Charley I would step rouud for 
A. CURE FOR iVTO'-FiaCS- 
" AUNT JULIA, HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR WINTER CLOTHING FROM THE MOTHS?” 
au hour or two uod have a game of dominoes." 
“ Anything to get away from home 1" 
But Will Goodwin was already out of hearing. 
His wife, after ufretful remark, addressed to 
the walls, to the effect that she wars a fool for 
ever getting married, took a novel from under 
the sofa cushion aud was soon reading with an 
air of absorbed interest. Baby woke aud made 
the fact shrilly known. Au impatient toss 
threw tho book down again, and baby was 
soothed to Meep wit It a gantlencss 3traugely at 
variance with tho jerk that had put tho book 
upon tho table. 
When he slept once more in the eradlo, Ella 
yawned and again took up her book. But be¬ 
fore she had opened it thero came a tap at the 
door, and an elderly lady with a swoot, fair 
face came in. 
"Alone,” she said, as Ella eagerly welcomed 
her and look off her wraps. 
"I am always alone! Will gets his meals 
here!" was the hitter reply. “He goes to the 
store a-t soon as he swallows his breakfast, and 
he la always out hi the evening. Now he Is 
with his brother playlug dominos." 
“ Don’t you play dominos? " 
" Yea." 
" I'd keep him at homo to play." 
“Ho would not care to stay. I suppose all 
youug married men lire of home, Aunt Mary? ” 
"Not all! But you speak In a bitter tone 
that pains me, Etlu. It is not like you." 
"1 feel bitter! I have uo one to talk to but 
you, aud 1 never complained before, but I am 
tired of being alone all the time. Buby fills the 
day, but novels don't fill the evening.” 
"Ella, since you have spoken to mo will you 
let tno give you a word of advice? " 
" You kuow you may." 
"Look In the mirror, dear, then look round 
the room!" Ella obeyed. In the mirror she 
saw a slender figure robed In a morning wrap¬ 
per, without any collar and cuffs, and not pie- 
olsely clean ; a face pretty ami expressive, with 
a wreath of golden hair loosely knotted Into a 
comb and decidedly untidy. The room, a 
handsomely furnished. sUclng-room, was bog¬ 
ging for a broom a t eloquontly as tv dusty cai- 
pot could beg. Harry's cradle In ono corner 
balanced a disordered work-table in another. 
The ceutor-tabln was plied with miscellaneous 
articles, among which tv bowl of bread and 
milk mid a Are-shovel tigured conspicuously. 
■ A crimson flush tobo on the young wife’s 
cheek. 
' j " What’s the use of having things nico when 
nobody sees them but mo, or dressing 
______ when Will 13 never at home ? " 
" He might be at home more If things 
were nice and you wore dressed." 
There was silence for a tew moments. 
Then Ella spoke: 
"I'll try it, uuntio. I suppose it Is 
partly my fault. Before Harry was born 
he was at home more, but I have been 
careless since then." 
44 You are not strong, I know," Aunt 
Mary said, very kindly, “aud baby is 
a care, but l would try and bo dressed 
iu the evening and have the room 
oheerful. Your piano looks as if it was 
never opened I" 
44 It never Is!" 
44 Don’t you have time to praotioe ? ’’ 
“ I can't plead want of time, auntie. 
Jane is one of the best of servants, and 
time hangs upon my hands. I am glad 
you came In. I bellove I want a moral 
shaking." 
~~ Then they talked of other matters, of 
Harry's first tooth and baby accoti.- 
plishmenta, of the fashions, of feuit- 
nine interests of all kinds. The 1l- 
uate sweetness of Ella's temper made 
her take her aunt’s gentle reproof in 
the spirit of love that dictated It, aud 
. Yr-UY- when the parting caress was given she 
w hispered: 
y ~ ■ 44 I’ll try, auntie, to make home more 
-i attractive for Will." 
wi She was fast asleep with Harry uesl- 
lV' 1 .v led in her arms when Will came home, 
but the touch of his lips upon her 
'i’w v cheek aroused her. 
(ffivf wi' "Did you have a pleasant evening,” 
y■§ she asked. "Aunt Mary was here and 
lert her love for you.” 
“Charley and I played awhile, and 
..-YN' B then Mira Creighton dropped iu and 
sang for us! ” 
44 8be seems to drop in pretty often.” 
U “ She Is so Intimate with the girls.” 
I*,' Bl 44 I never thought her binging very 
Mil wonderful/’ 
ML “You sing far better. But when I 
JMtj can’t get any better, I like hors.” 
was not t 'k° l * mo " *** Ihad 
mMuBr j told the same story, and, strong in her 
jjkjjraT now resolutions, Elia determined upon 
Wm j a good hour of practice early In tho 
IfB morning. 
Jane was rather amazed at the clean- 
Ffhlv Ing the sitting-room received at the 
M 1 Y-r hands of herself and her mlstrop-t. The 
Vfti.\ ‘ " ''radio wus banished into an adjoining 
'>yyt jb-fi bedroom, where ltaby could still bo 
heard if he awakened ; the flro shovel 
assumed its legitimate place at the 
hearth. It rather astonished Ella her- 
self to find how many useless articles 
were "about," and how universally 
everything was In the wroug place. But 
- by noon the room was bright aa hands 
could make It, and after luncheon a 
man was sent for to tuuo tho piano, 
closed for nearly a year. 
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