only waiting for some war-cry to arouse them : 
some trumpet-call to awaken the dead out of 
their sleep. 
Because a dam is placed across a river and its 
entire course turned In another direction, shall 
It cease to be useful? Because a cloud passes 
between the earth and auti shall i.be sun cease 
to give its light? Because the autumn frosts 
and tempestuous blasis st rip the young trees of 
their rich foliage, must they never more put 
forth leaf and branch? If the first rose hod Is 
plucked must the parent stalk declare Itself un¬ 
able to produce others as beautiful in color and 
rich in fragrance? Is not the little rivulet 
that babbles through the meadow, murmuring 
its glad song beside the highway, refreshing 
man and beast, liny golden flower and swITl- 
wiuged bird, of as much use in its way ns the 
rushing, roaring cataract ? Then, convalescent, 
may not you find many ways to make the world 
better for your presence, though it may not be 
in the way you have plannod? Oh 1 there Is 
work for all to do, the weak ns well ns the 
strong. There are needy ones to clothe and 
feed; Ignorant ones to be taught. But on the 
beautiful garments of Faith and Hope, arid go 
forth, ir only ns gleaners In the Master’s field, 
that are white for the harvest,-and according 
to thy day will strength be given thee. 
These he sold ho had cleaned from the fruit 
trees, and as they made a loud noise when they 
burst I did not think It tho best employment 
for a Sabbath evening; but papa and mamma 
were at church, and so It was a good time for 
him. I, however, suggested a walk ns better, so 
together we wont olT. when ho grew Quito con¬ 
fidential, informed me of how much Ills father 
was worth, which I knew to be a terribly exag¬ 
gerated amount; also, that he had always been 
a very happy little boy, as he had everything he 
wanted -but hts little sister, Hem'Shm i nil once 
told mo a very different story, I laving observed 
her pretty gray eyes red with woeping one day, 
I found, on questioning her, that her heart was 
often grieved because tho boys sometimes beat 
Hahky. 
“They just do it because he Is little,” she 
said, “and Haiiky never tolls.” And then sho 
informed me " that seeing them all go in a new 
building opposite wit h him sho had followed 
and seen them whip him," whereat she had 
gone homo weeping. "But," said she, “ho 
dOlit care half »•* much as l do about It, for 
just after I had told manuua he came in, 
denied It ah, Imitated the whoop of an owl, 
laughed, poked fun at me till I felt foolish 
enough aud then walked oil’.” 
Another time he came home thoroughly 
drenched with water, having been to venture¬ 
some mi the tittle-1 a handers (whatever they are) 
at tho creek, he informed us, but tho boys urged 
him on. 
llowover. In spite of all these l.r.ats, Harry 
grew strong and athletic., and may yet over¬ 
come all such disturbing elements In his march 
towards manhood, which 1 hope will have been 
proved and strengthened by these experiences. 
At present ho Is only “ Our Haiiky,” and a 
thorovuh hnii. 
EVENING SONG FOR CRILDKEN 
Close, little weary eyes, 
The day at last Is over, 
To-nlsht no move surprise 
Shall they discover. 
Nor bird nor butterfly ; 
Nor unltitailiur flower; 
Nor picture in the sky, 
Nor fairy In the bower 
Rest, little weary foot, 
The woods are dark and lonely ; 
The little birds rest sweet. 
The owl is watching only ; 
No buttercup Is seen, 
Nor daisy in the meadow, 
Their gold and white and green, 
Arc turned to purple shadow ! 
Fold, little hnsv hands, 
Day is the time for doing ; 
The boats He on tho sands. 
The mill-wheels nre not going. 
Within the darksome mine 
Arc hushed tho spade and hammer; 
Tho cattle rest supine, 
Tho coc.lt withholds his clamor. 
Still, little restless heart. 
Be still until tho morrow; 
Till then thou hast no part 
In ell her Joy or sorrow. 
To now and joyous day. 
Shall little birds awake thee ; 
Again to work and play, 
With strength renewed, betake thee ! 
BY FANNY PBKCIVAI., 
Wno has not felt tho inllnence sweet 
Of a little child’s pure, happy face ? 
Enchanting by its loveliness, 
Restraining by its guileless grace, 
And with its loving brightness giving 
A new content and joy in living. 
’Tls a face like this that, beams on me 
From the little crib beside my bod, 
When, at the early morning light, 
I from my pillow raise my head, 
With rapture hailing my uwnklng. 
Within my heart glad sunshine making. 
Let Rtonn and I empest reign without. 
Within, that little radiant face, 
All gloom and darkness far away 
Shall from onr happy tlreside chase:— 
With such a light our home adorning, 
Oh, how bright and glad the morning! 
With a brnvo heart, X begin the day 
Became of that sunny, loving face, 
Anil though away I toil alone, 
Tho memory of its winsome grace 
Many a weary hour will brighten,— 
Many a heavy bnrden lighten. 
And when at night 1 homeward turn. 
In body worn. In mind oppressed, 
I think of that watching, waiting face, 
And it fill* me with a sense of rest,— 
F.uger for its joyful erecting. 
On 1 hasten to tho meeting. 
O, little face, whoso loving light 
With gladness all my being thrills. 
While I press you io my happy heart 
Deep gratitude my bosom fills. 
That for my comfort has been given 
This precious, priceless boon from Heaven 
HOW TO TRAIN UP DAUGHTERS 
Would you show yourself really good to 
your daughters? Then be generous to them 
in a truer souse Mian that of heaping trinkets 
on their necks. Train them fur independence 
first, and then labor to glvo It to them. Lot 
thorn, as soon as ever they are grown up, have 
some little money or means of making money, to 
be their own, and touch them how to deal with 
it without needing every moment, somebody to 
help them. Calculate what you give them or 
will bequeath to them, not as is usually dorm, 
on tho chances of their making a rich marriage, 
but on the probability of their remaining si rfgH«, 
and according to l.ho scalo of living to which 
you have accustomed them. Suppress tbclr 
luxury now if need be. but do not leave them 
with Scare I y bure necessaries heroafter, In strik¬ 
ing contrast to their present home. Above all, 
help them to help themselves. Fit them to be 
able to add to their own moans, rather than to 
be forever pinching and economizing till their 
minds are narrowed and their hearts sick. 
Give all the culture you can to every power 
which they may possess. 1 f they should marry 
after all they will bo the happier and better for 
It. If they should remain among the millions 
of the unmarried they will bless you In your 
grave, and say of you, what cannot be said of 
many a doting parent by Ids surviving child, 
“ My father cared that l should bo happy after 
his death as well ;ia when 1 was his pet and his 
toy.” 
OUR HARRY 
LITTLE THINGS, 
Little words are tho sweetest to hear; little 
charities fly furthest ami stay longest on tho 
on the wing; little Hakes are stillest; little 
hearts the fondest and little farms tho best 
tilled. Little books arc the most read and little 
songs ttm dearest loved. And when nature 
would make anything especially rare and beau- 
ful aim makes it little—little pearls, little dia¬ 
monds, little dews. Agar's is a model prayer, 
yet It Is but a little one and the burden of tho 
petition Is Hilt for little. Thu senium Oil tho 
mould, is little, but the last dedication dis¬ 
course was an hour. Life is made up of littles ; 
death Is wlmt remains of them all. Day is made 
up of little boa ms and night. Is glorious with 
little stars. 
YOUTHFUL INVALIDS. 
What sight ia more sorrowful than to see a 
youthful form, full of life and animation, sud¬ 
denly stricken down by disease? No matter 
how grout his acquisitions, how large his 'stole 
of knowledge, how lofty Ida aspirations, how 
many his talents, all must be laid aside, aud a 
stone placed at the door of the sepulchre. 
“ If l could only continue my course of read¬ 
ing, it would he a comfort;” says one who has 
been obliged to leave college on account of fall¬ 
ing health. “But to be obliged to sit down 
with foided hands, or occupy the lounge from 
morning till night with dosed eyes, always 
thinking, thtnklngol' all I wanted to accomplish 
in the course of my life; and thou to feel that 
all my beautiful castles are torn down as by a 
ruthless wind, and that 1 must linger, perhaps, 
for years, a burden upon my friends* without, 
tho leust hope of future usefulness In tho cho¬ 
sen walks of life, whllo my associates are climb¬ 
ing the ladder of fame, Is ulmosl too much for 
human endurance. And L have been weak 
enough to weep over my fallen hopes, my bit¬ 
ter disappointment. ff 1 could only die It would 
be better for all concerned." 
All around us we behold the thin, pule faces 
and emaciated Tortus of thoso who have given 
away health and tho ordinary pursuits of hap¬ 
piness to the goddess of ambition. Exposure to 
a draught of air causes a.alight cold. At first 
it Is a little troublesome; instead ot Its being 
chocked at once, more is added, until It finally 
succeeds In getting a hold upon the system 
tliat Is entirely unmanageable. Still the stu¬ 
dent contluuos to pore over his Latin aud 
Greek. There la no mother near to catch the 
sound of that hollow cough, or to behold the 
fevered Hush upon tho cheek, or the unnatural 
brlghtuess of tho eye. Oftentimes the first 
warning which she receives that Death has left 
his mark upon her lintel, is the arrival of her 
loved one from college hall to lie down upon a 
sick-bed. 
We well remember the caso of a dear friend 
and teacher, who was attending the Seminary 
in the flourishing town of L-. From early 
childhood she had fostered the pleasant 
thought of becoming a bright star In the world 
ol literature and art. For this she studied from 
early morn till ; nnduight: yes, even tho “woe 
sma hours ” found hur poring over French or 
Latin verbs. In going from her warm apart¬ 
ments to the recitation room—which, by the 
way, was always Cold and damp, for the walls 
were of brluk, and tho room too large to ever 
be thoroughly warmed In the morning—she 
oaught a violent cold. The result was she was 
takeu home sick; and for ten long years she 
did not rise from her bed without assistance, 
unless when she was delirious. The advice of 
the best physicians was sought, but to little 
purpose. At last there came days of convales¬ 
cence, but never perfect health. Her constitu¬ 
tion was thoroughly broken down, her ambition 
destroyed. 
lustead of pouring out her heart in sweet 
songs ^nd thrilling life sketches, adding vol¬ 
umes to the world’s library, her time Is spent In 
visiting, or making fruit and flower ornaments 
of wax for home adornment; and amusing a 
dear little blue-eyed, flaxen-haired niece that 
she alinosts worships, and which she Is quite 
likely to spoil by an over-amount of indulgence. 
She Is possessed of wealth and surrounded 
by luxuries; thus sho has no occasion to rouse 
the latent faculties that possibly lie dormant 
me that "In: liked llw.ni ," which Information he 
dally repeated Until basket and box were emp¬ 
tied. 
His ways of amusing himself in those days 
were frequently startling, for did I go out Into 
the garden to enjoy a quiet little revery f would 
be shaken to the center from my state of re¬ 
pose by the vlolout flapping of a pair of slippers 
111 the air, and uu Investigating find our 
IIahky practicing podoatrlanlsm on his hands, 
which ho in form pd me was “ bully fun!’’ What 
that means Is yet somewhat mysterious to me, 
but I siipposo It Is something pleasant. Or ho 
would emerge from the shrubbery, with a vari¬ 
ety of shrieks and ehulf-chulTs worthy of a place 
among an Indian chief’s accomplishments, and 
then go steaming off out of sight, which L found 
was Intended to Imitate a train of cars. 
Other times 1 would meet him going Uko the 
wind down tho street on a velocipede with a tin 
can strapped to tho horse’s neck, when I learned 
that lie was In tho receipt of a dollar a mouth 
lor bringing milk night and morning for his 
mamma. Tho reoelpt of this money gave him 
an opportunity to enrich himself in many ways, 
one of which was to become the possessor of a 
bag of brightly painted halls looking very much 
like freshly peeled onions, or pictures of tho 
plant. These, 1 learned, wero grown-up mar¬ 
bles, and, as they were the largest l ever saw, 1 
should judge they were quite antiquated. 
Whether so or not, 1 regret to say they were the 
subject of many heart-liurniugs, combats, de¬ 
feats and reprisals by thu younger members of 
the family, whoBometlmes bore them off victori¬ 
ously in their little carts with an air of triumph. 
One of our it .wiry's accomplishments is to 
speak pieces, which I believe he has done I u pub¬ 
lic for a few times, and as I have been present 
at the rehearsal of one of them I can safely 
affirm that ho has some ability in that direction, 
as every word came out of his mouth with an 
emphusls and resonance calculated (as seemed 
to me) to have been heard a mile or more away, 
and which quite upset mamma’s and my nerves 
for the day. I scarcely thought the piece re¬ 
quired quite so much thunder, as It was some¬ 
thing about a fox hunting for the moon in a 
well, but perhaps I am not a competent Judge. 
Uia appetite for stories Is Immense, and he has 
composed several, also some poems, but, as on 
his repeating, I found that the plots were tor- 
ribly improbable and the construction Incoher¬ 
ent, 1 doubt his ability to make much use of 
them In the future. 
Harry's last feat shocked my proprieties to 
the utmost. On returning from a quiet walk 
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN, 
ILLUSTRATED REBUS.-No. 4 
The fattest girl In the country is claimed by 
Home, N. Y. 
A Colorado woman beats the bass drum for 
a brass band. 
TWBNTY-JIvo Mormon girls are studying med¬ 
icine at Halt Lake City. 
Mng, Tom Thumb and Minnie Warren have 
been as rich as lliolr little bodies would allow. 
There are 360 female students In the faculty 
of medicine and surgery of tho St. Petersburg 
University. 
Mitg. Johlyn Gaqe and Mrs 
Deverkaux 
Blake are speaking through central New York 
on Woman Hull’rugo. 
An Alabama widow a few days ago found on 
her farm a nugget of gold weighing two and a 
half pounds, and worth $1500. 
A daughter of tlio late Dr. Lankestkr has 
taken a clerkship In the Post Ollice Havings 
Bank Department of Fmgland. 
At a grand fete of the Paris Free Masons, M. 
Leon Richer, editor of L'Avenir des Femmes, 
advocated tho admission of women into that 
ancient society. 
Female members of orchestras are becoming 
quite fashionable In England, and two ladies 
have just joined the Duke of Edinburgh's own 
band, tho Albert Hall Royal Amateurs. 
Misa Sarau Bassett, of Crawfordsvlllo, and 
Miss Anna Pace of La Grauge, Me., will go 
from this country as missionaries In Persia, un¬ 
der the direction of tho Presbyterian Board. 
Miss Estelle Thompson of Vineland, N. J„ 
is the editor of the Daily Advertiser of|that 
progressive town, and also does a large share 
of the editorial work on the Weekly Adver¬ 
tiser. 
The Empress of .Japan has decided on the 
erection of a college for young girls who wish 
to devote themselves to teaching, and has 
given a liberal sum from her private purse to* 
ward the expense of construction. 
Mrs. Susan WILLIAMS, of Sutton, Mass., re¬ 
cently died at the age of eighty-four, was noted 
throughout that part of the State for her efforts 
to raise soldiers for tho late war, giving to each 
one who enlisted five dollars and her blessiDg. 
Mi88 Maria Wititney, sister of Prof. Whit¬ 
ney, of Harvard, is to be Professor of the Mod¬ 
em Languages In the Smith Female College at 
Northampton. Sarah W. Humphrey, the 
daughter of the late President Humphrey, an 
accomplished lady, will be Professor of Social 
Culture, her duties being to organize and direct 
In the Social department of the College, 
Answer In two weeks, 
CROSS-WORD ENIGMA,—No. 9 
My first Is in fence but not in ditch, 
My second Is In rich but not In hitch ; 
My third Is in hand but not In hold, 
My fourth Is In new but not in old ; 
My fifth Is in cat but not in dog, 
My sixth Is in leaf but not In log. 
My whole Is a country of the Old World 
VST" Answer In two weeks. a 
DIAMOND PUZZLE.—No. 5 
1. A CONSONANT. 2. What all must do. H. An 
Interval of time. 4. An author's name. 5. What 
Beamon do. f). A place of rest. 7. A consonant. 
Centrals form an author’s mime, 
f ?/"* Answer In two weeks. j. w. v. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS 
Hidden Mountains, No. 1, 1. Everest. 2. 
Ural. H. Andes, i. Mount Blanc. 5. Himalaya. 
0. Alps. 7. Snowdon, ff. Etna. (I. Hcda. 10. 
Cantabrian, 11. C'ataklll. J2. Tom. Iff. Erebus. 
14. Hor, 
Cross-Word Enigma No. 7—Savannah. 
