OCT. 
POOBS’S RURAL NEW-YOSHER 
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A rush for the door of my 6tudy, 
The hurry of pattering tcet. 
Three youogetcrs, dimpled and ruddy, 
Aro scrambling for papa'a seat. 
Boy Ned and Arthur aro climbing, 
Their wonted planes to seek. 
While little flaxen-haired Ben Ip 
Lies nt stiud on pupa's cheek. 
Now wbnt. have my darlings been doing T 
Where such flushed cheeks dtd they get? 
What mischief have they been browing? 
With blouses crumpled and wet. 
While wo weight tho Falla there was quite a 
number of excursions from Pennsylvania, and 
it was verry funny to hear tho old men, mo6t 
of them farmers, “By Gosh, t wish I bad 
brought my old woman along to see this Nl- 
agary." and all the girls said that they would 
como there on their bridal tour. But all good 
things come to an end, and we had to tear our¬ 
selves away, I never left a place with so much 
regret before. Would liko to have stayed a- 
bout three weeks ard taken plenty of time to 
look at everything. Would Bay that any one 
who llltes a place where they can have good 
rooms, good fare and good treatment, at a 
moderate price, could not. do better than to go 
to the Niagara House. Minimi M. Moons. 
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THE TWO MEN AND THE BEAK. 
JMfyss' mtfcrlio. 
“ LET’S PLAY.” 
Oh 1 the blessed aod wise little children. 
What sensible things they say I 
When they can’t have tho things they wish for. 
They take others, and cry. “ Lot’s play I” 
"Lot's play that the eftafrs are big ooacbes. 
And the sofa a railroad car, 
And that we are all taking Journeys, 
And traveling ever so far, 
" Let’s play that this broken old china 
Is a dinner-set, rare and One. 
And our tin cups ailed with water 
Are goblets of milk and wino. 
“ Let's play every one of our dollies 
IsaJlve and oau go to walk. 
And keep up long conversations 
With ns, if we want to talk. 
“ Let’s play that wo live In u palace. 
And that we are queens aud kings; 
Let’s play we are birds in a tree top, 
Andean fly about on wings, 
*' Let’s play thnt we are school-keepers. 
And grown people come to our school 
Aud punish them all most soundly 
If they break but a slDgle rule.” 
Oh I the blessed and wise little children. 
What sensible things they say! 
And we might ho as happy as they aro. 
If wc would bo happy Lhelr way. 
What odds ’twixt not having and bavin", 
Wnen we have lived out our day! 
Lotus borrow the children's watchword— 
Tho magical watchword, '• Let’s play.” 
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CONVERSATION. 
Among homo amusements tho best is tho 
good old habit of conversation, the talking over 
the events of tho day, in bright and quick play 
of wit and fancy, the story which brings the 
laugh, and tho speaking tho good and kind and 
true things, which all n i\e in tholr hearts. It 
is not so much by dwelling upon what mem¬ 
bers of tbe family have Id common, as bringing 
each to the other something interesting end 
amusing, that, home life Is to bo mad© cheerful 
and Joyous. Each one must do his part, to make 
conversation genial and happy. Wo are too 
ready to converse with newspapers and books, 
to seek some companion at the store, hotel, or 
club-room, and to forget that home is anything 
more than a place to sleep and eat In. Tho re¬ 
vival of conversation, tbe entertainment of one 
another, aa a roomful of pooplo will entertain 
themselves, is one secret of a happy home. 
Wherever It Is wanting, disease has struck Into 
the root of tbo tree; there Is a want which la 
felt with increasing fores aa time goes on. 
Conversation, lu many cases. Is Just what pre¬ 
vents many people from relapsing Into utter 
selfishness at their firesides. This conversation 
should not simply occupy husband and wife 
and other older members of the family, but ex¬ 
tend itself to the children. Parents should bo 
careful to talk with them, to enter Into their 
life, to share their trifles, to assist In their 
studies, to meet them in the thoughts aud feel¬ 
ings of their childhood. It la a great step In 
education, when around the evening lamp are 
gathered the dSfl'eront members of a family, 
sharing their occupation with one another— 
the older assisting the younger, each one con¬ 
tributing to tho outertaloment of the other, 
and all feeling that theevenlng has passed only 
too rapidly away. Thla 13 the truest and best 
amusoment. It is tho healthy education of 
great and noble characters. There Is the free¬ 
dom, the breadth, the Joyousness of natural 
life. The time spent thus by parents, In the 
higher entertainment of their children, bears a 
harvest of eternal blessings, and these long 
evenings furnish just the time.— Churchman. 
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A GIRL IN THE PULPIT. 
Miss Annie Oliver, the girl preacher, whose 
sermons have been listened to by many persons 
at Ssa Cliff and other places, was burn in this 
city, and Is a graduate of Rutgers Female Col¬ 
lege. She is a slight built young woman, with 
coal black eyes, abundant brown hair, and very 
graceful manners. To a reporter who called on 
her yesterday, she said:-“Oh, I preach be¬ 
cause I love to, and because 1 feel that I have 
been called to the ministry. I was reared In 
the most retired circles, and never dreamed of 
public life wheu 1 was a school girl. I loved 
art. aud began to learn landscape painting in 
Cincinnati. When the crusade against liquor- 
sellers grew strong in Ohio I was drawn into it, 
and I helped them ali I could in Trumbull 
County. Then In Cincinnati. I went with the 
ladles to the temperance meetings, and, by 
talking to little knots of men, I gaiued confl- 
deuoe enough to address a throng, and 1 
preaohed to clusters of the poor of the city. 
Then I addressed a throng in the Exposition 
building. I made up my mind that I could not 
be contented any more without active work lu 
the ministry, aud I began to seek a place to 
study. Of course I thought that girls would 
have to be educated, if they became preachers, 
as well ar bof“. I applied first to the seminaries 
of my owu church, the Congregational, aud 
they refused me. Then I applied to the Pres¬ 
byterian seminaries, sod they were dignified 
and exclusive. I applied to fourteen In all, and 
a t last found a university In Boston which ac¬ 
cepted me as a student. Oberiin College allowed 
me to study the languages, and the professors 
thought they were doing a great thing for me, 
and said Unit, tio other church would do 60 
much. I have a year more to study In Boston, 
when I expect to apply to the Methodlst3 for 
license to preach.— If. Y. Sun. 
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BROKEN FRIENDSHIP. 
Friendship is a good deal liko ch!n3. It is 
very durable and beautiful as long as It Is 
whole: but break it, aud all the cement In tbe 
world will rover quite repair tn® damage. You 
may stick the pieces together so that, at a dis¬ 
tance, It looks nearly as well ns ever, but It 
won’t hold hot water. It la always ready to 
deceive you If you trust it, and It Is, on the 
whole, a very worthless thing, fit only to bo put 
empty on a shelf and forgotten there. The 
finer and more delicate it Is, tbe more utter the 
rulD. A more acquaintance, which reed* only 
a little Ill-humor to break it up, may be co*r#ely 
puttied like that old yellow basin In the store- 
closet; but tenderness, and trust, and sweat, 
exchange of confidence can no tnnro bo yours 
when angry words nod t houghts have broken 
them than can those delicate porcelain tea-oups 
which were splintered to pieces bo restored to 
their original excellence. The slightest crack 
will spoil the true ring, and you had better 
search for :t new friend than try to mend the 
old one. And (.11 this has nothing to do with 
forgive Pose. One may forgive and ho forgiven, 
but tne deed lias been dime aud the word ssld ; 
tho flowers and tho gilding are gone. Tho for¬ 
mal “making up,” especially between two 
women, is of no more avail than tbe wonderful 
cements that have made a cracked ugliness of 
your china vase that you expected to bo your 
“ Joy forover.” Handled delicately, washed to 
purity In the waters of truth, confided to no 
careless, nnsympatbiziughau ls, friendship may 
last two lives out; but it “ docs not pay" to try 
and mend it. Once broken it is spoiled forever. 
BABIES AND DIRT. 
A write 11 in the Metropolitan saysWs odcb 
asked an old "Winnebago squaw how !t was that 
she cured her s'.ck family Ly aimply oovering 
them every day with fresh earth, leaving only 
a breathing-spot for their 110 -cs, aud said :— 
“ Earth our mother. E irth made she, and earth 
take good earn to make she papooses strong; 
iquaw-mother make she papooses sick; earth- 
mother make aho papooses weil again. She 
can’t tell white cquaw any more.” Now this 
poor Indian woman was wlso “ according to 
her lights." Without knowing why, she saw 
that tho Oart.h was a friend to bur children, and 
therefore gavo thorn to Its hcniiug embrace. It 
tho mother bo fortunate enough to live in the 
country, she has the cure for niaar of her 
children's Ills quite at hand. Encourage baby 
to play in the fresh earth, preparing It properly 
for Its enjoyment, and cure, with as careful an 
eye to the comfort or the little thins as you 
would If It. wero to take any other sort of a 
bath. If it has no old drosses, make it a suit of 
cheap print, tie upon Its head a light hat, that 
will protect Re eyes from discomfort and give 
It freedom to delve In the warm, soft earth, 
where tbe sunshine can comfort aud invigorate 
It. If It Is n dry child, and circumstaDcos tor- 
bid a trip to the country, for the sake of tho 
weak convalescent, have a sand-heap made on 
the warm aide of your yard. Instinct will teach 
It to dig, and digging harden.-; the muscles and 
gives strongth to tho Pones, while from tbo 
heart of the earth rises a subtle aud strong 
power of healing that we c.ui neither explain 
nor understand for ourselves, though we have 
both seen and felt Its potency. 
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A BRUSSELS LOVE 8T0RY. 
There is a pretty 3tory In connection with 
the Introduction of the manufacture of floe 
lace Into Brussels. A poor young girl named 
Gertrude was dying for love of a young man, 
whose wealth precluded all hopes of marriage. 
One night as she sat weeping a lady entered 
her cottage, and without saying a word, placed 
in her lap a cushion, with Its bobbins tilled with 
thread. The lady then, with perfect silence, 
showed her how to work the bobbins, and how 
to make all kinds of delicate patterns aud com¬ 
plicated siitcho.i. As daylight approached the 
maiden bad learned the arc, and the mysterious 
visitor disappeared. Tbe price of the maiden’s 
lace soon made her rioh on account o? Its 
valuable patterns, and ahe was able to marry 
the objeot of her love. Many years later, while 
living lu luxury with her numerous family 
about her, she was startled by the mysterious 
lady entering ber comfortable bouae-thij time 
cot silent, but looking stern. She said “ Here 
you enjoy peace and comfort, while without 
aro famine and trouble. 1 helped you; you 
have not helped your neighbor. The angels 
weep for you and turn away their faces." So 
the next day Gertrude went forth with her 
cushion and bobbin in hand, and going from 
cottage to cottage, she offered to teach the art 
she had so mysteriously learned. So they all 
became rich, and their country also, 
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Aa fortune often hides under the meanest 
trades in life tho greatest virtues, so are the 
greatest geniuses found frequently lodged by 
nature In the most deformed and misshapen 
bodies .—Decam cron. 
“ Ned has been olaylng a soldier, 
And riding behind the Boat; 
Arthur has been on the river, 
Sailing his pretty new boat. 
“ While I.” sold curly-haired Recto. 
With smiles lu his roguish, eyes. 
“ I have boon out lu tho garden 
With Winifred, making pies.” 
“ riay on with n will, nay children," 
I raid. “ lor when you aro men. 
Scant tlmo you will have for leisure. 
Your lot will ho bard work thou.” 
Thon Nod, as he strutted proudly. 
Spoke out with >1 kindling eye: 
“ I would liku to bo a soldier. 
With sword and gun, by-and-by.” 
“ And I,” said fiery Arthur, 
With miniature ship In band, 
" I’d sail over the ocean: 
The sea is better than land.” 
“ So one is going to battle, 
And ouo going to sea: 
With It eg 10 stay with Ills father. 
Or what will my darling be?” 
“ Oh, I’ll be a painter, papa, 
. Will mustache aacl big black bat; 
And then I’ll paint you and mamma. 
The pony, the dog, and cat." 
I looked at these rosy faces, 
Flushed red with glow of Uealob, 
An t the tears drop down unbidden, 
Because of my precious wt alch. 
[It: v. E. S. II. Pmtreath. 
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VISIT TO NIAGARA FALLS. 
Having throo or four days to ourselves, wo¬ 
rn} self and an amiable sister—decided to visit 
Niagara Fails, so we started from Rochester 
one morning, expecting to lind a large place 
and small falls. On arriving at tbo Full wc 
found a carriage at tho depot which took us to 
tho Niagara House (on the American side), kept 
by MaJ. \v jj. M. Lewis aud H. W. Davie, and 
very well kept, too. After renting and supper 
wo went dowu to Prospect Park, from which 
we had a good view of the American Falls from 
above, and a very good view of the Uorso-Shoe 
Falls on the other side of the river. We then 
walked around a little, looking at the Rapids, 
which I like bettor loan the Falls, and went 
into one of the fancy stores, where one of the 
girls collared me and made me buy a few little 
things; for in tanoc, a locket made of agate 
aud bound with brats, whiob 1 afterward broke 
up. I still have tho pieces of agate, which I In¬ 
tend to keep, ami, perhaps, have a pair of sleeve 
buttons rnada out of them. 
The next mornlDg we started out early, and 
crossed t ho new Suspension Biidge to Canada, 
and walked up tho bank of the river until op¬ 
posite tho American Falls, iram which point 
wo had a very lino view of both tho Uorso-Shoo 
and American Falla, and also ; t the Rapids on 
both fiidos or Goat Island, In the afternoon we 
went all over Goat Island, (t was not able to 
llDdout why so called), only omitting to go un¬ 
der the Cave of the Winds, where they had that 
terrlblo accident a short tlmo ago. 
After seeing the water pouring down and the 
spray flying all around like rain, wo thought we 
wouid not go through, a deoiSiou 1 have re¬ 
pented of ever since. I know if 1 go to the 
Falls again, which I hope to do, I will by suro 
to go under those Fulls. But wo had a couple 
of older haido with u,, who advised us so earn¬ 
estly not to do so that we thought it better not 
to. In tbe«v6-' iug I took a Walk around tbe 
place, which, by the way, Is quite a small vil¬ 
lage, tho principal business being done In the 
fancy stores, where they sell ludian work, 
pieces o* rock from Goat Isiauu, agate charms, 
and lots of other little trinkets, whose only at¬ 
traction is that “they come from Niagara 
Fall?.," At this writing I have on my watch 
chain a very irotty illtie agate obarrn In the 
form of a thlsule from there, l also have a 
cane which was “cat oh of Goat Island,” 1 
am not aura whether that moans It was cut on 
Goa; Island or a good ways off. 
Monday morning we rode up to the Whirl¬ 
pool Itapids, ubout three miles from the Falls, 
and went down to tho edge of the river in an 
elevator—over two hundred feet straight down. 
Wheu we got to the bottom w e were right on 
the edge of tbo rapids, and oouldsee the Whirl¬ 
pool quite well. 1 think the Whirlpool Rapids 
is the biggest, thing I ever saw, not except ng 
the Falk. After gazing for an hour or more we 
drove over the Old Suspension Bridge, and 
along tbe Cvuada shore to the New Bridge, 
which we cfos- -d to tne Uuited States. As our 
time was short we were not able to go to De 
Deux College, Brock's Monument, Lundy's 
Lane, the Indian Village and other notable 
places, but nope to do so on another visit. 
" Two men had to go through a great, wood. 
One of them was short and stout, and one was 
tall and slim. 
“ I could not run fast or climb well," said the 
short, one; “ If a foe, nom or beast, canto on m® 
I should have to stand my ground,” 
“ Have no fear." said tbe slim man, “I can 
run fast and climb well; but still It is my rule 
to stand sny ground—1 would fight for you to 
the last. I four no man or beast, not I. Hark ! 
what Is that noise ?” 
“ I am sure," said the short man, “thnt Is tho 
growl of a bear; I know there are boars In this 
wood." 
Tho bear was soon io sight. Tho tall man ran 
a short way, and hid in a t ree. The short, one 
fell flat on his face oti tho ground, and held Ms 
breath. Tho hear came to him, smolt him, nnd 
thought he was dead. So he left him, and with 
a gruff growl or two went on bis way. 
Wheu tho boar was out of sight tho short man 
roeo frorn t,h„ ground, and the tall rnan came 
down from tho tree. 
1“ What did tbo bear Bay to you, my friend?" 
said tho tall man to tho aljort one, “I saw him 
put Ms mouth close to your ear." 
“ Ho told me,” said the short man “ to put no 
trust in one who brags in tho way you do, for 
those who boast so much arc not bravo ."—The 
Methodist. 
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"CAN’T AND TRY.” 
CAN'T-do-tt stloks In tho mud; but Try soon 
drags the wagon out of tbo rut. The fox said 
“Try," and ho got .■‘way from the hounds when 
tboy almost snuppod at him. The bins said 
“Try,” and turned flowers Into honey. The 
squirrel Bald “Try," and up lie went to the top 
of tho beech tree. The snowdrop said “ Try," 
and bloomed iu tho cold snows of winter. The 
sun sold “Try," and the spring soon threw 
Jack Frost out of the saddle. Tbe young lark 
tsald “Try,” and ho found that Ms now wings 
took him over hedges and ditches, and up 
where his father was singing. 
ILLUSTRATED KEBUS,-No. 5. 
j E?'™ Answer in two weeks. 
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CENTRAL PUZZLE.—No. 3. 
1. A cape of New England. 2. A river of Si¬ 
beria. 3. A city of Franco, 4. A climbing vino, 
d. A city of Africfl. fi. A riv^r of Austria. 7. A 
capo of Tunis. 8. A city of Belgium, 9. Aveib 
of tb® Imperfect tense. 10. A city of India. 11. 
Frozen water. Words of three letters, centrals 
forming u favorite editor and writer. 
ESP’” Answer in two weeks. Little One. 
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DIAMOND PUZZLE-No. 7. 
1. A consonant. 2. A garden tool. 3. Means 
assessed. 4- Is a kind of wood. 5. Means to 
horrify. 6. Is to cut with a scythe. 7. Aeon- 
sonant. Centrals form a forest tree. 
C27” Answer in two weeks. a. r. a. 
WORD-SQUARE ENIGMA.-No. 5. 
1, To unite. 2. Seed of a treo. 8. Hard. 4, 
A race. 5. Finished. 
Answer in two weeks. Solve Tina. 
PUZZLER ANSWERS,-Sept. 25. 
Illustrated Ekpus No. 4.—Beware, aHo, of 
him who flatters hdU commends you to your 
face, or to one who, he thinks, will tell you 
of it. 
Cross-Word Enioma No. 9.—Franco. 
Diamond Puzzle No. 5.— 
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