and  twenty  stems  on  n  plant.  I  wish  the  Editor 
would  tell  me  what  It  Is.  I  had  lltteen  kinds  ot 
pansies  last  summer,  but  iwes  and  fuchsias  are 
my  favorite  llowei"s.  Will  some  one  toll  mo 
whether  EUKlIsh  Tvy  would  stand  out  on  the  nort,h 
side  of  a  house  throuifh  winter  In  Northern  Indi¬ 
ana?  also  what  are  the  best  vinos  with  which  to 
cover  a  south  porch  ?— CotUKje,  NobU 
Co.,  hid, 
[YKS,  ICnRllsh  Tvy  will  stand  out  it  grown  In 
shade.  For  good  vines  for  a  porch  take  the  .Tnpan 
Golden  nonoyauckle.  It  Maiuon  will  send  speci¬ 
men  we  will  answer  her  other  question.— En.] 
hereafter.  Women  as  rule  do  not  core  for  know¬ 
ledge  <{>in  knowledge.  On  the  contrary,  they  pre¬ 
fer  Ignorance.  There  Is  not  a  scnUmeutal  craze, 
not  a  Buperetltlous  fancy,  not  an  umvorkahie 
crotchet,  which  docs  not  count  its  woman  advo¬ 
cates  hy  hundreds,  where  Its  men  supporters  are 
In  units ;  and  their  attitude  toward  science  and 
free  thought  generally  is  lamentable.  The  very 
shrlekers  who  have  shaken  tholr  skirts  at  all  the 
restraints  of  sex  have  not  emancipated  them¬ 
selves  from  the  tliraldom  ot  Illogical  crotchets 
and  weak  supersllUons— rather  the  contrary ;  and 
more  than  one  subject  could  he  named  on  which 
they  have  shown  themselves  lotally  unable  to 
reason,  to  reflect,  and  good  only  tor  hysterics  all 
around.— lA-tUon,  in  moraviu. 
BLESS  THE  BABIES! 
COMFOKT 
Bless  the  babiee,  one,  two,  three, 
Bless  the  faabieH.  all  there  be ; 
Bless  them  for  their  ounniug'  ways, 
Bless  Uieni,  for  the  baby  pays ! 
Bless  the  babies,  daughter,  son. 
Bless  the  babies,  every  one ; 
Bless  the  little  creatures  dear, 
Heaven's  blessed  chembs  here. 
Bless  the  babies  1  Who  can  tell 
The  half  we  love  Vm.  or  how  well  ? 
Their  little  mimic  voices  rinR 
Like  garden  birds’,  tn  early  spring. 
Bless  the  babies,  Idcss  their  nia’s. 
And  graciously  remember  pa’s ; 
Bless  the  1>abiea  t  Yi's,  wo  will. 
And  Ileuveu  help  to  bless  them  still. 
Linden- Wold,"  1876, 
I  HAVE  prof  Cased  to  love  thee.  M  vuv  mine : 
Mine  still,  to  cherish,  comfort  and  protect ; 
To  give  Uiee.  from  my  heart’s  Interior  shrine, 
AU  that  I  can,  and  duty  not  neglect. 
You  have  bolieved  my  word*,  and  hold  me  true 
As  I.AXor.t.oT,  the  brave  Bound  Table  Knight, 
Who  nothing  less  than  highest  honor  know ; 
May  I  ne'er  grow  less  worthy  tn  your  sight. 
And  I  have  promised,  shotlld  an  evil  day 
Ere  dawn  'Uix)n  you  (which  the  fates  forefend). 
To  l>e  to  you  a  comfort  and  a  stay, 
Alway  and  everywhere  till  life  shall  end. 
Such  promise  I  will  keep;  but  still  I  pray 
You  may  be  saved  from  every  harm  alway. 
But  If  there  come  a  time,  as  come  there  may. 
When  sudden  Irlbulatlou  smites  thine  heart. 
And  thou  dost  come,  to  mo  for  help  and  stay 
And  comfort— how  shall  I  perform  my  part  ? 
How  shall  I  make  niy  heart  a  resting  place. 
A  shelter  safe  for  thee  when  terrors  smite  ? 
How  ehall  I  bring  tha  ennshine  to  thy  face, 
And  dry  Ihy  team  tn  bitter  woe’s  desjiite  ? 
How  shall  I  win  the  strength  to  keep  luy  voice 
Steady  and  firm,  although  I  Lear  thy  sobs? 
How  shall  I  bid  thy  fainting  soul  rejoice. 
Nor  mar  the  counsel  of  mine  own  heart-throbs? 
Lorn,  my  Igivc,  teaches  me  a  certain  way, 
Ro,  If  the  dark  hour  come,  I  um  thy  stay. 
I  must  bvc  higher,  nearer  to  the  reach 
Of  angels  In  thsir  hlcjBic<l  Irustfuluess,— 
Learn  their  unselhshueNa  erf  1  can  tea<!h 
Ounteut  to  thoe,  whom  I  wiuild  greatly  bless. 
What  woo  wore  mine.  If  thon  atiould'st  ever  come. 
Troubled  but  tniatlng  unto  me  for  aid. 
And  I  should  meet  thee  iwwcrloss  and  dumb,— 
Willing  to  help  thee,  but  confused,  afraid. 
It  shall  not  hapi>en  Urns,  for  1  will  rise, 
OoD  helping  me.  to  higher  life,  and  gain 
Gouri-tge  and  strength  to  give  thee  counsel  wis(\ 
And  deejicrlove  to  bless  tbec  in  thy  pain, 
fear  not,  dear  Love— Uiy  trial  hour  shall  bo 
The  dearest  bond  between  my  heart  and  thee. 
A  Kanuck'*  Pote.” 
DKAH  Mk.  KniToit As  I  Hce  so  many  letters 
from  the  hoys  and  girls  In  your  paper,  l  thought 
I  would  write  and  tell  about  my  pets.  My  father 
is  a  Camvdlan  farmer.  We  had  some  pets  that  I 
thought  we  did  not  need.  They  were  very  mis¬ 
chievous  things  and  infested  one  of  our  liarns. 
They  were  roilenta,  uud  since  New  Years  wo  have 
been  killing  them.  Wo  fixed  a  trap  door  so  as  to 
catch  them  on  the  floor,  and  with  our  dog  the  llrst 
night  Avo  killed  nlnoteon.  We  tvould  go  In  with  a 
light  and  clubs  and  play  snlnney  with  them.  They 
would  bite  our  boom  and  ruu  up  our  clothes.  Oc- 
ca.slonally  the  neighbors  would  come  and  help  u.s. 
Wii  have  klllod  over  ’fOO ;  one  poor  fellow  had  a 
boh-tatl.  t  think  1  have  Bald  enough  In  n'giird  to 
rats.  Hoping  that  tlio  Uciui.  t’ouslus  will  laugh 
as  heartily  aa  wo  did  while  killing  them,  i  am, 
truly,— G.  E,  S.,  m.  Mitru’.i,  Out. 
CONSCIENCE 
execrable  savages  I  Yea;  and  always  InasAveat 
about  aorao  poor  little  Inslgninoaut  trifle  or  other. 
Desti'uctlon  catoh  the  lot  of  them,  /  say  t  I  would 
change  mine  for  the  small-pox  and  seven  kinds  of 
consumption,  and  be  glad  of  the  chance.  Now 
tell  me,  why  Ls  It  that  a  consclcAco  can’t  haul  a 
UAiiii  over  the  coals  once  for  an  ofTcuse,  and  then 
let  him  tilono?  Why  Is  It  that  It  wants  to  keep 
on  pegging  at  him,  da.v  and  night  and  night  and 
day,  Aveek  In  and  Aveek  out,  forever  and  ever,  about 
the  same  old  thing.  There  Is  no  sense  In  that,  and 
no  reason  In  it.  I  think  a  conscience  that  will  act 
like  that  Is  meaner  than  the  very  dirt  Itself.”— 
Murk  Tiriiiii.,  in  Atlnntie .fur  June. 
A  WORD  TO  THE  BOYS, 
A  Wolverine’s  Opinion. 
Dk.ah  Unci.ks  Tuuk  ANii  MARK:— As  I  have  a 
few  leisure  moments  I  think  I  will  pay  you  a  visit 
—on  paper.  T  road  .Iok  htbkt.k'h  letter,  .and  I  think 
he.  Is  about  right ;  only  1  dlHllko  to  see  a  fellow 
with  too  much  chock.  But  I  suppose  It  Is  the 
nature  ot  all  of  us  Yankees  lo  have  a  groat  deal  of 
It.  One  thing  before  T  leave  ofl' :  Them  is  a  follOAv 
that  lives  near  me  who  hail  a  great  deal  of  cheek, 
so  much.  In  fan.,  that  he  Lad  to  go  U)  Ann  Arbor 
to  have  It  cut  olT— only  It  WiWn’t  the  kind  of  cheek 
you  rnean;  It  Avas  a  hunch  or  swelling,  tlavo.  any 
of  tho  KoiiAt.  OouKlns  a  coilcctlon  of  antKpiO  curi¬ 
osities?  I  have  about  ten  dllTerent  kinds  of  Indian 
arrow  heads,  belonging  t/O  different  tribes;  one 
stone  hatchet  and  several  old  coins  and  pieces  of 
pctrlflcd  bone. — A.  li.,  Jii. 
POISON  IN  LADIES'  HAT  TEIMMINGS 
THE  other  day  a  lady  had  a  hat  sent  home  from 
a  milliner's  and  put  It  on  to  take  a  drive.  On  her 
return  sUo  was  very  much  surprised,  and  not  a 
little  alarmed,  to  find  a  painful,  and  by  no  means 
ornamcnUl,  eruption  covertng  her  fomheail.  As 
her  hat  Avas  Avell  forward  It  occuiTed  to  her  that 
that  might  have  connection  Avlth  the  culaneou.H 
Ulfllculty,  and  so  she  had  tho  lining  slufr  analyzed 
by  a  ebemlst.  The  dye-stuff  Avns  found  to  bo  very 
poisonous. 
A  LADY  ON  LADIES 
WO.AIEN  have  their  OAvn  place  both  in  nature 
and  society— a  place  beautiful,  Iraportaiit,  ennob¬ 
ling  and  delightful,  if  they  Avould  ?)ut  think  so. 
But  with  tho  curse  of  discontent  rpsUng  on  them 
from  the  heglnnlng,  they  prefer  to  spoil  the  Avork 
of  men  rather  than  try  to  perfect  their  own.  say, 
of  their  own  special  Avork,  what  Is  perfected  to 
such  a  degree  ot  excellence  aa  Avarrants  their 
leaving  It  to  take  c.are  of  something  else  ?  Tho 
servant  question  In  all  Its  branches  annoys  and 
harasses  everyone ;  but  t  his,  es-sentlally  a  woman’s 
quesUon,  a  elrcum.st:i  nee  of  that  partot  llfeAVhIch 
is  organized,  administered  and  foi'  tho  larger  pro¬ 
portion  fultlllcd  by  Avornen,  is  confessedly  in  u 
state  Of  chaos  and  disorder,  paralleled  liy  none 
other  ot  our  social  arrangements.  The  extrava¬ 
gance  of  llA-lng,  of  dress,  of  aiipolntmcnts,  AvIUch 
Is  part  of  the  sciwant,  disorder— because  maids, 
being  women,  avIII  trtek  themselves  out  tn  flurry 
to  attract  a-s  much  admiration  as  their  mistresses ; 
and  men,  being  animats,  will  gorge  where  their 
maatera  feustr— whence  do  these  come  save  from 
women,  rulers  of  aoclctj'i  regulators  of  modes  and 
fashions  as  they  are  ?  Do  t  he  husbands  order  the 
dlnnars  or  decide  on  the  length  of  the  train  or  the 
fashlou  or  the  dresj;?  If  the  ladles  of  Britain 
chose  that  the  rule  of  life  should  be  one  of  noble 
simplicity,  beauMtuI,  artistic,  lull  of  meaning  and 
dellgbt,  tbe  false  orimmcnt  and  nierefjiclous  ex¬ 
cess  with  Avhich  we  are  overweighted  noAv  would 
fall  from  ns  and  the  servant  question  among 
others,  would  get  itself  put  straight,  it  ts  a  mat¬ 
ter  ot  fashion,  not  necessity,  and  the  mot  rt'orare 
comes  from  above.  But  where  la  iJie  siiliit  of  <ir- 
gaulzatlon,  the?  resolutions  to  meetdirflcultlea,  the 
courage  of  self-cont  rol,  through  which  alone  great 
movements  are  made  and  great  reforms  led','  The 
Avomen  Avho  want  to  influence  t  he.  councils  of  the 
empire,  to  have  a  voice  in  the  making  of  laws 
which  are  to  touch  and  reconcile  contending  In¬ 
terests,  to  help  in  the  elucidation  of  dlfflcull  points, 
the  administration  of  doubtful  cases,  see  the  serv- 
anta  standing  In  a  disorganized  mob  at  the  gates 
of  the  social  temple  and  are  unable  to  suggest 
anything  Avhereby  they  may  be  reduced  to  order 
and  content. 
FOE  AND  ABOUT  WOMEN, 
Poor  YotitiK  Tom  I 
DEAR  Kcral:— I  think  criticising  Yocno  Tom 
has  been  run  li>to  the  ground.  I  suppose  etmie 
think  they  could  not  write  a  letter  Avlthont  men¬ 
tioning  him.  1  move  wo  let  him  rest  at  present. 
Will  Youno  Potato  DifiuKR  please  give  ld.s  hlght 
In  hts  next  letter?  1  am  exactly  five  feet  high; 
AVlll  be  llfteon  this  month.— .Terry  Postal. 
MIS.S  Christina  BosKrri  Is  InA'CStlgatlng  the 
analogies  between  the  Avorks  ot  Spencer  and 
Dante. 
A  I.ot'WviLLK  fashion  AvrltorsayB:-"  Overskirt 
cut  bias  and  pinned  back  was  the  prevailing  style 
in  the  fashionable  churches  yesteiday.” 
TiiK  Hiu-vard  Professors  In  cliomlatry,  mineral¬ 
ogy  and  botany,  ecrtliy  that  In  these  studies  girl 
students  arc  in  no  Avay  Inferior  to  the  men. 
Tiik  Momentous  (iUBSTiON.— Augustus :  “Now, 
Kmlly,  do  you  lovt;  me  or  do  you  not?”  Emily— 
“  Well,  U  I  say  I  don't,  shall  1  have  to  return  your 
presents?” 
Mr.s.  Governor  Hayes  Is  de3crlbeda.sa  modest, 
intelllgpnt,  cultivated  and  sprightly  Avoman,  Avith 
a  pair  of  laugliing  eyes  which  arc  black  and  brtght. 
Fashionaiilk  wedding  notices  Hi  some  sections 
of  the  country  mostly  conclude  thus:  “At  tho 
couolusloa  ot  the  cenjmony,  the  happy  pair  left 
by  rail  for  iHilladelphla.” 
A  Massacuchetts  matron  In  Diking  leave  of 
her  newly-married  daughter,  said “  lioinember, 
Lucy,  that  the  first  principle  In  cleaning  house  Is 
to  make  everybody  us  uncomfortable  a-s  possible.” 
A  MARqURTTK  Co.  iMlcli.)  lady  attended  a  driAUs 
recently  and  was  so  charmed  by  tbe  grace  ot  the 
aerobate  that  she  atU-mpted  to  Imitate  them  on  | 
her  return  home,  but  unfortunately  sprained  both 
her  Avrlsts  In  turning  her  seventh  succes.slve  som¬ 
ersault. 
Tub  ladles  of  Austin  (Nev.)  have  started  a  “  Ly¬ 
ing  Club.”  The  following  story  wu.s  told  at  a  re¬ 
cent  meeting  of  the  association  by  a  young  lady 
who  Avas  an  applicant  for  membcnihlp “  A  lew 
days  ago  a  wo«j<l-Uck  got  into  my  knee  and  Ui 
order  to  get  It  out  It  avus  found  necessary  to  rig  a 
block  and  uvckle  to  u  post  and  fasten  the  rope  to 
one  of  the  legs  of  the  creature,  and  It  then  took 
the  combined  strength  of  four  men  to  hoist  U  out 
of  the  flesh.”  The  application  Avas accepted  w ith- 
out  debate. 
Mary  Clemmeu,  In  a  recent  Washington  letter, 
gays “  We  an.*  approaching  that  line  In  the  ther¬ 
mometer  AVhen  from  a  natural  Iuav  human  affec¬ 
tions  cease  and  even  Avoman  ceases  to  be  a  lovable 
being;  for  1  persist  that  a  woman  with  a  perspir¬ 
ing  lace,  In  a  sticky  miislln,  fighting  flies,  Ls  not  a 
lovely  or  a  lovable  being.  It  Is  merely  a  question 
of  we.ither  when  the  capacity  for  romance  cea.ses 
and  tho  poAver  of  human  aflectlon  dies  out  of  tho 
human  heart.  Surely  It  must  be  easier  to  be  al- 
lecilonate  at  the  North  than  at  the  Mouth  Pole, 
The  Fan  Lanocaoe.— A  book  hasbeen  published 
at  Berlin  entitled  “The  Fan  Language,"  Avhlch 
gives  the  usual  sentences  intlie  vocabulary  of 
love  and  Dieudahlp,  Avith  appropriate  directions 
as  to  their  expres-slon  by  means  of  the  fan,  such 
as  “You  have  Avon  my  love"  — tho  right  hand 
points  with  closed  fan  tOAvardsthe  hiiart.  '•  When 
may  1  sec  you?”— touch  the  right  eye  with  the 
closed  fan.  “I  would  like  to  be  ever  near  you”— 
ILLU8TEATED  EEBUS, 
FEOM  AUNT  MAGGIE 
•I  don’t  suppose  that 
My  Dear  Litti.k  Folks 
you  Avere  aware  that  Aunt  Maooik  h.id  been  read¬ 
ing  your  letters  these  long  years  with  so  much 
interest,  but  Avhen  I  read  Uncle  Mark’s  letters 
saying  he  Avould  tell  about  tho  Ceutennlal,  I  must 
respond,  lor  1  cannot  attend  the  great  Exhibition. 
Toll  us,  rnclc  .Mark,  all  you  can;  It  will  be  read 
with  great  Intere.st. 
I  do  not  approve  of  the  use  of  tobacco.  I  think 
that  If  all  young  ladles  would  be  firm  In  their  res¬ 
olutions,  young  men  Avmilrt  quit  all  dl8.slpatlon. 
But  It  Is  n.alural  for  us  to  be  forgiving ;  at  least,  I 
liavo  had  a  great  deal  of  It  to  do. 
My  peta  arc,  flrst,  my  children,  then  my  plants 
and  flowers.  One  of  my  pansies  measures  one 
inch  and  three-quarters  one  Avay  a  nd  one  and  one- 
hall  the  other.  1  think  all  the  llttlo  girls  should 
groAV  pansies.  I  have  a  fuchsia  six  fcCl  high,  full 
of  beautiful  flowem ;  It  is  of  the  Speclo.sa— a  win¬ 
ter-blooming  vartety.  Good-by,  little  ones. 
Aunt  Maugie. 
t*’"  Answer  In  tAvo  weeks, 
But  at  the  same  time  the  AVomen  ] 
who  complain  of  tholr  OAvn  stunted  lives  and  who 
demand  leave  to  share  the  lives  and  jirlvllegcs  of 
men,  deny  the  right  of  their  maids  to  live  up  to  a 
higher  standard  as  far  as  they  them8elve,s  arc 
concerned  and  hold  the  faith  that  service  should 
mean  practically  servitude. 
It  Is  not  the  fathei’s  who  'jse  the  schools  for 
their  daughters— not  the  governors  Avho  druAV  up 
the  programme  of  what  Is  to  be  taught  there — 
not  men  who  decide  that  Avhat  boju  can  attain 
only  by  long  years  of  close  application,  girls  may 
krjotdc  off  by  a  few  months’  “cla-sees”— nor  yet 
men  who  think  it  Indelicate  for  women  to  teach  a 
girl  the  most  ordlnui’y,  the  most  necessary  facts 
In  physiology,  on  the  one  hand,  but  who  send  her 
Into  the  dleeectlng  room  with  a  crowd  of  youths, 
on  the  other.  Whatever  girls’  schools  may  have 
been,  women  alone  have  made  and  ordered  them. 
It  t  he  women  who  mould  and  regulate  the  Uvea  of 
women ;  and  if  tho  ansAver  Is,  Mothei's  make  their 
girls  What  men  desire  them  to  be,  is  there  not  a 
cou  Dtcr  reply :  Are  not  ail  men  the  soils  of  women  ? 
The  miserable  thing  called  a  polite  education  has 
been  and  Is  cmphatlcaUy  the  work  of  Avomen ;  that 
more  miserable  thing  called  a  fine  lady  Is  stlU 
more  emphatically  her  work  and  creation ;  and 
the  fast  Avomau— Iho  girt  of  the  period— Js  by  no 
means  the  work  of  man’s  hands  or  brain.  But 
Avlih  all  this  cry  for  education,  the  higher  teach¬ 
ing  formulated  and  offered  of  late  lias  not  been 
taken  advantage  of  by  women  for  Its  own  sake  .so 
much  as  for  the  practical  use  of  which  it  may  be 
CENTEAL  PUZZLE 
1.  An  article  for  tho  wash-stand.  2.  A  city  of 
NeAv  York.  3.  A  city  of  Italy.  4.  A  city  of  Prus¬ 
sia.  6.  A  river  of  Germany.  6.  A  country  of  Asia. 
7.  A  city  nr  Ecuador.  8.  A  city  of  Peru.  9.  A  city 
of  Belgium.  10.  A  city  of  France.  11.  A  river  ot 
Africa.  1'i.  A  city  of  England.  13.  Acltyot  Bel¬ 
gium.  Words  of  live  Ictiei-s,  with  centrals  form¬ 
ing  a  lake  of  Ncav  England.  Md. 
rs'"  AnsAver  In  tAvo  weeks. 
LETTEES  FEOM  BOYS  AND  GIELS, 
DOUBLE  ACEOSTIC 
1.  A  CITY  Of  Palestine.  2.  A  city  of  Iloumanla. 
8.  A  City  of  Arabia.  4.  A  UlAdslon  of  Africa.  6.  A 
cUy  of  Zangulbar.  <5.  Lying  beyond.  7.  Part  of 
lireat  Britain.  8.  A  scarf.  9.  A  city  of  Sardinia. 
10.  One  of  tho  Shetland  Isles.  lU  A  town  of 
Northern  mi.ssla.  12.  A  certain  breed  of  cattle. 
13.  A  city  of  Mexico.  14.  A  lake  of  Sweden.  15. 
A  city  ot  Spain.  Prlmals  and  finals  for  two  U.  8. 
Presidents.  Little  One. 
PUZZLEE  ANSWEES.-June  24, 
Illustrated  Rebus  No.  lo.-Trifles  light  as  air,  aro 
to  the  Jealous  coulimiatlofl  strong. 
BtuLiCAL  Enigma  No.  'iL"  Iuav  of  the  Lord  Is 
Iierfoct. 
D<juble  Cross- avobd  Enioma  No.  3.— Arkansas  and 
Suvunuah. 
