fonrtnoRR  for  tho  raoo  of  her  preserver,  and  hailed 
with  (fratltinle  the  drat  otlorts  to  And  homo  and 
Shelter,  or,  If  needs  must,  a  speedy  end  to  pain  for 
those  poor  waits  and  strays'.who  used  to  he  so 
common  lo  our  streets,  nud  whoso  pleading  dyes 
speak  tho  more  because  they.havo  no  outlet  In 
language,  nor,  except  by  auch  services  os  that 
here  recorded,— and  recorded,  let  nve  add,  In  how 
many  InstAncos  elsewhere  I— can  acknowledge  our 
kindness  In  mewo  substantial  fashion  than,  as 
some  dog-lover  has  expressed  It,  a.wag  of  tall.— 
Giovatmdut,  in  .t  tUinal  iroj’td. 
earthly  type,  are  always  with  us.  They  sit  near 
us  lu  tho  theaters,  beside  us  in  the  stages,  aiviund 
us  at  tho  couceru.  They  grace,  tho  salon,  they 
piece  out  with  bright  colors  tho  home  circle  and 
family  gathering. 
They're  not  silent  monitors,  ou  ihe  contrary, 
out  of  the  abundance  of  their  hearts  come  many 
“  fn  her  tongue  Is  the  law 
“  her  lips  drop  sweet  smelling 
“Goodmornlu’  ’’ 
PUNKYDOODLE  AND  JOLLAPIN 
ONLY  GOING  TO  THE  GATE 
On,  Plllykin  W'illykln  W’lnlty  Won  I 
llow'doce  Iho  Kinporor  lake  his  loaf 
lie  takes  it  with  uielous,  ho  takes  it  with  milk, 
llo  takes  it  with  slnui  uud  Maesafras  silk, 
lie  takes  It  without,  he  takes  It  within ; 
Oh,  Punkydoodlo.  and  JnUapIn  I 
Oh,  Pillykln  WlUykin  Wlnky  Woo  I 
How  doos  the  Cardinal  tnko  his  tea  T 
lie  takes  It  In  l.atju.he  takes  It  In  Orook, 
Ho  takes  it  Just  seventy  times  a  week. 
Ho  takes  it  BO  strong  that  It  makes  him  prin ; 
Oil,  Punkydoodlo  and  .rollapin ! 
Oh.  Pillykiii  Willykin  Wlnky  Wee  I 
How  docj*  tho  .admiral  take,  hla  ten  f 
Ho  takes  It  with  splloov,  ho  takes  it  with  spars. 
Ho  takes  It  wlUi  hikers  and  Jolly  Jack  tars : 
And  ho  stirs  It  roiiml  with  a  dolphin’s  flu ; 
Oh.  Punkydoodlo  and  Jollapln  I 
Oh.  Pillykln  Willykin  Wlnky  W'oo  ! 
How  does  the  President  take  his  lea  f 
lit!  takes  It  in  lied,  ho  lakes  it  In  suIuhiI, 
He  lakes  it  in  Conirress  amiinst  the  rule. 
Ho  takes  it  with  brandy  and  thinks  It  no  sin ; 
Oh,  Punkydoodlo  and  .JoUai'ln  ! 
fLauru  U.  MelutrtU.  in  St.  mcMnrfor  Auu. 
I.IKK  a  boll  of  blossom  rinxing’, 
.Clear  and  childish,  shrill  and  sweet, 
Floatiuir  to  tho  porch’s  shadow. 
With  the  fainter  fall  of  feet, 
tlomes  tho  answer  softly  backward, 
Tlldiliutr  tender  watcher  wait, 
While  the  Haby  Queen  onti'uns  her, 
“  Only  troiiig  to  tho  gato,” 
Through  tho  moonlight,  warm  and  scented. 
Love  to  beauty  breathes  his  sigh. 
Lingering,  t<i  leave  nduolant, 
Jrfjtb  to  siMiak  the  low  good-by ; 
Then  the  same  low  echo  answers. 
Waiting  lovo  of  older  date, 
And  the  maiden  whispers  backward, 
*'  Only  going  to  tlio  gale.” 
Oh,  those  gates  along  our  pathway, 
What  they  bar  outoide  and  in  I 
With  the  vagne  outlook  lieyoud  them. 
Over  ways  we  have  not  l*een. 
How  they  stand  before,  liehiad  us ; 
ToU  gates  some,  with  price  to  pay  •, 
Spring  gates  soine,  that  shut  forever ; 
Cloud  gales  some  Uiat  molt  away  ! 
.Tust  across  tbelr  slender  weavings 
TroUi-pliKhl  happy  hands  havo  crossed: 
Vet  its  looks  have  rusted  ruddy, 
Or  its  key  in  night-shado  lost. 
Over  latches  softly  falling, 
Qood  by  prayers  Jiave  dropped  like  dew ; 
Little  gateways,  softly  shutting, 
Yot  havo  out  a  love  in  two. 
8o  wc  pass  them  going  upward 
On  our  Journey,  onu  by  one. 
To  the  distant  shining  wioket 
Where  each  traveler  goes  alone ; 
Where  tho  friends  who  Journey  with  us 
Htningoljr  falter,  stop  and  wait ; 
Father,  mother,  child  or  lover, 
“  Only  going  to  the  gate."  Ethel  Li/nn. 
and  wonderful  thltiffa. 
of  kindness,**  and 
myrrh.” 
But  what  of  all  that  If  she  says 
and  “Good  evenin’?” 
Suppose  She  come,  like  (iucon  Sheba,  “with  a  | 
very  (Treat  train.’,  and  fall  to  put  objectives  after 
her  prepoalllons,  will  It  not  mar  the  glory  of  her 
coming  7 
Seriously,  should  a  ivoman  be  called  “  graceful  ” 
who  continually  stumbles  over  her  final  eoiiso- 
nauts  and  says  “  l.emmo  go,”  “  a  good  ’ciU.”  “  llrs’- 
rate,”  “  ban’  mo  that  blotUu’  paper?” 
It’s  a  pleasant  thing  tn  hoar  from  tho  Ups  of 
Aramlnta — your  hoart.'s  own  delight — that  she 
resolutely  doollned  young  Phlpklnn's  Invitation 
to  tho  tiieater,  hut  when  tho  arllo.ss  maid  half 
closes  her  eyes  and  murmurs,  ••  if  ho'd  eamo  tor 
me  In  a  golden  eharlot  T  wouldn't  have  went!’’ 
you  don't  feel  so  eoiiirort.al)lo,  so  negligently  at 
ea.se,  a.s  you  were  hoforo  that  lust  remark  of  Ara- 
mlnta’s. 
Women  should  not  decelvo  themsidves.  Tho 
most  uncouth,  lliilArato  man  knows  what  elegant 
and  eorreet  Kngllsh  Is,  ii'hfii  hr  hrarx  U.  llo  may 
not  be  able  to  string  lliree  worrLs  correctly  him¬ 
self  ;  but  ho  sniffs  tho  harmony  of  a  rounded  sen¬ 
tence  from  afar.  iMslnittlncMve.  See  how  work¬ 
ingmen  hang  upon  the  Ups  of  an  orator!  of  Ids 
meaning  thr-y  know  little  or  nothing,  but  tho 
[  “energy,  number  and  cadcuce”  they  catch. 
LETTEE8  FKOM  BOYS  AND  GIRLS, 
From  a  West  Virginia  Girl. 
Mb.  EtuTOu:— I  often. sec  Ictters^from  Virginia 
lu  your  paper,  but  never  saw  ono.from  our  parts, 
HO  1  tliought  I  would  write.  My  father  until  lately 
has  been  managlng.a  salt  furnace  for  my  grand- 
pa^but  has  given  It  up  and  Is  now  engaged  In 
fanning  on  a  amall  scale.  Last  year  we  had  tho 
largest  uud  carlloHt  Htrawhorrlos  of  anybody  near 
us.  Fapa  take.>»  great  delight  In  e-xhlblllng  his 
fowls  to  all  viBitore.  He  has  a  largo  hen-houso 
and  Homo  of  tlie  Anost  brooda.  Among  others  aro 
tho  Gray  Dorkings,  Black  SpanlHli,  widto  Chinas 
and  Light  nrahmus.  We  have  two  splendid  A  Ider- 
noyoowa;  from  these  we  mako  butter  and  use  tho 
cream  ou  the  tabic.  Mamma  has  u  Aue  Oalla 
which  has  been  In  hud  for  nearly  two  months,  hut 
never  haa  oponenod;  on  e.xandnallon  we  havo 
found  that  tho  lop  of  tho  bud  Is  withering.  What 
Is  the  cause?  Is  It  that  the  shootfl  which  have 
sprung  up  have  prevented  It  from  blooming  7  Wo 
worn  told  not  lo  trouble  them  at  all  until  It  had 
bloomed,  and  tlien  to  separate  It.— Anna  U.,  Ka- 
fuiin/ui  fialines,  iKeat  I'a. 
RUNNING  IN  DEBT, 
I  DWKI.T,  on  this  point,  for  I  would  deter'others 
from  entering  that  plaeo  of  torment.  Halt  tho 
young  men  In  this  country,  with  many  old  enough 
to  know  better,  would  go  Into  busl  ness— that  1.S, 
Into  debt— to-morrow.  If  they  could.  Most  poor 
men  are  so  Ignorant,  as  to  envy  tho  uiorehant  or 
manufacturer,  whose  life  la  an  Incessant,  st.mgglo 
with  pecuniary  (11  AlcuUlcs,  who  la  driven  to  con- 
Htant  “shinning.”  and  who,  from  month  to  mouth, 
barely  evades  the  1  nsolvimoy  which  sooner  or  later 
overtakes  most  men  In  bualness;  .so  that  It  has 
been  computed  that  hut  one  man  In  twenty  of 
them  achieve  a  pecuniary  HueecRS.  For  my  own 
part  I  would  rather  bn  a  convict  In  tlu’i  SlAto 
prison,  a  slave  In  a  rli’a  swamp,  than  lo  pass 
through  life  under  tho  harrow  of  debt.  Lot  no 
young  man  misjudge  himself  unfortunate,  or  truly 
poor,  so  long  as  ho  has  the  full  use  of  his  limbs 
and  facull.le.s,  and  is  snhstantlally  free  from  debt. 
HungoT,  cold.  rags,  hard  work,  contempt,  sua- 
plclon,  un Jii.st  reproach,  are  dl.sagreeablo,  but  debt 
Is  Infinitely  worse  than  them  all.  And  If  It  h.ad 
pleased  God  to  spare  either  or  all  my  sons  to  be 
tbo  support,  of  my  declining  yenrs,  the  lesson 
Which  T  should  most  earnestly  seek  to  Impress 
upon  1 1mm  Is,  "  never  run  in  debt.”  A  void  pecuni¬ 
ary  Obligations  as  you  would  pestilence  or  famine. 
If  you  have  hut  fifty  ceniA  und  can  get  no  more  for 
a  week,  buy  a  peek  of  corn,  parch  It  and  live  on  It, 
rather  than  owe  a  dollar !  of  eourso  f  know  that 
some  men  must  do  business  that  Involves  a  risk, 
!ind  must  (?lvo  notes  or  other  omigations,  and  f  do 
noteoiiHldnr  him  in  debt  who  eau  lay  his  hands 
fllrectly  on  the  means  of  paying,  at,  some  little 
sacrUlee,  all  he  owes;  T  speak  of  real  debt— that 
which  Involves  risk  or  sacrlAco  on  one  side,  ohll- 
gallon  and  dependence  on  the  other— and  I  say 
from  all  such,  lot  every  youth  humbly  pray  ood 
to  preserve  lilm  evermore.- f/orocc  Oi'relei/. 
FOR  AND  ABOUT  'WOMEN 
From  a  Vermont  Girl. 
Dkak  Cousins  T  suppose  I  may  be  allowed  to 
use  that  title  with  the  rest.  I  already  feel  (lutto 
well  acquainted  with  some  of  tho  C'ousln.s,  though 
I  have  never  seen  them,  1  live  up  among  the  hills 
of  Vermont,  and  t  hough  rather  rmigb  It  la  very 
pleasant  here.  1  attended  school  last  term  and 
intend  to  next.  Tho  school  house  Is  nearly  a  mile 
from  here,  it  Is  a  pleanant  walk  In  summer,  but 
In  winter  is  rather  cold.  Oh,  T  nem  ly  forgot  to 
give  ray  age,  and  that  ts  very  ossenUaL  I  am 
fourteen ;  am  rather  tall  and  slim ;  have  light 
brown  hair,  blue  eyes,  and  skin  to.  correspond 
with  hair.  1  will  not  Bay  anything  about  this  let¬ 
ter  being  too  long,  for  fear  of  iniiurrlng  Younu 
Tom's  displeasure.  If  this  (1o(3B  not  meet  Its  fate 
In  the  waste  basket.  It  will  greatly  encourage 
— .IKNNIK  M.  A.,  A.  Ptnnfret,  I’f. 
ENJOY  WHAT  YOU  HAVH 
“O  dkab!  the  tiriipx  /  these  tlren(l,ria  times! 
Why,  mother,  am  1  uri'rr  to  havo  another  now 
book,  or  another  picture  In  my  room  ?  Those  Fos- 
TKR  glrla  might  have  their  Casbuiere  laces  and 
four-buttoned  gloves  In  welcome,  If  i  could  only 
have  the  new  books." 
“Ei-siB,  my  child,  these  are  dreadful  times,  but 
there's  a  Intson  in  them.” 
“  1  have  all  the  lessons  I  want  to  learn  In 
school.” 
“  1  hope  tho  lOASons  you  learn  at  school  will  so 
discipline  and  strengthen  your  mlud  that  you  will 
be  able  to  learn  Lin  'ir  bis-sons  more  o.aslly.  The 
one  groat  lesson  1  wish  you  tn  learn  now  Is  this : 
Enjoy  what  you  have.  What  a  fund  of  eutertaln- 
menl  In  the  Stereoscope -ho iv  varied  ami  suggest¬ 
ive  are  tho  pictures.  With  the  aid  of  the  Eucyelo- 
p.'edla,  your  History  and  your  Geograpliy  too,  what 
wonderful  things  would  bo  brought  te  view,  it 
would  prove  a  never-falling  source  of  delight  and 
enjoymenU  You  have  only  to  go  to  the  parlor 
-'•li;  this  evening  to  sco  the  m.agnlilcent  scenery 
gas-llx(ii.»  ond  foreign  Lands,  all  lllumlnaied  by 
“  There,  loo,  nr*. 
the  wcll-Allcd  shelves  amt «».  liun  your  eye  over 
tered  through  tho  honso.  I  think  ytaiuns  siiat- 
many  there  that  you  had  forgotten  were  lu  tAL 
library.  My  daughter,  your  mind  would  grow 
nobler,  ilUl  It  como  in  contact  offenor  with  the 
thoughts  of  tlKjso  gifted  authors  (both  men  and 
women)  of  the  pa.st,  ms  well  as  the  present  llmo. 
“Ei,isk,  why  not,  In  this  Ceutonnlal  year,  read 
iRVLNO’s  Washington  7  After  reading  a  fcov  such 
bwks,  1  think  you  would  cease  sighing  (or  every 
now  uovbL  Qne,  occasionally,  mixed  with  such 
reading,  could  not  harm  you,  but  would  serve  as 
recreation.  But  Uetrcnch  la  tho  order  of  tho  day, 
and  we  can  retreueh  in  novels  hotter  than  other 
things.  Wc  will  be  thankful  If  our  <UtU\j  irantt^ 
be  supplied,  and  doubly  grateful  If  wc  may  re- 
tain  what  wo  have. 
“Now  see  how  much  of  this  lesson  you  can 
learn  during  your  vacation,  um.ie  learned,  It  is 
(or  a  UfeUme,  Very  many  are  bearing  lieavy  bur¬ 
dens  Just  now,  aj»d  ours,  by  no  means,  is  a  light 
one;  but  wc  will  try  to  face  tho  times  with  a 
cheerful,  CbrlsUau  courage,  ami  so  outride  the 
storm.  Indeed,  ‘tho  land  mournetli,’  but  our 
eountrj'  Is  a  vineyard  of  Goi>  s  own  planilug,  and 
He  will  not  overthrow  the  work  of  His  hands.” 
From  a  Northern  New  York  Boy. 
Dkak  LInolbs;— I  think  the  Boys’  and  Girls’ 
Column  was  never  as  gmid  aa  It  1»  now.  I  hope 
you  Will  continue  to  take  charge  of  It  for  a  long 
time.  Your  lotterw  aro  Interesting  and  Instruct¬ 
ive,  and  wo  like  lo  have  you  write  long  ones ;  so 
toll  the  Edlter  not  te  he  so  cro-sa  with  you.  1  sup¬ 
pose  many  of  tho  Cfiuslns  will  go  to  the  Conton- 
tennlal.  I  should  like  to  go  very  much,  hut  can¬ 
not.  However,  wo  can  read  about  It  In  Uncle 
M  AKK’R  letters.  -Hakry. 
A  TRUE  STORY  OF  A  DOG, 
MISCELLANEOUS  ENIGMA 
1  oxfi  ago,  In  a  house  In  a  far-off  town,  which  an 
Iron-hanotHi  industry  has  since  made  all  her  own. 
‘''"“'mlng  the  once  pleasant  Aelrts,  thickening 
the  clear  mir,**.,.  driving  the  birrtu  who  Bang 
byli  and  the  woods  Whtei.  -w-if/TCd  them  fiirt.imr 
and  further  back,  while  she  gnu.»«  ,nd  clangs 
away  IncesaantJy  to  tho  tune  of  pounds,  shliniiK* 
nml  pence,  a  little  child  was  one  day  loft  unknow¬ 
ingly  to  her  own  devices.  Her  mother  and  the 
two  handmaids  who  formed  Uiat  small  house¬ 
hold  were  Intent  on  somo  domestic  buRlnes.s  and 
thought  her  snfely  bestowed.  This  little  maid, 
however.  In  the  meantime  determined  on  Improv¬ 
ing  her  muiualntance  with  the  Are— that  charm¬ 
ing  and  wonderbd  clement  which  sent  out  such 
pleasant  warmth  and  cheery  light  Ir  the  winter 
evenings,  and  made  such  fantaslio  shapes  to 
please  her  lu  Ita  dying  embers,  that.,  warned 
against  It  though  she  was.  It  could  not  Burely  but 
prove  a  kindly  playmate.  ’I’ho  hrlUlant,  treaoher- 
ous  names  soon  took  advantage  of  her  Innocence, 
and  would  have  formed  for  her,  as  for  many  other 
children,  a  Aery  chariot  te  the  heavens,— and  what 
child  Is  not  tho  gainer  thereby  when  life  means 
but  the  heartache  tf>  so  itjany  7— when  one  of  those 
shining  guardians  te  whom  ehlldron  must  bo  espe- 
clnlly  dear.  If  only  because  so  like  themselves, 
touched  with  fiulck  Instinct  of  'the  danger  tho 
dumb  beast  of  another  guardian  near,  faithful 
though  lowly-  -a  largo  brindled  dog,  aptly  enough 
named  Keeper,  and  chose  him  for  a  messenger. 
The  father  of  the  child,  about  te  leave  the  house, 
saw  tho  dog,  bounding  and  panting,  nish  up  to 
him  and  away  again  with  little  hcod,  a  second  time 
approach,  again  to  he  unheeded ;  but  when  a  third 
timo  the  excltod  animal  appe.ars,  solztis  his  coat, 
and  tries  te  tell  his  trouble,— feeling  that  some¬ 
thing  unusual  must  have  happened,  tho  master 
quickly  follows  him,  te  find  hls  UtUc  girl  on  Are, 
and  to  extinguish  tlio  Aamos. 
That  little  girl,  this  long  time  grown  a  woman, 
yet  remembers  dimly,  aa  she  tells  the  writer  of 
this  anecdote, 'crying  over  the  pain  of  the  dally 
dres.slng  Of  her  burns,  has  another  dim  rcraom- 
branceof  a  Large  dog  running  at  licrstde,  but  a 
lively  one  of  the  tradition  lu  her  family.  VVh.it 
wonder  that,  with  a  heart  full  of  compa-sslon  to 
all  God’s  creaturos,  she  has  ever  felt  a  Bpecl 
I  AM  comixised  of  71  letters : 
My  13,  3,  «,  iw,  IT,  rd,  fl,  II,  13,  s.*;,  55  la  worthy  of 
trust  aud  conlldence. 
My  Tl,  5'.»,  ‘is,  22,  2«  Is  the  body  of  a  tree. 
My  60,  2, 12,  29, 40,  58,  05  IS  a  day  of  tho  week. 
.My  10,  -1,  '23,  63,  37  la  a  girl's  name, 
oij  ‘A  67, 14  is  to  propose. 
My  7,  52,  8,  is  a  carpuntcr'B  tool. 
My  9, 16, 33  Is  not  gay  or  chcorfui. 
My  10,  B!2,  30,  31,  63,  08  hi  luiBound  of  mind. 
My  19, 18.  30,  37  Is  a  Aower. 
My  80,  33,  34,  43,  8(5,  19,  30  aro  Welcome  visitants  to 
UH  when  far  from  home. 
My  24,  35,  69,  ’Ik,  33,  09,  06,  08  Is  one  Who  Is  skillful 
In  lilttlng  a  mark. 
.My  30,  28,  00,  35,  OS,  69  w.as  a  celebrated  reformer. 
.My  32,  31,  2,  8  Is  not  sweet. 
.My  20,  41, 42,  30,  67  is  not  sour. 
My  36,  'i'i,  i'2,  40,  65  Is  one  who  hates  another. 
My  37,  38,  .39, 40  Is  a  long  way  from  being  called 
bad. 
My  70,  47,  4S,  08,  64,  22  Is  a  well-known  btrd^ 
My  4'3,  43,  51,  7,  S5  Is  a  nag  many  people  aro  wont 
to  ride. 
My  0.3,  00,  01  la  a  kind  of  ware  used  in  all  house¬ 
holds. 
My  62,  68.  04  Is  to  talk  Idly. 
My  whole  Is  a  true  quoteflon. 
SJT  Aaswer  lu  two  v/eeki.  b.  m.  n. 
GRACE  AND  GRAMMAR 
W’tiEN  one  reads  of  ancient  Athena  and  how  Us 
young  people  were  Ilrst  sent  to  study  grammar 
under  competent  masters,  to  the  end  that  Atho- 
Ulan  youth  might  attain  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
“  the  whole  beauty,  energy,  number  and  cadonco  ’’ 
of  their  language,  aud  as  a  result,  how  general 
became  the  culture  and  Anc  uiste  of  the  people, 
so  that  even  a  shepherd  woman  took  one  Theo¬ 
phrastus  to  task  for  the  mispronunciation  of  a  sin¬ 
gle  word,  one  can  hardly  suppress  a  At  of  psychic 
squeamlshnesH  at  thoughts  of  our  modern,  slip¬ 
shod,  down-at-the-hcol,  out-at-the-elhow  stylo  of 
dressing  up  our  Ideas.  Double  negaUvea,  disa¬ 
greement  of  cases,  singulars  for  plurals,  adject¬ 
ives  for  adverbs,  rough-and-tumblo  treatmeut  of 
A  ual  consona  nis,  hanunerlng  out  “  u  ”  Into  “  oo,  ’ 
Aattenlrjg  “  a  ’’  lute  “  e,”  et  ia  omm  omnet,  A’ow, 
It  may  be  asked,  If  an  angel  were  lo  alight  In  your 
pathway  and  offer  to  bless  you,  would  you  Insist 
upon  having  the  benlson  in  good  English  ?  Prob¬ 
ably  not.  Angels’  visits  arc  con(es.sedly,  few  and 
far  between. 
But  the  young  ladles,  those  seraphim  of  the 
double  ACROSTIC 
1.  A  coMMON^xclamatlon.  2.  A  mason’s  tool. 
3.  Part  of  a  ^‘Ip.  4.  A  precious  stone.  6.  a 
French  coluJ  The  Initials  and  Anala  give  the 
name  of  aa  ^icrlcan  oAlcer  of  the  Revolutionary 
War. 
nr  AnsvKr  In  two  weeks.  Isoi.a. 
rIZZLER  ANSWERS.-July  22, 
ItOHJIWOBD  Enioma.— Com 
Rivkrh.— I,  Wlthan 
\i\w,  6,  Twend;  6,  Derive: 
10,  Amoor;  U,  ludus. 
Aonosric.-laiUata.  Hchuyler;  flnalB,  Bur- 
;oiw-wout>  I'uzxi.E.— Hugh- 
;  3.  Aire 
ThiimeH 
