In  the  iinbroken  sunslilne  which  cornea  to  those 
homes  where  children  are  a  Joy  and  not  a  cross. 
Interesting.  "Bonjour,  Madame  Irl"  Madame 
Iv,  she  awake  1  she  hoi’  her  (an  before  her  (ace. 
Adam  put  up  hla  cyeghma  to  admire  the  tableau ; 
zey  made  one  promenade,  ^(adame  Iv  she  (eel 
hungry ;  she  see  appcl  In  zc  arbre.  Monsieur  le 
Serpent  se  promcnc  sur  I'arbre;  make  one  walk 
on  ze  tree,  “M.  le  Serpent,"  say  iv,  “will  you 
not  have  ze  bonto  to  peek  some  appel?  J’al 
(aim."  ‘‘Certalnement,  Madame,"  zay  ze  ser¬ 
pent,  “  charme  de  vou.s  voir.”  ••  Ilola,  mon  ami, 
ar’r’  rete/.vous !’’  cry  Adam— stop.  “Songez  a 
descendre;  what  madness  Is  zees?  You  must 
not  peck  zo  appcl  1’’  snak  In  ze  tree,  he  smile, 
ho  took  one  pinch  snurr,  he.  say,  “  Ah  1  Monsieur 
Adam,  do  you  not  know  zero  Is  nos-slng  prohcebeet 
(orzo  ladles?  Madame  Iv  perracat  me  tooffare 
you  some  of  zls  (rult  defendu.’’  Iv  she  make  one 
courtesy ;  ze  snak  ho  All  her  whole  pariunol  wlz 
!  appel;  he  say,  “Eel  M.  Adam  will  eat  ze.  appel 
NELL’S  LESSON  IN  VOCALIZATION 
THE  SEED 
“FOR  THOUGHTS, 
•Sokjjk:— Croquet  ground;  Nsr.!.,  with  mallet  In 
hand,  and  small,  slipper-oncaaed  foot  upon  Fked's 
ball,  ready  to  send  It  "outot  her  way  Fkkd,  a 
sophomore,  clothed  In  dignity,  precision  and  a 
silk  hat;  Samcki.,  a  divinity  student^  and  .Sarau, 
his  adversary  (at  croquet),  only  a  farmer’s  daugh¬ 
ter. 
“  Pig  I  Pig !  Pig  1"  came  In  a  shrill  treble  across 
the  adjoining  stubble  field. 
"That  woman  docs  not  appreciate  her  privi¬ 
leges,"  exclaimed  Nki.i..  “Those  pigs  will  nfl 
heed  that  call;  they  think,  1(  Ihcy  think  at  all 
that  she  la  calling  one  of  her  ehlldren." 
“  How  should  she  call  ?’’  asked  Frko. 
"Pig!  Pig!  Pig!”  rose  Nki.i.V  voice,  sweet  and 
clear,  though  In  exact  linltnttouof  the  farmer’s 
who  owned  the  pigs.  The  sophomore  looked  at 
her  In  ainu/einent ;  the,  divinity  studont  clapped 
his  hands  and  cried,  "  Bravo  1"  while  the  animals 
in  questlou  came  galloping  across  the  Held  utter¬ 
ing  their  cluiraelerlstle.  "  Bush  1  Bu.sh  1” 
"  Yes,"  conilnuoa  Mku.,  her  bright  eyes  as  full 
of  enthusiasm  as  though  she  were  making  a  stump 
speech  In  the  Presidential  campaign,  "  this  Is  one 
of  woman's  inalienable  rights— always  to  rnako 
her  call  an  effectual  one,  whether  It  be  to  man  or 
brutes;  that  woman  dare  not  call  only  In  her 
high  soprano,  lest  she  bo  thought  unwomanly ; 
let  her  always  speak  In  low,  sweet  tones,  calm 
and  even,  to  her  children,  but  when  aUc  calls  her 
pigs  or  her  cows,  let  her  ascend  or  dosceml  the 
musical  scale,  until  she  rinds  a  chord  to  whoso 
vibration  they  shall  re.spond;  and  It  her  dog  will 
not  come  without  a  whistle,  then  let  her  whistle ; 
she  cau  do  all  this  and  yet  retain  her  womanly 
dignity.  A  woman's  words  and  tones  should  bo 
full  of  meaning ;  but  Oh  I  *  Frivolity  Ihy  uame  Is 
woman !' " 
With  a  High  Nbi.i,  concluded  her  lesson;  the 
mallet  did  Its  duty,  and  sent  Fkku's  ball  where  It 
bid  fair  to  make  a  “  booby  ”  of  him, 
Kknneth  Dunn. 
A  PAS«v  on  hi*  brc«t  she  laid, 
Splendid  and  dark  with  Tyrian  dyes ! 
“  Take  It,  'tts  like  your  tender  eyes, 
Deep  as  the  midnight  hoaren,"  she  said. 
The  rich  rose  mantling  in  her  check, 
Before  him  like  the  daivn  she  stood, 
Pausinis  uiion  life’s  bight,  subdued, 
Yet  triumphing,  both  proud  and  meek. 
And  white  as  winter  stars  intense 
With  steailfast  flpo  Ids  brUliant  face 
Bent  toward  her  witli  an  eager  grace. 
Pale  with  a  rapture  half  susi'ensn. 
"  You  give  me  then  a  thonght.  O  sweet !’’ 
He  cried,  and  kissed  the  inirple  flower. 
And  bowed  by  love’s  xxsistloaa  r>owcr. 
Trembling  he  sank  before  her  fret. 
She  crowned  his  beautiful  bowed  head 
With  one  carees  of  her  white  hand ; 
"  Bise  up,  my  flower  of  all  thn  land, 
For  all  my  thoughts  are  yours,"  shd  said. 
(OViht  Thuxttr. 
Thk  farmer  planted  a  seed— 
A  little  dry,  black  seed ; 
And  off  he  went  to  other  work- 
For  the  fanner  was  never  known  to  shirk 
And  eared  for  wlmt  ho  had  need. 
The  night  came  with  its  dew— 
The  cool  and  silent  dew ; 
The  ilawn  iiani'i,  and  the  ilay. 
And  the  farmor  worked  away 
At  labors  not  a  few. 
Home  from  his  work  one  day— 
One  glowing  summer  day— 
iiis  eliildren  allowed  him  a  perfect  flower ; 
Had  it  burst  in  bloom  that  very  hour  ? 
I  cannot  say. 
But  I  know  If  the  smallest  seed 
lu  the  soil  of  love  lie  cast. 
Both  day  and  night  wUl  do  their  part ; 
And  the  sower  who  works  with  a  trusti  ng  heart 
WUl  flml  the  flower  at  last. 
LOVE  FATAL  TO  FRIENDSHIP 
At  the  best,  love  Is  fatal  to  friendship ;  the  most 
that  friendship  can  do  Is  to  listen  to  love’s  talk  of 
Itself  and  be  the  conHdant  of  Its  rapturous  Joi's, 
its  transports  of  despair.  The  lover  faiicle.s  him¬ 
self  all  the  fonder  of  hla  frtend,  because  of  his 
passion  (or  his  mistress,  buts  in  reaUty,  he  has  no 
longer  any  Deed  of  his  old  comrade.  They  cannot 
talk  sanely  aud  frankly  logetlier  any  more— there 
Is  something  now  Hint  they  cannot  share,  even  It 
the  lover  desires  to  maintain  the  old  afTpctlonalo 
relation,  llio  mistress  could  not  suffer  It.  Thn 
spectre  of  friendship  Is  sometimes  Invited  to  niln 
the  home  of  the  lovers  after  marrlMge ;  hut  when 
their  happiness  has  been  Haunted  In  Its  face, 
when  It  has  been  shown  the  new  house,  the  new 
China,  the  new  cariiets.  the  new  garden.  It  Is 
tacitly  c.xpres.sed  and  is  not  always  called  back 
.again,  except  to  show  the  new  baby.  The  young 
spouses  are  ever  so  willing  t/O  have  (.hb  poor  ghost 
remain:  the  wife  learas  wlictner  It  takes  two  or 
three  lumps  of  augur  lu  Its  tea;  the  husband  bids 
It  smoko  anywhere  It  likes,  and  the  wife  smiles  a 
menacing  aqulescencc;  but,  all  the  same,  they 
turn  It  ouHot-doons,  They  praise  It  when  It  Is 
gone,  and  they  leel  so  much  more  comfortable  to 
be  alone.— W.  D.  UowBM.,  in  rrimle.  Theatricals. 
MISCHIEVOUS  OHILDEEN, 
THE  HOLLERING  WOMAN 
BY  Mils.  ANNA  ST,  CLAIR 
Commend  me  to  mlsclilevous  children !  A  child 
that  has  much  life,  has  generally  a  good  deal  of 
mischief  in  Its  composition,  and  the  wise  mottier 
will  not  laraeiil  over  this  propensity,  but  use  It  In 
the  development  of  eharueter.  It  la  not  iigreeable, 
to  have  the  work  basket  oapslzed  to  make  a  char¬ 
iot  tor  the  eat,  nor  one’s  summer  liat  tmiaei-seil  In 
the  wash  bowl,  hecatLso  water  is  considered  neces- 
aary  to  Us  roses,  but  It  Is  better  than  having  a 
child  who  la  Incapable  of  Improvising  a  new  toy, 
or  of  originating  a  new  motliod  of  refreahlng  aJtl- 
Dclal  llowiTS.  tVe  often  consider  the  action  of  a 
child  absurd,  which.  If  wo  were  imqiialuled  with 
the  processes  by  whicb  his  conclu  dons  were  ar¬ 
rived  at,  would  .appear  iiutte  reasonable.  The 
child’s  mlstttkes  arise  generally  from  Ignorance 
rather  than  from  any  want  of  common  sense.  If 
a  child  knowH  that  natural  flowers  aro  kept  fresh 
by  being  plunged  InU)  water,  ho  is  not  Wi  blame  if 
he  docs  not  know  that  the  same  rule  will  not 
he  does  not  act  as  a 
CHAT  WITH  A  MOSQUITO 
something  like  this;  "Tommy!  Tom-mee/ 
my!  Oh,  Tom!  rmi  Tom!  Come  right  along 
here  and  break  up  some  of  this  dry  wood,  or  I’ll 
break  your  back:  Mary:  rmi.Mar-ce!  You  gel 
right  down  off  that  lrei.vbox  this  min  It,  you  great 
tom-boy,  or  rU  skin  you  wllbln  an  Inch  of  your 
life!  Ma-w/  Oh,  Mtiis I’uekard  1  .Miss Packard  1 
Oh-h-h!  Mlasl’ackanl!  Won’tyou  tell  your  milk¬ 
man,  when  he  comes,  tX)  stop  at  my  gate?  Mine 
came  this  morning  before  we  was  up.  E-ras-raws  / 
>:r,a.smu8:  E-e-e-rasmus  1  K-e-e-ms-mus !  Come 
right  home  and  take  this  pull  of  molasse.s  back  to 
tlie  grocery,  and  tell  lilm  It  he  can’t  send  what  1 
ordered,  I  don’t  want  any  1  /icnxmua,  1  say  !  Oh, 
Miss  IfarrlsOD !  How’s  the  baby’s  meu.slcs  ?  Did 
you  try  that  tea  I  sent  over  last  night’/  Who  cut 
your  new  polonaise?  Mit-cve.'  Mari/!  Where’s 
Emmeline  gone  to.  I'd  Uko  to  know  7  Didn’t  I  tell 
you  not  to  let  her  get  out  of  your  sight  a  inlnit ! 
Now,  you  hunt  her  up  and  bring  her  right  home, 
oood  morning,  -Miss  Barnaby !  Did  you  know  tUero 
wasburglai-sover  to  Throopscs  lust  night?  Oot 
In  at  the  kitchen  winder,  and  took  a  pair  of  Mr. 
Throop’s  panto  with  a  dollar  and  a  hall  In  ’em, 
and  Miss  Tliroop’s  big  Jet  breastpin  1  Whore  you 
going?  Tbnv-myJ  Tom-nieei  oh,  Tom  !  Mary,  I 
say !  Ei-B.'tfun.t  /  Oh,  Miss  Plukard !”  The  sere¬ 
nade  continues  at  raudoin  all  day  long,  and  la 
familiar  to  every  one  who  has  lived  within  gun¬ 
shot  of  the  “  hollering  woman.” 
apply  in  arUllcIal  flowers 
monkey  dons,  simply  from  the  desire  to  Iniltoto 
otherst,  but  from  a  doductlou  lutelllgenlly  made, 
though  from  false  premises.  The  active  mind, 
with  Ito  quick  perceptions,  ilnds  Itself  Inaivorld 
full  of  wonderful  things,  presenUng  new  mysto- 
rlea every  hour;  l.s  it  remarkable  that  It  often 
aUempto  their  snlutlou  Viy  rather  singular  nieth. 
0(U?  The  cure  for  what  Is  called  a  love  of  mis¬ 
chief  Is  employment  for  the  inlud.  Toys  are  far 
from  being  what  short  sighted  ileople.  are  apt  to 
•mere  amusemenl ;  they  aro  education, 
WOMAN’S  WORK  IN  THE  EAST 
Thk  Witness  of  Lucknow,  India,  speaking  of  the 
Zenana  workers,  says “  There  are  now  In  India 
alleast  bu  of  these  earnest  and  devoted  ladles, 
doing  a  work  which  no  others  can  do,  and  which, 
with  the  blessing  of  tiod,  must  surely  result  Iik 
bettering  the  condition  of  the  too-ofteu  unhappy 
and  to  this  number  must 
Inmates  of  the  zenana 
be  added  at  least  as  many  who  have  been  raised 
up  In  the  country,  and  who  In  earnestness,  devo¬ 
tion  and  sUfcesH  vie  with  their  sisters  from  Great 
Britain  and  America."  It  l.s  but  a  few  year.s  blnce 
access  was  gained  to  the  zenana,  the  homes  of  the 
women,  and  thLs  Is  uow  one  of  the  most  enicleni, 
and  important  of  the  agencies  employed  In  pro¬ 
moting  the  spread  of  the  gospel  lu  that  country. 
The  mothers  of  any  land  must  be  edueated  and 
converted  to  Christ,  or  the  people  cau  never  be 
won. 
suppose 
and  should  bo  so  used.  like  to  sco  yon  travel,  pplndleshanks  I  Y our  trunk 
Toys  may  be  divided  Into  two  kinds :  those  made  ta  like  your  noddle— empty  I  How  brave  you  are 
to  bo  looked  at,  and  those  made  to  boused.  The  with  /up  blood  In  your  dirty  little  carcass!  Let 
llrstare  generally  the  plague  of  both  parent  and  mo  tell  you,  pest!  that ’tis  good  blood— 'Us  tbo 
child  and  Inevitably  come  grief  after  asliort  blood  of  klngs-aye,  and  of  queens,  too.  If  you 
holumy  existence,  which  has  little  use  or  pleas-  don’t  believe  me  I’ll  show  you  my  gene.vlogloal 
urc  beyond  the  linpre8.sion  of  novelty.  But  those  I 
of  the  secoud  class  aro  the  means  of  an  education, 
which  no  one  Interested  in  the  child's  welfare 
should  neglecL  To  It  belong  tho  houae-keeping 
toys  of  girls,  and  aH  the  Inst  ructive  ones,  which 
are  equally  acceptable  to  boys  and  glrks,  8U(;h  as 
blocks,  dissected  pleUUTa  and  miips,  architectural 
toy.s.  etc-,  etc.  Equally  useful  a  re  the  collections 
1  of  admirably  executed  nolrnala,  In  wood  carving 
and  In  molding,  which  make  the  child  acquainted 
with  the  dlfforcnt  forms  ol  animal  life,  aud  e.xclte 
Its  curiosity  wit  h  regartl  to  their  habits.  To  chil¬ 
dren  of  active  Imagination  and  subtle  fancy,  their 
toys  bt.T.orae  sentient  things.  They  live  and  love 
and  bate;  and  a  doll,  a  wooden  dog,  a  boi-se,  be¬ 
come  objecto  of  afleotlnn  a.s  true  and  real  as  that 
which  they  feel  for  broOier  or  sister.  I  have  seen 
FOR  AND  ABOUT  WOMEN 
The  young  lady  who  called  at  a  bookstore  for 
“Drake  on  Altachmento,”  was  disappointed  to 
find  It  a  mere  law  book. 
An  English  lady  recently  said  to  Mr.  ITerrepont, 
who  takes  so  much  pride  In  his  beard,  that  al¬ 
though  he  may  make  a  very  poor  ambassador,  he 
would  make  a  very  beautiful  goat. 
A  stuENTiric  writer  says  every  Infant  can  say 
•*  no  "  several  months  before  It  cun  say  “  yes."  A  n 
old  bachelor  who  hOA  been  rejected  seventeen 
times  says  tills  habit  of  saying  "no”  before  she 
can  say  “yes"  clings  to  the  female  infant  until 
she  becomes  twtniy-aeven  yeara  old. 
The  papers  are  just  now  telling  of  a  tough  and 
spirited  Indiana  woman,  who  Is  in  the  publLshlng 
business,  and  who  has  taken  her  husband  Into 
partnership.  Let  her  be  encouraged.  These  wo¬ 
men  that  give  a  man  a  chance  ought  not  to  be 
crowdcil  oat.— Louisville  Courier- Journal. 
CiBOROE  Eliot  says  that  a  young  man’s  eyes  first 
open  to  the  world  when  he  Is  in  love.  This  is  not 
always  so.  Usually  it  la  when  he  has  gone  away 
from  home  and  had  his  washing  sent  out  for  the 
flrst  time,  and  finds  among  It,  when  It  is  returned, 
an  odd  stcsjklng  with  two  red  strlpirs  about  the 
top  and  long  enough  to  pull  up  arouud  his  neck.— 
yoi'ivich  Dnllclin, 
The  lire  or  a  Turkish  woman  is  vapM  aud  meaii- 
lngles.s;  she  t.s  as  Ignorant  as  a  child— yet  even 
the  grand  vlzlera  te  Is  often  at  the  disposal  of  harem 
And  If  wo  would  discover  the  kanker 
POMPEII, 
BEAUX  OF  FORMER  TIMES, 
The  annals  of  the  world  supply,  In  the  way  of 
antiquarian  research,  nothing  more  wonderful 
and  strikingly  affecting  than  the  discovery  of  this 
long-hurled  city,  above  which,  year  by  year  and 
century  after  century,  the  yellow  com  has  waved 
In  the  a<jft  southern  wind*,  aud  the  vine  put  forth 
tho  purple  grape.  And  In  siieaklng  of  Fompell 
the  nelghljorlDg  cities  of  Herculaneum  and  .Slabcc 
must  not  be  forgotten,  though  originally  places  of 
far  less  Importance,  and,  irom  the  dlscoserlea 
which  have  been  made,  presenting  few  features 
of  Interest  compared  with  the  nrst-mcntloned. 
Older  places  than  cither  of  these  have  been  traced 
out  and  made  tolerably  familiar  to  us  by  the  trav¬ 
eler  and  arOst,  but  very  partially,  and  chlelly  by 
their  architectural  remains  only;  when,  however, 
the  superincumbent  weight  which  had  so  long 
preissed  down  the  cities  of  the  Italian  plain  wa» 
by  Blow  degrees  lifted,  thtrre  was  revealed  to  tho 
living  the  life  of  a  world  which  had  existed  nearly 
sevetiteen  hundred  years  earlier,  In  its  pubUc  and 
domestic  a.specfcs— revealed,  loo,  with  a  vividness 
the  general  name  of  "  iro-sh,”  but  which  have  to  Homctlmes  as  appaUlng  In  ito  reaUty  as  It  was 
them  all  the  charms  of  treasure  trove,  and  let  lulerestlng  for  Its  historic  value.  A  marvelous 
them  have  a  place  where  ■‘Ifilcr"  Is  not  tabooed,  chapf;*’r,  in  the  annals  of  Komari  life  la  the  tlrsb 
aud  where  all  manner  of  incomplete  kites  and  century  of  the  Christian  er.%  Is  that  we  read  in  tho 
wagons.  Incipient  bJillooiis  and  impossible  men  g^ory  of  the  exhumation  of  Fompell,  and  nf  which 
and  women  shall  have  undisturbed  popsesslon.  gg  much  Is  to  be  seen  In  the  museum  of  Naples. 
No  doubt,  to  tidy  women  “  litter’’  aud  “trash"  The  subject  has  nilcd  a  conspicuous  place  lu  the 
arc  trials,  but  mothers  can  avoid  much  ol  that  uteralure  of  Europe  during  the  century  or  longer, 
sort  of  annoyance  by  assigning  detlulle  limits  to  fresh  discoveries  have  been  made  from  llmo  to 
the  arena  of  experiment,  and  compelling  subinls-  ume. 
We  much  question  whether  the  celebrated  Beau 
Brummel,  and  even  the  equally  celebrated  Romeo 
Coates,  are  not  absolutely  mere  Quakers  In  tbelr 
dress,  compared  with  some  of  the  distinguished 
dresseis  of  the  former  days.  Sir  Walter  Raleigh 
wore  a  white  satin  pinked  vest,  close  sleeved  to 
the  wrist;  over  the  body  a  brown  doublet,  finely 
flowered  and  embroidered  with  pearl.  In  the 
feather  of  his  hat  a  large  ruby,  and  a  pearl-drop  at 
the  bottom  of  the  sprig,  in  place  of  a  button ;  bis  j 
trunk  of  breeches,  with  his  stockings  and  ribbon 
garters,  fringed  at  the  end,  all  white ;  and  buff 
shoes  with  white  ribbon.  On  great  court  days  his 
shoes  were  so  gorgeously  covered  with  precloms 
stones  as  W  have  exceeded  the  value  of  ie.&H),  and 
he  had  a  suit  of  armor  of  solid  silver,  with  sword 
and  belt  blazing  with  diamonds,  rubles  and  pearls. 
King. James’s  favorite,  the  Duke  of  Buckingham, 
could  afford  to  have  his  diamonds  tacked  so  loosely 
on  that  when  he  chose  to  shake  off  a  few  on  the 
ground  he  obtained  all  the  fame  he  desired  from 
the  pickers- up,  for  our  duke  never  cundc.scended 
to  accept  what  he  bbosclt  hod  dropped.  His  cloaks 
were  trimmed  with  groat  diamond  buttons,  and  he 
wore  dLimond  hatbands,  cockades  and  ear  rings, 
yoked  with  great  ropes  and  knots  ol  poails.  He 
had  twenty-seven  suits  uf  clothes  made,  the  rich¬ 
est  that  embroidery,  lace,  silk,  velvet,  sliver,  gold 
and  gems  could  conlribuie,  one  of  which  was  a 
white  uncut  velvet,  set  all  over,  both  suit  aud 
cloak,  with  dlamtijHls  valued  at  fourscore  thnu- 
intrlgue. 
which  lies  at  the  root  of  Turkish  society,  wo  must 
seek  It  In  the  practice  which  condemn-s  the  cbll- 
dren  of  both  sexes  to  the  vicious  atmosphere  of 
the  harem  during  the  most  plastic  years  of  Hie.— 
— Fraser's. 
Near  Carrollton,  111.,  the  people  are  much  ex¬ 
cited  over  a  very  remarkable  double  wedding. 
The  son  and  daughter  of  Richard  Wiles,  both 
under  twenty,  visited  for  the  tlrst  lime  the  .son 
and  daughter  of  Dr.  Travis,  llvlog  In  the  edge  of 
Morgan  County.  The  two  couplta  became  almost 
immediately  stru/Jk  wTib  “love  at  Orst  sight,”  and 
a  double  wedding  was  proposed.  This  romantic 
Idea  was  carried  out,  and  the  tour  straightway 
became  two. 
MINDS, 
SEVEN 
1.  Mind  your  tongue !  Don’t  let  It  speak  ha.sty, 
cruel,  unkind,  or  wlcke  words.  Min  i! 
2.  .Mind  your  eyes :  Don’t  permit  them  to  look 
on  wicked  books,  pictures,  or  subjects.  Mind ! 
a.  Mind  your  cars  1  Don’t  suffer  tnem  to  listen 
to  wicked  speeches,  songs,  or  words.  Mind  1 
4.  Mind  your  Ups  1  Don’t  let  tobacco  foul  them. 
Don't  lei  strong  drluk  pass  them.  Don’t  let  the 
food  of  the  glutton  enter  between  them.  Mind ! 
This  Is  a  Frenchman's  account  of  the  tempta¬ 
tion  and  fall  of  our  mother  Eve M.  Adam— h( 
wake  up— he  see  one  belle  demoiselle  asleep  in  n 
