SEPT. 45 
Tine Browers should to Malta go, 
TkoUoobloa all to Soilly, 
The Quakers (o theFriendly Isles, 
The Furriers lo Chili, 
The little snarling. earn)log babes, 
That breolt our nightly rest. 
Should be packed off to Babylon, 
To Lapland, or to Brest. 
From Hpithead coolie go o'er to Greece, 
And while the Miner waits 
llie passage to the Guinea Coast 
Spendthrifts Hi'ij ill the Straits. 
Spinsters should to the Needles go. 
Wine-bibbers to burgundy, 
Gourmands should lunch at Sandwich Isles, 
Wags at the bay of Fundy, 
bachelors to the United States, 
Mauls to the laic of Man. 
JLct Gardeners go to botany Bay, 
And Shoeblacks to Japan, 
Thus emigrate—and misplaced men 
Will then no longer vex us, 
And all who’ru not provided for 
Had better go to Texas. 
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[Second Prize Story.] 
PATTY’S PET. 
BY NAOMI. 
There lived in an old farm-house, on n quaint 
country roiul, a little girl who was very loud of 
pels. So when a friend gave her a beautiful 
white Spitz dog, her Joy knew no bounds. J is lino 
silken hair was srjow-wblte, and It, had a lovely 
head, with no low, Hat iorehoad, but oue that was 
full, and high ; and this, with the softly beseech¬ 
ing dark browu eyes beneath, made It much ad¬ 
mired. Patty believed It had a Houi, because It 
loved her so devotedly, and otteu when she was 
sitting looking pensively at the sky, or the broad 
Helds lu Hunt of the house, Fanllne, lor that was 
the dog’s uamo, would come to Her, aud pushing 
her delicate black nose lu Patty's band to at¬ 
tract, attention, sit perfectly still at her feet, look¬ 
ing up ul her, with an expression not like a dog’s, 
hut. that of athoughtlut child. Patty was an odd 
little girl, and fancied Pauline's tall, which she 
carried turned it little to one side, over her back, 
was like the white plume Ubnuy or Navarre, wore 
lu the “ battle of ivry,” which she read of at 
school. When she went out for a walk, the dog 
always rollowod, trotting along behind so dain¬ 
tily that Patty declared she was a sweet little 
coquette. Iu the woods, a quarter of a mile from 
the house, there was a secluded little nook formed 
of high wood-covered banks on two sides, and a 
little brook that ran sparkling and gurgling dowu 
the slope of Its pebbly bed. by Us side an old 
tree had fallen, aud Its moss-covered trunk made 
a charming seat for Patty. Hitting there she 
could look into the wood, where, as far as eye 
could roach, she saw tall tree trunks, like grey 
columns supporting the green arch over-head. 
Through little openings among the loaves, tho 
sunlight fell here and there on tho green carpet 
of grass, or was refloated In tho clear water of tho 
brook. Patty often came here, and whiln sho sat 
on her mossy seat, thinking or the Ubtle creatures 
her book of fairy-tales said dwelt In tho woods, 
Famine chased squirrels or stirred up tho (lead 
loaves with her nose, one day Fatty sat here 
for a long time, In a deep reverie, and had fallen 
almost asleep, when she was aroused by Famine’s 
sharp bark on tho other side of the brook. Call¬ 
ing to t ho dog, sUe rose up, and started ior homo. 
Emerging from lliu wood, she followed a lano, 
where she saw a boy driving homo the cows. The 
dog sitw thorn too, and started, only looking 
saucily back when her mistress called to her to 
stop, aud grasped the tall of tho nearest cow, 
which started lo run dragging her along, but she 
held on. Fatty laughing, called till she came 
back, t iott.lug and smiling, as nearly as a dog 
could, looking so cute and cunning Fatty could 
not scold her. 11, was Famine's delight to run 
after the pigs, when they came lu the yard, and 
grasp them by the tail, until there was scarcely 
a pig left, with all of lls tall on it. As time passed, 
people grew suspicious of dogs like Famine, and 
in cities would Hot allow them to be oil the street. 
1’atty, hearing of this, was glad she lived where 
her dog was safe. .Sometimes the dog would snap 
at visitors’ heels, or catch them by the dress, then 
they would tell how dangerous It was to have 
such a pci. When Spring came and Fatty’s 
father set, a hen on some nice large eggs, she saw 
Famine running from the nest with something In 
her mouth. She called to her, and the dog came 
and laid an egg at her feet, unbroken. Fatty did 
did not, tell anyone, but she felt It would bring 
evil t.o her dear pet. She saw her often after that 
eating eggs, and and one day at dinner, herfather 
said “ The hen sit,t.lng In a barrel by tho barn, had 
been disturbed, and tho eggs arc nearly all gone^ 
and,” says he, looking at Patty, “ Famine did it.’’ 
Sho could eat no more dinner; lor she feared her 
father would take the dog away. She walked out 
to an old apple-tree where her swing was, and 
there lay FauWno curled up, will) the Up of her 
daluiy nose hidden m her tall, so she looked like 
a fleecy white ball. She sleepily opened her soil 
eyes to look at Patty, but, wtieu sho saw her mls- 
mlstress so troubled, sho earno slowly and sat by 
her. Patty hugged her sorrowfully and told her 
she must not steal eggs, but Famine only looked 
as If to say, “ I like them." Tho little girl’s heart 
grow lighter as two or throe weeks passed, and 
her pet, followed her over the Adds and Into the 
woods to search for wild flowers. Every morning 
when the door was left open, Famine came up¬ 
stairs to Patty's room, and putting her paws on 
the side of the bed looked In her lace, as if she was 
saying “ Good-Morning.” One day Fatty came 
down stairs and asked her mother where Famine 
was 7 Her mother said sadly: “ l>o not ask mc r 
for I cannot, tell you. They took her away yes¬ 
terday, aud you w ill never boo her again. She 
will never come back.” Then fatty was still; for 
she knew her pet was dead ; but slid never dared 
ask more ubout her, for Bhe could not bear to 
bear; and never heard her name spoken without a 
sad ache In her little heart, which she could not 
let any one see lor fear they would laugh at her. 
■ - - 
THE SEVEN WISE MEN. 
Most people have heard of the “ Seven Wlso 
Men or Greece,” but very lew know who they 
were or how they came to be called so. Hero Is 
the story, and the moral of It, la worth remember¬ 
ing, If their names are not: tne Seven Wise Men 
of Greece are supposed to have lived In the fifth 
century before Christ. Their names are Flllacus, 
bias, Solon. Thales, ClHlon, Clcobulus aud Portan- 
der. The reason of their being called wise is given 
differently by various authors; hut, the most ap¬ 
proved accouuts state that, as some Coons were 
fishing, certain strangers from MelltUS bought 
whatever should be In the nets without seeing It. 
Wlieu the nets were brought In they were found 
to contain a golden tripod which Helen, as she 
sailed from Troy Is supposed to Uavo thrown 
there. A dispute arose between tbo fishermen 
and the strangers as to whom 1L belonged, and, 
as they could not agree, they took It to the tem¬ 
pi e of Appolo and consulted the priestess as to 
what should bo done with It. Hho said It must 
be given to the wisest man In Greece, and It was 
accordingly sent to bias, who declared that 
Thales was wiser, and sent It lo him, Thales sent 
it to another one, ami so on, until it had passed 
through the hands or all tho men, distinguished 
afterward as the “ Seven Wise Men,” and as each 
one claimed that the other was wiser than he, it 
was finally sent to the temple of Appolo, where it 
long remained to teach the lesson that the wisest 
are the most distrustful of their wisdom, 
CAPTURING OSTRICHES. 
The greatest feat of an Arab hunter Is to cap¬ 
ture an ostrich. Being very shy and cautious, and 
living on the sandy plains, where there la little 
chance to take It by surprise, It can be capt ured 
only by a well-planned and loug-conUnneil pur¬ 
suit on the HwlttcsL horse. The ostrich has two 
curious habits In running when alarmed. It 
always starts with outspread wings against the 
wind, so that It can scent tbo approach, of an 
enemy. Its sense of smell Is so keen that It can 
detect a person a great distance long before lie 
can bo soon. The other curious habit Is that of 
running In a circle. Usually live or six ostriches 
are louud lu company. When discover ed, part or 
the hunters, mounted on fleet Horses, will pursue 
the birds, whllu the other hunters will galop 
away at right angles to tho course the ostriches 
have taken. When these hunters think they 
have gone far enough to cross the path they thtuk 
the blrdB will be likely to take, they watch upon 
some rise of ground for their approach. H tho 
hunters hit the right place and see the ostriches, 
they at once start In pursuit with fresh horses, 
and sometimes they overtake one or two of the 
birds; but ofleu one or two ol the lleut horses 
fall, completely tired out with so sharp a chase. 
HIDDEN NOVELS, BY DICKENS. 
1. ’Mid the winds so bleak, houseless roamed 
the orphan. 
2. He spent one year In uncommercial travel, 
Erast us. 
3. DinuNG a cyclone at Aloof two cities were 
destroyed. 
4. ’Twas an olive 11. twisted round my hat. 
6. I was at the Turkish mart In Cliuzzle with 
Tom. 
0 . 1 met our mutual friends lu town. 
T. jiamkk, lean not.escape. 
s. Dear little Dorr! It Is Christmas eve. 
9. I heaku the red wind roods away. 
10. It's so, Master V Humph, Key’s clock has 
run down. 
11. In time of plenty prepare for hard times. 
12 . 'Twas as I told; curiosity's hop from KrLss 
Krlugle. 
14. Poor David 1 copper Fielding told him was 
a fruit. 
S3f~ Answer In two weeks. Little One. 
■» »♦- 
PUZZLER ANSWERS.—Sept. 1. 
Cross Puzzle.— 
SOMME 
U It E E N 
T A M !■ A 
I A II C U I I* E b A « O 
TALLAHASSEE 
]' A II I H 
II C K A N 
J A M E S 
IDAHO 
T A U U S 
AHOOll 
SI O B » 
Hidden Rivers.— l. Cumberland: 2, Ohio; 3 , 
Dun : 1, Colorado: 5, Tv in; li, Uro; 7, Wyo: S. Doon; 
9, Heine; 10. Loire: 11, bosun; 12, Wcser; 13, Tagus: 
l-l. Oder : 15. Moselle ; 10 , Lamoille :.17, Farmington ; 
18 , Kins. 
alibatlj ^raiimg 
♦ 
GOD’S LIGHTHOUSES. 
When night falls on the earth, the sea 
From east to west Hen twinkling bright 
With shining laiatua from boaoouB high. 
Which send afar their friendly light. 
Tho sailor's eyes, like eyea in prayer. 
Turn unto them for guiding ray; 
If store in obscure their radiance, 
The great shlpR helpless grope tlielr way. 
When uiglit falls on the earth, the ally 
Looks like a wild, a boundless main: 
Who known what voyagers sail there ? 
Who names the ports they Bcek and gain? 
Are not the stars like lieacoiiH Bet, 
To guide the argosies that go 
From universe to tiniverBe, 
Our littlo world above„bclow ? 
On their great errands solemn bent, 
In their vast Journey unaware 
Of our Binall planet's name or place 
Revolving in the lower air. 
O thought too vast! O thought, too glad! 
An awe most rapturous it stirs. 
From world lo world God’s beacons shine— 
God means to save his mariners. 
[Hetty's Strange History. 
♦ ♦- 
THE MUSIC OF THE SOUL. 
He was In a church In a strange city onco, and 
the sexton showed lutci tho same pew another 
person, whoso looks Impressed Mr. Gough unfav¬ 
orably. The stranger had a face like mottled 
soap, which twitched as if a shoot, of lightning 
had run all over It, and every now and then his 
lips would iwist aud give utterance to a strange, 
spasmodic sound. 
Mr. Gough continues: •* I got as far away from 
him as I could. Presently the hymn was given 
out, aud the congregation rose to sing— 
“ Just as I am without, one plea, 
but that thy blood was shed for me,” 
I saw that the man knew the hymn, and said 
to myself, •* lie can't bo so disagreeable after all,” 
Igot nearer. He would sing, it was awl ul—pos¬ 
itively awful. I never heard anythtng like It; 
and occasionally ho would make that strange 
noise with his Ups. Then he'd commence again, 
and sing faster to catch up with the other sing¬ 
ers, and perhaps lin'd run ahead. They came to 
tho next verse. He’d lorgotten the first line, and 
wldle the organist was performing the interlude, 
ho leaned toward me, and whispered, “Would 
you be kind enough to give me the first Hue of 
the next verse 7 ” 1 did so— 
“ Just as 1 am—poor, wretched, blind.” 
“ That’s It,” said ho ; “1 am blind—God help 
me ; ” and the tears came running down his face, 
and the tear-llds quivered; “ and l am wretched, 
and 1 am paralytic.” And then ho tried to 
sing— 
“Just asl am—poor, wretched, blind.” 
At that moment it seemed to mo that I never 
heard a Boothovan symphony In my life with as 
much music In lias In that hymn sung by that 
poor man, whom Christianity had mado happy In 
his lot.” 
-♦♦♦-- 
To Illustrate how curiously persons sometimes 
try to explain matters that arc a hard task for 
our credulity, I mention a little Incident expe¬ 
rienced by the writer of these lines. When I 
traveled, lu 1871, In Palestine, an old gray friar 
from the monastery of Kainleh, about fifty miles 
West from Jerusalem, showed me the supposed 
place whore Sampson killed looo Philistines with 
tho Jaw bone of an ass. When 1 expressed my 
doubts as to the length and strength of a Jaw 
bone, considering the groat number nf surround¬ 
ing enemies, tho good monk explained the case 
lu the following' manner: “ Well, he took hold 
of the ass by. the tall and swung the animal 
against the Philistines In such a munucr that only 
his head, and of this especially the Jaw boue, 
struck tho Philistines, keeping off in this way 
the surrounding warriors and giving the blow the 
necessary loree to kill.” 1 alfirui that in this 
manuer Hntusou could have slain a million Philis¬ 
tines provided the tall or the ass did not break.— 
Sacramento (Cal.) Journal. 
—--M-*- 
TUB CHIEF IDOL. 
The idol In tho market stands. 
Wrought deftly by the graver’s hands, 
And visible to every eye. 
Yet doth a truer idol lie 
That monarch’s cruel heart within, 
And fashioned out of His great sin. 
Self is the name by which they call 
That idol—type of idols all .—From tlie Arabic. 
-—- ■»-*-* - 
God respecteth not the arithmetic of our pray¬ 
ers, how many they are, nor the rhetoric of our 
prayers, how long they are; nor the music of our 
prayers, how melodious they are; nor the logic oi 
our prayers, how methodical they are,—but the 
divinity of our prayers, how heart-sprung they 
are. Not gifts, but graces prevail In prayer.— 
I Trapp. 
-♦ ♦ » 
I1k that knows how to pray, has tho secret of 
safety In prosperity, and of support In trouble; 
the art of overcoming every enemy, and turning 
every loss to a gain ; the power of soothing every 
care, of subduing every passion, and of adding a 
relish to every enjoyment.— William Jay. 
-- 
A man may love gold and yet not have it, but no 
man loveth God but he is sure to have God .—A u- 
yusline oj Hippo. 
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