ADG 43 
Red Whitt Industrial, Red Winer.Sept. 1, .1 
Southern Minnesota. Rochester.Sept. 5, 10 
So. Minn. Live Stock & Fair Ass’n, Mankato.Sept. 20, 23 
WISCONSIN COUNTY FAIRS. 
Adams, Friendship.Sept. 27, 29 
Barron, t'hetek....Sept. 6. 8 
Brown, Do Pen? . ...Sept, o, a 
Chippewa, Chippewa Falls.Sept. SO, 28 
Chirk. Nell Is vine..Sept. 28, SO 
Crawford, Seneca.Sent, 2U, 22 
Columbia. Portaue...Aun. 80. Sept. 1 
Dane. Mndlson.....Oct. 8,7 
Dunn, Menomonee.Sept, e, 8 
Dodire. Heaver Dam.Oot 8. 5 
Fond du Lac, Fond du Lae. Sept. 2», 8u 
Grant, Lancaster.Sept. 21. 28 
Groen, Monroe. Sept. U. IT 
Iowa, Dodcevllle. Sept. 27, SO 
Jackson, Hixton.Sept. 21. 28 
Jefferson, Jefferson.Sept. 27. 30 
Kewaunee, Kewaunee....... Oct. 3, 5 
La Crow. WeSt -Salem...Sept. 20. 29 
MaBltowoe, Manitowoc.Sept. 21 23 
Marathon, Wausau .. ■ • • Sept. 23, 25 
Mnniuette. We*f»lpld. ..Sept. 21, 22 
Monroe, Sparta .. .Sept, h, 9 
OutnKnmte. nortonvllle.Sept, 29. Sit 
Ozaukee, Saukvllle. Sept. 27. 28 
Pierre. Kill! wort It.Sept. 21, 28 
Portmcc, Atnheirpt...Sept. 20, 22 
Racine. Racine.Aug. 29. Sc-pt. 8 
Rock. Janesville... .Sept. 6. 9 
Sauk, Bnroboo. Sept. 3i, 30 
Sheboygan, Sheboygan Falls.Sept, 30. 23 
TFrinpealeau, Galesvtlle.Aug. 31, Sept. 2 
Vernon. Vlroejua .Sept. 21, 23 
Washington West Bend.Sept. 28, 30 
Walworth, Ellchorn.Sept 20, 23 
Waukesha. Waukesha..Sept. 8. 9 
Waupaca, Weyauwegn.Sept. 27. 29 
Wooa, Grand Rapids.Sept. 20, 23 
SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Chester, Chester.Oct. 20. 2fi 
Darlington, Darlington.Oct. 20. 23 
Laurens, Laurens C. H. .Oct. 25, 20 
Newberry, Pomaria.Nov. 8, II 
TENNESSEE COUNTY FAIRS. 
Clarksville, Clarksville ......Vug. 28, 21 
DeKalb, Alexandria.Sept. 22, 24 
Dyer, Dyersburg ...Oct. IK, 21 
Greene, GreeuvRle.Aug. 22, 24 
Lebanon, Lebanon..Sept. 15. 18 
Monroe. Sweetwater. Sept. 20, 28 
Murfreesboro, Murfreesboro.Sept, 7, 10 
Nashville. Nashville.Sept, 20, Oct. 2 
Pulaski. Pulaski. .Sept- 80, Oct. 2 
Shelbyrllle, Shelbyvllle.....Sept. 15, u 
Trenton. Trenton.Oct. 11,15 
Wilson, Lebanon..Sept. 8,10 
VIRGINIA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Accomack. Keller... • - Aug. 30, Sept. 3 
Albemarle, Scottsville. ..Oct. 5, i 
Augusta. StauntoQ.- ■ -.Oct. 18, 21 
Bofetourt, Flneastle.oct. 4, < 
Campbell, Lynchburg..Oct. 18, 31 
Culpepper, t nlpepper..Sept, i, B 
Fairfax. Grange Camp.Aug. 11, IS 
Frederick Winchester.Oct. U, 11 
Henrico, Richmond.Oct. 26, 28 
Loudoun, l/ce.Hlmrg.Sept. 18, 15 
Southampton, Franklin.oct. 21, 28 
WEST VIRGINIA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Harlson, Clarksburg. Sept. 27, 30 
Jackson Kavenswood. ..Sept,. 13, it. 
Mason, Point Pleasant.Sept. Ij, 88 
Monroe. Anderson..gup'- ?!• ?! 
Tyler, Middletown.Sept. I t, 10 
KENTUCKY COUNTY FAIRS. 
Adair, Columbia.Aug. W, 30 
Anderson. Lawreneeburg.....Aug. Id. 1J 
Bat ren, Glasgow.Sept. .is, Oct. I 
Bourbon. Parts.Sept. 8, 10 
Boyle. Danville . ..AW 3 
Campbell. Alexandria.Aug. JO. Sept. 8 
Christian. Hopkinsville... Sept, 28, Oct, 1 
Crittenden, Marlon.’"Out. lh, 32 
Daviess, Owensboro..Oct, 11, *9 
Fayetie. Lexington. .Aug. si, Sopt. 4 
Hardin. Elizabethtown..Sept, is, L 
Hart, Horse C«ve.Sept- 31. 24 
Henderson, ITuudersou....oct. 1, B 
Hopkins, .Madison vllle.Oct. 19, 28 
Laioula. Covington.Aug. 33, .» 
Mason. Marysville.Aug. Ii. *0 
Mer < r, Harrodsburgh .Aug. 9, U 
Muhlenberg, Greenville. • -Oct. 18, .3 
Nelson. Bardstown.Sept. i>, 9 
Ohio. Hartford. ...Ocl.i, V 
Pulaski. Somerset.Sept. 18, it; 
Shelby. Shelby vllle. .Aug. 23, 2C 
Union, Unlontoyvn. Aug. IB, -1 
Warreu, Bowling Green.Sept, i, II 
Washington, Springfield.Aug. SO, Sept. 2 
KANSAS COUNTY FAIRS. 
Anderson, « larnctt.Aug. SO. Sept. 2 
Bourbon. Ft , Scott.Oct. 4, 7 
Brown, Hiawatha....oct. 4, i 
Cherokee, Columbus. .Sepl. 4>, 9 
Cheyenne, Want).Sept, U, 16 
Cloud, Concordia.Aug. 31. Sept. 3 
Coffey. HurlluKton. .. .Sept. 12. lb 
Cowley, Winfield...sept. 5, 9 
Crawford. Girard.. ■ OOT; 4,, i 
Davis, Junction City.Se.ld. 2,. 29 
Douglas, Lawrence...-pept. 5, in 
Edwards, Kinsley. ,.»Supt.zT, 30 
Elk, Howard.Sept. 2., 24 
Ellis. Hays City. Sept. 20, 23 
Fruuklln. Ottawa.Sept. 2<, Oct. I 
Harvey. Newton.Sept. .it 1 ’ ^ 
Jefferson, Ortknloosa.pept. 20, 24 
Jewell, Mankato. Sejit. 2i, 80 
Lincoln, Lincoln.Sept. 21, 24 
Linn, Mound City.-Sept- 18, ?! 
Linn, Pleasanton.. Sept. 13. lb 
Llnu. La Cygne...Sept. j. t 
Marion, Pt>abody.Sept- 14, ifi 
Mlleholl. Caivker City .s‘ e ¥ t *J\8 
Montgomery, Independence.jbept.fi. 10 
Morris. Council Grove .Sept. 21, .I 
Neuibha, salv.tha.sept, 20, 23 
Nemaha, Seneca.. .Sept. 6, 9 
Osage, Burlingame. b e pl. 2i, JO 
Osborne, Osborne.kept. 14. it 
Ottawa, Minneapolis.pept. 18, Hi 
Phillips, Phllllpsbnrg.Sept-27, 30 
Rlee, Lyons...“cl 4, i 
Riley, Manhattan.Aug.,18. 86 
RooRh, Plain vllle.bcPJ- 30 
Rush, LaCrosso .Sejit, lit in 
Saline, Kailua...Sept. i. 9 
Sedgwick. Wllehlta. bepl. 1-, 16 
Smith, Smith Center..■ • • bepl. 14, I. 
Sumner, Wellington..Aug. A, St pt. . 
Washington, Greenleaf. bept- 21. 28 
Washington. Washington.SepL 13. lb 
Woodson, Neosho Falls...Sept, at), <k> 
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY FAIRS, 
Monroe. Aberdeen...Oct. 2b, 29 
Sharkey. Rolling Fork.Oct. II, }■> 
Wilkinson, Woodvllle.oot. 2-’, a 
MISSOURI COUNTY FAIRS. 
Atchison, Tarkl.Sept. 12,15 
Audnan, Mexico.-Aug.», m 
Barton, Lamar.-OOT. II. W 
Bales, Butler .bept. 5, 9 
BucliiiiiuU^Sl Joseph. • ••—**♦ * * 
Caldwell. XlaiulUon...Aug» JW. ktjpt 3 
Carroll, i lu.i.bent. 21/, ... 
Cedar. Stockton...• • • • • • •-b<?PU 2b 
Clark. Ktiuokft .. • J 
Daii/w, HuiTalu.*..hept.uoi. 1 
De Kalb. MitysvlUe.•■bept- 
Fraukllu. Washington.,Sept. \ I t 
Gentry, Albany ...bept. A, lb 
Harrison, llldgeway.. • • • Aug. 29 
Holt. Mall land.Aug 20, Sepl. u 
Jackson. Kansas City.Sept. 19, 24 
Johimim. Holdcit. Aug. 28, 2b 
Kn/.x, Edina.Aug. i«, bept. I 
Lafayette, lilggiusvllle..Aug. 23, .1 
Lawrence, Ml. Vernon.Sept. 21, 2J 
LewIM. Wllilaiiistown. -bepl. 19. 2" 
Lincoln, Tro.v.bept. 2., Oot. I 
Linn. BfOOkllelti...Sept. 14, Ji 
I.iviug«loii. Avalon.../. .Sept. 3, 1 
Macon, Mticou City....Aug. 17,1J 
Marlon, Palmyra.. • ,l- t. 11, la 
Moulgomerv, .Monlgomery City...bept. H. J 
MottIIeaU, Callf/irnla...Sepl, 2J, 23 
Monroe, Paris...Sept. 1.1, 17 
Newton, Neodio. Se|ii. 15, 19 
Nodaway, Maryville.Aug. 9, 24 
Pettis, Sedalla.. Aug. 10, 21 
Platte, Platte City...Aug. 30, Sept. 2 
Putnam, Bnllver. .Sept. .1, 24 
Randolph, Moberly.Aug. So, Sept. 3 
Ray, Richmond. 
Saline, Marshall.. 
St. Charles, St. Charles. 
St. Louis, Clayton. 
Scotland, Memphis. 
Shelby, Shelbyvltle. 
Shelby. Shelblua... 
StuUv&u. Milan. 
Vernon, Nevada. 
Briton, Belton... 
Boone, Columbia. 
Clinton, Clinton... 
Fulton Fulton. 
Keytesvillc, Keytewllle. 
Lockwootl, Ix/ckwood. 
N. 51. C., I reuton,... 
Springfield, sprmplieid. 
S. W. Mo, Pierce City. 
S. E. DGtrtct.Cape Girardeau. 
St. Franco la. Farinlngton. 
TrI Count.v. Survoxle.. 
Union, Newark. 
.Sept. 12. 15 
.Aug. 3, 6 
.Sept. 13, 15 
.Sept. 12, 14 
.Sepl. 6, 9 
.Aug. 29. Sept. 3 
... . .Sept. 3(1, 25 
.. ..sept, 7, 10 
.Sept. 23. 30 
.Aug. 16, 19 
.Aug. 16, 20 
..Aug. 31, Sept. 3 
Aug. 27, 27 
.Oft. 4, 8 
.Oct. 18 . 21 
.Sept. 6, 9 
.Sept. 5, 10 
.Sept. 27,80 
. Oet. 11, 15 
.Sepi. fi, 10 
.Oet. 4, 3 
-Sept. 12, 16 
ARKANSAS COUNTY FAIRS. 
Drew. Montlcello.Oct. 4, 7 
Fort Smith, Fort Smith.Oct. IK, 22 
Helena, Helena.Oct. 18, 22 
Jefferson, Pine Bluff.Oct. 19.23 
Independence. Batesvijlc.Oct. 11 ,13 
Van Buren, Clinton.Sept. 15, 20 
White, Judsoula.Oct. 12, 14 
ALABAMA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Dallas. Orrvllle...Oct. 18 
Huntsville, HuutflvUle.Oet. 11, 24 
Limestone, Athens. Oet. 4, 8 
Montgomery, Montgomery.Oct. 17,24 
LOUISIANA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Caddo, Shreveport.Nov. 8,12 
COLORADO COUNTY FAIRS. 
Larimer, Ft, Collins...,.Sept. 20, 23 
Weld, Greeley...Sept. 13, 16 
DAKOTA COUNTY FAIRS. 
Beadle, Huron.Sept. 21, 23 
Brown, Columbia ...Sept. 22, 24 
Bonhomme, Tyndall. . .Sept. 22. 24 
Cass and Barnes, Tower City.... .Oct. 5, 7 
Charles Mix. Oustalla. Sept. 11, in 
Clay, Vermillion.Sept. 21. 23 
Davison, Mitchell.Sept. 2«, 29 
Day. Webster .Sept. 13, 15 
Duel, Gary... .... .Sept 14. ifi 
Grand Forks. Grand Forks.Rout. 20, 23 
Grant, MUbank.Sepl. 21.23 
Jasper, baton las... .Aug 23,26 
Lake, Madison .,.,,Sopt. 21, 23 
Lawrence. St.earUsh.Sept. 26, 29 
McCook, Salem.Sept. 20. 22 
Sanborn, Diana.Sept. 21,23 
Spink Union, Ashton.Sept. 20, 23 
Turner, Parker , ... .Sept. It, 16 
Walsh. Grafton.Sept, 20, 22 
NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY FAtRS. 
Cumberland, Fayetteville.,. 
Halifax, Weedon. 
Pas/pioiauk Elizabeth CHy. 
X/isu, Rocky Mount. 
Wayne, Goldsboro. 
.Nov. 9. 11 
..Nov. 1, 4 
.Oet. 25. 27 
...Oet. 3, 6 
Oct. 20, 28 
CALIFORNLA COUNTY FAIRS. 
13th Dlst. Ag'l Soc’t, Marysville.Aug, 30, Sept. 4 
Plumas, Lassen, Sierr & Modoc Ag'l Ass’u, Susuti 
vllle . Oct. 8. 7 
San JoaouJn Valley District, Stockton...Sept. 27. Oet, 1 
Sonoma<S Marine Ag’l Ass'll, Petaluma. .Aug. 29, Kept. 3 
Sonoma. Santa Rosa ... Auk, ‘-i,’. 127 
Tehama, Chleo. Sept. 8. (0 
Sutter, Marysville.Aug. »>, Sepl. 8 
Butte, Chico.....Sopt. K, 111 
Sau Diego, Los Angeles..Oct, 10 . is 
Tuba, Marysville.Aug. 80. Sepl. 3 
Marin, Petaluma.Aug. 29, Sept.3 
San Bolnt. 0 , Salinas city. .Oct. 4, 8 
Humboit, Rohnervllle....Sept. 27, 30 
CANADIAN FAIRS. 
Ontario, Ottawa.Sopt. 19, 24 
Dominion and Indnst'l Exhibition, Toronto.Sept. 5, 17 
Eastern Townships, herbrooke, Quo.Sept. 18, 13 
Great Central Fair. Hamilton... ...Sept. 26. 30 
Ontario Prow Fat Stock Show, Torouto.Dec. 17, 15 
Southern count lex Fair, st. Thomas.Sept. 27, 30 
Great Northern Exhibition, Colling wood... ,Se fit. 27, Ml 
Brantford Southern Fair, Brantford.Oct. 11. 12 
Peninsular Fair. Chatham.Sept. 26, 29 
Lindsay Central, Lindsay.Sepl. 20, 32 
Western F’atr, London.Sept. 19. 24 
Berlin Horticultural Exhibition, Berlin.Sept. 6, 8 
County of Haldlnuuid, Cayuga.Oct. 7, 8 
South Grimsby Hurl. Exhibition Smith vllle.. .Oct. 6, 7 
North Perth Fall Exhibition Stratford.Oct. 6, 7 
North Brant Agricultural Society, Paris.Oct. 4, 5 
South Oxford Union F.xntbltlou. lugersoll. Oct. 3, 5 
Guelph Central, GUelph. ..Sept, 20, 22 
Ontario Central, Port Perry.Sept. 27. SO 
North Lanark. Almonte .Sept. 27, 29 
Prince Erl waul County, Plcton .,...Oet. 5, B 
Northern Exhibition, Wnlkertnn. Oct. 4. 7 
south western, Essex Centre.Oct. 4. 0 
Centre. Wellington. Fergus.Oct. 4. 5 
Norfolk Union Exhibition, Sfmcoe.Oct. 18, 19 
West Eight Agr'l Society, Wallace!,own.Oct. 5, 6 
IPjoinan’s lUorK. 
CONDUCTED BY EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN. 
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. 
Asiber is coming into wear again; it is es. 
peeially fashionable with white costumes. Ex¬ 
ceedingly pretty hat-pins are to be seen m this 
material, though they are almost too dressy 
for street wear. 
The most stylish combinations of color iu 
London are white and yellow, or blue and 
white. The latter is almost a uniform at our 
watering places, especially in ludia silks. 
We saw a summer gown in New York re¬ 
cently which was a little bit conspicuous for a 
hot day. It was a combination of llanie-col- 
ored plush with putty-colored camels hair. The 
plain walking skirt was of the plush, with 
pointed draperies of the other fabric. The 
bodice wus a tight cuirass of the plush, fast¬ 
ened down the back. It was cut low, like a 
peasant corsage, and tilled iu with camels-hair. 
It bad leg of mutton sleeves, the upper part of 
camels-hair, the tight cuff of plush. The 
wearer of all this magnifieeuca was a rather 
iusiguilicaut young woman, who seemed to 
have merged her personality in that of her 
gown. 
The fancy for outlining damask linen in 
colored silks seems likely to become popular. 
Some new and very handsome bed spreads are 
made by taking a damask table-cloth with a 
distinct, figure, and outlining it with pale 
green washiug silk. The bolster should lie 
covered to match. The me of a round bolster, 
having some pretty cover tied in at the ends 
with ribbon bows is much prettier tbuu the 
me of pillows; pillow shams are much out of 
date. 
One of the studies our girls ought to give 
much more attention to is the use uud abuse 
of the English grammar. We have been 
much amused this summer, in places df pub 
lie resort, by scraps of conversation acciden¬ 
tally overheard, in which the speakers mur¬ 
dered the English tongue in a most vindicative 
manner. Women of good stauding and ap¬ 
parent refinement would often give one the 
impressiou that they had had a falling out 
with Lindley Murray in their youth, from 
which they had never recovered. In many 
cases, these errors in speech were doubtless 
the result of carelessness, hut they gave the 
impression of ignoiance. If errors in speech 
are corrected in children, propriety of lan¬ 
guage becomes second nature, and it adds 
very much to refinement, of demeanor. 
HEALTH AND BEAUTY. 
Studying the types of women iu an inland 
town, we were chiefly impressed by their want 
of comeliness. A closer analysis showed this 
to be not so much the result of actual ugliness 
in form and feature ns from apparently poor 
health. The complexions were sallow or 
muchly-looking, ami in many cases there was 
an attempt to correct this artificially; the 
cheeks were hollow, and the figure angular 
and undeveloped. The strongest impression 
these damsels made was that they were 
poorly nourished in body and mind. They 
were narrow-chested and narrow-minded, un¬ 
able to take a deep breath of fresh air or fresh 
doctrine without shivering. Yet they were in 
the midst of a go-ahead community with uo 
paucity of food or ideas. 
If there is oue desire universal among wo¬ 
men, it is the wish for beauty. We all feel it 
alike, no matter how philosophical we may 
be. And this desirable quality depends so 
much upon health that no woman with any 
wash for personal comeliness can afford to neg¬ 
lect hygienic considerations. These ill-uour- 
isheti youug women we criticize are sallow be¬ 
cause their food does not provide them with 
healthy blood to give them a rosy bloom, and 
they are angular because they neither build 
up muscle with food or exercise. They have 
uo idea of walking for walking’s sake; if they 
go six blocks they must take a street car, 
and though cm the banks of a beautiful river 
they never row—when out in a boat the at¬ 
tendant squire must handle the oars, add to 
this late hours and a diet largely composed of 
confectionery aud trash, aud small wonder if 
poor complex ions aud augular figures pre¬ 
vail. We should like to put these gil ls on a 
diet of wholesome food, minus strong coffee 
aud unlimited candy; give them out-door 
exercise and regular hours, anti make them 
take up some active interest, to keep their 
minds alive. They might think such rules 
‘■poky,” but they would result in an increase 
of the personal comeliness we all wish for. 
We cannot hope for beauty without care 
for both body uud mind; both must be kept in 
harmonious working, and the plainest girl 
may add to her attractions by these means. 
Well enough to say that beauty is only skin 
deep, but it has a powerful iutluence on those 
around us, and it is only another tort of vaui- 
ty which makes some women effect to despise 
it. Real beauty is simply perfect harmony 
of both mind ami body, and we should be ac¬ 
tuated by something higher than vauity in 
wishing to secure it. 
TAKE CARE OF THE GIRLS. 
We are apt to make fuu of the very proper 
old-fashioned girl, tied to her mother’s apron 
string, and afraid to venture out of the ma¬ 
ternal sight. But we are not ready to think 
the emancipated and uuchaperoued maiden an 
improvement, especially when she is a flighty 
school-girl. 
It is really a distressing sight in towus and 
villages to see the host of girls—mere chil¬ 
dren, many of them—who speud the evening 
in strolling aimlessly about the street until a 
late hour, picking up acquaintances of whom 
their parents never hear, and learning much 
foolishness, if nothing more. 
We do not blame the children so much as 
their parents. It is absolutely wicked for any 
mother to be so careless of ber daughter’s as¬ 
sociations. 8he has only herself to blame if 
the child goes utterly to the bad. We see lit¬ 
tle girls of 12 or 14 strolling about in this un¬ 
guarded way, picking up ehuueo acquaint¬ 
ances. Hearing their silly talk oue is tempted, 
iu the interest of society at large, to Spauk 
them soundly and soud them borne to bed. 
Youth is the time for pleasure, and these 
careless mothers usually say, “Oh, the girls 
must have a little fun, aud I guess they’ll come 
out all right.” They do, sometimes, but they 
are little old women without over being chil¬ 
dren; they have all the bloom rubbed off. 
We do not believe iu the Freuch system of 
constant surveillance, but we believe, most 
emphatically, that school-girls should spend 
their evouiiigs at home, aud maidens of larger 
growth should not be allowed the liberty of 
gus-lit streets without a competent chaperon. 
The American girl is allowed so much liberty 
that she is apt to take liberties with it, and 
it lessens her refinement, if nothing more. 
HAPPY MARRIAGE. 
RURAL READER. 
I am a fond reader of the Rural. One 
would judge that the writer of “Marriage vs. 
Single Blessedness,” in a recent Rural, to be 
one who is certainly leading a truly happy 
married life. But alas I we observe there are 
many who are not, and so it would seem it is 
not best for all persons to marry. There are 
some who are not iu haste to wed, who 
thoughtfully consider this subject, and find 
they do not possess all the qualifications that 
will insure a true and happy home life. They 
often fail in striving to obtain such qualities, 
with earnest desire to be noble, true and good; 
they go ou with re ;ewed efforts for success. 
There are those who are more sociable iu 
other society than that of their home circle, 
who would rather spend their evenings some¬ 
where else. No doubt some remain single for 
fear they may not marry a true companion 
aud helpmeet, while others fear the responsi¬ 
bility of such a step. 
Parents are uot auxious to have their chil¬ 
dren all leave them in their declining years, 
and some remain at home doing their duty by 
them, though it maybe a sacrifice. There are 
few people who do not have the opportunity 
of marriage at some period of their lives, aud 
there is many a romance of sentiment and sa¬ 
crifice locked away in the quiet breast of a 
gray-baired bachelor or silent spinster. 
GOLDEN GRAINS. 
Wise meu will apply their remedies to 
vices, not to Dames; to the causes of evil,which 
are permanent, not. the occasional organs by 
which they act, aud the transitory modes in 
w hich they appear.. 
Light is above us aud color surrounds us; 
but if we have not light and color iu our own 
eyes, we shall not perceive them outside us.... 
It is a great gift to be born rich in the 
eyes and ears. Some meu have carried before 
them an endless procession of beauty. There 
are charms for them where others perceive 
barrenness. There is a concert in the air all 
the time for those whose ears are tuued 
aright. Trees harp for them, winds roll their 
tones musically, and birds aud insects fill up 
the orchestra. 
We write our mercies in the dust, but our 
afflictions we engrave iu marble. Our memo¬ 
ries serve us but too well to remember the lat¬ 
ter; but we are strangely forgetful of the for¬ 
mer. ..*. 
This country agaiu has before it ati “irre¬ 
pressible conflict.” It could not exist half 
slave aud half free. It cannot exist half 
drunk anti half sober. The temperance ques¬ 
tion to-day, like thu slavery question in 18450, 
is no longer a question of individual rescue, 
but of naiioual safety. 
In yielding to one temptation the way is 
opened for so many,' nothing will serve us 
day by day but a humble trust in Him who is 
able to keep us from falliug, and earnest striv¬ 
ing to watch as well as pray.. 
A mother’s teachings aud example are the 
most powerful ageuts m influencing life. 
How many “I believes,” if analyzed, would be 
found, “Mother taught me!” Many times the 
sentiment attributed to conscience is the fruit 
of a mother’s watchfulness and guiding. 
In life’s deejiest trials there comes to each of 
us the consciousness that we are left alone. 
“The heart knoweth its own bitterness.'’ 
Even if our triends do not forsake, us, there 
are sorrows that are incommunicable, even to 
those who love us best—things too deep for auy 
human speech. There are midnight depths 
into which they cannot go with us. But in 
the darkuess there comes to us Oue, who, 
though He may seoui to us at first an adver¬ 
sary, even us lie seemed to Jacob, brings to us 
a benediction, and leaves us not till daylight 
Domestic Ceonoitu) 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
PATCH WORK QUILT. 
Fig. 305 shows method of putting together a 
quilt, which while simple anil easily made, is 
pretty, too. The small pieces are an inch and a 
half square, of indigo blue and very light 
When Baby wus sick, we gave her Caatorla 
When she was a Child, Bhe cried for Caswrla, 
When she became Miss, she cIuuk to Castorla, 
When she had Children, e nave them Castorla. 
