4&8S 
musicians began to take tbeir seats. Oh, hor¬ 
rors ! those very men who had ridden in the 
stage with us were among them. Then out 
stepped the leader. He, also, had been in the 
stage. He bowed to the applause that greeted 
him, and, looking directly at us, said: “We’ve 
made a slight alteration in our programme” 
(then named what they were to play and 
added) “If you find it too dreadful, never 
mind, it will give you a good opportunity to 
see what’s going on and talk about it too with¬ 
out being heard.” 
I suppose the people wondered what he 
meant, but we knew. You may be sure that 
we “sneaked” off the first opportunity we 
found to some more secluded nook during the 
remainder of the concert—for who could sit 
and face those men after that? 
One day not long ago I went into a restaurant 
and sat opposite to a couple. The woman be¬ 
gan in a loud voice: 
“Oh, say, do you know Mr. Blank? Well, 
he’s lost all his money.” 
“You don’t say?” said the man, “I'm sorry, 
for he’s a nice sort of a fellow; so jolly.” 
“I’m not a bit sorry, I’m glad,” said the 
woman. 
“Why?” asked he. 
“Because he’s got such a hateful wife,” she 
replied. (Now this same “hateful wife” hap¬ 
pened to be my sister, and 1 felt like saying 
so. Had they looked at my face they might 
have guessed something, but they didn’t.) 
“I don’t know her,” he said. “I only saw 
her once and 1 thought her quite a nice-look¬ 
ing little lady.” 
“As far as looks go, she’ll do, but, then, 
she’s so stuck up; thinks she owns the whole 
earth,” she added, with a vengeance. 
I had a notion to say something, but didn’t 
exactly know what to say, so sat still. 
“Well, really, you don’t say,” said the man. 
“Yes, and all her family are just the same. 
I don’t know them, only our Mary does, and 
she don’t like them a bit. She says Mr. 
Blank’s wife is the worst of all, with her airs 
and graces, and then the red-headed one comes 
next.” 
I was about through my dinner by this 
time, and, as “the red-headed one” meant me, 
I could contain myself no longer. I didn’t 
want to make a spectacle of myself, so quietly 
took out my card and, as I rose to go, leaned 
over the table and presented it to the woman, 
saying: 
“Please accept my card. If you wish any 
more information about the family in ques¬ 
tion, I’m at your service.” 
I’ll warrant that woman will be a little 
more careful in the future how she talks be¬ 
fore strangers. She looked as if she was 
about to die of strangulation, or have an epi¬ 
leptic fit when she read my name. 
“A still tongue shows a wise head,”is a capi¬ 
tal old saw, but, alas! how few of us follow 
it! I thought I had learned to have a still 
tongue years ago, but every now and then it 
wags a little too much and gets me into all 
sorts of scrapes. I have always thought that 
if you felt that you were right you ought to 
say so, and stick to it, and keep on saying it 
and sticking to it, but I find it isn’t the best 
way to get on in the world. Stick to it, if 
you are sure you are right, but do less saying. 
Don’t talk at all unless it is necessary to do 
so. It takes far more talent, assome B one said, 
“to make a good listener than it does to make 
a good talker.” 
I often smile as I think of the story of the 
man who rode several miles alone with an¬ 
other man in the cars. He talked and talked 
and talked. When he got out at his station 
he observed to a friend he met on the plat¬ 
form : 
“I’ve had the pleasantest companion all the 
way down that I ever met in all my travels.” 
“Who was it, do you know?” asked his 
friend. 
“Wait,” said he, “he gave me his card. 
Where is it?—Oh! here it is.” And he drew 
it forth and handed it to his friend. 
“Matthew Morris!” said the other. “Why 
I know him like a book. He’s as deaf as a 
post—couldn’t hear an earthquake even.” 
And it was true. He had talked all the 
journey through to a deaf man, and was so 
taken up with himself and his talk that he 
did not know it, for his companion had given 
a smiling assent to all he had said. I wonder 
how that man felt, and whether he learned a 
lesson! 
The owl is called a wise bird. Why? Not 
from the amount of knowledge he possesses, 
I’m sure, for I don’t believe he knows as much 
as a bat, and a bat is called the dumbest “bird” 
of all; but because he holds his tongue, and 
looks “mighty knowin’.” 
Of course, there is no rule without an excep¬ 
tion, and there may be times, perhaps, when a 
loud voice and a loud yell are very necessary, 
as, for instance, when you discover the house 
is on fire. 
When we were little, and said cross, hasty 
things, Mamma used to say that we must al- 
I ways think twice before we spoke. If we all 
did this, how many things would be left un¬ 
said! This I couldn't do; so, of course, was 
always saying things I was sorry for, and 
when I did it was a dreadful task to apologize 
for it. I read a little story once which said, 
“It takes more grit to back down a hill than 
it does to pull up it.” So, after that, when 
compelled to make ail apology, I’d do it as 
best I could, keeping up my courage with the 
thought that it took a pretty good amount of 
grit to do it. But we must try to put a bridle 
and curb on that unruly little tongue of ours, 
and then we won’t have to apologize for things 
we say. An apology is all well enough, but, 
although it may show that your intention was 
not really so bad as it seemed, it cannot take 
back what has been said: 
“Boys flying kites can recall their white-winged token, 
But God himself cannot recall a word once spoken.” 
When the offender comes to you, and says, 
with all the earnestness of his heart, “I did 
not mean it; will you forgive me?” you wifi, 
if you have any affection at all for him or 
her say that you forgive, and perhaps you 
really do. But there are times when the 
cruel, bitter words come back in spite of 
yourself No, an apology cannot entirely 
efface. Tbiuk twice and even thrice is a very 
good plan. Of course I do not mean to have 
everybody going around like automatic ma¬ 
chines, chopping out words at intervals, but I 
mean to have you careful when you are about 
to say things that may wound—when about 
to say something, if ever so slight, that may 
take away from another’s reputation. 
“Oh! many a shaft at random sent. 
Finds mark the archer little meant: 
And many a word at random spoken, 
May hurt and wound a heart that’s broken.” 
DORA HARVEY VROOMAN. 
KITCHEN TALKS. 
ANNIE L. JACK. 
What will they get up next? I said as I ate 
some candy in which was sprinkled some lin¬ 
seed that looked like overgrown caraway 
seeds. This was a Boston condiment that 
came to us for colds, and the children like it, 
though they strongly object to linseed as a de¬ 
coction. It is one of the royal roads that 
everything as well as learning tries to find 
nowadays. 
Talking of colds reminds me that I have 
suffered all winter from one contracted by 
sleeping in a cold room in November. It was 
a very grand city house, and beautifully fur¬ 
nished ; plenty of servants moved noiselessly 
about, and the hostess was a model of good 
manners and hospitality. But the room struck 
a chill to my heart on entering it, and in 
spite of the high-canopied bed, and the long 
mirrors reaching to the floor, the soft carpets 
and the most modern furniture, there was an 
air of coldness that was not all caused by the 
atmosphere. It gave me a lesson that I shall 
not soon forget, which was personally to look 
after the comfort of a guest, unless one has 
servants that can be depeuded upon, and even 
then the eyes of the hostess can easily discern 
if there is any special need. 
During the same visit I stayed a while with 
a friend who seemed to anticipate every want 
in the appointments of the guest chamber. 
Clothes brush and whisk broom were hung in 
the closet, and there was a little bottle of shoe 
polish. A key rack held scissors and a button 
hook, and a little banging case contained 
needles and thread. In a sunny window was 
a tiny table with a firm, broad ink-stand, and 
pen, with some stationery, and a newly cut 
magazine. There was a comfortable cretonne- 
covered easy-chair of just the right hight, and 
a foot-stool. The pictures were restful to the 
eyes. The curtains were simple and easy to 
draw. A little bunch of violets stood on the 
little table, and a Bible with a few other books 
occupied a swinging shelf low down and easy 
of access. I thought that all these helpful 
things put together did not cost as much as 
one plate-glass mirror in my other friend’s 
room; yet how different the result, for no 
chilly influence attended me, though I doubt 
if the latter room was many degrees warmer 
than the former. But the feeling was quite 
different, though both friends meant equal 
kindness. 
SMALL WEDDING-PARTIES THE BEST. 
Many women who suffer for want of money 
to buy clothes and needful things for them¬ 
selves and families, look back with regret to 
their wedding, at which time so much was un¬ 
necessarily spent for mere display. But you 
know “a nice wedding is so delightful.” For 
months preceeding the event, the prospective 
bride and the rest of her family tire them¬ 
selves with getting ready for the important 
event. Shopping expeditions to the city are 
numerous, and the village stores also reap a 
small harvest in helping to fit out the happy 
bride. Then several dollars are spent for en¬ 
graved invitations, when acquaintances living 
near could all be invited verbally. “Why do 
you send invitations to people in foreign lands, 
who, you know, cannot come to your wed¬ 
ding?” was a question asked a young lady by 
a wise relative, who saw her directing some 
to various parts of Europe, Australia and dis¬ 
tant New Zealand. “Oh!” was the reply, “it’s 
a nice way to inform them of the important 
event.” “But you may need the money you 
are spending ou your wedding after a while, 
you must remember.” “Pshaw! I don’t care if 
I do need it; I’m going to have things done 
up in good style, and I don’t expect to be 
married but once in my life.” A few years 
later this relative spent a few days with the 
bride whom she bad so wisely warned. 
“Oh,” said she, “had I heeded your advice, 
and the warnings of my father who cautioned 
us then not to use up needed funds, we would 
not be so poor to-day.” helen barrister. 
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For The Nervous 
_ The Debilitated 
The Aged 
■ URES Nervous Prostration,".-Jervous Head- 
^” ache,Neuralgia, NervousWeakness, 
Stomach and Liver Diseases, and all 
affections of the Kidneys. 
AS A NERVE TONIC, It Strengthens 
and Quiets the Nerves. 
Choose an old chicken; singe, clean and 
draw, but leave it whole. Place it iu a soup 
kettle with a 10-cent knuckle of vial, a carrot, 
an onion with two cloves stuck in it, two leeks, 
a bunch of parsley and five quarts of cold 
water. Let it come to a boil slowly; 
throw in an even teaspoonful of salt and skim 
well until no more scum arises. Let all 
simmer slowly until the chicken is tender, 
probably four hours. Remove the chicken, 
take off the breast and set aside for salad; take 
off the rest of the meat and return the skin 
and bones to the kettle. The veal should have 
been taken out as soon as done and reserved 
for croquettes for next morning’s breakfast, 
leaving the bones and gelatinous substance at¬ 
tached to the knuckle to boil with the rest. 
Wash a cup of rice, and boil until tender, 
using a quart of bi'oth taken from the kettle 
and freed from fat. Chop very fine the dark 
meat from the chicken and add to the rice; 
strain the broth, and skim the fat from it, di¬ 
luting the chicken and rice with it gradually. 
Now rub forcibly through a fine sieve and re¬ 
turn to the saucepan; make very hot, but do 
not let it boil: season to taste, finish with a 
pint of boiling milk and pour over small squares 
of fried bread. 
I always make a quantity of this soup, when 
I do make it, which is seldom, reserving it for 
state occasions, because it is just as good and 
even better the second day or the third. But 
in this case only add milk to a sufficient quan¬ 
tity for the day : s dinner, as it might sour and 
spoil the remainder of the soup. mrs. t. h. 
AS AN ALTERATIVE, It Purifies and 
Enriches the Blood. 
AS A LAXATIVE, It acts mildly, but 
surely, on the Bowels. 
AS A DIURETIC, It Regulates the Kid¬ 
neys and Cures their Diseases. 
Recommended by professional and businessmen. 
Price $i. 0 o. Sold by druggists. Send for circulars. 
WELLS RICHARDSON & CO., Proprietors, 
BURLINGTON. VT. 
GOLr MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. 
BAKER’S 
Warranted absolutely pure 
Cocoa, from which the excess of 
Oil has been removed. It has f'—es 
times the strength of Cocoa mixed 
with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, 
and is therefore far more economi¬ 
ca costing less than one cent a 
cu% It is delicious, nourishing, 
strengthening, easily digested, and 
admirably adapted for invalids *4 
well as for persons in health. 
Sold by Grocers everywhere. 
BAKER & CO., Drtesier, Mass. 
EPPS’S 
GRATEFUL—COMFORTING 
COCOA 
LAMB CHOPS FOR LUNCH. 
Trim a number of chops, season them with 
salt and pepper and broil them. Arrange 
them on a dish in a circle alternately with 
slices of bread cut in the shape of a chop and 
fried in butter, and fill the center with cooked 
and drained peas or string beans. 
PEERLESS DYES 
Are the BEST. 
Sold by Druggists. 
Pratt’s Perfection Road Cart 
Is beyond n doubt the best cart 
niado for the IIor*<Hiinn, Farmer or anyone de¬ 
siring a cart for speeding, breaking or business 
purposes. Before purchasing elsewhere, write 
direct to the mfrs. for circular and prices. 
A. L. PRATT & CO., Kalamazoo, .Mich. 
Offer baby a drink of cold water several 
times a day. 
Sashes of all kinds will be worn with thin 
dresses. 
Old silk handkerchiefs make excellent dust 
cloths for the piano and other highly polished 
articles. 
Contain, in small compass, the essential 
virtues of the best vegetable cathartics. 
They are a sure cure for Costiveness. Indi¬ 
gestion, and Liver Complaints; are pleasant 
to take; prompt, but mild, in operation. 
Mr. James Quinn, of Middle st., Hartford, 
Conn., testifies : “ I have used Ayer's Pills 
for the past thirty years and consider them 
an invaluable family medicine.” 
Ayer’s Pills, 
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine. 
BROWN’S FRENCH DRESSING. 
The Original. Beware ot Imitations. 
AWARDED HIGHEST PRIZE AND ONLY 
MEDAL, PARIS EXPOSITION, 1878 
Highest A«jrd Naiv Orleans Exposition. 
FOLDING 
DANOPY 
b TOP. 
Just the thing foe all styles 
and sizes of wagons. LIG H r, 
. HANDSOME. Easily attached, 
, ~ Send for circular and prices 
of this and other canopies. Local Agents Wanted Stm* 
where you saw this. D.G. BEERS & CO. Newtown, Ct. 
BAUCty PURE RAW BONE MEAL. ai»o 
PHOSPHATE 
Send for Prices, Sample, and till Information. 
BAUGH & SONS CO , Mfr»., Phi ndrlp. I.. 
$25 
PERTH I7CR9 F0R spring crops, send 
l Sn • for Circulars and Prices. 
YORK CHEMICAL WORKS, York, Pa. 
SOLD 
runs 
I.lvo at home and mako more money working for ur. than 
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Terms PRICK. Address, TltUK & Co.. Augusta, llama. 
WE ARE CRAZY over the new elegant paper 
flower “Hyacinth,” so all the ladies say. Full print¬ 
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directions 50cts. C. F. LAD, Abington, Bass. 
lUal (Jtofce. 
FOR SALE.—The Johnnie Burck Grint 
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at a low price. Address for full particulars. 
(haw. Q Eldredge REAL ESTATE BROKER, 
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At the rate they hare been going the 
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