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CONDUCTED BY EMILY L. TAPLIN. 
HEAPING. 
Along the east strange glories burn. 
And kindling lights leap high and higher, 
As morning from her azure urn 
Pours forth her,golden Are. 
From rush and reed, from bush and brake, 
Float countless Jeweled gossamers 
That glauce and dazzle as they shake 
In every breeze that, stirs. 
A bird, uprising from the grain, 
Flutes loud and clear Ids raptured note 
That mingles with as blithe a strain 
As e'er thrilled human throat. 
Amid the tasseled ranks of corn 
She stands breast-high; her arms are bare; 
And round her warm brown neck the morn 
Gleams on her lustrous hair, 
The sickle flashes lu her hand; 
The (lew laves both her naked feet; 
Sh*' reaps and sings, and through the land 
She sends her carols sweet. 
The wind breathes softly on her brow; 
To touch her lips tall blossoms seek; 
And as the stricken columns bow 
They kiss her glowing cheek. # 
0 happy maiden! in her breast 
Guile bath no place: her virgin sleep 
Vain t houghts ne'er trouble; she is blest; 
She hath no tears to weep. 
She knows nor longs for prouder things; 
Her simple tasks are all her care: 
She lives and loves, and reaps and sings, 
And makes the world more fair. 
—James B.Kenuou, in The Centura. 
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. 
Basques still show the styles prevailing last 
Winter. The fronts are unusually pointed, 
the back postilion, and the bodice is very 
short over the hips. 
The Philadelphia Press says that, the Tonka 
beans will keep away moths. This is certain¬ 
ly preferable to camphor, which leaves an 
odor disagreeable to many, 
A narrow pleating at the foot of the skirt., 
though still used, is rather out of date. The 
newest fancy is a bias fold set on the same 
way. 
Velveteen street gowns will be much worn 
this Winter. A good quality of English man¬ 
ufacture, possesses great wear-resisting quali¬ 
ties, and is uninjured by rain or snow. 
We have beard for the past year that the 
Jersey is doomed, but now styles are constant¬ 
ly introduced, and they are as much worn as 
ever. The newest ones have whalebones in all 
the seams, and an inside belt to keep it in 
place. 
The Philadelphia Press says that a certain 
titled lady, while learning embroidery lost 
her mind and was confined in a private mad¬ 
house. But she still retained her passion for 
needle-work. She spent her time in joiuing the 
odds and ends given her from the scrap-bag 
and invariably used contrasting colors of silk, 
and nearly every stitch was different. Speci¬ 
mens of her work found their way outside of 
the asylum, and thus originated crazy patch- 
work. 
The Portland Oregonian very justly tells us 
that Mrs. Pennington, who lives on Five Mile 
Creek, in Wasco County is a heroic woman. 
A l'ew days ago while walking out with her 
two children, one three years old, the other a 
baby at the breast, she was attacked by a 
large wildcat. Fortunately she had a revol¬ 
ver, which she emptied into the animal, and 
this not putting an cud to him she finally beat 
out his brains with a stick of stovewood. Not 
less heroic, although in a different way, is a 
woman living in Grant County. Left, a widow 
last Winter, she has carried on the farm and 
cared for her children without any help what¬ 
ever. When plowing time came she constructed 
a box- on the plow in which to carry her balie, 
and thus she plowed the ground. She then 
proceeded to harrow, plant and cultivate, 
carrying the child on her back, and iuthis way 
has produced a fine crop, and is now engaged 
in carting the truck to a neighboring town and 
disposing of it. 
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ONE THING NEEDFUL. 
There is a recent novel of this title, from 
the peu of a prolific writer, who has written 
much chaff, fairly sprinkled with solid grain. 
But one thing needful and that is loving sym¬ 
pathy, says the novelist, and who shall gain¬ 
say her? Mr. Gradgrind would doubtless 
prove to us, in the most lucid manner possible, 
that, proper sustenance, proper clothing, and 
proper mental occupation were the sum total 
of our requirements. But daily life disproves 
this; daily we see someone with all material 
requirements, starving in the midst of plenty; 
suffering saddest heart-hunger for the sym¬ 
pathy that, should be freely given. Nor is it 
always the lonely one, bereft of friends and 
kin. There is the wife whose husband, good, 
kind soul though he may be, looks upon her 
unsatisfied longings as womanish vapors, be¬ 
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neath the dignity of masculine understanding. 
And sadder still is the man of high aims and 
loftj r mind, whose life companion is some 
shallow little creature, lovable enough in the 
first bloom of youth, but. trying beyond meas¬ 
ure when the roses have faded, leaving the 
barren little mind bare. But now and then 
we see some gracious woman who is sympati- 
ca, as the Italians say, who draws love and 
confidence and sympathy toward her as the 
sun draws the flowers. The Irish say of such 
a one that she has a face like a fiddle, for she 
draws all tenderness to the surface. Such 
gift is born with the possessor; yet it may be 
acquired. And how it brightens and lightens 
this work-a-day world! How shall it be ac¬ 
quired? Perhaps the best and only way is to 
forget ourselves ami our owu personality, by 
putting ourselves in the place of others. Do 
not think: “What shall I say to this friend 
who is in pain or sorrow; good report or evil 
report." Strive rather to feel as your frieud 
must feel; thou offer the sympathy that, would 
appeal to you in like place. That is the secret 
of genuine sympathy; complete disregard of 
self; thought only for others. 
This does not imply loss of our own person 
ality. This very identification with others im¬ 
presses us more firmly on those we influence, 
and how much awkwardness and mauvais 
honte it removes! Someone says that the per¬ 
fection of good breeding consists in listening 
with courteous concern to something we have 
heard before, related by a person less familiar 
with the subject than we are ourselves. That 
is the very epitome of this one thing needful; 
the entire sympathy with others' moods that, 
though it may begin with conventional good- 
breeding, becomes the Godly grace of charity, 
and fulfils the injunction of the Master: to 
weep with those that weep and rejoice with 
those that rejoice! 
EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN. 
The emancipation of women is pretty firm¬ 
ly established when Yale College (that last 
refuge of conservatism) signalizes her new de¬ 
parture by making a maiden a bachelor, and 
when Columbia College turns out an M. D. of 
the gent ler sex. 
It is feared that under this new regime of en¬ 
larged liberty for women, we shall have no 
more fair Juliets; no more tender Desdemonas, 
but these doubting ones have yet to learn that 
to be feminine it is not necessary to be igno¬ 
rant. In the first place all women are not fair, 
but she will be none the less lovely if she knows 
enough Greek and astronomy to pass a college 
examination, or enough ol’ medicine to stive a 
life. 
One effect, of the many avenues of support 
that are now opened to womeu, is that matri¬ 
mony is no longer their Ultima Thule , and 
“To sit. on a cushion, and sew up a seam, 
And live upon strawberries, Biigar and cream." 
is no longer their only refuge. If the seam 
were only a pretense, and the cushion were al¬ 
ways of damask and down, and we could all 
look as charming as the young lady in the 
nursery rhyme who is so employed, this might 
do very well, but alas! the seams are so often 
endless, and the strawberries ami cream are 
so often served on Sevres; in short women 
have learned that it is better to provide them¬ 
selves with the necessaries of life which they 
can earn by their own unaided labor, than to 
wait for the very uncertain luxuries that a 
possible husband will provide. 
ALICE GOLDSMITH. 
PIN MONEY POINTERS. 
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Since the day when our mother Eve fash¬ 
ioned her robe of fig leaves, matters connect¬ 
ed with dress have never ceased to bo of inter¬ 
est to the feminine mind. If one only could 
obey the Bible injunction, and without taking 
thought, for the morrow as to wherewithal we 
shall be clothed, still appear as one of the lilies 
of the field, many a head and heart-acho 
would be saved: 
" TUrouRb tattered clothes small vices do appear: 
Hobos and farr’d gowns hide all," 
is a bit of wisdom that we learn very early in 
this world. The struggle to make a fifty cent 
bonuet or a five dollar gown appear to be 
Parisian creations is often a severe one with 
women. 
Any one having a scarf or a quantity of 
black lace can have a pretty bonnet foi 
evening wear with very little outlay. Pur¬ 
chase a suitable frame and arrange the lace on 
it in soft folds, not in plaits or gathers. A 
cluster of white or pink or Jacqueminot roses 
(which need not bo expensive) will add the fin¬ 
ishing touch. If one has any taste she will do 
better to trim her own hats and bonnets, for 
the creations of milliners in the cheap lino are 
not apt to bo satisfactory to any but servant 
girls. White illusion strings are a very pretty 
addition to a bonnet for evening wear and 
will last much longer if they be neatly rolled 
up each time after being worn. Gloves and 
ribbons will do double service if they are al¬ 
ways put away neatly, the former pulled in 
shape and the latter rolled up. 
For party dresses for young ladies there is 
nothing so charming as white, and although 
there are comparatively few' days at this sea¬ 
son that, are warm enough to make thin white 
dresses either safe or comfortable, there are 
many other beautiful fabrics in white. Gypsy 
cloth is the most youthful of all the white dra¬ 
peries, and suggesting as it does bright rib¬ 
bons, one is reminded of how many different 
toilettes may be achieved with this same white 
gown and a change of ribbons. Convent, 
cloth is a trifle heavier and has a momie sur¬ 
face. Clairette combines well with velvet and 
lace, and will lie chosen by matrons and those 
who wish to combiue a medium degree of 
warmth with the freshness of a white gown. 
It has a lustre like reflected moonlight, is 
smooth and opaque and falls in stately folds. 
Feather cloth, as its name implies, falls in soft 
folds. It combines well with satin. Any of 
these goods are economical as they will dye 
when the wearer is tired of them, and will 
make that indispensable portion of a lady’s 
wardrobe—a light weight black gown that 
will not catch dust or grow rusty. 
If, however, a young lady would appear 
well in the eyes of the man whose bright par¬ 
ticular star she is or is to be, let her pay as 
much attention to her morning toilette as to 
that which she weare on the street or in the 
evening. It is said that the most favorable 
time to judge of a woman’s character is in the 
morning. If she loolts well then, she is in 
good health, if she dresses well, she is tidy. 
If she plans and executes a reasonable morn¬ 
ing’s work,she has mental and bodily activity. 
Beware of the young lady who gets up to a 
late breakfast, which she languidly eats in a 
faded and untidy gown, with her hair in curl¬ 
papers, and her slippers down at the heel. She 
may appear a radiantly beautiful being in the 
evening, but it will hardly atone tor the fact 
that she is an unpleasant object to contem¬ 
plate in the morning, when you consider how 
many mornings go to make up a life. 
There are so riiany pretty cotton fabrics that 
one need not be at a loss for charming morn¬ 
ing dresses. The pleated and belted jacket or 
the baby waist, fitted over a tight liuing are 
suitable for these goods. Almost any style of 
dress is preferable to the hideous “Mother Hub¬ 
bard” which is never pretty on a child over 
eight, is ludicrous on a girl of fifteen, and 
reaches the hight of absurdity on a woman 
of fifty. 
For those who can afford to wear them, a 
handsome Jersey waist is a great addition to 
a wardrobe. Beaded, they add richness and 
elegance to an otherwise plain toilette. It is 
poor economy to buy them already beaded, as 
the cheaper variety is used for this purpose, 
and a waist that could be had for a dollar, if 
beaded will cost ten. The better plan is to got 
areally good article, and then bead it your¬ 
self, the cost of the beads being a very slight 
one, and the time required being very little 
more than will be needed to fasten the loose 
beads on one already beaded. 
A jersey that is past service on account of 
worn sleeves may be made to do good service 
again by putting a double row of lace up the 
outside of the elbow, and a jabot of luce down 
the front if the latter is at all worn. Simu¬ 
late a vest by placing little loops of beads 
down the fronts, and no one will imagine your 
lace and beads are only employed to hide the 
ravages of time. SELMA clark. 
GOLDEN GRAINS. 
Richter says: “Everyman has a rainy cor¬ 
ner of his life, out of which foul weather pro¬ 
ceeds and follows after liim”. 
Just as every stroke of the sculptor helps to 
bring the angel out of the marble, so every 
thought, feeling and purpose of our souls to¬ 
day contributes something to the beauty or 
deformity of our resurrection bodies. 
Rev. A.K. Boyd says: “You huvebecn think¬ 
ing well of yourself aud your doings, when all 
of a sudden your little scaffolding of poor sticks 
breaks under you, aud you see with a dismal 
clearness what a sorry thing you have made 
of it all, what miserable mistakes you have 
blundered into, what inexpressible follies, 
worse things than follies, which bow you 
down, aud (in brief) what a poor creature you 
are... v ... 
“I say to you, Welcome this fresh and start¬ 
ling view of things; turn to spiritual account 
this painful exercise which your soul is pass¬ 
ing through. Do not take the heavy stripe 
ami be none the better for it. You will boar 
this in quite a different, spirit than you havo 
possibly known till now, if you resolve that 
it shall serve, it shall leave you spiritually 
bettered; it shall be a humbling, tryiug, pain¬ 
ful, yet searching uud effective means of 
grace.”. 
Accustom yourself to think vigorously. 
Mental capital, like pecuniary, to lie worth 
anything, must be well invested—must be 
rightly adjusted and appled, and to this end 
careful, deep and intense thought, is necessary 
if great results arc looked for. There is no 
such thine ns standing still in this world. 
Change is the eternal law of nature. 
Beaumont says: “As the deepest hate 1 may 
spring from the most violent love, so the 
greatest ingratitude may arise from the larg¬ 
est benefits. It is said that Cicero was slain 
by one whom his oratory had defended when 
accused of his father’s murder.”. 
We should love and seek the companionship 
of those who critisizo us kindly, and advise 
us, rather than those who flatter and praise 
Be very moderate in sleeping; for lie who 
does not. rise with the sun cannot enjoy the 
day; aud observe, O Saucho, industry is the 
mother of prosperity, and laziness, her oppo¬ 
site, never saw the accomplishment of a good 
wish .—Cervantes . 
The Church Press says: “Somebody has 
discovered that Boston people like Broad 
Churchmen whose sermons are not flat; 
Philadelphians like preachers whose thoughts 
are deep and well rounded, and New York 
likes a square man with no frills about him, 
who can say it all iu about 20 minutes.”. 
P omes tic Cc on mraj 
CONDUCTED BY MRS. AGNES E. M. CARMAN. 
WHY NOT? 
A farmer living near the Rural Grounds is 
often assisted by ltis daughters in gathering . 
vegetables for the market. Before they go 
out. in the sun they draw old stockings over 
their hands and arms, with holes cut in them 
for the thumbs aud the toes cut off to give 
the fingers freedom. These improvised mitts 
save their hands from burning and burning, 
and from scratches and slains. Farmer folk, 
both the women aud the men, are apt to neg¬ 
lect their personal appearance, They show a 
lack of proper self-respect by allowing their 
finger nails to go untrimmed and uncleaned, 
and the hands to go half washed; boots are 
worn muddy and uublacked, collars are kept 
for extra occasions, aud even smooth hair is 
considered too good for everyday. Sucli care¬ 
lessness is too often looked upon as a badge of 
independence, aucl any efforts to improve 
made by one member of a family subjects him 
to endless ridicule or unkind contempt. He is 
called “high-toned,” "stuck-up,” “fussy,” and 
finds that bis efforts toward even the simplest 
refinements arc made uoedlessly hard. A love 
of personal neatness and of becoming dress for 
everyday should bo encouraged, and any extra 
work necessary to make such habits and such 
dress possible should bo considered well di¬ 
rected work.___ 
BABY AMUSER. 
The above contrivance 1 have found useful 
as a baby tender, keeping the little things out 
of mischief, while it prevents them from fall¬ 
ing while learning to walk. The post is fast¬ 
ened into blocks above and below, and re¬ 
volves arouud and around. The piece extend¬ 
ing horizontally should be secured at a bight 
that will enable baby’s arms to bo just above 
the hoop while his feet touch the floor. Of 
course the “tender” must be firm, so that 
there is not. the slightest danger of its falling 
upon the child. MRS. s. p. adams. 
WELSH RARE-BITS AND SUNDRY 
CHEESE COURSES. 
The best cheeses of Franco are fromage 
de Brie, which takes its name from the place 
where it is made, Roquefort aud Nouchatel; 
Stilton aud Cheshire are the most Celebrated 
EugHsh cheese. Immense quantities of Amer¬ 
ican chooses are imported to England, and are 
considered great luxuries by epicures there. A 
taste for Stilton and Roquefort is generally 
an acquired one. The former is made by ad¬ 
ding the cream of the preceding evening’s 
milk to that of the morning's milking, produc¬ 
ing u very rich and creamy quality. Roque¬ 
fort is made from a mixture of sheep’s and 
goat's milk. Parmesan, an Italian cheese, is 
made of skimmed milk, is not sent to market 
until it is six months old, and is frequently 
kept for three or four years. It is used in 
great quantities grated for cooking. Much of 
that sold already grated in bottles is largely 
