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ome t&0m|miiian 
tion, change in her own coin. He waited hut a moment, 
when a plate of dried beef was handed to the lady, 
who unceremoniously took some in her fingers, and 
placed it on her plate. “ Wait-ta!” exclaimed the 
gentleman, in turn, “bring another plate of beef. 
That woman has had her fingers in this.” A most 
ungallant roar from all the company fairly turned the 
tables against the lady, and she had the good sense to 
acknowledge its desert, and join heartily in the mirth 
it had created. 
Dick, who neither understood fully, nor heard the 
question, quickly interrupted : 
“ I’ve ordered some, but they haven’t come yet!” 
Endurance of the Scotch Girls.— The average 
Scotch girl is full of spirit, life, and sunshine. She 
can do a fair amount of dancing during the season, 
row a boat, tramp over a Highland road, or get up a 
picnic party during the summer months, without the 
slightest injury to her complexion or her health. Up 
to a certain age, as Dr' 
tt— r;r, y - Clarke says, the life of a 
Yvw > \ Scottish girl is calm and 
l«l It | \ peaceful. When she enters 
upon the business of life she 
n ° a When 
'iltfiw y*| she marries she is fitted to 
enter upon that holy step, 
n °^ a s ^ a ^ ere< ^ s P ec t re with 
wSv ill \ a P u ^ se -*- ess S0ll l; but as a 
\ woman, strong in mind and 
and of mature judg- 
Twl naent. It may he said that 
our countrywomen in the 
|to|v\Y rnra ^ districts are somewhat 
U \w|vs\ coarse and masculine. It is 
“m \ ||wj ^ rU ° Pem hands are 
often hard from daily toil, 
and their arms and fingers 
. . A\ al 'e scarcely in accordance 
fY with the Grecian line of 
' beauty. Yet there are 
many comely maidens among 
them for all that ; honnie 
k.^-- -N lllikk lasses with wonderful com- 
plexions, and dazzling" een. 
: - ' But what matters it to sen- 
sihle men, who have brains 
aPlgSiSlsilsi^rv^ ' enough to appreciate the 
difference between a delicate 
doll and a healthy helpmeet. 
There are volumes of com- 
moil sense in their honest 
noodles, and oceans of love 
^| in their warm and constant 
WfmMmm hearts. 
Flowers as a help to 
Housekeeping;. •— A wo- 
'' man, in every sense the best 
housekeeper we ever knew, 
said to us, pointing to a 
garden gay with flowers: 
“ That is one of the best 
j|pl§jfiip||s|gp^ 2 j^s^, helps in housekeeping. The 
children take care of the 
flowers with only a little as- 
sistance from me, and we 
have a fresh bouqueteach day 
for the table, and I am often 
surprised' at the effect they 
~~ _ have upon me ; such a rest- 
fulness when I am weary 
with household care. They 
are like the oaks that shelter our dwelling. • I run out 
under them when the sunlight glimmers through the 
leaves, when each quivering twig casts dancing shad¬ 
ows on the grass, or the fresh breeze stirs through 
the branches;. and they are even an inspiration to 
right living, and I go on with my labors refreshed and 
strengthened. 
sons. .Not a Jewess was uo 
he seen among the crowd of 
priests and rabble who in¬ 
sulted the Son of God, 
scourged Him, crowned Him 
with'thorns, and subjected 
Him to infamy and the agony 
of the cross. The women 
of Judea believed in the 
Saviour, and assisted and 
soothed Him under afflic¬ 
tion. A woman of Bethany 
poured on His head precious 
ointment, which she kept in 
alabaster vases. The sinner 
anointed His feet with per¬ 
fumed oil, and wiped them 
with her hair; Christ, on his 
part, extended mercy to the 
Jewesses. He raised from 
the dead the son of the wid¬ 
ow of Nain, and Martha's 
brother, Lazarus. He cured 
Simon’s mother-in-law and 
the woman who touched 
His garment. To the Sa¬ 
maritan woman he was a 
spring of living water, and 
a compassionate j udge to the 
woman of adultery. The 
daughters of Jerusalem wept 
over him; the holy women 
accompanied Him to Cal¬ 
vary—brought Him halm 
and spices—weeping, saw 
Him at the sepulchre. ‘ Wo- 
man ! why weepest thou ? ’ 
His first appearance after 
the resurrection was to Mary 
Magdalene. He said.to her, 
1 Mary ! ’ At the sound of 
His voice Mary Magdalene’s 
eyes were opened, and she 
answered, ‘ Master !’ The 
reflection of some beautiful 
ray must have rested, on the, 
brow of Jewesses!” 
Tit for Tat.— Some time 1 _ _ 
since, on one of the North 
River boats, a lady who 
had attracted much attention from the masculine turn 
of her manners and conversation, was seated at the 
table opposite a gentleman, who, in taking some butter 
in the absence of the usual knife, used his own, which 
the lady observing, called aloud to the waiter, “Wait- 
ta, bring another plate of butter ! That man,” point¬ 
ing to the gentleman, “had his knife in this.” The 
unfortunate wight almost sunk under the curious gaze 
of all the company, hut said nothing, determined to 
.watch his opportunity to return, for the cruel mortifica- 
OUR LITTLE ROGTJE. 
Dick Hark is the proprietor of a variety store in 
Jersey. He is hard of hearing, and don’t like to he 
bothered by canvassers who try to sell him new. ar¬ 
ticles, and his usual reply is: 
“ I have ordered some of those, but they, haven’t 
come yet.” 
Lately a drummer entered his store with a patent 
toy, and addressed him thus : 
“Have you any little children whom you can 
amuse ?” 
“ Pleese cum aroun and talk me to the spelin maeh 
this evning,” wrote an Oshkosh girl to her beau. , 
