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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
at the window, and Bill refrained. But Tom grew no 
better very fast, and, being a robust fellow to whom 
sickness was a stranger, he felt certain that he was 
dying, and demanded that Bill should summon Mrs. 
Deming at once ; he must see her before he died. Bill 
objected to rousing her in the middle of the night, but 
Tom would take no refusal, and Mrs. Deming soon ap¬ 
peared on the scene, for she was always ready to respond 
to any appeal from the sick or sorrowing. And Tom was 
both ! 
The dying boy turned Bill unceremoniously out of the 
room, and, rejecting the medicine which Mrs. Deming 
had hastily caught up and brought with her, insisted on 
relieving his conscience from the burden of that turkey. 
We pass over the good woman’s surprise and Tom’s 
intense mortification at making the confession. 
“ I only took it for a lark,” said Tom, apologetically, 
as he finished his sad tale. 
“Dear me !” exclaimed Mrs. Deming, “it’s the first 
time I ever heard of a, turkey being mistaken for a lark. 
And after all it has turned out a nightingale ! ” 
She freely forgave him, and assured him that no one 
else should ever know it; but she gave him such a, ju¬ 
dicious mingling of advice and medicine that before 
morning the turkey ceased to be a burden, and he had 
learned the all important lesson that taking what be¬ 
longs to another is just as much stealing in a student as 
in any other person, and that disorderly or lawless con¬ 
duct is no more creditable to a schoolboy or collegian 
than to other fellows. Mrs. Susie A. Bisbee. 
WHEN THE WOODS TURN BROWN. 
O W will it be when the Roses How will it be when the autumn flowers 
fade, 
Out of the garden and out 
of the glade? 
When the fresh pink bloom 
of the Sweet-brier wild, 
Tbat leans from the dell 
like the cheek of a child, 
Is changed for dry hips on a thorny bush ? 
Then, scarlet and carmine, the groves will flush. 
Wither away from their leafless bowers; 
When Sun-flower and Star-flower and Golden-rod 
Glimmer no more from the frosted sod, 
And the hillside nooks are empty and cold ? 
Then the forest tops will be gay with gold. 
How will it be when the woods turn brown, 
Their gold and their crimson all dropped down, 
And crumbled to dust ?— 
t 
O,then, as we lay 
Our ear to Earth’s lips, we shall hear her say, 
“ In the dark I am seeking new gems for my crown.”— 
We will dream of green leaves, when the woods turn 
brown. —Lucy Larcom. 
THE FRAMING AND HANGING OF PICTURES. 
In some practical suggestions for selecting frames 
suited to the pictures they are to hold, and in regard to 
hanging them, the Independent says: 
“Engravings, likely to be framed, are of three kinds; 
line engravings from steel or copper plates, etchings and 
wood engravings; the last so common that we sometimes 
lose sight of their beauty for decorative purposes. Line 
engravings have generally wide margins of white paper, 
most of which should be covered by a cardboard mat of 
some neutral tint. The beauty of a fine engraving is 
sometimes lost, to a great degree, by leaving the staring 
white margin exposed, making a line of blank white 
that is sure to catch the eye and draw the attention from 
the picture itself. Engravings made on a high key, with 
much white left in them do not suffer so much from the 
lack of mat, but unless the general scheme of color 
decoration in the room is light, make an ugly patch of 
white on the wall. Their frames should be flat, and in 
their color there should be a thought both of the subject 
of the picture and of the general color of the wall dec 
orations. Plain woods in simple bands, relieved, per¬ 
haps, by the narrowest beading of gilt or silver, and 
without machine carving at the corners, are very effec¬ 
tive and suitable almost anywhere. Gilt frames are 
better reserved for colored pictures. If the engravings 
are lettered, the frames should be large enough to take 
in the lettering. Where the name of the picture is 
printed beneath, the engraving is generally so large as 
to require a mat, in which case there may be an ob¬ 
long opening cut in the panel through which the name 
can be read. If the work is printed on India or Japan 
paper, there should be width enough between the work 
and the mat or frame to show a clear line of the white 
paper all around. Wood engravings, if small, and one 
possesses several by the same artist, may be grouped 
together in a single paneling, beveled openings being 
cut to show each picture. Engravings such as are made 
for the magazines, if they can be obtained printed on 
