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BXPEEI1NCB. I hear the sigh of seeds that yearn ! To deck with pomp : heir burial-urn , / EoeUtie.rhapsodies that run jAJong the bark that feels the ; gun , TEne laugh with whlchrtbojbuds unfold , The passion in the pollen's gold ; I hear the faint , delicious heat In hearts of TOBCH < juonverse sweet , t In airs tkat toy , attwlllght'o hour , "PFlth Apple-bloom and orangetflower , Tho.am'rous whispers of the grass As sky-larks brood and'flre-fllea pass , The dews desire , and griefs that make , The thunder's hery heart-strings break. To me are told the dreams that lie DeepluttfQUIy.'s'languIdey.e ; , j Legends that ferns and corals store In books of rock andOcean'sifloorj- - i The prayers that out ot pastures cry ( When scorched beneath a brazen sky , Strange syllables that from the ground Speak like the naked soul of sound , And all the birds .In love relate Of happy flight and tender mate , ' And what the tribes of insccts'tell- Of their Incessant miracle , Sea-song , and Joy of humanpoech , . And awful lore the star-depths teach ; ( And touching thus the inner mind , 1 go enraptured , awed , resigned. [ Horatio NelaonlPowere , in the Critic. THE DEACON'S CREED. Cbrirtlon Union. "Well , for my part , " said the deacon. "I'm an old , fogy ; I believe in Paul , And in the whole of Paul ; that woman Tvas created for man , not man for woman ; that man is the head of woman ' not woman the head of man , thatwives ought to submit to their husbands as unto the Lord ; and that the husband is head of the wife'as Christ is head of the church. I don't want to take out a * t or undot an 'P. I believe it all. " "Well ! well ! well ! " said Mr. Geer. "I believe , " continued the deacon , "thatone of the chief causes of unhappy marriages and frequent divorces is the unwomanly independence which mod ern education has produced. I believe they are the naturalfruitsjof _ the viola tion of God's law ofmarriago. I be lieve that those women who are perpet ually issuing manifestoes of independ ence , and protesting against the subjec tion of woman , and all that sort oi nonsense , make themselves and their husbands popr'fellows ! the tone oJ -pity was as inimitable- it was unaf fected ) miserable , and are doing more to undermine . . - which - th.family , is the foundation of the state , than all the Mormon elders and priests and mission- Caries put together. " "Well ! well ! WELL ! " said Mr. Geer. I vainly endeavor to indicate the climax - , max of his astonishment by typographi cal signs. "I believe that any two headed thing , from a calf to a nation , is a monstrosi ty ; and of all two-headed monstrosi ties the most monstrous monstrosityis a two-headed family. I believe it is wise for the wife to submit to her husband ; I believe it is for her happiness , and for his , and for that of the children , and for that of the community. I believe that the way for her to have her own will is never , to demand it. I believe -the way for her to conquer her husband is never to have a conflict with him. But I don't put my belief on-any such low1 ground as'that ; "I put-it on the .ground that God made the husband the head of the household , and told the wife to submit ; and that's the'er.d of it. " It is impossible lor ine to portray the smiling graciousness" the * deacon's .manner , whicli gave these words a sound quite differc-nt-from that which * they will bear in cold print to the aver age" reader , unuiterruptqd by the dea con's delightfuranduninterpretable eye and tone and genial smile. But he was , unmistakably , dead in earnest. "But , " said * Mrs. Greerwhen at .length the deacon came to a pause in the recital of his creed , "don't you think that a woman ought to have .a mind of her own ? " "And , " added Jennie , "don't you -think that your" 9octrine" would make .men tyrants and women/too abject ? " "Humph ! "said the deacon , "Why , bless .me ! . I know , T and so do you , a couple whose ilives answer that ques tion.a The man is" as'opinionated an old bear'as ever walked on two legs. He is as unbending as a piece of cold steel ; -and if anybody contradicts him hp bristles all over like a hedgehog. His " wife has lived with him these twenty -odd years , and nobody ever doubted that she had a mind of her own ; or - thought thatishe was abject ; or ques tioned herquiet , womanly dignity and her independence. But for" twenty years she has jiever contradicted him ; never refused to doVhafhe * wanled br done what h'e didn't want' ; never offer ed him advice unless he asked for it , .and never refused it when he did. And .that little woman can do anything with -her bear she likes ; he'll dance any time to any tune she plays. JShe never yet has demanded a woman's right , in all these years ; and never hesitates to make a woman's request. And she gets it , too. " - We all laughed ; 'for ' we all knew who the dr > .acori was'describing , with some exaggerations of himself , but none of * Tiir-v Few ; jind" hiswifesoftly put her hand'up arTd'stroked the'thin-hair that Juinged his bald head.r r , "There is Mrs. Geer , " continued the deacon "who sheneyer will , says con sent to her husbands smoking in the house. If I were ti "ff $ my husband should make every room , from the gar a ret to the cellar'smell like a tobaccon ist's shop * before I .would"Iryjte stop Mm , unless I could * stop him by a request - j -quest for. love's sake . . . . . . , . i. * toM .i-- * 1 ivi "So ymi don't think lhat.a husband ought ever to submit to a wife ? " s : id IJ .Mrs. Goer , inquiringly. J "Don't'IP"1 said 'the deaotin. "Ask- Mary here. Yes , I do. But I don't think a wife ought 'over to ask her hus band to submit. God has madelfhim , not her , the head-of the.household. He is commissioned ascaptain. He must answer at God's jua rmentbarrfor tKe conduct of the'ship. " "Arid he can't' do it if his mate is always trying to be * captain too. She is' not responsible , and he is. " * 2 * " r "Don't you think , deacon , ' ! saidMr. Geer , ' "that they share thei xesponsi- ility for"the cbil'drcn between them ? * ' "No ! " said the deacon j and h'e said it with refreshing , p'ositiveness. "Not if the wife understands what a wife ought'to be. The husba'nd is responsi bly for the'children. All "the wife haste to do is to submit to his directions ; and if they don't turn-out well , she can go up to God' § judgment bar and say , 'This is the husband you gave mo ; and you told me to 'obey him1 , and , I have done it , and you must take care of the consequences. ' " "That doesn't help the matter much , said Mrs. Hardcap , sadly , , "if the chil dren go to ruin. " There was a moment's pause ; for wo all knew that Mr. Hardcap was a' severe father and Mrs. Hardcap was .a tender mother , rand that she feared the consequences quences of his despotism. Then the deacon answered gently : "This is very true , Mrs. Hardcap. And I think nothing can bo harder than for a wife to submit when she sees her husband doing an injustice or an injury to the children she has borne him. And I do not say that there are not cases where she is right to interfere. But you may dependupon it that it is always safer to adbpt God's plan , and leave the consequences for him to take care of , than to try our own plan , and assume 'the responsibility for the consequences ourselves. And God's plan isVives , submit { yourselves to your husbands as unto the Lord. ' " "Seems to me that this is rather a tough doctrine for the'wives , " said the parson. "Not a bit of it , " said the deacon. "It is an easy doctrine. It takes air the friction and much of the burden out of their lives. Our pulpits ought to preach it , and our schools to teach it , and our girls to learn it- until no girl would ever think of marrying till she could find a man she could so look up to that to submit her will to his would be the chicfest delight of her life. " "There would be fewer marriages- " said I , "in that case. " "And fewer divorces , " said the dea con , sententiously. "Bat how 'in matters of conscience , deacon ? " said Mrs. Geer ; "surely you wouldn't have wives submit their con sciences to their husbands ? " "Husbands hnve consciences as well as wives , don't they ? " asked the dea con. con."I don't know , " said Mrs ! Geer. Whereat there was another laugh , in which the deacon joined. "Conscience , " said the deacon , "is simply the 'judgment applied to moral questions. The wife ought not to do wrong to please her husband ; but in all questions , I advise her to submit her judgment to his. " "If I was a" tract society , " added the deacon , "I would print < five rules for wives on a card , to be given to every bride on her wedding day. " "What are-they ? " said I. The deacon reached over , took-up a piece of paper' from the table , took a pencil out of his pocket and wrote thereon , as follows : , TO WIVES. l Wives , submit vourselvea to your hus i bands as unto the Lord. ' * i 1. Never iepute.with your husband. 2. Never refuse his request uuless 1 is t unmistakably sinful. 3. Never "offer him advice unless he aska 1 for it. ' j 4. Never m ike any demand , and never hesitate to make any request. 5. And never be bashful about letting him know that what you do , you do for his sake . , , not for your own. . rn i " i .t "There , said the deacon , as he shoved the paper over to me ; "put that in one of your letters , Mr. Laicus , and tell the wives , with my compliments , and if they try that plan faithfully and heartily , as unto the Lord , for a year , if they don't make their husbands and their homes and their children happier , and have theiv own way more than any wives of their acquaintance , they may put Paul down for an old fogyjand me down for another. " . "It seems to me , " said Mrs. Geer , "that the wife ought not to take all the sell-denial. . I Ihink the husband ought to take si rue , too. " The deacon straightened up , looked at her'for a moment with a pause which was emphatic , and then said. ? "I think is he ought to take it all. I think she ought to lay all her burdens on his broad shoulders , and he should cany them for her fpr them both. , I think that's what a husband's for ; t' hink Just then the clock on the mantel C struck 1 ; it was half-past nine. " that , " , continued the' deacon , ! , dropping his thread and picking up e. another , "it is time for us to'go. ' Come , Mary. " " 1 wish you would give us your rules for husbands- " said I. "Some o.ther evening , " said the dea " con. . , - " is So we broke our conference up. As we walked homer Jennie and I talked he ma.ter over between us.We . both : bought that the usually level-headed deacon was rather "stron , " ana Jen ; nie demurred Je'spe6iaily to his third rule , but wo both agreed thattthere was good deal of good sense "in the * dea con , after all , and Jennie 'a'dvise'd1me without waiting till I asked her to ro- > [ ort what he said , without note'o'rlconi - c : nent. 'But we are waiting' with 'con ; ' siderable c lri6sity'for the other' lhalf of the subject. t - . 'i [ Yours sincerely , LAICUS. -The American Lovelier. New York Letter. Speaking of alcoholic conviviality , I met a man of national distinction one whose name , # I gave it , would pompel the reader to employ all'his faith"in my veracity if he desired to believe fee in" upper Broadway yat 4 o'clock , m. , staggeringly drunk. His dress was dis ordered ; and his stepiso uncertain that I thought ho would fall ; but when I caught him by the arm , to steady him , hejdrew ; himself away with so much , en ergetic dignity as to nearly throw him into the gutter , pulled his dat dowji over his face , with a desire to avoid rec ognition that proved his retention of a little presence of mind , and made his way into a bathing establishment in Twenty-third street. What he wanted was a Turkish bath , to sober and re fresh him into daylight respectability of aspect. This practice has become so common that several of the bath houses in fashionable parts of the city are kept open' all night. Half an hour of roasting , followed by a shower of cold water and a hard nibbing , turns the dazed aud rumpled roysteror of a night into presentability for the day. "Whisky , " sakl a considerable of a politician , the other night , as he held up a glass of it in the Fifth avenue ho tel bar-room , "is the typical American beverage. It is'a kind of leveller that is characteristic of our glorious coun try. Take a view of this bar , and tell me if I am not right. At one end is a United States senator , with whisky in his tumbler , and here back of us stands a hack-driver , whose gls has been filled from the same bet ' - . Is there anywhere else than a bar , or anything else than whisky that puts all men more on a level ? " I am afraid that he told the truth. In that same bar-room was the Bon of a millionaire , a young fellow whose brain was naturally good enough to enable him , if he had so chosen , to take full advantage of his circumstances of wealth ; but whisky had brought him down to equality , so far-as worth was concerned , with the gambler with whom he was drinking. Yes ; whisky is the great American leveller. Kiss the Children Good-Night. Send the little ones to bed in a happy frame of mind. It requires some disci pline and self-denial on the part of a weary parent to answer all the foolish questions and attend to the many wants that multiply so fast as the hour of bed time draws near , ' but it is a labor of love that will bring a large recom pense. Children never forget. Ti ey will carry with them through life's long and weary .pilgrimage the remembrance of the face that bent over them at night , and that was ever associated in their immature minds with heaven" and God. And the little tiresome -last questions mean so much to them. What if we should never answer them and they never awakened here ? Unanswered questions and unanswered problems have followed men and women throagh life with harrowing persistence. And never ' give a thoughtless answer to a ch'ild's question. No one can so gently aad kindly pre pare 1i 1 the little ones for the perplexities 1t and disappointments of life , which are inevitable , as the fathers and mothers , to whom their education should be their great consideration. The moral lesson taught by the mother's knee or by the bedside can never be forgotten , nor can the father shirk all responsibility in the matter of-Miome tutelage. That is a child to be pitied who is afraid to ask its father any question which arises to its yowng mind ; who dare not climb to the parental knee and challenge the world to dislodge it. Dr. Holland , in his first poem of "Daniel Gray , " which is said to typify-his own father , says : "He had.Bomo notions that did not Improve him , He never kissed his children , so they say. " We feel sorry for the children of a father so austere , but we can afford to pity one who lost so much beauty and value out of his own life. Then kiss the children good-night and good-morn ing and answer all their questions , and you will find in such work two are blessed one giving , the other receiv ing. Time is Money. Providence journal. There lires in Pawtucket a' man whose whole existence seems to bo conduct - duct d similar to a piece of machinery. His movements and transactions are always "on time " in fact his ways ; , great hob byis , time. "Beontime and save time" his motto. . At the same hour every morning he gets out "of bed.A few seconds later his right boot is on , and then his left ; breakfast is finished in .a separate time , and ho is at his place of business just at the stroke of 7. He is a constantly ( enlarging on the immense quantity of time that is wasted and hrown . away by every man and woman ivory hour. He illustrated his hobby the other day in a rather amusing and indisputable manner. A friend pre sented him with a very fine lookingjcat. Calling the next day , he found the "cat EVithout any tail , the tail being cut off close to the body as could be without jutting the tail off behind the oat's to 3ars. When asked why ho had dune in ' his , 'he remarked : "I have to let this ja't in and out of this store a good many imes a day. Now , if that cat had a long tail , don'tyou see , I.would have to lose so much time waiting for the tail to jp'Oiit'andJin , whereas now I have only xi'waifc'for the cat. A tail is of no earlh- yjiise.to'a cat , nd especially to this jat , so you will see I have the cat just he same , and only lost the time in lef- ting the cat'in and ort , , tlius snvins : all hilt tiiue'th'ut ' would bo- lost in letting p Lhe tail in and out. " ' ti FARM AND HOME. - , Twe Iot olXnia i F r .Tear. Cor. Ohio Fanner. In , the spring of 1882 , after w ashing oar sheep , supposing that no evil woulc result front itw.e let the ram run with .ourfbreeding ewes ( thengsucking lambs 'dropped from March 16 to April 16) until shearing. IP the fajl , about No vember 1 , fifteen or eighteen of th'ese same ewes dropped1 lambs , the result oi letting , the ram run with , them from washing to shearing time. When we began feeding for the winter we fixed a place in one of the' stables BO the lambs could enter and the ew.es could not , and sprinkled some bran and salt in the trough. Very- soon the lambs learned to gok there , and in a short time they would run for their pen' to got t'heir ra tions as greedy as litter of pigs for a mess of milk. We fed them -liberally through the winter and they came out in the spring in fine condition * En couraged by their nice appearance we turned our ram with the ewes again on the 9th of May , and will try our luck again with full lainb.s. At washing- time this spring we washed the lambs , thinking we would shear one or two , and if thought profitable would shear the whole lot. The first one clipped a fleece that weighed exactlyfive pounds. Encouraged by this , we sheared the other twelve , and from the lot got fifty-four pounds of wool , 'which we sold along with other wool at the same price. Some of the advantages , we think , from. raising fall lambs would be the great demand as early lambs for the butcher. The lambs , learning to eat so soon do not rely on milk so much for their support , thus relieving the dams from such a drain on their system , and coming through the winter in good con dition , go on grass without checking their growth , as is very often the case with siring lam DS when weaned and ' turned'on dry feed , as must necessarily be done in that season of the year ; be sides the wool will more than pay for wnat they consume through the winter , as I am satisfied was true in my case. The ewes came through the winter in fine condition , and when I weaned the lambs they were in much better condi tion than I ever had ewes when iambs were weaned in the fall , and sheared an average of 7 11-25 pounds per fleece. A lot of thirty-two yearlings , wintered with the ewes , clipped an average of 9 3-16 pounds per head , all nicely wash ed wool , and all sold at market prices. I would say to those who are prepared to properly care for fall lambs to give it a trial. My sheep are high grade Merinos. \Vliat Last Season Tauglit. Correspondence Farm and QardotK That tommato plants in the same hill ! with squashes , cucumbers and pump kins will not keep off the bugs. That an application of air-slacked lime will not keep bugs away from vines , cab bage plants , radishes , turnips or egg plants. That saltpetre water will not accomplish anything in that line. That coal oil for that purpose is also a fail ure. That good application , repeated three times , of reasonably strong liquid manure does well , and that an applica tion of fine sulphur sprinkled over the plants and vines will greatly help in getting rid of these pests. That a reasonable enable application of wood ashes is very beneficial in a garden. But that it is comparatively an easy mat ter to make the application too strong , especially if the ashes are unleached. That it is useless to plant sweet corn before the ground gets warm as well as the weather , as corn planted three weeks later will come to maturity just as quick with the same soil and cultivation. That there is a very de cided advantage in good , sound , quick- germinating seed corn , and thij wilL be evident from the time the corn begins to sprout until it matures. That pens will not do as well on new , rich ground as o.n old. That I can raise more and better Lima beans by planting in a row , the plants six inches , than in hills with three or four bears in a hill. That it pays to soak sorghum seed twenty-four hours in water before planting. That tomato vines will grow faster and blos som quicker if a little manure is worked into the hills than if set out without. How to Keep Cabbaged. Elrnlra Husbandman. The fussy methods so often employed with potatoes after they are dug remind me that similar practices prevail with cabbages. There are persons who in sist that their cabbages must be invert ed , the roots upward , that they will not keep any other way. Others cut the heads from the stumps and pack them with a great deal of care. The most simple way , when one has a cellar with moist bottom , is to pull the cabbages as late in the autumn as may be safe , then take them > right to the cellar , stand them on the roots , on moist earth , the heads leaning against the walL In this way cabbages that have not fully formed heads will sometimes develop into good size , and the , heads will be more crisp , whiter and sweeter than by any other method of preservation , Of course , in pulling them earth will be left adhering the roots , and this should be carried , as attached. A little more loose ; earth , if convenient , can Be thrown around the roots where they -stand. With , a dry cellar bottom this plan is not practicable , but it will work admir ably wherever the bottom is moist , not wet just moist. Tlie Modern Berkshire . Swlna Breedo s" Manua' . jr Th ? niodern Berkshiros" the most' ! a ; approved strains are of large size , and piifisiess , with due allowance fnr-'domes- ticitiou , the high vitality and active t [ 1 habits of "the wild hog , combined with the goo'd digestive" and assimilating powers which .characterizes all im proved .breeds. The only valuable im provements made , in Berkshires during ftho past 100years 'or more have been those 'obtained By judteibus' selections y of * breedinf8tookraBd"improved' meth ods of feeding and management. Whenever attempts have been made to improve by crossing with the Neapoli tan or the Essex the results have been a loss of constitutional vigor and hardi ness , and that fine quality of flesh , juicy , tender and nicely marbled with fat and lean , from which are manufac tured the best hams and shoulders known in the markets of the world. * Origin of Trichina. Dr. J. E. Morris , says in regard to trichina in .swine , thai it is a well-es tablished fact that the real source of infection in swine lies entirely in the rat. A committee'of Vienna physicians found in Moravia 37 per cent of rats examined trichinous ; in Vienna and its environs 10 per cent , and in Lower Austria - , * . tria about 4 per cent. The well-known voracity of tiie hog and its special fond ness for meat cause it to feed upon the flesh and excrements or other animals infested with these parasites , and es pecially rats and mice. To prevent trichinous swine it is highly important to cut off all the sources of disease in the diet of these animals. Kature'a Mulch. Formers' Mogaalne. Nature covers the roota of the trees in winter with the leaves that fall to the ground in autumn , and when they have performed such service , as a mulch , they decay and assist in affording nourishment - ishment to the trees. We should learn a lesson therefrom and -collect leaves around our trees and cover them with , brush or cornstalks. Our word for it , such an'experiment once tried will bo repeated. Beans for Sheep. Sheep will eat beans unground , which { J is not the case with other stock ( except occasionally ) , and when ground and | fed they are among the most nutritious / foods known , but in the grJund or l whole state beans are fed with better H results when cooked. The Household. ( ' " If a tcaspoonful of turpentine is put * into the washboiler and boiled with the clothes it will whiten them perceptibly. Steel knives which are not in daily use may be-kept ; from rusting if they are dipped in a strong solution of soda one part of water to four of soda ; then wipe dry , roll in flannel and keep in a dry place. An entree specially designed to accompany roast pork is made in this way : Peel as many potatoes as will cover the bottom of a deeo piedish. Sprinkle half a teaspoonful of dried sage over them. Cut a small onion in thin slices , and spread them over this. Add salt and pepper , and little lumps of butter , according to your taste. Cover the bottom of the dish with wa ter , and bake in a moderate oven. A delicious chicken soup is made by cutting up one chicken and putting if into your kettle with nearly two quarts of water , a. teaspoonful of salt and a lit tle pepper. When about half done add two tabluspoonfuls of barley or of rice. When this is done remove the chicken from the soup , tear or cut part of the breast into small pieces and ! idd to the soup with a cup of cream. The rest of j * the chicken msy be reserved for salad i J or for chicken croquettes. ' ] The best ginger cookies that I ever tasted had in place of the usual cupful of water a cupful of sweet milk. This gives a lightness to the cakes that water cannot give. The formula for these is : * Two cupfuls of New Orleans molasses , one cupful of lard , one teaspoonful each of ginger and oi soda , and half a tea- spoonlul of salt. The lard , instead of being melted , should be rubbed with j the flour the same as for pie-crust. Pop-corn'with all its associations of a good time and innocent enjoyment , is once more in season , and children or young people who like to experiment with it can try the following recipe for crystalizing it : Put into an iron kettle one tablespoonful of butter , three tablespoonfuls spoonfuls of water and one cnpful of white sugar ; boil until ready to candy , then throw in three quarts of nicely popped corn ; stir vigorously until the sugar is evenly distributed over the corn ; take the kettle from the fire and " * stir until it cools a little , and in this way you may have each kernel separate and all coated with the sugar. Of ) course , it must have your undivided attention - ! ; tention from the first to prevent scorch- ' ing. Almonds , English walnuts , or , in fact , any nuts , are delicious prepared in / ( bhis way. Parent and Child. Eer. Wm. Klrfcni. la N. O. Tlines-Dejsocnu. Children are human beings. We cannot dismiss them from our homes anal our hearts as cats can scratch awaj their grown-up kittens , or birds turn their fleoVlings out of the nest. Wo must retain our superiority. We must , indeed , supersede law by advice , disci pline by good example and high per- - * 6nal hjonor. But we can never become strangers to our children. The time aever conies when we can say : I have jiven you a good education , I bave sup plied you with money , I have set you jp in .business , and now L have done * ivith you. We must retain our hio-h loaition , so that the first thought of our jhild shall DC in .joy or grief , success failure , virtue or ain " 1 will arise ind go to my father. " The . for putting the : has , again. "Bo&ton Star. f J