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TllBY FjlSA 4
Ho never apoko of them, na of tho deni,
In ii soft whtopurr! way,
lint pliwiuitly would toll that Willi
Or .Mnry wut " iiway."
.ffnot 'ftWftjV' nhl oiio lh
ill fnncy,
Tfint'inwllWr'
.ffiio
it lininl I
18.(1U(
t llf! cliTlilrW t bUt'lio tlfimSl
Hint tilllM.
Were at soino iiulnlibor'rt bowp. ,
.-.Ami so thcywofot tutillttloMtiOTyixliMarjr,
Tliul clliiibml upon liU kiwi, . , ...
Hml lontr sliiwt oiirncycU to, tho Heavenly
Iml.l ,'...(
. Jlpyond tho crystal pea. ' '
Anrt Willie, trio, tlirt merry.' briht yotW lul, '
; Cninliifr M tfriut him with" i( cry '
V
VI iriruuii wriuimiv, kU" ojiviii, j.uu,iiniuu,
Jiurinuringnlugt tfool-byo, ,
And ullll thov nro. not tloffd. lust "mvn'v''
, Fnnii thoold iiiiui'aMKiit , , , i
! Out of lilit tf iKlor tare, lit Ood'spwn lovo,
Within HI puliiou bright. ' ' '
4; i . . ' 'I"
,Awny,for n,llttlo tlino till lie Hhoulil go.,
' When hi iluy'n VrorkVni o(jr, ,
' To Join thcut there, lit little Ixiy ntul girl,
'jo in) " uwio uu inoro. '
FAKMINti IN ITALV.
-
Farming in Italy Is carried on in a
different manner from rttiy other pnrt of
tlio globo J Iinvo 'over visited. The svs
tutn may tmly bo callod'intrusivo. With
. Might exceptions tlio country Is perfect
ly flat, and intersected hi nlL directions
by rivers and' their tributaries, fl'lio
land' is divided up into Hmrtll plots of
. irom otiL'-jiiut or.ono-quarlur jot, an aero
' to.in some rare instances us uiuoh as
toil acres in a piece. ' Along tho roads
' which run through tho country, hud aro
oxoooqingry well kept, turn all mnoadam
izqd, are Awp, wide ditplcs, tilled with
water .summer and winter. The fields
' nh) all dmded by ditches or small cuials,
.i ..nndi on each bank' Of tlio canal iirp
r(, I, planted trees, usually mulberry, About
twpny-flvo feet apart. At,or penr tho
'' foot' of each tree aro planted grnpe-
vind.t, Vvhicli'nfo trained tnl tho' trunks
of tlio trees without laterals or. shoots.
' About eight foot from the ground t)ioy
II art) led oil on wires which run f rOiri treo
j,ti t'Pi ami yn these wires tho vinos aro
1 fruiteil. Tho Whole cquntry looks as
" ' though it were crowned' with gnrlihtds,
and tho oll'cot is irtost beaiitlfiir." Tlio
. vinos aro allowed to grow to a great
( age, ami, aro always fruited between the
' ' trees and near tlio until of tho vines.
'' "Tho land W almost imlVdrsully filled by
i, -tho-hand, the laborers working At brelik-
(I Jng up tho land in gangs of from eight
to twenty-five, koepingnlonglii jilatqoin.
They use a long, narrow spatfe, which
turns up tho soil to tho depth of, .twelve
or fifleet inches. 1'lliornious quantities
of rice aro grown in thty region, that
J"' produced 'about Bologna being of
"' tlilj- finest tniiillty, ' In tho euUuroof.rico
'"-the rich, black' nmd is turned oyor in
'" J March and Anl by tlliy siiAdo, and
" 'hctlVily mandretl. The fields 'arj then
i'' Hooded fr&m tho canals, an cmhAnk-
mont being1 thrbwn uj around tho
fields about two feet high. Tho field's
aro divided into Binalt squares nboilt
150 feet in lungth by fifty or soventy-
, five in width. Whom the laud lies
, .. higher than tlio water in tlio canals,
which often happons, tho wator is
pumped into them by menus of" bucket
pumps worked by a trcad-wheol. Ono
man is usually enouirh to do this wml-
unless tho wator has to bo lifted more I
imiu iw.o or tnreo ieet, wnon two, or
even three, men are placed on each
j wheel. T,lo work is considered very
exhausting. Tho water is lot into ono
jilot after another through small optyj
ings nuido in tho embankment, which
nro closed when thoy aro full. Tho
mud hi so tenacious that it holds the
. wntcr almost' as well as puddled clay.
'Tho fields aro flooded with about eight
jinches of wator, and then tlio rico is
sown. Aftor it is well grown tho wator
is gradually lot' on 'rintf shut off as tho
Crop approaches maturity. As soon nq
the crop is taken off, tho land is again
broken up and other crops bowii. Tho
fol'tilltV of tlio soil 1h an (rrnnt. tlin i.li.
(matq so ftvyornblo, ami tho system, of
irrigation so perfoot, that they aro'en
oblcd to koop the Boi constantly under
- contribution, the year round, and in
niiny instances I am Assured that
' twelvo crops' pet year aro grown, tho
phints iti these' cases being planted in
' rowd, and as they approach maturity
the succeeding crop is planted bolwoon
tho rows. t
wMaizoi or Indian corn, forms also an
i important; orop, and Is lArgoly used by
' tha peasantry for food. When ground
i into meld it is catlod polmtio. Tho seed
js vry liko our Now Knglaud corn,
.with a vory hard pulp kernel, nntl Very
yellow, tlio moalbeingoVeu-moro bright
ly yellow than ours. Much wheat irf
'. nlso. grqwn with pulse, vetches, colza,
, from which a great quantity of very
,.ggod, oil, or burning is oxprosscd; llaK
, and ai endless variety of garden vogeta
bje UP grown. Much - fruit is also
ruisqd. Thp finest cherries- in tlie world
nro raised hero, with plums, apricots,
poaches, figs, loquots, apjilos and ncc
( tarines, vlnlo of- small fruits thoro is it
,, profusion, thopghtlioir strawberries and
1. trappborries tlq not equal ours in lltwor,
biit nro plenty ,antl very oheap.
The tools used by the Jtidl.,1
ins -nro
very unnico ours; tnpy tiro
nil hand-
llindn. nnd 'finnlilnq iim Inn
spades I
Iiavo spoken of, thoy use a clumsy klntl
oi noo nnu trowoi. riows
nro rarolv
Used, arid sildh as tlinv linvn cnnslyf. nf
'nothing but a Btraight. beam with a
' pieco of Wood tipped with Iron for a
1 sliaro and mold-board. These scratch
tho soft yielding soil to tho 'depth of
about a foot, nnd nro only used for soino
few crops, such ns whoiit nnd flax, otto.
Thoy nlso uso harrows, not unliko our
" old-fashioned ones, but mad,e smaller
jtnd dragged by men or women. Of
course the only means used in harvest
ing. crops is hand labor. Tho sickle,
now nlmost forgotten by us, is used
both for wheat nntl gutting their grass
and clover. &Tho Italian clover is qulto
unlike) oura.9 It'growirunuch mororank
lvjjind isftutjsovqral limes a yeAr. Tho
lloWer is Jv.bomUliul rich crimson, nntl is
nbom as.lBnifndMard as o'naVfinircr.
Tlio" gaudy color gives the fields a bright
and very effective appearance, a.4 though
they had been bathed in blood. Tho
clover is novcr fed .dry, but always cut
os wanted for "use. It is brought into
Jliq.towusnd villages on donkoy-back, .
Tn buntlles weighing about fifteen
pountls.vhich aro poIu for ffohi two to
tlli'eo 'cents'. Dolikuys'nro'A grdat foAt
uro In Italian life, being universally
used. (rhcy6eldom arc used for draught,
but cArry their loads in immonso pamcrs
on their backs. Their strength bf on-
tiurancc is nmazinj;. Jtisnotntaii an
uueomufou sight to seo a donkoy not
milch hfrger tlinu a veal CAlf, with two
ouprmous paniers stuffed full and piled
up with garden tnlck, 8o thl tlio little
urine is nanny visioie, and tiiou A grc.it
lout of a man perched in the middle,
while his wife, with a heavy loall on her
head, and often another in hot' arms.
.trudges behind and whacks4thy.donkoyf'
along." Tho cry they ue both to urgo,
tho donkeys ami horses forwurtl is Also'
poculinr a .prolonired Ahl Horses if?o
not much used in the country, nnd in thtn.
cities too jioor urines iinvo a nani tnno
of it. Kindness to them is unknown.-
and tlioy nro so poorly fed that tlieVl
nro nothing' but skel6tbns. Tliby botfr
drivo nnd boat them unmercifully!
Oxen aro much used, however, for
hauling heavy materials. They are of
the Hwiss variety, a gniyish color, not
largo, but very compact nnd excellent
workers. Quito a variety of yokes and
harness aro used, jis tho oxen nro driven
both double nntl single. AVhcn ,they
aro driven, single they ura put
into 8lmftfl nnd Iinvo a clumsy but
strong hnrness of undrcsscdvbull's hide.
Tho yokes most in pso- nro A straight
bar -of oak, About two by four or five
inches lnrgo, nntl sometimes nro ftistenetl
to tlio front of tho horns by labilities,
and .often rest upon tho necks ns do
ours. Instead of bows.lhoy simply nso
ropes Tn all their hnrnoss of every
description tho Itnllans Uso nothing
by way of hold-backs or breeching, i
tlopending entirely upon brakes," which
are alllxetl to every cart, carnage and
wagon.
llio women work with tho men in
the field, And do n full man's work, but
tlo not receive a mail's imv by any
menus. It sooniff fctrnngo to aw Amer
ican tq.sco a bonutiful young girl with
her skirts tucked up about horlcnees,
nhdbarC-legged, Working in tlio rico
fields with tlio moil, or wielding n lienvy
hoc. Iftit such tilings tire tho- rule
there, nnd not tho exception. Tho
price for field, lnbor Jiet'o as' in tho
Kiviera is pitifully low. an ordinary
day's labor from daylight until dark,
being ond' lira, or twenty cents, 'nntl
about half that. for a woman.
Some beef is raised anil a little pork,
but tho bulk of their meat comes from
thp higher, country. Fowls aro .raised
iii great abundance nnd in small Hocks.
Tho Cggs aro sold nlwuys by tho slnglo
niece. The price vnrics much with tho
locality, ranging from ono and A-lmlf
cents to two nntl ovOn four or live cents.'
Tho chickens, as sold in the markets,
nro unustmlly small, but tender ami
sweet. Thoy aro rarely sold whole, . -is.
wo bell thorn, but are cut up, nntl differ-'
cut parts bring different prices, the
breasts without tho skiii or bono boipg
tho dearest. Then comes tho dark
moat, .then tho giblets, then tho-skin,
the legs, claws and all tho nctik ml
head, Die skin and bono for making
.soup, and, lastly, the interior of the
fowls stripped, but not one atom lost or
thrown away. Tho combs aro cut from
tliq head nnd spld as a garnishment for
tlio breasts. An Italian market is a
thing to bo remembered, Much pf the
stull is sold rctldy cooked, and ono can
buy fried fish, boiled balls of Spinach,
All kinds, of vegetables nowly cooked, ,
cakes, broatl of various sorts, pooked
meats, nntl, in fnct, ovorytlnng imngum-
uio ior n dinner, encli at nmllerent stall.
About dinner-timo the Amount of chnt
toring, disputing, quarreling and scold
ing is almost deafunimr. ami altoirothor
amusing, whllo the smoils in tlio crowded
tnarkot-plaeo and total disregard foiv
order, neatness or common decency, is
enough to, ruin tho most vigorous nppe
tito. From an Address 6y Governor
Smith, of Vermont.
A (Hrl'8 ThoiiRldlcss Act.
Mary Walsli, a girl of about sixteen,
employed in tho Aramlngo cotton-mills'
at Frankfort!, on going to work Wednes
day nionpng, took with her jn a roticulo
A small snake, with tho intention of ex
hibiting it to hor companions ami mak
ing sport over their demonstrations of
Alarm. Tlio roptilo was thrust at sev
eral of tho girls in tho weaving-rooms
vith no result except to occasion a gen
eral outcry and stampede. Ono of tlio
loom girls, aged about fourteen, who
was working near by, but who had not
seen tlio snake, was s'o overcome with
foar at tlio thought of its proximity that
she foil over in convulsions, and had to
bo taken to her homo. The unfortunate
girl, whoso name could not bo learned,
Is reported to bo subloct to onllnntin fit.
and of tin exceedingly norvous temporal
niunt. Tho rumor that sho is still in ai?
unconscious condition yesterday morn
ing proved to bo unfoundotU llor re
covery from tho shock was qulto ns
speedy ns from siipllnr attacks hereto-.
loro, out sue was not nolo to rosiuno,
work yesterday.- Philadelphia Press,
-An agricultural writer Bays: Do(
not throw iiway old scraps. .For pigs,
and chlokons' threw old moat, vegeta
bles, gravy, ri'nd nnd dlshwnter into u
ipot ana givo it' to thorn hot."
Netcs on Curiosity.
Probably no feollng Iias been held up
to irrcAtcr reprobation tlmn that of cun-1
osity. Enrly tradition is full of aIIu-1
sionstpit. Thofatoiof 'lUlpo Jioard's
wife,1', nndftho thirdj Cwonder. in tho
"ArabiAn-Nights,' whofhag, caSso to
lAmenltliif(.eAnxijWhieirbo3t
nun ins rip-in ere, nnr laminar to us
from childhood.
Peeping Tom's'
ftito is another legendary warning,
'Paul Pry" is held up as an example
to bo hMfmfifd. iAnMWt Jpylliplo'gy fe
Its talcs tlf'Ctipdl and PsyChe, 61 Conha-
l . Timamsy pm - ... -
"Wf MMMMr'jlv . ka WWL- . i
turbed tho crave of a hero to obiSin Ids
sword, And wiimiftSltbKtlioTlIamcfs"
t lint HurrotintMl jiWaoiliaftterdlbladd
History ADdffoaHhffil ntttliiiciiWilo of
WArniiigsjSgAlMHtQigifeAt dfiiiro to
know "the whereforcof every wjiy."
And yet tho world wonltUbo biully bir ifi
no i.nnulsUiro-.cft-ftloJxi.stod in id
Grenyn'gtjrtrsTflntlftliSMyorers nw till,
lty)usdnic,ffiil) uriwity. The de
sire tfjorl krijuvledgl y(iich Johnson
Averred to bo coinmon.to every human'1
being " who Is iiOCtleprAVeil" I a form
of jnqijisiyyoness.Vj Columbus was ,in
tenclycuri6til regarding tho unknown
kWtjFld whlhlu "believed lay across' tho
unsxplgrqU oocan.J Curiosity has Sent
out nUong'J HUocession of travelers into
strange couutrios; from,Maa'oplo aha'
MandovilWdowii tdtrlKo fliifes
explorers. Curiosity ihn givcnitoi tho
r'
if
fUl '
worldRCientlHo discoveries nitdmiluhblo
inYenflbjrs.tiriosh'S-wWng Uio life
tvniiui
opojiOjsifijgfisliaeJcilcdlnte
Ssting
tloeumeiits and ancient records fromiob
iiviun. ippiostiau inueii ior inousanusr
of years, kettles had btib'blo'tftfor enntiVA
ries.lbutltnfbnly Rvholftinquifiiig
of WSrcesfer's and 'att's ob
served them that the principle of gijivi
tation yjKS. discovered pi-ltuotpower of
stcSmmdgrt!ood.' Soirate!JPvrns not so
mislaKen wIioLhe taulU Uto disciples
t6 hsk questions, nggravAting as ,tlio
lmbit must sometimes haVo bph to theirt
follow-eltizOns.. 5 5
II.? .
WllUbutSi certain nmbiihtfof
r u.
cunogity
. i.i.... .....:. in... .'.' i. v
tin
represented. Many n similartnlo-miMifc
I bo rolatedrof jnlier.geniuscs.-kiCuriosityJ
ui iuib iiuauriiiiiiiiitiieuoines mi giuiuism
asmV. No diiMultor difngerviiidojter '
the votary of art or science from at-
temptiiiir to solve tho invstories f his
calling. 'MaivB MphyfeicmnV-lias; fiko I
Guyon,iof Marseilles. irlvchSiis :lift: l&
..!.. ..'.. RT!l-"jT. ..T .1.-1"
IT r ' t .M.I.jrJ.. n
i...... I... .... Hlll IIIIU UIIU
rrtilli fin ilicirrlir inti t in
dark secrets' of
iiiau.iMj.
.1! -V-T..
Nearly every spientiljcdvjcpv-
exhoriment. Deadly climates
known perils do not chcol3thofc,at?loii bf
me loxnioror." vannervoiae.' thov cole-
bratgd sea painter, sbcing in avcss.ci dur
ing a raging' stdrnl, caused himself to, bo
tied ton mast that ho might study, the
patroness is said to have expressed hef-
jsolf as rosignptl to death,, bcenuso ho
would then learn -tlio answer ' to many
questions Leibnitz could never reply to
which is certainly pushing 'the lovo of
inquiry toits extromest verge. London
Olobc. f t , r
A Painful Subject, i ,
I v'u ', Uf-Tl rV - Ul F,cPulatlon
jno''l"!!...!! nilhet- closo.'
"f onemies say ho is oo moan to die.
PJd Jim.nlkup hijs tho reputation
Not lonjr sinco nn .old colored ? man.
Undo Nace, who had been in tho Walk
uu.famjU; till Jdsi Ofct niul t who refused
tb leavo his old muster after the war,
died in this .citypln extreme poverty.
When tlio coloro'd' delegation wont
nrouutLtnking u collections tq plant
Uncle iNrttHv thoy came to old .Mm
Wtilkui). r That was the first intimation
hq ,had'of tho, death of jthoohC family
servant, nnd it nearly killed him. " Hq
ho idea,
tliiit. I
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T,SS'Sr,r -
ground,
ri ...i i ..i ... r : ."" k-
'k01'1.-
mZW?n sr "T" ;
P. T,
Barnum gives this anecdote in'
uco lecture:" Last wintnr tu-n'
a temperaii
or
f my ulephants began.- sfiuk'uig with
hils one ' morning. flTlipj, k&S pol-s.rau.
own to Iho village and got six "allons
c
dow
of whisky,
Hastily
rUtlU'llillfr .llionrk
gallons were giyen -to, each (HoplHint:
l'ortiinn nlv f iiVA.Hfl,n.i rri'....in.. i
the artiliqml rirjifljig fpbrlnMedJ
Next morning wliffnthoTkod poclBHo to
thorn ho found both
olejihants shakin
l,yT?iy
boing, with
iim an uwrls 'ino worse liUtoll tfRVfA tnarks
of the fate of the woman who rsfelydlsT.N ' oariied. "' Av-ipy
notning wotini'uver he iciunt. it was HJ&ifti,tn q'W&PVt:"' oy mo,
the sight of a book of mathematical dia- I wish to toll you a story."
grains tha gave pascal ils Mli'stleMro Then she evened tho needles of Jier
to stuNy gcomCtrj-; the .stfangb lijriires knitting.and pushed Ahem into the ball
I nu'Mll &.i.t .&..:..,:& ftt H!.? id?nfhrl??lt Jilt'. iiM fJ1.i,il l,n,Lir,.l.-
came anxious to understand what tliov carefully in, a L:i.skulby her side. Edith
i i i..
i vi v nils ucun (joiigm, in sogioipenotijuy
Alif6, wornliwAyuyoverrStudy, oronpvo,,
1 il nutni ! nliriHtf.nl.il .il...n..V. S ! .1 ..C 1 -7
iiiii:utj .aauiiiictju iLiiruiirii :ii!i'mt'ni, nr
and tin- I
i
eflects of sea and, sky, nnd kept'ojfelaim
ing:lUMiu'velous sublime,' totally ob
livious of his danirdr. L'eibnitz's rovsil
u rw vi n tiiif irwi iityii 41.. ..a r -
'JS.irV f i'fiAfossmentComi : ,Vi!ihor cafeltt ivlth 1cWVW air
'f'Nofa ceutr'gi-pnited Old wiilkup:
hitling his faco nnd shaking all over td.
c?co.hi8oniojionji'lfl)wa!i to conl
.wlnihrAlWavs RS haunted wlili"
(V
viiu iingiH nntl main ' JS'o, you don't
110 SllOUtcd. vim mil ..,ll ,..,....!. 4. ' -
dny,' nnd t icy -stopped shaldii"-."
slit.1 A IB M I
i i -. m ... ..Mi.. .naj.- ff
S'teSis
ius.soeiatedwithtluanipstJaithfulotPourlJtate:'Oh! avq shall havqWolfe nice
IUll
can lomr bo
uhiiu serv(int.s, ' rtiid hot learn to lovoH
him.
Iieiivywork. and with
what unorrinr
wisdom ho ovaded ,tho
dangers of tho
called on an-errand of mercy toitro vol
over our rough country rolitlsffaUd 1
htvo always lmdlmy heart frow ,wirm
townnl-mj' faithful lioo.tnsjljsinf how',
bravely ho faced tho storm, -wfpa-
"limy 11 COlll II v it. hnvn I linnn.
,JWC-WWh liOlUllvJ
Youths' Department.
A LITTL&0ENTLEMAN.
t 1L-.
L
JK
lis cap is old, but hlshalr is gold,
And his faco Is elear as tho iky.
i And'Hoevor.ho moots, on lanes or streets, ,
i, Ho looks hit straight In the eye.
"With idfiMirlCsri prido;thtf ha nauifht to hidp,
Thotluh ho'bdws llku a'littio Knixnt,
Quito debonair, ton ifldy fair,
With n emtio that Is swift as light
Docs his mother callfNot kite, or ball
Or tho nrottlest irnmo. can stay
frills cutter Joctns un hastes to Kieet
n AVhtiti.t'Ai ihn ttwiiina in nnv.
'And tho toachprs depend on the little friend
Atscnooi in nis piace nt nine,
4UI IVIIU KV WV .UW ,1111.. m m
m&.ississasmv(fn
For a morning- kiss from inothor and Bis,
Who isn't a Tlit or u'prir. '
Hut gentle and stronjr, and tho wholo day long
All ready to too the line.
As IMOI
lriitl)iiiiiiLliloiina. In Im itmnir faru
HABint present mo uoy iipcme
r fi"r't',"r. "i .. . ?..-tr .": -;wr
2Voj)f.
IJ'IAvUl gT fheri3fls)tiUl liko
to .see any one stonne," said Edith II.,
,nisijiig into her aunt's, room, nndtbang
ing tho upor tfter her Stumping lieiv
iooi, boo gave ner uraceieb n twist nnu
ilntincRil intf) n. nhnlr. filwivimr it .lo-ninst
A J.'JU3 aii'6"S A Pi? Wrynlr,
qausmg,avgoner!ycJAtter. -jier. taiur-
icoW:is ffotlnidfttljJtorted
With iftiger,
utrcr, nntl ns she lay back m the
rich vnlvot chair, sho looked liko ono of
tho Furies. -,M Jf
'Auht Edithr sho snapped out,
"will you tease mother to let mo go to
"I will think about It; but Edith, yuJJ
toltt
mo Now Yqar's day that you,. wore
; to'resfraln that temper of yours."
going
"JJ
ly temper is no worse
thnti' other
peoplo's. 1 heard cousin Fred say the
otlfer'-day that 'you UB"etftb.g6t pretty
high, and do'asyouplfcasod before "
Sho did not finish the sentence, for
clieckcu her antrer.
- ttt
aunt's
feet in no cnviiilile frame of inintl.
Tlw
""
"luj-niii nci muiu "cunv un uiu i
Angry
lcd before her,.antUwining her fingers
i" tho86H,fiiti:ltr,'lho'lofd. her niec'o why
she was a cripple:
she wtis a cripple
" When I was a cliilth.I was, likqy
hoifdstrong and. disdbddint"'Mot
ou,
Mother
was a good, weak,. yisy woman, and
had rather for hno" have my own way
than take the trouble to make mo obey
tei"w YA "-h At9?ivIn.aij'
who mime us all afnud7f him. I think
my popr.tquiet tnOthcudivou' in mortal
dread of his hasty temper and harsh
words., i
ttollly6tfi
Slip would always snyu' Do n't
father,? J br'Vb&SVM . father
Know,' ami so i tiiought that as long as
ho didn't know that I, disobeyed him it
was all right; but I found to my sorrow
jtvnstidl wng.iantM want yotcto re4
jiomhor, my,dear) that dispbdidhpo' will
surely bring misery and disgrace. J
"When I was, sixteen, Ben Fuller in
vited motto Attend , n ball iC Concord.
His uncle kept the hotel whore tlio par
ty was to bo given, and as I was woll
ncquAinted with his aunt and, cpijsins,
I never dreamed I couldn't go. Ben
was to have his father's horse and
sleigh, and such fun as wo should have!
"I ran all tho way homo from school
to toll mother of it. She was willing I
should go, but' said I must nsk my
father, ns ho was, terribly angry bcenuso
I went to n skating party tho other
night without liis permission. So I
WAited in a perfect fever for fAthCr to
come home. I put his slippers before
tho firo nnd rolled tho little tnblo eloso
to his chair, with tlio evening paper
and his glasses 'on it. I seldom took
the trouble to do this, but now I want-
1-, . '-.. .
.eihaii vor.lBO of course I inustoater to
his wmts! ,IIow I hoped he would
come honio-ii)lcasant! WjiehT'Iienrd.
JIIU1 CI
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tliat Jftnf AKU1 fl-,...1, oil -nf ne
Mother "said: I 'l)onil hsktliun'utitll.ho
iliab hajl'his supper. ,It sceiffed as,if h6
nevCr nt'o'-so slowlvj'br1 dallled8o"'lonn'
'bvcwlijstea. At lafet hoiiuishQ'b and
dropjioifjnto an ciusy;oJiairAdUni-tired,
mMM
do'ilg years I can soo distindtfy.f but! then
vt!:Lrviinniv. I nr, nttinr n rnrqAi- nnir
410112 years j. can soo tiistinotty.iuuc t hen
.""VLS'ffJ w
y.Iventup tohimfitnd put mv hand
om
iiuio nuuuU'.iUUliiU" liiuiiirii
.!.: rti.-.:i7i' i-.7Ti..i-ii.
idTEffi
7yiii tr
andHhon I',5iioifldjhavo
iniii
WAS
,to wnit till morninsr. Ho! opened his
nw"rtwlv oicuii.r tiiivi" i.iiu(l it
toyes witUrO, start that took lifra almost
out of thoclmir. v J '-t
1 ' Oh!.' ho iAld.V4 is It ydu EdltiP I
bolioyo-I Am getting nerv'oust 'Mid you
want nnythiiigP p
' . V 'X08 tlvW'jty n.avo bud anjlnvita-
'conlribt weektPCanSfgo? Say yos,
Jor I do'Wtmtto go.' '-"...
tiopupgo, to .wiomiiiiarytpaii nc L-on
'Who-invitatLvoul' he mid:lnrtl-ino-
' :.'.... r ' id" ' - ' o
.veryjHiorn. jr
p
wtftrl
" Ben Fuller
Asked
mo.
Ho Is
to
havq-his fathpr's, horso and slojgh, and
Wen. liern is a. lnttur framfthltilniisiii
limo! CnnlgoP' ,AI J
u. LofTmo think,' s Aid he, AXdr.
en miles
trot
ready, for you know I had a new wlnto
dross nnd satin slipporst .gloves," rib
bbns and everything I wanted for the
Christmas party.' -
VjNow stop,' ho-saidjirBhuttingf his
sac down on tho hnssoolc At nor
tin Asloigh this cold,, weAthorj, nnd you.
"with a baucold And cough, now.'
V'My cold will bo well by Tuestltiy,'
aid'I, and I have nothing to got
eyes. ' I do not think It prudent. So go
to bed nnd Bay no more nbout it.'
"I lcft.UuurpQin feollng tho sameia
you did whehVou CAtne in horo btCng-
h mg tne uooijreoHtiriousiy. jne next
.UAV lyom uonj jwouiii go, out nuiior
twiiinot to knoy.jSo we arranged for
hiiiitotake mj?luandbox containing my
ilmllp9iiit' the nighrbeforo and hide it in
his room.
Father halsaid In the morning that
I could go over to my aunt's for a few
days. I did not cai;o.inuch About going
then, but now I wanted to go, for aunt
would keep my secret, Sho -thought
father was very strict with mo, nndbo
lievid?lfililren shmildMAon good time,
kill or eui j.' , So Monday nt,the,brcAk
fast .tabid I,toldXutnor;uvasgo'uig over
to seo my baby cousin, and asked him
if I could stay all nhmt
" ' Yes, three or fo
i'es, three or four days if ydu like,
ho 'replied
"Aunt Sue Said it Was nil' right, that
it was the grandest ball , pf tho season,
.ami, she, wsied ho ,cpju go, .too
"At two o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
Ben drovd tip' to thb door. I was till
ready-, so in livuiminutes we were oil'.
Itlihtl b,deh'gj'6win' cbliler5ince morn
irigfhhd novtittWAfOul,,or fi'o tlegrecs
below Berpjhiu, wo w;ofOjyoung nntl did
not mind the' cold. ' We chatted and
laughed, nnd all went well "until wo
wero fluUff-wav. there, anil a rnbbli
jumped VcresytluY roAtl. Tlio horso
isliiodj bv5ivwen HicMlelgltuiuLout wo
tumuicd. xho qaniiuox rolled down tho
hill, Ben's valise und, a biuulle or two 4
were fotlged in tho'briisli feheo nnd tho
bull':q(r9hes .tmdfeUU' on tho cntst
after the bandbox, len stuck to tho
rain's InmKsobn') sloppotl liid horso, but
wlieii thejthings w;ore gathoretlj nnd wo
wore seated in the sloigli we were'nearly
frozen Ben s'aid Avo7 would soon get
Warm, and I remember ho told mo Ins
hands nnd feet wore beginning to burn,
and as if in ndretim I heard him say:
" VW,tike.iipWvnke up! you must not
aro to Sleep; yotrwill freeze if you do.'
" lloshook me and told mo to stamp
my fectr and nibmy'lihnifi,'antl I thought
1 did, 'nnd it seems to me that I was
getting warm and I tried to ask him
why ho whipped tha florae s.o, but ho
laughed e'o lou'tl 'lW couldu'tr hear me,
antUthqn I foamed wo ,:lioultetiPIcd
over again, and when tho horse stopped
at the hotel it seemed "as though wo
were all smashed to pieces! For hours
I had no sense of feeling and the next
day when the doctor came hq saidjl had
rheumatic fever, so they tent for my
father. Oh! I was so afraid ho would
not cotnel J HbAditl, lidwevfcr. and for
gave mernltliougli 1 did not' deserve it.
Ho romnined with mo all. the time for
'weeks.' Iw?is' vbry sick and 'suffered
excruciating palps, that is why my
hands nnd feet tire so crippled. I lenrned
to lovo nntl Appreciate my dear fa
ther. I then knew for the first time,
that ho was worried nnd harassed wiHi
business frbublcs, anil tlial'he could bo
kind nndjgcntloaJ A woman, nnd had I
obeyed him I should not bo an oldAirip
plo to-dnv." t I "i i '
(l ?,lAuntie,"4saHllE(Uth, 'XliAVono
desire to go to the pfiffy, and 'hereafter
l win iry ami uo more genua, aim more
obedient. Golden llulc.
About a (ueer Man. '
Mnny iiundrcds of years ago lived a
very strange mau whoso, uamo was
Diogenes'. Ilis'libmo was iii-'tho city of
Athens, f in Greece.' x'JDho pedpl'o of
Athens are very polite, but this strange
man took prido in being vory impolite,
lie mado himself very disagreeable.
Pooplo stared at hinv and laughed at
him. This was' just'Svhfypp'leased
Diogends. 'Mtiny people called him a
freat man. This pleased him more yet.
lo was so odd, and behaved so strange
ly, that after a while a gootl many tried
to imitate him ond to act, as strangely
as ho did. This plpased him, porlmps,
most of till. Sometimes Diogenes slept
in the sand and sometimes on tha veran
das of housed or in doorways. Some
tinics ho used to take a tub around with
h'uiiJ 'When night enmo Uo wouldjcuri
himself lip lilTo a kiUen?htid' gbtS sleep
in the ftub1? "Oho m-ltrht: sunnv day.
'when thowcity"wnsfull bf peoiile. ho
tooli a ligliteailantern and, walked down
tlio s'treot. v Ho looke'd' as if ho wero
hunting for .something. 'i What tiro yon
looking for with your lantern in this
bright daylight?" tho peopled askod.
"I am looking for an honest man,"
growled Diogenes.
AtUiis time there lved a great war
rioran'trFniperor who hjtdjnailo him
self more fiunous'than any ono else in
the world. Great Crowds followed him,
uytiio'tri't
a .
So ho was called Alexander tho Great.
One ilay Alexandor marched by where
Diogones sat sunning himself in tho
sand. Tho people were cheering as
usual, and making a great noiso. But
Diogones sat quito still, caring nothing
nbquttlio, Emperor, When Aloxnnder
pASsed by Diogones lio noticed this. Ho
wondered why this poorly clothed mnn
paid him no attention. TJumi ho turned
to Diogones with a frOwn; and Said in n
very haughty manner: "Do you know
that I am, .Alexander?" Everybody
thoughtjthnl jDiogonos woud turn pale
and bo very 'much confused. But lio
only loofcod up and answered with as
muolj prido its. if wero 'an Emperor
himself: " Do you know that I am
DloL'enosP" Porhans wo ninv nil ml-
.mironiis indopendencons muclnas Alex
ander is shid to hnvo dbno. ' JDiogbnes
always lived this queer sort of a life.
Uo was an old,. 61d mad when ho1 died,
Our Little Ones.
.
-Tlio Chinese merchants of San Fran
cisco have organized a Merchants' Ex.
change.
Aiul throwjiip their flints, And cheored.
'If Wl naffio was? Alexander. Perhaps ho
vas" KAllyUho"grcnf&tiriAn in the world.
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