The Brussels Post, 1892-2-12, Page 7FEB, 12, 1892,
HOUSEHOLD.
.
Wifo's InfIn8floo.
good wife brings to 1101' 11110/R11d Whi.
clere, strength ; ts land wife eenfieden, week.
itnd (townie
No oondition bowmen In1p111COR 00 long air
nose's wife posses -es li minims decision 11.1111
a 001100 of true economy. fiersleadinstness
lo hot ballast. hot. resolution his twit:110r, and
her prudent expenditures the tiller rope
that Make the storimbeatee vessel answer
to her Witio tench ill the threatening*sens of
benkruptey, sehile her hum he 81000 Mratiti•
ful, homely face full of tho divine light of
. peel/lin, la ono gloaming star in the
clouded heavens iibove
But if a foolish hand lie at thy wheel ;
if from want of eare the ballast. roll foam
side to aide ; if the anchor break the rope of
weak intention and no star gloom amid the
angry storm clouds, then etrtughtway into
the deep and driving Hems of ditetstet, goes
the little barque, bearing its human freight
destructioo.
No spirit, however true or atarong, eon en-
dure bad 1#11nonces for Ithg, or withstand
thorn altogether. Rarely does stroke of
lightning fell the mouarch of the forest -
but often is a groat tree weakened by a host,
of tiny, insidious, gnawing insects, until it
falls, and Ilea a useless, rotten log upon the
surface of the earth. Man is strong, but his
heart ie not adamant ; and, like the Lower-
ing treo, the little stings and bores 0.1111.frot-
tinge of everyday will in titian lay h lin low.
Man needs a trauquil mind to entail his
own, so filled at times with anxiety and
tear. His responsibility makes him is prey
to dread, and ho floods 11:0 Lidoto the t
thmes 00 should come, in tho thape of a
peat:010 home existenee. needs the
moral force that only 14 tone wife oak givo.
in his conflict with the world. To rest after
each day's bottle, he needs a place full of a
pervading sense of peace and harmony.
Thus hie soul regains Rs wasted strength,
and goes forth on the morrow with renewed
vigor to begin agalu its battles with the
world,
Bet if at home ho ilnd no rest : if Ile en-
countee clerk looks and tuagry words - if
gloom o'ershadow tho lovely light of hon:e,
and jealousy dwell therein, then is the breve
spirit done to death, and beneath complaint
and ocnsurc, 110 Sees hopo vituisli, and him.
self sink down, down Into Unit awful abyss
of dissipation that has engulfed so many
promising souls.
quart of the best flow' ; add tlitcy
spoonfols of baking powder and
through the elev. wIth the llotte. lt
Own of Initter the sr/.11 of au egg thi
Om flour and rub it through 00 1 1101.01
that somo portio» of the hattee tot
every portion of the flour. '1110 !RIOT
any halt [lig-powder or of a mile bisout
Fends upoil vitro at 1118 point. it'oer
pint. of Noll, lime toillt, Stir it into
mass, which should lie it Feaft dough.
11. 01.1p of maple tester, eut it p inte trig%
dice, about the sive of peas. Drodg
board. ; turn out the dough. Hredge
over 1 1,1311111 roll it as (wieldy as possibl
it la about au inch thielt. Out out 1110
(mit cutter, not, over two ot, two a
quartet' !lichee in dlig»tator, BOW
tWeIVC1 10 fifteen minutes in a very hot o
Serve these biscuits hot.
21,Al.i I 17)11117 00018 I 184,--Mio one egg
ono ou of ni of auger, ono taide spoonful each
of ginger mid vi 11 ocs I, and little nal 1, Put
One teacupful of molassea 111 11 basin and
sot on the stove. 111 lion it boils told ono
tablespoonful of soda, previously dissolved
in a little boiling water, Stir tho hot mix-
ture into the yold and add flour enough to
make 0. still' dough.
SmaLl. FIL1.1 ET LIAK 0s. -One pint of granu-
Jated sugar, one very scant cupful of butter,
four eggs (leaving out the whites of twol,
one cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of
cloves, ono generous tablespoonful of cin-
namon, ono cupful of dried currants, ono.
half cupful of seeded raisins, one -1101f cup -
fel of finely shredded cliwon, two teespoon-
fills baking powder and three and ono -half
cupfuls of llonit - Mix butter aud sugar 1 1/
a cream, add beaten yolks and apiee, then
milk and part of the flour then beaten
whites. Stir tho baking powder into the
flouts Reserve one oupfel to mix with fruit.
Beat in tho rest, then add the lionred fruit.
Bake in 01/10.11 tins of any desired shape mul
utilize the whites left over fur frosting.
THE BRUSSELS POST,
table " WO haVe 1 11 1 1.1.011 108 of mir woodianil 111JNTING TRB filOOSB,
if t, it. Mouths 81111 we are going to have a great I
eh a tin i I f
1 13 101101 o youl becinnilig one of it
seigh They rall to 0 Ing open spate, among wh
ighly Janotat, flint thought were trees, 1111 When
lehos she mule to look at them morn closely she
ass of Sale 1 hitt, they were stress berry plant%
t Everybody had to do moinething. 111
11111 WIlikt, fon they had ! first upon the pt
the gramme W1114 1110 spider, Ire get, noon oi
Add of the highest leaves and spun a Isettutifi
ular web between them mad 1110 memo It 1011
0 a 1/11 11 he 110 the 1111001 Nero 111111 It no
flour linlehed ho rook a dainty silken thread an
o till triseed across 11:0 web the muno "Janet."
his. That 'doused the little girl very nitwit
tul a Next 881110 the daddy.1011g-logS,W110 Walke
from on Milts, to the great amusement of th
von, crowd.
'Then tho jack-rahhit WAS called upon
rl'hey huddledinto a heap awl the jackg,ah
bit jumped Gm the ?chide forest and audi
once.
" Now, " they saicl to Janet, " you runs
do something."
"I don't know how to do anything ex
°opt apeak a piece," replied Janet.
" Vett? Ivell," said they, " that will do,'
So a :met stood lip and made her best holt
and began :
'"ewInkle, twinkle little slur,
Ito fleece woe white es snow,
And when sho got there the entibenrcl was
bare,
Tho Lamb Was sure to go.
"That, does not seem quite right," sold
Janet, " 011, 11,0 11110 it," said tho little
folks, " Cleo us some more," So ;Janet
began again :
'' There was nn old woman went up 00 0,131.0001
stfek,
Seventy times as high as the mnon:
The men tram the Smith he burnt his mouth
Because ho Caine 110W0 800 soon.
"I don't think that'a the way it is in the
book either," said donut, doubtfully
" 01, il,'0 ail right," resporgled the mull.
epee. " Now for the dance."
'raking hold of each other's hands they
spun around and around until their foot
twinkled hke drumsticks. .Tanet thought
it was fun at, first. Bub by 11101 by her logs
grew tired and she wanted to stop, but she
weld not, for the dance weut on and on
until the poor little girl wait exhausted and
then they tossed her [May among a, lot of
dry leaves.
How she ndslicd for her hoine and her
mother. The lathy and the sheep and the
tieesome spinning-tvheet Wel% beautiful to
her 0010. ;11101 00 she was in utter despair
she heard a voice ualling
"Janet, jamb, whore are you ?
Up sho sprang and rubbed her eyes. 011,
joy 1 She was a little girl after all, and she
ran as feat as she could so au to get; home le
time to keep tho porridge from burning.
Of Etliertentle 11'1141.011 ikl nal?
at Tutor 111 edema Woods.
A 010010. deer when ',Youlidisil is 0. dangerous
enemy. Thin conclusion WAS arriVed at by
Vithount Kilfriyle, after a brief but, very ex
'a citing bi tor w with one of these lordly aid.
°' male 11/110 roam thy Canadian forest The
Viathen I, wan yeutig, The older Viseountz
1, his lather, died and left this yoUng man
title a large rout roll, and Ito -teat la thy Brit.
ish nous,: of Lords. Thc young Viscount,
41 however, did not care vory much for the
latter just yet, He Wes only 20 years of a
; when he dropped into his possessioas, and
tt'S0 not many yonngsters, especially if they
0 have plenty of money 111111 nothing to do,
0141le much for any th ing bet their own enjoy-
, ment.
The yonng Lord ICilfoyle made up
•
nand to see as much el the world as he maul 1
and as early Re possiole. With this object
1:1 view Ile engaged a tater to look after blin
-an Oxford graduate, the Rev. William
• White, The tutor WM not flinch in 1.8101111001
of the Viscount in years, and certainly no
in worldly ex perionee, but, according to 008.
tom, he Wita the proper. person to accompat
the young lord in his travels, So, wit)
bright, anticipations es to what they ehuuld
see and hoar in America, they sailed for
Now York.
It was midwinter in the year I 88'7 sehen Ile
reaelied Ottawa. The terrible cold of a Cto
nailian winter was quite a new thing to
Lotidship ; but he developed an idea of going
into the wilderness and killing some wild
animal or animals, anil Ottawa svas a go i
0,
pleader obtaining the necessary information
as to how he shonlcl set about it.. Whon he
heard that moose cleat' were plentiful fifty
001100 10 the 110rb11, he mode up his mind
that moose wae just the thing he had come
to Americo, to kill, and necordingly the lord
and the tutor equipped themselves for the
expedition, Moccasins and antny shoos, far
CentS and fur mits, Ballard rifles and anoint
ntion, and other /mammary adjunets were.
ef ot artr thet sad talitii,p.pecured and. the hunting party
Philantlimpie persona suggested to the
lordly fledgling that a guide -one expert
eneed wooderaft -should lie engaeed tr
prevent it eaten( ity, 1 aut, my lord of K i 1 foy 1,:
moose. If practictd hunter esegampanied
wanted ail the lomat to himself of killing a
hint, he explained, it ,,vould take the type
tite away from the adventure. He wanted
to slay a moose, porhaps many of them, but
he wanted Lo do it alone and unaided.
The moose, 40 those well acquainted with
the animal knew, herd together dining
the severe weather of winter and pick out
for theinselves a Mew of very green woods.
This piece of green woods may he twenty
miles 111 circumference, or it may be only
five, according to the number herding Ls
gether. But tho place where they. herd
must be well wooded with green tone or
they tern not:abide there. They feed on the
green boughs, and in going abont they make
innumerable pathways miming in all dime
thins anti (messing each other at all kinds.
of angles. This 14 what is called a moose
"yard."
It Wee fl bright; and crispy morning in the
month of February that the Visuount and
de tutor Mr. White, arrived at one of these
" yards." The inhabitant, Jean Baptiste
Cay, who drove them in his "jumper"
sleigh gave the yorteg men aro-me -useful
Malta. He told them to stick together arid
bh very careful to make marks es they went
along the " paths" so they would be able to
return. He explained to them that it was
the very easiest thing in the world to get,
lost in following up those paths ; they were
so numerable and erOSSed eaeh Other 10 So
niany clifIhrent directions, that unless the
utmoot thro was taken they wonicl be in
danger of wandering for days before being
ablate regain the point they started from
The plan that practiced hunters adopted in
a moose " yard." teas to " blaze" (0111p1
1.0011 here and there tts they went along, bet
they wont Mong,thut the " blaze" should be
)1aced on the side of the tree the direc-
tion in which they went, sous to avoid co 1 -
fusion. .As 1003 1+ W0011 he told them that
a moose would fight like a /ion,
My Lord Killoyle and his tutor listened
very patiently, hot their attention Wee on
tho prospective game Mid not on tho words
of the habitant. After leavine directions
to Jean to meet them at sundOwn at the
same place where they disembarked, they
ntered the "yard" with higli hopes and
11
riflee ready. This particular yard was
aboat ten miles in cireumference. surretwd-
81 by dense woods, the only avenue to
ivilizataion being hy the rough road 0000
v111011 they journeyed in the habitant's
leigh, The ltIngtishmen wore used to sport,
11 their native lend, but walking through a
thick wood and on If 11111TOW path which
luol boon beaten hard by the trotting of the
010000 OVOr it, in queSt of animals they ab-
solutely know nothing of, was a nov01 ex-
perience.
As they went forward over one of the
paths the tutor would occasionally break
down a twig as a, means of future guidance.
But after fin 110tul'S tromping, with ne ganle
in sight or hearing, a halt was called, and
the Viscount and Ms eumpanlon agreed to
divide, Mit to pursue parallel paths, Moose
pitths, however, ore very deemeing. They
intersect each ahoy so frequently that even
the clotest observer is liable to be led astrey.
Tha Viscount and klr, 11, hite Walked along
on different; paths, oath satisfied withir
himself that the path he was following up
was exactly parallel with that of his com-
panion. The paths, however, elthoggh seem
ing parallel, diverged Mt each step, SO that
after 0,11 hour's steady teething, while each
thoright he was within hail of the other,
the foot was that nearly a mile of territory
divided them The agreement before part-
ing company waS that whoever fired the
first shot, the oeher Whe to immediately
join his companion. It is very easy to make
appointment of that kind, hot in a moose
yard" it is e, very difficult thing to keep
it, as the tutor found when he essayed to
reach the nobleman, tor the Viscount was
the first to espy mune and fire the first shot,
WaS ahem an hoer after loaviug the
tutor that my Lord of Kilfoyle Vanong
the evergreens a thiamin/tall Meese gilietly
browsieg ist the young 11000, The English-
man's eye glittered 111111 111e heart bounded
with joy. Here at last WOO 0110 of the giant
animala he so eagerly nought. A hundred
;trolls or so separated them, and in an in-
stant the Viscount him Win arid lircd.
dust la, the moment when the hammee de-
scended on the cartridge the animal moved,
and, i Indeed of tho bullet striking the body
fm. which it was aimed, it Mt him on the
hind leg.
When tho Millyt struck, 1110`111008011p11111/1
111 110 1 110 1410 Nlith 110110 (11. pIlth, and then
rising enamel to seo wherwo valve tho lads -
elle he easy the Engliohnnie, The pain a
the \sewn! throw the Least foto a flew, and,
Witt! belloW of he canto honnaitol
ilivoligh the thaw, The Viv,fult111 11 118 011 1 11,,r
taken by OM !Wife dzi, not hot of fio
,to lough!. 1,1 lio
0,1 Wo..4 oloft of 110 ,11,11,1
if Or e1,0 V1111 ONO:1,y, o 1 18.11 1,,
00'. Tie w,811 eolning
woo hollow tool llory 1.8f. , 1 11,1 :to .1„:;11,1;
/1 1110 'Vol rselin.,.. tongue, I of
ta 11:g" o'iii;Yhttif 01311806,.:Val::1111771"1811'sthill'i'ljdis1111)ilfilg",71311.1-It
hi, thy young Englishman was nervy, and he
had 0011fillenee In WA aim and in his rilie.
With rapid 'Teed the II ver ad 0030,011. 11'11011
W1111111 101.103, y1401111 the Vision/0, iitieed
his rifle egaill, and, taking carinul :dm for a
spot bet (1148118 the eyes, dui rule (smoked,
Whether the bullet went wide iif he Inuit.
or whether it st reek the frstdal bone and
glancyd off, the V1800101. uever knew. lint
Olio 110 11141 know, that before ho could tiro
again Om allilnal WW1 upon hies
As 11111 11100140 11000 1401011 lipoll 1110 Hog.
HM11111411 the hitter sprang le ha at tree and
miceped a How from the hood id 1111,
that had powyr 0110114,d1 ill it to kill the
wittily House of Lords, As the Englishman
sprang aside from the home heti
01111 lot the tree otand the unfort•
(trooped his rifle, 1011 8011 at once
1011110 001 nf sight in the deep thew,
'Thu» began a aeries of dodging movements
which developed, an amount of agility that
surprised the young fellow hitnself. The
wonniled llesmc would charge at, his enemy
in a Way that meant. 11011043 death, and the
latter would avoid the beast by (lodging be -
11111(1 the immense pine which served him
for a barrieade. '1 he young Englishman
eould see that the brute desired to trample
him to death beneath its sleep hoofs, and
he knew that tho only escape left him was
to keep 14 sharp fly0 00 the animal and a
ready leg, so that, when he charged he
could place the tree between them. {Mee
during pause in the beute's movements he
thought of climbing up the tree. but a Ionic
at its immense trunk showed him that that
WW1 0118 of the questiou, for the phie was
without branches fee over fifty feet front
the ground ; boo -tides its girth more
than than he could emliraee, There was
nothing for him to do lint dodge around the
tree until the tut Or, attracted by the report
of the shooting, would come on the seene,
shoot the moose, and ro-lievo him. If lie
enuld only avniil the brute then for a little
while, 11.11 11-0111d ho Well.
1Vith that hope in his heart he felt equal
the emergency. The moose, Muni esch
successive unarge would retire ten or fifteen
feet, pause for a second or to, and then
with hollow that made the branches quiver.
hear down upon lost foe. Twenty minutes of
this perilous (lodging began to tell upon the
Viscount. 'tfe felt himself growing exhaust -
led, while the inad moose scented to be
growing madder. What, was to be depot
'17110 tutor hail evlile»tly wandered too fat
sway tn hear the eeport, 01. else soillething
had befallen him. If he 0001(1 only burrow
in the snow out of sight, but that was int.
possible, for the snow was barely three feet
deep nn the level.
Then (luring one of the pauses that the
moose took to gather wind a plan of escape
came Co him. Could he not take off his fui
coat and when the 1110000 1/0181 (101011 011 111111,
throw the coat 01'00 the brute's' horns and
then run for his life. The thought gore him
fresh energy. In an instant tho
Whe off and in his hands, and when the
animal again advaneed, with an adroit
swing of the coat it was thsown Ont. the
horns and the Vlsommt tore away down the
path with the speed of a rocket.
The sudden turn ot affairs bewildered the
animal. He SI100k hie 110ad. iu fury and rage,
bet the coat still clung to tho peongs, part -
laity blinding him, Again and again he en-
deavored to shake the garment, of3, but with
out avail. Each shake en tangled it the more.
Finding that Ids &Torts were useless be
dashed away on thalami's brit in a direction
opposite to that taken by the View:nut b. Just
then then the tutor, after runuieg up one
path anti down the other 111/Villy knowing
whether he was coming tn the right {Brea -
tion oe not, hove in sight, and seeing the
moose flying down the pet h with tho Vis-
count'e coat on his head, clime tO the con-
clusion that tho nobleman Whe in the COM,
arid ef uouree WW1 promptly stricken with
horror at the awful fate uf the house of Nib
fetch) borne away lay a timee animal to bade.
vowed. What a story the Rev. Mr. White
wsuld have to tell to triellilS in England -
that the Lord of Eilfoyle had eel ually been
carried away, and all by a terrible animal in
tho 011101clian 11,0011.
1Vith the disappearance of the moose the
tutor thought the safest thing to do under
the circumstances, wait to make for chili -
:4400n, and as civilization 0011 1.11 1101 pOSS).
bly be 811 the same lino that the 1110000 had
taken he went the opposite way. After
journeying along utterly disconsolate, a
voice from the branches of a spruce tree
startled him. it was the Viscount, who,
becoming exhansted from his rapid rum
sought the abetter of this small 11 00 notil
he could regain his strength and scattered
wits. Them)? of the tntor was unbounded.
He would be relieved of telling of that aw-
ful boast that, carried his patron away on
his horns, Then together they made fot
the place of meeting with the habitant and
returned to Ottawa, where his Lordship
tohl hie thrillieg experience. :the fate of
Cho fur coat is 11111(1101111.
Jamet's Visit to the Scottish Elves.
Janet was a little Highland girl. She
lived in the north of Scotland and hor father
called her Ids "Highland lassie." In that
far -away country 1110 child ran of poor people
1114VO 10 do part of the work, just as the
children of the poor 111ie country du.
They must look after the sheep 11011 bOil the
poreidge and take care of the baby and help
to wash the dishes. 1 Viten they are big
enosigh they are taught how to spin.
Most of tile children do those things very
cheerfully. They know that all the other
cluldren are doing the sante things, and so
Rainy Day Amusements. they don't mind, But Janet did mind. She
Wifd, 1,100 ei„1100, ,MliSeM,„1, didn't like to work, and when she woke up
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for clishis and idlo children &trims tho rainy in the morning she would scowl and lo
unhappy.
She Woo worse humour them usual o
morning, She looked out over the hil
wham all the white heather bells wore no
ding, and what do you suppose she did ?
1ilint left the porridge on the stove to he
and the baby asleep in its crib, although a
knew that it was sure to wake ttp and el
and the sheep to wander wherever th
wished, and away she went over the hil
For a long thne she ran about. Thou
ant tired and lay down under is grea0 bu
'Of sweet white furze. She stretched hers
out on her back end pot inir 11.111.18 1111d
her 11011 11 and lay looking ap at the sky,
She thought she was all alone, so you 01
guess how surprised she was when she hea
a Voice eight in her ear, seying
"Hellolanet."
She sat up and looked 111/0118 hen St
didn't see anybody at Limb, and than tl
voice laughed :
" Bat 1 -Tu! Can% yelt see
Hero be in ou teettlier tree."
Jana laughed, too. Right close to 11
ear and perched open the edge of a nodclin
heather bell was the tiniest little creatut
she had eVer seen. Ho WitSn't more the
half am ineh high, Ho foul roller) tip it bloc
Digress to make a ttumpet to talk througl
• Why, you funny little thing," gni
Janet. " Where in the world did yuu coin
from?"
From the same place that all the rest o
them did," squeaked the little 111001.
" 1Vho 0,1.0 ail the rost ?" asked Janet.
" Look tsround you and see,"
janet looked, ancl all over the field, i
the unp of every flower, VMS oue of thes
funny little ereittu res.
" My 8" exclaimed Janet, " there ar
millions of them,"
The little things seemed to think this wit
very funny and they laughed end rothed. n;
and flown ()tithe flowers until Janet though
they would fall off and break their /leeks.
" Would you like to bo 0110 of us 7" aSkel
the Gest little man. " Wo have nothing t
do bnt to rook in the flowers and. sing al
day long. At might we dance in the moon
light and we live on sunshine:8ml honey."
"018, 110W lovely that must be," erica(
Janet. " Yes indeed, I 118011 Id note be one
of yon."
" All right," said the little man, and,
putting his grass trumpet to his lips, he
blew long, sharp note.
Instantly till of the little elves jumped
front their flowers and came running 00 fast
that they tumbled over each other. There
were millions of them, indeed. They Were
like a warm of flies.
Each of them carried a tiny hammer, 141111
they settled themselves all over the 111110
girl and began to pound hot, as hard as they
a°Nulod;v, you may think that one of those
little creatures wouldn't be ithle to hurt very
much with fogy hemmer he coulcl 080/ Wei],
it wouldn't hurt very ni0011 to hove thopoint
of a pin stuck into you. But if there Were
pin points in ovory hit of yetis' body it would
hurt you very much, and this pounding hurt
Janet.
"Stop I Stop I" she oried. " What are
you doing thnt for ?"
" 11, by," Reid ono of them, " if you ilre
going to bo one of us we 11100b get you down
to our size, and the only way to do it is to
hammer you,"
And they did hammer and they kept on
hammering until Janet thought there
wouldn't be anything loft of her, They rol-
led her over and over told pounded and
pounded,
Once in a while they wonhl stop /undo -demi
her 011 1100 feet and measure hor alongside
ono of tho n110R. Than, finding lier
Fil,i,1 70 vou CAMS -Take one-half pottod still too big, they would throw liar down
of figs and ono 011p of robins, Cut the 1401 mu/ looffloor lior again, At last they senn10,1
in halves and steam the raisins half an hour I to he satisfied,
then chop them hoth while the rsisins aro Now you'll 410," sulid the tittle men and,
wenn, Boat the white of an egg to is stifi leading her in fount of a dewdrop which
both end add to the fruit togethee with hung on it blade of grass, he told hot. to look
two-thirds of a oup of granulated sugar mad at herself.
0110 tettepoonftil of vanilla. " 011, my, how little I am 1" exclaimed
Pitsits Lesion Prn.-'ro the grated rind Janet, " Why, T could 111:10 away in nry
and juice of two lemons add two cups of cold inother'a thanhle," and mho laughed anti,
water, the beaten t niters of two eggs, lav springing 111 10/ a liesthesbell, rode up and
cups cif sepia, mid Owe over the tiro, Blend down as merrily ne any of them.
two largo tablespoonfuls of coreirtareli 1/1 a, Thin 'MN „rend, bin it 11,1 Janet warts° happy
wavy little water, and add, sehen boiling, 01140110 'never "nen tliomdit of thy neglosted
stirring hrishly fora felt, mennente, mail it (lather at home, At hi:4 , 1,10011 eamo
thiekened. Pout. Mtn a good uu. big nod yolloe 11114 111111111/
1111410000111.8. T110 amount nuikes two Medi. " lieVer knew how 108 the minus wits be-
ungeivsid 'vivo, and may ho oilllioheil bv Oda,. 3011V danct. 1. it toot:A like 14 great
mg n better, M11141/ trostmg et the yetlew tits,"
whiter) of the (igge beat en Wail polyilered .• ber.011.41 you tuo o -o the;
,1,1,1
arLit Suirais 111st:wog-Measure out a- " Come, bow, for it dance," they ashl,
am stormy days of the long winter months,
let them make a Hemp adreen out of colored
pictures. Not only will it insure ocenpation
and interest during its eonstruction, but, it
will be a valuable acquisition for the nur-
sery, ellbrding constant entertaitunont for
dawning intelligens°. To make this desir-
able article, you will first purchaeo rather
low olothes-horse, ttnd, cutting off one pen-
ei, leave only throe to be covered. Thou
wet 001110 unbleached muslin, niter sewing
the broulths together, and oall it on both
sides, top and bottom, of the roils, laying it
very smooth. In drying it will shrink some-
what, and thos stretch taut and smooth.
After it is quite dry you muet " size " it,
just as the paperhangers prepare 150111 he -
fore hanging the piper ; this is done hy
making a paste of flour, and adding twofold
one-half ounces of gum amide -which has
boon dissolved ie hot water. Make the
paste sufficiently thin to allow of applying
it with a brush to the cloth. Paint both
sides, allow them to dry, and then give them
another emit. Your screen is now ready for
the plethres. It is it gootl plan to keep one
side for the bleak and. white prints, and the
other for colored piethres.
Let the children collect together every
scrap of mimed. pictures they can oidain -
nothing comes amiss -01,1 picture -books,
bygone Christmas supplementa to the pie-
toral panels -pretty or ugly, they all serve
to make an intithesting jmulde. Keep all
your calmed prints in one di:aim aud the
black and white ones in another. It, may
take a month or two to finish the screen,
No do not werlc t00 htst ; keep it for rainy
days 1011011 there nothing elso to do, and
it will prove to he quite a godsend in the
way of nursery amusements. In pasting on
the pictures remember that the edges should
all overlap, SO FLS to 001,01. the entire panel,
Club them out, miugling figures, bits of land -
nape, flowers, animels, anythingand every-
thing all mixed together. If you have large
Spree it is well to pleat blunn 011 first and
then Ell in aronnd them. Keep small things
such as Christmas cards, eta., for the bora.
ers ;' cut out all the edtms so that, the pic-
tures merge together, It is astonishing how
harmonioua auch a homogenous collection
may he 1110410 to tell. The black and white
side of the screen may bo treated in the
seine Why, and when all is complete varnish
both sides and finish the edges with any
pretty binding you choose. Red leather
looks well and adds to tho gay effect of the
801`1101.1. It may bo put on with small brass -
headed Children never tiro of these
screens. When baby begins to " take no.
tioe " iS 0110 of the first things he turns to
pointing to this and that familiar objeth
with the greatest pleasure. The little in-
valid, too finds a languid enjoyment in trac-
ing out familiar objects RS 110 lies in bed.
Moreover, screens of all kinds are meet re/e-
fts' in a nursery in keeping out dreughts
from open doors. etc.
Per Baking Day.
Tids is thofaittS011, if over, when the cook
may got ahead with her work and set aside
a store of 000ked food sufficient for several
days, Saturday was tho old fashioned
baking cloy and many housekeepers yet
clang to the mistime of providing on that
day eriongh to lent through washing and
ironing des's,
Hign Grennutomotts-One pint of moles.
os, ono tablespoonful of ginger, one tea.
spoonful of salt ; boil together, add oile
teaspoonful of soda and flour enough to
knead. Nimes' ton minutes, or until smooth
and shiny. Cut in remade 0,1111 bake quick-
ly.
Little Dorothy Made Him Go.
What gentleness and kindness in the
treatment of dumb animate will athomplish
Whe demonstrated by n, striking incident
that happened on Prairie avenue yesterday
morning.
A large truelc-horse, harnessed to 1101111 -
By -loaded express wagon, had " beoome
balky." The lots& had overtaxed his
strength, and in spite of the SaNfilge WOWS
dealt him ile refused to move. Tho man
filially tried the experiment of striking the
horso's front knees, Mit it was without
effect, The animal seemed entirely dis-
couraged under tho treatment, and attempt-
ed to lie down in the harness.
The occupants of several of the neigh-
boring. houses were indignant, witnesses of
the driver's' cruelty, He was warned that
his action would bo reported to the Humane
Society, but the threat failed to stop
Finally, little Dorothy, the IS-year.old
daughter of a Prairie avenue home, stepped
out into the street.
" start your poor horse," she said,
and going up to the animel she stroked his
neck, mid brushed 1110 81101O unil mud from
his eyes. The horse Stlelned tO reeegnim
a friend in the little girl et his aide. lie
raised his big nose up to her face, rubbed it
against; her shoulder, and them ala her com-
ma:1cl, settled down in the harness and
and gave a resolute tog at the heavy load
behind him, It failed to move.
"Try again," coaxed the little girl, bold-
ing t110 bridle, There was ft Ritailling of
straps and a creakieg of wheels, eilld then
the horse patiently started on his way, ap.
parently in/mindful of the deep ridges ou
bank and logs raised by his 01171101.'0 brutal-
ity.
--
Rain and Tears.
I wait the coming of a tardy toain
And tvhile X wait; the leaves o'f thought
unfold,
The day is dismal and the wind is cold ;
The ceaseless patter of the drizzling rain,
That drips and drops its dreary, seal re -
(rain,
Still chants the Minion of a grief untold;
And in tile sky gray elands of gloom are
rolled
Till they dissolve in tears to earth again.
So in my heart, where summer used to
be,
A wintry alty the sombre landscape
Meal%
Has nature, then, hnposecl her 11100d. 011
me,
And am I sad heoanee she sad appears ?
Or, looking theough my owe grief, do 1
800
The 011.0111 transfigured through the rain
of tears?
Wst, Ruiz Suogs.
Theodore Parker's Ten &Iles ot Martia
Conduct,
Whon Theodore Parker was married he
entered in his journal, on his wedding day,
the following resolutions
First -Never,. except for tho best reasons,
to oppose tetra's will.
Second -TO diSellargo all duties for her
ake freely.
Third -Never to scold.
Fourth -Never to look moss at hor.
Fifth -Never to worry her with coin.
mends.
Sixth -To promote her piety.
Seven 01 --To boar her burden&
Eightli-To overlook her foible%
Nina]) --To save, cherish and forever de-
fend
Tenth -To remembee hor alwitym in my
prn.yors. Thus, Ciod. wiling, we shall be
blessed,
Plow lloop.
Plow (lomat
SOW not thy proolemi mercls
Among the sear, umtanted weds,
lir thou shim weep
And (Mil 1 by 00000 all emitted and dorel
Ana nought but bents and fort,: fe,r0101,
Tloof pithy firovhfleop,
11'1f0 1111141111.: 111 1,98`
Tim( 1,1,0.ow 1 11.10 101810 111 30000,
In soy shall reap,
-
11111
're, 11111141Ln (iirt's,)10,11•HI IP,1114,0.3 8..
int rod al he hard lehon mysteui 11, 1111,iitil an,
prj,,,ms. by Whirl) it 1:1 1,,q11 1111i el` (1181 1,0
,111i1j,,,, of 1 10/ 10 1 -,/001 1101110011,118041 11/
10 01//1 1011,1 111g together,
f
Big danals or the World,
The canal ia an ancient institution. It co-
exists with the remotest periods of human
history, since tho peireitive 1110,11 (1100avelleil
the value of an. aellficial waterway across a
peninsula, or from one remote stream to the
navigable waters ot another. Historians
allude to these notificial channels as exist -
mg in Egypt and elsewhere iu the far away
oonturies preceding the Cheistian era.
In the year 1 280 the Chinese completed an,
imperial canal that tthversed a distance of
1,000 miles, a forty days sail for the ?Mongo-
lian junk.
In 108 1 tlio fatnous Languedoc Canal was
completed. 'rids gave France an at tilioial
waterway 1 48 miles in length, with a annis
(jinni:8107M fi00 feet above the SOIL, ena in.
eluding upward of 100 leeks and fifty aque•
111 Groat Britian Roman spadeit dug the
flint canal, one or more of which are holding
water to-tlay, The cattalo of the United
Kingdom now exceed 47,000miles 10 length,
and are amongst the best of their kind in
the world, The Matieshester armed, now in
course et construction, will, W11011 complet.
ed, be a masterpiece of enterprise and en-
gineering skill, and will place the Slanclics-
ter manufacturer in direct and unbroken
commueication with the ocean,
The north Rolla, d C111.0111 NO110 00111nlarld
ill 1 81.l1l, 1111(1 in fifty miles in length, The
Amsterdam and other artificial waterways
arta aiming tho meet vital auxiliaries of
Detail commovee and prosperity.
Tho Smas Canal, which op a tho data of
its Mon Oelion was the 1118101 stupendous
midertalting of its kin.1 ill modern history,
extends from Port Saul in the Me &Larsen.
0011 to 01000 011 the !tell &St. the 10111/10
length of navigation lwing eighty -0 ght
ph ieal miles. This trallse,fyptifof
writ crWoy is unsigahlo by atoamere MO feet.
in len oh 011,1 0 1100. 1100111. 110 cost 01' t1118
111'.1 1 11 1/11 101110 He. 1001101 ite 1/1101/00.8.
bniii oh, 800001.(1. 01 Clio nolif ifti.,;L:1/Nito Of dint '
sits res sal totals. ho erne; 1 '11'1 I" (8."t"lio,', 31.1 10101,11,
;,1
(1f
„„,„1, „„ti.fi,n,lill feeling in Persia, doe to '
rt,m, is it detic't lit the Messiest treasury tiao belief that the bleglish aro responsible
7 1,000,000 roolden. fer the tobacco menopoly.
I 18 01
'7
LIVED WI.7. SAVAGES'
BOVOI1D0021 Years in Australia,
4nmys nterriit tatting ehlnirreeileti 'reek
Ms Abode Among ettentionfs mad
.1(4opleid The.11. 4110180111 011011 140 11.).
WWI' °Mulcted 1118 0011 V1120$1 re.
The doings of white men 1113011g 1410 alma.
gillen of Australia 1100 i111100,1 bib/008011K 00.
00011H, and many of 1 he 81 °ries slooil et longer
tho Hi 111d0 of Ileglislartell an idea that that
titan fierien, espeefally ;linen „sows 8,;
rime et ilimikhol partakes ' 1 11.11, 101,10,g0
00,110 i Amotag those margins W110 have
abalidmied lilt) and veii Mr a time
anmog the Auetralien ble as that :IWO is .
*morally hut wrinigly called, the /lusts in.
t00001 111g/ pe01104103, 18 /1 01111.e Merrill, the
wild whet, man of Nort Queen:43/1d, .11/110
8p001,1,1 0b1:,01 21 t.;01/:1111 30110/Irjetlebalritri LIII.gy,t111tup,o.oplbea.tic
named the Peruvian, uf Dundee, loft the
poet of Sydney. Now South Wales, bound
far 0111101. 8.130 100 0 [WOW 01 tWillitiptIVO
tohl, and was cominisoled by Eoplian
There 10000 3011010011 eht10113,
slimes; whom Whe 61111 seven 31000e11.
gore -Mr. and Afra Wilmot, their child and
itirmentuid, J. B. Quarry 04111 0111111, 1141 Ales.
'itkelly, the captain's wife. For a full week
lie 000001 experienced tempeetuotts weather,
Ind was blown along for as:towel days with
only the bare 11111015. Early 101 the rooming
of the second Sunday um (March 1.4) the 0081.
861 struck on the Horse-shoe reef, one of the
dangerous shoals of tho great Battier reef,
which 111.1.011011oli for nearly 1,200 1111100 along
the Queensland caoast, 00111110,1M of Fort
Denison ; and 11,88 00011 washed Up so high
that only the spray from the breakers rental,-
ea'fbleter'boats 'were des, voyorl, 000 at the time
of the collision with the "Doke, and the
others when attempts were befog made to
leave the vessel in them. The se000,1 mate
10118 Whehell overboard by the first sea, that
swept the vessei after she struck, and the '
hui.11,1,01,ete,itv,Ltlelende,tta's4 11.a.romthatre,
the last renosinieas boat tit for the sea.
From easks, riggints oilers, eta., a raft Was
formed, upon irlaith he survivors, after se-
curing a cask of Willer and thine tinned meat
and soup, drifted front the wreck. Their
sufferings (luring the days that followed
Were fearful.
At last, after forty.four days from that on
which. it drifted from 1110 wreck, the raft
WaS WaS11181 ashore 011 the north-eastern sicle•
of Cape Cleveland -the ceptain and his
wife, mr. Wihnet, isitilthakerh
douley and Morrill (seamen). aticl Wilson
tapprentioel, seven in all, remitting the land
alive. Shortly aftet, landing Mr. Wilmot
end Cooley died and Millar, finding a native
them, paddled away In it irt the hope of dis•
covering food and relief, but lie never re-
turned, his body being' found some time after
by the natives. Tho survivors sheltered
themselves in a kind of a C1/400, subsisting on
shelfish for S. fortnight, when setae members
of the aboriginal tribes found them.
After 0 short time the shipwreeked Sur.
rivers were conclueted to huts prepared for
them, at the 011 trance of which severalsmall
fires bad been lit, and were supplied with
such food as the abongines possessed. The
four 1.1.0f0.tunu,te cream's s struggled along
for twelve months, when the captain Med,
and his unfortunate wife oely survived him
three months, dying of a broken heart. The
veinal/ling two endeavored to End their way -
south, but got no further than where the
present town of Bowen atands. Twolve•
months after the death of the captain the
young apprentice died, and Morrill 1041.0 left
solo serviror of the party. with only the ab-
origines for his emnpanions.
I hiring his re:lido-nice with this trilled the.
Australian race Nlorrill aticompanied them
in their marches, faught iVith thL/111 hi their
tribal wars, went with them on their hunt-
ing expeditietta iuto the country, on their
1fibbing excurei(Isaitiohtalii,eits,e1t,t ag..g01111tellsno.osit!
;31srgn0stOtalillet.64107;g1)110, becoming, fact, a real
"Dnit7dteieg4ttli'hei ea141,1°11Y1I'lpittnlitti. of ,Jantiary, 1E53,
the tribe with NV111011 he lived organised it
kangaroo loathe in the near vinioity of a
sheep station on the lower Burdekin, and
one day Morrill was detailed with o party
of the women to look out for teleit es. One
if the women who hail strolled 01/ by her.
self soun told Morrill that She had 0800 0
White 1111111.5 /1 Ut, 1111d when she waa direct.
ing him to the locality hey soslited some
sheep. Upon Alorrill docidnig to go on the
W01118,11 rail back. ne thee went to n. water -
hole, where he washed himself so as to ap-
pear as white as possible, and walked on in
the direction of tho sheep. Noon he came
in sight of a yard, then a hut, from which
he heard voices, and at this instant fell con-,
fused and alarmed and was almost, impelled
to run away. Moulicitdilomutsthhulgsl:tiatostl,t: csoniluld.
toti:titohlei
fbeen10101111101000:11ten repeated to himself
when alma, " What cheer, shipmate ?" •
Ono hearing this one 111411 looleed ont of
tee hut sad seeing .Morrill, Who MILS wild
looking in appenammee, immediately called
out : " Como out and brit% the gnus, in::
son ; here is a naked man that is white or'
yollow, but is not black i" Morrill then
throw up his arms and called " I am a
shipwrecked staler, Yea wonlil not shoot a
British subject 1" Then ,ladneedinhelin,,,alvaluatlotrettstont
18,tboculstitinreLegtetzl Itiottoclkochglami
into the hut 11101
gave Mtn bread to eat, which itt first he could
not swallow. ITaving almost forgotten the
English language. it 70143 some time before
he could 0000111 11i111Self to the settlers.
That night he returned to the aborigines'
(Amp, mul upon his advice they moved off
some miles further from the hat.
Whon he told them that he intended to
return 10 the whites, the natives at f int
understood that 110 would be away for three
or four clays only, and begged him to talk to
his countrymen nod ten 11101h 110S tO 81100h
the natives. When they learned that he
was going away off to 000 a groat 1111411y
whites, and that he would be away three
or fotir months, 001110 of them declared that
le was going to leave them altogether. They
aegged of him to Mance his countrymen to
ot them have et leaet the swamps and salt.
water creeks, upon condition that they fthe
waives) abandoned the uppor reaches and
ht3 triod ussoc,iates, 011 the f0110Willft
•iver. With much lamentation 00 the part
morning Morrill ended his seventeen Valli'
solL101181,11171111v00101 g101,111.0 11,1,1,t‘tcicv1(...0sr. 101;g, ;.;:',.110v1,70
his release. damns tlordon, at that thne
the 1.111b-conector of customs at Bowen took
him to Brisbane and mestanted him to Sir
(41100g0 Ferguson Bowen the governor of
Queensland, who, 1101000er, 1,001t little in-
terest. in the " Wild White Maui." 1171100
in that eity he joieed Ilaptiat thereto
Returning to Bowen, lie W118 0111plOyed
0/1 folotoltio (lona 11.111ria 1181 ono of tbe eleW
of the pilot -brat ; and le leo t he r 1