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The Clinton News-Record, 1900-03-22, Page 7TEARS FOR GOD'S BO Rev. Dr. Talmage Discourses on an Appropriate Subject.. t -.0(14,Ktiows All Our Griefs—The Story of PUradise overeito hear just One word frora those lips tied a few months ago BY srqualts MACMANUS. Nancy Hannigan was the one 1 daughter °Noumea and NeIly Haunt., ueed to call you by your firs nante, though tio long you your sale have been a parent. ‘NOw, Ye have demi year best ,to hide you grief. "for ween yew do not fee 11.1 trldrattl141=°Ititenlig14ecrot, upon the empty °rattle, upon the diesn Nancy Hannigan's Suitors Wm.*. ;II can. Nancy, as she grew up, dove'. omit such an attractive appearance iated nursery, upon. the etricken home and upou the, broken beart, and sites "Tell tbe way I tluesit the wheat tine is the way I Roar my jewels Oust thy burden ou iny arna, and we sustain you. All tease tears I hav and peri..We Are All Subjects of Ailments— gathered in my bottle!' But what is the use of having a many tears in and's laelaryinatory The Sorrows of Poverty—graining Children for eOds ilespetell from Washington says: --Rev. Dr. Talmage prestolied from the following text ;-" Put thou iny tears • into thy bottle." -Psalms Ivi, 8. Tbia prayer was pressed out of Davide soul by innumerable (salami- tieti; hut it is just as appropriate for the distressed a all ages. Within the past century, travellers end antiquarians have explored the rubes di many cif the anelent cities, and from the very heart of those bur- ied splendours of other days have been brought up evidence.s of customs that ago vanished from the world. From among tombs of tepee ages have been brought up lachryrnatories, or tech- rysnals, which are vials raade of earth- enware. It was the custom for tho anelents to oaten the tears that they wept over their dead io a bot- tle, and to place that bottle in the graves of -the departed; and 'we haVe many specimens of the ancient laoh- rymatories, or tear -bottles, in our mu - mums. The text intimates that God hasan intimate acquaintance and perpetual remembrance of all our griefs, and 11 vial, or laehrysnatory, or bottle, in which lie catches and saves our tears; end I bring to you the condolenee ef this Christian sentiment. But why talk of human griefs when we have but to look out and behold the larg- est prosperity. Multitudes of men, with no eares eglie how they may safe- ly invest their large awes:imitations. joy in the eity mansions and moun- tain cabin. Joy among the lumber- men, as they shove their eafte into the water. Joy among the emigrants, far out upon the vast prairie. Joy, joy 1 Why talk about griefs? Alas ! • the world has its pangs, and now, while I speak, there are before me thick darknesses of soul that need • to be lifted. I stand in the presence of some who are about to break under the assault of temptation, and, per - (thence, if no words appropriate to - their case be uttered to -day, they par- iah for ever. 1 COME ON NO FOOL'S ERRAND. Put upon your wounds no salve compounded by human quackery, but. •pressing see:tight to the markeI hail you as .a vessel mid -see cries to a passing craft, " Ship, ahoy I" and in- vite you on board a vessel which has faith for a rudder, and prayer for sails, and Christ for Captain, and Heaven for ass eternal harbour, oath- erin Reeinfedt, a Prussian, keeps a boat with which she rescues the drowning. When a storm comes on the coast, and other peogle ge, to their beds to rest she, puts out in her boat for this relief of the distre,sised, and hundreds of the drowning has she brought safely to the beach. In this life -boat of the Gospel I put out to- day, boping, hy God's help,• to bring asherh at least one soul that may new he sinking in the billows of temptatiois and trouble. The teara that were once caught in the lacyrymateries brought up from Herculaneum and Pompeii are all one, and the bottle is as dry tie scoria of the volcano that sub -- merged thole ; but noe so with the bottle in which God gathers all our tears. First, I remark that God keeps per- petually the tears of repentenee. Many a man has awakened in the morning so wretched from the night's debauch that he has sebbed and wept. Pains in the head, aching in the eyes, sick at heart, and unfit to step into the light. He grieves, not about his mis- doing, but only about its consequences. God makes no record of such weep - hag. Of all the million tears that have gu.shed as the result of such misdemeanour, not one ever got into God's bottle. They dried on the fev- ered cheek, or were dashed down by the bloated hand, or fell into the red wine cpg as it came again eo the lips, foaming with still worse indica- tion. But when a man is sorry for his past and tries to do better -when he mourns his wasted advantages and - bemoans his rejetation of God'a mercy, and cries amid the laoerations .of an aroulied conscience for help out of his• terrible predicament, then Glad lis- tens • then heaven bows down; then aceperes of pardon are extended from the throne s then his crying,rends the heart of heavenly compassioh; then his tears are caught in God's bottle. You know the story of Paradise and the Peri. I think it might be put to higher adaptations. An angel starta from the throne of Geld to find what thing it can on earth worthy of being carried batik to heaven. It goea down through the gold and silver mines of earth, but finds nothing worthy of transportation to the Celestial City. It gots down through the depths of the sea, where the pearls -lie, and finds nothing worthy of taking back to heavere But coming to the foot of a Mountain it sees A 'WANDERER WEEPING • over his evil -ways. The tears of •the prodigal start, but do not fall to the ground, for the angel's wing catches them, and with that treasure speeds beck to heaven. God sees the angel coming, and says, " behiold the bright- est gem of earth, and the brightest jewel of heaven -the tear of sinner's repentance." Oh I when I see the Heavenly Shep- herd bringing a lamb froin the wil- derness; when I hear the quick tread of the prodigal hastening hosne to find his Father ; when I see a sailor boy cotning on the wharf, and , hurrying away to beg his motherse pardon for long neglect and unkind- , nesses ; when I see the houseless corn. g to God for shelter, and the wretch- . ed and the vile, and the sin -burned, and the passion -blasted appealing for mercy to a compassionate God, / ex- elaine eoatasy and triumph: "More tears for God's bottle!" Again, God keeps a tender remem- • brance of all your teeknesses. How teeny, of you are thoroughly sounh in ,hodyf Not one out of ten I do not exaggerate. The vast majority of the race are constant littbjeeta of all - !meets, There la some one font' of , di/tease that you are peculiarly ettb- jeot to.' You have a weak side, oe back, or are subject to headaches or &lamas, or lungs eating dietrestied, ft would- not take a very, strong blew to shiver the golden bowl of life. et break the pitcher et the , fountain, Many lot you atave kept on in life throogh sheer force of will. You ehink no one can understand yoUr disttesses. Perhaps you, look etrong, end it la Supposed that you( are a he- , poehottdriae. They sea you are netve ous-es if that were nothing! God have mercy upon any malt or WOMati t la nervous! At timee you sit ne Your room FrIende do not Mite. You feel an indeseribable banes Undies In your sufferings; hut God knows; God feels; God compassion. • Ides; Ile &twits the sleeplees eights ; Ile regards the iteuteness of pain; lbs meta:1404s the Imamate of the breath. Into , While you golly out the medieine fro* the bettle, arid collet the drops, cGod ceinitot yout falling teate. A* • • f'' youi look at the vials filled with nauseous draughts, and at the bottles of tlistasteful tonic, that stand on the shelf, remember that there is' A LARGER BOTTLE than these, which Is filled with no mixture by earthly apothecaries'. but it is God's lea tle, whieh he bathe ga. thered our tears, Again. God remembers all the sor- rows of poverty. There is much want that never comes to ineeeetion. The deacons of the church never aim it. The comptrollers ol almhouses never report it. It comes not to church, for it has no appropria te aparel. It makes no appeal toe help, but ohooses rather to seder than expose ita bitterness. Fathers whet fail to gain a, livelihood, ao that they and their children sub- mit to constant privation; sewing -wo- men. who cannot ply the ueedle quick enough to earn them abetter and bread. But whether reported, or un- complaining, whether In seemingly comeortable parlor or damp cellar, or In hot garret, God's angels of mercy are on tbe watch. Thia moment thoae griefs are being collected. Down on the babk streets, on all the alleys, amid shanties and log cabins, the worIF goes on. Tears of want-seeth- leg in summer's heat or freezing in winter's cold -they fall not unheeded, They are jewels tor• heaven's casket. 'They are tears for God'a bottle! A.galin: the Lord preserves the re- membrance of al] paternel anxieties. You see a man from the most infam- ous eurroundings step out into the kingdom of God. He has beard no pennon. has received no startl- peovidential warning. What brought him to this new nand? Yids IR 1 he secret: God looked over the bot- tle in whieb he gathers the tears of his people, ane He saw a parental tear in that bottle whieh has been for for- ty years unanswered. He said "Go to, now; and kit me answer that 'tear 1" and forthwith the wanderer is brought home to God. 0 this work of ttaining children tor God! It is a tremendons work. Some people think it easy, They have never tried it. Al child is placed in the arms of the young per - exit. , lt is a beautiful plaything. You book into the laughing eyes. 'You ex- amine the dimples in the ohiseks. You wonder at its exquisite organism. , BEAUTIFUL PLAYTHING] But on some *nightfall, as you sit rocking that little one, a voice seems to fall straight from the throne of God, saying, "That child is immortal! The stars shall die, but that is an im- mortal! Sues shall grow old with age and perish, but that is an immor- tal!" Now, I know that with many of you this is the chief anxiety. Yee earnest- ly west:: your children to grow up rightlyi hut you Lind it hoed to make them do as jrou wish. 't ou cheek their temper.' You correct their waywardhess; in the midnight your pillow is wet with weeping. You have wrestled with God in agony for the salvation of Your children. You ask me if all that anxiety has( been ineffectual. I answer, .No, ' God un- deratands your neart. He under- stands -how hard you have tried to make teat daughter do right, though she is so very petulant and reckless; and what mains you have bestowed in teaching that son to !walk in the paths of uprightness, though he has such strong proclivities for dissipa- tion. I speak a oheering word. God heard every counsel you ever offered him. Gosit has known all the sleete less nights you have ever passed. God has seen- every sinking of your dis- eressed spirit. God remembers your prayers. He kaeps eternal recced of your, anxieties; and in his 'Embry- matory, not such as stood in ancient tomb, but on one that glows and glitters beside the throne of God, he holds all those exhausting tears. The grass may be rank upon your graves, and the letters upon your tomb- stone defaced with the elements be- fore the Divine response will come; but He who bath declared, "I will be ak God to thee, and to thy, seed after thee," will not forget ; and some day, in heaven, While you are ranging the fields of light, the gates of pearl -will swing back, and garlanded with glory, that long wayward one will rush in - into your outatretobed arms of wel- come and triumph, The hills may depart and the earth may burn, and the stars fall and time perish, but God will »ever break His oath and e trample wider His promises -never! never Again, God keeps; a perpetual re- membrance of all bereavements. These are the trials that cleave the soul, and throw, the'red hearth of men to be crushed in the wine -press. Troubles at the store you may leave at the store. Misrepeesentation and. abuse of the wierld you may teat% on the street where you found them. The law -suit that would swallow your honest accu- mulations may be left in the court- room. • But bereavements are home troubles, and there is , that she nos dubbed "the flovver Of ' Ohrimore." Ere yet Nance Was Ma* ture she had to go the way ot tbe . Young women, and young men, too, of our Donegal seaboard -she bad. to go over the mountains to bire with ° the Scotch planters who owned the the brush, calming him to Jump up IOU a yell end eleoUte * good Ind tattoo of an Witte war -dance areend bone!! and the Own, nabbing aud matching the batik of bie head the sa'aittptenr0:0 Yeunieittrertenee," Naney -du yott :ShOUldn't I like to be, thrashed eiery day over ra rise be Aid owe), it vision ae your ""'"Iat tSrcoitt.h"," sold /Utley, "if yo pro- voke rne to go to practieln' my wrist on ye. again ye'll maybe find it's lit- tle, of the vision's abOut ite-or, at, least, it's the sort ot vision that laives blisthers behind It." "'Nancy, avouriseen, it's I knows that ; for already there's a blister on. My heart the size o' your alum tbe size o me own shee, I mean." "Be off, I say, or VII rise thein the size o' your headeeleg that's big eteniolufah-jeon the ribs or ye, Be off, I "An' 1 can't go, I telt ye 11- ac- companied by such a travesty on an ogle that Nancy was compelled to lehugh. 'It wasn'It enough for yar mother to warn me against ye, I summate and tell me the sort of villain ye, were, and the tricks ye do be up to." "Nancy, egret', I wish the next time You find my mother pretmeing against courtinh I wish you'd just only ask her quustly if ahe never did it herself, and did she get the man sent down from heaven in a hand - basket or a morning," "Go ask her yourself, ye rascal, Aren't you every. bit as big an' as ugly as me to do the business," , "Ah -h -h, Na.ney, avillish I" "Begone, for the common nuisance ye ere!" And. by means of a very vigorous Assault on him with tiles scrubbinghbrusle Nance whaekee h out of t e door and ut it ha his Attlee' she got at her• work again he was sending a .parting salute through thhylcasey, bigoalea:03:, darling, rm gimm gone to patola together, as best I oan, the smithereens of a smashed heart. With thee cruel brush of yours you've made very small pieces of it. If I can get it into any sort of preseotable order rn be back for another 000rt 6 -morrow. Tilt then, edieu 1" "Teep. the divtl go with ye!" Nan - y shouted. "A party boy indeed ye are " see went on, smilingly, soliloquizIng as he wrought. 'A peat, boy, trotb, n small evondher yer own mother had to warn ,nie against ye, It' ee me' to keep me from work the mor ra, Vnti afeara it isn't the scribble' brush. I'll be usin' on ye. No, rn be fther takin' to ye' somethita a trifle weightier-somethin' that'll make ye arn ger place ae' • keep • He been interfermg with you, I see, the rascal thee he is." . It was Alexander, the bashful, who surprised Nancy this time. Only Nancy noted ehat, though solemn enough, he did eot look quite so basb-. ful as he had done in hie Moth:ire! Pr•I'fisean,ceha, ha," Nancy laughed. "Not a bit of interference, only just crack- le] 'a joke to . keep me from feelin' long father home. Intherterini1 in that good, catket or vase, why doe God preserve ell aour troubles/ Through all the ages of eternity what. we of a great collection o tears'? ao not not know that they will be kept there for ever, I dcs no know but that in imam/distant age heaven an. angel a God may look into the bottle and find it as empty of teara as tbe lac/Irv:nets of earthen ware dug net from the ancieut city Where have the tears gone tof Wha big, rich farms by the valley of the Finn. Newsy, being of such tender and, still worse, possessing the fatal- ity of exceptional beauty, Seumas and e Nellie were loath to let her go. But, despite a little fishing and a little tilling want gave an occasional knook - Seunaas door, as at the doors of ' his neighbors -so, perforce, poor , Year% so inexperienced of the world, :sprite of bell hath been invading God's palace, and hath robbed th lachrymatoriesf None. These wer eanctitiecl sorrow, and those tear were *banged into pearls that are now set in the crowns and robes of tae ransomed. I walk up to exemine tie heavenly coronet, gleaming brighte than the sun, and• cry, "Front wha riverdepths of heaven were these gem gateeredf ' and a thousand ewe reply, "Tbese are transmute(' tear (roan God's bottle." I see sceptres o light stretched down from the throne of those who on earth were trod , ou of men; and in every ecepire-point and inlaid • liVIMY IVORY STAIR • of golden throne, I behold ansin- desorieable richness and lustre,. and ory, "From whence this ettfeartung light -thee°. Bashing pearla?' and the voices of. the elders before, the throne and of the martyrs under the altar and of tee hundred and forty and four thousand radiant on the glassy sea, exclaim, "Tranemuled tears Irma God's bottle. Let the ages of heaven roll on -the storyeof earth's pomp and -pride long ago 'ended; the Koh-i-noor dienionds that made kings prized, the ,prec.ous &ones that. adorned. Persian tiara and hawed in tbe.robes of Babylonian probessicais, forgotten; the Golconda mines charred in -the last conflagra- tion; but eine as the everlasting hills, and pure as .the light that 'streams from the throne, and bright as the river that flows trom the eternal rook shell gleam, shall sparkle, shall flame for ever these transmuted tears •of God's brittle." • - 'Meanwhile, let the empty lachry- matory -of heaven stand for ever. Let no hand touch it: Let -no wing strike it Let no collision crack it. Purer than beryl or cartisoprasus. Let it eland on the step On jehovah's thsone and tinder the areht of the, un- failing rainbow: Passing down the corridors of the palace, the redeemed oretirth sball glance at it, ands think of all the earthly troubles Men which they. were delivered, and saye each to each; .',°That is what we heard of on eneth." ''That is what the Psalmist snake of." • "There once were put our. tears." • "This is• God's bottle." And while standing there -inspecting this richest inlaid' -vase of -.heaven; the towers of the Palace donie strike up this• silvery chirae:- e • • "God hath wiped away all -teats from all faces. Wherefore comfort one an- other with these wcirds." Nancy must face the world. With a very large store of advice and warning, the only oommodities her mother could afford to be liberal with, a very small store of clothes, e dens up in a red handkerchief, and r her father's and motheN blessiug. t Nano, took the road with the other poor boys ahd girls just before the sue began to rub the mists off his f eyes and peep up over the shoulder of liarneamere Mountain, on a Friday morning, and trudged thirty-six miles , before bedtime, and stood the Rabble market in Strabane next day wait- ing for some one to come and hire her. Several big rough farmers and some rongher farmers' wives had come up and viewed Nancy at every angle of observation, quizzed, questioned and ' oross-questioned her, eutting her through the catechism of her Main - ties and then priced her, and haggled with her -trying to beat her down 5 t shillings in the 'half year's wage -and 0 quitted her, giving their opinion that she was too delicate for a girl's work in the Laigan, which included s wrestling with tubs and, rots and a boiled roots, feeding cows and pigs, 0 milking, churning and butter making. Finally, an imposing old lady of gen- a moue girth, and evidently of higher social status than the farmer's wihS, I came up, and, raising her glasses, viewed Nancy calmly and critically, and then trotted her through the usual and trying catechism. Mrs. Neilson, it turned out, did not require a pot wrestler, but a dairy maid, and, Nancy's price suiting her, they quickly GUARDS OF ROYALTY. • - . Aleeriit Maio. Who WalCh . Kliegs and Queeas. ' • The monarchs of Europe- are pot guarded from: harm by the Showy. soldiers in.shiny tin cuirassee wao dis- port themselves. about palace' .aetes. rooms. The .actual. seamy work is' done. by the plaitaly clad, .uneStenta- tious • secret. pollee. -The degree to ivbieb police protection is andispenss able •mey gattiered.from' the fact tha t President Carnet's :assassination occurred lmmediatele after Prime Dupuy had eisbandele., the Brigade • d'Elyeeie • or Presideotiel li • • • • Scarcely a weerpassee ditring Queen Victoria's, sojourns at. Windsor or Osborne Without some ',crazy person endeavce ing to obtain • an intereiete either be• calling at the .palace Or by a t tempt „to waylay the . eovereign When .• is putt driving. Those Of the male se:4 usually. declare. that they are in love with the Queen on profeee that thee are sweetly Marrieil tober, veile the females allege- thet -they ere ither . daughters or teeters 01 Her Majeety, or 'else married to the Prince Every time that Q,ueen Victoria plans to leave her -residence 'at Wind- sor, 'Osborne, Balmorat 'or • .13uckieg- ham Palace for aer afteinoon 'drive the intention is communicated to the Chieeinspeotor seme hours before- hand by the eeuerry on duty, oho anneunces the route which her Ma-. jesty proposes to take. At eisetain points along tee way policemen in piniu clothes are -stationed. An inepector of the Londoo police is in charge oi the men appulatud to guard the estinee of einsee. • King 'Humbert ot hely 1$ guatded by one policemen. Tins otticial is a sergeant -major 01 the Carapiheri, etimpoeed its picked aoldiers and ex - non -commissioned ()dicers 01 the army. He ts a Man ot herculean pro- portions and ot tried resource. More- over, as he is a native oc Piedmont, he is blindly devoted 'to his king: Ile never leairee his side by day, atm at might sleeps across the threshold of the roora occupied by his master, Napoleon had a bodyguard each of whom was a Corsiean, their chieL Gresceill by name, having saved the Emperpr's life several times. When Count Camerae; a cousin of Napoleon, was assassinated in the Tuileries, Grist:eel disguised himseli and followed the supposed murderer, Rambo, to London, where, limbo Was stabbed. The same fate overtook Silvan] di Peruggio, who bad organza a plan for wrecking the. imperial train near Biarritz. He felt a vitnins to the Corsi- can's dagger at Bordeaux, whether Griscelli itad trneked him. Two Maz- zinist conspirators, itussini and Galli were 1.kewise stabbed by Gris- ceili. One evening When Napoleon was calling at the Countess of Castiglione s euburban residence a man crept into the room, knife in hand, and threw himshlf upon the Emperor. Gen. Fleury, Napoleon's nicle-de-camp, toned his arms until .Griseelli rushed nto the bendier and cut short the xiatence of the coospirator. Dom. meets of a compromiaing character ere found and the result was the empordry exile of the Countese NO ESCAPE FROM THEM, You see that vacant chair. Your eye will catoh at the suggestive pic- ture. You cannot fly the presence of such ills. You gh to Switzerland tp gethile,ar of them, hut mere sure400t- ed than the mule that takes yen up the Ales, your troubles climb to the tip-top, and sit shivering on the glaciers. You may cross the sena, but they can °entail the clipper or mer- chantman. You may take, caravan, and put out across the Arabian desert, but they tallow you like a simoorn, armed with suffocation. You plunge into the Marainoth Cave, but they hang like stalactites trona the roof of the great cavern. They stand be- hind with skeleton fingers to push yea abead. They stand before you to throw you back. They run upon you like reckless b,orsetnen. They charge upon you with gleeming spear. They mem to come bap -Lazard, scattering shots from the gun of a carelese sportsman. Hut not so. It is good atm that sten& them just right; for God is the archer. This summer many of you will especially feel your grief as you go to places where once you were etecompanied by those who are gone now, Your troubles will fol- low you to the seashore, and will keep up With the lightning express in which you speed away:. Or, tarrying at tome, they will sit beside you by' day, and whispeg over your pillow night after night. I want to assure you that you hre not lett alone; and that your weeping Is heard in 'heaven, You wilt wander among the hills and gay, "Up Chia bill, last year, our boy climbed with great glee, and waved bis otip froni the top,'" or, "Thiel is the place where our little girl put flow- ers her aair, and leaked tep in her mother's faee," until every drop of e blood in the heart dented with gled. nese, and you thanked God with a w thrill of ,rapture; matt you look i. around, as nut& as to say: "Who dashed out that light / Who filled this cup with. alit Wh t bi t frose tep them: fountaine of the heard" Some of you nave loat your parentS s within the last twelve months. Their w prayers for yOu ate ended. You E take up their picture, and try to tall w baek the kindness that once looked v tett from those old, wrinkled faces, I and evoke in swab! A THBAIIILOUS VOICE; asd you etty it is a good pioture, but 6 all the while you feel that, aften ell It does not do fuetice; and yed would Alva thnovit anything -you would mese t the sea, you would welk the earth d • LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. Lady Randolph Chniehill, who, they ay, is really going to Merry Mr, Corn- eille West, has started a eat craze in nglend. Sbe is the first woman ho has ever been seen driving in her lotoria with a Cat seated beeide her netead of ft dog! She haa several very eautiful Persian and Angora cat8. She rearms them ug with collars and rib - ons and names them after her admir- rs and friends, When she receives elle nvariehly luta one If not more of her pet eats in the room. They etteh have heir own cushions, Which art enibrol- erect agreed as mistress and maid, and Mrs. Neilson's son, a bashful young man, than whom Nancy vowed she never before bad seen any one so exquisitely dressed, drove them home in a buggy. Mrs Neilson took much -pains show- ing Nancy her work next morning, and when this' had been done to the satisfaction of both, she led Nancy to the parlor, arid, sinking into an easy chair, began to read her a homily upon the conduct she expected of all females under her roof. This bash; ful and nice young man, as primly dressed as ever, read a book by the window. Though he glanced at Nanot as she came in, he was either too modest or too much absorbed in the book to raise his eyes a seeohd time. Two virtues ever possessed by Nancy were docility and respectful- ness, but under Mrs. Neilson's lectur- ing tongue she had muoh ado to keep a rebellious spirit that for the first time mewed within her. "For, you know," the good Mrs. Neilson tried to impress upon bee, "you girla come here from these wild mountains have to be taught the proprieties ne- cessary to young women, and which, I fear are sadly left out in your bring- ing up." Nancy flushed. "Your parents, it seems to me, dear, allow you ha grow wild, with the result that you -ctom.e over the mountains in- to our country so hoydenish that It takes much of our time and tree- a blo to civilize you and to teach you Christian -like conduct." Here Nancy i gave her head a most indignant lit- tle, toss, which was quite lost upon t her mentor, who was either so ab- a sorbed with her own discourse tbat w she didn't see it, or else, seeing it, h took it as a matter of course. "And a now, one thing in paeticular r want f th impress on you ss to • warn you (Letting giving our Tommy any en- e couragemnt." Nana looked at Mrs. Neilson In ainazement, "Tommy is s my eldest boy-. and sadly differs t from Alexander here," indicating the b young man who read -and who blush- e ed hi response to the implied compli- b ment-"sadly different. I'm 'lorry to o • Hagb 1 not him! He wouldn't intber- fere with a mouse, I do believe. It's the gay heart, an' the light wan, he has, God bless him!" ' "And so," Alexander said, moving closer up to Nancy, and looking into her blue eyes sympathetically, "and So yeti aro feelipg 'long' and lone- some aSter tome," • . "Aoh, not much -not much 1" she said. in a tone which, being inter- preted, meant -"A. great deal." "Well, now, Nancy, my dear," and he laid a hand gently on her shoulder. "Nancy, my dear, we mast do our best to be kind to you and keep the feel- ing of 'Iong' away from you." Nance was touched by the feeling expression of such real sympathy. She cast down her eyes as she said; "I'm sure I must be forever obliged to ye, sir, -for yer good-heartednese to the stranger." "My dear Nancy," here he sat him on this edge of the churn and looked ecrosa into Nancy's pretty face "don't say stranget. You're not to feel strange here. You're not to make strange with iny one -except, of course, the villain Tommy ; by all means, you must make strange with, that fellow. You Must observe mo- ther's good advice regarding him. But you are not to feel strange with me,' for instance," and he laid a hand ffectionately on Nancy's head,. • "Pm forever obliged," Nancy said, n tbe thankfulness of her heart. "For you know, Nancy," he con- inued, jocosely wagging a forefinger t her, "I shouldn't like a young girl ith such a beautifttl head of hair," ere he stroked it, "and such oyes," nd he gazed into their depths, "te eel stra,nge with me." • A puzzled look overspread Nancy's ountenanoe. "And," Alexander went on, "I hould certainly not like such lips to ell it to me." He wound this up y a playful ottempt to chuck Nan - y under the chin. Nancy, slipping aok, drew herself up in an attitude f indignation. "What!" he said, surprised. "And ha pose of a Greer goddess, by all hat's beautiful!" He stepped W- ard her in admiration and attempted say, tram Alexander. Tommy is a harum-scarum, of whom we never t could make anything, fnr be couldn't t be got to mind his books. Tommy w o lay his arm around her waist. Instantly Nancy's little hand shot will go to the other side of the parish t eater a pretty face, and the only cia- a ye n you is u that I'm positive you won't be with b me twenty-four hours till that boy'a of courting you." With her hands un- a der her apron Nancy dropped a ear - eagle courtesy, and said: "I'm sure I'm very thankful to ye, ma'am." " "Now, mind, yon give that boy no en- ti couragetnetit. My heart's with him," s and she gave a laint sigh; "and, in- m deed, but that I have the comfort and h Consolation of pOsseseing my own wise good Alexander, I think it would be s quite broken long ago. Now, you: s liave got your warning dear." Nancy m dropped a haughty courteay, "and g mind you keep that- boy, at arm's length; for, emphatically, I'll not teal- N orate ray servant girls courting with t vay son." Nancy tossed her head again, nod h tleshed a look at Mrs. Neilson. She N felt that she would like to deliver her- o seit of a piece of her mind, but poor k Naney likewise felt that if she apoke A she would sey eomething hot and a hasty, for yvhich elle would certainle be sorry afterward.. So wisely she R restrained herself. A hot blush oVer- b epread her cheeks, she thanked her g mistress bitthrly, and whieked from w her presence. "Ileighol" Nancy sighed, as she w sicrubbed a big plunge churn in the dairy later on the seine day. fr "Heigh* I" was echoed back, as from a breast weighed with trouble, Nancy, startled, looked nri, and be- w held a rakish, dashing fellow seated on one of the hulk crocks which steed on the table. He Wag laughing heartily at tbe start he had given her, "Hello, Nately!" he told, when lie could, Naney had been more than half in- clined to laugh at first, his counten- ance was so humorous and his manner en °oohing, Rut the. remembered Mrs. Neilson's warning, so she re- plied, tartly I, "/ndeed, an' my name comes. glib to ye, doeSn't it, or not 1" "133 George, It three. Sterne to Me like's as if I'd known you, Nancy, for the teat fift e ra " "Well, the quieker ye get rid &that notice.' the better. 'Who are ye, or what are ye, or what's yer business here," "That'a right now. like that Nancy. That's coming plank down to business at -once. Weil, I'm Tommy. m a arum-searum good-for.nothing at least, so the old woman says, and elle should know, and my businees here is to court you." Nancy flung the ehurn scrubber at him by way of reply to hie auda- city, and Tommy caught it deftir, dismounted from his position, and, MI- proaching Nancy, returned the bruali with a Mock low, then turned to her the batik of hie bent heed, saying: "Perhaps you would like to ease your distreesed mind by puniehing Tommy e" Nano., without any -delay, drevr hIM iteroes the had a smart whaekof p more rapidly than he could have een,prepared for, and with the back it she drew' him. a sounding smack long the mouth, whit% stopped him n mingled amazement and pain. When he got his breath again: Well, upon my soleme word, you ory Nancy, your sweet lips must Dottie what your wicked hand has ado mart," and he made a dash at But Nancy, elittehing at a butter padee termer out, Sind hit him a minding rap squarely on the nose, airing blood spurt and bringing the allant Alexander to a dead stop, He 'clapped both hands to his nose. alley who could not help =Bing hrough' her indignation, still stood at ay watohing the brave fellow nurse is nose, And at that instant Mrs. eilson's voice was heard, just with. ut the door, crying back to the itohen maid directions about dinner. launder threw up his hands in Wm. "NaneYi linen my soul, I'm undotela aridly his eye ran around the dairy, ut few hidingplaces Were there. His lanees fell upon the big churn. He hisped off the lid and jumped In re his head disappeared he aaused, hile he whispered: "Nancy, Nancy, I'm your friend gm this day -if you my nothing." Then the head disappeared and the d was pulled down to its position ithin the Album. Poor Nancy was swayed between ins digestion, amazement and laughter at the ludierous denouncement -and it is more than probable laughter, and right hearty laughter, would have claimed her, ho.d not Mrs. Neilson then coins sailing in "Well, little girt, ate you standing idlef Why aren't you at, work. Don't cotnmence to mope, thinking of home now," afid Mrs. Neilson filleted around the dairy. "You knoW that's not what /ire payine you extravagant wagee for. Beanies, you were nevet quarter so well at home, away in those wild mountains, as what you are here, with plenty to eat, and not too much t do -o 1 , your hands going. What are you working at now f What! And you haven't finished with the churn yeti 0, dear I What are eervant girls use.. fel fete note except tO got in one's way Have you given it the see" ond scalding sett nto; What's this to o 1 hat s Wm to do! Im the kettle boiled,' Here, stand out of my way! Old woman 48 I am, I'm itel good as half a dozen of the sort of girls going now-a.daye. Out of tny why 1 Oult be tny Way! And prey observe bow/scald a churtv--for veuture my word you bent to be taught It. Nue* Dettry Me. it'e rooting) ahd Mra. NelleOtt, let* ting go the kettle ehe had essayed to lift, now proteeted her hand with her apron, and bore off to the churn, the stemming and Melting kettle. She rested it on the rim of the 1 elustat. I "Now, obeerve, girl-e'What1 do Yon, think it is only for your Mints. Meet I do that that yea stem) grin - Mug? Nam drew long * fsce se oho could tosounle. "PbeerVa, you first paso the water round the edge ttair (tAir "4""-"," " I' An unearthly yell Ascended from out the bowelo of the ohnrn, the shot up In the face ot the screaming Mrs. Nelleon, a driPping human head (imbed after, forth jumped a mani and, at a bound, leaping °leer over the prostrate form of his mother, the wise. the studious, the good and bashs ful, and well -scalded Alexander, burst, screaming, through the deer. A SHIAL WONDERLAND. •01•10111• NEW ZEALAND, wfigrtg THE PEOPLE OWN ALL THE GOOD THINGS. •••••••• 11 Is the Talk of the World -Advanced taws let Ilegiarel ia Ruled, Lnibutilr 1/1111 TIMM •••• ‘41 14114k0 111. iele$44111i 1114.4 Ocf111'1'441 Store eloe raersik. tot Ilan tel,-Istws leer Ihe Factory and Wertheim. One result of the present war has been to brines the several colonies of Great Britain into closer intimaoy, and to stimulate their mutual in- terest in eaoh other. It Is safe to eitY that Canadians never before were so intereated in Australia and Austra- lians as they are at the present tiMe, and conversely that Australians were neyer so interested in Canadians. . Of all Britaia's colonies, bowever, none possess the peculiar interest, not only for the soolologist but for the every -day intelligent citizen, that does the little island ef New Zealand. As Xi! Henry D. Leyd expresses it in the .A.tlaritio-eNew Zealand dentocracy is the talk of‘the woeld to -day. It has made itself the policeman and partner of industry to an extent un- known elsewhere. , "New Zealand is the experiment station of advanced legislation. Re- forras that ethers have been only talk- ing about, New Zealand has pet into practice, and it has anticipated the others in some they had not even be- gun to talk about." This colony has in the last few yeatn enacted some of the moat ori- ginal and advanced laws in tbe world in regard to land, labor and takation -legislation which, althou,gh fre- quently denoenced as democratic and semi-sociiilistie, has ereaually, by its success, won popular approval. ,A1 - though it is euite certain, that, in this, its first half -century of colonial existence, New Zealand has had its "downs" as well as its "upsa- the im- pression everywhere is that of a healthy, happy, prosperous and pat- riotio people. ' THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES. A correspondent of the Boston Ev- ening Transcript gives as the. dis- tinguishing features of the present System, the outcome of ideas which have •been gradually coming to• ma- turity for some -years. These Yea - tures involve the ,principle or State ownership of soil, with a perpetual tenancy ill the occupier. with some differences in oetail, is the pre- vailing characteristic of the several systems uhder which land may now be seleoted, end the duration of tbe leases has become so extended as to warrant the name frequently applied, "everlaeting leases.". The land act of 1892 enables any man over seventeen years of age, and any sin- ogrleowwnomaianrdee toon.brioemasee aufse9190e tyoerarosf, subject to eonditions of residence and improVements, and the payment of a rent a four per cent. of the capital value of the land. The,minimuna valu- ation placed on the lend sub' t t valuation is£1. per acre for first class and 5s for pasture -land. Of these tow valuations Mr. Smith saYs "The State does not so much seek to raise a revenue directly there- from as to encourage the occupation of the lands by the people; this se - Cures indirectly an increased revenue, besides other advantages resulting from a numerons rural population," He ;olds: "One of the most striking benefits of this -system is the advant- age it gives to the poor man, who, with little more capital than his strong right arm, is enabled to make a home for himself, which, under the freehold system, he is trequently ue- able to accomplish" VILLAGE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM. In addition to the advantages of- fered by the above system, the land not provides others to meet ehe wants of different °leases. The "village set- tlement system." has become wide - he known. This system was initiated in 1880 with this intention of assist- ing the poorer classes to settle on the land. The features of the system in - chided the possession of a farm not exceeding fifty acres at a rental of five per cent.. on the valuation, Resi- dence and improvement of the soil were colmpulsorys The important point in the 'system -was the advance by the State of a sum not exceeding lOs per Acre up to 20 acres, for the purpose ef enabling the settler tocul- tivate the land, and of a further aum not weeding £20, to build a house, On this ;he also paid his five per cent interest. Roadworke were frequently undertaken in the vicinity of these ssttlements and have been of great help to settlers Owing to the growing scareity of landtt suitable for these village set- tleraents, these advances for clear- ing and house building have prima - fatly ceased, and "improved farm set- tlements" are taking the place a the "village eettlements." In order to find work for the unemployed, large areas of forest lands have been set Made! and small contracts for the clearing, burning and sowing with grails, have been let. The land ts then sub -divided into smelt farms and let on "lease in perpetuity" at a,rental sufficient to cover the cost of clear- ing, eto., together with a fair rental of land. In many instances where funds have advanced the imptovemente 1 d t th h vanoe within 4 short tinte, and hurt- dreds of men who otherwitie must ha.he becorhe paupees, were made into sturdy, honest farmers. "LAND FOR THE PEOPLE." Underlying the Whole land system is the principle, "the land for the peo- ple," and the "land for settleetents eats" has rerntited in the breaking up of immentie estates, and, where the GovernMent haa decided that the pos- session of land for purposes of sub- division Is desirable, this act provides that each lands shall be taken-com- pulaorily if need beneind the amount to be paid the owner shall be decided by a compenfsation court composed of a judge of the SUprente Court and two aseayers, one appoitsted by Govern - meat, the other by the owner of the PrePerty. Up to 1897 but one estate had been et:quire& coMpulaorily, and r ng thaat ehtt.s mince been satisfactoriir ar- Of- the lebor queeticet Sir Hebert &eta says in an artiole the Con- temporary Review: "The Socialistic wave has reached us and has effeeted us. And although we have not any Soolelistie societiee, nor anr COMMutt. Ity eettlements, we appeal to the Gov. ernment WhistieVer a sooial wrong it proved to exist, to redress it. "Is there not eet right," And the re- ply to our query le "IstOthillg." °Ur latter lotWO are a produot of this feel- ing. They have not sprung Int° be. ng Awing the leet ten yeast. They havv grown, el Ws have grown, and are the grocluot of prevaillug senti- ment (to to tbe duty load power of the State to remedy grievancea and to promote general happineso." He adds frankly: "The morp laws we pass, the more we demand,' continuing to ex- plain that the pre6ent law8 are not deemed the late that vvill be needed. INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION ACT. One of these, tbe industrial concina. Gen and arbitration eet, invOlves principle which has met with vigor - tale resistance le some countries, but so far as tried in New Zealand the resale inia seemed to prove the witelom ot this new departure. Under tine act the colony is divided into eistricto let each of welch a board ot concilia- tion composed cot an equal number at workmen and emoloyere can be con- stituted. Over this ts a central tri- be:tat web% poseesaes appellate func- tions, and whose deciaion ia final. Over the Central Arbitration Court presides a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, who la assisted by two assessiors, one chosen by the. employer arid the• other by the workman. The trade untons have power to sue aud are themselves liable to be sued, not only the union funds being attachable, but the individual members are re- itrioneible to the extent of £10 each shoold the common fund fail to cover the liabilities., The penalty of evad- ing the award of tee tribunal is line, ited to £500, It is claimed that since this act was passed tie strike or loch - out hae occurred let the colony. Its passage has proved the realization of the Maori proverb, "Let friends set- tle their disputes as friends." A. factory act, 'pleased in 1894, covers almost every kind of workseop, The legal hours of labor are forty-eight hours a week, and overtime must be pad for at a minimum rate of 8d an hour for either man, woman or child. Now it is provided that in every bor- ough there must be a half-boliday on one working day in each week, and no employe ip perinitted to work in a shop on this half-boliday. No child under twelve rimy be employed in a factory. No• female, or aild under fourteen, may be employed at night. Proper ventilation in working rooms and factories and an interval for meals every' four and a half hours are strictly enforced. There are inspectors galore -in- spectors a shops of stook, of dairies, but when we add' "of rabbits," an un- initiated. person would be likely to consider that an opportunity for quoting Anthony Trollope's assertion: "New Zealand is over -governed, over- legishithd for, oher-provided with of- ficials.' VARIOUS OTHER REGULATIONS. The shipping ace passed in 1895 caus- ed a protest from the Mother Country, for it com:pelled alr shipping masters engaged in New Zealand trade to pay the scale of wages Bawl by arbis tration boards, which is twice as mue,h as seamen usually get.' By this, Bri- tish vessela are practically forced out of the coasting trade. An act :passed in. 1894 provided against the introduction of paupers by making abieowners liable to helm penalties if convicted of landing eith- er demented persons or dependents. One intase of legislation whit& has been widely disoussed is the old age pensioii bill, which bad failed to pass in 1897, but was approved in Septem- ber, 1898, •By this enactment "every person of sixty-five years and ua- ward, of good character, having re- sided twenty-five years. in the. colony and poesessing an income of not more than £84 pavane -tine shall be entitled to a pension of £18 per annum." The' railways, with the exceptioti of one short line near Wellington, are - under • Government control. The coaches are comfortable end the ser- vice gocid, although the hata of speed le apt toe cause impatient esomment. Near Zealand has. been the first of Her Maje.s.ty's colonies to grant te women the right te vote. - — carpenter Shoo Per:stooge. . -TIte Carpenter had pnt down hittcola and gone for bis lencheen. ' "Life me is a perfect bore. . said tbe Auger. • • "I'm a little hoard myself." said the Small Plank. . "There's no art in this connir..," observed the Scrawariver. • "Every. tbinge' screweain my eyes. -- -"Yon don't •stielt at • nnything long . enough to know what you're driving at," interjeeted the Glue. . "That's jest- it.'" said the Screw "He never goes beneath the surface ,way the Jack Plow and I do." . "Tilt i." cried the Be w. "I go tbrough things jusit ae ,111111:11 RR you do. •Life'A etuffed.with :lewdest." • . "Regular • grind," maid the Graid.' gone. "I agree with yen," observed tiu Bench. "It doein't make any difference hew well I do my work. -Pin always slit on." ' • • . . "Let's strike," said the Batmen "That's itt" cried the Anger. ."Yon bit the Vail Ola the head that thee" "I'll bit itagain." retorted the Hutu mar,. and he kept his word, but be hif •the wrong nail. That is why the Car penter now *wears his thumb in a ban. doge, It was his thunsbuttil the Ham mar itruck.-Harper's Bazar The Doctor's t errant. • Wino, the French "Mrs. Partin, ton," does not amuse tio much .by tb. confusion of his WOrds tis by the (pain: 'mess and uninteneed plainness of his o- n:larks. He entered the service ef a vre I known • doctor, who, after Celine 'bed been. baying bay for his horses for *while, rnade up his mind that the hay W""Twboaritiiisiersesr. tpoor hay.that you'v, - been buying," the doctor complained. "But• the horses eat it air." said Matter. it's bad bar.' "Yea, sir," said Ceiba° reepectfully change It. know you are a much better ludas of hay thao the herpes aztin"e day the bell rang, and Celine came to. "A patient has unfired. eft" he re. ported. "An old patient or a tleW mot' *eked the doctor. "New one, of course, sir," said Ca- llao. "The old ones never come back r Calino admired very touch the beau, tiful teeth et a lady among hie master's PataLanittin:' be exclaimed. "Her teeth are as fresh and sound and white at a VOW 11476 Al'atithlvoi'ilal'Ita nether or Postal. • Tho inerustation of precious woods With mother of pearl lir in Hanort, French Tonquin, tut ImPOrtant thlattl, an entire. street -known as the "street of the Ifilayers"-being devoted to 41. Landscapes gleaming in the sum, shears of many colored dowers, the most delicate arabesques- and many other beautiful things are evolved by the deft and pliant fingers of the &M- ater*, with the aid of the plainest and mildest tools only, and marvelous cab. Mete and other articlee are fashioned and put together • without the aid of nails, by dovetailing and lacqUer paste. Was eitereinety money, "Haw, haw, haw," laughed the Eng- Beton:In. "Fnnniest joke ev er heard." "What it it?" eeked the American. "Why, a man got tip 0110 morning coeldn't find his alarm clock, ao he tidked hie Wife what had become of it, and the geld it hatl disappeared at 6 o'elock." 4,1 don't nee anything so my funny b o. ,Ibot th. at ty. 0"11 Why -why -neither tio 1 uove. Thought it was awful hinny *hen 1heatd it too. V-. Oh, yea., now t kno.w. Oho *old It went Off at 6 oteloek, Ha% bow, haw od4*• 440410414110041•1144h4440.11-104-41.11.4 • About the House, fe.04011444Th FROGS' LEGS. Strip the glove -like covering from a frog's hiloal leg, and wbat exquia- itely pure, delicate, rose -tinged, almost traneperent flesh la revealed, the moat beautiful of all meats, save per- hape the breast of a young grouse or quail. The moat fastidious storaaoh certainly could not be oftended at the eight ott melt delicate, opalescent meat. And then the flavor of it when cooked. Take the mast delicious fresh fish and the bre:let of a young chick- en, combine their flame erguilly. and you have the frog's bind legs, the piece de resistance a the epicure's dainty breallast. Racy blend el fieh and fowl -no oth- er description fits it. Once tasted thia food becomee a favorite dish for the most refined palates. Timm isnot the elighteat suggestion of undoleanli- Art rtniglen..1 :1'71 a o t 1. o s to p the appetite of tbe most delicate and • faatidious invalid. . Frogs' legs should be broiled over' stunk fire, quick emough to brown them crisply en the outside, without dryine and charring the inside. Willie, cooking season lightly with a dress- ing of salt, pepper and melted but- ter, and just before serving squeeze a few drops of lernon juice on each morsel. Serve inimediately when cook- ed with buttered 'toast and dreamed. potato. Allow a half dozen at least for meth person. • S.ERVING CANNED VEGETABLES. Toinato Salad.-Rernove the seeds from whole tomatoes. Plaee on Ice. • When very cold fill with shredded wa- ter cress, Adding a Jittle mayonnaise, serve on lettuce leaves. surrounded bY °racked ice. Finely chopped 'celery:my be subatitelea. for the cress. Tomato Shlad.-To one pint can of . ' tornatoes, add a sprig of parsley, a slice of canon, six Stoves and elate and pepieer, cook, covered, twenty mine- utes ; then strain through a fine sieve and return to the stove. Soa,k two tablespoonfuls 'of gelatine. in two ta- blespoonfuls of cold water for hall an hottr ; rub smooth, pour into the hot temato ; remove irom the fire stir smooth and tidd leo tablespoonfuls of . lemon juice. Pour loth a wet mold and - let stand eight hours; cut io ince; lay on a bed of lettuce) leitVeR and serve with mayonnaise. Tomato sauce is excellent served with fried chicken, roast mutton, mutton hash, lobster ohops, oto. Cook one can of tomatoes„ one slice Of onion' . and four cloves fifteen minutes and then rub through a fine strainer. Place two tablespoonfUls• of butter in a frying pan, wben hot add the Same amount of flour, stir constantly un- til -smooth and beown. Add ehe toma- toes, cook live minutes, end season With salt and pepper. Sliced cold lamb if heated in this sauce will farm a tempting dish. Again, ,pouh this nut sauce around toasted bread and serve a poached egg on each ghee: A Ornate dewiest whole may be heated, season- ed with, pepper, salt and 'butter, and seryed. effectively on very hot and pet- febtly made buttered tenet. Stewed tomatoes and cold tongue ara tee ip- gredients in one' ecailop. Crftraed Corn. -Rub one tan of torn , through a colander and coins in a doti- • ble boiler twenty-five minutes. Sea- son With salt, pepper, one tableepoon- -nil el floured butter and one cup of cream, or modify, this stirring in two well beaten eggs. • Coen Soup. -Simmer for twentysfive minuteti a -can of corn in tee) cupfu,ls of boiling water. Rub the core through a sieve.- Add two eupfuls of hot milk to the core and one tablespoionful -of butter' and one of flour ; pepper and . salt. Complete with a garnish of whipped cream, • Corn Omelet. -To three well beat- en eggs, add four tablespoonfuls of rich nailk, pepper and salt, one half butiful of corn chopped fine. Use a very -hot frying pan, brown carefully, roll, serve immediately. . Corn and PotatoeseeMix a cupful of colf d oho,pfped potatoes with one pint • Corn -Fritters.-Mix one level tea- spoonful of baking powder with one- half aupful of flour; add one-half cup- ful of male two cupfuls of cern, grat- ed, two eggs, a tablespoonful of melt. ed butter, pepper and celery salt.• "Drop by spoonfuls into boiling lard." THE CARN.ATION RUST. Concerning this new reit, t which seems to have been imported from Europe in 1891, Prof. B.D. Halstead re- cently said: The conditions are quite different from the open garden, for heat and moisture and a more or less confined air in the greenhouse sup- ply the surroundings tavorable for the growth and spread of the rust. The spray from the hose in watering, for example, is one of the best means of carrying the spores from s diseased to a healthy plant. The wenn-wets that have been made with this disease are somewhat limited, hut they go to show that Pre- ventive measures aro better than at- tempted cures. Veen the fact that the carnation le largely an indoor plant and propagated by cuttings, it goes without saying that the stoat should be healthe from which the cuttings are taken, and no rusted plants should be introduced into a house previously free from rust. One rusted plant under the circumstances of greenhouee growth may be ample to inoculate a wb.ole bed, and this ac- counts tor the sudden outbreak of the rust in houses hundreds or theusande of miles apart. fliNTS SEWIVES. oft-----rfour To glaze pastry, brush over with yolk of egg Nat before putting in the oven. To destroy moss en trees, paint with whitewa, h made of quicklime and wood ashes. Rings set with valuable stone!: sinnzld always be taken oft when washing the hands, for the oonstatit soaping disoolors the gems, and Otto in many mos ioasene there from tbeir setting, To keep a kettle clean put a clean oyster shell or large marble in side. The.% attract all particles of earth: and atone with which the wat- er is impregnated, and thus save the inside of the kettle from beo Ming ceatea with them. A delitious orange drink is ma de as follows' Sr thr lemon into a jug withl two ounces of sugar candy. Pour over this a quart of boiling water' stir at intervals till cold, This vedi took& an excellent oasdrint.k for your children et a small da,dior CARE OF 131tUSIIF,S. The hest way to Olean hair bruehee is with apirits of amnionito as its ef. feet ia immetillee. No rubbing ie re- ottireti, and cold or tepid water ean be used, aS suceessfully WarM. Take a tebWpoonful of ammonia to a quart of water ; dip tbe bristles without wet- ting, pre baelr, and in a moment the grease Is removed.; then rillthe In old water, shake well and dry In the air, tliitleatret, ase,t1Pdotttaz them so thoroughly dean.