net and his matches and your sevenpence. month or quarter comes for settlement they And both his legs are broken, and the doctor says he'll die; and that's a'.' And then, putting the fourpence on the table, the poor child broke down into great sobs. So I fed the little man, and I went with him to see Sandie. I found that the two little things lived alone, their father and mother being dead. Poor Sandie was lying on a bundle of shavings. He knew me as soon as I came in, and said, 'I got the change, sir, and was coming back; and then the horse knocked me down, and both my legs were broken. And oh, Reuby! little Reuby! I am sure that I am dying, and who will take care of you when I am gone? What will you do, Reuby? Then I took his hand, and said I would always take care of Reuby. He understood me, and had just strength to look up at me as if to thank me; the light went out of his blue eyes. In a moment, are straitened. A family can live respectably on a very moderate income if they always take the cash in hand, and buy where they can buy to the best advantage. Then they will be careful first to get what is necessary. Extra comforts will be had as they can afford them. But it is bad policy to buy on credit. No wise dealer sells so cheaply on credit as for cash. "He lay within the light of God, Like a babe upon the breast, PAY AS YOU GO. [From the New York Observer.] THE best of all rules for successful housekeeping and making both ends of the year meet, is "pay as you go." Beyond all countries in the world, ours is the one in which the credit system is the most used and abused. Pass-books are the bane and pest of domestic economy, a perpetual plague, vexation, and swindle. Abused by servants at the store and the house, disputed constantly by housekeepers and dealers, they are temptations to both parties to do wrong. "I never had that; " "We neglected to enter this;" "I forgot to bring the book;" "Never mind, we 'll make a note of it ;" and so it goes. But the worst of it is that housekeepers are tempted to order what they have not the means to pay for, and when the The table is the place for economy. Good wholesome food costs little compared with unwholesome luxuries. The dress of a family is so much a matter of taste, that it need hardly be said it is just as easy to be respectable in clothing that costs little, as in that which is expensive. To dress according to one's means is the only respectable style. One must have a home, and in every place there are dwellings suited to the ability of the tenant or the purchaser. When the rent, the food, and the clothing are kept within one's income, the margin for benevolence, for luxury, and for pleasure may be measured and used. In these, as in other matters, "Pay as you go." Having made no debts at shops or store, and especially having paid servants, workmen, and workwomen promptly their dues, it is well also to carry out the same punctuality and caution in donations. If you would endow a professorship, and have the means, do so; but do not give your note for it, promising to pay the interest. That is not an endowment, it is a promise to make it such. If your circumstances are changed by the force of events beyond your control, you cannot redeem your promise. We can point to many colleges, seminaries, and other institutions falsely supposed to be endowed, and the basis proved to be promises worth no more than the scrap of paper on which they are written. In all things "Pay as you go." Keep out of debt as you would keep out of prison. Try this plan through the year 1879, and see how well it has worked when you review the subject in the beginning of 1880. MACPHERSON'S BICYCLE. [From the New York Times.] THE Rev. Mr. Macpherson had been for nearly a year the rector of the church in Ishkatawhunky, Iowa, and, together with his young and attractive wife, had won the warm admiration of all but the unmarried ladies of the parish, when he became interested in bicycles Being young and athletic, he soon became an excellent rider, and every afternoon after four o'clock he was accustomed to mount his bicycle in the back yard, to ride swiftly down the carriage path to the street, and thence through the village. As his house was an isolated one, and no curious neighbors were near, Mrs. Macpherson undertook to learn to ride, and in a short time was able to mount with ease and to ride the length of the yard, where her husband would meet her and hold the machine while she dismounted. She greatly enjoyed the sport, and it may possibly have been in order to remove from her the temptation to ride outside of the yard that her husband avoided teaching her to dismount without his help. A fortnight ago Mr. Macpherson bought one of the new Chicago spring-motor velocipedes, without informing his wife of the nature of his purchase. It was delivered at his house while he was absent at the Diocesan Convention, and his wife was filled with admiration of its beauty. She was entirely ignorant that it was in any respect different from other machines, and late in the afternoon she determined to try it. Her husband not being at hand to help her to dismount. she called the cook, and gave her full directions as to how to catch the machine and hold it. Then taking the new machine to the extreme rear of the yard, Mrs. Macpherson sprang into the saddle, and was off at a speed of fifteen miles an hour. It need hardly be said that she was terribly frightened. Scarcely less frightened was the cook as she saw her mistress sweeping down upon her at so terrific a speed. Instead of trying to stop the machine, she screamed wildly and ran out of its path. The gate was open, and Mrs. Macpherson whirled into the street. She would have given worlds to stop the runaway bicycle, but she did not know the secret of the lever, and she did not dare to risk her life by jumping off. In a few minutes she found herself entering the long principal street of Ishkatawhunky, and saw that the inhabitants were flocking to the sidewalk to watch her. She was crimson with horror as she reflected that the machine was strictly designed for riders with trousers, and for a moment she almost made up her mind to throw herself to the ground, regardless of consequences. Fortunately she reflected that the results of a fall would be more startling and extensive even than those entailed by keeping her seat, and so, trying to comfort herself with the reflection that they were real Balbriggan, and unusually tasteful in color and pattern, she rode on. She would gladly have changed places with Mazeppa, who rode through a desert instead of a crowded street, and she envied Lady Godiva, who had induced the people of Coventry to close their window-blinds. The sensation she caused as she rushed through the village and out again upon the prairie, cannot be described, but she knew perfectly well that no possible story that she could devise would be accepted in explanation of the frightful impropriety of which she had been guilty. The runaway bicycle came to a stop ten miles out of Ishkatawhunky, and close to a railway station. Mrs. Macpherson promptly took the train to Milwaukee, where her parents resided, and then telegraphed to her husband. Of course she never returned to Ishkatawhunky, and Mr. Macpherson was requested to resign his parish on the ground that the conduct of his wife was to the last degree scandalous. He has since given up bicycling, but he is under a cloud, and his hopes of usefulness in the Church are ruined. WHEN does a man have to keep his word?— When no one will take it? PRESIDENT FILLMORE'S VISIT TO BOSTON. PRESIDENT FILLMORE visited Boston on the 17th of September, 1851. He was met at Newport by a committee of the Legislature, and at Harrison Square, Dorchester, by a large concourse of people. The arrival was the signal for huzzas, waving of flags, and firing of salutes. Marshall P. Wilder welcomed the President, who made an appropriate response. The Lancers, mounted on fine gray horses, acted as a body-guard to the President, who was accompanied by Alexander H. H. Stuart, Secretary of the Interior, William H. Graham, Secretary of the Navy, and United States Marshal Devens. The procession moved through the principal streets of Dorchester, and the President was everywhere received with cheers, fifteen hundred school children, on Meeting House Hill, giving him a grand ovation. On arriving at the line, on Eustis Street, separating Dorchester from Old Roxbury, Mayor Samuel Walker welcomed the party. The arrival of the procession at the Neck at noon was heralded by a salute by artillery. Henry Wilson, then President of the Senate, introduced the President to Mayor Bigelow, who extended the courtesies of the city. The President then took a seat with Mayor Bigelow in a barouche drawn by six gray horses, driven by James Stearns, of Cambridge. The military escort consisted of two brigades under MajorGeneral Edmands, and the decorations along the route were very fine. On the arrival of the column at the Revere House the demonstration was of an enthusiastic character. Here the President met Daniel Webster and Governor Boutwell. In the afternoon, the presidential party was escorted to the State House by the Independent Cadets of Salem and Boston, the building being packed from top to bottom. Then followed speeches by the President, Mr. Stuart, Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Conrad, Secretary of War, Daniel Webster, and Governor Boutwell. Next in order was a military review on the Common, and a dinner at the Revere House in the evening. The next two days the President and suite took an active part in the festivities attending the railroad and steamship jubilee, including the great dinner in a tent on the Common, when some three thousand five hundred plates were laid. The addresses were from some of the most distinguished men of the land. A grand display of fireworks closed the festivities. — Commonwealth. JOSHUA B. SMITH. THE death of Mr. Joshua B. Smith, the colored caterer, which occurred yesterday [July 5, 1879], will be a surprise to many who did not know how much this gentleman's health had been impaired of late. Mr. Smith was not only among the best-known of Bostonians, but he had become in some sense a historical character, from the fact that he was accepted by Mr. Sumner, Mr. Garrison, and others of the anti-slavery advocates of New England, as the leading representative man of his race in the era that preceded emancipation. Mr. Sumner especially had accorded him a distinction of friendship which long connected his name with that of this philanthropist and statesman. It was plain, from Mr. Smith's appearance, that he was not of unmixed African blood. One account states that he had none, being the son of an Englishman and an Indian woman. He always spoke of himself, however, as of the colored race. He was born in Coatsville, Penn, November 3, 1813, and early attracted the attention of a wealthy Quaker lady, who sent him to the public schools, where he acquired what little education he had as a lad. He came North in 1836, and was the head waiter at the Mount Washington House at South Boston, a hotel on the site of the present Blind Asylum. He subsequently was employed by the family of the late Robert G. Shaw, and it was while serving at Mr. Shaw's table that he first met with Senator Sumner. From this service he went 66 the head of the table as host, made a pretext for sending Caterer Smith out of the room, and as he closed the door behind him said: "Gentlemen, that banquet was gotten up by that man who just left the room, and whatever any man in this room can do, that man is able to do, so far as natural ability goes." He made a good deal of money, but his liberality of disposition prevented his accumulating the fortune that should have been his. He never pressed for payment of debts when what was due him was not promptly forthcoming, and he therefore lost sums which a more exacting man would have secured. He loaned money in several instances to parties who failed to pay, and he was very liberal in his charities to his own race and to others. This has probably caused him to die a comparatively poor man. into the employ of Mr. Thacker, the leading colored caterer of that time. There Mr. Smith exhibited a capacity which led him soon after to begin in business for himself. He was celebrated for his success in preparing dinners and providing for parties. For years he had no rival in Boston in this line. Mr. Smith was possessed of a fine personal presence and had gentlemanly manners. These qualities, combined with a native intelligence, attracted the general attention of those who employed him. Included among them were many men of distinction in literature and in public life. He was more or less noticed by all, and was honored with the friendship of Charles Sumner, of Governor Andrew, and of others who took an interest in his race. In an interesting review of his career and character in the Traveller" we find the following reference to this period of his history: ---- Mr. Smith for many years evinced no desire At the time of the great Railroad Jubilee, to engage in politics as a candidate for office. when the Earl of Elgin, then Governor- In 1872, however, he was elected to the House General of Canada, was present, Mr. Smith of Representatives of the State Legislature especially distinguished himself at the ban- from the city of Cambridge. He served in quet served in his honor. His acquaintance that body three years with credit to himin the practice of his calling naturally came self. He frequently took part in its debates, to include a large number of the great men and became respected and a favorite among of the day. His personal reminiscences were, its members. His defence of Charles Sumner as a consequence, ample and varied. He against the attempts to censure him in the was fond of recalling how, when Daniel Legislature, and his eulogy of Mr. Sumner Webster was receiving, at his home at Marsh-after the death of the latter, are well rememfield, the English minister, Mr. Crampton, the great Expounder sent to him to come down and cater for his illustrious guest. It was just after Webster's famous speech of March 7, 1850, and Mr. Smith, fresh from its perusal, sent a note to Marshfield, saying that he "could not cater for the man who made the 7th of March speech." The Hon. Benjamin R. Curtis once gave a grand dinner to some forty gentlemen, mostly from the South. It was shortly after the Elgin banquet on the Common, already alluded to. One of Mr. Curtis's guests said: "I understand that banquet on the Common was got up by a colored man." At once one of the Southerners remarked contemptuously, "No nigger ever had brains enough to superintend that dinner." Mr. Curtis, who sat at bered. Mr. Smith was a man of generous instincts and large heart. He was intelligent, upright, and conscientious in a rare degree. Personally, he well deserved to be the favorite that he almost universally was. In his business life he evinced talent and executive capacity. No colored man in Boston has had anything like the same number of friends among the white race, or has won distinction approaching his with the public. His loss will be much mourned, and his memory will be respected by a wide circle in society. IN what place does July come before June? - In the dictionary. |