“He that is wise, with watchful mind and firm, Calms those wild Fire, so they go fair and straight, Like well trained horses of a charioteer.” —_Edwin Arnold’s “The Secret of Death.”_ * * * * * AMY ALLSTON’S REPORT OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE.—On the 27th of May Janet and I picked our first berries for market, and from that time on we were truly busybodies. We worked early and late, being careful to have dresses short enough not to injure the vines. It was hard work for our bent, weary backs, as it grew warm, but we knew it must be done. Mother, Janet, Will and Pete did good service, and little Cecy cheered us from her wagon under a neighboring tree. In about five weeks the harvest was over, and after taking breath, we counted our gains. DR. Cost of plants (3,630) $11 80 Cost of picking 10 25 ------ Total $22 05 CR. By 1,178 quarts of berries, at an average of 15c. per qt. $176 70 ------- Net profit on one quarter acre $154 65 If we had to pay expenses of plowing, weeding, manure, etc., it would have greatly lessened the profits. On the other hand the season was backward, and the yield was not large, they tell me, in consideration of the fine condition of the plants and the cultivation they received, which was better than we could give a larger plot. At all events we set out half an acre more the August after.—_From Helen Campbell’s “What-to-do Club.”_ [M] Discriminate. A Companion to “Don’t.” A Manual for Guidance in the Use of Correct Words and Phrases in Ordinary Speech. By Critic. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1885. Price, 30 cents. TALK ABOUT BOOKS.