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Memory has been busy with mo to-day. I am in a country village, no matter where. 1 have been standing by a grave in the churchyard—a grave with a white stone upon which is carved, "John Holmes, aged 30"—nothing more. Poor human words would be as dull and lifeless as the stone. I am not the only one who journeys to this country village to strew flowers over that grave. Strong men—men who had seen him die—men who had despised him in life and loved him in his death—turn toward that spot and tearfully offer their tributes to his memory. I had loved him from the time when he was the first to welcome me on joining the regiment and company to which he be lor,ged. I hardly know how to describe John Holmes. He was a kind of contradiction —an unfortunate paradox. He lacked, I think, what is called personal magnetism. There was not a man living who craved affection more than he did—there was not a man living more deserving of it. There could be no one more kind-hearted, more tender, more generous. I had seen the nobility of his nature shine forth in deeds of kindness and self. sacrifice that elevated my ideas of human ity, as it made stronger my friendship for him. He had, too, that gentle forbearance for which we only look in women. Strange humanity, ever trampling what is best among you in the dust ! Upon this noble soul there hung the cloud of men's dislike; undeserved—ever turning darker the cloud upon his life. The first time I met him he said to me, half smilingly, but quite seriously: "You will not like me. None of the boys do. Why should you be an exeep tiou." At the time I remember thinking it his fancy ; but I found his words too true— the men of our company did not like him. His was a sensitive nature—the pale face, quick eye, and a nervous movers ant of the hand to tile lip, showed that. It may have been that the coarse jests and rude manner of the men jarred upon his refined nature. It may have been im possible for him, while mingling with them to be fully of them. I never heard a cotn pkining word frorablaim that wculd have led me to think so. If the men had been asked why they disliked him, they would have answered that they thought him proud, or as they put it, "stuck up." But nothing could have been more unjust. He would have given his ri< , lit arm for their love. As he told me more than once, after he had come to know I understood him, their contempt was cruelest pain to him. I remember even now, with some of the old aching sympathy at my heart, how at times he would come to me, his lips trembling and his cheeks burning from some new slight or fresh insult. We bad become firmest friends. I pitied and loved him. He clung to me in his loneliness, in a strangely pathetic way. We were upon the march together, weary and foot-sore. We fought side by side in battle, men falling de 1 about us. I saw but ever the same graud soul. As I recall now the instances where his suffering was greatest, I remember vividly one particularly. He came, flushed and excited, into the tent where I was writing. He sat down without, for a little while, saying a word. ' At length he said, with that nervous move ment of the band to the lip : "Fred, have I not borne slight and in sult patiently ? Have I been ill-tempered, uncharitable, toward these men ?" "No, John," I answered. "Your for bearance has been wonderful. But why do you ask ? I never saw you even on such occasions as I see this has been, so much disturbed." "Fred, I have tried to be patient. I know my unfortunate nature is to blame, not they. To day, for the first time, I lust control of myself. You know Longatreet has been more insulting than any of the others. A few minutes ago he said some thing to me that even I could not bear.— I forgot my resolution to be patient—for got all else but the sting of the coarse in sult. In a frenzy, I sprang toward him —in my fury, my clenched fist descended upon his face with such force that he fell to the ground. He ceased. Quickly I exclaimed : "John, give me your hand ! You did right—you have been patient too long.— This act will teach those heartless boors a lesson, and can have no worse consequences to you than a night in the guard-house." "Perhaps you are right," he replied— "perhaps you are right, but for all that I am sorry—very sorry—l forgot myself.— If I may ask, to whom are you writing ?" Glad to change the subject, I said, jokingly : "My dear John, I suppose you know what a sweetheart is ?" al R .. . 7 a o 1.1.: 0 co John Holmes blushed like a girl, then a pallor overspread his face that startled me. Mechanically, as though talking to himself, he murmured : "A sweetheart ! Yes, yes! a sweetheart !" HUNTING DON, PA , FRIDAY, AUGUST, 3 1877. Had I tonel - ed rp9n 7:1? chord that vibrated d;se.Jr4ant!: ILA those light words, jestinf,•:y uttil•c:l, Fac t .t this man's heart with memories did not know ? "Fred," he snid, Lave some thing to show you." And drawing fi•om L:s . ..)os-J - _a a minia ture, that I 14:6 heart, he went on : "The rot:I:Inc:: thr licu I lost her." Oh, tho eatluess in : Oh, the bleeding er that r. - oun!:ed 1-..2Jrt Looking upon the picture, I :,aw - a beau tiful face —such a eno as an :.!rtist would give to a glorified :Tirit with :k -tar upon the forehead. "Tell me, John," plur own sake tell me 1" He looked at raa as dflobt, making that same nervous action of his hand to his lips, hesstatc3, :Len sai.l: "I considered for a ultmcnZ, Ted—not because I feared to give you my conficlence, but because I am so fonli3hly weak when I think or speak of her. Bat you won't think the less of mu for Lhat, yk;u, old fellow ?" "Oh, Fred, she v. - zm 1- knew her, a sweet, pensive when I was a boy, and I loved her, rilP-!::.It:.•;s1 woman, when 1 became a man." For a moment, ile 3 rirnme. Ile raised the picture :or, - ;ard his lips, us if to kiss it; then, V.` it' l'aft:ilq. I might con strue the action j - 1%2.1 it down — "I had rk)t dared," be went on, "to whisper to her one word of my secret. I was as painfully conscious then as now of my unlovable nature, which seems to keep affection from me as though I rare a pes tilence. But fate had no pity for me, I must be led on to that hapiness that makes my misery the birder to bear euis hoar." Again that Lervous movement of the band—rain that lifi!tg or C.:O ricture al b. 3St to the s lips. • Commanding 1.11:52'.2, be co - ainued. "One day we were out boating with a pleasure party. 1. ›.7 Feme mischin e.a., while she was standing, the 1 - ,:oat to one side, and she stueih'ed rAid f:,11 into the lake. In a Inoir,-,it I was in the rater; in another, I had n'y r.rts her. "When w. Wen) ;P'_:. , :t}cr, that night, her gratitude Wa9 riu:ir:lTly express.c. that it gave me courage. I z.o.•::!: advantage of it—a mean cAarl.:ige, 13:111; now, though I afterwards tnade what atonement I could. I told her of nky Imre, and she promised to he my wife. "How 11. , olislily hs.ppy I was for a time ! My soul had been reacting ont fi , r human love so long, for.some heart t7int cling to my heart. t! in tllat este:ix dream I forgot a'. else. "Blind fool that 3: v. - v.:, IC. id not see that the g'rl's Lot love, ins mine—that she UBfi PTYy crashing her woman's nature that T dream "But iuv dream was itf;t: to tart. The bitter truth dawriza rae schm. Oh, Fred, Fred I" 1:3 -• with his terrible ethic back upon that heaven Leal:, 73 growing darker with ect.p,i7.!.• I said nothing.. him Chart. When he hail. went on : '•I cannot tell 7ott that wts mine—enough fitraggle between ;ove and duty was lung, duty tri umphed. I did what, as t rzau of honor, I could ery her. Fred this is my titory. Do 2 , -1 wia, - .ler my pain, great enough b:czt.'7, C.od knows, has been adaecl to he thu 11:';! Fou etc me lead this day _ _ IVithout, atiolltrn• Inc time to reply lie A s I f ear cd - ;;(3, j, - ;an I--Mmes spent that inj:ne glianlT:lfpAse. From thattime I 1',..1t 7 f,r him more than ever. He was 110 I,:w ;C: my eyes zierely a suffering friend-1 , -... :t nl , :rtyr. knew the man'3 weneng Lway.— The man's :!•.:'.llt.s stinging, an already broken 1;•21rt. r7rlre 'wirryiug him toward C.:O r; ,1:&:: that end be ? He never uttorA a i a rep:ou!) against those wri.) a' is wi , at it was. He se, we i t , 1 , 21::) , ! his own unfortunate nature. The men of the eernpai:y :c.:er.v he was no coward—he had p- , ) , .%d agan and again upon the bat'ie-1:1 , 1. I wondered that his pltierat (Fd not win them. Oh, sensitive true LeFrts, un loved ! what incense, pc.T.ltned with your patient suEring, do send up to God l_ - The end I knew was was draw ing very near. I:. Tas year tt!e close of the campaign of '64. Oar company has been sent out as ft.iirrit!shers Two patches of woods were oppes'te each other, an open space between. We ccupito,i th e northern wood, the enemy the southcrn. They could sweep that sp.►c.' with bullets, but Cue coaimand ca•.ao re cross it. In the face of the awful fire t'ley (pened on us, we advanced. John Holmcs walkizlg by my side. His face, for hiin was stralg&y free from sadness. I did not unclerstaml then—T do now. Into the darkness oe our lives God some times permits the light of the future to shine. Death, the eniy brightness John Holmes hoped f9r, ras to meet him that day. I need not d. - a , crib , that short march, with so much death .Euot:2ll that the men fe:l so fast, advance was helpless, that !he c4m ,- ..s to re tire back to the Among those who Irouad3d, was a drummer boy—a Llue-eyt.:d, fair-haired lad, whom camp Efe had contaminated. We all loved li;n1, for his frtres:)irit had been like a blessing :tino%g ca much that was evil. When we reached our Tr.,:. , 2:1 of woods our number sad:y J.Jlia Holmes was not by my side. 1 1 ,:r a moment I thought he had been slot; but looking across the field, I saw standing, erect by the side of :be woundA d:nallner-boy. Shame! All saw Lim, nod uad,:r.tood his pur pose, for be stooped and raised the boy in his arm=. I looked around upon the men who saw that sight—faces grown red with shame. Gazing upon that hero, contempt was gone. Deep repentance burned in every face. Not a man among them but would have fallen on his knees now, before John Holmes, fir pardc,n. How eagerly we watched him, as with that weight upm him he struggled toward us. The silence amongst us was like that of dead men. What would be the issue? The enemy were still firing. Great heav en ! a bullet had struck him, and we saw him fall, face downward, on the ground. Slowly, painful;y, he rose again, his pale face grown whiter. Again in his arms he bore the wounded boy. Slowly, feebly, with terrible effort he struggled on. The men were not steel hearted toward him now; it was with difficulty they were re strained from flying to help him. In his weakness, at almost every step— for now blood was flowing from his side he stumbled. How those watching men groaned as he fell again, for ho lay quite still for a time. Bat we saw him rise, and with death upon his face, stagger on. At last it was over. In our midst be laid the bay whose life he had saved, for the sake of the love he might witi. Upon the ground he fell, the ghastly pallor of death upon his face. In a moment my arms were round him, his head upon my shoulder. He motioned to his breast. I understood and took from it the miniature. He kissed it now, but with something of that old fear of being misunderstood up on him, and whispered to me : "I know it is weak, Fred, before all these men, but I loved her so ! Fred," he con tinued, in that same whisper, "you wilt re member and think of me sometimes when I am gone ?" "Oh, John ! noble soul grand heart ! could I ever forget you ?" "Fred, dear Fred, I am dying fast ! Keep this picture in remembrance of me." "I will John. Sacred to your memory. (I wear it now upon my heart.) He was silent for a time, then brighten ing somewhat, in a clear voice, asked : "Is Longstreet here ?" He was. I called him forward, and he knelt by the dying man. "Longstreet," he said, "I struck you once when paasion was my master. Do you for give that blow ?" "Forgive you ! said the weeping soldier. What have I to forgive, brute that I was ? It is I that, on my knees, beg your for giveness !" "Fred," John whispered to me, are all those that came back sale from that dread ful field around me now ?" "Yes, John—yes." "I cannot see, Fred. Close enough to hear me—very close, Fred ?" "Yes, my dear friend." "Boys," he said, his voice clear and bell like for a dying t an—boys, "I know you never liked me. Ido not blame you—l never did. It was my misfortune. But, boys, you see this stream of blood is bear ing my life away. You don't think so hard of me now that I am dying, do you boys." Tell me that you don't think so hardly of me!" The last sentence was uttered feebly, and with great effort. No word, the repentant, sorrowing man uttered, but he heard the answer in their sobs, and knew, although he could not see, their tears were falling fast. Upon his face there came a smile, as though an angel's wing had touched it. He tried to answer them, but in vain.— Death was very, very near. Upon his fea tures the light of eternal life shone; He lifted the picture of his lost love, pressing it to his lips, as he waited for the coming of a new found love. The light upon his face went out. In that last kiss the noble heart had ceased to beat—the martyr had flown to his glorification. Lothiug to I* - zself. he (*elect Visa Hang. The power of a wife, fur good or evil, is irresistible. Without one, home must be forever unknown. A good wife is to a man wisdom, strength and courage : a bad one is confusion, weakness and despair. No condition is hopeless to a man where the wife possesses firmness, decision and economy. There is no outward propriety which can counteract indolence, extrava gance and folly at home. No spirit can long endure bad influence. Man is strong, but his heart is not adamant. He delights in enteaprise and action but to sustain him he needs a tranquil mind; especially if he is an intelligent man, with a whole head, he needs a moral force in the conflict of life. To recover his composure, home must be a place of peace and comfort. There his soul renews its strength, and goes forth in fresh vigor to meet the labor and troubles of life. But if at home he finds no rest, and is there met with bad temper, sullenness, jealousy and gloom, or assailed with complaints and censure, hope vanishes, and he sinks into despair. Such is the ease with too many who might seem to have no conflict or trials of life. It having come to the United States of ficials at this point that Big English, the boot-black had a handful of lead niekles in his possession, the boy was recently inter viewed on the subject : "Yes; I've got nineteen bad nickles in my trowsers pocket," was the prompt reply. "And what are you doing with them ?" "Holding right on to 'eni: You needn't think you've got a case against me, for you havn't." "How did you get those bad pieces ?" "Rich man who shall be nameless—black his boots every morning—hands me out a lead nickle—thinks he's got a soft thing on me, but I'm layn' for him." "How ?" "Why, be's got a daughter about my age I'll be thinking of marrying in two or three years more, and I'll shoulder a bag of nickles, walk into the parlor and gently say : Mister man I love tby fair daughter and I demand her hand in marriage—be• hold the proofs of your vile perfidity, and come up to the rack or go to the jug ? You just keep still and let him shower out his bogus coins. I ain't handsome, but I'm a terror to plan !" One of the most essential things in all love affairs is entire and perfect frankness, Both parties should be frank—true to themselves and truthful to each other. How many uceasy, troubled, and anxious minds, how many breaking and broken hearts there are to day, in which content and happiness might have reigned supreme but for want of frankness ! Repentance inevitably comes for all these things, but it often comes too late, and only when the evil produced is incurable. In love as in everthing else truth is the strongest of all things, and frankness is but another name for truth. Then always be frank. Avoid misunderstandings ; give no reason or oc casion for them. There are more easily shunned than cured; they leave scars upon the heart. You are less likely to be deceived yourself when you never deceive others. Franknees is like the light of a ilear day in which everything may be plainly perceivz,l. A Wife's Power. Laying for Him. Frankness in Love. Tracks and Trails. One of the remarkable features of un civilized life is the power savages show of tracing men and beasts over immense dis tances. Many travelers have spoken of this as something alamet miraculous, yet it is only the result of careful observation of certain well known signs ; and we have here before us a collection of very common sense hints on the subject. In countries like ours every trace of foot-print or wheel track on roads and paths is soon obliterated or hopelessly confused ; but it is otherwise in the wilderness, where neither man nor beast can conceal his track. In Kaffirlund, when cattle are stolen, if their foot-prints are traced to a village, the headman is held responsible for them, unless he can show the same track going out. A wagon-track in a new country is practically inaellible. "More especially," say our authors, "is this the case if a fire sweeps over the plain immediately after, or if the wagon passes during or after a prairie fire. We have known a fellow-traveller recognize in this manner the tracks his wagon had made seven years before, the lines of charred stumps crushed short down, re_ -fining to indicate the passage of the wheels, though all other impressions had been obliterated by the rank annual growth of grass fully twelve feet high." Sometimes the origi nal soil being disturbed, a new vegetation will spring up along the wagon track, and thus mark out the road for miles. Even on hard rock a man's bare foot will leave the dust caked together by prespiration, so that a practiced eye will see it; and even if there is no track, a stone will be disturbed here and there, the side of the pebble which has long lain next the ground, be ing turned up. If it is still damp, the man or beast that turned it has passed very re cently. If a shower of rain has fallen, the track will tell whether it was made before, during, or after the shower ; similar indi cations can be obtained from the dew; and another indication of the time that has elapsed since 'a man passed by, is furnished by the state of the crushed grass, which will be more or less withered as the time is longer or shorter. Other indications are drawn from the direction in which the grass lies; this tells how the wind was blowing at the time the grass was erushed; and by noting previous changes of the wind, one learns the time at which each part of the track was made. Much, too, can be learned from the form of the foot print. Savages generally turn their toes in, in walking ; white men turn theirs out. A moccasin print with the toes turned out would indicate that a white man in Indian walking-gear had gone by; and almost ev ery foot has a print of its own, which ena ble an experienced tracker to follow a sing le track among a dozen others. Sitnilariy the character of the print will tell wheth er the man who made it walked freely or was led by others; whether he was in a hurry or travelling slowly ; whether he carried a burden, and if lie were sober or tipsy. A horse-track is equally well mark ed. It tells when the horse ealloped, where he walked, when he stopped to feed or drink; and a scattering of sand and grav el will tell when he was startled by any strange sight. In all this, two things are needed—sharp sight and careful training. The elephant often makes a very curious track as be walks ; if he suspects danger, be scents the ground with the tip of his trunk, and this makes a well-marked ser pentine line in the dust.. Elephants have changed their tactics since rifle-pits were introduced. Formerly, when their chief danger was a pitfall, the leader of the herd felt the ground inch by inch ; and if he detected the covering of a trap, tore it off and left it open. Now they reiy much more on scent, and in'this way, often from a greater distance, detect the hunter lurk ing near their drinking places. If so, they will sometimes travel fifty or a - huudred miles to another stream or pool. Health and Godliness. The truth that man is half animal has too often been ignored by divines and moralists. The health which is dependent upon a good digestion has much more to do with a man's piety than has generally been supposed. Every minister of the Gospel has to grapple with cases of con science which baffle all ordinary spiritual treatment, and which turn out at last to be simply cases of physical disorder whose remedy is in the pharmacopeia, or more frequently in the larder or cook-book.— Constitutional, hereditary, and occasional diseases are constantly at work, modifying men's opinions, feelings, and practices.— Dr. Mason, used to say that the grace that would make John look like an angel would be only just enough. to keep Peter from knocking a man down. If the house of this tabernacle be shattered, and in con stant need of props and repairs, its sym pathetic tenant is apt to be like its crazy dwellingplace. There are only two bad things in this world, said Hannah Moore —sin and bile. Was she ignorant that a large part of the sin springs from bile ? The doctrine that health has a great deal to do with godliness may not be very flattering to our pride; but we must ac cept our natures, as the transcendtalist did "the universe," and, accepting them, we must bow to the plain tact that a Judder reaching to Heaven must, if we are to climb it, have its feet upon the ground, and that to reach to the highest degree of spiritual excellence we must begin with physical and mental soundness It is an indubitable truth that a man not only reasons better, but loves more warmly, gives more generously, and prays more fervently when well than when ill. A man of unquestionable piety once said that he could not worship God until he had eaten his breakfast. It is equally true that a man who is well fed, clothed and housed is a more amiable being than one who lacks the comforts of life. A man before dinner may talk scandal or write seething criticism ; may crawl like a horse fly over the character or the writings of a neighbor; but after he has well eaten and drunken the thing is an impossibility.— There is something in a generous meal that exercises the devils of disparagement and calumny, and substitutes therefor the spirits of good fellowship and philanthropy. It may be doubted whether half of the suicides, murders, heresies, false philoso phies and apostasies that have stained the annals of our race have not had their origin remotely in a disordered stomach. Voltaire affirms that the massacre of St. Bartholomew was primarily due to the utter incapacity of the King to digest his food. Had Josephine been a good cook, perhaps history might have been spared one of its saddest scandals. It is not the "fat, sleek-headed man," but the "lean and hungry Cassius" that is dangerous.— Hours with Men and Books. A blonde shouldn't wear yellow, except in the faintest tints. The Treasure of Nam. A PRODIGIOUS FUND WHICH TURKEY HAS TO DRAW UPON FOR WAR EXPENSES. Mr. Th.:lap:LC—le, Ch.ne d'Affaires of the United SZattA at 'Vienna, furnishes to the Departmeat of State the following interesting ilifirmation c.:Jaceitting a cer tain remarkable war resource (.1 Turkey, the so-called "Treasure 6f islaal." The Sheik Islam I.]a recatly sent a delegation cf ti:: law to the Sherif of 3Leca, a direct d2sceudent of the Prophet, for the purpf.se of demanding funds to be applied in dei'ense of the Islam faith. It is custc.tuary, ca th(!se solemn occasions, for the Sherif to Ls.et.able the College of the Eizrs, charfr.l with the town, of the Prophet's toS, which will decide upon tie :. , .pproprlate suet to be furnished to the StilLan from the treasure of Liam ie crder t aid hlui ia the war against ltus6ia. ais tze::sure. is formed from.thor.e of which tt:•:! the K.,.▪ sl)ail of Mecca. waich serve as offertory :e witLla the court Ur the 31u. 1 i:... . - ....ut. - yp - 2tki - La daily ezt - ss ▪ Cir. , J,Ci.,..;„ which COlizi:,.lt:xt by the lic.o'.'lV.l elements of the merit of ti_', ; . iLt•fit.uage :snich every l'Aussultna:i ,t•L ',.aast once in t ti::.., of the prophet. 17- en:. -3 hun dred thoutia , i , i pilgv'r.:i c•:ni tv :.lecca, who sojourn thou. a in .:Hi, consequently a Ellin of three million cr.,ncs are annually received in thc,i‘e ~ITerrory chests. Every. pilgrim deposits i•n jict off:n-ing, vary ing in arno , .int a•Torein'g to his means, but which on the a•. - erage tea, he estimated as equivalent. to Eve frzne,, at.l2ns::. for every day. Com-iiering Cl:a there arl rich Mussultuans, wbos , " offerings attan even the amount of 100,000 francs .2n-:ing their pilgrimage, it res , dts hereby that, the ziherif rec:?ivad the average the value. o':15,00.1;,0 es in annuai ofieriag. • One ot . 7LIS epaned during Cie Gerie.i Russo-Terkish war in 18'A. Several urge sums were withdrawn, but it was afterward aga'.o closed. second chest was op mied in 18A, during the Cr'.lncan war, 1-•ut, til.3 third has not been ont , ned since 1435, during .t pe rio'i of now 4'32 years. ;n;::-.:nueh as the annual concourse of pilgrims has raraly fallen below one hundred thousand, it is eonjectured that, with rnor,t liberal allow. ance, the aecutuu:ations of ianTley :n the last named offertory chest e ;:lnot be less that $250,000,000, anr.. 4 . it is fully believed that the total amount o-..:C.2e treasure of Is lam will excecd ;jai';, :00,000 francs, and even atta:n a n:-.lch C?:' -j. WIIAr 808 INCrir. , ••:i.r. SAID IN I S LEC- - TUE': 11 The children c: My heart bleeds when I thin!c. ; the children simply e:nered by a rag; the children of famine and el vtalv...ion ; the children of drunkenness vi.f!dren crime ; flotsam and jet,,ain upon the will, rude sea of life; the chi hirea alleye; the children that crouch in :he corners when they hear the unste;ady Step el t drunken brti;:e of a father; i:•. 7e 'babes with drinking rhothers ; ILa too, of the rich, th:.t no ii .- ,ert . —these .ittle children ti.i.Lara ate trampled upon, tiiat air) . pity triern nil from hot: , Jur What right have you LO I wry 1 . 1.)r rLe tams who CaEillt.q; ;..",1,7,11 force. Think say ill.: chilLen is the in,.;thE.: of is the fath er of •;7173 is as much larger thz.o, alt i .Lai a :ive year old child shouid 7.:u with a plate in his : that piate i" You would ) ; would knock t‘... , 5,, , ..11‘.;.; swear you nevcr saw tLr f =s.mtekuil when you gut it. 'Think of a uten;...cr t:.:; EscLange whipping one u.; ;be ch!;,iren 1-wevari eating. Tiiink Lc , iti:;;; 'Z.a own flesh and bloodevai.ng the truth. Think of a dualer h steaks -iunishing his child for setting afloat fahe reports. What an incoLsisteu.v : mink cf If you. should hereaftor wi;i2 your wish you would have a p - n,iogrnpi , . t:.:ken when you are doiog, with !.:‘:•orc: - : corrugated with anger, cheeks red with wrath, and the little child shrinking, treiubfog, beg ging, crunc:lairy,;. If should hap pen to die, wouldn't it be sweet in the Autumn, when tun uople leaves are turn ink to gold, at::: when the scarlet vine runs like a sad regret out of the earth— wouldn't it be (ielightrui to go and sit on the wound that covered tile flesh you had beaten, and look at the photograph of yourself in the act of I.eating that child? Now think of it; if ail I Pay to night will SON:: one bl"w front the tender flesh of iofaney, I am more than paid. I have known men to drive their own children from their doors, and then get down on their Ine'. - !e- and air God to watch over thou. will never ask God to do a favor to a child of mine I can do it, never. Another tia c : : There is nothing in this world like bed:lg honest with these children. Do not pretend you are perfec tion ; you not; aild 1 any of them hap. pens to teli a-st D r . -,, do i:ot on as if the whole w0r1..1 was :0 ;Aust. Tell them honestly you 14LvL , t.) Id thoui,an:ls of them. A Bull.!ca:ng Be-Dog. An Omaha livery atable keeper owned a fine lot of coach•dogs. The dogs are white, with black spots all over them, and are noted for their docile, not to say cowardly, dispositions. The dogs belonging to the livery-stable keeper were beset on all oc casions by other dogs in the street, and, as they were meek in spirit, were as easily overcome as a lot of sheep. The livery stable keeper stood it as long OS he could, when, one day, he found a large white bull-dog, and it immediately occurred to him what to do. He bought that dog, taok him to the stable, and there kept him until he got thoroughly acquainted with the coach•dogs. The bull dog was then sent to the barber's shop and black spots were neatly painted or dyed all over him, so that be looked like a veritable coach dog with a somewhat short nose and elong ated lower jaw. The nest time the carriage was sent oat, this model coach dog went along, and the street dogs "went for him," thinking they would have their usual sport and victory; but in this they were mis taken. The bull-dog raced them a good deal more than half way ; and he made the hair and bark fly terribly. Since that time, the coach-dogs have been left alone.— Dubuquo Times. Be Agreeable. "Make yourself agreeable to every nue " I know that seems a hard precept to cArri into practice. If we cannot please erz:,7 one, is that any reason for us not to try to see how many we can please ? A eiLle.r• ful disposition will go a great way toward rendering one's self a desirable comp-.mien. A merry heart will carry snns'aiLe into many a dark and desolate home. A kiud act done willingly, and not grudgia;:ly. will help many in need of aid. \The; we go visiting these who are poor Sand in need of help ; I don't believe in putting on a doleful face and talking abo'it resignation, and making them have :ho dumps ten times worse. I believe in help ing to mend their clothes and tidying nip their place a bit, for I don't believe t;:a► poor• folks love dirt any better than the rich do, and they don't have so much t:me to attend to these household duties. You'l• find more of a welcome if you briog than if you deluge them with tracts. L. isn't. s 3 hard to preach about beariag ouet , burden's bravely and submitting to a er power after we have just r;,.en f.t.u3 a hearty dinner, but it's not by liztoti Cu it on an ewpty stomach, at..l wouldn't blame any one fur yamaine, r:••, geing to sleep over scup a homily. We often leave off endeavoring to n • agreeable because we think we ~ :an little in that way that it isn't worth trying. That's folly. You'll be just agreeable if' you wound some yarn, •:ii,• up somebody's "footings," or rock—, .'l,• cradle for some tired, weary motile , 11 we were to neglect these trifles how little there would be done in this werli Why cannot storekeepers be more a..,7ree able to those they employ ? IC I wcr. 4...3 pendent on this sort ofa work for a I'd want to feel that I had a frienJ •ny employer, and not that he only ttiou,:!it as much of me as he did of one of 1;': signs. I grant you that these storeke:T. ers are agreeable to their custom.l-s, cause it is to their interest to be ; Ce,y are extremely urgent, they—the C:111t.0111 era—should have a soft seat, but th , s • storekeepers compel their women h:*. ,land long and weary hours behinu coo : tern, and do not allow them to sit at z:!; during work hours. Such task-mnster, cannot be agreeable personages, and tlicii society is not such as I would psi court. You say you wouldn't submit to sneh treatment. I should not want to. a;:d I don't believe that the female clerks are of a different opinion ; but we are somet•mes compelled to do things we do not wi , h to, even though this is a free country. Sony.; of these girls would be thrown out of eat ployment, and that often means a lot than pan or I would care to hav2. ir they refuse to obey rules. I pity girls, bat I blame their employers for Ifizi;:- ing such arbitrary orders, and for bei:,g bugbears when they might be agreeslie human beings. If you chance to be a school-tem:ll<r, you might as well be an agreeable as a dis• agreeable one. You might make your pupils love and not hate you. Kindn...s• will win you more friends than sever: 5. Let your scholars deem you a frieni as.l not an enemy. Take an interest in theta and in their lessons—praise and encourag.• more than scold and depress. A great. many teachers fail because they disliae youngsters. I wouldn't engage sucli par sons for teachers, because I know their heart cannot be in their work. There is another reason that preceptors fail, ac d make their school-room more like prison houses; they carry so little sunsliine :nta them that they crush out all ambition tbo children may have to learn. Give children au agreeable teacher, and one who has sunny disposition, and they will tarn cur better and brighter scholars. But you youngsters have a cross, diaagrcelibl-:: and storm-cloud of an instructor, and tvich youngsters will grow into sour and dia. contented individuals. Let your situation be what it whether master or man, mistress or re.ti.l, high or low, rich or poor, you can na11,.; yourself as many friends by being agres'a We as by being otherwise. Cheerfulness cures the blues; kindness takes away ;0:1 the pangs of suffering; sympathy relieves the disappointed, and good nature banis'ac3 trouble. Don't put on airs because pia happen to possess a little money; it on'r makes you appear ridiculous, and you don t gain any more friends by this assump:ic, of pride and arrogance. One doesn't Ulu to be laughed at, but you will certainly h-.• so if you do not cast aside your fo, 1;s11 pride. Do what you oan to aid your fel. low n,an and be agreeable to all. Night Sounds. Every one has noticed how many singu lar sounds are heard at night—noises ap. parently unexplainable, and coosequen:,:. , mysterious. Many a ghost story %a: sprung up from au unaccountable noise , many a person been terrified beyond meas ure by an unexpected sound at midnight. Sir David Brewster gives an excel'ent ne count of a mysterious night sound which would have frightened many persons, hnt which proved innocently harmless when tested by a steady observer. A gentletbao heard a strange sound every night so - after getting into bed, his wife beard also, but not at the time she retired, a 1 t tle earlier than he. No probable c terse could be assigned, and the effect upon the imagination became rather unpleasant Ile found sometime afterward that the sound came from a wardrobe which szkud ne r the head of his bed. He almost a: eC yh opened and closed this wardrobe who!, ni dressing, but as the door was a little tigi:' he could not quite close it. The door pc,. sihly affected by gradual changes of Leal perature, forced itself open with a sort f dull sound, which was over in an inetnnt. From the lady not being in the habit using that wardrobe, the mystery becarn , associated with her husband only. Ea.l they given way to imagination and never investigated the affair, another haunted house would have been added to the : og row already standing. Japanese Toilets. The toilet of a Japanese dal...s--1 is a matter of no light consideration, and L . I.e in good time for the fair she must. he u; and dressing long before the sun rises from behind the great sacred mountain, Fuji. The long, coarse tresses of raven•Litc: hair must be washed, combed, and grcatit till the head shines like a knob of pc,:isb a black marble ; the cheeks must to the proper tint ; the throat, nerd, 1'9 , 1 bosom powdered carefully leaving el . on the nape of the neck three iincs of t. - .e original brows skin of the owner, itt accor dance with the rules of Japanese cosmetic art; the eyebrows must be carefully rouni!. ed and touched with black; the lips red• dened with cherry put*, with a patch of gilding in the centre. NO. 30.
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