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NOTICES OF THE PRESS. lIARPER'S BAZAR. 1879. ILLUSTRATED. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. THE NEW YORK FOR TEN CENTS. AND SEND THE NEW YORK HUNTINGDON, PA„ FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1878. Ely Vllso' Nobtr. An Old Man's Idyl. BY RICHARD REALF, By the waters of Life we sat together, Hand in hand, in the golden days Of the beautiful early summer weather, When hours were 2inthu ms and speech was praise; When the heart kept time to the carol of birds. And the birds kept tune to the songs that ran Through shimmer of flowers on grassy swards, And trees with voices .2E.)lian. By'the rivers of Life we walked together, I and my darling, unafraid; And lighter than any linnet's feather The burdens of being on us weighed ; And Love's sweet miracles o'er us threw Mantles of joy outlasting Time ; And up from the rosy morrows grew A sound that seemed like a marriage chime. In the gardens of Life we roamed together; And the luscious apples were ripe anti red, And the. languid lilac and honeyeu heather Swooned with the fragrance which they shed. And under the trees the Angels walked, And up in the air a sense of wings Awed us sacredly while we talked Softly in tender coininunings. In the meadows of Life we strayed together, Watching the waving harvests grow; And under the benison of the Father Our hearts like the lambs skipped to and fro And the cowslips, hearing our low replies, Broidered fairer the emerald banks ; And glad tears shown in the daisies' eyes, And the timid violet glistened thanks. Who was with us, and what was round us, Neither myself nor darling guessed ; Only we knew that something crowned us Out from the heavens with crowns of rest. Only we knew that something bright Lingered lovingly where we stood, Clothed with the incandescent light Of something higher than humanhood. 0 the riches Love cloth inherit ! Ah the alchemy which doth change Dross of body and dregs of spirit Into sanctities rare and strange! My flesh is feeble, and dry, and old, My darling's beautiful hair is gray ; But our elixir and precious gold Laugh at the footsteps of decay. Harms of the world have come upon us, Cups of sorrow we yet shall drain ; But we have a secret which cloth show us Wonderful rainbows through the rain ; And we hear the tread of the years go by, And the sun is setting behind the hills ; But my darling does not fear to die, And I am happy in what God wiis. So we sit by our household fires together, Dreaming the dreams of long ago, Then it was balmy summer weather, And now the valleys are laid in snow, Icicles hang from the slippery caves, The wind grows cold—it is growing late. Well, well—we have gathered all our sheaves, I and my darling—and we wait. Ely torcil—Erlitr. THE MARKED ARM. A SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE. Click ! In the dead of the night a sharp sound awakened Mrs. Ilalifont. The room was dark. Not even a gleam of moon or starlight fell through the curtains of the windows. It was a very strange sound in• deed, but she saw nothing, heard nothing more. She sat up, leaning on her dimpled left elbow, and put out her right hand and touched her husband's sho'alder. Ile lay upon his pillow sound ashep., and did not waken at her touch. "It must have been% dream," said Mrs. Halifont; and her young head—she was only the bride of a year—nestled down again closer to her husband's arm, and she slept again. Click ! This time the sound did not arouse Mrs. Halifont. It was her husband who awa kened. He dil not pause to listen, but grasped the revolver beneath his pillow and jumped out of bed at once. In an al cove in the next room stood a safe which contained money and valuables It was not one of the wonderful new safes which defy fire and burglars, but an oid one that had been in the family a long while. Mr. Halifont knew on the instant that some one was opening this safe. A man of courage, a man who never hesitated in the face of danger—one, too, who had a warm regard for his worldly possessions, 11r. Halifont strode at once into the room where he knew housebreak ers were at work, and running in the dark against a powerful man, tackled him at once. The light of a lantern flashed across the' room. There were two more men. Three against one. _ . The sound of blows, struggling, and the. reports of a pistol, aroused the young wife once more. Amidst her terror she had the good sense to light the gas. It shone upon a spectacle of horror. Her husband, weltering in his blood, wrestling with a gigantic man, whose features were con cealed by a mask of black crape ; a man, the upper part of whose person was clothed only in a knitted woolen shirt, of' some dark color, with sleeves that left his great arms bare. On the right one, the one which clutched Mr. Halifont's throat, was a red mark or brand, a scar, a birth mark. It would have been impossible for Mrs. Halifont, even in a calmer moment, to tell what it was; but it indelibly impressed it self upon her mind, as she bravely cast herself into the struggle, and fought with all her might to drag the horrible hand from her husband's throat, screaming all the while for aid. A blow, a kick would have silenced her. The burglar must have known that, but they are very bad men who could use violence toward a woman to save their own lives. This man could not. His compan ions had flown with their booty; help might have arrived at any moment. With a great effort he wrenched himself from the clutch of his victim, and let go his throat and sped away. It was not too soon. Assistance arrived, now that it was too late, but Mr. Halifont did not live to tell the story. He was mortally wounded. His young wife watched by his bedside until he breathed his last, then dropped beside it senseless. For weeks she raved in wild delirium of the murderous hand, of the great muscu lar arm with the•scar upon it, and called upon them all to save her husband's life; but she was young, and had a fine consti tution. After a while her health returned, and, at last, her wind regained its equi pose. . . . She removed from the city and took up her abode in a lonely country place, with a favorite sister for her companion. She had resolved, as all widows who have loved their husbands do at first, to remain a wid ow forever. And indeed, though many men would gladly have tempted one so young, beautiful, and wealthy to change her mind on this point, she seemed to care less for any one of them than fbr the kit ten which purred upon her knee, or the black-and-tan terrier which ran by her side along the garden paths. She was nineteen when her husband was murdered ; at thir ty-two she was still true to his memory. Is any one forever utterly true to anoth er's memory out of romance—any one who does not die young ; I fear not. In this, the lapsing summer of the woman's life, when she pretended to believe that autumn had actually come, temptation to incon stancy assailed her. For many years a fine house upon the neighboring estate had been empty, but now there came to take possession of it a gentleman not yet forty. A widower with plenty of money and no children; a handsome man, well built and stalwart, with magnificent black hair, and eyes that were like black diamonds; Span ish eyes; indeed, he called himself a Span iard, and his speech betrayed a foreign ac cent. The dark eyes and the blue ones met, a few neighborly words exchanged, a call followed soon. Mrs. Halifont felt a new emotion creeping into her heart. She felt pleased and flattered by this stranger's ad miration. Then she knew she was loved, and rejoiced, and so discovered that she herself was loved again. At first she was angry with herself; then she wept over her inconstancy, but at last she yielded utterly. After all it was the love that made her untrue Since she had loved, she could never pride herself on be ing faithful again, and so she listened to the sweet words that, despite herself, made her happy, and promised to marry Colonel Humphries. When a widow does marry a second time she generally contrives to make a fool of herself. Mrs. Halifont bad certainly not done as foolishly as some widows do. She had neither chosen a little boy, nor a title 1 Italian without money enough to keep him self in maccaroni. Her future husband was older than herself, and too rich to be suspected of any intention of being a for tune hunter; but after all, no one knew him. He came into the neighborhood with out letters of introduction to any one, and whether he got his fortune by trade or came to it by inheritance, remained a mys tery. There were those who shrugged their shoulders and declared that Mrs. Halifunt would regret not having chosen some one of whom more was known—some retired tnerchant,sowe gentleman of fortune, whose father had been known to her friends. Nothing, to be sure, could be said against this Spaniard or Cuban with the English name; but who knew anything in his fa vor ? However, no ono said this to Mrs. Hal ifont, and if any one had, words never changed a woman's fancy yet. Mrs. Hal ifontbelieved in Col. Humphries, and she meant to marry him-. Indeed, the trousseau was prepared, the wedding-day fixed, all was ready, and Ida Halifont believed herself to be a very hap py woman. She once more built castles in the air. Her old sorrow seemed to fade away in the distance. She was a girl again. At last only twenty-four hours lay be tween her and her wedding day. She was busy in hersewing room on this last day, finishing some ruffles in lace and ribbon, and singing softly to herself, when suddenly the house was filled with cries. An old man-servant, while cutting the grass upon the lawn, had wounded him self seriously. The doctor was sent for at once, but was not at home, and mean while poor Zebedee was bleeding to death. Suddenly Ida Halifunt remembered that Mr. Humphries had said that he under stood wounds as well as though he had been bred a surgeon. 'Without this it would have been natural for her 4o call upon one who was so soon to be her pro tector, in a moment of anxiety. She would call him herself, that there might be no delay ; aud, seizing her garden hat, she ran along a little path that led from her ground to that of Mr. Humphries, climb ing a low fence, to save time which would have been lost in reaching a gate, and so gained the rear of the dwelling, of which to-morrow she would be mistress. She thought herself terrified and dis• tressed. She felt rather injured in that such an unpleasant thing as the wounding of poor Zebedee should have happened ou the eve of her wedding-day. Ten minutes after she thought of herself at that mo went as utterly at ease—wondrously hap py—fur as she reached those windows and peeped half timidly through the curtains a thing happened that made all she had ever suffered appear as nothing. The room, the window of which she had approached, was one that opened out of a conservatory. She saw Colonel Humphries busy with some rare plants be had just set out to the warm sunshine that fell through the glass. He had taken off his coat, and rolled up his sleeves. Now he left the conservatory, and coming forward, proceed ed to wash his hands in a basin of water set ready for him He was close to Ida Halifont. He did not see her, but she could have reached out her hand and touch• ed him. Why did she not speak and call him by name ? Why did she sink down upon her hands and tremble like an aspen leaf r Alas ! the awful reason was this : Upon that arm to which she was about to give the right to clasp her in tenderest embrace she saw a terrible mark—a mark she had seen before. She knew its shape, size, and color. Her eyes had been riveted upon it as the sinewy hand, at the wrist of which it ended, grasped her dying hus band's throat. She had learnt it off by heart; she could not be deceived. Though years had rolled away, the horrible marked arm was not to be forgotten or mistaken for any other. Suddenly Colonel Humphries felt him self grasped by a hand that, small as it was, had the fierce clutch of a tiger's claw. The fingers closed over that red mark—a white face came close to big. "You are my husband's murderer !" hissed a voice in his ear. Then the two stood staring at each oth er. lie made no denial. Ile only looked down at the red mark upon his arm, and cursed it aloud. "How dared you make love to me ?" she gasped. "You—" "Because I loved you," he said. "Wo man if I had not Men in love with you that night, I would have killed you also. It was risking my life to savo you, with your screams callinE,r men to hunt me down—" "0, if you had but killed we then !" she moaned. "Well I am at your mercy now," he said. She answered : "You can kill ! I wish you would. I pray do it. You killed my husband. The murderer of my husband must be brought to justice, and I—yesterday, nay, an hour ago—l loved you ! 0, God, pity me ! I have loved this man, the thief who came in the night to rob my husband, and who murdered him." She remembered saying this. Afterwards a strange drowsiness overcame her. She seemed to let go her hold on this world. She faintly recognized the fact that Col. Humphries knelt at her feet and kissed her hands. Then there were blank hours, and strange, wild dreams, and she awakened in the twilight and found herself bound fast to a great arm-chair, long cords about her arms tying her hands and confining her feet. So her servants found her ; but she was the only living being in the great house. Colonel Humphries and his two black ser vants had vanished, no one knew whither. The empty bottle of chloroform on the floor—the fact that he had left, little be hind him, and that he had always kept his money in a form that left him free to leave the country at any time, all proved that detection had been prepared for. And he was never traced—or bad the means to bribe those who were set upon his track. Ida Halifont lived through it all. She lives today in the quiet house beside the river, but no one has seen her smile since that hour. No one will ever see her smile again; and from her deepest slumbers she often starts in terror, fancying that she sees uplifted menacingly above lwr that cruel, terrible arm marked with the blood red stain. There is no hope of happiness for her, for she never can forget that this arm has also embraced her. ‘dect The Bones of Monsters. While exploring some rocks in the white sandstone hogback of the cretaceous pe riod, near Morrison, Bear Creek, Colorado, the same stratum as Colorado Springs, a few yards west of old Colorado City—we came suddenly upon a huge vertebra, ly inn as it were carved out in Jas relief on a slab of sandstone. It was so heavy that, it required two lien to lift it. Its circum• Terence was thirty-three inches. We stood for some moments looking in astonishment at this prodigy, and then hunted around for more relics. Presently one of the party a little in .advance cried out, "Well, this beats all !" At his feet lay a large bone, resembling a Hercules war club, ten inches in diameter by two feet long. On digging beneath it a number of smaller vertebra were discovered, and at the base of the cliff two enormous fragments, reminding one of the broken columns of some ancient temple, or a couple of saw logs, lay on the ground, possibly thigh bones, fifteen inches in diameter at the butt end; and in the cliff above them was arr,ther fragment sticking out of the rock like the stump of a tree. With the help of a sledge hammer and a crow-bar the rock was removed around it, and underneath lay some ribs three inches in diameter with other bones. The rocks in the vicinity were full of fragments. Selecting one of these, we lifted up a large cap of sandstone above it and disclosed a perfect shoulder, ulna and radius, of another somewhat smaller animal, the thickness of the bones avera ging about five or six inches. This, lying as it was like a beautiful sculpture on the sandstone, we succeeded in removing ex actly as we found it. Several smaller bones of animals of various sizes were discovered, but as the sun was setting behind the mountain we deferred removing our troph ies till the following day. During the night it snowed heavily, but next morning we succeeded in dragging our prizes on a temporary sled, down the cliff to the road, and bringing home to the neighboring vil lage a wagon load of bones and depositing them in a shanty, preparatory to packing them off East to Prof. Marsh of Yale Col lege for identification. The monster to whom the bones belonged could not have been less than sixty or even eighty feet long. In the cliff above these bones, im pressions of leaves were found of dicotyle donous trees of very singular shape, some resembling a lyre, and others the leaves of the tulip tree, willow, coulters, etc. These trees grew probably on the shores of small islands in the cretacious ocean in which the marine monsters roamed, and not far off oysters, clams, baculities and ammon ites, and other marine shells were found in abundance. Along the shores of this ancient sea squatted and leapt the dinosaurus or the terrible lizards, one of whom, the lcelaps, was twenty-four feet long. From the length of its hind legs, it is supposed that he was able to walk upright like a biped, carrying his head twelve feet in the air. There was another still larger, thirty five feet long, and of the same habits. In the air overhead, huge bat like creatures, com bining a lizard, a crocodile and a bat, flap ped their leathery wings (25 feet from tip to tip) over the sea, plunging every now and then into the water for a fish. There were birds, too ; a diver, five and one-half feet high, and some, strange to say, with spinal vertebrae like a fish, and armed with pointed teeth in both jaws. Enormous tortoises and turtles w..:re boatmen of the age. One discovered by Cope, in Kansas, was fifteen feet across the end of one flap per to the end of the other. Huge clams lay scattered over those ancient shores twenty-six inches in diameter. Our sau rian did not fall abort of the biggest of these monsters; he could not have been less than sixty to seventy feet long, and probably either a mosasaurns or lizard allied to the clasmosaurus. The ocean in which these creatures liv ed was gradually enclosed by the upheaval of the sea bottom on the west, and soon became an inland sea. As the elevation continued and its aera was contracted, ridges would rise, isolating portions of the sea into salt lakes and imprisoning the life in them. The stronger soon destroyed the weaker, the water by evaporation be coming shallower, all life finally died, be came skeletons, and, in course of ages, fos ailed to sandstone. LOVELY woman, if thuu wouldst always be lovely, listen to the counsel of the Comtesse de Bassanville in the Abnanack du Saviour-Vivre. "When yuu are past twenty-five," she says, "never let more than five or six hours pass without closing your eyes for a short time—say teL minutes ; not necessarily to sleep, hu tto repose the muscles of the eye." Every movement and play of the face necessarily tends to fatigue these muscles—whether it be a smile or the expression of surprise or of fixed action. The closing of the eye lids at intervals is, therefore, recommended as a "beauty rest." The muscles, reposed, lose their tendency to that nervous contraction which translates itself into wrinkles. Do good and leave behind you a monu ment of virtue that the storm of time can never destroy. Write your name in kind ness, love and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year; you will never be forgotten. No, your name and your deeds will be as legible on the hearts you leave behind as stars on the brow of evening. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven. For the J0[710141, ] Modern Charity. EV J. W. WELCII "God loveth a cheerful giver," "Remember, friends, the text ; Did you say you'd give a hundred ? Now who will be the next?" Thus pleaded the well-fed parson, And all did freely give ; For if they didn't fork over, flow was the poor man to live ? The services ended, a gamin Who'd heard, outside the door, The pleasing chink of silver,— They said 'twas fur the poor, Apponched them on the sidewalk,— They looked extremely good, He knew he would get some money, With which to buy some food. But [di! instead of the money Each saint subscribed a frown ; Their pity was too near heaven, To let their money down. Sore disappointed, the gamin Returning to his mates, Was greeted with shouts and laughter, Whi7.ll shook the church's gates. "0 ! Billy, you ain't long over, You ain't, indeed, that's flat, You must be a green persimmon, To tackle a crowd like that." What of 1879 ? ZADKIEL UNVEILS THE FUTURE AND SHOWS THE WORST FOR TIIE COMING YEAR. January, 1879.—The new year will dawn on scenes of violence, bloodshed, ac cidents and explosions; the rate of mor tality will be high, especially among the aged; accidents will occur in mines about the 11th ; the passage of Mars through Sagittary will bring strifs: and excitement to Spain; affairs will go wrong in this country and public disputes will be em bittered ; the President will find his hands full of troubles, while in England the itn• prisounient or disgrace of some great per sonage connected with the government is to be looked for. February, 1879—Those malefic planets, Saturn and Mars, being in square aspect from cardinal signs, furnish ominous por tents fbr the peace of Europe, Mexico and India. Great Britain does not recover her buoyancy of trade, and further mischief from strikes is to be apprehended, while the revenue falls off after the 21st. A pop ular English prince is threatened with an accident, unless due precautions be taken" —this prediction will be filled in either case—and the King of the Netherlands is financially affected by the opposition of Ur anus, and "will find it hard to weather the storm." If the Princess of Waldeck Pyr mont, who is to marry him in February, is wise she will see that the marriage settle- ments are in good form. March, 1879.—Saturn's malignant in fluence is still very potent, though from the 7th to the 15th, being under the sun's beams, he wiil be deprive! of much of his power to do mischief'. The political at• mosphere will be turbulent; many deeds of vengeance may be perpetrated iu the great cities of Russia ; danger lurks in the path of the Emperor of Germany about the 11th; Francis Joseph is under a cloud; a clerical scandal will be developed in Eng land, and persons whose birthdays fall about the 26th (except surgeons and work ers in iron), will do well to avoid specula. tion and live quietly. On the 20th the sun enters Aries bringing cold and stormy weather, frauds and speculation in the gov ernment service, increased taxation, heavy appropriations for armaments, cheatiugs and embezzlements. Some great man in Germany will be brought low and degrad. ded ; the British people will be warlike; theatres will make money; puerperal fever will prevail, and the clerical party will op pose the governments of Europe. At the Neomenia indications of the death of the Emperor of Germany are given. Famines are predicted fur India and a warlike spir it among the Hindoos. ("Let the govern ment carefully watch any indications of the work of Russian emissaries, who preach rebellion, or serious mischief will fellow"), while China is in for a rebellion. civil war, earthquakes, drought, fever and famine. In this country—Are we to have an extra session, when Mr. Hayes will 1)3 unseated ? —there will be "discord between the Pres ident and the people," trouble from Indi ans, disputes in Congress on the marriage and divorce laws—(O, no; we guess not !) —shocks of earthquakes in the West, re ligions disputes, leading to scenes of vio• lence, a high rate of mortality and the death of many great and illustrious m!n. April, 1879.—The English budget shows an increase of' taxation, and though there is agitation on the Stock Exchange trade and commerce improve. The religious world will be greatly agi.ated and the King of the Belgians suffer. May, 1879.—The conjunction of Mars and Jupiter brings sadness and anxiety to priests and religious houseM, chiefly in Portugal. There will be storms and floods at Alexandria ; evil times in Turkey and at Paris; people born about the 21st will begin a year of pecuniary and family loss es, and railway companies will experience adverse fluctuations of their securities. (Cave canem—Beware of Jay Gould) June, 1879.—Worse and worse, and more of it. Discord, public quarrels, strife, murders and scenes of violence will be rife in England, especially in Birmingham and Leicester ; the incubus of the malefic plan. ets adding an epidemic (probably small pax) to all this. "It will be providential if both England and Germany escape for eign war." The King of the Belgians, Queen Isabella, the King of Denmark and Prince Lepold should beware of sunstroke, wounds in the head and epidemic disease Atmospheric disturbances impend. On the 21st the sun enters Cancer, brings prosperity to fish mongers and good sport to anglers, but there will he railway acci dents. On the 30th occurs the conjunc • tion of Mars and Saturn, which will have an important influence over England, Den mark and Germany, the conjunction de noting war and bloodshed, cholera in Tur key; enteric fever and brain affections in Great Britain and strikes of railway ser vants; in Greece, war and heavy losses; war in Austria; danger to the Comte de Paris; and in this country epidemic fever, disease among sheep amd small cattle, a high birth-rate, a prosperous dramatic sea son and (nothwithstanding the square as pect of the moon) good fortune to the cause of woman's rights. July, 1879.—Death is busy among the great. The King of the Belgians, Queen Isabella, Prince Lepold and Princess Beat rice are menaced. The Czar will be in trouble and have to increase his armies. Ireland, Cyprus, Asia Minor, Persia and Dublin will be benefitted by the sextile aspect of Jupiter and Neptune, though there may be military demonstrations in those places and in the Archipelago. August, 1879.—Ireland is disturbed and Persia warlike. A popular Prince should beware of accidents while traveling. The Queen is threatened with a sudden end unexpected blow, and the British public suffers from discord, strikes, grief, epidem ic diseases and robberies. Prince Alfred may meet with an accident, in addition to a family loss, and Lord Beaconsfield will do well to avoid the use of firearms and over exertion. September, 1879.—Scarcity of food, deeds of violence and drought will afflict Persia and the Archipelago; Turkey will be in trouble; there will be storms in the Mediterranean ; the clericals will cause trouble in France and Germany, and quin sy and diptheria will be fatally prevalent iu England and Wales, but "England's star shines brightly, for the royal horos• cope has influences operating which cannot fail to enhance her glory, honor an i re nown." On the 23d the sun enters Libra. A busy time for Americans now begins; trade and commerce will be extended very greatly; there will be a prosperous autumn, merry-making and general good health ; a high death rate among old people ; proba bly an epidemic among sheep ; much work for the lawyers; wrangling among religious sects and serious accidents on the great trunk railroads or on the high seas Our country. 'tie of thee, Sweet Land of Liber tee, Of thee Zadkiel sings. October, 1879.—Deeds of violence, blood shed and rapine will be rife in Persia, Po land, Ireland, Cyprus, the Archipelago and Asia Minor, and the "denizens" of the Archipelago will suffer from earth quakes. There are indicated "gain and victory for old England," yet the period can hardly pa-s without strikes and mur ders being prevalent." November, 1879.—From the 12th to the 14th that poor, dear Archipelago may expect earthquakes and bloodshed and vi olence will be rife in Asia Minor. Epi demic disease will prevail in Dublin, Birm ingham and Leicester. and the Prince of Wales will be liable to suffer from some form of fever or diptheria. The Pope will inaugurate some reforms and Portugal, Alexandria, Calabria and Tiverton be ben efitted by Jupiter having become direct in motion. Persons born about the 17th may expect troubles in love and matrimo ny. December, 1879.—L00k out for great perturbation in the atmosphere and turbu lence in the political world. "Events will succeed each other with startling rapidity, and more than one dynasty in Europe will tremble for existence." There will be great storms in England and Germany about the 13th and ditto (with floods) in the Kist at the end of the month. "The Socialists will become a terror to society and the uprising of the Slave and Greek races will shake the east of Europe to its foundations. Earthquakes about the Arch• ipelago will add to the misery caused by bloodshed and revolution." Diphtheria and Its Causes. [low many times my heart has ached to see delicate children with their lower limbs exposed, not only io cool, but in damp, chilly weather; nothing to protect them but thin shoes, suitable only to the very warmest weather. Should we wonder that diphtheria carries off so many children ? The wonder to 033 is that the mortality is not greater. I c3nsider that this unsuita ble wanner of clothing children is the promotor of more cases of diphtheria than all other causes combined, especially in this variable climate. It appears that parents pay no attention whatever to the changes in the weather from June to November; no matter how chilly or cold the weather may be, the thin Stockings and absurdly short dresses and exposed neck and arms are to b-3 met with upon our streets anywhere. It seems to me that the attention of parents should be called to this great neglect on their part to properly clothe their children according to the state of weather, no matter what may be the season of the year, It would appear difficult to overlook this subject of cloth ing in our search after causes for diphthe ria. What physician does not know that the blood recedes from, or shrinls, as it were, from cold localities to seek a more congenial latitude ? And where will it go to? Why ; it cau only find Asher in some of the vital org.ins, and then what is the result.? Congestion of one or more organs. unless the person happens to be possessed of sufficient vitality to bring about a re action in the circulation. Some people have this and recover, while, perhaps, in the meantime, many others, less favored, do suffer and die. Only a Boy. The natural history of boyhood is a very interesting study. It iy hard for the old folks to look at things from his standpoint, because their memories are short. How. ever, he will ;row old soon enough, and the era of mud pies and marbles will fade only too quickly. Only a boy with his noise and fun Tue veriest mystery under the sun ; As brimful of mischief and wit and glee, As ever a 1111111811 frame can be. And as bard to manage as—ah f ha me ! 'Tis hard to tell, Yet we love him well. We can't see why it should be fun for him to put a bit of orange peel on the side walk and then watch until the unwary traveler lies on his back, sputtering all the oaths which the living and dead languages afford; or to tie a string from the floor to the lamp post just high enough to knock off everybody's hat who hurries along, or to slip out the tail-board of a lemon cart and then start the horse on a eon, while the dismayed vender gnashes his teeth and expresses the wish that the cholera would come quickly an i make short work of the little rascals. No, we can't see the sport in all that, but twenty years ago we did. We can't remember that we ever stopped the chimney up and filled the house with smoke, or put eight particles of gun pow der in the middle of the old gentleman's cigar, and watch for the explosion, look ing so meek and absorbed in our geogra phy lesson that the victim of our mischief thought there must he a mistake some where, and that if he thrashed us he would do art injustice to an innocent student. Well, that is probably what we did, never theless, and that is just what other boys are doing nowadays:— Only a boy, who will be a mau I f nature goes on with herirst great plan— If water, or fire, or some fatal snare Conspires to rob us of this our heir, Our blessing, our trouble, ourrest our care Our torment, our joy, "Only a boy." THE condition and characteristic of a vulgar person is that he never looks fur either help or harm from himself, but on• ly from externals. The condition and characteristic of a philosopher is that htt looks to himself for all help or harm. NO. 47.
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