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POETRY.'.'.
Nbe Flower. or LOIT. Ue 1 3 / 1 ,13 ding• I
.1 stns a, irrimamim.
I met* liglgattald one d 4,
411,1nrilay bright weather;
Shed= 4114 tlrushcli the dew away
As lightly ass feather. ,
igte hash a ballad in her, hand
That she bad Just been reading,
But was too,young to .understand
That ditty of a distant, Ispd,
"The flowerof love lkis bleeding:"
ahe tapped sernio the rnesdotv grass
To where a brook was flowing,
Aeress the brdok like wind did pace
Wherever Bowers were growing.
'ilke'sonie bewildered child she flew,
Whorl fairies were misleading;
"WhOse butterfly," I said "are you
And *hat sweet thing do you reline r
"Tire flowerr-of !events bleeding I"
Pre fmmd thewild rose in the &edge,
"Pie found the tiger-lily— ,
The blue flag by the water's edge—
The dancing datTodilly—
King•enos and pansies—ewery flower
Exrept the one I'm needing •
• Perhaps It grows insane dark: barer,
'And opens At a later hour—
" This flower of love is bleeding."
"I wouldn't look for It," I said,
"For you can do 'without It ,
"There's no such flower." She shook her
head;
"But I have read about lir
I talked to her of bee and bird,
But she was ail unheeding;
Her tetider bteartani strangely stirred,
She harped on that unhappy word—
. n "Tite flower of love lies bleeding r'
t• •
"Mr child," I sighed and dropped a tear,
would no longer mind it;
You'll find It some day, never fear,
For all'of us roust fled 111
I found it many a year ago,
With one of gentle breeding;
You and the little lad you know—
I see why you are weeping so—
Your flower of love lies bleeding I"
"DEAD."
BY EIUMIE J. 0W1387.
-0-
Re has gone to thegoldeci shores of Ileav'ea
Entered the pearly gates of white,
prom this world of sin his spirit is riven,
Free from sorrow, and sin, and blight,
Seemed it not strange that the promising
flower,
Just unfolding its talents fair,
Should bloom like all blossoms,but for an
hour;
Then close as if tired of all earthly care ?
Willingly the tired eyes drank in the glory,
Caught ere the soul tram earth had passed,
Perhaps be beard strains of the "old old
stors„"
A glimpse of the gates open east.
Murmuring a prayer o'er the gray-haired
mother,
By his bed-side kneeling in woe
rinsing the Woes, of each heart-broken
'-• brat ter,
'fits spirit soared trom this life below:_
The circle is broken ; we nOna , him at trri
•
liglkl
AU day we wonder, where Is be,
Till "memory" comes and tsars dim our
•
eyesight,
As she paints o'er to the jasper sat,
Bit not forever shell the chain be riven ;
One by one they shall call us borne,
Till we stand a new
. cirele in that Heaven
Where no sorrowing mortals ever roam.
MISCELLANEOUS READING
A LUCKY ILL WIND.
_p_
The winds of fortane blow as variouslyl
as the winds of Heaven. In life there
are many storms, and there are few per
sone who, between the cradle and the
grave, are not caught in the hurricane.
Whether the result of accidental circum
stance or the outcome of human passions,
it is certain that tempestuous events over
take most men, and that skies bright and
serene will change their silver light for
darker, and often vengeful, hues.
Such was life to Alfred Hargreaves.
The ills of poverty attended his birth,
and shadowed his early life; and while
under the cloud, he, with the reckless
improvidence of youth, became engaged
to pretty Anna Blake. Anna was o, gov
erness, and then resident at Stamford
Hall.
Young Hargreaves visited occasionally
at the Hall, bat Mrs. Stamford, ignorant
and purse-proud, paid sparse attention to
him. Indeed, as a visitor, he was mere
ly tolerated. Her daughter, Augusta, in
herited her mother's regard for wealth,
and built castles in the air stored with
gold and jeweled ornaments, and furnish
ed with all the lavishness of vulgar pro
fusion. Augusta, too, was handsome and
fashionable, and like her mother. despised
Alfred Hargreaves because of his poverty.
But to Ansa, he was the one being in
whom beraffeetions centered. and aronnd
whom her hope of every happiness clung.
Anna's love was of that jealous, sensitive
character which is the inevitable source
of heart burning to its possessor. A new
world of light and happiness dawned up
on her when Alfred Hargreaves told her
he loved her. What cared she for the
poveity of which he complained?
"I am poor and homeless already," she
said. "but I will be rich in your love."
Their marriage was to take, place in a
few months. The sky was theiS, clear
from the zenith to to the horizon.'. The
sweet bloom of's first love was waked to
Ansa, upon the soothing winds of/Hope.
Asos Ntcuots
While Anna Was still thus happy, a
telegram waa_puktuto Alfred's hands o,ne
everting"nitthey strolled beneath the beech
trees of the park,announcing the midden
death of his - uncle, Sir Gilbert Ifargrearea
A fortune and a title had thus fallen to
him, neither of which were expected in
the ordinary -came of event& He was
called awaihnrridly, but there wassotne
thing in the parting which hmught , dis
may to the heart of Anna. Mrs. Stam
ford, on hearing of the change in Alfrt-d'i
tnytttne, had Invited the young baronet
on a Visit ) after bis uncle's funeral, and
, MONTIiOSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, ,ARCH 11, 1874.
Angucts„ . for the first time, prononnced
Afire 4 handsouii., Anna meanwhile ask
"Wcidd he really give up the
brilliant prospects which his new position
opened np t 8 him by marrying her?"
Thoughts like these burned slowly into
her brain, and
,created there a world of
jealous, anxious foreboding&
• In these circumstances, her proud, pas
sionate nature revolted more than ever
agairist the unrioyances of her passion.—
The danghter'of a beneficed clergyman
she had been reared In a refined and lox•
urious home. Up to sixteen, all had been
happiness to her. Sorrow then came.—
Her father had left a cheerful fireside up
on n diirk wintry night, and had riden
miles 'through the snow to visit a sick
friend. On hie. return, his horse took
tright,andhe was precipitated into a deep
ravine, where be lay unconscious for
hones. When discovered he was taken to
the parsonage, and only lived to say to his
afflicted wife:
f•Dearest, we shall meet again."
He bad made no provisions for his
widow, or daughter. So An na,after a year
had, to face the world and ecru her own
bread. The position of teacher in a gen
tleman's family was uncongenial to her
because of the humiliations attendant
upon it, but it was her only resource, and
she accepted the post of Stamford Hall.
It was quite evident that Mrs. Stamford
had invited the young baronet to her
house with a view of giving him an op
portunity of cultivating the acquaintance
of her daughter Augusta, and possibly to
Augusta means of conquering Alfred's
affections.
These were days ot special torture to
Anna. She was assidionsly confined to
the school-room, and when not there. was
carefully kept out of the way on some
pretext or other, and this from early
morning until long aftersun-down. Even
when Mrs. Stamford's ordinary stuck
ot excuses were exhausted, she feigned
illness, and kept the wretched Anna by
her bedside. Thus Alfred could
obtain more than a few moments con
versation with his betrothed, while the
brilliant Augusta kept hint prisoner by
her side. Fancy the feelings of Anna
when seeing her lover arm in arm with
Augusta on the patterre in fiont of the
mansion. The flowers shown brilliantly
in the glorious sunlight of an autumn
morning. Augusta had tripped on to
the grass through the low French window
ot the druwing-rootniand was soon joined
by Alfred.
Anna trembled with f. a r and vexation
on seeing them pluck flowers for each
other, as she had done the previous even
ing when they studied into the shrubbery
by twilight. But her emotion became
heightened when, returning to the draw
ing room, the new friends mingled their
voices in a passionate love-song from the
Ballo in ?gaselier& Yet she concealed
her feelings by pnttir.g on an outward
show of coldness, with a slight tinge of
disdain.
She was the rose frozen over. From
that time forward she did not seek Alfred
and during their hurried interviews she
maintained a dignified demeanor ahogeth•
er foreign to her sweet, simple Wature.—
And when Alfred left Stamford Halt to
go to his new estate, the parting with
Anna was cold in the extreme. But there
was much flutter and excitement in the
ball, when Mrs. Stanford and Augusta
saw Alfred into his carriage.
A week passed without any letter for
Anna. Troubled and anxious, she more
than once opened her writing case, in or
der to write for Allred. But she could
not find suitable words. She did not
wish to reproach him, nor yet to write in
guarded language. In this difficulty she
strolled into the drawing-room, and there
found lying upon the table en empty en.
velopP.
The hand-writing was Alfred's. The
letter was to Augusta. Her doubts and
suspicions were confirmed. A bitter throb
of anguish passed through her. The
abandonment of the moment was su
preme; and on returning to her room she
found a letter for her. The hand-writing
she did not know. Trembling She broke
use seal. It was as follows:
"An old friend of Sir Alfred Hargreaves
who has beard much of the beauty and
goodne.rs of Miss Blake, feels that he has
a painfut.duty to perform relative to her
engagement. He has heard from the
baronet's own lips, that if free, he would
now be able to seek an alliance with the
Stamlords. This hint, distressing as it
is, may prevent life-long misery to Miss
Blake and Sir Alfred. Of course, this
Miss B. will never hear from Sir Alfred's
own lips."
A cold, sick tremor seized upon Anna,
and she sank down upon her couch.—
There-for hours she turned and tossed
uneasily, sometimes doing battle with the
Stamfords, aoatetimes with her fatherless
lover. Sleep at length came . to rest her
burnmg eyelids. It was . , a restless, bro
ken slumber. In the morning, fevered
and ill-refreshed; she dropped herself at
the writing table, Sad there; with features
rigiJly set, she penned two letters. One
told the truant baronet that he was free,
and contained her engagement ring; the
other informedllin Stanford' that Ann
intended, for a muty of reasons, to at
Devoted to the Interests of our Town and County.
once leave Stamford Hall.
'After Anna's departure, the Stamfords
'endeavored to to keep a Watch Alien her
movements, but in those aukts ,t,liey ut
terly failed. Wearily the months passed
-for Anna. She had now become com
panion to Mrs. Clarence, a woman poe•
setting noble qualites of head and heart.
Mrs. Clarence was the owner of a hand
some bijou residence at Torquay; a lash
ionable watering-place in the. South of
England. Here Anna bad alt the corn
fhrts of a refined borne, and the courtesy
of Mrs. Clarence added much to her hap
piness. She shared in all the amusements
of the Clarences, and enjoyed them butter
than might be expected from her condi
tion of mind. A yachting excursion was
at hand. 'The Olarences were to join it,
and, of course, Anna; and 'much pleas
ant anticipation was indulged in before
hand by the guests.
The .annoumniment of the. yachting
party came upon Anna like a thtinder
clap, because she was told it was the in
vitation of Sir Alfred Hargreaves to the
family. Row could she meet him? She
had of ten thought if they would ever meet
again, and had sometimes half wished to
show him how cold and indifferent she
' hal grown. She would even, now that
the opportnnitv offered, steel her heart
against him and meet him as a stranger
She could not bear the idea that any one
should know that she had been forsaken
by the faithless baronet.
The morning dawned bright and clear,
lighting up the cliffs and silvering all
over the calm bine sea. Very charming
Anna looked in her white serge yachting
dress, with its sailor-htne collar' and trim
mings. Her face and features revealed
none of her inward struggles, but the
rose tinge had deepened on her cheek,and
a restless light flashed from her soft brown
eyes, as in the old days when she looked
for his coming.
As they stepped on board the taunt lit•
tle craft, Mrs. Clarence said :
"Allow , me, Sir Alfred.to intraducc... you
to me friend Miss Blake."
A sudden pallor overspread his face as
he turned and met Anna's glance. Tie
saw, in a moment, that Anna meant to
treat him as a stranger, and he determin
ed to take his cue from her. Both found
congenial attractions among the numer-
uus guests.
Vety pretty the Osprey looked ip the
warm sunlight. Her white sails flapped
restlessly, as if dissatisfied that there was
n. , t a breath of wind out to till them.—
The pee) , hadformed into groups upon the
deck ; the bright and variel colors of the
Indies' dress, and of the tasteful bojuets
they carried. contrasting with the sinirle
costum, sof the men. Merry peals of
laughter went over the water, and all
fore-lhaled well, if only Boretti would ex
tend to the:' dome of his attentions.
It was a day of genial festivity to all
on board except Anna and Sir Alfred,
and they both dissembled so well that no
one imagined they had ever met before.
A heaven-sent morning was succeeded by
a changeable afterr oon, Sometimes the
.un shone, the dark clouds gathered, and
the evening set in gloomily. The whole
eky became obscure; not a star was to be
seen. The wind blew in fitful gusts, and
its violence increased each moment. The
yacht behaved gallantly, as the foamy
waves went hissing furiously past, and
seemed ready to swamp her. All had re
tired to their berths. Only Anna, unable
to sleep, paced the deck, wrapped in a
white bernous, the night-winds sweep
ing her wealth of golden hair- f rom her
heated brow. Her heart was iu unison
with nature. The storm increased, and
soon the mainsail gave way and was torn
into ribbons. At the sudden lurch the
vessel gave, Anna would have fallen on
the deck had not a strong arm supported
her. It was that of Alfred.
"Anna, you will be paler below," he
whispered, in tivoico hoarse with emotion.
"Then there is danger, Alfred?"
And the yearning lcyrk in her eyes
spoke more man words ; rt told him of
a heart broken and a life deotroyed
"Anna, we may have met only to part
again. If death should come, :et no un
derstand each other. Wl:y did you prove
so false to me ?"
"I false! 0! Never! Never !"
And there, amid the perils of thestorm,
with the dark clouds vareering madly
along, supported by his strong arm, she
told him the story of her sufferings and
her wrongs. Deep with his indignation,
and deeper, if possible, his griefL. They
had both been foully betrayed. '
Mrs. Stamford bad concocted a deep
laid plot to separate them, and this in the
iaterest of Augusta. In tender accents
Alfred besought Anna to give him once
more her love and confidence, and she.
seeing that he bad endured months of
doubt and sorrow, unhesitatingly accord
ed him the old faith,and affection.
Morning came, bringitig with it calm
and sunshine. The lacers sat beside each
other, thoughtful and happy, and good
Mrs. Clarence was the first to rejoice with
them when she hall heard the story of the
reconciliation.
In after ysare bath gratefully remem
bered the menacing wind . of 'the mid
night storm which had teouglii'them so
much happiness.
I'm on the JUrY.
Up in Blossburg, the other day,
,a
lightning-rod man drove up in front, of a
.handsome edifice standing in the ,midst
of, trees and shrubs, And •spoke to Mr.
Summers, who wee sitting on • the. steps
in front. Ile accosted Sommers as the
owner of the residence and said.:
"I see you have no lightning-rods en
this house."
"No," said Summers.
"Pao sou going to put any on ?"
"Well, hadn't thought of it," replied
Summers. -
"You ought to. A tall_lanilding like
this is very, much exposed. I'd like to
run Sou up one of my, rods; twisted steel,
glass fenders, nickle-phite,d tips—erery
thing complete. May put one up to
show you ? do the job up cheap."
"Certainly you may if you want to. I
haven't the slightest objection," said
Sumniers.
During the next half hour the man
had his ladders up and hie assistants at
work, and at the end of that time the job
was done. He called Summers out into
the yard to admire it. lie said toSum-
"Now that is well enough, but if it
was my house I'd have anotheirod up on
the other side. There's
,notbiug be.
Mg protected thoroughly."
"That's true," said Summers, "it
would be better."
"I'll put up another, shall I?" tgiktd
the man. 'r
"Why, of course, if you thiok it's best,"
said Simmers.
Accoidingly the man went to work
again, and soon bad the rod in its place.
"That's a first-rate job," he said to
Summers, as they both stood eyeing . it.
"I like such a man as you are. Big heart
ed,. liberal, not afraid to put a dollar
down for a good thing. There's some
pleasure in death!' with you. I like you so
much that I'd put a couple more rods on
that house, out on the north end and one
on the south, for almost nothin'."
"It would make things safer, I suppose,"
said Summers.
'Certainly it would. I'd better do it
hadn't I—bey ?'
"Just as you think proper," said Sum
tilers.
So the man ran np two more rods, and
then he came down again and said to
Summers :
"'There, that job is done. Now let's
settle up."
"Do what ?"
" Why, the job's finished, and I'll take
my money."
"You don't expect me to pay you, I
hope:'
'-01 course I do. Didn't you tell me
to put those rods on your house ?"
"My house!" shouted Summers.
"Thunder and lightning! I never order
ed you to put those rocs up. It would
have been ridiculous : Why man, this is
the court house, and I'm here waiting for
the court to assemble, I'm on the jury.
You seemed to be anxious to rush out
your rods, and as it was none of my bus.
iness.l let you go or.. Pay for it ! Come,
now, that's pretty good."
'I he Blossburg people say that the man
ner in which that hghtning-rod man tore
afound town and swore was fearfuL But
when he got his rods off the court-house
he left permanently. Ile don't fancy the
place.—Ez.
Stories of "Old Clo" men are always
in order—more eo than are the.wares of
these garment merchants. Here is a true
one of a South Boston vender:
A young mechanic saw an overooat
a second hand clothing store which he
concluded he would be glad to possess at
a reasonable price.
"How much ?" he asked.
"Twenty-one dollars ? " was the answer.
The usual hagghog took place,and the
mechanic started to leave th Btore.
"dow much you gar -asked the mer
chat' t.
"Three dollars."
"Take it den. I shall shoost be de
rn;n of myself. I only make two dollars
off dot coat,zo help me gracious."
Some useful lessons or examples may
be (timid in the most simple occurrences
At the Terre haute depot, recently, an
old lady attempted to get off while the
cars were in motion. A gentleman stand
ing near the door prevented her. "Let
her go" exclaimed a kind-hearted passen
ger; "if she gets killed, it will be a warn•
lug to somebody else."
An 'lrishman, being asked in court for
his certificate of marriage, showed a big
scar on his head about the use of a small
shoveL
Writing a sketch of his life an
says that ho early ran" away from
his father becausp he discovered that ho
was only his uncle.
When a pickpocket pulls at your watch
tell him .plainly that you have no time to
are.
.A bowding establishment—A 'meow.
tsr'a shop.
FIFTY CTS.. EXTRA IFIIOT IN ADVANCE..
TILE irftawzx HEART.
, -
Put In tbeilitiviir:My Heart die 'bein nee mak,
Row up the poper.td-my,tiavyty'shair;
I ken, ken, it but renewerny ways,
For obi I atidna leech' thy lassie'llelatiet •'- •
But when the pan coma crowdtn, thro' my
brain „.
I canna !ether bits co things Aisne. - •
Sin e'er she deed. I %rankest a• Mart, •
And oh R , theie's something said camas o'%l', Any
heart,
ThelilOchtit like iightiing mind ine hir death;
And fora while-I souse' can diaw my breath,
Mg mind then. waistless, and I ott can trace
In airy form the likeness o her fsoe;
Her perfect Image, Pure as cm snow,
The swe e test child I think I erer edw ;
These , intinients are so blest without alloy—
'Tb allof beaten on earth we can enjoy. •.
Nooriever malt tree hint . the doni keek ;
Nan mair to mine she'll lay her dimpled cheek ;
Nan male she'll mak a rabbit on the we', .
.Or hap sic mirth as wou'kll delight, shcm a' •
And never mair lee math' the neck shell talc.
Nor. hide her bonnie headle in my lap;
Nor slie was liked by ev'ry neighbor wean,
And nneo blyth they kept my add hearthstone,
Yet I tae oft felt sad:. Lhini. strange. lbws I. .;
She knew too much for one ene,yonng in years!
Tier artless, whining ways,,frae first to lest,
Forget 'I never can, till llfe is part .
Whender my wee deep teit.l Bet aialta.
My hounie Imola soon, was at my hen . ;
And in the saucer ayes trap she gat,
Then syne contested at my feet she eat,
But. boo when !sit down, I entree break bread
I scam can lift then:icer to my bead; L.
And often line I wished, tho' tie a, sin,
That I had deed, and left thatrairn behin' ; .
For, what's the Werlcl fit mO,Tm left alane,
May e'en ate seldom dry, sin' Line mine_
Ch ! how I miss - my pet, ends' her mirth,
I scarcely can believe she's in the earth,'
Altho they tell me on that sad, satrday,
The laid ray bairn amang the common clay,
All ; yet, all to past. She's in a world-non •
Ansang the flawersibat death can never pte.
Oh I bow I weary till I reach that shore
Where lifc'a pulsations cease and throb no more!
I ne'er bee dooted Providence is kind ;
For faith's the anchor hi tlitsWitiimed mind.
His ways so wondrous rend the human heart.
And Over ties that mak the teardrop start ;
Ant rolisolation romrth free above-- •
Hy bairn is wi' her GM, who's heart,la love.;
(cornrow:timed.]
31 Y OLD HOME.
It was a terrible blow to us all, to leave. our
old limbo, on the farm which had bees 101 i mg
world of happiness and love, as we knew noth
ing of the outside world, and the wildness that
is forced upon one by strangers, but upon no
one did it fall so heavily as upon my tether,
crushing him to the earth, and rendering him
nearly as powerless as is the giant oak when
torn from its parent bed by wrathful storm.—
The old homestead was endeared to him by a
hundred hallowed associations. There, toe, in
his early manhood had he brought his gentle
bnde, my mother, and on the roneibark of the
beech trees we carved our names. No wonder,
then, that his head grew dizzy, and his heart
sirk, as he left It forever.
A small house in the village was bought, and
after a few weeks' prepsration,one'bright morn
tog when the flowers we bad watched ever and
tended with care were in bloom, when the birds
which, rear after year, had returned to their
naafi in the Old pear trees that Stood iii the yard.
were singing their sweetest songis,and•wh'en the
blue sky bent over us, we bade ' .frirewell to the
spot, looking back with wistful eye lentil every
trace of our home had disappeared. Good-bye;
forever, to the, dear old home, where now titled
foot-steps tread and other children 'play than
those of other days.
The lights and shadows of yeses have fallen
upon thee since that summer tworning.and with
them have come ebonies to thee as well as to
The trees, whose branches swept the roof
above my window, making often sad muate
when tuned by the autumn wind, has beep cut
away; and the robins, who brought to 'us the
first tidings of coming spring,have died hr gime
to other haunts.
••The moss-covered bucket whIFI bung In the
well" has been removed; the curb; whose edges
were worn by our childish hands; Is gone ; while
in place of the violets and daises which once
blossomed on the grassy lawn, the thistle and
the burdock now are groWing, and the red and
whip rose bush by the door, from whence they
plucked the roses and buds which strewed the
coffin lids Of a brother and sister, Is now dead .
Weeds choke the garden walks, and the . moss
grows gicen and damp on the old stone walL—
Even the lava which ran so merrily past our
door, has been stopped in its • course, and I:s
sparkling waters, bereft 'of freedom, now turn
the huge wheel of a woolen leto7, with a low
and sullen roar.
All is changed, and , Unmet memory etil)
turns fondly to the spot Which gate rat birth, I
have learned to Into another home, for where
my blessed mother dwells, it Is surely home to
me. But, now by her side there• LT,althviigh I
am far away, I know; e, Vacant chair, and in her
heart p lonely spot, which naught; on earth tint
fill; but while she lives, and 1 know that there
Is in the world lot me a mother and a mothers
love, can I not feet that I have indeed a borne,
though It be not the Spot where first she blessed
me as her child?' and when we have taiwdown
our cross here may we not meet In that Home
above where we part no more.
DRAWLVG NOTES.
A Man drew a note vrornhang to pay one
hundred dollars. Ho used a printed form, and
did not close up Um blink &wilted to dollarti,
and atter passlngas negotiable piper soinebaidi
inserted "and fifty" after the one hundred and
before the printed dollars. The note thus alter
ed, got into the hands of an hmacent party,vant
presented It to the drawer, and the Suprpme
Court decided that the maker or the note was
liable to Its Dice, because through negligenee he
did not draw a line between the written "hun
dred" and the s printed word "dollars." Any
testimony that the drawer might offer estab
lish the fact that he gave a note for one hundred
dollars must go for nothing, as "there was with
, leg on the that of the note showing 'that It had
a e " Evidence of an alteration on the
hole Would have the ea= Let this .be
o lesson to alldrawers o .romistu_iu_sto
one can be too careful In such matters.
To be a vreuxian of fashion is one .of the esti.
test things in the world. A late writer theistic.
scribis it t "Bey everything you don't want and
pay nod* you get, smile on ell mankind beit
your husband' be hippy everywhere but' et
boxiii." •
•
maykaber arca bachelor . by the as
tha9telalyapiipeiliid s baby alt."
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"pon'kuse that hand" and 'Nleo . your .216.1
hood': ire inionctlons that tbe'ehtid hear kciin
'the 'very . first;" and before he' i 9 old cid:dill'
;understand the irpOken words, the ontatretated
'left hand tapatliack sod. the coveted rtoy Riven
• Q tidy to ibq right,
\Valy t." asksas sopa as yi;, la old 9n94,11
to demand a reason tor the slight. put upon the
ramffending member.
_
"Bectuse sogily, "it is swk
wan) ," or, "it isn't .pnlite!' . • '•
....Why. it, should be awkward or impolite towao
the left band, mamma never' thinks in engulre.
That the exigences of military discipline In min
'fighting age of foriotien barbed:sinmade : ft
teceriseri that all men should give nreferenceio
the samehand, or some other equally whpal and
potent reason. established the custom at ek. ; Uien
when one skillful hand •was enough for ono Pc!-
' son, mamma neither knotss nor 47tre5 ; noi,docs
it occur to her that, times Change, arid 'th i ef 'a
good rule fur one generlthin may be a bad one
for another.- Grant that social ssativetdente is
favored by the uniform pee or the rlgt„ft had, for
certain purposes, that Is no sufficient reason fir
suhordinating the left hand In all things, Wink.
'tally when the conditions of our lilies and octii•
'Fatima make it very frequently impersitviliait
the untrained left hand shall lelan to do: tfis
work of. the disabled righthand. -, 7 ,,
. From the nursery the boy goes to School, .and
here the same unreasonable preJuilleo tiw,afts
him. Thrimgh instinct, accident, byeaprlt;C; tie
grasps his pen or pencil with his left hand, and
knuckles are sharply tipped for it. Why
soould ha not be taught to spite with both
hands! ft would take but littleif any mom
eirEE
THE USE - EV116.111 ttANDS.
time; and if it did, it would only keep him busy
during moments which he would otherwise 411.
vote to idiencis or mischief, The, itcrpAition
would never be W.:Witless, and' it'mfght; qt
immense convenience to him. He might sever
have occasion no his double capacity after the
the fashion of the popular acientist end teed=
whose two-banded. black board eicetchea are
such a delight to has auditors, and who is
.said
to pursue his miscreScopic studies With 'a pen id
one side and a pencil at the other, droning 'with
one hand and writing with the other as thode
velopment of his subjects require; nevertheless
his two-fold skill would never be a potetibbs
source of satisfaction and advantage to him. He
would be ).at any moment to rest a band ex
liadeted byprotrarted use without any inter
ruption of his work ;'he would be lees likely to
bo disabled by trifling hurts; and, , in ciao: one
band were stiffened by heavy labor, Ct, tithes
might be kept in readiness for delicate cannipu,
lations, for writing. drafting and the like:. j•
We have seen more than one ambidextrous
artisan whoie ability to handle tools With either
hand. as occasion demanded, give him-constant
advantage over his one banded mates, • not only
in the avoidance of fatigue, but. in the ,porforr
mance of nice work and the overcoming of tilfj
ficulties, hard to come at by those restricted 10
the use of a single hand. The , tight hiruled
man who 61n use a hammer or a - knife readllY
with his le& hand, or can tie or untie a' knot
when his eight hand is otherwise engaged, rM
find frequent Use for his kill. Indeed -the advan
tages we miss through the non.cuttivartimqof
the neglected member arc infinite in number
and of incessant recurrence. Tht7 ire among
the tales we pay to custom.
It would bemselese to recommend the mature
to trodertake the culture of their left band&ii
theylrave been "left" unused and untrained tOO
long; and the proper time for such work is id
childhood and youth, when the muscles; ate
tractable and time abundant. But, nal:4U be
useless to urge parents to encourage such train:
ing on the part of their children, 'or at leaat,n4
to discourage it ?
TOO LATE.
Some people are always too late, and Ahem"
fOre accomplish through life nothing worth
naming. If.they promise to meet you at arch
en hour, they are never present tftitll
utes after. No matter how Important the bind/
ness is to either yourself or to him, be ',Just
tardy. It he takes a passage In the steamboat;
'he arrives just as the boat has leit the wherfoszed
the train has started a few minutes betore he ar
rives. His dinner bus been waiting for hire so
long that the cook 'is out of. patience. This
course the character we have dosCribed 'always
pursues. He la never in smarm at, a church, at
e place of business, at his meals, or m his.beds
Persona of . such habits , we cannot but despise...l
Alway speak in season, and be ready . at !beep..
pointed hour. We would not give a fig for •
man who is not punctual to his eigaiemirati,'
and.wbo never makes up his mind to a.tertalt
course till the time is lost.. .Thom who hang
back, hesitate and treadle—whu are Raver
band fur a journey, a trailing, a air en!.hcart, or
anything else - are pour sloths. and ar e ill.calen
laced to get a living in this stirring wand. '
Tim FIRST ELEMENT OF•4 lIOMJ
I never saw . a gerinent towline Pr a man . oe
maid; there never was a chair too good tor s
cobbler or cooper to sit in ; never a housi too
One to shelter the human bead. These elementti
about us, the gorgeous sky, the imperial ruin:
are not too good for the human race: Elegance
fita man.' But do we not value these tools' of
housekeeping a little more than they ate worth;
and sometimes mortgage home for the Mahoga
ny we can bring into It? I would . rather at my'
dinner air the head of a barrel, or dross after the`
fashion of John the Daptisqn - the wildericer,
or sit on a block all my life, than sSerisumb all
myself befoul get hoine, end take so much
pains with the audible - that the inside was as
hollow as an empty nut.. Beauty. is 'a' giiiat
this*, but beauty of garments house and Herat.
tare Is a very tawdry ornament compared with
domestic.love.' All the elegance In the world,
will' not make a home, and I would give more .
for a spoonibl of hearty " love then for whole
shiploads of flintiture,and all the upholsterers of
the world could lather together.--Mxford
Parker.
- Bins take this advice: Be as pretty sit yonesat
or as ugly as you moat, but, whatever else' you:
are, be neat. There is nothing on the virally
earth more unlovely than a slattently - swzo:uusl
BIM does violent* to nature. A. tumble-4,41s
hEveled rosebud Is no less an affront to the eye.
while *Sole freshness and delicat7 of alipotnt; ,
merit con' of themselves almost beau* a very
plain iersom - • • ' '
Elumilhp vice that atoms and bag:Wm
every other grace g with it, the matt splendid
moral :sad acquired eequaltlogge *sit
churl!