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My neighbor's house is not so high,
Nor half so Mot as mine ;
I often see the blind ajar,
And through the curtains one—
'Tis only muslin, and the steps
Are not of stone at all ;
And ,yet I long for her small home
To give mine, all in all.
Ber lawn is never left to grow—
The children tread it down '
•
And when the father comes at night,
I hear them clatterdown
The gravel walk—and such a noise
Comes to my listening ears
As my sad heart's been waiting for
Bo many silent years.
Sometimes I peep to see them
Seize his coat, and hat, and knees,
Ali three so eager to be first,
And hear her call "Don't tease
Papa I" the baby springs ;
And then the low brown door
Shuts out their happiness, and I
Sit wishing as before:
That my neighbor's Ilt,tle cottage
And the Jewels cf her crown
Had been my own. My mansion,
With its trout of freestone brown,
Its damask and its honiton,
Its lawn so green and bright,
How gladly would I give them
For her motherhood to-night.
RUT.
—o--
Alas I now light a cause may move
Dissension between hearts that love ;
Hearts that the world has vainly tried,
And sorrow but more closely tied ;
That stood the storm when waves were rough.
Yet m a sunny hour fall off,
Like ships that have gone down at sea
When heaven was all tranquility I
A something light as air, a look,
A word unkind, or wrongly taken—
Oh, love that tempests never shook,
A breath, a touch like this has shekel !
For ruder words will soon rush in
To spread the breach that words begin,
And eyes forget the gentle ray
They wore in courtship's smiling dry,
And voices lose the tone which abed
A tenderness mind all they said—
Till, fast declining, one by one,
The aweetnesses of love are gone,
And hearts so lately mingled seem
Like broken clouds, or like the stream,
That smiling, left the mountain brow
As though its waters ne'er could sever,,,
Yet, , ere It readied the plain below,
Breaks Into floods that part forever.
I --- NIS . CELLANEOILIS READING
TBB ASCIENT GOOK&
BY CHARLES BARNARD.
--0-.-.
"An ancient,gray. and solitary goose."
That's what they said of him. His mus
tache was gray, he was past thirty-nine,
and, not being married, was considered
solitary. It mattered little to him. The
care of his patients kept him bright and
active. His
He
*as sufficient for
his wants. He way the loved and respect
ed physician for half the families in the
place ; be never wanted for company and
friendship. Why he had never married,had
been the speculation of the village. The
subject was now threadbare,and they bad
ceased to talk of it. He saw much of fe
male society, for he was one of those fine,
rare natures that make "brothers to
girls." His genial good nature, and above
all, his ability to keep secrets, made him
indeed the brother to half the girls' in
Wauchussetta. They came to him with
their litle pains and ills and their little
heart-breakings and love sorrows. For
the one he had pills anti advice for the
other, a ready ear, counsel, help and con
fidence.
MEl==l
No wonder Sally Depford came tearful
an•l angry to him in her little difficulty
with Sam Barrett. A small rage made
her the more attractive. As the Doctor
heard her woful tale, he could hardly fail
to study her face with admiration.
Young, twenty years his junior, rather
pretty, reasonably well-educated,seusible,
and quite ready for u joke at any time,
she preferred the bright side of every
thing. Hence her present sorrow. She
did not wish to be "bothered," as she ex
pressed it, with a serious love affair. It
was a trouble, a vexation, an interference
with her pleasure, and—
" Well, there ! It's entirely dreadful,
and I don't wart it, nor him. Just as I
was fairly out of school and preparing to
have a splendid time with the girls, then
this thing comes along, and I don't like
"
She tried to cry, and could not. It was
not worth crytng about. She had brush
ed back the black hair :rom behind her
eare, looked the venerable doctor straight
in the eye, and said
:
"That is so, Lk ctor. Is it not ?"
The Doctor had no immediate reply to
make. He would consider the case—and
her.
There was something peculiarly attract
ive about her face, and it was no small
wonder that Sam Barrett,the last beau left
in the village,was deapirately in love with
her.
She frowned. Re was too slow.
"Come, sir, parade your wisdom. I can
pay for advice, and I want it.
"Go to bed early, get up nue, and sleep
it off.'
"That's very good for him. Tell him
that, please. As for me, it Aloes not help
a bit. There it stands. He will pursue
me with attentions. I don't want--"
"Snub him."
"He's not snnbable. Snubbing falls
harmless on his good natured temperamen t
I've tried it, and it don't work. Re took
it like a lamb.
"Tell him you're not at home."
"Then he lessee his card, and says be
will call again. And he is sure to do so "
"Pour boy ! He has it very had this
time. Th. symptoms are alarming."
"They are, Doctor, they are, and I
don't like it. It's a nuisance, and a both
er, and I hate him. There !"
"Feel better, my dear ?'
"Yea; for I'm getting mad. I feel like
breaking things, and—
" You do. You do it all the time. Poor
boy ! I'm not surprised I Here you go
about the place, being as , attractive as
possible, and then you break all our
hearts, and scold us for it. What do you
expect ?" •
"It's not my fault. I didn't make my
self."
"Well—no—not exactly—"
"For Heaven's sake, Doctor s why don't
you do something. Advise me."
POETRY.
ZOIMEItHOOD
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1874
"Get married!"
"Doctor, you are too hateful."
"1 presume so ; doctors always are.
But that's my advice. Get married; thee
he can no longer trouble you."
"Now,you're too silly, Doctor, 1 sho'u't
tell you any more. You don't care a
straw for my troubles, after all, and.--"
Here she began to be teary, and threat
ened '4, have "a good cry."
"My dear, my advice is not bad. You
must admit that if you were eugaged, he
would leave you at once."
. _
"I suppose so:"
"Yes. Then get engaged ;or if you
don't care to go so far, arrange with some
young man to be engaged to him tempur
and Then your Sam—"
"He's not my Sam, thank Heaven I—"
"Then your Sani will take unto himself
another wife, and when all is secure you
can break you! engagement, and ull will
be serene again."
"What an absurd ids a 1 Jump into the
water for the sake of escaping drowning.
I tell you I don't want anybody's atten•
tion. It would be a dreadful trial to be
engaged at all, even in self-defence."
"Not if am other party would agree to
keep himself away,and simply lend a dia
mond ring for awhile, and play the part
of the distant'intendid ?"
"I don't kntiw, Doctor ; it is a despe-
rate measure. But it would be effectual.'
"Or course."
"It would be rather amusing to go home
and announce that 1 was engaged. I
should have to tell mother how it really
stood, and father would be, of course, let
into the secret. The rest need not know.
Goodness 1 what a scattering there would
be, and how all the old ladies would talk."
"You need not care. It would be easy
to act your part, and in a few weeks all
would be comfortably over and every
thing would be serene again."
"I declare, Doctor, the more I think of
it the more amn4ing it seems. It is very
wicked, no doubt, but then, the case is a
hard one—"
"And demands heroic remedies."
"Precisely. Now the next step is to
get up a goon lover. I shall not expect
much. Any straw man that's convenient
will answer. Do you know of one Dr,—
a good one ? Be must be nice, and all
that or I couldn't endure it."
"Well—no-1. can not think of one
just now. There are none living near
that are advisable. Perhaps we might
import one.
"Dr., I've an idea."
"How startling Bring it forth that
I may admire it."
"lon be the lover."
"All right. I'm willing."
"Then we're engaged."
"Yes —for the present."
'ln fun, yon know."
'Oh 1 of course. Till Sam gEts married,
or till you wish to break it."
."Where's the ring ?'
'Oh I I have one up stairs,—an old one.
I suppose it will answer to cov.er our lit
tle arrangement."
'How epkildid of you, Dr.!,
'You must go. Old Mrs. Davis is corn
ing soon with her neuralgia. Shall I tell
her ?'
'Tell ber of what ?'
'Of oor engagement.'
'Yes. Just hint it, and before night,
the whole town will know it.'
And they did. How they snatched the
stray morsel of gossip and stirred it into
their tea with the sugar. Fortunate cir
cumstances. It soured on their stomachs,
the pews, not the tea. Even the sugar
and the good Bohea did not save them
from' expressing with beautiful freedom
just what thq thought about it.
`Such au old goose as to be taken in by
that Sally Depford! The minx ! the little
contriving— artful—'
Such language ! It is not pretty. His
tory like this cannot stop to report all
that was said concerning the last new en
gagemet. As for Sam Barrett, he faded
beautifully away, and actually disappear.
ed He saudenly found "a tip-toe busi
ness, you know, in New York. Ouglit
to go right on and fix it up?
His parting with Sally was not particu
larly affecting. She wouldn't allow it.
That curious, antique, diamond ring
flashed in his astonished eyes, and his af
fection melted softly away into nothing,
like the clone of white steam under which
he escaped in the 3-40 p. m. express.
The whistle sounded among the Wauchu.
setta hills, and the gentle Sally heard it
without a sigh.
Some of the other girls could hardly
forgive her for driving away the only
available young man in the place, but
they soothed their lacerated feelings with
the sweet hope that, as the summer vaca
tion was nclar at hand, a new importation
of city visitors fro% Boston, and New
York might "make it gay again," and
spread wide once more the matrimonial
horizon.
The suddenness of the victory rather
surprised the victor. She had succeeded
beyond her expectations. Now that it
was all over, she would return the riug;
and—well. no, perhaps she might keep it
just one more night. Cousin Mary Dep
ford was coming to spend the night, and
it would be rather amusing to wear the
ring a little longer, and let her into the
secret. She would return the ring in the
morning.
Pleased with this unspoken plan, she
set the ring'firmer on her finger, and pre
pared to receive her "company."
Cousin Mary Depford was charmed
with the ring,and was profuse in her Con
gmtulation& Sally took them quietly
enough.
Ws a joke, you know, dear.'
'A joke r
'Yes, dear, a little—well—game, if I
raay so speak.'
"Consul Mary was properly shocked.
In the retirement of their own room, she
expressed her mind fully, and declared
she would not wear the ring another mo
ment. It was a pretence, and--a shame
to,do such a thins.
Sally was
,startled, and pleaded the
dreadful nece&ity of the case.
'He was such a bore, you know, and,
really,—what could Ido ? It was all in
fun. There's nothing serious. I meant
to return the ring tomorrow.'
wouldn't wear it another minute it I
were you, Sally Deutord.'
Devoted to the hitereets of our Town and County.
Sally laughed and still retained the
ring. She would return it to-morrow.
She would wear the ring one more night,
—for it was, really.—such a handsome
ring.
The Dr. hehaved beautifully. He only
called occe, and didn't even aek her to
ride - or walk.
'He walks so fast,—and as for that old
chaise,—you know how it creaks.'
It was a very poor engagement. Rath
er cool, perhaps. What could you expect?
He was past forty, d a day, they said.
She did not return the ring the next
day. It rained. She sent him a note the
next day, asking him to call for IL He
was away,--wouldn't be back till Monday.
Of course she must wear the ring one
more Sunday ; and she did,—in spite of
Cousin Mary De?ford's remonstrances.
On Monday she carried the ring, still
on her finger, to the Dr. He was just
starting off on a professional tour when
she came, and he was so merry, there
were so many things to talk about, that
she quite forgot the ring. Besides, there
stood the Widow Bigelow in the next ye rd
pretending to bang out her clean clothes
on the line, and watching with both
eyes.
Cousin Mary Deptord was harassing.
They had a little "tiff," after a manner of
girls, and made it up on the strength of
promise from Sully that she would cer
tainly return the ring tomorrow.
On the morrow she started, ring on
finger, to duly return it. He was not at
home. She went again just before tea
time. He was at tea, and pressed her to
stay and take :upper with is good old
house-keeper and himself. She hesitated
a moment,—then accepted. She could
quietly hand him the ring after supper,
and in the meanwhile she might as well
"have a good time."
The tine old house, the elegant dining
room,and the cosy table set for three,were
charming. The Dr. was a good talker,
and cultivated and refined in his man
ners. She bad been obliged to bear much
wretched gossip for the last week or two.
It was quite proper to stay to tea. It
would be rather amusing to see just how
it seemed to be engaged' She might as
well have a good time, for it would soon
be over. She would return the ring as
soon as the house-keeper retired. The
house-keeper did nothing of the kind.
As soon as tea was over she took her
knitting, and sat down by the open win
dow in the parlor, where she could see
everything, that happened in the house
and in the garden.
The Dr. acted his part to perfection.
He was not too attentive, to attract at
tention from the house-keeper, nor did
he forget for a moment to he watchful of
his guest's happiness.
At 13-30 p. m. Sally returned to her
own room, looking wonderfully serious
and happy. Cousin Mary Depford was
silent and watchful. Presently she saw
something, and said :
'0 Sally I'
'Well, dear ?'
'Where's the ring !"
'0 my love !I quite forgot all about it;
I did indeed. I'll take it right back to
morrow.'
As for the Dr., he sat up half the night,
pacing his room alone in the dark. At
midnight he was called out to see a dis
tant patient. He was glad to go. The
cool ride through the solemn dark gave
him a chance to think.
The nest day Sally boldly started for
the Dr's. to return the ring. He was not
at home. Of course she could not leave
it with the house-keeper. Besides, why
should she take the trouble to take it to
him 1 It was not her place. He should
ask for. it.
Cousin Mary fairly rard. For the first
time Sally was really unhappy over the
matter, and in a little passion she pulled
off the ring and threw it in a drawer.
"I'll return -it by mail, Mary Now
leave me in pence!"
There was no peace. Without a thought
she walked up alone to the past office
through the village street to get the eve
ning mail. It did seem as if the whole
town were waiting for their letters. It was
too warm for gloves, and in her haste to
get her letters she forgot the absent ring.
Such a lifting of eyebrows and whisper
irg ! Flushed and angry with herself she
started out of the letter office only go al
most run into the Doctor's arms.
She hid her hand in the folds of her
dress, and with a forced smile bid him
good-evening. He spoke pleasantly,smiled
and passed on. lu a moment Sully heard
his footsteps behind her as he walked
rapidly home. She would not turn nor
speak to him on a public road,—and that
would only make matters ten times worse.
What was' she to du ? It ,was dreadful !
How she wished she hud never touched
the ring !
To her surprise, he overtook her, and
quietly and firmly put her arm in his.
For a moment she experienced a sense of
unutterable relief and satisfaction. She
leaned upon his arm for support,and was
gratified as he seemed to draw her chiser.
How good in him to come to the rescue !
'The curtain has not been rung down
yet, Miss Depford.'
The curtain ! Oh 'he was only carry.
ing out the joke. With a forced laugh
she took the hint, and in a moment was
as merry and chatty as ever. Ouce the
Dr. looked at her inca questioning way,
and once he was silent for a whole min
ute.
They walked arm-in-artn up the vil
lage street.and at the eight half the town
was dumb with astonishment, and the
other half whispered the dreadful news
about the missing ring.
Little did they care. They walked on
and on,and almost before Sally was aware
of it they arrived at the Dr's, gate. The
Dr. opened the wicket, end with a smile
held it wide for tier to enter.
She paused. Was it right ? Was she
not carrying the joke altogether too far?
The blood mounted to her temples, and
she was silent.
'Will you come in, Miss Depford: and
make ns a little call?'
'No—lthank you. ' Not now:
she put out her hand to sustain .her-
sell, and laid her ungloved finger on the
top of The sate-poet. She felt ready to
faint with mortiflcaner , h%ame, and dia.
appointment. This was the end. It was
only a joke,— r. pretence,—and—
'Mies Depfurd,' said the Dr. In a low
voice' where is my ring.'
She snatched her hand away, and, hid
ing it in her dress, turned away to hide
her lace.
'Pardon me,pardon me, Dr.; I am much
to blame. I didn't mean any harm, and.
I h ated—hated—'
'Hated whom ?'
'That—Sam Barrett ; and I was so
glad to escape from him that I am afraid
I've done very wrong—very wrong in
deed.'
'now so ?'
'ln carrying out this dreadful, dreadful
joke, 1113 you call it. lam well punished
for my folly. I took the ring off because
I must—return it to you.'
'But—Sully—l do not wish you to re•
turn it.'
She turned round amazed. What did
he mean ? Oue glance was sufficient.
'Come in—please--my love:
She took his arm again without a word,
and they walked slowly up the gravelled
path toward the old mansion. The house-
keeper came out and bid them welcome
in a grand and impressive ,manner. The
evening iihadows fell on the lawn. The
crickets began to chirp in the grass. The
air seemed ladened with the perfume of
summer flowers. The ancient ivy seemed
to even vagnely.iiint of Autnm as it hung
in motionless festoons from the walls.
There was a sober air about the place,
different from her girlhood's home. The
Dr. offered her an arm•chair on the wide
piazza.
How courtly and dignified his man
ners. His hair was gray—with honorable
toil. He leaned over her, and whispered:
'lt is an old-fashioned place, and I am
mien an ancient, solitary—'
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'Hush lit is home,—our home.'
The house-keeper turned proudly away
from such childish nonsense, and furtive
ly wiped a tear from the late lamentated
solitary goose.—American Homes.
A NOTTO3I-IR-LEVIS /OWL
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All good mother-in-law's will laugh
with us at this funny story, which comes
from Uhicago. Amelia Donoerseig sued
Augustus Behrens for breech of promise,
and the case was heard by Judge Banyon,
damages being laid in the sum of $2OO.
The defence was that Amelia insisted on
bringing her mother-in-law to live in her
new home. 'Now,' said the defendant..
'her mother is a woman of lordly and un
pleasant habits, and *ould insist on feed
ing me too much cabbage—a vegetable
for which I have a great dislike. lam
ready to marry Amelia, but I am not
ready to marry the old woman., The Judge:
'My young friend, which would you rath
er do—marry the woman and take the
mother to live with you, or pay $2OO ?'
A flue sacrifice expression illuminated
the visage of Augustus. Firmness, olsd,
was to be noticed in his accent as be an
swered ; will pay the $2OO l' When he
had said this, the Judge congratulated
him, and observed : 'lf I had only had
the moral courage that yon possess, it
would have saved me twenty-five years
of misery and unhappiness,' and then,
his honor went on to tell the old, old sto
ry about his mother-in-law. Bat the best
was yet to come. 'The order of the oourt,'
concluded the Judge, 'is that the defend
ant atands discharged, and that Amelia,
who has been trying to bring a man into
slavery to a mother-in-law. be fined $lO
and costa.' It would be rather hard to
find authority for the Judge's decision.
lEEE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LOW.
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We at length reached the hotel again,
and I - proposed a glass of brardy and
water. MT friend looked at me and then
at the landlord, and then the landlord
looked at my friend and then at me. Per
plexity overspread the countenances of
both.
'Such a thing as a drop of liquor is not
to be had in the place,' said the landlord.
'Bought, you mean,' retorted my friend
'Bought, I mean,' was the answer.
'Dues anybody give it away?' I inquired
greatly puzzled by the mystery that ap
peared on both their countenances.
'Not exactly. You see the state con
stable would be after me in no time if I
sold liquor„ explained the landlord. 'Do
you want some very badly ?'
I could nut explain how badly I wan
ted it, and mulct only give vent to my
feelings n a sigh.
ithout a .word the landlord disappear
ed within the recespsaf a small room be
hind the office desk, and presently came
forth with two enpty tumblers in his
hand. These he placed upon the desk.
'But where is the liquor ?' I inquired.
'The law forbids me to sell it,' he asid..
'I dare not disobey the law. If you can
find any here you are welcome to it,' say
ing which he accidentally turned back
the breast of his coat. The neck of a
bottle peeped forth from the inside pocket
He winked his eye at me, and I winked
at him, after which I drew forth the
bottle. He faintly sturggled with'me to
prevent the daring robbery upon which I
was bent, but I proved inexorable.
'My private bottle kept for medical
purposes, and not for ealr,'he moaned, as
he poured out the liquor for myself and
worthy chairman of the parish commit
tee. 'Have some water gentlemen ?' he
added with alacrity.
We drank, and I replaced the bottle in
the repository whence I bad taken it.
Then I put a dollar in his hands.
'What is this for ?' he asked, as he de-
posited it in his waistcoat pocket and
gave me a half dollar in exchange.
'For a bushel of oats,' I answered.
'Keep them until I send for them.
'Ah,sir,' said the landlord, with an air
of virtuous resignation. 'the prohibitory
law has done a world of good in stopping
the sale of liquors. It's a severe law on
us, but it's a good one.'
Ben Zme asked O'Shea,"how is it that
the most reliable account of the Deluges
makes no mention of iruihmen having
been taken into the ark ?"
"Devil the one was there," said O'Shea.
"Ilow,then was the race perpetuated?"
queried Ben.
"Faith," said O'Shea, "in those days
the Irish were wealthy, and lad a boat
of their own."
FIFTY CTS. EXTRA IF NOT IN ADVANCE.
THE I.lllr.
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A lily fhb,
With beauty rare,
Gave forth a trngranee tender,
The sun.beams
Through morning mist,
The bud and gave it splendor.
It brighter grew
'Twas nursed by dew,
And balmy slimmer weather,
It only smiled,
The sun beguiled ;
They often talked together.
And now its face,
In mystic grace,
Was hmuty's 1611 perfection,
As on the doll,
Its perfume fell,
An offering of affection.
I passed that way,
One lonelyrday,
And saw this lily blooming,
So modestly
It seemed to me,
Of all flowers unassuming.
I pulled it then,
And left the glen,
To take It home to cherish,
For In my cot,
I gladly thought.,
This thing would never perish
Ah, me I 'twas gone,'
Tho next day's dawn,
So as of Its death the token
The Illy's heart,
Had felt a smart.
It for the Bun bad broken.
WALKING POE =KUM
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Activity is the law of lite ; Inaction the fruit
ful source of debility and disease. Robust
physical health, coupled with prolonged men
tal effort, are not antagonistic and irreconcila
ble conditions. Rightly understood and cared
for, they are the normal condition of true stu
dent life, and should and can always be in per- ,
feet accord.
They would bo were it not that man, with all
his God like intellectual endowments and Ma
primal commission as monarch of the earth he
treads, so often stumbles through life with deal
ears, blind eyes, and, per consequence, a dark
ened understanding. An avenging nemesis,
however, follows swift and sure upon every er
ror. whether from ignorance or neglect. There
is no vicarious atonement fora disregard of the
functional laws of life.
Walking is the best, most convenient and
most healthful exercise for students and seden
tary persons. But to make it elleettud, cattail.
underlying rules and principles should be ob
served. Fancitki notions must give place to
physiological common sense.
I. An hour's walk,two miles and back,shoutd
be taken daily in the open air, regardless of the
weather or season of the year. Aimless saun
tering Is worth nothing,and on an empty stom
ach is injurious. The walEshould be with a
will and for h purpose ; sivinging along to get
over the ground in good =test.
2. It should be taken in the morning, and
always after breakfast, never before About half
an hoar alter breakfast is the best time to start,
when the system has been put in proper can.
ditlon for the day ; and proceeding moderately
for the first mile.
a. Never walk alone, but always with a
companion ; so that cheerful conversation may
divert attention and pleasantly occupy the
mind, to the forgetfulness of physical exertion
and the prevention of Introverted mental brood
ings,inseperable from a solitary ramble. There
may be numerous pedestrians on the road, but
they should run in detached couples. More than
two are Inconvenient; lees than two makes the
thing a bore, and defeats the hygienic purposes
of the walk. -
t Whether the walk be long or abort, two
miles or tour,.never give It over until the per
spiration is started and the pores of the akin
are freely opened. This Is essential, a one qua
non If this point be not gained the walk will
be a failure, if not positively Injurious, leaving
a sense of feverishness and debility, instead of
mental clearness and bodily vigor.
5. In connection with this and as a prere
qoisite, a cold sponge bath as a tonic, or a tepid
bath ale sedative, according to health and con
stitution, should be taken every morning on
rising. A basin of water,a sponge and a coarse
towel is all teat is necessary.
6. Beginners should be moderate and can•
tious in their first experiments, not going too
far or too fast until they have ascertained their
powers of endurance, and gradually brought
them up to the required standard.
Let me illustrate. Arranging in 1839 to com
plete my law studies in the office of the attor
ney general at ono state capitol, the back office
being occupied as editorial rooms, I noticed
that that officer and 0. Barrett, editor of the
party organ, disappeared every morning, cane
in hand, soon after their arrival at the office, re
turning in an hour glowing with exercise and
in exuberant spirits. Being the spring of the
year, they generally came back with their vest
and collar open, each with his coat on his arm,
and the perspiration standing in great drops on
their foreheads. Alter cooling ofi they would
go at their day's work with a sustained pouter
and hearty cheerfulness that contrasted strange
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ing a shy young stranger, I asked no questions,
but often wondered where they went and alas
they did-while gone.
In the meantime I was laid op every fortnight
with a bilious attack, the result of hardships,
congestive fever and overdosing at a manual
labor college beyond the Mississippi Explain
ing to Mr. 8., une day, the cause of these ob•
sent" he exclaimed, "That will never do it 1
Throw your physic to the-dogs. Come with
me, and make a new man of you."
Bo next morning—his legal comrade having
Jug removed to another city and left him alone
—we started out to take what I found to be his
usual walk of two miles but the Reading turn
pike and back, within one hour. But he was
soon obliged to slacken his pace for my =cam.
Laudation ; and at the end of the Brat half mile,
I lay down on the grass by the roadside, com
pletely exhausted. Alter half an hones test
we slowly retraced our Mops, but I was di for
nothing the rest of the day.
My excellent friend said it would never do to
give up scond the second day after coaxing.me
out again, making the half mile and back With
less effort and prostration; but he was perspir
lug freely, whilst my skin was as dry' as a paw
der horn. In three weeks I could make the two
miles and back by taking time to it and resting
on the way, and in two mouths could do it
within the hour, but frequently could not, start
the perspirition till we were on the home
stretch. When it did come, the relief from
mental cloudiness and physical discrimfort was
Immediate and cheering. In Oset a good sweat
fairly earned in this way, is blessedness In itself
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—one of the beat moral tonlca.
And so wo keep it up every week day, rain
or shine, for a year and a half with but two
material interruptions of a month each, carry
ing umbrellas when it rained too heavily and
contenting ourselves with half the distance,
but equal er„firtion when the wind and sleet and
snow made the progress "one step forward and
two backward." When the wind and cold were
too piercing, we throned to the long covered
bridge over the Susquenanna, crossing three
times and back for our usual stint.
During one of the months referred to, we
[laved late In the frosty autumn, as volunteers
In a corps of engineers amongst the mountains,
surveying a route for a railroad from the coal
region!, an experience that very happily supple
mented our home exercise.
Mr. 8., naturally delicate and consumptive,
became a model of health by this means alone,
and the same agency, under his fostering care ;
restored my health and gave me a new lease of
life. Those daily excursions, enlivened by his
fund ot humor, full reading, large experience
ot life, and fine conversational powers, were
periods of great enjoyment to me, and are
amongst my moat cherished recollections. But
I was not able to keep them up in after life. In
locating elsewhere, I could not get any body to
join me. A few would ,try It once or twice,
and give it up, being too inert to persevere.
Is this general outline applicable to young
ladles as well as to gentlemen T Certainly If
toned down somewhat to suit circumstances.—
English ladles think nothing of walking tenor
twelve miles a cay, and splendid health that Is
to be envied is the result. Robust physical
health and strength are more important to wo
men than to men, espdcially at this era and In
thki.Purtx9-
Let young lady students practice this system
In plain, easy costume, and thick soled shoes
that let the loot set down flat, and they will be
thankful for it, not only for their student days,
but In all after life.
City girls can tire out country girls any day
in walking, because they walk so much more,
and In the midst of surroundings that divert
their attention, and generally in company.—
They will walk Four or live miles without think
ing of it, unless they sit down to calculate the
dliftance afterward ; whilst country girls would
be foot-sore and exhausted.
PICIILADELPIIIB, March 2-4, 1874.
Flowers played no unimportant part in the
public and prlVate life of the Greeks and Ro
mans. At weddings and funerals, at their feasts
and festivals, upon state occasions, in their dl.
ylnations and incantations, and in the worship
of the gods, flowers were used with a lavish
hand. At a marriage the bride and her attend
ants were crowned with garlands. The dead
were decorated with flowers, and flowers were
placed upon the tomb. Ail are familiar with
the story of the Greek lover, who placed upon
the grave of his mistress a basket of acanthus
flowers, the leaves of which, being pressed
down by a tile, grew gracefully over - Or aide-s
-of the basket, and gave rise to the first Idea of
the ornate t.orinthian capitaL
It was customary for the guests at [cants to
appear with crowns of flowers upon their
heads ; flowers decked the walls and tables,and
were profisely strewn over the floors of the
apartments. Victors in the Olympic and other
games were crowned with chapleta of dowers ;
no religious ceremony was complete without
them ; while each god had his appropriate flor
al emblem—Galan/for July.
The other day a very pretty young lady rode
in the horse-car which daily conveys us dow n
town ; and as she sat Just within our range of
vision, we could not help observing the "hand
kerchief flirtation" she presently commenced
with an exquisite seated opposite. That both
enjoyed the sport was evident ; her blushing,
dimpled face was so pleasant to look at that
One would think her secure from ill-natured re
marks, but presently, when the charming co
queue left the car, my owe tingled as I heard
what her partner hi' the pleasant little game
audibly whispered to a companion ; while the
eirl went her wey,her pulses still tingling with
gratified vanity, never dreaming that ten min
utes folly had Jeopardized her good name. If
all young ladies who pride themselves on their
skill and tact in the art of flirtation, could only
hear all that is said of them, behind then. backs
.we think they would renounce their indelicate
blandishments forever, if not past that whole
some indication of shame, for the false part
they had so far played In society. 'the practi
cal flirt is looked upon by all young men, save
those green enough to be her victims, merely
as a piece of human trumpery, with whom it
may be well enough to while away an hour or
two now and then, when nothing better in the
way of amusement offers.
A country merchant, with whoin the writer
is well acquainted and knows to be trustworthy,
had been dealing to a considerable extent with
the owners of a wholesale grocery establish
ment in Maaafield, 0.,wh0 turnlsbed him goods
In the grocery line. This wholesale firm had
also a wholesale liquor department In addition
to their grocery business. One day being at
this house the merchant out of curiosity went
down into the cellar, where the liquor depart
ment seemed to be. There be saw a man "con
codling" whiskey. And this was the manner
of it : The wholesale mixer of liquors would
take g gallon of pure whiskey—so called—and
two gallons of mean looking strdr--omey, the
merchant forcibly styled It—and mix them to
gether, with a little coloring matter of some
laud; and the speedy result was three gallons
of marketable whiskey of the kind popularly
and tersely though not elegantly called*rot gut."
One of the firm told this merchant that the
profit on one barrel of liquor was about 11.40.
The Marquis of Lorne will come Into pow:s
alon of the Dorden estate at Tunbridge Wells,
the English watering-place, at the end of this
month. The Martinis and the Princess Louise
'are to reside on this estate, which was sold to
hire for £30,000. '
John of haunt's bed was recently sold at
auction at Tunbridge Wells. It" is made of
Carved oak, with richly embroidered arras
hinging!, the latter of the time of Queen 'rms..
&both.
Conceit—An au who Imagines himself to be
an elephant.
Is Pomum= Emir iirixritraer Holum°
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FLOWERS IN iRCIRINT FIXES
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