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"NOT IN oun SBT."
BY KLLEN ASHTON.
It was between the first and second acts
of a celebrated ooera. The audience had
just ceased applauding Patti, who had been
called before the curtain twice ; and now
everybody was looking around to sec who
was in the opera.
A gentleman who appeared comparative
ly a stranger leaned over to speak to a lady
before him.
44 1 have been so long abroad," he said,
that 1 hardly know anybody. Yet 1 never
in anv opera house saw so many beautiful
faces. Who is that beautiful girl opposite ?
I mean the one in pink, on the second seat
of the balcony, playing her fan with the
grace of a Spanish woman ?"
44 Oh ! that girl !" was the contemptuous
reply. ,l That's A/arian Vaughn,the daugh
ter of a retired pork merchant, or tailor,
or something of that sort. She is not in
our set, however, and I know little about
her,"
•II was going, coz to you to intro
duce me," said Hairy Berkley, who had
been the first speaker, 44 but I see that won't
do."
4 - Dear me !"" cried the lady; "the girl
isn't in society, at all I tell you."
44 The truth is, Harry," interposed Char
ley Thome, the last speaker's brother, "the
girls are all jealous of Miss Vaughn She
is beautiful, as you see; and witty and ac
complished also. Then, too, she's lull of
character. Quite independent, 1 assure
you, doing exactly what she likes, though
she never does anything unlady like. Iler
father is enormously rich, and so she is
able to gratify all her tastes. All "our set,"
eh! Amelia? vow she is extravagant, ami
try to frighten usjpoor fellows irom marry
ing her. I'm very glad," he added, satir
ically, "that some of our "first families'
have the reputations of our grandfathers
and great grandfathers to lire upon; for
'pon my soul, they've neither money nor
brains in general."
Miss Thome turned her white shoulder
contemptuously on her brother, eyed Miss
Vaughn askance, and commenced picking
her to pieces, in which delightful occupa
tion she was most assiduously assisted by
af< male friend "in our set" who had ac
companied her to the opt ra.
Harry Berkley was the match of the
season. Inheriting a vast estate, while yet
in his minority, he had gone abroad as
soon a> he had completed his studies, and
had remained there, piincipally. until his
twenty-fifth year. His return to America,
unmarried, had put all the marriageable
vunng ladies in the city into a flutter.
His claims to be 44 in society," nobody
could deny, for his great grandfather had
been a colonial governor, his grandfather
a general in the revolution and hi father
a senator of the United States; while his
mother and grandmother had each been fa
vorite toasts in their day, and fashionable
leaders in the most select circle of their na
tive town. Hence, no young bachelor was
more courted
Bnt Amelia Thorne, his second cousin,
had secretly appropiiated him to herself.
One so gently born, she thought, should
marry nohodv less genteel; and who was
there, she added proudly to herself, with
an equal quantity of tbe " blue blood ot
America as herself.
The next opera night, however, Harry
did not invite her as she expected, and
she wasforced to press her father into her
service as a cavalier. Imagine her cha
grin, on taking her seat, to observe her
cousin talking to Miss A aughn, the latter,
looking more beautiful than ever.
44 Good heavens ! pa," she cried, 44 do you
see ifarrv ? lie is actually talking to that
Vaughn girl ,v
44 ATH I hear," replied her father,uncon
scious of bis daughter's plans. 44 that she is
very fascinating. X shouldn t wonder if
he married her."
Miss Thorne colored with anger, and bit
the end of her tan. The opera that night
gave her but little, pleasure, for she was
watching Miss Vaughn, and was mad with
jea'ousy.
The next morning her truant cousin pre
sented himself. She welcomed him with a
sneer
44 My dear cou.-in," said Harry, graceful
ly taking a seat beside her, 44 vou don't
know how yon girls—the girls of 4 our set'
I mean —astonish me. I have just come
from Europe, where 1 have been preaching
republican institutions, and yet, the. very
first thing I hear, at home, is that merit is
nothing, and being 'in society' everything."
44 To be sure. A real ladv owes it to her
self not to associate with evervbodv."
"By which you mean that vou, and a
dozen more, protend to be bettor than
those who are as cultivated as yourselves.
Let me tell vou, coz, that von lose more
than you are aware of. for M'ss Vaughn
and others like, who rest their social claims
on their accomplishments, arc, as Charley
says, far more agreeable acquaintances t> an
'our set' generally. You are only laughed
at, and, this, not merely by those you
think yon put down, but by all sensible
people."
Miss Amelia was purple with rage. She
had never been ta'ked *o so plainly before
and she was not disposed to submit to it,
even for the best match of the season, and
much less from her cousin.
"Laughed at, am I?"she cried, rising
•' Sir, you forget who are von speaking to
Bat when people consort with tailor's
"TO SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS IS EVERY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. "—Thomas Jefferson.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1866.
daughters, their manners leave them."
" As I shall leave you, fair coz," answer
ed llarry, determined not to quarrel, " for
I see you are not looking quite as lovely,
at this moment, as usual, and I try never
to see a lady except in her best looks, so
that I can remember her pleasantly."
Half an hour afterward, Miss Amelia
could have bitten her tongue off, in anger
at herself, for having said what she did.—
She had virtually driven him away, she
reflected, and so lost every chance of se
curing him for herself. What if she had
also driven him to Miss Vaughn?
The suspicion, alas ! proved correct.—-
Harry's engagement had jusv been announc
ed. And those who used to sneer at Miss
Vaughn,not in our set," are already mak.
ing interest for cards for the wedding,
which is to be the "affair of the spason,"
and is to come off early in the summer.
"Take my advice, Charley," said Harry,
the other morning, "and marry a wife who
rests ber claims upon personal amiability,
intelligence and accomplishments; for she
will make you a thousand times happier
than any of the haughty maids, too proud
to learn anything, and too selfish to care for
anybodv but themselves, who chiefly make
up what they call 'our set.' "
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A FRAGMENT,
Years ago, when my good old grand
mother filled the place of honor in our
popular borne, she related to me an anec
dote of one of her neighbors, one who
slept beneath the sod long betore ray in
fant eyes opened on life's changing scenes.
It ran something iu this way : the neigh
bor before mentioned wa3 an honest,
thrifty, well-to-do man, and, among other
possessions prized highly a hog, which he
had succeeded in making the envy of the
farmers round about. As each week
came round, he resolved to kill him; but
unwilling to disturb the fattening process,
he delayed the unpleasant job. At length
one Sum la; after w devoutiy attending
church all day, on his return from the aft
ernoon service, he exclaimed, "Wife, heat
the water early for me 10-morrow morn
ing ; I have resolved not to carry that
hog to church with me another Sabbath."
Since this story fell from the lips of my
honored grandparent many years have
rolled away, ami dui ing that time, many
have been the occasions when the moral
of this has obtruded itself upon
my thoughts. How many of us carry use
less burdens into our pleasures, duties and
devotions—burdens that have no more
business there than the above mentioned
q adruped in the service of the sanctuary.
We chafe and fret under them, but do
not cast them off; so the wheels of life
roll heavily on, making deep furrows that j
spoil the retreating landscapes.
Man of business, carry not the fret and •
anxiety of that last doubtful s peculation
over tiic threshold of God's house ! Man
of genius, leave with its belongings the
canvas, the unhewn marble, or the half
written manuscript, and shut out its mem
ory on entering the sacred portals that fain
would hem thee in from worldly cares and
sorrows. Busy toilers in life's many vine
yards, learn to drop the memory of wear
ing caies and" disappointments when, bv
Sabbath bells or other voices as sweet and
tender, God calls you to worship aud
prayer!
A SINGLE WORM KILLED THAT TREE.
—During my sojourn in a place of resort
for invalids I was one day walking through
the romantic grounds and patk with some
friends when the proprietor of the estab
lishment drew our attention to a large syc
amore taee decayed to the core.
"That fine tree," said he "was killed by
a single worm."
In answer to our inquiries, we found
that about two years previously the tree
was as healthy as any in the park, when a
woodworm about three inches long was
observed to be forcing its way under the
bark of the trunk. It caught the eye of a
naturalist who was staying at the establish
ment, and he remarked :
"Let that worm alone, doctor, and it will
kill the tree."
This seemed very improbable, but it was
i.greed that the black headed worm should !
not bo disturbed.
After a time it was found that the worm j
had tunnelled its way a considerable dis
tance nndet the hark,
The next Summer the leaves of the
tree dropped verp errly, and in the suc
ceeding vear it was a dead, rotton thing,
and the'hole made by the worm might
be seen in the very heart of the once noble
trunk.
NURSING TROUBLES. —Some people are
as careful of their troubles as mothers are ]
of their babies; they cuddle them, and
rock them, and hng them, and cry over ,
them, and flv into a passion with you if
yon try to take them away from them ;
they want you to fret with them, and to
help them to believe that they have been
worse treated than anybody else. If they
could, they would have a picture of their
grief in a gold frame, hung over the man- j
tie-shelf for everybody to look at. And '
their grief makes them ordinal ily selfish ; |
they think more of their dear little grief
in the basket or in the cradle '♦ban they j
do of all the world beside ; and they say
you are hard-hearted if you say don't fret
"Ah! vou don't understand me—you
don't know me —you can't enter into wy
trial#." , .
HOW TO HONOR A MOTHER.
In the north of Europe is a mountainous
country callen Sweden. Its winters are
long, snowy and cold. Its Summers are
short, but very lovely and sweet-aired, es
pecially' in the valleys between the high
mountains.
The inhabitants of that country are no
ted for their industry, virtue and content
ment. One morning a long time ago, a
certain king of Sweden, called Gustavus
the Third, was riding through a village in
one of the beautiful valleys, not far from
Stockholm, the capital city. As he pass
ed along, he saw a young girl fillings
pitcher with water that gushed from the
cool rocks which overshadowed the road
side. He stopped at the fountain and
asked the girl for a drink. She knew not
the stranger, but gracefully stepped fur
ward and lilted the pitcher to his lips as
he sat upon his horse. She was evidently
very poor, bnt lur kiudness, so tenderly
expressed upon her countenance, together
with'her artless, unembarrassed politeness,
at once attracted the king's attention, and
touched his heart. Judging by her ap
pearance that she was a child of poverty,
he told her, that if she would go to the
city, lie would find her a pleasant home.
"Ah ! good sir," answered the girl,
"Providence placed me here, and I am
not anxious to change mv position in life.
I am content, and it I were not content, it
would be impossible for me to accept your
kind offer."
"Indeed! Why not ?" said the king in
some surprise.
"Because my mother is poor and sick
ly," she replied.
"And you remain at home to take care
of her.''
"I am her only help and companion,"
said the girl, looking upon th ground
with a genuine modesty that won the
sympathies of her royal auditor. "I am
happy in my lot, and am thankful that I
can take care of and comfort the one so
dear to me. No offer however tempting,
could induce nie to leave my mother."
44 Where is your mother#" inquired the
king, becoming more and more interested
in the noble girl.
"In yon little luit, by the side of the
road," said she, pointing toward the hum
ble dwelling. It was a low, thatched
building, covered with moss and vines,
very neat and clean, but so old and weath
erworn that it offered but a poor shelter
in time of cold ami storms.
Gustavus alighted frorp his horse, and
followed the girl into the hut, to see her
mother. He found her sick and suffering,
laving upon a bed of straw —a pale, thin
woman—sinking under her infirmities, and
looking forward to the grave only as a bed
of rest The king was almost overcome
at the pitible sight, and said, while tears
came into his eyes—ah, yes, and those
tears were more beautifully radiant
and glorious than the brightest dazzles
that ever glanced from his crown of dia
monds—
"l feel sorry, mother, to find you so
destitute and afflicted."
"Yes, yes. my dear sir," said the lady,
in a feeble voice ; "but 1 am so glad that
God has given me an affectionate daugh
ter She is always trying to relieve me,
and is my constant comforter. May God
in His love remember and bless her—my
dear child! and her voice was choked
back by sobs, aud her face was covered
with tears.
The good king wept with the poor wid
ow.
What a sight! How. the angels of
heaven hovered over that lonely hut,
breathing joy unspeakable into three
hearts—the suffering woman's the sympa
thizing king's, and the filial daughter's.—
The monarch never received such a bless
ing on his throne in the palace, as there in
the lone hut by the wayside ! He handed
the daughter a purse of gold, and directed
her to a better house, where she and he-r
mother might be comfortable, saying as he
depaited :
"Go on, my young friend, in your way
of dutiful love and care, and you shall lack
for nothing while I have means to help
you. lam your king. Farewell!'
Gnstavu? ever remembered the poor
family, and made provisions to have a sum
of money regularly sent to the woman for
her support; and at the mother's death,
he presented the daughter with a ha.ul
some fortune. '
Young readers, for your parent's sake,
ar.d Christ's sake, but also for your own
sake, remember the command, "Honor
thy father and thy mother."
DEFINITIONS NOT IN WKBSTER.--Q.
What is a waterfall ? A. A lot curls made
out of the tails of Chinamen, and worn by
'ladies on the back of their heads.
Q. What is complexion? A. Red and
white stuff, which is sold in small pots at a
dollar a pot.
Q. What is best? A. Having a jolly tuck
in of soda aud a custard pie, a five cent c gar,
and a glass of lager, and going to a concert
in the evening.
Q. What is amusement? A. Setting a
dog at a Chinaman ; tying two cats togeth
er by the tails ; cutting a girl's doll open
and letting the saw dust out, or anything
else that makes you feel good.
Q. What is a patriot! A; A fellow
who loves his country and wants to make
as much out of it as possible.
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The path of glory leads but to the
and the road of tho whiskey swiller endeth
in bed in the gutter.
CUT THIS OUT.— New Rules to guard (
against Cholera. —Drink all the poor whis
key you cant Eat something as often as
possible during the day, and take a heavy
supper late at night just before going to
bed. Follow this with a large instalment
of Sweitzer and Limberger.
On Saturday nights sleep in the opeu
air by all means. ~
Keep well supplied with *green apples
and other unripe fruit to eat between
meals.*
Take a drink occasionally.
Don't be afraid of ur.ripe vegetables
harness them often. Eat plentifully of
young veal.
Above all, drink frequently.
Avoid bathing altogether
Don't miss an opportunity to get nsad,it
gives a healthy tone to the brain. Get up
cross in the morning, and keep it up. In
order to do so, drink a good deal through
the night.
Don't neglect to take a drink in the
morning before breaktast.
Pay no attention to your back yards aud
alleys. They will get along.
Drink as. often as anybody asks yon.
Treat as long as you have any money.
Eat plenty of onions lor the benefit o!
" Wets*" people.
Two or three dozen glasses 01 soda dur
ing the dav, and a quart or two ot ice
cream on a hot afternoon will be found
highly advantageous.
Drink.
Take another.
Swill downKissingen and Saratoga wa
ter in the morning after breakfast "to give
tone to your stomach."
We have submitted these rules to the
medical profession, and can assure the class
yf persons to whom they are applicable
that no fears need be entertained in regard
to the ceitain results attending their taith
ful observance.
TNE WIFE'S COMMANDMENTS,
1. Thou shalt have no other woman but
me, for I am thy true and lawful wife,whom
thou didst promise to love and cherish.
2. Thou shalt not have a picture or any
likeness of any other woman but me, for I
only am thy wife, and a jealous wife.
2. Remember the market day, and re
plenish the larder ; thy wife's command
ments, and keep them sacred.
4. Love and cherish thy wife, that we
may live happily together in the house
thou gavest unto her.
5. Thou shalt not find fault when thy
wife goes out to spend money, buying fash
ionable shawls and dresses ; for I atn thy
wife and thou must abide by it. Thou
shalt not scold but shall keep ber decently
clad and in gco ! repair. Thou shalt fur
nish buttons and thread, that thine and
thy children's shirts may be kept in order; i
herein, fail not at thy p£ril.
G. Thou shalt not play at billiards ; neith
er at any game of chance. Thou shalt not
gad about after sunset, nor in any way
neglect thy wife ; neither the children she
gave thee.
7. Thou shalt not dress thyself in fashion
unless the wife of thy bosom is dressed
fashionably also.
8. Tl:ou shalt not goto any slight-of
hand or spiritual meeting, neither to speak
thyself, nor to hear others speak : Thus
saith thy wife.
9. Thou shalt not find fault if thy wife
should fail in getting the meals in due time
for it is written, Knowest thou,o man bet
ter late than ever.
10. Thou shalt not drink lager or any
other beer, no spirituous liquors of any
kind ; neither shalt thou chew or smoke
tobacco, nor use snuff, for I thy wife abhor
eth it. Knowest thou also that it consum
ed) money, which I thy wife can better dis
pose of, even to the last farthing of thine
earnings ; verily I say unto the, I am
mistress of the house thou gavest unto me
—
Do IT WELL. —Whatever you do, do it
well, A job slighted, because it is appar
ently unimportant, loads to habitual neg
lect, so that men degenerate, insensible,lnto
bad workmen.
"That is a good rough job," said a fore
man in our hearing, recently,and he meant
that it was a piece of of work, not elegant
in itself, but strongly made and well put to
gether.
Training the hard and eye to do work
well, loads individuals to form correct hab
its in other respects, and a good workman
is, in most caes, a good citizen. No one
need hope to rise above Ins present situa
tion who suffers small things to pass by un
improved, or who* eglects, metaphorically
speaking, to pick up a cent because it ia not
a dollar.
Some of the wisest law makers, the best
statesmen, the most gifted artists, the most
merciful judges,the most ingenious mechan
ics, rose from the great mass.
A rival of a certain lawyer sought to hu -
miliate him publicly by saying : "You black
ed my father's boots on6e." "Yes," re
plied the lawyer, unabashed, "and I did it
well." And because of his habit of doing
even mean things well, he rose to greater.
Take heart, all who toil! All youths in
humble situations,all in adverse circumstan
ces, and those who labor unappreciated
If itbe but to drive the. plow, strive to do it
well; if it be but to wax thread, wax it
well; if Only to cut bolts, make good ones;
or to blow the bellows, keep the iron hot,—
It ia attention to business that litis the feet
higher upon the ladder.
Says the good book— Seest thou a inan
diligent in his business, he shall stand be
fore kings; he shall not stand before mean
men."
•••• ■■■ • T f *' *' { 1 '
TBUMS, MOO FERAIIJN UM
BUSINESS. —Business is business' This
is the peremptory maxim of many who
would be puzzled to define the word, and
yet feel that it stands for something quite
distinfct from other occupations which they
pursue either for pleasure or of necessity.—
A man may be pressed with cares, or ab
sorbed in entertaining studies, which hare
nothing to do with his business. He may
meet the first bravely, and follow the other
methodically ; and yet both may be wholly
separated from the work of his life, thai
special work which is involved in his voca
tion or calling, and is expected of him by
the other bees in the hive. To that he most
give his best days, and the best hours of his
day Whatever other duties he has to per*
form must, as a rule,make way for business.
They must be attended to before or after
hours, however important. Unless (as in
case of accident, fire, and the like) they are
of so sudden and pressing a nature as to
justify obviousley the neglect of the regu
lar day's work, they must wait till the work
must feed your master's
pigs before you set down to eat your own
supper.
FRESH Alß —Everv house should be
thoroughly ventillated the first thing every
morning, so as to allow the atmosphere of
the previous night to escape. This can be
done by first airing one part aod then an
other. By doing this a house can" be
more easily warmed. When there are
many persons collected in a- room, care
should be observed to keep a few inches
of the window open from the top, every
one avoiding sitting close to or under it,
as, after a time, when many are collected,
the atmosphere of the room becomes im
pregnated with their exhalations, and the
air is thus rendered impure. By perfect
ventillation there is a uniform amount of
oxygen maintained, which is the vital part
ot the atmosphere, and which is necessary
to our very existence.
Who has not noticed a disagreeable
feeling on going from the fresh air into m
room with in which the
ventillation is imperfect 1 At night, also
fresh air should be admitted into the room,
tor it is, if anything, more necessary that
there should be a plentiful supply of oxy
gen. We have often been asked the ridic
ulous question if enough air did not coma
through the key hole. Certainly not.
That is not fresh air. Make it a rule al
ways to sleep with part of your window
open from the top, avoiding its blowing OQ
you. Fresh air never hurts any one, for
by it we live. It is a want of it that in
jures. Persons seem to forget that they
spend one third of their lives in their bed
rooms. We frequently see a man building
a house bestowing all his attention on the
plan of the parlors, while the bed-rooms
are, to a great extent, and in some instances
entirely neglected. It had better be vie#
versa.
A genius out West, conceiving that a lit
powder thrown upon some green wood would
facilitate its burning,directed a small stream
from a keg upon the smoking pile ; not pos
sessing a hand sufficiently quick to cut this
otl'at a desirable moment, was blown into a
million pieces. The coroner reasoned out
this verdict: "It can't be called 6uicide.
because lie didn't mean to kill himself; it
wasn't "visitation of God," because he wasn't
struck by lightning ; he did't die for want
of breath, for he hadn't anything left to
breathe with. It's plain be didn't know
what lie was about; so I shall bring in
11 died for the want of common sense !"
BmrriFUL EXTRACT. —The loved ones
whose loss 1 lament are still in existence ;
they are living with me at this very time ;
they are like myself dwelling in the great
parental mansion of God ; they still belong
to tne as Ido to them. As they are ever
in my thoughts, so, perhaps I am in theirs.
As I mourn for their loss, perhaps they re
joice in anticipation of our reunion.—
What to me is still dark, they see clearly.
Whydo Igi ieve because I can no longer
enjoy their pleasant society ? During
their lifetime I wjes not discontented be
cause I could not always have them around
me. }f a journey took them from me, I
was not therefore unhappy. And why
is it dillerent now ? They have gone on v
journey. Whether they are living on A
earth in a far distant citv. or in some
higher world in the infinite universe of
God, w hat difference is there ? Are we
not. still in the same house of our Father,
like loving brothers who inhabit separate
rooms'? Have we therefore ceased to be
brothers ?— Pyican.
fW A Republican in Maine, who had
served out his time of thirty days in the Au
gusta jail, was asked when he came out how
he liked k. "I had a bully time," said he.
"There were 7 6 inmates of the jail, and not
a d d Democrat amongst the lot.
1
&3T Hoop skirts like gun barrels are
not dangerous unless they have something
in them. But when the former are charg
ed, powdered, waddeJ, waterfall-capped—
they should be bandied with the greatest
cauticn,. In many instances it is dangerous'
to eveu look at them.
"I'm on the trail of a dear," as the',
fellow said when he stepped on the dress of.
a beauty in the street.
"Caught in her own net," as a maiil
said when he saw one of the fair sex hitched
iu her crineline.
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