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VOLUME 39. PARIS, MAINE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1872. NUMBER 41.
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LIGHT THROUGH TEAKS.
BY JKXSIK K.
Would the »kv )>«.· *· ' iK'u.tliiul. luuuttwr, tillui·,
t( it never ehauf«si ut blue.
Or itu^K it· ble-^ied, broad MMiahiuo
The dreary (ton» elewd· Jbr*M«j;h ?
If <( u«t«. U*«i in»· drirt»
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or the purple draper? that lift·
Above thao^nmtf ;U* *
If mo'oi o'er iu iurlare, placid and blight
Uitti iuiAl.1 from liu* mountain were rolled,
Ot eh-M^ed iu lue «un *el * glimmering light,
To crmi»on " 'imddeied with gold ?"
If nfur the »unli|til, wavering. awoet
>hone ««νer « cloudy nin.
Or the moonlight threw a «ilver? abaci
O'er the r*iu-<*Ioud*, deiiM* and dim
Would lift I* »o beautiful, mourner, ι· tie.
If it never changed it» bue;
if »ιΐιτυ»· i»* vcr dimmed ll* oliriuc,
Or h>«M»e Altered through ?
Ah. wo' ti« I he >U*tluu.;N.ikei •uu->hiac ao >wmM,
"Τι· ilarknn that κγλ·<·» the J^ar»,
The |l!ic» of Heaven drop lux» at uur l*«i
tthtu lo'. e Ii*hi· κ pathway v,f tear».
Select $tm.
till: CLEHK'S MAHRIAGK.
"ïou are a brare yung man,or a very
looiish on·."
"Why d« you say that Γ'
••To think vt marriage."
"Wk«l liai l>r«v«iy or folly to do in
that ι a..** ?**
"lhe young lady i· |H>-»r."
"I do uot wfil for money."
"There would I*· some hop® lor you
Η ahe wort· ibt poAMMvr ul twenty or
thirty thousand dollars. Hut being ns
poor as yourself, ihv lolly of thit pur·
μυΜ «land· out in bold ι ell·» l,ix»k be
l<»ir you leap, hit friend; tb*r·'» trouble
lor you on the other side."
"1 vui not sordid, Mr Hlair " ΓΗ·
ι oung man s lace glow cd, and hi* e\e*
tithed w ι til repressed ludignntion.
"Not sordid enough, Adrian, lor mai
ii»;!·, as society is now constituted. I
There are two aide* to this quefttinu ol
marriage; the sentimental, aud the
matUr-ofdact aide. Now, you Ιιλτρ
h**ed only at li>« sentimental tide.
Sappose w· eoetkiw ih· ]
a»j>etis. You ate a rltrk. ï«<*ei?in£ a
a*laiy ot twelve hundred dollar· How
ivu< h have τ »u saved?"
" Nofhirg. to apeak of.v
'^Nothing So much the wore·, if it
co»u >ou twelve htindred dolla:· per |
i
annum to live, from whr: ce · to com®
Vi.e mean· of supporting κ wife and '
lauitlt ?"
••Oh, I re beeu i-areleas and wasteful
ii ·*' enditur®. a· most young men are
1 hail oulv uiyiill' lo provide for, and
«ell-indulgent, liu! that will cea»s,
o| couree."
"Ciranted for argumenta sake. Th·
}ouu£ ladv Υ 'Hi projw»*e to marry is !
uann d Ko>a Newell."
••Υ®·."
"A chanuing girl; well educated ;
tin eh accomplished ; used^n good society,
a* we »*> ; and just suited for mv friend
Adrian, i; eh® haw mouey, or he an in
com® ol fire thousand a >ear. Hut the
Ida a of making her a happy wife, in ihtt
city of ,\'fw York, un twelve hundred
do. l*i» ie simply preposterous it can't j
be done, air; and the attempt wdl pre*·
tainoua tu the happiiteaa o| t>oth parties'
to so foolish an arrangement. It is a
man·) οι me eusiesi uenionMrauoii, ι
Adrian,and 1 wonder §i Çiom ac^ant* i
UIU .v* you Aie. th<»u!d nqt, ere this, have >
It l«il llie question L»\ mathematical ruie·.
ÏM m· do il fur you. And tiret we wilt
look at Kvisa'· preseut sphere ot lite.
She has a home with Mr. Hart, an uncle,
and i« living in a rather luxurious way.
Mr. Hart is a man who thinks a grenl
«lea! o\ ajpaava^*·, and maintains a do
me>tic establishment that does out cost
ir>s than the thousand dollars a ytnr.
His house lent is equal to your whole
salary. Now in taking Roea trom this
home, into what kind ot a ouc can you
place her?"
A sober hue of thought came uyer the
j uvp£ man s lace.
"You cannot atloiU to rent a house at
even ou* halt' the cost of Mr. Hart's,
cren if you were able to buy furniture."'
continued Mr. Blair.
"\Y« shad board, of course," said
Aiiian "Housekeeping is not lobe
laougbi o| m the beginning.·"
"If not in the begiuuing, how after
waidT
The »oung man looked a Irilie be
wild· red, but did not aa.swer.
"\\ ha: ai e jou now paying loi bo*.id ?"
••'l'en doilar» a wack."
"You would require a parlor and bed- I
;ooiu rt»v«i uurriage."
♦•Ye^."
"At a cost ot not less than twenty dol
lar* a week."
Adrian aigued.
"We couid hardly afford the parlor/'
"Hardlysaid hi» friend. "Well, we
«i.i gite up lite parlor, and lako λ
plea>uat lfOUv Uiumoer on the sccoa^
ttoor, at lilteen dollars a week. Hut the
house is not firtl class. nor the location
ΤιΐΛ d.sirabl*». These :ire not to be had
in Nt*v You. at lilUeu d liai» a week.
Y'ou eanuot atford tor Rosa the elegancies
• ·ί Lût {»ir;^ <■ non· Five dollar» n
wrcrx u·.·· : »r washing «uni et ctterat,
and rout income i* drawn upon aL the
rate ot on»» thousand ami f'oity dollars a ;
year. One hundred and sixty dollar»,
left lor clothing and all other expenses! '
Ami, eo far, ;t ha» taken nearly tin De
time* that sum to meet your own do·
manda, it has a bad look, Adrian."
*•1 was wasteful and self-indulgent,"
replied the young man, in u voice from
which the confident ^one hail departed,
ι "It will scarcely coat Rosa nod me lor
clothing one hall ol what I expended."
I "Say ene-half, ami \our income will
not reach the demand. What was your
tailor's bill last year."
"Two hundred dollars."
"Say thiee hundred, including boot·,
ι hate, rt cetera.
( "Yes."
"You could hardly get this below a
i hundred."
"Terhaps not."
The young man'.s voice wa* growing
husky.
"That will leave sixty dollars for your
wile's clothing, am! nothing for pleasure,
lecreations, or unanticipated but un
avoidable expenses, And il it be so
with y«»u two m health, what will be the
I J
! condition ol things in »icknea4, sud with
; children to sup|M>it and educate ? Adi iau,
in} young friend, there it debt, «ιβι
; barrasatueiit, disappointment and a toi*
emh!e life before )ou. Pans· and reliace
ι )our steps before it is too late It you
I love Ross, spate her from this impending
I I «in. Leave her iu her pleananl home,or
J to grace that of a m au better ablu th*u
i you to provide her with the external
b!e«»in£« of 111* You cannot mairv on
t*sl«e bundled dollar* » year. And it ia
folly to thing of ii."
"We could gel Untitled for twelve dol·
era η week,**said Adrian.
"That would scarcely huip the luatter
al alt. At best, it would only make s
difference iu Ihe amount id jour indebt
*<lue»s at the clvj*e of each year il i·
folly to think of it my joung Iriend. You
can't afford to marry.**
"11 ΙΙΛΛ a (lark look, υ ni tuer· la lin
holding up nor," replied Adrian, i;i m
g'ootnv wij, "\\ f liai »: mutual!* plcdg
ed t-ach other, and '.he «la\ ni ou; mai
nage b.ik Ικβη appointed.*'
• I'm sort) loi you/' «aid tiiv friend, κ
bachelor ot lolly, who, on un income ol
two liiou»aud * unr, could ee«i no posai
Me cha a bapp) marriage in me
city of New York, aud preferred celinaoy
to the embanaaament· which he >*\\ h ·η·
d red* of hi· friend* euvounter ii. then at
tempt* l<» litre in a èiyie out of all pro
portion to ihtir reaourcc·. 'I'm eoiry
for vou," he lepe.ited ; · but if you will
bend your neck to tho yokr, Jou uiuat
not complain of the burden you are your*
till compelled to bear,"
StfUNge at it may appear, ihe young
cletk, Henry Adrian, had never Ietore
iook»d this matter of income, e* jeudi·
tui*. anil style ot livii.g Uirlr in tke
front, j'li· actual .apecl of Um cute,
when clearly seen, threw hit laiud iuto η
state o! troubled bewildei uieut. 1 ! «
went ov» i and ovei a^ain the calculation·
suggested l»y Air. Hlair, a l*>ok kee|>er m
tin' velubliAhtuenl where he nu employ
ed, cuttiag λ littlo from »»:<c proposed ex
penditure and aûother, but not being
aide to get the coat ol lirin;; down to the
rnuge of Li*· salary, exce·when ilie
style ot was »o lar below that in
which hi* wile mtî*t move,that he turned
hall tick trum lia yoQieuiplalion. The
mote steadily he looked at the truth, the
more heavily came the pressure «>1 iti
atony weight upon hi» heart. To go for
ward w*a littl· les·» l'eau absolute mad
η·>·, yet how cuuld he hold back now ·
U<»>h »at alone reading in one of her
uncle'· handeome } ^riqu, waiting tor her
U»rui. i|* wa« later than u*ual j ko late
thai her book began tu I-jmj it· lutereat,
and -l last lay oiuecd on her lap, while a
•hi le full orer her exportant face. A
•ingle glance at lies* ■ countenance re
pealed the tact that she whh a girl of
•ome character. There wai no t
roluptuuu· Ui,giviu h»>ui»i her, but an
erectnaM of j>ositi m λ* *he iat, and a
firmness of tone In all hor feature·, that
indicated an active mind and aulf-re
liance.
An hour Inter than usual, Adrian came.
"Are you lick, Henry ?" aticed ttota,i\»
she took hi* hand anil fixed bar ayes on
hi* çqUu- 1*0*,
"Not sick, hut troubled in mind," he
replied, without evasion.
"Why art you troubled, Henry ?" And
Rosa drew an arm tenderly round her
lover.
'•Sit down and 1 will toll you. The
tioubie concerns us both, Hosa."
Τ ho young girl's Uc· grew pale. They
•at down close together, holding each
other s haada. Hut in Adrian's lace there
was a resolute expression, such as we
see in the oountenance of a man who has
settled a question ·»Γ dilïîcult *oll\liou.
♦•The day of our marriage is only two
months distant," he said. The tone in
which he spoke chilled the heart of Rosa.
She did not answer, hut kept her gaze on
his face.
**Kf»sa. we niuM reconsider this matter.
\Ye l aro actvd with- it forethought."
lier I'ricu became paler, i»er lip·* fell
apart, and her eye■· had a frightened «*
pression.
"I love you, Ko* a, leuderly, truly.
My heart i* not turning fion» you. 1
would hasten rather than retard, the day
of our marriage But there arc con
hiileiaiion- Imyond that day. which have
presented them»i>i»es and demand sober
consideration. In ·. word Ho?*. 1 can
no! artor 1 to m.irr* My income wi'l not
justify the step."
The frightened >·.·κ went out o! Κ osa's
eye^.
••It wits wrong in me ever to have
sought your love."
lier hand lightened on hi·, and she!
shrank uhuer to hi.s sido.
"ί Hin j clerk, with un income of only ι
twelve hundred dollars, And 1 do not aee
much br\ond to hop· for. Hosa, tho
! (untilill"· η these parlors coat twine the
amount ol mj salary. TU· rent of th·
^ boute in which you now livo i· «quai to
what I receive in a year. I cannot take
you iroui aii this clsganc· into a third·
; class boarding house. the best my mean·
will provide. Xo, nv>, Ilosi, it would bo
unjust, stilish, wrong, cruel. How blind
in mo ever to have though ol 10 defied
, iug the one 1 love Γ
The young man whs strongly agitated.
"And this is all th.it trouble* you,
! Henry Γ
"Is it not enough ? Can I look at the
two alternatives that present thenieelves,
and not grow heart-tick Ρ 11 we marry
what is before us? Humiliation, depriva
tion, and all the Ills that poverty bring·
for you, and debt, trouble, and a iiteloug
embarrassment for me. It we separate,
each taking different war* io life—oh,
tto&a, Kosa, 1 am not strong enou gh to
accept that alternative !"
And hit loi ui trembled under the proa
sure of excitement.
"You love me, Uenry P" the voice ·Ι
lt.»s.n was calm,yet burdened with feeling.
"As hit own life, darling ! Have I not
said so a hundred times Pw
"And even as my own life do I love
you, Henry.n
For several moments her lace lay hid
den πι his bosom. Then biting it, llosa
Maid :
"1 am glad you have spoken on !hit
subject, lleniy. I could not approach it
uiyscli, but, now that wv ha\e it before
us, let it lie well considered. Your in
come is twelve huedred dollar·?"
••Vet."
« » III 141^11 CIIUU^II HI x% I I III·
reel want· of two persona who hare in
dependence enough n<»t io l»e enslaved
bv .·* mere love of appearances."
•Why, darling, il will require more
Iuuj hall ot iiiv nalary to pay lor respect··
λ ι!υ ooarding.
••Taking il lor granted thai, tiller our
marri:ig«·, I am to tit down in a boauling
house, will» hand» loldtul, un idle d**peiiH
aut on your labor. But 1 *ha!l not *o
itinMnu my relation to iay husband. 1
i will Ik; a helpmeet lor him. I will «land
i In lui lido, sharing life's burdens.**
"All thai ii in your heart, darling, 1
: snow," returned Adrian. "Βαΐ w· are
ι hedged round wiih sorial loans tlmt act
ι a* a hindrance. You cannot help inc.
; Socialj will demand ol us a certain »iyle
o( living, and w« iuu*t oor. torn) to it, or
ho pushed aside from ull circles of rc
tliu inant, lastc and intelligence. I can·
I not accept lhia ostracism for you, Rosa,
it is not ι ight."
"At it a false, heailieas world ware
usoic io tue tk.m a Hue, loring huabaiid !
i 1 fin ν, lli· central point of social happi
ness i» home; ua :h« home ia, so will our
lires Oe— rather Ici imi say, ·ιβ we are, so
will our hotues be—rentre* «il gloom or
biightuess. What oilier* think id ua is
ι veally ol little account in makiug up the
^ sum ol our eu joy menu as we pass through ;
! lite* ; but what wu are in ourselve» ia ι
averyihiug. We must be the centres ol
our owu vroihl ol happiness, or our lives
will be incomplete. Can a fine establish*
ment like Ibis in which 1 live iu weak
dependence, till the menauie of my de ι
I sires F No, no. Hem v. The humbleat
ol apavtmenu, shared with you, would
b« a palace lu my soul instead. 1 am
not »peakiug wiih the romantic enthusi
ast! ol an ardent girl, but soberly, truth
lully, Henry. No, dearest, we will not
uutke out livea wretchM by living apart,
becausc we canuot make a fail appear·
ance iu oihet people'» eye». Uod has
given i\s Ιανυ (ur each olher, and lite
mean» of happiness it we will use them.
Let us lake His goodwills in thankfulness.
You hure au income of iwelre huudred
dollars. We must not expect to livo as
those do who hare many thousands tt
year. ue mai lony mr irom U·, iieurj :
I am exilai lu the sell-denial it will re
quit·, if tho word self-denial is to be
used. Αι· you not also? Oh, Henry !
is there any joy to he imagined beyond
that which tlowi from the conjunct!ou ot
two loring heurts? and shall pride and a
weak spirit of social oonformlty coiun in
to rob um of our blessing ?"
The young maa had come, «ternir ιο
ί solred to put off the day ot msrriage.
IU purled irom his betrothed that, night,
looking forward with goldeu-hued hope·
of its arrival. They had talked over the
future practically aad aeusibly. The
lover'· fund pride, which hud looked to η
lair social appearance for his "young wife,
gave place to a better vie»v of things.
He saw that his lore had fixed itself up ,
on a true «roman, and that in the humbler
sphere iu whieh their lot was cast, «11 at
tainable happiness was in *tore for them,
if thev would but open their heaits in an
otderly way for Its reception. One thing
' said to him by Ilusa in that evening's talk
wo repeat lor the sake ci young wires,
ui' maideas on the eve of marriage.
"Be mine, dear lleuiy," she »ai*l, "the
task ot ordering and regulating our do
mestic affairs in conformity with your
means. 1 will give all thought to that.
Your income is fixed, and I shall know
exactly the range of expenditure we must
adopt. l>o not fear tor debt ami em
barrassment These wretched forms shall
never entei your house while I stand sen
tinel at tkn door. It tho husband gire*
hi* life to oare and work, »hall not the
. wile do tho same ? If he provide to the
best of his ability, shall not she dispense
with wise frugality his earnings · She
that (nil· to «Ιο this is uot worthy of her
position."
"And so yon are bent on this folly
«nid th· bachelor clerk, on*the dsy pre
cediug that on which Adrian was to be
married.
"Vf*, it yon choose to call it folly,"
wai the answer.
"Where aie yon going?1'
"We snail go nowhere."
"What! Not make a bridal tour?"
"No. A clerk who only receive· a
salary of twelve hundred dollars can't
afl'ord to spend two hundred in making a
j bridal tonr."
Mr. Hlair shrugged his shoulders and
arched his eye-brow*, as milch as to say:
' "If I could not aftoid a bridal leur, I'd
not marry."
On th·1 day alter Adrian's wedding, he
was ul Ins usual place tu the counting
hou*e. He received from his fellow
clerks a lew feeble cougratulatious. Most
of iheoi thought him a fooljlo burden hioi·
self with a wife not worth a dollar.
"When I marry, I'll Imiter my condi
tion—not make it worse," was the un
spoken thought U more than one.
"When· are you boarding·" asked Mr.
lllalr. indifferently, two or three weeks
after Adrian's marriage.
"Nowhere," was replied. "We are
hou*» keeping."
"Whaf"
"At house-keepiag."
"What is your rent?"
"Two hundred dollar*.and hall ot that
my wise, good little wife is to pay in
music lassons to our land lady's duugh*
lers. Ws have two pleasant rooms in a
good house. I lurnished these with the
monejr it would hare taken for tho usual
: biidal lour. Rosa has ihe use of
Hi· kitcheu, and insists on doing
her own cooking and housowork lor the
present. I demurred, and do demur; but
»he says that work is worship, if per·
; (ovmed conscientiously and dutifully, as
j she is performing it. And with all this,
we nre very happy, Mr. Blair, a* you
• bail witness. To-moirow you must go
home with me, LiLa Le», and *pend Ihe
«•venin*?."
Mr. Bliiir Accepted the invitation. II·
iiHil met Rosa occasion Ally before her
marriago, And knew her to ht » bright,
ι accomplished }oting woman, fitted to
move in refined and intelligent circles,
and lie lelt some curiosity to χ»* ber in
ι il»o new position ot mietre»· Aud in Aid
ro L«r own hoiibchold. Tho omnibus
carried ι he two uien a long, long way
Iron» tho oily'· thiobbing heart, out to
the more quiet exterior, where they
alighted And After a short walk, cuteied
a modest looking house with well-tended
»hruhb«'iv in the front gardon. Upstair·
they ascended, and there the young
wile met them. Not blushing and with
niAiitnieriu^ apologise for their poor
horue; hut with *ueh en*· nnd self poa
ae*«ion—«with anrh a happy light in her
«>·». .nnd with a lie h loving amiles al>out
hwr li|>«—that Mr. Blair foand himself' all
»i oner transferred to hi» earthly para
dise A* eoon time came for obaerv
ation, he took note of what wa· around
him.
'J im furniture ot the room into whieh
he hail been inkered eould scarcely have
been plainer. In the center atood a arnall
breakfast table covnrod with u inowy
cloth, and eel lor three persons. Four
catie scat chairs, a work-utand, a hang
ing-shslf for booka, η mantel ornament
or two of tu» special value, an ingrain
carpet oil the tloor, nnd plain white cur·
tain;· looped hack with blue ribbons
made up the complete inventory. No,
not the complete inventory; for there
was a piano against the waII, the dark
cane nnd plain style of which showed it
to be no recent purchase. The instru
ment had been llosa'i, as the observant
visitor correctly ialerred.
At tor η pleasant talk of some minutes,
Kosa left the room, and not long after
returned bearing a tray ou which were
tea, toast, butter, biscuit, cold tongue
and *weetmeaU§. There was a l>eauti
ful glow on her iace as she entered,
but nothing of shame or hurt pride.
With her own lair hands she arranged
the table and then took her place at
the head to servo her husband and his
friend.
The hearl ot Air. Blair glowed and
stirred with a new impulse as he look·
ed into the pure, sweet, happy face of
the young wife, as she poured the tea
and served the meal which she had
prepared.
Alter supper, Kosa removed the tea
things, aud was absent nearly half an
hour. She returned through her chain
ber, which adjoined their little parlor-,
breakfast and sitting-room, aud looking
as lre*b, happy and beautiful as il en
tering a drawing room tilled with com
pany. The evening passed in reading,
music and pleasant eon vers ition. As
Mi. Blair was about retiring, Adrian
said :
•Do you think now that we were
fools to marry ?"
Rosa stood with her hands drawn
within one arm of husband's and clasp
ed, and with a face radiantly happy.
A shade crept over Mr. Blair's counte
nance.
'•No, not tools, but wise ae others
might be, it they were only courageous
onou gh to do as you have dohe. Mrs.
Adrian," and he look the wife'* hand
"I houor your bravery, your independ
ent·*, yeur true love that cannot be
overshadowed by worldiness, that mil·
dew of the heart, that blight on our
1
social lit». You aro a thousand time·
happier in jour dutiful seelusiou than
any fashion-loring wile, or slar· to ex
ternal appearances can erer be."
"I lore mj husband, and I live (or
him. Kosa leaned closer to the manly
form by her side. "I understood when
we married that he was a lile-toiler ; that
j our home would be established aad sue·
tained by the work of his hands; and I
understood as well that I wan not his
superior, but only his equal, and if it was
right and honorable for him to work, it
conld be ι ο less right and honorable lor
me. Wat I to bit idle, uud hare a ser
rant to wait on me, when his was a lot of
toil Ρ No—no—η® ! I had my part to
perform as well as he, and 1 am perform
ing it to the best of my ability."
"You are η true woman, a wise wo
man, a good woman," said Mr. lilalr with
ardor; "and you will be as happy as you
deserre to be. I thought Henry a fool to
marry on twelre hundred dollars, and
told him so. Hut I take back ray words.
If such womeu as you ware plentiful,
wo could all marry, aud flad our salarie·
ample Good-night, and may God blss*
you Γ
And the bachelor clerk, who could not
afford to marry on two thousand a year,
went to hi* lonely home —lonely, though
peopled thickly—and sitting down in his
desolate chamber, dreamed orer the
«woeL picture of domestic lelicitr he had
••en. and aighed for a like sweot hiding
place from the world and all its fa!»·
protection and show.
—Tl>e effects of reading, whether good
or hud, are every day illustrated, yet nut
sufficiently considered. Lately an offle#
Ixjy in South Boiton astonished hie ac·
I quaintances fcy developing a taste for ra
rious kinds of crime?, such aa burglary
and incendiarism, accompanied by anon
y mous threatening Idler· couched in
violent, profane and vulgar language.
Where ho could hare learned hi* various
viilaniei or acquired his evil proefivitie*
was a mystery, ai it was found by the
watching of a (I elect ire that he had no
bad associate·. At last it wu discovered
that be bad been reading a cheap novel
which detailed the doings ot a mischiev
ous youth. A desir· to imitate bim had
taken posées s ion of the boy aud having
started on that road it naturally became
more and more fascinating.
It is really wonderful how much al
most any person may be unconsciously
influenced and moulded by reading even
that which his reason tells him is wrong
and his judgment and eouscienee disap
prove; and especially where the reading
is coatinued day by day until the mind is
more or less off its guard. The kind of
food eaten is no more sure to develope its
peculiar effects upon the body than is the
kind.of reading which is accepted, to tell
upon the permanent thoughts, feeling*
and purposes et the to·!. The moral
and political effect» of a daily paper ία
modifying citizens, voters and communi
ties, is very observable in the course of
a few months or years. It will bear fruit
after its kind. It ia the daily reading that
moulds opinions and characters bo surely
and swittly, as it is not the occasional
use of unwholesome food that destroys
health. It the money spent in torch-light
processions when President (rrant was
elected, had been put into a cheap well
edited daily Republican paper reaching
the masses throughout the country, no
money and no documents and addresses
would now be needed to re-elect him by
an overwhelming majority. It is just so
in moral and secial ideas. The business
man, baring looked through kis large
business newspaper on arriving at bis
office in the morning, thinks he will only
bur a cheap paper on his way home, just
to gUnc<fover the latest local aud tele
graphic news. But that cheap paper
goes to bis home, is chiefly read by his
boys and girls aud help, and will surely
tell on the next generation of voters,
Christians and citizens. Therefore every
man should lake care what be reads,take
care what kis family reads, and do what
he may to provide the right kiud of read
ing lor the eomuiuuity.—The
—The Washington Star says: Few
people kaow,and thousands do not know,
that by placing a glas* iruit jar on a fold
ed towel, thoroughly soaked in cold
water, the fruit can be poured in boiling
hot, with no more danger of breaking
than with a tin can.
—Λ grim, hard-beaded old judge, alter
hearing a flowery discourse from κ pre·
tentious young barrister, advised him to
pluck out some of the fcaihers from the
wings of his imagination, and pnt them
into the tail of his judgment.
—A Vermont pensioner has resigned !
The ofllcial. letter to ike Pension Oflice
save, "Hure my name dropped from ihe
pension roll*, as I can do nearly as much
work as erer, and leel in my heart that I
can do without it better than the gorcrn
ment can pay it."
—Noah was probably the first man
who went to »ea for tear of being
drowned.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CORNKR.
70
I «m composed of 15 letter·.
Mr 4,10,14, », is a metal.
Mr 13, 2, 11,1, is acid.
My 3, 7,«, is κ uain* for came.
Mv », 0,2, 11, 1, i« to cleanse by nibbing.
Mv :i, 12, 15, is a u«eful in»cct.
My 5, 14, C, 12, in a part of the face.
My 3,7,5,15, if sub-tance u-cd iu the construction
of all animals.
m> whole was a noted Rdvtrnturer.
ANSWERS.
OH, For where your tieasure is there will your
heart be aleo.
The HabU of Fretting.
Fretting is both useless and unneces
sary; it doee no good and a great deal of
harm; yet it is almost a universal liu.
More or Ices wo are all given to it. We
fret over almost everything. In summer
because it is too hot, and in winter be
cause it is too cold; we fret when it raius
because it is wet, and when it doesn't
rain because it is dry ; when we are tick
or when anybody else is sick. In short,
! if anything er every thing doesn't go ju>t
to suit our particular whims and fancies,
we have one grand general refuge—to
^ fret orer it. I am afraid fretting is much
! more common among women than among
men. We may as well own the truth,
my fair sisters, if it isn't al together pleas
ant. Perhaps it is because the little wor
ries aad care and vexations of our daily
life harass our sensitive nerves more than
the more extended enterprises which gen
erally take the attention of men. Great
wants develop great resources, but the
little wants and worries are hardly pro
vided for, and like the nail whieh strike*
against the saw, they make uot liiueh of
a mark, but they turn the edge* terribly.
I think if we look upon all the little wor
ries of oae day as a great, united worry,
self-control to meet it would be developed.
But as they generally come only one or
two little things at a time, they seem »o
very little that we give way, and the
breach oneo made in the wall soon grow h
larger. Now, I don't lwlieve in the cant
that a woman must always, uuder all aud
auy circumstances, wear a smiling face
when her husband comes home, or that
she needs to take her hands out of the
dough, or drop the baby on the floor to
run and meet him at the door. Hut I do
believe,—nay, I know, for I have seen it
with my own eyes among my frieuds,—
that many a woman has driven s kind
hnsband away from her, away from his
home and its sacred influences, and cailx-d
hiin to spend his time at a billiard-table
or iu a drinking-saloon, amid their pro
fane influences, simply by her ceaseless
fretting over trifle* which were not worth
a word, much leas the peace and happi.
ne&s of a home. I know that many a
mother has turned her son againa! her
own sex, and made hiin dread and dis
like the Hociety of women, by her exam
pie, constantly set before him. I know
thaPvnany a mother has brought up and
developed a daughter just like herself,
who in her turn, would wreek and ruin
the com tort of another family circle.
And knowing all this, my sisters,—and
brothers, too if they need it,—I know
that we ought to set our faces like a thut
against thia uaeleaa, sinful, peace-destroy
ing and home-disturbing habit of fretting.
Λ ever.
Never Jo evil that good may come.
Never vote for a bad man to «uatain
2ood principlce.
Never drink moderately, expectiug
thereby to encourage intemperance.
Never use by-words if you would be
agreeable in conversation.
Never eat when you are not hungry if
you would preserve good health.
Never speak contemptuously of woman
kind if you would have the respect evou
of men.
Never abuse one who haa once beou your
friend, if would retain the friendship
of anybody.
Never break an idol unle?<syou can put
a God in its place.
Never stop to talk on the steps, nor iu
the vestibule of a church, when going to
its service, if you would show respect for
the place or its religion.
Never play before your work is done,
nor spend money before you earn it. if
you ever mean to win succese.
Never shine in borrowed pluinag-î if
you ever expect to have any plumes of
your own.
Never fret unless you want to shorten
your life and destroy your peace.
Never let your tongue go before your
though ts.
The Caterpillar*—A Fable.
"See, my son," said a farmer oue morn
ing, "the caterpillars have begun to
build a nest upon a branch of our favor
ite apple-tree."
"I'll put a stop to their work to-mor
row," said the boy.
A week went by.
"My son" said the farmer again, "I
notice that our friands the caterpillars
have built an extension to th«*ir house."
"I'll burn them down this very after
noon" was the boy's reply.
Another week went by, and the farmer
called his son nnd showed him how tho
caterpillars had not only enclosed the en
tire limb, but even begun work on anoth
er bough.
I ·· mere ii ne no iruu on mai t>r&ncn
this year, my son," said the farmer calm
ly, "your industrious little friends have
eaten every leaf."
And observing that his son's face was
rod with shame, the father thus continu
ed:
"I shall not regret the loss of the
beautiful apples, my son, if you will only
Henceforth* bear in mind the lesson you
have learned. Each day has its duties,
and it id always a dangerous thing to put
off attending to even the smallest of
them until the next'*
Three Hodrs under Water.—Great
excitement was occasioned at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard, a short time since, when
it was reported that a torpedo boat, re
cently experimented with, had sunk with
three men on board. It appeared that
after the board of naval officers had |*»st
poned their experiments, and the three
men remained on board to do some work,
the boat suddenly sunk, but the hatch
closed, and thus prevented the water flow
ing in and drowning the men. A *tcn.n
derrick with a largo gang of men wa* im
mediately manned, and afier two houiV
work the t>oat was raised. The men were
still alive, the compressed air in the un
tight chambers uot having become ex
hausted. The men had been under water
ι over three hours.