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FLOWERS. rp
There is no season in the year
That lifts man's heart to heaven so near 4
A~s snmmer;
When flowers about our pathway grow; p
And roses on the hedgerows blow-
sweet summerl
Andt as its perfumed breath doth rise,
In, silent homage to the skies
lOp-stealing,
A tliluannu1 memories forth start, O
jLong-hiddeC1 pictures in the heart i
Reovcaling. o
Where lllac chains with scented links, 1
Or treasured tuft of red clove pinks, a
Or heather, 11
ý,ongst which we played, fine stories tell b
Of parted ones who once did dwell
Together.
Again the feathery seeds away 1
Are pufled to tell the time of day, i1
Whilst golden e
lined cowslips into halls we twine, f
Or part the horns in columbine
Enfolden!
Whilst through the woods the whole day long t]
tihe cuckoo sings an idle song,
Awaking
The echo of a dulcet peal,
That rang ere hearts began to feel
Heart-breaking.
And so it comes to pass that we
With half a sigh the flowers see, 14
HaIilf gladness;
And round our hearts they twine and twiune,
Our sadness.
WHAT SHALL WE READ .
An Essay lead Before the Teachers' Institute, a
Virginia City, M. T. t
This is a subject of great magnitu de, and
should engross the careful attention of ev
cry intelligent pare,4t and teacher in our t
laud. Much has been said and written on
the subject, but not nearly so much as t
should be said, written or preached upon a
subject that wields such a power for good, t
or for evil.
Those who think " it doesn't matter much
what the children read," would do well to
note the fact brought to light by Mr. James
T. Fields, upon a visit to Pomeroy, the boy
murderer. This boy, now ]ying in prison
under sentence of death tor murder, con
fessed to having been a great reader of blood
and thunder stories. Hie had read sixty
dime novels, all about scalping and other
bloody performances, and he had no doubt
these books had put the horrible thoughts
into his mind which led to his murderous I
acts. If a good and attractive literature had
been put into Pomeroy's hands, he might
have been spared the dreadful fate of a mur
derer.
If we should permit our childrdn to par
take of some poisonous substance, which
would slowly, but surely destroy their
physical life, we would be held responsible
according to the laws of our land, and rec
ognized as criminals, which would be justly
merited. Yet, how many minds are being
continually poisoned 1 y the pernicious,
loathsome literature of the present day.
It were better that our children should
not know how to read, than that they should
read bad books. It were better that they
should not know how to write, than they
should write bad sentiments. It is better to
have no talent, than to pervert that talent
and render it a curse instead of a blessing to
mankind.
At a reception at Washington, given in
ho0nor of the celebrities, aI gentleman asked
Mrs. Southworth , it she knew how many
stories she had written? " Oh, no!" she re
plied, " I do not wish to know; 1 shudder,
I tremble, when I think of all the trash I
have sent out into the world."
And well she might answer thus; what a
-plendid gift, and how sadly perverted.
Had she written for the purpose of benefit
tiung, instead of injuring mankind, (as Ma
rion Harlanud, Miss Edgeworth, and many
others have done) what great good she
might have accomplished. She wrote to
gratift the perverted taste of a majority of
mitls; she wrote for the money her writ,
Iigs would bring, and now hear her re
Ilmorseful exclamation. Not for tenll times
e talent she possesses, would I stand to
. i i.,lrII.
I (do not belong to that class who are al
ways sighing for the good ol0i days of our
grandhnothr; when a lady who preferred
reading to work was looked upon as a sort
ofpuriosity, and as not belonging to the
(olnlnon order of beings ; when reading
was consecrated for the benejit of the soul
removed entirely out ot the realmn of pleas
ure into the shady regions of duty. It was a
condition of things unfavorable to culture,
but not more so than the exclusive perusal
ot novels which is prevalent in these days.
I know not how we are to stean the tide of
obscene, destructive literature that is flood
ing our laud, unless it be by providing for
our children an abundant supply of good,
pure books, that are elevating in character
and ennobling in influence, so they will
have no time nor taste for reading bad
books. lHow'necessary that we should be
alive to the interests of the ininortal souls
commuitted to our care. It may be for on
ly a short while, but how boundless the in
fluence! how necessary that we should
carefully examine every book and paper be
fore it is given a place in the family. Teach
ers can (lo much ,oo(I by recommending
books that are beneficial and instructive, to
their pupils.
I remember when I was a schoolgirl, if
my teacher recommended a book, I always
read that book, expecting to get something
good out of it, which I generally did. The
first book to be recommended is the Bible,
the stnay of which, I fear, is greatly neg
lected in tihe public schools of Montana. I
presume there is not a teacher in Madison
county but believes the Bible to be the word
of God; if there is one, he or she should not
be employed to teach in a Christian land, as
ours is claimed to be. We would better let
our children go uneducated, and never see
the insidkk of a school house, than that they
should be taught by an intidel. We believe
the Bible to be time word of God; now is it
not our absolute duty to read a portion of
that word every day in our schools? Tal
Inage says " he will put one drop of Bible
truth at nine o'clock in the morning against
:!1 instructions until three o'clock in the af
ternoon." lie may not be ifnhllible author
ity, but we all know it can do no possible
injury, and may possibly do great good; for
there are always children in school, who re
ceive no relihgous instruction at home, and
who may never see the inside of a Bible, un
less they do at school. "Knowledge is
power for good if sanctified. Knowledge is
power for evil if unsanctified." S. R. II.
GOOD MANNERS NECESSARY TO TRUE
SUCCESS.
It is the bearing of a man towards his fel
lows which oftentimes, more than any other
circumstance, promotes or obstructs his ad
vancement in life. Among the many good
qualities of mind and heart absolutely nec
essary for a merchant to insure worldly sue
cess, titis no one the importance of which
is more real, yet which at this day is so
generallly underrated by many of our bus
iness men, clerks and salesmen, as courtsy
-that feeling of kindness, dignity, and love
for our fellows which expresses itself in
pleasing manners. It is an undeniable fact
that many of us are unfortunate in not being
the happy possessors by nature of this de
sirable and charming quality, good manners.
For all such it is an imperative duty to
study, to cultivate, and improve themselves
in this qualification, by keeping a vigilant
and watchful care over all their actions and
transactions in every-day life with theirr fel
low-beings. History is crowded with ex
amples showing that, as in literature, it is
the delicate, indefinable charm of style,
not the thought, which makes a work im
moral.
Emerson says: 'Give a boy address and
accomplishments, and you give him the
mastery of palaces and fortunes wherever he
goes; he has not the trouble of earning or
owing them; they solicit him to enter and
possess. Among strangers, a good manner
is the best letter of recommendation, for a
great deal depends upon first impressions,
and these arp favorable or unfavorable ac
t cording to a man's bearing as he is polite or
awkward, shy or self-possessed. Manners,
f in fact, are minor morals, and a rude manis
generally assumed to be a bad man.".
Load Cheserhfield wrote to his sol. "You'
i had better return a dropped fian genteelly
- than give a thousand pounds awkwardly;
and. hadlhette. e se a.fk:or rac~fully tlja.
grant it clmnsily. All your Greek can nev
er advance you from Secretary to Envoy, or
from Envoy to Embassador, but your ad
dress, your air, your manner, if good may."
When we come to look into the history,
past and present, of some of our best and
most successful busines men of the present
day, we find that nine out of ten are men
of pleasing manners, and that they owe in a
great measure their success in life to this
important trait of character, for by it they
have made friends and customers, though
they may not have hal a dollar of capital to
commence life with. Their good manners
and pleasing address made capital for them,
or brought it to them. As Chesterfield said
of the I)uke of Marlborough, " his charm
ing manner often changed an enemy into a
friend, and to be denied a favor by him was
more pleasing than to receive one from
another man."
A true gentleman is recognized by his
regard tIr the rights and feelings of others,
even in matters the most trivial. In society
lie is quiet, unobtrusive, not putting on airs,
nor hinting by word pr manner that he
deenmshiimself better, wiser, or richer than
any one about him. lie is never "stuck up,"
nor looks down upon others because they
have niot titles, honors, or social position
equal to his own. II prefers to act rather
than to talk, to be rather than to seem ; is
distinguished by his quick perceptioll of and
prompt attention to those little things that
may cause pleasure or pain to others. IIon
esty of purpose, frankness and cordiality
in all his intercourse with his fellows, and
however higlh his station, the humblest than
feels instantly at ease inhis presence. Almost
every man can recall cases within his knowl
edge where pleasing manners have made
the fortunes of lawyers, doctors, divines,
merchants, and, in short, men in every walk
of life.
OIL YOURSELF A LITTLE.
There is true humor in the following
story :
Once upon a time there lived an old gen
tleman in a large house. lie liad servants
and everything he wanted, yet he was not
lha.ppy, and when things did not go as he
wished he was very cross. At last his ser
vants left him. Quiteoutof temper he went
to a neighbor with a story of his distresses.
"It seems to me," said the neighbor saga
ciously, "that 'twould be well for you to oil
yourself a little."
"To oil myself ?"
"Yes; and 1 will explain. Some time ago
one of the doors of my house creaked. No
body, therefore, liked to go in or out by it.
One day I oiled its hinges; and it has been
used by everybody since."
"Then you think I am like the creaking
door," said the old gentleman ; "how do you
want me to oil myself?"
•'That is an easy matter," said the neigh
bor. "Go home and engage a servant, and
when he does right praise him. If, on the
contrary, he does something amiss, do not
be cross ; oil your voice and words with the
oil of love."
Thle old gentleman went home, and harsh
or ugly words were ever heard in his house
afterward. Every family should have a bot
tle of this precious oil, for every family is
liable to have a creaking hinge in the shape
of a fretful disposition, a cross temper, a
harsh tone, or a fault-finding spirit.
HOW PUPILS ARE TAUGHT THE NEWS
OF THE DAY.
This is a progressive age. New features
are constantly being in troduced, old theories
are revolutionized. Especially is this the
case in the United States. During the past
year important changes have been made in
our public schools. Music, which five years
ago was an unknown feature and something
unthought of, has been successfully intro
duced, and in every school in the city and
throughout the State is now considered one
of the regular studies. It has been left to
Miss Mitchell, a brilliant and original young
lady of Pittsburg, to demonstrate that the
female mind is capable of originality of
thought, and that lovely wonman can, when
sheis willing, step to the front and proudly
take her place with the learned professors.
Miss Mitchell is teacher oftthlferst grammar
grade in the Washington school at Pittsburg.
She has the credit of befig the first to inaar
gurate a new and edifying school excudee.
Lt consists a .c'scus$a tof the saw tthe
day between the pupils and the teacher, the
first half hour of the morning being devoted(
to this exercise. The school has in reality t
newspaper of its own, which makes its daily
appearance on the blackboard. Of course
it has an editor, one of the brightest boys in
the school being chosen to edit the Bulletin,
as it is called. Ilis duty is to read the Pitts
burg morning papers and to write on the
blackboard, before school hours, the news
of the lday. Eve'rthing is gotten up in news
p:per style, even to the head lines annoync
ing the more important events, and includes
locnl news, editorial topics, (Ongressional
proceedings, forei:n news, S, ite ,egishttive
work, etc. The teacher andu scholars then
take up the various, paragraphs,. and an in
terchange of views takes place. By this
method scholars learn all the important
news of the daty, and also become posted on
all vital questions which agitate the public
nmind. It is a regular study, and the pupils.
enter into it with a wiil.-Erie Dispatch,
SEARCH FOR WIVES..
Where do men usually discover the wo
men who afterwards become their wives? iL
a questionl we have occasionally heard dis
cussed, and the custom has invariably be
come of value to young lady readers..
Chance has much to do iil the afiLtir, but
then there are important and governing
circumstances. It is certain that few men
make a selection from ball-rooms or any
other places of public gaiety, and nearly a.s
few are influenced by what may be called
"showing off" in the streets, or by allure-.
ments of dress. Our conviction is that
ninety-nine hundred parts of all the finery
with which women decorate or load their
persons go for nothing, as far as Bnsband-.
catching is concerned. Where and how,.
then, (do men find their wives? In the
quiet homes of their parents or guardians,.
at the fireside, where the domestic graces.
and feelings are alone demonstrated. These
are the charms which most surely attract
the high as well as the humble. Against
these all the finery and airs in the world
sink into insignificance.--Dr. E. IE. Gibbe.
"SOM~ editors are so peaceably inclined~
that they refuse to put heads on their editor
ials." The fighting editor alone does that
in this office.
A YoNiKEIS boy got up a straw man yes-
terday in the back yard,. dressing it in his.
father's Sunday coat and new spring tile, as
a target for practicin- on with his new bow'
and arrow. lIe's saddest when he sits.
A married man had blue glass put in his
wife's sitting-room--to match her eyes, he.
said. She returned the compliment by hay
ing red glass put in her husband's library
to match his nose, she said. HIe didn't seem
to appreciate the compli.meint.
GOLDEN SHEAVES.
"Oh in the :looom that gathers round,
Let trust within the heart be found;
Then, when the sunbeams gild the lea,
Sweet Hope will gain a victory!''"
-Live up to all your engageinenta.
-Avoid temptation, through fear that
you may not withstand it.
-Never run in debt, unless you see a way,
to get out agani.
-False honor assists, and lying slander.s
alarm none save the reprobate and the liar.
The man ot strict integrity will equally des-,
regarded aspersions, if they are founded,
in falshood.
-He is a fool that grumbles at mischance..
Put the best foot forward; is an old max-·
im. Don't run about and tell acquainxtanees
that you have been unfortunate;. people do+
not like to have unfortunate acquaintances..
Add to a vigorous deternination a cheerful:
spirit; if reverses come, bear them like ac
philosopher,, and get rid of them as soon as,
you can.. Poverty is like a panther-look it,
earnestly in the face and it will tuvn from.
youu.
--In this wor'l the man who,,ridiTg over'
gory fields, traupling. oa the- d:ead, moves,
onward to victory, is welcomed by the mul-.
titudes with wikh. acelanulitions. and they
place on.his brow. the laurels of triumph..
But the masn who, in the quiet chambers of,'
his sogl, without clash of arms or smoke ot'
ibattle,. achieves the thorough conquest
`himself, on his brow, amid the hallelujahbs
.theavW.,,God shall vilace. a.roval diadae .