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June IK y
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mAGKETIC LUNG PROTECTOR !
PRICE OS LY V.
Ihry rc prli il tu Uilnn, (..i iilU nn ii and Cliil
tttn with nik Itmira : no w of .iuuiuoiiU or
cruup Ii vr wturi tlunv Knai'iit an
vera. T1ipyloiri;Tciit ami nire limrtilimniltli'n
Colilj, Khoniuatliiui, Xcimli-ln, Throat tronlili-n.
pii.Lthfrla, t'atarrli, and all ktinlnil uI.ckm. Will
wear any wrvloi lor tlinw yearn. Are woru over
tha unJer-olollillu.
i i ni 1 T1TT It la nerdlrea to din
1 A x JH XVaa, k rll the )iiipti.miif
IhliisailMuuxlUH'aMtliat l mppliig Ilia Ufa and
atrengtb of only loo many uflti falrvataud Unt of
botb sx. Labor, auiily anu rtmr'ii i it Amrrlra,
.-...t-iiiiJ Kaalrnt lanifri, have nKUlUd ill thr Mati-
J'rtlc'Luai-fnlMtr, artOhlliiKure for CaUrrli, a
rfinnJy win." i.o-.ii .KH...M ... ..-o,n,M,
a .iih ilianmt iiuou, alnaiuot M nulii'lUlu lr
' uiwit'nfthri'UU Ilia allltrttil orKaln-', iiiiinl nUim
titeni'ia a liraliii)' aolioii. V .lau mir urU for
tlill Appliaui' al Uaa than oin twenin-lli of Ilia
Brn-4 anlipil by otlira lor n uiitlloa uiaiii lilcli yon
Urn alt tiia iliaiicw, and wian lally liivlt thv t
....f tin. uianv iHinuiiiN who bavu tried tlruii
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r -.-iir rt'A TVP A TXT Thh
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na 0 to yiair ilniin!lt and auk for thorn. If
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U Ki.t to yoo at .nice by malt, port ijald
Trit" ,nt without Medlclus," with IhoiuauiU uf
"uu'v T1IK MAONKTOH API'I.tANOKffl.,
jinniair ainr, i iiiinfu, u.
IJoTis-ndoiidullaFliip.a;uii ataiupa or rnr
nrt us kitar at our rtak) lib aiw of ahoc uiually
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Tirm.rreH.soitc9. pivnts.
VRYStPElAt.t WRINOVORMy
THECREAtCUREFOR
IICMMPILES
I'KASAXT AXI) I'KI-K.
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Holly till mlikniiml to tile ,1, m n Ho. Iiiiii.
Ami Hurry Ilia- -.lioplicril r.-itnc over tin dim
ml they nwt riulit ihore hy the hawthoruo luilm',
Anil that l tin way It cnme ,o ).
Their limnU met over the Ihim thorne heilne,
I heir lip. met there Ina irue liin-'ulil. ;
Ami the priinNe that pneil lie.aeen tliem there
ieneil n life. I ueof H.rfe t hli.,
II
Sir licnrk'i' kik'ii out on the iiiee law n
And mii on the leirare Miftrr ( lare.
Wf.li hermalil. and her uiu, and her -.liken rulrti,
Ijin.'iiiiland feehlea.ul pn.nitiind fair.
In enreli'w way ith a eoertlv how.
He uki my lady .o la hla nil. -
Il' title HKiilnm her aerin broad i
And thai In the ll,l ol a i lieerl k 1 1 IV.
The robin in n'liii nir bv llnrrv'a eot.
When Dolly k'n t Ho eve i' in iiki' ;
And their Ion ' loii f, and ihrir Iota la fond,
And their In, neat lieurta are nt.lrne a aleel.
My holy Moepi in her I e Li'and.
Kwr sir tieori!' ia out with h's hore and IiouiuIn,
And Love, the s.ieat of the hltuibk eot,
I'm. never yet en .ed Ih. ie -tie Imiinda.
Tia liieauu Id alorv not wealtli nor fume.
Xor rank e'l low Her men almve.
Xora pedigree Ion:, no' a lordly air,
uti buy the lileaMni but cmnea with Love.
ItVritten lor tin- Kimmikk Xkw.
DOROTHEA.
I'llAl'TKIl VI.
"And wild and avveet
Tile worda rejKat
'lit luee on iar.lt, K""d will to men."
Tliis is rt''o'ar old iaslannej, tvl'itc
'hri.-tmus m ; tins oruttnl ciivcrcil with
siiiiw. tin1 tiir eolj a ii 1 hiaeino. Uino tlio
licll lltiuh, ainl lots liavi aiiotlur stick uf
wooiluit the tiro. I feel I can neYer be
tiHiiii ntly "ratel'ul to tireat, U cat traiij-
l'alher ( iri'V lor haviii'' these laepe, open
fire-j'laees in the parlors. It ailds sonitieh
to in v cuiuftiri to hear the lire cracklint;
ind ronriii1' tip the hiiM chianiey.i. Have
you finished your earol, J)oro,heit?"
"Just hnislieil, dear, anil il yon Will
send a'l the ttiiies I'rom the room, I''"
consent to your rending it."
( eilainlyl w.'l w.th L.'eat pleasi e,
In you lie 'Jack? You art to leave the
room.
"I corfiider that Trry cutting in you
Hannah ? remarked the gentleniau tul-
hestieil, liiul Mi'.' up I lulu the book ol
h iinas poetry in h's hand. ' It was
nl V yes.erdny you told Hie that "critics
were lin n, sm ed hy fr'tire;" wlreh I
iii.aidiTed the iieine ol mil dimness, for
you know, theoidy poem 1 evr wrote in
my oe was returned iO ine w.ht the
hliuliliii' iiTui'iLil'ini that I had ' ir's.Lk-
n iv vocation" and hail better let ilie
muse alone. S'liee my yinm;;, iipiiiil"
ht n veri! Hu eitle'ly iiipjHMi in the hud,
I have felt my cxi.-leuee a n oure, but I
never e:;iiecleu to sie the ilaV WHell Voil
would toiieli those ' chords in the human
In 1 1 ii I lull 1 i say no inure.
There is it mei.y laii;.'h at Jaek's in''
ttit.ii of tin- iitiniii . :' (iitppy, and 1'or-
otlu a di'i'lalli'" ho i-h;''1 no. be sent awav.
lor 1'i ar in his eiti'jitiei'ed mood he nriht
hint li'disel'', ihey r" culiijiose theinselvo
to hivr tin.' ea'-o'
I hear t.ie I h" ai.n.ia- be'la
Hill" olli a .l. rioeH ehimo
Wide ..irHmi ileal' Ii d'.Vel,l,
lVuliiet a eiiu.il tiili'lnie.
Hear ihe measa-e nweel,
Kuan (low ii ,,ie aie,it a.leet:
"I'eueeon ea ui, vkhI wi'l oi men."
A'luin IheeVine riiuti liirdl
Home on oie wh':,a of ui: it
The aonnil eoineaeie.ira.nl an
III reaoilililoi,: .vuv e in' lllii(li ,
'iheliiLe ai'!!!! proioii.,
In o u mi .oke.i .i-hl -'I'eiiee
on e lllil. (;oiul w ill ,o men,"
''Is thii v 'I? " : -ks Hannah tiirniug the
page.
'Its, my lutiae tliserteil me ill. r tin
second verse. And 1 luuet njty 1 think
you were lackng in U.ie Iriemlsliip,
Hannah, to make me w.i'.! the caol, os-
iccially rs you knew there was 'a real
live poet' allium; us. Mr. Wo'Cott. I feel.
you have bee.i poaiiivrl unkind in with
holt it't lrom i' lor so long, your tit
',ie i" "1. I've no doubt the muses art
IVm'"i'r li lends to yon."
I'leasu do not look at ue so r'tiroueh-
t't'l'y, Misi Ku'eiton. I cuu't Biimd it. I
honestly declrni the s'Sters vi-ited uie
onec only; and I aur-e you I cannot
echo the pr. ses ol the aiieieiit lmrJ
They d;d not insp're me with t'niae "di
vine strainii wh'eh I'-ape' noirow ami grief
lrom tli" breout ol every mortf'.
"( In the eontrnry, s. tl llimh 'auolt-
ing, "the'r visit had the tippoMte elfeet ou
li'in, I J'stinetly r.'iiie'uber, lie spent three
sleepless nights, los. h;s nppe.ite for one
entire week, und (pi.trix'led with.uie, his
bosom liieml, lor trying to bt ng Imu to
h:s sensi'S."
"Hugh, Hugh, you shi'll not In'trnv
Jack's ' tile weaknesses. Alice take the
enrol and sc. it to music, that's your pur.
of the programme, you know. hu;,h re
member you and Jack tire to givo ui a
thristmas stoiy presently.
"1m the meantime, i:ii;':p," rmil Doiu-
thca to thr little hoy who had Ins'ii nil
inmate uf the hoitae since his mother's
fuuerel, ; Vmi ami I will sit ut this win
duw and watch the moonlight ou the
trees.
Hugh watched her as she iKTehcd her
self on the deep window ledge, add won
dered at her blight, happy face, its she
talked soIVy to the little fellow, who
gaxed into her faco with wnipt, eager
eyes. Could she be the pe'e, weary
wtmiaii, whom he had overtaken in the
dark only throe nights ago? Kvett as In
looked and wondered, he t-uw a hunt shad
ow cross the lovely face, and rising he
joined the two,
"Uh doctor lirey, Mm Dorothea te'ls
me such pretty stories." All about an
gels, and the beautiful Christ child, and
sweet songs! 1 wish 1 could be an nil
gel, I would have wings and I'd fly to
Heaven and hear all the sweet music, and
see the Christ child. oi M he love me
do you think?"
"Yes my dearie, He loves you now."
"Doea lie ever htlittleboys good little
boys see the angels he sends down to
the earth, to comfort folks ?
"No my little lad, you nnot aee them
but you can feel the comfort their pres
ence bungs. '
"I wish He'd let my mammy come, I
do so want my mammy."
"Dorothea put her arms around the
ebbing child and comforted, bim with
luvin;' words. In a few moments the big
blue, baby eyes closed, the little orphan
wa asleep. Jloctor drey bent down to
ake the sleeidiii; child.
I think you were mistaken in saying
ministering angels could not be seen.
Philip and I have seen one to-night
only the wings were invisible," ho w' ' -pered
soft'y.
I'oruthett looked up, but something m
his fate cheeked the light words she would
have spoken. Turniug from him, she
pressed her burniiig cheeks agu'nst the
cold glass paneof the window.
i he doctor left the room with bin
sleeping charge. hen ho returned
I'orothen was sitting on a low cushioned
sund ehutiiii'' men ilr to his mother.
Mice called to them as he entered, and in
a few iiioitn iiU they were (alhering round
in piano, Mnging ( hnutiniis carols. 1 hesc
were tolluwci iy (. lirisMniui stories lull ot
Iwarfs, fairies, haunted dells, and pcrilou
inlvenliires.
"Ilti-h."
Juroihea raised her hand, and swift'y
crusMiig to tlio window threw it wide
open. They a'l followed, and breathlessly
listened to the far off t'h'istmas chimes.
Win n the last lingeiing note died on the
they turned to look at each other w.tu
humid eyes.
Whv dears, let us open our hearts to
the Christmas greeting, brought us by
the b. lls. They w hispered of the Father's
watchful care, we can all sal'e'y trutt in
protecting arms.
Mrs. drey's voice ws low and sweet,
ind taking lier bible, she read to them
the old, sweet story of the Cludde;' i shop-
trds keeping the r watch ou the Juilean
plu'iis, seeing that uiyslnrious 1'ght and
,'ng the heavenly host sing'ng
'(iloiy to (iod in the lughest, on earth
peace, good will towards men.
CHAl'TKK VII.
The Christmas set vices were over and
the young people from the (irey House
were sit.ing round the glowing tire, ti'lk
ing over the events of the morii'iig. Hud
son, the bdtler, enters, prcscn s to Doro
thea, it silver s'vcr, on winch reposes a
tiny note. Carelessly she takes it and
reads the few words written thereon.
'No bad news from The Woods, I
hope," says Hannah tiuxiously, watelnig
her file jus white face.
Oh no! Noth:ng wrong there. Y;'l
you excuse me, JJanmili f I muse see
s man.
'('ci.rn'y, dear. Hut why not have
liiu "in lu re'' she is going to say, but
while she is spc:tl ;ng Dorothea leaves the
room.
liotiuestiiig the man, who is waiting in
thelu 'l, to fu'low her, she leads the way
to a bi'-c arbor, which in summer is cov
ered with giecii creepers, and turning to
h"n speaks quietly
.o i..ie can heir us her so speak.
What news do you bt!ng? Am I
needed .'
No Miss. 1 knew I cou'dn't see yer,
wilhoiit sending iu that it'r written mcs-
e, so I wilt il. I wanted to see yer,
Miss. My wile, she just died the other
y, and I've lust uiv place at the .
You know where. Tis n bit.er winter to
us lioor lolks, .Miss, and 1 ve Had lo.s ot
trouble, what with my wife's funeral and
lie'ng unf'or.iinate in other ways, so I
thought how, as may be, you in'ght be
itble, to help mi' Miss.
" i ou are mis.akeii. I cannot help you.
mid I ought not, :r I could. Were I to
g!ve you money, ywu wou'd spend it for
wh'skey, and other help yon would not
itccept. ou mav leave now, Join
Reeves, I have nothing for you."
Do not be so hasty, Miss. I see doc
tor (irey coinm this ere way; and I don t
ink you woe d ';ke to have 1 :'n know
what chi'U) I havo on your kindness.
Would you now, M'ss?"
1 he le'low laughed insole'it'y as he no
ticed the-shudder that shook Dorothea
from head to foot, lieforo she cor'd re-
gi'"t her se'f-posi'ssion.diictor (Irey eiite.ed
the in bur.
. "Dorothea, what does tl ' f'''ow want?
Vmi w hy are you out here iu this cold
place?"
"I hove a little pnvato business with
Miss Kgeiton, doctor and we don't want
no inteil'cring i'rom third pa'iies." The
man's tones were inwileut and vindictive,
and filled doctor ( irey with a wlrte heat
of rage.
'Hold your insolent tongue, or F" have
you whipped from the ground, and leave
here direcJy. Do you hear.
"lcs I do. Mis.i Kgerton shi'll go?
You know what the consequences w"'
"Xo! Do not go yet."
She pressed her hands to her head, then
letting them fu't, approuchod doctor
(irey.
I beg you to leave me with this man,
one moment, doctor, lie says true I
have business willi him and you must
leave us for awlr'e. Do not esk me
why 1 cannot cxphm I cm only beg
Vou, a.-, onto ucitirt", to trust me.
"ion iiak too lunch : I tow can I trust
you when 1 hear ill's wicked man so ill
sulcntly proclu;'ii you in his power, Doro
thea, for Heavens sake have mercy on
the ton lire I'm undergoing and explain
the dark mystery surroundin;; you f
Nic bulled Iter luce hi tier nanus, as lie
made his appeal, and when she rv'sed it,
it was like tlio fuue of the dead in its im
passioned culm.
"I cannot." She said hoarsely. "Leave
me now 1 wi'l soon come in.
With a groan he tun e 1 and uiretted
the arbor, lent lug her looking alter him
with the si nie statue-like celm. Taking
her ptise from her pocket she emptied
the eoutents in Tom Reeve's hands.
"Now go" she said iuiiioitsly, "and
when you wish to see me again come to
"The Woods." Kvery month I will pay
you a certain sum to hold your wicked
tongue."
Turning abruptly away situ wi'lked
sWiflly to the house. The scoundrel
gated after her a moment ndmiijigly,
then putting the money in his pocket,
went whistling away.
"I was right," ho lnuitcrvd to him
self as he walked along. "He lores her,
and the doeitnt hurt he ever got was
l.ven, when she let him believe she was
in my power. 1 rather thin 1 ve paia
him off for the whipping he gave me, and
if he keep the child, and don't turn him
hick ea mj band, I gum I'll 07 quiti
with him. Hut lord ! What a fool she
is I Why don't she tell him the ttuth, in
stead of letting him believe all sorts of
things? These high-flyers be mighty
cur' us animals to me, going on at sich a
rate about honor and old families, and
keeping back disgraceful facts, and keep
ing an old name respectable, and such
nonsense. I wonder where they got such
feelings.
"huch feelings will be a tiddle to you,
and to p1' like you, forever, Mr. Reeves.
CHA1TEH VIII.
The Christmas dinner is over and the
bhades of the night are setting down
around the Grey House. Doctor Grey
looks wearily around on the snowy ex
panse of lawn, as he wa'ks up the stone
steps to the front door. The hull lamp
has been lighted and little 1 11' ip, who has
been on the watch, for the last half hour,
s'ips bin tiny mind into the doctors cold
one 11shcenterstl1el10r.se. llu?liB.niles
lown on his little protege, and holding
the cfnging fingers closely, wa'ks into the
library, Here he finds Alice Sutnley, sit
ting, dreaming before the glowing grate.
"All iik.ne, Alice! Where are the
)thers?"
Hannah and Jack have gone to c:"'y
a basket of Christmas goodies, to old Miss
Jackson. Am. tie is nappLg, and Miss
Kgc, on is in her room I be'ieve. I am
so glad you have come, I think I was ac
tual'' getting melancholy, sittiug hec by
niyse't.
"1 hat s bail, and you must not do so
any more. What were you dreauingot,
when I entered ?"
To tell the tiuth, Hugh, I was thi.it:ng
of Miss Kgerton. Don't you tlrnk she is
a very odd sol , of a girl ?"
Mie seems very much like other g".!s
to me; she eats, and laughs, and ti'lks. and
ecpi. Why do you think her odd?"
"I can haril'y tell. There is a sort of
constri'iut in her manner at times, or rather
an'inexp'icable sort of quiet repressiveness,
that st.'.kes me as vciy strange in so
young u person. I do not understand her,
but tuere is some mystery about tier, 1 em
cer,,' n. llns auernoon when sue re
ceived that note, you all did not sec, but
I noticed that she turned deao"y white,
and trembled from head to foot. She has
not been hke herse'C s''ncc. And yester
day morning at the rectory, I heard old
captain Jones te-1 Mrs. liratnly that on
last Monday cver;ng he ovcuook Miss
Kgerton wa'king into Ove.ton p'ono in
1 'I that re'n. He scid no respectable
young woman would be caught doing such
a tli' ' and 1 must say I th:nk him
right."
''A'-ce you v cVsplcasc me exceed
ingly by repenting such nonsense to any
one else, lrm su-'prlsed at you! Know
ing captrin Jones to be an incoiiigible
gossip, how could you 've credence to
nnytb'ng he s: :d?"
"You will soon learn, llu;li, that I am
not the only person, who listens to the
many strange repoits about Miss Kgerton,
end I urn sorry to see that you and Han
nah are so blind in regard to her real
character.
"If believing her to be the purest, be it,
and swee.est woman in '' tho world, is
being b''nd to her real cha-aeter I ac
knowledge the weakness, and tiust you
wi'l excuse my reques., when I ask nut
to be iu'ther er''gh.e'ied ?"
"CcKai"'y, your request w"' be res
pected, and for fear 1 mi;tht forget and
say something more. I w"' leave you.
Come, I'li''ip, lets Dnd Aun.ie (irey and
beg some sweets."
Left n'olie in the room Doctor (irey
pitssed back and fo h on the velv' cr
pet; lost in troubled thought. A s'iglit
ist'ing near o.ie of the hea. 'y c Mened
windows, itLrac'cd his no.ice, niid going
i'onvi iil he pulled the eti r'n aside to d:s
enver Dorothea sitting on the deep win
dow sM, weeping passionately.
"I t';d not intend "'stening, Doctor (irey.
I was asleep beh'nd the cr t;':ns when
you cue iu. Your voice uwoke me, aud
before I ooti'd make my presence known I
could not help hearing! "Oh how can I
bear it !" she sobbed bitterly. "To be the
ta'k oftho couutry ! tj have my name
banded from mouth to mouth! Oh, it
is too cuel I too erual !"
Hiijjh drew her to the lire and placing
her in one of the easy chairs, knelt beside
her, and took in his her cold 1'nle hands.
"Dorothea, do not j, leve so bitterly ; wo
can soon flit an end to this s- 'y gossip.
Listen to mc I love you, darl:ug, you
must havo known that long ago. I en
reat you to k'ltro you-wl", yor- life to me.
1 'II ".uard you so tenderly. Oh ! Doro
thea 1 pray you, to trust mc, to give me
yoi - conliilenee ! I promise you, you w:'l
never reiieut it, my ':ttlc j,' !."
"Hush I Ho not but any more. Jler
voice was cold and qu e.; and the bunds
I 'ng in h's were icy as death. "I can
not c.niiit you request. It ' imiKissihle."
"llut why? Wliitt reason do you
give ?
"lt is usele.'s to l'vc rot- ei. The fact
is enough."
"Hut it is not enough under the c vum
sUinci s. You must have soiuo ason for
rejecting my love, my oiler o." protection
aud care. Is it because you do nut love
me?" Ah 1 lt is not that;" ho ci'ed
exu'tantly as Iter eyes fe'l aud the wild
rose blo m tinted her cheeks once more.
"Then my dearent; i you do love me, you
have no right to w.thhold your conn
djnee from m.) ever again. You nr. mine
my wife see 1 ehmu you, yor thoughis.
you-cares and griefs. Never thiuk to cs-
laite from my fund care again."
"Stop" she t r'ed, and escaping from hi
encircling arms, she stood belore Into.
"lou do not understand, lou must
not love me. 1 must not listen to your
love, for though j ou should plead with lue
until the heavens fcM, I won'd not bt
your wife! My secret shall never throw
its tlnrk shadow on another's :,'e. No
man shall ever share the heavy burden
and hopeless sorrow that I have borne
the past six years. Alone I havo home
the pain and g.'.ef, and alone I will bear
both until the end. l.ut do not think
do not believe I aw insensible of the great
honor you offer me I From tho depths
of my heat 1 1 am grateful to you. And
believe me I show my gratitude in doing
the kindest aud wisest thing for your hap
piness in refusing to link my clouded life
to vours. Doctor Urey, forgive me the
pain I am causing you; it breaki my heart
to iee yourgTief; but I cttwot gin
different answer. Leave uie now, but be
fore you go just say you forgive uie, for
indeed, I am very, very miserable."
'Dorothea, it is not necessary to ask for
my forgiveness, I love you too deeply
ever to cherish bitter thoughts of you.
Jly child you have dealt me to-night Hie
hardest blow I ever received in all my l'fc;
but my keenest regret is that ynu
wouuded yourself cruelly in giving it. May
God liulp and comfort us both. Good
bye." With one last look at the still,
marble figu-e he leaves tho room.
to hk continued.
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE.
When a wenian becomes fluriicd she
feels for a fan; when a man becomes flur
ried he feels for a cigar, provided he
smokes.
Women jump at conclusions, and gen
erally hit; men reason things out logically
and generally miss it.
Women always show by their actions
that they enjoy going to church; men are
less demonstrative.
Some women can't pass a utilline.y store
without looking in; some men cau't puss a
saloon without going in.
A woman never sees a baby without
wiintnrr. to run to it; a man never sees a
baby without wanting to run from it.
Women love admiration, approbation,
tdtilation, self-immolation ou the part of
others, are often weak, vain and frivolous,
Men t'ltto.
A wiiiiinti iilu'avs onirics her nurse in
her hand, so that other woman will nee it:
a man carries his in his inside pocket, so
.1..,. 1,:,, i. .,..
toot ins vtiiu nun lavu it.
A fashionable man hates the rain be
cause it deranges the set of his pantaloons;
a woman uf fashion hates it because it de
ranges her complexion.
When a Woman wauls to repair dainaires
she uses u pin; when 'a man wants to ri -pa;r
damages he spends two hours and a
half trying to thread a needle.
A woman can sit in a theatre for three
Lours without getting at all cramped, catch
ing the toothache, or becoming faint for
want of fresh air; a man can t.
When n woman is asked hy a fond lover
lor her heart anil hand, and says "No,
she don't always mean it; when a man is
asked liy a joual Sricnd it he w.ll take
something, and says "No," he don't always
mean it, eit her.
ItEFOUE AND AFTER.
Not unfaqueiitly both men and women
expect more from nuiniage than it is hu
man nature to yie'd. In the romantic
cowling days the love milking is fresh,
and sweet, and a'l engrossing, and the un
refleetiii;; innocents are dMuded into the
belief that the bonds of matrimony are
I'loiie needed to secure llie.n a lile of love
mid joy at the liiuh fever bent of the warm,
youthful moments. Hut such an anticipa
tion of heaven on this earth cannot be.
The boat must cool down and the intoxi
cation of love sober into the tranquility of
friendship. It is a g 'eat matter to get
safely through the cooling process. The
danger is that, when it begins, one, or
other, tr both, ignorant that it cause lies
in tho nature of things, muy throw the
blame on nn innocent paitncr, and in his
or her sweet heart sh'h over the awful
misfortune ol a dreary union. I his would
not hapH-u so frequently as it tines if, its is
not ol'ten the ease, the husband ami wife
were to sober down at the Milne rate. As
:t n 'e the htdy will hold on to the tender
love makiii1; much lunger than the gentle
man. It is Ihe man that cools, and the
wife that is broken-hearted.
Anion'' the causes oi' e'l lying nearer
the surface there is our system of coin
ship, which seems as if esttecially designed
for mischief. In be kind and attentive
to the object of one's affection is natural
on (he jia't of both man and woman. Hut.
according to custom, the gentleman must
do nil the wooing, the labor of love making
falls to him. and as a rule, he does not
spare himself. For weeks, for months,
fur years, he worships at the feet ot his
fair one with compliment, Hut (err aud end
less attent'ons. He seems the slave of
her smallest wish. In all this there is
much acting, often much conscious acting.
M an iuge is the dropping uf the cui.ain;
with it ends the merry but 111 its con.se
qneiices, melancholy farce. Aud when he
sees tho effect of the play, he sincerely
w sites it had never been, ihe attentions
cannot continue. Nor is it desirable that
they should. Yet in ge tin;; them for a
time, women are taught to erpeet them
lnrcver. I lie arrangement is cruel to
women, lt is ,:ke the practice of fi-st
spieling i b 'Id en, and then punishing them
fur being spoiled.
JUDAH P. HKV.IAMIX.
I heard a fact or two about Judah I.
Henjiimin's early life the other day, which
were jicw to me. Ills father was a small,
dark-skinned Spanish Jew, who kept a
littlo t; uie shop on Market street, Charles
ton, S. C. Henjiimin's early life was spcut
in that shop, lie was educated by the
Hebrew Orphan society of Charleston.
He was a grass orphan by that time. His
mother, disagreeing with his father, had
left her home and gone to Ueaulort, where
she upeued a general country store. Forty
years ago she was conducting it success
fully, lloth Mr. and Mrs. Henjaniin
were devoted adherents to the grand old
religion of their fathers, and Judah 1
lleiijainm was educated in it. He has p'
ways retained his ruspeet for his lace, al
though he married a gentile and has never
been lilcnufied with the Jewish chui'h,
You remember his fine reply in the senate
when ho was taunted, iu a hot debate
with being a Jew. "The senator," he
said, rising gracefully, and sieakin( in his
usual silveiy way, "will please remember
that when his hiilf-civiliicd aaccKtont were
hunting tho wild boar in tho forests of
KtleMa, mine were the pnucesot the earth.
The senate was electrified and the carping
senator was silenced. atlungUm Letter,
Crowded Blaine meeting! ire called
Jimjani.
CARD-LEAVING AS AN OCCU
PATION.
A Cai.mnii Which Liuiitens tub Bi r-
dexs That Go With Social Rkiooni-
tion.
A tull Biau dressed iu black leaned
against the bar, and as his Prince Albert
coat fell back a full dress vest was disclos
ed. The man's clothing was well brushed,
and he wou'd have been fine-looking but
for tome marks of dissipation on his
face.
"Card-leavinz is rather slow in July,
but still it pays when one has a good line
of customers," he said.
"What is canl leavtng? he was asked.
"lA'aving cards for people, that's all;
but it's a tine art. l'enple iu mourning
m-iid around black -edgers. For that you
have gut to wear a black bt'iid 011 your
hat. black seal rand eloves. If you wore
color you'd lose your customer in swell
society. Lasy jjents, or indisposed want
you to go iu the afternoon in n walking
suit or in the night in evening dre. for
them I keep it swallow-tail and ciiish hat
in a Imr-riKiin uptown. Some folks think
its vulgar to send invites by tua'l, and want
a bang-up fellow to deal the pasteboards.
Hut the best racket is the uper eiiine.
There are lots of society men who've got
to make calls, but don t want to. J hey
give me it stack of their cards and a list
of formal calls. Then 011 ojieea nights I
go around to the Academy or Metropolitan
with my partner, and get fifty or sixty
neiiics of those who are there from the
coachmen and door-keepers. Sometimes I
run 111 myself and look over the house. 1
known good many of the society folks in
New York by sight. Then comes the
the hard work. I sort my cards, and be
tween 9 and HI deliver them. You sec
it won't do to leave more than two cards
at one house. If you did they'd drop to
the game."
"I low did you pet into the business.'
"A sexton in a hiuh-toned church used
to leave the cards, but he found he eould'i't
; jii itj and, besides, he lost caste profession
ally. I was hard up, nud when he pro
posed it I just jumped and too': it. At
first it didn't pay very well, butofter awhile
1 got known, and now 1 have a regular
line of customers." AVi Ym l: Sun.
GOLDEN GRAINS.
A lu-in'a (rnr. wenllh hereafter is the
good he does in this world lo his fellow-
men.
No one has anv riirlit to he cheerful
who does not do something to make others
so.
Good thought, like rose leaves give out
a sweet smell il hud up in the jar of mem
ory.
Do good with what thou hast or it will
lo tliee nu good. Giving is better than
reeeiv eg.
We live to learn, but death comes to
thousands ere they have mastered the al
phabet of common sense.
If you have great talents, industry will
strengthen them; if moderate abilities, in
dustry wi'l supply the deficiency.
rntoward accidents will sometimes hap
pen; but af.er many years trial people
seem to succeed or fail as they have de
served. He what nature intended you for, and
you will succeed ; be anything else, and
you will be ten thousaud times worse than
nothing.
Christian living and Christian character
without Christ are an impossibility with
Chiist they have beeu made a reality, be
fore which the world hits offered the hom
age of its admiration and respect.
Revenge is a momentary triumph, in
which the satisfaction dies at once, aud is
succeeded by remorse; whereas forgiveness,
which is the noblest ot all revenge entails
a perpetual pleasure.
ItARlIERS AND HA 1.1 HEADS.
Hen Hutler is not bald. He shaves his
head from habit. He was once a monk.
The intense yearning of flies for bald
heads has never yet been salisfactor'y ex
plained by scientists.
A New York dude has begun suit
against a barber for shaving off his mus
tache without orders, l'erhaps the barber
did nut see it.
Light-haired people are said to be more
susceptible to rheumatism than those with
lark hair. 1 fiat may lie the reason why
we see so many old men with black wigs.
President Arthur shaves himself. There,
now, that is economy. He not ouly saves
the price of the shave, hut isn't, bored to
dcalh by the barber's cxliouatioiis tu buy
a bottle of buy rum.
A great deal of fuu is poked at the
bald headed meu, but they have one great
advantage this season of the year. They
don't have to stand out in the sun for an
hour to dry their hair after coiuiug out of
the bath.
Another New York belle has married
an Italian prince. He is a real one. He
runs six chairs, five bath-rooms aud tlio
"brush is.dresfed in livery." There isn't
a nicer shop in any country town iu
America.
"Yes, sir," said the bald-headed man;
"the imagination plays us curious tricks.
For instance, 1 find a fly tickling my
crown; I know he is there. I bring my
hand down with a slap, anil he aiu't there.
Curious, aiu't it?"
THE SPEAKERS.
AW. ChrunU-lf.
An humble suggestion: For opera
house audience, Mr. Staples; for luke
warm or wrong-headed or fighting audi
ences, Mr. Kitchin he'll give 'em Hail
Columbia 1 for open air campaigning,
where you want vigor and a good supply
of it, Mr. Coke; For audienoas that wish
to be charmed, Mr. Fowle; for all men and
all places, the honest manly face of Mr,
Igcale,
DRAPERIES.
Curtains arc arranged every sort of a
disarranged way, that is, irregularly, and
iu the extreme of informality.
A lace and jilus.lt, or colored curtain of
any other kis-i, may now be draped on
the same window, one at euch side.
One lain y is tu have one side of a pair
of curtains fall limse to the door, while the
ollt.r is draped with a chain id" cut 1;iss,
or other l.'isleuiiig.
In some iust-nVcs one wiu otv curtain is
draped high, the oilier low, mid all irregu
lar scarf draping iu place of a lambrequin,
whether this style is adopted with the
curtain or not, is iu favor wilh many.
Madras hangings retain tlu ir sipiilari
ty, and justly. Thine fabrics are brought
out in the India anil chinln designs so
much enjoyed at present, wh.'rover they
can be used.
Hand-work is largely used in dniM-ry
decoration, mid elaborate bands o' "darneti
work" are In ing placed on white scrim
and grenadine curtains.
A set ill cheese cloth, iiiteiidcJ for the
bcd-iiioui of a Newitt collage, is lined
itli shell -pink silesin, the darned work
beitt'; set between insertion an inch wide,
on olive macreme.
Double disk, or two rings, linked one
Within the other, for,n 11 favorite device
for hand decorated and other dracries.
A NOVEL CLOCK.
An ingenious horticulturist of Phila
delphia, noticing that almost every hour
in the day some plant bloomed, has eon
si jcted on this principle a floral clock
composed of twenty-four plants ono for
every hour. At the top ot the clock, at
12 o'clock, was planted the portulaeea. At
the hours of 1, '1 and il he had different
vai'eties of the same plant, each of which
bloomed at the hour opposite to which it
was planted. At -1 o'clock the common
plant 1 if that name was placed ; at 5 the
garden niciago caaio out ; at o the geran
ium .riste and at 7 the evening primrose.
At S he had the bona nox, at U the silence
noc.ifloru, at ltl n cactus, at 11 another
kind and at 12 the night-blooming ccrcus,
The plants at 1 and 2 were cactus, at 3
the common sals' y, at the chicory, at 5
the snow th'stle and at lithe dandelion. '
TRAIN ATTACKED HY HUES,
A Chicago telegram says ; When be
tween Lake Rluflf and Lake Forest yester
day it passenger train on the Notlhwestern
Road ran over a swarm of bees, which had
come out of the trunk of an old tree stand
ing in the pasture by the roadside. The
btes, angered at the death ol their queen
and euiiuaili s, flew suddenly through the
open windows into the coaches and pro
ceeded to attack the passengers, who were
thrown into the wi'dest confusion. Thclittle
insects were swill iu the'r work and spared
nobody. Kvery effort to drive them off
made them all the more vicious and de
termined. Seven1' of the good brothers
and sisters, in ciunp at Lake Bluff, were
badly stung before the train arrived at
Lake Furred.
TRUE HEA LTV.
The beauty of holiness is the glory of
Chiist. It is the great, attraction of his
character. The angels in his presence are
in 11 constant ccstaey of delight as they be
hold it, and it is the song of their heart
day u-id night forever. Clothed with it
they never cense to be inexpressibly haH
py. It is a beauty that never fades. The
tuos.biautifi'l things of eitr.h lire wilted
by the bhis.s; but the beauty of holin&i
adoruiug God's chi'dren . "M retain" its
chaste splendor to eternity. That which al
lures angels aud saints to Christ himst"'
will iu their own character make them for
ever delijjitl'ul to one another.
A lluilriu mt;u wiio recently 'joined the
church was heard to mutter, us his shiny
new beaver fell in a mud hole: "Wouldn't
you hear some ta" swearing if hadn't
been converted last week!"
It is said that if you play on an accor
deon near an oyster the oyster will open
its shell. This is not beeatwe she wants to
listen, but because it is taking a look
around to see whether it had better try to
escape or die.
The prayers of little children are very
suggestive. A little girl on long Island, a
few night s ago closed her devotions with
these words: "1 do thank thee, Lord, for
all my blessings, aud I'll do as much for
you some time."
Biggins never loses his
When
he came home "how-eanie-you-so' the oth
er night, ami Mrs. II. told him she was
ashamed of hi'n, Biggins replied: ' Bet
ter my w: e hie should be ashamed of
me hie than I shou'd be ashened ofuiy
wife.''
"Vil laid the doctor, "you arm ceiUit.'
threatened with scarlet fever." What
shall I do? What shall I do?" she moan
ed, iu (treat distress. "Oh, doctor, could't
you throw it into soute ether kind of
fever? Scarlet is so trying to my complex
ion!"
"I see the newspapers say a great deal
about confidence men," remarked old Mrs.
Juneberry, ' but I never seed any, and I
don't be'ieve there is tick meu. I haven't
put no confidence in men since my darter
maiiied. There aiu't no sich tlvng aa con
fidence men."
"My dear, look below," said a Harhm
man, just as ho sUkkI on the bridgo with
his wife and gazed at a tug hauling a line
of barges. "Such is life the tug is like
a man, working and tolling, while the
barges, 'ike women art " "I know,"
Interrupted Mrs. (1., acridly, "the tug does
all the blowing and the barges bear all the
burden."
-! a
"Oh, ntamiua, if yeu ' believe it,"
laughed a pretty girl on her return from
the picnic, "the beat jolted aa we touched
the wharf and threw me right into tho
lap of a young gentleman." "Why," was
the horrified rejoinder, "what did you
do?" "I I asked liiiu if he would pleas
excuse my landing 1 litt'e prematurely.
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