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WOMBS AND WAR.
[At the reunion of the Fifty-fir*t Mai.
sachuaetts Regiment it Princeton, Gen
eral Sprague, in a ferVeut address which
eliaited much apnlauae, quoted the fol
lowing iinei and laid; "I adopt the
lt«|ftMKe-t>f another, mure eloquent than
any word* of mine, to express my admi
ration of the heroism of the loyal women
of our land."]
The wife who girds her husband'* sword,
'Mid little ones who weep or wonder,
And bravely speaks the cheering word,
What though her heart b* rent asunder ;
Doom'd nightly in her dreams to hear
The bolt* ol deaih around him rattle,
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon t.l«c^field of battle.
The who her grief,
While to her breast her sou she premies,
Then breathes a few brav# word", and brief,
Kissing the patriot brow she blesses,
With no one bat bar secret God
To know the pain that weighs upon her,
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received on freedom's field of hon or."
Hli LEARNED TOO LATE.
The summer was like no other sum
mci the world had ever known. Never
was June so sweet; never were mornings
so rosy and radiant; never were lights
so tender
A young and beautiful girl stood look
ing at the »uns> t as the lait farewell
glow bathed the blue waves in golden
radianoe. To look at her faoe one would :
never dream that her position in life was
not among the proudest; but a glaune
at her simple dress would dispel the illu
sion. Flossy Thayer had been brought
up by her grandfather in a quiet, seclu
ded country neighborhood. The old
gentleman nap wealthy. Flossy was the
darling of hiß heart, and great pains
were lavished upon her education. The
grandfather's health was not good, and
they traveled a great deal, often spend
ing the wiuter in the South. They had
been there when the crash came; Mr
Tbayor lost his money. He was the uioit
honorable man alive; he returned home
paid his liabilities to the last faithing,
sold the beautiful couutry seat when
Flossy had spent her ohildKood and es s
tablished himself in an o>d farmhouse
by the sea, with hardly enough money
left to live upoo.
So for four vears Mr. Thayer and bis
granddaughter had lived quietly enough
in their retreat. So far a* the old gen
tlttuan knew, Flossy had been happy )
but in truth she was always waiting for
■ome wonderful cnange that was to free
her from the humdrum life in which her
life was passing. But it was neverthe
less true that no palace ever sheltered a i
maiden more royally fair than she. And
so thought some one else as he drew
near her with qniok, light footsteps.
Tall and straight, with dark, laughing
eyes and mouth shadowed by a mous
tache, Marie Norton wag just fitted to
win the fancy of a young, inexperienced
girl.
"So you have been waiting for me ?
Happy man to have wou the love of one
so iair and sweet "
A glow of crimson tinged the girl's
face as the ayes uplifted to meet her
lover's told plainly what was in her
heart. While the young people con
versed Mark took Flossy's hand in his
and told her something wbioh made the
teardrops quickly start.
"Do not grieve, dear Flossy. I shall
only be gone a short time, and you know
that if it were not necessary nothing
could take me from you. You are not
afraid that absence oould alter my love f
Flossy, you do not doubt ine 7"
She was young and unused to the
world, and it i* no wonder that she
trusted Mark Norton, who, to her, was
the noblest and grandest of men. They
parted. Mark Nortoo, following his
physioian's advioe had tome that sum
mer to the quiet oountry town by the
sea to regain his health, whioh had long
been deiioate. In one of his rambles be
had met Flossy, aad being shy and
shrinking, it had been the work of a long
time to establish himself upon friendly
terms with the girl, whose beauty sur.
passed any ha had ever seen. It was
not long before, with a thrill of vanity,
Mark oould see the hold he had gained
in bar innocent heart. Ooe day, in an
swer to his whispered question, Flossy
acknowledged that her heart was bin
and he plaoed a golden baud of betrothal
upon her slander finger.
For a time after hfa departure letters
from her lover oame regularly to Flossy ;
but after awhile the letters oame less
frequently, and then when three months
had passed the looktd-for latter oame.
DANBURY, N. THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1881.
It read, ob, how coldly, and contained
his farewell : "J am going abroad. I
shall probably be absent several years, i
Our immediate marriage ia now, of
course, an impossibility. I could not
ask you, nor do 1 feel it right to hold
you, through an indefinite time, to your
pledge, therefore I frw Jul*." >
Once, twios, she read the latter
through ; then, with white face and tear
less eyes, held it 'to the match with a
steady hand, nor let it fall until the flame
orept so olose that it blackened the ten
der flesh and the letter lay singed and •
eharred under her feet. That day she ,
want into her grandfather's room and
laid her head on his "Doo't talk to
me grandpa," she said, "and don't ask
me any questions, but we will keep
house alone, you and I, and we'll forget
that we intended to let anybody else in "
'•The scoundrel! If you had been
rioh, my child, this sorrow would not
have come upoo you. But, mark my
words, sumo time you will have your re
venge."
Four years have twiftly pissed. Seat,
ed in a room in one of the popular hotels
in New York were two young wen. Sud
denly one of them, looking out ot the
window, exrlaimcd :
"Look, Aubrey ! See if you know
who that lady is. What a lovely woman.
Do you know her 7"
"I should think that I did, and think
myself honored that I do. She is the
belle of New York and the most beauti
ful girl I have ever known "
A smile curled Mark Norton's lips as
he turned from the window.
| "You speak warmly, Aubrsy," be said
"You would not blame ma for spcak
! ing warmly if you knew her," he an
-1 swered "Her history is a romantic one
j If you like I will tell it to you."
"Her name is Miss Flcßsy Thayer.
When I first knew her she was not
wealthy, though in tuy eyes even then
her beauty surpassed anything that I had
ever seen. It was not long after you
went on your travels that an uncle of
mine, who had purchased a place by the
sei, invited me to spend tb* summer
with him. It was a very quiet, secluded
village, and I soon became acquainted
with Flossy. Not long after that the old
grandfather died, and my kind aunt
took the sorrowing girl into her Louse.
My uncle had tho papers in his posses- j
sion of soae mining shares that the old
gentleman had long deemed worthless,
which suddenly arose, first lo par, then
so widely above as to enable Flossy tft
regain her footing in the world. As be
fore, all that the grandfather bad crum
bled into powder, now all that he had
left was converted into gold."
As Mark Norton listened varied ex
pressions flitted across his face. He
knew that the maiden whose heart be
had won and cast aside for his own
amusement and this beautiful heiress
must be ooe and the same person. M ight
it not be that if he exerted bis art of
fascination to the utmost he oould soon
regain the love he had oneo held 7
"Aubrey," he laid, "I should like to
meet this Miss Thsyer. . Could you
manage to present me to her 7"
That night the two friends entered
the drawing room, io which a brilliant
crowd was assembled. A little later
i Mark Norton stood beside Flossy. She
had never looked more beautiful than
she did then ia her creamy oostumo of
satin and fleecy lace, looped with dia
mond stare.
"Miss Thayer, allow me to present you
to Mr. Nortoo."
Flossy bowed as to an utter stranger.
An instant her lip ourled, and then she
hid it in an alluring smile.
"As he has made mo suffer, to shall
his suffering be."
"She loves mo still," thought Mark
Norton, proudly, aa, later, he went out
into the starlit night.. "I feared I bid
lost her, but I shall win her yet. How
lovely she is. I believe this time my
heart will be the stake !"
With proud oonfldenoe Mark but
waited the best time fitted for him to
speak the fateful wards. At last the
opportunity wss his. She smiled, as he
thought, with joy as he asked her now
to giva him his reward. Theo the smile
turned into ioy scorn, the look he had
interpreted of love altered into oontempt,
the sweet tones grew harsh aa in a few
outting phrases she spoke the words that
doomed I im.
"I lovo you, Flossy—bolieve me, I love ;
you for.yourself," he replied, and for
once the man was tinoere.
A look of acorn flashed from Flossy's
•yes as she withdrew her arm from bis
'•Mr. Norton," she said, "your repont
anne has oome too late. As I ouce loved,
I now despise you."
Mark face flushed before the
oonteinpt in her yoice. He felt that she
had read aright the golfish motive of his
falso heart. Not long after Mr. Norton
Received a letter and a small packet con
taining two cards tied together by a
Eot of bridal ribbon. Upon one was
b name "Flotsy Thayer; upon the
'other, "Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Merritt."
Overworked Woman.
Nothin? is more reprehensible and
thoroughly wrong than the idea that a
Woman fulfills her duty by uoing her
amount ot work far beyond her strength.
She not only does not fulfil her duty, but
she most signally fails in it, aad the
failure is truly deplorable. There can
be no sadder sight than that of a broken
down, overworked wife and mother—a
Woman who is tired ail her life through.
If the work of the household cannot be
accomplished by order system, end mod
erate work, without the necesrily of
wearing heart breaking toil—toil that is
never ended and never begun—without
making life a tread mill of labor, then
for the suka of humanity let the work
go Bet er to livo in tie midst of dis
order than that order should b» purchas
| ed at so high a price, the cost of health,
strength, happiness, and all that makes
existence endurab'e The woman who
spends her life io unnecessary labor ib by
this very labor, unfitted for the highest
duties of home. She should be the
haven of rest (o which both husband
aod children turn for peace and refresh
ment. She should be careful, intelligent
adviner nod guido of the oun, the tender
ooulidant and helpmate of the other.
it possible for a woman exhaust
ed in body as a natural consequent io
tuiud sleo, to perform either of these offi
ces ? No it is not possible. The con
stant strain is too great. Nature gives
way beneath it. She loses health and
spirits and hopefuinsss, and more than
all her youth, the last thing that a wo
man should allow to slip from her, for no
matter how old she is in years should be
young in heart and feeling for the youth
of age is sometimes more attractive than
youth itself To the overworked woman
this green old ige is out of the question,
old age comes on her seer aud yellow be
fore its time. Her disposition is ruined,
her temper is soured, her very nature is
changed, by the burden which, too heavy
to carry, ia dragged along as long as
wearied feet and tired hands can do
their part. Even her affeotions are
blunted and she beoomes merely a ma
chine, a woman without '.be time to be
womanly, a mother without the time to
train and guide her ohildrcn as only a
mother can, a wife without the time to
sympathise with and cheer her husband,
a woman ao overworked during the day
that when night comes her sole thought
md most inteose longing is for the rest
and that very probably will not
come aud even if it should, that she is
too tired to enjoy. Better by far let
.everything go unfinished, to live as best
she can, than to entail on herself end
family the curse of overwoik—Suni
lary Magazine.
■ -
Cheek, Its Uaea and Abuse
"No, my son, cheek is not better
than wisdom; it is not better than
modesty ;it is not not better than iby
thing. Dob'i listen to the siren who
tells you to blow your own horn or it
wilt never be tooteu upon. The world
is not to be deceived by oheek, and it
does searoh for merit, and when it finds
it morit is Rewarded. Check never
deoeives the world, my son. It appeari
to do so to the cheekly man, but be is
the one who is deoeived Do you know
one cheeky man, in all your acquaint
ance, who is not reviled for his oheek
the moment his back ii turned ? Is the
world not oootinually drawing distinct
ions between oheek and merit f Almost
everybody hates a oheeky man, my son.
Society tires at the bras»y glare of his
faee, the noisy aasumption of bis for
wardness. The triumphs of cheek are
only apparent. He bores bis way
aloog through the world, and frequently
better people give way to him. But
so tbey give wiy, my boy, for a man
with a paint pot in eaoh hand. Not
beoauie tbey respect the man with the
paint pqf particularly, but because they
want to take care ortheir clothes. You
sell goods without it, aod your custom
era won't run and hide io the oellar
whan they see you coming.—Burd
rite.
A Sellable Man.
Of all the qualities that go to form j
a good character, there is not one nore |
important than reliability. Most cm- I
phatieally in this true of the character j
of a good business man. Tho word it- {
self embraces both truth and honesty, 1
and tho reliable man uiU9t necessarily
be truthful and honest. We see so
much all oround us that exhibits the
absence of this crowning quality, that
wo are tempted in our bilious moods to
deny its very existence Hut there are,
nevertheless, reliable men, men to he
depended upon, to be trusted, in whom i
you may repose confidence, whose word
is as good as their bond, and whose !
promise is performance. If any of you
know such a mm, make him your
friend. You can only do so, however, 1
oy assimilating his character. The
reliable man is a man of good judgment.
Me does not jump at conclusions. lie
is thoughtful. Ho turns over a sub
ject in his mind and looks at it all \
round. He is not a partial or one-sided
man He sees through a thing He
is apt to be a reticcLt man. He does ;
not have to talk a great deal. He is
a moderate man not only in habits of j
body, but also in mind. Ho is not a 1
passionate man ; if so by nature be has
1 overcome it by grace. He is a sincere
, man, not a boaster or schemer. What
he says may be relied on. He is a
! trustworthy man. You feel safe with
! your property or administration of affairs
!in his hands. lie is a brave man ; for
i '
his conclusions are logically deduced
i from the suro basis of truth, and he
J does not fear to maintain them He
is a good man, for no one can be through
i ly honest and truthful without being
| good. Is such a quality attainable?
Most assuredly so. It is not born —it
is made. Character may be formed;
i of course, then, its component parts
may be moulded into that formation
which constitutes a reliable man.—
Baptist Wetkljf. y
Does Pleasure Pay P
With the above words an English
| society journal opens an article on the
! current habits of good sooiety in eearoh
of pleasure It is unnecessary to say
i that pleasure, if it can be takeu only as
inaDy l'aehiuuablo people take it, is
j not worth the time and money that it
; cosis. No one enjoys this world's diver
-1 sions so little as those who pay most for
(heir Itio and devote most lime to it.
At the theater and opera the people
who appoar most pleased are thoso who
sit iu the cheapest seats and wear tho
; cheapest suits and wear tho poorest
1 cloUics, aud elsewhere the rule is the
same. All else being equal, the man
| who has the most money to spend can
secure the most enjoyment in this world :
but one thing that thousands of people
seem to forget is tbat with all tbiugs
with pleasing possibilities a common
rule of the table holds good—it is of
no use to eat unless you have an appe
lito The most forlorn diner-out in
New York is the man who eats several
dioners daily, and the most unhappy
man at the theater—the man who finds
fault with everything and enjoys nothing
—ii he who goes to the theater every
night.. Pleasure is like dessert —very
I good to take after something substantial,
but the most unsatisfactory of all things
when taken as a steady diet.
The Value of a Name.
' Forty five thousand dollars was re
j cently paid in Londoa for a painting
by Lenardo da Vinci. The painting
had the misohance to be etolen some
twenty years ago and was offered for
sale as an unknown waif. Sir Cbailes
Kistlake thought it a oopy ; others gave
other opinions. No one wanted it at
any price; its owner offered it finally
for twenty-five dollars aud in viae. My
chance come one recalled the robbery
of Lord Suffolk's gallery and suggested
that the pioture be taken there for iden
tification. The waif was found to match
perfectly the hole io the original canvas
form wbioh it had been cut. It prov
ed to bo the missing pioture. The
recent sale of the work illustrates the
value of authentication A canvas
on its own merits would not sell
for twenty-five dollars, may sell when
duly authenticated fo forty-five thousand
dollars.
A sympatheio small boy: Papa—
"That picture shows the story of Prome
theus and the vulture thai fed on his
livor. Every day the vulture devoured
it, and every' night it grew for him to
eat again " Sympathetic ohild "Poor,
dear old vulture! How sick he must
have been of liver every day?"
NUMDEIi 4.
Short Rules for Long uomfort at
Home.
Put self legs.
Talt A little annoyances out ot the way.
When any good happens to any one,
rejoice.
When others are suffering, drop a
word of sympathy.
Tell of your own faults rather than
those of othets.
A place for everything and everything
in its place
Hide your own troubles, but watch to
help others out of theirs.
Take hold of the knob and shut
every door behind yott without slam
ming it.
Never interrupt any conversation,
but wait palieatly your turn to speak.
Look for beauty in everything ana
take a cheerful view of every event.
Carefully clean the mud and snow
from your boots before entering the
house.
If from any cause you feel irritable,
try the harder to do little {.lcasaot
thing'.
Do not keep your good manners for
oompany, but be equally polite at home
and abroad
When inclined to give an angry ans
wer, press your lips together and say
the alphabet
Always speak politely and kindly to
your help, if you would have them do
the same to you.
When pained by an unkind word or
act, ask ourselves, "Have I not done aa
badly and desired forgiveness ?
The Beauty of the Lemon.
A few years ago the drink known as
"sour seltzer," or "seltser and lemon"
was uninvented. It in growing more
and more popular every day ; and it is
well that it is. Nothing else 'is so
cooling—nothing else cools so quiokly
and with such lasting effect. It seems
that lemon is a better drug than it used
to get credit tor. Wc arc told that tho
way to get the better ot a bilious system
without blue pill or quiniue is to tako
tho juice of one, two or three or more
lemons, as the appetite craves, in aa
much ice-water as makes it pleasant to
diink without sugar, before going to
bed. In tho morning on rising, or least
half an hour bofore breakfast, take the
j iyoe of one in a goblet of water,
This will olc'ar the system of humors
and bile with mild efficacy, without any
of the weakening effects of calomel or
Congress water. People should not
irritate the stomaoh by eating lemons
clear; the powerful aoid of the juioe,
which is almost corrosive, infallible
produces inflamation after a while, but
properly diluted, so that it does not
draw or burn the throat, it does its full
medical work without harm, aud when
the stomach is olear of food, has abun
dant opportunity to work on the system
thoroughly.
One of the saddes) thoughts that come
to us in life is the thought that in thia
bright, beautilul, joy giving world of
,ours there are so many shadowed lives.
If suffering came only with crime,
even then we might drop a tear over
him whose errors wrought their recom
pense But it is not so, alas ! Then
we should not have it to reoo'rd that tho
noblest and most gifted are often among
those who may count their late among
shadowed lives. With one it i* the
shadow of a grave, long and narrow,
which fills over a lite, shutting out the
gladness of the sunshine, and blighting
the tender blossoms of hope
With another, it is the wreck of a
great ambition. Ho has buildod his
ship and launched it on the sea of lifo,
freighted with the richest jewels of his
strength, manhood. Kehold, it comes
back to him beaten, battered, torn in
some horrible tempest.
Witq some other, disease throws its
terrible shadows over the portal* and
shuts out the brightness and joy of the
outside worfd from the sufferer within.
| But this is the lightest shadow of ali
for it teaches the heart lessons of endu
rance and faith, and through its dark
ness the sufferer tees even the star of
promise shining with rays that tell of
the glories beyond Ol all shadewed
lives we find it in our heart to feel moat
for those whioh are darkened by an uo
bappy marriage.
Unhappy marriage is the quintessence
of unhappy bondage. It wounds daily
our fondness and sweetest impulses, it
trifles with and buries our holiest and
dearest affection, and writes over the
touib thereof, "No hope " It embitters
the victim with the thought that lost for
ever to his or her life is a glory of a great
lovo ; closed forever to him or her the
portals of a happy home—that fountain
of freshucss and delight at whioh the
soul must needs drink to gather strength
for the heat and burden of the outside
battle.
Said Mrs. Smith, who had oome to
spend the day, to little Edith : "Are
you glad to see mo again, Edith T"
Edith : "Yesm'm, and mamma's glad,
tool" Mrs. Smith : "Is she T" Edith:
"Yesm'm ; she said she hoped you'd
come to-day, and have it over with."
Mamma blushes soarlet, but Mrs. Smith
simply smiles.— Boston Transcript.