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it THE connoNWGALTn, Scotland Neck, - - H". C. 1 Scotland Heck, ff. & An uncompromising Democratic, Jour- nai. fwsnea every mursuaj urging i 'AdTertlalnjrRateKX J. B. NEA L, Manager. it . 1 inch 1 week. 1, " I month, r$1.00. $2.50. Subscription Rates ; E. E. HILLIARD, Editor. " THE LAND WE LOVE." ? ( Terms : $2 00 per year in Advance. .'Contracts for any space or time may Bbe made at the office of The Common 1 Copy 1 Year. 1 " 6 Months, $2.00. $1.00. wealth. . , Transient advertisements must be paid 'or in advance. VOL. I. SCOTLAND NECK, N:,G. THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1883. NO. 41. .. the c onao n wf. Alt ii For Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Sick Headache. Chroalc Diar- rhCBa Jaundice, Imparity of the Blood, Fever and " Ague, Malaria, and all Diseases caused by De rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys. SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LITER. Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for Rheumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels cenerally costive, sometimes alternating with lax ; fiie head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy with considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of leaving undone something which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often mistaken for consumption; the patient complains cf weariness and debility ; nervous, easily startled; feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation cf the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent, acd, although satisfied that exercise would be bene ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to trv it in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred when but few of them existed, yet examination after death has shown the Liver to have been extensively deranged. ' It should be used by all persons, old and young, Tt-nenYver any of the above symptoms appear. Persons Traveling or Living In Vn- hpalthv Localities. , ly taking a dose occasion- allv to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid . - - -nMS ... l ' T-.: : x? au iiisuina, diuuiu hliwiksi iiziucss, au sea. Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is no in toxicating beverage. If Tou have eaten anything hard ot digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved. Time and Doctors Bills Trill be saved by always keeping the Regulator i in the House! For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonic can never be out of place. The remedy is harmless and does not interfere with business or pleasure. , , 4 ; IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE. Aad has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injurious after enecis. A Governor's Testimony. J Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use In my Umiiy for some time, and I am satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Ga., says : Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. "The only Thing that never fails to Relieve." I have used many remedies for Dys pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never nave found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmcns Liver Regulator has. I sent f-om Min nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only thing that never fails tarejieve. v; -.f P. M. Jaotet, Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. T. "V. Mason ''says : From actual ex- perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in " my practice I have been and am satisfied . to- use and prescribe it as a purgative medicine. ." . . . 8"3jTake only the Genuine, which always has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark acd Signature of J. II. ZEILIX Jfc CO. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS . ? GENERAL DIRECTORY. SCOTLAND .ECK Mayor W. HShieldsJ tl, ; 1 : Crmmissioners--NoahijBiggs, M. Tlofi man, R. M. Johnson," K. Allsbrook. Meet first Tnesdav m each month at 4 o'clock, P M. Chief of Police R. J. White. Assistant Policemen C. W. Dunn. "V, E. Whitmore, C. Speed. Sol. Alexander, Treasurer R M Johnson. Clerk K. Allsbrook. CHURCHES: I Baptist J. D. Ilufham, D. D., Pastor. Services everv Sunday at 11 o'clock."-A. M anrl at 7 P M 'ilo before the first Sunday at 11 o'clock, A. M. Prayer Meeting every; Wednesday night. - Sunday School ori Sabbath morn ing. Primitive Baptist Eld. Andrew Moore. Pastor Services every third Saturday and Sunday morning. Metho.distRev. CW. "Byrd, Pastor. Services at 3 o'clock, P. M. on the second and fourth Sundays. Sunday School on isabbath morning. Episcopal Rev. H. G. Hilton, Rector, bervices every first, second and third Sundays at 10 o'clock, A. M. Sunday School every Sabbath morning. Meeting of Bible class on Thursday night at the residence of Mr. P. E. Smith. Baptist (colored.) G Pastor. Services every second Sunday at 11 o'clock, A. M.. and 7, P. M. Sun- uay school on Sabbath morning.-' o COOTY. Cf . superior Uourt Ulerk and Probate juuge John I. Gregory, nferior Court--Geo. T. Simmons. Register of Deeds J. M. Grizzard. Solicitor A. J. Burton. Sherifl R. J. Lewis. Coroner J H Jenkins. Treasurer E. D. Browning. Co. Sunt. Pub. Instruction Tt C rM.-i, Keeper of the Poor House John Ponton. Commissioners Chairman, Aarn Pres. cott, Sterling' Johnson,' Dr. W. R, WoodL. John A, .Morlieet, 4 and M Whitehead.' ' - - J r " r. t A : bupenor Court Every third "Monday UL March and SpntpmUr . . . Inferior Conrt-Every 4 thSyf Monday in --j , mj Auxu!ii aw i ovemoer Judge of Inferior XJourWT. if.' Hill. mf Ml PAPER THE PEOPLE WAIT ' ; ED. OLDHAM'S . WESTERN SEN TINEL! j ttstablished,1852.) .-.it Should . be , Bead at Every, , Fireside ,in rVesterh Iforth Carolina. " ' Full of News, Fiw..General Information and Something Interest Etervbodv SEND 50 CENTS AND. JAY IT THREE RONTHS- WINSTONr.N. C. NOTICE WE haveoneh sale in this1 torhrl SBmef tferri are very desirafejei '-5 w iTSpidV growiraj town, 4nrr perronswishing to secure god places for ridepctfs arid bus." fh&eJ SeSs ,habdff "me 8t:trec6rdinvthe Pradih of 7,500 aents, will do well to call onus."'-- BLUE AND GRAY. "Oh," mother, what do they mean by blue? And what do they mean by gray?" Was heard from the lips of a little child As she bounded in from play. - The mother's eyes filled up with tears ; " She turned to her darling fair, And smoothed away from the sunny brow Its treasures of golden hair. 4Why, mother's eyes are blue,my sweet, And grandpa's hair is gray, A.nd the love we bear our darling child Grows stronger every day." 'But what did they mean?" persisted the child ; "For I saw two cripples to-day. And one of them said he fought for the blue ; The other, he fought fur the gray. Now, he of the blue had lost a leg, And the other had but one arm, And both seemed worn and weary and sad, Yet their greeting was kind and warm. They told of battles in days gone by, Till it made my young blood thrill ; The leg was lost in the Wilderness fight, And the arm on Malvern Hill. "They sat on the stone by the farmyard gate And talked for an hour or more, Till their eyes grew bright and their hearts seemed warm With tighting their battles o'er. And parting at last, with a friendly grasp, In a kindly, brotherly way. Eachclling on God to speed the time X"intmg the blue and the-grayi" Then the mother thought of other days Two stalwart "boys from her riven : How they knelt at her side and, lisping, prayed "Our Father which art in heaven ;" How one wore the gray and the other the r blue : How they passed away from sight, And had gone to the land where gray and v" blue '. '1 Are merged in colors of light. " vt ...... - ' v. And she answered her darling with gold en hair, While her heart was sadly wrung With the thoughts awakened in that Bad , hour ' By her innocent, prattling tongue ; "The blue and the gray are the colors of God , ?They are seen in the sky at even, And many a noble, gallant soul " " Has found them passports to heaven." MONTESUUIEU. Montesquieu being at Marseilles, Jinds in the harbor on Sunday a boat managed by a youth of prepossess ing appearance. He enters it tor a ride in the bay. But soon, astonish ed at the want of skill of the sailor : What is the matter ?" said Mon tesquieu to him, "you do not seem to understand your business." ; "My business 1" epliea the youth blushing. "Excuse me, sir, but I am not a boatman ; I am a jeweler." "And why do you meddle with what you do not know how to do V "To pass my time on Sunday and to earn some money. "You love monev, then, much ?" ''Not for myself." ' "For whom, then ?" "Alas! sir, my dear father has been cast in prison; he is tbis mo ment a slave at Tetuan ; and it is to gain the price of his ransom which is 5,000 fanes, tnat my mother, my two sisters and 1 labor day and night. As my exployer closes his shops on Sunday, I try to make available this lost time by rowing travellers in the port and bay, and what they are pleased to give me lessens the number of davs before my father will be restored to us," 'And what is your father's name ?" "Robert; ' T .: J 'And, his owner at Tetuan ?" ? "The Judge, Aclimet' ' V "U, then, put me on shore tiere.Wl5joify tS 'keep you here after from k exposing ' your own lif and the lives of others." t; " "' . . Saying this, Montesquieu throws uis purse to the youth, and leaps to l? ?ot giving him time to express gratitude. V -' ? Two months after,' the ' slave Rhert, is restoVed, to his family, and W back also 50 louis which the generosity or his' liberator had " ad ded to the-su'm paid for his ransom. r But who is theifberator ? It would ; doubtless never have ZF!kW0W-P,m$Zte papers,., of iteMhl an enVry tu his )owa wriiini? fancs to a r Banker at Cadiz, for the mad-Rob- ert, a slare at Tfian. ; ; Such is the man who was called avaiicious. v ' ?. This great man died at Paris, Feb. 10, 1755' - -v" i, J. A. D. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BAVARIA. Youth's Companion. Looking out of my window I can see a large yellow stone bunding, scarcely to be called a palace, jet certainly more imposing than an or- dinary townmansion. It is four stories high, and has heavy windows on each side of a stone-paved carriage entrance. To the right, looking in this doorway, one can see a flight of steps leading into the house ; to the left, glass doors swing open on a similar staircase ; beyond is a wide, sunn' court in which servants are constantly to be seen running hither and thither. Sometime a footman in pale blue livery stands at the foot of the stair case ; every day a veiy striking figure appears in the doorway. This is an official wearing a cocked hat and a long blue cloth coat elaborately trim med with fur and silver, who carries a huge silver rod which glitters in the sun. There are two soldiers sta-tioned-at each side of the doorway in sentrv-boxes, who look at the magnificently-dressed official from time to time, as if waiting to detect in his ex pression some command. 1 A little American girl who walked pat the house one day was most cu rious to know who the man in the furs and silver was ; why he stood so long in the door. So she waited to see what would happen. It was a 6ne day in early spring ; the sun was shining and the pigeons gathered in swarms on the eaves of the old yellow stone house. Presently an open carriage turned the corner. In it sat a plump, sweet taced lady of about thirty, and . two little girls, " pretty children, who bad thir dolls beside them. A tall, fine-lookin& gentleman roue by them on a black horse. Instantly the sen tinels presented arms ; the man in the cocked hat stood ver y upright, bow ing as the carriage and the r:der pass ed in,while everybody standing about bowed, the lady and gentleman and little'girls retur&ed the" salutations right and left. -' When the party had disappeared behind the glass doors, and the ser vants driven the horses into the court yard, the man at the door vanished also. His duty for the hour was over, for he had been waiting according to Bavarian etiquette for the return of the " master ' and mistress, ' jrjib "are Prince Lud wig and his" lovely wiftj Prinooa .faio TKavaoa ' A Princess Maria Therese. ; ft Pri ace. Lud wig is the King's cousin and in. the, event of the 'x King; dying childless; will succeed to the throne. This prince is one of Vie nwst pop ular members of the Bavarian royal lamiiy.i iue uie ning is.never seen and never, interests himself in his public, Prince Ludwig is constantly among the people. One meets hin? nearly every fine Sunday walking in one of the principal streets with his wife on his arm, and sometimes one or two of their" children with them. Thego about inh1sVa ,w!ef feet simpiicity, the only aitobtion ex acted Trom'passers-by" being a civil bow, which they? always return, although frequently gentlemefl who passing move back, bowing jantil the royal couple have gone by. f : i The prince is a plain, . cleaver looking man, with a light beard, near sighted eyes and a most kindly smile His wife is handsome and very genial looking, and their children have 'the most brilliant complexion and beaut i ful eyes aid hair. - ' t ' -!r These little royalites . are - most carefully educated, for Princess Marie Therese is known to be one of the most sensible mothers in Europe They study hard, learning to cook,to se ff, and even to do housework ; an of course their accomplishments are varied. , In winter they reside in the town house which I have . described, going freely about Munich ;if walking attended by a governess and a 3 man servant ; if driving, with their mother, and always reaciy to look up politely and nod to the people who salute them in the public streets. In summer they live chiefly in the Tyrol ; sometime?, at a beautiful vjlla on Lake Constance. There they con tinue their studies, but their home life is even freer than in Munich.- The princess superintends their education very strictly, spending hours in their school room or nursery, and in spite of much necessary formality, engag ing their instructors and nurses, and directing such herself. ' A moderate sum is allowed them for pocket moh ey, out this is only to beMpent judiciously, and T am . told that the little princesses enjoy the free expen diture of twenty-five cents qurte. as much, if not more, than would any small person under ten on Beacon Street or Madison Avenue 1 - Up to a certain age the Bavarian princesses are entirely subject to their governess, who are not allowed to treat them as if their rank f was royal. In going or coming, leaving the house, a church, shop, etc., the1 governess takes the lead, the prince or princess following her as any or dinary child would an older person, ! and they are obliged to treat their little guest with similar deference. ' Not long ago one of the princesses invited a young friend of mine to j drive. The carriage was waiting and on the governess leadiug the way to it, the princess jumpe'd in first and took tne front seat. The governess j stood still, and calmly ordered her royal pupil to get out. again ! This was done with rather a bad grace.and her little highness murmured some thing to the effect, that she did not see why Mile. Von B should go in ahead of her! The governess thereupon insisted upon her pupil's waiting until every one, was seated, and then allowed her to get in unaid ed and take the back seat,a discipline which her mother strongly commend ed on their return to the palace ! Sometimes, however, etiquette interferes with their amusements Once, at Lake Constance, when one of the princesses wished to give a pic nic party, it was found that not above balf-a-dozen children of sufficient rank for so impromptu an affair could be found ! And on another equally sudden occasion, the little guests could not assemble because etiquette demanded a special kind of dress which there was no time to procure. A very charming, member nf the Bavarian royal family is the Princess Gisela. She was the very young bride whose arrival in Munich creat ed such a sensation a few years ago. She was the daughter of the Emperor of Austria, and was married to Prince Leopold, of Bavaria, when' she was little more than fifteen. Being ot a very gay, vivacious disposition.loving school girlish "fun" as well as social amusements, vou can imagine that her aDDearance in the dreariest of a a foreign courts caused no little flutter ; and Princess Gisela has never lost her brilliancy and gay good - humor. If court life were what she would make it, Munich . would be a very changed place. She is not only known for her liveliness of manner, but- for an extraordinary sweet temper - ana for being the wisest of little mothers and one of the best wives. It is pretty to see. her with her tiny children, herself little more than a girl.and yet watching them with all the fond soli itnde of middle ag. She has no claim to positive beauty, but her face is radiant when she speaks, and at all times has a charrn of its own piquHUt sort of loveliness; which is often more attractive than regularity of feature. This princef s is a particular favor ite with the gentle looking lady whom we see very often, and who is known as the "Queen Mother." King Ludwig has never ' married, so that his father's widow receivs every consideration as the Queen of Bava ria. She leads a quiet, peaceful life. When she is in Munich she lives in the big j'ellow palace in the centre of the town, part of which is constantly showa the public. She receives visitors and makes calls herself from time to time. The other dasher stage carriage created quite a sensation in a spial street tnrognwnicu we wejpi'8! She waft going to make 'a cairnfi She wa going t some one who liyed there; and the Dig carriage, .-wu iuuiuiuu.2 otoiu&"& behind and two men on the heavily draped box, rattled up to the door, while several bystanders whispered among the,melYe&iTbe,.H praiaed-the Queen 1" ' . r - The footmen jumped down and unfolded , the steps' ojf the; carriage, whereupon a' very,quiet looking little ladj', in a black velvet pelisse and close fitting black velvet bonnet, descended and bowing' to the people oh either side; passed into the bouse, followed by her lady in waiting 1 and two footmen. ,;.-. The duty of the latter was to wait outside the inner door, until the Queen reappeared, when they would follow her down stairs again." ; ' ' ": When she walks about, it is with very' little ceremon3r. Her lady in waiting accompanies her, and: she is followed by two footmen. As -she passes through the streets it is cus tomary for people to stand - aside '; gentlemen lifting their hats, and ladies bowing as she goes by. Only once did I see the Queen ap pear with any splendor. The day was very fine, brilliantly so. indeed, and we went down to one of the public squares to hear, the military band play. ; ;Eyery day at one o'clock a detachment- of - soldiers marches through certain streets of the town, haftirig before the old , palace where a double line of soldiers, are drawn up, who- present arms and go through a very Effective bit of drill, the com manding 'officers riding up and 'down iq their shining unifor ms, blue and white, withj silver lace and splendid helmets and plumes. This over, the band take their places on the portico of a large building, where they play or an , hour, while Jialf . pf Munich walks about listening.. , The drill was over ; the band was crashing -away - at' the march from Tannhausef l when there came, riding down' the street a ' soldier on a fine iorse, whom we knew preceded the Queen on a state occasion, and then followed her glass chariot, a most curious anair nearly ail ot glass, within whieh-8hc was plainly; to be seen, bowing right and . left return ing the salutations of the crowd. The chariot was drawn by four horses, on two of which' were postilions who loudly cracked their whips, while one man blew a horn. As we walked away, rather dazzled by this shining specta-sle.I remember ed how Very like a prince in a fairy tale the King of Bavaria used to seem in his boyish days and . had this little lady driven by with all the air of a magical god -mother ! ' 1 ' Mrs. Jo in Li' lie. SOUND SENSE. The PhUudelpJiid Times gives ex pressions to some eminently wise sen timents in regard to popular ; educa tion : "There is very much talk about the higher education," it says, ''but it is the lower education that is real ly important .o most of us,' and there is ' no more' srratifving evidence of " ; d , ' progress than the, gradually develop ed recognition.among those who have charge of our publc educational sy s tem, of the essential ' importance of the primary schools. The' work' of the primary,, schools is the foundation and the main structure of all . public education. Many children never go bevohd this.: and in every case it is the first bending of the twig that de termines the inclination of the . tree. We have ; been giving-, attention . in Philadelphia to high schools and grammar schools, which are for the1 few; the "primary, and secondary schools, which are for the many, have been left too much to chance and to the ignorant bl undering of imperfect ly educated teachers. It is at the bottom, therefore,' not at the top, that our public school system needs re forming.". ' i .? l here is as much truth packed in these sentences as in any essay on the 'same" subject we have ever read, and if the Legislature of North Caro lina will only act on the theory em braced in the last - sentence quoted, viz that it' is at the bottom,' not at the top, that our public school system needs reformation, there will -be no just grounds for adverse criticism so far as they are concerned. And the part of the bottom where the reform aton should begin is the teachers. If they are incompetent, education is necessarily out of the question, and competent teachers cdnkot be procured for'. iHCOinpetent solar ie " A cheap school master is a yer dear luxury. Pooj pay, ' poor i teach,' and poor teach is educational; paralysis and 'I LOVE YOU.' , tired woman hushed to sleep nestling babe. Beauty., once her made her face radient. perhaps, but all that beauty is gone now. The blue eye is dim and faded,' the pale brow covered with lines of care. Perhaps, with that far off look of hers, she ' sees three little graves, green with as many summers. ' Her home is very humble. All day she has toiled, and the fainting spirit almost surrenders to fatigue ; the down-cast eyes tremble in tears, she is so weary and every nerve tingles when the 'boys' come home hungry from school, some with a tale of sor row that a moth er must hear. After they are hushed with kisses or cniaings, it is time to, get supper for hungry mouths, and the accus tomed, never-ending routine of put ting away and cleaning up, till the worn out creature wonders with sigh if there really will come a rest to her an eternal rest. At last sue -can seat her weary limbs in the old corner rocking-chair, The babe, whose eyes 'close fitfully to a lullaby, lies in its father's lap lie is a plain man, that good father, with an - honest . face and a great heart, : that would take in all the cares and sorrows of ' the household . The babe . sleeps. With a rude gentleness he lays it. on its mother's bosom ; and as the ruddy firelight plays over her careworn features, : he looks upon her with eyes suddenly ,' 1. . . . --i- . ... ' . . . grown lustrous ana oeautitui, lie lifts his great hand softly till it rests on her shoulder, as he says ; 'I love you, Mary." : How the' poor' heart, leaps' into love light rest ! How vanish the cares that trod upon her very soul. She reflects not now that the prettv babe with pink-flushed cheeks against ber' breast had 4 worn her patience thread bare with its constant fears and unrest. She forgets that the fire would smoke, the broth - burn, that the children teased her, that the clothes line , broke, and that every limb in her frame ached wit'i fatigue. What are those in comparison with the steadfast love that has burned for eighteen years in the sunlight of happiness, through the clouds of despair, when beauty made j her winning, and when her charm of loveliness, had gone, and freshness of youth departed forever ? What care she for aught outside her home, though she had many sorrows, while such words thrilled her whole being ? "I love you, Mary." Ah ! you long, long married, re pining husbands who exact every attention and duty, how much would it cost to make your home thus bcantiful, with all its cares ? I tell you, one word will loosen great bur dens from the shoulders of the wo man you call wife. Try it. Go home some night and Jook upon her with the eyes of long ago. For one moment think how great trials she took into her heart when she mar ried you. Then tenderly clasp her hand, and as she looks with wonder ODened eves say to her in a low and steady voice, not carelessly and sportively, but earnestly : "I love voii." Trust me. it will be to her and to you both better than diamonds. WHAT IS LIFE? The mere lapse of years is not life To eat, drink, and sleep ; to he ex posed to darkness and the light ; to pace around in the mill of habit, and turn therwheel of wealth ; to make reason our book-keeper and turn thought into an implement of trade- that is not life. In all this but a poor fraction of the consciousness of hu manity is awakened, and the sancti ties slumber which make it most wor th while to be. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith, alone can give vitality to the mechanism of existence ; the laugh of mirth ' that vibrates through the heart, the tears that freshen the dayV waste ' within, the music that brings childhood back, the prayer that calls the future near, the doubt which makes us meditate', the death which "startles us with mystery, the'hardship which forces us to struggle, the anxiety that ends in trust are the true nourishments of our natural being. ' ; SUNSHINY HUSBANDS. BY MRS. MAKGABET E. SANOSTEK. We read so much about the obliga tion laid upon the wife to be a perpet ual sunbeam in the house, that a word to husbands on the same topic may not be amiss. A cheerful atmosphere is impor tant to happy home life. It is very hard for children to be good, when they are exposed to an incessant hail storm of iault-finding from their parents. It is very difficult for a wife to maintain a calm and charmingly sweet demeanor when her husband is critical, cynical or sullen, aad takes all her tender efforts with indifferent appreciation. I know full well the air of polite amazement, or amiable incredulity with which men receive the statement of a woman's opinion that, in the house partnership, wife and not hus band pulls the laboring oar. Still it is true that, let a man's business be eyer so engrossing.ever so wearisome, ever so laborious, the mere fact that he goes to it in the morning, and re turns from it at night, sets him above his wife in ease and comfort. For him. the slavery of routine has its in tervals and its . breaks. He gets a breath of the world outside ; he has change of scene daily ; he sees people and hears them talk, and his home is distinctly his refuge and shelter. Let a wife and mother love her borne and her children with the most absolute, unswerving devotion, and serve them with the most unselfish fidelity, there are, nevertheless.times when she is very weary. She knows, better than any one else, the steps and the stitches, the same things done over and over, and the pettiness of the trials that come to nursery and kitchin. They are so insignificant that she is ashamed to talk about them, and I fear she some times forgets to tell her saviour how hard they press her, and so,' bearing the cross alone, its weight becomes crushing. A sunshiny husband makes a mer- ry, ueautitui home, worm naving, worth working in and for. If the man is breezy, cheery, considerate, and sympathetic, his wife sings - in her heart over her puddings and her mending-basket, counts the hours till he returns at night, and renews her youth in the security she feels of his approbation and admiration. You may think it weak or childish if you please, but it is the admired wife, the wife who hears words of praise and receives smiles or com mendation, who is capable, discreet, and executive. I have seen a timid, meek, self-distrusting little body fair ly bloom into strong, self-reliant womanhood, under tonic 'and the cor dial of companionship with a husband who really went outof his way. to find occasion for showing i her how fully he trusted her judgement, and how tenderly he deferred to her opinion. In home life there should be no jar, no striving fr place, no insisting on prerogatives, or divisions of interests. The husband and wife are each the complement of the other. And it ; is just as much his duty to be cheerful, as it is hers to be patient ; his right to bring joyinto the door, as it is hers to sweep and garnish the pleas ant interior.. ...A . family-.where the daily walk of the father makes life a festival is filled with something like a heavenly benediction. Ex, ,. There are flaws'iri diamonds, flies in amber, and faults in every man. Beauty is the first present nature gives a woman,' and the first it takes away. ,. .j i ; ; . r. ' You are a girl after my own heart," he said. "You are a fellow after my own baud," she replied.1 , . 1 . 'm m - . A little kiss, a little bliss, little ring : its ended. ' A little jaw, : a lit- tie'law, and, lo! the bonds J are ren ded. , . '. The Infidel tries 'to, ' make; the world useful to himself; the Chris tian tries to make himself useful to the world. ' --v::ro -:: ; : ,. ; ' m m :1 ' Courting is a natnfal blessing. .; It' teaches young people to " speak, mildly, especially if the old folks are in the next room, with the dooropea. ' t W inp itti min I
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