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its structure. He marks well the ^vork 

 it has to do, and how well it is adapted 

 to the work. Pie now contemplates the 

 seeds he commits to the earth, and does 

 uot believe that it is the work of chance 

 that they grow. He sees, too, that they 

 are impued with the germinating powers 

 of life and light. He perceives that they 

 are distinguished by the qualities of good 

 and bad, and knowsthat perfect analogy 

 which characterizes life in its inception, 

 growth in progress, the product of their 

 results, and the final death of all vegcta- 

 table as well as animal creation. But, 

 above all, and more than all, he has 

 learned to know himself; that he is a 

 part of this special work of God's hands, 

 jilaced here to direct and govern all these 

 things. 



Ziove. 



When we love we live. — [Congreve. 



In love we are all foolB alike.— [Gay. 



Love me little, love me long. — [Marlow. 



Where love dwells is paradise. — [Richter. 



I.ove is the virtue of woman. — [Diidevaiit. 



Words of love are works of love.— [Balzac-. 



She that is loved is tafe. — [Jeremy Taylor. 



Love is an egotism of two. — [A. de la Salle. 



True love is grounded on esteem.— [Bucking- 

 ham. 



Love seldom haunts the breast where learning 

 lies. — [Pope. 



If lun is good, truth is better, and love best of 

 all.— [Thackery. 



Hate makes ub vehement partisans, but love 

 still more so. — [Goethe. 



lu love the deceit generally outstrips the dis- 

 trust. — [Rochefoucauld. 



I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I 

 nut houor more. — [Lovelace. 



Love is precisely to the moral nature what the 

 sun is to the earth. — [Balzac. 



Lnve one time laycth burdens: another time 

 giveth wings.- [Sir P.Sidney. 



Gold does not satisfy love; it must be paid in 

 its own coin. — [Madi*me Delazy. 



How shall I do to love? Believe. How shall 

 d'j to believe? Love.'— [Leightou. 



Love as if you should hereafter hate, and hate 

 as if you should hereafter love. — [Chilo. 



Love is the fountain from which flow the 

 concomitant graces of true nobility. — [Pago. 



Cleopatra, Queen of Beauty. 



./;V NE of the most remarkable women 

 l^l iu all the uj^es was Cleopatra, queen 

 "J^wf of Egypt. Brought up iu the luxu- 

 'iu rious court of hor royal father, 

 ■§? Ptolemy Auletes; taught iu all the 

 wisdom of the Egyptians, and combin- 

 ing in her person a wonderful beauty 

 and grace of manner, she was enabled 

 by the skillful use of all her powers to 

 bring even Imperial Rome to her feet. 

 Kings aud Emperors stood spell-bound 

 before her matchless charms, aud forsak- 

 ing home and country willingly became 

 her slaves. During all her eventful life 

 slie was no less cjueen of hearts than 

 ipieen of Egypt, and the mark she made 

 ou the world's history was so great that 

 it has lived f(u' nineteen hundred years, 

 and douhlless will to the end of time. 



Historians describe her as small iu 

 statiire and perfect iu form. Her voice 

 possessed a silvery sweetness, and her 

 face an indescribable beauty which cap- 

 tivated all who saw it. She was also a 

 woman of great firmness of character, 

 much personal courage aud wonderful 

 (•xecutiv(! ability. At the same time she 

 had traits, which, whcu called out, made 

 her selfish , designing and cruel. 



Her first important conquest in hearts 



was none other than the great Julius 



i Ca'sar. ]Ic was so infatuated that ho 



J deserten his wife aud family, ueghicted 



his empire, and gave himself uji wholly 



to her. He lost his throne and life in 

 consequence, and a bloody civil war fol- 

 lowed which raised to prominence the 

 great warrior, orator and statesman, 

 Mark Antony. Desiring to make a pub- 

 lic cxamjile of her for leading to destruc- 

 tion the Imperial Ca-sar, he sent a mes- 

 senger to Egyi^t and summoned her to 

 meet him at Home. 



Cleopatra was now twenty-eight years 

 old and in the hight of her chams. She 

 at once set about making preparations 

 for the voyage. Egypt was the home of 

 luxury and splendor, and all its resources 

 were eraploj'ed in tittiug out the royal 

 train. Gold and silver, rich services of 

 plate, ornaments of precious stones and 

 gold were stored in her ships, and the 

 fleet sped awav- over the blue waters of 

 the JMediterraneau, the most splendid 

 sight the world ever s.aw. AVhen it 

 reached the mouth of the river Cydnus it 

 stopped, and here the royal barge, adorn- 

 ed with carvings aud decorations and 

 glittering with gold, was launched, ou 

 which the queen now embarked. The 

 sails were of purple, and the oars inlaid 

 and tijiped with silver. XTpon the deck, 

 under a stately canopy made of cloth of 

 gold, Cleopatra reclined, gorgeously at- 

 tired. Around her were a company of 

 beautiful boys and girls representing 

 cupids, nymphs and graces, who fanned 

 her with their wings. Singing birds and 

 flowers added to the attractiveness of 

 the scene, while bauds of musicians 

 played soft airs, and kept time to the 

 strcdce of the silver oars with the most 

 ravishing music. Thus, preceding her 

 lleet, she sailed up the stream to meet 

 and to conquer the concpieror of Home. 



Antony was then at Tarsus, but the 

 whole city deserted him and hastened to 

 the river bank to behold the remarkable 

 pageant. She lauded, spread her tents, 

 prepared a sumptuous banquet and with 

 womanly tact sent an invitation to the 

 sturdy Roman to be her guest. 



Moved by curiosity, he accejited and 

 went, and from that hour became her ab- 

 ject slave. Like Ca'sar, he left his throne 

 and family to cast his fortune with hers. 

 Whole days aud nights of revelry were 

 spent with her on the bauks of the Cyd- 

 nus, until he beeamb so enamored that 

 he left Kome and'followed her to Alex- 

 andria in Egypt, where for years he re- 

 sided. Here the wily queen devoted her- 

 self to him iucessautly, filling up every 

 moment of his time with some new form 

 of pleasure, in order that he might not 

 think of his absent wife and children, 

 and of his empire ou the verge of ruin. 



His continued absence from Home led 

 to war. A rival, Octavius, appeared. 

 The great naval battle of Actium was 

 fought and Antony was defeated. He 

 fled to Alexandria where he was pursued 

 by his euemy. The city was beseiged 

 and finally taken, and amid the horrors 

 of the scene, wm'd was brought to him 

 that Cleopatra had takeu her life. This 

 was the crowning calamity, aud he im- 

 mediately made preparations for his own 

 death. When ready, ho endeavored to 

 have his attendant, Eros, kill hiiu with 

 his sword, but ho refused. He tlien took 

 it from the servant's hands, plunged it 

 into his body, aud staggering to a bed 

 that was near, fell over it iu a swoon. 

 Recovering shortly after, ho was told 

 that Cleopatra was still living and de- 

 sired to see him. Antony begged to be 

 carried to her that ho might tlie in her 

 prescmco. She was in the palace, and 

 the dying Ivonnin was borne through the 

 terrt)r-strickt'U city and raised by means 

 of ropes to the chauibi'r of the queen. 

 He was carried to a couch and laid upon 

 it, while Celopatra wrung her hands and 

 tore her hair iu the greatest anguish. 

 She clung to her dying lover aud bathed 



his blood-stained face with her tears, ut- 

 tering the most piteous exclamations of 

 grief. But groans and tears could not 

 avail, and he died in her arms. 



She now gave herself up to the wildest 

 despair. Octavius, desiring to publicly 

 exhibit her in his triumphal train at 

 Rome, endeavored to so guard her that 

 she could not take her life, but she man- 

 aged to have lirought to her in a basket 

 of figs a poisonous insect known as the 

 asp, and api^lying this to her arm, died, 

 defying her conquei'or. 



Thus ended the career of this matchless 

 beauty, whose wonderful life and tragic 

 death have formed a subject upon which 

 poets, painters and sculptors have ex- 

 hausted their eflorts during all the ages 

 since. Had she lived in our day. her life 

 aud influence might have blessed instead 

 of blighting the world. Says Abbott, 

 the historian of her: " The events of her 

 history, the peculiar character of her ad- 

 ventures, her sufl'erings and her sins, 

 were determined by the circumstances by 

 which she was surrounded, and the in- 

 fluences which were brought to bear 

 upon her in the soft and voluptuous 

 clime where the scenes of her early life 

 were laid. 



Whethei; admitting women tc> "mem- 

 bership and position in the Grange," is 

 all that is necessary to inculcate "a pro- 

 per appreciation of their abilities and 

 sphere" depends somewhat on what is a 

 proper appreciation. For our own part, 

 we do not think that permitting one's 

 wife to do all the drudgery of the hwuse, 

 to have no leisure time for reading, tend- 

 ing flowers and visiting, shows a proper 

 ai^preciation of those matters. Nor do 

 we think that sending the sons to college 

 and giving the daughters only such edu- 

 cation as is to be had at the district 

 schools, gives evidence of rt. AVe are 

 inelin«d to doubt whether a strong man 

 who allows his little wife to carry the 

 baby at the county fair — we have neither 

 the space nor the inclination for any dis- 

 cu.ssion of the much mooted question 

 whether babies should ever be takeu to 

 fairs — really possess it. Finally, we 

 sometimes think that the men who insist 

 on paying a competent female teacher a 

 smaller salary than they pay an incom- 

 peteut male teacher are not indued with 

 it. Holding these particular views, it 

 may not seem surprising that we should 

 think something more than admission to 

 the Grange necessary to inculcate a jn-o- 

 per appreciation of woman's abilities 

 and sphere. — Grange Bulletin. 

 I 



WojLiN's influence depends largely 

 upon her power of charming. A frowsy 

 woman may possibly be morally very ex- 

 cellent, but her influence will be far less 

 than that of a fasciuating, sinful sister. 

 It is time that women understood that 

 beauty, grace, culture and every femin- 

 ine attraction may be made powerful for 

 good. The represimtative French woman 

 cultivates and preserves her charms to 

 pander to a personal vanity that longs 

 forcontiuue<l adulation and adorers. The 

 .\mi'ricau woman of the detni. >n<mik pur- 

 sues the same course regarding outward 

 charms. But it is left to a few noble, 

 appreciative, lovely women to grow old 

 beautifully aud gracefully; to make for 

 themselves places in the hearts and es- 

 teem of men and entreuch themselves in 

 the strongh(dd of their i)urest love so 

 firmly that no rival can dethrone them. 

 Thi'ir sous are their ardent lovers. Aged 

 men retain for them all the admiration, 

 resjicet aud gallantry of their youth; aud 

 the young men reverence them and hope 

 their own young loves may live to be as 

 lovely as they. 



C^. 



tngicuK. 



Toothache. 



Gracious! Godfrey I bow it painB me ! 



Lordy! don't that old tooth jump! 

 Sepms as though ten thousand devils 



Pried with crowbars rouud its stump. 



■\Vhpw! can't some one give me something 



Just to stop this blasted pain — 

 Hot-drops, laudanum, cloves or hop-bag? 



Quick! or I shall beinsanel 



Stop that 'tarnal baby's squalling! 



.Ti-threw! don't my tooth ache sweet! 

 Darn that cat! Id like to kill it! 



Always under some one's feet. 



Jove! I'd like to fight with some one. 



Just to get ray jaw stove iu — 

 Fire! murder! Godfrey! Guntherl 



Oh! it's aching now like sin! 



Howling, am I? 'Well, I know it! 



And I guess that you'd howl, too. 

 If you had a blasted toothache — 



Same as this one — troubling you! 



Curse, I know it don't relieve me; 



But I'm crazy with the pain! 

 Ain't there anything to ease itV 



Let me try the hops again. 



There, now, gi'ntly — place them easy! 



Pltew! they're hot! Just let 'em cool! 

 VVfll, put 'em on. You're boimd to burn me! 



There, you've done it! Darn a fool! 



'Hue to the line, let tin; chips," etc. 



CARE OF THE TEETH— MODERN 

 DENTISRY. 



BY A. O. HOOKEK. 

 f!l IMPOKTANCE OF riXLING. 



'-^'f.T has been estimated that twenty 

 jji- millions of teeth are lost from the 

 jjf mouths of our population of the 

 ■« United States annually, all or nearly 

 ^ all of which might be preserved from 

 pain and decay until old age, by timely 

 and judicious filling with gold and other 

 approved matei-ials. The old and oft- 

 repeated adage, "an ounce of prevention 

 is better than a pound of cure," is no- 

 where more applicable than to dentistry. 

 If teeth were properly tilled iu the early 

 stages of decay, the operation would be 

 attended with much less pain and fatigue 

 aud the dire dread which many people 

 now have of the dental chair would not 

 be known. I'rocrastination is the silent 

 thief that gnaws away at these valuable 

 organs until they are past all remedy, 

 and they are offered a sacrifice upon the 

 altar of common neglect, to be replaced 

 by an artificial substitute which at best 

 is but a poor apology for the natural 

 teeth. 



Within the past few years there have 

 been produced a multitude of new and 

 useful improvements, all tending to 

 quicken the process and mitigate the 

 pain of dental operations, not the least 

 of which is the 



DENTAL ENGINE. 



This is used for a great variety of work, 

 su(h as filing polishing, sepiu-ating anil 

 cleaning the teeth, but more especially 

 for preparing cavities for the reception 

 of gold and for finishing the same after 

 the tooth is tilled. It does this in a very 

 elScicnt and beautiful manncrf. A few 

 moments' of experience with the engine 

 is sulficieut to convince almost any one 

 that it is far superior to nuy and all in- 

 struments previously used for such pur- 

 poses. 



Another very valuable acquisition to 

 the long line of iiuprovemeuts, whicli 

 might be mentioned as comparatively re- 

 cent, is the 



liUUliKIi DAM. 



This takes the place of a mouth full of 

 napkins, muslin, bibulous paper, 

 sponges and a variety of other articles 

 for keeping a tooth free free from moist 



