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marry a man whose habits were already bad, or drive her 

 husband to evil courses, (often when such a calamitous 

 result was the furthest possible from her thoughts or wishes,) 

 by making him feel that he had no happy home." Think of 

 it, ye who find that home is not full of dear delights, as welli 

 to yourselves, as to your afTectionate husbands ! Try how 

 much virtue there may be, in winning words and happy 

 smiles, and the cheerful discharge of household duties, andi 

 prove the utmost possible efficacy of love and faith and 

 prayer, before those words of fearful agony are extortedi 

 from your despairing lips, 



" Anywhere, anywhere 

 Out of the world ;" 



when amid tears and sighs of inexpressible agony, you ar& 

 crushed with the heart-breaking conviction, that you can 

 have no home, until you have passed into that habitation 

 not fashioned by human hands, or inhabited by human 

 hearts ! 



Is there any husband who can resist all the sweet attrac-. 

 tions of a lovely wife ? who does not set a priceless value- 

 upon the very gem of his life ? 



"If such there be, go mark him well ; 

 High though his titles, prond his fame, 

 Boundless his wealth as wish can claim. 

 The wretch, concentered all in self. 

 Living, shall forfeit fair renown. 

 And doubly dying, shall go down 

 To the vile dust from whence he sprung 

 Unwept, unhonored, and unsung." — Scott. 



When the bees commence their work in the Spring, they- 

 give, as previously stated, reliable evidence either that all is 

 well, or that ruin lurks within. In the common hives, how- 

 ever, it is not always easy to decide upon their real condi-- 

 tion. The queenless ones do not, in all cases, disclose their 

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