M'j.niiiliNii I I,. I* shorithod uliji'cU flf their 



core, by trying to point out some of lha principles 



H]l"]l » llll'll Mini pill fal cdlic llHTI -Ik.mIiI hi- 



co ml lit led I'm Imps we shall say nothing but 



ivlinlliiii U. ii i I n j inn,-, before, but if, by 



ii imn iiiii-iniu'ii «f old liiiih*. we shall roach any 



minds that hn> het.-ti.ii.n- | ,..-,.-„ enh^hteurd 



by Ihom, it will not be. in vmn Hint wo speak. 



Wiih mi unnatural course of life, so prevalent 

 n* il ll in niir country, who con wonder that chil- 

 dren arc burn ill, nml Mini in every slage of mor- 

 tal existence, health i« Hie cxeepliim, iiu.l ,li i- ,.,. 

 the general rule? Who am wonder that thografoi 

 of the yOUDg form bo large a proportion of Ihe 



'"'I'lii'i I "I il lofl ,.f the deud? Mother, 



would yon preserve rout loTpd oucs to the joys of 

 life, t-ee lliein attain n vigorous 

 opmfl 11 blot dog to Hi.- v..o). I 



simplicity of Mature When you receive from the 



hands of the loting Father the gift of n beautiful 



rlnl.l, OOMidor llnil it i- ii ffenk, delicate thing. 



wuoMOrgtnlintionaaioglo error in managemejtf 



may he fntul, nnd by nil your love for the dear 

 fieri yourself to understand nml obey the laws 



d thai orgutiatlon, If it is bo: 

 healthy, endoavDl '" preserve its health; ifdj 



..I |ta small vitality « illi the grontcst 

 Ittl tin. spark of life be soon extinguished, 

 because of the succeeding 

 thing ". bury the- bubo of 



i i -.'Mi 



darkness h i 



1 a< II would 



tbw - heart would eagerly seek ft>i information 



bow tin. may be done, and as eagerly apply 



Kll! 



iB iti.nmhi-n known. 



i -il I.. .I., with it* 



ft property, Regulate the 





>deul 



I the 



luntofito 



SIllll.lL-Ill 



dispOU it thai no 



• 1. 1' llc-li nil, i.r In- 



circulation of 



Of every muscle 



id lo o» to p 

 tin- blood, nod Ihe free 



2. L4tb0tmQq>h«HW\k* H brratht* bt vtuvn- 



tamina t id By poi ti„- blood oanuot be puri- 



li-'. I In foul air, nml if at every inspiration OR) 



lafe*l i •'■< mont i igoniatii to the system, ho* 



■■■'"■ will il i iko (br little bodj lo 



li ;i a illi di ' '■■■ bon long i e an your 



heart will be m .r.i in •: ■ , .- ,■, ( .i | 8 niT There 



ore many souicv- ..i alin.'splici a- impurity, nod 



" - "i the "i"- 1 prolll i oioal I 



ns, ii the human bodj H-. U UtTcryi tpl Mon 

 of the lungs arc throw u oft" large quantities oi 

 11, if re inhaled, become n source of 

 dJMaae. Thle i» sure to be done, unli 

 toured. If fou long i 



■'. |hi n. -Ii nir can 'hove 

 ■ :■. , i.nt ii rarely, poisoning 

 > j.'i. mingled arsenic or strychnine- 

 ■ 



. Th :\ M] -■ r """ "'<■ Sdmi&t dmriam, so 



fcroibl] Ulu.lr.lc. ..... 



once appeared in 

 tooall aticDlion 



fashion totheui 

 and thus Creole n disgust nmong sensible and mod- 

 people, and gradually, however good in itself, 

 * into disrepute. So with hoops. Most ladies 

 not satisfied with a con7coiont-aiied skirt, 



•'"I '■■■ [iill.li'.l li. mil in. hi .1 1 ii ii h pT.ipmtlniir. 



niii-vlv I" ili.-lignrc "tbo human form divine." 

 Those who have worn small-sued hoops hai 

 icarccly been noticed, and have realized all the 

 benoBta mob a akirt can possess— lightness and 

 walking, I have round them excellent I" 

 , but muclii ii the way, and very inciiiivrni 

 en ailliug or riding — not so much in the 

 in acarringe. or wagon of any kind, Ami 

 about Hie house they me frequently in tho wav, 

 especillnynt the lable. and oflen I nlmosl ([ecide to 

 abandon thorn, tho' I have never worn them large, 

 but of Bullicieut aiie for beauty or coiivein.-nre. 



Muny ladies have no sort of regard to their 

 height in regulating the siio of their hoops, and 

 we often see n short, plump woman, so expanded 

 us t.i resemble u i;reat pumpkin, ivitli it head set on 

 ii Hut takini: nil the •■ ///couiemences and •!>.. 

 i-iniM-iiii nces" into conjidcrntion, it is my opinion 

 that so long as we must be burdened with so much 

 tiirl, luiops are nu udvanlime, mid they never hare 

 been half so absurd ns the ■WOOpiDg, tuuling 

 ftxmtm Why not obuse tbcm? Ml help iv.tl, all 

 my powers. Any woman knomtha terrible, drag- 

 rtng of these skirts — or no, BOt am 

 Woman — for some have never tried I be in- but we 

 i:in ... holt H.ev feel ns vtoll ns look. 



I think we wear loo ninny skirts — loo much 

 cloth in them — oud, finally, I do nut like skirts. 

 What could a man do, burdened as we are? How 

 Could tho] go up nnd down stairs, sweep, scrub, 

 Ae.lii.unil around frith yards and yards of cloth 1 

 Man wears his cloihe* thickest and heaviest about 

 In. Dhfiit and vitals; woman leave- Hu 

 lively unprotected, and wears her clothes around 

 her hcoU! If there is any other way that 

 feoiiiiiucs can bo decently clothed, without c 

 burdening skiiU, I, for one, will say amen! 



Mas. Jaks Cui'RMi.vsuEit 



o Hoi 



D or Many Tvlcn 



iori 



■' Tinnr 



years old!" 



Well, 



veil 



shave come at IdM, pr 

 couplet 



"At Ten a romp- 



Thirty, lame- if ( 



nding 



Wl, 



endure a thorough test. How 

 The ticking clock morks out 



be j 



dull cars 



and we comp 



ahoad 



hose 



turns bis furrows so innndibly, so noiselessly, we 

 moke no note of bis progress, until, starting from 

 thorevery, the unpleasant truth is rcolincd that we 

 nre growing old. What a blessed order is that of 

 Nature which requires nil things in hex realm 

 shall bo performed quietly, serenely — in the calm 

 majesty of silence. Says a writer upon this sub- 

 ject:— "So day stc;iU into night through ihe crim- 

 son curtain of twilight — so the golden gates of 

 dawn swing round noiseless as the portals of 

 heaven. Even Ihe beat of the heart is muffled, 

 t know how fast it struggles out.— 

 From tho building of the oak to the rolling of the 

 world, there is no clink in the machinery. There 

 " helpless waves, or the rent air 

 Kionnmg with the lightning's bolt, or now and 

 the play of volcouo's valves, or of the puny 

 of insects or men in oil this world of ours.— 

 The past is dumb — the future is silent, and the 

 present makes but a slight ripple, like Ihe trailing 



H quae 



Oft i 



A BEAUTLr'UL SMILE. 



bclis 



iuf.-i 



lule countenance 

 i landscape. It t 



and i 



-ii-uiiii tin- 

 on imparts 

 ,.| t.raiilv, 



the Ki i 



. il woold ■ 



.•vcuftc. 



" dislojgy. 



tB «4i9tnnoae*j 

 delected in the *nalv«aiiou of port an i 



■ wr.wW." - '" M,ll,V ' 

 1 'it brain. 

 Tho bet is thai the condensed *,r of » CTOn rt~d 

 room gi.e* a deposit, which. ,f «]| OWT d , nm ^ D 

 % few d»i«. form, a solid, tb.ek. glutinous n,**, 

 having n»lrong odor of aninu" 

 mrd b> the microscope, il is 

 remarkable change. First of 



into, vegetable growth, and this (■ Ml 



■!. ' of animalcules— a ilceiMvr 

 proof that it must cunUin organic matter, other> 

 l could not uourish organic being*. A wriiw 

 iu THetom; Ihu-XtU ITon/*, in remarking 



A smile, hoi 



t insipidity ii the result, | 

 mouth break into a smile on one 



g l>'i--ive oud unmored, f 



r -f dooeil and grotesquene 

 A disagreeable sin 1 1.. distorti thi l 

 m! is more repulsive than a frown. 

 There are many km.ls n r smiles, eoch having i 



■ ti-n-selor — some announce g in. - 



and sweetuessi others betray sarcasm, biUOTSMI 

 nnd pud.-, soma HftOP the rnuiiUnancc by (hcil 



laofiuahlng tondarooaa, otben bnghu-n it bjlheii 



brilliant and spiritual vivacity. Oaiiug and por 



I BillW cannot «ui ,ri acquinng beau 



knepi unsullied from re 



to watch that the I 

 Reotion "t btU, ani 

 ail Bwoel Ihoughb 



Then there is i 



aural , 



beautified by 

 . laugh, than 



ing. lis sound has been pleasantly compared t< 

 that of flutes on Ihe waler. It leaps from hei 

 heart in a clear, sparkling rill, and Ihe heart lha 

 it reaches feels as if bathed in a cool. ciliIai Aims 

 Spring! It runs the proM of lips into poetry; ii 



I 'i gild* with 

 '■ghl And brightsomeness all that it touches.— 



boyhood's day hare we stood bv the 

 knees of the aged listening to their tales of "the 

 olden time"— when sunny locks clustered aroun 

 brows whereon winter's snows had long found 

 rotting- place, nnd we, involuntarily, queried "sha 

 these things be unto us ?" Oft, while gazing upon 

 the bent form and tottering step of the eartb-wenri- 

 willing to bid Ihe earth good- 



lened i 



bari 



bad it kept il 



ough i 



faithful 



n young i j 



jewels belonging to his moster.- 

 by, nnd the young exile returned 

 gone, but his 

 of bis deposit. Whose tin: 

 v towered n Ihrifly oak, witli 



roughened by i 



ne ; but well 

 . though tho 



closed o 

 could guess their hiding place. The tree was foil- 

 very heart its gems were found—not 

 ray wasted, they flashed up 



and iiiiuli- u'lu.l Hu? 



ed, and 



a point broken, 



to the light of the old brigUti 



night and eotei 

 glad good-mor 

 thought shall ■ 



iged and alone" be writtt 

 ic approach the Valley? 



and Ho who "doelh all things well" will soon 

 wrap around their tired tenses the mantle of for- 

 gclfulnoss, saying, "Come Home." 



"Thirty years old!" Almost one-half of the 



Wd ten" have fled forever, and the 



Bje thai to flxedlj Watched the pole-star above the 



horizon of the Future turns lovingly to Ihe Past, 



fur fond thoughts are calling, " back! back!" A 



in thrown open, and though its portals 



golden-hued by the skillful fingers of 



Fancy, still beauteous prospects oud harmonious 



sounds may please Ihe eye and gratify the ear, as 



■ mic forth from the Uomeof Maay Memories. 



Might I-Inve Dceii !" 



in how many a life may these four simple 



form a fitting rpitaph. " Il mar be," is the 



rallying cry of youih as a rose-tinted sky spreads 



t of tl 



Ever so safe an investment is knowledge in the 

 mind of a child; truth there lodged is a life-long 

 deposit. Though that mind may lower and 

 paud. nnd put on rough defences against the wo 

 it still has its little unsuspected jewels ; oud I 

 heart but holds them closer and closer with 

 strengthening fibres, till the hour when the mm 

 imes lo look for them,— Orace Greenwood. 



Unconscious IxruiBScn.— The very handling of 

 the nursery in significant, and the petulance, the 

 passion, the gentleness, the tranquillity unlimited 

 by it, are nil re-produced in tin- child. Hi- soul i> 



purely receptee nature, and ibat. lor n considera- 

 ble period, without choice or selection. A little 

 iirlher on, he begins voluntarily to copy every- 



Mng ho boss, Voice, manner, gait, otasyihbg 



which the eye sees, the mimic instinct dcbghls lo 

 act over. And thus we have a whole general i.m „( 

 future men receiving from us their very be-niiun^s, 

 and the deepest impulses of their life and immor- 

 tality. They watch us every moment, is fam- 

 ily, before Ihe hearth, and ut the table, and when 

 we are meaning them no good or evil, when we are 

 influence over them, they 

 drawing from us impressions and molds of 

 which, if wrong, no heavenly discipline i an 



TRIUMPH IN DEATH. 



morning, bright nnd beautif/nl. In a 



small room whose thickly curtained windows ad- 

 mitted but so much light as mi* tei|inied thnl bis 



irli.l* 



*, lay I 



i.L'hl 





ih.,llv . 



right, 



» bud 



utterly dissipate, Now.il may be doubled, 1 ihink. 

 whether, in all the active influence of our lives, we 

 do ns much lo shape the destiny of our l.-llnw nu u, 

 as wc do in this single article of 

 ence over children.— limkMll. 



aaired man. Upon tho 

 ■ handsome face was traced many a deep fur- 

 plOWod bv tin..- and cure, yet bis countenance 

 lighted by a smile, sweet and holy. The lever 

 which had for days burned in his frame, taking 

 iiunyall power of mind nnd giving dolinum wild 

 erful, hod been subdued, and lie lay in all his 

 ss, sleeping calmly. Noiselessly his atten- 

 dants moved ubout Ihe room, and by hts side, 

 almost breathlessly, watched his only relative — a 

 inuch-lovcd daughter. It was the hour that would 

 tell who should bo conqueror— life or death- 

 Reader, have yon never witnessed such a scene! 

 Have vim never in brciilhle-s aimely gated upon 



The hour wo 



passing swiftly, and 



o change 







Sweetly he seemed to 





nfunt on 



its mother's breast. The da 



■ ghte. pre 



mpet'iil 



■ she 



(atoned lo ins ngulai 1 





ike one 



of be 



niih si).- pictured to 

 loved father, and joy 



herself t 



illeil her 



long 



orrowingbcart. Sbel 





ier, and 



come 



s nearer to catch the 



first wo 



EDfDH 



U.— A well-meant ac 





towards 



ine who is superior 



i station, however 



nflmg i 



iiself, is always felt 



o be of real value. 



Such toll 



ens arc always well 



received, nnd tend 



greatly ti 



promote thai bcartia 



-s ,,i koidk reeling 



rated. While, on the other baud, the hi 



racier of their personal acts of benevolence, 

 any amount of almsgiving. The feelings, the 





ntthiai 



col and i: 



" It will be." 



Ihe ( 









spin- 



. the I. 



• It night have been," is the echo of age. Sland 

 ng between two eternities — the piM and the 

 future— bopea buried, aspirations crushed, strength 

 deported, bodily infirmities increasing and weigh- 

 tha Spirit, olden memories throng the 

 brain, and from the soul's depths, fraught with bit- 

 lex aqgoiab, pours forth the life-history— " Ii 

 might hare been." S„ c h, however, is not the ne- 

 "mly. Sound social philosophy and 

 genuine morality would work out o nobler destiny 



ilec bretlir 



n, should be 



e-pceied i 



every work 



hat isnndertakeii for the 





- Sm. F. W. 



Tfii'E Jo 









.-That is the 



meaudch 



cf joy which 





ved from the en 



aturc, but 



■ 







onco possessed thereof, 





efroathMj whereto all p; 





ompared, 



torment, all j 







tiered. Theeuiociuted bond fulls upon her head, 

 ml Mr- in- hei be murmurs, "be faithful here — 

 tect me in Heaven." Then, opening the closed 

 yelids, he said, "Oon calls me home; I bare 

 fought the good fight, I have kept the faith,' I shall 

 rown," nnd, shouting rietory, he expired. 

 Fond heart, where now are thy hopes so lately 

 ? — he, thy earthly counsellor anil guide, 

 thy only loved one, sleeps in the arms of death — 

 sleeps never to waken. 



For many years bad this faithful minister of Oo» 

 stood on the walls of Zion warning perishing sin- 

 ners to flee from the wrath U< come, and pointing 

 them to a crucified and risen Savior. Many, many 

 souls had boon touched by his eloquent appeals, 

 and, seeing their malady, bad applied to, and been 

 healed, by the Orcat Physician. His work was 



■I..-.I .1 .1 ■ I. ■ '.I 1 '"! ■ > '")' '1 



A Christian'! death-bod ! There is something in 

 that sceno of victory over tho last foe.— that sur- 

 render of the last enemy, — which makes the be- 

 holder de»ir*i the grace which can give a triumph 

 so glorious. Death, the conqueror, is there con- 

 quered. Truly we ore deprived of the forma of 

 our loved ones, hut by the eye of faith we behold 

 them safely anchored shouting tuiort/, vicrour, 

 over death. 



Header, ponder well the hour or thy dissolution. 

 Set to it that thou art prepared to vnnqui-h Iby 

 life-enemy. Put not afar oft" the hour of Ihj rep- 

 aration, for thou knowcut not hut •«■ another 

 morning dawns thou tnaya't be summoned lo the 

 spirit-land. ]■ it thy dJatitl 



calmly and peacefully? then live m the performance 

 of all thy duties— cherish lha good «"d ignore the 

 wrong— lore thy Goo with *» Ihjl heort— and is 

 that day thou shall besr ihe sentence. " Well done," 

 Caslle Firm. N. V.. ■'»" ■ '«■ Nsllio. 



