MOOEE'S &XJRAL KEW-TOREER. 





UNDER THE VIOLETS. 



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by on tbe 



jibe reide.nud bet, 



ow 'heir approbation 



upon tho 



individual who, 



egardless of every- 



thing but 



uid, "makolb his 



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fellow the 



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THE SOCIAL DEMON. 



Tub white bead-stones of yonder quiet grave 

 yard mark the silent resting-place of many whom 

 we knew and loved in life, and the snow wreath 

 lies lightly above the tiny form of childhood, the 

 prouder, stronger', beauty of riper years, and the 

 locks grown white with fullness of days ere the icy 

 hand of death led them to the gate through whose 

 portals none ever return. We stood beside the 

 coffin and the open grave, and lift not hand no: 

 voice in opposition, because we know that On 

 mightier than we has appointed to all "once ti 

 die." But a darker doom than this palsies tbi 

 limbs, and dims the eye of strong and vigorous 

 youth. The mother, sister, wife, who watches 

 tearfully the death seal aa it gathers on the 

 of the beloved, crushes within the depths of her 



day she may stand beside the death-bed of that 

 dear one, almost with a feeling of relief. Sh 

 then thank God that lie has removed from her 

 path thu blight that made her once fair cheek 

 pale, her voice low and sad, and tbe laugh that 

 rang so merrily in other days, a stranger to hei 

 lips and her heart forever. 



The Social Demon, — can you not read its name 

 its terrible history, in the sparkling cup that lbs 

 careless, unthinking youth raises to his lips! 

 Ot'ien-iidifs the glittering poison is unpleasant, is 

 even nauseating to the taste, but boon-compan 

 ions drain the glass, and In.- mm nu-iely lusle U 



WHY DON'T LADIE8 LEARN TO COOK 7 



OH all sides we hear complaicts of the difficulty 

 of finding, and of retaining when found, : 

 who can roast a leg of mutton, and make 

 pudding or pea-soup. In point of fact, »-. 

 beard of ladies who have it in serious coot 

 tion to dispense with servants altogether, 

 least troublesome alternative. Without wishing 

 matters carried quite so. far, we are convinced 

 that many of our fair friends would lose nothing, 

 either in point of respectability or happiness, 

 while they coirld add at least one-third to the 

 effective incomes of their husbands, if they were 

 to spend a little more time id their kitchens, super- 

 intending the preparation of the family dinner, 

 instead of contenting themselves with ordering it 

 — if, indeed, they condescend to do even that. 

 Some forty years back, ladies were driven to 

 fashionable way of killing time. 

 ttle cooking? Thanks to tbe 

 th their nicely-arranged skillets 

 :ieDce and mechanical skdl 

 blazing kitchen hearth of 

 sof the nineteenth cent urv, 

 may cook without soiling 



NATURE'S PICTURE-GALLERY. 



sboemaki 

 Why nol 

 modern s 



and stew-pans, which 

 have substituted for t 

 other days, young lad 

 just passing its prim 

 fingers.orinjurit 



i.ph- 



Wen 





r live on bread i 



It will b 

 regard to 



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less true,) ibere are few, very few, who aro not 

 s&dly larking in moral courage. They would not 

 hesitate to avenge an insult, no matter how great 

 the opposition,— they would not shrink from any 

 act tbut requires merely animal courage, — but 

 when this dashing friend, this pleasant cooipan- 

 ion, offers tbe brightlj -tinted goblet, how can they 

 refuse. They dare not stand up like men and say 

 to the lempler as their Master said to the Evil 

 Spirit, "(let thee behind me, Satan." 



"ilo'll uover be a drunkard— he, so strong in the 

 pride of bis young manhood become the wretched, 

 brutali2ed apology for tbe name of man." Take 

 care, faces as fair and forms as active as yours 

 have lain upon a drunkard's deathbed,— gone 

 down toadrunkard'sgrave. You have not passed 

 so blindly through the world that you have seen 

 no instance of this, — they are on every side, and 

 what surety have you, that such may uot be your 

 fate? "Oh, I don't drink enough to hurt me." 

 You see not its effects now, but you surely will. 

 That poor, helpless being, was once only a mode- 

 rate driukor,— doubtless he has often made tbe 

 same plea. Do you think he drinks enough to 

 hurt him now* Go to his wretched home and ask that 

 pale, care-worn woman, if in that bloated face there 

 remains one trace of tho manly beauty which won 

 her maiden heart, and made her thrice blessed in 

 the husband of her youth. Ask that little child,— 

 old far beyond her years, in looks and acts, — why 

 she shrinks with fear and trembling as her listen- 

 ing ear catches the echo of tho unsteady footsteps 

 If she can, f or hor tears, she may tell you, per- 

 haps. Of a father's love cast upon the fearful shrine 

 of intemperance, and of a father's curse,-the only 

 inheritance of a drunkard's child. Yet that man's 

 youth promised as fair as yours, but the Social 

 Demon wound its loathsome clasp around him, 

 and as well might you turn the river from its 

 source as attempt to stay, m this i ute ^ovr, , )is 

 head-long race to destruction. 



Wei 



■ all 





' habit may 



i by indulges 



a moderate drinker to refrain from 

 which hie own heart and 

 a, — and how many to continue on i n 

 Saloons of the worst description, although 



■ said, perhaps, that our notions witt 

 female education and employment 

 iquated; that in these matters, as it 

 rytbing else, a new era has dawned, and thi 



ladies will be triumphantly appealed to 

 Ladies, however, who possess these solid acquire 



ts— who, like Lady Jane Grey, prefer Plato tr. 



i-nic— will be least likely to neglect the econ- 

 omy of the kitchen. They will thoroughly under- 

 stand the dignity of employment.and call to mind 

 all the poetry of cooking. To say nothing of the 

 dinner which Milton describes Eve as preparing, 

 wbeu "on hospitable thought intent," there are 

 the Homeric banquets at wbich kings literally 

 "kilted their own meat," and at which queene 

 and princesses turned the spit for the roasting, 01 

 drew the water and chopped the wood for the 

 boiling. Cooking is classical, and uo lady will 

 disdain to take part in it who has read of these 

 feasts in tbe original Greek. Let it be observed 

 that it is tho middle and workiDg classes 

 whom we wish to urge the importance of 

 study. A gentleman's daughter can afford 



b upon all who seek 



■ght, the 

 hem — while lime shall wipe 

 s every stain that eovy or 

 d to fir upon them. Han's 

 er, is derived from tl, e r llV0r 

 beloogs to every good m Bn . 

 a nobler heritage 

 r gave to their 

 S. L. Lboxard. 



POWER OF THE BEAUTIFUL. 



There is another important power that the 

 instructor should call to his aid, and that ig the 

 power of tbe beautilnl. A moro important ele- 

 ment in tho formation of character than this the 

 teacher has not within his command, for all that 

 is truly beautiful is truly good, and upon it rests 







irch ( 





the wild Indi; 



sought after; but what a poor idi 



miserably do they attempt to est 

 the lowest of the human species thi 

 The brute knows nothing of tbe Ti 

 ornament. The glorious tr* 

 floral crowns above his head a 

 i. Tbe silkcn-petaled flowe 

 re less to him than the ugly « 



1 so with the lower orders 

 or no love of the truly 



SWEET HOURS. 



ignoi 



thlE 



nuch to dissipate this error. A knowl- 

 ever, of the art of cooking is of more 

 c to the wives of the laboring popula- 

 o those of tho middle classes, because 

 t, when properly cultivated, of making 

 a greut w&y.—Uv'/ry'g Lady Book, 



ionsonSTabriaoe — Tbe leading feat uros 

 iracter of a good woman are mildness, 

 ice and equanimity of charactPr. The 

 be a provident husband, is immersed in 

 i. His mind is agitated, bis mem- 

 bis body fatigued. He retires 





s people, a 



ngry at ine 

 tied k,l his 



. Hiifh people 



KM perUp.i 

 L and peifidi- 

 voiduble con- 

 uke him op- 



titiio for the 



wife of bis 



friend, to add to his vexations, to increase 



if an overburdened mind, by a conteni 

 tongue or discontented brow? Business, in 



prosperous state, is full of anxiety and 



moil. Oh! hoi 



the wife who clothes her t", 



the i 



■ oft 



ffhou 



Is iik Rich? — Many a heart is broken, many a 

 e is rendered miserable, by tbe terrible infatua- 

 m which parents often evince in choosing a Iilu 

 mpaoior, for their daughters. How is it possi- 

 e for happiness to result from the union of two 

 inciples as diametrically opposed to each other 

 yet, how often is wealth 

 a young 



considered a belter recommend 

 man than virtue! How of 



which is asked respecting 





Yet 



:of a 



has thousands flouting on every ocean ; hut do not 

 riches some sometimes take to themselves wings 

 and lly away? and will you consent that your 

 laughter shall marry a man who has nothing to 

 ooommend bim but his wealth'/— Ah V beware — 

 he glided bate sometimes covers the barbed hook. 

 lsk not if he has wealth, but if he has honor. 



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TRUE HONOR. 



Tub desire for honor is natural 

 whether that desire shall be a blcssi 

 depends upon our views in regard t 



. bono] 



faoi 







a military achievements. They are 

 willing to fill earth with tbe lamentations of 

 widows and orphans, if they may but fill tbe 

 mouths of tbeir fellow-mortals with their praise. 

 Aod they often gain their object, A large portion 

 i ia expended in record- 



of the labor of tbe b 



honor? Can the far. 

 throw of empires and the blasting of the happinest 

 of thousands, be sought after by a noble mind ?— 

 As tho world progresses in virtue, the hero will 

 receive leia and less praise, until there will come 

 a time when he will cease to be worshiped by the 

 populace. Robbed of the false glare that is now 

 thrown around bim, by poets and historiaus, he 

 shall become the object of the world's detesta- 

 tion. Reader, do you desire such a fume— a fame 

 that is only significant of igncruDte aod disgrace/ 

 But does not literary fame bring true honor 

 with it ? Surely tho sou of geuii 



Creator; and i 



:auty, symr 



great aim of tho 

 f the beautiful 



of the charm of virtue, or the power of truth 

 That outer garden of earthly beauty with whict 

 God has surrounded us, is but the symbol of thai 

 iuner garden of the heart which he has command 

 ed us to cultivate to its fullest perfection for our 

 selves, aod to teach its culture to those who are 



called out by it , and to some extent we are addit 

 this power to the means used for tbe culture of tl 

 young. There is nothing that so shows the gleai 

 ing love of the great All-Father as tbe wondroi 

 beauty with which tbe earth is spread. Witho 

 this bond, what are we? What is the bond th 



Band t 







hen, not only by surrounding our Bchool 

 rards and walls by beautiful objects, but by teach- 

 og the mmd as well as tbe eye to look into aod 

 ipprectate them. When the mind of the student 

 s weary with his efforts at some dry study — some 



e dark i 

 side wit 





flowers while they whisper ol 



m. my that formed all nature, and underlies all 

 ence, and he will turn back refreshed and 

 engthened, feeling that even the iron gate 



o forms of beauty. Not only moral but mental 

 ength has been imparted to him, and he is 

 ter able to battle with difficulties in his way up 

 i lull of science, for tbe time spent in the more 

 ely and delightful walks of nature. 



Contained Is. naught more divine doih'reem, 

 Or tbat rcsernbleili more tbe immortal name 



Orheavuuly light than lieuulj'aglorlooa beam." 

 The student who finds no echo in his heart for 

 i beautiful is a student to be feared. If tbat 

 neiple cannot he awokened into activity, what 

 e may be taught him will but add tenfold power 



lerclng-then, O, then, 



Though oar 

 Compared u 



Uhinuaven1jjn*a 



THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, 



> aon."- 



Thiss 



The 

 a superior intellect, when bis mental 

 properly employed, is an honor to l 

 Tho genius of Pascal reflects more true 

 upon France than all the victories of Nap 

 Newton has spread more glory upon Englar 

 all the heroes to whom she ever gave birth 

 baps Dante's immortal poem has done r 



fum.TH ..[ 



peipetuate the fume of Floi 

 that once made her the mart t 

 mcrce; and Bbyant's poetry i 



an all the we 



trade and c 



noblest gifts 





But genius used to pervert mankind, oonfi 

 nothing but infamy upon him who is cursed wi 

 it; and many of earths" intellectual giants ha 

 gained for themselves only an immortality of 

 shame. Who, that has not devested himself of 

 every noble emotion, can look with any other 

 feeling than that of disgust upon the man of talent 

 verling biB powers of mind to the service of the 

 one? Who ever felt any real esteem for 

 :on? Thousands have read and praised his 

 ks, because in them they find apologies for 

 rvicos; but at the Bamo time tboy could not 

 ) despising the poet in their hearts. Had Vol- 

 Bn used aright, they might 



ade 1 



eof t 



iod tho 



:,hut t 



robbed bim of the 

 as worth gaining. 



it words aro the brightest flowers of ea 



ice } they make a paradise of the humblest I may 

 ihc world can show. I may 



of all whose pro 



True honor belongs only to the good man. All 



en admire virtue and respect bun who exhibits 



his life. The pliilauthropist and tbe patriot, 



not be tho favorites of lbeir own age. They 



even arouse the anger of their contempo- 



WHEEE THE STRENGTH LIES? 



lEnn is the strength and safety of a people 

 n their multitude? Look at Europe, and hi 

 the million the sport of the few— look at th 

 aa and races, trampled by a tithe of tbei 



nd massacres, or in the bay 

 tbe gleam of tho sun? Did 

 -did tbey save Poland, and 

 ind Germany to tbe people 

 ty of a people lie in (!<,.■ 

 htt, and their union in dt 

 nt and disunited, tbe great- 



■ f th,. 



■■ !A<, 



er the danger of a people. They full 

 ■troy themselves, In their hands bayonets become 

 suicidal. Give a people a true knowlei 

 selves, and no power can oppose them. Liberty 

 comes with intelligence, aod the unarmed, mtelli 

 gent milliou are stronger than ignorant, armei 

 gth of the American peopl 



i their 



ews papers 



ght; — and armed wiih 



id books. 

 Those are iodestructi 



adds knowledge and 



ling with murderous steel. Armed 



millions lean together, and strike mightily, but 



bloodlessly as ono man, through the ballot-box; 



» lightning 



-Deeds 



we greater than wordB. Deeds 

 iute, but undeniable, and grow 

 fruit trees do'; they people the 

 nd moke it green and worthy. 

 ik prove logically tbat it ought 

 grow? Plant it, try it) what 

 gifts of diligent, judicious assimilation and secre- 

 tion it has of progress and resistance, of force to 

 grow, will then declare themselves.— Carry*. 



living tree; 

 Why should t 



ms to be applicable to many of 



the present age. It can he applied quite appro- 

 priately to that class of persons who endeavor, by 

 unceasing effort and tbe use of dishonorable means, 

 with. They make it their great 

 object to become rich in earthly possessions, for- 

 :ing that time will soon cut them off, and they 

 it leave all behind. They have said in their 

 rts, " There is no God," — no one to reward the 

 d, or punish the wicked. 

 ow (errible must he the feelings of the Atheist 

 he bed of death. He cannot look forward wtth 

 fond hope of beholding Jescs and dwelling for- 

 ■ in Ins presence,— all is darkness to him. He 

 gglcs with death, and passes away without 

 hope and without Christ. 



All nature declares the existence of Gon. Tho 

 whole universe bears the stamp of a First Cause, 

 infinitely wise and powerful. Every plant, and 

 every atom on the face of the globe, bears witness 

 of a Deity. We cannot look upon even a spider's 

 web, ortheant's granaries, without acknowledging 

 that there is a higher being than a creature, who 

 has implanted this genius in them. When wc look 

 upon a garment, we know there has been a weav- 

 er ; when we sec houses and ships, we understand 

 there has been a carpenter and un architect, when 

 we look upon the solar system, we know there is 

 a Gon. We might us well doubt tbut there is a, 

 sun, when wo witness us dueling rays, us to 

 doubt there is a God when we see his mighty 



The existence of a Gun has been acknowledged 

 by all nations, aud iu ull ages. However barbar- 

 ous or profligate they bare been, they have con- 

 fessed a Higher and more Infinite Iking thau man. 

 It is folly for any to >hut their eves find stop their 

 ears, and uttrihute those things to chance which 

 nothing hut a Being iuiinitely wise and powerful 



The last moments of the djiDg Christian furnish 

 another and a powerful argument. His death is 

 like the morning star which goelli not down in the 

 darkness, but melts uway in Celestial brightness. 

 He leaves this world with tbe solemn assurance 

 that he will go to a better, where be will be at the 

 right hand of Jtsvs, singing Hi, praise forever. 



Guilford, Medina Co., O,, 1699. J. A. Clabk- 



Want oi Sympathy.— The immense defect the 

 want of sympathy is, may be strikingly seen in 

 the failure of the many attempts tbut hare been 

 made in all ages to construct the Christian charoc- 

 er, omitting sympathy. It has produced numbers 

 f people, walking up' and down one narrow plank 

 if self-restraint, pondering over (heir own merits 

 and dements, keeping out. not the world exactly, 

 but their fellow creatures from their hearts, and 

 caring only to drive i 

 on this plank of their 



Willi 



push them headlou 

 much hard work, 

 n of character, we have hud splend 

 ensorious small people.— /', 



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