MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL ANlTlAMI^^ 
istdJaiuints. 
MOSSES. 
BY II X. POWERS 
lx this lone spot of weedy mould, 
Watched by no sad, regretful eyes. 
Mid matted herbage damp and cold, 
An old forgotten grave-stone lies, 
A bii 'r’s thorny fingers keep 
Each piece of broken .slab apart, 
And ancient mosses darklv s'eep 
Ou all its wealth of letteied art. 
Here once were graven names and dates, 
Affections, titles, triumphs, trust; 
All that memorial Love relates 
To grace the mute abandoned dust. 
Beneath each green oblivious lid 
" bat treasuries of sorrow lie, 
In cankering rust forever hid, 
While all the great world jostles hv; 
I linger, though the night is drear, 
And each cloud shoots a fiery dart; 
For sympathy begets no fear, 
And moss is heavy on my heart! 
The btiers of anguish pierce and fold 
Each broken trust, and many a weed 
Chokes up the warm and generous mould, 
\\ here 1 had planted golden seed. 
How many tender recotds, traced 
In flowery rhyme on scrolls of white, 
Sweet names with gilded wreath enchased, 
There moulder, buried from the sight. 
And o'er Joy’s empty fountain trail 
Dead lilies, spreading suppliant palms, 
And withered passion-flowers, pale 
With pleading for affections’ aims. 
O, down these moss-grown ruins rest 
Sealed treasuries of hope and tears; 
There Love folds on its bloodless breast 
The cold dreams of departed years. 
There Memory o’er the falsely fair 
Sleeps with her web across her eyes. 
And Fancy, palsied with despair. 
Waves no bright pinion in the skies. 
O Heart! a bitter wreath ye keep, 
Whi'e round life’s rosy currents flow; 
But bury thy pale orphans deep, 
And still smile on, for none shall know. 
of investigation where they have laid it down, CHARACTER VS WEALTH 
he goes on to still higher excellencies, and _L 
leaves posterity oil the richer by his own ad- °f the most important lessons to be im- 
yancement. We owe something to the world P ressfcd ll P on business men, and especially up- 
besides just an equivalent for what we take amid°the impnJ™ ** t ^ bl £their fortune, 
p •, , , . , amiu the intense competitions of city life is a 
from if—some surplus of physical substance or sober estimate of the value of character above 
of intellectual wealth, that snail leave human- wealth. It is natural to men to create facti- 
ity the richer for our having lived and died._ ^ ous distinctions in society. In every form of 
It, is not necessary that it be a oreat literary P olil j cai society except the republic, such dis- 
r? or ,... srrr,£S 
be <,n elevating idea implanted in the mind of and vanity gratified by blood, or family, or ti- 
youm; an example to the world of integrity tie, or inherited rank. But such distinctions 
and moral worth; a humble invention that ar f.precluded in a republic, by its very cousti- 
eases the labor or improves the condition of “ ;°?Y 7 , Ce there r( t maius but one basis of 
7 , / . , ounaiuon or social distinction, namely, wealth. In limited 
Ihc poo, Even the hod corner, who climb., circles, indeed, there be an aristocracy of 
Willi his burden to the tower of a new church, taieiJ t, ot education and refinement, of iitera- 
and the laborer who strikes his spade into the fc . ure or , 3C i en ce, but in society at large, grada- 
earth-work for a railroad, do somethin* to tlonS a. ot social P osit ; iou are measured by°stock 
enrich posterity and carry on the great w„°rk of fe 
human advancement and amelioration. though there is no income adequate to sustain 
f Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
NATURE AND ART. 
Nature and art go hand in hand, the one 
it; and a penniless count stands higher in the so¬ 
cial scale than the untitied millionaire. Here 
the appearance ot wealth is the passport from 
circle to circle. Office is uncertain, and does 
not always dignifiy the holder, it cannot be 
retained lor life, much less be transmitted to 
aiding and improving the other. Yet nature descendants. Hence wealth has gained an im- 
is far less indebted to art, than art to nature. P° rtan ? e far beyond that which belongs to it 
| Nature forms her objects after a model of her 11 19 , US + ed only to kee P U P an estate, to 
own, >11 grand and noble. Art is indebted to vA&H,’ 
nature foi her models; and the divinestperfec- creates rank; it gives social position, even with- 
rion of ail art, the masterpieces of genius, are out aute cedeut respectability or correct educa- 
ture copies of nature. Nature, though expres- U ° U; a “ d h u ence P nde aud vanity, that in other 
sive of grandeur and richness, often presents a here crowd Tto^thTsTL Va ? OUS , 0Utl f te > 
roughness and wildness, and here arl steps in, 
and beautifies and adorns. Under the guiding* contentious waves. 
hand of art, grandeur flows into sweetness and , thij^city especially, the feeling is universal 
o, down tin-se moss-grown ruins rost ‘ , (“a nenness, otten presents a here crowd into this one channel and eitS 
Sealed treasuries of hope ,mti tears; roughness and wiluness, and here art steps in, fill it to its utmost level or agitate’ it with ed 
There Love folds on its bloodless breast and beautifies and adorns. Under the guiding dies and contentious waves. ° 
di t.uns ot di jiaited years. hand of art, grandeur flows into sweetness and , '-bis-city especially, the feeling is universal 
There Memory o’er the falsely fair loveliness; the roughness is chiselled down and A° be an Y body or to do anything one 
Sleeps with her web across her eves. „ . ,, * uownana must have wealth. New York to rail aF 
And Fancy, palsied with despair, ’ rnamented by taste. W 1 th this change a re- idols as Athens was when it was easier to find 
Waves uo hright pinion in the skies. suit is obtained not at all t'mes desirable; for a god there than a man; nor do the objects 
o Heart i a bitter wreath ye keep, weakness takes the place of strength, and worshiped in the two cities differ inform. _ 
Whi'e round life’s rosy currents flow; though there are beauty and loveliness to ad- F ° r , WUat , do men here worship if it be not 
But bury thy pale orphans deep, inir/> rot tl,n nk’ . i.- , , j Stocks and Stones? With Wealth in vipiv ns 
And siiii smile on, for Done shall know. . ’ * x jec s w uch suggested sublime the one great object in life, upon which everv 
——-- i^ 8 aad conceptions are not present.- thing else depends, it is not sLnge that S 
WIIAT DOES IT AMOUNT TO? though nature is often refined and beautified 8 ras P at the prize without any scruple as to the 
- - ’ b y art > yet in her noblest works she stands uieaus * 
“ What does it amount to that a man toils a 'oof from all embellishment. For what charm Au ■ u PP er circles of fashionable life no 
id struggles to elevate himself above the can art lend where ceaselessly foam, «„,i tL n . SlAr bow one came by his 
JaW Ifprintfnl 
_ * sumption to such a woman, enervated bv 
conducted rv a 7 ln T Jo ? r bfe ^ ber constitution is. 
„ X „ . Ifc 1S th e common cry that the variableness 
[For Moore’s Buna cOnSUmttS'' Pnf ° f S ° m, , 1Ch 
onsumption. Lut quite half the mortality 
•klHES, irom this disease might be avoided, if the laws 
To Little Delia, ox her Recovery from Illness. of fife and health were oftener obeyed, espe- 
BY axna m. laxgelaxd. by lhe ,e ™ ale 6ex - An 0,d proverb says 
-- l b at an ounce of preventative is worth a pound 
A shadow from the death-wing, °’ cure - In consumption, it is worth two of 
Hath tii.ied o’er thy brow, cure, for there is really no cure, and therefore 
But the shadow hath evanished prevention is everythin*_ Phil T rrfo-rr 
Health’s smile returneth now. __ _ ^ A 
Perchance thou hast had glimpses “I WILL BE HOME SOON.” 
Of angels sm ling near,— 
Hast seen their radiant faces rp„ • • , 
Undimmed by pearly tear. ’ f ™ ln «g nifican t WOrd-COUplet, “All aboard’ 
—uttered thousands of times every day, in de- 
Perchance that in thy dreamings, pots aud on docks—is always the prelude to a 
Thou St Heard the rustling sweep long psalm of sorrow. Of itself, it is a mere 
business behest; in ite bearings, it involves re- 
} p ‘ gret, suffering, and, oft-times, despair. Notan 
For if there are reveaiings, hour glides into the great sea of the past—not 
To earth of heavenly angels, a moment leaps to the surface, and then is lost 
■ SXrii’r. some ear listens “ its k ““ 
Tho’ the shadow hath evanished, If your heart has become dissatisfied with 
Yet thy brow is pale as death, its treasures, and you are disposed to groce 
And thro’ thy gentle slumbers amid the shadows of despondency, o-o where 
i scarcely hear thy breath. friends are parting. We do not know of a 
Yet i know the blessed Father, surer recipe for re-kindling the flames of sym- 
Hath heard the earnest cry, pathy, than this. No cue with even a fra°-- 
or those who watch around thee, meat of a heart in his bosom, can see the 
And Death’s pinion passeth by. warm embraces of those who are to go and 
The gracious Father giveth thee those who are to stay, or hear the tremulous 
a fair and beauteous face; but earnest “good-bye ” and “God bless you,” 
i would that there earth-shadows, uttered by lips that tremble with the freigkt- 
No darker hue may trace. age, without a blessing of his Own. 
i trust that blushing womanhood A few w . eebs a o° were the witness of a ! 
May lind thee still as meek, parting which touched us nearly. It was be- < 
With the lily on thy forehead, tween two who were newly wedded, and who, * 
And the rose-leaf on thy cheek. since the sweet day of their nuptials, had not J 
I bless the Gracious Giver P arted f ° r a da >'— hard1 }' for an hour.— ( 
For each ray of beauty left, Nothing short of sheer necessity could have < 
Free from sorrow’s arrows, Cjlled the husband from his idol now—but the j 
And Time’s unceasing theft. necessity came between them, and he must not < 
--___ shrink. We saw the long and wild embrace, < 
TT/pv Tfi ATnin rnvyinfDTTnv heard the goer whisper “ Be of good cheer—I | 
HUvV 10 AVOID CONSUMPTION. will be home soon —and in a few moments 
m TT ,^ i A , . . wore the billows rolled between the hearts \ 
That consumption, when once stat’d, is in- that so lately God had joined together, 
irable, has long been the verdict ot the med- “I will be home soon.” These were the i 
curable, has long been, the verdict of the med- “ I will be ST were the 
cal profession, t he right w ay, therefore, is to words—the only consolation left, amid so much 
avuid taking it N or is this so difficult a mat- bitterness. Perhaps the pang's were sharpened 
. 1 as . ls =f n ® ra y b , eil f etL Fven wben cou ' b Y tbe vague presentiment that they nfio'ht 
sumption has attacked a person, but has not never meet again! And so she turned from 
dividual who loved Ins ease, and was disposed mountains peak, that stretches into the upper ket ‘P 3 a g°« d carriage, gives splendid parties, bt-coine seated > its cure may be affected by a the spot, that°sad youn- wife and went bach 
to let the waves and winds roar and chafe By what magician it transform forests uo Motions are asked as to whether all this attention to diet and exercise, as was to the home whose lfoht had departed 
around him, provided his own boat was left to and groves, plains and vales, into scenes of a h P “* d - f ° r ' " ith . sucb a standard P roved '? th e case of the venerable Dr. Parish, «I will be home soon.” And so he was- 
glide smoothly over a glassy surface: “earthly more varied beauty? nieu a-h^wi 1 ,7 nclt , sur P nslll S l hat aspiring one ot whose lungs was found cicatrized after home before he was expected—home ere yet 
fame is a babbie, wealth J evanescent as Z True, there is a lauty in ntiiitv. ever ores. e“ X h S few Zf 1 S? eyes of the weL 
more varied beauty? . me,, who teel themselv'esL'other .SpXISf 
me, there is a beauty m utility, ever pres- et l ua ^ if uot the superiors of their wealthy 
enf. to the nrnetieol mG.,1 K..*.. • . . . neighbors ohmilH R.0,1 __ .1_. , y 
morning mist, and life itself but a span. Y r e ent to the practical mind, but unrecognized by uei g hb ors, should find some short road to 
occupy only for a brief space the places left us tbe ai ’ l ist. The forests may be converted into " ealtl1, . P assi on for riches, the idea that 
by our fathers, and are in turn soon superceded ^fid fields, the groves made to accord more Shi in t i® ;? P f nds “ aia i^ u u P on ' vealih - 
by our children. Look at the irreat nn m « to the rules of art ami ... w ? n t Ao . tll3hoae 3ty. “For 
lo Triumphe! have transferred their wor- dedivity, flowing rills of gushing water, whose through'nmny sorrows?’^ P irrcuu xuemiclves 
ship to other shrines; even their enemies have banks ma y be clothed with the luxuriant corn, . Tbls is tbe maelstrom of character in our 
turned their hostile weapons against new op- or afford pasturage for numerous flocks and Clt ^ f will be rich, they must be rich; they 
ponents, and their very names are heard only her,k A transformation like this would be JjW p oa J he !** speculation; they reach 
ms U,e dying echoes of a far off sound.” ' pleasing-to tbe utilitarian but the spell which give themLlvefe'fhe'X feSdrifelfe 
A man of enormous wealth speeds onward bound tbe artist-uuad, and connected it by na- getting, and are whirled everywhither bv its 
through life’s journey just as fast as the man ture t0 nature ’ s God, is broken. P? w er. Smoothly they ride at first on" the 
without a penny, and wben he dies, a mocking Hence we see, that art cannot imnrove m ,° Ulsk ' rt3 . ot dishonesty, till, infatuated 
lahletis inscribed,,, hie memory in atone, by ture in her grandest works. Nor can the and'fe Sfe tSfetefevfeowS 
t reu from tlie faith, and pierced themselves 
through many sorrows.” 
I bis is the maelstrom of character in our 
Ins decease, as he had foretold it would be.— the tears were dried from the eyes of the weep- 
Ilow much more easily, therefore, may its ac- er whom he left behind. But alas! how did 
cess be prevented.. It we avoid those things he come? Encompassed by a shroud, em- 
thut conduce to it, it we fortify our body braced within a coffin, cold as the perpetual 
against its approaches, we are almost sure to snow that crowns the monarch mountain of 
secure exemption from it, even though, per- Switzerland. Sure enough—he was “home 
haps, constitutionally disposed to the disease, soon.” 
It is amongst women that consumption fin Is Tbey dug but one grave then—but, since, 
most of its victims in America, as might be ex- ano, ber was demanded—and, now, the youno- 
pected from their almost universal indifference husband and the young wife sleep and dream 
to the preservation of health. The neglect to 'together. 
dress with sufficient warmth, or suitable to the VVe shall all “be home soon.” What that 
season, is a general error of the sex. If the home will be rests with us. The deeds of vir- 
new winter cloak is not bought, when a cold tue wi ll secure a passport to golden palaces_ 
spell suddenly comes, the fall mantilla is still tbe enormities of vice will end in worse than 
worn, because the last year’s cloak is out of dungeon darkness.— Buff. Express. 
fashion. Through the same foolish vanity a -^ ___ 
those who make haste to inherit his fortune, most exquisit skill and finest touches of'art add ,™ k of'character!'Lnme™ impe andTife - 
He has his living out of his heritage, and a line of beauty or a trace of loveliness to some Bbeonlysafeguardistohugtheshoreofhon- 
perhaps that (not himself) received the passing of the more elegant and delicate of nature’s ^ Aukc c ^ u,rac ^r supreme, 
reverences of the crowd, who in due time hut- works. What in colors can art n resent emi «i S ° S f r ?{ lg H the iafatualiou of wealth among 
ryliim to his grave as speedily as decorum to the gorgeous beautiesnftl.P ‘ °l wealth above character; 
light.bonnet is continued when the tempera- DOY’T STtV Til VP 
ture imperatively demands a thick, warm one. 1 biAI LUi ' b> 
Can it be wondered at, if colds are caueht?— ^ * * . . , . „ 
Or, when this mad conduct is persisted in Year -r f ° N I S , ta ^- 0ng ’ husband, said a young 
after year, that a series of colds end in com ZuuJ’ 1U P resence ’ one eve ning, as 
sumption? There is one fatal habit of the sex h t! .i 1U !u dnd | VaS P re P anu >? to go out. The 
which has often been commented on, but alas’’ i\°i-nf th 'T T Cre ^pfouunt, but the 
in vain; we mean the wearing of thin shoes.’ The °° v ° fondness with which they were 
thickest gaiter worn by = a woman, on the a( i C0 1 m P ani ® d > spoke volumes It told the 
dampest day, is proverbially thinner in the ? vhole ’ vait depths o a woman s love-of her 
» 1 i i. r. . r . * • 111 hAnmnPftfl wh.pn iviin hot* KncsKoml _ 
jhsic is ci great oeai oi truth m the re- ornament to their simplicity? How can it 
marks of our friend, but there is a far nobler give a richer dye to the deep blue of the sky 
philosophy than that which says “eat, drink, or cause the clouds to assume a fairer shape? 
and be merry, for to-morrow we die!” If a These are beyond the power of art. Here it 
man could know just how much of this world’s can claim no dominion. The clouds assume beiu ° “ a P® or *S irL ” We ‘transgress^no’rule 
wealth would be sufficient to provide for the the most fantastic and the most interesting of propriety in thus adverting to what is mat- 
comfort of himself and those dependent upon forms possible; theazure of the skvistlm ter P ubl ? c advertisement We offer no ten- 
“o 2TJ mi ' ; „ t0 r l V c: "'t of ^ the U " 1S ° r «-•>« »‘he Jstfeu fel; 3:;SS1 
and philanthropy tlmt may be made upon him; agreeable. . how wealth and character^stand respectively 
and then to leave lus accounts with the world The difference, then, between nature and art in the estimation of «iaav who make our soci- 
exactly balanced at the end of his career, it is simply this : that nature, though for mi rnoscR f?? t T he mfluence of such false pride is bale- 
might do for an individual to stop at that pro- of utility is often imnmved hv tL " , al 111 tbe extreme - Is it not worth to any wo- 
cise point of acquisition; but ni wi=elv % .“ LV Tj . 7 , m ? re ‘ han “> "f. “ Hoover poor I 
, , . . . . -V Pro- cultivated hand ot ait, yet m her greatest and or mv fann v mav have hpsn im? hnoHofei: _ 
tliiin a husbands fraudj and the newsoa- 
nnno rv» not «mi UKnh 4- ___ i i i i p 
sole, and lighter in the uppers, than the sum¬ 
mer boot of a gentleman. Yet of the two 
sexes the female is not the hardiest by nature. 
Even when women wear gum over-shoes, on 
slushy or rainy days, there is nothing to pro- 
happiness when with her husband—of her grief 
when the light of his smile, the source of all her 
joy, beamed not brightly upon her. 
“ Don’t stay long, husband !”—anJ I fancied 
I saw the loving, gentle wife, sitting alone, 
anxiously counting the moments of her hus- 
Ages op the People. —Owing to the 
... of acquisition; but il is wi«eW Z. c Zted hand ofT™t • , ^ 3,1,1 T ?“ P™" I 
vifiiJ ,i,o< cc.mi, l nr 1 1 • ,; yp cultivated hand ot ait, yet m her greatest and or my family may have been, my husband is an 
vided that such knowledge is h.dden from our fairest works, where grandeur and sublimity honest man?” * * ^ 
view. A o can earn to-day, perhaps, sufficient beauty and simplicity prevail, are independent --—---__ 
to provide for all our wants; but to-morrow, of art; but art, wherein it excels in great or Ages of the People.— Owing to the in- 
sick ness and casualty may come upon us, our beautiful works, is more or less indebted to er . e . as l ® ot . bb 'ths in England in recent times, by 
employments may be taken away, provisions nature. There is no work of art however ev , P r0 P orti .°nof children and young 
noTmtliou^ 7^ Until v7 inC °T WM eeben ^ wb ®ther of painting or statuary, music Kethe^ iV^yTountry hitm 
^esrai\ ex pen <h iu res, and then or poetry, but had its more glorious ante-type r °pe are so young as the people of Great 
ess, the sure attendant ot improvidence, j in nature. . , A Britain. But in none of the great Euronean 
tect the ankle from the wet skirts A man - I C0Umulg moments ot her hus- 
who should keep his feet and ankles damn ran- absence; . ®[ ery ^w. minutes running to 
tinually, as ladies do theirs, in fall, winter and Ij 16 /, 001, to see i . be we . re l n Slgbt Y and bndn5 g 
spring, would very soon be in his grave r U ,‘ he W . aS ?.° k 1 tho '^ bt + 1 cou!d bear ber ex- 
But ibis, though perhaps the most fatal, is « laia ” n S disappointed tones, “notyet-not 
not the only careless habit of which rich fe 1 , , , „ . , 
males are gdlty. The winter balls, with which thmSS t °? S ’ *™ haDd ” Aad again I 
every large city and even every rural district i ou c bt 1 could see the joung Mite, rocking 
is overrun, off*opportunities for women to d2 nervously in the great arm chair, and 
stray their health, of which thev would seem Lp^ ^ ,] 10U ^ !? r b f ut wou J d break ’ ^ 
to avail themselves with malice prepense A i boi ;- htless . lord a " d te 5 . Pronged 
if the late hours, the indigestible sunpera the n'W ^ SomQ lei ?§ lb of tl »f , 
excessive excitement, and the over-crowded ^ ^ lat bave wives that say, “ Hon t stay 
and ill-ventilated rooms were not sufficiently I f’ W you S 0 ..^ tbmk ol kindly 
deleterious, they allow fashion to dictate to I h ?? 7 °“ T “ g m ^ ^ b ^eoflife, 
them a mode of attire for such festivals which ^ + ry ’, JUst a bu le, to make their homes and 
is almost certain provocative of colds’ those „ ha PPL they are gems too seldom 
foster-mothers of consumption. A ball dress ° ^ f en test.too seldom replaced.- 
alike in its flimsy material an the style in which u . ? caril!0t bnd a “ ld the pleasures of the 
it is cut about the shoulders, is the very worst i>i! k !fl ,i Ce t , and J ° y that a quiet bome ' 
costume a woman can wear at u b i ess ® d "ith such a womans presence, will 
will be knocking at our doors. Death may 
take us hence, and helpless children be thus fisvpk- Tnvn« w /r> • , . L‘ v r 6 r 7 V ' U1I, F 1CICUC *®; m 
Tjtt* ;r ,he cok i “ 
w oild. Hence the necessity ot providing been continued. I hese tombs are in the form Great Britain in 1851, classed 
against contingencies, and laying aside more ot ^mall chambers, with columns and paintings, the natural divisions of life; but 
than sufficient to supply our own wants, a . lld . ure l ound t0 contain gold ornaments, con- under 20, 25,607 were married: 
Nothing is lost by such a course for oom t° ^hcUlems, earrings Babes and sucklings— ^ under one year,, 
^ ^ 11 foi com- and lings, together with arms and vases. On infants— 1 to o years.. 
mon humanity is the gainer by every useful the latter are designs of great beauty, repre- bo 1 ^—ioT 5 i l ‘° 10 years *. 
rope are so young as the people of Great 
Britain. But in none of the great European 
nations have the ages been enumerated with 
any degree of completeness; in France and in 
Russia they have never been stated at all._ 
The following table shows the population of 
Gieat Britain in 1851, classed according to 
the natural divisions of life; but of the women 
Don’t stay long, husband !”•—and the young 
mon numanuy is me gamer by every useful me latter are designs of great beauty, repre- Bo‘- n m~tn n v , 0 lv -) eare ’. 
thing which an individual leaves behind him sei)t »ng on a black ground red figures of aui- (fois-io to it .’.V.’.V.V 
as a legacy; and every blow struck to subdue “f!? “*? birds ’ l & t ' l ' hese , vase ® are a «Ppos- Set-is \V 
wild and unproductive nature lo the ure of b ° niL p to be Bgjptian, by others Babylo- Young mcn -20 to 30/ears.. 
. 1 u l H u ‘ c 01 nun. At Capua, excavations have led to the ' 0Ull 8 women —20 to so years. 1.939900 
ian, or to garner up a surplus for his future discovery of a tomb in the form of a chamber, Middled ^ra^oVo°5o e vS:V.' ‘W’SS 
sustenance, is a benefit conferred upon pos- sever:d paintings of women playing 011 EMerp men and women —50 toeo >ears,V. .! 1,45001 o 
terity. If every man was compelled to do for 1U ’ es and olher fi g ures - Ver7ow-abovo w^eara. - ..*'.‘.’. *.’^£0 
. . 573,713 
, .2,160,456 
Hoys —10 to 15 yeari,'. 1 ?! ’.'..’ .' .*.') ‘ j .‘I’uf’oaa * lier( 7 iU ’ e other causes for consumption. 
v- ilIs Y 10 1? 16 .i',ii4 ) ss2 b ’ onie ot these are such as are little expected. 
siaidens— 15 \o re? .*.*.* .*.*.* .* 7 04 ?’^ hundreds ot women die annually, for example, 
Young men— 20 to 30 years,. i]s3o!o8 S . r \vaut ot fresh air. American females 
uuucnuy ium com ana lever saner n- .u \ mil, • » A ~ 
need. Under any eircumstnnces such con- P , ’ ■ U f ’ tha fi' llil W 
net would be perilous. But with, ball "'n -TV? ^ 300 ' 1 ' 
n it is almost eertain danger. Four or flve .. 1 ", , **?• 7 Y “J T? 3a t to 
'neons like this would s:ip the health of ■: ’ ’’V 1 3 0 . H =’ . . all ‘ M I ’U nu 1 lf‘ l ‘ le 
iant Is it strange that it carries off so many ,T T ™ heeded “ « h “ le for tho’ 
f the voting and beautiful? • . h ^ ,M V bn‘o.™n,thed,sapp ointment or the 
v ° _ . * rn nlmpnt. nr thpir oimnlo u •_ 
himself all that was done, if he was obliged 
to learn the sciences and arts without the lights 
to learn the sciences and arts without the lights Day begins in darkness, grows bright, strong 
shed upon them by those who have gone'be- aild ^ or ! ous ’. and bl darkness closes; and so 
tore him, hopeless darkness would forever en- ‘‘‘V" W f k f ildb °od, attains to 
It was a pertinent and forcible saying of the 
Emperor Napoleon, that “ a handsome woman 
shroud his pathway; but taking up the thread i hood ends his day career. 
nun Dugins me in weak childhood, attains to pleases the eye, but a good woman pleases the 
, bo ,nor *diau ot manhood, and second child- heart. The one is a jewel, and the other a 
There are still other causes for consumption !?r ° + Sim fr lov ? n ° wisb > brin S 3 
! Some of these are such as are little expected' S Tl°h J ? y t0 ., them ’ ., lf >' ou bave au bour 10 
Hundreds of women die annually for example P [’ be ,- V J? upou tbem ’ and tbe P ure Iove ’ 
for the want of fresh air. AmSn feS fets^e treird" ^ ^ ^ 
live proverbially too sedentary a life. Their “ s\eet reward. 
time is spent in close, hot rooms; and often — ~ . *" "_ ^ 1 *■ 
they do not take exercise enough; it is certain IIE beartb ' s childhood’s seminary. Tia 
that, as a mass, they neglect inspiring exercise bere tbat .* be * m P or tant duties of life arelearn- 
in the fresh out of door air. Many a wife and ed ' l is important because it is universal— 
mother who is fully awake to the folly of fash- tbe dreariest cot in all the land lias its sacred 
ionable ball dresses, or even to the neatness beartb - The maxims here inculcated become 
of their shoes, yet sacrifices her life by sitting w°ven with the woof and web of after-life, and 
all day within doors, and often during winter 8 ive H color, texture and form. 
in over-heated rooms, and breathing impure-► • ♦ • --- 
air into her lungs. A cold, accidentally Kindness kindles the fire of friendship. 
