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THE TWO ARMIES. 
Two armies toiling day and night 
By bridge and barricade— 
Or by the hearthstone—full of might, 
Each working for the truth aud right, 
And neither one afraid. 
Two armies,•—one of noble men, 
All strong, and stern, and brare; 
Forward at duty's call—and then, 
It matters not the how or when, 
To glory or the grave. 
Their country's glory is (heir own, 
Their common grave, her shame; 
Their watchword l ’.'/on that alone, 
Though on the field their hosts be strown. 
Shall lead them yet to fame. 
Two armies;— bat the second one— 
A fairer, sadder sight; 
With steadfast purpose, all as one, 
With sickening labor, never done,— 
Toils tearless for the fight. 
Daughters of men! we know you now 
For what ye ever were; 
Aiigol* with calm unclouded brow, 
Before whom every man should bow 
In penitouce of prayer. 
Though death shoald coroe, and come full soon, 
We fear him nevermore; 
We ask of heaven one only boon, 
And pray beneath the placid moon, 
Who never prayed before. 
“ Oh, Lord, within the coming strife, 
Sad war of kindred blood. 
Grant strength to every soldier’s wife, 
Teach her to live without his life, 
And so reward the good.” 
By every tear-damped thread she draws, 
By every needle’s gleam, 
She links her heart’s blood to the cause, 
She binds her soul to arm our laws,— 
Wounded but to redeem. 
Oh, soldier in your camp by night, 
Bethink yon of her toil, 
Ilow you are linked, though dead in fight, 
By golden soul rays glimmering bright 
In sorrow nml turmoil. 
Linked to a nobler soul on earth, 
By these weak bands of thread; 
’Twas woman's love that gave you birth, 
Her love shall bind, come grief, come mirth, 
The living to the dead. 
~ ~ » • ♦ ■ » —-- 
IWritten for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
HARD TRUTHS—CLOSING WORDS. 
I perckive that some of the Rekai.’s correspond¬ 
ents are determined to give “Hard Truths’’ a hard 
battle. And thus far nil the bombarding has been 
upon one side, no one daring to offer any insistence 
or defense. As the firing has temporarily ceased, 
and the “furor” somewhat abated, like one in an 
ancient and more important controversy, “I also 
will shew mine opinion.” Almost everything com¬ 
plained of by “ Farmer’s Wife” was solid truth, and 
yet the half was not told. Hut, like a thousand 
other evils in our world, the remedy is not to be 
found in merely complaining of them. If it were, we 
might swell the list to an indefinite length, and utter 
some most bitter wailings. 
A review of all the reviewers f will not attempt, 
but will notice a few of them, entirely omitting the 
hard epithets of “ Iloven Coven,” as beneath my 
notice, and confine myself to a few facts, which all 
admit are "stubborn things,” equivalent to “hard 
truths.” The schoolmistress’ assertion that “good 
mistresses always have good help,” is as far from 
the truth as need be. For, in my meunderings about 
the world, I too have taken a few notes of observa¬ 
tion, and 1 find that the]/ are as likely to get the worst 
girls go into farmers’ kitchens dressed out in draw¬ 
ing-room style—light fancy dresses, white stockings, 
_ gaiters, embroidered collar, and worked skirts! Of 
course Huy must not do anything to toil their clothes, 
they were ignorant of such work. “I speak what I 
do know, and testify what f have seen,” when 1 name 
only one more instance of a girl coming in that style 
to assist a farmer's wife for a few days “butchering 
week.” Of course she could not assist in the “mean¬ 
est of all work,” so it w-as “shirked” off on the 
patient, uncomplaining housewife, while she took 
the money!—wages it could not be called. Then I 
might add scores of instances where they were called 
up to breakfast day after day, and much of the time 
waited upon as boarders! As to the “fretting,” 
“scolding,” Ac., I have yet to see the woman who 
could begin with some of them in that line, even, to 
say nothing of the % lying and vulgarity. Since we 
are all doomed to be supported by work, and kitchen 
work must be done somehow, by somebody, why 
should that, one of the most Important of all, be 
left to ignorant, careless, inefficient hands? 
To me, there seems to be but little pecuniary dif¬ 
ference between spoiling superfine Hour, sugar, <fcc., 
in making unpalatable, indigestible food, and spoil¬ 
ing dress goods, fulled cloth, Arc., in making un¬ 
sightly, SU-shapen garments! Yet no one thinks of 
admitting into their houses ignorant, inexperienced 
females, to do mantua making or as tailoresses, with¬ 
out ever having served an apprenticeship, or having 
cut and made the first garment, expecting to find 
materials and teach them their business as they go 
along, at the same time paying them full wages; and 
one is no more absurd than the other. 
In view of all these things, I wonld suggest that 
some philanthropic individual, —some “ Hetty 
Beatty,” for instance,—endow an institution (in 
connection with an Ag. foil, if you please,) under 
the supervision of competent and efficient matrons, 
for the express purpose of teaching young girls,_ 
those intending to go out to service,—the various 
branches of housework, including plain sewing, 
patching and darning. Then farmers’ wives would 
have less reason to complain of patches put On zig¬ 
zag, and run down upon both sides, without so much 
as turning the edges under, — another species of 
handiwork my eyeB have seen, done, too, by a girl 
asking eleven shillings per week. Good housekeep¬ 
ing is no less a trade, to be acquired by instruction , 
and practice, than any other branch of industry. I j 
hope to see the day when such an institution as is i 
proposed will be established, and considered as j 
essential to every community as a dressmaker's or i 
tailor’s shop, a public school or a college. Until , 
[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
LIVE, ACT, THINK. 
Ye all must live and act, 
Lament it as ye may; 
Live! be it idly done. 
Or in s nobler way; 
Live, though the burden's great, 
And many faint and fall; 
But live! life’s better “bitter sweet ” 
Than have no sweets at all 
Act, and never falter 
To choose the right from wrong, 
Remembering toil will lessen 
If borne with cheerful song: 
Act, that each moment’s working 
WiDS a “ well done ” from on high; 
For the sands of time are golden, 
And they onward swiftly fly. 
Think not life is destiny, 
Or by chance comes peace and joy; 
That “life is what we make it,” 
Is a truth without allow. 
One of old has said that “ patience 
Is the exercise of saints;” 
Then be patient—strong in faith— 
Not the crowu to him who faints. 
Life may be an Eden, 
Or a barren, desert plain; 
As ye will, and act, and think, 
So the end ye all shall gain. 
Ever pray, with faith unceasing, 
Trusting in our Father’s love; 
If life's battle is fought bravely. 
Peace and rest s e’ll find above. 
Mansfield, Pa., 1861. 
Victoria. 
TWritten for Moore's Rural New-Yorker ] 
PENCIL NOTES IN THE SHADE. 
BY GEORGE W. BUNGAY. ‘‘ UC “ ™ ™lh j a8 ye have done , t unt o on , „ f W „ f the ye 
,. , „ . --- . , a " BeJ " “ rl,rl8ti,n «»‘S h>v« tene it unto mu." Did Ohrhtiuni. realize Hi, 
„, TH f *‘ r *» *» w !>'« country. Ibere I, » manufacturer truth in all ita comforting and „rtotioal reality, ho. 
changed into invisible Ore and nature droop, and who ha. When great pa.o. to organize thi. company: m „ ch mo „ m„ Jorn ,„ „ nd forbe , rM « 
amtt under the canopy of dame. Group, of aheep hlTorom.n look, well i„ the military ..It of gray. m , rk „, dl . i„ Krc0 „r«e with each other, ft 
mpant.og in the aliadoof« friendly tree it i, a ««» * number of lads a« on hand and ahow a th.Ch,i.tl.„ guided hyuukindne,,? SuiatheS.TOK 
pity they cannot throw off their woolen jackets and read iuess in their drill which proves that a little i a !,«„ , . . , . 
put on nankeena for Hummer wear. II,find them a di,ofpllne will "soon lick them into shape." An ' L Tf TA Tf el" 
drove of swine ore taken a aitz hath in a ruirc hole or old noldicr take, a rauakot in front of the volunteer, i. ti e V " n* i " i- " onored! 
mod-pond. Hogs, in their domcic.ted «.». are to ,how them " how h.ttie, arc lea, ,o,i woo' 2 ‘cwZ* “Kk’JfLT ‘T 
how many a .mow thrt "ppelTn 
mire that will keep them cool and comfortable, to Next week there will be another meeting, then vafn for human sympathy, moves the heart of the 
the cleanest cuticle. Hogs and indolent men are measures will be taken to get up a cheap uniform of Goo! 
naoch alike,-they live on, theearning..of .them,— and a tanner. Would it not be a good Ideate ' And might ,« oot evpect to ,eo in the follower, of 
they grout and grow fat without work,—they put their form Homo Gourde lu every part of the loyal State.! ,„ob a Ma.ter much of that love that “.eeketh not 
noses into their neighbors’troughs, and when fortune .Such organization would check the treason of home her own?” Should they not be reluctant to nain 
sends them good dishes they are sure to put their traitors - would prepare men to take the places of another’s heart, slow to speak of another’s feiliLs 
feet into them; at last the butcher-kbife saves them those who fall in battle,-and the moral effect wonld and quick to feel a brother’s woes? And when 
iromfitsof apoplexy, and in the language of Byron, be good at home and abroad. England will be In- tempted to speak reproachfully of one who bears 
“Living Graeco ia living grease no more.” ( to nl,Tld b cr own business, when she under- the Christian name, or lightly and scornfully of those 
Under the ,h«dow of tho olma, the ,oiet cow, arc ho^V, Z Z LTevc",,” rna^lTe™ .7” to ^ •»« "•*, It i, 
chewing the cud. Theyare very serious, andoneisred have five millions of men under drill who are readv " ' l' t0 r ® member " lw lt u that sa,J “ Inasmuch as 
;»^r 01 r * i *CJrrxs zxzzzt *° f •-*-* 
thoughts. It is possible they think this hot weather country. 3 0 e 11 u,lt0 me ' 
will burn tlicir hrita.l in itm fivn. nml cnr.il Biol. fa»o - a ■ • ■ >- erbtirue, N \ . f 1S81 LlffA LkK. 
a pair of luminous brown eyes. Her “ perfect lips” 
are the frame of a set of even and snow-white teeth. 
She is a “ golden lily,” and I must leave her in the 
“ garden of girls.” Of course she is a pet in the 
family—a sunbeam in the house —and the hope of 
the household. 
Now for the view of the surrounding country,— 
Look with me from this window. Look over the 
rose bush that leans agaist the window frame. Look 
beyond the tall poplars that pencil their shadows 
upon the ground. Look beyond t.be garden, the 
orchard, the meadows, right up to the mountains. 
There they lie in quiet grandeur under the hot sky. 
ft seems but a step from those green footstools to the 
overarching heavens. These monntains frequently 
arrest the clouds in their flight and baptize the 
valleys with showers of rain. They hold the springs 
that supply the streams which flow through the low¬ 
lands. They are a reservoir its the time of drouth,— 
they supply stone and timber for building pur¬ 
poses,— they add a hundred fold to the weird and 
wonderful beauty of the scenery, and lift the heart of 
the beholder “ from Nature up to Nature’s God.” In 
the winter season they seem like giants sleeping in 
their shrouds. 
Hark, the drum beats and the fife screams, There 
are well dressed young women wallring leisurely 
down to the, “ Corners,” and hale young men are 
mastering in front of the tavern, with guns on their 
shoulders. It is the first meeting of the Home 
Guard, and quite a number of the sturdy yeomanry- 
have convened to drill and to witness the maneuver 
of these volunteers. Captain W. calls them into line 
and they march to the church yard (not the burying 
ground.) There is a tall old bachelor in his shirt 
sleeves und straw hat,— he is more than six feet in 
his stockings, and manipulates with a stick instead of 
a gun. He lias plenty of grit and would make a good 
soldier. Next to him stands another tall man—he Is 
older, being upwards of fifty, and anxious to mount! 
his gray and ride to Washington. He told me, with ; 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
“FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH THEE,” 
BY ROSKT.IA H STRICKLAND. 
Fear not! though wild the winds and waves around thee, 
Thy frail bark toss’d upon the sea of Life; 
Though the tumultuous waters fast surround thee, 
Fear not, for I am with tbee in the strife! 
Fear not, though friends long trusted now betray thee— 
Though whete tljou seekost aid thou flndegt scorn; 
Let not unkindn--=s nor disdain dismay tliee, 
For I am with thee till new hope be horn. 
Fear not! the world these many years of sorrow 
Hath from each night, awoke to sunlit day; 
And look thou forward to a happier morrow, 
For I am with thee, and will he alway. 
Fear not! though cruel hands the ties dissever 
Which hound thy heart to earthly joy and love; 
Thy trial- fit thee for that vast forever, 
Where thou sbalt reign with Me in Heaven above. 
Fear Dot! though often thy o’erwearied spirit 
Is belli aud worn by fierce temptation’s blast; 
Forget thou cot the crown thou dost inherit, 
For I am wiih thc-e. even to the last.! 
Hastings, N. Y,. 1861. 
[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
“YE HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME.” 
How touching the love Ohriht shows for his disci¬ 
ples, when He declares Himself so identified with 
them that whatever is done unto them is done also 
unto Him. Nor is it the rich or great—those whom 
the world are apt to honor — of whom He speaks. 
He who “knew what was in man,” knew the ten¬ 
dency to disregard the claims of the less favored 
ones. He therefore expressly declares, “Inasmuch 
The heat is oppressive— the air seems to be 
not creatures of the best taste. They prefer a Buit of 
mire, that will keep them cool and comfortable, to 
the cleanest cuticle. Hogs and indolent men are 
much alike,—they live on the earnings of others,— 
I - ' “ n v * ' — — . IV uvv KM- U 1 VI V_ tX 
home sue I ays ein is consummated, no one need hope they gruntand grow fat without work,— they put their form Home Guards in every part of tho loyal States? 
fur ft nhanrrA tl.r. r r V, ^ v* « _ _i i . .. . * ... J 1 J 
for a change for the better. Then, a person would 
not think of applying to our kitchen door for work, 
to be paid for it, till they bad spent a sufficient 
length of time at such an institution, and could 
briog credentials as to tbeir qualifications, morals, 
Ac., any sooner than they would make application for 
a district school while ignorant of the common 
branches. 
As to the threatened "strike,” let it come. The 
sooner the better, if it is only on the right side . 
MethInks tho most effectual and reasonable one 
would be to strike down the pay for work so imper¬ 
fect into them; at last the butcher-knife saves them 
from fits of apoplexy, and in the language of Byron, 
“Living Groeco ia living greaat* no more.” 
Under the shadow of the elms, the quiet cows are 
chewing the cud. They are very serious, and one is red 
in the face. I cannot conjecture the subject of their 
thoughts It is possible they think this hot weather 
will burn their bread in its oven and spoil their fare 
for the winter, or they may bo inclined to believe 
tempted to speak reproachfully of one who bears 
the Christian name, or lightly and scornfully of those 
to whom Con baa appointed a lowly lot in life, it is 
well to remember who it is that said “Inasmuch as 
Lina Lkk. 
fectly done. Why, J would as soon a person would that the low price of butter and cheese may induce 
TIME, THE DESTROYER. 
take money out of my purse, as to take it for any 
kind of work so miserably done that I must spend 
my time and exhaust my patience in undoing and 
doing over again. A Farmer’s Daughter. 
-► - 
THAT WHIP. 
On the principal street of a city, not long ago, 
our attention was arrested by the spasmodic cries of 
an urchin of apparently five summers, who was 
stamping and kicking on the sidewalk, seemingly as 
refractory as Karey’s fiery steeds. 1 n vain the mother 
attempted to urge him forward—the move she threat- 
the farmer to make beef of them, and they arc 
- The Tears of Repentance. — Repentance, this 
Fancy what we should have had around us now, cost, . v of Wars for all men who have no Savior, 
ruminating over the dangers that threaten their if ’ i,1Bt <‘ ad of quarreling and fighting over their is <*<' J'oy. sorrow, and tours mingled; for if we 
of help as anybody, and endure them with a martyr- * >ne(1 ftnd coaxed ’ tlie louder he screamed and the 
like patience and fortitude, (too proud and high- stron K er the centrifugal forcea of our little hero 
minded to complain without any possibility of P u,led the opposite way. A crowd booh collected 
redress,) till forbearance ceased to be a virtue, when around ' some actuated by sympathy, others by frolic 
they were quietly and artfully dismissed. I could and fuD ’ wii ' le nU Wftr0 really anxious to learn the 
cite an instance of a mild, peaceable lady being canse °f 911 °h an outburst of passionate grief. His 
ordered back from her kitchen (with as much inso- ni °fher was “a shopping,” and had seen fit to deny 
lence and authority as you would expel an interloping * J ' n * l ' je P UIX 'h a »e of a toy whip. We pitied the poor 
dog,) by the presiding genius, and when she did mother, for things were evidently growing somewhat 
stealthily peep into her oven, she found her pastry dramfttic - As we we,t ' ruminating how matters 
not “burning to cinders,” but not baking at all, the w °uld turn, judge of our surprise when we saw that, 
damper not even turned, and not lire enough to warm m °ther drop his hand, run into the store, and return 
a chicken!—while the kitchen employe was enjoying ' vith the 'Whip for the angry boy. The transition 
a walk in the adjacent orchard! Miss Pedagogue 1,1,111 wrath to joy wus as sudden as if a clap of thun- 
will find, when she comes to be installed mistress, dei ’ had rung out from the clear azure sky; he fairly 
that teaching "the young idea how to shoot,” and 1ia U° oed ' and made the distant hills echo with bis 
having the care of a few little children a few horn's u P roar ^ ous peals of triumphant laughter, and as he 
in the day. who come there with the undemanding in ,ur " P ro P oll * d tl,at wca,; mother forward with an 
that they are to yield implicit obedience to her author- impetus lai Horn becoming, the most, painful 
ity, is quite a different thing from attempting to thoi, f? !,te took possession of our mind. In the 
teach rude, ignorant, hoydenieh girls the mauipula- y IeIdi »S 11 P of the whip, we fancied we could see 
tions of housewifery. In most instances they have rclI1H > w1t h all the paraphernalia of parental gov- 
prospective happiness. Permit me here to say, in 
parenthesis, that the cow has been scandalized by 
those who declare sle is a homely, awkward animal. 
The Grecians and Egyptians used to compare the 
radiant eyes of their beautiful daughters to the eyes 
of a cow, and all must admit that the mild, clear, 
lull, round eyes of the cow, are surpassingly beauti 
ful. As for the movements of the cow, in my judg¬ 
ment they are easy, uniform, and absolutely free 
from nupleasanl angularities. A cow moves in the 
meadow as gracefully as a belle moves in a ball-room. 
The farmers have made hay while the suu shone, 
and many of them have stowed it away in stacks and 
barns, lint there arc acres and acres of uncut grass, 
and sun-burnt men with scythes and mowing ma¬ 
chines are moving the green sea and leaving billows 
of grass behind them — others are scattering the 
mown grass to the winds — others still are pitching 
up the bay, adding heap to heap: piling Alp upon 
Alp. In olden time the heathen used to sacrifice 
horses to the sun.—and we Christians make a similar 
sacrifice, though with different motives. Statistics 
furnish us with the fact that, the farmers supply the 
greatest number of victims to insanity. They are 
men whose habits and character will not suffer in 
contrast with any ot her class of men. They have the 
advantage of exercise in the open air—they eat plain 
work, the nations had aided each other in their 
work, or if even in their conquests, instead of 
effacing tiie memorials of those they succeeded and 
subdued, they had guarded the spoils of their 
victories. Fancy what Europe would bo now if the 
delicate statues and temples of the Greeks —if the 
broad roads ami massive walls of the Romans — if 
Christians weep over our sins, we weep not only 
because we have rejected so great love, but do not 
our tears also flow from our faith and lovo? Yes the 
teari of penitence, in the eye of the Christian, are 
rain drops, which form, in the Bun of Righteousness, 
the rainbow of peace. If one trembles, it is a trem- 
bling for joy; the sand beneath our feet becomes a 
the noble and pathetic architecture of the middle roc ' 5 l night and twilight, day; a foreign land, our 
ages bad not been ground to dust by mere human rage. ll0,l C '! tl,e fetters of duty are changed into a jovful 
You talk of the scythe of time, and the tooth of time. Message; the law giver, into a Buvior and Redeemer; 
I tell you that time is scythelesa and toothless; it is we ^U* 1 ! i 1110 heaven. 0! tell me, is there indeed a 
who gnaw like the worm: we who Hinitc like the scythe. fc reater birthday than the duy of conversion, when 
It is ourselves who abolish — onrselvcH who con- | ^ runi the seed of the Divine Word received in faith 
sumc,—we are the mildew and the flames, and the 
sonl of man is to its own work as the moth that frets 
when it cannot fly, and ns the hidden linme that 
blasts where it cannot illume. Ail these lost treas¬ 
ures of human intellect have been wholly destroyed 
by human industry of destruction: the marble would 
have stood its two thousand years as well in the 
polished statue as in the Parian cliff; but we men 
have ground it to powder, and mixed it with our 
own ashes. The walls and the ways would have 
stood —it is we who have not left one stone upon 
another, and restored its pathlessness to the desert; 
the great cathedrals of old religion would have stood 
—it is we who have dashed down the carved work 
through the Holy Spirit, a Christian man is born? 
Influence ok Family Worship.— The daily regu¬ 
lar and solemn reading of God’s holy word, by a 
parent before his children, is one of the most pow¬ 
erful agencies of a Christian life. We are prone to 
undervalue this cause. It is a constant dropping, 
but it wears its mark into the rock. A family thus 
trained cannot be ignorant of the Word. The whole 
Scriptures come repeatedly before the mind. The 
meat heedless child must observe and retain some 
portion of the sacred oracles; the most forgetful 
must treasure up some passuges of life. No one 
part of juvenile education is more important. Be- 
and substantial food — they drink pure water — they axes and hammers, and bid the mountain*grass I ^ wcen families thus instructed, and those where the 
J 1 " « i .t TUMa U _A._a • _A_.il ♦ m v 
eminent, pass into the hands of that Infant of fire 
I years. True, he may, in his Gilpin-like course, ask 
his mother, now and then, to take a drive, but like 
Sardanapalua, he will rule the citadel, and perchance, 
in some unguarded moment of passion, lie may set 
hurl at you a shower of wrath for daring to insinuate ,ue to t ^ ie w1, ole delicate superstructure of domestic 
that they did not know all about work! happiness, perishing himself with all most dear, in 
I oAftnccd to be pr„e„t „„ , cert.ln occasion when ** S “ ,K ’ rttl 
a stout, rather good-looking girl of fourteen or fifteen Mothers! though the earth be removed, and the 
years of age presented herself to do housework, stars of heaven fall from their places, do not let the 
demanding cu* dollar per week. The woman, a ^ have the wW p .—Home Monthly. 
keep good hours — they are temperate and regular in bloom upon the pavement, and the sea-winds chant 
their habits. Why then do so many become insane? ' n the galleries.— Rasim. 
Tndoubtedly this calamity is due to the practice of *— » ‘ *- 
overwork and exposure to the sun in summer. There “Give me a Motive.” —“ Give me a motive,” said 
goes a tall, well-proportioned man, fifty years of age. a young and enthusiastic girl to a minister of Christ, 
He has made himself prematurely old by hard labor; ai, d “lean do anything.” Here is the true secret 
but there is a quarter of a century of good life in of success in all enterprises. Motive power has cou- 
hira yet, and he has recuperative power enough to floored the world. It is the motive which inspires 
redeem the health aud strength belonging to mature l be heart with courage; which infuses the will with 
manhood; but he, though by no means avaricious energy; which nerves the hand to action. The mo- 
nor ambitious to become wealthy, cannot resist the five which each sets before him when he goes forth 
temptation to work hard. He saddles his horse, and ,1 P'» 1 the journey of life, usually decides his future 
then, instead of riding, walks all over the meadow, course. The miser heaping up his shining piles; the 
lie notices a dilapidated fence, and bends himself to painstaking student, who sees honor and fame in the 
tho task of repairing It. He notices loose hay strewn ^istaut future, with shadowy fingers beckoning him 
naving tnc care ot a tew little children a few hours “ '' »™ 1 h a ”"T" ♦ e T keep good hours-they arc temperate and regular in bloom upon the pavement, and the sea-winds chant * not read, the contrast is striking. To deny 
in the day, who come there with the understanding U1 tu ™ P r °P all * d that weak mother forward with an thejr habjt& W hy then do so many become insane? in the galleries.—A*«.vL n . such a source of influence to the youthful mind, is 
hat they are to yield implicit obedience to her author- '™ pct ' 1 ' far frora becoming, the moat painful Tndal£bto dly this Calamity is due to the practice of ►_ ' an injustice, at the thought of which a professor of 
ty, is quite a different thing from attempting to Noughts took possession ot our mind. In the . ^ p , Christianitv mav well tremtilp 
.... p t0 vtel fi i,, fr nn /.f t h* wririr, 1 „ 11 overwork and exposure to the sun in summer. There Hive me a Motive.”—“G ive me a motive,” said 1 nnstunity may well tremble. 
• uij/cnihi gn-s lie mauipula- with all the narinhernaliaftf narent»l' ^ S oes a well-proportioned man, fifty years of age. a young and enthusiastic girl to a minister of Christ, * *■*■’ *- 1 - 
erarnejrt'pass 1 into^the^ands^f that He has made himself prematurely old by hard labor; and “I can do anything.” Here is the true secret Affiiotiok a T ^t of Character.-S uppose 
relirions^e^m/nt^vhaterar- 1 12 bnt « a of a century of good life in of success in all enterprises. Motive power has con- ™ of <*ildren playing together 
nmm hi i n J c 1 ’ ,iD( “ ’<> |, i>ea | c no mot w « ow and 'than to take a d riv eh him yet, and he bus recuperative power enough to floored the world. It is the motive which inspires 111 ^'e street, we could not, without previous knowl- 
ZZ Tc Cann0t b r * n “ lri ' II in, r* b I lke rCl]eem the health and strength belonging to mature the heart with courage: which infuses the will with ^ermine who are their parents, or where are 
but he, though 5 no »inf avaricious energy: which nerves tho hand to action. The mo- ^ b = ' Hut let one of them receive an injury, 
hurl at yon a shower of wrath for daring to insinuate fire to the wb ole delicate superstructure of domestic n0r araMtim,s t0 lH,come wcaltb Y can,1 °t resist the live which each sets before him when he goes forth 0r gLt 1Dto any ,rouble ; a,id we ,ya ™ who are hl8 
hat they did not know all about work! " “ ' happiness, Perishing himself with all mrt dear, in ^ mpt# . Uo ” * ";*}**• *“ le8 bia horSe ’ and npon «*«<% decidea bis future ^“4 Se man of lie 
the general conflagration then, instead ot riding, walks all over the meadow, course. The miser heaping up his shining piles; the 1!,UH 11 18 "‘tu tut t niistian aud tbe man ot the 
I chanced to be present on a certain occasion when b f ’ , He notices a dilapidated fence, and bends fciuisclf to painstaking student, who sees honor and fame in the world ’ ^ ile we observe tbem together, pursuing 
stout, rather good-looking girl of fourteen or fifteen Mothers, though the earth be removed, and the the task of repairing It. He notices loose hay strewn distant future, with shadowy fingers beckoning him tbe 8ame employments, and placed in the same ch- 
ears of age presented herself to do housework, stars of heaven fall from their places, do not let the ovcr the n J d and rakes R UIu5er JJ gun on; these have both a motive. So the conqueror, ‘dances, ™ 1ua >' ” ot be able at once to distm- 
lemandmg our dollar nor week Th* «• „ *boy have the whip .—Home Monthly. 1 ’ ,. , , , , , nuish them. Bnt let afflictions come upon them, and 
. nn j . h , uouarper weeit. the Woman, a ^ * although his physician has requested him to remain wading through a crimson tide to reach the laurel mun. * 
,ood housekeeper, willing to superintend and do -----at home-f t ho Is an Invalid and scarcely expected crown of martial glory, has a motive. Selfish, no ™ are n0 longer f a )oss ; th ® of the world 
ZZ °‘ W n k ’ WUh 0I1| > a family and TWO Ways OF LOOKING A¥ H. to live thtu^h the n'eht’sUty" hours Ho doubt! But most of the world’s toilers have the taint aeebs relief » earthly^comforts, while the Chnsfaan 
mited meuna, really needing but o/tr domoBtie 10 Ue tu ‘ 0U o u lUe Big” 1 HDtirs ago. tic . flies to Ins heavenly Father, Ins refuge aud support 
saaonably questioned her Cub , c nu _ . . represents a class of men whose habits of iudustry ot selfishness upon their motives. in tho dav of trouble_ Pauson 
) I ic- uonetl her (as every one shonldl as Some parents have a tact in !rnuofT,i nf r ti, P ; r pi,,-]. . . , . . , T , . . , __ . ~ . . m t“ e “ a J 01 tiouoie. / ayson. 
> her Qualification* an ^ i -A feuvermng meir cnii- lead them to excessive labor. I hope his wife and - »■♦-.-» - 
>e washing, starching and iro D ing7or"a smalUam puuLh' hey ^ rrevail l ’ P ° U Wm n0t t0 exhaU9t tbe T ° ^ thiDgS <<t0 lct ” ^ a ' e These chaste affections, these throhbings of heart, 
y? Xo, ma’am, I fJr 1 T S always obey and LT1S7 ' T* of hia 80 P ,ttCttrded ’ H ^ rts tec tu kt ^ d, ‘>' : old bea f ’ these thirstings of souls for the loved and absent, at 
hi make a batch of good bread? No ma’am I not the following extract from “Tk T 1 ^ writing by the open window 0 ! a farm house, young hearts, stricken hearts- ail empty al to let. once asB n r e us that true love does not readily die — 
*ver baked bread. Can you make pies or cuke'/ 1 ing'> give an insight into the srenerJm '77 ITT* " hiCh ‘ ortnmnds a view of the Cherr / Ya!le y lhere are heads to let; J° any neW tblDg ’ to 19ms ’ that God has made the ties which bind human hearts 
«. make oake after the recipe. DisLraged ,n this paVenS! and contfin wile ^gglrionsTo- aG 1 MountAiD3 ’ **** 1 look at them through the ologies and ists: heads without a tenant. together-that celestial Love and infinite Goodness 
ue, she proceeded;—Can you cot and make a farm ‘ * telescope of the own, I will glance at tue parties at lkcrC are hands to let. Hands plump and fair; have ordained a reunion of the good and true as in 
’s shirts, loose jacket, or overalls? No ma’am Ln 77 niany good people who are nioat anx- my elbow - a moftrer and a daughter. ITie mother hands lean aud brown. Those to love, these to labor; part fealfzatiou of heaven. “Thou hast re- 
ake children’s clothes, Ac.? No ma'am What' 7 ar,ght ’ They are Crowd- ia in the meridian of womanhood; a few threads of these for rags, aud those for rings. deemed us by' (b> fclood out of every nation and peo- 
aientally exclaimed, in the name of common seine' laid t a? 1 ? ,,rohlbition6 - but se3 '^ m have mixed with her fine brown hair, but her There a* consciences to let; elastic, accommo- , ond t0Dgue u_ t y Joy of p,. sise t0 Chtjst, and of 
' es ‘be gin expect to do to earn a dollar per week J Z Z 7T t V? T' ^ P ° ,nt ° Ut t0 tbera iS cjnite yonug ’ a!ld eh8 ruovea about witk lhe datin?) caoulch ' 0!lc: at flve P er cent ' a moath > mutual recognition as fellow saints. 
ie was taken, however, on trial, and a trial indeed ,LSi* th ? T ° f a « irl sijttee3 ' Them ifl no kind of j per cent, a year. To let on bond and mortgage, and * ” ' 0 --, . » . ,__ 
was. Almost everything she attempted to do was tbem tbat ,bcy 011191 not b^ak the Lrw,vtevrork she cannot do, and <fo in the best manner, a pound of flesh. The Camels and THE .Needle's fit*, —Often as 
poorly done that some one had to do it after her tl V ^ 1 '"' ,! ”- r P 1,re,,t « : rc teaching their children how Jusf Jock at her snow-white bread, her blushing rolls And so it goes, from sods to souls; almost every* motley reflexes of my experience move In long 
reeping and dusting, making beds, Ac., were only bath 'iTt r plCasaa " :y and P rofita b)y. The Sab- of butter, her delicious cakes of cheese, and luxnri- thing to let; almost everything with its price; every- proC e»sions of manifold groups before me, the dis- 
»c in a half way manner, and the mildest hints at nlav with ti T 1 '* ' oa whlch ll, ey must not ous pies and cakes, aud her coffee is richer than thing in the market but griefs. They are never tinguished and world-honored company of Christian 
provement or reform were only received with a thev , - C1 *! S ’ S " !i S ° ° n? a day 0n whicb " ,ne ’ 1 * ca “°ely dare trust myself ia a sketch Of the quoted, never at a premium, asver “ to let.” maminonists appear, to the eye of ray imagination, 
ut or a frown—the “ mistress’ was fault-finding atorvbookT* TnVb " 0 * read tLeir dan « 1,u G Tor fear toy pen should be governed more -r- as a drove 0 f camels heavily laden, yet all at full 
rl difficult”—the work was done “good enough;” mav " siue'i ■ . 7 ^'7 7 3 daJr , 011 whlch t}, ey by impulse tlicn judgment. She is eigbfeea years of I Valle of Knowledge.—O ne of the most agree- speed, and each in the confident expectation of pass- 
udes, she “ hated work so.” Ah! the secret was hear fat hi- ° m ] b T' - ] 1Cl,t ,ei: cn wuiclj t5, ey may age—tall, graceful, quiet, dignified, and proud. With able consequences of knowledge is- the respect and j ng through the eye of the needle, without stop or 
This natural aversion to labsr, this fear of the thev nt 77 o ° ^ CS ,° Ut ° f tb ® F ’ lbIe as long as 110 adv antages bejmnd those afforded by our common I importance which it communicates to old age. Men halt, both beauts and bag gage.— Coleridge. 
I-bettF culled work! ‘ ^ ^ 1 ^ seek out aoswers to schools, her llinm&t!** a>»d nirOTintinfflLt.ion ATP nnm • rist? in chfiracter often flLft thev irwrfljisife in vpara* — —-—- 
good housekeeper, willing to superintend And do 
her part of the work, with only a small family and 
limited means, really needing but one domestic,' very 
reasonably questioned her (as every oh? should) as 
to her qualifications, much as follows:—Can you do 
the washing, starching and ironing for a small fam- 
two Ways of looking a¥ HP. 
Some parents have a tact in governing their chil¬ 
dren without apparent effort. They seldom or never 
punish; they rarely speak sharply, but their children 
ii„o xj , T ^ ..***** * • uut tuvir cimureu 
* nevor waxf wi my life. Can always obey, and seem cheerftrt in obedience. Does 
' ^‘ke a batch of good bread? No, ma'am, I the following extract from “The Teacher Teach- 
77771 ft' M aD • V0U mBke , ’ ies 0r Cftke? 1 ,ng '" give an iD8ifibt int0 the « eoeraI stethod of such 
vt oukc after the recipe. Discouraged in this parents; and contain wise suggestions for all: 
afa, ' m * ‘ <Ther6 are o'^sooi people who are must anx- 
Make children’s clothes, Ac.’ No ma'am' Ww‘ J 008 ta their cl.ildren aright. They are drowd- 
I mentally exclaimed in the mm* 7 ' thcir daJI 7 P“th with prohibitions, but seldom 
does tbe 4,1 exp“ do „ 4T. ’Ti ‘y' 4 ° 0t * *“« “ lieI P « P»i« out to tber, 
Sl„ woo token, bo«,„ J«. Li, “ , ? -T tb< ** •» «*»V «W- And while the, „„ 
it W1S, .time,, everslhiiiB she lit. i'f ,,,u ' 1 ""8 u '™ «>« "'ey most ,m break tbe 
■0 poorly done that 'seme one u.,1 to u. 1, ate,” fhey ^,“7“ 7’' ' Wl4 " ,> 
Sweeping and dusting rn ikin^ beds Ko w 1 ^ ^ 'eep it pleasatft.v and profitably. The Sab* 
done ip a half 2aT^nZ Z the^sTw ^ ^ * t0 8 which they ^ 
improvement or reform were onlv received with \ ft ^ "' th their balls ' C “ rts ' snd so on? a da - v on which 
pout or a frown-the *' misters wTkihl' v ^ «« w°rk in the garden, read their 
and difficult"—the work was done “nood enonriS 1!!?’ J ° thu J atter > jt a «• which they 
over the meadow, and rakes it up under the sun, or G these have both a motive. So the conqueror, 
although his physician has requested him to remain wading through a crimson tide to reach the laurel 
at home-for he Is an Invalid, and scarcely expected crown of martial glory, .has a motive. Selfish, no 
to live through the night sixty hours ago. He doubt! But most of the world’s toilers have the taint 
represents a olass of men whose habits of industry o1 selfishness upon their motives. 
lead them to excessive labor. I hope his wife and ' * ‘ • - 
•laughter will prevail upon him not to exhaust the To Let. There are more things “to lct” than are 
resources of his strength so needlessly. placarded. Hearts arc to let every day; old hearts, 
I a to writing by the open window of a farm house, young hearts, stricken hearts- all empty—all to let. 
which Commands a view of the Cherry Talley There are beads to let; to any new thing, to isms, 
Mountains. Before I look at them through *he ologies and ists: heads without a tenant, 
telescope of the wen, 1 will glance at the parties at Ihcrc are hands to let. Hands plump aud fair; 
my elbow — a mother and a daughter. The mother listed* lean and brown. Those to love, these to labor; 
is in the meridian of womanhood; a few threads of these for rags, and those for rings. 
silver have mixed with her fine brown hair, but ber 
face is quite young, and she moves about witk the 
'rtrrityof a girl of sixteen. There is no kind of 
She was taken, however, on trial, aud a trial indeed ■ i , ! <7 safely tuke * And wbile they are celerity of a girl of sixteen. There is no kind of 
it was. Almost everything she attempted m d,, e l ' U UI1 ^ 1 iem t ‘*at they must not break the I homework she cannot do, and do in the best manner, 
so poorly done that some one had to do it after w* 1 ' ' lU '", 1 '' Lri ' lireote ’’Ac teaching their children how , Jusf at her snow-white bread, her blushing rolls 
Sweeping and dusting, making beds Ac. were onlv i. '! i’ Cus:,rj t’y and profitably. The Sab- of butter, her delicious cakes of cheese, and luxuri- 
done in a half way manner, and the mildest hints at i . ^ '’. tje ! ' ,|IOt ' r a oa which they must not ous pies and cakes, aud her coffee is richer than 
improvement or reform were onlv received with a P a > w,t ,e ir balls, carte, and so on; a day on which wine. I ?carcely dare trust myself in a sketch of the 
pout or a frown—the “mistress was fault-findini? ^”‘"^'‘01 ''“ r k in the garden, must not read their dangliu-r, for fear my pen should be governed more 
and difficult”—the work was done “ good enough*” ml' °° T ° 1 ^ at,tcr ’ 1113 a da ^ wb ich they by impulse then judgment. She is eighteen years of 
besides, she “hated work so.” Ah! the secret ■wis t * f'!.' iJlos w 11,1 m, - ,ti, ei: ca which they may age—talL, graceful, quiet, dignified, and proud. With 
There a^e consciences to let; elastic, accommo¬ 
dating, caoutchouc: at five per cent, a month, sixty 
per cent, a year. To let on bond and mortgage, and 
a pound of flesh. 
And so it goes, from sods to souls; almost every¬ 
thing to let; almost everything with its price; every- 
bug-beur called work! cype ..e, on \\ ic i they may seek out answers to schools, her language and pronunciation are as pure rise in character often as they increase in years; 
Again, if hired girls “have the worst of it ” may !*'If,I K ' ! '? 1 mV ^. lon 8 er ta 'bs with father aud as the speech of any graduate in the highest aerain- they are venerable from what they have acquired, 
Task, who has the better? or is it like Paddv who *i tr a Jl ’ u tl<:il tl,a1s and (aults; on which aries, and her manners would be a credit to the and pleasing from what they can impart. 
took Lis wife “ for better, for worse ” Tut teund ot hL dav and he, P thaa 80 T *>**»« of the Fifth Avenue. . She is personally hand- —- — - 
“there was no better about it.” Why, I have seen le.ms- to th* mi " ^ 'a ° !. l,Cm ” , 18 . a day of P rivi * some, her fine head being crowned with soft auburn It is only the fool who is pleased with himself; no 
’ ° ers ' a 0 P 10 bibitions. hair, and her finely chiseled features are lighted by wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction. i 
Of all mercies, pardoning mercy is the most sweet¬ 
ening mercy. It is a mercy that makes all other 
mercies look like mercies, and taste like mercies, 
and work like mercies. He who has it, cauuot be 
miserable; he who wants it, cannot be happy. 
