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QUESTIONING. 
BY ALIQUA. 
O, flkecy clouds that sail to-day 
Across the arching blue, 
I watch you pass from west to east 
And vainly question you. 
You look ndown on valleys green 
And shadow gliding rills; 
You mass as (locks about their guides 
Around uprising hills. 
Havo you behold her distant home. 
Ah ! many a league away? 
And have you smiled ndown on her 
This golden summer day? 
O, pleasant winds that flit, and roam, 
And bring the breath of flowers, 
With ringing sopgs of happy birds 
Togladen their bright le>nrs. 
Have you touched softly her dark hair 
And passed her sweet lips o'er. 
While catching scent of roses bright 
That bloom beside her door? 
The clouds sail on and winds are dumb; 
1 only know her fair 
And lovely in her western home; 
May blessings crown her there! 
GOOD INFLUENCES. 
We wore forcibly impressed with a re¬ 
mark in 011 c of those excellent Mothers’ 
Letters:—“ Where is the sense in trying to 
stop the flood? Many whose pens were elo¬ 
quent, anil voices persuasive, have Lied in 
vain.” It is true the flood is not stopped; 
lull who can imagine what or where we 
would have been, lmd all who earnestly and 
conscientiously were trying to use their in¬ 
fluence lor good, ceased from their efforts 
because they could not see the results. 
What sort of men and women would our 
children become, if wo were lo be dis¬ 
couraged because they seemed regardless of 
our teachings, ami withhold our constant, 
patient, loving and constraining care from 
lie in. Where would our schools he if the 
teachers, who could not discover at once 
the advancement of their scholars, should 
say, “ There is no use of my trying to teach, 
my pupils learn nothing ?" What if each of 
our ministers should say, “My preaching 
does no good ; my congregation listen to my 
sermons with apparent interest, but they go 
away and it. all seems to he forgotten,” and, 
becoming discouraged, leave all our pulpits 
vacant? But this is not. ihe case. Many 
have learned, and many more must learn, 
that to be successful in leaching, anything 
requires much yalience. “Lino upon line, 
an.I precept upon precept,” is the principle 
of all learning. 
We can see how Cnnrsi’ understood and 
s.vmpftihized wilh human weakness when 
on Ibis earth. He did not show 1 1 is disci- 
pies ihe true way once, in a plain, simple 
manner, and then leave them, expecting 
dial once telling would accomplish all; 
hul he remained with them years, patiently 
teaching and illustrating in a thousand dif- 
f mil. ways the great truths He wished them 
to learn and practice—for the disciples were, 
like us, slow to learn and understand, and 
slow to practice the good learned. We must 
j iflge others by ourselves, and look back at 
o r own experience and see how much good 
ti'lvire we have read and heard—how many 
good resolutions we have made and broken, 
mid how evil lias always been ready to 
counteract the good ; hul we can also see 
tlmi good influences have had, aild will have, 
Hair effect, slowly but surely—gradual as 
lie influence of rain and sunshine upon the 
growth of ihe vegetable kingdom. It may 
as hard for us to realize individual in- 
111 cnee as it is to attach due importance to 
one drop of rain or one ray of Sunlight. 
1-very conscientious woman, earnestly 
peeking to do rightly, has much with which 
contend. It Is so hard, and requires so 
imidi firmness and independence, to get out 
1,1 the grooves into which customs and habits 
j!“ Ve Haced her. It is so hard, when the 
•-- ll1 gradually comes in her mind and she 
'' 3 clearly that wlmt she has always 
'“ ’light to he right is wrong, to face about 
aml 1,0 as she knows she ought. Every 
’"'oman especially should he earnest in pre- 
(,, pt and example in trying to change the 
< 11 rent that is leading women to neglect. 
' and the highest comfort of their 
“ ,!I1CS aud bodies. Let us learn to appreci- 
111 and cultivate the beautiful, but let it he 
I'uncipally tor the benefit of our own home 
cede, and not for mere outside show. o. b. 
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A MARRIAGE CONTRACT. 
t he marriage contract of the Bride of 
Minmermoor has quite lately been discov- 
1 1 1 at Sl - Mary’s Isle, the seat of the Earl 
lk "' k < 1,1 Scotland. It bears four sig- 
'T-, 11 ! 6 1)rk,e $ room ’s (David Dunbar), 
^ aides (Jane Dalrymple), tbe bride- 
SST,* alhe £ (Gideon), and the bride’s 
been . f umc ‘ 8 UaIry »Tie). A/ac simile has 
inein i U , C(Jn ot Uie doc «^ent, which is lo be 
“Udv/ i in J h ® Plenary edition of the 
mor it - ey . r ? (n ’ el3 *" T1,cre is a little tre- 
’ lt ls Sllul > m the bride’s signature. 
THE OTHEK SIDE 
In the Run at, New-Yorker of June 10, 
I notice that a young lady is mourning sor¬ 
rowfully because we, the young men, are 
lavishing our admiration indiscreetly, and 
talking too much of women’s (especially 
young ladies’) extravagance. Now, Miss 
Minnie, I will toll you first what one, and 
many more, think about these matters, and 
perhaps with more frankness than the hoys 
will think I have a right to do. 
You must not think, for a moment, that 
we always believe just what we say—for, 
like you, at your own confession, we like to 
“ show off,” and if we can make you believe 
that we arc just what our “ polish” tells, we 
feel, and our mates pronounce ns “ lucky.” 
We like to sec you all dress well, lady-like 
and becoming, blit, not too extravagant. If 
that young lady whom you think is so much 
admired for her costly apparel, her “ splen¬ 
did” jewelry, and her sickening murderings 
of politeness, could hear one-half of the 
sneers and idle words that are said so soon 
as she is absent, she would soon cease 
mourning for that admiration that never 
soars above a street corner or bar room, or 
a billiard saloon—for from tbe frequenters 
of these places come the most of those 
heathenish gazes and that envied admira¬ 
tion. Remember that those young men who 
“pay more attention lo gay and silly girls 
than they do to modest and sensible ones," 
are just like them—gay and silly. Did you 
ever read that beautiful little poem of Alice 
Cary’s, “The Unwise Choice?” If you 
never have, find and study it, and it will 
teach you a lesson. 
Calico, neatly made and prettily loom, has 
won more hearts, true and brave, than silk 
ever has. The girl who can make and will 
wear such a dress, in ils pluoe, despite a few 
smiles and giggles from I he fast and the fool¬ 
ish, need have no fear for Lie future, and the 
man she will marry will he all and more 
than lie seems to he. 
In her article Minnie says:—“ And this 
eat; and, having put the house in order, 
would unpin his chignon, exchange his 
hoopskirts for trowsers, and go out to plow 
or chop wood, as the case might he, till 
noon, when lie would appear again in the 
role ot a lady cook, lie was very fastidious 
in his tastes, and, when attired as a fashion¬ 
able woman, with his long, well kept hair 
done up a In mode, he would receive and en¬ 
tertain company so gracefully and nalurally 
as to deceive all except those who knew 
him, and always seemed quite unconscious 
that lie was playing a borrowed part. 
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THE SORROWS OF OTHERS. 
There is no question tha t habitual cheer¬ 
fulness is a great blessing. But when cheer¬ 
ful people are lauded, let it. lie sememhered, 
as a general thing, that they are no more to 
he commended for it than a. person for the 
possession of a pair of beautiful eyes. Cheer¬ 
fulness is a matter of health and constitution. 
An invalid or a nervous person—a very sen¬ 
sitive person, easily affected by atmospheric 
and other influences—cannot he uniformly 
Cheerful. He may do much toward endeav¬ 
oring to In; so, it is true, lmt it must he a tiling 
for ferung ftopic. 
MY SLIPPERS. 
YOU link vis ?ny pikty iloss, 
No, vis doss ain’t new; 
Mamma made It weal ado, 
My pi tty doss is hluo. 
Yes, I’s ilot a pi tty hat. 
Lots or Idrdios on it ,- 
Mamma l)U*d mo slippers, too, 
When shu bled her bonnet. 
Allie don’t you wuto my doll, 
I’s put her way to bed ; 
Slio’s vnwrysk-k to-day, you know, 
Wiv fovor in her head. 
What you link you hear, 
Doss nobody didn’t speak ; 
Dess ’twas my ynd slippers, 
Twied to niuko uiu oreak. 
Dess they tost a heap of money. 
Mamma paid too pennies; 
Don’t you link they’re pi tty ones, 
Jus’ lite tuzziu Jennies. 
[Annie Cary. 
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THE KING AND THE COUNTRYMAN, 
In the days of the good King Henry IV. 
of effort. Many people are cheerful because l 1 ranee, there lived an honest country - 
they are apathetic. The sorrows of ol hers,not 
being our own, arc easy to hear. We do not 
wish to decry this social sunshine; but let 
us not forget that there are very sweet flow¬ 
ers that flourish and give us perfume in the 
shade, and at intervals. 
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GIRLS, HEAR THIS! 
Do not smile on the suitor that toasts 
your fair uanm; the love which bespeaks 
to you is washed from his lips by the wine. 
Do not let him pledge his ullogianeo over 
the glass of fiery spirits—it is blasphemy; 
it will he perjury, The wine is dearer to 
his heart than your sweet face and womanly 
goodness; he already lias a master ; he can¬ 
not have two. Dream not of conversion 
after you are his; that pathless route is 
alone is enough to drive many girls into ex- mi3t,, ' y aml 'allure. The man who will not 
travagance and folly who would otherwise sacrifice hia 1,,vo of dli »k f<»’ die prize of 
have been ornaments to society.” We cun- y,nu ‘ lmiul - wiU m>t « when il id lli3 il1 God’s 
not quite agree with this, for if a girl lias uame ’ emancipate himscll. 
not the strength, courage and womanhood *** 
to face Ihe world as il is, and let that find A G00D DAUGHTER. 
her ils she is, society cares but very little for There are other~minislors ot love more 
iu company. e do not forget your la- conspicuous than she, lmt none in which a 
hitrs, nor the help that you give us, aml fuel gender, lovelier spirit dwells, and none, to 
V, ly Mn v 11 1 ,al ‘ Ul,1<: * ,oln aild reared which the heart’s warm requitals luorejoy- 
among and under the influence of America,, flllly respoml . ghe is the steady light of 
gills. And wo krnnf something of your her father’s house. Her ideal is indissolubly 
piecmgs and re-cuttings, and washing and connected with that of his fireside. She is 
( .o onn„ o niot in s oi giandmother s old his morning sunlight and evening star. Thu 
ribbons ami luces—for WO llavo been shown .. ■ ‘ I , , ‘■ . , 
, , , . “loo uuii snoun grace, vivacity and tenderness of her sex 
lem i et. s o times aml lcgarded them have their place in the mighty sway which 
as important relics. The most becoming s i, 0 holds over his spirit.' She is the pride 
am in eveiy \\ay the most beautilnl dress I and ornament, of his hospitality, and the 
ever saw was “made of an old one;’’ it gentle nurse in his sickness. 
might have been partly owing to the honest_ +++ _ 
and coulagoons satisfaction in which the in- PAQ'n'Tnw ciTPT’T'Krnc! 
formation was given that made it appear so, xAoiLL UN Blf -LINGS. 
however. A mania for white vests ■fMtli gilt but¬ 
ton asked for a defense for the girls. The tons has broken out among our would-be 
surest and strongest they can have is in their swells. 
mvu dicss, winds and actions. Let them Sleeveless jackets of lace, worn over 
lake a little more value out of llieir ears and fight-colored silks or muslins, are pretty and 
expend it on that beautiful and sure test of s tjlish. 
a lady’s taste and character, and they will . , ... 
all he more admired. Coiy B is the fashionable color this snni- 
Bisliop Street, N. Y., 1871. mci. All Ihe gills ot the seaside appear to 
-_ »__ have the blues. 
FEMALE DELICACY. White morning robes arc much in favor 
There are other ministers ot love more 
conspicuous than she, hut none in which a 
gentler, lovelier spirit dwells, and none to 
which the heart’s warm requitals more joy¬ 
fully respond. She is Lie steady light of 
her father’s house. Her ideal is indissolubly 
connected with that of his fireside. She is 
his morning sunlight and evening star. Thu 
grace, vivacity and tenderness of her sex 
have their place in the mighty sway which 
she holds over his spirit. She is Lie pride 
and ornament of his hospitality, and Ihe 
gentle nurse in his sickness. 
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FASHION SIFTINGS. 
A MANIA for white vests #iUi gilt but¬ 
tons has broken out among our would-be 
swells. 
Sleeveless jackets of lace, worn over 
light-colored silks or muslins, are pretty and 
stylish. 
Blue is the fashionable color tliis sum¬ 
mer. All Ihe girls of the seaside appear to 
have the blues. 
White morning robes arc much in favor 
among young ladies. They “look so spir¬ 
it uelle," they say. 
Sunshades with perfumed bottles at¬ 
tached to the handles is the latest “ Flora 
Above every other feature which adorns ituelle they say. 
the female character, delicacy stands fore- SUNSHADES with perfumed bottles at- 
most w ithm the province of good taste. Not tachecl lo the handles is the latest “ Flora 
that delicacy which is perpetually in quest McFlimsey” wrinkle. 
o! something to he ashamed of, which makes T > ,., . 
merit <>t’ 5 , MnaL .... i , Bonnets, except lor church or state occa- 
meilior a hJush, aml simpers at the false • , , „ 
roiKinifiinn ii„ , sions, have been discarded for the summer 
constinotion its own ingenuity ms put upon , r , , , ,, 
mi imwm.ni ?i • - , - , , by our fashionable belles. 
an innocent lemsirk; tins spurious kind of 
delicacy is as far removed from good taste jET OI ' n!l,mmt8 in vo - ,,e a = ain > cs P e ‘ 
as from go<M feeling mid good sense; hut CUl!ly for ,)n ; akfilst wear - Loil = Plants 
the high-minded delicacy which maintains 
its pure and undcviaiing walk alike amongst 
women as in the society of men, which 
shrinks from no necessary duty, and can 
speak, when required, wilh seriousness and 
are the style for ear-rings. 
The new “Maud Muller” hats are just 
about the nobbiest, most jaunty little bits of 
head gear ever introduced. 
Very beautiful fans are of white lace 
kindness, ot things at which it would be stretched upon coral or jet frames and orna- 
as ha med to smile or to blush—that delicacy men ted by a gilt or coral hall, 
which knows how to confer a benefit with- Violet wood fans are the latest novel- 
out^ wounding the feelings of another, and ties. They are fragrant, are quaintly carved, 
w’hich understands also how and when to and bear the owner's monogram, 
jcceiv(. (iim, that delicacy which can give Double-breasted jackets are worn cool 
a ms hi ion i isp ay, and advice without mornings and evenings by Indies at the sea- 
assumption; and which pains not the most side . Those of while cloth, trimmed with 
nuu o oi suscep i > e jcing in creation. velvet, are particularly rich and handsome. 
Black aml white lace jackets, made with¬ 
out sleeves and worn over some brilliant 
colored silk, are very elegant aml fashion¬ 
able, particularly among the ladies at New- 
ABOUT A MAN-WOMAN. ou ‘ >x ; 
Mm Samuel Buck, an eccentric charuc- Cfdor 
ter, well known in the vicinity of Oonneaut, a,)le > 
died recently near that village at an ad- P ort - 
vanced age. lie is represented lo have 
been a man of good family, and with a fair 
education and natural abilities, but pos¬ 
sessed of a strong passion to ape the man¬ 
ners ot the opposite sex. For many years 
he had lived alone and, with surprising fa¬ 
cility, he performed all the duties of a liouso- 
Pkndant ear-rings retain a deal of favor, 
and some new and rather unique styles in 
that fine have been recently introduced. 
Those of jet are only suitable for breakfast 
wear. 
Driving sacks for young ladies are made 
nwm, wlm said one evening, on returning 
from his day’s work, “ Well, good wife, 1 
hear our good king is coming to-morrow to 
hunt in the forest of Fontainebleau. The 
distance is great, I know; but if you will 
get ready my best coat and lmt, I am re¬ 
solved to try and sec him.” His wife soon 
made ready his best dollies, and, at day¬ 
break, she galheiTil a basket of her best 
Strawherries, mid tied up one of her choicest 
cheeses, as a present In the good king; and 
Fierro set Off with eager step and joyful 
heart. He walked on in the fresh morning 
air; hut when he reached Ihe forest, being 
overcome by fatigue, he sat down to rest a 
while. Nosv, it chanced that during the 
hunt the king lost sight of his companions, 
and happened to he passing by. 
“Canyon tell me,” said Pierre, “ whether 
our good King Henry is in Lie forest to¬ 
day V” 
“ Yes,” said the king, “ lie is hero.” 
“ I have walked some distance to see him. 
Can you tell me, sir, in what part of the for¬ 
est 1 shall find him?” 
“ H you will mount behind me,lean take 
you to the very Spot." 
Thereupon, with many thanks, Pierre 
seated himself, right glad, behind the king. 
They rode along chatting very pleasantly. 
“ What have you in your basket, my 
friend?” 
“ Some strawberries, which my good wife 
sent wilh this cheese." 
“ Let me see ihe strawberries.” 
Pierre handed him Lie basket,and watch¬ 
ed him anxiously tailing one after another, 
fearing (lu re would he none left. However, 
he said no thing. 
“How shall I know the king from his 
courtiers ?” 
“Oh, very easily ; they will all take off 
their hats, hut the king will keep liis head 
covered.” 
Very soon they came to four cross-roads, 
where a very large company of gentlemen 
were gathered together awaiting the king. 
As soon as lie appeared they all took off 
their hats ; and Pierre asked, eagerly, which 
was the king. 
“ Did I not tell you he would keep his hat 
on ?” 
“ Well, then, either you or I must, ho king, 
since all Lie rest are bareheaded ”—little 
suspecting how close he was t<> his majesty, 
“ Tis even so; and I uiu Henry IV. of 
France." 
In great astonishment Pierre hastily dis¬ 
mounted, wondering how lie could have 
been riding and talking with him in bo 
friendly a manner. The king smiled, and 
told him to go to the palace for some re¬ 
freshment and rest; and that lie wished to 
see him the next morning. Meanwhile the 
king ordered a beautiful cow to be tied up 
in the yard; and the next day bo told 
Pierre to drive her homo to his wife, for the 
refreshing basket of strawberries and the 
cheese which she had sent him. 
Pierre’s joy was great, when he told his 
wife his adventure in the forest; and hers 
ivas no less, when she beheld the beautiful 
cow which the good king had sent her.— 
Olicor Optic'» Magazine. 
A BOY’S PUEPOSE. 
When "Warren Hastings was a lad only 
seven years old, lie lay one day beside a little 
rivulet that flowed on toward the river Isis, 
and there lie formed the purpose which was 
his guiding star through life. Ilis parents 
were in reduced circumstances, hul descend¬ 
ed from a noble family. The hoy’s ambition 
was to win back the lost estate of his ances¬ 
tors—to make Daylestbrd his own. To this 
purpose ho steadily adhered. Every aim 
and effort of his boyhood was associated 
with this purpose. It seemed like the ro¬ 
mantic day-dreams of a boy, very likely 
played, and to an outward observer there 
was little to distinguish him from the rest. 
But the world in the hoy’s heart was as dif¬ 
ferent from their hopes and aspirings as if ho 
belonged to another planet. He held on lo 
his great life-purpose of winning hack his 
family lands all through his youth and man¬ 
hood. Through his checkered life-history 
this was like a star ever leading him on. 
And success at last crowned his efforts. Ho 
was able to buy hack the beautiful fields and 
parks of his ancestors, and rebuild the man¬ 
sion ; and here the last days of his toilsome 
file were spent. 
Such may ho the power of a purpose 
formed in early childhood, if one has only 
the perserverance to adhere to il. You may 
become what you will if you will only work 
for it with all the powers God has given 
you. Choose, then, some worthy ambition. 
Do not let il. be riches or honor among men, 
or anything that the Lord dues not esteem 
worth striving for. Study His word fi.iih- 
tuily, and you will find it easy to choose 
some great, noble purpose on which you can 
ask His blessing. Then work lor it with 
your might, and you will not fail of the vic¬ 
tory. 
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HAVE YOU ENEMIES? 
Go straight on and don’t mind them. If 
they get in your way, walk round them re¬ 
gardless of their spite. A man who has no 
enemies is seldom good for anything ; he is 
made of that kind of material which is so 
easily worked that every one has a hand in 
it. A sterling character is one who thinks 
for himself, and speaks what bethinks; he 
is always sure to have enemies. They arc 
as necessary to him as fresh air; they keep 
him alive and active. A celebrated charac¬ 
ter who was surrounded by enemies used to 
remark:—“They are sparks which, if you 
do not blow, will go out of themselves." 
“Live down prejudice,” was the Iron 
Duke’s motto. Let, this he your feeling 
while endeavoring to five down the scandal 
<>i those who arc hitter against ynu. Jf you 
stop lo dispute, you do hut as they desire, 
and open the way tbl’ more abuse. Let the 
poor fellows talk—(here will he a reaeliou 
it you perform hut your duly, and hundreds 
who were once alienated from you will flock 
to you and acknowledge their error. 
cutty, he performed all the duties of a house- of all colors, although those of white or mantle dav-dreams of a boy, very likely 
wife and a farmer at once. In the morning blue cassimer appear to he most fashionable, never to be realized. The young Hastings 
he would don woman’s attire, which became Considerable French elaboration in the style sat on the same bench in the village school 
his delicate person well, prepared breakfast, ot trimming these jackets has been observed, with the peasant children with whom he 
GOOD COUNSEL. 
No young man can hope to rise in society, 
or perform worthily his part in life, without 
a fair moral character. The basis of such a 
diameter is a virtuous, fixed sense of moral 
obligation, sustained and invigorated by the 
fear and love of God. The youth who pos¬ 
sesses such a character can he trusted. In¬ 
tegrity, Justice, benevolence, truth, are not 
with him words without meaning; lie feels 
and knows their sacred import and aims in 
the tenor of his file, to exemplify the virtues 
they express. Such a man has decision of 
character; lie knows wlmt is right, and is 
firm in pursuing it ; he thinks and acts for 
himself, and is not to he made the tool of 
unprincipled and time-serving politicians to 
do Lie dirty work of party. Such a man 
has true worth of character; his file is a 
blessing to himself, to his family, to society 
and to Lie world ; and he is pointed out 
to future generations as a proper example 
for the rising youth to emulate. 
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TEMPERANCE FABLE. 
The rats once assembled in a large cellar, 
to devise some method of safely getting the 
bait from a steel trap which lay near, having 
seen numbers of their friends and relatives 
snatched from them by its merciless jaws. 
After many long speeches and the proposal 
of many elaborate hut fruitless plans, a happy 
wit,standing erect, said “ It isiny opinion, 
that if with one paw we can keep down the 
spring, we cun safely take the food from liie 
trap with the other.” All the rats present 
loudly squealed assent. Then they wore 
startled by a faint voice, and a poor rat, with 
only three legs, limping into the ring, slood 
up to speak: 
“My friends, 1 have tried the method you 
propose, and you see the result. Now let 
me suggest a plan to escape the trap. Let it 
alone.” 
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SECRET OF SUCCESS. 
A merchant who, from being a very 
poor boy, had risen to wealth and renown, 
was once asked by an intimate friend lo 
what he attributed his success in life, “ To 
prompt and steady obedience to my parents,” 
was the reply. “ In the midst of many bad 
examples of youths of my own age, I was 
always able to yield a ready submission to 
the will of my father and mother, and I firm¬ 
ly believe that a blessing has, in consequence, 
rested upon me and upon all my efforts.” 
--- 
Youth and ago have too little sympathy 
with each other. If the young would re¬ 
member that they may be old, and the old 
remember that they have been young, the 
world would be happier. 
