OCT, 4 
©OBI’S BUBAL WEW-fOBKEB. 
22 H 
»oqiat Souirfi. 
LOVE OF DRESS. 
Teach the little girls to make themselves as 
pretty as is becoming, with all the puffs and 
bows and ribbons that may be consistent with 
pence of mind and unselfishness and untouched 
honor; but teach them also that this Is but a 
small part not only of what pertains l o the con¬ 
duct of life but to the attainment of position 
and worthy influence. But Nature has 30 made 
men and women tlia,. 
their children. They should be taught to con¬ 
sider it as rude not to reply to a letter whioh 
needs attention. The busiest people are gen¬ 
erally those who are the most exact in this re¬ 
spect. 
The late Duke of Wellington, who, It will be 
admitted, had a good deal on his hands at dif¬ 
ferent times of his lifo, replied to every lotter, 
no matter from how humble a source. 
Once a clergyman, who lived In a distant part 
of the kingdom, wrote to his grace, on whom 
neither henor his parish had a claim, tobegfor 
a subscription to build a church. By return 
mail entno back a letter from the Duke, to the 
slons—where there Is an heroic disregard of 
danger—a cool and firm presence of mind in 
.difficulties and embarrassments—disinterested 
virtues—expanded benevolence— a strong sense 
of every generous feeling—a principal of virtue 
superior to the opinions of weak and corrupt 
men and totho vile and Inordinate propensities 
of our low and debased nature —then we dis¬ 
cover all the virtues and qualities that form the 
utmost sublimity of human character. 
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METHOD IN WORK. 
Do instantly whatever is to be done; take the 
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brief and uncertain, the character of the book 
so remote from the over-varying activities of 
the hour, that the eye searches for the picture 
of passing events, or the light, spicy article of 
the lively periodical, rat her than the solid mat¬ 
ter of the book. Go into any family and you 
will see that from the old grandmother who still 
reads with her spectacles, to the little boy or 
girl that can spell out the words In easy rend¬ 
ing, It is the paper pr magazine that is first 
wanted and first read. Look in the cars, the 
parlor, or any other place, and you will discover 
the same fact the paper or periodical first, the 
book next. What, then, should the press do 
but supply tills great and growing want; what 
-diould tha rlonds of 
they care also to'seem— 
to seem pleasant and 
desirable in cacn 
other’s eyes. Who shall 
say that this, too, is not 
a powerful motive to 
excellence? Let us net 
scorn it, but use it. No 
father but rejoices 
when his son turns from 
the athletic but some¬ 
what rude sports of his 
male mates, and begins 
to seek and enjoy the 
gentler gayetles of fe¬ 
male society! No moth¬ 
er but Is pleased to see 
her bairns respected. 
In each sox the desire 
to please, whether Its 
own or the other, la In¬ 
stinctive and blarno- 
less. Yet so delicate i - 
It that It can hardly lie 
touched without dan¬ 
ger. It can hardly ho 
guided except indirect¬ 
ly. To say to girls—as 
as I have sometimes 
heard it oald men like 
this, men dislike that, 
therefore be thus and 
so, is coarse and cruel 
and servile. Yet can 
the honorable, the 
high - minded mother, 
teacher, friend, with 
dignity and sweetness 
guide her girl to a wo¬ 
manhood reserved, 
commanding, reason¬ 
able, however piquant, 
merry and arch; guide 
her for a fitness for com¬ 
panionship with the 
wisest and greatest of 
men, as well as a solace 
to the weak and erring; 
guide her Into attract¬ 
iveness and grace and 
ornament, which are to 
be attained only by vir¬ 
tue of unconsciousness, 
uprightness and un¬ 
hampered individuali¬ 
ty. One Is troubled to 
see beauty wasted as 
well as wealth, or time, 
or mind, or any other 
gift of God. A lovely 
little maiden making 
herself lovelier before 
the glass to greet and 
gladden the eyes of all 
beholders, is not a sor¬ 
ry sight, if beneath the 
visible loveliness lie a 
tender heart, a mind 
under good control, a 
strong and active will. 
But to see a silly little 
girl rely on her colors 
and contours, and ne¬ 
glect mental culture, 
social grace, one might, 
almost aay Christian 
courtesey, this, Indeed, 
la melancholy. Her sel¬ 
fish little mind lords it 
already over cheap, su¬ 
perficial beauties* and 
will soon leave nothing 
behind but a dreary 
waste. Her little vic¬ 
tories are temporary, 
her little failures last- 
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the young and old do 
but encourage such pa¬ 
pers and periodicals as 
are fitted to promote 
right prlnulplos and vir¬ 
tuous and useful prac¬ 
tices ? 
PAINLESS DEATH. 
Chief Justice Chase 
was fortunato In death 
as he had been In lifo. 
The Immediate cause 
of his death was a rup¬ 
ture of tho cerebral ar¬ 
tery, whence followed 
a rush of blood to the 
brain ; and as tho rup¬ 
ture took place when 
he was asleep, he never 
knew pain, passing 
calmly away. Mere dy¬ 
ing, it Is |, reliable, never 
is painful, but the cir¬ 
cumstances that attend 
death sometimes are 
very painful; yet men 
suffer as much In sick¬ 
ness from which they 
recover ns they do in 
those that terminate 
fatally. A strictly natu¬ 
ral death would make 
no more impression on 
a man than was made 
on him by his birth. 
Nature In not such a 
blunderer as to mako 
the inevitable a source 
of pain that Can do no 
good. What. Is dis¬ 
agreeable in dying is 
the result, of I,lie viola¬ 
tion of Nature's lawn. 
To dlo Is simply to 
sleep, death being the 
rounding of life, as 
Shakspeare says. To 
the properly constitut¬ 
ed mind death la no 
iiiore horrible than Is 
sieep ; hut the properly 
constituted mind lias 
not yet been found. 
Even those who die 
calmly or gladly do so 
ho nan 88 they have 
found life a Gordian 
knot, whioh can bo cut. 
only by the dart of 
Death, and not because 
they h; ve philosophic 
•ally convinced thcni- 
telves that it is a matter 
of no moment. Be a 
.nan the most con- 
irmed of believers, or 
he most confirmed of 
unbelievers, he must 
have some doubt—and 
win re there is doubt., 
>o it ever so small, there 
oust be fear. So that 
hen one departs in his 
eep lie avoids the last, 
■rploxity, that which 
aits on the deat h-bed 
f the philosopher— 
liich was felt by Adam 
id which will be felt 
y the last- of Adam's 
ascendants. Human 
egotism has not yet 
Ing. She can never be 
a power. She can scarce¬ 
ly help being a drag. Her companions must be 
among the commonplace, not to say the vul¬ 
gar, for she has nothing In common with tho 
lofty and grand. She can assimilate nothing 
beyond the material. There Is danger that she 
will soon b8 unable to raise above the mean. 
While there is yet time, let her loam that in 
both sexes, in all ages and all worlds, to be 
weak is miserable, and though pretty men and 
pretty women may well enough consort, large 
souls love largely .—Gall Hamilton. 
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ANSWERING LETTERS. 
A cheat many people are shamefully negli¬ 
gent about answering letters. Nothing is more 
annoying. In European countries it is regard¬ 
ed as the hight of ill-breeding to allow a letter 
which needs reply to go unanswered; and so It 
ought to be considered here. This is a point 
on whioh parents should lay great stress to 
world he should have been applied to for such 
an object; but the parson sold tho letter as an 
autograph for £5, and put tho Duke down for 
that amount among the subscribers.— Exchange. 
SUBLIMITY. 
Whatever ennobles the human character 
and Indicates superior energy of intellectual 
or moral qualifies, is what wo call mental or 
moral sublimity. The sublime of human char¬ 
acter produces love of admiration by a display 
of all the noble qualities of our nature; and 
there is considerable sublimity In gifts of the 
imagination and the understanding, like those 
possessed by such poets as Milton, by such 
philosophers as Newton, by such heroes as 
Napoleon. Bui when there is a constant exer¬ 
tion of mental vigor—an invariable display of 
elevation of mind—an habitual heroism evinced 
even amid the storms and agitations of the pas- 
and never before it. When a regiment is under 
march, the rear is often thrown Into Confusion 
because the front do not, move steadily and 
without interruption. It is thc-same thing with 
business. If that which is first in hand is not 
instantly, steadily and regularly dispatched, 
other things accumulate behind till affairs be¬ 
gin to press all at once and no human brain can 
stand the confusion. Pray mind this; It, Is one 
of your weak points; a habit of mind it is that 
is very apt to beset, men of intellect and talent, 
especially when their time Is not filled up regu¬ 
larly but is left to their own management. But 
it is like the ivy round tho oak, and ends by 
limiting If it does not. destroy the power of 
manly and necessary exertion.— Sir Walter Scott. 
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PAPERS BEFORE BOOKS. 
Papers before books is the rule, now-a-days, 
with most readers. The time for reading is so 
n which d t!;l ^ti can bo a 
matter of absolute indifference, and probably 
it will never reach it. 
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WHAT THE LEAF DOES. 
It pumps water from the ground, through 
the thousands of tubes in the stem of the tree, 
and sends it Into the atmosphere In the form 
of unseen mist, to bo condensed and fall in 
showers; the very water that, were it not for 
| the loaf, would sink into the earth and find its 
| way, perchance, through subterranean chan¬ 
nels, to I he sea . And thus it is that we see that 
it works to give us the “ early :tnd latter rain." 
It works to send tho rills and streams, like lines 
of silver, down t ie mountains and across the 
plain. It works to pour down the large brooks 
which turn the wheels that energize the tna- 
hinery Welch gives employment to millions— 
commerce stimulated aud wealth accumulated, 
and intelligence disseminated through the 
agency of this wealth. The loaf does it all. 
