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' THE HAPPY HOME;
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Tlie Husband Triumph.
B Mrs. A. J. DCNIWAY,
AUTIIOK GF Jl'DITII BHD," "EIAEN TWVril,"
AMIE AND HlWnr l.'EE'ETC.XTt
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CHAPTER I.
A. quaint, rambling and unfinished
stone dwelling stood upon a sloping
eminence, overlooking a fertile valley
that was barricaded in places by rocks
of gray sandstone and brownish-gray
basalt? and iu others by lofty hills, bar-
ren'of trees, except at intervals, where
stunted pines dared to protrude their
feathery tips Into the empty air, only
to get their branches turned tho wrong
way by the prevailing summer gales
that had long ago laid bare the scaly
sides of the ambitious evergreens and
caused them to grow knotty and gnarled
and prematurely old.
The house stood at least a mile from
its nearest neighbor, the way to this
neighbor's being across a deep, rocky
gulch, through which a little river
llowed that sometimes took on great
proportions that would shut off egress
from the lonely home for weeks together.
Below the farm, and perhaps a mile
distant, over a steep declivity, which
could only be compassed by-a circuitous
route of more than two miles in length,
lay a quiet, tasteful border town, with
church spires pointing heavenward.
where numerous white, vine-embowered
cottages lay nestled among choice col
lections of fruit and floral beauty that
always, when she saw them, awakeued
feelings of sadness closely akin to envy
In the breast of Mrs. Armstrong, whoso
husband owned tho great stone barracks
where she lived, around which no ves
tige of shade was permitted to grow, no
flowering shrubs allowed to nestle.
Below the town, which had long borne
the honors and expenses of a regularly
incorporated city, and which, for our
purpose, shall bedesiguated Stonehenge,
because we do not at this writing re
member thnt any town with such a
name is marked upon American geogra
phies, ran a deep and rocky river, where
navigation was possible by sections
only, the different and unnavigable
rapids having long beeu overcome by
portages, over which a mule railroad
and great freight wagons transported the
exports and imports of the vast but
sparsely settled country to which tho
river was an outlet.
The homestead of the Armstrongs'
was sightly enough, the scenery around
it being sufficiently picturesque, and
the natural advantages more than neces
sary to make the place tho most attrac
tive resort iu the vicinity of Stonehenge.
Isaac Armstrong had pre-empted a
large tract of government land in an
early day, when there was no Congres
sional or other limit to such a purchase
except the Pacific ocean, and no boun
dary to the purchaser's greed except the
length of his purse.
He had married Sally, his present
wife, when on a visit among his rela
tives In tho East, whither he had re
paired for consolation shortly after the
death of Mrs. Armstrong the first.
That memorable visit had marked an
era in his history, for it had made a
great man of him during its continuance, j
ire had plenty of money as who from
the far west had not and he spent it
Javlslilyi in ways that would have
astonished Mrs. Armstrong numberone,
could she have witnessed such reckless
scattering of her careful hoardings.
As Isaac Armstrong was the father of
a dozen children, eight being girls, the
relatives of Mrs. Armstrong number
one, were of opinion that it was not at
all necessary for him to look upon any
other woman with a view to matrimony,
but as is usual in such cases, Isaac Arm
: 'strong thought otherwise ; and so did
Sally Jones, a youngand spoiled daugh
ter of a widowed mother, who would
have made a far more suitable com
panion for the sturdy farmer and stock
man, had he but realized tho fact.
But Isaac Armstrong, like any other
widower in love, had neither sense nor
caution. His dozen children were far
away in their Pacific home ; he was in
t . 4 1
goou condition anu owned a square
league of land and the cattle upon a
thousand hills; and it was not to be ex
pected but be would marry, and marry
well In the bargain.
So, when pretty Sally Jones became
the second Mrs. Isaac Armstrong.nobody
was astonished, though some uncharita
ble croakers didsay with dubious shakes
of the head, that there "was something
unnatural in such a union," and then,
"nobody knew what sort of a mess of
young Armstrongs she'd have to deal
with when she'd get among them ; and
she!d,surely rue the day when she gave
up her freedom for the doubtful advan
tages that seemed to accompany the un
equal match."
But the nine days' gossip came to an
end after the wedding. The visits came
to an end also, and, after a long and la
borious journey, to the like of which tho
'liriUe had hitherto been wholly unaccus
tomed, tho bleak stone house was
reached and tho young mistress domi
ciled therein, at a time just five years
prior to the evening upon which our
storyfopens. i - j -
Mrs. Armstrong number two was now
a faded, nervous, sickly, anxious worn
an, and instead of being mistress as she
expected, was most imperiously ruled
by the three eldest daughters of Mrs.
Armstrong number one.
"Mattie, won't you go and see what
ails little Fred?" queried the step
mother, as she sat upon a rude bench in
tho corner, trying to hush the wallings
of a teething infant. The poor child is
badly hurt, I know. Do run won't
you?"
"""Vo" exclaimed Mattie, giving her
shapely head a defiant toss. "Let
everybody take care of theirourn young
ones !"
"If J had acted upon that principle, I
know a family of a dozen that would
have been left in rather a bad condition.
But do go and' see about the child !"
"Plague take a step-mother and her
young ones, tool" said the gracious
youngfady. "I'm looking forMr. Hard
ing every moment! Big as this barn of
a bouse is, there isn't a furnished room
in it I The young ones are squalling like
mad; father and the boys will soon be
in to supper; mother's laid upas usual,
or pretends to be, and there's no com
fort to be found anywhere. I mean to
get married the very first chance I get,
and then, good-bye to Stonehenge farm
and all that pertains to it."
Little Fred's screams grew louder, and
Mrs. Armstrong arose and dragged her
self across the great bare room, carry
ing tho baby on her arm. Sho found
the child with his fingers fast between
the hinges of a heavy oaken door.
The frantic mother, in her first effort
to liberate the unfortunate fingers, ac
cidentally moved the door in a way to
tighteu its bold. "Take the baby, Mat-
lie, do!" she pleaded.
Thus appealed to tho young lady
grumuitngiy obeyed, giving tne cmid a
vicious shake.
The mother with difficulty rescued
Fred's little fingers, upon which
great- blood blisters were drawn, and
being too weak to lift him, dragged the
child across the room and took him, all
quivering with pain, upon her lap.
A bevy of hounds outside set up a vig
orous barking.
'Somebody's got to tako this brat I"
exclaimed Miss Mattie, savagely. "Mr.
Harding's coming, I know, and I
wouldn't have him see me holding tho
young oneor it "
"Give her to me," said Mrs. Arm
strong, making room upon ono knee for
the baby, as she held the sobbing Fred
upon the other. "You'll be more for
tunate than your father's wife ever was,
if you're never compelled to let a man
see you in such business."
Mattie Armstrong, despite the un-
promlsingcircumstauces connected with
her introduction to the reader, did not
mean to be a willful or unobliging girl
She had been brought up in an atmos
pbere of discontent, and especially since
Mrs. Armstrong number two had come
into the family, she had heard so
many repiuiugs over homo surround
ings that sho had grown up to woman
hood, soured against everything con
nected with the great comfortless and
clumsy abode, with which her father
was perfectly satisfied, and who, there
fore, could see no necessity for spending
time or money to make it comfortable
for Its regular inmates.
"It was good enough for mother as it
was, and it's good enough for you as it
is," he would say in response to sugges
tions as to modern furnituro or shade
trees, flowers or any other evidences of
luxury to which his wife or daughters
would call his attention.
Mattie had spent two years at board
ing-school ; years that bad added much
to her stock of company graces, but had
In no wise sweetened her disposition as
regarded home-life, as the reader has
seen, bue was, nowever, a gin oi strong
native sense, and was really possessed of
a far crcateramountof culture than one
would think possible, judging from her
surroundings, andmakingall due allow
ance for her ordinary petulance.
The two younger sisters had been sent
away to school immediately after her
return to the farm, and the burdens that
fell upon her shoulders in such a family
and under such circumstances, were any
thing but mollifying to her natural iras
cibility. Mattie Armstrong was considered a
rarely beautiful girl among tho beaux of
Stonehenge and vicinity. She was
rather above the medium size, perfect
in form, and classic in features, with
largo liquid-blue eyes that could flash
or languish at their owner's pleasure,
and a wealth of auburn hair, guiltless of
wave or curl, worn in classic braids
wound around her broad forehead like a
massive coronet.
Amos Harding, the expected visitor,
alighted beside a high rail fence, threw
the reins over a stake, coaxed the dogs,
spoke, pleasantly to one of tho boys in
the yard and cautiously advanced
toward the front door. He was a pow
erfully built man, with heavy black
whiskers, coal-black hair, square frame
and erect carriage. Mattie had met him
a few weeks before ot a social party In
the JHUe city, end had invited him to
call at her father's house ; an invitation
which bo had accepted with alacrity,
and of which she bad repented as soon
as it was made, because she reflected
dismally upon tho discomforts of her
home as quick as she had time to think
at all.
It was in tho autumn,iand the even
ing was chilly. The family living-
room boasted a great fire-place and the done," was the sad and yet dignified re
kitchen a mammoth range, but there ply.
was no furnished room in the great "Let the littlo gals wash tho dishes.
houe for the reception of guests ; bo John can milk," said the father with a
there was no alternative but to ask the I touch of kindliness In his manner, for
stranger into the sitting-room and In- which Mattie was wholly unprepared.
traduce him to her faded step-mother "The 'little gals' fall to appreciate the
and the crying children. situation," retorted Margaret, a girl of
Mr. Harding tried to appear at ease, twelve, who answered usually to the
Cut made a very unsuccessful attempt cognomen of "Peg."
to do so. Indeed, the fact that Mattle's A look from the father silenced further
visitors were never welcome, seemed audlblo objections, and John took down
to have engrafted itself upon the very tho pails, banging them together furl
atmosphere, ously as he strode through the lawd.
"Mat!" called a great boy from tho and administering kicks at raudom upon
kitchen, as ho opened the door Just wide dogs and children alike.
enough to admit his nose and mouth, "Ipity the cows to-night," said Mattie,
"father's coming and will want his sup- mentally, as she sought her room to ar-
pcr ! Come right out here now, and go ray herself for tho walk.
to work !" Tho room in question was, like all the
"Excuso me," said Mattie, looking rest of the house, large, bare and corn-
troubled. "Mother, I am compelled to fortless. A home-made bedstead with a
trespass a little upon your hospitality scanty patch-work guilt; a little mirror
this evening. Will you be kind enough that Eave your features an oblong twist;
to entertain Mr. nanling till I return a row of nails along tho wall upon
from the kitchen ?" which were arrayed a number of cheap
"You're such a gracious girl and sol but rather pretty dresses; nbrokenchair
kind to little Fred, that I feel under and a wooden chest comprised the furnl-
great obligation to entertain your com-1 ture.
pany," was the curt reply. I Mattie Armstrong bathed horfaceand
"It's of no consequence, I assure you, bauds to reduce their ruddy hue, and
MissArmstrong,"saldMr.Hardlng,bow- taking down her long luxuriant hair,
ingand turning very red in the face, while allowed it to float over her shoulders in
Mattie retreated to the kitchen with a graceful abandon that was bewitch-
flashlngeycs and indignant heart-throbs,
muttering vengeance upon her step
mother, and rustling around among
dishes and kettles in a manner highly
suggestive of prospective accidents to
crockery and food,
"Get out from under my feet, a dozen
or twenty of you 1" she exclaimed, as
the younger boys of the first family of
Armstrongs stood over the range, en
gaged iu popping corn.
"Mat's on her high horse to-night,
because she's got a beau I" exclaimed
John, a lad of sixteen, as ho applied the
crash towel that hungon a roller behind
the door to bis bronzed face and hands,
leaving the marks of his substantial rub
bings upon tho rough surfaco of the
towel in a broad, dirty, half-wet patch,
which was left to dry slowly for the
agreeable use of tho next applicant.
lugly becoming. She next arrayed her
self in a dress of light blue delaine, very
cheap, but very pretty in its trimmings
of black velvet, and which fitted closely
around ner suapely tliroat, wnero a
simple linen collar was fastened by a jet
pin of primitive pattern aud nominal
cost.
Black kid gloves, n sailor hat aud
fleecy shawl, striped iu blue aud black,
completed a costume of which many
a well-bred city bullo might bo justly
proud.
"I am ready," she said, accosting Amos
Harding, as he stood in the door-way
looking out upon the moon.
"Excuso me," and he bowed aud
smiled. "I was just tbiiikiug well, no
matter what I thought. It was not
about my own business," and the gentle
man stepped with her upon the bare,
Mattie took no notice of the young-1 hard ground
ster's taunt. .Indeed, she knew him "lam very curious to know of what
well enough to be aware that tho only you were thinking, sir. Perhaps, if it
way to exhaust his ill-natured and yet
pluyful resources in that line was by re
fusing to supply him with fuel upon
which to feed them.
Supper was prepared iu a reckless
hurry.
To Mattle's dismay, tho step-mother,
wuouau until lately accepted ner lot in
all meekness, but had suddenly turned,
at last, like a persecuted worm, to
was not your business It was mine.
Common Sense Hints.
Not a few of the physical ills to which
flesh is heir is tho result of nothing to
do, or, at least, are made worse thereby. I
It matters little what pahi we have, if
wo are not conscious oi it, ir sucn an ex
pression may bo allowed. With bodies
as full of sensations as arc those of most
us, there Is plenty to give us uneasiness I
If we set down to turns oi tnem. Those
who have little or no work to busy
themselves about, havo full time to note
each ache and pain, aud to cultivate it,
no matter how young and tender, to a
fair-grown one. There are hosts of peo
ple who would feel very badly if they
only had time to think how they feel, j
As it Is, they don't know that they navo
a beadacuo or baekacue or any otner
kind ot ache till they stop work. And
often it Is the case that the ache becomes
indignaut at waiting so long for recog
nition, and leaves before it is recognized
at al. It is a good think to slight these
Unwelcome visitors, and it can be done
with the best grace when one is busy.
If tlieso Ills are courted and petted, they
come to stay, aud filially come to be
constant and uncomfortable compan
ions. "No small share of the sickness of
a very large class of people would be
avoided altogether if they had some oc
cupation demanding attention aud ef
fort. Besides having time to think
about their symptoms, aud thus mak
ing them worso by the peculiar influ
ence of the mind over the body, they
also have time to begin doctoring, which
often is the worst thing that can be
done.
It is a serious question whether more
diseases arc not created or aggravated
by the doses of medicine that people
pour down their throats than arc cured
or alleviated thereby. Physicians are
most useful members of society. They
would bo more useful if they had the
courage to brave the displeasure of their
patients by telling them they do not
need medicines when such is the case.
Medicines, too, are useful at proper
times aud in proper places. The best
place for half that which neoulo take.
however, is In the slop-bucket or out of
the window, lucmanwno is too busy
to tako medicluo is often a-great gainer
thereby, especially if he will exerciso a
little common sense and denial in refer
ence to his diet and his habits gener
ally. Occupation is the best doctor for
people with little to do.
How it may have been with Adam we
do not pretend to say; neither will we
theorize upon how it might have been
with his descendants, if he and his wife
bad not tasted forbidden fruit; but as it
Is, work saves tho sous and daughters of
this ancient pair rrom many ills tney
otherwise would suffer, and, while some
are overworked and worked to death,
there are not a few who would be hap
pier, more healthy, and live longer, if
thev had more to do. Charles Lamb
Will you not gratify me ? and the girl nco "W. hf. tMaB a ,mB J"
it, , . ti ... . have to do is nothing. And next to
looked up into his eyes with an earnest, u,,fi KOO(1 work9 perhaps." But after
Inquiring clanen that wn norfootly be
witching to the senses of an imaginative
man.
'I was thinking, then," drawing her
gloved hand within his arm with a
slightly nervous pressure, "that in a
placo where nature has done so much
Irving it a vcar or two, lie chanced his
tune and wrote, "Overwork Is better
than no work."
Then and Now.
John B. Gough, in a recent lecture,
said: "Fifty years ago we burned the
same materials for lightas they did 5,000
years ago. The lamps and torches that
illuminated Belshazzar's feast wero as
brilliant and were probably of the same
materials as those of the earlier recep
tions of Washington. The samo might
be said of locomotion. Nimrod and
Noah travpled at about the samo rate of
speed as our fathers. He remembered
traveling from Albany to TTtica, and
making three miles an hour clear
through. Now in 27 hours we could
pass through tho States of Maine, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, New York,
Delaware, Maryland, District of Colum
bia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, aud 100
miles into Virginia.
"In olden times they lived forlovoand
for a plain, simple home, with all its
happiness nnd comforts. In the then
marriago relation, with Its hallowed in
fluence, was the oflspringof love; iu the
now it was made a matter of barter aud
sale, and the family was metamorphosed
Into a wretched struggle for fashionable
display. One man married to increase
lus respectability, one to please ins
friends, another brought home i wife to
spite his relatives, and another married
to procure service wituoui oemg oougeu
to pay for it. One girl married because
she did not like to work, and wanted to
be supported In doing nothing hut fancy
work, with ample time to go out. He
sometimes saw these butterflies in the
street, with abundance of fiuery, cheap
jewelry, head gear; and speaking of fe
male neau gear, no mignt say mat no
one could break the second command
ment in worshiping it, because it was
unlike anything iu the heavens above
or tho earth beneath.
"Ho knew it was the fashion to make
old maids and old bachelors subjects of
ridicule, but wouldn't it be better to be
laughed at because you are not married,
thau never to laugh at all, because you
are married ? If a girl was meek iu her
manner; if she was modest in the pres
ence of gentlemen, or if she was kind to
animals, she was cut out for an old
maid. Neatucss, modesty, thrift, order.
aud Humanity seem to nemo never-iati-iug
characteristics of that terrible crea
ture, the old maid. But, be it asked,
weru not some of tho wonieu whose ex
istence was a blessing to tho world, of
this class? Take, for Instance, ! Iorence
Nightingale. Miss Curpenter, Clara Bar
ton, Miss Dix, and hosts of others. We
were Christians, aud vet we worshiped
the meanest of all Gods we bowed the
knee to mammon. The purse-bearing
scoundrel was often honored, but the
moneyless scoundrel was always de
spised. ,Iu some of our cities it was
scarcely possible to convict a man of
crime. He did not believe in hanging
men, but asked did they ever hear of a
poorrnan having three trials for mur
der? (Applausoj. The questiou was
one of right or wrong, of guilt or inno
cence, but not ono of .wealth or poverty."
wreak whatever of annoyance sho might and art so little, there is a fair oppor
upon those who had long oppressed her, tunlty for the excrsise of somebody's
Invited Mr. Hording out to supper with- skill in making the surroundings beautl-
out giving any sort of previous warning ful
to Mattie. "I'm truly glad to find somebody that
The table-cloth was askew and dirty, I coincides In my opinion," aud Mattie
the victuals half cooked and served in a unconsciously gavo utterance toadreary
disorderly manner; tho children were sigh. "My poor mother died for the
ravenous and clamorous; Isaac Arm-1 wantofbeautifulsurroundings actually
strong, the head of tho family, was! starved to death for tho need of them,
moroso and sullen ; Mattio was humili-1 and the rest of us arc all following iu her
atcd, and tho supper was a failure. I footsteps."
'Not a very inviting prospect," solilo- Amos Harding fancied that the bloom
qulzcd the visitor. "I sco but little Ing blonde at his side was in far too good
promise of happiness in seeking out condition to be starving seriously, but
materials to build a homo from such a I he bit his lips and held his peace
mass of crooked timber as I find here.
But Miss Armstrong fa superbly beauti
ful. She'd make a perfect queen of
home, if sho were only properly re
strained and cultivated. But the query
is, who'll dare to undertake the job?
To bring order out of such a chaos of
confusion as this family affords, would
bd missionary work for a regiment of
men with more of the heavenly graces
than I possess."
It was well for Mattie Armstrong's
An Old Adage.
"Never cry for npilt milk," is an adage
encrable for Its age, and full of wisdom
as applicable to a great many things.
Your favorite dug has suddenly disap
peared; your most valuable horse has
fallen lame ; the frost has nipped your
corn and killed your early beans; the
midge lias ruined your wheat, and your
rye doesn't nil well; your new cow, mat
cost SIIK), lias KicKeu
as It was tilled
dou'tcry forspllt
Mrs. Van Oott's Misfortune.
' Mrs. M.Yan Cott, tho great revivalist,
who has done so much for the Church,
lately applied to the Methodist Bishop,
of San Francisco, for ordination. '
Says Mrs. Van Cott: "Durinpthe last
year, through my labors, I have brought
one thousand seven hundred and'thlrty
five persons into tho Church. Have I
not shown my capacity to fill the posi
tion?" "Certainly," says the Bishop, "you
have."
Says Mrs. "Vau Cott: "In order to ac
complish these conversions, I - have
traveled, in ono year, 7,203 miles. Have
I not shown my capacity to bear fatigue
and exposure, and to renounce temporal
comforts, iu laboring for the faith ?"
"Yes," gays the Bishop, "you have."
Says Mrs. Van cott: "in tue prosecu
tion of my ministerial work, J have
written, in one rear. 050 letters; aud I
have attended S28 religious meetings;
and IJiave preached 399 sermons. Could
more be asked wnatmanoi you an
has done more than this ?"
"None," says the Bishop. ".None."
Siva Mrs. Van Cott: "I have spent
1,776 hours in religious meetings during
ono year. Has any minister in the land
exhibited a greater zeal, and a more de
voted steadfastness in the faith?"
"None," says the Bishop. ".None.
You have traveled, and written, and
prayed, and preached; aud 1,735 persons,
received, through your miuistratious,
Into the Church, bear living and joyful
testimony to vour nower in converting
sinners to Christ, and saving souls from
damnation; but but but but you
are a "
The Bishop paused.
"Sneak! snaak!" said Mrs. 'Van Cott.
"Say what 1 am, that should keep me
from doing tho work of my God and
Saviour!"
Said tho Bishop: "You you sirs.
Van Cott, aro a you are "
"Oh,go on," said Mrs. Van Cott:: "Do
not liesitato to teH.me what is theyterri
ble tiling vou would name. Go on.
What terrible crime have I committed,
that should disqualify me for Christ's
work? Speak namt: it aud I will
withdraw my supplication."
Said the Bishop: "I will uotronlaiu
you. You are a "
"What am 1?" said Mrs. Vau Cott.
"Out with it. Speak like a man. Name
my crime!" .
'"Ohl" said the Bishop, "It's no
crime no crime, I suppose, Mrsr an
Cott, but ouly a terrible misfortune."
"Oh! uatne my misfortune, then,"
said Mrs. Van Cott. "If it is one .that
debars mo from ordination to do the
work of my Heavenly Master, then, in
deed, is it a ternble misfortune; but I
will bear it. Name it, and through
Christ's help, I will boar it."
"I will not ordain you," said the
Bishop. "You are you are God 'give
me strength to speak it! You are1 a
WOMAN !" Sanla Barbara Index.
deked over the pail just i arc ,s
with warm, rich milk ; 1 We-Jk
It milk what's the use?
Stkono Men. Strength of character
consists of two tilings; power of will
and power of self-restraint. It requires
two tilings, therefore, for its existence ;
strong feelings and a strong command
over them. Now, wo all very often
mistake strong feelings for strong char
acter. A man who bears all before him,
before whoso wild burst of fury the
children of the household quake, because
he has his own way In all things, we
call him a strong man. The truth is,
he is a weak man; it is his passions that
arc strong; he, mastered by tnem, is
I'nn must measure tile strenclh of a
- , i n..t.
It Is necessary to your happiness to bear uy c po-ro. u--'S"--
Vi IIVK Y - . - - '
Living in a Light-Hon3e.
(To be ronj lulled.
Some Noted Ladies in the Government Ser
vice.
"Fay" writes from Washlugton to the
Louisville Courier-Journal
There are constant accessions to the
list of distinguished ladies who arc per
forming clerical duty iu this city. Ono
of the most accomplished among them
is the daughter of .Major Andrew Jack-
sou Donaldson. This lady was born in
tue While House, receiving a most ac-
temper mat suo uiu not uuuerstanu ner comnlished education, and married a
visitor's soliloquy. She would have gentleman every way her equal. Her
been very ungracious with him if she oand wasatouetlmetv Lulled blatts
. . J Senator, and shea oucen in society. Sho
had. i hna with linr in Wnslilnirtnn n. vnnntr
The children-boys and girls alike dnuehter. 10 vears of atrc. who promises
were excessively ruuo anu noisy. to be a great beauty, tier motuer is
Isaac Armstrong, who had been ab- striving to give her every advantago in
i, to .f r,.,i..,.o oii,r ner cuueauon. Aiioiuercuarmiug lauy
scut, -a tt w ......., . . r...Tn, ct...., formoriv
negotiating bargains in blooded stock, on Beauregard's stall. She Is now in
had come home very unexpectedly, and the Patent Ofllce, engaged upon tlraw
tho vounirest bov of family number one ing?. Her life has been full of ad ven-
t. . ..t.t.t i.t i.i tures as well as trials. She traveled
was compel eu ! " wilh ner husband through Europe and
which he did after much grumbliug, gouth America. Her husband and two
takincr his plate to the Kitchen floor, (children died at Galveston with yellow
t?lmA l,o mvpll iii onvv and molasses, fever. Out of six children sho has but
r j two II vine: : a daughter, who is married
until 1110 Iioor, uis ace auu Ju eie . , uin rulHmnrn. nml hnv' ton
alike besmeared with oily sweetness. vcor8 oW wi1C) s nt school in Virginia.
The head of tho family grunted obel- Sho Is struggling bravely, aud retains
cr. o M- mn lmr pluekod to Mini lier commauuini; uiiiieajii 'to uuu line
t . ... ...... , a t.j-t.l - .1 I Conversational l usiuin, a nun us ton
uaoy, piueurrcu suugeia.s.uneu-uus gldcrabIe enthu-siasm and vivacity of
oecause it veutureu upon terms oi too mauner. Sho is a welcome guest at all
great familiarity from uudcr tho table, the best houses in this city, aud does
asked about the brlndle cow that was much to overturn the Northern Idea that
nt ...i. ,.,.r. i..tt..i Southern women won't work and are
...uB cu ueiuHsuuiuo oeueu t.o . - , , . . nU,.u nIld ieaaalivenps.
that had recently had twin lambs, but mm ladies aro at last admitted to the
ho took no moro notice of Mrs. Afin- sacred preclnctsof the StateDepartment
Hiron? niimnpr livn Ihnn ifblio hnH haon innil IUU JVIUJI iiuj -v- "vw iio
.? ' t ib-m nro but five In tlio latteroffice.
BUUUWHiaiOD. f " mm Til.ll.lnn. o.w
-rvt.T,.!.. - . two oi wiium -"""-i
JJ,,utu" "luwuuuK wua wcu i GMtntniv rw.onstrucieu,
1 r. ,. ..... . .. I
urutieu, mr ue uiu not appear to notice
the slight. Indeed, she was like the There is muoh good sensa and truth in
Irishman's famous horse, getting used to the remark of a modern author, that no
privation, and dying daily under tho man ever prospereu in uiuwunu uu
j!..tit... out Hip eo-oneration of his wife. Ifshi
uisuiiuut;. , oniinavors. or rewards
"Would you not like to take a walk, i.tn i.ir viti, an endearing smile,
Miss Armstrong ?" queried her visitor, with what ronOdeuco will bo resort to
when the unsocial meal was finished. Ids merchandise, or his farm ; flyover
"The moonlight is beautiful, and I have L.'J K .?"IJf,!SSUw.M
a great desire to view the river and j10 is ot spendiug his strength in vain,
vauey irom jonuer riuge uy xunari but ttiat Uls lauor win " ibiuki uj
light." theswectsof home! bomuue anu uisap-
it . ... . . . . .1 minrmonr niupr luc .ftiobw. .1 v. . .j
suouiu ueany love to go, sir, nut V,'. - j i.ff r,mirtt
dishes are to wash and the cows to for his vovnee who finds but an associate
miiK. 11 win dc late peioro my worn is tor nis nappy Hours.
tho
with philosophic unconcern the una-!
voiuauie anu almost inuumerauie nine
ills which beset every human pathway.
Tho wisdom of the maxim which we
have quoted, however, is incomplete un
less it be coupled with another, not i
usually laid down in connection witli it,
which is this : Don't sjrill your milk. If
tho milk be spilled through your fault,
and you apply the maxim not to cry for
spilt milk, you simply substitute culpa
ble negligence with a foolish indifler
ence. j
When any evil or unhappiness befalls
you, look calmly at the causes and occa
sion of it, and see Whether moro caution
on your part might not have avoided
thein ; aud if you find they might, then
be more careful to shun tho producing
causes in tho future.
It is not worth while to waste the pro-1
clous moments of this short life in idle
regrets. On the other baud, It is not
well to go on repeating the follies from
which one has already suffered, or re
newing indiscretions which are sure to
bring renewed penalties.
Physicat. Deoenehaoy of Woman.
On this subject, Mrs. Burleigh very per
tinently remarks: "To that class of per
sons who are fond of drawing compari
sons between women of the present and
thoso of the past, I would suggest the
habitual overwork of our mothers and
grandmothers, as one capital cause of
i the difference. Judowcd wuti rooust
constitutions, trained in the school of
hard work, they seemed to havo fancied
their strength inexhaustible, and in the
manifold labors imposed by the house
keeping of fifty years ago, to have
thought littlo of the physical endow
ment of their children. How they
tolled, early and late, those strong
armed women, spinning, weaving, cook
ing, washing, making butter and cheese,
filling tho house, from cellar to attic,
with the evidences of their handiwork.
Neither of mr daughters can do one-
third the work that I could do at their
ages,' said an elderly woman to me this
summer. She finished the sentence
with a severe fit of coughing, and sank
back exhausted in the invalid chair to
which site has been confined for fifteen
years. 'Had you done less they prob
ably would Have been able to do more,'
was my mental comment. From an
overworked mother they inherited im
poverished physical conditions, and the
mother, never suspecting the cause,
wonders at the degeneracy of her daugh
ters." There Is an elasticity in the human
mind capablo of bearing much, but
which will not show itself until a cer
tain weight be put upon it; Its powers
may be compared to vehicles whoso
springs are so contrived that they get on
smoothly enough when loaded, but jolt
when they have nothing to bear.
A swell, wishing to make himself in
teresting, asked, "Maria," what do you
supposo I was a hundred years ago?"
"Just what you are now, nothing' at
all," was the prompt reply.
due him.
Light-houses are strange aud lonely
homes for men to live in. Some of
them are perched out on the ocean,, with
tlie land scarcely in sight, and the rest
less sea forever beating and moaning
around them. The keepers of these do
not sco other human faces than their
own in a quarter of a year. Night, and
day they are on the natch, gladdened
awhile by a sail that appears for a little
while and then floats out of sight, below
the horizon. They might be out of tho
world, for all they knew of its concerns,
its losses and gains, its battles and its
victories, the changes that each day
brings forth. There arc other ligbt-
i houses situated on the coast, but so re-
I mntn llinf flipv nro npvpr vielf oil unrl
And heuce, composure is of- others that are surrounded by tbecivili-
ton the highest result of strength. Did
we over see a man receive a flagrant in
iurv. and theu reply calmly? That
mau is niorany strong, urum e e
see a man in anguish stand as if carved
out of solid rock, mastering himself?
Or one bearing a hopeless daily trial re
main silent, aud never tell the world
what cankered his home peace? That
is strength. He who, with indignation
within him, can be provoked and yet
restrain himself and forgive, those are
strong men, the moral heroes.
The Wonders of a Fi.ea. When a
flea is made to appear as large as an ele
phant, wc can see an tue wouueriui
parts of its formation, and aro astonished
to And that it has a coat of armor
much more complete than warrior ever
wore, and composed of strong, polished
plates, fitted over each other, each plate
covered with a tortoise shell, and where
they meet liuudreds of strong quills pro
ject, like those on the back or tue porcu
pine and iiedgeiiog. lucre is tue arcneu
neck, the bright eye, the transparent
cases, the piercers, to puncture the skin,
a sucker to draw away tne uioou, six
long-jointed legs, four of which are
folded on the breast, all ready at any
moment to be thrown out with tremend
ous force for that jump which bothers
one when they want to catch him, and
at the end of each leg liooke l claws, to
enabled him to cling to whatever he
alights upon. A flea can jump a bund
drcd times its own length, which is the
same as if a man jumped six hundred
feet, aud he can draw a load two hund
red times his own weight.
The Law of Longevity. A writer
recently attempted to give the reason
why some men live longer than others
the law of longevity, In fact. Hegoes
into an elaborato argument and expla
nation. Ho treats of inheritance and
harmony of function respiration, diges
tion, circulation, assimilation anil secre
tionmental hygienes, and temporance
and regularity. It almost appears, be
fore we are turougu,tuai no man
die at all who starts with a good consti
tution and takes care of himself. The
orists may spcculato as much as they
choose, but they have most conflicting
data to reconcile. It seems as if people,
live to old age just for tho child's rea
son, "becauso they do." Somare tem
perate, audsomeuse liquor freely; many
lead an opeu-air life, and others pass
most of their time in store, or house, or
office. Vigorous exercises or confirmed
indolence: Graham bread and fruit, or
pork and beans and cabbage; tobacco, or
ine aouorrence oi a pipe; mental labor,
or mental vacuity all havo their centenarians.
Scientific men dispute as to the snecics
of grasshopper prevalent this year.
Some maintain that it is the red-legged
variety; others take .theiyellow-legged
side of the controversy. The, .color of
the hopper's leg does not seem to havo
any appreciable effect on his appetite.
zation of a fishing village, and on sum
mer days are crowded by fashiouable
people from the neighboring watering
places. But for the most part, except
in the approaches to flourishing ports,
they are built out on the furthest margin
of the land, on far-reaching capes and
peninsulas, ou iron-bound headlands, on
detached rocks aud saudy shoals. The
light-ships are still worse off, anchored
as they are in stormy waters, aud for
ever rolling, plunging, leaping in per
petual unrest, clipped of their wings,
while other vessels are passing and re
passing, shortening sail as they enter
port and spreading the canvas as they
start out anew.
The light-ships are manned by men
alone, but in the light-houses the keep
ers are allowed to have their wives; aud
children arc born unto them and,
brought up with the sea aud the sea
birds and tho distant ships for com
panions. Many a pretty story or poem
has been woven about children living
in this fashion. They learn the secrets
and wonders of the sea, aud feel glad
when It sings softly on the calm days and
sad when its bosom is ruffled and white
In the storms. Their little heads are
full of strange fancies about nature, and
I do not believe they could understand
or enjoy the life you and I lead at home.
Somehow I cannot think of them as real
children. They seem moro Iiko water
sprites that have their homesin the blue
depths among other delicate plants that
blossom there. But they have lessons
to learn - from school-books, and a great
many things to do in their father's
household. Their life, with all its ro
mances, Is not one of idleness, you may
bo sure From "Our Lighl-Jioutes and
Light-ihips," by W. II- Itideing. St.
JSlcItolasfor October. -. .
The AcsnuAN Poi-Aii Expedition.
According to accounts In the IateBon
don journals, tho Austrian North - Polo
expedition was frozen in at the north
point of Nova Zembla, in August, 1872,
and was driven iu a northwesterly direc
tion with tho tee. Thecrew wbrked'five
months In vain, during the summer of
1S73, to free the ship. In the autumnof
that year, "north of the 80th degree of
latitude, unknown laud was discovered,
whoso boundary line north and west
was not to be seen. A thin Una was ex
plored, in sledges, from tho 9th of March
to the 4th of May, 1874, up to the 83d
degree. In Iionor of the Emperor of
Austria, this was named Franz Joseph
Laud. There were no signs of animal
life- On the 2oth of May, 1S74, the crew
left the ship Tegethoff, in four sledges,
and after traveling ninety-six days,
reached Nova Zembhi, where they met
with some Russian seatucu abd.were
taken to Wardoe, in Norway, a'1."":
dergolng indescribable-suui..s
privations. ; jl
Jbhas been discoveredithat Uia'jblnted
fishing7rod wasvlnv,euieuM-v----caii't"
hide a long cane pole uuder Uls
can
coat Sundays,
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