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VOL. VI.
THE APPEAL.
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Measuring' the ISahy.
BY EMMA A LICK BROWSE.
We measured tlie riotous liuby
Against the cofton wall—
A lily grew at the threshold,"
And the boy was just as tall!
A royal tiger lily,
With spots of purple and gold.
And a heart like a jewelled chalice
The fragrant dew to hold.
Without, the bluebirds whistled
High up in the old roof-trees,
A#l to and fro at the window
The red rose rocked her bees ;
And the wee pink lists of the baby
Were never a moment still.
■Snatching at shine and shadow
That danced on the Jattico-sill!
%
Ilis eyes were wide as bluebells —
Ilis mouth like a flower unblown —
Two little bare feet, like funny .white mice,
l’eepcd out from his.snowy gown ;
And we* thought, with a thrill ot rapture
That yet had a touch of pain,
When June rolls around with her roses,
We’ll measure the boy again.
All me 1 In a darkened Chamber,
With the sunshine shut away,
Through tears that full like a bitter vain,
We mersnred the boy to-day ;
And the little bare feet, that were dimpled
And sweet as a budding rose,
Lay side by side together,
In the hush of a long repose!
T T p from the dliintv pillow,
White ns the risen dawn,
The fair little face lay smiling,
With the ligtit of heaven thereon—
And the deaf little hands, like rose-leaves,
Dropped from a rose, fay still,
Never to snatch at the sunshine
That crept ou the shrouded sill!
We measured the sleeping baby
With ribbons white as snow,
-For the shining rosewood casket
That waited him below ;
And out of the darkened chamber
We went with a childless moan—
'To tbe height of the sinless angels’
Our little one had grown!
She Wouldn’t Itlarry a
* mechanic.
A young man commenced visit
ing a young woman, and he appear
ed to be well pleased. One even
ting he calk'd when it. was quite
ilate, which led the young girl to iu
*qnire where lie had been.
“ I had to work to-night.” -
“ What! do you Work for a liv
ing? she inquired in astonishment.
“ Certainly replied • the young
man, I am a mechanic.”
“ I dislike the name of a mechan
ic,” and she turuod up her pretty
nose.
That was the last time the young
man visited that young woman. —
He is now a wealthy man, and has
■one of the best women in the coun
try for his wife.
The lady who disliked the name
of a mechanic is now the wife of a
miserable fool—a regular vagrant
about grog shops, and the soft, ver
dant, s'lly miserable girl is obliged
to take in washing in order to sup
port herself and children.
You dislike the name of a me
chanic, eh? You whose brothers
are but well dressed loafers. We
pity any girl who has so-little
brains, who is so soft, as to think
Jess of a young man for being a
mechanic™-one of God’s noblemen—
the most dignified and honorable
personage of heaven’s creatures.
Beware, young ladies, how you
treat young men who work for a
living, for you may one day be
menial to one of them yourself.
One dollar will pay for the Ar
rt'AL the balance of the year.
CUTHBERT H§ APPEAL.
For the Cuthbert Appeal.
A Tour Through Texas,
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Information for Emigrants.
DEWITT COUNTY,
“ County Seat, Clinton. Area, 898
square miles. The map will' show
that this is a western county on the
boautilul Guadalupe River. It is
about half prairie, and half timber,
affording fine* farms in nearly all
rparts, with timber for fencing, and
fuel, etc., and beautiful sites for
residences, often overlooking a large
expanse of rich bottom prairie on
one side with post-oak timber and
upland prairie for stock range on
the other. This has always been a
cotton county. Abouvthrce fourths
of a bale is the average crop to the
acre. The corn crop varies from
25 to 40 bushels per acre. Wheat
and other cereals do not do well,
though they are raised by some. —
Tobacco does well, and is grown
by many. There is no pine or oth
er good building timber in the
coUnty, but pine lumber is imported
from Florida and Eastern Texas.—
The large quantity of rock affords
a good building material. All that
is necessary for good living is raised
with trifling cost. -Sheep are here
found profitable, and do well. Ba
con is made in large quantities, and
ranks among the most important
products of the county. The De-
Witt County horses are considered
better than any imported. The rev
enue of the county is derived chief
ly from the sale of cotton, cattle,
horses, wool, pecans, and bacon,
probably not less than half a mill
ion annually m the aggregate.—
Chief markets arc Indianola and
Lavacca, the distance, being from
sixty to seventy-five miles. The
railroads from these parts will pass
through this county to San Auto*
nio. Many persons cultivate the
vino successfully, and tine wine is
made from the native grape with
out cultivation. Good lands are
worth from $5 to §ls per aero when
improved. A good hand cultivates
25 acres in corn and cotton. Prices
arc about as follows : torn 50 cts ;
potatoes 50 cts ; a good beef of 700
or 800 pounds, §ls, butter and ba
con 121 cents ; horses, from §SO to
§IOO each; oxen, 650 to 615 per
yoke , a cow and calf §10; sheep,
from §2 to 63 each, etc., Good com
mon schools and churches, arc con
venient to all. Water generally
good and plentiful.
DELTA COUNTY,
This county Ims been recently
formed’by the Twelfth Legislature
out of Hopkins, Hunt, and Fannin
counties; bounded on the north by
Fannin, on the east by Ilopkins, on
the west by Callin, and on the south
by Hunt counties. This oounty is
attached to the eighth judicial dis
trict, and for the purpose of of rep
resentation to the tenth, senatorial
district. When the county seat is
located, it is to be called Cooper.—
The description given of the coun
ties from which it is taken wijl ap
ply to it so far as the character of
the county is concerned.
ebatii county,
Count}' Seat, Stepliensville.—
Area, 1000 square miles. This
county is, about one half timber
and one half prairie. Stock-raising
is, at prevent, the principle business
of the inhabitants, though it has
much-good orable laud which pro
duces wheat, corn, and all other ce
reals abundantly; also potatoes,
vegetables, grapes, and other fruits.
This county has suffered much from
the Indiaus, and is still in groat
need of protection. The Bosque
River runs nearly through the cen.
tre of the couuty, and there are oth
er small streams and -many fine
springs. The county is broken and
hilly, and has abundance - of stone
for building, fencing, etc. It is
a good jpounty for sheep, as well as
stock generally. The immigration
and military posts have generally
given a ready market for all farm
products at remunerative prices. .
EL PASO COUNTY,
County {Seat, Franklin. Situated
this side of the Bio Grande, oppo
site El Paso. Area,, 9450 square
miles—about equal to ten ordinary
counties, the only portion of this
large county fit for cultivation is
the narrow valley of the Rio Grande,
averaging a mile or two wide, and
extending down below Franklin
about one hundred miles, a little be
low Fort Quitman. All this Val
ley is capable of irrigation, and
with irrigation produces nearly one
hundred bushels of corn per acre,
and other products in proportion.
Smiths Ranch, fifty miles below
Franklin, is the only other settle
ment in the lower part of the val_
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1872.
ley. In the upper part are the vil
lages of Franklin, Concordia, Islet
fa, Sacouro, and San Elizario. Is
letta is occupied by the Pueblo In
dians, and the other villages by
Mexicans, except Franklin, where
Americans, are the chief settlers. —
There are some few other Ameri
cans scattered along the river en
gaged in trading and small farming.
This region is remarkable for its
pure air and salubrity. It lias
proved .a caro for many p.ersous af
flicted with pulmonary complaints.
The only good water is the Rib
Grande. The soil of the valley is a
rich loam easy of cultivation. Rains
are of rare occurrence in the sum
mer and hence farming is only done
by irrigation.
The wild grape grows very lux
uriant, peaches, pears, apricots, etc.,
are the principle fruits. Fences are
made of brush, and adobes, or sun
dried brick are the principle build
ing material. Fort Bliss is about
eighty-fivo miles below Franklin
and is still garrisoned by a few U.
S., troops. The only post-office is
at Franklin, which receives a week
ly mail from San Antonio by stages.
The chief markets are San Antonio
and Santa Fe, in New Mexico ; but
large quantities of salt, made by
solar evaporation from tho salt
lakes, are sent to Chihuahua, three
hundred miles distant, cost of trans
portation three cents per pound.—
Lands are worth from §l3 to $5 per
acre, corn and wheat command
higher prices than any where else in
Texas, that is, about $2,50 per bush
el ; butter sl, per pound, and oxen
$50,00 per yoke ; cows S2O each ;
and sheep $2,50.
EDWARDS COUNTY UNORGANIZED,
Area, 1225, square miles. This
county is attached to Bandera fdr
judicial purposes. It is chi'efly no
ted for its mountain cedar. Cold
"springs and big rocks. Very few, if
any, persons have had the temerity
to try to live there. ” T. M. A.
Woman’s True Bominiots
Home is essentially the woman’s
true dominion, and it is no petty
narrow state. It stretches far away
from her own threshold into the
great world. She is the presiding
genius of the fireside, where men
expect to find warmth, comfort
and companionship, when the day’s
woik is. over. She is, or she should
be as God makes her—the
friend and companion of her husband
She must necessarily have a great
influence over his life, and through
him all that comes within his sphere
of action- Asa mother, too, her
influence is unbounded ; it is from
her teaching, her training, that the
mind receives its first impetus.
She trains her sons for the worlds
work, .the fruit ot their manhood is
generally the result of the seed of
their childhood ; and the silver thread
she puts into the child’s hands is
often the best guide through the
days to come. Men grow old and
gray, and forget many things long
before the battle of life is over; but
fragmentary snatches of the old bom e
are dearly remembered,and the moth -
er’s words ai e treasured up until
the end, and influence them more
or less long, long after all other in
fluences have died away. Even
Faletaff, the fractious old reprobate,
in bis last hour, we arc told “bab
bled o’ green fields
Diamond Dust.
Life—A gleam of light extin
guished by the grave.
Fame —A meteor dazzling with
its distant glare.
Wealth—A source of trouble and
consuming care.
Pleasure —A gleam of sunshine
passing soon away.
Love—A morning beam whose
memory gilds the day.
Faith—an anchor dropped be
yond the vale of death.
Charity—A stream meandering
from the fount of love.
. Bible—A guide to realms of end
less joys above.
Religion—A key which opens
wide the gates of Heaven.
Death—A knife by which the
ties of earth are riven.
Earth—A desert through which
the pilgrims wend their way.
Grave—A home of vest where
ends life’e weary way.
Resurrection—A sudden waking
from a quiet dream.
Heaven—A land of joy, of light,
and love supreme.
—He who sedulously attends,
pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly
answers, and ceases when he has no
more to say, is in possession of some
of the best requisites of man.
Send one dollar and yet the Ap
peal through the campaign.
Every lliisd has Its Spe
cial Capacity
lam of the opinion that every
mind that comes into the world has
its own specialty—is different from
every other mind ; that each of you
brings into the world a certain bias,
a disposition to attempt something
of its own, someth ng your own-r
--an aim a little different from that
of any of your companions ; and
that every young man and every
young wo’wan is a failure so long
as each does not find what is .his oi
lier own bias; that just so long as
you are influenced by those around
you, so long as you are attempting
to do those things which you' do
well, you are so far Wrong, so far
falling of your own right mark.
Evrybody sees the difference in chil
dren. They very- early discover
their tastes. One has a taste for
going abroad, another for staying at
home ; one for books, another for
games ; one wishes to hear stories
another wants to see things done;
one is fond of drawing, the other
cannot draw at all, but can make a
machine. This difference, as you
advance becomes more pronounced.
You are more distinct in your con
ception of what you can do—more
decided in avoiding things which
you cannot and do not wish to do.
Now I conceive that sucess is in
finding what it is that you your
self really want, and pursuing it;
freeing yourself from all importu
nities of your friends to do some
thing which they like, and insis
ting upon that thing w-hich you like
and can do.
A Noble Spirit. —-The Baptist
Union, an able worker, spreads the
tbe cement of brotherly love in the
following style, speaking of a sister
church : “ For solid worth, steady
resolution, endeavor to do good,
intelligence and integrity, the Pres
byterians are not excelled by any
other people. They are attached
to their.own sect, but are not nar
row and clanish. They give large
ly' to their own-institutions are gen
erous to other 'denominations, -and
really do more than any other, body
of Christians except the Congrega
Yionalists, for general Christian en
terprise, unsectarian in character.—
They have the ablest and best edu
cated ministry in the land, and a
membership which constitutes the
back bone of tbe nation and a cred
it to the cause of our Redeemer.—
We thank God for tbe Presbyteri
ans.
A Good Joke.--A capital joke,
and all the. more palatable because
it is true and can be vouched for,
took place, a few Sundays since, at
one of the prominent Fourth street
churches. It.seems that a worthy
deacon had been industrious in sel
ling anew church book, costing
ing seventy-five cents. At the ser
vice in question, the minister just
before dismissing the congregation
arose and said : .‘All you who have
children co baptise will please pre
sent them next Sabbath.’ The dea
con who is a little deaf and having
an eye to selling his books, and sup
posing his pastor was referring to
them, immediately jumped up and
shouted: ‘And all you who havn’t
any can get as many as you want
by calling on me, at seventy-five
cents each.’ The preacher looked
cross-eyed at the deacon ; the audi
ence punched each other in the
side ; the bubble grew larger unlit
it burst a loud guffaw, ladies color
ed up, and blushed, and thanked
the Lord for the low price of peo
pling the earth. There was no bene
diction that morning worth speak
ing of.— Grass Valley ( Gal.) 'Hep.
Flow'Eks. —flowers are the dew
light’of childhood and a pleasure in
old age. They typify -all that is
beautiful in sentiment, and the lan
guage they express is emblematical
of the tenderest thoughts and feel
ings of men. Romance and poetry
are - blended with their history.—
How many a faded rose or violet,
there has been und is now, yellow
and discolored with age, whose with
ered leaves tell the story more elo
quently than human language can
express.
Nothing contributes more towards
the adornment of home than these
simple creations of ‘ earth, air and
sunshine. A few hours plants prop
erly cared for, will add more to the
attractions of a room than costly
pictures or furniture, and their
growing beauty serves to constantly
remind us of the goodness of him
“who hath written on the flowers,
on the breeze that rocks them, on
the rain that refreshes them, and
on the-yellow sunshine that warms
them to life and beauty: “None
liveth for himself,”
The Miser’s Bequest.
The hour-hand of Phillip Acre's
old fashioned silver watch was
pointing to the figure 8, the snug
red curtains shut out the rain, and
darkness of the March night, and
the lire snapped and cracked bo
hind the red hot bars of the little
grate in a most comfortable sort of
way, .casting a rosy shine into the
thoughtful brown eyes that were
tracing qastlesmud coronets in the
brightly burning coals.
• For Phillip Acre was, for once,
indulging himself in the dangerous
fascinations of a day-dream. %
‘‘lf I wore only rich!'’ lie pon
dered to himself. “Ah, if! Then
good-bye to all these musty law
books; good-bye to mended boosts
and turned coats, and all the ways
and means that turn a man’s life
into wretched bondage.—Would I
revel iu new books and delicious
paintings, andhigljpstepping horses ?
Wouldn’t I buy a set of jewels for
Edith—not pale pearls, or sickly
emeralds, but diamonds, to blaze
the links of fire upon her royal
throat [Wouldn't I—what nonsense
I’m talking, though !” he cried sud
denly to himself; “Phillip Acre,
hold your tongue. I did suppose
you were a fellow of more sense.
Here you are, neither rich n.or dis
tinguished, but a simple law student
while Editli Wyllis is as far above
your moon-struck aspirations as the
Queen of Night herself! She loves
me though, she will wait, and the
time may one day come. If only
Di. Wyllis were not distrustful of a
fellow. However, I must learn to
prove myself wof thy of the sweet
est prize that ever—hallo ! come in,
whoever you are !”
It was only the serving maid of
the lodging-house, carrying a letter
in her apron, between her finger
and thumb.
“Please, sir, the postman has just
loft it.”
“All right, Katy. Now, then,”
he added, as the door closed be
hind Katy’s substantial back, “let’s
sec what my unknown correspon-.
dent has got to sav. —A black seal,
eh? Not having any relations to
lose, I am not alarmed at the prog
nostic.”
lie broke the seal and glanced
leisurely over the short, business
like communication contained within
With a face that varied from incred
ulous surprise to sudden gladness.
“Am I dreaming ?” he mur
mured, rubbing his eyes, and shak
ing himself, as if to insure complete
possession of hrs senses. “No, l’am
wide awake, and in mind ; it is no
delusion —no part of my waking
visions. But w r ho would ever sup
pose that old Thomas Mortimer,
whom I haven’t seen since I was
a boy of sixteen, and picked him
out*of tbe river, half dead between
cramp and fright, would die and
leave rue all his money ? Why, I’m
not the shadow of a relation, but
then I never heard the old man had
any kith or kin, so can’t imagine
any barm in taking advantage o*f
his odd freak. Rich,' am I really
to be rich ? Is my Aladdin vision
to be an actual fact ? Oh, Edith,
Edith \ v
lie clasped both hands over his
eyes, sick and giddy with the
thought that the lovely far-off star of
his. adoration would be brought near
to him at last by the magnet, gold
All those years of patient waiting
•were to be bridged over by the
strange old miser’s be quest; he
might claim Edith now.
llow full of heart and sunshine
wore the weeks that flittered .over
the head of the accepted lover,
brightened by Edith’s smile, made
beautiful by the soft radiance of
Edith’s love.. There was only one
alloying shadow, the almost imper- "
ceptible touch of distrust and sus :
picion with which stern old Dr.
Wyllis regarded his future son in
law.
Ah, he feared to. trust his only
child to the keeping of any man who
had not been proved in the fiery
furnace of trial.
It was precisely a week * before
the day appointed for the wedding,
and the. soft lights, veiled by shades
of ground glass-ware, just lighted in
Dr. Wyllis’ drawing room, where
Edith, sat among her white roses
and haliotropes, working on a bit of
earabric ruffling, and singing to her
self. She was a slender, beautiful
gipl, with beautiful eyes, a blue
veined and glossy, abun
dant curls of that pale gold that
our painters love to portray.
“I wonder if the Mortimer Place
is so very lovely,” she said to a
silver haired lady \vho sat oppo
site. “Philip is going to take me
there when wo return from our
wedding tour, aunty; he says it is
the sweetest place a poet’s fancy
can devise, with fountains and
shrubberies and delicious copses.
Oh, shall we not be happy there ?
She started up, with a bright,
sudden blush, for even while the
words were trembling on her lips,
Phillip Acre came into the r.oom,
his handsome face looking a little
troubled, yet cheerful withal* Mrs
Wyllis, with an arch nod at her
niece, disappeared into tho per
fumed perspective of the conserva
tory, leaving the lovers to them
selves.
“You are looking grave, Phillip,”
said Edith, as he bent over and kis
ed her cheek.
“And lam feeling so, darling; I
have a very unpleasant disclosure
to make to-niglit. Our marriage
must be postponed indefinetejy.”
“Phillip for what reason ?”
“To enable me, by dilligent labor
at my profession, to realize suffi
cient means to support you, dear*
est, in a manner satisfactory to your
father’s expectations and my own
wishes.”
. “But, Phillip, I thought—”
“YTou thought me the heir of
Thomas Mortimer’s wealth ? So I
was, Edith, a few hours since, but
I have relinquished all claim to it
now. When I accepted the be
quest, I was under the impression
that no living heir existed. I learn
ed to-day that a distant cousin —a
woman —is alive, although my
’awyer tells me, she is in ignorance
of her relationship to Thomas Mor
timer. Os course 1 shall transfer
the property immediately.”
“But, Phillip, the will has mado
it legally yours.”
“Legally it has; but, Edith, could
I reconcile it to my ideas of truth
and honor to avail myself of old
Mortimer’s fanciful freak, at this
woman’s expense ? I might take
the wealth, but I never should res
pect myself again could I dream of
legally defrauding the rightful heir.
Nay, dearest, I may love my name
and wealth, but I would rather die
than Puffer a single stain on my
honor as a christain gentleman.”
“You have done right, Phillip,”
said Edith, with sparkling eyes.—
“We will wait and hope on, happy
in loving one. another more dearly
than ever. But who is she ? What
is her name ?”
“That’s just what I didn’t stop
to inquire. I will write again to
my lawyer, to ask these questions,
and to direct that a deed of convey
ance be instantly made out; and
.then, darling—”
Her lips quivered a moment —
yet he manfully completed the bit
ter sentence. “Then I will com
mence the battle of life over again.”
“Aod Edith’s loving eyes told
him what she thought of his noble
self-abnegation—a sweet testimon
ial.
“Ilem !” said Dr. Wyllis, polish
ing his eyeglasses magisterially,
with a crimson silk pocket-hand
kerchief ; “I didn’t suppose the
young fellow had so much stamina
about him—a very honorable thing
to do. Edith, I have never felt ex
actly sure of Phil. Acre’s being wOr
thy of you before—” •
“Papa 1”
“But my mind is made up now.—
When is he coming again ?” #
“This evening,” stated Edith, the
violet eyes dropping again
“Tell him, Edith, that he may
have you next Wednesday, just the
ssme as ever! And as for the law
practicing, why, there’s time
enough for that afterwards. Child,
don’t strangle me with your, kisses
—keep em’ for Phil.”
He looked at liis daughter, with
eyes that wore strangely dim.
“Tried and. not found wanting !’
he muttered indistinctly.
The perfume of orange blossoms
had died away, the glimmer of
pearls and satins were hidden in
velvet caskets and traveling trunke,
and Mr. and Mrs. Acre, old mar
ried pebple of a full month’s dura
tion, were driving along a country
road, in the amber glow of a glori
ous June sunset.
“Halloo! which way is Tomas go
ing ?” said Mr. Acre.
“!• have told him where to drive
to.” said Edith, with brightly spark,
lipg eyes. “ Let me have my own
way just for once. We are going
to our norv home.”
“ Are we ?” said Phil., with a
comical grimace. “Itisto be love
in a cottage I suppose.”
“Wait until you see, sir,” said
Mrs. Acre: And Phillip waited
duteously.
“ Where are we?” he asked in
astonishment; when the carriage
drew up in front of a stately pillar
ed portico,” wlfich seemed to be
not unfamiliar to him. “ Sure this
is Mortimer Place!”
“ I shouldn’t be surprised if it
were,” said Dr. Wyllis, emerging
from the doorway.
“ Walk in, my boy—come Edith.
Well now, do you like your new
home ?” .
“ Our new home ?” replied Phil
lip. “I do not understand you, sir.”
“.Why, I mean that your little
wife yonder is the sole surviving
relative of Thomas Mortimer, al
though she never knew it till this
morning. Her mother was old
Mortimer’s qousiD, but some absurd
quarrel had caused a total cessa
tion of intercourse between the two
branches of the family. I was
aware of the facts long • ago ; but I
wasn’t Sony to avail myself of the
opportunity of seeing what kind of
stuffyou were made of Phil. Acte !
And now as the deed of convey
ance isn’t made out yet, I don’t sup
pose yotr lawyer need trouble him
self about it. The heiress won’t
quarrel with you, I'll bo bound !”
Phillip Acre’s cheek flushed, and
then grew pale with strong h.dden
emotion, as he looked at his fair
wife standing beside him, when the
sunset turned her bright hair to
coils of shining gold, and thought
how unerringly the hand of Provi
dence had straightened out the
tangled web of destiny.
Out of the darkness had come
light!
Stcroljped Smiles.
Beware of man or woman with a
fixed smile. Trust the most hideous
scowler before the being who goes
about with an angelic grin cafefully
exhibiled to all eyes under any and
every circumstance. It is not nat
ural to smile perpetually, and no
one ever assumes a mask without
being conscious of a necessity for
concealment. Don’t misunderstand
me. There arc young women, and
a few' old men, who break into a
smile whenever they speak. ’Fhese
are not the people I mean. The
smile of which I warn you is a mo
tionless, hypocritical, fixed expres
sion, which I have seen worn du
ring a silent three hours’ journey
by rail, without the slightest altera
tion—that sort of smile which most
misguided lady artists present upon
their canvas when they delineate
martyrs, saints and angels. The
portrait of a lady has a different
smile—the fashion plate simper—
which though semi-idiotic, is not
dangerous. Persons of no penetra
tion allude to the. chronic smile as ‘so
sweet,” and any one capable of hold
ing the muscles of the face under
control, is generally able to squeal
sweetly, to move quietly, and to
use choice language, measured
tones, in moments of the greatest
excitement, and so can always
place a better man or wonran at a
great disadvantage, and’ appear in
jured and innocent when actually
most guilty.
W IIAT IS IN THE BeDROOSI. —If
two persons are to occupy a bed
room during the night, let them
step on the weighing scale as they
retire, and then again in the mor
ning, and they will find their act
ual Weight is at least a pound less
in the morning. Frequently there
will be a loss of two or more pounds
and the average loss throughout
the year will be a pound of matter
which has gone off from their bod
ies, partly from the lungs, and party
through the pores of the skin. The
escaped matter is carbonic acid
and decayed animal mattter or
poisonous exhalation. This is dif
fused through the air in part, and
part absorbed by the bed clothes.
If a single ounce of wood cotton
be burned in a room, it will so com
pletely saturate the air with smoke
that one can hardly breathe, though
these can only be one ounce of for
eign matter in the air. If an dunce
of cotton be burned every half hour
during the night, the air will be
kept continually saturated with
smoke, unless there be an open
window or door for it to escape.
Now the sixteen ounces of smoke
thus formed is far less poisonous
than the sixteen of exhalations from
the lungs and bodies-of two persons
who have lost a pound in weight du
riug the eight hours of sleeping ;
fdr while the dry smoke is mainH
taken into the lungs, tlie damp od
ours from the bod£ are absorbed
both into the lungs and into the
pores of the whole body. Need
more be said to show the impor
tance of having bed rooms well
ventilated, and of thoroughly air
jog the sheet; coverlids, and mat*
tresses in the morning, before pack
ing them up in the form of a neatly
made bed.
NO 38.
I\o Bafyy in the H^use;
No baby iu -the bouse. I know—
’Tis far too nice and clean ;
No toys by careless fingers streWri
Upon the floor are seen ;
No linger marks are nn the panes;
No scratches on the chairs,
No wooden tnen set up in rows,
Or marshalled off in pairs ;
No little stocking to be darned)
All ragged at the toes,
.No pile of inending to be done,
Made up of baby clothes ;
No little troubles to be soothed;
No little bands to fold,
No gritny lingers to be washed;
No stories to be told ;
No tender kisses to be given;
No nicknames, “ Love” and “ Mouse ”j
No merry frolics after tea —
No baby in the house.
Difference in ToiigucSi.
What a wonderful thing is thd
tongue ? It varies in length and
size in reptiles, birds, ahd ftiatrittltt.
lia, according to the peculiar drgati
ic circumstances of each. A giraffe *
tongue has the functions of a finger.
It is hooked over a high branch, its
strength being equal to breaking ©lf
large strong branches of trees, from
which tender leaves arfi then strip
ped. An antbear’s tongue is long
and.round, like a whip lash. The
animal tears open dry, clay walls of
ant-hills, thrusts in its tongue which
sweeps round the apartuietitd; ahd
by its adhesive saliva brings cfiit a
yard of ants at a swoop. The trie
chanism by which it is protruded SO
far is both complicated and beauti
ful. A dog’s tongue in lapping
ter takes a form by a mere aet of
volition that cannbt be imitated by
an ingenious mechanician! The hti
man tongue in the articulation rif
language surpasses iu vaffletj* of
motions the wildest imagination of
a poet. Even in swallowing Idod
its office is so cxtraordincry tjffit
physiologists cannot explain thH
phenomina of deglutition Without
employing the aid of several
sciences.
Selling Wives. —Woolen; how-a
days, have a choice of husbands;
but in former times they Werb sold
like slaves or cattle.
It was the custom in Babylon;
five hundred years before the ChHs
tian era, to.have r.n auction o£ the
unmarried ladies. In every year;
on a certain day, each district afc
sembled all its virgins of marriage# l
ble age. The most beautifiil was
put up first, and the mail who paid
the highest price gained pdssessioji
of her. The seconl in personal
charms followed her, and so on; that
the bidders might gratify them
selves with handsome wivfis accor
ding to the length of thfeir pul
ses.
When all the comely ones were
sdd, the crier ordered the most de
formed one to stand up; and, after
demanding who woilld marry her
for a small suni, she was adjudged
to him who was satisfied with the
least; and thus tlie ilioney raised
from the sale of the handsome ser*
ved as a portion td those wlib were
either of disagreeable looks; dr had
any other imperfection?.
The difference between tlie trild
manner and the false, is just that
between the real features arid flesh
of the face and a mask. So all ef
fective cultivation of nkinriefs must
begin with man. Make him gener
ous, intelligent; refined, affable;
sympathetic, and his actions trill
naturally tend to politeness as the
smoke curls upward. True, this is
not all; but this is the alphabet of
which all else is application. Hav
ing these, it needs bitt a constant
effort to express fTieni in the sim
plest, noblest, . most natural
manner, to acquire the best nian
ners.
ASout Horses. —Horses, as A
general thing, get too much licking
and too little fefcd. If a man lobw
his hat while driving his horse; he
licks the horse td pdy ’for It; If hd
runs into another Wagbn througH
his own carelessness, he licks his
horse to make it all right; If hi#
horse slips or stumbles he gets
licked for it—if he does anything
lie gets licked for it; if lie 'don't da
anything he gets the game. A
great many horses know “a sight’*
more than their drivers, aiid if they
conld change places with them,
ciety at large would bb gainers;
and so would horses.
—An Illinois woman committed
suicide by hanging herself tci An Ask
pie tree. —At the fiirncal, a neigh
bor, noticing the sad appearance of
the husband at hisloss. saya
the husband, “she iiiust have kick
ed like thunder to shake off si*
bushels of green apples; They
would have been worth §1 a bushel
when they got ripe.”