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OLIVER, Sup't Carolina Orphan Home, Jan. 21.3-tt. Spartanburg. S. C. TUE KERSHAW GAZETTE, THE LEADING NEWSPAPER IN KER SHIAW COUNTY.i puli4hed every Wed nesday,.at Camnden. S. C.. by Frank P. Beard. It has a large anid intiuentiaLl circulation in one or thre most productive portions of Cen tral Carolina, gu:aranteeirig greater induce ments to advertisrs than ainy othier paper in the County. The most 11beral rases of advertising. Address FANK P. BEnRARn, Prnnrietnr_ OUR FIRST-BORN. BY QUEERQUILL. "The finest child they ever saw!" So all the gossips said, I saw a sompth ing very small, And most intensely red A sort of centre to a cloud Of ruffles, puff and lace And felt, with all a father's pride, I saw my first-born's face. 'Twas lovely-so his mother said; So both his grandmas swore Who dear old ladies, as they are, Could ne'er agree before, 'Twas lovelyl Well perhaps it was; Although to speak the truth, A due allowance must be made For such decided youth. His head seemed an uncertain fit, Ilis eyes were rather small, iis nose-I don't pretend to judge Are noses boru at all? His little flAbby, piniched fice Looked so extre:nely raw I could but shudder as I heard, "Oh, ain't he lite his pa?" We waved for a week or more About our treasures name; No two of these must we consult Could fix upon the same. It must be Alfred, James and John, And Henry, Charles and Paul, Until, unless one name should offend, We gave him none at all. The ills through which the infant passed, Sure ne'er was passed before; For each disease that babies can h ave He had, and fifty more. He teethed and teethed-for aught I know He might be teething still, But that I stopped the doctor's cares By settling up his bill. He lived through colic, thrash and croup; He lived through heat and cold; He lived through dosing, steaming cures Through cracks and cuts untold; The flabby little puckered face, Is rosy, hard and brown, I'll take the odds that he can lick The biggest boy in town. A SECOND LORLEI. - 0 Unfortunately for myself and ev erybody who ever saw me, I an very beautiful. Itis not egotism tc make that remark, for I have had plenty of mishaps on account o: my looks, and every ill that can be fall a family has been laid to th< score of "Frank's terrible appear ance." When I was a child every thing went wrong. Once on a fer ry boat a young and lovely lady petting and talking to me, becamC so interested that she quietly back ed off the edge,and only the presenc< of mind and daring of her husbani rescued her in a very damp ani choking condition. Nurse scolded mamma raised her hands in horror and the lady gave me the name o "Lorlei," which I have ever siner retained. I was a continual source of anx iety lest I should be kidnapped bj some childless people, and madt into a circus-rider, or an heiress My life was miserable, with th< guard set around me to say nothing of a dozen or two toilets a day, m: hair to be combed and brushed in cessantly, and myself kissed and fondled like a lap-dog. It grew n< better, later. My sisters happenei to be very plain, and I couldn help it if I got all the invitations boutquets, and proposals, and the3 received none. To ntake it worse one of my admirers died of heart dis ease, and left me the large fortuni that should have gone to his sisters and then they loved me excessively of course! I combed my hair in the mos horrible way I could invent, wor4 stiff collars up to my ears, plait dresses of sober color.. made facel at myself in the glass by the hour and all to no purpose, My hai: would turn into the cainninges little ringlets about my forehead and fall down in a golden mass o curls just at the wrong time. Th< neck above the ugly linen no amoun of sun could make other than whit< and well-turned ; and the clums' dress hid a form of the most perfec mould--stately, smooth and round ed as only a healthy English gir can ever hope to be. . I couldn't have any girl-friends for without meaning it I capturei their lovers ; they grew jealous an< called me names ; and the attach Iment usually ended in a storm o tears and reproaches on the on part, dismayed repentance on th other. I couldn't have a gentle man friend, for, if single, he prc posed in a month, and, if married the wife came to the rescue, and got the worst of it. I tried on plan, and you shall have the result I cut my hair off nearly close, an< mercy me !-I had done the busi ness. I was handsomer than be fore! I looked a very picture c mischief, -my hair curled tighte than ever,. and my eyes would dance spite of all the sober books I read and all the sad things I tried t< think of- I took Aunt Hetty int Imy confidence, one day when sh camne to the city to buy some furn: enr for ha cQnntrj hone_ an promised that as soon as her sor started for school, I would be wit her to spend the summer. I mad my preparations secretly, and on] on the day of my departure aske and received permission to go ni watched and alone. Used to m freaks, mamma asked no question, but gave me some advice-"to wea a thick veil in the cars, not to tak my gloves off, and not to wink a any one." As though I ever knoN ingly did wink! My own sisters would not hav known the little brown mouse of girl that sat so demurely in the caro: its way to Rockbridge. I had oi dered a wig made of bright ret hair, and it was a very marvel ii its way. Short, crisp, fiery curl covered my head closely, well down on the neck, and twining loving; around my ears. A dress of watei proof of the most ungraceful c and make, green glasses, shoes an< gloves two sizes too big, and wit] the exception of mouth and com plexion, I was hideous. Aunti would not believe that it was my self, until I had shown her my eyes and spoken to her several times. There was not a soul on th, place that had ever seen me, excep aunt and uncle; and as they calle< me "Lorlei," the servants never sus pected that I was the Frank Morri son they had heard so much of fron the young masters. There were feN neighbors, and I rather avoide< them. For the first time in m; life I was ugly, and consequentl; happy. I rode the horses, sat on th barnyard fence during the milking fed the shickens, ate apples an< new butter, took long walks in th, woods, and my big feet and scarle hair never invited a second glanc from any one I passed. Wha happy, jolly days they were to me only those who are blessed wit] too much beauty and long to fle, from the consequences can imagine One morning I took a book, an( going through the orchard, follow ed the stream to a favorite nool lay down, and laughed the pretty musical laugh that was at once i pleasure and a bane. I laughed t think of myself in this rig in ai opera-box; and looking at th water, I said, "Why not be a rea 'Lorlei' for a while?" No soone thought than done. Off came th clumsy shoes and knitted stockings and holding my dress up I wen splashing in the shallow waters. stepped on a big stone ; it rolle< with me, and I sat down cosily il the middle of the brook, wet to m; waist, and my dismay finished b; the heartiest laugh you can imagine Looking at a part of the bank tha I had not before noticed, I saw: gentleman, in sporting dress, hold iug a fishing-rod in one hand an< waving the other at me in the mos genial and pleasant manner. I might have been that my eyes di< not match my hair; at any rate, faincied that he stopped laughinj rather suddenly, and coming clos down to the water stood eyein me inquiringly. I had been angry a first; but my usual sense of humo came to my aid, and sitting there with the lapping water full about me I held my sides, and laughed wit] him until I was tired, and my cheek glowed like two roses. "Well," hie finally said, stopping to laugh at every word or two, "yol have succeeded in your loudly es pressed wish, and made a veritabl 'Lorlei' of yourself." "Did you hear me ?" I asked, fee: ing for the first time a little shy and rising slowly to my feet. H saw that I could not come out c the water in my bare feet, an laughing still, he answered: "Yes. But I fear you will cot tinue a water-nymph until I at gone, so good-bye." And as suddet ly as he had come, he disappeared I put on my shoes, and made th best of my way back to the house Aunt Hetty laughed at me when told her of my adventure, but starei when I described the man. "Bless me, child," she said, "iti Walter Gray, who lives on the nex farm, or rather owns it, and lives i: New York. I did not know he wa at home.' The days flew by on golden wings every one seemed more happy tha: the last. I took an apronful c -peaches and a book, and lay dow: in the hammock under the elm fo a lazy time one morning. I wa Sscarcely settled when I heard aunti calling me, and then steps comin near to me. I raised myself, an -who should be with her but ths Walter Gray. He laughed heart fly on recognizing in my aunt rniece the "water-nymph," but soo made me feel at ease by his cou.r eous and merry manner. He ha come over to see if he could ba; a cov af uncle, and over the merii of butter and milk we grew quit friendly. Auntie would have hiri ajta in innekadITtried to ana s the country girl, and be as awkward L. as possible. Two or three times I e almost betrayed myself by some y unguarded remark; but by drop 1 ping my fork, upsetting my milk, L and knocking my chair over when y I rose, I managed to seem ill-bred enough to suit my course frock, r absent collar, and tumbled hair. e To my utter astonishment, Mr. t Gray asked me to go to a pic.nic at - the school-house the next day. While I was staring, first at him, e and then at myself in the glass, i Aunt Hetty quietly said, "She will 1 go .iith pleasure." I was ready to beat her, but beyond a few mutter ed words, I said nothing until he i was gone. Then I made a few re 3 marks to her which made her look i so sorry, that I kissed her and pro mised to go peaceably. - I made myself look as countrified as possible, next morning, and my looking-glass told me that I waa no i longer even passable. Mr. Gray - made no remark about my appear ance, except to ask if the glasses were absolutely necessary, and on my gravely assuring h'm that they were, he helped me into the carriage, aud away we went. How I enjoyed the glances the girls gave me, and I their evident contempt for my dress - and manner! I found myself alone - with Mr. Gray, toward the end of t the afternoon, and we sat down on r the moss at the foot of a tree for i what I called a good talk. His r manner had been perfectly kind r and courteous, and he had done 3 everything in his power to make , me forget the difference between I myself and the pretty country girls I had met. After a little I forgot t my part, and letting the glasses fall unheeded in my lap, I pulled t off the yellow cotton gloves I had worn all day, and lying backward, 1 clasped my hands above my head, contentedly. After a minute he said. I "Maggie Thorne is entirely thrown . away on that old man. What a life for a bright, fair woman to live, shut away in that quiet house." Following his glance toward the house on the other side of the road, I lazily answered: "Imperial Ca3ar, dead and tarned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away." The look of utter amazement on his face was too funny as he gasped out: S "Miss Lorlei, what are you ? Hid eous and lovely at the same time, jan uneducated country girl firing SShakspeare atme in that style. You wear these green glasses all the Stime, and yet I have noticed you can see much farther and better t without them. You have the most Sexquisite hand I have ever seen, -and your feet are large enough for a man. You bow like an empress, t and tumble over your dress the Snext minute. I can't understand Syou. S I kept my face through all his speech ; and then gave him answer, Spulling on my gloves: " 'I don't know what you mean t by Shakspeare, and you need not r insult my feet: I can't help their size. What made you bring me, if only to tease ?i" And without fur 1ther ceremony 1 left him more mys Stified than ever. I saw him very often in the next two months, and learned to like 1 him very much for his kindness to . my awkward self. How much I Sliked him I scarcely knew until a letter from mamma came, saying -that summer was long over and ,people were growing very curious a as to my whereabouts. With a cold f feeling at my heart, I took the letter j in my hand, and went through the orchard to the place where I had played "-Lorlei" for the benefit of 1 Walter Gray. Bitterly I regretted . my masquerade, for I thought he .could never be brought to like the a red-haired, clumsy girl he had pitied and been kind to. S I lay on the grass crying, holding jin my hand some of the dead leaves lying all about me, and thinking show like my own hopes they were. How long I lay there I do not know, till some one dropped on the grass by me, and a cool, soft hand held my own. "Crying! water-nymph?"' and be 4 fore I knew it I found myself close held by two strong arms, and a dear voice speaking to me. "Your aunt says you are going away, Lorlei; going away to be edu scated, and taught many things it is Sright for you to know. I dare not Slet you go, little one, until I ask if tyou will think of yourself as my own Lorlei, and try to become as graceful outwardly as your pare, good heart and natural abilities 11will let you. I a4ve learned to love you very much, and you will let me hope, will you not ?" -For an answer, I lay quiet, look eing up in his face, and thinking how nice it was, and fearing to a break the spell by showing him my -Do you like this awkward, ugly, a] clumsy, red-haired girl?" I finally g managed to ask, with a long-drawn a breath of satisfaction. ti "Stop the adjectives," he answer- In ed, closing my mouth gently with ai a caress (and how glad I was my 01 mouth was pretty)* "At times you p( are more graceful than any one I tb ever saw, and as for the hair-" d< I sat up eagerly, and asked; w] "You like yellow hair, don't you." ar "Yes," he said, wondering at my wl eager look and manne.z. "Turn your head away, and pi o- sa mise not to look," I said, turning th his head so that he could not see gc me. hq "I promise," came the voice I was waiting for. With trembling hands ov I took out the pins, unfastened the w< elastic which held my red wig, and af pulling it off, turned his face toward sh me. He looked as though he had Bi seen a ghost, and stared at the red in hair in my hand and the golden on all my head, in mute astonishment. of "Yes, it's mine," I said, answer- lit ing his look; and I pulled one of li the short curls hanging over my cli eyes. And I can dance and sing. Ai and play the piano, and I love a Shakspeare!" I could get no fur- w( ther, for reasons lovers can perhaps a J explain; and when, an hour after, w< in my pretty white ruffles and wo - an manly finery, I crept into the sit-! bi ting-room, I found Aunt Hetty pc talking to Walter, and saw him lin gravely kiss her hand as he came (fC toward me. When I saw the light se in his eyes as he looked at me, for hil the first time in my life I thanked in God for my glorious beauty. co There was a grand time when L on went home, and for a while my "un- ly fortunate appearance" ceased to be th the general theme of conversation. re My first anxiety, when nurse " brought me my littte Fannie to an look at, was whether she was pretty. th I need not have troubled myself. K Her nose is flat, her mouth is wide, pa and only her blue eyes and sunny ha temper keep her from positive plain- 'a ness. She has relieved me from all m fear of perpetuating the race of go "Lorleis." hi From THE ALDIE for January. ti( lit listellatsus. sp pi dc LITTLE BENNIE. "I wish I was a kitten, mamma," said sleepy little Bennie. "I coulda curl up all day by the fire, and play tr when I liked. I wouldnt have to dr go errands or pick up chips, or anything else I hadn't a mind to. I ria could lie in bed in the morning, and when [ got up I would be all dress- st ed, and wouldn't have to be washed tri or combed. Oh, dear, I don't like to go errands, mamma." re Little Bennie was lying on the hearth-rug during this whine of his, ~ with the white kitten by his side ; S and as he looked up to his kind L mother, the am-ised smile on her face grew misLer and fainter until r it entirely disappeared. But what ec ailed Bennie ? He scemed to grow wj smaller and smaller; his finger nails h grew pointed and sharp; he felt m smooth and velvety, and he had a s nice long tail which he whisked m ferociously about; for he began to a find out somebody was tormenting!t him. Where lay the white kittie to when he began to scold, lay now a n boythatlookedlikedhim. And,look- to ing a: himself, he found he was a? er white cat, like the one he was tor-m menting but a few minutes ago. th Had he got his wish ? Oh ! wasn't it nice. To be akitten, and not have to work any more, seemed to be be all he could desire. But : if heil could only gat away from the great i boy who held him so tight, his fin- h gers pressing into his sides, (which felt sore and uncomfortable as if they wer-e in the habit of being squeezed). He found, by looking hi at his paws, that his nails would come in and out, and he wonder-ed' if he couldn't stick them into that great boy's hand that held him so tight-even in the sound sleep which he seemed to be enjoying.P For a moment. he felt almost afraid re to make a trial; but he extended W. them a little way, making a littleb mite of a scratch; and still the hE great boy slept on. Gathering ci: courage from this he ploughed them i deeper in the hand that restrained ja him, and was duly rewarded by its letting him free. Oh, wasn't it ar nice ! He galloped over the soft carpet, under the chairs, and over the great sleepy boy who lay by the fire. In a chair by the window i sat a lady who looked liked his mo- i ther. And she looked at that images on the floor as if she felt sorry about H something. Why ! it was his mo- a ther ; and he tried to tell herhen was Bennie, but only succeeded in ar making a pitiful howl that set the t boy by the fire squirming. His mother looked at him and said, "What's the mtter. Kiti r" But I he could answer was, meow! "1 aess you had bett --r go out doors little while." And she walked to ie door, and he by h3r side, switch g his long tail, of which he was vfully proud. But when he got it doors-oh, my. didn't he cut ca .rs! He rushed up and down e garden walk, he ran up and )wn the tall trees, and played th the fallen leaves, and capered ound, until he reached a pond iere swam some gold fishes. "Won't I have one of them "' id he; and lie put his paw into e water; but it didn't look very >od: and lie thought he wouldn't ,ve fish for dinner that day. At that moment a bird flew over 'er his head, and he thought she )uld taste good. So be rushed ber her, over rocks and fences, till e lit in a tree, and he climbed up. it the bird madi an awful screech , and be wondered what it could be about. Up in a little crotch the tree, away up high, was a tle black bunch, and lie would :e to know what was in it. So he mbed away up and looked down. id what do you think i Snug in little nest, made of hair and wool, ,re four tiny birds, with s-arcely leather to cover their backs. Oh! m't they taste nice, thought he, d forthwith proceeded to take a te. But just as he succeeded in king his nose in among the bird gs, to see which was the fattest r he was a great epicure), such a reeching and squalling saluted 3 ears that he drew back in dis ty. On looking around, he dis vered that the boughs of the tiee which he was clinging were fair alive with robins, which the cry of e old mother bird had called to the scue. "Oh! is that all!" said he. Vho's afraid of a bird 1" And he ain proceeded to take a bite. And e screeching still continued. But tty scratched his head with his w, and thought to himself "I1 ,ve heard, or else I dreamed, that barking dog never bites;' and ay be its the same with birds." So .thering fresh courage he opened s mouth But such a commo )n! It seemed as if fifty sharp tle swords were sticking into his ,ck; for the infuriated birds were cking him, till he beat a retreat wn the tree, and scampered away er the lawn, till entirely beat out, lay down under a tree, and for. it his troubles and his hunger in ;ood nap. But in dreamland his >ubles still clung to him ; for he 'eamed that the great big dog that 'ed at Farmer Brown's acrossi the rer was hunting for rabbits, and *d found him. He awoke with a irt to find his dream only too me. There stood old Black Lion, th his great mouth open and his a tongue hanging out, and two eat rows of teeth, so sharp and aite! Up sprang Kittie, and ampered towards the house with on in hot pursuit. "tI wish 1 Lsnt a kitten," said he, "1 had ther be anything else." He reach-. the house, and jumped upon the udow-sill just as he felt Lion's >t breath upon his back. Not a inute too soou was he, and he ratched at the window till his other opened it, and he roke to find it a dream. His mo er was just opening the window let his white kitten in, and the uise awoke him. "I'll never want be a cat again, mother: I1ll go rands, or do anything vou want e to do. I had rather be Bennie an anything else." His mother kissed him fondly .a told him how happy she would if he forgot his selfishness and temper. And Bennie, with tears his eyes, told her his dream, and w he missed his mother's care in s cat life. And with many pro. ises for good behavior, in the fu re, from Bennie, we will leave m in his mother's kind care, and me time 1 will tell you something ore about him. Too CmtI BY HAL.-A corres indent of the Lewiston Journal lates an Androscoggin legend. iich has probably been mellowed time, though the narrator says could give the names, if he oose, as he knew the parties w,ell his boyhood. It appears that on :lear, cold, quiet morning, some ty years ago. a family were seated ound the table taking their break st, when a ri> was heard at the >or, and, as the custom then was, e outsider was bidden to "come "when a man past middle e entered, and, after the usual lutation, seated himself in a chair. e was a neighbor living some half :nile distant. He was asked to sit and eat some breakfast, but he Lswered, "1 don't suppose I ought stop, for our house is on fire ; ey sent me to tell you." Bumn of cninty-Cigons TIE CORNER-STONE OF IWO MAN'S EDE'CATION. When less than thirty years ago the examining committee of the Boston public schools recommend ed the introduction of Physiology into the department for girls. the movement occasioned much Surp ise and some opposition from the toach ers. It was not their own ig-no rance. for most of them were hard students in other direction,. bat some thought it useles.. ani many of them supposetd it to be indeliite for young women to be acquainted with the laws of their own being. The committee said in their re port: "Those parts should be learned first which are most essC.eial to the physical, mental, and moral well-being of the individual. A woman might be an excellent mother of a family, and yet know nothing at all about the causes of the French or American Revolu ton. She could not. except by accident, bring up her children with healthy minds and bodies,. unless! she were acquainted with the im portance of pure air and a whole some diet, and the indispensable necessity of good physical and mor al habits." In another paragraph they speak of "the absurd phenomenon of girls studying algebra at the momnapit when they can find no time ior )hy siology or the principles of domes tic economy; solving equation, be fore they have become acquainted with the importance of pure air and a healthy digestion; studying- the binomial theorem. while thev are ignorant of the laws of their own structure ; as if it were more proba ble that they would become practi cal engineers than practical house wives: or makers of roads and bridges, than mothe-rs. nurses. or teachers of children. To this one of the teachers ir-oni cally rejoined that "they should have said darners of stockings and washers of dishes; for her part she had something else to do besides rocking the cradle and singing lul-1 laby!" Less than two -ears afterward this same young lady assumed the positi>n of wife and housekeeper, and when a few more y:ars had rolled away, I found her the de voted mother of a half dozen health ful and intelligent girls and boys. IReminding her of her indignant question, "Do you think that his tory, algebra, and other studies are to be neglected, while we learn the best way to keep the house in order or nurse the children ?" she replied. thoughtfully, "It is no matter now, for I have learned those very things I once so despised,and am still happy: but if I could not have had my dear mother to live with me the first few years and teach me, I might nave! receivel1 a punishment I wat; not able to bear !" You will observe we do not argue for ignorance in any other science, for the neglect of mathemitics or languages, paint. ing, poetry, or sculpture. Attend to these if you have time, taste, and Iopportunity; but first of all, and far more imperative, study the !le. o)f life.-Sience of Health. ABoUr EELs.-The eel season is now at hand: the recent rains hayv ing started them in the Susquehan na and all the creeks and streams. on their fall jour-ney back to tide water, and the consequence is that large numbers have been caught in different parts of the country with in the past few days. The eel tray els up stream in the spring. and re turns dlown to the salt waters in the fall, always going in large schools. There are a great many peculiai ties connected with the eel that but few people know of. For instance. there are some eight or ten kinds of them, of which s weral never enter into fresh water. Somec of the varieties are. when full grown, ten or twelve feet in length, weigh-i ing one hundred pounds. The kind here, the common fresh and salt water eel, is usua.ly from twelve to t wenty-four inches in length. Eels. it has been proved, have both sexes in one. and spawn somewhat after the manner of other fish. Like the turtle,thev can t'-avl out of the water for some distant-e. from ,tream to stream. so tha:t in almiost every rivu let, howvever small. they can be found- The gills or breathing or gans, are covere.l up by a most delicate curta.in. which acts like a valve and a reservoir for water, so to speak, to keep its gills moist Iduring the time it is out of the stream. It has a heart in its tail, the same as is known to exist in1 the salmon, with pulsations at about ninety-four to the minute. Have the courage to show re spect for honesty, in whatever guise it may appear, and your con tempt for dishoiesty and duplici tv., hy w homsoever~ exhibited. BIRDS AND BAttIES. -Kty hiid. how can youi ne von. yo. bir a'b th, e lon dayl w' ithiout a hath or fresh wat er to drink. Poor little thing ! look at its soiled plumiage and droopinc head. It cannot sing while in this .1fonlition. ExceeI) care mus- he given to insure songs and Katy, bhi~ng under the rebulce given in the presene of ai stirancr. ge,t!y and b-)vr,,!v cared fr the in the a c..a we w a: imle :im - mortal of five mnths. not as weil 1 vareu f*or as the bird. It moan(d and fret 2ed. d -What aiS;, my baby ? It is Strange that my babiei are so fret ful an1d aiiing. I used to think how happy I -hould be with them. 0 I love childrenl hut I declare, they perplex no.1 fret. Ime almost to death." Looking at tie s,croiilou,. hun gry little waif. we could not re frain from saying. "Dv you li%tie h mother luce your baby as well as your birds? if you do, then why r n not take as good care of them ? "Why, Mrs. Younig, do yoN O a momelit think that I neglect ny babe ? "I do not thi.k you intend to neglect it; but I am quite sure Vou undoestand bird nature better tha- you do baby nature. --Do please explain yourslt," and she sat down to nurse the ti child. "Are you sure you w%ill not be ofifded or hurt ?" "1 am willing to hear you,'" She r'epl ied. "Birds are pretv a.d Musical. Babies are precious and immortal. Pirecious because boic uf our bone. flesh oa our fesh. part :i a of f'aher and mother, both in body, soul, and spirit. They are, more over, reflecting our loves and hates, our hopes and fears. All passions and ambitions entertained durin t the ir help1less, yhtastie, antec-n:italI life are reflected ih blrailn adi' body and spirit of tie child. Look at r the grievedvhungry eyes. and quiv ciing lips. Presz it to your bosom caress it ; kiss it. Your baby is dying for love. "Do I not .ve it :l th1e care car ? "You think you do; butt did you froma the beginn ing /01re this chiild? Di you welcomne it anid ask for it as the nmothier of Sam:uel did]? Were you full of joy anid thaniksgiving Did you in your hieart. exult and consider your.elf -b!essed amnonr women ?' A h, iit tc neot her, G~od p)ity you. By your dread and dis like of thre unborn child, barriers were built. Youmr hab'ies are envel oped in clouds. The bodyv cannot thiveY where sepatratinag wah even~ of diivl/: exist." (Science ot TmitiM. TRDSOF ANiM\LS.-It has beenU well remarked by a clever author thatt bees are geomctricians. Thme cells are so constracted as. with the least qua.ntity of material. to have the largest sizel1 spaces ani the least possib)le interstices.r The mole is a meoteoooit The torpedo, thc ray and the electric eel are electricians. Whole trib)es of birds are mnvt-i cians. The beaver is architeet. builder and wood cutter. He cuts downs trees, and erects houses and damis. . The marmot is a civil engineer. Hie not only bailds h:ises. bat ()fn j sterts agnaldt1-ts :1ul drains to keep themu dry. Thie ant is a soldier. an:l mtn tainis a regnlar standing army. Waps are pa~per man ufa1ctues. Ca:terpillars are silk spinners. The squirrel is a ferryman. With a cIlip or piece of bark fo a hoit. and his tatil for a sail. he crosse's a streamt. Dogsy. wovs jackals. and1 many others. are hunters. Blamck hears and herons are tishert Ants are lay laborers. Mu onkeys are ropie dancers. .\f \Ns l)b:mi:Nu:N'': ti" N Wo 'I \.-.\:an re'!i'' thr more t han '2 ag4ement. lie is so accustomedr to these that he is u nconscious rm their worth. They are >del> cat ely conceale'I. andi yet SO ceae-t lessly exercised, that lhe enjloys their effects as lhe enjoys the light C and atmosphere. Heseldom think$ how it would be with him wereF they withdrawn, lie fails to ap p)reciate wvhat is so freely given. (I He may he reminded of them now and then ;lhe may complain of in trusion or interference ;but the frown is smoothed a-.ay by tie. gentle hand, and the murmuring lips are stopped with a caress, and t.he mnaement goee on. I I \nm:.-....l t is a man's n if he iuuhappy with n' . i milne cSes ont of ten. a Velry exceptiol. wom'an 14i) hOt be all she can 1 o an Sen:ive h-:sland. anid a more ex eptionable it she finds herseL Uryi nIele(e!ed. It woolhich Nry Iaov t) hate a man ho hat hoh d 'a u oman to hIm make.. Slffort to relder h.r appy; arId iot to lo-e one who im on tart tan.l tender and where a wo 1n loves she always Striv-'s to Th :.,ret-mnion in thi, -v,rbi aVe oitn been n retched In their omestic relations, wile cuoltnonl ieu have bcen ceeding happy bie rcason is verv piain: ahtrbel I themselves, those Wio 4esre be woId's applause are careless f their little %Norbi nt home 'hile those who have none iithi. otiAsm strive to keep the hearts bit are their Own, i and are h.appV I their tenderness. No wouman will love aI man the etter for being renowned and pro Sicent. Though i.e be first among lei, she will be on:y pronder, not )rder: and 1i she loes him brouh"l Ii. renoWn she will not ven he proud. But givc her love, ppreciation and kindness. and he-c is 110 sacrifice she would not iake for his happiness and comnl )rt. The man who loves her well her hero and king. No less a Cro to her beCause he is not one anyv ot her ; no less a k ing- be ause his onily kinzdom is her eai t and home. A PEFEC-r HOME.-The most erfect hnme I ever saw, says Lelir wami.; a lit"le h1o1se it). ithe wt ince-isc of whose fires -eut no costly things. A thouS di d->.b:rer 'A for a years liv. Ig. of father, mother, and three bilde:.. B,t the mother was he cro-tor of a home: her rela ion with he children was tihi) lost b atifu I have ever seen ; ve!) a d1Ill a1 comm:n pla3 ian was lited up and enabled to -jo .-i work for souls by the at losphere wlieh this woman cre ted ; every inmate of her house ivoaintarily looked into he(,r face! )r the key-note of the d:Ly and ways ranl., clear. From tile ase-budi or clover-lear which, in pite of her' hard hlousework, she hivays foumnd time to put by ou lat es at ibreakfast, down to the tory shme had on handI to be reali aI the evening. there was, no inter aissionl of her in)fluecelC. She has~ hvays been and a!ways will be Iy i-heal of a mother. wife, hone laker. If to her gaiek brain. lov a g heart anid exq:uisite face ha.1 *een a-hiedl the appliances of realth and tim enlhargements of' 'ider cult ire. hers wouild have een: absitely the ideal home. is it wyas. it was the best I have Ver sen. Lealth f olios Xneatiness, an1d dis ase the dhepartuire fr-om it. The se of the same towel by manv.comn aaon in a pnubile :!ae. though rmo"e llowahie than thme nce of the -anme vothi -ush, is, nevertheless, a not iiuch heal thier p)raetice. h-CU cot.ioi Fgyptia n orgas ~r inati ation! of the eVes is~ prealinrg rapid;ly thinroughout1 the ountrv. and alida. I have in ra:nv. andl !nmay sav in the mn rirtl v of e(Ie-. been able. to tlrar-e he di aie to lie use~ of the0 Is are genera4 y found in our coun rv h ei'l a in d the sleepinrg part mn:nts of the workingelasses .ud. heing t h.s :'d' by nearly c. r*y 04n. a4reI n,a l* the carrri.r ia(t nie 'rI hee mlost dlangerous, and. as egardi- its symptoml1. most tron lesc,m: hi --aseo of thle eye. I herefore w')n M strong!y reanmi ienid that the n-o of the rolling owel be abolIi.,he 1. lar therehr ye wviil isard on'e 0f th~e event nstru mcnts for the spreadu otsi-h dangeronus disease of the eye. by vhichm thonsands of wvorking men .re annllyb de'prived of t h.ir nieans of support. Several years ago a hopefn1 young amiister left these shores for the jannib)al I:;lands as a missionarv. )n arriving at tne end of his jonrney he natives weighed him and c-ut a liver off his leg as a sample. He amelhomie by the unext boat, and is ow the traveling agent of a circu-s. The Scripture says "the glery f a woman is her hair." but it no -here says that the glory of any -oman is any other woman's ha r. Love that which is good and 'se. Knaowled e a power. -I