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CHEERFuiLNEsS.

a moping melsnehaAy
patible With interest 4na ress
up the spirits and dives TO y
and even madness; il saurs to- leinller,
and imparis lis baneful contasion through
the circle in which il moves il UNDER
mines Tie foundations of health aud He,
and sends pre- maturely to The grave. z#z
And what goodness is gained BY d
gloomy sadness Of spfri, Has a: friend
proved treacHerousi Why should YOU
allow bis pet6dy to destroy your peace !.
You are ina better condition than you
we're before for now you are uudecsis-
ed, aid the rotlenness j. unveiled which
before was hidden and theteiore c4P5ble
Of ipiurylto you. !
Is property lost I what Of thati 4
manly tortituae and cheerful spirit Kiil
sustain YOU and either. CARRY You up 10
your fofner condiiion/ or render You
yhapPs, 10 your present one. II you
have acted honestly konorubly, hold up
your head like man; you are wortA as
much as ever, aud il you act out under
trying. circumstances The man and lhe
philosopher. your real worth wilhbg " ore
clearly seen and more fully appreciated
NY the WISE and good Than. il was 10 pFosg
petty. Away with eowsrdly poping
andNdispirited melancholy |; shane on al1
mean Nhoaghts Of cords, and Iazors, hnp
mlllpondx as a. remedy Tor lillle TRAIL,
such sss He loss 81 q few thousadds,
which itswefe better. TO laugh at than 10
nope over. The world owes tie honest,
i1}dustriods man, a subsistence, and such
a mans DRAFT it seldbp diebonoIed. n
Have you los, hsakhs .DMrona ency
will put make the matter worse. Il bre.
disposes ID disease even. IN lhe healthy,
and gives food and power io<the diSe ase
in the invalid. Physicians WIN tell YOU
that cheerful man il notfhaIf 81, liable
70 'diseaE Sc as one of aqPo.ltechsfae ter,
and is much more easily cured3|Y ben dis
ease does lake hdla Of him. Gkeerfaif-
nesslof SPIRIT, ~heiheF as . pre- ren,itsa nf
disease or an auxiliary 70 cure, Is better
tkan all HE nostrahsl end panaceas that
lean Be supplied.
A nah with good conscience has 20
right 10 Be gloomy Act we'll your part
then; befrm, be dhecrful2 and you Twill
BE healthier aid happier, and 1--we lobgtr
CoRRrqr lpEA IL An editors san turn
should tssacfed. His papers should MOI
be touched till aherhe has CLEANED tbfir
contents ID bis satisfaction. Take Up Ills
Email. aid leave first this paper inl folio,
that 10 qaarto. tother, crumpIed uPt aid
the whole ia confusion, and Though tis
bump OF ordef be as large as piece of
chalk, hetcan never arrange them salts.
fsctorilE. i His ideas viii become deianged
and out ot sorts. Jusi from gazing atlth.
disordefed pile before him, and his pata
graphs Jagged and uneven Is saw teeth.
Let our papers alone, and how smoothly
vel wade through theml No time is
lost in looking for an sstray. The
sought for Is full before our eyes-clipPe
out. anNs neatly folded sheet placed
aside az iathsog Of. yesterday" st
IA Lion SCARED BIZ 4 DREAMER.f-
II hsppened on one occasion, ashort time
previous TO our arrival among this tribe.
that a Bpsehman, in hunting a tropp Of
zehras, had juss succeeded in wouh ding
one Of them with an arrow. when 4 lion
sprang out Of su opposite thfcke:l and
showed q decided inclinstion TO dispute
the prize The sBoschman luckily being
near Tree, dropped bis arms. and clinbe q
for safety without q moments delay to
an upper branch. The lion having al
lowed Ibid wounded zebra 10 pass OIL now
turned his whole attention towards1the
perehing hun,sman, aud walked round
and round the tree, he 1890
growIeds and looked up al
| pleasantly. AT length
al the loot Of the tree. q
night. Towards mornf.
the hitherto wakeful B
dresmt that he bad fsllenN
mouth Starting fF6m the ELECTS =
dream. be lost his seat, and tpnbIine
from the high branch on which be had
been reposing came squash down upon
the lion ribs. The monster rot being a
all pFepared/for an assault Of his destrip
lion, boiled off with tremendous toar
and the Boschman lost no time il takins
ITO his heels in the opposite direction
scarcely believing The evidence OF III
senses Sir u .flerqndsr's Disfopsrie
IN South .9trica. I t.
Coon ENOUGH FOR HiM.-A physician
once visited sick shoemaker. and left twt
kinds Of powder for The patient. directing
bis apprentices to administer them alter