, 1873-09-21
FOLKS.

How different thoy. arc, and yot how likol
T1loro tho naturnl tho artificial, tho cultured,
tho vulgar, the truo. tho falBo, tho sober, tho
sud, tho rcnl, tho fanciful, tho practical, tho
metaphysical, Tho good aud tho bad, tho plous
and tho profaue; yot oaoh, strong III his own in
dividualfty, t1tly represents his brother. Looking
at us ont OF kindly oycs. ono will point la to tho
better way; oole1y thrustiug buck Tho baud wo
reach another will bid us nltun the path that has
led him to moral deash. Dichona moves us to
nmilcs or teare as ho wills, whilc Carlyle sends
,1s to bed with tho bluea; Mark Twain puts our
own and othor peoples follies in such ahrewd-
ly-hulnorous light that wo thank him for tho
home-thruHts which spur us or to eensible ac-
tiyity; Gourgo Macdonald, with bis far-roaohing
human eympnthy, as ho sco,ns to stand somo-
times on tho obor1or-laud Of another world, dreams
With US Of the hidden things we should 20 much
like to fathom, whispers uuwayoring trust in
Him who draws tho veil before uB, and shows no
inal negioot Of duty; while. Goorge Eliot,
grand IN her glorious strength, ignores tho lov-
chologicai research, until, hungry for home md
@ @ e;'ss sss ' Sss saos yssnd hsoe oehs sad s
sighted or groplng III tho dark, aro but ourselves
developed, broadenod, differently attired with
tho satae hutnanity, the sasnc strong underlying
sympathy aul power for good Or Ill, tho same
thought Of the Heli TINT ynwns for us wide-
moutiiod whouoyor tho OWL ovorlaps the good.
There s = litt}o vein Of superstition In us all,
good donl Of PRIDE and much worthless pro-
teLHe bnt, ,swlntever may DO our own faults, wo
elrinl from their reflection in others. II IT any
wondor, when NO stop to think OF 1t, that Mr..
.Dnrwn should bare given voice to his thcory2
Ian't It cRey for AL Intelligent peraon to trace
similarity between tho expression aud appear
NJ md fhnt ~ thN 1Nuar At,imA1a
Can you holp instituting D comparison betWecn
homo mon aud The well-bohhved elephants that
accompany a travelling neuayorief Aren't aoMo
veritabe 1ionu in THAR lordly rage : And how
tho foxy pgopcnslty will creep out In spite Of
self! Nono vlIo will take the trouble to inyeati-
cato will dony thnt long ownership makes tho
benst in tin,o 30 like his master that ono Gnu
toll at glance the mana lending oharactoris-
tics and the torrior-liko snarl with which per~
BON will now and then accost US will set US
instantly to wondering ii, aftor all, thero is q
very wide difference betvoou two feet and four.
Indeoa. Nature aud Art combine in ynrious waya
chill by coming in contact with a '' thoroughly
cultivated" porBon2 Go into the most arato-
cratic atreets Of q city Which has land enough
for yards as vol as houses, and look about you
cxqulsitely trimmed, and tho walkn 40 evenly
grayoled that no etnglo, pebble dlsturbs tho
balance. Dou't you fool oppressed and very
cold 2 Aren't you sensible Of that peculiar
AluUQET WHICH, UlkNll UUIllGa OfCI Ouo N4sA III
apparent cause, leading some ki1,d noighbor to
ren,arls that "somobudy is Walking ever your
grave?" Don't you feel possessed with an in
sumo desire to ruah mndly from tho spot. and
throw yourself down into tho tang1ed graas that
you know is growing rank and high III the fold
behind tho old house?
Isn't there delicious awoctnoss and abandon
n tho irrcg1larity TINT peyndos oyer oyerything in
branches of tho old oim that at times creaked
exaaporatingly against your window; in the un-
pnintod well-curb In tho homoly stono-wall,
half ovorgtown with Ivy and brambles, and tho
titno-honorcd fcnce that eonehow can't help
throwing back as you pass an odor OF sweet-briar
and clovor7 You romcrnber dim1y to bare hoard
the farmer say that tho grass was too high aud
must bo mown and the memory brings to your
never crushos while It cuta. There is nothing in
tho box-bordorod, old-fashonod walks TINT
speakH Of the ropresslon lurking in tho modern
roller everything il buoyant, elastic, and hap
py; 1t is home. and tho sweet, sad sighing OF
tic distant pines ia musio that tho proudar
place will uover know.
How now about the inmates Tho house tells
tho story. Does not tho elegant house, with it's
s g va r. % S yau potsS mo ssn s issIsn H I
door, bat in hand, wanting an excuse to get
armH the merry boy who rushos in and breaks
tho terrible monot9ny y T.. informing afsr1 yoo IN
feet formation OF your car. that Mo aud Bill
Stevens aro going down to see en- try tho now
fro-ougine 30, If you want me to do anything,
sny quick" What it tho froWninB repfoof OF
his lndy-mothor is bronght..to boar upon him
Jimmie has at least given you Que dransht Of
Nature, and you tnse 1t eagerly. Thank Heaven
for tho Jmtnesl Dimf1 Of boy'sh activity
and freshness they cunle iuto onr life with ovcr-
welcome freedom, md take III out from our
selves buck into the l1as-leen, where VIC lngor
| lovingly.
IA high1y-oultiyated person never intrudea
himself upon his hearers" Such 1nay DO
Booiety's Inv !; but, throughout Naturo's Whole
real, what Hwoctor balm than tho honlely
/ experience of another In similar trial can
| co,.le to the aching heart? Tho knowledge that
| he las borne tho saulo sorrow that now Weighs
| you down puts you on friendly footing at onco,
| and tile crowniug happiness Of your 1lfo is mono
| the loas sweet that another haa drawn deeply
from the same cup. When the hoart III heayy
abstract theory will se.iafy7 Ia it not the warm,
| sympathetic henrt- thrill, tho moetoning eye, OF
| tho luiyering lip, that does more for you than
| years Of ordinary frionluhip7 Whom the cup ot
Joy sccns moro than full, Is not tho cordial grasp
Of the hand dearer to YOU than thousand hosl:
Then, looking ovor our folks again. whlle we
give to each Ills due, do We not all turn kindly tc
tho CHEEKY, morry sou OF Nature WHO forgotH tlle
bonds that etiquette imposes, and, atron; III hls
manly friendship, talks to ua with tho hoar'
rntnor than with tic lips? YAnSEY NEST.
4 Slight Mistake.
! From tto LaufeArtxilse titt> Dt.noerat.
| The following is told by Capt. G., Of Olney
who Waited Mrs. Powell q fow days ago through
curiosity: Upon eMtoE.',g t4e room. Il was
sssos @ IL fs av wa s sSasiag gas e was
totod with rAoumatiHal, sho Immediately wont
| into trance, and addressed tho Captait