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Neatness.

How easy it is to be neat-to
be clean. How easy to arrange the
rooms with the most graceful pro
priety. How easy it is to invest
our houses with the truest elegance.
1t resides not with the upholster, or
the draper; it is not in the mosaics,
the carpetin9s, the rosewood, the
mahogany, the candelabra, or the
marble ornaments; it exists in the
spirit presiding over the chambers
of the dwelling. Contentment must
always be most graceful; it sheds
serenity over the scene of its abode
it transforms a waste into a garden.
The home lighted by these imita-
tions of nobler and brighter life.
may be wanting in much which the
disconnected desires; but, to its in
habitants it will he place far out
vieing the oriental in brilliancy and
glory.
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The Laugh of Woman.

A woman has no natural gift
more bewitching than sweet laugh.
1t is like the sound of flutes on the
water. 1t leaps from her in a clear
sparkling rill, and the heart that
hears it feels az if bathed in a cool
exhilerating flood Have you ever
pursued a fugitive through trees,
led on by fairy laugh-now there,
now lost, now found? We have,
and we arc pursuing that wandering
voice this day. Sometimes it
comes TO us in the middle of care
or sorrow, or irksome business, and
then we turn away the evil spirit of
mind. How much we owe to that
sweet laugh? 1t turns prose to
poetry; it brings sunshine to flow
ers, over the darkness of the wood
in which we are travelling it touches
with light even our sleep, which is
no more than the image of death,
but is consumed with beams that
are the shadow of Immortality.
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Labor.

The man and woman who is above
labor and despises the laborer, show
want of common sense, and for
get that every article that is used is
the product of more or less
labor, and that the air they breathe,
and the circulation of the blood in
the veins, Is the result of the labor
of the God of nature. Washington
and his lady were examples Of in
dustry, plainness, frugality and
economy; and thousands of others
of the wealthy labored in the field
and kitchen, in olden times, before
folly superseded wisdom, and fash
iOh drove common sense and econ
omy off the track. The necessity
imposed on man to labor is unques-
tionably a great blessing, as much
as many are opposed to it, and as
those counties and districts of
country where the greatest amount
of labor is requisite to obtain the
necessaries of life, we find the most
vigorous, healthy ard athletic in
habitant5. Where nature has done
most for man, in providing for bod
lily wants, we find him most desti-
tute of the solid comforts of life.
In the highlands of Scotland, on the
mountains Of Circassia, amidst the
hills of Norway, the people are hap
pier, by far more robust, and more
energetic, than effeminate Spain or
impoverished Italy. In our own
country, rock-bound New England,
the long range of the Allegheny
mountains, and their numerous
spurs and valleys support much
more hardy race of men than the
sunny South.
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Cardinal Virtues.

Mrs. Shoddy passed through the
Centennial. Mrs. S. is a lady noted
for her distingus appearance, and
suddenly acquired affiuence, than
for her intellectual endowments,
which are of the highest order.
Mrs. S. stopped with some friends
in the city, for few days, to get a
general idea of the latest fashions,
with view to replenish her trous
seau. The popular colors, seal
brown, navy-blue and cardinal red,
seemed to impress her favorably,
particularly the cardinal, and she
was quite lavish in her expenditures
for ribbons, ties, ETC., of this favor
lite color. Before purchasing large
ly she inquired, of city friend,
where the most fashionable and re
liable establishment for the sale Of
dry goods and trimmings could be
found, and was directed to one of
our largest business houses, with
the remark that, as firm, they pos
sessed call the 'cadinal virtues
MI s. S. took special note of the lat
ter observation, and shortly after
alighted from her carriage in front
of this well known establishment
Sweeping regally into the store she
said to the clerk at the first counter,
young man, where are your vir-
tues?' The clerk, taken completely
aback at such an unexpected ques
ton, said he was sure he didn't
know; in fact, be didn't think he
had any, but she might inquire at
the back of the store, as there were
several clerks who belonged to the
Y Nj. c. A, and perhaps she would
IDENTIFY was somewhat confused, so
Mrs. 5. passed on, and arriv-
ing at the trimming department,
said to clerk No. =: "Sir, have you
any virtues at ibis counter?' Real
ly. Madame" said the young man
addressed-judging from the slight
ly caustic manner of the query that
she felt aggrieved at some fancied
lack of Enthusiastically, / do not
understand you; we try to please
our customers, and hope nothing
has occurred to offend you" 1t was
now Mrs. ShOddy's turn to be as
tonished, and she haughtily asked |
tor the proprietor to whom she stat
ed her grievances, and asked him
what she had done To deserve such |
from his clerks. She |
said she had been informed his es-
possessed all the cardi-
nal virtues, and as she was looking
for everything new in that particu
lar color, she came with a view to
purchase, if the articles were desira
BILE, thinking it useless to go else
where if they possessed them all.
Mr.-controlled his risbles long
enough To make a satisfactory ex
and Mrs. Shoddy, with a
crestfallen air, departed from the
store, q sadder and wiser woman.
CHARLES +. ADAMS.
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FOrbearance.

Forbearance is the keynote O.
happy married life. There can be
no great discord. there can he no
large divergences from tunefulness,
so long as the husband forbears and
the wife forbears. Now this can
not be attained without some labor.
Results are approached gradually
in character, as they are in making
4 sand hill. 1t is grain upon grain,
shovelful upon shovelful, and load
upon load that makes the mound to
rise. So results of character como
gradually. An act at this time a
deed yesterday, a word this morn
ing, a word tomorrow, cross an
swer to day repeated a month hence,
and so on, until at last you fipd
there is a ridge between you and
your wife's or husbands affection.
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Utilize Spare Moments.

Don't lose so much time going to
town. If only a day is lost every
week, it counts up tifty-two days in
a year; and any farmer ought to be
able to make and save two dollars a
day by working and experimenting
his own business. Think of the ma
nure that might be made, or of the
light and beauty and comfort that
could he added to your homes
by the application of this time
where it would do most good.
Time is money with farmers as well
as any other workers, and profita-
bic farming will begin when we
have learned the money there is in
it, husband moments as we would
dimes save and utilize all spare
moments.
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Ivy on House Walls.

There is a popular belief, says
the American Architect and Build
ing News, that ivy growing upon a
building renders it damp and un-
healthy, which is quite unreasona-
BILE; in fact, if a wall, particularly a
north wall, be damp, the best treat
ment is to plant English ivies at its
base; for not only does the dense
foliage of the plant keep out rain,
but its aerial roots absorb the mois
ture already in the wall. The real
mischief done by ivy is to old
buildings of stone or brick, from
whose joints the moisture has been
dislodged. An ivy shoot once
lodged in one of these crevices will
grow in bulk until in the course of
years it has so pressed the joints
apart the masonry can be dislodged
by any strong vibration of the
building.
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LADIES COLUMN.
HARoLINE HAROLD, EDITOR.
A Low Voice in Women.

Yes, we agree with that old poet
who said that low, soft voice was
an excellent thing in a woman u
Indeed, we feel inclined to go much
further than ne has on the subject
and call it one of her browning
charms. No matter what other
attractions she may have; she may
be as fair as the Trojan Helen, and
as learned as the famous Hypatia
of ancient times; she may have all
the accomplishments considered
requisite at the present day and
every advantage that wealth can
procure, and yet if she lacks a low
sweet voice, she can never be really
fascinating.
How often the spell of beauty is
rudely broken by coarse, loud talk
ing. How often you are irresistibly
drawn to a plain, unassuming wo-
man, whose soft, silvery tones rer
der her positively attractive. Be
sides, we fancy we can Judge of the
character by the voice; the bland,
smooth, fawning tones seem to be
token deceit and hypocrisy as inva-
riably as the musical, subdued voice
indicates genuine refinement.
In the social circle, how pleasant
it is to hear our sex talk in that
low key which always characterizes
the true lady. In the sanctuary of
home how such voice soothes the
fretful child and cheers the weary
husband. How sweetIy its cadence
floats through the sick chamber;
and around the dying bed, with
what solemn melody do they breathe
a prayer for the departing soul.
All, yes, a low, soft voice is certainly
ian excellent thing in woman"
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Proverbs of the Billings
Family.

Don't swap with yer relashuns
unless We ken afford to give them
the big end of traid.
Marry young and if circum-
stances require it often.
If you kant git gud cloths and
edikashon too, git the cloths.
Say how are We? tn everybody.
Kultivate modesty, but mind and
keep good stock of impudence on
hand.
Be charitable. The sent pieces
was made on purpose.
Don't take anybody else's advice
but your own.
If man fatters yu, va kan kali
kilate he is roge, or yure fule.
Keep both ize open; don't see
more'n half you motifs.
Don't NORTH the flesh too much;
twant the sores on Lazarus that
sent him tew heaven.
If you ich for fame, go inter a
grave yard and scratch yourself
againt a tune stun.
Beggars don't have tn advertise
for run-awa dogs.
''Tis a long lane that never
turns" and tbs a good mill that al
vase dus.
Young man, be more anxious
about the pedigre yur going to
leave, than you are about the wun
somebody is going to leave yu
Nature is nature, yu kant alter
the krook of dogs tail much and
preserve the length of it tew.
wud sa tn all young men, $50 IN"
and to all the old fellers, "knm out"
About as sure way tn git rich as
eny l no of Is to git inter Diet for a
hundred thousand dollars and then
go to work and pay oph the Diet.
Philosophers tell US that the world
revolves on it's axes, and Josh Bill
ings tells us that full half the folks
on the arth think tina are the axes.
n. B.-These ere proverbs hey
stood for morn a hundred years,
and hain't gin out yet.
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Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
DAN in the right side, under the edge
L of the ribs, increases on pressure !
sometimes the pain is in the left side; the
patient is rarely able to lie on the left
side; sometimes the pain is felt under
the shoulder-blade, and it frequently ex.
tends to the top of the shoulder, and is
sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected with
loss of appetite and sickness; the bowels
in general are costive, sometimes alterna,
tive with lax the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally considerable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with painful sensation of
having left undone something which
ought to have been done. A slight, dry
cough is sometimes an attendant. The
patient complains of WEAKNESS and de.
bility he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains of a
prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits
are low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial TO him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few ofthem existed,
vet examination ofthe body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been ex-
tensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
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CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive of the
most happy results. No better cathartic
can be used, preparatory to, or after
taking Quinine. We would advise all
who are afflicted with this disease to-
give them FAIR TRIAL
For all Bilious arrangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
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'1mpetuous with emotion,
And anguished long suppressed,
The swelling heart heaves, moaning like
ocean,
That cannot be at rest.-'
Within my grief full soul, tonight,
a mansoleum CLEANS,
Reared to the dead who may return
No more except in dreams.
Deep in its hottest recess,
A harp forever walls,
Beside its pure memorial wreath
Earth's fairest blossom pales.
And Love and Faith with patient care
Which never fails or tires,
Keep vigil by an altar there
And feed its sacred fires.
Oh grandly calm and flee from pain,
Those marble features now,
With Azreal's shadowy signet stamped
Upon the icy brow,
For in that glorious temple ali
Its beacon lights have died,
As Lava fires are quenched and cold,
Upon VesuvIus's side.
Life's fever-pulses bouni no more,
Its Titan-throbs are still,
And ne'er again that g-and true heart
With noble thoughts may thrill.
AnfH(Dear God be pitiful)
l sit amid the gloom,
Whose midnight shadows darkly slant
From that lone starlit tomb.
Alas! new blossoms still may blow,
And moons may grow and wane,
But Thy dear smile, thy tender tone
Will never come again
Dear Savior. from the depths of woe,
My spirit calls to thee
Ply me Thu, by Calvary stones
By dark Gethsemanel
7kou, who vast wounded for our sins,
Tau who hast known our woe,
Help this poor rebel-hea to bend
Beneath thy Christening blow!-
Rest, dear one, in that fair land.
Where comes not pain, or signs,
Where rise the far Eternal hills,
Alone are no good byes.
And r. it'll has painted on my soul,
Upon its mist of tears,
Gods Bow of Promise and the hope
Oh deathless, bliss-crowned years.
LsTELLE VEHsE
The Wild Wills, Jan. Is, 1877.
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while American citizens a,

While American citizens are
dragged into the interior of Mexico
by the revolntionists, and robbed
and otherwise maltreated, Grant sits
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1t seems to be the universal opin-
ion t.n.at if the Electoral bill becomes
law that the Presidential difficulty
is thus peacefully and honorably
settled, it would be certain cause
of an immediate and general reyiv
al of business, and that this would
continue and grow up into lasting
prosperity, if Congress would adopt
sound financial policy. A writer
say:
The position of the country is
now in every way favorable to gen.
eral revival of industry if only con
fidence in the future is restored.
The crops OF the year are all either
ample or very large. The corn
crop was in two per cent. as great
as the immense crop of 1875, and in
The form of pork is bringing good
prices, with good foreign demand.
The wheat crop is good, and sold
at paying prices. The cotton crop
was large and profitable, and was
combined with larger production
than ever before of food supplies by
the Southern States. Wool has
passed the extreme point of de
preston, and bring fair prices. The
sugar crop of Louisiana was euor-
NOUS, and is selling at fair prices.
Leather has passed the point of de
preston. The exports are large at
full prices and the price has adj
vanced from four to six cents per
pound, with the home demand
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which reaches a very important
branch of industry.
This feeling only needs the set
Element of the Presidential question,
and then of the currency question
TO take effect in constructive enter
prises of all kinds, to make up for
the complete stoppage of all such
undertakings during the last two
or three years.
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Dallas (Tex.) Herald: Yester.
day evening when the freight train
from the Missouri, Kansas and Tex,
arrived, and box car was opened,
five well-dressed tramps were found
concealed in it, Two OF them had
gold watches, and they were all
nearly dead with cod. We learn
that this sort of thing is getting to
be common occurrence, hardly q
week passes that some tramp does
not step out of freight box-car.--
They beat their way to Texas and
then beat Texas.
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