, 1879-06-14

shall reap only weary heart and tired braini
Life Ia ~ sweet cannot think that doath Is ttlc
only portal to peace and happ!css, but II
Wcre going to cnter thnt portal Heaven to mo
would be filed with roses and btrtt.sone; witl,
beautiful trees wllosc tolinEe would please the
eye. and boueath whose branches l would
wander with this dear ones, over there, ton
wtlI te something for each ono to do, and
should want busy, actlsc life. full Of song
nl,ti 1nuahser md am afraid With this shonld
rarry my eallsllncss with inc, nlld .wart the
s s,s how os' eos sis b. sS snp, i 81 III fas
enough Ter inc ttHlay, to iiVn IT. tha beautiful
world, filed With sttnsiun mid Wild birls' chorus,
to breathe The fragrance OF iloneYsMckles, and,
Tss s y,oes % 70 xnoW o. d.af
u not here, will hereafter satisfy all our long
ings.
Oh Chalt why did you not ask mo to write
about eotnethlnE etse1 ilad you Wished II,
subject. ! would hayo undertaken TO leerFiho
for you, at tic cxronsc Of any 1unnttt5 of MIDI.
hight utl. the ancient Dasiliea OF Rome, or the
actfnn of the fcebergs upon thu islaf'da Of tho
frcezlng sketch of tic latter tllat IT. would hnvo
made you shyer butt 10 1loncG At II; or If pre-
aerred until The .1uty days, asd carefully rcad.
would scein to ro1uec tic temperature around
depicss nE ciiecS W Snpon s you. Hus don't ets tslk
about husbands. / have an impression that
there arc sums perfect ones In tile world, md
Of courss my ideal =, wouit be one
ss wo not tG pss' ectns as 90 s{si @ W.T.
ur n sermon on tobaccol II Is quito the proper
thl1ig to raid against thcso oTlls, only ! do not
agree with The raiders.
"l1 ,notha will singo their w!nss, us preot
enough that sinEea wlnGs must bo good Tor
nloths,h and whetner good or bad, thcre has
been little reform" In gcntlemen's smoking.
It Is ouly the time mia placc that has bcen
changed; from Tie comfortable easy chair alsd
nlt the sweet influences ot home, to the down
town enb-room and lonngfng ptnccs.
I would not have a room IN the houso that ras
ion nice fot INF brother, husband, or father to
make thcnisclres comfortable in and smoke II
they WISHED. Imagine that little extra troubls,
cologne, a1i an odoraior wuu1d not cost rs much
rs aomo other things, md would have my ait
ting room and parlors rs sweet and fresh al that
fond mothcr'st just over there, who lias been
breaking her son Of that odio,is habit OF smok-
Ing" aid who, NJ sho conidcuttally tells her
friends, has quito left It of; she has not
seen him With q cigar for morn than a month";
Probably not; It Is not 90 pleasant at home a. It
used to be-, mud thu garetI, or p!azza steps ore
rot go productive Of comfort IS ono might
wish for; and 80 he takes flimaelf and llis
prohibited cigar down town,-Whero and
TO what, lis lauy-lno.hcr will find out ere long
10 her sorrow. And yet ahc talks loudly Of tctn-
prrnueo ind Ail tl,at. II homo was lnadt moro
pleasant mud attrnctlye With such nnlusements
as those around lis would npprcclntc,-for in
stance, n lllIiard.tablo for the dinIng.room md
whist for the rarIor, to be shared aid enjoyed
with nnr is,--thrrc wontd be fewer pro1i-
.al sons to be wcpt over and less crusading to
bU done.
Thanks, Forty Years, for those philosophical
suggestions. never could rightly understand
philosophy, and consequently do not attempt to
practice vcry much Of It. II ! am happy 1t Is
natural eliougl, to laugh md be merry and
llgnt-l'uartcd; II unhappy, nm perfectly mis-
would bo q very lino thing to carry enough
Of this Kind Ut philosophy around With
oi,o 10 keep tho pulse Ai.d hcart-bcats al
Ways regular ard quiet under excitement, AMl
The clIrcks coDs n1,l uucIprcsslyo when onB
most wBflcs them 80.
Won't some one say something pleasant to
Donny New Engiauda ! am sure Wo were In
teresteI IN hearing from her, but size will never
know 1t II soule ono does not tell her SO.
ETukL.