Year: 1872

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A happy disposition is more to be es'
teemed than great riches, while hearty
laugh is good for tho health but there
is vast difference between an agree
able gayety of spirit and chronic state
to giggle, with which some people are
affected


They laugh in church, sncker at the
mishaps of others, giggle at funerals.
and he over tacir own most common
place remarks. Such fIlsome merri
ment imprcsses no sensible person
favorably, but seems fiat and silly. A
Joke or witticism, worth laughing at,
does not transpire every five minutes of
ones natural life. 1t is very queer that
embarrassments set some people gig
Cling. They become red in the face,
stammer, make an awkward move, and
then begin nervous laugh. Selfpos-
session, and the habit OF ateing good
society, gradually eradicttes all such
absurdity, but it requires years for many
clever cultured person to attain a
complete composure and repose OF man
| ner in the presence of strangers.
! Girls are apt to be great gigglers at
sixteen. The sky over their little world
is rose tinted 10y thcr imagination, and
troubles pass away like thistledown in
the wind.


Happiness and pleasure yield full
measures of joyful anticipations and
realization, SO why should not sixteen
be laughing age?


The difference between constant
giggle and real laugh is, that the latter
must be intermittent, and afford at
least little time for serious thought
and work.


All nonsense with no variety of earn
cstness is not beneficial to any one.
There are times when merriment is so
ill,timed and out of place, that it be-
comes absolutely disagreeable.
A gi ygle at the expense of the feel
ings of others belongs in the category
of meanntss.


Laugh when there is anything to
laugh at, but at any age or season avoid
being giggler.


The enormous beds in fashion in the
middle ages, in which not only the
whole family, but fas orite domestic
animals, hunting dogs, cats, etc, reposed
together, excite our liveliest astonish-
ment. In those days the aristocracy
did not find it undignified to share their
couches with friends or guests who
sought their hospitality. 1t was, on
the contrary, considered mark Of siu-
cere friendship.


1t is now commonly believed that
where two persons sleep together, one
abstracts from the other some amount
of vital force. This is especially the
case where old and young persons share
the same bed. Besides, in room
where there is no decided current of
air, the emanations from the lungs and
skin of the sleeper poison the atmos-
phere for considerable distance. In
the public wards of great hospitals,
never less than two and half feet is
allowed between each bed, for this rea-
son. In the sleeping apartments of
royalty and nobility single beds are
everywhere the rule, and nowhere the
exception. The Emperor of Germany
sleeps upon a narrow bed and q hard
mattress. The single bed covering is a
wadded silk quilt. The Emperor and
Empress Of Austria take their royal
slumbers on similar beds, with the same
description of coverlet. One OF the
principal advantages of these narrow
beds is that the mattresses are more
easily aired. Even the poorest house
wives in Germany recognize the fact
that bedding requires daily airing, and
on a pleasant day in winter, and nearly
every day in summer, one may see
stretched out of the courtyard windows
for an entire half day the ieather-beds
and coverings so dear to the heart of
German frau-Galary