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AT TI1K U.1U, j "Who speaks for this man J" -From thogroat while Throne, . j, Veiled in ita roseate elouila tlio vbico came forth ; Before it stood i\ parted soul alono, And rolling east and \vcut and south and north. The Mighty aeounta suiumoned iiuiok mid dead: . " Who speaks for this man, cro his doom bo saidl" Shivering ho listened, for his oarthly lifu ^ Had yaesctr in dull, unnoted calm away ; He brought no glory to ita daily strifo, No wreath of fame, or guuiua liery ray ; Woak, lone, vmgifted, quiot oud ob- acuro, " Born in the shadow, dying 'mid tho poor.' Lo, from tho solemn--concourse, hushod and dim, ' Tho widow's prayer, tho orphau'i blessing rose ; Tho struggler told of troublo sbarod by him, The lonely oft cheered hours and soft ened woes ; And like a chorus spoko tho crushed and Bad, " Ho gave us all ho could, and what - ho had ;" And little words of loving kindnoss said, V And tender thoughts and holp .in time of need, A 'Sprang up like leaves by soft spring Bhowers fed, j In some waste corner sown by chanco' lluu>$ seed ; " ! In grateful wonder heard tho modest soul, I Such trifles gathered to so bleat a whole. 0 ye, by circumatmeo, strong fettcra bound. The store so.littlo and thJ> hand so fr.-il, / Do but the beet iyo can for all around ; Lot sympathy be true, nor courage 'faTil ; Winning among your neighbors poor and weak, Some witneca at your trial hour to .'poak. half laughingly-, that na I lived the other sido of Indian Spring, it wns c^uite natural. Ho took tho rebuff so quiotly,, thut j us an act of moro perfunctory politonosa, I asked him whore ho came from. j " Lagrango." , " " And you aro going to-------' "Well, that! doptmila" pretty much on how things pan out, and whother I can ini^ko tlio riflle." Ho lot hia hand rest unknown before to ino. I pointed | tho faot out to ray companion * little impatiently. Ho instantlt l'ckumod his old manner and dic- (loct. . "-Well, I reckon puo trail's as good as anotlior, and what hov yo got to aay about it V I pointed out with Rome dignity, tUat I preferred the old trail. " Mobbo you did. But you're jist now taking a paseur with mf. "WHO WAS MY QUIET FRIEKD2" BY BRET HAUTE. . Oat. Every'cle*cr:f>! 'Plat*r:ng s.a<!: P.ongh-cast'.ns done on taa mas? reajoRattle terms, ana ^atlsfac- ttaa c^araEtoed. --- ' Jt CX05- FLOl'R MILLS* 8. A E. K1CSLIS', P^oprletorE. Floor ai3 Feed always on nani, ho!e- ale aatTrelaii. Grlillns and Chopping . Uilty. .CssBforallklnasorGriln. ROSSI X JIorSL. Acton. 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His Rif/K and Horses are the best that en7j'Fjn hacl,.-ind he 1b detbrinlncd not to beHiirpiiKso'l by any City Klable. Actoit' Jnlvlst,I87D. TOB PRI.XTIXG of allKindjjs ntly \\ .>-om vtly ox30,uted tt th FREE PRESS OFFICE, Scxt Ihc Voaf OfUcc, Mill Street. " Stranger '" Tho voice , was not loud, but clear and penetrating. I looked Yninly up find down tho narrow darkening trail. No ono .in tho fringe of ulder ahead ; no ono on the jj-qLUed slope behind. " U| Stronger !" This tiuia a littlo impatiently. The Califoruian vocative, " O," meant business. I looked upi nnd perceived for the first tinio, on'the ledge, thirty feet above me, another trail parol- t led with my own, and looking 1 dow-n upon me through the buck- Joye bushe3 a small man on a bluck L'orse. Fivo-tliing3 to be. noted here by the circumspect mountaineer. First the locality lonely and inaccess- able and away from tho regular faring of teamster3 and minors. Secondly, the stranger's superior knowledge of the road froth tho fact that tho trail was unknown to ihe ordinary traveller. Thirdly,', that bo was well armed and equip ped. Fourthly, that ho was better mounted. Fifthly', that any dis trust or timidity arising from the contemplation of these facts" had better be kept to one's self. All this passed rapidly through my mind as I returned his saluta tion. ' "Got any tobacco f be asked. I had, Bnd signified the fact holding up the pouch enquiringly. " All right, I'll come down. Ride on, and I'll jine ye on' tho slide." " The slide J" Here was a new geographicul discovery as odd as tho second'. trail. I had ridden over the trail a dozen times, and seen no communication between the ledge and trail. Nevertheless I went on a; hundred yards or so, wken there was a sharp crackling in the underbrush, a shower of stones on the trail, and my friend plunged through the bushes to my side down a grade that I should scarcely bave dared to lead my horse. There was no doubt he was an accomplished rider another fact to be noted. As.he ranged beside me, I found I -ws not mistaken as to his size ; he was' quite under the medium height, and, but for a pair of cold gray eyes, was rather commonplace in feature. " You've got a. good horse there," I suggested. He was filling-his pipe from; my pouch, but looked up il little:sur prised and 6aid ". Of course".! He then jJuS'ed away with the nervous eagerness of a man long deprived of that sedative. Finally, between- tho puffs, he ticked. me whence. I came. J replied from "Lagrange." - He looked at me a few ruontents curiously, but on my adding that I had only halted there for n few honr&i' he said : " I thought I knew overy man between Lagrango and Indian Spring, but somehow I sorter disiemembered ..your face and name." - Not particularly caring that he should remember either; I replied, Ously on tho leathorn hostler pf his dragoon revolver, yet with a strong suggestion to mo of his ability "to mako tho rifllo" if he wanted to, and added : " But just now I was 'reck'nin' on taking a little imscar with you." There was nothing offensive in his spooch, save his familiarity and tho reflection,^ perhaps, that whether I objected or not, he was quito able to do as ho said. 1 only replied that if our pasear was pro longed beyond Heavytrco Hill, I should haro to borrow his beast. To my surprise, ho replied quiotly, " That's so," adding that thoj horse was at my disposal when ho wasn't using it,-and ftalj of it when ho was. " Dick has carried double many, a time bofore this," ho con tinued, "and kin' do it again; when your|mustang gives out, I'll give you a lift, .and" room to spare." I could not help smiling at the idea of appearing before the boys at Hed Gulch en croupa with the stranger ; but neither could I help being oddly affeoted by tho sugges tion that his horse had. dono double duty befprev " On what occasion, and why i" was a question I kept to mysolf. We were u.^cjending the long rocky flank of the Divide ; tho narrowness of tho trail obliged us to proceed slowly, and in tile, so that thero was little chance for conversation, had ho boon disposed to satisfy my curiosity. . ! Vro toiled on in silence, tho buckeye giving way to cUisimal, tho westering sun, reflecting again from tho blank walls be3ido us, blinding our eye3 with iUi gtiiro. Tho pines in the canon below wero olive gulfs of heat, over which a hawk here and thero drifted lazily, or rising to our level, cast a weird and gigantic shadow of slowly mov ing wings on tho mountain side. (l,,Uo1unc;onsci: This yor trail will bring yor right Tho superiority of the stranger's horse led him often fur in advauco, and mado me hope tbat he might forget mo entirely, or push on, grown weary of waiting, but regularly Bo would halt; by a boulder, of reappear from some chisimul, where he had patiently halted. I {was beginning to hate him mildlyi when at ono of those reappearances ho drew up to my side, and asked me how I liked Dickers ! Had ho aBked ray opinion of Huxley or Darwin I could not have' been more astonished. Thinking that it were possible that he referred to some local celebrity of Lagrange, l said hesi tatingly. "You mean ' " Charles Dickens. Of j course you have read hiiu 1 Which of his books do you like best J" I.replied with considerable em barrassment that I liked them all as I certainly did. He grasped my hand for a mo ment.with a fervor quite unlike his usual phlegm, and said, " That's me old mun. . Dickens ain't no slouch. You can count on him pretty much all the time." , With this rough preface, I launched into a criticism of the novelist, which for intelligent sym pathy and hearty appreciation- I had rarely heard equalled. Not only did he dwell upon the exuber ance of his humor, but upon the power of his pathos, and the all prevading'element of his poetry. I looked at the man with astonish-, rnent. I had considered myself a rather diligent student of the great master of fiction, but the stranger's felicity of quotation and illustra tion staggered mo. It is true that hU thought was not always clothed in the best language, and often ap peared in the slouching, slangy un dress of the place "and period, yet it never was rustic or homespun, and.sometimes struck me, with: its precision and fitness.' Considerably softened toward him, I tried him with other literature. Bjit vainly. into Indian Spring, and unnoticed und no questions asked. Don't you mind now, I'll see y6u through. J It was nooossary bore to mnio Bomo stand against my"(strange companion, I said firmly,, .yet as politely as I could, that I had pifo- posed stopping over night with a friend. "Whar?" I hesitated. Tho friond was Ln eccentric eastern' man, well knoirn in the locality for his fastidiousness, and his habitB as a recluse. A misanthropo of ample famillr and means, ho had chosen a secluded but picturesque valley in tho, Sier-: rap, whore he could rail Rgaihstthe world; without~opposition. "Lone Valloy," or " Boston Ranch," asj it was more familiarly called, was the one spot that tho average mi lor both foared and reBpected. Mr. Sylvester, its propiiotor,-had never affiliated with " tho boys," apr had ho ever lost their respect by any active opposition to their ideas. If seclusion had been hia obj set, ho certainly had been gratified, .Nevertheless, in tho darken ing shadows of tho night, and on a lonely and unknown ti-aiL, I hesi tated a littlo repeating his name to a stranger of whom I knew, so littlo. Hut my mysterious com panion took tho matter out of hands. J' Look yur," ho said suddenly, " Thar ain't but ono place between yen and Indian Spring whar yo can stop-, and that's Sylveslor'e." I assented a littlo sullenly. " Well," said the Stranger, quiet ly, and with a strong suggestion of conferring'a favor on me, " Ef you'ro pointed for Sylvester wliy / don't viind stopping tltar tcith yc. It's off the road I'll lose some time but taking it by the large I don't much mind." I stated, as rapidly and strongly as I could, that my acquaintance with Mr. Sylvester did not justify the introduction of a stranger to his' hospitality that he was Un like most of tho people here in abort that he was a queer man, etc, etc. To my surprise my companion answered quietly; " O, that's all right. I've heard of him. Ef you don't feel like checking me though, I or if you'd rather put ' C.O.D.' on my'back, why it's all the same to me. I'll' play aIone._ Only just count me in. Say Sylvester "all the time. That's mo!" : What could J oppose to the man's quieff assurance t .1 felt my self growing red with anger and nervous embarrassment. What would tho correct Sylvester 6ay to me 1 What would the girls I was a youtio; man then, and had won an_?ir>ee to their domestic circle by my reserve^ dtnown by a lesB complimentary ndjectiv.er among the " boys" what >yould they say to my new acquaintance 1 Yet I certainly could not object to his; assuming all risk on hit; own per sonal recognizances, : nor could I i resist a certain feeling of shame at my embarussmebt. Wo wore beginning to descend. In the dietiraco below us already twinkled the lights in ,tbe solitary ranche of Lone Yalley. I turned to my companion. " But you have forgotten that I don't even know your name. " That's so," ho said, musingly. " Kow let's see, " Kearney" would be a good name. It's short and easy like. Thar's a 'street in Friscoe the same title. Kearney it is." . | " But-------" I began impatiently. " Now you leave all that to me," ho interrupted,, with a' sijporb self- confidence that I could not but ad-, mire. " Tho nanio aiVt no account. It's the man that's responsible. Ef I was to lay for a mun tlat I reck oned was named Jones, und after I fetched him I found out on the Beyond a few of tho lyrical and 11 ^""^' """ -.------" ...-.: |inquest thut Tns _ real emotional poets', he knew fyothing Under the influence and| jsnthuBt asm of his own speech, he ?himself, had softened considerably J offered to change horses with nie, read justed my saddle with professional skill, transferred my pack-] to his own horse, insisted upon injy shar-J ing the contents of hia whiskey flask, und noticing that I wis un armed, pressed upon me a-silver mounted derringer, which ho assur ed "me he could " warrant." These various offices of goojl-will, and tho diversion of his talk beguiled 1 me from noticing tho. fafet that the I trail was beginning to /become ob- ' scuto and unrecognizable. We '.were evidently pursuing h route name was Smith that wouldn't make no mat ter, as long as I got the man. The illustration, forcible as it was, did not strike nie as offering a 'prepossessing introduction, but we were already at the ranche. The barking of dogs brought Sylvester to the door of the pretty little cot tage wljich his taste hod adorned; L briefly, introduced Mr. Kear ney. "Kearney will do Kear ney's goad enough for me," com mented the soidiixuif Kearney, half iiloud, to my own horror and Syl vester's .mystification, und then he blandly excused himself for a mo ment that he might personally supervise tin? care of his own beast. When ho was out of oar-shot, I drew ! the puzzled Sylvester jaside. !" I '""T have picked up^I mean I havo been picked up on the road by a gentle maniac, whose name is not Koarnoy. He is well armed and quotes DickenB. i With care, acquiescence in hia jviews on all subjects, and gonoral submission to bis commands ho may bo placated. Doubtless tho spectacle of your helpless family, tho (fontomplation of your daughter's "beauty and in nocence may touch his fine sense of humor and pathoB. I Meanwhile Heaven help you, and forgive me." I ran up stairs to tho little den that my hospitable host kept al ways reserved for mje in my wan derings. I lingered some time over my ablutions, hearing the languid, gentlemanly drawl of Sylvester be low, mingled with the|oqually oool, easy slang of my njiysterious ac quaintance. When I came down to the sitting-room T^vos surprised, however, to find the self-styled Kearney quietly seated on tho sofa, tho gentle. May Sylvester, the " Lilly of the Lone Valley," sitting with maidenly awe.and unaffected interest on one side of him, while on the other that arrant flirt, her cousin Kate, was practising tbo pitiless archery of her-eyes with in excitement that seemed almost real. . - " Who is your delicioiiBly cool friend V she, managed to whisper to me at supper, and I sat utterly dared between the lenwrapt May Sylvester, who seemed to hang upon his words, and jthe giddy girl of tho period, who was emptyiog the battery of her charms in aetive rivalry upon him. '! Of cotrrse we know his name isn't Kearney. But how romantic! Arid isn't he per fectly lovely ! And 'who iB he 1" I replied with severe irony that I was not aware what foreign po tentate was then tiluvellingi/nco^- nito in the Sierras jof California, but that when his.roy^l highness is pleised to inform the, I shall- be glad to introduce ihim properly "Until then," I added, "I ftar your acquaintance inust be Mor ganatic." j '. . . " You're only jealous of him," aho said portly]. "jLook at May, she is completely fascinated. And her father, too." AndLactually, the languid, world-sick, cynical Sylves ter was regarding him with a boy ish interest and enthusiasm almost, incompatible with h nature.- Yet I.Bubmit honestly to the clear-head ed reason pf my own sex, that I could Bee nothing more iri tho man than I have, already delivered to the reader. In the middle of an exciting story of adveuture, if which he, to the already prejudioediminds of bio fair auditors, was j evidently the hero, he stopped suddenly. - t " It's only some jpack train pass ing the bridge on the lower trail," said Sylvester, " go1 on." " It .may be my horse is a. trifle oneasy in the stabile," said the al leged Kearny ; " hje ain't used to boards and covering." \ Heaven only knows what wjld delicious re velation lay in the statement of this fact, but the j"girls I looked at each other with cheeks .pink with excitement as -Kearney /arose, and with . quiet absencb of'; ceremony quitted the table, i ," Ain't he j.ustj lovely!" said Kate, gasping for breath, "and so witty." ! . ; : - - "Witty!" said the gentle May, with just the slightest trace of de fiance in her sweet'.voice. " Witty, my'dear 7. why-doni't you see (that his heart iB just leaking in,pathos t Witty, indeed ; why.when'-ie was speaking of that po|or Mexican we- man that was bung*, I saw the tears gather in, his eyes. Witty, indeed !" I " Tears," laughed the critical Sylvester, " tears, idle tears. ; Why you silly children, the man is a man of the world a- philosopher,, quiet, observant, unassuming^" j _. '- " Unassuming !'f' Was Sylvester intoxicated, or had the mysterious stranger mixed the J' insane herb " with the family jpottoge. He re turned bofore I cjould answer this self-asked inquiry, and resumed cooly his broken narrative. Find ing myself forgottien in the man I had so long hesitated to introduce to my friends, "S retired to rest early, only to hjear through the partitions, two hours later, enthuslj astic praises of thip new, guest from the voluble lips oi the girls, asthey [ chatted together in the next roam before retiring, ' At midnight t was startled by the sound of horees' hoofs and the jingling of spun, below. A con versation between my ^host atyd some mysterious personage in the darkness was-carried-on in such a low tone that I cauld riot leiarn' its import. As th4 cavalcade : rode away I raised tb4 window " What's the matter?' "Nothing," " said hunting himj I I told him but; I had I Gems of Thouebt. i seen nobody but; you and your J. The magic of ^he tongue .is'the friend. By the way^ I hops, tho'most dangerous of all spells, '""I _____>__:_. i___:ii. .!;_..-l I ' 4. cursed noise hasn't disturbed .him The poor fellow looked as if lie wanted rest." ' I thought so, loo. ; Neverthe less, I went softly to his room. It was empty. ' Mj^impressipn was that'he had distanced the sheriff of Calvera^ aboat two hours. In a Shape to be Answered: In one of the courts of" Sacra mento, two or three days *gof there came up for trial a case in which a Chinamen was the complaining wit ness against a white man. During ihe-empanneling of the jury one of the attorneys questioned closely the summoned as jurors, to ascertain their! Viewa on the Chinese ques tion. 1 -' . " Would you believe.a' Chinaman under rath !" The witneeB answered in the af firmative. ... 11 Would you believe a China man as quickly as you would a white manl" " We'll," hesitatingly, " I would believe hiih aa soon as I would tome *xhii$ men."' " That isn't an answer to my question; I-now ask yon, and i desired, categorical aaswer, would you believe a Chinaman as soon as youl would believe me, or the at torney for the defense, for in stance V " Oh, yes, air, certainly P The attorney did not appear to feel muchr better after he 'found out. r , rnnnfgrais.' Head-qua,rters ^A pillow.- Life and death. A painter ap. nouncetd in an Irish journal that, among other portraits, he had' a representation of Death aa large as life. '." ..: Symmetry. The St. Lawrence iB the onlyriver in the world which enjoys the symmetry of having ite head larger thaiv.itd mouth. Unmasked. =" I detest masquer^ ades," said 'a beautiful lady to a. gallant Officer. "No wonder, madam," he replied, "Bince you do ao much execution unmasked." ', i i, The troubles of the Tennessee doctors are greater than they can j bear. If the ..patient] recovers, he! never pays his doctos-'s bill;; and if he dies, his relations! kill the^ doc tor. On the walls of a Lancashire church may be seen the following.: " Anybody sticking bills against this church will be prosecuted ac cording to law or-any-other, nuis ance." A young widow was asked why she was going to be married bo soon after the death of her first husband. "Oh, la'.".said she, " I do it to prevent fretting myself to deathmen account of-.dear Tom*." "Have you tasted tbt new drink they've got \\pf asked one toper of another. ' " No ', what "do they call it 1" " Water, if I'm not mistaken ; and a. little of it goes a great way, so they use it sparingly." ~A.fast youth arrived -at -a. re- dtauraut. " What hHve you got ?" " Almost everything!" waB tho re- ^ily. " Almost everything! Well, ^ive me a plate of that." "^Cer- tainly. One plate Ihaah'! " y^ied tho waiter. : ' An anny Understands better tlte idea of glory than that of liberty. When fortnne caresses a man too much, she is1 apt -to make a fool of him. Hurry is the mark of ai weak mind ; despatch is the evidanoe.or^; a strong ope. If industry will banish poverty, nojnan should complain of adverse cWoumstancea. "The doubt and the fear, tho caprice and the change, -which agi tate the surface, swell also the tides of passion. Want of prudence-.ia tioo fre quently the want of virtue.; hoi- is there on earth a- more powerful advocate of vice than poverty. Amongst men of the world com> fort-merely signifies a great con-r sideration for themselves," and, a. perfect indifference about others'. Always act in the presence^ of ohildren with the utmost ciroum- spection. They mark all you do, and most of tbem are more wise than you may imagine. . The fountain of true politeness - is- a good and generons heart. It consists leas in exterior manners than in the spirit developed |in con ducting true intercourse of society. There are some people whoy thoiigh'very amiable in , the main, . and obliging; in theic | -offices ta others, have yet that-most whhappy propensity of being gioomjy -over everything. ,. . > - -+ j Many who would aot for tbe' world; Utter a falsehood .are y-et eternally scheming.to .produce false" impressions on the, minds of others "Mi *rt vm i How HE GOT A. jRlDE.^When Abraham Lincoln was a poor law yer he found"himBelf one cold day at .a -village some I distance from Springfield, and'-With jio meani of' conveyance. Seeing a gentleman" driving along-the Sj>rihgfield rod in acarriage, he ran up, to him and politely said : " Sir,'will you buve the goodness to take my overcoat \ to' town for me V .*' With pleasure," answered tbe genileman1; " but how will you get it [againi" " Oil, very easily," said Mr. Lincoln, " as Iinlend to reniiiu in it!" "Jump in," said the gentleman.;, and the Future President had a pleasant ride. " .'. .- ."" respecting facts, .character and opinions. % ' . - ' Time dost-caa never be regained. After allowing yoursaLfpraper time to rest, don't live an hoar of .your lifo without doing exactly wha& <is to be done in. it, and going straight ' through with it from beginning, lo. end. " . Such are the-casualties of life, that the presentment^of fear is, far- wiser than that,of.hope; and it would seem at all 'times more, pra- ' dent to" be; provided" against acci- -> dent, than lajring^our schemes of future happiness. ' - As we advance : in' -age, it is singular .whatla revolution .lakes place in our feelings. When we arrive.at maturity, an unkind word is more cutting -and distresses -us more than any bodily suffering . in. our youth it was the reverse. Language should be like the air, revealing things to us without.: it- ' self being visible. Sometimes sub jects of not absorbing interest may have their attractiveness heighten-j ed by the" ornamentation of lan guage, as the beauty of the Jc'up enhances that of the wine. " Everyone who gives way to I thought n.-ust, of'teitssity, bectn^s wiser every day;, for -either the "-. ideasr that present themselves to hie mind will confirm his yet rickety theories, or obseravtibn wMl teach him tbat his previous vieys of things were ill founded. \ ~j FWe are what we are; we cannot be truly other than ourselves,' We', reach perfection not by copying, ! much less by aiming at^originality, but by consistently and steadily wotMng out"^th;life .which is com- Lnion to all according to; the! clrarac- )ter which Heaven has given us. Avoid the companion, who jsts at everything ! Such people diy- Iparage, by Borne ludicrous'aKEOcii- tion, all olijecis which are present- . ed to their thoughts, and thereby render themselves incapable oT any emotion,, "which can either elevate or soften them-; they bring upon their jnontl being an influence more withering! thun the bluets .of tho " Only one of thise playful bomici dal freaks peculiar to the country, A man wast shot by Cherokee Jack over at Lagrange thiB morfjing,-and. that was tho Sheriff and his posse Magnetism AKD Sleep/ Baron Reichenbach insists on the-import- anoo of sleeping with bno'e-.head ko the pole, so as to" get the full benefit of the earth's magnetism. The ih- Jubitants of the northern hemis phere should lie with their heads to the north, and.those of the -southern wi%h their beads to the soutii. Dr.jFLschweiter, of Madgo- burg, who died* recently at the ag? of 1^09 years, always attributed his long life toihis faithful, .observance of the pole, to-pole po'sition.,of sleep ing. - : ; ' There is a fa rally in Miflbrook, Sylvester, j toSv.nship of Cavaii, Ontario, who desert, One of I the surest., ways of pre-' ducing confusion and annoyance is to allow one's self to form. tint, habit of taking things for granted. lIltQ habit is easily acquired, and is such a natural result of the lack of thoughtfrdness, thijbt ruany, while suffering Ifrgm ita -couwiuences,' are unconsjsfous of Uie-babi&. .The greatest man is ,he who -cho'oses-ight with the most invin cible resolution.; who,jrests-tho soreat temptation fiom within and without; wh6 hearjB the heaviest burdens cheerfully ; who is calmest . in Btorma, and\ most fearless under memiqcs and Vrowrrs;: iwhose , i-c- linnce on truUr,\on virtup, and on God is most u-nf^ltering. have" eight children, the eldest of whom -is only six years of age. There are no twins, and all legal children ,,of ' one father .and one Ijnother, Young ladies, how .' disgustingj i they only knew .o worthy - men slovenliness is.-alad Ihow.'.attractive are displays ojf upatness .And taste, would army theiusel>vos in ihe si'm; plicity and cleanliness of the.liries: of tfie,:"field8,-or, "' ": "' -'-j:-1-J in costly attire, the'harmoniouj which Nature. ,. .woiis. - jf able to indulgt' fhey would study blending of ^cnloi-j r.hi!-it3 lMgjdl hi y?-sK ;!*t|pi .,., MM . ?/stea-f Ml i , III