twenty-five or thirty years ago, in which you were one of the parties; and, suppressing as far as possible your sadness, you say: "Good-by."-TALMAGE. Guard Your Affections. Is there anything more bitterly patent, when we look over the face of our modern life, than that a large part of the misery of human existence comes from the all but wanton recklessness with which one sex flings down the treasure of its love to be too often spurned and trampled upon by the other? And therefore, O young and trusting heart, guard the pearl of your innocence; guard the pearl of your reverence; but most of all, guard the pearl of your affections!-H. C. Potter. My Bride That Is to Be. O soul of mine, look out and see As one might draw a veil aside And so unveil her where she stands, The shadow of a willow tree In attitude as gracefully As my fair bride that is to be; Nor ever Autumn's leaves of brown The path of love she loiters down. I know not if her eyes are bright Her face is like a night of June, Of stars, with envy lighting them. And like a wild cascade her hair Nay, foolish heart and blinded eyes! That ever over all distress May beam the light of cheerfulness; Oh, let her come like this to me My bride-my bride that is to be! Good Advice. J. W. RILEY. My advice is: Marry a man who is a fortune in himself. Houses, lands and large inheritance are well enough, but the wheel of fortune turns so rapidly that through some investment all these in a few years may be gone. There are some things, however, which are a perpetual fortune-good manners, geniality of soul, kindness, intelligence, sympathy, courage, perseverance, industry and whole-heartedness. Marry such a one, and you have married a fortune, whether he has an income now of $50,000 a year or an income of $1,000. A bank is secure according to its capital stock, and not to be judged by the deposits for a day or a week. A man is rich according to his sterling qualities, and not according to the mutability of circumstances, which may leave with him a large amount of resources today and withdraw them tomorrow. If a man is worth nothing but money, he is poor indeed. If a man has upright character, he is rich. Property may come and go; he is independent of the markets. Nothing can buy him out; nothing can sell him out. He may have more money one year than another, but his better fortunes never vacillate.-TAL MAGE. A Well-Matched Couple. A well-matched couple carry a joyful life between them, as the two spies carried the cluster of Eshcol. They are a brace of birds of Paradise. They multiply their joys by sharing them, and lessen their troubles by dividing them. This is fine arithmetic. The wagon of care rolls lightly along as they pull together; and when it drags a little heavy, or there is a hitch anywhere, they love each other all the more, and so lighten the labor.-SPURGEON. A Woman's Answer to a Man's Question. Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing Ever made by the Hand above— A woman's heart and a woman's life Do And a woman's wonderful love? you know you have asked for this priceless thing As a child might ask for a toy? Demanding what others have died to win You have written my lesson of duty out; You require your mutton shall always be hot; You require a cook for your mutton and beef; |