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BETWEEN THE EBB AND FLOW.
The evening brecre is ringing low
A lullaby Madly;
1 bar rose section 1 would 1111
Before it dt lee sway
s pebbles on the bench are dry,
The this has sunken low;
A little turns 11 sisntlnlng there,
between tsh ebb.
A tangled mus of soil brown hair,
Two little tip: that tell : on
a little been that longingi ruin
You thought that you 11:1 be :sked sgrun
. Between ths ebb
A little rues hrltirlghloned when
1 turned to raw
Two little hands tin". shyly resohtd
to 111 me
A llltlo volnem th:t willy sonys,
unthst
A little pridem th:t well was lost
Between the ebb Ind ilo
[For the Weekly lens tiaretts. l
EDUCATION OF WOMAN.
T1111: question oi worir is closely coll-
neeted with the question oi educatron
The uneducated csesiss in a community
will always be the drudges. llistln nnr,
thought, and culture are what enliven, im-
prove, and ennoble, and berorc women can
do all they are capable of doing, they must
ll the education they are cnpnhle
“e are not yet prepared to
say whitt education best bed tswomnn, and
la man, for until both are
equally educated it 1111 be irrrpossihle to
ssyw what posilion cilher will be competent
to fillr ‘
it has yet to be acknowledged, 1 believe,
that the mind ofwomiln is equal to the
mind ot man, ilmtihey src cups sble of re
oeiring the shine insiruclion; that their
spoons; .but how diil‘ercnt they are, and to
what degree, and in what respects rliii'cront,
can only be determined when both have
had the same inwliectilnll advantages
The female intelloc no more 1 e
the masculine than the female lrrgmii tion
hym land if their bodies are slillnlilttsl tn the
uersl regulntions, wily should not
their intellects be? Both exist in the slime
atmosphere physically, why not intellectu-
ally? Both live in the slime illtllnllivlc
bodily, why not mentally? Women cut the
same food as men, wiry should they not reed
upon the some irnowled e1
Shall we give the ntudy or the nrbl 11nd
sciences to man, and deny to 111111111111 the
same. No; ’tirr absurd to say thrtt women
shall not rave over the some “Gilli uflimra-
ture as men, that they shall not peruse the
some books, that they shall not receive the
same instruction. What we need to know
is whetcsu woman do, 11nd what can nlnll
do 1 and this we can 11 ver know until both
receive the saute treatment, until the srtnie
fields of nlentallnbor are opened to both.
hlany there are who aremiilintlnlly tan-ing
shout ”man’s career," and “woman’s m-
reer," but capability determines curt-er, and
whot male or (male is oapnblc of but, not
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science, or mechanics, let them 11: privileged
to pursue those studies as well. Let
the chorce of iced bo tort to therppoute,
but let the appetite have s Iiirge choice of
’food.
edo not suppose that women irom
choice would betahs tllemszlves to llgricul-
ture, commerce, tins son or, or nrnnuumtures,
yet it they should 1t would but rhow there
wu s teminino part in these punruiu which
they were to pertorm illoet of tho ooeupn.
tions have their feminine tilde; we have
many rentals doctors, 11 grout number or
femnie educators Doetthis contetewornen
by iustinctt ho, they mnetbolriught rit
most common, the 1mm! humble prortsnion
requires training; nothing comes by nature,
it we uld have woman occupy the
gation and advancement of learning must
be opened to all.
Man can boast of no conquest in science
or art but what woman In mp1 aisle of; he
has demonstrated no question ( t philosophy
but what may be met by one area profound
reasoning by woman has indulged in
no tights of imagination but what my be
equalled by the soaring mind of the remote.
Then she should enjoy rue same privilege.
that man enjoys. lt'hstever volume, theme,
or discourse that is open for his investigas
rion, should be open for hers. The trodes
d profession! should no more beman's
exclusively thnn woman‘s. His rights and
privileges should be her rights and privi-
when this happens feminine talent
will come fairly into the market, and Lhe
weaker sex will become 1n society the power
it is ordained that it shall be E. S M.
[For the Wadi] Wayne Giselle.)
RANDOM THOUGHTS AND
REFLECTIONS.
WEALTHY manufacturer in France
being solicited for a oontributiento
a benevolent oh)eet, and giving but thirty
rrants, the solicitor said to hi “Only
thirty francs? Why, your son gave fifty."
The reply was, ”He well may, for he in-
herits all that I have, but when I die I will
inherit nothing." His words may have
cen prophetic. Murry rich men when they
die will "inherit nothing"-rlothing but
millery and woe stern
By the grace and mercy or God, when 1
die I hope to come into the pcssearion ct so
inheritance incorruptible rind undeliled,uu11
Ihnt i'adeth not away, reserved in Heaven
icrer-er. Ah, but my fntber in Heaven is
richl There isaetuel itindus- practiced
by runny loving and loved ones, who will
stand day by day around theirdyiug friends
and sec their danger, and watch the spirit
otlite dying out, and yet tell them not of
their condition or dnai er yea, even Hatter
them with murderous lies that they are
growing better,not so ill,eto. How wrong!
What. unkindness! ‘Vllat a betrayal of r:-
ligionl What sin! So how many sit from
y to day among (lyiny souls, wasting sway
under the dire leprosy of sin gliding tart
into the grave, into eternity, land yet, not a
word 1111c tered lows a;rn novo oeflovsa
ing “turn ye, turn ye, why will ye die?"
fluttering the soul with‘ ‘pesee, peace,”
when there is no peace. Ohm n,Chris
tiaru,11ouls loving the Lord, plainly tell
the irnpeniteut sinner he isdyi ;'b1111
goiil o;hcll his sorrl health is lost, and
llatlgllthlit the Great Physician can cure
tin-sick souls Arouse men to theirdsnger,
and murder not with "(a of hellih, when
they are sick and dying , of”peaoe,“ when
they are at unrest.
A uronareh once feigned llirnllelf to be s
privutc soldier, in order :o test the iidelity
of an coieer. 011 being ill-treated, the
officer WM dincharged. Thus Christ often
comes to 111 or 1 poor child, a poor beggar,
swidow, an orphan, svile, yet penitent
e11emy,or a sl'ltlleraskirlg for help, and myl:
“ Inasmuch as ,re do it to the least of these,
my bmlllrell, ya do it unto me."
it nmny will not dmllly get lilelrd'ticllnrge,
redid the other, because ihey treated the
“King of Kings"ill! Let us bewsrr-
“ Watch and be sober
[have found a great den] of similarity
between the use of a nice Bibles nice
carriaghthey are a great deal for show.
tor common ever y-dny “use, practical pur.
o,lil run ty,w es are
brought forth. If it is anstv nmuud, or
danger of somebody putting their hands on
i,l,and Iinight sdd,gctling a little soul
out oiit, then the g11t,c11up rlibls' rs leit 1n
the parlor where nobody goes except to
ploy rest, or hammer on the piano, or 111111
gossip And irit rr muddy along the road
toohurch, the silver-mounted carriage, ail
nicely Eniahed off, In left in the shell, slid,
or course, if there is no iold one to latrc' is
place, somebod mply. So both
are ooruewhnt objectionable. 1 11nd, then,
that things common are generally for use,
and things mngniiieent are mostly forsliow.
Friend, how much worth is your nicely
tinisbed, costly Bible, to youl II. .l. w.
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I wonder ’
HOPE 0N.
Hops on, tired be.rt,ht1po onl
Though darlr thy lot,
For one rig 1 r t
To cheer ih is her we
IAt not thy courage nril 111cc
w hen doult tears noun lhoo,
' ‘ Hope on 1
Then-nines 1 guiding rlnr shore. Look up and
Hope brsve heart hope on:
yet despair, lot
Trus friend; llks pesrlr, are rare, lore
noope
And through the groirlng darknul nobly, 11111-er
bear
-1rope on, true heart, hope on!
not deport,
use fr-ilhiu lbeart
bored and eonelsn
Then let this one thought cheer ruse:
1n spirit 1 on. nesrth
Hpeo onl
Thy star is watching 0 er thee, to guard till-e rrorn
an 111.
Hope on, sweet heart, hope on l
by night and day
For t to r11
T111 1111 thy toll be pant.
y so dark and drcsr, love,
Are pissing-never tear, 1111111
Hope on 1
The star or Love prevails o'er Ill-'twlll bring thee
rest at his
[For this Weekly Wayne linens.)
F l D TY.
0 suoceotl in any undertaking, we must
enter into itin nearnost, giving it our
inlerestrnd deepest thoughm. The young
man starting in life shows in the outset
what his course will be. lfhe show tide-lily
to his choice or occupation, he mater. its
piemrlt and prolihrhle employment; but by
restless wand er ing, to the neglctt of 1111.
per-alive duties, he limit the road marked
out a weary, toiling journey.
many who have 1‘
and lidelity to occupy the position (1f otrr
wenlthiatn 11.19" Their sum wall tile ru-
wsrd of true ndellty. Thcy skirted with the
determination to NK‘NKK e<,l nild
be balopped by any dimcullier in their war
-b1nnirt1ng lirnr in tlrodiachurge oi
erery dut y,tliey D‘cl‘l‘zmc oilslnuiusm wlrillr
would have qtlelled leer nrrieut 11pir
Another type of hdclity is that true “bond
of iricndehip existing bctwci'n two or con-
geuiul thoughts 11ml rulings-111m love
which ex site even 'aricr adversity courts
and fate seems to lrnvs iorsnhevr them, and
the dnrk clouds of sorrow hang 111-any an
close around. How refreshing it. ill
times, when looking around on the lleulpr
tion practiced, at which we see 1111 111111-11, 111
meet one of the kind ll irilml. We
so much of professed friolldalliip and no little
real that we are ledto attire hrrriilar
and old quotation, "A rrronri 111 need is 11
friend indeed " utmrr greatest need we
often find our friends out or otlierwim our
aged
So goes the regular routine or lire. 11.111-
ssthey are, yet me 1 mmetiniow murn,
noble in their actions, liftin
depths into which he has fallen, one whose
only claim' rsa friendship l'urmed long ago,
which yenrs uf probably entire scpsrruiuu
failed to quench We grieve that this in :40
instance, that we are so often led to
deplore the lots of a iriendship we p111
lost through the changes of I changeable
or rd.l
were not to
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Bill we will not dwell on the durkltillc
this s bright piellrre1.- it e Miller like to
Hunt pleasantly down the stream, cloning
our eyes to the rocks lying around un, and
trusting to hate to guide us, irlrilo we m
in the West communion with frit-ndal who
bore proved their true hrleliry to friendship.
Wen
WSATURDAY. 111111101730, 7717872.
TWO LEAVES FROM MY
LIFE-BOOK
T was one or thoas delighirul, lldreamy
days of esrly autumn, w
having been obrcured 1111 days by heavy
grty clouds drirriug slowly litmus the sky,
yet followed so closely by others that the
ulnar oflunligllt only served to deepont the
sombre, dreary Expects-burl“. uforth in the
morning, itruggling raliuu rrtil, having
dispelled be lost ilosring renrnsntor cloud
't rooms 10 throw a veil of mist oler its
hrigluners,snd shedsaurhtl-ed light o’er
11 the earth. Such was 1he dry,sslre
liitllibcr it.
We had been at the church-)lnlld and
17111111.: 1he village rolls and neighboring
turn people had been celebrating the tinieih
anniversary of the Snlrlinth-schoul. Old
men were rhere, who could remember its
birth, and youngsters who for the first time
witnessed the celebration; yetall seemed
“HE
Then, before returning home, at the
urgent request at my uncle, we had guns to
1111 house for supper; and while the rest of
the guests were chatting in groups in the
old-rusirioned parlor, or listening to some
one recounting s tale of bygone dnyw, we
wandered out through the old orchard,
se11rcespeakiug,so i'ull were our hearts of
rlnlure’n beauty; strolling from tree to
plucking here and there a golden apple
that had not been gathered with the rest;
now rrigirtening a great, round-eyed rabbit,
that ha been lssilydrearning in the tall
grass, nnon tiushtng . whole covey of part:
ridges, whore startling wliirr! as they now
awlly mode a dismrdnnt note in nature's
evullllig son 1 Then, rented beneath the
tar-spreading bouglls of on old russel, 1
road, in a subdued tone-front a book taken
from my [locket-a glowing song to lore
and henutv; lite words were modulated and
tuned to (meat thought; norv gudung iron
the poet's soul in burning words that looped
from or 1hc tongue as if impelled by some
mighty power wirhin; again rippling iorth
in smoorhly now-111g r11vn1e,1hst lullsrhe
soul to gentle ecu ray
1 oil not ofi‘tlle boolr the whilei
read, yet anew her aoul wassrirred,snd
echoed baelr 1he twofold meaning or my
wo rdy 1 imised my head, and met the grits
or 11.11d1-rlore om beaming rronr her eyes;
neither spoke a w o,rv.l yet, rising to myfee eel,
ury nrrns uirupnad, wile leaped within, and,
nestling on my breast, encll iouud in each
the souls dttp longing oatirhe
u :suhunioesch, lllram rrsddnrs
T he rutuldtd complement or love
Then, 11111111- -1n hand, we climbed the hill
behind the orchard fence; the summit
gnineti,we stood, and ioolin uthwrrd,
itnw a mighty range of hills that stretched
nwuy an undulating line 1111 i‘arssilreeye
cl ‘otllti runl‘h , tlle nenmt of which-not half
a riiil e aw ay-ro steep nnerstcep, each
fringed with never searing pines rrntiltlre
rounded lop, crowned with the runny colored
leaves cloak and beech, gave 11 the .lppeu-s
sues oi some vest garden urcuud, while
down before use eastward, lny the. old farm-
11ouse,enrbt1eetl in spreading lawn, whrse
mnlly-pbled roorscemed catching shadows
that were wont to chase each other brick
and rorth, but now lny lazily dreaming in
their quiet nooksl Beyond W115 tile wide
meadow, gently sloping downward toward
111e11e111,whose winding ps1h circled the
111111 of those great hills we raslool-ing
11111rl1ua'rd. fanny: no.1, north, south, wher-
ever we looked, the same rpriei peace seemed
retnugbt many beautiful lescurrrsl
to pervade all nature; and every creature
tilled wirh the full, ripe, ununsmblc joy of
natures autumn
from the fidelity of the-animal. home the rounded on .1] sides by the glow ot'joy
peculiar altachirrento
we so often fail to perform for such or!
How anxious we tthollld ho to cultivate a
true and upright mind-one alarve llro‘
nuusot betraying trust reposed Try
tobenetit our fellow beings, prnctrr in in
all our sclionr the golden ru 1111 yo
nnm others as ye would they llhlnlilll do unto
you," and having, by an approving
seien es, the reward of true tidelity.
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‘11le “marten lwlilch lit up the race or ripened nature,
They frequently cast roilections, by 1111.1r1
dumb intellect, on user bright intelligence, l
by their odelity sud Iota ofirindllmll, 111-huh i
r.
canopied by the calm, deep blue of heaven 1
vault, earth, beaten, the very air, seemed
pregnant with benisons on our muiual love
, pays, monrhs, years, have rolled into
eternity since lim sy. A rain I have
‘clilubel the hill behind the old orchard-
this time alone, for the cruel bend of Fate-
1cruol it seemed to nit-has torn from me my
love, my complement, my noble hall. Again
1 stand on its snruruit, an ud see the same
towering range of hills stretching away into
the dim with, ' the name trees ofbeach and
Standing thus, our '0
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out crown the nearest peat, yet now their
are trunks tlL-nd liLo gaurrtspos-trt-s n
the horiaon, and the 11111111111 llnarltl'lt-J
seem horrid, bony lingers oi worn poirrud
at my raiser .
The old farmrhrlulte 111111 ntstles among
the tree
lawn surrounding it reorns 11111tl1e 111111111
carpet u in other days; 11nd the rough,
chahug wind that iwhirttlts nmlilltl tliel
gobled reel 11 piping s moiirrlmlrl dirge tor 1
deported joy. Looking without and around,
the same hills and ralettho Mnteroclu
and trees meet my e, yet how changed;
the blluhing nature ct autumn rich in
perfect, ripened trait, rich 1n llre nililnilmn:
oi towers and rulings 11111 denied and made
boauriiui her hills and delta, 11. changed to
die dresr, dewllle nature of Winn-r. Look-
ing within the love born with nry being,
which on that day under the old runner
burst irrio consciour lite, srrd leaping lo
greet its object thrilled my 111111 with nut-11
eroerrs oi 511v 111 lbad novt-r itnownl tore,
now lsy gnawing at my hcrrrt 11ml clam. cared
oring to been
“'iii it Ilwlyn .M thus? “ill aunlnler
down behind the western hills litmus forth
and beams up desolate nature in promote of
a brighter w-nmrmw
wilfiding than the otherr, believes the
promise and peepa paforth to catch the 6m
morning ruy or he trotting through
the r111 1n the cloud 1 see a star or promise
uriug upon me,and my soui,iir1n in
the belictthnt lole is salt existnnt, item
and not a crextnre of will or tircirnrstnnr;
believes the promise, and warms iuro nuwr
near of his, conscious that the trro souhr
which God intended should fun“ a per t
rounded, complete one, if neiur permitted
to unite in lhlli world, I hen loosed [min the
body dust which binds them will 11, to,
meet each other as both return to God.
LIFE, ,
Life 11 s rose,brier.bu1denld,yrlswrei.
oonrlu ads
1 ringing 11.1 psrlnnrc 11:: perrume o. 11111 L,
l-nd blow wsyl
Lest alter lutsprwoda its b11131 to the air,
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Deeper-hind” growing, rainy 111:111111 r1111
gen ennui
let-fuller lestsbrtrels up lrom 111s htmrl,
Leasing ll bsro
Color and fragrance" and toy all depart.
, hey. the cirrus in it lingers them 1111
odscarslu sli :
Rm learns butdrup 1t tirolwsk 1111111 sin
(ten which
Up Iron: ill lrlmnt l the [mad Iplrll will,“
Ht rto wlri
Altar immortal 1 purenu e111 use filmpl,
5w eel-e "r urn
THE PLEASURES OF SICK‘
NESS ‘
0)“) one, who evidently knows how it
is himself, talks thus pleasantly: in
llenry llard Beechers paper, of ‘etll
pletlxtlres or sick trees:
The o s of cairn-rude, mystering,
rcli-suilicient health-have been amply said
and sung. But 11 y hrs no one pmclsinl
the deligliuot sickness? V0: for tumor
experience, iorare we not almost. nation
of int-suds And aicknm sumly u
Ci‘NIYBl-K That it has Iiso “111' is such I trite
and obvious fact that we scorn [or Hilliard-4
it at pment. But on the other hand, how
fine is the alzsolui frwdrl t‘ n1 lift-‘11
ordinory carer sud res tiorl The
burden of daily dlitiert, lhnt ill wont to lit
close to the back, is lined clear otT
Whether sale: are made, whether editorialn
are written, whetherthechiltlrcu learn their
lessons-rill this is nothing to you now.
11111 111 1n royal idleness 1 r mind nny
roam through all sorts of flncl
by the hour together, building
palaces and landscapes, 111 11g
dorrulrchiercments to be ensily wrought
when health returns. It is a gro tt ing to
have the sliminn of mponsib 1]
cares that each day bequealhes to its sue
eessorrocompletoiy broken. The mind is
1, yet now the seared and which '
a, or noble ambition are in you.
turrrirtl one! Friends reveal themselves
where beiore we knew only acquaintances.
Kind! e Ludo Hers of help, Ind nil
manner of little attentions and neighborly
nliieer will in what an atmosphere of good
reliving But above 111,111111
hulluelloldm ministration: are bmmred on the
11 one grudi or hrs oomrort becomes
the ruling power of the iamily. Children
willingly hush their glee and rocket or
carry it elsewhere. Servants, gladly meet-
ing the cum labor, show themselves more
friends than servsnhe. e and uolhsr
study how to show their sympathy, by little
olreringr of fruit and ilower, by watching
beside the inrnlid,snd reading sloudto
him. And how those who It all times live
for 11111 lrsppiuteo, at such times become ray
diant with the wudemm of soliciwul and
ministering love! What child but re-
in ilow mother was never .0 much
nlulhernuwhan be was sick? “'hu has
when new lemons in the spirit that
11111 the lite or. good women, as he was
tor 11y. sister or a wire, through
weary-ing dayn or sickneml
Sickness too, by the very toroe or its pri-
valiunn, gives a new delight to the old,
evarysday rujoymeuts as they return. You
have lain for days in n darkened room ' I!
lnnl you can bear to have a blind thrown
brclt. now the little picture it revealsjust
a tow trees and a hit of grass, hlla rind gm
tiller your rightr And when first you
slowly walk or rideI . little way 111 the
open sir, nature seem tohsve put’on new
garments. 1111111 er you In in a sense newly
muted, all! the world is In Eden
about you
g 11 people who habitually ever-
work themselves as we do, a real tit oisick-
cm is onto a blessing in disguise it says
stop, and its voice is obeyed. 11 holds one
a prisoner while a worit is wrought in him,
ore lays up iorroew
start. 11 is ncrer welcome, it is dreaded
11111 striven against, yet oireu it brings
bltalings even by its tide and learns a rich
legacy behind.
SUCCESS A DUTY.
1101.1) it to be a prime obligation restr
ing on every mm to succeed, up to Lhe
tullou measure oiurai ruoooss which ispos-
nillle to him in life. Snow is not only
pleasant, it 11 aduly. look at man along
winner-er range of iaeullies, and you will
no in the pornwt equipment ormpscily, in
rho limenoe or ere energv, the obligation
osuceoed In the wings or a bird rdyou see
the linker has suggmlcd iligbt;1ntheburid
of 11 dog. ahorse, s d, in or,
one 1g111 Andso through all the grades
or lite, t.11d,in the organisation, in the sa-
pncities bestowed, has pointed out the mode
and result of life. But in man this in most
observable, Look at yourself, my, friend,
yourtaculticajnyour eotlowmenisbynature,
rind sec ill the liberal, I had almost said,
tiny, I will say, in the supersbundnrrt re-
sources or your organiration, the suggestion,
you, the command of your Mutter. All the
elements and means necessary to sum in
any branch of ll-onliy industry, in any line
A young
man 1111 no right to tail in lite. It may not
he hill duty to succeed in the dimtion and
1.0 that extent in which his natural capaci-
ues point and make potable. sceisiy is
full of Eiillires that need never have been
made; toll of men who have nerer euc
ceeded when they might have and should
hare succeeded ; tull at women, who, in the
11st halioi their days did nothing but est,
driillr rand nimper, and in the last half have
done nothing but repent their follies arid
woslvnesseu The world is full, 1 issy, 111
111th people; iuil ofrneu in every trode or
roitatsiou who do not amount to anything,
and of girls and women without any trade
or prore1s1on, who have nodesire to amount
to anything ; and 1 do not speak irrevereutly,
t r‘rot without charity, without
snaking due allowance tor the inevitable" 1n
do, when 1 any that God rudihoughtiul
men are weary of their lameness.
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taken out. of harness, and tumed out to
pasture. ,
Then how sickness brings out kindnon
Tn: noblest talents rust in indolenoe;sud
11. most moderste, by industry, may be .1.
tonishingly improved.
‘l-eem.‘
.eeswrg.