What is it makes
him so eager in the pursuit of gain--so energetic by day, so sleepless
by night--but his love of home, wife, and children, and a dread that
their respectability, according to the light in which he has conceived
it, may be encroached upon by the strife of existence? This is the
true secret of that silent care which preys upon the hearts of many
men, and true it is, that when love is least apparent, it is
nevertheless the active principle which animates the heart, though
fears and disappointments make up a cloud which obscures the warmer
element. As above the clouds there is glorious sunshine, while below
are showers and gloom, so with the conduct of man--behind the gloom of
anxiety is a bright fountain of high and noble feeling. Think of this
in those moments when clouds seem to lower upon your domestic peace,
and, by tempering your conduct accordingly, the gloom will soon pass
away, and warmth and brightness take its place.

2195. Hints for Husbands (3).

Summer is the season of love and innocent enjoyment. What shall the
husband do when summer returns to gladden the earth, and all who live
upon it? Must he still pore over the calculations of the
counting-house, or ceaselessly pursue the toils of the
work-room--sparing no moment to taste the joys which Heaven measures
out so liberally? No! Let him ask his wife once more to breathe with
him the fresh air of heaven, and look upon the beauties of earth. The
summers are few that they may dwell together; so let him not give them
all to Mammon, but seek invigorating and health-renewing recreation
abroad, which shall make the hearts of each glow with emotions of
renewed love.

[TRUTH IS A ROCK LARGE ENOUGH FOR ALL TO STAND UPON.]

2196. Hints for Wives (4).

"It was!" "It was not!" "It _was!_" "It was _not_!" "Ah!" "Ha!"--Now
who's the wiser or the better for this contention for the last word?
Does obstinacy establish superiority or elicit truth? Decidedly not!
Woman has always been described as clamouring for the last word, and
men, generally, have agreed in attributing this trait to her, and in
censuring her for it. This being so it remains for some one of the
sex, by an exhibition of noble example, to aid in sweeping away the
unpleasant imputation. The wife who will establish the rule of
allowing her husband to have the last word, will achieve for herself
a