Sweet-minded "women

So great is the influence 1 a sweetmindud woraan on those around her that it is almost boundless. It is to her that friends come in seasons of sickness and sorrovv for help and comfort. One soothing touch of her kindly hands works wonders in the fe verish child; a few words let f all from h er lip- in the ear of a sorrowful sister do much to raise the load of grief that is bowing its victim down to the diist in anguish. The husband comes home v fith the preasure of business, and íeehn g irritable with the world in genural: lut when hu enters the cozy sittin;,-' om, and sees the blaze of lbo bright ! , and meets his wife's smiling face, li sirccumbs in a moment to the influences, which act as the balm of Gile ad to his wounued spirit. We all aro wearied with combatin; with the strn realities of life. The rough schoolboy fl ies in a rago from the taunts of his comnanions to iind solace in his mther's smile; the little one, full of grief with Uu own large trouble, finds a haven of rust on its mother's breast; and so onu might go on with the instances of the inff nence a sweot-minded woraan has in tho social life wilh which she is connectea. Boauty is an insignificant power when oompared wilh hers. A law has been enacted by the Senator cf Iowa by which pension money is exempt from execution and attachmeEt. A cow belongiug to Nr. MacGregor of Wheeling, W. Va., when the flood cume, climbed up the steps into the second floor of 'lis residence, and lived upon the cootents of a husk mattress. Sharp cow, thatj Hon. William I. Bowditch, in a recent speech at a woman suffrage meetng. said that the average pay of working women in Bostoa was $284 a year, which, after subtracting the nucessities of life, lef t a surplus of $4.