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Quarterly titi Moitlily Adivertise rnents will he chargedl the samte as a single in sertion.and semi-nMonthly the same as new ones THE WIFE'S APPEAL. The clock struck eleven. A wo-. man sat by the fireside, rocking her baby to sleep. The room was a small one ; it was a poor workman's home,.yet there was an air of neatness and comfort, about it. 'T'he floor was swept clean. the fire burned bright and eraekled in the ciinnv, and the fie wartidles of furni ture wliieh were neatly piiecl about the room shone inl the firelight, their - clear polish rellecting the merry blaze o' the flane. Yet the woman seetmedi to be sadi at heart, though the elcinents of cot.fort were about her. She sighed from time to time as she glanced at the cot, in wimch her baby was laid. 'J lie ch1ikd mnoained uneasilv in its ileep 1or it was sick-ill. She stojped donwi to .raze at. it. A hectic spot lurued on eidher check, w "vhile its lips were parched and pale. The poor babe tossed its head ineaasily from side it sidle. and see mcd all ui concious of the rocking of tle. cradle, whichnow ceased to lull it to its wonit 'ed slumber. -ie distressed imiother .vi'rLaig her hands and wailed within herself. 'But suddenly she started atl rose up at the sounid of' t toutstep) on the 'avemieit without. She lineineta, htie ste) passed b y ; aid lhe sank Lack in her chair again. Alas !' she sighed, 'it is not lie - Whien will he coma i' She listene] -agalin. She approach. -ed the door, opened it, aud looked out All was still in the 1.diely streets the iuin of the city. auto ig subdued and muflied by the falling night, still reach ed her cars fro m the distant thorough res. Over and above.al:-.street-, amps, -.nd city thoroughtares,-lhun g high tip in the heavens-shonue the clustering fields of stiars, looking down, in their eternal, unpitying gaze, on the turmioil, the sorrow, and the sutffring of this lower world. The sight of those caln watchers-unvarying, iuperish able, eternal,-is tt times full of sad. ness and melancholy ; at least, so now did this lone wonnut feel, a:nd sadly she turned back into her little nook, where her child lay. Shie clost th door, and sat dowi again by the cra die. All was hushed again, and now she listened to another distant. step in the street without. Again she stood by the door. 'The clocks of the city were booing the hour of twelve lihr and e~ Step aphpronellecd ; it was tn steady ! Shec knew that step, and her heart uauiled tt its sound. Site knew its meufaniing. Ah how bright. she once looked at hearing the elastic tread of her lover, and after that of heri huis bad,-for it was lie ! But no0w it, brought withI it only sadness, de pair., anid a grumt foreboding of sorrow to t-omue. Yet shte received him as of old kissed himt as he entered, anad wel iomed him home agrain, as she ha~d always done. It is very late, William,' she said. ' Well ! what, of' that ?' It's lonely sitting uip.' 'And who told y ou to sit up ? No. body asked you. WVhat btusiness have y~on to sit up) ? and lie hiceuipped. TVhe poor' woman burst ifto teairs. 'ry ng aain, wioman ! WVell ivhat goodl willI that (1o ? You don't. think I car'e for your e' cripng ' m afraid niot, WViflhiam. I ut go to bed, and we shaull talk things over in the ioring.e ' Tlk thiniigs over2I ? Wimat have you go!; to say~r, tha 1 you '~ cani't, sniy it niow '? You're going t) iscimbi nie, I *Atppou'e ; but its all of 1n0 no'e. 'No, Willianm ; youmi know well enug~h f iam 110 secold. I havye ineveri spkn u angry word to you yet, since I became. your wife, and 1 will iro(. If a hmusbaand cannoiut hie got, to . ,ove lhis N~ile and hiave a rer'itt t.' r lier comfoiut wvithout sooldin' it were bmet tre-r to give imuittp atI oce,' shie satid, seriously. ' \if, l'tate'! I hat do' yu muean ? lian stay oit when he Iikis, without his wifi set Lintig a cry inhg when lie coies torne ? liut cuonie-let's to bled.' No, Williai; I must nurse our child. lie's very ill.' \' hat ! Ill ? atil I didn't kitow of it ! What's the mnat ter .' 'I can't tell ; biut lie's feverish andI restless, :id I must watch by him For the night. Go to bed now. like a good, kind fellow. I hlpe it will be all well in the inoriig.' Well, be it so. But I lIust have a kiss of the baby before I go." And he a pproached the Crdle for the pur. pose. litoxicated though lie wa-,s, lie coul I ses how rauch the child suferred ; it inoaned and tossed about as itf in pain. lie would, however, have tilled the child up ini his antis, but the iotiher d issuaded lin -it was too ill for that. 110 stopped down, and, statggering. would aliost have fitllen over the cra dIe but the with held hit back. * Uh, -William,' she cried, 'leave the child alone ! You arc not lit to touch him. See you frighten him ! Go now.' Ile staggered back, looking confused and ashamied. * Well, I am sorry. for *this, but-Ill e'en go. Poor dear little Willie.' lie was about to rethe. when turi ing back lie said hatily. :a if the thoutght had for the iu.nntent sobered llut if the eiild should die !' ' Then. ( od's will be doii said the moither solubbing. ' U1h, let tie ent-h a doct ir,' he cried with a look of alarm. -'ii lbring tne in a ew iiiinttes; let Ine ;o ! ' hatve seen to t{i;t, \Willo;i ,t doctor ha beei aal d nlt.: hat h:: cottld. Now g !' 1nd he went aggeing to his sleep. inlg cliatiber, frot whent:ee the soiut I if his lal red breattitgi .short lv pro. eeled antd the d.n iueketi snlti-intg of the htusband , thet wlailinlg m uI:4;: (,t the sink chil. and the occasion:l: deei sils o' the wathting w i't" id iiither, we.t the unly siti.nts tlht btke thit' Si u 1 es i f the icht i t't : d littl The t:.ig's :glit leelel ill through the windtw blhii's, a.l still 1iunl the itotheR' I the ebild's eidle. Site watched tiht e by .hei lra-fst-htr. ealling to) ii niid its s:.et; -ininiiig ways. its lotattle. and its bright lon,. Butl now, alas ! there was but the tquiver. inlg cebaurny lip~s, ith't1ugh w\hich1 the elh. d's s u ecetiiud flit tering. It, shonrttetitg breath lalhurtd on, andi its liltlrntl eyes were h:alf veile.! hv t-e coivu !sed lid. Setisees-, itie t iius, and helples, never had that chili been iore dear to its miother's heart tltt now yet hove coui d not save it sur row could net ransoti it. There w% as a loieg ie. th, a sighi, a gutrliing souiiii in the throat, aid thet Iuiet ; it was the quiet. of deat!h. Yet ,till the itotlih er watched for himli that could not hear her weeptiig. At length the mtorning f irly bruke. It was tread dayliglht, ::nid the husLn, rose from his couch with red eyes and heated brain. Ili; step wa- titustead v as he entered the ap atriunt, where. still sat the mothtr and her dead child. 's l:te,' said the ultbaid. aivate ig ; 'I shall not be inl time fori work. \Why did you iet Ine sleep so lbug Poor lit tl Willie !was all a-lie could sob. out ini reply. ' What's the muatter lihe asked: anid thten pausinig a no mentt, hec teeiied suddetnly io recollect the evenits of the past niighit. 'I tink votn said the child was ill.' ' le's deadl!' ' , Goil ' lie exelahnied , 'it canntot be.' Ilec looked dovin into the ciradlhe, and there hay the chiblh, eahn andcii placid ,as if ini sleep, yet breathia'g not, anid with thle line of death upon its cheek. lie groanied, and sunik into a chair by the cradle side, unable to speak. Bunt suddetnly there passed thr'ought his intd the visions ot the past ; and lie thought of the sweet prnattle of his child ont the evenings of his returni (fin labor,-of the -delighttlhe had felt in watching his growinig intellige nce. -of his arch wiles and playflneiiss and teti of the piatienut love and care of his wife, now bowed dowin ii silenit grief beside him. ' O' INate, this is :a .sad sight. Ouri p oor, lear clil d !' andt the stronlg iman hid his ftee in his hianids, anid sobbed Shte took his hianid. ie looked upi through his leers, an I sad-' I have b een very cruel anid sil fish tow arth you. .Do youi not hate ime ' 'No, nio!' said the neepinig wife; 'ito, WNillim, hut here, by the bodly of this, our iirst bon, let, tie speak ti * ou~t of the past.' ' Nott iiow, taut niow ! ' WVilliain, I lust ; I have thought iof it. during theu nighit, wu hile I waited f;)i 3 lu, aid watchied by y or chiht am i naince -,al i -i ' Ii'i it It. h right, to speak to you, though it is il sorrow.' 1'3lE merciful to mie !P ' I have no word of reproach for yor Williau ; but I wtuld speak to you its your wife, whom you promised t. love,:and clherikh til death.' ' I did ! I (lid !' Y'ou took m1c. a girl, front liy fath. er's house and home, where I was hap py. Y'~u loved ie.' '.Trie ! and I love you now.' ' I believe you, William. Vell, I was young, With. little knowledge of the worl, but, I tried to ltake yomr hlie as happy as mine had beeni Ie fore. I labored to Make it cheerl'. and bright for you. I souught to at tract yout to mny side, andtl keep you at home with ie ani the dea r child there, after your hours of dailv labor were over.' ' You did, - ate. No wife could have been more kind nid good.' ' W ill ialm, I prayed tar ytu , I thought but ofyou, I lived but for you. 'Oh, spare me. I know, I fela, how cruel I have been.' ' No, only thoughtless. When so ber you have always been kind and loving ; but when you have spent yott evenings.away lrom us, and cor~e in late--, I have been- harsh and cruel--1 know it now.' ' )emr \\' i lli- in. ottone ot her wor ati I am! donee. Let me have sorne oft your evening leisure Spent beside mne. I will try to make you hapjpy. Sit t shle iue while I wi k ; and if' I do nt, so rueh ashle comlliitiens whon .you mteet with elsewheie. teachl mie, ad I ;will learn.' SlOt, Kate, said W'iliiami, scobbing. I nevet'r telt. your love so dear to rie a; now. IIere, by the lodv of this dear child. I soleini y prtoi'i:.e that it, shall be as .s ou saye. I w ill for-sake those haunts of dissipation in which t nIly soul had weI tigh I:eena lost, an seek1 pace. and pardon, ani itappiiaess. aganin by your side.' And as tilte jiaissed on, the memory of the dead iitlt was gtutlel at; a p trecious Leasture; lori its deIath hal been siatilil to both. The ptromlise S olnnily inlade by} its eradile codinhl, had been kept, and peace and blessings de c. utied in rich aitndaaee upon the happy cottage totme. (The 111uusp)-backed Con. mill. l. lh-hl an extrm;od:n:ary ou'irrene. of the latter days. It it wen. not aln extraunlat:- :: t'trrten:, tte neef) ntot relate it. A ftther of' a framily inhatitiag the lRue de Mic reieved last shemi me', a letter t'ot his nejphew, wh'to I watn in the rnploy of I fyer A bad. The lettei conclued thus: 'I have receis ed the portraits of' myv two cougins, Marie and Alargaret. 'I have never had the pllea'ure Of seein, thet, as I ha e li-:ed wi tIh vder A bal sitce my youtih, bnt. I ant sume these portraits are resernblance",. I Will ar rive at IIavery by the ship Iogos Eago, a bunt tihe fist. of Ueolber, and on ity ieturni I atm tid etariuined to ::tarry tte t.-O:ChI Mar---____ lThe breaking ojlit of tI letter had desw y It he rcst t'' the tun it 1L is ilplossile to tell it' the cotuin aakel a.rgaet i .ai... in. marr...'.iage. Tae two sisters tunited orev vious to tis timtie, hatve coan.mienieJ to live ini miisutnder' staningt catch of' them piositive that ii was the~ test of' her nati e whlich '.. at torn oIr ill breatking the Seal in c'ahniniig the :uiger if his dlathghtetr. wh t servat Aht inl adtvance'i, arnv1 tromi Ilare announiciing that, huis iia tr wetit to PI 'ts withI thle ev~ein train. The~ seivantt overwhehnlied 'w ith qutes tionis, repiecd that his mlaster was r'u ine.d, antd that lie had muoteover', or] his lef tshottulder', the horrid pirotulbet atnee wh ich cau-,ed accord inig -c I ani ti e, so mtanty itnisfortianes to .1,o the Phtrygiati. lTe two cousitis deteri'tneid to re tunain single forev"er, bef'ore tmarry iing couisinl huimp-backed anid r'ountd. As they took thlis oathl f'or thu twetn tieth time in Lwelve htour's, the cousix arrives. Th'ie Uncle warmily emtbracet iim, the cousins mt ake a pol ite bowv 'and turn u waty their eyes. The unchl thent eXp latins the iiniciet, tof the tot letier anid asks the inlten tioits of' hhi ' tis inii : nMrewhmIcn to mi rry ;Y heo repli~ied. loi*Icat - eer-nieverl sereamited Marlid, ali conitenitcd with imty coindi tioin, am. shal r teiiadi it.' 'MAadjemioiselle I,' satid the nephlew eutomtiis of the counitry wahere I huav beeni edu tcated. I l.atd the cuistomti. o I lyder* Abatd, inl Traverieri. Thieni uhelie a younlg manti is iefuised ini mau tinge, lie withdr'awsi lim selCf~ nm so Iciety its a utseless being.' 'li I kills himtself,' exclaimis thn euV ill tile tone. ul a iittiu ab~out to coil. tntit suictide. This pioor c')tisitl,' said Margaret,, weepinug, 'to comt lun s~u Sch at distaicti to dlie ill th it ustit of hzis tinnily.' I know,' said the Iaepl~few, that mny deturraziiLv eft)~cts the sight of wu iieu, but in i IC the eyes of wonienu Iticii ha iII it aed to all tingvs. I knowv, also that Ily coi n tncveial pt-os 1pects ate niot pi ospet otis. ThIrowni v~er otii'1 inotedentdb- s tenl t:zl'zuiezz.t oft I lyder A had, I lost, there~i miull tihe~ t it lte ul iy hIrther, buttU I ihad 1iej ill~ti exj turietuce- I attt you tihg aeli Vt'. slld ii .l] ti ttis. Tlhiese arol riches ill liutiasc I% e. '-e., yes~, liii )-tbacked anid rouid,' iiiu~tced Marie aside, ill a banatetring toune. I ocr youintg lin't,' azt'd slhe~ adds, 444li) LIttniir tLD it.' S:iAd I)), wlitotu refi.-,cd '1' ituji cL ler' cuullill. BIuL to your cost, by y'ou, sin1ce you prefer ha1y sis~ter to) rue.' 1l hies' !'said the cousinl, willI you. a14cp~t mTeC 4N' t~sI *oU inL iiarriti''e'frotin toly t iteic 1' I w ill entloe miy Caller to let lt)y cous~in I, ie.' t 4.41! tosetto Ii)V rely MLar2Llret to" , Save tile liit of :t te~li I e Indd2., 1'11 hut lu he a ', * l. 114)1414t .' Ili; is very Well Of' Ily dlattgiiter, i.a id thie. t1lti it Ilecti". bihy the scene14. i N tmllcies ia:iVt not sj ttiCled 301!. 1Il hve :L Vei'l $ t!itL! illncome,111a I oitghi 1i zot to abaniiloti thaI soul of til hretc :&il !;ili ..ie. .;zeje tiucto 111 etiotaghi fil' litcee, 1li21e is fl,!' foutll.' 'liii Ciiii tine'' 11:itiel1t \Iargat. its feet saip,r ou : hiave sal' .2 the lies of alli tili L : ltt '.li '.'-*t a 1-i t tt re As tltsl 1)2 y s - r 4l~ I CL i"2kriU lir e, jt .utl( lertt uj I1i Lt Ico cti tIl' to~. lii4 d t.. tl.: li, I Ri ii. Lwc liun, utinec. Thle tole;, :itlt his ila1 Ii't.1 s w'u rc Lit tile tabile :L;.,1 Lit.it,. I ll ticst TIhe Sel\-ailt ItO' lu:" i.J Outil of' lI dir .1 .1' ll . h cit nuts t1" '11 -.' 'I" y t .' cuter h1ititj.lX",,t;,I ho eli ;l. ' J 1 \I 'iet. :li .l j.b~iei tg betel t leei a itasket, lie' Il an tut-t di'' ei' t1.e httlttl1, w1ich lt:d thus Laii.i~i fIll! of 'lilte:. Sec '1 11i1L I lo c lIricd tiitt v slltitIld tis,'1 )t!' I alt C ti: : t bt' toy (Iotr.lu e,h V ale"ih ' :ielt tll, of Ili iull d'414O 'ltLill owit i gctuvL tIcI which, as. it ;Lal St'e~tu, wats llt titihl~i tedl in by Martie. It is ire': th~a Marie lovedt her nip'el' tl,':iri.", w1ithouut detes' LII1" th 111111 'ti . .w~ ii. uI'it @>~l'I otiii'.t liberal View of Christianit y now. It was not designed to dinminish our pleas ures, and inmight as well go out of the world as to adhere to your strait,-laced notions. I intend to enjoy tnyself, and have no intention of being a in epihg and sanctitrnonions professor.'' E. " I see, Mlary, you are lot in a itood to be reasnited with. You say. you have changed your opinion ; :nay it not, be for the worse ? You say you belie.;e you ar tight, and I an wrong. I suppose you do ntot Ieg. reet, pralyer e" ?1. of course: say Ilny prayers." ." Thi bear. witlh ue while I dictate a short prayer, which I hope ou Mill eller to-night before you retire to your bed. It is this 'U Lord, when I professedl thy religion i cui gag:nel to live a strict and holy life.. Now I lind that it is not necssary. I Iove the pleasures of the world, and I expect thy blessing while I pursue tlhein. Thou dust tut, I anit sure, re. yuire file to be thiukirig of 'religion all the tine, and to be always as grave as if deatl was at the door. . 1, must act' as other people do, and I dislike those who insist. I -should -take up .the cross and follow Christ. I know I ciue be ate g.o!od a christian in a ball-rooni as any w here el'e, and I intend to hold to this con viction utitil liy dy ing hour. Aineii !' .)ar Al ary, try it' you can rej l'at. this prayer seriut:'y, inl the 'luietnees ut' y our chatnnber, Vthis night. A dieu."--'-J.' y/erian. The Mig 'a'ee of call --flornia. All new cnuntries are ioted for wonIders; and. often they arc credited for nuiy more and greater wonders thia they really possess. Calitut'rnia. since the Yankeres got hold of' it., has IbC eL racked up to be g. great country, and fili of wonders. Vhen it was first annonced to be fill of gold, peo. ple shrugged their shoulders, and shook their heads, and would not .believe it. lIut alter site poured her gold into the tat s r a te''w years at the rate of f1tv iiillitis of doliars a year. nople begai to set it down as a fixed idet, and to luuk upon it as 4 a regular hu Siness tranilaction." The stories about the big trees and big vege!ables (,I Califbudeii, when they were first told, were generally taken to belong to the M unchansen and Sinbad-the-Sailor school ; but now they are well attested hy tihousantds ot'witnesscs, and nobody doubts them. A single Irish potati-e, raised from seed carried fri nt the Atlantic States, 'eighed Sevcl poinids, so that a single one, cut up into s:!tall potatoes, would niakte a heapin~g hall' peck. We have seen one our.seh es brought frin there weighing fo,,u'r pounls. And we have e' Calif'oriia heets brought to New Y'ork, weighing fifty pounds ia piece. We have seentm acounts of turnips and oiiois gI .vin there weighing thirty or fOrty poottids a.piece. It is itot to be sulposed that all vegetables grow to such iiist nuI -',ti sizes but soiie of theit una1euhtedlly do. Wi hy they do so, we tntd leas e to the c'l ieultand eheinist to f-nd tiut. t"erhnps it inay be be cause the soil is itanured with gold. Let iot the reader be excited by th'ee staitnitiets to greater desire tIO iiirate to Caliturnia. We believe liendt noo that l,' of' the . epub. lie eed nostitiuis. It, is already as g i eat per haps te' is b eneliciatl to th' wIel Icoutntry, :ii' p lrob~ably too) great tir the len efit of' the inudi vidunals who go'- A few are inilividually bienefited, bitt protbab ly ti e-fo'urths of' themn would have been bette'r off to have reittainid in the old States. it about thoLse big' tr'ees, four hun dlred feet, high ,a hiuindred and ten f'eet, in circumfetk'rentce, antd tirty- fve feet ittn13 diamterC- it is a big story, but it int be .w allowed, not the tree but, the story', for' it. is trute. A ganrg of hands, instead of' gold dig~ginig, have beeni dig' eringt inito onte of'the trtees, andI after boti ing and digig away for aibo ut U miiinth, they got it, dowin. Weo have se ' iece' of thle bark brtoeghtt to New y ork. It was aiboutt a t'oot thick, of'a flaky, v'el vet3', sponigy texture, mid a brownt chesnuit color. T1hte wood of these trees ini appearantce is somtethinig hiet weeni pinte antd ted cedair. It is said toib lie for' somei kiinds' of cabinet wor'k. A Masaebiusetts inani w~ho is in Clibi ttin, Ins written tti lis brother at Spriglield somei liecont of'these tr'eei an d pariticutlarly of' the one which has lieen got down. On)te cain hardly htelj teelitig a little inidignatit at the Luh puitianis for' slayitng thte tmighty giantts, who ha lit ed ston Ianmd temnpest for't thrtee thioiuattd 3 ears. We add fromi the Sp'rinigticld I'J'pulican& thic accoinutie by the letter w~riter . "Te'big trues' ('or' therte are one, htuntdred anid thitty otne of' theta over toin feet, itt din''iter, standintg oni th( littmts of' a l'ew acres) stand ini Mami mth lTr cc V'alley, about, thirty miiller niorthi of' Soinota, in (avaeras county Ti'ln Miu;.inoth tree which havs beet felled~was bored down with long augert andh took t'ourt mten twetttwo dnen t get it dlown. The stunip stand, aboul ,ix feet above the level of the gsound and its top hits been niade level and smooth, which required sixteen day ' work. I reasured it from the insid< of the bark across to the inside of th bark, and it measured 25 feet, and it is perfectly sound clear to the heart The bark to the height of 52 feet., ha: been taken frorni the trunk in eetions and sent to the Fair in New York. If the top halfof the tree were taket oil, so as to inmke a level surfuce, stagecoach with four horses might, b driven on it, from the but towards tin tip, a distance of 110 feet, it being a this length toen feet in diameter. Al the length of.280 feet, it is four feel in dia'teter. At tiis pint. it\;as iro ken o11' in falling, imd the top wa: broken into fraginents so line I could not mneasu re them ; but its height hat been taken before it was felled, and set down at 300 feet. It is called ur bor.ioir, but it is not fully decid* d it what variety it belongs. It is a littl curious that no other trees of the sam. kind can be found less than seven feel in diameter, and this tree is estimated by a scientific 'tentleman from S.tu Franeiseo to be 1.100 yours-old. , " There are muy others stT1 stnl ing, of the saume kind, which are IIoi stets ; some even larger than this, bill not sound. One, called Uncle Torn'. Cabin, h:as a inure conuodious room in it than inan y in iners' cabins. Tlier are some large ones blown down,, pnd one I iust not fail to describe. !t wa! evidently decamyed before it fell, and in its fall broke oll'sixty feet froii the roots. Thir part is hollow, and 1 can not give you a better idea of its size than by telling you that I rode :ny horse Iirough it froi ed to end. -At the end where it broke o', the shell it is very thin, and as I sat on the ioirst I could not reach liy hand to the innei surfthee, over my hooiad i but half way through, the shell was as .much a: three feet thick over lny head, and more than that tfnder tlic horse's feet and here it was necessary to lean for ward. But this is not. the-Jargest. reis anhur one blown down, which iersures 110 feet in circunfer ente and 410 feet in length. This too is hollow, and if the hollow were en larged a little it would make a very good rope. walk.- L. S. .TiJurnu1. BIh:E rim1. Flu ent.-Two painter: were eiployed to fresco the walls o a nagnilieent cathedral ; both stowt on a rude seaffolding constructed fio that purpose, sonic I rty-feet from the floor. One of themn was so intent upoi his work that ho became wholv ab sorbed, and in admiration stin'od of from the pieture gazing at it with inl tense delight. Forgetting where he wa, he moved backwards slowly, stir veying critically the work of his pen cil, until lie had neared the very: edgi of the plank upon which he stood. At this critical moment, his coin panion turned suddenly, and. alrosl frozen with horror, bhld his i ii nen1 peril ; anothe instant and the enthusi mist would be precipitated upon the Ipavemnent beneath ; if lie spoke to hin: it was certain death-if he hIld hi: peace, death was equally sure. Sid denly h.e'regained his presence of mint and seizing h a wet brush, flung it quickly against the wall,spattering thie beaup iful picturie u ith unisighitly blotch es .fcolorinj'. 'The piniitei- flew for wd andi turned upon his friend witl ltirce iin preationis; but startled at hi ghaslace, lie listened at the reci~ta of danger, looked shudderingly ove the dreaid space below, and with tear of gr at itude blessed the hand tina So ,iid ai precachier, we somietimne get absorbed in lookiing upon the pic liures of this wvorld, and ini contenmpla tiing them,,'step biack wards, unconciou: of our per il, ;hena the Almighty dash es out the beautiful irmages, and w< spinig fihrward to lament thei r destrue tion, into the out-stretchL.: arms o merey, andmi are. saved. 'liTinES0 or -ra II s.sai.an.Iad habi its are all thme thisties of the heart, anci every indulgence of them is. a seet from which will spring a new crop o weeds. A feujr years ago a little boi told his first filsehiood. It was is littl solitary thistle seed, rFnd no eye bu God's saw hiim.as hoplanted it in th, umellow soil ofhis. heart, Bunt ii, spi-anj up, () how quickly ; and in a litth tune ainothier, .and yet another;'seer d roppedi froin it to the ground each it its turin bearing miore and muore this tIes. And now, his hoart is mll over g4rowu with tliis. hiad hmabit. ; lie is thomroiugh liar, and it would be as difi cult for himi to speak the truth, asi wvould by for the agaurdnmer to clear hi land oft the noxious thistles, after it ha 1,nce gined ia footing ini the suoil. *Mother sent me,' saida little gir to) a neighbor, 'to ask you to cain and take tea wvith her this evening.' Di< she say at, wvhat timo, n d'ea'T Nc mia am- she dn~y said sheddld asl y ou aund then' the. tiling 'wouki be oi hernriid; a.nid Itt wnan ma n heid the Coiiention. The following lre tliq resolutioni adopted by the Convention, and which iuty bie. termed its action... 'hey re p'udiated all begging from the Federal Congress, and have deciared.lhat they will rely nil thcn'iselves, on'their own - energies, to carry ou ,tily grand s 't proposed-=that of huilkihigaI Sot neria Pacific ~airad. Speaking of the or ngization to effct that purpose, they say: Resol rcd, That to eleet this organi zatien, this. Conve'tioi respectfully av. iscs the 0m corporationI by the Leg latnre of the State of \ piia,.9f- a Souithern l'aci (fig n iliroad . dnnpany, with ii capital sufficient to build such road from the point or points and] by the route ndiiated in the second reso lution-oI w~hich croraLtion the sev - ral Southern States; alove nienttione' the several cities therein,.and the sov eral railroad conipanies .therein shall lie ,in vjted..to le.corporat ion, together with such other compaiies and individ uals as may chogse to subgri e for stock, including, if: tlivt) lOLer: J, diae Cherokee, Chogt-t.y f'pd Creelc nations of Indianis,.'sst of the Alississippi._ That snid-States be invited to take stock in such corporation to the lmotnat of rot less than two millio'ns of dollar each, to be raised iuid secured ,iq suci nanner as the Legislature Qf each suchi State shall direct. That each of said cities and railroad companies be invit ed to subscribe for stock .to . cl amount as it 'ncans,,will adntit.. Tt the .existenxce o'f said corporation be recoginsed by ca'ch o'f said4 States, and si.ch powers be vested .in, and suel franchises and capacities granted to (t by the Legisl:ture of each such State, as may be necessary to effect the ob. ject of the organization i..znd that in its directory caet such State be eq'ulliy represented. R'T'ol'cd, That this Convention re spectfully recoinmmieds , that, if neces sary, special 8.essions' of the Legisla. Lures of such. States be called forilip purpose of taking: into .pousiftortnion this plan ;I aid ,hat a committee af one member f rpm each State repre sented in iis Co.nvetntion be ippgint ef to draft a charter of incorporatiot fur such company, -md lay the same before the Governors of thesaid sevg rel States, and the National or Gene. ral Councils of the Cherokee, Creek and Choetow natiols, recluesting efeti of said Governors to tho convene, the Legislature *6fhis State, in order. o consider the same, and take such ott er steps in regatrd to sueh road as m'ay he necessary and proper,if, in iis opm ton, it should be expedient to do so, and especially praying the Governor of Virgini:g to lay said draft ofa char. ter before t'.e Legislature of that State with his views in regard thereto ;.and requesting said COteuci'l of'the Cliero kees, Choctaws and Creeks to act there in, to recognize such company, grang rights f 'v'ay throigh their national lands for any branch or bi ances of said road that may pass .through the same; and enact such other laws as shall se cure to the South, so far as may be ri deir powcr;'the exclusive benefits and advanmtages of the commerce of the Pacific, and of the wealthy provinces of.Mexico intended to be travei-sed by said road. Resouled, That tliis Corvention re commended that power be given to said corporation, by its ckarter, to ne gotiaitiate withi Mexico f'or, and pur chase, if' .necessary, a right of' way throiugli he: teritory -.to thie .Pacific Ocean, or to some point omi thie Gulf of' California; to stipulate with that goverinent that in theooven't the same is granted, no higher. r'p ts or chazges shall ever be impose~dor eteentocdad passage or tran~sInission .Mor slia'i~d on cit izens of Alexico than on those of thme U~nited .States ; and to agree that the Combany will maintain military pQs~ts alpng said road, wvill in all tinies submijit to the jurisdictio'n ilnd laws of hiexico, ad claim no political rights, nor1 attempt to cglonmize the country. Resolv~ed, That ii tlie c'pinio~n of I this (Cvnvem&tion, thie SoU~thern States, c orporations, and people are entirely Iable to build said road,. and that no tne shotkd be .lost ,in do~ing -se.; *hat it', is as easy to comm~ienee it now as ten tor tweenty years heince, anid it can as easily be condpleted inl ten years~as In a century ; and that it is the add of every Bouah'ern man, to himself, his children and his country, to engage earniestly in this.gvoat. and;'indisp~;i' ble mea~usure of' security, as wel I of 6 .wveaJlth, and of political and c6inner Scial power. to t.. e South. t 1%JA,ano .Lsi.-H-A mati' praitsing s por'ter, said.it; WVas's'o excellent a hev 1 orag,.thait. Laken ini great quanititi's, .it al'vafs'iade him fat.' "I' have seeni the 'ime," said' atlth. I r, " wvhn' It naade yoti lean." "'whon V" asked the oulogist? - "'Ist nigh-nt a.wal' In Genesis we read of Eve.premitray~g 'A danm-with a little C'aia.