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Quarterly a nl .'tithlv Adver tisentert-s wiil he charge.l the a ine s asingle In.4ertion, awi Semhi-tnuntily the same as hIe w orie"'. r-jr;7' Ohitiarys and Tribute of iespect, over twelve lines, chairgedl as adlvertisecntnts. God MSeenu in all nis Wo)r k s. Inl that beo utiftnl partI o f ennany which border.s on the Rhille, theire is a1 nloble eastle, whiei as yo i tavel on the we,.tern b inks of the river, v%.11 lty see liftilngT its ailcient towers onl the opp.-Site site, aboive thle grove o trees about as olt as itselt. About friy years ago there lived im hat, eastle a nioble gentleian, whoit we shall Call lar'on. The Ba roa had (nly (one soil, who was i->t 6nl1y t coiliqrt to hi. atler. btit. :1 blessing to all who lived onil his ftth er's 1land. It happened tupn a certaiii )evaifon 11131 his y un.tg .13a bein Ill' o ., tiere (anca, Ftencl getltietanlll to -ce t lie Baron. As soin as this g(ent.4e112a1 camei inito thlt Iate lew bleim to talk of his eavely Faither i l ll 1.-r h - ihl 1h ld m13:n3C (Fl3 I nil~ %il Ic h i Bhlt! I ll bi3ltll l it, u i V l. I i e 3' 1331 himgttt~l:l .,ayng, re o nt afah In ' 1111111 God, wt. ; 1, iI , b0) -peakihng ~i~ tne. n~ae/ The~ gentlllmi a i ii I lo o - abil . G4od, 6o 11he ali 1 :. t.- .,e l i 16o 1. Ill. 3a -1id n tv oti ali t th i-tn wh,' aia, the gent1 Ih:an --at. 11111 ibu the ne mlolrinig tooki limi linlei thee ' grounds. id took c it-, to -11h11t hungt. ipon tie WI. T -his e te11man admired 1.! piiltln flli 'l'i lil 51)11 , -jhild lVl'1 1 1, W Il th cdtrl --a,-hevr to th picllre. knws very well ol toh n1,-Iw. his penicil.' 'M~y son drew that pictulre,' Said tihe thtron. 'Tien %ines is a 3.r clever man,' replie thie gte an.11111 Thelare o h e I t h \%i(, l "tl is t thlt innU en, l d -h w lldtv hi m11111 Ns Pni .- I ret,. -W h lit) jilt t e e i4 i et ni i t ' i :hi4, .:: . (ien P aske, a Jhd Wtll-il h eturned "My 1 o , replie'd thelt- 00 -iw, knows eveir% ph---t, I i m %u .-at\. I. m the cedar ohi Labanon to the b) rl On thle. wail.' SISaid the gent11lemIL:m,' Shall thik do ry highly o himi soon.' Thet baron then took himi int, the vBi.age aid shawed him a k sl, n ad cottalge, where his %onl had estaliN.hed at smad 611Ccol, 21nd where he caulsed4 a tll y ounig chi Idren \% It( lad bs th Ile)Ir parenits to be eceivell and erished aighis ownVl expenlse. The chibblen inl t house looked so inocent and o happy, - t ha e gnleman h very' muc plajde and whn bhis ret-rned o the cast e ofai the cha-ebaron SgWats hatna Hyou abein tof have oiiewidom a u knowerhave so good ath so ?' 3. rna or yii IBecaus c ae toe ile wrs, aing giry w hen muht re gof the clever, whe hs 'done tallC w.hrt yoeave. mone fou hate neve seen hin.' utgeerll g ow htaimt very - wll) - eoles iiiedtihe sBaron, nde thisr - I~oi l iit re f rthehraectn er cas on0 Ither. Ic know f om~ -stitches tht ie is abing o f ini t mtite wisdomc tatd pw er and good hen hFreen felth thfrce ofth aIodms cameli tW'11 to01 the s.l ingl *-.onQ~ie'hy fori.Btwen business Traction, she is told that she cannot have 'steadywork. This f1l, fices hae*grtmo down to'y n coatsfir the 'Southern mar dseilohey are paid two-'sillings, lesq n a wages to other aii lfes of clothing. These changes for the worse come very lar' (fion the girls. Very Iiany of them suipolt widowed mothers and orphan isters'id brothers. Their on e nee die is to earn not a living only for theraisel ves but bread fi.r a family, ca1l for the household, aid to rneet. besides the muiotily demnands of inev 0ib huI ldlords. We Imneet theni wrapped inl tilir thinl sIawls daily in I he s:n-vets lo )k ig a.-; i I leir I Iliti I biodies wereI* prily able to tern ith tide q. necessary pese., t111hat, will roll 41w i ly, even tie slinallest that. atteiilpts too wiliter ill .New Yoik. Graiptig with a hard woild's tbiil's di1Y., fliec ininst lie a curse reIliyv I. light. up1),1n his Ieal wilI. wilit tit good Callse, dedliets fioll hilu sinaill wage-, or with tvoIn le:iptible ineanness throws a st raw in the wvay of, the(ir. mlking the hittle Iih(y cal inak'' as in lV as p lel. hlut n 11v noichait who lv N%10 thein thiinik it no disliotior t .tkie tlelIn come (II1Cc or. tillir tililes a dayi1 to the hii r vrk which was proni i-el tili :t the first call ; anid it, wili ey S shi ar1peiled t lie prisilet Ofgain, an uneveni t itch canl be ound, II.) lboast that, tihey ded t, laigely lebiln their wages. Shlalne m Ihe fellowI\S Who) behlaved SO ungallntI.Ily). 'in-1:c1 s Iw a I In-i le d ho ear V.\ l rI I I Vie it:, r ) h I:I wh an to aiN '-ri; 11 14111 i I LIc'. IL f~.)~ r1 himb i ti i.C har.' worlkiing ilauighte lsbl fhllne-,l tind .1. Ii bl i , .41* li ttle file t u clowt,.. f~ he sid visi.. a b in tliiie fib bt x-e tlo ly. ' p w be..i , o i t Inli. I ( il t 31\ I 1l 11t,111. iti bi1C'Iilil ~ ik l~ i*I ih 0h 6 g 1 is atS %%($lit% I i f e Irle as an i I.i I/i'le i, anlti li- V Is s a-b i nVIbO1ll IcT p I er t i- walk oei t it, or S 1 m1Iitz i, er i-i k nl th it bf. is wo I% f. it ils ow% nf bonid ie. N F. Times. The Ch1;1a s of Maitricdi Lite. 3 ill ellb \III o 'mt liit-. riot I i n. ill It ilk 1I - 1, h I f ihe l e Ale y i r I : A eI. t I re -,tI eI A fwetbf liiei I,- lili- :t ja.li) lit i.. c .. 4 Li 1 i t h e ' -i I b, . it. I -kim ni~ t-g, - tia l (lie h lic i.ililS . liis Ic tili ill -l A bil tl I'\ it :h l'. 11, h 4~ i 1e.o Ia : A, A s .: I .! %k. II-3. till i~ce ilo i i ii : s i ii . ft , ed , IlIr 1i b i h :l 'll ht c1 en Ii We o. I til )e l ;InW il ' getii ettll i i almi I I t Iw II iti , rel0, lit i t I li t vciugi I tbe b)tie and ltiil li uit of Iliij er \Illg l . t lie s lit l -N' h | I st-II A IL te lling wti 50 .m~-m ,,tl n ze, i uhi Ili hon Ihp ehut ii knl wledge, and the wifi.n I i ( I S ulsle liu t . r; l t inl o , 3 toit were lit hachiidlor, but thm" hisb and lit grme n Ilis et Image, (deaieil it, ralier wi b it1 i et nit b I far p Ila it er tha n.a cold, Ninglel yight, sittigt. e angte stuickr c tares theil egth dofke thabuie, and the hight do ponheitllgiU snoliy arI rd iuirber imagiaio wouId beo ltron aner i and reif tid efubi hve li phase luy thnet. of dawing wianhood touigt'it. Ad l poiflwldes-r lrines alIll salor stal buhin ylou, teall, ig yo mt to pree-iet. s, quikieng Yor Godstered. ne s ed Hu edr he woild make bas h at richl soer fains Iwit lneysols thilk tre. loer sho.ies woul willumie I ster; bhikest lie wirowded caes. 11ndi thoe dalkni'es-atd hsts youl des poden iniyouri' solasr chit, th ias gogether,~ wervig bitter nes, dreaI and tin , nd iraand ndoiiles flikt; awn chite y taet eovemle.;)ti15 igunot tweet ht is theeth ter ~1"S t uu , nUr Izutuu u1gn1 1ug yours, her 'grief killing yoursgnd you live again to assuage thataikii'A sorrQwof pers. Tfien these eleiddren; , rosy faIr. headed no, they do not diisturb you with prattle. nywvthe are foss away' there, on the gree sward ; n'ever mind the hyacinths, the snow rops, the violets, if' so be any are there ; the perfume of their healthful lips is worth all the flowers in the world. No iiee.. now to gather wild boquets to love and cherish: flower, tr.-e, gum, are all dead things ; liveli er charms hold your soul. Anto she, the mother, sweetest and fairest of gill, watching, tendinig, caresl1g, lovng, till your own heait grows pained with tenderest jealmsy; and cures itself ,.ith loving. You have no need now of a cold lecture to teach thankfulness : your heart is fu:I of it. No need now, as 'n e, of bursting blossoms, of trees taking lealf; and greeiness, to turn thought kindly and thank t l ly ; fihr ever beside you there is bloom, and ever beside you thiere is f iuiL for which the eye, heart and soul, are fll I -f uni kiown, unspokeii--because un speakable-thlan k offlering. Passage in the Life of an A ctor. ve wentt on,- night. to see a come. 13'. The chielf i tor was a favorite ite, antd the tiaLre was crowded. The cur tain drew up, and amid a burst of ploilause the hero ofthe place made lis apiparance. Ile hadi however. searcely uttered twent y words, whenl it stiick it. a hat something stran.e was. the mat ter wi:.h him. The play was a boisterous cominedy of the old schoil, anI reqiriied c( nsiderable vianeity on the pIm1 of the autors to slutain it. properly; bull. this poor. manil seieit'd ltterly haeless. Ile walked anti talkeId like une in a dreamn; the 'est lints he passed over withott a -pealiitg ti llt:ve perceived athem, hi. t1*dh1i-d :.+ lie .x:ilked; 4:i. s;:: e was giastly, his laughIi hollow anid It! ;A'.tiia atiti treiinently lie woag0i at* I' Littiujilly ill Ile tiiddle of a -e ch aid let his e, c % atither vacant ti oiver the adt!ientce. E'vni when to i , eb i ,wte 1 of thie silly litisbatid, le hail to sutll'r himstlf to be kicked bout, the stage by the Viang iak e I 0 ete.., and altie waids to helho.dl hat , I'less itdividual ianki ii e tit his wif'e and cali. IsuPPer, while lie wa-: -hut t in a Iloset ictmn %% hieh lie C'uad 1ot, e'nerge, his conoriltions of' a 1b ita wi th that hal ne eir .e'oe .11 t., ring own thunde s o11 . e were now such di- mal a-o o ortrLythe pa1ssi-1n, 1hat o i- were plaiilk audiale in vatious "I, iii the teatre. A storm o ail ; bultsc. lh1g gathering. - . i <m til [lk, head of the devoted .4.-1 a lls lnig thrugh'the houtise; jot .(oilb- , utled with sticks aidi iambre-llas iti the floor' ad to verbal I ack. inge l,. iippl's, pea. nuts, i siceedled. Tlthe pior fellow st.'ptped at last, aid turated to the ,1h()it I cl loud. Necver did we bie bli- Iuchi unlsery inl at humlanl e-mnlte-. n1,111anc1. IIis fae , worn will ad atggar a shov'ed doubly tieagre ill te gt , light, and lai-go tears rolled down his iited cheeks. We Could s. hIis lips iiiiver witti inward agon%; hi. b41s0om swelled with su ipressed eti to lion, wile his whotle ieiw was st f'.ll ofi uinut ieralble sorrow, that, a'aftelie first ghmnce, the're wals no ni)an ini the lions.' who dareLd noct to'pity hiitn2 Thie ahldientceC wais mioved, aund bty de'grees the clamor was sub..,idedI into a-solemni silence, Hie stood near the l ot i ighits, jiniet and dejected. When tili was caihn, he spioke, and, in a votie.- hiri kenwi th sobs, pr'oceeded to iifl'er' his litt le 'e uiniation, . - l.ad ies andat gent lemeni,' he salid, 'thagin my per'iormpn~iec to night, I mcoionslii of havinhg iei'ited your' disilieasuret, beic mue that in onte pinit fouil do ite ;an injustice. I am not m xic'a tetj. Emtioni i alone, aund thait of' the miiist painful kiind, has tcaused ie to li'ulil imy alIlotted pat tso btatIly. My wife died ani hour ago, aid I lef't her bedside to fit lil mny unifav'a able elniagemtenit here. If' I have itot pileased you, I impnlore you to- forive mein. I loved her, grievo fior het'; antI it'misery anid manguish cati excuse a fitult, I teua' imy apology' I1In placed his hAndl upin his he irt. and stopptjed. A hurst of' tears, relieved for a momitent, his parioxvst uf'ga ief', and there was not a corneri (If that, house, D.imtes, that (lid not r'e (eliho ttialt potor acetot 's sobs. Trhe and aii hinest, biist otf symuj athy adte the plaintedi trees on the stage trembleh as if' struck with a suddena stioirm. \Vomnl we'pt lotudly, and s-t rong tmen si letitly, and during the remitnilder' if the evening the per'form lance was scaircely audible through the biur'iillno of aipplaunse with which the crowd somght after their men fithton, so, sooua e tio- poor atrlk's wounded heart, . t er Moello ian's comin rr nfa tlled$ to' don gay attl, atd crow, not one of whom dreamed of the anguish that lay fesfering itnider the painted check and stage sirile. Thik ,yoiu not, then, that in the great theatre of Life there ar many around us like that poor actor, smiling gaily on the multitude, while iat home lies some mystery of sorrow, whose shial ow is ever present with him in busy places, and in solitaitle revels iipoin their hearts 1as a lhrost amng the 1Tight Times. This ebay is around ag:liin. IFe lasj been inl town fir a week. lie imay be seen oil 'Change every day. Ile is liver on the Pier along Quay-street, up Iroadway, .st'ljks up State street, looks in at the banks, and loungesi inl tie hotels. Ile bores oir merchants, and seats himself cozily in lawyer's oflices.-Ile is every whe: e. A great distuiber of thc public (piiet, a lestilent fellow ia tis name Tight Ti-nes.-Every boll talIk about hill, every body looks out fhr him, ev cry body hates him, alla great many hard words and no 'little profane cpithets aire hestowed ipoin him. Ev erybody would avoid him .i' they could, every body would hiss liii from i'hamige, hoot him ofT the Pier, eL.asC him froiml Qiay-street, hustle in out of' Broadway, kick him out of the banks, throw iimllt (it Otilw store4, omit of' the hotel<, but they can't. Tight T ies i a L. .. A bli rr, lie will stick. Ilints are thrown away on him, abuse lavishes in vain, kicks, cuffs, protaiiit y firo all thriown away 0.1 him. Ile is iiper-civ ious to themi all. Ai imputdent fellow is I ight Time s, .lc i et a lieuint, aid he loolis over y our 4 .., -: nl ai te - ca~shier; aid wou- wle is. thnawn out Ask at 101;0 0o, unrerlts at. one per cen1t aI morn111h, he0 loo(ks over Seemlities; and1 ii111 ks two :mil a hall. I'resent, a lil to y ur delltor, Tigt Times shrug., his :Ahoulders r tll l u his eyes, and yo . nimit call aw-ainl.-A wif-- asks (ir a fhshi-mable broadea, q dawughter for i new ilnimelt-. he lit, in his cave t. miol the broeade :dil boinnet are post p med. A great depreciatr o stocks ik Tiait. Times. lie Step- in alioiong the brok'er.s and (viwn gees Cent il to par~to nnet-liv~nintyeigly-five. le plays (he deuie wi .h M2lichigli Coni.tral, with Michigan Southe n, with Iluison River, witrh New York and Erie. lie g'ces along tle railr, ads ill P)rtle'-s of conlst riction, anI the irish rnent tirow down tiheir shvels an walk'av:y. Ile plulls his meark 1 up"n r1ailroad bnd<, and Oh y find lit pu. :ia-ers. are hi-sed iut (-f imarkeut, be. oMe -ht0 abs.dotiely devad. A- gn-i e'xploderf bubbles i., het T'ieww. I la In l k into tht' viir f g .1 coIimpaiei4, :11141 thie ly top-cee- intio kiting-I b11141a hIy.AV payment; inlt-, licketMy iin ;lurmwee comp:ene:u.it', mAil tlcy vanish Way. lie walks aronmil (or.er lots, .iaws a line. aero lith lteit.e I OC itc, t-l the1 disappecar. lie leavus his oeeuit lprin. an0ming mines, kaid the rieb nutal becoumeus di oss. lie breathes til. mt the eninninugest s'eimes of'j speculai ion atid they bturst like~ a torpedo. A bard manster of' the poorli, al eruei memyin to the laboring imiasses, is Tlighet I'ime", ie tak es the iechlanie f rom ii s Ibeche, the laborer' f'rom Ils work, the hod.-earr'iieir frm hs ladder. lie enns up tha prices of' priovisionis, and ii runs down-'the prices of'Ia bor. - lie r~ims. up the pr-ice oif fyuel and lhe runs (dewni the ability to purchase at tmiy price. I i~e mtakes little cldicot thngr a''ntd cry for fbdd--eeohl aid r y for fir'e amnd clo4.hing. l ie mntUJkes ')no oi omen sad, nilkeosumother's weep I iscoeuriages the heariits elffithIers ear sit5 ai croutebii~g dlesoationj in .the soumnor .iaed onl the hearthI stoneles ofl the' poorei. A hard imaster to- the poor is A ciurious fellow is .Tight imies, Bill of'idilosynieracies aind ero tehets. A osmote poli te-a wonderer too. W*~Vhere Ie comies from hn(ooy knows, and v~here lie goes ntobeeody knows, i~e Iaa-hes ailong the telegraph wires lie takes ai free p'nasae ini ' thle ears, lie seats himuself' in~ tho stages or goes ilonig the turnpikes oin foot. ie is i gentlenmii oin Wall street to lay, and a baick settler oti the borders >i eiYili ution to-mrrow. We hear tf himi in Lr~ndo n, ini Paris, ini Peteir. deurg, at, Vienna, Berlin, alt Constan. itinople, at Calculta, i Ch11iia, allI over the Couneuireial WVorld, iin every great city, ini overy rural district-every. Th'lem e is one way to avibenh red by this vrule oid ewig ht Times. It is. the only -ay le a eouii try, a city, a to, as well as individ al 4cnto keeg Shu1t of his. presence vdyr. ' - Let' le country that-4ould banish 'hiinbowars ofextrava'gance-of speculationt. of overtr4ding,.-g m -in baringjn-,yi1ionry. -ehemesof .ago ,grma mePg w avoid nternal comin ois d i go right along. taking care of its own interest and husbandting its resoirces. Let the city that would .xeludo him be economical in its expenditures, in dnlging in no schemes of spectilatioi, iakinig no useless improvemitnas, bitil ding no railroads that it canl not, piay for, williholdinlig its eredi t froin mustish roomi corporations, keeping down its taxes, 11i1d going right along, takilg car Of its 'nI inteIres. ait ilinid h.;, its ownl reo re. L tithe ill di -idual manl who would e.-huled him frIo is doIestic cirile be inldustrious. it ug:d, keeping out o the wiirliop-d of pohtiea, indulging no ta.te f iflic. hding ) uIk dish when puddingr llIs friom t he clouitds, layinig by somei(thling when tie still shilles to iialce upI) f'or Lthe dal k, days, for "ISome da. utist li dark anil dreary " working finl always with a heart fu1ll of confidetce inl the good providence of Goi, and ihee rful'I in ti.- hope of "the gIfood time coiing."--Albany Regis te'. Dat. Ti'on~xws.'s AD DDR 1,ss-. -'I\f S. sits. Earrons: I beg to express through the columns of your paper the pleas. nro and admiration I experieice1 (in Common, I anm sure with every one who was present) in listeniing toite noble andi eloquent 'ermon of Dr. Tion weli bet>re tihe two houses of the Lr.gislature. Having heard much of lite eloqii'ee and-I power of' thi distin-.tuished gen teinan, my eXpecta tions1- were (if .course high; bult highl ;t they were. they were more than eluil. led. I will it mar the beauty ilf this magtifieit aildre.5 by eideavor mg~ ~ : tw' .eA Pt-fIt, especially ali Vh -;t, 1, 1stative.s has by a1 11manm llt us v41te reque1stedl a1 copy Cih piblication. TI'e views So abily or-C bfy Dr. Thornwiwell were wcrthyN alike of a holy teacher (if truth aml a proffmud StItet'smn:L. With a iII)V tact, he availed himself (At the occa si'n, whihl, lie well said, waias no or diiniry one, to poitnt 011 to his aii s i he b~esetting sins of the day, anid whit, in fervid laiiguage lie iumplioreid the pai doni (f the Almighity, lie proved that by huiiliationl, penitCtec, anid repentance, coild wo alone hope for that pardonl. IIe showed tit a pul ple wiho look with a callous indiflfer en1ee upon the commission of sins, are ilwav reg"arded by the Almighty as participants in those sins, aid that tha reiibution which inevitably fo!. Io ws is j lt. I fe selected as the es. plai''l objects of Ins demmiileiatioin tw siln.., which lie styled 11141 j st 1. fear we miist a:-knowlede, ntionl i-dr nlnnessand prleility. IlC inl,istl ibat the drun11kaird was a1 cr-im inl,1 and11 sht 11hl so-he dealt withl. whiist he. denointced the' vuiigar habit ofpolm swe:u ingI in0 laniigiagu. of withei in relw:m . Upon Lthese ci imes IO eWf~iatel with the 11411 fervor of' :1 ml~lii er. of G.1d, and)" with all1 thle pliwer of his brilliait intellect. lie proe'ai med that the clemency which pardons crime is inl itself 'a erime of Il() smalilagiitide, ald on1e sutre to provoi ke thi v'en1geancie of ani tranllsgreCssinU! then limits I had iminposed Suon my iself. I pr'op osed no crit icisma 11p4on this femalless and1( noble sermtionl, but metrely to express the plieasuire I re:-eived fr'om it. It w'ill bea:r f'ruii ini uue seasoni. it cannot bt sinik in to the hearts of those who hcard'it. God granit t hat it may, and that our ru ler's, ill the discharge (ot their grav'e respon sihulities, wviii sho1w themuselves not miuidtitl of its wise and holy teach ings. If' those national sins n're to be eradicated, those in high places inulst take the initiative, anid by precept andl exztmipie endeavor to wipe out the tna tional11 reproach. I Jiscouniteniance in-. temlipeianice anid prof'ane swearing, ele. vt to piion Li o one ( wh0~ilo is guiIt y lit eitheidr of thlese sinls, anid a gr'eat adh van1Ce is mtade~ ill the cau~se of mltltlit y anid ireligioni. Car'olina Tfimies. Illn HIAnsa.-A- Sothe ldter gave a party to IL Ie'w frienids wiii ho happenin.., to CicveCe abiout S:ambo's power of head) endurance. the gent lem-mi said tha~t lie ownvled Ia ngro who no111 i one ini thle party couild knock down or' inijuire by stgiking on the head. A strong' burly f'olloiv, 'aughied lat thie ideai, aind as Sam, the colored person wa4li about enern wi the candles, tlhe genitlman stood behind the door, aund as lie entereCd Sam's bead recoived a piowiertful sockdloolger. The caind les flickered a little, but Samr passedl (iiet. ly onl, mnerely exclaimiung, GAentlemen, he car'eful of do elbows. 0or delighbts will be distiimruished. 1oU AR A Bi91. '--A certain col lega prtfessor had assembled hi,. class at the colmeneevient, of the' brni, nd'W.as -ead Ig itrthe list of' pata.to see th.lr,:il wero present. U h9 4.ho tinumntier was er,; 'What is your namno sir's' .pked the professor, looking through his spee. taeles. -You are a briek,' was the stai t ling reply. -Sir-,' said the profwesor, hall sturting out (itf his chair at the si)p'osed mn pertinenice, hit not quite .,uce It hat lie miderstood him correctly, 'sir, I did not exactly unle,stand your answer.' 'oun are a iiiek,' was the Compo. sed reply. 'This is intolerable,' said the pro. fcssor, his tae0 reddening, 'beware, y ,ing ni , how you attempt to in stilt In.' 'Insulit You,' said the. studlent, in tirn astoni-41hed4 'Illow have I done it.' 'Did 3011 not say I was a hrick?' re turned the professor with stilled in No, siri, yo ut asked i1 my riuname, and I answvered your iuestion. My name is U. Iu. A. irick-Uriah lR.v i111 Aidersoni Hlrick.' 'Alt idved,' mitt unured the proIfes sur', sinking back iinto his seat ill con fjaol.-'it was a mll ,i C.opjlon on) it) part Will you connence the lession. \.Brick Ilow -TO SHOW LOVE FOI A IFE. -Show love for your wifb, and your al miration of' her, not in a nonsensical compilimeit, not. in pieking up her hai4kerchiet, or her glove, or in carry. ing her 'Lla; Inot, iithughn1 you have the mleanls, inhangin tinkets or b:jublei upon her; not in making yourself a tIbol by) winuking and seemting pleissed With her ibibles, or lollies, or faults but show them by ats of' real good. tes, towards her; prove, by uneqiivo. ca' ddP to' Inh value y(III sor fill hecrr.neatt end ife,! and pe~ace.of mintd; let yotur p: iseof her go to tile ol~ ex. entL o he-r delt, but let it be emsistentL with tru th and sense, and hiell as to coilvilnce her of your sin eert v. He who is the (latterer of his wife, only prelares her cars for the hyper >oical situi of ot ers. The kindest appellation her cii istian name afirds. is the best, that. YOU can use, especially before faces. An e.erlasting -my dear,' is buit a sorry compensation flur the wants of that so, of' love that utakes the husband cheertully toil fby day, break his rest by niight, en dure all .-,orts of' hardship, if the life or health of his wife de:nand it. Let your deeds, and your words, carry to her heart a daily and hourly coinfi rmnatiol of the fiet, that you val [le her le;lth and lifW and happiness beyond all other things in the world; anld Jet, this be matif'est to her par. Lieu larly at those times when li 'e is illre ot' less ill daniger. A Fowl. QUESTION Fessu.v DEe. nen.-At the close of a lectuire on physiology before an evening school. a; tew nights since, the lecturer re malilrked that any w1as at liberty to ask (iestions upoi the subject-and he would answer them as fir is lie was able. A yoiuttg lady, with imuch appareit siitcerity, remai ked that she ha~d ai qijestionII to ask tiloungh she was ntot cer taUin that it was a pr'oper' ques tio n ; sihe woulId, hoI wever', venturie to a-,k it. It w~as as foIllows: 'If' one hen lays an egg, antd another sets on it and ha chtes out a chticken, which lien is the mnother' of the chick. en : T1hie lectutrer said I will answet' you in Yanike'e style, by asking you a uniestin :- If a little pret ty' white genteel pullet tets on ant egg of Ori eittal e~xtraction, andl hatchles a great. homely01) long legged, spl intr shanked slabsided, awkward hantghai, w~ouild you, if'yon wer tihat little whIite pul let, ownt the secat homitely monster f' 'No' saiid I he yolung lady 'I 'ion/dn't. 'ete wel. saidh the I eturer', 'that setlsthjuestionl, for it is .' princi pe0 ill phtyeisigy that all henss thinuk and act alike itt a1llessent malm'artiular's. To K'it.r YouNo.--No surer des tr'oyeri of yOoth, of~ youth's pr'ivilegs. an I powers and delights, than yieldmn the spirit, tot the emlpire (of ill-templer anud selfishntess. We should all bet catutiouts, as we advance in life. (If al lowing occasional sorrowfutl experi enco to overshadow outr perception oIf the preponderance of' good. Yaith in good is att once its own rectitude and reward. T4o be lieve good, mand to do good, truly and trust, fully is theo To take events elleer'fully, aind promliote the happiness of' others, is the way to ensure the endurlig spring of exis tenco. Content and kindness are the soft vernal show-crs and foster'itng sunny warmth that keepis a mnant's naturte atal being friesh and green. "Lord keep my cxistcunen-'U Ga-id 4 een," would ine no less ia wise prayer thil the onie so. beautifully rectrded. respeting man's memory. If to would leave i gracious memory be hind us, there is nd way better to se. sweet fruit, produce anl mildyihiu growt h of green remembranco s that shiall flourish u innortally after the present stock is decayed and gone. Mfrs. Cowden Clyr/ke. IIIn S.msS AND o os.-Ano, "Su1Nnu~."The Express having '"40d its tale" inl relationt to this raro bird, w'I'e feel it ourl lrivile to4 be also heard oi this ocCasion. A farmer r-, sidlpg il tlhat indefinite locality 'out West.$" says "that the 'hen fever' rages soite Ip that way," and inqiiic4, INw vwhat- d4 yot think of the varie tv called shankhighs who.seQ name dTonl't belie thei? I tell my wife they have I( body at aIll, and when Ilm. head is cut '.ff the legs coe to right I-. part! Am I light? Neiglihor inek insgim:it% ' wife says tle) 're tlie beat Ci. est big, if, :1. nill :irth, they sit staid lay bloth at :1nc'e. I donl't bieliev.: -its contary to iitur. 11thik tihey reelit : little, as it were-Jeruialeil h1w can tl:ev set! Mv jack k nife can sit as wel I as they Ca I tell y'u, Mr. Editor, they put1 things out of joint too, dreadlfushlly. When Illuckinlghamn's wife got her shanhi highs hsom1e the other day, old Kink Iapiened to hear the old rooster crow the first time, and not knowing aniythiig aloliut the mat. ter, smnmoned half the hands on the place to comie and help get the old blind mule out of' the crib. Old Kink says--Dey don't sit on de roost sanme as odder caickens do. nohow, but dey sits stratddle of de stiekc, cause why,; when dey 'tempt to sit as Common chickens, de head ain't heaby 'nufffor de legs, and dey fials 'ff backwards.' Correct ph01'"(iophy that. They sit wllen.tney pat, I in-w, f'm I've seen 'em-try to uaL Ssta'deg. blt it wls no go, for when they peek at a grain of corn on the r.nid, they don't inor'n half reach it, but tile heads bobs right beltWCCI their leg, makii' e'm turn a somerset. M'tay be thtey're like, sintge.1 eats, better'n they look, and that's had enolugh. anyltow. I'd as SoOnt SeC . pair olf til5igs Or compass es wIlkingr about tle vard as shank highs. And I had like to have for gotten to tell you that Peter says .-'Dey's bir liars, (uttise dey Crows lonI 'ore day.' But Kl~k says-'Pete don't fleet der legs is so mg, dey. see daylight, long time 'fore common chickens."- Alany (N. Y) Reyister. FEELINO AND TSisNsiNo.-A young main having linished his medical stidies, applieI to-an old gentleman to kniow whsetherl his neiglIhot'hod would he ain eligible situation for a phsltician. "Why?" replied the old man,'"hat Cant yt do? "Why. I cas feel a pilsse, and dis co1vet' from what diselse tie patient is Siuibject to " "IIere then 'eel mine," said the o!1 man, stretching out his arm. "Yont are troubled with the head acie," said thv youig physician, after a very gracious look. "Nve.r had it in my life, sir," said the Ad gen.tlesanI. Th'lis wass a poer. Profounid si lencee ensued. "I sup pose .yon Ititk mue a fool ," staidI the Iphy~siciani ireti ring. "Ah I,' lie r'elied, "'y ou know what litink bitt any dont't' know what Ifeel." Merecy. T1hse first sentece of' deathl the yousn. Soveoreign, Q'ieetn ictoia, was re gniiredl to) signt wa's that of a soldier L"ioined to d1eath ihr desert ion. Th'le Q'ie'n rcadl it. anid asked the .'liinister whlo brouighit, it, tto he: " Iave yv ont tnothi'n!Z ' say in behalf' tf thIis young mt:. "Not hiing,"' w as thle reply; " he has deserted thr'ee times; bitt,'" said thle br'av'e v'etrin w~hos r'ebtes thle anedo'te, seeinig lier .Alajest y 's aunx'iety, I adhird, " thoultgh he is a veryv .bad soldier, somse witnelsses sptke (of Isis chazracter, and,1 for' aught I know to thse cont rary, he matiy be a good man." "* Oh ! tanik y'ou for i hat a t hous sand' tiimes," exclatimed the Queen; antd hast ily wr'iting " Pardonei " 05n thse paer .-he putt it neross the table, with her Izair hand tremsblig 'with eimi't ion.--Queen Victoria, fron' ker Birth to her Birial Great e tihe udes of' whisky.- . Great ans wMsiniftsld are its hllessings.. Its riches are pasft eompeiion"." It. ia bread to the hunigry. It i- raihrient - to the nak ed. IL7 isjof to t~o heavy hearted. It is gold to the penny less. It tfeeds the fires of' the patriot's heart:. It kindles the fe'rvor' ii resligiod. It, mnakes mnits huappy iunder all #u~cumn seaucs.--Cnwz hir