^t n _ i ?M?gs^BBBgsggggggiMgM^???????? oy fighed, and eenlly said? "Sister, I wish thai I conld see!" ' The flowers yon sny arc very fttir, And bright jjreen leaves are on the trees; And pretty binU are sirri?iin* there? JIow beautiful for our who srrs !" "Yet, 1 the fragrant flowers can sm?-ll, And I can feel the green leaf's shade; And I can hear the notes that swell. From the dear Itirds tlmt (Ju l Iuib made, 'So, sister God to ine is kind : riio' fitilit nln??! lie hn-? not given ; Hut tell m?i?are there nny Mind Among the children up in lleavent "No, dearest Edward, they all see; But, why nsk me a thintr eo odd?" "Oh, Mary, lie's so good to me, I thought I'd like to too!; at God." E'er long disease her lia?d had laid, it.. i..... i ?:u Ili# wii!own] mother knelt, and prayed, That God wfluld spare her siglitless child. He ft-lt lior warm tears on his fare, And f>;;in tip toft < exportation, and I will jrive you a hona fid explanation of tl>? above proceeding. I am exceedingly wild ; I can't bear t liave propriety and proper behariou eternally preached nt nie; J'et let me tf you, by way of consolation, tliat I hid proper noun; but alas! I'm in the noir Dative case independence! Well, one day last summer, T was brir ful of fun, and I called J?-p, and started f< a race in tin*, woods. I could not go alor soberly, but must needs w?lk a stupor tw and then practice a gymnastic. leap across deep puddle, which mode of proceed it pleased iny dog greatly. I saw vines loa cd with Bowers ; and, forgetting ttic c.oi mand, ''Thou shalt not covet, 6traight-wHy leaped up afler ilie blosson and?^generally fell headlong to iho grout the vines swayed Recurely above ine. there had been a fine storm the nijrlit I fore, the reader may well imagine that ti bright |?ink lawn suffered somewhat in the frequent contacts with the soft green turf. Well, after a while, I saw one particula knniiiir.il trlnn t lt^? liliiii.ura/1 /?Kff IruilafC that I did much wish to posset, nn heard a snapping of the twig? in the for but I wasn't certain of it. \) 4$fow, Jeppy," I said, (for I talked I hlra as if be could understand mo,) "you j still while I leap through spf.ce, and sec that gloriously beautiful vine." "Bow, wo-o-w r Jep replied, caution mo, doubtless. Away I went, nod luckily, or unlucl IiOAOght the vine firmly in nty hands; wfcvrtb* .cut* w*d I?were alike obttim tbat would no? qait its hold, nor I eith so I ijjoko ihqs to my *1 .. "J?i; '? r i 1.1.. ; .iiv hits jut", i ?WI>W^I vu, v "I fee! so mortified, that I've literally turned ! Mark in the face;" and pointed nervously at my mud hegrimmed features, then took j to my heels again, ami run for a pond that j sparkled in the sunlight hut a few rods dis i taut. I heard the stranger laughing, am ! this accelerated my already loromotivi J face. I ?ped down the gently sloping haul i and stopping on the sandy beach, I slippei ; off my gaiu-rs; hut I had stained my stork ' i ings so hadly with the mud I thought i 1 fpiiie useless to remove them ; so, tuekiti; j up uiy skirts, L waited off where the vvatei ; was deepest and coolest, and I cnrefulh ! washed my face to remove the veil that con Cfiitrd mv ncaiity. (:) j I splashed round, and spattered Jop wit I ' . water until I was tirej, then prepared t ; walk up avliore ; but what was my hoi rn > when 1 bc'iuM the strauif-r sitiin?x deinurc , j lv on a lo?, wi:li my bonnet in his ham j whit-li 1 had lelt by the rock. " I didn't I'Vcn bludi when I made thi: " I discovery; 1 was too provoked and indie ' nant for i!i.it ; so I merely glanced at him j ami walked to my gliters, which, by tnui* patient pulling, I succeeded 'n coaxing I ; cover my wul, soiled Flocking*. I calle | my do;j, reached my hand fur iny bonne j ?i)'] prepared to start foi homo. ? j "I saw your bonnet," lie said, apologet " callv, "and brought, it to you ; but vol j coo! politeness quite chills me." f | "Of course 1 should be coolly polite, : j I've just come out of the water," was the pr j vokiug reply ; "but you had no busine.'* ! sir. to sit ou the bank and watch ine t ur | the hike." iff i . ? , . . , "iwuse me ; out you appear 10 i>e ' ; much at homo in the water a* a fi*h, hen fl * ] my desire to see your playful sport." p t "To which class of llie finny tribe do y( j think I belong ?" j | ''Really, I cannot tell," he said, musing j At this retort he laughed so merrily tii j I I T"te forgot my angry feeling, and ? ' j ?lown on the log to weave my wreath. : few moment's silence followed, and th >e j tlie stranger said. n- j "When 1 started out sketching this mo i ing, I had no idea <>f finding ere nighlf; a wild wood flower tor a companion." r - "Your mind eh a: ges, sir," I said, gail "a moment ago I was like a fi-di; noi personate a flower; but do ine the favor 1 { tell me which wild flower typifies me m ;?'d | ? I trill v. j He was sure lie couldn't tell whicli ',t*' j liken me to, as there were many beaut ' ^ blossoms, but perhaps I would give him wn idea on the subject, His evident intent ne* was to quiz me. I nodded assent, and lies pli^l, an- "Perhaps, when first von saw me. th might have l>een a vision of flowers, cal self bouncing Bel, brought before yon." lit I He laughed, bu? made no reply. I ai e?t, to go home, and he gave me hi# name, politely aoked mine. I gave it, and t I to Jep aud I run gaily in the direction of sit houoe. " v mre The next dag, with some trifling err for an excuse, Jules Ellington preset ing himself at.Aunt Ellen's and spent sn ii with us in aunt'n pleasant sitting ro :i'y? The next day and tbe next 4)e came, ti butf we came^to look upon him as a regi iter; visitor. He?the accomplished city { ier;" tlemnn?found something novel and pi 7 >. to^ lc .!? soof Ma "wild flower?, / * lie persisted in culling me, much to the ' in?rr?>r of my unromautic nature. One morning we were nil together?my | aunt, .Jules ami myself?when he,somehow, spoke of his fir>t introduction to me, and my aunt said, laughingly. "I never can imagine what Mr. Kilington | cm sc ahuut my wild, romping niece, to ; make him wish to cultivate her acquaint; ance." Jules made some gay reply, and Aunt Ellen turned to mu for my opinion on the I SUt>je<:t. ! "I think," 1 said, glancing queerly at | Jules "that he was pleased with mv agility, '< and intends to send me to the Barrel familv. I to perfect my gymnaslio education." j Oh no! he was charmed with my ingenI tiousness anrl simplicity ; and In* went on i until I laughed in }?is face. and told him, j l>y way of punishment, llial I should leave liiin with Aunt Ellen while I ran down to llie lake. I was away out. on the pleasant sheet of i water. Igisurelv paddling shoreward, when | Jules Ellington appeared on the hank. Mv ! seamanship brought things speedily to a j climax ; for. as soon as my light hoat round; ed into a cove along shore, he caught my hand, led mo to a mo?sy seat, and I old mi all his love ; hut I doubled iiis sincerity ! and told him so. '"You are unju?t," he said, when T told j him his fancy was pleased, and not his lovt awakened. I had read him thoroughly. I * We shall see," I said emphatically. | /\nut, unromantic, tIiin; tliat I am, after, tin? first shock had passed , ' I don't fiml my appetite for Aunt Eilen" j nice cake ami pies diminished in the leasi - J I have a peculiar faculty of throwiuj 1 ! care and (rouble to the wind. as pjisilv as i can toss my lug-cabin sun-bonnet, in lit air. I can get over difficulties as readil c as I fan leap a deep ditch, and for this far I I ought to be very tliankful. When on - ; vision is ruthlessly swept away by reality t hand, I slint my eyes and?dream again. Z ' Sueh lessons as the above does tin r j strengthen our fail!) in human nature, hi i' | opens our eyes to the fallacy of trusting i i- appearance*. My heart is still beating ii "Young Love's March," and I'll hid yo It 1 adieu, reaJer, to listen to the gay music. Thrilling Incident.?At atemperanr meeting in Philadelphia, some yearH ago j ' learned clergyman spoke in favor of wine i * ! a drink, demoii.-.trating it quite to his ow j s.?ii-factinn ?.o be Scriptural, gentleman! ' and When tin; clercrtftfian ss r. ; > j down, a plain elderly man arose, and a>ki ! tlm liberty of saving a t*iw words. Permi || i f * , sion lieing granted, lie spoke as follows : I "A young friend of mine," said lie, "wh ( j had long be<*n intemperate, was prevail) on, lo the joy of his friends to take tl . pledge of entire abstinence from all th cuuId intoxicate, lie kept his pledge fail fully for some time, though the stnign I with his habit whs fearful till one cvenii is i ^ j in a social party, glasses of wine were han ^ I ed around. They came to a ctlergvmi present, who took a glass, Raying h fe words in vindication of the practice. "Wei | thought the voting man, "If clergymen c ^ i t:?ku wine and justify it so well, why not I So lie look a glass: It instantly rekindl ju his fiery and slumbering appetite, and af a rapid and downward course he died , delirium tremens?a raving madman h\ = iiie out inau paused tor utterance, nut \> ? I able to adil?"That voiinsr man was i sat i " ^ i only son, ami tint cl"rgvrnan was the R I erend Doctor who has just addressed I on ... assembly.?American Presbyterian. rn" The Little Ones at Piiayer.?A li l"' child knelt near lite broken lattice. C: ins ft glance ai the Bleeping form of ' > father,she clasped her wan bands and m N ' j mi tired : to j '0,God. mako n>y father leave his < 081 I ways?make hiin my own dear father o again ! Make mother's sad looks go aw ' and make her old smiles come back; ' U thv will he done.* ii) v . * Just then the mother entered the roc and taking her hubband by the band, re said : ere 'flarken to Minpie; she is praying.' ,. . 'O t'ioil ttihIcm fiuliHr Iovh me as onr.c Ilea ' " , did, and make liim forsake Ills bad wf rose ,nur,m,re'' l',e olie and *>at1'?husband ! ' cried the moi hen '^-v our Past j?yB t,n^ sorrows, by our r the r'n?? vown, our wedded'love, blight not hfe of our little one ! 0, let us git be I and Py?S*inr i Ued ^'ie C0M(!ienM?sirickep roan bo |oar hie head and wept. Then clnsffrtig OI||< band#, he Miid t 'Witb th* hop* of. < intil y?u witl levei*'have eaose to1 orfow ular wy ?COOMnt Aud he kept*fe?. _D. ?N.Y.JSvongelitt. > ' *** TbftOburebes prdposo^tprnioato J? n aa Will ifc -jptmi * Wgtatt-AM OsfjUrfcTn t* l'rom l/ir Saiifriinci*t'v (jitl-Un Era. A SHORT PATENT SEEMON. by dow, .m. 1 shall ti :s morning, give you a seasonale discourse from these words ! ' Swi'clsprinir ! I !< % ? to sit mid hear Th_v nmJ near 1' Ami olt ! I li'vt! to m'fiit tin* jjiiIo Tliut Ix-.u.s sivi'i't ?>'l rs from lite vale. My lleareis : While inter ha*spread his ! white mantle upoti the new-made graves prii!?r ? Olu Sol lias just now eni tercd the Kant's pasture ; anil, as two artI putting their lieails together, yuu may rest I assnred that ways and means are about beitii; contrived to provide Dame Natim ! with a new frock, ami a bonnet as flowery 1 as the field of rhetoric, husbanded by .1 young collegian affected by a touch of "tin I tender." ' Yes, my brethren, a general renovatiot j of the outward world is about to take place i All damages dune by l>orea?and his jours, i are soon to be repaired ; and in a few day . will this big pile of dirt, from which wc j draw our sustenance, look as fresh and a ! | green and fair as did Eden, when the firs ' I venial sun called forth its emerald glories J and Zephvr, the first born, scented bis vouni I i . 1 S pillions with ncwlv distilled perfume til - I thev smelt stronger than a wounded skunk' I urtbhnge on a de wey morning. I Verily, my brethren. as childhood is* tli ' j morning of life?so tins risinp of the smi i ' , the morning of thedav?so is Spring tli ' 1 morninp of the year. Bring now awakei i cd from the dormancy of Winter, we feel ' ! renovating, renewing change in our system 1 ~ " 5 { without lookiup to outwarfl aspects, as mnc ? j as we do the happy influences of a hrip! ' | morning after a referring night's slee s How peculiarly, unaccountably different ' I the influence of the morning's rising hean i _ & ^ - j from the evening's declininp rays? Wil ' j the fir>t ; we have an intuitive knowledj that a new day is being horn?you iiu y readily recognize it even with your cy 1 | shut ; with the hitter, we have a mysterio e ' presentiment that a day is about to die. E * t-rv heart blossom seems lo be closing i bright petals?an atmosphere of sohernt '' gatheis round the soul as theshair arc admonished, with the 1 nn't that astonishing to yon, ! listless alligator?, who neiilier know norc; rn anything about tho qualify of sunshine, v, ! 'on,? as you can get enough of it and ha it : a good loir to lie upon ! Well, so it is wi .1 i i In* :i (> 11 ii.i I mm. WIimii tliut iiilfi-nslimr :i g. j important holy is in a certain part r?f I j heaven?; in aiitnmn ,its power to sustain vi 10 j elation, or calling it anew into life, is st) j weak as goose manure! but when it relu lie ! to the SHme point in tlie Sping, on its lion at t ward journey from Capricorn, its revivi ii- ' '"g powers are. felt and acknowledged rle i **very plant, h'.ig, insect and living creati ijrf : Can you account for this, you mud grui nl. i ing livppnpottoinmussesuorrt? (how do \ ;in J spi'H i*'l tti;it ?} No, nor I either, unless ? i.v j Sol, afl?r distriliutinug a'l liis fertiliz II," I powders at llie North, is resupplied at an ! Antarctic upon liis afintial visit. ??' ! Now, my friends, this mysterious re ed 1 vating influence of I lie vernal nun you : Ice i all tliis part of creation are beginning to I of As all nature is springing anew into I" you experience a rejuvenescence?feel s _ I. r .. raa | <1 new vuai w?ti? iiciimiiy ufiore voil9 ; nv j tliat Mill brighter days nro yet to co re, Bv- alI their loveliness of bloom and fullne? [,1m j fruitage, so wonderful are the renew j?ower?t of spring upon everything that gr< I don't see why you. my brethren, who li ,l'? become prematurely bald, mny not rem ably hope for a luxuriant crop of hair to ',er start from your caputs. T*ke oft'your h lUr* ye barren-polls?sponge your heads'?st for a couple of hours each day in the sp ev*' sunshine?and if that don't coax the d?. nt'e perhaps, the Brother Bigg's llarsute 'ay? courager may fetch it?with the assisti t>ut of a larga quantity of faith and a few dol I oneo spilled a little of the article in s "? ? uusnes, ?nu quite a minuter ot n she ppmng np, where not even bo much lnu?y gray rabbit whs ever seen befi This is no pulpit puff, but gospel-truth, j he vvu-ked unbelievers. , "J?! As yet, rny breihrcn, we have spring its ini-ipienoy. We observe its sympl ther nitua?> i!f? semi-invisible manifestat n*r" but it will not be till when "The Bull huta-down the harrier#of the y ',aP* that we shall see Madam Flora ran ing in, in full feather, wit-fc, the w w 0o?k ofjtittle Floras at her lieels, ftcatt ' * wreaths, garlands and chsplets npon e ^ side ; and with enough violets, pinks ter-cupb and honey-suckles in their h< attract all the bumble-bees in the surro ,ing neighborhopjl, What * glorious tin*; tpy br&thr< ' ^ frTd-Spring for young 1 aclmatfdn ! M< i hens are hu muuimjj ,| nud snuff the sweet perfume of lilac, peacl , blossom* nnd the mingled odors that com* borne upon the breeze from '.lie ever fra grant meads! IIow pleascnt, too, it is t( i sit and hear the gay carols of the silve: j tongned minstrels of the grove, as tin-} , | open their ivory beaks and lot tho deini ( J semiquavers come tinkling out, ?s if tliei > ! little souls wore the fountain melody?tin j grand arena of Nature's unwritten music ( j Oh, my friends ! the gentle Spring tim j is a lovely season, but it will soon be ovei ; The searching summer, sombre autumn am . ; chilling winter will rapidly succeed ; an> | then vou will look forward fur the return < p | ' another glad Fprinj;. But ah! when th I pale nutumn of lite shall set in, and lowci | ing clouds and chilly blasts presage the. dar | j December of death, you needn't look for l"j j return of youth's happy spring time. N< , j you will cast a hopful eye to vernal joi j beyond the tomb, and exult in the thougl I thai an eternal Spring will yet "visit tl . *1 iiiouiuenni; urn ?win Dreniue its wan is j * j l?ri*atl) on tlio IVost of the grave. So mo ? I il be! i- m t J Valve of Oiisehvatio.w?In ednentu js it is the same as in business. WhaV.v I, you undertake, let it be a fixed prineip ,1 with you to keep on till you have accoi H ; plished your wishes. Ami hero a habit js I observation will also be of great assistant j I?y observation is meant the p?yi?g atte |, j tion to what isgoinj; on amuml us?itiakii r,, | proper use of our eyes. There are thou ,y j ands of persons who never see anything es | that is, they shut their eyes to everyihii I ? i ! but liic mere im?cnani?m m me?i v. j throe meals a day, dressing and undressii |ls I But observation will show us a thousai ' facts that will add to our knowledge, a ],. | experience. Note well I lie characters rie j 'he people you work with, of those y n. I meet in your daily business, and l?y and st. ; you will find out they arc not all alike, a 1SI | learn to value the beat. Pay attention nR handkerchiefs; how many hints you m |1L, | pick up which otherwise you would lie1 ve j have known ! Are you for a country wal ? ' vihi will finrl in the trees ami hedco-ro' II V ... - O RO j in weeds and stones, many tilings to m:i lV? ! you thoughtful and increase your pleasi it|i ; It is not ail barren ; there is a multitude ml I delights for those who will (::ko the Iron j,e to look for them. Observation lead! man to form correct judgments. If he fts any notion? in his head, he can always I rus their value by ob=ervation?by compuri ?e. with others. And what is not least, by fv. servation at home, you will learn to uw jn, KtHiid ciuirrenees in inc cmiraitier 01 y lre children, ami to train them so as to bi f I out the good that is in their nature, ,ol) thus avoid the error of governing then )|J ''J OIUj bmitud, uncompliant rule. m.? Fi.oqcent Extiiact.?The best thing the writtuu by Edward Everett, in his "Mc Vernon Papers," is an article on tho no* ooi^et. After describing its approacl llu' the earth and the beautiful picture it HentI'd, he says : ,,,l? ILcturn, then, mysterious traveler, 10 iS depths of tho heavens, never again t( nn,l seen hy the eyes of men now living! 'I 'n hast run thy race with glory ! million' is of pygj, have gazed upon thee with wondt ''nK but they Khali never look upon thee aj >ws? Sinc;e thy last appearance i;i the skies, lave piri-s, languages and races of men have i NMi- away?the Macedonian, the Alexandi yet the Augustan, tho Parthian, the Byzan 'igs. |he Saracenic, the Ottoraon dynasties I Hn,l sunk or are sinking into the gulf of i r'n? Since thy last appt-aranee, old contin >wn. j have relapsed into ignoranc, and new w< ?n" lmve coine out from behind the veil of fince The Magian fires are quenchec lars. t|l6 jiill.iopH of Asia ; the Chaldean is bl ome the Egyptian hierogramatitt has lost a'r* cunning, the oracles are dumb. Win n9 a now dwells in the farthest Thule, or in are ! lydiscovered worlds beyond these*. -] you ]Vj wJien wheeling up,again from tbe c tial al>yws, thou art once more seen b) ' m dwellers of earth, the language we s t?ms (.hall bo foigotten, and science phall ions; to .the uttermost corners of the e ftN. Bui even there flit hand, now marks ear*" thy woudrons circuit, shall still gnid< iroh- course;-and theiH^??.now, Hesper wiil< hole at thy f.pproaeh, nod-APiiiL'.rus with hit iriog rejoice at thy coming. very , -. ?** ' i ; i. \ An exchange informs a* that a mi . A the Detroit jail vvfeti** he had the si "Ho , 7 ,17 , ^ pox, so that he could break (MK. "Mother, I'heard ?issy swear." >n, is she said she *raa going to, *?V ^ jther stooldbgs t6 ob\*reb.* I TO- PARENTS. ; I A pound mind in a sound body?a grout j i Messing this, and otio which all parents i ! should try to secure their children. Exi cessivo mental exertion* is had for any j child. The physical system should he the first object. If the order of nature l?o reversed, the mind a> well as the body will suffer. It would often be easy fur a skillful parent to make a child a prodigy, but a judicious parent will never attempt it. j Premature growth of mind will seldom, if lever, bu found to spring from a vigorous j rout. We do not doubt that many have sunk into an early grave through the unnatural development of tlu ir faculties, and the excessive excitement of mental and physical > ... . . sensibility, which is usually the ettect of it. Let it be, then, the care of the parent to 'I l I ! . 1 .1 . . C ... . !. i . i uuuit) aim uireci, rauiur man iu lurcc, imu { i :i riglit channel the immature mental faculj ties of the child. But, by all means, would , | wo earnestly recommend, to go hand ii ; hand with moral training, a health preserv j ing ami vigor-imparting education of tin j i body. To he more explicit, we would say I ' in the first place, if circumstances give th< ,.! freedom of choice, do not scud children o >1 ! j an earlv age to school. The inanv hours c ! * j confinement, the frequent close atmosphere ^ i and the constrained posture connected will ! most schools for voting children,can l>ut bi | injurious to their health. Their time wouh 1 j bo far better employed in requiring, by ?! most constant exercise, the bones and inus cle which they will want in future lit" The above objection, however, does not a 111 i together apply to school-*, which, when proj erly conducted, especially provide for tb physical training of the scholars, combinin ,n I bcalijiy play with learning and are genera er j ly well ventilated. It is a source of rejoii !lI j ing that parents whose time and energu n- | jireso occupied that they cannot attend I of the well-tnaiiiinir of tln-ir children at hom e. j art! enabled so advantageously lo secure u- j abroad. Were all schools for older ehi lg ! dreri conducted on the same principal ( : is- j thi*v miji'it he), so as to carry out a svstui ? ! of thorough physical as well as mental ii ng i str'notion, and to encourage, father ihnu r he j prof-s, bodily activity, the moiul and intclle '? J tual, as well as tho physical results, wou |Jd j he most blessed.?J\r. J'. Ledger. nd ! ^ ? ,1 The Editor signed iiis name to it.OI i ! Tiiero are persons who seem to thii y ^ [ that editors regard it one of lhe greatest i ^ tellectnal luxuries to "pitch into" sonieboi i and they suppose themselves to have co , fired a meat favor by furni*hinsf belli"ere ay j i conti'ihntions, tn which soma persons, c< k'er | _ 1 1 j. , ! porations, or society are sontnliy abused. w<. j Such pecplo may take a hint from the f | lowing:?A noted chap once slipped it j the sanctum of a venerable and highly i spectable editor, and indulged in a lira hp against a citizen wiilt whom he was on h ^ terms. "I wish" 6aiJ he, addressing ( I mail with the pen. "that you would write very severe article against It , a put it in your paper." "Very we oh_ w,ls the reply. Tho next morning ho ca ler- 'nto l'10 ;i violent state of exei out ment. "What did you put in your pap ,jnrr j I have had my nose pulled, and been kid j ; twice." "I wrote a severe article, as \ ^ U j desiteil," calmly replied tho editor, "c signed your name to it. t Happiness.?Now let me tell you a j CM?a secret woitli hearing. This look late ' ^orw'a,(^ 'or enjoyment don't pay l"r I j what ! know of it, I would as soon cli buticifliiT, for a living, or bottle up ino shine for eloudv nights. The only t the wa^ ',,',PI>',l be '1HPP,ness ns God gives them tn its ev .| day of our lives, the boy must learn to \ of '"'PPy w',en I'e if plodding uver his less }r the apprentice whilo he is learning rain tra^w ' > l'ie merchant whilo he is mat his fortune. If he fails to learn this art, emJied w'" f,ure lo n*'ss enjoyment whet ,j n gains that lip for. Can a MoTncn's Love be Scppli lave ?No ! a thousand times, no ! By tho d' 'S08- earnest yearning of my spirit for a inotli I love: bv thti wearv. arhinnr void in jrlils heart ; by tlio restless, unsatisfied wan wa* in?r of my affections ever set-king an ' 0,1 jcct to rest on ; by my instinctive disc ind; mei,t 0f (|,0 true material love froin '''8 false?aa I would diFcern between h lif? *'0fn statue and a breathing man ; by the iial new* ed emotions with which I chefish in ^flP" depths of my heart the vision of a g e^8" grown mound in ft quiet grave yard are 1 l,ie ! the mountains, by tho reverence, the ,1 DPflk I I,.**.. ||IA r.uitin.ff nL-in In illi-.lftlfu u/illl in IU?U, IIIO ICDIMI^ W "?UI ? have |Dy thoughts hover about an angel f art^* among the 6era pl*>f Heaven?by nil tl out I answer, no ! ? f^7 Dear reader, have you a mother I 1 >mile on your knees rec.embor the Giver of |B*>D4 greatest earthly good, and as yotr offl Him the incense of a grateful'heart, in is mingle '.he oblation a prayer for t tnall- t0 wh?*B quiyeriog li^ in pressed the ? nlian's titter cbalica 1?ftuth Glennin iVhy, "Scatter the. germs of the beautiful,1 *ed* poet said *4?en he kicked bia wife and dr'f n ?t?t of JO SUGGS AT TILE CANDY STEW. Uovh, did I ever tell voti about Jo's adventure at Molly Dobs'candy stew down on \ 11 ugsins creek ? I Well, if I never did, litre g^es. Jo you know, was a round chunk of n fellow, wore tight pants and a bobtail coat, and was moil* strolls afiaid of tin* gals Tin' gals, though, wnrn't afraid of Jo, if ' ho did own land and niggers?for aic.h liko have no terrors for them. Well, not being . afraid of Jo, of course they didn't fear tho . othel fellows, who were ininm of a'l these^ Well then, J? was axed, along willi a number of them, to come down to Molly Dobs' : maminy's to a candy stew, and down Ja went, with all bis fat and hash fulness, and , when lie tr?>t turn: tlie house was tii!! of gals ' and theca idv had been poured out to cool,, i and was selling all about the room on chaiia and tables. S-> soon as he entered all eyes I were on him?I mean the ga!<, for Jo was i l considered a great catch, and Jo blushed } | but old Mrs. Dubs and Molly rushed to him, .* : seized him bv tins hand and literally ovcr, ' powred him with kind greeting; he became i | ? <>nfu?i d. his legs got weak, ami he looked f , about fur a place to sit down, Molly and 1 ] her mammy kept crowding him. Thoy , ! were right after Jo's trac ks, and be waa i ' streight after a chair, and as he cast his eyo b ! back, thought he saw a soft cushioned one, 1 j and he took a squat at it, and as lie touhced I- j it, you never heard such a yell in your life j ? j be lifted himselfout of it clear into the middle e of ili<* Boor, clapped his hands on his breechI | es and wiggh-d like a worm in hot embers, )- j while the smoking candy trickled dowr. his e ; tegs. ii?e gals all screamed, .Molly tainted, g I seized a bucket of water, Mrs. Dobs tbe 1- ! ?lis!i tub, nnd right at Jo we bo'.h dashed as - I ho rushed out of the room. IJtit luckily ho s j ^tumbled and fi ll hud Mr. Dobs came right o | on top of him, tub ami all. To make things i*, : sure I chugged him v illi tho bucket of wn-. it j ler stboul the scat of agony, lie roared, I il- ; tell you, and when we lifted hiin up. his is i bauds were stuck fast behind him. The m colli water had done the work, nnd there n- was no loosening them without lire and hot e- water. II" begged us not to take him back' < - among the gals, but it was Ho u-e ? there Id was nowhere else to take him?and we pulled him ri^ht. aiming them, and stood him wiih his back to the fire, ntid poured hoi ^ i water where his hands were stuck, while all ! the gals blushed,covered up their faces, and I^ j wondered if lie was much burnt.?"Povyer" | fully damaged" savs I. At this Mollv ill - ** ^ ^ screamed and swooned again, and Jo gave j his hand n sudden wrench, holted out of )!* t | the house, and took down the roiul liko I i forty devil* were after liiin, and about one ^ i minute sifter another fellow followed him,, ! niwl a woman close on to liim with a brooms , i stick. Ttiat, bovs, was nie and old Mr.i ||(? , * j i Dobs, hut she pot no neater me than I did j j Jo. I tell you tlie running was powerful^ | .t?<; I can't to this day, decide which in ' J ; most stimulating?a dish of hot candy, us U ? j Jo took it, or the sight of a broomstick iu 1 tlie hands of an angry woman, lint bdv?^ if you want fun, just say "lases candy'' t<& ; Jo; it will do you good to see hiiu claspK j i his hands and grin. ^ ^ 'on j It is related in old books that a French* ,uc^ j man insetted an advertisement in h Lond..|* I paper as r.n April foo! jok'*, to the eftVi* Re. | that a new discovery had been made bjS jug ! which portraits could he permanently fi.vdB oiu ! npou a mirror by placing the subject befojK nse j it. All who desired to witness tlie opereP on - I tion were invited to cull, on the forcnoo^R rile i of April, at a given place. Tlio crowd w:?v of I immense. LiilileU coaches, freighted witlilfc cry j nubility, and tlie bumble pedeMrian, aliko i l>c j fought to gratify their curio?ity. Tiic aron; | FHiigemthL was such that, ys tlicy cr?tcro priuci]>!?-^ of tho beautiful art of pl^pgra-^. ED- phy. Thus an April fool joko ripened irtta4 **'P' biilliaut discovery. r my An Italian Post-Office.?Tho w?y der- (bey manage the post-oftico at Rome, It?ly 4 the every one i* .wfy to , oLH-; wk?i? you haw?L