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Rest, Darling, Rest.
UY T. S. W.kl.KkR.
lost, durling, rest, Ir, ny folding arms,
rest,
And nestle your lead, sweetest, e'ose to
tny breast, ;
Cling to me sortly, dear tendrill of love,
Rest, darling, rest., and I'll breathe
thanks above.
Sleep, l>aby, sleep, on my warm bosom
sleep,
I'll watch over my blessing, fromt ill dan.
ger keep;
Tenderly clasp you, deiii tokpn of love
Mleep, baby, sleep, whiL, I pray God
above.
Close, my pet flower, lie close to my henrt,
Like dow-drops revivin:, iny love will
1im1par,t
All fond affection to thee I now give,
Lia lose, my pet flower, I thank God
above.
Wake, birdie, wake, show your pretty
bright eyes,
All twilikliig with soft light, jtist down
the bright skies ;
Hold up your tiny hand., my sweet, pretty
(love,
Wake, hirdle, wake, Ict its thank Goil
Ibove.
[From the XIX Century," an 11 ustiated Mouthe
ly, pubildhed Ii Charlsitou, S. C.
Adventures of Confederato
Blockade RunIers.
IOW A CONVEDEM Ar .LOCKADE RUN
NER IIOoDWINKED A BRITIsI
NAVAl, OFFICER,
The "Kate" wts as ciln as a
noe.y pinl, Officers 'anld menil dr1essed
fir company, and Captain lm'011,
with the easy cotts4y of' ia maii
of the world, quickly mado every
individual ol boalrd f'el as if he, she
and it woro hisOwn persoI l tests.
.No 1111111 knlows low to plant, and
reap blessings better than Ton
OAkcy. The finc Inid of' the 6ce
Onld West India Rlegiment-all
blacki-wai.ion board, and added
to tihe zest of' tie occasion wViti
imisic that would noL lie (Iiic(di
tale in the Tacon ''lheat-ro or
Hyde parik. I ought to teil you,
by the way, that, tii8 regiment is
con posed entirely of' nogroes,
overy one of' whom is a pieked
man, six feet in height, and when
they appear onl ptr-ado, drossed in
thil' Zollavo uniflorn, aid drilled
w) that, they move like a vast ma
chino, thero is not a mnoro striking
military spectacle on a small scale
to.bo soon on thii itndano sphero.
The officers are all white, anld, as
a gencral thing, educated.
. After steaming around for three
or four hours, wo run up to the
eastward and caime to anchor.
rThe awnings'wore spread and the
docks cleared for a d.inne1r. Mean
while, the stowardi and his assist
,an ts had prepared the handsomest
banqtnot which the placo and cir
eumstancos 0could afford ; and if
ever the royal t-ond to p)eople's
hearts was fotund through the hn.i
ipan stomaIch), it was certainly dils
povdred on that occasion, The
ilignitar'ios of the islandi( were all
grgoionsness, anid as the wino
o wed and tongues loosoned(, I saw
fbo tet-get at wvhich Cap)tainl TIom
wvas dlinig his hlospi table lance.
It's so easy to blind a manis eyes
With) a good dlinner. In inianeo eses
put-of' ten, a baet of champagne
widl wvarp a man's conscience to
thme most nodcommilodating (degree -
and.-it has not uimognqiently provo(d
phe fact that wheni a gover'nmenit
official is concerned in conmtraband
tr.ansactionls, the cloak he wraps
arotundi hinm is like that of charity
(Leelf-,-"it coverothl a mtultitude of
si.ns."
An evidence of the intensity of
fooling at this time'among the
islanders, was furnishmed on our
trip back in tho afternoon. Tihe'
mate of a vossel lying at one of'i
the wharves, soimng us tipproach- t
jng with) tile English colors at otnr
nlasthead1, ran uip to his oWn fore
peak the oss of' St. George be.
poath the stars iand strij>es. T1his
not so enraged th~e citizens thati
they weint on board o,f the Ameri- I
gan :vessel, tore down t,he Ameri- I
' pain flag, EqIA in a mon,ont reint it,
3a ty>gqIh dw 'tatters. On land- j
ng/tho 6lor of th West India
deglnfnis -t who had been our
gats,.hikoWj60 egL'ite(l at wvhata
eIcy deeme~d. an i sult to the
Queen, rtushed into the crowd, gath. C
obtain and carried them to their
quartier;' The tipshot ofth6 affair I
was, that'in the course of an hour
the caytain of the vq0el came on
bolkn of the "JKate" and appolo
gizod fbr what he called the un
warrantable act of his drunken
mate.. Tom, as a matter of courso,
took :the apology with ill- the dig
nity 6f a blody-minded aid in
dignant Englishman, anid was not
appeased until the skipper bal
anced.accounts with a case of the
host brandy iII port. Consul Sam.
Whiting-a j)lly good fellow, by
the way-was not so easily satis
fied, and making complaint the
next, day to the Goverior of the
island, Overy blessed West Inlian
who had it fragment of the unfor
tunato banner as big as a ten.cont
piece, was obliged to deliver tho
sa1me to the irate representative of
the United States of America. af.
ter which, suitablo apology was
inado by the authorities of"the is.
land.
The way was now paved for tho
accompfishment of our object,
which w%-as to obtain a cargo of
arms and ammunition of war, ihat
had been ordered by the Confed
erate Governmont, and whieh it
was vitally important should be
placed in th hands of our West
ern arnmy, then in the vicinity of
Corinth, with the least possible
dolay.
This war material had been
brought to Nassau by an English
irig, and a part of her cargo was
unlonded at the dock, but as sus
pici6n had boen aroused that
things were not Cactly what they
sceneod, she had diopped down
some distance from the town and
lay in the stream awaiting our ar
rival. As manY vessels were con
santly coming and going, these
movements occasioned no espoeial
ommnlit. Inl two davs 4f1ter our
excursion party we coaled, and
steaming up to the docC took inl
the portionl of cargo which had
beel deposited as above desci.bCd.
We thien dioppod down aloigside
rf tihe Enwglish brig.
Tho Custom house officer do
tiched tol attend us, was as black
its your hat, but, nevertheless, a
D0rmr1teo(us amd i itellic.lt Oflivial.
Oikey id industr-iously cultiva
toil this fellow's acquaintance, and
he wts so completely magnetized
b)y the peculiar manipulations of'
Lhe old blockado rumner, that he
iever saw anything which was
not propor to be sen, except
Lwenty (ollal' gold pieCes or a bot
Lie of wine, and, for all Confed
3rato plr..lposes, was as blind as an
>Wl in the sunlight.
The arms and accontrements
were packed in boxes and marked
Hard waro," and in all probability
.he custom house official aforesaid,
a to. the present day, )repared. to
woar the most horrible oath that
hecy con t1ained in truth only le
timnato spades and shovels, mannu
CItu'led inl Spi-ingtiold, M assachu
letts.
We had boon hurrying inl the
~argo for about three hours, when
he captain of' an English gunboat
'owed alongside andl cameio on
)oard. He was a Aruff, head-y old
'ellow, of' the bull-dog stripe,
hun iky, broad-shouldered, yellow
iaired, andl rod faced, wi th those
)rotty blossoms on his rosy' fon
ures which are the unmistaktiblo
rymplltomsl of' a devotee at the
shri no of' John Barkeycor'n. Tomi
mow his man in a minute, and
;essed. his errand ; and you nev
r sawv one of the feline species
,roceed to play with a captive
'nouse more adroitly than was
.Jono on this important occasion.
Vast interests were at stake.
None knew bettor thtan Captaimi
)akey that perkn,ps the Conf'ed
w'ate success in the daily expected
)attle of Shiloh depended on the
anfo transit and. ddlivry of those
irms, andl no man couldc p)ossibly
'eel the responsibility of the hiout
noro gravely tha' himself; f'or be
'ore our1 departure, letter upon let
or had been sent to Charleston
'rom both offlcors of' the ar'my and
f the govornmnint, hogging us iby
ver'y conisider'ation to thr'ward
hem wvith all possible dumpatch.
'Good miorningj, capt ain, I am glad
o see you," wais Oakey's oir hanid
~roeting. They had met beforo
'n previOus visits of our blockade
unneorS to Nassau.
"Morni'n', morn'n', morn'n,"
:rowled. the old sea (lOg, extend
ng a fat, freckled hand, that<
ooked as if' at seomo 'timno it had<
eon the filiper of a tuetle.t
"Just in time," said Tom. "I've I
nst ordi'4ed o, addy; d'ye oyv i
Irink ?" '
"Drink sir, drinig shr yo,1ye, by I
ove try me; I'm like tile ishmnan, .
ir, the Irishman ;-If I don't drink,1
I-n It, make me drink, sir, make I
ne drink." A ft or t.heRe pvroteenhnie I
ejaculitions, the venerablo ma
riner gave vent to a series of ab.
dominal cackles, which shlo0 his
corporosity lide the premonitory
tremors oft a yont g earthquake.
"Walk aft,' saidTom.
"By the way," remarked the
old salt, as they moved towards
the cabin, "the guv'nor yodor ha,s
a fancy that you are shipping
arms fbi the Confederates-hal hal
good joke, sir, good joke; shipping
arms utider Her Majesty's nose.
Wanted me to come off and see
what you'ro doing-egad, sir,
what you're doing. And I've come,
I've come, sir."
"That's right," said Tom, "I'm
glad to welcome you. Look around
for yourself; there's a pile ofhoes,
som1e shovels and spades, and when
you go below we'll have the box
es opened, and I'll show you the
prettiest lot of hardware ever
shipped from Great Britain. But
come along to the cabin and let's
drink first."
With that Oakey ushered his
visitor into tile private cabin of
the "Kate," and closed the door
on that side of the ship from which
she was every moment receiving
her warlike cargo.
"What shall it be ? I'vo a little
of all sorts." "Take some cham
pgne," said Tom.
"A little brandy first, cap'n
brandy first. Brandy's a sheet
anchor, cap'n, a sheet anchor-no
water, thank'e, no water; they
don't agree, as the Irlshmah said,
when lie gave the Pope a recipe
for making punch."
"How was tha?" asked Tom.
"First pour in the brandy, then
add the sgut', but, 'gad, sir, every
drop of' water you put in after
that, spoils the punc I, sir, spoils
the punch."
Oakey plied his guest with que
ttons, and kept. hii busy with an
Swersi, very throo or fourI minutes
putting in a liquid punctuation
point in the shape now of brandy,
and now of champagne, until the
3ritish a11p iati w i ) an uproar'i
mis Silte ot lCrsoIal felicity. At
fiist. he was stiiotly and mot im.
partially neutri--t.ho very essence
f Wa reporesenative Briton, dutiful
ly eigaged ; but the more lie prae
ised Iu lt iplication with Johan
nes Barleycorn the kinder grow
his sympathies, until finally kin.
died into enthusiasm, about fifteen
ilsses deep, he threw his arms
affectionately around Tom, and ex.
Llaimied with intoxicated pathos,
lNev'r nind 'e 'ardware, ca p'n
lev'r mind I YO see, ye sce, ie
it's all right-by Jove, all right,
Ihic. i'm with ye, hic-with ye
cart an' soul, by Jove-'eart and
ioul, hic." The last words were
rrandly eml)hatie, accomipanied
withi astroke oi Tom's back which
the old salt doubtless intended to
be particularly fraternal, but which
l'om avers, to this day, was very
much like the descending stroke
:f I spile driver, and always gives
Mim a rhoumatic twinge to think
bput.
Treor four more drinks did
the business, by which time TIom
was safe from all fear's of inspec
tion.
Between the Otard on the one
hand, and1 thle necessary official
lignity to be preserved on the
:)therI, the old Briton, as lie leaned
lovingly on Tom's arm in the pas
mage from the cabin to the ship's
adder(31, found it exceedingly diffi
mit to maintain his specitle gravi
.y. As hie rolled over the Ride,
ida parting words were, "Hecr
Kiaj',sty's officer after 'ardware
hie, 'ard ware. Ha 1 ha l good joke,
siri, by Jove, bic: God bless yor,
sap'n, hic-an' safe v'yage-safe
v'yage back." When last seen the
wor'thy captain was stiretchied out
in the stern sheets of his uptter,
mnoring an u neonscious accom pani
non t to "When the s'wallows home
yard fly."
WVe.had nowv only to finish load
ng, get 01ur clear'noco- fi'om the
mastomn house, und turn onei bo.w
Ifome ward(. T. hie "Kate,".althiough
L trim and beautiful boat, was niot
lie fatest of our blockade run,
lrs; but fortunately we were not
)mt to a trial of' speed on the re
,urn trip. Our cargo being too
mp)ortant to warrant the ordi.
uaiy risks Incurred in running 11ho
>lOckade of' Charleston or WVil
n ington, Captain Oatey deter
lmed to land at Smyrna, on the
oat of' Florida, which wazs safely
lone. The Confederate authori
ios, duly advised of' our arrival,
boen took the cargo in hand, and
n the course of ten~ or fIItoon~ days
he aans and aimmnunition oero Qfn
heir way, in laundpods of wggan,
cross the cuntr'y to tihe nerest
ailr'oad that ivdrd4 convy~ the
ong oxpeeted aid to the army of'
he West. I need onlv add tha.
they reached Corinth in fill time,
and the battle ofsiloh was fought
in part with. the. "iardwavru" over
which tie sturdy John Bullin had
been made: so boisterosly fuddled.
Ton left the ship it Smyrna in
charge of the first oficer, and came
to Charleston; and so ended that
trip.
ONLY A GianN O SAND.-A
man who had for yqars carried an
old and cherishedwatoli about him,
one day called' on ite, inker, and
told him ' it was no o;,opger useful,
fbr it would not keep time cor
rectly.
"Let tie examino It," said the
makeri and taking 'a' powerful
glass, he looked carefully and.
steadily into the works till lie
spied just one flitle grain of sand.
"I have it," he said. "I can
got over your difficulty."
About this moment., by some
powerful but unsoon power, the
ittle grain, suspecting what was
coming, cried out, "Let me alone !
I am but a small thing, ond tako
up so little room, I cannot possi
bly injure the watch. Twenty or
thirty of us might do harni but I
cannot, so let me alone."
"The watchmaker replied, "You
must come out, for you spoil my
work, and all the -nore so that
you are so small, but few People
Caln see you."
Thus it is with Us, whether
children or elders-one lie, one
fooling of pride, vanity,'or disobe
dience may be such 'alittle one
that none but ourselveeknow ofit;
yet God. wh6 seegil thing3 knows
it, and that one sin howovor little
it may appear, willp1)oil all our
best efforts in ils Service.
NELLY's TEMP?ATION A N D
PRAYEit,-Little Nolly wis five
3 oaru old. Her mnuo,IWe haI talion
great pains to instill into her mind
principles of right and truth.
One day she stood at the door
of the dining-room, lookinlig with
great earnestness at a baskcet of'
fino peaches Which was on the 1
table. Nelly know she should
not touch them without leave, I
but the teiptatioln was strong4.
Soon her mother, who was watci
ing her from anothor room saw
her bow her' head and cover her
face with her little hainds,
"What ails you, Nelly ?" she
said. .
The child started, not knowing
she was watched.
"0, mother," she exclaimed, "1
wanlted 0 o much t o take
one of the peaches; but first I
thought I would ask God if lie
had any objections."
"Dear little Nelly I wht a path
of integrity and honor will be
yours through life, if, in all your
conduct, you seek to know your
Ieavenly Father's will, d0, no aC.
tion upon whi(sh you cannot soek
his blessing."
Every boy should have h is head,
his heart and his hand odelucated.
Let this never be forgotten. ]By
the proper education of' the head,
he wvill be taugh'lt what 'is good
andl what is evil, what is wiso and(
foolish, what is right anid what is
wrong. Bly the pr~oper education
of the heart he will he taught to
love what is good, wise and 1-ight.,
and to hiate what is evil, foollsh
and wrong. A nd by the proper
education of the hand, lie will be
enabled to supply his wants, to
add to his com forts, and to. assist
those around him. The .blghest.
objects of a good education are,.1
to reverence and obey God, and
to love and servo man kind..
Hverything that helps us in at.
taining these objects is of great
value, and everything that hihi
dors us is comparatively worth
less. When wisdom reigns in the
head, and love in the beart, 'the
man is ever' readly to do good ;
orde and p))fone reign around, and
nadsorrow are lmiost un-~
known,
A young preacher carried three
new scholJars in to a Sunday4chool, a
where they were asked their1
names:
"WVhat is your name?".
'Dan," replied the first one.
"O,no ; your name is Daniel;
say it now."
"Daniel."'
"Yes; well, Daniel, take your
ueat ?"
"And what is your name ?"
was asked of nuiber two.
"Sam"V said he,
"Olh, dear, no ; it is Sanmuel; sit
:lown Samt~uel. Amd now let us
hear what your name is, my
bright little follow'?" saidh he,
turning to tho third.
With a grim of self'-asjIsfacion,
bheoyoung' follow replied;
yomat n hannr."
A True Friend
Can always be found in a sensi
ble, good woman. Ifa man wants
a eorrbet advisor, a sympathetio
counsellor in any ircuistaneo or
situation in life, w believe a wo
man will covneol more prudently
than many of the sterner sex. It
is a well established fact, that no
married man can have such a
friend, as a pure, true.hearted wo
man-her love will make her more
scrupulous of his honor-more
sensitive of his good name, and
more prond of his character-her
natural timidity assists her here,
by rendering her more cautious,
and her tact and judgment are
generally greater in comparison,
than that of the wisest man. If
this is acknowledged to be true, ot
a married man, it is also so of a
single one. The brother will find
in the sister the friend he so much
needs, and writers have not yet
exhausted the theme of a sister's
infiienco. To a young man who
has no sister, we still advise tlhe
cultivation of. female friendship,
and we have often met with in
stances where the man is many
ear's younger than his fe.maule
friend. It is best so, where no
question of filiig in love can be
thought of-indeed many have
had fimale friends even younger
than themselves, Who yet wielded
a powerful influence over their
whole lives. Young men, seek
pure fenales for your friends, lis.
ten to their advice, heed their
counsel, let their influence be ex
erted for your good, and you will
find-such Friendship the prido of
youir life, the protecting shield.
against evil, and the crowning
glory of your future yetrs,
CID TROUnI.HS.-This is for
ravrnti, ald worthy of tw rcad
The disappointments of chil
dren are its hard to bear as those
of adilts. The hope" and plans
ofi a child often refer to what his
elders esteem trifles it is trie:
st ill he values his litt le possessions
as highly and clings to his aims
ats tenaciously as older permons do
to theirs. But they remember
that il hlman affairs ire iiucer
tail, anld lay their plans lopintg
for success, but at the same time
more or less apprehensive of' fail
ture. The child, on the cont rary,
sees nothing but sunbcams ; and
when the sudden darkneti-i comes
h1e feels even more disappoiited
thanl those older when their itm
ortant projects come to rnoughit.
The child has not learned to rea
son coolly upon matters And
things, as8 mell do, anid is mloved
by impulse rather thia by delib
ate judgment. Children very of
ten suffer real injustice, Some
times the wrong comes from their
play-mates, and sometiics from
the parent or teacher, who doUes
not take time to ascertain facts,
reasoning thiat tho thilng under
uonsideration is such i trifle that
it is not worthy of inquiry. Pa
rents and teaches should always
rememiber that~ the t rials which
seem trifles to thtem are of ten very
af'tena serious to the littLie ones ina
their chargo, and in dealing with
children sh?ould help them bear
thoir burdens rathier than scold
themi for being irritated or grieved.
O)ne of' the most important lessonsi
that can be taiught~ them is to bear
their trials and troubles in a prop
3r way.
ARE TulE ANol?Ls WIIITE.-A
ittle boy having said thaat the
mow was beautiful because it wasi
white (liito the angels, his mother
reked him, "What makes you
ou think the angels are white ?"
"Why3, mamma,'' lhe replied,
~donm't the Bible say of the angel
vho rolled away the stone from
hoesopulcbre, that his coun tenanice
Vas lke lightning and1( his r'aimont
ohie as snow 7"
I love that little boy for his
~houghtfualness. lIe imigh t have
igen anothcr reason for his be
icif that angels are' white. They
ure sinless creaturios, and wh ite us
~he color which reprmesenmts pur iit.y.
[f children are pure, they, too,
vill appear white as snowi in i.he
might of' God. They also will be
lothed in raiment white as sno0w
when they go to live with the
whliterobed angels in heaven.
Uay oil' blossed Jesus make you
il puro in heart.-S. ?S. Atdvo
ate,
"I want thue spirit that ill look
rem)ptation in the face and say
I.egono P" said a boy to his sis
Or,
"And one thing more-you
vant .liil[ooetacles to know
L'omptation w hen he comes," an
wored his sister, "foie he does not
dlwns ahow Mas eonorw
Feminine Beauty.
Men in sooiety have, from time
immemorial, so raved about beau
ty in woman, and poots in rhymo
and romance have so sung its
praises, that it would be natural
to conclude only beauty lovable in
the sex. And the proverb, "Men
Joae their hearts through their
eyes, and women through their
ears," not only corroborates the
the idea. but makes it appear that
in our sox, the senses-and in the
opposite sex, the intelleet-pro.
dominate. Men sot suficien t store,
the gods1know, upon physical come.
liness i wonon, Btit, after all,
it 4ppeals to them as an oeuet
rotlher than a causo, and is out
weighed by a dozen other qualities.
--Bouty commands, but it does
not win ; it attVracts, but it does
not hold. And if it be not ans.
WVored by som1e inward bOaUty, it
o0011 diksippoints ; and nm1y, b
constant suggeHtion of disharmony,
at last repel, just as a fair thower
invitolus, W e admire its form
its color, is diintineas. Bt
when we pluck it and tind it 6cont
Joe, at renetion comies that borders
Ol disgust. We fol We have belen
cheated by a counterfeit and the
flower look boielier than if it
were less fair.
So there must be something
more-a vast deil more.-than
personal beauty in woman, to
manike her, for any length of time
Ileasant in our eye, much
ess grateful to the boart. What
that soimething is, it is difficult to
say.; but it is expressed in the
word interest--which to convey
the exact idva, should be inter.
e.tingness. lloi or why any one
interests is we can not determine.
Of tlhe fact we are convinced be
yond argument, but we are in.
capable oft ann0lyzing Iho aubptlo
igunles that produco the eiffet.
This capacity to interest is not
a leccessary concomitant of per
sonal comeliness, but, on the con.
trary, is independent of it--at
least, in many Cases.
Cheering Influences,
DY ANNA CL1YAVEB,
How it cheers anl gladdens the
heart to have som1et hing pleasing
for the eYe to rest upon I no mat
tor if it b btt a simtiplo engraving,
or1 a L'unh ofautuimn leaves ta'ked
ip here and there on the bare
wall. A fPw sea-shells, a little
statiette, or even a pot of green
ilmoss growing on the window sill i
give nil air of taste and refinement
to the most homely cottage. A nd
how trto it is that the silent in.
uflence of these little stil'oulldilgs
helps to make up the great whole
that purifies and upliftH the soul
to somothing higher and botter!i
I romenber once to have called
on a poor sick woman, who lived
i miserablo lodgings, and with
out many of the necessariesof lifo;
yet I noticed ont the rickety stand
near her bed-fide a flower-pot con
tainiug a pansy, rich in its tinff-t
of purple and gold. "Oh I" I ox
elaimed, "what a beautifiul pansy I"
" Yes,"' she replied, hier pale coun it
onaine lighing uap with tender.
noess and joy, "it is very beautifl i
to mue, nas i t often loads my though ts
awaty from myself, fromi my sutf
ferings and sorrows. Somehow,
I never feel half' s0 poor wvhen
haigvo something pretty to loolt at,"
No matter how humble our'
station in life, thero is always
somlethting to cheer the heart and1
make us happy if we would but
accept it, The pure air of heaven,
and t.he glad sunshine, are they
not for us all? The swveet clover
blooms, and scont of thle >ine
trees, the warbling of thle birds
the ripp~ling of'the brooks, dlo thiey
not speaik to us of' lo,ve, hope, andI
halppiness ? Yes, there are ninny
beautiful- things in the world, if
we would but see them. Yet how
many mnon and woe live in con.
tnual discontent and rep in ings,
seemingly unmindful of the giftsi
with which God surrounds them!
Show me a person whlo hoalis
music in the song of the oricet,
or the humming of the bee; who
aees beauty ini the lowly flower,
the fallen log covered with moss
and ivy, the J1agged r'ookc, or the
pehbles beneath the foot; one who
loves to listen to tho winds, be
they never so wild, aind 1 will shuow
you a person who oan never he
entirely miserable or alone. The
beautind soullight wIthin will re..
veal in amber tints some spots
wvheroon then wearyv heart may
r'es, and nature's voice ill over
whisper of joy and peace, no mat
howv fierocely the storms of life
mayI swoopI aroundI.
A thought moust have its owvn
way of expression, or it will bave
no wav at all,
slight Circumstances.
Sir Walter Scott, tliking ono
day along the banks of the Yar
row, where MAngo Park wa
born, saw tho latter throwing
stones into the water, and anx.
iously watehed the bubbles that
succeeded. Scott inquired the ob.
ject of his occupation.
"I was thinking," answered
Park, "how often I had tried to
sound the rivers in Africa, by Cnl.
culating how long I time ha
elapsed before the Wibbles arosq
to the surfice."
It was a slight cireumstanco,
but the traveler's safety frequently
doepend(ed upon it.
In a watc h, the nainspring forms
a small )ortion of the works, but
It propels and govern the whole.
So it is in the machinery of hu
man life; a slight circuptaice is
permitted by the Divine Ruler to
dorango or alter ; a giant falls by
tihe pubble ; a girl at the door of
an inn changes the fortuno of an
emlpiro.
"If the nose of C0leopalra had
been shorter,"1 said Pascal, in his
epigranmatic and brilliait man
ner "(he condition of the world.
would iavo different,"
Tie Mohammedans have a tra
ditionl that when their prophet
c0:neenled hi iself In Montt Sh ur,
his puriuers Was deceived by a
spider's web, which covered the
iouth of the cave ; Luthor might
have been a lawyer had his friend
and companion escaped the thin
der-stormn at Er-fuirt ; Scotland
had wanted her stern reformer, if
the appeal of the preacher had
not started him in the chapel of
St. Andrew's Castle; and if Mr,
Greenville had not carled, in
1764, his memorable resolution as
to the expediency of changing
"certAin stlamp dutIes" oi tho
plantations of America, tho \Ves
torn world might still have bowed
to Britisli seqptre.
A FINsI1LE ENoiisu Nonr.r.
MAN,-,Tlie New York Commerejal,
noting the fict that tihe D1kO of
Argyll, Secretary for the British
ndian Department, fully recog
nizing that there is no opening
for young men in the civil service,
has placed his youngest son in at
Cominiercial house, in the ten trade,
(hiniks this is an example tlit. is
worth following. It is a rebuko
to the snobbishness of parents,
that applies With just as IMuch
force on this as on th other sido
of the Atlantic. The Diko of
Argyll's courso is il niortifying
contrast with the action of too
many of our offleials in the "model
republic." Soni of our publio
mon real;y seem to think (liat the
public service is a sort of huge
crib especially establihd for the
benefit of their relatives aid de
pendants. There is also not her
view. Fathers frequently d1 eliri
sons a positive injustico in traiiing
them up for the over-stoOked pro.
fessiouns for which they are inanl
festly unsuited, anti( at wh ich they
can seldon obinin a dlecenit living.
Manyi3 * good tailor and shoo
maker has boon lost to societ v ini
this way. There is a kcinud o1ffalso
pridle that fills pairenlts with the
ideCa that it is better that their
sonls should half star'vo at some of
the ouit-of'-eIlbow professsionis, thani
learn a trade t hat will insuro t hem
a comnpotence in any part of the
world.
HR HAS NO Mo'rf1ER.-ittin e.
one day in the school-room, 1
overheard1 a *conversat ion het w CEen
a sister an0 brother. The littlo
bOy complained of inisults or
wrongs received from another lit
tle boy. His face was flushed
with anger. His sister listenecd
for a while, and then, turning
away she aniswored. "'I dlon't
want to hoar anrot her word.
Willie hams no mother." T1ho
brothier's lps wore silent ; the re
bukoh came home to him i, anmd
stealing away, lioi muttered :"1.
neverE thought of that." lio
thought of his own) mother, and
the loneliness of "Willie" corn
p)ared with his own happy lot.
"lHe has no mother." D)o we
think of it when want comes to
the orphan, and rudel words3 assail
him ? Hlas the little wanderer a
mother to listen to his little sor..
tows ? Speak gonmtlo to him then.
(Sunday Schsoot VYisitor.
-it la the small tunstiapoetod hab
Its of thme mind that usually con
trol it.
Whmen a man does what ho
likes, anid getr paqid for it., he has.
found his vocation.
If wo would enjoy o.ur recro,a
tions we mnust labor to give thon