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B T M K tt . S O V T H ? * .
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Pown from the willow bough
My slumbering harp I'll take,
. . ' And bid its ailcnt strings
m_ V _ * - ? da .
JLO ne?fcniy uicinw RWBKO
Peaceful let its breathing* bo,
When I sing of Calvary.
-Ixtve.
lovo divine, I sing;
Oh I for a seraph's lyro,
Bathed in Silna's stream,
v And touched -with living fire;
Ix>fty, pure, the strain should be,
When I sing of Calvary.
Lovo, lore on oarth appears 1
The wretched throng his way:
lie beareih all their griefs.
And wipes.thoir tears away;
' Soft and sweetie strains should be,
Saviour, when I sing to thee.
He saw mo a. passed,
In hopeless sorrow lie,
Condemned nud doomed to death,
And no salvation nigh :
Long, and loud the strain should be,
When 1 sing his love to me.
'I die for thee,' he said?
Behold the cross arise!
And lo, he bows his head?
lie oows nis itcau mm aieai
Soft, my heart, thy breathing* be,
Let me weep of Calvary.
lie lives t again he lives!
1 hear the voice of love,
lie cornea to soothe my fears, .
* And draw my soul above ;
Joyful now the strain should be,
When I sing of Calvary.
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51Ifatfij little
IJqle's DJVlrU ge,
OR, >
the han0 n0t always the heart.
'Ifever I marry,' Kate Yale used to say,
half in earnest,' the happy man?or the unhappy
one, if you please, ha I ha 1?shall be
a possessed of these three qualifications :
4 First, a fortune:
4 Second, good looks;
4 Third, common sense.
41 mention the fortune first, because I think
it the raoet needful and desirable qualification
of the three. Altho' I never could think
. of marrying a fool, or a man whose ugliness
I should be ashamed of, still tliiuk to talk
sense for the one, and shine for the other
with plentv of money, would be preferable
to living obscure with a handsome, intellectual
man?to whom economy might be necessary.'
I do not know how much of this sentiment
came from Kate's heart. Sho undoubtedly
indiilved loftv ideas of station and nt.vlo?for
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her education iu the duties and aiins of life
h ad beta deficient, or rather erroneous; but
that she -was capable of deeper, better feelings
none ever doubted who hnd obtained
even a partial glimpse 01 uer iruu wwu?u a
nature.
_^k And the time arrived whou Kate was to
take that all-important, step of which she
had often spoken so lightly?-when alio was
to demonstrate to her frieiaj^hpw tfttich of
4, her heart was in the worda^faSbsve emoted.
At the enchanting age of eiptteen she had
, many suitors; but as she never gave a serious
thought to more than two, we will follows
her example, and discarding alt others
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except uio?? iavortxi um?, consiuer tneir re\.'
Utivo claim#. 1 ^ v. .
If this were any other than a troe story,
I should certainly uso ah artist's privilege,
and aim to produce an effect by makin^t
strong contrast betw een the two favored individuals.
If I could have my own way, one
should be a poor genius, and something of a
Aero; the other a wealthy fool and someta,5?v
'
On?j>oor^|?niiia was not much of a gnu
ua-wikot very, poor either,* lie was by profession
a teacher of music, and he could live
very comfertably^by the exercise thereof?
without the most distant hope, however, of
Far1
it
ever attaining to wealth Morever, Francis,
Minot, possessed excellent qualities, which
cntittled him to bo called by elderly people
'a flue character,' by his companions 4a noble
good fellow,' and by the ladies generally a
4 darling.'
Kate oouh^pt help loving Mr. Frank, and
he knew it. TBe was certain she preferred
his society cvoh to ihat of Mr. Wellington,
whom alone ho saw fit to honor with the appellation
of rival.
This Mr. Wellington (his companions called
him 4Duke,') was no idiotor nuiup back,
as I couldPhavo wished him to be, iy order
to make a good story. On the contrary, ho
tv" ii ft a lit nil rtf oanoa rwvvl IaaIto onrJ man
ners and there was nothing of the kuave j
kbout him that I could over ascertain.
Pesides this, his income, was sufficient to
to enable him to live superbly. Also, he
was considered two or three degrees handsomer
tlmn Mr. F. Minot.
Therefore the only thing on which Frank
had to depend, was the power ho possessed i
over Kate's sympathies and affections.?The J
4 Duke'?Although just, tho man for her in
every sense, being blessed with a fortune,
good looks, and common sense?had never
beeu able to draw these out, and the unliable,
conceited Mr. Frank was not willing to believe
that she would suffer mere wordly considerations
to control tho aspirations of hor
j heart.
j However one day when he pressed her to
decide his fate, she said to liini with a sigh :
4 Oh, Frank ! I am sorry we have ever
met!'
4 Sorry V
4Yes; for wo must part now.'
'Part 1' repeuted Frank, turning pale. It
Was evident he had not expected this.
4 Yes?yes,' said Kate, oasting down her
bead with another piteous sigh.
Frank eat by her side; ho placed his arm
around her waist, without heeding her feeble
resistance, he lowered his voice and talked
to lier until she?proud Kate?wept,
wept bitterly.
'Kate,' said he, then with a burst of passion,
I know you love me! but you are proud,
ambitious, selfish ! Now if you would havo
me leaVo you say, say the word, and I go.'
Go!' murmured Kate, feebly?'go.'
Have you decided ?' whispered Frank.
'I have/
'Then, love, farewell!'
He took her hand, gazed a moment tenderly
and sorrowfully, into her beautiful,
tearful face, and then clasped her to his bosom.
She permitted the embrace. She even
gave way to the impulse, aud twined her
arms around his neck ; but in a moment, her
resolution came to her aid, and she pushed
from her with a sigh.
* 'Shall I go?' he articulated. f
A ft;eblc 'yea' fell from her lips?and an
instant later she was lying on the sofa, sobbing
and weeping?alone !
To tear the tenucious root of love out of
her heart, had cost her more than she could
have anticipated ; and the certainty of a golden
life of luxury proved but a poor consolation
it seemed ,for the sacrifice she had made.
She lay upon* the sofa, I say, sobbing and
wpeping passionately. Gradually her grief
apj>eared to oxhaust itself. Her toofs ceased
to flow, and at length her eyes and cheek
were dry. Her head was pillowed on her
arm, and her face half hid in a flood of beautiful
curls.
The struggle was over. The agony was
past She saw Mr.'Wellington enter, and
rose cheerfully to meet him. His manners
pleased her?his station and fortune fascinated
her more. Ho offered her his hand?
she accepted it A kiss sealed the engagement
but it was not such a kiss as Frank had
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JglTVAA UVI , MUU MIV WUUI MJUI W ^1X^1 U
sigh.
There was a magnificent wedding. Splendidly
attired dazzling the eye with her beauty
thus adorned, with everything around
swimming in the charmed atmosphere of
fairy land, Kate gave her hand to the man]
her ambition?not her love?had chose.ii.
But certainly ambition eould not have
made a better choice. Already she saw herself
surrounded by a magnificent court, of
which sh? vraa the acknowledged and admitted
queen. The favors of fortune were showered
upon her; she floated luxuriously upon
the smooth and glassy wave of a charmed
roe.
Nothing was wanting in the whole circle
of her existence to adoni it and niako it
it bright with happiness. But she was not
long in discovering that there was something
wanting within her breast.
Her friends wore numerous; her husband
tender, kind and lovii^c; but all the attentions
and affections could not fill her heart
RlicKul nnou foil ita d.nrjla uiirl avmn?4k..
VM?V -..V.
fpovcd by a skilful touch ; she bad kuown
the heavy charm of their deep, delicious harmony,
and now they were silent?motionless
?muffled, ho to speak, in silks and satins.
Those oh"ls still and soundless her heart
was dead?none the- loss so, because it had
been killed by a golden shot, having known
and felt the life of sympathy in it, unclosed
by the life of luxury, in short Kate in time
became magnificently miserable?spendidly
unhappy.
Then a change became apparent^ to her
' husband. He could not long remain blind
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to the fact that-his love was not returned,
llo sought the company of those whose g*yety
might lead him to forget the sorrow end
despair of his soul. This shallow iofce was
unsatisfactory, however, and impelled by a
powerful longing for love, he went astray to
warm 111* lionrt l>v p
Kate saw herself now in the midst of a (
gorgeous desolation, burning with thrist unconquerable
by golden streams that flowed j
around her, panting with a hunger whh'h
not all the flood of flattery and admiration j
could appease. j
Sho reproached her husband for deserting j
hor thus, and he answered with angry and i
desperate taunts of deception and a total j
lack of love, which smote her conscience
heavily. ? ,
'You do not care for me,' he cried, 'then
why do you oomplain that I bestow else- *
where the affection you have met with cold-,
ness!'
1 'But it is wrong?sinful,' Kate remonstraI
ted.
"Yon, I know it,'said her husband fiercely;
it is the evil seed ? Who gave mo a hand
without a heart! Who became a sharer of
my fortune, but gave mo no share in her
sympathy ? Who devoted mo to the fate
I of a loving, unloved husband ? Nay, do not
wocj), ana ciasp your nanas, a nil sigh and
sob with such desperation of impatience, for,
I say notliiug you do not deserve to have.'
'Very well,' said Kate. 'I do not say your
reproaches are undeserved. But granting I
am the cold deceitful thing you call mo?
1 you know this state of things cannot contin- ,
ue.'
' Yea, I know it,'
' Well.'
Mr. Wellington's brow gathered darkly?
his eyes flashed ^rith determination?his lips
curled with scorn.
41 have made up my mind,' said he, 'that
we should not live together any longer. 1
am tired of being called the husband of the
gay Mis. Wellington. I will move in my
circle; you shall shine in yours. I will place
no restraint on your actions, nor shall you on >
mine. We will be free.'
' But the world 1' shrieked poor Kate
I trembling.
' The world will admire you the name-1
| and what more do your desire f' asked her
; husband bitterly. 'This marriage of hand
and not of heart, is mockery. We have
| played the farce long enough. Few understand
the true meaning of husband and wife;
but do you feel that the only true union is
that of love and sympathy ?
| 'Then enough of this mummery. Farewell.
I go to consult friends about the terms
of a seperation. Nay, do not tremble and
cry, and cling tome now. I shall bo liberal
to you. As much of my fortune shall be
yours as you desire.'
lie pushed her from him: she fell upon (
the sola. From a heart torn with anguish j
she skrieked aloud:
'Frank ! Frank ! why did I send you from j
me ? Why was I blind until sight brought I
me misery i'
She lay sobbing upon the sofa, sobbing j
and weeping passionately. Gradually her
grief appeared to exhaust itself; her breathing
became calm ; her eyes and cheeks dry;
her head lav neneefillW mi liar arm nver I
which swept her dishevelled hair tresses?
until with a start she cried?
4 Frank ! oh, Frank, come back ?'
4 Here I am,' said a soft voice by her side.
She raised her head. She opened her as*
tonished eyes. Frank was standing before
her.
'You have been asleep,' he said, smiling
kindly.
4 Asleep V
4 And dreaming too, I should say?not
pleasantly, either.'
4l)reaining f murmured Kate, 'and is all
a dream ?'
'I hope so.' replied Frank, taking her hand.
4 You could not mean to send me away from
you so cruelty, I knew. So I waited in your
father's study, where I have been talking
with him all of an hour. I came back to
plcrnl my cause once more, and found you
where I left you, asleep.'
Oh ! what a horriblo dream,' murmured
Kate, rubbing hor eyes. 'It was so like a
terrible reality, that i shuuuer now to think
of it. I I height I was married!'
^ 4 And would that be so horrible ?' asked
Frank. 'I hope, then, you did not "dream
you were married to me.'
4 No: I thought I gave my hand without
my heart'
4 Then if you gave me your hand it would
not be without your lioart
No, Frank,' said Kate, her bright eve*
beaming happily through her tears, 'and here '
it is.'
8ho placed her fair hand in his?he kissed
it mi transport.
" Ann soon there was a real marriage?not.
a splendid but a happy one?followed by a i
life of love and contentment; and that was1
the marriage of Frank Minot and Kate Yale.
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Jfiisu'llantmui Uttifcing. i
J) dlJoh>qn'3 dAiqpt^. j
4 TIiis is pleasant,' exclaimed the young '
(nutbnnd. takincr his seat oozilv in tlift rockim*
jhair, as the tbnigs were removed. The fire
flowing in the grate revealed a pretty, neat- (
:y furnished sitting room, with all the appliances
of couofort. Tho fatiguing business of
die day was over, and ho sat enjoying what |
tie had been all day anticipating, the delights
of his own fireside. Ilis pretty wife, [
listhcr, took her work and sat down by the
table.
4 It is pleasant to liave a homo of one's
t>wn,' be again said, taking a satisfactory survey
of bis little quarters. The cold rain beat
against tbe windows, and he thought he
felt really grateful for his present comforts.
4 Now if we only had a piano,' exclaimed
tho wife.
4 Give me the music of your own sweet
voice before all tho pianos in creation,' he 1
declared, complimentary, besides a certain
secret disappointment, that his wife's tliankfuluess
did not happily chime with his own. \
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*? < n, uui nv ? aut, vuc *ur uur inenos, |
said Esther.
4 Let our friends come to see us, and not
to hear a piano,' exclaimed the husband.
4 But, George, every body has a piano
now-a-dava?we don't go any where without
seeing a piano," persisted the wife.
4 And yet 1 dont know what we want one
for?you will have uo time to play on one,
and 1 dont want to hear it.'
4 Why, they are so fashionable?I think
our room looks nearly naked without out*.'
' I think it looks just right.'
41 think it looks very naked?we want a
piano shockingly,' persisted Esther, emphatically.
The hnsband rocked violently.
4 Your lamp smokes, my dear,' said he after
a long pause.
1 When are you going to get an astral
lamp ? I have told you a dozen times how
much we needed one,' said Esther pettishly.
4 Those are very pretty lamps?I never
can see by an astral lamp, said her husband.
' These lamps are the prettiest of the kind I
ever saw they were bought in Boston.
4 But. Geonrc. 1 do not thiuk our room is
complete without an astral lamp,' said iisther,
sharply,4 They are so fashionable ! Why, i
the Morgans, and the Millers, and many I
might mention, all have thera ; I'm sure we
ought to.'
4 We ought to, if we take pattern by other
ntic's expenses, and I don't sec any reason
int.' 1
4 We want to live as well as others,' said
Esther.
4 We want to live within our means, Esther,'
exclaimed George. '
41 am sure we can afford it, as well as the
Morgans, and Millers, and Thorns?we do 1
not wish to appear mean.'
George's cheek crimsoned.
4 Mean ! I am not mean'.' he cried an4^Then
we do not wish to appear so,' said
the wife. 4 To complete this room, and
make it look like others people's we want a
piano and an astral lamp.'
4 Wu want?we want !* miittor<vl tlio lnu
band ' there's no satisfying n woman's wants
do what you may,' ana he abruptly left tlio
room.
IIow many husbands arc in u similar dilemma
! llow many houses and husbands
rendered uncomfortable by tho constant dis
satisfaction of a wife, with present comforts
and present provisions. How many bright '
prospects for business hnvo ended in bankruptcy
and ruin, in order to satisfy this secret
hankering after fashionable necessaries i
Could the real cause of niauy failures be
known, it would be found the result from
useless expenditure at home?expense to
answer the demand of fashion, and 'what
will people think I'
My wife has made my fortune,' said a
gentleman uf great possessions, 4bv her thrift,
prudence and cheerfulness when 1 as just beginning.'
' And mine has lost my fortune,' said his
companion, 4 by useless extravagance and repining
when 1 was doing well.'
What a world does this open to the influence
which a wife possesses over the future
prosperity of her family ! I^et tlu^wife know
l?or influence, and try to use it wisely nnd
well.
' Be satisfied to commence on a small scale.
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jirio iyy v^uimuu IUI ^uuji^ llUUm'MT|?Ors M> j
begin where their mother's ended. Duy all i
tha( is ueccMary to work skillfully with;
adorn your house with all that will make it
comforts! do. Do not look at richer homes,
and covet their costly furniture. If secret dissatisfaction
is ready to spring up, go a step
further and visit the homes of the suffering
poor, l>eh?ld dark, cheerless apartments, iu
smncient ciottnng, and alMcnco ot all the
comforts and refinements of social life, and
then return to you^wn with a joyful spirit.
You will then be pWpnrid to meet youf husband
with a great ful heart, and be reAdy to
Appreciate the toil and self-denial which he
has endured in the business world to stiMbund
Cu witli the delights of home; and yoirwill
readyte Co-operate cheerfully with him
' iu ?<> a^pging you* expense*, that his mind
4k -
will not be constantly harassed with (ears
lest his family expenditures may encroach
upon public payments. Be independent; a
young housekeeper never needs greater moral
courage than she does now to resist the
arrogance of fashion. Do not let the A's and
B'b decide whnt you must have, neither let
them hold tllo strings of your purse. You
know best what you can and ought to
afford ; then decide with a strict integrity according
to your means. Let not the censure
or approval of the world ever tempt you to !
buy whnt you think you hardly can afford. ]
ft matters but little what people think, pro- .
fiucu. you are truo to yoi^eu ana latuuy.
flch)i)nce in ^ e t) I J-ifc.
. A. few days ago there was a great excitement
in the streets of this city, says the
Yazoo (Miss.) Whig, 011 the report that a
woman had just arrived in town on horseback,
dressed in male attire. IIow it was
found out that the person who attracted a
great crowd around her was a woman, we
do not know. Either her long hair, which
escaped froiii beneath her fur cap, or her
awkward walk did it, and she was betrayed.
She inquired for one of our most respectable
citizens, and he entered into conversation
with her, told her that she was found out,
and if sho would state to him tho motive
which had prompted her to assume the disguise
which sho wore, he would assist her
in her enterprise, if it were a commendable
one. She acknowledged herself to Mr. ,
telling him licr history, which is a siugularly
interesting one.
She is young, l>cnutiful and accomplished.
Her father lives in a not far distant
county, wherd she was married a year or
two ago, much against his will, and also in
opposition to that of her brothers. Some
weeks ago the hushed came to Yazoo to
seek employment, leaving his wife at home
until he was settled. lie was absent some
time, and the true heart of his trusting wife,
though not changed by his absence, suffered
pain and disquiet from it. An old neighbor
met him one day in Yazoo city, and asked
him if his wife was with him. He replied
in a jocular manner that ho had no
wife, bllt Wits irninortn inarri/vt ?n n
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widow of this place. The man to whom
this remark was made, reported it to the
brothers of the wife, and they armed themselves
to come to Yazoo to seek summary
vcngence upon the destroyer of their sister's
pence. She, womanlike, did not believe a
word of the report, and declared her determination
to come in search of her husband.
I ler brothers refused to lot her come, and,
on her persisting locked her in an upper
room at nifflit, inteiuliner to shirt themselves
in the morning on their expeditou of revenge.
Wiien nil wns still, she biibed a
negro woman to bring her a suit of her
brother's elothoa in which she dressed herself
and descending through a window, got
a horse from the stable, and started on her
mission of love. Before the stern brothers
awoke, their sister was far on her way to
Ynzoo city. She arrived here at noon, almost
worn out with fear and fatigue, but
firm and fixed in her resolution to find her
husbaud and save his life. The gentleman
to whom she told her story, is a man of the
kindest impulses, and just the one to assist
a woman in such a predicament. He assisted
her in every way she desired, and
never left her till he delivered her safe and
sound, to her truant, bur repentant husband. |
The True way to Rise in the World.
It is only hy plodding, active habits of
industry, that we can hope to win our way
through life. The race may be arduous, but
it is one which will renav the eomnetitov ?
Barrow justly say* : "A noble heart will disdain
to submit like a drone upon honey
gathered by other's labors, like a vermin, to
filch its food out of the public granary ; or
like a shark to prey upon the lesser fry; but
will rather outdo his private obligations to
other men's tare ami toil by considerable
service and benifieence to the public; for
there is no calling of any sort, from the sceptre
to the spade, the management whereof,
with any good success, any credit, any satisfaction,
doth not demand much work of the
head, or of the hands, ov of both. Milton,
who during an active life in the most troublesome
times, was unceasing in the cultivation
of his understanding, thus describes his
own habits : 44Those morning haunts -arc
where they should be, at hom^, not sleeping
or concocting the surfeits of au irregular least,
but up and stirring : in Winter, often ere
the sound of any boll awake men to labor
or devotion : in Summer, as oft with the bird
that first arouse* 1 or not much tardier, to road
gpod authors, or cause them to bo read till
tho attcut ion be weary or memory have its
full fraught; then with useful and generous
labor* preserving the body's health and hardinoss,
to render lightsome, clear, and not
lumpish ol>e<Hence to tho mind, to the cause
of religion ami our country1* liberty." Any
man who does not profit l>y such noble example
is on enemy to the public veal.
A JiTnnr. out West has decided that "kissing
a body/ whilo " craning through the
rye" is legal, "this has an important and
interesting l>earing on tho ryo culture, and
on the happiness of mankind* in gegeral. ^
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teftiqie EOuc^jitfri.
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No woman is oducnted, nays Burknap,
wlio is not equal to the successful management
of a family. Although it does not reniiirc
so murh to nila ?? o- :* j
t ?. ? - ? - ? ..V?wmiu.U oo it UUt?
to govern a State, still ijt inquires talent of
the same kind. As lie makes the best generaburliQ
has begun at the lowest post, and
passed up through every grade of office; as
he makes the best admiral who enteVed the
navy in the most inferior station; becauso
they, and they alone, are acquainted with
tlie whole cotnpitss of a subaltern*R duty?
so that woman will manage a family with
the greatest ease and efficacy, who knows,
experimentally, the duties of every member
of it.
Daughters who neglect this part of education
are entirely without excuse, and their
mothers are still more to blame. The very
apology which is often made for the neglect
of it, is the greatest condemnation of those
who offer it. It is said by those who aro
growing up in ignorance cf these things,
"Arty one can learn to keep houso when it
is necessar^. Any one who loves her husband
and is devoted to his interests, will
make herself accomplished in those things
after she is married." As well might the
young rnau say, "O, what use is it for mo to
learn a profession, or make mvself acnuaint
otl with the details of my business ? \Vhen
I am married, if I love ray wife, it will then
bo time enough, to learn a profession, or accomplish
myself in the details of business."
Would there be any surer omen of total
failure and discomfiture? That which a woman
can learn to do under the tuition of
love, can certainly bo learned to much
greater advantage, under the tuition of a
mother.
If it is at all so easy to learn, then they
certainly are utterly inexcusable who neglect
it. It is no degradation to the finest lady
to know all the details of domcstio affairs.?
It is honorable, and ought to be her pride.
A woman, though she may bo as beautiful
as the morning, as wise as Minerva, and as
accomplished as the Graces, ought to know
the details of household affairs.
Politeness involves in its very meaning
the idea ot deception. It is a cloak or covering,
a*polish of a naturally rough and
coarso nature. It is to the mind what
clothing is to the body. It conceals the
nakedness of the thoughts. Now the nakedness
of the thoughts is as shamelul as the
nakedness of the body. Perhaps even more
so. It would be difficult to institute a comIiarison
between thorn. But every person
mows from experience, that even death ijself
would sometimes be preferable to the
divulgence of thougliis that flicker through
the mind, and necessarily and rrfuctantly
absorb our attention. The exposure of these
would be the exposure of a shame which
would overwhelm the stoutest nerves, and
bring the blood into the check, of the most
hardened and insensitive. Politeness throws
the mantle of concealment over this menttil
slmine?it reveals only that which is worthy
to be seen. It distinguishes between tho
thoughts that^rc for ourselves alone and
those which hire for society, and it expresses
the latter, whilo it suppresses the former.?
This is not a fault, but an aet of diserimina
-I.. . .
tavni, n luwu u uua nun ih^ WJ prUUlUMi JMJHCe,
but happiness in society. And yet it is to a
certuin extent an act of deception. There is
conceal in on t of thought involved in it. We
have withheld something. Wo havo flattered
a little. We have given the most
agreeable of thoughts, and have suppressed
the most disagreeable. We have prcvnrica-'
i ted. In An Ave have told what we do not
think; vulgarly speaking, we have lied, but
this word is too coarse to be applied to a*
j species of falsehood so very common, and
one which did not originate in any intention
i to mislead for selfish or dishonorable ends.
The Bov and the Bkick.?A boy bearing
his father say "Twas a pottr rple that
would not work bofh ways," said* "If faLhcr
applies this rule to his work, I wfrr lest it in
my play."
So setting up a row of bri ks, three or four
inches apart, ho tinted over the tirst, which,
striking the seconaJcnu.-(*d it to fall ^on tho
third, and bo on tnrougn mo wnoio'CDftrse,
until all the brick* lay prostrat *.
"Well," wiid the boy, "one1) brick La*
knocked down his neighbor winch stood
next to him; 1 only tipped one. Now 1 will
raise one and Bee if he will raiso all the rest,
lie looked in vain to see them rise.
"Here, hither," said the boy, uis a poor
rule ; 'twill network bdlh way*. They knock
' each ofher down, but will not raise eueiqaali|
er up." ^
j ,4My son," paid tlie father, "briika and
mnnKinu are auxe, mane 01 ciny, aonvc in
knocking ?nck other down, but u?/t dispor/xl
to help each Other up."
jtt?Fath?;r," &aid the boy, "does the firut brick
represent tlie first Adam /"
Tl?e fnther trenlicd with the following:
) Mohau?"w hen men fall they love com1
pany ; hut when lh< v rise, they love to Aland
i aldiie, like yonder brick, aud see others jprow1
irate and below thum.^
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