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For the Southern Enterprise.
Io h)tj ?t*iei)d.
BY OIiA STA.
There is an eye whoso changing light
Can ever hold my heart in thrall:
For me its charms?its beauty bright,
Are indescribable!
"When first this eye upon mo fell.
It sent a thrill thro* heart and brain,
k 1 felt the power?T owned the spell
That touched affect ions hidden well,
And hound me like a chain.
There is a brow?n smooth high brow,
^ Crowned with it* wreath of soft dark hair,
Tin fair as childhood's front, of snow,
Hut stamped with genius rare;
I gar.ed upon it when my so ul
With high and happy thoughts was full,
? I knew that lovely temple shrined.
That germ of power?a noble mind!
L And, oh! such brightness did it wear,
I did it reverence as it passed ;
' Youth Sethis seal of beauty there!
^ Love folded up his ringlets fair!
|a Hope o'er it sunshine oast!
"*Tis beautiful?'tis richly frought
With ancient lovo and burning thought,
9 And purpose high that none may thwart
This face hath made my sunshine long,
I met it in my sorrow's day,
It tuned to gladder strain my song,
It scattered gloom away;
I laved it then?I love itrnow;
I blessed it then?I bless it now,
Dear one, there's a glory on thy brow,
A beauty in thy dark hair's flow,
In thy sweet eyes a truthful glow,
" This heart shall ne'er forget
| R'uipewajf, March 22, 1855.
?xfi*qolrdij)ql*(j 'DffqiK
This afternoon, a young lady, very respectable
attired, and who nppeared to be
suffering under a great degree of nervous excitement,
was brought before the police magistrate,
her arrest having taken place under
the following circumstances :?It nppcars
that the prisoner, who gave her name as
Miss Holster, and stated that she comes from
1 < I'ort Sarnia, went this morning to the shop
p? of Ashfield, the gunsmith, and purchased a
- pistol, requesting the brother of Mr. Ashfield,
who served her, to load it. He complied
with the request, when she put the pistol in
her^^rom. On his inquiring what she inWm
tenth^^b do \\ irti it, she roplied that she had
TOfc come all the way to Toronto, a distance of
*100 miles froin her home, for the purpose of
& ^tprocuring the liberation of her younger sis^Pter,
who had been decoyed into a nunnery
0 for the second time. She had, after great
* efforts, procured her freedom on the first occasion,
but now, by some unaccountable
means, the conductors of the nunnery had
again got hold of her, and she herself had
0' become nearly distracted at the thought of
their detaining the young girl, who is only
15 years old, and sho did not know what
# evil might happen to her in such a place.
Sho said she had determined to go to the
_jnunncry, insist on the immediate liberation
^P>f hor sister, and if the iady in charge of thai
1 -establishmaut persisted in detaining her, she
^ had come to the conclusion of shooting her.
On learning her intention, and being impressed
with the belief that his customer would
tot shrink from carrying out her designs,
F * 3Ir. Ashfield hud conceived it to be his duty
, <to call the attcution of the police magistrate
to the circumstance, leaving him to take any
further action in the mattor he might think
^ best. On the nppeanmce of the defendant
p in Court, and after hearing the same determination
expressed from her own lips, the
.magistrate said howovor strongly ho might
personally feel for her situation, ho had no
alternative, in the exercise of his duty, but
-te retain her tilt she could find bail U> keep
4k?nMM l.a.l HA.fr VvAAtt AfTovn/1 in I.na.
a .W^ VVWVW) "IIIVU U(H4 Iiv/H VWI1 VUUI VVI SM UOI
;b?aif up to the time of our going to press.
mta* Bolster is a young lady of superior appearance
and address, and said to be very
+ " r?*peetal>ly conneej^sJ.?Toronto Patriot of
ffurch 14.
Bank Notk Pavkr^-Wc t?h> from the
Boston Journal, tbe premium of'$100 has
rfeeen awarded by the associations of the banks
* for the suppression of counterfeiting, to
Messrs. J. M. Wftcox ?fe Co., of Pennsylvania,
for th< Scat bank tt^te paper. . f
.v-A-^ Jfc * i
a$r Wk welcome Jok again to a place in our
columns. "When it is remembered that he himself
ii< a Mute, and a teacher of a Deaf ami Dumb
Institute, his articles will prove interesting not
only to our young readers but entertaining to
the philanthropist and ohrist iun. ,
For the Southern Enterprise.
MY PUPILS.
HV JOK, A JKHSEY ML'TE.
As I feel just exactly at this moment like
going overhead and ears into some sort 01
personalities, I'll take a-few minutes' leave of
uiy leisure and go at iny class?digging into
boys and girls, minds and tempers. If ye of
the Enterprise step into my well ventilated
room, will hold up your hands in amazement
at the towering form of Sam, on being
told that he is only 17 years of age. llis
mind is rather weak, but he studies hard.
Next this modern Goliath is seated an
Irish boy rejoicing in the name of Gkougk;
as weak minded, and less studious than his
tallmeighbor. Quite an oddity in word and
deed, he is a source of amusement to his
more intelligent school mates. He came
from Jersey, where his parents live.
Willie looks a very baby. He is by no
means smart; no fault of mine. His sister is
also deaf; intelligent, bright-eyed, and much
petted.
Charlie is a semi-dunce ; never studios,
looks this and that way while his teachers,
lectures, pays no attention to his evening lessons,
and, to cap tho whole, is a worthless
scholar. He, however, writes a good hand.
His sistor, who studies under another teacher,
makes rapid progress in tho studies, I understand.
Rk.V is A rrnrwl nrfmflo littlrt follow, wil.li
little bruin; writes a clear hand, and improves
a little. Never quarrels unless dreadfully
provoked.
Son, though at times lazy, writes well;
could improve ; has a fine, intellectual forehead
; is only 12 years of ago?but looks
younger. Come from Jersey.
Alfred is a sinner all over but he looks
remarkably well. Misehiovious and given to
lying, his word cannot be relied on. but ho
does not care a farthing for the world. His
sister (in another class)**gets along well, so 1
am told.
Annie speaks some, having lost her hearing
in years of )'ore. She looks pleasant,
skin singularly white, rather stout, and tall.
She generally writes well; talks too much,
yet in a lively way, and has the air of a well
educated woman. Iler temper in school is
good, but out of school, it is said to he the
reverse.
Janny is, I should suppose, five feet six
inches in height, and is more lady like than
any other mute girl I have taught. Pretty
and modest, she is the favorite with her schoolmates.
She is afflicted with dullness of comprehension,
and makes a poor scholar in consequence.
But she is remarkable for hor unaffected
goodness of heart; she tries to please
her toucher in everything, and often washes
his room unsolicited, and without his know!
edge.
Sam-ikNo 1. (for therg are two Sallies in
my class) is a gentle, modest, though h
weak minded, young woman ; dark complexion
and hiack hair. Always smiles when
spoken to.
IIasnau is a stout young woman with
little or no brain, rather prepossessing in appearance;
cannot write a story though she
knows a number of words. Excessively bashful.
HAnniKTT, ditto ditto.
Mahy No. 1. Looks, and in fact is, an old
woman. Weak in mind, and incapable of
improvement, through alio is mistress of
many words.
Sallik No. 2. Ye of the E/U, rprise can
not seo without falling in love with her for
she is as pretty as is necessary to make one
fall in love with her at first sight. Everybody
admires her face. , A splendid hprncUc
she is; with a smooth forehead and black
eyes, shaded by a wealth of brown ringlets.
Hor temper is gentle, but I regrflt to state
that she was not born to shine in the republic
of literature.
Eliza writes the beat of all my scholars.
Her figure is plump; her temper is lively ;
her features almost regular, and she is, altogether,
a good looking girl,
Lizzie has a handsome face hut little expression
in it. A poor scholar, and has no
taste for study.
Mary Mo. 2. is a little plump of a girl,
almost a baby, for *he is only nine, and a
. sdMOt. m
I love of a baby too. Possessed of n strong
' mind, slio learns fast and writes easily, and
almost always correctly. She is naturally
good natured, and means no barm. She lost
her father, but her mother still lives. Ilcr
teacher loves her as well as if she was his
own daughter, and often wishes he would
adopt her into his family.
Katk is said to have been born of an Indian
woman, who, by the way, is a unite.
Her temper is a "reign of terror" itself. She
1 ? * 1 _ _ 1 i ? i
uves 1101 icarn inucn ; umeea sue never studies.
Her father, recently deceased, fought
in the war 1812. Her sister is also deaf,
and will soon come to the Deaf and Dumb
Institution. A few years ago hcrteachcr
was taken sick, and lay on a bed for some
days. Kate voluntarily minister ed to his
slants, she being then only ten years of age.
llcr personal appearance is good.
Philadelphia, Penn.
Slit ^derating fforij.
CTI)ij Secf e\ of Soii)eoico.
In the days of old, in days when painters
lived in paint, not painted to live ; when they
were the missionaries of art and not its tradesmen,
sacrificing for its sake, fortune, friends,
country; braving for its sake the curse of
parents, the tyranny of despots ; in such days
Domenico, a pupil of Van Kvck, opi ned a
cotiAnl rvimtin rr * ? ana a C t Iia Ihh??a f Au<?to i
Iovuwi vi an viiv vi iiiv hii^u iv? ir
of Italy. Though deficient in tlio truth, ori(
gina'.ity, and simplicity of thought that char
actcrised the earlier masters, yet the secret
I of giving permanency inul durability to his j
j colouring 11ad raised him far above all his
! contemporaries, lie alone knew that mix- !
ing oils with his eoloursfixed them upon the J
canvass, and preserved them for posterity, i
whilo those of every other painter, from their
want of consistency, either fell oti" in drops
while wet, or in scales when dry. Consequently,
he was tho painter mo?t in vogue,
and the. bast painter or woman especially of
young women, with the black eye and rieli
complexion. The secret Domcnico had
learned from his master Van Eyok, who had
bequeathed it to him on his death-bed, and
ho had determined also to reserve tho disclosure
till he, too, was at the point of death.
Meanwhile, every other artist was condemned
to waste in vain efforts genius greater
than his, inspirations more divine. Nothing
remained of their sublime creations; their
paintings of the most exquisite mechanism,
of the most perfect design, melted away un-1
der their hands. Deep the mortification,
terrible tho vexation, that one man in his
avarice and selfishness should possess unshared,
and pitilessly engross, the magic power
of uniting for ever the canvas and the colouring.
I le had, however, from amid his numerous
pupils already made his selection of
the favoured mortal who was one day to receive
the precious bequest. The young
Cast a no possessed a wonderful strength and
freedom of pencil and already he needed
nothing hut his master's secret to surpass
him, art well as his fellow-pupils. Ofteu had
he watched Doiuenico at work; often had
lie supplicated him as fervently a> he did his
(?od, and pledged to him the devotion of
his whole life, if ho would but impart to
i 41.A 4..i: r>..4 ih. , 4
i i<> nnn uiu lau.Miiaii. i>wl tin; iii.i^tur nits
inexorable. "At niy death," ho said, "and
' not till then." And the master was not
: much older tlmn the pupil. He was his con
stant associate and in conversation ho used
I frequently to tell him that to carry out his
I secret to perfection, lie had need to ho in full
possession of all his senses; that it is all
over with a painter at sixty?colouring being
impossible to eyes dimmed with age.
Now, when it is homo in inind that while i
he was saving all this lie was vigorous as the i
hardy oaK, not one wrinkle, one gray hair to j
belie the hope of a life to ho prolonged far 1
beyond sixty,^and that all this was said to a j
man younger, indeed, but of weaker consti-1
tution, of inpetuous feeling, of ardent and
exciteable temperament, can we wonder that
' this delay made the promise seem to him but a
mockery of his passionate impatience? In that;
fiery nature curiosity took the form of a passion?a
passion sanctified to him by the love
of that art, the progress of which was, as it
were, bound up with its gratification. Henceforth
his every energy, his every faculty, was j
cohcentrated upon the discovery of the secret.
It was his "thought by day, his dream by
night; it seemed to "absorb his whole soul,"
to drink up his very life. ,
One morning all Domerico'p pupils
were assembled, atul discussing, as was their
wont, with more or less show of reason, their
master's secret, Castano sat by himself in a
corner of the painting-room, buried in
thought. It needs must be sonio subject
of deep and momentous import that could
thus absorb the whole man. llis pencil hud ;
dropped fiom his hand, yet he heard not!
what was passing around him. For some '
time lie had lost his usual fresh colour and
his accustomed gaiety. Ilia pale and sunkeu
oheek, with its fwetnaturo wrinkles, be-;
spoke the fierce struggle that shook his in- j
j moet soul. That nptrtjipg h? seemed more j
' than-Usually agitated. V\ hat thoughts were
? "J f e *
furrowing tlwt pale brow and causing those!?
largo dark eyes now to fix upon the ground, j c
and to glare so wildly it round ? Castano's : c
thoughts were of himself and of all his Com- 1
rades, kept in obscurity, debarred from fume, t
by the selfish reserve of one to whom for the s
most part far superior. With his Secret. | I
what far nobler service than lie was capable , I
of would they have rendered to the art1
whose interests Domenico was thus meanly 1
sacrificing to his own selfish views. Would l
lv? t <\.i . - ?? ?i. - ?- ? *
nut# miy nicnin iw i.iviiiii in wiwv tllU w;na ? J
from him, ami make it their own ? Any j
means ! The motion of his hand instinctive- |
ly feeling for his dagger, and the convulsive
contraction of his brow, awuko him to the 1
consciousness of the full import of his i
thoughts; and at that moment Domonico I
entered the room with the already dry do i
sign of a new picture. All the pupils gathered
round him, Ca tano only excepted, I
who remained in his place motionless as a [!
statue, and with his eyes fixed on the mas-1
tor while every one else was gazing 011 the 1
picture. , I
"By the chin of St. Agatha," exclaimed
Domonico, "1 have surpassed myself. This
rough draft is admirable in its colouring,
l.ook, you may pass, your hand over it,
sponge it. Sec, I pour water on it, and it
is only the more, brilliant! Well, I was obliged
to wait a long time for Van Eyck to
die, and you must have patience too. I have
made my will, (Jastatio, and there you will
1 find the secret."
Was it the force of the electric thrill:
through his whole frame at these words that |
impelled Castanogforward, till he stood face to !
, face will) Domonico? Ho stood gazing sternly, '
! fixedly upon the master, as if he would pen-1
I otrate his inmost sool, to drag thence the se!
eret.
The next moment Ciistano was on his
knees with clasped hands and suppliant tones,j
pouring out tears and prayers, imploring him \
to have pity upon him and upon the others,!
nay, upon the art itself, lie adjured him to;
have mercy upon him, not to press him too
far, not to deliver him over to the fatality
that he felt hurrying him along. "Mercy !"
agian and again he cried, "Mercy on these
men, on me, on yourself."
I Thi* tempest of passion was utterly uninj
tvl!igil?le to then all. The other pupils, who
had trccn examining and testing the mysterious
colouring with linger and eye and tongue,
now gathered round him, while Domenieo
stared at him, half thinking he must have
been seized a with sudden tit of insanity. The j
next moment lie coldly repeated his uualter-1
able determination never to reveal his secret j
during his lifi une.
That very night, under murky clonds and
a starless sk v, a man, wrapped in a dark
i mantle, made his way with the stealthy steps :
[ of a robber or a lover in the direction of j
: Domenico's house, at the top of a long and j
narrow street. The slowest-paced clock in
the city had struck the hour of twelve, but |
the man in the dark mantle was still waiting
and watching. At length the figure of a mau
was seen approaching from the other end of i
the street, lie was singing as he came along, i
?it was too dark and too late not to 6ing,
At the sound, the first comer hastened forward,
then stopped m the other drew nearer
and nearer. When they wore quite close j
lA O'l/'li otliOP flirt itlntil/ wna tltrrm-n I?ooL*
and something Hashed from under its folds, j
Suddenly a cry was heard?"Murder 1 help! |
help! Then came a dull sound of a body!
falling heavily ; there was deep stillness for j
j n few moments, and then was heard the distant
echo of footsteps in rapid flight.
The first erics of the victim having roused
the inhabitants of the street, a ntimlier of persons
soon crowded about him, and recognizee
J in the mortally-wounded man, their
j neighbour, the celebrated painter, Donieuico.
A surgeon was soon on the spot, but
the painter, feeling that he had received his
| death-stroke, and thinking only of the secret
lie had to bequeath, positively refused to nl!
low his wound to bodrcssed. I To sent home,
his servants?who by this time had heard of ;
the assassination of their master, and had
hastened to him?ordering them to bring a
small casket containing his will, and the unfinished
picture, the object of so much admiration
that very morning, and then in- j
sisted on being immediately cariied to the!
house of his favourite pupil and only friend !
?Casta no. The sad convoy slowly tnado
its way through the streets till it stop-,
pod in front of a house, tho windows of
which wercall closed with the exception ofthe
two upper ones?those of Castauo's room,
"lie is not in bed yet," said one of l>omcnieo's
sei van to. "lleisnover idle," returned
the other, "I believe he paints in his sloop." i
"Haste! Let nic but see Iiiin," the dying i
man faintly uttered. One of tho attendants
pushed forward before tho rest to give some i
!iltlt> notice to Castaiin of tho ratiistroniln I
I I.iil a pn sentiment of the fearful sight that :
awaited hiin anticipated the announcement,!
so that us tho door opened ho waa found j
panting as if after a long race, and grasping ,
for breath, with labouring cheat and dilated i
eyeball, naif under the influence of some horrible
nightmare ! The herald had but time |
to tell in a few words what had occurred,!
when the wounded man waa brought into
the room. None doubted but that it waa
the sudden shock thus breaking in upon the
late vigils of this devoted lover of bis art, that
made nim thu,s with cheek pale with horror
md palsied limbs, niul teeth gnashing togeth- J
;r, stand gazing on the form of his murder?d
friend. The bearers now laid their sad
xirden on the bed, displacing a dark man:lo
as they did so. Ilad the fresh Mood drops
staining its folds been there previously ? or
iad they fallen froiu the dying man a they
lifted him to the couch I
And now L'omenico took the cold and
trembling had of Castnno, and feebly but
tenderly pressing it, said to him in broken
accents?broken not bv his own groans, hut
by tliose that every moment burst from bis
pupil.? "There is no hope. I know not
whence c:une the blow. 1 had no enmity
to any one, though I had no friendship for
any but you, dear Cnstauo ! I did not know
that you loved me so much. But 1 must
not waste breath. This box contains my
will, and in it is my secret. I ask you only
to finish tliis?my last picture. IMcdgc your
self that this shall be done to-morrow."
Casta no spoke not, moved not. His whole
attitude, his every feature, told not of
grief, but desolation and despair. All uight
he sat by that couch, and they that saw him
wondered. "Surely," they said, "Never was
son so heart struck by the loss of the most
tender father." It was a relief to turn
from that ghastly face and the glare of those j
tearless eyes to the countenance of the dying
man.
Ami thus is it in most of such cases, The
evil strength that sustains in the commission
of the crime suddenly fails, and leaves the
criminal a prey to remorse and fear. A horrible
dread had taken hold of Caslauo: a
fear not of man but of God?not of death
hut of judgment. Death was dealing with
Doinenieo ; his murderer was dealing with
his coneiehce, and his God.
Domenico lingered until the middle of'
the next day, and then expired without pain .
or struggle in the arms of tiie heir of hisseeret.
That very day, to the surprise of all i
Castauo set to work witli vehement energy,,
and the picture was finished with colouring
ot extraordinary neatness and unlhanct*, and
of tire same consistence ami durability as that
of the master. The longing desire of his.
soul was gratified, the one object, and the
price he had paid ! lie had murdered his
friend that lie might put oil a few years soon-"
er in his colouring.
The shout from the pupils whom ho hud '
assembled, as they supposed, to exhibit to
them the proof that he was indeed master
of the secret, for which they knew not that
he had paid such a price, was hushed into a
dead silence as they gazed upon him. Instead
of the triumphant glance of successful
art, they met the despairing look of that
sunken eye; instead of the cheerful accents
of hope of future unchecked progress, they
heard the hollow tones in which lie told them
his work was forever euded, his purpose for-1
ver broken off; and instead of proud sclfgratulntion
and haughty consciousness of being
their master, and henceforth unrivalled amid
his cotemperariea. there came confession of
his wretchedness and guilt, and solemn ,
warnings to belief of exceptional exemption!
the universal and immutable law of God in
in fancied peculiarity of individual circumstances.
"1 succeed in deceiving myself, but
God is not mocked. And this hand can never
again hold a pencil; or mix a colour. J tut,"
lie continued, "I will not tempt you as I was
tempted ; the secret shall lie yours." And
lie instantly read for them 1 >omenico'a will.
And thus it is that the artist's cherished secret,
the secret of painting in oils the art of
staining indelibly, has from palette to pal
ette been transmitted to us, often to the
great detriment of canvas, as well as clothes. |
The End of Great Men.
The four great personages who occupy the
most conspicuous places in the history, of the !
world, were Alexander. Hannibal. O.esar
ami lionnpart.
Alkxadku?After having eliinl>c<l thediz-.
y.y heights of It is ambition, and with his j
temples bound with chnplcl* dipped in thei
blood of countless millions, looked down upon
aconquerrcd world, and wept that there was
not another world for liiin to conquer?set a
city on tiro, and died in a scene of- debauch.
1 (asn11iai.?After having to the astonishment
and consternation of Home, passed the
Alps, and having put to flight the armies of
the mistress of the world ami stripped three
bushels of golden rings from the fingers of
her slaughtered knights, and made her foundations
quake?lied f.om his country, being f
hated by those^vho orlee exnltingly united
his name to that of their g<?d, and called
him HaniHaal, and died, at last, by poison
administered by his own hand, uiilaiueiiled j
and unwept, in a foreign land.
Cuisar?After having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dying his garments in I
the blood of one million of his toes?niter i
having pursue*! to death the only rival he
had on earth?was miserably assassinated
by those whom ho considered his nearest
blends; h".1 in that very place, the attainment
oC^rhieh had boen his greatest ambition.
..
Uox at* a rtk?Whose mandates kings and
[>opes rtteyed, after having filled the earth
with terror of his name?after having deiug- '
xi fcurope with tears and bloo I, an 1 the J
world with sack cloth?elosed his day a in
oiiely banishment almo t. literally exiled j
"r'>?n the wr?rd, vet "here he <~oold some
times see his country's banner waving over
the deep, but which could not bring him aid.
interesting ibinrrllfiiu]. *'
J Jje I) s c of ftp f s . m
Hats nrc generally worn on the head,
and many persons Are simple enough tosop*
pose that the object is to keep the bend
warm or comfortable. But tliis is the least
use that is made of them. Ornament is one
?..r ?? k..? .
V/L'JVV-C VI UMII?U l/Ut I 11 {.* 11 WI1IU UI Lltt'Ill Jl I<J
such "shocking.bad hats," that it wcnild re(juire
a pretty strong imagination'to discover
any great ornament in them. Some bat*
irte worn to show the wearer's particular
fancy for some distinguished foreigner.?
Some are used as a kind of political sign, to
tell the world that the owner knows nothing.
And some are used instead of a lawyer'*
green hag as a repository for letters and papers.
Hut it appears that a. new and entirely
different use is now found for bats *, a\nl
we really hope that tlicv will be used accordingly.
Churches arc to reap tlie benefit of
them not indeed by having them carried
round by the deacons to collect the pennies
at a contribution for the minister or the poor
but for a much more important purpose. A
church has recently been built in Davenport
Iowa and the following notice was appended
to the advertisement of the ediliee:?"The
chewers of tobacco are earnestly requested to
avoid the use of the aisle in the church or
else spit in their hats ?"
That is an idea worthy of a true blue Yankee
and we dare sny that the originator
hailed from away down cast," though he iw
UOAV employing his genius in elevating the
manners and customs of the pioneers of the
west. We like this hat arrangement and
would suggest an additional improvement
which would he suited to other places as
well as churches?viz every person, who uses
tobacco in anv wav xlmll icivc Vii< lint licl
on to his j>er.-on in front so that he can spit
in it at all times ami thereby avoid the present
practice of defiling floor* carpets furniture
ladies Arc. Such an '"^wrangement
would be found of the greatest fmportantanee
in the way of clcuunes^pttirtTfort and
economy.
J j' e q 3 if f C ? to i 1 I) o t{ 1 t f i c C,
Man is prone to esteem blessings accordr
ing to cost, ami siieh as cost nothing we prize
as naught. The blessings of llcaven are
free ; and poor, short sighted mortals reckon
them as trifles, when if they wcr^, thp price
of gold and of silver tl^ey would# be sought
after as treasures. Olen'ous as the rising
and setting sun may be, it costs us noUnng.
The noble arch that spans the heavens is a
free exhibition, and no tickets are sold to
witness the grand moving panorama ofearth,
sea and sky. Colors and 'minting*, that are
only to be seen in the leavens above ami
earth beneath, are spread out profusely, ami
we have sight to behold them, hearts to throb
I with delight and souls to contemplate them
| with wonder and joy. Hut the rising ami
! setting of daily suns, the w iId majesty of the
i storm?its thunder and lightning, and the
! spangled heavens on high, are all such common
exhibitions that our pit!.- os seldom throb
in witnessing them : yet if they were only
I to he seen once in a century and a price to
be paid, a congregated world would rush to
the exhibition and behold the "scenery" with
I rapturo.
' We give our money, our time and labor
for things of little value, and are con ten ? ; *
but we have no "price of admission" to pay
for thcehcerful sunbeam or the singing shower
; tho grhy of the morning or the purple
of the evening; the twinkling stars set in
blue above or the little flowers set in green
at our feet; the bright Maze ofthe summer*
noon or tho deep dark silence of the winter's
night.
Thank Cod the rich cannot buy lip these *
blessings of Heaven, and the poor have them
''without money and without price 1"
S]>:rit of the Age.
The origin of phosphorus k the most remarkable
t|iing concerning' it. Every other
substance with which wo are acquainted can
he traced cither to tho earth or nir ; but
phosphorus seems to be of animal origin.?
Of all the animals man contains tho most;
and of the various parts of the body, tho
brain yields, by analysis, more phosphorus
than any other. This fact is of no little moment,
livery thought lias, perhaps, a pliosdiode
source. It is certain that the most
ntcllectual beings contain tho most phosdioriis.
It generally happens that when n
lingular discovery is made, many years
ilapse before aliy application of it is marie
,o the welfare and happiuess of man. This
cma:k appl es t?? pit ?pboiu:. It is only
he other day that it was sold at fivo shillings
in ounce; ii->w it is so cheap tint the penniess
parti on of our population hawk it about
a the form of inatclie'. lint what a noble,
ife, light and tire-giving office docs it fill !
For commercial yu poser?-ma'ch making?
diosphorus is extratcd from burnt, bones.
I'lie demand f r it :s now ro great that mauy
ons are am;u illy, prepared. When Kraft
raveled, he hadn i ni?ir? (Inn half an ounco
fo'.et bef-oe the king I"