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15 for tke tfckrt U the thirteenth ; *0 Tor
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Jhmr m <Var and laughing brooklet,
Dm? km frwf Iflnfretfct
1^1 rrl* oro ly ilo jjjihjj,
*" Am) wki W?*i l? dwell;
Where Mm twH and branch!nr willow*
Their weeping k?l?U wave,
In a nre+t, aeehuh*! com it,
rl" darling-Nelly a grave. ?
Stick cJwaterlng vino* are twining
Around Wee IomI) tomb,
And in Spring Dm brighteet flowers
Mingle theif i*wt perfume,
While live sighing lephyr* murwar
A low ami plaintive wand,
The happy angel* are guarding *
Iter little grawy wound.
When evening'* shade* are gathering.
And dew* are falling fast,
I often wander to that spot
To dream aljofit the pint.
Her |deaeing smile*. *o bright, an pure,
Tone-again appear,
And acetvee ?f otlicr day* eotne back
A U>ou*and times more dear.
Her apeekiag ejea, so large an?l full,
with joy and loVe,
And her heart wospure and guik-leaa
Her charming voiee, ao toft end rich,
llrUilnki f hear it y<
tier fculllem form tad my grtet
f never can forgot
3Hi5rrllanmi8 IRmiiing.
A Short Fireeide Story.
One evening ?|>oor man and hi* *on,
little boyr aot by Ute wayaide, near
the goto of U old (h*n in Gomauy.
The father took out a loaf of bread
which he had bought in the town ' and
broke it. end gave half to )h* boy.
** Not so, father," aaid d le hoy; 44 I ahall
not eat until after you. ' You hate been
working hard all amy, for am all wagaa,
to eenrort ate: aad rou must be rerv
hnngry ; I shall wnit till too are dona."
44 Yotf apeak kindly, my ton," replied
the pleased father, "your love to me
doea me more good than mv food ; and
those eye* of yonrs remind me of yonr
dear another who has left us, who told
vow to tore me as yon need to do, and,
indeed, my'toy, yon bare been a great
strength and comfort to me; hut now
that I hare eaten the first morsel to
please yon, It ia yonr turn to *at.n.
" Thank you, father; but break this
pteos In two, and take you-a (it tie more;
for, yon tee, the loaf is. not large, and
yow require much moi'e than I do. " 1
shall divide the loaf for you, my hoy ;
ban eat it I shall not; 1 have an abundance;
and let us thank Qod for his
grant goodness in .giving us fond, and
in <M rinrf ua-vkiil m l.nf lor alill aIim..
ftd'amT contented heart*. "lie who
gate us fh? living t>raed from ll**v*n
to aaarfah oar immortal souls, how,
should b? not gW* as all ether food
which b Mtta?7 to loppurt oar marThe
fcther 1*4 fh? on thanked God,
afti ihf* b*#*n yp Oiljh* loaf In pieces
to beghi %m h|4- iamm mTm
thsjr cut oaa portion of the loaf, there
fofl out several pieoaa of gold of great
valos, The little boy gave a shoot of
joy, and was (twinging forward to grasp
the unex posted tasasuru, when ha was
pulW hack by bis father.
- My u*.any. son r he aded, "do
not toetik mat itKwtev. is la an* ? ?*
M BafSivtMf ft It, fcther, If U ift'nol
our* r I know sot, m yet, to whom
il belong*: but probably h ?m put
there by tbe beker, through torn* mi?teke.*
i. .
"AV# meet inquire. Run ?.*
*' Bui, f*?Wee, Interrupted the hoy. M you
are poor and utody. and you have
bought the loaf, and the baker may. tell
He, end .
" I will wot H?ten to yao, my boy. I
bought tbte loaf, tail T dkt not buy the
gold In It. If thy baker to hi It to mo
la (gueranee; Let ail uot be eo diehoneet
e to tabu advantage of Mm ; remern
ber Vila uho km told Ue to do to oth
era ae ?# would bane other* to do to a*.
v
we share the poverty of Jesus. God's
wh Son, oh! let' ns share, also, his
goodness,'nod his front in God. We
mpt never he rich, but we tony slwsys
be honest. We may die of starvation,
but God's will be done should we die In
doing ill . Y#s, my b6y, trntt in Ood
md toaUt in Kt icnyt, and yon shall |
never be put to shame. * Now run to'
1 the baker end bring him here ; end T
shftlt welch the gold wntif he comes"
J 80 the, boy ren for the baker.?
1 M Brother workman," snid the old man,
, "you'hftve rondo some mistake, end elmost
lost Vbur money ;* and he showed
the baker the gold, end toM him
how it had been foniul. * I" It Ihioef'
asked tl?e father; ^ If it Is, take It
away/'
" Mv father, baker, k very poor,
and?* *
^ " Silcucc, my Amy put me not to] t
iiirhm oy il?y complaints. I nin glad t
we have eared tliw mah hit money.1* ii
Tlie baker had be"n gaaing alternately l<
upon the honest father and hi* eager hoy, I
and upon the gold which lay glittering *
npou tj}? green lorf. "Thou art, in- 1
does}, at) honest fellow," *aid the baker ; \
* and me neighbor, David, the. flax- ?
dreaeer, spoke but the truth when he ?
**xi thou w?rt the boneateaV niau is r
town."
* Now, I ahull telV thee about the r
gold - A stranger came to my shop I
three dnya ago, end gave me that loaf, i
and Job! meto-eell it cheaply, or give it *
away, to the hanesteel poor man whom *
I knew m tbe city. 1 toM David to j<
end th<w to tne aa a customer, this p
morning; aa lhart won I?1 at not lake the
loaf for nothing, i aold it to thee, na a
thou kuowcst, for the la*t pence in thy j'
puree; aud than, .that wi?h all ha Irons- v
ure?and, ear tea, it ie not small! i* )
thine, and jGnd grant tluse a blessing V
with UT Tire poor father Uttl his !'
ltend lo the ground, while the tear* ft-11 >
froui Lt?? eye*. Hi* boy ran and put l
hi* hand ebo?t liis neck, and Mid, " 1 n
"hall a I w*v*, like you, my father, trust I
in God, and do what i* right ; for I nm I
*ure it wilt never pnt u* to shame."
[tidtuLntryk Ctuititan Jtiayuzine. u
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Whftre be Found hit Sermon. \
" Dominie," said a plain-spoken ehlor J,
to hi* pastor, " where did you get that M
good sermon la*t Sunday morning! We t
have not had una with more juice in it ?
for many a day.** I
" Weil," replied the Dominie, " that ?
sermon came from the same quarter that {
f got the good things of my last dona- I
lion-visit./. Part of it came fVom your c
hotAe, and part from neighl>or Van ,
H - V and part from widow It "s;
and one of the Wat hints in it onme
from your smart hav, Frank. I picked
nit thi\t sermon in one day of pastorul t
visiting." I
lie whs a wise pastor.. He had not ,
a very large library, and his family in- |
creased faster than his Itooks. lint the (
book of hutpan nature is never exhaust- ,
i?1, and ae lie set out often, and went ^
front bouse to house, studying his peo- (
pie. And by the fireside of his Hock ]
lie gathered up the suggestive materials t
fo' his richest practical discourses. If \
he was preparing a sernton on "Trusting f
God hi I hum of trial," he recalled all ]
-the casey^f trouble and affliction that ,
had coihd (o his knowledge during his ]
last day of pastoral visitation, l'eople
love to tell their Ironblea lo their min- (
ister, and always will do so, if he is a ]
cordial, approachable man, (as evert ,
pastor should tie.) So, in reviewing the ,
various trials in which ?? need the l.>i? j
vine support," ha drew his illustrations (
from the many tales of liial that had ,
reached bis ear ami touched his heart, |
at the hearthstone of hi* pxridiiouerH. |
Elder A bed told him of hi# r.-li ,
glows grief and despondency ; neighbor |
Van It?? bad rpoiiet of Ida anxieties j
about a wayward ton ; and good widow ,
K -? bad Iter usual dolorous lament
over Iter bereavement, and what bawl <
work it wan to tttako both ends meet, ,
since her wan bad died of the rlienmalism."
Mi*s M- bad told btai all ,
Iter difficulties in finding Iter way to <
Christ. For cacti one of these troubled j
souls the good pastor bad a cheer} word ]
of oonsolatlon. Wlfi each of tlicro lie (
prayed. And then aent back to bis |
*lUutrt and wove all these individual en 1
sea {without making his aHtudone so |
personal as to ba recoga'ixed) into bis i
next Sabbath*s sermon.
This is the secret of a long and lasting
ministry. The p:c?tor who studies
his Bible and human nature never wears
out; for his materials are inexhaustible,
his banks mar ba few : but in ?r?r?
day'a life one of hi* people add* a now
p?K* to that ?k)I?m volnnie?Mw book
of human rrperirnct.
flow aha 11 a minister of Chria? under tand
that pregnant volume, without
studying it t And whore ran he study
it ao well as by the firesides and sick
bed* of hi* Dock f What day over tha
tomba of the dead ia aa profitable aa A
day of visiting among the home* of the
living f If our people need our preaching
to help tbem to live, we aa certainly
need their live* to help n* to preach.
[ Christian InUlliyencer.
Tnby moat dreaa eool ia Laf&yattc,
Ind. A young woman, a* being naked
if aha intended to wear that finger*
Hog to ehurohaatd aha did aot intend
' anything elee."
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"Going Bone."
Tbo Conlributorial to ib? Yarkvil'.s
[ Inquirer. edited by our esteemed friend,
1 y. W,'I)^r contains the following. It
will go to the heart* of many of our
-eadyrs. * J. W. f).M has a peculiarly
?appy wAy of word-painting, and of aayng
things to the point. Many hearts
vfTI respond to the truthfulness of Ida
vords:
* All ta departure. *ftoing home'
freeta our ears on all Honda. Paces are
bright, aa lipa repeat such good byes as
l?e*e. Young hearts are drawn homerard
bv tender ties?a mother's and h
isler'a kiss await many a one. Hearts
l..i i.?.- .1 :.i? i?
tim umv iv*ru Kirut w iff ? IIVHIV IWI
tie to grefet them soon?-bosoms that
jave never doubled are to |>re?s them
0011?and eyes that have always look*
?l lovingly into theirs are soon to
righten in weicome.to them. Heaven
less thorn all. We have only blessnga
for all the ties that home love lialbw??frr
all the hearts pare enough to
est to-its inueio?for all lives over
rlisch shines the light of a mother's love,
leaven bless them all. To our heart
hese are all now bat memories?mem>?
ie? of childhood. We felt and knew
hem?twenty years ago. We have
tot been 4 going homo,' rince then. .
" 'Going home Y There is a joyous
ing about it, that sounds like musie.-?
I goes like a gush of glorious life and
tope to the fresh young heart, free in
he morning of its hope, confiding and
irgin to its jron|hful dream. Tears of
ay start as wo hear it uttered in the
roud accents of trust,
'" Going hoiuu.' We have seen a
igh elioKid duwn ;i:ij :t tear. (not of
1 ?y.) slaved hmk by :i Ii^tn^less one
kMiiMi mkcd w/uti lie \vns'a'Miij* liomn.*
iitk.cn'n tin* f/'ritiiiali- lirtmo^iu'- 'fiVam
r!i;?\Vti(jk^tli InoseiViiiMu; luciA-j'lfu of
utile?f>!iu.gUi'f" |i -1 I ?? 111 j>I..?ion and
in ; nor can lie know what luaahefs
here Is in ihe Idea of homclesMicss-mndi?as,
to rush aw ay from care, away from
lie struggle, away from the mysterious
>t?rdcr. of existence; for, nil around,
here is no cord to hold the spirit up,
lor any voice to call it back.
* 4 (ioing home.' Our young friends,
he students?the young ladies and the
onng men?the girls and the hoys?
re 'going home;1 and we hid them
dien with a heart full of wishes for
heir happy vacations?their pleasant
milliters?their <mod limes?and ?*
o """ *
hat, and a' (hat. We wish tliem each
nd severally the very best of times?
he gladdest of welcomes at home?the
lightest of smiles there?the sweetest
>f kisses and the rosiest of hours. So
uoto it be."
Origin of the Names of States.
Maine wa* first colled * Marvooshen,"
>ut about 1038 took the name it now
>ears from Maine, a province in the
vest of France. The name is originaly
derived from the Cenonianni, an an*
dent Gallic people. New Hampshire
*as the name given to the territory
jranted by ihe Plymouth Company U
Jii|itain John Mason, by patent, ir
1630, and wm derived from die paten
ee, who was Governor of Portsmouth
n Hampshire, England. Vermont i<
rom verd, green, and inonl, mountain,
davnchnyctta was named from a tribe
>f Indians in the vicinity of Boston,
linger Williams says the word significi
4 blue Iiill.** Khodo Island was so call
?d, in 1644, in relation to tbe Island o
lihodes, in tbe Mediterranean. Ken
Vork was named in honor of tbe I)uk<
A York, to whom ibis territory wm
jranted. Pennsylvania was called nf
ier William Penn. In 1064 tbe l)uki
>f York made a grant of what is now
.Ire 8late of New Jersey to Lord Bcrke
lev and Sir George Carteret, and it re
ttived it* name in compliment of tlx
latter, w ho had been Governor of tlx
Island of Jersey. Delaware was m
sailed in 1702, after del* Ware. Ma
ryland was named in honor of llenri'
stta Maria, Queen of Charles I., in hi<
patent to Lord Baltimore, June 6, 1092
Virginia was called after tbe virgir
rpiecn of England, Elizabeth. Th?
Carolina* were named by tbe French
in bouor of Charles IX, of France
Florida received its name from Pone*
Je Leon, in 1612, while on hi* voyag*
In search of the fountain of youth
He discovered it on Easter Sunday?ir
Rnimiidi, Pas:ue Florida. 'Ihe btate
r>i Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Ar
kansaa and Missouri are all named Doit
their principal rivers, and the name
are of Indian oriein?excepting. i?er
Imp*, Kentucky. Kentucky "wh?T wlier
first settled by the while men, notorioni
lor ila f|uwnti?y of wild Tim key*, an*
its cane thicket*, affording tli<in |>f??tec
lion?the wiiiles *|H*:*kin{> of this to tin
red wen. lluy iimde the name out Con
nnd Turkey?" Kentucky," Indian Kn
glidi and llieir in< alliums involved ii
oine obscurity. Tennevee is said I
signify a curved spoon ; Illinois the Hiv
er of Men; Mississippi the Whole Riv
er, or a river formed by the union c
nmny. Michigan was named froin th
lake on its borders. Iowa is an India
name; also Texas, signifying u Beaut
fulCalifornia was tbne named by th
Spaniards at a very early day.
Boon and learning may giro a ma
power and confidence, but,' uufortnnati
ly, they are often eery far from givin
him ?klter feeliiur or politeness.
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Faults Pompey Couldn't Remember.
i A good oletgrmnn, vinliing to be rid
' of hit horse, end to try for ? belter one,
> directed hie old negro rami to roll hi?
beart for what lie would Melt, or to exchange-bUn
for naotlieri adding, at U??
same time, an anxious caution not to
* deceive (be purchaser, and enumerating
1 the faults of ilia aoiiual, lest eue should
be overlooked. I
44 Remember, Totupey, lie has four
fbwlts."
44 Oh, yes, Massa, I take care."
Poinjiey, jogging along lite road, and
' counting over the iisl to hiii)Kclf, a* the
old lady did over her luggage, ** Rig
box, little box, band box, bundle." wan
overtaken bv a man on horseback *!??
entered into conversation, and, among
other topic*, made some inquiiies about
lb* horso. tm- .
,'J?otnpey told his story?said that his J
ignster had charged liiin to tell the
horse's faults to the purchaser without
reservation.
* Well, what are they I* said the
'stranger, who had a mind to swap.
" f)ere is four, Massa," said l\>?npey, |
44 and I don't retnetnl?er Yin all very
well ju*t now, but? "
" Well, tell me those you do rewenv
her," aeid the other.
L M Well, isii'.'OTM U dat de horse is
white and de while half* get on Mnsaa's
coat, and dat don't look well for a cler|
?
44 And the neat P
44 Whjc, when he eomea to a brook,
he will put his nose down and blow in '
de water, and Jdasaa don't like dat !" 1
" Wlrat next T
441 can't ' anyhow remember de od- *
eas," said J'ompey, jKH'riiig Into tho 1
clouds with one eyo reflect ingly, (
in,.' _i k j..j .1 . -
jut; eiinn^lT cvill'iuuru iu siriKe a
bargain nhd exchange his own horse, '
which had not quire w>'?crttle an air as 1
iIk?" par?6rt>, for lid* hearty unexeop- '
tionxble animal. It was not long before '
the clerical steed shtntMed and threw
his ruler into n ditch. Picking himself
up m well m he could, he examined hi* <
new purchase h little more closely, and
discovered thai the hoise was cutirelv
blind.
Finding Pompey agaiu without much
difiiculty, his wrath burst forth iu a torrout
of reproaches.
" You black rascal! what does this
' mean! This horse is broken kneed, and
as Mind as a mole."
"Olt, yes, massa,** said Pompey, I
blandly,44 dem's de oder two faults dat
I couldn't rememWr!" <
A Book of Thanks.
44 T feel so vexed and out of temper
? with lien," cried Murk, 44 that I really '
must "
44 Ito somethingih revenge!" inquir- i
cd hia cousin Cecilia.
" No, look over my Book of Thnnks."
44 Wlmt'a tliAt 1" aaid Cecilia, na alie
saw him turning over the leaven of a
copy-book nearly full of writing, in a
round text hand.
44 Here it U," naid Mark ; then read
aloud: "March 8.?lien lent mo his
Mw Hat.**
* Here again: Jan. 4.?When T lout
my shilling, lien made it up to me kindly."
44 Well," observed the boy, turning
down the leaf, " lien in a good boy, after
all P.
44 What do you note down in that
booksaid Cecilia, looking over his
shoulder with some curiosity.
44 All the kindnesses that ever are
shown me. You would wonder how
many they are. I find a great deal of
good from marking them down. I do
not forget tliern, as I might do, if 1 only
trusted to my memory, so 1 hope
that 1 am not often ungrateful; and
when I am cross, or out of temper. I always
feel good humored ng?in, if 1 only
look over u?y hook."
441 wonder what sort of things you
put dow n," said Cecilia. 44 hat me
glance over a page."
44 Mrs. Wade asked me to spend the
whole day at her house, nud made me
very happy, indeed."
4* Mrs. Philips gave me five shillings."
"Old Martha Page asked after me
very day while I was ill."
44 Why do you put father and mother
at the head of llils page ?" a?ked Cecilia.
44 O, they show ine so much kindneas,
so I just write their names, to remind j
myself of the great debt of love. 1 '
know that I can never pay it. And |
1 see what I have put at ll?e beginning
? of my book : H Every pood gift i* from
* above this in to make me remember
> thai. all the kind friends whom i have,
* were given to ine by the .Lord,and that
1 while I am grateful to thein, 1 should,
- Aral of all, be thankful to Ilim.M
f 1 think that such of my readers an
? have ability nnd time, would And it a
capital plan to kdep a Hook of Thanka;
i and may such as cannot write them'
o down, yet keep * book of remembrance
of past kindness in their hearts.
f Lovb and Law.?A young lawyer
? who bad paid court to a young lady
n without much advancing his suit, acI
cu*ed her one day of being insensible to
e tlkf. >w>u*/r ft/ /dim " It (tllm DAt r.kl
low," she archly replied, * that I am so
because 1 am not to be arc*..by the
n pototr of attorney."
g Fast youths arc now ca'lod young
t <MHiivta?u of aoeetera'.ed J
w .* . * *
American Girl*.
American giils of good education do
not know Low lucky they are. Every
Ameriyffn girl wlio is sane and sound?
and many yrlio are neither the one nor
the other, has not one but many chances
of marrying. It is very different in Europe.
In. the country towns in England
marrying men are so rare that it is quite
c<>minon to see j? dozen charming girls,
all well educated, pretty, and Ia<ly-like,
fighting for a half starved curnte, or
wietched attorney. Among English
mollieis, match-making is canted on to
an extent unknown here, (save in the
very highest circles of otfr aristocracy,)
,...d <i,U ?? v...
r??.va tiur) nvi iiviii mrnn un'ino^, UUI
ftom sheer neciwity. In France no
father expects hi* daughter to get n
hu-drand unless rho "buy* liim. Every
man who has a daughter begins, when
she is eight or ten yenrs old, to save
inom?y for her Jot?i. e., the purchase
money of her husband. Papa and
mamma deprive themselves of luxuries
and even necessaries, to amass a respectable
sutn ; the boys' education is cut
"liort. and their patrimony discounted
in order to swell the tloL In proportion
to its amount is the quality o( the
husband. A father who can give his
daughter a half million of francs, will
expect a General or Senator ; be who
has a two hundred thousand to bestow,
will fix his inaik at a rising lawyer, a
dashing Colonel or a prefect ; he who
has amassed twenty thousand francs
will bo satisfied with a young merchant
or a clever doctor. 14*Jt he who has no
money to give In* daughter will never
ex pec I her to marry at all. Marriage'd
imvur is a thoroughly obsolete institution
in Fancc. In (Germany, and iaieed,
throughout Europe, the rule is
rapidly becoming the same. A father
alio expects Iris daughter to marry,
must buy her a husband. . Ileal ta were
>nse conquered, the poets say now
rhey are U>ugbt.?rj/prpcr's Wceil jr. |
A Sentimental JFicki'Ockkt.?The
Cincinnati l'fest records a somewhat
singular effect of bexuty upon the lienrt
of a pickpocket. A lady of that city
had Iter portinonaie extractor) from Iter
pocket while shopping, and the next
morning it was returned by a l>oy, minus
a ling it coutnined, and with the
following note:
" Dkahrbt and Loveliest Giiil?
Vonr beauty thwarted my purpose, and
for the instant made me honest.?
When I gazed into your delicate colored
eyes, and in their depths saw the innocence
of lire sweet soul that inhabits
your matchless body ; when you smiled
Upon your companion, and I discovered
i.s loveliness as it rippled from your delicious
lip* (which I would barter my
soul to kiss) over your face, and stopped
to eddy in the dimples in your rosy
cheek*, my intent wm changed. 1 followed
you until I witnessed your disap
pointment in not being able to pay for
your purchases*, and felt more sorry at
tho shadow of sadness that then fell
upon your faco than you could have
fclt at your loss. 1 Raw you enter your
residence, and I determined to repair
the Jom I had caused. You inuat |>ermit
me to retain the ring, however,
w hich I presume bears your initials ; for
the memory of your smile, recalled ev
ery time I gaze npou there letters, will
do more to woik in my character a
change for the better, than all the
prayers of all the saints. Herewith I
return the money I abstracted from
your pocket, and hope you may pardon
the annoyance I caused you. Adiuu,
sweet one. May we meet again.
* G. W. C."
Evtt. Company.?Sophonlus, n vine
teacher of the people, did not allow* hi*
sons and daughters, even when" they
were grown up, to associate with persons
whose li\es were not inotal and
pure.
** Father," said the gentle Kulalia one
day, when he had rcftised to permit her
to g> in company with her brother to
visit the frivolous Lucitida, ' Father,
you must thiuh that we are very wtnk
and childish, since you are afraid that
it would he dangerous to us in visiting
Lucinda."
Without saying a word, the father
took a coal from (he hearth and '-and
ed it to his daughter, " It w ill not burn
you, my child," said he ; " only take it."
Hulalia took the coal, and behold
hor tender while hand was black, and
without thinking, she touched her white
dress, and it was also blackened-?
" See," said Kulalia, somewhat displeas
ed, as t>he looked at her hands and
dre<s, * one cannot Ikj careful enough
when handling coals."
" Yes, truly," said her father; "you
seo, my child, that the coal, even though
it did not burn you, has nevertheless
blnckmrd you f So is the company of
inimorftl persons.
Old N&wspapkrs.?Many people
like newspapers, hut few presorvo them;
yet the most interesting reading imag
inable is a file of old newspa|>er8. It
brings up the very age, with all its bustle
and every day a ft airs, and wakes iti
genius and spirit more than the most
hil>ored description of the historian
Who can take up a paper of half a
century back, without the thought that
every name there printed is now cut
upon a tombstone at the head of an ep
it**.
Behavior.
Sever venture to relate an incident
or tell a atory with which you are not
well acquainted; nor tire the patience
of your auditors with little trifling details;
nor keep them upon the torture,
irfter raising expectation of something
thrilling, by withholding it to the very
last words. Go straight forward with
wlmt you have to communicate without
repetition ; state the principle points
with clearness and nrpoisiim ?nt m<l?? '
the mailer itself is void uf interest, you 1
will be heard with pleasure. And, if|
there should happen to he anything diverting
or witty iu what you say, let
the laughing he for others; for, in gen
eral. the less of it you do yourself, the
belter you will appear.
Never suffer your mind to he absent
in company. Command and direct
your attention to present objects; see
and hear all that is going on without
appearing to set utinize particularly anything.
Good breeding does not consist in
formal ceremony, but in an easy, civil
and respectful behavior. A well bred
man is |x>lite to every ]>er*on, but particularly
to strangers. In mixed com
panics, every person who is admitted is
Mtp|>osed to bo on a footing of equality
with ilto rest, and, consequently, claims
very justly every mark of civility. It
is wise to avoid remarks condemnatory
of classes and profossion, doctors, lawyers,
or clergymen ; and it is prudent to
learn enotigh of the immediate connection*
of those present to avoid giving
pain. . -
Nai'Oi.bon at Moscow.?Tlio following
ilesci iption of Napoleou at the
burning of Moscow is from the Count
de Sogui's llislorv of the expedition to
Utissiu: .
4* While our troops were yet struggling
with tlie eonflagrnlion, ami di%puting
the prey with the flames, Napt>leon,
whose sleep none hud dared to
disturb duting the night, was awakened
bv the two fold light of day and o!" i
the burning city. His first feeling was 1
that of irritation, and ho would have
stayed the devouring (dement by the
breath of.his command, hut he soon
paused, and yielded to impossibility.
Surprised that when he bad struck at
the heart of an empire he should find
there any other sentiment than that of
abject submission, he felt himself vanquished,
and surpassed by heroic determination.
" This conquest, for which be had sacrificed
every thing, was like a phantom
which he had eagerly pursued, and at
the moment when lie imagined hejhad
grasped it, he saw it vanish from liiin
in a mingled mass of smoke and flatne.
He was then seized with extreme agitation
; he seemed, as it were, consumed
bv the fires which were around htm.
lie rose every moment from his seat.
paced to mid fro, and again sat abruptly
down, lie traversed bis apartment with
litiriied stops ; his sudden and vehement
gestures betrayed a painful uneasiness ;
he quitted, resumed, atid again as sudden!}'
abandoned an urgent occupation,
to hasten to the windows and watch the
progress of the flames. Short and vehement
exclamations burst from his laboring
bosom. * What a tremendous spectacle
! It is their own work ! So many
palaces! What extraordinary resolution
! What men! These are indeed
Scythians!'n
A MoTfiRit'a On AVE.?Earth has
some sacred spots, w here we feel like
looking the shoes from our feet, and
treading with reverence, where common
words of social Converse seem rude, and
friendship's hands have lingered in
each other; where tows have been
plighted, prayers ofTeied, and tears of
palling shed. Oh, how thoughts hover
around such places, and travel back
through unmeasuicd space to visit
them ! Hut of all the s|?otH on this
green earth, none is so sabred as I bat
where reets, waiting the resurrection,
those we have once loved and clreridied
?our brothers.or onr children. Hence, J
in all ages, the better part of mankind j
have chosen and loved spots of the dead,
and on these sjnrts they have loved to
wander at eventide to meditate, llut
of all places, even among the clnunel,
houses of the dead, none is so sacred as
a mother's grave.
There sleeps the mvrso of infancy?
> the guide of our youth ? the counsellor
of our riper years?our ftiend alien
others diverted ua; she-whose heart
was a stranger to every other feeling
I...I I... A -...I --I- - I I " '
i vhv iv.q, nnu *I|U COIIIU IIIIU DOllO IO
luvo but onrselvee. There **lie sleeps,
mul wo love llie very earth for ber sake.
At breakfast one morning, in that
quiet and comfortable old inn, the White
Swan, in York, a foreigner made quick
dispatch with the egga. Thrusting his
spoon in the middle, ho drew
out the yolk, devoured it, and passed on
i to the next. When he had got to his
j seventeenth egg, au old farmer, who had
already been prejudiced against Mon
l: L:? ?
. uivui uy ims iiiilsmcniOH, COUUI UTOOK UlC
extravagance no longer, and speaking
i up, said : " Why, air, you leave nil tlio
I wliilh! How is Mr*. Lockwocd to af
. ford breakfast At that rale fw ** Vy,"
\ replied the outside barbarian, " you
I wouldn,t have ma eat de vite f I >e yolk
I is de slm-ken ; de vite <lo fodder*. Am
I to make von bolster of iny bally !"?
The fctopw vtf iiuuit/fouud<*].
LrBBitAL 1rtkm<rktatio* or
pan C*nt."?A somewhat verdant looking
individual called on a jeweler in
Montreal, and elated that lie bad managed
to accumulate, by hard labor (ut
the few nasi years, aome seventy-fir#
dollars; that he wished to inreet in
something, whereby be might make
money a little faster ; and be bad eoncludxl
to take some of his stock and
peddle it out. The jeweler selected what
ho thought would sell readily, and the
new peddler started on his first trip. He
wns gone but a few days, when he rw
turned, bought as much again u before,
Mid plaited on liis second trip. Again
lie returned, and greatly increased bia
stoek. lie sucoeeded so well, and aecumulatcd
so fast, that (he jeweler one day
asked what profit he obtained on what
he sold ? 44 Well, I put on 'bout five
|>er cent." The joweler thought that a
very small pro6t,uud expressed as much.
" Well," spid the peddler, ? I don't know
as I exactly understand about your per
cent., but an article for which I pay you
quo dollar, 1 generally sell for five,"
Fate of the Apo8ti.es.?Matthew is
supposed to have suffered martyrdom,
or was put to doath by the sword, at the
city of Ethiopia.
Mark was dragged through the street*
of Alexandria, in Egypt, till he expired.
i ..i i '?
iiUK.u whs uaugeu upon an olive tiec
in Greece.
John wan put into a caldron of boiling
oil at Homo, and escaped death.?
Ho afterwards died a natural death at
Kphcsus, in Asia.
James the Groat was beheaded at Jerusalem.
Jaiues was thrown from a pinnacle or
wing of the temple, and then beaten to
death with a fuller's club.
Philip whs banged up against a pillar
at Hiernpolis, a city of Phrygian
Bnrlholohnew was flayed alive by the
command of a barbarous king.
Andrew was bound to the cro?s,
whence he preached to the people till
he expired.
Thomas was run through the body
with a lance, near Malipar, in the Ea?t
Indies.
Mei.axctjion and Luthkr.?When
Mclaticlhon arose to preach on one occasion,
he took this text: "I aui the
good Shepherd." On looking round
II ttoll L 1 ?l lil?i??orAn<. a-11
"I ? a ..Uiiivavuo ill I r^|ICClNUIC andience,
l?is natural timidity entire!)
ovcrcamo biiu, and be could only repent
the text over and over again.?
Luther, who was in the desk with him,
at length iuipatiently exclaimed, u You
men very good sheep;" and, telling
him to sit down, took the same text,
and preached an excellent sermon from
it.
Tiik Queen's Kelioion.- The Queen
is almost as much of a Presbyterian in
Scotland as ah Episcopalian in England.
When at her favorite residence, Balmoral
in the Highlands, 6he uniformly
attends the Established Presbyterian
Church, and when objections have l>trn
made, says she cannot be a dissenter in
any part of lior dominions. I understand,
too, on very reliable authority,
that all her children are taught the
Shorter Catechism.
[European Correspondence,.
I a p
Tub soul and nature are attuned together.
Something within answer* to
all we witness without. When 1 look
Ion the ocean in its might and turmoil,
my spirit is stirred, swelled. Wfien it
sprends out in peaceful, blue waves, under
a blight sky, it is dilated, yet composed.
1 enter into the spirit of tbo
earth, and this is always good. Naturo
| breathes nothing unkiud. It expand*,
| or calms, or soften' us. Let us open our
souls to its inlluence.? Cenniug.
A Tkxab paper informs us that old
Sam Houston, when last seen, was
dressed "in a yellow vest and a Turkey
tail fan." This is not quite so simple
as the ticorgiw uniform?"a shirt col
| lar and a pair of spurs"?hut rather
| more picturesque, and neaily as coinfottable,
if the vest was thiu.
' '
On, my heart, if thou desirest ease
in thin life, keep thy secret# undisclosed
like the modest rose hud ; take warning
from the lovely flower, which, in ex*
panding its hitherto hidden beauties,
when in full bloom, gives iu happiness
to the wiuds.
Whrn T was young, I was sure of
everything; in a few years, having
been mistaken a thousand times, I was
uot half so sure of most tilings as I waa
before; at present I am hardly sure ?-f
anything but what Ood has revealed to
I tuati.? Wtalty.
In the morning, prayer is tire key
that opens to ns the trsasury of God's
mercies and blessing* ; in the evening,
it is the key that shut* tH up under >.i* .
protection aud safeguard.
All the blessing* of th# go?pol ar*
for " whoever will." Are vou willing f
then they are for yon, lieliove this,
and what becomes of all your doubt-*
And fears f
TIopr place* a rainbow around the
i tomb, and bids the mourner weep no
more,