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.4 .26 __ -~ - -1 Pe F -40 1 - - - - DEVOTED TO SOUTHERN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, N 3, LITERATURE' SCIENCE AND THE ARTS. OL. R UEProprietor. RVIllE Su C. NE ,.. .OL V. SUMTERVILLE, S. C.- JUNE 11, 18S51 SketctI~c of Natural uttorp. From Artbur's Home Gazette. ANECDOTES Qf Bird, Beast, Fish and Reptile; with the Poetry and Philosophy of their Respective Lives and Habits, as Drawn from Life. BUY C. W. WEBDER, iauthor of "Shot in the Eye," "Old flicks," &c. -NO!1. My Huaununlg Bird. A a. child, I ahvays had a passion Tor be- Humming Bird. It ever caused a thrill of delight when one of those glittering creatures, with its -soft huM of.flight, came out of repose ~i;addenly -hanging, a sapphire s tied npon the air-for here no igs. are seen,-as, like a quick, Vh~h~ thought, it darts, is still, and then any! The mystery of 'whence it cometh, and whithe- it goeth,' was a lovely and exciting one to me. How and where could a thing so delicate live in a tough, wintry world like this? Ho could the glory of its burnished plumes remain uunlimtuod, that it shot forth arrows of light into my eyes, while all other things seemed slowly fading? Where could it renew its splendors?. In what far bath of gems dissolved, dipping, come forth mailed in its varied shine? How could those tiny wings, showe 'uoul-like motion no mortal eye can ellow, bear the frail sprite through beating tempests that are hurling the albatross1 with mighty pinions, prone upon the wave; or that dash the sea eaile, shrieking, against its eyrie cliff? How speeds it straight and afe.-the gemsarrow of the cdfs? Cnld it be that the tiny birds iH#6Qily 'on the nectar of flowers? -rely . the fitting food for. beaui(fYso ~tlereal. But, then; it ren6yed them so far from things of the earth, earthy-their home must agrely be fairyland, and they coursers of the wind for Eriel to 'put a girdle round the earth,' if this be so. But, there~ be no fairies, and these be nly natural forces that propel it so, is nectar, or ambrosia even, food of -the substance that could give the deely toughness to these hair-spring thews, whose sharp stroke cuts a re sistless way through hurricanes? . These, and a thousand such ques tions, thronged upon me in those in nocent times, but my most eager andl -continued enquiries were--Ilow did they come? Were they born so, all bright and ready? Or dirl they come like other birds? I could find other bird's nests and eggs, and I understood how they came; but I never could find a humming bird's :nest. Nor could I find atty one else Who ever had found one. There were traditions that someboly's grandfather had heard a very old -man say, that he had heard it once upon a time, from an olil witch 'woman-that to find a humming aird's nest, was as much a sign of tood luck as reaching the end of a Tain-bow-that you were sure to get a heap of diamonids from it, instead of the bag of gold. Well, as I wvas 'for mnany ~ayear until I actually did 'stand with my feet upon the end of a rain-bow", a devout believer in that * This may seem ilke hazarding asseraion for tfact. I ldjemy~ prsonmal veacit1y for thmetrh 'wf the fo lwng simaple relaion of anm Iinint 4aappening to myself. I wasm, when twenty years -ofae, singon orseackfrom my native em'nopkinville y., to a neighborinag town,. %:hrks'ilie, Tenn. Whent a bout half way. I Avaes sudderly-evertaken bty one of thoste swsft tuuminerstorms, peculiar to time Southb. I was t0anin the lane of a very large Tob~hacco Plan Itation, and knowing that I could obtain shaelter 1in a'ounntry store near the enud of it, I nrgedl my thorse-into a run, andi was sootm there. I sprang 'down upon the low steps, and pushed my way 'Throuagh the crowd of fairmerst collected at the 'daoor-as people instinctively do, during a ilhun Nier storm, to witness its pirog resus. I mtood just 'withlh the door sill, where ad obtained a foot 'ipg, and held my horse's rein. Tlhe storm was 'or'sho; i duration-when tihe 'sun burst tharouagh 'rhe vapory clouds that hingered lheuily yet, and a dozen voices excinimed ''the radinb~ow! thme irsiinbow!" I looked uip-! nevecr sawt one so -brilliant before-it dazzled mue-i relt as if it was In my eyes. By~ this time I had ateppedi 'downi from time door hill to tihe step, anal natually 1looking down, as 1 dial o, to my ga-eat aistonish. 'moent, the rainho(v laidl alotng the grountd before 'rh, croesing lte road to thae feamce--up the rails 'bf*iceh It could be dlitntly trae', un til it tginbecame visible uap the atir, lorainag time atre which dipped at time npparent haorizona--nhott -a die beyond the field. I coanid distinctly 'trace that segmnent of thte arc.-which 'cemecd to lay along the ground, vad tap the rfence-otn time *lr, as it. sprang dlirectl y from whnre amy fe rested. It only seemed to lie upon thme grounad rromn it perfect transparenncy. The ne-ar limbt ade itself first visibl- on the points of amy is, aind then satmig out andI up, dire etly itn front of me-tme apper rini of thme segumontm beIwng withain a few inuthes of nmy fatee. I at first thtotught that the unataai brilijiancy, and itsddenaneMt nT the appearuace, hadi dIaztledIa my v1iin anud conufiawed it, buat whetnm I heard one after anoilher of the old farmers hohindi me celnaning teawh ehne aM t.h eiramlem.se of thc jhino, 1 iamebag of gold, why should I not also have faith in that nest of iliamonds? Faith I did bear, and most zeal. Dusly was it awakened from the first hour that my heart leaped to the soft whirr of its delicate wings, as it dropped suddenly upon some early spring flower, perching with half wcaried aud half.frightened look as if just come to the strange earth from its long, long flirt towards the north. It seemed as if it had found here the freshest footprints of the jubilant spring, and paused for love. And, now, I would think, now I must watch, for spring will hold them warm within her bosom and try to hide their little nests away. Many's the hour I have fruitlessly spent in watching them wherever I could trace their flight about the gardens for, in my simplicity, I supposed it impossible that they could have their nests any where but amidst the flowers --but this, along with other poetical dreams, found the fact a more practical and wiser thing. Years passed away, leaving me still unwearied though my continued want of success might have mado me what the world calls wiser. In the meantime 1 hail, in poring over the line-stained volumes of the famous old 'Port-flio'--certaiuly the first, if not the ablest of American periodicals of the class-come across a most charm. igly told account of the entire do mestication of a Family of Humming Birdls, hy a gentleman of New Eng and, who mianaged to keep them for two years in his large conserva tory. Ile had, by the merest accident, discovered the nest in a very large and heavy Woodbine IIoneysuckle, which hung over the window of his sitting-room, and the idea at once occured t, him of grad! uially enticing 0-v ahl birds into the room, whicah ~-.odM i *h vtzonrr vatory, and then transferriig thither the nest with the young. The plan, after a great deal of patient dexterity, succeeded, and this lovely little family became his inmates and friendo along with the flowers. The relation of this gentleman was -ufficiently pleasing to enchant me-but there was not enough of the n& iralist in it to satisfy. We had great honey suckles too; why did they not build there as well? Iundreds of times I had searched ir intricacies with the patient zeal, twig by twig, tendrill by tendrill; and this for years-yet there were hundreds around me all day! There was something in this I did not understand. At last, in the work of a French Naturalist of note, M. Vallient, I found the hint, that many of the smaller tropical binis, among them the llummers, invariably built their nests where the locality of feeditng grounds rewlered it possible for them to make such a selection upon the ponsile limbs of those trecs.that hung far over water, as their no.st dreaded enemics, the maontkies and snakes, were both very cautionus oif venturing out upon such insecure foothold to rob. This hint I accordingly treasured, and literally haunted the brooks, the cr-eck and river sides in the spr-ing months, watching with the ceaseless hope of catchaing one of the bi rds in the act of alighting on i ts nest, which I knew was my only, chance. Still, I found no sucecas for year-s: lbut, Ilhada gained one piece of infomnation, namely:---that at eleven o'clock, A. - M., and five P. M1., if I stood still for a short time, I woul see themi go daurting past dlirectly over the middle of the channel. This might lead to some thing or it might niot, it was worth remember-ing at least Naow came the whir-I of the yonth's turn-ed anad a-kaed ihem if iltey casuldl s-ea it on tihe siteps,. along the ronad, aind uap the fenice-aill nnawered in thea afirativ, I~1and evaral remsaarkeda that thl-eacould see~a it oni mya asa-,. I waa sa unwillinag tos bae deceivedt-, anad calleal forwtardl thet akiesat matm in te compn~y ,n a ramer aaf Ca, natal aeskedl a h i ilho aouldl a-e- it.- JIt saida "Yea--h less Go~-. ad, tis is thue first timea er er I he-ard in mny bsorns days, saf thae und of a rtainblow beinig see-an, muctah lesst of a mant standainag asn ij "Adtryainti no hag of gasba afte-r all!"' he. ejac late ,i a tsanes that direwt farth a ge alat laughs. 'ITe coanaszy nowat be-gran aai to istish te are utpon thea air, and tos a-ee thaat it re-ally aida lnt hia upon-ah thes groatuand, ats I had11 fin-t a-uppta.eda taoo. Tisa wttasata enaie w'-ithsotut mty haintinr it toa thaema umyaael . I neavear wasa moare sunrprised in any lifa, nour did I evter aee a coan~ay aaf men~ amare a-o than theca. 15 ort 201 farmeaar-, whosa'e whole i heas hrad beena spenat in a~a bsrvinlg Itie phenomenutata or stosrmst. No onte aof themla hiada ever het-arad afsuc att athing beftore, nolr have I e-ver mel with any one who knew ofiane, aimilar. I, IIoswetver tinres yars tarter thsis, witnaessed a saoamewhaat siiiar incaiadent. in riading lthrunghs theaa v:alley of te TIenanetse liiver, wsih a friend.il Alter aifno asf thioas atteaen a-t-rs wet saw n v ividl ratinbow, w~ih it-a limb resting in a corn~ fail, a hund red yard. distant. These are facts I cannot account fur, and1 I leave themn to the f an entma. first ainbitious struggles for excellence and success among his fellows. Bird nesting gave way to Euclid and idle strollings through the. scented woods to scanning the Bucolics. For a long time my gentle playmates of the sun and flowers gave way to black-letter folios and smoky lamp. light. I thought Ihad almost forgot. ten these once beloved children of the Free Life; but no sooner had 1 returned among them with some leisure on my hands, than my old love returned-my old passion broke forth once more with a deeper and widening enthusiasm. Every living thing came to me now with lives that bore a higher meaning, gleams of which were beginning to visit me. It wus no lunger as an idle boy, or a sportsman merely, that Iwent fortli into nature-it was a naturalist, in earnest for facts! The Principia bad cured me of romance, and I was wild for demonstration. An accident, about this time, attracted my attention to humming birds in particular again. Entering the library one morning, I saw, tc my delight, a humming bird fluttering against the upper part of a window, the lower sash of which was raised I advanced softly, but rapidly a. possible, and let down the sash I had been tttught the necessity of snel caution long age, by a bittei experience, for out of niore than t dozen I had attempted to catch in thi, very rootn-to which they were enticed by the vases of flowers withir - had not succeeded in keepin one alive bleyond a moment or tw( after I hadlseized it-for, if startled too suidenly, ero there hid beer time enough for them to ra :i eIeception of the glass, t. i flew against it with such vi.i to kill themselves;-thu imy :!,isi eagerness had alwa4 4;ddi X 4 war-z most - cov , jto! seemed already mine. This time, however. I succe< in scuring an uninriemdi cap:tj:e which, to my inexpre. e delight proved to be one of the uby tha species-the most splendid and di minutive that comes north of Florida !t immediately suggested itself to m< that, a mixtuire of two ports refinet loaf-sugar, with one of fine honey, it ten of water, would make about th< nearest approach to the nectar o flovKers. While mv sister ran t< prepare it, I gradually opened m3 hand to look at my prisoner. and sayi to my no little amusement as well a, surprise, that it was actually 'playin, possom'-feigning to be dead mos skillfully! it lay on my open pain motionless for some minutei, during. which I watched it in breathless cu riosit.y. I saw it gradually open it bright little eyes to peep whether th way was clear, and then close then slowly as it caught my eye upon it but, when the ialinifacturod neetai came, and a drop was touched gentli to the point of its bill, it caie to lif very suddlenly, and, in a moment was on its legs, drinking with eager gust< of the refreshing draught from silver tea-spoon. When sated,i refused to take more, and sat ureche' with thie coolest self-compsure ont m~ finger, and~ phnnmied itself q1uito as artistically as if on its favorite' spray I was enchanted with the hold innocent conifidence with v~ hich i turned up its keen, black eye to suar vey us, as nmuch as to say, "Well good folk- who are you?' TIhus, in less than: an hour, thi apparently taimelessa ridler of th<i winds, was perched, pleasanitly chir pilng umpon my finger, mandm receivet its food1 with edlifying eafgernes~s froni my sister's hand. It seieed comn pletely domensicated from the mnin~.eni that a taste of its natural food rea suredh it, arnd left no room to doubt our b~eing friends. By thie next day it would come from any part of eithe: room- -alight upon the side of a whit< China cupI, conitaiining the miixture, and druink eagerly withI its long~ bitl th rust int'o lie very base, after the mannier of the doves. It would ahilih on our: lingers, anmd seem to talk withi us, endearingly, in its soft chirps, Indeed, 1 never sa anly creature se thoroughly tamedc~ in so shourt a timn before. T1his state of things continued sonie three weeks, whlen I ob'served it beginning to lose its vivacity. resorted to every expedient I could think of; offered it small insects, &c. but with nio avail; it would not toucl them. We at length caine to the melan, cholv conclnsion. that we must o hhe, resign ourselves to see it jie, or let q it go. This last alternativq cost my b sister some bitter tears. fWe had i made a delicate little cage br it and had accustomed it to roo ing and 11 feeding in it while loose i t rooins, a and I consoled her with the ope that f perhaps it might return to be cage I as usual, even when hung ii the gar- I den. The experiment was tried. a The cage was hung in a lilac bush, C and the moment the door was opened, x the little fellow darted away out of < sight. My heart sank within me, T for .1 could not but fear that it was i gone forever and my poor sister sob- 1 bed aloud. I comforted her as best I might, and though without any hope myself, endeavored to fill her with it and divert her grief by occu pation. So we prepared a nice new cup of our nectar-hung the cage with flowers-left the door wide open, I and the white cup Invitingly conspic. 1 uous--then resting from our labors, withdrew a short distance -to the foot of a tree, to watch the result. We waited for a whole hour, with strain. ing eyes, and, becoming completely dis raged, had arisen from the grass, and were turning to go, when my sister uttered a low exclamation "Whist! look brother!' The little fellow was darting to and fro in front of his cage; as if confused for a moment by the flower drapery; but the white cup seemed to over come his doubts very quickly, and, with fluttering hearts, welaaiw him settle upon the cup as of od, and while he drank, we rushed )ightly forward on tiptoe to secure We were quite rebuke&-,' oui r want of faith, when -the ing e, )timl t. after deliberatel ng i t 1111a 1ht. l, ke : r rn'd farces w.ith the qu: w- .:v i~on VV enquily. I - ee ia people Ij I felt ' rw! ..ramd. that I ira inediately threw .- :Il door PgSin 6and0 let him) . 'tic re- 1, f Itie Any rset; I t, li I otserved iin playing with somne of the wild birds, I concluded to shut him up for a week or two longer, when he returned as usual, to roost that night. While out, it had evidently found the rest. orative for which it had been pining, F and what that might be I now deter mined, if possible, to discover. The necessity of having a pair of the young birds that I might be enabled to study their habits more effectually, became now more fully apparent; for I knew, however tame our bird m1ight he now, that if it happened to meet with its old mate, or a new one, it would be sure to desert us, as a inatter of course. Young ones, raised by myself, I could trust. Chance favored me somewhat strangely about this time. I had been ourt sqiuirr el shooting early one 3weltering hot morning; and, on my return, hIad thrown myself beneath the shade of a thick hickory, near the banrk of a creek. I lay on my baick, looking listlessly out across th'e stream, when the chirp of the humrminig bird, and its darting form, reached my senses at the same instant. 1 was sure I saw it light upon the limb of a small irorn-wood tree, that happened to be exactly in the line of my vision at that instant. - This tree leanevd over thre water a coinsiderable distance. I throughrt of Le! l'alent amnd watchred steadi ly. Iin abourt five mrinutes, another, an~d another bird darted in. I raw this one drop urpon what seemed to be a knot on anr anglo of the limb. I heard the soft chirping of greeting, anid love: I could searcely contain myn self n ithr joy. I would have given anyvthinrg in thre world to have dared to scream-- 'i've got you myvself got y'ou at lasit!' liy a great strugrgle, 1 chioaked down my exstacy and kept still. One of them now flew away; anid, after waiting fifteen minute's thrat seemned a week, I rose, and with eye steadlily fixed upon that implorthant limb, I walked slowly down the bank w'thout, of coursne, seeing whlere plamced rmy feet. liut, thre highest hropes arc somnetimres doomed42( to a fall, and a fall mine the with a vengeanee! I caughrt m~y foot in a root, arid tumbled hieadi forenmost down had bank into thre water! I surpprose such a duicking vould have cooled thre enrthusiasrm of most bird nresters; but it only exasperated mine; I shook eff tire water anrd vowved I'd find that nest if it took me 'a week: but hrow to be,;n was the uestion. I bad lost the limb, and ow was I to find it among an undred others just like it. The knot I had seen was so exactly ike other knots, upon other. limbs It around it, that Ahe prospect of inding it seemed a hopeless one. 3ut "Ill try, sir!' is my favorite motto. laid myself down as nearly as pos ible in the position I originally oc upied-but, after some twenty ninutes experiment, came to the con lusion that my head had been too nuch confused by the shock of my all and ducking, for me to hope to nake much out of tnis method. Then went under the tree, and commen. :ing at the trunk with the lowest inb, which leaned over the water, I 'ollowed it slowly and carefully with ny eye out to the extremest twig, ioting carefully everything that ieemed like a knot. 'lhis 1 reduced 1o satisfactory result after a half an 3our's trial, and with an aching neck I gave it up in despair, for 1 saw half a dezen kdots, either one of which 3eemed as likely to be the right one as the other. I now changed my tactics again, and, ascending the tree, I stopped with my feet ipon coch one of these limbs and looked down along its length. It was a very tedious proceeding, but I persevered. Knot after knot deceived me, but, at last, when just above the middle of the tree, I caught a sharp gleam aniong the leaves, of gold and purple, and looking down upon the last limb to which I had climbed-almost lost my footing for the joy -when I saw about three feet out from where I stood, the glistening back and wings of the little bird just covering the top of one of those mysterious knots tha Wt w Al"t the 1s.e' Cf half a hen's Iy *js g;inieir..g head, lots; bl~ end keenl eVs, W l tmed ifuwarde and -perfaeAd still, exce t the 11t te. with the most u It seemed W0:h ateO not the slightst intention of movitii?,"ond 1 d have disturbed it for the wer!d. 1: %%as Plutiiee deligh1zt t-' me g.Ze_ Col my long soughut trensures. Its pure white breast-or thrent, rather-for the breast %as sunk in the nest foimed such a sweet 'nd innocent contrast with the slendor of its back, head and wings! This is the most common variety with us, and is about a size larger than the scarlet throat.* 1 could see that this wonderful, little creature, had not only formed the outside of its nest to correspond in shape and size exactly with the natural knots on other limbs-but hod so skilfully covered the outside with the same kind of moss which grew upon them, that no eye however practiced, could have discovered the deception from benoath. Having gratified my curiosity as far as pru dent, without running the risk of driving her from the iest, I desc -nded cautiously and ran home with tho news; and great was the joy thereut between my little playmate and myself. N~ow came the anlxioius time for us; we were dy ing to get a sight of the eggs, and yet aft aid to disturb the birds. I conqtuered this difficulty at last, by j atien~ce. I found, after watching for several mornings, that they' bothi left. thre nest on warmt dlays about lnOn, at1(1 were gone SOmectimes near an hour. We~ took this op portunity, and having clitrnbed up finrt, so as to show her, my sister fi-l lowed-the girls used to climh like squirt els, in Kent ucky, in may young dlays!---nd mniy were the expres sions of chilish delight, as she peered over and saw those thiee little eggs----ahuut the size of black oyed pens ---lying like snowy pearls, (if it diamonds, as I used to expect,) emb~eddedi in a fairy case, all lined with cygnet-dlown, or the delicate tloss of eltin-hiair. We did not touch, or even bireathec on it, anid descended riuickly, lest the ol bids should find us there. I was~ unexpretedly compelled to lenti e home nhout1111% tis time, iandl my otr promhised ihit she would not dis mn hi the nest ti'! my rem irn. A frer an, IIn.. ern d detetio hn of thiree wee ks, I gott back, and ihn first ibinrg thle next morning" we were on our wray, with, mahnry migimgs, to visit our t reiasures. I elimbimel the tree, nrid to moy inifiire oishjj~fm 1: two hirds, entiirelv i l led ho es, nndc in siuch full usizo an~d pierfect plumange that I thoueht I must hiiave comoi too Into, andm that theso were ih old ones. Trhiey looked at ma ims boldly as I have seen young eagles look unflichingly, on the intrruder mnto their I!vrin_ I derrmined to onimn the capture, t-.any rate, and reaulied my hand towards them with a gradual and alme stiimperceptible movement. They watched its approach with no sign of fear, and when I had approached it within an inch one of them boldly pEcked at it, as it descended, gently covering them &s they sat. I shouted for joy. 'I ha've them! I have them?' and then such dancing and clapping of hands as there below. 'Hurry! hurry, brother! I want to see them. I want to see! I want to see!' For a wonder, I got down without breaking my neck. I had, with slight "iolence, taken the nest. with the birds. from the limb entire. They made not the slightest effort to esenpe, nor did they seem in the least frightened. We hurried away, lest we should witness time stifi-ripgs of the bereaved pair, Whom we had thus ruthleshiy robbed of home and young. ~ ~ - -- . ---0. ~ ~ ~ The Dog of Brussels. The following Narrative (says Chambers) I became acquainted with during a visit with my wife to Brussels, in the year 1887: After visiting many of the interest. ing objects the pleasant capital, Brus sels, offers to the notice of strangers, my companion and I turned our steps towards the Chamber of Deputies. This building is extensive, and occu. pies three sides of a square, the fourth being open towards the parks. There is a large, smooth court in front, which forms a pleasant prom enade; but, in one corner of it, and somewhat marring the stateliness of the scene, I noticed a common little wooden dog-kennel, which I suppos. ed to belong to a watch-dog. Humble as was-this little tenement, it was connected with an incident, obtwich I Lad th followk ing history from my loquacions conductress. 'lhere,' she saidi, 'in this Mace the battle, the g Was we wl French and Belgian blood." Just thel a shozg'y looking dlog, snmewhat re~shing a lbrge terrier, bnt, as I thought, an ugly specimen of his race, walked slowly towards us. He looked good natured, and I stooped to pat him. 'Ah!' said the old wo mai, 'he may be caressed now with safety, as he is not on tle opot.' 'What spot?' I inquired; and, in re ply, site told me the following anec dote: 'In the revolutionary army that assembled to oppose the Dutch who invaded our city in the month of September, 1880, was a young French officer, who, wherever he went, was followed by the dog you see. The T.oor lad was in the thick. est of the fighting, on the fatal 21st, and fell, covered with wounds, on a spot which I shall show yu.' She led me towards the centre of the court, but the dog went before, and lay down near a smooth stone, looking up at us with an expression of fierce defiance. 'Ah, poor fellow!' said the old Ia dy, 'w'r not going to disturb you. Don't go near him, madame, while lie's there. That was the spot where his master's dead body lay, and he sat beside it, licking the bleeding wound. At length it was removed for burial, but the dog followed it, and tayed three days beside the grtave. At the end of that time, lie returned here, and lay down where you see him now, growling savagely, and attacking any one who tried to dhislOdge him. Some of tho peoplo abouit bent him withI sticks, and drove him away; thte next day he returned, hut was again cruelly hunted off. When h~e camne back thte third time he was worn out to a skeleton from fatigue andl hunger, and looked as if he would never rise again from his master's death place. My husband and I had gone away for a while. or we would niot hav-e suffered the crea ture to be ill-treated; but one of the directors, who is a humane man, chanced to pass b~y just as a rabble of boys were preparing once more to torture the poor, faithful dog. He immediately dispersed them, and, htaving inquired into the circumstan ces connected with thte animal, he ordered that lie should never be mo lested, that the kennel which you see shiould be built for haim, and pro eured a small sum to be allowed weekly for his maintenance. He soon recovered his strength, and you may see, by his appearance, that he is taken good care of. Indeed, he is well known in the town; and the little masters and misses that play In the nark dolieht in hrinwing him iweet cakes, of which Ib. Fond. However, they well that, although he I lamb while is walkin they must never AttemW" Mim when lying on his 4,9 "h from which, indeed, he ne one direction more than ards. Many of bis young have tried to -entice him to ? distance; and we have someti lowed him to be hungry, ad axed him off with his most W food, but in vain. Hea*l' back, and lay down whefeh4 4 fell. Seven years have away, but it is still the dumb creature never forgetO. Z During my stay at 1 ten walked by this place, anias missed the dog from his a haunt, nor saw him pass the posed limits mentioned by ten womar. Her story was me by others, so that I- ai!* s reason to doubt its truth. Id*.'bId know the name oft- dogof sels; his faithful limbs have no long ere now mingled with Aho 4 but memory often redala te t his enduring love. Perchance the tidingsOfhis y master's fall brought darknesstil: chambers of some ,vine.toIreedQ 4' tage of France, robbed faIrWA % their smiles, and co1ere~d forms with the garb o wept and lamented; hat a oax ed over, and the brother aM d laughed and convesed as The vacant place of the deqd* longerneeded. Anothex I his'fair aflanced, one - r* - hershrideve tno t t sorrowmg~ _ httaued to lonely and often, ngo &Aor woId serve--to ,raw Bnt, al ctber times, the we smile, pleased and con though that sharp sorrowiotbt ment had never been fel brothers and sisters bad' ench still-the fair betrothed id lover-the nother hadmneny the dog had bit one niatei and faithfulto the en th cy that knows no change,Atbat creature's cold vigils on th Brussels put evermore to sh4"I.GWY vaunted human Woieh- aix~t Journal. Hard of Uer 'I have a small bill against said a pernicious-looking collector he entered the store of one W bad acquired the character of a hai tomer. 'Yes, sir, a very fine day ind was th eply. am not of a but of your bill,' said Peter, in.3a key. 'It would ho better if we hada I. tie rain.' 'Confound the rain,' continued thy collector, and raising his vote~ 'giv. you any money on your bI?' 'Beg your pardon, eir, Ii fl hard of hearing. I have tmnaJ' rule not to loan my fuuide toa~n~ -and I really don't recge 'I'm collector for the Daily, Extnguisher, sir, and ta~ bill against you,' persisieOgd ~ o. tor, at the top of his voic~~ the bill, and thrusting it in of the debtor. 'I have determined to endose o no one; you may put yourto m.t your pocket; I cannot~z~~u endors 't.' 'Co' und the endosep n you pay it 1' 'You'll pay it neo ek there is also seone ris~k inm ters, you knog, soe sir. 'The-rnmey mst b wo,'k not enders fo o... .dmy store seeldzm'n p ed for un ,endoeentnee friends-on the a f sir, it's inexplicable rme to put yorn out~ eave 1i Cs.' *And the bill was wtimu td R&tinguisher o~ic.,e confouned den tb in~& A onderstand)''