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nA EANEOU$ 9 I ALIFE. un' t 0 isaq~iet. illa vne ni.W ithirteen' Y 6 odt eii fivei miles. 41'~ siULter dealer) ~eve4n arsided there,. ,e d.; toi ehe honest, ill Sd Orthy:. people. i i h f amily was an inter .~gtl n _Nlinheth; who, in h yt ief 4ur: - tale. ti-d'elidil this girl gave Witipai'im iniml. At the 'he'ver took a fore Sti kt eigllt fr,: nine years n pmoy yts no retentive -egcuently sent for to 'jybitA~ttori befoi'o nnmer Qmp ie' At ten sie w b ~il~ht 6O caie of Mr. Os ~ tl~~ vila ke selt'oolmaster, i ~tftdersand, is a good schiol tesive readler) who: soon hhbtdliispapil was a1 girl of 6ii.ability. She ails at biv e It stulies, 'and whilst oth. J! Pa woul. be closely. mI ing ove the 1 books thiat Oehone's librarvil d tiagcalpoinlts; shie elf acnai ited witih the 1ih history 2with parts a0, -at the ago. of tlie school froin ill d, it? ,isfab, by too to her studies. I Ier su d te shape ofC a Spinal bli heb hal tile best ic n a ~e(I ( ltly.. It T Ak llospital,ii h -eiiiail44 about awlcl jaw: set in, rit was alleged, of the 9wm She lived on t~it~eng oured down her rideat was hiily'ex lie~ owevere, to the a s wi bf er friends and thte Irrthinuede to: iv on, al lwissaid she:<did not take a ~ ~i4~oAf solid food. A t mid ~ ini~r~451~, she t-ecovered from '~~I~~JaW int it w.as alleged that hf' deafntess, faculties ~ dial nt regain. in whieb shte had lived te be talked of, and some ex Stcenienutiwas occasioned amongst the es'p iof theo neighbornin~g, v'illage-s.- - t botthis time~jho writiings lit hes bof the child. occasioned ~ ~ rsileral iitetrest,' which was * i 'enesdb the assetion that she itb 11food P er-soins living i Pteti'nhml apr 9 eupyrted on her bed hy pil ~AW ~wqwut acounteance which most * Ie ti alled *angelie,' but which ~rirfhny was reimar-kable fo~r its sin S ~ Mydevotional cast, andi for the ~ ~~at ;nllgecnce which beamed from ~~ Y~ a hoei i, vois alledged shte e e eyes remtained li'itt e decfect cold~ be .vPitfiWeh '.o her visitors thisofdiwithsher sihe would it'neJ~xnting her deafness and handidie b~ ybat she learned du * igiealh #6etoho ,tools she had to nruk duse pfyduring her illness.' Iyery .hpur that passed awvay add. ~d the excitemnent, atid rpreadl her fan dviler anid wider from hter na tI4 Ilii * At all ho>urs of the (lay , 96014their way to her cot A a n ad no soonter had they gazedl techid thtan they wero interest ~ pthi-n :interest that had a 1ei~ili of mystery in it, whten asue that nearly 'two ~t~1t pntile of food had Btte moment ~h~~P'o s~peak she fairly on. ~jiti.~yiypties tf hie hear 6 Uikl6asXhe~ Weto to sotlve 'sical probfem 4 they werec ~hs nable to accounit ifor the ex a~rry 8sKtatces thltshet ut ter 4 aP~h thgin ost part her iremai'ks treligioms sihjects,soni u hieh esd jceanit with a bau mty of pwer of thought, anJ~ do ~ 4~9~itplto which old divines Iii Ii3K'i the proetenusion, and 1. 9%otngfrom 80 yunig a1 - n9~ufe-e tolthe who le % I y~ hearts of rr '' 44 DEVOTED TO those wl.o hungir upon her lis; whilst h'6r argmintents fo: th,- inspiaotipi of tile sciptur es, her dternitibus f truth ai faiti, %ver so beautifully rende cJ, and wer~ vitial so pointed con Vincinig,l ib I. hhcial, tal t she. caie to be renarded. as a being who IUmd some direct, inission to accomplish on hel alr of Deity. Perhaps nothing could well bc finer than her appeals to those -whom she deemed to be followers of the worid; S11 powerful were they, and so touch ing were the prayers sh1 put forth in their behalf, that at times the wIle1 co Mpany wiild be bathed in tears, some of them heing in an agony of' mini, and others partaking of the etherial fire that seemed to beam from her soul. But her intellectual and 'devotinual powers were develop ed to their utmost whenever scepties or infidels were within range of her voice. Against these she woul dis chat. rge a whole park of scr-iptural ar tilllery, drawing her alinmtition from every p wtion of the Bible. 11er on slaughts upon such beings were posi tively overwheling, while her own appeals to truth, and her arguments in- favor of it dispayed a large -grasp of thiglit, extensive scriptural kiioivledge, And an apparently entire devotoin to, its elaims.. Imposition s.eumoe'to be the thing wybich she most abhorred, id . appearo . to be the eriind 'which, in her ja1g ment, would draw down the eseceial veil gceancte of heaven. It will excite but lit le suri.r'e when we say. these extraordiiiary at tributes of so; young a itol occa sioied the greatest astomishment, and hrought to her bedside mnzy lin. hAr of erI-o- f all slations'of life. n f whom ecii.. fa.tn-Ar--diT Iuje,. ~ iti secular subjects, also. her remarks were el arly and power liii!i. 1!i~PtL n!%vp, r~ . nn;ats p&'e~ an mftimaite aequaplaniene wvtf 1i1 topii oi u tichi sh11e dwelb. She would deat upin dilferenit ptinits in his. tory, and state the beauties andi fail ures of the entire catalogue of Eng' lish poets. It. is scarely poissib!e to relate thie deen feelings of interest whieb shte occaionoed, but we inia'v say that she tho(rougly won orer th~e symplathies of thosie who sa w her, the great mnaj 'rity of whom could hard ly qjuestion: that one who spoke so beau tilidly, so seciipturally', andi' so power ifully on religious subjects cotibl be dleceivinig them whben she statedi that foir nearly two years she had lived exclusiively on suction, and th~at for weekhs together the q~Iuntity she' took was only rutlicienit to mioisteni her lips. 11er l arents were equally astontishedi withI others, a tel evenl emntly piotested that her aisser-tins re~garthing abhstinience froma food were rnigiously correct. I [er statement regarding herself antd her alledged peculiar coniditioni was, that she nad seeni a visioni of an gels, one of which number had consented to becoite her constant at tendanit and guardiam. L.:st she should not be believed, she frequent. ly pr-ayed earnestly that God would grant to heri anmiliher visitors somse immediate miaifehstationi whieb should convince all that she was reallyv the object of God's especial f~av..r.~ Af ter a time her prayver was answered in this wise :whilst her v sitors were deeply engaged in devotional exerei se's, a ringing noise was heard as if proceedling Irmn a small tunibler glass that stood some distance fromn her. TIhe sou~nd excited the atIten tion of those who wer*ie present, who listenied in wonder to her statemient that, whenever it soundied, it wvas Swept by the im isible wings of the angel that attended heir,-and was a direct imanifestation fro:n heaveun of' the presece of Godl. Ofteni and of Ltn did this my sterious ring'inig occnr -and al ways whlen they were moost devout-biut the visitors were uniable to account for it. Shie often, altiough deaf, cx pressed much anxiety that it shoualdi ring an id aller i t peculiar solunds had been heart1, she seemed hat hedl in a sort of etheiereal inspi ra tion, during which her thoughts flow. ed from her lips, brithieied withi de votiona andi refligiouis zeal. Duin ig a coinsitriable part of her peculiar state, she gnve ev'idenice of grea'. sen sibility of touch, being as it was as se rtedo, enabiled tot rea- I any pe'~rson's letter.s hv iunin g her Iinuger io(ver the lines, an-d decip1hie sing by the al1 lege Iinc ieas the phl'negr-aphiic chr ile ts that woro printed en letter wa ies. - Amiongst those who visited hiei ; d '*n rk o~e h sr~d beten, and, caI6 a-dnv: V:V that _ it was fliysicallir tellatdfly and religiousy a genIin e ease. Rather moi r thanthrge innths sice she and her parents stated that the milk eensett to afford1 he.r any naour ishment, and thatpi ndfact, firni. that time she left off taki g any stisten nce at all, neither food nor ilrink pasltd eir lips. Visitor's csoely wiatched her, and were ctvinced that she was really living on from week to week, whihout partaking of maiy nourishment. Meanwhile, the tum bier continued to ring miore fregnent ly, her thouhtts burned with warmer devotional fite. her prayers seeedto go direct from her lips . to heaven. while her angel seemed at her heek and call to lulfil any manifestation, anid to occaision any influence she de sired. The excitement out of' doors, and throughout nany parts of the country, was now at fever heat. - Medical men, clergyciam , dissenting twsters, carriage aristocracy, gig, cart and foot folk alike shared in the intense desire to gaze otn this extra ordinary child, and to listen to -ie words which fell from her with as mudh weight as if she reatlyhad itn disputable. credentials that she was an oacle from' heaven. On bein . 'isked wher and how this rbstie sceneC would end, she replied, 'Oh n my triumphiant entrance into glo ry.' Some gentlemen in i psw-ih, who had become d ieeply interested in the case, at length became inaerested in the case, at length felt that it ws 'pit-4aie-ths tamaystemva tiu e tfort should be ma de to tes t i t 'icj itf44 lest extent. Thousands. of pieoidle ad prnposed to gun an omnibusfroi I a wich ad Wioodbaidge to Shot tishaml. T1hese igentleimn judgeui .that an eight dlay's trial would( settle the mait ter as to whether or not shie par took of any nourishmvenit. Accord ingly, two females of good chlae ter werec selected -at the earnest en treaty of the father of the gi l-who were instructed to keep watch over hrfreight days and' eig"ht nighs it beiiig an i nttnthat the room shol never be left, without one of them being pi esent. Thre i-e weeks since they commenced their task, r cei vmg their instrucitions from a medical muan, and at the end of einlht days returned to I pswich, declarin that the child had inot ha-I anything to its lips during the whole termn, anid that they were thoroughly coin vined it was a genimne case. This, howev'er, did not fully- satisfy the gentlena alluded to; the thing was now univcersallyv talked of in these localities. and 'it was determin-i ed to spar nio pains to test it tr its utmost. They formied thems lves in to a committee of eigh t per-sons, and drewv up reguvlatio~ns frr their gui dlance; onio was that-fo.r eight days nd Tights she sld never be left iunwatched; an ani o her was, that each gentleman n guard should make a written entry of the events that occurr-ved eveiry hour, and that lie should signm his namein to it. (Thlis commvittee will not make their report until the evening of tis day. The facts we subjoin, therefore, arc not received direct fromi any of theiir Inumber, but we thtink we may gua antec their sti-ict corr'tectness.) . On Saturdaiy week, A ugust :21st, this Iwatch commvrencejd, arnd went on wih out the slightest thing to excite any suspeion, exeptintg a little restless ness, until the e veninig of the follow ing Thursday, when Messers. Pit cairn and Burton (hooksellers were relieved by th~e Revdb. Webb andl IWhithy. Th'lo formuer gentleman had long been a sceptic in the matter, tad on entering thle reoma, though t ha dis covered on unpleasanit smell.- ie left for an houir's wialk, leaving Mr-. Whitby in charge. Th'le father (lhen enitered, and comi lained of the want of faithi which the watchers in char-ge manife-stedl, and then sugg ested that t hey should seek thie blessings of G od. lie ivmediately knelt dowin and prayed with great ap l'atent eai-nestiesns and soeimnityvn at co.'ider-able length. Mr. Whit by was close t6 the bed, aind dIur ing the pr-ayer noticed somo agita tion of the clothes. W\hen Mr-. W~ebb returned, Mr. WVhitby rmwn tioned ihis suspicious, and he insisted -m ot ioda g~a4ei ptiot' vhentt te le-gan lwuo, anr d eet W&re talnstinrse'of wite hm. he irrgstiscs *rgt statd to ey sul~reonMboal detrn ed)on1 instituing. frit'ie sah larincely'o tAene o ' or oni wtinet* hebolt'h ho'et, ba senue th asidtac df coveedl h'eneecn teI)fOld'sain n body, hi.h'one of thmstuses' wie. dsttedly thedi sgons' 3 : astr i aledged instantly a outrserc i havee it,oai the n.w i. ' t Foridothe ieaf chi'dufa tt haveij nrsl, bnd ata ent~ aihe wa bud the( hild. it eat~ relsinn sand inodW, wihon yot wi ou mnst. Thirget n l undiod fthPe parcels and aound ~rdit tnitl ofle NIit scoe o I-, ampkinot wcttIpa ut ust anthe itcoturd the pare~. int,' sad the tw 1crs;ee hanle in. Of05course t uto osent it ded in thae f, Viai df the nrens.,an The motenth iubdl'e th chisd . At ofiet rmesintion cu.id ritae e hsurgeo did el non ittenyi o. h erbota s ;Ie o n aonyof s wetr s ouemnly roeslthe utea he rents O ctrha the utpkn Iost. hsereat.nd hats daicte an he f aes mtnea. bent. Tandh tliy enun it's en ledtebr childftee at thie imposition ould rit ,Il have bee cri.idtr he*iti ,iuter Itgs ni 'u e totie eee mitie that the nadin athue, und \10 on dy wih Tues a, Wednesdy,-tto and liht sdo, rsie had h ad ncl r ni noir rp han fd found ci :nhe dng. 'y thomke afrtheri exfeeanin he nimupo.sition a 'ndtany o was epiteisun'-h'ae ii .to rets. 'hea this 0 comeionit'wia ld' ter tha ii more aifav c l ut wosdy Puesdy oplenwilsling ne iteis nithr * any feood found v h1 iiib de w li c Ale t hirou soitee -vti e dinsulitinhg,er anr iisi-o ion s tis-le thhee eviideieof the ciite ht wor fCir as aIsphemos at the'e Wo ineed~ anl atdd thaii i isy beltle-. hsea te (irp li nseeml tha he leg abity r ac writ withr XigersEh i diputeI is'vh als o lve aehe i a eron it'dhe on ion reganlid ihe cl e ac em ar ely herai ld.o sh isil psi o that ain th rigin of, i theats he ilgdanugi t to atrtn .whehasing hithbee room a*i lass hear, mnii conich as fegentl h other bed, and iontl wh ih s he was veryI ha fi . plying thouiig hwe rinno lcive wa, we ligLht tshe aoulde take ln noiie that she conEp~i 'lid not her bei tatd oni is the meians hiv whihi the ringinag is iccasioned's-thatt in lien oft the inivisible angel's winigs she toiiched it uinder t he lbed cltes withilhe her visitors weie ab 'oriled iin their devotjions. EIt:A.mON Or Hoys.-We know not whio is iho antheir ot the follow. ing paragraphi, but it contains sound senitiimeiis w'hich onght to be treis nred uip by every parent anid guard ian in uhie hand: "'Every boy shioub have his bead, his heart aiid his band educated. Let this truith niever lie foirgotton. By the~ propeIIr education of the headit, he will be taught w hiat is good and( what is evil, what is wise and ,what is foolish, what is irigh t and what is wrong. .ly the proper education of' the heart, lie will be taught to love what is good, wiso and~ right, andi to hate what is evil, foolish and wvrong. And by properV education of the hiand, lie will he enabledl to sup. plhy his wants, to ridd to his~ comnforts, andl~ to assist those around him. The highest objects of a good education, aie, to revereiico and obey God, and to love and serve manikindl. Every. thing that hlps us in attaining these oibjecUts is of great value, and every thing that hinders us is comparative ly worthlhess. When wisdom reigns - - - 4; 0~ A BDad porr ar e o t -an Ak NOW 'Th0 child wi so likotit lttl aulng that nri- abrahad hfW~t heart frrenihth lli ' 'The onljr beati s sh sed~ vero an LxedAn -tn'sren skin, and tie rhos uournfiile;Mlao lhe eye t ste-n, stict, o nsieuitios anoer but I wasi ai ad lanrboisng after every shooke Masfdunecoul'd not daunt y though disciylind.tamed me. I faiiil ls; that I rnust.g through thenmeo routihe 'with .iI1is1 delicate creatu're, so~ 'onddayi vhlit she had dlipleaedynao' exceedil by rop'eting an nne4.was mined-to pumnisl'her severely. Idas very serious ')lda i4nd uipoi~ seid4 ig her to dr litte NonchI I tii 'now,', my daungter tQ nisylii and show you how ei-E(ttib.i ty'you haflve been I shall liot-' ks nou to-night. She stcod 1o4,kin at nea~ N ment, pe'sonitied-ath he- eit mouinful eyes wide open. I sti9os. ed she had 1,rkottetbet miseojlit till then; anid fleft he ,tith th b ig tears dlropyin~dwn her "-' ~'rarl her little red hysiinves . raratlylI was senti, Oh! ammua, you wzu kid te; I can't go to sleep if you don t'4t She robbed-every stone N' her voief 'trembling.e an sle feldicte lr dite hands. Now canme theh- g lbetueen love and Wh'at 1 filsey termne~dufty. MyS iert said 'gie hertlae kiss'of. pent re ;ts at. mest ubni siv d 1: il; anui Iremnembere~d how Tten I hiad thaked.my iotherh sin eTfo hi straight-foriard es dt-se I knelt by her bdside. " other can't kiss you, Ellen I whispe 'el, though every word choke'd ner' Iica" hand touched mine; it wa very hol., but I attributed it to her excitement. She turnaed el' little grieving face to the wall. I blamred myself asth fragile form shook with hf-urp ress. ed sobs. and saying, mother hopes her ittle Ellen wtill learn to mind her after this, leftthe room for the nighat.' It might have been aboit twelve, when I was awakened by niy nurs A pprehensive, I ran eagerly to the child's chamber. 1 had and a fear ful dream. Ellen did not know me; she was sittlig up. crimsoned fromn the fore head to the that her eyes so bright that I al'.ew *drew back aghast at their guii;.-h. From thaL i gh a raging fever drank up her life; anid whiat thainak you wvas the incessant plainit poured ianto mny anguished hieart ?-Oh, kiss ane, mother- do kiss mec-I can't go to sheep. I woin't be naughty if you'll only kiss me. Oh! .kiss me, dlear nmamman, I can't go to sleep!.' Iholy little ange'l! she didi go to sleep one gaey morning, and she ne a er wuo again-naever!-I11er hand was locked in amir.e, and my veins grew icy with its gradual chill. F'aiantly the light faded out in haer beautiful eyes-whiter and whiter grew theo tremulous lips. She never knaew me; hut with her last breath shea whiispered, 'I will be good, if you'll onily kiss me. Kiss her! God knows haow passion. ate, but, unavailing, were my kisses upon her check after that fatal night. God knows how wild wecre my prayers that she might know, if but -oee that I kissed haer. God knows how I would have y'iehled up my ve ry life, could I have asked forgiv ness of that sweet child. Well! grief is all unavailing nowv. She lies in hor little tomb, thaere is a miarble urn at her head, and a rose hush at her feot; there grow sweet flowers; there waves the gentle grass; there birds sinag thieir ijiatins an r~1 espers; there the blue sky smiles down to-dlay, and there lies bu ried the freshaness of my heart. Parents, you shnouldi have heaurd the pathos ina thne voice of that stricke en motlar, as she eail, T1here,,aro pilanats that springw inato greater vig~or if' the heavy pressure of a/Thootstep crush them; but, old the are others that evena tho perils. o5e noiahat dewv end'. to th earl-t P.P ?~ oln . in r,. an ly c INet u iaV 1tidir raityo ird a or~ ~ .c6Vl ions ta aitjas an 10beat tihn aives has seen b ie I t them in as ith n dors9fapt caris-, o rentre ur cihase them b. ..a . ondh6 leveernat Nele Orleans Tild ad ben i tlhly terui n voda - Rsesn., muue b yun go1~i. nr,n hun tiliiid' ,exas, .to fr O0s n ' f paeka~ frmtpost fie'r - ig datte lvspect ofa in ler ~tyjn pemaps op t packap eagerly and' unt, n th frog wihlyhops out ~n exceklent, health, ujoti theoi?'A honede fr:M ,, simhplyI a r htnlessfr wI veiyplortenitous horns It 6as h11 biause ejeryuan .:.. tregs, .s-urb paeis --and niti ye h oithlii rould mxerye: o ifief bl b" s he are ontWvt a Bomin'hrei ncihes r g.?Yia e; verh.apt'dtputr1le ripoeyrmface in the-towel which'you a pp y tliegefo after ivashinig. rVfyi do, jt \i finid the sting aihout etqual it te was-noliihig worse. Tho aie far les-oisonons than t iescor pio of the East-'-in fact1 noie cept niew comer9 dread thelii atll But the Ctaraitula Youi remem ber .the astonisit' elaicity with which yoinprani i'the air that time you were Jubt on thel point e putting yours raided fooi u~w 'Uon asnake coiled. jib your :pith.'o were frigine:'ed-through every'/fi bro of' your 'body. Very probably the srnake was as harmless as it was beautiful.' Spring as high, be asit terly frightenied' as possible, wheti you just avoid stopping upon a taran tula, however.' Filth y1othsotine, aibomihable and poiseoud'.a~crish it to atoms' before you leave'it!' If you hiavei .~V~r seen it-know henc~tbi-h that it is an enormous sider-cong centrating in itself' all thje ,vehom 'and spite and ugliness of all othter spiders li ving.' It's body is some two inches long, black arnd 'bloatad> It enjoys the possession of; eigl tlegs, 'a red mouth, and an abundance of stiff brown hair' all ov-er itself. 'When staniding, it covers an area of a' sau eer. Attack it with a' stick, and it rears on its hind legs, gnashes at the stick, and fights like a fit~td. It ev en jumps forward a foot or t wo in its ratge-and, ifit-bite into a vein, the bite is death! I have been told, of the battle fought by one on board a steamboat."- Discovered at' the lower cnd of the saloon, it came hIotping up tho saloon; 'driving'the whole, body of passengers before .rt it almost drove the whole company, crew atnd all, over board. The first isaw wsas at thd houee of a friend, I spied it crawling blow ly over the wall, meditating murder upon The children playingv in the room. 1'hkesvely pr-udent in re gard to my fingers, I at last, 'howev er,' had it safely imnprispneW in a glash jar, unhut. There was 'a flawl in the glass -as welfaMs'~othrongli the cork, by $'hili it could breathie; but in ten Mijtes it was dead fri ragoe! Soon after I killidthrggp ont~i~ place, crawling' about.graund tr den oery iday by the'bare feel of my little boy. A taonth al killed a'whole nest of them. Thej had formed their famly acrcle un der a door-stop, upon which the afore said little fellow playnd laily. fl be seen one of' th'en Iewohida cortr jvekit" Qjas a-i itrd ' thne tits diassam dash and eBa'.x1 tels suroj j Tie tet oft ;~ ~e 'rom. In ar :f't te paed a~~s~j ter a n av enotbj4 in tbe~ srre to be :1re i~ 114 placel pars ate, atd lesa -ehposeen the pacue rorksd jnth p h~j basth ut ithe satrjeg 4 makes thi ji th belonecagv viy apse~i~j of oxesteca eamt ha drbink ~~ eposted tars tha tbning ildhod Iaek M t eradoathials this tu&i~ but a poor'nadte the santities mykeciyzthhr i~ jf enaitiaocn tve ar machinism of exime oe mirt tat~idf nr astlstwisti -the~. th rom chil d ertat cal t he ki':f tiir coedotwic mi~ed on ftheeir lhi nI~ myrst ers,-the h h usom tietrglthi~ endus gine ta~ut-a-a meof uri nata 2 n ijheta hudrd*' on comooiidju f, * UainlsnsuN. -