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In Turkey, if a person happens to flll : sleep in th aneighborhood of :t poppy field, and the wind blows over towaris him, he becomes gradu !!y narcoicis e d, and woutld dlie if the country peopie, who are well acquainted with ilt cir Cuistance, did not bring himtn to the next well or stretam, ad etmipty pitch er after pitcher on his tihee and body. br. Oppenhein, during his re.idence in Turkey, owed his life to this simple atnd eflicacious treatnent. Dr. (raves, from whom this anecdote is eiuoted, also reports the ease of a gentlettant. thirty years of age, who fion long cot titatied sleepiness, was rednced to a bonplete living skeleton, utable to stand on his legs. It was partly ow ing to disease, but chiefly to the use if tercury anad opinum, until at la4 unable to puisue his business, lie s:tk intot abject poverty and w, o. I)r. Reid mentions a fA i emi o( .his w hot. whenever anythit g neeured to distress hdm, soon became draowsy muld fell asleep A fedllowt studd. nt a*. at IL I. inburug, tupon hearing: sudlenily il ima.speate~d dhetltat of near' relati've, ti brew haiamselfI ona his bed, anad alamost ianst antanaeously, aidst the gahre o'f llern-datsamk l)in a. irahui~ 'ahlut ler a note pero, and dingov asloud to oeL-iiis of hert liiends attp etad on is Elt bedso, ellas elled anwt the ioostill f'in his suoat, wtaent on eadiof t ng y whoonscious of what he weas uteing.d r onumd aI lleati btoaia&o seeteen orlaoa eihenaaursa ity fo lif teei n ea wnotheaci re-r coed to hee saatle ofetlar yhttt 0laysode Att~ man6 twnlearlyi sht antri ilge, atd Tiinsbury ner tuic slrt for mothand lin twovhears he swoep agin ab staevoenitee dasay.'Dr Mila ae aentihons lakwimath tpe ea-. Eoatolan, who ell -ed enr witekhs a'd reovered. hi merdts, fin etogetraur ofh t the t ian, o taftr innte.O extreeaNot, woawee reptor.at tearaoyse, sixd rmanhd ofthey ytar thavday "og isudets, wient tlowbed inerfctelh iothFedeih reiu thoet theiroh examnain tedo slept only;i than elder ore rae eoarly in mithecan.y fonr, adr lefcaisl yongerbother aldy I, inut horsc more, hving set oeh erm fore mor fthare hours, hen wey aoei aa tae ol feplaet r in aty." Thame ato ieis eae h Geerfal get, accoadeng toSier Gilt h ishe resid on1 hiohnds flao. sedp together bae bre nte tabme, ftra dinnery. OnTwaeninenearm Sw.As gtnea of' hisppo, whichnl foilowed hit lorngtftereds Te ceebratled Generadltosleep, Fredterit tereatn, anud Jih oh cnersedo wihtle word thanf'ou ar fiehurin the eetedt four coul Matenish plentions aluady, thanthre rfour hours in thei; awndy orand teoly hnlf lied torae a Geneohi~ raa Pi chhgr ep acor sn toSir wholeyear.pT e oeneaeS. Thee gbstin, flg aippep irdntl die morided ishous aapintoth pass;ight hie o4nd et t'obaconver ih theprlde. flaor oulduhs at h lesue sfumber Dm'hor. i- cld he heliked, taknieda serb fojhla rag copeofdaysn. The dLh a~n see nte onn ['0 SOUTHERN RI( IIt., t loathsome innok, with a hole in the wail, througlh which his scanty rations we're thrust, was killed by the want ofsleep. H is fevcrilh temiles were scarcely laid upon his pallet., when a stern Voice pealed rounod the walls-Gpet, ml es Ltu ? lors . iu. ? Blv a refiinemient of cruelty of this description, his due tile and coniding spirit, drawn ont to the last gasp, silently gave up the ghoist, on the 8111 of .1 one. in his 10th year, 1705. The fauous St. I)ominic nev'r reposed except on the floi', or the hare boards, which served hi in r a bed. St. IBonaventura, One of the liist .Iraniciseans, made use of a comn 001) Stole of somie size, instecal of i pillow ; and St. 'eter, of' A lcantara, slept but an hour and a half inl the twenty finir hours, tOr forty years to uether, eitier knlee:in (r1 ' stanldil u ig, with his head lt anin1ig aside, on a little piece of wood fastened ir tha t pirpose inl the wall. lie usually ite but, once in three days ; yet he lived to be obt tho' iugh his body was so atten uated and weak that it, seeni ed to lIe corjposed cf roots of trees. and his skill so parch cii that it reseiibleII the dry bark of a tree. tather hian flesh. i e'ple yav sleop in all sorts of postines. According to Mir. Wilkin son, tihe anei ciit l'-vlitpts, who, as every bodyi klows, shaved their scalp'. sh-pt with tihir hi-a - resting iii a iron i'ponligr, like that of a pithtblif'rk, weltid 'ul ith somicthii:g soft. 'T'his they did Ihr the sake of' kee'ping their hedul. co, (;I. which t hey supposed rt rei llen edi thieir' w'it. Th~l potiion~ uil sleep on hlrisbct):ik. and the senitiliel at hli; po-t .\n entire battalion of ill fantry laive been ki now to .siep on the IIareb. It is about thre or 1t'imr o'clock in fti inorning ti.t this pro penity to sli n is the uio,--'t overpow. e.ring- the nliemelnt seit-d uiion he troopsi for dlriving in the t'vening,' lit Wposts, :pud takiins the hivoua bI1' s*tor) .1. iiai:: n-tts arts reporitedl. pm:I I! full of the n" on. mn-i esp, t'i:d! v bin ligiht Iela eriute t:o aleentio thilla pth' wenti'heni the nce iif /laji-Jj,. vi hiere (e iy h:i a rat lir p~:..11e to hiw pa'iof dur hing .lepan i the i hern ii e i eed wih it n~iiis ai whlt:vr uok goii thoug u)1 ith-11 1101ut jit ttppn efcripe i h: i s ma. i In-h whosin per is t u: hilee ioni tiell u~ ai, lie l'pcholol idili 4ii..r.~cii i lad a bois dst Ii' At uiithlors. ~i i (iine 'mposed,!V h i rse wih.l walk ig abo t c iin thjiif lu t th phuy of .\liidftes, i in the ui ia ei'es bdlen , at irowd 'if'worlui'n gI(*atheed aromu. aind fotrt eal's hii gesturs; the to ir o ee'a ualk' ist, wotil rii (lie ccene of' sieea it ig bneond then lsof haid tliswrtei oflc'tuut, cc wold ex.t cimege, b y trdedy is1 dte!'iua c.i versewas a vert've : frull n.ii3 i'' M giabOechi, therearned libaerboi rytneer'vie stirrd abroi, but ive hd wreuh h i i bed, bord it , and of' hic-h ie wassedeigh aond d i irtoy verc lin steir midsettil befoe iiiihati thure o hits f isntudn eron th wals roiii 'iFiloriee;ines tofg tw leagues' lIf, atnd the iter timei tohtga ee n hais leguest'WI( i by iirde o the Grandl ljukd (folie was a extremlfrusaiun,) whe. th da wgdfo upon eglea a water ''sin gat floweratio unue~ ai. Lutashr, whnartablyinlac atasi had lines dondeyin at hi dit atdo heshad trut rom that urgnd tholoy which hewas er fbudofa. A iiry sauidi tod on (the te before likean theo with ear camtiures ao of ' the oule word t hisc desk fligtr Nayt tor wtout gonot; burt, wher ati'ed, chidrte nd floanrt. stagnate in'his brile woulhd tak hart aste ori his guoitargwit fim ote or px ioe, oad there$ execuesomets msial f~ antasy, tohideas wheould flow o him as fr watsfto fhe bu rs "Muic," said HITS, DEMOCRACY SUTMT1ER OUt, nill lis return the undressed and went. to hed again to continues his st udies. In his later years he dictated his writings to secretariei. 1le rarely corrected anythinig. The sentences issued complete ron his inouth. If' he ilt his fei lity of coim positiotn leav ing hin, he forthwiti quitted his bed, gave up writing anld Com posirg, and went about his out-door duties for days, weeks and imunths together. B3ut, as : oiin as he felt the inspiration till ipon, hint again, he wnIt, back to his bed, Mid his secretary set to work forth. with. Housseau wrote his woiks early inl the ii.' rnin: Ie Sage at ruidday; Blyron at midnight; liar"douin rose at ibu r in the 1norniig, and wrote till late at night. A iitotle was a tremendouis worker; lie totok little sleei.:id was constant ly re cnching it. lIe hail a contriv :tice by 4, hih le awoke early, and to awake was with himt to comniiecie wi; )etnosthnes passed three nothllsi. in a cavern by the sea-sidc, in laboring to overcome the defects of his voice. There le read, studied, and declainied. lIabelais composed his life of Gar gaittua at. Ik llay, in the company of liotLan cardinals, and under the eyes cif the liip of Plais. Lai Fontaine wrote* his fables chieiflv under the s:hade of I rce.. and sorneties Iy the side of l~acinie :id lhileI:t. !'isal Wrote rn-thi of his -Tihoutighc' (1n little scraps iii paper, at his by intconts. Fenuel xn wrote his Tl'e achus itn the palace of Ver iaille. at the court of the Grand Monarqlue, w lien dischargin g the duties of Lit ur to the l.)aui1hin. Tha it hook so thu.oughly <anoiuatie shnuld have -isued froi such a sour ce, amid be writ tn by a iriest, inay seem sirprising I )e Qutine first promu1ldgnttitds isn-stin iof' ioversai firee loin of Person nud trade, aunt of tlrowinig all taxes on the lainl-t he gerii perha ps, if the French I M iilution~ -ini the bo udoir of Maid. in de Pointp'adur.I p se ell ithou fir t clim ngih I"nietnt thei tip of hisi voice. and] ttt hu .ruing a his itervou'is .sy~stemo to its wvas t he scet iof his pi uriion kniowl. dg.Afler :i: at t~tek of go~t. hei coi:i tiued hiinitself* to a diet of breadl tcl itiilk. Often lie sle~pt. in a chir and eiimesite wsioths ithout it-ii in his right. leg which preventedl his w~alking :taot,, eveni had he wit~had 'Ilie New-York .1tlournal of Com-ii imteice has ai ariticle on " hie I vorev ilt teithis ft aill the~ ivory brioiulgttiirectly to theC Uniited States part ul. t' ile. It has been coijectored lthat teveniatly the supply wvouild be f thei It leht, but.1 this, we are ini. Ibrme byt t i)hose cutovesant, with the iibjet,~ is nt inbbe large quiainti I dored iinteior~ of Afriica by~ thetrdr (in Ithe cioa~sts, of wvhiich :it part is 01b. tainted roin animiials who have died inaturidly; the elephlat beig too larg.e gamie to bie seriou~sly atffected hv thie u enji ios tf savages. 'I T1 hetteale can reatdilyv discerni by the appeadtrancite of he Ito tli htier it is ta:kein fromJ a fresly slaini animial ior not. Somiie of item, biokeni andI imutilated, give teidece of de ad ly en coitieers thleir proprI iectors have hadi ini i.hei r nativye juingl e., whlile othler-s tae gla wed by A fricani rats lii 'bably, fhr the teetIh martks aire hargte anid deep~ iiniin. - The Entglish traderi, oin lg to Itheir upeiort thediities, litave thle iioiopoilv ofC the imarket ini India anid in Atrie" anid thle choicest, aticl ies can onlIy be obtaiined fromi t hem. Iii price it varies f roim 75i. t) $1I.75 per pun~id, iiett, wvhiiebir the I'I extremes for co)rresponiidiing qualities. WVithiin lhve years patst, owuing to its extended apprl~opriujolt to pmp1 joses of airt, anid luxuiiry, it has incereased twentty per cent. in cist, aiid great econy is rei pus;Ie to work upi thle scrapjs anid chipjiiiys to aid vantage, as its enrved formit will not, adm init. of' straight en ing , without dlestroyinig thle te xtur-e, which would be fatal to its usefihiess and beauty. Nothing, however, is per. miit led to go to waste. TIhe refuse is carefully caend nwencaeuy groun)upo a marible slabl, yields ia coats, anid otheri imattters re-quirinlg it particularly jetty htuo. Next, to thle Chiniese, tht Germaniis exoel in ivory carving an~d ornamenl~ttaI wbirk4 mtu6Lof tho' beantifully L'Ybejh)t a 1 ...brm. IM SNEWS, LITERAT VIL SE, S. C., JU I Ilhese, according to the amount of wolk layihed upon them. range in price from three to ten dollars each." The Boy 4wh1o kept his P~urpmt'e. "I would not. 1- 'o mean," said George \V aird to b who stood by. while he put the y Ie had ju'st bought inl hisi l You have i ri I t call me mean," re'pliel H Porter. ''ie 'auisC I doln't e 1A lii Ifnutiey (g' cand y." " You never s fpend it f.r anything," ontinued George tautinigly. It was true. Rteuben did not spend his money. 1)o yow suppose it was becaue lie lived it inure than other boys do ? lieuben tturned slowly away, medi. tating lpon what iml occlned. "I will not care fJr what G'oa ge t hin ks." he at length said to hiinself, "I have four dollars now, and w1"h:en I have -'old my cabbages, I shall lia e :ini.ther dol. la r. 1 shuaIll soon hv. cuoght,' l" an d his heart bounded joyftuIly, his step recovered its elatici v, and his paee qlicseneac- as tile pleasant. thout, re mioved the still' the. nccusation of' meainess had inflicted on his sensitive spiit. " Enouhl " did not mean the sinneu with ieulhin, as wilh grow.tn ne') ple. It had a liinit. Hle hastlleid cheeirfill ly home, or to the place he c~alled home. lie had no father or iii ither there, but kitd and lo vin hg friends in their stead. Air. Portuer ha(1 died two years before, leaving a wifi and four cildren w iout. proper. ty to sus-ain a hem . R euben was the L'ldet, he was ofd enough to a-shkt in the biboiurs oIf a falrm, it; was thougiht I est he should leave his'iaot her. Mr. Johnsoun, al necighbo .r, took himt into hi:: r-unily, where he soon becjane at great ihever, wi ?0 n.1 'Ir i J .u , sdud she never gaive hu iii (,ranD', orI ii apue thait he did not1 carry it ito his his ster, ait hiiie, orm Itear littl b ro ther linniv. conidd tiell whai t beeine of Mr is. Johnmlsu:: had notieil, tio, ini his drawier, a bo'x, wicoh wi Iluite heay with iiuoney. She .idI noit Ibe lieve he ha.l bought Isriu as ia fish ly. If lie shiould] go oni in tis- way lie will grow up to beC a1 ier. Air. J ohntson sniiledi at his wif'. sI earnet it se, and reiinarked that w. i h iineh ain ixa niple of'genien si y aus I eubeni had iionistmtiitly before hii lhe could not believ'e the ('hibd wa:s ini iinch dinige'. Ginli the fiinit she feared. --It ibust b~e reeib~lleed," lie sail, 'ilhat Nebe hams hi.s own way to miake ini liim. i le alwayi~s be poorii. These are his moin 1. er' aind sisters, too'. w. ho imeelI his aid.' Iin wcisusas l eii add-d to) his st''ire. ellm t he slorw ce, ie. imide I ice bromiai paths about iiw house, wichii'l so~ attirieted th- iioti'e of' Laieighibor'. imat. -lhe asked if lie iniight lie aihowedl(E tike paths fir hier. Il rose~i earily thatil he miiightr have ime fb ils extr A liik, alid was igejj paid in' hlis ellbrt s.-Th'lle box gi .-w lieai'er (u dac ay t here was a b airr'l lifflour le'f, at Ai's. I 'oirter'S. She thiought ther'e imust be a tiistake aboujit it; hut the mn said he wasq diriec'ted at thle storeC to take it tol that hiouse. .l irs. P~orteir went, iniinueJiately to leann ihoiut it. andi~ what was her surIpr'ise on1 i-lii g her son1 luai beni [|lie !'iii'eeits an i'd of flour ? "Thie ililniv,'" s-aid he micechant, "lie br'ought. ii' a box. t l ils In 1 si l I Iits, wi hjieh tok iii' oime timen to coun lt, biut. thiere wias The notheir c'aled, withi IaII'l h It. it Mrl s. Johnson(ii's, anid relate wi vhat md oceiui'red. Illenibell wiondered why ' uis mordte" shouh c111try so). Ile thioiglt ulhe wouild be happyll~. lIhe was sm-ei lie "as. I le hiad been thlinkinig two years >f' t:.:t. habareI f I'lour1 I, anid now lie Idlt nore like laiughilg than erin lg. Thos~e ears, nobille boyi' are not tear s of sor. -ow, buiit of deep est f'ulIlest, jy. Yo Lie mor le thbain re-paid for y our self-de sial. Y >ui havue per'seve red in your~ni de shich you numtrked' oiut as right. You iye b' horle mieekly', thle cheloma less, so gallbng to iou gerus iit mid noi w you receivye your r ewad. i oul are happy~li, and( so) is voour mother. md sIo arei your11 kiind frienlds, Mir. and11 Th'lat niighit, Mr. Jo(hntsion i'eimrked o his wife, asi thley sat, t..'gether bulbre he eheerful fire, thlat bo had sonie ducating him. "A boy t hsenculd hrm snehvl a plurpoiso, anid keep it, wi ill, ifa~lllprob~abili~ ty/mkii a usef'ul ma't.' Afe eh rv h retia # hi ~oufis , 'UiE, AGRICULTUl3 SEnnlt." t 19, 1 54. tian of intelligence and wealth. IIe is one whom the world delights to lion or; but amottg his pleasantest rnemo. ties, I doubt not. is shot of the barrel of flour he bought for his beloved r u ther. "Filial love will never go unrlewar. d 3 Jnde cndc a. Tie Death Bed of Cronawell. The following, frtom headley's work. is inarked withl the usual bill ian-ev of the jpecnliar writer. Cromwell apl ears no iniger as the hypocrite, but rather as the sincere Conveitanter. when enied to his last sunutnlnls. At length the last night drew on that. was to usher in his fb rtun:te day. 'he ill of Septem bier, anl aiterar of im ail andt' Mar~ston, cae amll wind and stortn. In this solemon hour for Eniitgland, st.rong hearts were ever beseeching heaven to hear the Protee tor; but the king of Kings had issued his decree; an tilie spirit that had en. dared and t:oiled so long, was already gathering hispitions fir eternitv.. "It is a earfi thing to fiti into the hands ofthe livinig God,'' broke then ft o1 his lips in Solemntti ,il "' the 'v-ien of Grace. 11 is breath camte diflicu:lt and thick; but amid th. pai e of the stormn, hie was heard inrrmurino.. '- Truy .. i g''ud--indeed h is lie will nit--liere his tongue tiled hit--" buit" says an eye witne.ss, 1 I appreheml it was, Ire will not leave ite." Again and again, there escaped fiotm tihe ever moving lips, the half' artieulate words. . Ior4 is good God is good. " Once with sudden energ.,, he exclaimed. " I would be will ing to live to he fturthcr servicca ble to G. 1d and1 his leople; but tl-y work is don. Yet (iiJ will be with his people." All night long he mr Imured this to hiimself of God; show ingy how l : let. t was his t rut1, how strontig his :a hli. < ):e. as mne drIink wa-otlered i' him, he satid, It iot niy esig to rink .r 'leepj, but it is Wi b'e this .scene was passing in that. .s~m chonhtler, li~ was wild and( terribl ) cNithliiit . Naturet~ senmed t) symtpathe wt-c~ ithI the dying pat11riot. atali he:". Theli w id howled anld roared aroundli thle pilce; htoutse wete uttrooled; chimeys lw upi, and the trees that1 had .stood~ for' half a cntulry inl the iim ks-, were tiptoin and strewit over Sthe eathI. Thle seai, to'., was vexed, the i avtes slnote ill Iungov~ernabl )1e f'itrv I he shtores of' Elantd; antd vessels haiv stInoe altll.Unotg t he coasts of the M~iedi It ~ierranea. It was a~ ntight when there - As( they say, tmein~jgs heiard ini the air; utran.;e screamne of A1 id pirophdes hin, witht neretits terrible, -t * * omte ,;ay the earth itut all wias eahlit attd serente aroundi jte dyinig bedl of Cromw~iell. Oni that moro bth Imt kitigly brow, peace, like a n 'tile winiged dove sate1; and that voice wic heiiad turnted te t ide oft so) manyt hilnparite, intg inl the mlitist of' jutst suc iiat stormt , shtotuted " 7'i/c d. rmee~t."' asN his gazitng eye fell on1ce mtote otn thte heads~I of his tiighity columtlns dJisap) pearintg itn the smtoke of battle; but C rottmwell Look a nobler departiure. lThe sttorm atnd ulproar withlout brotight noi int of armts Io his dying ear-not ithe d':itimta or battle his soul burist awayv, bit with his eyes fixed stetad fist ly ton thie " eterntal kittgdom,"' antd his s;tnig h eart. sweetly stayed ont the roieof' a fatfu odi, lie tmovedi ftrom thec shiore of timei , atd santtk ftrotm lie dlied at three o'clock(, i'n the vetrv lhily whiebi eigt years b~efor-e, saw hli swot'd flasnuin g tover the tumuttilltos fitel d of' Dunbar- the same whtich, se2ci V y et's previous, itard him shoit-. in~g ona thle ramnparts of' Worcester. hiut this wals thte lhist andtt most terrible bat tle of aili; vet lie camne off victori Otis, andtt ttiiumphditng Over his last ene myt), (leafth, p:.ssed inito the seretne wo rlil, wheire the sotund of' the blittle ttevetr comel(s; atnd thle hat red aind 'iio. hettce of meii never dJistltrbs. Origimn of tlhc " Aztec n Childreni. A c'orrespontdenit of the A theiiuuxn, untdetr signtulre Frantcais, of' A. de L. ha~s pub )1hlied, int the numbher of 1t1th Febrariy, atn at'ticle ont thte Aztee chiildr-en, of' which the followinug is a t rainslatiotn, sl ighttly abr~tidge~td: "' The two chiltdrcn exhibited in Europe ar'e tnieither ilAliptians, Aztecs, saceordo tals. ntiives of iximtaiya, titr belorngintg :) anl exNtraordinariiy ratcei of meni; nteithi er do thtey come f'romn the retthhlie of' G.~uatetmahla. Ilerec is~ t.hteirt history; in the departument, of' Sant Mauguel, in a village ('alled La Puta,zi near tme townt oft Usu(tani, ther'e lives, a muttatto wiomatt, mtothter of these t%oo little chiilretn, who pasi among ui~ for phe, nomenatt~, al s'ela. * third itnfant, be. lounglig to thtiunm n~a liko' th' twb otims. and ilthb wiu esfainly 'E, SCIENCE AND Sr bCeomie a I.illipuiitian Aztt e, ii anmy kidnapper wishes to make himself, its patron. I )on iiI mond Sulva, a native of Nwiisrgua, ishing to inakei a spee. ulation of these enrious ebildren, ob. tai nedl them fi-om the un ither for Iiomle ounces of g (, fou r r ive.cars ago; and havmng thus acuired themi. he startld with them for the United Stat es, taking at the same time a wolf, a white stag, and sone i.noikevs. On his ar. rival at San .1.-.11 (!el Ni -aragua, these cn riosities pa.ised, we kiniw Hot, how. into the hids tif an :A eriean. Sincee then, the gent t of Senor Selva Isa oniscited fi-om the govern meit. Of the State of SalValor docitien whicih rot)ve that, his client is owner of the children and a:imli:ihs; aiid1 the ladlini. i.tration has aiuthenticaited the testi. iony presented by the ageit." We take the foillowi ng from the B :s toll Tr'1 anscri pt : .lle had always mingled p'leasantly with society at WVasihington, but the tie whieb connected him Iinost. demnh inistance of love ait fihsL .iglt. 1!e wa one day walking w ith a friend out to wvarIs Gorgeta n I leights, when he passed a boIIld ing school foir :ounj laties ano was uttracted by a fiir girl of 16, who stood sringi..g her bag and talking with an inatioin to some of her coumnanions. "'Wliho is that beautift irI -' \\ Ito is she '1 eagerly asked he, uuis friend could not infirm im. 1'he , our opened and in she went to her books and .latoe; all unconscious of thedaguerreotype that aliingsae had left (n the heart oif the grave I tulsiauu Misti er. 'Tihe next day and the dat fb(llowing saw him taking the saink walk .which subsided to a very slow .te) as he appro.ma(hed the building alld looked earuestly a' ec-y ". ' and window, Ala day a : d.or and wasL to be celebrated I s u Aual. in the school, by thme usuai Casti vi te. and lhe choieu of a Quieen fromi ami ong the numberi; and this v.-ar floral rovalty hapijpenied to fall on Miss Iliriet."Wii h amns. thme very gii wh ehad so instant ly enithromed he(rselfC in thle ad miiration ot the fo'reignser. J ust before M:iy D~ay, the Principal was surprised to receivye a note Iromi the I usian, Envoy at Washingtou expressuig great interest in educationu andI begginig permiissionm to be present at the festival ef May Ihiay, which ih, would give him particular pleasure as a stranger to the etustomis of' t h~e coun - tryto wilin s. Consent, of course, was very graciously granited; and the occasionl was as chariting as ych and flowers ahvways make it. At, the end of I th Lermi, Miijss I arriet. announced that she would nmot, attend school any miore. ' What notf gradua'te ? oh, whliy not ? A re vou going away ? Buit she shook her hiead, laughed, and kepjt her ownu counsel, and iin a f'ew weeks wats the wif of the iRussianu Minister. She eC lmpaniied her husbatnd once or twice to URuss'a, wheie she was very much admiiired, anid known as the *,Mmiericani Rlose." i.r face had reg u Iaiity of fe'attnie, but was particularly list in gi hded for exquisite coloring. - Nothing couild surpass tm hecesnut br own oi her hair the brigh. grey blue .11 her eye, no(r thle hue of the lily and hen rose so delicately blended in her ompilehxioin. Perhaps her t igure had uoiuh emlbonpont -fir symm uetry but she in~oved with grace anid dignity. A~lthiont I there was a great. dlisparity of ears, and a groat, difierence in ap peartance and ebaaeter, betwen herself mnd husband, it seems to have been a vei y ha~ppyV iuniomi. The Mlodlest Poet. I ucius Valeriuis was horn at Ilirco uimai, in the reign of Trajan. At thir teen years of age, lie became a comnpet. toir for the prize of poetry. TIhis prize was a beau tifl gold medal, and m ivory lyre, which was, everv live years, adjuded to the author who pio. lueed the best poem. Valeriuis, t hmough opposeu lby ia number of dotub Ie his age was vietoriouts. Among 'thier honors paid himi, it was deter. mined to erect a brazeni statu~e, which shotild lie placed iin the most conspieu onspai t of the city. The (lay of the present: ationi of this statue to public view, presented a trait in the charaeter of Va lerius still more lii vely thani his A t the miomenmt in wliichi tho chief im.igistrate was placing a crown of laurel on thme head of the statue, Va ler its percei ved a voun g man, w'io tladl conteste I the piize with him, and who was, ini the opmnion of many, little inferior to him, lking ii on thris scenee wiih a sorrowful and deject'ed comnen. ance. Valeritis instantly -discovered the cjiuse of his chagrin, and dteurmiu: ed to rei~imj it, w~ihi he did in theo fiidlowipg manner': lie seized Lmno lau rel crowtn, an i IproGsingstowards his disieppointed rival, plaeed it og his head.i saying : mNon are masa dmar ' THE ARTS. 1'ERMS-421N ADIVAN iln acctout of IIIy- you-h tham my mnner it, aid ra'h, r asan enJura emuent than a reward." Th!is gener ouas conucli t :aled forthi e'nthusialStie. a;dmrlation lion!n the Spex.. tturs ; ande '.ble .'-1- nished yoIuth. % 11, thus ti'xpedCtevi rcteiveld the crowu of Victory fi om t1: h, h;o') ls of the ' ictor, was overCoine with gratitu e and iUv. '11 pres.erve( the reo em lnuice ofin aetion whieb evin cl tt once o mi ch mindesty, and ,u(11 kilnld feelitgs, the p*eolje el.nci.'iurd ol1u \'aierius the sur r r;u:e of ' ' ,n , v.hieb sigutilh.; :od es4t-an honor greater eveni tham ilhat whieb he derived from hi. . pet, neof, t o110.vns. SThe G a) Nlepoi ter m'en lion I Lt.,: 1t !'aIIinge at tl: : pia'c, (1nl ml i lt1th )tf February I -2-; ' if I. Lai~i-, .Jones and Ms. Delila -Swa,, :n. gives the folloitg hCestit.Ziv sketch1 cf the p~arties.* l" here is a little li,tore) co'nne 1w wih the abl v tl ,e wieb umiiy not .b0 un imtereting to the reader.' About the close of the list war with Great flrit=' ,Inc the parties bearoe nettuainted wit eachi other, and in A pril, t1iey were married, im the county of GJenesec, N. Y., agamst- the cn3ert and wvisIh,:szf relatives on both s.idu3. A tewl' weeks pir to the birth of their second soli, Bradfori 1nw ,t' of this place, Mr. Jones left. lis fitmily for the purpose ofpur chasing a piece of land, and douring his s: w a pursuaded ). her relatives to d(esert her home and bus band and reside with them. Mr. Jones, on learning the flet, and being threatened with violence it he attemfpt. , ed to claim his lhamily, left the eIuftry and went to sea. On his return. seve. ral years solSerient, he aseertiined that Mrs, Jones had again married an I removed to the west. "'i :in .iaiat io:a of this tranls!etioni, it should be stated tjnt the wife iu;pcsi the former husband dlead, a'nd did re. cemv tciding of his supposed los. at ~ sea. Mr. Jiones did inunnediately re turn to his vocation on the sea, and rom that period until a few' wels smece lost all trace of his wife and his ive years he chianced, by a mere cir e13nnitance, to Ieairn the residence of h~s two s.ons, and wended his steps to this place, whet e, to his grai ication, ' he iearned that their mother was still living arnd a widow, having lost her - husband after rearinig ten child ren, and then residing in Metecer, Penn. rn company with hiis sonts, Mr. Jones imu'aediately started for the residence oif tile partnror oif his youth, who at on1ce recognized and wel::arned him to her hiome; though shie culdi not have beeitnmore surp rised liad he risent fromn ~thei grave to coinfront her. The trials ofi the past werei recounted, the love of Iyouth rene wed, aind aft er a biefci cour t "iP they; were! again plighte I, and the uinale is recorded at the head1 of this article. Courihg iaa thu Right Style ! "Git eout you nasty p)uppy ; let me' alone or I'll tell your ma !" cried out Sally, to her lover Jake who sat about ten feet fi-om her, pulling dirt from the Ichimney jamn. "lIarn't techin on you, Sail," respondl. ed Jake. "Well, perhaps you don't mean to neither ; do ver ?" " No 1 dolln't." SCause you are too tarnal, seary, you long-legged, lantern-jawed, slab. sided, pigeoni toed, ganghe kneed owl you ;-you haini't got a tarnal bit of sense ; gtalong h~omeI with you."' "Now, S a!, I love you and you cant't help it no Ither, and ef 3ou1 donl't let me staly and cou L you, umy detddy will sue youir'n fier thateCOwl he sold him'tothler day. 11y jingo, he said he'd do it." " Well look here, Jatke, ef' you want to Court tme, you'd better do it as a white man dues that, thitng---and not set ofT, thereC as ef youthgh was "hIow on airth is tiat, Sal?"' " Why, side rit up here, and hug and kiss meIL, as if yon teal ly had some of the bpne dad sinew of a man about you. Do you1 spose a womfan'#s only made to look at, you fool fr u ?N, they're made ihr ." pra'et ical results ": as Kossuth says,-to. hug and kiss and sih like." " WVil," said fake, drawing a long'': breath, ef 1 mlust I nmust for Ido love y ou Sal ; and'he comm'ebnced sidling tJp to her, hik'o a maple poker gOitl to battle. . Laying higs arm *on la's shoulder, we thought weheard.Sal say "'1That's the way t-o dosit,, old .hoss, that'aieting Ilk a whi'i m'An' Qaterz' "Oh, Jertisalem' a iwT ~andat th\'u any apple'd of rei~f ade, a darne~d eigli& rac -K. uck wheht cakes, sla'jt )d~se ha~ i~~ int no whyglong side od vou Sal ! h how biove you'!- -IHere t'heir 11picame together amd the report that ibliow Wa a like puinezi a bwrao'e s j