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When Love in myrtle shades reposed, His bow and darts behind hiin slung; As dewy twilight round him closed, Lisctto these uumberssung: "O Lovo! thy sylvan bower I'll fly while I've tho power; Thy primrose way leads maids where they Lore, honor, and obej-1" "Escape," tbe boy-god said, "is vnin," And shook the diamonds from his wings : "I'll bind thee captive in tny train, Fairest of earthly things 1" "Go, saucy archer, go I I freedom's value know : Begone?awaj*?to none I'll say Love, hoDor, and obey I " ' "Speed, arrow, to thy mark 1" he cried? Swift as a ray of light it flew I Love spread his purple pinioriB widw, And faded from her view! Joy filled that maiden's eyes? Twin load stars from the skies !? And one bright day her lips did say, "Love honor* and obey 1" THE VOLUNTEER COUNSEL?A TALE OP JOHN TAYLOR. At an early hour, tbe 9th of April, 1840 the Court lloiisc in Clarksviile, Texas, was crowded to overflowing. Save in the war | iirne past, tuere Lad Lever been witnessed uch a gathering in lied River County vhilo the strong feeling, apparent in every flushed face throughout tho assembly betokened some great occasiou. A conoid narrative of facts will sufficiently explain the matter. About tho close of 1830, Gcoge Hopkins one of tho wealthiest planters aud most inflllolltiul mon nf T ? - * UI iiuuuciu ic.xttb, OliUlCU a gross insult to Mary Elision, the young and beautiful wife of his overseer. The husband threatened to chastise him for the outrage, whereupon Hopkins loaded his gun, went to Eliston's house and shot him in his own door. The murderer was arrested, nnd bailed to answer the charge. Tho occurrence produced immense excitement; and Hopkins, in order to turn the tide of popular opinion, or at least to mitirmta _ ... o the general wrath, which at first were violent against him, circulated reports infamously prejudicial to the character of the woman who had already suffered such cruel wrong at his bands. She brought Iter suit for blander. And thus two causes, one criminal and the other civil, and both out of the same tragedy, were pending in April Circuit Court for 1840. The interest naturally felt by the community as to the issues, became far deeper when it was known that Ashley and Pike of Arkansas, and the celebrated S.S. Prentiss of New Orleans, each with enormons fees, had been retained by Hopkins, in his defence. The trial, on the indictment of murder ended on the 6th day of April with acquittal of Hopkins. Such a result might well have been foreseen bv coinoarinrr tho * ft O * talents of the counsel engaged on either side. Tbe Texas lawyers were utterly overwhelmed 1 by the argument and eloquence of their opponents. The slander suit was set for the Oth of April, and the throng of spectators grew in number as well as excitement, what may 1 seem strange, the current of public sentiment now ran flf.AulnJI.r it?1~? 1 ...? V.WIUWJU iui xJLUJJtilllS. 1118 money had procured witnesses, by whom ' be could provo anything, and with the aid 1 of those powerful advocntes no one doubted 1 bis success. Mary Eliston's lawyers bad < deserted ber and withdrawn :?the p igmy pettifoggers dare not brave the 6harp wit of 1 Pike or the scathing thunder of Prentiss. ' "Ilave you no counsel V enquired Judge 1 Mills, looking kindly at the plaintiff. ( "No; sir, they have all deserted roe, and 1 I am too poor to employ anymore." replied J *1. . t ** IUU ueauuiui Mary, bursting into tears. 8 "In eucb a case, will not some chivalrous ^ member of the profession volunteer ?n asked ? the Judge glancing around the bar. t The thirty lawyers were as ailent as t death. - I Judge Mills repeated the question. J MI will, your honor," said a voice from the thickest part of tha^rowd Bituated be- a hind the bart- At the tones of that voice j many started half way frota their seats; and t perhaps tbete was in the immense throng (1 no heart which did not beat somethi ng quick- b er?it was so unearthly?sweet, clear, ring- t ing and mournful. The Bret sensation, however, was changed c !?i? 4SO i-Jt - - IUIU KcuerM iaagoter, when a tall, gaunt | g spectr^) 4???V *hat nobody present' ever t remembered to have seen before, elbowed x his way through the crowd, and placed ? himself within the bar. His appearance n Was a problem to puzzle the sphinx her* ? self. His high pale bjow, and small, n$r- fa vovljp t^jtatf&gTjice Itemed'MWeflgth die tl consecrated e*sSnce and cream of gfenins; a but then hi* infinite Woe eyes, hardly risi- g ble beneat^^their massiye arches, looked flim?atid?tfreamy, almd^frUBCobsdottt; and a his clothing was so exceedipg|y shabby ,] (bat the eourt^e^tate^l^^ thV*use pro- j, ' ^Hrs ytUr nHfiB been entered on the ^ ^n,ind?<J Jud8e i _ * j, " ? "It is immaterial about my namo being upon your rolls," answered the stranger, bis tbin bloodless lips curling up into a sort of fiendish sneer. "I may bo allowed to appear oncc by tho courtesy of tho court and bar. Hero is my license from tho highest tribunal in America," and lie handed Judge Mills a broad parchment. Tho trial immediately went on. In the examination of tho witnesses the stranger evinced but littlo ingenuity, as was commonly thought. IIo suffered each one to tell his own story without interruption, though he contrived to make oacb ono tell it over two or three times. He put a few cross questions, which with keen witnesses, only serve to corrcct mistakes; and ho made 110 notes, which in mighty memories, always tend to embarrass. The examination being ended, as counsel for the plaintift", ho had a right to tlio opening as well as the closc, but to the astonishment of every ono he declined tlio former, and allowed the defence to lead off. Then a shadow might have been observed to flit across the fine features of Pike a'd to darken the bright eyes of Prentiss. They saw that they had caught a Tartar; but who it was, or how it hannened. was im possible to guess. Col. Ashley spoKe first. Ho dealt the jury u dish of that close, dry logic, which years afterwards, rendered him famous in the Senate of iho Union. The Poet, Albert Pike, followed, with a rich raiu of wit, and a hail torrent of caustic ridicule, in which you mny be sure neither the plaintiff nor the plaintiff's ragged attorney was either forgotten or spared. Tbe great Prentiss concluded for the defendant, with a glow of gorgeous words, brilliant as showers of falling stars, and with a final burst of oratory that brought the house down in cheers, in which tho sworn jury, themselves joined, notwithstanding the stern "order!" of the bench. Thus wonderfully susceptible are tbe south western people to the charm of impassioned 1 eloquence. It was then the stranger's turn, llo had ! remained apparently abstracted during all the previous speeches. Still, and straight and motionless in his seat bis pale, smooth forehead shooting up high like a mountain cone of snow ; but for that eternal twitch 1 that came and went perpetually in his sallow cheeks, you would havo taken him 1 for a mere man of marble, or a human form carved in ico. Even his dim, dreamy eyes were invisible beneath those gray, Bhnggy eye-brows. Hut now at last he rises?beforo the bar 1 railing, not behind it?and so near to the wondering jury that he might touch the foreman with his long, bony finger. With ' his eyes still half shut, and standing rigid as a pillar of iron, his thin lips curl as if in measureless scorn, slightly part, and the 1 voice comes forth. At first it is low and 1 Bweet, insinuating itself therefore tie brain as an artlewrtufip wAnrlinnr iitnou !nf? deepest heart like the melody of a magic < incantation, while the speaker proceeds i without a gesture or the leaslsigtiof ex- l citement to tear in pieces the arguments of i Ansley,' wlifcfi" fill away at his touch as t frost before the sunbeam. Every one i looks surprised. His logic was at once so t brief and so luminously clear tliat the I rudest peasant could comprehend without < jffort. t Anon, bo came to the dazzling wit of tbo \ poet lawyer, Pike. Then tlie curl of his l ip grew sharper, his sallow face kindled t jp; and hiB eyes began to open, dim aud i Irenmy no longer, but vivid as lightning, t ed as fire, and glaring liko twin meteors, t Hie wbole soul was in the eye?full heart itreamed out in the face. In five min-utes t dike's wit seemed the foam of folly, and his t ineat satire horrible profanity, when con- a ?11-? __J ? i iwivu nuu buc luutjliuuiu Dnui^O UIIU CX* I erminating sarcasm of the stranger, inter- I >ersed with jest and anecdote ibat filled tbo s "orum with the roar of laughter. Then without so much as bestowing an 1 illusion on Prentiss, be turned-short on the c ferjured witnesses of Hopkins-, tore their ^ cstimony into atoms, and burled in their r nces such terrible invectives that all trem- 0 iled aa with an ague, and two ofthera ac- ' ually fled dismayed from the Court House. 8 The excitement of the crowd was be- a oming tremendous. Their united life and 8 ool appeared to hang in the burning l' ongueof the stranger.. . He inspired them nth tbo powers of bis dwat,passion. He 8 nturated them with the poison of his own lalioi ous feeliij??. He seemed to bave 11 tolen nature's long bidden ?ecret of at- P raction. He was the sno of tbe sea' of all n bought and emotion, which rose and fell v nd boiled in billows as be cbose. But tbe ^ reatest triumph was to eorae. * ' 0 His eyes began tottlare furtlvoj^at tbe E uauin, Hopkins, as his lean, taper finger lowly assameg, the aaroedireotion. He tl emmed the wretch around with a circom- r< aliation bf strong eridenoe ?ud impregu- a ble argument,,putting of all hope of escape, m [e. piled np large bastions of inrarmount- b bli (aota. He dug beneath tbe rabrderer |i and slanderer's feet ditches .of dilemmas, such as no sophistry. could overleap and no stretch of ingenuity evade:?and having thus, as ono might say, impounded tho victim, and girt him about like a scorpion in a circle of fire, he stripped himself to the work of massacro ! Oh! then, hut it was Ja vision both glorious and dreadful to behold the orator. His action, before graceful as the wave of a golden willow in the breeze, impetuous ns the motion of an oak in th e hurricane. His voice became a trumpet filled with wild whirlwinds, deafening the ear with crashes of power, and yet intermingled all the while with a sweet under song of the softest cadcncc. llis face was as red as a drunkard's?his forehead glowed like a heated furnace?his countenance looked haggard t:v _r _ * mm unit ui a maniac, ana ever anil anon lie flung his long bony arms on liigli, as if grasping after thunderbolts! lie drew a picture of n murderer in such appalling colors, that ill comparison, hell itself might bo considered beautiful. IIo painted the slanderer so black, that the sun seemed dark at noonday, when shining on such an accursed monster, and then he fixed both of Hopkins, and he nailed them',tliero forever. The agitation of the audience nearly amounted to madness. All at once llic speaker descended from his perilous height. His voico wailed out for the murdered dead, and described the sorrows of tho widowed living?the beantiful Mary raore beautiful every moment, as i <1 1 e .*11 ui=i ivma uuweu uiaier?uii men wept, and lonely women sobbed liko children. lie closed by a strange exhortation lo the jury and through them to the bystanders. Lie entreated the pannel, after they should bring in their verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer violence to the defendant, however richly ho might deserve it; in other words, 'oot lynch the villain Ilopkius, but leave llic punishment to God !' This was the most artful trick of all, and best calculated to insure vengeance. The.jury rendered a verdict of $50,000, and the night afterwards, Hopkins was taken out of his bed by the lynchers, and beaten almost to death. As the court adjourned, the stranger made known his name,and called attention of the people to the announcement?'John Taylor will preach here this evening at early candlelight!' The crowd, of course turned out, and Taylor's sermon equalled, if it did not surpass, the splendor of the forensic effort. This is no exaggeration. I have listened to rvn.~.... ?-i *- ^ w.of, v^miiviui, miu II CL'Sllir, lO JL'eWCV, Tyng, and Bascomb, but have never heard anything in the form of sublime words even remotely approximating the eloquence of John Taylor?massive as a mountain, and wildly rusbing as a cataract of fire. And this is the opinion of all wbo beard that marvelous mat. ^ HOT AT HOME. I never,'said a lady, 'sent tbat message lo the door but once, and for tbat once I ball never forgive myself. It was more :ban tbree years ago, and when I told my w.iii, kuai iijurmug 10 say, \l\oi at, iiomo ;o whosoever might call, cxceptsbe knew it .vas some intimate friend, I felt my cheeks ingle, and the girl's look of surprise mortiicd me exceedingly. She went about her lutiesand I about mine, sometimes pleased hat I had adopted a convenient fashion by vhich I could secure lime to myself, somo.imes painfully smitten with the reproaches >f conscience. Thus the day wore away, ind when Mr. Lee, came home he startled ne with the news that a very dear and inimate friend was dead. It cannot be,' was my reply,'for she extcted of me a solemn promise that I would done sit by her dying pillow,as she had omethinnr nf irroof imMrfonM 0 ?- J/VI vuuwu fcvr IOTCUI IU nc. You roust bo misinformed; no one has >een for me.' Hero suddenly a horrible uspicion crossed my mind. 'She sent for you, but you were not at iome,' Bftid Mr. Lee innocently ; then ho ontiuued : 'I am sorry for Charles, her hus and ; he thinks her distress muoh aggravaed by your absence, from the fact tfafet she ailed your namo piteously. He would iava sought for you, but your servant said be did not know where you had gone. I m sorry. You .must have been out loner than usual as he sent a servant over here ' bree times. . ' 'Never in all my life'did I experience ' uch loathing of myself, such otter humilia- ' on. My servant had gone further than I ' 1 adding falsehdbd to falsehood, and I had I laced it out of my power to reprove her by ' >y own equivocation. I felt humbled to the ( cry dust, and the next day 1 resolved over 1 ie cold clay of jpy friend tbst I would 1 ever again, under any circumstances, say lot at home.' 1 * ' i He is baseband that is the onebase d ling in the universe, to receive.favors and | mdernone. In the order of natpre we innot render benefits to thoce from whom e receive them, or only seldom ; bnt the ? snefit we reoieve mast be rende??dr .kgftio, t ne, for lino, deed tordeed, to somebody. . 1 MADAME LEVEBT. One of the editors of the New Orleaus Catholic Standard, in a letter addressed to a Pensacola journal, tluis speaks of a visit to Madatrio Le Veiit, of Mobile:?"I must say a word respecting that genial hearted and gifted lady, Madame Le Vert. Everybody (as the phrase goes) is expected to know the author of "Souvenirs of Travels;" and an admission of ignorance in this regard would bo sufficient to convict a crowned prince of rusticity. As I did not escape Ihc infection of attraction, bo I must add one more to the list of those who have written about her. A beautiful woman, possessing brilliant literary talents, and no less wonderful conversational eloquence, is a somewhat difficult subject to talk about; and yet I must bear testimony to the generous impulses and wise feelings which are hers; to the noble words which flow at her bidding ; and to the spirit of the buoyant child surviving in the woman which, being hers, is also one of the finest characteristics of genius. I defy anybody to spend an hour in her company without rising up a wiser and better man, having a sense of musical joyance in his heart, because of her words which Did nil burst forth in cliornl minstrelsy, As if some sudden gnlc Itnd swept nt oncc a 1....... >> " j "? 1'3. I do not know how to express mysely better than to say that Madame Le Veiit is a sohr woman, drawing afler her a firmament of planets. You feel a power in her and going from her, which attracts you in spite of yourself. There is to mo a contioual mystery in this power of one perron over another. We find it acting everwhere with the simplicity and ceasclessness of gravitation, and when we meet a solar being, a person of largo nature?soul, body and spirit?when we find such a one moving among the people like a queen, and moving them whether they will or no, this feelinrr of irivstnrv in jlrtenflnp.rl nri/1 ivn (oa\ more limn in other cases ihe truth that it is the inspiration of the Creator. Such is Madame Le Yekt. There is a "presence about her whole air and manner, which holds you before you are aware, and that communities to the beholder at once, and without fail, something of indwelling power; and this I take to be tho Becret of the wonderful charm which she exercises over all with whom 6he comes in contact. But as a stranger may not meddle with the sacred privacies of character, I will cut short my discursive gossip by saying of Madaroe Le Vekt tbat the nearer you get to her affections, the belter and more beautiful does she appear." Bisnop Hebeu, upou departing for India, said in his farewell sermon :?"Life bears us on like the stream of a mighty river. Our boat at first glides down the nairow channel?through the playful murmuring of the little brook, and windows of its glassy borders. The trees shed their blossoms over our vnuncr HoaiIr th? linwom of the brink seem to offer themselves to our young hands; we are happy in hope, and we grasp eagerly at the beauties around us, but the stream hurries on, and still our hands are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is along a wider, deeper flood, amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animate! by the moving picture of oujoyment and industry passing us ; we are excited by short-lived disappointment. The stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs are left behind us. We may be shipwrecked, but we cannot be delayed? whether rough or smooth, the river hastens 1 i 1 _ I ?:n ?i._ -r .? u'naius iu iiuiuo liii mo roar 01 uie ocean is in our enrB and the wave is beneath our ^ feet, and the land lessens from our eye9, j and the floods are lifted up around us,< and i we take our leave of earth and its inhabitants until to our farther voyage there is < no witness save the Infinite and Eternal." I | Advice to the btaok struck.?In November, 1858,1 had the honor to be ad- < m it tod to practice at the bar, io this country " Perhaps my recent assumption of this charac- ; ter will be sufficient to authorise, and ex- < uuso, my final summing-up of the result of i my experience of theatrical life, with a few ' wprds of gratuitous advtce "to all whom 1 these presents my concern." To any ingen- * uous youth, then, who may be now medita- t ting a plunge into that uncertain, or rather i rertain,"sea of troubles"that shines and c glitters io the seductive dazzle of the footlight*?to such a one I say J*-Go to tea, n reality; go to law, go t{> chdrch, go to g physic; go to Italy and strike a blow for t iberty, (if cause and opportunity again t >ffer;) go to anything, or anywhere, that 0 nrili give you an bonest atfei decent livelihood atber than go a pott tbe stage! To any ? roung lady with a jjpPar proclivity, I p irp&ld say: Buy a seWMMJMfcbine, and take. 0 n plain w?rk, fim fQpfipfep ***? your-, t, elf much sorrow, btjKer disappointment e Tt T-r c nan: but tbe fair^jto would hare oe heyWe \ bat bo ia gallant fWUgh to wait for the ? mU$t , b ENGLISH MARRIAGE PR0VERB8. Of ibo English adage, 'Better wed over the mixcn than over the moor,' wo have the following explanation ;?'The mixcn is the heap of manure in tho farmyard. The proverb means that it is better not to go far from homo in search of a wife?advice as old as tho Greek poet Hesiod, who has a line to this effect ; ?'Marry, in preference to all other women, one who dwells near thee.' But a more specific meaning has been assigned to tho English proverb by Fuller, and after him by Uay and Disraeli. They explain it as being a maxim peculiar to Cheshire, and intended to dissuade candidates for matrimony from taking tho road to Loudon, which lies over the moorland of Staffordshire. 'This local proverb, says Disraeli, 'is a curious instance of provincial pride, perhaps of wisdom, to induce the gentry of that county to form intermarriages, to prolong their own ancient friendship between them.' This is a mistake, for the proverb is not peculiar to Cheshire, or to any part of England. Scotland has it in this shape:?1Belter woo o'er midden nor o'er moss.' And in Germany they give the same advice, and also assign a reason for it, saying, 'Marry over the mixen, and you will know who and what she is.' The same principle is expressed in different 1 uii?a in uuier languages, e.ff.C?'Your wife and your nag get from a neighbo r.'? (Italian.) 'lie that goes far to marry,! does to be deceived or to deceive.'?(Spanish.) The politic Lord I3urleign seems to have regarded this 'going far to deceive as a very proper thing to be done for the advancment of a man's fortune. In his 'Advice to his Son,' he says, ,If thy estate be good, match near home and at leisure ; if weak, far oft'and quickly.' There is an ugly cunning in that word quickly. Burleigh's advice is quite in the epitit of the French fortune-hunters adage, 4In marriage cheat who can.?Proverbs of all Nations. A Kino made a conronAL.?At a Zouave banquet, after the battle, several of the men spoko of the gallant manner in which tho king had behaved at I'alestro, aud expressed, in their picturesque language, interspersed with Arabic expressions, their admiration of the Piedmontese sovereign. Some proposed to send him an address of congratulation.?'What is it yon determined to do?' asked one of tbem.? 'What!5 replied an old sergeant, 'is there any 'nan, however high his rank, who would not be proud to bo called brave bv the Zouaves, who aro, as the Emperor ba3 6aid, the first soldiers in tho world !'?'That is true,' was the answer from all present,? 'All,' exclaimed a bugleman, 4I have an idea; lot us nominate him to the rank of corporal!'?This proposition was unanimously approved of, and tho nomination was accordingly mado with great formality, the oldest sergeant standing up, and with a loud voice solemnly declaring, 'lu the nnmo of the Third Zouaves, Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, is named to the rank of corporal in the said regiment.' And it was decided that a document signed by the whole of the party present should be sent to the king to acquaint him with his promotion. This was done the next day, and the king conceives tho whole proceeding to be the highest honor thatcould be conferred on him. The 'Cool of the Evening'.?Sidney Smith was couipUiniug of a young gentle* t- - _l.t- ... lunu wuo, uuuougD many years ins junior, was in tho habit of addressing him by his | Christian name, a privilege which as Sid- i ney Smith remarked, he only allc wed his < intimate friends. Shortly after, the gentleman in question entered the room, , nnd familiarly addrossing Smith as'Sidney,' , inquired how he thought of passing the < day. 'For my part,' lie added/ the Archbishop of Canterbury (the then Dr. IIowley) has often iuvited me to pay a visit at Aldington Park, and I think I shall drive 1 iown and return in the cool of the evening.' ' ?'Ah,' returned Smith, 'then let'me give ' pou a word of advice } I know something >f the Archbishop,; he is a yery excellent I nan, but rathef> proud ; don't call bim I TtTMM ? ' - * ~ wiiiiam;- ue might not like it.' A roar of * augbter followed tbis significant speech ind an tbe discomfited youth led the room, j Sidney Smith turned round and qirigUj5 8 emarted. 'I think.I have sattlod the '*woi t >f the evening* atlMf.' ^ . ? Cheesk not aw Americanism.?A 1 gentleman, who has just returned from ? our ib Europe, telle us that the steward, pf be Ounaad Steamer, in * which, be came ver, mentioned it to him tutUfiVn of l.i? ?11.-* A * A v. mm luvojuy .i^iuuricvin u at ^comparatively totf ;n aaeag* from Lireipool liiWel^VorJ^ the rdhrtry Wwiptiojfc ;;te ^be caWit, w? ? iro Stilton cbeeaeaaW^i large Cheshire, 8 ssasstssisaisi o? -ohee* in tbreeor farikjy m*> m W U>? baring of * ia|e for ch&ke, (?*ep*rat?oi?%f etflk ? .iej.O wWWS?*.?r;o^U4&4& " J* ^ J' '' ^ ^ 33 3TO flRP 1*0. A high rknt.??. hole in tho crown of v. your bad bat. \ t Tho quickest way to m^ke "eye-water" is ' to run your nose against a lamp-post. J May the person who makes one potiod I two a day bo said to -double his capital 1 It is a shame, if any person poorer than you is inoro contented than you. Fools are ruled by their humot* J but wise * men by their interest. Tho man who was hemmed in by d crowd has been troubled with a stitch in his side ever since. v Wo suppose that a man who nevef snonlra mm l"> *" 1 ? uvi d.?iv? uiway# to Keep 1118 word. i A fashionable proverb.?Heavensent us woman, and France?crinoline. Tiik value of silence.?A woman bus often committed herself by talking?'neve^ by holding her tongue.' ' J Why is Chauncey Burr a very goodtempered man *?Because be always keeps his collar (choler) down. M ' f ! * "% A lecturer asserted that allhjtter things were hot. "No" suggested Brown, "riot H bitter cold day." * Whose best works are most trampled upon ? A shoemaker's?because good shoes last longef thafj bad ones. A TERRIBLE REVERsi. No cLiMrcri now-a-days. All our children are men arid all our men are chiMish; A frenchman, wishing to 6peafc of^thA cream of the English poets, forgot the word,' and said "de butter of poets." The poor tailor who tried to cure hia Wife's temper has given it up as a bad job; H& foiifid tbo experittiefit wa? dot "Worth' the salt." "Do you kuow who built tkis bridge!" said a p'erson to Ilook. "No," replied Hook, "but if. you go over you'll bo tolled?" "Will you bo r second," said a gentle-' roan,-who proposed to 6gbt a duel. "No/ indeed, for you wouldn't stand U second yourself." There is a man in town so knowing, thai people who don't know their own rainde/ come to hitfi folr iftforrtfatiofc on the aubject. The tain man idolizes his own person, and here he is frtong; bit he cahnot bear hfe own company, and here he is right. A secret is my slave as long as I keep it tinder; a 3ecret is my m'aster the moment ii escapes from me. Love is better than a pair of spectacles trf make everything seem greater which is seed through it. What is the difference betweett a matt ? L - 1 -1 * * v*uij Kueps ooga, ana one wbo has nine walkiugsticks ? One ovtna c'a;nines and tb6' other nine canesi Bautru presented a poet to M. de llemery saying, "Sir, I present you with an indi< vidual who wilJgite you immortality ; but you must* meanwhile, girebim something t<? live upon." "Well,- fartoe/j yon told tfs your plafcel was a good place fof hftfrting ; now tfe bar# tramped it for three hours and found not game."?"Just so. I calculate, as a genera) thing, the less gafirfe tbefe is, the mora hno-' ting you have." v "All the ^torLd's a stage."?The lift/ of a miser is a bad drama; the only piint of which is in tbe eftd. All the effects ard crammed into the "tag." The top O# his profession.?If w# & . were asked .what physician stood .at thef top of bis profeMion, We should say it the gentleman wbo was in the b|ibH of kiJ tending patients Mi a thonament. A OAniUman in. flltw. * >? jua?w-iiji D v/ u rV| miw UIVUrlTCCUUJ f jcqueftthed to Lift #ife a hnn^fcome suio,* '* Providing in his will tbftt in dial* sbo . yaar~r~ icd again it sBoald be' dou1>)ei). , ', Bgau ffrifcds the bo trfljp, m;16 tlio crng the mow patcbTdot# " o clinWfay constant w?ul'tq tfceetl thVowty '* ny beautiful?/?iy fc>att/r " J ff Ifyoawould irtjoy fbtif . be sa4A> time t be society of tb ef tad ies, ypa bonld invito nono but widow*, for the/" ' rill bring ttetr pton icteds. Ajoung My, food ofJanodsg,^^; . toe course 01 a wum; red miles. Yet no I?<J$ *ot*fd (hfott ef ^kit>g-tbat4k?w* HO* OK* Wr;h ; (' . ^'' : *, ?T? V*(tj <? "Gentferaen," ?tM a fcrmt* keepe* tobfe riesta, atnridflfclKfVl d*n?t &u b*fe UlMd' eDOiigb f* "r>---sj'i*-rpvxiiii " # -;? ? iJ-i .^c> aaaaid ?w# (fl tm, * Jww3pSr? *pp{ An Irish concbWaft, driting ^a4;v?|^^ &wrab, roe darling, t vUk I