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THE MOTHER WHO HAS A CHILD AT SEA.
BV ELIZA COOK.
There'* »n eye that looks on the swelling cloud,
Folding the moon In a funeral shroud
That watches the stars dying, one by one,
Till the Whole of heaven's calm light hath gone;
There’s an ear that lists to the hissing surge,
As the mourner turns to the anthem dirge,
That eye 1 that ear! oh, whose can they be
But a mother’s who has a child at sea?
There’s a cheek that's getting ashy white.
As the tokens of storm come on with night—
There's a form that's fixed at the lattice pane,
To mark how the gloom gathers o’er the main,
White the yeasty billows lash the shore
WIA loftier sweep and heavier roar—
That cheek! that form! oh, whose can they be,
But a mother’s who hath a son at sea?
The rushing whistle chills her blood,
As the North wind hurries to scourge the flood j
And the icy shiver spreads to her heart
As the first red lines of lightning start.
The Ocean bolts i all mute she stands,
With.parted Ups and tight clasp’d hands 5
Oh, marvel not at her fear, for she
IS a mother who has a chlld at sea._
■ She conjures up the fearful scene
Of yawning Waves, where the ship between,.
With Striking keel,, and splintered mast,
Is plunging hard and foundering fast.
She mm j her hoy, With dark drenched hair,
CUipigihg on to the wreek, with a cry of despair;
Oh, the vision Is maddening I No grief can be
Like a mother’s who hath a cfilM at Sea.
She presses her brow—she sinks and kneels,
Whilst the blast howls on, and the thunder peals;
She breathes not a word, for her passionate prayer
Is too fervent and deep for the Ups to bear;
It is poured In the long convulsive sigh,
In the straining glance of an upturned eye,
And a holier offering cannot he .
Than the mother’s prayer for her chUd at sea.
Oh! I love the winds when they spurn control,
For they suit my own bond-hating soul;
I like to hear my soul sweeping past,
Like the eaglet's pinions, free and fast ;
But a pang wUI rise, with sad aUoy,
To soften my spirit and sink my joy,
When I think how dismal their voices must be,
To a mother who has a child at sea.
"I WILL BE GOOD TO-DAY”
«I will he good, dear mother,”
. I heard a sweet child say;
“I wilt be good, now watch me;
I will be good ail day.”
She lifted up her bright young eyes,
With a Soft and pleasing smile s
Then a mother’s hiss was on her Ups,
So free and pure from guile.
And when the night came, that little one,
In kneeling down to pray,
Said, In a soft and whispering lone,
*< Have I been good to-day? ”
Oh, many, many bitter tears
*T would save us, did we say,
Like that dear child, with earnest hearts,
“I wilt he good to-day.”
•
ARTHUR AND THE OLD CLOCK.
r One Sabbath day Arthur was left at home alone,
while all the rest of the family attended church.
Instead of regarding the day as he Bbould, in the
quiet perusal of the Bible and other good books, he
made it a day of self-amusement. As soon as all
were gone, Arthur began to search all the curious
nooks and corners of the time-honored dwelling.
Thegarrat was explored and many rare curiosities
exhumed. Ancient desks and drawers were ex
amined, revealing their curious ioontents to his im
pertinent and ehudish curiosity.
An old clock stood in the corner, with a tall,
gaunt, brown ease, Within the dark, hollow
closet, Arthur had often peered, but ho had not
been allowed to examine very closely the myste
ries of the clock ease. Now was a fine opportunity.
He' opeded the narrow door. The long pendulum
Was swinging hack and forth at regular intervals
With a loud tick, tick, tick, tiek. Two long, cylin
drical, tin weights, and two very little lead weights
were hanging by small cords.
Arthur had seen his father “wind up the clock,”
and he knew it was done by pulling down the little
Weights. “It must be rare sport,” he thought, “to
wind up the old clock.” He would make the at
tempt, at any rate. So taking hold of the small
weight, he tugged away right manfully. The
purred, and the great weight began to
“Faster,” said Arthur, “go up faster,” and
gbtfpg a sudden pull, the cord broke, and down
came the heavy weight With a loud noise! Then
there Was a terrible whirring among the clock
wheels for a moment and then it Btopped. ' The
ticking ceased, and the pendulum stood still!
“O, what have I done now?” cried Arthur, in
distress. “O, what will father say to me, when
he sees what I have done?” Arthur closed the
dock door, and for the remainder of the day, un
til his parents returned, was a very humble, quiet
hoy.
When bis father returned, on looking at the old
plock. he perceived that it had stopped. Opening
the eloek door, he saw that the cord of one of the
weights had broken, and that the weight had fallen
to the bottom of the ease.
“.How is this, Arthur; did you know that the
dock is stopped ?"
« Yes, sir,” replied Arthur, “I heard a great
noise in the clock case, and when I went and
fcokeJtaj-haluildjtwaa.silent.”
Mr. MiltOU made no more
that it was an accidental occurrence. Night came,
and little Arthur went to bed as usual. His father
had. tied the cord, and the clock was now ticking
loudly as ever. To Arthur it ticked loader than
oyer. It seemed to say, in the silence of the night,
“Boy! boy 1 hoy!” “A lie! a lie! a lie!”
« Own it! own it! own it!”
Arthur did not sleep much. Conscience whis
pered to him, and with the words of the old clock,
said, “ Arthur, you have told a lie."
Early in the morning he arose and gazed up
Into the face of the . old clook. It looked very
sternly at him. “Quick! quick! quick! quick! "
said the clock. So the poor boy Went to his father
and told all, with a very sorrowful heart. His
father freely forgave him. And' he prayed that
God would forgive him, and never suffer him to
tell a lie again.
Bear children, never tell an untruth. Lying
is a IOW, mean vice, and very wicked.
„ The Well Spring.
AN ALLEGORY.
A humming-bird met a. butterfly, and being
pleased with the beauty of its person, and the glory
of ihi wingS. made an offer of perpetual friendship.
“I cannot think of it,” was the reply, “as you once
spurned me, and called me a crawling dolt.”
“Impossible!” exclaimed the humming-bird; “ 1
always entertained the highest respect for such
beautiful creatures as you." “Perhaps you do
now,” said the other, “but when you insulted.me
I was a caterpillar. So let me give you a bit of
advice. Never insult the humble, as they may
gome day become your superiors.”
A beautiful smile the female countenance
what the Sunbeam is feS|fiidscape. It embel
lishes an inferior face, ana redeems an ugly ope.
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ANTICIPATED SEPARATION.
One of the most trying anticipations with regard
to death, in the minds of many, long before the
event arrives, is separation from those whom we
love. And yet there is probably nothing in
human experience more remarkable than the re
signation, and cheerfulness, with which some, who
have had every thing to make life desirable, have
left all and followed Christ, when he came to lead
them through the valley. The young wife and
mother in her dying hours, becomes the comforter
of her husband; she'turns and looks at the infant
who ’s held up to receive her farewell, and the
mother alone is calm, sheds no tears, gives the fare
well kiss with composure. “Thy rod” is support
ing her. “Thy staff” is keeping at.bay the pas
sions and fears of the natural heart. So a widowed
mother leaves a large family of young children,
with a peace which surpasses all understanding.
And the father of a dependent family, which, never
could, in a greater measure, need a father’s pre
sence, looks upon them from his dying ’bed, and
says to them, with the serenity of the patriarch,
“Behold, I die; but God shall be with you."
Nothing is more true than this, that dying grace
is for a dying hour; that is, we cannot, in health
and strength, have the feelings which belong to
the hour of parting; but as any and every scene
and condition into which God brings his children,
has its peculiar frames of mind fitted for the ne
cessity of each case, we need not make the useless
effort to practise all the resignation, and experience
all the comforts, which come only when they are
actually needed. We do not often hear the-first
part of the following passage quoted; but in such
rocky and thorny paths as we are often made to
through, how good it is to read, “ Thy shoes
shall be iron and brass;, and as thy days, so shall thy
strength be." . ' ;
A CONNUBIAL SERMON.
A connubial little sermon, from the text, “Be
happy as you are," is thus preaehcd by a contem
porary print:—“Wife and mother, are you tired
and out of patience with .your husband’s and your
children's demands upon your time and attention?
Are you tempted to speak out angry feelings to
that .faithful, but, -perhaps, sometimes,heedless or
exacting husband of yours? or to scold and fret
at those sweet and beautiful ones? Do you groan
and say, ‘ What a fool I was to marry, and .leave
my father’s house, where I lived at ease and in
quiet? ’ Are you, by reason of the care and
weariness of body which wife-hood and neighbor
hood must bring, forgetful of and unmindful for
their comforts and their joys? Oh! wife and
mother, what if a Btroke should smite your husband
and lay him low ? What if your children should
be snatched from your arms and from your bosom ?
What if there were no true,' strong- heart to r you
to lean upon ? What if there were no soft little in
nocents to nestle in your arms, and to love you or
receive your love? How would it be with you
then? Be patient and kind, dear wife; be un
wearying and long-suffering, dear mother; for you
know not how: long you may have .with you your
best and dearest treasures—you know not how
long you may .tarry with them. Let there be
nothing for you to remember which will wring
your heart with remorse if they leave you alone;
let there he nothing for them to remember but
sweetness and love unutterable, if you are called to
leave them by the way., Be patient, he pitiful,
be tender of them all, for death will step sooner
or later between them and you. And oh! what
would you do if you should be doomed to .sit soli
tary and forsaken through years and years? Be
happy as you are, evert with all your trials; for,
believe it, thou wife of a loving and true husband,
there is no lot in life so blessed as thine own."
GOD DON’T FORGET.
A young wife (from the State of Connecticut,)
who had left fortune, friends and native laud for
Christ, was permitted in her distant missionary
home to embrace a little son. The babe was
named Willie for his father; and when but a few
days old was consecrated by .his'believing parents
to the Lord in the solemn rite of baptism. To
his mother especially, this was a sacred transac
tion. She felt that she had placed upon his in
fant brow the seal of a divine promise; and her
faith was unwavering that the blessings of the
covenant would rest upon him. A heathen woman
living in the mission family, witnessed the solemn
ceremony, and made many inquiries as to its na
ture and design. When informed that the appli
cation of the baptismal waters had in itself no
saving efficacy, she exclaimed in the broken Eng
lish which she had learned, “ What de use, den ?
You no live to bring up .baby—[the missionary’s
wife was in failing health] his fader die perhaps
—no body tell of dis —baby no remember—who
know he belong to de Lord?” “Ah,” replied
the mother, her countenance illuminated with
faith and hope, “ God will know it; and he don’t
forget!”
The prediction of the heathen attendant was
soon in part fulfilled. The believing mother was
called away from earth; and the child was taken
to the native land of its parents. There he was
kindly cared for, and through the good providence
of God was brought up by Christian friends' in
the ways of virtue. Be "was an obedient ehild,
trained to habits of industry and order, and faith
fully taught the doctrines and duties of religion.
Yet he grew almost to manhood without seek
ing a personal interest in that Divine Bedcemer,
to whom in infancy his parents’ faith had conse
crated him, and it seemed as if the faithless heathen,
might almost repeaLihe question, “ What’.s the
use ?" Willie, now in his twentieth year, received
a very flattering and lucrative business offer, which
would take him a thousand miles from his home
and pious kindred,' and expose him, without the
safe-guard of personal piety, to the temptations
of a large city in one of our Western States.
“ The situation is a good one for business/’ said
the uncle, “and the business itself is unexcep
tionable. If Willie was a Christian, Lshould not
hesitate to bid him go. Ah, Ms‘mother little
thought when she dedicated him so early to. jhe.
Lord, that he would live to manhood without be
coming pious. I wonder if he ever thinks of that
parental consecration; I must remind him of it,
ere he can leave ns."
William felt solemn when the scene was - thus
rehearsed to him.. But he was hurrying to pay a
visit to his grandfather before setting out on his
journey West and so he dismissed the sub
ject for that time from his thoughts. Arrived
the next day at the paternal home of his parents,
his feelings became tender and impressible. He
thought of the long journey before him, with its
graver and deeper perils. He wished that he
were what his mother believed he would be—a
child of God. And as if to ripen his impressions
and feelingsinto'fruitful purposes, the providence
of God sent that very evening, to preach 1 in/bis
grandfather’s church, the Rev. ——A., This
gentleman was an intimate friend ■of * William's
mother during the days of her youthful loveli
ness; and his heart yearned over the youth for
the sake of the dead.
God blessed that sermon to his soul. William
saw and felt his danger; and fled to the atoning
blood of Christ, for pardon and salvation.. Before
he left his friends, they had the cheering hope
that he had taken upon himself the vows of dedi
cation made for him in infancy, and that wherever
he lived, he would “ live unto the Lord.”
Christian father and mother! let this true nar
rative strengthen your faith in God. Yon may
be taken from your ohildren—they may be scat
tered to threads of the, earth—Christian friends
’may become discouraged in laboring fob their
conversion. But one thing is certain. If yon
have sincerely consecrated them to God, he will
surely remember it. A royal answer to a scoffing
world, who sneeringly ask, “ What’s the use?”
may be found in the three words so touchingly
spoken to th'ut heathen doubter, “ God don’t for
get.”
Religious Exercise in Boston Schools.— At a
meeting of the Boston Board of School Committee,
held m the Council Chamber, Mayor Lincoln pre
siding, the following rule, or general order was made:
“ The 'morning exercises ofall the schools Shall com
mence wuh the reading of a portion of the Scriptures
the repetition of the Lord’s Prayer by the teacher
in each room ; and the afternoon session shall’close
with appropriate singing.”
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THE MORALS OF TRADE-
An ancient writer, named Hosea, once said,
speaking of a tribe of men and likening 1
individual: “Heis a merchant, the balances of
deceit are in his hand} he loveth to oppress.
However true this may have been ot mer
chants, as such, in a past age, it is not true ot all
merchants of the last or the present age; ana,
therefore, while the deceitfulness, knavery, selfish
ness, and dishonorableness of merchan ts among us
should be, as they have been and will be tn this
paper, held up to .opprobrium, it is right that the
upright, independent, truthful, and “ princely
merchants should be commended, m contrast with
those, of an opposite character, so that the ba
lances, in which are weighed the just and the un
just, should be held by Justice. ~ .
Auctioneers. A countryman strayed into a city
auction-store, and stood near the auctioneer while
he was rapidly selling various fabrics, stating that
they cost so much sterling, that the colors were
fast, that there were but few in the market, that
they were going at half their value, that it was
the last opportunity of buying so cheap, .etc., etc.,
pledging his word and honor that all he had
said was sacredly true. At the close of the sale
the countryman, leaning on his cane, looked up
into the face of the auctioneer, and said—“ Al
low me, nir, to ask you ope question: where, do
you cxpect to go lohen-you die?” An auctioneer
in one of our‘large cities was so truthful, so noble
in his whole deportment, so inflexible in stating tho
exact qualities of • goods, that the company ever
reposed the most implicit confidence in Ins asser
tions. He often had evening sales, and bids were
very freely made by those at too great a distance
to handle the goods. Buyers had perfect confi
dence that what was said of every article, of their
cost, their quality, and -tlieir value, was exactly
so. This Tnfl.n’s business and riches locrsascd.
from : 'yeaf .toyear,'and-his reputation kept .pace
with his prosperity. •
Defrauding the Government. Au importer,
who was also an officer of a church, .but one who
practically bel eved that religion was good in its
place, set his wits, at work to evade the revenue
laws, thus defrauding his country while he in
jured his - neighbors. . There was an ad valorem
duty oil a' certain af tidle, blit by an ingenious con
trivance be managed to get round the JaWs and
enrich himself, while every other importer lost
money. We know that man well, and to mention
his name wbuld be to tell the story which has
been a thbusand times told in business circles.
Another merchant, who unfortunately did not
belong to any church,and.who was sometimes,, we
are sorry to say, both profane and passionate, had
such a scrupulous regard for common honesty,
the just enactments of government, and commer
cial integrity, that if he found in a^ package of
goods imported by hinv an extra article, even a
dress for his wife, he would be sure to enter it at
the Custom-House. : He would soon have,
cheated his neighbor outright as obtain an advan
tage over him in such, a mean -way. This man
practised moire religion than he professed, while
the other professed much but practised little. .
Union-Savers. A Southern trader came to . this
city to do a. rare thing—to pay cash for his entire
purchases. Determined not to buy of any man
who was not- true to the. South, he went to the
store of and said, “Are you an Abolitionist?
If you are, I will hot buy of you.” The reply
was, Yes; I am an Abolitionist, for although I
would like to trade with you, I cannot deny my
principles. The Southerner next went -tb the
store of". '■■■'■ , who was an officer of 1 an anti-slave
rry society. The Same question was put to him,
and the reply was, “ Why, I, no. I don’t
like all the Abolitionists do.” Next ho went to
the warehouse of: ——, a well known anti-slavery
man, propounding the same question to him.—
This merchant with rare self-possession and Attic
wit, replied, “ I should like to ask you n. question
or two, in my turn; a!s yon a close-communion
Baptist ?” The Southerner looked surprised, and
said, “What if I am 1” He was answered,
“ Why, in that case, I cannot Sell you any goods ;
not even for cash.” After pricing goods in the
market, the Southerner returned to this store and
made his .purchases. On settling bis bill, he was
inquisitive to know why Mr. would not sell
goods, for cash even, to close-communion Bap
tists. Mr. -*— laughed, and said, “ I have no
prejudice against them, ot any other sect, but you
asked me a foolish cjuestiou,' and I replied by ask
ing you another ; that’s all.”
Shoemakers. It is a common. remark that
“ shoemakers never tell the” truth,” although ;we
•believe them to‘be, 'as a-whole, asireliable as men
in ■ other trades. A merchant, after ordering a
pair of boots in this city, asked, “ When will
they be done ?” “ Next Saturday night,” jwas the
prompt reply. “ Now you know you lie,” said
the plain-spoken merchant. “ Well,” said the
-bootmaker, -‘‘theyshall! certainly dohe.by.next
Tuesday;” : That man was so in the habit of lying
under such circumstances that ho scarcely ever
spoke the truth, except by mere accident. . Such a
mechanic is a living preacher, of the devil, known
and read of all men with whom he comes in* con
tact, waxing worse and worse, without reforma
tion, his last —end in this life is usually poverty.
Old Saying. “Honesty is the best policy.”
We have heard this from our youth up, but honesty
is something better than- : policy—it creates Self
respect,' acquires confidence,' inspires contentment,
and insures success. A large lumber merchant,
and a scrupulously honest man, of Boston, who from
small-beginnings, arose ito!be-aiman of wealth and
influence, once said, “If I had no moral princi
ple, I should ,say, I believe that the surest way to
make a fortune is tb be strictly honest.” . Think
of this, young men. Commercial integrity is
sound philosophy. It is something good to live
by and to die by, while' dishonest, gains torment
the conscience, living and dying. On an old
tomb-stone in Dorchester, Mass., is 'the following
quaint inscription} written by some one who had
an appreciation of moral worth, albeit he was a
poor poet. Who does not desire to merit such an
- encomium ? -
«t Here lies the body of deacon David Auricula,
Who in the ways of God walked perpendicular.”
Independent.
THE OPIUM EATER.
A correspondent of an English journal con
tributes the following to the anecdotes 'already in
vogue respecting Thomas de Quincey:
“ In a recent leading article in your journal you
-have ably pointed out, the grievous defect in se
veral of our most eminent literary men, lately de
ceased, of the:Christian element in .their distin
guished writings. Among .those was my late be
loved school-fellow, Thomas de Quincey, or, as we
more familiarly called him Tom Quincey. I knew
him well, both at-school and college. While 1
lament with you this Christian neutrality in his
writings; I feel it my duty to ’ rescue his 'memory
from any approach to infidelity. His mother was a
most excellent woman, the intimate friend of
Hannah More. His sister was the first wife of
the Rev. Philip Serle, son of that eminent Chris
tian writer, Ambrose Serle. ; I can well' remember
a warm discussion; with him at the college,'on the
merits of Southey and Coleridge, iff wfecii I rash
ly charged him with some leaning toward deistical
principles. He was so much affectliff that ■he
burst into tears, took up his cap, and suddenly left
the room.
“ He never forgave that insinuation, and we
ceased to correspond ’in after life. But a few
months ago it occurred to me that I would en
deavor to renew our friendship, as we were both
in our seventy-fifth year. My letter reached him
just as he was dying, and it was thought best not
to raequaint him .with the contents, as he } ,was al
ready delirious. But his daughter, Mra’fCraig,
wrote to me the day after his ueeease, giving me
a minute account of his last illness. In hie wan
derings he was frequently talking of little chil
dren, with an evident allusion to the children:,em
braecd by our Saviour. Very shortly before he
died he complained that his feet were parched,
and desired his clothes to bo removed. While ex
amining his feet he sajd to his daughter, ‘Yon
are lbqkinght the feet which Christ has washed.’
I mention this anecdote to show that his dying
ini’ ®tmsu auplisst.
liriou?, were, engaged on Ms
:an be no higher evidence of
and instincts of the heart
oiuntarily transpires through
thoughts, though (
Redeemer. There
the secret though!
than that which ic
an expiring deliriu
:an climate.
AW IX.
il robs age of reverence, and
ten it is. Not tbe Coliseum,
Appian Way, nor the oldest
or any other Roman ruin, be
t; may, ever give the impres
mtiquity which we gather,
from the gray walls of an
astle. And yet every brick
ipick up among the former
l the foundation of the latter
lowing to the kindness with
English ruin to her heart,
as. tenderly asßobin Red
’d babies with forest leaves,
a part of herself,' gradually
Fork of man and supplant
(osses and trailing verdure,
bole structure back. But
jan has once hewn a stone
Buishes her right to it, and
lit again. Age after age
H in the barren sunshine,
ides this natural disadvan
tage century, in: Rome, has
3 very ruins, so far as their
lcerned, by stealing, away
one,,and leaving only yel
ver . ;
Marble Faun. ,
The It.alian.cUnß
makes it look newei
nor the tombs of t
pillar in the Forum
it as dilapidated as
sion of venerable
along with the iv
English abbey or
or stone, which w
has fallen ages befol
was begun. This i|
which nature takes I
eovering .it with
breast covered the ,d
She striyes to make
obliterating the han<
ing it with her own
till she has won the
in Jltaly, whenever
Nature forthwith reli |
never: lays her finger
finds it bare and hal
and leaves it so. B
tage, too, each.succet
done its best to ruin
picturesque effect ity
the marble and hewn
low bricks, whic^^^
IBACCO.
From a book eo led “ The Use and Abuse of
Tobacco,’' by John tzars, late Professor of Surge
ry to the lloyal C ege of , Surgeons, and lately
Senior Operating S jeon to the Royal Infirmary,
of Edinburgh, we e ract the following:
Sailors and navy: smoke more than any other
class. The sailor is from eight ounces to six
teen ounces of tob :o per month; the navvy,;
eight or ten •oudce; but part of this chewed.
Bad taste in the nio I', with sometimes an angry,
irritable point on e- tongue, lips, or fauces,
which prevents him dm smoking for a-few days,
are the only bad res a I have observed. It does
not appear to affec le nervous system of either
of these classes. ' 3 miner, uses above eight
ounces per month. )ften breathing an impure
air, .the tone of his jrstein is lowered, and then
tobacco exerts its bj iful influenoe. oa him. He
is subject to dyspept bilious and nervous attacks,
while those who do >t smoke are. invariably the
heahhiest. '■
' Now, let the s’sdloi
employment,'andia'
begins to affect Him
tary habits. His ha
feels clammy, and
loses to a groat ex
his appetite> become
and indolent; hjs m
has cardiac; disturb
may resist it a few y
It is generally sup
the open air are e
This is only the casi
must be well fed: (
it exerts its baneful
■effects; secondly, 1 fn
of that which shouh
he is still further del
p navvy take to Sedentary
short time tobacco-smoking
lit does the man of seden-'
begins to shake, his month
has a bad taste in it - he
at’ his fine' gustatory Sense;
laprieious; he feels languid
iory ; becomes cojnfiisedj he
fee. A ;strong ; constitution
s, bnt ultimately gives way.
sed that those who labor in
fedpted from its bad effects.
1 certain conditions. They
'the laborer with'low wages,
luence—first, from its own
squandering a large portion
( o to nourish him, whereby
Stated.
I may mention ,
knovra/ but which »
proved, namely, that!
or continuously on a
He cannot follow out)
. must lay aside bis pij
.. On the question j
quotes from a brothel
I know of no swid
harm as smoking. /
It soothes thcexciteq
'to* render it more ir\
matcJy. It is like oj
you want to know a
'this drug can 'produce,
Cessions of an Opiiim
tinguish by liis com;
much; and the appeal
-sent is an unerring gr
-man. I believe that
more frequent in Ed;
end I suspect that sou
causes of that increase.
THE spxd:
That any creature
a net, not less, ingeoio
manj.for the capture
fix it iri the right plac
the result, is a proeee
! did iidt see it done d
cominon 'house spider ;
seem wonderful. Bn’
increased when we ti
of each single thread
tical precision and-raj
cases, the net itself*;
all this, as an exam
.the most common thi
examined, the net of
of two distinct kinds
i'ng the concentric cun
much more elastic ith
studded over -with n
gum, sufficiently adbt
fly, which comes in
average dimensions is
to contain eighty-sev. -
and sixty of these glol i<
teen or sixteen inchei i
twenty thousand ; an! ;i
pie ted by one species- 1
forty minutes, on an r
occurs.
WHAT CHOWS M rBE EDUCATED TO:
We see frequent r lohstrances in the agricul
tural papers, againsiih'e killing of crows, and
they are declared to-Je natural scavengers, very
necessary to' us.. ■B* in the Island of" Ceylon;
where they-have a)teyB -,been .beld sacred, -and
therefore have beeixvt liberty to propagate and
acquire knowledge,Umy are , thus described: —
“No article, howevdunpromisingits quality, pro
vided only 4 -be pojftble, can with safety; be. left
.unguarded in any nartment accessilpleio them.
The contents of l/ies’ work boxes, kid gloves,
and pocket-handk«hiefs, vanish instantly if ex
posed near a wind* or an open door. They open
paper parcels to pertain the contents; they will
undo the knot oda Napkin if it encloses any thing
eatable, and I hie known a crow to extract the
peg which fasteid the lid of abasket, in order
to plunder , the *ov«nder within. On one occa
sion a nurse sewed in a garden adjoining, a* regi
mental mess rook ws terrified by seeing a bloody
clasp-knife drop fret the air ather feet ;: but the
mystery was expiated- on. learning .that ar crow,
which had. been Avatching the cook chopping
mince-meat, hadseized the moment, when his
head was turned/to carry off the knife. One of
these ingenious darajuders, after yainiy attitudini
zing in front of a e iained watch-dog, .which was
lazUy gnawing a. boj e, and after, fruitlessly, endea
voring to divdtt hi attention by dancing before
him, with heal aw y and eye askance, at length
flew'away form mo ient, .and returned, bringing
with it a companion Sib perchdd itself on: a branch
a feW yards in th tear. The Crow’s grimaces
were now actively r hewed, but with no better re
sult, till its coufed irate, poising himself on his
wings, descended wi h the utmost velocity, striking
the dog upon the s line with all the force of his
beak. The ruse wt 5 successful; the dog started
with, surprise. aDd j tijn, but not quickly- enough
to seize his assailant, whilst the bone.he had been
gnawing disappear* 1 the moment, his head was
.turned. Two well; uthenticated instances of the
recurrence of this "(evice came within my know
ledge at Colombo, a,d attest the sagacity f and pow
ers of .eoniinunicati m .and combination possessed
by these astqte and courageous birds.” ■
urious fact, not generally
ares only to be tried'fo be
>; smoker can think steadily
i subject while smoking,
train-of do sq he
smoking, Professor Lizars
rofessor these -words:
itflit# which does: so.nwVh
isasnareand adelusion.
prvous system at the time,
kibje and more feeble ulti
ma. in that and if
2 ;he wretchedness \?hicli
V a should read the “Con
i' ter.” I can always dis
ijj cion a man who smokes
• ce’ which the fauces pre
•up to the habits of such a
s ofgeneral paralysis are
id-than they used to be,
ng tobacco -is one of the
i’S THREAD.
ild be found to, fabricate
than that of the fisher
ies prey; that it should
and then patiently, await
>g sb strange that if we
y before our eyes by the
l garden spider, it would
ow much is our wonder
k -of the complex fabric
nd then of the mathema
ity“with which, in certain
onstrueted; and to add to
1 of the wonders which
s exhibit when carefully
ae garden spider consists
silk. The threads form-
s are composed of a silk
that df-the-raysjmhd- ire
ute globules of “a. viscid
ve to retain-any .unwary
ntact with it.' A net of
itimated by Mr. Blackwell
thousand ;_threc 'hundred
ies, and a large net of four
iameter, one hundred and
et such a net will be com-
Mperia apoclica-r-ia about
'erage, if no interruption
Introduction to Zoology.
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Belts for the Pulpit isSS ’, cloth » 1-00
ssnsssSSS-* ;i
‘ SMITH, ENGLISH & CO., ~
No. 23 Nobtb Sixth St..
o P i „ . . ■ . Philadelphia.
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SAVING FUNDS.
AMERICAN
LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY.
Company’s Braidings, South-east Corner of WALNUT
and FOURTH Streets.
Of Pennsylvania.
Canital 4500,000. Charter Perpetual. _ _
%nsureslSSves during the natural life or for short term;,
endowments, and makes contrawi
o» *» issues of life. Acting
also as E»cntorsi Trustees, and Guardians.
of Life Insurance issued at the usual mutual
rates of other gobd Companies—with profits to the as
”red—at Joint Stock rates, 20 per cent less than above,
or Total Abstinence rates 40 per cent. less than Mutual
price.
SAYING FUND.
Interest at fi per cent. allowed for every day the Dc
nosit remains, and paid back on demand m Gold ami
Silver, and Checks furnished as in a Bank, for use of
D fto t0 Compan y has J-r»ST MORTGAGES, REAL
ESTATE, GROUND BENTS, and other Ant-class la
vestments, as well as the CAPITAL STOCK, for the
security ofDepositorsin this old established Institution.
ALEXANDER WHXLLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WOSKJ 'Yice President.
Jobs C. Sims, Secretary.
Jouk S. Wmsow, Treasurer.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Alexander Whilldin, John Anspacb, Jr.
Samuel Work, Jonas Bowman,
John C. Farr, William J. Howard,
John Aikman, John C. Sims,
Samuel. T. Bodinei George Nugent,
■T. Esmonde Harper, Albert C. Roberts,
H. H. Eldndge.
MEDICAL EXAMINEES.
J. F. Bird, MiD., J. Newton Walker, M.D.
In attendance *t theConipany’a Office daily at one
o’clock p*Me feblo 17
riUA&ER. CITY INSURANCE COMPANY,
ifßiKxujr 403 Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
capital,. .::.:.. $300,000
SURPLUS, ...... .... ... .. •-. -..150,000
FIRE. MARINE, and INLAND INSURANCE.
FIRE INSURANCE, LIMITED and PERPETUAL,
ON BUILDINGS AND MERCHANDISE OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS.
MARINE INSURANCE, INLAND AND OCEAN,
ON: VESSELS,'FREIGHT, and GARGO, to and froir
all parts of the World. ■, ; : . t
GEO. H. HART, President.,
E. F. ROSSr Vice President.
H.R.GPGGSHALL,.Secretary.
S. H. BUTLER, Assistant Secretary.
DIRECTORS:
Andrew B. Chambers,
Charles* G.lm lay,
H. R. Cog-gshall,
Samuel Jones, M. D
Hon. Ji. M. Fuller..
George H. Hart,
E. P. Ross, ,
A. C. Cattell,
Foster 8. Perkins, ?■«
E. VST. Bailey,' ,
September 15.—1 y.
THE STATE SAVINGS FEND
No., 241 Do<dcStreet,?hiladelphia, ■
NEXT DOOR TO THE POST OFFICE.
Sumslar'ge and small are received daily, and every
Monday evening on deposit. Any sumof money wanted
is returned whenever called for. Many Persons open
accountswiththißCompany.ard draw their money by
Checks, as in Bank, thus combining convenience and
profit.. interest is paid dnall sums of'Money, Amount
ing to Three Dollats or more, ■atthe. date of Five Per
. Cent. Per Annum. No Notice is, required By this Com
pany for the • pai mcnt of ei.th,er Principal or Interest.
Substantial saiisfactionto Depositors has, without ex
ceptfon,-attended fttieoperationsaiidletFeirta of thm well
known Institution.
’ ■" HARTj Presirfent.
CHARLES G. JMLAY, Qishia.
mar. 5-1 yri J. BffINRY HAYES, First TeUer.
CfAYING FUND. r
© NATIONAL. SAFETY TRUST COMPANY,
CHAETEEEBBY THE STATE OF PENNSYZYANIA
1: Money is deceived every and in any.ainount,
large or small. . . .. „ ,
2. FIVE PER CENT, is paid'for money from the day
itisputin. . !•' • r •••,=• :
3. The mpney is always paid.baciturGOlJ),.whenever
it is called for, and without notice.
4. ’Moneyi£i>eodi»ed. (from ‘-Ekteuidiat, A&mmUtrator*,
GuarZianti and ot,h who desire to : have itina place
of perfect,safety, anil.wlieEe> interest 3an be obtained
fer/R?'l' ' i *T sj. Mbiim*.'- :i' ; '
iiC ®hp
in REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGES, GROUND KENTS,
andsuch other-firsfc'class securities Charter'dl-
F£Ciß. ■■ijZf'tj L'i 1 -- j n • -i-.'‘i ! *~■' :*- ■'? _
6 % Office hours—Every day from 9 tlll.fiahe
andonMondays and Thursdays till' 8 6’clbdk in tSe
troSag; -fl-
/~1 OMMomvfcifirii jriapi. rirsiTßAi^dE 1 compa
\J tMS ot' ithe Office. 613
Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia..
M.'jD., President. ■
o THOMAS
... Samuel 8. feb.36-1 vr.
be
ifipeetteuyiflfoTtn s' -the Pubirc,;that M is mum
J .pfeyenr size,
Hs£vi libul'at>ra6tibiitt -experience of
*▼<??• Htefftor*ijrfheoonstj-uetionofthem, ,he feels con
fident of his ability to produce an article equal to any in
the mqrket.- -AH•‘lnstruments : made <by' him 1 ire fully
defect in ipatqrialpr workmanship
will be made good at any time. . .
ttt? Tuning: and: Repairing carefutiy attended to.
feh'in
ieD. ju-i yr. 108 nokth sixth stbeet, rHiLADixPHiA
THEPIREIH STREET.
n JE- iPetars a Co.
W.» m January 19, 1860.
Messrs. Fabbei,, Hebmko A-Co., - . . ' .
vp'. 'a.":v:r i>29 Chestnut Street. .
_ Grai^iEMEir:— We have recovered the Sterrine’
Tlatent^hampio„ ; Saferof your make, Whichwe bough
MfeTO u yeap jago, from, the ruins of our
deSrnvS’l o ' fi 7r6 ' G .J'* st “ <lt street, 1 which was entirely
.«,e|tfnyed;J>y-fire;on jtb* morning; of ;theJ7th inst.
*$2F*Z .*? M before we
The o^?*6^ 11016 inte ™ r was one mass
oltf Safe ;be *ng in the back part of the store,
by the most combusftijle materials, was
of that
t HT llarj remained im
ooea in the rums tor more than thirty hours.
a W .the presence of
onr r.;u ent * em - en ’ and. the contents, comprising
OfvaluaW , e^^ lVa n®^ to,^i^a^^ a lW amount
by fire. r PaP e ts?.?re 9* l safe j not a thing was touched
■■■•' .‘ J rßes|>feifu%,.ytntts, #
v . THEO, H, PETERS A CO.
publfemeinv^»l? an se “ at ourkiOre, where th
are, to it.
FARREL, HERRING & CO.
. V No* $29 Ghestnitt St.
; ■>! v.. (Jaype’s Ha4l.)
nr HE BEST Bl ANOS: U'
A ■ are made vr .
SCI chick 15 ring & SONS,
Wm-trooms, SOff Cheslniu Street
wskksssf
I LUTZ, .CABINET WARE ROOMS *r
Owing
factee lf Cabtoe?^^!® 8611 facil '«e S in the manu
of mv friends ” a res,i begleaveto call the attention
I'ARLOK, I-ItiHARY, DIMAAAROO',! A CHAMBER
_. FURNITURE.
WithkHto^»™ni° EBONY FURNITURE
tS ’ on hand > and made to order.
fjtt CLOTHS—
V 298 ‘fcejMaimfectnrer, at
■ ! ‘ J - 229 A»CH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
V AND .
49 CEDAR STSEBT. NEW YORK.
. The stock consists of:
Enamelled leather Cloth.
•• • Carriage Floor Oil Cloth.
Table and Stair Oil Cloths.
Cu rt&M» Cloth.
Thfe ,yiuSlß wide.
0f these S ot >ds are not excelled
Wall be sold to dealers at reasonable prices.
WT,...... THOMAS FOSTER, .Manufacturer.
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JUNE GROCERIES. ,
JAMES E. WEBB’S
TEA WAREHOUSE,
223 80CTH HGHTH ST., BELOW WALNUT.
-j. • '* »'* i u»
r-J3es.;Conatantiy ■, on. .hand. alarge-ASsortment of the
Choicest Teas, Java and Mocha Coffee, and ever
description pf Finn Gkoceries, for family use.
S 3” Orders by jnail ; pr6rii'ptly attended to, and ear*-
ully packed and forwarded. jyS ly
May 3,1860,