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FATHER'S GROWING OLD JOHN.
Our father's growing old, John!
His eyes nre growing dim,
And years nre on his shoulders laid,
A heavy weight for him.
And you and I are young and hale,
And each a stalwart man,
And we must make his load as light
And easy as we can.
Lie used to take the brunt, John,
At cradle and the plough,
And earned our porridge by the sweat
• That trickled down his brow;
Yet never heard we him complain,
Whate'er his toil might be,
Nor wanted e'er a welcome seat
Upon his solid knee.
And when our boy-strength came, John,
And sturdy grew each limb,
He brought tuvto the yellow field,
•To share the toil with him;
But he went foremost in the swath,
Tossing aside the grain,
Just like the plough that heaves the soil,
.-- Or ebips that sheer the main.
Now we must lead the van, John,
' Through weather foul and fair,
And let the old man read and dUze,
And tilt his easy chair; •
And he'll nut mind it, John, you know,
At eve to tell ns o'er
Those brave old days of British times,
Our graudsitos and the War..
I heard you speak of mn'arn,John,
'Tie Gospel what you say.
That caring for the like of us
Etas turned her hair to gray!
Yet, John, I do reutetrilter well
When neighbors called her vain,
And when her hair was lung, and - like
A. gleaming sheaf of grain.
Her lips were cherry red, John,
Her cheeks were round and fair,
And like a ripened peach they swelled
Against her wavy hair. •
Her step fell lightly as the leaf '
From off the summer tree,
And. all clay busy at the wheel,
She sang to you and me.
She had a buxom arm, John,
That wielded well the rod,
Whene'er with wilful step our feet
The path forbidden trod;
But to the heaven of her eye
We never looked in vain,
And evermore our yielding cry:
Brought down her tears like rain.
But this is long ago, John,
And we are what we are,. -
And little heed we, day by day,
Her fading cheek and hair';
And when beneath her faithful breast
The tides no longer stir,
'Tie then, John, we the most shall feel
We had no friend like her!
Sure there can be no harm, John,
Thus speaking softly oe'r • •
The blessed name of those erelong
Shall welcome us no more.
Nay, hide it not, for why should'st thou
An honest tear disown ?
Thy heart one day will lighter be,
Remembering it has flown.
Yes, father's growing old, John,
His eyes are getting.dim
And mother's troading softly down •
The .deep descent with him :•
But you and I are young and hale,
And each a stalwart man,
And we must make their path as smooth
And level us we can.
CHAUCER'S COUNSEL
Ivrttrr annuTur BEPORE 1118 MATH
Flee from the crowd. and be to virtue true,
Control, with what thim hest; thOugh it be email;
To hoard brloga hate—nor . lofy t hinge
. irtgue ;
' fle'who ollmbs high end ngere many a fall,
Envy's a shade that ever waits on fame,
And or the sun that rises it will' bribe.
Trate not In life a vast expansive scheme,
But be thy wishes to thy state allied.
De mild to others—to thyself severe
-8o truth shall shield thee, or from hurt or fear.
Think not' of bending all things to thy will,
Nor vainly hope that fortune shall befriend;
Inconstant, she—but be thou constant still
Whate'er betide, unto an honest end.
Yet needless danger never madly brave,
Kiek not thy naked foot against a nail;
Or from eaperience the solution crave
1/ well and pitcher strive which shall prevail;
Be in thy cause os in thy neighbor's clear,
So troth shall shield thee, or from hurt or fear.
Whatever happens, happy in thy mind,
Be thou; nor at thy lot in life repine;
Be 'scopes all ill whose bosom is resigned,
Nor way nor weather shall be always tine.
Besides, thy home's not, here; a journey thitr—
A'pilgrim thou; then hie thee ou thy way—
Look tip to Gad, intent to heavenly bliss,
Take what the rand affords thee,—praises pay;
Shun brutal lusts, and seek the soul's high sphere,
So truth shall shield thee, or from lust or fear.
ANNETTE AND THE WATCH.
" Oh, grandpa, do show me your watch, and
tell me the story you prothised about it," said
Annette Farley, running into her grandfather's
room one bright May morning, and' carelessly
throwing her hat into her grandmother's arm
chair.
"Well: Annette," said the old man, as he took
ont his large old-fashioned watch, with its heavy
chain and seal, "do you suppose that there is
anything new which I can tell you about a watch?"
"Why, yes," said Annette; "you promised to
tell me something, and of course you know that I
can tell the time and all that by the watch."
"Oh, yes, Annette, I know you are a very
bright little girl, and perhaps you - know all I am
going to tell you. Look at me, and see if you
can tell me what time it is by my watch."'
"Of course it is two o'clock in the afternoon
by your watch," said Annette quickly.
"By this watch, yes," said her grandfather,
but this is-not the one Inman." •
"Oh, well, the clock says five minutes, past
two," said Annette, looking up at the old clock
in the corner.
"I don't mean that, either," said her grand
father, smiting.
"I did not know that you bad another clock,"
said Annette, looking curiously around, 'but if it
is right, it must say about the same that these do
—mustn't it?"
"Yes, if it is the same kind of clock; but the
one I speak of is not exactly the same."
"Isn't it, grandpa? oh, do let me see it. I
like so much to see new, strange things," cried
Annette, eagerly.
"How do you know this watch is going ?'
asked the old man.
"Because I hear it tick, and tick, and tick,"
said Annette, bending her head close over the
watch.
"Nell, Annette, I have heard. my watch tick,
and tick; and tick all day, and all night long,
ever since I can remember:
" And where i 3 it, grandpa?" asked Annette ;
" show it to me, and I will tell you the time."
"I'm afraid you can't do that till I tell you
bow," said her grandfather. "This watch of
mine is very singular; its hands go round only
once in about seventy years, and when it has been
ticking away about thirty years, the hands point
to twelve o'clock,POon."
"Why, grandfatrier l " exclaimed Annette, "do
show it to me; it must be a very curious watch."
" It is very curious, Annette. Just look into this
watch ; see how many little wheels are flying
around and around, and the mainsprings and hair
springs, all needed just to keep the thing in order
for a day. . My watch has a umeh more curious
and delicate mechanism to keep it going fur so
many years."
" But I shmild think it would grow old and
rusty and worn out in so many years," said An
nette.
"It does grow old, and when the bands have
g ene round' once, the watch stops forever—every
wheel and spring is completely worn out." •
"Oh, grandpa—can't it be wound up again?"
naked Annette,
"No," said the old man, musingly, "never
wound up again."
Annette paused a moment, watching her grand
father's face, for he seemed to have forgotten
what lie was speaking of, and to be thinking of
something far away; but she was too restless and
busy a child to be long silent, so she said gently:
"Grandpa, don't such strange watches stop
sometimes before they have gone so Jong, and
when they are not worn Out?"
"Oh yes, Annette, they stop at all hours—
soup: hardly seem to tick at all," said the old
11111.11.
" Well, then, you can wind them up and set
them going again," said Annette, "because they
are nut worn out."
"No, you can never wind, up one of these
watches after it ,onee stops ticking, Annette,"
said the old man sadly.
"I don't understand you," said Annette, with
an earnest look. "What time does your waich
say?"
• "The hand has passed the eleventh hour of the
night, Annette," said her grandfather gravely.
"Oh, grandpa, it will stop very soon; do let
me see it first," cried 'Annette.
"You have the same kind of watch yourself,
Annette," said her grandfather.
"Have I, grandpa?" said Annette; "1 never
saw it."
"I see, it," said her , grandfather, drawing her
gently to his side, and looking kindly into her
upturned face. "And its hands pointed to an
early morning hour."
"Oh, grandpa, why don't you show it to me,
and tell me all about it?" asked .Annette.
"My dear, I can't show it to you; but give me
your hand—there, don't you hear it tick ?" and
he took her little hand and laid it on her heart,
while he tepeated, softly--
,6 There is a Mae Myitic clock,
No human eye bath seen,
That ticks, and ticks, and ticks .
From morning until e'en."
"Oh, grandpa, I know what you mean now,"
said Annette. "You mean my_ heart, that beats
just as long as - flys. I wish you. had not told
we. It frightens me." , • . -
"Tit,, Annette, you must , not: be frightened at
such things," said her grandfather, gently; "the
little watch will tick just as long and steadily, if
you do think of it, and if you lire aright, your
whole life will seem like a lung, pleasant day, and
a gay, rosy morning of pleasure, a'clear noon-day
for. work and a calm twilight and evening for
rest."
"And that is ashy you said that the hands_of
your „watch have passed• eleven at night," said
Annette.
'Plat night, as Annette heard the old. clock in
tlp corner ticking, she thought of *hat her grand - -
fatter had said, and so, day after day, the old
Clock taught her a lesson ' But soon the
weather beeame warmer, and she found enough to
amuse and instruct her in the garden. Her grand
father loved to walk with her through the woods,
and tell her about the trees and flowers. Some
times he would rest himself under a tree while
she oliMbed up the hills for some wild flowers
which would be pretty to plant in her garden.
One day he did not get up to breakfast, and
when Aunette went to see him in, his room, he
said:
"Annette, dear, my -watch has almost run
down; it will tick but a little longer, and it can'
never, never be wound up again."
" Oh, grandpa, grandpa I" cried Annette, con
vulsively, throwing herself on the bed; and burst
ing' into tears.
"Annette, darling," said her grandfather,
soothingly, "don't grieve for rue; it is only my
body that is worn out. My soul is strong and
bright, and it is glad to be free for a new, and
liettmr life." Thus with kind .cheerful words he
comforted her till she was calm, and the SO, clays
that he still lived she was ever by 1:48 .side.
Little Annette grew,up to be a lovely woman.
She never forgot her grandfatber's teaching; but
tried always to live fur the better land where. he
had guue, mad where she hopes one day to meet
hint. •
RELIGION SAKES MEN RQNEST.
Religion is counteracted and obscured often by
prevailing customs and maxims; and that is apt
to be oiled right which is practised among Chris
tian people. Heathen converts take their ideas
of rectitude from the foundation of the truth, at
first-hand, and not as misrepresented and belied
by merely nominal Christians. Hence We see in
converts from heathenism, often, some of the
highest ornaments of the Christian rule, and
spirit.
I recollect to have seen . it stated by a rnis.siona-,
ry at the Cape of Good Hope, - by the Rev. Dr..
Philip, that of nine hundred cases brought before
Justice Burton, in a tour through the colony as a
circuit judge, only two eases were those of natives
who had belonged to missionary institutions, : and
these were for quite moderate offences.
Rev. Mr. Grout, who has been a missionary
among the Zulus of South Africa more than a
quarter of .a century, stated a few years since,
)hat in moving, he had occasion to place his goods
under a shed, where they lay four months, day
and night, without door or window, and Wereoften
han4lel by the, natives, and though niany articles ,
were fancied, by them very much, nothing was
ever taken. It is not supposed that these were
all Christiana, but many of them were, and their
influence was felt by all. The Zulis, it should
be said, have always exhibited wreinarkable
plieity of character.
We,have another striking illustration ' in the
case of a Hindoo who,
r.° was converted at Ahmed
nuo,er. This man, Bheeka by name, was a gate
keeper to the village of Ithokur, a little distance
from Ahniednugger, and one of his duties was,
when any traveller, especially any government
officer called, to obtain for him what was needed,
or call any person in the place whose presence
might be 'desired. On one occasion, when the
officer came to collect the revenue, the gate-keeper
was sent off for the head man of the village; but
the, latter, not wishing to see the revenue' officer,
said to Bheeka, "Go and tell him that Imu not
at home." - :
faithful.:The agate-keeper made no reply, but
. ..
went back and told tbe officer “The headman is
at hoine but he has directed, me to say that' he m
not at home."
The head man of course was soon found, and
was greatly enraged , on learning how he had been
betrayed. He had no . power to punish the Offen
der, but he had learned to send no more such lying'
messages by Bheeka.
It was also one of the duties of the gate-keeper,
when a government officer called, to provide him
with fuel,. which by a custom of long standing,
was taken from the house of the villagers wherever
it could be found.—Bheeka had done this many
times , before conversion, but now he had learned
a new lesson of integrity, and though the fuel Was
not for himself, and it was agreeable to eon - Minn
usage to take it from his neighbors, he could not
do it; and knowing further that he should be
beaten if he 'refukid, he promptly resigned his
office, which, with its large, emoluments, was of
great importance to him.
This man was not influenced by opinion, the
fear of disgrace, or the dread of punishment;
these all favored his takint , r' the fuel as ordered;
he would even 'have been honored and enriched
by .doing it; but Gospel precepts had enlightened
him; religion had , beceme ts, power in his heart
and conscience, mi'd he had the firmness to quit a
luerative office the moment that office involved a
wrong to his neighbor.
'A.titericen`,Christians who read this, will make
the proper applications and reflections. The facts
were part of the missionary journal; published in
the Herald .in 1844.
Oue case more, eq . ually instructive. It occurred
at Aiutab, a station of the American Board, in Syria,
and a very important town of thirty erforty thou
sand inhabitants. The jewellers in that town had
a custom, that when a person came to buy or pay
for an article, who did not know its value, the
jeweller would tell him it was worth so much,
(perhaps'twice its value) and send him around to
ask the rest: and,they, , understanding the "trick
of the trade,'-"'would all say it Was Worth so Much;
Merry's Museum.
anteritan grtob#tetiatt ani:o viltfice OrA4tteliot.
and if any did not conform, to this rule, the craft
would soon find a way to put hint out of the busi
ness. In that country a man cannot choose what
occupation he pleases, but is compelled to observe
certain regulations, and have permission from the
chief. Among,' the jewellers of Aintab WWI one
who, instructed by the missionary, embraced the
truth as it is in• Jesus. His religion now would
not allow of his practising, the deception •required
by the trade and the fraternity of jevrellers would
not tolerate his new conscientious scruples, and so
he had no alternative but to sin on,
for the gain
thereof, or leave the business, and seek a liveli
hood some, other way. He did not hesitate, but
threw up his trade, knowing that it would be ex
tremely difficult,,Eor him to find any other occupa
tion; and thus he honored Christ and the Gospel,
choosing to suffer poverty With a pure heart and
clean hands, rather than enjoy the pleasures of
sin for a season.
This jeweller bad not derived, from a low stan
dard of Ohristianity, the idea thuta matt can be a
Christian, and impose on the credulity of his
neighbor by taking twice as much for an article
as it is wc,rth.
Religion does, make men honest. It will make
a. Boston or New York merchant honest; it will
take a Hindoo, a Zulu, a Syrian, or a . Pijian, en
lighten his judgment, correct his conscience,;
soften his heart, and make him a kind, just, truth
ful and henest msn.:----Thisle more than the Wis
dom of all heathen precepte ever did; more than
the philosophy of Grecian snges ever ancoMplished
a greater achievement than the'deisM of Voltaire,
Hume, Paine and Parker . could ever boast.
SIMPLE PEtER.
.
It is very weak and silly to be vain of rich
clothes, beautiful faces, or elegant mansions.
This, every child knows; n havintr been taught by
cradle Hymns and nursery stories that these can
not be trusted in. knows that our ornaments,
hosVeyer•nrach we May boast of thew, are the gifts
of the worm, the bird, or the dark mine, and pro
cured neither by our skill nor our wisdom. But
there are other gifts which come to us directly
from the hand of God, of which we sometimes
feel that we do well to be proud,—our good sense,
our talents, our genius. These often cause the
man, as well as the boy, to hold the head erect,
and to look down ;seen:dully on those leas favored
of Heaven But, ells! some who have ten talents
will Caine short'of heaven, while many a poor one,
almost an idiut, who obeyed the little of his Mas
ter's will`which had beeu revealed to hint, will
find rest with Jesus, where the veil shall be lifted.
frowthe dark mind, and he shine fur ever as
. a
star in the kinedout of God. •
We know,''-=-mir are We ashamed to say we know
him-well,—a"poor man whoui the world calls an
"idiot." In early childhood he received an inju
ry on liis' head !Which fractured the skull. Not
having proper medical 'care, a small bit of bone
which' should have been removed, was left pressing
upon the brain. The wound healed over, but the
mind never regained its vigor. The poor child
of poverty could never take care of himself agaiu.
As years wore on, his natural protectors grew
weary of him, and a, large-hearted gentleman re- 7
solved, for 'Christ's 'sake, to provide for the poor
outcast. Under his care he was taught to cotint,
to 'run little errands, mid was also sent to the
Sabbath school. He could never comprehend the
mysteries of the alphabet; but the greater wyste
rieareVealed in the way of salvation, he understood
and believed with :a readiness which might cause
many wiae, many noble, to blush. His strong
faith and unflinehing. obedience were beautiful to
behold. If told by his teacher that such 'or such
a thing would please Jestis, he would do it,:tto
matter what obstacles lay before him; but if he
knew any act to be 'offensive to the Saviour,
nothing could bribe him to !Jo it. • •
The poor fellow was perfectly aware that he
was not like other people, for : when forty years
old, he, sought_ his company ameng children,
touching them the
. little he:knew, and entering
heartily kith their joYs." He did all- in his poWer'
to gather outcasts into the Sabbath school, which
was his paradise; At One time there Wara'tiuite a
rebellion among the larger boys the school,
and many. left, _saying, with that spirit-of pride
which goeth before destruction. We are too big
to go to Sunday school." The superintendent,
who was, giving his all to, their interests, was so
pained
,that he _covered his face with his hands
and wept Then the pour simple boy,—or man
as he really w'as,—rose and said in broken lan
guage, loyking sadly, from his dull eyes, "The
Bible says, them that, God has given Much to,
hell expect, a great deal of. New, boys, he habit
given but a little Speck to oie, so he - W ont ask
much of me; but if he gin toe as much senses a's'
be has you i 'll'd :be afraid to look him in the face
if I behaved as, you do." • •
All felt the rebuke, and were more influenced
by it than by the words of the wise; Oh, will
not such as he, who, heaTing.of Jesus, believe in
him, at once, -rise in"judgMent against many, who,
with clearer intellects have rejected the Lamb of
God, , that taketh away the sin, of the wend? Let
us take heed `how we 'deapise•oneiof these little
ones; • nor let us 'boast' of our Wisdom and talents
until we know that they will not increase our
condemnation at the great•cla.y.
MY .M.QTIfER
Ascene of extraordinary interest lately took
•
place in London,—that city in which lofty piety
and degraded vice, walk side by side. At the first
of the meetings of fallen Women,, to. which alio•
-
sioti is - thade in our rell,kious intelligence, the Rev.
Baptist Noel; addressed them, inviting them to
come te - a,' home whi4'had
,been provided by'a
number of Christian 'gentlemen and ladies into
rested in their welfare; At the second meeting
he addressed them again, and in the'course . of his
remarks, as they sat gazing on the strange specta
cle 'Of slick women in such society, he drew from
his .pocket a, daguerreotype likeuess,:saying; wfo
day, I have, received <this likeness from .a,mother,
begging me ,to search forher lost daughter."
In an instant,*like
,an electric .flash, , the whole
assembly was moved: Scene's of chlldhoed, pie
tures Of 'happy days, images of maternal faces
rushed' into their memories, and the flood -'gates of
tears Were Opened. '
- . , Tract Journal.
I,i: . tictl]lA'' .. , #...t'ift - o•__ . - i
- •
• WELLINGTON ADM - WASHINGTON.
Lord -BrengliS.M iecently . - iittered • the follow
ing noble tribute to the character of Washington:;)
"The hi Cory of later times, indeed Of our own'
country, affords a:contrast to •the failings and the
viceieWhielf we• have been viewing, and the eon
teniplation of which may well excite Sorrow for
the great'genius which they perverted, and abhor
rence' of the mischievous uses to which ..they
turned it.. Of, our, own illustrious captain and.
statesman, who defeated all. Napoleon's marshals
in the cause of his country and her allies, and
who ended by overcoming Napoleon himself, it
might not be fit to - speak in this way; because,
though no one, can have the least doubt how he
would have acted in a like ,position, yet he never
bad the opportunity of declining an assuMption
of power beyond 'the •laiv. • But in Waishingtoti
we may contemplate':eveiir excellence, 'military
and civil, applied to the service of his country and
of, unatikind-e, triumphant warrior, unshaken in
confidence when theumst sanguine had .a right to
despair, a successful ruler in all tbe difficulties of
a course wholly untried—directing the formation
of a new government for a great people, the first
time so 'vast an experiment had ever been tried by
man—Voluntarily, and unostentatiously retiring
from supreme power, with the veneration of all
parties, of all nations, of all mankind, that the
rights" of men might be conseried; and that his
example might'never be appealed to by vulgar ty
rants. It will be the duty of the historian and the
sage, in all ages, to omit no occasion of conitne - -
morating this - illustrious man; and until
.time
shall be no more will a test of the,progress which
oar race has made in wisdom andwirtue be derived
from 'the veneration paid to the immortal Lade of
WASELINdrON'I" ' - •
Business led- me to cross the Chilhowee moun
tain, in 'Tennessee, on the flth of June, 1557.
When near Montvale Springs, two birds were
noticed at a caliph) of rods' distance from the road,
which wereacting wer i e in
in 7arpnperennevr space,a eadstrrantLe
to m.
stump of a fallen tree, but-did not take flight on
my approach, as, underardinary eircunistrinces,
they would have done. lit reaching a point op
posite to them, it - was noticed that they_were the
brown mocking bird, and /that a veryylarge black
snake lay celled 'et the';sidtt of the stump. On
seeing me it "suddenly behin fo uncoil itself, and
move off as if to make i useape—the birds at
the same time pausing in their movements. But
before it.had stretched i If to more than half
its, length, they were aga in motion and flew at
it, in the most energetic anner. Instontly the
snake once more whirle itself into con in its
fernier position. "Them e bird then cninPeo
to run and skip with g at activity, in a semi
circle, the snake being" n ,the centre, and. gra
dually closed in untilwi bin a foot or two of its
ftn ,
coils, when, with a sudihn dart forward, the bird
thrust its head toward diet of the snake, and, in
the same instant, threw itself backward,-alighting
upon the ground at the q = stance of about ten feet.
Before the male bird h ' closed this' feat, the; fe,
.
male had, commenced, similar. set, .d. actions.
All t i
he movements of tie__ birds were made With
d
extended 'wings - Ms ifady to fly in ,a moment.
tri
By' the time the realt
had thrown itself back
front the snake the we ' Wtt. in
, position again,
repeating the same 'ntroie en is as at Arst. In the
4;
meantime my horie hail arried me some four ur
five rods into a thicketOUSlies ' *hiAlley,,ft,iy - h,nd
had guided him, and . 'Wite're I dismounted and,
secured him. An this took place in a minute or
two; and as an indistinct viewbad been gained of
the action of the birds; Ittfitiasing, a favordble po
sition for observation wr;tritaken, so that , all that
occurred ,could be noted. The first movement of
the Male,bird, in thrusting its> head forward - into
close contact with the shake, impressed me with
the conviction that ise of the so-called fasa
tition was enacting beffre me, and I determined.
to observe it in a philo phical manner.
It was half past - one 'clock; P. M. The birds:
s;
were still largely at we when I turned iny.eye,
upon them after the in iruption of hitching my,
horse. They were panting as if 'greatly fatigued ,
by long exertion, but manifested not the least, dia
,
position to remit their efforts. If not faseinated,
they were at least so• earnestly enlisted in the af
fair on hand, as. to disregard everything else
around: them.. The snake lay in its coil; with'
heed erect and drawp buOt, so as to be in the best'
possible position to strike
_and seize the birds. as
they advanced. The, Many cenvolutions of. its
lengthened body moved fp graceful curves as its
glittering head followed, their motions. Its eye
sparkled 'in the "sari-li#l4 'like . a liolished .dia mon d,.
while its - movements _gave ~1. 6 its ever-shifting,
scales the brillianCriWBf the rainbow. Atlain
.. .
and again, as' the birds„ approached, it would
strike at them with -alien mouth, exhibiting a ma
dignity of. dirltosition that portended death to`,
them, had they been se4ed in its grasp.
A few minutes sin - fiend. to show, that a battle,
and not a scene of fascination, *as presented be-
fore me. The birds, atuachapproich, struck the
snake ‘..ith their.beake,fir w;iO 3 their claws, when,
generally, but not alnlys,,,it„dartecl,forwarid at
them, only to find thatit was, shooting at a moya
tile target. This can be e'aaily'explained. The ;
snake, in, striking, could 'never preject,itserf Ettore
tiniti 'about two-thirds ef its length, but its defence I
was 'made With determined ceurage. Its . ptisition,
by the stump, protected it in the rear, se that: the
birds could only upproach it in 6ont: They
as adroit in their attacki, as it was resolute in its
defence. In attempting to seize then), it could
not curve, to, either uide, after starting, so as to
follow their motions, lintjuvariably shot forward, - •
in a straight line, to the
,point ,they occupied.:
when it made its„spriog.- Tbe,birds„ip advancing
to, the elk° . k by n % s;iveular : umvement,,:were cer..
tein ei being tOO4. n l y.f r pin,..the„spet t ..at which;
it Aimed, and when its )99# $1311.40 . together,-
where it expected its prey,, it had Dentin' g • in,lits.
• Ibis Waffire lasted, after r- reaehed the spot,
twenty-five minutes b 9 iihe watch. Onee or twice
- during the contest, the snake made a movement
to escape up the the - birds, as at its
first attempt, immediately brought it, into position
again:. At last, seeming .to deSpair of, succes.in
that locality. the snake ; darted: off.down the hill, to
wards.a giove of, trees and; bushes„nor turned. to
the right or left. , the birds , swept after it, peck:
ing, scratching, and striking it with their wings,
as,if ilspired with. the consciousness that victory
was"theirs. At, this momgntf I, rusitqd forward,
and, after 'Some `ditEptllty, killed the,snake and cut
it open. There'was nut u particle of food; front , otie
end 'to the other of 'the ititestinal'eanat • It must,
therefoie, have been liungry, , and if it possessed'
the faculty of charming; it . ,.woUld undoubtedly
bave employed its powers sueh:a delicacy as
these, birds. . • '
When the dissection of the serpent was' finished,
the birds yerepet to be Been. it was the season
when their young werOn ,ths.nesti• and, doubt
less the confliet, wbietis had.just, terminated, had
been waged for the,protectipti , pf, their, offspring,.
Less 'active birds, veApring, elese, as they did
to the snake mUs't.lutvo,heen eapfured„
Remaining the 'moat of • the ,snincner in , the
mountains of North . Wel*, 'frqrient Opportu
nities were afforded 'of inquiring . of hunters,-and
others; what they knew about'birds being charmed
by serpents. All believed in . the'theery of fasci
nation; and sevepil had witnessed encounters such
as I have described; but, none-had ever seen the
smite capture the bird. They: had looked on .un
til the bird, as they suppOsed, was trying tolthrust
its head into the serpent's mouth, : whe.n they had
rislied'forWard and killed the reptile t.n. save the
bird from, destruction. In all, the inquiries made,
no instance has been related, wtiere tbere.was any
more evidence of faschiation thin in the one now
stated. In. all cases, lio'weier, t ,th‘re Was a singu
lar uniformity in the aeseriptions of the manner
in which the birds fluttered around the snakes.
So nearly did their
,accounts' oorreapond withAvhat
I had obseried, that I was oonvhined'of 6; truth - -
fulness of their statenienta. '
Tres. iztiaiVßevfew.
Tract Journal.
• •
• • • •LLB FRI:EXPt•
The hardest ;lAA — l'ite'Who t tailliiint
afflu
ence and honorio thn
discovery that 'the att4.lmiat °tee tininyln'irlitim
they confided' was a pretence, a' mask tb*itirirtheir
own ends, or was a miserable shallowness. Smite
times, doubtless, it re . gret'that these frivi
lousfollowero of the.world desert those win whom
they Kaye fawned ;',- Littt,.tbey fdrget them.
Flit* leave the kitchen when the dishes are empty.
Thl , parasites that. cluster 00V, Ahe,fayorite of
fortune; to .githcr. gifts ,and ; elltob . )ay hi s ; aid,
linger'iiitk the sunshine, but ratter . at the ap- .
pr4ell'fir a . .storM;as leaves .014% he, tree
to weather;litit drop' iifflit `the' breath of
winter, and leave it naked-to the stinging blast.
Like ravens oetrlecl. down for,ft,hgngnotoind
denly scared how geiekly„ et, the : Ors t .
sound of `calamity, these BiipOr#o9 :,plilt i litkagsa re .
spoils on the horiiMil'
'BUt'a true friend',sits in itte,tieida, iititt is for
all times. Our need only reVehlii hint nibra
and hinds him mere closely to' U. Prosperity
and adversity are both reimulers—the difference
being that in the former our friends know us . ; in
the latter we kriow , ttiem.) But, - notwithitanding
the, insincerity and kreediriess , :prevalent areon - g
men„ there is a vast deal more of 'esteem .and
fellow-yearnings tha4F.is ,ever outwardly, shown.
There arc more examples. of . unadulterated af
fection, more deeds of silent love and magnanimity
than is 'usually suppoied. Our, misfortunes bring
to our side real friends; bettore unknown.: • Bene
volent impulses, where we sheidd 'not expect titia,
modest'privacy enact; manft(ticene of reantiftil
wonder, amid plaudits of angele. ' And upon the
whole, fairly estimating the. glory and the uses,
and .the 'aettial and tpoisible prevalence 'of the
.friendly sentiment,- we :must cheerily; strike the
lyre, and lift our voice to the favorite song, con
fessb
inc , ' after eve ry uomplaint is ended, that
• t
" There is a power make each hour
As sweet as heaven designed it;
SERPENT PASOINATION DENIED.
Nor need we roam to bringAt home,
"Though few there be that find it!
We seek too high for things close by,
And lose what nature found us:
Forlife hath here no eharni - so dear
As home and friends around us."
' "' North American Review.
DARK ::80Q
American women have a strange mania for-dark
rooms, : but heir what-Florence Nightingale, in bar
notes of nursing, says, on the subjent; " A dark
house is almost always an onheulthy hoose f alwayp
an ill 7 aired house. Want of light stops •growth,
and promotes scrofula, rickets, etc ., among the
ehildreti. PeoPie lose their health in, a dark hottse,
and if - they get ill, they cannot get well again iii
it. Three out 'of many negligences and igno-
ITATICCS,' in managing the health- of houses gene
rally, I will here mention as spechnens. lira, that
the female head in charge of any building doei not
think it . necessary: to visit every bole and corner
of it every day. How cati''she eipeet those who
are under her to be more careful to maintain the
house ilf a healthy condition than she who in
charge of it t Second,• that it is not essential to
air to sun, and to clean rdoms while uninhabited':
which is simply ignoring:. the
,first elementary no
tion of sanitary things, and laying the ground
ready for all kinds of clisease, Third, that the
window ando,ne window, is consi4ered ti
eongh to
air a room. - 'Don't. imagine that . if you are in
charge 'and, don't look to all these things yourself
these'imder you will bp more careful than you are."
MET...WA A
,The tattention orthe public again turns to, the,
question of an 'Atlantic Telegraph. Measures are
now in process to restore or recover the sulniterged
cable. A. project. is in hand for a line neross
Greenland , . It is a spontaneous feeling that the.
great possibility (as it is now demonstrated ) must
be made actual. Science, commerce,. diplomacy,
and the general energy_of. the age, demand that
the work shall be, dope,. And , done,kt be...
We hear oceasim.ally - of the'projeciofa line from.
the Spanish peninsula. This, week the European.
news
news informs US, by the Paris Official Moniteur, that
a project of .a law .had been lagbefore the Corps
LeVianW, demanding its apprevalbf:tlid eanyen,
tion for the establishment of a subinarine telegraph.
between France and the United. States. It is pro
bable that we shall have, within five pears, not mere
ly one, but three of thee subinerged lightning
tracks, along which shall•dart the intelligence of
Aw;:fiqußrpus FgnamrzErt.---Severe prohibi
tions-have been' issued. in 'hence, England and
Germany, against the use of poudretteimperfectly
prepared, it having been proved by careful,experi
meets, that the fecal , matter of: sinks cannot be
converted, with, safety into garden_ mimeo: under
five years' careful, preparation ~- Pestilential' and
other.diseases are propagated by vegetailles grown ,
in soil thus manure& Yet,,,it is stated that these
death-dispensing 'deposits are absolutely : nsed,
the market. gprdens arounA,our large, American
cities in their natural' State, and many of the,fruits
and vegetables so grown can be told by the nos
trils or the taSte, before they are COoked and in
the process:of cooking.
It. is the
_opinion of skilful medical observers
that nearly all the novel diseases which now afflict
many American,eities„OlVe theirprigin,tn Or
ganic dileisecT matter. taken up by vegetables'and
. .
fruit grown t;it sod 'dressed by the fecal matter'of
the sinks and.traniferred to the stomach.
Galloping constitnptio,n, in persons wliose
.bay.e:never been subject to this terrible ;dis.
ease, has been traced to the use of vegetables grown
by. poudrette. This is only nne,instance out .of -a
thousand.
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other make..
Those who have used it for many l years past , require
no information al'to its value. To biti4rs ' who have
never had it we would say, one: trial Will eslablish
superiority. It is for sale by Groeors.generally,
ticulor to ask for
KINGSF'ORD'S STARCH,
and see that- you get it. --Inferior qtralilies are ao exten
- eively sold,in some.places,,that; in 'many instaneei falai
' lies are not aware that any Better Starch can be, obtained.
Kg- Especial attention- is called 'their pa . * atile;
THE ,SILyER GLOSS,STAR.CII. , -
AL.T4I4 & NEEDLE,§
WooLasstaAirvaq, s for the.
; . • • Ohaugo
42 S. Wharvea rend 41 S. Water St.,
738
Philadelphia.
d.Z 2 Y-E. R 44 'B. , O,DIC .13.1WDE Y
Rear of the • in
N si. If Ban,
b:IItEET„BELOW Aft
Philadelphia 9l4
738-tf
18 SOUTH THIRD ST., PHILADELPMA,
TWO DOORS ABOVE MECEANACie
CALVIN'S, TI ACTS;
SAIITIEf t 'ENGLISIT, ,& . CQ:,,
Booksellers Publishers, and linportgs,
No: 23 NoRTH S.ixTEr Street,
•
CRICK E R,I N 4. .8z4.8.0 NISI;
Tarero9P lB , 807• Chotnut•Street,L.
W s W.:KNIGHT!Ii,
,606. later' STREST. •
ox *APR, wo'pßEmiL.
t A) :W4 - Y,sl
!==
Aug. 9, 1860.
,
SA VINO f FIINDS.
AMERICAN
LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUSTOVARY .
Company's Buildings, South-east Corner of WALNUT
and FOURTH Streets.
opeutfreek.94.si. to 5 v.n. '
incorporated 1850 by the Legislature of Pennsylvania.
Capital $500,001). Charter Perpetual.
L -- In
during the natural life orforabort *TPA
L‘abf6 annul , ant endowments, and makes contracts
;l a n kinds . aePeitifing on the issues of life. Acting
also as Exscatlinn,. ,Trus tees , and Guardians.
Policies bf 'Life r- Insurance issued at the usual mutual
rates of otherlood:Comparties--with profits to the as
sured—at Yoint &Out rates ; O per cent. less than above,
or Total Abstinence "rates-40.per cent. less than Mutual
price-
Interest at ,5 per cent silowed for every day the De
posit remains, and paid Imidr, an demand in Gold and
Silver, and Checkslartiiiitect - iitf in a Bank, for use of
Depositors.
This Company ha' FIRST MORTGAGES, REAL
ESTATE, GROUND RENTS, and other first-class In
vestments, as well as the CAPITAL STOCK, On the
security of Depotitors hitt& old tistabliihedlnstitution.
ALEXANDER WHILLDIN; President.
SAMUEL. WORK -Vice.President
'purr, C. Sins, Secretary.
JOHN S. WILSON; Treasurer.
WARD or pIIISTEEZI.
.
Alexander Whilldin, John Anspaeh, Jr.
Samuel Work, , Jonas Bowman,
John 0. Farr, ' 'William J. Howard,
John Aiktuan, John C. Sims,
Samuel, T. Bodine, ; George Nugent,
T. Esmonde Harper, Albert C. RoberN.
IL H. Eldridge.
JICEDICIAL ,VIAMELVERS,
J. F. Bird, **D., J. Newton. Walker, 3r.D.
in attend : age at the Company's Office daily at one:
o'clock P.lf. kW() I y
(UAKER. emir INSiUR•ANCE COMPANY.-
lque#Kr.ss poiLtplics, 403 Walnat•Street,
CAPITAL, $200.000
SURPLUS, . . 150,000
FIRE, MARINE, and INLAND INSURANCE.
FIRE INSURANCE, LIMITED.and PERPETUAL,
ON BUILDINGS AND MERCEANDISE. OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS.
MARINE INSURANCE, INLAND- AND' OCEAN,
ON, VESSELS, FREIGHT, and:CARGO, tccand from
all parts of the World.
GEO. H. HART, President.
E. P. ROSS. President. -
.Vice,
H. R. COGGSHALL, Seeretary.
S. 13UTLERi:Aseislint Secret:ivy ,
DIRECTORSi. _
,Andrew. R. chamber's§
Charles O. Imlay,
11. Conn - hall.
SatnrieF donee: , M. 1)
non. ILI& Fuller.
George H » Hot;
P;lioss,
A.C. Ciittelli
Foster ~11 .e rkinsi
J. VV.
Serkteixtber.l4.,l3%
THE. STAT-E FUND.
.
Aro- 24.1„Dack,Streets:MadeaPbiar
NEAR IXIIRITO,TIUMPCST OFFI9g.
Sums large and small are received daily, and every
Monday, evening on deposit.. Any BO mof Money wanted
in'retUrned-whenever" °tilled 'for: r Many Persons open
acenturis wit i tkthiA.Cowany,:aid draw their money by
Cheeks, as in Rank, tiactalidziquaw,..o.
profit..__lot•rcrst - itlic a ol2 an hunts of Money, amount
ing. •to , Three , Oolfa;s nu:mei-at 'the =rata of 'Five Per
Cent. Per Annurn.l No Nuticais resiniredslijr this Com
pany for the, pa , tnettt, of either,Simcipat 3 or Interest.
Rabstantial. satisfaction to Depositors; has without ex
caption, attended tne- operations ancliffhit; of this well
knOwn:lnstitutkon. •
cE
fEARicES G. Tm, LA:y ' CL - Il hi 'ro4 l . llll: P reradent.
5 Cdsii: " '
O
roar. 5-1 yr. J. HENRY HAVES, First , Tatet
. .
E L 0 D...R.0.11L5-UtSIGNED RR
jrj informs the Public, that he Is mean
facturngi these Aelightfulllnstruments,:of
st y le ./ i 11 A•14%\1 , -Xf...a.PRO hall a Pi 7,0144 alq/cliailee of
over ten years in the conitruetion of thent,lbe feels:con
of . 11 404/iliiYAQPrOdttae.attartiel en,” 9 ‘ t n
the markei All Instruments made by him are fully
walla- I ' l W taild.: YAe*Ptiilrgokterihi cut s'coAamilmhi p
wdl be,made g ood at Ray qtr,„*, , - _
11:2"Tuninglintlithpairinel*rd,fully'attendlid
• , :k. , ..iirte.oisrurr;
108 lIOBTH SIXTH STRIiHri./"
feb. 10-1 yr.
THE-7PIIIE4N erfESTNITT I an:arr . ,
Iletter, from:2km. XI Ptitelositt):Cp.e..
Januarrtl9,lB6e.
MAs
. `,!xli,:".F,% f aßEL, irEoßmo Co.,
- - 4 j 'Chestnut
have - -rehaikredr; thm; He/sines
Patent Chiunpkw Saf46 9f yetan-makeiwhielrwe:bour*t
from you nearly tree 'yard freni - the rains of . our
bull irngss N 4 ' iigtcbesteut areidivwlitai4lwas',entliely
destroyed by, fire nafthe, moratag of„ths,l7to zat.4 „
. sapid 'mu the
, q preginsa of Alines, before '.'W4lf
eintl&rettaithe. , Store•thekteitedeliftdrinaLerite , One 'mass
oftftry,,, ,The,Bafe, helakf t ittrt.heAaalt, partnoc..l.4o) store,
and surrounded by the. most combus tible
, miterjale"
eras:
extinaml , tm ktfeatlitin- With vibe- l atils' - bf that
Kritsof.OPAnlilAillg lOW thoivealir, will 'sealant&
bedded In the ruins formo i rethap r ,thirty,houral,:
Thefiefetviaa (limbed thitliornitteirri 'the 'Preekiet of
'a 'lumber of gentlemen, and the contents, nompeisfrik
our, hooks,Adllsoreeelyablemoner, and- a4neke arammt
of valimble pipers, are all 'ale f . not a thing was touched
.4(1 1 / YOurss'
' 177°14" I
TNE CC I PETER S
Thatab6vitBafe jean che' oeeril at four'stote; - where ' the
PRO-Poge4Pvitell4 4 _3•A*Attildeitainineliti
ARREL, HE . R.RL .
_NO It
No. 629 CHESTirVeSi.. -
r OlaxeehitHatt4l.. A.
rzarz i CABINET - IWA - REALOOIMS4O.4 •
Iry
Wing_ 121.80.U:fa V - Jr.NILIEL
the recent increased fa - wales is the mann
faitu reof:Cabihat waresvl bet- teiiie iiii;atitenti oft
of.,=,m7X,FipnAplTd. customer tarNYvteseittadock of Far
niture, Oral:4ring every variety of . •
PARl.tht, LIBS 18Y , prx.nO T nocipt, &, CRAMER
FURNITURE.
The'iatait ityle of ,Iniitaition EBUIIIYFURNITURE
with giltoraaraeartai
, ELEGANTIi: PERSONAL
REQUISITE:
LIIM3IAND SILKY HAIR
Ttrefe.' is - nothtitrtharaddis to the
4 P.PVArazi4t. o lllailteeisiezttletoeti or
tbkhlrer c . s ranch as a ptpe.. earl, of
iaii:'llia 14 MY preoiition for
o ttritmuoldlthatiWiliterthiiife-vri
Ittit 814.:-.1.41Tuft :
WORLD'S CHAIR ' . DRESSIEG
or ZYLOBALSAMTIII....
Pri*•ii; large bottles; 37 'cents::
-
approved-by Cheinisisf Pliyafeians and "ClargYaneri;
anli acknowledged by.,411 to be ; 'superior to , any.other -
preparation for 'dressing, preserving and beautifyipg the
Hair.
It renders it (however dry) - soft„ - silky and glossy, arid
is a s sure preventive of SCUttl"
MRS, CLARK, wife of Rev. D.'W...C.Leatt, Cincinnati,
•-' 0h16,-Writes:''4•llfiVe Zy
..l.lqhaletimilm:iwithln isatisfacticin4a dressing my
-own and children's hair. After trying various ar
ticles, I feel no hesitation)* recommending yours
as the best I have ever used It gives Ilse air a soft,
•" •- glossirappearanee, ,, atidieteitlidtbifsini, position de
, Haw elegant is a sniendid'*iglOf Kalil YoA•can
havolt touting:lle abefteel /Wadi ifyiiiir , liAli-i'irtray or
thin, use
MRS: S. E. ALLEN'S
WORLD'S HAIR R STORP,A.
. ,It is-aapt a :DY'e •
.Pliee, ia.large P 0 41%14140, :
Thetonly.reliabie preparnt4itt for:ftalffling , Gray Flair
to" original youthful appearance, without injury to
the scalp, and will not stain or soil. ' 7 ' -
Gray haired, bald, or personauritliiiiseauses of hair, or
Esaktp,ae34,the.rotivvipoi arupgiyenthomtinies a trial:
WEIST•IiIo- 6 Nitishington 7 Riace, Brooklyn,
Soya a.letter: l'"iori'hafiprici'beir -testimony to
- , tho , valued efficacy:of hirs , q6;lll....lilleri's World's
fl
air ..ItestrieAner:and .:W , orld's,Elajilliressing, in the
Sense. They' hive restored Any hair
where. it was - bald,. and 4 Whereisvey to its original
_ •
'REV. C. A. BIiCKEEE, N. Y. City, As. Tr. Bible Union
REV. Wet. CUTTER,,Nnw _York city..-, .;
4,Fflr t , J •IrOCEE r ,*IF York City
REV. New Torii City.
fa' All the, abnre, and many others, recommend it.
DEPiaT, .355 .13sostits Sr, W. Y.
Yon SALE, BY ;ea intlyeerns.
A.
rci , -GinbirfeJi signed ,4 'l4fits.- S. - A. Ats..Ers x ,3 with
'red ,ink.>
Beware of imitations pOritordng. to be the
same. r
r . • • - 732-6 m 732-6 m
"13 LINDS A NIYtS - TVA. ErE .
• B. j:TILLItIatINEI
No 16' tbi• t AS; treet,
URER OF
V ZN 411.41-4 BLINDS
DE S•
I The largest niellinest aSsortmebt In the Olt , it the lowest prices
,srpaa. BELAD4S. bI&DS AND ET T..!.RED
REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. mylo-6ni
SAVING FUND.
PHILADELPHIA.