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But 'tis a fact and as he fere, I come tripping to your door. a ripping. skipping to your door, At I've so often done of yore, *'.ra koe of children, in the intermediate age, too old to take an interest in the historic stories writ ten for children, and too young to derive benefit from the ponderous historic works written for mature minds. It has been her design to take cither individual characters or events bearing on English history, and work them out as fully as materials permit, so that each, taken by itself, might form an individual cameo, or gem in full relief, and thus become impressed upon tbe mind. The sketches begin in the mingled realms of tradition and history; but the authentic is sufficiently distinguished from the doubtful, and the author has been quite successful in her endeavor to "put together a series of pictures of persons and events, so as to arrest the attention, aud give some in dividuality and distinctness to the recollec tion. by gathering together details at the most memorable moments A few pas sages will be read with interest, and will give a correct impression of the character of the volume: "When William of Normandy, afterward called the Conquerer, was about twenty, a dangerous conspiracy was formed against him by his cousin, Guy of Burgundy, and a number of his chief vassals, who intended to seize hiui at his hunting lodge at Valo gues, put him to death, and raise Guy to the dukedom. "The conspirators met at Bayeux, the day before their intended treachery, and, whilst dining there, called in to arnuse them a halfwitted man, named Gillos, and the plot was, inadvertently, mentiontd in his presence. The Duke when passing through the town, had shown the poor man some kindness, and no sooner did he understand the intended treachery, than he left the hall and set off for Valogues, where he arrived just before midnight, and, finding all gone to rest, began to batter the door with a stick shouting for the Duke. At first, William could not believe the story, but Gillor seem ed so much in earnest, that he deemed it advisable to go and see what had given rise to the report, and, muffling himself iu a cloak, ran downstairs, himself Addled his horse, and rode toward Bayeux. Before he had gone far, he heard the trampling of horses and clanking of weapons, and, con cealing himself among .he trees, saw that the poor fool's information was perfectly correct, for the whole bandof traitors passed by exactly as they had been described. Upon this, he changed his course, and turned toward ibc coast in the direction of Falaiae, bis birth-place, and the town most devoted to his interests* * * * William safely arrived at Fa'aise, and, in memory of his escape, ks said to have Caused his path to be tiaced out by a rai.-ed bank of tartb, part of which is still in existence." Thomas a Beeket, at the age of thirty i eigt l years, was appointed Lard Chancellor by Ge young king, Henry 11., to whom he wag not ouly an able and a sale adviser, but a gt .lial companion; and often, "when busi !i: -a was doae, they used to play together I liko.twn fchooifellows." 'lit mu-t have been a curious seene in the ; hk'il; of Chancellor Becket, when, at the ; rias'f meal, earls and barons sat round bis i tal>, ntid knigl ts and nobles crowded so | thi lly at the others that the benches were | not sufficient, and the floor was daily strewn | wild hay or straw in winter, or in summer i with green boughs, that those who sat on it [ might not soil their robes. Gold and silver jdi-hes,atid goblets and the richest wines, ; were provided, and the choicest, most CO.-tly | viands were purchased at any price by his i servants for these entertainments: they once | iijjve a hundred shillings for a di-h of eels, j Bui the Chancellor seldom touched these Ldelicacies, living on the plainest fare, as he (%at io his place as the host, answering the Sledges of his guests, amusing them with and providing minstrelsy and sports of all kinds for their re-creation. Often tke. King would ride into the hall, in the midst of the gay crowd seated on the floor, throw him>elf off his hofse, leap over the 1 table, and join in the mirth. "These rich feasts afforded afterward plentiful alms for the poor, who were never forgotten in the height of Becket's magnifi cence, and the widow and the oppressed never failed to find a protector iu the Chan cellor. "His house was full of yonng squires and pages, the sons of the nobility, who placed th-.'tn there as tbe best school of knighthood; and among them was the King's own son, Henry, who had been made his pupil. "The King seems to have been apt to laugh at Becket for his strict life and over flowing charity. One very cold day, as they wrre riding, they met an old man in a thin ragged coat, '"Poor old man!" said Henry, would it net be a charity to give him a good warm cloak ? '"lt would indeed,' said Becket, 'you had better keep the matter in mind.' '"No, no, it is you that shall have the credit of this great act of charity,*" said Henry, laughing. Tla! old man, should you not like this nice warm cloak ? and with those words he began to pull at the scarlet and gray mantle which the Chancel lor wore. Bucket struggled for it, arid in this rough sport they were both nearly pull ed off their horses, till the clasp gave way, and the King triumphantly tossed his prize to tke astonished old man." THE FLOATING CITY. \ -.nice, queen city of the Adriatic, has been immortalized in song, and its streets of water, alive with gliding gondolas, and gay willt revelry, are familiar to all. But, though less known, not less worthy of note is the capital city of Siam. of which a trav eller thus discourses in the Springfield Union: "One of the most wonderful cities in the world is Bankok. Did you ever witness such a sight in your life? On either s'de of lar streets and alleys, extending as far a- the eye can reach, are upward of 70,000 neat little houses, eseh house floating ou a com pact raft of band >os, and the whole inter mediate -pace of the river presents to our astonished gaze one dense mass of ships, junks and boats, of every conceivable shape, color and size. A- we glide among these, we occasionally encounter a stray house bro ken loose from its moorings, and hurrying down the stream with the tide antid the up roar and -hout* of inhabitants and all the spectators. We also notice that all the front row of honses are neatly painted shops, in which various tempting commodities are exposed for sale; behind these again, at equal distances, rise the lofty, elegant porce lain towers of the various temples. On our right-hand side, as far as we can see, are three stately pillars, erected to the memory of three defunct kings celebrated for some act of valor aud justice, and a little beyond these, looming like a line-of-battle ship, among o lot of cockle-shells, rises the strag gling and not very elegant palace of the king, where his Siamese majesty, with ever so many wives and children resides. ■'Now, be careful Low you step out ofthe boat into the balcony of the floating house, for it will recede to the force of your eflort to mount, and if you are not aware of this, you will lose your balance and fad into the river. Now we are safely transhipped, for we cannot as yet say landed; but we now form an item, though a very srnail one, of the va?t population of the city ol Bankok. "Every house has a canoe attached to it, and no nation detests walking so much as the Siamese; at the same time they are ex pert swimmers, and both men and women begin to acquire this very necessary art at a very early ago. Without :t man runs a momentary r;.A of being drowned, as, when a canoe upsets, none of the passers-by ever think it necessary to lend any aid, suppos ing them fully adequate to the task ot saving their own lives. Canoes are being hourly up-ct, owing to the vast concourse of vessels and boats plying to and fro; and owing to this negligence or carelessness in rendering assistance, a Mr. Benbam, an American missionary, 10.-t his life some twelve years ago, having ttpset his canoe when it was just getting dusk, and no one deeming it necessary to stop and pick the poor man up." MIRRORS IN TT 1 v HOUSE.— How many n ! parent has found in his child the glass for ; his own vices! Ilaj py. indeed, if any one | Lc so wise as to see the ret 1 ction before it is ! too late for both l.h. tlf and child! A laboring man who was extremely ad ] dieted to swearing was one day at work with : a yoke 1' oxen near his honse. '1 lie oxen not working to suit him. he began to w hip ; them severely, at the same time uttering volleys of blasphemous oaths. Tbe oxen, breaking loose from their harness, ran away; : while the man, iu a passion, pur-ued them, aud coming up with them at the house, be gan to whip them again and to swear as hor rible as before. His little boy, who wasjust old enough to talk, began to prattle his pro fane oaths after'him. No sooner did the father hear this, than his feelings were pow erfuily wrought upon. He paused l'or a moment, dtopped his whip, and sat down and wept bitterly. A flood of keeu reflec i tions at once rushed upon his conscience, which produced such an effect that be found peace where forgiveness can only he had—at the footstool of Merey. He who says what he likes, often hears what he does not like. A NOTABLE DINNER PARTY. Blackwood** Magazine gives an account of a dinner party forty years ago, which was remarkable for the accidental conjunction of three men who in after years rose to high places in the English government. Of the fourth guest, we can only conjecture that he is tbe writer of the article, and that pro priety keeps him silent concerning his own acbievments: "When Mr, Disraeli launched his first tale, and found it to be a great success, Lord Lytton, then Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer, had achieved the proud place as a novelist which he has ever since retained. The aspirant for literary distinction had loug admired at a distance the renown of his senior; and, encouraged by the reception which his own maiden effort had been re ceived, he did what young authors under .•■imilar circumstances are apt to do—he sent t > Mr. Bulwer a copy of Vivian Grey, wri ting, at the same time, an apologetic note, and giving reason for the liberty be had taken. The letter, with its accompanying gift, were at once acknowledged, and Mr. Disraeli was requested to name a day for dining with their recipient, ft happened that Mr. Disraeli had arranged for quitting England on the day but one after receiving this invitation. He wrote to say so, and the morrow was fixed for the symbosium. Four gentlemen sat down at Mr Bulwer's table on that occasion—one being, of course the host; another, Mr. Disraeli; the third, a man shy but evidently intelligent—for, though he said comparatively little, his re marks, as often as he haiarded them, were keenly to the purpose; the fourth, a private friend of the host, need not be- specified. "It was an evening not to be forgotten, because then, as now, both Lord Lytton and Mr. Disraeli shone in conversation. The party broke up about midnight, and the host and his friend were left alone together. Af ter discussing Disraeli, the question was put: 'Who is your silent guest ?' 'He is one of :bc ablest men I know,' was the reply. 'He was my contemporary at college. He is now a barrister, and, mark my words, he will at tain the highest honors cf his profession. His name is Coekburn.' Tbe climax to this little bit of domestic history or gossip is wry remarkable. The two brilliant novel ists and the lawyer, who dined to gether some forty or more years ago, com paratively obscure men, have all risen to po sitions of eminence in the 6tate. Mr. Cock burn is Lord Chief Justice of England, Mr. Bulwer, after serving as Secretary of State for the Colonies, has become a peer of the realm, and Mr. Disraeli, on more than one precious occasion Chancellor of the Exche quer and leader ofthe Ilouse of Commons, is now First Lord of the Treasury." THE MYSTERY OF EDITING. The world at large doe 3 not understand the mysteriea of a uewspaper; and as in a watch the hands, that are seen are but the passive instruments of the springs, which are never seen, so in a newspaper the most worthy causes of its prosperity are often IfrrCtn 1 mncn 1 nic' -jorpvi uWhtr-mMftke enterprise, the vigilance, and the watchful fidelity of the publisher? \l ho pauses to think how much of the pleasure of reading is derived from the skill and care of the printer? We feel the blemishes of printing if they exLt, but seldom observe the ex cellences. We cat a hearty dinner, but do not think ofthe farmer that raises the material thereof, or the cook that prepares tnem with infinite pains and skill. But a cook of vegetables, meat, pastry, and infinite bon-bons has a paradisaical offiee in comparison with an ed itor. Before him pass all the exchange newspapers. He is to know all their con tents, to mark for other eyes the inattar that requires attention. His scissors are to be alert, and clip with incessant industry all the little items that together form so large an interest in the news department. He passes in review, each week every, State in the Union, through the newspaper lens. He looks acros the ocean and sees strange land*, and, following the sun, he searches all around the world for material. It will require but one second for the reader to take in what two hours' searoh produced. By him are read the manuscripts that swarm the office like flics in July. It is his frown that dooms them. It is his hand that con den-es a whole page into a line. It is his discreet sternness that restricts sentimental obituaries; and gives poets a twig on which to sit and sing their first lays. And the power behind the throne in newspapers, as in higher places, is some times as important as the throne itself. Cor respondents, occasional or regular, stand in awe at the silent power which has the last glance at an artiele, and may send it lorth in glory or humility. And, in short, as the health of the body depends upon a good digestion, so the health of a newspaper de pends upon that vigorous digestion which goes on by means ot the editor. Ought they not to be honored? And since little fame attends them, they should at least have their creature comforts multi plied.—!//. N' Beer her. ALL A SETTING. Old farmer Gruff was one morning a tug ging away with all his might and main at a barrel of apples, which he was endeavoring to get up the cellar stairs, and calling to the j top of his voice for one of his boys to lend j a helping hand, but in vain. When be had, ; after an infinite amount of sweating, aceom- j plished the task, and just when they were j not needed, of course they made their ap jiearance: i "Where have you been and what have you been about, I'd like to know; couldn't j you hear me call?" inquired the farmer, in an angry tone, addressing the eldest. j "Out in tbe shopsittin' the saw," replied the youth. "And vou, Dick'.'" "Out in the barn sittin' the hen." "And you sir?" "Up in Granny's room sittin' the clock.' "And you, young rnau?" "Up in the garret, sittin' the trap " "And now. Master Fred, where have you been sittin?" asked the old farmer of his , youngest progeny, the asperity of his temper | being somewhat softened by this amusing ■ catalogue of answers. "Come, let s bear! j "On the doorstep, sittin' still," replied ; young hopeful, seriou.-iy. "A remarkable set, I must confess, add ed the amused sire, dispersing the grinning group with a wave of his hand. MANY kings make their subjects beggars, but Christ makes his subjects kings. VOL. 42: NO. I- TUE FATE OF THE APOSTLES. All the apostles were assaulted by the en emies of their Master. They were called to seal their doctrines with their blood, and nobly did they bear the trial. Schumacher says: "St. Matthew suffered martyrdom by be ing slain with a sword at a distant city of Ethiopia. "St. Mark expired at Alexandria, after being cruelly dragged through the streets of that city. "St. Luke was banged upon an olive tree iu the classic land of Greece. "St. John was put in a chaldron of boil ing oil, but escaped death in a miraculous manner, and was afterwards banished to I'at mos. "St. Peter was crucified at Roma, with bis head downward. "St. James the Greater was beheaded at Jerusalem. "St. James the Less was thrown from a lofty pinnacle of tbe temple, and then beat en to death with a fuller's club. "St. Bartholomew was flayed alive. "St. Andrew was bound to a cross, whence he preached to his persecutors until he died. "St. Thomas was run through the body with a lance at Caromandel. in the East In dies. "St. Jude was shot to death with arrows. "St Matthias was first stoned ahd then beheaded. "St. Barnabas of the Gentiles was stoned to death by the Jews at Salonica. "St. Paul, after various tortures and per secutions, was at length beheaded at Rome, by the Emperor Nero." Such was the fate of the aiiostles, accord ing to traditional statements; and though we cannot authenticate them all, we, at least, know that the hatred of the world to these men and their teachings was sufficient to render the accounts not very improbable. A CRITIC OITWITTED.— Hiram Power?, the famous sculptor, will visit his native country the coming summer, it is stated, and spend seme months with his relatives in Cincinnati. lie is a native of that city, and lived there for many years, having first shown his genius by making some excellent wax figures for Dorfeuifs Museum, a well known place of amusement in the West at that time. Among other figures, he made one of Alexander Drake, a popnlar come dian in that section thirty years ago. Some of Powers' friends were so much pleased with his work that they invited the Queen City journalists to look at it. among them one notorious for his bypercriticism, and believed to be something of a pretender withal. The particular critic came in the evening, when the museum was dimly light ed, and took his position before the glass case. After gazing at the figure very in tantly for five minutes, he said to Powers, who was at his elbow: "There are some good points about this, Hiram; but it has some extraordinary defects. The nose is too long entirely, and the mouth has a queer twi.-t. One arm is longer than the jod-oii.M XVfu'cmay be wiser in oar generation than , those of olden times regarding the manner of punieb iug offence* and misdemeanors; but oar ancestor* had some very correct notions, and believed those wbo willfully trifled with the public health should be dealt with severely- In 1211 a London baker waa arrested for selling putrid bread; and a man and woman suffered the punishment of the pillory for celling bread made ot bad mate rials and deficient in weight. Soma years later a certain dealer waa sentenced to be > put upon the pillory, and two putrid beef carcasses to be burned under him for ex posing the said caroaseos for sale. Simi lar instances are numerous among the old records of London. In the tune of Henry V. the adulteration of wines and the sale of false wines were punished by the pillory. THE BIBLE. —lt is the book of Laws, to show the right and wrong. It is the book of Wisdom, and makes the foolish wise. _ It is the book of Truth, which detects all human eriora. It is the book of life, which shows bow to avoid everlasting death. It COD tains the most authentic and entertain ing History ever published. It is a perfect book of Divinity. It is a book of Bio graphy. It is a book of Travels. His a boot of voyages. It is the best eonveuant ever made, thebestever written. It is the young man's best companion. It is the schoolboy's best instructor. It is the learned man's masterpiece. It is the ignorant man's die tiooary. It promises an eternal reward to the faithful and believing. THE champion eater of the United States is named Josiah Plumb. A few days ago he entered a restaurant in Hudson, N. Y. f and offered to eat all that any one would pay for. The challeoge having been accepted, he dis ■ posed of the following articles: Ten pieces of apple pie, six corn cakes, a quarter of a pound of crackers, six cups of peanuts, thirty pickled clams, four lemons, an ounce of candy, and two bowls of clam soup. He then drank six tumblers of water, and offer ed to eat a hundred raw oystera. Some doubted his ability to accomplish the feat, but no one was willing to pay for the oysters, and so he went off grumbling that he wasn't half foil. _ A SEVERE HIT. —A cotemporary relates that a lady who advocated dancing, said to an aged minister of another denomination : '•Well, Mr. N., with all your objections to dancing, you will be obliged to admit that it is not half so bad as to be in another room, at an evening party, drinking or playing cards, or perhaps slandering one's neighbors. * Mr. N. replied- "I candidly confess, as you say, that it is not half as bad as either of these, and if the members of yowr church are obliged to drink, gamble, dander their neighbors or dance, I say, by all means, dance —or, which is better, stay at homo, As for ours, we are not obliged to do either." TH French expedition to the North Pols, which has been IO long talked of, is at length expenses —twenty thousand lraacs —aaa oetU collected by M. Gun tare Lambert. Thia gentleman is now at Cherbourg, Franca superintending the equipment of his vessel' significantly christened La Foi, and will sail early ia the spring upon his advantuxoua voyage. t t GOP regulates the movements of con science, and God allows of no apology for sin. He can forgive it; he can forget it; he can blot it out as a cloud and a thick cloud; he can bury it in the depths of the sea; he can carry it away so that no more mention shall be made of it; but he never, no, never, can excuse it AMONG the gifts to a new married pair at a town in New Jersey, was a broom sent to the lady, accompanied with the following sentiment: "This trifling gift accept from me. Its use I would commend, In sunshine use the brushy part. In storms the other end." rn " IT was a touching answer of a Cbristaia sailor, when asked why he remained so caba in a fearful storm, when the sea seemed ready to devour the skip. He was notaure rhat he could swim; but he safß, "Though I sink, I shall but drop into my Father's hand, for He holds all these waters there." TRI'E repentance consists in the heart being broken for sin, and broken frxtm sin. ' Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling a dangerous path who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back. _ As imaginative Iri&man gave utterance to this lamentation m "I returned to the halls of my fathers by night, and found them in ruins! 1 cried out aloud, 'My fathers, where are they Y And eoho res ponded. 'ls that you, Patrick McCarthy A LADY asked her little girl, on returning from church, if she remembered the teat. "Oh, yes!" said shn; "it wne this: The ladies' sewing society will meet at Mrs. Mo- Cracken's house on Monday evening next." PREFER solid sense to wit. never study to be diverting w : thont being usefta); let no jest b intrude upon your good manners, nor say anything that may offend modesty or heed- 1 iessly hurt the footings of another. AWFUL EFFECTS OF GROWING OLD In an obituary notion of an old citia-n, an Ohio papeT says: "Ho was honest and • T dustrieus until enfeebled by disease and age." ■ ■ 4 your great Physician heal you in his own way. Only follow his directions, and take the medicines which be prescribes, and then quietly leave the result with him. BISHOP BEVTHDOE has truly and itrariug ly said: "Who knows but the saltation of ten thousand immortal sonb may depend on the education of a child ?" WE overlook our own faults ou account of our merits, and other 1 s merits on account of their faults. ><.,.,£ a.->s-j- s-uw-n--- WHETHER the world moves forward or backward, the movement party call the mo tion progress. THERE is no religion without morality, : though there may be muck morality without 1 any religion. _ ' • • i PfCENTtd'E says that gtaq was the chief > consideration at th