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a ballad.
The following is the translation of an
Italian poem, written by a young Roman
girl not many years ago, and embodying a
beautiful legend prevalent among the peas
antry in Catholic countries :J
There's a legend that's told of a gipsy who
dwelt
In the land where the pyramids be ;
And her robe was embroidered with stars,
and her belt
With devices right wondrous to see ;
And she lived in the dayB when our Lord
was a child
On his mother's immaculate breast ;
When he fifed from his foe3, when to Egypt
exiled,
lie went down with. St. Joseph, the blest.
This Egyptian held converse with magic,
methinks.
. And tho future was given to her gnze ;
For an obelisk marked her abode .and sphynx
On her threshold kept vigil always.
She was pennive anil ever alone, nor was seen
In the haunts ot the dissolute crowa ;
But communed with the ghosts of the Pha
raohs, I ween.
Or with visitors wrapped in a shroud.
And there oamo an old man from the desert
one day.
With a maid on a mule, by that road
And a child on her bosom reclined and the
way
Led them straight to the gipsy's abode :
And they seemed to have traveled a weari-
pome path.
From their home, many, many a league.
From a tyrant's pursuit, from an enemy's
wrath
Spent with toil and overcome with fatigue.
And the gipsy came forth from her dwelling
and praj;t
That tke pilgrims would rest tWe a while:
And she offered her couch to that delicate
maid.
Who had come many, many a mile ;
And she fondled the babe with affection's
caress,
And she begged the old man would repose:
Here the stranger, she said, ever finds free
access,
And the wanderer balm for his woes.
Thon her guests from the glare of the noon
day she led
To a seat :n her grotto so cool ;
Where she spread them a banquet of fruits,
and a shed.
With a manger, was fennd for the mule.
With the wine of the palm tree, with the
dates newly culled.
All the toil of tLe road she beguiled ;
And with song, in a language mysterious,
she lulled
On her boBom the wayfaring child.
When the gipsy anon in her Ethiop hand
Placed the infaat's diminutive palm,
Oh ! 'twas fearful to see how the future she
scanned
Of the babe in his slumber so calm !
Well she noted each mark and each furrow
.that crossed
O'er the tracings of destiny's line j
"WhbsOb Came yh ?" she cried, in aston
ishment lost,
"For this child is or likeagb divine."
"From the village of Naeireth," Joseph re
plied,
Where we dwelt, in the land of the Jew;
We have fled from a tyrant, whose garment
Is dyed
In the gore of the children he slew ;
We were told to remain till an angel's com
mand
Shonld appoint us the hour to return :
But till then we inhabit the foreigner's land
And in rgypt we make our sojourn."
"Then ye tarry with, tne!" cried tho gipsy.
iuj-y,
"And ye make of my dwelling your heme ;
Many years have I prayed that the Israelite
boy
(Blessed hope of the Gentiles!) would
come,"
And she kissed both the feet of the infant.
and knelt
And adored Him at once i then a smile
Lit the face of his mother, who cheerfully
dwelt
With her host on the banks of the Nile.
NAPOLEON AKD THE SAILOR BOY.
In tb year 1809 the French flotilla lay
at Boulogne, waiting for an Opportunity
to make a descent upon the southern
6hores of England. Day after day Na
poleon Bonaparto paced the beach, sweep
ing with bis telescope the blue expanse of
tho Channel, watching tho appearance
and disappearance of the English fleet.
Among the Englishmen who were pris
oners at Boulogne was a sailor boy, who
was permitted to ramble about the town
and eea shore it being reckoned impossi
ble for him to make his escape.
One day as he was wandering along
the beach gazing sorrowfully across the
waves towards the white cliffs of dear
England, and thinking of his home among
the green lanes of Kent, he saw an empty
bogehead floating shorewards with the
advancing tide. As soon as the depth of
i the water would permit be ran into the
scay seized the barrel, shoved it to land,
rolled it 'T the beach and hid it in a cave.
Tho thought of home had nerved his arm,
and a bright idea had dawned upon him
and filled i his heart, with hope. He re
solved to form a boat out of the barrel.
With his clasp knife for his only tool, he
cut the barrel in two. He then went to
the wood that lined the shore and brought
down some willow Iwi?, with which lie
bound the staves tightly together. Du
ring the time of his boatbuilding he had
frequently to leave the cave to watch the
coming and going of the sentinels. j
.The sun was setting as he had finished
his- labor. In the frail bark he had so
rudely and rapidly constructed he was
going to attempt to cross the channel,
fearless alike of its swift currents and the
storms that might arise. He returned to
his lodging to eat his supper and wail till
darkness set in. I
Slowly with the impatient prisoner did ,
the hour pass by ; but the night came
at last, and he set forth on his perilous
undertaking.
By a circuitous route he reached the
cave. The wind was meaning along the
sea, telling of a coming storm, and bot a
star glimmered in the sky.
"This is the darkest night I ever saw."
said the sailor lad to himself : "but so
much the better for me ;" and down he
went towards the water, bearing his boat
on his back. But. alas 1 his hopes were
to be disnppointed ; as he was about to
launch it the sharp cry of "qui vive P
rang in his ear, and instantly the bayonet
of a sentinel wa9 pointed at his breast.
He waa taken to the encampment, placed
in irons, and a guard set over him.
On the following morning when Napo
leon was as usual, pacing the beach, he
was informed of the attempted escape of
the lad, and the means ho had ensployed.
"Let the boy and his boat be brought
before me," he said.
The order was speedily obeyed. When
Napoleon beheld the twig bound half bar
rel and the youthful form of the sailor,
bo smiled, and turning to the prisoner
said, in a tone devoid of anger, for he
admired the daring of the lad.
"Did you intend to croBs the Channel
in euch a thing as that f And last night
of all nights 1 Why, I would not have
ventured one of my gunboats a mile from
the nhoro I But I see how it is."
Napoleon looked compassionately upon
the prisoner, who stood before him with a
countenance in which boldness devoid of
impudence was displayed.
"I see how it is. You have a sweet
heart over yonder, and you long to see
her."
"No, sire, I have no sweetheart."
"No sweetheart ! What ! A liritish
sailor without a sweetheart !"
"I have a mother, sire, whom I have
not seen for year?, and whom I yearn to
see."
"And thou sltalt eee her, my brave
British boy. A right noble mother she
mst be to have reared so gallant a son!
You shall be landed in England to
night. Take this." handing him a coin
of gold ; "it will pay your expenses
home after you are put on shore. Fare
well." As the grateful boy bowed his thanks
and walked away, Napoleon turned to one
of his aideMlc-carjoL s and said : "I wish
I had a thousand men with hearts like
that boy !"
Ikinaparte was as good as his promise.
That very day he dispatched a vessel,
bearing a flag of trcce, which landed the
lad at Hastings, in the neighborhood of
which was his mother's home.
It is not necessary to tell of the mother
and son ; how they prayed their silent
prayers of thankfulness ; how they laid
their heads on each ether's shoulders and
wept for very joy.
The sailor lad rejoined the navy
Many and many a time afterwards, when
disabled for service, was he sorely dis
tressed iur want ; often was his clothmsr
scanty, nnd his head without a shelter ;
but the strongest and sternest of necessi
ties could never force him to part with
the gift of the great Napoleon.
Thin deed of Napoleon was more glo
rious than if he had conquered a nation
The glory won by the sword is tarnished
with blood, and sends sorrow and desola
tion into a thousand homes ; but this
simple act was greater than a victory on
the battle-field, for by it Napoleon con
quered two hearts by lovej and filled with
joy the home of a widow and an orphan
boy.
CURIOSITIES IS MARRIAGE
The Religious Telescope says we find
in one of our exchanges the following in
teresting article respecting the Edenic in
stitution, as now existing among mankind
Perhaps no class of facts more strikingly
illustrates the bitter consequences of the
transgression, than those pertaining to the
marriage state :
Marriage is the first and most ancient
of all institutions. As the foundation of
society and the family, it is universally
observed throughout the globe, no nation
having been discovered, however barbar
ous, which does not celebrate tho union
of the sexes by ceremony and rejoicing
The abuses of the institution, as poly
gamy, infidelity, and divorce, have in no
manner touched its existence, however
they may have vitiated its purity.
The condition of women in all countries
has afforded a fruitful theme for the ob
servation of the traveler, and tle specula
tions of the philosopher and the novelist.
It has been uniformly found that tha sav
age is the tyrant of the female sex, while
the position and consideration given to
woman 13 advanced in proportion to tho
refinement of Bocial iifa. Under the laws
of Lycurgu?, Numa, and even late law
givers, the power of the husbnnd over his
wife was absolute, sometimes even includ
ing power of life or death. The wife was
always defined and treated as a thing, not
as a person the absolute property of her
lord. In the early ages a roan might sell
his children or his wife indiscriminately ;
and relics of this rude custom still sur
vive, even among nations called civilized
and Christian.
In the countries of the East, where
polygamy is almost universal,1 marriage ia
not the sacred tie which it is held to be
in Christian countries. In Persia men
either marry for life or for a determined
time. Travelers or merchants usually
apply to the magistrate for a wife during
their residence in any place, and the Cadi
produces a number of girls for selection,
whom he declares to be honest and
healthy. Four wives are permitted to
each husband in Persia, and the same
number is allowed by Mohammedan law
to the Mussulman.
In Chinese Tartary a kind of male
polj'gamy is practiced, and a plurality of
husbands is highly respected. In Thibet
it is customary for the brothers of a family
to have a wife in common, and they
generally Hve in harmony and comfort
with her. Among the Calmucks the
ceremony of marriage is performed oo
horseback. The girl is first mounted,
and permitted to ride olf at full speed,
when her lover takes a horse and gallops
after her. If he overtakes the fugitive
she becomes his wife and the marriage is
consummated on the spot. It is said that
no instance is known of a Calmuck girl
ever being overtaken unless she is really
fond of her pursuer.
1 be Arabs divide their affections be
tween their horses and their wives, and
regard tho purity of blood in the former
quite as much as in their offspring. Polyg
amy is practised only by the rich, and
divorces are rare. In Ceylon the mar
riage proposal is brought about by the
man first sending to her whom he wishes
to beccme his wife, to purchase her clothes.
These she sells for a stipulated sum,
generally asking as much as she thinks
requisite for them to begin the world with.
In the evening he calls upon her, with the
wardrobe, at her father house, and they
pass the night in each other' company.
Next morning, if mutually satisfied, they
appoint the day of marriage. They are
permitted to separate whenever they
please, and so frequently avail themselvs
of this privilege, that they sometime
change a dozen times before their inclina
tions are wholly suited.
In Hindostan the women have a pecu
liar veneration for marriage, as it is a
popular creed that those females who die
virgins are excluded from the joys of
paradise. In that precious country the
women begin to bear children at about the
age of twelve, some even at eleven. The
proximity of the natives of India to the
burning sun, which ripens men as well
as plants, at the earliest period in these
tropical latitudes, is assigned as the cause.
The distinguishing mark of the Hindoo
wife is the most profound fidelity, sub
mission, and attachment to her husband.
On the bank of Senegal, and among
many African tribes, the matrimonial
prize most sought after is abundance of
flesh. To obtain corpulence is regarded
as the only real comeliness. A female
who can move with the aid of two men
is but a moderate beauty, while the lady
who can net stir, and is only to be moved
on a camel, is esteemed a perfect para
St 31 IVATRAL. IIISTRT.
BY JOSH BILLINQ3.
Fleas The smallest animal of the
bruto creation, and the most pesky, iz the
Fleas.
They are about tho bigness ov an onion
seed, and 6hine like a bran new shot.
They spring from low places, and can
epring further acd faster than enny of the
bug brutes
They bite wuss than the muskcetoze,
for they bite on a run, one flea will go aul
over a man's suburbs, in 2 minnits, and
leave him as freckled as the meazlea. j
It is impossible to do anything well
with a flea on you except swarc, and fleas
ain't afraid of that ; the only way is to
quit bizness ov aul ki.ids and hunt for the
ilea, and when you have found him he
ain't thar. This is one of tho flea mys
teries, the fakulty they have ov being en
tirely lost jist as you have found them.
I don't suppose tharc is ever killed, en
an average, during enny one year more
than 18 fleas in the whole ov the United
States ov America, unless there is a cas
nalty of some kind once in a while thare
is a dog gits drowned sudden, an then
thire may be a few fleas lost.
They are about az hard to kill az a
flaxseed iz, and if you don't mash them
as fi.rc az ground pepper they will start
bizness on a smaller kapital jist as pes
tivcroua as ever.
There iz lots ov people who hava never
seen a flea, and it takes a pretty smart
man to see one ennyhow ; they don't Btay
long in a place.
If you over ketch a flea, kill him be
fure" ytl do ennytbing else ; for if yu do
put it off 2 minnits, it may be too late.
Menny a flea has passed away forever
in less than 2 minnits.
IIed Ul'GS. I never seen ' ennyboJy
yet but what dospized Ued Hugs. They
are the meanest of aul crawling, creep
ing, hopping or biting things.
They dazent tackle a man 1 dtite,
but sneak in after dark, and chaw him
while he iz fast asleep.
A muskeeto will fight you id broad da-
lite at short range, and give you a knock
in his sides the flea is a game bug, and
will make a dash at you even ia Bread
way but the bed bug is a garroter, who
waits till you strip, and then pick out a
mellow place tew eat you.
If I was m the habit of swearing", I
wouldn't hesitate to cuss a bed bug rite
tew his face.
Bed bugs are uncommon smart in a
small way, one pair of them will stock a
hair mattress in 2 weeks with bugs enuff
tew last a small family a whole year.
It don't do enny good to pray when
bed bugs are in season ; the onlv way to
get rid of them is to bile up the whole
bed in aqua fortis, and then heave it away
and buy a new one.
lied bugs when thoy have grone aul
they intend to, are about the size ov a
bluejay's eye and have a brown complex
ion, and when they start out to garrote
are az thin ax a grease foot, but when
they get thru garroting they are swelled
up like a blister.
It takes them 2 deys tew git the swell
ing out ov them.
If bed bugs have enny destiny to fill it
must be their sturamucks, but it c ais
tew me that they must have been made
by accident, just az slivvers are, tew slick
into sum'ooddy.
If tlicy wuz got up for some wi9e pur
pose they must have took the wrong road,
for there kant be enny wisdom in chaw
ing a man aul rite lonj, and raising a
family besides to foller the same trade.
If thare is some wisdum in aul thi. I
hope the bed bugs will chaw thera folks
who kan see it, and leave me be, because
I am one ov the hcriticks.
THE OCCAM COTTO.TI,
Mr. Green, the famoup diver, tells sin
gular stories of his adventures, when ma
king search in the deep waters of the
ocean. He gives some new sketches of
what he saw at the "Silver Bank," near
Hayti : The banks of coral on which mj
divings were, made are forty miles in
length, and from ten to twenty in breadth.
On this bank of coral is presented to the
diver one of the most beautiful and Sub
lime scenes the eye ever beheld, "phe
water varies from ten to one hundred fet
in depth, and so clear that the diver can
see from two to three hundred feet when
submerged, with little obstruction to the
sight.
The bottom of the ocean in some places
is as smooth as a marble floor ; in others
it is studded with coral columns, frora ten
to one hundred feet in height, and from
one to eighty in diameter. The tops of
those more lofty support a myriad of py
ramidal pendants each forming a myriad
more, giving reality to tho imaginary
abode of some water nympb. In other
places the pendants form arch after arch,
and, as the diver stands on the bottom ol
the ocean, and gazes through in the deep
winding avenues, he finds that they fill
him with as sacred an awe as if he were
in some old cathedral which has long
been buried beneath the ocean's wave.
Here and there the eoral extends to the
surface of the water, as if the loftier col
umns were towers belonging to those
stately temples that are in ruins.
There were many varieties of diminu
tive trees, shrubs and plants in etery crev
ice of tha corals where water had deposit
ed the earth. They were all f a faint
hue, owing to th pale light they receive,
although of every shade, and entirely
different from plants that I am familiar
w ith that vegetate upon dry land. One
in particular attracted my attention ; it
resembled a sea fan of immense size, of
variegated colors, and the most brilliant
hue. The fish which inhabit these "SiN
ver Banks" I found as different in kind
as the eeenery was varied They were
of all forms colors and sizes fiora the
8 j metrical globj to tho god-liko sunf.sh ;
from the dullest hue to the changable dol
phin ; frdm the spots of the leopard to
the hues of the sunbeam ; from the harm
less minnow to the voiv.cioua shark.
Some had heads like squirrels, others
like cats and dogs, some of small sizes
rcsombled the bull terrier. Some darted
through the water like . meteors, while
others could scrrcely be seen to move.
To enumerate and explain all the vari
ous kinds of fish I beheld while diving
on these banks, would, were I enough
of a naturalist so to do, require more than
my limits allow, for I am convinced that
most of the kinds of fish which inhabit
the tropical seas can be found there. The
sunfish. starfish, white ah ark and blue or
shovel-nose shark wero often seen.
There were also fish which resembled
plant?, and remained as fixed intbeir po
sition as a shrub; the only power they
possessed was to open and shut when in
danger. Some of them resembled the
rose when in full bloS'm an3 were of all
hues. There were the ribbon fish, from
four or five inches to three feet in length i
their eyes are very large, and protrude
like those of a frog.
Another fish is spotted like a leopard,
from three fa ten feet in length. They
build their houses like beavers, in which
they spawn, and the male or the fecnnle
watebtrs the egg nnfil it batches. I saw
many specimens of the green turtle, some
five feet long, which I should think would
weigh from 400 to 00 pounds.
POOR l'O.ITO.
One of Ihe most affecting sto. ics I ever
heard about a dog was told w raary
years ago by an uncle of mine wfc nc
lived in Paris. My uncle was walking
on one of the quays, when ho saw a mm
approach, holding a dog by a chain The
poor animul was frightened, and yet did
not attempt to struggle as he was being
led along. II looked up piteous! at hie
jailor, and every now and then tried to
fawn about his feet, as if pleading with
him.
"Poor brute, he migr ' know, eeeming
ly, w hat was going to happen to hiso,"
said the man.
"What is going to happen?" inquired
my uncle.
"I am going to drown him, sir ; that is
what will happen."
"But why, sir ; are you his master V
"I am certainly his rnarUr, and he ia
old. Poor Pouto! I am sorry, but it
must bo."
The d-g gave a low whine and tremb
lirgly crouched closer to his master.
"He does not seem po very old, and
drowning is a hard death," remonstrated
my uaeie.
"Sir, he is quite useless "
While he was ppeaking the words the
man unmoored a little boat, and then lift
ed the dog in and rowed to the middle of
the stream. When he came to where the
water was deepest, my uncle saw him
lift up the dog suddenly and throw him
with great force into the stream.
If the mafer hnd tho-jht thst the dog's
ago an i infirmities would prevent his
struggling for life he was mc!i mistaken,
for he rose to ihe snfacc, kept his henct
well up, and trod the water bravely. The
man then began to push the dog nwuy
with an oar, and at last, losing all pa
tience, he struck out so far to deal the
dog a blow that he overbalanced himself
and fell into the riTcr. He could no
swim, and now began tho generous an
imal's efforts, not to save his own life, but
that of the master who was trying to
drown him. The dog swam to him, nud
seizing fast hold of his coat collar, held
him up until a boat put off to his rescuo
an! brought him half drow ned and wholly
frightened, to tlm fhore bs faithful dog
barking, crying and licking his hnrd nnd
face in the greatest excitement of affection.
I remember still the look with which my
uncle used to tell how he stepped forward
and asked the man :
"Do you still think him ucciet.s this
noble, generous dog?''
"I think ho d-aeives a better master," .
said a gentleman who h"d witnessed the
incident ; and then and there he made an
offer to buy Poiito : but the man, em- '
bracing the dog, said hoarsely :
"No, sir! no, I was wrong: ns I.ng
as I have n crust, I will giva half to my"
poor Ponto."
A woman who bad a basket on her
arm came up at the time and said, "I
should think you would, indeed, or ele
you ought to be ashamed to look him in
the face," and out of her basket took a
piece of meat, and the dog was feasted
and petted and m ule mu"h of, and from
that time, as long as my uncle staid ia
Par's, he cftcn saw Ponto on tho quay,
and the rto y of his generoi:y to bin
master made him so niany friends that
the eijg's keeping was no longer burden
some. No one was snfiereu to sn-'ost
him, and his old g was ckrublless th-
happiest period of his life.
1 ia li i
raooF or tits Superiority or the JImes
icak Walthj. if W:cjis3 "This country
am reason to be prend of this epleDid spe
cimen of American operative genhis at. i en
terprise. " That It will work a revolnth.-n in
the watch manufacturing of the world r.o
one can do"bt who examine the opratloua
of the Walthara establishtnei-t, for it tnras
out watch movements at just about or.e-balf
the cost of imported movements Uside the
uniform reliability of the machine made
watches must give them a geat advantage
over all others wherever known. A poor '
time piece of the machine :.Ao will be a ,
rare in the futnre as a good of band
make has ben heretofore, for taactinCry ia
arbitrary iu its performance, and can make
a perfect article just as easy as one that is
worthless. It will he a catise of congratula
tion If thi ighly useful American Enter
prise shall have the effect of driving out of
market tr thousands of tr.shy foreign arti
cles miscalled titrc-keeper.i. by furnishing so
excellent and economical a substitute
N. Y. Times.
"We hflT-3 had one n? the works of this
Company iu a case for some considerable
time, aud comparing them with former first
class works of different manufacture jiosses-
seel by us, they, have established hi c-.-jt opin
ion t-.v iraupcrioruy c-vtrany ever latroriucea
for convctcess as time pieces." The World:
"We notice withsfegrot f writing of thi
Paris Exposition) the absence of specirt'-i.s
or American m-.finfictQre, which although
only comparatively of recent birth amcng'
us. Is already producing results of the most
satisfactory character. Tbe watchc manu
factured by the Waltham Company are cer
tainly, so far as strength, durability, and
excellence as time-keepers are concerned, as
good as anything produced bv the French or
Swiss manufactures." N. Y. Herald.
'The beauty, the precision, the greater
cheapness, the uniform excellence of a watch
constrocted by r.iaclJuerv so exqnisitc fhat
th mere spectacle of its Operation is poetic,
gradually give the American Watches a
rbllo preference which will not be deceiv
ed." Harper's Weekly,
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