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THE ANGELS—A DBEAI*
ST ÜBS. A. A. SABNE3.
*• Alas! wo think not that wo daily see
About our hearths, angels that arc to bo.”
[Lehigh Hunt.
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But yesternight I saw the taco.
Ol one moat dear to mo i
I whispered to my startled sonl,
“ An angel form I see
-As o’er my dreaming spirit.qamo
Tho spell of memory.
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For well I know that I bad seen
That loved (orni in' her shroud
As ehadowy visions Of tho past.
Catno flitting in a crowd:
And nearer then I softly drew.
And at her feet I bowed.
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“Is itan angel, then, you seek?”
Bethought she seemed to say— ■
11 The children—frlondswhb lightyourpatb,
’ With love’s divinest ray,
-And those porohanbo you daily
' Upon Life’s devious way : .
*‘ May yet be angels in those realms
Where dwell the good' and fair '
Bow little dream Wo hero below.
We’ve angels.’neath our care 1 '
.Ah see that you do woll your part
These angels to prop’aro. , ’
"My hands wore clasped in hors the whije
—How radiant was her mein!—
The ‘morning sun across my brow ■
•Now flung his brightest beam;—
I started from my couch to find
It had been ‘‘alia dream.”
J&mlinmmx
THE OLD HOMESTEAD-
V'Thoso young,.glad,voicos flowed in song,
Or childhood’s tale was told,
. Or lips moved tunefully along
Sojne glorious page of old. ” ■
The old Homestead! IldW many cherished
memories of other days are called up by the
mention of the old "home place. Methinks I
now see its time-stained roof, with the ivy
clinging to it so lovingly; and the woodbine and
clamatis twining around the lattice on the
.porch. I can see the benign agd smiling coun
tenance of old grandmother, as she sits.among
these flowers with her knitting in her hand.
How I loved to bring my work, and sitting at
her knee, beg her to tell me a story of her
youth; and hour after hour would she thus be
guile with bright legends of childhood’s early
days. Dear old grandmother! much of the
Jove i.ght died out from the Homestead when
we laid her to rcst'among the green mounds of
the churchyard.
Aunt Betsey was a thrifty holiscwlfe, and the
i thß_prido.of-.heri heart. In the man-’
f agement-of-thac dcparimont she taught me well,
i ■ and there was nothing. I loved better than to be
|- the dairy maid. O, those childhood days, spent
in the faay-flelds with the merry workmen.---
xrora early dawn until set of sun; I spent ray
.time roaming, over New England’s green bills
.and,valleys, gathering the bright wild flowers,
■did wreathing garlands to deck myself and my
pet lamb. That little lamb was all the play
mate-I had ; but J Wanted-no more. The
brightest picture In all my memory. is of a fair
haired child, and a pet lamb, decked with na
ture’s flowers, happy as the days were long,
never dreaming of care or trouble—without a
Borrow, without a pain.
Seated in state upon the hay wagon, I would
ride around the field tossing about the fragrant
hey,, and laughing and singing gaily.
The summer months passed gaily away; but
even when winter’s mantle of snow was thrown
Qround the earth, happiness crowned that coun
try home. When the evening meal was,ended
Uncle Daniel would pile the hickbry logs upon
the ample hearth; and, gather around the ge
nial flame, be would tell us stories of by-gone
days, of school-hoy frolics, of the pleasures of
early manhood and riper days. These tales
Would ever be fraught with the deepest interest,
apd told in a lively and exciting manner.—
. Aunt Betsey had a soft, sweet voice, and would
J slpg the songs of her childhood to help pass the
long evening pleasantly away.
- Thus the summer days glided away, bne Con
tinual holyday and season of merry making ;
and the winter evenings were hallowed seasons
of home improvements and comforts.
Years hate Bed, and naught -now remains
bat cherished memory.- The grass has ■ long
since grown green upon the graves of Uncle
Daniel and Aunt Betsey, and strangers - gather
In the grain, and sit around the hearth-stone, of
fhe dear old Homestead. I aura pilgrim in a
stranger land, but like Israel’s captives, f can
never forget the home of my youth. The dear
est boon a kind Creator has bestowed upon -us
in memory. It is sweet, though sad, to sit
down and-livq-again the days ef the past—to
contemplate “joys that , we have tasted,” but
which can return to ns no more forever. And
thus it is that I recall the days spent at the old
Homestead, arid Bnd in the contemplation a
Jleasure melancholy though sweet —Methodist
'rotestant.
“If I tfeie a Man.’'
Don’t 1 wish that I were a man!' Wouldn’t
J. sot the beaver-hatted population an example
pf brilliant perfection. Woiildn’t 1 make my
self generally agreeable to all the ladies, and
talk to ’em ns if they had souls above bonnets!
What a glorious man I should make!
I wouldn’t stand on the hotel steps and pud
clouds of Villainous tobacco smoko into the eyes
ofall the pretty girls'that go past, nor spit on
pirOTont? to spoil their little shoes and in
jure their tempers. _
■ (.j wouldn’t set. my huge heel down on the
twins of their silken dresses, to tear ’em half
; off; and I think I’m not quite.s'uro, but I think
t—l’d knock down the first brute who dared
of the circumference of their gar
ments!
‘ And when they come into a oar or omnibus,
. I wouldn’t stick my nose into a newspaper, or
look abstractedly out of the window, nor got
U P grumbling, “ Always the way with wo-,
men s ' Not a bit of it f I’d spring up like a
'.patent India rubber ball, and if theold bach
elor on the right hand sidohtid the spruce clerk
on hand aide, didn’t compress them
selves into the smallest possible space, to make
roof for the crinolines, I’d know the reason
vpy :
And then, when I gel married (for to what
end was I created, if not to pay- tho,milliner's
bills of some blessed little bit of workman
kind!! wouldn’t I make a model bus
hand ! _D° you suppose I should bother her
; Bweet life out of her, by grumbling because a
paltry button had dropped oil a shirt collar,-or
• 8 j rI "? oil a dickey ?Do you think I’d ex
plode like a camphcne lamp every time I found
O n P in my gloves? I’d like to-see myself
Stooping to any speh littleness!
I WOuMn t consult the almamtc every time she
fWtml
Tijore are few birds that Lave more deceived
arid puzzled the learned tkan'tbis. Seine have
described it ns ah inhabitant'of.''the air, living,
only upon the dew of heaven, and never coining
down to earth. Others have acquiesced in the I
latter part of its history, but' have represented
it as feeding on flying insects. " Some have as
serted that it was without feet, and others have
ranked it among the birds of prey.
The great beauty of this bird’s plumage and
the deformity of its legs, seem to have given
rise to most of these erroneous reports.. The
savages of the .Molucca Islands, of which it is
an inhabitant, perceiving the inclination the
Europeans had fo* this beautiful bird, carefully
cut off its legs before they brought it to mar
ket. Thus concealing its greatest deformity, I
they considered themselves entitled to rise in
their demands, when they offered it for sale/
One deceit led to another. ” The buyer, finding
the bird without legs, naturally inquired after,
them; and the seller as naturally 1 began to as
sert that it had none. Thus far, the European
was imposed upon by others ; in all the rest he
imposed upon himself. Seeing so beautiful a
bird without legs, he. concluded It could only
live in the air, where legs were unnecessary.
Ihe extraordinary, splendor of its plumage as
sisted this deception, and, as it had heavenly
beauty, so it was asserted to have a heavenly
residence. Hence its name, and all the false
reports that have been made concerning it.
Soon after this discovery had been made,this
harmless bird was branded with the character
of being, rapacious, of destroying all birds of
Smaller from the amazing rapidity of
its flight, as Well qualified foC a vast deal of
mischief. The real history of this pretty crea
ture 'a at present tolerably well known ; and it l
is found to be as harmless as beautiful. i
There are sever/il species of the Bird of Para
dise. Some Of them are nS large as a pigeon,
though m realty the body is not much larger
than that or the thrush. The tail,, which is
about six inches in length, is as long as the' bo-.
A/* Th e wings aro large, compared'with the,
the birds other dimensions. The head, the
throat, and the neck, are of d pale gold color.
Tho ; base of the bill, and tho side of the head
and throat are surrounded by black feathers,
which are as soft as velvet, and changeable,like
those on the neck of a blackbird. Tho hinderi
part ofjhe head is of a shining green,
mixed with gold. , The body and wings, are
chiefly covered with a beautiful brown, purple,
and gold feathers. The apperfliost part of the
tail feathers are of a palp yellow, and those un
iT-u m wkkc * and longer than, the former,for
Which reason the hinder, part of the tail appears
.. 0 ykite. But what chiefly excites curi
um *5? tW ° one ’ naked fathers whiclrspring
(ail „nrt part of ‘he rump, above the
loriK “'Thlsonr T about t,lre ® fee ‘
ill ese »re bearded only at the bcninnimr
and the end whole shift, for aboit two
feet nine inches,; a deep black, whfle
tne fcalhci-cfl.extremity is 0 f a changeable col
or. •
, This bird, which for beauty exceeds all other
species of this genus, is a native of the Molucca
Islands. There, in the delightful and,.spicy
woods of the country, these beautiful cr&turca
fly in very large (looks, so that the groves which
produce the richest spices, produce the finest
birds also. The inhabitants themselves arc
perfectly award of the great beauty of these
birds, and give them the name of God's birds,
as being superior to all others in existence.
They live in large flocks, and at night upon
tho some tree. They fly very rapidly, andare
almost continually on the wing, in pursuit of
insects, which form their usual prey.
O* What is darkness ? A blind Ethiopian
m a dark cellar at midnight, looking fora black
cat.
. . tCT" At a late trial, the defendant, after hear
lD? ness ,’ j Limped up and said :
knows it" aUegatora is ttnd the allegator
. J^Opntwdiotfcd-^-The'report, that:a Yarn
St of .thunder. Cda “ Wh * e ‘° tako th ° noiB *
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BY JOIIN B. BRATTON,
YOL. 44.
bought a new bonnet, to see just how many
weeks sne had worn the old one; and I would
n t snarl like a cross tiger cat, whenever the
coffee happened to be cold or the beefsteak rnW,
just as if I wanted her to abuse hferaelf.;in dust
and ashes ; and burn up her'rosy'littleifaco-be
fore the kitchen fire, while! .sat- wiili tny' heels
on the .table, reading ithe’JpilperV/ih :;lho next
room. I wouldn’t use: profane language .when
she.asked me to!button up h'er:sweet little gai
ter-bootS; Or fasten her gloves, or even to carry
herparcols down! Broadway, on a rainy day—
whichdast I Consider to be an infallible test of
patience and'meekness.
I .wouldn’t gorge myself with wine, and oys
tcrs, and cigars, at a fashionable down town
restaurant, while my wife dined at home on
cold mutton, and then look as black as an over
changed thundercloud when the grocer's “ litifc
bill came in ; I wouldn’t expend a small fortune
in diamond shirt-studs, extravagant broad
cloth and fancy canes, and, thed mutter about
‘■hard times!’ when she ventured to ask mo for
half a dollar to buy check for the baby’s'apron !
inn " n ra l hc [. ll ! in , k *’ d B° shopping with her,
too, when she hinted to that effect, instead of
inventing excuses about Smith. or Brown, or
the.olub aye, and pay her bills, too, without
screwing up my mouth as if I had the cramp
in my face! And .if she looked, into- a shop
window and admired a thirty dollar collar, I’d
walk strait in and buy it for her, instead of
feigning to be absorbed in the signs opposite,
and ‘‘ f « r E ettln g to hear" what she said. ■
When I came home at night, I wouldn’t
make a boar of myself; behind'the evening pa
per and answer savagely, when timidly asked
Whatl was reading, “ women can’t Understand
politics! No, indeed !■ I would read her all
the anecdotes, play, with the childrch, pull the
pussy s ears, and tell her how becoming her
new silk was. . That’s the way to keep tbe’wo
men good natured, take my word for it; and
what prettier sight is there in the world than a
good humored woman ? - Mind, I don’t ask the
incorrigible'old bachelors; first, because it isn’t
apy of their business, and second, because
they re not judges of the article. But put the
question to any,, sensible, fellow* betw'ecn.the
ages of eighteen and' twenty-eight, and see what
he 11 say ! ,
Fd make a point of always asking my wife’s
advice before I went to vote, and doing just' as
she said about it—then I’d be sure to be af
ways right.. And if any bachelor friend of mine
had the impudence to ask me to an oyster sup
per, without including my wife in the invita
tion, do you suppose I’d go?' Ask my moth
er-m-law about that. '
I wouldn’t go- ;to evening parties, and flirt
desperately with* other ladies; tmd talk about
‘ my poor, dear wife, whose ill-health precludes
her enjoyment of society,” when I knew very
well that she was Sitting at homo alone with
the cat, and crying her eyes outoVcr ohe ofmy
ragged old coats. .* J
Good gracious! what a Wide field for improve
ment there is among, the benighted sons of Ad
am ! It puts me Completely out of breath to
think of half the reforms I make. Oh, if I were
ouly a man!— Sllirely.
'.' THE-Blilp OP PARADISE,.
Palaces anil G'rpim'ds of a Petty' Prince In
■; : . ' ■ '. India. : •
.Tho New York Commercial Advertiser lias; a
letter,from a corrospondenfia India,'dated'Cal
cutta-, January 18, in which the writer' gives
the following account of what llc-saw on a visit
to the palaces and grounds of the Eajah of
Burdwan, some seventy miles from Calcutta :
Wcare acquainted with theKajah’ssecretary
and manager, and ho kindly showed us over
the gardens and.compounds, and two of the pal
aces; the third and finest one was undoraoiriir
repairs and closed to visitors. The estates of
tins petty prince (a fine looking fellow of. thir
ty-eight) is only seventy-live miles square, pf
rich lapd, &c. In addition ho owns- bazaars,
and considerable property in Calcutta. Twelve
thousand men arc employed on all his lands,
lour thousand in the'i in mediate vicinity of his
palaces. His annual inoome is eighty : lacs of
rupees, about four millions of.dollars, overfour
hundred and fifty dollars per hour. With
these great means he might become a formida-1
bte enemy to the East -India' Government, but
seems very peaceably disposed, and doubtless
nnds.it to his interest to remain so. , I
I spent many hours in. pleasantly strolling
about the grounds ; there are oyer seventy-five
acres-of .gardens and.parks, intersperced With
a number pf large tanks. One is the largest 1
have ever seen in India, being a full mile around
its four sides, with many stone stairways lead
ing down to the water. The entire compound
is surrounded by a wide canal. "•
There are largo and, separate parks for almost
every class of animals ; in one wore three hun
dred and fifty deer of different species. Anoth
er was for a couple of ostriches and huge tor
toises, one for half a dozen kangaroos; two for
black bears, others for pelicans, flamingoes,
rhinoceroses, crocodiles,. two stately giraffes,
•j In most of these enclosures were tanks,
and those containing tho larger animals were
bunt around with high puokah walls stuccoed,
with walks on the top. , Tho mepageriei Of sol
id masonry, was well worth seeing; -the- cages
were all capacious, and very secure. ' liithem
Were tigers, leopards and ohcetus,. hyenas, fox
es, wolves, porcupines, an enormous ourang
outang. monkeys, baboons, boa-constrictors,
Cco. Two, large (calories contained nearly a
thousand ducks, of every variety. There were
many other specimens of rare birds : that I can
nol. now remember.. At Calcutta. I saw the
King, or Oudo V tigers—thirteen‘enormous arii
mnls, which the Rajah is about to purchase for
his menagerie. '
The stud of the Rajah contains eight hun
dred of the best horses that can lie-procured in
India, and ho has besides about thirty-five ele
phants in Ins stables. .We were offered the use
ot one of them, if we would make up a hun ting
party, at another time., . - . ,
In 'the ground is ah elegant and richly carved
marble monument, with-a v temple built over it
and an iron railing placed around' it to protect
us sanctity; the inscription reads, “to tho
memory of the Rajah’s best .friend and compan
lion, He. , with a long catalogue of tiisjElcfiiro,
referring to a faithful dog'Tie had lost. VTc
Were .puzzled .'for.' ft' long. Unie'ih; a labyrinth
made" of vipes trajnednn arbors. . Jlahy bf tlie
tanks abound in Ssb, and furnish delicacies for
the prince’s (able.
-■ The monthly expenditure for the Support of
all this.is about Tour thousand dollars, which
seems to me not extravagant, although the na
tive labor is. the cheapest part of it.-'. The pala
ces were large and richly furnished, the walls
covered with elegant paintings, mirrors, en
gravings, &c._ Altogether wc were niuch pleas
cd with all wo saw, and- tbe attention we re
ceived.
Value of Timcj
When the Roman Emperor said, “I Have lost
a day,*’he uttered a sadder truth, than if he
had exclaimed, “I have lost a kingdom.” . Na
poleon said that the reason why he-beat the
Austrians was, that they did not know the
value of five minutes* At the celebrated battle
of Rivoli, the conflict seemed bn the' point of
going against him. He saw the critical state
of affairs, and instantly, took his resolution,
lie dispatched a flag to the Austrian headquar
ters, with proposals for an armistice. The unr
wary Austrians fell into the snare. For a few
minutes the thunders of battle were hushed.
Napoleon seized the precious moments* and,
while amusing the enemy with, mock negocia-
I turns, re-arranged his line of battle, changed
his front, and in a few minutes was ready’ to
renounce the force of discussion for the stern
arbitrament of arms* The splendid victory of
.Rivoli.was the result.’ The great moral victor
ies and defeats of the world often turn in five
minutes. . Crisis come, the not seizing of which
is rain. Men may loiter, but time.fii.es on the
wings of the wind, and all the great interests’of
life are speeding on with that sure and silen
tread of destiny,
A LCsson for Lffo,-
A child went forthinlo a mountain ravine;
ana while Wandering there ho called aloud to
I. i “ le loneliness, and heard a'voicF whicV
called him in the same tone. fie tailed again,
and, as, he thought, the voice again mocked
him. Flushed with anger, ho rushed to 'find
th 6 boy that insulted him, but could find none;
He then called out to him in anger and with alt
abusive epithets ; allof which was- faithfully
returned to him.' Choking with rage, the child
ran to his mother, and complained that it boy
in the woods had abused and insulted him with
many vile words. But the mother, took .her
child by the hand and, said, “My .child, these
names were but the echoes of thine own'voice.
Whatever.thou didst call was returned to thee
from the hill side. Iladst thou called out plea
sant words, pleasant words had returned to
thee. Let, this bo thy lesson through life. The'
world will be the echo of thine own spirit:
j-reat thy fellows with uhkindness/and -they
will answer with tinkindness,.with: love, and;
thou shalt have love, Sendforth sunshine from
thy spirit, and thou shalt never have,a clouded,
day ; carry about a vindicative spirit, ahd even
lli tliC- flowers shall lurk curses. Thou shalt
receive ever what thou giyest; and' that - alohfc ",
Always is that child in tlio mountain passes of
mofor every reader is that child.
J' T ?,W sll| h o n, on landing in this coiim
.u°' vn t 0 their first dinner on
“ n ffi° .table a dish o I prepared.
tom Pn ?w ,ohn^‘ ho, ’ of them had, liappohed
to meet before. One of them todls.a. spdonful
tems V to nt ,^ V es' Cb qUi^
companion™ ab ° Ut? ”
“I was crying at tho recollection of ihyWor
lather who was hung about twenty years ago.-
Tho dinner proceeded; and soon .tho other
made a dip into the mustard, with a similar re
sult. •
“What aro you crying about 7’t was tho bravo
inquiry of his companion.
“I am crying because you,wore not hitng
when your father was.” • • <
O’ “ Come here my dear : I want toask all
about your sister., _ Has your sister a beau ?”
“ No, its the jaundice sha’s-got j the dootor
says so.”
‘* 01711 COUNTRY—3IAV IT ALWAYS' BE RIGHT BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY - . **
CARLISLE, r.V,; THI-Rsiav, MAY 13,' 1858,
The Woman who lives wilhoul Eriling,
We have, says the New York Evening Post,
published several letters respecting this extraor
dihary.case of suffering ;they arc important to
scientific men, and: painfully interesting to all.
Tha following is written by Rev. S. P. Williams
to the Christian Advocate:
■ “Mrs. Hayes is .not yet dead. I have seen
her several times. Aridiafter reiiding«all that
has , appeared in fho, Advocate in Regard to
her, venture to cpnirnmticalca few thoughts
upon her ease., Before she passed into this pe
culiar and affecting condition, her health was
for sbmeilength of time extremely, poor., She
ate but .little,and-that little a con
siderable amount' of. suffering. Sometimes it
throw 'her .into spasms. For nearly a year be
fore she ceased to take refreshments altogether,
She lived wholly, or nearly so; upon the juice of i
dried rasberries, until that became a source of
suffering. Then, for a liipo. she look occasion
ally a small quantity of cold'water ; and it is
now ndarly’a'year since she ’swallowed any li
quid; to tho knowledge,of'any one. Indeed I
haveno-doubt that n tonspoonful of liquid, put
into her mouth, would./bo; the occasion of her
death, UnleSs'the Spasmodic action of her throat
should expel it. Any person to see her ten
mihutes must be,satisfied dljat there is node
oeption in her case-' -Hcr hend and shoulders,
one or tho other,,are in,perpetual motion. She
is frequently thrown forward, until she is near
ly doubledtogether, and then’the head thrown
back, And her neck literally doubled, and the
body forced back,, and thojwhole face, chin and
all, entirely buried : in.the,pillpw. This is done
several times successively in less lime than I
takein writing it. The last time in the series
the face’will remain nearly, ; bnned in the pillow,
and she does not breath? for ton or fifteen min
utes. Once she remained sixty-two minutes
without breathing. When this is over, and the
Spasm passes off, she struggles for breath, and
her head is rolled, (bom side to side almost with
the velocity of lightning fora moment or two;
the face becomes red with (ho rush of blood to
the head, and the skin quite moist with prespi
ration. Then the spasm subsides into a gentle
motion of the jaw and’shmfrdefs,'keeping time,
as one would think, with'The action of the heart.
Her skin about the face, heck,' chest and hands
is delicate and, healthy as,the skin of an infant.
The pulsations of. the blood about the chest;
neck, head and arms, thou&h exceedingly deli
cate, are quite regular. /Her, hair does not
grow, nor is it worn off hecJicad, as one would
naturally suppose, .except a. little just upon the
crown. The abtion.and state of the lungs are
perfectly healthy. They have .been thoroughly
examined by skilful physicians with The aid of
a stethoscope, and are supposed to he perfect.,
Her nourishment is wholly from -the atmos
phere.; Tho last nutrimept, indeed the last
swallow of water she wds known to take, was
in the last of. Juno, 1857.' The last tithe she
was/kpown to bo conscious Was last December.
When she comes out of, these long spasms, she
seems to cry for a moment;,-like! an infant in
distress. At snch .tlmes .her. -husband thinks
she may-be cohsoidUS./lTisTabst distresSiSgto
hear it. She is hot above, tho; ordinary laws of
disease. Slip bps recently had. A thorough case
1 of.the,mumps*,precisely as olhers have them,
Her nails Upon hoVti/igors; like her ham, do not
grow at all.”
ftapol'eon showed mo the marks of two
frounds—one a very deep cicatrice above the
left khco, which ho said he had received in his
first campaign Of Hilly; and it was of so seri
ous a nature; that the surgeons were in doubt
whether it might not; be ultimately necessary to
amputate.. He observed that when' ho was
wounded, -it was always kept a secret in order
not to discourage the soldiers. The other was
on his too, and was received at Eokmtil. '• At
the scige of Acre,’! coritiniidd iho, “ a shell
thrown by Sidney Smith fell atmy feet. Two
soldiers, who "were close by, seized and closely
embraced me, one in front and the other on one
side, and made a rampart of thfeir bodies for
me, against the effect of the shell, which cx| lo
[ploded and overwhelmed ns with sand. . We
sunk into, the whole formed by bursting : one of
them was wounded. I.made them both offi
cers. One has since lost a leg at Moscow", and
commajided at Vincennes when I left Paris—
when he was summoned by . the Russians bo re
plied, that as soon as they had sent him back
the leg he had lost at Moscow ho would surren
der the fortress;” “Many times in my life,”
continued he, “ have I been saved by soldiers
and officers throwing themselves before mo
when I was in most imminent danger; At Ar
eola, when I was. adamicing, Colonel Meuron,
my aid-de-camp, threw himself before mo, cov
ered me with his body, and received the wound
which was destined for me. He fell at ray feet,
and his blood spouted up in my face; He gave I
his life to, preserve mine. Never yet, I believe,
has there been such a devotion shown by sol
diers aa mine have manifested for me. » Jn all
my misfortunes never has the soldier, oven
when, expiring, been wanting tome—neverhas
man been served more faithfully by-his troops.
With the last drop’of blood gushing out of their
veins,, they exclaimed, “ Vivel’ Emporour.”
ff you wish to make your neighbors and fam
ily happy—if: you wish to sco calmness and
evenness of temper developed in your children
—if you would lighten the cares and-smooth
the path of the companion of your Bosom—do
not irritate, or scold, or be in a passion when
your humor is crossed, hut remember that oth
ers have hearts ns f-oft as yours, and let the sun
shine of Christian meekness and gentlenses al
ways beam from your eyes. How happy will
be a circle in'such » case! Ah, this Christian
temper is about-the only requisite to majceflro
isides happy—places which husbands and,chil
dren will regret to leave, and be glad to return
to. Let the husband be indulged then to the'
annoyances of his ever-woiking and often over
working wife ; and let the wife always meet
him whh smiles when he comes home perplexed
with .the cares of business ; and let both bo for
bearing under their mutual imperfections, and
homei will be more as God intended'it. ■
Pride and Vanity.
-It was a clqver remnrkof somebody—wo do
not remember, who—that he was “ lob proud
to bo vain!” Yet tho two are very commonly
confused so as to almost loso their identity;—
No person who has. much real pride can be
foolish or. trifling. . Self-respect often prevents
men frpm doing wrong actions, when morality,
religion; or love of approbation of others, would
be powerless from the same end.
■This love of approbation is the foundation of
vanity, ' and , prompts tho most - insincere,
thoughtless, and sometimes cruelly selfish con
duct. ft should be avoided, as fatal to tho fi
nest spirit. . It is impossible with independence,
and makes slaves,-and cowards of all who suc
cumb to its influence. Pride, on the other
hand, if:it bo not haughty, is dno of the best of
human , attributes. If a man thoroughly re
spects himself, be sure that others will respect
him also. ' .
Bonaparte’s Wounds.
Mo Scolding.
Kiri [|l
The Father of Waters.
The vasfnesS of the great Mississipprrivcr is
given by a newspaper correspondent, whawrites
from Maiden’s Rock, Wisconsin :
*j loch out upon the river* three miles
wide at this point, my mind seems to take in
at one grasp the magnitude of the stream*—
From the frozen regions of theNorthlo the sun
ny South, it extends some three thousand one
hundred miles in length ; it would reach from
Aew York across the Atlantic and extended
from France to Turkey, and to the Caspian sea.
Its average depth from its source; in Lake Ttas-.
ca. in Minnesota, to its delta in the Gulf of
Mexico, is fifty feet, and its width half a mile.’
Ihc trappefs on the upper Mississippi can take l
the furs of Iheanimals.chat inhabit its sources
arid exchange them for Ihe tropical fruits that
are gathered on the banks below. Slaves are
toiled at one end, of this great thoroughfare,
while the free red men of the forest roam at the
other end. The iioods arc more than a month
traveling from Us source to the delta. . The to
tal value of stcanicrs afloat on this river and its
tributaries is more than six millions of dollars,
arid numbers as many as one thousand five hun
dred—more than twice, the •entire steamboat
tonnage of England, and equal to that of all
other parts of the world. It drains an area of
one million two hundred thousand square miles,
which is justly styled the garden! of the world.
It receives a score of tributaries, the leaist of
which is longer than ihe vaunted streams ofj
mighty, empires. It might, furnish natural
boundaries for all Europe, and yet leave for eve
ry country a river larger than the Seine. It
engulfs more every year tlipn the revenue pf
many petty kingdoms,,nmT.rolls a volume in
whoso depths the cathedral of Sc. Paul could be
sunk out of sight. It ,discharges, in one year,,
more A’ater .than has issued from the Tiber in
five centuries; it swallows up fifty rivers,
which have ho name, each of which arc larger
than the ThanieSi The addition of the waters
of the Danube would not swell .it half a fathom.
In one single reservoir, (Pepin) two thousand
five hundred miles from the sea, the naives of
the world might ride at anchor. . It washes the
shores of twelve powerful States,, and betwee
its arms lies space for twenty more.”
Rossini ami the Organ-Grinder.
An Italian organ-grinder stationed himself in
the courtyard of the house occupied by Rossi
ni at the corner formed by the 'Boulevard and
the Chansee d’Anlin; and began playing sever
al airs from the rcpctoir.e of the great composer.
He had played the serenade from the “ Barbi
ere,” and was about to repeat it when Rossini,
accompanied by a friend, passed through the
court-yard. The maestro felt in hispocket for
a few sous, and 1 whi[p doing so. ho inquired of
the (nan if he was aware whose music ho was
playing. “Of course Ido,” replied the man ;
‘it is' Tram your great Rossini.” “And. the
air you played before. Also from Rossi
ni,” said the man; “ I should not think of
playing anything.but Rossini in -the serenade
which lam how ottering, to him.”—“ You of
ten h'-serenade to’Rossini! -And in
quired the composer.—“ Because to-day is his
b irth-day;” replied the man.—RossimVort hear,
mg this reply, was deeply touched, and he turn-
I? a £< ? f "3 companion and said, “ This poor feh
low is ,the only person that remembered the
date; .oil my friends have forgotten it—even I
myself had done so. Belicvo- me when X say
that the greatest triumphs of my career have
not moved me more than the attention of this
poor man.” And the maestro • drew from his
purse a hundred-franc piece, and presented it
to the organ-player, who v was in the -greatest
astonishment at his generosity. “It is Rossi-’
himself who has spoken to you,” whispered
the mend, when the.composer had turned his
back. “ Rossini!” cried tho Italian, and run
ning after the retreating maestro, he kissed tho
hem. of his cloak; and- exclaimed, “Thanks
maestro ; but it is not money you have given
mo ; it is a medal, which I shall preserve all mv
life. ” J
Pigtail Economy.
Old Deacon Biggs is remarkably close. His
name lias come to be a proverb in ins neighbor
hood, for snob an economy as ev.fr makes a man
the subject of ridicule and contempt., One bit
ter, cold morning a few falls ago, ho. bade the
boys drive all the pigs that were to be fatted
for the market, into aiirtkf yard just at the
corner of the house. A pig was caught by one
oj the youngsters ; the Deacon, with a pair of
pinchers in one hand, and a sharp knife in' the
other, seized the unfortuncite pig by the tail,
and out it oil', close up. So on through the.
whole herd, leaving not a pig with even a
stump of a tail. Cork, who worked for his
grandfather, stood by in amazement—his
hands in his ,pockets, his toes turned in, his
old fur cap over his ears, his lank body warped
into a crescent by the cold,and his teeth jawing
.against the outrage with a prodigious clatter.
At last he stuttered out, “Grandpa, what you
cuUin’ off those tails for ?”
Sober and solemn was Deacon Biggs as be
replied, “You never will be n rich man, for yon'
do not know, my child, that it lakct.a bushel of
corn to fatten an inch of tail!"
Cork has gone to the West, and in the corn
growing bottoms of Michigan, Iras taken, to the
faising of tailless porkers.
Tire Hooped Sarar and Baptism.— At Chi
cago last wocknrntlicr amusing scene took place
during the baptism of a y oung lady, by the pas
tor of the Tabernacle. The Union says ; “The
minister requested'her to assume the dress pe
culiar to such occasions, but sho declined to
take off her hooped skirttho minister told her
o( tho inconvenience that must result from her
obstinacy, but like a true female she persisted,-
but when sho oamo to descend into the bath,
tho inflated skirt touched the water and rose up
like a balloon. Her head was lost to the con
gregation, sho was swallowed'up in tho swell
ing skirt, tho minister tried to force lief into
the hath, hut she kept above the'surface by’the
floating properties of crinoline, anrt Was buoyed
up so successfully that it was not till alter much
difficulty and many forcible attempts to sub
merge tliolady, tile minister succeeded in bap
tizing'tho fair one. J’inally it was oflocted, to
the relief of tho’minister, and the seriously in
clined audience, who could not keep from
chuckling in their sleeves, and laughing in their
pocket kerchiefs.”
A Quiet Place.—ln one of our country ex
changes wo find the following recommendation
of a thriving little town :—A few days ago a
gentleman, in conversation with some friends,
was praising Woodville, Miss., to the skies, and
remarked, among other-tilings, that it was the
most quiet and peaceful place he ever saw ; there
was no guarding nor rowdyism, nor fighting
about the streets : if a gcnllemnninsulted an
other. hcivas quicthj'shot down and that was
the last of.it!
O’ - An Albany man advertises for his run
away wife—who is but fifteen years of age and
of a loving disposition, and had on three rattan
hoops.
O" A Western Editor expresses his delight
at having nearly been called ‘honey’ by the gal
ho loves, because she saluted him as ‘Old Bees
wax’ at their Inst meeting. j
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Women's’ Rights.
Much~so3*s the Baltimore Sun —is said and
written noW-a-days of women’s rights. What
then arc her rights? , This is not only' just, but
expedient to give her. Man defrauds himself
when he withholds it. For is not woman to be
J?‘® constant companion? Would ho choose
that his companion should be destitute of ideas?
Surely not. The conversation of ap educated
a P er Pdual foasti It tho first pleasure
°J !» to is action, tlio second certainly is
And theta is almost as much pleasure fn.talking
about things as doing them, A man Wants in a
wife not only a but a counsellor.—-*
*V° ono mind over saw all sides of nil subjects,
nor oven all sides of one subject. And (he
wisest suggestions not unfrequently come from
the ieast.informed. The Pythoness, the Sybils*
were women because women were always sup
posed to enjoy a nearer access to the fountain
of wisdom than man.
Women have a right to a good husband; be
cause most of them mean,to do the thing that
is nearly right. When they marry they have a
right that their husbands should be men and hot
mere wrecks of debauched and dissipation.-
Oh, ft is ono of the crudest of wrongs fora pure
and innocent girl to throw herself away upon a
broken down victim of licentiousness, who is
more fit.for a hospital than to preside over d fa
mily, the candidate for premature decay and
early dead], . The mind and moral nature gene
rally in such cases is. quite as much wreck ns
the body. The freshness of life Is all worn off,
.the gaiety of innocence is.forever gone. The
life of.such a maiv is cold and hard, destitute of
sentimehtand.enthusiasm. Woman, is cruelly
wronged when she has accepted such a com.
panion. . ■
L Woman has a right to the society of her bus
f band. Home should bo his sanctuar}*, and hd
i .ought to find his. happiness there, . It’ ho does
i uot, there is something wrong. Ho has promts**
cd to be the husband—that is the house-band—
the band that-keeps together.*—
His presence there is necessary to keep all
right. If he wanders heedlessly, something is
a pt to go wrong. His authority is often wanted
to maintain order, to arrange business, to,super
intend labor. , His absences 'ought to be lew
and unfrequent as possible. Woman has a
right to this, and her rights are grossly violated
when her husband is often unnecessarily away.
Lastly, woman has a right to the earnings* of
her husband, for the support ol their families.
Wo never saw a drinking saloon, from* tho -low
£,roggery to the pretentious hotel,.without say
ing to ourselves, here, after all, is the most out
rageous violation of woman's rights, Wc some-!
times get a glimpse at those apartments, and.
who do we see there 7 Husbands and fathers,;
who subsist upon their daily wages, spending 1
one-half, perhaps all their earnings in liquid
poison, to ruin their health, spoil their temper,
corrupt' their morals, make themselves odious
and loathsome while their Wives are
at homo earning, by the .slender gains of their,
needle, the pittance which rescues their mutual
oflsprlngsTrom- starvation. Oh! this is too bad
to bo'secn and suffered in a Christian countiy.
'. This outrage upon womau ? s rights.cries loud-;
cat of all to heaven, and if there were a particle
of chivaliy in these degenerate days, this is tho
first abuse in our social economy which; would
bo abated. Tell ns not of barbarisriii of the
Malays, or the Fejce Islanders/who roast their
•enemies and pick, their bones/ Their enemies
oxpoiefit, and wbuiddotho like in return." ’But
hero the crueltyis inflicted ,byafiiend-r- the one
Ji* 10 r l f - 10 Poorest and,fenderosf of all I]
,Our boasted civilization and Christianity of the I
nineteenth century—what are they 7
‘ Is (be Sun Inhabited ?
Sir John Herachel concludes (haf (ho sun is
a planet abundantly stored, with Inhabitants.—
His Inference being drawn from the following
arguments: .
On the tops of mountains of sufficient height,
at nn attitude where clouds very seldom reach
to shelter them from the direct rays of the sun,
gre always found regions of ice and snow. How,
if the solar rays themselves conveyed all the
heat on this globe, it ought to bo hottest where
their course is least interrupted.’ Again tero
nauts all confirm the coldness of the upper roi
gions of the atmosphere. Since therefore, even
on our earth, the heat of any situation depends
upon the aptness of the medium to yield to the
impression of the solar rays, wo have only to
admit that, on the siin itself, the elastic fluids
comprising its atmosphere, and matter on its
surface, are of such a nature as not to bo capa
ble of any excessive afl'eotions from its own
rays. Indeed this seems to be proved from the
copious emission of them, for if the elastic fluids
lot the atmosphere, ortho matter contained on
tlio surface of the sun were of such h nature as
to admit of any easy chemical combination with
its rays, their emission wotild be much imped
ed. Another well known filet is, (hat the solar
focus oi the largest lens thrown into the air,
will occasion no sensible heat in the plate whore
it had been kept for a considerable time, al
though its power 6f exciting combnstion when
proper bodies are exposed, should bo sufficient
to fuse the most refractory substances. Thus
from.arguments based solely on,the supposed
physical constitution of that. luminary, bo de
duces the somewhat astonishing idea that the
sun is inhabited.
The Atmosphere.
Tho atmosphere rises above us with its cathe
dral dome arching towards tho Heaven. of which
it is tlio mosniimillar s.vhon.vtno and symbol.—
It floats around ns like that grand object which
tho apostle saw in his vision: a «sca of glass
like unto crystal.” So massive is it, that when
it begins to stir, it tosses about groat ships like
playthings, and sweeps cities and forests, like
snow-flakes, to destruction before it. And yet
is so mobile, that wo have lived years in it be
fore wo can bo persuaded it exists at all,- and
the great majority of mankind never realize tho
truth .that'they are bathed in an oCoan of air.—
Its weight is so enormous that iron shivers be
fore it like glass, yet a soap-ball Sails through it
with impunity, and then the tiniest insect
It with its wings. Wo touch it not, but ittonches
usj its warm south wind brings back color to
tho pale face of the invalid; its cool west winds
refresh the fevered blow and make (ho blood
mantle our cheeks; even its north blasts brace
into now vigor tlio hardened children of our
ragged clinic.. The eye is indebted to it for all
file magnificence of sunrise, the full brightness
of mid-day, the chastened radiance of the glow
ing, and the clouds that cradle near the setting
sun. But for it tho rainbow would want its tri
umphal arch, and tho winds would not send
their fleecy messengers on errands round tho
heavens. Tho cold ether would not shed its
snow feathers on tho earth, nor Would drops of
dew gather on tlio flowers. The kindly rain
would never fall—hail, storm, nor fog diversify
tho face of tho sky; Our naked globe would
turn its fanned uhshadowcd-ttjrohcadtothosun,
and one dreary monotonous blazo of light and
heat dazzle and burn iip all things.
Wore (hero no atmosphere, says tho Quarter
ly Review, tho evening sun would in a moment
set, without warning, plungo tho earth in dark
ness. But the air keeps In.her hand n sheaf of
his ra5 f s, and lets them slip but slowly through
her Angers; so that tho shadows of evening ga
ther by degrees, and tho flowers have time to
bow their heads, and each creature space to And
a place of. rest and nostlo to repose. In the
morning, tho garish snn would, at one bound,
burst from the bosonr of night, and blaze above
tho horizon j but tho air watches for its coming;
and sends at Orst but,oiio little ray to announce
his approach, and then another, and by-and-by
a handful, and so gently drawsasfdo tho curtain
of night and slowlyletstho light tall on the face
of the sleeping earth, till her eyelids open, and,
like man, she goes/Orth again to her labor untij
(ho eventide.
EDS
AT $2,00 PERANKD3I
NO. 48
DS''“frffat was the use of (ho eClipSd aflfc
od a young lady, “Oh, it gl t-es (he Sun (im6
for reflection," replied a wag, ■
K 7” From (ho (irae consumed by iadlbi, in
“doing (heir-hair,” it is evident (but (hid Is (hd
mane the business.
tt?” Wliy is it easy to break into ad bid man's
house? Because his gait is broken add liW
locks are few.
BF* 'Why didn’t you pocket some of those
pears?’ said, due-boy td.another;- -’nobody,wad,
there to see.’ ‘Yes, tlierowas—l was there to
see myself, and I never want to see mVsilf do a
moan thing.’
K 7” Henry the Eighth made a law that alltded
except servants might read the Scripture’s: but
no women, except ladies who - had lei-Stlrc to ask
somebody the meaning. This (aw was repealed
by EdWatd (he Sixth. ■ , ■
07“ An entire Chinese regiment; for having
abondoued an untenable fort during the roesflt
aftaek on Canton by the French and English
forces, has-been sentenced to WOaf tVoinei’4
clothes for five years. -
, To DEsraor Cockroaches— Take pokewbedi
boil it in water; wiiOn boiled - ponr in-dgdoil
quantity of moiass.es, mix it well, then podr it
into deep plates: set (hem about yonr<ki(chou.
I closets, &0., and it will rid the - hddso of (h'otn. '
I, 07“ A miner in Adstratia was atvakehed ode
night by something pulling his blankets off him:
looking up, ho dis,corned the intruder (6 be iv
largo alligator, which took his blankets and
matte Off tothe nearest stream. His Story was
not believed until the monster waff billed a lew>
days after.
PEuisitAßLE MatebiXis.—The London Times
SBJ’S that the average duration of a ship of war,
built of British oak, in a seaworthy state, is on- - ’
ly thirteen .years of active service. It. takes
seventy-acres of ground, add eighty years to '
-produce the timber;-’ If’on Is now Mpicljy taking'’
the place of wood in Ihe Construction of vessels.
The TiJi’e to Mabbv.— Some Of our exchan
ges are discussing the “proper time to Marry.!*;
Our opinion on that point is, (hat a fnad should
get married whenever ho feels inclined, has n
cage for (lie bird; a good business, and good
health - to attend to it. The proper time for la
dies Is—whenever they can get a husband.
O'Chaims—4 fortune of twenty thousand
phunds. Counter Charms—pretty shop girls.
BO’ In the way of the world, how often dowo
see a man take all the pavement to himself.
DO" A selfish man is like a pump with the
handle pad-looked.
DO" They have gut a fellow in jail in Chick*
go, for swindling. lie dried snow and sold it
for salt.
DO" - Flour is said to bo selling in Knoxville/:
Tennr., one dollar and a fiatf a sack, or three
dollars a barrel.
BO" A man in Kentucky, killed a cow a few
days since, in whoso stomach were found a
large brass ring, a hair-pin, a breast-pin, and
a quantity of hooks and eyes. “ firindle” had
probably swallowed the piilk maid.
03^. A bcantifnt inscription, it is said, may
bo found in an Italian graveyard:
“Hero lies Stalls, who transported a largo
fortune to Heaven in acts of charity and ha*
gorto (hither to enjoy it.
CC? - When are peOpio’stoos Jiko oaks/ ■Tfhon
they boar acAe corns.
Rest satisfied with doing, and leave oth
ers talk of you what they please.
' 'XT’ Gentility it neither In birth, wealth.mao
nor.or fashion—hut in mind. A high sense ,of
honor, a determination never to take advantage
of another,an adherence to truth, delicacy and
politeness to those with whom yon have deal
ings, are its essential characteristics.
OT~ Foung man, da you know what relation*
yon sustain in this world »” said a parson to tt
young member of the church. <‘Why, yoaair t i'
replied the hopeful.convert, «I should think so
—two cousins and a grandmother t but I ddn’(
.intend to sustain them much longer.” ’
Ake . iintr Mo.
E?~ It is not generous to blamo youth for the
foiiios'of youiig men;
p" Gold is universally worshipped, without
a single tcrnplo, and by all classes, without a
single hypocrite, '
I E?~ lie who slabs you with a pen wohid do
tiiQ same with a penknife, were ho as safe thorn
detection and.the law. , ; '
I , E?" To enjoy to-day stop worrying abbUVfo-
I morrow. .Noxt,wcek will bejust as bop able -Of
I taking core of itself os tin's one Is. "
I. p-What kind of swcalmeSts wore most pro
vident in A"oall’s ark.?, Preserved pairs. ~ - r
E?” Tlio iast excuse for crinoline is, thattho
“ttiiaker vessels” need much hooping.
K?"Wo womah should paint except she who
has lost the power of blushing.
• n,n 6 01 a r °°l is known by there be
ing nothing in it.
hlSig ° a3 ° l ‘ Is ‘ IIO ,lrst - born » but faitb ilia the
At ’ CAWTAt— The iitat capital to begin lift!
on .s a capital wife.
tli^r,^ 9pe ybur unkind reflections” as
tin-old man said to the looking-glass. ,
pleasure in believing d • . otllct ' llalf
fordrainingpockels/To^calledT^cw
to the prevailing stylo of gentleme^h^
P” Good wiVes, like, filberts, Will i- OTn .L
good for a long time. , It dll depends Votithd
care you take Of them, and how you husband
them.
“Wheel of FortuneV ffliist hkVobri.;
giimlly belonged (6 an omnibus; for It Is coiJtlo*
Hally “takingup” an d“pu tti ngd 6 wn”pbo^le.
, if you’!! ;get ray coat dorjd
by Saturday, I shall, bo fbrerer indebted td
you.” “If that’s yoUr gahie. It won’t bh dtfrid.”
said the tailor. . * .. . >
• Time is the mosbparadoxlcal of.all things;
the past is gone, the future is not come-, and thd
present becomes the past while wo attempt td
define it. ;■ ; 1
late .Mr. iohn Jones {fb’in£ asked By
a friend how ho kept from being involved in
quarrels, replied, “ by letting the angry portion
have all the quarrel to himself.”.
ttp” Why is the letter*!! the gayest in the al
phabet? Becauso.it is always in fan. Yes.
but why is It thq most unfortunate In the alpha
bet ? because it is always in trouble and diffi-
Unit}'. . , ’
has been estimated by tlio timber-gM
ters of the South, that a large pine, sufficient
tor the spars or beams of a first class ship, re
quires from t\yo to throo hundred years to grow.
What is fashion ? A beautiful envelope
for mortality, presenting a beautiful and polish-:
cd exterior,' the appcaraiicc of which gives no
cefttun indication of the real value of what fa
contained Within.
Tlie BufTaloe Express tells, a story of a.
Quaker who was charged the exorbitant Sum of
seventeen .dollars for a horse and baggy fora
short drive, and Upon being 1 presented with the
bill, siniply remarked, “ Thou mlstakedt me.—
I do not wish to purchase thy vehicle; but only '
to hire it.” : > , .
A good story is told of a country getttlemaij>
who, for the first time, heard an Episcopal cler
gyman preach. He had read much of the aria:
tocracy and pride,of the chutch, and tfhen he
returned home, ho was asked if- tjie people #efo
stuck up.” “Pshaw, no,” replied he, “why
the minister actually preached in hU shlrt
seoveil.”
A little mim observed that ho had;two
negative Qualifications—which were that hfi
never lay long iu bed, or wanted a great coat.
A Sliocpiaker, has orie
tage over most kinds of mechanics—llia goods';
whenever finished, aro always *«?</. '