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A Lovely Woman's Kiss.
DY AN ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNG GENTLEMAN.
I've banqueted on luxuries,
Produced in every clime,
I've feasted on rich turtle soup,
And supped on oysters prime;
But nothing so delicious is
Within a world like this,
As soft caresses seasoned by
A lovely woman's kiss.
I've gloated o'er the festive board,
And drank rich draughts of wine
I've listened at the opera
To melody divine ;
But oh, I never, never met.
Such sweet excess of bliss,
As thrills the soul when lips receive
A lovely woman's kiss.
In glittering halls of splendor rare
I've passed the midnight hours
In gardens beautiful and fair
I've wandered "mid the flowers ;
But there's a dearer joy than these
A joy I would not miss
A heavenly rapture whick is found
In lovely woman's kiss !
In my last hoar when death draws near
In darkness and in gloom,
May woman's smile my pathway cheer,
And light me to the tomb;
And when my soul shall take its flight
To other worlds than'this,
.May it be wafted to the skies
By lovely woman's kiss !
From the Journaal of Commerce.
Destruction of the City of Brousa,
Beirut, Syria, May 14th. The city
of Brousa is of great antiquity, having
been the Capital of the province of Bitby
nia, and afterwards of the Turkish em
pire, and the burial place of the Sultans;
from which fact, as well as from its nu
merous and splendid mosques, there hav
ing been formerly about 200, it was cal
led by tho Moslems. "the Holy City." It
is situated at the foot of Mount Olympus,
on the coast of the Black Sea. though not
directly on the shore, having Ghemlek
for its port, as Paris has Havre. The
distance from Constantinople is only a
bout GO miles across the water. Within
a recent period the population was fully
100,000, though various causes have con-
tnbutcd of late to reduce it to
80.000.
composed of Turks, Greeks. Jews, and
Armenians; and for ages it has been one , aer date ol April 4, says : " Ior three
of the most flourishing commercial em- days we have not had an earthquake, and
poriums of the Turkish empire. The A- confidence begins to be re-established a
merican Board established a mission there mong the people but the misery is im
about 25 years ago, with special reference mense and indiscribable. The country,
to the Armcians, which has been one of
the most successful of all under their di-
rection in the East. Its mineral sprinss,
whose healing virtues were perhaps the
work of the internal fires beneath it,
-which have finally destroyed it, have
been celebrated for ages.
The "first intimation of the terrible c-
vents which were to follow, was given on
Saturday, leb
' 1
Samos, situated in the Archipelago, not
land, and some 300 or 400 miles distant
from Brousa. About midnight on that
day, the inhabitants were disturbed in
their slumbers by the shocks of an earth
quake, which, in their violence, regulari
ty, and duration had not been equalled by
any similar occurrence in the memory of
the living. Begining at midnight, they
ontinuedthrough tho night, and until tho
Tuesday following, without interruption.
Some of the shocks lasted not less than
five or six seconds, and gave to the houses
an oscillatory motion, which threatened
-to tumble them on the ground at every
.moment. As Samos is little else than the
product of volcanic action, the people were
at once persuaded the shocks were con
nected with an earthquake in Anatolia,
or some island in the Archipelago. Grow
ing feebler and feebler, they finally ceased,
without occasioning any considerable in
jury. At the same time a violent .shock oc
casioned alarm at the port of Uacri not
far from Hbodes, which, if it occasioned
extreme peril, yet in one instance wrought
a wonderful deliverance. It is stated that
a little village was being swallowed whole
and alive, when, having sunk 60 feet, its
progress was stayed, without the loss of
single life or the ruin of a single house.
The unlucky and yet lucky villagers,
finding themselves at the bottom of a sort
of tunnel, were glad to make ladders, and
thus escapo from their prisons.
All remained quiet from Feb. 21 to
Feb. 28, the last day of tho month, when
a Bbpck alarmed the city of Smyrna at 3
! o'clock in the morning, remarkable for its
i .. ii :i l mi.
duration rather than its violence. The
oscillations wero very regular, and went to the horrors of the scene. Tbo custom
from North to South. The same daT and house took fire, and was soon reduced to
the same hour, Constantinople was sha- j ashes, with all the merchandise it con
ken by a violent earthquake, the centre ( taincd. From thence the fire was com
of which was soon ascertained to be the municated to the wooden buildings which
ill-fated city of Brousa. After torrents the earthquake had spared, and soon they
of rain had descended for 24 hours, ac-l became the prey of the flames. All the
comnanied with terrible clans of thunder
and strong gales from the southeast, at 5
o'clock in the evening the sky was sud-
denly overcast, and the strong odor of
burning sulphur and iron was diffused
through the atmosphere, when a sudden
shock of earthquake laid the city in iu-
ms, lhe first oscillation was from west
to cast; then came another oscillation,
! much more violent than the first, and
I then a calm succeeded, after a shock of lows to tho Journal de Constantinople,
' 50 or GO seconds duration. But short as under the date of April 19th:
the time was, it was long enough to bring " In my last letter I informed you that
J destruction upon this ancient, renowned the shocks of earthquakes continued every
; and flourishing city. From GO to 80 ' day. Still we were hoping to reach the
i minarets, with as many mosques, were ( end of our calamities, when, on Wednes
! either shaken down or else cracked in day evening, April 1 1 th, at 30 minutes
' such a manner as to threaten instant fall- past one, by Turkish time, a dull sound
i ing. Numerous khans were also destroy- was heard proceeding from the bowels of
cd, and large, splendid edifices utterly the earth, the forerunner, or rather tho
; disappeared under the mighty heaps of
I ruins which covered them.
j Among the mosques destroyed was onc,duced to ruins whatever remained of the
j ancient and celebrated, and the pride of
! the city, being of elegant Grecian archi -
! tecture, and having stood 1200 years.
i Another, whose magnificent proportions
j and splendid workmanship recalled the a terrible crash. 1 his lasted about twen
j ancient grandeur and opulence of the old ty-five seconds, but had at least three
Turkish capital, and had been erected times the force of the earthquake of the
GOO years, was greatly injurnd, but not'2Sth.
destroyed. The Greek quarter, situated
upon a hill, was the most damaged the
houses ironi apove falling upon those be-, our unfortunate population, would bo im
low, and together crushing the dwellings possible to me, in the painful impressions
and their inmates. In one case a silk I under which I labor. All the monuments
steam factory fell upon the owner, his two and al. the structures of stone ure over
sons, and thirty female operatives, bury- thrown or broken; while the greater part
ing
an m us rums. 10 add to the ca
lamity, a fire broke out among the fallen
buildings, which spread, further destruc
tion of the property and life, but which
was arrested after six hours' work of de
struction. Travelers upon the land, and
passengers upon the sea, gazing at the
terrible volume of flame, were unable in
tho distance to determine whetheriit was ed, at small intervals, the greater part
a conflagration or a volcano. J weak, butsome sufficiently violenttobring
During the night the shocks were re-j down. Bering walls and houses which
peatcd every half hour, but with dimin- remained. I do not speak of the matcri
ishing violence, and continued to be felt ai lo3cs n5cn are incalculable; I can on
for five or six days after, but slightly, b Pour my tears r the unhappy lot of
and at unequal intervals. The streets .the vict5lus buried under the ruins, or
blocked upbv the ruins the houses fallen !burnt alive hJ the conflagration. The
or rendered uninhabitable, tho people
' were obliged
to resort to the fields out-
side the walls, where they pitched their
tents, or pillowed their heads under the
! canopy of heaven. Even the wooden
buildings were so injured as not te be
trusted by their owners. The whole num
ber of those who perished was full 300.
At the same time, intelligence was
brought from different part9 of the prov
ince, that whole villages had been utterly
destroyed, a frightful number of the in
habitants being buried in the ruins.
The internal forces of the earth seemed
to have exhausted their power with the
, overthrow of Brousa and the surrounding
country, for shocks were felt only feebly
' and unfrequently during the month of
March. A citizen of Brousa. writing un-
also, lavorcd with an admirable temper
ature, is clothed with vegetation ; and
without any disaster occuring, the best
hopes of the farmers will realized."
At
cherished and expressed, the reinforced'"1' be inhabitants were prepared
agencies of nature were prepared for newj r.en disaster3' . .
and wider destruction. For
r. no Tiiirhr nr
April 5, the people,sunk in a rcfre
r
. v
i violent '
n j?, I
f. shock, which reca ed the scenes of Ffih.
I
: 28. These shocks were repeated from hour;!"1 f rtb to south, and a part of Europe
' to hour during the night, but with less'110 frc?y of the shocks, and their
'force, when they finally ceased with slight' ng continuance reaching from iebrua-
vertical and horizontal movements.
But Wednesday, April 11, was j mem-;
orablc day in the records of this devoted
viit-j-'-uut uuij 1 L-uuciiiug, uut exceeding
the horrors of February 28. At half
past fix o'clock in the evening, a vio-
lent shock was felt at Constantinople,
which lasted 15 seconds, and was follow-
ed by others during the night following '
and was felt at Smyrna at the same time. "1813, The burning of Moscow was of- conflagration began. At first it wa3 only
A passenger who came from Ghemlek, ten the subject of conversation. The im-j partial, but very soon the inevitable dis
the port of Brousa, stated that the shock mensity of the loss, and the influence it j orders attendant on the departure of the
was so violent there, that though he was' had upon the retreat of the French, am- ( entire population, pillage, feelings of per
in a wooden house, he desired to leave it, 'ply explain tho interest with which this I EOnal vengeance, and tho imprudence of
and was obliged to step on thestnirs, and. act was invested. As to the cause of the the French themselves caused it to burst
hang on to them m order to escape fall-
ing. But the shocks which only
cned the people of Constantinople and
Smyrna, annihilated whatever remained to the patriotism of the Muscovites. .inhabitants were no longer there to ren- for wages which you will get some day if
of Brousa. Beginning about eight o'-!Each of these suppositions had its parti- j der assistance, the pumps were gone, and you don't mend your waysi. c. freeboard
clock in the evening, they were repeated zan, and the controversy was very warm. t was found impossible to arrest the ing in the poor houe, or you may be pro
wjth extraordinary rapidity, and came I can with difficulty comprehend the flames. ruoted to the high rank of private iu the
with such violence that all the people who opinion of those who were then persever- Count Rostopchine has related to me penitentiary. Time may hang heavily
happened to. be in Uic streets or out of(ing, and are so still, perhaps, in charging two incidents which support this theory; with yon now, but you may hang heavily
doors, were thrown upon the ground. upon the Russian government the burn- ' of mine. The workmen, merchants and in time if you do not bestir yourself and
They continued during the whole of tho ing of 3Ioscow, acting, as they allege, in 1 artizans remaining in Moscow were dis-jbe useful.
night, with less violence, and also with behalf of the general defence. I posed to trade with the French. When,) Do you immagine that you were crea-
Icsb destruction, because they had acbicv- Count Rostopchine, the Governor of however, they found them carrying away ted to do nothing, aud that brains were
ed all the ruin which was possible. Fif- Moscow, whom those persons have been whntover suited their convenience without put in vour frreat purupin heads for the
ty minarets, Dctoro spared, were tumbled eager to invest with a brilliant halo or , ofrerms payment, they crew indignant, poor use vou ma
to the ground, and entire streets were so patriotism for having carried into execu-! Thus, in a street made up entirely of think it honorable
blocked up with the debris of falliner buil- tion this nretended idea of the govern-1 nnnnh nnd rnrt makers, somfl Frrmrli imn. bneansfi vour
- 0
dings as to make circulation impossible,
n a 6t catastrphe many khans
had been able to withstand; but now they
vi ivmpuiiea 10 tan Derore this new
'scourge of God. As before, a conflagra-
i! rit-.t t i J -.1 J.J
tion followed the earthquake, and added
mosques, and the ancient and renowned
i
monuments of Brousa, were burned or
more or less injured. The inhabitants,
surprised by the calamity, had only time
to flee from their houses, and take refuge
under the tents which they spread for the
company. The number of persons as
certained lo have been killed was about
400
, without completing the investiga-
tion
. A resident of Brousa writes as fol -
, yery presence of, a terrible catastrophe,
which must in a tew seconds have re
Holy City, hive minutes later a second
J vertical shock succeeded, and with such
t violence that the entire city was raised
, from its foudations, and hurled down with
"To describe lo you all the heartrend-
ing scenes, the sufferings and agonies of
of the wooden buildings have fallen, and
among those which remain, few arc in
habitable. As in the first instance, five
minutes after the earthquake, a fire broke
our in the lower part of the city, which
lasted eighteen hours, and consumed fif
teen hundred houses and shops. For
, twenty-four hours the shocks were repeat-
;iJlc, - ,:5U uumuer cauuoi uo Known, oun
think it must be immense.
"The news which has just come to us
from the provinces is of the most distress
ing nature. In the southwest many vil
lages have been entirely destroyed, or
greatly damaged.''
At once nearly the whole European
population left the city for Constantino
ple, while the unhappy natives encamped
in the gardens and out of the city in mis
erable barrack, hastily constructed to the
debris of fallen houses, and. the city was
i made a desert. But misfortune did not
vjuiu uuvtj iiiuib j iui v u v oiiuuno ivi"
towed, which made the very tents tremble
which sheltered them. The mineral wa
ters doubled their volume, and warm
water ran every where through the city.
I should have stated, in making out
this extended record of a memorable and
rare occurrence, thattheislands of Rhodes,
at a great distance from Brousa, in the
Southern Archipelago, was visited by a
violent earthquake on the seventh of A
pril; and Mjtelene, in the Northern Ar
chipelago, on the same day and hour with
Brousa. The shocks continued to be ex
perienced at Brousa down to the last of
earmquaKo is or vast extent, embracing
northern and western pa
Minor, the full length of the
ilia Tif 1 vi 1111 r ti mill ii'ni'rni r wr n t n
of
Asia
1 v"r "-"6"" "' "'"-g-
Minnr thn full lonfrtll nf fVin Aii1iinn1i.n
ry 1 to neany tne present time, n not
further, are without precedent in the his-
tory 0f similar phenomena,
occurrence one of rare int
and make the
nterest."
&
Burning of Moscow,
The following is from a communication
by Admiral Tchitchacroff, to the Athen-
seuin Francais, extracted from auinedited j
history of the Russian campaign :
conflagration we did not agree. Some
fright-'attributed it to the Russian government:
others to the French army and others still ,
a. D
jmeht, has always said that he was wholly
ignorant of it. At last weary of the bril -
Han t part which he was obliged to plav-v
in snito of himself, and annoyed v
work of M. deChambray, which could not lowing night he set fire to his warehouse?,
be permitted to pass Unnoticed, he deci- Similar causes must have produced ct
ded in 1823 to publish apamplet at Par- ther partial conflagrations. There were
is. In that pamphlet he established that also other particular acts of vengeance,
the Government had no interest whatever The escaped prisoners eagerly spread tho
in tho burning of Moscow. And in it he conflagration, in order to pillage with
gives the following reasons for his bpin-j greater impunity.
ion : The French themselves, unintcntional-
1. Moscow was not provisioned ; the.ly contributed to the conflagration. I
Russian army had exhausted its supplies,
, and left them behind them little or noth
' ing for the sustenance of the French.
2. Out of the 240,000 inhabitants of
Moscow, 225,000 had been compelled by t lit fires to warm themselves, lacking eith
Rostopchine to evacuate the city, leaving 'er patience, time or the requisite nkill to
behind about 15,000 persons, who were J light the stoves of the country. Now in
made up of foreigners and the lowest Russia, the floors are composed of neither
dregs of the city, and who would prove
! more embarrassing than useful to the,
French.
3. The success of a plan of destruction
was implorablc, the houses being, with
few exceptions, separated by gardens, and
broad open spaces, which would have hin
dered the fire from spreading. In order
to extend its ravages as it actually did,
the accidental and unforseen action of a
very violent wind was necessary. And
after all there remained standing a fourth
part of the best houses, which were more
than sufficient for the accommodation
of
the French army.
Some have seen proof enough of incen
diary purpose in the carrying away of
ninetv tiumtis. Now thesn wnrn snrvful
nnrl mnnnpd n of 9 inn firmn
ri,: xl.
iiuoiuuuuiui;, niiuu uuuaiuii tuu uivii anu
mint nnfhnrWino nml nlmncf fk
nonulation to Wn Mnsnnw th mnrn
completely to issolate the hrench did not
judge it proper to leave those firemen be
hind for the servico of Napoleon. They
very naturally carried their pumps away
with them.
The Russian government leaving to the
French only empty houses, and no means
of supplying themselves with provisions,
had no commanding interest in the des
truction of Moscow. But had the govern-
uiu-ut uiuuiuu mat destruction, traces or
1 1 J iL.l i" i
those orders would have survived
the
inhabitants would have had timelv warn -
mg, at least to remove their more valua-
ui. .ir..i. ci e ,t ., .
n f. I n n c f f r romrtrfl llrti. it.liin
uiu euccis. oo rar was tnis irom tne tact
mac jyuiusow swore oy nis gray hairs
that he would turn back the enemy and
preserve the holy city. So complete was
i, ...;- r i 1 v-i 1 ii l -.i
the security of the inhabitants, that with
. J c ,. , "
the surprise of one waking suddenly from
i .in a i 1 ? t , .
a dream, they fled in haste abandoning to
T?M'r. i:t,.:. xi. J. ?.i
iuv, iituw, men nun J 1 Ul it I lUUir Ut'I-
lars filled with exquisite wines, and even
their jewely remaining in their boudoirs
and on their toilets. So great was the illu
sion that some even among the nobility ,for
example, Counts Wladimir, Orloff, and
Bontourline, escaped with great difficulty
only a few hours before the entanco of the
enemy, lhe inhabitants thus suddenly
compelled to nee. were filled with indigna
tion at the deceit which bad been practiced
upon them, and insulted the Russian
troops who were evacuating the city al
thoug still very strong and numerous. In
the interview that took place at the gates
of Moscow on the 13th of September be
tween Bostopchine and Kutusow, the lat
ter assured the former, that ho intended
to give battle to the French. He added
that he had hopes of a victory, having
been reinforced, and having beside, slain
at Moscow, of tho French troops, double
the number he had lost of his own. But
in the evening, after holding a hasty coun
cil of war, he announced to Rostopcbine
that the movements of tho enemy forced
him to abandon Moscow. Rostopchine
told that a violent altercation took place
between him and Kutusow on that sub
ject.
The conflagration is, in my opinion
none the more the work of the patriotism
of the people. Patriotism is too lofty a
sentiment to attain its perfect stature un
der a despotic government. That instinc
tive love of one's fireside, which we read
ily grant to the Russians, can by no means
be likened to the enlightened patriotism
of a free people.
So the general conflagration of Moscow
was the result, neither of the orders of
the Russian government, nor of the pa
triotism of the people. Its first cause is
to be found in the system of tactics inva
riably followed, during the first half of
the campaign by the Russian generals.
The system consisted in forming ut every
point magazines ; in retreating whenever
attacked, aud in tho retreating, the set
ting fire to everything. In this way the
frtb at once from various points. A wind
of extraordinary violence spread the
flames throughout the whole city. The
, -. ' 1 " . 3 -
! erals wont to select calesbes and without
Uforing to pa;r anything, wrote their names
'b tbo nl0 ''Then no ono will buy
" ehmaker. and tho fol-
have with my own eyes Been upon tho
- ; route followed by the French army, the
(floors of many apartments 'completely
charred, in the middle of which they had
brick nor tile, but entirely of wood. The
fire thus kindled therefore, rapidly
com
municated to the houses
A pamphlet of a Surgeon in Chief, M.
Larrey, contains the best description of
the conflagration which has been given
up to this day. Indeed it is from the
point of view taken by him that tho facts
must have presented themselves to every
Frenchman.
With the exception of his conjecture of
some superior order of which he could
; have known nothing, and to which he
merely alludes, to complete the cnumera
tion of the possible causes of the confla
gration,. and regarded his picture as per
fect,
The burning of a city may happen.
without the concurrence
5 of all the causes
which exisfind at Mnsr-nw. Witnn.cR tho
i -
I reat fire of London, and in our own days,
! that of New York. This was moreover
not the first time that Moscow had been so devoid of interest, that their pupils suf
burned. In the sixteenth century, during for more than the pupils of men of less
the reign of Ivan the Terrible, three'incen- learning, but gifted with tact and energy,
diaries succeeded each other at intervals A dull teacher is never blessed with good
of a few days, reduced to ashes the entire ' pupils. The occupation of teaching is
capitol and Kremlin. This conflagration t one full of interest, and if there be one
was attributed to the sorceries of Glins- ho has learned- to make it a mere rou
key, whom some wished to ruin, and who tine, let him leave the field to a better
.proved the victims of this accusation..
Under Ivan IV., Moscow was burned
a second time. In the time of Godonow
u. T'm1- nnA f, . , .
i fV nlnnn r.nnr1 C 1 1 . 1 .1
L n r
A . P
A soldier ot tuc
an(j gn(j
uiti ui tuu uuuui y ujiicrs a. nousc
s nobody on the Dremises. save
an invalid keeper. He puts him various
.1 u n t tt
where the wine cellar lies. He visits it
,1 1 . - c .. e L.
shows evident sirns of satisfaction, and
I nnao nn cn c. , '
I goes away savins he will return soon.
a j t , ,
And indeed Iie des return very soon, ac-
1 u 1 r 1 1
and they all descend together into the cel
lar, which closes with a trap door. The
soldiers betake themselves to drinking in
the cellar and become intoxicated. The ! well, one must of course sacrifice himself;
keeper perceives this by their noise, and ut he will not deem it a useless sacrifice,
first intends to imprison them, by piling f he can thus buoy up his young immor
heavy stones on the trap, but on the sec- tals. He who would communicate aprop
ond thought, fearing that they may escape er fervor to other minds, must be full of
and wreak their veneeanco on him. he genuine fervor himself; like leaven, it will
makes a resolution a la mode, ho sets fire
to the house, and takes to his heels.
A Lecture to Loafers.
Stand up here, you lazy rascals, and 1 carries conviction to each one's heart, that
let us reason about your daily vocation, j he is just what he seems.
Hold up your sheepish heads and say why j A teacher should have good thoughts,
sentence of the most unqualified coudem-; He should be a student himself, and bring
nation should not be passed upon your some of his treasures to the sight of his
conduct. How can you possibly have the ' pupils. He should show thenTthat he is
impudence to stretch your lazy bones on in search of just such wealth as they seek,
store boxes or block up the post office Let him not fear to select for them a beau
door with your carcasses, to the no small ' tiful truth, from any science. They should
annoyance of busy working people who thus be constantly taught that their teach
are engaged in some useful occupation ? ; cr has many bright gems of thought in
How can you bo contented to 'pass away his mind that they are his choicestlreas
the time' in lounging around tho streets, I urcs. Uj3 language should be simple, yet
only shifting to avoid tho rays of the sun vigorous, conveying in few terms just what
in company of your equally lazy and ' 3 intended.
useless companions, tho dogs, perchance A teacher should never have less lovo
once and a while setting your canine ; for a subject, because he ha taught it
friends to fight for the sake of gratifying long. He should be interested in his
your brutal love of fun ? and how can you ! pHs and the subject will be new. When
nave tne unoiusumg impertineucc to gaze the mmd brings out to help a schollar try
under every lady's bonnet who iscompell- ' n to escape from darkness by which ho
cd to pass by, and just before she is quite j iscncompasscd,thesympathiesarcaroused,
out of heariug indulge in your vulgar pro- and efforts are mado to simplify a subject
pensities by remarking 'what agait,' 'what ! the teachcrthought heperfctly understood,
big feet,' or 'what a stuckup air,' and turn- ! It is iust this state of mind that has pro-
ing to ono of your companions, inquiring j
of him 'how he'd like to hitch horses with 1
tuat lemminc lor me r xou poor tools,
don't you know that her stuck up air was
causeu Dy ner having to pass such a crowd
of human brutes? And don't you know
that instead of criticising a lady's gait
you ought to be at home mending your
garden gate? And that no sensiblo fem
inine will hitch horses with any of you as
long as you pursue your present business?
Do you suppose that you were made
for no other purpose than to 'loaf,' and
hinder industrious people by asking un
meaning questions or standingin their way?
Aud do you think it decidedly sharp when
you hail a gentleman who is hurrying
about his business, and asking him if hn
is walkinc for waircs. and vou are lonfinrr
bo ot them .f vo you
for you to do nothiug
fathers have enouih to sup-
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port you, when you know what they have
got by honest industry? And do you
suppose your mothers and sisters were put
tuto this world to cook meals and wash
shirts for such worthless beings as younre?
And theu when night comes what do
we see you ztt Why about the grocery
and liquor stores of course. There you
pott youYself nnd make it a rule to ask
any working man who may chance to come
in aud who has earned a few shillings in
the course of the day, to ftreat,' at thesamo
time urge as a reasou that he is the only
man in the crowd that is makin any
money. And then if you have eponged
enough off a clever fellow to make niirht.
hideous with beastly shouts, you finally
lay down in some gutter with your equally
respectable companion?,- tho hogs.
Now ain't you a' beautiful set of fellows?
Felons we ought to call you. Your fa
ces ou"kt to be covered with shame at tho
idea of degrading poor bureau nature in
this manner, especially when you acknowl
edge that it is an awful burden to do so.
Then go to work like men, or else take
arsenic and make yourselves of some use,
by giving the printers a chance to publish
your departure under the head of suicide.
That's so f
bu rational.
From the Ohio Journal of JErlucatidn.
An Element in Successful Teaching.
An excellent teacher knows zchal to
imnart and una to impart it, so that his
pupils shall be interested in his narrative.
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ims lacuity is aK'Q to tuat possesscu oy
, the orator. There are many teachers
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whose minds are fa, I enough of instruction
; but the manner in which they depart it in
man- onc wnose soul is not easily
and always enkindled by reading the
thoughts of the great, or by some magic
fnu ne .u non nr ,nf.;i nf :, nn
ovnnot tr h (I In c v m t n t n Hi n (nnnnnrt
t - a t
mind ot chUQhoou. 10 succeed Here one
mu?t love the employment. If it is not
too great for biin, he will love it. No
mechanical teaching will succeed. The
teacher must be in jnt the condition he
is striving to bring his pupil into: full of
interest. He should seize the subject with
a perfect enthusiasm, convey his truths all
in a flame, and they will leave an impres
sion that will endure. But he need not
be boisterous, and talk in a loud tone of
voice. A noisy teacher is rarely I might
say never an interesting one. To teach
communicate itseit to tne wnoie. teacn
er must come to this work full of a dis
I interested desire to improve his pupils.
j He must be pure-hearted. There irut
be an earnest snirit within the man. that
duced so many excellent school books.
A teacher, in passing over his ground of-
ten, finds means to reduce the number of
principles, and teaches these better every
time.
lruc teaching educates the hears as
much as the intellect. Never allow ono
to be developed at the expense of the oth
er. If the feelings of children are n?t
kept alive in the school-room, their inter
est intbeir ttudies will die also.
The manner of the instructor will be
such as to indicate the prescucc of deep
feeling. lie must bo always in earnest,
and never frivolous. The scholar who
suspects that his teacher is not what he
should he, will have no confidence in man
kind. A teacher should be above mis
trust. The pupil who believes that, out
of tho school-room, his teacher will take
a course his conduct within it condemns,
will not improve in either miud or heart.
The confidence existing between a son
and his father, is uot more sacred than
that which should and may exist between,
the pupil and his teacher.
To succeed in teaching, one w?t b
perfectly atliqine iu ui ct, and pVe:ul
earnestly and fluently as a model advo
cate for his client's life. Above all things
doit with a consciousness that , you;ar
working on impressible material; and if
with a right spirit, you will have success.
If you are successful, you will ouly he 50
when you have found a hort aud certain
road toyour pupil's attention and affuctjoa.
Albany, N. Y. a.. k.
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