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May 25, 1850 ly
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June 15, 1850. Gin
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SELECT POETRY.
TO DEATH.
MOM THE GERMAN OF CLUCK.
Methinks it were no pain to die,
On such an eve, when such a sky
O'er canopies Ihe wesl.
To pnze my fill on yon calm deep
And, like an infant, fall to sleep
On earth, rny mother's breast.
There's peace and welcome in yon sea
Of endless blue tranquility,
The clouds are living things;
I Irace their veins of liquid gold,
I see Ihem solemnly unfold-
Their soft and Heecy wings.
These bo the angles that convey
Us weary children of a day
Life's tedious nothing o'er
Where neither passions come, nor woes,
To vex Ihe trenius of repose
On Death's majestic shore.
Nor darkness there divides Ihe way
Willi startling dawn and dazzling day,
But gloriously serene
Are the interminable plains;
One fixed, eternal sunset reigns
O'er the wide, silent scene.
1 cannot dofTall human fear,
I know the greeting is severe
To this poor shell of clay ;
Yet come, O Death ! ihy freezing kiss
Emancipates! thy rest is bliss!
I would I were I away.
3. Select Sale.
From Arthur's Home Gazette.
M V STEP -MOT HER.
"Why, Annie ! child, you have been a
long time away who have you with you ?
I was becoming alarmed at your Jong
stay."
"It is Jane Benson ! mother," was the
reply, as Annie hurried across the room,
still holding Jane's hand. "Oh, mother!
Mr. Benson is going to be married and
Jane's heart is almost broken. To have a
hateful step-mother! Oh, mother, is it not
a pity?" '
Mrs. Carleton raised herself from the
sofa, and drawing Jane, who was sobbing,
to her, she made her sit down beside her,
and then said
"Is this really true, Jane ? Perhaps you
may be mistaken."
"Noy ma'am! Father told us yesterday,
himself. I do wish I was dead, I am
sure I shall never like her," added she,
sobbing bitterly. Mrs. Carleton soothed
her, and then asked it she knew the name
of the lady. Jane told it, but Mrs. Carle
ton had never heard it before.
"But, mother! don't you pity Jane?
Ought not Mr. Benson to be ashamed to
marry again ?" demanded Annie.
"Why, no!" said Mrs. Carleton. "Mr.
Benson has undoubtedly a right to marry
again, and perhaps, Jane may, some of these
days, be very thankful that he has done so.
It all dept-nds on the person whom he mar
ries. If she is kind and good, I shall con
gratulate Jane with my whole heart, in
stead of being giieved lor her."
"Kind and good," echoed Annie; "why
I thought all step-mothers were cross and
hateful."
'Did you, Annie ! I suspect you did not
think much about it; but I am sorry to
hear my daughter speak so harshly ; espe
cially as I owe to my step-mother what
ever is amiable in my character."
"Your's dear mother ? Had you a step
mother. Is not grand-ma your own mo
ther?" "I could not possibly have loved my
owp mother more ; and, yet, she certainly
js one of the race you choose to call cross
and hateful. Could I have supposed, for
an instant, that you indulged in such vio
lent prejudices, I would have tried to re
move them before, but I will now tell you
how mine were overcome, for I must be
gin by confessing that I had them to as
great an extent as yourself. It may b of
service to Jane, too."
"Please stop, mother, until I bring(a
cushion to sit on ;" which being done, An
nie seated herself on the floor at her mo
ther's feet, and Jane, sliding down beside
her, they watched Mrs. Carleton's face
with extreme interest. After a slight
pause, as if to consider, she began
"My mother died when my brother
Frank was 13 years old. I was eleven;
and then came the little Ellen, everybody's
pet, who was about 3 years old. We were
all that was left of a large family. My
mother, some years before h death, se
cured the services of a distant connexion,
who acted as a sort of housekeeper, and
who went by the name of 'Cousin Sally.
As a housekeeper, she was invaluable ;
nothing was wasted; the house was in per
fect order ; our clothes were attended to,
and my mother teemed to think she was
highly favored in securing, at any price,
such a pattern of housekeepers.
"It was more than two years alter the
death of my mother, that our household
was thrown in a great consternation by tn
arrival of two letters from my father to
Cousin Sally and Frank, stating that he
would be married in a week, and in a lew
more bring home his bride. Frank's letter
was kindness itself, and it begged him to
reconcile me to what was now inevitable,
and to endeavor to remove prejudices from
ray mind, that could only last until we
were mutually acquainted. The one to
Cousin Sally, contained a wish that she
should retain the same situation, but if it
was disagreeable to her, an offer of a years
salary in consideration of her kindness to
us. To have heard Cousin bally, a stran
ger would bave thought that she had in
tended filling my mother's place herself,
but such was not the case. Ia her opin
ion we were eettine along ery quietly
and now a stranger was coming to make us
all uncomiortable. She would bresk out
"'She (the bride) could not be any great
things, to come in that way into a man's
house and turn all things upside down,
she only wondered where some people got
their assurance ; she knew that she must be
a bold and forward piece, for Mr. Ross
would never have thought o( marrying, if
some one had not put it in his head.
Now, she would come and spoil all the
comfort we had; but as Mr. Rosrhad said
she (Cousin Sally,) should do as she pleas
ed, ihe meant to stay and not let the chil
dren be cowed down by any step-mother.'
"It was in vain rrank urged that his la'
ther had spoken of his future wile's good
temper. Cousin Sally said a woman would
be a fool to show temper before marriage;
she only hoped she would not live to see
rrank change his mind which wish did
seem to be exactly sincere.
"I listened to all that was said, as though
it had been uttered by an oracle, though 1
did not know much about oracles in those
days, and made up my mind never to like
my step-mother.
"VVhen we were alone, and Frank be
sought me to wait and see, 1 was only the
more determined to dislike her, and we
were a wretched set during the week that
passed ere their arrival.
"How distinctly," continued Mrs. Carle
ton, "I remember the whole scene. It
seems but the other day that we were seat
ed in the parlor, awaiting their arrival.
Ihs lamps were lighted, and rrank sat
reading or pretending to read. Nelly sat
on the floor with her doll, and seemed
afraid of coming in the door by the glan
ces she gave. I, (with a face swelled from
continual crying,) having tried each seat in
the room, had worked myself in a passion
at Frank's hardness of heart. He had done
all he could to soothe me, and had left me
from sheer inability to propose any other
plan.
"At last the door opened and my father
entered, leading in a lady. She was about
middle size, plainly, but richly dressed.
Frank went forward, but, though I rose, I
remained standing in the same place. The
lady held out her hand, and said
"I have the advantage, Frank! I have
heard so much about you ; I feel as if I had
known you a long time." It was not the
words she spoke, but the manner, that won
Frank's heart. It said 'I have heard
nothing but what does you credit.' She
appeared to be quite content with the ex
pression of his crimsoned face, as he kissed
the hand be held.
"Annie!" said my father, but I did not
move.
"Annie's head has been so bad all day,"
said Frank, kindly.
"My poor child," said she ; "and you
have been sitting up so late for us," and she
bent down and kissed my forehead. "You
seem quite feverish," but, turning away, I
threw myself into my father's arms and
cried bitterly.
Again and again he pressed me to him,
and expressed his sorrow for my headache,
while Frank was assisting his new mother
to make friends with Nelly, who, after one
of those scrutinizing looks that children can
give, allowed herself to be taken on her
lap, and smilingly answered all questions.
Cousin Sally was asked for, and present
ed ; but, although she could find no fault
with her reception, yet she declared it was
all make believe, as she undressed me on
going to bed.
"The next day my step-molher made
many attempts to conciliate me, and at last
proposed my showing her the house. I
obeyed, of course, and when we were in
my room, she seated herself, and putting
her arm around me, said
" 'I am sorry, dear Annie, that you seem
so unfriendly towards me. I do not won
der at your reluctance to see any one fill
your mother's place, nor do I expect you
to love mS at once. Try, dear Annie, to
look on me as a friend, who will do all in
her power to make you happy. Do not
give way to dislike without cause. If not
for my sake, try and love me for your fa
ther's ; will you not?"
"I have often wondered since, how I
could have resisted her pleadings. My
feelings were rapidly thawing, when Cou
sin Sally's speeches about .the deceitlulness
of step-mothers, Hashed across my Drain,
and to her evident sorrow and surprise, I
turned coldly away.
"How often, since, I have wondered at
her patience, and thought how much she
must have loved my father to have endured
all that I made her sufler, and yet never to
complain to him. Was it to be wondered
at that her heart turned to Frank and Nel
ly, who almost adored her. Sometimes,
when obliged by a strong sense of duty to
curb and restrain me, I always had ample
revenge in her look of regret, as I turned
away, saying 'If you were my own mo
ther you would not do so.'
"Do not imagine, my dear children,"
said Mrs. Carleton, "that I really thought
so for, in general, children have a keen
sense of justice; but, Cousin Sally always
took my part, and inwardly made use ol
the words 'It is easy to see you are not
one of her children.' As to Frank and
Nelly's going over to the enemy, as she
termed it, she regarded it as a personal in
sult.
"Time passed on spring had come,
when Frank returned home one day, com
plaining of sickness and pain in his head :
he threw himselt on the sola, refusing to
go to bed, as he said he would be sure to
imagine himselt very in. JViy step-mother
brought pillows, and gave order that no
visitors should be admitted, frank was
restless, and complained he could not find
an easy position.
'Let me sit in the corner, Frank,1 said
she. Putting a pillow on her lap, she
gently laid his head on it, and commenced
smoothing his curls with her comb.
' 'Thank you! how cool your hands
feel ; please comb on, it feels so soothing,'
said be, as he at last lav quiet and finally
dropped to sleep. Nelly and I went out of
the room, and about an hour after, Father
came home. He seemed much surprised,
and sent for the Doctor, who said it might
be the measles, and that a few hours would
decide. My lather asked if he would re
commend Nelly and I to leave the house.
The doctor would not hear of it. The best
thing for us was to have them now, as the
season was favorable, and he approved
of children's having them, if possible, when
young. Frank was delirious all night.
The Doctor came early, and seemed very
anxious.
"But, it is useless to dwell on the details.
He was dangerously ill, and my step-mother
nursed him night and day. At length
the Doctor pronounced him out of danger,
and said he only required her care. After
he had gone, Frank complained that his
pillows were not comfortable; my step
mother raised his head, but, not pleasing
him, said
'"Support yourself, by clasping your
arms round my neck. I can then have
both hands free, dear Frank."
"lie did so, and after making the de
sired change, instead of loosening his hold,
tie drew her lace to his, saying
" 'You could not do more for me if I was
your own son.'
'"I certainly think I could not love you
more, Frank !'
"Frank was too weak to do more than
kiss the cheek he still held pressed against
his own, and murmured softly
" ':My dear mother !'
"Her eyes filled with tears as she turn
ed away ; but, catching a glimpse of me,
as I sat crouching in the easy chair, she
said :
'"Frank! here is Annie come to con
gratulate you.'
"r rank looked at me, and my step-mo
ther, reaching her hand out to mine, drew
me towards them. Frank kissed me, and
holding a hand of each, he fell asleep.
Softly disengaging my hand, she said gently
to me
"'Run awav, dear Annie! it is too close
in this room for you.'
"I suppose I must have looked more gen
tle than usual, for she kissed me, saying
" 'do ! my dear child.'
"For the first time, in my life, I return
ed the kiss; and then ashamed of having
done so, looked more repelling than ever,
and left the room.
"Nelly next took the measles, but she
had them very lightly ; my turn came next,
and I was sick indeed.
"Cousin Sally would have constituted
lersell my sole nurse; but, my step-mo
ther would not allow it, nursing me with
the same unwearying kindness she pad
nursed Frank.
"One evening I had been asleep, and, on
opening tny eyes, found my father in the
room, and in deep conversation with my
step-mother. He was urging her to take
exercise in the open air; he could see that
she was suffering for the want of it, and
that Cousin Sally would take all proper
care of me. It was her answer that made
the great impression on me that I have
never forgotten, as I watched her lace by
the changeful light of the firp.
"My dear husband! when I married
you, I made a vow, so far as it was in my
power, to endeavor to be a mother to your
children. Now, do yon think if they were
mine in reality, I would entrust them,
when ill, to any one, if I were able to nurse
them, myself? More than that, I think
Annie is begirfning to love me. Do you
not think that is worth something more
than an inconvenience? She would feel
hurt if 1 left her now to the care of any
one. ve will soon nave ner loving us as
we love her."
"Not till you have sent Cousin Sally
away,' said Frank, starting from my old
hiding-place, the easy chair, 'rather!
come down in the study with me, I want
to talk with you,' so saying, he drew his
astonished auditor out of the room, whilst
my step-mother followed them with looks
of great amazement, then advancing to
the bed, she bent down to see it 1 were
awake. As I made no movement and re
mained silent, she concluded I was sleep
ing, and resumed her seat beside the fire.
"It seemed as if a veil had been removed
from my mind. For the first time, I
thought of her, free from prejudice, and I
prayed that God would spare me, that 1
might love her as she deserved. Mill, 1
" a
gave no token ol wnat was passing in my
mind, and a lalse shame prevented me trom
saying 'mother I love you.'
"What passed between my father and
Frank, of course, at the time, I did not
know. All that was told me was, the
Doctor had ordered change of air, and, as
my step-mother came from a Southern city,
it was proposed to pay her relatious a visit.
We were all to go. My father would es
cort us there and bring us back. It seemed
to surprise them that I consented so wil
lingly to go, as no one had any idea ot the
change in my feelings, and 1 could not ven
ture to make any demonstration.
"My step-mother seemed radiant with
happiness. She was going to her mother,
and she could show her the new objects of
her love, frank and JMelly she was so
fond and so proud of. My faults would be
hidden with the plea of illness. Her mo
ther, who had objected to the match on ac
count of the children, would now see what
taeasures they were.
"I bore the journey very well, and be
haved so well to the strangers, that when
Nelly and I went to bed, my step-mother
praised and thanked me. As she sat talk
ing to us, before we all knelt down in
prayer, with her arm around me, I took
courage and said
"'Mother, you pray to-night, and pray
that I may be a comfort to you, as well as
Frank and Nelly.' And she did pray
aloud for me, and thanked her Heavenly
Father that at last Ha had touched my
heart, and that I would always continue, in
all times, in joy and in trouble, to seek for
such blessings as He alone could give. It
was a very simple prayer, adapted to the
I wants of those for whom she prayed t but,
I can safely say, that never since, has any
prayer I ever heard, made a greater inrv
pression on me. From that time. I felt
free to love, her, and when we returned
home and found that Cousin Saily had gone
to see her son in another State, and that
my father had, during our absence, remo
ved all the old servants, so that there was
no one to utter the remarks again, I do not
think there was a more united family in the
city. After the death of my father, the
greatest trial 1 ever had, was when my
once hated step-mother decided on living
with fvelly, who was a widow, and to
w'hom the board of our mother was an ob
ject
"And now, Annie ! do you pity Jane qs
much as you did 7 I advise you to wait
und see the future Mrs. Benson; and you,
my dear Jane, I earnestly entreat, when
angry thoughts rise, and they do in every
bosom, think how much pain 1 might have
spared my mother and myself, by not giv
ing way to prejudice."
Painful Rumors Respecting the Sir
John Franklin Exvedition. Despatches
have been received from Sir John Ross,
stating that on the 13th of August, three
Exquimaux were found on the ice, off Cape
York, and on being questioned stated that
in 1816 two ships were broken by the ice
in the direction of Cape Dudley and Dig
gle, and afterwards burned by a fierce tribe
of natives that the ships in question were
not whalers, and that epaulettes were worn
by some of the white men. Part of the
crews were drowned, and the remainder
were for some time in houses or tents apart
from the natives. The white men had
guns, but no balls, and being in a weak and
exhausted condition, they were subsequent
ly killed by the natives, with darts or ar
rows. Ihe paper from which the above
is copied, savs that there is good reasons to
believe that the whole story is a gross mis
conception but what those reasons are,
is not stated.
The American Expedition. The Amer
ican ships "Advance" and "Rescue,'had
penetrated as far a? any squadron. At the
departure. of the last advices, the Advance
had got aground ; no serious injury was ap
prehended. Remains of General Taylor. Our
neighbors of the Pennsvlvaniim understand
that the remains of Gen. Zachary Taylor,
late President of the United States, will
leave Washington city, in a car furnished
by the Susquehanna Railroad Company, on
the morning of the 25th of October, and
will reach Baltimore at 8 o'clock, where
Col. Taylor and Col. W. S. Bliss will fake
possession of the corpse. They will then
proceed over the York and Cumberland, or
Susquehanna Road, cross the Columbia
bridge, and proceed thence to Harrisburg,
and so over the Central Railroad to Pitts
burg, where they will take the steamer to
Louisville. The Portsmouth and Central
Railroad Companies have behaved with
liberality and promtitude, passing tne re
mains and the escort tree of expence.
HOW ARE FORTUNES MADE.
No person who has not investigated the
mutter, can be aware or the effect of small
saving and spending, when long continued)
upon men's fortunes. What laborer is there
who, with good health, may not save fifty
dollius per year? And yet this tiivail sum,
compound with only six per cent, interest,
amounts lo S6S0 in ten years , S2,800 in
twenty; $3,950 in thirty, and $7,700 in for
ty yeais. This fortune a comfortable pro
vision, to say the least, for the fortune, to a
man of sixty years of age may be accumu
lated by saving thirteen and three-fcurths
cents per day! It is not uncommon to see
families side by side, equal in numbers, and
possessing, so for as the public can judge, the
Bailie sources of prosperity, whereof the one
grows wealthy, and the other labors under
the continued pressure of debts and pecuniary
embarrassments. The old proveib, that some
men are born with silver spoons in their
mouths, and others with wooden ones, is of
ten resorted lo as the explanation of such
mysteries. The truth is that what appears a
mystery, when examined a little more close,
ly, is no mystery at all. Thirteen or fourteen
cents may slip through any man's fingers im
perceptibly, not only to others but himself.
ild may keep an invisible bad habit, which
will cost him that sum daily, aud which he
will never think of as a considerable source
of expense. A very temperate and worthy
man, after each meal, calls regularity at the
next hotel for a few moments, anil" smokes a
cigar, which co.-t him three cents From
twenty, until he is seventy years of age, he
continues this practice. This expenditure,
with the accumulated interest upon it, will,
at the time, amount to more than four thou
sand dollars! And if, after an enterprising
and industrious life, he has accumulated that
sum, he will in utmost any country town, be
reputed wealthy. A fortune of g MS, 0(10 may
ba acquired in fifty years by earning, and
keeping safely invested, eight shillings and
three pence, New England currency, per
day.
Philosoi-ht, like medicine, has abun
dance of drugs, few good remedies and
scarcely any specifics.
In proportion as the thinking faculty in
man is elevated above sensual things, so far
he is a man, No one is capable of such ele
vation of the thought above sensual things,
'and of seeing the truths of the church, un
less be acknowledges a God, and live accord
ing to bis commandments, for it is God that
elevates and enlightens.
I akoliier triumph.
Soon after the arrival of Jenny Lind at
Boston, a very painful event occurred there,
which we learn has very seriously affected
her. It appears that in the house where ap
partments were provided for her, there was a
very superior mocking-bird, whose powers
of mimiciy and sons were such that he had
silenced both the feathered and feline circles
there canary birds and cats giving up a
Bttempls to outmatch him in their respective
notes. He was removed into the same room
with Jenny who was charmed with him
After finishing one of her simple songs,
"Bob" tuned his pipes and gave out a very
fair imitation, the admiration of Jenny was
unbounded, she tried bim in a snatch from
the celebrated, "cavalina" in "1 1 Puritsni;"
"Bub," fier one or two leaps from percti to
perch, spread his tail in extacy, filled his chest
again, and run over all those beautiful notes
as accurately as if they were the mere eoho
of the thrilling notes of Jenny.
Mr Barnum, who stood by, became alarm
ed ; he kna.w the owner of the bird had too
long a pocket lo admit of a possible hope of
his willingness to part with him, or even en
ter into "an engagement" on any teims
and here was a bird equal to Jenny thus far.
Jenny, however, seeing the consternation of
her friend, sprang lo the piano, and struck off
in her best style, her celebrated "Swedish
Echo Song"
Schiclmeet ru under heil visiting
Weigtieugh ? ha T wcigheugh "
"Bob" listened sprang lo his water jar
and took a sip listened again shook his
feathers, and began. For a note or two, he
succeeded admirab'y, but when he came to
that point where the voice of Jenny leaves
the earth and turns a summerset in the clouds)
poor "Bob" faltered; he was seen to struggle
hard, reeled, and fell dead from his perch in
a lock-jaw. N. Y. Mirror.
THE BIRD'S BONO.
COMPOSED BY TACBERT.
The following are the words of the Birds
Song which Jenny Lind sings:
Birdliug! why sir.g in the forest widel
Say why 1 say why !
Call'sl thou the Bridegroom or the Bride 1
And why 1 Biid why 1
"I call no bridegroom call no Bride,
Although I sing in forest wide.
Nor know 1 why I'm singing."
Birdling 1 Why is thy heart so blest t
Oh say r oh say !
Music o'erllowiug from this breast t
Oh say ! oh say !
"My heart is full, and yet is light,
My heart is clad in day or night,
Nor know I why I'm singing."
Birdling! Why sing you all the day 1
Oh tell! oh toll !
Do any listen to thy lay 1
Oh tell ! oh tell !
"I care not what my song may be,
Now this, now that, I warble free,
Nor kuow; yet must be singing."
Machine roa praying. Some tribe of
Tarters use a machine called a Mani for ma
king their prayers. It is a neat little ma
chine made of wood, or iron, or copper cylin
ders filled with a long, but narrow roll of
paper oi cloth, on which their idols and sym.
bols are painted, and, below, prayers, either
printed or written in the Thibetian character
about two inches in diameter and three in
ches long. It move on points like a horizon-
al wheel, and in a small string is a kind ol
iron or brass frame attached to the wheel to
make it swing nicely. Not only the Budd
hist clergy, but also any of the laity who
feel inclined to do so. use this wheel. Those
who are too poor, buy al least the prayer
without Ihe wheel, and carry the roll of pa
per on which they are written, or painted
from a wood block, on their chest, sewn in a
rag. Part of ihe Lames procure their sub-
sistance from written or printing there pra
yers or sacred sentences. In Upper Kanawa
ihey have very big Manis in their temples,
wbich one man turns round by a handle.
The people have such Manis or prayer wheels
built even in small streams close to their
house, so lhat the water, by turning Ihe
wheel, performs the necessary prayeis for
Ihem.
BEAITIFLL EXTRACT.
Do trees talk 1 Have they not leafy lungs
do they not at sunrise, when the wind is
low, and the bird are carolling their songs,
play a sweet musio! Who has ever heard
the soft whisper of the green leaves in spring
lime on a sunny morning, who did not feel as
tnough rainbow gleams of gladness were
running through his heart 1 And then, when
the peach-blossoms hang like rubies from the
stem of Ihe parent tree when Ihe morning
glory, like a nun before the shrine of God,
unfolds her beautiful face, and the moss-rose
open their crimson lips, spaikling with
the nectar that falls from heaven, who does
not bless his Maker 1 VVhen Autumn comes
the season of the 'sere and yellow leaf
when Ihe wheat is in it golden prime, and
corn waves its silken tassels in the air, how
those who ihink, bow and remember the
reaper Death! And then again in winter,
when the bosom of Old Mother Earth is cold,
and Ihe white snow, like a shroud, is on her
breast, and the naked trees, with leave all
fallen, stand qmvering in the wind !
Tuc Alsamy Dutchman says he knows a
youth who every lime ba wishes to get a
glimpse of his sweetheart, has lo holler "fire"
right under her window. In the alarm of the
moment she plunges ber head oot of the win.
dow, and exclaims "Where 1" Wbao ha
poetically slaps himself on lh bosom, add
iclaims, "Hert my Angelica !"
WILD UtasAR Or HUNGARY. '
France, Russia, Prussia, and other countries
have intioduced the Hussar into their armies,
but these soldiers are merely Russian, French,
and Prussian cavalry, dressed in the Hunga
rian laced jacket J they want the spirit, Ihe
horse, and-the 'Magyar Isten.' For this
reason, the Hungaria hussar willnol acknow
ledge them as brethren J and whenever ha
comes in contact with foreign hussar, he lets
them feel in battle the full force of his con
tempt. A story is told, lhat during a cam
paign against the French in the war with
Napoleon, the bivouacs of the Prussian and
Ihe Hungarian hussars were near lo one ano
ther. A Prussian came ovor lo his neighbors
in a familiar way, with a glass of wine, and
drank it lo the health of his brother hussar
But ihe Hungarian gently pushed the glass
back and stroked his beard, saying, 'What
brother no brother 1 hussar you jack-pudding.'
This expression is not to be mistaken for a
brag. The Hungarian hussar is no fanfaron
like the French chasieur, but he is conscious
of his own powers, like a grenadier of the old
Imperial Guard. The dolmsny, the csako,
and the csizma, have grown to his body ; they
form his holy day dress even when off duty
the national costume transferred into ibe
army ; as he is aware that this is not the
case in other countries, ihe foreign hussar's
dress in his eyes a mere servants' livery ;
and logically the man is not altogether
wrong.
The hussar, like the Magyars in general,
is natuarlly good tempered. The finest man
in Ihe service, he is at the same time the
most jovial companion in the tavern, and will
not sit by and empty his glass by himself when
a Bohemian or German comrade at his side,
has spent nil his money. There is only one
biped under the sun who is in his eyes more
coutemtible and hateful than any animal of
marsh or forests. This is the Banderial bus.
sar lhat half breed between Croat and Mag
yar, that carioature of ihe true hussar, who
serves in the cavalry, as the Croat in the in
fantry, of Ihe military frontier. Never
was a Hungarinn hnssar known to drink
at the same table ; if he meets a snake he
crushes it under foot a wolf he will hunt in
the mountain with a buffalo he will fight on
the open heath with a miserable horse
stealer he will wrestle for a halter ; but as
for the Bandarian hussar, he spits in his face
whenever he meets him.
It was at Hatvan, or at Tapjo Bicske, that
Hungarian and Banderiel hussars were for
the first time in this war the first time per
haps in the recollection of man opposed to
one another in battle. If looks could slay,
there would bave been no need of a conflict,
for the eyes of Ihe Magyars shot death and
contempt at their unworthy adversaries. The
signal for attack sounded, and at the same
instant, as if seized by one common thought,
the Hungarian hussars clattered their heavy
sabres back into the scabbard, and with a
fearful imprecation, such as none but a German
tongue could echo, charged weaponless and at
full speed their mimic caricatures whom fate
had thrown in their way. The shock was
so irrisMible, that tho poor Croat could make
no use of their sabres ngainst the furious on
sets of their unarmed foes ; they were beaten
down from their saddles with a fist, and
dragged off their horses by their dolmany
those who could save themselves fled. The
hussars disdained to pursue them ; but they
complained lo their colonel at having been
opposed lo 'such a rable.'
SHEEP.
These gentle creatures, who both feed and
clothe us, require protection, under shelter,
during the winter. The better they are kept,
the gieatei and more beautiful will be their
fleces the more money Ihey will bring into
your pocket. Their shed, which should be
tight, and face the south, and open upon a
yard, must be bedded every few days with
straw, so as to keep Ihem clean. They
should each receive about three pounds of
hay daily if given a gill of oats, bean, or
pea meal, daily, two and a half pounds of hay .
will answer, or the like quantity of well cured
fodder or straw. Two pounds of roots, to be
cut up, and two pounds of loug provender for
a day' ration a head A trough, with $alt
strewed over tar should, at all times, be ao
cessible to them. If, however, ydu supply
them with pine boughs lo brownse on, you
may dispense with the tar. The yard, which
the sheep have access lo, should fiist teoeive,
a foot of earlh in depth, fashioned into a ditch
shape, which should be kept covered with
straw, from lime to time, for the double pur
pose of adding to Ihe comfort of the sheep,
and absorbing their rin. Sheep dung and
sheep urine thus protected from deterioration,
is among Ihe richest of manures, and we
venture ihe assertion, lhat a flock of one bun
dred sheep, furnished with the right kind of
materia, would make manure enough from
November till Msy, to fertilize fifteen acres
of land.
The Rings or the Human Vote. In an.
wer lo a correspondent, the editor of the ,
Medical Timet say: There are about nin
perfect tones, but 17,692,188,044, 4, differ
ent sounds; thus, fourteen direct musales, .
alone or together, produoe 16,883 J thirty
direct mnscles, ditto, 173,741,823 ; and all in
co-operaiion produce the number w fcavet
named ; aud these independently of differ ,
degrees of intensity.
An EoiYoa reoeived a letter in whicb
weather was spelled "wethur." He said it
was the worst ifttt of weather be bad oval
seen.