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Owen , on the, death Oiler infant. -cio:lier! could a sympathetic strain current rushing through each _ . filar thou this song, from one whose heart bath E:ie has never mourned an infant dead. i ., ca 'ry whisper of the tranquil joy ; ' I, l i,;nadle of thy sleeping boy it paint the treasuy done; , blighted in its eiily daivn ; , - the Eiamond-ilew of rooming clear, alas! too - lnig,ht to linger here,: lid it hourly brighten in thine eye 1 on ttri . t brow was .written=-Thou shalt fair the .image still ! methinks the 'glow firth the tear of . ..tin aff4cti?:l WO. . l a n ray winning sister ! take thy scat, , etk „b m ision, at the Savior's feet; 'gent ever to his, praying saints • nzs age lind. he:answers their complaints. ' let thy faith behold him throned on high, pity beaming in his eye, , e Infant on his breast, a spirit hright, la soft visions of serene delight; 01;, an interest in our bleeding Lord, n ever trembled from aucingerssbord; his warbling tongue so sweetly cows eery bosom, at the accent glows, ov‘,s, bright mid tall, their lyres lay by ine sweeter song of Infancy. pensive mother ! catch the dulcet sound, so soft cannot thy bosom wound; • each the sound, and, with thy angel-boy, d i e accents fraught with heavenly joy! .ang, till sorrow, past and present seem, ifa:linembranee of a faded dreana! a sweet communion, with a spirit blest, thy bosom bring a hallol'd rest. _lf= the string melodious grief must roll, Feient language of the inmost soul. . a yon deeay. 7 .d and fallitig leaf, riui sydil;ol of existence brief; r ies sweet, that in my:tsindow bloom, e , a the fairest hnstens to the tomb! the.autunin stay, X:.7.3 the 'sweetest melody may die! 11 tile one 'neath disease's poweic -taaeui: siduce - of a transient.hour 2 r.ro j e'da bud hath felt death's chilling LEE ::,,withers ;111 that charms the earthly sighi; ,nll the bud, renewed its tints . in glory from its gloomy 'shrine ! Ftso . T., P , ., . - • Mini - ty. n [From the N. Y. Evening Rost.] We's Snnny Spots:. = ilm:;'a life's a dark and thorny pith, 7,41:th. toinb; 't yet some spots'of sunshine bath,' '1111t;mile amidst the gloom. The itim's who weal and wo partakes, Thithan;ea what e'er his lot, soothes the heart that aches. L sme a canny epoi. : • Tha,.-ah a half our burden bears, Anir.tt2rs not a moan sae aatiy handwipei - Off out tears, rtheoled all her o - wn; trusures every kindly word, Each harSher One forgot, Irlcarals blithely risa bird— SEe's too a sunny spat. • • • ME rEe child who lift; at morn and eve, . la prayer its tiny. voice ; 1 :2 grieves whene'cr its parents grieve, And joy when they _rejoice ;. Whose bright eye yotiagnius glows, Whose heart, without a blot, _ • freih and pure as aurrksFr e 7 , 3 t r9se- - That , child'a a sannyispot.. .',• , - . • here yet upon life's very svegry read, . Oae spat of brigliteeglow, _ t Erre sorrows half forgets it s oad, And tears no longer flow ;.. if . tildship, may wither, love decline, Our child dishonor blott; • lit still 'notlirnmed that spot will shine— lights that spot. , • Death . and the World. EF :13ss lElvsi!vllT. Vohs world a gay good world, miles and imuntieslree;: dealt, alas ! is king of this world, Aai it tiol4 a grave for me. 4 world ha'th gold—it is bright and red 41 4 love, and the rove is;swaet ; • Pte, like the song: of n loveltiute 7. hall those,With'death must meet..-- - • ' rest the gold, will the fervid love, 141 9 igazibeneath,the dark mould ; , U PTaise lie will put in an , epitaph,! . 4tea erinuable cold.! The First 'and lasi' Dinner. • TALE. OF:LIFin, ' . Twelve friends, much abou tthe same age, and fixed by their . .'phrsnits - , their family. connexione and ether loCal inter rests.** permanent inhabitants of the metropolis, agreed ;one.day when they. were 'drinking their :wine . at the. Star and 'Garter,: at itichmonci . , to institute animal dinner - antung themSelveS, under the folloWing regulations: That they-"should dine alternately at each otlt• ers' houses on the.first and and last day of each year ; and. that the first bottle of wine uncorked at the -first - dinner should be recorked and put away to be ' drank 6 . y him who should be the last.of their number; that they should never. admit a new member;: that when one died eleven should meet, and when an., other died; teri should meet, and 'so On, and when only one remained, he shi3uld, r on tlhise two days, dine by himself, and sit the . uslial hours at his solitary table; but the first time - he so dined alone, lest itshotild be thdonly'one,-he should then uncork the first bottle; and in . the 'first glass drink to the memory ~of all who were gone. ) There cvai. - something original and whimsical in 'die idea, and it was eager ly embraced. . They were all in-.the prime of life, closely attached by recip rocal friendship, fond of social enjoy ments, and looked forward to. their fu ture meetings With unalloyed anticipa ticins of pleasure. The 'only thought, indeed, that could have darkened those -anticipations, was not one very likely to intrude itself at this moment—that of - the hopeless- wight who was .destined to Uncork the first bottle at his lonely repast. . _ It'was high summer wlien.this'frolic compact was entered into : and as their pleasure yacht skimnied along the dark bosom of the Thames, on theirreturo to London, they talked of nothing but their first and last feasts• of ensuing years. Their , imaginations ran riot with la thousand gay predictions of fes tive i merriment. They wandered in conjecture df what changes time would operate; jolied , each other upon•• : their: appearance . when they shouid• some hobbling 'upOn•crutches after a' severe tit of the gout : lithers Npoking about' with pur-blind eyes. which even spectaelea• could hardly. enable to tinguiSh the alderman's walk. or a haunch of venison—some with portly round'.hellies and tidylittle btow.n Wigs, and Othors decently dressed out in a suit of mourning, • for'the .death of a great-grand-daughter or great-grand son • "!:As 'fin you .; ,G i eorte,'' exclaimed one.of the twelve, addressi ng. his bro ther-in-law, ••• I expect I shall - see your as dry, withered.' and : shrunken as •an' oldleel-skin,• you - mere,.•ontside • of ai man !" and he accompanied the words, with , ahearty slap the;shOulder. George Fartesque ivas leaning care lessly over , the side of the vatcht, tlte loudest of any at conversa, tien which -had . been :Carried. on.. The sudden . manualsalittatfon of his•brother -in-law threw hits off his balance,, and in a -moment hefWas oVerhoard. /. ' They heard ,-theheairy 'splashof his fall, - 66- fore they could. be, said 'to "have seen him Sall. he l yacht was. -pflocedinn• swiftly ..alonN—bnt it . instatitlypopPed b . The utmost 4oniternation nonTprevail,`- ..ed. It: was nearly dark, but Vortesque was known to be an excellent swirprner, and, startling-as the accident was, they . felt(vertain, .that lie wauld_regain,,the vessel. Thev - could not see They listened'. They hear 4 the sound of his hands, and feet„ They hailed bine. An answer. Was returned, luit in a faint, gurgling ireiee and the 'eXela r .niation,, , iGh God struck upon their earsk In an instant, ,twt`ior three-who . - were 'expert I , 4itntnersplunged. inin.the . river, and . ..swain_ towards. tne opot Wbetiee.the exelaination . had Ordceeded. One' of than': wasp within an arrit's length of Foriesque—he raw 'him; be-; fore ,he could be reached he went down,: and his4istracteil - frie,nil beheld the . ed- dying mein Of the wave just over the spot where he hadoeunk. Tie dived af ter him- atUi..;•miehed the beittom but the tide,must have 'drifted the'hody nn ward, far.he could not be found !''They, proceeded to one of the, nearest stdtioits where:drip were.kept; and. h a vingpio.: 'curred,the : necosary, app,ar,ttus, they returned to_ihe fatal spot„, After die' lapse' 61 about an, hoiir, they stiedeeded in:raising:thelifelets...lxody o(iheir lost friend. Y,AU „the ,risuai..,rernfidies were ,eMpioied - for restorieg'litiinended;.'aili titation, but vain.; thdy'noW pursued the remainder'their re tolliondein.; .mourrifiti -silende,; With' 'die corpse of him OP cP.RigIOIFO ME Rigisiv4o36 antEittar_ter.-60.* , . . , r&mizzitmabmix , ocycgrguzs, Ii)AQ9 zuklaom soi) 0440 'VC =IS I ' .1! • ; the,ilay of plesspre with .thein in 'the fulness'of health 'of 'of life IL` , Ainui their severe grief, they could not "bait reflect how Stood one of the joYous twelve`had slippeemit Of the •little fps=' tive cireleT7 ' " ' The: mOnthsrrolled'on; and cold Pe.: . cember came with allits'ehe'ering - round, olkindly greetiogs..aridraerry lalittes;. and with it came. softened.re 7 collection -of `thii. - late of .Fortesqiie-;- clevewof the, tWelve assembled on the last thiy of the. year; : and it. was impos 7 sitile. not to feel their, loss as.they, sat .doWn to dinner., The very irregularity of the table, six on one side, apd,cinly five on the other;foreed"the melancholy event upon theirtnemory. There are few -sorrows so stubborn as to resist the united intliience of wine, a circle of select ftielidi; and "a:seagOif of prospective gaiety, A decorous sigh Or two, a few-becoming ejaculations: and an instructive observation - upon the Uncertainty of life;made up the sum of tender-posthumous offerings to the.. re mains of pOOr QeorgeFortesque,",as they proceeded ..to.discharge the more important ,dunes . for which they had met. By the time the third glass of 'chamPagnehad gone round, in addition to sundry potations of - fine Old hock, and capitalmadeira," they had ceas ed to discover anythirie very 'pathet ic iii - the ineqOality of '' the two sides of thetable, or so inelancholy in their crippled number of eleven. , The rest of the evening passed off very pleasantly in conversation, good humored enjoyment, and conviviality,' andit was not till toward twelve O".clock. that poOr George ) Fortesque?' was .agatq remembered. . ThOy all agreed, at parting, however, that they . hadr never passed such a hap p:ck day, congratulated each other upon' instituting 'so delightful a meeting,: and promised to be punctual to their ap pointment the ensuing evening', when they were to 'celebrate the 'new year, whose entrance they had welcomed in bumpers. of good claret, as •the watch man bawled, 41 past twelve o'clock beneath -the window. , . . They met accordingly, and their gaiety was without any alloy or draw-' back. ..It was only- . .the first. time of their assembling after the death of,poor George P . nrtesque, that made the recol lection of it painful ; ' fOr though but a, few hours hau . intervened, they now took their-Seats at the table as if eleven • lid-been their - oriciinal number, and as , if all were.there that had been ever ex pected to be there. ' It is thus in every ~thing. . The ,first time a mattinters the prisonthe first ' book an antluit writes—the - first paint- L ing.aa.artist executes—the first battle a 1 general ..Witri—nay, the first . time a rogue is hanged—(for a rot eiimie may provide A second perforateo, even of that e,.eremouy, with all its . 'ngleness of ‘charlieter)—ditTey inconceivably' from their' first_ occurrence, on repetition. There is a.chartn; a spell; a novelty, a freslines's, - a' delight; inseparable from the first . eiperietice, '(hanging always `excepted,"ye it remembered, which no art or .ciieurristance can impart-to the second. - And it is -the satle in all the darker traits ollife: ' Theris a degree olioignaricy. in the:first ass l ulis of sor row, which, is never , foun afterward. In every case, it is simply thatthe first fine eclgeof.nor.feelings has been tak en thatit can never be restored., ; _l c Several, years had elapsed, and our I .eleven friends kept up their double an niversaries, as they might:aptly enough •be called; With scarcely any percepti ile Cl6ll . g l o.''• 'tut, alai, there cattle one, dinner at last, whiCh - WAS'darkened by a calamity they. 'never expected' to-wit— . 'ness,-for on . that very 'day their friend, ' conipanion,Zrother ' almost, Avaihang- . ed i Yes; Stephen • Roland, 'the wit,, the oracle, the.' tile oftheir little circle, had on the, morning of that day, .forfeit: ed . his life upon.apublie scaffold, ~ for, ~having':made,one ,single, Stroke of his , pen' in the tvrong,.plaee... In other,W.O.rds,' .a bill , of exchange whien . „passed into his -- hatnii for L7OO, passed .out of diem . . ..„ . ..._ for £4, 100 ; he having drawn the lin' - _Portant little'profix lei- the hundreds; and the bill .being paid at the banker's without examining - the 'Worili.'olit.— ,The :fergery. was'tliscovere4brought Aiome.to Roland, and,though, the.great-. est : interest tivas,used,to:,obtain the .re.- m l 4 - i 6 4.0 . 0 1 .!9 ,4t.Y.,P4 6 .i*fien Boland.ivliAtige& 'tverilnitfy pill.' edhitri; ' find' fi'ohod4z• eiild*.telF iv li y: the - diti7iLi.. - 4 - 1 witr nOfttoor pile. was:tint -a 4;4 4404 00, ;; _yos no k : A ~speculator; ,t? II VP,It 01161 Ply , settled it.. , „7 : 1" he, ran Cif exCii4iittfveiteis . Wei. . tscovere, to biii:head - lifterlii'itieedtinilai 4 ie 1 ~, IA 'tiiiigeou'4_o6. ,-, • litt'atiulkno 11.41 MOM It ,w?t,lld _Alta t ten ,!o say . ; thateven wine: friendship, -and 'a merry session, could Algid the - gloom which.pervaded the : , ! dinner. it, was agreed beforehand:that they should not allude to the distressing;and melancholy themei and hdvidgintdriliefed the only thing whicli , re . hily• occupied their tho'ts; the natural consequence was, thaki3,llerit contemplation took the place.of,dismal discourse ; 'and they separated long be fore ' Some fifteen years•had ' ncitr Aided away since the•fate of poor Milani]; and the ten remained ; ,but tfie stealingband of time, had written SMidry..changes in 'Characters. - Raven locks had 'become - grlizled-- . --tWri' or'three' heads : had be many leeks alhigether as may be reekonedittaWalk.along the: *Regent's Canal— T one waS, actually.ea vered a lirdwawig ; 'the crow's feet were visible. in the.. corner of - the eye ;* good old. Pert and "warm Madeira carriedagainst hock; claret, Burgundri and. phampalgnei stews, : bashesi and , ragouts, grew into favor; crusts were rarely called for to reliih the . dheeie . ,af- . ter dinner.; converSation'ivaS terous,.-and it turned-chiefly upon. poli ties and the state: of the,funds, or landed property ; apologies were - .made! for coming in their thick shoes:and.stoCk ings ; the ':doors - and'windonrs tvere more carefully provided with list and Sand bags; the fire Was'more in request; and-a quiet.game of whist filled.iip: the hours that were wctet to be devoted to drinking*, singink. and riotous *merri ment: The rubbers, a - Cup oP eoffee•, and at home, by eleven o cloCkovere the usual cries, when the fifth `or! sixth glass hadgone,reund. after the removal of the cloth." At-parting, too, there was° , now along Cereiriony the hall, but -toning'up great coats, tviria comforters,. fixing silk handkerchiefs over the mouth and . up to. he. ears,', and grasping sturdy - walking canes, to . sup port unsteady . feet. . Their - fiftieth 'anniversary came; and death . had. indeed b'eenbusy. • One had been ~killed by the overturning of the mail, ititvhich he . had taken hi s place in order. to be' present at the dinner, having purchased an .estate , Mon-. moutbshire, and 'removed thither with his family. Another. :had ~ undergone the terrible operation, for . \ thestone; : and . expired beneath the knife. The third, had yielded up:"4 broken`" twp years after the Iris's - of an'cinly - stirvtving, and beloved dati,,.,ahter . . • A fourth was carried off a.feW daysby.the cholera morbus.... A fifth had breathed his last the very morning he had . obtained , Judgrrient in his favor 'by thelord Chancellor, Which had cost him his last shilling 'nearly to .get, and which,. after. a litigation of . cighteeti years, declared him the rightful possessor of ten thott sand a year.: Tenrninutes'afterletias no more. A'siith badperiSliedby - the hand of the, midnight 'assassin, .who brbke:into his house for plunder, and sacrificed the owner of it;as'be grasped ethivulsively a bundle of 7 =exchequer which the robber' was . dratirifig , Trent beneath • pillow,. • where, be knew they .were placed every..night for better:security - . . •,- • - Four little oldimen. of.withered,ap pearance, decrepit w i allt. With cracked voices, and - ditn,'raylesS eYes, sat down by the mercy of fieaven,(as they_theni selves tremulously declared.) tn. cele brate 'for the fiftieth time the first day of _the year--,to observe - 'the frolic com- 'pact, 7 fiich, half a 'century age they en steredonto • st' the.. Star 'and Garter-sit Richmond werein their graves!' Yet ,they . chirped'. cheerily, ever ,their though.tlicy eould,scarecly carry it to :their lips. if more thaiL . lialf Cull ; and cracked theirjelees.'ihough they articulatedlheir words`- with `difficulty. They ..they, chattercd, .they laughed, if a .sort of strange 'wliceing ,ruight,he 'called a latigh..; . aiul.ivi . beri the, wines sent theiricy..bloOd in a' . warmer. 'their, veins. they "talked of their past es if it wor 9. btiv.Veeterdy , "that'lifidelipped-liy,tlic;tn and their fu.. tare its if it 'were a !may:century that lay before them.. ';. ;: .'• ' ~`they were just. the.) nurnber ,fer . a quiet rubber of whist ; and — for. three suceessivf yeus. they sat dt4iiii'ics'One. 'thi . fOuriliterne;' rebbet played ,With ran 4pe,n:ldainiitiy;..a.:.6fth , 4 I_4, n9 ,l 9Pee. ,o,nly, at,cribliage, and cribbage pas' tlie:' . gaiti l e;'' 014' it' J Wai , Vitt& play., :Theirpalsied: hands:caul& hakdlyAmid,,.. PoT h4 . ir Sig kit lisEiggaiph i , the ,cards;,..while,their - torpids l la4ti,esmade. di - doze '. At length'iarile;lhilligi l Airid die iiiritiatiraiithentOtvOrfpont*liose 'head ffeilroOre,itt64 shoivered their -stmw Ata'-his solitary' .„.. WA ME ME Meal; .It so Chancedit was athie house' and: his' , table ; they. celebrated the, first. In his cellar,, taa, had remained for eight arid'Effir yearsi ihe ^ hottle which-they had uticorkedrecOrked, and Which he wasihen to , tincork-again. It stood' beside him; feeble .'and ,tint grasp he.inot . the «frail memorial" , of a.youthful Now, and for a mornent ineniory 'alas faithful te.her office. She threii; - open the of' 'buried years and heart traveled • through them all.. The ir lusty and, blithsome spring ; their hrigh , tand fervid autumn , ;, their chill but; not too frozen winter; he , saw as as a!mirror how one by, one the laughing companions of that merry hour atllichinond; had "droppkV into eiernity:i Hi felt 'all the loneliness' of hia condition4or he had eachewed mar riacre and in the veins of no livinir crea ture ran :a drop of blood whose source Was . in liis oWn ; and as he drained the glasi tvliich lip hdd filled, ~ 'to themerno l'ry of those who were gone," the teats slowly : trickled down the. lurrows'ofhis aged face. , had thas fulfilled' one part of his voW, and prepared hitriSelf to discharge the Other byl sitting the usual-number of hours :at his;, desolate table. ' With a heavy, heart,he resigned hiinself to . the gloom 'of his' i own thoughts, .a lethargic sleep stole . over him—his head fell upon his . bOsord- I —confused images croWdea into hialnitid—he babbled to himself-= was silent—and when his servant en tered. the room, ,alarmed by a noise Which he heard, fie found his master stretched upon • a ;carpet at the foot of the.easy chair, ,out of which he had slipped in an ,apoplectic fit. He never spoke again, nor once opened his eyes, though the vital spark Was not extinct till the following day. And this was thqitsr DINNER., , . . . torrespotident of the.:.Now.' Yb Trihune,.•writing from Genoa, says,— Sometimes. you 'may:travel. all day, and see nothing but the '.ugliest faces, antl.you Wonder : lto*. nature should have cronemo•alvay in every. instance.;' and tl b ten,;bgain, in, another •; prevince, you see . at:every step the beauttful ',eye and atitd.flexilile• , brow andAaugh•- - log face of your true : ltalian beauty.-- In form the: Italians excel Ds; ,larger, fuller, they naturallYacquirealiner gait .andbearing. it isLastonishing that our ladies•Mhould p4sist in that a. Waist:is—and, pernecessitatem,must be' ,--beautiful - .. Why, an, Italian lady - would .cry for vexation if she,pos sessed such a waist as 'some "of our la dies acquire only ;by the longest, pain fulest process.:: .I have sought,the.rea son of this difference, and .can other than the. Italians-have their glo rious statuary:cOntintially before and -hence. endeavor to .assatuilate the tit • - ,selyes.Ao •them,; ".whereas- our our,fash ionahles have no Models except idiUse French. sniffed figures in the ivintroWs of milliner's Shops: • - lundredspertilvannitilly, victims to corsets.. And. yet,, it : will be .seen . by ,the,models , of, beauty , as - given; by the celehraled,Spulptois., arehy• no means "charactrized•bysthe hourglass'waists, f is Id ah`''olifarik of the'-gentler sex of this country delight:to.boast..' It:is• a 1 most impossible fora _female to, subject liersellto-the fashionable systorn which hie ° so, Tong,preVaile'd' in . the "Vmleil ;StateS,. and' yet' - be Healthro.'oiideruf; elastfc in.-figure. and •-: in spirits.. :She may itavea thin waist, but thg,ch.ances are nine;to one that her:cheeks will-ISe her.tnovernenisdnguid . ..lier frante . feeble'Atid -her onstitution•im •pthoil..-: • 1 - . : f:; `,.•• A Siwwr S'l 4 OllY —A circle hainiet, List !they arehiapering 10:w. Ifferk the,sneei- on.tkat lady's countenance. .Anothet:is . never liaie;'suspeCied; stial, r a AJI are' . talk loamand •b s lei; n ;they!forf,wt ..entfrely, the 'ell= ject!iaftiWir anv,assiit.the charactnr . .of,,a filend.;,..:-.Tyhe know uiithinp hei, 'hut tvlipt Report saYs. and . "how correct, y, a re , alt the in 4ter • .;• ~and wien,they ,part , each one goes toa•d'ffJ en section toreport hat'•has'been Biped,Beforeand ,• thU Aveek?i(end, the c .. chandler• of-lit t uldman us .alineit-hritroyid;... k• ' ' _ 1 • • , %.-P4slwrrii ft atiaia - -Anti Potriittit'..iil -Let 'the' poatkry' litiiisekrbe cleaned 'out and white -washed {fsh straw 0). trait be pnyn _the ._nestio., and provide the Rgyitfygitb m 1.410344, lipp-aq gray. , giv,e thprtt l % ps4.3iol3 ll l4:tifreq/i meat; di gib; bOiledana ef4;_upp, {EU . ' ittatitli; 'anti 14theiti - 6f r i 481 :ted-daiti :saint; Itittii iinek*theatt,TioAtirtot)begn tcrj4c•:, prit, r. . , i ', ' IBM= Beauty of Fe* cue aa. E3o auszDaaait 41 . fitqatc, Aunt • _ • x' . Mont Blanc has never-been ~,so- e ttsy of ascent-within the memory if man as during•the present Seaypti. The most daneerode and difficult crevasses have remained: filled.by compact sriow, aml the perwridieular 'walls, .which, it is necessary to ascend have been'also cov ered by the 'same 'material - into -.Which steps copld!:.4 easily cut: .17cier have consequ.entlysniceeded :in ing the ascent; Each gentleMaif at= tended by,five gthdeS, each of whom receives a hundred fritics, acting iri, ace, triple capacityof guides to. show the route ; of friends to assist hith in diffi, cult passes, and of ~ p orters to' `carry provisions , and.blankets. - ° 'On the list - of these expeditions e: variation from the usual 'ethirse was ; adopted . ; with int# advattage. .- The party started in the nithning (at first attending miss, as is ristkl itl-)atholid countries before encountering any, great danger)'thid ter mounting all day, instead of sleeping as , usual, at the. Grand'lkfulet, . (aiittle _rocky spot bare of: snow) they rested at the Petit ilfulet,only. from 7 to.l.Ljn the evening, and . then resuming their ascent by .moonlight,, succeeded in reaching the top- by sunrise. They were' accompanied by a little dog, who -with them pvercame every difficulty, even the .: steps cut by axes in the per r penclicular walls of ice, and was at, the top, the filsl - of the party; 'but no soon er did they begin 'to descend' than he rushed down as: if mad,: reaching the -village two' •hours before them, , with one frezenfoot, and' could never , again be enticed to go near the .mountain. The, ascent attempted: by ISeargant, 'flatland, the distinguished author of " lon,"-narrowly. escaped-a fatal result. He was accompanied by a, son . of only .sixteen years, anti when halfway up. the boy became completely ,exhanited by the fatigue ' , lying asif dead, scarce ly- breathing, and it was with great Air ficulty, that..the:terrified father could-re store,,L him .agatti to consciousness.-- Atwater Of these expeditions restated hi the feet of a guide beiriat ecr freien . as 'to require amputation, thoiigh-' tit% was attributed to -his .carelessuesso6. -wearing only ordinary shoes and, , high. Such are Acme of the. benetits,of ascending Mont. Blanc. My 'guide. (Michael*Cachat) 'who had been twice - to the .summit. l had much ;god 'sense -on. his side, wheri7-he 'said, ."For us guides it is well enongli.to go up t , for we want the meneyi but for gentle - man to risk their lives and half die froth Tatigue, - and 'see tiothing but fog it the -60; and go up only to 'say .that %they have - been "at.the top pf Mont Blanc, it is a great piece Olabsuruityf—c' eel une crrand belie. ... - ------•' A • 1 ' A . Nits- Mit-Kissed; `. • . . Ad.'amvs~ng incident oceurred with a friend nf'ours the:Other - day. •' expecting, his, mother iu.. the evening train from Baltimore, r and_like a good son repaired to the . depot to Meet 'her. - It'waS a darh day,' and by the time the 'caraarrived there Was no such thing as :distingnOing the , facei of the passer", ,gets... , Is he entered • pm ; of the cars, a fatly seated, in a corner addressed hint .as . ...father"the voice Mo ther's aricl„Alie title one...,Whieh she . al ways-' gave ''hiM while-4t his house .altiong,his children—so, without,hesi lation, he . threwhis arma . round the la ; neck and kissed her, jtist then. a. gentleman puShedhirti'gentlYaside. and rioner the same Ceretriony. Thig . was very strange, he .`thought, a , man mother! " Hardly had the thought , passed his mind, - .when.;his veritable pother, catne, m •forwaril . and hissed: Very trinefremberraiied. he turned ' to the gentlenian.. have made an .=egregious bltinder; but .w hose .oardon.ehail I aslt, yours or the lady's.?."..The.meek:reply :had' : better . ofi the :lady's - pardon,.ifieugh don't` knOve' which Ina 'the best of the- har g aid,''-theertir-in ir (laugh= ter. r. ? •: LEAPS DIE.--TIliS, it. semis is 'the rnost.curions of all arts.' 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