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MEANING JESIR.
Is it not Scrub, in the comedy, who says,
•' I believe they talked of me, fop they laugh
ed consumedly.” Scrub irr .the Club says
the same ; and in the drawing-room ; ay, ;n
the church. There is nowhere Scrub isn’t
perpetually on the wsitch for the faintest
sound of laughter, in order to show his log
ical sharpness and prove that he is the sub
’ ject of conversation. Nor doesn't need laugh
ter to attract his notice. Hissing would do
just as well, Even silence has Its slings.
“ They must be thinking of me, ” he thinks,
" they 'say so little.” “ They mUst~he try
ing to spite mo, they look so happy“ She
must be utterly forgetful of me, she smiles
so sweetly.” Scrub, in short, is a disgust
ing fellow, whom all of us meet filly times
a day—apt to take offence at imaginary neg
lect, attributing false motives to the most rea
sonable-actions ; egotistical, exacting, self
lormenliog—a prose Othello, whose fagtris
his. own insufferable vanity, which makes
i him the victim of jealousy and suspicion, and
who is only prevented from having a real
Desdemona by never having had manly con
fidence enough in any of Eve’s daughters to
confer on her the inestimable honor of bear
ing his name. A happy escape for Eve’s
daughters, as you will find if you will peruse
the following lines, which I hope will be se
riously laid to heart by any of her numerous
sisters who are about to marry Scrubs.
Delamour Wormwood. the chief of the dis
tinguished family, was engaged to Phillis
Daisyfield, with his entire approbation. She
was the gentlest and simplest of her sex
very beautiful and very young ; never laugh
ed unnecessarily, though she had the reddest
lips and whitest teeth in the world ; and,
therefore, Delamour never suspected she was
(afkiug disrespectfully of him. And indeed,
she was so tender-hearted and so modest,
and believing, she never spoke disrespectfully
of anybody. She thought Delamour very
handsome, and in this she was not altogether
mistaken; she believed a great part of the
vows of attachment he made to her, and in
this-she was ridiculously wrong; for among
them was one of complete confidence and
unbounded trust. As he said the words he
watched the expression of her face.
** You don’t believe me,” he said.
“Ob yes, I do. What interest can you
have in saying so if you don’t feel sol” -
“ But your eyes are so inexpressive, your
mouth is closed, your cheeks are neither
flushed nor pale, f should iike >to see you
more agitated.”
“ Oh, I should be,” said the innocent
Phillis, “if I did not believe you. But as
it is, why should d- change my ordinary
looks”!”
“ Well, there may be something in that,”
said Delamour; but, still he was not perfect
ly pleased with the- gentle Phillis’ self-pos
session.
Phillis lived with her aunt in Hertfordshire,
and had only a brother who could have any
right to interfere with her proceedings. He
was a gallant lieutenant in the Blazing Hus
sars, and was stationed so far away that,' it
had not tbeen thought worth while to ask bis
consent to his sister’s becoming Mrs. Worm
wood. Besides, he was soon coming home,
and the wedding was not intended at least fur
a year.
Delamour, radiant with delight, got into
the railway carriage to visit Mrs. Oglelon.
This was the name of Phillis’ aunt; and as
the train stopped at Neddilhorpe, the enrap
tured lover stepped upon the platform and or
dered a fly for Thistledale. While he wait-'
ed tor the vehicle, he walked to and fro ini
deep meditation on his own perfections, and
look no notice of two other gentlemen who
bad apparently arrived by the same train ;
two pleasant-visagcd, loud-voiced, military
looking men, swinging their lower integu
ments, as is the habit of English cavaliers
“ Ha, ha !” laughed one continuing a con-
versation which had been interrupted by the
arrival ; “ I never saw such a spooney in all
tny life.”
“ A regular pump,” replied the other.
De lamour’s attention was attracted.
“ Spooney !” he thought, “ snob—pump !”
" What are the fellows talking of!”
“ And yet, I believe the booby thinks he
wade a conquest of the prettiest
in Herts!’’ continued (he first speaker,
tich the other, who was not so eloquent,
mly, ‘-Ha, ha ! what a muff!”
Jh, by George, this won’t do,” thought
imour. “I’ll let them know I overhear
” So saying, hd coughed so loud a
t that it seemed like a crow of defiance
talced at the unconscious speakers as if
thed to assault them on the spot. A
■man, however, came out of a booking
and changed the current of all his
;hts.
i advise you to be on your guard, gen
:n > Ba id the policeman, addressing the
young men who had excited Dalamour’s
h ; “ one of the London swell-mob came
ist tram and is perhaps lurking about
te friends instinctively looked at the on
•her person on the platform, but seeing
a very good-looking, well-dressed gen
in, they resumed the conversation after
>mg the policeman for his ■warning,
took was not thrown away upon the ir.
! d Delamour. He vented his rage on the
:eman. °
' v by didn’t you give notice also to me v>
iquired in a vary hitter tone. << I be
’’ e a dd e d, when the two companions
me within ear-shot, “ that the swell
; r "\ uen ‘ l y hunt in couples,” so saying,
f 6 l r • roc ' ous eyes on the countenan
... ® '"ends,” and generally pretend to
•ditary men.” -
sceny to be pretty well op to theif
THE Alil l A To I!.
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.WHIM THEBE SHALL BE A WBONC UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL* CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
yoL. iy.
dodges,”, said the guardian of the.laws, who
was offended at the tone and manner of De
lamour’a address. “ You can, perhaps, be
on your guard against their tricks.” And,
pulling from his breast pocket a half-sheet of
paper, he began to read with great attention’,
easting angry glan'ces from time to time, on
the indignant Dell moor. His patience cdold
stand it no longer.: . He went up to the man
and said—:Youinsolent caitiff! How dare
you think.me* thief!" .
“ I don’t, sir,—leastways, I nevef told you
so,” said tbs man, amsged-.r ,1
“ Aren’t you reading a descriptioo ofa
swell-mob man, in that extract from ‘Hue'-
and Cry V ” Continued Delamour, ‘.measur
ing my features, noting the color of nay eyes
and the length of my hair ? I will report
you to your superiors—you shall be turned
out.of your crops if it costs me a thousand
pounds—”
“ I say, sir,—what has the man dona 1”
asked one of the gentlemen, artesled by the
noise.
“ Copying ihe example of gross impertin
ence set him by you and your friend,” said
Wormwood.
The fine manner of the gay stranger in.
sternly disappeared. He spoke plainly, and
likejiman, “ You' are either under a great
“ or are desirous of pick
ing a quarrel with people who have never of
fended you.. I desire to know the meaning
of your language.”
“ Didn't you call me a pump, a few min
ules ago—a spooney snob, a muff!”,
“ I hadn’t the honor of being aware of the
existence of such an individual,” replied the
gentleman, “ and certainly never honored
you by making you the subject of my con
vfirsatioD.”
“ Then I’m exceedingly sorry if in the
heat of the moment—”
“There is need of sorrow,” said the
stranger, smiling, “ and still less for heal.
1 should be inclined to be more exacting if
I thought you were a gentleman ; but after
your altercation with the policeman, I lake
no notice of what you say. Good morning
sir.”
“ Here's the paper I was reading sir,”
said the policeman, “ my instructions for the
luggage-van by the next train. And now
what have you to say ?”
Delamour was in such fierce wrath at' Ihe
two young officers who had just stepped into
their fly, that he could say nothing to the
triumphant constable. I
be,overheard by
the objects in question. “If I knew Ihe cox r
combs’ names, they should answer for their
behavior.”
“ Thev’re Captain Harleigh and another
officer of the Queen’s Blazers, \oj can find
them at the barracks, easy,” said the police
man with a malicious grin. “ But I advise
you to be quiet if you want to keep a whole
bone in your body.”
Delamour gulped the information and the
insult. The name of the Queen’s Blazers
had struck him dumb. Phillis’ brother was
a lieutenant in that ferocious regiment, and
if he was told of his absurd behavior, of his
quickness in taking offence, his ungoverna
ble temper, what would he say 1 In perfect
silence he took his seal in the fly when it
drew up, and placed half a sovereign in the
policeman’s hand. With a cautious look to
see lhat his inspector was not on the watch,
the policeman pocketed the money and said,
“ Don’t be afraid. I won’t tell the captain
where you are gone, or you’d get as good a
kicking as e’er you had in your life.”
If a look would have strangled the good
natured policeman, B 30 would have been a
dead man. As it was, it was a murderous
glance thrown away, and Delamour pursued
his pray through country lanes and wreath
hedgerows, toward the residence of his char
ming Phillis.
When he arrived at the Hall he expected
to find her in the drawing room. Mrs. Ogle
ton had gone out, he was told, and Miss Phil
-lis also; but they had both left word they
would soon be back.
“ Was I expected at this hour, do you
know ?” said Delamour to the footman.
That functionary was new to the establish
ment, and was not acquainted with Mr.
Wormwood’s person.
“ Didn’t a letter come this morning post?”
he inquired ; from London—pink envelope
—red seal—coal of arms?” ,
“ Yes,” replied the man ; “ from the hair
diesser, wasn’t it?” he inquired, a little
doubtful, but not very, as to whether Mr.
Truefit’s representative stood before him.
“ What do you mean?” exclaimed Dela
mour; “you insulting scoundrel, I’m Mr.
Wormwood, and wrote to announce my arri
val.”
I humbly beg your pardon sir ; but Miss
Phillis mentioned nobody but the barber
and of course sir, you see—but I’m very
sorry. I hope you won’t allude to the mis
take.” ''
Delamour left the house and pursued his
way through the park. At the side of an or
namental sheet of water, beyond a rising
knoll, he saw his adored Phillis. She had a
crook in her hand and a round hat on her
head, tastefully ornamented with flowers of
her own gathering. . A close-fllting dress re
vealed the matchless symmetry!of her figure,
her petticoats were very short, and h er *f® l
the smallest and prettiest in the world. The
shepherdess smiled when she «saw her lover,
and blushed at being detected .’in her festival
attire. - . „
“It «o pleasant to watch the sbeepj
she said. “ Oh, how 1 had lived in the days
of rus ic simpltcity, when everybody, was so
kind- and innocent. It must have teen char
ming to fold in the flock when the sun began
to descend, and then to assemble for a dance
WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER m, 1857.
upon the grass—no drawing-room false re*
finement.”
And Strephon inquired Delamour, a
cloud beginning in darken his brow.
“ Oh, he would have been.some gentle.vil
lager, .some.neighboring, farmer’s son, soft
voiced and musical, lor of course .he would
have sung add played delightfully nn his oat
en reed.”
“ You know, I suppose, Miss Daisyfield,
that I neither play not sing ; and in telLthe
trujlu I despise any one who does either*,”
“ But I am-only painting a fancy sketch,”
replied Phillis, alarmed at the sharpness of
his- tone. “ Yon didn’t think .1 was serious,
Delamour! I was a kind of actress for the
time, and thought I would speakin characier.’
So saying, she threw away the crook and
took the wreath from her little straw hat.—
“ And now,” she continued, taking bis arm
and turning homeward, “ 1 will be as steady
and sensible as you please. Let us go in and
see my aunt.”
Delamour brooded over the previous part
of the conversation. He didn’t like the al
lusipn to Strephon, nOr the rapture about the
pipes and singing,
“ The girl can’t ho wholly devoted to me,
or she wouldn’t talk such nonsense about
dancing with shepherds on Ihe grass. lam
no shepherd, anjl she knows that very well.”
The aunt received them at the door.
“ The post,” said she to Phillis, has jqst
brought me a letter from your brother. He
has been unexpectedly ordered to join his
headquarters, at Nedditborpe, and arrived
there last night.”
“ Oh! I'm so delighted !” exclaimed Phil
lis. “ Dear Edward! when does, he come
to see us? Oh! let us go and see him at
once I”
“ He promises to be here to-morrow,” said
Mrs. Ogleton, in a cold lone ; “ and I should
like tor see Mr. Wormwood for a few mo
ments alone.”
Mr. Wormwood had just resolved to ask
Phillis why she was in such rapture about
the return of her brother. Wasn’t he, her
lover, by her.side J Bui he followed Mrs.
Ogleton into the drawingroom, and Pblillis
saw there was something wrong, but could
not tell what.'
“ The letier from Edward Daisyfield,”
began the lady, “ is exceedingly unpleasant.
He tells me that he has long promised the
hand of his sister to one or his brother
officers, and he has received with great dis
approbation my announcement of your eo-
Wha’lTjas he or any popinjay in the Blazers
lo say against me I” ,
“ Oh, nothing against you,’’ replied the
lady ; “ never heard of you before.
.All he saysis, he prefers Captain Belford,
and refuses his consent to your suit.”
•< And does Phill.s agree with him V in
quired Mr. Wormwood.
“ I have this moment got the letter,’’ re
plied the lady, “ and she knows nothing
about it. I have given my approval, you
are aware, Mr. Wormwood; but the deci
sion, f suppose, will rest with Phillis herself.”
“ It is a little too late, I should think, to
make it a matter of ctoice,” said Delamour
bitterly.
“ I have announced my approaching mar
riage lo all my friends, and I won’t be made
a fool of, by either brother or sister. Why,
the world would laugh at me, and I am not
the man to be laughed at with impunity.”
“ I never heard of Captain Bellbrd,” said
Phillis, when she was informed of her
brother’s epistle. “ I will have nothing to
say to him, and I’m sure Edward only re
quires lo know you as well as I do lo see
that 1 can never be happy with any one
else.”
«• Dearest girl! you make mo happier than
ever I was before.”
“You are always so kind and trusting,” con
tinued Phillis, and Delamour looked search
inglg in her face —
“ You are so generous, and open, and un
suspicious”—
A cloud darkened on the lover’s brow—
“ And I’m sure you’ll be great friends with
Edward, and indeed, with all the Blazers,
for he says they are the most gentlemanly
fellows in the world. It will be so pleasant
when he brings some of them here !”
•• 1 trust he won’t, for a more disgusting
set of snobs and puppies—but pray excuse
me, dearest Phillis,.your assurance of affec
tion is all that I require, and I laugh at the
pretensions of a regiment of Belfords; so
let them come whenever they like.”
He was delighted with the transparent
truth and simplicity of his artless Phillis, and
took his way to London more satisfied with
her (and himself) than ever. But on reflec
tion, (and he took three days to reflect,) he
perceived that he must come to an understand
ing with his rival.
It was necessary for his self-respect that
he should show that gentleman how thor
oughly he despised him, and accordingly he
wrote an insulting letter to the distinguished
Blazer, and was about to send it to the post,
when his servant entered with a card, and
said, “The gentleman is in the hall.”
Delamour looked at the card, and saw
printed thereon the name of “ Captain Bel
ford.”
“ Show him in,” ha said, and prepared
for battle. There was no battle in the face
or manner of his visitor, however. Fair,
honest, happy-looking, as becomes perfect
health and three-and-twenty years of age,
the captain smiled graciously as he entered.
“ You are surprised to see me here, Mr.
Wormwood," ha said, “but the fact is, I
think it right to come to an explanation.”
“ Exactly what 1 wished sir,” said Dela
mour, biting his lips.
- My friend, Ned Daistfield,” he contina
fid* 11 is tooilaltering ia his estimate of any
merits. He wished me, of course, you know,
lo offer my • hand to his sister. He intro
duced me lo her two days ago„. A charming
girl, I confess, very pure, very beautiful, and,
as her aunt is very rich, I believe,.Bn heiress,
if she pleases the old Jady in the ’ choice of
a husband. .1 dare say time and assiduity,-
with the favor of her brother might enable
meto make an impression on her heart;
but-—I. am not going to try—-I resign all
claim into your band, and trust sincerely you
will make-her happy, for no one can deserve
it more. Good morning.”
-Refute Delamou'r could recover from his
surprise, the visitor was gone. “ Before I
had lime to call him to order for his behavior
a( Neddilhorpe, for he is Harteigh’s compan
ion,” he muttered; “and yet he is a fine
fellow—open— noble—and very handsome.
Why has he surrendered his chance of Phil
lis 1 He admires her beauty, her character,
and knows she is to have a fortune. How
kind! But is it not rather, strange? Why
is he so absurdly friendly? Ah!” And
here for an hour he sank into a fit of musing.
“ Can he have beard anything about Phillis ?
Is there a vulgar Strephon after all, with his
disgusting pipe? I don’t like this.” And
he smiled as he went out—perhaps he laughed
when he reached the street. “He rejects
her. There must be a reason.” And here
he mused again.
At the end of three hours meditation, be
packed up all his traps,supplied himself with
circular notes look out his passports, and went
skulking, gloomy, and quarreling through
France and Italy for three years. At the
end of that time he come home. On landing
at Southampton he saw a face he knew.
Curiosity as to what had become of Phillis,
induced him to speak. He went up and held
out his hand. “ Captain Belford,” he said
“ I fear you have forgotten me.”
“ Oh, not at all,” replied the gentleman ;
“ you are Mr. Wormwood, —but I am not
Captain Belford; i am Ned Duisyfield,
Philli’s brother. I called on you, and pre
tended to he Belford ; it was only to try you,
Phillis had written you were of a sour sus
picious disposition ; but she didn’t wish lo
offend her aunt, who supported your cause.
The bail took. You thought something must
be wrong,—some trick intended against
yourself,—and gave poor Phillis up,.without
condescending to assign any reason—Charley
Belford slept in. In a fortnight Phillis was
qui'e reconciled to my choice. They have
gfi ad day.” :
A Cool Avenger.— A certain English
gcnlleman, who was a regular frequenter oT
the green-room of Drury Lano Theatre in
the days of Lord Byron’s commMce, and
who always stood on the hearthMurg there
with his back to the fire, was in his usual
place one night when a narrative was reined
by anothe gentleman newly returned from
the Continent, of a barrier duel that had
taken place in Paris. A young Englishman,
a mere boy—had been,despoiled in a gaming
house in the Palais Royal, had charged a
certain gaming count with cheating him, had
gone out with the count, had wasted his
fire, and had been slain by the count under
the frightful, circumstances of the count’s
walking up to him, laying bis hand upon his
heart, saying, “You are a brave fellow;
have you got a mother?” and, on his reply
ing in the affirmative, remarked, coolly, “I
am sorry for her," and blew the young En
glishman’s brains out.
The gentleman on the hearth-rug paused
in taking a pinch of snuff to hear this story,
and observed with great placidity, “I am
afraid I must kill that rascal.” A few nights
elapsed, which the green-room hearth-rug
was without him, and then he reappeared
precisely as before, and only incidentally
mentioned, in the course of the evening,
“Gentleman, I killed that rascal !’’ He had
gone over to Paris on purpose, had tracked
the count lo the same gaming-house, had
thrown a glass of wine into his face, in the
presence of all the company, had told him
that he had come to avenge his young com
patriot—and bad done so by putting the count
out of this world, and coming back lo the
hearth rug as if nothing had happened.—
Household Words.
How to Manure Trees in Grass Land.
—Very few persons manure, trees growing
in sod or grass land, in a judicious or econo
mical manner. The general practice is to
dig the manure in within a diameter of six
feet, having the body for the center. The
tree takes his food from the young rootlets,
whose mouths extend just ns far on every
side as the branches of the tree ; hence, this
manure applied close to the body of the tree,
is not where the roots can take it up, and of
course but little of its value is absorbed b>
(he tree. If you doubt it, just try the exper
iment on two trees. Servo the one as above
named, and the other as follows, viz :
Mark a circle around the tree, having for
its outer line the exact radius formed by the
overhanging branches ; dig on the inner side
of this circle, a trench two feel wide and one
fool deep ; mix well rotted manure half and
half with the best, soil, or the earth dug out
of the trench with it; then replace the turl
and wheel away the refuse, or extra earth;
raise clean and smooth; you will have»
good growth of tree; your fruit larger and
.more (air, and no unsightly or unnatural hil
lock or mound around the body of the tree.
—Ohio Farmer.
One of the boys tells of a scarecrow made
by Uncle Ben. It not only scared off every
crow that it- saw, bul one crow was so
frightened that he brought back the corn hr
stole three days before.
A Beautiful Little Story.
A.few weeks since in coming down , the
North River, I was seated in the cabio of the
magnificent steamer, Isaac Newton, in con
versation with some friends. It was becom.
ing late in the evening and one after another
seeking repose (rpm the carea.’aod toils of
the'day, made preparations lb iretire to their
berths. Some, pulling off hoots and
coals, laying themselves down to rest; others,
in the attempt to make it seemjas much like
home as possible, threw, off more of their
clothing—each one as their comfort or appre
hension of danger dictated.
I had noticed -on deck a fine looking boy
of about six years of age, following around
a man evidently’ his father, whose appear
ance indicated him to be a- foreigner, proba
bly a German—a man of medium height
and respectable dress. The child was unu
sually fair and fine looking, handsomely
featured, with an intelligent and affectionate
expression of countenance, atid from under
his cap fell chestnut hair and thick clustering
i 1 ; O
curls. ''
After walking about the cabin for a time
the father and son stopped within a few feet
of whete we were seated, andibegan prepa
rations for going lo bed. 1 watched them.
The father adjusted and arranged the bed
the child was to occupy, which'was a.n upper
berth, while the little fellow was undressing
himself. Having finished this, this father tied
a.handkerchief around his head, to. protect
his curls, which looked as if the sunlight
from his young happy heart always rested
there. This done, 1 looked for him to seek
his resting place; but, instead of this, he
quietly kneeled down upon the floor, put his
little hands together, so beautifully childlike
and simple, resting his arms upon the lower
berth, against which he knelt, 1 he began his
vesper prayer. The father sat down by his
side, and wailed the conclusion. It was, for
a child, a long prayer, but well .understood.
[ could hear the murmuring; of his sweet
voice, but could not distinguish tho words he
spoke. There were men aroun’d him—Chris,
lian men retiring lo rest without prayer ; or
if praying at all, a kind of mental desire for
protection, without sufficient cobrage or piety
lo kneel down in the steamboat’s cabin, and
before strangers, acknowledgej the goodness
of God to ask his protection and love.
This was the training of some pious moth
er. Where was she notv ?r How many
limes had her kind hands been laid on-the
“A beautiful sight it was.ilhat child at’
prayt.er, in.th.e midst of lhe busy, thoughtless
throng. He alone, of this worldly multi
tude, drawn nigh lo heaven! I thank the
parental love.that taught hirfT to lisp his
evening prayer, whether Catholic, or Protes
tant, dead or living, afar oft or nigh. I
could scarce refrain from weeping then, nor
can I now, as I see again that sweet child,
in the crowded tumult of the steamboat’s
cabin ; bending in' devotion before his
Maker. J
But a little while before, I saw a crowd of
admiring listeners, galheringj about a com
pany of Italian singers in thd upper saloon
—a mother and two sons, with voice and
harp and violin; but no one?becded no one
cared for that little child at prayer.
When the little boy had finished his even
ing devotions, he arose and kjssed his father
most affectionately; who pul him in his
berth for the night. I felt a strong desire lo
speak to them, but deierredl it till morning.
When morning came the confusion of land
ing prevented me from seeing them again.
Bui if ev*r I meet that boy in his happy
youth, in his anxious manhood, in his decli
ning?years, I’ll thank him for the influence
and example of that n.ghts devotion, and
bless, the name of the mother that taught
him>" |
Scarcely any passing incident of fny life
ever made a deeper impression on my mind.
I went to my room and thanked God that I
had witnessed it, and for its influence on my
heart. Who prays on a steamboat? Who
tench their children to pray at home. —Home
Journal. •'
The Shadows of Children. —Nothing
seems to weigh down theifl buoyant spirits
long, misfortune may fall tdjlheir lot, but the
shadows it casts upon theirjilife-path are as
fleeting as the clouds lhatiicome and go in
an April sky. Their futureimoy, perchance,
appear dark to others, but 'to their fearless
gaze it looms np brilliant arijl beautiful as the
walls of a fairy palace. There is no tear
which a mother’s gentle hind cannot wipe
away, no wound that a mother’s kiss cannot
heal, do anguish which murmuring
of her soft, low voice cannot soothe. The
warm, generous impulses of their natures
have not been fettered andferamped by! the
cold formalities of the world; they bavTnoi
yet learned to veil a hollowj heart with false
smiles, or hide the basest purposes beneath
honeyed words. Neither pije they constantly
on the alert to search out I the faults and fa
bles with A/gus eye ; on the contrary, they
experience that blessed charily which ‘think
eth no evil.’ j
Clouds. —lf it were possible to pass
through life with clouds, itlis likely that we
should complain of too much light. As it
is, the clouds appear to come, at certain pe.
riods of our existence, some what 100 low
eringly upon us. The hopej.lhe joy of youth,
as they glide away, catty with them so many
loves that have been so bright romances to
out imagination, so many friends that seemed
as though they were born' to walk with us
through the whole length of our days, so
many dreams of peace, and proud ambitious
thoughts of winning famf ; that we become
madder, if not wjsci tptp. S
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The Study of xiie Bible.—Oh no sub.
ject has ihe world ever ,been more mistaken
than that of ihe utilily of searching the sn-.
cred scriptures. Many are the causes which
have produced apathy and criminal indifTei
ence in regard to this first and most impor.
tarn obligation of man.' A , few of thesa
m ght be appropriately mentioned 1
Long ha? the fatal error prevailed that
God’s revelation to man ia a sealed book ;
and not to be comprehended by any except
the few inspired to understand and reveal the
truth to the great mass. White this idea
abounds, hopes of.improvement" cannot bo
anticipated. If a teacher even were to induce
a pupil to believe Webster’s Speller, or Pike’s
Arithmetic,was an incomprehensible book, for
all but instructors, ten chances to one if ha
would evermake an effort to investigate any
subject discussed in one of these books. No
individual can net with energy in any under,
taking, unless he is first satisfied of its prac
ticability, We not only lire ps Christians fay
faith, but the whole physical and intellectual
enjoyments of man are suspended on faith.
The child who does not believe the parent’s
declaration, that fire will burn, wilt be sure
to suffer, and he who is not previously in
duced to believe much may be achieved in
the pursuit of science, will riot have courage
for vigorous effort. Papists and Protestan's
have both done much to deter the world from
studying the Bible. It has been from this
impression, that all men cannot comprehend
God’s message of salvation to men.
The Siberian Crab. Every farmer
should cultivate this beautiful fruit. A lew
scions inserted into the limbs of an old tree,
or in small branches of young'ones, will soon
afford a liberal supply of fruit, which is an
excellent article for preserves and tarts, and
brings a high price in the market. The ap
ples are but very hole superior it* size to the
ordinary red cherry; the tree, which is re
markably hardy, resembles the common ap
ple-tree, and is propagated in much the same
way.
As an instance of the extreme hardiness
of the crab, it is asserted in one of the agri
cultural papers of Massachusetts, that some
limbs were detached from a tree in the spring
and after having lain exposed to the sun for
six weeks, some scions were cut from them
and set, and grew well. A distinguished cul
turist and fruir grower, in some practical ob
servations relating to the propagation of this
fruit, says ; “ The scions we have set, un
preaented to tfs that gre* on a scion thesaoM
season it was set. A few years since we put
scions of different kinds into the same tree,
and the,Siberian Crab bore plentifully before
the other kinds.”—iV. E. Farmer.
Curious Facts. —Bees are geometricians.
The cells are so constructed as, with the
least quantity of material, to have the larg
est sized spaces and the least possible inter
stice. The mole is a meteorologist. The
bird called a nine-killer is an arithmetician.
Also the crow, the wild turkey and some
other birds. The torpedo, the ray and the
electric eel, are electricians. The nautilus is
a navigator. He raises and lowers his sails
—casts and weighs anchor, and performs
other nautical feats. yS'hole tribes of bfrtls
are musicians. The beaver is an architect,
builder and wood-cutter. He cuts down trees
and erects houses and dams. The marmot
is a civil engineer. He does not only build
houses, but constructs acqueducts and dfains
to keap them dry. The ants maintain a reg
ular standing army. VVaspsare paper man
ufacturers. Caterpillars are silk spinners.
The squirrel is a-ferryman. Vjfith a chip or
a piece of bark for a boat, and his tail for a
sail, he crosses a stream. Dogs, wolves,
jackals and many others, are hunters. The
black-bear and heron are fishermen. The
ants are day laborers. The monkey is a
rope dancer.
Dan Rice has a Fight. —During the
visit of Dan Rice’s Circus to Upper Canada,
an F.nglish bully allowed that he could lick
“any two Yankees that ever was born.” Dan
doub’ed this, and informed the Englishman
that in the absence of “a pair of Y'ankees,”
he might try his hand on him. The English
man off coat and pitched in. Dan encoun
tered, and hit the Englishman under his. left
ear. The Englishman went up ’about five
fee l, leaving his bools behind. Englishman
came down again and fell like a log. Dan
got a physician, bled the Englishman* and
brought him to; Having done this, he seuJ
him home on a shu ter.
Tho affair occurred about twenty miles
from Niagara. The licking was so welt de
served and so handsomely ( finished
it added to'Dan’s popularity.
The day after this he performed 'o $l2OO
(he day afterwards lo $1720. We get this
from a person who witnessed the whole affair.
—Albany Knickerbocker.
Right of Suffrage.— The following is
100 good to be lost. It is often made a sub,
]»ct of complaint that ministers of thegvsp t
participate in political matters. An anecdo'e
of Mr. Field, who lived in Vermont several
years ago, contains a good reply. ’As tho
reverend gentleman'lfent one time lo deposit
his vole, ihe officer who received it being a
friend and pafishioner, but of opposite poli
tics, remarked :
“1 oro sorry Mr. Field to see you here."
' “Why ?” asked Mr. Field.
“Because,” said Ihe officer, “Christ said
His kingdom was not of this world.”
“Has no one a right lo vote,” said Mr.
Field, unless ho belongs lo the kingdom of
Satan.”
This at once lei in'a ray of ligh' to the
darkened chambers of the officer’s cranium,
which he never thorigh! of brffire.
Aitle* of Adverflstnjj.