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    BY D. A. & C. H: BUMMER
VOLUME xxVITA
14190 ErisWs Dream.
IT "AMUR P. Goat.
14ithrieSsdy heart and hand,
ve; IA send the ' word of God
o,distant heathen land;
And' ire 'we Went lomat that night
• I kneal'd to :vied in prayer,
That amass my et, to light
For soma in- darkness deem,
When I merlons in slumber;
'There seemed jam o'er my bed
An angel child, with beaming bra.
And think* whrgs ontapiread;
And stainless seemed the robe to flow
About that kively one,
As lies a glowing alma of now
Beneath the morning sun.
A touch of golden glory
Was ort her wary lime;
1I faCe with rose-tint on the cheek,
Was like the lily fair!
And 0, she sang a holy song,
Which togas only know
To sound to their adoring throng,
And nerei learnt below!
She tokl a hasty story
About her life on earth,
When bore a lade dark flindoo
Of distant Italian birth :
That once her parents were of those
Who woda in Onages deem
%%item her babe the mother throw'
Au offering on the sumo:
nut wbenthe missions taught them
To, read the Word, and pray
to God in heaven, through Jeans' name,
The,irgods were must away:
That' ere she died she loved - to sing
How Christ for her could the;
And then he gave her spirit wing
.re soar to him,ost high.
1 drew my breath to ask her
About thejoys shove;
When silently she disappeared
With parting smile of love! •
A wnking then, I paved for more,
That I might sena" la* • •
Tasheil upon the heathen shore
• Tbo,besuns of Gospel day-
VeParted Spirits.
I have rat hy the windows—Rays Wash.
legion .Irving—and mused upon the dus
ky. landscape. watching the lights disap
,p4ritig.ona by one, Irma the distant, villa.
gra,: and the mann rising in her silent ma.
je.ty..and leading up all the silver pumps
of.beaven. ~As I. have gazed upon these
quiet groves and shadowy lawns. silvered
over, and imperfectly sighted by streaks of
dewy inalushine, my mind has been crow
ded by , fthick coming fancies" concerning
those spiritual bet.- e _ _
• - • "--wattbe eat*
Unseen both when we: wake and when we
t ?A. .there, 'indeed, such- Nags 1 'ls
this .....pace between as and the. Deity fined
up liy innumerable orders of spiritual be.
im.!a,farasitig the same gradation. between
the lii &in s.ntl vivid devine perfeetioo; that
tv, l lt4 "pritialin,,.. , ' from humanity down
o'llids' to the 'meanest insect! It is a sub
it*. and bocksifisi 'doctrine, inculcated by
iWt'early'Tathera, that there are guardian
-sue.' appointed to witch over ernes and
castiorsi ; tti 'rake care of the welfare of
.g,ioir cricti,ind toguard sad guide the steps
•orflelPles.' ittfariey: "Nothino." says St.
-die/ore, 'lives to a greatir idea of the
•clikiitY of Oar' *hal.' than that God has gi
Tee4Sal Wfuiso, at the locomen' of our birth,
rut 416,01 . t6 have care of it."
,!:rest the doctrioto of depatrel spirits re
visiting-41r visit -the' mites sad beings
wind' mere deartathem during the body's
erlottorte,• , tbookit it has beta debased by
tile' ihoord-soperstitions of the vulgar, in
it.elf is , awfutly solemn and sublime.—
flowboor lightly it may be ridiculed, yet
titelartonaion : itsatleatarily yields 'to it
olltseiervviuserode the subjeet of serious
dionassieti ; in I privalence in .all ages aed
ems:Gies, and :wren among newry di.cor
-orettnitioackthatitalio had no previous in.
terchange of thought with other parrs of
tinotiiorld; protrecitna be one of those Tye
,spriougl.and *lonclAtiostinctivelboliefs, to
witH'it4l44°l"Wielweir we should eater
ally' anoltee: _ . ,
01,te:' 4all'ihe, pridie•or treason and
iphtlotopli i , a vague
.rill doubt
.+ Still lurk
'an 1 110 .,p 1 ,1 1 0, end perhaPe.rillMotor be
Ipeffolitly eradicated ; a: it . is sioaceiniug
snakier that does not
"admit of positive de
mq7rif4l4 sr , , Everything connected with
our ipiriiiil ' nature is fall 'of doubt and
sliftoileir: ' 4 'We are fearfully and Weider.
fully made;" we are surrounded by nijs
teries, and , we are, esysteties eves to our
selvage. Wluiles bailees able to coaspre !
heed And describe the nature of the 'soul.
itiaileanecilew: with the belly, or in what
part i cif; Abe , frame , it' is , situated f We
knowimerelytiott ittiormsaxiat ; whence
it wuneilau4t2mbentit entereskinto us, and
homitittuttrisalLand where it is situated.
and how it operates, are all matters of
in *7 a pledukock v and cootradittuuy theo
ries. ^ It. a skew; 'vie — are' this tains.; tit
thhi‘raritiiilisidice, even while it forms*
pair Sf 'oink:lrak iiia is' ctiniiittAl prii.
eat: iiii)lit 'etiii.pcioissimis; timi curare pro:
to 0 1 iseirtain or deny its pOwers'and
opmailgtki'Whiii 'released from hi fleshly
prison -house 1 It is more the manner.
theeelfore, its . which this suporstitida has
beesulegradoni, the. its intrinsic absurdity
thiti has„brittght it into contempt. Boise
it :bete the frivolous purposes to which it
hailed* applied, strip it of the gloom and
horror with which it has been surrounded,
and there is none of the whole circle of
vialisiiiry Creeds that could' more delight
&lietrate the imagination, or more ten.
de jaffeet'ihe heart. It would become a
se iiiiii" durifort it the bed of death.
so olhii9l the bitter tear wrung from us by
tb bipusy of our mortal separation. What
coad'lM mire consoling thin the idea that
digalas of those whom we once loved
*ere permitted to return and watch over
any, ,negirs that affectionate and guar
. dill Apistita , sat by our pillows when we
:dept. - keep' n&s . ate, Rver oar mos t help-
Jess hours 1 thai beauty and innocence,
whitlh bedfbees largnisalog .in the tomb,
.yet 'smiled unseen amp& us. revealing
shoppytta t iji AGM Mart dreams
threat
Irian j oys Ilisia . ; dm haarsafpard: ea
element I A beliar,ar rhii ii' , id mmpid.
I should think, be a newineeiiive to fir.'
tae, rendering Ws cireuntepeet eiiin' in -our
most secret moments, from the idea' that
these ire °need loved and honored were in
visible witnesses of all.our actions.
Bethlehem.
, Rev. 8. Tremens Prime, trt his recollec
tions of foreign travel, now publishing in
the New York Observer. furnisher this co
conut of the presedt condition of Bethle
hem.
The village of Bethlehem contains from
twelve to fifteen hundred souls—eouls
these people have—and the Christian tra
veler enters its street-ibis mostly built
on one long titreet;--with painful reflections
as he thinks of oeiog in the city of Davi'
and the native place of the Bon of God,
while the people aro wholly given to idol
atry, or sunk in superstition so gross and
sensual as 'to mike their views of the way
of life by Jesus . Christ, as dark and dan
gerous, as if the light of the Gospel had ne
ver broken in for a single moment on
their minds. A few years ago there were
sever"( families here who followed the
false prophet Mohammed, but so frequent
an fierce became the difficulties between
them and the others who bore the name
of Christian, that the Pasha took a very
munmary mode of settling tho disputes—
he drove all the Mohammedans out of the
plum, and tore down their houses. If
this arm bard, it wag a very effeetual mode
ef.iiiiiposing of a troublesome subject, and
it shows to what a depth of aubjeotion' the
iababitatim of this saoted country are re
duced. Now the Bethlehemites are aU of
them Roman Catholic, Greek and Armen•
iea Christians, living in no better harmony
of feeling with one another than they did
I With the Arabs. but they are restrained by
Ithe arm of pOwer . <from outbreaks which
would disturb the'peace of thr town.
They have their three convents within
the same otter walls, knoWn by the names
of the several seats, and each claiming the
sanctity that belongs td the possession of
the holy places. In the same great enclo
sure, also, is a. vast edition, supposed to be
the church built.by Helena, the eelebth
ted mother of the Emperor Constantine,
but others say tier church was destroyed
by the Moslem's, and the present temple
was erected on the same site. And this
edifice. it is held, is built on the spot where
our Lord was born. Under the ebnrch I
entered the chapel In which they showed
`- oretandod manger, or tatA,, IT one
Wade 1431 r"e"-••110 vs, for ,the original, th e y
say, was carried to 1A...0. inne 1.1.1.1-
infant Jesus nl
s t a . A•. A. toff ions
the 'singer is AU altar occupying: the spot
where the Magi stood when they offered
their gifts of gold, frank-Incense and
myrrh. A brilliant star, to represent the
our which stood over the place ..where the
young child vo as," now marks the spot
where it is believed that the Saviour was
burn. ,
In my travels in Italy and.. the East. I
have often found that the stables for the
cattle are fitted up with comfortable places
for beds. after the manner of the berths on
shipboard, and in them the men who have
the care of the horses are accustomed to
sleep. If the hotel is full of a 1143318, any
one would prefer to take abed , in the sta
ble where he would be protected from the
night air, radial. than to lie out, and it was
Got there fore: di tio I.llllllllllli and . trying a cir
cumstance, as it appears at first view,"that
Joseph an d ?dairy should be coMpelled to
take refuge for the night in the stable.—
The same cause. the registry of all persons
who belonged originally in Bethlehem and
must dor resort 'here lo be taxed, or en
rolled for taxation, might have brought
others here on the' same errand, and made
the inns inadequate to furnish them bed,.
And it is not an unusual practice, oven
now, in this sante country. to use one-hall
of the house for a stable, and the other for
the family, while there is no alga of a par
'him between them. I have slept in this
way myself, amiss-ono manger bad, no
hove before it, Antonio occupied it for
his bed, and madle no complaint,of his lod
ging. The neiining` of one of the horses,
awakened me im the night. but Antonio,
whose ears were much nearer to the animal
did not hear it.,
But ifJoseph. and Mary had been per
sons of wealth and consideration, undoubt
edly "mom in dm inn" would hail) been
,
made for them, and the fact'that they were
compelled to resort to the itablei, and es
peeially under -their peculiar circumstan
ces of trial and peril; shows the humilia
tion to which the Son of Gad became sub
ject, in taking upon himself the form , of
man
The manger, is in , the hands of the 80.
man Catholics: and the Greeks and the, At.;
meniaris have nothing to do• *Mit: - The
altar of the wise men is co:icemen teall, but
may be used in regular tares: The' vitae
Over the star' belongs' eioliutivelylloy the
Greeks and•Artnenians, the ftirmer having
the precedence. Around the star. sixteen
golden pendant lamps are-kept constant
ly burning; of whioh.,the Armeninns have
six, the Greeks six, and getuan,Oith!
olics four. in to the great church, the posses
sion of whichis divided between the Greeks
and Annenians,itene Month enter by till
ferent doors. and maintain their separate
worship within 'the Same walls. The Roman
Catholics have noother privilege in it, bat
to pass through on their ow to the chapel
below. But, the division_ of holy ground
is carried even further than this, and the
cave where they pretend that Joseph and
Mary were bid, previous to their going
down into Egypt with the infaLt Jesus,
belongs to the Romanis's, while that of the
shepherds to whom the angels appeared,
is given to the Greeks. But if any of
these three contending sons could get the
power, 'they would quickly drive out the
other two, and such well , he the result when
the French take , possession of Turkey . . and
in behalf of the Pope of Bome, assume the
protectorate of Palestine, Which will then
bira Mania Catholic( see. ' '
Bet hew , changed the birthplaoe.of Jea
nest frost what jt, was on that ttiett when
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Mary took refuge here The 4 Grotto' of
i.the Nativity." as , the plaoe is mow called,
is a gorgeous chapel., and thirtrtwo
gaut lamps,
the gift of sovereigns and
I princes, shed Inger over the pcillehed 'mai
-1 bin" manger, and infidel:l 'attic; and the
paintings thatrepresent the - Magi offering
their gifts • lo the 'holy child, Here the
pilgrims from other land. were prostrating
/ themselves befdre the altars, and when
they had finished their devotions, I foamy
'where ed them up into the church. the
priest gave them the sacrament of our
Lord's supper .Irom a basket of bread, tal•
I king and laughing with them ,as they re.
ceived it, and now and then slapping them
on the back, in the excitenient of 'his glee 1
Blessed Master 1 do they thultdegrade the
mystery of thy death on the very place of
thy birth .1
And then with feeling more of disgust
than of reVerence, with a sort of sickness
at heart; r was led to ihe cell of Jerome
where he lived for years and translated the
Old Testament into the Latin tongue 7 --rand
then to the tomb. of Busebine, and still on
till we were shoWn the spot where by 'Her.
od's order the children
,were slain. And
here the folly of tradition became iatolera
ble, as the monk showed. 'us the skeleton ,
hand of one of these little ones, set in a
frame and covered with gauge. I turned
away relieved to get out of the presence Of
such fellows, and anxious to be allowed a
lone to wander and meditate among these
scenes that are more sacred to me than. to
those relic-mongering monks, and super- f
stitious pilgrims. ,
Civility to a Fortune.
Civility is a, fortune itself, fern courts!.
ous man always succeeds in life, and that
even When persons'''Of ability sometimes
fail: • The famdus Duke of Malbermigh is
a case in point,: , • It was +Said of -him by
one cotemporary,.that his. agreeable man
Tiers often converted as !mealy into a
frieod ; and by another, that it was more ,
pleasing to be denied a favor by Ilia Grioe, ' Boots AND PADEND naVe4our—
time to moire one froth other men.—; ' Thinking, speaking. acting, tollnen
The gracious manners of Charles James i Parents, &sod' think of this, *hen you
Fox preserved him from personal dislike, plate a batik 'or periodical odrour een
even at S. time when he was politically the , ire table I do you consider its influence
most unpopular man in the kingdom. The for good or evil f •
history of our own country is full .of ex- Every hook. every paper, has 'a tool.'
=plea of success obtained by civility.— • breathing a spirit 'good or batt It it the
The expecipnee of every man furnishes, it soul of its author, and when spread over
we butvrectlll the past, frequent instances ,the it:Tea of the hook, that soul acts upon
where conciliatory manners have made its reader ne truly as , when actin directly.
the forums of physicians, lawyers. di- The pers'on who touches Wei boa:come,
vines, politicians, merchants, awl indeed ;in militia withAlto'sotiVind" , lii,. Admix
indiviunals,of all Ipurouits.,, , In ; being in- votens,l , i s trimplitbs]eit:: ! ,' contact
tr.cultumd- to A. Atmore& .his affability, er:! With it is Asititting,ttia
possession in his behalf, or awakens "un- under circumstances .sy
consciously a prejudice against him. To to prier ,bitcotutitgl,like him ; for in the
men civility is in fact, what beauty: is to book everything. ta very
,deeply ; thought
woman ; it is a general passport to favor ; nut, in shape to
, Codvince, et carefully. ;
a letter of recornmendation Written in lan- dressed up, in a manner tr. hetwitch.—
gunge that .every stranger understands.-1 And all pi this indicates the necessity
The bast of men have often injured them-, care and caution,
selves by irritability and consequent rude- Wonlikyou, when 'purchasing hoOlta or
nese, as the greatest scoundrels have fre- papers
,for youiehildren. have their minds
gunny 'sticceeded by their plausible man• contaminated with vicious principles; let
ners. Of two men, equal in caber. re-;'them reed, everything that, pour!! forth.,
speOtP, the courteous 'one has .twice ..the a:torrent from the press of Abe day. -
chance for fortune.—Pltiladelphia Ledger. , , Remember, Whil extolling ' the, value : of
-• • the press. that it 'is Powerful for evil as it'
'A Pleasure' for a 0111141.: , i s for good, •
Blessed be the hand that prepares a Remember that . the eneiny:Of'ennle ern.
pleasure for e, child !, for there is no "V- ploys; it to diereminate his. deP!r9o°o doe-
ing when is may again bloom
,forth.— trines,
.and that he has even, : mors labor ! '
Does not almcist everybody remember : era' prediably .itt his employ, *en the
mite kindhearted man who *boated him !Qp of inin
.our :Pitivetion.
a kindness in the quiet days of ' Why should We, be locare,ilie regard'
hood 1. The : writer of litiOncouleolt him' ;.to the fond with, Which, our bodies : ,are
self at this, moment as a barefootedlad i nour i s b e d 7, while Wepay,sailiOle attention
at the ; wooden fence col a poor ;1 0 die mental pabolism whioft,optMiuda,
little garden in 'his Militia "village, wichlsoceilfe t gementbet t we ottn as ens
longing eyes he gazed upon' the flowers fly plint the seeds of disease :
which were blooming there
: quietly itt ).as in the bntly,,ind 'Oat diaraile implanted,
the brightness` Sunday morning.- in the mind is sery likely eradicated, with
The .pOssessor came forth ,- from • his little !itiore difficulty, than thebcidt:
cottage.: he ,was ar wood cutter by trade, A, book, or • paper exerts rut influence,
and spent the:whole wok , at work an the not nnlY in 'time , buieternity' rails on!
woods. He ,was come. into the garden to. howl infinitely'; t i
m om enta * -I,; lpor t,:
gather flowers to'stiOc i n hi s coat when he, ant that %%limy judiciotte,ilielection) . .of
went to church. He saw the boy; and reading
,homsda for all,especsaily,for,that
breaking o f the most beautiful of his car- rising.
nations it Was 'streaked with red' and White,
he gave it to him: s Neitheethe giver nor.
the. .reeeiver spoke a word, and with
bounding steps.the bqy ran home , ; and
now, bare at the vest distanCe from 631
liOntel;littei so inany — oveniP . Of 'tie ,nikriy
years, the feeling of gratitude which , mgt. ,
tilted the breast of that boy expresseeiteell
on palier.. The earnatuih has tong 'since
withered, - but it now bloorrur afreakt—L
Douglar Jerrold.
Tue DRUNKARD'S BRAlN.—Hyrti, by
far 'he greatest anatomist, of the age,. usad
lousy that he could the dirli=
est roma, by one eircikei of the adainif,
brain 61 the inebriate from that of't hit per.'
son who had lived soberly. Now and
Then he would congratulate hie class up.
on. the possesaion °lts Arunitarditt'braini
admirably. , fitted!: (rum:. its .t hardness :and .
more complete, , prisserv,ation, for ,the, , ,purtz;
poses of demonstration. When the an
aillMiat ttu, preeerte a human:bre*
toe any langtkar, 4llll , a ; 4,0 eff:eingt MP: Par.
pose b 7 keepinethist oinect ip a vessel Of
alcOltol. , From , ' soft. olor substance,ll
thenletionsse comparatively lusrd,
, Rut the inebriate, anticipating the anat.
°mist, begins the indurating processi'be.
fore t death-o•begins.itwhileitthei.tbrain -vp •
taikine,i4 e9afe,crtkked iefiPPla 1 49: Millis
while its delicate 'and g ossamer, tissues
still throb with the pulses cif heitien-bo'rh
iife.t.Strsoge:infatuation,ahuo to desecrate
,the go o.lik e t Terrible eitchantrneuttliat
dries up all the fountains of genetous
feeling, petrifies all the tender humahities
and swedrchari ties of •life,' leaving only.li
brain of lead sod a hear( of atone:!
=SEM
, .
Though wis,connot,. witlt, Mary, briog
our gostry_ oiuttnotit , to linoolut, Obri ~4'e,
body, yet we do more thau,,this„whoo, wo
briog bun our love,. which is sweeter to
biol. (fiat( 'oiritroeh ts'and
't Will you'letid rather t)crui newipspee 1
ha only !int. to i l:sad . ,
.1320 his dinner : 1 °ply wsat ao fat •
ITEARLESS AND, FREW!!
. .
11011111,0.17,/,Nrolile*,;;lr.
, _ ...
: We like homely,women. i ttritave tl.
ways liked them. We do pot 'tarry the
peculiarity far enough toinelndikihe hid
eous or positive ugly, for since beauty Nod
money are the only ,oapitel the world will
recognise in women, , they , are mite to be
pitied than admired ;' bat we MO • °liiv.
'hie, enthusiastic. regard for lilititt'womeu.
We never saw one who was not4,modasi,
unassuming and sweet iernpitetloaul have,
seldom come across one who was ikotairtu
ons, and had not a good beers..l;4lade- a.
ware early in life of their • want, At beauty ,
'by the slighted. atsten lions of ,On.oppo
sito sex, vanity,and .affectatimt newer take
root in.their hearts; ,and in , thsiikkope ;of
supplying attractiona ,Tfllialirs, tillPleloiolly
nature hat, deniti,, Ilie7, 9P 1 01 1 00. , Bra'
coNEs of the hear ' instead of the: , ti, and
give to the mind 'the/4' 'aecloM lituelitti
which the world so ' rarely 'll mete ih'
Wow:m.lqt ,which:are morn..ifillfltige and.
lir ie
in the eyes of men of ,seeeo, As , ' highly,
rs
prised than peoial beauty. ,: 4 ;hest!,
in the streets, at the church, and!' ey are .
alwaya the flame, and the smile gbh* ever
lives titian the face Janet, forcetklAhre to
fas4Mate, but is the sPiritaneoita,smnslikne, ,
reflected from a *iod,
,fi . ..ii44, idy fr
„which takes root in the tot,ll, elk - blooms
upon, the lips, inspiring rear3o,illettfaci ,of
,passion, emotions of edMiiatiee' 3 ,o•tiad of
' feelings of sensual regard . ' elatuw9reeti
mite good wiNes, ;odd' itiotherif ii , cheerful
homes and happy husbnnds, and we, never
see one hut we thank heaven that i t bus'
kitilly, ereated . moi s ten of Senile as well , s
beinty, for it is ihdrekSeidom ii, z female,is
found i piiispasing both. To homily wo.
meo,we therefore' lift our "tile': tit respect;
the world irtll extend the , Isaiah courtesy,
to 'beauty, tan' Francisco hait,bett few
plain women , hat' all such '' we intend
_to
make life subscribers. Co ',the Otikieti, ;Ems,
in vie will. Moir worth' , , t o so9pq.—San
.Pronciiico Golderi c ßra. '
Patriotic Solna o. 4
Ethan Spike, in 1ect5r•1040,2011934
TraWriptt Onted. kern Waelington city,
gives the following description, of the ) pa n
triotio emotions which pervam the attnc;s
phere of thatintereetiniloin itjr ,
arm here in the giati nv the
lioverin staute,- T or , to use IL , • tick Anger,
in the eery, Erie qr of ,
Eagle Perleyilinre,.emt
. ny - eiartert ind'elOit like,
met The alnioAfeer r•breath
E pluribuaea I • I feel: that . .on bl i st ere d
granund, an' seam to here Ir Fie ohs : thou-,
sand strings Rhein played n by apatite of
juet,,mext
,pir,fq4. - . , WoP, I .ett AIIP.RIAKII
an' stripes , is,llcttio' prey t! frutisels pt .
tble`treinetidnus 64)6, 'it . .i grmit feel
'inein.rny buitailer.is latent .rde of 'pejo
try wibrates , thare.'an' I' e . ame, Flag of
anntry.l.but'smoiehtleW, 'I an% got any •
bulbar. „I i ltalkerlate .its . cue the, idees
Ati 44 big au r gef Stuck' co. ' E mma.. I'in
sorry 'tie so. cos I'm sartinihate ti patrio
tio fusion full of ginocnshe • i patriotism.
11.,
autiti`di 'Would astonish e wirld • of it
pottklSod •
vent. It ums kinder atiok
m
in my throte. -. Ef I dont rid of if some
other way, they Ray I'll hs t e.to baye, : my
.tonsils cot !tout.. It ckoal k me properly,
,nn'' 'one 'doctore tells runs 'Within but
worms, •aa' that'salt water ill•ottre me.—
But:I don% like , water anway. apeshally
when its salt. However. t 've compere:lip 1
ed, and am usin whiskey scl calf--chat is
I eat smoked barons till gits ,up,a dry i
and.thon •squinches' it whittle licker. I'm
goin''' to try this 'Prosoripon thurOly; an
lu
of it' don t . either kill or re. Liman to 1
pueinyself thins. course oi maker riiml"
Tisietir 1N N
The Nebraska City Nei;
lever ja. raging ,here. , Clir
tlrek ind elpy acres. irini
'miles of that citY, tare still
to 41301:11 :' For; rota fun
fitY'Pfi% lll .4 .Test aleowtql
ed $6,000 la gold, wlO-'
or RAIL THICATLIIIIVI
I—We have beep, etreck„fisith that, pat.
.IK. g e Lieut. Maur?! ”Physhitt!l tleolcsa"
pity of the Sea." in, which he computes
the efface of a 'Single 'inch 'of iota iallit►r
an the Atlantis Ocean.. The , Atlintio in.
chides an, arse :of .Itrt *liqllge
miles. Suppose an inch of rain to fall
only upon pne•filth 9I his vast espanre:
'4l would'weigh," nyc odd hundred and sixty thousand Millions of
tons; and' the. salt •whieh, a. water. it
held in solution in, „the ; sea. and
when that water was taken up ,sit papq,
was left behind to distrhb ths equilibrium !
Weighed eixteen"thillinne Moore' 'toile, or
nearly [Wide as much ai all the shipse• in
the world could carry, ,all% largo, each. ; ,
might fall in a day ; but occupy what
liMit t it might
• kit feSiog,this rain
,is..cal•
inflated to exert So mncli t fotEe
inconceivably great, hi disturbing the 'vial..
ljbrium of.the - obits°, 1( . 111 the - water 'dis.
charged bY`ltie
the yeaFiveritakeii upld atigkty ma.
sure, and . ' , oink into oaf'.-ocean at one ef
fort. it, wonid not, make a greater . disturb,
ince in tho equilibrium of , the pea then
would the fall or rain supposed." 'And
yet, 'sonde' are the Operations of nit.
hire. that movements so•vast wiper.
isived,". , , , , ,
An Indian who head ti.iinittiM in a
Christian eettlememk was mach 'Moved:by
the claim that heahoald itiva up all, to
God.". The duty pressed apon ,his, heart;
he returned to hie wigwam ; be meditated
mubh uiiim it, and 'at length aolemoly rit:
totted to do whet God Teinalted.'"
First, he took hie riflmaadaet it 'Tett for
'.the,Lcird.;• then , hie fishing aPamtma ,• . theFt
Os tummy, furniture ;, chtla t his hlanket—
mpeating is lie sot *EWA each article:—
glare; Lettl.'teltit that. l" Iliiidihg 'hint;
self utterly destitute, having given :up all',
he yetlelt that be,: was loreakep or.(hod
o ad
l n ilci iras il
despair came over di"s. '
him. 41 -"t aa
this hie
Jail, extremity, he laid hiritiele taPiiit the
sleet. saying, ~ .Here," Lcitd, 'fake d" Libor
MIEI
Tileodei4og.waa,fooepttli, and there,
alone. bereft, of hninan help or hope. this
poor despised Sayan Was, delivered ion]
the pole!. of sin, and made.' in' heir of
glory. fie onoti . learned to'resd thelliblo;
which he made his daily companion; he
was happy in S'olittide.' or with Christian
frienda, to whOni 'often' remarked; that
when ho gave himielfip, to 'the Lord, the'
.borti gave'`'hiu rail ihinge."—aZiOttie
• A, child's eyetti titose, Oaar : ; wolls,. of •un.
'defiled thiitlght,4 . I.rht on pared , Can ite
beautiful?mute full tope. love and
'curinvitly, they' Meet *bi' of e: In' prayer'
'how*Carnestl , io )63+ howl' ip'srklittg M
sympathy how tender I The min , who
has never tried the companionship of a lit
tle .child•has . Carelessly pissed -by ittto - of
`the greatest pleasures of lifem ()papaws_ a
rare flower withoutpltinking ittpr knowing
its't;iiine: 'A child cannot . underetstidion,
yoti . I
spews to it'orthe holy thttigi
youriellipon; of your grief for the loss'
frielad.',of-youcluvo:for'.iotue one you
fear will pot
.197 e you , in, .retunt— , ik will
lake, 144 true, nopoanure
. snupdini of
yonr .- thotight
, it Will riiitindge'liow . touch
it shoidditelieve;:wlietliiii ynit triortby
orfit to atirant;the love wltitiVyon - seek
but, its,wbolts aqui will to.) ourvout4
ertgraft itself. se it wero. , -.on-, your (epilog
for ihelieur.,:—Hion: lfre:•lfoitort. •
• A Gwoul ! s2 , 4t7Ar, Pypu..—A country
sohOolma utit. in the neighhdrkood ofCoa ..
nevalterigiving one ofbiipapileit sound
drubbing Sor speaking load grdmni sr, seat
him to the pater, end of the ppm. to ja•
form another hey that 1p wished to speak
to him, and at the slate time pro - Wong to
repeit the &WI if ho spoke to him a*
tramtuaticilly ; the *ouepter being•quite
satisfied with Arhat helad,gof, determi*
l ed eq , litesue,t, 144 thus addressed his.o l ',
low pupil': •
.orhere is a common eubsartifie the'
'niaseulitite miler; singular isunibir: net»•
m aline evls4 add in an angry snood that
site perched trpon,lheemineace,at the oth
er end of tho room, wishes ,ut articulate a
few sentences .:to in . ihe Preieni
tel4c , 7 ' , • • •
-WHY MEXICO' VI Alt' 'iteartmee.—The
'immense ertisith of: the Roman ,Catholic
Church .);exiert is often, !peltingof on
sicoont of its inlicence in political 'affairs:
lirbile`the 'anneal income 'of the republic
does riot exceed $9,000,000. the. revenues
Of the ilmeeh".will amount:to $28,000,000.
The product p 4 the titites, on an average, is
estimated 3,t,51,825,80,0 per annum: and,
in 'Wank* to this; the.oleigy possess an'
immensecipititllin specie, tile *cements.
non of three centuries,arisingpartl9 from
bequests, and partly from surplus income.
The iiceleeisslic establUihroent connate of
one archbishopric, that of Mexico, chiefly
from dist portion. of the tithes intended
for the subsistence of the clergy. and a.
mounts ro s4oo,ooo—the archbishop re•
ceiving 8130;000.
I.ART-F 6 in
[. Alone,
and
is•thiok with
THE BEST IN THE Housx.—Simeon
Draper. one of the (lotlertioni of the New
York Alkus HOuse,'wes dining'reoently at
Albany, New York, where the butter hap
pened to be Particularly 'rank :
"Here, John," said Draper to a favorite
Irish waiter who was standing behind him
—"John take this plata avow; some liko
their butter stronger than others."
John took . the plate and held it tip to
his miso moment with "the air of a con
noisseur, than put it back again in its
place, and observed in a firm voice:
%.111istber Draper, that's the strongest
butter we hive in the hotiee.". • • • •
ANA.
eye Thai a lend
itzte:of a hun
twbelliel 'a heif
S at fro‘ $5OO
I , a4eiaSig. the
1 44 0 *legi,ofter'..
►*,►► refused.:.
you wish a triangle to
contain just in lett, midis "eaeh'aide hilts-
teen'rode lire and I half' linitrlorl.
drian ea abase aides..aria els( %rods, and
• tw enty 4ki
orin. son.
GlCielllin
.• Akre , yeu,Strivielgt - •
Whatshal I I say of those who are irregular
about pul3lid worship on Sundays i There
ire thousands that anirrit ilitadescriptipn.
'flometiriteri, if they feel dlitposcd, they go
to some church or shape!, anti attend a tell.
eons service.' ; At„ other.. times they , st;ly
at home and read the papers, or idle abou,t,
or square their aeaounts,. see: mime a.
mnsalient.' Is Ilats• "drstiltigl"' I Speak
td men of common sense. let them judge!
wharf say. .
What shall isty of, those, who come
itgalatty , Inc place, of worship, but come
entirely as e'sity.ter of form? 'lrhere" are
many " conditidn. 'Their fatheri
, taught theiwto cotnekA.Their custom has
always been.to Tome. Itwould not be,res,
spectable, Wiry sway.,,, But they core
nothiniforthe Worahip of God wheh they
do tiolud; hhtheik'tbeY' bear Taw or gos
pel,;trutWOr error, 'it .1 all the name to
them.' A , They..rettiember nothing afters '
wartlp„ . They .pat o; their form of -reli-,
' gion with their Sunday clothe., and return
to the,world. stud ' is this "striving ?"
I sphitlf hien 'of common sense. Let
them-Judge what I say;
What shall I *my of those who seldom
or never read the Bible ? There are thou
sands • bf'phisone, T kart who answer
desortption. " They kdow the 'book by
name. The know' it is emelt:oly, regarci. I
ed as dte.only hook wbioh teaches us howl
to live and bow to .die. But they can
nevi:l6l46i for' reading it. ' I
pars niiieWs; navels, ruinewieri they can
reakiini net 'the Bible. And is this
4 ,lstriviagn to enter in' r speak to, nhou
of oeultota , fselleo. , Let thew judge whet
•". at shall T aar„of those who never l
prey ? ' There are triiiltitideti: I firmly be-,
lieve, is .this condition: , Without', God i
they rise. in , merlin. and Without God •
eheitlie down at night.'-' They ask nob,
They, confess nOthinip They re.
ttirn'A'ahlis for•nOthifig. - They seek noth
ing: • They ere 'lll;'dying creatures, and'
yet theism noevidn on speaking tame
iviO their Naker and their. Judge. And
is this ','attiviag ??' 1. ; speak., ,men of
common settee.. Lei•them judge what I
,; , •
in the followinelnea the writer htu(put in•
to vg"r! thought he &Rid iR
prose F
wordtare like Karl which beats •
The Iterbagelo,thogrouodi
tiind.words arc like Ihe gentle rains
Width adatteli'freslitiesa ibund.
• i
, •
.a!,te yeas
Drop.fioin'a ?areutWnigue.
t Thp rust eats in and oft we find
That naught which we can do,
Tcl'elesheethe trona! dr the mind;
The htightnesaMil tone*. t ,
-AO Englisiitia. boasting of the suiperi•
oritYath9 h9rF 9 l 9 i1#1.,41 1 E , 99 1 1 0.rYn , ,Illenn
tionedthat tlie,eldebrated,,Scilert had run
'A mile in , eitnitinte. ' '"
“Mgoadlellaw,ixclaltned
-can present, ..that is rather lees thaithe
average,rete of, our common roadsters.
dive at'iny - ootntbr sea'. Muir Philadelphia,
and when'l ride to, town in , .a burry of a
Ingrain& my, ,otra , alkadow cant ,keep up
with, all, but, genenthy comes into the
attire til t find Me from a minute to a min
ittirfo'ei minute and ti htlf after my arrival
O verniarning , tha beast was restless, and I
rode him aa fast as ipossibly could sever
al times around ,a !err fitetory—just to
take old Harry, out of im. Well, air. he
went • sin` fist that 'the 'whole time I
as* tn* , back tliretitly before me, and
was twioe in dabger of 'riding overray-
Se//1" , I
fdoittrAts.--Newton binned
away:kis; early advantages,' and become'
an, abandoned profligate; but the , texts
'end. hymns his mother had fixed in his
ntiad, in' his infancy and childhood were
never effaced, and finally fastened him to
the 'Cross. Cecil tells us that in the days
dila vanity, though he withstood so ma
pions endeavors, ho paver could resist
his mother's tears. Wilson, ;,late Bi4hop
of Calcutta, in his narrative of intercoursu
with Bellingham.' the assassin, says be
Could make :him feel nothing •until he
Mentioned hie mother- r and then tie broke
into Jeers. "Ini the morning sow thy
seed and in the evening
,withhold not thy
band.7--reintont Chronicle."
. , .
110 w It , OUT WilitrAolol -- 0 any
otrenn sere in a try( fix a een
tre: and with . a rope as a radius, seven rude,
'three links mod three-eights-long, one,eed
attached to the.centre, and,kept.tirdorotiy
stretched, the 'sweep al It at the other end
will lay 0111 the sere. Vor ene•gtiarter n 1
an acre, n ripe three rode and fourteen
links will be the right, length.. ~For one
eighth ,or al! Ilrlt lr
roOltlit.roAt .4134
thirteen links will be entnigk.
To LAY' 017 i. A.N 131.1psa :OR OVAL.--
Set three Staltati ttiangUler (Mitten.
Atnontl these Ittroteh 4 rope. Take awsy
the stake at
,the apex or the tri a ngle:
whioh will he when§ the twatac'nuie—
move the stake along against 'the 'rope,
keeping it tight, and it will trace out the
oval.
,A square to contain au sore, or
just one hundred and sixty reds, should
have each of its sitlpsjustlwelie Iva, ten
feet and aeven4enths long,
A gentletnau and, a Hibernian 'Were ri.
ding together on the top of the Newark
and Grantam, coach, when the former
missing his handltcrehiof very' fuahly ,
charged hie fellow traveler with hating
stolen it; but soon' finding it again' had
the good manner to beg -pardon for the
affront;
~natring it .was a, mistake ; , tq which:
honest Pat replied with the greatest eptili
.ness, "Arab, my jewel. then' it Wait.
teal mistske 7 you , took me for. a ; thief,
and I took you fee gentlenien."
"Boy! ohouli be sein.and PA' heitr)."
itte.yo,MilscageThliciwol ol6 P9 l JYN: ll 9
Air Iwo.
• „
. t.= . ,101 l
INUMBE.R ) I.
• - Lock. 2 f• . ,) '1
I May here,#al well us striwnere, im
part the secret of tvilitl ie oalled gopd si*r;,
had luck, *l'hoso *roman who suppesfog
Providence to hive an. imptseableepitelsoel
gninst them, bemoan:in poverty.ofawteteh;+ ,,,
od old age the misiorttmes skil4Cillt . ,tves.,
took forever ran against 'theifir add far"
Others. ' '"
One, with a good
,profeseiml, loot, .*:l 1
! - luck in the, river, whew he idled avray.kla. .
time a eng, when he should have Neel, , 1
in the e:' Another with a good trade,
, perpetually•burnt up his luck by his hot
temper, which provoked all his emplOyeVs ,
i.,..
ti leave him. . Another with „a Itt,iii i
yi
businesi;; ldst hie lii::k hy amazing . ill
gence at' everything but his oVin'tintill'a /
Another who followedliviiade; eh iteWlly'l9q
followed hi's> bottle.. , Anothat who: Est/ yin
'nonest,andeoustantat his , work, erred by„,,,,
perpetual misjudge:n/4 77 he lacked diecm-,,,, I
tion: Hundreds lost 'their ludk by'iiiiditii
eing—by ' a nguine 'apeculatintiL-tititt'bil '''
dishonest gains. A mair'neviirliia geoitui
'luck who has a bad wife. 11 never keswlci
au eariy, rising, ,hard working,,,prudoto ci g
•j 7
, man, careful of his cainings,,eo aril' Ad
honest who cortiplaiued of bad inci:"
good"Chaileter; godd habite, aid' liviit •••
dustry, are impregnable toithe•ltisaults arm!
all the ,ill, fools ever dreatned,.Of.,:,: Aftlihri
when 1 see a,tatter-detottlion,„ereOris 9111„,,,
of a grOcery late in the afternoon ,with ins ,
hands stuck his pockets, the rini ilthliviee "
turned up, and the crown knoclid'iniiort" ,
'know he has had bad' Itick.—for the , stOrtit4
of all, luck is to be a aluggard,;e,ltnirrO jd j ,
.. .
or -a ttpler.—Henrs Wartl Reee4er. , , , -
The Love of Home.. .r.• -; irs
• It is ,only ,ahallow.minded. ; pretenders ,i ;
.who either make, diMinguished, prigin„y.„,
1 matter of personal merit, or Obscure. ort.
! gin' a matter of personal r4rotich: ' 'Pala& 1
and scoffing et tla humble eboditienwitfor'
early lite, affects nobody in Ainerica ~ n t ld
t hose who are foolish enough., to , inthilo h.)
t in them, and they are generally , eufficienh., ,, „,
) ly punished by' rebuke. , A nentoihnt, 1
not ashamed of himself need tot be ashim."'"
ed ,of his early condition. "It'didthappien"v
to me to be, born in a log raised r.
among the snow drifts of New Efentkeltires t , l 3
at a periods° early that when theamokefirst
I
rose from its' rude chimney. and curled over
I the frozen hills, there, was no similar ' evi.,
dance of a white man's habitation between' ,
it and the settleinenin on the' river's of
Canada. Its retnnina still exist' Intake .
it an annual visit. I carry, my ichildren' , ..,
to it, and ,testob them tbe hardships en. ;,
ured by the , generatien before:them. 1,, ..,,
laic to'diell on the tender rieellectioni
...t.„.2...5,..tif,t.,...' syro.srly: affritpeit, ' itinii 4 ;1) "
with all / ALIOII OP tplel Vim I tr. - ukturry-rr
ib* i;'lLweeP to 41i94 Ow! OiwpfAbon,,,•..
who inhabited
it ore among the t living . ;
and' trivet I fail iii affectionate veneritti - Oh '''
for bile who' raised it; . 'arid 'defended Irk , / ''
.gainstic savage violence and . .'deistruationiiw
cherished, all domestic. amniotic beneath:Ow, ,
roahlind , through the ,fire nett blood of , ~..
seven years revolutionary war, shienti' "
front no teil;no taCrifice, to s'er ' ve hiettOntiV' '
try, and to raise his children to a conditibia,o
better. than his owe:.may, my name, and. 4'
the Pape of my posterity, be blotted frons,,d
the napery of mankind. , _ ,
•. , ,
DIIIO.ABEd pestifentua
weed, called Johtwwart, if !growing,
dandy where., sheep are : pastate . d r ,
cause nit.irrintion ill the skin, Often over
the whole body and ligs of the ihekp .
generally it is confined to the -neighbotj ' , f
hood of the month: if eaten in ton, larger,'
quan;ities,it prOdUCOM violent inflemppetionz,„i :
of the bowels, and is frequcntly fatal, tin
lamba, and somettntes to adults. lad,
feete, When inflammation id produced
ternally, are 'singular.' :The taritev:bas
witnessed. the most fantastic 'capers
sheep in
. this situation ; and once. a lamb,
whilst running, described a circle with all
the precision of a 'ciretis.hoise;'thie
continued fill it fell front e.xhatiatioti
Treattnent.-4-Anoint the irritated
with hog's lard and sulphur., If ,•iltergt
are symptons of infla Mutation ophe.stout-,
ach, administer tar—putting
.it into' the
tnoutti taltli'a &awned eriek. '
hog's lard is frequentlymaed with suoistal.,:w.
Itcmove the flock, to ',whore free trorktAttk i ,,
weed, and salt freely. It said thttt
if given ,often, to sheep, is an' * effectual"
guard against Ihe piiigorlous propertar
the weed.
DuTqa . Akhcrton.—lt is the ittveriablei, i ,,
practice throughout II Ihnd, 10 bieldowpsi it
eusteied of up, p,t aucton. tirticf• ''"
is set up at any price the auctioneer plea&
tjaif' nobody bids he hewers fiatil•jettaY - V.
poreoa criae ..111ine !' and that,perieg,,-,njiq
Chtitus it, is then, entitled to 41prait,ir t „,,
congenial to Dutch taciturnity
.r
'A. .E/OUS 70, PAINT. --4 4 , Pre 5 ent
i , n my. portrait,' anid,.a gentleman to hin, ,
fiainter, 'with a book in my bl!rl;ana'icrid- - ' x
lug aluud: Paint illy aervaut 'alen"in'sg`: l
corner where hu eitnnot.'be`, aeen:Aintl hal -or!'
sued is manner that he may bear ma wk, j
I call l..
A Yankee and'an Irishman, tiding: to.
gather, passed by a gallows; "Pat,' atik ) ..4
the Yankee. *give that gallows its due. and
where would yon be .'Faith that'a poid e
kuown.',repiied,Pat, 'l'd be riding to top!!! !I
by myself all alone ow* . The lessikos
was geat this time'. ' '•• -
, • plc
Joh;i Randolph wu one of the Mott
sarcastic men that ever lived. One time ft
Young man attempted to make'hisatipMits. '
tanee. He obtained an iatrodnetiOn tad
among the unit remarks said,: 3
passed by your , bolts:4 lately .
,
hops you alwajs will i ' t wu ttt. `e-r . is t
,
Another one twitted him
,ito owasi
of eduoitimi.'"' . 10 , Xheir
"The!gelitletnau
de Ipte in seply, lif nfAiltsibtalrl l llololll4 • !
ere Door or witurt!,,suie
cYr 4t
'tire4 l ' ititied . thatt r77lllllrl " ll44.l ' *: ' ;
a tfr et rowl‘4"tri.
, ,
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