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CHAPTER III.
Continued from laslveek.)
Just as the rite ended, the door suddenly
opened, and a middle-aged woman entered.
Sbc fixed her eves, for a moment, on the youth
who still stood on the floor, with his thoughts
raised to heaven. At a glance, she seemed to
comprehend what had taken place ; and, rush
ing forward, threw her arms around his neck,
exclaiming: "O, my son my son! heaven
hath heard thy mother's prayers."'
"Yc3, mother," said he, '-rejoice with me.
My thoughts bid me hither to-night; and I am
now of thy faith and baptism."
For some time, little else was heard than the
weepings of over-joyous hearts, mingled with
many humble expressions of gratitude and
praise.
A mother" prayers, in truth, baubeenheard.
The son of Ileli rejoices in hopes of a better
life. Of his own accord, he had come to tell
the man of God the story of his anxieties, and
to receive the rite of baptism at his hands.
His mother's anxiety, after a time, had led
her to follow his isteps, as she had followed him
with her prayers; and she had entered as rela
ted. "It is meet," said Prythcus, "that thanks
should be given;" and raising his eyes to hea
ven, and then closing them, they all knelt
down the mother by the side of her son,
with her arras still around his neck.
U"Iio can comprehend the depth and inten
sity of a mother's love I Neither the utmost
deformity of person, nor loss of reason, nor
the most reckless course of" life can sunder
the mysterious tic that binds her to her off
spring. Even the rottenness of the grave on
ly serves to endear them to the soul, in the ev-ery-day
and hour's remcrabranee of their liv
ing forms; nor do they cease in their fond rec
ollections, till they lie in death by their side,
and join them in the spirit world.
This love, in the case of a pious mother,
while it searches out ways and means, and
manifests itself in every conceivable and pos
sible manner; yet, in nothing, perhaps, is it
f than in their lonsrinz. restless
lesire to see them make choice of that "good j
part" which shall never be taken from them.
This eboieo, sincerely and voluntarily made
by a child, is more eomfort to such a mother,
iiifiifthe world had lavished its choicest hon
ors upon them, or cast its millions attheirfeet.
Such consolation, in its greatest fullness,
this widowed mother had at this moment; and
a Prytheus gave his parting blessing, we can
readily conceive with what heart-felt gratitude
ehe clasjied the hand of her boy, and returned
quickly to the quiet of their home.
Nor will it be deemed a trespass, should we
follow them a few moments, and look into
their little private chamber.
They are both knelt down. The mother's
arm is again around the neck of her aon-' The
face of each is up-tnrned to heaven ; and the
jijs of a purer and holier light than of earth
teems to be shedding its radiance upon them.
The mother's lips are moving in the earnest
out-goings of her heart In gratitude to God,
and in prayer for blessings cpoa herself aad
child.- ' . ''
' Now they have quietly risen from their knees.
The mother's countenance is 'still 1 lustrous
with the descending rays, while her boy is wi
ping the tears from his eyes. .
"But couie, iuy son, said she,, "it is meet
thaf heaven should be praised in song."
- In a few moments, the old harp of neli,
which had accompanied hira in his wander
ings, and cheered his heart in many an hour
of its sadness, was standing on the floor, and
his son seated by it. ' i -
"Let our hearts go forth , in praise," said
nhe, "In the words Israel's sweetest singer
the Lord is my Shepherd xud presently his
delicate fingers were softly touching its
strings, and the little chamber was filled with
the. melodies of an air, which recalled the
memories of by-gone days, and praised God
in inspired verse. -
When they'came to the fourth verse Yea
.though I walk through the valley and shaddw
of death, yet will I fear no ill" the sweet
plaintive Toice of the boy slightly ; faltered,
and big tear or two rolled over his cheek.
.But when they "had finished the Psalm, he re
turned, and repeated the, verse alone singing
with a loud, " clear voice, while a smile of joy
. played on his brightened features. ,
"Yes, my child.'f said the mother, "we mutt
all walk through that valley : '
. I should think 'it would nt be dark woir,
" rccthcr," siid he.' looking jap pleasantly into
her face.
"No, my child, a light from distant skies
illumines it, and makes it quite cheerful and
pleasant."
'And who walks with us there," he inquired.
"Tho Lord the Shepherd of Israel," said
she.
"Then,"" said he, "we should'nt fear any
ill, mother."
CHAPTER IV.
Two-thirds of Home is in ashes. Six thou-i
sand citizens are buried beneath the smoking
ruins. . Here and there through the burnt dis
tricts, solitary individuals, or the remnants of
a family, p.re seen wandering about in inconso
lable grief, or quarrying into the chared and
blackened masses, in search of the remains of
childreu or friends.
Along the dingy, smoky streets, crowds are
pushing their way, wild and frantic, muttering i
suppressed curses ujwn themselves and rulers
while detachments of soldiers move along
in gloomy, sullen silence.
The few remaining temples are still crowd
ed with infatuated multitudes, seeking, by
their numerous and costly offerings.to appease
the. ansret of their Gods. Some are wildly
beating their breasts, and lacerating their bod
ies ; while women with uissheveled hair and
frantic gestures, are uttering the most doleful
and piteous lamentations.
' The Campus Martius, and the banks of the
Tiber fr mtles on either side, presett the most
heart-rending and appalling spectacle. Thou
sands have assembled here with, their families,
and such of their effects as they had been able
to preserve from the flames. Many are entire
ly destitute of either food or clothing. Pa
rents are seated dejected and gloomy on the
earth, vhile their children are fretting and
crying around them. There is no sympathy,
one for another. Each seems overwhelmed
with the extent of his own losses, or the suf
ferings of himself and family.
So great a calamity, indeed, had seldom, if
ever before, befallen a city. A few days ago.
Rome stood in all her unrivalled splendor
with her magnificent temples, gorgeous pala
ces, ircmenee amphitheaters, triumphal arch
e, and beautiful gardens the wonder of the
world, and the pride and boast of her nation.
Now, the gay and voluptuotrs-metropolis lies
in ashes or blackened piles while her two or
three millions of inhabitants, in consternation
and dispair, gaze upon her ruins.
The country for miles around is filled with
smoke, and the sr.n, shorn of its rays, has a
blood-like appearance thus increasing the su
perstitious fears of the people, and strength
ening the popular excitement.
Directly over the city a dense black cloud of
smoke has been hanging for several days. At
length, vivid flashes of lightning arc begining
to play along its shaggy edges, and now and
! then stream across its dark and portentous
surface, followed by peals of loud and terrific
thnnder
Such was the state of things in Rome, and
tho omnious aspect of the heavens, on the
night to which the following incidents refer.
A3 usual, when alone, Prytheus was seatvd,
and his thoughts busied about the future At j
present, however, ho found it difficult to ex
clude altogether from his mind the scenes of
distress and misery which lay that rncment
around him. .ne could not but think, and
think, too, with an intense anguish of soul, of
the desolations of his city, and the sorrows
that were rending the hearts of thousands.
But though there was sadness in his counte
nance, yet there was nothing of dispair. On
the contrary, there was more of firmness in his
features such as betokens a resolution to
brave all dangers, and endure all trials. And
such a purpose, as one of a dispised and per
secuted sect, he had early formed that come
what might, he would be awed by no man's
threats, perverted, by no flatteries, of the
world, however seducing, from that sublime
faith and those sacred principles, which, by the
blessing of .God, he had been led to embrace,
Afcw .large drops of rain -precursors of the
torrent about to be poured forth were falling
heavily on the sloped roof, and leafy vines
which clustered thickly around his antique
abode. Startled at this unusual noise, he had
raised himself up erect in his seat, and was lis
tening with an air of surprise, when Valens,
pale, and almost breathless, hastily entered.
His fears had caused, him to walk rapidly, and
never before had lie visited his old friend
with a heart so sad and depressed.
.After a few hasty and incoherent saluta
tions, they both sat for some time without
speaking, too sorrowful, or each waiting, pcr-
haps, on tho other to break the sad and pain
ful silence. ' ' r '
: Sometimes, they were both gazing thought
fully at the floor then at one another then,
as if listening to the pouring, dashing torrents
of rain, and the loud, startling peals of thunder
which shook tho earth, and made the old walls
around them tremble
"A greater storm than that threatens us
fires, more ; fearful than have laid our city in
ashes, have been kindled;" at length said
Valens, with a deep, heavy sigh.' '
Prytheus, ignoraut of the doings without for
the last few days, looked surprised at Valens,
not being able to comprehend his meaning
"The fires of persecution are , kindled; and
ere the liyht to-morrow the bodies cf a
hundred Nazartnes will supply them with fu
el" continued Valens.
"And may they be faithful witnesses," said
Prytheus, hurriedly: "but what! hath the
madness of the Emperor sot against us ?" he
inquired, eagerly.
"Yes;" said Valens, "and all who sacrifice
at the altar of his Gods."
Prytheus made no reply, but looked at Va
lens, calm, and resigned.
"The Emperor's conduct," he continued,
"during the conflagration roused the suspi
cions 01" the citizens. These suspicions gath
ered strength with the progress f the flames ;
and when the city lay in ashes before the eyes
of the people, nothing could exceed their in
dignation and wrath. The Emperor was bold
ly charged with setting the city on fire, and
beicg the author of all their miseries. The
public feeling was soou at its highest pitch, and
loudly demanded his condemnation and death.
"Why ! what hath been our Emperor's con
duct ?' inquired Prytheus, astonished.
"Infatuated ! wretched man!" exclaimed
Valens, scarcely able to suppress his indigna
tion: "while the ilamcs raged and devoured,
like 3ome insatiate monster, the dwellings and
families of the Roman people he sat on the
top of the Tower of Macenas and, playing
upon Lis harp, sung the song of the burning
of Troy, declaring that he wished the destruc
tion of all tilings before his death."
"Nor doth their suspicions surprise me,"
said Trytheus.
"Xor'me; nor any one in Rome," said Va
lens, "who knows the man and his acts."
"I fear he is capable of the most perfidious
cruelty," said Prytheus.
"To be sure;" said Valens, "only hear it !
To excuse his conduct, and divert the wrath of
his subjects from oil himself, he hath laid the
blame ou us christians. With monster injus
tice he has succeeded, and even to-night, as I
said, the flame3 arc kindled for our death."
"The will of the Lord be done," said Pry
theus, laying his hand on his breast, and rais
ing his eyes to heaven.
Reader, be not incredulous. In this conver
sation, you havo only been listening to the re
cital of a familiar and well authenticated fact
of history. It is hard, I know, to believe
any mancapnble of an act so black, detestable,
and depraved much less the Emperor of an
illustrious nation.
But, alas! the days of Rome's virtue and
glory were past. In the person of Augustus,
ths republican spirit of the people had been
extinguished; an lj lulled into security and in
toxicated by tho facinations thrown around
them by that artful and insiduous tyrant, they
were prepared to submit to any injustice, and
wear the chains of slavery without complaint.
In bis reign though in some respects the,
most renowned and illustrious in the na
tion's history the form of government -was
radically changed, a monarchy established,
and tho people fully prepared to bow their
necks to the iron rule of the despot. '
UnforUmatelv, his successors had none of
those virtues that aim at making the best even
of a despotism. Vicious and depraved, they
were distitute of courage and magnanimity
and soon the Empire was shorn of all Its an
cient glory, and the people reduced to a state
of the most abject vassalage.
In Nero, we have only a personification of
their general character though of all the mon
sters who rapidly succeeded to tho throne, du
ring the first few centuries of the christian era,
he was, without doubt, the most detestable,
cruel, and perfidious. As has been justly ob
served, "almost every act of his life was an
outrageous, horid crime. Not satisfied with
putting to death many of the noblest citizens of
Rome, he had murdered his wife and mother;
and now, as if to outdo all his othercrimes, he
burns the metropolis of his empire, and char
ges it upon an innocent and harmless sect !
And for what end ? No other can possibly be
conceived, than his antipathy to their faith
or his insatiable thirst for Wood ; and that he
might have an opportunity of gratifying his
horid propensities, and witnessing now spec
.tables of suffering and death. '.','-
Only think of a feeblo and harmless class of
citizens, at the mercy ofs'ich a monster; and in
the very midst, too, ot outraged millions, who
believed them guilty of a crime for which no
attoncment could be found but in their blood
Well, indeed, might a philosopher tremble,
and a.noblcman turn pale. ' - ' ' - '
"Can such base injustice bo enduured I"
said Valens, rising and walking hastily across
the floor. v .
"They may destroy our bodies, but tney
cannot destroy our souls. There's an exist-
ence for Ae;n, beyond the wrath of Emperors,
or the regrets and sorrows of the world. Such
are the exalted teachings of our faith; and with
such a faith, whj' should we shrink from death,
or seek revengo upon our enemies ?"
Valens mado no reply; but stopping quick
ly,' he stood for some minutes gazing, fixedly
at the floor, and then glancing his eyes up
ward a moment, ho took his seat and burried
his face iu his hands. . .. , , , , '
It is a perfect tornado out-doors. The rain
is whirling and dashing furiously upon the roof
and against the old walls. The successive
peals of thunder aro frightfully audible above
the wild roar of the watery clerQcnts,
Our two friends, for' the present, aro awed
! into silence, and are siitu-
statues. Even the old lamp is trembling, and
seems as if afraid to emit its wonted rays. .
There are times when a man's thoughts are
peci:liaily his own, and when no one has a
right to know them, or inquire af ter them.
And then there are times when the operations
of the mind are so rapid as to leave no distinct
or tsjigible idea behind them ; or, so sudden
and shifting are the scenes around us, that we
have so distinct recollection of what has pass
ed, or .what our thoughts had been busying
themselves about.
: HeTice it might be useless to make any in
quiries as to the thoughts of Prytheus and
Valens, jusjat this time ; but if their minds
were still and inactive as their bodies, they
had few thoughts of anything save, perhaps,
the battling tempest. -
Now, however, it has partly subsided. Its
wildest fury has been spent ; and though the
rain is still falling, fast, yet it is descending
more gently, and is making only a pattering
noise on the roof and vines. And then the
voice of the thunder seems coming from a
greatet distance, while- the lightnings are less
frequent and vivid.
The old lamp,- moreover, has quit its trem-
bliugs, and is shining more brilliant and stea
dy; while our two fnends have ventured to
stir themselves up a little, and are making a
few remarks about the violence of the'storm,
and its probable effects upon the smoking and
smouldering ruins of the city.
But instantly their attention was arrested by
strange murmuring' noise on the street.
They are litt-uing with the most eagersilouce.
On account, however, of the pattering rain,
they can only occasionally hear it, and then
very indistinctly. But, at last, they could not
be mistaken. It was the confused noise of a
multitude, mingled, now and then, with the
cries and lamentations of men, women, and
children
Hastening to the door, and cautiously open
ing it a little j they could see through the over
hanging vines a noi.sv rabble, mostly armed,
hurrying along the opposite side of the street,
and driving : before them a number of persons
who.; cries aud waitings could now be distinct
lv heard above the distant roar of the tempest.
"They're christians," said Valens.
- Jt4-3 .tli6- wojk Of death is cun," said
Prytheus. They both returned and took their
seats, the tears flowing down their cheeks.
All was again quiet on the street, when, Va
lens risinc. took Prvtheus affectionately by
the hand,
savinfr : "the hour bids rue return
to my family."
"To-morrow night," said Prytheus, "we
meet in the Catacombs."
7b be Continued.
' The Slave Trade.
The following paragraphs are copied from a
very recently published book, entitled "Cap
fain Caiiot, or Twenty Years of cn African Sla
ver.'
They need no comment :
.-i have no hesitation in saying that
three-fourths of the slaves sent abroad from Af
rica, are the fruits of native wars, fomented by
the avarice and temptation of our race. I can
not exculpate any commercial nation from this
sweeping censure. We stimulate the negro's
passions by the introduction of wants and fan
cies never dreamed of by the simple natives
while slavery was an instution of domestic
need and comfort alone. But what was once
a luxury has now ripened into an absolute ne
cessity; so that man, in truth, has become Ike
Coin of J)t, ice, the 'legal tenders' of a brutal
trade."
England, to-day, with all her philanthrophy
sends, uuderthe cross of Saint George, to con
venient magazines of lawful commerce on the
coast of Africa, her Birmingham muskets
Manchester cottons, and Liverpool lead, all of
which are righteously swapped at Sierraleona,
Acia, and on the Gold Coast, lor Spanish or
Brazillian bills on London. Yet, what British
merchant docs vol fcno?c ,fhe traffic on which
those bills are founded, and for whose support
his wares are purchased? France, with her
bonnet rouge and fraternity, despatches her
Rouen cottons, Marseilles brandies, flirasy
taffetas, and indescribable variety of tinsel
gewgaws. Philosophic Germany demands a
slice for her looking glasses and beads; while
multitudes of our own - worthy traders, who
would hang a slaver as a pirate, when caught,
do not hesitate to supply him indirectly with
tobacco, powder, cotton, rum, and New En-
gland notions, in order to baitthe trap in which
t he maybe caught. It istketemtation of fese
; things, I repeat, that feeds the slavemaking
warS of Africa and forms the human basis of
i thoa a4mirabie bills of exchange." ; ' ,
!, If a native king lacks cloth, arms, powder,
b Ug tobaco rum or salt, and does not trade
personally with the factories on the beach, he
employs one of a numerous class of brokers,
who aro skillful in their traftiic. as the jockeys
of civilized lands, to effect ' the bartery; and
thus hcth British cottons and Yankey rum as
cend the rivers from the second hands in
which they have, passed, while the sav
proaches the coast to become the cbp-' ,
of a bill of exchange t ' ' "" '
. ociett. We're
Qcestion Ton A D'to de&th -ec
the htars made tojgj claMaaac8 ;.e
ond rate PoetryidtJcaaalTer5 Vn their W
they ictnd0 nine Iocks 7 -
, ; An Irishman's Eefence. i
Michael Connelly has, for years, lived, like
many of his poor countrymen at home by his
wits. , Often before the magistrates for fheep
tealing and similar offences he always escaped
and now, to get rid of him he is before Baron
.eroy and a jury for vagrancy." He addressed
the court and the jury, on his own behalf, in
Irish; for jqu'U never get a Golwayman, wit-
riess or pris6ner, to confess he understands j
rlnglish. The Judge begged any of the learn- ;
ed counsel who could, to translate the speech
nto English which was done litterally as fol
lows : "He submitu," said the interpreter,
that what iu alleged against him, proves his
honestv True he has-been often tried, but
never condemned. - This is in his favor. May
bc, if yenr lordship and the jury had beontricd
as often, it's not in tire box or on tho bfneb,
but in jail or over seas you would be this day.
The oftener gold is molten in the furnace and
purified in the lire the brighter it appears.
His case ia like that of Jonah for Mr. Lop-
deli, (one of the magistrates,) is very much
like a whale, and sought to devotr him; but
he escaped as did Jonah, and came out clean.
He is accused of selling legs of mutton in the
fairs and markets for 6d ; (he stole the sheep
killed and skinned them in some bog or
mountain glen and then cut them up and sold
them ;) but this shows that with his industrious
habits as a butcher, he joins good nature to
the poor. He is ready to be tried for shet-p-
stoaling ; but he denies ho can be sentenced as
vagrant." The judge left it to the jury,
who unfortunately for poor Connelly, had not
"a doubt, of which to give hira the benefit."
So he got three months leisure to concoct hia
next defence. -
A Bold Preacher.
When Samuel Davies was president of
Princeton College, he visited England for the
purpose of obtaining donationsfor the Institu
(ion George the Second had a curiosity, to
hear a preacher from "thewilds of America-"
He accordingly attended, and was so much
struck with the commanding eloquence of the
preacher, that he expressed his astonishment
loud enough to be heard half way over the
church in such terms as these j
' "He is a wonderful man! Why he, beats
roy"lishops !" : : - . ; .. . .
Davies observing that the king was attrac
ting more attention than himself, paused, and
looking his majesty full in the face, gave him,
in an emphatic tone the following rebuke :
"When the lion roareth, let the beasts of
the forest tremble; and when the Lord speak
eth, let the kings of the ccrth keep silence."
The king instantly shrunk back in his seat
and remained quiet during the remainder of
the sermon. The next clay the monarch sent
for him, and gave him fifty guineas for the In
stitution over which he presided, observing at
the same time to hiscourtierK "He is an hon
est man an honest man."
Beautiful Fable.
A geutleman- who" was arranging tho walks
around his residence, stumbled over a lump of
earth, which had rolled from a newly unloaded
heap of gravel. He kicked it aside, and bade
the gardner's eon. remove it with other rub
bish. The boy carried tho clod to a Bpot beneath
the caves of his father's cottage, where the
rain fell upon it. Whether it contained seed,
slip, or root, is not known; but ere long a beau
tiful vine sprung out of it, which shaded and
adorned tho cottage, and was annually loaded
with grapes of the richest kind, which the
gentleman was glad to buy at a high price of
the gardncr's son, who would by no means
part with his vine.
: The latent principles of a sublimer growth
are lying in many, a human "clod, now quite
valueless and unsightless to those who count
themselves the elegant of the earth.
The clod would come to life and bear fruit
high above their beads, if they were only
given to a few drippings from the eaves Lu
cy Larcom. '.""'
; Boi.n as a Lion.' The following i- of
the richest jokes of the seaior ' A Southern
buck, no war celebrated ' hia personal at
tractions, on comple-"nS somewhat protrac-
ted toilet one B' ovnvm,
said
Ho do 1 look.Casar?'
r'Plendid, massa, .'plcndid:' replied Casar,
in ecsiacy. ; ;
Then you think I'M do, Ca:sar,eh?" (Giv
ing ;him a piece ofllvcr , i
; 'Guy! massa,' said ebony, delighted, you
lookjis'asboldsalion. -;i ;.
. What do yo,knowaDOut Hon? You nev
er saw one, C-iar' " 1
Neber .a "on massa! Guy, I see Massa
Peyton fim rde one to mos ebery day.'
4y black fool! that's a donkey.
. ,an't help dat, massa yuu lookjis like him!
Arrah, Teddy, an' wasn't your name Teddy
O'Bryne before you left ould Ireland?'
'An' that it was, sure. r -
. Why thcQ do you add the i, and call it Ted
dy Q'Bryaes now?' ; . .
Why, you spalpeen! havn't I been mairicd
since I came. to Ameriky? and are ye so igno
rant of grammatics that ye don't know that
when one thing ia added to another it becomes
KpturnW " " -' ' '
Quick on the Trigger.
"You will please observe' said old Sir.
Larubwcll, as be led us through his school the
other day, "that the boys are required to ob
serve the utmosf attention to qcktness and
discipline,"
We had at this moment arrived in front of
several boys standing arouM a water bucket,
and one had just charged his mouth with tha
contents of tho cup while the old gentleman
was stooping over to recover his pen from the
floor, when another passing along behind,
snapped his fingers quick under the drinker's
ear, and caused him on a sudden start to fject
the contents of his mouth over the peda
gogue's bald pate. Standing, upright, with
his face and hair dripping, the master shout
ed
"Who done that ?"
The party unanimously cried out, -Jim
Gun. sir."
"James Gun, what did you do that for '."
Jim, appalled at the mischief he had dnne,
muttered that it was not his fault, that Tom
Owen s-r.apt him.
This changed the direction of old Laiob-
well's wrath, and shaking hia cine portcntic-us-
ly over Owen's head, he asked
"Did J'ou snap Gun ?"
The culprit, trembling vHh fear, murmur
ed 44 Yes sir 1 snapt Gun, lut I didn't knotc he
was l'jaL'.d.,t
A 1'r.vteb .with an Exi-lanation. Some
time since there lived on the tyinks of the
Kennebec river, not far above the point know a
as "Fiddlers Reach,' an old gentleman, a re
tired shipmaster, who bad quitted plowing the
Ocean for the more tranquil employment of
ploughing the sod. The old strapping boys,
and as is usual with the youth of this region,
the two eldest, on coming to the age in vhicb
boys take such ideas into their heads, applied
to their father for his permission to their -going
to sea. The old man could not but con
sent, but nevertheless gave hLs sanction with
many misgivings and much doubt. Being,
however, of a pious turn of mind, and deacon,
of the village church, he concluded to place
bis trust in Providence and invoke its protec
tion over the lives and fortunes of his boys.
Accordingly, at the next church meeting, he
rose, and after imploring the divine mercy on
behalf of his sons, he besought that their world
ly goods might also be advanced. Let them.
O! Lord! said he, succeed and thrive. Let
them grow-up and prosper! Let them grow
up like tho cedars ! Like the cedars of Lc
bannon, O, Lord ! Xot thesed i little scrub
by things duu-n to I'iddlir's Reach the land in
the neigborhood of this latter named locality
being covered with a stunted growth of those
articles, having suggested to the mind of the
worthy deacon the fear of a mistake as to the
requested altitude of his boys.
Iri.-ui Logic. The landlady was what is
termed a "general dealer," and, among ctiier
things, sold bread and whiskey. . A customer
entered her shop, and inquired if she had any
thing to eat and drink.
"To be sure," she replied, "I have got a
thimbleful of the crature, my darling, that
comes only to. twopence ; and this big little
loaf you may have for the same money!". ; t
"Both twopence ?" .
"Both the same as I am, a Christian woman,
and worth double the sum."
'Fill me the whiskey, if you please." She
did so, and he drank it; then , rejoined, . "It
comes to twopence my jewel ; I'ta not hungry
take back the loaf," tendering it
"Yeshonoy but what pays for the whiskey ?"
"Why the loaf, to be 3ure !" .
"But you haven't paid for the loaf f "
"Why you wouldn't have a man pay for a
thing he hasn't cat ?
A friend going by was called in by the land
lady to decide the difficulty, .who gave it
against her ;and from some deficiency in her
powers of caWHtion, she permitted the rogue
to escape. - "V T- - .
Salt Yocr CHiMNrvs. In building a chim
ney, put a quantity of salt in the mortar with
which the inner course of brjeks are to bo
laid. The effect win be that there will never
be any accumulation of soot in that chimney.
The philosophy is thus stated: the ,salt ie the
portion of mortar which ' is exposed absorbs
moisture from the atmosphere evcrydaiap day.
The soot thus becoming dampy falla'down to
the fire-place. This appears to be auEngluh
discovery. ; It is nsed with success in Canada.
HesBANDRY. A man with eleven daughters
was complaining to a friend that he fouud It
hard to live. , . f . .
'You must husband ycurtimo,' said the oth
er, 'and then you'll do well enough.'
i " I could do much better,' was the reply, If
I could husband my daughters'.'
. C7"""How much can you pay us 7 What as
sets hare you? What can you offer in the
pound ?" demandod,the importunate creditors
of a bankrupt farmer. "Alas 1 gentlemen, all
t really have is a donkey in the pound," replied
the ruined clodpolo. . . . - .
C7"5heridan once wrote "Women govern
let u try to render them, perfect; the oore
tbey are enlightened, so nrach the more soall
we be." " .' .
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