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N- ' PEBBLES IN THE SEA.
; AS OLD POBJt; -v . .
,7 IVbo shall judge a man from manner T
Who shall know him by his dresa?
Paupers tony be fit for princes
.'-"i - Princes fit for something less. V .
Crnropled shirt and dirty jacket
May become the golden ore
V-'Of the deepest thoughts and feelingt
-j. Satin Test could do no more.
. . There aro springs of crystal nectar
- Even swelling out of stone ;
' ' Thore are purple buds, and golden,
Hidden, crushed, and overgrown. .
. . God, who counts by souls, not dresses, .
'. Lores and prospers you and me,
- "While He values thrones, the highest,
Hut as pebbles of the sea.
s . . Man, upraised above bis fellows, ., ; :
Oft forgets his fellows then ;
Masters rules lords, remember
That your meanest kinds are men :
Men by labor men by feeling
Men in thought, and men by fame,
' : Claim equal right to sunshine
In a man's ennobling name.
- There are foam-embroidered oeeans
There are little weed-clad rills
There are feeble inch-high saplings j
' ' - There are cedars on the hills.
s tlod, who counts by eoul, not stations.
Loves nd prospers you and me;
' For to ilim all vain distinctions
. Are as pebbles in the sea.
' Toiling hands alone are builders
Of ft nation's wealth or fame ;
. Titled laziness is pensioned,
'' Fed and fattened on the same;
- .. liy tho sweat of ohorn' foreheads,
Livir.g ouly to rejoice,
1 " While the poor man's outraged freedom
ii - - Vainly lifteth up Lis voice. ,
Truth and Justice are eternal, "
Horn with loveliness and light;
;.- Eecret wrongs shall never prosper
Where there is a sunny ri.ht.
Cod, whose whole-heard voice is singing
i Boundless love to you and me,
gink eppresion with its titles,
As the pebbles in the sea.
; " THE COQUETTE.
! "Men are never so aukwaid, never so nn
graceful, nover so disagreeable, as when they
' ore making love. A lrieud is a luxury, a litis
band ditto, 1 supppose ; but that intermittent
class of human beings denominated "lovers"
are terrible bores. It does very well for wo
men to blush and look flustered now and then,
. when occasion makes it desirable ; but to see
' a man with his face red as a ripe cherry, and
- a teat pareel of strong mindedness, self-roli-auce,
aud masculine dignity, dune up in broad
cloth and starched linen, quaking from the toe
of liia boot to the top ot his sbirt collar, his
inoutb awry, and liia tongue twisted into con
vulsions, in the vain attempt to say something
sweet U gracious!"
So said saucy Sophie Lynn aloud to herself
aa she sat swinging backwards and forwards
before tho window, half buried in the cushions
of a luxuriant arm-chair, and playing with a
delicate ivory fan which lay upon her lap.
It also seems so strange, not to say tire
some," she continued, with a running, musi
cal laugh, "after one has waltzed and sung,
quoted poetry and talked nonsense, with any
body till one is puzzled to know which one of
the two is most heartless, one's self or one's
companion, to hear hint come down plump on
the subject cf matrimony, as though that was
the legitimate result of every such insipid ac-q-iaintance
? For my part I never had a lover
herc Sophie fluttered her fan and looked
pleased, for she had more than one,) that I
wasn't sick of after be pioposed. There was
Capt. Morris I thought him the handsomest
man in the wholo circle of my acquaintance,
until he went on his knees to tne and swore he
' ehonld die if I didn't take pity on him. Some
how he always looked like a fright to me after
wards. .' Then there was Dr. Wilkms he was
really agreeable, and people said very learned.
. I wai delighted with him lor a time; but he
. upoiled it all with that oiler of his what long
-winded adjectives and how tho poor fellow
" - Mushed, puffed and perspired ! He called mo
an "adorable creature," ami hic-conghed in
the middle of "adorable." ITorrors! 1 have
iiated him ever since. Then there was a
Here Sophie started. She heard the door
bell ring. With a nervous spring she stood
before her mirror, smoothing down her brown
hair with a taste truly comical.
It won't do to seem interested," she said,
as she took a finishing survey of her person in
the glass, and shook out, with her plump, jew.
clled fingers, the folds of her airy muslin
dress. -
The moment afterwards, when a servant cn
terud to announce Mr. Harry Ainslee, she was
hack to her old seat by the window, rocking
and playing with her fan, apparently as uncon
cerned and listless aa though that name had
not sent a quicker thrill to her heart, or the
betraving crimson all over her pretty face.
"Tclihim I will be down presently," she said.
The girl disappeared and Sophie flung open
the w indow, that cool fresh air might fan away
t he extra rosiness from her complexion. Then
she went again to the mirror, and after com-
posing her bright eager, happy face tuto an cx
nressiou of demureness. descended to the par
; lor. A smile broke over her features, and sho
reached out both hands to the guests; but as
If suddenly recollecting herself, she drew
them back again, and with a formal bow of re-
recognition, she passed him and seated Derscii
in a further corner of the room.
It was very evident that something was
wrong with Sophie ; that she had made up her
mind either not to ue pieaseu, or noiiupieaae
TniiM it be that she bad foreseen w hat was com
incr ?tht a presentment of that visit and its
result had dictated the merry speeches in her
chamber 7 Be that as It may, a hair nour naa
not T!M.d before that Harry Amsiees s nana
and fortune, (which latter by-the-way, was
nothing wonderful,) were in iu
where Capt. Morris' and Dr. Wilkin'a had
"Thefiri?t man that I ever heard say snch
. .inr. tvifhntit making a fool Of hlUlSell,' IDUI
tered Sophie emphatically from behind her
fan, as sho sat blushing, and evidently grat ified
yet without deigning any reply to the gallant
" traight-forward speech in. which her lover
had risked his all of hope.
- U ought to do penance for the pretty way
no manaares his toneue. He's altogether too
calm to suit me." And Sophie shook her
cnrlr head meaningly, bold in tr her fan beiore
her for a screen did she forget what she had
teen siylng. "I wonder If I could snore the
way old Uncle Jones used to in church I" she
; fcohkMHilzod. "Wouldn't it be fun ? and
wouldn't it plague Harry if he thought I had
been asleep while he was talking 1"
; Sophie's blue eyes danced with suppressed
merriment as she gave two or. three heavy
breathings, and followed them up with a nasal
explosion worthy of an orthodox deacon. It
was well done and theatrically done and
poor Harry sprang bolt upright surprised,
mortified, chagrined. Human nature could
stand it no longer, and Sophie gave vent to
her mirth in a burst of laughter.
"Y-o-u little witch you mischief you spir
it ol evil!" exclaimed the relieved Harry, as
ho sprang to her side and caught her by the
arm with a grip that made her scream. "You
deserve a shaking for your behavior!" Then
lowering his voice, he added gravely :
"Will you never have done tormenting me 1
If you lovo me, can yoirnot be generous e
nough to tell me so ? and if you do not, am I
not at least worthy of a candid refusal 1"
Words sprang to Sophie's lips that would
hive done credit to her womanly nature, and
made her lover's heart bound with rapture ;
for the whole depths of her being were stirred
and drawn towards him as they never before
had been to any man. ,
But she could not quite give up her raiiery
then. She would go ono step further from
him ere she laid her hand in his, and told him
he was dearer than all the world beside. So
she checked the tender response that trembled
on her tongue and flinging off his grasp, with
a mocking gesture and a ringing laugh, danced
across the room to the piano.
She seated herself, she ran her fingers grace
fully over the keys, and broke out in a wild,
brilliant, defiant song, that made her listener's
ears tingle as he stood watching her. and chok
ing back the indignant words that came crowd
ing to his lips for utterance. ,
"Sophie, listen to me !" he said at length,
as she paused lrom sheer exhaustion. "Is it
generous is it just, to trifle with me so ? to
turn into ridicule the emotion of a heart that
oilers you its most reverent affections 1 I have
loved you, because beneath this volatile sur
face character of yours, I thought I saw. truth
fulness and simplicity, purity of soul, and a
warm current of tender, womanly feelings,
that would bathe with blessings the whole life
of him whose hand was so fortunate as to
touch its secret springs. You are an heiress,
and I only a poor student j but if that is the
reason why you treat my suit so scornfully,
you are less th j noble woman than I thought
you.-'
Sophie's head was averted, and a suspicions
moisture glistened in her eyes as Harrv ceased
speaking. Ah ! why is it that wo sometimes
hold our highest happiness so lightly carry
ing it carelessly in our hands as though it
were but dross, staking it all upon an idle ca
price !
hen she turned her countenance towards
him again, the same mocking light was in her
eyes, the same coquetish smile breathed from
her red lips. - ..
'Speaking of heiresses," said she, "There's
Helen Myrtle, whose father is worth twice as
much as mine. Perhaps you had better trans
fer vour attention to her, Mr. Ain&lee. The
difference in our dowries would no doubt be
quite an inducement, and possibly she might
consider your case more seriously than I have
done."
Like an insulted prince, Il.irry Ains'ec sto6d
up before her the hot, fiery, indignant blood
dashed in a fierce torrent over his face bis
arms crossed tightly upon his breast as if to
keep his heart from bursting with uprising in
dignation his compressed, and his dark eyes
flashing, Sophie, cruel Sophie! . You added
one drop too much to your cup of sarcasm.
Yoa trespassed upon his lorbearance one little
step further than you would have dared, had
you known his proud and sensitive nature.
.Not till be had gone-r-gone without a single
word of expostulation, leaving only a grave
'good bye," and the memory of his pale lace
to plead for him did the thoughtless girl
wake to a realization of what she had done.
Then a quick, terriblo fear shot through her
heart, and she would have given every curl on
her brown head to have had him beside her
one short moment longer.
'Pshaw ! what am I afraid of ? He will bo
back again within twenty-four hours, and as
importunate as ever," she muttered to herself
as the street door closed after him ; yet a sigh
that was half a sob, followed the words, and
could Harry have seen tho beautiful pair of
eyes that watched him so eagerly as he went
the long street, or the bright lace that leaned
away out through the parted blinds, with such
a wilful look, as ho disappeared, it might
have been his turn to triumph.
In spite of Sophie's prophecy, twenty-four
hours did not bririgback Harry. Days ma
tured into weeks, and still he did not come,
nor in all that time did she see him. And now
she began to think herself quite a martyr and
act accordingly. In lact, she did as almost
any heroine would have done tinder the cir
rurustances crew Dale and interesting. Ma-
r'an began to suggest delicacies to icmpt
Sophie's palate. "The poor dear child was
getting so thin." In vain Sophie protested
that she had no appetite.
In vain papa brought dainty gifts and piled
up costly dresses before bis pet. Afaintsmile,
or abstracted "thank you," was the only re
compense. If sister Kate suggested that Har
ry's absence was in any manner connected
with her" altered demeanor, Sophie would toss
her ringleted head with an air.of supreme in
difference, and go away and cry over it, hours
at a time. Everybody thought something was
the matter with Sophie. Sophie among the
rest. ,
Her suspense and penitence became Insup
portable at last. Sister Kate who had come
so near the solution of the true mystery,
should know all so said Sophio.. Perhaps
she could advise her what to do, for to give
Harry up forever seemed every day more and
more of an impossibility. ...
"Will you come into the garden with me,
Kate ?" she asked in a trembling voice of her
sister one day, about a month after her trouble
with Harry, "I have something of importar.ee
to tell you."
"Go away, darling, and I will be v;th you in
a few moments," replied Kate, ca..Ung a search
ing glance at Sophie's flushed checks an
swollen eyes.
Running swiftly along the garden pathg, a
if from fear of pursuit, Soph,0 turned aside
into her favorite arbot, inl flinging herself
down on a low Beat, bm lod her bead among
the cool fines, and. gave herself up'to a parox
ysm of passionate gyief. Soon she'lidard steps
approaching, and aa arm was twined tenderly
about her waist, and a warm hand' was1 laid
caressingly on her drooped head. ;A
; 0, Kate, Kate!", she cried in the agony
of her repentance, "I am perfectly wretched.,
Yon don't know why, though you have come
very near guessing two or three times. Har
ry and I ,.
Here a convulsive sob interrupted her, and
the hand upon her head passed over her disor
dered curls with a gentle soothing motion.
"Harry and I" another sob "quarrelled
two or three weeks ago. ; I was wilful and
rude, just as it was natural for me to be, and
he got angry. I don't think he is going to
forgive nie, for he hasn't been here since."
Sophie felt herself drawn in a closer cm
brace, and was sure Kate pitied her.
"I would not have owned it to any body if
it had not been just as it is," she continued,
rubbing her little white hands into her eyes;
"but I think I love him almo&t as I do you
and father and mother." . . ,
A kiss dropped on Sophie's glossy head, and
tighter was she held. Shu wondered that
Kate was so sileut, but still kept her face hid
den in the vines. .
"Ho asked me to be his wife,', she contin
ued, "asked me as nobody else ever did in
such a manly way, that be made me feel as
though I ought to have been the one to plead
instead of him.- I could not bear-that; and I
answered him as I should not. He thought
it was because he was poor, and I was rich ;
and all the time I was thinking I would rather
live in a cottage with him, than in the grand
est palace in the world with any other man,
only I was too proud to tell him so to his face.
What can I do i Tell me Kate, you are much
better than I am, and you never get into troub
le, I am sure I shall die if you don't." And
poor Sophie wept ancwv
"Look nj, dear, and I'll tell you."
Sophie did look up, with a start, and the
next moment, with a little scream, leaped into
tlu arms not of sister Kate, but of Hairy
Ainslee !
, Sophie declares to this day, that she has
never forgiven either of them, though she
has been Mrs. Ainslee nearly two years, .
Doing up Considerable Sleep. "Away out
in Missouri" they live on the primitive sys
tem.' People sleep as well as eat in companies,
and in many of the hotels there are from three
to a dozen beds in each 'chamber. On a cold
winter's night, a weary and foot-worn traveler
arrived at one of those caravansaries by the
road-side. After stepping into the bar-room
and taking the requisite number of "drinks,"
he invoked the attention of the accommoda
ting landlady with this interrogatory : '
' "I say, ma'am have yon got a considerable
number of beds ir your house ?"
' "Yes," answered she, "I reckon we have."
".'Jow many beds have yoa about this time
that ain't noways engaged 1"
"Well, we've one room up stairs with elev
en beds in it."
"That's just right," said the traveler. "I'll
take that room, and engage all the beds, if
you please."
The landlady, not expecting any more com
pany for the night, and thinking that her guest
might wish to be alone, consented that he
should occupy the room. But no sooner had
the wnylarer retired, than a large party arrived
and demanded lodgings for the night. The
landlady told them she was very sorry, but all
her rooms were engaged ; true, there was one
room with eleven beds in it, aud only one gen
tleman. -
"We must" go there, then we must have
beds there," said the party. .
The party accordingly proceeded to the
chamber with the beds, and rapped; no an
swer was returned. They essayed to open the
door it was locked. They shouted aloud,
but received no reply. At last driven to des
peration, they determined upon bursting open
the door. They had no sooner done so than
they discovered every bedstead empty, and
all the beds piled ono upon another in the
cenire ot the room, with the traveler sound
asleep on the top. They with some difficulty
aroused him, and demanded what in the world
be wanted with all those beds.
"Why look here, strangers," 6iid he, "I
ain't had no sleep these eleven nights; sol
just hired eleven beds, to get rested all at once,
and make up what 1 have lost. I calculated
to do up a considerable mess of Bleeping;
I've hired all these beds and paid for 'em,
and hang me if I don't have eleven nights
sleep out on 'em belore morning."
ASCHBISIIOP IIlCHES I!T THE ' FlElD. The
Roman Catholic Archbishop has prosecuted
the proprietor of the Albany Statesman for the
statements made in letters from New York,
published in that paper, professing to givfc the
details of a secret organization among the
Catholics, of whicn the object was to be to
control ti e political action of tho country.
The Archbishop Was said to be at the head "of
the orga-.zation. In a card he denied the ex
istence of any such' society, and branded the
wholo story as totally false, so far as he was
concerned. The correspondent of the Slates
man repeated his statements, reasserted their
truth, and gave full details of the action al
leged to have been taken at the meetings of
of tho Society. The Archbishop has now ta
ken steps which will compel the Statesman to
prove bis allegations, or else to suffer the
penalty of having made them without any war
rant in truth. If they are true, they can un
doubtedly be proved. The trial will excite
considerable public interest. JV. Y. Times.
Julge Echols, of Utah has delivered
charge to a Grand Jury in that Territory n
which he declared polygamy to be ur,jaw-u'
and the parties pracllsing l'80 to "indict
ment and punishment. The President's in
structions were not to inKrfere wjth lne reli.
gionof the Mormons. BlU OQ the very day
Gov. Cumming lc?t j-or Salt Lake to endeavor
a7IV0 at8T. adjustment of the difficulties,
the Judgo niide his charge, and so excited the
Morrop j as t0 piaco tne Hfaof the Governor
1P jeopardy. The Union, commenting on this
I Cnarge, denies that "Government have or may
exercise any rightfal power over the suojeci.
The whole system of Mormon religion belongs
excluoivelv to the people of Utah. If we may
'look to them for the needful correction, we
may surely rely upon the energy and moral
foroe of the American people to apply appro
priate remedies." ' ' g ' '' '"
"Here, you little rascal, walk up here and
give an account of yourself where have you
been ?" i r '- ; ' -
. "After the giruls father." ;
"Did yon ever know me to do so when I
was a boy T" ...
"3o, sir; but mother did."
, CHINESE SUGAR CAME.
The Agricultural Report of the U. S. Patent
Office for 1857, gives the following as Dr. Jack
son's process of making Syrup and Sugar from
the Chinese cane : - . !
Ia the first place, it is necessary to filter the
juice of the plant, as it comes from the mill,
in order to remove the cellulose and fibrous
matters and the starch,' all of which are pres
ent in it when expressed. A bag filter, or one
made of a blanket placed in a basket, will an
swer this purpose. Next, we have to add a
sufficiency of milk of lime (that is lime slack
ed and mixed with water) to the juice, to ren
der it slightly alkaline,' as shown by its chan
ging turmeric paper to a brown color, or red
dened litmus paper to a blue. A small excess
of lime is not injurious. After this addition,
the juice should be boiled, say for fifteen min
utes. A thick green scum, rapidly collects
on the surface, which is to be removed by a
skimmer, and then the liquid should again bo
filtered. It will now be of a pale straw color,
and ready for evaporation, and may bo boiled
down quite rapidly to; about half its original
bulk, after which the fire must be kept low, tho
evaporation to be carried on with great cau
tion, and the syrup constantly stirred to pre
vent it from burning at the lwttonl of the ket
tle or evaporating pan. Portions ot the syrup
arc to be taken out, from time to time, and al
lowed to cool, to see if it is dense enough to
crystalize. It should be about as dense as
sugar-house molasses or tar. When it has
reached this condition, it may be withdrawn
from the evaporating vessel, and be placed in
tubs or casks to granulate. Crystals of sugar
will begin to form generally in three or four
days, and sometimes nearly the whole mass
will granulate, leaving but little molasses to
be drained. After it has solidified, it may be
scooped out into conical bags, made of coarse
open cloth, or of canvass, which are to be hnng
over some vessel to receive the molasses ; and
the drainage being much aided by warmth, it
will be uselul to keep the temperature of the
room at 80 or 90deg. F. After some days, it
may be removed from the bags,' and will be
found to be a good brown sugar. It may now
be refined by dissclving it in hot water, add
ing to the solution some white of eggs (say
one egg for 100 pounds of sugar) mUed with
cold water, after which the temperature is to
be raised to boiling, and the syrup allowed to
remain at that heat for half, an hour. Then
skim and filter to remove the coagulated albu
men, aud the impurities it has extracted from
the sugar.
By means of bone-black, such as is pre
pared for sugar-refiners, the sugar may fee de
colored, by adding an ounce to each gallon of
the saccharide solution, and boiling the whole
together. Then- filter, and you will obtain a
nearly colorless syrup. Evaporate this, as be
fore directed, briskly, to half its bulk, and
then slowly until dense enough to crystalize,
leaving the syrup, as before, in tnbs, or pans,
to granulate. This sugar will be of a ligbt
"brown color, and may now be clayed, or whi
tened, by the usunl method; that is, by put
ting it into cones, and pouring a saturated so
lution of white sugar npon it, so as to displace
the molasses, which will drop from the apex
of the cone when inverted. It is now refined
or loaf sugar.
The methods here described are the com
mon and cheap ones, such as any farmer can
employ. It may be advantageous, when oper
ations of considerable extent are contempla
ted, to arrange a regular system of shallow
evaporating pans for the concentration of the
syrup, similar to those now used in Vermont
for making maple sugar.
. It is evident that no ordinary methods can
compete with those of a regular sugar refinery,
where vacuum pans are employed, and evapo
ration is consequently carried on at a low
temperature. If the planter should raise suf
ficiently large crops to warrant the expense of
such an apparatus on Ins place, lie would not
fail to manufacture largo quaptieies of sugar,
and to operate with perfect success, but this
can be done only in the Southern, Middle or
Western States, where extensive farming is
common. . Those who wish to have their brown
sugar clarified, can send it to some of the lar
ger refineries, where the operations may be
completed, and the sugar put in the usual lorra
of white loaves, -
A very large proportion of our agricultural
people will doubtless be satisfied with the pro
duction of a good syrup from this plant. They
may obtain it by following the methods de
scribed in the first part ot this paper, or they
may omit the lime, and make an agreeable,
but slightly acidulous syrup, which will be of
ti If nl.tn. aaIam tk.n I, a nliinli lino Knntl Iimn1
ilgilLVi LUlui uinu iuab iiiiim una wt,u
This syrup is not apt to crystalise, owing to
the presence of acid matter. The unripe cane
can be employed for making molasses and al
cohol, but will not yield true cane-sugar un
less it is well-matnred.
THE EXCAVATIONS IN ROME.
In the Atlantic Monthly for July is the fol
lowing account of the excavations now in pro
gress in the Eternal City i
"The excavations on the Via Appia Jfnova,
which I mentioned in a former letter, prove
very interesting and have already resulted in
most important discoveries. The spot is at tho
second mile-stone outside of the gilc of St.
John Lateran. The eld Is on Ineleit of the
road going towai8 Aldar.o, and in it are sev
eral brick l0rnbs of beautiful fine work, now
orJorieriy use(j ag dwellings or barns. .
The first discovery was an ancient basilica,
satisfactorily ascertained to be the one dedica
ted to St. Stephen, built by Santa Demetria
th first nun at the instigation of the Pope.St.
Leo the Great, (A. D. 440 401.) Sig. Fortu
nati. who made the discovery &nd directs the
excavations.tcld me at great lengJb how he was
led to the investigation; but as ho has publish
ed this and much more in a pamphlet, which
I shall send to you. I will not repeat it nere
Twenty-two columns have been fonnd, many
of rare and beautiful marble, one of terde an
tico, most superb, others of breccia and of cipo
lino marino, said to be rare, and certainly very
beautiful. Forty bases and over thirty capi
tals of various styles hare also been found,
a3 well as architectural ornaments without
number, many of them carved with Greek or
Roman crosses. - The rare and superb frag
ments of marble, show that there must have
been costly and beautiful linings and finish.
There are also numerous inscriptions of great
interest, whicl connect this church with illus
trious famtle8 and famous martyrs. '
" Subsequently, portions of villas were found,'
with rained baths, and mosaic and frescoes.
i wun various pieces oi scuipiare. ouio cncti,
j and ot most excellent style. There is also a
with various pieces of sculpture, some perieci,
sarcophagus, with bas-relief of a Bacchic pro
cession, remarkably fine. The government
has bought all for the' Museum, and intends
spending a large sum in building a basilica
over the remains of the old one. in honor of
St. Stephen. . " ' ""
But the most remarkable discovery is an old
Roman tomb, by far the finest I have ever seen
in its preservation and perfection. It is about
eighteen feet square, and has been lined and
paved with white marble, some of which still
remains. The lofty ceiling is covered .with
bas-reliefs in stucco,, of charming grace and
snirit. representing various mythological sub
jects, in square compartments, united by light
and elegant Arabesques, ineyare reany oi
wonderful 1 merit, and so perfectly preserved,
so fresh,' that they seem as if done last year.
A massive marble doorway, beautifully cor
niced, gives entrance to this superb chamber,
in which were fonnd three sarcophagi, con
taining the bones of nine bodies ; which bones
are left to lie exposed, ! because they are the
bones of pagans! . These sarcophagi, are of
splendid workmanship,' but unhappily broken
by former barbarians. Present barbarians (said
to be Inglcsi and Americani,) have stolen two
skulls, and picked up everything not closely
watched. Opposite to this chamber is anoth
er, smaller and more modest in adornment,
and by the side of this descend two flight of
steps in perfect repair. - Many vases of color
ed glass and two very handsome rings were
found at tho foot of these steps. This tomb
is supposed to be about one hundred and six
ty of our era. ' ' !-
These stairways descend from the anciet Via
Latina, which has been excavated lot some
distance, and is found with wide sidewalks of
stone, (lava) similar to the sidewalks in Pom
peii. The narrow carriage way is deeply rut
ted, which makes one think that the old Ro
mans had hard bumps to contend with.
Another tomb, with perfect 6tiirway, has
been' discovered, but it is much more plain.
Foundations of billas, and bathes with leaden
pipes in great quantity have been exposed. I
hear, to-day, that the government has ordered
the excavation of a mile and a half of the old
Via Latina in this neighborhood, and much
interesting discovery is anticipated."
Poisosocs Beauty. Tho natural deslro of
all to display what personal attractions they
may possess to the best possible advantage,and
the pleasure which all mankind, whether civ
ilized or savage, take in looking npon a beau
tiful female face, has led the weaker sex in
many instances to commit violations of com
mon sense, which cause leelings of deep re
gret and commiseration in the breast of every
true man and woman. There is no custom so
foolish and frivolous as that of painting tho
face, or endeavoring to obtain by artificial
means an unnatural complexion ; and this cus
tom, which at first w e are inclined to regard
as simply childish, assumes the graver nature
of a crime when we regard the means adopted
to attain this silly end. For example : Ar
senic is used in great quantities to produce a
healthy look, ruby lips, and rotundity of lorm,
and we have it on good authority that in many
parts of Europe, and for aught we know to tne
coctrary, in America, arsenic is eaten in largo
quantities, and Dr. Tschudi, the well known
traveler, says "it does not seem to have any
moie pernicious effect than opium eating," as
if that was not bad enough ! Many tuns weight
of arsenic are sold annually in the form of cos
metic powders for outward application. Bis
muth and antimony are also largely used in the
manufacture of these articles, without which
ladies do not consider their toilets complete,
and much as they may abhor the character of
a Borgia or Brinvillitrs, they are themselves
provided with weapons as dangerous as cither
of those two females; the difference being
that one is doing all shean to poison herself,
and the others poisoned their friends. It is
said of a celebrated actress that she must in her
life time have used half a hundred weight of
oxvd of bismuth in the shape of cosmetic pow
ders, and the pearl powders, rouges, and the
whole army of so-called beautifiers, are all
more or less highly poisonous. It surely can
not be right to use or encourage the use of
these articles, more especially when we know
that there are plenty t vegetable compounds
which will answer just as well, and will not
stop up the pores with poisonous metals. The
Spanish ladies use a harmless cosmetic com
posed of almonds, and another of pistachio
nuts, ground in water, and which are said to
have no deleterious effects. We have not space
to expatiate as lully as we would wish on the
moral or the physiology of these facts, but we
fulfill our duty in calling public attention to
them, that the good sense of the people may
rise in mutiny against painted beauty, especi
ally when that paint carries with it the breath
of poison ; and we would let every one know
that some ladies actually, as well as figurative
ly, deal out to their admirers fcimng glances.
Lepers. Bayard Taylor, on his way to Ber
gen, in .Norway, says: "we toon uoam
four or five lepers on their way to me Hospi
tal at Bergen. A piece of oil cloth had been
thrown over some spars to shield them from
the rain, and they sat on deck, avoided by the
nthpr nasscnirers. a melancholy picture of di
sease and shame. One ws a boy of fourteen,
upon whoso face wartlike excrescences were
l.o-inninn- t.- arinear. while a "woman who
.Aonipd to he his mother, was hideously swol
ln and disficrured. A man, crouching down,
with his head between his hands, endeavored
to hide the seamed and knotted mass of pro
truding blue flesh that had once been a human
face. The forms of leprosy, elephantiasis,
and other kindred diseases which I have seen
in the East and in tropical countries, are not
nearly so horrible. , For these unfortunates
thtTA was no honn. No cure has Vet been
discovered for this terrible disease. There
are two hospitals here, one ot which contains
W.nt fiv hnndred natients. while the other,
which has recently been erected for the recen-
r in thn oarlier Stages, j
. . nr;nntl courses of treat
. . ,. hnndred. Ibis I oral or
ment nas - troduced partly by
leprosy is su, " fish afl(1 part,v by want
elusive .. s The latter is tne
0; Personal c.u-. . one dog not wonder
ence of Norwegian Sth. It is the ral curse
which fal upon these baastly habits of
' A gentlemanly indiyiiiiai; whohaflT reeIi 'e
prived or a very vaia
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PETER CART WRIGnT'S RCSE. . .
Some church affairs made it necessary for
Rev. Peter Cartwright to visit New York city
some years ago, and it was arranged for hint
that he should put up at the Astor House- It
was here that the brethern expected to meet
him ;' bis social and denominational appoint
ments had reference to the Astor House as his
head quarters. When Mr. Cartwright, how
ever appeared at the Astor, there was nothing
in his- backwoods appearance that suggested
to the proprietors, his worthy position among
the fathers of Methodism ; when, therefore, ho
requested to be shown to his room, ho was
very cavalierly turned over to a servant .to
show him np stairs. Up stairs they went up,
up, up Mr. Cartwright in wondering amaze
ment lost the servant apparently untiring in
his amusement of ascending. Finally, th
servant opened a door of an apartment np in
the attic story, and pointed it out to Mr. C.
as his room. Father Peter detained the ser
vant while he should take a general surveyor
the premises repeated tho inqniry if this
was the room he was to occupy and at length
appearing to be well satisfied, he disposed of
his baggago and very politely requested the
servant to be Rind enough to show him down
stairs again. The servant proceeded Father
Cartwright down, down, down, till they reach
ed at length the frtreet landing; but,. before
the servant could make his cscape,;Peter in
quired if he would not show him up again !
So np they went again, heaven ward, and a
last Peter" found his room, and permitted the
servant to depart in peace. The servant, how
ever, had little more than found bimsef down
stairs, when Uncle Peter rang the bell vigor
ously. In due time, up came the servaut, by
this time panting with the unusual exertion.
"My good friend, I am sorry to trouble yoiir
but I should be glad to see the clck ' if your
will be kind enough to send him up to my
room." .. .: ...
Oh, certainly." -.--,
And so down, down goes the servant, to say
to the clerk that a singular old chsp ip in the
upper story wanted bim to come to bis room.
And then up goes Mr. Clerk. - t
'Are you the clerk V
'Yes sir." . 1
"Well, you would place niefunder great ob
ligations to you, if you would show me down
stairs !" ' -
And when once more down stairs, after
Uncle Peter had taken another careful survey
of the surroundings, the clrk very politely
inquired if there was anything further he
could do for him. '- '
"Yes," said Uncle Peter, "yes, my friend,
I would be greatly obliged to you for & broad
axe." "A broad-axe !" said Mr. Clerk, in astonish
ment, "and what do you propose to do with a.
broad-axe 1" . - ,
"I thought I should like to blaze' my way
to my room. (The Western hunters mark,
their way in the forest by 'blazing or barking,
trees.'") . .:
It is needless to say that Peter Cartwright
was the lion that week at the Astor; and that
it was not further required of bim to climb np
the endless series of stairway bnt, when his
friends called again to inquire for, or call up
on him, they would find him snugly ensconced
in one of the most eligible rooms in the house.
Heip Yourself. Beg, borrow, seek office,
fish for place, trust in patronage, wait for old
men to die, worship fortune who does not
one or the other of these T Who does not ex
pect to rise by the help of others ? ' Help
yourselves, and God will help yon. Nine
tenths of the world will live aud die infidels of
this truth. So destitute are most people of a
knowledge or belief of this truth, that give
them the slightest intimation that they may
rely on you, and they do it without mercy.
They will drop their tools and their labor and
do it. This is what makes the world so hedge
hogi.sh. The self-helpers know that, in tho
common run, if they help others, tbey may
help and betaken in. This it is that spoils
most, if not all, the experiments to apply tlx
science and economy of association to-practical
human life. Take people as they run, and
put them together in a bee-hive community,
and half of them will turn drones and live up
on the rest, because they have not been edu
cated to rely upon themselves, bnt just the re-.
Verse. No wonder that the swarm sbonld b
eaten out by these drones, or exhaust itself in
an effort to turn them out. Yet men are natu-
rally self-reliant. The moment a baby can go
alone, it goes itself, and imitates all kinds of
work, proud to be doing something, tint this
disposition is not encouraged ; it is discour
aged. The rich are ashamed to lave their
children do anything menial, rs if raenial and'
mean were the same word. The poor cannot?
be bothered to teach work to babies, and wbtit
their babies get to be old enough, tbey over
load them with it untaught. If ooec the -child .
comes to maturity, educated to- sloth, bad
health and reliance on others, or to hate the
burden which crushes bim, and loags to be re
lieved entirely from it, self-reliance is. de- .
stroyed every way in words, thought, .and ;
opinion. Yt hole classes, nay races ot men,
are taught to teed upon others witaout return-.
ing any fair equivalent. They even tninc
themselves generous to leave a little which,
tbey don't eat.
The TwrivB Apostles. The Xew York
correspondents of the newspapers of neighboc-
ing cities, tell a good many lacis, arm
good many jokes at the expense o "Gotham."
This is from the Baltimore Republican ..
The Qrystal Palace, under the city' man
agement, is taking in from seven to ten dol
lars per day. It is stated that one of the per
sons taking an account of the stock in t ha es
tablishment, supposed the group of the Twelve
Apostles to be the Presidents ot the Uattedt
States. The first. Apostlef James, was pul
down in the inventory as James Monroe, a lit
tle the worse for wear. Thomas, the immortal
Jefferson; Andrew, "Old Hickory ;" the be
loved disciple John, was Tyler; but when the
official came to the names Bartholomew ui
Simon, he -aTe up the job," - -'.;,,
Youth. is a gloriua Invention. ; White tho
girls c'nage the tumn, and you chase the girls,
the months sees to dance . away "with down
uion their feet." What a.pUy summer is
shor before you know it lovers become oea
cOni, and. romps, grand-mothers.- ; ;
Horace Walnole tells us a story of a Lord
up w of London in his lime wno, wim.
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