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TIHMIS OP Till: "A3IE1UCAX."
From the Philadelphia Sun.
I. I . K S
riiK Hkitii of Si;mkr L:rot. t K.m n 11 i:i.n.
On
And i" it so in wo nnd plooni
ILith his sad spirit lied '.
Thus drearily hath dosed the tomb
( I'cr his dishonored head ?
Oh. would 'twere Pity's power to hide
His errors us hi rlayi
'That silently they side by side
Might with his bones decay?
t)h, that the world, r.hieh spurned his tons!;.
And -nrged bin) to despair,
In memory of that hapless Trioiij;.
His fit mo 1'rnm tvint might spare !
When the proud heart is rucked and lorn
By disappointment dire,
Who. then, may judge that heart for lor.
AJ1 quenched its wonted fire!
The flame which glowed in youth so bright.
To light the hard to fame
t'heenri'j; bini onward by the might
f u promised honored name
Too soon, alas ! he wi'ttcssed lade,
In shadows and dim ;
'Till, prisoner, the mournful shade
At Jeujit'i encompassed him!
Oli. then, when all his visions bright
Of future glory hurst
The beaming hopes all sunk in nisht,
Amhiiioii f.mdlv must ;
What, then, oh too censorious woild ?
That, maddened by neglect.
The ih'fyinii boll of hate hp hurled,
TJiouuh impotent and wrecked !
Sail, sad the Talc1 a stricken one
He wandered o'er the earth;
Talsied his senilis loved by none
Worth's pity Polly's miitb '
Yet. yet mock not his memory
Oli, say not, - better far
Have bow'd to the wol ld"s mid decree,
Then vainly with it war."
Thus may the soul too dull to rise
Beyond the sphere of earth ;
But, oh' not his. that 'neath the sliies
Of Helicon had birth:
lie lives the tide of sons to pmir,
That swells his laptnred breast ;
And scorned his notes all. all is o'er,
That jrave tolifr its zest!
Then spare the hapless bard in disitli,
In life too sensitive ;
And twine, tho" hie. the Unrel WTeath,
In death that he may live !
Then, whilst he. from his spirit sphere,
J lis senilis honored views,
The happiness denied hini here,
May Ihtrt confide his muse!
Philadelphia, Ajril !, ISt J,
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ExTirsivK Dominium This is a great
country and no mistake. Its area is now about
two millions of square miles. If Texas is an
nexed, with an niea. of about IVltl.tlfKt square
miles, and Oregon with uu area of (i(H),(MM(
fluare miles, mir potato patch will then be a
liont. throe millions of square miles surf.ice.
Well, this is not a much larger foothold than
tlreut Britain has got already on this continent;
she lias got above our northern boundary 1!,K(H),
000 square miles. If we look at the world at
large, John Bull has got the biggest slice of
territory of any nation ; the w hole British em
pire measures some eight millions of square
miles ! its population two hundred millions !
Iloston l'uft.
A Sm'it Box of Potato Skin. At a re
cent meeting of the Brooklyn Institute, Mr.
I'arridge presented to the Sicicty a snuffbox,
made from the skins of potatoes by hydraulic
pressure. The box was highly polished and
neatly finjaiied. The cutest Yankee might ex
amine it, and guess for a week, and then he un
able to tell the material from which it was ma
nufactured. It is of (lerman make.
Pkaikie Host: von
ticultural Mugatine proposes to use the prai-j 'It' to empty the stomach, ma'am,' said the
rie Uuse for making live fences. It is the doctor.
common running wild Boso of the West,' 'Kmpty a fiddle,' retorted Mrs. Burrage, who
known in different localities as the Michigan, j wou,d have added 'stick,' but the doctor watch
Petroit and Tennessee Rose. It is widely dis- j '"S his opportunity, had dexterously popped
tnbuted throughout the whole Western Coun- I hc tube again into her mouth not without a
try. It is of rapid growth, a great climber,
and flowers in immense clusters, where the
soil is rich. The color of the Rose changes
after the first day's bloom. It is filled with
strong thorus.
Rainimo Lobsters. Shortly after a great
hailstorm at Utica, last week, multitudes of
fresh-water lobsters were discovered 011 the
ground. They were mostly about finger's
length in size, and lay in piles two or three in
ches deep. Three pails full were picked up in
a single garden.
"M Y WIFKt POISON t AX U V V M P V
'Kile, yon liavo been out.'
'Well, I Ic now I have.'
'To the King's head.'
No, John, tin. But no matter. You'll be
troubled no more with niv driiikin".'
What do you menn V
'I moan what pay, John,' replied (lie wife,
ltviking very serious, and speaking very so
lemnly nnd deliberately, with n strong euipha
sis : 'Yon will he troubled no more
with-
-tny.
Iriu k irtir have took it at lout.''
'I knew it!' exclaimed the wretched hus-
bund, desperately tossing his arms oloft, as w lion
all is lost j 'I knew it !' and leaving one cont
I flap in the hands ot'liis wife, who vainly attemp
ted to detain him, he rushed from the room
j sprang down tho flair?, both flights, by two or
I throe steps at a time ran along the passage
j nnd without his hat, or gloves, or stick, dashed
i out nt the street door, sweeping from the step
j two rugged little girls, n quartern loaf, a basin
of treacle, nnd n baby. But Ire never shopped to
tks-k if tlio children wereliurt, or even see whe
ther the infant drppod with gore or molasses.
On he ran, like a rabid fog, straightforward,
down the Borough, heedless alike of a porter's
load, baker's basket, and butcher's tray.
'I say,' muttered the errand hoy, as he stag
gered from the collision.
'IVi that again,' growled the placard man, as
he recovered the pole and board w Inch he had
! knocked from his shoulder.
j 'Mind where you're goinV haw led a hawker,
! as he picked up his scattered wares.
! But, on, on, scampered the Teetotaller, heed-
j less of nil impediments on he scoured, like an
j antelope, to the shop number 24t with the red,
blue, Bi.d green bottles in the window the
j chemist and druggist's into which he darted,
I and up to the little bald man at the desk, with
barely breath enough left to gasp out 'My Wife'
j Poison', and Pump!'
'Vegetable or mineral !' inquired the Sur
! geon Apothecary, with great professional cool
i ness.
! 'Both all sorts laudanum arsenic oxa
I lie ncid corrosive sublimate' and the Teeto
. taller was ah nit to ndd pine-apple mm, amongst
' the poisons, when the Doctoretopned him.
i 'Is she sick '
, 'No.'
j But rememberinrj the symptoms over night,
J the Teetotaller ventured to say, on the strength
I of his dream, that she was turning all manner
; of colors, like a rainbow, and swelling as big as
I a lion-?.
'Then there is not a moment to losi-,' said
! the lculapius, and accordingly flapping on
I his hat, and arming himself with the necessary
appnrus a sort of elephantine syringe with a
very long trunk he set oil at a trot, guided Vy
the Teetotaller, to unpoison the rash and ill-fu-tcd
bacchanalian, Mrs. Burrage. Now, when
the Teetotaller, with the medical man at his
heels, arrived at his own house, Mrs. Burrage
was still in her bod-runm, which was a great
ci'iivenienee, fur In tore flic could uccouut for
the intrusion of a stranger, nay, even without
knowing how it was done, she found herself
grated more zealotisy than tenderly or cere
moniously in the easy chair ; and when she
attempted to expostulate, she felt herself cho
king with a tube of something, which was cer
tainly neither mncciiroui, nor blick-liquorice,
nor yet pipe-peperinint.
To account for this precipitancy, the exag
gerated representations of her husband niusl be
borne in mind; ond if his wife did not exhibit
all the dying dolphiulilie colors that he had de
scribed il she was not quite so blue, green,
yellow, or black, as he hud painted her, the a
Hithecary made sure she would soon be, and
consequently went to work without delay, where
delays were so dangerous.
Mrs. Burrage, howeier, was not a woman to
submit, quietly, to a disagreeable operation a
gainst her own content, t-o with a vigorous
kick ond a push at the same lime, she con
trived to rid herself at once of the doctor
and his instrument, and indignantly demanded
to know the meaning of the assault upon her.
'It's to save your life your preciuiis lite, El
leu,' said the Teetotaller, looking at her very
fresh scuffle from the patient.
'For thu lyird's sake, Fallen,' continued the
Teetotaller, confining her hands, 'do, do, pray
do sit quiet.'
Tub wobe.urjule,' said Ellen, 'Hub bub
bub bubble,' attempting to speak with ano
ther pipe in her throat, besides the windpipe.
'Have the goodness ma'am, to be composed,'
implored the doctor.
'I won't shouted Mrs. Burrage, having again
released herself from the instrument by a des-
j perate struggle. W hat am I to be pumped out
j for !'
'Oh, Ellen,' said the Teetotaller, 'yon know
whatyoti have taken.'
'Corrosive Falleani! narcotics,' answered the i
doctor.
'Arsenic and corrosive sublimate,' said the
Teetotaller.
Oxalic acid and tincture of opium,' added the
docttn'.
Fly water and laurel water, savd Mr. Bur
rage. 'Vitriol, pnissic acid, and aquafortiscontinu
ed the druggist,
'I've touk no such thing,' said the refractory
patient.
'Oh ! Ellen, you know what you said.'
'Will, what V
'Why, that your drinking should iicvct trou
ble me any mure.'
'And no more it shall !' screamed the wilful
woman, falling, as she spoke, into paroxysm of
the w ildest laughter.
'No more it shall, for I've took'
'What, mu'um, pray what !'
'In the iiiuuc of Heaven ! what V
'Why then I've took the PLKlKiE !'
0vrrnllons In llir Vlotvrr rni'tlrn, lor itv
,11 ii ii I li fir A ' 4 1.
This month opens tons a busy season liir gar-
dening operations. In the month of April we i
have frequently very lo!ightful suuinier-like I
days, which cinse the buds to expand, as it were i Vanee-
by magic, and every fine summer day accele- J Finding n debtor unable to repay a sn ail
rates the progress of vegetation, and is apt to j loan, he received in payment a coffin of refuse
remind u of the beauties of Flora. Now as wood, which, by a happy thought, he used f.r
there is a peculiar pleasure in viewing rare and '. n cuhboard. In his old age his cvoiiomieal habits
beautiful flowers, implanted in the breast of led Jiim to have recourse to expedients which .
ns, so is there in others also a love of cnttiva- frequently brueght hmi into danger. Once, in
ling them, and "training them up in the way the ( enivig. when pun-lied by hunger, he in
they should groic." The beginning of this truded himself into a cellar at Mile End, the
month is the proper time to commence work in ' resert ofacleh of xagran's, who there spent
t lie garden. Let every border and (lower-bed nigh'. ly the earnings of llie day in nocturnal or
in the garden be properly dug, and neatly raked. gies; but he was speeilil v deteeted, and expel
If there is an edging of lmx (as there shinild be) led with so much rudeness that one of his legs
it slnxild Iw neatly trimmed, and box fdging wasserniuslv injured. The wound, for want
may still be planted, if this work has not been ' nf medical attendance and proper find, soon
attended to last month, which is the proper gangreened, and he found himself forced to ap
time. The month of April in our climate ispe- I ply, under a fictitious name, to a charity hospi
culinrly raited for propagating by ruttins. tal for relief, where the injured leg was ampii
This months also is considered the In at fur plan- ', tated. This he considered as rather a god-send
ting our t vi rg reins and roses, but shrubs of nil than a misfortune, as it saved him the necessity
kinds and her bartons plants may tie transplan- ; of procuring more than one boot or shoe at a
ted in all this month. Prune tree and shrulis, j time, anil enabled him frequently to feign hint
taking care to cut all dead wood and unsightly seit a disabled sailor or soldier, and obtain cha
branches, remove all suckers, in order to pro- I rily under those false characters,
mote the health and vigor of the t hrub, and im- Overmme at last with the infirmities nf age
prove the appearance of the garden and shrub- ( mid sickness, he wbs timed by a distant relative
hery. (live Dnhlins a gentle heat in the- hot- ! perishing on a heap of straw, hut too late to he
beds, or bring them forward in pots or coxes in
the house, to induce (he Lreuking and shooting
of the buds, each of which, cut off w ith u por
tion of thr tools, will Imhvjuic a possible. Flower-beds
may he sown, the tender kinds not un
til the rust of this mouth. All dead and sick
ly plants should be removed or dug out as soon
as they appear. Plants in green-houses or jun iors
must now have constant air. Want of tree
circulation ofair will cause the plants to spin
dle tip, and flower weakly. Such plants as
require more ricm may be slutted into pots,
and kept shaded for a few days, until they
have taken fresh root. All other shrubs or bited his ruling passion strong in death, clutch
plants in pots, should have fresh mould added ing his rags in his attenuated lingers with a
to the surface. Remove dead twigsand leaves convulsive grasp, he exclaimed, 'could I live
and give moderate watering occasionally, (iruf- ; my lite ov er again, I should do very differently
ting may still be performed. He-pair the com- from what I have done yes, sir, with that
post, or clay, of former grafts if it he cracked know ledge of the follies and errors of mankind,
or injured. Destroy insects of every descrip- i ol which you have spoken I tliouLl thru mnkr
lion. Search for, u ud exterminate caterpillar's 1 twinty per t' nt u htiv I lime, nam mmh- 1017
nests. Spare till such birds as are neither used ! I, n !' The intensity of his emotions as he nt
as tiKid, nor accused of commitl ing depredations ; tered this declaration overcame him, nature
in the garden. They often nip off the buds of gave way, and he sunk hack a corpse upon his
trues, but in most instances they thereby cut of', ' pillow. Vimkir lilatlr.
in each bud a whole colony of caterpillars.
.Nile York Sun.
.M vnni.is. These toys are made chiefly in
Salzburg, Austria, and at some of the marble j by wJiicli he might Ik rescued from death. He.
quarries of Saxony. The broken fragments of j sent for the jailor, a;sd told 1 1 1 1 11 he h:i.l uu ini
tio1 marble are collected nnd broken into cubi- ' poitaul secret to disclose to the King, ne.il when
eal form. They are then thrown int.) a mill, ; he had done so he would lie r.idy t,, j,,.. The
where, between cylenners of stone and wood, ' King sent tor him to know what t',iis secret was.
they are in a moment rubbed into u round form. Ho (old him that he knew the. art nf producing
They are sold on the spot at thirty liir a kreti- trees that should hea' gold. Tin; Km", aeconi
zer, which is a coin less than a cent. These i pained by his pimie minister cnitiers and
marbles find their way into all parts of the
World, even in India
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A bar of iron, placed ucros the bed on which
'
a person sleeps, under the matrass, aliout as high
from the feet as the culf of the leg, is said to be
an effective preventive of the cramp. The bar
may be an inch square. In defect of a bur, a
poker or any other iron may answer teu.ip irarily.
If there be two matrasses it muy be pluced be
tween them.
As Ood Mistake. An apothecary's boy
was lately sent to lea ye at 0110 house a box of
pills and at another nix live fowls. Con'used
on the way, he lefl the pills where tho fowls
should ha'.e gone, and thu fowls at the pill place.
The folk who received tho fowls were aston
ished at reading the accompanying direction,
iu allow out fit r'jtuo hour.
A. liXTItAIMtlllSAUY MISF.IU
Perhaps there never was a more perlcct mi-
?er than "Old Hunks," one of the richest men
iu Iiudon, who died some few years since.
Though possessing wealth to the amount of an
hundred thousand pounds steiling, he frequent
ly abstained from loud for a number of days to
gether, saying that hunger was the very best
sauce. Sometimes lie indulged himself in the
luxury of spoiled uic.it purchased at the sham
bles, giving us h reason liir choosing such, that
meat was good for nothing except it hud a
smdl as well as a taste. At other times he
lived wholly upon scraps of crackers, bait llsh
and candle ends, which he collected at various
plaoss in his wanderings about town, frequent
ly passing himself iti'as a beggar. Of his at
tire, ic was impossible to give any description,
being so patched and darned that it would omt..
zle a tai'or to detid-e whether any of the origi
nal fabric remained, lie used to hoa.-t that his
raiment lasted as long as that of the children of
i Israel in the wilderness having pureh ied it
more than forty years ago ! an old clothes-
: dealer. The nearest approach to any sort of
j rlwrity ever obsvned in him was, when wire
j seeing a couple of vagrants in the Mnelis, he
gave tluin some good udiice, remarking tlwl
he had once done busiwsa in slocks, but ujways
found it profitable to sell out on the tdiyhtesl ad-
benefitted by medical aid. lie retained bis
love of economy to the last, rebuking an at
tendant for extravagance in lighting two lal
low candles, observing that ho had lived u long
life without using a candle, nnd one was e
uough fur anv man to see to die by! At the
ir f death, he was visited bv the clergy
man
of Hie parish, w ho reminded him of his ap
proaching dissolution, discoursing u;ion the va
nity of life, tho impotence of riches, nnd the
hopes of another existence, and exhorted him to
show his benevolence in pious bequests to tl.o
church. The old mier died game, and i xhi-
Hindoo JAm.r.. There is a table among the
Hindoos, that a thief having been detected and
condemned to die. thought uvhiu an cxnedient
j priests, came w 1! ., t. thief to u certain spot, j
' where they l,r,, i ,r incantations. The
I lcl ,"?" I'rodueed a piece of gold, declaring
I ,i., ;,- . , ,
1 (UHl II ..nu n it wiinlil nnuliii-o n tree, nwiv
branch of which should bear gold; but, odd-
cu lie, "this must be put into the ground by a
pert-on perfectly honest. I am not so, and there
fore ptsa it to your Majesty." The King re
plied, "When t was a boy I remember taking
something from my father, which, although a
trifle, prevent my being the proper person. 1
pass it, therefore, to my prime minister." Tho
latter said, "I receive the taxes from tho peo
ple, and, as I am excised to many temptations,
iow can I be perfectly honest ! 1 therefore
give it to the priest." The priest plcudcd the
KHinu s to his conduct in receiving the sacri
fices. At length the thief exclaiuied, "I know
not why wo should not all four be hanged,
since not one of us is honest." The King
was so pleased at the ingenuity of the thief
that he granted him a pardon.
l'rom the Public Ledger.
BAI.T MIXES.
The ealt minr- of Vieliezlsa cover an under
prnund area of 35,000 square fuflinmc The
length of all the passages and alleys is ? Ger
man (31 English) miles. They are worked
by ten perpendicular shafts. There are five
strata of rock salt the deepest is nearly 000
feet from the surface, and 300 feet below (he
Ifvel of the sea. These mines liavo been work
ed 000 yenr. The aTched roof is sustained by
columns of suit, left standing at regular inter
val. The flovernment has established a strict
military system, by which the works are con
ducted on the most economical seal; ; and tho
price is maintained by nicely restricting the
yield to the wants of (he market.
There are several chapels and churches in
this subterranean city, in which divine service
is performed for the miners. In the chapete
every thing is made of cut salt, walls, doors,
alters, crucifixes, chandeliers, statues of the
saints, A c. Immense chandeliers, of the same
nvilerial, are suspended in many parts of the
mine. The largest, hung up in the "CtTcat
Hull," is 35 feet high nnd 00 in circumference.
The Bar.quetting Hall, where fctrs nre nc
rnsionally given to the nobility, is surrounded
j by statuary ; the Austrian eagle, accompanied
by all the implements used in mines, adorns one
end of the saloon, A hundred years has pro
iNtcrd scarcely any defacing effect upon these
statues, so dry is the air.
When this salnen is lighted up, it surpasses
hi splendor the most magnificent ball rooms.
Thf stables, stalls and troughs of the horses
ure also of salt. These animals, when once ta
ken into the (e.ine never return. Their employ
ment agrees with them, for they are always lat
and they live to a great age.
Nearly twenty ponds and lakes occur here
nnd there in the mines, on w hich boats are kept.
Some of these are some hundreds of feet long,
ami 'JO feet deep, and they are often connected
by canals.
The ventilation of the mines is especially at
tended to, and though the fire damp common to
all mines issometimes thrown in a jet from the
roof, it docs not generate in sufficient quanti
ties to be dangerous. A violent explosion,
however, took place in 1715, from the falling
in of one of the large chambers, which produced
so sudden a oindens.it km of the air, that it shot
like a whirlwind through all the passages of
the mine, driving eveiy thing before it, and
blowing away all the buildings that covered
the tliufts of the mine. Tiij Anthrax.
From yonh'x Wcrly Messenger.
Kliilslird. A SUctcli.
A word in general uso, and of very signifi
cant import.
A young girl whr, had passed three years in a
boarding school, gathered a superficial knowl
edge of her own language and the Fretvch ; ac
quired p. profound know ledge of the art of dan
cing, with a fashionable knowledge of music,
s iid to be finished that is, ready for a
husband.
A student who has passed four years in a col
lege, learned to rob henroosts, drink rum, smoke
cigars, play at ga ncs ol chance and spend tho
liberal allowance of a kind parent in every
species of unworthy excess makes a coiiiukui
nl.iee speech, receives his diploma, and is fi
nished. That is, ready for the devil.
The prodigal, who wastes at the gaming ta-
hie and in the haunts of debauchery, a splendid
p itriinony, and then blows out his brains in a
lit of despair, is said by those wlrj tempted him
to his nun, to be finished.
It is finished, exclaims tho man of fashion,
as he surveys the 'completion of all es-
seniials of a splendid entertainment, which j jty."
he is about to givo to five hundred men and j "Hah!" exclaimed the other, "a downright
women, who, far from indulging a friendly feel- j insult! Kogenllt manly murquito will submit
ing fur their host, will laugh at him in their t0 such treatment without demanding satis'ac'
rlt eves, as they slip his costly wines, and iuipu- ; Hon ! Draw, villian, and defend yourself i"
dently criticitc his person and air, while they j
ae wasting nnd devouring his substance. JroiriAi. Auvirr. In the course of a case
It is finished, as tho poor widow whispers, J which was lately tried at the Old Bailey, in
lu r sunken eyes dilate, and light up with a I guidon, a niedxal witness in giving hi ivi
111 iiimful joy, as she folds the garnient, the ma-I ,,.nr0i l)seil the word "tumefaction," 11 1 t
king of which will give lo herself and father- which Mr. Justice Coleridge said, "I suppo-e
lessones, the coarse and scanty loaf for another by lumelaction you mean swelling," Willie- .
dav 'a subsistence.
It is finished, the needv, ;ile and emaciated
auiiior murmurs, at vv 1111 iremuoiig nngcrs ue , to use a sort ol mongrel I .atm.
gathers page alter page of hiii w ork which ho
hopes will give food, tamo he look not for, to j FcmnuN Iim:i.t.iut:!tTf:.--Punrh says: "We
(he young wife a' his side, and the little ba- j understand that the celebrated caso of the tw
bu s that cluster at bis knee. j Kilkenny Cats, who, shut together in a garre'
It is finished, with despairing vioVnce, shouts j fought each other until nothing remained bu'
the homeless w anderer, as the sleet descends ! their tails, has been under the serious consiJet
on his unprotected head, and th icy blast con- j atiou of the five powers, with a view to its a -ge
iisdie current of life, und he lay him down, j plication to the present state of Spain. It ha
un eared for by Im brother man. j consequently been resolved upon that noforeig 1
Itis finished, gasps out the man of Mood and j intercourse w hatever should lie permitted witl
violence, as bo lays his head on the scaffold, that country for tiio next five years. Tha1
and nys the society he bus warred upon, the 1 time elapsed, it will be curious to know how
forfeit of his crimes. 1 much will remain of all parties of tho Spanish.
Finished! is the life journey ; what joys are Bets run that nothing will remain but their
expressed in tin cue word, what doubts made moustaches."
certain, what hopes realized, what forbodiugs
ronfirmed.
Finished, say the fond parents, as the reali
zation of all tlrcir prayers sleeps sweetly intua
cradle they are bending over.
Finished ! ejaculates the weepin; woman
drooping over the tomb.
TIIK INFANT IS HEAVEN,
Dr. Chalmers furnishes the following tnur.h
ing expression of his opinion on the subject ol
infant Salvation. It is expressed in strong and
bcivtiful language:
"This affoTrts.we think, something more thin
a dubimta glimpse into the qnestijn, that 'rsnfler
pot by a distracted mother when her babe is
taken away from her, when all tho converse it
ever had with the world, amounted to the gazo
upon it a few months, or a few opening smiles,
which marked the dawn of felt enjoyment ; am!
eve it had reached perhaps the lip of infancy,
it all unconscious of death, had to wrcst'.a
through a period of sickness with its power, and
at length to be overcome by it. Oh, it little
knew what an interest it had created in that
home where it was so passing a visitant; nor
when tarried to its early grave what a tide of
emotions it would raise among the few acquaint
ances it lefl behind it 1 On it, too, baptism was
impressed as a seal, and as a sign it was never
falsified. There was no positive unbelief in
its bosom no love at all for the darkness ra
ther than light nor had it yet fallen into that
great condemnation which will attach itself to
all that perish because of unbelief, that tbeif
deeds are evil. And when we couple wi'.H this
the known disposition of our great forerunner
the love that he manifested to children on earth,
lrow he puttered them to approich his person.
and lavishing endearments and Vndness upon
them in Jerusalem, told his Jwiples that tha
pre-ence and the company -of such as these ill
heaven formed one ingredient of the joy that
was set before him tell us if Christianity duea
not throw a pleasing radiance around nn infant's
tomb ! and should any parent who hears us, feel
softened by the touching remembrance of a
light that twinkled a few short months under
his roof, and at the end its little period expired ;
we cannot think we venture too far when w
say that he has only to persevere in the laitli
and in the following of the gospel, and that ve
ry light will again shine upon him in heaven.
Tho blossom which withered here upon it
stalk, has been transplanted there to a place nf
endurance ; and it will then gladden the eyj
which now weeps out the agony of an atlec
tinuthut has been sorely wounded; and in tha
name of Him who ifon earth would have wept
along with them, do we bid all believers pre
sent, to sorrow nut as da others which have no)
hope, but take comfort in the thought of that
country where there is no sorrow and no se
paration. Oh, when the mother meets on high,
The babe she lost ill infancy,
Hath she not then, for pains and fear
The dav of woe, the watchful night
For all her sorrows, all her tear
An over-payment of delight ?
Ht'n.i.tvu. Two inusquitoc, one morning,
met on a leaf in a garden. Both were filled
with the blood drawn from their last nuctutnal
depredations. They were silent, and "dumpy"
cross and savage. One of them ran out his
sting, and wiped it on his foreleg. The other
thrust out his sting, and pointed it toward.--the
fir.-t musquito ! This was considered an insult.
And so the offended musquito steps up to the 0-
: ther and says
"Did you turn up your sting at me !"
The answer was "1 ran out my sting ; you
can apply it as you choose."
Answer "Sir, your remark Favors ol rascal-
1 "Yes, my lord." The Judge repf'ed "then if
would be much better lo use plain F.nglisli than