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XHE GIRLS OF OlllOW.ISATlVb: LAND.
BT ASA ABNOLD.
The girlg of our own native land !
In loveliness rare
What maids can compare
With girls of our own native land !
With their soul-lit eyes and their smiles of hea
ven ;
Oh, where is the man does not think them
more fair
Than the brightest of forms to which Beauty has
given
Her halo of love and her radiant air.
Circassia may boast her sylvan bowers laden
With voluptuous sylphs in beaming array ;
And Persia may vaunt of her Yenus-like maid
ens, But fairer and brighter and dearer than they
Are girls of our own native land.
In loveliness sweet
No maids can compete
With girlf of our own native land.
Wrth their soul-lit eyes, and their smiles of hea
ven, X)h, where is the man does not think them
more fair
Than the brightest of forms to which Beauty has
given
ITer halo of love and her radiant air.
Beautiful and bright aro proud Scotia's daugh
ters. And fair are tho girls of Imperial France ;
And maidens of Venice may wake on her waters
. The gondoliers song as they float to the dance.
The Loved of the East ! may exhibit their duty,
Their blushes may burn, and their glances
may fall.
Like rays from the rainbow to pencill their beauty,
But fairer and purer, and brighter than all
Are girls of our own native land,
In loveliness rare
No maids can compare
With the girls ol our own native land.
Pure as the snows which diadem her mountains,
Bright as the bloom of her beautiful flowers ;
Columbia reveals mid groves and fair fountains,
In garden where Love spends its happiest hours,
The girls of our own native land.
Land of the Lovely ! the heart turns to none other
So adorned with jewels by nature's own hand;
So true in the duties of sister, wife, mother,
As girls of our own native land ;
With their soul-lit eyes, and their smiles of hea
ven Oh, where is the man does not think her more
fair
Thaa the brightest of forms which Beauty has
given
Her halo of love and her radient air.
THE BOUND-BOY'S DREAM.
A CIIARMIXQ SKETCH.
BT MBS. M. A. DBNNISOX.
A little fair-haired child laid its pale cheek
against a pillow of straw.
It had toiled up three pairs of narrow dark
stairs to gain its miserable garret, r lt wa9 R
little " bound child," that had neither father nor
mother, and no soft bed awaited his tired limbs,
but a miserable pallet with one thin coverlet.
It bad neither lamp nor candle to lighten the
room, if such it might be called ; still that was
not so bad, for the beautiful moon smiled in upon
the poor bound-boy, and almost kissed his fore
head, as his sad eyes closed dreamily.
But after a while, as he laid there, what a
wondrous change came over tho place. A great
light shone down, the huge black rafters turned
to solid eold, and these seemed all studded with
tiny, precious, sparkling stones. The broken
floor, too, was all encrusted with shining crys
tals, and the child raised himself upon his elbow,
And gazed with a half-fearing, half-delighted look
ppon the glorious sight.
One spot on the wall seemed too bright for his
vision to endure, but presently, as if emerging
from it, came a soft white figure, that stood by
the poor bound-boy ts bedside.
The child shut his eyes ; he was a little, only
a little frightened, and hia heart beat quickly ;
lul he found breath to murmur
Tell mo who you are V
" Look up, be not afraid," said a sweet -ce,
that sounded like the harps of heaven, "look up,
darling, ' I am your brother Willy, sent down
rom the angels to speak with you and tell you
to bear all your sorrows patiently, for you will
toon be with us."
" What, you my brother Willy ! oh ; no, no,
that cannot be ; my brother Willy was very pale,
and his clothes were patched and torn, and there
was a hump on his back, and he used to go into
the muddy streets and pick op bits of wood and
chips ; but your face is quite too handsome, and
there is no ugly hump on your back besides,
my brother Willy is dead long ago."
" I am your brother Willy, your immortal
brother ; my body, with the ugty hump, is dead
and turned to askes ; but just as soon as that
died, I went up to the great heavens, and saw
sights that I cannot tell you about now, they
were so very beautiful. But God, who is your
father, and the holy name of Eternity, gave me
these bright garments, that never get soiled, and
I was so happy that I expect ray face was chan
ged very much, and I grew tall and straight ;
so no wonder you do not know mc."
And now the little bound child's tears began
to fall.
" Oh 1" he exclaimed earnestly, " if I, too,
could go to Heaven !"
" You can go," replied the angel, with a smile
of ineffable sweetness. " You have learned how
to read well, to-morrow get you your Bible,
and find very reverently for it is God's most
holy book tht6e words of the Lord Jesus : But
I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully useyou and
persecute you.' Do all these, and you shall be
the child of your Father, which is above."
" Even if they beat me ?" murmured the little
bound-boy, with a quivering lip.
A flash of light passed over the angel's face,
as ho replied
" The more you forgive, the nearer you wilt be
to Heaven."
In another moment the vision had gone, but
still the room was all blazing with unearthly ra
diance. As tho little boy full back upon his pillow, his
wan lace reilected the angels smile, and he
thought " I will forgive them, even if they beat
me.
Suddenly a more musical voice than the former
fell upon his ear. This time he was not afraid,
but sitting upright on his miserable couch, he
saw a figure that seemed to lift itself from the
wall ; a ray of intense brightness outlined all
its form ; its eyes blazed, vet there was a mild
beauty in them every time they looked into his
own.
" Little one, I am your father," said tho form,
n melting accents.
" I don't think you can be my father," whis
pered the boy, timidly. " My father used to look
very old indeed, and he got hurt and wore a
crutch ; there were wrinkles on his face and all
over his forehead ; his hair was short and white,
not long like yours. And my father used to stoop
over, and wear a little black apron, and put
patches on shoes in a little dark room."
" And what else ?"
" He used to pray and sing very sweetly, but
I never hear any praying and singing now," sob
bed the child, bursting into tears.
' Don't cry, my dear little boy, but listen to
me. 1 am your father, your immortal lather ;
that poor lame body is all gone now, mingled
with the dust of the grave yard. As soon as the
breath left that deformed body of mine, ! was
with the shining angels, and hosts of them bore
me up to Heaven : and the King of that glorious
place clothed me in these white, stainless robes,
and gave me this tall, beautiful body, which shall
never foel corrnption. And this was the reason,
dear little orphan because I loved Ilim, and my
chief delight was in praying to Him, and talking
about Ilim, and, although I was very poor, I tried
to be honest, and many times went hungry rath
er than do wrong. And you, if you never forget
to say your little prayers, that 1 taught you if
you will keep God's holy commandments, and
truot J iiiu i a Bj"3' aaii soon be with me in
my sweet heavenly home."
Once more the child was left alone, and still
the rafters were golden, the walls pearly, the old
floor studded with brilliants, and tho same soft,
mysterious light over all.
A strain of holy music fell faintly upon his en
raptured senses ; it grew louder, and came near
er to the head of his little bed. And a voice
oh ! far sweeter than either of the others sang :
" My child, my little earth-child, look upon me
I am thy mother."
In a moment what emotions swelled the bosom
of the lonely boy. He thought of hur cherished
tenderness to him long years ago, of her soft
arms around his neck her gentle lips pressing his
forohead : then came up the4cruelty of strangers,
who, after she had been put away into the deep
ground, treated him with harshness and seven-
Ho turned towards her oh ! what a glorious
being ! Her eyes were like stars ; her hair like
the most precious gold ; but there was that in
her face that none other might so truly know.
He had doubted if the first risen was his brother
if the second was hia father but not once did
he doubt that this beautiful being was his own
dear mother.
A little while he kept down his strong feeling,
but the thought of the past and the present over
itowered him.
"Oh! mother, mother, mother," ho cried,
stctching forth his hand, " let me come to you
let me come ; there is nobody m tnis worm line
vou : no one kisses me now no oue loves me.-
Oil ! mother, mother, let mc come !" and the hot
tears rained down his cheeks.
' My orphan child," she said, in low tones,
that thrilled him to tho heart, you cannot come
to mo now, but listen to me. I am very often
near you when you know it not. Every day 1
am by your side, and when you come to this
lonely room to weep, my wings encircle you.
behold you suffer, but I know that God will not
give you more sorrow thao you can bear. When
you resist evil, I whisper calm and tender thoughts
unto your soul ; but when you give way to an
ger when you cherish a spirit of revenge you
drive your mother from you. Remember that
my little one your sins drive your mother frorn
you, and displease the great and holy God."
" Be good be .happy, even amidst all your
trials, and if it is a consolation, you know that
thy immortal mother often communes with thy
soul. And farther, thou shalt soon be with me."
" Oh ! mother, mother, mother," murmured
the boy, springing from his bed, and striving to
leap towards her. The keen air chilled him he
looked eagerly around : there was no lighta
solemn stillness reigned. The radiance, the raf
ters of gold, the silvery beams, the music, the
angels all were gone. And then he knew that
he had been dreaming ; but oh, what a dream ;
how strengthening how cheering ; never, never
"Would he forget it.
The next morning when he went down to hia4pipov:Jcr,
scant breakfast, there was such a beautiful sere
nity upon his face, sweet gladness in las eyes,
that all who looked upon him forbore to taunt of
chide him.
He told his dream ; and tho hard hearts that
listened were softened ; and the mother, who held
her babe, was so choked with her tears that she
could not eat ; aud the father said inwardly that
henceforth he would be kinder to the poor and
so he was. The child found his way into her af
fections, he was so meek, so prayerful, so good ;
and at the end of a twelvemonth, when the an
gels did in very deed take him far above to heav
en, the whole family wept around the little coffin,
as if he were one of their own. But thev all
felt that he was in the bright heaven with his
brother, and his father, and his dear mother.
From tho American Messenger.
The Secret.
Roger Bacon was an English monk, who taught
in tho University of Oxford more than six hun
dred years ago. He was a man of great learn
ing, skilled in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, but es
pecially fond of cheniestrj'. He used to spend
many hours each day in the secret cells of the
convent, engaged in various experiments. While
thus employed he had found that sulphur, char
coal, and saltpetre, mingled together in a certain
way, would make a new and strange compound ;
indeed, so strange and dangerous did this new
mixture seem, that the monk himself was almost
afraid of it, And therefore told no one of his dis
covery. Among the pupils was a youth who was so
fond of study and so prompt to obey his teachers,
that he became a favorite with all, and Roger
Bacon would often ask his help in the laboratory
a large room where the students were instruct
ed in chemistry but he never allowed him to
entee his private cell. This youth's name was
Hubert de Dreux.
Sometimes as Hubert sat reading or studying,
or mixing medicines in this larger room, he was
startled by sounds like distant thunder coming
from Lis master's apartment; sometimes a bright
light shone for a momrnt through the chinks of
the door, and then an unpleasant odor would al
most suffocate him. Ail these things excited his
curiosity ; but whonever he knocked or strove to
ente, Roger Bacon would sternly bid him attend
to his own affairs, and never again interrupt him.
The door was always kept locked, and every
time the boy ventured to ask the cause, he was
silenced by his Uacher's gruff words and severe
looks.
Months glided away, and still he eagerly but
vainly sought to learn the secret. At length an
opportunity offered. Roger Bacon was widely
known as a physician and surgeon. One cold
November day he was called to attend on Walter
de Losely, a rich man in the next town, who
had been dangerously hurt. Tho monk gave all
the nctcjwNai j orders to Hubert, and bidding him
be careful to put out the fires and lock the door
when he was doae, he started his errand of
mercy.
Hubert soon finished his task, and was just
bounding up the oaken stairway, when an evil
thought came into his mind. " Roger Bacon is
gone ; he will not bo back for several hours ; I
can now find out what keeps him so much in
that dark, damp cell." He looks anxiously a
round ; no one is near, and with a light step and
fast beating heart he reaches the forbidden room.
The key is not there, and so there is no hope of
entering; yet perhaps ho may see something
through the keyhole, and kneeling he presses his
cheek against the heavy door. It opens at his
touch, for Roger Bacon in his haste had locked
without closing it, and thus the eager boy Btands
where ho had for months longed to be. In vain
he looks fur anything new -or strange, and with
a sad face is turning away, when his eye falls on
abuge book whose open page is still wet with
the ink from his teachers "pen. It is written in
Latin, but that is as plain to him as his own
English, and in another moment he has read the
secret so long hidden from him.
Now he must try it for himself, to see if the
mixture is indeed so wonderful. " Ah !" he ex
claims, " this yellow powder is the sulphur, this
hard clear substance is saltpetre, and this black
powder must be the other. Here is the very bot
tle my mi'.er has used ; I will mix it in this,
and sec. The fire is not yet dead in the furnace
a few sparks will give heat enough, and then
Hubert de Dreux is as wise as his wisest teach
er."
All that afternoon Roger Bacon had been lan
ding over tho sick man's bed ; he had done all
he could to relievo his sufferings, and as night
was coining on," he bade him good-bye and set of the spine, the vertebcu of what is called, in
out for home. The wind whistled over the bleak j anatomical language, the ossacrum, being blend
hills, and the monk wrapped his cloak closer j ed so as to constitute apparently one bone. The
around him and hurried his horse towards the i personal identity of the two dots not seem to be
3 trrA kIipWpi-. Ak ha reached the toD I at all confounded bv the union. There is no
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of the last bill, Oxford lay before him with lights
twinkling here and there, and its tall spires rising
high. Suddenly a stream of flame rose from his
convent high on the darkened sky, and in an in-?
stant a roar loud as the heaviest thunder burst
on the still night air, and distinctly amid this
fearful sound was heard a sharp short cry of dis
tress. In a moment the whole convent was on
fire. The trembling monk dashed down the hill
side to the scene of woe. As he sprang from his
horse, a man drew forth from the burning ruins
the lifeless form of Hubert.
The terrified crowd believed that Roger Bacon
had been practising witchcrnft, and without lis
tening to his defence, threw him into a gloomy
dungeon. For many years he remained in prison,
but at last he was released, and at the age of
eighty lay down in death. lie wrote his well
kept secret in strange words in one of his books,
and wise men studied long yers before they
could read it. He had discovered how to make
The terrible explosion in Oxford in 1282 dos
ust reero strange to us, for we know the wonder
ful power of gunpowder ; but to the people of
England at that time it appeared to be the work
of as evil spirit. Thus year by year the world
advances in knowledge, and the children of 1854
are iimiliar with many things which were mys
teries to learned men six hundred years ago.
How grateful we should be to God for all our pri
vilege, and how careful to improve them aright
e. a. n.
Spain.
Thi scandals of the Spanish Court have been
the theme of gossip for months, and the young
Queer has been charged with irregulartics, such
as hae rendered Spanish Queens of former times
infamous in history. Even the legitimacy of the
lato Infante has been doubted, and her death,
when a few days old, while it enlarged thcsphcie
of gossip, excited no regret among the people.
Indeed, the event was the occasion of displaying
about Madrid placards in reference to the Queen,
in which there was more truth than decency.
Queen Isabella is indeed fast hurrying into all
these excesses, the career of weak women placed
in promitent positions, and infatuated with a fa
vorite lover. Her improprieties have excited the
people. Her ministers and most devoted servants
have remonstrated with her subjects, she at
tempts to enforce submission and compel allegi
ance. Accordingly, she has exiled Generals Concha
and O'Dontiell, formerly two of her most faith
ful Captains-General in Cuba, and severtl others
to whom she is in a great measure indebted for
the preservation of her crown. Their offence was
their too high a sense of morality, and their op
position to the scandalous royal intrigue. No
one can suppose that such a Ligh-handed mea
sure can succeed in crushing the rebellous feeling
of the people. Isabella the Second is too weak
in her own character, and her government is too
destitute of physical as well as moral power, for
covp d'etat to be tnduringly successful. Such
affairs require the hand of a Napoleon, sustained
by a great name and a great army. Without
these the little woman cannot violate ordinary
decencies, or insult and outrage statesmen cf
alitity and long service. Such thiugs were
scarcely tolerated in the darkest days of Spanish
hisiory. They will never do in the nineteenth
century, and we shall expect soon to hear of
stormy times in Spain.
Anatomy of the Teeth.
A nerve, an artery, and a vein, enter the root
tf every tooth ; "and through an opening just
Urge enough to admit a human hair."
The dental pulp is the determination of the
nerve in the crown of the tooth. In the molar
teeth it is about the size of a small sliot. Some
antomists call the whole of the nerve the dental
l'ulp.
The ivory of the toot (that part which lies un
der the enamel) is composed of an immense num
ber of little pipes, or tubuli, which m&ko that
part of the tooth porous. This accounts for the
rapid decay of a tooth when the enamel is gone.
The acids of the saliva, heat and cold, penetrate
these numerous cells and cause a sudden destruc
tion of the tooth. Filling the cavity.solid with
some metal is the only cure.
The nerve from one tooth connects with the
nerve to every tooth in either jaw. This is the
reason why the pain is so often felt on the oppo
site side from where tho cause exists. Pain is
often felt in the upper jaw, when the cause exists
in the lower.
The superior (upper) molar teeth have three
roots. They sometimes (not frequently) have
four and even five roots, while the inferior (low
er) have but two.
The bicupids usually have but one root, or two
united, so as to have the appearance of but one.
They sometimes, however, occur with two dis
tinct roots.
The incisors and eye teeth never Lave more
than one root. Stic ntijic American.
A freak of nature, rivaling the world-renown
cd Siamese twins, is announced in North Caroli
na. The Southern Weekly Post says that there
are in the city of Raleigh, two little negro girls,
about two years and tliree mouths old, of a brown
color, well, good looking, and very sprightly.
Their names are Christian and Milly, but each
applies the latter name to the other. The visi
tor will generally find them seated on a table,
neatly dressed, exhibiting to the first view no
traces of deformity, but on examination, the an
atomist will find them united to each other in a
most remarable manner at the lower extremity
community of sensation, and they sleep, cat,
laugh and cry as independently as any other in
dividuals who are entirely unconnected ;
and
what is more remarkable the nulse of tho one
generally beats faster than that of the other.
Arrival cf the Steamer Arabia.
Halifax, March 15.
The Royal mail sfeamer Arabia arrived here
this afternoon at 2i o'clock, with Liverpool dates
to Saturday, the 4th inst., being one week later
than our prev ious advices.
The Arabia had her paddle floats much broken
by the ice she encountered near the coast.
The steamship Pacific arrived at Liverpool on
the morning of the 2d.
The steamship Franklin arrived at Havre on
the 2Sth of February.
The Washington sailed from Southampton for
New York on the 1st, and the City of Glasgow
left Liverpool on the same day r Philadelphia.
ENGLAND.
Throughout Great Britain the war was quite
popular, and the additional estimate for the ar
my and Navy were considered moderate.
TUS TURKISH WAR.
No hostilities are reported eitlic-r on the Dan
ube or in Asia, on account of the severe weather
and heavy snows. The weather Lad become
France and England insist that Russia shall
evacuate the Turkish territory before the 30th cf
April. All parties are still arming for the com
ing struggle.
The Greek insurrection is in a fair way of be
ing suppressed.
The latest received by mail is contained in the
Vienna correspondence of the London Times,
which under date of the 2d instant, stait-3 that
an Austrian Manifesto was about to be publish
ed, announcing that Austria will occupy Bosnia
and Servia. A panic had been caused on the
Vienna Bourse by this intelligence.
France, England, and Russia continue their
armaments on an immense scale.
Sir Charles Napier is appointed to command
the Baltic Allied fleet. Admiral Seymour, in
command of 20 ships, had already assembled at
Spithtad.
The ice in the Baltic was breaking up, and the
Russian fleet at Croustadt, being liberated were
preparing to sail.
A doubtful rumor prevails that the Czar lias
laid an embargo on British ships in Russian
ports. The Russians are making ostentatious
preparations to cross the Danube, and Omar Pa
cha is making preparation to check the advance.
Tho Turkish troops no longer occupy any
place except Kalafat, north of the Danube.
There has been considerable fighting'in small
parties wherever they came in contact, but noth
ing has transpired of importance.
Another convoy of 10,000 troops wa3 prepar
ing to leave Constantinople for Batoun.
Several British ships of war have been ordered
from Malta to I'im-us, to look after the Greek insurgents-
The insurrscti jn has received a check
by being defeated at Arta by the Turks.
The Turkish Government, in concert with
England, France and Fruasia, had addressed a
remonstrance to the Greek court. The latter
then apologised, and dismissed the Minister of
Police.
FRANCE.
The Emperor Napoleon opened tho Legislative
Session on the 2nd inst. His speech commen
ced by referring to the deficient harvest ; but he
said 7,000,000 hcctoliares of wheat had been im
ported, and more was on the way to supply the
deficiency. A famine had been averted, but a
war was beginning, and France hud gone as far
as honor permitted to avoid a collision, but she
must now draw the sword. He had no views cf
aggrandisement. The days of conquest aro past,
never to return.
Europe, reassured by the moderation of the
Emperor Alexander, and his successor Nicholas,
seemed to doubt the danger which threatened it
from the colossal power, which by successive en
croachments, embraced the North and Centie of
Europe;, and which possesses almost exclusively
two internal seas, whence it is ta.sy for its arm
ies and fleets to launch forth against civilization.
But its recent unfounded deu.ands in the Easthng
awakened Europe. France has an equal interest
with England in preventing' Russian supremacy
over Constantinople, for to be supreme in Con-
stantinle, is to be supreme in the Mediterranean.
France, therefore, was going to Constantinople
to defend the freedom of the seas, as well as to
protect the right of Christians, and France's just
rights in theMeditcrranean. She was going with
Germany to aid Germany, and with Austria to
defend her frontiers against the preponderance
of her too powerful neighbor. She was going,
in short, with all those who desire the triumph
of right, of justice, and of civilization. Strong
then, in the nobleness of our cause, in the firm
ness of our alliances, and the protection of God
I hope soon arrive at a peace which shall no
longer depend on the power of any one man to
disturb !"
The English press is unanimous in the praise
of this speech.
Bumor assigns the command cf tho army of
the East to Marshall St. Arnaud.
RUSSIA.
A St. Fctersburg Journal gives tho following
as the substance ef the Czar's answer to Napo
leon :
"If his Imperial Mjcsty extends Lis hands to
me as I extend mine, I am ready to forget the
mortiikation I have experienced, harsh though
it be. Then, but then only, can I discuss the
subject treated of in his letter, and may perhaps
arrive at an understanding. Let the French
fleet prevent the Turks from transporting re-in-forcements
to tho theatre of war, aud let them
send me a plenipotentiary to negotiate, whom I
will receive as befits his character. Tho condi
tions already made known to the Conference at
' Vienna, are the sole basis on which I will consent
to treat.
! IntfUigeucc had reached Brussels that the Ku
sian fleets were preparing te leave Cronstadt,
probably for the purpose cf gaining the sea be
iore the arrival of the combined fleets.
Russia demands that Prussia 6hall close her
ports nearest to Rusi-ia against English and
French ships. Prussia U unwilling to grant Uiia
demand.
SW1.LXN.
The negotiations between Russia and Sweden
have not yet terminated, and fears are entertain
ed at Stockholm that Russia, in order to giva
weight to their demands, will make a demonstra
tion with its fleets against that capital.
The Russian Envoy had a private audience
with the King of Sweden on the 21st of Febru
ary. SWEDEN AND DENMARK.
Russia makes the same demand on Sweden M
she made on Prussia that cf closing her ports
against the ships of England and France. Her
reply was not known.
Eagland and France have requested Denmark
to allow the allied fleet to take their station at
Red. The reply was not known.
Both the governments of Denmark and Swe
den had ordered their citizens in the Russian na
val services to return home.
AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Feb. 27. The movements of troops
towards the frontier continue. The Government
ha3 decided, in connexion with the Western
I'owcni, tosummon Russia to evacuate the Prin
cipalities, and. if nesessary, to employ force to
compel her to do so.
FELGIUJi.
A treaty of commerce between France and
Belgium has been signed.
SPAIV.
A formidable insurrection has occurred at Sa
ragossa. The insurgents held the castle of AI
juforra and other strongholds for a considerable
time, although the Captain General attacked
them with three column of infantry, and several
cannon. The insurgents finally retreated, pur
sued by the cavalry.
Madrid, and the whole province is in a state of
siege.
The insurrection at Saragossa exploded prema
ture y on the 5th inst. The details are very ob
scure. General Concha is deeply implicated.
The latest rumor states that the insurgents had
been joined by the garrison stationed at Ilue&cs,
and had made another stand.
It is reported that Narvaez and EsparUro are
united, and are the real masters at the present
crisis. A general insurrection is very probable.
Hair. A writer in a bate number of the Lon
don Quarterly Review furnishes the following in
formation on this subject: London import
about five tons of human hair annually. Block
hair comes mainly from Brittany and the South,
of Fi ance, where it is collected principally by one
hair merchant, who travels from fair to fair, and
buys up, and thears the crops of the neighbor
hood damsels. A traveller in Brittany describes
the peasant girls as attended at the fairs with
their beautiful tresses, perfectly willing to sell
out. He saw several girls sheared, one after an
other, like shec-p, and as many mow standing
ready for the shears, with their caps in their
hands, and their long hair combed out and hang
ing to their waists. By the side of the dealer
was placed a large basket, into which the suc
cessive crops of hair were thrown, each tied up in
a whisp by itself. For a head of hair about
twenty sous in money is given, or a gaudy hand
kershief. The hair is the finest and most silken
that can be produced. Light hair comes from
Germaay, where it is collected by a company of
Dutch farmers, who go over to Enghxnd for or
ders once a year. And, who knows from what
source come these pendant tresses, gle amiDg in
the gaslight, with which our bloomiag Eves, spt
ly entangling their snaky coil with their own,
tempt our ebgible Adams."
Don't Belong to Yocr Soctett. In a cer
tain country town in which religious differences
were notably fostered, the orthodox minister wa
once presented with a tame raven, which by its
former owner, had been taught to "talk," or at
I any rate pronounced certain wcrda with much
distinctness. For some time after its reception,
the worthy clergyman was ignorant of the extent
of the bird's accomplishments, and especially so
of the fact that some words pronounced by it de
cidedly wereunclerical and profane. At length an
old lady, a notorious disputant, belonging to a
nother society, chanced to pay a visit to the cler
gyman's wife. The raven perching himself upoa
the back of a chair, cytd her steadily for a long
time, and at length cocking his head aside very
gravely, and peering close in her face, snouted
aloud to the horror of both ladies and others
assembled "Dn ye ! D n ye !"
The old lady rose in high dudgeon, and facing
her denouncer, as she turned to depart retorte4
in a loud voice, and with a very red face! "don't
you d n me .' you good for nutliing orthodox
creetcr, don't itong to your society." Clinton
Courant.
Beactifl-l. Here is a beautiful sentence frota
the pen of Colridge. Nothing can be more clo-
epucnt, nothing more true :
4 Call not that man wretched who, whatever
else he sutlers as" to pain inflicted or pleasure de
nied, has a child for whom he hopes, and on whom
he doats. Poverty may grind him to the dust,
obscurity may cast its dark mantle over his. his
voice may be unheeded by those among whom
he dwells, and his fancy may be unknown to his
neighbors-even pain may rack his jouits. and
sleep flee from his pillow, but he has a gem which
lit ould not urt with for wealth defying com-
,.t.af,Dn. for fame filling a world's eye, for the
highest power for the sweetest 5leep that ever ftlj
or mortal s eve.
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