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York Herald, 9 Mar 1860, p. 1

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y. if iif“?WlmffmuwwnwmWWTYTTii“all” l 1 1 2cm, I arm i - -W " 3. w “Burs fat-7AM”- " .-. ltirrulttre, " *‘ “ ' ““POTUIJATION or T tEEAttTtr. ll The Directors of the Statisticali Bureau of‘dhrhnvrfurnishes the fol- lowing -curintllstgastatcmcnt; , ‘The' , population of the Whole earth'is esti- mated to. ' be 1,288,000,000, viz. .fEuttopc 272,000,090; Asia, 755,000,: 000; Africa 200,000,000; America',’ 59,000,000rand Australia 2,000,000.»: The population of. Europe is thus- snbdividediz Russia contains 62.000,- 000; the Austrian States 361,398,620; THE AULD Wire. The auld wife sits~ by the fire, Whenthe ivittter‘tiigli’ts are Iang; And aye eis she turns her Weel,‘ She croons somerauld Scotch can g; The woehwith albln‘filld a ham, Gites round as she plies her rock; The grey cat purrs by the fire, And tic-tac goes the clock. 0ND HILL ADVOCATE ADVERTISER. MNA/V\_/ \N __/â€"\ /\ /\J if .L AURORA AND RtoHi. WVWVW"W'\/WV\/ r fW/VVva/v The auld wife ance was youngâ€".- As each auld wife has been; But mickIe of joy and sorrow, Cam youth and age between: I now she sings and she talks of said times When neebody’s bye to hear; And sometimes the auld body laughs-o.â€" And sometimes she drops a tear! She thinks o’ tlte happy times. When young ones cam to woo- !‘ Alack,” cries the‘eilly wife, “ Wha’d think it to see me noo.” She thinks o’ the merry bells, That rang when at kirk she wed; And then 0’ the mauldy static, That hope her gutdmau’s heed; " My puir old man is gene, His bairns forget to weep; And see ’twill be with me, When I sleep the kirkyard sleep: Bells for bridals will ring, The auld gie place to the young; Summer will come and go, And said wife’s sangs be sung,” Yet still does she sit by the fire, When winter nights are long; And eye as she turns her weel, She croous some attld Scotch sang; And she sings and she talks or auld times, When neabody’s by to hear; And sometimes the auld body laughsâ€" And sometimes she drops a tear! filo! R Y JNTOEB HIS; 0H Leaves from a Gentleman’s Diary. ....___.â€" Continued. .CHAPTEn 111.-â€"-THE RENCOUNTER. After what had taken place I did ,not expect to see Mr. Morris and his daughter at tlte theatre againâ€" ,nor did I. I became gloomy, reserv- ed, and less inclined to mix witlt the world than I had ever been. Often. often would I resolve to treat the whole affair as a Circumstance that ,tnight happen ill the succeeding years .,â€"~an occurrence no more remarkable perhaps than would occur in the lives of nine men out of tenâ€"~and with a desperate effort would I endeavour to banish the image of Miss Morris gram rnythoughtsâ€"but no, the busy ineruory of, the past came flitting ,hy_, and the frown of the father and the smile of the daughter were pre- ,Scnt day and night. The bloom of ,my cheeks began to fade, and almost= ,rhourly would I find rnySeif startled front one of those peculiar reveries. when the eyes are fixed upon Vacan- cy and consciousness seems to be lost (in a dream. _ A new stir, howcvm‘, took place ,in the family circle which diverted my attention to other matters. The ,circumstance to which I allude was ,no loss a matter titan preparations for a marriageâ€"the marriage of my (eldest sister Euphrasia with Mr. ‘Fairfax. Accustorncd to obey im- plicin the dictum of her mother, Euphrasia could not summon to her ,aid 3 sufficiency of courage to pro- test against it in this instance, though ,u-tterLy averse to the step, and shod-l dating at the prospect of being his wife, of a man whom character she know so little. Besides, there was the disparity of their ages to take into considerationâ€"she was nine- teen, he forty-six. The poor girl , said nothing, but sitefelt much; and frequently have I observed her when, seated apart from tlte rest of the ,family. the ‘ unbidden tear would ,tremble upon her eyelids, and a flood ,of sorrow deluge her pale cheeks, :1 noticed, too, that while at the piano she no longer executed pieces of a light and lively character; ,b.l,ll.$C,lf5,eri ,cd from her music books those of a solemn air, and especially those in WhICII‘IIIC sentiments sympathized with het'fown sad feelings. . Often would] surprise her alone, her face ,buried‘ih her White hands, resting ,upon the piano in’an attitude ofgrief, after having sung to ,mournful strain which had thus subsided her hearL My father was passive on thieoc» ,casio’tt' as usual". Of Euphrasia’s aversion to the intended marriage ‘701\ 110 N0. 15"; l l my mother could not help being awareâ€"the fact was as legible upon the pale clinch of the poor girl as if ALEX. SCOTT, Proprietor. 6‘ Let Sound Reason weigh more with us thanPbpzdar Opinion.” which men of wealth are but too apt to content themselves. At times, thongh, he appeared to wear another character. I had noticed him, at in- tervals, when he seemed. not alto- gether thc l‘op-.â€".â€"Vt'l‘ten, undiscovered, as he supposed himself to be, I have seen hint smile behind the back of another, whilst a curve of contempt cattle mer his lips, and sinister looks, Iago-like, beamed from his eagle- eve. I could not but conjecture at what he meant at such mements: it was certainly mysterious; it seemed as if, while he mingled with the gay world, he scorned it, as if he dc- rncancd himself by condescending to partake of its false pleasures. The dark shade around his character daily assumes a darker line! It was now within a week’s time of the wedding, and had told my mother that I would not be present at the ceremony; I explained my feelings to Euphrasia, and departed for New York, where I soon after received a letter from my father comn'tunicatihg to me the facts of the marriage. I shudered as I read; it was as bitter to my feelings as wormwood to the taste. “ What, Euphrasia the wife of Fairfax I" _I mentally exclaimed. ‘-‘ Is it possr- ble? Has it really taken place? W'ould to God there was a dcubt of it t” In four weeks I relurned home. The newly married pair had, in the meantime, commenced llOtISC-ltt‘cir lug, surrounded with all the comforts and luxuries of wealth, in the midst of which lived Euphrasia in splendid miseryâ€"the result of her own mo- t cr’s pride and false i ‘eas of human happinessâ€"lirat mother who, ltl her younger days, would have shrunk with affected itorror from anything like a marriage where the feelings were not reciprocal, or force was used. Many all hour had she wept over a noycl or romance where the circmt’tstances delineated were simi- lar to her daughter’s case. But now, srnce it had come to the test, where was that sensibility '? All resigned to the hollow opinion of the world -â€"to outside appearances. Thus it remained; and for the Space of six or seven months my mother seized upon every opportum ty to convche with me. At the expiration ofthat time she had elici- ted a promise from me to accom- pany the family (Fairlax included) to the Brandywine Springs. in the State ofDelaxvar-ea retreat to which many of the fashionable and Wealthy of our 'itics resort during the sum- mer months. l We had been at the Springs about 1 four days when I met with an inci-' dent wluch I Will here relate. Dur- ing the afternoon I had been in un- usual spirits; ltad relapsed from my . cold and distant manner in a remark- that I had been ,t,rying, with others,l party of ladies . involuntarily participated tn the laugh and giggle ofthe light-hearted. But, like the human Sy stem roused for a while by the effects of strong drink, a reacrion took place. I left feelings of adoration upon the beau-' tics of nature thut eyci'ywhere preâ€" sented their charms to my View in to push my younger sister and al in a swing, and had I gcthcr mysterious. | I ering lip and smothered energy, " we shall meet again, sir I” he mut- tered, " ' , _ “ \Ve shall!" exclaimed the other, emphatically. ( Fairfax then snatched up his hat and the pistol which had been dis- l l RECHMQND HILL, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, "teen. land completely overpowered by the ’force of-tny~ feelings, I resolved to I then an hour after entering it. hastened again to my chamber, threw' was constructed. ,myself upon the bed, I I charged, bent on me another de-i“ She is dyingâ€"dying by inches," I moniacal look. and darted into the l repeated tnournfully to myself. dark woods, by the thick foilage ofl which he was immediately screenedl from sight. fingers and uplifted hand, " villain ll villain l” he energetically cxclaimed.‘ To me the whole affair was like a dream from which I ltad just awak- ened. I stood bewildered with ant-si azcmenterbarcheade lâ€"my but had fallen off in the fracas. After my astonishment had a little subsidedl ventured to inquire of the person with whom I thus unexpectedly found myself, the cause of .whatI had witnessed. “ Nay, sir, do not ask me.” he hur- riedly replied. “I cannot tell you nowâ€"some other time perhaps.” So, finding that he disliked to be interrogated upon the subject, Ire- linquislred it. ‘3‘ Perhaps,” continued be, “time will unravel this mystery to you;I but at present, sir, be satisfied with my thanks for the timely assistance you have rendered in). Brit for vou, you villain would have murdered The eyes of Mr. Morâ€"l ris followed him, and with clenched‘ ,villany of Fairfax? “ IS there no way to save her? Can I thinka none? Must she sink into the grave with all her fair hopes brightened ? .Must all the gay dreams ofiher youth be nipped in the bud? Must she fell a, sacrifice to the pride of her mother and the Must it be i Is there no help for it? Must she v'die ? ohl must she perish? CHAPTER IV_.â€"-THE COTTAGE ORNEE. AFTER a refreshing sheep of six- or seven hours, I leaped out of the bed on the following morning with a lightened heart; the bitter reflections of the past evening, though not for- gotten, were felt with less irritation. The bright rays of the sun, the song of birds, and the beauties of scenery, las they burst upon my view, served to kindle enthusiasm in my youthful breast. It was indeed a lovely morn- ingâ€"«and wretched in truth tnust the bosom have been that could not cease lto think of its woes atsuch art hour, surrounded by such a scene! me 1” Then, grasping me by the hand, with extreme agitation. “I thank you i I thank you I’ he trcmu- lously uttered. “ Farewell, farc- wcll, sir, for the present!” Ilrad no chance to think of him more, for, quick as thought, he struck into the wood in an opposite direction to that taken by Fairfax. Had he rgmained longer I should have asked him who discharged the pistol. I saw Fairfax snatch it from the ground, but that was no positiyc proof that it had been fired by him; though, from that circumstance, toâ€" gether with the fact. of his being up- on the body of Mr. Morris whenl came up, I was led to consider ltim the assailant. What could have been getter: of them. Having breakfastch retired to my apartment and passed the fore- noon in reading. After dinner commenced reading again, but soon book, then refreshed myself with a bath, and at about five o’clock start- ed upon a foot excursion by the ._.aine path in which [had met with the adventure the evening previous. To me, at the time of which I write, nothing contributed more satisfac- tion than a solitary ramble of this kIII(I'_â€"_'.‘,l:(}l' which propensity loan as- sign no definite reason, butsomchow the image of Miss Morris Was con- ‘16" stantly present to my thoughts, and there was a pleasure in the indul- Thus, abstracted lrisohject I Not plunder, surelv; no, in a reyer‘y of ideas. i continued my for he was rolling in wealth. I had felt for sometime past my course 'Of the river own destiny-ulth or why I knew W100) till I SUddcrlly started notâ€"was in some way connected dlSIaltl ngl of thunder. with that of Miss Morris. I‘Ier fate steps along the path, following the (the Brandy- hV a once the horizon became clouded and consequently involved her father's the heavens were rapidly overcast. .__" and now this hateful brother-inr I looked at mv watch and found that law of mine," I muttered to myself, two hours had elapsed some I set -“ must be added a ,llvnk in the out. chain.” How came Mr. Morris in the neighborhood? Was It s daughter with him? At the hotel they were not, for [had been there long enough myself to know that much. Vth was he in that secluded part of the wood? and why was Fairfax there? Had they met by appointment able degree; so much so, irrdeed,‘l*1ardlv, or there would have been two pistols instead of one, and seeâ€" onds at hand. Indeed it was 'llIO. And by the time I ltad- rcaclred the house, so slowly had I Walked, thinking over the circumstances, it was dark night, and nine o‘clock. There was a l).lll«1018l(0 place that The lighted saloon threw its glittering beams far out upon the darkness, and the sounds of music, dancing and revclry saluted my ears. «( summer-tempest. Huge, dark masses of clouds were coming on last before the send of a westerly wind, and the atmos- , meandered within a few yards of l leave the room, and did so in less- combining at once the taste ofthe I . growing wearyI. tossed aside the. All at" phere became so quickly chilled that I was constrained to button up my coat. It grew darker and darker. Vivid sheets of lightning illuminated the depth of the forrcstat intervals, and there was cvmry token of a The wind howled with a desolate tone, and the sap- lings bcnt tothc ground beneath its pressure. The Brandywinc, too, which had hitherto flowed placidly, became swollen and agitated. I began to reflect upon my Situa- tion. What was 1 to do? I had pa:sed but one place along the path which could afford me any shelterâ€"â€" the circle around me, and sauntered evening at the hotel, A51 approach- a saw-mill in ruins; and a mile or along through a bridleâ€"path in the 0d 1 found that it had at“;le com- more I know most intervene bat-wixt direction of the river, and gazed wrtlr. [Danced _ that and me; nor would it be pos- sible for me to attain its temporary relief before the bursting of the storm. What was I to do? The that delightfulneighborhood, ‘lhad Oh, how light-beade are some !; foliage of the trees, which, in light taken awaltt of more than an hour’s length, when returning by the same path, and haltEway back, (it was now twilight,) I was all at oitce startled by the report of a pistol near by. I hurried forward, and, turning a bend iii the path, discovered a desperate rencounter between two men-Tone upon the ground and. the other above him,.grasping at his throat! Terrific wasthc struggle between them; and, as I saw at a glance that the object of the one uppermost was the stran- gulation of the other, I seized him it hadubeen traced by her own hand: by the coat-collar. and, With an on- with pen and ink upon the paperâ€" ergetvie grasp, wrenched lnm from as evident as if site had- again. and again reiterated. it. But right on wrong, my mother was not the wo‘ ,man to be swayed from her purpose; her obstinacy was over inflcxrhlc. [in this instance she had. willed that it shou‘d be so, (that Enphrasia should tnarry Fairfax,) and her ,hat .was as absolute in the family as were of old the laws of the Modes and Persians. As for Fair'fax,.I‘ disliked: him heretofore, now lhated him i I couldnot contemplate with compo~ sum, or without a feeling of disgust, amen of his age,,drcssed like a dandy of eighteen. eager to the quest of cx¢itemcnt,. and wasting his time in pursuits of. that frivolous nature with his hold! The rtclcased. black in the face, sprung to his feet. 13.4 was all the workof‘a momentâ€"effected in much less time» than. it has here taken to relate it. were the parties? Mr. Morris. the father of the young lady who swoon- aétin the theatre, and" Fairfax, my brotlteiz-in-law, where the combat- ants; and my surprise at this discov- ery can better be imagituzd than de- scribed. “' You here .7” exclaimed the latter as his glaringcycs, basilisk-like, for. aninstant encountered mine. “ Let go of me I” he continuedg. and,,'erk- aught else that. I. can compare it I \ " when: to. ed himself from: my grasp. ‘ Whom think. you ‘ how ,they reVel. riot and wastc,whilst others are eating the bread of mis- ery! I went to my chamber, dress- ed myself, and descended to the salle de dense. lFairfax was there. A cotilion was formed, in which I had his wife fora partner, whilst he stood nu .crous iii the vale of the Brandy: up with a glaring beauty opposrte to us. W'here was now the frown ,wlriclt he had darted upon me but an hour previous? He was at pre- sent all smiles. light‘ heart. was there displayed. without animation. sopal‘etlrat not even. the heat of a crowded “rooms eemcd to impart to her cheeks a glow. She was un- dance I wiped from, my eyes a tear that was in-~ pity for. her ,fatcl The glitter aroundrme became a dis- gusting tnocitery to my ,fe,elings;., the music jarred upon my ear, and the shnfiling of feet seemed ,to me more demoed one within its walls, than showers, will protect us from the .wet, would,l knew, he no refuge from the hurricane that new threat- ened, However, there wasno time to Spare, so I hastened to the top of one of those rocky eminences, so wine, to see ii I could discover from its summit any building not far dis rant which I might reach soon cnouglt to avoid the storm. Fortunately the the door; over this was a bridge, architeCt and the use for which it lcrosscd it. The and gave vent big drops of rain bbgan 'to patter ] to my stifled grief in a flood of tears. around me, and with a few' hasty steps I found myself beneath the portico, with the uplifted knocker between my fingers. Before I knoclo cd paused for breath. I had but"- ried quite fast, ami"panted from the effects of more tha‘r‘r' my ordinary bodily exertions. .II‘aving recovered breath, I knocked. Presently I heard the jar of an inner door, next a foot- step in the hall, and'thc door in front of whichl stood was then opened tome. not by it"servant, but by the young lady whom I saw at the then- tre upon the night of the rcpresenta-- tion of "' The Stranger,” it will be recollectedr-the daughter of the very man whose. life I had been the incidental means of prescrvmg the day, before, “So, then,” thought I, “ this is his residence and his being in the neighborhood is accounted for.” Was I surprised at this cn-~ cOunter? Never more so! “ Walk in sir,” were the words which were first SPOIIGHâ€"wSkaCn. by her, taking it for granted that ’I sought a shelter frornthe impending storm. I stepped into the hall, site. closed the door, and atthe same mo; meat a servant preceded us into one of tire side parlors, carrying an asâ€"- t'ral-lamp, which he placed upon a centre-table left the room. Searcer was I seated. before the storm burst over; they-roof, and vim lent gusts of wind howled cheer- lessly around the western end of the building. I had seated myself upon the sofaâ€"rshe drew a chair close to the table, anti, as she sat with hercheck open-her. hand, a la Juliette, I had an excellent opportw nity to notice her beauty, which was of'a peculiarly mild and contempla- tiye tone. Her complexion was lily- likeybutgneithcr sickly nor languid; and ‘though there was a cast of thought upon the expression of her countenance, yet it was by no means clouded with melancholy, and her mild blue eyes indicated a natural serenity of,diSposition. 7 No mention was made by either of us of the theatre, recollection of which was vividly presct’it to'niy imagination, and to hers, too, if she recognized me, of which there was scarcely a probability ofdoubt. She appeared in nowise Confused, but conversed with perfect corrrp'osure; indeed, if there was any faltering acCent‘s they were upon my part, for I Confess I was not; altogether as much at my case as it was my de- sirc to be. I informed her that I was staying at the springs; and to fill up a pause that I feared was about to (“tour in this? conversation, I, rose frotn the sofa and handed her my card; She received it wvit'l'r a‘ grateful inclination offtl‘tc head, look- cd at the name and repeated it. “Mr. Allen?” said she“. assented.’ She then rose and placed it in a card- rack over the mantlcpiecc. Per- ceiving that tlrcrewerd Several surn- tuously bound books upon the table. and glad of anything to do at the momentl began to look into them, first running my eyes OVEI‘ the ti- ties, among which Ii‘ccollect were “Byron,” “rope,” “Milton” and ‘ the “Life and Times'o'f Rienzig’" l l l into the attendant diving-boat, and l TERMS :, $1 50 In Advance. _’./‘ - 'whote No. or. ».-.«- WHAT- DIVERS aim ‘ UNDER 'WATER. WI 'i‘ ll When the vessel has settled down in ’tt'-Sandy bottom, it is preserved forfi many‘ months from break- ing up, and its position may may be much the same as it would be when floating in cairn water, ifit be not ' tiled over by any under current drifts. Tltc light, of course, depends” a good deal upon the depth, and upon the nature of the bottom; bttt where there is no chalk to give a milke thickness to the water, ihe diyer pursues his work in a kind of gloomy twilight. By the aid of this he can see and feel his way round the ship; but when he ascends to the deck, and winds down into the principal cabins he finds everything pitch dark, and has nothing to guide him but his hands. This is the most difficult, and yet tltermost frequent labour he has to encounter, the danger» being, that in a large vessel, where the stairs are deep, and the cabinsa‘re longi’and broad, he mayiget his air tube twisted round some unfamiliar projection, and so squeeze off his supply of life from above. In'po- sitions such as this, he requires all his nerve and? self-possession, all his. power of feeling his way back in the exact road that he came, He may have got the preâ€" cious casket to which ltererhasvtbcen directed, in his arms; but what of that, if he die before he can find the stairs? The cold, helpless mass that bump against his helmet, as they float along the low roof over his head, are the decomposed corpses of those who were'huddled together in the cabin when the ship wentdown. A few of these may he on the floor under his feet, but only when pinned- down by an over turned» table or a fallenchest. Their tendency is up- wardâ€"ever upwardâ€"and the re- morselcss sea washes tltc dead infant front its dead mother’s arms, the dead wife from her dear husband’s embrace. If the wreck be in the Channel, the small crabs are already beginning to fatten on their prey; The drvcr' disentangles‘himself from the silent crowd, and ‘asends the wellcome stairs to the deck. Tire : treasure he has rescued is hauled up he returns again to renew his work. He sirldonjt meets with an accident under water; never perhaps, with death, and thcchlef risk he runs is from getting some heavy piece of ship lumber overturned- on his long train of air-pipe. Even in this case he feels the sudden check- and the Want of air, gropcs his way back to the obstruction, removes it, signals to his companions to be raised, and reaches the boat exhausted and al- armed, but not so much as to give up his place in the trade. His earn- ings mostly take the form of shares and several 'l’nurrt‘bers cf different British peribdicals were scattered abouL ' ' To be Continued. 7 ,GETTrno 0t.n.â€"~â€"We postpone, yeartafter year, the point at which people cease to be young. v We are [suddenly died. l in what hierectovers. If fortunate, his gains may be large; if unfortun- ate they may be small; but no man can grudge him the highest prizes it is possible for him to win. May :manly, and healthful. France 36,039,364; Great Britain . and Ireland, 27,408,853; Prussia, 17,089,407; Turkey 18,740,000; Spain I7.51‘8,000;;-thte Two Sicillies ' 8,616,922,; .chderr and Norway, 5,072,082} ' Sardinia 4,276,0l4; Belgium 46,07,066; Bavaria 4,547,.» 239; the Netherlands 3,486,017; Portugal 3,547,199;- the Papal States 3,000,000; Swizerland 2,- 394,500; Denmark 1,468,469. In Asia the Chinese Empire contains ' 400,000,000; the East Indies 171,-; 000,000; the Indian Archipelago 80,- 000,000; 'Japnn 35,000,000: Hrndon stan Asiatic Turkey each 15,000,4- 000.» In America the United States are computed to contain 23,191,876; Brqu 7,677,800; h'chit:018661,1520. In the several nations: of thd'ctirt‘h there are 335,000,000 of Christians ’ ofwhom 180,000,000 are Catholics, ' 80,000,000, Protistants and, 76,000,-‘. 000, followers of the Greek Church); 'I‘hc'number ofthe Jews amounts 5,000,000; of these 2,890,750 are llF Europe, viz: 1.250000 in European Russia 853,304 io'Austri-a 234,248 in Priissia “1'92;’I-76v in; other parts of- Germany, 62,470 in the Netherlands- 33.953 in Italy 73,995 in France: 36,000 in Tu rkev. The followers of various Asiatic religions are estima- ed at 600,000,000 and ‘Heathens’ (the Gentiles proper), at 200,000,- 000='.,<’ ’ 6"â€" q. THRILLINGINCIDENT.â€"At8.18m" pcrance meeting in Philadelphia some years ago, a learned clergy- man .spoke in favour of drinking, demonstrating quite to his own sat- isfaction it to. be scriptural gentle-- When the gentlematrsat.down, a plain, old- erlyktnan rose, and asked the liberty of saying a few words. As young friend of mine Esaid'he] who had long been intcmperate, was at length prevailed on to take the pledge of entire abstinence from all that could intoxieate. He kept the pledge faithfully for some time, though the struggle with hishalit ‘was fearful, till one evening, in a. social party, glasses of wine were handeddounda: Zl»hey._,eamc to a clergyman present, whotook a glass saying a few words in tindication of‘ the practice. , Well, thought the young man, if a clergyman can take wine and justify it so well, why not I? So he also took a glass. It instantly rekindled his fiery and slum-boring appetite; and after a rapid downward course, he died of delirium"tremcnsâ€"a raving mad-' man! The old, man paused for ut- terance; and was just able to add _..‘ That young man vr as my Only" son and the c‘lergyrrran was the Reverend Doctor who has just ad; dressed this assemblyâ€"Banner of Temperance. ‘ .â€"-â€"â€"â€"' MACHINE Ponrrtv.-â€"--'Il‘he Shyloclé who with head erect with honest people mingles, “should cease to“ shave his fellow-men, and go'shaving shingles. The lawyer Would be oil", his conscience far less pliant, who owned a little farm in free, and‘ made that farm his client. \Vc have some doctors in our midst whose“ talents they should use, by practis- ing the hea‘i-ng artâ€"healing boots’ and shoes The Minister. whose WilliSIi‘ble always have ‘lle “01101” sage advice :1 Useful moral teaches, ofproducing such bold and dcxterous should mind and. watch (rs well a; “‘9” as lenlfuuy ‘15 Silo has l'lllll‘il“ :prav, and practice what he teaches.- 10 d0113- 31391 0.130;] i‘hCY have lilo The world should have its docket wisdomé to keep what they ge‘tl " ANECDOTE OF THE LATE CAPTAIN 'HAit'Rlson.7â€"-A respectable woman, in ‘vcry moderate circumstances, had2 taken her passage back to ‘ America in the vessel Capt. Harris- on ‘commauded, when her child The poor woman was" exceedingly anxious not to leave the remains behind, to be buried by strangers in est-range Pleased “’lwn “'9 find: People talk“ land, but, at the same time. found mg of men abf’VC l'llll‘l):_as Young the priceâ€"very properlyâ€"Charged men. Once, indeed, bir Robert for 1th convey/MAW Q; a. corpse l P091 speak “I Lord Derby all forty was so exorbitant as to' be utterly i Cleared and sluggards, all defaulted, and those should be the ‘ upper ten’ whom labor had exalted; ' ’ Amt-tome IIAI.LU‘c't'mTt‘0N.«-z‘i g'et’i‘o‘“ tlemau of middle was‘atfacked" with ‘dcl'rium tretne‘ns. He fought the sur- rounding snakes for semis days-crud then told his-friends ‘hc‘W‘as" dead. He luy‘ stretched tipb’ir‘ his bed for south minutes,- whéti be arose, walked into' another room, and complained that Its had forgotten something in his will. He added a ,COtllCll,‘ requesting his employers to take his son' into their employment as his successor in business. He returned again to the room happy, trtiserablel and amidst the like the grating of prison-doors closv ing upon the entrance'of some con-' lie danced with ulsun momentarily broke through a light foot, arid apparently with a'INIrSS 0f clouds in the west and \Vhat a. contrast be~ -.tt‘iglttretted up the vale. tween my sister and her husband mo, situatedirra valley covered with She moved gt‘cenwood, was a'cottage‘not the through the dance gracefully, but humble habitation ofthelaboret'and She was pale, his wife, with children climbing a Beneath father’s- knee, “the envied kiss to share,” but the ornamented and tasteful abode of. opulence and lux- uryâ€"acottage ornee. The building was frame, painted white 'vithgreen Venitian window-shutters, piazza, poi‘ticovlutticcwork,etc. Never had I seen a more desirable residence. AsI descended the slope 'of bill I saw that the building consisted of two'storiesgbut' so ingeniously con,- trived- that, viewed froth a distuncc, there appeared but one.- WOodbine, wall-flbw-crs-andaprofusion ofslirubi bery surrounded the house. A small five as a man in ‘ the buoyancc of youth.’ Many'tnen offive-and-forlyl "would feel a seeret clarion as they read the word-s thus employed.- The present writer 'w‘antsia good deal yet of being half-Way; yet he re- members how much obliged? he felt to Mr. Dickens for describingTom ,Pinch in- Martin Chuzzlewit [in‘ an advertisement to- be put in the Times]; as .“a respectable young man, dgcdthirty-fivc.” You rememâ€" ber how Sir Bulwer Lvtton, as he himself grows older," has made the heroes of his novels grow older part l passn, Matty years ago-his roman- tic heroes were lads~"'o,f’twenty; now 1they are always sentimental men of l ' fifty. â€"Fraser‘s\ll’1agazz'ne. _ . _ 0 p _ ‘_ V _ _ , _ _ , \Vhen-does-a ntanrsneczc three ,tttues? turntn _.to-hts o g mnemow-tthia: tnv- Giddy \vrththew-litrllof the waltz. stream,.tr-tbutarv to the Brand .wrnc \vhenzlre can‘t lscl'plt; " ‘ 8 ll . q t . 1 . , .. 5’ r, . ‘ i beyoan her means. In her distress she applied: to the captain to en- deavor to obtain a reduction of the charge. “ I can’t do that,’ said be; but 1‘ think I can manage it another way;’ and he had a wellâ€"cauikcd little chest made, placed the coffin in'it, and brought it across in his own cabin, declining even to re- cicvc the price of the chest. Num- bers of such incidents now turn up; and these and other reminiscences should bring to our recollection at the same time that this very same kindness of heart has accidentally left his wife and three children nearly unprovidcd for; one ofthose 'unda‘ppy ' sut‘etyships on which good hearts are so often wrecked having swept of’fthe savings of his professional car‘cer.~â€"-â€"Lite 'ary Ga- lgeft‘e, looked upon the bed, and began to rave” because his body had been stolen, assert- that. be hard left upon the bed a few minutes before, and that some of the at- tendants had taken it away. Soon the stupor came on him again, when he laid‘ himself down, and the tongue that had be. fore so ‘ wildly insisted on its possessor’s‘ disease was alilled in the. cold embrace of: death. I ~_ c. -._.__.. __-M_â€"â€".â€"- A faithful minister of the Gospel being one. day engaged in visiting some members of- his flock came to the door of a house where his gentle tapping could not be‘hcard for the noise of contention within. After waiting a little happened the door and walked in, saying: with an authorilivc voice “I should like to know who is the head of this house ’5’ ’ \Veel,’ sir, said the husband and father, ‘ if ye sit doon a wee, we’ll maybe able rd tell ye, for we’re just tryin’ to settle lpoint.” ‘ ‘

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