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P ETER Til El G H EAT.
. In Count Segur's JJist,ory of; Russia,"
lie gives a most entertaining account of this
queer monarch. We fiudthe following io
cident'which we think we remember to have
,! dramatized with .1 remarknlda rnn-
tempt for historical truth;, - f . !4
ll"At initfriighi'the blow was to have been
tl'fstruck; anif Peter gave orders that, exactly
.' Hl'.U.i.M! tt.A 'nlinijA '..ft' ftl. Ms....! ' i '
jsUould closely 8urroured;.gobriJan
I thinkingthe " hoar was come, he went singn
'r lv to'the haunt of these ruffians; lie''" enter
ed boldly certain tie should ' find nothing
but trembling criminals, already feiienpd
byjia guards. v Rut his imptitience lia(4in-
.; ticipated- th time, and he found; hirhself
single and unarmed', in thct "tniilst ;oF their
unshackled,' daring, weU-ariiiedbandi 1 at
the instant wh'eii they: Bereroclft'rftTiiig
the last words of an oath that they .would
"achieve his destruction. v v ' :. . ;
' "At liia unexpected appearance,; howev
er, they all arose' id bonfusion; ! PetVr' on
his side, .comprehending the full "extent , of
his danger, exasperated at the supposell
;drsobediHiice,of hs guards,' and furiuus ,t
:ha vin? thrown linhself into-, peril, saiiDres-
$od nevertheless the violence of his entotiour
llav ,o'g jrotud .'od. far to rircr, lie did r d
lose his presence of mind, he uuhesitatioij
Jy advanced among this throng of traitorv,
greeted them familiarly, and, in a calmnnd
naturnl tone, said that 'as he was assii g
b'v)eii house, he savy a light I h it; 1 that
supposing they were' amusingtliemselves
he had entered in order to share their plea
sures.' - He then seated himself, and drank
to his assassins, who standing up aruuM t
him, could not avoid putting the "ha aboul
and drinking his beaUh.'
'VBut soon they began ;o consult each
other by their looks, to make nunierous
signs, and Wgrowmote daring;' one, of iliem
even leaned over to Sukanim, and said in
a low voice, 'brother, it is time. . The lat-
i-;terj for what reason.is utfkuown, besiiaierf,
v'and had scarcely ' replied "not ye,, when
Petr-r who heard him, and who abo lieatd
( at Jast the fooisteps of his guards started
ffomhfa seat, knocked bini down ly a blow
' in the lace, and exclaiineJ d'i( is not yet
lime for you; scoundrel, it, is for me.' TIhj
How "and the sight of the -guards, threw
. the assassins into consternation, they fell
ontheir knees ancTempIored foiiveneis.
Chain them, replied ihe terrible Tzar.
i Then, turning to the officer of the jguards,
he Rtruck him. "and reproached him with
ibis wantbi punctuality; but the latter show-.
fcd Inn? bis order; and his Tzar, perceiving
v jus xnihiaiie, utspen iniii in iiiidim, hisMa
; him on the forehead, and proclaimed his
"fidelity, and entrusted hint with the custo
dy ol the traitors. . ; vv .
J "His vengeance wns ferrihler the punish
ment was more ferocious than-Jhe crime.
'First, tlio rack, then the successive niiitila
,tiort of each member; the de,1th,' when not
' enough of blood and life was, left to ullaw
of the sense of suTerinff., To close; the
'whole, the heads ,wre exposed upon the
, ''Summit of a colamn, the members being
symmetrically hi iStogcd around them asor-
'naments; a scene well woithv of a govern-
ruent i Q" slaes, -"reciprocally ' beautifying
.each other, and whose only Ood was fear.
"The domestic habits of the imperial ruf-
fan, who is our author's load-star, are thus
described.
, "His ways and his manners,1 it is 'true,
were'uupotihed, hut Jhey .were simple,
Crank and natural; like those of every man
wlw- has "9t end in view, whowipccs
on to it with a resolute and straight forward
" spirit and all whose faculties, iu order ; to
' attain it, rise above the pompous littleness
of pride and of vanity.
' l "In his humble abode, at-PetersburgV an
anode which a mere" artizan would think
Thw'iiiV good enough for himself a led,a
chair, a tahlej a athe, and some books,
.".formed the whole furnitnre:
" "When ho was not at home the deck of
;-a ship, the floor of a hut, or the haregiound
' served hint as a bed; noV and , then straw,
7 wheri he could get it; if nothfri leaned' his
head on the officer who .attended on him.
who lay across under it, and. whose business
li was to remain in mat position as motion
1 Jess as the bolster which he represented.
if "Everv thin? in him was hostile to fuxu-
ty, and looked to; the useful; his clothes
were plaii)4 and even of a coarse-cloth cal
culated to wear wpII bis-boen, which
were solid and clumsy ,were frequently men-
ded. " , v - .. . "
yiAt bis table, which was usually a fafgal
onenot)iingcame amiss 10 bim, except fish
which this naval priflce could ' not bear.
Ills habitualfood, that which he prelerred,
was1 such us was eaten by the people. .. lie
I chance to be, and no matter with whom. .
L.IIft'drnhk howeveTpo excesrfroni ha-
Ka'Jt trora taste,' pet naps even, trorn vanity
il'dorablR orgies, but -less frequent than
are s?pposd to bave been where be
often -ipen overcome by ' shanie- J
patiently bore the rash language which 1 1
temperance prompted to his convival co
panions .'
; -His courf, at. common times, cofljt:.d
only of a few officers to convey bi.i or'drjs;
luxury was banished from it by sumptuary
ifaws; no plate was sflen "there. Ie'waW
on himself, rose at four in the hiorningjiid
lighted his fire with his 0 wS ha ndi," . k
" These private Jsiagulatiues of theft si
enlightened"" "Russian" Emperor"" were? ol
amended when he went out of doors !-,
Such were his habits at homej when he
went out, it was generally on foot,' or ; a
uasiinev coacn, ana ne sometimes ijomiw-
ea et uie nrst passer -by tne money td lav
ins tare, lie daily speut several nountat
the Senate, but particularly at the A'ahiM
ty; after which, and always followed - ike
the great Fredt:Vick, by a fa voniw flog
fie 'I went," alontj gnd' without - gvri
m,e amon? the' the; peopleprefitiing
the sociei'y of foreign and. Russian .tViders
nd ..-jwilor,' especially; jhe; Dutchfbni
whorn he could scarcely be Jrstingiwhed
by hisNlressi -TJiere, wiihout cerfjitony
he took V part in their business, their plea
iuires.nd their conversion. jnoes'tiMune'
theni coritinailv & gaining great knowledge
;Vorh their repl es. v7" ; -'
' "M iny "a trmewas he seen working with
hisown hands in the; in arm factories' phkh
he bad estabtisbed.'') I (; if':! known thnt Jie
ofien 'pfjTemi himself to pilot the Etii'opean
vessels which, V'nne to Croiivstadt, aUjl that
be received, jikeQjher pilots the pair; of a
servico- which be considered its an honour,
and wbicji be was desirous to reodfr . hd
noun,ble.;v . , a :y -'j i,
t ' ' A not her time, ha ving ibeen coriipelled
by the state of fiis beabh, to stop afjforge,
he. for some luniri became a smitbi Nor
let it beNippdsed that there was. any thi-njr,
puerile in .thisfor m'ljinl, every thiiig even
to thy nwjor part of h5 most ''tri'dingMctlons,
Wnued to i gie at purpose, :'JFor. .Jhtsj rea
sori, on; bis return' tr. MtKscpW", lie j-pnt Ho
the master of the fuge, and .mrpiired; what
he 'paid bis' workuien'."'. Well, .; lbej, said
Ik1, at that rale, tnve "' earned eifihl Cal
kins, (about thirteen pcrice;ind I iirn come
for the njpney .--'' IlaviKjr. receivod ' it, he
added,' that, 'with this -'sum lie weald buy
lor himself a' pair of slioesjof whiflf be was
in great, want. ; This was very1 trilj and he
then liatjfen'-d io t he market to'make his pur
chase which ..be afterwards felt a "jle;isiire
in wearing. y Seewhat I earnedi bytbe
sweat efiny brow, said be tdhistj courtiers'
thus iding hitiisflf on tire friiiS "of bis.
1 :i . 2.. ' .. f . i 'it:... ' i ' . i
iriiHuir, i iiwera ut-v.-nouitiiy fnom ne
wisliwl to cure of the Onendif npf bairgldy
iiiflolenre With which they were imbued. "
A great man who thus exposed the weak
points. of his character shoulo sbe con
tent "lo ,be ihoueht ..vain of his ereat
nessj since . he considered it -able io afford
such concessions to bis puerilities 5 Couiit
de'iSegar, whose capacity for est matin? the
qualities of a civil and military governor is
not very largely developed, sums up ihe me
rits and defects of Ins idol m thee words
J "tlistorians ol - the nineteen! Ii century,
i . s it jm ... . 1 . . ; . '. !.!
t' hiJe we detest the violent ccfs "bf thr.
priiice, why should.we.b :nston'shed at his
uespotisrw u no was tnerej 4viio could
then teach bim, that W be truly, liberal or
moral is the sanifj thing. "But pf what con
sequence is it. that4 lie-- ivW. jgnorant thnt
merality calls for the establishment' bf libbr
ly, as being the best poissible 'tjieaps of se
curing the general welfare? tVll that , he
did for that welfare, or irrojhw .yords, for
the glory, the instruction, and Ihe prosperi
ty of his, empire, "was it ; not tefieficial tr
that liberty, pf which neither hiiitself'-h'or
his people were yet wortlivT 1 hus, . with-
out being aware of it, Peter the Great did
more for liberty than all the dreams of lib
eialisjrj have since fancied tbaf he ought to
1. .-. 1 . . , it- i ' ' .it 1 y 1 -. .
nave oone uis people aie inaentea to
him for their great and most dfficult step
towaids -emancipation, .What matters, then
bis alijjorrence esieordvalab.QUi:?
Sdso much for the thing? Shce despotism
was necessary, there,- iow, could he - better
employ it?
"If he cairied matters (00 far if be ofh
en aeemeu 11 just 10 itinici on nis enemies
all the evil which they, wish'td to him? and
tairalhis country like :-i cdnqirest in .or
der to conquer, it to civilization in a word,"
i he overcame, in Jjjs Jlujsihns their barba-;
rousT manners, ; by dipt f ht ; barbarism
which still remained in biioself the fault
must be attributed to bis education, to the
age io which be li ved, a uc' to the circum
stance of a degree of powtf befng requisite
there. which has never ben found ta exist
in man "withoM beiflg pusled to excess! .7 :
was in this liyperborean land, where
a freezing te'mpemture is adverse to social
intercourse,, by confining' "earV individual
within b.s own limits; in theseVhumrd Vnd
cold regions where: every kind of istrength.
and 8Upe1ority eerbs as though it : ougtit
lo exert itself only to escape from them, to
conquer a milder climate, under a distant
sky, it was here that thjs citia;ea despot., so
familiar, so accessrole, so enamoured of
truthttull of the pride of nob!a actions
and endowed with admirable. sagacity, with
hoondiess zeal," and wilh:sleep!a -8irtivk
tlejvoted hrmselfTh order ToTuansfprmr tbTs
barbarous and desolating nature into an en
light ttoed a nd producti ve pa t ur e.", -:l ;
x Iffliie senlirtier.t in this estimate b true
that be coutnbuted to liberty without be-V
ing aware of ttv-or worthy ofv pasticipating
Brief dtkription of Pomjteyfi Pillar. ,,'
,;. Iu visitiny; Alexandria, what most eutm
ges the attention of traveller's isjhe ' Pillar
of Potmpey, as it is commonly called, sim
nted at a quarter of a league fromibe loutli
errr gate; It is composed of redgrHhuc
The capital is Corinthian, with pidtk laie
and not indented. It is nine fep( bigb.
The shaft and, the upper member ; oftbe
base aie of on6 piece of ninety feet Jong,
and nine in diamterr The base is a square
of about fifteen' feet each side. VTlus
block 'of marble, sjxfy feet in circumference,
rests oh twojiiyrs of stone , bouud togetlt
ef with leadj which, however,' has bet pre
vented the Arabs from forcing out- severa j
of themtp search fon an imaginary treas
ure. . .' '. -' ''.; 'S
Tbe whole eolumn is 114 -feci h!gh,.:-(
js peifectly well polished, and ol a little
shivered on the Eaiern sttie." ' olb!ng,caI
equal the-mftjsty. of this nionumeut: seen
from a distance, itovertojis the town and
serves as a signal for vessels, " Approach
ing it nearer, it produces an astonishment
inixed with awe. One cart never be"tired
with admiring the beauiy of the caphal, the
length of the shaft, or the extraordinary
simplicity of tlie pedesta'; This last has
been somewhat damaged by the instruments
of travellers, whp'are curious to os.sess a
relic oft his antiquity; and one ftf' the vo
lutes of the Icolu nin wasimmatuicly bi ought
down jwelvo years ago, by a prauk'of some
English. captains. -V "- v. v
,- These jolly sons of Neptune had been
pushinjpibotit ihe can un hpard one of (he
ships in the bai bor. uni'il a strange ' beak
entered into oh'e;of luvr trains. Th tc
centiicity of the tliought dccasioni-d it .im
mediately, to be. adopted; and the; apparent
imppssibiliJy was btri a ; spur for putting it
into execution. The boat, was ordered:
rincf. with - pr0er inijdemems . for the at
tempt, fhse enterprising heroes pushed
asbiire to drink a fjowl of punch on the top
ol rompey's r illar! At ihe spot they, ar
rived; and ma.iy contrivances were", propo
sed to accomplish the desii eel ; point. Diit
their labor was, vain; snd they began to des
pair of success, hen the. genius, "who
struck out the frolic, happily suggested the
, lapans 01 pi lormirig 11.
A Mian wAs despatched to the city for a
paper kite. The inhabitants. were by this
time apprised of what was going forward,
and flockcnl in crowd to be witnesses of
the address and boldness of the EnglisbS
The governor of Alexandria was told that
inese seamen were auout to; pair; iiown
Fompey's Pillar. ' But whether he gavei"nce to thought. It was : really temffic
thrm credit for "their respect to Hhe' Roman I tolook duwn ; arid I rti 'Speaking' tthhin
warrior, or to the Turkish government, he
left, them to themselves, and ' politely an-
..; t .1 . .1 r i. . " r ., -1
swtrreij, iiiai, uie ' CingiTsn weijr too great
patnpts to injure the remains of rompey.
fHe knew little, Inever, of the "disposition.
oft be people who were engaged in tbfe tin
dertoking.- Had the .Turkish "empire risen
iri opposition, it woulcf not at that "moment
have deterred 1 liern.
-The kite was brought, and flown so di
rectiy ovei tne t'jiiar, ttiat when it tell on
the other sidethe string lodged upon th
capital. The chief obstacle was now over
come., . Atwoinch rope was tied to the
end of the string, and drawn wer the Pil
lar bvjJre, en(l to .wblch the kite was 'affi--
4d. . By thisroe One of 'llie seamen as
cended to the top, and in less than an hour
a kind of shroud5 was constructed, by w hich
the whole company went : up," and drank
their punch amid the cheers of the- aston
ished multitude To Hie eye below, the
P illar . does not appear capableVbf folding
more man one man upon 11; out our sea
men found it could contain not Jess than
eifht persons very conveniently. '
-, It is astonishing that no accident befel these
mad-caps, in a situation so elevated, that it
would have torned a landsman giddy in bis
sober ense'eoAtytderinient'ttte Pil
lar received was tjie loss'pf the volute be
fote uientineij;J came " down, with a
thundering noise,and was carried ; to Eng
land by oneif the captains, as a present to
a lady who commissioned him for a piece
of the PiilarA -Th -discovery; they made
ampjy compensated ibr this mischief; as
Without their evidence, the world would
not have known at this hour,' that there
was originally a statue. on this' Pdlar. one
foot and ancle of which are still remaining.
The statue musl have been of gigantic size,
io have appeared of a man's proportions at
so great a height, ; ' ; ' ..' :- J---.
1 here : are circumstances . in this stery
which might give it an air of fiction, were
it not authenticated beyond all doubf? rev
sides the testimony of inany,' eyf.itnesses
the ;advenT!b'rers themselyes have lef'P'us a
token oftbe" fact, by the initials of their
names, which are very legible in paint just
beneath the capital, a -v- v ;- 5 ' ?
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Earthquake ai Manilla--The 1 , follow-
ing account of an earthquake; at Manilla,
is extracted from the Singaport ChronicUr
of January 1 : "The Reaper, Captain
Rind, arrived sixdays ago, from Manilla,
the 12th December. , - The most interest-'1
log -article of intelligence by her is, that of
1 iiicic vu iiic. yiii, ui issy mumii. 11 ,ui.
cutredat half pasf six in - the" evening." The
motion seemed to come from the south, and
it 'was undulating," causing a rolling and
creaking JnXht houses like that, experien
j"ed in a smp at. sea, though less in.degree -.it f
menlions, ih if he was lighting a icgar Ml
die lamp,' which suddenly moved away from
him; he thought its motion caused by ; his
bavius touched li "with the brioi of bis , hat,
but was undeceived t the next umlul ltlon,
when the chair po wbicb he stood was with
himself overset on Mho floor, upon wf.ir.b
h rushed into the street, 'where; he '"found
the inhabitants (according to -their custom
oil such occasions) 'upon, their 'kneen " A
gentleman, passing thrgngb the tewa1 irt a
buggy, observed the 'water in the gutters first
ruuTaing One wayand then the other; find,
not feeling':. ihe eartCiqtiake Owin t' ihe;
motion of tBe .vehicle, was at a , loss to' ac
count for so strange a phenomenon, until, be
observed the people falling on their knees,
and had, himself alighted.' The motion
Caused the massive gates, of the v Pitenta
rands;, ne f ilietnfr.uiCes of the city,td
swing upon their hinges, so that a "getit'e-
man passing at the time thought tha' there
were men pushing them from belnud. '- 1 he
earthquake lasted three minut s arcordinj;
to some, whilst others say only, two, i.It
caused the bells in the steeples to ring as , if
they Wad been tolled by (be hands of men.
After the earthquake, the river rose- to"4 as
great a height ns in the rainy season; and
overflowed the low ground in its vicinity,
and'lbe next morning'it fell below its usual
level in the synr piopiirtion cs the' .previ
ous evening! it, bad; risen .above, it. ,- The
ships felt the shock severely as 'if It was
soinetbing- knocking on their . bottoms. r
With all. this, how ever, we . are happy to
Iearft that hoi niuch damage was don . to
the buildings; and that no lives were losC
Arc bfS of two f the chuYches were broken,
and some of -the buttresses : of "another
thrown down; the prison for debtors receive
ed some injury, and a number of dwelling
bouses were cracked in different places.-
No snbtei raueous' noises wero 'hcardbut
for , two diys previous, the weather had
been more hot and sultry than usual 'though
perfectly clear; ; except cn the day on which
the "earthquake lappenelwheri a haze,
bung upon the horizon tbroughoiit the bay,
Similar to that jivhich preceded tlio last great
earthquake at Valparaiso a- witness which
gives us our present information. - It was
not known that any volcanic eruption, had
taken place." '., '.
Descent ofi'.it " Andes. A t length we
cameto the i Cuesta' de'; Concual. This
was' a dreadful descent leading down to
rtn aw Jul depth below, with the river run?
ning alt ho 1 ot toih , but a" very shot t jdi-
the opirrfdn of man' whom I have consul
ted on iho subject, when I say, that il was
at least eleven or twelve hundred feet in a
direct descent, in "all parts so steep, that
there was ;no possibility of standing ; many
parts were-also hard and slippery, and bow
to get down this,; was our task,; which I
should never have thought it ' in the power
of human beings to accomplish, "ba4 1 nol,
witnessed .it and done it ; myself so bttle
are we aware what we are capable of per
forming till jbrought to the trial." 1 stood
and gazed with wonder, scarcely believing
they 'would attempt il. ' . However, the
loads were 'C'ast ;orT, and away, they flew
tumbling anJliding down like; lightning.
Our beds went ? into the river, and-were
soon sept out of sight. Then the; peons
prepared, and slaving' 'themselves' flat; on
their backswith their arms and legs exten
ded, o my ; utter amazement, they , flew
down one after another with the', swiftness
Of ah arrow, giiiding themselves clear of the
river, al though going down with such velo
city; one turned, and rolled once or twice
head "over heels, then round and round
like a ball, till he reached the bottom with
out he slightest injury i. Now,; J thought
this would never do for me. so I waited to
see how my companion; would Ihanage
le approached the, brinKj nrii working a
Hole first to rest his heel
thrust his
StlcKfia'iTTD tne'snow, so that it miglirsup
port him to lower himself down a little, and
then dig another bole.; . In "this manner he
went oown tne very bteepest part, and men
let go and bIkI the rest in a sitf mg posture.
Now came my t,uru: J commenced witli
the plan of my Companionbot,' finding it'so
very steep, and not liking the hanging posture
v one arm, I acttfd more securely, but was
much longer about, jt, first - Working a hole
with mytick and putting my heel in, thus
seeing omway clear before me, and having
a footing of both feet at a time in a sit
ting posture, while T wotked. myself steps
wlih my. stick, till X , passed the , .steepest
part ; then, -let-go, lying - flat on my back,
and went down, with amazirig velocity, ? a
distance ; of .fiye .hundred f feet. Coming
dowu this jplacp occupM-Hl , mo . nearly "two
hours; but I would not have let go on the
steepest pait fbr all the gold and silver,; in
the mines of J?itTa.rI'ravth in Peru. '
Vafcination.- It is said -that seven.!
thousands of persons who bad been'iviccm
ated took the small-pox io.the last "epidem
ic.: which reigned,-at Marseilles, : sud that
that disorder proved mortal to forty-five
of- them 'the greater dumber .of whom
were adulis, wnose' vacctuajttoii isad- oeen
quite regular. It is hence; ergued-fn"
the French : papers," as the result pf ihe
the expericote of mediCHl me'af :- (i(itn tfie
frfiect of vaccination ia preventing the con
tagion of the sraall-'pox i'ii,iluish:s w"uh ihe
1,,-,-r," , -a. ;t,rt ;.- . :
ii.o wuvii wron na nave oeen -vc . .Ti
nted take the nidlf-pox, the larjer, i most
cases, assumes a Very roild form. 51 r. Ko--bert,
pitysiciao to' the Latareilo a; iM.ir
seilles,' has published 1 ao - aecoui.t of fi.e
abpv; Bienfjoocd,epii1f n.c, whirh he i.! vi
lifies wiib that which raged out log"ag' i i
Ihe Antilles; whence be ; presumes 1 not
havie hi en brought to Havre, and thence .
by tbc'boats up tii Seine, to Paiis. '..
' V 7 h fprtss : of 1eW..The " Dutch
newspapers ee only rerrtarka,Lle for; da j
l'eafUlotinteIli3n- .:tttfriiinif.ni0 '; '
news of anwUfir kind seems to be b
V neat a
the Nticeef their conductors. Accounts
of marrteges,' bordering' do hyperbole, f 1 "
a large wt ' of their columns, enl 1! ;
remaincttr on eXclnsively'dcvon d t .
birrbs A in httml vl.: n .
tbronfc IImh etinouatrmen:, us' ,ufb :$
lo intimate a belief that tbe whole ; worl I
will feel as much interest in the event as '( ".
the advertiser himself. There is great sirn-jf f
plicity and confiding kindheartednc'ss i the i ;
following:' '. V v
"To our friends and . acquaintances- 1 c
we, the undersigned, are" married.'1 v
V It rt Hds as if the be wly -married ; Coup le, I
relying; opoo the huppineM which the un-
embellisbed fact would iaipart, contrived )
theiDselveS-', by merely stating; it itl;i.i;t ,
pomp or flourish. Vheit a birlh occuk, -the
advertisement is uniformly signed by v .
the faiher, and generally concludes in a rha-V '
pso-Jy upon the vinues oftbe mother, t Cut
tne utains are, the t most , charactt'rist:c."73
d nijriiiiiru . ,
" To-day dtprted, after a sicklies of t
days; my beloved wife. " She has left n
and her grav-haired mother in a.state':
despair. -Weep - with' us, all . who kne s '
her weep with my childi en They hav; ; '
yet lo learu their loss," which they will learn' V'
toosoon.
f'f'Jl'bis little history of a sorrow, related in -
t lie first person, would tea standing joke ' -England.
Yei the Dutch b ve a lif t ' ?
.poetry in their nature a an v peonfe niidi " f ' ,
the son. We dare say, the old Bur. '
mastii, who framed the above, w deh J
eratcly smoking a long pipe all the tinwttuS-.
and wai qnitens sincere in his Viet" as Ii ,
was zealous in his' tobaccb.--Why,sboul ii
not a man weep aud whiff, simtiltaneousl 'V '
. . ., ......... 1 1 -
vnouier specimeii. ; 1
" My deeply loved. 'wife died yestrdi
She has left me a pledge of love omVHiietTS
wet ks old. Bitter is mv soi row. ' '
.This is less ostentatious,' but ."to the full
us c.T.-.ni'!taijw. II-ar iifiunit,f 'Of an '
parent for a daughter forty isev? year
old: ' . , , -"v, ,,"" ' 1 ;::f'' ,
" In tay, old age sorrow has overtaken
me," , Yesterday evening my daughter died
aged seven-and-forty "years. :Those who
knew her," will know, my grief and tbort
too wholinew what she was to me. u the
comforts of religion I put my trust." ' ;
-, Our English advertisfnients ' are rarely '
closed by a moral of this exalted kin.f.
Wepi.inta picture of Paradise for ihe d"
eeiiscdand. seldom care to sketch a .patli
for the living. We speak of the departed
as having certainly gone "to Heaven, and ia
our care to provide for the dead, seldom ,
think of ourselves. The Dutchman , feels
the lesson of mortality,' arid. profits by it.
There i this difference between us uo
invest death with a glorious, hereafter 1 0
clothes life in bopeand fiuniiliatiOrt. Evt n
in the - distinctions of belief, ,"t&- jaiioti; 1 ,
characteristics break outJ-' It annears. ln.uV
ever thai the Dutch ladies exb'ibittlu ir rn
derness after another fashion.'
, After a sickness of a few days, my 1 c-,
loved husband died lo-day. .Deeply a.Iit-,
te with my sis "children, I repo.se in t1 "
htipp of bis resurrection, and 1 oeg to re
commend myself for the sale ofcc.'o, v:
and such matters, to the, general fcr,ii-f'.i
tion.
The widow lost" no tirhe in nAvcrtnAref
ber woriood'andTifc'""tesTVe l.oj a
she bad a quick sale and return for boilu '
Lon. Atlas.' ; - 7 ' ; '
- Anecdote owy Bankjng. "Talking cf
bankers," said a friend of burs the :.et! ( t
day, Vl'll tell you a curions fact ich:',v? 1
that cr ft." T When obi S-
felt bis breath fast declining he c. I! i fjr
bjssou and said, "William, J lMfsjjt fr
you to talk to.you very seriously. I 1. iva
lona; observed the steadiness of jour con
duct; I hope you wdl continue in the s-.rne
coiifse By my wilf you'll find I have di
vided what I have equally ainong Voir: voa :
c.io prove whai amount you; jbink ' -nt
af Doctor s Corim)ons bat I m not w- li
4 shilling. ; Our JSank s rotiei), and i.
beep rotten fibrvear? ' ! '
Good, God,' said 'William. ! " al avs
thouhiyou v'ecyricb have you nota I r';ts
sum,sir, in the iron C6xr"Ah, . William
said the old man; 'that hon Box wa. to Ll ni
the Clerks. The iron ; box Wii-'i mi is
empty abl has been for .years. . Cor.t.ntia
however, my near hoy, to atieod to bmia
ingw some luckv torn -may happen; i he
bank fs all I can leave you, make the , n st
of il keepjbe secret,' and the secret
keep yo for vars. " Don't piit dun
gle cat nnge or horse; abaiiker is-.thov' :
nPbody"urde.s be lives like a Fii.tce.- .
' tVi ill.am iLMas his fither t 1 I ; rr?
ved half a miHion at D c; i C 'c;
and h har.k'conrin'u-d n-?tl .' ,:v
r, ? - ... 1 re-: '
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