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SELECT POETRY.
THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER. .
She miy not in the mazy dance,
- I With jewel Id maiuens vie,
She may not smile on courtly swain
I With soft bewitching eye ;
, She cannot boi.st a form and mien
i That lavish wealth has bought her ;
But ah ! she has much fairer charms ;
j The farmer's peerless duughterl , ' "
8 The rose and lily on her cheek
- i Together love to dwell ; '
Her laughing blue eyes wreathe around
he heart a 'witching spell ;
. Her smile, is bright as morning glow
Upon the dewy plain ;
'And listening to her voice we dream
That spring has come again.
The timid fawn. in not more wild,
Nor ytt more gay and free,
- The lily's cup is not more pure
In all its purity:
Of all the wild flower in the woods,
" Or by the crystal water,
There's none more pure or fair than she,
The farmer's peerless daughter.
The haughty'belle whom all adore,
.On downy pillow lies,
While for tli upon the dewy Jawn
' The merry maiden hies ;
And -with the lark's uprising song, ,
Her own clear voice is heard ;
Ye may not tell which sweetest sings,
The maiden or the bird.
Then tell me not of jewelled fair ;
The brightest jewel yet .
Is the true heart where virtue dwells
And innocence is set !
The glow of health upon: her cheek, ;
The g. ace no rule hath taught herV
The fairest wreath that beauty twines
Is for the farmer's daughter.
' SELECTED STORY.
- THE pin-hole:
Among the many traditions held in reverence
by the dependants of the Lady Mary Chobham,
there is one of peculiar interest. Tfte afterhocV of
an unrivalled summer day was-verging". towards
evening; long shadows were cat on the turf; a
gentle freeze stirred the thousand leaves overhead,'
and rippled the surface of the river '.Wear, vvhich,
ponded back, formed the really magnificent sheet
of water that constituted one of the thief ornaments
of Wearscote, the. ancestral domain of the Chobham
family.. . 'v
A, "pleasure-boat, into which' tlie dripping pars
had only recently been drawn, rocked on the bosom
of the lake; and on a rustic seat on the margin
sat two young people, who had been lokering away
tile wholefday in a state of entire-felicity. The La
vdy Mary was at that time not more than fifteen,
i and rather, childish in appearance, with long fair
i hair "flowing in infantine carelessness and grace,
clear deli ate complexion, large eyes that sought
the ground ; the whole contour hardly giving pro
mise of that exquisite loveliness which-in. after day
shone unrivalled in the court of George III. II r
dress was that of a child a simple white frock
with a broad bjiSe crape sasb, a comfortable Ger
"iftan bonpet, with its deep tippet or cape.
Theyoung girl was slightly-'thrown back on the
seat ; apd whilst her companion held her left hand,
the rigjit r was busily, engaged in forcing the gold
pin that had fastenetj her sash, in and out of the
hard oak arm of the park chair. This she did in a
. sort of unconscious manner, though every now and
then the blood would rush into her cheeks, and her
j effbets become almost spasmodic. With infinite
! difficulty at such times, a speck of wood might b
- forced but, almost big enough for the cricket-ball
L .of a, mite. Eers'everence, however, did much, and
the pin-hole attained more and more of a respecta
ble depth and shape. The young man by the La
dy Mary's side was in reality not much older than
herself-; but the hardships of a seafaring life, the'
constant change or climate, ana tlie real service lie
had already seen, gave him an appearance of age
and manliness.
V He iad entered the navy at, thirteen, and was
now enjoying a short leave of absence. Dressed in
the stiff uniform, of the service, Townsend had no
adventitious, ad vantage : but if you looked in his
face, H4 high resolution and great' mental power
shadowed out the future companion of Nelsoh and
Collingwood. You might also have read his part
in Trafalgar. . And now he was warming with the
suhiep.t! most interesting to him : and that voice of
I singular sweetness, destined " to shout amid the
shouting crew," was telling to earnestly attentive
ears, of moonlight watches on the tideless Mediter
ranean!; of stormy conflicts, in the Bay of Biscay ;
ay, and of the cannon's roar of the conflict, and
death, 'and victory.' The Lady Mary, with head
declined, and little hand working diligently with
the gold pinlistened with breath almost suspended
to the'jaccouut of the gallant and successful defenee
of .Gibraltar ; she seemed to see the red hot balls
as; they fell on the enemies' ships and batteries;
and the flush on her cheek came and went more
. rapidly- as the narrator described the daring deeds,
the moments of peril, as the victors braved every
thing lo rush "to the rescue of their baffled foe,
maddening and perishing in the burning ships, no
longerj considered as enemies, but as suffering fel-low-crfeatnres
; and her heart swelled within her as
she -instinctively recognized, felt, through the little
that was indicated, how large a share the narrator
had itt these events. And then Arthur Townsend
described softer scenes: coral islets formed under
sunny-skies, where the flamingo waV wading in the
still lagoon, and the palm tree, saw h feathered
top reflected ; ..scenes of quiet 'beauty,. like the still
evening after a stormy day ; and the cheek grew
clear and pale, and the wonder working little hand
rested ; but in these communings, there was no
talk of self. '
Night had crept, round, and finally closed over
"Wearscote ; the morning hours were even approach
inir. but still Lady Chobham meditated in her li-
' brary. Liying in courts, tne mumaie inena or po
liticians, acut and far-seeing in all things, the as
pect of-public affairs filled her with anxiety. There
were discontent and disunion at home : abroad, the
nations were still staggering under the, effects- ofj
. the French Revolution; the course or Buonaparte,
'" was beginning. Is of was she insensible to tpe aan
. gers attehrliDg the career her gallant young kinsman
had so well begun. On "the morrow he would de
part. When, how should she see her sister's sou
again ? Now she considered the two children were
at rest ; hours had passed since their bright un-.
thinking good night.
She was roused by an unmistakable step one
acquired by those whose walk is over the unsteady
waters; and young Townsend entered. There "was
neither hurry nor anxiety in, his manner, and the
strong will suppressed all emotion. Quietly, res
pecttully,'he told hrs'aunt'tlrat he intended to'fnAr-
i ry Eer daughter. There was great feeling ; there
was earnest purpose i there was nothing ridiculous
in. the declaration of thetioy lover. lie rather ex
pressed hjs conviction of what would"be, than asked
sanction.
Lady Chobham was to say the: least, greatly
puzzled ; she thought the proposition-absurd its
probabilities small. The youth was entering on a -life
of difficulty and danger ; years would elapse
before he would see h;s native land again; and
then, would he be a match for her child ? . Rank,
fortune, were alike inadequate. The mother's eye
foresaw the fullness of womanhood into which the
young girl would develope ; she didinot underrate
her greai advantages of wealth and connection ;
and here was a sailor boy almost claiming her.
She looked up : in tlie calm clear eye,; a self relij
ant ample brow, the hero stood revealed; she
doubted not in future of his destiny. lie might
lie; but living or dying, every one connected with
him would be -.ennobled. The fulfilment of his hope
was uulikely,.but she wou d not send her sister's
ehild, away ill sorrow. I .
" Arthur," she said, 'and, licr eye and lip quiver
ed ; u my chii'd is happy i'iii your love ; ; hereafter
you will understand more of her worth, her posi
tion and its requirements. You must entirely de
serve -her, till you do, do not attempt to win her.
I have but one stipulation ; no, word that has pass
ed between us must disturb her ..peace, until you
cm become her husband." Strange word to a boy
of sixteen ;. stranger still, that it did not seem incon
gruous ; and , he accepted ! the teims. ; Long before
the rest of the work was stirring', he again visited
'the seat' by the river, head, and nuide prize of a
suta'l portion . of blue crape sash that had been left
waving in the breeze : and by sujirise lie had join
ed his ship at 'Portsmouth. -
iThe Lady 'Mary relumed to school. It was ob
served that for soirie time she paid 'marked atten
tion to her geographical. studies ; aid 'walking her
measu'red 'paee round theMuil Loiid'n squares, her
thoughts were often oh the broad Pacific, or coast
ing the Mediterranean. Times passed on, and
these things faded. With a delicate refinement,,
she Istood -the acknowledged beauty of the day.
Butf she lived in stirring, times, '-and hers was no
spirit that? could live for itself alone. In all the
daily-occurring public events, she took an absorbing'
interest. Suitors came and went ; she never seem
ed to have any but kind gracious words of refusal
to give them. She couid not account for it herself.
From time to time she read with interest, but with
out emotion, the glowing- description of Arthur
townsend s prowes and rewards. She saw Jus
name coupled with all that her country valued and
honored,, and .-she felt glad and proud that she was
related to him. Twice he had returned, and they
had met with pleasure and unreserve on her part;
but they had never been at Wearscote together
again. And still more years passed, and with- thein
c ne sorrow, her mother didnot live to see the ro
mance. And now even that trial was over; and
at fiye and twenty, the Lady Mary was in posses
sion of great Wealth, every personal charm. in full
perfection, but .still wandering,' fancy tree, by the
side of the river at Wearscote..
And again it is a summer evening, and again the
Lady Mary is sitting u the chair bt the side of the
lake, and again, earnestly, respectfully, by no mean
cavalier, is a suit he has often before urged on her.
The affections of the Lady Mary are 'different ;
ought she not to give some... encouragement, some
hupe ? She wavers in her 'refusal; assuming the
same attitude in which she had listened to another
voice ten years before. Her eyes rest on a small
speck in the arm of the chair ; a crust of paint has
been recently rubbed 'off; and with a sudden rush
and bound backwards; finemory takes in the whole
scene when that small hole was nervously bored.
All" the very words then utte'red came back, and
with them a feeling that she dare not accepi, ci en
courage anv offered love.
True to his promise and to himself, Arthur
Townsend returned..' His country paid in wealth
and honors, part of the debt of gratitude she owed
him. 'He met the Lady Mary on equal terms ;
how he sped his wooing, is matter of history. In.
an old cabinet, a small piece of dak, delicately per
forated, and wrapped in a p6rtion of blue crape,
was found, and then this imperfectly told little story
came out. . '". i t
The remains of Pizarro can still be seen at Lima,
in Peru.' A traveler has lately described them
thusj. " Descending a few steps, I entered a small
place some twenty feet long, quite liglit and white
washed,. and which smelt and looked so much like
a comfortable wine cellar, that I caught iftyself
more than once looking round for the bin ana bot
tles. In an opening in the wall, I noticed what ap
peared to me to be a collection of dirty rags ; close
inspection proved that this was all that remained
of the conqueror of Peru. He has still on the same
clothes and shoes, he wore at the moment of his as
sassination. Of course his body is nothing but a
skeleton covered with dry flesh and skin, so that no
features are discernible. ' The body is covered with
what was once white linen swathed around him :
but the dust of! centuries collected upon -it, had
turned it to a light brown.colour, and it almost pul
verizes when touched. ; The dody is placed on a
narrow piece of jplauk,- in a -sloping posit on, and
has been placed; in that position, merely to put it
out of theHvayi The folks in Lima do not think
anything of the remains of poor Pizarro and I dare
S!,v linlrt riirinev iudiciously invested, would pro
cure for any curiosity hunter, the whole stock of
his remains.
Meaning- of! the Word, PApAt.wThe ori
gin of the terni, is. Oriental. 1 It is derived from
papas, (father) 1 papal, (belonging to the father)
papist, (one who adheres' to the authonry of the
father.) The word papas was used in lrer Greek,
with the signification given, and is still applied by
the Greek Church to the priests of that commun
ion. In the Western Church the title was not un
commonly given to bishops in general, and wa not
confuted to the iRoman pontiff, for several centuries
after its introduction as a' title!
Jules Lecompte, a French wit gives this. descrip
tion of English etiquette :
"It is not etiquette to blow one's nose, to spit,
to sneeze. What is one to do? Is it "etiquette to
have a cold? It is not etiquette to talk loud, even
in Parliament; to walkin the' middle of the street
to run, to get out of the. way of a carriage. You
must let yourself bd run over. It is not etiquette
to close a letter with" a wafer, for then "people say
that you
u send them your spittle ; or to write
put fn
envelope. Neither is it etiquette to go w
the opera with the smallest flower or stripe upon
your waistcoat and cravat;, pr to cat-nt twice t
or bow nrst to a lady;- or "to nde in an omnibus;
or to go to an evening party before ten or eleven
o'clock ; or to a ball before midnight ; or to drink
beer at dinner without immediately , returning the
glass, to the servant. It is not etiquette, not to shave
every day the majority of Frenchmen, it must be
remembered, never wash their face but when they
shave, and shave, if at all, but every second day or
to be hungry, or to offer, to drink to a person of high
rank, or to be surprised when ttie ladies leave the:
table at the desert. To wear black in the morning
or colored clothes in the evening, is not-etiquette..
To address a Jady- without adding her-christian
name, to speak to a person to whoiffyou have not
been introduced, to knock gently at the door, to
have a splash of mud -on your boots, no matter
how bad the weather; to have copper (nenny) in
your pocket, to wear your hair cut short or a. grey
hat, a silk handkerchief, a decoratiun, a great beard',
or even a little one all that is quite contrary. to
etiquette." .
A Cheerful Heakt. I once
lady say to an individual, " "ioui
heard a
voting
countenance to
me is
like the rising sun,
tor it
ways giaauens me
with 'a cheerful look.?' -,
. A merry or a cheerful countenance is one of the
things Jeremy Taylor said his enemies and perse
cutors could uot takeaway from him. There are
some persons who. speiid their lives in this world
as they would speiid their lives if shut up in a
dungeon. Everything s made gloomy and for
bidding. .-They go mourning and complaining
from day to day, they have so little, and are con
stantly anxious lest what they have, shou'd escape
their hands. They always look upou thb dark side,
and can never enjoy the good. That is not reli-
Religion -makes the, heart cheerful, and
when its large and
benevolent principles . a.re exer
cised, nVan will lie:"liappy''.-iti- spite of. h-finself'j,
.-.The industrious bee does not stop to complain
that there are so many ; .poisonjous flowers and
thorny branches on its road, but buzzes on; select
ing honey," where he can find it, and passing quiet
ly by the places where it is not. There' is enough
in this world to complain about and find fault with,
if men have the, 'disposition. ,
We may travel on a hard arid uneven road, .but
with a cheerful spirit, and heart, to praise God "for
all his mercies, we may walk therein with comfort,
and come to. the end of our journey with peace.
Dewey. , . . .
Civility" is ,a Fortune. Civilly is a fortune
in itself, for a courteous man always succeeds in
life, and that even when persons of ability some
times fail. The famoius Duke of Marlborough is
a case in points It was said of him, by one co
teinjiorary, that his agreeable, manners often con
vtlrted an enemy, into a friend -4 and by another,
that it was more pleasing to be denied a favor, by
his Grace, than to receive one from other men.
The gracious manners of Charles James Fox pre
served him from , personal dislike,, even at a time
when he was politically the most unpopular man
in the kingdom. " The history of our own country
is fuil of examples of success .obtained by civility.
The experience -of every man furnishes, if he will
but recall the past, frequent instances where con
ciliatory manners have made the fortunes of rhy
siciaus, lawyers, divines,.po1iticians, merchants, and,
indeed, individuals" of all pursuits. In being in
troduced to a stranger, his affability, of the' reverse,
creates instantaneously a prepossession in his behalf,
or awakens unconscious ly a prejudice against him.
Toman, civility is, in fact, what beauty is to wo
man ; it is a general passport to favor; a letter of
recommendation written in a language that every
stranger understands. The best of men have often
njured themselves by irritability and consequent
udeness, as the greatest scoundrels have frequent-
y succeeded by their plausible manners. Of two
men, equal in all other respects, ihe courteous one
has twice the chances of fortune. Philaadvhia
Ledger. .
Beautiful Thoughts God has sent some an
gels into the world whose office it is to refresh the
sorrows ot the poor, and to lighten the eyes of the
disconsolate. . And what greater pleasure can wo j
have than that of bringing ioy to our brother;
that the tongue should be tuned wjth heavenly
accents and make tbe weary soul listen for I ght
and ease ; and when he perceives that there is
such a thing in the world, and in the order of
things, as comfort arid joy, to begin to break out
from the prison of his sorrows at the door of sighs,
and tears, and by little and little begin to melt in
to showers and refreshment this is glory to thy
voice, and employment fit for the brightest angel.
so 1 nave seen the sun.kiss the frozen earth, which
was bound up with the images of death, and the
colder breath of the north, and the waters break'
from ther enclosures, and melt with joy- and run
in useful channels ; and the flies do rise from little
graves in the walls, and dance a little while in the
air, to tell that joy is .within ; and that the great
mother of .creatures will open the stock . of her
new refreshment, become useful to mankind, and
sing praises to her redeemer. So is the heart of a
sorrowful man under the discourse of wise com
fort: he breaks from the desnair of the orave. and
the fetters and chains of- sorrow; he blesses God,
and He blesses thee, and he .feels his life return-
- . I I-l T
ing.
Flowers, vs. Children. A mother's. delight in
her children is uncertain and lull of alley, compar
ed with that of Josiah in his flowers.. They never
screamed when he wished them to be quiet never
required to be bribed to take physic never, tore
their clothes, played truant, got bitten by mad
dogs, nor gored by mad bolls never, wheo they
grew up, formed indiscreet attachments, or, at least,
none such as a little patience -would not remedy.
(as, for instance, when his stately convolvulus
twined over a young piece of London, pride,) riri
facUhe enjoyed all the pleasures of parentage with
out any of its anxieties. Lady Left Widowhood.
-
. 4
CT i wnriri am nTmnin
- is a common practice, when a congregation
is dismissed, to see a line of young rrentlemen
ranged along the curb stone, staring impudently at
every female that comes out, and often indulging
in impertinent romarks that cannot but be heard
.br those who are the subfect of them. Verv rare-
ly there may be found, among-the mob of dandies
land dunces, a. hnshand father rr ktvrVior ix'li-m
with-junayoidable;circiunsta attend-
m church;' and who is waiting to accompar
accompany a wife,
danghter, or sister home.1.
KMCi. ot OoUi-ir vd tio . iiuf -censure.
Uutrast L
scarcely one in ten bMonfija to this class ; as they
lorm, m tact,.-the exception, not the rule; we, shall
speak of those, who indulge in this custom, without
reference to such. It is the addle headed lads,
wh high shirt collais and canes, averaging about
se enteen, or eighteen years of age, who form the
g- at mass ot these impertinent spectators, that we
W! uld hold up to public reprqof. Where are the
fliers of" these young oandies? Where is the
tolesome rod which Solomon recommended ?
Where is the police ?
Only a refined female knows how annoying it is
rftn the gauntlet of these immature boys. Nor
thev spare anybody. The matron is just as
ljuch at their mercy as the maiden ; .the plain face
subject to remark as the beautiful one ; the
ppdrly-dressed as open to imp rtinence as the
riore richly attired. One female meets a sneer as
she passes, because she does not happen to please
,-tJe fancy of some young fool, while the cheeks of
another are made to tingle by his loud and inso
lent admiration. Even where the lady escapes
without verbal insult, she is stared out of counten
ance, and has no resource, except to drop her veil, hur
ry on, and escape into a more resuectful atmos
phere as fuM. as possible.
YOUTHFUL HOPES.
How prone are youthful minds to imagine that
all the bright scenes viewed through anticipation's
magic glass will be realized in coming years. To
thein the unrolling of the future's scroll brings no
terror causes uot the joyous music bf their spirit
chords to die away nor dims tlie bright glances
cast on the lengthening shadows of time. As they
journey throuijii earth, lightly treading thornless
roses, basking oeneath the sunshine of unclouded
skies, and quaffing. of the unmingled sweets of life's
cup, they, fondly imagine that their .'lives wilF ever
be? bright as their fancy's gayest dream, aud as free
from the withering blight of sorrow. But alas fur
human expectations ! Too soon does.- their path
way darken too soon does disappointment's hand
paint the goading thorn among the flowers pressed
by thoir yoniLiul fuet'f and ioi toon ro fcboir
young hearts made to feel, that the things earthly
are transient and fleeting in their nature that the
bright visions of their early years ever faded before
the icy touch of reality's stern finger.
But it is when the beams of hope grow faint,'
and our expectations fade, as day approaching
n'ght, that we turn our attention toward, and place
ourjafiections upon, the ever during charms of an
other and a; brighter state of existence. Beyond
this world of grief and pain there is a land where
blighted hopes are strangers --a cliine where there
are no "periods of gloom, no hours of sorrow and
regret " -a i realm where disappointments never
come, but where the light of God's own counte
nance sheds a peace, a joy, and au undying love
o'er all.
A BEAUTIFUL LESSON.
WThat a beautiful lesson this simple circumstance,
related in the following, teaches us. We clip it
from an exchange, and have forgotten the author's
uame. llow. fe,w such hearts are to be found in
this world ! -
Touching, Delicacy. There were many little
occurrences which suggested to me, with a great
consolation, how natural it "is to gentle hearts to
be considerate and delicate towards any inferiority.
? One of these particularly touched me. I happen
ed to stroll into the little chtP'ch when a marriage
was j list concluded, and the young couple had to
sign the register.
The bridegroom, to whom the pen was handed
first, made a rude cross for his mark; the bride,
who came next, did the same.
Now, I had known the girl1 when I was last
there, not only at : the prettiest girl in the place,
but as having distinguished herself in the school ;
and I could uot help looking at her with some
1 c
surprise. She came aside, and whispered To. me,
while, tears of honest love and admiration stood m
ner bright eyes :
" He's a dear good fellow, Miss, but cannot write
yet ; he's going to learn of me and I '.wouldn't
shame him for the world!'' , ,
? Why, what have I to fear, when there was this
nobility in a laboring man's daughter?'
Ah, this beautiful world! Indeed, we know
not what to think of it. Sometimes it is all ejad
ness and sunshine, and heaven itself lies not far off.
And'then it changes suddenly, and is "dark and
sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the sky. In the
lives of the saddest of us there are bright days like
this, when : we feel as if we could take the
great world.in our arms. Then come the gloomy
houFs, when, the fire will neither burn in our hearts
nor on our hearths ; and all without and within is
dismal, cold, and dark. Every heart has its secret
sorrows, and oftentimes we call a man
he is, only sad.
cold when
4.
it
A London editor says:" We lately saw for a
moment the deed of the conveyance of an estate of
aoputtnree hundred acres of land sold by the ban
of Herefordin 1226, or six hundred and twenty
seven years' ago, the total writing -of which meas
ured five and a half inches wide by two and three-:
quarters deep. His lordship's seal was attached
by a ribbon, being clumsy piece of wood, with
his arms carved thereon. From the circumstances
under which we saw it we could not read it ; but,
both in dimensions; and character, it was a good
specimen of the business brevity of olden times."
:' It is a proverb at our colleges, that the students
who graduate with the highest honors, are "sel
dom heard of afterwards." Macaulay asserted, in
one of his late speeches, that the contrary is the
case in England, and showed that a large number
of the most eminent Englishmen bad been highly -
uuwuguisnea at uxtord. and Cambridge.
It is not sufficient to have great qualities, we
must be able to make proper use of them.
Future IIousekekpers. We sometimes catch
ourselves wondering how many of the young ladies
whom we meet with are to perform the part of
housekeepers, when the young men who now eye
them 60 admiringly have persuaded them to be
come theirwives.
WTe listen to those young ladies of whom we
speak, "and hear ' them not only acknowledginsr
but boasting of their ignorance of all housewife
uuues,..as .u.-Boting- wouiaso- lower tnem m the
esteem of thel'r ifriends as the confession of an abi
lity to bake bread and pies, or cook a piece of 1
ioear.aacn3rxmrnr
ployment. Speaking from our own youthful recol
lections, we are free to say, that taper fingers and
lily white hands are very, pretty to look at with a
young man's eyes,; and sometimes we have known
the artless innocence of practical knowledge dis
played by a young Miss, to appear rather interest-
ng tJfJi otherwise. But we have lived long
enough to learn that life is full of rugged experi
ences, and that the most. loving, romantic and de-
icate people must live on cooked Or otherwise pre
pared food, and in homes kept, clean and tidy by
ndustnous hands. And for all the practical pur
poses of married Jife, it is generally found that for
tire" husband to sit and gaze at a w ife's taper fin
gers and lily hands, or for a -wife to sit and be look
ed at and admired, does not make the pot boil or
put the smallest piece of food in the pot.
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wnat, tiren, is to become ot married couples
whose contribution to the' stock with which they
set up is, on the one side taper fingers, lily hands
and utter ignorance of all household economy, and
on the oilier a capacity for being fascinated with
fairy forms and delicate complexions seen by moon-
ght t llow are these couples to live, when .it
comes to the simple Question ot bread and butter."
Or even supposing that the male partner brings
with him industry and application and substantial
earnings, what is the other partner to do with pro
ceeds of his toil. She can't work, cook or sweep
she can ' play the piano, the guitar, and on a
pincli, mate a jelly or a cake, tint anvtning so
vulgar and common-place as cooking a substantial
meal is out of the question. "Really it seems to
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us, witn our old tasnioned notions, tliat betore a
young maii ventures upon matrimony with one of
the sort of gtrls we are talking about, he should
calcujate whether his resources will permit him to
marry, besides his wife, a posse .01 cooks, chamber
maids,, washer-women,, &c., to take Ncareof the es-
tabl:shment. 'Poor'oung' men, wifh noth-ihg but
their industry, .to depend
upon,
had -better look
sharp beforehand. ;
Dear Woman in Paraguay. The author of
" Sketches in Paraguay," gives us this fragrant mor
sel:' " Everybody smokes in Paraguay, and nearly
every female above thirteen years of age chews. I
am wrong. Ihey do not chew, but put tobacco in
their mouths, keep it there constantly, except when
eating, and, instead of chewing, roll it about with
their tongue, and suck it. Only imagine yourself
about to salute the rich red lips of a magnificeut
little Hebe, arrayed in satin and flashing with dia
mondsshe puts you back with one delicate hand
while with the fair, taper fingers of the other, she
draws forth from her mouth a brownish black roll
of. tobacco, quite two inches long, looking like a
monstrous grub, and depositing the savory lozenge
on the rim of your sombrero, puts up her face, and
is ready for your salute. I have sometimes seen
an over-delicate foreigner turn away with a shud
der of loathing under such circumstances, and get
the epithet, of el salvaco (the savage) applied to
him by the offended beauty, for his sensitive
squeamishness. However, one soon gets used to
this in Paraguay, where you are, perforce of cus
tom, obliged to kiss every lady you are introduced
to; and one-haif you meet are really tempting
enough to render you reckless, of consequences,
and you would sip the dew of the proffered lip in
the face of a tobacco' battery, even the double-distilled
4 honey-dew' of Old Virginia."
Clutterbuck's story of the old lady (his aunt,)
is excellent.' Being very nervous, she told Sir W.
Farquhar she thought Bath would do her good.
u Its very odd," said Sir W. ; " but that's the very
thing that I was going to recommend to you. I will
write the particulars of your case to a very clever
man there, in whose hands you will be well taken
care of" The lady, furnished with a letter, set oft",
and on arriving at Newbury, feeling, as usual, very
nervous, she said to her confidant, " Long as Sir
Walter has -attended me, he has never explained to
mo what ails me. I have a great mind to open his
letter, and see what he has stated of my case to
:the Bath physician." In vain her friend represent
ed to her the breach of confidence this would be.
Sh nmned tks letter-9njl rs'KV'Sssi
the old lady three weeks, and send her back
again." .
Hindoo Penance.-Au English traveller visited
a man in India who had committed a murder' and
'n order not only to save his life, but what was of
much more consequence , his caste, he submitted
to the penalty imposed- this was, that be should
j sleep for seven years on a bedstead, without a matt
! ress the whole surface of whic was studded with
points of iron, resembling nails, but not so sharp as
to penetrate the flesh. Sir Geo. saw him in the
; fifth year of his probation, and hjs skin was then
like the hide of a rhinoceros, but more callous ; at
that time, however, he could sleep comfortably on
his " bed. of thotns, and remarked, that at the expi
ration of the term of his sentence he should most
probably continue that system from choice which
he had been obliged to adopt from necessity.
A gentleman praising the personal charms of a
very plain woman, his frjend asked him :- MWhy
do't you lay claim to such an accomplished beauty?'
"What right have I to her ?" asked the former.
"Every right by the laws of nations," replied the
other, "you being-the first discoverer."
What more touching commentary upono the
misfortunes of Marie Antoinette, than the simple
cash entry made by the sexton, and yet to be seen
in . the parish records of the V adeleine " Paid
seven francs for a coffin for the Widow Capet."
I have never believed that friendship' supposed
the obligation of hating those whom your friends
did not love, and I believe rather it obliges me to
love thos whom they love. Morellet.
If you ever promise at ahV take care at least
th:2t it be so as nobody may sufferbj- trusting to
JO'J.
The . Society of Ladies. The following per
tinent remarks occur at the close of n article on
the dangers of "College Life," from -the pen of a
New Voj-k clergyman, which appeared in the New
York Times : .
The society of ladies has done much for me all
my life long ; and it was the salutary, softening
influence of such associations that, with God's
blessing, restrained me from many an excess into
-which -I; might otherwise have been led while re-'" "
Receiving my education. It is a bad sign when a ,
young tnan has no relish for such company. ' ?
-WWert be manVmtaioa .jnfelifev whether ,
higher or lower, public of private, he will become"
a betterjman, and' escape many a disaster, if he will
listen in; due season to the voice .of the intelligent
and.the j refined among the other sex. Not only -do
they generally excel us in their nice perception
f the proprieties of life, and in their tender sense
of duty both to God and man, but they are equally
before us in their instinctive faculty of foreseeing
evil before it is upon us, and of wisely discerning'
the character and motives of men. It was rtot all
a drearn which made the wife of Julius Ca;sar so
anxious! that he should no go to the Senate Cham
ber on the fatal " Ides of March ;"' and had he com
plied with her entreaties, he might have escaped
the dagger of Brutus. - ,
Disaster followed disaster in the career of Napo
leon, frqm the time that he ceased -to feel the balance-wheel
of Josephine's influence on his impetu
ous spirit.
Our own Washington, when important questions
were submitted to him, often has said that he should
like to carry the subject to his chamber before
he had ;formed his decision ; and those who knew
the clear judgment and elevated purposes of Mrs.
w asnington, thought all the better- 01 him lor
wishing to make her a confidential counsellor. In
deed the great majority of men who have acquired
for themselves a good and great name, were not
only married men, but happily married -"both
paired jand matched."
A Model Puff. As the secret of successful puff
writing is to conceal from the reader, as long as pos
sible, the fact that it is a puff, we think the follow
ing, from a Boston paper, may be reckoned a brill
iant success in this important department of modern
literature : .
" MEANNEss.-The greatest piece of meanness
that we ever saw or heard of, was the other day,
while stopping at the toll-house on the Western .
Avenue. A very respectable looking1 man came
along towards the city, and was going by the house
without p ying his toll ; the keeper demanded the
toll, but the man could net fford it, and finally
concluded he would go back, which he did, and
walked through Roxbury and over the . Tremont
Road, distance six miles ; he probably w re out
twenty-five cents worth af shoe-leather just to
save one, which would have bought him a box of
Russia salve, which cures pimples,- tan, sunburns,
scalds, hums sores, piles, etc. For sale by Redding
and Co., No. 8 State street. Price twenty -five cents
a box."
. Here is another, whieh we have just discovered
in the Philadelphia City Item:
" Lord Ellesmere was so delighted with "Wil
liam Allen's artistic style of shaving and hair cut
ting, that. he has sent him from' New-York a. large
piece of the House ' of Commons as a memento.
Allen is in Ninth, near Market ' street. , How
convenient!" ' . ' ,
A Chinese day comprises twelve periods, each
equivalent to two hours,' and they are represented
by twelve characters on the cl ck-face, being those
used also to designate the months. " The first in
the list (meaning Son) is employed at the com
mencement of every-cycle, and to the first of every
period of twelve years, and also to the commence
ment of the civil dav at 11 P. M.- comprehend
ing the period between this and 1 A. M. The
month;WUich is signified by this term isnot,the first
of the Chinese year, but, singularly enough, coin
cides, with January. Each of the twelve hcjurs is
divided into eight kih, corresponding to quarter
hours. The diurnal division of time does not ap
pear to have been in use in the time of Confucius,
as mention is made in the spring, and autumn an
nals of the ten hours of the day."
Consoling Idea of Death. I congratulate
you and myself," wrote John Foster to a friend,
"that life . is passiug fast away. What ' a superla
tively grand and consoling-idea is that of death !
without this radiant idea, this delightful morning
star, indicating that the luminary of eternity is gqing t
to rise, life would, to my view, darken into midnight
melancholy. Oh ! the expectation of living here,
and living thus, always, would be indeed a prospect
of overwhelming despair. But thanks to that decree
teoriTSTrrtchthiniKs tfftrrsi TuokpeT which -
opens tbe vision of an endless life, and thanks above
all to that" Saviour friend who has promised to
conduct all. the faithful through the fcacred trance
of death into scenes ot everlasting delight.
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Bad Spelling. -A gentleman wrote l)r. Fran
cis the following note :
M Dear Dotor ; I caught cold yesterday and have
got a little horse. Please write what I shall do
for them. " J. P "
'We annex the answer :
"Dear P.: For the cold take half a pound "of
butter candy. For the little horse buy a saddle
and bridle, and ride him out of town the first time
we: have pleasant weather
Yours, . Dr. F."
A Sick Bachelor. The New Yprk Times thus
beads a loDg article on this subject : . .
f A sick Bacholor. A dying camel in the desert .!
A sailor on a hen-coop in the middle of the Atlah-
tic; All tne same, inesame incident irora umer
ent points of view. " The same subject with varied
accessaries. If there ii a preponderance of misery
on any side, it is on the side of the sick bachelor. -The
Bame, howeVer intelligent be may be, is scarcer
ly!as sensitive as the human sufferer, and the sailor
Jqating on a hen coop a thousand miles from land
is at least spared the misery of knowing that there
is help within call. The sick bachelor w the neplus
ultra of human misery."
It is a popular delusion to believe that an editor i
is! a public bellows, bound to puff everything and '
every body that wants to use him.
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i j Till sayvuIf all the world's a stage, the women
wag the tongue guide the vehicle." ' ' :
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: A word cuts deeper than a sharp weapon, and
theWound it makes is longer curing.