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v or bent or turned,',twigs broken, and other things so small and, faint that they cannot be shown to any one, yet which,\when all put together, make a kind of line alohgisth'c’t ground, which line c'a'i'i be teen by a- rapid glancing look. but which will- disappear when looked at steady. The trail ofa human being -is more 'easily followed than that ofanyv other creature, because there is a kind ofpurpose in it, different from someone} YORK, MARKHAM, VAUGHAN, KING, M the trail of irrational animals; A “ Let Sound Reason weigh more with us than Popular Opinion.” , ,' Child Will Change its “our” around . r , every thick clump of bushes, and go i nearly straight where-the ground is open. If it is scared and running it' will runfrom the wind. if much is blowing, and from any voice it bears ; in ench casss, therefore, it is " not good , policy to call much upon the lost child’s name. M.M.K. _. ‘Goliad. Texas, March 1859. Elliirrntun. AN INVOCATION TO SPRING. _â€"â€"â€"- BY H. XELIBGUS MAURICE. “ Come. gentle spring! Etherial Mildness, - come And from the bosom of you dropping cloud. While music wakes around, veil’d ina shower 0f shadowing roses, on our plains descend.” â€"-Thomson. AND WHITCHURCH ADVERTISER. Wm M Come, sweet love-inspiring Spring, Once again thy treasures bring; Let us see thy radiant face Beaming with its wonted grace I Let us hear again thy voice Endless love to heaven bearing ; Let the earth again rejoiceâ€" God’s omnipotence declaring, Till united in fond love Earth shall be to heav’n above. APRIL 15, 1859. RICEIRIOND HILL, FRIDAY, stead of climbing over in the usuu fallen victims to the veracity of this actions of the mulatto ;w his taking I heard it again, and, after an inter- manner,I saw him take out bar after creature, since the days of Colum« 3 out the bars and leaving the gap val, again. It was not the voice of bar. down to the very lowest. Iob- bus, it would be. found to be some- free,- his occasional glances back- a fullâ€"grown dog, but rather the served. moreover, that he flung the thing enormousâ€"quite equal to the‘ Wardâ€"which I had observed as he weak whimper of a puppy. bars to one side, leaving the gap havoc made in the same period of was crossingthe open groundâ€"these At first, I fancied that the sounds: quite open! time by the Indian tiger or the Afri- were my proofs that he knew what came from the alligator“ ; for these was coming behind himâ€"undoubt- humor. Shir Huh HABITS OF BEWII.DERED PERSONS. ]n his glittering armor clad, IVinter long his reign has had; VARIABLE BRIGHTNESS OF reptiles make exactly such a noise, can lion. In his bonds. cold and unfeeling, All the world below congealing; Winter moons have wax’d and paled, Ice and snow have long had sway, And cold winds have oft prevailed Genial Spring l with thy bright ray Melt this icy bond to love ; Wed the earth to heav’n above ! April I with thy deep blue sky, And thy white clouds towering high; \‘Vith thy op’ning buds and leavesâ€" Balmy nrorns and dewy eves, Quickly come to us again. Hasten hither with thy showersâ€"â€" Heavenâ€"sent, nectareous rain ; Rain refreshing grass and flowers, And uniting iir fond love Earth below to heav’n above I Brightly-beaming, blue-eyed May I Clothed in Nature’s green arrayâ€" Sparkling with thy nightly dews, Then, the loved one of the Muse, How I long again to hear In my car thy sweet voice ringingâ€"â€" List to birds that hover near Gates ofheav’n, God’s praises singing Thus uniting in fond love Earth below to lreav’n above Then sweet love-inspiring spring, Do thou quickly earthward wing ; Deck the iieitls with verdure fair, Until beauty everywhere Shall gleam forth in bright array. Come, thou rich, ainbrosial Spring Chase cold winter far away ; And of thee we'll sweetly sing Till united in fond love Earth shall be to lreav’n above. J. ,__..,._.-.7,_.. W , From Chambers’s Journal. OCEOLA : A 30 MANCE.â€"BY CAPT. CHAPTER V. M. REID. THE MULATTOI AND HIS FOLLOVVER. Not without some surprise did I make this discovery. What was the muletto doing in the woods at such an hour? It was not his habit to be so thrifty; on the contrary, it was difficult to rouse him to his daily work. He was not a hunter â€"had no taste for it. I never saw him go after gameâ€"though, from being always in the woods, he Was well acquainted with the haunts and habits of every animal that dwelt there. What was he doing abroad on this particular morning I I remained on my porch to watch him, at the same time keeping an eye upon the deer. It soon became evident that the mulatto was not after these; for, on coming out of the timber, he turned along its edge, in a direction opposite to that in which the deer had gone. He went straight to- wards the gap that led into the maize-field. I noticed that he moved slowly and in a crouching attitude. I thought there was some object near his feet: it appeared to be a dog. but a very small one. Perhaps an opossum, thought I. It was ofwhii- is-h colour, as these creatures are ; but in the distance I could not (Ilg- tinguish between an opossum and a puppy. I fancred, however, that it was the pouchcd animal; that he had caught it in the woods, and was leading it along in a string. There was nothing remarkable or improbable in all this behaviour. The mulatto may have discovered an opossum-cave the day before, and set a trap for the animal. It may have been caught in the night, and he was now on his way home with it. The only point that surprised me was, that the fellow had turned hunter; but I explained this upon another hypothesis, I remembered how fond the negrocs are ofthe flesh of the opossum, and Yellow Jake was no exception to the rule. Per- haps he had seen the day before, that this one could be easily obtained, and had resolved upon having a roast? But why was he not carrying it in a proper manner? He appeared to be leading or dragging it rather-~- j-tfor» I knew the creature would not be ledâ€"and every now and then I observed him stoop towards it, as if caressing it! I was puzzled I it could} not be an opOssum. I watched the man narrowly till he arrived opposite the gap in the He then passed through, and en- tering among the corn, in the same crouching attitude, disappeared be- hind the broad blades of the young maize-plants. For a while I saw no more of him, or the whit: object that he ‘ toated’ along with him in such a singular fashion. I turned my attention to the deer : they had got over their alarm, and had halted near the middle of the savanna, where they were now quietly bi‘otvsing. But I could not help pondering upon the eccentric manoeuvres I had just been witness of; and once more I bent my eyes towards the place, where Iliad last seen the mulntto. He was still among the maize- plants. Icould see nothing of him ; but at that moment my eyes rested upon an object that filled me with fresh surprise. Just at the point where Yellow .Inkc had emerged from the woods, something else appeared in motion--- also coming out into the open sav- anna. It was a dark cbject, and from its prostrate attitude, resembled a man crawling forward upon his hands, and dragging his limbs after him. ' For a moment or two, I believed it to be a manâ€"not a white man-â€" but a negro or an Indian. tactics were Indian, but we were at peace with these people, and why should one of them be thus trailing the mulatto? I say ‘trailing.’ for the attitude and motions, of what- ever creature I saw. plainly indicat- ed tliat it was following upon the track which Yellow Julie had just p' send over. Was it Black Jake who was after him 'I This idea came suddenly into my mind: I remembered the vendetta that existed between them; I re- membered the Conflict in which Yellow Jake had used his knife. True, he had been punished, but not by Black .Inke himscif. \Vns the latter now seeking to revenge himâ€" self in person I This might have appeared the easiest explanation of the scene that was mystifying me ; had it not been for the improbnbility of the black acting in such a manner. I could not think that the noble fellow would seek any menu mode of reta- liation, however rcvcngeful he irright feel against one who had so basely attacked him. It was not in keeping with his character. No. It could not be he who was craw- ling out of the bushes. Nor he, nor any one. At that moment, the golden sun flashed over the savanna. His beams glanced along the green- sward, lighting the trees to their bases. The dark form errrerged out of the shadow, and turned head to- wards the mnizc-fleld. The long prostrate body glittered under the sun with a sheen like scaled‘armour. It was easily recognised. It was not negroâ€"not Indianâ€"not human : it was the hideous form of an alligator! CHAPTER VI. THE ALLIGATOR. To one brought up---born, Imight almost say-nupon the banks of a Floridian river, there is nothing re- markable in the sight of an alligator ! Nothing very terrible either; for, ugly as is the great saurianâ€"cer- tainly the most repulsive form in the animal Kingdomâ€"it is least dreaded by those who know it best. Forall that, it is seldom approached with- out some feeling of fear. The stranger to its haunts and habits, ab- hors and flees from it ; and even the nativeâ€"be be red, white or blackâ€"â€" whose home borders the swamp and the lagoon, approaches this gigantic lizard with caution. Some closet naturalists have asâ€" serted that the alligator will not at- tack man, and yet they admit that it will destroy horses and horned cat- tle. A like allegation is made of the jaguar and vampire bat. Strange assertions, in the teeth ofa thousand testimonies to the contrary. It is true the alligator does not always attack man when an oppor- tunity offersâ€"nor does the lion, nor fcnce- I exPCCIed ‘0 see him SieP- yet the tigerâ€"but even the false over the barsâ€"since through the maize-held was the nearest way to the house. Certainly he entered the Bufl‘on would scarcely be bold en- ough to declare that the alligator is innocuous. If a list could be fur- field} bub ‘0 my aSIOHIShmemi in'vnished of human being who have l short stay in South America, was and for my part,1 know of more; titan one case of actual death, and many of lacerath limbs, received’ at the jaws of the American alli- gator. or less fierce. and hence the differ- ulligator-liuntcr who makes a living Humboldt, during his; mll informed of many instances ;‘ There are many species, both of the caiman or alligator. and of the true crocodile, in the waters of, tropical America. They are more ence of‘ travellers’ tales ’ in relation to them. Even the same species in two different rivers is not always of like disposition. The individuals are affected by outward circumstances“ as other animals are. Size. cliâ€"‘ mate, colonisation, all produce their effect; and, what may appear still. more singular, their disposition isl irrflfierirrcil by the character of the race of men that chances to dwell near them! On some of the South-American riversâ€"whose banks are the home ofthe ill-armed apathetic Indianâ€"the cnimans are exceedingly bold, and dangerous to approach. Just so‘ were their congencrs, the alligat- ors of the north, till the stalwart backwoodsman, with his axe in one hand and his rifle in the other, taught them to fear the upright The l formâ€"a proof that these crawling‘ creatures possess the powers of reason. Even to this hour, in many of the swamps and streams of Florida,full-grown old alligators can- not be approached without peril : this is especially the case during the season of the sexes, and still more where those reptiles are encountered remote from the habitations of man. In Florida are rivers and lagoons where a swimmer would have no more chance of life, than if he had plunged into a sea of sharks. Notwithstanding all this, use brings one to look lightly even upon real. d:ingerâ€"â€"-particulatrly when that danger is almost continuous; and the dcnizen of the cypricrc and the white cedar swamp is accustomed to regard without much emotion the menace of the ueg alligator. To the native of Florida, its presence is no novelty, and its going or coming excites but little interest-«except perhaps in the bosom ofthe black man who feeds upon its tail ; or the out of its leather. The appearance of one on the edge of the savanna would not have causedme a Second thought, had it not been for its peculiar movements, as well as those I had just observed on the part of the mulatto. I could not help far‘rcying that there was some commotion between them; at all events it appeared certain, that the reptile was following the man! Whether it had him in view, or whether trailing him by the scent, I could not tell. The latter I fancied to lie the case ; for the mul- atto had entered under cover of the maize-plants, before the other ap- peared outside the timber; and it could hardly have seen him as it turned towards the gap. It might, but I fancied not. More like, it was trailing him by the scent ; but whe- ther the creature was capable of doâ€" ing so, I did not stay to inquire. On it crawled over the swordâ€"â€" crossing the corner of the meadow, and directly upon the track which the man had taken. At intervals, it paused. flattened its breast against the earth and remained for some se- conds in this attitude, as if resting it- self. Thcn it would raise its body to nearly a yard in height, and move forward with apparent eagernessâ€"- as if in obedience to some attractive po rver in advance ofit! The alligator progresses but slowly upon dry groundâ€"trot faster than a duck or, goose. The water is its true element, where it makes way almost with the rapidity of a fish. At length it approached the gap ; and, after another pause, it drew its long dark body within the enclosure. I saw it enter among the maize- plants, at the exact point where the mulatto had disappeared l Of course, it was now also hidden fro n my view I no longer doubted that the mons- ter was following the man; and equally certain was I that the latter knew that he was followed! How could I doubt either of these facts? To the former,l was an eye-witness ; of the latter,I had circumstantial proofs. The singular attitudes and edly he knew. But my conviction upon these two points in nowise helped to elucidate the mysteryâ€"â€"for a mystery it had become. Beyond a doubt. the rep- tilc was drawn after by some attrac- tion, which it appeared unable to re- sistâ€"«its eagerness in advancing was evidence of this, and proved that the man was exercising some influence over it that lured it forward. What influence? Was he be- guiling it by Some charm of Obcah? A superstitious shudder came over me. asl asked myself the question. I really had such fancies at the mo‘ ment. Brought tip. as I had been, among Africans, dandlcd in the armsâ€"~perhaps nourished from the bosomâ€"â€"of many a sable nurse, it is not to be wondered at that my young mind was tainted with the superstitions of Bonny and Benin. I knew there were alligators in the cv press swampâ€"â€"in its more remote recesses, some ofenormous sizeâ€"but how Yellow Jake had contrived to lure one out. and cause it to follow him over the dry cultivated ground, was a puzzle I could not explain to myself. I could think of no na- tural cause; I was therefore forced into the regions of the weird and supernatural. Istood for a long while watching and wondering. The deer had passed out of my mind. They fed unnoticed : I was too much absorb- ed in the mysterious movements of the half-breed and his amphibious follower. CH AFTER VII. THE TUBTLEfCRAWL. So long as they remained in the maize-field, I saw nothing of either. The direction of my view was slightly oblique to the rows of the plants. The corn was at full growth. and its tall culms and broad lanccolate leaves would have over- toppcd the head of a man on horse- back. A thicket of evergreen tree: would not have been more impene- trable to the eye. By going a little to the right, I should have become aligned with the rows, and could have seen far down the avenues between them ; but this would have carried me out of the cover, and the mulatto might' then have seen me. For certain reasons, I did not desire he should ; and I remained where I had hitherto been standing. ~ I was satisfied that the man was still making his way up the field, and would in due time discover himself in the open ground. An indigo flat lay between the hommock and the maize. To ap‘ proach the house, it would be neces- sary for him to pass through the irr- digo ; and, as the plants were but a little over two leet in height, I could ; ,he gospel. not fail to observe him as he came through. I waited, therefore, with a feeling of curious anticipationâ€"my thoughts still wearing a tinge of the weird! He came on slowlyâ€"~very slowly ; but I knew that he was advancing. I could trace his progress by an no casional movement which I observed among the leaves and tasscls of the maize. The morning was stillâ€"not ubreath of air stirred ; and conse- quently the motion must have been caused by some one passing among the plantsâ€"of course by the mulatto himself. The oscillation observed farther off, told that the alligator was still following. Again and again I observed this movement among the maize-blades. It was evident the man was not folloning the direction of the roWs, but crossmg diagonally through them! For what purpose? I could not guess. Any one of the intervals would have conducted him in a direct line towards the trouseâ€" whither I supposed him to be mov- ing. Why, then, should he adopt l l .admonition had led [state of mindlhe had isanctnary, unvisited previously for â€"-â€"but only when young. The one following the mulatto was grown ; the cries could not proceed from it. Moreover, the sounds came from a point nearer incâ€"from the place where the man himself was moving. (To be continued.) A WORD IN SEASON. A few months ago a country mer- chant came to the city to make his regular purchases. He was a man whose credit wasgood, and his busi- ness talent more than respectable ; but his manners were brusque, ap- proaching to rudeness, and his langu- age started chry sensitive car by its profanity. AChristian merchant, with whom he had traded for years, had been often pained by this Want of reverence ; but knowing well the character of the man, and fearing to offend him by any reproof, had kept silence. On this occasion, however, with a conscience quickened, and a heart made tender, by the special presence of the Divine Spirit in the city, he felt constrained to speak. The language of his customer seemâ€" ed more reckless and profane than ever before, and he asked very kind- ly ifhe was aware how such langu- age jarred on the ears of others. The country merchant looked sur- prised, and asked in reply ifhe talk- ed worse than people generally. " Many of your friends are grieved at your growing profanity,” we the answer, “ and fear that the habit will soon become incurable." You are not in earnest , are you? Am I really very profane? “ Your language has otten pained we feared speaking to you about it, lest you should be angry and think it officious.” “I thank you with all my heart for your kindness, and will try to guard myselfin the future. I have always prided myself on being thought independent and manly, but Idid not suppose I was considered ' very profane.” The mind of the Christan merch- nat was greatly relieved. He had administered reproof kindly but faithfully, and it had been received in quite a different spirit from what he had anticipated. He had little hope, however, of a complete re- form ; for the habit so long indul- ged, and so in accordance with the natural disposition ofthe man, was not likely to be soon eradicated. A few days afterwards, however, atriend met him, and while speak- ing of the wonderful revivals pre- vailing in many parts of the country, told him that a work of grace was making many converts in P., among a class of hardened persons rarely reached by the influences of Among these converts, added he, is our old acquaintance Mâ€"â€"-â€"â€", whom you remember as a profane and ungodly man. The Christian merchant was filled with wonder and tliankfulness, (and his heart was more impressed with the power ofDivine grace) that his brief the country trader to thoughtfulness, and in that gone to the many years, and had there been awakened and converted. He felt, then, as never before, the import- ance of sowing beside all waters.â€" Watchman and Reflector. A SAD HiSTORY.â€"Two years ago the wife of John Rain, a then re- spectable mechanic of Cincinnati, died and he took to drink to relieve his sorrow. Three daughters thus left to contend with poverty, and without the good ad viCe and exam- ple of a father became a prey to vicious men and vicious thoughts. An improper intimacy sprang up between a man named Mitchell, and the eldest daughter, and her a more difficult course, by crossing them? It was not till afterwards that I discovered his object in this zigzag movement. He had now advanced almost to the nether edge of the cornfield. The indigo flat was of no great breadth, and he was already so near, that I could hear the rustling of the cornstalks as they switched estfiis now in the House of Refuge. against each other. Another sound I could now hear ; father in a moment of sensitive appreciation of the wrong done her, slew the paramour, and for this was tried and sent to the Penitentiary. The downward course of the dangli- ters was then rapid. Two have just been convicted of grand lar- ceny, and will be sent to the State Prison. The remaining â€"â€"the young- Admirution is the rose, affection it resembled the bowling of a dog. is its fragrance. full me, and o.hers, very deeply; but i From the Scientific American. Masses Eorrortsoâ€"In aflatevnum- ber of your paper you'state. in an- swer to some correspondent, “that you have no confidence in the re- port that “ when a man is lost he will travel in acircle.” In this you are certainly mistaken; it is a fact well-known to all frontiersmen that, when persons are bewildered. they frequently travel in a perfect circle, sometimes keeping the same track until they have made half a dozen equal rounds ; at other times mak- ing the circle larger or smaller each time. It is not by any means always the case, when a person is lost ; but it is so frequent thatit is within the experience of every one who has been much in the woods. In calm and cloudy weather, and in a coun- try of much sameness ofappearance, the best woodsmen getu'so bewilder- ed as to “ take the circles.” Per- sons not accustomed to the woods will sometimes do so, when the sun is shining and a steady breeze blow- ing. On the level or gulf prairies of this country on a calm, foggy morn- ing, no man can travel without a road. It is an inci tent of everyday occurrence in the Spring and'Fall seasons, that men are thus becalmed on the prairie as effectually as are ships at sea ; nor will a compass mend the matter, for it cannot be carried steadily enough to keep its meridian, and gthe course it points cannot be kept for fifty yards ; if a man attempts it, he will make a circle and come back to the place he started from. The circle will be large or small generally in proportion to the fogâ€" sometimes only a hundred yards in diameter ; at other times a mile but seldom more. ,The circ‘es thus made are perfect. “This kind of wandering seems to arise from an attempt to go a straight course when there is nothing to guide the senses. or when the usual guides of sun, wind, or the general contoUr of the country are disregarded. It rarely befalls children, who do not attempt to go on a course, but only run from one visible point to another equally perceptible. Many apparently trivial traits in the disposition ofanimals, which are of great use to woodsmen, are omit- ted in books of natural history ; chiefy from ignorance, no doubt. One of these is the disposition of a horse, when frightened, to run against the wind, if any is blowing. Thousands of horses which would be othcrwiseirrecoverably lost annu- ally, on this frontier. are recovered by observing this simple rule in pur- suit. All animals have similar inex- plicable traits in their disposition ; and men are no exception to the rule. White men, when they are scared, will retreat in the same direction in which they came. The Indians know this. and lay their plans accordingly; and many a gallant company has been cut to pieces, simply from ig- norance of this fact. But thOSe who understand these matters, when they find it necessary to make a hasty retreat, always do so in a straight line, and in a direction dif~ ferent from the one in which they came. We frequently see notices in northern papers of children being lost. Such things rarely occur on this frontier ; though children often wander, and there are but few neighbors to help to search for them. Perhaps the cause of hu- manity might be subserved by pub- lishing a few rules to be observed in such searches. Any child will make atrack or trail plain enough to be followed by the eye, over any ground, unless there be much pass- ing of men or animals to spoil the trail ; and it can be followed by al- most any person of good sight, al- though he may not have had any previous experience. Go to the place where the child was last seen, and look for the trail, glancing along the ground with a sharp scanning look ; when it is found, a faint kind of a line will be seen, which may be followed at a sharp walk, until a well-defined track occurs. If the trailer stops to look for track, he will probably lose the trail, and must go back and take it up again with the same scanning glance along the ground. The trail which hunters and Indians follow skillfully. is not so much composed oftracks or foot- prints. as ofindescribable little signs, such as leaves and blades of grass THE STARS. Ve‘ascertain that. the, sun revol-‘ ’y ves around an axis by noticingthe spots on its surface. When there are many spots toward us, the light, of the sun must be enfeebled, some- times even sensibly so.j There are, ahvriable stars tat periodically be- comes dim. and then again assume, their former brightness. The naturi al solution of this fact is that these stars are like thevsun, not merely in their light, but also in the Way that'- light is produced. Perhaps there are spots upon its surface, which, when turned toward us, cause their light to become dim. There are stars also which may be called tem- porary, for after appearing in the heaven for a brief period, they seem- ingly become very small, or they disappear altogether, a fact which can hardly be accounted for, except by the supposition that there has been a real physical change in the body itself. In undergoing these changes, there have beenlmanifest changes of their color, and these have been so great as to lead to the conclusion that there has been a combustion of the body in question, The star seen by Aushelm, in 1670, was of the third magnitude ; it pass- ed through great fluctuations of light for two years, and then be- ’ came invisible. There are, more- over, lost stars, whose places are now vacant, though some of them have been recently observed. When we look at these strange fluctuations. we may suppose that something- like combustion has taken place, or that the power of giving light by these stars has been suspended. In. reviewing these facts. it appears difficult not to conclude that here was a world whose destiny was, for the time being, completed, and the fitful glare of whose funeral pile shooting across the vast distance which separates us, came with un- diminished velocity to teli us the tale that it once wasâ€"Professor‘- fliexander. NOISES IN A SICK ROOM. It is extrror'linary how many per-- sons,unuesued to the sick room, mis- take certain noises for quiet. When. such people have to walk across the: room they do so with a balancing sort of movement that makes every; plank creak uneasily. 'l‘heir very- dress rattles in a way that would make the fortune of a rattle-snake. If anything has to be said. his. spoken in a loud whisper, that con-a ceals the words but makes the most. irritating of noises. Now the silence- of a sick room must not be labored, it must be natural. Shoes that do not creak must be worn, and in walking the foot must be put down. carefully, of course, but with a firm step, that comes gently, yet steadily. on the floor. This will not make the creaking sound by the toe-point- ed, gingerly mode of movement so much adopted by those whoseexperi- . encc ofsrck rooms is small. Tire dress must be made of some noiseless ma- terial, wool or cotton ; silk must be avoided, for it squeaks with every movement. In speaking, the pitch of the voice must be slightly raised, and the words, instead of being liiss-~ ed as in a whispering. should be clipped short, and cut distinctly. By this means the person spoken to willi hear what is said, while the least possible sound accompanies the word-~Barwell's cure of the Sick. . _._. The London Times says that there are 9,000 miles of railway in Great Britain, which has cost £3- 15,ooo,ooo, or $1,575,000,ooo lâ€"Tlie average intrest which they pay is. abut 3} Per cent. KNOWLEDGE.â€"-â€"Lt3al‘lllng is an qr- nament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provrsron in old: age. A gentleman told his litt‘c boy. a child of four years, to shut the gate. Iie made the request three times, and the» youngster paid no attention to it. ‘ I have told you three times, my son, to shut the gate, said the gentleman, sorrowfully' ‘ And I’ve told you three times.,lisped the child, ‘ that I won’t do it. You must be stupid !’ Experience is the host advisch but it is better to learn by others than our own.