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illilnuluri. TO AN OLD FRIEND. I? PARK It!" AKIN. 0h friend 2 though many a year has flown, And we have somewhat wiser grown. Since you and I first metâ€" The love that in our bosom grew When life was rosy fresh and MW ls blooming brightly yet. Time brings a philosophic mind. Time takes more than he leaves behind- Tiine is a thief ofjoys ; Time turns oue‘s golden locks to grey, Time draws a bill which all must payâ€"- Titne makes old men or boys. Time, with his scythe arid hour-glassstauds 'l'e reap the harvest of our lands- 'I‘o shorten prosperous days; Time eats the keenest steal to rust, Time crumbles monuments to dustâ€"n Time robs us of our praise. i Much fault is found with Father Time. In books and speeches. prose and rhy me. But we will not upbraid; V For he has left our hearts as young As when. in youth, we laughed and sung, In sunlight and in shade. Who says that age makes friendship cold 1 A true ati'ection ne'er grows old. But lasts like mountain pine-i, Whose heads unlading verdure crowns, Though Winter darkens them with frowns, Ur summer smiles and shines. I wish that, round our mutual souls, While earth upon its axis rolls. The vines of love that run Might spread their tendrils and embrace The cherished, dear ones of our race, So that from sire to eon : Our large affection might survive, And be as brightly kept alive, When we exist no more. By these we leave to guard our fatnes, And keep unstained our honest names, As in the days of yore, Old friend. 'tis something in these hours 0f work and hurry, when liie flowers 0! feeling scarcely bloom, To feel that in our heart there grows ,A plant. amid life’s sand and snows, That may adorn our tomb ! The Governor’s First Love BY EMBRSON BEEN ET'I' If them is arty Out: who ricotls ttic philosophy of this world's clitingcs, to make him wise!“ and better. by bringing hope to his despair, or itu- utility to his pride, let him take a glitch number ol'itidtviduals, and a given number ofycarswsuy twenty of each-wâ€"and observe the condition of the different parties at the begin- ning and end of the time that is tlaiiicd. The result in all cases will be: astonishingâ€"«in mtitiv it w ll bt: wonderful. lf old enough, reader, think back twenty years, and sec wlicre and how you lood in the world llicri. with ninteeii otlicrs. sclet-t tlicnt at random from all you then know. Take the names that first prcscnt themselves to your inctiiory, and write them down, With the condition and prospects of each at the present mome t; and if you find not the rc- solt almost startling. and full ofinor- of philosophy, their bus titnc dcztlt gently with you and your friends, and you require not tho lentil”) which would otherwise be taught. Twenty names and twenty ycitrs! Ah ! here they comeâ€"substance and 'sliadowvâ€"the livrnsz and dead; but oh! how great, how startling, the change between that time and this ....tlie past and the present! Foremost of the group, l behold a bright, gay, fascinating and beauti- ful little being, who seemed born to love and beloved. Her promise was a golden future ofjoyâ€"hcr reality on early rest in the dark. cold grave, Nineteen years has her mortal form reposcd in the quictcburchyard, and few now living remember the name she bore. Next I recll an aSpii-ing youthâ€"~â€" proud. wealthy. and ambitiousâ€"â€" bending his whole energies to aca- demic honors and collegiate dislitit:â€", tiOti. His promises was a brilliant career with living applause and pos- thumous fame-whis reality a loss of sight, mental disease, and a suicides death. The third comes up before me a cor, pale-eyed cripple. whom one foved, a few pilied. and the rest tit.- spiscd. His promise was a short and miserable existence-“his reality and honorable position. great wealth and plenty of what the world calls friends. And so I might go on, disposing of the number one by one ; but there are tWO whose names rise together and blend in my memory, and who may more properly fill the limits of my space-for theirs “to point a moral and adorn a tale.” Twenty years ago, then a Slcndcr pale young man, thinly but decently clad. was one cold autumnal evening hurrying his steps over the ground that divided his own humble home from the large and somewhat aristo- cratic dwelling of a neighbour. As he drew near the mansion, which loomed up white, and seemingly cold and proud, in the frosty. star-lit air, the pale features of the young mill] flushed. and the hand that titntdlv knocked at the door trembled not a little. The door. however, was al- -most immediately opened, by a._ SCARBORO’, YORK, MARKHAM, VAUGHAN, ALEX. SCOTT, Proprietor. Vol. .1]. No. 4. ,, who said, in a rather quick and ap- parently cXt'llcd tone : ‘ ‘ Ab l Walterâ€"so it is you '7. Walk iii l’ ‘I hope I See you well this even- ing. Mary !’ rclurncd tho young ‘llttn. in a slightly trcuiulous tone, that sccmed to result from partially ‘ suppressed emotions. ' l ‘ ch, l tlt'll Well, replied the girl. hurriedly, as sin: closed the door and , lcd the way to the Silllllg-rOUITI,‘ when she motioned hcr chSl to be sealcd, though without snowitigany inclination to sit lici'sclf. ‘ You got? my notc, I suppose 'I’ slit: llllCI'I‘tiga-' lively asserted, iii a quick and llur-‘ ricd manner. hastily turning her flushing features from tho kccn scru- tiny of him she adtlicsscd. ‘ ch. Mary ltlllsworlb.‘ replied the other, niorc s owly and distinctly 'l rcct-chd a line: or tWo from you. : saying all the family would in: ab- sent to-niubt cxccpt yours'cll, and you desired to sue inc alone for tr few niinutcs.’ _, The young man paused, kccpitigl his fine. lli'llvtl eyes steadily fixed upon tlic other, who now, With1 averted llttild. scemcd lntlt'll embar- rasscd and discoriccrlcd. Stopping forward a few pact-s. she. dropped ill a chair. and still Without rcply. :tppcarcd to busy hci‘scll lll looking lat the jcwcllctl rings on her tour, soft. ladyâ€"likc fitlgcrs. ' Mnry.’ spokc young Wtillcr liar- tt‘ooil, allor an ittiprt-ss.vc silence of iiioi'c than n llllllUlt‘, ‘tt‘liat is tin: :iioiiiiing of this l’ She played ticrviiusly vtitli licr litigcrs, but still rctntiiitcd silctit' ’Mat'y,’ ctiiititiiicu anltct‘, plat:- ing :i chair and seating bimsclf in stiltll a position that no could catch .i putlitrl View of liter featurcs. ' lcl inc rctnititl you lixtlfllly how Wt: stand iti regard to ca ‘ll titlrcr; and then speak frankly, and say why you sent for tnol' Hc paused ti iiiomciit, pissud his hand rollicrqtiit-kly and nervously .tlong his high. wnilc forehead, and op through lllS dark. clustering llt‘lll‘.‘ and then procccdcd : ‘l :iin font years your e nior. Mary, and litch loved you from in- fancy. ll was my delight as =i child, when you were a mere infant, to hold you iii tlicse arms; and evcn tbcn, young as l was. and strange as tl may scout, l oltcn pray ed that l might grow up a strong “Hill, and bi: cvtrr ablc to support you an protch you through the journey oflilc. ‘ We were playtitatcs when lltllc â€"wc grow up cottipanionsâ€"aiid there was nchr :1 pcrtodofyour lift: t‘iatl ditl not love too, and tlaili' pray to be loud iti return. Bu your father was rich. and mint: \VilS poor ; and as I grew older, l lcttrirctl to fool the distinction wnicb cxistcd and still exists. liethcn the familics of Ellsworth and IIarwoud; though I Wlll do you the justice to say, that I do not believe you ctcr intention. ally made me perceivc thc dill'crcnce l allude to; but l did see, know and tool it ; and though loving you al- most to tiiiidncss, I dare not volitui'c to tell you so, lost my motive might either be thought mercenary, or myself too presumptuous, and thus all my brightest hopcs and fontlcsl drctitns bc inaii evil moment blasted. ‘Bnt why dwell tipoti this which lbavc many times told you already? ltathci let me come to the point at 0th6. ‘About one year ago. then Mary,’ the young man Wont on, With deep fooling. While his list :ncr grew dcad- ly pale and trembled violently, ° such an opportui‘rily prcscntcd it~ self for declaring my passion, that to dolav it any longer sccmed fly log in the very face of fortune ; and cat'ricd away by an almost uncon- trollablc impulse, I poured oUt my very soul to your listening car, and tet'eivted in rcturri such assurance of your afl‘cctiottatc I‘cgard, to call it by titi stronger term. that IWclIl homo tho lisippicst being in the Widc, wide World. All! Marya-Mary»- you may not love me nowâ€"«you in i_t iichr have loved tlleâ€"vbttl VHU will nchr be no loved by another as you are by tho p'mt‘ litisel'ttble being who now addresses you. ‘ Well, I went home happy, as l have saidâ€"but how long did my happiness last lâ€"il‘he Vory next time I met you, you scenicd troubled and displeased : the second time yoti were dignified ; the third resorVod ‘ 3 the fourth cool ; the fifth Cold ; the - - v. um r. .ma‘y‘ “mt: Id l mu u . can. ,~«~M:mw. an 1. ,W... .. -..-..__..~_......._._.._....._..._-.. _...... ___,.._ __m- 0F Fifi-ME? IN: .w- habit" - as “V for Iran’s», ’ "373131? ESS’ITY . .srttuoi‘ion. " title hill is." around “it. It is the nature of achild to hair. The influ- “ Let Sound Reason weigh more with us than with hope and fear. Ul'il Maryâ€" I and courtcotisly received. dcar Mary. shall l venture to mill ruptured with your estecm’ gard, your ’ denly starting to her foot. and speak- ‘ Tliis,’ he said after a few min- you lâ€"arm l hero to learn from your mes spams, during which he was , presence lll's ml“ the 1’1"“ l5 fl’rg”llc“ ll “Nd cugagcd iii unrolling and purusirig ii that iicncoforth I am to b.. again till-l lengthy duwuwm' us a pump”)... .VUW'W' isigncd, among others, by quite :t l number of respectable and inllucntial ‘ Hold !’ interrupted Mary, sud-jcitizansâ€"praying for thc pardon of “one 'l‘hoirias Ctilci'aft, latcly C(il'lVlCl- KING. AND WHITCHURCH ADVERTISER. WV Popular Opinion.” uncommon HILL, FEHDAY, Dinosaur-tut: 23, noon. A _- ._.. ....._ .___, .__.._....__. __ ._._._..__..... _._._....._._.____.._._~ ._..,._ . blooming, beautiful girl of eighteen. to you, and I have come trembling to his Excellency, which he quietly life of trial and tribulation would not be always supportable.', ; with the assurance that her busban. ‘ cnrtli. poses" That night W-..â€" I W'lrcri poor Mary Wilder loft the of the Governor, it War iii the use ofmy poor ltiiigs.sto.rri:rcli, should soon receive a pardon, and nasal organ, had their day wilbme :, Itho bclicf tiitrt herself and his Eucl- lcncy would never rncut again on But " man proposes and God dis. Thomas Cal- once of example is as certain as the. action of‘the nirupon tho. body. In-. flucnces educate the child long be- fore it is large enough to be sent; from home ,to SCllQul.; It is in the» unwritten, unspoken teachings of home in our tenderest years tb tour- destiny has its beginnings. very word, tone, look, frown, smile and tear witnesscd in childhood,performs its part in training the infant for eternity. instruction should begin. carly, but let it. be moral, and cone. ‘ sist cliicfly of a few precepts, BlblO. stonics, and chaste fables. A creek error in our times is the pressing or, the. infantile mind, cramming the: memory with what a child does not; understand, and at the same time, so. compressing and cramping it as to. prevent the proper physical den-lopâ€" intent, and impair the ranching faculties. ' ‘ Another of the alarming évils in our day is the circulation of demon .1 TERMS: $1 50 In Advance. 0...â€" ‘vrtoro no. so. THE Mauaonmasr as THE Vorcn. â€"--I am only relating it sitriplc fact when l say that almost eVery error throat, palate, tongue, tooth and and rarely do I bear a clergyman read but. l recognise one or more of the same blunders. A common fault in reading is the monotone ; and when, as I sometimes boar, ,slie hurriedly went Oii. ‘I find, (inf jeXauiiiiing myselgl have not. do notl ing in a tone that betrayed great agitation : ‘l have let you proceed too far, Mr. Hill'WfNILl. In sliort,’; ed and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term offiVo years. for tho crime of forgery. Madam, what is this man to you P’ ‘ He is my husband, your- Emel- faltcred the Woman craft. alias I'Icnt‘y Wildcr‘, commit- tcd suicide, by hanging himself to the bar of his ccll ; and beside his dead body Mary Ellsworth and \Vullci‘ a I‘lartvood met again. tremb- thei‘c is this drowsiness of tone add: ed to a it drift," or sca-smv of mea- sured cadences, at the sometime, why thcti even the wholc tune of “lullaby, baby,” itself cannot be alizing publications. E The influence of immoral prints and good opinion as u fricnd. and as a 09W” can cstccui you as I could i wish ; and scnt for you iii-night. for; the purpose of tolling you so, calmly, and asking your liirgchticss for my unintentional (lcccptitm ; and to beg‘; you Will go and forget tiicmtliiit t on v will go in a fricndly spirit, and have; no harsh and lllllcl‘ feelings ratiklinurE iii \our heart. I would like your ' friciid I shall always be plcasod to l meet you ; but a warmer feeling it ', is not iti my power to licstow.’ ‘ Can this be true? and am I thus suddenly made wretched forever li grottiicd young Walter HarWood. as! lit: buried his face in his hands. and, rocked to and fro in an iudcsci'ibablcl agony of mind. For a few minutes tlicrc was not tinollicr word spokcti--â€".tlic youth lll’rlll sway mg to and fro in an indus- ci‘ibtiblc agony of mind, ‘ Mtit'y,’ said Waltci' at lertgth.l raising it f-icc 5o alterctl and ghastly that his fair companion fairly started with SUl’pl‘lSU and alarm, ‘ answer on; two qticstions, tttily, as God is! your judge! First, his either of! your piii'ciits cvcr biotiglit to Votirl vrcw lht: tlilll-rt:t’iCc lichccrr your- self as an licii'css. and my self as a poor and humble yotiiig man 7.’ tl cannot dcny, Wztitcr, rcturnt-d, Mary ingi‘cat agitation, ‘ some-thing l has said to me on the subjc:t:t.' 'Sccondly, tlicti,’ pursued the oth- er, ‘is there anyone you esteem, or love more than you do me I’ ‘lâ€"lâ€"wiiuld rulbcr not anSWcr that qucst on !’ rcpliod Mary turn. ~itig aoay litr licad lll confusion. ‘ Enough !' rejoined Waltcl‘; ‘l not answered. I know that Henry Wilder had been a somewhat regu- lar visitor Here for the last six months; but 1 did not allude to It sooncr, becausc l t'ciircd you Vt‘Ullltl lliiiik nit: (EilplltlUs or jun]. us, I un- Llul'b'llllltl all now !‘ lit: continuud. ris- ing and prcsetiting his hand, which the tiisiitlcn took almost lllt‘tflltllllf:all}' ' Farewell " hc addctl in a faltering Vtiitrc, bis lrcinbling form and qutv- cring lips betraying his deep and painful emotions. ‘ Ftirchll, Mary ' Eiisworthl it is not likcly VH: shall ever meet again. caution uelore w 7: part! hini l have trained! He is a more tidVfilllUl‘Cl’, sccking you for your wo;dtlt.~«Hc is not a true a :d hon-i Beware Ul' Iyou ; and l solemnly dcclarc toyoti lotict. . . ' The sequel may bc told in a few words. One year later, the even round of twenty yours, Governor lIarWood was unitcd, by the holy rite of marriage, to his first and only love ; and it is the earnest pravcr ol all who know them, that their future may be blessed with a lappincss that their pa t has i'ichr ktioWn. 0b. a strange world is tips to him who sits down to note the cllurigcs ofa fcw revolving ycursl ling iichously. ‘I am sorry for it. inatlltln-â€"-Ilt§- cause it is hard for a man of fueling to deny the petition of a wifti in bi:- lialt of him she ll-‘tS solemnly vowcd to lovc and honor ; but my sense of duty bct'omcs parzimont to fcclings, and I must refuse your prayer. This man though your husband. has! no rcdccndng antcccdcrits. and i am sorry to say I do not think he incr- its cxcculivc clctticncy.’ ' ()ii l say not so, your Exottllcncy’ cried the poor Woman, suddenly starting from licr scat. and dropping down upon ltcr knces bcforc the Three (,r {our )cnrs “go 1 made ,, G‘Wb'mm‘i ‘ “‘3 “IW‘U'S “Will” ‘0 passagc from the Cape to Livcrpool, ll” fit-Cl” ; l'Ul “3 hi“ l’cl’” u“l”"lu‘land landed at the latter place about state; and in a llltill’ltJll of insanity New,“ O’clock 0,, Sump”. “mum”, "“l ""” “a” n “" less-‘lml‘m‘l'ilWhen I had reached lllt; \Vatcrloo “mm d h." Will“ ""d " “USIN'l‘d Sl‘l‘d l Hotel, and had brcaltfastcd, ti on. a fathcr’s dcsirc to giw nrcad to liLsg'CurWd 1,, me mail was in the some starving wife and cliildroiiâ€"l‘icl“,w“ Wm, we celebrated Dr. Mi- wrotc anotbcr ii‘itttr’s name to a note, Node. 1 “Quid aw“ “Wu,”- Of me and got it casbcd. intending to lake gopportunity ofatteiiding liis cbapcl, it up before it bccnmc due ; but was V m the “()pc that I might be fortu. ‘I'S‘WVWC‘li "l'l'cswdi “lid l3 “"W inatc enough to licar'Ihim preach. groaning otil his bit: within lllcllill'k, ' Hm Farm, was mm“, (“fiance pm,” Ell" "‘3’ “'“HS “l “ lms‘m! 0“ ! Pill" , tlic liotcl, and when l arrived at the don him, your Exccllcnt‘y! pal'dtit‘l “lurch , found no, “Div the pews l““'l "5 “U” “"l’” 6"“ l" l""d"” ioccuptcd, but the aisles filled with V ‘ l“'Cll1t_lrUSSCd people. who were in: shalt iiiirtict‘liittt-d}‘lciiv llic blato, lsnummg more Wm, me same Obj-cu, and llCVcr agitiii ollcnd against “8,1 bail in VlttW- ASI llfld lieu“ 0“ I'llllllcl’us lilws l . . ldcck all night I felt too tired to re- WIN" 55‘“ W?” ml" sl)‘v'“l‘“'lls l“ a , main on an uncertaintv ; so, address- wrld, itnpnssiontite strain. she, tough“, “n.3,,” ,0 me ver'gcn I asked ,y ptiliitvt-ly throw back her licavy vail, ‘ Ur, Mtge,” was one of um ,wo, anti rcvcalcd to the astonished gazc whnpdmred ClergVuwn who were of her ltstcncr the pale, czirc‘ Worn. in ,1“, mud,,,g_dcsk‘pul,,,,, (for such but still beautiful features of a WU-F was as shaped "3“ Ill“ V”"é~""g “P"" I‘m.“ A‘ ‘ Yes,‘ he replied, ' the one on the POPULAR I’ltEACl-IING. compared to such soothing sounds for rocking the cradle of thc llt‘tll‘Cl‘S brains, Now, reading in a church Wants so much breath, you. cannot The labor is afford to waste any. so great to the vocal organs. you cannot afford to tire them ricc'llessly. The Voice required is so loud, you cannot afford to lose any of tho aids (if intonation, lll'llClll'dllOl): or rchr- beration. throat, and mouth form one compli- cated macliinc. In reading iii a church these organs are applied toa. new purpose, almost as diflbrent as singing is from talking ; and the. wisest thing a young curate can do is to take a course of lessons from a g nod clocution master. Nor could any bcncvolent Cliurcliuian spctid his money better than in main- taining a clerical reading toaster for the benefit of the diocese. Many a clergy man. for want of knowing the bcncfit he could dcrive from a course of reading. inflicts a cruel di'awl on his congregation, and unnecessary labour on liii‘iisclf. As to the (ilcl'le cal sore throat, tho barrister and the speaker arc alikc free from it. The Dissenting preacher is also free' It is is strictly an orthodox complaint. lt Comes, not from talking. but from reading. and no doubt cheifly from reading badly. Though I would in.â€" prt-‘Sa‘ that any man may sustain in- jury if he reads whcn he has a sore throat.-â€" Twenty year: in flit: Chars/i. TicrtLrtm .t Ciioconinn.â€"-â€"“ About sunrise on the morning on which we approached the old fort of Mulls. In one Word, your luiius,ltion. books is calculated more than any- thing else to corrupt the morals,aud portion of our country. To circnlo ate such publications is a serious of- feiicc against God and man ;_ and yet ll fcar greatly it is a growing evil ; lnor dotl see any corrective so avail- able, so potential and so practical, .as tatnily government and instruc- Let the home be for amuseo. merit, pleasure, knowledge and re- llgion, as attractive as possible.â€" 1.)r. Scott. HOMEâ€"HOUR} it is a little Word; it has it own interests. itsown lam, its owndilficulties and sorrows. its own blcsstngs and joys. It is the sanctuary of the heart, when: the affections are cherished in the ten. derest relations, where heart is join- ed to heart, and love triumphs over all selfish calculations. lt is the training school of the tender plants, which in after years are to yield flowers and fruits to parcnlal can, it is the fountain whence comes the. stream; which be‘utify and enliven. social life. If any man should have. a home. it is the man of business. He is the true working-man of the community. 'Fhe mechanic has his. hitcd hours, and when they have, run their course. he may, ore the. day Closes. dismiss all anxiety as. his labors ends, and scék the home circle. Gomparalively little has. been the tax on his mind, and not much more on his physical system, as he learns to talté a” easy. But the man of business is under a cone cnfcebrr: the intellect efthe juvenile sight of this face, the Gchrnor started back, clasped his hands. and like one pcti‘ilicd Willi atiiiizcnicnt. kcpt his eyes rivctcd upon hers, Without further gesture or motion. and With even his breath suspended. ' UH my eyes tlcccivc! or do I be- bold iti Ibis ktrccltng figure the once happy Mary Ellswtirtli l' he exclaim- cd the tnoriicnt her music voice ceased. ‘ Just l-Icavcnl who speaks that ritintcl almost slii‘ickcd the knccling potiliuricr, starting suddenly to her Yet 0. 9 word of fct-t. t!,tlsplllg lici lcinplcs Wllll licr ,0 he hard, and fitting her eyes in wild .innthment Upon the ruler of the State. right band is the doctor.’ , ‘ Will be pro-itch to-day l’ ' l ' How do I know l’ ‘ li’s a civil question. my fricnd, and descrch a ciVil answer." ‘ Yrs. it is a civil qncstiou, but a very improper one. People Come here and ask nit: wliethcr Dr. M’- Ne to is going to preach. Tbcy ought to court: to say their prayers, str, and to listen to the sermon, who- 'cvcr preaches it. The clergyman is “Olaâ€"P, ‘ Stop. my fricnd.’ I said, ‘ I canto rc Ur, tll’Ncilc preach. and not lyou.’ ‘ Well he is not going to preach.’ ‘ Then good morning to you ;' and slant pressure. His is not a ten- !hour system, with an interval of“ tivoe, whilst riding over the sand'y plain by which it is surrounded, we came suddenly upon a crocodile. asleep under some hashes. of the buffalo thorn, several. hundred yards from the water. The terror of the poor wretch was extreme, when he awoke and found himself discowrcd and completely surrounded. He was a hideous creature, upwards of ten feet long, and evidently of pro- digious strength, had he been in a position to exert it, but his counter. nation compcher paralysed him. He started to his feet and turned round in a circle. hissing sud clank- ing his bony jaws, with his ugly rest ; but he is driven onward and tinward early and late. without the calculation of hours. He must be employed. In the earnestness of” competitionâ€"in the complexity of“ modern modes of businessâ€"in the. fluctuations which frequenth occur -â€"-in the solicitous dependency on the fidelity and integrity of others-- be has no leisure moments during the day. With a mind incessantly» under exciting engagements, and a. body without appropriate nutriment he may Well pant for home, and hail the moment when he may escape from his toils to seek its quiet, and ‘ Mury,’ he ur‘onned. ‘ it is Waltct‘ cst man. and l spcitk from personal ' llarwood you soc before youâ€"the. knowledge. Oh l give him not yourqoncc poor. pctititlcss man, who al- lintid and heart, as you Value your ways loved you better than his own peace and happiness! which will al- life, but whose son you l'cjcclcd. anti ways he dear to him you now l‘c- whose extslcncc your rejcslion has jcct. God bless um, and prosper ever since rcnucrcd miserable; for you, and guard you from the misery though the Governor oi the b‘tatc. l now suffer. shall chr be the pray- ' Mary, and blcsscd, as men call it. er of littii who now bids you anetcr- with honors, wealth, and power, I rial adieu P am at llt'all a loncly, wretched bco Saying this, he gave the hand he rug, who lives because it is a duty, I left him still dis‘coursing. Miss Maurime 0N Cnrxonrsrz. â€"-â€"l)o the pcttrcoats of our time serve as anything bill a mask to the human fot'iuâ€"â€"a perversion of human proportions? A Woman on a sofa llooks like a child popping up from a liaycock. A girl in the dance looksi like the dutch tumbler that was a favorite toy lll my infancy. The. grocn eyc :ntcntly fixed upon us. On receiving a ball through his nch he lay pcrfcclly still and apparently dead. We tricd loroose him. but thllOlll effect; pulled his tail, slap- ped his back. struck his hard scales. and leased him in crery Way but all in vainâ€"nothing would induce him to move tilt accidentally one of the party ticltlt-d him ucntly under the arm, and in an instant he drew it close to his side. and turned to avoid a repetition oftlie experiment. its affection and (torrfideiice.-.Isaac~ Ferris. Tire ASTRONOMICAL Illuser.â€"-. The following extract is taken from one of Professor Mitchell's lt-ctures on astronomy. in the l’hilidelphia Press :â€"-.-A Very remarkable fact, was here related by the lecturer, who said that he had not long since met in the city of St. Louis, a man ofgreat scientific attainments, who . . i s a held a strong. nervous pressure. and and With only lbc hope of finding ,fit is so the reverse: of accurate asto for forty years had been engaged in rushed madly from the proscncc of the fair being he so wildly worship- ped; who for a few mitiutcs, rc-l tiiaiiicd as one speechless with a strange surprise, and then gave way to her emotions in a flood of tears. A week later it was known to all in the vinciuilt', that Walter Har- wood had gone atroad, perhaps nev- er to return. Three months later, a gay bridal par y assembled at the mansion of Squire Ellsworth, to Mt- nesst c beautiful licircss give lrcrl hand to him against whom she had occn warned. Eighteen years passed awayâ€"ti short period or a long one according as existence has proved bright or gloomy, happy or iiitscr’dblcâ€"and in a Southern city, which shall be tiaiiielcss, the Governor of the b‘tatc sat reading in his library, when a scrvant iii lurcry announced to in} Extzcllettcy that a lady lll black most urgently craved a fcw minutes au- dicticc. * Conduct her hillier,’ replied the Goiicriior ; and as she approached. he rose, adVaticcd a few paces, po- litely handed lth a Seat, and resumed ills own. he like a silly hoaxâ€"a masqucradc wrtbout wrt ; while, at the same time, it is not an e isy fit. The pro- digiOUS weight of tb‘ modern petti-t coat. and tho d'flitmlty of getting ill all into the waistband. creates ii tic- ccssity for compressing and louditigi the waist to a way most injurious io' ticultll. Under a rational method of dross. the waist should sulfur neither wciulit nor prcssurc wiltltlllng more than the girdle which brings the girrt irionts into form and folds. As to lurpplllcss in a bcttcr world. Would to God we had never incl again !’ 'l‘hc intervicw ofthcsc lW bombs. after a lapse of ninctccri years, was, if anything more painful than the one it'll’tttitly rccotdcd. hillt: li‘ccly told him of all her troubles and sor- roWS; how her parents. uavmg been induced to soil their property, to enable her husband to enter into some specululitni, hail soon been stripped of all, and had died in pot/- ctty ; how licr husband had stucc . . . squandered all he could lay liis tinconvcnicnceol the bopcd skirts, hands hit, and then falling into habits only ask. the women themselves, who; of dissipation. bad gradually sank are always in danger from fire. or, lower and lower, till cringe had boon Wind, or water. or carriagc-wbucls, added m ms mhc, mum, and “rm-s, or rails, or pails, or nails, or, in short‘ and he was WW, under the assumed everything they encounter. Ask name of Thomas Uirlcral't, Slll‘lbl‘lllg the husbands. firtlicrs, or brothers, the pciitilty of broken laws ; and and hear how they like being out, {many' hum she “era-6p, dcsel-img | With the steel frame when they 'env in“, “ever, had, through go (I and tor a gate With a lady, or licingtnto em rppur,’ in “mag and WW. “mum, a corner ofthc pow at church, or tol and poverty happiness and tilts‘cl‘y, the Uutstdc 0i a couclr for want of clung to him as a guardian angel romnronceaweek. l might cling to him as a guardian an- gcl might cling to the wickcdfot‘ his S‘leHllUtl. ‘ Uh! had you so ‘ovcd me, Mary l groancd Govci nor llarWood, as he ‘ Have pity on a poor blind woman !’ cried an atltlclic beggar mm to a parser-r by, You must; be mad as well as blind,’ was the I answer; ‘you look morc like a stout able; Again he wits touched under the other arm. and the same emotiost was exhibitcd, the great monster twining about lillc an infant to avoid being tickled. The scene was high- I, amusing, but the sun was high. and we pursued our journey, leaving the crocodile to make his Way to the adjoining lake.” ‘No, Sin! ON MY Anu.’â€"-A queer .exzruse was made a few day ago, by an old lady. The good woman was sub- pooenaed to appear as a Witness on ratln-r a delicate case. She did not some, and it bench warrant was issued for her appear- ance, on which sho was brought into court, The presiding judge thought it was his duty to renirmand her. ‘ Madam, why were you not here before T ‘ I coulr‘en’t come. sir.’ ‘ \Vore you not subpoenaed, madam l’ ‘ Yes, sir, but I was sick.’ ‘ What was the matter, madam'l’ ‘ I had an awful boil, sir.’ After a pause. ‘ Upon your honor, madam.’ ‘ No sir, on my arm.’â€"Darlington Times. “Ain‘t there no exceptions to your law about punching a fellow? ’ said a scamp to Egypt in deciphering the hierogly- pliics of the ancients. This gentle- man had stated to him that he had lately unravelled the inscriptions, upon the coffin of a mummy, now in the London Museum, and that in. Whit". by the aid of previous obsera various. he had discovered the key- to all the astronomical knowledge of the Egyptians. The'zodiac, with the exact position of the planets, was delineated on this coffin, and the date to which they pointed was the. autumnal equinox in the year 1722,, before Christ, or nearly six hundred; years ago. Professor Mitchell em-.. ployed his assistants, to ascertain, the exact position of the heavenly- bodies belonging to our solar sysv tern on the equinox of that year-â€" 1722 B.C.-atid send him a Correct diagram of them, without having communicated his object in doin so. In compliance with this, the ca cul- ations were made, and to his aster». islnnent, on comparing the result, with the statements of his scientific, friend already referred to, it was. found that, on the 7th ofOctobet', 1722 3.0. the moon and planets had occupied the exact. position in tho, Slel‘l you scarcely noticed inc; and The lady, who. was dressed in their we ceased speaking.r altogether. (leap muummg, with a blank, heavy and l have been. 3!” unhappy being vail entirely concealing hcrfcaturcs, ever since. Now,.'a.t'tera long palm trembled violently as site hurriedly fill lBPOQ, your "0??th bronght me but silently reached forward a paper buried ll'S face in his hands and gave vent to his emotions in Scaldllig tears. ‘ It is well.’ he added, in a solemn tone, ‘that we can think God orders for the'besr or else this man than a hour blind wornan.’-â€"‘ Ah, sir}; a yankee .lmlg'i""N°' 5“; “0 excel’lmm‘ . 3 , 'retiliod the be «var, ‘tliat‘s true etinugh;lwhal""' “‘N‘OW’ Judg"- I fine“ ’0“ U Iowa . - ' ~ abut as I [00k tlyg place poor are mistaken. SUPPOSB for instance. I ,sister that’s dead; I have to go on with Should .branY‘l’WCh, 3 '5’”: What the"? dim business in her- name. and ill said IlN° Infill m “Omit ‘lri bl‘ellfiexl’ose lb“ - ' a .a tel . , was 3 strong that nobody would pity mad} mm m the “im'si“’9re' heavens marked on the cofinin the. London Museum. W Creditors and poor relations never call; at the right mommy. , ai‘u‘cst warno. lug cntrcatics on this subjccf have: often fallen from the pulpit ; but the warning cannot be to often repeated._