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ceeded to loss; and in a few years he was a 
poor man. 
Wealth is the gift of God, and given for a 
good purpose. Not to be squandered—nor 
to make the possessor hard of heart—but to 
teach him benevolence, to enable him to 
benefit his fellow men. 
THE DOG. 
THE POINTER 
Is used by field sportsmen to find out the 
spot where game lies. He ranges the fields 
ahead of his master, scents the partridge and 
quail, and then remains with his head point¬ 
ing to the spot where the game may happen 
to be, with an inflexible purpose, that makes 
him appear for the time as if carved in stone. 
In this attitude he continues until the gun is 
discharged, reloaded, and the sportsman has 
reached the place whence the bird “ sprung.” 
It is related that a pointer accompanying a 
shooting party proceeded to a wall, leaped 
on it, but apparently got her leg fastened 
among the stones, and thus remained until 
the gentleman came up. Upon examination, 
it was found that the intelligent creature had 
got the scent of some partridges on the op¬ 
posite side of the wall, and fearing lest her 
rude appearance in the adjoining field should 
flush them before the sportsmen were within 
shooting distance, she suspended herself by 
her fore-paws until they came up. The mo¬ 
ment, however, she was satisfied that the 
sportsmen understood her ruse, she leaped 
into the field, and the game was thus se¬ 
cured. 
THE FOX-HOUND AND BEAGLE 
Are not very dissimilar in form and habits. 
They both follow their game by the scent. 
The fox-hound, as its name implies, is used 
for hunting Reynard, and in every country 
where this exciting sport is followed, is 
raised with the greatest care, and immense 
sums of money are lavished to keep up 
“packs.” The speed of the fox-hound is 
quite equal to that of the best horses, which 
shows how perfectly it is adapted to the 
chase. In England the fox-hound is so 
much a favorite, that it is no figurative ex¬ 
pression to say that more books have been 
written upon its training, and more attention 
has been paid to its proper development, 
that ever was lavished upon the poor people 
of the same country. The man who has 
charge of a gentleman’s dogs, is of more im¬ 
portance than the teacher of the gentleman’s 
sons ; the poor curate may be a very brute, 
if he only knows Latin and Greek; but the 
gentleman who has charge of the dogs, Mr. 
Beckford says, “ must be young, strong, ac¬ 
tive bold, and enterprising. He should be 
sensible, good-tempered, sober, exact, and 
cleanly—a good groom, and an excellent 
horseman. His voice should be clear and 
strong, with an eye so quick as to perceive 
which of his hounds carries the scent when 
all are running, and an ear so excellent as to 
distinguish the leading hounds when he does 
not see them. He should be quiet, patient, 
and without conceit. Such are the qualities 
which constitute perfection in the man who 
takes care of the dogs. He should not,” 
continues Mr. Beckford, “ be too fond of 
displaying them until called forth by neces¬ 
sity, it being a peculiar and distinguishing 
trait in his character, to let his hounds alone 
while they hunt, and have genius to assist 
them when they can not.” Here are quali¬ 
ties that sum up all human perfection, requi¬ 
sites demanded that have never been deemed 
necessary to train the heir to a throne, but 
which are positively essential, to get a fox¬ 
hound fairly up to its Cambridge and Eton 
degree. 
Our space will not permit us to particular¬ 
ize the residences of the English fox-hound. 
They are really as splendid as art and hu¬ 
man ingenuity, brought down to the level of 
a dog’s wants, can make them—even the 
most ordinary specimens having the corners 
of the doorways rounded, lest they should 
injure the dog as he passes in and out. We 
have seen plans and directions for building 
kennels that provide for palaces, lawns, and 
all the “ modern improvements ” in house 
warming and ventilation, and which sink 
into sublime nothingness the much-cherished 
American work dedicated to the protection 
of human beings, and known as “ Downing’s 
Landscape Gardening.” 
The Beagle, although (as we have already 
observed) similar in its habits to the fox¬ 
hound, yet is very diminutive, being scarce¬ 
ly ten inches high, and a running pack is 
much admired, because they keep close to¬ 
gether—a trait of beauty and utility com¬ 
bined. The beagle is slow, and is some¬ 
times followed by hunters on foot, and its 
principal game is the hare. The animated 
manners of the little beagle, flourishing 
among the hedges and out-of-the-way places 
in search of game, is exceedingly interest¬ 
ing, and affords juveniles, as well as older 
hunters, never-ending amusement. The 
custom in England has been to carry the 
beagle pack to “ the ground ” in bags borne 
by a horse ; this was to keep them from 
forming any attachments, or from being 
attracted with things “ met by the way.” 
A Warning to the Peevish. —I once wit¬ 
nessed a spectacle in the Liverpool Zoologi¬ 
cal Gardens which I shall never forget. In 
a large deep pit there were three bears ; two 
very large, the other quite small. I dropped 
a biscuit for the little one, which he began to 
eat. The large bears, being full of frolic, 
took away the broken pieces of the biscuit 
several times with their paws, and returned 
them to him. The little one was testy and 
fierce ; snapped and snarled, and bit at his 
jocose companions. The big bears put up 
with this for a while without resentment. 
But the little one could not forget.the insult; 
he went on quarrelling and snapping. In a 
few moments, to my surprize and horror, the 
great bears began to growl: and. beingangry, 
set upon the poor little thing, bit him com¬ 
pletely through the bowels, and laid him 
dead on the spot. I looked on and received 
instruction. I said to myself, if men will not 
put up with trifling annoyances, but resolve 
to fret and fume and resent them, they must 
expect from parties as meddlesome as them 
selves, but. with greater power, formidable 
injuries, and it may be, ruin. Let a man 
once acquire a character for peevishness, 
we may then conclude that in social life he 
will be avoided ; and should he give himself 
airs before power and authority in public, he 
will be chastised ; and if still troublesome, 
as a member of an organized society, he may 
expect to be deposed .—Sermons on Peevish¬ 
ness. 
What Can be Done. —A dark-eyed, bright- 
looking boy, engaged in selling our paper in 
the streets, interested us recently by his dis¬ 
play of tact and energy, and we inquired of 
him concerning his profits, savings and pros¬ 
pects. He detailed his operations with the 
distinctness and clearness cf a business man. 
He is about 12 years of age, and has been in 
the streets nearly three years selling papers. 
He has been very industrious, always on the 
alert, selling morning and evening city pa¬ 
pers, and some popular sheets printed else¬ 
where, and had actually saved five hundred 
dollars of his own earnings, which is locked 
up in one of the suspended banks. This 
shows what can be done by a persevering 
boy .—Cincinnati Com. 
And it also shows what can be done by a 
persevering bank. 
Misery of Statesmen. —Probably few, if 
any, great philosophic statesmen—that is, 
who have acted intimately in public affairs, 
as well as contemplated them from the clos¬ 
et—ever quitted the stage without a feeling 
of profound discouragement. Whether suc¬ 
cessful or unsuccessful, as the world would 
deem them, a sense of sadness and disap¬ 
pointment seems to prevail over every other 
sentiment. They have attained so few of 
their objects—they have fallen so short of 
their ideal—have seen so much more than 
ordinary men of the dangers and difficulties 
of nations, and of the vices and meanness of 
public men. 
Not many Englishmen governed so long 
or so successfully as Sir Robert Peel, or set 
in such heartfelt blessings and esteem ; yet, 
shortly before his death, he confessed that 
what he had seen and heard in public life, 
had left upon his mind a permanent impres¬ 
sion of gloom and grief. 
Who ever succeeded so splendidly as our 
Washington 1 Who ever enjoyed such a de¬ 
gree, and to the end, the confidence and grat¬ 
itude of his country 1 “ Yet,” says Guizot, 
“toward the close of his life, in the sweet 
and dignified retirement of Mount Vernon, 
something of lassitude and sadness hung 
about the mind of a man so serenely great— 
a feeling, indeed, most natural at the termi- 
netion of a long life spent in men’s con¬ 
cerns.” 
Power is a very great burden, and man¬ 
kind a hard taskmaster to him who struggles 
virtuously against their passions and errors. 
Success itself can not wipe out the sorrow¬ 
ful impressions which originate in the con¬ 
flict; and the weariness contracted on the 
scene of action is prolonged even in the 
bosom. 
A Very Common Case. —“Well George,” 
asked a friend of a young lawyer, who had 
been admitted about a year, “ how do you 
like your profession 1” The reply was ac¬ 
companied by a brief sigh to suit the occa¬ 
sion—“ My profession is much better than 
my practice.” 
There was a rule in an old debating soci¬ 
ety of which we read, which might be ad¬ 
vantageously recommended to some of our 
public bodies—that any gentleman wishing 
to speak the whole evening should have a 
room to himself. 
Johnson says that the greatest magicians 
of the age are paper-makers—they trans¬ 
form the beggar’s rags into sheets for edi¬ 
tors to lie on. 
Rf.marks.— Flour has fallen the past week 
from 25 to 371 cents per bbl.; corn no change 
in price, but a tendency to lower rates. 
Cotton has advanced since our last £ of a 
cent per lb.; Rice 25 cents per 100 lbs.; Su¬ 
gar £ to i a cent per lb., while Tobacco is 
unchanged. 
The Weather is hot for the season, and 
vegetation is advancing rapidly ; the chance 
now is, by the first of June, the season may 
get as forward as usual at that time. We 
hope the farmers will improve this fine 
weather to the utmost, and continue to put 
in large crops. 
PRODUCE MARKET. 
Tuesday, May 15, 1855. 
The prices given in our reports from, week to week, are the 
