MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 12. 
ftaims’ Hflif-ffllifl. 
CONDUCTED BY AZLLE. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR. 
They’re thronging by the wayside, 
I see them as I pass, 
Seeking out sunny places, 
On the early-springing grass ; 
Where’er a pool of water 
Will bear a tin}- boat, 
They never care how muddy, 
If’twill make their vessel float. 
I love to see them grouping 
Around the cottage door, 
- 0 . With hright-eved healthful faces, 
The children of the poor. 
They’ll tell you when the cowslips 
And early wild flowers bud ; 
Where the squirrel has his house 
In the thickly-tangled wood ; 
Where singing birds are raising 
Their little feather’d brood, 
And where the cawing crow 
Is slyly stealing iood. 
For they paddle through the water, 
And they dabble in'the mud, 
And they little care for scratches 
Though they bring the ruddy blood ; 
The nursling of each group 
Looks up with laughing eye, 
And tho’ ’tis roughly handled 
It gives no wailing cry, 
Like the long-skirted babies 
Hir’d nurses carry by ; 
For it has learned to crow 
And laugh at others’ glee, 
And it doesn’t care nor know 
How coarse its garb may be. 
Free air, and warm, bright sunshine 
Are good for human flowers, 
And they thrive with lively play 
As plants thrive with the showers. 
They muster rather thickly, 
And some not over wise, 
Say if they’re “ poor man’s blessings,” 
They’re “blessings in disguise.” 
Others call them “ bone and sinew 
Of the body corporate,” 
And if their ranks were thinner 
Say “ we’d have a tottering state.” 
I do not delve in politics, 
But know I love to see 
The sturdy little urchin 
Untrammel’d, brave and free. 
Whene’er I see one gazing 
With independent stare, 
I think some future President 
Perchance, is thriving there ; 
And though his coat is tattered 
And his little feet are bare, 
While through his worn hat shattered 
Blows in and out the air ; 
Though his sun-bleached hair is tangled 
And his movements lack some grace, 
While with brown freckles spangled 
I see his saucy face ; 
I only laugh to think 
How lordly yet may be 
The little unwashed urchin 
That now in rags I see. 
And I bless my native land,* 
When I think how those who strive 
With right good will, and earnest, 
Stout hearts, strong hands, may thrive. 
May win their way from cabins 
To seats among the great, 
Or own a happy homestead, 
With broad well-earn’d estate. 
Ogdensburgli, N. Y. L. R. S. 
Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE FASHIONS. 
The public mind is ever engrossed with some 
all-absorbing theme ; some ism, new creed, or 
whimsical notion is constantly demanded by 
the wonder-loving populace. Some time since, 
it was engrossed by Spiritualism ; becoming 
impatient of the quiet manner of instruction 
contained in the book of inspiration, some silly 
people endeavored by loud knockings to glean 
still further revelations concerning the untried 
scenes of eternity. Next the praises of Jenny 
Lind resounded throughout the land. More 
recently the brave deeds and noble daring of 
Nature’s own Nobleman, Kossuth, engrossed the 
thoughts of the multitude. Later still, Barnum, 
the great master-genius of the age, and most 
illustrious Prince of Humbug, drew after his 
triumphant car the spell-bound multitude.-— 
Again, Woman’s Rights have been the theme 
of every tongue, and many ladies even now 
spend day and night in anxious meditations on 
the prospect of occupying the Presidential 
Chair and guiding the Ship of State. Now 
that leap-year has lent its cheering influence to 
their cause, we may not wonder if strong-minded 
women exert the prerogative they assume, and 
that poor trembling swins who have sighed in 
vain “faint heart never won fair lady", may 
have cause to admit hope once more into their 
hearts, for better days are dawning upon them. 
Yet amid all the conflicting opinions which 
have been, and are still, agitating the public 
mind, the Fashions hold the most prominent 
place, and exercise the most unyielding influ¬ 
ence. To attempt an enumeration of all the 
various modes that have had place since Fash¬ 
ion erected its throne, would require a greater 
scope of memory than we at present possess; 
still as the old adage that “one might as well 
be out of the world as out of fashion” has for 
many years been indoctrinated in the theory of 
all, we will give a few of the styles for the ben¬ 
efit of those whom it may concern. It seems 
the mode of dress has undergone an entire 
change since last season, in some respects an 
improvement, and in others a detriment to the 
old styles. Evening dresses of open-hearted¬ 
ness are everywhere faking the place of the old- 
fashioned ones of deceit, while the deep flounces 
of envy have entirely disappeared. Waist- 
ribbons of gossip are worn much shorter than 
formerly, and tied with a large knot of common 
sense. The long neck-ribbons of self-conceit 
have disappeared, but the small collars of mod¬ 
esty, which at one time supplied their place, 
have, we are sorry to say, been displaced by 
larger ones of importance. The diminutive 
sleeves of retirement are supplanted by mam¬ 
moth patterns of pomposity, and as an easy 
method of rising in the world, high heels of as¬ 
piration have been introduced. The small 
hoops of simplicity, at one time so fashionable, 
have become obsolete, bracelets of arrogance, 
better according with the taste and inclination 
of the public. The hair also, instead of being 
worn in curls of frivolity as formerly, is grace¬ 
fully confined at the back of the head by a 
simple comb of dignity, surmounted by a roll 
of royalty, while long streams of propriety de¬ 
scend on either side. Long drops of vanity are 
worn in the place of small circles of grace as 
ornaments for the ears, and many other things 
might be said concerning cloaks of hypocrisy, 
taking the place of shawls of contrition, and 
bonnets of humility being reduced to half their 
former dimensions, did we not fear we should 
tire the patience of our hearers, and perhaps 
the fingers of those who may be disposed to 
adopt the new styles. Concerning the gentle¬ 
men’s fashions, change is likewise manifest.— 
Small mufflers of veracity are unfashionable, 
large shawls of humbug being considered abet¬ 
ter safeguard against the inclement atmosphere 
of a wintry sky. Not wishing to be outdone 
by the ladies, they have voted the genuine Old 
Hunker coats with small sleeves of indiffer¬ 
ence a nuisance, while Hard Shell fabrics with 
vast patterns of rivalry for sleeves, have come 
Sljuiff Jpwtllatty. 
COMPASSION AND LOVE. 
I had a little flower, all sad and pale, 
With drooping head ’twas bended to the gale ; 
Gently I nursed it with unwearied hand, 
For me no flower so sweet in any land ; 
Others were round it, blooming far more fair, 
But that pale flower had stolen all the care. 
I had a little bird, a gentlo thing, 
Silent and sad and wan with folded wing ; 
Its feeble note, so tremulous and wild, 
Was like the wail of some heart-broken child ; 
And yet I only cherished it the more, 
All closer to my heart my bird I bore. 
’Tis ever thus with all of earthly things, 
Compassion in its band love always brings ; 
The tear of pity is the smile of love, 
Such tears, such smiles, are wept for us above ; 
’Tis ever thus ; those that we love the best, 
Are those who give our love no time to rest. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
PEACE AND WAR. 
Give me the gold that war has cost, 
Before this peace expanding day, 
The misspent skill, the labor lost, 
The anxious treasure thrown away ; 
And I will buy each rood of soil, 
In every yet unconquered land, 
Where hunters roam, where peasants toil, 
Where many peopled cities stand. 
[ Dickens. 
SKETCHES OF CHARACTER. 
IN DEBT AND OUT OF DEBT. 
Thackeray. —A genial writer in the London Of what a hideous progeny of ill is debt the 
Illustrated Times thus sketches the person of father! What meanness, what invasions of 
Thackeray “ Our novelist is a tall, largely self-respect, what cares, what double-dealing ! 
and firmly-built man, with quiet, well-bred How in due season, it will carve the frank, open 
manners — perhaps as remarkable-looking a 
man as the craft possesses—gray-headed, spec- 
face into wrinkles; how like a knife it will 
stab the honest heart. And then its transfor- 
tacled, with a forehead and mouth in which mations. How it has been known to change a 
mind and character are shown pretty much as goodly face into a mask of brass; how with 
soon as you would expect them to be. A the evil custom of debt, has the true man 
stranger would be tempted to think him “some- become a callous trickster ! A freedom from 
body,” almost as surely as he would be to pro- debt, and what nourishing sweetness may be 
nounce him a gentleman. He is pleasant, hos- found in cold water ; what toothsomeness in a 
pitable, and demonstrative—an observing, quiet, dry crust; what ambrosial nourishment in a 
solid-looking man. He talks—but not after thd hard egg ! Be sure of it, he who dines out'of 
regular “> talker’s” fashion—sensibly and play- debt, though his meal be a biscuit and an onion, 
fully, and occasionally says “a good thing,” in dines in “ The Apollo.” 
an easy, homely way. He is well up in belles- And then, for raiment, what warmth in a 
lettres, fond of Horace, and the last century threadbare coat, if the tailor’s receipt be in 
men, and French, and anecdotes, and one of your pocket! what Tyrian purple in the faded 
those persons who are both social and domestic, waistcoat, the vest not owed for; how glossy 
Those who know him best are most anxious the well worn hat, if it covers not the aching 
that he shall prosper, and most heartily breath- head of a debtor ! Next the home sweets, the 
ed a reddas incolumem precor to the stately ves- out door recreation of the free man. The street 
sel which bore him away.” door falls not a knell on his heart; the foot of 
Sydney Smith. —With Sydney Smith I long the staircase, though he live on the thirds pair, 
lived intimately. His great delight was to pro- sends no spasms through his anatomy; at the 
duce a succession of ludicrous images ; these ra P b is door he can crow “ come in, and his 
followed each other with a rapidity that P ubse still beats healthfully, his heart sinks not 
scarcely left time to laugh; he himself laugh- m his bowels. 
vast patterns of rivalry for sleeves, have come The sentiments so hopefully expressed in the iug louder and with more enjoyment than any See lum abroad. How he returns look for 
into notice,—and to make the styles still more lines quoted above, were very popular a few one. , This electric, contact of mirth came and look with any passenger; how he saunters; 
similar to those of the opposite sex, we soon ex- years ago with a class of statesmen in England, went with the occasion ; it cannot be repeated now meeting an acquaintance, he stands and 
pect to behold embroidery, fringe and the like and were entered into by prominent men in our or reproduced. His powers of fun were at the gossips, but then tlusj manjinows] no debt; 
dangling from their wrists. From the huge own country. What the able and graphic wri- same time united with the strongest and most .debt that casts a drug in the richest wine; that 
beards of self-esteem and imperials of haughti- ter was then pleased to term this “ peace ex- practical common sense. So that while he makes the food of the gods unwholesome, ill¬ 
ness so much in voguejust now, we sometimes fear panding day” has, by a sudden change in the laughed av-ay seriousness at one minute, he de- digestible ; that sprinkles the banquets of a 
that man will lose his identity. High hats of political atmosphere of Europe, (not at all sub- strayed in the next some rooted prejudice Lucullus with ashes, and drops soot m the soup 
Free Soilisra too, have given place to Soft Shell ject to the laws of meteorology,) become a day which had braved fora thousand years the of an emperor ; debt that like the moth, makes 
beavers. Woolly Heads also, are considered of angry war, and the fond dreams of universal battle of reason, and the breeze of ridicule.— valueless furs and velvets, enclosing the wearer 
more stylish than the plainer, more unobtrusive international peace, so cherished by the Amer- Lord J. Russell. in a festering prison, (the shirt of Nessus was a 
ones of other days, and to have them silvered ican Buiiritt and the British Bright, have all Rev. Theodore Parker, the great Boston shirt not paid foi ,) debt t at v iites upon fies- 
witli grey puts on a better finish still. More- been dispelled by actual, stern facts subversive thunderer, is not, as is generally supposed, a coct ^ halls the hanc wilting o tie attorney, 
over, gentlemen becoming possessed with a due of their theory. graduate of Harvard. He had little acquaint- h ut a '° lC0 ^ e1101 la * ® vnockci , that 
sense of modesty, have decided that a Know We hear whispers of peace, since war can no ances with colleges or universities in early life, ma h cs the heait qua 'e a tie launtec fiiesi e, 
Nothing is by far preferable to a Know Some- longer aid the wicked, allied despotisms of Eu- though we believe he spent some time at the ( ^ht, the imisib e c emon t at va ks a Jioad 
tiling, and the last change that lias come under rope, in their continued struggles to preserve Cambridge Divinity School, but picked up his wpb 11 man ’ n0 ^ cpuc enl .^ 18 ste P s » now 
our observation, is the fusion of hard and soft the balance of power, or rather enable them to learning in the intervals of laying stone walls m aking bbn 00 . on a 81 e . s 1 vC a undod 
shell clothing of fickle-mindedness with woolly hold well and firmly bound those murmuring and plowing intractable furrows on his native beast, and now nngin & o ns ace t le ashy 
head and silver grey garments of indecision into elements of .freedom which, being natural to homestead, near Lexington monument. Mr. hue of death as t e unconscious passenger ooks 
the full dress of Republican policy. man, must show themselves in all States or Em- Parker preaches to the largest Sabbath aiuli- glancingly upon ' 1!11 
Thus have we enumerated a few of the prom- pires, howsoever feebly they may be able to dience in Boston. Poverty is a ’ 6 m »yi. a ®d 
the full dress of Republican policy. man, must show themselves m all States or Em- 
Thus have we enumerated a few of the prom- pires, howsoever feebly they may be able to 
inent features in the present government of the declare themselves. Y ar with all its horrid 
Empress, Fashion. Judging from the past, and facilities for the destruction of human life is 
contemplating the present, we look to the future now at a discount, and the loss of millions of 
with suspicious uncertainty—fearing lest the lives, and the results oi the accumulated labor 
aspect of humanity itself may be changed ; that °f years, has only served to prove howimpo- 
miud yielding its volition may become a plastic tent is such a means of deciding questions of 
substance moulded at will by the hand of ca- polity among nations. 
pricious Fashion. And, as of old, will it be believed that Reli- 
pricious Fashion. 
The Fashions, oh the Fashions, 
What fantastic forms they take ; 
How many hearts they agitate— 
How many purse-stringsbreak. 
The Fashions, oh the Fashions, 
Great and mighty at this day ; 
Would that they o’er mind immortal 
Held a more judicious swa 3 r . 
Ft. Plain, N. Y. j 
HAPPINESS. 
ients of freedom which, being natural to homestead, near Lexington monument, Mr. hue of death as the unconscious passenger looks 
, must show themselves in all States or Em- Parker preaches to the largest Sabbath audi- glancingly upon nm . 
i, howsoever feebly they may be able to dience in Boston. Povert y 18 a blfcte , r drau g ht ' L et ma 7> aad 
u-e themselves. War with all its horrid __ sometimes can with ad van age, be gulped down. 
ities for the destruction of human life is the site of ancient London. Though the drinker raa-es wi y faces, there 
at a discount, and the loss of millions of ma Y after a11 ’ b " a wholesom f g0 ° dness in tbe 
and the results of the accumulated labor WnEN Sir 0 hristo P ber Wren be S an to bllild cup. But debt, however courteously it may be 
’ars has only served to prove how impo- fcbe new St ’ Paul ’ s ’ ln di ™ lng for a foundation, offered, is the cup of Syren ; and the wine, 
is such a means of deciding questions of be carae to a la ^ er of Saxon graves ’ lined with s P iced and delicious thougb lfc be ’ is P oison — 
nations. chalk, some in stone coffins ; and at some dis- The man out of debt, though with a flaw in his 
fd\s of old, will it he believed that Reli- tancc below ’ tbe bodks of the British, only jerkin, a crack in his shoe leather, and a hole in 
could be made the subject of dispute, that wra PP ed in woolen shrouds, fastened with pins his hat, is still the son of liberty, free as the 
all this barbarous destruction of human souls, 
sympathy and life, was to aid the progress of 
the gospel of Christ ? Such indeed was the 
primary, specious plea set up, when the aggress¬ 
ive Cossack placed his foot on Turkey, claim¬ 
ing for the sake of the church, and the faith, a 
right to encroach upon the territory of a heret- 
of hard wood. In the same row, yet deeper, singing lark above him but the debtor, although 
(18 feet,) were the ashes of the Romans in urns clothed in the utmost bravery, what is he but a 
—Britons and Romans together—the conquer- serf out upon a holiday—a slave to be reclaim¬ 
ers and conquered both together. Lower than ed at any instant by his owner, the creditor ‘i 
those graves stood the foundation of old St. My son, if poor, see wine in the running 
Paul’s, resting upon very close pot earth, and spring; see thy mouth water at a last week’s 
yet still lower nothing but dry sand mixed roll; think a threadbare coat the only wear; 
ical and infidel Prince. Here the dispute sometimes unequally, but mostly so loose that and acknowledge a whitewashed garret the fit- 
mtoht happily have exhausted itself when of it would pass through the fingers ; then water test housing place for a gentleman ; do this and 
_„ nomwitv resnltimr from tlm t to of and sand nilxed witb periwinkles and other sea flee debt. So shall thy heart be at rest and the 
r and sand mixed witn periwinkles and other 
There is one fact which it is not likely the necessity, -a necessity resulting from tie of Thig wag aboi J t tha lcvel of low W£ 
world will ever learn, to wit, that happiness is 
hot necessarily dependent on outward condi¬ 
tion. The man of robust health often complains 
brotherhood which exists between monarchies 
and despotisms,—the more refined and consti¬ 
tutional (?) governments of Europe, alarmed at 
of trifling and even imaginary diseases as much ^ bc danger impending to Iheir base compact 
as the confirmed valetudinarian ; a man with 
millions of wealth may as really be a pauper, 
entered into to enslave and depress all future stood b ^ tbe ab °ve account. It grew by natu- 
aspiring people on the continent and elsewhere 
minions oi weaiiAL may us many no a pauper, “ Romans was probably a rude British strong- might be folly to attempt in anc 
stinting himself and dreading poverty, as tbe liold, defended !>y earthworks, and backed 4 beard a auccesaful teacher „ 
day-laborer, who has no certainty in the morn¬ 
ing that he may have bread enough during the 
legions to protect their own assumed authority 
over man’s claim to free government. The pro¬ 
shells. This was about the level of low water sheriff confounded .—Douglas Jerrold. 
mark. -- 
The gradual rise of the site of London by the Stillness.— The degree of stillness in which a 
formation of shoals, Ac., will be readily under- loom should be kept varies with the age ,of 
stood by the above account. It grew by natu- scholars and fitness of the room. AVhat would 
ral causes, and at the time of the arrival of the be practicable and desirable in one case, it 
Romans was probably a rude British strong- might be folly to attempt in another. We once 
bold, defended bv earthworks, and backed bv heard a successful teacher remark that no 
ral causes, and at the time of the arrival of the 
thick woods towards the north, and surrounded school was still enough unless a clock could be 
on other sides by an immense extent of water heard to tick distinctly throughout the room. 
day to satisfy his hunger; he who acquires fame ducts 01 laD0 ^. are ra ea ’ 11 , ” pie C0UV ® n ' ami d which the present course of the Thames Now, although this savors of the romantic, un- 
and influence may he even more dissatisfied ieaces of civilized life are taxed, the agncultu- gcarcel be defiued ._yy ie Builder. less the clock were a loud ticker, nevertheless, 
than the one who is hopelessly struggling to ral improvements so necessary to national pros- _^_ give us the clock rather than a railroad as a 
attain the same eminence; in social life, they penty are retarded, the a owing influences of M utual Forbearance.—T he house will be standard. Confounding mind with matter, or 
are by no means the most happy who have the j' ural art are checked, an science no longer at- ^ , q a turmoil where there is no toleration of imperfect operations of matter, is unfair; it in¬ 
most conveniences; envy and jealousy are by teni P ts ™ catch the geneia ear ot even the in- each em)] .^ nQ lenit sll0 wn to failings, volves a fallacy. The operations of mind are 
no means confined to the neglected. Uius c P ® 1 lou 0 e communi y o le ic no meek submission to injuries, no soft answer silent—of matter sometimes noisy. And yet 
through the whole circle of human experience, ilgei ' ent a atlons - w aran “ extermination is the ^ turQ a wrath. If you lay a single stick what noise is there in the movement of a muscle, 
they seek happiness in vain who seek for it in wbole absorbing topic; He social progress of Qf wood - n the te and apply fire to it) it w ill an arm or hand, or even a world or system of 
outward circumstances. The mind is its seat. our s P e c ie s w arrested, and the achievements of ^. put Qn another stick> and they will worlds ? Again : what work of genius has 
Cultivate cheerfulness, contentment, benevo- L ears abandoned. Could we, who m silence bum a)jd half a dozeilj and you will have a been wrought out in close proximity to noise or 
i -i-i n it onrl aafof.Tr fifitPt.V llfit.fln Tsrit.h nvoonon. > 7 J ° _ _ 
through the whole circle of human experience, 
they seek happiness in vain who seek for it in 
outward circumstances. The mind is its seat. 
Cultivate cheerfulness, contentment, benevo¬ 
lence, and above all, godliness, which includes and safbt y> fancied safety, listen with prospec- blazg> There are other fires Sll biect to the same constant play of tongues ? Homer and Milkm 
the others, and happiness, which the world pur- five interest to the reports of every repeated conditiong If one member of a family gets in the solitude of blindness, Luther iu the 
sues after in vain, or at least as large a share of attack and repulse, and calculate coolly the & pasgioil) and is let alon6) he will cool Wartburg and Bunyan in Bedford jail did some- 
it as is consistent with our present fallen con- amount of human life wasted and property ab- do and pogsibly be ashamed and repent.— thing worth remembering, but what they did 
dition. will come of itself. This is a secret sorbed , could we follow up these calculations _ _ __ _ . , ., . and dn-mnstmifM to 
dition, will come of itself. This is a secret ® or °® a ’ coma we iohow up uiese calculations But oppose te mper to tem per; pile ou the fuel; aside from these places and circumstances is of 
worth knowing. It will operate far more ef- to their legitimate results, should we not at draw ia other8 of tbe group aud i et one harsh little xzlue.-Minois Farmer. 
n , ii ii • • i • ,• /. loner tool como lir.r. o avmnnf.hv with tho mien. ° * 7 
fectually than tho empirical prescriptions of lc “ l 111,1 BOm<! htfle sympathy with the mise- bc followcd , ” ono a lcr and thci . e „]| 
the world. Presbyterian. table wretches and the.r tollies, who are made which will onwrai, them all in 
the power of kindness. the leagued powers against the common interests 
- of humanity ? Could we trace the soldier 
There is no human power equal to that of through his dark career of hired murder, we 
kindness. It is the all subduing, all saving and shall discover his reward, or that of his de- 
all entrancing power that none would resist if pendents, consists in the empty glory of having 
. , „ soon be a blaze which will enwrap them all in 
the instruments in this desperate struggle of . , . 0 , , , 1 
,, , ■, _• ,,,_ • , . its burning heat.— Selected. 
“My mother,” said Napoleon at St. Helena, 
“ loves me. She is capable of selling every¬ 
thing for me, even to the last article of cloth- 
Don’t be Discouraged. — It is a fine remark 
of Fcnelon, “ Bear with yourself in correcting 
faults as you would with others.” We cannot 
do all at once. But by constant pruning away 
of little faults, and cultivating humble virtues, 
we shall grow towards perfection. This sinqde 
The dignified character of this exalted rule—not to be discouraged at slow progress. 
they could It disarms all other powers, and been a soldier who “ died fighting his country’s % . iUustrated by the following anecdote— b ”t to persevere, overcoming evil habits one by 
mfll'fiS Wlllino* RU merits of the most ormosito ” V»ia frm->Tilxr lnff linrrov nnt fhaiv flv. J J Till i:. ... T_ J j .. 
makes willing subjects of the most opposite battles,” his family left to linger out their ex¬ 
characters—so sweet is it to be moved by kind istence upon some pittance should he be of 
looks, kind words, and kind deeds. Hate higher grade than a mere subaltern ; or, if one 
shrinks in shame from its presence, and retires 0 f the rank and file, left to the tender care of 
to feed on its own venom ; anger becomes mute some public charity. 
and submissive ; envy grows full of regrets and And when we calculate the moral character u son ” she jra 
would fain forget its existence; jealousy, torn 0 i these men who hire themselves to do this time mesenting her I 
with a thousand pangs, looks up in humiliating unhallowed work, what hope can we have for sam ® d ^ ^ ^. gg ^ be ban( j 
sorrow through its tears; and love and truth the individual virtue so important to society 
bow before it in proud adoration, too blest, too aad -which it is incumbent upon all who are set 1 ' _ # ^ 
ba PPy think of another God, or dream of over the people to foster and stimulate ? We Decision Indisfensable.- 
jlia “‘““■T w Soon after Napoleon’s assumption of the iiupe- one, such as sloth, negligence, or bad temper ; 
tence upon some pittance should he be of ^ , he b d t0 meet his mot her in and adding one excellence after another-to 
gher grade than a mere subaltern ; or, if one ^ den of gaint cloud. The Emperor was faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge*; and to 
the rank and file, left to the tender care of smTOUnded witb his courtiers, and half play- knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, 
me public charity. fully extended his hand to her to kiss. — patience ; and to patience, godliness ; and to 
And when we calculate the moral character „ Not SQ> son ;> sbe grav ely replied, at the godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly 
these men who hire themselves to do this same tiipe presenting her hand in return, “ it is kindness, charity-will conduct the slowest 
[hallowed work, what hope can we have for r dut to kig8 the hand of ber wbo gave you Christian at last to high religious attainments— 
e individual virtue so important to society ,, Selected. 
Christian at last to high religious attainments.— 
Selected. 
nappy lo lhuik oi anomer uoa, or aream oi over the people to foster and stimulate ? We Decision Indispensable— Secular decision in Forbearance— Goethe says, in his Memoirs, 
another heaven—for kindness is indeed a shadow mu8 t abandon all hope of the preservation of business, literature, or politics, is a thing of there is hardly any crime which other men 
of the one, and a foretaste of the other.— Selected, the common sentiments and sympathies of gre at moment in such spheres of action ; but have committed that he has not, in some sense, 
4 ’ ^ - manhood by the man who takes in his hand a religious decision is of the mightiest importance becI1 guilty °f himself. 1 his, it not the exact 
Fure love is the sunshine which steals slowly musket and engages to use it for whatever pur- j n every conceivable department of life. The i etter > is at le a st the spirit of his confession— 
and silently up the morning hill of life, and pose his superior may command. Let us not former may he indispensable to make a mer- And the gieat Geiman, reflecting that this is 
stays to bless us with its presence through all lose sight of the horrors of war iu our enthusi- chant, artist, scholar or statesman ; but the lat- not lbe solita ry experience of an individual 
life s weary way. asm for peace, and now that peace is promised ^cj- j g indispensable to make a great man. mind, but a defection moie oi less cliaiacteris- 
-- let us remember that there is no peace, so-<•—•>- tic of the mass, inculcates thereby a lesson of 
A chord of love runs through all the sounds long as a few lord their authority over the many, Grasp at the shadow and lose the subs’ance forbearance and charitable consideration to- 
of creation, but the ear of love alone can dis- while liberty of speech and action are denied —the common lot of those who hazard a real wards those of our fellow-beings who may be 
tinguish it. by the terms of treaties. r. r. s. blessing for some visionary good. overtaken in a fault. 
of creation, hut the ear of love alone can dis 
tinguish it. 
