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HUNTING ON THE PLAIN 
Spice from Books 
these means attention would na airooieu w .uum- 
lectual attainments, a taste would ho excited for 
investigations, which would stiinulftto to further 
progress. They would listen with pleasure to 
the aocounta of discoveries which are gradually 
brought to light, and would be stimulated by a 
laudable ambition to distinguish themselves ua 
discoverers, — from an innate love of the pur¬ 
suit of knowledge, —to observe those facts, to 
make those researches, and to institute those 
Swiss children. gave an engrav; 
A shady promenade attracts onr attention, method of oapti 
and following a narrow pathway, we come upon forest, together 
a group of little girls, and learn that they be- adventures of si 
long to the orphan school near by. We sit down engaged, and n 
on a bench to watch them in their ploy. They are adopted when 
pinning leaves together with stems, and making upon the plain, 
wreaths and scarfs, with which to adorn them- Livingstons s 
selves and then “go a visiting,” as we have seen m South Africa 
little girls do a thousand times. The conversa- lion of a female 
tion and the sports of children are the same in all is interesting, as 
langusgesand all lands. We ascend an eminence, instincts of the 
jr. .r- v 
and, except in the first instance, never went fur¬ 
ther than one hundred yards, flho often stood 
after she had crossed a rivulet, and faced the 
men, though she received fresh spears. It was 
by this process of spearing and loss of blood 
that she was killed; for at last, making a short 
between anxiety to protect her offspring and 
desire to revenge the temerity of her persecutors. 
The men kept about a hundred yards in her rear, 
that distance from her flanks, and eon- 
stood for some time suckling her young one, wuiou 
seemed about two years old; they then wont into 
a pit containing mud, and smeared themselves 
all over with It, the little one frisking about his 
dam, flapping his ears and tossing his trunk 
incessantly, in elephantine fashion. Hhe kept 
flapping her cars and wagging her tall, as if in 
the height of enjoyment. Then began the piping 
of her enemies, which was performed by blowing 
into a tube, or the bands closed together, as boys 
do into a key. They call out to attract the ani¬ 
mal’s attention, 
1 O chief; chief! wo have come to kill yon. 
0 chief I chief! many more will die besides you, etc. 
The gods hare said it,' etc., etc. 
Both animals expanded their ears and listoned, 
then left their bath as the crowd rushed toward 
them. The little one ran forward toward the end 
of the valley, but, seeing the men there, returned 
to his dam. 8ho placed herself on the danger 
side of her oalf, and passed her proboscis over it 
again and again, as if to assure it of safety. She 
frequently looked back to the men, who kept up 
the world !—Life and Manners in Switzerland. 
Finn l ing for Deer, 
Tub boat seemed now to glide of its own 
volition, Harvey drawing bis paddle so still as 
not to wake even the whisper of a bursting bubble. 
Once dipped, the paddle is not withdrawn, but 
worked by the wrist and elbow, noiselessly as the 
fin of a fish. 
Ab I hashed my breath while thus borne along, 
there was a weird effect from the glide, making 
me feel, with Hecate, 
« Oh, what a dainty pleasure ’tia 
To sail l' the air t" 
The water-flies entering the glare of the jack- 
light glittered like specks of gold. As the broad 
crimson gleam star tled up the banks, a gigantic 
shadow seemed to chase the boat and swallow the 
trees, touching them first, and then meandering 
over the brauches down to their very tips. The 
red beams flitted athwart the bushes and water- 
plants of the margin near us, and tamed the 
bashes into moving gold, upon which, and the 
gleaming lilly-pada, we would rustle suddenly, as 
suddenly leaving for the still water. A quick, 
dropping shot of splashes in the Bballowa, told 
the “plops” (one of Harvey’s Saranac words,) of 
the startled muskrats, as they tumbled into the 
wnt.-r from the loirs and borders. Their little 
and some 
tinued thus until she was obligod to cross a riva¬ 
led The time spent, in descending and getting 
up the opposite hank allowed of their coming up 
to the edge, and discharging their spears at about 
twenty yards distance. After the first discharge 
she appeared with her sides red with blood, and, 
beginning to flee for her own life, BCemed to 
think no more of her young. I had previously 
sent off Bckwebu with orders to spare the calf. 
It ran very faRt, but neither young nor old ever 
enter into a gallop; their quickest pace is only a 
sharp walk. Before Sekwebu could reach them, 
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Louis's I.ast Term at St. Mart's 
thronged outside the railing of the station. Our 
little friend was out in a minute, and bought some 
relics for each of us, and then we managed to get 
a few on our own account. 
They did not blow cold on Garibaldi, though 
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yourselves a standard of Right, and adhere to it 
Appoint for yourselves a goal, and resolve that 
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perfect man God ever made, was a farmer —the 
fairest woman a farmer’a wife 1 Dear brothers, be 
true to your profession. You may hear from me 
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production of earlier years. 
FARMER BOYS. 
Ov all the boys in east or west, 
I love the farmer boys the beet; 
Tbeir handsome, honest faces are 
A panacea for all care; 
And o’er their sun-browned brows does shino 
A light which seems almost divine. 
Of all the hearts In east or west, 
The farmers’ hearts I think the best; 
Thetr hearts are, like their winter’s store, 
Chock full, all ready to run o'ex; 
With love and generous feelings rife, 
Such hearts as theirs will sweeten life. 
Of all tho hands in oast or west, 
The farmer’s hand I’m sure’s the best; 
They’re largo and strong, and sure to save— 
They're honest, manly, good, and brave; 
And if I ever change my name, 
A farmer's hand I’m sure I’ll claim. 
Of all the homes in east or west, 
The farmer's home I love the best; 
And as they gather every night 
Around their gleaming hearth-stone’s bright, 
Methinks no other homes are found 
Where love and joy do more abound. 
God, guard these tillers of the land, 
And bless them with Thy bounteous hand; 
With stores of good Increase their wealth, 
Bestow upon them peace and health; 
And ever Thou augment their joys— 
God bless the noble Fanner Boys? 
Minnie Mintwood. 
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too, and for eleven years I could never cross this 
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