The Spiritual Point of Vibw; or, The Glass Reverend. ABOUT FURS. 
\ n answer to Bishop Coi.woo. By M. Maras, D. D.. -_ 
st Mark's Lu tlie-Bowcry. Professor of Ecclesiastical . ..... T , . ,. „ , . 
History in the General Theological Seminary. “Spirit- It is Stud that London IS foe fur maitol tin 
sal things aro spiritually discerned." Mew York: D. world, although tlie climate of England IS Slid 
Appleton & Co — istk, that they are but little used. Russian sable is the 
Tnr. work of Bishop Ououao, to which this of Hr. >U- mogt Taluable of all furg anrl the sldns are ex 
*** h “" answe t r ’ 13 hard, r ^T“oneo1 cecdingly scarce. According to the latest siaito- 
character than in its origin. A simple query, l>y one of ,, “ , ,. 
It is said that London is the fur mart of the 
world, although the climate of England is such 
that they are but little used. Russian sable is the 
most valuable of all furs, and the sldns are ex- 
nmis atl answer, h hardly more n-marKan« m ir» ... , . ,. „ . , • 
* . . . „ . , , cecdingly scarce. According to the latest staiia- 
charactcr than in its ongin. A simple query, by one of “ , .. ,, & - r ., 
his Zulu pupils, respecting the Deluge, shakes effectually tics, but twenty-hvC thousand of them were 
his own faith in the truth of the Mosaic History. Forth- produced in the Czar's dominions. The prices 
with he sends to England for ExgeUeal helps ; and in about paid for them arc enonnous. In New York a SC-t 
tt year he publishes his book, which he complacently imag- — tippet, muff ?Vld Cuffs — Costs from One thOU- 
in«s has established, beyond any question, “the unhistor- gan( j f 0 three thousand dollars. The sable for 
teal character of the Pentateuch." This learned Prelate ^ onp of „ )e Einpe ror’s cloftks, exhibited at 
seems never to hare attained unto the wisdom of bir Rog- w pld , 8 FjUr ia 1S51 va l ue d at live 
xr na CoykstLET, that, on all controverted questions, , . . ... ,, - ^ , 
“much may be -aidon both odes." He seem, to us like thousand dollars. One kind of the Russian sable 
the parent who should be led to doubt all hefcrwnw, by the is Called silver sable, on account ot the long white 
puzzling questions of the uttie philosopher upon his hairs which are conspicuously mingled with the 
Knees respecting the uji.tmmt, “Bishop Colk.nso finds in dark brown, which is its u?ual color. This com- 
Moses some twenty supposed difficulties arising either jnands a very high price, partly from its rarity and 
COCHINEAL SUPERSEDED. 
As everybody knows, the various shades of 
scarlet and crimson with which textile fabrics are 
dyed or printed were made from cochineal. 
Cochineal is an insect token in Mexico, from the 
broad leaves of the cactus. Ordinarily it would 
now command an enormous price. It is worth 
less even now than it wits ten years ago. The 
cause of this decline iu the value of cochineal is 
because of the discovery of a more beautiful dye, 
called anaiine, produced from our native coal 
oil. From this coal oil, by tedious process, to 
produced this anaiine, of which, by the way, ft 
single pound costs eighty dollars. Its dilfuseneas, 
—tippet, muff and cuffs — costs from one thou- single pound costs eighty dollars. Us dilfuseneas, 
sand to three thousand dollars. The sable for we believe, exceeds that of any known substance, 
lining one of the Emperor’s cloaks, exhibited at A pound of it would impart a perceptible tint to 
the World’s Fair in 1861, w as valued at five a large pond of water. At ft factory, the other 
thousand dollars. One kind of the Russian sable 
ia called silver sable, on account of the long white 
hairs which are conspicuously mingled with the 
dark brown, which ia its usual color. This com¬ 
mands a very high price, partly from its rarity and 
a large pond of water. At ft factory, the other 
day, where silk handkerchiefs are printed, we 
had an opportunity of observing the incompara- 
able superiority of the new colors to those pro¬ 
duced by cochineal. Anaiine gives every shade 
of purple, from the deepest royal to the faint li- 
CHAR1ES RIVERS AND HIS THOUGHTS. 
number four. 
BY LEAD PENCIL, ESQ. 
Ciiaules Rivers had happily said the few 
words necessaiy to insure Tom Defoe a happier 
state of mind. LI is nature was as elastic as his 
ball, and his spirits ascended with a rebound, 
sudden and powerful, Corresponding with the 
character and strength of the depression. His 
garden was his pride, and its borders were culti¬ 
vated and cleaned with the greatest care. Every 
moment of spare time was employed in the culti¬ 
vation of his vegetables and in training his 
plants. No weeds were tolerated. lie loved to 
see a healthy plant} but much as ho had. learned 
of the results of certain modes of treatment, he 
bad never studied or sought to learn the philoso¬ 
phy of the growth of plants; nor had ho been 
stimulated to inquire into their construction. His 
aUthe faith that was mtam; win « ft WQ ’ 1 11 > m-e a t softness, and the length and heaviness of gradations of scarlet and crimson of like beauty, was a mechanical knowledge, not one which in 
Z IraJltZlnv the hair. The Ermine has a value of its own CoaJ|ijU, that in its crude state is as dangerous as any wise enlarged his mind. lie bad beau 
portof the authenticity of die Ancient Scripture. The from its delicacy and beauty, although it is not a gunpowder, and very offensive to the senses, is taught and learned how to do the work of his 
1UWWW of J, r Mahan docs not profess to bo cither an very expensive fur — not nearly as much so as one of the greatest innovations of modern times, garden, but had never learned why. He knew 
elaborate or learned reply to Bishop ColicssoV book. It 
is rather intended to expose, in a plain, common sense 
way, what ho considers the materialistic and infidel stand 
point of the Natal Bishop, vU:— ,f A determination, at all 
hazards, and in violation of ail rules of generous interpre¬ 
tation, to wrest the letter of Scripture to the overthrow of 
its spirit.” For sale by Btbklk & Avert, Rochester. 
Tkk Book ok Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities 
in connection with tlio Calendar. Including Anecdote. 
Biography and History, Curiosities of Literature, and 
Oddities of Human Life ami Character Edinburgh 
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A QCAiKT publication is the Hook of Days, and no serial 
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the Days of the Year. V. Articles of Popular Arch¬ 
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Pieces, Tbo work is quite profusely illustrated. It. is 
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Modern Wak Its Theory and Practice. Illustrated from 
Celebrated Campaigns and battles, with maps and dia 
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New York: Harper M Brothers. 
CaFT. Szabad is on Italian, and came to this country at 
the outbreak of the Rebellion, as he says, for “ the two¬ 
fold object of fighting and describing the events of the 
war.” He was to Gen. Fuksioxt’s command, and when 
the General withdrew from the army in Western Virginia 
the Captain was relieved from active service. The time 
for writing nbont tile war not haring arrived, hr. saya: “ l 
thought that I might do service by preparing a volume 
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TitB EMTlttx Ooi.t.zoriOH o- Musto for Public Worship, 
Choirs, Musical Conventions, Associations, and Etoinen 
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Jon.vsoN'rtSys.temfor Instructing Singing Classes, Train¬ 
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Inatruotiouxio Thorough Bass, instructions in Harmony, 
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• Thi 3 work contain* Music for various classes of singers, 
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teaching vocal music. While some pieces are designed 
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the Hudson Bay sable, which ranks next, to Rus¬ 
sian. As the Hudson Bay company take their 
skins very far North, they are often very nearly 
equal in elegance to the Russian, although they 
cost rather less than half the amount which is 
given for their near relation. 
The American sable is taken south of the do¬ 
minions of the Hudson Bay company. It stands 
third in the list of furs. Next are the mink and 
the stone martin. For the last few yearn fashion 
has given a value to the mink which it formerly 
gave to the stone martin. It has no equal for 
durability, and in appearance is eminently re¬ 
spectable—sufficiently elegant for all ordinary 
purposes, uud has the advantage of never looking 
too well for tbo plainest dress. It varies very 
much in quality. The most valuable skins have 
long dark hair, and are quite soft. In selecting 
furs of any, kind, always look for white hairs, 
which, in the natural skins, aro scattered here 
and there, as they are your security against dyed 
fur. French sable means any very inferior fur, 
dyed to imitate a valuable one. It is very poor 
economy to purchase them. The fitch and Sibe¬ 
rian squirrels are much used, aud are just as use¬ 
ful for warmth and fully as durable as any other, 
and aro much less expensive. For sleigh robes 
the black bear is highly valued. The white fox 
is very elegant, and so is thn black fox, which is 
a Canadian fur, and highly valued in Europe. 
Raccoon skins and muskrat are commonly used, 
and answer very well, but are not as comfortable 
as those which have longer and heavier fur. The 
old buffalo robe, which formerly stood so high, 
has lost its place, and is almost entirely discard¬ 
ed; but it certainly hail merits of its own which 
Us more showy successors have not attained. 
-Selected. 
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Knowledge for the People. On the basis of tbo latent 
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Published in Parts, price 15 cents each ; to be comprised 
in six or seven volumes, similar in appearance to the 
volumes of “Chamber 1 ! Information for the People.’ 
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Tats exceedingly valuable publication has reached its 
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Itis, in fact, a complete library in itself. Ja», Hatcljki'k 
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Songs for Social and Public Worship, Edited and 
Compiled by a New England Pastor. Boston: Henry 
Hoyt & Co. 1863. 
Judging from such trial as opportunity has afforded, 
we conclude that this Manual of Sacred Song law been 
prepared with the express view of meeting the needs of 
worshiping assemblies. The Hymns cover tlio leading 
doctrines of Christianity, and are calculated to meet the 
various conditions of Christian life and culture. The 
Manual contains music new and old, and the choice of 
tunes displayed by the editor and compiler exhibit a 
cultivated taste in the field of Sacred Song. From the 
Publishers. 
New Music. —We have received from Mr, Horace 
Waters, Music Publisher, 481 Broadway, New York, the 
following popular pieces of Music : 
“ Sleep, Beloved, Sleep A Slumber Song. By Chas. 
E. Hebing. 
“Sweet Love, Forget Me Not.”' Ballad with Chorus. 
Words aud mtisit by M. Keller. 
“ Bury Me in Ike Mommy, Mother Written and com¬ 
posed by Stephen C. Foster. 
“ Willie's Gone to Heaven!” Written and composed 
by 8. C. Foster. 
HARDENING OF THE BRAIN. 
Softening of the brain is not unfrequently 
the result of overtasking that delicate and won¬ 
derful organ. Southey, the poet, died of the dis¬ 
ease, and it is sometime* produced by sensual 
excess as well as mental labor. But according 
to a distinguished modem anatomist, hardening 
of the brain is more common than its opposite. 
Nothing can lie more easy than to indurate the 
organ of thought. .It cuu be dons either by soak 
ing the contents of a dead man’s cranium in 
alcohol, or by the introduction of liquor into the 
skull of a living subject, in the form of drams, 
In short, drunkenness sometimes hardens the 
brain dining life as effectually as a bath of fourth- 
proof spirits could solidify it after death. Ilyrth, 
the celebrated phyisiolygist,delared that he could 
distinguish in the dark, by the resistance It offer¬ 
ed to his knife, the brain of a drunkard from that 
of a person who had lived soberly; and when he 
found a hardened brain in the dissection room, 
was accustomed to congratulate the students in 
his class on obtaining a specimen so thoroughly 
prepared tor preservation and for the purposes of 
demonstration. 
How horrible thuH to petrify, as it were, the 
seat of thought, the organ of the soul, while Us 
arteries still throb with the pulses of life, and its 
gossamer tissues are permeated and acted upon 
by the immortal principle of our being. Does 
the inebriate ever reflect that, he may be literally 
walling his mind out of its God-appointed home? 
Does he realize, as bis ideas become more and 
more obtuse, that tho instrument through which 
they are developed is hardening; that it must 
soon lose all flexibility and elasticity aud become 
utterly powerless; that were it scooped from its 
skull now, and given to the surgeons, it would 
be the jest in the dissecting room as a “drunk¬ 
ard's'brain?” Well has it been said that habitual 
intoxication dries up all the fountains of feeling, 
leaving behind only a “ brain of lead and a heart 
of stone.” 
Facts Concerning Slavery. — Slaves were 
introduced into Brazil and Peru early in tho six¬ 
teenth century, soon after the conquest of those 
countries by Cortez and L’izarro. The first negro 
slaves were brought into Virginia in lfil’J, and 
the first slave ship fitted out from the English 
colonies sailed from Boston in 1G46. Their im¬ 
portation was interdicted by law in 1S08. In 
1775, Rhode Island passed a law declaring the 
children of all slave mothers to be bom free. In 
1780, Massachusetts abolished slaveiy, by her bill 
of rights. In 1784, Connecticut barred the intro¬ 
duction of slavery, aud declared all born after 
the 1st of March of that year be free at the age of 
26. In 1780, Pennsylvania inhibited the intro¬ 
duction of slaves, and declared all born thereafter 
of slave mothers free. In 1792, New Hampshire 
abolished slavery. In 1790, New York; and in 
1830, New Jersey. In 1862, slavery was abolished 
in the District of Columbia. 
STATISTICS OF HUMAN LIFE. h, 
~ " 1 8 
The total number of human beings on earth is y 
now computed, in round numbers, at 1,000,000,000. t . 
They speak 3,004 now known tongues, and iu v 
which upward of 1,100 religions or creeds aro j, 
preached. The average age of life is 33i years. g 
0no-fourlh of all born die before they reach the y 
age of 7 years, and the half before the 17th year, j 
Out ol' 100 persons only six reach the ago of CO j 
years and upward, while only one in 1,000 reaches r 
the age Of 100 years. Out of 500 only one attains 
80 years. Out of the thousand million living , 
persona 3:10,000,000 die annually, 86,400 daily, | 
3,600 eveiy hour, 00 every minute, consequently f 
one every second. The loss is, however balanced 
by the gain in new births. Tall men are sup¬ 
posed to live longer thau short ones. \Yomen are F 
generally stronger proportionally than men until ^ 
their 50th year, afterward less so. Marriages are 
in proportion to single life (bachelors aud spin- | 
a tors) as 100:76? Both births and deaths are | 
more frequent in the nightthan in the day. One- 
fourth of men aro capable of bearing arms, but 
not one of 1,000 is by nature inclined for the 1 
profession. The more civilized a country ia the 
more full of vigor, life, and health are the 
people. The notion that education enfeebles 
and degenerates the human frame is not borne out 
by fact. 
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AN EXHUMED CITY. 
A most singular discovery has been made on 
the French coast, near the mouth of the Garonne. 
A town has been discovered buried in the sand. 
Its original plan show.! it to have been built to 
wards the close of the Roman Empire, but 
changes made in it had given it the appearance of 
an edifice of mixed style, In which Gothic archi¬ 
tecture has usurped tho place of tlio Roman. 
The original paintings, its admirable sculptured 
choir and Roman capitals, are adorned with pro¬ 
fuse ornaments, which are attracting numbers of 
visitors. This temple is all that remains of those 
cities described by I’liny and Strabo; tho Gulf of 
Gascony abounds in ruins of these ancient cities. 
It has been 1,500 years since Novigamus, tho old 
capital of Modoc, which was a very celebrated 
city when the Romans were masters of Gaul, 
was buried under the ocean; ol all that territory 
the Roche du Cordoncn alone are visible. The 
remains of Roman roads, the site of Jupiter’s 
temple, the vestiges of tho Spanish Moors, and 
the roads to Elenora do Gnycnne; have been 
rescued from the sands in the neighborhood of 
the long buried city of Soutac. Nowhere have 
the erosions of the ocean be4‘n greater than on 
the coast of Gascony. 
—- ' - - - 
Early Walking.— Walking, for young and 
active people, is by fur foe best exercise ; riding 
is good for the elderly, the middle aged and in¬ 
valids. The abuse of those exercises consists in 
taking them when t,he system is exhausted more 
or less by previous fasting or by mental labor. 
Some persona injudiciously attempt a long walk 
before breakfast, under the belief that it is con¬ 
ducive to health. Others will get up early to 
work three hours at some abstruse mental toil. 
The effect iu both Instances is the same; it sub¬ 
tracts from the powers of exertion iu the after 
part of the day. A short saunter or some light 
reading before this meal, is the best indulgence 
of the kind ; otherwise the waste occasioned by 
labor must bo supplied by nourishment, and the 
breakfast will necessarily become a hearty meal, 
and the whole morning's comfort sacrificed by a 
weight at the chest from imperfect digestion of 
' food. These observations apply especially to 
elder persons, who are prone to flatter themselves 
into the persuasion that they cannot use their 
mental or bodily powers in age as in youth. 
“But I am forced to do that; reading is quite 
another thing.’’ 
“Well, read less then. Determine you toitt 
think about it Do not give up. Keep reading 
until you can toll your friend, a half hour after¬ 
wards, what you were reading about The more 
you try tho easier it will become, and the more 
you will desire to read, and thiuk, aud feed your 
mind.” 
“But, my mind is not hungry, like yours.” 
“It should be, though, Tom; [and you can 
umko it so if you resolvo to get some good from 
your reading. The more you feed it the more 
hungry it will become.” 
“Oh, well, well; let us hoar how Franklin 
crossed a pond with a kite to pull him?’’ 
“ Why, one day, when he was a boy, ho was 
flying his kite near a pond a mile broad, when 
he concluded to go in swimming. He tied the 
string of the kite to a stake, and the kite ascend¬ 
ed over the pond which he was swimming. 
Finally, he thought he would swim and fly his 
kite too. He Lied a little stick to the end of the 
string in order to hold on to it and went into the 
water, ne soon found that by lying on his back 
and bolding on the string, tho kite drew him 
through the water, and he crossed the pond in 
this manner—a whole mile. Tom ! That is the 
way to swim easily l” 
“Yes, I should think so; but was that what 
made you laugh, Charley T 
“ Ob, no ! I’ll tell you what made me laugh. 
You remember that story that Franklin told 
about the fisherman on the bridgo?” 
“ No, l don’t remember.” 
“Don’t you? Well, then, thinking about 
Franklin, made me think about that. Frank¬ 
lin had occasion to pass a bridge, on au errand, 
one day, and on it was a fisherman, busy, watch¬ 
ing his hook aud line. Franklin asked him if 
he had caught anything, and he replied that he 
had not. Several hours after, Fiunkmn return¬ 
ed and found the fisherman In the same position, 
watching his line. ‘Well, friend, what success? 
—have you taken any fish v ’ he asked. 1 No,’ 
answered the fisherman, ‘but I’ve had a most 
glorious nibble /’ ” 
“I began to compare my own success with the 
garden, but had never learned why. Ho know way to swim easily I" 
insects only to destroy them. He knew no dia- « Yes, I should think so; but was that what 
Liuction between them —did not know which In- m ado you laugh, Charley V 
jured nor which benefited him. He never “Oh, no l I’ll tell you what made me laugh, 
stopped to think whether some of those moving, you remember that story that Franklin told 
flitting, tiny wonders were not created for a about the fisherman on the bridgo?” 
benevolent and useful purpose- whether they “ No, l don’t remember.” 
were not a real assistance to him in his garden « Don’t you ? Well, then, thiuking about 
labors, lie found that industry, the use of the Franklin, made me thiuk about that. Frank- 
spadc here, the hoe there, and the rake yonder, | llN had occasion to pass a bridge, on au errand, 
with an application of certain kinds of manures, y UC day, and on it was a fisherman, busy, watch- 
in certain cases, produced certain results, stimu- ing his hook aud line. Franklin asked him if 
lated the growth of his petted pi an to, but he he had caught anything, and he replied that he 
never stopped to ask why! The growth of a i )a( j no t. Several hours after, Franklin reluru- 
plan’ was not a source of wonder to him —did tiu d found the fisherman in the same position, 
not beget a thought more than did tho bubble ho wa tching his Hue. ‘Well, friend, what success? 
learned a lesson from, with the help of Charles, —have you taken any fish?’ he asked. ‘No,’ 
his playmate. answered the fisherman, ‘but I’ve had a most 
la this respect ho was not so much unlike glorious nibble !'" 
some old children, who, perhaps, may read this “I began to compare my own success with the 
veritable history, and be able .to discover some of fisherman’s, and to laugh, at the same time jerk- 
...... . .. « * ■ . 1 . 1 A* - »ll 
these iharacterletics in themselves — those God- ing up my hook, which I bad torgotton all about, 
given blessings and wonders being absolutely louud I had taken my first fish after an horn’s 
barren of suggestion to too large a portion of angling. That is what L was thinking and laugh- 
tliose who travel the ways of life in the country, ing about.” 
Saturday flftiwo, and found Charles Rivers Tow laughed heartily and led tno way. 
on his way to visit Tom Defoe. On hie way 
thither he discovered, in a meadow, a cluster of ABOUT -ICE AND SKATING. 
meadow lilies. Bounding over the fence he - 
gathered a boquet of the finest of them.He be- This has not heed a YWJ cold winter, and yet 
gan to study them, their forms and beauties, and we have often seen the ponds and rivers alive 
was soon so absorbed In them that h^would have with those pretty and noisy snow-birds, boys and 
passed Tom's h*mo had not the 1 .tier discovered girls skating. This delightful sport comes nearer 
him and cried out, flying than anything that wo can do, although 
“What a fellow! Holloa, Charlet what are. the wings are of steel aud are under the feet, 
you thinking about —you had concluded to pass There is a large family of fishes called, skates, 
by, hadn’t you?” (the shark is one ol'them,)lmt theyciui hardly glide 
Charles looked up suddenly, and discover- through tho water as fast as you glide over it 
ing his whereabouts, laughed heartily, and ex- with iron-shod feet. Do you know that the word 
claimed, holding up his lilies, “Thinking about? slcaU is a Dutch word, (they spell it schaal, ) and 
Why, Tom, aren’t those worth thinking about?— the fashion of skating comes from Holland, where 
aren’t they beautiful ?” the Dutch chiefly live. It is a tow country and 
“ O, fudge I—.nothing but lilies. Rote of them full of canals, which lake the place of roads; in 
down in the meadows yonder. I’ll show yon summer people go to market in boats; in winter 
something to think about.” they go on skates, and draw their goods behind 
Tom was a little piqued that Charles should th t,m 0D Btile sleds, as I dare say you would like 
have so far forgotten his visit and its object as to 1/3 do ‘ There is a very cold country called Ice- 
have become absorbed in a ^bunch of wild land, where people skate a great deal when the 
flowers, and the tone of his voicolindicated his Hnow wl 'l 1(!t them, as you would naturally sup- 
impatience. P OHO ,ra m the Dame. In former times, when the 
“ O, yes, I want to seolyour garden, and, Tom, Iceland boys could not get skates of steel, they 
I’ve tote of questions to ask, that I believe you made them out ot the bones of the reindeer, 
can answer.” These are animals that go very fast ever the 
“Come on then - but, stop! I will not give snow, so thn boues were used to making good 
you a glimpse of my garden, nor stir another step time. _ 
toward it, until yon tell tno what youjwore think- Do you know how many things ice is good for, 
ing about that day I found you fishing on the besides skating and coasting? It ia a great, 
bridge? Come, get right down hero in tho grass snug roof over the ponds and j rivers, shutting 
and divulge your thoughts.” out tho cold wind, so t at lac fishes have a 
“But Tom I_” glass houso to live in through all the worst 
« No 1 huts’ about it. 1 know you are not in weather ot the year, ^hen we skate we are 
tho habit, of laughing at what you think about; just sliding over the roof of their house. But 
An Island of Salt.— On the south-west coast 
of Louisiana, there are a number of small islands 
which have been for some time famous for 
their saline qualities. One of them, kuown as 
Pettik Ansk, has recently proved, under a thin 
surface, to be a rock of solid salt, and is now quar¬ 
ried, like any other mineral, in blocks resembling 
cakes of ice. The salt in its natural bed Is as 
dear as glass and, to a great apparent depth, 
transparent. The Confederates, since their sup¬ 
ply began to diminish, luxuriated iu this timely 
discovery, till the presence of Federal boats in 
their neighborhood made salt-working a dan¬ 
gerous occupation. The island is now in our 
possession. 
-—- 
Be not the slave of authority; if you think 
anything of yourself, think for yourself. 
but that day you were thinking of something that 
made you laugh—so own up.” 
“ Well, it is a trifling matter, but I will tell you 
what made me laugh. I had been watching those 
shiners playing with my hook, and I preferred to 
allow them their sport than to have mine by 
hauling them out. The ease with which they 
moved in the water, and the rapidity and grace 
of their movements set me thinking about their 
construction, and bow nicely they were adapted 
for such a life. With ours and redder to propel 
and guide, and a splendid cut-water, or bow, to 
their boats. Did you ever think of it, Tom, what 
a perfect shape they have for moving foasily in 
the water ?” 
“No, of course not; but I see it now, I do 
think of it But stick to your text, sir, or I’ll 
never learn the whole of the story.” 
“ Well, then, 1 thought what a flue thing it 
would be to be a fifth and float and move about 
so neatly. This made me remember that experi¬ 
ment Benjamin Franklin tried, you know.” 
“ What experiment ?” 
“ Why you remember he used to float across a 
pond on his back, pulled along by a kite.” 
“ No I do not remember about it-” 
“ But you have read his life ?” 
we take greater liberties than that, for we cut 
this roof into blocks and pack it away in'cellars, 
and drink the fragments in water or eat them in • 
cream. More than that, we sell ice for money. 
Water ia cheap almost everywhere, but in some 
countries ice is very dear, and people are unable 
to get as much as they would like. Iu Italy the 
peasants gather snow in tho mountains and pack 
it away in caves, and sell it in summer as a lux¬ 
ury. U is used to cool wine, and to preserve 
meat and fruit. There are very few places in 
the world where the ice is us clear and firm as in 
Massachusetts; every winter we send cargoes of 
it to various parte of tho world, not only to hot 
climates but even to England, which is further 
north than we are. The merchants in Boston 
sell ice in this way to the amount of three hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars a year. 
-- 
High breeding gracefully insists on its own 
rights; good breediug gracefully remembers the 
righto of others. We have all seen that dignified 
courtesy which belongs to high birth, which 
never offends so long as it is not personally 
harmed. But we know that that will not last; 
provocation makes it as bitter and vulgar as the 
breeding of the most uncultured boor. Far— far 
« Yes, I think so; but then that was the last of alwve this, is the polish which the highest Chris 
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it if I did. I never think of what I read after¬ 
ward.” 
“ But you ought to, Tom. Why, I should not 
take any pleasure in reading if I could not think 
of it afterward." 
tianity gives to the heart, 
but gentleness. 
It is not “gentility," 
In the matter of the virtues, it to exactly tho 
reverse of the general run of diseases; anything 
‘Well, you see it comes to you, but it does not j that causes the virtues to strike to the suiface Ls 
to me; somehow, I enjoy a good story for the 
time, but I can read the same page over throe 
times, and yet, when I finish it the third time, 
cannot tell you wbat I’ve been reading about.” 
“That is bad. You have abused yourself, 
Tom. You can learn a lesson as quick as any 
one, when you try.” 
dangerous. One should wear them as he does 
his watch —ready for'.instant umo, but not dis¬ 
played ostentatiously. 
Acknowledging we have been in the wrong 
is only showing that we are wiser to-day than 
yesterday. 
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