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THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA. 
Within this magnificent amphitheatre lies the 
Campagna of Rome, and nothing can lie more 
rich and varied, with every kind of beauty— 
sometimes, as around Ostia, flat as an American 
prairie, with miles of canni and reeds rustling in 
the wiud. fields of exquisite feathery grasses 
waving to and fro, and forests of tall golden- 
irunket stone-poina poising their spreading um¬ 
brellas of rich green high in the air, and weav¬ 
ing a murmurous roof against the sun; sometimes 
drear, mysterious and melancholy, a3 in the 
desolate stretches between Civita Veccbia and 
Rome, with lonely hollowaandbills without ahabi- 
tadon, where sheep and oxen feed, and the wind 
roams over treeless and deserted slopes, and 
silence makes its home; sometimes rolling like 
an inland sea whose waves have suddenly been 
checked and stiffened, green with grass, golden 
with grain, and gracious with myriads of wild 
flowers, with scarlet poppies blaze ovor aores and 
acres, and pink-frilled daisies cover the vast mea¬ 
dows, and pendant vines shroud the picturesque 
ruins of antique vialas, luqueducts and tombs, or 
droop from mediaeval towers and fortresses. 
Such is the aspect of tho Agro Romano, or south¬ 
ern portion of the Campagna extending between 
Rome and Albano, It is picture wherever you 
go. The land, which is of deep rich loam that 
repays a hundred-fold the least toil of the farmer, 
does not wait for the help of man, but bursts into 
spontaneous vegetation and everywhere laughs 
into flowers. Here is pasturage for millions of 
cattle, and grain fields for a Continent, that now 
in wild and untutored beauty bask in the Italian 
sun, ciying shame on their neglectful owners. 
Over these long unfenced slopes one may gal¬ 
lop on horseback for miles without let or hin¬ 
drance, through meadows of green Binootlinesson 
fire with scarlet poppies—over hills crowned with 
ruins that insist on being pain ted, so exquisite are 
they in form and color, with their background 
of purple mountains—down valleys of pastoral 
quiet, where great tufa caves open into subterra¬ 
nean galleries leading beyond human ken; or 
one may linger in lovely secluded groves of 
ilexes and pines, or track the course of swift 
streams overhung by dipping willows, and 
swerving here and there through broken arches 
of antique bridges smothered in green; or 
wander through hedges heaped and toppling over 
with rich luxuriant foliage, twined together by 
wild vetches, honey suckles, morning glories, 
and every species of flowering vine; or sit be¬ 
neath the sun-looped shadows Of ivy-covered 
aqueducts, listening to the song of hundreds of 
larks far up in the air, and gazing through the 
lofty arches into wondrous deeps of violet-hucd 
distances, or lazily watching flocks of wild sheep 
as they crop the smooth slopes guarded by the* 
faithful watchdog. Everywhere are deep brown 
banks of puzzolano earth which makes the strong 
Roman cement, and quarries of tufa and traver¬ 
tine with unexplored galleries and catacombs 
honey-combing for miles the whole Campagna. 
Dead generations lie under your feet wherever 
you tread. The place is haunted by ghosts that 
outnumber by myriads the living, and the air is 
tilled with a tender sentiment of sadness which 
makes the beauty of the world about you more 
touching.— William IF. Story, 
THE TRllSTCE OF WALKS WISTU THE PR1NCKS8 ALEXANDRA. 
BARRENNESS OF PALESTINE. 
Skeptical writers sometimes question the 
credibility of the Old Testament, because it 
gives such glowing accounts of the fertility of 
Palestine, while the present condition of that 
country is barren and unproductive. But wiser 
observers, while admitting the striking contrast 
between former and more recent times, find a 
sufficient explanation in changes produced by 
man himself. The following paragraph is full 
of important information: 
Dr. Unger, the well-known naturalist of 
Vienna, has published an account of the scien¬ 
tific result of two journeys which he undertook, 
in 1858 and 1860. iuto Greece and the Ionian 
Islands. He devoted himself entirely to the 
botany of the country through which he passed, 
including an inquiry into the fossil Flora of 
Eubcea. The distinctive characters of the most 
remarkable new species that he found are de¬ 
lineated by the system of nature-printing, which 
is a good deal used on the continent. He closes 
the work with an interesting chapter on the 
question whether, from a physical point of view, 
there is in Greece and the East a capacity for 
returning to its ancient prosperity. By a full 
comparison of ancient accounts with present 
fact?, he arrives at the conclusion, that there has 
been no essential change in the physical condi¬ 
tion of the country. But there is very serious 
accidental chunge. So far as the mere forces of 
nature go, there is nothing to binder Greece, 
Palestine and Asia Minor from returning to their 
old Fertility. It has been destroyed by man, and 
the wholesale destruction of the woods has been 
the sole cause of the barrenness with which 
those countries have been smitten. The vast 
wood-fifes, kindled by the hordes of invaders, 
who. in the course ol - centuries, have followed 
‘■ach other upon that soil, as also by the shep¬ 
herd-, to gain fresh pastures, have gradually 
deprived the climate of its moisture, and the 
ground of its fertility. It is the goat. The ordi¬ 
nary operations of nature would, in the coarse 
of time, restore the woods that have been de¬ 
stroyed but for the large number of goats the 
scanty population maintains. These have no 
paste re to live on in summer, for the arid climate 
dries it up. and they consequently eat off the 
Bboots off trees just springing out of the ground. 
But if, by the operation of any causes, the woods 
ere ever suffered to grow again, Dr. Unger’s 
view is that fertility would return, and the old 
prosperity of the East would be restored. 
The eyes of the world have been turned, of I 
late, to the marriage of Queen Victoria’s eldest 
son, Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, to the 
Princess Alexandra, of Denmark, which took 
place on the 10th of March. 1863, in St. George’s 
Chapel, Windsor, England. It Is said to have 
been the “grandest affair” ever known! and the 
young couple have been “lionized” accordingly. 
Though of the same lineage, speaking the same 
language, belonging to another nation, we may 
not be expected to feel the same interest in this 
event that is expressed by the special lovers of 
“royalty.” We are gratified, however, in pre¬ 
senting the portraits of the happy pair, for the 
entertainment of our readers, and at the same 
time to wish both them and th« nations whom 
they represent all the joy they deserve or can ask. 
Speaking of the organizations of the Prince 
and Princess, the American Phrenological Jour¬ 
nal remarks:—“They are well formed, without 
CHINESE FORTUNE TELLERS 
These men carry on their profession in the 
streets ol’ the city also, where there is space 
available. A mat is spread on the ground, with 
a slick fixed at. each corner, around which a strip 
of cloth is cast' to form an inclosure for the for¬ 
tune teller and his hen, which is in a small bam¬ 
boo cage. By his aide is an open box containing 
a number of very small rolls of paper, with 
sentences or single characters written on them. 
In front of him is a long row of fifty or sixty 
small pasteboard envelopes, which also hold 
single characters or the divination sentences. A 
little board painted white, for writing on, and 
the “inkstone" and pencil are at hand ready for 
use. An inquirer who wishes to consult him. 
squats down on his heels outside the inclosure, 
pays three cash, (half a farthing,) and tells his 
story, stating what he wishes to know. He is 
told to pick out a roll from the box, which, hav¬ 
ing done, ko hands it to the man, who unrolls it, 
and writes its contents on the board. He then 
opens the door of the cage, and the hen marches | 
forward to the row of envelopes; after peering 
over them inquisitively, she picks out one and 
lets it full to the gvon nd. A few grains of rice 
are thrown into the cage, and she returns. The 
envelope is opened, and the characters inside 
also written on the board, from the two inscrip¬ 
tions on which the consulter's prospects are an¬ 
nounced. The hen is regarded as the arbiter of 
fate, incapable of moral motive in the selection 
of the roil, and is therefore supposed to give the 
decree of fate, without the possibility of collusion 
or misinterpretation of any kind .—The Medical 
Missionary in China. 
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A NEW METHOD OF DIVORCE. 
In Berne they have a novel method of dealing 
with matrimonial disputants. Divorces were 
freely granted, but first the applicant, must go 
through the following test:—A small room was 
prepared in which husband and wife were put— 
the door being then closed, to remain so for six 
weeks, except it should be set in motion at the 
urgent and united request of the wedded pair. 
There were in the room one stool, one plate, one 
spoon, a unity of all the requisites, and the soli¬ 
tary bed was of such dimensions that, if they 
chose to use it together, they must needs lie very 
close to each other. Of one thing, and one only, 
there was a duplicate; and that was a little trea¬ 
tise on the duties of husbands and wives toward 
each otter. No visitor was permitted to go near 
them; and they only had a glimpse at intervals 
of the grim face of the janitor, as he pushed their 
food through a hole in the door. The bishop 
states that the test was attended with the most 
wholesome results. Tn most cases, the parties 
were excellent friends in a few days; and very 
any striking excesses or deficiencies. They seem 
to be fairly balanced and well mated. It is said 
to be a match in which the affections of each are 
blended. Royal matches are sometimes made 
for political purposes. But in this casts, it is 
claimed that such interests are. sunk in the love 
each has for the other. 
“The l’ritico is rather below the stature of his 
father, and stands about five feet six inches—is 
well proportioned, though rather thin than stout. 
His head is not large, but fairly balanced, and 
the whole is of good quality uml texture. He is 
sensible, though not a poet nor philosopher. 
His features are rather feminine, nose prominent, 
full but rather retreating chin, mouth regular and 
well formed, the eye not large though expressive, 
color, blue. Hair, fine and thin, color, a light 
brown; and, on the whole, is a good-looking, 
well-disposed young man. He will, no doubt, 
1 adhere to t he counsels of his superiors in age and 
few could stand out for more than a fortnight. 
Another very gratifying circumstance was, that 
they had scarcely on record a case in which a 
second application was made by persons who 
had already gone through the ordeal .^Bishop 
Burnet. 
ABOUT WATER. 
Almost all children are fond of water. 
Even the baby kicks and crows in his bath¬ 
tub, and as soon as he can walk or wad¬ 
dle, if his nursery door is open, he is out of 
it and making for the nearest brook, to the 
alarm of all his friends. Boys delight to 
wade in tho water; not country boys merely, 
wbo have springs and brooks for play¬ 
mates, where the banks ore blue with vio¬ 
lets or yellow with cowslips, but unfor¬ 
tunate city boys, whoso only “ water 
privilege ” is a muddy stream in a gutter. 
There was once a delicate little boy, bom 
in a palace, and playing in a nursery full of 
beautiful furniture and golden toys. When 
he was four years old, hla grandmamma, 
who was a queen, brought him a quantity 
of elegant birth-day presents. The little 
boy looked at them all vary patiently, and 
then went to the window to watch the rain 
tailing outside. It was very wot, and he 
was not allowed to go out; so as ho Btood 
at tin? window there were little drops run¬ 
ning down on both sides of tho glues. 
“ Don’t you like your toys?” asked his 
grandmamma. “ Oh yes, I like them very 
much,” said he, “but if you will only let 
rao run about in that beautiful puddle, you 
mavtako back all the things you have given 
me.” 
It is quite right that wo should be fond 
of water, for we could not livo without it 
much longer than a fish. AH tho fruits and 
vegetables of which we are so fond are 
largely composed of water, and as much as 
five-sixths of our own bodies is of tho same 
material. This is why we can livo without 
food a great deal longer than we can with¬ 
out drink. In fevers people go without 
solid food for weeks, yet if they had no 
drluks they would die of thirst in a very 
short time. It is well for us that water 
is plenty. Nearly three-quarters of the 
whole world is covered with il, and there 
is always a great deal of it overhead in 
the sky. You often see the broken clouds 
looking like waves of the sea; they are waves 
of a very light sea, lighter than air, and float¬ 
ing on it os suow and ice float on the river. 
Water is almost always beautiful; in the white 
clouds and whiter snow, in the sparkling icicles 
and dew-dropM, In the clear brooks that ripple 
over moss, and in tho ponds and lakes that are 
like great blue eyes looking up to the sky. It is 
beautiful when it is at work, aiming mills and 
carrying ships and watering flowers; but if it 
lies Idle for a long time, it becomesjas ugly and 
wisdom, lie will need, and will doubtless take, of a very light sea, ligli 
advice. ing on it os snow and 
“Of the Princess we havo formed a high Water is almost always 
opinion. She is a beautiful girl. She has an clouds and whiter snow, 
exquisitely tine temperament, with a full and and dew-drops, in the c 
healthy chest, good muscular development, good over moss, and in the po 
circulation and digestion; in short, all the vital like great blue eyes look: 
functions are in vigorous health and well do- beautiful when it is at v 
veloped. Of Danish stock, brought up in a cool carrying ships and wab 
country, she Iiub been inured to those vigorous lies idle for a long time, 
exercises so necessary to the healthy action of hateful as laziness itself, 
the vital functions. Her complexion is light, *“*’ 
with fair hair, light blue eyes, a clear skin, and COUNSELS TO YOUTH, 
the entire texture fine and susceptible, fine is T „ 
well proportioned, with symmetrical body, brain „ KT - vou 1 t ) v ' r r ‘‘ men 
and face. All seem to be in perfect harmony. h e . f e8Cuta few ’ " a " : 
Indeed, she is, perhaps, as free from fault as one " 1 P® l8everaQ '- c N ' 
among millions, and it is not at all surprising ?° h ° WeV ° r 
that the future King of England should fall In yaluw to 
love with her and wish to make her his Queen,” B“ ui y ^ y ,jU 1 
THE ECHO. 
A little boy knew nothing about an echo; 
but one day he cried out, as he jumped about in 
tho grass, “Ho! U-o-p!” and immediately from 
a little wall close at hand, he heard, “HOl H-o-pt” 
Astonished, he called out, “ Who are you?” The 
voice at once answered, “Who are you?" 
“You’re a stupid little fool!” cried the boy, 
beginning to be angry. “Stupid little fool 1” 
came back from tho wall. 
The boy grew enraged, and in his passion 
shouted all manner of abusive names; the wall 
gave them all faithfully back again. Then the 
child searched all over for tho mocking boy, that 
he might take vengeance on him; but no crea¬ 
ture could he find but a harmless pussy hunting 
sparrows. 
Indignant and surprised, the child ran home, 
and complained bitterly how a wicked boy, hid¬ 
den somewhere behind the old wall, had been 
calling him hard names. 
“There!” said his mother, “you have betrayed 
yourself! You heard only your own words 
reflected from the wall, as you have seen your 
own face, sometimes, reflected from a glass. If 
you had given kind tones and friendly words, 
kind tones and friendly words would have 
returned to you again. And so it always is; the 
conduct of others is but the echo of our own. If 
we treat others kindly and considerately, they 
will treat us kindly and considerately in return; 
but if we are rough and rude to them, we must 
expect nothing more ourselves.” 
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THE BOY WHO WAS ALWAYS DISSATISFIED. 
George had very kind and wealthy parents. 
He was an only son, and hence they were fond 
of him. For this reason he had everything ho 
could wish for; lino clothes, all kinds of deli¬ 
cacies to eat every day, and very many pleas¬ 
ures. But simply because he was too well 
treated, he became ill-natured and dissatisfied, 
that is, he was never pleased with what he had; 
always had some fault to find, aud teased his 
parents for something else that was better. If ho 
parents he complained of the heat or of the dis¬ 
tance; sighed OQntInuully, and said almost every 
moment, “If wo were only there! Aud when 
they bad arrived there, the place did not please 
him, and he would have bceu so glad if his 
parents had gono to some other place. In this 
way, the dissatisfied George spoiled nearly every 
pleasure, and seldom had auy enjoyment. He 
found no friends; for who would wish to asso¬ 
ciate with one who is always complaining? It 
was rare, indeed, for him to have a cheerful 
heart, and so he threw away all the advantage 
which he possessed. Children, do you wish to 
be like him?— Children's Friend. 
POWER !0F GENTLENESS. 
No bad man is ever brought to repentance by 
angry words; by bitter, scornful reproaches. IIo 
fortifies himself against reproof, and hurls back 
foul charges in the face of his accuser. Yet guilty 
and hardened as he seems, ho has a heart in his 
bosom, and may be melted to leara by a gentle 
voice. Whoso, therefore, can restrain his dispo¬ 
sition to blame and find fault, and can bring 
himselfdown to a fallen brother, will soon find a 
way to better feelings within. I'icy and patience 
arc the two keys which unlock the human heart. 
They who have been most successful laborers 
among the poor and vicious, have been the most 
, forbearing. Said the celebrated SL Vincent do 
Paul, “If it has pleased heaven to employ the 
most miserable of men for the conversion of some 
souls, they have themselves confessed that it was 
by the patience and sympathy which he had for 
them. Even the convicts, among whom I had 
lived, can be gained in no other way. When I 
have kissed their chains, and shown compassion 
for their distress, and keen sensibility for their 
disgrace—then have they listened to me, and 
placed themselves in the way of salvation.”— J. 
Taylor. 
but if we are rough and rude to them, we must The Dog Before the Mirror. Gotthold 
expect nothing more ourselves.” Had a little dog, which, when placed before a 
_^_miracr, became instantly enraged, and barked 
THE BOY WHO WAS ALWAYS DISSATISFIED. at Hia own image. He remarked oil the occa- 
_ sion:—“In general a mirror serves as an ex- 
Georoe had very kind and wealthy parents, citement of self-love, whereas, it stimulates this 
He was an only son, and hence they were fond dog to anger against itself. The animal cannot 
of him. For this reason he had everything he conceive that the figure it sees Is only its own 
could wish for; fine clothes, all kinds of deli- reflection, but fancies that it is a strange dog, 
cacies to eat every day, and very many pleas- and therefore will not suffer it to approach 
ures. But simply because he was too well its master. This may remind us ot an intimity 
treated, he became ill-natured and dissatisfied, of our depraved hearts. We often complain of 
that is, he was never pleased with what he bad; others, and take offense at the things they do 
always had some fault to find, aud teased his against us, without reflecting that, for the most 
parents for something else that was better. If ho /part, the blame lies with ourselves. Men behave 
got a new coal the buttons did not snit him, or it ill to us, because we behave ill to them. Our 
was too broad, or too long, or too narrow; children are forward, because they have inher- 
enough, there was always something the matter ited and learned forwardness from us. We are 
with it. If he took a walk to any place with his angry with them, yet they are our own image.” 
Let youth ever remember that the journey of 
life presents few, if any, obstacles in its path 
which perseverance will not overcome. 
No talouts, however great, will lie of much 
value to their possessor without careful using; 
many a youth has failed of being any benefit to 
himself or others, solely because he made no 
efforts to improve the talents God had given 
him, and others have mined themselves by too 
great efforts, while a third class, possessing 
talents that might, havo enabled them to become 
blessings to others, have turned their course 
downward, aud sunk in everlasting night. 
Youthful reader, remember that it is in your 
power to belong to either of these classes, and 
on yourself rests the happiness or misery conse- 
| quent upon the decision you make. 
The virtues or high standing of parents or 
wealth may, for a time, gild over the faults and 
follies of youth, but sooner or later, each and all 
must stand on their own merits. 
He, then, who risks his future well being on 
any thing short of the highest aims and purest 
principles of morality and truth, is like the man 
who built bis house upon the sand, and will find, 
when it is too late, that the strong current of the 
flood of evil will surely take away his frail foun¬ 
dation, and leave him a wrecked and ruined outr 
cast f rom society, or at least, an enemy to himself 
and his kind.— Boston CvMvalor. 
A STRING OF PEARLS. 
It matters not how often you stoop if what you 
stoop for is worth picking up. 
Eschew fine words as you would rouge. Love 
simple ones as you would native roses on your 
cheeks. 
Men of the noblest disposition think them¬ 
selves happiest when others share their happi¬ 
ness with them. 
Self-respect is the ballast of our life’s ship. 
Without it, let the craft be what she will, she i3 
but a line searcoflin at best. 
One always receiving, never giving, is like the 
stagnant pool, in which whatever flows remains, 
whatever remains corrupts. 
Those who have resources within themselves, 
and can dare to live alone, want friends tho least 
but know how to prize them the most 
The Louisville Democrat, iu speaking of the 
death of a young lieutenant in the 28th Kentucky 
regiment, says: 
“Ho lived as mothers wiah their hoys to live; 
Ho died a? fathers wish their sons to die.” 
No person can be so feeble or so poor that he 
has not a duty to perform; which being per¬ 
formed makes him one with the highest and 
greatest 
There are pretended patriots wbo will hold 
• anything except their tongues; keep anything 
except their word; and lose nothing patiently 
except their character. 
Duty is the little blue sky over every heart 
and soul—over every life—large enough for a 
star to look between the clouds, and for the sky 
lark Happiness to rise heavenward through and 
sing in. 
