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"Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
THE KALEIDOSCOPE. 
The Invasion of the Crimea Its Origin, and An Ac¬ 
count of Its Progress down to the Death, of Lord Rag¬ 
lan. By Alexander William Kinglakk. Volume 11. 
[lQmo.—pp. <132. ] New York■ Uarper & Brothers. 
This minute narrative should have come before the 
stirring events of the last sis years, in order to receive 
general attention. When two of the most potent powers 
of Europe were allied against a third, not lees powerful, 
the eyes of all the rest of the world were directed towards 
the sceue of conflict. PopHlar interest in the Crimea was 
then intense. And the story of that earnest struggle tn 
the old world had its own peculiar fascination, until 
struggles in the new world more earnest, and ten-fold 
more momentous, drove all such narratives almost out 
of mind, From the shock of these we have not yet suf¬ 
ficiently recovered tc peruse the present volume with 
feelings we might once have entertained. Yet its merits 
as an historical work are neither few nor small. (It is 
very elaborate, very lucid. Though the style is some¬ 
times a trifle heavy it is seldom, if ever, dull. Numerous 
plans and illustrations of dirferent contested points add 
much to its value. For sale by Dewet. 
Lightly soars the thistle down. 
Lightly doth it float: 
So the seeds of lit are sown. 
Little though we note. 
Lightly floats the thistle down; 
Far and wide it flies, 
By the faintest zephyr blown, 
Freely through the skies. 
Te may let the thistles grow, 
In your idle folly; 
But when all your paths they sow, 
Then comes melancholy, 
[Sunday-School World,, 
THE STRUGGLE AND THE VICTORY 
“ Johnny,” said a farmer to his little boy, “ it is 
time for you to go to the pasture and drive home 
the cattle/’ 
Johnny was playing at ball, and the pasture was a 
long way off, but he was accustomed to obey; so off 
he started, without a word, as fast as his legs could 
carry him. 
Being in a great hurry to gat back to play, he only 
half let down the bars, and then hurried the cattle 
through, and one fine cow, in trying to crowd over, 
Btnmbied and broke her leg. 
Johnny stood by the sutfering creature, and 
thought to himselfNow what shall I do ? That 
was the finest cow father had, and it will have to be 
killed, and it will be a great loss to father. What 
shall I tell him ?” 
“Tell him,” whispered the tempter—the same 
tempter who putB wicked thoughts into all our 
hearts—” tell him you found the bars half down and 
the creature lying there.” 
“No, I can’t say that,” 6aid Johnny; “for that 
would be a lie.” 
“ Tell him,” whispered the tempter again, "that 
while you were driving the cows that big boy of 
Farmer Brown threw stones and hurried that cow so 
that she fell.” 
“ No, no," said Johnny, “ I never told a lie, and I 
won’t begin now. L'll tell my father the truth. It 
was all my fault. I was In a hurry, and I frightened 
the poor creature, and she fell and broke her leg.” 
So having taken this right and brave resolve, 
Johnny ran home as if he were afraid the tempter 
would catch him. and he weut straight to his father 
and told him the whole truth. And what did his 
father do'? 
He lajd his hand on Johnny’s head and said, 
“ My son, my dear son, I would rather lose every 
cow I own than that my boy should tell an untruth.” 
And Johnny, though very sorry for the mischief 
he had done, was much happier than if he had told 
a lie to screen himself, even if he had never been 
found out.— S. H Visitor. 
The Atlantic Almanac for i860. Edited by Donald 
G. Mitchell. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 
Verily, we have got a loug distance away from “the 
good old Colony days,’ if this superb Almanac is any 
criterion, as compared with the meager little affair of 
“ Poor Richard.” And is It not ? Can we not See, in 
its elegantly tinted cover, its numerous illustrations, 
both plain and colored, and its beautiful typography in 
general, what a stride the worid has made ? For with 
the progress of the art preservative all civilization must 
and does keep pace. Let us lay a " Poor Richard ” and 
an “Atlantic” together, theu, as way marks in our on¬ 
ward march. The entire contents ofithis Annual,—liter¬ 
ary and artistic, happily blended,—are original, and by 
the best authors. Four article* are contributed by the 
Editor, quite in the humor of our old friend Ik. Marvel ; 
and besides these are a goodly number from other grace¬ 
ful pens. While thus commending the work, we must 
say that we do not consider the four colored allegorical 
pictures of the seasons a very great addition to it. Sold 
by Dewej-, 
There is nothing mote pleasurable to the sports¬ 
man thau the deer hunt at night. It has a zest, an 
excitement, peculiar to itself. One method of deer 
stalking, formerly much in vogue, : s graphically de¬ 
picted in our engraving. The hunters lie in wait 
for their game, in a boat, provided with a dark lan¬ 
tern having a strong rtHector. When deer are heard 
the slide is suddenly drawn back, and the glare so 
dazzles and mystifies them that they are readily shot. 
The especial incident portrayed above is described 
in “ Recollections of a Life of Adventure.” On this 
occasion four deer had been surprised. “ Wo eould 
see them staring at us," the author says, “in amo6t 
bewildered manner. They evidently could not make 
out wbat it all meant, and the boldest of them, a 
young bnck of an inquisitive turn of mind, advanced 
a step or two to investigate matters. Halting an In¬ 
stant, he gave a snort of defiance, and wish eyes 
glittering like balk of tire, advanced another fatal 
step, ois last, for the sharp, clear crack of the rifle 
raDg through the forest, and the poor buck fell, dye¬ 
ing the waters of the stream with his life blood.” 
A Treatise on Steel : Comprising its Theory, Metal¬ 
lurgy, Properties. Practical Working and Lse By M. 
H. U. Landrin, Jr.. Civil Engineer. Translated from 
the French, with Notes, by A, A. Fes<jukt, Chemist 
and Engineer. With au Appendix on the Bessemer 
and the Martin Processes for Manufacturing Steel, from 
the Repori. of Abram S. IIewitt, United States Com¬ 
missioner to the Universal Exposition, Paris, 18D7. 
[12mo. —pp. 332.] Philadelphia; Henry Carey Baird. 
Sucn a treatise as this, upon a metal which has come 
to be of almost universal use, cannot fail to interest the 
general reader, as well as to be of service to artisans in 
the metal considered. It is exhaustive, sclent,[tic, practi¬ 
cal. Beginning with a history of steel, which necessarily 
includes much of the history of iron, it examines the 
various fuels employed in metallurgy, the substances 
which in the ore and the fuel are capable of influencing 
the qualities of iron and steel, the different ores in use; 
presents the theory of the formation of steel, with cita¬ 
tions from a work by Reaumur, published in 1722 ; and 
finally describes some of the uses to which steel is applied. 
Prof. Faraday adopted Flourin’s physiological 
theory that the natural age of a man is one hun¬ 
dred years. The duration of the life he believes to 
be measured by the time of growth. When once 
the bones and eiphysi* are united the bodv grows 
no more, and at twenty years this union is effected 
in maD. In the camel it takes place at eight: in 
the horse at live; in the rabbit at one.. The natu¬ 
ral termination of life is five removes from these 
several points. Man, being twenty years in grow¬ 
ing, lives five times twenty years, that is, one hun¬ 
dred; the camel is eight years in growing, and lives 
five times eight yeirs, that is to say, forty years; 
the horse is five years in growing, and he lives 
twenty-five years; and so with other animals. The 
man who does not die of sickness lives everywhere 
from eighty to one hundred years. Providence has 
given to man a century of life, but he does not at¬ 
tain to it because he inherits disease, eats unwhole¬ 
some food, gives Lcense to passions, and permits 
vexations to disturb his healthy equipoise, He 
does not die; he kills himself. 
The learned Professor also divided life Into equal 
halves, growth and decline, and halves into infanev, 
youth, virility, and age. Infancy extends to the 
twentieth year; youth to the fiftieth, because it is 
during this period the tissues become firm; virility 
from fifty to seventy-five, during which the organ¬ 
ism remains complete, and at seventy-five old age 
commences, to last a longer or shorter time, as the 
diminution of reserved forces is hasten ed orretarded. 
The science of physiognomy Is not a new thing. 
Aristotle anticipated it to quite au extent. Some 
of his observations in regard to it, which are curi¬ 
ous, if not especially valuable, may be thus sum¬ 
marized. A thick neck indicates a strong charac¬ 
ter ; a thin one, a weak character. A well-sized 
neck, not too thick, shows high mindedness; a long 
slender neck, cowardice; a very short one, cun¬ 
ning. The animal types these follow are respect¬ 
ively the lion, the stag and the wolf, Thin Ups, 
loose at the ends, and the upper over-lapping, also 
show high-mindedness; and this, too, belongs to 
the leouine type, and to that of high-spirited dogs. 
Thick lips, the upper projecting, show folly, and 
belong to the type of the ass and the monkey. 
People with projecting upper lips and prominent 
gums are apt to be abusive. A nose with thick ex¬ 
tremity shows indolence—the bovine type. An 
aquiline nose, well cleared from the forehead, shows 
high-mindedness. The same indication is afforded 
by a round nose, flattened at the end. A nose turn¬ 
ing up rapidly from the forehead shows impudence. 
Nostrils wide open show a passionate character. 
Fleshy faces sb Avr indolence and cowardice; lean 
faces, diligence W utic faces, small-mindedness; 
large faces, slov V V ind stupidity. The middle 
size is the best, la there are baggy formations 
about the eyes, the subject is fond of drink. Little 
eyes are a sign of a little mind; great or prominent 
eyes, of stupidity concave eyes of a mischievous 
disposition. As to their color, very black eyes 
show cowardice, as also gray and pale-colored 
eyes; those of the blond type, and bright, gleam¬ 
ing eyes, indicate courage; glittering eyes, a sensu¬ 
al character. The forehead, if little, shows in¬ 
aptitude to learning, if very large, stupidity; if 
round, insensibility; if square and symmetrical, 
high-mindedness; if heavy and projecting, self-will. 
A large head shows insensibility; a little head, 
lively perception; a peaked head, impudence. Lit¬ 
tle ears belong to the monkey tribe, and great ears 
to the donkeju Even the best kinds of dogs have 
moderate-sized ears. As to complexion, very dark 
persons are cow.irdly- The blonde complexion 
shows courage; the red, cunning; the sanguine, 
a passionate character; the color resembling that 
of honey, coldness of disposition. Eyebrows drawn 
down toward the rose, and up toward the forehead, 
indicate silliness; hair rising straight from the head, 
cowardice, (arguing from the effect of extreme fear 
in causing the hair to bristle,) so, too, does very 
crisp hair. Prominence of the forehead, near the 
head, generosity, <the leonine type;) hair growing 
on the forehead, near the nose, shows meanness. 
“ As quick as thought,” we say, when we would 
imply a maximum of celerity. But is thought so 
rapid V According to the recent experiments of the 
famous German physicist, Helmholtz, the process of 
thinking and willing is a comparatively slow one. 
An impression made upon the body takes a percep¬ 
tible time to reach the brain; and when the brain 
wills to put in action a corporeal member, it takes 
time to communicate its orders thereto. The inter¬ 
val required by a shock giveD, say to the foot, to 
aunounce itself to the brain has been measured— 
impracticable as this may seem thus: 
An electric current has been applied to a muscle 
or a nerve, and the instant of its contact has been 
automatically registered on a chronograph. The 
moment the patient has felt the shock he has touch¬ 
ed a key, which has made a second mark upon the 
register; and this last mark has been found to be 
separated from the first by several tenths of a second 
of time The interval was the time accupied by the 
sensation in travelling to the brain; by perception 
and reflection in the brain; and by the passage of 
the will from the brain to the digit touching the 
key. A few tenths of secouds may not appeal' much 
but we must remember that a direct electric current 
would have traversed the distance instantaneously. 
It is evident, therefore, that the nervous current, or, 
if you please, the speed of thought, is much slower 
thau that of electricity. 
M. Radua estimates that the latter is twenty mil- 
ion times more rapid than the former. The rate of 
thinking and acting upon thought varies materially 
in different people. Astronomers know this to their 
cost, as they are obliged to introduce troublesome 
corrections to their observation for personal equa¬ 
tion, as they term it. Two experienced and highly 
accurate observers, will differ by half a second in 
their records of an instantaneous phenomenon; and 
this difference between them is a constant quantity, 
remaining unchanged for years; he who observes 
thus much before his fellow to-day will do so to¬ 
morrow, and next mouth, and years hence. This 
peculiarity appears to have no connection with 
mental acuteness or ability; sharp, quick-witted 
men may observe much later than such as are slow 
and heavy headed; it is purely a question of the 
conductive powers of the nerves and rapidity of the 
perceptive and reflective action of the brain. — 
“ Table Talkin Once a Week. 
Tablets. By A. Bronson Alcott. [16mo.—pp. 208.] 
Boston: Roberts Brothers. 
There is little of methodical arrangement in these 
essays, so very tastefully presented. They range all 
through the practical the seuttmental, aud the theologi¬ 
cal, the subject-matter being divided into two Books— 
Practical and Speculative—and ii.dading dissertations on 
the Garden, Recreation, Foilovc?lrip, Fnend-hip, Culture, 
Books, Counsels, instrumentalities. Mind, Genesis and 
Metamorphoses. Some good idea: are to he found in 
nearly all the essays, and Iso. in some of them, ideas 
that we deem questiona-i! : When the atnbor drops 
prose and attempt* poetry, as he occasionally does, he 
loses greaLly. His rhythm is awfully lame and crude, 
and his conceptions, as rendered, far from poetical. Sold 
by S. A. Ellis & Co, 
Observe your mother when she is packing a trunk, 
and you will see that whatever she is most afraid of 
being spoiled, she is most careful to put in the mid¬ 
dle, that it may be least exposed to accidents. And 
this is what a kind Providence has done with the 
arteries, which have the utmost cause to dread 
accidents, while the veins which are much better 
able to bear rough usage, are allowed to wander 
freely just under tue skin. But when the bones 
happen to take up a great deal of room, and come 
near the akin themselves, as is the case in the wrist, 
the artery is forced, whether he likes it or not, to 
venture to the surface, and then we are able to put 
our fingers upon him And there are also others in 
the same sort of situation; the artery of the foot, for 
instance. 
You feel quite sure the biood is red, do you not? 
Well, it is no more red than the water of a stream 
would be if you were to fill it with little red fishes. 
Suppose the fishes to be very, very small—as small 
as a grain of sand—aud closely crowded together 
through .the whole depth of the stream, the water 
would look quite red, would it not V And this is the 
way in which blood looks red; only observe one 
thing:—a grain of sand is a mountain in comparison 
with tbe little red fishes in the blood. If I were to 
tell you they measured about the three thousand 
two hundredth part of an inch In diameter you would 
not be much wiser, eo I prefer saying (by way of 
giving you a more perfect idea of their minuteness) 
that there would be about a million in such a drop 
of blood as would hang on the point of a needle. I 
say so on the authority of & scientific Frenchman— 
M. BoulUet. Not that he ever counted them, as you 
may suppose, any more than I have done; but this 
is as near an approach as can be made by calculation 
to the size ot those fabulous blood fishes, which are 
the three thousand two hundredth part of an inch in 
diameter.—Jean Mace. 
Smoking and Drinking. Bv James Parton. [12mo 
—paper, pp. 151.] Boston: Ticknor & Fields. 
This volntne is especially adapted to thoughtful men, 
who are addicted to either or both of the great vices of 
which it treat*. It Is comprised of three essays origi¬ 
nally contributed to the Atlantic Monthly by Mr. Part on, 
entitled "Does it Pay to Smoke?” “Will the Coming 
Man drink Wine':” and “ Inebriate Asylums, and a YUU 
to One.” They are pLa:: and practical in style, dealing 
not with theories, but stern, unyielding facts. The true 
influence of tobacco and alcohol upon the system is forci¬ 
bly shown; and the inevitable result of that influence as 
forcibly depicted. The essays must do good. We sitt- 
cerely hope they will be circulated broadcast over the 
laud. For sale by Dewey. 
The Red Sea is said to be the hottest, place in the 
world. The atmosphere for about sixty miles on 
that sea is steamy and sticky Everything in the 
shape of iron or steel about a ship takes ou a coat 
of rust. During the summer months no one travels 
on the Red Sea unless compelled by business or 
military orders to do so In the winter and spring 
the passage is delightful. Yet navigation in that 
body of water is always attended with many dan¬ 
gers. The Red Sea is long and narrow, with snnken 
rocks and projecting reef-:. and counter winds pre¬ 
vail, which produce dangerous currents There are 
three light-houses in the sea, which must be kept 
by salamander-like men, since the thermometer 
runs up to one hundred aud twenty degrees in July 
and approaches ninety in early spring. 
i t ri' uctu aim Ainy. jdy 
Louisa M Alcott. Illastrated by May Alcott. [Ifj- 
mo,—pp. .‘111.] Boston : Roberts Brothers. 
We buiievc tn little women When we first picked up 
this book, attracted by its leading title, we supposed it 
to consist o! essays or sketches about them We soon 
learned oar mistake, and discovered “Little Women" to 
be au exquisitely told story of quiet home-life, wherein 
four young sisters are the principal characters, its pic¬ 
tures are more English than American, in their coziness 
aud cheerful coloring, though they treat entirely of 
American incidents. Our girl-friends can hardly fail to 
be interested in them and will be sorry when the curtain 
falls, at the end of the last chapter. Sold by Ellis & Co. 
Aubicultctre in China. — The Chinamen, who 
walk over bridges built two thousand years ago, 
who cultivated the cotton plant centuries before 
this country was heard of. who fed silk worms be¬ 
fore King Solomon built his throne, have fifty thou¬ 
sand square miles around Shanghai, which are called 
the Garden of China, and which have been tilled by 
countless generations. This area is as large as New 
York and Pennsylvania combined, and is all meadow 
land raised but a few feet above the river —lakes, 
rivers, canals—a complete network of water com¬ 
munication ; the land under the highest tilth ; three 
crops a year harvested; population so dense that, 
wherever you look, you see men and women in blue 
pants and blouse, so numerous that you fancy some 
fail- or muster is coming off aud all hands have turn¬ 
ed out for a holiday . 
Chambbrs’ Journal recently analyzed the tear, 
and talked of its home, in the following rather 
practical than poetical manner: 
The principal element of a tear is water; the 
water, upon dissolution, contains a few hundredth 
parts of the substance called mucus, and a small 
portion of salt, of soda, of phosphate of lime, and 
of phosphate of soda. It is the salt and the soda 
that give to tears that peculiar savor which earned 
for tears the epithet of " salt” at the hand of Greek 
poets, and that of “ bitter” at that of ours ; “salt” 
is, however, the more correct term or the two. 
When a tear dries, the water evaporates, and leaves 
behind it a deposit of the saline ingredients; these 
amalgamate, and, as seen through the microscope, 
array themselves in long crossed lines, which look 
like diminutive fish boues. 
Tears are secreted by a gland called the “ Lachry¬ 
mal gland,” which is situated above the eyeball, 
and underneath the upper eyelid on the side near¬ 
est the temple. Six or seven exceedingly fine chan¬ 
nels flow from it alODg under the surface of the eye¬ 
lid, discharging their contents a little above the deli¬ 
cate cartilage which supports the lid. It is these 
channels or canals that carry the tears into the-eyes. 
But tears do not flow only at certain moments and 
under certain circumstances, as might be supposed ; 
their flow is continuous; all day aud all night —al¬ 
though less abundantly during sleep —they trickle 
softly from their slender sluices, and spread glisten¬ 
ing over the surface of the pupil and eyeball, giving 
them that bright, enamel, and limpid look which is 
one of the characteristic signs of health. 
It is the ceaseless movement and contraction of 
the eyelid that effect the regular spreading of the 
tears; and the flow of these has need to be con¬ 
stantly renewed in the way just mentioned, be- 
ceause tears not only evaporate after a few seconds, 
but also are carried away through two little drains, 
called 11 lachrymal points,” and situated in the cor¬ 
ner of the eye near the nose. 
Jacob Faithful; Or. The Adventure? of a Waterman. 
By Captain Mabrtatt. Author of •• Peter Simple,” 
“Naval oflicer/' 'Mr. Midshipman Easy,” etc,, eic. 
[12mo.—paper, pp. 430.] New York: D. Appleton A Co. 
The Appleton? are issuing a large number of cheap 
editions of standard anthoie' works. A People'? Edition 
of the Sea Tales of Captain Marryatt,— of which this 
volume is number three,—is their latest contribution to 
low-priced, readable literature. It is printed in large 
type, and is a creditable specimen of its kina Sold by 
Sorantom & Wethore. 
Though anagrams are not the grandest produc¬ 
tions of human genius yet the intellectual ingenu¬ 
ity that is sometimes displayed in dissolving a word 
into its elements, a I from these elements com¬ 
pounding some new word characteristic of the per- 
9on or thing designated by the original —is quite 
surprising, For example, what can be more curious 
than the coincidence between Telegraphs and its 
anagram, viz —Git,at Helps ? So of Astronomer— 
Moon-starers ; Penitentiary— Nay, l repeal it; Radi¬ 
cal Reform— Raremad frolic. Haidly less felicitous 
are the following; — Presbyterian — Beet in prayer ; 
Gallantries— All ghat sin; Old England— Golden land. 
Few persons wilt yiefd to the logic of political 
anagrams, but it if impossible not to be struck by 
the famous Jfranfic JLdsturbei's, made from Francis 
Burdett; and in jn ignorant age doubtless not a 
few persons were confirmed in their douged adher¬ 
ence to the Pretender to tbe British throne, while 
his enemies were startled and confounded, by the 
coincidence of Charles James Stuart with its ana¬ 
gram, He asserts' a <nu claim. The two finest 
anagrams ever nine are, Honor eat a .Vito (Honor is 
from the Nile) from Horatio Nelson; and the reply 
evolved from Pilate’s question, “ Quid eet Veritas? 
What is truth ?” “ Vir ut quid adest—lx is the man 
who stands befok you." The following, written 
by Oldys, the blbl-.ographcr and found by his ex¬ 
ecutors arnoug his manuscripts, will be regarded by 
many as “quaintly good,” to use an expression of 
Isaak Walton’s; 
In word and W LLL I AM a friend to you, 
And one friend OLD IS worth a hundred new. 
[Chicago Standard, 
“Mother,” said Jane Wiley, “is Robert Wickes 
a Christian ?" 
"I hope he is. He is very young to join the 
church; but liis pastor and friends thought he gave 
good evidence of being a Christian. Why do you 
ask the question 
“ Because he plays with the other boys every day 
when school is out.” 
“ Does he play like a Christian or a wicked boy ?” 
“I don’t know, mother; I only know that he 
plays with the other boys.” 
Jane thought a Christian must always be very 
sober, If not sad. Her idea was a mistaken one. 
God wishes us to bo happy. He is as willing that 
children should play as their parents are. He re¬ 
quires them to play as Christians, that is, to avoid 
all wickedness In playing. 
The Confectioner's Hand-Book. New York: O. A 
Roorback 
The Painter's Hand-Book. New Y’ork: O. A. Roorback 
Shadow Pantomimes; Or, Harlequin in the Shade? 
How ;o Get Them Up, and How to Act Them. By 
Tony Dexeer. With numerous Illustrations. New 
York: o. A Roorback 
All three of these pamphlets are very good, in their 
way. The first two are very practical: and the last is an 
excellent aid to a species of harmless amusement which 
will furnish jollity for old aud young. 
Deafness of the Aged.— Nothing is more com¬ 
mon than to hear old people utter querulous com¬ 
plaints with regard to their Increasing deafness; 
but those who do so are not perhaps aware that 
this iofirarity is the result of an express aud wise 
arrangement of Providence in constructing the 
human body. The gradual loss of hearing is effect¬ 
ed for the best of purposes ; it being to give ease 
and quietude to the decline of life, when any noises 
or sounds from without would but discompose the 
enfeebled mind, and prevent peaceful meditation. 
Indeed, the gradual withdrawal of all tie seuses, 
and the perceptible decay of the frame, in old age, 
have been wisely ordained in order to wean the 
human mind from the concerns and pleasures of 
the world, and to induce a longing for a more per¬ 
fect state of existence. 
The Little Spaniard Or, Old Jose’s Grandson. By 
May Mannering. [lfimo.-pp. 221.] Boston: Lee & 
Shepard. 
This bright-colored little volume is number four of 
“The Helping Hand Series" for the young. It is a 
very interesting story, —find quite instructive, withal, as. 
Jesus will Cakuy Me,—I n a Christian family 
near Amoy, China, a little boy, the youngest of 
three children, on asking his father to allow him 
to be baptized, was told that he was too young; 
that he might fall back if he made a profession 
when he was a little boy. To this he made the 
touching reply:—“Jesus has promised to carry 
the lambs in His arms. As l am only a little boy, 
it will be easier for Jesus to carry me.” This logic 
of the heart was too much for the father. He took 
him with him, and the dear one was, ere long, bap¬ 
tized. The whole family, of which this child is the 
youngest member—the father, mother aud three 
sons—arc all members of the Mission church at 
Amoy.— Miss. Inst. 
The Fortunes of Nigei A Romance. By Sir Walter 
Scott, Bart. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
Tim is one of the series of cheap reprints of the Waver- 
ley Novels, and not tbe least interesting among them. It 
| combines a mixture of Scotch aud Eng ish high aud low 
a life, presented ia the entertaining style which gained for 
:? the author such widespread popularity thirty years ago. 
) Sold by Sorantom & Wktmore. 
Subtraction. — "Peter, what are you doing to 
that boy?” said a schoolmaster. "He wanted to 
know if you take ten from seventeen how many 
will remain, so I took ten of his apples to show 
him, and now he wants me to give them back.” 
“ Well, why don't you do it then?” "Coz, sir, he 
would then forget how many are left.” 
Overwork, —Overwork is undoubtedly one of 
the great evils of the day. The overworked man 
goes home from his toil unhappy and irritable; he 
can t help it—his vitality is too much exhausted to 
admit of spiritual exuberauce—he is mentally pros¬ 
trated if not physically used up. 
The tendency of all science and art is to a higher, 
more ennobling civilization. 
