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MOORE’S  RURA!.  NEW-YORKER. 
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It.  A  man  wrlihlnK  on  the  noc»r,  his  featurwi  blue, 
bloaUMl,  arid  dccomiwiswl,  thn  eyoballa  turaecl  up, 
.Tut  l»i?arlrig  full  upon  mp.  dead  and  irlaasy,  an  Im¬ 
pure  phoaphoreseonl  light  emauallng  frcun  th« 
bodj-  lUiOlf.  Ah  I  gazed,  one  diacoiored  hand  was 
raiaed  to  theiJiroat,  In  which  1  pcrceUeil  a  hideous 
gash.  It  drew  itwjlf  gradually  closer  to  m© -  I 
hecutne  Insensible. 
When  T  wfis  dlw’overed  In  the  morning,  niy 
friends,  who  were  telegraphed  tor,  removed  me  to 
tlic  country  wliere,  among  cheerftil  scenes  and 
prople,  I  Mooii  recovered.  H —  died  of  brain  fever 
within  three  days  of  the  night  on  which  he  sat 
and  waWhed  with  me. 
1  Imvc  never  eared  to  make  any  Inquiries  as  lo 
l  ire  tu'evlous  Inmates  of  the  ehamlsMu.  Tt  Is  true 
I  liavo  heard  that  an  Inroalo  of  one  set  cut  his 
tlmiiiluuder  peculiarly  horrible  dreumstanees ; 
but  1  was  never  curious  to  Ident  ify  the  seene  of 
the  suicide’s  death  with  tlie  chambew  ho  occu¬ 
pied  for  so  short  a  time ;  Indeed,  nothing  would 
Induee  me  ever  again  to  enter  the  apartmonts.- 
[.Si'/eefed, 
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HISTORY  OF  THE  WAW. 
IThe  subjoined  la  from  the  pen  of  the  truly  cele¬ 
brated  historian.  Mr.  Addums,  and  1»  Instructive,  as 
givina  a  comprehensive  explanation  of  his  novel, 
patent  plan  of  writing  history.— Kd.) 
INTROPOCKTOKY.  — />(fr»vO(Ce  MwM  MyHolf  anA 
Oiliff  //iMtiiirlans.—Niion'itt  and  J'lippim  uv  tha 
}Vuk.—Tlif  AddHntxUm  MvUauL 
I'v  thouso  great  lllsloarlans  uv  the  W’.aw— Pol- 
lud,  MarfearRon.llojiper,  Krank  Mo-who  isFrank 
Mo7— and  them,  I  uni  not  win  uv  ’em.  The  rosin 
why  I  am  not  wun  uv  ’em  Islhls— they  areft  wrltln 
for  posloirtty  while  I'm  a  wrltln  for  munnji  Bum 
uv  ’em  an*  a  wrlMii  for  (aim,  which  Is  t  he  Krcnteh 
for  hunger,  and  1  hoap  they’ll  git  It  and  hold  onto 
II  tite,  for  It  Is  very  slljjpT.  I  had  sum  uv  It  wunst. 
hiitllndln  It  didn't  pass  ournintfor  mmlly  groser- 
lea.  1  draptlt.  I.ltererry  and  polltltkul  fulm  most  ly 
goos  out  In  whlske.v  ennyway,  and  Is  uv  lltttl  ral¬ 
ly.  Tharfo  I'm  a  wrlUti  for  munny,  eavln  green¬ 
backs,  and  hmicc  1  truss  Miar  will  tw  no  joUosy  on 
t  he  par  t  uv  my  lyitib'rnimiriUlea,  lor  I’m  detum- 
iiilnotl  to  tpiorl  with  notwddy,  cxseirl.  my  publish¬ 
er,  who  will  r'heot  me  asa  matter  ov  coose.  How 
else  could  be  alTiyde  to  pay  writers  not  so  popplar 
ns  me,  say  nuthln  uv  hJs  family  Ixpcnsls? 
Anotherditfnince betwixt  my-self  and  ut her  hls- 
toarliinsuv  the  day  Is  i  bat  they  arc  (or  say  t  hey 
lire)  wrlttn  a  true  and  Impai’shul  occuiiiil  irv  wh-at 
aktirtl  endurliige  uv  iJie  Waw.  Jl  Is  the  habblt  uv 
pepul  UT  this  darts  to  Uilk  In  this  way.  and  per- 
cUanse  they  rcel.vbleeve  .snd  mean  what,  they 
prommla.  Alust!  how  PiUli!  is  thiir  eltuts,  frum 
llci’oddltu.s  down  to  Hopper  with  hla  plcktchers. 
Hut  I  would  not  he  ptisnul.  As  for  me,  1  inouglit 
ns  well  stall  frankly  that  1  do  not  Intend  lo  wrote 
a  Imparshul  nistry.  Far  frum  imitating  the  ex- 
ampul  of  the  Wiiw’  Hpp.artmontat  Washlntun,  and 
telling  uv  thetrutii  reekllssfly  and  regnrdllss  of 
kou8(!keuses,  I  shall  not  hesitate,  whenever  It 
suits  my  puppus,  to  tell  the  most  Infuimul  lies 
that  ever  IssuimI  frum  inortul  man.  Kf  Mr.  Bny- 
body  Isoffendld,  1  shall  be  sorry,  but  the  metbud 
uv  the  Wuk  kin  In  no  otlawwlse  be  carried  out.  1 
make  out  my  kase  In  my  oun  mind  befo  startln, 
and  then  wuk  the  faots  up  to  it.  in  ilus  way 
aloati,  I  ransy,  kin  a  truly  lllosophlkul  Hlstry  be 
coiistruckthl. 
As  has  bln  seil,  this  shell  be  striokly  a  parshul 
Hlstry,  not  tor  the  rcslii  that  my  auiilysedanUs 
fubbld  any  other,  but  beeaws  i  cheW'S  It  soo  tx) 
bee.  .\nd  I  chews  It  soe  to  l.>et!,  beeaws  I  don't 
know  cnn.d.blng  about  the  ot  her  side  and  don't, 
want  to  know  iiuihln  nKuit  It.  And  It  aim.  nec- 
cssiu'y  1  should,  In  odder  to  carry  out  my  desluc, 
which  Is  to  bi*  abused— wharby  niy  Wuk  will  be¬ 
come  farnus,  will  sell  reddll.v,  and  1  shell  make 
munny.  For  iiuinny  Is  my  siandplnt,  as  afosed. 
And  from  this  pint  uv  vuc,  hlstry  was  newer 
wi-otebcio;  the  motlvo  Is  purely  orUlglnal  with 
me,  and  a  patlnt  hav  bln  apUed  for.  Mr.  C'harls 
Keod,  orthur  uv  “  While  Llze,”  "  Never  Too  halt 
b)  Mend.”  and  Rich,  culls  Ibis  kind  uv  Avrllln 
“  Numskulllculture,"  and  says  It  perduees  the 
llnlst  ufects  in  Uckshnn  and  palntln.  We  shell 
sec  what  It  will  do  for  hlsirj’. 
McCawly,  in  hlB  S.  A.  on  Hlstry,  Informs  the 
publlck,  with  grate  modlsty,  that  hlstry  was  never 
properly  wrote  till  Im  writ  It.  But  did  he  doo  It 
properly  Inhlsoan  Hlstry?  Cumpyar  him  with 
Allsun,  for  Instanis.  1  paws  fora  wreply.  Buckul 
alsoe  gives  his  vues  uv  the  proper  maner  to  rlU' 
hlstry,  and  eaven  goes  so  ftu'  as  to  string  out  the 
ualms  uv  the  books  he  red.  But  all  this  perade 
uv  Icrnln,  in  my  npiiiyun,  didn’t  evall  to  perduce 
a  roely  good  Hlstry,  slch  os  this  shell  bee.  Notv, 
with  a  verry  modrlt  aprcslashun  uv  my  abllUtys, 
and  tvlth  a  poriouu  Ignorunce  uv  the  facts  lu  the 
kills,  1  undertake  to  say  and  doo  say  that  the  Wuk 
forthcomln  from  my  pen  Is  Iho  onl.v  trevvly  valll- 
Iml  hlstorrlktU  Wuk  wliluh  has  apeared  since  the 
Book  ol  Johe— which  ho  was  a  good  histoarlauer, 
becaw.s  he  connnd  himself  to  a  naroTiv  uv  ids 
oari  suffrtns,  with  aokaahunal  exeuishun  descHp- 
tive  uv  wild  asses,  waw-hosses,  and  the  hevlnly 
boddles,  Meenln  no  irreveruncc,  I  klti  but  think 
that  Jobe  would  hav  maid  a  fine  Army  Oorris- 
pondent. 
The  sperrlt  and  puppus  of  the  M'uk  may  be 
gethered  from  what  has  bln  sed  above,  but  the 
methud  uv  tlie  Wuk  remains  to  bee  dlscrlbde. 
The  sperrlt  uv  It  Is  Uie  sperrlt  uv  a  man  wallla 
pashuntly  for  his  enemle.s  to  pcrrlsh.  In  odder*  that 
he  may  releeve  himself  freely ;  aud  the  puppus 
uv  It  is  the  puppus  not  Lo  annoy  posteriority— 
which  will  hav  waws  enuf  uv  its  oan  to  write  and 
read  about— but  to  pay  bode  bills  and.  ef  posslbul, 
a  fair  sheer  uv  llie  expensta  uv  belnge  llckt. 
Two  methuds  surgestid  themsolff  to  me. 
I.  Tomlsrcgardallmlner  puasons  .and  Ivvents, 
aud  <j0  curiflne  myself  slodlly  to  a  dlskrlptlon  uv 
the  rtesislv  battll.H  and  the  prluslpul  karactures 
which  Pggerd  In  the  Waw. 
This  would  m.ake  a  verry  Intrcstlngc  Hlstry  In¬ 
deed,  but  It,  would  not  be  purely  iirldglnul.  It 
would  inablc  me,  too,  to  vent  my  sarchasma  on 
certlii  pusHUiildges  agin  whwjm  1  fcalafealln; 
but  that  Is  the  methud  uv  uthcr  hlsiorlans;  and, 
beside#,  I  kill  do  it  to  better  Idvantage  lu  the 
.Metliud  follrln. 
II.  The  aim  uv  all  lilatorr.vkul  writers  is  to  nar- 
rabf,  with  great  or  greater  Inackuracy.  ivents— to 
tell  what  yvoH  done.  Now  It  acurd  to  me,  that  a 
arlclglnal  Hlstry  must  uv  nesctsslty  consist  uv  a 
mirytlv  or  lull  uv  icAnf  vms  ivot  do/ie— In  other 
wlrds,  uv  what  mought  hav  bln  dtina,  what  ought 
to  have  bln  done,  and  yet  It  was  negleektld  lo  b(! 
(lid.  Tills,  tharfo,  Is  my  methud— the  Audi  jisian 
MKTimi,  Introdueod  lor  the  fust  tlcm  lu  jiollght 
llttcrychewer,  aud  desUnled,  lierea liter,  to  bo 
iUioptld  evorywlifir,  In  all  lands  and  In  all  lang- 
wldges,  as  the  only  true  methud  uv  historical 
compcrzlshun. 
I  shell  bring  toe  my  Usk  a  mind  prcJudLslicd  lo 
the  last  degi'ee  lu  favor  of  my  oan  aplnyuiis,  and 
a  heart  tilled  with  malice  aud  all  iinoharrytubblc- 
ness  for  thoiis  who  dar  to  dlffiir  with  me  In  any 
way  whaf/SUtuever.  1  shell  lie  pint-blank,  by  In 
new  endo  .and  old  endo.  1  shell  show  that  wlmt- 
evver  I  .vAcd  show  (mid  this  is,  as  ylt,  very  unser- 
tin)  could  not  have  bln  shown  In  any  other  way 
by  any  other  man  ixscjit  mjself.  In  a  wlrd,  I 
shell  avoid,  ef  posslbul,  all  the  urrors  uv  the  hls- 
loiirlaus  11V  the  day,  and.  1  tiklnge  win  ning  by  the 
fall  uv  Hedlcy,  Abbul,  and  Baiikrupft.,  I  shell  so 
Hhalp  mj-  eoasf  as  lo  olTerid  everyboddy  puiipusly, 
and  not  uriliitensbunly,  as  jio  Davy  Hume  says  he 
did.  The  world  Is  full  oi  corns,  made  to  be  trod 
on,  espeshly  by  blMloarlans  uv  thar  own  times ; 
and  I  be  durn  ef  l  dont  mum  to  trod  on  as  menny 
uv  ’em  as  l  possibly  klii.— [  vo*1r  Adriums, 
• - - - 
YACOB, 
Yacob  w’as  the  name  of  an  Arab  boy  In  the  Ori¬ 
ental  city  of  Cairo.  He  was  poor,  and,  like  most 
of  the  i»oor  boys  of  that  clly,  his  chief  arabltton 
w.as  to  own  a  donkey  ami  hire  him  out  to  the  trav¬ 
elers  to  go  to  the  pyramliLs  and  olUcr  places  of 
liiUirest  lu  the  uelghbiu hood  of  Cairo.  As  It  was, 
ho  was  only  the  driver  of  auotUcr  man's  donkey  ; 
that,  ts,  when  the  animal  was  mounUal  by  the 
Lravelor.  he  r.an  hehiml,  poking  the  quadruped 
with  a  sharp  slick  to  Jiecp  him  lu  a  brisk  t  rot. 
One  day,  while  l  acob  was  standing  lu  front  of 
Sbepberd's  Hotel  In  Cairo,  wishing  he  had  a  don¬ 
key  of  his  own,  an  F.ngllsn  traveler  on  the  veranda 
beckoned  to  blin  and  asked  blm  why  ho  looked  so 
wlsl  fiil,  and  Y'acob  answered  that  no  was  unhappy 
because  he  had  no  donkey. 
And  when  the  Kngllsliman  heard  his  story,  Im 
called  his  servant  and  told  him  to  Orlngup  Maflsilr' 
which  was  an  old.  Sleepy  donkey.  Then  he  said  to 
Yacob : 
“Would  you  be  nappy  if  you  owned  that  don¬ 
key,  iny  lad 
“  oh,  laiisder,  I  ivould  be  happy  with  any  don¬ 
key  !”  said  Yacob. 
“Then,” said  the  Englishman,  “he Is  yours— I 
make  him  a  present,  to  you.” 
When  he  said  this,  the  other  travolei-s  gathered 
around,  with  smiles  on  their  laecs.for  it  appeared 
that  the  Eagllalmian  was  a  luiui  niueh  given  to 
maklngl'uii.  He  told  Yacob  lo  get  on  the  donkey 
and  ride  blm  up  and  down  in  fiXJiit  of  the  hotel  a 
few  limes,  to  show  bis  gait.  1  acob  gut  a»l  ride  of 
him,  aud  found  that  he  was  stllT  in  Iho  legs  .and 
moved  slowly,  nolivithst.aiullug  tUo  sharp  pokes 
he  gave  mm  wlUi  Ids  stick. 
I  shall  give  I  lie  donkey  a  muuc  that  will  draw 
custom  for  you,”  said  the  Englishman  as  the  lad 
rode  up  to  the  verauda. 
Yacob  was  much  jilea-setl  that  his  benefactor 
should  give  the  donkey  a  mum?,  for  he  h;id  seen 
.some  of  his  companions  who  hired  tholr  donkeys 
more  ciusUy  than  othms,  on  aeeouiil.  of  fortunate 
names  given  them  by  tnivelera. 
“  I  shall  be  much  glad  to  cull  him  what  my  mas¬ 
ter  pleases, "  said  Yacob. 
“Then  hla  name  shall  be  I.lglitnlng,”  sjild  the 
Englishman,  and  the  otlier  travelers  laughed. 
Y'ooob  did  not  know  what  Lightning  meant,  and 
he  eouUnued  to  call  his  donkey  by  Uiat  name  af¬ 
ter  the  Englishman  went  away.  He  did  not  have 
niueJi  dimculty  In  hiring  Ids  donkey;  hut  when 
the  travelers  started  on  tiudr  Journey,  they  told 
Y'acob  he  was  a  humbug,  and  t  hat  he  had  Imposed 
on  them  with  his  animal,  so  that  tlrey  only  kept 
Lightning  fora  few  minutes,  aud  the  same  people 
never  hired  1dm  twice. 
one  clay,  as  he  led  ids  .old  donkey  toward  the 
hotol  verauda,  after  being  called  a  Utile  humbug 
by  an  angry  traveler,  who  refused  to  pay  him  for 
hire  for  half  an  liour,  he  was  spoken  to  by  a  fat 
man  In  a  long  bluck  coat,  who  told  him  he  ought 
to  cuU  his  donkey  Slow-coach. 
After  that  Y’acob  (;allw!  Idm  Slow-i'oach,  not 
knowing  any  more  about  the  narae  tlian  ho  did 
about  Lightning.  But  this  change  of  name,  In¬ 
stead  of  mending  mat  tors,  made  them  worsfi.  In 
short,  no  one  would  hh'e  his  donkey  any  more  on 
any  condition,  aud  Y'acob  and  Slow-coach  were  a 
rueful  pair,  as  they  sUiort  mb'  before  the  hotel. 
One  day,  as  he  stod  ihits,  the  1‘rluce  of  Wales 
came  out  trom  the  verauda  (the  ITlncewas  then 
on  his  way  to  the  Ea.st  Indies'!,  mounted  Slow¬ 
coach  and  rode  him  two  or  three  yards,  aud  then 
got  off  and  took  another  donkey,  Thereupon  Yiv- 
cob  bemoaned  his  b;id  luck  lu  hearing  of  an 
Amertcau  .sitting  in  a  tilted  chair  on  the  verauda. 
“  Y  acoh,”  said  the  Amcrlean,  “  your  donkey 
shaU  he  hired  a.s  much  us  any  other,  but  hereafter 
bis  name  must  be  the  Prince  or  Wales." 
The  Amarlcau  had  a  ccrllllcute  drawn  up  and 
sworn  to  before  t  he  Ameiixtan  Consul  In  Cairo,  to 
show  that  .the  Prince  of  Wales  hod,  without  any 
doubt,  mounted  Y'acob’s  donkey ;  and  when  the 
lad  wanted  to  hire  the  animal  to  any  man,  woman 
or  child  from  England,  all  he  IumI  to  do  was  to 
show  this  ccrtlfleaio,  and  they  straightway  en¬ 
gaged  him,  notwithstanding  his  moping  gait  and 
stiff  legs.  They  engaged  him  for  whole  days, 
fondled  him,  and  .begged  Y'acob  md  to  poke  him 
up  too  sharp  from  bohlnd.  They  fod  him  with 
whatever  ho  would  cat,  and  the  only’  drawback  to 
the  douke)'^  pleasant  life  was  that  bis  taU  was 
plucked  a  good  deal  tor  mementos, 
Yacob  said,  atid  sajn  still,  that  tho  luckiest  day 
of  his  life  wa.H  when  ho  was  spoken  to  by  the 
American  gentleman  in  a  tilted  chair.”— Aflierf 
Ithodes  in  Si.  A'k'holas  ,f>n‘  May. 
THE  POPE’B  AUDIENCE-ROOM. 
The  monotonous  hum  of  conversation  ceased 
abruptly,  the  two  8ceUon.s  of  the  wide  door  I  have 
mentioned  were  flmiwn  open,  and  the  Pope,  sur¬ 
rounded  b.v  hl8  cardinals  and  a  number  of  foreign 
prlncies.  entered.  Tlic  wcupanla  of  the  t  wo  long 
settees  rose,  and  then,  ns  If  they  were  automata 
worked  by  the  same  tyrannical  wire,  sunk  simul¬ 
taneously  Into  an  altitude  ol  devotion.  For  an 
Instant  1  was  sclzod  with  a  desperate  desire  not  to 
kneel.  Tliere  is  something  In  an  American  knee, 
when  It.  Is  rightly  construefx'd,  that  makes  It  an 
awkward  thing  to  kneel  with  before  any  man 
Iwrn  of  woman.  Purlmiw,  If  the  choice  were  left 
one,  eltber  to  prostrate  one’s  self  before  ii  certain 
person  or  he  shoL  one  might  make  a  point  of  It— 
and  be  shot.  But  thut  was  not  ibe  lUtcrnaf  Ive  in 
the  pre.sent  case.  If  T  bad  failed  ixj  follow  the 
Immcmortal  custom,  I  would  not  have  had  the 
honor  of  a  fusillade,  but  w'ould  have  been  Igno- 
inlrilonsly  led  away  b.voiieof  those  bighjy-colored 
Swiss  guards,  and.  In  my  dress  suit,  would  have 
present  ed  t  o  the  general  stare  the  iijipcnrancc  of 
a  prcUMiUous  ace  of  spades  being  wiped  out  by  a 
gay  right  imwcr.  Such  a  humiliation  was  not  to 
he  Ihoiiglit  or:  So,  wishing  inysclt  safely  buck 
amid  the  cruder  civilization  of  the  New  World, 
und  will)  a  menial  protest,  accompanied  by  a 
liifl  y  siHiipasslon  for  the  weakness  and  cowardice 
or  human  kind,  I  slid  soft  ly  down  with  the  rest  of 
tho  miscniblc  sinners.  1  wa.s  In  the  vei*y  act, 
wheu  1  Wiis  chilled  to  the  mniTow  by  caUdilng  a 
sidelong  gllinpsi'  of  my  benign  old  geulUiman 
placidly  leaning  back  In  his  scat,  with  his  bauds 
folded  over  his  well  Ulled  waistcoat  and  that  same 
hencvolent  smile  petrllled  ou  his  countenance. 
He  was  fast  a.Hloop.— /immric/b?-  May. 
~  ■  '  - 
HOW  THEY  FIGHT  IN  FRANCE. 
A  SANoris.ARV  duel  look  place  In  Franco  the 
oi.hei  day.  In  a  heaU'd  political  discussion  a  blow 
ovas, given  by  Count  de  X  to  the  Duke  ot  z 
The  Duke  dnln’l  return  the  blow ;  but  a  few  mlu- 
lUoB  later,  niidliig  blmself  .alone  with  those  who 
were  to  .act  ns  his  seconds,  he  took  an  oath  never 
to  see  his  wife  or  little  girl  again  vmlll  he  had 
washed  away  the  Insult  in  the  blood  of  tho  counu 
The  next  day  the  duel  took  place.  The  Duke  was 
wounded  t  wice— in  the  fore-ann  -and  In  the  right 
side— before  the  Count  hail  received  a  scratch : 
but  the  Duke,  notwithstanding  the  suflerlng  and 
10S.S  ol  blood  from  Ids  wounds.  Insisted  on  contin¬ 
uing  the  light.  The  duel  went  on ;  the  Duke, 
making  a  superhuman  effurt,  drove  Ida  sword 
through  his  adversiiry,  who  fell  lifeless.  Then, 
pallid  In  (leatli,  huthed  In  Ids  own  DIuikI,  aud  with 
dlflicuity  sustaining  blmsoU,  iho  Duke  drew  a 
wldto  liandkercldet  from  his  iKs.-ket,  and  bending 
over  the  fount's  body  dipped  the  Imudkercldef  In 
the  blood  guslilng  Irotu  his  adversary's  death 
wound,  ;iml  turning  to  tho  fourseconds,  who  look- 
1x1  on  aghast,  the  Duke  raised  the  bluml-staiued 
cloth  to  his  face  and  said  Y'ou  will  tell  them, 
gentlemen,  how  the  Duke  of  '/. —  avenged  the 
Insult  to  his  honor.  1  wash  aw.ay  the  insult  with 
the  blood  ot  the  ouo  who  insulted  me."  He  then 
said  to  his  ow n  second-s :  “  Take  this  bandkerchlet, 
which  I  connde  to  you,  to  tho  Duchess,  my  wife ; 
I  enjoin  ujton  her  as  a  duly  to  place  It  among  the 
w'eddlug  presents  of  my  daughter  when  she  shall 
be  married;  It  Is  her  father's  gift  ui  her— the  pu- 
nti'  of  Ids  narae.”  The  words  wore  hardly  spoken 
when  the  Duke  fell  back  dead;  and  lu  death  his 
features  looked  calm  and  proud,  and  almost  wore 
a  smile.  Dls  honor  had  been  satlsllcd. 
We  may  live  without  poetry,  muaic  aud  art ; 
YVe  may  live  without  conaclonoo,  and  Uve  without  heart ; 
We  may  hvo  vrithout  frienda,  we  may  live  without 
liooka. 
But  civilized  man  cannot  live  without  cinika. 
lie  may  live  without  books— what  is  knowledge  but 
gileving? 
He  may  live  without  hope— what  is  hope  but  deceiving  ? 
n«  may  11  vo  without  love— what  is  passion  but  pining? 
But  where  ia  the  man  who  can  live  without  dining  f 
BOOKS  RECEIVED. 
From  Q.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  New  Y'ork : 
Bea  stories ;  Stories  lor  the  Home  Circle ;  Ru¬ 
ral  Homes ;  Poetry  for  Home  and  SchooL 
PORTER  &.  Coates,  Philadelphia,  Pa. : 
Official  Guido  to  Philadelphia. 
1>.  M.  Dewkv,  Rochester,  N.  Y'. : 
Hand-Book  for  Fruit  Growers,  by  F.  R.  Elliott. 
Huuo  a  Uouohto.v,  Cambridge,  Moss.: 
The  Ulversido  Press  Ceutenulal  Guide  Books. 
1,  Boston  to  Wasmngton ;  'i,  New  Y'ork;  3, 
Philadelphia;  4,  Washington. 
Magazines  for  Mat: 
AllanUc  .Mouthli',  Scribner’s,  Harper’s,  St. 
Nicholas,  Record  of  the  Y'ear  (Q.  W.  Carleton 
&  Co,,  New  Y'ork). 
LIFE. 
An  infant  on  iU  mother’s  breast. 
An  eager  boy  at  play, 
A  youth  by  maiden  fair  caressed, 
A  stalwart  roan  with  care  oppressed,— 
An  old  man  silver  gray,- 
IB  aU  of  life  we  know : 
a  joy,  a  fear— 
a  smile,  a  tear,— 
And  all  is  o’er  Iwlow  ! 
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A  CONTRAST. 
Both  T.uther  aud  Cahin  brought  the  individual 
Into  Immwllatn  relation  with  Gml ;  but  Calvin, 
under  a  more  stern  .and  militant  fonn  of  doctrine, 
llfbxJ  the  Individual  above  Pope  and  prelate,  and 
priest  and  presbyter;  above  t.'atlioHo  tffmrch  and 
National  Church,  und  tmneral  Synod;  above  In- 
dtilgences,  remissions  and  iibsoluUmis  from  fel¬ 
low-mortals  ami  hruuKlit  him  into  the  Immediate 
dependence  ou  God,  whose  eternal,  Irreversible 
choice  Is  made  by  himself  alouc,  not  arbitrarily, 
but  according  to  his  own  highest  wlwlorn  and  Jus¬ 
tice.  LutJicr  spared  the  altar,  aud  hesitated  to 
deny  loUillj'  the  real  presence ;  Calvin,  with  su¬ 
perior  dialects,  accepted  as  a  couifneiu oration  and 
a  seal  the  rite  which  the  Catholics  revenxi  as  a 
siicrincc.  Luther  favored  magnlticenee  in  public 
worship,  as  an  aid  txi  rtevollon ;  Calvin,  fhe  guide 
of  republics,  avoldwl  In  their  churches  all  appeals 
to  the  senses,  as  a  peril  to  pure  religion.  Lut  her 
coiidemniKlthe  Roman  Church  for  Its  Imniorallty ; 
Calvin  for  Its  Idolatry.  I.uthcr  exposed  the  folly 
of  superstition,  ridiculed  the  hair  slilrt  aud  the. 
scourge,  tho  purchasod  ludulgencc  and  dearly- 
bought,  worthless  masses  for  the  dead;  Calvin 
shrunk  from  their  crlinlnalltj’  with  Impatient  hor¬ 
ror.  Luther  pcnnltD-d  the  cross  ami  the  toper, 
pictures  and  Images,  as  lldngs  of  imurrerence ; 
Calvin  demanded  aspliltuai  worship  lu  its  utmost 
purity. 
Luther  left  the  org!inD,at.lon  ot  the  Church  to 
princes  aud  governmeuto ;  Calvin  reformed  doc- 
trhie,  ritual  and  practice;  and,  liy  csUbllsliDig 
nilHig  elders  in  each  church  and  an  dwtlve  synod, 
he  suiniresto  his  iKillly  arepresciitatlve  character, 
which  couiblued  aulhoilty  with  popular  righto. 
Both  I.uthcr  and  Calvin  insisted  thau  for  each 
one,  there  Is  and  can  he  no  other  [ulest  than  him¬ 
self  :  aud,  a.s  a  cousequenoo,  iKith  agreed  In  the 
parity  of  the  clei'gy.  Both  were  of  one  mind  that, 
should  pious  laym«m  choose  one  ol  1  liclr  number 
lo  be  f  luir  minister,  the  man  so  chosen  would  be 
as  truly  a  prle.st  as  If  all  the  Bishops  in  tho  ivorld 
had  consecrated  lilm. 
REVIVALS  ONE  HUNDRED  YEARS  AGO. 
Revivals  In  different  periods  of  tho  Church 
have  had  marked  peculiarities  to  distinguish 
them.  In  the  great  Awakening  of  1T40,  the  peo¬ 
ple  of  Entleld,  Conn.,  were  unaffected,  while  tho 
towns  around  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Hplrlt. 
They  were  In  distress  (or  Entleld,  ami  prayed 
most  of  the  jilght  for  Its  awakening,  rrcslclent 
Edwards  went  there  the  next  day,  by  previous  ap- 
polntincut,  aud  tho  people  came  to  hear  him,  and 
were  so  giddy  as  hardly  to  conduct  themselves 
with  common  decency  lu  the  church.  He  preach¬ 
ed  a  clear  argumeuiutlve  discourse  on  the  danger 
of  living  In  liui)enltcnce,—“  Their  feet  shall  .slide 
In  due  time,”  was  the  text,— hla  I'casoulng  took 
hold  of  their  Imagination  and  conscience,  .itirt  be¬ 
fore  the  sermon  was  ended  the  people  were  so 
affected  as  lo  cry  out  in  llielr  dlstriMis  und  weej)- 
Ing,  so  tliat  the  preacher  was  obliged  to  speak  to 
the  pcoitle  ami  desire  silence  that  ho  might  bo 
heard.  A  great  revival  in  Euileld  followed.— ob- 
so'ver. 
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The  .Mvstekv  of  god's  Mkroy.— 1  have  always 
believed  with  a  calm  conviction  In  that  divine 
history  and  that  divine  mts.sIon,  but  I  used  to 
worry  myself  about  the  maimer  ot  it.  1  am  read¬ 
ing  the  Goapela  for  the  third  t  ime  wit  bin  two  or 
three  montlis,  and  uecepUug  tlie  whole  of  the 
holy  mystery  as  I  ibid  lu  .Mystery  there  musk  be, 
and  It  Is  wiser  to  take  humbly  tlie  relation  of  eye¬ 
witnesses  than  to  seek  to  recoiielle  what  wo  can¬ 
not  comprehend  by  our  own  feeble  Intelligence. 
I  throw  myself  humbly,  hoplngly,  foarlugly  on 
the  mercy  of  God.— .Wis.s'  .Mii/ord. 
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A  Place  of  Refcgb.— our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  Is 
a  place  or  secure  refuge  to  every  soul  that  flies  to 
Him.  The  moment  a  utnner  believes  in  Jesus  he 
la  safe,  and  continuing  to  believe  he  remains  safe 
in  life,  safe  in  death,  safe  In  judgment,  safe  In 
eternity.  The  passing  out  of  sclf-rlghteoiisncss 
Into  coulldcnce  In  Clii  Isi  Is  the  act  that  saves  the 
soul.  When  thy  faith  doth  lay  tto  hand  upon  tho 
dear  head  ot  the  Kedeemci*,  what  11 1  say  upon  the 
horns  of  the  altar  of  his  sacrlflce,  then  ts  thy  soul 
securo  and  noihlug  can  destroy  It. 
- 
He  that  follows  the  Lord  fully,  will  tlnd  good¬ 
ness  and  mercy  following  him  continually.  If 
ever  God  had  failed  one  who  trusted  lu  him,  we 
might  doubt ;  but  he  never  h;is,  therefore  we 
should  be  conadent. 
There  are  four  good  mothers  who  have  four  bad 
daughters :— Truth  hath  haired ;  prosperity  hath 
pride;  security  hatli  peril,  and  famillailty  hath 
contempt. 
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It  Is  when  to-morrow’s  burden  Is  added  to  the 
burden  ot  to-day,  that  the  weight  Is  more  than  a 
man  can  bear. 
