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BONES nv THE DESERT.

The accustomed route I'M Dumas says) IS
marked by white line of bleached bones ex-
tending 10 the horizon. This extraordinary
circumstance, il may well be supposed arous-
ed all my attention. | called 10 Bechara,
who, however, did not wait for my question,
for he at once read my desire in my obvious
astonishmeni. "The dromedary,' said ne,
coming TO my side and commencing his story
without preface, is not so troublesome and
importunate rs horse. He continues ms
course without stopping, without eaiing' WIN
out drinking; nothing about hm oeirays sicA-
ness, hunger or exhaustion. The Arab VINO
who can hear from such distance the roar OF
lion, the neigh Of horse, or the noise OIL
men, hear ibthing from his haghim but us
quiokened and heightened respiration; 1t
never u,ters complaint or groan. but
when nature is yanquished by suffering.
when prisations have exhausted its strength
when lleis ebbing--lhe dromedary kneels
down, stretches out its neck, and closes It's
eyes. It's master then knows all is over.
lie dismounts, and without an attempt to
make it rise--for he knows the honesty OF its
nature and never suspects ii Of deception or
laziness--he removes the saddle, places II on
The back Of another dromedary, and departs,
abandoning the one that is no longer able to
accompany him. When night approaches,
the ackals and hyenas, attracted by the scent,
come up and attack the poor animal till no
thing is left but the skeleton We are now
on the highway from Cairo and Mecca;
twice year the caravans 60 and return by
this route and these bones are so numerous
and SO constantly replenished, that the tenn
pests of the desert can never entirely dis
perse them. These bones which without a
guild, would lead you 10 the passes, the wells,
and fountain, where the Arabs find shade and
water, and wonld end by conducting you to
the tomb Of the prophet-,hese are the bones
Of dromedaries which died on the desert. If
you look, you will BEE some bones smaller i'll
size and of different conformation. These
too, are the wrecks Of wearied bodies, that
have found repose before they reached the
goal They are the bones of believers who
desire TO obey the Prophets command, that
all the faithful ones shall once in their lives
perform this holy journey and who, having
been too long deferred from undertakings 1t
by cares or pleasures, commence their pllgrl-
mage SO late on earth, that they are Obliged
TO finish it in heaven. Add to these some
stupid Turk or bloated eunoch, who, sleeping
when he ought to have had his eyes open,
has fallen and broken his neck give the
plague its share, which often decimates ca
ravan, and the simeon, which often destroys
one, and you will readily see that these fune-
raj guide posts are planted with sufficient
frequency to preserve the road in good order,
and 10 point out to The children the route pur-
sued by their fathers.-Qu,nse JOars au SINAI
by ". Dumas.
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SELF ABOLITION is the power in the human
mind Of adapting itself to circumstances that we can re-
conce ourselves, at least partially our own crimes
The stngs Of conscience would be in,oerable could
not lay some fauerlng JUNCTION our souls and stea
relief from self delusion. It may be doubted whether
the greatest villain in tho world ever thought himself
much worse than OF his neighbors, or was ever
without his share Of those extenuating pleas, suber-
uees and shotfiings, IL which the mind is subtle
casnst An amusing instance OF this cx;enuatng pro-
cess is afforded in the Of poor woman who was
brought before justice for applying name, that shall
be nameless, to a female neghbor =" You the last
person." observed the worthy magistrate "who should
have used this opprobrous word for, II have been
rightly Informed, you. YOURSELF had natural child two
or three years ago" Yes, your worship" whmpered
the culprit, " but mine was rsry lthls one" "
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SYMPATHY.

Joy and sorrow are the beautiful forms Of
Sympathy, in which she appears as gracious
angel treading the sorrowful earth, with feet
Of healing and eyes of light JOY and sorrow
make up the lot of our mortal estate, and by
our sympathy with these we seem to acknow-
ledge our brotherhood with our species. But
we do more; for by the force Of this princi-
pie, those on whom the happier lot Of humani-
ty has fallen communicate the bounty that has
been showcred on their head, and the wretch
ed is not left alone with the burthen of his
misery. The strength that is untasked lends
itself to divide the load under which another
is bowed and the calamity that lies on the
heads of men is lightened, while those who
are no: called to bear are yet willing to in
volve themselves in the sorrow of a brother.
There are, indeed, states of mind in which
we dare not look even on its smiling counte-
nance-that glad light affording so strong a
contrast to the darkness of our own SPIRITS
When we leave the chamber in which lie the
cold remains of one in life tenderly beloved,
we start back in anguish from the cheerful
sunshine and the sky so serenely and happily
beautiful. And so it often is, in the common
intercourse of life, when, without such deep
cause Of sorrow, perhaps, we are sometimes
assaled Win the expression OF d JOY WHICH
has no place in our hearts. But this proves
how dear is happiness to the human heart.-
And it is wonderful even to the sufferer him
self, to feel how his soul, that at first sullenly
repealed the light Of gladness, soon admits it
unconscously into all its depths, and is be-
guilcd into a blessed forgetfulness Of trouble.
There are thousand other cures which
Nature graciously provides for grief; but we
speak now Of that contagion Of Happiness that
is breathed from the gentle voice, the spark
ling eye and the kindling smile and which SO
touches the breast with u cheerful sympathy,
that the wretch almost upbraids himself for
his inward gladness, as If false to the sorrow
which he thinks he ought to have cherished
more sacredly within his miserable heart.
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POETRY.
THE HOME OF THE FARMER.

he LioluL VT u I1E hthEh
Still let me live among the hills,
The rocks, the trees, the flowers,
Where ! have passed my early years,
My chidhood's happy hours.
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Near TO my fathers dwelling,
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