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Never Too Late.

All that could be heard by all opDrr,
sed. detected souls! | would cry to hem
Lift up yJur heads and con6de sill in H.
future, and believe that il is never roo
LATEp See. ] too was bowed down bv
long suffering, and old age had moreo-
yer Overtaken me, and believed thai an
my strength had vanished, that NV lie am
my sufferings were in vain; and behOl5
my heart aPPeased, my soul strengthened
and now in my hfleth year. advance into
new future, attended by all thai lie has Of
beautiful and worthy Of love.
The change in my soul has enabled NE
better to comprehend life and suffering. and
| am now firmly convinced that there IS no
fruitless suffering. and that no virtuous en-
deavor is in vain. Winter DAYS and nights
may bury beneath their pail Of snow the
sown corn; but when the spring arrives. II
will be found equally true that there srows
much bread in the winter night. Mas
Bremen.
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DenLei-risii.E In Cairo.

| like donkey-riding in Cairo. never
tried it out Of Egypt except for few miles
in Palestine, but do not suppose it is the
same thing anywhere else. The creatures
are full Of activity; and their amble is a
pleasant pace in the streets.
The little rogues OF donkey-boys were al
ways ready and eager, close by the hotel
hustling each other to get the preference
one displaying his English with God save
the Queen ros BIZ; another smiling amiaJ! !,
in ones face; and others kicking and cuf
6ng, as people who had prior right, and
must relieve US Of encroachers. Then Of
we went briskly through the Ezbekeeyeh,
under the acacias, past the water-carriers
with their full skins on their left shoulders,
and the left hand holding the ori6ce Of the
neck, from sShkh they could squirt water
into the road or quietly gil Jar at pleas
ures-Past the silent smoking party, with
their long chibouques or serpentine mar
gelehs-passed the barber. shaving the head
Of man kneeling and resting his crown or
the BARRIERS laP;-past the yelled woman
with her tray Of bread, thin, round cakes;
past the red and white striped mosque, where
we looked up for the gallery Of the minaret
in hope OF the muezzim coming out to call
the men to Prayer;-past handsome hous,
or two. with its rich lattices, its elaborat,
gateway, and its shade Of trees in front, OF
of shrubs within the court, of which WI
might obtain a tempting glimpse;-pas
Shepherds hotel. where English gentlemen
might be seen going in and out, or chattin,
before the door;-past a row Of artisan dwell
lings, where the joiner, the weaver, and In,
maker Of slippers were at work, with thei
oriental tools. and in their graceful orienta
Postures;--and then into the bazaars.
Miss Martineau.
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man.f.e.ure Of Lad In Russ.r .s....

The man of the house returned from the
forest about noon, bringing in NEARLY two
gallons of milk, which he had been engaged
since daylight in collecting from one hun
bred and twenty trees, that had been tapped
sPon the previous morning. This quantity
Of milk he said would suffice for ten pail
of shoes, and when he himself attended 10
the trees, he could collect the same quantity
every morning for several months. In ma.
king the shoes. two girls were the artistes,
in little matched hut which had no open
ing but the door. From an inverted water.
jar, the bottom OF which had been broken
out Tor the purpose, issued a column Of dense
white smoke, from the burning Of species
Of palm nut, and which so filed the hut.
that we could scarcely seethe inmates. The
lasts used were Of wood, exported from the
United States. and were smeared with clay.
to prevent adhesion. In the leg Of each
was long stick, serving as handle. The
last was dipped into the milk, and immedi-
ately. held over the smoke, which, without
much discoloring. dried the surface at once.
Ii was then re-dipped, and the process was
repeated dozen times, until the shoe was
OF sufficient thickness, care being taken to
give greater number OF coatings to the bot
tom. The whole operation, fom the smear.
ing Of the last to placing the finished shoe
in the sun, required less than five minutes
The shoe was now Of a slightly more vel.
lowish hue than the liquid milk, but in the
course Of few hours it became OF reddish
brown. After an exposure Of twenty four
hours, il is figured as we see upon the inn
ported shoes. This is done by the girls with
small sticks Of hard wood, or the needle-like
spines OF some Of the palms. Stamping
has been tried, but without success. The
shoe is now cut from the last, and is ready
Tor sale, bringing price of from ten to
twelve vintens or cents per pair. Il Is a
long time before they assume The black hue
Brought to the city, they are assorted. the
best being laid aside for expectation as shoes
the others as waste rubber.-Eduards' Won.
age up the Amazon.
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PrncsicaI YnIne OF ,scienre

Many Ignorant despisers Of systematic
natural history reproach us with wasting our
time on nomenclature, or in watching and
describing the metamorphoses and general
economy Of insects and contend that il is
only from what they call practical men,
that is to say, farmers and gardeners-that
effective means Of destroying noxious spe-
cies--one Of the main objects of entomolo-
gy, taken in its widest scope.--can be look
ed for. Such otiectors should be referred
to paper read by NJ Guerin- Meneville TO
the Royal Academy Of Sciences at Paris in
January 1641, from which il appeared that
while the culiivators Of the olive in the south
of France-who in two years out Of three
lost oil TO the amount Of nearly six millions
Of francs annually By the attacks on their
olives ofthe grub of little fly (Daeus olea)
were utterly unable, with all their 'praeti-
cal skill, to help themselves in any shape.
M. Guerin- Meneville, though no cultivator,
applying his chronological knowledge of
the genus and species Of the insect, and OF
its peculiar economy, to the case, advised
that the olives should be gathered and crush
ed much earlier thar usual, and before the
grubs had time to ea. the greater part of the
pulp Of the fruit and by their adoption of
this simple plan, the proprietors of olives in
the years they are attacked by the dacus can
now obtain an increased annual produce Of
oil, equal in value to f240, 900, which was
formerly lost. in consequence Of their allow
ing the grubs to go on eating the olives ill
they dropped from the tree.-AIr. Syevre's
ADDRESS 10 the chronological Society, Jan
uaTy 184S
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The Literature Of HunanI,,.

Whatever is most excellent in the litera.
ture Of every country is precisely that which
belongs to humanity and not to the nation.
What is dearest and most priced at home, 5
exactly that which has worldwide inter-
est that which touches the sympathies Of
all men? Are the highest truths national,
Is there any trace Of locality in the pures,
and noblest sentiments. We invariably
find that the same writers and the same pas
s.oes which are admired at home, are the
most admired abroad. Nationality one S
sure to have, whether desirable or not and
the great writers Of every people, are m-
questionably those who, without foregoing
their national character, rise to be country
men of the world.
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It's true that the sacrifices you make for
the world will be little known by linen
govern and earn the glory; and the thou
sand watchlul nights and sacrifices, by
which mother purchases hero. or poet,
for the state, are forgotten, not once count
ed; for the mothers themselves do not count
them; and so, one century after another. do
mothers unnamed and unhanked, send forth
the arrows, the suns, the storm-birds, and
the nightingales Of time! But seldom does
Cornelia find Plutarch, who connects
her name with the Gracchi. But as those
two sons who bore their mother to the tenn
pie Of Delphi were rewarded by death, so
your guidance Of your children will only
find its perfect recompense at the termina-
ton Of li(e.-Riehter's Lerana.
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The poet of the Pleasures Of Memory,
interested in all that concerned the elder
poet whose style he made the model for his
own finished writings, knew Cooke well in
the latter day Of his life. and gives curious
illustration of the habits he then had fallen
into when he spoke Of his celebrated friend.
Sir, said be, on Mr.. Rogers asking him
what Goldsmith really was in conversation,
he was fool. The right word never came
to him. IL you gave him back bad shil.
ling, he'd say, "Why it's as good shilling
as ever was BORA" You know he ought to
have said coined. Coined. sir, never enter.
ed his head. He was fool. sir.
a (Foster's life of Goldsmith.
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The Model Bnby.

1t is the image of its father, unless it is
the very picture of its mother. Ii is the
best tempered little thing in the world, new
er crying but in The middle Of the night or
screaming but when it is being washed. 1t
is astonishing how quiet it is whilst feeding.
II understands everything, and proves its
love for learning, BY tearing the leaves out
OF every book, and grasping at the engrav.
ings. 1t is the cleverest child that eveEo r.
born, says "papa," or something w..
like il, when scarcely month old. 1t
takes early to pulling whiskers, prefering
those Of strangers. 1t has only one COM
plant, and THAI is the wind; but il is fire.
quently troubled with it. 1t is the most
wonderful child that was ever seen, and
would swallow both its tiny fists, if it was
not for a habit Of choking. 1t dislikes
leaving home, rarely stopping on visit long
er than day. 1t has strange hostility
for its nurses caps and nose, which it will
clutch ard hold with savage tenscity, if in
the least offended. 1t is never happy but in
its mothers arms, especially if it is being
nursed by gentleman. 1t prefers the floor
to the cradle, which il never stops in longer
than it can help. 1t is very playful, de.
lighting in pulling the table-clolh of, OF
knocking the china ornaments off the man.
tel-piece, or upsetting its food on some
body's lap. Ii invents new language oil
its own, almost before it can speak, which
is perfectly Ineligible to its parents. though
Greek to every one else. Ii is not fond Of
public entertainments, invariably crying be-
fore it has been at one five minutes. Ii dis
likes treachery in any shape, and repels the
spoonful OF sugar if it fancies there is g
powder at the bottom Of it. Medicine il
its greatest horror, next to cold water. L
has no particular love for dress. generally
tearing to pieces any handsome piece O.
fnery, lace especially, as soon as it is pu
on. Ii inquiries deeply into everything, anC
is very penetrating in the construction Of {
drum, the economy Of work-box or th,
anatomy Of doll, which it likes all thu
better without any head or arms. 1t has al
intuitive hatred CT doctor, and fights with
all its legs, and hands, and first teeth
against his endearments. Ii has most ex
uaoIdinaTy taste lor colors, imbibing then
greedily in every shape, more especially
from the wooden tenants of Noah's Ark
which are to be found in the mouth ofevery
hahy- In FACT. there never was a chilC
like it, and the Model Baby proves this by
surviving the thorsand.and-one experiment.
Of rival grannies and mothers-in-law, anC
outliving, to the athletic age of kits anc
bare legs, the villainous compounds Of God
frey and Daily, and the whole poison
chest Of Elixirs, Carminatives, Cordials
and Pills, which babies are physically hei
| to.--Punch.
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Ia the year 1911, eighteen hundred cop
les oil Erasmus's work entitled sEncomium
Morie' ('The Praise Of Folly) were sold;
and in 1927, twenty -four thousand copies OF
his Colleagues were disposed Of. In the
sixteenth century. sixty editions Of the Or.
lando Furioso' were published. tbs stated
that as many as eighteen hundred editions oil
the DE lmitatione Christi Of Thomasa-
kempis have been issued. Such was the
popularity OF Daniel Defoe's satire, called
The True-born Englishman' Q709, that
more than eighty thousand Pirated copies oil
it are believed to have been sold in the
streets OF London. In 1892, Franklin be-
gan to publish in America, Poor Richards
Almanac the demand for which became so
great, that ten thousand copies were sold in
one year-a very large number, considering
the comparative paucity OF readers in the
new continent at tina: time. Richardson's
novel Of Pamela met with great success,
having gone through five editions in the
course Of year. When DIR. Johnson's
Rambler was first published, the sale sell
dom exceeded five hundred; and il is curl
Gus that the only paper in the series, that
had prosperous sale, and may be said to
have been popular, was No. 81, which DR..
Johnson did not write, but is said to have
been written by Richardson. So popular
were the essays published under the title oil
The Craftsman Q726), written by Boiling
broke, Pulteney, and other writers, in op.
position to Sir Robert Walpole's measures,
that ten or twelve thousand were frequently
sold on the day Of publication. The hrsI
edition Of NJ. Thiers's History Of the Con
sulate and the Empire Of France under Ma
poleon,' consisting Of ten thousand copies
was exhausted in Paris on the day of publ
cation, within the space Of few hours; anc
, orders were soon received for six thousand
copies OF the second edition. or HANNAH
More's religious novel, 'Cnlebs in Searcl
, Of Wife QS09O, ten editions were sol'
in the year OF its publication. Constable
calculated that nearly fifty thousand o
SCOTS Lady Of the Lake were sold il
} Great Britain, from the time OF its first ap
, pearance, in 1910, up to the middle Of 1886
/ The two thousand copies Of the first edition
; Of 'Marmion' were all sold, at the rate O
, guinea and a-half each, in less than
. month; and up to the middle Of 1896. it
4 computed that about fifty thousand eopie
had been sold. In the ten years that hav
elapsed since this calculation was made, tn
= aggregate number of copies sold Of bot
i these favorite poems has considerably il
= creased. From the fact Of one hundred an
a thirty editions Of 'Hoyle on Gaming havin
|, been published, and only sixteen editions {
, The Whole Duty Of Man. an unfavorabl
|, estimate has been drawn Of the morality {
!, the times.-ChamJers' Journal.
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The Literary Gazette says. that method
has been discovered and matured by which
sound will be made visible to the human
eye, its various forms and waves demon
strated to sight, and The power TO discrimi-
nate between the tones Of one musical in
strument and another be as complete as that
to observe the action Of water when disturb
ed by any material cause. The expert
ments are likely to be ere long repeated in
the Royal society.
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Lssk Forward, Age.
sY CALDER CAMPBELL

Thy youth hath long been passed-
The yerdure and the fowerage faded Iona.
LIES sunny smiles, amassed
In pleasant places amidst dance and am.
Live but in memories, that make them la
Like dried leaves in book. WIN
Pain, more than pleasure, dweIIs
Within such memories; therefore seek not Tho.
To dive within the cells 'a
Der which their siekly scent dead lille. III.
Nor ransack records, mid whose miIda~'',,
leaves
It's net the spider weaves.
Canst thou thy youth restore,
By seeking al its dried-uP fOunt the dr.B,b,
Which may not ever more,
HOwe'er so great thy thirst, by thee be ous,,.,,
The waters gone 10 waste, no longer fnn
All sparkling in the sun
The gray hairs on thy brow,
Turn they to PlenteOus auburn, as tbv tbo,...
Are with the LOng-ago, sns
Careering on the mist that vaguely float.
Over the past, through which all thing, An
pear
More bright, because less clear
And nimbler grow thy feet,
As thou in thought retraeest paths once t,o5
Undreaming that deceit
Followed thy footsteps DER the daisied sod,
Pause ere thou try st yOUth's dance with i'm
4 that tell 's
How years may vigor quell,
Then gaze not on the past
AS on picture, whence true lOvs NAV -.
OR thou wilt find at last
The bitterness Of lying vanities;
i And, like the reed that shakes TO every ,.;,,
Falls with thy fallen mind. .'
i But to the COMING look
Gaze to the Eastward-to the rising sun
See where the gushing brook
Doth from its source in vigorous brl ghtnessrp,,
Read back no leaf, but turn the onward oags
And so look forward, Age.
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a Bca.,Ia.I Ius..a.~.

A deaf and dumb person being asked to
give his idea Of forgiveness, took a pencil
and wrote-"It is the Sweetness which Aow-
ers yield when trampledSpon."
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From the AtAeneum,
Nox IA Erebas.

All! Lady mine,
Long, long hath been the season and unbleast,
Since gazed on thy blushing cheeks and pres
My burning lips to thine,
And, heard amid thy fond and passionate prayer,
Thy soft voice sooth my care.
Now-weary and alone
I'oveless-far from thee, and perchance for
got, -, i- .......-.
bid the Logging year speed on my lot, a.
And del mis- fate mine own
Who, rock fnd, did endure for many an age
The vuItve's quenchless rage.
too must feel,
Thro' many changeless year, the harpy Care
Frey on my failing hopes, and may not dare
Strive with him-tho' feel,
Were but thebonds Embossed, albeit all late,
wOuldfsmpel my fate.
Ever al ring.s fall. sa'aa riaaanss
When the lcsf'bfeeae doth wall complainingly
To the wild echoes Of the sullen sea,
l wander 10 recall acf .au oaE als-
Perchance, ia that strange tumult gathering
fast, % e-llai IN = lllI .
The voices Of the past. ..alagae 81 f.i q
In yain.--or far or near Is ra.tt ID 81.
1nwaye or wind--in sea or on the shore
Deep echoing to the restless waters roar
Vainly strive TO hear lsf a6i aaaas
Ths voice love, the tones that, soft and low,
SPake hope so long ago, 81 rraa is.fa
Vain, us yon sea- birds fight,
That beats with tagging wings the western
And, down fay driven, veers her snowy sail,
And thro' the gathering night
Drives, tempcsit-tost, athwart her shelterine
nest, -e'as eiHAa Pc eastA -
Weary and far from rests di'ns $50 "a
So, far from home -ss j n -. 4. n
Thus idly drilling by with pinion torn, .,..
Ear from thy love and thee, and all forlorn, -
Through the wild breakers foarn---
seek In 90 to make the wished-for spot,
Where thou shoudst be my lot
strive no more. d y VI 40 asain aesI
Ever the tempest hurries fiercer by sgas 4
Hopes star b lost amid the stormy slty
And, mid waters roar, . s',asl niae 90
seaward drive 10 Times dark gulph--the
grave: aos aaf .Hh aalatF Ve
Rage, rage. and break Life's wave! ss d
Plymouth, May 10 III. MS.
II is indifferent in what condition we
are, il we are not in that we wish for.
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LITERARY EXAMINER.


when the wind absted and the vessels wer
near enough, the Admiral was seen CONSTANT.
sitting in the stern, with book in his hand. Oh
tie 9th of September he was seen for the las
time, and was heard by the peopleof the Hind .
say, ave are as near Heaven by sea as b,
landg'' In the following night the lights of IN
ship suddenly diappeared- The people in the 9th
er vessel kept good look out for him during tn
remainder Of the voyage. On the 22d Of Sep
TENDER they arrived through much tempest an
peril at Falmouth But nothing more was seel
OF heard Of the Admiral Belkz0p's America
Biography, l. DOB
Southwark with his feet OF ice
Sailed the CorsaiT Death;
Wild and fast, blew the blast,
And the east-wind was his breath.
His lordly shipsof ice
Glistened in the sun;
On each side, like pennons wide,
Flashing crystal strearllets nun.
His sails of white sea mist
Drlpped with silveTrain;
But where he passed there werec cast
Leaden shadows DER the main.
Eastward from Campobello
Sir Humphrey Gilbert sailed;
Three days or more seaward he bore,
Then, alssl the land-wind failed.
Alas the land-wind failed,
Andice-cold grew the night;
And neyemOTe, on sea or shore,
Should Sir Humphrey see the light.
Hesat upon the deck,
The book was in his hand:
''Do not fear. Heaven is as near"
He sand ''by water as by landr'
In the frst watch of the night,
Without signals sound,
Out Of the sea mystenously,
The fleet of Death rose all around.
The moon and the evening star
Were hanging in the shruuds;
Every mast, as II passed,
Seemed 10 rake the passing clouds.
They grsppled with their pnze,
At midnight black and colds
Asof a rock was the shock;
Heavily the groUnd-swell rolled
Southwark through day and dark,
They drIft in close embrace;
With mist and rain to the Spanish main;
Yet there seems no change Of place.
Southwark, forever southwark,
They dnft through DARK and day;
And like dream, in the GulfStTeam,
Sinking vanish all away.
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A misef having heard very eloquent
charity sermon, exclaimed--"This sermon
so strongly proves the duty of aims, that |
have almost a mind to beg.
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! see that he is more happy that hath
nothing TO lose, than he that looseth that
which he hath. will therefore neither hope
for riches, nor fear poverty.
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When the heart Of man is serene and
tranquil, he wants to enjoy nothing but him
sell; every movement-evencorporeal move
msn,' shakes the trimming nectar-cup too
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A PosEs<--"Pal' uHraf E,l
"Well, my dea:, what is it?"
didn't yo1@ll me that the world was
round7,' isg lah a'aaasssr ~
Y "Yes." NJ
"Then Id like to know how il can come
to an end" laalrs z@ai.5a 81
my child. how often must / tell you not
10 talk when you sie eating. ~ 81
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! will use my friend as Moses did his rod.
While Il was rod he held it familisrly in
ms hand when once serpent. he ran away
from it. H1a - = 80 -
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Every sickness is little death. | will
be content to die oft, that I may die once
well.
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Modern poets putla great deal Of water
in their ink. ssis1sea q ifs artsM aasss
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II is indifferent in what condition We
are, il we are not in that we wish for.
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spend vows a. fast as vspors, which 20 Oh
Even with the tunes, their fsthers.''
But descriptive passages and poetical
writing will not suffice to make a tragedy,
and in the great requisites of drama,
"John Woodvil" is deficient.
II is on the Essays Of Ella" that Lambs
fame must rest. The foundation is strong
enough to last forever. There all moods
are reflected; every chord is touched, and by
master spit. W.T. humor, extravaganza,
qusintness, egotism, pathos, criticism, men
Ial analysis. taste, reverie, fancy, are by
turns exhibited, while the writing is gener.
ally exquisite. To read these essays is to
retain forever after pleasant flavor linger-
ing IN the mind, as Of some dreamy day In
childhood. Who ever forgot Mrs. Battle,
the Pragmatic disciplinarian, at whist Who
does not remember hospitable Capt. Jack.
son, whose magnificent imagination Trans