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Result of Habit and industry.

Bulwer worked his way to eminence-
worked it through failure, through ridicule.
His facility is only the result Of practice
and study. He wrote at first very slowly
and with great difficulty; but he resolved to
master his stubborn instrument OF thought.
and mastered 1t. tie has practiced writing
as an art, and has rewritten some Of his
essays, (unpublished) nine or ten times
over. Another habit will show the advan.
tage OF continuous application. He only
works about three hours day-ffom ten
in the morning I'LL one,-seldom later
The evenings. when alone, are devoted to
reading, scarcely ever to writing. Yet
what an amount Of good hard labor has re-
suited from these three hours lie writes
very rapidly. averaging 20 pages day Of
novel print.-Bentiey's Miscellany.
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Nutmeg Tree.

The nutmeg tree lOurishes in Singapore
near the equator. 1t is raised from the no,
in nurseries, where it remains until the fin
year, when it puts forth its frs, blossoms
and shows It's sex. Ii IS then set Out Der.
manently. The trees are planted thirty Zee,
apart, in diamond OrdeG--a male tee in The
centre. They begin to bear in the eighth
year, increasing for many years and Ihey
pay large profit. There is no nutmeg sea
son. Every day Of the year shows buds
blossoms and fruits, in every stage Of growth
to maturity. The nutmeg is large and
beautiful tree, Of a thick foliage and rieh
green color. The ripe fruit is singularly
brilliant. The shell is glossy black, and
the mace it exposes when it bursts, IS Of
brigh, scarlet, making the tree one Of the
most beautiful objects Of the vegetable world
-EI. Paper.
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origin OF the Beard.

Van Helmont tells us, that Adam was
created without beard, but that after he
had fallen and sinned, because Of the sinful
propensities which he derived from the
fruits Of the forbidden tree, a beard was
made part Of his punishment and disgrace,
bringing him thus into nearer resemblance
with the beasts towards whom he had made
his nature approximate. The same stigma
was not inflicted upon Eve, because even
in the fall she retained much of her former
modesty, and therefore no such oPprobrious
mark. Van Helmont observes, also, that
no good angel ever appears with beard;
and this, he says. is capital sign by which
angels may be distinguished.-The Doctor.
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ll.dwin ma Rsnma-

A monument bearing the following in
scription has been set up lately against the
west end Of Bowes Church, in Yorkshire,
by a gentleman Of the name Of Dinsdale,
to perpetuate the remembrance of remark
able incident which occurred there many
years ago:--"Roger VrightsOn, jr., and
Martha RailtOn. both of Bowes, buried in
one grave: he died in fever, and upon the
tolling Of his passing bell she cried out, my
heart is broke and in a few hours expired.
purely thro' love-" Such is the brief, touch.
ing record contained in the parish register
Of burials. Ii has been handed down by
unvarying tradition that the grave was al
the west end Of the church. directly beneath
the bells. The history Of these true lovers
forms the subject Of Mallet's ballad, Ed
win and Emma. darlington Times.
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How sweet is social Affection When
the world is dark without, we have light
within. When cares disturb the breast
when sorrow broods around the heart
what Joy gathers in the circle OF love! We
forget the world, with all its animosities.
while blest with social kindness. That
man cannot be unhappy who has hearts thai
vibrate in sympathy with his own-.who is
cheered by the smiles OF affection end the
voice of tenderness. Let the world be dark,
cold-let The hate and animosity Of bad
men gather about him in the place Of bust
ness; but when he enters the ark Of love
his own cherished circle-he forgets all
these, and the cloud passes from his brow
and the sorrow from his heart. The warm
sympsthies OF wife and children dispel eve.
ny shadow, and he feels thrill Of Joy in
his bosom which words are inadequate tC
express. He who is stranger to the Joys
of social kindness. has not begun to live
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Cause Of Dark Color Of the skin.

Darkness Of complexion has been attrib-
uted to the suns power, from the age Of
Solomon to this day.-''LOok not upon me,
because | am black, because the sun hath
looked upon me-" and there cannot be q
doubt, that to certain dagree, the opinion
is well founded. The invisible rays in the
solar beams. which change vegetable color,
and have been employed with such remark.
able effect in the paguerreO:ype, act upon
every substance upon which they fall, pro-
ducing mysterious and wonderful changes in
their molecular state, man not excepted
Mrs. SOmerriNe.
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ousntum Ienta solent inter yiburna cupressi.
Chursh DeIls.

There's something beautiful in the church
bells. Beautiful and hopeful! They talk
TO high and low, rich and poor, in the same
voice; there's sound in them that should
score pride and envy, and meanness Of all
sorts, from the heart Of man; that should
make him look on the world with kind for.
giving eyes, that should make the earth IL
self seem to him, at least for time, holy
place. Yes, there is a whole sermon in the
very sound Of the church bells, if we have
only the ears rightly to understand it,
There is preacher in every belfry, that
cries, Poor, weary, struggling, lighting
crestures-poor human things! take rest, be
quiet. Forget your vanities, your follies,
your weekday craft, your heart-burnings!
And you, ye human vessels. gilt and paint
ed, believe the iron tongue that tells ye that
for all your gliding, all your colors, ye are
the same Adams earth with the beggar at
your gates. Come away, come, cries the
church bell. and learn to be humble; learn
that, however daubed and stained, and stuck
about with Jewels, you are but grave clay
Come, Dives, come; and be taught that all
your glory, as you wear it, is not half so
beautiful in the eye Of Heaven, as the sores
of accomplishing Lazarus! And ye, poor
creatures, Hvid and faint-stinted and crush
ed by the pride and hardness Of the world
come, come, cries the bell with the voice Of
an angel-come and learn what is laid up
for We. And learning. take heart, and walk
amongst the wickedness, the cruelties OF
the world, calmly, as Daniel walked among
the lions. douglas JerrOld.
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A Winner

Hangs out his bush to show he has not
good wine; for that, the proverb says, needs
il not. lie had rather sell bad wine than
good, that stands him in no more; for il
makes men sooner drunk, and then they are
the easier reckoned. BY the knaveries be
acts above-board, which every man sees, one
may easily take measure OF those he does
underground in his cellar; for he that will
pick a mans pocket 10 his face, will not
stick to use him worse in private, when he
knows nothing of il. He does not only
spoil and destroy his wines, but an ancient
reverend proverb, with brewing and rack
ing, that says, I'm zinc Ueritas;" for there
is no truth in his, but all false and sophis-
ticated; for he can counterfeit wine as cum
ningly as Apelles did grapes, and cheat
men with il, as he did birds. He is an
AntichIistian cheat; for Christ turned water
into wine, and he turns wine into water.
He scores all his reckonings upon two Ia
bles, made like those of the Ten Com
mandments, that he may be put in mind to
break them as oft as he possibly can; espe'
cially that of stealing and bearing false
witness against his neighbor, when he draws
him bad wine, and swears it is good. and
that he can take more for the pipe than the
wine will yield him by the bottle-a trick
tina, Jesuit taught him to cheat his own
conscience with. When he is found to
|oveI.reckon notoriously, he has one com
mon evasion for all, and that is, to say il
was a mistake; by which he means that be
thought they had not been sober enough tC
discover it; for if it had passed, there haC
been no error at all in the case.-'Samue
Butler.
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The Sen.

II keeps eternal whisperings around
Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell
Gluts twice the thousand caverns, till the
spell
or Hecate leaves them their old shadowy
sound.
Often tits In such gentle temper found,
That scarcely will the very smallest shell
be moved for days from where 1t sometime
fell,
When last the winds Of heaven were unbound.
Oh ye! who have your eyeballs vexed and tlr-
ed,
Feast them upon the Wilderness Of the sea;
Oh ye! whose ears are dinn'd with uproar rude,
Or fed too much with cloying melody
Sit ye near some old cavern's mouth and brood
Until ye start, as If the sea-nymphs quired
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ldienea..

Said the distinguished Chatham to his son,
81 would have inscribed on the curtains Of
your bed and the walls Of your chamber,
III you do not rise early you can never
make progress in anything. II you do not
set apart your hours of reading, if you snr.
Ter yourself, or any one else to- break in
upon them, your days will slip through
your hands Improbable and frivolous, and
by YOURSELF"
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30
The Late Weather.

81 have no coPPers, my good man," said
a gentleman, ''but I'll remember you, one
OF these fine days." "Long life to your
honor!" exclaimed the crossing-sweeper.
"Sure enough, I'm eternally indebted to
you. The gentleman was well pleased
with this answer and he tried the same
promise the next crossing he came to. ''One
OF these fine days, mon!' repeated the eros
sing-sweePer. who happened to be Scotch
man. "Weel. | dinna mind. if you'll al.
low me interest. "-Punch.
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A.tIsaiss OF the EI-e,rIe TsI@srayh.

In Arthur oungs travels IN France
from 1881 10 1883. published at Bury 81.
Edmund's, in 1892, we find the following
passage, which clearly points on, the dis
covery of the principle and practice Of the
electric telegraph: ''ln electricity he Mons.
Lomond,) has made a most remarkable
discovery: you write two OF three words on
a paper; he takes it with him in a room.
and turns a machine enclosed in a cylin,
drical case, at the top Of which is an elec-
trometer, a small fine piIh ball; wire con
meets with similar cylinder and elecuOm
eter in distan. apartment; and his wife, by
remarking the corresponding motions Of the
ball, writes down the words they indiCste,
from which it appears tina, he has lomed
an alphabet Of motions. As the length Of
wires makes TO difference in the effect,
correspondence might be carried on at suy
distance; within OF without hesiegsd tow
for instance; or for purpose much moTs
worthy, and a thousand times more harm.
less, between two towns prohibited or pre-
vented from any better cOnnectien.
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FROM rHE LITr, LE-rTEKs AND LIrKR..v
OF John KEATS, LATELY PvuIJsar', 1AlSs

FROM rHE LIFr, LElrTERs AND LEFER..x
OF John KEATS, LATELY rvuIIsa,', lana
They tod not, neither do t.sx 49,,
One morn before me were three sv,,
"'a bowed neeks' and joined hands a..
And one behind the other s,enn,d -.
In placid sandals, and in White ,abse,
They Pass'd, like figures on amsIIis ceu;
when shifted round 10 see the other .i|.l'
Ihey came again; as when the urn once,
isshlited round, the first seen shaJss -
anu they were strange to me, as NAV be,,S.H
WIN vases TO one deep IN Phidiah lore.
How Is it, ShadOwsl that knew We not,
How came ye muffied in so hush a ma,
Was II silent deep disguised blot
To steal away, and leave without at,sI
My iule Jays klpe was the drOwsy hour.
The bllssiul cloud Of summer Indolepc-
Benumb'd my eyes; my pulse grew -,
am haS no sung and pleasures wlesh
%, why did We not melt, and leave nv san.
Unhauntelq quite Of all but-nOthingne,,s
A third time pass'd they by, and. pas.,n, f..
Each one the face moment whilaS H.
Then faded, and 10 follow them bum'd
And ached for wings, because 4 kne, d
three; 'hs
The frst was fair Maid, and Love h,
name; Aei
The second was Ambition. pale Of cheek
And ever watehiul with fatigie,l eve.
The last, whom | love more ibs ,,..-
blame AOie o.
lsheaped upon her, maiden most ,,Dr,.sl
| knew to be my demon POesy.
They faded, and, fOrsooth! wantel vim.
o follyl What Is Love- and where 80
And for that poor Amb.tionl il springs
From mans little hearts short fever Fl.
fOf FOesy.-nO,-she has not a i0y.-
Al least ioI me so sweet as dIOwsy no..a.
AMI s~sutnsS stssp'd in l-snis-l ....a.L.s
%, for an age 80 SHELTERED fTom anna
That ! may never know Low change tie
Or hear the voice Of busy common sense
And once more came they by;-alssl Wherein,
Ny sleep had been embIoider'd Win H..
dreams; -''''
My soul had been a lawn bespnnkIed DER
With fOwers, and stirring shades. and bstss5
beams:
The morn was cloudel, but no ~kowerasu
| Tho IN her lids hung the sweet tear, Of Msv.
The open easement pIess'd new-Ieave,I y,ns
Letlnthe budding warmth and thns,tis's Is,-
| % Shadows! twas time u bld fsreveUi
Upon your skirts had fallen no tear Of m,D4
SO, ye three Ghosts, adIeu, We cannot rsl.e
My head eOOl-bedded IN the flOwery gas.
For would not be dieted with praise,
A pet lamb IN a sentimental faTcei
/ Fade softly from my eyes, and he Grcf ufars
In masque Ike figures ON the dIeamy nm
FAREWELL yet have visions for the night.
And for the day faint visions there i. ,t.re.
Vanish, ye PhantOms, from my lille yplrght
Into the clouds, and never more TetuTr.
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sonnets by John Kcas..
FROM THE uFE AND REMAINS OF JOHN KEAr

FROM THE LIFE AND REMAINS or JOHN KEATS.
oh! how love on fair summers eve,
When streams of light pour down the golden
west,
And ON the balmy zephyrs tranquil rest
The silver clouds, far-far away TO leave
All meaner thoughts, and take a sweet reprieye
From little cares; TO find, with easy quest,
Arrogant wild, with natures beauty drest,
And there into delight my soul deceive;
There warm my breast with patriotic lore,
Musing on Millions fate--en Sydney's bier
Till their stern forms before my mind arise,
Perhaps on wing Of poesy upsoaT,
Full often propping delicious tear,
When some melodious sorrow spells mine
eyes.
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Experiment. wish ChIsroGsrm

In the Lancet, Mr.. Nunnely, Of Leeds,
states that chlorOiorm and other anaestheu,
agents can, he believes. be applied locally
to part to produce local insensihihly to
pain,-the brain being unaffected conscious
ness being retained, and the limbs and other
parts not subjected to the action Of the an
aesthetic agent retaining their usual anrs-
thetic condition. His opinions regarding
the supposed value and safety Of this new
mode Of A. lnisteIing anas;hetic agents
had been formed by Mr.. Nunely on the re
suits Of experiments. By the local aPPLt
cation Of chlorolom to the limbs Of frogs
and ,oads and the hind legs Of rabbits he
had rendered these parts snesthetie; and he
obtained (he states) similar results in the
human subject from keeping his finger I'M
morsed IN ansssthetfc fluids for nail an hour
or an hour. In one case, where the opera
ton for artificial pupil was to be undergone,
he had (he mentions) rendered the parts
nearly insensible by applying to the eye
for twenty minutes previously small
quantity Of the vaPOr Of chloroiom.-Atls-
nduM.
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Orien,aI -s., ,

"Every man." an Eastern legend says,
"has two angels, one upon his right shoulder
and one upon his left When he does any
thing good, the angel on his right shoulder
writes it down and seals il; because what is
once well done, is done forever. When he
does evil, the angel upon his left shoulder
writes it down, but does not seal it. He
waits until midnight. II before that time,
the man bows down his head and exclaims,
"Gracious ALA! | have sinned!-forgive
mel" the angel rubs it out but if not, at
midnight he seals it, and the angel upon
his right shoulder weeps.
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Stammering (says COleridge) IS some
times the cause Of pun. Some one was
mentioning in Lambs presence the cold
heartedness Of the Duke Of Cumberland,
in restraining the Duchess from running
up to the embrace Of her son, whom she
had not seen for a considerable time, and
insisted on her receiving him in state.
"How horribly cold it was" said the mar
rator.
"Yes," said Lamb, in his stammeTing
way, "but you know he is Duke Of CO
cumberland"
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Advice 60 the gsarr;.a

Two persons who have chosen each 9th
or out OF all the species, with design to be
each others mutual comfort and entertain.
ment. have, in that action, bound themselve,
to be good humored, affable, discreet. for.
giving, patient, and joyful. with respect 70
each Others frailties and projections to the
end OF their lives.-Addison.
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LITERARY EXAMINER.
How beautiful q. Day
ny AWE eEoReE cRANT.

El JANE bEoNsE HhoNA'
How beautiful is DAY
O'er the laughing earth and sea,
When il startles sleep away,
And awake 20 fly TO thee.
When the cold dawn-tints, dim ana e0'o'
Change TO purple and to gold
And a rapture all untold
Lights the path for love and me:
When see lie radiance play
Ger thy gentlelip and brow
Oh, how beautiful Is Day!
And how beautiful art THoU!
How beautiful is Noon,
When meet the in thee shade
OF the leafy woods Of June
Like a spirit Of the glade,
When the winds breathe soft and low,
TO the brooklet's Silly flow,
And all nature seems 20 know
Thou art listening, dearest maid,
When hear the murmured tune
OF thy sweet voice, sweet as now
Oh, how beautiful is Noon
And how beautiful art THOU!
How beautiful is Eve,
When its golden smiles depart
Slow away, as loth to leave
ought so lovely as thou art.
When the dews begin to weep,
And the first pale star TO peep,
Like an angel sent to keep
Nigils DER thee when we part,
When the twilight seems TO grieve,
As it dies upon thy brow
Oh, how beautiful is Eve.
And how beautiful art THoF,
How beautiful is NIGHT,
Der the dreaming earth and sea.
When the moon, in virgiR-whiie,
Wanders mOdestly, like thee.
When he beams, in silver fight,
Deepen more, with tender light,
All the magic and the might
OF thy beauty, love, 10 me!
When her starry eyes are bright,
Like thine own, my dearest now
Oh, how beautiful is Night!
And how beautiful art THoU.
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They that govern most, make least noise
You see when they row in barge thew
That do drudgery work, slash, and puff, and
sweat but ne that governs, sits quietly at
the stern, and scarce is seen to stir.-Selden
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Good nature is one Of the sweetest glits
of Providence. Like the pure sunshine, Il
gladdens. enlivens and cheers. IN mo
midst of hate, revenge, sorrow and desPan'
how glorious are its effects.
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Do not wait for extraordinary oPPoHuhi-
ties for good actions, but make use OF com
mon situations. A long continued walk IS
better than a short fight.
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BODILY Infirmis5es.

Bodily infrmities, like breaks in a wall
have often become avenues through which
the light Of Heaven has entered the soul.
and make the imprisoned image long for re-
lease.--Dr. Waits.
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When Simonides offered to teach Inc,
mistocles the art OF memory, ne answered
"Ah, rather teach me the art OF forgetting;
for often remember what would not ana
cannot forget.
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They that marry ancient people merely
in expectation to bury them, hang them,
selves in hope that some one will come and
cut the halter.
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Men of the noblest dispositions think
themselves haPPiest when Others share with
them in their happiness.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-09-30

If you will be happy, correct your ima-
ginahon by reason. reject opinion and live
according to nature.
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Doubtless the pleasure is as great
In being cheated as to cheat;
As lookers-on feel most delight
That least perceive jugglers sleight;
And still the less they understand,
The more they admire his sleight-of-hand.
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Au,Iaui,y OF Nursery Rh,me..

Many OF these are centuries old. "a
man of words and not of deeds" is found
in MS. of the seventeenth century in the
British Museum; differing, indeed, from the
version now used, but still sufficiently sim
Liar to leave no question as to the identity.
The following has been traced to the time
of Henry VI, singular doggerel, the Joke
OF which consists in saying it SO quickly
that il cannot be told whether it is English
or gibberish.
"in fir tar is,
In oak none is,
In mud eel is,
In clay none Is,
Goat eat ivy,
Mare eat OATS
multiplication is vexation, a painful
reality 40 seheel beys, S"As fosAA fsrV
years ago, in Ms. dated 1870; and the me-
mortal lines Thirty days hath September,
occur in the Return from ParnasSus, an old
play printed in 1906. The old song OF
the "Carrion Crow sat on an Oak" was dis
covered in MS, Sloane, 1889, Of the time
OF Charles l., but under a different form:
"Hic hoe, the carton crow,
For have shot something too low;
have quite missed my mark,
And shot the poor SOW TO the heart;
Wife, bring treacle in a spoon,
Or else the poor sow's heart will down.
"Sing song Of sixpence" is quoted by
Beaumont and Fletcher. "Buz, quoth the
blue fly" which is printed in the nursery
half-penny books, belongs to Ben Jonson's
Masque Of Oberon. Tailor of Bicester, -
was originally sung in the game called
"Leap Candle" mentioned by Aubrey; and
the old ditty of "Three Blind Mice" is
found in the curious music book entitled
Deuteromelta; or the second part Of Mu
sicke's Melodie, 1906. And so on Of 9TH
ers, fragments Of old catches and popular
songs being constantly traced in the aPPa-
rently unmeaning rhymes Of the nursery
We have recently been at an auction sale,
an old copy of the nursery rhyme of slack
Homer" in its original state; not mere
fragment, but long metrical history, emit
tied "The Pleasant History of Jack Hor-
ner, containing his witty tricks and FRANKS
which he played from his youth to his ripper
years; right pleasant and delightful for win
ter and summers recreation" with four
frightful woodcuts, not having, as far as we
could see, any connection with the tale.