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AN ENCOUNTER WITH A BoA-Mr. Mason,
in his recently published work, " Pictures in
Mexico" relates the following circumstances,
which occurred to him while lettering along a
shady path in the forest: 81 stepped aside for
moment to admire a rich tuft of purple flow
ers my mule having plodded on about eight or
ten yards ahead, when, as | turned from the
flowers towards the path, a sensation as of a
flash of lightning struck my sight, and saw
brilliant and powerful snake winding its coils
round the head and body of the poor mule. 1t
was large and magnificent boa, Ola black
and yellow colo:, and it had entwined the poor
beast so firmly in its folds, that ere he had
time to utter more than one feeble cry, he was
crushed and dead. The perspraton broke
out on my forehead as thought of my narrow
escape; and only remaining moment to view
the movements of the monster as he began to
uncoil himself rushed through the brushwood,
and did not consider myself safe until | was
entirely free of the forest
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HEALTH.-Do not be tempted to over-exer,
ton. 1t is not by a few surprising efforts that
the steam engine penetrates the solid rock, OF
lifts enormous weights, but by quiet, unceasing
application and 50 must the farmer allow him.
self time-the more labor to be accomplished
the greater the necessity for system and eau
ton. A sudden effort and haste often disables
hand for a whole season. Drink sparingly
of cold water when heated-drink slowly, a
swallow at a time, taking the glass away from
the lips at each swallow Retire early and rise
early. Man alone perverts nature in transpo.
sing the order of time for rest. The birds and
beasts retire and rise early.
Night is the time for rest;
How sweet, when labors close,
To gather round the aching breast
The curtain of repose
Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head
Upon ones own delightful bed
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enormous sizes were nAeO rOunu Tue ghiierles, re-
fleeing everything on the sea. A common
tower is now erected in its place. 9Th The
Walls of Babylon, built by order of Semiramis,
or NebuchadDezzar and finished in one year,
by 100000 men. They were Of immense thick
ness 9TH. The Temple of Diana, at Ephesus,
completed in the reign of Servius, 9th king OF
Rome. 1t was $50 feet long, 200 broad and
supported by l26 marble pillars, 20 feet high.
The beams and doors were of cedar, the rest
of the timber cypress. 1t was destroyed by fire,
B. c. 365.
HoME. Il know of no passage in classical
literature more beautiful or affecting than that
where Xenophon, in his Anabasis describes
the effect produced on the remnant of the ten
thousand Greeks when. after passing through
dangers without number, they at length as
cended sacred mountain and from its peak
and summit caught sight Of the sea- Dashing
their bucklers with hymn of joy they rushed
unanimously forward Some wept with the
fullness of their delirious pleasure others
laughed, and more fell on their knees and
blessed that broad ocean. Across its blue wa
tiers, little floating sea- birds, the memorials of
their happy homes, came and famed their
weary souls. All the perils they had encoun-
sSiNN1 WIZ ehCy hou iOoe, oii tiiC
miseries they had endured, were in an instant
forgotten, and nought was with them but the
gentle phantoms of past and future joys One
was again securing on his fleet steed across the
hoOf-trodden plains of Thessaly; another re-
clined beneath the fower-crowned rocks of
Arcadia, and gazed into the dreamy eyes of
her whose form, amid battle and bivouac, was
ever with him; a third recalled that proud day
VIXEN, before the streaming eyes of his over
joyed parents, and amid the reclamation of all
Greece he bore off from amid competitors the
laurel wreath Of the Olympan victor.
Oh, home! magical SPELL all-powerful home |!
how strong must have been thy influence, when
thy faintest memory could cause these bronzed
heroes of a thousand fights to weep like tear
full women! With the cooling freshness of
desert fountain, with the sweet fragrance of a
flower found in winter you came across the
great waters to those wandering men, and be-
meath the peaceful shadow of your wings their
souls found rest !-Selected.
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/ wait for thee.

The hearth is swept, the fire is bright,
The kettle sings for tea,
The cloth is spread, the lamps are light,
The hot cakes smoke in napkins white,
And now wait for thee.
Come home, love, homc-thy task is done
The clock ticks listcningly,
The blinds arc shut, the curtain down.
The warm chair to the frcsidc drawn:
Tue boy is on my knee
Come home, love, homc-his deep fond cy
Looks round him wistfully,
And when the whispering wind goes by,
As if the welcome step were nigh,
lie crows cxultingly.
In vain-hc finds the welcome vain
And turns his glance on mine
So earnestly that yet again
His form unto my heart strain
That glance is so like thine.
Thy task is donc-wc miss thee here
where'er thy footsteps roam
No heart will spread such kindly cheer,
No beating heart, no listening car
Like these will wait thee home.
Aha along the crisp walk fast
That wcll-known step doth come
The bolt is drawn, the gate IS passed,
The babe is wild with joy at last
\ thousand welcomes home
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YOUNG MEN.-Thc idea is prcva-
lent in some communities, that the
young men are unfit for generals or
statesmen, and that they must be kept
in the background until their physical
strength is impaired by age, and their
intellectual faculties blunted by years.
Let us look at the history of the past,
and from the long list of heroes and
statesmen who have nobly distinguish
cd themselves, we shall find that they
were young men who performed tl.osc
acts which have won for them an i'm
perishablc need of fame, and which
placed their names on the page Of his
tory. Alexander, the conqueror Of
the whole civilized world, viz /: Greece,
Egypt and Asia, died at thirty-thrcc.
Bonapartc was crowned Emperor of
France when thirty-threc years of
age. William Pitt was only 33 years of
age when in Britain's Parliament he
boldly advocated the cause of the A.
mcrican Colonies and but twenty
two when made Chancellor of the Ex-
chcquer. Edmund Burke, at the age
of twenty-five, was the First Lord of
the Treasury. Our own Washington
was but twenty-five when he covered
the retreat of the British at Braddock 5
defeat, and was appointed to be com
mander.in-chicf of all the Virginia
forces. Alexander Hamilton, at
twenty, was a Lieutenant Colonel and
aid to Washington at twenty-five a
member of Congress, and at thirty-two
Secretary Of the Treasury. Thomas
Jefferson was but twenty-thrcc when
he drafted the cvcrmemorablc Dec.
laration of Independence. At the
age Of thirty years, Sir Isaac New
ton occupied the mechanical chair at
Cambridge College, England, having
by his scientific discoveries rendered
his name immortal.
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TIE New YoRK WoRLD's FAIR
The directors of the Association for the
Exhibition of the Industry of all Ma
tions recently adopted a very sensible
resolution; to appoint local Committees
in the principal manufacturing and COM
morcial States of the Union, to interest
the manufacturers of the country, and to
secure Il full representation of Amcri-
can Industry. We are very glad to
learn that this resolution is responded to
with aiacrity by the Eastern producers.
The Boston Committee is composed Of
Samuel Lawrence, Marshall p Wilder.
George 5. llillard, Nathan Hale, Otis
Tufts,J r Stevenson James w. Paige.
and We learn that they are entering into
the matter with spirit, which We
doubt not will be initiated in other cities
We learn that the reports from the
foreign department of the Exhibition
arc very flattering, and we are told that
the only difficulty for Mr. Buschck will
be to decide what he shall rcfuse. IL is
quite impossible that the European man
ufacturcrs should not eagerly avail them
selves of this opportunity of coming be-
fore the American public.
Mr. Whitman, the Canada Agent of
the Association, has returned and brings
word that the people of the British
Provinces are stirring themselves active
ly in the matter Indeed,we sec this by
the Montreal and Quebec papers.-Nc,e
York Daiiy Tribunc.
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STATISTICS OF CoTToN MANuFAc1uREs
IN RussM.-Accordng to recent Off
cial report upon the manufactures and
domestic trade of Russia, there are in
that Empire I5s manufactures of Cot
ton, divided among Sc of the Provinces.
The Province or Government of Ka-
luga numbers 27, that of St Peters
burgh ls.Moscow Q, Vladimir, Wahl-
himen, Wjadka, Orcl and Jaroslaw, 7
each, &c, The amount of goods manu-
factured is about 100000 pieces, esti-
mated at 100000 silver rubles, and
giving employment to about l4,300 indi-
viduals About half of these goods are
printed, adding a value to the above Of
some 2,0000U0 silver rubles, and employ
ing some 5000 laborcrs additional A.
bout 650,000 pieces were woven upon
power looms, the rest by hand.-New
York Daily Tribune