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RATE oETHe AposrLes+4lSt.l Matthew
is supposed to shases suffered mmtyrdom,o
was put to death by tbesword at the city
oflEthiopia. alsa Ese ke ,
ST, Mark was dragged through htheysireets.
of Alexandria, in Egypt till he expired. =
St. Luke was'hapgcd upon AN olive tree,
IN Gfeeue.l 81 Esst as fiT'%s
ST. John was put into a caldron Of boil
ing oil at Rome and escaped death. lie
afterwards died natural deatba, Ephcstis,
in Asia, .,tes.a sz'.t,sea a"> g .1.'
|, ST. sJames the Great was bchoaded at Je.
rusalen. rTsst. ~ ~ ,~is tta 5
ST, James the Less was thrown from a
pinnacle or wing OF IT,, temple, and then
beaten to death will a. fuller's olub.,' e+'~s
ST. Phillip was hanged up against pill:
lar at Iferapolis, II city of Phyrgia.
% ST. Barthoomewowas tlayed alive by the
command OF n barbarous king. sef t,t
ST. Andrew was bound to cross, whence
he prancbed To the people till he expired.
+ ST. Thomas, was ruu through the body
by a snce,near Malipar,iu the last Indies.
Z St.aJude was shot TO death with arrows.
st. Simeon Ielotes WAS cruci6ed in Per,
sia ,--1,,s. 50 .se, yyD
st. Matthias was stoned and then be.
headed. 50. y. '.
TX China when man COMMITS suicide
they Immediately hang whoever, by often
ding or thwarting him, has been The cause
Of the rash deed, and give the goods Of the
offendefto the family of the snicijc, so that
many gentlemen Of failing health and slen
der means manage to getinsultcl by d rich
man, hang themselves, and have the pleas.
ing assurance that their families viii be
handsomely provided for. Pleasant sort Of
life insurance, and China is a great country,
THE DIFFIcuL1Y OF ,WAIrIwGg--In the
course Of political leader, the London
Times enuuciates the following iruisms,
which, though perhaps trite, are worth pon-
dering on: rs,fa. ss- a.ss
+" or course IL is very hard to wait. no
matter whetleryou have TO wait in ceftain-
~ oriu ac,;Ss ,@heIher for lhe fuli!.nent
Of a promise or the arrival Of a 'shipload uf
money waiting is tedious, and one feels
that patience is a virtue. Young Hopeful
cannot, wait for dinner, and spoiis bis appe-
lite and digestion with apples, and 5rcad
and butter. Older grown, he cannot wait
for his majpritS, and bortows. Tell people
10 wait, and they answer that life is ali
waiing That they have waited long enough,
and waiting makes fools. Yet waiting is
The school of moral strength. The grand
est achievements have to be, waited for
Small minds are always 6azing and leaking
so whe0'thc tip'e comes they are found Ell
thel stale or empty" = Al
s Mrs. P.ARTINGToN on WEDbINGs.4-' /
| lketo 'lend weddings, !" said Mrs Parting
ton, as she came back lromA one IN church,
aud hung hersiiamss ,t,p, aud fep1acca tiis
bonnet iartlieelong preserved baudboS. ~
llikeio sceyonng people como togc,heT With
tue promise 10 love, cherish, aud noatish
, each other. Bubitis solumn thing, this
ma,rimouy very solemn thing where
/ The minister comes into the chancery with
his surplus on, and goes. through the cere,
+, mony Of making them tnan and wife IL
ought 10 bo husband aud wife, for St isn't
every busljan'lthat tnrns ont TO be Al man.
declare never shall forget whey Paul
| put the nuptial ring on MY finger and said
'With my goods I@lliee lepdow.' q lie used
to keep dry goods store them aMlHl II II
he was going TO give me the whole there
/ was in it. was young and simple, and
didp't Know I'LL afterwards that it meaut
onlycone calico dress a YeaFw+ s,s
Nor long since, q J" Friend,r Who re-
joiced in the name of Comfort, paid his de.
voirs TO II young and attractive Quaker
widow, namcd Rachel III. Either her griefs
were too new, or her lover too old or from
other causes, his oifor was declined Where.
upon.a Quaker friend remarked . TnaU
IL was the first modern Instance he had
known, where Rachel refused to be Com
forted."E The hAnecdoto isrematkable, as
being the first QOakcr pun on record.
One EAcu I'VE read in the Norman.
die: "A most extraordinary fact has Just
occurred IN. lhe neighborhood of Comteville
Tho daughter ofafsherman, Marie c.,
who married, abeut'a year ago, John DA---
negro sailor, native of an English colony,
! has just given birth to twins, girl and a
| boy, The formeris white, like the mother,
and ibe latter black, like the father 49,
A POOR Irishmnp, seeing d crowd Of peo;
! pie approaching, asked what was the mat.
ter. He was answered, ga man going to
be buried" 'Oh," replied he, an stop 10
see that, forwe carry them TO be buried in