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eyes, Massa," said Boscn, bQwing very

low.
"Nonc of your bowiug to me--to me
Boscn, you good nothing old scoupdrcl.
Bow to the God of Heaven, not to me-"
a close observer might have seen a little
fire flash from the old gentlcmans eyes,
hnt it soon went out after this reproof.
"Now, Bosen, try itagain; "Thou shalt
serve no other God but me-" said my grand
father. with emp' .Ssis.on the word t'me."
"Thou shalt serve no other God but you,
Nlassa, said Bosen, with emphasis on ''you
maSSa."
"Takecofe! take carep' cried my grand
father, his temper only half restrained; !,
"take care what you are about, Bosen. /
see what you are at. You are trying to
make me mad again today, but Iwon't et
mad. will show you that / will govern
my temper, You know very well that L
didn tsay that, but will now make it so
plain that you can't mistake it. / warn
you to take care how you repeat it wrong,
for fyop do, you vii receive RS heavy afst
as ever struck against "a negros head"
Notwithstanding tho great effort made
to keep down his wrath, he was almost
boiling over The veins in his neck began
toswcll and to get black with anger. They
were almost as large as whip-cords And
Boscn too, was nearly frightened out of his
wits Poor old fe ow, he was afraid my
grandfather would think ho wanted to be
sold-and hence his persistence that he
did not want to serve any God but. "yop,
lnassa." =,
"Boseh, say after me, word for word'
exclaimed my grandfather, in illconcealed
anger. -"Thou--ttou, shalt -sholt, serve
-serce, no other+-no 6tlter., Cod God,
but me-" said my grandfather, with a great
flourish against his breast, s'butYau mas
sa, " said Bosen, with 4 great flourish Of bis
hand against his breast. $780,. =, ~ ....,.
tPox take the Internal old scoundrel,"
said my grandf, her; and suiting the Qc-
tion to the word, he struck him in the burr
of the car, and sent him whirling down the
stairs, near the head of which they hap
pened to be. In his course, he knocked
the door Fits hinges below, and fell spray
ling at The hall-door He gathered him
self up in the twinkling of an eye, and he
few out Of the house @
"Clear yourselves, said my grandfather,
E'pack and baggage, every one of you," and
he kicked them every one out of the room.
'Ilcre, said he, i'll towering passion,
"has that Internal old Scouudrol made me
commit sin when was trying to do good.
] kept down my temper as long as could,
but an angel couldnot hdvebopfemy tyidI,"
and he stputted round the room in. q whirl-
wind of rage. Boscn's nose got to bleed
ing from the fall, and as he ran towards the
kitchen, uncle Shf' heard him grumble to
himself: OFF got to serve no other God
but you, Dlassa, raddcr be to help
TUE PARTERRE-ADAPTATIoX OF Flower,
CCLTURE TO LADIEs.-Ihc cultivation and
study of ilowcrs appears more suited to fe-
males than to men They resemble them in
trr TIER tragility, beauty, and perishable nature,
j he mmosa may be hkened to n pure mind
ed and dclicato woman, who shrinks even
from the breath Of coptamination: and who,
if assailcd too rudoly by the finger of scorn
and reproach, wilrwithor and die from the
shock. a taste for trees, aud plants, and
flowers,is the love an enlightened mind and
tender heartpaysto nature. it is peculiar
attribute OF woman, exhibiting the gentleness
an purity OF her SEX and every husband
should encourage it, for his wife aud daugh-
ters will prove wiser, and happier, and bet
ter by It's cultivation. The pleasure derived
from n fine collection of flowers requires no.
commercially that the more varied and
perpetual the Towering, the greater is the
qualification to the observer. Themoralles
son that cam be obtained from 6owers, also
forms another fine characteristic in the flow
| er garden; for flowers not only please tho
eye, and crafty the passing observer, but
contain beauty in their structure in The
most minute parts and coloring that CONVEYS
a pleasing and natural lesson to the boholdcr,
with everything to please, and nothing to of
tend. In all its aspects and Influences the
cultivation Of flowers is a ddlightful employ
mont, and we'll adapted 10 the amusement of
a lady, who, with the assistance of n -laborer
to prepare the ground, may turn "a barren
waste into a 'beauteous flower garden with
her own hands. Sowing the seed, transplant
ing, watering, and training the plants, tying
them to sticks ne props, leading them over
tGellis-wQrk, and gathering their seed, are all,
suitable feminine occupations; and, from
their atfording motives for exercise in tho
open air, they contribute gfeatlytohealtlf OF
body, and tranquility Of mind. 'Thcre is also
refining inHuencein the cultivatonof flow
ers upon the female character, which does
not characterize any other einplOyment oftile
sex, so far as manual occupation merely is.
concerned, For this reason, every iady,
whether married or single, should encourage
a taste fOrthe delights ofthe garden:
TIE GUnLoTfNB. his instrumenSof ptfn-
ishmentwas introduced into France iii the
year 1890, when the National Assembly was
dcliberoting on the penal code, by Joseph
name. From motives Of humanity GuiIiotin'
proposed decapitation, a pmisbment hitiierl
to nsed only for mobiles, and introduced This
IN NuIti oh Ka1 fI,S,, 4 ::