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Valuo Of Intellectual Training.

4NiN . u ne l'nkH up Mont"nar. the haN-
soonest and witti,.>t of his cour,icrs.
III has the same effect upon the mind
Simtla, v"nr d,in,ic> have n,nu my chrcls'
The hukr WAS remarkable for Il fine
r"mr"x"n.
Sir john Il"rsrl"l says "If I were to
l.rav fora TASTE whi.li >h"ni:l stand m" TN.
'!rr every variety Of circu:n>;anr,.. and l. II
>"nrr" "t happiness and cl".,fulmrS~ 70 mr
through i;", and shield against its ills.
l:"wrv"r things >!r,rl 20 ayrinst ~" and
! II" word ir"wn upon me, it would be Il
taste Err r'ahny.'
This taste for literature. this habit Of
rni'iva'ing the m;,rl, should hc formed in
early He. The mental soil becomes So
"vrv-r"wn will weeds. if these are allowed
I" 'a'i'' roe" III the spring. that late in the
summer neither flowers nor fruits hav, room
To expand:
"a youth of fully, an old age of cards"
The Young girl whose immortal faculties
are n! I'!trr~'l away upon ilounrcs and
opera aInnsia will grow into a vapid. siIiv
OIL woman, shrn cd hv the :, l'i>h tolerated
toy the generous, and incapable Of inspiring
any higher sentiment than tho compassion
nearly allied to contempt A butterfly belle.
may, at sixteen. ;,tlric, 'ihc whit -rnv,.l
h""nS; hn'. alas: for "A butterfly Of sixty
. Instances ":si,c!'. aud h"plnr;,hle ones, too,
"" have seen; ihcr; are few more lu,nilia-
ting >prr';nl"> for our sex. Skill in the
! fine arts Is drliyh'!ui--a source of un!ailiur
pleasure to It's p"s>rssor and her circle of
trl"n'iS ; hnt i, is on V in rare instances that
nature ~ivrs talent for art worth the years
%: tim" an,l he Very larc" amount ofmunry
necessary before the woman can attain an
excellence that rewards her aud her family
for 'h"ir s;lcr lirs. The cultivation of el,.
CANT literature is in the power nf every one
who has leisure {; aud what Young lady has
not time on her hands? 1t is the cheapest.
4. The easiest Of Accomplishments. Is it the
least valuable? Which is the more dcsi,a-
'''" friend or co,npan;on? Which is cara-
hie nf giving more entertainment, at home.
or abroad. hy the ti,.S;nc or i'm the Iurne,,
assembly? the woman who can warblc half
Il dozen co""thos rs we'll as Il tculh.ra,c
"pera-singrr, or she whose wrlstor,d. well.
ha!anc"d mind is filed with the briuL,
Ideas "' the best writers ofrvery age whose
ample funds Of kn"wIcdgr is ready on every
occasion whose wit-not erraiic or sarcas-
tIc. brt Property curhrd and tempered with
k'"'n"Ss-givcs brilianry TO old thoughts {;
and whose well cultured judgment is able
To produce new ideas We can dance and
| sing but few years ut most we can converse
all our lives, unless our in,cllccts have been
weakened by years Of habi,ual repression
and FICTITIOUS torp"r.
TIE WOMAN.
Women are the real cflirirnts that settle
| the great points of human existence. They
exert :hrir Influence at a number Of distinct
; ep"chs. They tr,trr Us (maIcs alike before
and after marriage; though many of them
are wise enough TO silence the clankiur,
. an'l t" 'o"rcai the iron. They rne us in
I in'n.v-in m:iuri,v-in age. No other
! hand knows TN" tender, :.lroii, anl proper
mode OF b'n'ling onr hr"ws in pain and
sickness. They stand by US il, the last
;ia""ics with uniiring and un.liSmavcd faith.
tnn"s<. They snoth onr dying momcurs-
They shed the choicest tears of memory
! that water our turf. They are purer, less
selfish. less destitute oftrue moral courage.
| more susceptible Of kind and generous inn
prrs>ions, and far more so Of religious feel
| ing than men. Surely, then. everything
which concerns the education Of this better
half OF the species bs "fintrnsic importance
If this world is ever to become better and
happier world, Woman, well educated, dis
ripinc'l. and principIed, sensible Other own
influenrc, and wise and bene violent TO cxe, t
it Alright, must bc the original mover in
this great work.
| STORY OF A JEW.
The Countess D'Anlnoy, in her Letters
from SPain," relates this anecdote of an es-
cape from the Holy Office of tho Inqnisi-
tion: "a jew, named lshmael. WAS put into
the prison of the Inqni>i,ion ofScvlle, with
father, who was Rabbin Of their law. AZ
ter four years of confinement, Ishmael, hav-
ing made hole, clbed up to the top OF
the tower, and, making uses"f ropes which
ehe had provided she Shutdown the wall Will,
great deal ofTdanger: ,lu. having got
down. lie reproachsd himself for having
abandoned his father. And without consid
boring the risk he had run, after, more than
one manner, seeing bis father and he were
c6ndemned, andswereto be led, in few