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WatcheKtbe snow, and shlvorlng slg^s,
Aa the wild cQtlew'round him aics;
Or, huddled underneath a thorn.
Sits praying for the lingering morn.
February, bliiffond hold,
O'oic'/nrrows striding, scorns the cold:
Aid with his horses two abreast,
Mfll^es the keen plough do hia behest.
Bough March comes blustering down the road,
Inlils:WTath-liand the o^^n's goad;
Ori witii a'rpugh and angry haste.
Scatters the «eed"o'er tho dark waste.
AprU,'a chlid,"hnlt tears, half Bmllcs.
Trips full onittle playful wiles;
Andi langhlns'heath her rainbow hood.
Seeks the wild violets In the wood.
May, the bright ihaldon, singing goes.
To where the snowy hawthorn blows.
Watching tlie lambs leap In the dell,
List'nlng the simple village bell.
Jnne, with Ihe.mower's scarlet lacc,
Moves o'er the plovcr-fleld apace.
And f^t Ills crescent scythe sweeps on
O'er spots from whence the larlc has flown.
July—tiie firmer, happy fellow, .
Laughs to jseethecorn grow-yellow:
The heavy grain he tosses np.
From his right hand as from a cup.
August—the reaper; cleaves his way
Through golden waves at break of day;
Or, on his wagon plied with corn.
At sunset; home Is proudly borne.
September, with his braying hound,.
Leaps fence aud pale at every bound;
And casts Into the wind In scorn
All cares anddangersfromhlshoru.
October comes, a woodman old,
Fenced with tough leather from the cold;
Round swings his sturdy axe, and lo:
A firibranch foils at every blow.
November cowers before tlie flame.
Bleared crone, forgetting her own name I
Watching the blue smoke curling rise.
And broods tipon old memories.
December, fat and rosj-, strides,
His old heart warm, well clotheil his sides,
Wllhi kindly word for young and old,
The cheerier for tho bracing cold;
Laughing a welcome, open flings
His doors, and as he docs it, sings.
A SHOT AT TWELVE PACES.
"APrussian officer killed iuaduel, I seo," said Galton, laying down the " Times."
" Eyery man who fights a duel is a fool, who's better out of the world than in it,.?' said' Dormer, laying down tlie law.
" And the seconds are worse than the principals; they share the fpUy and not the danger," said Bingham, taking up the strain.
" Gently, gently ! Sweeping censure is always unjust," said Morley, Liking np the speaker.
" Heyday, Morley! You are not a du¬ elling man, are you? You never left the Kue de la Pai.-c to walk in llie (;hamp de Mars, surely!"
" Well, I was very nearly a second once."
" Very nearly! Didn't the fight come off?" "No."
" How was it? A very decided chal¬ lenge, I suppose, and then the- princi¬ pals fought—shy, eh ""
"No, no; theprincipiils were in se¬ rious earnest about it, I assure you."
"Then the authorities interfered aud stopped the fun, perhaps "" .
"Wrong again. Not a soul threw tlio least obstacle in the way of the meet¬ ing." " Well, how was it then?" •^Why, the fact was, that when wo got to the ground—but perhaps I'd bet¬ ter tell you the whole story.''
"By alUmeans," said Galton. "Si¬ lence, gentlemen. Silence, there. Mon¬ sieur raconte." And accordingly Mon¬ sieur recounted the following.
"When I was shooting In India, I one morning received a letter, expressed in some such terms as these:—
"Dear Morley,—I have a little shooting party on, and want your as¬ sistance. Come as soon as possible to' Harrison's bungalow; we wm make all arrangements there, and you can go and call'on.O'Flaherty at once. We are going to'have a'shot at large game for a change. Don't delay a moment. In thesoicaaes the. scent should be fol¬ lowed .vlille it's warm. The fellow's a big]>rute,.anS shall not escape me, If I know if. He's caught a Tartar this time. Wie 'II put an ounce of lead Into ' his carcas before he's twenty-four hours older, or I'm not yours, ever,
' Dennis O'DowD.' '•'Aliger, by Jove!' I thought.   ' A tiger at last.'
" I had been waiting for weeks in the hope of getting a shot at a tiger, and had been .repeatedly  tantalized  with reports of one.being somewhere in the neighborhood. - The jungle came down within a very short distance of the place "  whero I was staying, and the country looked the very ideal of what a tiger country should be; but I had never had the luck to get a shot at one yet, al¬ though for some time past there had been rumors that atiger was about.   Ho had been seen here, and heard of there; lie had carried off a sheep at one place, and a bullock in another;  but still no one had been able to find out anything as to his actual whereabouts sufficiently definite to make it of any use our going after him. But now, thought I, O'Dowd must have got tlie bearings of the beast pretty accurately.   I could have wished that Dennis had been a little less flowe¬ ry and ' tropical' in his account, but ho always was a funny dog;   the drift of his letter was clear enough;   and if the tiger's having caught a Tartar was not a mere figure of speech, the animal must be a very fine one. The part about O'Fiaherty puzzled me a little;   it had always struck me that he aud O'Dowd were by no means warm friends ;   O'¬ Fiaherty was always chaffing O'Dowd, and O'Dowd always vowing vengeance against O'Fiaherty.   But it was all tun, perhaps;   and O'Flalierty was a great hand at tiger-shooting, I dared to s.ay. At any rate, hurrah for the tiger! And I hurried off to Harrison's bungalow, where I found O'Dowd, with an ex¬ pression of the utmost determination upon his face, drinking pale ale as if ho meant it. "' Well, O'Dowd,' said I;  ' we're to .    have a shot at him at last, arc we?'
" ' That we are,' said he; ' or I'll post him.'
" Post him! post a tiger ! O'Dowd was still at his jokes.
"' AVoll! And when is it to bo ?' I asked.
"' I won't have it delayed longer than to-morrow morning,' answered Dennis. ' Ycu must go to. O'Fiaherty at once, and if he prefers this evening—faith! all the bettor.'
" ' O, it depends upon him, does it?' said I.
, "' Well, of course it does.' said O'¬ Dowd, ' to a certain extent; but not la¬ ter than to-morrow morning, mind.— And now I'll tell yon all about it.'
" ' Ay, let's hear all about the gentle¬ man,' said I, eagerly. ' He's been play- inS.with-us'long enough. We'll put a buUet into his hide now.'
M.''rhat. wewill, my boy,' returned O'Dowd.- ' Nowjtist listen to me.    As I was walking up here last night, I met .   himraunteriijg^''
"fWtiati'Ybii'met tiie." heast, you say?'
!!j!jAn4 you may call.hlmvA; baste;' sa(doO!i)oW4l. .'-He-was' that'.te'iieis tain. He'd had too much; I'll'tafee my oath of that.'
'"!. Glutted, with carittfee,'riititterid. ¦ ;"^.'I cbuld see it,-.atiorice,' dontlnned Q'ii&wd';. 'I took' his' measure'at a glance.'
"' Welli' said I, anxioiis to know his size, ' and-^'
'!'.And-i could see, that:he'd:hadii. deal more than a taste of the cratrir; thoughhecarriedltoff in such amighty
easy way.' "'Carried it off easily, did he?' said
I:.a sheep or a bullock, of course.— 'What! he was off with it to his den, uodoiibt,?'
¦"¦'Kodoubt,'said O'Dowd; 'hegen- erally finishes Uis evening in his own den, the insatiable tliief. Well, when he saw me, he came-towards me, roar¬ ing—'
"'Bearing! Cametow.iids you!' I exclaimed. ' By Jove! you took it very coolly.   Didu't you run ?'
"' Eun!' said O'Dowd, as if uncertain whether to be offended or not; 'will you please to be serious, Morley. This is no joke I'm telling you.'
"'No joke! My dear O'Dowd, I should think not, indeed. What did you do ?'
"'¦\yhcn he saw mo, I toll you, he pulls his cigar out of his mouth—' "'Eh! What? Cigar!' "'And comes towards me, roaring out, "What are you doing out o' bed, O'Dowd.   Go home with you;   You've got chewbercles in your lungs.     Go home!" "' "The tiger said,' I gasped out. '"Tiger!  What are j-ou after, Mor¬ ley?' " ' Who said you'd got a tubercle ?' "' Who? Why, OFlaiie'-ty ' " 'O, confound O'Flahertj "   I said ' Why the plague are you al« ij ¦> bi ing ing his name in?  Tell mc ibout tlie ti¬ ger.'
" 'What tiger?' said O'Dowd 'In the name of mystery, what tiger"'
" ' Why, tho tiger- we'ie going lo shoot, of course.'
" ' I'm going to shoot no ligci I'm going to shoot O'Fiaherty '
" ' Shoot O'Fiaherty! Whit 11 e j ou going to shoot hun for?'
"' Why, did'nt you undursiaml ? He told me I'd got chewbercles.'
"' And so this precious note of yours,' said I, producing the e2)islle, ' -vvas to tell me that j-ou're going to figiit O'¬ Fiaherty'?'
" ' Faith! and you may .say that,' re¬ plied O'Dowd. ' I thought I'd put it delicately.'
" ' By Jove! you put it so delicately that I thought it all referred to tiger- shooting.'
"'And did you .so?' said Dennis, with some pride. ' Begad! I alw.iys w.is a neat hand at letter-writing.'
" 'But you're not serious, I hojie, O'¬ Dowd,' I said. ' Y'ou don't really mean that you intend to shoot O'Fiaherty.'
"' I'll be shot if I don't,' returned O'¬ Dowd, very decidedly. 'He told me I'd got chewbercles in ray lungs.'
" And there was very little doubt that O'Fiaherty was right. A few years af¬ terwards the fact became fatally evi¬ dent. Death, aud a P. M. examination, put it beyond all question. But even If there had been no grounds for it, the idea of shooting a man forsueh a reason as this was absurd.
"' My dear fellow,' said I to O'Dowd, ' this must not be allowed to go on. I can't consent to act as your friend in such a case as this. It would be a differ¬ ent matter if he'd given you the lie, or—'
" Given me the lie!' said O'Dowd. 'Didn't ho tell me I'd got chewbercles, when I haven't anything of the kind. Isn't that giving me the lie, to all in¬ tents aud purposes; giving me the lie in the throat as deep as to the lungs, as Shakespeare says, eh? Once for all, will yon undertake the matter ?' " 'I'd rather be excused,' I said. " 'Very good,' said O'Dowd; 'then I wish you good morning. I'll go and call on 0!Grady.'
"O'Grady! Tlie most determined fire-eater in the empire. If he called on O'Grady it would end in a fight as certainly as doomsday. If I undertook it; we might perhaps come to some ar¬ rangement ; so, with much reluctance, I told Dennis that he might command
O'FlaHefty, laughlilgj 'Faith,'it won't be'diily t)'liowd'"Wh6'ir be troubled with ohewbercle.i, will it?'
."'JSo.ithat it won't. .It's .not ^eneri ally'considferfed' an Infectlpus jLlsordfer; bufKi.wIll IBfeqtus, a'ta.hj(rate,'sata"I.
iS'Cliangeof lair wiii :be, the:.only thing for us,' said O'Flaherty.- ¦'"Then, look iiere; my dear O'Fia¬ herty,' said i, ^pushing' a writing-case towards him; 'just scratch two or three lilies to say that last night you were, as you've just said, troubled with a drap- pie in your ee; and you may add,—it's as well to (io tho thing handsomely while you aro about it,—that you have liei'feeet faith', ha! ha!—perfect faith in tiio integrity of O'Dowd's lungs. Come, what do you say ?'
" roi> went the^oda-water.
" ' Tlmt,'said O'Flahoity.
" ' That!   Explain, please.'
".'That's (ill the apology thatye'II get from me.'
" 'But, my good sir, if you dou't ap— explain in some w;iy, O'Dowd insists upon figliting.'
" 'And by the blessed St. Patrick,' said O'Fiaherty, his speech becoming ten times more Irish than before at the mention of the national pastime;—'and by tho blessed St. Patrick, I'U humor his fancy. It it's foighting he manes, I'll I'oight him witli all me aowl,r-with all the pleasure in life, begad. Ye can't fright Tim O'Fiaherty into an apology by telling him that foighting's the al¬ ternative, I promise ye.' " 'Fright you,' said I; 'I liever dream¬ ed of frighteniug you. But reflect for a moment upon the absurdity of the whblo-'affaii'. Como, old follow, stretch apoiut, indsi\e Us fiom uui\ei-il ri¬ dicule ' ,
' 'rnth,notI,'s,aid OTliliLitj , 'tlie proapectdon t tiouble me it ill to speak of
"'Then jou detliuc to j.polo,;i/o   il- togetlicL" I   "'Theie,  ir \ou huen't «tited the
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"'Thenl'\c no itaource but to ask \ou foi the n mie of joui fiicnd, if jou leilly -ttiU not be jieisu idcd to—"
"'leaii't i.e..llj unJei take to be per¬ suaded, me dear friend. Are you goiug? I Well,, good by; I'll send some one to call upon yo'ii in atwiukling.'' " Disgusted exceedingly, I took my Ic.iveand returned to my quarters. .The ,idca of -two fellows shooting at each other for no better reason tlian that one had accased the other of having dis¬ eased lungs, was so confoundedly ridic¬ ulous, that, setting aside the uiiplcas- autucss of being engaged in an affair of this kind at all, I would have given anything to be able to wash my hands ofit. But what wan to bo done? When the two principals—both of them Irish¬ men, too—were resolved on fighting, what could stop thoni ? Perhaps O'FIa- herty's friend, who would, of course, be of my mind about the serious farce in .which we were compelled to act, might be able to hit upon some means of get¬ ting out of it. I would see what could be done when he arrived. It "was re.illy .such utter nouseuso, that a peg waa the only thing to restore a fellow's equanimity after two such interviews.
" Before I had finished the jieg, O'- Flalicrty's friend made his appearance. He was unknown to me. .We both bowed.
*-As it may not bo among the things gener- aU^know3Vl^3<ight nerbaps ta-explaln .that in India the word "pcg" means soda-water and brandy. Tho full phrase Is," Auotlior peg in your cotUn," alluding to the delotorions ef. fects of tho drl nk.
"'Iknew you'd never spoil sport,- said O'Dowd. 'Now, look here, Mor¬ ley, you go.at once to O'Fiaherty, and give him to understand that I require—' " 'For Heaven's sake, my dear O'¬ Dowd,' said I, anxiously, 'don't be too hard upou him. Put it as peaceably as you can.'
"'Just what I'm going to do," said O'Dowd. 'Y^ou go to O'Fiaherty, and tell him that I require a written apolo¬ gy, whioh must contain a confession tliat he was drunk at the time of speak¬ ing, and a declaration of his full belief that I'vo^D more got chewbercles than he has. • If he declines to give this, I expect immediate satisfaction. I can't put it more iieaceably than that, now, caul?'
" I certainly thought it possible, but as O'Dowd adhered to his own opinion, that did no good at all. So, armed with this peaceable message, I took my way to O'Fiaherty, whom I found sitting lazily uiion a cane-bottomed chair, and surrounded by soda-water bottles.
"'Ha! Morley,'said he, 'delighted to see you, upon me conscience. Will you take a peg?"' No? You'd better. I've done little else ever since I got up. Well! yes, I wa.H a little sprung last night; justadruppio in mecc, as that Scotch fellow s.iys in his infernal brogue. Begad! looking back upon last night's proceedings, remids me of those dissolving views, wiiorc each pic¬ ture gets misty, and runs into the next. " I suppose, then, you have no very distinct recollection of tiio people you met last night, have you ?' I inquired. "'Faith! no,'.saidhe; 'my memory might be clearer.'
" 'Well, the fact is, I'm come upon a very unpleasant mission. You don't remember meeting O'Dowd, do you?'
'"It's O'Dowd you mean!' said O'¬ Fiaherty, thoughtfully. 'Begad, then, I don't.'
"'Ah! You did meet him, tliough, and he says insulted him greatly.'
" 'And did I insult him?' said O'Fia¬ herty, taking up a soda-water bottle. 'That's mighty curious. How did I do it?'
, " 'Well, it seems you said something about his having tubercle of the lung, aud he does not llko it. He's rather touchy about his chest, you know.'
" 'Ay, I know. And did I tell him that?'
"'Yes, you told him that he'd got tubercle; and,he took the speech so much to heart, that I am come from him to say that he expects an apology.' " 'Begad, and were you told to say that?'     ,
"'I-was, indeed; and I'm' sure, my dear fellow, yoiTmustsee how extraya. ganUya^kurd wp 'shall'aU'make our- gelyps.U.thisflSaUpibeeeda'attdfurthel. Every iness-robm inilhdiawill be laugh- ' ihgftt'theTn]beMie'4dael.:'I-am sureyou jniiBt;;^rc^'iye;t^i!Mti^pftHti/^^^^^^ ahspljqib^-n^C«B^lty:oir putting.a «top'to it ttt onoeL ¦:.By-Jov«i;to;-•^ye^shail-never heair %he last - of It Hill' t&' ^ay 'of our
'death."    ,   -^ .:-   --•--: -	
'"You may say that, indeed,' said
" ' Mr. Morley, I belave.' " Upon my life, another Irishman ; aud my hopes ofa peaceful termination to the affair took flight at the  very sound of his voice.
'' '-Allow me to introjuico mesolf,— Lieutenant Doolan,—th Eegiment. I eome from Mr. O'Fiaherty.'
"' 0 yes,' said I, affecting to havo been momontirily forgetful of that lit¬ tle matter. ' Very happy to make your acquaintance, though I oould wisli it had been under j:ileasanter conditions.' "'Not at all,'said Mr. Doolan, in a tone of the most perfect contentment; ' not at all. It's not raeselfthat's going to quarrel with the conditions.'
" ' This might be only politeness to¬ wards me, but I tliought it sounded much more like satisfaction .it hia mis. slon.
" 'Sir. O'Fiaherty has, no doubt, in¬ structed you fully as to how the matter betn-eon himself and Mr. O'Dowd stands.' "
" ' Quite so, quite so,' said the lieu¬ tenant.
" ' Then I fuel certain, Mr. Doolan, that you must agree with me tliat this- affair cannot be allowed to proceed.' " Doolan simply stared. ".' Y'ou can scarcely avoid feeling,' I continued, ' that the cause of quarrel is too slight for us to permit our friends to peril theirlivesabout such a trifle.' "' Thrifle!' ejaculated Doolan. "' Now, can't wehitupon some meth¬ od for bringing to a peace.ible issue a business which, if proceeded with to the eud at present proposed, must,  as I'm sure you perceive, bring nothing but ridicule upou all engaged in it.'
'"Faith, tlien,' said Mr. Doolan, warmly, 'I perceive notliing of the kind. Hark ye, Mr. Morley; I came here to arrange peaceably the time and place for this meeting, and not to dis¬ pute about tho rights and wrongs of the matter, or to question the good sense which no doubt injuccd both the gen¬ tlemen to take the lair aua- nonumWc course which tlicy have taken. May I beg, air, that you will enter, as soon as you convaniently can, upon the rale business for which I am here.'
"There w.is nothing for it but to pocket the olive, and ilo as the lieuten¬ ant wished. Timeand place were agreed upon, and Doolan rose to take his leave. As we were shaking hands in the most friendly manner, I said, 'By the w.iy, Mr. Doolan, I must not for¬ get to tell you that I have nothing at all in the shape of a .duelling-iiistol; per¬ haps you are better provided.'
" ' Make yourself perfectly easy about that, Mr. Morley,' said Doolan, who would no more havo been without hair- triggers than hair-brushes ; ' I never travel without the pacemakers. Au re- voir.' And Mr. Doolan took his de¬ parture, after receiving my assurance that I would call upon the surgeon, and make sure of his attendance upon tlie ground.
" I cheerfully undertook to do this, as I was determined that, at any rate, the surgeon should not be .-in Irishman, and I had some hopes that he might be able to suggest some way out of the dif¬ ficulty. Accordingly, after writing a couple of lines to O'Dowd, to say that I had arranged everything, and to inform him of the time and place, I set off at once to look up the surgeon. His name was Hale, a thoroughly scientific man, devoted to his profession, and as little likely as anybody to iictve any sympa- tliy with the romantic folly of the duel. I found him at home,Vih remarkably good spirits; as doctors generally are, and engaged lipon a pap'erfpr the' Lan¬ cet,'nponttiesubjectofgunahot-wounda. " f How are you H«le?' said I. '"^How dp, -Morley?' said he.— ' 'What's the matter ?   Anything 'wrong.
Oj'yiete's notMlig thematter with me7,''lsaid; ''dpn'tflatteryoiiiBelf. , I want your help,, certainly,; but not for myself. Y'ou'll he waht^. ab6t!t half- past fl.ve thisttfterrrdoh'at^'¦^'• . ¦ " 'Ell I' said'Hiile.', ' Yoii dori't mean toaay tjiat Mrs.-^' -_
"'No, no,' said- I; 'nothing of the kind,—quite the reverse, indeed. No, the state of the ci^'is this:; O'Dowd has taken umljrage at something O'Fia¬ herty has said, and has insisted upon calling hlin out.'
"' Ali, that's it, is it?' said Halo, his eyes brightening; ' and you'll want me upon the ground iti case of accident;- Certainly, with all my -hetirt. Pistols,' of course,'.TT-wlth 0 glance at his manu- .script,—'Nothing like pistols. You may depend upon me, Morley. Y'ou may be quite certain that I shall be there.'
"TIuj villiiln was evidently in want of an illustration to prove some con¬ founded theory of his own -with regard to bullet-wounds. His glance at the manuscript betrayed him.
'"No; but look here, Hale,' I said, ' the affair ought not to he allowed to go on.'
"' You think not,' said he, as if en¬ tertaining the -v-ery gravest doubts as to the wisdom of my opinion.
" ' Certainly, I think n«t; and you'll think so, too, when you hear the ease. Last night, O'Fiaherty, when slightly screwed, charged O'Dowd with having tubercle of tlie lung.'
" ' And a most insolent thing to say, too, though it's a jiositive fact all the same. In vino Veritas, and no mistake. But still a man with any respect for himself can't allow his lungs to bo thrown in his face in that way without tikins notice of it. And so O'Dowd demands an apology or a meeting, eh? 1 "' Just so. He insists upon an ajiol- ogy—it's really too absurd—a doclava- tion from O'Fiaherty tliat the cliarge brought against his lungs was unfound¬ ed.'
'" Quito correct,' saidllalo, 'and this declaration O'Fiaherty is, of course, un¬ able to make. His statement waa a Xierfectly true oue, and he can't un¬ make it without telling a falsehood. Upon my word, ifyou eau see any way but ono out of the difllculty you are cleverer than I.'
"' I believe you are all gone mad,' I said, vexed beyond bearing. 'There's not a creature who will look at the thing in a calm and reasonable manner.— Why, do you realize, sir, that just for a ridiculous word from a drunken man a valuable lifo may be lost?'
" ' Ah, very s."id, very sad, indeed,' replied the doctor, coolly;'but it can't bo helped. Tho matter is gone too far now to be stopped. A meeting is abso¬ lutely necessary for tho honor of the parties, and,'—laying his hand casu¬ ally upon the MS., and speaking, iu a thoughtful manner,—'and may be of infinite sci-viee to the causo of—'
•'Ho broke off there, but he meant ' thecause of science,' I'm certain, con¬ found him! He was devoted tohisiiro- fession W!is Hale.
'" Half past five, at Harrison's bun¬ galow, if yqu please, Mr. Halo,' said I, coldly, and walked out of the room, tho man of science following mt) to the door, anil assuring me in the cheerfulest and friendliest manner, that I might de- pond upon him absolutely; that he would sacrifice any number of patients sooner than not bo present; aud that he would be ceilain ijot to forget hia instruments.
" I had done my best. I bad called upou Common Sense to help me, but Common Sense was nowhere to be found, I had appealed lo the Dread of Bidicule, but it slept, and could not be awakened. I had asked Science to lend me a hand, but Science wanted both of hers to seize her own opportunities. There was no resource now but to let tlie matter go on toils bitter end.
" In affaiis of this kind, you know, it is not etiquette for the parties to go In company to the battle-ground, as pugil¬ ists do to a prize-fight.   W^e must go separately to what' Bell's Life' would call a likely spot, and meet there with distant politeness.   As we had to drive a good way to the place pitched upon by Doolan and myself,-an open space, well known to us all a little way iotq the jungle,—it was agreed that O'Fiah¬ erty aud his second should go on an hour or two in advance, taking their rifles with them, in order to pass the time with any sport that might fall in tlieir way, and that I, with my princi¬ pal and the surgeon, should follow at the stated time. AH of which happened as arranged.   The respondent and Doo¬ lan departed early in the afternoon, de¬ signing to luuch at the rendezvous; and shortly before six the appellant. Halo and I followed, drove to the outskirts of tho jungle, there left our carriage, and strolled through the trees to the place. "'Here we are,' said Hale; 'true to our time; but I dou't see our friends.' Euphemism for enemies.
" ' They've been here very lately," said O'Dowd, pointing to the relics of a luncheon scattered about on the grass; ' and, faith, they've made mighty free with tho eatables.'
" ' Tho end ofa feast, most decidedly, said Hale; ' so we aro quite ready  for the beginning of a fray.'
"' They'll make their appearance in a minute or two, no doubt,' I said, ' They're having a shot at something In
ilie jungle, jjcrliupa.'
" The crack ot a rifle a short distance off seemed to confirm my words.
" ' They might have taken both rifles with them, then, I'm thinking, ex¬ claimed O'Dowd, picking up O'Flaher- ty's, which lay on the grass.
"Wewere standing about, O'Dowd examining the rifle, which was loaded, aud Hale the pale-ale bottles, which were all discharged, when we were sur¬ prised by seeing Doolan running to¬ wards us with eyery appearance of ex¬ treme terror.
" ' What's'the matter ?' we all shout¬ ed.
"'Here!' he cried. 'Come hero. Bring the rifle. O'Flahcrty'a been car¬ ried off by atiger!'
" And we all set off running towards Doolan, who had stopped, and was loading his rifle.
"'Did ye hit him, Phil? did ye hit him? " said O'Dowd, when we reached the lieutenant.
"' Hit him, is It ? ' said Doolan. ' No, faith! I dared n't try. I fired in hopes of frightening him. Come along! He jumped on us from behind, as we were sitting on the bank there, caught poor Timby the shoulder, and trundled off with him, niver saying'a word, as if six feet two were nothing td'spake of at all. Come along! We were hurrying after him all^he while. ' I jumped up, picked up the rifle: "Stop, ya thief!" I called out, "or I'll shoot you!" He gave a wag with his tail, the baste, as muoh as to say, " Shoot away; ye dare n't hit me for fear of killing Tim; and, begorra, I'll make myself safe enough for the matter of that." Ahd at the, word the eratur chucked poor Tim on to his hack, as a fox does with a goose, and away he went' iig^La-^OTme ajdnglj-: safer than ever, for I could seemiire of
¦at;-£Ht/V=J<iii*(litft'^«§nofi;^ for tile life'bfTiief,«oi(';i'ou'iinderstarid'; so I folio-(^eatlll'hB'sfo>i[)6dlr after a bit, diid lay down with¦Tlmbefore him, and then I shot, upU at JiiS'.'fprtear or fill¬ ing Tim, but in the hopfe 'at fi-ighteiiing the binite. But sojia^ii'lsitdidlt'frlgliLteu iilhi; it only m^deliim gnash his te'eth, and Tim was between 'era, ye'll redolr leet. So then I ran back for the other rifle, and Diet you, and—and have a care now, we can't be far off him, un¬ less he's eloped with Tim again, which the sainta forbid, for it's a mighty un¬ pleasant way of tiravelling.' ¦¦"He had not eloped with Tim. He was still lying, where Doolan had left him, with his mouth so close to poor O'Flaherty's ear, that he looked as if he were whispering Into-It. Whatwas to be done? Tlie very thought' of firing iiito him' across O'Fiaherty made my handshake. We oil stood still for a moment or two, staring at the tiger and his victim.
" 'Now tlien, who's going to shoot? said Doolan. ' Somebody must, or faith poor Tim will be minced veal l)efore he knows where he is. But I'll be hanged if it's me tliats going to do it. You're the;bestsh6t, Dennis.' : ".'Slipot,O'Dowd,'saidr. 'Idarou't, for the lifp pf ine.'
'"'Faith^it's a risky shot for certain,' said 6'Dowd;'' but if we stand here and do nothing, there'll bo no chance for him at all.   Now, hark ye, gentlemen,' he said, throwing up his head and look¬ ing, tubercle or not, a thoroughly fine fellow, ' you all know, I'm siire, that though I was anxioua chough to shoot O'Fiaherty  standing  opposite  mo  at twelve paces, I'd be the last man in tho world to take advantage of him now. All  riglit,—all  right.     There,   that's enough! Upon me sowj, then, I  never tliought otherwise for a moment. Look here,  now.    Give Morley your rifle, Phil, and you and Halo stand a trifle back. Now, Morley, my boy, I'm going to creep in a thought nearer. Keep you just behind me.   I'll blaze away at him firat; aiidl.sh.illhithim, don't bo afraid for that. If ho springs right at us, cover liim well and let fly.   If he only jumps up, hand ine your rifle, and I'll bang at him again.   D'yo understand me ?' "'Perfectly.' "' Follow me, then.' " O'Dowd stepped'gontly towards tho tiger, and I followed hia steps closely. When we were within a dozen yards of  tho  animal,   the tiger drox^ped O'¬ Flaherty's  arm,   which it had in its mouth, and lifted its head.   O'Dowd s.inkontohi3 knee iustautly, looked along hia barrel for one second, and fired.   Witli the most awful yell I ever heard tho tiger sprang up, gave ono bound towards Us, aud then, before I'd time to mark him properly, rolled ovor on tlio long grass.
"' Twelve feet from the nose to the tip of tho tail, I'll bet a hundred,' said O'Dowd, quietly.
" I handed him the loaded rifle, and we all, except Doolan, who dashed reck¬ lessly ovor to O'Fiaherty, walked cau¬ tiously towiirds the fallen tiger.   The bullet had passed through his eye into his brain, and he was as dead as his greatest grandfather. "' Dead as a herring!' I cried. " ' Begad, and so he is,' said Doolan, who  was  bending  over  O'Fiaherty; ' and so he is.   Come here. Hale, can't ypii,   BadLliiclvtoye! yoii^se .a-pretty doctor to stand stnrin*at lir tiger when there's a de.id Chrlstlau in want of your assistance five yards off.   Come lierej can't you!' " We all ran at 01100 to O'Plaherty. "'O  Tim,  Tim,'   whined   Doolan, ' wliatevcr injuiced you to go and die in a liurry like this ?"
"' Die!' aaid Hale, sharply ; ' what the dickens aro you tsflklng aljout dy¬ ing for? The man's not dead, Notabit ofit. His left arm's broken, certainly, broken in two places; and he's nicely contused all over, I'll stake *uy reputa¬ tion ; pretty well frightened, no doubt; I confess I am, without so much cause; but, dead! Bless my soul, air, will you have the goodness to allow him a breath of air?'
" Tho breatli of air was allowed him. In a very .short time he recovered cou- sciousuess; requested to know in a strong Irish accerjt whereabouts ho was; betrayed by a few worda that he was under the iraprosslqn that he had lost his .way in returning from a heavy diur ner, aud had gone to sleep by tho roadr side; then recovered his senses complete¬ ly ; listened to the whole history, while Hale tied hia arm up as well as it could bo done; and finally, with much assis¬ tance, rose to his feet.
" ' Well, gentlemen,' saitll, cheerful¬ ly, ' I suppose we may return at once, for tho businesa which we came about will scarcely be proceeded with now, I apprehend.'
'"I decidedly forbid Mr. O'Flaherty's proceeding with that matter to-day,' said Hale, sulkily, laying strong em¬ phasis upou the last word.
"' Faith, Hale,' said O'Fiaherty, ' ye may even forbid italtogether. Ishould be a more insensible brute than that tiger thero if I could not apologize now without feeling any humiliation in do¬ ing so. Give us your hand, Dennis, and receive my apologies. I was screwed when I met you the other night, and—' "' you sha'n't say another word, Tim,' said O'Dowd; ' ifyou do, I'll nev¬ er .spake to ye again. Come along; let's go at once. ^Ve'll jsouU-iliu /turvaata nu- the beast yonder.'
"We all returned in high spirits; and that was the flrst and last duel I ever had a hand in."
" By Jove! that was a fine .shot of O'Dowd's," said Galton, "and, all cir¬ cumstances considered, must have been immensely satisfactory to himself. Yours is the only affair of tbe kind, Morley, that I ever heard of. In which either of the principals obtained any real satisfaction."
" If O'Dowd was as good a liand at a pistol aa a rifle, O'Flaherty'a chanct would have been a very poor one," said Dormer.
" Well, the tiger was the real peace¬ maker after all," said Bingham, " and yet he had to suffer for it. There's a want of classical justice about that part of the story."
" Nay," said Morley, " on the eoutra- ry. It is quite correct and classical. Amongst tho ancients, you know, when two enemies were.reconciled, they sac¬ rificed a beast upon the occasion."— London Society.
withyou?   You look rather out of sorts. 1 O'Fiaherty now than I could of him. Digestion -wrong, or what is it?' 1 bad luck to him! and I wished I'd shot
A railway accident lately occurred, caused by the axle of a tender giving way, detaining the train several hours. A lady inquired of a gentleman pasaen^. ger why it was;so delayed; hegravely replied, " Madam, it was occasioned by what,is often; firflowed by serious consequences—the Sudden breaking of a tender attachment."
"Vfe trust :the;Lord is on, our side, Mr.¦ iilnoolii,":said.the'fti>eaker of a delegation of Christiim men to the PreS-.^ ident, during one of the darkest.daya of the rebellion. "I do not legard that so essential as sometlilngelse," replied Mr. Lincoln.; The plPus 'visitor loPked horrbi:-atiTickuntiltheP'r^ident added:; " I am most concerned to know that we are on the Lord's side."
nrATTGtrEAl  ABDEliSiJV-'&P'iJEK.
,' -joHir -w-'GEifit,': ¦. ¦ • ¦^. •-
,    '"  DBLI-V'ERE'p JANUAR-if.'ig; mi'.. ' ^'
Fellow CiTizEKsV—SbtiorcKlbj; tiie .SB- lection of tho'sbvereigil'petmlB'Ornij'nKtfTO State as tlieir clioice lor.'CinefHaglmmtBtir: the Conimomvealthof JPemi^Iy^^a, if. is wiUi niiiigledfeeUu^afhufmUCydtidgi'dti- ¦ tiide that I-have appeared in the • presence of m.rfellow:oountryiAen, and before .the Searcher of nil Hearts, to take tho solcmu obligation proscribed as aqualilication 'for that exalted station, "to support thb Con¬ stitution of tho United States and tlio C'on- stitutiouof Peniisylviuiia, and tb perform
my official duties with fidelity."	
, Proibnndly^ionsible of ovej^liing that is implied by this manifestatiou of the people!s confldenco,and more'deeply i mprossed with the vast, importance imd responsibilities of the ofiico, than elevated by its attendant honors, let it be our first gratef ill' duty tb return fervent thanksgivings to Almighty Qodibrhis constant providence and.un¬ numbered blessings to us as a peopio, aud especially mine to imploro His aid and counsel iu the Oiseharo of civil trusts, who ¦has been iny shield and buckler amidst scenes ofperil and death.
In addressing j-ou on thia occasion, in ac¬ cordance with a custom originating with tho Republicau fathers, I propose brieily to express my opinions on sucli' questions as concern our common constituency,' and relate to our common responsibilities.
Lilco countries of tho Old World, our na¬ tion Iins liad its internal commotions. From tlie laat of these we have sotircel.v yet omor- god, and during whicll " War's desolation" passed over our land, leaving its bliglitlng influences principally upon those unlbrtu- uatc. States whose people rebelled against .tho government,'and notwitiistandiug the agonizing sacrifices ofa gre-at civil-ft'ar, the •States that maintained thogo'verrimcntahd dotermlned that tlic Union should bo pre¬ served, liavo coivstaatiy advanced iu honor, wealth, population and general prosperity. This ia the flist time that a biiange- has occurred in tho Executive Department of this State since tho coimnencemeut of tlio war.of the rebellion; a brief'roforence tliere- t'ore, lo that conflict, and to its results, niay not be inappropriate.
Wo havo tlio consolation of kuowlng that the contest between the Xortii and the bou tli W.IS not, onourpart, ono for amljition, for nulitary renown, for territorial acquisition, nor waa it for a violation ofany of therights of tlie ,Soutli, but it-was for the preserva¬ tion of our own rights and privileges. as men, and for tho inaintenanco of justice, liberty and tho Union.   The object of tlie South was avowedly tho dissolution of tho Union and tiie establisliiiient of a confeder¬ acy based upou " the corner stone of sla¬ very."   To havo submitted to this ouour p.irt, and to Iiavo shrunk from a manly resistance underauch circumstances, would havo been deeply and lastingly degrading, and would have destroyed tlie value of Uio priceless legacy bequeathed to us by our fathers, and wbicli we are obliged to trans¬ mit unimpaired to fature generations. Tho patriotic and Uuion-loving people felt that tlieaUernutive was that of life or death to the Union; and under tlie auspicious guid- imeeof Abraliain Lincoln, Ibatvirluous and patriotic Cliicf Magistrate, with the bless- siiigof lliiii who directs tho dostiilios of nations,   after open action and arbitrary violence on tho part of tlio .South, tlio ap¬ peal to arms w:is mado.   Wo bad a just cause, and our citizens approving it Willi adogreeof unanimity heretofore unknown, in tills or any other country, left their va¬ rious employments, their liomes and .ill that \va.s dear to tliem, aud hastened witli enthusiasm lo tiie .scenes wliero duty and danger called, and as tlie surest plcilgo of Iheir unswerving love and fidelity to the Union,   llioy iiilhesitatingly ofli-red: tjieir lives for its preservation.    Nor was any other tribute  witliheld in  providing the moans necessary  for the support ol oiir floola and armies.   Nearly ihreeiniliionsof soldiers entered the field from time to time on ditleront terms of enlistment.   Tiio citi¬ zens gonoraliy e.Kliibited liio Iiigliest de¬ gree of patriotism in the prompt paymqnl of taxes, in tlieir liberal contributions in the sliapo of loans to the govcrmont; and the woild was astonislied by the amount expended in their benevolent care for the sick and wounded, tUrougii tbo agencies of tho .Sanitary and Christian Commissions and oilier charitable associations.    Moro than six limidi-cd sansuliiary battles and skirmishes were fought, in wliicli nearlj' tlii-ce luuidvcd lhous-.uid of our heroic de- I'enders laid down their lives ui their do- voUoii to the nation-" Ibr God and Liberty.". In every phase of tliis terrible conflict, Pennsylvania bore an honorable and con¬ spicuous part.   Sho coiiti-ibuled three hun¬ dred and si.'ct.y-six thousand threo hun¬ dred and Iwoniy-six volunteer soldiers to tlio r&scnio of tlie nation; and nearly eyery. ¦ battle-field has been moistened with tlio blood, and whitened witii tho bones, of her horoes.    To thm wo owe our victories, uusurp-ossed inJBlliauey and in tlie im¬ portance  of tliK cousequenees.    To tho dead—tho  tlirioB honored  dead—wo  are deeply indebted,Tof without tiieir services it is possible our cause might not have been successful.
It ia natural and eminently proper tliat we, as a people, should feel a deep and last¬ ing interest in tlie present and future wel-. faro of the soldiers who have borne so dis¬ tinguished a part in the great contest which has resulted in the maintenance of the lifo, honor and prosperity of the nation. The higii claims of tho private soldwrs upon the country are universally acknowledged, and the generous sentiment prevails that the amplest care should be taken by the gov¬ ernment to compoBsalo tlieiu, equally and generously, with. bounties and pensions, for their services and saci-ilices.
I desire that il may bo distinctly under¬ stood that I do not speak of myself, in con¬ nection-with tliis subject; but Iamliapp.y to avail myself of this opportunity to speak kind words of Pennsylvania's gallant pri¬ vate soldiers, and the noble otUcers who commanded tliein.
The generosity of llie people of ronnsyl¬ vania to the Union soldiers lias been imi¬ tated, liut not equalled, by other States. There is something peculiar in tho loyalty of Pennsylvania. She seemed lo feel, from tiie first, as if upou her devolved the set¬ ting of a superior example. The fact that .she carried upon her standard tho brightest jewel ol' tho Republic, lliat in lier bosom was conceived and from iior commercial capital was issued tho Declaration of Inde¬ pendence, gave to her contributions, in men and mono}', .ind lier unparalleledcha- ritalile organizations, all the dignity and force of a model for others to copy. The rebel foe seeiuetl to fool tlial it he couid strike a fatal blow at Peniis3-lvania, he would recover all his losses, and establish a resistless prestige in tlie old world. But thanks to Divine Providence, and to tbo enduring bravery of bur citizen soldiers, tlio invasion of our belovod State sealed her moro closely to Ibo causo oi* freedom.
The result of the battle of Gettysburg broke the power of tlie robellion, and al- tliough tlie final issue -n'lis delayed, it was inevitable from the date of that great event. That batllo rescued all the other free Slates; and -vvhen the arch of victory was comple¬ ted by Sherman's successful advance I'l-om tho sea, so tliat tho two conquerors could shake hands ovor the two fields that closed the war, tho soldiers of Pennsylvania were equal sliai-ers iu tho glorious consumma¬ tion.
No people in ilie world's history have ever been saved from so incalculable a cal¬ amity, and no people liavo over bad such cause for gratitude towards their defenders. And here I cannot refi-airi from an ex¬ pression of regret tliat tho General Govern¬ ment bus not taken any stops to inflict the proper penalties of tho Constitution  and
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and ferociously invaded  the over sacred soil of our Slate.
II is certainly a morbid clemoncy, and a censur.ible forbearance, which fail to pun- isli tlie greatest crimes " known to llie laws of civilized nations;" and may not the hope bo reasonably indnlgod, that tlie Fed¬ eral autlioritios will cense to e.'clond umue- rited mercy to tliose wlm inaugurated tlio rebellion and controlled the movements of its armies? If tills bo done, treason unit be "rendered odious," and it will be distinct¬ ly proclaimed, on tho pages of our futuvo histoi-y, that no attempt can bo made witli impunity to destroy our Republican form of government.
SOI.DIEK.S' OnPIt.VNS.
And -wliilo wo would remember " the soldiar who has borne tlie battle," wo must not forget" his widow and his orphan chil- .drpn.". Among our most solemn obliga- :tioiis is tbe mainteminco of tho indigent ¦-wido^vs, nnd tlio support and education of tho orphan children, of those noble men who fell in defea-ti oftheTInion. To affirm tliat wo owe a debt of gi-atitudo to those who have been rendered homeless and fatli- erless, by their parents' patriotic-devotion to tho country, is a truth to which ali man¬ kind will yield a ready assent; and though wo cannot cull tho dead to life, it is a privi¬ lege, as well as duty, to take the orphan by the hand, and bo to bim a protector and a father.
Legislative appropriations have honored the living soldiers, and entombed the dead. 'Tne people, at the ballot-box, have sought oat the meritorious veterans, and the noble spectacle is now presented of tbe youthful ,survivorsof those who fell for their coun- [try, cherished and educated at the public expense. Even if I were differently consti¬ tuted, my official duties would constrain me vigilantly to guard this sacred tritst; Rut having served in the same cause, and been honored by the highest marks of pub¬ lic fiivor, I pledge myself to bear in mind. ;th6 iniunctions and wishes of the; people, |and il possible toincroaso the eificienoy and Imuitiply the benefits of the schools and in- latitutioua, already .so creditably establish-. ed, for the benefit of the orphans of our martyred heroes.
FBEEDOir AND SLAVEBT.
'< -The inihtuation of treason, the downfall' of slavery, the -vindication of freedom and the complete triumph of the gpirernrifeiil; of thepeople^-apoall so many proofe- of th'e' " Divitilly that hos shaped our etiaBj"'a5iii so many-pnHnisesof a-iature<n:owiied.with- [success iiwe ore only true to our misiilDn;; 'six years ago the spectacle of four milUona of staves, increaslngsteadily both their own numbers and the pride and the,material
itn'd''i*liHdaPpb*^rot-thfelr.iihasteiS;'pre. -8eiitedjaptQbl6m:so;appailing;-.'that statesr men... contemplated,..it .with ,,undisguised alarjij^^ud the ""mbriilist 'witli' sbiimc. To- ¦di^-HifeSft four minl6hs;'Ti6'-longer-Bloyes, ^w^tfJeOTnenj havlngihtennediately proved iheir/humanity/.towards Ihcltjoppressors, their fidelity to so.clety,.apd their loyalty to ITib^overn'm'orit^'Kre peacefully incorporii- ted^fiito the body pblltio; and ai-e rapidly preparing to assuma their rights as citizens of the United States. Notwithstanding this unparallelod change -was onlv effected after an awful expenditure of blood aild treasure, its consummation mny well be cited as tho .sublimest proof of tho fitness of tbo Ameri¬ can people t« administer the governmont according to the pledges of the D'eelaratibu of Independence.
We liave but to estimate where human shivery -would havo, carried our country, iu tlie course of another generation, to realize the force of this commanding truth. And as we dwell upon the dangers we have - es¬ caped, -we may tho better understand wh.it Jell'eraon meant -when, iu the comparative infancy of human .sliivei'}-. lie exclaimed, "I tremble for m.vc.,>unlfy-ft'lien I reiloi't that tied is just!'"'
A simple glance at what must have been onr fate had slavery been permitted to in¬ crease will be sulBcient. In 1800 tlie slave population amo'unted, in"^ exact numbers, to three millions nine htfiidred and fiftj'- tlircc thousand seven hundred and sixty.— Taking tlie increase, 2.3.:w per cent., from 1850 to 1800, as the basis of calculation for ovory ton years, in; 1900, 'they would have numbered at least upwards of nine mill- ioiis. What Christian stutesmaii, as he thanks find for tho triumph of the Union arms, does not shudder at the terrible pros¬ pect presented i)y these startling figures?
Uut while Ihere is cause for constant so¬ licitude in the natural irritations produced by 8H(;h a conflict, I16'Is' Is but a gloomj' prophet who does not anticipate that the agencies wliich acoomplished tlieso ti-e- mendous results, -will successfully cope with and put down all vho attempt to gov¬ ern tlie nation in the interests of defeated ambition and vanquished treason.
The people of tlie conquering North and West liave t;omparatively little to do but to complete tlie good work. They command theposition. The courage oi the soldier and the sagacity of tlie statesman, workinghar- moniousiy, have now sealed and conllrmed llie victory, and notliing more is- required bat a faithful adherence to tlie doctrines whicll liave achieved such mai'veious re¬ sults.
¦ nDuu.vi'ioN 01-' THE PEoriir;.
The overthrow of the rebellion has chang¬ ed tho wliolo system of Southern society, and proportionately afl'ected other inlore-s^ts and sections. Demanding the enlighteg- raentof millions, long benighted, it forces upon .the .North and \V'est tho consideration ol a more perfect and pervading education- alpolici*-.
Siuch as we have boasted, and have rea¬ son to boast, of our commom schools, we cinnot deny, when wo compare them with those of New Knslaud, and contrast Iheui with the preparations for the education of the Soutbei-ii people of all classes, that we have mucli to overcome, il'we -would equal tlie one, or stimulate the other. Tho recent convention of Couuty Sciiool Superinten¬ dents of Pennsylvama exhibits somo start¬ ling facts, wliich deserve the attention of the people and their representatives. Yet it is not bv legislation alone tl1.1t any people can be brought to uiidoi-stand their rela¬ tions lo eacli other as citizens.. 'I'heir. best
instructors arc themselves.   However lib
oral the appropriations may be, ifthesoare tl)  	
fell to, iiitdiong reniained .it,' aii average price of- .te.sB^ than fift.v-per cent. ¦ ¦ 'Bnt the moment danger to thelJuiou became immi- bciit; and the necoasily of self-reliance was pliiiirly pi-bsented as the only means of se- ooringprotcction; and the gradual disper¬ sion, of .our mercantile marine by tho up- prehensTon of flio armed vessels of the reb¬ els, the American people bec:aU to practice •upon the maxims of self-defence nnd scif- dependeuce. l.'rom Iiaviin: boon, il' not absolutely impoverislied and almost witli¬ out remunerative enterprise, defirossed by unemployed labor and idleeapital, ail tlieir inaterial agencies wore broiislit inlo mo¬ tion with a promptitude, and icept in opor- ation-with a rapiditj-and reguUirity, -whicli relieved tliem from want; their' country from danger, and excited tile aina-iuuient of civilized nations.
Protection to the inanuHi'ctures of tho country, when rightly viewed, is merely tho defence of labor against cbnipetitiou fiom- abroad. Th ewagos of labor in the United .StJites axe higher tlian thoso in any otiier comUr.v, consequently our laborers arc the moi-e elev.-ilcil. Labor is the'foun¬ dation of bolli individual and national wealtli; and those uatioiLs tlial have Ivijst protected it from foreign competition, have been the most prosperous. It is clearly, I herefore, the interest of tho nation to foster- and protect domestic industry, by relieving from iiifernal tiixation every sort af labor, and imposing such lieavy duties upon nil importations of foreign miinuiacturcd arti¬ cles, as to prevent thepo.ssibiliti'-.of cqiur petition from abvbad. Not onlv should iii- dividual enterpriso and industry'he thus encpnraged, but all public works, n liborui and properly, restricted general. i-ailro-ad .system'and internal improvements of evo^ ry itiiid, receive thofos.tering'c.iro ana most: liberal :ud of the goyeiiiment. -Wo are rich in every thing necessary to meet our wants, and render us independent of every, otiier country, and we have only to avail our¬ selves of our own resources aud capabili¬ ties, to progress continually onward to a degree of greatness never yet attained Ijy any uatioa. .Our agricnltural, mineral and mamil'acturing resources are uneqliaiied, and it should bo our constant study to do- vise and prosbcuto means tending to theu-. highest devolopuieut.
Why, tlien, should not tlio -ivisdoni of governmont miiko available the teaeliings. of experience, and at ouce legislato for the manifest good of tlie pcojile? Wliypermit our manufaotnrse to beg tlial thev mhylive?
The government of Great Brltain.has, by lier protective s.v.stem, "piled duty upon duty," for moro than one liundrod and lilly years, and hence upon protection is found¬ ed hermanutactm-ingsnpremacy. 'Vether emissaries come to this coimtrv, and for sinister purposes, e.xtol " free tr,i'ile,'' .sjieak scolfingty of "protection," and endeavor fo persuade our people lo believe and adopt the absurd theory, tliat " tarilfs huider the
not.seconded bj' that commendable spirit whicll impels the parent to impress upou the child the necessity of a sound moral and intellectual training, year representatives are generous, in vain. Kvery thing de¬ pends upou tlie people; hence liie great complaint, preferred by tlie cdnvention of teachers, of shortness of terms in some dis¬ tricts, of tiie small attendance of enrolled scholars, of tho employment of unqualilied instrnctors, nnd of tbe want of proper school houses, results unquestionably not so much from tho indifference of tho State, as from the negiigonco of those w-iio are invited to sliare and to enjoy tiie blessings ofa cheap and admirable system of popular education. If my fellow-citizeus will only recollectthe dilYerenco between llie opportunitias of the present genera tionaud those of tlieir fitlioni; and how mucli is to be gained by a cultiva¬ tion of modern facilities, they will require little o.'chbrtation to tliodischai-ge of duties wliir-li relate almost exclusively to tliem¬ selves and to thoso nearest and dearest to thom.
The importance of common schools, iu a repuiilicun government, can never lie fullj- estimated. To educate tho people is tlio highest public duty. To permit them to remain iu ignorance is inexcusable. Evory- tliing, tiierefore, should be encouraged that tends to build up, strengthen and elevate our State on tlie sure foundation of the educa- tiou of the people. Every iutorest and in¬ dustrial pursuit will bo aided and promoted by its operations; every man -wlio is edu¬ cated is improved in usefulness, in propor¬ tion ns bo is skilled in labor, or intelligent in tlie professions, and is iu every respect more valuable to society. Education seems to be essential to loyalty, for no Slate in the full enjoyment of free schools, ever rebelled against the government.
Pen n-sj-lvauia should be the vanguard iu thegroat mission of education. Sheshould remember that as she haa been the mother of States, she should also be the teacher ot .States. " Tho groat problem of civilization is how to bring the higher intelligence of the community, nnd its better monil feel¬ ings, to bear upon the masses of the people, .so- that tho lowestgrades of intelligence and morals shall always be approaching tbe iiigher, and the liighe'r still rising. A cluirch purified of superstition solves part of this problem, and a good scliool sysstem does tlie rest."
THE STATE MILIT-VUV.
Notliing, after the education of tiio peo¬ ple, contributes moro to tho security of a .State than a thorough military system.— 'I'lie fathers of the KepubUc,' acting upon tlic instinct of preparing for war in time of peace, embodied this knowledge among tlic primary obligations of the citizen. Yet the rebellion lonnd us almost -wholly uu- prepurod. Our confidence in our institu¬ tions was so firm tliat the idea of an attack upon tliem from any quarter, much less from those who had been the "spoiled cliiidreii" of tin; government, was uover believed possible, however threatened.— The first clash of arms found us equally undeceived and unorganized, and -wo very soon oxperiencod that Iho contrivers of lire great slave conspiracy had not only strengthened themselves by tho stolen sliips, arms and fortifications of tlie .gov¬ ernment, but had been for years designedly instructing tlieir youth in tbe science of arms; and wlieu tho bloody tempest opon- ed upon us they were read}' to spring at thelicartof tlie Kepub'lic, while tlio citi¬ zens, in whose hands tho government was left, were compelled to protect themselves and their country as best they could.
Wlien -we rofloct upon the horrible sacri¬ fices we endured to mainljiin our liberties, and antieipato that ffiorious period of our country when tho wliolo continent will be dedicated to human freedom, and 'vlien tho despotism of tlio earth will cons'.riio our example into a standing threat ag-.unst tyranny, we cauuot disregard the coiiaid- cratiou of this important subject.
As before remarked, 'Pennsylvania con¬ tributed over three hundred thousand troops lo the national cause. Deducting the lo.ss of nearly thirty thousand by wounds and disease incurred in the fiekl, what .in immense army has been left to eircuhilo among and to educate the mass of pur populatloii I Properly eomprehendiuyr this thought, we have at once tiic secret of
our tuturo power. It would bo easy to create an emulation in the science of arms among the youtiiof tho State, by proper or¬ ganization, and to disseminate, in all onr scliools, tiiat loyalty to tho whole counto', without whicll there can bo no pcrmanc'nt safety for our liberty.
In tlieir late reijort, tlie visitors to tiio West Point Military Academy laid a signi¬ ficant stress upon tlie necessity of such jiro- ceplors, in the future, as would teach tlie students of that institution tlieir first and unavoidable obligations to the principles upou which tho governmont itsolf reposes. Tlie neglect of this kind of instruction was felt in almost every movement during the recent conflict; and itis not going too far to say that many who disregarded their oaths, and who drew their swords ogainst the government - that had educated and nourished thom, found a meretricious con- solution in tho fact that thoyiV- i permits ted to cherish an allegiance to the State in whicll thoy -were born, wiiich conflicted with and destroyed that lovo of country ivhich should bo maii.. supremo and above ^i otiier political obliirations.
If, in our past ana recent experience, there has been exhibited the valuable and splendid acluevemonts of our volunteers in the national defence, thero has also been shown the necessity for military skill, and Ihot knowledge of, and famfilarity with, the rules and discipline so osseutiolly ne¬ cessary iu their prompt and efifcctual em¬ ployment. In order, therefore, to make our miUtary system cfieolive, wo should havo particular regard for tho lesson, that to repel danger, our State should always have a well disciplined force, prepared- to act with promptness and vigor on any emergency; nor should wo forget that it ia impossible to toll how soon our -warlilte energies may again be required in the field.
HOME RESODBOES AKD HOME luUlOR.
In notliing Jiavo our trials during the ;-war;and the resulting triumph to our arms, [been so full of' compeiisatlon; as in tho cs-' jtablisbment -of- tho -^rotid. fact tliat.we are !not only able ;to. defend'. ourselves.against assaidt, but what is equally important, to ,dep&id upon an<i.£tve upon j}ur own restmr- ces. At the time the rpbeUion was precipi¬ tated lipbh us ihewhbls hiisiiiesa and. ttwle of the' hatloii 'was pamlyzod.'' Com "in the West was"viaodfof/fupl, aiid. the'Jirbdiicer was cotrip'elled'tb'.'IdsetidtJbifly theiriterest upoh'the capital;' but-.the-'rery•eapltalhtf had i'nvestea. -'.'liaBdr i^aa'lil exoess, aha men ¦;*era 1 ievoifywherei aeitniliiag for; otu- Iployment. MillH:niiiirftfcDa<>Ba:-wei!B jiban-- ^oned. Domestic Intercourse was so tri¬ fling tbat the stocks of a number of the most important railroads in the country
development of industrj- and the gi-owtii ofw-euitb."
Tho great Republican party, in llie Con¬ vention which nominated Abral.am Lin¬ coln, in Cliicago, in 18(i0, us il preparing for the very war.whieii most of our atates'mon were at tliat period anxious to postpone, adopted a resolution, "wiiich," to use tlie language, ot" an eminent Pennsylvanian, " declared, tliat the produce of \he farm should no lon.ger bo compelled to remain inert and losing interest while waitiu'^ de¬ mand,in distant markets; that tiio-Ci'ipital which daily toolv tlie form of labor power siiould no fon.gor be allowed to go to waste; that, the fuel which underlies our soil should no longer there rcnmin to bo a mere support for foreign rails;   tliat the power wliicii lay then xielTiiled-intho form of coal should every whero bo brought to aid tlie iiiiman arm ; that our vast deposits of iron, ore sliould be made to take tlie foriu tpl'eii- gines and otiier maeliinery, lo be used as- substitutes for mere muscular force; and that ail our wonderful resources, material and moral, must and should bo at once di.'- veloped.   .Such was tlie intent and moan¬ ing of tho iii-ief resolution tlien ami there adopted, to bo at the earliest practicable moment ratified by C'on.grc-ss, as proved to be the case w-lien the Moi-ril tariff, on the memorable 2d of March, ISIil, was made tlie law of tbe land.   To that law, aided as it Wiis by the admiraliio uctionof tboTrea- sur.yiusuiiplyingmaeliiuery of circulation, w-o stand now indebted for the l;ict that v.-e iiave, in the aiiort space of five years, pro¬ duced more food, built more iionscs and mills,  opened   more  mines,  ctnistrncted more roads than ovor belbro, and so greatly added to llie w-ealtii of tbe countrv, that ilie property of the loj.-al States would this da.v e.^Lchmige for twice the quautit}- of gold than could live years since Imvc been oii- tained for all the real and personal proper- t.y, southern chattels excepted, of the v,-liole of the States and Territories of which tiic Union stands compose<l." . -
, -Ifthcprinciple ol protection proved to: bo such a talisman bi the time of '.var, shall we reject it in time of peace? If an answer wero neede.1 to this question, reference could be had to the repealed concessions to tliis principle by the recent free-traders oi' the Soutii. Scarcely ono of the ambitious men who led their unfortunate ])eopic inlo rebellion, but now freely admits that if tiie South had mannfactured theirnwn fabrics, on their own plantation.s, and cnltivatetL skilled labor in-their great cities, tliev w-ould have been able to prolong their con¬ flict with llie gove'rnmeut; and now to en¬ joy substantial, instead of artificial pro.spe- 'rity, they must iiivoke the very agencies tliey had so long and so fatally disregarded. Words need not be multiplied upon this import;;^! tlienie, either to maivo in.y ov/n position Slrongc'r, or lo impress iqio'n the people the valtie of adhering to a system wliich iuis proved Itself worthy of our con¬ tinued support, and of tlie imitation of its former opponents,
FrsASCE.s.-
Accuatomed,to tolerate,'and-in limn.-v easr.^. todefemtslavcr}-,-wbdid not feci. I'lial it*, dose proximity, so far from .'issi-sting, wa -; gradunllydestroyiug our liberticfl; and i! was only .when" rebellion, tore away llie mask, tiiat we saw tiie hideous fcatirres of tiio monster tlial v.-as c.llingnul the vililF- ril' tlie Eepuljlic.
If we are now astonished and shocked at tlie exhibition of cruelty and ingiatiudr. among those wlio, ha-ring inauguraled and prosecuted acadsoless -war agnliist agoncv- ous government, and having been permit¬ ted to cscujie the puiiisbinent liiey deserve, aro'once'more arrogantly clumonng-lo 'as¬ snme control of the destinies of this-great nation, llQW mncll greater cause would wc Iiave iiadforsurprisohadslavery Ij'cen'per- niillcd to increase and multiply'/
'Hoast as w-e'inay of our inate'rial unci our moral.victorics, yet it is-not true that tliere isnosucli lliiiig as a lleiniljlieau govern¬ ment iu tlie teu States that began and car¬ ried on tlio w.ir? There is not, to-day, a despotic State in Europe wliorc thb rights of the individual man are so rtefiantlv trampled Under foot, as hi the soetioiv* which v.:eie supposedto iiave been bron'j-ii; into ful^fiubmi3siou to llie government'..!' , the United Slates. Ibit the disease has .sug¬ gested its l*rovidential cure. : Tho abliorrent doclrino, that dcfcalfd treii-sonsliall not only be magnanimonsh- ,pardoned, but iiilroducod lo vet sli-(iiigei- iprlvilcges, because of its giiilly liiilm-e. ¦.soems^toljnve been iitsisted upon, as if i<> strengthoji the bettor and.tho coiiU'astiiiK doctrine, that a nation, having cnmpiere.j .its'frecdPtii, is its own' best giuinlia'u, an-i Itliat those w-ho w-erc defcatcil in Iiononibli. ^battle should bpconstraiucdlosubmittoall :tiib terms of file conqueror.. ; -The-violntoi-s of tlic most .solenin oblig,-..-' tions, the perpetrators of tbcmnst'atrocioi's Icrinics in liio annals of time, the murder¬ ers of our heroic soldierson lieids of ballk-, and ill lu;illisome dungeons and barliarou.-. prisons, tlio.-,-niii.st not, .¦:!iatt imi. re-apnca;- in the council chambers of the uatiini, li-v ¦aid in its legislation, or control its desli- ntbs,-unless il shall Ijcon conditions v.-ir:i.li .will preservn onr institutions from Ihr-Ii- ibaleful purposes and inllnencc, and secun- i-epublicaii forms of govc-rumenl, in tliclr piu-ify .-ind vigor, iu crerv section of tin- country. ¦
That'thoy aro uidLsposed to aciropt sui-li conditions, is manifest from tiieir recciii and even arro.gantj-,.jeetionorilie proposed' amendments ofliin nati.->nal Coiistitiiiion— ameudmonU which are liclioved, by maiiv Irneaudpatrioiic fili;;eiis and slatesiinii, to be loo mild and generous.
Tiioy iiavo, liowever, beenfnllvconsidc-.'- ,ed hy tho p;»plo during the late elections, and approved by majorities so large as l.) give tliein :i sanction wliich it w-nidd bo im¬ proper to either overlook or rti.si-i.'gard —
And cerlainly iu view of tills f:icl, ii'n	
the lute rebel Stales should lie admill.-d 1.. their former "practical relations" tn lli.. ileneral liovermnent, while thev coiitiimc to oppose amcndmems.
To the Congress oflhe United Sial.-s i!i.' hearll'elt sympathies and overv.-liclmiii.:,- sull'rages of Iho peoide have bc-l-n geii'jrou:-- l.v given. They liavo fc.irie-islvpi-oi.Iaim..; Iheir liiK-.-iuivocal venlict—"'Wr.r.i, i.n:;.,- liooD Asi) i--.viTifFt:L s^;uv.^^•Ts.¦' Uiv.n (lie deliberalions and actions cr t'.i;i;jr.-;.. ruir pi-{;.sciit inlercsls and Ailni-.j v.-elliir.- al; depend. In its firmness and courage liu- wliolo experiment of genuine rcimblican- isiii is iiidissolnbly involved. 'I'iiat Ibis iirmuess and cmirago will be I'lill}- cxliibil- cd by its controlling majorities, in tlie firig- ion and adopiion of measures of wi.^do'iii au'.l discretion, even more radical ami de¬ risive, if uecessar.v, tlion tliose of tlie pasi, I ellterlaiu no dolllil. Such liifasurc-; w-iil iiu-et -,-,-ilIi my cordial appnival. .Viid I iiiav well add, that while Vwms.vl'.-aiiia w;!! cuniidi'iu a iuy.d Ccin!;r>.ss, s!ic v.-iil not lie.iitatc lo sustain it with lier oiilirc inilii- cnco and power.
That iu liie adMiinistrali'inorihoirov..rn- mentlmay err, is onlv v.hat should li.- e.xpecterl from lliu inlimities of tho iinniaii mind; bulaslenter np.)!i Ilie discharge i.i myresponsililodiities with a lirm resolu¬ tion lo act with honcsly and imj>artlaiily, I trust my errors w-lll Ijc regarded wilhcliar- ity and treated with the ,!^entk'ncss of m.-ig- iianim.-ius forgiveness.
And I earnestly luipo that my intercom-';.- wiUiniy l'ellow-cili;'.ens of llie .Senate ami 1 louse of Ryprcsentalivos will lie so fnnd. and cordial, tiiat our duties lo a common i.-onsliluency will be pleasantly and I'aitli- I'llily diaduu-gcd. Dill'croiit branches of tin. ,!:;overiiment as we arc, v.-itli distiiu-Uvo du¬ ties, -we are novertiioless parts of nnenr- .^^anizedandwell regulated .system, and a ; w-c co-operate or disagree, t'hc- interesls o;' liie State will probably be pr.imoled or re- larilod. Elcctedijy the people, desirous I o promote the welliife of every citi-.'.cn, mcrt* party differences slionld not be allov,-ed lo inlerrcre -with llie inainteuance of a gunt.-r- ,Tas,alrneandcompreIiensivb puijlic iioli.'.v. It was tiie illustrious Washiugtnn,Vfiiia"l- ly distinguished as a warrior aiul a stales- man, who g..tve nUerance to tlic dcelaralion, •'tiiat tlie propitious smiles of ITcaven can¬ not be expected on a n;ilion that dis-.-ei^ards Liio eternal rules of order and right;'' ami .relVcrsnu, who asserted that "wiiatcvcr i-- morally wron.gcanuot bepolUic.iUj^ ri.i^iit." 'i'huse nlternnces express 1113- deepest con¬ victions of the ruies and principles liiul should permeate and control all .govern¬ ments. . Let us, foliow-citizons, adhere to thciii, be governed by them, and um; ellbrts will bo happily unifed iu surrounding lb... institutions of our Slate, as -well as tiiosc of onr naliou, -with a rampart of trulll that will repel the madnesc of ambition, tlic schemes of usurpalion, anclsui'cessfully re-. sist tlic changes and agitations of all com¬ ing time.
Tho exhibit of tbe finances of tlio Com¬ monwealth, as presented in the late annual message of my predecessor, and tbo report of tho State Treasurer, is certainly verj- gratifying; a-nd the flattering prospect of the speedy extinguislmiont of the debt whicll lias been hangiiig forsomanyj-ears, like a dark cloud over t o prospects of our State, combined -witli tlio iiope tliat a rea¬ sonable reduction will bo made in our ha¬ bitual annual expenditures, will clieer the people onward iu the pathway of duty.
Among the most delicato and import;iiit obligations required of those in ofliciid po¬ sitions, is a strict and faithful nian,igemcnt of the public revenues and expenditures of the Commonwealth. Taxation siionld be applied where its burdens may be least felt, aud where itis most just that it should bo borne. Every source should be carefully iiusbanded, and the strictest economy pruc- tisetl, so tbat tho credit oflhe Slate .shall bo maintained on a lirm and enduring basis, and the debt sureij' and steadily diminisli- ed, nntil its final extinguishment. Un¬ necessary delay in tliis -would, in my opin¬ ion, be incompaliblo willi our true inter¬ ests.
Tiiat tliose e.xpcetations are caj-iable of speedy and certain consummation, lias al¬ ready" Iieen demonstrated. The public im- prov'cnicnts, llie cause of our Iicavy debt, which seemed to bo an incubus upon the prosperity of the State, so long as tliey were managed by her agents, havo bceu sold; the tax on real e.stato has been abolislied, and considerable reductions iia'i-e already been made ou llio State debt.
Tills important branch of llie adminis- Iration siudi receive my constant and -/.oal- ous attention.
KXECUTiOS 01-' TUli r.AWK.
The general'and essential principles of law an<l liberty, declared in the Constitii- lionof Vennsyivania, shall bo watelifully guarded. It-will bo my liighcst ambition to administer tlio government in tlio true spirit of that instrument. Care shall be taken "liiat llio laws be faithfully execu- ica,-- ana cneuccisiutis urine t^tiutris ruspcc- led and enforced, if within tlieirautliorlzed jurisdictiou. Inllnoneed only by consider- 'utions for the public welfare, it 'is my im¬ perative tluLy to see that justice bo impar¬ tially administered. That merciful provi¬ sion, tiiopardonin//power, conferred upon' llip Executive doubtlessly for correctin.g only the errors of criminal jurisprudence, and s(Hnriug justice, .shall not be perverted to tho indiserimiuato prolectiou of those wlio may bo justly .sentenced to boar pbii- alties for infractions of the laws made lor tiie security and protection of society.— Thoss " cruelly" or " oxce.s.slvely" punish¬ ed, or erroneously convicted, are alone en¬ titled to its iionelicont protection, and only such should expect its exorcise in tiieir be¬ half
Whenever tbe people deem - il expedient or necessary, from actual experience, tO' alter the laws, or to amend the Constitu¬ tion, it is their undoubted riglit to do so, according to the mode prescribed witliin itself. I here repeat, what I have said else¬ where, that " so long as the people feel tliat the power to alter or change tiie character of tlie government aiiidcs iu them, so long will they bo impressed with a sense of- se¬ curity and of dignity which miich ever .spring from the coiLscibusuess that the}' hold within their own hands a remodj' for every political evil, a corrective Ibr every governmental abuse and usurpation." ¦
Tin; X.VTIOX.VL SITU.tTlbX.
We aro coufessedly in a transition state. It is marvelous how prejudice has perished in the fortune of war, and how", from the very ashes of old liateds and old parties, the truth rises purified and triumphant. Tiio contest between tho Executive aud a Con¬ gress twice elected by substantially the sumo suffrages, a contest so anomalous in our experience as not to iiavc been antici¬ pated by the framers of the National Con¬ stitution, has only served to develop tho reinorkable energies of our people, and to strengthen them for ftituro conllicts. That contest is virtually decided.
Thoviotoriousforces.pliysicaland moral, of tho patriotio millions, are simply paus¬ ing belbire they perfect tho work ol recon¬ struction. Twenty-six States havo not pnly been saved from the conflagration of w-ar, hut have beeu orystallzed in the sav¬ ing. Tlie um-ostored ten, still disafl'eotcd and still defiant, seem to be Providentially delaying their return to the Union, so thnt when they re-enter upon its obligations and its blessings they will be the better able to fulfil thaone and enjoy tho other. Their condltioh.lB a fbarful warning to men and nations, and especially to ourselves.
Until slavery fell we did not fully undor- stand the -jalne of Republieau institutions.
WoMEX IN TUB Eu'.i.E.-The Eiulu is the booli of woman. It is the only boolv which haa come down from tho misty ages of antiquity that presents ns with woman as the equal and meet for nian. From Eve, the mother ot all liv¬ ing, to 3rai'y,the mother of Jesua, wom¬ an alway.s occupies a conaiiicuous i)laeo in the grand drama of the world's his¬ tory. Hero she is seen as wii'u and mother, lilling hormission wilh sliriiik- iug modesty and gentle Iirmuess. Mi¬ riam and Deborah, Rebecca and Hutli, Harah .md Esther, shine fortli ill cli:u- acter at ouee original, unique, consist¬ ent .md feminine. Ou a still brighter etinvasand brighter colors arc drawn the cliaraetcrs of tho Martlui.s, Marys and Lydias of the new Testament. Mere they arc, as they ought to be, and hero Ihcy will remain forever. Nut forward, not departing from her sphere, aud immodest, not nuiseuliuo. Tlvcy sliinc, not like the sun, but with a radi¬ ance as mild, and gctitic as t!;c iiglil "f
tlic c.-ciiiug star.
A flippant young man nlwervcd, in the presence of Dr. Parr, that.hc :icvcr believed anything he could not under¬ stand. "Then yours must lie the very shorcst creed of ani'mail's I know," re¬ marked the doctor.
A sailor being asked liow he liked his bride, replied, " Why, d'ye soo, I took her for to be only half of me, us tlur par- sou savs. liutibi-sh nil! ifslic is'iit twii-o :'oS much as I. I'm ouij- alar' biil slio is a tartar."
Dr. Franklin recommends a" yiiiin'r man iu t!ic choice of 11 wife, to select her from almncli, giving as hisi'c.iso'.i that, ',vIioii there arc imiiiy daughters, fliey improve each other, and from cmul:!- tion acquire more accoinplisimicnts, and know mare, ami do more, than :i single child spoilctl by patunuil fond, iicss. This is comfort to peoi>!c ijlessed with large families. .
Ono of the most inconeeivalile things in the nature of the brain i.s tliat, al¬ though the organ ofsoiisation, it should itself lie iuscusiblc. , To cut the brain gives 110 paiu; yet iu the brain alone resides the power of feeling p:iiu in any part of tho body. If the nerve which Ic.ids to it from tho injured part lie di¬ vided, we become instantly unconscin;!.'-. oC suircriug. It is ouly by cpmiuuiiic:i- tion with .the brain that any kiiul of sensation is produced ; yet tbo organ itself Is Insensible.
Children may teach us one blessing, one enviable art—tho art of being easily happy. Kind nature has given to tlicm that useful power ot accommodation lo circumstances whioh compensates for many external disadvantages, and it is only hy. injudicious management, that it is lost. Givo him but a moderate portion of food and kindness, and tbu peasant's child ia happier than the duke's; free from artificial wants,, un¬ satisfied by indulgence, all nature'mhi- isters to his pleasure. Ho can carvo out felicity from a bit pf^lin'/.el twig; or fish for it successfully rua'puddle.
Anger is like a. full-hot horse, wlio being allowed his way, self-mettle tires, him.   ' ' [[    ,\
Tho gravest; events .often, eome with no more noise than the morning star makes iu rising.