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9. MURDERING A TUNE. Foote once asked a man without a sense of a tune in him, "Why are you forever humming that tune?"-"Because it haunts me,' was the reply. “No wonder," said Foote; "you are forever murdering it.”

10. THE QUAKER'S RETORT.A Quaker and a hotheaded youth were, on a recent occasion, quarreling in the street. The man with the broad-brimmed hat kept his temper most equably, which seemed but to increase the anger of the other. "Fellow," said the latter, with an oath, "I don't know a bigger fool than you are.""Stop, friend," replied the Quaker, "thou dost forget thyself."

11. ON EARLY RISING.-Said Lord Chatham to his son: "I would inscribe on the curtains of your bed, and the walls of your chamber, 'If you do not rise early, you can make progress in nothing. If you do not set apart your hours of reading, if you suffer yourself or any one else to break in upon them, your days will slip through your hands unprofitable and frivolous, and unenjoyed by yourself.'"

12. A STUPID QUESTION. - Professor Porson, being once at a dinner party, where the conversation turned upon Captain Cook and his celebrated voyages round the world, an ignorant young man, in order to contrib ute his mite toward the general conversation, asked the professor, thoughtlessly, "Pray, sir, was Cook killed on his first voyage?"-"I believe he was," answered Porson, "though he does not seem to have minded it much; for he immediately entered on a second."

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13. THE JUDGE AND THE LAWYER. On a certain occasion, when pleading a cause at the bar, Lawyer

Brooks observed to Judge Rice, that he would conclude his remarks on the following day, unless the Court would consent to set late enough for him to finish them that evening. "Sit, sir," said the judge; "not set: hens set.""I stand corrected, sir," replied the lawyer, bowing. Not long after, the judge, while giving an opinion in a marine case, asked, in regard to a certain ship, "At what wharf does she lay?" "Lie, may it please your honor," exclaimed Mr. Brooks; "not lay: hens lay."

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FIELD-MAR'SHAL, n., the commander | VIC-TOʻRIA, n., a Latin word, meaning of an army.

victory.

The ew in news has the y sound of long u. Pronounce wound, woond.

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Then pours, in tones of thunder,
"Victoria!" o'er the land.

"Victoria!" sounds the trumpet!
"Victoria!" all around;
"Victoria!" like loud thunder
It runs along the ground.

And in that blast so thrilling,
The trumpeter's spirit fled;
He breathed his last breath in it,
And from his steed fell dead.

The company returning

Stood silent round their friend; "That," said the old field-marshal, "That was a happy end!"

From the German of JULIUS MOSER.

XLVIII. TO A CHILD.

AU, n., a pleasing trifle.

HOARD, v. t., to lay up; to amass.
LOW'ER (lou'er), v. i., to appear dark.
WRESTLER, N., one who wrestles.

TAL'IS-MAN, n., a magical figure eut

or engraved; a charm.

IM'PORT, n., weight; consequence.
CE-LES'TIAL, a., heavenly.

Practice the consonant termination sts in tem'pests. Heed the pure sound of or in soiled, toiled. In 'neath (a contraction of beneath) the th is vocal.

THINGS of high import sound I in thine ears,

Dear child, though now thou mayst not feel their power; But hoard them up, and in thy coming years

Forget them not, and, when earth's tempests lower,

A talisman unto thee shall they be,

To give thy weak arm strength-to make thy dim eyes see.

Seek Truth, that pure celestial Truth, - whose birth

Was in the heaven of heavens, clear, sacred, shrined

In Reason's light.-Not oft she visits earth,

But her majestic port, the willing mind,

Through Faith, may sometimes see. Give her thy soul, Nor faint, though Error's surges loudly 'gainst thee roll.

Be free - not chiefly from the iron chain,

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But from the one which Passion forges — be

The master of thyself. If lost, regain

The rule o'er chance, sense, circumstance. Be free.
Trample thy proud lusts proudly 'neath thy feet,
And stand erect, as for a heaven-born one is meet.

Seek Virtue.

Wear her armor to the fight;

Then, as a wrestler gathers strength from strife,
Shalt thou be nerved to a more vigorous might
By each contending, turbulent ill of life.

Seek Virtue. She alone is all divine;

And, having found, be strong, in God's own strength and thine.

Truth-Freedom-Virtue-these, dear child, have power,
If rightly cherished, to uphold, sustain,
And bless thy spirit, in its darkest hour.

Neglect them-thy celestial gifts are vain;

In dust shall thy weak wing be dragged and soiled;
Thy soul be crushed 'neath gauds for which it basely toiled.

REV. EPHRAIM PEABODY.

XLIX.-ROLLA TO THE PERUVIANS.

LEGA-CY, n., a bequest.
VULTURE, n., a bird of prey.

CRAFT'Y, a., cunning; sly.
AV'A-RICE, n., greed of gain.

1. My brave associates, - partners of my toil, my feelings, and my fame!-can Rolla's words add vigor to the virtuous energies which inspire your hearts? No! You have judged, as I have, the foulness of the crafty plea by which these bold invaders would delude you. Your generous spirit has com

pared, as mine has, the motiyes which, in a war like this, can animate their minds and ours.

2. They, by a strange frenzy driven, fight for power, for plunder, and extended rule; we, for our country, our altars, and our homes. They follow an adventurer whom they fear, and obey a power which they hate; we serve a monarch whom we love a God whom we adore. Whene'er they move in anger, desolation tracks their progress! Whene'er they pause in amity, affliction mourns their friendship.

3. They boast they come but to improve our state, enlarge our thoughts, and free us from the yoke of error! Yes they will give enlightened freedom to our minds, who are themselves the slaves of passion, avarice, and pride! They offer us their protection. Yes: such protection as vultures give to lambs — covering and devouring them! They call on us to barter all of good we have inherited and proved, for the desperate chance of something better which they promise.

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4. Be our plain answer this: The throne we honor is the people's choice; the laws we reverence are our brave fathers' legacy; the faith we follow teaches us to live in bonds of charity with all mankind, and die with hope of bliss beyond the grave. Tell your in vaders this; and tell them, too, we seek no changeand, least of all, such change as they would bring us!

WHY praise we, prodigal of fame,

The rage that sets the world on flame?
My guiltless Muse his brow shall bind
Whose godlike bounty spares mankind.
For those whom bloody garlands crown,
The brass may breathe, the marble frown;
To him, through every rescued land,
Ten thousand living trophies stand!

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