Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-03-31

              iff 1T1 -v. U VOL. VI. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, L8(j0. NO. 21 THE UNKNOWN CHAMPION. Th front door of Lys!e Hill shut so heir- ily that it fbook the house, startling a young ' pel and boy, who sat in the deep embrasure of a window, apparently waiting for some-' thing or some person. The girl was dark-haired, dark-eyed, and extremely pretty, though her lips curled rathor haughty, and , an imperious glance shot from hor large, dark eyts, which told a pmud spirit. The boy was pale and golden-haired ; wholly unlike ' his coroj anion and sister in feature, though . bis pale thin lips had the same haughty curl, and bis blue'yes grew dark with pride I a ' poor, weak thing was Alfred Lysle, bin right no and leg being withered had been So (root his birth. He was geiitle, affectionate, Ugh-spirited and talented, the idol of his : widowed father, and proud sister. There were times when his spirit dialed, and he almost curse I the pour a aimed bot'y, which was such a clog to him. Alfred read aloud, while his sister Agnes ' buiitd bersell with a piece of embroidery, giving, if the truth be t- ltl. very divided attention to the words of her brother. 'Was not that a glorious description?" asked the boy, racing bis lace ail glowing with poetical enthusiasm. " Yes. 1 th.nk I never heard a catemct described more bea itilully." " W by, Aggie ! I got past the cataract and reached the meadow." "Oh, have you, dear? Well. Alfred, to 'tell you the honest truth, I got to thinking of 'something else. Be so kind as to read it 'over again, aud.lhia lime I will surely listen Uoyou." ' The boy laughed gaily, as he answered : ' N j use, Aggie yoir wits would be wool-gathered ag-.iu b-iore 1 h id read three lines 1 will not torment you any longer. Shall I talk lu you instead or would you rather ibo silent." Talk, if you please, All'red." "'What think you, sinter Agnes, will be thi lenult ol this conference? asked the - boy, in low tone. The girl raised a troubled face, and answered very slowly : "Indeed, Allred. I scarcely dare think. 'The Dudleys are not lamed fur geneiosity, and-" " Bang ! Bang ! " It was the hall door clon ing su heavily that it stopped her word and jcaused both the young persons to start. ' Gone al Isal ! " exclaimtd Agnes. And she vose to her feet just as the door of the room ..where they were silting opened, and an old gentleman entered. " What nuw. father ? I thought Mortimer Dudley would.never g.. How is it settled ? ' " The matter stands just as it did before, lie will not abate -one inch of ground, nor will I. llt think-- his claim as good a mine, and day after to-tno' row w m 'M on the h. ib lul le ground, an I With sturdi J .ces t le the qestioti." "Good, father! I feared you might be compelled 10 yii'ld, and 1 couldn't bear to thi.ik that in you' old age. you wWd be obliged to give .tVfi yolir jliowe and goairong stranizers. Th 'case teas been .cawed ilroiu court to court, rnd years hnVe ps-med stray in fuitile wailint!', no, a well 4ircied til' and ihe proud caH of Doill'y Will heoe-r thn.wn. Aye. chaig" at him. lm her. and may G.nl and Stint Ma y guide jour weapon w that you faille oil Coi quner." The old man Miiilvd and pitted tlm glowing cheek of hU irettv. tiritud daughter, then aeated hiiu.-elf beside liia soil anil read wiih liim. Sir Henry LysTe was about fl ty-five, hand-Holiio and high Hpii-itAi, arwi.priglil and honor-abli man and kind (ailur! For t o generations between the Iioiim bl Dudley and L'y4e had been a lung standing I'Uarril concerning gnie property, two tliitdii, lncltgViig the buildings of the LjkU estate. The diptte bad been Curried liom court tti biitirt, without any decision being Hindu in lavor ol eilli-rpurty.--Lstely, H.bert Eirl of Dudley, hail died, and bis son, a Hushing ynuiig iiiai'ii-f tweuiy-tfve had, tiled of the old liille quarrel, proposed to settle the debate by single combat, to be held on the debatable territory--then, iu the fourteenth :entuiy, a very common method ol set. tling disputes. Thus the matter stood, and with- conversation and - reading - (he litres passed ihe evining. AUer Allied had retired, isncs lingered behind, uenim-dy averse td leave her father. Sir Henry no icd her hesitation, snd, put. ting ah nui around her wsnit, and stroking her dark curiiog hair, he said earnestly :. ''Day after to-moi row, Agnes, i shall mount my good steed and battle for my right and, our borne. II I fall, as fall I may.. we are lioiueleM, Should anything happen to prevent me from engaging in this conflict " , "But nothing can happen to prevent you, father," etgeily inteirupied Agoes. ' Nothing but sudden illness Or death, toy child." "0, father!" " We must look at possibilities; my dear chilif, and I trust you do not shrink. II as I aay, anything should prevent me trom fighting my tight, I know not what you will do. A mile money I have j you will find" it in the ebony cabinet beside my bed. With that you iuu.1 go with your brother lo our relatious beyond the border. ' Never mind, my child 1 feel that you Iremble. We'll only look on the bright side J and now. good night I " ' Tbus they parted, wilb one fond embrace. As Agnes entered ber chamber, ber heart was heavy with presentiment ol coming evil About midnight Agnes was aroused from a aeep though troubled slumber, by band laid tmly an her shouklor. It was Margery, the old nurse. " Ot dear ifiss Agnes ! Get up wake as quick as you can, for you are wanted." . There was troutle and despair in the old woman's voice, and Agnes sprang from ber bed and began to dress as bastely as possiblei while she engorly questioned Margery, "What Is the matter, Margery ?" " Sir Henry, your desr father, is ill taken suddenly." "With what?" " 0. dear Miss, I don't know 1 James, who always aleeps in the next room, heard a kind of groaning, and rushing in, lound my dear master in some kind ol a fit.'' " 0, mercilul Heaven ! spare my father t met" eiclaimed the trembling Agnes, as throwing a shawl over her shoulders, she flew rather than ran down stairs. At the door of her father's roorri, she paused and turned to Margery, who had followed" as closoly as she ..j could. " Has sny one gme for the doctor ? ' . " Yes, James went as soon as I could go to master." Agnes entered the dimly lighted chamber and approached the bed where her father lay so white and motionless, while the frightened servants stood round mutely. Sir Hurry Lysle wss i good, kind master, and the serv ants were devoted to him. Summoning all her courage, Agnes neared the ted. At the first sight she trembled, for she thought her father was dead. Bending over him, she laid her hands upon his heart, and was re joiced to feel that it pulsated still though Very, very faintly. Ignorant what to do, Ag-nes bathed her father's face and was in de spair at the failure of her effort, when the physicianenterd. Dr. Thompson pronounced it to be a paralytic stroke, and proceeded to bleed the patient. Soon Sir Henry orenod his eyes, and seemed Conscious of all that was goini; on. He endeavored lo spiak. hut that being Impossible, paper alid pencil were brought him. In large, Irregular characters, he tcrawled : " Doctoi, will I be well enough to go out tomorrow ? " With wist til eyes he watched the physician as he deciphered the characters, and his face expreed the bitterest dexpuir a' Dr. Thompson shook bis lisad. Again he wrote : ' I cannot meet Mortimer Dudley, and we are lost, Agnes."' Agnes lead the irregular writing, so differ, enl trom his usual firm, clear woids and she could scaecely re pi ess the tears; but, bravely mastering her feelings, she sad, l niing over the stricken man, " Can you hear and under stand what I ay, father 1" A faint nod was the answer. ' Then rest in peace, dear father, for cnampion win t louna wno win strive as I Itmrifill I w fla vnilntul O.wl orunt tlmt liu try no be as brave and skilful ! " A smile of contentment passed over tl'e sick in id's face, and calmly he dosed hiseyi s. Too ill to question or doub', he believed his daughter's words. Toward the close or that day, Agnes returned from a short and rapid ride, and nought in the stable for old Arnold, her fuher's trusty esq u i re. The old man turned as he heard the clatter of the horse's bno's, and was only in time to see Agnes spring lightly from (lie saddle. Ho. dolfi'd Ins cup resK'Cifully. and waited for his 'nistiess to speak. " Yon know, Arnold, that it was my fith rB panose to lidelnrth to tueel young Dud ley at day-break to-morrow ? " ' I know I know, MistreN- Agnes ; but he is ill stricken down and cannot do so.' anfiwcrcJ tbo vid scroll or in a iiioiirnlnl voice. "I know of a champim," and the g'rl'e palo face flashed as she FpjJe, "a utln r in experienced youth, bill one who has a In me heart, keen eye. and ready hand. All that ho has. but no armor, and ny Imlwr'n is nil too wide for hint. Know you of any other ? " " Up in the garret is a soil long unused, h belonged to your father when he was i were strippling scaicely stouter than you dear la dy." " That will do very Well. I thii k Have it brightly polifhid. all in order, and lay it on the couch in the bed room." . It is as bright now. Mistress Agnes," replied the old uuh, respejlfully, though lii'lfi aa accent o' pride, "as the day your laiher last wore It, nearly frty yitti.s a;i. I loved the armor my young pupil wore, and no spot of rust dull i its bright sdrfacej y unloosed, or dinted plate." "Ever faithful, good Arnold. All Is well. To morrow, at daybreak, he will be at the hall door with Black Uudulph, lalhur'f horse, yimreelf in armor ready to accompany (fie young knight." "Yuur bidding shall be done." "And Arm Id, should the young knight lack aught lu riding, or in the handling ol the lance, direct biin as you did uiy father." Ajjrics turned and walked quickly to the house, wholly unconncloua of the curious gise thai followed her, Old Arnold looked alter her with wistful ryes, murmured aloud. "1'roud step, like ber lather, yel lilil as a fairy's. Wheie baa sbefuuuda champion? J ese baa txeir ridden smarily, 1 M by tin rveliing flunks and heaving aides. Il Cuu't be that lr-A)'r, young Master Allred is goirg to trj ; tint C4ii't'be,Her his arm' is neither stea- By nor strong. I can't think" "Arnold, old fellow," exclaimed a cheery voice, don't bother your old brain, but obey oidera. The morrow will solve vour doubts ' , Ood awl ' Si. Jos-ohui 'erant that our Dour ! , mast!' eaase ifaay be viciorkiua." "Amen. Joseph," responded Arnold. And ha turned anil went: slowly to the halt Jtut fcebra daybreak th aext morning. i u obedient to orders, Arnold clal in armor, holding Black Rudolph, stopd at the hall door His own horse was held by Joseph. Both men watched with anxious eyes the opening of the heavy oaken door. "Mayhap the young knight oversleeps himself, and is dreaming now of bis lady love,1' mockingly whispered the yeomen to the old esquire. The words were hardly out of bis mouth when the door swung back upon its binges, and the ring of a nailed heel was heard upon the stone steps. Eiger eyes were raistd and lowered in great disappointment, for the vizor was tightly closeJ. Perfectly aiUnt.ihe unknown knight mounted the spirited war horse, took the lance, and started off at a smart trot, closely followed by Arnold. The yeoman shook his head as he gnzed after them, and muttered, while wa tching them till out of sight among the trees: "It's riohUy I know. ITeranun'ed none tbo glibly, though he rides well. A Blende1" youth it is to combat with that flary young Dudley. Success to him." In perfect sihince the knight and the esquire rode the short distance to the field o1 combat a plain In the furthest verge of the Lysle domain,' "You must lead the way, Sir Esquire, for il know not but I may go wrong. The voice was deep and clear, but in vain did Arnold sjrive to remember having heard It before. Shortly be obeyed. ,. . At last the ground was reached, and the stranger (JWo into the Quid on one side, at the sums moment that Mortimer entered on the other. A few people were assembled to witness the struggle. The unknown knujht and Mortimer Dudley gravely saluted, then backed their horses to the extremity of the field, and waited with lances in rest. for the 'signal to be given. A stout man, Sir Wil liam Delorriie, gave the req'uired shout. On an instant both horses, sprang forward and bore their riders on. Once they met, yet nei. ther was struck the second charge, the Iiiiico of the Bui of Dudley touched the shoulder of the young knight, who visibly reeled. Arnold was in despair, and murmured:"Al"s lost! the next charge he will fall!" A third time they rushed forward, and in a cloud ol dust ore went down. Arnold closed bit eyes and lu(rlv groaned,, when a shout made him re-open them "Lysle foi-ever! Lysle forever!" Sure enough it was the proud Eirl of Dudley who was unhorsed, and beside biin knell the stranger knight. "Now yield you, Mortimer, Ejrl )f Dud ley." I yiold," said the young Eirl; "but I would know to whom, for that you are not Sir Henry Lysle, I am sure." The Iriends of both parties stood around, snd Arnold among the turvmost. "Kise, up Mortimer, K.irl of D.idley, and you shull know who has been able to conquer yon " The young nobleman rose, and with folded aims looked at the slender mailed figure be fore hi in The stays were unloosed and the helmet thrown b-ick, and the sun streaming through the clou Is which had until then obscured it. shone full upon the uncovered lace. Mortimer started v h'le a loud triumph shout rent the air. The young man gused with wonder and admiration upon the delicate (are, lonK, w ii ved brown hair, and heaving I osoin i f young Agnes Lv sle! A ri'l fl isli rose to lie brnw of the hi ugh ty Eirl, and be hit his lips with rng". ' Be not chaginel. bmvo D ullev," Said" Agnes, in her rich, Mteet voice, the long diik lashes dri't'ped on her cheek, which was now puling and hv extended her maikd hand 'You have but Isiwed to the late decreed to all mankind. From the beginning to the end of ime biave men will yield to the power of woman, and degrade tot their mnnhnnd by so do PR. 1 battled for my hoim, Ivirl, niul God guided my arm HdrvaOer let us meet as (riet'ds who h ive proved etch olhei's mettle. Shall il lie so?" Unable to resist the sweet voice and bewitched smile, Vioniiiicr seiz d the in iiled iin'tid, ind kissing It, whispered so low that none. of the brstnnde beard. "Yes, ii thodsand limes yes and limn my tail I will rise and soar higher than ever, seeking only for yoifr love and approbation." A biighl fl ish spread over the beautiful lace and for one moment the dark eyes wen-raised only, for a moment-then, wiih s half murmured farewell. A'ds mounted her father's horn and prepareil to leave the field ,i . . . ..' 1 . j asduietly as she came. lui this was not to be, for all the pet pie present turned, with One accord, and in triumph accompanied ber home. Sho died in vain to miinnstrate against Inis her words were unheeded. At her bridle reiu rode the proud Karl of Dudley. Upon bis bed of llmes's Uf S r Henry Lysle. The shoots of his returning party reached bis ears, and by signs he inquired the cause.' "Th stranger knight return's vicarious." exclaimed Margery, in delight. Alfred, wbo sat beside the bed, rose up, eiclatuiing,' while bis frame lairly trembled with excitement: "0. laiher! all the joy Isn't com yet. Wait till you kn iw all. Shall I go and lead the ptoitd conqueror to your bddsida, dear fathet?" An eager sigh of assent was given by the nvalid and Alfred hastened, as last as bis lameness would permit, from the room. . . With a step less Urn , and varying cheek Agnes led by ber brother, entered Sir Henry's ehan-ber. His visor wa closed. Coming forward sh knell besidntbe bed. At an tager sign from her lather slie strove to unloose the stays, but hot- trembling finger refused to do her bidding. The Earl of Dudley, who still kept by her side, undid the fastening, and Alfred threw I ack the heavy helmet, disclosing tha blushing, agitated bee of Xgnes . Lysle. The shock was great, and effected a cure, for Sir Henry rose up in his bed and exclaim ed: "Agnes!. Agnes! my Agnes in atmor! coming here victorious!" "Yes father," excaimed Alfred, "Agnes it is surely," Mortimer Dudley here stepped forward. "Gently, Sir Henry. Lay back upon your pillow. Like1 a hero, your daughter donned armor, and bravely combatted for yonr right8 and nnhorsed me. I, the proudest nobleman in E igland am here to say it. I yjeld t: her all my heart and fortune, the devoted love of a liretitre, here in your presence, 1 lay .at her feet, praying that she may not give me my death blow, for refusal will kill me." Wi.h deep, devotion love shining from his eyes, the haughty Mortimer Dudley waited her answer. Rising from her knees, all clad in clanking armor, and her lace brilliant with happiness, Agnes Lysle came forward and placed the tiny hand, so lately encased in a mailed gauntlet, la the hands of the young Earl, saying, with ber faciuaiiug smile: "If 1 vauislud you, Mortimer Dudley, you have conquered me lor all time." Mortimer folded the young girl in one fond embrace, then turned to Sir Uemy, wuu lay upon his pillow, smiling but weak: "Your blading. Sir Henry Lysle. This day your daughter has won back your inheritance and robbed me of the things most val ued in this world, heart and liberty two feats" Tbus Agnes Lysle beca -e th) wife of one of thu proudest nobles in England, and the memory ol her feat is still chdrished, lor the crust of the Dudley 's is "uul ol a ducul euro not ot gold, a woman's bust j ber hair dish v eled, bosom bare, a helmet or. her bead, with stay or ibaoallatch down; and a 11. S, is in possession ol the Dudley's of Northamptonshire, preserves the story of Tub UiiiiowN Cuaupion. Millennium ik 1807. Some of ns are to see Hie millennium, it appears : " Dr. Cum tiling has been stating his opinion at Leeds, lespecting ibe great events which; accoiding U) bis interpretation ot the book of Diiuiel and the Apocalypse, are looming in the future Ue an id the year 18G7 seemed to end six thous and years ol the wui Id's history, and from the earliest, peri' ds onward it bad been the universal belief that the six days ot creation were typical ol those six thousand years, and thai the svveuth day c'f creation, or the Sub- bath, was typical o1 the millenniul rest ol one thousand . ears." ( "L bis premises were Just, then tbey were at that moment within seven years ol. the exhaustion of the six thousand years ; so that if 1307 was to be the termination ol this economy, they had ar' rived at the Saturday evening of the worU's long and dreary week. If this were so, it was a miignilic. 1 1 thought that ther 3 were some in thai assembly wbo wi uld never die." Tub True Source of Alcohol. All alcohol, whatever apparent form it assumes, hs one origin It comes from the destruction of Sugar, has no other source m nature. It is i.ot production of vegetable growth, like those substances, which arecre&lod to funn the lood of mm. No chemwt has ever yet found it among compounds built up by plants. The s d.ir beains that -re ches like the rtngoi ol G si across the abysses of spice," and in the hiKiratory of Vegetation, takes to peices poi sonous gases, and put together t.ieir atoms in. no groups which are capable of nourishing the animal body the ceiesi ial loice never ar. ranged together the atoms which form nlclio-hoi. On the conin ry, il is a product ol disso-hltion o the wieck and disoigunzition o' toe principles of human lood. It has the smue origin as those malignant and f Ial ex. imliitions which constitute the genius of pes- tilence the death and putrefaction ol morgan jc mutter. Indeed the suitu act which gives birth to a.c hoi. also brings into he world n- twin compound, which is one ol the prompt, est and subtlest of t.11 poisons carbonic acid gas. Youiiiims on A,rhol. A WORD IN TIIK 'SWKI.L VOCABULARY -A )oU"g gentleman in an office al Simerset House was highly delighted by reading, in the letter of the Alexandria correspondent ol the Morning l'ost, the statement that the Suez caual, as contemplated by its projectors, would have to be e xcavalod "by the lalior ol the felluhs ol Egtpt." "By Jove!" he ox-caiuied, '-that fellah in the Morning Post is a deuced cleva fellah 1 Knows how to spell lei-lah. Those other fellahs deuced cleva fellahs-loo those pf oiMtic feflalis spell 'ellah same way. Shall always spell it so myaell in u chaw. Wish all the waK a! have lo do to day had to be executed by the laba'w of those Egyptian fellahs." "The Liverpool Albion says a young fady the eldest daughter of a well known political I aronet. was to deep a sleep ir that it was always difficult to wake her? and In the year 1858 a ffra broke out at night In the family mansion, wtien a male domestic burst Into her room, sod, snatching her as she lay in bed. conveyed ber to a place of safety. Strange to say, the lady's high sense of modesty caused her preserver to 'm .discharged from ber father's service.'? Too oood Astob r to Loss ! " John Jacob Astor said that perhaps it was s welt for a man la retire from luisness on five millions a to'wmit till be grt flobr." Little or Nothings. Transported roll Life. The man who marries happily. . , . . . ' As a man drinks he jjenetally grows reckless. Ir. his case, the moro drams the fewer scruples. . At what time of day was Adam created ? A little before Eve. An Irish piper advertises, "Wanted, an able bodied man as a washcr-womac." Why couldn't Job sleep at night? Be-ciuse he had such miserable comforters. The young w, man who was 'driven lo distraction," now fears she will have to walk back. "You seem to walk more erect than usual, rhy friend." "Yes, I have been straitened by circumstances." "Can't we make your lover jealous, miss ?" "Oh, yes. sir, 1 think w can, if we put our heads together." A modern todrlst calls the Niagara River "the pride of rivers." That pii-e certainly has a tremendous full. Love can excuse anything except mean, nesstbut meannessi.ikilU loe, and cripples even natural affection. She that marries a man because be is a "good match," must not be surprised if be turns out a "Lucifer." Why was Herodias the fastest woman c'f her day ?" Because she got ahead of John the Baptist on a charger. Excess of ceremony shows want of breeding. That civility is best which excludes all aupetfluous formality. The love that has naught .but btauty to keep it in good condition, is short-lived, and subject to shivering tiis. An English missionary now in Sumatra, lately wrote home that he had bud the "satisfaction" of examining the of en in which bis predecessor was baked. Quite UNNiiCEsaiur. A lady being asked to join a union ol Ibe "Daughters of Temperance," replied, "Il is unnecessary, as I intend to join one of the sons, soon." Susiblo lady, that. Every desire bears its death in its vory grat ificatiou. Curiosity languishes undiriepeat-ed slimulunts, and novelties cease lo excite surprise, until al length we cunnot even wonder al a uuricle. Washington Irving. A Yankee editor says: "We don't mind recording the deaths ol people without being paid tor our trouble though that is not tu.tr ; but panegyrics on the dead must bj paid lor --we positively cannot send people to heaven for nothing." A rhaplaiu was once preaching to a class of collegians about the formation of bubits. "Gentlemen,-1 said he, "close your ears sguiusl bud discourses." The students im mediately clapped ilieir bands lo their ears. A man asked another, "Which is the heav. iest, a quart of gin or a quart of water?" 'Gin, most aMSJredly, for I saw a man who weighs two hundred pounds staggering under a (j'lurt ol gin, when he would have carried a gallon of water witu ease." "Won't you taku my word, sir, when I tell you 1 will cull uud puy my bill on Saturday morning next" raid a delinquent debtor to a dunning creditor, with whom be had had sharp words. "No, sir," replied the other, ' 1 haii rather you would keep your word." A schoolmaster, who had an inveterate hub-fl ol lalkmg to himsell, was asked what motive he could have in doing so ? ' lie replied Ihul he had two good and substantial reasons. "In the first place, lie liked to talk to a sensible man J iu the next place he liked to hear a sensible man talk." 'Perhaps Brother Jonethar does carry his bands iu bis pockets," said a drawling Yankee i:i dispute with an Englishman, "but the difference between him and John pull is. thai Brother Jonathan has his hands in his own pockets, while John Bull has his in somebody else's." Troth' a Straso'eb. "Jack is a good fellow, but I will not tell a lie for any man. love my Iriend, but t love truth still more ' 'My dear',", said a by -slander, "consider now I Why nhouid you prefer a strangorto an old acquaintance ?" THE WRECK DT ALBER? LAtQHTOH. The ueean inngbjrnr heart last night, Wnco I fuldud my handi in rest, A tune at twoet as the mother sing .To the child upon her breast.' Bat to-doj It wails like a funeral dirge,' A tUejr till in the qnict town, Bow the Engliih ship, with land In sight,' With a hundred souls want down. ' - 'Great roLKs!"-Mr. and Mrs. Annin, re siding near the High Bridge of the New Jersey Central Railroad, are supposed to be the largest couple In this countr y. The gentleman's weight is seven hundred pounds, and the lady's weight is five hundred. Mr. Annin'i ag is about lorty-five, and Mrs. Annin' abbot forty. Il requires six yards of cassi-roers lor Mr. A.'s pants, and nine yards ol cloth lor a coat. RWsitMii Uncover the burled at th last or the month if sufficiently warm. 8tk up, and Cut back to ljur or Ov feet high . KkRIW SAffttm full ,'nntr I'mI 11 kind before purchasing" largely. Tbo town this month may be forwarded by enclosing fn a clotb, covered lightly until sprouted and tnD towing. Humble Origin, Admiral jr.Rvis.-E.irl St. Vincent bas told the story of his eaity struggles, and, among othor things, of. his determination to keep out of debt, "My father bad a very large family," said ha, ,' with limited means He gave me twenty pounds sterling at starting, and that was all he ever gtve ma. Arter I bad been a considerable time at tht station, (at sea) f drew tor twenty mo,e', but the bill came back protested, t was mortifldd at this rebuke, and made a promise, which t hive ever kept, that I would never draw another bill without a certainty of its being piiif I immediately changed my mode of living quitted my mesa, livud alone, and took up the ship allowancs, which I found quite sufficient, washed and m;nled my own cl jlhes; made a pair of trousers out ol the ticking ol my bed; and having by these means saved as much money as would rod jein my honor, 1 took up my bill, enl from that timi to this I have taken care to keep within my tnjuns.'' Jervis for six years endured pinching priva fion, but preserved bis integrity, studied his profession with succest, and gradually and steadily rose by m.-rit and bravery to the highest rank. Axotubb ts&TANCg. Suruuel Draw thus describes his first lessjti inejo.iotuy : ' WaeO I was a boy, I somehow got a few ponce, and coining into St. Austell oua fair day, laid out all on a purse. My empty pursa oft in re minded mo of my folly; and the recollection has since ban as useful to ma as Franklin's whistle was to him." BeaiNxtNo Well. Too many are impa tient ol results. They are not satisfied to bo- gin where their fathers did, but whir they left off, They think to enjoy the fruits a iu' dustry without working for them. They cannot wait fur the results of labor and application, but forests! them by too early indul gence. A worthy Scotch couple, whjn asked how thjir son had broken down so early in life, gave the following explanation: When we began life together we worked hard, and lived upon porridge and such like, graduilly adding to ourcomfot-ts as our maans improved until we were able at length to dine off a bit of roust meat, and sometimes a b jilt chuckie (or fowl); but as lor Jock, our son, bo began where we had left off h s began ti' the chikhie first." 1 he same illustration will apply to higher conditions of life than that of this humble pair. Teuptatijns. The young man, as he pisses thrnu jh life, advances through a long line of tempters ranged on either side ol biin, and the inevitable effect of yielding isdcgrt lutton in a greater or less degroe. Cmuct with them tends insensibly to draw away from him some portion of the divine e'ectrie element with which his nature is charged, anj his only mode of resisting thorn is to utter and to act his 'no" manfully and resolutely. He must decide at once, not wailing to dolib. crate and balance ruasms; for the youth, like "the wojiao who dulibjiatea, is lost." M.my deliberate without deciding, but "not to resolve is to resolve." A perfect k'towleUo of man is in the prayer, "'Ljad us not into temptation." But temptation will como to t y the young rain's strdnjth; an 3. once yielded to, the power lo resist grows weaker and weaker. Yield once, an 1 a portion of virtu j has gone. Resist in infully, and the first do cision will give strength lor lite; repeated, i. will become a habit. Huuti Mili.rs. Vhen employed as a ma son, it was usml for his fellow-workmen to have an occasional treat of drink, and one day two glasses of whiskey foil to his shaft which he swallowed. When he reached home, he found, on opening bis favorite book 'Bacon's Essays" that the letters danced bef ire bis eyes, and that he could no longet master the sense. "The condition," he says, "into which I bad brought injsjlf was, I felt, one of degradation. I had sunk, by my owu act, for the time, to a lower level ol intelligence than that on which it was my privilege to be placed; and though the state could have been no very favorable one fur forming a res olution, I in that hour determined that I should never again sacrifice my capacity ot intellectual enjoyment to a drinking usage; and, with God's help, I was enabled to hold by the doteiminalion " "Act well toub Part." Eto There is no discredit, but honor, in every right walk of industry, whether it be in tilling the ground, making tools, weaving fabrics, or sel hog the products behind a countor. A youth may handle a yard-stick, or measure a piece of ribbon, and there will be no discredit in doing" so, unless be allows his mind to have no higher range than the slick and ribbon, to be as short as th one, and narrow as theother.- "Let not those blush wbo Have," said fuller, "but those who have not a lawful calling'." And Bishop Hall said, ' Sweet is the destiny of all trades, whether of the brow or -lithe mind." Men who have raii-ed thein selves from a' bumble calling need aot be ashamed, but taiber ought to be proud oT the difficulties tbey bar surmounted,' Th laborer on bis feet stands higher than lbs nobleman on his knees. An American Fiesi-dent, when asked wbat was bis coat of arms, remembering that b bad been a better ol wood in bis youth, replied, "A pair of ib'rt-sleeves." A French doctor fac taunted Fiechier, Bishop of Nutans, who bad been a tallow-chandler In bis youth, with th mean nets of bis origin, to which Fleshier replied, "If you had been bora In tht sam condition that I til, you wooid ttill bav bean but a maker of candlea.". - ,. Btost with a lloaAL.Th manner In which So many allow themselves to b sacrificed to their love of wealth remiods on or th cupidity pf the monkey that carlo tore of our species. - la Algiers, the Kibyl pea jant attaches a gourd, wall fixed, to a trae, and plages within it soma rie. Th gourd has an opening derely sufficient to admit th monkey's pi. tTbe creature eome to tht trea by night, Inserts his paw, and grasps his booty., II tries to draw l back, but It j clenched, and he bas not th wisdom to unclench it. Si) there he tnd till miming, when he is caught, looking ss foolish a may bi, though with the prist in bs grasp. , Tits Powsa or Moser. Th greatest things -which . have bjen don for lb world have not b-ieu ace mpltshed by rioh mjn, or by subscription lists, but by nl on gsnerally of sin ill pecuni .ry means. Christianity was propagate 1 over half thi world by men of the poor est class: and the greatest thinkers, discoverers, inventors, and or.isU have bioo man of uolerate wealth, m tny ol them little raised above the condition of, manual laborers il point of worllly circutrntihcoi. Ail It will always bo so. Rich )t era oTteder' sn iiupaii. mint thai a stim iluj to astioa, an 1 in man cases thiy aro q titer ai m n't a misfotun at ableuing. 1 boy nrh wh iahiti'.s wealth is apt to hive life mtlj too eaiy for bint, and nt soon grows site ! with it boju hi ha nothing left to desire. Hiving nd spjciil objeot to struggle for, h A ids tiirii htng hiavy on bis hands; he rein immorally and spiritually aslejp; and his position in aociety is oftua as highir th-.n thit of a p.ilyput over which Oit tide flouts. j Twj LBD3. Th mtrrelloui ; 1 s.ill Jti- yni!e vitality of Lird Piltnrijtiu hw long b'jii mttterof surpnsi. Bit it f-n his pride and pleasure as a youth to be the best row er. jumpjr, ant runner; to bi list in the sports of thi liiM, as hi has since been first ri the senate, and to this d ty his hors and gm are iavoiiably reiorted to in bis hours o relaxation. As for Lird Brougham, legends o his unonnms povirs ofhbir and triumphs over the .hail yhjrq'ti of humanity hav gatherel round huu like a H.-rcu!es; and with reverence tt him and othors of bis ola.s, tht observation of a public writer is, doubibss, in a great imasure true, lb it "til groatnest of grett man is quite as mujh a bodily affair as a mental one." Essttor. It is astonishing how much may ba ac ;oinphshjd in silt culture by thi enar-gjtic and the persivering, who are careful to avail themselves of opportunities', and use cp-the ftagmints of spare timi wVich the idle p neit to run to waste. Thus ffjrgusoa leirnid astronomy from the heavens while wrappel in a shoepskin on th highland bill That Stone learned tnuh m itios wb.il work id,' as a journeyman gardoner; thus Drew studied the highest philosophy in thii intervals of cobbling shoos thus Miller ta'ihl himself geology- while working at a day la borer in a quarry. By bringing their minds to bear upon know lodge in its various aspects and carefully using up tbe Very odds and ends of their timi, moo such as the -.a, in th very hutnhhst circumstances, raaohed ths highest culture, and acquired honorabl dis-tin.'tion am ing their fellow inoa. It was oa of thchtracte:istio expressions of Chatter too, tlm 0d had sont bis creatures into tht world with arms lonj enough to reach any thing, ii thiy choso to be at the troubli - ' rossBs'sioN not Ksowlsdos. The puscS sion ol a library, or the free use of it, no utor cmstituis learning' than tht possession o' wealth constitutes gonoroiity. Though wa undoubtedly possess great facilities, it is net ertheless true, as of old, that wisdom and understanding can only oecotni tht possiss. ion ol individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseveranot ml industry. Tne possession of the mere materials of knowledge is something very dilForent from wisdom and understanding, which are reached through a higher kind of discipline than that of rending". ExataTLE ot THU Bravk The example ot the brave is an inspirition to the timid, their prosenco thrilling through every fibre. Hence I.. . i - u e. ' - i i i .no iuuai.ic-a ui vaiur ao uo.cn perioruieu oj ordinary men under tht leadership of the be roie. The very recollcotioa of the deeds of the valiant stirs m ou's blood like the sound of . . 17.. I - ' . I v : - . I. . t iruni-juv. Aoiri ueiiieiiiovu uiib nam so uw i used as a drum to inspire the valor of tht), 1 Bohemians. When Scandtnberg, Trine of j E-pirus, was dead, tbe Turks wished to poss-, ess his bones, that each might w-ar a piece, nest his heart, hoping thus to aacur some , portion of the courage be had displayed whllt ; living.and which tbey had so often ezperieocd ; 'n battle. When the gallant Douglas, boar , 'ng the heart of Bruc to the Holy Larfd, saw a on of bis knights surround I sal sorely pressed by the Siraceus.iq Uatll he took., liuin his nock tbo silver cist containing th i hero's beq test, anj throwing it amidst lbs , thickest press of his foes, cried, "Pass first i i fight, as tbey were wont to do, sud Doug , s will follow thee, of die," cd so saying, he rushed forward lo tba plaoe where it fell, i and was Uelj. tber slain IVcnt Smile "Sh j 1 mm i 'i ' " ii . ?j A widow wiih forty-eigh millions f dol lars is announced as s (act by the Sturgiss R , publican. ShtUa resident of that town. in Michigan, and has lately fallen heir to. S'r Francis Drake an of England's n'chstt mart, She lost a Day (heAusband) some years iacf o! and h Is now ilrs. Day though sh prols--.. , ably don't miM him so mnch but what swat , body might (as old capDel siys) - . , " Wstoh and pruf Towiaa0ATl" "What branch of alucation do yoa tl.iof. ly havt In yonr r.bool?" A branch of Lire h irj tba master h alact.t ts trwt, ' i : t! i' -' i V": It ' iu