she loosens all his joints, sends tremors along his muscles, and bends forward his frame, as if to bring him upon all-fours with kindred brutes, or to degrade him to the reptile's' crawling! How she disfigures his countenance, as if intent upon obliterating all traces of her own image, so that she may swear she never made him! How she pours rheum' over his eyes, sends foul spirits to inhabit his breath, and shrieks, as with a trumpet, from every pore of his body, "Behold a Beast!"

6. Such a man may be seen in the streets of our cities every day; if rich enough, he may be found in the saloons, and at the tables of the "Upper Ten;" but surely, to every man of purity and honor, to every man whose wisdom, as well as whose heart, is unblemished, the wretch who comes cropped and bleeding from the pillory,' and redolents with its appropriate per'fumes, would be a guest or a companion far less offensive and disgusting.

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7. Now let the young man, rejoicing in his manly proportions, and in his comeliness, look on this picture, and on this, and then say, after the likeness of which model he intends his own erect stature and sublime countenance shall be configured." H. MANN.

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54. LOOK ALOFT.

N the tempest of life, when the wave and the gale
Are around and above, if thy footing should fail,-
If thine eye should grow dim, and thy caution depart,—
"Look aloft," and be firm, and be fearless of heart.

'Rep' tile, any thing that creeps; as a snake, a worm, etc.—2 In tẻnt', very attentive or engaged. Ob lit' er åt ing, destroying; effacing; removing. Rheum (rôm), a thin, white fluid, produced by the glands in disease. Sa lôons', large and elegant rooms for the reception of company.-Upper Ten, a term applied to the most fashionable and wealthy persons in a city.-' Pil' lo ry, a frame to confine criminals by the neck and head for punishment.- Red' o lent, having or sending out a rich scent or odor.- Comeliness (kům' le nes), grace; beauty.— Configured (kon fig' yerd), disposed into any figure or form.

2. If the friend who embraced in prosperity's glow, With a smile for each joy, and a tear for each woe, Should betray thee when sorrows, like clouds are array'd, "Look aloft" to the friendship which never sha! fade.

3. Should the visions which hope spreads in light to thine eye Like the tints of the rainbow, but brighten to fly, Then turn, and, through tears of repentant regret, "Look aloft" to the Sun that is never to set.

4. Should they who are nearest and dearest thy heart,—
Thy friends and companions,-in sorrow depart,
"Look aloft" from the darkness and dust of the tomb
To that soil where "affection is ever in bloom."

5. And, oh! when Death comes in his terrors, to cast
His fears on the future, his pall on the past,
In that moment of darkness, with hope in thy heart,
And a smile in thine eye, "Look aloft," and depart.

J. LAWRENCE.

55. THE FAMINE IN IRELAND.

HERE lies upon the other side of the wide Atlantic a beauti

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ful island, famous in story and in song. It has been prolific' in statesmen, warriors, and poets. It has given to the world more than its share of genius and of greatness. Its brave and generous sons have fought successfully in all battles but its own. In wit and humor it has no equal; while its harp, like its history, moves to tears by its sweet but melancholy pathos.2

2. In this fair region God has seen fit to send the most terrible of all those fearful ministers who fulfill his inscrutable3 decrees. The earth has failed to give her in'crease; the common

'Pro lif' ic, productive; rich; fruitful.- På' thos, feeling; that which excites pity. Inscrutable (in skrå' ta bl), that can not be found out by Luman reason; unsearchable.

mother has forgotten her offspring, and her breast no longer affords them their accustomed nourishment. Famine, gaunt and ghastly famine, has seized a nation with its strangling grasp; and unhappy Ireland, in the sad woes of the present, forgets, for a moment, the gloomy history of the past.

3. In battle, in the fullness of his pride and strength, littie recks' the soldier whether the hissing bullet sing his sudden requiem, or the cords of life are severed by the sharp steel. But he who dies of hunger, wrestles alone, day after day, with his grim and unrelenting enemy. He has no friends to cheer him in the terrible conflict; for if he had friends, how could he die of hunger? He has not the hot blood of the soldier to maintain him; for his foe, vampire-like,3 has exhausted his veins.

4. Who will hesitate to give his mite,' to avert such awful results? Give, then, generously and freely. Recollect, that in so doing, you are exercising one of the most god-like qualities of your nature, and, at the same time, enjoying one of the greatest luxuries of life. We ought to thank our Maker that he has permitted us to exercise equally with himself, that noblest of even the Divine attributes, benevolence.

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5. Go home and look at your families, smiling in rosy health, and then think of the pale, famine-pinched cheeks of the poor children of Ireland; and you will give according to your store, even as a bountiful Providence has given to you-not grudgingly, but with an open hand; for the quality of benevolence, like that of mercy,

"Is not strain'd;"
It aroppeth like the gentle rain from heaven,
Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd;
It blesses him that gives, and him that takes.”

G. D. PRENTISS.

Recks, cares.-- Rẻ' qui em, a hymn imploring rest for the dead.Våm' pire, a fabulous devil or spirit, that was supposed to suck the blood of persons during the night. Mite, a very small portion or sum. At tri butes, qualities belonging to that which is attributed of ascribed to.- Strained, confined.

56. LOVE OF COUNTRY AND OF HOME.

1. HERE is a land, of every land the pride,

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Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside;
Where brighter suns dispense' serener light,
And milder moons imparadise3 the night;
A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth,
Time-tutor❜d age, and love-exalted youth.

2. The wandering mariner, whose eye explores
The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores,
Views not a realm so bountiful and fair,
Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air;
In every clime, the magnet' of his soul,
Touch'd by remembrance, trembles to that pole:
8. For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace,
The heritage of nature's noblest race,
There is a spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest,
Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside
His sword and scepter, pageantry' and pride,
While, in his soften'd looks, benignly blend
The sire, the son, the husband, father, friend.
4. Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife,
Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life;
In the clear heaven of her delightful eye.
An angel-guard of loves and graces lie;
Around her knees domestic duties meet,
And fireside pleasures gambol" at her feet.

Where shall that land, that spot of earth, be found?
Art thou a man? a patriot?" look around;

'Dis pense', give; scatter around.- Se rèn' er, clearer; more soothing. Im pår'a dise, make very happy; render like Paradise.-* Måg'. net, the loadstone: that which attracts. Her' it age, inheritance; portion; an estate devolved by succession. Su prème' ly, in the highest degree. Pageantry (på jent ry), show; finery.— Be nign' ly, kindly.—' Blênd, unite; join.—" Gåm' bol, play.—-” På' tri ot, lover of one's country.

Oh! thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam,
That land thy country, and that spot thy home.

MONTGOMERY.

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57. ANECDOTE OF CHIEF-JUSTICE MARSHALL.

T is not long since a gentleman was traveling in one of the counties of Virginia, and, about the close of the day, stopped at a public house, to obtain refreshment and spend the night. He had been there but a short time, before an old man alighted from his gig, with the apparent' intention of becoming his fellow-guest at the same house.

2. As the old man drove up, he observed that both of the shafts of his gig were broken, and that they were held together by withes formed from the bark of a hickory sapling. Our traveler observed further, that he was plainly clad, that his kneebuckles were loosened, and that something like negligence pervaded his dress. Conceiving him to be one of the honest yeōmanry' of our land, the courtesies of strangers passed between them, and they entered the tavern.

3. It was about the same time, that an addition of three or four young gentlemen was made to their number-most, if not all of them, of the legal profession. As soon as they became comfortably accommodated, the conversation was turned by one of the latter upon a display of eloquence which he had that day heard at the bar. It was replied by the other, that he had witnessed, the same day, a degree of eloquence no doubt equal, but that it was from the pulpit.

4. Something like a sarcastic' rejoinder was made to the cloquence of the pulpit; and a warm and able altercation ensued, in which the merits of the Christian religion became the

'Appår'ent, seeming.— Withes, willow twigs; oands of twigs of any green tree. - 'Såp' ling, a young tree. Per våd' ed, passed through; appeared in all parts. Yeo' man ry, the common people.-'Courtesies (ker' te sez), acts of civility or politeness. Sår cås' tic, severely taunting; tending to ridicule or disgrace.-'Re join' der, a rerly to an answer.-' Al ter cå' tion, an angry dispute