piness, which, a poet says, (I do not be-had her cage conveyed to the garden.lieve him,) is the "Only bliss that has The little rover was skimming the air survived the fall." and perching on the green branches, but Who would have thought that at this the moment he espied his mate and her moment a cloud was gathering over this little ones, he flew to his house again, harmonious contented family? preferring captivity with them to freedom Adjoining the house in which Sophia without them. lives is a public garden, one of the favor- The cage was again taken in hand to ite resorts and prettiest embellishments be reconveyed to the boudoir. Mrs Caof our city. I wish I could transport all nary seemed agitated and flurried with my young friends there, that they might the sudden changes in her condition; her realize some of the beautiful visions that little head was turned with joy at the rehave floated around their brains when covery of her mate. She flapped her they have been reading the Arabian wings against the wires of the cage, Tales. The garden is laid out with taste, lighted on her perch, and on her nest,and enriched with plants of every clime, and finally, for the door of the cage had been filled with the delicious odors of Cape carelessly left open, out she went. It was jasmines and orange flowers. Every thing||evident she was bewildered. The cage is managed with taste. Before a saloon was set down in the hope that the inin the centre of the garden is a pyramid stincts of the mother would bring her of fragrant leaves and bright blossoms, back, but I have no doubt the poor little formed by placing pots on circular bench-creature was like a person suddenly dees around a pump, which but for this flo- prived of reason. She flew round and ral drapery would have been a deformi-round, as birds are said to do, when fasty. Every evening the garden is lighted cinated by a snake. There were some by colored lamps hung in arches over the wild sparrows flying over the garden, walks, illuminated columns, and fantastic and they hovered around her. This seemtransparencies. One broad avenue ter-ed still farther to alarm and distract her; minates at one extremity by noble mir the little vagrants encompassed her; enrors, that multiply to apparent myriads closed her within their circle, and drove the crowds that resort to this fairy land. her off, and she was forever lost to her At the other end of this avenue a paint- bereaved family. ing is hung, in which the walk is so well I do not doubt her widowed mate felt represented by the art of perspective,that all that bird could feel. He expressed it seems to stretch as far as the eye can his affection for his lost companion as extend; a winding path leads to a grot- good husbands should do,by the most deto, embellished with shells and corals,and voted care of the little ones. Sophia was sparkling with crystals; a fit bower for a foster mother to them, and he was faththe pretty naiads. In another secluded er, mother, every thing. It was really afnook is a hermitage, which seems to be fecting to see his care of them. It was in a deep and rocky recess, where sits a as much as he could do, with all the aid hermit, "reverend and gay." I would not Sophia gave him in cracking the seeds, advise my young friends to examine all to supply food to the hungry little fry; these things by daylight,lest they should the poor fellow really became thin, while find they had been deceived by false ap- they grew apace. pearances. There is no harm in an a- Perhaps some of our young readers greeable and innocent illusion. may not know how the parent prepares But to return to our canaries, whom we the food for the young bird. An egg left at the moment of impending evil. boiled hard, a lettuce leaf, seeds and waSophia, as we said, had always allow-ter, were all placed by Sophia within the ed her first canary the liberty of the bird's reach. He would take a little of room. The weather had now become so each, and appear to roll the whole in his warm that she sat with her window rais-mouth till it was formed into a paste.ed, and the bird, either tempted by the Then he seemed to swallow it; for when sweet odors that rose from the garden, or he was ready to distribute it to the birds, the love of liberty, and probably not a- he made a motion with his throat, like ware of the danger of separation from his that which is necessary to recover what family, flew out of the window. Sophia is partly swallowed. While the birds was alarmed and distressed, and she im- were very young, one preparation would mediately hit on the most probable expe-suffice for the whole; but in a few days, dient for recovering the wanderer. She three of them would eat all their father 66 The Countess and the Diamonds. could prepare at once. He was not dis- To each nymph in Joy's train bade And some mirth-loving maiden will woo. From the wreath rouud the bright brow of Joy, Never did a nursery, under the care of the most experienced nurse, thrive better. At the end of the week the female bird, the only female in the brood, was hopping off her nest. She was the most forward, knowing bird, of her age, ever seen. In a fortnight, she flew about the room, and lured her timid brothers to ad- THE COUNTESS AND THE DIAventure forth. She continues to manifest Which wove with thy cypress may heal character. MONDS. the same bold, enterprising, independent ted physicians in Paris, in cases of menM. ESQUIROL, one of the most celebratal distress, was visited one morning by a lady about forty years of age, but still The carriage of the good looking. doctor's court-yard. The countess was "Countess of -" drove rapidly into the "You see, sir, a woman in the deepest A friend of Sophia's who had admired, from day to day, the devotion of the fath er to his young, very kindly sent him the best reward of his fidelity, another mate When I saw the family last, his second wife had built her nest, though not half instantly admitted, and with tears, and apparently in despair, exclaimed, so well as her predecessor. She was sitting on her eggs, and was most affectionately tended by her husband. Sophia affliction; I have an only son, who is complains that he has become somewhat very dear to me, as well as to my husof a hen-hussy, and had rather be cowering over the nest than abroad on the wing, with his gay flock. They all live harmoniously with the step-mother, save the little vixen of a girl; and she pecks and scolds the lady-mamma, who bears her pettishness with calmness and dignity, and will, I doubt not, in time, subdue the little shrew. For the Ladies' Pearl. TO SORROW. BY MRS. CAROLINE ORNE. Why art thou so fair, thou lorn maid, Where the hollow winds mournfully Do not smile with so witching a grace, Is written the language of wo. No longer so mournfully breathe. band." Here she wept so abundantly, that her tears seemed likely to rival those which tomb of Mausoleus. the classical Artemesia shed over the "Yes, sir," she at length continued, "and for some time we have been under dreadful apprehensions. He is just at the age when the passions begin to display themselves. Though we indulge him in every way, allow him money and unlimited liberty, he has several times already shown signs of insanity. His monomania makes us the more uneasy, from his constantly talking, in the midst of other incoherent discourse, of jewels or diamonds which he has either sold or given away. We imagine that perhaps he may have fallen desperately in love with some woman, and that he may have contracted some heavy debts to gratify her wishes. This, however, is only conjecture: his father and I have bewildered ourselves to discover the reason of his folly." "Well, madam, bring your son to me." "To-morrow, sir, at twelve o'clock." The next day the countess got out of her carriage at the shop of a most celebrated jeweller; and after having bargained a long time for a set of jewels worth £2,000, and made many difficulties she at last decided upon purchasing it. She draws her purse out of her bag, and plained every thing rationally, and then finds only bank notes for £400, which she a sudden light broke upon the doctor. displays; then putting them carelessly back into the bag, she said Every endeavor to discover the authors of this very singular and clever robbery "Let some one go home with me, and proved useless; equipage, countess, and my husband will pay him; for I have not servants, had all disappeared.-London the whole sum about me." Court Journal. The jeweller gave orders to one of his young men, who darted from behind the counter, proud of the honor of accompanying a young countess in her carriage. For the Ladies' Pearl. LINES WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM. They arrived at the house of Mr Es-Though each memento now be dear, quirol. The lady ran up stairs and whis- By Friendship's hand recorded here, pers to the doctor, "Here is my son-I Yet Time will consecrate each line ;— will leave you." Then turning back, she With each some flower will Mem'ry twine, says to the young man, "My husband is And forms which thou may'st see no more in his cabinet; go in, he will pay you." The young man respectfully enters- To Fancy's eye full oft restore. speed. the countess trips lightly down stairs-Some, still perchance in beauty's bloom, the carriage drives quietly into the street, Some mould'ring in the silent tomb, and when there, the horses set off at full Will, pictur'd in her faithful glass, "A sacred band" before thee pass. "Well, young man," said the physician, Thus still with Time, will be more dear, "you know the state of the case. Come, how do you feel?-tell me what is passing in your mind.” Each tribute that's recorded here; "What is passing in my mind! Noth- With flowers of Friendship and of Love. ing, sir, but here is the bill for the diamonds." "So-you are coming to it already! The Literary Gatherer. Good," said the doctor, gently putting "I'm but a gatherer and disposer of other back the bill,-"I know, I know." "If you know the amount, sir, the only thing necessary is to pay me." "There, there! be calm. Your diamonds?—where did you buy them?what is become of them? Speak, don't be afraid. Come." men's stuff." TEETH.-We wonder if all our female readers take proper care of their teeth? We hope so, of course, but we fear not. Some of our fashionable artists "could tell a tale would harrow up the soul," about young rosy and lovely creatures; the stars in the bright galaxy of mode, "I only want you to pay me £2,000." "Ah, ah!-and why, pray?" "Why" exclaimed the young man, and the admiration of all our sex. Sweet who began to grow angry. "Yes-why am I to pay you?" "Because the countess has this moment bought them at our shop." "Good, there you are again. Who is the countess ?" souls, who smile and sigh and simper,and shew a set of most beautiful teeth once the property of a sea calf or hippopotamus. Of course, when ladies have bad teeth, they should go to the dentist; have them plugged and all that; and if they "Your lady." And he continued to have got no teeth, why the proper way is present the abominable bill. to get them; but the best way (and that "But, my good man, you must know is as good as any) is for them to take care that I have the happiness to be a physi- of their teeth when young, and never,uncian and a widower." der any consideration, let this duty pass. At these words the jeweller put him- Brush your teeth with cold water and self in a passion, and the doctor, calling little Peruvian bark in the morning; in his people, ordered them to hold him again with water only, directly after you by the arms and legs. The young man leave the dinner table, and let this also became furious, and roared out, "Thieves, be the last thing you do on going to bed. robbers, murderers!" But at the end of More depends on the state of your teeth a quarter of an hour he became calm, ex-while sleeping, than during any other portion of the twenty-four hours. Nevertion. But in the present advanced state pick your teeth with a pin, nor suffer any of civilization, the case is altered, and inmetal to come near them; crack no al-tellect and skill have superseded the brumonds nor any other shelled fruit be- tal efforts of mere strength; the multitween them, and when you are sewing, plied wants of our day, have given value never on any consideration bite off thread. to a variety of talents, which may be adTake your scissors; they are made for it; vantageously exercised by either sex.teeth were not. Remember how enti- The interests of morality require the abcing a plain woman is with a heavenly|olition of this absurd and unjust deprecibreath, and how disgusting an angel ation of female talent, as it certainly opwould be with a bad one, and take our erates as a check to the exertions of woadvice-we charge you nothing. He holds the wild waters-they curl; To rest where no blast of the tempest can The soul and her treasure apart. My wishes that vainly would roam, men, and tends to multiply the number of the frail and unhappy. It seems likewise to render women more willing to connect themselves in marriage with bad men, and thus takes off a portion of that moral restraint which the female sex naturally exercise over the male sex. In Germany it is illegal for a young man to marry before he is 25, or any young woman before she is 18; and a young man, at whatever age he wishes to marry, must show to the police and priest of the commune that he is able, and has the prospect to provide for a wife and family. These remarks,says Mr Combe, apply more especially to Wurtemburg. And here the peasantry are better off, more moral and refined, in fact have a better taste, &c., than in England or France. PRESSURE OF THE SEA.-If a piece of wood, which floats on the water,be forced down to a great depth in the sea, the pressure of the surrounding liquid will be so severe,that a quantity of water will be forced into the pores of the wood, and so increase its weight that it will no longer be capable of floating or rising to the surface. Hence the timbers of ships which have foundered in a deep part of the ocean, never rise again to the surface, like those which are sunk near the shore. A diver may with impunity plunge to certain depths in the sea; but there is a limit beyond which he could not live under the pressure to which he is subjected. For the same reason, it is probable there is a depth below which fishes COMPENSATION OF MALE AND FEMALE cannot live. They have, according to LABOR.-The inequality of the wages of Joshlyn, been caught at a depth at which mer and women has always existed, and they must have sustained a pressure of is a curious instance of the operation eighty tons to each square foot of the surof the principle that "right is pow-face of their bodies. Are chid by the waves-by the hiss of the foam, And drop of the spray-they are bidding me home! Home to my country beyond the blue dome er." This disproportion doubtless had its origin in the early periods of soci Be always expecting some trouble or ety, when laborious works and military other to interrupt thy outward peace and achievements were alone held in estima-Lrest. CLEARNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT Ceeding Sunday, the doctor preached from GREAT ELEVATIONS.-In ascending high the following text, which he pronounced mountains, travellers are often much de- with much emphasis, and with a significeived in regard to distance, on account cant look at Hardy, who was present: of the clearness of the atmosphere. Capt. "There is no fool like the fool-Hardy." Hend mentions, that while among the Andes, he dropped a condor shot, which TWO SORTS OF BLESSINGS.-"It is a appeared to fall within thirty or forty great blessing to possess what one wishyards of the place where he stood, but,on es," said some one to an ancient philososending a man for it, to his astonishment, pher, who replied, "It is a greater bleshe found the distance to be so great as to sing still, not to desire what one does not take above half an hour in going and re-possess !" turning. In the Pyrenees, the celebrated cascade of Gavimi appears about a short YOUTH AND AGE.-Why try to lay up mile from the auberge, where travellers wealth for age, whose only pleasure is often leave their mules to rest, while they recollection, not enjoyment. Age lives proceed on foot, little aware that they are behind, as youth does before it, and the thereby exposing themselves to a long abode of each is in a world of their own. and laborious walk, of above an hour's duration. In the Andes, Humboldt re MARRIAGE.—Marriage enlarges the marked this phenomenon, stating that in scene of our happiness or misery; the the mountains of Quito, he could distin-marriage of love is pleasant, the marriage guish the white pouch of a person on of interest easy, and a marriage where horseback, at the distance of seventeen both meet, happy. miles. Another writer notices the same fact, and states that he has seen the plan CONVERSATION.-Conversation is the et Venus, in dazzling sunshine, at half daughter of reasoning, the mother of past eleven o'clock, from the summit of knowledge, the breath of the soul, the the Pyrenees. commerce of hearts, the bond of friendship, the nourishment of content, and the occupation of men of wit. Editorial. STUDY OF HISTORY.-Scholars have generally a better general idea of ancient than of modern history, because they study it more comprehensively. The LITERARY WIVES.-In our last we promboy's mind gets confused amid the mul-ised our readers more upon this subject.— tiplicity of wars, treaties, and revolu tions which crowd the pages of our mod- We then gave several instances of unhapern records. Objects so near the eye are py matches between literary men and their always confused; we must remove them chosen partners-matches which if they to a certain distance to give a good aeri-were universal would justify the opinion al and lineal perspective. of old Chaucer in the following lines: MAN AND WOMAN.-Men are like horse Marriage is such a rabble rout beans, the outside is good for nothing, That those that are out would fain get in; but, with good boiling,they make a nour- And those that are in would fain get out. ishing dish; women are like the more But happily for the prosperity of the temdelicate bush-bean, in which bean and ple and priests of Hymen it is not so,as we pod, inside and outside, are equally exwill prove by the facts that follow. cellent. The learned and laborious Budous was WORLDLY PURSUITS.-The wishes and blessed with a wife who possessed erudiaspirations of our youth,are like columns tion, taste and refinement; "the companof smoke, which, at first rise up towards ion of his studies she brought him the booka the clouds, and then sink and sail along he required to his desk; compared passaparallel to the earth. ges, and transcribed quotations." When WITTY PERVERSION.-Dr. Williamhe languished, she animated him and inson had a quarrel with one of his parish-spired him with new courage to prosecute ioners by the name of Hardy, who show- his mighty tasks. Besides this attention ed considerable resentment. On the suc-to her husband's happiness, she educated |