it is that of the loved or dead! We smile to receive the one; the other makes us weep and tremble in the midst of our deep happiness. The former is displayed with pride; the latter, hidden in tenderness. Hair-love is the secret dream of a fond heart; at once a poetry and a reality! A luxury to the happya consolation to the afflicted-a blessing to the bereaved ! A lock of hair, as it

has been powerfully expressed, 'is an actual relic of the dead; as much so in its proportion as ashes, and more lively and recalling.' Now, half caressingly, it twines its long silken folds round our fingers with a living fondness fancy it; while our breath stirs its thin threads until it moves and speaks with the sweet, still voice of an undying memory! Verily, we have a gentle faith in hair-love!"

DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND;

OR THE JESUITS OUTWITTED.

DID not the following anecdote rest upon authority so unquestionable as of the Duke de Roban, and exist recorded in his "Intérèts et Maximes des Princes, et des Etats Souverains," printed at Cologne in 1616, and now a work of considerable rarity, we could hardly hope to gain credit for its truth with our readers, espe cially since it has escaped the notice of both Puffendorf and Vertot.

On his elevation to the throne of Poland, Sigismond, king of Sweden, bound himself by treaty to pass every fifth year in his Scandinavian dominions. This compact, his wars with the Turks and other powers prevented him from fulfilling for fifteen years; but as some compensation, he created, by the advice of the Jesuits, who had obtained an overpowering influence over his mind, a senate composed of forty members, selected from their own body, whom he armed with letters patent as the representatives of his own person, to supply his place in his unavoidable absence; and by an edict which he published, while they were waiting at Dantzic for a wind to convey them to Stockholm, he ordered their reception to be identical with his own. On the receipt of this intelligence in Sweden, where the intriguing and crooked policy of the Jesuits was known and dreaded, this intelligence was received with sullen discontent. To save appearances, however, and avoid openly expressing their disobedience to the commands of their sovereign, a public council was immediately convened to hear the edict, and arrange matters for giving a fitting reception to the royal delegates. Prince Charles, the monarch's uncle, the bishops and the peers, were appointed to prepare a triumphal entry for them, worthy their rank, and befitting the occasion.

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A private council of the highest nobility of the realm, over which Charles himself presided, came to a widelydifferent resolution. The prince reminding them of the known duplicity, and the insidious steps by which they uniformly contrived to obtain for themselves the supreme controul of every power in the states in which they gained the smallest footing. He reminded them also of the cruel massacre committed under the influence of the Popish priests a short time before (24th August, 1572), on the anniversary of St. Bartholomew's day, in Paris, where above ten thousand Protestants, of all ranks and ages, were murdered in the most barbarous and cowardly manner, exclusive of those butchered, at the same time, in other parts of France, by order of the heartless, bigotted Catherine, and called upon them as they valued their country, their freedom, and their religion, to reject this senate of double-faced priests, and prevents the rights, the liberties, and institutions of Sweden from being trampled under foot." In these sentiments all concurred except the wise and venerable Archbishop, who rising with a dignity suited to his station, and a solemnity befitting the occasion, addressed the conclave nearly in the following terms:

"Friends and fellow countrymen,Since Sigismond has disdained to be our king, we are no longer bound to acknowledge him as such, or obey his authority, which is virtually in abeyance by its delegation to this senate of Jesuits, whose right to assume it has not, as yet, been recognised by the nation. I therefore absolve you from allegiance claimed from you by the king as his Swedish subjects."

The Prince of Bithynia, then, turning to Prince Charles, said, “I acknowledge you alone as King of Sweden, and call upon you, as such, to aid us in chasing these treacherous vermin from the state."

The proposition was received with acclamation, and Charles hailed by the whole assembly as king. This done, they deliberated how they were to keep their secret and at the same time prevent the landing of the Jesuits, who were on board their vessel at an anchorage about a league from Stockholm, waiting the hour of their triumphal entry. As the time approached, Charles, with a squadron of about thirty vessels, sailed ostensibly to escort the senate with due pomp to the town. Surrounding the vessel, and its doomed inmates, with his ships, Charles, under the show of saluting, discharged all their broadsides simultaneously into the ill-fated galleon, which sank, pierced by a thousand balls, with all its viper cargo to the bottom; the miracle-mongering Jesuits having no miracle at hand when needed by themselves. The report of the cannon drowned the outcries of the perishing wretches, whose fate remained unknown; and Charles returned in triumph as if escorting the senate, repaired to the Cathedral, where a Te Deum was chaunted for the success of his stratagem, and ended the day by partaking of the feast prepared for those who were themselves food for the fishes. The Jesuits of Sweden, disappointed in their dreams of ambition, endeavoured in vain to excite an insurrection against Charles, whom they denounced as an heretic for abjuring Popery, and excommunicated as such; but their arts recoiled against themselves. The people rose indeed,—not to aid but expel them, -and Charles was solemnly crowned King of Sweden. The result was a war, commenced by Sigismond in 1604, but he was obliged, at the end of two years, to relinquish the fruitless contest; and thus the hardy Scandinavians have remained to the present day emancipated from the tyranny of priestcraft, and the demoralizing corruptions of the Jesuits.

AN AMERICAN RAILROAD

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AN obliging disposition is one of the greatest softeners of the asperities of life; this was never more forcibly impressed upon me, than when travelling by rail from Boston to Worcester, I saw the trouble which another gentleman took to land a fellow traveller, who had been overpowered by sleep, at his destination.

"Passengers for Needham," vocifer

ated the conductor, "the train stops but one minute."

"Hallo! exclaimed a young gentleman in spectacles, seizing at the same time by the shoulders, an elderly passenger who was fast locked in the sweet oblivion of sleep,-"here's Captain Holmes fast asleep, and here's Needham where he lives. Get up, Captain Holmes, here you are at your own home."

The sleepy gentleman rose and began to rub his eyes, as if doubtful whether this was not all a dream. Regardless of his amazement, however, the interrupter of his visions forced him to the door of the carriage, and deposited him in a safe position by the way side.

Whizz went the steam, and off we flew again, at a rate that soon left Needham far in our rear. The youngster resumed his seat, and observed to a neighbour, with much self-complacency

"Well, had it not been for me, Captain Holmes would have missed his home finely. But here he has left his bundle." And picking up a paper parcel he threw it out of the window. Soon after, discovering a second tied up in a handkerchief, which he sent to keep company with its fellow; observing, that, "if it had not been for me the captain would have finely missed his two bundles."

On stopping at the next station, a lady, who had been anxiously searching for something under the seat the captain had occupied, exclaimed in alarm-“I can't find my bundle."

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Pray madam,' ," I asked, " was it done up in a piece of brown paper?" "It was, was the lady's reply.

"Then that young gentlemen opposite to you, flung it out of the window at the last station, just as we were starting."

This led to an explanation between the parties, which resulted in the lady's furnishing her address, to which the other promised to transmit her bundle, should he be so fortunate as to recover it.

"Well," he exclaimed, "catch me doing an obliging thing again! What if I should not succeed in recovering the bundle ?"

Whizz, fiz, again went the steam; ding dong, ding dong, went the bell. Round went the wheels with a velocity that made them appear motionless. Away flew sparks, and train, and dust, with the speed of a bird,—until the next station called a halt,-when an old gentlemen, starting up, vociferated, after an abortive search under the unlucky seat,

"Zounds, where's my bundle! I have lost my clothes."

"Was it tied up in a yellow silk handkerchief ?" I demanded.

"Yes, and nothing else," he replied. "Good heavens," exclaimed the obliging young gentleman, I thought it belonged to Captain Holmes; and, under that impression, threw it out at the Needham station."

Captain Holmes!" bellowed out the indignant owner of the mis-sent parcel

-"who is this Captain Holmes? Why, sir, that bundle contained all the clean clothes I had provided to wear at my son's wedding to-morrow. Good Lord, what can I do? what can I do ?"

Nothing could be done beyond following the precedent established in the case of the lady; and the unfortunate young gentleman, whose over-officious disposition to oblige had been productive of so much uncalled-for inconvenience, renewed his vow against obliging any one again.

His own resting-place at length arrived, with the next station, and taking up a handsome silver-headed cane, he saw engraved upon it-" Moses Holmes, East Needham."

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"And does he live at East Needham ?" "Of course he does; he never lived anywhere else.”

"Well! if that don't beat all; and I put him out at West Needham, just five miles on the other side of his house."

A disposition to oblige is undoubtedly an amiable trait in the character,- more especially in the young,-but, unless exercised with consideration, coolness, and judgment, may be productive, as in the instances related, of more evils than it was designed to cure.

THE WINNEBAGOES;

OR, WHITE RAPACITY, versus INDIAN FIRMNESS.

THE tribe of Indians, known by the name of the Winnebagoes, occupy a tract bordering on the northern limits of Iowa, on the upper portion of the Mississipi; upon this tract American cu

pidity has long cast an envious eye; and it has been more than once proposed to the aboriginal inhabitants, to cede the territory, in question, to Uncle Sam, as the government of the United States is familiarly termed, and remove farther south. The proposition has been lately renewed, and strikingly illustrates the manner in which savage life is compelled to recede before the encroachments of civilization. Both the proposition and reply are so characteristically illustrative of the parties from whom they have proceeded, that the readers of the South Devon Chronicle can hardly deem them misplaced in the opening pages of our new series.

"Brothers-We offer you the country between Crow river and the Mississippi, which you may retain as long as your people continue.

"We make another offer--the country in the great bend of St. Peter's: but, in twenty years, it will be included in the limits of a state. We will guarantee it for twenty years, and as long as it may not be wanted for state purposes. You can take your choice of either of these tracts, or you can select some other. But one thing you must understand distinctly, you can take no tract south of the St. Peter's river. We will give you 150,000 dollars for your land and improvements in Iowa; no part of the money to be paid till you reach your new homes."

What an exact transcript of the reputed conduct of the cuckoo and her progeny !

To this modest and reasonable proposition, Old Gull, the Winnebago chieftain, made, as we are informed, the following beautiful, dignified, and eloquent reply:

"Brothers-This land we are talking about, was given to us, and made for us, by the Great Spirit. The Great Spirit knows what portion of land he has assigned to different people. He gave us one portion; to you another; and to other red men another. We fear the Great Spirit will be displeased at our altering his arrangements. We fear you do not regard the Great Spirit. If we go farther from the land which the Great Spirit gave us, we shall dread his just displeasure. It is true, that the traders get much of our money. We do not get it all. That is all I have to say at present."

Leaving these two statements without farther comment to our readers, we shall

conclude with asking, which of these twain acted most in conformity with the principles of Christianity?

A RAILWAY RIDE.

"I WILI. not deny that I had previously a sort of feeling which I will call railway-fever, and this was at its height when I entered the immense building from whence the train departs. Here was a crowd of travellers, a running with portmanteaus and carpet bags, and a hissing and puffing of engines out of which the steam poured forth. At first we know not rightly where we dare stand, fearing that a carriage, or a boiler, or a baggage chest might come flying over us. It is true that one stands safely enough on a projecting balcony: the carriages we are to enter are drawn up in a row quite close to it, like gondolas by the side of a quay, but down in the yard the one rail crosses the other like magic ties invented by human skill; to these ties our magic car should confine itself, for if it come out of them, life and limb are at stake. I gazed at these waggons, at the locomotives, at loose baggage waggons, and Heaven knows what they ran amongst each other as in a fairy world. Everything seemed to have legs; and then the steam and the noise, united with the crowding to get a place, the smell of tallow, the regular movement of the machinery, and the whistling, snorting, and snuffing of the steam as it was blown off, increased the impression; and when one is here for the first time, one thinks of overturnings, of breaking arms and legs, of being blown into the air, or crushed to death by another train; but I think it is only the first time one thinks of all this. The train formed three divisions; the first two were comfortably closed carriages, quite like our diligences, only that they were much broader: the third was open, and, incredibly cheap, so that even the poorest peasant is enabled to travel by it: it is much cheaper for him than if he were to walk all the distance, and refresh himself at the alehouse, or lodge on the journey. The signal-whistle sounds, but it does not sound well,-it bears no small resemblance to the pig's dying song, when the knife passes through its throat. We get into the most comfortable carriage, the guard locks the door and takes the key; but we can let the window down, and enjoy the fresh air, without being in danger of

suffocation we are just the same here as in another carriage, only more at ease we can rest ourselves, if we have made a fatiguing journey shortly before. The first sensation is that of a very gentle motion in the carriages, and then the chains are attached which bind them together: the steam-whistle sounds again, and we move on; at first but slowly, as if a child's hand drew a little carriage. The speed increases imperceptibly, but you read in your book, look at your map, and as yet you do not rightly know at what speed you are going, for the train glides on like a sledge over the level snow-field. You look out of the window, and discover that you are careering away as with horses at full gallop; it goes still quicker; you seem to fly, but here is no shaking, no suffocation, nothing of what you anticipated would be unpleasant. What was that red thing which darted like lightning close past us? It was one of the watch men, who stood there with his flag. Only look out, and the nearest ten or twenty yards you see is a field, which looks like a rapid stream; grass and plants run into each other. We have an idea of standing outside the globe, and seeing it turn round; it pains the eye to keep it fixed for a long time in the same direction.

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This is just the way to travel through flat countries ! It is as if town lay close to town; now comes one, then another. One can imagine the flight of birds of passage, they must leave towns behind them thus. Those who drive in carriages on the byroads, seem to stand still: the horses appear to lift their feet, but to put them down again in the same place, and so we pass them. Every moment one is at a fresh station, where the passengers are set down, and others taken up. The speed of the whole journey is thus diminished; we stop a minute, and the waiter gives us refreshments through the open window, light or solid, just as we please. Roasted pigeons literally fly into one's mouth for payment, and then we hurry off; chatter with our neighbour, read a book, or cast an eye on nature without, where a herd of cows turn themselves round with astonishment, or some horses tear themselves loose from the tether, and gallop away, because they see that twenty carriages can be drawn without their assistance, and even quicker than if they should have to draw them,-and

then we are again suddenly under a roof, where the train stops. We have come seventy miles in three hours, and are now in Leipsic. For four hours after, on the same day, it again proceeds the same distance, in the same time, but through mountains and over rivers; and then we are in Dresden I have heard many say that on a railroad all the poetry of travelling is lost, and that we lose sight of the beautiful and interesting. As to the last part of this remark, I can only say that every one is free to stay at whatever station he chooses, and look about him until the next train arrives; and as to all the poetry of travelling being lost, I am quite of the contrary opinion. It is in the narrow, close-packed diligences that poetry vanishes: we become dull, we are plagued with heat and dust in the best season of the year, and in winter by bad, heavy roads; we do not see nature itself in a wider extent, but in longer draughts than in a railway carriage. Oh, what a noble and great achievement of the mind is this production! feel ourselves as powerful as the sorcerers of old! We put our magic horse to the carriage, and space disappears; we fly like the clouds in a storm-as the bird of passage flies! Our wild horse snorts and snuffs, and the dark stream rushes out of his nostrils. Mephistopheles could not fly quicker with Faust on his cloak ! We are, with natural means, equally as potent in the present age, as those in the middle ages thought that only the devil himself could be! With our cunning we are at his side,-and, before he knows it himself, we are past him. I can remember but a few times in my life that I ever felt myself so affected as I was on this railroad journey: it was thus with all my thoughts-that I beheld God face to face.

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I felt a devotion, such as when a child I have felt in the church alone; and, when older, in the sun-illumined forest, or on the sea in a dead calm and star-light night.-A Poet's Bazaar.

PUNCH.

WHO can avoid making a mem or two from Punch? Few no doubt, and without further ado, we give the following from his Almanack, for the benefit of his friends and admirers.

JANUARY.

NEW YEAR'S FALLACIES.-That home made wine may be drunk with impunity,

during the last week of January and the first fortnight in December. That all country cousins are suddenly, at this season, seized with a desire for barrelled oysters.

MARCH.

MARCH DIVIDENDS.-Violets are now due at all respectable banks in the kingdom.

WONDERFUL TRANSFORMATION! Cattle may, this month, be turned into meadows.

CLOSE ANALOGY.-When the butcherbird has secured a victim, it fixes it to a thorn and then tears it to pieces with its bill. What a picture of attorney and client !

"R. S. V. P."-Did you ever put on a clean shirt that had not a button off?

APRIL.

HINT TO DRAPERS. Flowers, for the most part, shut about twilight. A early closing movement. good example is set by flowers, in this

MAY.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. - The Forget-me-not is now in bloom. A bunch of these beautiful little flowers should be worn on visiting a rich relation.

JULY.

THE BRITISH HAVANNAH PLANTATIONS. Now is the proper period for cultivating the winter crop of cigars, and educating the cabbage for the elevated position it is destined to occupy on the shelves of the tobacconist. "Sweets to the sweet" is a long-accepted maxim, and "Greens to the green" is not less true or forcible. This is the age for encouraging home-grown commodities; and what is more harmless, more worthy of encouragement, than the harmless vegetable which will never make a man ill, like a Manilla? (Oh!)

CHEAP BIOGRAPHY.-The best way of learning anything about yourself is to get a friend to kill you in the newspaper. It is astonishing the number of things you will learn which you never knew before.

VIEWS OF LIFE, BY A CLOWN.-Life, says Pantaloon, is a large propertyroom its gold is Dutch metal, the froth on its porter-pots, is wool, its banquets, papier-maché, and-for too many of us its end, blue-fire.

AUGUST.

RAILWAYISMS.-The Line which pays the best, is the Line of Humbug. There are branches of it all over the world.