Make It Happen

You may have another go at it any time you like,generously remarked Tom, as he shied the Algebra after the Latin Reader.”I’ll come every evening, then. I’d like to, for I have n’t studied a bit since I came. You shall try and make me like algebra, and I ‘ try and make you like Latin; will you ? “” Oh, I’d like it well enough, if there was any one to explain it to me. Old Deane puts us through doublequick, and don’t give a fellow time to ask questions when we read.”" Ask your father; he knows.”" Don’t believe he does; should n’t dare to bother him, if he did.”"Why not?”" He’d pull my ears, and call me astupid,’ or tell me not to worry him.”" I don’t think he would. Hea very kind to me, and I ask lots of questions.”" He likes you better than he does me.”" Now, Tom Iit’s wrong of you to say so. Of course he loves you ever so much more than he does me,” cried Polly, reprovingly.”Why don’t he show it, then?” muttered Tom, with a halfwistful, halfdefiant glance toward the library door, which stood ajar.”You act so, how can he?” asked Polly, after a pause, in which she put Tom’s question to herself, and could find no better reply than the one she gave him.”Why don’t he give me my velocipede? He said, if I did well at school for a month, I should have it; and I’ve been pegging away like fury for most six weeks, and he don’t do a thing about it. The girls get their duds, because they tease.” I won’t do that, any way; but you don’t catch me studying myself to death, and no pay for it.”" It is too bad; but you ought to do it because it’s right, and never mind being paid,” began Polly, trying to be moral, but secretly sympathizing heartily with poor Tom. Don’t you preach, Polly. If the governor took any notice of me, and cared how I got on, I would n’t mind the presents so much; but he don’t care a hang, and never even asked if I did well last declamation day, when I fd gone and learnedThe Battle of Lake Regillus,’ because he said he liked it.”"Oh, Tom r Did you say that? It’s splendidJim and I used to say Horatius together, and it was such fun. Do speak your piece to me, I do so likeMacaulay’s Lays.’”" It’s dreadful long,” began Tom; but his face brightened, for Polly’s interest soothed his injured feelings, and he was glad to prove his elocutionary powers.

Winterbottom had previously
Winterbottom had previously observed it a scrubby- looking Pine about thirty feet high, and, as he described it to me after his return to England, with leaves in pairs, the length of the Scotch Pine, and with very persistent ovate cones about one inch and three-quarters long. Mr. Winterbottom could not learn that it was found in a wild state in Nepal, but only that it had been planted, where he found it, in the Kath- mandoo Garden several years. It has also been distributed from the Russian Gardens under the name of Pinus intermedia (as connecting or being inter¬mediate between the two and three-leaved kinds), having fre¬quently two and three leaves in a sheath. No. 10. PINUS MUGHO, Bauhin, the Mugho Pine. Syn. Pinus uncinata, Raymond. „ „ sylvestris Mugho, Bauhin. ,, ,, Mughus, Loudon. Leaves, two in a sheath, from one to two inches long, twisted, rather broad, stiff, not spreading, and of a dull green colour. Cones, one and a half to two inches long, ovate and stalkless, growing two or three together, rather erect, with hooked scales, more fully developed on the outer side, and full of resinous matter. Branches, ascending and numerous, thickly covered with foliage, and with a brownish grey bark. Wood, heavy, close-grained, red, and very durable, forming in favourable situations a small tree thirty feet high. It is found in the mountains extending from the Pyrenees eastward, the Alps of South-Western and Central Europe, with the following varieties:— PINUS MUGHO ROSTRATA, Antoine, the Beaked Mugho Pine. Syn. Pinus uncinata, Widdrington. ,, ,, Montana, Baumann. „ „ echinata, Hort. ,, ,, rubraeflora, Loudon. „ „ sanguinea, Lapeyrouse. This variety differs in the scales of the cones being greatly elevated, and hooked or beaked at the points, much larger than in the original, and is the tree described by Captain Wid- drington (Cook) in his Travels in Spain, where he discovered it on the Pyrenees, a small tree, thirty feet high. PINUS MUOHO ROTUNDATA, Link, the Round-coned Mugho Pine. Syn. Pinus sylvestris rotundata, Link. „ „ Pumilio rotundata, Hort. ,, ,, Montana, Wahlenberg. This variety is found below P. Pumilio, on the Tyrol, but readily to be distinguished from it, by its upright growth, and forming a small tree with a distinct stem. PINUS MUOHO ULIGINOSA, Wimmer, the Marsh Mugho Pine. Syn. Pinus Fischeri, Booth. ,, ,, pyramidalis, Reuss. ,, ,, obliqua, Sauter. This is the Austrian form of P. Mugho, but very much more robust in stature, forming a handsome pyramidal small tree. PINUS MUGHO NANA, London, the Knee Pine. This variety never grows more than three feet high on the Styrian Alps.

ot me covenant oi erace unon mem

And concerning this happiness of theirs here spoken of, we may observe two things, viz. . Wherein it consists; Its eonunuance.Wherein it consists, viz. In God s righteousness and salvation toward tnem. uv uxxrs nenteousness nere’ is meant his faithfulness m fulfilling his covenant promises to his church, or ins taitntumess towards nis cnurcn ana neome in uestowHifr tne nenents ot me covenant oi erace unon mem: wmcn nenents tnouen tnev are Destowed oi ire© nd sovereign grace, as being altogether undeserved ; yet as liod nas oeen Dieasecu m tne promisestne covenant fit srrace, to wild mmseii to oestow tnem so inev are Bestowed in the exercise of God s righteousness or justice. And therefore the apostle says, Heb. vi. . God is not unright tons to tor set vour wore ana moor or ime, unci so i jonn l. if we conTeaa our ana to cteetnac ua from an uwrixnteoumeaa. so tne word rierhteousneaa is verv otten used in scripture tor uod’s cove nant faithfulness ; so it is used m Nehem. Tiou hast performed thy worda,for thou art rignteoua. So we are often tm understand ncrnteousness anci covenant mercv tor tne same thing : as Psai. xxiv.He shall receive the blessing from the ioriL ana nsrnieouaneaa from me isoa or ma aotvanon. rsai, ill. uonnnue my ivmrnsr mnoneaa to tnem tnat Know tnee mnd thy righteousness to the upright m heart. And Psal.dMMver me mm mom sntunneaa u troa. iaoii um or mv aatvaThe other word here used is salvation.Of these two, God’s nernteousness ana ms salvation, tne one is tne cause, oi wimc.ii the other is the effect. God’s righteousness, or covenant mercy, is the root of which his salvation is the fruit. Both of them relate to tne covenant oi crrace. ine one is uod’s covenant mercv and taitntuiness tne otner intends tnat worn oi iod dv which this covenant mercy is accomplished in the fruits of it.

Canaan were made bond servants to the Israelites

They were till the days of David m driving . them out before they had wholly subdued them. But David Entirely brought them under. He subdued the Jebusites. and lie subdued the whole nation of the Philistines, and all the rest of the remains of the seven nations of Canaan :Chron. xviii ” Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out ot tne nanas ox tnc rmiisunes.”After this, all the remains of the former inhabitants of Canaan were made bond servants to the Israelites. The posterity of the Gibeonites became servants before, hewers of wood, and drawers of water, for the house of God. But Solomon, David s son and successor, put all the other remains of the seven nations of Canaan to bond service, at least made them pay a tribute of bond service, as you may see.Kings m And hence we read of the children of Solomon s servants, after the return from the Babylonish captraty, Ezra ii.and Neh. xiThey were the childreil or nostentv ot tne seven nauons ox Canaan mat aoiomon Ban aubiectea to nona service.’ Thus David subdued the whole land of Canaan, strictly ii called. But then that was not one half, nor quarter, ot the land iioct iiacf Dromisea m tneir tamers, i ne iana tnat uod tiad otten Dromisea to tneir xatners inciuaea tut tne countnea from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates. These were the hnnnds ot tne iana Dromisea to ADranam ven. xv. is. In that same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, mavincr unto tnv seea nave i snven uus iana trom tne river of Egypt, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.’ So again God promised at Mount Sinai, Exod. xxin. And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the nver ; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee,’ So again, Deut. xi.Every place Whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours ;

children and servants

JMor is this principle confined to our earth. We know not what passes within the starry mansions; but the planet m its revolution, the satellite in its perturbations, the comet in its eccentric path, are all working their appointed work; while light and heat,mow and vapors and stormy winds, fulfil the word of their Creator.While such is the universal law. its pnnciDie ana Dractice nave Deen so marrea dv the selfishness of man, that we must look to the Gospel for the remedy of the evil, and for those high and holy motives by which the true service of God ought to be characterized and sustained. We accordingly find that there is one great and peculiar privilege amongst many, which God accords to those who. being redeemed by the blood of Christ, occupy the twofold position of children and servants. He allows such to work for Him. ISTcr is this a mere nominal position. He condescends to call them to His help. He gives each a different charge to keep.” wmcnne nesriects. tfrnrs ciorv win suner loss. He gives each a field to cultivate, aname iuttows are tninjv sown, wnere will be the summer harvest” In looking around, however, upon the Christian Church, it is startlmgly evident that there is more profession than practice, more words than deeds, more fair green leaves than ripe wholesome ftuit. There are indeed manyThere are many who marvel at the idea of work being a privilege,many whose whole felicity is comprised in the dolce far niente of their negative existence, or in the excitement of their pursuit after bright glancing butterflies.There are others who do not understand the privilege of work, though they are hard workers, harder than any others, for they work as if to complete the tale of bricks for an Egyptian taskmaster. utners mere aiso are, ana a vast proportion in the present practical age, who delight in work for its own sake: their whole lives are passed in meditating and inaccomplishing work,successful work.useful work.work to be honored in all ages. There are yet others whose heads droop, and whose hands hang down; and who, when they hear that work is a privilege possessed by the children of God. are ready to fancy that such they cannot be. for alas!

old Aunt Patty

will remember any thing frixrat poor, old Aunt Patty.” Don’t talk so, Aunt Patty,” .cried Estelle, her eyes filling with tefqrs;you know we nev.er can forge typ. Beside?, t pever mean to be parrie Emma and Bessy can’t love pother half a$ well as I do, or they never would be willing to £ away, so fhr off.” “You will think Jifferently, several years hence,” said Frank. ” I’ll wait for you myself, if you will promise to marry me, when you are old enough. You know how often we have gathered flowers, and made charades and conundrums together. You never will see anybody you will like as well as you do me, Estell”"I never expect to,” answered she, with a glow of gratitude, at the remembrance of his participation in her childish pleasure ” I love you almost as well as I do Edmun But that isn’t the kind of love people feel, when they marry each other.”" What kind is that, Estelle ?” asked Frank, looking towards the lovely brideu don’t know exactly,” replied she, blushing at finding herself a poorer metaphysician than she thought she was; “but look at Emma and Bessy, and Mr. Selwyn, and Mr. Vivian, and see how different they look at each other, from what you, and I, and Aunt Patty do. They take little short looks, and a great parcel of them, but we look, and have done with it.”Frank laughed outright. A philosopher could hardly have explained better the difference between the electric glances of love, and the calm gaze of friendship.When he told Estelle to promise to marry him, when she was old enough, he only gave utterance to a sportive thought. But as he reflected, he grew seriou He thought, what a charming thing it would be, to be united to a sister of Bessy’s, who would be only less beautiful than herself; to make the first impression on her young and innocent heart; to mould the virgin wax of her juvenile affections, and stamp upon its softened surface the image of himself.One sentence in parentheses:Frank did indeed wait for Estelle, who, when she became older, really supplanted Bessy in the heart of her early admirer.And Victorine!Was Aunt Patty a true prophet? Was the tear in her eye, for the buried Homer; and the smile on her lip, for the living Edmund ? Yes ! it was even so.

The reply was neither candid nor courteous

your premisesit’s perhaps taking a stronger view of your Christian duty, than most men, if you love him as yourself.The condition of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies was such as to induce the representatives of Queen Victoria and the Emperor Napoleon to address a memorandum to Naples on the subject. They joined in suggesting a more clement mode of governing; but at the same time disavowed any intention of dictating to the King the policy to be persued, or interfering in his domestic affair The reply was neither candid nor courteous, and eventually the English and French ministers withdre Indeed there had for some time been only a species of undignified diplomatic bickerings between them and that power, rising from studious insult on the part of Naples, and perpetual remonstrances from the Western StateReally the kind of rule established in Naples sounds almost too absurd to be true, and we dare hardly tell the following story, without quoting our authority. The ” Annuaire des Deux Mondes, 18534 “. It seems that a member of the American diplomatic body, wishing to purchase a white hat, applied to a French hatter to make that articlThe tradesman tetused to gratify him without a special authorization from government. Upon inquiry, it turned out that the Neapolitan ministry had conceived the idea that white hats had in some mysterious manner, a democratic tendency; and after having’ bought up all that were in the market, striet orders were given that no more should be manufacture Whether the indignant Yankee was eventually able to present himself to the King of the Two Sicilies, in the full diplomatic costume of a white hat and yellow waistcoat, the historian does not relatProbably the spy system has gone further in Naples than in any State except Russia. Plots are hatched by the discontented, or invented by the police, at regular intervals, when arrests are effected by the scor Prisoners are tried in a manner disgraceful to Europe; the object being as much to strike terror by the conviction of the innocent, as to punish the guilty. We are not by any means prepared to assert that the Italian patriots are immaculate persons, against whom the King has no just ground of

Telegraph Companies

Telegraph Companies, for observations to be made at these stations by their officers at 8 a. and reported daily to London. The instruments supplied were two barometers Kew pattern, two ordinary thermometers, a maximum and a minimum thermometer and a rain gauge. The number of these stations at present in operation in Great Britain and Ireland is 18, viz., nine in England North Shields, Scarborough, Yarmouth, London, Portsmouth, Weymouth, Plymouth, Penzance, and Liverpool, one in Wales Holyhead, four in Ireland Greencastle, Valencia, Cape Clear, and Roche’s Point at the mouth of Cork harbour, and four in Scotland Nairn, Aberdeen Leith, and Ardrossan.Up to the date at which the Committee assumed the superintendence of the office, no inspection of any kind had been undertaken with the view of ascertaining either the position of the instruments at these stations, or the capability of the observers to report correctly. The stations were all visited in the course of last summer, and were found to be in urgent need of inspection. In three instances the thermometers were kept under the roof of a railway station, and in one case in a box which was almost completely close Thermometers were found coated with dust, and as for the wet bulb thermometer it was only properly managed at one station. In one case this latter instrument was found completely coated with carbonate of lime, and in another with its bulb totally immersed in water. The wind reports were given sometimes by true and sometimes by magnetic bearings, while the force was estimated by the merest guess work. In several instances, the clerks stated that they had never received any instruction in this special duty of reporting, and were totally unaware that their reports were necessarily untrustworthy owing to the situation of their instrumentSince the date of the inspection the quality of the reports received has improved to a remarkable esnt, and there is fair reason to hope for still greater improvement.In addition to the information derived from British sources, arrangements have been made with the French authorities for the regular interchange of meteorological intelligence. Le Verrier, to whose

muttering rapidly,

 ics: out no’s aeaa. vou Know. I’ll ten aoout him some other time: you ought to study now, and perhaps I can help you,” said Polly, with a little quiver of the lips.” Should n’t wonder if you could.” And Tomspread the book between them with a grave and businesslike air, for he felt that Polly had got the better of him, and it behooved him to do his best for the honor of his sex. He went at the lesson with a will, and soon floundered out of his difficulties, for Polly gave him a lift here and there, and they went on swimmingly, till they came to some rules to be learned. Polly had forgotten them, so they both committed them to memory:Tom. with hands in his pockets, rocked to and fro. muttering rapidly, while Polly twisted the little curl on her forehead and stared at the wall, gabbling with all her might. ” uoiie i” cried. I’om, uresennv. uone i” ecnoea rouv; ana mm tnev neara eacn otner recite tui ootti were Denect.” That ’s pretty good fun,” said Tom, joyfully, tossing poor Harkness away, and feeling that the pleasant excitement of companionship could lend a charm even we’ll tan a turn at aisiooera. i like that as much as I hate Latin’Polly accepted the invitation, and soon owned that Tom could beat her here. This fact restored his equanimity; but he didn’t crow over her, far from it; for he helped her with a paternal patience that made her eyes twinkle with suppressed fun, as he soberly explained and illustrated, unconsciously imitating Dominie Deane. till Polly found it difficult to keep from laughing in his face.” You may have another go at it any time you like,generously remarked Tom, as he shied the Algebra after the Latin Reader.”I’ll come every evening, then. I’d like to, for I have n’t studied a bit since I came. You shall try and make me like algebra, and I ‘ try and make you like Latin; will you ? “” Oh, I’d like it well enough, if there was any one to explain it to me. Old Deane puts us through doublequick, and don’t give a fellow time to ask questions when we read.”" Ask your father; he knows.”" Don’t believe he does; should n’t dare to bother him, if he did.”"Why not?”" He’d pull my ears, and call me astupid,’ or tell me not to worry him.”" I don’t think he would. Hea very kind to me, and I ask lots of questions.”" He likes you better than he does me.”" Now, Tom Iit’s wrong of you to say so. Of course he loves you ever so much more than he does me,” cried Polly, reprovingly.

 the morrow’s parting

       mould the virgin wax of her juvenile affections, and stamp upon its softened surface the image of himself.One sentence in parentheses:Frank did indeed wait for Estelle, who, when she became older, really supplanted Bessy in the heart of her early admirer.And Victorine!Was Aunt Patty a true prophet? Was the tear in her eye, for the buried Homer; and the smile on her lip, for the living Edmund ? Yes ! it was even so. Memory and hope met in her heart, and while the shadows of the one rolled over its surface, the light of the other tinged them with golden lustr Never, since the death of Homer, had Edmund spoken to her otherwise than as a brother might address a sister. They had stood together over his grave, when the winds of autumn strewed the mourning leaves on the earth; they had talked of him, by the warmth of the winter’s fireside, and amidst the sweetness of spring’s opening flower This night, they named him not; they spoke of the bridal scene, the morrow’s parting, and the void that would be made in the family circl What shall we do, without Emma and Bessy ?” said VictorinOh! desolate will be the dwelling of Moina,” added she, fixing her dark, melancholy eyes on the pale face of Mr Worth.You must be Emma and Bessy in one,” replied Edmund,and the dwelling where you remain, Victorine, never can be desolatMymother has no daughter whom she loves better than yourself.”And yet I have brought her much sorrow,” said Victorine, sadly.fear, I was born to cast a cloud over all who love m”A cloud has been resting over us long,” said Edmund, in a low voice, intended for her ear alone;but it is in your power to bring back sunshine to our hearts and hom”Victorine blusheThe look he bent upon her was such as she had met beneath the oak of the mountain, when passion suddenly rent the veil that covered it, and revealed its hidden fire Her heart thrilled at the remembrance, but hope, in its triumph, soon banished memory.” Victorine,” continued Edmund,have loved you, in sorrow and remorse, when I thought to love you was a crim I have loved you in sadness and doubt, while I looked upon you as bearing in your bosom a widowed heart. I love you now, in hope and faith, and, in this