beams immediately over the place where he used to sleep-in fact, just over his side of the bed-by which means he was raised two or three feet above his usual position. Into this hammock got Hamet, and having assured the hippopotamus, bōth by his voice, and by extending one arm over the side so as to touch him, that he was there as usual at his side, and "all was right," he presently fell asleep.

10. How long he slept, Hamet does not know, but he was awoke by the sensation of a jerk and a hoist, and found himself lying on the bed in his old place, close beside our fat friend. Hamet tried the experiment once more; but the same thing again occurred. No sooner was he asleep than the hippopotamus got up-raised his broad nose beneath the heaviest part of the hammock that swung lowest, and by an easy and adroit' toss, pitched Hamet clean out. After this, Hamet, acting on his rule of never thwarting his charge in any thing reasonable, abandoned the attempt of a separate bed, and took up his nightly quarters by his side as before.

11. As for the voyage, it was passed pleasantly enough by the most important of the illustrious strangers on board. Two cows and ten goats had been taken on board for his sole use and service; these, however, not being found sufficient for a "growing youth," the ship's cow was confiscated' for the use of his table; and this addition, together with we forget how many dozen sacks of Indian corn-meal, enabled him to reach our shores in excellent health and spirits.

12. A word as to the title of "river-horse," when taken in conjunction with his personal appearance, his habits, and his diet. The hippopotamus has nothing in common with the horse; he seems to us rather an aquatic1 pig, or a four-footed land-porpoise. In fact, he appears to partake of the wild-boar, the bull, and the porpoise-the latter predominating at present; but when he gets his tusks, we much fear there will be an alteration in his manners for the worse. As to his eventual size, the prospect is alarming. He is at present only seven months old, and he will continue growing till he is fifteen years of age.

'A droit', skillful.- Thwart' ing, opposing.- Con fis' cåt ed, taken away. A quåt' ic, belonging to the water.

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52. THE ROTHSCHILDS.

T the time of the French Revolution,' there lived at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, in Germany, a Jewish banker, of limited means, but good reputation, named Moses Rothschild. When the French army invaded Germany, the Prince of Hesse Cassel was obliged to fly from his dominions. As he passed through Frankfort, he requested Moses Rothschild to take charge of a large sum of money and some valuable jewels, which he feared might otherwise fall into the hands of the enemy.

2. The Jew would have declined so great a charge; but the prince was so much at a loss for the means of saving his property, that Moses at length consented. He declined, however, giving a receipt for it, as in such dangerous circumstances he could not be answerable for its being safely restored.

3. The money and jewels, to the value of several hundred thousand pounds, were conveyed to Frankfort; and just as the French entered the town, Mr. Rothschild had succeeded in burying the treasure in a corner of his garden. He made no attempt to conceal his own property, which amounted only to six thousand pounds. The French accordingly took this, without suspecting that he had any larger sum in his possession.

4. Had he, on the con'trary, pretended to have no money, they would have certainly searched, as they did in many other cases, and might have found and taken the whōle. When they left the town, Mr. Rothschild dug up the prince's money, and began to make use of a small portion of it. He now thrived in his business, and soon gained much wealth of his own.

5. A few years after, when peace came, the Prince of Hesse Cassel returned to his dominions. He was almost afraid to call on the Frankfort banker, for he readily reflected that, if the French had not got the money and jewels, Moses might pretend they had, and thus keep all to himself.

6. To his great astonishment, Mr. Rothschild informed him

'Rev o lu' tion, change of government. The French revolution broke out in 1790.- Re ceipt', a paper acknowledging that money or any valuable property has been received; also, the act of receiving.

that the whole of the property was safe, and now ready to be returned, with five per cent.' interest on the money. The banker at the same time related by what means he had saved it, and apologized for breaking upon the money, by representing that, to save it, he had had to sacrifice all his own.

7. The prince was so impressed by the fidelity of Mr. Rothschild under his great trust, that he allowed the money to remain in his hands at a small rate of interest. To mark, also, his gratitude, he recommended the Jew to various Europe'an sovereigns as a money-lender. Moses was consequently employed in several great transactions for raising loans, by which he realized a vast profit.

8. In time he became immensely rich, and put his three sons into the same kind of business in the three chief capitals of Europe-London, Paris, and Vienna. All of them prospered. They became the wealthiest private men whom the world has ever known. He who lived in London, left at his death thirtyfive millions of dollars. The other two have been created bărons, and are perhaps not less wealthy. Thus a family, whose purse has maintained war and brought about peace, owes all its greatness to one act of honesty under trust.

ANON.

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53. OPPOSITE EXAMPLES.

ASK the young man who is just forming his habits of life, or just beginning to indulge those habitual trains of thought, out of which habits grow, to look around him, and mark the examples whose fortune he would covet, or whose fate he would abhor. Even as we walk the streets, we meet with exhibitions of each extreme.1

2. Here, behold a patriarch," whose stock of vigor threescore

'Per cent., by the hundred; for every hundred.—2 Bår' ons, the lowest order of nobility.— Covet (kův' et), to desire earnestly; to long for.— *Ex trème,' the end; the last; each extreme, the first and the last. - På tri arch, the head or chief of a family.— Vig' or, strength.

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years and ten' seem hardly to have impaired. His erect form, his firm step, his elastic limbs, and undimmed senses, are so many certificates of good conduct; or, rather, so many jewels and orders of nobility with which nature has honored him for his fidelity to her laws. His fair complexion shows that his blood has never been corrupted; his pure breath, that he has never yielded his digestive apparātus to abuse; his exact language and keen apprehension, that his brain has never been drugged or stupefied by the poisons of distiller or tobacconist.

3. Enjoying his appetites to the highest, he has preserved the power of enjoying them. As he drains the cup of life, there are no lees' at the bottom. His organs will reach the gōal of existence together. Painlessly as a candle burns down in its socket, so will he expire; and a little imagination would convert him into another Enoch,' translated from earth to a better world without the sting of death.

4. But look at an opposite extreme, where an opposite history is recorded. What wreck so shocking to behold as the wreck of a dissolute man ;-the vigor of life exhausted, and yet the first steps in an honorable career not taken; in himself a lazar-house of diseases; dead, but, by a heathenish custom of society, not buried! Rogues have had the initial" letter of their title burnt into the palms of their hands; even for murder, Cain was only branded on the forehead; but over the whole person of the debauchee" or the inebriate, the signatures of infamy are written.

5. How nature brands him with stigma" and opprobrium !13 How she hangs labels all over him, to testify her disgust at his existence, and to admonish others to beware of his example! How

1A score is twenty; threescore and ten is seventy.—2 Im påired', injured; lessened.-3 Di gèst' ive, causing the dissolving of food in the stomach.-Ap pa rà' tus, things provided as a means to some end.— 'Lees, dregs; that which settles at the bottom of any liquid.-o Gðal, the end, or point aimed at. E' noch, see Bible, Gen. chap. 5, v. 24.— * Dis' so lute, wicked; acting without principle; viciously dissipated.— 'Lazar-house, a hospital; a house for persons affected with unpleasant and dangerous diseases." Initial (in ish' al), the beginning or first. -"Debauchee (deb o she'), a rake; drunkard.-" Stigma, a mark of disgrace. Op prỏ' bri um, shame; disgrace.

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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 intent2 upon obliterating3 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.

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.

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.

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'Rep' tile, any thing that creeps; as a snake, a worm, etc.-' In tent', very attentive or engaged.-3 Ob lit' er åt ing, destroying; effacing; removing. Rheum (rom), a thin, white fluid, produced by the glands in disease. Sa lỏons', 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 (kumm' le nes), grace; beauty. Configured (kon fig' yerd), disposed into any figure or form.