It tumbles and rolls in the watercourse,

And the rushing stream with its voice is hoarse ;
It oozes forth with a dull, low sound,
Where darkness and silence reign around,
It murmurs and rolls in the fathomless sea:
And plays on the pebbles and sands with glee ;
It is pearly white, and blue, and green,

And the sunbeam paints it with diamond sheen :
It glistens and twinkles in emerald hues,
When the plain is wet with the heavenly dews;
It flies from the sun in his mid-day power,
But comes back to earth in the grateful shower;
It is found in the earth, and the sea, and the sky,
And it haunts, tho' it dims not, the loveliest eye.
In the winter-garden my whole doth grow,
Lifting its head from the winter snow;
When desolate cheerlessness reigns around,
Raising its form with glory crowned;
Struggling on through the winter-storm,
With a hardy frame, but a delicate form;
And rearing its head, as it were, to sing
The manifold joys of the coming Spring.

ANSWERS TO FAMILY PASTIME.-PAGE 171, FEBRUARY No. The Traveller's Enigma.-"White ants." 1. LIGHT.-Verse 4. "I spring from lower earth" means volcanic light. "The humblest beast, &c." The fat of any animal will burn and give light. 8 and 9. "I'm often in the dark." In the dense forests of America, and probably elsewhere, the fallen trees, at a certain stage of decay, shine with a bright clear light, appearing to the weary traveller like a fire in the distance; but this light casts none on the objects surrounding it. 2. Indore, Sternhold (in conjunction with Hopkins, arranged the Psalmas in verse), Askew, Amboyna, Cranmer, Northumberland, Ely, Wexio, Oakhampton and Nuremberg. Thus giving Isaac Newton and Edward Young.

Separate the twelve court cards from the pack, excluding the aces, and place them in three rows, four in each; commencing with the fourth card in the bottom row on the right, take them up longways, one over the other, and offer them to somebody to cut; it is indifferent how often they are divided. Next deal them out in four divisions, and the king, queen and knave of each suit will be found together.

The key to this mystery consists in observing the following arrangements in the disposition of the cards at first:

Place one of each suit in the upper row, begin the next row with a card of the same suit that you left off with in the first, and commence the third or last row with a court card of the same suit you left off with in the second.

On following the above directions in taking up the cards, the result will be as we have mentioned.

THE CARD CHANGED BY WORD OF COMMAND.

You must have two cards of the same sort in the pack (say the king of spades). Place one next the bottom card (say seven of hearts), and the other at the top. Shuffle the cards without displacing those three, and show a person that the bottom card is the seven of hearts. This card you dexterously slip aside with your finger, which you have previously wetted, and taking the king of spades from the bottom which the person supposes to be the seven of hearts, lay it on the table, telling him to cover it with his hand.

card, and shifting the other king of spades from the top to the bottom, show it to another person. You then draw that privately away, and taking the bottom card, which will then be the seven of hearts, you lay that on the table, and tell the second person (who believes it to be the king of spades) to cover it with his hand.

You then command the cards to change places; and when the two parties take off their hands, and turn up the cards, they will see, to their astonishment, that your commonds are obeyed.

THE CARD DISCOVERED BY THE TOUCH OR SMELL.

You offer the long card, or any other that you know, and as the person who has drawn it holds it in his hand, you pretend to feel the pips, or finger on the under side, by your forefinger; or sagaciously smell to it, and then pronounce what card it is. If it be the long card, you may give the pack to the person who drew it, and leave him at liberty either to replace it or not. Then taking the pack you feel immediately whether it be there or not, and shuffling the cards in a careless manner, without looking at them, yet pronounce accordingly.

SEVERAL CARDS BEING SHOWN TO DIFFERENT PERSONS, THAT EACH OF THEM MAY CHOOSE ONE, TO NAME THAT WHICH EACH PERSON HAS FIXED ON.

There must be as many different cards shown to each person as there are persons to choose; so that, if there be three persons, you must show to each of them three cards, and by tel!ing the first to retain one of them in his memory, you then lay those three cards down, and show three others to the second person and so on to the third.

This being done, take up the first person's cards, and lay them down one by one, separately, with their faces uppermost. You next place the second persons cards over those of the first, and, in like manner, the third person's cards over those of the second-so that in each parcel there may be one card belonging to each person.

Having done this, ask each of them in which parcel his card is; and when he has informed you, you may immediately know which card it is—for the first person's card will always be the bottom one; the second person's, the middle one; and the third person's the uppermost one, in that parcel where each says his card is.

This recreation may be performed with a single person, by letting him fix on three, four, or more cards; in which case you must show him as many parcels as he is to choose cards, and every parcel must consist of that number, out of which he must fix on one; the rest of the process being then as above. A CURIOUS TRICK UPON THE CARDS, CALLED THE TEN DUPLICATES. Take twenty cards, and after any one has shuffled them, lay them down by pairs upon the table, with their faces uppermost. Then desire several persons to fix their minds on different pairs, and remember of what cards they are composed.

You then take up all the cards in the same order you laid them down; and place them again, one by one, on the board, according to the order of the letters in the following table; beginning with the last card, which you will place at the beginning of the first row, the next card you will place so as to stand in the middle of the third row, the third card the second in the first row, the fourth card the fourth in the same row, the fifth in the middle of this row, the sixth at the end of the second row, and so on.

Then, by asking each person which row, or rows, the cards he chose are in, you will be able to point them out, by only remembering the words of the above senter ce, and the order of the letters of which they are composed.

Thus, for example, if he say they are in the first row, you know that they must be the second and fourth cards, because the letter U occurs twice in that line.

If he say one is in the second row, and the other in the fourth, they must be the fourth cards of these rows; as is obvious from the recurrence of the letter I; and so of any other

metal, which caused a great drain on the treasury. Indeed John, King of France, was obliged to order his "généraux des monnoies" to diligently inquire into the quantity of brass to be found in France, "for the purpose of making such artillery, and to prevent its being taken out of the country." Henceforward we find the "great gunnes " of the middle

Initiatory Step.

every form and size was successively tried, and great was the successful artist's reward; for these huge engines were of extreme value, and worthy of a monarch's gift, although their usual fate was, either to be abandoned, owing to their impeding a march, or to burst after a few rounds. Thus, in 1415, A. D., Gerard Sprong petitioned Henry V. that a warrant might be issued, commanding the treasurer and barons of the exchequer to grant him a discharge for the metal of a brass cannon called Messenger," weighing 4,480 pounds, which burst at the siege of Aberystwith; of a cannon called "Kynge's Daughter,"

Coercion.

A Hot Pursuit of Secession Party.

account of the cannon aforesaid, £107 10s. 8d., equal to about £1,000 of our money. In spite of these difficulties, we find Henry V. taking with him to France three master-gunners, twenty-five gunners, and fi ty assistant-gunners, showing the steady progress gunnery bad made since its introduction into warfare, and the wa:s of the House of Lancaster in France forced the French to acknowledge the advantages to be derived from it; consequently, under the able rule of Charles VII. and Louis XI. they organised a very fine artillery, and the power derived therefrom was amply shown in the success which attended the invasion of Italy by Charles VIII. The mere rumors which spread throughout that peninsula respecting his artillery completely overawed its inhabitants; and though

Striking Argument against Secession.

burst at the siege of Harlech ; and of a cannon which burst in proving.

We find also that the Italians, who prided themselves on their knowledge of bronze-casting, were not much more successful. "I inform your lordships," writes Duke Federigo of Urbino to the citizens of Sienna, "that we cannot move from hence, because the Marzochesca bombard has not yet been removed, and I have not had it broken up, because the Messrs. Borghese tell me your lordships wish for it; and the body of

Belligerents.

grossly exaggerated, his means were certainly wonderful for that age, and the practical effect of his guns far surpassed anything that had been said of them.

The Italians still used the heavy, cumbersome bombards of iron or bronze, which, drawn with difficulty, were loaded with still greater, and thus, in battering a town, gave the besieged plenty of time to erect fresh works in the rear of those destroyed. But the French, never making use of any but bronze cannon, having replaced stone-shot with iron of much smaller calibre, but of equal weight, drawing their pieces with horses instead of oxen, and possessing experienced gunners, could

A Putriot.

the last bombard which burst is still here, for its carriage broke down on the march, as also its chamber, and was left by the way."

Governments had been obliged to resort to brass for their ordnance on the discovery of granulated powder, on account of the inferiority of cast-iron; and experiments were made with a view of reducing this expense, by substituting forged iron tubes, strengthened with iron hoops and bands; but even this was not very economical, as we find by an account of 3 Henry V., when was paid to John Stevens, of Bristol, for the making a great cannon, as well as for iron, coal and timber purchased by him, as well as for divers other expenses incurred by him on

A Contraband. -"Am I not a Man and a Brother?"

keep up with the rest of the army, and, throwing up their batteries with rapidity, could cause in a few hours the same effect as the Italians could in as many days. "Whence all Italy was filled with dread of Charles's army."

A DROLL MISTAKE-AN INCIDENT IN A FRENCH

DILIGENCE.

You have visited France of course. If you have, and have travelled over the road between Calais and Paris, especially if your visit was made before the introduction of railroads, when the old-fashioned, lumbering diligence was the only mode of conveyance, you will acknowledge that the road is one of the dullest that you ever passed over, and that the scenery is commonplace and uninviting. Most travellers over that route have a very excusable desire to get on to Paris as quickly as possible, for, in addition to the ordinary fatigue of travelling, in the olden time, the passengers-the male passengers, at any rate, and oftentimes the females were compelled to alight from the vehicle at the foot of the numerous steep hills, and walk to the summits, whether it were day or night, and, not seldom, when the roads were unusually heavy, which, I believe, was at all seasons, the male passengers were obliged, for their own sakes, to help the passage of the diligence up the steep, by pushing behind. The consequence was that most old stagers took care to supply themselves with books to while away the time during the day, since the landscape offered no attraction to scenery hunters, and endeavored to secure a seat wherein they could sleep at night, as comfortably, or rather with as little discomfort, as possible.

In the spring of the year 184--, it was my fortune to visit Paris for the-th time in my life. I had travelled by stage from London to Dover during the night, crossed the twentyone miles of "channel water," on board one of the ill-conditioned steamboats then employed on the route, and immediately on arriving at Calais, had started, par diligence, en route for Paris, consequently when night again approached, I felt very much fatigued, and was desirous, if possible, of securing a few hours' sleep in the corner of the interieure, where with a wise forethought I had snugly ensconsced myself.

All day long the diligence had been crowded to excess in all its various compartments, and I was very glad to find, when we stopped to change horses at Amiens, that all the occupants of the interieure, save myself, had reached their destination, and that there was a probability of my having that compartment of the conveyance entirely to myself, for, at least, the next stage. However, before the conducteur again gave his noisy orders to start anew, some fresh passengers demanded admission.

"How many?" thought I. Two only. Heaven be praised | for that! I looked to see what manner of men my new companions were. As well as I could perceive by the dim light of the lantern held by the ostler at the door of the cabaret, one was a stout-built, florid-complexioned, short man, clad in a blouse, fastened at the waist with a black leather belt, and wearing on his head a convenient felt travelling-cap; the other wore a travelling costume of grayish cloth, cut somewhat jauntily, and a close-fitting skull-cap,with lappels covering his ears. They were evidently strangers to each other, and both were young men, and, apparently, gentlemen.

"Thank heaven there are no more,' I muttered internally, and as the horses started with the vehicle, I recomposed myself to sleep. I was, however, soon disturbed by the voice of the first-mentioned passenger, whom I had taken to be a German, and I was confirmed in my opinion by the words he uttered.

He asked, in execrable French, with-I fancied-a strong German accent, whether, since there were no ladies in that compartment of the diligence, it would be too disagreeable if he solaced himself with a whiff from his pipe, producing at the same time a highly and beautifully colored meerschaum.

"By no means, so far as I am concerned," said the second traveller, speaking, in compliment to his German companion de voyage, in the German language, but speaking the language abominably, and as I thought, naturally enough-for I had jndged him to be a Frenchman as soon as I saw him enter the vehicle-in a French accent. At the same time this gentleman produced a cigar-case. He was evidently glad that his fellow

traveller had introduced the question of smoking, since it afforded him an opportunity of indulging in the luxury of a "weed."

Both looked inquiringly toward me. The weather was warm, the windows might be raised without inconvenience from cold; true, I didn't much fancy being smoke-dried during my anticipated slumbers, but I consented.

"En avant, messieurs.”

My French companion de voyage politely offered me a cigar from his case.

“Je vous remercie bien, monsieur," said I, with a gentle shake of the head, "mais je ne fume pas."

Tobacco smoke was, in those days, an abomination to me. Both my fellow-passengers lighted their tobacco and commenced to puff away with an appearance of intense satisfaction. The ice now being broken-the pipe is a great leveller, and not only a great leveller, but a great provocative of boon companionship-both gentlemen began to converse freely on various topics, the German speaking always bad French, the Frenchman execrable German; the consequence was they were generally perfectly incomprehensible one to the other, and both answered to the questions put to them ludicrously at random.

At length, by some means or other, for both kept on chattering and misunderstanding each other, it came out that both had been in England. There was a chance that by speaking that language both could get on a little better-could guess better at each other's meaning.

"You can speak Engleesh?" said the Frenchman. "Yes, I speak Engleesh, me," answered the German. "Then suppose we speak Engleesh together, you and me? We shall understand, perhaps, more bettare in Engleesh-I no very well speak German."

"Nor I no very well speak French," answered the German. It was a mutual compact.

"You go on wid the diligence to Paris?" inquired the French

man.

"No, I stay at St. Pol, the next stage-you comprehend? I have one friend I shall expect to meet there."

"Me I go on to Paris," replied the Frenchman. From this moment until the diligence stopped at the cabaret at Saint Pol, a running fire in exquisitely, oftentimes ludicrously, broken English, was kept up by the two smokers, who puffed away together, shook out ashes, threw away cigar stumps, re-fille d. re-lighted, and puffed again, and became such strong friends, that I am satisfied that if the thing had been possible, they would have struck a bargain to continue their continental travels in each other's company. The diligence came to a stand still.

"Saint Pol, messieurs," exclaimed the conducteur, flinging wide open the door of the interieure.

It was nearly broad daylight. Several persons were standing on the balcony of the hotel, some waiting to proceed by the diligence to Paris, others looking out for friends whom they expected to arrive by the same conveyance.

My fellow traveller in the blouse alighted and looked eagerly around him, as if in search of some well-known face among the crowd of strangers. At length he saw the object of his search.

"Hilloa, Tom!" cried he. "So you are there, eh? Tell the fellows to carry my luggage to your room."

The next moment the two friends were shaking hands, and asking and replying to, in good English, innumerable questions. The little gentleman in the jaunty travelling costume stood aghast with wonder. For some moments his tongue seemed to refuse its office. At length he burst forth in unmistakable Yorkshire:

"Why-what! why, you speak English as well as I do!"' "I am an Englishman," replied the gentleman in the blouse, his countenance scarcely less expressive of annoyance and astonishment. "But you; why have you been talking to me ever since we left Amiens as if I was a foreigner, and couldn't speak my own language?"

"Why-why," stammered the other traveller, "I thought you were a German."

Now, perfectly understanding the case, the gentleman in the blouse burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

"By George! old fellow," he cried, "I took you for a Frenchman. Upon my soul I did. What a pair of stupid asses