are scarcely any longer than when first compressed. The toes are turned under the sole, and the point of the foot is terminated by the great toe, which alone preserves a resemblance to the original form.

Numbers of poor women, who have been reduced in circumstances, are hourly observed in the streets, lamed and tormented by the only remaining badges of their former rank, and suffering from the accumulated misery of want and deformity.

We have heard Chinese fathers speak of this custom in terms of reprehension, but they urge the prevalence of the practice, and the ridicule to which those who neglect it are exposed, as an excuse for its continuance.

WAR HORSES.

GENERAL Washington had two favorite horses; one, a large, elegant parade horse, of a chestnut color, high spirited, and of a gallant carriage; this horse had belonged to the British. The other was smaller, and his color sorrel. This he always rode in time of action; so that whenever the general mounted him, the word ran through the ranks, "We have business on hand."

APHORISM.

SCARCELY an ill to human life belongs,
But what our follies cause, or mutual wrongs;
Or, if some stripes from Providence we feel,
He strikes with pity, and but wounds to heal.

As

TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD.

you value the approbation of heaven, or the shame of the world, cultivate the love of truth. In all your proceedings, be direct and consistent. Ingenuity and candor possess the most powerful charm; they bespeak universal favor, and carry an apology for almost every failing. “The lips of truth shall be established forever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment." The path of truth is a plain and safe path; that of falsehood is a perplexing maze. After the first departure from sincerity, it is not in your power to stop.

One artifice unavoidably leads to another; till, as the intricacy of the labyrinth increases, you are left entangled in your own snare. Deceit discovers a little mind, which stops at temporary expedients, without rising to comprehensive views of conduct. It is the resource of one who wants courage to avow his designs, or to rest upon himself; whereas, openness of character displays that generous boldness which ought to distinguish youth.

THE CRUEL SPIDER.

A FABLE.

A SPIDER, having been totally deprived of his web by the broom of a clean housemaid, instead of setting to work to make another, took a survey of his neighbors' dwellings, and having, at length, found a spider who was much more feeble than himself, he turned him out, and took possession of his house.

How cruel it is of the strong, to oppress and tyrannize over the weak, when they ought rather to protect them.

You'd have thought he had lived all his life in a nest.

The Chaffinch's tone

Was completely his own;

Not one of the tribe had the difference known.

Of a sportsman, an excellent marksman, they say.

While near a hedge-wall,

With his little bird call,

He thought it fine fun to imitate all.

And so well did he do it,

That many flew to it;

But alas! he had certainly cause to rue it.

As it proved no fun

For, the man with the gun,

Who was seeking for Partridges, took him for one.

He was shot in the side;

And he feelingly cried;

A very few minutes before he died:

"Who for others prepare

A trap, should beware

That they do not themselves fall into the snare."

THE ALPINE HORN.

THE Alpine Horn is an instrument constructed with the bark of a cherry tree; and which, like a speaking trumpet, is used to convey sounds to a great distance. When the last rays of the sun gild the summit of the Alps, the shepherd who dwells the highest on those mountains, takes his horn and calls aloud, " Praised be the Lord!" As soon as he is heard, the neighboring shepherds leave their huts and repeat those words. The sound lasts many minutes, for every echo of the mountains, and grot of the rocks, repeat the name of God. How solemn the scene! Imagination cannot picture to itself anything more sublime. The profound silence that succeeds - the sight of those stupendous mountains, upon which the vault of heaven seems to rest; everything excites the mind to enthusiasm.

In the meanwhile, the shepherds bend their knees, and pray in the open air, and soon after retire to their huts to enjoy the repose of innocence.

THE LITTLE BOY AND THE ROSE.

A FABLE.

A LITTLE boy was allowed one day to ramble about a garden, in which were many choice flowers; but he was desired not to touch any of them. He, however, soon forgot what was said to him; and seeing a pretty rose, he ventured to pluck it. In a few minutes, his fingers streamed with blood, for he was severely scratched, and he cried bitterly, and ran to his sister. She bound up he wound, but reproved him ; “Ah, brother, if you had ninded what was said to you, and not gathered the rose, you would not have been wounded by the thorn.'"