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MISC E LLAJVEWUS.
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edge.
Effects of lote.
” Solario was originslly a jptpiley.
or wandering tinker; it Was in this
character he first made his appear*
ance at Naples in the beginning of the
fifteenth century. He was, at this
time, in the twentyseventh year of
bis age, having bean born, it is said,
although about this date there is
some doubts in the year 1382. While
here he chanced to be employed to
do some work in the way of his craft
by a painter of the name of Colan-
tonio del Fiore. This painter had a
very beautiful daughter i the young
lady was seen by Solario; and the
tinker at owe fell deeply in love
ivith her. It was taking a bold step,
certainly, and one not very likely
to be successful; but, impelled by
liis passion, the enamored Solario
determined to ask the lady from
her father in marriage. His appli
cation was* treated with ridicule by
Colantonio; .w.ho, by way of effectu
ally 'extinguishing the poor gipsey’s
hopes, told him he mean* to bestow
liis daughter only,upon some one who
was as good a painter as himself.—
♦Then will you accept of me.’ said
Solario, ‘for your son-in-law: if after
a certain, rime I shall present myself
to you with that qualification? VV/II
you give me ten years o learn to
paint and so to entitle myself to the
hand of your daughter? Colantonio
thought that he would not hazard
much by assenting to this proposal,
by which he would at least rid him
twlf for the present, and for a con
siderable time to c« me, of his iiri
fortunate suitor, whose pertinacity
end earnestness began somewhat to
alarm him; and so, not greatly appre
tending that he should ever hear
■more of biin. he assured' the tinker,
that, if he came back within the pp
riod in question transform* d into a
J uinter, She young larlv shtmld he his
cfore this, the story relates. Sola
rio had, by some means or other,
obtained the attention and favor of
the King's sister; and he now insisted
that ‘Colantonio should go with him
to that princess, stud, in her presence,
renew his covenant. Somewhat more
fa vorahly impressed towards his pro
posed son-in-law, probably, by hei* g
made aware of the interest he had
at court, the painter agreed to this
al«n; and the princess accordingly
became the witness of the solemn
ratification of liis engagement. Hnv"
ing settled the matter thus far So-
lario immediately INaples, for
Colantonio had stiplunfed that he
should lemove to a d-sfance while
acquiring his new accomolishments:
and in the first instance, be pro ced
ed directly to Rome. Here, howev
er. he could not find an instructor to
his mind; but he heard much talk
of Lcppo Daltnasi, who resided at
B -logna, and thither therefore he
d-termiued to betake himself. On
finding Lippo,, and telling him his
object, he received at first from that
pc*son only an urgent exhortation to
think no wore of so wild a plan, and
to trust fo the efficacy of time awl
absence to ?mre his passion; but So-
Inrio continued to press his applica
tion so perserveringly, employing
even tears to aid his entreaties, that
the reluctant painter was at last,
prevailed upon to admit him as his
pupil. To the ardent Solario it now
seemed as if all liis diffr ulties were
over. Froih the moment in which
he began to receive Lippo’s instruc
tions, his application was unceasing.
Awkward as he was at first, he soon
became the admiration and envy of
his fellow-students; and even *his
master himself now advised liirn fo
persevere in his new carder, ns earn**
•st ly as he had formerly endeavored
to dissuade him from entering upon
it. He remained siv or seven years
with Lippo; and then left Bologna
to visit the other principal towns of
Italy, with, the view of improving
himself in his art by studying the va
rious styles of oilier painters. In
this peregrination he spent nearly
three years, during wlucfy.jie visited,
among other places, Fjbjfcjnce, p or .
rara, and Ventc'e; and returned
once more to Naples, n/Vqran absence
of nine years and some months. He
first presented himself to one of Rie
gentlemen attached to (he court,
whose picture he drew, and bv his
iheans he was introduced to the pre
sence his ole) friend, the piinoess,
who would seem by this time te have
ascended the throne Changed as he
was in outward appearance, as in
everything else, he was not recogpis-
cd by his former pationess; but a
Madonna antk Child, of his own
drawing, which he offered to her,
was graciously .accepted. When
her majesty had expressed her ap
probation of this pictuie, the painter
threw himself at her feet, and ven
tured to ask her if she did not re;
collect the wandering gipsey, who
ten yearr before had had the hunpr
of being admitted^ to her presence,
and in whose fortune she had been
pleased to take at: interest. After
recogni»"*g him, the queen, at first,
would scarcely believe that he had
rea ly painted the picture he*had,
given her; but, on his executing in
her presence a portrait of lie*self,
she no longer doubted the truth of
his pretentions. She then a-nt for
Colantonio, ami having submitted the
pictures of liis inspection, des.jed
him to tell her what he thought of
them. Colantonio extolled them both
to lhe skies. On this her maicsiy
same may be said of the parent! and j child to doubts too! ‘ Be caution!
grandparents of his wife. When she never to give your commands in a
Ids wile) .was a babe, her fatherthd loud voice, nor in baste. If you must
nothcr. Iiifffithpr with orraWf nnv-
mother,'together with her,grand par
cuts, want to a neighboring store,*
where*tkey hecqme intoxicated. On
their return the horse become frighten
ed—the wagon was
her moiher was killed. The babe
was spared—become * tbfe’ wife of
G- ,aud is now the drunken moth
er of several drunken children.
ftfbiatn* ofthe Mammoth, &fc —
We have the follow mg. among other
mu'ticulars, fo add to (hose we^gaye
last week, relating to the col Motion of
bones exhibiting at present in this
city. V 7
The reliques are generally blacken-'
ed externally, and have the appear
ance of petrifactions. Blit many u
them are while within, and*often ham
the smell of fiesh bone; and ivory,whet
saw n in tivo.
TfWi large skull of the Mastodon
before deg* iihed, contains the teeth
in the upperjawj—viz: one on each
side; and from a comparison of tlies-'
askeo him whether he would iiui | with other jaws and teeth in the col
rather give liis daughter’lo the artist j b* lion there is Ireason to presume
w lose productions were now before ! tlial the animal tof,which this immense
uim, than w ait any longer for flip head helo.iged was T by ntr,.ineans ot ad-
returu ol the gij*s< y, of whom he hail '
heard nothing foi so irtany yea is?
I no glad ot such an opportunity of
escaping from his engagement, die
Neapolitan painter eagerly expressed
ins- assent l< this proposal; when her
majesty, calling to Solano to step
forward from liis place ot conceal
ment behind a curtain, where he hat!
heard all that p issed, at once solved
the mystery. W e need scarcely add
the conclusion nf the story Solario
received his wdI-earned biide; the
father, as he put her hand in his, re
marking that, if not his ancestry, at
least his art deseived her. Solario
was soon after tbin appointed painter
fo the Neapolitan Court. During
•he remainder of his.li/e he evecii-
led many works, which placed him
in the Very jirst rank of painters of
that age.
This story is a parallel to. that of
Qamtm Malays, the old .Dutch pain
ter, who was a blacksmith at Anl-
werp. The lady of his love was dis
posed to favor his rival whn fVas an
artist, giving as a reason that she
would never nuirry a blacksmith.—
Mntsys, under the excitement ofthu
sinuig motive, tinned his attention
to tlje fine arts, and succeeded to the
admiration of everybody. His pic-
rme of the- Miser h *s been often
engraved, and will probably be fa.
moos fo’ibp end of time. He is th-
von ed age. .There aid tluer tusks
which fi|r exceed i in siz* ad weight
those which belong to ihie bead; so
• hat animals of far greater dime, sious
must have existed. They are evi
dently of the same species, and (be
difference of size was* owing eithei
to age or sex. The- weight of the
tusks belonging to the hcn*l is aliout
200 1' . one of Hew is 7 feet long,
though broken, and 15 inches rouhu.
Two of the others, which are a paii.
weigh not less than 60ft lb. These
are more entire, but not quite—one
of them is 11 feet • long,
which i? unmatched, and the
thougl
speak loudly in <ml$r to be obeyed,
twhsn* it isntA convenient to raise
your voice;, afe nsust fexpect to be
f . disobeyed; ttfiffifFTt hst convenient for
^erturned_ odd you-to. speak loudly, you musf. re
member that it If convenient for oth-
'ersao hear it..
Wit with regard to manner, be
careful te speak in a soft, tender,
kind and loving way. Even when
you have occasion to rebuke, be
careful, to do iPwilh a manifest kind
ness. The effects will be incalcu
labfy better. When you are oblig
ed to deny the request your child
may make, do n‘ot allow yourself to
<io (his with; plenty. It is enough
• or our .little one# -tp be • denied of
w hat they qijy.tliink they want, writh-
uit being u«k\;ly knocked down with
sharp vfice ringing in their ears
If you practice severity, speak
aarshly, frequently punish ip anger,
vou will find your < tuldreu will iiu-
>ihe yuur spirit and manners.—
Kirsl you will find they will trcal
each other as you treat' them; and
after . they arrive to a littie age,
the>Twill feaTyou with unhecomnig
replies. But if you are wise and
ireai your little ones with tenderness,
you will fix the image ot lore >n their
mind, and they vulljuv* you ai d ea< h
other, mid then .conversation u ill im
itate the eonvtM Ration ' v\ bjcli they
have (com the tcmleit si fii^nl which
children have on earth.—JV’ci# Jdng-
tahd Farmer.
was found true, for there was duly
sorted a town called, “Uiggar.
• DUbilsch —We have somevrheq
'teen it remarked that Marshall l)k
bitsch's name, whed tVanslatod ih{
plain English, means nothing more qi
less than. Thievish! Why do not qa
translators translate the Gernii
names as well is news. How" m
it would regil at the end eff a do
patch—“With every respect-, I hat
fhe hnnni-to remain, at your service
Thievish/”
Sr.AVF.*v --It may not be genera
by known, that if a slave escape fro
bondage, and ge f on hoard a
ship df war, be is immediately fn
-by the laws of the countiy.—Londi
paper. '
Syn m t Ghost — I'he doctrine oi
Join! Lieve toyntm^s, ttiai the Eai.tli
is hollow, u iiot, explodcti. the
Portsmouth Journal slums that it yet
. lives and impidves, in the essays ol a
1 he. last, j correspondent ot the Gui diner (,ue. ;
r* heftytesi Intelligent er. Accm dme to the hu-
very imperlecl. and only 9 proved theory, the iutel ior is not omy
leet in leng It, is ;>J inches in ciicu,i,. j habitable, but miiabited—a; u then,' ns
&.r zvjr < i „ T ,",T 1 ,c - •“ 'v m - • «*
< Ib, Si f-rt holm, ||i« w.fn. e, lyi„ K * 1 u , ' n "' al ' c ' * 0,,, S" h “ l lie
on a blue clay stratum, in the form the pc'wj|e # si^^ '"i ° nl *' l<>
of,.-irele, 0,^ . ft.e... out? ' d *' 1 K<*«
v\ hnlp enlifr'f finn cl hofif'S (Hid Ippth ‘ 'I'll#* 1: / » »
O, ,1... lop (he X< Zl-1 n»l ) i
Thcrs* are in all 22 tusks of the Mas-| tou in • U,r L^ju . f
todon, raainmoth & Elephant.—JV'. V. icaith « ..... *
a,!., 1 1 ; tuilti s centre m a m.isi otc
IK z <
iiuncle in
lib,
oniei
fhe discovery, (adds the Jour
flail o*o ac-
»L8 ()f |||t'
, -usaiit man
ner, it hiings lo light ibe long lost
‘ i en i ribes,’ (not of the . ‘Jews’ .as
author ul tee ts*,iy vvill iiave a
tin-
• . I 1 i " o’'* liv II • l L Ii I
one who is snm to hare paint«d a fly | name his own price for such a work.
resting on the forehead of one of his
portraits, so naturally, that visiters
• Iways tried to brush the insect a-
ivay. His perseverance gained i*s
reward. He manied the la<!y of his
choice.
HEREDITARY INTEMPERANCE.
Whither the influence of (he pajv
ent on the child is by example or oth
erwise, is of comparatively little "on-
scqrience. !t is enough t|, it | ,| le
children of intemperate, and even of
temperate drinking parents, esnccial-
y t.l distillers of veuders of spirituous
liquors—ue, with awful frequency,
drunkards This is show n by j, ih 01J .
sand fads. I he three lollowing ter
rible examples aie from ,| )P Genius
ot 1 e m per a tie e. —Journal of Human
ity •
1. A few weeks since in (lie town
° 7“ a ,nan by the name of spent
till* Sabbath at a tavern, drinking and
making sport ofieligion. In the eve-
mug soon after dark he stalled to go
home. When w ithin a few rod.s of his
own door he fell down, and rose no
more. Next morning he w as found a
stiffened corpse, his soul fled A few
years since. Ins brother, in a fit of in
toxication, put an ei d to 4 * I is t«vn
hie by hanging. The father is a
SOt. , r
2. In the month of November last*
ip the town of- ,one Brown was
found dead by the side of the fgjfce.
He had been to attend a law-suit wint
afternoon, and was furnished by the
Justice with liquor, of which he drank
freely. Verdict of the Jury—
“Death by ardent spirit.” Two or
three years since his son hung himself.
He was intemperate. ’
3. In the town of- Jives a fam
ily by the name of . From gem
eration to'generation this family have
been drunkards.—The fhlher and
mother ofthe present representative
of the family were both sets. The
Jldv
The Coot ol Mail — Just before
Napoleon sd out for Belgium, he s- nt
,b, o, Su~;,v;s7x;'
Pans, nod demanded of him whether I U . nd snl.e. lv 1,.,.-..^ :V 6
he would engage to m ikc a coat of J,,,, i. ... ‘ les * (,s 'dc Km nlurc-
innil. to be w«r„ under the ordinary | j' ;i ,^ a ° texT !n' 1 hls
dress, which should he abs dully hnl- ii 00 i. oJ E | . .{ .
let-proof: and that, if so he micht . ' . ivh,ch l,e su l’l jus ‘s
' - 1 n* 1 .ent to mean that these tribes entered tin
I bed of the rivers (.ozau and Eupk-
j t..tes, the waters #f which diied up
beloie them; that they passed on
llnough the sea on diy land, toward
the iouih polo, a id finally reached the
inside, where their posterity now
live, and from whence at a" future
time, they will return in a like mi
raculous mariner, to lake possession uf
the land • their fathers.
The man engaged to make the desued
onjr. t. if allowed proper time, and he
named 18 OOP francs as the price of
it The bargain was concluded and
in dire time the work was produced,
an'd its maker honored with a second
audience of the Emperor. “Now,’
said his Imperial Majesty, ‘put it on.’
The man did sd. ‘As I am to stake
uiy life on its efficacy, you will, I
suppose, have no objections fo do tile
same.’ And lie look a brace of pis
tols, and prepared to discharge om
of. them at the bre- si of the asionish-
ed artist,, There was no retreating,
how ever, and, half dead w ith lear he
stood the tire, and lo the infinite cred
it of his work, with perfect'impunity
But tlie Emperor was not content
with one trial; he fired the second
pistol at the hock of the trembling
artist, and afterwards discharged a
fowling piece at another part of him
with similar effect. ‘Well,’ said the
Emperor, you have pimdjiced a cap
ital work, undoubtedly—fvhat is to be
the pri e of it.” Eighteen thousand
francs were named as the agreed sum.
‘Tht?re is an order for them, K #aid the
Emperor, ‘and here is another, for an
equal sum, for the frighjt that I have
given you.’
i you.
HINTS TO MOTHERS.
When we contemplate what great
things depend on what, to a superfi
cial observer, is of small moment,
we wishAo speak a word of caution.
Our subject is that ofthe common,
every day*conversation of mothers to
their children.
When giving to your children com
mands, be careful that ypu speak
with a becoming dignity, as* if, not
only the right, but the iviildom also
to command was with you. Be
Cyeful not to discover a jealousy
that your injunctions tnay not be at
tended to, for if the child sees that
you have doubts, they will lead the
Now, lest the reader should laugh
at all this, the author anticipates lum,
and admonishes us all not to think him r ,„ ail
insane, and then knocks us on ihoTjend^vauc*,
with an unanswerable question teihii
purpose—//' the Ten Tribes. be M
there, then where are they 1 /”
•Antedate.—Ore day Iftst week the UACij'jj lilt*; *1 V me Alt lean IMiU
Grim of our Circuit Court, not find- tlun fciocict^; H w*n b*- chiejiy o*-v
mg sufficient interest in the proceed- f ,l .‘°‘ he A‘*“’>'ests o.m.e, or the o.^r,
mgs to keep himself awake, and as a
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