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THE COUNTRYMAN. 7 120 gallons of water, and consequently it is highly valuable on board of a ship. The nuisances arising from disagreeable and unhealthy manufactories may be equal ly obviated by the mere sprinkling of the chloride of lime, and the health of the workmen very materially preserved in such a deleterious process as the preparation of oil Colors* It destroys the smell of the paint so effectually 7 that a room painted in the day may be slept in that night, without any smell cf paint being peiceived, if it be sprinkled some houis before with the mix ture. Smelters of lead, glue, and size makers, tallow and soap manufacturers, skin dress ers, &e., may deprive their premises of all offensive smell by T the same process. The close and confined air of hospitals, prisons, ships, &c., will be almost instantaneously purified by sprinkling the diluted chloride of lime in small quantities from a watering pot. The stains from fruits, &c., may be removed from table linen, by dip ping the article stained, in water, applying the chloride of lime until the stain is re moved, and then rinsing well in cold water previous to being washed.”—The forego- ing was published 30 or 40 years ago. Samuel Daniel. “ Samuel Daniel was the son of a music- master. He was born in 1562, near Tren ton, in Somersetshire, and seems to have been educated under the patronage of the Pembroke family. In 1579, he was enter ed a commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he chiefly devoted himself to the study of poetry and history. At the end of three years, he quitted the university, without taking a degree, and was appoint ed tutor to Anne Clifford, daughter of the Earl of Cumberland. After the death of Spenser, Daniel became what Mr. Camp bell calls * voluntary laureate’ to the court, but he was soon superseded by Ben. Jon- son. In the reign of James (1603) he was appointed Master of the Queen’s Revels, and inspector of the plays to be represen ted by the juvenile performers. He was also to be preferred to be a Gentleman-Ex traordinary and Groom of the Chamber to Queen Anne. Towards the close of his life, he retired to a farm at Beckington, in Somersetshire, where he died in in Octo ber, 1619. The works of Daniel fill two considerable volumes : but most of them are extremely dull. Of this nature is, in particular, his History of the Civil War (between the houses of York and Lancaster) which occu pied him for several years, but is not in the least superior to the most sober of prose narratives. His Complaint of Rosamoud is, in like manner, rather a piece of versi fied history than a poem. His two trage dies, Cleopatra and Philotas, and two pas toral tragi-comedies, Hymen’s Triumph and The Queen’s Arcadia, are not less deficient in poetical effect. In all of these produc tions, the historical taste of the author seems to have altogether suppressed the poetical. It is only by virtue of his minor pieces and sonnets, that Daniel continues to maintain his place amongst the English poets. His Epistle to the Countess of Cum . berland is a fine effusion of meditative thought. Ecvly Love. Ah, I remember well (and how can I But eiermore remember well) when first Our flame began, when scaace we knew what was The flame we felt; and when we sat and sighed And looked upon each other, and conceived Not what we ailed, yet something we did ail, And yet were well, and yet we were not well, And what was our disease w r e could not tell. Tnen would we kiss, then sigh, then look. And thus In that first garden of our simpleness We spent our childhood. But years began To reap the fruit of knowledge. Aye, how then VYouldshe with sterner looks, with graver brow, Check my presumption and my forwardness ! Yet still would give me flowers, still would show What she would have me, yet not have me know. ” Tlic Devil to Pay. “We have heard a good story on Stone wall Jackson. It has come to be common ly said in camp that nobody knows Stone- wall’s secrets except bis old negro body-ser‘ vant. Some one talking to the old negro- asked htrn how he came to be so much in the confidence of bis master : ‘ Lord, Sir,’ said be, ‘ massa never tells me nothing, but the way I knows is this : Massa says his prayers twice a day, morn ing and night: but if he gets out of bed two or three times in the night to pray, you see I just commences packing my haver sack, for I knows there will be the very devil to pay next day." Church Militants. “During the Irish rebellion, a Roman Catho lic priest of the name of Roche is said to have told the soldiers that he would catch the bul lets in his hand, and actually exhibited some which he pretended to have got in that man ner. The imposture was by no means new. The celebrated anabaptist demagogue, Muncer, who, adding the fanatacism of religion to the extremest enthusiasm of republicanism, by hi3 harangues to the populace of Mulhausen soon found himself at the head of forty thousand troops, thus addressed them: “Everything must yield to the Most High, who has placed me at the head of you. In vain the enemy’s artillery shall thunder against you—in vain, in deed, for I will receive in the sleeve of my gow r n every bullet that shall be shot against you. and that alone shall be an impenetrable rampart against all the efforts of the enemy,” Muncer, however, was not so good as his word, for the Landgrave of Hesse and many of the nobility marching against him, his troops were defeated, himself taken prisoner, and car ried to Mulhausen, where he perished upon a scaffold in 1525.” Robert Ada in. “ Robert Adam, an architect, was born, in 1728, at Kirkaldy, in Fife, was educated at Edingburgh university, learnt the prin ciples of architecture from his father, and studied the art in Italy. After his return, he published, in a splendid folio, with engravings, an Account of Diocletian’s Palace at Spalatro, was appointed architect to his majesty, chosen a member of the Royal and Antiquarian Socie ties, and subsequently elected M. P. for the shire of Kinross. Many of the most eminent men of the age were his friends. In conjunc tion with his brother James, he erected numer ous mansions, and public buildings, among which is the Adelphi, He _died in 1792, and his brother, in 1794. Tiiemistocles. As Ihemistocles was leading the forces of Athens against the Persians, he met some cocks fighting, on which he commanded his army to halt, and thus addressed them : ‘Fellow sol diers, observe these animals : they do not as sail each other for the sake of country, nor for their paternal goods, nor for the sepulchres of their heroic ancestors, nor for glory, nor for lib- erty, nor for children, but for mastery. How then ought you to fight, who have all these things to contend for?’ Tins homely, but apt speech is said to have had a powerful effect in animating the Athenians to victory : and in or der to perpetuate the memory of the incident, a law was afterwards passed, that ‘ there should be a public cock-match on the stage every year. ’ And hence, says, EElian, arose the pas time of cock-fighting. Quin. The instruction of King George III, ineloca- tion, was assigned to the celebrated Quin, un der whose direction plays \v T ere sometimes per formed at Leicester House by the young branches of the royal family. Quin, w’ho after wards obtained a pension for his services, was justly proud of the distinction conferred on him, and when he heard of the graceful manner in which his majesty delivered his first speech from the throne, he cried out, ‘Aye, 1 taught the boy to speak.’ ” “ Naturally to be without envy is a cei- tain indication of great qualities,”