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_ poarar.
STANZAS.
Trcrn the London Magazine.
’ ! what is pleasure, in whose chase,
Life's one brief day is made a race,
Os vanity and lightness ?
A star, to gaze on whose bright crown,
Vv r e wait until the sun goes down.
And lind wiicn it lias o’er us 3hone,
No warmth in all its brightness.
And what is friendliup ?—that false flower,
AV hich spreads its leaves at daylight’s hour,
And closes them at eve :
Opening its petals to the light,
Sweet breathing, while the sun shines blight,
But shut “to those, who midst the night
Os doubt and darkness grieve !
And what is fame ?—the smite that slay®,
The cup in which sweet poison lays ;
At best, the flowery wreath,
That twines around the victim’s head,
When midst swo- t flowers around it spread,
The harp’s and timbrel’s sounds, *tis led
Melodiously to death !
And what arc norr.s ?—nay butterflies,
That on the breath of fa cv rise,
Where’er the sunbeam lures them ;
Forever, ever, on the wing,
Mocking our faint steps following,
And if at last caught—perishing
In the grasp that secures them !
And our affections, what arc they ?
Oh ! blossoms smiling on the spray,
All beauty and all sweetness -
But which no canker may lay bare,
Or rude hands from the branches tear,
Or blighting winds lay withering there,
Sad types of mortal ILctncss !
An-1 what is urn itself —a sail,
With sometimes an auspicious gale.
And some bright sunbeams round it ;
But oft’ner midst the tempest c ist,
And lowering sky, th howling blast,
And whelm'd beneath the wave; at last,
Where never pi mnm t sounded !
From the London Alias.
TIIE PHILOSOPHY OF LAUGHTER.
Any young gentleman who can laugh at will,
is certain of a favorable reception in society,
particular.’ ,’ when the weather is muggy Laugh
ter is, therefore, a socidl virtue, a prudent ac
complishment, and an open letter of introduc
tion. It is not necessary to he funny in order !
*0 t)C iiuir iu o
tato’s, without knowing it. Their faces are
sculptured facinations. The permanent grin,
however, pails upon tho eye, and at last be
gins to wear out one’s jocularity, and to look as
solemn and hideous as the dismal sphynx.
Laughter is good by virtue of its suddenness.
It is in its unexpected appeals to tho nerves,
that its power chiefly lies. It does a thought
ful person good to be taken by surprise, and
tickled into a hearty laugh against his will. It
makes him feel as he would after having been
clcctcrised. It awakes him, forceshis blood to
circulation, makes him open his eyes, look
about him and talk. The greatest mystery of
laughter is its communicativeness. Set one or
two going, and the whole circle, although they
know not why, fail into the vein. You laugh at
laughter, and laugh the more because you know
the less of what you are laughing at. Such po
tency is there in the association of ideas. Awk
ward things make one laugh, if the mind hap
pens to be directed into a different channel at
the moment, and the awkwardness comes upon
you suddenly. There is nothing laughable in
seeing a man thrown from his horse; yet if ho be
pitched into the mud, and his hat rolls oft’ into
the kennel, and his heels thrown into tho air,
like tho heels of the bodiless nondescript on
the Manx halfpennies, you cannot help laugh
ing. There is no grace in such an accident to
make it agreeable to the imagination, and to
save it from ridicule! From a peculiar con
struction of the sensitive membranes, some
people laugh more than others, and young peo
ple laugh the most, because they have fewer
drawbacks upon the fancy. Things as they are
if we learn to analyze them, are not objects for
laughter, but until wc grow familiar with reali
ties, we laugh at them as if they were merely
ideal, and set up for our amusement.
But laughing is divisible into many, many
modes. Mrs Jordan used to laugh over the
whole face. I* began in tho dimples of the
lips, and spread over the cheeks and forehead
like sunshine, until the entire countenance be
came inspired. That was a laugh to make you
stop with admiration and suspended breath, and
feel happy. But you could hardly laugh at it or
with it. It was so beautiful; it captured the ,
senses, and filled the heart with that kind of joy i
which does not express itself in laughter.
Some people laugh convulsively, shooting out a
noise like that of a pistol, and instantly relaps
ing back into silence and gravity. It is a great
question whether they enjoy their laugh like the
rest of the world, or whether they do not enjoy
fit more by keeping it within, and all to them
! selves. Others again, laugh through their teeth,
spreading their lips like the hyena, and emitting
a hissing sound that resembles the frying of
eggs. There may be a physical necessity for
such a laugh, but unless there be, it is very in
excusable. There are persons who will avail
themselves of any excuso for shewing their
teeth, and who laugh for no other earthly rea
son. They must be thinking of their teeth all
the time, and not of the just provocative. A fat
It eo-ncs, tii c Wcrald of a C; <> i,! c n Wo r 1 2.
person who laughs zealously, laughs with his
great big body. The tub undulates and heaves,
and the whole man shakes with laughter down
to the calves of his legs. It is like the boister
ous rejoicing of a corporation. A man who
desires a vivid reputation will throw himself
back into a chair to laugh, as if the fun over
| powered him. That is a mere ruse, like the
i titter of a pretty girl behind he. lan; or the stage
| laugh that consists in twisting the thumbs into
the sides, and bending the body forward, as if it
were suddenly seized with pains, and uttering a
clinking noise in the corner of the mouth. No
body ever laughed until they were black in the
face, although that is esteemed the last point of
risibility. Any one may laugh until they tito
red in the face, but tiie laughter that is most
searching, makes the face pale. When a per
son always laughs in the same way, they never
laugh with sincerity; for the same way of laugh
ing is no more applicable to the different degrees
of irritation than the same way of showing the
sense of pain. To laugh always the same way,
is to laugh by rule, and the gamut may be play
ed over on all occasions. It is pleasant to be
gitted by nature with such exquisite scnsibili— 1
ties, that one’s laugh varies with the subject.
\ ariety is much admired in laughter, as well as
in every thing else; but it must not be studied, i
or :t will he liable to suspicion; it must conic of j
j itself, free, natural and characteristic. Loud I
laughing is dangerous to women, besides being j
disagreeable to their friends. Women never j
should laugh much or loudly. They are sup-|
posed to be more patient and c during than
men; and as gentleness is an especial charm,
they should laugh softly, lowly, musically, and
not as if they caught all the broad points of
whim caricature. They should he thought to :
leave some touches of the joke undiscovered, I
for it is the weakness of our sex to desire the
ascendency even in trifles. Gentlemen always
effect something in reservation, as if there were
a sting behind which the ladies could not, or
ought not to understand. This is a poor affec
tation of exclusive privileges, of superior dis
cernment, o( the pride of the sex. But ladies
maybe assured that there is nothing behind j
worth knowing, or there is nothing in the joke,
except its pretension to mystery.
Any person who laughs dogmatically, should
bo expelled from the drawing room. Why
should any one laugh in a style that requires
other people to laugh whether they like it or
not, and that convoys a sneer ai those who do
not laugh, as much as to insinuate that they do
not apprehend the force of a good thing > ft is
UPto.t3l.d„ whyirSav.- *
the laugh nil to yourself. We hate people who
snivel when they laugh as >f they ijyspised flic :
poverty of mirth. V\ ho wants them to laflgh s |
Let them get in the corner, and trace the out- j
lines of a figured paper with their eyes, until j
they get the blues, or nausea in the stomacii. ,
They have no right to come into a merry circle,
and “laugh in contempt of Court. It is all non
sense to say that any individual is so locked up |
in bile as not to be able to enjoy a laugh. Eve- |
ry human being has a vulnerable point—touch |
that, and the metalic being becomes fused over
as if it had undergone a process of fire. W e
laugh very seldom, ourselves, but—when we do
laugh—what aleaping of sounds is there, what a
bubbling of inarticulate notes, what a heaving of
chest and distortion of features, and spasms ot j
limbs. It is well enough to talk about resisting
laughter, but we know it is irresistible, and is ■
not to lie gainsayed. W hat could .Moore have i
been thinking of, when ho addressed such a rc
quest as this to a lady ?
Give smiles to those that love you least,
But keep your tears for me.
Sunshine before rain, even in dog-days.
From the National JEgis.
Extract from Professor Folten's Funeral Or- j
alio u.—On reading the following sentence, wc ,
were particularly struck with the peculiar fact j
which it developes :
‘ This extraordinary man [Dr. Gall] had
been induced, by an observation made by him,
when a boy of nine years old, to attempt anew j
mode of scientific investigation. Wildcat school,.
young Gall felt mortified at seeing himself stir- j
passed by a number of his school-fellows, in till j
those exercises that required verbal memory.— J
The mortified pupil tried to find out some rea
son to account for this fact, that boys who, in j
theit other exercises,were much his inferiors.ye!,
showed better heads in committing lessons to |
memory. He was struck with the observation,;
that those boys who learned so easily by hearl j
had remarkably large and prominent eyes. The
connexion of this external sign and that mental
; faculty occurred to him. and he inferred that
| prominent eyes were a mark of good memmy.
j This observation, insignificant in itself, led Gall
I to study minutely, on the one hand the promi
nent talents and individual characters of men ;
and on the other hand, the form of their heads.
Little by little he flattered himself that he could j
percieve one constant shape in the head of ove
ry great painter, every great musician, every
great mechanic, severally denoting a decided
j pre-disposition in the individual to ono or the oth
er of these arts.’
It frequently happens that important results
And their beginning in very trifling causes. —
The history of great men produces ample proof
of this statement. We here see, in the instance
just cited, that, from the observation,insignificant
indeed of itself,that large prominent eyes were in
dicative of a retentive memory, originated in the
mind of Gall the science, called Physio ogy of
i the. brain—a science which has been much im-
proved by his distinguished Disciple ar>d friend
Dr. Spurzehim, who attached to it the title of
Phrenology. What will be the advantage of
this somewhat new science to mankind, J'o-tc
ritv will determine. It is viewed, we believe,
by the learned and scientific, if not a valu- l le,
at least. -in interesting discovery; and jrius
destined to take a high rank in tlic Philosopbi-.il
world.
But this age, it is said, is cieciccdlya . >
tire Age Tine ; and speculation, in man res
pects lias been carried to too great an e.v.u.t —
conseqiKlily, mischievous results have ri • •and.
Vliesc mai.i estations have been roceivi <! by
some astute observers, as indications ot on un
sound and retrogressive state of things. We
arc told that the School „ aster is ‘abroad.’ j\,-
doubt of it. He is known by the‘mark’ i the
forehead—not Cain’s,oh no, it is ofgreatu
tho seven pillars of Wisdom on his bad-, end
the words of wit and eloquence which, ‘ever and
anon.’ t ome tumbling out of his mouth.
After flic learned lnstiucter, appears, in quick
succession, the old story about the ‘auspicious
Era'—the spirit of the age, and the march of
Mind, lienee the age of Scepticism also—
some, indeed, becoming so much of unbelievers
as to affirm that Intellect had taken up a new j
line of march, and
‘ March’d, march’d awayl’
But wc are, hy no means, full converts to
! these unbelieving notions. While we se*- much
| to condemn, we find more to commend. There
; will always be speculation so long as our Ideas
extend beyond our Knowledge, so long as en
quiring minds exist, and so lnn<r as any positive
Evidence exists beyond the reach of them. And
where there is much speculation, there will al
ways be some of an unprofitable kind. But the
question is—would an annihilation of the nil
i the total extin tion ot the good
which proceed irom these speculations; Some
speculate upon Mind, others upon Matter.—
Some aver that all things are material, while
others think that there are but very Jen • things
but what arc quite immaterial. Then comes
primary and secondary causes, fore-knowledge
and free Agency, and the endless train of innate
an i accumulated principles. Surely these ev
er disputed points, present ample materials to
keep in continual motion the craving Specula
tor’s mind! One age speculates away the dog
mas of another. Each Speculat >r is general
ly sure in his own mind, and thinks mankind
must ho equally so ; yet the •.■/</ is never sa
tisfied. Thus we ‘shift from trouble to trouble,
and from side to side : button m one cause of
tell us that there is nothing ptrtiuniuVV... ,
nal state of the hums: mind ; the Phrenologist,
however maintains doctrines quite the reverse.
We disbelieve the former,anti assert our convic
tion of a belief in the latter, mainly, because the
one, to sustain his principles, brings a sort of
speculative evidence, the other, observation and
actual truths. And in this perhaps consists the
superiority ofthe science of mind, as taught by
Phrenologists over every other. ‘ Theory,’
thought Spiuzehcim, ‘could teach nothing but
what is taught by nature.’ Nothing but facts,
the results of actual observation, he considered
as established truth ; —all doctrines contrary to
observation, he rejected as false ; every other
supposition bethought more or less probable, as
it was more or loss confirmed by observation.’ A
hich respect for truth, regardless of its sotitccs
or its consequences, it is said formed a striking
trait of Dr. Spurzheim’s mind. lie considered
that the establishment of Truth, and the at
tainment of IV.RFKCTION should be the high
; aim of all our calculations. About Dr. Fpurz
heini there was no false exhibitions. In Ins
public labors as well as private walk vhe man
-n thing of tho abonimable quackery and
pompous airs ofthe Wiseacre. Truth and Mo
desty were the admirable weapons with which
| he used to < harm and convince his auditors, anil i
win the. sincere and affectionate friendship of
j all who knew him. Ilis words were, —1 do not
want you to believe what I propose to you; 1
only want you to hear what I have to say ; and
then go into the world and see and judge for
yourselves whether it is true.’ As we before
! remarked, how far tho science of Phrenology
I will meet the expectations, of its frit nib,remains |
; yet to be developed. It hasbeen warmly embra- j
ceil by many ofthe profound thinkers of the age,
and excited the attention of great numbers oi
j every class of erudition. And although, as a
science, it has brought to light many important
! facts, vet, as almost every thing that comes in
; the shape of innovation, is viewed by t.'.e world
I in general with the eye of suspicion, and not im
frequently scoffed at as a daring monster, the
probability is, that it will bo sometime, if correct,
ere the doctrines of Phrenology are received,as
sound and established truths.
Wc cannot close our observations upon this
address; without adverting, move paiticid.n'y to
the religious character of Dr. Spurzheim. Re
ligion, with him, was not n speculating or an
j inactive principle. It contained none ol the
clamor ofthe canting Hypocrite, nor any ofthe
I effervescence of the blind Zealot. It was the
j still small voice, which manifested itself, mi eve
; ry proper occasion, in the bright deeds ol’Good
-1 ness; —anti if there is any such tiling disinter
ested benevolence , it existed, in all it., beauty
and usefulness, in the breast ot Dr. spurzheim.
j In religion, as well as other matters, he placed
Reason as the highest attribute ofthe mind; and
considered its free and vigorous exercise ns cs
i senlial to a correct knowledge of all ( hiistiari
! truths. He believed in C lnistianity cbtelly on
’ the ground of its internal evidences; andadopt
, I rd i’. as tiie great rule of Ins Site, cn account ot
its complete adaptation to human wants, and
the spirit of truth and divine philanthropy which
gives lifts to ail its precepts. He looked with a
broad gaze upon the actual condition of the lit*—
man rac. , nor was the humblest individual he
yond th- crnbiacc ofnis wide-extending bene.o
ience.
fetich was the religious character of the depar
ted fepmziieim ; —and, in truth, view him in
whatever tight wc will—whether, at the immi
nent risk oi personal health, as contributing es
sentially to tiie comforts of the noble bearer of
a still nobler burthen ; as explaining the princi
ples of his favorite Science ; as inculcating, by
precept and by example, the important truths of
Christian Morality; or, as prostrate upon the
bed of sickness and death, breathing in all the
tranquil majesty of his mind, his wonted cjncti
lution, ‘ Father, thy i vill be done —view him
which way wc will, and we see nothing but the
insignia of true greatness and true goodness.
And is not the emulation of to praise worthy
a character deserving of our highest efforts?—
Ought we not to contend, with our noblest cx
■ ertions, for a garment as‘shining and exceeding
white!’ Truly. Then in the touching lan
guage of the Address, ‘let us prove ourselves the
faithful followers of him whose life was a pil
■ grimage after truth, and who died in its service.
Let us be his followers indeed; not blindly
adopting his doctrines, on his authority, for In
himself would disown such disciples. Let us
not resemble the Crusaders of old, fighting for
the sepulchre, ins'ead of striving after-the spirit
of him who has risen ; but let us take up the fit]-
lon standard iroin the hands of the dead and
follow the leader in our own breast. So let us
work together, and worship, though it he with ft
veil upon our minus,until He who knows the end
from the beginning, shall say ‘lt is finished, —
and (lie veil -of the inner temple be rent in
twain ; and lie himself shall show ua when and
where we shall meet again.’
Pull, or no Bull. —ln Ireland the following,
which we copy from the London Morning Her
ald, would be a bull: “ The temporary works
round Lierre and Hassell are intended to Le
permanent.
Republican Simplicity. —A few years ago two
Englishman, one of them an officer in the ar
my, were dining at a hotel in New York, and
opposite to them sat a man of plain, republican
habits, to appearance about 70 years of age.
The Englishmen had their wine, and while par
taking of the desert, the officer passed the bot
tle to the old gentleman and aske-J him to join
them in a .-.lass. He did so, and in the course,
cer that he hnci sum
Revolution, and had come to New 1 oik in nc
old age, from a distance of4oo miles, merely to
sec the improvements which had taken place
since the evacuation of the city by the British
troops in 1783. The officer again passed the
bottle and then filling his own glass, gave-“ The
heroes of the Revolution.” The old gentle
man us he raised his glass added—“ cu ootn
si<it sos the question.”
?ho efleet was electrical, and the English
men gave vent to their feelings in strong ex
pressions of admiration. Two or three more
glasses were drank, when the old soldier intima
ted his intention to withdraw, and then pulling
Iror.i his pocket a number of silver dollars, ob
served with great simplicity —“ IV ell, gentle
men, if you will now tell me what 1 have to pay
1 w ill settle it.” The Englishmen were thun
derstruck, but were so well satisfied that th
act was one arising from utter ignorance of the
ways of the w orld, and pure simplicity of heart,
that they were not a little affected. 1 hey as
sured their guest that they did not expect him to
pay any thing,unon which he left the room sav
ing “ that he < - aid not for his life imagine what
Could induce firem to treat him with such mark
; ~,1 rttention, when they had never seen him be
fore.”—Boston Mias.
Original Anecdote, —During the passage
down Sound of one ol our elegant steamboats,
says a correspondent, the last summer, a gen
tlemen not too much accustomed to polished so
ciety. came so late to the cinner table that lie
found it difficult to obtain a seat. He stood
| some time with hands in pocket, looking wish
fully at the smoking viands. He was at last
noticed by tho captain, who relinquished to him
his own chair and plate, when he commenced
carving a pig that lay before him*
Having finished, ho passed portions of the
dish to till the ladies in his immediate neighbor
hood, and then heaped a plalefcr himself. He
soon perceived a lady who had not been served,
and inquired if she would be helped to some pig.’
She replied in the affirmative,and he according
ly handed her the plate which he fiad reserved
for himself. Her ladyship feeling her dignity
somewhat offended at so 1 ountitul a mi vice,
observed with protruded lips, loud enough to be
heard all around l don’t want a cart loadl”
The gentleman, at her remark, became the ob
ject of attention of all at his end ofthe table,
and determining to retort upon her for her exceed
in” iuciviltv, watched her motion, and observed
! ( j,j7t she had despatched the contents cf the
: plate with little ceremony. Mhen this was ac
complished, he cried out, “Madam, if you'll
back your cart up this way, I’ll give you another
toad.—X. Y. Gazette.
Be no less exact in keeping the secrets en
trusted to you, than you would be faithful ni
reference to deposits, of the greatest value.
Aphorism- Tho worst of ail knaves *u : ’
those who can in; i” ifieuf former 1 otiest t.
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