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Show 'SItc'flgta function, IMtfdisbsd every Wednesday and. Saturday, JTIuv Story of Tom fcoi(;r! p viii. i., com : us -- 1 There it H'w decided f.t Inpt. It lind liei'ii a juiitter yf contemplation, all . lilniipbct t'CH Jlj-- St'pcr and the wind, should luive Ids hut: lie loMvliich lis uutur.-illtlint lie had a rijrht to thought . . i 41. . ...i-- .t i.;,. IrTTII lUVI'CllV. v.. UUUi tilC Vil.U 1C1J1CU 1o be" of a dlticrent mind, unit .ho wind imt riln way, Mr. Hoper hud pit down nisiviitp firm Tiii)pcfl fns liiinu upon ins covutud property, and hud he kept it tlit e the victory had betn liin. 15ut the M ind was not to bo baffled like that; it niiide Ha:k on tle which waa well buttoned down, n.id 1113 . , npi-oii- would have resisted all efforts at but Sir. Soper, forgetting pt Ins, fell into the snevo, and left hi hat 'unguarded for a moment only for one moment but that was enouii. With a the- wjnd caught it, of and whisked l off into the darkness, and there lie eat, bareheaded to the beating f.f the pitiless vain. Thore was no help for it, that he knew. at once, for the hat must bo miles awny by this time, so ho tied Id i handkerchief over his hoad, I hough It v&s very soon wet through, and drove doggedly on. The rain got down his ncpK, and through the hand-"chief, and under the handkerchief, in i into Liy8rno that be onuld mmr-c-esee, and into hit ears, to ihut it sent a cold ahiver all through him there was one particular cold and penetrat ing drop tl at made him shake his head, ag Jt w ent on its voyage of discovery into the inner cavities of hii car and all this time that.brufo of horse was dodging, first on one tide and then on the other, n fid the vory hedgerows, as well as he could joe them in the darkness, seemed,, blown as they wore with the wind, to be pelting to one another in a ghostly fashion; and it was altogether the most uncomfortable drive that Mr. Slope had ever had. But the only thing to be done wap-t- ir "whip r nt8 liorsc,' and keep him in a straight a line aa postihlo, 'Tom Moper?" He pulled up suddenly, oil in a tremble, and Jooked oyer his ahonlder, expecting to find. oiue one in iho upare peat of hs gig, for the voice that called him aoenjed close to his car, but no one was there; and then he peered into the darkness, right and left, and then, with an angry shako of the shoulders, muttered, l?ah! 't was tmly fancy, What a fool 1 am! Get uu, old horse." Aud v ith d Jutdi of his whip, away he went again, 'slashing through the mud. 'Tom 8operl" There was no mistake this time, yet, (hough he turned round very sharply, he could see no onj and then his hair fairly htooft oil end, except that portion that was bold down by the handkerchief. "Who'i that?" laid he. 'You can't see me," said the mysterious Toice, "so it's no use looking." 'Who are you?" nckcd Tom Soper. The Ghost of the Will and Testament of Ladv Dudgoou." "Good Loi-dexclaimed the unhappy man, and sat plump down on tho wet rushion; for he hud blood up you must utidtftptand, w hen he lucked round. . "Yea, Tom, 'tis all true what the professor said; you can't destroy anything. You thought you had destroyed uie, !idn't you, when you threw mt on the fire, and w atched the smoke go ourling tip the chimney? but you didn't destroy ne, you only killed me. My body, the black cinder, was buried in tho dust-bimy spirit, that anmke that you watched, wont np (he chimney and jojned the clouds. Jtather mixed company up thore. Tom, 1 can e ll sorts you-aof low forgeries and lies so that 1 am glad to get down nRuin; and now, at the present moment, Tom, I am snugly in the shape of a drop of water, in your Tight ear no! it's no use, you sw't get at me with your finger and liit-rI mean to remain until I pet-ear- V ly Tho lessons of wisdom they might gain by simply looking and reflecting, are lost through neglect. The eyes will see if the mind commands them. We presume a large proportion of our readers may convict themselves of this mental blindness, by the simple experiment of looking closely at all the natural objects presented to their notice during a single hour of their existence. Whatever thoso objects may ha stones, chips of metal or wood, leaves, roots, insects, bark, or what not we venture to say, nine out of ten may see something in each they never Riw before, if they will look with mind as well as eye. Herein lies tho main difference between the man with a full stored mind, and tho man of little knowledge. Knowledge of natural things is mainly obtained by seeing. Humboldt was Humboldt principally through a judicious use of his eyes. One of the best habits a young man can cultivate is that of mi nut e observation. Men, things, events should bo scrutinized, not allowed to flit by without attention. This habit will make a mr.n of small natural ability a mutch for the careless observer possessing far greater talent, and ii mukes the man of fine talents cat. It made Bacon, Newton, Franklin, Cuvier, LinnuMis, Humboldt, Faraday, Tyndall, ltumford, Helmhotz, and Huxley, great lights of science; and and Watt, Stephenson, Arkwright, others, the great mechanics whose labors have culminated in our present In any capacity, high civilization. whether in art, literature, or science, to he great, one must learn to see. clergyman; he has sixteen children already, and will be very glad of the money." "Yes, yes," said Tom; "I'll do that, and leave the rest to Fanny Champion." "No Ki;ch thing! Leave half to Fanny, nnd tho o'her half to Jerry Simpson." "Jerry Simpson! and what has he done?" : "When Fanny was living with the old lady, Jerry fell in lpve with her. but was too proud, or too modest, or too something or other you wonl'! think too foolish to say anything to her, ns she was then looked upon as an heiress. l!ut since tho uttered state of circumstances,' Jerry has spoken out, and they to ono an hiivo trot themselves other, but cannot : marry just yet, for want of means. Now, if you loave all the money to Fanny, Jerry's spirit will be iip in arms again, and no one can say what wi'l follow; but you leave it between them, and it will make things right." "I will ! I will ! Hut would it bo honest to depart from the terms of the " the "The burnt will? Bah! how can you talk of honesty and the burnt w ill in one breath. Do as I bid you, and if jou do not, so much tho worse. ISut I can't the voioo bestay, I'm going fasf'-her- e came very faint. "I'm evaporating, Tom, or I'd stay with a great deal of pleasure. Good bye, and mind you do as I bid you. Good bye, for the pres, ent." And so the voice died away. Tom Soper never knew how ho got homo; but the servant who opened the door to him always, declared that he got home in a wet bundle, in tho bottom of the gig, perfectly insonsible, and in that state ho was put to bed, and a doctor sent for; and in the morning, (more ominous" than (tie dreaded tick of any death-watccamo a lawyer; and Tom Soper niado" his will, and such reparation as lay in his power for the wrong he had done. In less than a fortnight that will Lad to be read, aud people declared that it was the most incomprehensible will that was ever penned; for, as to Miss Champion, it was known that Tom Soper had nod what almost amounted to an aver-flo- n for her; Jerry fcttmpson, who was then up In London, being turned into an architect, was no more than a speaking was not a. penny acquaintance; and there ' bestowed in charity. ' , . j i , The trustees of the schools, the guar-- 1 dians who had to keep the pump in repair, the hoard of the Jitcrary institution, and, in a word, every one connected with any of the local charities, declared flatly that the 5(J0had evidently been intended as a charitable trust fund, and even went so fii.' as to quarrel among themselves as to its distribution; but the clergyman, happening to differ with them in toto, kept the money for bis own use and benefit: and so the literary and institution, which it had been in contemplation to call The Soper Lyceum of Science," came to a speedy cud for want of funds, and the building stands desolate and untenanted (there is a talk of turning it into a lunatic asy lum, but the "lilack Lion" has petitioned againstr it)even unto the present day a melancholy monument of the vanity of human wishes, x livoryone said it was the most incoin- prelicuiioto will ever penned; ana so one-ha- lf of Cogswell askod, "What induced him to do it?" aud tho other half answered, "Heaven knows!" but the above may be taken as a true statement of the matter,- - though bow the facts came to be known whether they were divulged by ; Mr. Soper himself, or whether the ghost of the last will and testament paid a second visit to earth and told the story must remain a profound secret. 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How much the world is indebted to the compositor, apart from the bare mechanical execution of from what ignominy authors are spared, and what defacements tho public are saved from being inflicted with, few outside of the profession have any true conception of. lly far the larger quantity of manuscript placed in the printers hands is faulty. To say nothing uf illegibility of itself a serious detriment to the printer errors are constantly found in spelling, capital-ijinand punotuation, requiring the exeroise of the memory and judgment to rectify. Then, often words and sometimes lines are repeated ; tho clauses of a sentence lack connection ; the sense is imperfect, conporhaps tradictory ; the meaning, an enigma. In such cases the compositor has to watch, to think, to work, and puzzle out. A popular idea that printers set up type purely mechanically, without necessarily knowing the subject matter, is quite wide of the truth, as, with the constant demand for thought, it would be utterly imposhiblo with ordinary manuscript. To be guided strictly by the "copy," in the majority of instances, is never thought of. Sometimes a writer seudd instructions to have an article set up without deviation from his manuscript. Iu some such casus the author is saved mortification simply by the printer not heeding Lis orders. lint, while the burden of the corrections devolves, practically, on the compositor, the responsibility lies with the proof-reade- r. The qualifications required for the duties of the latter ure nuiue- rom. iu luive the nriliograpuy ot it en- tor's "Unabridgt d" at one's lingers' ends, is but. a part of what a man re quires to bu a reliable adept. It is nec essary to be acquainted with the general practice in current literature; to have a practical acquaintance with grammar meand logic ; to have a chanical eye o watch the spaces and the general typographical appearance ; to detect nut only letters in spelling, but lotters turned upside down and impres sions from imperfect type; to catch not mily what might be supposed to be the meaning, but the author's meaning ; and with all Una to combine promptness of decision with rapidity of execution ; and Wi may have some idea of the requisites The VW of Eyes, In required for a finished proof-readelife, to spell ail the words used ordinary A'young friehdof ours, about to com in a single person s own channel of mence a nautical carcor, was requested thought and business, may be comparato call upon au "old salt ' just previous tively easy ; but here it is necessary to Heaven defend me!" said Tom, ,lfor be conversant with the orthography of I am an old man, and ery repentant!" to tl(C sailing f tho vessel in which the words in all departments of literature "Ah, T)iu, Tom? how could you do young aspirant was about to make his descriptive, commercial, scientific, and to regeographical in our own, and to a fair puui a thing? fobbing thaf poor girl of first trip to Hong Kong, in' order r money, nit to mention t lie JC5w left ceive some useful advice, The call was extent, in foreign languages, with a to tha clergyman in the codioil. How acctmlingly made, and the 'somewhat passable acquaintance with the classics. could you (hid it in your conscience to laconic advice- - received, 'Keep your Ihe errata, which even the engle-eyfails in most works rob that goiid pian and that innocent mouth shut and eyes open.". This ad-- , of tho proof-readvice followed, 'in 'its true meaning, is entirely to remove, arc to be treated pro, girl, eh?" "I had HQ conpcienco then," said Tom, valuable to those whf dwell oir land as bably, to the many various duties simulit has grown upon me as well those who; jjo dowrjo t bo sea taneously devolving on him. It mny be whimpering, and 'u very,- sorry; and I'll m snips. f ine1; very properly remembered, that for eve The eyes arc, perhaps, the avenues ry error left uncorrected, a hundred or luiijij another literacy and scientific institution if you'll leave off haunting through which more information, in re a thousand corrections have been made t gard o external things, is gained than in, tho course of revision. In comlue. and Bpicntific institutijn? any other of the organs of special sense;- mon justice and fairness we are bound "Literary but a very little observation will con- to award due credit for what the proof ItubbishS" "I'd U'vc all my money to the poor vinco a careful student of human nature reader actually does, and not unduly that most pcuple are, to a certain extent, magnify the negative side of the ques V'hen I die." tion. Still, a criticising publio looks for "It wpu't do, Tom, it won't dq. You blind. The horse dealor sees well, when he perfection, and it is well that it is so. must set the wrong right." "Give up the money" said Tom in a examines a horse. AH the points of the The demand for a faultless literature animal, good, l)'di lr indifferent, come is the spur which stimulates to a pains. crcat 'Woll Iniight ask you to-- do that under review. Jn, incipient spavin, or taking vigilance, to obtain the acmo of with perfect justice, and to pay interest snint does nqt escape his questioning tho printer s profession a perfect boo. fur tho tiino yu have Lad it but I gittnco. lie sees wen, because lie is in won't do that, for a reason best known terested to see. Hut this same sharp in to lnvself." spector ot horses drives by frees, stones, A Sood Hit, "Ton dotft mean (lijii I have not long brooks walks about through myriad no jvas more frightened now beauties without more than perceiving We Are told of an initanoe that (o live: . I ban ever. the outlines o.f objocta, and , ..... recently, in which the lawyers pre, v "With t most that Never mind what I mean," ttajd the aented themselves to a Judge at Special To gourd tuir maxtor 'gainst post," armed with a fori voice; "only when peopje have come to Term, in Chamber-aAnd be is by no means an isolated ease midable array of books and documents, the wet afeaulda't through. your age get If you had not burnt the will, you would of this kind ot blindness. It may be and hardly opened their ease probably not have had the money; and if you had found in all professions and trades not some question of costs mora interesting not had the money,' you would not have even tha Jpurnli3t beiqr an exception. to themselves than their clients, when built the literary and scientific institu- though th, full use of eyes is, to him, it Judge Whiting interposed the question: 'What is the amount in controversy, tion; Taud if you had pot built the lite- would seem, if net an absolute neoessity, ' rary and scientific institution, you would at least something essential to highest gentlemen?'' not have been, hero . , and if you success, "Two , dollars, may it please Your This want of power to see originates Honor!" was the reply. iiii l not been here you would Men not have got wet through; and if you in. the want of proper discipline. "Well," said the Judge, taking out his had not got wet through, you would ayt are born, if not totally blind, like pinv pocket book, and handing over the sum, aliem!'' iave pies, yet, with, eyes that, ko ail the "I will pav it. Call tho next caae, ?Jr. 'What shad I do? Oil, what eIi..". T other organs and faculties, need to bo Clerk." do?" siid Tom, "I am sJ rery sorry." If such a disposition tp dispatch busi perfected by educauon. Hut the blird "You must do this," tail the ghost, ncss cf which we epeak Is mental bliu. ness was uuilormly manuested by all "and I must make Jjwjte and tell you, for ness. "Men haye eyes but tljey see parties in S'o'irt, we should cease to !icar I am evaporuiug very fast. 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