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THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

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tical powers. A congregation of cardi-
nals and monks examined his work, con-
demned it as containing dangerous here-
sies, and summoned him _ before the
tribunal of the inquisition. Galileo was
compelled to go to Rome in the winter
of 1633, where he languished for some
months in the prisons of the inquisition.
He was finally condemned to renounce
his peculiar theories, which he did in
presence of an assembly of ignorant
monks, kneeling before them, with his
hand upon the Gospel. At the moment
when he rose from his knees, vexed with
himself with having sworn contrary to
the firm convictions of his judgment, he
exclaimed, stamping his foot violently,
« E pur si muove,” (“and yet it moves !’)
Upon this he was sentenced to the dun-
geons of the inquisition for an indefinite
time, and every week, for three years,
was to repeat the seven penitential
psalms of David. His judges, however,
were merciful enough to commute this
punishment to banishment to the parish
of Arceti, not far from Florence.

Blindness, deafness, and want of sleep,
united to embitter the last years of Gali-
ie0’s life. He died the same year that
Isaac Newton was born. What a coin-
cidence.

 

The Intemperate Girl.

 

BY J. P. MCORD.

 

4 GIRL guilty of intemperance !—
how shocking and deplorable !”’
So I seem to hear my young
readersexclaim. Shocking and
deplorable, indeed, for a man to be in-

 

temperate—much more for a little girl.
But perhaps you are thinking worse of
lier than you ought. A person may be

intemperate in other things besides rum,

cider, and the like; he may be intempe-
rate in the use of food; and this is the
kind of intemperance in whieh the girl
indulged, of whom I am about to write.
I shall eall her name Delia.

One summer’s day, when Delia had
got home from school, she sat down at
the tea-table. Her studies, her play,
and a walk of a mile, had given her a
keen appetite; and she was delighted to
see before her enough to gratify it.
Besides excellent bread and butter, the
table was supplied with nice custard pie,
and plenty of delicious strawberries.
Delia ate heartily, and you may be sure
she was as attentive to the strawberries
as to anything else, Afterall had taken
a proper share of them, some were still
left. Her mother told her she had bet-
ter eat no more of them; but they were
so tempting to her taste, that she con-
tinued to eat till none remained. But
she paid dear enough for not attending
to her mother’s caution. She soon be-
came quite unwell, and before half of the
night had passed, she was so sick that
she called for her mother. She vomited
more than once, and disturbed her
mother’s rest the remainder of the
night. She was not able to go to school
again for several days.

Thus you see, my young friends, that
we may be intemperate in food as well
as in strong drink, and that this kind of
intemperance also is followed by sad
consequences. Food should be taken to
nourish and strengthen us, not for the
mere pleasure of eating. Fruit is good
and wholesome ; but, like common food,