THE YOUTHS CABINET.

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Which was the Wisest?

CELEBRATED tutor in Paris was in

th the habit of relating to his pu-

pils, as they stood in a half cir-

cle before him, anecdotes of illus-

trious men, and obtaining their opinions

respecting them, rewarding those who

answered well with tickets of merit.

On one of these occasions, he mentioned
an anecdote of Marshal Turenne.

“On a fine summer day,” said he,

“while the marshal was leaning out of

his window, his valet entered the room,

and approaching his master with a soft |

stép, gave him a violent blow with his
hand. The pain occasioned by it brought
the marshal instantly around, when he
beheld his valet on his knees imploring
his forgiveness, saying that hé thought
he had been George, his fellow-servant.”

The question was then put to each of
the scholars, “What would you have
done to the servant, had you been in
the marshal’s situation?” A haughty
French boy, who stood first, said,
“Done? T would have run him through
with my sword!” This reply filled the
whole school with surprise; and the
master séntenced the boy to thé forfei-
ture of his tickets, for his cruel dispo-
sition.

After putting the question to the
other children, and receiving different
answers, he came, at length, to a little
English girl, about ¢ight years of age.
“Well, my dear,” inquired the teacher,
“what would you have done on this oc-
casion, supposing yott had been Marshal
Turenne?” She sedately replied, “I
should have said, suppose it had been
George, why strike so hard?” The
simplicity and sweetness of this reply

March

excited smiles of approbation from the

whole school, and the master awarded
the prize to the little girl.— Selected.

Age of the American States.

ue different States which’ compose
our Union, and which
are called the “ United States,”
came into the Union at different
times, as follows :—

Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pénn-
sylvania, December 12, 1787; New Jet-
sey, December 18, 1787; Georgia,
January 2, 1788 ; Connecticut, January’
9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6,
1788 ; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South
Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hainp-
shire, June 12, 1788; Virginia, Juné
26, 1788; New-York, July 26, 1788;'
North Carolina, November 20, 1789's
Rhode Island, May 29, 1790; Vermint,’
4, 1791; Kentucky, June 1,
1792; Tennessee, Juné 1, 1796’; - Ohi6):
November 29, 1802; Louisiana, Aprif
8, 1812; Indiana, December 11, 1816 «
Mississippi, December 10, 1817; Illi-
nois, December, 3, 1818; Alabama, Dé-
cember 4, 1819; Maine, March 15,
1820; Missouri, August 10, 1821’; Ar-
kansas, June 15, 1836; Michigan, Juné’
20, 1837; Florida, March 7, 1844;
Texas, December 29, 1845; Wisconsli,
December 29, 1848; Iowa, ‘184?

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vanishes at the approach of a’ cloud;