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      borne . He hid his face beside her , murmuring , «« O mother ! mother ! " His mother found strength to move her hand now . She stroked his head with a trembling touch , which he seemed to feel as long as he lived . She could not gay much more . She told him she had no fear for any of them . They would be taken care of . She advised him not to waken the little ones , who were sound asleep on the other side of her , and begged him to lie down himself till daylight , and try to sleepwhen 8 he should be gone .

      , This was the last thing she said . The candle was very low ; but before it went out , she was gone . Joel had always done what his mother wished ; but he could not obey her in the last thing she had said . He lighted another candle when the first went out ; and sat thinking , till the grey dawn began to show through the window . When he called the neighbours , they were

      astonished at his quietness . He had taken up the children , and dressed them , and made the room tjdy , and lighted the fire , before he told any body what had happened . And when he opened the door , his little sister was in his arms . She was two years old , and could walk , of course ; but she liked being in Joel ' s arms . Poor Willy was the most confounded . He stood with his pinafore at his mouth , staring at the bed , and wondering that his mother lay so still .

      If the neighbours were astonished at Joel that morning , they might be more so at some things they saw afterwards ; but they were not . Every thing seemed done so naturally ; and the boy evidently considered what he had to do so much a matter of course , that less sensation was excited than about many smaller things . After the funeral was over , Joel tied up all his mother's clothes . He carried the bundle on one arm , and his sister on the other . He would not have liked to take money for what he had seen his mother wear ; but he changed them away for new and strong

      clothe 3 for the child . He did not seem to want any help . He went to the factory the next morning , as usual , after washing and dressing the children , and getting a breakfast of bread and milk with them . There was no fire ; and he put every knife , and other dangerous thing on a high shelf , and gave them some trifles to play with , and promised to come and play with them at dinner time . And he did play . He played heartily with the little one , and as if he enjoyed it , every day at the noon hour . Many a merry laugh the neighbours heard from that room when the three children were together ; and the laugh was often Joel's .

      How he learned to manage , and especially to cook , nobody knew ; and he could himself have told little more than that he wanted to see how people did it , and looked accordingly , at every opportunity . He certainly fed the children well ; and himself too . He knew that every thing depended on his strength being kept up . His sister sat on his knee to be fed till she could feed herself . He was sorry to give it up ; but he said she must learn to behave . So he smoothed her hair , and washed her face before dinner , and showed her how to fold her hands while he said grace . He took as much pains

      to train her to good manners at table as if he had been a governess , teaching a little lady . While she remained a " baby , " he slept in the middle of the bed , between the two , that she might have room , and not be disturbed ; and , when she ceased to be a baby , he silently made new arrangements . He denied himself a hat , which he much wanted , in order to buy a considerable quantity of coarse dark calico , which , with his own hands he made into a curtain , and slung up across a part of the room , —thus shutting off about a third of it . Here he contrived to make up a little bed for his ister : and he was not satisfied till she had a basin

      and jug , and piece of soap of her own . Here nobody but himself was to intrude upon her without leave ; and , indeed , he always made her understand that he came only to take care of her . It was not only that Willy was not to flee her undressed . A neighbour or two now and then lifted the latch without knocking . One of these , one day , heard something from behind the curtain which made her call her husband silently to listen ; and they always afterwards treated Joel as if he wore a man , and one whom they looked up to . He was teaching the child her little prayer . The enrnetit , sweet , devout tones of the boy , and the innocent , cheerful imitation by the little one were beautiful to hear , —the ; listcncm said .

      Though so well taken caro of , she was not to be pampered . There would have been no kindness in that . Very early , indeed , she- was taught , in a merry sort of way , to put thingB in their places , and to Hwcep the iloor , ana to wash up the crockery . She wut « a handy little thing , well trained and docile .

      One reward that Joel had for his management was that she was early fit to go to chapel . This was a great point ; as he , choosing to send Willy regularly , could not go till he could take the little girl with him . He was never known to be restless ; and Joel was quite proud of her . Willy was not neglected for the little girl ' s sake . In those days children went earlier to the factory , and worked longer than they do now : and by the time the sister was five years old , Willy became a factory boy ; and his pay put the little girl to school . When she , at seven , went to the factory too , Joel's life was altogether an easier one . He always had maintained them all , from the day of his mother ' s death . The times must have been good , —work

      constant and wages steady , —or he could not have done it . Now , when all three were earning , he put his sister to a sewing school for two evenings in the week , and the Saturday afternoons ; and he and Willy attended an evening school , as they found they could afford it . He always escorted the little girl wherever she had to go ; into the factory and home again , —to the school door and home again , — and to the Sunday-school ; yet he was himself remarkably punctual at work and at worship . He was a humble , earnest , docile pupil , himself , at the Sunday-school—quite unconscious that he was more advanced than other boys in the sublime science and practice of duty . He felt that every body was very kind to him ; but he was unaware that others felt it an honour to be kind to him .

      I linger on these years , when he was a fine growing lad , in a state of high content . I linger , unwilling to proceed . But the end must come ; and it is soon told . He was sixteen , I think , when he was asked to become a teacher in the Sunday-school , while not wholly ceasing to be a scholar . He tried , and made a capital teacher , and he won the hearts of the children while trying to open their minds . By this he became more widely known than before . One day in the next year a tremendous clatter and crash was heard in the factory where Joel worked . A dead silence succeeded , and then several called out that it was only an iron ban that had fallen down . This was true : but the iron bar had fallen on Joel's head , and he was taken up dead .

      Such a funeral as his is rarely seen . There is something that strikes on all hearts in the spectacle of a soldier's funeral—the drum , the march of comrades , and the belt and cap laid on the coffin . But there was something more solemn and more moving than all such observances in the funeral of this young soldier , who had so bravely filled his place in the conflict of life . There was the tread of comrades here , for the longest street was rilled from end to end . For relics , there were his brother and sister ; and for a solemn dirge , the uncontrollable groans of a heartstricken multitude .

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      A WORD ABOUT THE LADY OF LYONS . I went the other night to see the Lady of Lyons at Drury Lane , partly because Claude is one of Anderson ' s best parts , and partly because the drama is the most successful of modern plays , and amuses the critic by showing what wretched attempts at wit and what poetry will pass current with an audience , provided the story have movement , the situations interest , and the construction be skilful . I was more than ever impressed with what struck me from the first in the strange mistake made with Beauseant . It was originally given to Elton , and , consequently , has ever since been played by one of the * ' heavies . "

      Thus is the whole force of the character destroyed . Beauseant is , at least , a gentleman—a man of high breeding , and excessively proud of his birth—he offers his hand to Pauline , with a coxcombry bo insolent in its assertion of superiority that she herself remarks that he does it as if conferring a favour . Does any actor represent that coxcombry ? Does any actor show us the insolent aristocrat—or even the manner of a gentleman ? No ; Beauseant ia cast to a tragedian , and he contrives to make it as scowling and offensive as possible . It seems to me that if the part were played by Charles Mathews it might

      be one of the most effective in the piece : a cool , selfsufficient , polished scamp—not a fop , but yet so obviously on shaking-hand terms with himself as to colour his whole manner . In a word , it should be a bit of light comedy , and , oh , Heavens ! given to any one but Mr . Onthcart , who in appearance , gesture , tone , deportment , and reading , was just the very opposite of what lieaiiKcant ought to be . But actors aro such n ticklers for " tradition , " that Elton ' s having once played the part in a certain way will most likely prevent any one else from venturing on a new reading .

      There i . s no novelty to record . The Christmas pieces fill thi ; houses , and old plays are thought sufficient mnkoweight . The now comedy by Mr . Sullivan , which wan to have been produced lust year , is now in active preparation at Drury Lane , and will bo produced next week . Vivian .

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      WORKING ASSOCIATIONS OF PARIS . 1 / Association des Patrons et Ouvkieks Akconniers is a society of masters and workmen associated on equal terms for the manufacture of saddle-trees , and all the wood and iron work in a saddle . It consists of forty-one members , and was commenced in the spring of 1848 , when they had an order from Government for 7000 cavalry saddle-trees , at 17 f . each , which brought them in a profit of 20 , 720 f . 42 c . ( £ 829 ) . In January , 1849 , the association was remodelled and established on the same broad democratic basis as the others , placing the executive power in the hands of three gerants , or directors , assisted by a conseil d'administration , or committee of management , consisting of nine members , and entrusting the arrangement of the daily work to two captains of labour , or foremen , one for the wood and one for the iron department . Besides the ordinary wages which are paid according to the work done , any member who by extraordinary industry , peculiar skill in workmanship , or any improvement , shall have materially benefited the society , is entitled to an extra grant of money . In 1849 they received a portion of the three millions ; and , notwithstanding the bad state of trade during that year , they made profits to the amount of 406 If . 26 c , which , added to the previous year's profits of 20 , 720 f . 68 c , made a total of 24 , 781 f . 68 c , or nearly £ 992 , up to 30 th of June , 1849 ; and by the general balance for December , 1849 , they made a profit of 4000 f . more . The profits are divided into three portions : —40 per cent , for a reserve fund ; iO per cent , for a common indivisible and inalienable fund to be employed as a loan in case of urgency . 50 per cent to be annually distributed amongst the members . The directors were empowered to negotiate a loan last year , of 20 , 000 francs , the half to be paid off by a deduction of l £ franc on the weekly salary of each member . Their ateliers are situated in the Rue des Petits Hotels , 25 , near the splendid new church of St . Vincent dePaule * , in a small courtyard , filled with quantities of timber , the property of this association . Winding our way between beams and logs of wood , amid the stench of melted glue , we entered a low room , on the ground floor , occupied by eighteen or twenty men busily engaged in cutting and shaping the parts of saddle-trees . The ge ' rant then conducted us to the other workshops where the gluing and iron work is done , explaining the various steps . The warehouse on the first floor was filled with stores of saddle-trees of every variety , piled up one upon the other in perfect order , ready for sule or exportation . This establishment derives a peculiar interest from the fact that employers have here assisted with their workmen , throwing their capital into the common stock , and working on an equal footing with those whom they used to command . J . E . S .

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      Tub Redemption Society . —We made a slight mistake about the Halifax entrances ; the board at Leeds not being aware that any of the large list of names sent had been obtained before the soiree , which appears to have been the case . Notwithstanding this it will be seen that Halifax has sent a large contribution to both funds , and Mr . Don ton , who has just visited our friend there , bears testimony to their zeal and activity . To complete their success they must add a large list to the collectors . That which has long been anticipated by us of Leeds is gradually approaching—a union of the people , with whom we art-in communication . The fact that the wealth and power of the society cannot but encrease by every contribution received and manufactured article sold will produce this union in the end . The demand for shoes , now that we have made a beginning , ia great , more than wo can satisfy . We are about to send other two shoeinakerH , and if we had the communal buildings up we could employ any umouiit of labourers that could be lodged , to the great profit and progress of the society . Moneys received for the week ending January 6 , 1851 : — Leeds , £ 2 18 s . Gd . ; Halifax , per Mr . JVnton , £ 6 lGd . GJd . ; Huddcrslield , per Mr . Gledhill , ( w . ; Gilderson , per Mr . Dickson , ; js . ful . ; Derby , per Mr . Sevright , Is . 6 d . ; Burnley , per Dr . Huttly , On , ; Kowell , Mortharnptonbhire , Mr . liull , 5 « . ; Liverpool , per T . Sand y * , 17 s . 2 d . ; Hyde , per J . Bradly , 2 a . Gd . ; Brighton , per T . Kilvingtan , fis . Coininunnl Building Fund : —Let-da , 8 s . ; II uddrr&flcld , per Mr . ( Jlcdhill , 5 h . ; Brighton , per Kilvington , KU . ; flulifux , per Mr . Deuton , £ 10 16 s . Hd . ; Derby , Mr . Kevright , 6 s . Gd . The project for purchasing Mr . Barker's printing-office for Dr . Lees , not being sufficiently responded to , has been abandoned .

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      * In tliin court the piuno mukers Jiuva taken tlieir new pi * iiiiueti .

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      As there is no special intelligence from the Democratic party , nor any document of urgent importance , this week , there is no necessity to occupy the space usually devoted to this head .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 11, 1851, page 43, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1865/page/19/