ht we not, to do our duty? If we do our duty, we are
calumniated. Well, then, taking these things into
consideration, I declare that if that horde of
good-for-nothings who are in the habit of frequenting the
churchyard during Divine service, shall continue to do so, they
will have to come into collision with me."

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M. MICHAUD, of the French Academy, is pleased to express literary malice
against those whom he loves and esteems the most. A political man came
one day to confide a secret to him, and recommended to him the strictest
discretion. "_Do not be uneasy_," replied M. Michaud, "_your secret
shall be well kept; I will hide it in the complete works of my friend
Lacretelle_." We think we know of an American author whose "various
writings" would serve the same purpose.

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In the last _International_ we mentioned the death of the well-known
ballad composer ALEXANDER LEE. Some painfully interesting circumstances
of his last days have since appeared in the journals:

"About a week before his death, he called on a friend and
brother pianist, Thirlwall, stated his extreme destitution, and
asked that a concert might be got up for his relief. This was
done, generously and promptly. The concert was advertised, Lee
and Thirlwall to preside at the piano. The other performances
were to be by Mr. Thirlwall's four daughters, and by half a
dozen other friends and pupils of Lee, who had offered their
gratuitous services. On the day of the proposed concert, he for
whose benefit it was to be given, died. It was thought best to
perform the concert, however, and to devote the proceeds to
paying the proper honors to his memory. They did so, but most
of those who tried their voices were too much affected to sing,
and the performance was at last brought to an abrupt
termination by one of his pupils, who burst into a passion of
tears while endeavoring to sing _The Spirit of Good_, an air by
the departed master."

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STORIES of the sagacity of elephants are endless; here are two which
imply complicated processes of thought:

"Another elephant that was exhibited in London was made to go
through a variety of tricks, and among them that of picking up
a sixpence with its trunk; but on one occasion the