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THE NEW YORK CLIPPER ALMANAC.
 

" Michael Angelo ?"

Down upon their knees before him the lovers fell;
for true Italians adore genius as the only real sov¬
ereignty. Antonio paused in counting the money.
Geiaius Avas of some value, sure, Avhen a few strokes of
the pencil could produce all that. His swarthy face
grew pale Avith surprise and fear.

"Corpo de Bacco!'' he cried. The gold pieces fell
from his hand, and rattled upon the floor. He dropped
on his knees beside them, in equal adoration of the
genius and the money.

Then the great painter AvithdrcAV from their pres¬
ence, and they saw him no more.

Raphael and Giula Avere married soon after, and
lived happily in Venice. Years rolled away, and
Raphael the gondolier became the General of the
Venetian Republic. All the dreams of his youth Avere
fulfilled; but in the fullness of his gratitude he never
forgot the great genius to whom he owed his advance¬
ment, his earthly all.

When Napoleon entered Italy, the crayon sketch of
the Miser's Hand Avas taken to Paris, and placed in
the Louvre. During the invasion of 1814 the picture
disappeared thence, and no one knoAvs its fate. But
the graves of the Venetian General and his wife are
still pointed out in Italy, the story of the sketch is
handed down as a tradition, and—" I tell the tale as
'tAvas told to me."
 

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SOVEREIGNS   OF    EUROPE.
 

Country.
 

Austria.
 

Baden ...
Bavaria..
Relgium..
Denmark.
England..
France ...
 

Germany.........

Greece............

He.sse Darmstadt.
 

Holland,
Itely.....
 

Meeklenburg
Schwerin....

Mecklenburg
Strelitz.........

Oldenburg........

Portugal..........

Prussia...........

Roman Church,..

Russia..!.........

Saxe Coburg, etc.

Saxe Meiningin..

Saxe Weimar —

Saxony..........

Spain......... —
 

Sweden & Norway
Turkey........
 

Wurtemburg ..
 

Ruler.
 

Francis JoS....

Einp........

Fred. G. D.....

Louis II, King.
Leop. II. King.
Christ. IX, K...
Vict. I, Queen.
•Mar. McMahon,

President....
Win. I, Emp...
George I, K....
Louis III, Grnd

Duke........

Wm. Ill King.
Vict.   Emman.

II, King.....

Fred    Francis,

Grand Duke.
Fred   William,

Grand Duke.
Nicolas, G. D..
Dom Louis I..
William I, K...
Pius IX, Pope.
Alex. II, Emp.
Ernest II, D...
(xcorge, Duke..
Ch. Alex., G.D.
John I, King..
Alphonse    Ix,

King........

Oscar II, King.
Abdul    Hamid

II, Sultan. ...
Ch. Fred, K...
 

Born.
 

18 Aug.
9 Sept.

25 Aug.
9 April

8 April
24 May

13 July
22 Mar.
24 Dec.

9 June

19  Feb.
 

Accession.
 

18;i0
1826
1845
1835

1818
1819

1808
1797
1845

1806
1817
 

14 Mar. 1820
28 Feb. 1823
 

17 Oct.
8 July
31 Oct.
22 Mar.
13 May
29 April

21 June
2 April

24 June
12 Dec.

Jan.

22 Sept.
6 Mar.
 

1848
1856
1864
1865
1863
 

2 Dec.

6 Sept.
10 Mar.
10 Dec.

15 Nov.
20 June 1837

29 May 1873
18 Jan. 1871
6 June 1863

16 June 1848

17  Mar.   1849

23 Mar.   1849
 

7 Mar.   1842
 

1819 6

1827 27
1838111
 

1797
1792
1813
 

1818 29
 

1826
1818
1801

1829

1842
 

20
 

Sept.  1860

Feb.    1853

Nov.    1861

Jan.    1861

June  1846

Mar.    1855

Jan.    1844

Sept.  1^66

July   1853

Aug.   1854
 

18 Sept. 1872
31 Aug.  1876
 

182325 June 1861
 

USEFUL RULES FOR THE BAROMETER.

A "rapid '' rise indicates unsettled weather.

A "gradual" rise indicates settled Aveather.

A "rise ' Avith dry air and cold in Summer indicates
■mnd from northward; and if rain has fallen, better
weather is to be expected.

A "rise" with moist air and a low temperature indi¬
cates Avind and rain from northward.

A "rise" AvithsoutherlyAviiid indicates fine weather.

A steady barometer, Avith dry air and a reasonable
temperature, indicates a continuance of fine Aveather.

A "rapid " fall indicates stormy Aveathe-.

A "rapid " fall with A\-esterly Avind indicates stormy
weather from northward.

A "fall" Avith a northerly AA-ind indicates storm,
with rain and hail in Summer and snow in Winter.

A "fall" with increased moisture in the air and the
heat increasing indicates southerly AA-ind and rain.

A "fall" Avith dry air and cold increasing in Winter
indicates snow.

A "fill" after very calm and warm Aveather indi-
.tatesrain, with squally Aveather.
 

THE   OLD   YEAR.
 

AVRITTEN 1X)R THE NEW YORK  CLIPPER ALMANAC,

BY NICHOLAS NILES.
 

So this is the end of the good old year;

This breezy, blustering night is his last;
I Avill sit by the fading embers here.
And Avait tor his death and drop him a tear—

A tear for the year that is waning fast.

'Twas thus I sat, on a Winter's night.
Twelve months ago, by the embers here;

The earth Avas wrapped in a shroud of w-hite,

And I alone, in the ghostly light
Of the fire, watched for the coming year.

'This night," I said, "do I pledge anew
My life to battle Avith wrong and sin;
Henceforth Avill I lay fast hold on the True,
Henceforth it is miiie to dare and to do "—
I said Avlien the year that is dead came in!

And I thought" " I Avill make this year the best
Of all the years that my life hath known;

It shall bring to the sorrowing heart of my breast

The gracious boon of- perfect rest''—
I thought, at the birth of the year that has floAvn I

And what of the words Avhicli then I spake,
Twelve months ago by the embers here ?

And what of the promises, easy to make,

And all too easy, alas! to break—
The promises made at the daAvn of the year ?

An, well for me that I might not know

The tangled threads of tlie future's maze;
That I might not see in the fire's gloAV
The spectre of Care, that Avould lay me low
In the daAvning year's unvisioned days!

For ever the shadow of grim Despair

Has darkened my lone and desolate way;
And little that's good or sweet or fair
Has brightened my life of sorrowful care.
Or turned my soul's black night to day.

And noAV, when tlie year hiscourse has run,

I sit again by the embers here.
And ask: " Wh it noble deed have I done ?
What glorious triumphs have I Avon

In the Aveary days of the dying year ?"

And this is the end of the sad Old Year;

His sands are numbered, his prayers are said;
The fire is out; and, sitting liere,
I cannot choose but drop a tear

To the year and the hopes Avhich both are dead I
 

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OUR  ART STUDIES-No. I.

MUSIC.
On the high C's he soars at will.
And soul upheaves Avith wondrous skill.
 

Gone to meet his grandfather.