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lty compared 10 touatsin fed by 4 thou
ndsireams that perish il one be dried
Its silver cord twisted with thousand
IktriDgs that psri asunderif one be broken.
Ftah and thoughiless mortsls are sur
FTounded BY innumerable dangers. which
make il much more strange that they es-
tcapeA so long, than. that they almost all
Iperish suddenly al last We are encom1
lpassed with accidents every day 10 crush
1.-The mculdering tenemenis thai we inhabil.
1.-THE seeds OF disease are planted in our
constitutions BY nature. The cath and
ibe atmosphere whence We draw the
IIbfesfhpf on lifei are itnpreghased with
lHdesih-heaah is made 10 operate us own
ldestruc,ion. The food that nourishes the
lIoody contains the elements gifts decay;
the soul that snimaies il by yirifying
Hire tends 10 wear il out BY its own &C
tion /; death turks ia ambush along our
paths, Notwithstanding this is truth, so
palpabiy confirmed by The daily examples
before our eyes, how little do we lay Il TO
heart !, We see our friends and neigh
bors perish around us, bat how seldom
does itoccuI toour thoughts that our knell
shall perhsps.give the next frui,less warn-
fng 10 the world,
YoUTH Youth is flowing sire m. On
whose current the shadow NAV rest but
pot remain !; sunshine is natural to lis
glad waters aud the flower will spring up.
on its banks. despite Of ths7wintry storm
and chilling wind. A year in youth is
like a month 10 spring; il is wonderful toI
observe The rapid alienation THAT is
brought BY the general and svivifying ID
luence Of these few fee,ipg days; the
germ expands into leaf and the bud ia
TO a flower almost before we have marked
The change.
N How beautifully has il been asked BY I
an eminent writer: is there 10 be1found /
giH Of heaven more precious, more worthy
our most ardent gratitude. Than that OF
possessing asfamily, home, where viz
tues, kindess, and enjoyments are every
day guest where The heart and the eye
sun themselves in a world Of love, where
thoughts are lively and enlightened,
where friends not only by word but by
action say TO each other by joy, thy
sorrow, thy hope, Thy prayer is uine'"
E Go AHEAD There s nothing like il, |
you will never fail so long as You have
your ms full and your mind busy. Look
On the bright side-keep up your spirits
and as true as you 1--we you will work /
your way to wealth aud honor.
Lows OF Con The love Of Cob is
The truest key Of knowledge. according +
10 that sublime aphorism Of greatSnan.
The love Of God is the light OF The soul.
It brigh:ens the soul II brigh.ens the
as well as warns the af-
fections clears the head as well as en- I
[arges the heart i and gives TO the soul
In open and free vie Of egrestest and
nobleat truths, in nature, ii is the best
eachrr and ins,ruciorin theory and the
best Tide and director in practice the
oest eA ,osi,or Of scriptures The best re-
solver o. doubts the bes: distipgaisher
IF the viii Of God; the best .decider Of
eases Of conscience the best moderator
md composer Of disputes aud contfover.
lies in religion; and ia one word, as the /
ear Of God is the beginning so the love
,f God is the perfection and accomplish.
rent of wisdom
Coop ADVICE TO GIRLS Girls be- i
ware Of transient young men-never sufI
er the addresses Of ssaranger recollectE
m 0ooI 80 I.y farn,oE how orj 1,,,Jr, "A
Jus mechanic, is worth more than all the
floating trash 10 the world the allure.
nen,s Of human dandy jack, with gold /
.hain about bis neck. walking stick 10
lis paw, somelhonest tailor's' coat on his
pack. and braihess, though fancy skull,
IAN never make up The place Of a kind
ather's home "a good mothers counsel, /
Ind the society Of bto'hers and sisters;
heir affeclions last-while that Of such
! young man j lost at The wane ofla ho-
hey moon. Tisirue.
1745 AND 1915 Liverpool was not
ioi important i town in l745 as 10 have
newspaper. Manchester had only one.
There were bbt twenty-eight in all pro-
vincial England, Two 10 Scotland. and
our il Ireland. (in the two last places.
confined TO The respective capitals "
London was then town of under half a.
million OF popuaiion-about tone-and-a
lalf Of the Present Manchester. Edin-
,urgh bad forty. and Glasgow twenty
thousand; now The LATER is compu,edto
AVE 81 000i Lancanshire has since
hen added jhst about one million TO her
population The whole annual revenue
II the country from Customs 10 l715 Is.
,out million and a half was not third
il what's. now drawn on ihataccountiin
1viefpoof port alone. - Chamber s Journal.
A reprehensible joke was perpeiratedby
young clergy man and some very foolish
-oung men and women on board Tie
teamboat Delaware few days since.
The victims of this serious hoax are
loung gentleman and lady. scarcely lat sll
cqusinied with each other, who were
larried in fun during the pleasure excur-
ion. bu. louod ont on getting ashore that
be voyage upon which they embarked
10 Be longer than had intended
being for life aud death.5 The gentle
nan behaves very calamity on the sub
act, and leaves the matter entirely ii The !.
hoice of The lady; if she choose 10 con, !
ider SerselIa bride. be will accept DO /.