, 1864-03-19

And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen;8 .l ID laDa .I-I
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away ....l
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day. aIl HrlI rUoo
When all the world is old lad, Hl
.-. And all the trees are brown .r
And all the sport is STALE lad,
And all the wheels run down;
Creep home and take your place there,
The spent and manned among -r' r
God grant you find face there
You loved when all was young.
CONCERNING US ALL-The man that
dies youngss} as l2sisht be expected, per
haps, is the railway brakemen. HisGteil
age age is only 27. Yet this must be taken
with some allowance, from the fact that
hardly any but young and active men are
employed in the capacity.
At the same age dies the factory work
man, through the combined influence of
confined air, sedentary posture, scant wages,
and unremitted toll.
Then comes the railway baggage man,
who is smashed, on an average, at 30.
Millners and dressmakers live but little
longer. The average of the one is 80, and
the other 49,
The engineer, the fireman, the conductor,
the powder-maker, the well-digger, and the
factory operative, all of whom are exposed
to sudden and violent deaths, die on an av-
erage under the age of 35.
The cutler, the dyer, the leatherdresser
the apothecary, the confectioner, the cigar
maker, the printer, the silyersmith, the
painter, the shoe-cutter, the engraver, and
the machinist, all of whom lead confined
lives in an unwbolesome atmosphere, none
of them reach the average Of 40. oaa
The musician blows his breath all out Of
his body at 40. The editor knocks himself
into "pi" at the same age
Then comes trades that are active or in a
purer air The baker lives to the average
age of 43, the butcher to 40, the brickma-
ker to AZ, the carpenter to 49, the furnace
man to AZ, the mason to 48, the stone-cut-
ter to 43, the tanner to 40, the tinsmith to
Al, the weaver to A. the drover to 40, the
cook to 45, the inn-keeper to 46, the labOrer
to A, the domestic servant (female) to 43.
The tailor lives to 43, the tailoress to Al.
Why should the barber live till so, if
not to show the virtue there is in personal
,neatness and in soap and water
Those who average over half a century
among mechanics, are those who keep their
muscles and lungs in healthful and moderate
exercise, and are not troubled with weighty
cares The blacksmith hammers till 81, the
cooper till SO, the builder till 81, the ship
wright till Sc, the wheelright till so. The
miller lives to be wbitened with the age of
81. The rope-maker lengthens the thread
of life to 81. Merchants, wholesale and re-
tail, till So.
Professional men live longer than is gen
orally supposed. Litigation kills clients
sometimes, but seldom lawyers, for they av-
erage 55. Physicians prove their useful
ness by prolonging their own lives to the
same period. Clergymen, who it is to be
presumed enjoy greater mental serenity
than others, last till 65.
Seafaring life, and its adjuncts, seem, in
stead of dangerous, to be actually conducive
to longevity. We have already seen that
the shipwright lives till Sc The sailor ay-
erages 43, the caulker 63, the sailmaker So,
the stevedOre 81, the ferryman 65, and pi-
lot Ga.
A dispensation of Providence that men
may consider incomprehensible, is that brew
ers and distillers live to the ripe old age
of GA.
Last and longest lived come paupers, 67,
and the gentleman 68. The only two classes
that do nothing for themselves, and live on
their neighbors, outlast all the rest. Why
should they wear out when they are always
idle
THE ART OF BEING PoLITE.-First and
foremost don't try to be polite. 1t will
spoil all
If you keep overwhelming your guests
with ostentatious entreates to make them
selves at home, they will very soon begin to
wish they aoere there. Let them find out
that you are happy to see them by your ac-
tions rather than your words
Always remember to let bashful people
alone at first. 1t is the only way to set them
at their ease. Trying to draw them out has
sometimes the contrary effect Of driUing
them-out OF the house
Leading the conversation is a dangerous
experiment Better follow in its wake, and
if you want to endear yourself to takers
learn to listen we'll Never make fuss
about anythlng-never talk about yourself
and always preserve perfect composure, no
matter what solecisns or blunders others
may commit Remember that it is a very
foolish proceeding to lament that you can
not offer to your guests better house, or
furniture, or giands.
It is fair to presume that their visit is to
you, not to these surroundings. Give peo-
pie pleasant impression of themselves, and
they will be pretty sure to go away with a
pleasant impression of your qualities. On
Just such slender wheels as these the whole
fabric of society turns; it is our business to
keep them in perfect running order
A western editor, in speaking of poet
out his way, says he begins to claim the
usual privilege Of talent. He has been
drunk as often as four times during the past
week. 10 a
A wag once said that the reason why IN
married ladies looked so often at the moon,
was the vulgar belief that there was man
in it.
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