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... THE TRUTH AND PLAIN DEALLNG.-If ever you find yourself environed with difficulties and perplexing circum- stances, out of which you are at a loss to extricate your- self, do what is right, end be assured that that will extri- ente you the best out of the worst situations. Though you cnnnot see when you take one step what wil be the nest, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never ...

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... HopA BHO'.-One of our leadig prelatea ot Ong ago invited to his hospitable mansion in London a country rector, old friend, from one of the remote provinces. The sinple-minded gentlemnan came about ly o'clock, havig a notion that he should arrive about the dinner hour. Soon after he had taken his seat tea was oreoht round. Well, thought the rector, this is har living at any rate; if I had ...

POETRY

... LINES of Jeremiao Horrocks, Curate of Hoote, hi godied A.D. 1641, aged 24 years. courts erewhile the youthful pastor trod, shesd r the word and traced the works of God; jknd urses of the stars prophetic saw- mjo d their order, and defined their law. And Yet a loftier view his eye would sean, r this lost world salvation's glorious plan For tiulasent of souls redeemed from night, The centre ...

POETRY

... I TiE CAPTAIN'S FRIENDS. Sy EDWlN WAUOU. b yonder park, one quiet autumn day. ered downmbyle Y Teller was going on tho wa qd~ r a vv a mn~yof ?? great aBndemail, ereoond tbe ancient ygate that leads unto the hal'. fi thatrustedin the mournful autumn Wind, i ?? of thought that saddened all my mind; B in t~e oS anlous folk I beard a mothered wan, tdown Upon a atone to hearken to the tale. p t ...

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... I otte r ' j t fvom ' hti. A QUERY Fon- DRAWING-Rooms. - We wonder if ser- vants find fault with their masters and mistresses as much as masters and mistresses are in the habit of finding fault with their servants? RESPECT FOR PARENTS. -Boya ?? their father the governor. Girls never term mamma the governess. The reason is obvious; a governor is a master; a governess, in genteel society, is no ...

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... ?? frao Dunct. THE ARREARS OF LrE.-Gratitude. ROYAL HuSBANDRY.-The Prince of Wales has started on a foreign tour. UiFi'OM LovE.-The love of a lady for an officer who wears a love of an uniform. RxewT ABOUT FACE ! as the man said when he asked his friend to publish a treatise on physiognomy. THE ADULTERATOR'S MAxi.-' Your money and your life I,, A MATRON'S MSTAKE.-Mrs. Caddy, having been ...

POETRY

... CATAWBA WINE. if~om Longreleow's New PoavwJ Tbis song of mine Is a song of the vine, To be sung by the ?? embers Of wayside Inns, When the rain begins To darken the drear Novembors. It is not a song Of the Scuppernong, From warm Carollnean valleys, Nor the Isabel And the Muscadel That bask In our garden alleys. Nor the red Mustang, Whose clusters bang OVer the waves of the Colorado, And the ...

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... TOE ENGLIsH LADY AND THE SCOTCH PEASANT.- glish Lady: My good woman, can you tell me the way to D-?-coth Peasant: Weel! perhaps you'll like to go along the brae, and tak the road doon the burn.-E. Lady: How far is it?-S. Peasant : If ye'r no great walker Vel' find it a good step.-E. Lady: But how far is 5t-S. 'easant: Weel! it'll be no vera great distance.- E. Lady: Is it a mile ?? Peasant : ...

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... TeE WALLAcE GUARD.-A native (of India) cannot rope with a good fencer using the small sword, but will verylikelybeat himif hekeeps to cutting only. There are few, however, w ho understand fencing; and it is ad. fusable for such to have a light steel arm-guard made to ult the outside of the arm from the elbow to the wrist, with a slight raised catch at the elbow, and the other end projecting ...