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LITERARY EXTRACTS

... PRovIsIoNs FoR ACTIto SAILORS.-A few days ago a at large cask of buiscuit was opened, and a living mouse dis- RI covered therein ! it was small, but mature in years. The or cask, a strong watertight one, was packed on shore at th Aberdeen in June, 1857, and remained ever afterwards in unopened;* there witas no hole by which the mouse could in have got in or out, besides it is the only one ever ...

TENNYSON'S NEW POEM

... TENNYSON'S NEW POEX TITIO.NUS.* | (}Fm te CUornhiAl tuazinc for Ft'ruary.) Ay me I ayme I the woods decay and fall, The vapours sweep their burden to the ground, Man conies and tilts the earth and lie ...

POETRY

... - LIVE BRAVELY. The world is half darkened with croakers Whose burdens are weighing them down; They croak of their stars and ill-usage, And grope in the ditch for a crown. Why talk to the wind of thy fortune, Or clutch at distinction and gold I If thou canst not reach high on the ladder, Thou canst steady its base by thy hold. For the flower thou hid in the corner Will as faultlessly finish ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... II _ I FRIENDLY SOOIETIMS.-So far as the great majority of these societies are concerned, there is, strictly speking, nothing friendly about them at all, except a very, pro- per and natural friendliness for the cherished individusl vulgarly known as. Number One, and a strong desire to promote the welfare of himself and family. The society, as a body, stands to the individual members ...

FASHIONS FOR JANUARY

... FASHIONS. FQR JANUARY. . t Irr Io~wA paid (F~m leFole.) th HatooriAl for evening dreas pr fqll toilette aft very t no1Y migsiiidcexst this winter-rich silks, velvets,-blush, I DPXI' and taffetas of -a ...

LITERARY EXTRACTS

... OXFORD.-Here and there a don is doing his work like a man; the rest are either washing their hands of the dc business, and spending their time in looking after those fri who don't want looking after, and cramming those who of would be better without the cramming, or else standing q by, cap in hand, and shouting, Oh young men of large Ot fortune and great connexions ! you future dispensers of ...

AN ANATOMICAL MUSEUM IMPOUNDED AT LEEDS

... -AN' AAT6MIUA& -tUSEUM IMiOuNDED AT- I I 1EDS.- - ; On Saturday afternoon, the-Leeds. borough jiitlces were Occupied for several heurs In the investigation of a charge againat William and Louis Lloyd, the proprletors of an ana-. tomlemi museum which was recently.opened for public ex- hibition in a portion of -the Old Corn Exhanbge Buildings, Briggate.. As soon as the Messrs. Lloyd advertised ...

A SOUTH CAROLINA MONOLOGUE

... A SOUTH 0AROLINA MO1RLOI~U. I This cursod race of lewd and Godlens EHm, As black and ugly ma the devts dan, 7ile and unclean in alltheir works and Weys, Theg1jVlus dr :fU tighlts and fearful day'' In ...

THE BENICIA BOY

... . I Fe Aliluth erig. ft , John 0, Heenan, known as The Benicia Boy, an Arne. zican pug1ist of somve celebrity for spirit and endfirauce s- albeit he was defeted in the only regular battle he ever 0- foughtb, has just arrived in England for the purpose of enter, 215 Ing ?? combat with Thomas Sayers, knogi as the 17 Champion Of England. lBeZu' Life in~ Lo~a the India. potable authority on ...

HOUSEWIFE'S CORNER

... | HOUSEWIFE'S CORNER& I Lrimpo. ANtD RIUKENUEAD XARXIT AILIWL. cr. JO.rs5 BLKENU sttrday. Batua. BRef ,, , , a1 ,. a S.d. ag & 8 d. Mautto], ?? a 0 7.a 9 0 6 0 8 Vba qr. ?? e:: 8 o * * 80 Lamb ?? {t d ...

Pickings from Panch

... ipickfu2% from, , Vc I Iipulleb.7 TnE UNPROTECTED FEM1ALES DBESBT FAEND.'- Sir O- Cresswell.: THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION OF: ALL.-e ho'S your Friend? THE. BEST SETTLEMENT FOR A RICHl Wirn] WHO ELOPES. -A Penal One. SIMPLE, BUT AORICULTURAL.-Q. What is the best time for sowing tares? A, When the landlord goes round and collects his rents. ADVICE TO BACHELORS.-Eat cold pudding to settle your ...

A RELIC FROM THE ROYAL CHARTER

... A .RELIC FRO3E ThE. ROYA.L CRATER..I The following beautiful and singularly touching lines were found amongt the shattered fragments of a writing desk, oh t'oe beac , amongst other wreck from the Ropofa Chaster. ;lThb desk belonged to a young lady passengerwho was lost; and it is hoped- that the faith go eloquently introduced in the concluding portion of the stanza, WaS one which supported ...