letting the door creak-be out of temper with your wife because it is wet weather-put on more flannellay the gout up snugly for a fortnight-and tell all your friends that the gout has laid you up.

Question.-What is a lawyer? A lawyer is a man with a pale face and sunken eyes; he passes much time in two small rooms in one of the inns of court; he is surrounded with sheets of foolscap paper, tied up with red string; he has more books than one could read in a year, or comprehend in seven; he walks slowly, he speaks hesitatingly, and receives fees for hypothetical answers to specious questions,

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FRUGALITY AND PERSEVERANCE.

Dr. Alexander Adam, the late venerable rector of the high school of Edinburgh, before he left his father's house, occasionally appeared in the character of a neat herd, and although the writer of his Memoirs would make it appear that this was more the effect of choice than necessity, there can be no doubt, if he is correct in his statement that the Doctor was at one time in very straitened circumstances; or how could it be said of him, that "as he had no other method of raising a sixpence, he contrived to live on the humble pittance he received as a private teacher, which amounted to only one guinea in three months!" As this may appear incredible to some persons, we shall relate the manner in which it was said to be accomplished, in the words of his biographer: "He lodged in a small room at Restalrig, in the north-eastern suburbs; and for his accommodation he paid fourpence per week. All his meals, except dinner, uniformly consisted of oatmeal made into porridge, together with small beer, of which he only allowed himself half a bottle at a time. When he wished to dine, he purchased a penny loaf at the nearest baker's shop; and, if the day was fair, he would despatch his meal in a walk to the Meadows, or Hope Park, which is adjoining to the southern part of the city; but if the weather was foul, he had recourse to some long and lonely stair, which he would climb, eating his dinner at every step. By this means all expense for cookery was avoided, and he wasted neither coals nor candles; for, when he was chill, he used to run till his blood began to glow, and his evening studies were always prosecuted under the roof of some one or other of his companions." The particulars of his conduct which are here related, have not been exaggerated

in any manner; for he frequently told the same story to his pupils, and a friend who took the trouble of bringing together upon paper the various items of the Doctor's expenditure, actually found that in six months it did not amount to two guineas.

Frugality,―The practice of frugality is expedient for all, but especially for such who, like the silk-worm, are to spin their riches out of their own bosoms; for the best expectations may be disappointed. Nor is it decent or prudent to reckon upon what may come to you upon contingencies of the death of relatives, what may greatly depend on your own behaviour, whether it shall be yours or no. It is, therefore, incumbent on you to be frugal; for if you discover a want of frugality, the probability is, that those who might otherwise be willing to bequeath a portion of their property to you, will seek some more worthy object, from whose conduct they have well-founded hopes that he will make good use of their bequest. You would thus, not only have the same difficulties to encounter with as you have at present, but, perhaps, prejudices into the bargain, arising from your former errors, and which no endeavours might ever get the better of.

Portrait of an Idler.-An idle man, says lord Bacon, is the most mischievous being in creation. Not having any business to engage his time or attention, he becomes à trifler, a blackguard, and a sponge; sometimes he moves as a beggar or a vagabond; he lounges in places where he is not wanted, and often volunteers opinions which are treated with contempt: he salutes the ignorant clown and the accomplished gentleman in the same coarse and boisterous manner; and drinks the wine of the clergy with as much brutal indifference, as he would swallow a glass of brandy and water at the expense of a kindred spirit in a soda room. Finally, he is a curse to himself, a disgrace to his relatives, and an eye-sore to every decent and generous citizen.

The Honse-keeper's Guide.

Banana Fritters.-Mash the Bananas well, and then add one or more eggs, well beaten; a little sugar and flour sufficient to make it of a propor consistency to form small cakes, which must be fried with lard or butter: spice is a great improvement, with sugar strewed over them after they are fired.

Pumpkin Fritters are made in the same way, with the exception of boiling the pumpkins first.

Water-Cresses.-Water-cress acts as a gentle stimulant and diuretic; for these purposes the expressed juice, which contains the peculiar taste and pungency

of the herb, may be taken in doses of an ounce or two, and continued for a considerable time. It should be at the same time eaten at breakfast, also at dinner, and for supper, to experience benefit from the virtues of this herb. Haller says, "We have seen patients in deep declines cured by almost entirely living on this plant."

For Inebriation.-When men are reduced to this degraded state by the inordinate use of fermented or other spirituous liquors, they may be restored to comparative ease, by administering a tea-spoonful of spirits of hartshorn, in a glass of water. Smelling the spirits, dissipates the fumes arising from the same cause.

Castor Oil Draught.-Take of castor oil, four drachms; the yolk of an egg; accurately mix them together; add cinnamon water, one ounce and a half; make into a draught to be taken immediately. This is a useful and pleasant purge.

To Restore Faded Gilding.-Faded or tarnished gilding may be restored by moistening the parts with clean water in which allum has been boiled.

Polish for Mahogany.-New mahogany rubbed well with a cloth, upon which a few drops of boiled linseed oil has been poured, will be much improved; it should be rubbed daily for a fortnight wiping it well immediately afterwards.

For Mahogany Furniture generally.-Take a pipkin which will hold a pint at least, and, after well trying it, by boiling water in it, to determine its power of standing the fire, take an ounce of bees'-wax, and an ounce of oil of turpentine; place it over the fire until the wax is dissolved; do this carefully, as many accidents have happened through inattention in this particular. After the wood has been well cleaned, let it be thinly covered with the composition, and well rubbed with a piece of woollen cloth, until it attain a fine polish, and until no dirt will adhere to its surface: in four words -Don't spare elbow-grease.

A fine Cement to mend broken Glass or China.-Garlick, stamped in a stone mortar, the juice whereof, when applied to the pieces to be joined together, is the finest and strongest cement for that purpose, and will leave little or no mark if done with care.

Shutting Doors by Weights.-I have often been surprised at the silly way in which doors are shut by a weight and pully. You hear a great noise every time the door is opened. Instead of fixing the cord to the outer edge of the door, it ought to be always placed a foot or so from the hinges; it would then open with no noise and little friction.-Mechanics' Register.

The Cornwall Correspondent.

By the arrival of the ship Marlborough at Kingston, London Journals to the 18th January have been received. They contain a few observations on the proceedings of the House of Assembly by the Courier, on the Slave Evidence Bill, which, from that paper being friendly to the colonies are, in their nature perfectly harmless. But it is,scarcely to be expected, that much impertinent misrepresentation will not emanate from the anti-colonial prints on this subject. In some Russian State Papers which have come to hand, the renouncement of the rights of primogeniture by the Grand Duke Constantine, in favour of his younger brother, forms a very curious historical fact, and, if not compulsory, an extraordinary instance of moderation, in declining the sway over one of the greatest portions of empire in the world.

Preservation of Seeds.

Our country readers, who wish to know how to send seeds to Europe will be glad to learn that those of the most delicate kind may be sent to Europe in the highest preservation, by being enveloped in that kind of raw brown sugar which always keeps its humidity.— When the seeds are to be sown, it is only requisite to immerse them in lukewarm water, which will take off the sugar.

Dr. Glynn's Receipt for Dressing a Cucumber.-Dr. Glynn, whose name will long be remembered in Cambridge, was one of those beings who would occasionally unstring the bow, least it should lose its elasticity. Being one day in attendance on a lady in the quality of her physician, he took the liberty of lecturing her on the impropriety of her eating cucumbers, of which she was immoderately fond, and gave her the following humorous receipt for dressing them :-" Peel the cucumber," said the Doctor, "with great care; then cut it into very thin slices; pepper and salt it well; and then-throw it on a dunghill!

Select Thoughts.

The world is a volume, written by the hand of God, containing but three leaves: the heavens, the earth, and the sea.

Idleness is the rust of talent and of virtue.

Law and physic are the hotbeds of vice and disease. Man is a sort of tree, which we are too apt to judge of by the bark.

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(Paul Peregrine continued.)

AT a dinner given in honour of Major Pumpkin he sent two boys off, at the same moment, to beg Mr. Shuffle and Mr. Rattlebrain to drink wine together. They had been enemies for the last twelvemonths, but this flag of truce, with apparent dryness, and a few compunctious struggles, succeeded tolerably well. He filled half the company drunk by similar ruses de guerre. He asked Mr. Swallow to pledge him, in a bumper, and handed him a bottle of vinegar, which he had procured on purpose. Swallow swallowed it, and wept salt tears, but it made him sober. He sent brandy to Mr. Sober, who also swallowed it, but it made Sober drunk.

Mr. Peregrine is very partial to rural sports. On Од a shooting party with his friend Jack Leashman, who was a good-natured, unsuspicious, but sensitive fellow, they were quite unsuccessful-they had started nothing all day, but Paul seemed to be bent upon starting something rather than return home without game or some achievement to mark the far, spent day by. "Leashy, my heart," said Paul, "I think, if