ly by never postponing till to-morrow what ld be done to-day." It was said of an unsuccess-ublic man, that he used to reverse this process, naxim being, "never to transact to-day what could ostponed till to-morrow."

Sir Walter Scott, writing to a youth who had ined a situation and asked him for advice, gave in reply, this sound counsel: "Beware of stumg over a propensity which easily besets you from having your time fully employed, — I mean what women call dawdling. Do instantly whatever is be done, and take the hours of recreation after ness, never before it."

One of the minor uses of steady employment is, it keeps one out of mischief. It is observed, at that men are never so much disposed to grumble mutiny as when least employed. Hence an old cain, when there was nothing else to do, would e the order to " scour the anchor.”

An economical use of time is the true mode of ring leisuré. It enables us to get through busi5, and carry it forward, instead of being driven by On the other hand, the miscalculation of time inves us in perpetual hurry, confusion, and difficul; and life becomes a mere shuffle of expedients, ally followed by disaster. Nelson once said, "I e all my success in life to having been always a rter of an hour before my time."

0. A proper consideration of the value of time will ire habits of punctuality. Nothing begets confice in a man sooner than the practice of this virtue, nothing shakes confidence sooner than the want t. He who holds to his appointment, and does not p you waiting for him, shows that he has regard

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11. We naturally come to the conclusi person who is careless about time will about business. When Washington's cused himself for the lateness of his atten laid the blame upon his watch, Washingt replied, "Then you must get another w another secretary." Franklin once said to who was always late, but always ready w cuse, "I have generally found that the m good at an excuse is good for nothing else."

12. The unpunctual man is a general di others' peace and serenity. He is systemati regular only in his irregularity. He alwa at his appointment after the hour; gets to t station after the train has started; and posts when the mail has closed. It will generally that the men who are thus habitually behin habitually behind success, and that they beco blers and railers against fortune.

13. Integrity in word and deed ought t very corner-stone of all business transactions tradesman, the merchant, and manufacturer, be what courage is to the soldier, and chari Christian. It was well said by Hugh Miller, o est mason with whom he served his apprentice he "put his conscience into every stone that

14. The truth of the old maxim, that "H the best policy," is upheld by the daily exper life. The true mechanic will pride himself excellence of his work; the high-minded co upon the faithful performance of his contract particular; the upright manufacturer, upon t ineness of the article he produces; and the g chant, upon the fair value of what he sells. these will find that their substantial success

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15. It must be admitted that trade tries character perhaps more severely than any other pursuit in life. Honor to those who stand the trial like true men! Money got by cheating, swindling, and overreaching, may for a time dazzle the eyes of the unthinking; but what is it worth, compared with the satisfactions of a free conscience? To the gains of swindlers and rogues the words of the apostle strongly apply: "Your gold and silver are cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire."

16. There may be success in life, without success in business. The merchant who failed, but who afterward recovered his fortune, and then spent it in pay. ing his creditors their demands in full, principal and interest, thus leaving himself a poor man, had a glorious success; while he, who also failed, paid his creditors ten cents on a dollar, and afterward rode in his carriage, and occupied a magnificent mansion, was sorrowfully looked on by angels and by honest men as lam'entably unsuccessful.

17. True success in life is success in building up a pure, honest, energetic character; in so shaping our habits, our thoughts, and our aspirations, as to best qualify us for that higher life on which we shall enter after the death of the visible body. Wordsworth well describes the "happy warrior" as one who "makes his moral being his prime care.'

18. "T is he whose law is reason; who depends
Upon that law, as on the best of friends;
Who fixes good on good alone, and owes
To Virtue every triumph that he knows;
Who, if he rise to station of command,
Rises by open means, and there will stand
On honorable terms, or else retire,
And in himself possess his own desire!"

XXII.- MAZEPPA'S STORY.

U'KRAINE (oo'krāin), n., territory of | Rour, n., a clamorous

Russia in Europe.

RAB'BLE, n., a low mob.

TUR'RET, n., a small tower.

BAR'RI-ER, n., an obstruction.

UN-COURT'E-OUs (-kurt'e-us), a., un

civil.

LIEU (lú), n., stead;
FAIN, ad., gladly.
PORT-CUL'LIS, n., a m

gateway, ready to b

keep out an enemy. MOAT, n., a ditch roun

Sound the ea in hearth as in heart. Pronounce e'er (contraction of

"BRING forth the horse!"- the horse was br
In truth he was a noble steed,
A Tartar of the Ukraine breed,
Who looked as though the speed of though
Were in his limbs; but he was wild, -
Wild as the wild deer, and untaught;
With spur and bridle undefiled, —

'Twas but a day he had been caught;
And, snorting, with erected mane,
And struggling fiercely, but in vain,
In the full foam of wrath and dread,
To me the desert-born was led.
They bound me on that menial throng
Upon his back, with many a thong;
Then loosed him, with a sudden lash.
Away!-away! - and on we dash!
Torrents less rapid and less rash.

Away!-away!-my breath was gone;
I saw not where he hurried on.
'T was scarcely yet the break of day;
And on he foamed! - away! — away!
The last of human sounds which rose,
As I was darted from my foes,
Was the wild shout of savage laughter

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With sudden wrath I wrenched my head,
And snapped the cord which to the mane
Had bound my neck in lieu of rein,
And, writhing half my form about,
Howled back my rage; but 'mid the tread,
The thunder of my courser's speed,
Perchance they did not hear nor heed.
It vexes me, for I would fain
Have paid their insult back again

I paid it well in after days:
There is not of that castle-gate,
Its drawbridge and portcullis' weight,
Stone, bar, moat, bridge, or barrier left;
Nor of its fields a blade of grass,

Save what grows on a ridge of wall,
Where stood the hearth-stone of the hall;
And many a time ye there might pass,
Nor dream that e'er that fortress was!

I saw its turrets in a blaze,
Their crackling battlements all cleft,
And the hot lead pour down like rain
From off the scorched and blackening roof,
Whose thickness was not vengeance-proof.

They little thought, that day of pain,
When launched, as on the lightning's flash,
They bade me to destruction dash,

That one day I should come again,
With twice five thousand horse, to thank
The Count for his uncourteous ride.

They played me then a bitter prank,
When, with the wild horse for my guide,
They bound me to his foaming flank.
At length I played them one as frank;
For time at last sets all things even;
And if we do but watch the hour,

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