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will be, the 21st of March. The correction introduced into the 

 calendar by Gregory, was not adopted by the English, until the 

 year 173Q. At this time the difference between the Julian and 

 Gregorian calendars was 11 days ; it would have been 12 days, 

 but the latter had omitted the intercalary day in the year 1700, as 

 we have already stated. It was, therefore, enacted by Parliament, 

 that 11 days should be left out of the month of September of the 

 current year, by cabling the day following the 2d of the month the 

 14th, instead of the 3d. The Greek Church have never adopted 

 this Romish or Latin correction, and consequently, the Russians 

 are now 12 days behind us in their reckoning, and the Christmas 

 festival, which happens with us December 25th, occurs with them 

 January 6th, or Epiphany day, according to our reckoning, and 

 which is sometimes, even now, called " Old Christmas day." 

 The Julian and Gregorian calendars are designated by the terms 

 " Old Style," and " New Style." Thus, by successive improve- 

 ments, which have been almost forced upon the world, the calendar 

 has been perfected, until it answers all the purposes of civilized 

 life. 



"Time," says Young, "is the stuff that life is made of," and 

 we do well, therefore, not to waste such a precious possession. 

 We remember the inscription on the dial in the Temple, at Lon- 

 don : "Begone about your business," a wholesome admonition 

 to the loiterer, and the no less appropriate device, once stamped 

 on the old Continental coppers, a dial with the motto, " Mind 

 your business." There is enough to do, and time enough to do 

 all that ought to be done. " There is a time for all things," says 

 Solomon, let us then, be careful and do all things in the proper 

 time. The French Chancellor d' Aguesseau, employed all his 

 time. Observing that Madame d' Aguesseau always delayed ten 

 or twelve minutes before she came down to dinner, he composed 

 n work entirely in this time, in order not to loose an instant ; the 

 result was, at the end of .fifteen years, a book in three large 

 volumes quarto, which went through several editions. 



No man, we venture to say, ever accomplished more, and to 

 the better satisfaction of all interested, than Benjamin Franklin, 

 another economiser of time. One of his greatest discoveries was 



