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THE ADVANTAGES OF WEALTH. 
Eds. Rubai. New-Yokkeu:—T have a great 
respect fur the kindly, genial essayist, Timothy 
Titcomb. He belongs to that class of whom 
Soott and IuvlNU are representatives, the truly 
healthful writers. 
The popular editor of a commercial people, 
has imbibed, I think, .the spirit of the class, and in 
his article upon the blessings of poverty, has 
given that view of life an honorable and clear- 
minded man might be expected to present 
Allow me to sum' up my thoughts after reading 
his essay. 
If a young man is born poor there is no reason 
why he should despair, but I do not think ho 
should thank God for it. There are disadvantages 
attending jxim-hj in early life, that no after exer¬ 
tion, not even genius, can overcome, Locke says, 
“A middle-aged plowman will scarce ever be 
and the winter of 178-1-5, Andrew Jackson 
resolved upon studying law. In that winter he 
gathered together his earnings and whatever prop¬ 
erty ho may have possessed, mounted his horse 
again, and set his face northward in quest of a 
master in the law under whom to pursue his 
studies. 
He rode to Salisbury, North Carolina, a distance 
of seventy-five miles from the Waxhaws. Either 
because he met no encouragement at that place, 
or for some other reason beyond our guess, be 
then journeyed sixty miles westward, to Morgan- 
ton, llurke county, North Carolina, where lived 
Colonel Waightstill Avery, for instruction, and 
for hoard in his house. It was a new and wild 
region of country, and the house of Colonel 
Avery, like all others in the vicinity, was a log- 
house of the usual limited size. He was, there¬ 
fore, much against his will, compelled to decline 
receiving the applicant into his house; and as 
there was no other hoarding-place to be found in 
the neighborhood, the young man had no choice 
but to return to Salisbury. At Salisbury he 
entered the law office of Mi 1 . Spruce McCay, an I 
eminent lawyer at that time, ami, in later days, a 
judge of high distinction, who is still remembered 
with honor in North Carolina. Andrew was not 
quite eighteen years of age when he found him¬ 
self installed as a student of law. He thus had 
the start of most of the distinguished men with 
whom, and against whom, he afterwards acted. 
Henry Clay was then a fatherless boy of seven, 
living with his mother in the Slashes of Hanover 
county, Virginia. Daniel Webster was toddling 
about his father's farm in New Hampshire, a 
sickly child of four. Calhoun was an infant not 
two years old at his father’s farm-house in Month 
Carolina, John Quincy Adams was a young man 
of seventeen, about returning home from Europe 
to enter Harvard College. Martin Van liurep, a 
child two years old, might have been seen, on fine 
days, playing on the steps of his father's tavern 
in Kinderhook. Crawford—once ho famous, now 
CANADA WBIS'J 
are good, many of the cattle of the finest, blood, 
and everything indicates the intelligence and 
thrift of the rural population. This city, like 
others, we learn has suffered by the late financial 
embarrassments, but its prosperity is founded on 
a permanent basis, and the depression can only be 
of a temporary nature, as the people are imbued 
with an enterprising and progressive spirit. 
old wooden buildings still remain. In the suburbs 
are many beautiful residences, highly ornamented 
with well-kept lawns and gardens, among which a 
few years since wc spent a day very pleasantly and 
profitably. Loudon is the Capital of the county 
of Middlesex, which is one of the most fertile 
districts in Canada, and most of the farms arc 
under excellent cultivation; the farm buildings 
visited in Western Canada is that ol London, sit¬ 
uated at the junction of the two branches of tho 
Thames river, about 80 miles west of Hamilton, 
on the Great Western Railway. It contains, wc 
believe, about 7,000 Inhabitants; the business part 
Of the town is substantially built, mostly of tho 
light-colored Canada brick, though some of the 
MEASLES 
idea of defilement from the shoe was but a step, 
and certain to be taken. Hence the strict requi¬ 
sition to put it off on entering temples and sacred 
places of every kind. Mohammedans have pre¬ 
served this idea in all its force, and yon cannot 
enter any of their mosques or holy shrines with 
your slices on .—The hand and the Hook . 
cover perleotly tromtniB autumn, tor u very ouen 
leaves some lil'c-long malady behind it. The most 
hopeless forms of consumptive disease are often 
the result of ill-eorulucted or badly-managed 
measles. In nine eases out of ten, not a particle 
of any medicine is needed. 
Our first advice is, always, and under all circum¬ 
stances, send at once for an experienced physician. 
Meanwhile, keep tho patient in a cool, dry, and 
well-airod room, with moderate covering, In a 
position where there will be no exposure to drafts 
of air. The thermometer should range at about 
sixty-live degrees, whero tho bed stands, which 
should lie moderately hard, of shucks, straw, or 
curled hair. Gratify the instinct for cold water 
and lemonade. It is safest to keep tho bed for 
several days after the rash has begun to die away. 
The diet should he light, and of an opening, cool¬ 
ing character. 
The main object of this article is to warn per¬ 
sons that the greatest danger is after tho disap¬ 
pearance of tho measles. We would advise that 
for three weeks after the patient is well enough 
THE EGYPTIAN SPHINX. 
And near the Pyramids, more wondrous and 
more awful than all else in the land of Egypt, 
there sits the lonely Sphinx. Comely the creature 
is, but the comeliness is not of this world; the 
once worshiped beast is a deformity and a mon¬ 
ster to this generation; and yet you can see that 
those lips, so thick and heavy, were fashioned 
according to some ancient mould of beauty, now 
forgotten,—forgotten because Greece drew forth 
Cytheren from the Hashing foam of the /Kgeau, 
and in her image created new forms of beauty, 
and made it a law among men that tho short and 
proudly wreathed lip should stand for tho sign 
and main condition of loveliness through all 
generations to come. Yet still lives on the raco 
of those who were lioiui 1 "' . •' f ' fu-hion of the 
elder world; and Christian girls of Coptic lilood 
Thk New American Cvci.OP.Eni a: A Popular Dictionary 
of (ionoral Knowledge. Edited by Duo. Ripley and 
Cir.uk A Dana. Volume VIII. Fngger—Ilaynau. [pp. 
788.] New York: D. Appleton to Co. 
As each sneers-ivo volume of this groat American work 
appears, our admiration of tho ability and judicious 
management of its editor* is augmented. The North, 
American Review justly remarks:—“ Wo can turn to no 
title which does not Confirm our confidence in the judi¬ 
cious distribution or the work. Each article stems to havn 
been written by an expert in tho department to which it 
belongs. There can bo n.. doubt that., at least for the use 
of American readers, and In some respects wherever the 
English language is spoken, the Cyclopa-din will greatly 
surpass in its value as a reference book, uuy similar 
compilation that has yet been issued on eilherslde of the 
Corn! Beefs In Torres Straits. 
The most peculiar formation of the coral is re¬ 
vealed in the reefs, which surround nearly all the 
islands—we might say all, without exception—at a 
distance of about a mile or a half a mile, and over 
which the sea incessantly breaks. They gener¬ 
ally rise to the surface of the water, and thus 
provide the islands with a broad belt of per¬ 
fectly still water, let the sea beyond rage and 
storm as much as it pleases, in which the 
islanders not only carry on their fishery unim¬ 
peded, but aro ulso enabled to maintain a con¬ 
stant and always certain connection with the 
different portions of their island. 
At a spot where a little stream of sweet water 
pours down from the hills, and mingles with the 
salt water, these corals, for which pure and un¬ 
mixed salt water is a necessity of existence, form 
deep and convenient passages for ships, which 
frequently widen out into large and spacious 
havens within the reefs, and usually in the vicinity 
of the stream of fresh water. On tho other hand, 
however, there a‘re many islands which do not 
possess this convenience, and consequently are 
utterly inaccessible to larger vessels. 
Within these reefs, the depth of the water often 
varies from many fathoms to scarcely a foot; at 
one spot the deep blue sea appears fathomless, 
while, close by, the light coral ground is visible, 
covered, as it were, with a crystalline case, out of 
which the wondrously twisted branches and trees 
rise up, and little fishes, glistening with all the 
colors of the rainbow—conscious of the security 
of the hiding-place—dart backward and forward, 
through the jagged, irregular, flower-laden masses. 
—"Frank Wildman's Adventures ,” by Frederick 
Gerstaecker. 
Amidst the 
UNFAITHFULNESS TO THE DEAD, 
importunate solicitations of daily business, many 
of us must accuse ourselves of unfaithfulness to 
the dead, and when tranquil moments call up 
their familiar images, we marvel how wo can deal 
so treacherously with the great and good departed. 
Vanished from our view, expunged from our cor¬ 
respondence, dropped from our very prayers, no 
longer expected as visitors in our homes, it is 
marvellous how faint and intermitting their mem¬ 
ory has grown; and we upbraid our ungrateful 
fancy that it preserves so little space for old bene¬ 
factors ami the once-cherished friends of our 
bosom. But the same fate awaits ourselves; we, 
too, are going hence, and when we aro gone, 
“ A few will weep a little while, 
Then bless our memory with a smile." 
One or two may cling to it with tender fondness, 
while existence lasts; hut even with friends affec¬ 
tionate and true, tenderness will soon soften into 
contentment, and contentment will dull away into 
sheer forgetfulness. 
Westminster Quarterly Review. Re-Printed by 
Leonard Soott & Co., New York. 
Nine articles are in the October issue, as follows:— 
Militia Forces; Reussoau—llis Life and WritiugH; Spirit¬ 
ual Freedom; Modern Poets and Poetry of Italy; Physical 
Geography of the Atlantic Ocean; Garibaldi and the 
Italian Volunteers; Tennyson's Idyls of the King; Bona¬ 
partism in Italy; Contemporary l.itemUirr. Certainly 
here is standard reading equal to the most ardent desire. 
Dewey, Agent. 
EUROPEAN CONGRESSES. 
the affairs of Europe. The earliest one of impor¬ 
tance was that of Munster and Osnabruck, in 
1044. The subsequent ones were those of the 
Pyrenees in 1050, of Nimegm n in 1076, of Ryswich 
in 1007, of Utrecht, in 1712, of Aix la Chapollo in 
1748, of Tesehen in 1770, of Rartndt in 1797, of 
Erfurt in 1808, Of Chatillon in 1814, (which 
resulted in Napoleon’s banishment to Elba,) the 
great one of Vienna in 1815, (which re-constructed 
Europe on the ruins of his Empire,) of Aix la 
Chapelle in 1818, Carlsbad in 1810, Troppau in 
1820, Laybach in 1S21, and Verona in 1822, (all to 
adjust new questions, arising under the decrees of 
that of Vienna,) and finally that of Paris in i860, 
to settle the hostilities in Russia, Turkey and the 
Danubian Principalities. The Congress shortly 
to assemble to adjust the affairs of Italy, will 
make the eighteenth of these important assem¬ 
blages. 
The authority of a general Congress was at first 
admitted in Europe as an exception, hut lias now 
become established as a rule. Tho hesitation 
which Sovereigns evince about entering one, 
show that they recognize the impossibility after¬ 
wards of withdrawing from it. Its decrees fire 
final and supreme; they cannot be appealed from, 
nor disputed. No one Throne can stand against 
a combination of all the others. Kings and 
A Popular ITistory or the United States or America: 
From tlie Discovery of the American Coutiuent to the 
present Time By Mart Uowitt. Illustrated with 
numerous Engravings. Vol. 1. [pp. 400.] New York: 
Harper A Bros. Rochester— Steele, Avert A Co. 
Volume II of the above History—pp. 387—«ame Pub- 
ers, to:. 
Thk New American Cyc i.op.kdia: A Popular Dictionary 
. o (. Edited by Geo. Ripley and 
Volume VIII. Fugger—Haynnu. [pp. 
;: D. Anoleton to Co. Rochester—K. 
Costumes ami Customs. 
Search deep enough, and I believe you will 
generally find that the costumes of every people 
are the joint result of many causes acting 
together. The Oriental costume, for example, 
is light and loose, because the climate is warm. 
They do not sit on chairs, because they are hard, 
perpendicular, aud uncomfortable, and the relaxed 
system in this country requires an easier and 
more recumbent posture to insure rest and 
refreshment. Under these circumstances, tight 
garments are very inconvenient and incongruous. 
Then, as you observe, they scrupulously drop 
their slippers, shoes, or hoots, at the door when 
they enter a room, and keep on their head-dress. 
This seems strange to us, but it is necessary. As 
they sit on the mat, rug, or divan, with their feet 
under them, shoes would soil both couch and 
clothes, and besides, would make a very uncom¬ 
fortable seat. The demands of decency and the 
calls of comfort introduced and enforced the 
custom of dropping the shoe at the entrance into 
the sitting-room, and it was thence extended to 
every place entitled to respect. From this to the 
Oiru Life-Labor. — What infatuation to end 
each day In a hurry, and life itself in a panic; and 
when the flurried evening has closed, ami the 
fevered life is over, to leave half your work 
undone. Whatever the business be, do it imme¬ 
diately, if you would do it easily; life will be long 
enough fur the work assigned, if you be prompt 
enough. Clear off arrears of neglected duly; aud 
once tho disheartening accumulations of the past 
are overtaken, let not that mountain of difficulty 
rise again. Prefer duty to diversion, and culti¬ 
vate that athletic frame of soul which rejoices in 
abundant occupation; ami you will soon find the 
sweetness of that repose which follows finished 
work, and the zest of that recreation in which no 
delinquent feeling mingles, and on which no neg¬ 
lected duty frowns. 
of General Knowledge. 
Ciias.A Dana. 7-1- 
788.1 New York: D. Appleton to to. 
R. Haw,, 5 Athenfoom Building, Agent for Rochester 
and vicinity. 
Christian Believing and Lttixo. Sermons bv F. I/. 
JU-ntin'oton. 1> D., Preacher to the University. Ana 
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in Harvard Col¬ 
lege. [pp. 528.} Boston: Crosby, Nichols & Co.—1860. 
Rochester— Harrow to Uko. 
Frank Wildman’s Adventures on Land and Water. 
Ry I'rkDIUUOK GehstaECKkr. Translated and Revised 
by Lasobllks Max all. Fight Illustrations printed in 
Oil Colors, [pp. 312.] Boston: Crosby, Nichols & Co. 
I860. Rochester— Harrow to Bko. 
The Diary ok Samaritan. By a Member of the Howard 
Association of New Orleans. [lOmo.—pp. 324.] New 
York: Harper to Bros. Rochester—S tjcELK, Avkrv 
to Co. 
History ov Petek the Great, Emperor of Russia. By 
Jacob Abbott. With Engravings. [16mo—pp. 368] 
New York: Harper to Bros. Rochester—S tkklk. A\ KRv 
to Co. 
Stories ok Rainbow and Lucky. By Jacob Abbott. 
[rip. 201.] New Yorks Harper to Bros. Roehp.V-r— 
STEELE. AVERY to Co. 
Harry’s Summer in Ashcroft. With Illustrations, [pp. 
204.] New York: Harper to Bros. Rochester— Steele, 
Avery' to Co. 
In his lecture on “Success,” Ralph Waldo Em¬ 
erson says:—“Respect tho excellency of your 
work, not its availabloness. There is too much 
‘job-work’ in some lives. Do your work; it is 
clownish to insist on doing everything; do what 
you can do best. It may he accepted us a maxim 
that society can never prosper, and must become 
bankrupt, unless each does what he was made to 
do, and says what he was created to say.” 
Wf, never respect persons who aim simply to 
amuse us. There is a vast difference between 
those we call amusing men and those we denom¬ 
inate entertaining; we laugh with the former and 
reflect with the latter. 
Say nothing respecting yourself, cither good* 
bad, or indifferent; nothing good, for that is van¬ 
ity; nothing bad, for that is affectation; nothing 
indifferent, for that is silly. 
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