1. Never lose any time: I do not think that lost which is spent in amusement or recreation some time every day; but always be in the habit of being employed. 2. Never err the least in truth. 3. Never say an ill thing of a person when thou canst say a good thing of him; not only speak charitably, but feel so. 4. Never be irritable or unkind to anybody. 5. Never indulge thyself in luxuries that are not necessary. 6. Do all things with consideration, and when the path to act right is most difficult, feel confidence in that Power alone which is able to assist thee, and exert thy own powers as far as they go.--_Memoir of Elizabeth Fry._ SONNET. BY CALDER CAMPBELL. Too much--too much we make Earth's shadows fall Across our thoughts, neglecting, in the dark, The sunshine we might woo in lane or park, By listening to the hopeful skylark's call! We fear too much, and hope too little: all That's threatened is not lost: each one an ark Of safety well might build, if he a wall Would raise 'twixt rashness and despair! The lark Soars bravely towards the sun--but not too high; And we, like it, should dare and do; but dare As soldiers, urged by courage, not despair, To win a wise and bloodless victory: Though Life shrinks back before its vassal--Death; We know it springs again, undimmed by mortal breath! ROUGET DE L'ISLE AND THE 'MARSEILLAISE.' There appeared recently in this Journal the _fabulous_ account of the origin of the 'Marseillaise:' the following is said to be the _fact_:--In April 1792, at the opening of the campaign against Austria and Prussia, Rouget de l'Isle was a captain of engineers stationed at Strasburg. The day before the volunteers from that city were about to join the main army of the Rhine, M. Dietrich, mayor of the city, gave an entertainment, at which Rouget de l'Isle and several other officers were present. A question arose as to what air should be played on the departure of the new levies; and it was thought desirable that some appropriate and spirited national song should be chosen. Various pieces having been tried and rejected as unsuitable to the occasion, Rouget de l'Isle left the company, retired to his own rooms, and in the course of the evening wrote the words and music of 'Le Chant de l'Armée du Rhin.' Before the party at the _mairie_ broke up, he returned with his composition. Mademoiselle Dietrich accompanied him on the piano, and he sang the inspiriting song to the delight of all present. It was immediately put in rehearsal, played at parade the next day, and its popularity at once established. Gradually it spread through France, the Marseillais sang it on entering Paris, and the name it now bears was irrevocably substituted for the original title. It was produced on the stage of the Opera at Paris in October 1792, much in the style in which Rachel gave it in 1848, and was received by the audience as