Punctuality.—Mr. Scott of Exeter, travelled on business till about 80 years of age. He was one of the most celebrated characters in the kingdom for punctuality, and by his methodical conduct, joined to uniform diligence, he gradually amassed a large fortune. For a long series of years, the proprietors of every inn he frequented in Devon and Cornwall, knew the very day and hour he would arrive. A short time before he died, a gentleman on a journey in Cornwall stopped at a small inn at Port Isaac to dine. The waiter presented him with a bill of fare, which he did not approve of, but observing a fine duck roasting. “I’ll have that,” said the traveller. “You cannot sir,” said the landlord, “it is for Mr. Scott of Exeter.” “I know Mr. Scott of Exeter very well,” rejoined the gentlemen, “he is not in your house.” “True,” replied the landlord, “_but six months ago_, _when he was here last_, _he ordered a duck_ to be ready for him this day, precisely at two o’clock;” and to the astonishment of the traveller, he saw the old gentleman jogging into the inn-yard about five minutes before the appointed time. Advantages of Activity.—As animal power is exhausted exactly in proportion to the time during which it is acting, as well as in proportion to the intensity of force exerted, there may often be a great saving of it by doing work quickly, although with a little more exertion during the time. Suppose two men of equal weight to ascend the same stair, one of whom takes only a minute to reach the top, and the other takes four minutes, it will cost the first little more than a fourth part of the fatigue which it costs the second, because the exhaustion is in proportion to the time during which the muscles are acting. The quick mover may have exerted perhaps one-twentieth more force in the first instant to give his body the greater velocity, which was afterwards continued, but the slow supported his load four times as long. Capability greater than Performance.—Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. CHAPPED LIPS. The readiest method to cure simple chaps is to wash them with barley water, and apply the following mixture of prepared tutty and olive oil, of each equal parts. CHAPPED HANDS. Rough and course hands are very unhandsome; the following compound will always preserve them smooth: mix 4 oz. of fresh hog’s lard that has been well washed in common water with the yolks of 2 new laid eggs, and a large spoonful of honey; add as much fine oat-meal as to work the whole into paste. TO REMOVE HAIR FROM THE CHIN. Women of sanguine complexion and habit have frequently hair growing on their chin, which is very unseemly. To extirpate this, use dulcified spirit of salt on the part, and rub it gently with a linen cloth; this will effectually kill the roots of the hair, and at the end of a week they wither, and fall away.