--_Gilpin._ 1068 None so little enjoy life, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. The active only have the true relish of life. He who knows not what it is to labor, knows not what it is to enjoy. It is exertion that renders rest delightful, and sleep sweet, and undisturbed. 1069 A LABORING SCARECROW. Two old farmers were walking up a road near Dunfermline, when one of the pair, shading his eyes from the sun, pointed to a distant field and said: "I wonder if that figure over there is a scarecrow." He paused and considered the matter for a while, and then, in a satisfied tone, concluded: "Yes, it must be a scarecrow; it's not moving." But the other Scot had a sharper pair of eyes, and perhaps a better understanding of human nature. "No," he said, dryly, "it's not a scarecrow; it's only a man working by the day." 1070 ADVICE TO A YOUNG LADY. The Rev. Mr. Berridge being once visited by a loquacious young lady, who, forgetting the modesty of her sex, and the superior gravity of an aged divine, engrossed all the conversation of the interview with small talk concerning herself. When she rose to retire, he said, "Madam, before you withdraw, I have one piece of advice to give you; and that is, when you go into company again, after you have talked _half an hour_ without intermission, I recommend it to you to stop awhile, and see if any other of the company has anything to say." --_Old Magazine._ 1071 SCOTCH STUDENT AS LAMPLIGHTER. Many hardships endured by students attending university or college in Scotland have been brought to light from time to time. A student of Anderson's Medical College some years ago fulfilled the duties of lamplighter during his spare hours in a neighboring burgh. He had no other income than the few shillings he received weekly for lighting, extinguishing and cleaning the burgh lamps, and from this he paid his college fees and kept himself fairly respectable. On one occasion he applied for an increase of wages, and was called before the committee. One of the bailies remarked that an able-bodied healthy-looking young man like the applicant, might find some other employment instead of wasting his time as he was doing. The application for an increase was refused. One may conceive the bailie's surprise at a subsequent meeting when the town clerk read a letter from the lamplighter, tendering his resignation, as he had passed his final examination as a fully qualified doctor. --_Glasgow News._ 1072 Ah! how sweet it is to remember--the long, long ago. 1073 ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.