I hav known men ov this brand, who where not wholly malishus, who would aktually dew yu a good turn to-morrow if they could cheat yu to-day, who deceive not entirely for gain, but tew keep their tools whet, who hav sum excellent traits, which sumtimes drop out seemingly by mistake. But a natral crook toward deception iz like the bight ov a mad dogg, it may sleep for a long time in the veins ov its viktim, very well behaved pizen, watching for a good time, but sooner or later, when least expekted, the virus begins tew play dorg by asserting its dredful prerogative. It don’t cure theze vermin tew ketch them, if they waz rats, which we could drown in the trap, it would be bully, but letting them go only makes them the more cunning. Deception iz one ov the sciences, it haz its deakons, elders and hod carriers, the world swarms with them, all ov the pimps among them, such az the wodden nutmeg makers, and the small beer-cheats, we kan punish enuff by dispising, but what reward, short ov the gibbet, or at least the whipping post, iz equal tew the villainous cuss who creeps on hiz body into yure confidense, a subdued and shivering snake, and warms up into a viper. Ingratitude iz one ov them diabolikal crimes that awl men hate, but leave the punishment to heaven. The _Domestik Man_ iz ov a maskuline and feminine tendency--half and half--and sumtimes more so. He kan most generally be found at home--when he aint wanted. He iz a kind ov second lutennant in hiz family, under haff pay, with promiss of promoshun. He kan beat hiz wife bileing soap, or nussing the baby, and she kan beat him, in the 4th ward, running for perlice constabel. He iz alwus reddy tew do ennything--when hiz wife iz. He iz a kind ov spy in the household, and iz treated az such by the whole family. The servants laff at him, and the children dont fear him. He iz az fierce as an old hen setting on one egg, and just about az dangerous. Hiz wife marrid him, not out ov love, but out ov pitty; and pitty never changes into respekt, but gennerally into disgust. _The Generous Man._--Generosity iz an instinkt--a kind ov natral crook--a weird child ov the heart. It iz diffrent from profusion; profusion iz most alwus the decoy duck ov vanity. Generosity iz diffrent from charity; charity iz the impulse ov reason. It iz diffrent from justiss--justiss iz 16 ounces tew the pound, and no more. Generosity iz sumthing more than justiss, and sumthing less than profusion; it iz the good a man duz, without being able tew give enny reazon for it. If a man iz alwus genrous he will alwus be right, or will hav a good excuse for what seems tew be wrong. Generosity iz bravery, and it iz truth: no one ever saw a generous man who waz a coward or a liar. Generosity sumtimes may lack prudence, but it never lacks faith, and faith haz won holier laurels than prudence ever did. The generous man chastens hiz gifts with the assurance that the giver iz az happy in the gift az the receiver iz.