People of small intellect we very dangerous enemies, because they aie likely to have a few extraneous thoughts to divert them from their immediate object .of malice ; becauve they are shrewd noticers of person- and personal weakness ; because there is nothing which » fool and a mean man' enjoy so' much as to cutch a wise and honest' one at a disadvantage. '

The Quaker and Countryman. — A Quaker passing through the market, stopped at a stall and enquired the price of citrons. " I have none," said the honest couutrymau, "that will suit you; they are decayed, and their flavour is gone." " Thank thee friend, I will go to the next utaud." "Hait thou any good fruit to day 1" said he to the dealer. " Here are tome of the iineit nutmegs of my garden. They are imall hut rich of the kind." " Then thou canit recommend them ?" "0, certainly, sir," "Very well, I wUI take two." He carried them home, and they proved not only unsond but miserably tasteless. The next morning he again repaired to the larae place. That man who ■old him the fruit the preceding day asked him if he would like some more. " Nay, friend ; thou hut deoeived me once, and now, although thou may speak the truth, ■till I cannot trust thee ; but thy neighbour chose to deal uprightly with me, and from henceforth I shall be his patron. Thou would'st -do well to remember this, and learn by experienoo that a falsehood is a base thing in the beginning and a very unprofitable one in th««nd." *

* Mr. Chu* hits juit itnted hli exptndltum for tha thre» months ending the 80th of Jun* »t J638,800,000, or nearly £160,000,000 por annum.
