"Chase your shadow, it will fly you;

Fly yourself, it will pursue;

Court a girl, if she deny you,

Drop your suit, and she'll court you."—Editor.


NEIGHBORS' ADVICE TO INVALIDS.

Why sit you here, pining in languor and gloom?

Except you do something, you'll sink to the tomb;

Ah, where's the red roses that bloomed on your brow,