Carlyle says, 'Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one rascal less in the world.'
THE RIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
A certain father has twice six sons; these sons have thirty daughters a-piece, partly coloured, having one cheek white and the other black, who never see each other's face, nor live above twenty-four hours.
This riddle, which is a very easy one to guess, is said to be by Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men of Greece, who lived about five hundred and seventy years before the birth of Christ.
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
True Tales of the Year 1806.
V.—A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.
'Now greeting, hooting, and abuse
To each man's party prove of use,
And mud and stones and waving hats
And broken heads and long-dead cats
Are offerings made to help the cause
Of Order, Government, and Laws.'
The Election Day.