n, 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.

Talking of the origin of language,--_Johnson_: "It must have come by
inspiration. A thousand, nay, a million of children could not invent a
language. While the organs are pliable, there is not understandin