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traced to this needless source. Only q single thoughtless moment is sometimes fa,

 tai. have known fine fortune ruined bv a simple endorsement, the work of less

 than minute house burned by the care-

 less snuffing of a candle life of embar-

 rassment produced by bargain made in a

 few moments at casual meeting. And

 ruin comes oftener in this way than by shipwreck, or the torch of the incendiary, or the changes of the times.

 What gray headed man has looked back from the last stages of life, over the history l of his earlier times, and recollects no los- ses occasioned by thoughtlessness? It is the language ofevery man 1; language which you daily and hourly hear-in this and that transaction, might have done better, but ' didn't think.

 .Dr. FrankIn On OrthogrGpky.-The following was written at Philadelphia, Ju- ly 4, 1786:

 You need not be concerned, in writing to me, about your bad spelling for, in my opinion, as our alphabet now stands, the bad spelling, or what is called o,sis gem erallys the best, as conforming to the sound Ol tUO lOktOTS uuO Ob tbO WOIuSs 40@SsNO you an instance. A gentleman received a letter, in which were these words :-Not finding Broom ct hom, I de!iUcred yOur meseg1;to h;s yf The gentleman finding it bad spelling, and therefore not very in- telligible, called his lady to help him read it. Between them they picked out the meaning of all but the yf, which they could not understand. The lady proposed cal- ling her chambermaid, because Betty, says she, has tho best knack at reading bad spell ling of any one know. Betty came, and was surprised that neither Sir nor Madam could tell what yfwas. !" Why" says she, W spells wife, what else can it spell ?" And, indeed, it is much better, as well as shorter method ofspelling wifs, than Doub- leyou, :, ef, 2, which in reality spell Doub- leyJey. l

 There is much rejoicing in town to-day. it being the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which we signed this day ten years, and thereby hazarded lives and God was pleased to put favor 1 able end to the contest much sooner than | we had reason to expect. His name be praised. Adieu, B. FRANKLIN"