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 TIE RULrNG ? PAssIoN. Some years ago, in tue flag ship Bermne q, a sea man vas employed in painting some part oI that vessel; the paint, which was white lead, had been mixed with u porLionof rum, as q substitute for spirits of tarp ntins as a drying lis!..id-; :.t t..ssss. tic the y ork had been finished, the man who bad per formed it could not resist the temptation of draining tho remaining liquid from the pot, aud s,iitttaougii, lle must have been sensibIe of it's deleterious quality, as being impregnaled with poisonous matter, he drank it otE and very short. Ely aftes paid the forfeit Of his life. for the rash act. On inspection it was found that the stomach had not beet, af. fected, but that the brain was in high state of inflammation.

 In further illustration of this point, we may mention U lndicfo-serious anec- doie that came within our own know- ledge. \ forenaast man on board his MajeSty's ship in all requisite qualities a valuable seaman, while ly. ing Oh his back in bis hammock, almost 'itl the last stage of existence, from Fl slisease produced by habitoal drunlsen- ness, Was informed by the surgeon that unless he refrained from drinking, he woald certainly die within a month.- 'Oa the day following, the surgeon was going on shore, and as !se passed the patients hammock, the latter thus ad- dressed him: [" say, doctor, as you are going ashore, you may as well or der my coffin, Tor l can't give up the grog.''-- United Serviee Jous,.af.