PASSIONS.
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Were it not for the salutary agitation Of
the passions, the waters of life wout1 be-
come dull, stagnant, and as unfit for all the
vital purposes as those of the Dead Sea-
1t should be equally our object to guard
against those tempests and overaowings
which may entail mischief, either upon. oar
selves or others; and to avoid that diNwsy,
calm, of which the sluggishness and inertia
are inevitably hostile to the health and
spirits. In the voyage of life, we should
initiate the ancient mariners, who, without
losing sight of the earth, trusted to the
heavenly signs for their guidance. H,ppy
the man, the tide of whose passions, like
that of the great ocean, is regulated by
light from above!


ST. Evremond compares the passions to
runaway horses, which you must tame by
letting them have their run; perilous ex-
pertinent, in which the rider may break his
neck. Much better to restrain and con-
quer them before they get head, for if they
do not obey, they will be sure to command
you.


Ps and Qs.-Tho origin of the phrase
"Mnd your Ps and @ s" is not generally
known. In ale-houses, where chalk scores
we're formerly marked upon the wall, or be-
hind the door Of the tap-room, it was cus:o-
mary to put these initial letters at the head
of every mans account, to show the num-
ber of pints and quarts for which he was in
arrears; and we may presume miDy
friendly rustic TO have tapped his neighbr
on the shoulder, when he was indulging to-
freely in his potalons, and to have excaim-
ed, as he pointed to the score, 'Gilesl Giles!
mind your Ps and Qs.'"