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Bad luck, as we'll as mischance and mis- fortune, are all the daughters of misconduct, and sometimes mothers of success, prosperi- ", and advancement To be thrown on ones resources is to be cast into the very lap oI fortune. Had Franklin entered Philadelphia with N thousand dollars in his pocket, in- stead of one shilling and nine-pence, as he did, in all probability he would have gone on 'spres,' instead of hunting up employment, and died at thrty-tive from driving tandems and drinking brandy smashers, instead of living to the green pld age of eighty, and dying philosopher. whose amusement was tine tanning of the thunderbol,s and bottiing up lightning. Had Napoleon's father been the owner of a prncely estate, his son would never have got to be emperor A good kick out of doors is better for boy than all the rich uncles in the world. One never tries to swim so hard as when he has to do 1t or drown. To be a rich mans son IS the grea- test misfortune that can beiall a young man. mentally speaking. Who fill our ofFices?- not the children of the rich or the sons ol the opulen.. \ knowledge of starch and de- bauchery IS all rich mans sons aspire to. The parlor is the scene of their oratory, and hair oil the care of their souls-poor ciea- lures !--.4i6any kaickerbocker.