putting him to death, it is signified to him by a messenger from the
Sultan, who goes to his table, and wipes the ink out of his golden pen;
this he understands as the sign of dismissal. W.G.C.

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TIME.


It is the remark of a sensible authoress, (Miss Hawkins,) that every
_day_ resembles a _trunk_ which has to be filled; and when we fancy that
we have packed it to the uttermost, we shall still find that by good
management it might, and would, have held more.--Our quotation is from
memory, but correct as to simile and substance; and we consider the
remark not less striking than quaint. M.L.B.

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