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ever ib to De done ; take tne nours ot reflaction or recreation after business, and never before it. When a regiment is under maroh, the rear is often thrown into oonfuaion beoause tha front does not move steadily and without interruption. It is the same thing with business. If that which is first in hand, is not instantly, steadily and regularly dispatched, other things accumulate behind, till affairs begin to press all at once, and no human brain can stand the confusión ; pray mind this- it is one of your vveak points, a habit of mind it is very apt to beset men of intellect and talent, especially when their time ia not filled up regularly, but is left to their own arrangement. But it is like the ivy round the oak, and ends by limiting, if it does not destroy, the power of manly and necessary exertion. The decreaso of immigration for the first six montlis of 1874, shows a falling ofi from 20 to 30 per cent., compared with the corresponding inonths in 1873. The difference is chiefly seen in the German element. In six months of the present year 2,000 immigrants arrived. An unusually large proportion go directly to the Western States. Several of the steamships recently arriving here have been almost exclusively filled with young Irish women, who came for the expresa purpose of hiring out, as housekeepers, and accordingly have distributed themselves in part through. New York City, but still very largely over the Eastern States. An insuranco case was recently tried in the Court of the Queen's Bench, England, wherein payment was disputed of a policy upon the lifo of a woman, on the plea that the man to whom it was made payable had no insurable interest in her life. The claimant averred that the deceased was his betrothed wife, and this fact being established, the court held that the claimant had an insurable interest in her life, and the policy must be paid. Presence of Mind.- Slightly sarcastic was the clergyman who paused and addressed a man coming into church after the sermón had begun with the remark : " Glad to see you, sir ; come in ; always glad to see those here late who can't come early ;" and decidedly self-posessed was the man thus addressed in the presence of an astonished congregation as he responded : " Thank you ; would you favor me with the text ? " He That Hath Ears. - The Milwaukee Sentmei which prides itself on the accuracy of its local items, says : " A stranger from Louisvillo got his ear between the sun and the insurance building yesterday. The signal ofiicer ran up the storm iiag and sent a dispatch bounding over the wires to Washington that a heavy storm-cloud had oversprcad the sky." In New Uampshire there are sixty-four savings banks, having 92,788 depositora. The aggregate amount of deposita is now $28,829,376 73, being an increase of $363, 835 85 the past year. " How do you like Shakespeare ? " said a blue-stocking young lady to an old river captain. " Don't like her at all, madam ; she burna too much wood and carries too little freight.