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f ===== MUSES RETREAT. 3K*l . on TO TIM E. 1W HY droops the downy wing of Love? f w ‘" thus unftiuug his careless bow ? S , Shall Ino more, enraptur’d, prove The bliss that made my bosom glow ? I Do beauty’s foft allurements fly, And all her rosy charms decay ? Kl The tender glances of the eye With beamy luftre cease to p?ay ? Ah, no ! Tis Time’s chiil grasp I feel; He bids the transient joy depart, ii,| And makes the current backward steal, That ifllied from my throbbing heart, f Yet bo., ft not, Time, thy iron power My mind is from thy empire free; For memory fltall rccal the hour hi which I lov’d —nor thought of thee. ON THE VOLUBILITY OF WOMEN. Yourrc women fltould not tittle-tattle; if Like fun-dials never fltould prattle; Just tell what they’re alked, and be dill; But girls are so idle, Their tongues they won’t bridle, So gallop it goes like the clack of a mill. i We gentry you never hear rattle Like furies enga'd in a battle; Os talking we soon have our fill: But girls are so idle, Their tongues they won’t bridle, So gallop it goes like the clack of a mill. ■■■■»■ ■ ' From a A'ete- York paper. THE STRAW BONNET; Or } The Vicissitudes of Fashion. AN EPIGRAM: WE whilom law the Bonnet spread Like an umbrella o’er the head; Sometimes hwas fltap’d like a bell ; At others, like a cockle/hell ; Now like a c»nl-Jkuttle appears Inverred o’er Maria’s ears; Qrjorden turn'd auite upside dowtk And fitted to Maria’* CK/wi. '“Who but mull momri |£aria’s lot, That Ices her head thus “ gone to POT ?” ARABIC PROVERBS. There are persons mho Jet out vigoroufy , but soon flag , and go bad ; like afar which pro mises rain , and immediately leaves the Jky clear. This poetical thought Schultens interprets of fttch as make large prohnifes, and even dclign to execute them, but fall fliort for want ofconftancy and resolution. Everyone living is cut (loam by Death : hap py the man mho is mowed denvn green ! This beautiful fentimeut requires no illustra tion. Why are you displeased at the words of one r "io advifts with fncerity ; fsnee fuc/i a person mends your torn cloaths f Here it is observed, that mending what is tom t is applied, in a figurative fenic, to the ill condition of the mind. The cure of a proud man is performed by driving out his buzzing fly, and taking Satan out of his nofrils. Here Schultens remarks, that the noifv boaftingsof the haughty Man are beautifully represented by the troublesome and inlignificant buzzing of a large fly. The dam of the roaring Beast is not very prolife; but the dam of the barking Beast produces many whelps. By the roaring Beast , is here meant the Lion; by the barkim the Dog. }he sense of the Proverb is— l hat perionsof great and elevated ac eomplilhments are but few; thofc of a contrary character very numerous. A SLU T. Smf. is all grease; and I know not what uf* to put her to, but to make a lamp of rr, and run Irom her bv he. own light, I; J warrant her rags, am i the tallow in them • till urn a Poland winter. Iffhe lives ■ 1 IV.omVday, flie’ll burn a week longer than the whole world. Ay EG DO TES. | ( A TANG IR, being much addifted to vuif w:v telling of the many countries if tuivi vit.es lie havl been in ; when one of the voiitpanv rdked, if he had ever been in ' us*ict,RARHY? The ft ranger thinking > > t;ie name of a ritv, fa id, “ We law it t iHi.-mce, but conld iu»t visit it being ;Vn pP Uy top Iw-ing in company with L—v • V't ' 3n " T"« I,is ,crva «t. cried out / ,’i Y c !, I,u h ' >c khead ?'• *. up on vour •—replied the lady. K a kuxs fot' Use p/c/criaticn of the Teeth and Gums. The teeth are bones thinly co vered over with a fine enamel, and this enamel is mere or less fubftan tialin different persons. Whenever this enamel is worn through, by too coarse a powder, or too frequent cleaning of the teeth, or eaten through by a scorbutic humor in the gums, the tooth cannot long re main found, any more than a filbert kernel can, when it has been pene trated by a worm. The teeth therefore are to be cleaned; but with great precaution, for if you wear the enamel off fafter, by cleansing the outside, that nature supplies it within, your teeth will fuffer more by this method, than perhaps by a total negledl. A butcher’s skewer, or the wood with which they are made, muff be bruised and bit at the end, til! with a little use it will become the fofteft and best brush for this purpose; and in general, you must clean your teeth with this brush alone, with out any powder whatever; and once in a fortnight, notoftener, dip your skewer brush into a few grains of gunpowder, breaking them firft with the brush, and this will re move every {pot and blemish, and give your teeth an inconceivable whiteness. It is aJmoft needless to fay, that the mouth must be well washed after this operation; for be sides the neceflity of so doing, the faltpetre, &c. used in the composi tion of gunpowder, would, if it remained, be injurious to the gums, &c. but has not, nor can have, any bad effetft in so short a time. I have constantly pra&ifed this method for twenty years, and am thoroughly convinced it is fafe and effectual. It is necessary to observe, that very near the gums of people whose teeth are otherwise good, there is apt to grow a falfe kind of enamel, both within and without; if neg lected, puflies the gum higher, till it leaves the fanges of teeth quite bare, above the enamel, so that found teeth are destroyed, because the gum has foftened that part which is not sheathed and protected, in consequence of such negleft: this falfe enamel must therefore be care fully sealed off; for the gum will no more grow over the least parti cle of this falfe enamel, than the fiefh will heal over the point of a thorn. From the Mercantile Advertiser. Agricultural. — Turnips. In England large fields of tur nips are annually Town for the sup port of cattle during the two last months in the year, which produce is esteemed as highly beneficial to the farmer; but very frequently, and particularly in dry seasons, they are destroyed by an infeft which is there called the Fly. An experi enced and relpe<slable farmer some years ago, advertised in the public prints, that if a fubfeription was raised to the amount of I think 500 guineas (to be deposited in the hands of a banker and left to a com mittee to determine whether he was entitled to the premium) he would publish a certain remedy against these deftruftive infers; the fub feription was soon made on the con ditions proposed, and accordingly : the farmer published to the \vc?ld ; > n substance as follows: u The turnip is destroyed by the fly fhert ly after it appears above ground ; ! the P ,ant ,n ft ate will bear the ■ premire of the foot or any other j Smooth substance, and rails itftlf ? again. This infe<si is definitive | only in the right season, and is so tender in its nature, that the ieaft touch puts an end to its exigence ; ■ I therefore recommend that you take the shoes from your horse, and put him to a large wooden roller , 1 and go carefully over your field of turnips at midnight: This in all probability will secure you a crop, and thus amply compensate for your labor.” —This simple remedy was received with aftoni/hment, and immediately put in pra&ice by thousands, who on experiencing its good effects, reported favorably to the committee, and the premium was adjudged to be justly due to the inventor. FEMALE BENEVOLENCE. THAT intelligent and unfortu nate traveller, Ledyard, pays a very sincere and animated tribute of gra titude to the female sex, even in the most barbarous & uncivilized coun tries, for their benovelent and hospi table attention to the forlorn stran ger. Mr. Park, who has been in a fimilarfituation with Ledyard, men tions the following anecdote in the short account of his travels, lately made public by Mr. Edwards : Mr. Park one evenining, in tra velling along the banks of the Niger, was overtaken with a storm of thun der and rain, which drove him to a tree for shelter. As night approach - ed, a poor negroe woman, returning from the labors of the field, observ ed that he was wet, weary, and de eded, and taking up his saddle and bridle, told him to follow her. She led him to her cottage, where /he re galed him with an excellent supper of fi/h, and corn for his horse, after which /he spread a mat on the floor for his night’s repose. Having done these kind offices, she called in the female part of the family , wiio /pun cfetton for the greater part of the night, and relieved their labor by songs. One of them which was sung in a sweet plaintive air, must have been composed extempore, as the li teral translation of the words is as follows • “ The winds roared and the rain fell.—The poor white man, faint and weary, came and fat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn,” Chorus. “ Let us pity the w'hite man, he has no mother to bring him milk, no wife to grind his corn.” “ ALAS ! THE BRITTLE CLAY.” E\ r ERY fnuff taker, it is said, ought to be seriously alarmed at the abominable mixtures with, and a dulterations of that manufacture. It is asserted by credible people that the coffins of Old Maids and Bat chelors are now made into Rappee. It is fufpeded, however, that this is done to raise prejudices in the noses of our citizens, an intention very fe lonious at this time, when every se ditious person pretends to smell a rat in our constitution. There is no doubt but that fnuff makers use cof fins ; what fignifies that ? fnuff is fnuff, let the ingredients be what they may, and it a person takes a pinch now and then out of the bills of mortality, what is that to any man; Every body knows that a cof fin, as well as its contents, is a very useless thing, and to render them use- is the oufinefs of a good citizen. Even suppose whole families to be fnuffed up, what is it, after all, but duit to dufi r In Fiance a scheme ; has beer projeded for calcining dead : oodies, and making their bones into guns we do not find that any of our glasshouses have availed themlelves i oi this invention, but we are sure it | would Le very comfortable to f ee one’s ancestors displayed on a fide board.—All members of foakino clubs vve would recommend to be made into wine glafies—beaus and petit maiters into ice-cream glafles —fianderers and backbiters into vinegar cruets —old maids and bat chelors into mustard pots, and your belles and fine ladies into smelling bottles —all members of f——. r ferapts we would have made into porter bottles and decanters, and your poor dogs who cannot drink, into tea cups and flop bowls. [F, cm the New- York Gazette .] PASCAL PAOLI , GENERAL OF THE CORSICANS. [Born at Ro/Uno, in Corjica .] The reputation of this great ring-leader of a fadtion, partakes of that chain of circumstances, where the man of genius is formed, when he finds liimfelf placed in the midst of a new and turbulent people, who groan under tyranny and are impa tient of the yoke in proportion to the distance which their tyrants are removed from them.—ln sain did the Republic of Genoa increase the weight of her iron yoke on Corsica; her people still half savage, almost always in a state of revolt, had so many times raised their heads and France had so often lent afliftanceto bring them under, that the Genoa, no other way to acquit herfelf to wards her than in ceding to her the rights she had over Corsica. After which France was obliged to obtain by force of arms, the pof* feflion of the property that had been ceded to her; for the Corsicans pof fefled fouls too proud to ratify a fi milartranfadHon. Paoli was at their head; but although he bore among them the title of General, he was oftner seen to diredl their‘movements in the Central Council, which he had established in Corsica, than to command their armies in person.—» He had all the confidence of an Isl ander, the grdht adl of fomenting their enthusiasm, and the talent of drawing resolution even from the weakness of his means. He knew so well how to manage them, and he profited so ably of thefuccoursfe cretly furnifhed him by England, that he reduced France three times to the necessity of renewing her ar my. It was necefTary to lay waste the Island to conquer it, and Paoli abandoned it only when he could no longer defend it. He took refuge in Great Britain, and the love of his fellow-citizens followed him in his asylum. The French Revolution in recalling him to his country, ren dered him all his authority and made him appear in the eyes of all France, as the Apostle and Martyr of Liber ty. We still remember the unani mous applauses he received at the National Afiembly, when La Fa yette felt a glory in introducing him there, inasmuch as every body was pleased to fee near the liberator of America, the hero w r ho deserved to render Corsica free; but the face of our government having changed to wards the end of the year 1792, the hatred he had conceived for the Re public of Genoa was, without doubt what hindred him from acknowledg ing the laws of ours ; and while the English brought on another fide the P art ,?* Toulon, Paoli delivered to her his country, that she might not live under a system which he held in abhorrence. He is unhappy, as might be expeftedin a man who ap peared so well made for liberty and who knew little enough of the En glilh, to throw himfeif so ftiameful lv in their arms.