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Reflections for march.
Grandeur end .diatance of ": the Sun.
If we have never properly considered
the narrow compass of earth, or are too
ignorant to perceive our own insignifi
cance, we may perhaps be benefitted by
considering that immense body which
commtinicates light and heat, not to our
world only, but to many others.
The Sun, nearly in the centre of all the
planets and comets, may be regarded as
the monarch of many worlds, to whidh he
imparts light, heat, and motion. This
alone would lead us to conclude that his
size is prodigious, and this opinion is con
fined by his apparent magnitude, not
withetauding his immense distance from
us. But the calculations of astronomy
have certified us of this beyond the possi
bility of doubt.
From them it appears that the diame
ter of the Sun is about 100 timesgreater
than that of the earth, and consequently
he is a million times larger than the whole
earth.
Astronomers have differed respecting
his distance; the truest calculations makes
it about S 2 millions of :miles.
Some planets move in their orbits much
nearer to the Sun, and others at a greater
distance, than does the earth; but though,
• if formed like our globe, in the one case
they perhaps might be consumed by the
heat, in the other wrapped in cold and
darkness, we have reasnu to believe that
those spheres which move around the
Sun, whether nearer to him or more re
mote than our earth, aro so constituted,
that neither the globe itself, nor its inhab
itants, suffer from their situation.
Perhaps it will be urged that what. we
have stated respecting the magnitude
and distance of the sun is exaggerated ;
or we can discover nothing so great as
the earth we inhabit, and with which we
compare the sun, which is a million times
greater.
This luminary from its prodigious dis
tance appearing so small, ignorant people
are disposed rather to believeAbat which
they can see with their own eyes, than
give credit, to *calculations which their.
reason cannot comprehend. But had we
been placed on a planet whose magnitude
bore the same pro portion to the E .a T ill
the earth uow does I,o,Atie sun, we s oon (
hare been equally incredulous as to the
dimensions ot' this earth, compared with
that we then inhabited.
It is far from being strange, then, that
we should be astonished when we are told
of the distance and vast magnitude of the
sun.
This admiration ought to make us as
wild to that 13eing which is its Creator, Di
rector, and Conservator ; compared with
which, the grandeur and brilliancy of the
sun are as nothing: consider the glory
of him who created it, and you will find
infinitely more incomprehensibilities than
when you only reflect upon the grandeur
of the sun. If the earth, compared with
the ROD, is ao small, what must be the lit
tleiess of man compared with his Creator!
If the space between the earth and sun is
found to be so immense, what an incon
ceivable distance is there between man
and the infinite God.
Who is like unto the, 0 Lord! What
can be compared unto thee ?
Thy Glory is exalted beyond the reach
of praise, and the grandeur above the
coin prehension of man.
Glory, splendour, and majesty sur
round thee, the principle and source of
life; and light encircles thee, as a garment.
But whilst we admire the sun as he
springs above the horizon, let us not for
get our divine redeemer, that son of riah: l
teousuess which visited us in our =alile=
tions, and whose rays impart- , life, health,
and eternal salvation, and without which,
deprived of light, virtue, and consolation,
we should still wander in darkness, igno
rance, and the :grossest sib! Sturm's Re.
fiectionit.P
-In a town, in the goodly state of lltas
aachusetts, did one time reside, a little
lass of six years old, whose name was
Martha. In the same house with this lit
tle lass lived a maiden lady of very un
pleasant ways, whose delight it was*to
pester the small Martha with questions,
by which means Martha had come to much
dislike Miss Pump. Once Martha made a
visit to Boston. When she returned,
Miss Pomp set upon her. Whereat this
colloquy : •
" Where ye been, Marthy !"
"To Boston, Miss Pump ?"
"La! And who'd you see there, Mar
thy ?"
"Oh 1 I saw a angel"
"My I And what'd the angel say, Mar
thy?"
"He said, 'How do you do, pretty lit
tle girl ?"
" Sakes 1 And who else d'ye see, Mar
thy ?"
"4h! I saw the old 'en."
"14tarey I What did be say, Marthy?"
"He said, 'How's my good friend, Miss
Pump ?"
The pump suddenly became dry.
—"Paddy, why don't you get your
ears eropped? They are entirely too long
for a man."
"And yonre,r replied Pat, "ought to
be leng.thened ;I they are ten , short for la
THE ;WRONG CARPET BAG
BY P:11. STAUFPUB.
Dzat FRED.--I am glad that you got
home safely, and confess to having en
joyed yourself during your week'ssojourn
with rue., Your remarks in reference to
my ," better-half" are somewhat flatter
ing; but 1 accept them 'in the spirit of
"IsiUdly :intentions." You ask me how
and where I came to "pick up such a glo
rious woman." I respond with pleasure,
though I forewarn you that the narration
will abound more in the gossip of " little
or nothings" than in romantic adventures.
This shall suffice for a preface. I' shall
new enter upon the story, subdividing it
into appropriate heads.
I. .Tllll DIsCOVERY.
I reached the city of. Philadelphia wea
ry and travel-stained. Registering my
name at the hotel, I rushed up stairs into
the room allotted to me, to refresh my
self with a change of linen. I unlocked
my carpet-bag, thrust in my hand, and
brought—a pair of delicate lace under
sleeves.
"I wonder how some of sister Nell's
fixins' got in here ?" I said to myself.
I made another dive with no better
success—bringing to light a waterfall,
two "rats" (that's what Ned calls 'em,)
and a pair ofside-combs, I stared at them
in astonishment. I shut the bag and ex
amined it. If it was not mine it was one
remarkably like it. I turned it bottom
upward. Were my initials there? No;
but. somebody else's were.
" Well, here's ago I muttered. "I
have got the wrong carpet bag, and a wais
man's at that. That might
stand for Mary Jane Peckover.' This is
provoking:, but not to be helped. I will
go, an wit h the inventory."
'Emptying the bag, I found a variety of
articles, describable and indiscribable. A
bundle, of letters tied with blue ribbon, a
diary, a photograph album, etc. The at
ter contained photepTaplis of men in mil
itary uniform—all fine looking fellows.—
Under one:was written "Brother John—
missing since the battle of Cedar Moun
tain." Under another, "Brother Ralph;
cAVVr-,---bfttoP in The
45th."
" A patriotic girl, that , !" I said, closing
he albu m.
The diary neit claimed my attention.
The chirography was excellent, I read.a
few pages. The writer evidently was a
keen observer—shrewd, piquant, racy. I
subjoin a feW.
EXTRACTS FROM TUB DIARY.
Thursday, Nov. rainy, chilly,
disagreeable day. Tried to sew,but found
that it hurt my eyes; tried to write, but
coulknot concentrate my thoughts; took
up a book, and flung it away, vexed at the
stupidity of the author. Wby cannot peo
ple write about natural things naturally?
Why must they warp sentiment, over
, strain probabilities, belie the commonest
experiences ?
This afternoon - little Abbie came up to
My room. I hugged - and kissed her. She
brought a plentitude of sunshine with
her. I would like to see the artist who
could sketch her, the author who could
des;ribe all her varying moods! Such
quaint conceits, such warm imaginings;
such strong belief in uncommon things!
There is something bealtifUl in the
faith exhibited by a child. Pity it. is that
we grow so skeptical as we grow old. A
child believes-withoomentaleiservation.
He may wondeewhj "doctor brought
baby with him under a cloak"—or bow
the touch of a wand could transform the .
rags of Cinderella into the robes of a prin
cess—or how Jack's beanstock grew to
the sky in a night; but he is easily satis
fied and silenced. Good children believe
what is told them. Then !shy should not
I be? And he does believe!
How is the child to distinguish between
the Witch of Endor and the Witch ofEd
monton—between the giant whom David
slew, and the giant whom Jack killed--
between the she-bears that tore up the
taunting children and the wolf that gob
bled up Red Riding Hood—between the
miracle which-followed - the touching of
the bones of the prophet and that
which followed the rubbing of the lainp
of Alladin ? Ab in after years comes to
him the subtle power of reasoning—the
force of logic—* ability to , dissect and
anatomise. *
Friday, March 56.—Air bracing. Clear
over head and dry under foot. Out shop
ping. Spent the afternoon at Mrs. D— s.
Went-in the evening to hear Mr. E—
lecture. It was talk m elegant dishabille.
The spice of tone and manner was there;
the fires of rhetoric, the rich, strong es
sences of an individual mind. When will,
lectures meet with the remuneration and
popularity they so muchlieserie ? Books
have, their office. They tire the products
of insulated hours--dissevered nights—
sundered yeais. The lecturer is their
counterpart—organized in flesh and blood
relations to the people—the living mind
,in living contact with the living world.
May ad.—Sabbath. A delightful day.
:Went to the Sixth Street Church. A good
',sermon, but delivered, under difficulties,
and beard under adverse circumstances.
The preacher 'halt in semi-tones and his
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, 'MARCH 5, 1867
voice languished throtrgh the exercises,
something like Hamlet's "infirmity of
purpose," without his vigor of speech. I
could not hear to advantage. The edifice
was one that no human voice could have
filled. It-was costly but not convenient;
patterned after some Notre Dame at the
expense of the first principles in'acoustics.
The rspntation of the finest speaker would
have suffered amid such architectural fol
ly. Why did they cramp up the preach.
er in that wine glass enclosure, called
gothic pulpit ? No wonder he suffered
with the bronchitis. Why was not his
chancel in the midst of the congregation,
where he could move his limbs as freely
as Paul did on Mars Hill, and where he
could hear and feel the magnetism of his
appeals.
So the diary read on: The record of
each day contained such passages—such
racy dashes of passing thoughts. On the
fly-leaf I found the name and address of
the owner of the carpetbag:
" MARION J. PENROSE, Altoona, Pa."
Of course the lady would live to have
her valuables, and perhaps she could give
me some information respecting mine. So
the next 'day Y wrote to her as folloWs :
M. THE LETTER TO 31. J. P
Girard House, Phil'a, June 3, 1865.
Miss (or Mrs. Penrose:)
By an exchange, error, mistake, over
sight, or in some other unaccountable
way, a carpet-bag belonging to you has
come into my possession. If we made an
exchange you can appreciate how much I
have been inconvenienced, and will be
just as ready as myself to " effect a com
promise." Your letters have been un
touched. I took the liberty of looking at
your diary in order to obtain your ad
! dress. - Will you take offence if I compli
ment you on those racy, criticising pen
sketches ? Your property awaits your or
der. I shall send it to you at such time
and in such manner as you may direct—
though I feel like exacting conditions. I
am a single man, and if not inconsistant
with the relations you hold in life, I
would be pleased to have you correspond
with me—for enjoyment, pastime, profit.
What do you say? Direct your letter to
L—, Pa., where I reside.
- - - ✓ C'UA &L.
When I returned to L—,l found the
following letter at the post ofice:
Iv. Id. J. IN IMPLY.
ALTOONA, PA., Jane 7th, 1865.
MR. CARSON
The receipt ofyour letter is acknowl
edgd. Please return my baggage by earlit
est expreis. It would be difficult to prove
which of as was most inconvenienced by
the blunder. I strongly suspect that was
a mistake. I forwarded your carpet
bag this morning. I took an inventory
of it, as any other curious vexed woman
would have done. In doing so, I for the
first time discovered upon what a lire.
ciously sma'l allowance of baggage a man
can travel ! lam not offended at your
compliment; I receive more flattering
ones every day. lam not offended be.
cause you glanced at my diary. I only
wish you had read it. You would have
been profited by some bard hits at the
" immaculate gentry."
You ask me in a brusque way, to cor
respond with you. I have no objections.
But you will be disappointed in the pleas
ure and instruction you expect to receive.
In justice to myself, though, I must ask
you to look upon this as a mere premoni
tory symptom of what is to follow. I
warn you not to get sickly sentimental.
I will take it as a hint to correspondence.
Write earnestly about earnest things, and
describe pleasant scenes pleasantly.
I am not at present in a mood for wri
ting. My bead aches, and the apple dump
lings bubbling in the boiler, my airy
flights go back to every day miseries and
realities. There is such a thing as a mood
for writing. Sometimes it is toilsome,
dragging, up-hill work. The ideas will
not flow ; particular words taunt us; sen
tences cling together horribly disjointed.
What is the reason ? Because the organ
ism is unstrung; the mind dull, the brain
weary, the mood unfavorable, unpropi
tious. At another time you may try
again. Away the pen gallops, leaping
the bounds of reason ; thoughts crowd,
language flows, and the word-painting is
exquisite ! 0, you are merely in the right
mood.
When Meissonier, the artist, had just
lit his cigar at a banquet given him by his
admirers, he began unconsciously, while
talking, to draw on the table cloth with
the blackened end of a match. The Ba
ron de lloyff, the landscape painter, see
ing what he was about, continued to put
balf•burned matches in his way, and with I
these, Meissonier sketched one of the I
most exquisite of his male figures, full of
nature and vivacity. The Baron took i
away the cloth, purchasing it> the land
lady of the house, and it is now in his
drawing room, the figure work admirably
framed, and the remainder of the cloth
tastefully arranged as a drapery.
I have imagined that to be the way or
pleasant mood in which some authors
write. In a moment of sherest idleness,
as it were, the pen sketch grows rapidly
into life, sparkling, vivaetons—to
stored- away with: pleasant memories.
Ia oonsidezatton that I am not m a hap,
py mood, ea I have said, I bring my let
ter to a close. You may write again if
you wish. Perhaps I should have said,
that I rather wish you would write.
I remain yours, etc.
M.►slor 3. Pennon.
V. 1313BSEQCENT ACQIIAINTLNICE.
We exchanged a dozeu letters or more.
Last spring a young lady took the cars at
Downingtown. The seats were all filled,
and so I offered her mine. She accepted
it with a pleasant nod and smile. She
was a well formed girl, with clear skin,
laughing eyes, white teeth, red lips, arch
ing neck.
I remained standing in the aisle. She
looked up at me. It was but a second,
yet I knew she had made her estiniato of
me.
"Yon may sit beside me," she said
pleasantly,' making room. "You were
kind in giving me a seat. I will not allow
you to stand."
" Are you going far ?" I asked, taking
the seat.
"No farther than Harrisburg to day."
"In looking down at her feet I saw a
black carpet bag, with the letters " M. J.
P." on it. Was this my sprightly corres
pondent ? I was quite sure that it was.
"M. J. P," I repeated aloud. "That
might stand for Mary Jane Peckover."
"So it might," answered my compan
ion.
"Or for Marion J. Penrose," added I
She started a little—then looked up in
to my face in astonishment.
" You have the advantage of me," said
she.
"S 1 tly," said I.
My eyes twinkled merrily. She fol
lowed them in a glance at the carpet bag.
Then the crimson surged over that trans
parent face, touching the roots of her hair,
penciling the delicate throat.
" You are Mr. Carson," she said.
" At your service, madam," said I.
She laughed a low, silvery laugh.
" Don't madam' me any," she said.
I would be sorry to Miss you," re
turned I.
" Was that intended for a pun ?" .
"It might ba,taken for a compliment."
"I did not thinkof that," she said.
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VI. TUE CONCLUSION AND TUE CONSE
QUENCE.
She invited me to visit her at the farm
at Altoona. I went. There was some
thing attractive in those high, mountain
gorges and sunny valleys. I went repeat
edly. I proposed to her and she accep
ted. And now you know, Fred, how and
where -I came " to pick up snob a glorious
woman."— Saturday Niyht.
Influence of the Diet upon Health.
At a lecture delivered at the Cooper
Institute the following suggestions were
made on "Animal Heat, on the Influence
of diet on Health, strength and long life:"
The lecturer commenced by saying that
he would speak upon food and drink. As
these topics were closely connected with
that of digestion, he would recapitulate
some points spoken of in a previous lee
tare. He then explained % with the aid of
models constructed for the purpose, the
various organs of digestion. The salivate
glands were an important agency in the'
utilization of food. Their office was to
moisten and prepare it for the stomacWi
Liquids taken during the meals usurpid
their place, while they did not discharge
their functions. Hence, drinking during
the time of eating was to be avoided as
far as possible. The teeth, the mastica
tors of our food, were, if used properly,
fitted to last a hundred years, and still be '1
in good.order. How was it that they
so commonly failed us before the middle'
age bad been reached. The answer was
to be found in the large quantity of hot
liquids taken into the mouth, and the in
ordinate amount of sweets' consumed.
The tongue and thoiax filled minor func
tionsin the work of...digestion. Disea
ses of the throat were generally the result
of undigested food in the stomach, affect
ing the mucous membrane lining of that
delicate organ. This brought him to
speak of the stomach, the great agent in I
the transmutation of our food. The doc
tor here brought forward a model of this'
organ of average size. Stomachs, be said I
varied much in size—one pint was the
average capacity, while there were some
which were able to contain three gallons.-
This member of the body, being made of
thin and elastic material, was capable of
great distension. In it the food was mix
ed with the gastric juice, necessary to
proper digestion. All stimulants and con
diments checked the exudation of this
juice. Hence the food,' lying undigested
in the stomach, fermented and involved,
carbonic acid gas, which, being absorbed
by the blood and cafiied to the brain,
was productive of most disastrous results.
The use of ardent spiritsrlager beer and
tobacco were most vehemently condemn
ed. Men\ who in perplexities resorted to
the intoxicating draught were cowards.
The true man should be able to stand
' alone. The food become chyle by means
of the action of the gastrin juice, was pass
' ed from the stomaeh through the intesti
nal cumal—thirty, feet in length—by whose
veind, arteries and laoteil glands it is, air
sorbed and digriboted through the Way,
to be built up into the various constiuent
parts of the human system. The blood,
supplied with oxygen from the lungs, was
thus purified and vitalized. The lecturer
then enlarged upon the great importance
of his theme. The blood depended upo.n
the digestion. The health, happiness,
cheerfulness, intellect, faith, religion,
whole character, were dependent in a
large degree upon the quality of the blood.
The food we eat and the way in which it
is cooked, and eaten were thus widely in
fluential in life. It was more important
to regulate the food than the teaching of
the rising generation. Ignorance was
more out of place in the kitchen than any
where else. The lecturer went on to
speak of the various kinds of food in their
relative digestibility, &c. This portion
of the lecture was illustrated by a peculiar
" bill of fare." The various comestibles
were arranged in a list indicating their re
spective qualities as affording nutriment,
heat or calcerous matter to the system.
From this list it appeased that potatoes—
con trary to the usually received opinion—
were not a cheap article of food contain
ing seventy four hundredths of water and
but little nourishment. They should nev
er be boiled, the true objectleing to get
as much of the water out of them as pos
sible. Of grains, rice and oats were the
most largely nourishing; wheat, rye and
corn came next. The Scotch Highlander
illustrated the amount of courage and vi
tality to be drawn from oatmeal. His te
nacity and bravery as a soldier were pro
verbial. Of meats, beef affirded the high
est proportion of nutriment, there being
twenty two pounds of actual vitality in
every hundred. It should be so prepared
as to avoid any waste of its juices. The
doctor advocated boiling it. Beans and
peas exceeded beef in their nutritive qual
ities. Ofall food, pork is the least nutri
tious and the most hurtful. It should
never be eaten in anyway. No man could
eat fat pork alone for four .&msecutive
weeks and survive. In regard to animal
heat two thirds of our food went to fatten
and . warm us. Cream, butter, and the
like were intended for this end. These
articles contained a large quantity of car
bon. The lungs breathing in oxygen, to
Itia.rvire 2 .l-ed ..ro-t-a42”gr, utut- reg.-um
ted properly all danger of chol era and
contagious and epidemic diseases would
be avoided.
Renting and Owning a Farm.
There is no man more independent than
the owner of a well cultivated farm. He
is less beholden to popular sentiment tban
people of any other calling. He bas al
ways a.sure support before him without
consulting the opinions or relying upon
the custom - of any one. There is a con
stant market for all the surplus he can
produce, and he obtains for it the current
price without any one demanding to know
of him his religions or political faith.
It should therefore be the object of all
young farmers, who are renters, to pursue
such a course as will insure for them at
the earliest period a farm of their own.
This course will be found not to lie in fre
quent changes, 'as we think nothing re
tards the success of a renter more ruin
ously than this. To avoid this, he should
take a lease fer five or ten years, and work
it with all the care and energy as though.
were his own. let the landlord see
'Warty that at the end of each year the
farm- is in better condition than at the
beginning; the fences are as good; the out
buildings suffering no damage, reasonable
wear and tear excepted; that in every re
spect the tenant has done his duty, and
best of all has found his advantage in it.
Such a parson could get the premises at a
lower rate than another who was untried;
but not oly so, he could have his lease re
newed were it desirable, or it may be
could become owner were the farm for
sale; and some laud lords, who see so much
honesty, skill and industry applied for a
series of years by his tenant, would be in
duced to favor him in the price of it.
But there is another side to the ques
tion. It is the indisposition of landlords
to lease for more than one year at a time.
They say that if they obtain a bad ten
ant it is too long; it' a good one the lease
can be renewed as long as both parties
are agreed. This plan, however, gives
poor encouragement to a tenant who in
tends to devote all bis energies to the bu
siness and to do the best fbr himself and
the landlord. The latter may see proper
to sell, or he may come across some one
whom he thinks he would prefer for a ten-
I ant. At least his tenure is uncertain and
of course discouraging. A tenant who
desires to do well wants to be assured of
a fair chance to do so by occupying the
place for a series of years. And it is on
this erroneous system of leasing that we
always have so few good tenants on the
one band and so few capitalists on the
other who invest in lands with a view to
income.
The sooner the whole system is reform-,
ed the better it will lielor all parties. ;
—"Shall A-ote.?".asked a spealier
at a meeting in Onciiitrubunty. "Certain
ly," replied a strong-minded woman in, the
audience. "Is woman made only to sew
on buttons ? And, if she y 5, it is against.
the law of nature to tarn aw ay the asap
froai the yell."
IVOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 10.
The Development of RadlOtdism.
In the spring of 1804, while Abraham
Lincoln was still President, .Thaddeus
Stevens said, in'a speech in the House of
Representatives, " I believe emlacess
the power to createta dictator; I believe
we ought to have a dictator, and I sin
prepared to vote for one now." Daring
the present session of Congress, the same
leader and ruler of the Radical party de
clared, "The United States is not a re
public. It never was a republic. Penn
sylvania is not a republic, and I wish Con
grass would take it in hand and make it
one."
Thaddeus Stevens is the acknowled_ged
leader of the dominant party in the Uni
ted States. He is the author of the mili
tary bill for destroying the States upon
which the Sherman compromise is foun.
ded, and from which it derives its life,
spirit and meaning. It is then just and
fair to claim that Mr. Stevens, by subse
quent action, is endeavoring to carry out
his leading idea of 1864. Then he desired
to raise some person to -the position of
dictator and govern the nation by his
will, not that of the people expressed
through the constitutional channel of the
ballot box. The advent of Andrew John.
son prevented the dictator from being ta
ken from the White House, and hence the
base of action was changed, and an at
tempt made to clothe Congress with die.
tatarial powers. That idea is not aban
doned. The after declaration of Mr. Ste
yens, that• the 'United States is not and
never was a republic, shows that he stilt
clings to the position that in some por
tion of the government is lodged the pow
er by which an ambitious man can mount
to the dictator's place, destroy the States,
uproot the constitution and enslave the
people.
That power Mr. Stevens evidently thinks
rests in Congress, independent of the oth
er branches of the government. Be would
have - Congress rule the President, over*
awe the Supreme Court, and command
the military. The Constitution is no, lon
ger to be considered as the supreme law
of the land. The Nation, a radical week
ly paper published in New York, in e/abo-
N t ia u ffsk~a r tgettfft t d ono e
signs which indicate that the nition bas
reached the point at which it begins to
consider whether it will b;indly adhere to
constitutional forms and perish, or disre
gard them and live. There are a thou
sand signs that we have reached the lat
ter point, and the people are fast ptting .
into a state4rmiud in which constitution
al forms count for very little."
The "constitutional forms" so objection-
able to the radicals have been omitted in
all recent movements of the dominant
party under the lead of Mr. Stevens, and
he is slowly developing his pivotal idea of
a dictatorial form of government. If Con
grass is to rule supreme, then the MU
who controls that body is a dictator. ~fie
can say what rights and liberties shall be
accorded to the people of the several
States.. The measures of those rights is
set forth in the military reconstruction
bill, and if that system:a is accepted, then
Mr. Stevens will he in a fair way to real !
ize the scheme developed in 1864—the
creation of a dictorial form of government
in the United States.
Security to Property and Life.
Considering the career of Butler M . N.
Orleans, and' Dow in P-ensacola, and let.
ser of Generals and commanders in oth
er sections during the war, there is agrim
facetiousness in proposing to establish
military governments in the South to af-
ford " security to property." And yet
there was a good deal of property "secur.
ed" b e y somebody in the Department of;the
Gulf—cotton, plate, pianos, picturee,jew:
elry, and w hat not. These things were
sent to the North perhaps for "security."
But coupled with this promise of " securi
ty to property," "security to life" is also
an avowed object of the new military es
tablishment. There is sense in this. Hu
man life was never endangered anyerhere
within a hundred miles or more of the
place where the plate and piano "Gener
als" were in the field.—Y. Y. World.
It is recorded in an old Latin prOverb,
that " without, money all is veiny' but I
have known such folk to be vain is had.
money.
It is said that in some eases " the rem
edy is wuss than the disease," but I hew
known diseases that kould not find reme
dies wuss enough f i or 'em.
Speakin' ,rd• " blossoms of a time gone
by," reminds roe of rum blossoms.
" A man ought to be born a king or's,
fool ;" there are bat few who attain the
former position, but the hitter is thick
enongb—too thick.
,An old Frenchman on," crooked wood
niiikes a straight fire , " but that depends
on Whether the wood is seasoned or not.
Wo find it reOorded,:" good ointments
are in small botes".l—:this no doubt means
itch . ointment. OSADIAIL
—Miss Nellie Dean fignres on a Pitts.
burg skating pond as a professional ToT
formiCod reoekvgs two hundred dothni
a Week and, bar expenses. •
Old Proverbs Simmered Down.