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BOOT AND SHOE DEALERS
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JOHN M'HONOGII, THE MILLIONAIRE
The Continental Monthly for August con
tains a fine article on John McDonogh,
the eccentric millionaire of New Orleans.
The writer's ambition to make the most
of the telling points of his narrative, car
ries him, we sometimes suspect, quite to
the verge of romance. And yet we have
no sufficient reason to doubt the story as
he tells it, both in its substance and its
minutest incidents. It is well worth read-
In the year 1850, and for nearly forty
years previous, there could be seen almost ,
every day in the streets of New Orleans, a
very peculiar and remarkable looking old
gentlemen. Tall and straight as a pillar,
with stern, determined features, lit up by
eyes of uncommon, almost unnatural bril
liancy, with his hair combed hack and
gathered in a sort of queue, and dressed
in the fashion of half a century ago, to
wit, an old blue coat, with high collar,
well brushed and patched but somewhat
"seedy" pantaloons, of like date:and tex
ture, hat somewhat more modern, but
hearing unmistakable proof of long service ,
and exposure to sun and rain ; old round
toed shoes, the top-leathers - of' which had
survived more soles than the wearer had
outlived souls of his early friends and corn
panions; a scant white vest, ruffled shirt,
and voluminous white cravat, completed
the costume of this singular gentleman,
who, with his ancient blue silk umbrella
under his arm, and his fierce eye fixed on
some imaginary goal ahead, made his way
through struggling crowds which poured
along the streets of New Orleans.
The last time this strange and spectral
figure was seen making ire accustomed
rounds was on the Nth of October, 1850.
On that day, a very remarkable event
occurred, which attracted the notice of
passers-by, and was even snatched up as
an item by the ever vigilant reporters of
the daily press ; this consisted simply in a
notable variation from the routine and
habits of the old gentleman in the long
tailed blue. He was seen to stop on Ca
nal street, to hesitate for a few moments,
and then deliberately enter an omnibus
bound for the lower part of the city. Such
an occurrence created quite a sensation
among street-corner gossippers. There
must really be some new and pressing
emergency, which could produce this de
parture from the custom and invariable
habits of forty years ; so said every one
who knew the old gentleman. The omni
bus stopped at the Court house; the subject
of these observations and his blue umbrel
la emerged from it, and both soon disap
peared in the corridor leading to the so
called balls of justice.
WM. C. lAN USEV
That was the last that was ever seen of
the strange old gentleman on the streets
of New Orleans. The evening journals of
the next day contained the following, obit
uary :
"Died, this morning,.the 27th of Octo
ber, 1850, at McDonothville, opposite the
city of New Orleans, after a short illness,
John :Ik.lcDonogh, a native of Baltimore,
but for forty Years a resident of Louis-
iana."
And the strange old man, who could not
ride a few squares in the omnibus without
attracting the attention of everybody and
exciting public curiosity to such a degree,
was the millionaire, the Crcesua of the
South, the largest land owner in the Uni
tod States. Ile had reached the advanced
age of seventy, and his remarkable vigor
and health had never given way under the
pressure of the severest and most incessant
labor. Generation upon generation had
lapsed into the grave under his eye. A
few, a very few, shriveled old men were
known to him as contemporaries. Sudden
ly, while pursuing so eagerly his imaginary
goal, he was seized with faintness on the
street. Other men would have taken a
cab, and ridden home, or at least to a phy
sician's; but did John McDonogh turn
aside from business to relieve any weak
ness of want? He had an important docu
ment to file in Court. It must be done that
day. He is too weak to walk. There is
the omnibus; the fare is only a dime ; but
that dime is so much taken from the poor,
for John McDonogh is only an agent for
the poor, so appointed and called of God.--
Such were the reflections that passed
through his mind before he could be in
duced to perpetrate this serious violation
of the settled rules of his life, this single
blot and stain on a career of unbroken,
self-abnegation. With a sigh, he took his
seat in the omnibus.
It was his last ride
In a cold, desolate, dreary, brick build
ing, constituting almost the only visible
sign of the existence of the town of Mc-
Donoghville, situate on the right hank of
the Mississippi, opposite to the centre of
New Orleans, and in a large room, the
furniture of which was old-fashioned, worn,
and time-stained, there lay on the small
hard mattress the gaunt figure of the mil
lionaiie, tortured with pain and fast sink
ing under the ravages of that terrible; di
oases; the ArsistticOodera. ftRl7- 13 , 4, "
visitiwNlßra 4164M:tilt sr,,sno:whitsootrioss
were ever allowiti *spud thew ight oder
iorrilantkru,s.
A STRANGE STORY.
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, MI
that root. Those negroes were the rich
man's slaves in law, but companions and
friends, in fact. His immensebusiness, his
vast estates were administered through
them. Even his documents were copied
by them. They were true to him in his
moment of distress and sickness. All that
their limited knowledge of medicine could
suggest was done for his relief. At last,
in disregard of his command, a physician
was brought from the city, who pronounced
his condition a very critical one. The
doctor's first demand was for brandy.
"Massa, there an't bin no brandy in this
house for twenty years," was the reply of
an old gray-headed domestic.
A servant was despatched to the nearest
grocery; but it proved to be too late. The
dying man perceived his condition, and re
quested that his lawyer should be sent for.
In an hour that gentleman arrived. He
was just in time.
"Roselins," he said, addressing one of
the most eminent of the lawyers of the
New Orkans bar, as he held his hand "you
see I am going; you see I am not afraid to
die.. Take care of the estate ; 'tis not
mine, 'tis God's and the poor's.'' And
thus, without a struggle. the soul of John
MeDonogh passe to its Maker.
But if his death and funeral were at
tended by so few witnesses, an occasion
quickly followed which was honored by
the presence of a large, ewer, curious
crowd. It was when his will was read in
court. Intense was the curiosity of the
public to know what disposition the ec
centric old man had made of his enormous
property. This feeling was soon grati
fied. The will was produced. It was a
a curious document, written on stout
foolscap by the testator himself, in a re
markably neat, clear hand, with the
lines as close as type, and his autograph
signed to every page. Being an holo
graphic will, under the law of Louisiana
it required no witness. Ever since 1828,
this will had lain among certain old pa
pers of the deceased ; and yet, during all
this time it had been "the thought by day
and the dream ty night" of the devoted
old millionaire. In its preparation, he
had consulted the most eminent lawyers
and studied the most approved law books
bearing on this grand scheme. Truly, a
curious, bold, and gigantic scheme it was.
But let us to the will; in a slow, solemn
tone, the judge proceeded to read to an
eager and interested multitude, this re
markable testament.
After setting forth, in the usual form,
his nativity, his present residence, his be
lief in God and in the uncertainty of life,
and that he has no heirs in the ascending
or descending line, and directing an in
ventory of his property to be taken imme
diately after his death, he proceeds to be
queath to tLe children of his sister, a
widow lady in Baltimore, a ten acre lot in
Baltimore, the usufruct to remain in the
widow, with six thousand doliars in cash.
He then emancipates his old servants,
ten in number, whom he designates. The
rest of his slaves he provides shall be
sent to Liberia. Certain of them are to
be sent after serving those who shall suc
ceed to his estate for fifteen years. The
slaves sent to Liberia are to be supplied
with plows, hoes, spades, axes, clothing,
garden seeds, etc.; also with letters of re
commendation to the colonists, and with
a copy for each, of the volume of the
Holy Gospel of the Old and New Testa
ment, as the most precious of all the
gifts we have it in our power to give or
they to receive. The will then proceeds
to provide :
"And for the more ger oral diffusion of
knowledge and the consequent well-being
of mankind, convinced as I am that I can
make no disposition of those worldly
goods which the Most High has been
!leased so bountifully to plsce under my
stewardship, that will be as pleasing to
him as that by means of which the poor
will be instructed in wisdom and led into
the path of virtue and holiness."
He gives all the residue of his estate
to the corporations of New Orleans and
Baltimore, in equal proportions cf one
half to each, for the several intents and
purposes set forth, and especially for the
establishment of free
.schools for all
classes and castes of color, wherein they
shall all be instructed in the knowledge of
the Lord., and in reading, writing, arith
metic, history, geography, etc., provided
that the Bible shall be used as one of the
class-books, and singing taught as an art.
And now comes the ingenuous scheme
which had engaged the constant thought
and study of the testator for forty years,
by which the grand passion of his soul
for accumulation might survive the disso
lution of his mortal frame and still direct
and control the acquisition of his life. Of
his real estate, no part is ever to be
sold ; but it is all to be let out on leases,
never to exceed twenty-five years, to be
improved by the tenants or lessees At
the expiration of those leases, the proper
ty is to be sold and converted into real
estate, the aggregate of which is styled
his general estate, which is "to consti
tute" a permanent fund on interest. as it
were, namely, a real estate, affording rents,
no part of which rand (of the principal)
shall ever be touched, divided, sold, or
&Renaud, but tptiall foreverremnin tooth•
sr as ens "estate."
THE REWARD OF HONESTY.
One evening, a poor man and his
son, a little boy. sat by the wayside,
near the gate of an old town in Ger
many. The father took a loaf of
bread, which he bad bought in the
town, and, broke it, and gave the
half to his boy.
"Not so, father," said the boy ;
shall not eat until after you. You
have been working hard all day, for
small wages, to support me, and you
must be very hungry. I shall wait
till you are done."
"You speak kindly, my son," re
plied the pleased father; "your love
to me does me more good than my
food, and those eyes of yours re
mind me of your dear mother, who
has left is, and who told you to love
me as she used to do; and, indeed,
my boy, you have been a great
strength and comfort to me; but now
that I have eaten the first morsel, to
please you, it is your turn now to
eat."
"Thank you, father; but break
this piece in two, and take you a
little more; for you see the loaf is
not large, and you require much
more than I do."
"I shall divide the loaf for you,
my boy, but eat it I shall not ; I have
abundance; and let us thank God
for his great goodness in giving us
food, and in giving us what is better
still, cheerful and contented hearts.
lie who gave us the living bread
from heaven, to nourish our immor
tal souls, how shall Ile not give us all
other food which is necessary to sup
port our mortal bodies ?"
The father and son thanked God,
and then began to cut the loaf in
pieces, to begin together their frugal
meal; but as they cut one portion of
the loaf there fell out several large
pieces of gold, of great value. The
little boy gave a shout of joy, and
was springing forward to grasp the
unexpected treasure, when he was
pulled back by his father.
"My son, my sort !" he cried, do
not touch that money ; it is not
ours."
But whose is it, father, if it isnot
ours ?"
"I know not, as yet, to whom it
belongs, but probably it was put
there by the baker, through some
mistake. We must inquire. Run."
"But, father," interrupted the boy,
"you are poor and needy, and you
have bought the loaf; and then the
baker may toll a lie, and—"
"I will not listen to you, my boy ;
I bought the %oaf, but I did not buy
the gold in it. If the baker sold it to
me in ignorance, I shall not be so ;
dishonest as to take advantage of
him. Remember Him who told us
to do to others as we would have
others do to us. The baker may
possibly cheat us, but that is no reas
on why we should try and cheat him.
I am poor, indeed, but that is no sin.
If we share the poverty of Jesus.
God's only Son, oh let us share also
his goodness, and His trust in God.
We may die of starvation; but God's
will be done, should we die in doing
it ! Yes, my boy, trust God, and walk
Tris ways, and you shall never be put
to shame. Now, run to the baker,
and bring him here.and I shall watch
the gold until he comes."
So the boy ran for the baker.
"Brother workman," said the old
man, "you have monde some mistake,
and almost lost your money." And
he showed the gold, and told him
how it had been found. Is it thine ?"
asked the father; "if it is take it
away."
"My father, baker, is very poor,
:111(1--
"Silence, my child ; put me not to
shame by thy complaints. lam glad
we have saved this man from losing
his money."
The baker hal been gazing altern
ately upon the honest father and
eager boy, and upon the gold which
lay glittering upon the green turf.
Thou art, indeed, an honest fel
low," said the baker, "and my neigh
bor, David the flax-dresser, but spoke
the truth when he said thou wert the
honestest man in our town. Now I
shall tell thee about the gold :—A
stranger came to my shop three days
ago, and gave me that loaf, and told
me to sell it cheaply, or give it away
to the most honest poor man whom I
knew in the city. I told David to send
thee to me as a customer, this morn
ing, and as thou wouldst not take
the loaf for nothing, I sold it to thee,
as thou knowest, for the last pence
in thy purse; and the loaf, with all
its treasure—and, certes it is not
small!—is tine; and God grant
thee a blessing with it
The poor father bent his head to
the ground, while the tears fell from
his eyes.
His boy ran and put his hands
about his neck, and said, "I shall al-
ways, like you, my father, trust God,
and do what is right; for I am sure
it will never put us to shame."
CROOKED Lece.—The Madison, Wiscon
sin, Pairioi says a vokunteer from that place,
in a letter, thanks his father for giving him
crooked or bow-legs, saying that on the
day before he had narrowly escaped losing
both his legs, a cannon ball passing harm
lessly through Sits • space ocessionioned
by the . unateral crook" of the lege, By=
thing-is for the Girt:
PAY PROMPTLY.
Those who have plenty of money have
no true idea of the value of a little money
to those who have none. If so, and they I've a guinea I can spend,
were humane, they would never fail to pay j I've a wife anti I've a friend,
And a troop of little children at my knee,
the poor laborer as soon as his work is
done. Though to them the immediate John Brown ;
payment of a single dollar may seem to I've a cottage of my own,
be of no great consequence, it may be of
With the ivy overgrown,
very serious consequence to him, Ile may j And a garden with a view of the sea, John
urgently need just that small sum ; his Brown ;
family may be suffering for want of what I can sit at my door
it will purchase; or his word may have ! By my shady sycamore,
been pledged to the grocer to whom be is Large of heart, though of very small state,
indebted, and with whom it is important John Brown ;
that he have credit, that he would pay ' So come and drain a glass
him the money when the sun went down. I In my arbor as you pass,
Dismiss not then the laborer without it.— And I'll tell you what 1 love and what I
It will relieve his toil and anxieties to feel Late, John Brown:
it in the palM of his hand, and to put it into
, I love the song of birds,
his empty pocket. •
Tire And the children's early words,
humble, dependent seamstress like
wise ; send not her away without her and a loving woman's voice, tow and
wages. Tell her not that you have no Sweet, John Brown ;
change and that she must call again.—
And I hate a false pretence,
You have no business to tell her so, she And the want of common sense,
has a right to her earnings at once. There And arrogance, and fawning, and deceit,
is a fearful significance in those words of John Brown.
the Apostle : "Behold, the hire of the I love the meadow flowers,
laborers who have reaped down your fields, And the brier in the bowefs,
which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth, And I love the open face without guile,
and the cries of them which have reaped John Brown ;
are entered into the ears of the Lord
of And I have a selfish knave,
Sabaoth."
MEMORIES IN THE ARMY HOSPI
TAL,
A lady of St. Louis says, "The soldiers
in our hospitals like very much to have
visitors ; they enjoy the delicacies brought,
and appreciate the sympathy of friends.
"One poor fellow who was wounded in
the battle of Springfield, had his leg shat
tered below the knee, and had suffered se•
verely. After sitting by his cot and talk
ing with him for some time, I asked him
what I could do for his comfort. He said,
"Since I have been lying here I have been
thinking about my mother. I have not
written to her for twelve years ; but I re
member the care she took of me when I
was a little boy, how she used to talk to
me, and try to make me good. Every
word she said seems to come back now.
If you will give me some paper and a pen
cil, I will write my poor old mother a let
ter." These were furnished, and with evi
dent feeling he raised himself on his elbow,
and began his letter.
"A bright-looking little boy, about fif
teen years old, had his foot shot away in
the same battle. He said he ran away
from home. His parents lived in the State
of New York, and knew nothing about
him. I asked if his mother was alive.—
His eyes filled as he said, 'Yes ; and I
know I gave her great trouble. I can't
tell you how much I think of her now,
and long to see her.' Poor boy, as soon
as he was able he was going to the home
and the mother he had turned his back
upon."
IIM:=1
Marriage of the Oount of Paris,
The sudden and unexpected de
parture of Count de Paris and Duke
de Chartres front the United States,
which has been the subject of so
many comments on this side of the
Atlantic, has been explained by the
news brought by the last European
mail. It seems that the Count de
Paris, who, previous to his visit to
America, had made a trip to Italy, in
company with his brother, the Duke
of Chartres had occasion to meet
there the oldest daughter of the Duch
ess of Parma, with whom he soon
fell in love. His affection was soon
shared by the young lady, and both
informed their parents of the inten
tion of being united. But as they
were rather too young to be married
immediately, it was decided that the
Count would travel a year or two.
and it' at the end of that time their
affection for each other was the same
the wedding would then take place.
The thing having been agreed upon,
the Count came to America, enlisted
himself in the service of the North,
fought under Gen. McClellan, and
gave up service only when pressed
by his bride to go to Italy-, because
the time appointed for their nuptials
had come. The most curious feature
of this alliance is that the bride of
Count de Paris is a neice of Henry
V., and that this marriage brings
about what the French call a fusion,
or a connection of two royal branch
es in one single person Hencefor
ward the count of Paris will be the
legitimate representative of the
rights and pretentious of the houses
of Bourbon and of Orleans.
Where is Yea? Boy?
We saw him last late in the
evening in the company of very bad
boys, and they each had a cigar.
And now and then some of them
used very profane language. As we
looked at your son we wondered if
you knew where he was, and with
whom he associated. Dear friend,
do not be so closely confined to your {
shop, office or ledger, as to neglect
that bey. He will bring sorrew
into your household, if you do not
bring proper parental rest rant.. to
be,at. Upon him, and tbat'vatriiitak.
fhtbbath and publics BOW , hang
beip you, but you , 'do' Await
1 A PLAIN MAN'S PHILOSOPHY.
EY CHARLES MACKAY
And a proud contented slave,
And a lout who'd rather borrow than he'd
toil, John Brown.
I love a simple song,
That awakes emotions strong,
And a word of hope that raises him who
faints, John Brown ;
And I hate the constant whine
Of the foolish who repine,
And turn their good to evil by complaint,
John Brown ;
The hatred flees my mind,
And I sigh for human kind,
And excuse the faults of those I cannot
love, John Brown.
So, if you like my ways,
And the comfort of my days,
I will tell you how I live so unvezed, John
Brown ;
I never scorn my health.
Nor sell my soul for wealth,
Nor destroy one day the pleasures of the
next John Brown ;
I've parted with my pride,
And I take the sunny side,
For I've found it worse than folly to be sad,
John Brown ;
I keep a conscience clear,
I've a hundred pounds a year,
And I manage to exist and to be glad,
John Brown.
PERSONAL HABITS OF SWEDEN-
BORG.
Of Swedenborg personally, we find
nothing but pleasant memories.
All who knew him speak of him as
kind, affable and discreet. Those
who expected to meet a dreamer or
an enthusiast, found a gentleman
wide awake and as self-possessed as
themselves. His years were spent
in study and retirement ; yet ho was
readily drawn into society, which he
frankly met and enjoyed. lie was
quite willing to talk on theology and
spiritualism, if invited, and held his
own with the readiest ; jesting or
scoffing never ventured to break into
his serious and serene presence.—
llis evident sincerity impressed all
listeners ; and whilst ho spoke, ho
won their belief sometimes against
their will.
"His habits were very simple ; he
disliked giving trouble ; he lit his
own fire, and made his own coffee, of
which he drank freely, made sweet,
and without milk. Animal food he
seldom or hardly over tasted, living
on almonds, raisins, biscuits, bread
and butter, cakes, milk and vegeta
bles. One day when William Cook
worthy called to see him, he found
him making his dinner of bread and
milk. Of money, he had always
abundance, which he spent in travel
ing and printing; he lent none, for
that he used to say, was the way to
lose it ; and gave none to beggars,
for that he thought, encourage ras
cality and laziness.
"In person, Swedenborg was about
five feet nine inches high, erect,
rather thin, and of a brown complex
ion. His eyes were of a brownish
grey, nearly hazel, and rather small.
He had always a cheerful smile on
his countenance, and a kindly sparkle
in his eyes. His manners and dress
were those of a gentleman of the last
century ; be wore a wig, a suit of
black velvet and long ruffles, sword,
and carried a gold-headed cane.
"His lodging was with Shearsmith,
a perukemaker, at 26 Great Bath
street, Cold Bath-fields, Clerkenwell;
the house has within the last twenty
years been taken down and rebuilt.
In the area of Cold Bath square, now
covered-with houses, he used to sit and
walk. and distributegingerbread and
fruit among the children who played
there.
His body after death was interred
in the vault of the Swedish' chapel in
Prince's liquare, to the east of tho tow
er near London Dock."
The number of the followers at
Swedextborg in the Uo#od States is
11010 very large. ..44.cor*ag to their
own atatistie/t, the7-1464:114,1rAy,eight
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societies. and several thousand mem
' bens. Many of them are persons of
the highest intelligence ; among
some of our literary men and artists
there is a singular inclination to Swe
den borgis nism.—ifethodist.
HALLUCINATIONS OF THE GREAT.
Malebranche declared that he ,dis
tinctly heard the voice of God with
,in him. Descartes, after a long se
, elusion, was followed by an invisible
person,
who urged him to pursue his
researches after truth, Byron imag
ined himself to bo sometimes visited
by a spectre ; but he said it was ow
ing to the over exeitaloility of his
brain. The celebrated Dr. Johnson
clearly heard his mother call Samuel;
she was then living in a town at a
great distance. Pope, who suffered
much in his intestines, one day
inquired of his physician what arm
that was that appeared to come out
from the wall. Goethe asserts that
he one day saw the counterpart of
himself coming toward him. The
German psychologists give the name
of 'Deuterescopie' to this kind ofilla
sion. Oliver Cromwell was stretched
fatigued and sleepless on his bed :
suddenly the curtains opened, and a
woman of gigantic size appeared,
and told him that he would be the
greatest man in England. The Pur
itan faith, and the ambition of Crom
' well, might have suggested, during
these troublous times of the kingdom,
some still stronger idea ; and who can
say whether, had the phantom mur
mured those words in his ear, "Thou
wilt one day be king !" the protec
tor would have refused the crown, as
did Cesar at the Lupercalian feasts ?
—De Boismont's Hallucinations.
MORE MORMONS.
The World states that the number
of Mormon passengers arriving
from Europe continues quite large.=
It is noticeable that there is very
rarely an Irish person among them.
A large party of English people which
went forward for Utah a week or two
since, having been spoken of at Chica
go as Irish, an investigation was bad,
and it was found that there were
but two Irishmen among the number.
Of these, one has lived in Scotland
fourteen years ; and becoming as he
said, "tired of the Presbyterian re
ligion," concluded to become a Mor
mon. Ile followed the . Saints to
Utah. Tho other took his departure:
from Castle Garden and took his fi
nal leave of his Mormon brethren as
soon as be landed from the ship, and
thereby escaped from a party of his
countrymen there, who proposed to
make an example of him for daring
to repudiate the ancient faith of Ire
land, and joining the Mormons. A
party of one hundred and thirteen
from the continent left New York via
the Central Railroad, for Utah, on
Wednesday evening, July 9th. O'f
these, ninety were from Switzerland
twenty-one from Baden, and two
from Wurteinburg. They were gen
erally persons of small fortune, and
among them were several young fe
males of much personal beauty and
unmarried.
6,000 Families Without Shelter.
Rev. Dr. Kincaid, a missionary in
Burmah, writes to the New York
Chronicle an account of a large con
flagration, in which the mission and
Christian families suffered great loss.
It occurred on the 10th of April,
breaking out in the Southern side of
the town. The wind was fresh and
steady, but as the fire spread, in
creased greatly. There had not been
a drop of rain in five months, and ev
erything was crisp. In less than one
hour the heat became so intense that
fearful whirlwinds were produced,
which stripped the roofs from build
ings, and, lifting the fiery masses to
a great height, scattered them in all
directions.. In less thin four hours
nothing was left that it would con
sume. EVen brick buildings, sup
posed to be fire-proof, were destroy
ed. It was heart-rending to see
thousands of men, women and ail
dran, of all ages and ranks, fleeing
for their lives; mothers agonizing for
their missing children, and children
for their missing parents. Thou
sands rushed into the river to escape
the intolerable heat. About twenty
are reported as having perished in
the flames; 4,500 houses are burns,
and 5,000 families without a shelter,
or article of furniture, or cooking
utensil, and the rainy season is just
at hand. Besides the houses, a vast
amount of merchandizo a:.d ether
property is destroyed.
FRANKLIN very truly observes, "The eyes
of others are the eyes that ruin us. If all
but myself were blind, I should neither
want fine horses nor fine furniture."
IN the morning of life do well that honor
may follow in the train of years. It is
pity to be filled with regrets when W
should be reaping the fruits of early'toil•
stir When you see a person continually
snarling at, and abusing those possessed
in influence, you may know that he is /Ike
a dog at the foot of a tree. ,He barks. tit.
cause he cannot climb.
9:fs asked a philasoplier- , whea4kal waft
doing ; he answered, that his whole await
was to lift up the liniable a nd oast • dorm
Om proud. •