The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-02-06
Conversation and its Difficulties.

sons talking together to make the most o
e each others thoughts, there so many 0
them.
fThe company looked as if they wanted
. an explanation.l
Wher John and Thomas for instance art
: talking together, it is natural enough thai
among the six there should be more or les.
confusion and misapprehension.
(Our landady turned pale no doubt
she thought there was screw loose in ny
intellects-and that involved the most pro-
bable loss Of boarder. \ severe looking
, person, who wears Spanish cloak and a
sad check, huted with The passions Of the
melo-drama, whom understand to be the
, professional ruiiian of the neighboring thea
tire, alluded with a certain lifting Of the
brow, drawing down the corners Of the
mouth, and somewhat rasping gocc di peif0,
to Falstaif> nine men in Duckram. Every
body looked up. believe the Old gentle
man opposite was afraid | should seize the
corying-kniie; at any rate, he slid it to one
side, "a it were carelessly
think, said, | can make it plain TO
Benjamin Franklin here, that there are 1t
least six personalities distinctly to be recog-
nized "a taking part in that dialogue be-
tween John and Thomas.
RI. The real John; known on
iy to his Maker.
, Johns ideal John; never
the rea, oue .nI o.,en very
Three johns. unlike BIN.
,. Thomas's ideal John; ne
yer the real John. nor
Johns John, but often
unlike either.
Il. The real Thom1s.
Three Tnomascs. ,. Thomas ideal Thomas
Z. Johns ideal Thomas
Only one Of the ttrec Johns j. taxed; on
II one can be weighed On a platform bal
ance; but the other two arr just a. impor-
tant in the conversation. Let Us suppose
the real John to be old duh, and Unlocking.
But as the Higher Powers have not confer
rcd sn men the gift Of seeing themselves in
the true light, john very possibly CO ceives
himself To be youthful witty and iasciEat
Ing and talk, from the point OF yicw oi this
ideal. Thomas, again, believes him to be
an artful rogue. we " Ill say; therefore he Is
SO FAR as Thomas attitude in the converse
ton IS concerned, an ar;fGl rogue, though
simple and stupid. The same conditions
apply II the three Thonases. 1t follows.
that until a man can Uc found who knows
himself as his Maker knows him, or VII
sees himself as others see him, there must
he at least SIX persons engaged in every dia-
lo.uc between tWo. OF these, the least i'm
rortant, ylilOsophicaily speaking, is the one
that We have called the real person. No
wonder tNo dispu ants often get angry,
when there are SIX OF them tahas and lis
teuug al az the sumo time.
4 very uDpA.csophical application Of the
above remarks was made by a young fel.Ow.
ausXe!in.. 10 the name OF John, who sit,
near TIE IL the table. 4 certain basket of
peaches. q rare vegetable, itLe known TO
boa.c.u. houses, vas on It's way to me ga
this un.ett,.ed johannes. II. appropriated
the three that remained in the basket, re-
marAiu- that there was jHst one apiece for
him. ] convinced nim that his practical in
ference was hsSty and i,.05ica', but in tnt
meantime Ly had enteu the beaches
M5NErARY PKosPEcTs AT IoAE ASD A
BEoAp.-Gne c.ty banks "gain showed last
cvenjr-tae enormous aggregate avera &c Of
So, s29. .l5I in specie, and that with Cali /
fornia arrival close at hand. Exchange, as +.
vas expected, dropped during last week
hence the prospect that &c Shall coutiue, for
a long time to come to retain an enO' nous |
amount Of specie is very promising indeed I
On the other side OF the water specie is in |
the same way accumulatiHg At the great cen /
tres Of trade, and the rate Of Interest IS fall
ing. The Bank of England holds So, ,o00,-
600 and has reduced It's rate TO 6 per ceut; |
the Bank OF France holds more than il has !
ever done for the past three Yeas, and has
reduced the rate TO . per cent: at iimburg, |
the rate is II: in Belgium, the bank has re-
daced the rate to 3, and the bank OF Hol- |
land to 6 per cent. All over the world the |
same phenomeu1n is witnessed. The reac-
ton which was certain 10 follow the panic
is driving the specie to the great centres,
and trade is yet III too shattered condition |
to disturb it.
Thus We see there is good and evil in the .
sign. Good, for it shows Us that all the
leading countries in the world are lntrinsi-
cally rich and prosperous, and that their
people hold considerably more specie than
has ever been supposed; and evil, because
the plethora of bullion in the banks implies
a Withdrawal of cash means from business
where it is fair to suppose il was doing good
service before.
Every dollar IN specie poured into the
banks of London, Paris and New York is so
much taken away from commerce, aSricu!-
ture or industry So long the banks con
tinue to accumulate, SO long must business
of every kind remain dull, and SO long must
the country be deprived OF the beneficial
effects which judicious employment oi
capital would produce. The best sign that
we have uow would be a steady yet moder
ate decline in the returns of the specie in
bank for this would be a sure indication
of revival of trade and industry.
1t is plain that this 81 sn cannot be far dis
tant. Though failures continue to occur,
and it is t. be feared that many mercantile
houses and corporations which have thus
far withstood the pressure will yet be com
PEELED to 90 into liquidation, the horizon is
very bright irdeed for the large class OF
young houses now starting, and for those
old houses which !oresaw the storm OF ias'
October, and shortened sail in time. As
the summer advances, r.o.cy promises W
be worth less than five per cent at al 'ic
great commercial centres. ith cap'tai as
cheap as this, trade cannot iohe remain
ctaonant It is not likely that we. shall be
f,r ,dvonced in the autumn before we feel
tha fr.t or the tide OF a fresh expansion.
7, u;ll he curious to note whether the disas
tor of last fall will have taught us anything;
or whether we are still as ready as ever to
embark insane speculations and to blow out
the bubble credit until we are once more
overwhelmed by the necessary collapse
N. Y. Herald, Jan. 2S.
A MAN SHOT DY WOMAN FOR SANDER
Some three months ago, q Mrs. Nancy Wood
of Port Jervis, Orange county, n. Y, wo.
man having husband and family, goaded
to desperation by man named Jonathan
Eldridge. who boasted that he was her par
amour, publicly shot him with pistol, the
bullet knocking out some of the fellows
teeth and inficting severe wound. Mrs.
Wood was indicted for an assault with intent
to kill, and tried at the Orange Co. Court
last week. The jury, after an hours a6-
sence, returned with verdict Of acquittal.
which was received with great applause by
the audience.
WHY is praising children like opium?