The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-11-10

ing every satisfaction to our numerous p a.
irons.
Still CoNING.- 1t would seem impossible
to add to the already very heavy and varied
stocks of merchandise that fill our stores and
shops on every street; but every ship, steam
err and steamboat brings fresh supplies, and
still the cry is "still they come" As predi-
eating business ea>on of unusual impor-
lance and prosperity, We are rej1iced at
the evidences OF the extension of cur Her-
chants patronage and their ability to meet
the heaviest demands on their stocks.
| MEASURING CoAL.-C0al put into bins and
| levelled, can be measured from one to 1000
tons. Lehigh white ash coal, per ton, of
1000 lbs, of the egg or stove size, will uni
formly measure 3411a feet cubical, while
white ash Schuylkill coal will measure 35,
and the pink, grey and red ash will reach 36
cubic feet per ton of 1000 lbs, or 40 feet
for 2,240 lbs, the difference of cubical con-
| tents between net and gross ton being ex
actly four feet. The length, breadth and
| height of the bin, multiplied together, and
| divided by the aforenamed contents of ton,
the quotent must show the number of tons
| thereto.
The MANIFESTATION city folks who,
basket in hand, saunter past the well-flled
| stalls after the sun is well up, somewhat late
in the morning, have we dare say rather
| imperfect idea of the sleepless labor required
| on the part OF the marketmen to get their
stalls thus handsomely stocked with the good
| things of this life in readiness for the needs
| of their customers. The hucksters, or many
of them. are on the grouad about dusk of the
| night previous to the market day. The
| country dealers begin to arrived about o.
| clock in the evening, aud the arrivals con
| tinue through the night. From a. m. the
butchers are at work cutting up their meat,
and the sounds of the saws and cleavers may
be heard long distance by those who hap
pen to be awake. Many curious person think
it well worth their while to get up early in
the morning and visit the butchers at their
work to see the animated scene presented
along the entire range OF stall in preparing
the meat for sale.
FIxEDNEss OF PURPosE.-When a child is
learning to walk, if you can induce the little
creature to keep its eyes fixed on any point
in advance, it will generally "navigate" to
that point without capszing; but distract its
attention by word or deed from the object
before it, and down goes the baby This rale
applies to children of large growth. The
man who starts in life with determination
to reach certain position, and adheres ua-
waveringly to his purpose, rejecting the ad-
vice of the timid, rarely fail, if he live long
enough, to reach the goal tor which he SET
out. Ii circumstances oppose him, he bends
to his exigencies by the force of energetic,
indomitable will. On the other hand, he who
yacillates in his course, "yawning," as the
sailors say, towards all points of the COM
pass, is pretty sure to become helpless cast
away before his voyage of life is halt com
pleted.
There can be no question among philo,
! sophie observers Of men and events, that tx
ednsss of purpose is grand element of hu-
man success. Weathercock men are Ma
lures failures. They are good for nothing.
| Better downright pig headed obstinacy than
eteI nal vascillstion; better wilful blindness
to danger, however meHacing, than the hes
itancy which is forever weighing the posi-
bilties OF defeat against the chances of VIC
tory. The men of action, whose names are
written imperishablc on the page of history,
were men ofiroH. Silky fellows may do for
intrigue; but the founders and conquerors,
and liberators, and saviors of empires, have
all been of the warrior metal. No human
being who habitually halts betw cen two
opinions, who cannot decide promptly,
and having decided, act as if there were no
such word as fail, can ever be great, as Caa-
| sar would never have crossed the Rublcon,
nor W ashington the Delaware, had they not
| fixed their stern gaze on objects TAR beyond
the perils at their feet.
A HEARr.--What curious thing heart
isis it not, young lady There is as much
difference in hearts Nas faces. A woman's
heart is sacred thing, and full of purity
How proud man ought to be to have it
placed in his keeping-to have pretty girl
love him SO well that she will give it to him
and tell him that it loves him more than any
ether Isn't it a curious thing. ladies ??
We might SPY OF heart as the old woman
did OF the first rabbit she ever saw, ella,
how funny e....