The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-05-13
Be Gentle in Prosperity for the Wheel
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In one Of thn large aud elegant stores ho'
far frnm tlIr ctty bat uue al our most c""'
brnt,d. surcusstu aud uch firms could have
bpsp fuund a lew months ago. IlI" s'"r"
was an imunsu one and though tie h"hd ct
the firm vas regarded as smart hns'n"ss
man. he was So oy"rh"nring and hniah ihh'
there were TOW persons who could DO long III
his society.
On. ,lhv a gcntlnmau calloi on the senior
oartnrr of the firm to get him I" consent I"
"a settlement with II poor follow who hai
been crushni in the panic. and c"uIh not
nav more than iiitv cents on II dollar lie
was received grulil aud recommended Z"
90 into tho office aud read tho sign over IN"
desk He walked III aud read tn" "gn.
which informed all porsnns " that the day "l
comprnmises il over" and tho visitor was
told that that was the ruo OF tho house
aud all their debtors were required to gov
ern themselves accordingly.
No ono who owed that firm had any right
10 expect that any sntrIam"nt would b" mhdo
short of dollar tor dollar. and the pound
OF flesh" aud ali that is " dominated III the
bond" Tne gentleman attempted 10 tea /
sou with the hrm IN regard I" tho sp' ca
cnss before them, but all 10 vain, and 10 ~"
intimatiuu that uuithUr Of the partners were
yut dCad and bufurU the day Oi thur s"puI-
tura. they might seek Ot their own Creditors
what thev now drnled the chIrt ct tn" hrh
gave a loud chuckllng laugh at tho riilcn
lousnnss OF the idra that hu could tai or tha'
the uruat firm Ut - should ever ask Il
pecuuary favor at any ono i"w months
rniv uassol away, aud down camr the great
house with II crash that trred all Nnw l'H.
'rb. failure was IL very bad one lhmo"so
debts. both III Europe and America. hurg
over il. and ono Of the partners vino at IN"
tims tho Now York merchant asked mercy
for "A poor debtor could have sold his inter.
est in tho firm tor $50 900. has received
nothing and tho prosp' CT is mat Is an th"
dIyidcnl from the estate that he VIII hhal'S
cat Tin, ungrntrinl srrvnu, in the pn'nlhe
who grabbed his debtor hy The throat and.
"nnV mo what thou owcst.' has had more
than ono example in Ne" York.
WONDERS or THE UNlvlGsG.-What mere
assertion will make any one believe tiia' III
ono second ut tina, ia one boat oi the pen
duIum of u clock, ray OF light trap"'S
over 1872 900 miles and would the reI"re
perforn the tour of tho world in about tho
timu that it requires t. wink with "u' eye
lids aud in much less than aswlit runner
occupies In taking Singlo stfldt' Nha'
mortal can ho made TO believe, without
demonstration. thar tho sun is almost
million times larger than the earth ana
that although So remote from us. caution
hall shot directly toward II. and uhalnta aning
it's full speed, would bo twenty yoars III
reaching IL, vet it affects tho earth oy us
attraction in un appreciate lls'ho' VI
time? Who would not ask for domonstra'
tion. whom told that gnats wing. ~ l's
Ordinary fight. beats many hundred i''n"'
in "A second or that thuro exists anlhate'
and regularly .organzed beings many th"u
sands OF whose bodies !ad cinse t"gethe'
,..Ir u 81 "a
these TO tho astonishing truths which mod
ern o ,,tical inquiries have disclosed. wl'c'
toach us that every pom, ot mod'nh
through WHICH IL ray of light passes. Is al
fected with "A succession of pcrlohicN move
monts regularly recurring at equal interval
m lass than fivo hundred millions uf mn
lioGs of times III single second lhat !
Is BY such movements communicated [" tht
nerves OF our ewes that We sue nay moro
that il is tho difference in the frequency u
their recurrence which affects us with th
sense of tho diversity Of color, lhat. Il"
instance. in acquiring the sensation oi red
noss our eyes are affected tour hundroh an'
oghty.two millions oI millions of times u
yeIowness five hundred aud forty-'wo mi
lions of millions of times; and OF vo'r
seven hundred aud seven millions of mil
Hnns of timus pnr SECOND d. not sue
things sound more like the rawlings ot II mao
man than tho sober conclusions ot pe"pl
IN their waking senses They are, mover
tholuss, CONCLUSIONS TO which any ono ilil
most certainty arrive, who will only he a
the trouble of examining the chain at reason
in nv who they have bc1n Obtaned.-He'
schsL
Tic PowER OF FRIESDsHIP Tho tortl
flying aud mntlvo power at friendship
varied, immense aud inexhansuhe. Ii hH
strBngt thunod patriots tn lay lhen l'Vos
tho altar of freedom and cnuntry. IL. gt0"
ing Gordon was around Tell. aud Fnrst. an
Arnold, and their compGers an tho h"d {
Grut and breast tn breast III tho shade
OF tho Swiss Alps. thcy sw"re 10 FREQ I'll
canton from Austrian thradom, or to die Il
gother. 1t has encouraged philosophers
poets, artists, inventors in their rrJ"cte
teachings and unapprecatod lah"rs. tn
description, by his great disciple, of tho las
moments of tho poisoned sage in his prsoI
amid u group of admrng friends, is an Illus
trative picture, whose colors iado not vii
tho sun Ot Athuns anh which tho world WI
never rot perish Tho public career OF tl
Gracious plainly owed ITS chief Impulse
the ardent, over animatlng friohdshlp
Caus Basias. Thls conrrnuning enthusiast
slill susrains too truo aud good when oy
DAYS come. and the persecution of owl me
prevail Now that the dark oyos OF Hun
gary arc full of tears, aud the pale feature
OF Italy fixed in despair aud trouble sits o
the majestic yisage OF England, aud usur
per lord sits in tho ru,lufies. its elnctrr
chain, drawn by u common cause aroun
Kossuth, Maz1ini. Hugo, aud their brorho
0xiles, Il connecting link fustoned to oac
hoart. vibratus shocks of light and str"ngt
into their bnsoms. IL ips aver heen--wh''
humanity remains ia man, II evor Will be-
companlonship TO the captive, wealth to IN
poor, impulse to the struggling. support
tho suffering. soluco to tho wrntchcd. joy
the prosperous, aud to all who deeply kno'
it an inspiring presence through life, aud /
doath hope full of Immortality.
OsE Of the most wonderful achieve
ments ol aslrononers, is the weighing {
the bodies OF the solar system. 1t In Gel
tain that the mass Of Jupiter is more tha
322 and less than 1873 times the mass
this globe-so accurately has this wor
been accomplished. The mass of the So
Is 339, ,55l times greater than that of III
earth, and moon. aud 700 times create