The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-08-17

therefore, that theIpart of the brain, the con-
volutions, is simply, intended for the. exercise
of the intellectual faculties, whether of the
low degree, called instinct or the exalted kind
bestowed on man. the gift of reason. "a
Moral Courage q bs6sE5. ba: ssss4saays
A "a great deal OF talent is lost to the world,
says Sidney, Smith, for the want of "a
little courage. Every day sends to their graves res
o number of obscure men. who have only re-
manned in ohscurity because their timidity has
4 prevented them from making first effort land
who, f they could have been induced to begin,
would in all probability have gone great
lengths in the career of fame. e., The fact is,
that to do anything in this world worth doing,
we must not stand back shivering and think
ing of the cold and danger, but jump in and
scramble through as well as We can. Tt will
not do to be perpetually calculating risks and
adjusting nice chances; it did very well before
a the Flood,yhen man could consult his friends
upon an, intended publication for a hundred
and fifty years. and then five to see its success.
j afterwards; but atlpresent o man waits, and
doubts. and consults his particular friends, till
= one fine day he finds that be is sixty years of
age; that he has, lost SO much time in consult
ing his first cousins and particular friends, that
: be has no more time to follov their advice. 5i
Z, How the Press Is afflicted by Dsadheads. rg al.,
a. a Bail Roads occasionally complain Of dead
heading, but no institution suffers so much
! from it as the press. A sensible writer says !:
The press endures the inhiction of deadhead-
ism from the pulpit the bar and the, stage;
from corporations, societies and individuals.
1t is expected to yield IFS interests; it is requir
ed to give strength to weak institutions; eyes
!. to the blind, clothes to the naked and bread
to the hungry; it ia asked to cover up inirmi.
ties, hide weaknesses, and wink at improprie
Fties it is expected to herald quacks, bolster up
dull authors and fatter the vain; it is in short,
to be all things to, all men; and if it looks for
pay or reward. it is denounced as mean and
sordd. There is no interest nnder the whole
heavens that is expected to give SO much to
society without pay, or thanks as tie Press
, i Pulpit illustrations, ,sa,s afr asr..I ssa
In one of the battles of Philip King Of
Macedonia, an arrow struck his eye and put
it out He picked it mp, and, found it, in
scribed with the words: : To Philips eye.'-7
: :. An archer. whose aim was so sure that he
asl lconld mark the arrows with their destination
E with certainty that thevlwould reach it, -hai
aimed at the eye cf the King. and had reach
led its point. Such should be the, certain aim
OF the minister of Christ. There are arrows
ID i'm the qniver ofl Almighty for every elias
of our race. The minister of the Gospe
should select and send them to their. destina
tion with the precision of the archer to th'
~ Kings eyeiqn When the bold blaspbemer en-
!. ters the house of God, pointed arrow shoult
. reach him, dipped in the spirit of rebuke from
D the Almighty. So when the humble peniten
> enterslthe sanctuary. seeking peace, an arro5
= should be ready, dipped in the blood of. Christ
a Gfbbon's Confession. q Ns-'. s5s- 7zo,
The celebrated Gibbon, the accomplishe
30 and elegant historian of the Rise and Fa
1of the Roman Empire just before his deatl
confessed that when he considered all world
Al things, they were all feeting; when he locke
back, they had been ieeting; when he locke
= forward. oil ,cas dark and doubtful. surel
no one can wish to be an infdel for the con
s9 fort of it.m10 zfaEn1 r7sI eaT
} The Maelstrom Verified ai1aEH t 20
- OF late years. even the existence of ii
ave. Maelstrom on the coast of Norway has bee
~ doubted.ea The ancient accounts of its terri
=, tble powers were doubtless fabulous. but \
-, Hagerup, Minister of the Norwegian Marin
- has recently given reliable account of it. ]
-; reply to some qnestions from a. correspondel
! II of The Boston Recorder. The vast whirl
~ caused by the setting in and out of the it'd
lin. 30 sIs4 =. ts.s, ~ =.
olent half way between ebb and food tide
"s At flood and ebb tide it disappears for abo
- half an hour. but begins again with the mo,
o' ing of the waters Large vessels may pa
s-l over it safely in serene weather, but in stor
ias it is perilous to the largest craft Small boa
n are not safe near it at the time of IFS stronge
:, action in any weather The whirls- ID /
Maelstromdo not, as was once supposed ,drs
!. vessels understhe water, but by their violen
~, .s' they fiji them with water or dash them up
~ ~ the neighboring shoals, M. Hagerup says
In Winter it not unfrequently happens tn
70 at sea, a bank of clouds shows west stor
WV with heavy sea, to be prevailing there, wb
Guy further in on the coast, the clear air sho
~ that on the inside of the West tjord feast 81
'ne Of Lofoden) the wind blows from the land a
: ~ sets out through the tjord from the east.
'1.' such cases. especially, an approach to I
ss Maelsrom is in the highest degree dangero
!, ,Aee' for the stream and under-current from op
s site direction work there together to make
,,c,, whole passage one single boiling cauldron
onld At such times appears the mighty viii
j. aa which have given it the name of Maelstr
fthat is, the whirling or grinding stream,)
80 in which no craft whatever can bold its cou
-, For steamer, it is, then. quite inadvisable
: -.s attempt the passage of the Maelstrom dur
.uit a Winter storm, and for sailing vessel it n
II 4 also be bad enough in time of Summer ,sho
- there falla calm or "a light wind, whereby
power of the stream becomes greater t
49,. that of the wind leaving the vessel no Ion
under command. 81.
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