Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-04-09

wv cauu cCOIldc lofheu tne monte XIII
near Nicolisi. cone two miles 10 circum-
terence end four Thousand feet high, The
stream oy Etna, thrown out in in 1918, was
10 MOTION al the rate OF ayard per day nine
MOUTHS after the eruption; and il is on
record that the lavas Of the same rnonntsin
aiter terrible eruption, were not cooled
and consolidated ten years sftsf IA. event
In the eruption Of Vesuyius. A. ID 20
the scOriD and ashes vomited forth far er,
ceeded the entire bulk of the mountain
while in 1900. Etns discharged more than
twenty times its own mass. Vesuvius baa
thrown Its own ashes as far az Constants
nople. Syria, and Egypt; it hurled stones
eight pounds in weight. 10 Pompeii, a dis
lance of two thousand feet above its sum
init. CDtopaxi has projected a block os
three hundred and twenty seven feet in
volume distance OF nine miles; and Sum
hawa, In 1915, during the most terrible
eruption on record, sent its ashes as far as
Java, over distance Of three hundred
miles. and oui Of majority Of twelve thou,
sand souls only twenty six escaped.
Common Sense the Best sense:
There aretoo many persons thOughtlessly
given to deprec;ating common sense. For
the reputation Of few brilliant qualities
they sacrifice that wisdom in little things
without which there can be no success in
lie, rarely even happiness. They would
rather have it said, he has every sense
but common sense" than be compliueuted
even by the most intelligent, for tie pos.
session Of that hOmely quality. And vet.
why do they despise it? fs il because
nearly everybody has it! Nothing can be
a greater error. Common sense. in its
perfection, is one Of the ra.est gifts TO man.
Thousands, who are sensible and prudent
on most subjects. have yet some special
bobby, on which they are nearly insane
Tens of thousands more seem to be ;ncapa-
bic Of deciding about the ordinary affairs Of
life correctly. Great lawyers, ELOQUENT
preachers aud profound sayans can be
counted by the scores, who are unfi{ TO
manage business, educate their disciplfoe-
or even take care Of what they earn.
lie II but common sense is good sense nm
piled to Insignificant. But the things are
Insignificant. Ii is by these despised little
things that prosperity and happiness are
made up. In a wife, the common sense
that will enable her to understand her bus-
bands character, and to make his boese a
pleasant one to him, is vastly more y.lua.
hle than fine accomplishments or snowy
intellectual qualities. In n mother, il tells
her bow TO manage Ter children's different
dispositions, 80 as to make all alike honor
able men or virtuous women. So also. 10
a husband or partner, common sense fc
everything. Brilliant talents NAV benefit
Us occasionally. may eFen, in some profess
sions, lead to fortune; but the greatest
genius, If he hes not common sense. il mis-.
cradle at heart. He is always getting into
debt, offending his friends, doing some siiIy
thing, or making his family unhappy.
Wine bas been praised by certain poets az
sort of nectar for the gods. But water,
even they admit, rs best for every day use.
So Il is with common sense.
Common sense, in truth, is everyday wis.
dom. 1t is impossible TO have il without
also having a sound Judgment The two
terms indeed, are almost synonymous. But
be who mas a sound judgment often only
needs a wider sphere-to become, instead "
a private citizen distinguished for common
sense, great captain. a great Legislator, or
great patriot. Hampden, Cromwell,
and Washington had all reached middle age
before they became famous but prior to
this they had been remarkable among their
n eighbors for common sense. Itwas the
application TO large affairs of that careful
erstions of q subject, which had been &C,
customed 10 exhibit in little things. that
raised them when the opportunity pre-
sented Itself, TO that commanding positiso
which has made their names historical
Had the first Napoleon possessed, in addi>
ton 80 his vast genius, a little more COM
mon sense had he BEEN less impulsiye,
less Of fstalisi, less reckless, be might
have died in the Tuilleries, instead of ST.
Helena; be might have won Waterloo, in.
stead Of losing it.
Common sense may be cultivated, very
! common notion 70 the contrary notuith-
standing. Fer though some men are born
with more wit than others, 1t may be devel-
opeo like any other Intellectual uuality.-
A Judge. who has been on the Bench for
many years, is better, all things being the
same, than one who has Just been elevated
to It. Practice, it has been well said,
makes perfect. A blacksmith who has
been pounding iron for half lifetime. has
a brawnier arm than has his young ap2ren-
tice. Let man begin at twenty-one, de-
Gliding carefully on little things, and what
was at first labor VIII soon become an IN.
stinct, till, at last, be who started with
comparatively no common sense at all, will
end with well deserved reputation for IL.
1t would be better for the happiness and
prosperity Of individuals, as well as for So
ciety at large. If common sense was culti-
waited more, for to a greater degree than
anything else 1t enters into the composition
OF good citizens, good members Of the FAM
lily, good men aud good women.
Foreign Appointments.
William L. Dayton, of New Jersey, Min.