, 1862-04-19

lackFof capital for any investment which ia gen
lerally recognized as at once safe and profitable.
Yet CAPITAL and labor often rest and rust. to the
detrimentpf both and of all, for want. of brains
to combineiand set them in motion, II, for ex-
ample, any one had known enough last spring to
hire dpzenaidle old wooden factories, reit them
nd set them to making substantial blue cloth and
olankets be might have made half dozen for
Tunes ere this while employing large amour
# labor that has stood unwillingly idle, and Civ
ng our wool-grovers quick market and tai
rice for their staple, which many have meantn
old for less than thrpe-fourths Of its present cas-
;aue. And so in many other departments of il
dusiry. He who foresaw- last June that our ar
mics would need nearly half million substantial
overcoats by this time has doubtless profted by
his foresight, as is just, buI he has not profted
alone The naicn is richer and stronger for his
prescience. HaG our farmers and machinists con-
Ifpised to grow this year half a million tons Of
flax fiber, and 20 reduce that fiber to cotton or its
equivalent by the cheapest and most effective prc-
cess, (whatever that may be,) they would have at
once enriched themselves and the nation. 'A
A great war, such as we are now engaged in
disturbs and deranges industry. but should not en-
duringly arrest it. The aggregate demand for
products is not less than in peace-irs fact, it is
greater-but it differs widely, in kind, Of silks
and laces, jewelry and gewgaws, we are buying
very sparingly; butt any one has rifles or sabers
70 SELL let him just bring them along; Had all
the idle persons in the loyal States been employed
since last April in making arms, uniforms, equip,
ments. cartridges &C., &c, with shoes, socks.
fannels, bandages and other tent and hospital Rt-
tings and stores, there would have been no excess
to-day Yet thousands supposed-because the
demand for the particular faLric or ware they had
been producing ;ell off Or stopped entirely-that
they must stand idle till the return of peace
They had not brains enough to perceive that brains
alone were wanting to set them at work again d.
rectly, and perhaps as proftably as ever But it,
is happily ordained that one mans sagacity may
profit millions, whether he designs Or is indifer-
ent to that result nt 70 i3ti rfi ,.a
The world is full Of wild projectors, mOneyless
and void of discretion, who would swamp ma
ton if they could only induce capitalists to en-
bark in the realization of their projects. There
are also capitalists so timid and incapable that the
noblest ideas are siiaed and starved through their
lack of perception and faith Such capitalists do
not enret county ar, -.C-. hon such nyoiee
tors promote its industrial and social development
But happy is the nation, the age, which rejoices
in perfect understanding and accord between its
money and its brains.--.N. Y Tribune
-------------i@ 4--f--. a I.t.4 jan.
WHAT A FARMER CAN AND CANNOT ATFoF D. II.
A farmer cannot afford to sign notes for u@man in
trade. paA
farmer cannot afford to purchase articles Of
luxury because city or village friend, mo better
off than himself, has done the same. a
A farmer cannot afford to contract debts. unless
he hisrrasonablea expectations Of having ample
means to defray the same. hnr M s
A farmer cannot afford to purchase what she
doesn't exactly want"
A farmer cannot afford to subscribe for more
newspapers or periodicals than he is able TO read
or pay for in advance. " --. -ld
A farmer cannot afford because he has disre-
garded all these directions, and consequently met
with reyerses and losses, to give up but he can
afford to rise above circumstances and show to the
world that there IS something far noblsr than
mans surroundings, o Il s,s..5 isdi o4e,i r.. ,.
A farmers wife cannot afford, because she often
has to be the maid of all work" to consider
herself thereby the loser of a particle OF self
respect, or one whit beneai the wife of the mil
lionare.A .leisH 'aa .as a9n ,N oi !.
A farmers wife cannot afford to be ignorant of
the out-ofdoor affairs of The. farm.
A farmers wife cannot afford to be ignorant, if
she does not wearthe bresches," of how they
ought to be worn. ~ II yros1.l
A farmers wife canpe,t afford to be ignorant of
the exact state of her husbands financial affairs.
Lastly, a farmer and farmer s wife can never
afford to fear to say, upon necessary occasions,
truthfully and firmly. " cannot afford it.f aaJ
-ni.tf,l -- ---4 Il LIZ II Iz0l -nrr'
iANNEcDoTEs OF SIR CHARLES NAP1ER's YoUTH
His arrival in London was marked BY charac-
teristic circumstances as related BY one Of the
family On landing at the Tower Stairs, the Off
cous porters began to lay violent hands on his
luggage. F~saG been duly cautioned against
London shapers and thinking they. were going
to rob him of his sea-chest, he seated himself
across It, and drew his dirk 20 defend his pnoper-
ty--thus showing that the same resolute spirit an
mated The midshippan of thirteen as did after
wards the admiral of seveuty.msdi &. = sio....,..
We have heard another anhecdote connected
with this, bis first visit to London He was stay
ing at the house Of arelaliye kthe falherof Mark
Napier, the historian, and author Of The Life of
Montrose, who, after showing the youngster all
the London sights, took him to see the Lions at
the Tower Amongst them was one whicb" the
keeper represented as being so very tame g.that,f
said he, "you might put your hand into his
mouth" Taking him at his word, the Young
mildly to the horror Of the spectators, thrust his
hands into the jaws of the animal, who. no doubt,
was taken as much by surprise as the lookeis-on.
'''''' f"Pe'. liz IL 1all *, >.,.., Is
I'll bet sheep, said old JoDsato his other
half, s.that our boy Tom is growing crazy, heels
griuning at the barn, and grinnihg at himself
wherever he goes" n Pooh." said the, woman.
"dOnt' YOU kaowS he cot a lors-Isttey. this
morning