Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-25
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health, be speaks of the pestilence that is
to come The mail cannot be an honr
late, but be pratrles of railroad accidents
and steamboat disasters. He learns that
friend who was married yesterday, will
be bankrupt in year, and whimpers
over the traits that he will endure, He is
ridden with nightmare, and emits terrible
wall Recklessness is bad quality, and
so is blind and extravagant hope, but neith-
er is so degrading as inglorious and mac
tive despair. Ne object to the snivellsr.
because lie presents the anomaly Of be-
ing who has the power Of motion without
possessing lie. His inspired languor is
worse than strength. Batter that man
should rant than whine. The person who
has no bounding and buoyant feelings in
him-whose cheek never fushes at an ex-
pected good-whose blood never tireles
and fires at the contemplation of noble
aim-and who has no aspiration, and no
great object in life, is only fit for tho hes
pital or bandbox. Enterprise confidence,
a d S po 8 ii to believe that all
good has been done-these constitute i'm
portant elements in the character of every
man who is of use to the world. We want
no waiting and whimpering about the alb
sence of happiness, but sturdy determin-
alton to abate misery Hhppie
INFLUENCE OF MoTHERs-It is almost
proverbial that distinguished man is al
ways found to lave had mother more
than ordina il endowed with vigor of mind.
The care of child in its early years is in
deed of much consequence, but if the
mother has good qualities she will impart
them to her offspring at their birth these
will be fostered by material discipline, but
| will he seen to some extent, even under the
most adverse circumstances, as the prema-
ture death or physical disability of tie
mother. The Gracchi the Emperor Con-
stantine, Charlemague, and Napoleon are
| familiar instances of greatness which SEEM
ed TO be derived chiefly from the mother
The inn-keeper's Daughter Helena, moth
| er Of Constantine, was indeed of humble
/ org n, but the veneration which the cmpcr-
or always exhibited towards her, even in
| her old age, is a sufficient proof of her
remarkable qualities. Edward Third, of
| England. derived from his mother Isabel
la bis gallant and enterprising character,
/ although she was not a pattern OF domes-
tic virtue, but he inherited also her amia-
| tive prorensties The wariike sons of
the Duke of York Edward Fourth and
Richard Third) must huve owed their en-
ergy to their mother who was an extaor-
dinary woman.-A. H. Dana.
THE EARTH-The hollow ball on which
we live contains within itself the elements
of its own obstruction. Within the outer
crust the cool temperature of which sup
ports animal and vegetable life, and solidi-
fes the stone, coal and metallic ores so i'm
portant to our well being-there exists a
mass Of fluid igneous matter Some of
this matter oceasionly escapes through the
mouth of a volcano, or makes its presence
felt by an earthquake but neither the
earthquake or the volcano are necessary
to prove that fire exists in the Garth. At
the depth of 2480 yards, water boils
lead melts at the depth of seven miles,
and if we adopt the temperature as calcu-
lated by Morveau's corrected scale of
Wedgeworth's barometer, we find that the
earth is fluid at the depth of one hundred
miles.
SAVING TINE.-A clergyman who enjoys
the benefits of fac farm, was slightly,
and cody taken down, a few days ago. by
an Irish ploughman, who was sitting at
his plough in tobacco field resting his
horse. The reverend gentleman being an
economist, said with great seriousness
John, wouldn't it be good plan for
YOU to haze a stub scythe here aud be dub
bing few bushes along the fence, while
the horse is resting a short time 2"
John, with quite as serious a counte-
nance as the divine wore himself replied ::
Wouldn't be well. sir, for you to have
a tub o potatoes in the pulpit, and when,
they are singing, to peel 'em awhile to be
ready for the pot?"
IsT How many men would love to go
to sleep beggars and wake up Rothscbilds
or Astors? ? How many would fain to 90
to bed Ounces and be wakened up Solo
mons? You reap what you have sown.-
Those who have sown Ounce seed. vice
seed, laziness seed, usually get a crop
They that SOW to the wind reap a whirl-
wind. A man of mere g capacity unde-
veloped, is only an organized day dream
with a skin on it, A flint and a genius
that will not strike fire ale no better than