The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-03

looking III front Of them, but as when they
TODD up their ewes were in the back of their
,cads. each was looking at his native place
al the while that he believed himself TO be
ookinc at the place he wished to 20 to. The
frogs stared to any amount, ii IS true, but
:hen they did not take care that the object
looked at was the right object; md 50 1t
VAS that they fell into error. Please listen
attcntiyely.
a certain poet says Wonderful are
he frogs Though they 90 on all-tours in an
altitude Of humility, their eyes are always
urncd ambitiously upward \ delightful
2ocm. Men, although they say will. their
pbcycd certainly, certainly; you are per-
, ,cctlv right are like frogs with their eyes
.urned upward. Vain fools meddlers !.
eady to undertake any job, however much
| ,bovc their powers. That is what is called
| in the text casting away your heart, and
aot knowing where to seek for it, Although
these men profess to undertake any earthly
hing, when it comes to the point, leave
| hem 10 themselves. they arc unequal to the
TASK and if you tell them this they an
swcr, BY the labor o. cur own bodies we
| earn our money, and the food of our
| mouths Is Of our own getting. We are
| under obligations to no man. If we did
| lot depend upon ourselves how could we
i've in the world " There are plenty Of
people who use the words myself and
my own thoughtlcssly and at random.
How false is this belief that they profess
Ii there were no system Of government by
upcriors, but an anarchy, then people who
raunt themselves and their own powers
would not stand FOR day. In the old days,
1t the time Of the war at Ichino-tani Mi
namoto no Yoshisfunc left Mikusa, in the
province of Tambc, and attacked Setus.
"Oycrtaken by the night among the
mountains. lie knew not what road to fol-
low, so he sent for his retainer, Bcnkci, Of
he temple called Musashi, and told him 10
light the biz torches rs they had agreed
upon. Bcnkei received his orders and
transmitted them to his troops, who immc
iiatcly dispersed through al! the valleys,
md set fire to the houses Of the inha bitants,
30 that one and all blazcd up, and, thanks
10 the light of this fire, they reached lchi-
no-tani, 0s the story goes. II You think
lttcutiycly you will see the allusion. Those
who boast about my warehouse. ny house,
my farm, my daughter. my wife. hawking
,bout this Ny Of theirs like pcIlcrs-
lei there once come trouble and war i'll the
world and for all their righteousness
hey will be as helpless as Turtles. Let
them he thankful that peace is established
throughout the world. The humane 60
ycrnmcnt reaches to every frontier: the
officials Of every department keep watch
night and day. When & man sleeps under
lis roof st night, how can lie say that i; is
hanks to himself that he stretches his
limbs in slumber? lcu 90 your rounds 70
sec that the shutters are closed and the
'front.' door fast, and, having taken every
prccaution, you lay yourself down to rest
in peace. And what Il Irccauti0n, after
III. \ board four-tcnths Of al inch thick,
1lancd down front and rear Until ii is only
,wo-tcnths o. IN inch thick.
~ fine prccautiou in very truth \
prccaution which may be blown down with
= breath. Do YOU suppose such a thing as
hat would brighten a thicG from breaking
in ! This is the state Of the case. Here
are men who, by the bcncyolcncc aud
Yrtuc OF their rulers, live in Il delightful
world and yet. forgcttin" the mysterious
Providence that watches over them, keep
IN singing thcjr own praises. Selfish eco-
lists. My property amounts 70 3,GoD
ounces Of silver. | may sleep with my
eyes turned up, and eat and take my plea
sure, ii live, for SOC or for 100 yc@is.
nave five warehouses and twenty-five
houses. ] hold other peoples bills for ] ,5G2
ounces Of silver And 50 lie dances fling
II Joy, and has no fear lest poverty should
come upon him for fifty or Il hundrcd years.
Minds Ike frors, with eyes III the middle ii
their backs Fo0lhardy thoughts. TrustF
castle OF defence, indeed. How little can
it be depended upon And when such men
arc sleeping quietly, how can they tell tl.Gt
thcir houses may lot he turned into those
biz torches we were talking about just now.
o. that q great earthquake viii not he up
hcaycd Such arc the chances OF this titlul
world
"With regard to the danger Of over
confidence, [ have little tale to tell you.
Be so good az to wake up from drowGincas
and listen attentiycly. There is q certain
powerful murcx, the Surzayc, with Il very
strong lid TO It's shell. Now, this clam, if
ii hears that there is any danger astir,
shuts up It's shell from within with II loud
day snapper and another fish, los in envy
III this, said: What Il strong castle Is this
Of yours, Mr.. Murcx ; when yon shut w
your i'd from within nobody can 50 much
az point finger at YOU. \ capltal figure
YOU make, sir When he heard this, the
murcx. stroking his beard, replied, We'll,
gentlemen, although you are so good as to
say so. it's nothing TO boast OF III the way
Of safety: still, when ! shut myself W
thus, [ do not feel much anxiety And as
he was speaking thus, with the pride that
apes humility, there came the noise o. Il
great splash, AMI the murcX. shutting up
his lid rs quickly az possible, kept quite
still. and thought to himself what in the
world the noise could he. Could il be Il
net (? Could il be Il tish-hooE What bore
il was, always having TO keep such It sharp
lookout. We're the snapper ana the other
fish caught he wondered, and he leit quite
anxious about them however, nj any rae,
he wac safe. And 50 the time passed, an!
when he thought all was safe he StcaltInly
opened his shell and slipped out his head
and looked all around him. There seemed
to be something wrong, something with
which he was not familiar.
GAS he looked little more carefully, IL
and behold there he was in Il tishmongcr' 5
shop with card marked sixteen, cash, on
his back Poor shclltsh think there are
some people not unlike him to be found in
China and India. How little self is to be
depended upon! There is moral poem
which says : 1t is easier to ascend to the
cloudy heaven without ladder than to de-
pend entirely upon ones SELF
"This is what is meant by the text If
man casts his heart from him he knows
not where to seek for it, Think twice upon