Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-27
THE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST %.

Coon ApyIcE.-Do not choose your friend
hv his Looks. handsome shoes often pinch the
loot don't be fond OF compliments; remem-
bor "Tbank YOU, pussy, and thank you puS-
~. Killed the eat. Don't believe IN the man
who talks most; for mewing cats are very sci
dom good mousers. By no means put yourself
IN another PERSONS power; ii you put your
thumb between two grinders, they are very
ant to bite. Drink nothing without seeing 1t;
sign nothing without reading 1t, and make
sure that it means no more than Ii says In
any business, never wade into water where you
can not see the bottom. Put no dependence
upon the label of bag; and count money al
ter your own. See the sack open before you
buy what is in it; for he who trades IN the
dark asks TO be cheated, Keep clear OF the
man who does not value his own character.
Beware of every man who swearS Beware OF
no man more than yourself; VIC carry our worst
enemies with us When a new opinion or
doctrine comes before you, do not bite TIL you
know whether it is bread or stone; and do not
be- sure that the gingerbread Is good because
OF the gilt on it. Never shout halo! uu you
are quite out of the woods; and never cry
fried fish till they are caught IN the net. There
is always time enough to boast-walt little
longer Don't throw away dirty water I'll! you
have got clean; keep on Scraping the roads TIL
better than none, and the humblest office IS
better than being out oil employment, Always
give ND the road to bulls and madmen; ana
never fight with coal HEAVIER, or contend with
base character, for they will be sure TO black
Gu you.
TRAINING OF EDIToRS.-ln the last issue
Of the Lexington Gazette, appears long anu
interesting article on Washington College,
from which we extract the following rctereDeo
N new and striking feature, proposed to be
embraced in the scope and purpose OF tha' IN
sttution. The writer says:
That feature of expansive hberalty most at
tractlye and striking 20 an editor Is the propo'
sal 10 appoint TO scholarships and the adj
vantages of the college, certain number oil
vounp men who propose to make Journalism
their profession. This is the first distinct re
cognition ever made 10y the so-caled Centres
Of Wisdom OF the true dignity and Importance
NJ tbc public press and shows q wish to aid in
its elevation by the education OF those VINO are
70 serve i'm its ranks. 1t accepts 1t rs eoad-
jutor in public instruction and traternlzes with
those who perform its functions as ministers at
the altar of knowledge.
AN ECLpSE observation-disclosures Win
lock, OF Harvard College, was in Louisville,
Ky. on Wednesday, and is bringing back
the results of his observations on the eclipse.
The Courier says: His most remarkable
discovery, however, far surprising those OF
Jansen in India, is the presence of an ocean
magnesium in the sun. OF the six new
lines discovered by him, four are magnesium
IL is therefore unnecessary for any earth born
mortal to claim that he discovered the power
that magnesium possesses for making brilliant
light OF the five lines known before the dis
covery OF the six new ones by Professor Win
lock, tour are known to be hydrogen. The
constitution of the other is unknown. An
other curious fact seems to be settled now 1t IS
that the corona of the sun and the Aurora
Borcalis are identical in construction.