, 1869-08-08
Old B1ob1,S.

Old H1ob1,s.
With Some Andotte4 Concexuiug
Him.
CHICAGO, August
To Tie Eiflor ar Tx Chicago Tribun=:
lcame down ihls tnornlng IN ny usual serene
frame Of mind was serene because the treak-
1as, had been a succesa, OLD Blobbs took his coffee
With quiet Emile all over his dear good face for
Ills ousihess speculations were all promistpg well,
and he and Mls- BIoDbs had spent very com-
Portable night, With no lecture between the cur
taIus- Eyen Ara- Blobbs' usually iu1e1lhie face
relBxed somewhat In the bright sunshine, which
flooded the rom WIFE golden glory, and r1Pple1
a1 over with delight, Us ap aspen sometimes will
@tlver all over at the touch OF a zephyr. Miynon
never looked 80 sweet hciort as she SAT there with
j spray Of mgnouette IN her hair, and her canary
on her shoulders stealing crumbs from her lips.
think every nUwer IN tie breakfast bouquet was
ens,ous OF her. Aulella, too, who has "su1ered
! sea change into Lometbing fich and strange
since The birth Of the baby, reminded me Of Ra-
phatls Aadopna Of the Chair, 30 calm and sanity
has her face grown The Baby, in its high chair,
WE faiEIJ 1nEaue With delight. aud WAS IS garru-
ious 81 little brook, ever flowing ana ever sing
ing after We become Silent aud lay ourselves
duNu for the long Aleep. Celeste was little more
I1oughful than usual, for she has recovered IRON
many III her ughtE uot'ons, hnd begins 10 look
upon LIE as something real md earnest, which
gives her at times m anxious cast Of counteuance.
aud has infused her with tender yeiu Of ueian
choy, which has only added 10 her beauty, Just as
the green leaf bccones more beautiful when
1t IL clad IN the soInoWful spicndor OF autumn.
Boosey and FtzuerbeFt, however, are purely OF
this world, and at the b1eAsfast table never soar
above the ytanus fcfore them. Blanche Ia away,
doing the watering places: hut, With this e1cep
ton, our nltie circle wns fulI a1waJg excepting
The vacant plate and chair We LEAVE for the Maiden
Aunt Who, l think, ct11ars down some mornings
from her shinlng heights and occap!es the old To-
nEaE Hlnce, although invisible 10 us- II makes us
all n little hoE1owtu, this constant reminder Of her
ahO has gone before; but we lored her 50 much
that we feel We cannot too often think Of her. So
from ihat racaat piace spring the most blessed Of
memories, Which make better f1en and women OF
III all. fou see, therefore, hal guod rcaSon for
feeling serene md al peace With MI the world
Our talk at the table Was commenced BY Old
BlLb!s in reply to Fitz-IIerbert, who wanted to
know, IN lHnRald sort VI way, II any Of us were
going 10 do tue eclipse this afternoon.
"And why" said Old DIooba, with a qulzzical
IUVA VI ui4 IA%S1 6NOOlA a43 VI VI WILL ~ W
the eclipse, al Jou are pleased 10 term II, Mt. Fltz-
uerbeft7
+. IL dzawlcd out a reply: "Oh! welt, don't
knew, excerpt to discover some new planets, or
something Of that eort"
.'Uiscoyes new plancts'' said Old BIobbA
'h8snl What do We Wnnt 10 discover new plurl-
ets for: Invent ne got enough already: Bet
ter Inti out something about our own planet be-
l,sr ne no racing through the heavens after new
Ekn$. a.
tls planet sou are living ont Nothing, Str; nutl-
ipg at all. You are GegetatIng along upon It. ani
rome day Will he put underneath It's crust fHno-
rnnt OF It ns ynn arc Of Sirius. God Almighty,
s,f, has given yon world which you can TOUCH aud
sec, a1 aeur: which unrolls daily fnost wonIruus
Pauoratna OF mountains. rockR, rivera and lakes.
r1tntfd with culoFY mofu marvellous than any
pbnteI ereF dreamed Of, flaming in the mnrnHG
NTH hanueFa .! crimson and guild; orerhunx ut
n"''t' WITH the dreamy t,uc Of tbs h:a, =; suyB-
tefiOua al hight wien the darkness CO nes do IN
uran II Ike some grrat Strange, dArA bsrd and
you see through tho chlnIB in the aky the glorica
Of The world beyond, shlnn9 through: Oh It'll sur
face the great misacle us creation, repeating Itself
Anily right before your dali eyes aud stupid ears
III !ta Gosonl the giant forces Of nature struggling
together sometimes In thu intesity OF thtF HfAth
rphcaylnG The solid columns aud the deep -roo:rH
rocks splitting mountains IN twain and tlsntug
"AhtAstu0AHe7A AVN huCl Hu'II luIL "
beauty, aid myaterS, aud music, an1 passion, AMI
palu \ world fu which there is no 1oAtgnfEcant
thing. rum the little pebble on the surf. h.4&en
Ehtpgte to The gant pDe on the wind. .1weps hlEt.
Why sir, you have no idea oi the world JoI live
TN, not the slightest; neither Of the tefrthe uya-
tcttes E1th which the air Is ID teI nor OF the silent
forrcs always ut work about Jou and around you.
Neither, Str, OF Ibs terrible Iron necessity
1f Fate which Is pressing upon the inscct IN the
eia.$, upon The biri In the air, upon man In ali
hts impulses and actions, and wh,ch natca acci-
dent Impossible Why. atr. there arc forccs OF
SAturc and Of Fate 10 you anl about you which
Aur' You about llke p'aythlog: Which wilt 80 me-
sines lntcrwenyc a stnglc life with Jour nfe, SO
,tat you Will live ln that other life; sometimes re-
produce In yo1 q whole series OF lives! Witch
after you have cast on this shell, y Ill make you
live again IN nowers and tseef. II the air. IN the
uhter, or the 1fe. Beauty, sir. Is omnlprrsent 10
this grind world. Ton needn't travel t1rn far
countries 10 md It II Ia right before you MI the
tine, and when you sec It, you see 1t for the nrst
tine Jus, As Adam md Ere did II Is Just Is fresh
and new End glorious as It was then, for 1t Is uadc
eyef1 morning, It !s born every Minute. And thus
The mirncle Of the new created world Is eternal
There l8 mrAc everywhere and In erer5 thing. 1t
IS the Law Of the world The sta1s moee 10 tts
rhythm The leaves on the trees dance to IT, Tae
wbyes OF the ocean paEsato to L. The notes IN
the atr weave their graceful motions to it. And he
who can thoroughly comprehend music, for which
Lo knowledge Of technique Is 1ecefEaly, who can get
at The hcaEt Aud soul Of 1t, who can un.lerstard
,ts universal and yet mysterious language, who, as
.,tIeey kays, noat his soul like boat upon the
tilser wares Of Song, has secured for himself the
highest happiness the world eau produce, because
be nnds the hidden spr1nSa OF love, tho heights OF
aspiration, the uuutterahe MI steE1es Of the soul
A. hlch ally man with tue I1unite aud bind one
hutnRu soul to another.
"Now, sit, here Is this grand world nli sroand
around LIS and within as, Ut which y0u know A5so-
!u1ety nothing beyond q nomenclature, aud You
talk Of discovering 1eT planets millions OF nIles
away, which naJ never be Visible again, which
add nothing to the SUN of knosletlgc, which can.
not be allied With anything else, and only serve as
an Insignificant something TO give nhme TO. is:s
al! bcsh, sir.
"Why, |, was only the other day that was
rrad,ug, s1r, Of some world or other III the upper
a.r burning up. And al resh the rather glowing
description could only ray TO myself: Well,
what Of II. How does that cUnceln met Let her
hum. In practical point OF vie \. II seeml 70 me
|. must have been had LOT tue Insurance Offices
and show the IRE department was ~ofully dcn
Gent tn that planet. It Ia possible that the people
OF that planet may hare been 40 bat that the Lord
made hell Of It, and burned them un a. lie burne
up Sotom and Gonuf1ah; bat apart from taes<
items I donT see how It concerns me or you.
hn.e no objection, however, mF dear F1tz-lierheEt
TO your discovering new world If you arc 20 DIS
peeet and bothellng Jour heal about the p..h o
the umbss, the direction OF the Surta Pole, tnl
lunts OF the sun. the cce~'lal e1uator. the vetn1
equinox, The suns Hght ascension, The moou :,
horizontal p1salaI. the Tine Of II.
eclsp;ic, and 50 On and 20 ons bl
ahrn on nave got through. come down out O
the stars aud Try and rnd out something ahl,u
q II .aFi+ - $hn