Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-21

In trying tOaBnihilRte each other
by vitnperatiOn men should learn
exactly TO what magical limit heir
forcible language should be restrain.
ed SO as 10 have the desired effect
A little blowing iS good for the fire,
whilea sufficient excess would put
1t out; o little suffocaiiOn increases
usefulness, and q great deal smoth.
efs IL 70 death. Justsoa small dose
Of water increases lie ~fieFeeness,
and a thorough drench of the same
medicine exiiDguishes It's life. In
applying wOrdy castigSti0n these
teets about the ire should be care.
fully considered.
In Great Britain they are advo.
eating the employment Of vertical
fire In naval contests. Mallet'e
Mortars are considered the key 70
every maritime establishment that
can be approached within a mile
and q hall. They throw thirty six
inch gl0bes, each Of which weighs
2660lb., and 10 capable Of contain.
lug 400 lbs. Of powder, One con.
tanning 70 lbs. Of powder was
thrown q distance Of 200 yards.
II 10 believed that they are capable
OF sinking any klId Of ship that IL
now built
Which Is the best, technical or
non.technical education Large cd.
ucatIoD, broad development, general
training, are the best possible ioun-
datiOns Of useful after life but
they are only the foundations Of
knowledge and training. For the
uses Of modern civilized life The
promising youth who Is good for
everything, 10 in fact good for
nothing The frst-class University
man is scarcely worth the pay ofa
day laborer beyond walls Of bis
university I: for the uses, duties and
aims Of civilized life bis education
has to begin.
RemarkiDg upon the employing
Of human bones for feriilizing pur-
poses, a writer suggests some rath.
er unpleasant reflections. He re.
CARDS 1t as curious that the phos.
phate of lime which once formed
the frame OF a member Of the Egyp-
tan aristocracy should, after a
quiet repose Of some Thousands OF
years, enter upon o new career o.
usefulness in y distant land as al
excellent manure for iurnips and
other garden vegetables, which
may iD turn furnish the necessary
phosphate OF lime to give backbone
to the home aristocracy. /; become
a matter Of speculation al what fu-
ture period tradesmen will be get
hug rich on the tombs Of Green
wood, or Of Westminster and ST
PauPs, or the vaults Of Cologne
Cathedral, or the gha6tly sepnIchge
Of the Capuc!ins a; ROmel
Rev. W. 3. Wright, Who has
been among the MOrmOns, declares
il 10 be HE conviction that the
leadeFs among that singular peo-
ple'are sincere men; thai they be.
lieVe they are inspired by God as
much IS Moses ever believed that
he drew inspiration from the Di.
vine source. and that Brigham
Young Is but an humble seeker
after truth. Said Mr.. Wright, in a
recent lecture
II was idle 70 suppose that men
whose talents would secure them
wealth anywhere, would establish
such colony for the sakes OF riches ;
lust was not so hard 10 crafty 10
large cities that they should 90 on,
10 Utah 10 build a harem vi bags ;
and self-lndulgence sought the lro-
pies instead OF a desert, which they,
IN their love Of labor, had made a
paradise.
His conclusion is that any legis.
latiOn based upon the theory hat
these men do not believe Whist they
iilirIn, will DO !smentably ineffec.
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