Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-10
Thoughts Of Great Men.

ranted to keep in the hottest climates. Treas.
ure it, preserve it, pickle it, but call no man
happy who goes to rest with single bill un-
paid.
How sublime is this thought of Goethe's
The Ocean of Existence has never yet been
photographed, and its deepest secrets are past
dredging for. We gather a few tender tinted
shells, few TUFTS of bright weed, and sup off
costly mollusks; but the Sea and We are real
Strangers we and the Sea make 20 progress,
and life sinks behind the horizon before the
Bud Of Acquaintance, has burst into the Bloom
of Friendship. Walk BY the Margin, and lis
ten to the Waters moaning their strange Sc
cret to the sympathizing Stars, and take anoth.
er cigar before you turn in'
Milton we'll knew that the experience of all
middle-aged men would amply corrobora,e
this chain of corollaries:
Never exceed your income.
Never exceed the bounds of decorum.
always brush your hat when you take it
of.
''Be careful how you interfere with another
mans fire.
"Do not sit in damp clothes.
'Study the polity of the State, and be at
YOUR pest although of the meanest order, when
The walls of the Republic are threatened.
The true Citzeu never omits to have his
boo properly BACKED every morning. y
How thoroughly that wise old heather:
Epaminondas knew the working Of the human
heart Listen to a few of his gems. Never
lend your horse. Seem, rather than be- Build
your garden wall higher, il your neighbor can
look over it. Tread wariIy, it your path Is
strewn with broken bottles. Be ready to do
in your pocket, and Metropolitan time, tables.
and the finest Eau-de Cologne that money can
procure,
Mark what Lavattr said to William Tell,
when they were coming home 10 the dawn
from post mortem, over the Bri6g. OF Sighs.
and talking about the Revenue returns. Put
a GOOD face on the matter. 1t troubles rise,
stare them our OF counteuance. We all wear
the same uniform. ouIy the facIDgS are differ
enr. The richie st man canDot escape the tooth.
ache, and the poorest may enjoy suuset and
salad Be content. aud fill up your lucome
tex ,aper with conscientious fidelity. and you
viii be scheduled among the soft.
Golden words these Of Bacon's: The
weaknesses OF men are often the strength OF
states, and the favorites of princes have be-
tore now become the shuttlecocks OF vcnReful
Fortune. Some men are born aud others die;
but none caI escape either the one day or the
other. Between the beginning and the end
there lie many intercalat stations. where
we may rest ond recreate, and gather strength
for the ventures that Fortune hath yet 10 her
wallet. Blind as she Is, she sometimes drops
.he bandage and catches the speakers, eye
but her myrmiGOns are host, and her i0OW-
ers great army. and to be victorious over
Fortune your weapons must be keen, weIl-te1n-
pered and bright.your arms strong and re
soute, your courage dauntlesS, your endurance
martyr like, and your wife relations uneXcep-
tionable.
DIsTEMPER The disease commonly known
as dstemper is fever in which the lungs are
more or less implicated. This Dalady usually
prevails during spring and early summer, and
it may reasonably be presumed to be caused
by the extreme variability of the temperature
OF those seasons.
The symtoms usually observed are, loss OF
appetite, soreness of the throat 10 drinking,
nasal discharges, coughing, and in some cases
swellipgs OF the glands between the Jaws. Dis.
temper is a disorder of a very variable charac'
ter. and the symtoms vary considerably IN
different cases. The enlarged glands sometimes
suppurate, and in some cases have o tendency
to remain in an indurated condition. Good
ventilation. warm clot hing and baIdaRes are
valuable adiuncts in the treatment OF the dis
ease,
The administration Of some stimulating
aren't. such as nitric G:hcr, is attended with
great benefit, and in induration OF the glands,
the application of cmollients, such as poulti-
ces, or hot lamentations, to promote suppura.
ton, and consequently the dispersion OF the
swelling
At tea party in Washington, where Gen.
Butler lately was guest, the hostess, glanclng
over the table, perceived his cup uDturDlshed
with an important implement, of which he was
supposed to appreciate the value. why,
General Butler !" she exclaimed 10 little
womanly hutter Of CONSERVATION, haven. &
you spoon ?' mo, indeed, madsme.!'
quickly responded the general, sprlDglng from
his seat with well acted earnes'ness, and slap
ping his pockets. one after the other, upon
NV word, madame, if you don't believe me,
madame, you may search mel" The applause
which greeted this spontaneous sally may be
more easily imagined than described.
In Mobile and New Orleans they are about
to run street cars with ludia rubber motive
power. An India rubber b,nd, $50 feet IN
length. ss,rctched out to ten times that length.
This is first wound around one drum, SO that
as it unwinds its rctractile power propels the
car, aud. in addition, winds 1t up around
another drum. as tightly as II was around the
HIST uruu, minus tue power lOSt IN oVelcoW
ing the friction Of the car. So it winds aud
unwiudS, lrst upon one drum aud then upoo
the the other, until the loss of power occa
stoned BY the moving of the car renders it ne
cessary to Wiud the thing up ty q renewed sp-
pcaton OF steam power.
When one Euglshman meets another the
usual inquiry is Flow doyou CO." the French.
man would ask. "How do you carry yourself ?"
the Italian How do you stand p How do
you fud yourseIf2' is the German interrosa-
,iou. How do you fare % is the Dutch
How do You perspire p asks the Egyptian.
the Chiuamap wants to know "HoW IS your
stomach p "Have you eaten your rice! the
Pole, How dc you have yourself /, the Kus
sian, How do you live OF p whIIe the Fer
sian salutation is. May thy shadow never be
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