Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-06-24
MISCELLANEOUS.


to set up our own standard Of right
and wrong, aud judge people ac.
c0rdingly. 1t is great mistake tC
measure the enjoymeEts Of Others
by our own; TO expect uniformity ol
opinion in this world; to look fol
Judgment and experience in youth
to endeavor to mould all dispositions
alike; not to yield in immaterial
tribes; to look for perfection in our
own actions; to worry ourselves and
others with what cannot be rcmedied ;
not to alleviate all that needs allevia-
ton, as far as lies in our power; to
consider everything impossible which
VIC cannot perform to believe only
what our finite minds can grasp; to
expect to be able TO understand ey-
crything. The greatest of all mis-
takes s to live only for time, when
any moment may launch us into cter-
nifty.
IT is singular but not less true, that
Jefferson was born just eight years
after his predecessor Adams; Madi-
son just eight years after Jefferson !;
Monroe eight years after Madison !;
and John Quincy Adams eight years
after Monroe. Another curious fact
to be observed is that Adams was
Just sixty-six when lie retired; JEFF
IcrSon was sixty-siX; Madison was
iXty.siX; Monroe was siXty-siX ;
and John Quincy Adams, had he
been elected to a second term, would
have been siXty-siX. Adams, JEFF
fcrson and Monroe all died on the
4th Of July.
IN China, q man is not allowed to
build n house above his legitimate
rank in society. lie may acquire a
fortune by his own eXcrtions, but un-
less he holds some Office, or is born to
some rank, he has no liberty of arch
itccturc. The Laws Of the empire
detail and enforce, with greatest pre-.
cision, the mode OF constructing q
residence of a prince of the first,
second or third rank, of q grandec or
of mandarin. According to the
ancient law, the number and hight
of the apartments, the length and
hight of n building, arc all regulated
with precision, from the plain citizen
10 the mandarin, and from the man
DARN up to the emperor himself.
GOETHE was in company with q
mother and daughter, when the lat-
ter, being roproycd for something,
blushcd and burst into tears. He
said to the mother: "IIow beautiful
your rcproach has made your
daughter. That crimson hue and
those silvcry tears become her much
better than any ornament Of gold or
pearls; those may be hung OH the
neck of any woman; these ale ever
seen connected with moral purity,
A full blown flower sprinkled with
purest dew is not so beautiful rs this
child blnshing beneath her parents
displcasurc, and shedding tears OF
sorrow for her fault. A blush is the
sign which nature hangs out to show
where chastity and honor dwell"
SPEND WIsELY-Look we'll to your
spending. No matter what comes in,
if more goes out you will always be
poor. The art is moth making money,
but in keeping it; little expenses,
like mice in a barn, when they arc
many, make great waste. Hair by
hair heads Get bald; straw by straw
The thatch goes off the cottage; and
drop by drop the rain comes into the
chamber. A barrel is soon empty
If the tap leaks but q drop minute
When you mean to save, begin with
your mouth; there are many thieves
down the red lane. The ale-jug is 8
great waste. In all other things
keep within compass. Never stretch
your legs further than the blankets
will reach, or you VIII soon be cold
In clothes, choose suitable and last
ing stuff, and not tawdry finerics. TX
be warm is the main thing; nevel
mind the looks. A fool may makt
money, but il needs a wise man t.
spcld it. Remember it is easier t
build two chimneyS, than to keel
one going. If you give all to bacl
and board, there is nothing lef
for the savings bank. Fare hard ant
work hard while you are young, anC
you have a chance Of rest when yol
arc old.
Woman's love is estimated by al
English contemporary as follows: 4
French woman will love her husbanC
II he is either witty Or chivalrOus;
German woman If he is constant ant
faithful aDutch woman ifhe does no
disturb her case and comfort to-
much; a Spanish woman if h
wrGaks vengeance on those who in
cur his displcasure an Italian woman
II he is dreamy and poetical;
d nish woman if he thinks that he
native country is the brightest anC
happicst Ell earth; Russian woman
il he despises all Westcrners a
miserable barbarians; an Englisl
woman if he succeeds in ingratiatin!
himself with the court and aristocra
cy; an American woman If he ha
plenty of money.
A STRANGE FISH,--On Saturda,
last the fishermen at the Soque
beach while hauling their seine
caught a very strange fish it wa
about four or five feet long, with
head somewhat resembling an alliga
tor, The mouth would open vcr
wide, and a sort of Kissing noise pro
ccoded from it. 1t had two fery-lik
eyes Of agreen.yellowish color, wit
two horns of u hard, bony substanc
protruding in from each side of tn
head. The body was slim and Ions
and it had four web feet, the leg
being stout and short just beloV
the two hind feet, the body separate
into two tails, and Oh the ends 9
each were two tassels. somewhat re
Scmbling sea-weed or coase hair.
was very spry and lively, and th
men were at first afraid 10 touch
but finally one of the men struck
over the head with All oar and killo
h'-Sdntd Cruz (C0l,) Times.
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