The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-18
Chinese Philosophy.

In ancient times there lived man,
Shieh. During a travelling tour he had
occasion to rest the night at a roa1-
house. The weather was insufferably
hot, and within the room musketoes
swarmed by thousands. Shien fortu-
nately had provided himself with cur
tains, but unfortunately the curtains
were insufficient to resist the enemy.
His efforts to keep them out were in
vain, sounds of buzzing in unpleasant
poximity still continued, and writhing
under the intolerable torment of their
stings, his thoughts transplanted them
selves to his own peaceful home. He
reflected on the spacious halls, cool
.eouches, and the crowd of landmarks
to fan and wait on their lord; and, con-
tinued he to himself, % how is it that I
should have suffered one moment of
ennui in such paradise? Why leave
to seek pleasures and find misery
abroad ?" During these meditations he
observed the keeper of the post, who
had no curtains, pacing the room with
the musketoes swarming around him.
But what seemed to him inexplicable
was that the man still appeared to be
in perfect good humor. Shien, still
writhing in misery, exclaimed "AIy
good fellow, you are one hundred times
worse off than myself, but how is it
that, while am in torment of mind,
you on the contrary seem happy?" The
keeper replied "Sir, have just been
recalling to mind the position 1 was
once placed in; when a prisoner, bound
hand and foot, I was a helpless prey to
these murderous insects unable to move
muscle, they preyed on me with i'm
punity, and the agony was unbearable.
1t was the contrast of that horrible pc
riod with my present condition that
produced that feeling of eontentedness
with me-" Shien was startled by the
mine of philosophy herein unfolded.
Would, he thought, that the world in
ordinary life would but daily. keep in
mind, and carry out, such a spirit analo-
ogy. How vast then would be the re-
suit to man NORTH China Herald
MIS-. FRANo1s, the wife of the Ameri-
can minister in Greece, in a letter quo
ted by the Journal of Commerce, writes
from Athens as follows of the discove-
ries made on the supposed site Of an
cient Troy by Mr.. Schliemann, who for
some years has searched for the ruins
of the old city, and has recently begun
an entirely new series of excavations,
with many assistants Mr.. SehIe-
mann returned from Troy yesterday.
He has completed his excavations. after
three years Of labor, by a grand MASTER
stroke. He has discovered the palace
of Priam and large treasures In gold
and silver. BE has carried away with
him forty large cases containing various
articles, also fifteen baskets Of real
treasures. We called upon him to-day
at his residence for the purpose of tx-
amining his collection. I saw in his
house gold goblets and vases which
shine just like the gold of our age. I
also saw some beautiful head-ornaments
made of gold, massive and we'll made,
resembling those now wcrn by the mod
ern Greeks. There is a golden goblet
weighing nearly three pounds, also a
quantity of small, round earrings, such
as are used and worn by children Of our
days"
PROF. BAnLESE from France crossed
the Niagra river, August .. on tight
rope, 1900 feet long, opposite the Cliff
ton house, In sixteen minutes. Return
ing to the center, he cast his cloak and
balanee-pole into the river, and then
jumped off into the water beneath,
distance of 40 feet, Disappearing for a
few seconds, after which he rose to the
surface, and was picked up by men N
waiting, and went ashore IN 8 small
boat.
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