The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-02

Books. like friends. should be we'll
used, not abused.
A delusion and snare-The free
lurch.
The tongue-tlle latch key that let's
out the mind.
The subject Of cream-ation might with
propriety be discussed during. the berry
ing season.
There is no doubt that Adum was the
first granger and Eve the first granger
! eEs.
The man who minds his own business
aud let's other peoples business alone,
Is CO the high road to fortune.
Nothing does 80 much harm as scan
dial. 1t poisons the very springs Of So
cieiy, and is the prime cause of spnuy OF
the saddeet crimes in this world
SHORT LIVED MEMORIES OF THE DEAD.
Tue moro VIZ are made familiar with
death, the more, it would seem. VIC be-
come calous to its visitations. It is net
necessary for one to obtruds into circles
where prlvnte griefs denote the exist
ence of some domestic af1l ,ction, or lift
The veil that screens the zorro wings of
those from among whom some spirit has
departed, to detect the absence of that
| woe which oeither time nor circu m
stnnces ehould nssuage. The sense Of
propriety liz often publicly shocked by
an unbeooming !evi,y, and deceucy out.
ragged by show of Indifference, follow.
inE close upon the heels OF dire GALA
unity. Now. this condition of things, it
is reasonable to conclude, springs from
one 0s two cunses-either the want Of
genuine sentiment in the human hea rt,
or the bunting Of its sensibilities, by
"ttri!ion with the probabilities and alb
stractions Of every day life. True, the
mlhd is an ever-actlve faculty, aud the
affairs f'the world ensrossiug lis atten.
lion. absorb all it's powerS. But this is
no institicatory plen for dearLh Of feel.
| ing Which belongs more intrinsicallY to
the henrt, the seat of all emotional Ia.
turr. Ebulliious Of grief, by which we
arc often led 10 believe the sorrow is
sincere, are rs often deceptive Tears,
| tho naturut outlet Of the hearts pro.
| fonndest sentiment, may soon dry up,
and leave no trace Of their original co.
pi"us outflow. Like the dow that
bathes the flower, or The rain that q ois-
tens the earth, the sun but shines forth
to chase uway the pearly drops of the
one. or dis>ipate in vapory exhalatiuns
thu humidity of the other; and so the
lapse of time. or other mutatory causes,
sweeping over the heart, wherein is i'm.
paled the true fountain of our sympa.
thie', not infreqnently checks its sudden
outbursts, and stagnates the str cam in
its incipient course.
Que would suppose that the severance
OF homan ties, the breaking up of old
assocations, the destruction of those
friendships, which. by u sort of reci.
proclty Of feeling and action. tighten our
burdens, cheer our iabors and smooth
orr paths through life, would bow down,
If not crush the soul, Of tender and
nppreciative nature. That, accustomed
to familiar Intercourse, the Interchange
"f thought, constituting strong bond
"f union, habituated by force Of con-
iInuuus cDntact, to the same practices,
aud being. as it were, in unity, a dual
Xistcnce, :he loss of one of these mu-
Qualities would cloud and clog the beiug
Of the other. But men huve become
stecled against these gentler touches of
the virtues, and bent GU the consutn ma.
uou of personai ends. pay only to death
the tributary hncs OF u comparatively
cold and eufor..d custom.
| IL has been alleged iu behalf of wons
tha, their .grefs are more poignant,
moro sincere aud more lasting than
those Of tho stern.r sex. While this
u,ay oe in u degree appiic4bl profune
history does not furnish many instances
tks hat example of the sacred writings
III R.chels refusing to bo comforted.
II would be u harsh accusation to charge
tho fairer portion of humanity with du-
picity, III matters Of 30 serious and
solemn character. But in the vindi-
cation Of truth, it must be urged that
often under their pretty wiles and co.
qnstries. they hide frigldity that
deuth alone supcrficiully warns into
sorrow. Many u widow. clad in the hu-
b,iiments Of woe, following with fupe-