The New York herald., 1876-12-10


To be something truly grea.
Had not been slyly hlniered
by the puissant law OF latc.
No man can make a right out OF wrong any moro
than he paint piece OF cork so ike stone that
J. Will sink to the bottom when 1T is ;hrown into The
water.
May /, never be said OF America what Kingsley puts
into the mouth OF an asraran English workman, who
seems TO have chaied fa,c:--
.. England IS q pleasant place
For them that's great and high,
But England IS a wrelchcd place
For them that's poor MS l..
II is the glory Q: America that she has land enough
and 10 spare. No one need be so poor that he cant
have his and his homestead, though be Only
log house, and corn enough to last him TIL The next
spring, II he will only accept the ADVICE Of Horace
Greeley aud ''Go West" rnc land OF England and Ire
land owned by the rich aud kept for game preserves
and parks and and the poor thus crowded
into The cities to 1--we as best iLey mas. The best tact
connected with our American institutions is the local
habitation'' winch provided Tor every nhabant OF
the lanc. We halt grateful enough Tor what our
country is able and willing 10 10 ior
Mr. Spurgcon believes in the cremation Of tobacco
He says tina, good Havana is means Of grace, and
he smokes he does everything else ITO the glory
OF God This is the expression OF dcvotec but be Is
CONSISTENT for his cigar goes out, and the smoke
rises night and day as perpetual offering
You mako good investment OF your surplus
funds during the sols.ce BY dcpostng them
charitable Institution. The Bible promises
that such Investment viii pay moro than seven per
cent, and ut The time be abundartly secure he
experiment worth trying just Ior the novelty OF The
experience, il Tor nothing more.
The rhetoric OF besgary is sometimes amusing and
eloquent. When Dr. Field passing through Ireland
he noticed this cxubcraEcc OF genius, and recorded
orf fia hich In cltc
Said one old crone 'May the gates Of Para
disc open 10 ye and to all them that loves
yen II is a pity that such expressions
can't be frequently used in what Is called good
society. Another said II must have been - bit Of
silver which called forth such u tropical wish-"May
every hair on your head be lamp 10 light you TO
Paradise" 1t that expires ion had been found IN the
"Rg veda some Of free rcgionlsts would read Il
TO their congregations tho equivalent OF Scripture
Hero Is another, equally rich fancy but not quite
elevated as moral sentiment-''May ye ride In tine
carriage the mud OF your wheels spash the face OF
your innmles.' The Ir.snman can't help being elo-
qusns even in his beggary.
Some clerical blundcrs are at once pardonable and
amusing, but Others at times hard TO endure.
parishioner who never through summer with.
out complaining bitterly OF the heat, much to The
annoyance of his friends, last took sick and died
His pastor absent the tme aud did not hear OF
The sad event. On his return be met the son Of the
DECEASED and unwittincy inquired, saying, swell,
my ir.end how does your father bear the heat nowf
Imagine his surprise ut being told that tho father mad
been dead months and nis bewildcrmcnt when tho
hope was expressed that the place TO which he had
gono noted for the height OF lis temperature.
Art very naturally deaizcs everything It touches.
There is in Paris very celebrated picture OF ma
poicon Crossing the Alps" by David We have stood
afraid oil the tongue OF Madame dc srael. lie
represented on gallant charger, his cloak floating
in the breeze, while his mperious gcsturc like
a 10 the Alps to get Of the way. History
is 10 such dream what y cold snorthcr" would DO
10 tropical plants Napoleon really crossed tho Alps
on mule, and he was glad enough to fold his cloak
under his chin 10 keep himself wurni. Inauguration Is
delightful, but facts arc stern, and, like BanQuo's
ghost, will not down ut any onc's bidding
IL is all very VOL 10 think OF Mr. Tyndail standing on
boulder OF ice anc thinking secrets OF tho
glacial period, but IS quite different thing to
HIM slip some Alpine hummock and slide on his
back with Jascis desceasrs, his feet nigh
his lips eloquent with expressions OF mingled English
aud Ftench winch are never printed in his books 10
the bottom. Many timc, doubtless, he has per-
formed such feais Of ssGround and lofty tumblng,"
and, Tor moment any rate, wished that tho glacial
period had been heard Of Great men arc no
bigger than the of he little mis-
haps iiic 1t is kind gloomy comfort eci that
they also get caught without umbrella and have he
Same twingcs OF rheumatism which mako music in SO
many number homes.
The great Foxs iaiher gave his son a rule Of iifo
which many people new ready and wiling to ol-
low. He said :-"Nevcr do to-day what you can pos
sibly put OF till TO- morrow do yourself what
you gct any one else to do for you.' Those who
have read tho life Of the great statesman know how
conscientiousy he followed this maxim during his
carrier years. and how much he regretted having done
in the latter part OF his brilliant career This IS
one the instances in which II is not safe 10 10 as
you are told tc.
Tho Sultan OF Turkey Is ono Of the central figures
in that little group upon which history looking just
with special interest lie has the blood OF long
race OF conqucrors in his veins, but Is worthy
OF his iustrious ancestry. He is yet fty years
old, but his hair is already quite gray. He
full beard, but IT Is clipped short, and is
almost white. He 's rather corpulent, but looks
pecisly well horseback. IL is important to
know that hc always walks HIS horse during public
parade. He ascends the marble steps OF the mosque
every day. except when u rains. when OF course his
religion IS laid aside until the out, enters
sort Of private box conicsses his sins which
he many, since he remains at his dcvo,ions ouy few
minutes, and then goes home Now We know all
about the Sultan. There Is thing more which VIC
had well nigh forgotten, and which, as id-bit OF
gossip Is valuable. The Sultan, like Cardinal woolsey
Is man oil large digestive apparatus, and he keeps II
hard at work all the time He drinks little, but eats
enormously. These details should satisfy the most
omnivcrous and from them We ought to be able to
predict the religious fate OF Europe twenty
years. We have not gwen them Ia deris,on OF tho
universal love OF gossip certainly not, but simply as
historical facts.
TRAPPIST MONKS FOR BALTIMORE.
About nine months ago Brother Francis Xavier was
seat 70 ths country by the General Of tho Of
rrappiss, with Instructions to select and purchase
suitable plot OF ground for tho erection a monastery
Tor bransa Of The brotnerhood in America Alter