The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-08

Christmas and New Years were actually DAYS
afsr th,p mo west hsN were Common spueS
tree from the woods with few bright bits Of eauEe
the usual way hearty greetings 70 ihis one or that
trhy offered a cordial handshake for a neignoor to
whom nad fct bit ery the old year, ana behold
Stood apart from tue dead level Of life- zr.6Une.
We cannot too highly commend the above ex-
ample Of the young editor at his best. 1t Is
weishty. 1t Is timely 1t is suggestive, It is sent
mental, It Is thrilling. Why, indeed, arc not all
days alike, except that the sun rises earlier on
some and sets earlier on others it rains on some
and 1t doesn't on others It Is cold on some and
II Is hot on Others some DAYS tho winds arc
balmy, on others northeaster seems to be try
inc to chill your very marrow; on some days
your corns hurt more than on others. II YOU
have rheumatism II twinGes you more some
days than on others on some days you get up
out Of the wrong end Of the bed and people say
YOU are cross, on Others you come down TO
breakfast with a smile 20 cheerful and conta-
glous that you make the whole family happy
on some days your soul beats high with noble
resolv g, on Others you don't care whether yr-
tue rrospers or not; one day you surprise your
friends by our witty saes, the next they Won
der how SO stupid a fellow could ever have en-
tertained them. So 1t goes. Yet all days are
alike measured by the turning over OF this world
on its axis. That movement the planet clrcng
round tho sun makes with mathematical regu-
larity. II pays no more heed to US than II we
were atoms of dust. II has It's course nxed for
It. ard It puIsues IT, all unmindiul whether
We like better its noaruoss to the sun or It's re-
motcuess from 1t. Awful thought II We were
philosophers we should be the same on all days,
whether n raiucd or shono, chilled or heated.
Hut we are not philosophers. So we growi about
the Weather. and instead OF making every day an
anniversary OF happiness to be celebrated with
joy and kindness TO men, remembrance of less
inRs granted ind duties TO he fulfilled, we select
cert Ia Us in the year whercon We especially
rejoice. But is It true that "a spruce tree, few
hits Of gauZe, spanGle, and candles-a Christmas
tree, Ia 4 ct-makes Christmas, or that n little
hosI itality, calling and hand-shaking make New
Years? No, Is not true. Here the young ed
itor is wrong. These are but the outward sig
nlncations Of n deeper fact. In the one case It
is the birth Of a Saviour which gives character
10 the day aud Justlnes its setting apart. In tho
other, II Is the opening Of u New Year, another
milestone reached on our journey through life.
| Tho two days stand apart from the level OF life
for other reasons than the observances by which
we distinguish them. They commemorate gre I
| facts and stimulate FEELINGS OF humanity. We
do not know whether JAY GOULD keeps Christ
mas, but he does In his way keep New Years
| As prudent man OF business, who wishes "a
reap where he has sown, he sends for bis stool
| pigeon and his publisher and commands them
u make an accounting for the year. Then
cipherng up his last years loss on his tall-toweI
organ, he meditates whether the loss has been
| made up by Its help TO him in his stock gam,
| bling schemes. Apparently he thinks the invest
ment pays, In spite Of the loss, for he still keep;
his stool pigeon and his tall tower.
From the latest advloes from Cuba the
cane appears to be about dry enough to burn
| within the past few days, the burning OF sever
important estates in the jurisdictions Of Glen
fucGos and sagua la Grande IS chronlcled. Yes
tcrday an importing nrm OF this city received
telegram from Havana announcing the destruc-
| ton by the Cubans OF the important estat,
"Poryenir," belonging to the FORBADE mily
This estate Is situated close to MacaRuu, In the
| Jurisdiction OF CJlon, and some sixty mllei
westward Of Havana, and nearer TO the latter
than the recent headquarters Of the Spanisi
army at Las Cruces. II Gen. GRANT wishes t,
stop the destruction OF property In Cuba, h'
Will never have so favorable an opportunity al
the present, but he should hurry up.
We are happy TO see that the Methodist