The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-04-21
For the Dspatch.l
Paragraps.ic Notes and Reflections.

|
Vcrney Lovett Cameron has thrown a
fresh ray of light upon the marvellous influ-
ence OF woman-a subject freely eXpatiated
upon ever since the old gardeners rib as
sumcd the hues and proportions of beauty.
He says that the amiable Muinyi Duglmbi no
sooner collected around him the small ha-
rem OF three hundred wives than he began
rapidly to decline into idiotcY.
| John Ormsby, on seeing man with pet
| dog under his arm, reflects thus: "What
| is the spell that has been wrought by that
dog on that man! What is the tie which
| binds them together? Which is the master
Does the man hope to float out OF poverty
upon the dog as upon raft; or has the dog by
his luxurious habits dragged the man down
and then compelled him to go about with
bim3"
| Probably it is not generally known that
! the chaSte style OF feminine pull-backs has a
| true classic foundation. Inthe image Of the
| Ephesian ArtemiS, according to the Roman
replicaS, "the body is mere trunk lessen
ing towards the base, with feet together, as
| il copied from munmv.' Our modern
! idols, it must be added, however, have iar
more soul and even far more modcsty than
! their antique prototype.
| The red balls on golden field that iorlGed
the family device Of tic grect 1Icdici were
declared by some ''to represent the iron
, balls which hung from the mace of Il giant
overcome by Il knigh!ly progenilor in single
combat, while the more modest explanation
OF them is that they arc suggestive vi pills
or cuppin"-glasSrs. which the founder cf
| tie family used in lis rrofcssion.'
The Ednburg Rerieu, speaking OF ant
| warriors, says: "iIeTc walks some individual
with nlanifestproof that he has been to the
wars, for he carries suspended to one Of his
ngs the. head OF some foe whom he had con-
Quered and which he carries about IL IL
pledge OF victory There goes another
worker dragging along the body OF i Zoe
which not even in death would relax his
| hOd!"
| 'In oJt-ci-tiir-way parts OF the East the
| traveller docs well to furnish himself With
few mysterious TASKS and pills-!f posi-
bic gilded over-oi Il mild, harmless charac-
ter, to be administered as remedies against
every form OF disease TO the crowd which
seeks for healing. No harm can be done,
and the learned traveller Will invest himself
with marvellous halo OF titY.''-Ihie!-
mann.
Sumbu, 4 large Lapland dog, and one OF
the heroes Of the Austrian Arctic cXpedi-
ton, would have cut Il tine figure among Il
certain class OF American statesmen. tic
was fox-likc in nature, cunning and inn
pudent in expression" and yet when dan
ger threatened he had the courage 10 be
humblc--to faWn-to cringc, or TO o;str his
paw meekly to all. He was devout wor-
shipper OF scli-made god, to whom Ike
generously sacrificed everything lie got
hold Of. TO single out but one proof OF
his liberaliiy OF mind, he was revcr known
to dsdain the intellectual pleasures 0t rum.
His end, too, was worthy Of him. lie be-
came cnamourcd Of a great gull, ard soon
passed mysterious!y away, like King Ar
! thur.
| 1tr. Didcr, in his Life Of Poe-a WOE
deriul little chaos OF mistakes and absurdi-
ties--says "Gcn!us is Patience" This is
indisputaby right. Certainly there does
not exist in these enlightened times a being
so ioolEardy Is TO imagine for moment
| that the haii-mad Shelly or the IcveIish
Byron Of yesterday could hold Il candle TO
the calm. iahoriou- obituary poet OF to-day.
| There cannot exist i being so lost to all
sense OF the placid or sublime us to compare
| frenZied meteor to the serene eye OF the
sedatc owl. This reminds me that | have
an acquaintance so meek and sober-m;nded,
so patient and toilsome, that he gives forth
and is content with giving single idea an
nualy. Will somebody be good enough,
coollv and spassionately, to take the life OF
the genius?
When the accomplished fanatic Mr.. Wen
dell Phillips condescends to step into his
grave his friends naturally will be at great
pains to raise such monument to his Inem-
ory az will vie with the noblcst in point Of
delicacv and originality. AS one OF the
foremost of his friends shall place before
the rest my rouSh-hewn design: the image
of the gentleman himself in the act OF taking
Iip-liberty with the polished ebon brow OF
some stately queen OF Central Africa. This
will, with utmost simplicity. set forth his
lordly virtues and his chivalrous feelings,
and at the same time kindly lead his enemies
of Boston and OF Philadelphia to forget his
few trivial faults.
'The strangers were YeZiclees, sect
who maintain that, whether Satan be at
present in or out Of favor in heaven, he
continues not the less to exert great sway
upon the earth, and therefore ought to be
treated with proper respect; and as they
think it wise to make friends everywhere
not knowing where their destiny may ulti-
mately place them-they iudiclously divide
their worship between the powers of light
and OF darkness. Hearing of these cireun,-
stances, Immediately walked over to these
worthy people and begged most earnestly
to state to them that we were all in reality
more in his Satanic Maiesty's interests than
we prctended for my own share requested
particularly to have good word spoken for
me ia their prayers to him, and after mu-
tual ciyiiities on parting, very respectfully
wished them at the devil. ."-Hope. +.
In prominent interior city professor