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Middletown transcript., 1880-03-06

GENERAL GRANT is having very
fine times this week in the city of Mex
leo. There have been no end Of ban
quets, torch light professions, ETC., and
President Diaz is taking care of the
"illustrious traveller" in the best pos
sible manner. While the General
enjoys himself in the land of the Mon
tezumas, Cameron, Conkling & Co.,
look after his third term boom at
home. Happy Grant!
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The Rhode Island House of Repre-
santatives has dealt with the tramp
question in a very sensible manner.
It has passed a law providing that
they shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the State Workhouse for not
less than one year. We need a State
Workhouse, and then a similar tramp
law, in Delaware. 1t does not pay to
imprison tramps unless we can make
them useful as we'll as ornamental.
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Household & Kitchen FlrlitIgR.

set Parior FURNITURE (Hair Cloth
and Walnut, Sofas, 4 Marble-top Tables, 6
Mirrors, Extension Table, Book Case, Sewing
Machine, Hat Rack, dozen Chairs (chiefy
cane seat a Rockers, 4 Bureaux, 4 Wash
stands, 6 Feather Beds, , Hair Mattresses, 2
Husk Mattresses, 10 Bedsteads, 3 Wardrobes,
Stoves, large lot of Brussels and Ingram
Carpet, lot Of Oil Cloths, 2 Clocks, sets
China, lot of Lamps, quantity of Table Fur
nilure, etc; lot of Kitchen Furniture.
1000 lbs. Bacon $50 lbs. Lard so
bushels Potatoes Barrels & Casks.
bsg~ Sale will begin at 9o'clock, A.
NJ, sharp
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5HhSWD DNE5S aED Hop Filters Sc
freely advertised in all the papers, secular and
religious, are having large sale, and are
supplanting all other medicines. There is no
denying the virtues Of the Hop plant, and the
proprieiors of these Bitters have shown great
shrewdness and ability in compoundiDg a
Biuers, whose virtues are so palpabe 10 every
ones Exchange
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IT is believed that the Working
Mems National Convention, to be held
in Chicago in June, will nominate
John Swinton for President and Den
mis- Kearney for Vice President.
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WILMINGToN's new Republican
daily, the Morning Ne,rs, appeared on
Monday last looking fresh and
healthy. Being the only morning pa
per in our State, it has a wide field,
and, as the Republicans always take
care of their press, the new daily will,
in all likelihood, be a financial success.
1t already shows enterprise and ability
in its makeup
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The inventor of the Fifteen" puz-
zle did not know that he had a bonan-
"a, and, by neglecting to patent it.,
lost fine opportunity to make for
tune out Of next to nothing.
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THE PUBLIC WILL TAKE NO
TICE; that the Order of the Post
master-General against the Mails of
the Louisiana State Lottery Company
is RESCINDED.
Registered Letters and Money Or
ders can be sent through the Mails as
formerly.
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MEDICINE TO SUIT THE T1MEs.-Why pay 25
cents for bottle Of cough syrup, when you
can get one as good if not better for Is cents?
Ask for Roche's Tar Pectoral for Coughs,
Colds &c and lake no other, it will cure
you. For sale by all stoTekeepers. Try one
bottle
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DIED.

NAUDAIN.-In Illinois, in October last,
Elias Naudain, aged Sc years and one month.
Deceased was former resident ofSt. Georges
hundred, this county.
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The conscience fund" received
$504,62 this week, through Catholic
priest in New York.
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wHols NEXT? Is IT I?-The following

Who Is NEXT? Is IT I?-The following
story points IFS own moral
New 0rleaus, Jan, 24th, 1880
The undersigned certifes that he held for
collection for account of John Day, of Brook
lyn, New York. a well known citizen of Mry-
tie Avenue, one-haf Of ticket No l6,4l6,
Glass "a, = in the Louisiana State Lottery,
which drew the second capital prize of ten
thousand dollars, on Tuesday, January 18th,
1880, having cost the sum Of one dollar at
the Office Of NJ. A. Dauphin, 3l9 Broadway,
New York The amount was promptly paid
on presentation. 7. NJ. WESC0AT,
Agent Southern Express Co., y. O., La.
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Ask the recovered victims of Fever and
Ague, Bilious Sufferers, or Dyspeptics how
their cheerful spirit and good appetite of re-
newed health came to them. They will tell
you Laroque's Anti-Bilious Bitters did it.
Try them They give truly wonderful results
Manufactured by W. E. Thornton, Baltimore,
Md. 25c. a package, or 81 90 per bottle.
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MARRIED,

ILSON-PENINGTON.-On the 4th inst.
in the NJ. E. Church of this town, by Rev
T. E. Mariindale, Miss Geneva W. Wilson to
Franklin J. Pennington, all of Middletown
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Although it would pay us
from Is to so per cent. to car
ry our goods over to next win
ter las we have bought all of
them at the old prices of last
summer and fall), yet we be-
lieve in the "nimble sixpence"
in preference to the "slow shil-
ling" and are willing to give
our cash customers some rare
treats in the shape oflow prices.
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Adkisson Co., now offer the best Cough
Medicine in the world. He has himself entire
confidence in it, and warrants it to give per-
feet satisfaction. Ask for Pisco's Cure for
Consumption.
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The Democracy's choice for the
Presidential Nomination
OF 1880:
THOMAS T. BAYARD,
OF DELAWARE.
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9ew advertisements.
ROSE,

HAvING A LARGE STOCK OF ROSES
Of my own growing can furnish them in bet
can be got by mail Cal. and see for Jour
self. B. +. LIPPINCOTT, Florist,
marG-3t# Middletown, Del
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PROROS AIS.

TINE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
L THE TOWN OF MlDDLETOWN will
receive sealed proposals for Lighting Lamps
doing Police Duty. Keeping Crossings Clean
and taking care of Babcock Fire Extinguish-
ers, by the month, for the year ending March
I'd, 1881 Proposals must be in writing and
addressed to the Secretary
All proposals must be in before u O'clock
NJ, on Saturday, March 18th, 1880. The
Commissioners reserve the right to reject any
Or all proposals BY order Of
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
JOSEPH HANSON Secretary marcho-lt
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or same person at
No. 3I9 Broad way, New York.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings
are under the supervision and management
Of Generals G. T. Beauregard and Jubal A.
EARLY.
N.B.-This Company has no agents in the
British Possessions, and all persons pre-
tending to be so and soliciting orders by cir
culars or otherwise are swindlers. febl4-lm
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|

A SPENDID OPPORTUNITY to win a
Fortune. Third Grand Distribution, Glass G,
at New Orleans, Tuesday, March 9th, 1880
Il8th Monthly Drawing.
Louisiana State Lottery Company,
This institution was regularly incorporated
by the Legislature of the State for Educa-
tional and Charitable purposes in 1868 for
the term of twenty-five Years, TO which con-
tract the inviolable faith of the State is
is pledged, which pledge has been renewed by
an overwhelming popular vote, securing its
franchise in the new constitution, adopted De-
cember ID, A D., 1879, with capital Of ST.
900, 900, to which it has since added reserve
fund of $3.50, 900.
Its Grand Single Number Distribution will
take place monthly on the Second Tuesday.
1t never scales or postpones.
Look at the following distribution
CAPITAL PRIZE, $50, 600
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FOR SALE.
ETECTION,

TNHE ANNUAL ELECTION for officers will
L be held by the Stockholders Of the Mu.
tual Loan Association, on Tuesday Evening,
March l6 1880, at o'clock.
mar6-2w A. G. COX, Sect y.
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Our Bar gain Counter

will be kept replenished with
New Goods. where every arti-
Gle will be sold for 5 cents each.
Jan. "a, 1880.
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Nru advertisements.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK,

In the State of Delaware. at the close OF
business February 2lst, 1880:
e RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. 795 90
U. S. bonds TO secure circulation. 10000 %
Other stocks bonds 4 mortgages 3,6T5 90
Due from approved Reserve Agents, 1853 80
Due from other National Banks. 2,3Ol "a
keal estate. furniture and fixtures 4,4O0 90
Current expenses and taxes paid, 287 O8
Checks and other cash items....... ll5 90
RiIIs of other banks. .................. l,l28 90
Fractional currency (including
nickels) )............................... 10 %
Peri certi6cates ......'................. 5,I4O 90
Local lender notes. 4,6lO 90
Redemption fund with U 5. Trea-
surer (5 per cent. of circulation) $3.50 90
Total S267, 9s3 40
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.... ............S8O, 600 90
Surnlns fund .............. "a, 500 90
Undivided profits...... -. ...... 2,574 "a
National Bank notes outstanding, $4,000 90
Individual deposits subject to
check. .............................. 1924 90
Due to other National banks. 1884 81
Due to State banks and bankers, 988 "a
Bills PAYABLE. ......... ................ 5000 90
Total S267, ,983 40
State of DelaUare, County Of Nea0 Castle, IS:
|, John r. Hall, Cashier of The Citizens
National Bank, of Middletown, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true, to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
JOEN R. HALL, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
2eth day of February, 1880.
49, ]. S. CROUCH, Mp.
BENZ. T BIGGs, Do
Correct-Attest: JOHN A. REYNOLDS. 80 ~
mar6-lw JAMES CULBERTsoN,
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION

New Castle County National
Bank of Odessa.
At Odessa, in the State of Delaware.
AT the close of business, February 2lst, 1886:
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approximation FTIles OF GoUU''''''Al IUU
8 Approximation Prizes of 200.....,l 300
Approximation Prizes of l0o....a 900
1851 Prizes, amounting to-. ........Sll0, 400
Responsible corresponding agents wanted
at all prominent points, 10 whom a liberal
compensation will be paid.
Write, clearly stating full address, for fur
ther information, or send orders by express or
mail addressed only to
NJ DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La,
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In the State of Delaware. at the close OF
business. February 2lst, 1880:
RESOURCES
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cfor Sale or RMt.

LNOR RENT-The Four-Room House, now
Il occupied by James Whitlock
feb2S-tf Apply to Mrs. f. L. RYAN.
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STATEMENT
OF THE
COMMISSIONERS Of the TOWN
OF
MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE,
For the Year Ending March lst, 1880.

Balance in Treasurer's hands ct the
commencement Of the year, 81, 058 "a
Real Estate, Capitation and Dog Tax
for 1879, 1887 48
Road Commissioners, 1879, 200 20
Fines--John Whitlock, | 90
Circus, 80
Tagging sold, 20
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
Strength Of Marriage Tie.

1t is true that divorces are very
numerous-much more numerous
than they should be. But still the
marriage tie is exceedingly strong,
and even in MANY cases where the
parties are legally separated it is
most reluctantly..broken. Evidence OF
is this often furnished in the course
of the legal proceedings instituted
for the purpose of separation. The
course of conjugal love has been in
terrupted by some misunderstand-
ing perhaps in the beginning of a
trivial nature.
But ruder words will soon rush in
To spread the breach that words
begin.
And eyes forget the tempting ray
They wore in courtshIps smiling
day"
A false pride stands in the way
of mutual acknowledgment anC
reconciliation, and an appeal to th'
law is made for a divorce.
People familiar With tnls class
cases assure us that it is interesting
to observe in how many of them tn,
plaintiff is half reluctant to go on
though too proud to desist; and t
the end, feeds forlorn hope of OBJ
tanning some concession which vii
put an amicable end to the proceed
ings, and restore the former harmo-
nious relations. Furthermore, the
history of such cases shows that a
re marriage of the divorced parties
is no uncommon occurrence.
1t is an ordinance of nature that
the marriage tie, when springing
from mutual love, shall not and can
not be entirely sundered but by
death.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
/, a ReaItifuI Thought.

When the summer of youth is slowly
wasting away on the Jnightfal of age,
and the shadow of the path becomes
deeper and life wears to its close, it is
pleasant to look through the vista of
tfriv, upon. edo .aaad fal linikies of
early years. If we have had home
to shelter. and hearts to rejoice with
us, and friends have gathered around
our fireside, the rough places OF way
faring will have been worn and smooth
ed away in the twilight of life, and
many, dark spots we have passed
through Will grow more bright and
beautiful. HAPPY, indeed, are those
whose iotercmnrsei with the world
basn t changed tue tone of their holier
feelings. or broken those musical
chords OF tile heart whose vibrations
are 50 melodjous, SO. tender and so
touching in the evening of their
lives
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
Prove it BY Mother.

While driving along the street one
day last winter in my sleigh, lit
tie boy six or seven years old, asked
me the usual question, "Please may
l rider" ft" .."rt..|
answered him, eyes, If you are
a good boy"
He climbed into the sleigh; and
when l again asked, "Are you a
good boy?" he looked up pleasantly
and said, ayes, SIR" -r
"Can you prove itT' ......
"Yes, sir." ........... ..........
''Bv whom?"
"Why, by ma" said he promptly
thought to myself, Here is a
lesson for boys and girls" When a
child feels and knows that mother
not only loves, but has confidence in
him or her, and can prove their obe-
dience, truthfulness and honesty by
mother, they are pretty safe. That
boy will be joy to his mother
while she lives. She can trust him
out of her sight, feeling that he will
not run into evil. l do not think
he will go to the saloon, the theatre,
or the gambling house. Children
who have praying mothers, and
mothers who have children they can
trust, are blessed indeed. Boys and
girls, can you "prove by mother
that you are good? Try to deserve
the confidence of your parents and
every one else.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
Got Thier Globes Mixed ,

Mark Twain in his new book,
called "TrampsAbroad," tells how a
party of tourists got wet, and what
they did when they came back to
the hotel: "We stripped and went
to bed, and sent our clothes down to
be baked; all the horde Of soaked
tourist dld the same. The chaos OF
clothing got mixed in the kitchen
and there were consequences. L dld
not get back the same drawers |
sent down, when our things came
up at 6:15; | got pair on the new
plan. They were merely pair OF
long, white ruffied, cutfed sleeves,
hitched together at the top with a
narrow band, and they did not come
down to my knees. They were
pretty enough, but they made me
feel like two people, and disconnect-
ed at that. The man must have been
an idiot to get himself up like that
to rough it IN the SWISS %"~ntains,
e,1TbS .,i.i.,t Ahoy brought me was
shorter than the drawers, and
hadn't any sleeves to, it-at least it
hadn't any more than Mr.. Darwin
call rudimeatary sleeves
these had edging around them, but
the bosom was ridiculously plain.
The knit silk undershirt they
brought me was on new plan and
was really a sensible thing, it opened
behind and had pockets in it for
the shoulder blades; but they did
not seem to fit me, and | found it
a sort of uncomfortable garment.
They gave my bobtail coat to some
body else, and sent me an ulster
suitable for a giraffe. | had to tie my
collar on because there was no but
ton on the foolish shirt which l
described little while ago.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
Kill Your Sheen Young.

There are few animals kept on the
farm which, when in their prime,
pay as well as sheep, and there are
very few, if any Others, upon whom
old age has sucha damaging effect.
AS the sheep is much shorter lived
than any other of our domestic ami
mails, it is not strange that many
farms attempt to keep them too
long. At ten years of age the horse
is Just in his prime, and the COW is
good as ever, with the prospect of
remaining so several years longer.
But the sheep is very old when it
reaches the age of ten, the natural
limit of the term of it's life. After
reaching this age sheep are very
likely to be injured by the slight
exposures which do younger ami
mails no harm. They are more liza
BILE to be attacked by disease, and if
they live they will be likely to pro-
duce less wool and smaller lambs
than they have done previsously.
We do not think it pays, except per-
haps in special instances, to keep
sheep after they are six years old.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
Temper at Home.

| have peeped into quiet ''parlors,
where the carpet is clean and not old
and the furniture polished and bright;
into 'rooms," where the chairs are
deal and the floor carpetless; into
kitchens" i" VIII ere the family live and
the meals are cooked and eaten, and
bows and girls are as blythe as the spar
rows in the thatch overhead; and see
that it is not so much wealth snd learn
ing, nor clothing, nor servants, nor toll,
nor idleness, nor town, nor country,
nor station, as tone and temper, that
make life Joyous or miserable. that ren>
der homes happy or wretched. And l
see. too. that in town or country, good
sence and Gods grace make of life what
no teacher or accomplishments, or
means, or society, can make 1t, the
openlng stave Of an everlasting pslam,
the far beginning of an endless exis>
tenoe, the goooly, modest, we'll propor~
toned vestibule to temple of Gods
building, that shall never decay, wax
old, or vanish away. "-n ,.#...'
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
NEW ORLEANS, LA,
April, 1880.
To INV Country Customers:

/ have the pleasure to inform you
that | have effected such arrange
ments with the best manufacturers,
that | will be enable to sell goods in
New Orleans at the regular Boston
and New York prices, | am now
ready to fill country orders to any
amount at figures that will convince
all, that they can buy in New Or
leans as cheaply as at the North, or
East. Purchasing goods at close
figures, and in large quantities, l
can sell at q small advance and thu
Give nv customers a better chance
to make a profit.
My establishment is heavily
stocked, and a greater variety of
shoes of all grades can not be found
in any Southern City.
Hoping to be henored with your
visit, or your orders by mail. =
I remain, yours truly,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
aGHe' gireside.
Christian Life.

The secret of success in the train
ing of young people to an efficient
Christian life is iQ giving them
something to do, and keeping their
minds and hands busy in doing it.
It is too often the case that when a
child has united with the church,
this is considered the end sought,
rather than q means to the end
which ought always be kept in
mind. 1t is of little use for per
son to enter a gymnasirm,and stand
or sit a spectator to witness the eff
forts of others. This will neither
strengthen the muscles nor quicken
the blood. To ensure vigor, health,
and growth, one must use diligently
the various appliances for giving
play to the muscles. SO with the
soul. What the gymnasium is for
the body, the church of Christ is for
the soul. 1t is divinIy appointed
training-school for the higher ma
ture, and all who senter it should
keep themselves, or be kept, busy
in the use of those means of grace
which are specially appointed for its
development. The young people in
our churches would be less likely to
be carried away with a zeal for
senseless and vicious amusements,
if they were kept busy about some
thing better 1t is mistake in ma
ture and established Christians to
discourage or oppose efforts to call
into active exercise the gifts of the
young in pleasant and instructive
entertainments, because they mIto
be childish. Even Paul when he
was child spake as child, under
stood as a child, and thought as a
child. Let the youths mission-cir-
cles, and other groups for social
Christian activity, be encouraged as
a means of grace.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
What an Old Farmer Says.

This is the advice of an old man
who has titled the soil for forty
years:
l am an old man, upwards Of three
score years, during two scores OF
which | have been a tiller Of the
soil. l cannot say that I am now,
but have been rich, and have all |
need, do not owe a dollar, have Civ
en- my children good education,
and when am called away will
leave them enough to keep the wolf
from the door. My experience has
taught me that:
l. One acre Of land well prepared
and well cultivated, produced more
than two which received only the
same amount of labor used on one.
2. One cow, horse, mule, sheep or
hog well fed, is more profitable than
two kept on the amount necessary to
keep one well.
3. One acre of clover or grass is
worth more than two of cotton where
no grass or clover is raised.
4. No farmer who buys oats, corn,
wheat, fodder and hay, as a rule for
ten years, can keep the sheriff away
from the door in the end.
5. The farmer who never reads
the papers and sneers at book farm.
ing and improvements, always has
leaky roof, poor stock, broken
down fences, and complains of bad
seasons" h7
6. The farmer who is above his
business and intrusts it to another
to manage, soon has no business tc
attend to. ,4 .i
e.. Z. The farmer whose habituai
beverage is cold water, is healthier
wealthier, and wiser than he who
does not refuse to drink.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
Conversion in Childhood.

There is much practical skepticism
about child conversions. In the Sun
day School World tor September, the
Rev. r. S. Arthur seeks its origin, He
rightly concludes that doubt upon this
matter is not fostered by precepts OF
the bible nor by Jewish customs. Nor
is any good ground found for it in the
character of childhood. On the other
hand, no time is more favorable to
conversion. The history of the church
also condemns this skepticism. The
great majority of her leaders were cons
verted in early youth. Whence, then,
comes this prevalent unbellef?
Mr.. Macarthur replies: 'Skepticlsm
on this point comes from the culpable
and wicked indifference Of many uncon-
yerted parents. In the case of some
Chistian parents it comes from unbellet
| in Gods power TO convert and keep the
children. Parents often feel that 1t
would be perilous presumption IN
child to cherish hope and make pro-
fession of faith in Christ. They act as
if they thought they are more able to
keep their children than God IS. lhey
are afraid to trust their child to Jesus,
although he has promised to keep that
which is committed to Him. Parents,
teachers and preachers forget that they
are not able to keep themselves, let
alone keeping their children.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-29
The Folly of Pride.

After all, take some quiet, sober
moment of life, and add together
the two ideas of pride and of man; !;
behold him of a span high, stalking
through infinite space, in all the
grandeur of littleness. Perched on
a speclx of universe, every wind of
heaven strikes into his body the
coldness of death; his soul floats
from his body like melody from the
string; day and night, as dust on
the wheel, he is rolled along the
heavens through the labyrinth of
worlds, and all the creations of God
are flaming above and beneath. Is
this a creature to make himself a
crown of glory, to deny his own flesh,
to mock at his fellow, sprung from
the dust to which both will soon re
turn? Does the proud man not err?
Does he not lie? When he reasons
is he never stopped by difficulties
When he acts is he never tempted
by pleasures? When he lives he is
free from pain? When he dies, can he
escape the common grave? Pride is
not the heritage of man; humanity
should dwell with frailty, and atone
for ignorance, error and imperfec-
tion. .aal "a 4sa#