The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-23
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 Some saaisfacsioos are common to the race One of thsss is eo 6nd anything thxt hss ben losG
 There l. . kind of idsni6casica with . thing possessed. We fsel in loss in . gssaser sr les degsee h proportion te ia valne b us, whahsver the quality q ths vaiue nay have ben. To recover if is like recevesing . part of enrssaves- O.. VI nay fpel dsfsssed, ousvisssd e it were, by the psrversity q inanimass things, an1 experience sense of triumph when again ve hold them under dominion.
 nsFAaps. too. we are aatnsally ocoao- uisss. and . waste is aa infracsioa ef tho law which sssms iaeumhsnf upoa us &s ounera, and upon things as ouF seEvants.
 No thing as wen as nobody has riehi so dip away from iss place and nse iA thG wcsid. According to our ssase q ths dignity of ssss aaa the 6nsa of tAingA VI dsplors the dropping avay from sight knowledge and use, of what beat soms value or pleasure to lils4 ls isnt even % annoying to lose thing by having t stolen. Somebody win have some good fit But, hopeaeasly, irrecovssahly, pai away from the apptancas of mortal usa and comfort. the lose thing becomss . Nemesis of rehuke and regree.
 Few can coasole themselves oa such an occasion as did the lsish seward who dropped the tea-kesale in the bsiay deep, Calling the captain he propounded tho question !" Sir, can . thing be losf when ysu know where il is!' No. Pat,s re. piled the captain. "Faith then," said Pat, the tay-ke.sle isn't lost because it's in the bottom of the say!'
 The parable oi the Los, Sheep ii founded on quality of human nature well nigh universal
 No present possession, or comfort, oi friend, seixes us with % keen . ssnse cl value, os desire, as dces . lost possession The heart seems % hold subtle linking with the vanished object which draws | with unyielding persistence. The stable faithful friend, who is always in the righI place, affects us with no special emotion and excites no activity Of our wstchful. ness and solicitude. We expect and en- Joy the blessing he is to us as we do the sunshine and atmosphere But when one to whom we are attached is uncertain liable to stray, drops readily away from the loyalty and faifhfulness that we miss the whole circle of unfailing friends be. comes blank in comparison with the importance of finding and reinstating ths object of affection that has wandered. 1t would seem that rebellion agaiasl displacement, which is what constitutes loss, is universal law. When things and persons are in their right place th< harmony of things and persons is as sured and the rest of finding what is displaced, what has been removed, is fal ksener to the great majority of person, than the delight Of discovery.
 Finding valuable knowledge is an ex quisite joy to but few. The eserrs verities which may crown our exisssncs with eternal blessing, fsct and iaw ane science, and truth and principles, witt their applications-only few expesiencs satisfactioa in hnding these. Bat th, things we have possessed and make { part of ourssivss, the objects of afJeciiou that take hold on the heart, when thss< are displaced the sasisfacsion in finding in recovering them, is common an< joyous.