The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1891-09-19 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

LITTLE SERMON—If there are angels who look into the ways of man, how different are the notions which they entertain of us from those which we are apt to form of one another. We ars dazzled with the splendour of titles, the ostentation of learning, the noise of victories. They, on the contrary, see the philosopher in the cottage, who possesses his soul in patience and thankfulness under the pressures of what titled minds call poverty and distress. They do not look for great men at the head of armies, or among the pomps of a Court, but often find them out in shades' and solitudes, in the private walks and bye-paths of life. The evening walk of a wise man is more illustricus in their sight than the march of a general at the head of a hundred thousand men. A contemplation of God's works, a voluntary riot of justice to our own detriment, a generous concern for the good of mankind, tears shed in silence for the misery of others, a private desire of resentment 4 broken or subdued— n short, an unfeigned exercise of humility, or a other virtue, are such actions as are glorious in t eir sight, and denominate men great and reputable. The most famous among us are often looked upon with pity, contempt, or indignation, whilst those who are most obscure among their own species are regarded with love, approbation, and esteem.—Addison. NEWSPAPER RlSKB.—Greatly to my surprise (says a London correspondent) I hear that a new evening paper is about to be started in connection with a well known daily which everyone expected was about to give up the ghost. Within the last few years immense sums have been sunk in the vain effort to galvanise the morning paper in question into new life. I presume the evening venture will be a last effort of despair in the casting of good money after bad. There is an awful fascination about this turning of money into the journalistic gulf. An eminent propnetor-editor, whose success is due to his brilliant literary gifts and his strong individuality, has often assured me that the foolishest thing a man can do with his money is to put it into a newspaper. My own observation agrees with this view. It seems to me that where a man has enough money to start a newspaper he has enough money to live without doing anything. Anyhow the risk is terrific, and the worry certain. Stonebreaking is less heartbreaking. We see the journalistic successes around 11111. The failures are fading or faded from memory. If a creditor and debtor account could be struck, I feel pretty certain that it would be found that more money has been lost than has been gained in newspaper enterprise. Even the winners are not always happy. The head of a great concern in the provinces where a morning and an evening paper are run with enormous success as regards cirsulation and general appearance told me that his firm deeply regretted having been tempted to start an evening. They had crippled their rivals, but they had been unable to make it pay, and a small annual loss had to be made good from the revenue of the morning paper. I There are many much more shocking examples than this before my mind's eye. I know sufficient of the failures to say to any person about to start a newspaper —" Don't l"  The floods whioh occurred in several parts of Spain last week proved very disastrous. In the province of Toledo two thousand persons are reported to have perished. Much distress has been caused, and this aggravated by the fact that, owing to the interruption of railway communication, no help is obtainable. A young man named Griffin and his sister are in custody at Liverpool charged with the murder of Robert Hinehcliffe, with whom they lodged. A quarrel took place on Friday night owing to the upsetting of a lamp, and the men went into the yard to fight. The young woman followed, and she was seen to stab the deceased, who complained of having been stabbed. He died immediately, the knife having penetrated the heart. The Trades Union Congress concluded sittings at Newcastle on Satorday. Resolutions were adopted calling for legislation to protect fishermen in the public sale of fish and in favour of a return of an increased number of labour representatives to Parliament. A motion pro. posed by Mr. McCarthy, of London, in favour of the establishment of a State board of arbitration was defeated by 129 to WI. A resolution was , adopted recommending the appointment of practical railway worn as Inipeatoes ot r railways.