Year: 1879

they dived under the logs. 1 was raised in
the belief that pig could not swim. The
hogs were driven to the pen, put in, and as
had self.feeding corn bins that were full,
fattered myself that was rid of the person
al care of those hogs until butchering time
The result was that they became such expert
divers that they were never in the pen. They
would swim out to the log and dive under
If went to the pen on horseback, accompa'
MED by my dog, would gather them up, by
setting the dog on them, make them all jump
into the pond, swim to the log, plunge under
it and swim ashore into their pen. There the
dog dared not follow.


NAPOLEON THE GREAT.


A little while ago stood by the grave Of
the old Napoleon, magnificent tomb of gilt
and gold, fit almost for dead deity, and
gazed upon the sarcophagus Of black Egyp-
tian marble, where rests the last ashes Of the
restless man. leaned over the ballustrade
and thought about the career of the greatest
soldier Of the modern world. saw him
walking on the banks of the Seine, contem.
plating suicide. i saw him at Toulon-I saw
him putting down the mob in the streets Of
Paris-I saw him at the head Of the army Of
Italy-I saw him crossing the bridge at Lodi
with the tri.color in his hand-I saw him in
Egypt in the shadows of the Pyramids-I
saw him conquer the Alps and mingle the
eagles of France with the eagles of the crags.


I saw him at Marengo, at Ulm and Aus
terlitz. saw him in Russia, where the in
fantry of the snow and the cavalry of the
wild blast scattered his legions like winters
withered leaves. I saw him at Leispic in de-
feat and disaster-driven by million bay.
onets back upon Paris, clutched like wild
beast, banished to Elba. saw him escape
and retake the empire by the force Of bis &c.
MUS. I saw him upon the frightful field OF
Warterloo, where chance and fate combined
to wreck the fortunes of the former king.
And I saw him at St. Helena, with his hands
crossed behind him, gazing out upon the sad
and solemn seas.


thought of the orphans and widows he
had made-of the tears that had been shed
for his glory, and Of the only woman who
ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the
cold hand of ambition. And / said I would
rather have been French peasant and worn
wooden shoes would rather have lived in
a hut, with vine growing over the door,
and the grapes growing purple in the kisses
of the autumn sun. I would rather have
been that poor peasant, with my loving wife
by my side knitting as the day died out in
the SIX sky-with my children upon my knees
and their arms about me. / would rather
have been that mar and gone down in tongue
less silence of the dreamless dust, than to
have been that imperial personation of force
and murder, known as Napoleon the Great.


ADVICE TO YoUNa MANA GRADU-
ATE, FOR INsTANCE.-And then remember,
son, that the world is older than you are, by
several years that for thousands ofyears it
has been so full of smarter and better young
men than yourself that their feet stuck out of
the dormer windows that when they died the
old globe went whirling on, and not one man
iu ten million went to the funeral or even
heard of the death. Be as smart as you can,
of course. Know as much as you can, with.
out blowing the packing out Of your cylinder
heads shed the light Of your wisdom abroad
in the world, but don't dazzle people with it.
And don't imagine thing is so simply be-.
cause you say it is. Don't be too sorry for
your father because he knows so much less
than you do rememember the reply of DR..
Wayland to the student of Brown University,
who said it was easy enough to make pro.
verbs such as Solomon wrote. "Make few"
tersely replied the old man. And we never
heard that the young man made: any. Not
more than two or three, anyhow. The world
has great need Of young men, but no greater
need than young men have Of it. Your
clothes fit you better than your fathers fit
him; they cost more money, they are more
stylish, your mustache is neater, the cut of
your hair is better, and you are prettier, Oh,
far prettier, than "pa." But, young man, the
old gentleman gets the biggest salary, and his
homely, scrambling signature on the business
end of check will drain more money out Of
the bank in five minutes than you could get
out with ream of paper and copper plate
signature iq six months. Young men are
useful, son, and they are ornamental, and
we all love them, and we couldn't engineer
a picnic successfully without them. But
they are not novelties, son, Oh, no, nothing
of the kind. They have been here before.
Don't be so modest as to shut yourself clear
out but don't be so fresh you will have to
be put away in the cool to keep from spelling.
Don't Le afraid that your merit will not be
discovered. People all over the world are
hunting for you, and ifyou are worth finding,
they will find you. A diamond is not so ca
silly found as quartz pebble, but people
search for it all the more intently.


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