Year: 1879

One may have lofty ambition and feel that
beautiful vision of greatness is beckoning hm on.
but after all. the man who has good grip is the
one who succeeds Dreams good. but . we'll de-
veoped muscle is better.


The first step any true 10 self-distrust.
Those men who hold their heads high that you
are led to suppose that they have mortgage the
planet. and who talk though tho greatest tasks
could be done with perfect ease are almost always
ready borrow So. and when they leave the avenue
where they take their afternoon walk they side
some dark alley and grope their way the third
story back. Loud talking and grea; acting seldom
60 together.


Women are willing in the pinch to give up nearly
every right. bnt she rite Of marriage they cling to
with peculiar tenacity.


How we all envy the Emperor. with his palaces in
city and country, his servants and his hasterers.
The latter, to mind. constitute of the grand
privileges of the great man. To be told all the
1time that what you do is well done, to have your
mistakes all smoothed over and to hear sweet words
OF praise from one years end to another-all this
may not be particularly healthy. but it is certainly
very pleasant. We very glad, however, to be
simple minded and plain republicans instead of
kings and emperors when we hear that the Kaiser
has been shot at while taking afternoon ride and
we feel that it is not worth while even to
crown if there is fanatic waiting round the
corner for with loaded pistol. 1t is better to be
very common but living man than to be dead
king. On the whole are contented as we are, and
would not be Emperor if we could.


The English and French papers are just
quarrelsome an American Congress during hot
political discussion. 1t seems that the laws Of
marriage in France not satisfactory to those
Englshmen who have pretty daughters and q largo
fortune great many gentlemen with large titles
and small incomes have crossed the Channel from
France and incontinenty fallen in love with certain
English damsels who have titles but who are
quite ready furnish the means Of supporting one.
When the happy couple go to housekeeping in Paris.
however, it is discovered that in French court of
law the English marriage ceremony s null and void.
The difficulty Is, that when the couple to be
happy the law declares that they have never been
coupled at ALL and opportunity is thus offered to
the light hearted husband who has tired Of his wife
face, and also spent her fortune to think seriously
OF getting some other daughter of some other rich
father. SO the newspapers calling each other
hard names. The remedy. however. is easily found.
provided you wish to find it. If our girls would
be little less anxious to marry title, and would
carefully the man behind it, the bitter
of after life might be avoided It were better
not to marry at ALL ave. to become that most dreaded
of all beings-an old mad-than to wed man be-
cause he is q count and wake up after few months
and find that he is of no account.


Another clergyman bolted out of his church. and
again because Of the choir There is not, it is safe
to say. one clergyman in thousand who is richly
gifted by nature that he handle first class
quartet and keep them in accord, and ne who at
tcmpts to do 1t will find to his that the pull
pit end the church is easier to take Of than
the organ end. Four delicately constituted musi
clans, brought together by means of large Salaries
and expected to sing to the praise of the Lord by
tch huh and dron m Iou n mt to
suppose that the minister and the sermon are
merely the accessories Of their music, and they
must be treated tenderly and humored as con-
stantly the inmates of a unatic asylum each Of
whom has pet theory of his own. Still, If a min
lister undertakes the task OF smoothing down their
troubled souls and fails, he ought not to wait to
have the doors bolted before he leaves The virtue
of resignation ought to be cultivated. the resigna
ton to take place Immediately. It is a Christian
grace not to stay anywhere when your welcome is
worn out.


Foote, the great wit, shot many an arrow that re-
maned quivering in the wound for a long time.
When some one, with bad taste, raised a laugh
against him the subject of his lameness, he
turned on the intruder and said. sharply. "why do
you attack my weakest part? Did say any
thing about your heady


We have great many more opportunities OF show
ing our gratitude than we make use Of II we have
good health and fair income we have pretty nearly
all there is to have. and ought to be correspond
ingly thankful. The chances against keeping
both very great. 1t Sidney Smith who
wrote:-"Luttrell is here. He is remarkably well
considering that he has been ably we'll for
many years"


Public officers of all grades should be men above
reproach. and their salaries should be such as to
place temptation at arms length at least An nadc-
quate income is the prophet of corruption.
When asked Horne Tooke how q certain
man could live on $50 year. his reply sharp
cut at the government which expects to be
archangels at few shlings a day, and was There
three ways in which man car do it-by beg
ging. borrowing stealing. You may take your
choice"


Sidney Smith was man who could not let slip
chance to make joke, and ne did 1t when the
subject in hand of the grsvest. John Bishop
selwyn departed for New Zealand. Smith took him
warmly by the hand and sad-though there was tho
tremble of sad memories in his voice (ioodby,
my dear Selwyn; hope you will not disagree with
the who eats you"


We were misrcpresentcd by typical omission
few weeks since, will take occasion to say
what meant to say at that time-that there
experiences In lifo which equal pleasure that
OF not going to church.


At n club dinner OF artists . certain lawyer was
toasted and called on Tor speech. lie pegan IN
stammering tones by saying that he could not
ceivc why the law should be considered one Of tho
arts. Jerrold, who present, simply jorked out
tho word black. and the company accepted the soiu-
ton of the difficulty with roars OF laughter.


1t is 80 much easier to urge another to undertake


pcrilous adventure than it is to undertake IL your
self 1t is said that Sir James Macintosh and DR..
Parr we're one day riding together. when for some
the horse became very restvc. threatening
overturn the carriage. DR.. Parr quite timid
and sad:--"Handlc him gently. Jenny; dont irr-
tate him. always soothe your horse Jenny Just
let me down. am IN your way. fear" When
safely terra frma however. the seemed
assume different proportions. Now then." cried
the Doctor. now then. Jenny. touch MIN up.
Never let horse get the better of you Touch him
nm Jopp,y And III walk houc's