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ENtiLISH A CO SO'DAY APPEAL F. A. TYLER, KDITOR SUNDAY MORNING, OCT. 10, 1869 NEWSPAPER SALES. On the Slst of March last, the cloning day of what newspaper men all concede to I the buaie!t Quarter of the year, re turns were made by the seYeral ne np per concerns of this city, showing the fol lowing reenlt: Appeal I6192 98 Avalanche 4S00 00 We speak to-day, and, for the first time, decidedly, for Andrew John ho for Senator. Whatever personal preferences we may have, and how ever we might, with a clear field, contend for another nomination, we recognize the duty of the public jour nalist rather to represent public senti ment than private wishes, likes, dis likes, or antagonisms. Repriseniiug a no Inconsiderable portion of the jeo ple of Tennessee tlu' patrrtns of the Ai'i'KAi. and lielieving a majority of our public desire the election of Ax MBW Johnson to the Senate, we have no dissisition longer to stand neutral in the political arena wherein our friends are arrayed on one side or the other. The leniicratic North tisks the return of Mr. Juhnson with one voice,and the lli inocrntic party of Teiineseo chooses him as theabteat anil most efficient DMUs who can he -ielectiHl to promote the interests of the sstate. The chief allttkm we have urged against him that be w ould go to the BeMta to fight the battles of Amh-.kw Johnson rather than to look after tiie interests of the State and to support the Con stitution, are removed by tho information tiiat this is no part of his purpose, but that he will go ratle r to win tiie proud name of Defender of the Cons.itiition. It is this for which we must battle, if we would have tin ble-ings of free government restored to as. We must look to the great fu ture, and not to the dead and wroU-hid J:it. We must let by-gones be by gones, and forgive common errors, as we would bi- forgiven. We have cleen-d to office on that principle officer-troin the ranks of our late ene mies, having no questions to a-k of them hut w hether tle v are our friends ami will endeavor to serve us now. The intere-Ls of the State are aliove all jH-rsonal consideration-", and these, therefore, we should cease to enter tain when the public good for any reason requires their surrender. We have no mau in the State free from disabilities under the fourteenth amendment, and who can therefore go unchallenged to the Senate who is so well qualified to serve it as Mr. Johnson-.' From the day that he predicted that" " seoMsion would be the death of slavery," and exhorted Southern men to fight for their constitutional rights on the liattle nients of the Constitution," and Bind for the In ion, and declared "dutii-s are m iue; consequences are (Inn's." He has sbssl firm and true to the Cnion and Constitution. Whatever else may be aaid of him, and however he may have erred with other men, this at least is true; Umt he has not departed from the Constitution in any thing but some past war emergency and suppirsed necessity. He w ill sup port it still with that courage he pos sessed when taunt1, and brought to bay by his antagonists, he declared with a firmness and dignity not to tie forgotten, "There are men who talk about cowardice, cowards, courage, and all that kind ol thing; and hi this connection I will say, ouuu (ox not boaftingly, with no auger in niy bosom, that Uihc two eyes nevt-r looked upon any l'ing, in the -ditipe of mortal man, that this heart of mine feared."' The hope for Liberty, without liis-nse or anarchy, rests on the stride.-! observance of the Consti tution, and he who w ill plead with ehspuence, power and effect for that, is the jxsiple's champion, and will have the people's stipjiort. Mr. Johnson Is now the strongest of the candidates before the Leg'da ture. If In- i- elected by it, the enemies of the Constitution, tho men of the "highei law " will quail Is-fore him, and a man will be placed in the Sen ate who will vindicate the South in that for which alone the South now asks vindication the observance of the lights o the people w hich have tho guarantee of the Constitution. Rut there are !H-,:de other conside rutions than those which pt rtain ex clusively to ourselves. Then .. a air .Inlw L'i im-ii tit ll U'Kkltfs lirtfa... I '""" i i . . ' and to our friends win, stand ,n the .North battling lor con-uintionai lib- -itnc i.s- ....liiril mil vliwlleflvn i v, v i .. - enemies of tho Itadunl p arty. We E . . ABk. : . A . i cailliol Send a SWongot lll.in ll ui'-ir :iuii"i P knows the secrete and weak theJpieniVj 4sMl will have power over them in consecmcnec, which, in these tlltUKMOllffi; no other man in tilt State can ti se. In I In' lmiL'Ua:e isf the National Tnleiligemctr: " He fou them in the sreat rcbelliou of politics which succeeded to tht great rebellion of arm. He stood for wurd an the guard uiui protector of the Constitution, endangcrcst ami assaiion iv their treasonable machinations. For three years he fought them boldly . e ., ii,.., JUKI earnttslJV. llrunni uit iu inh s froni their assaults defl ated and dls - i -i-1 . . r . . . , I . I. .... T eoir.nusi. 1 Iiey i' hi IP i uiui ii 1 1 1 1 1 m he sttod forth on the watch-towers oi the jUqsjblic they oould not under mine its pillars. His destruction was necessarv to their success. They ar raigned trim because he was tiie friend of the people and the guardian of their lilierties. He de feated thoui and they gnashed their teeth in theiriafned rmrr. His term of orlicc expired they breathed freely and in relief thf onhi tiifinu that unitl mei't (hem am! arrett (heir treumH irm urU ltd mien from tte fitirf "He is about to return to the tight. and ft-ar comes upou them. Will tlte ,h ;. of Tmmemm be euMocd or m (imidiUed by (liese bad menff Tin triolt tbuxervalirc sentiment of the cowifri,jrom one etui of it to the tfthee. demund (hat 'Jeniiessee should Ot true to herself, and just to lite greatest of fit) Ui iny sons. "In the Senate of the United States, Andkew Johnson, with, his vast oat perience, his enlarged statesmanship and unequatod powers of debate, Would vindicate and Justify befon the country those great principles upon which our institutions rest, and which Radical philosophy ts discrediting and di-stroyiug His plain and powerful logic would scatter to the winds Sum- nek's pedantic sophistries; and bin powerful eloquence would expose to the country and the world all legisla tive and executive schemes to destroy the remnant of our liberties and pil fer our people. The great Conserva tive arid Democratic party now un heard, though respectably represented in the Senate would in him have a mmImALsI i-ii,1iI rinir from 1111.111 fo , . - , . - ocean, and inrose tnoeght into fnel . i ' .! i,k.(, minds and courage into the hearts of the people. Do the people of Tennes see expect any good from Radicals and Radical rule? Their only hope is in crushing the Radical organization and destroying forever the Radical philos ophy of government. To pander to iu h a ystem in tiie hope of benefit i- to warm into life the serpent that it may be vigorous to strike its pr -.erver unto death." We owe allegiance to our friends in the North who stand with us for lib erty against the tyrant at Washing ton, and we must act with them to help their efficiency, and unite with the West, as well as to benefit our gdves. Caring for principles and re sults rather than men, we seek the man we are convinced now most voiu- pltMjf rsmMnm the power with (he wilt to accomplish (hem. That man of all others in the State is Anhkew ohnsox. The most violent of the Radicals, the enemies of the nomocracy of the country, the hondholding aristocracy, and the ntercsts which antagoni-e with the We-t and South, all oppose him as thev do tiie rights of our js?ople. The official cormorants aud Kreodmen' Bureau nogrodrivers threaten us with their hostility If we dare to elect him. Rut as that is better than their friend ship, we can afford to incur it rather than oliey the counsels or take to our hOMGl the Radical robliers of prop erty and liberty. The majority of Tenncsseeans like him the lniter for their enmity, and because their gold and Treasury rings will neither buy nor intimidate him. How it is w ith Grant about the sjsjons wc don't know, but we are rather suspicious his xoldier did not take the silver ware from his headquarters at Ox ford, us lately explained in his do icnse. uui we know that Johnson ha- kept honestly out of the spoon business, and has never entered tin gold ring or been bought w ith coaches and palatial houses. We believe he is a oor tailor who never rose to the iiiguuy oi uaving anv loitniNS or Denis for brothers-in-law. Hut tin people like him in like proportion as the gold rqsvulators and bondocrats will fear and hate. He will know now io answer llieir argument-, ex- isise their sophistries and os'ii the eyes oi me country to their lalse pre tences and swindling designs. If he could have leen bought by them we shonhl never have la-ard of their an tagonism. It is fads of this kind, seen by the jssiple of the North, which Induce their earnest call on Tennes-eeans to elect him. it is for a similar reason, and because we are satislii-d that, all things considered, he is now most likely to lie efficient and useful for the country and the State, of all men we have to send, that inducis us to change our m nit ion iron) that of neutrality to a distiiict advo cacy of the claims ol Andrew John sin. Further arguments we shall give hereafter. jf A man lias nionev or pnuiortv there is a prejudice against him in the minds of some for that verv reason. Hotter have a prejud ice against nn ill use or hoarding his money, than again-! Mb powuciMng It. A capitalist may a- well t,ave "a nrelmlie.. igainst lalmrers, as thev anv airainst j bun. Men will not use their money ; , .i a " I ean,.,,, ,,rom oy it, and nobody hiuiU 1.1....... .1 i i, , ,,, ,. a MHt. V., I.... II . .. . I" a "K'"- ouo Ulels-Slwe v.mi wiui our own me capitalist with .... .... .. . , u. in.xiiauic .... ins ,HHOr. npwno builds houses, orsieamiKmLs, or railways, is a public tienetactor, and none the less so be cause he profits by it. n order to live aud do further good be must not starve, hot amass money as the Inea4is. Capital and Iabr are mutimlly do pi'ndent. The Ubon-r who would inrivi' MIUUIU Ut!r- inui thov wlw. ' I -I . a m 1 ...III .. aVf- "'" u private and public improvement should grow rich, so that they mavis, able ' - - t,Li . 'a . .. M.rnuui-iujiigiiLfiu, untiibyliH earnings he shall grow rich also, and Ia9 able in turn to become ;lli om 4uyer. It capital Will not yield a pnttit it i Worthl. And it never will yield anything if it is n.t united with labor. A farm, a manufactory, a store, a ship or railroad wilt No worthless as weli as money if there are no laborers to w ork and use them. And hence every man who lias one of iJiese is desirous of being on good leruis with laborers in order tliat he may reap the advantages of his eapi- I mi. Aim nonce, mso, toey w no are I willing to thrive by industry and have I not capital, desire to bo on terms with I ......tci;.,.. ii...i ti...i- ... ,,. i ..,l it'iiaiiiiT umt tin j in.., itio iii- J ploymeot and profit. The fact is, 1 ; i . . I .. rv. 1 . o 1.. .i i 1. 1 1 ... j . I kA I i. .t j ii.ii .i.w i.in'ii iii-.i otr ii II-. i iii. in friendly, in the Inrnds of wedlock, liecause eitlier oue alone is as worth less as one-half of a pair of shears. If wo had a thousand men 1n Memphis like fJr.Kr.Ni.AW, ncorruptibleinr Bi kfoRH or Jonks, mid they could all make jnuney as they used to do by buddiug homses, would not fifty thousand laborers iiinl constant work at full prices at once? But suppose wo have but ten such men, and they unable to make anything by improv ing property, are not a few hundred mechanics and laborers all that can find employment among u-? The more rich men we have, and the more capital, the more demand for laborers, and the more wages. F.very poor man ought to wish the city tilled up with the rich as much as possible, and tliat the rich might thrive. When that is the case all thrive together. The lalKiring classes are, after all, more interested in the general increase of the capital of the country than the capitalists themselves, who can in any event subsist on their simulations, and tho use of their mouev. while the poorer classes must work for little or emigrate where capital is more abundant. That is w here lalmr goes and what labor w auts the pres ence of capital. We say, then, let the laboring man and mechanic counten ance no laws which hinder the use of capital, which are a millstone on its neck to drag it down or drive it away. Taxes at eight per cent! Capital runs away at that rate, and what la the sense of asking it in? And labor runs, too, because it can find uo em ployment. How is the case now? Have we not high taxes, capital w ith- drawn, and ten thousand mechanics ... .... laborers driven away? We tell them this is caused bv high class and discrimina ting taxation. Vote down the taxes from eight to one ier cent, render them equal upon all capital aud property-holders alike, and let them teel secure amoue us. and we tell you capita! and population, and wealth wiii come in like a floixl. We cannot prosper at the expense of one another, but only when all have nance alike. Men famishing in a boat at sea may take the advantage of the strongest aud tear and devour one another. Hut all do but ill alike, as weare deiug. If we vote aJtogethev to reduce the taxes, we shall dc much to open up good fortune. The capital which low taxation and equality will bring in will be so great that the State w ill grow rich at one', and so that two per cent, w ill pay a larger amount than si or eUthL for all iiuriMises. High huts on merchants make high prices on goods; aud thus the poor pay them. aWeatBto they have to boy U home. The rich can send to New York or Liverpool" and save much that the poor pay. Nothing is truer than- that hcavv taxation falls at last chiefly on the laboring popula tion. liHlsiring men, will you not vote down the taxes and demand it of your legL-lators? How much are you willing to iHiy to iatten oihcails and to upiort Freedmcn's Bureaus? Are you willing- a lew officials should take twenty thousand dollars a year out of your hard earnings? Do you want negro suffrage, which has established mil kept mom things up, and which will be forever chiefly employed in fattening thesbarks? Or do you w ant intelligent white voters and legisla tion and management, so that all may thrive as we did in 1800, and we can go Imek agaiu to baitdiHg-2900 houses ii year? The Nashville lianner states that a memorial is being prepared, and will Ik? presented to the next Congress, for improving the naviga tion of the Ttflinesseo river, and re moving the Muscle Shoals obstruc tions. This is a great necessity, and a work ot national imMirtance. The tVnoeWPB ranks as the sixth of the great rivers of the continent, and drains five States. Above the Shoals steamers of three feet draft ascend as high as Knoxville, and at high water even further. The Banner savs: .Ml ! lie i-ouimerco of Uiis nrnductl vt rc- trinn, walcrcil bv mo many si resins, hits s iiialcriHl ulnilruwiiiti in l In- main millet to ttst Mississippi hii,1 Unit, In tiie Mnscl Stiosls, closing up 13HU miles of navigation in inn Tery mwi oi .America upon wlrmiiifi l-ainiii! territory of l.'..niK square miles. Thus ihe iiet'ln i-ommer- isl artery M the nation is liiratiireil a! this iMiiul. A fan mil hons of dollars e- lu'iinnd in thf removal of this one ob struction would add millions to the reve nue ol tin-(ieuural lovriimoiit. The ro- EOUrOei of this IDIllltrv. Willi-..,. .' in North Alahauia. Middle 't.-m R tsl Tennessee nd isirtinns of- Oeoivln Vo - Kiiiiiiaud Norlli Carolina, are throttled at Musele Iio'iIh. Tliere areaUirui t In, iunk !f llito HTf r, In K nih Alaisoun, l.iai.isj "overienenr rann. l:rov ;s . - lil.-i -nesa, whieh would be MHfM hut for this obstruction. In juuioinl and airri- ".Itur.tl resourimi ther.- is no si.. .t mi ih. (jiiilH- wlii.-li anrtass-i it In vnrieiv and HbundHiii-e. We ti'inn and Iwlitive" (W ss will aive liK-ral aid and DnooqrigS nt to these l!rllpSls, imnrovemenis HDdlriiMufir Listisliiime will also take iriv a(lni to instruct our ivf.rrs.Mil .s- .... - .i uiifi. tin- iiiijiio, euii'ji tionsl I'liiiiieila, - r i Hi. Nil CoMPTRi.i.LKR Fisk openly charges A. R. Cor.m.v. CtKANT's brother-in- law, with bavin orkdnated the o-old . - is -w in, lb. of W.,11 Ml... I.. r " omw, IU Mnswertothei,silive.h i.i..lof IT.,, ihn. He sav- been a jwirty in Intenst with ns, and others, whose name it is not now necessary to mention, in the nmal gold specnlatiou, and that he was con sequently communicating with ns-nspis-ting the gold scrulalion. In fact Mr. Coki'.in was in this specula tion long before I was. It had been orgauized aud carried on bv him ml th.r Mnl..,A.. I knew of its existence." To prove his statement Fisk publishes ,.vri ..ftidavt.c U Si. u. i ' -.uiii-iiiuibiiuci , line i i J'roui C W. Fold. s r.l) broker, and which h eu- Vort-1 a .ew i otk fully suslam him 1 tit ki!Ki...lv o hdfcaftf fli.it UUf 1 1 1 1 1 1 . aBr tm the conversation l.-ueen him-elattd UitAVi, on a S i u nd steamer,1 th BBS President whs the first to broach the financial question." 1 levclopmontSj have but jii-l began, arid nnjie are ex pected. !.- the eat out of the bag. and nive all a sight ot the .-diow. It officers of the (io eminent have boen siieculating with the money ol the people, the people will take an intcr- cst in knowing who among them an the guiltv. Those who assume to wield the money one-jiian wrr ov tho country for private benefit must lie brought to Justice. In ot'u telegraphic columns ol yo- terduy the public was iiiformedof the death of Ex-President Fhanklin Pierce. The sad event transpired at his. home in Concord, New Hamp -hire. The deceased state-Jinan was in his sixty-fifth year. He was born In HillslKirough, New Hampshire November i'J, 1)W. His father wa (ten. Bi...aain Fierce, a revoiu tionary soldier, a noted Democratic politician, and one of the most popu lar of the Govoroors of New Hamp shire, of w hich he was among the earliest settlors from Massa chusetts. The son of this sterling patriot, the fourteenth President of the United States, was educated at Howdoin College, where he graduated In 1S-.M. He studied law at the law sclnxd of Northampton Mass., and uuder the tutelage of the statesman and lawyer, Levi Wixid- iii uv.and Judge Parker, was called to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Hillsboro. He entered political life in 1829 as an ardent advo cate of Gen. Jai k;son's claims, fid in that year was elected to the Legisla ture of New Hamshire, in which he served four years, two of them as Speaker. In 1833 he entered Congress, and during his pres ence there, up to 1837, in the Ijower House, stood fair and square with the friends of the Constitution. In that year he was elected to the Senate, of which be was then the youngest mem bor, having barely reached the legal age. lu Is 12 he resigned his seat aud retired to private life, whence he emerged at the head of a brigade of New Hampshire troops to participate in the Mexican war. This he did su eesstully and well, being con spicuous for courage and gallan try in action. lie served as a member of the Constitutional Cou veution of 1-S.sJ, and in iSu2 was nouii nated to the Presidency ol the Haiti more Convention. We will not at tempt to recount the history of an ad ministration during which was com meoeeu that system of policy or sc-rie- of movements which culminated in civil war. Suffice it that Mr. Pierce, ably sustained by his Cabinet, throughout the four years of his Pres idential career fullv defended and upheld the I 'onstlttltion so ruthlessly assailed by the men w ho istnblished and who now lead the Radical party. At home and abroad he maintained tho national integrity, anil so jealously us to occasion the uiojt mak voleut oppo sition to him by the agents ot Kuro iM itn governments. Tho course of President Fierce throughout th Kansas troubles is well remembered His subsequent conduct in private- life was marked by the same jealou consistency of a political record which taoasured By the Constitution, is hlaiuehsjH He was for tiie Union and the Constitution during the war, and was several times threatened en account of liis fidel ity to both. Nothing could move or swerve him'froui the jiath in which he moved all his life. A Democrat he was born, a Iemocrat he listed and a lieiiiiH-rat he died. He had seen par ties ,,ne alter another succumb to pub lie opinion, but in a long and eventful career bo found the party of hi lather's choice, strong enough to with stand all the mutatious of time, and to Ia4 to the close of his life, strong and a- lull of vigor as when It elected Jackson President. lOx-Pre-idont pIMBMMeUed full of years and honors, respected and beloved by his neigh bors, and enjoying the reputation pj a true patriot. He will always be re membered by the people of the South with gratitude, and by the whole country with respect. SHELLS OF WISDOM. A proverb has Iteon well defined to lie "the wit ol one man and the w is- dom of many'' the concentration of tiie common sense, and exisTience of many into some nappy pithy expres sion. The study of these ipiaint con densed sayings has ever boen a favor ite one with literary men. Cervantes makes Sanctis Fanza's conversation a whole string ot them, as in our day Dickens has freely put them into the mouth of the illimitable Sam W'eller; while learned and grave divines have found in these sparkling scintillations a pleasant relief from more serioui oc cupations. A recent lecture by tho author of a popular work on the Life and Epistles of St. Paul, present- an interesting collection of those witty aphorisms. Complete proverbial sen tences are either exhortative, such as "Make hay while tho sun shines;" " Think of ease, but work ou;" ''Full down thy hat on the windy side;" or the Spanish one of "Dine with thy aunt, but not every day;" or indica tive, such as "Half a loaf is better than no bwad;' "V here the hedge is lowest most (K-ople go over;" or, as PiMir Hichard says, "Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire." Poetry has always had a tendency to ruu into rhyme and alliteration, and it is so with proverbs. We say, "Time and tide wait. for no than'; but the true form is, "Time and tide for no man abide." Sometimes the form Is mere ly alliterative, as "Ever drunk, ever dry;" Willful waste makes woful want;" or, as the Scotch say, "No swat, uo sweet." More often they as sume the shape- ol atisolute rhyme, such as "There is many asliola'tween the cup and Hp;" "Well begun, half oone; -April wer, good wheat;" VWhogoea borrowing noes a sorrow ing." Those oriental examples further illustrate this: J1yjT "Ond's mills turn sibw, - Who sues a mile Win Uu-.v irlwl wt' Win .-sicu a bite. "in the widow's home ' Wtivh the'sini Mr rbere t no lot niuiisu.'' The sltsao' dies." " Who doth tin- raven for n guide Invite Mas) marvel not on ca reuses to light." ' . Simula yau nutatvrn with oisi wau-r fill A dead ilog Jroiiped in li would delllt It si 111.' A good proverb soon spread-, and i.ossis-.ses w-onderful vitality. "Hulld ing a golden bnilge for a ilying ent - I my is older than Hen lotus, and '! .uok nut a gift lior.-e in 1 he mouth '' Ibtmil . - i - J. " , , ' I louiicl iii medui-val history and . . . flllirincr Vrior.tioin tieoooelw 1 1... - LU, i V -r . C '".'-"st are still U'ing macle "Don't shiver for last year's show," and " Some peo- pie SCem to!.!' sian-hed Is'llire are Wa-hed." are recent mldit Li lie saint- truth is olieo !.vpri icrentiy oy aiilerent nations. M rritsland they s.iv, " Ihu'i sell vou herring- lireou jaUvb them ;" w- my, "wiui amy a pig ins ooKo; Willie m the tropics it takes n iori ot"JNonian buys yams while the are yet in tiie grouial." e often give point to our advice by saying nun in me naiai is wortii two in tin- ! isii " whlreon the hanks of tin Nile, whore lyitues am abundant, tin p.'opie srty, A thousand cranes I tin? air are not eoual to one sparrow fnthe fist." "Every" ortk wa- once an acorn ' is in Africa "The great eal auasn tree lias a scexl lor its mother. "First build your bouse, and the fnniK ot -your uiroituro;-' "Ainai envies every other man except hi son, and his pupil;" " At the doors of taverns triends are plenty ; at the door oi mo prison tney are all gone;" "Throw plenty of mud, some of It is sure to stick," are Hebrew proverbs expressive of -airaeitv. The French are fond of epigramatic sayings. The adage, "One swallow dfKs not make a summer." thev ren der, "One flower does not make a gar- latm." a ciuiraet eristic or their pro verb is the frequent mention of wolves. Thus "Talk of the wolf and you will see his tail," iiiulvulent to "Talk of tin- devil, and he will ap- luMr "' oil i .. ullK, ,1..., makes the wolf her coufesor;' f " i .salt . ii, t 1. llll.l "Niuie the dogs growltsi at eac other, the wolves devoured the sheep." Those are German examples "Little and often makes a heap in time." "Handsome apph are some timisj sour;" "It is easier to blame than to do better;" "Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be;" "Our neighbors' children are always tho worst;" "Forgive thyself nothing ami outers much; "lncaun-uialoulv counts the bright hours ;" "He who blackens others does not whiten him self;" "To change and do better are two different things;" "Revenge con verts a little right into agreat wrong;' "Charity gives itself rich, but cove- tousuess hoards itself poor." Spain is rich in proverbs. One of them runs, "By the road of By-and-By-one arrives at the town of Never." There is much richness and beauty in the Italian proverbs, as "Time and patience change the mulberry leaf into satin ;" but many others alluding to vengeance are tornoiy significant. The proverbs of Africa partake lferirel v oi tnepnysicai aspect auu moral char acteristics of the country. We say of a lut-Ky person, " tie was born with a sliver spoon in his mouth." Ou the .Nile it is, " Throw him into the river and ho will come up with a fish in his iik mill." " A small datestone is hufee enough to prop up a larire water iar - tnecorn passes irom hand to hand but it comes to the mill at last;' " What tan I think of thy good qual itles, O onion ! since everv bite draw: tears?" "The beetle is a beautv in the eyes of its mother:" " Sav ' ood morning 1 to tho beansejler, not to the itriiinri.l " itinun iiw. I 1.. w "e.ec-7M in. itij; 11 is oiriici u be poor and well than rich and ill " A husband liotwecn two parrots is ukc a nean oeaieu wun two stick ine cumci nas ins own opinion aim ine cumei-unver lias tns, areal Aim an. The Egyptian says; " When crow are the guides of a people, thev ieai the carcase to the diigs;" " The'meri belongs to the ljeginnir, should his successor do even better." Turnin to the W cstern negroe s we find : "Thi fun is the king ot torches: ' " if noth ing touches the palm leaveR thev d not rustle;" " No one gives a cat to a Hyena to keep;" "Tho leopard Is ab sent, so tney play with her cubs- 1 ne parasite nas no root; " 1 Wc crocodiles cannot live in one hole:' IX not curso the crocodile's mother before you i-ro-n the river;" "Human blood i- he avy, the man that has shod It cannot run away; ' " The frog en joys itself in water, but not in hot water;" " 1 no razor cannot shave It self;" " Were it not for lingers tht uaiiu wonici tea -poon." The Welsh have; "Ifthou wouldst have praise die;" " Bv the side ol sicklier health becomes sweet)" "He is nor Hitc.gcuier bad who maketh an other lettor;" "No man is good un less other are made better by him;'' " If every fool woreacruwn we should all U kings," Ireland is not rich in provorfis, but uiLs one is ciiiinicterisiic! "mm t throw out your dirty water till vou have got in your claue." Many prov. rbs are strictly local, as ot a lazy man, " lie is as idle as IiOii- don's dogs that leaned against the wall to bark; ' or, of one with no taste for music, "lie is Itke .Mat Havies' bul that tossed the tiddler into the tree.' in classical writings there is an abundance of proverbs having refer ence to fowls and eggs. Juvenal sp!ks of an uufortunate man as having neon natciieii irom uniiickv eggs i nereis a saying mat a "white egg may come irom a black chicken i ne i reiicn lay it down that, "it is a sorry house in which the cock is silent md the ben crows." In l-.gypt the people give tins auviee, -'Don t sav good morning to the cook," meaning that it has been up early enough without your salutation, fcvery trade has its proverbs. A carpenter who had bis mi eating an Immense otiantitv tf walnuts, his plate being loaded with shells' said, "Vou see, sir, a workman is known by his chins. And again, ' i ou must use the rasp p. io,, m iniii hi nil sii no fiujjvi . ....il In.,. f.. II... O it is no use nsning tin you nave iiiitod your hook," is good advice for a fisherman. 1 hese are sarks from ttie smith s simp: "Some men are mm hammers, and others are born anvils." "If the hammer strikes hard he anvil lasts the longest." "Once he was a hammer, and now he is an anvil. ' "it doesn't follow that bo- auso your face is black that therefore ou are a smith. "The sword has forgotten the smith that forged it." Of cats, mice, and monkeys we find : The cat broke the china;" "All ats are gray at night;" " Dout trust the cat with the keys of the pigeon- house;" "The more you stroke the cut the more she sets up her tail ; " l'he mewuig cat is never a good niouserj" " W heij the cat dies, the m ice rejoice;" " When the cat's a way, the mice'll play." The Egyptians have a proverb, " Mousey, take this letter to the cat, and here are two pounds oi i of sugar for you;" but the replies. " The pay is good l, but 1 don't like flje business." noust notigh 'amiliar allusions are made to tho at' paw, It was tho monkey that ladeuseof the cat's paw for taking the chestnuts out id the Are. " Dress monkcv in silk, aud she will IsU a monkey still." " The higher a mon key climbs the more he shows his tall." The kitchen is prolific in home ly aphorisms: "A fat kitchen makes a loan will; " " The proof of the pud ding is In tho eating: " " Don't cry over spilt milk;" "The pot called the pan blackamoor." The Italians any j " We don't care for Uie sauce as long as there Is fish in the kettle;" " What is sauco for the goose is sauce for the gander." An odd turn js sometimes given to proverlis. For instance: " The earliest bird catches tiie worm." This was said to a lazy lad, who replied: "The more fool the worm.iorge.twiigpswsooH. . lute care oi the sense, the sound will take care of itself, might be instructive to those who want to make a display in .1- . - . . , ..... i thorr sreeenes. , IVfanv of the most current forms nro verv exoressive: " Hell is oavwl with good intentions;" "Pufl up the storrps, you "lufrgards-, and break the devil's head with them; " " You can- not ninlce :i silk rtnrse out of n ivi-'j I - " ' mr:': -'It is useless stretehitie- the . r !,..'......' ill,.., tn i.u: gnisiiuiis'i n irxa, mam; the breeksofTallighlander; "" There Is as good fish in the sen as ever came it:" "It's an ill wind tliat HOWfJ nobody gcssl:" "It's a loBti I i lie thiit never bus u tiirfiinuavl ' Drop by drop tills the bucket;" Kvery cloud has a silver lining;" " 1 be man bjsjts does not know the nta in sho-s." Occasionally proverbs are to be reprobated, ns, "Tuke care of number one: " "Kvery man must sow his wild oats; " " In for a peimy in for a pound ; " " As weli be huug for a sheep as a Iamb," etc.; but on the w hole their influence and teaching arc good. No country ts richer than oar ow n in these witty and trenchant epigrammatic sayings, but they have not yet received that attention which has been bestowed ujsm the proverbs of other nations. JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS. THE IIORXKT. The hornet Is an iutlamibel critter, suddeti in hi impreshuus and hasty in hit conclusion, or end. Hi, natral disposishen r. a warm cross between red pepper In the pod und fusil oil, and his moral bias iz, "git out ov mi way." They have a long, black buddy, di vided iu the middle by a w mat spot, but their phi-iKal importance lays at the terminus of their utssrb, in the shafH' ov a javelin. This javelin iz alwuz loadisl, antl stands ready to unload at a iniuuit's warning, and enters a man su still a thought, az spry az liteuing, and az full ov melMukolly az the toothake. Hornets never argy a case ; they set tle awl ov their dinvrencesov opitiyun by letting their Javelin fly, and are az certain to hit az a mule iz. This testy kritter lives in congrega tions numbering about one hundred souls; but whether they are male or female, or conservative, or matched iu bonds ov wedlock, or whether they are Mormons, and a good many ov them kling together and keep one husband to save expense, I don't kno nor don't kare. I never hav examined their habits much, I never konsidered It healthy. Hornets blld their nests wherever they take a noshun to, and seldom are disturbed, for what would it profit a man tew kill 99 hornets and hav the one hundredth one hit him w ith hiz javellni 1 hey blld their nests ov paper, with out enny windows to them or back doors. They hav but one place ov ad mission, and the nest iz the shape ov "iy overgrown pineapple, and iz cut up into just az menny bedrooms as their iz hornets. It iz very simple to make a hornets' nest if yu kan, but i will wager enny man .100 dollars he kaut bild one that he could sell to a hornet for halt price. Hornets are az bizzy az their second couzzins, the bee, but what they arc about the Lord only knows; they don't lay up enny noney, nor enny money; they seem to be bizzv onlv jist for the sako ov working all the time; tney are aiwus in az mutcii ov a hurry az tho they waz going for a dokter. 1 suppose this uneasy world would grind around on its axle-tree oust in -4 hours, even ef there want enny hornets; but hornets must be good for suiathing, but I can't think now w hat it iz. There haint been a bug made et in vain, nor one that want a good job; thare iz even lots ov human men loaf ing around blacksmith shops and elder mills all over the country that don'i seem to be necessary for anything but to beg plug tobacco and swear, and steal watermelons, but you let the cholera break out oneo, and then you will see tht- wisdom ol having jist sich men laying around; they help count. Next to the cockroach, who stand t.-w the head, the hornet ha got th most waste stummuk, in reference tew the rest ov hiz boddy, than enny ov tho insek isipuladiun, and here iz an other mystery; what on 'arth duz a hornet want so mutch ruservtd corps for I hav just thought tew earrv his javelin in ; thus, you see, the more we discover atsmt things the more w are apt to know. It fz always a good purchase tew pay out our hist surviving dollar for wLsdum, iind w isdum iz like the mis- ttM-ious hen's egg, it aint laid in yure hand, but it iz laid away under the barn, and yu have got tew sareh for it The hornet iz an uushoshall kuss he iz more haughty than he iz proud he iz ii thorough-bred bug, but his breeding and refinement has made him like sum other folk I kno ov. dis- -iti-Hed with himself and everv boddy else, too much gessi breeeling aoKts mis way sometimes. Hornets are long-lived I kant state jist how hng their livi-; are, but 1 know from instinkt and observation that enny kritter, Is1 he bug or 1 he devil, who iz mad all the time and stings every good chance he kan git generally outlives all his nutters. The only gocwl way tew git at the exact fltein weight ov the hornet is tew tutcb mm, let him hit vou once Willi his javelin, and you will Is- wil ling to testify in court that sumbodv run a one-tined pitchfork into ver: and az for grit, i will state for the in formaslpjn OV thoze who haven't had a chance tew lay in their vermin wis dam az freely a i bay, that one sin gle hornet, who fistls well, will brake up a large camp meeting. What the hornets do for am uzement iz another question I kant answer, but sum ov the best read antl heavyest thinkers amung the naturalists say they hav target excursions, and heave their Javelins at a mark, but l doiri imbibe this asserahun raw, for i never knu enny boddy so bitter at heart az the hornets are to waste a blow. If the hornets made liaff az mennv blunders az the men do even with their javelins, every boddy would latl it them. Hornets are clear In another way. thev have found out, bi tricing it, that all they kan git in this world, and brag on, iz their vittles and clothes. and yu never see one, standing at the corner ov a street, with a twenty-six inch face on, Itekause sum bank had run oph, and took their money w ith him. In ending oph thisessa, I will cum tew a stop, by concluding, that if hor nets was a little more pensive, and not so darned pei-omptory witb their jave lins, they might oe guilty of less wis- luin, but more chanty. Singular Discovery in Bay of Bengal, Among the vessels lost in the mem orable cyclone that sweptover the Hay of Bengal In lsu7, were tho steamer Thunder and tiie ship Morayshire. Surch was professed to be made for these ami other missing vessels among thetsdonderbuns, but no trace ol them was discovered, and it was taken for granted tliat both Inn J gone down at sea. The other day a party of fisher men, driven for shelter into an out of the way creek, some four miles in land, stumbled upon the hull of a hip, w hich proved to be the Moray shire, and further hi found a large steamer, with masts and funnels still -Ciiiilir.i' u.-hii'h . 1 1 - .i ..v. .. I i. fi... .1.- scription of the Thunder. Thestwin- r had 105,000 on board, which is aoubtJs yot in her bullion hold, i.llinfu sueeuhttioiu are. of course. IS! " ....... ........ , . . ..j. ... paij up H to the fate of her crew nml oi,r,.r. Vln.t th.it fat. u.a nmv io.v.tI,.. ,iu,-. ,v..r.-i it Ij maw. jectured that they couid not have livtst Ions?, even if thev survived the cyclone, as the plaw Is malarious in ft... nvinniin ,m,i ;r,ji.i .,.;iii i;.. ..' . I l I I 1 1 11. H' . I .Villi 1 ltl-1.!, U'hut u irl ....... .- , , . . . ... , ..... ,,1,1.1.:, .11, . . . 11 t 7 , , I idiu tuese vttsseis nave oeeii iving here two years within a few miles of the moutlt of the lltOphJy. DARK OR FAIR .Idsu tsJS Willi the gnlitn hair Hwsi tjrmiti With locks of jet, As you tiiKlu -i In l,y std Om tin- iiiioa.-oi tlwttue. 1 kunw nut uu a ii Iilcu my r.esrt I ih. ulil set The h.izl orb Will tin-in-art absorb. Ami the a v nl Mile Is tender sin! true: but wbeu tsiiti ar tistethsr Yliis sunshiny veaUirr. Taelx powers iiuuluneil uiusi uur peace uuiio. Reantlful pair, ISir l-iisoiiis -tparr! The bmmm autf ttiesan Shine never as one, And i ; '. 1 1 i . i yon two Hot. I rise .111 .jUl . ie Wlieu eitlot ilooekadir worafop w n From crown, unto feet In U-silty tsiinplete, t ike Hi- night aiai Un day Toni-fTier you nrrfy. Fast tSe sier anil the -Sslilii So dalntfly tripping in your prelty, oewi lulling, uiieousclous way. M suleii fair 1 WOrrtd lait My darllt-i There'- rti. (lsi u lirutiulte' Ann I vuu- on niy aoul To say which 1 preferred Is .1 nueSUon a an ten l:,l,- ,. .lit Oesel. What shall 1 do To ctoi-lfle'twlxt the two? So beautiful Isith That to cti.ii.v I am loth. Ami which Hie falrisit, TliaWeteani rarest I could not declare, were 1 pot on my oath ! Ilrunutte ami i til maid I.Iks sai shllie ami -iin.le- ahsS Karh lu her spassre I- the lovelies! her, A lid I own iin as fond Of uranette as or blouda khockiug conieasion, i very much fear. A HAPPY LETTER. ily Hear Cousin Kate! rtoch a change ha pssaixl O'er my earthly lot. since I saw y.-.u laat. That I eannot rest UU uiy pen extends The Udina so Joyful, to ail my lrlends. My burden is gone, and my sky la blight : My spirits are calm and rut heart Is light; I am a happier mother, wile and self, Aud I oe It all to a llUlsolt, The kindest fairy that ever was seen -My Whei tki: 4 Wir.sos srtwiMO M i-icvi. But to corns to the point I Isad almost forgitt : I had now ijnlte as lief liave a hosiMutd as not : He, timidly last week, brought ine a pile Of shirts to be made, which I took with a smile. The nrst of the kind which he ever hail seen, And I thought he would kiss iny sfwinu M a- chixe. You'll think me extravagant, I will engage, Bui this Is the aublei-t, m dear, of the age: Tbe world la divided, 'twlxt those whohave got The Fiwin Machine and those who have at; Alas! wnst pitiful objeeu are they Who are 'loomed 10 .-w In the old fashioned way liemmiiig and XftfrhlMg su.l darniuc and mending. Year In and year out a dutv unending, And though the eyes swim, the hmi throb with pain, Though heart and side aclis, naught avails to complain. And nov And wel be: '. Cousin K;i!e. I want yon to see understand what this wonder may Ho come and seek not your duties to s'ork. Hut come with kii evtra trunk lull of work, You will never ro h;u-k to your hmne, 1 ween, Without taking with you aSKWiNoMacitixK. Uut, if you can t conn tht- fairy to view. Why. then have Uie fairy cuiite unto you. I know you'll not ask which kind Is the beat. For that ls a query luug since put to rest; And I ran now say, aner mil reflection, of SgwiNo M ai hima unue Is Uie perfection. Some uike such is unisc. as uoue uau it.-ity , One srao-e Oould liuar 11 tin baby should cry ; While Wiir.Ki.EK 4 Wttnon so uuletly go s That I on read sloitd whllemy husband sewn It tilK 'S laTer i h.in i .1 ll.-l 4. a hiiiliUnlIle stll' l so alike un both sides you can't tell whlcn Is which. liiiiust the otheis 1 won t write a word Keir a letter. But merely remark I wish they were liettsr And W hbblih st u ii.-. in is the one that UllSU When I sing the deligiiU of the smisj lt i aarwa i ours, etc., -j. Dar.gera of Monopolies. Tho ( 'hicago Tribune publishes a full report of the speech of 1'idttsl States Senator Matt. If. Carpenter, at the State Fair in Madison, Wisconsin, on rnuay last, "on thegrowthof iilouot oly iu the carrying- business." II MM the roiort of the shipments frm .Milwaukis- to the Rwteni markets for iNtWasan illustration, saying that their total value w as f-D.L'ls.uiK), on whieh there was an expense of l,tsVl,."i99 for transportation. Admitting tliat these transport, it imi compaiiitM, under proer restrictions, are not only harm less, but absolutely a necessity of our modern civilization, he urged'that our institutions are now in lar greater dan gex from the combinations of capital, the great trinity of powerful railroad, express auu telegraph oompunit, which are struggling to control the destinies of this country, than thev ever were from slavery: because the public sentiment of the country antl of ine wonu was against slavery, and the people always had the power, if not the constitutional right, to suppress it at any time. Ourgreat passion Ls love ol wealth, and as every man is iiti.a- t lent of results, ine great tendency is tc ifthe consolidation of agencies to at: eompli-di vast results speedily, so tliat whenever competition U gins consoli dation results. We have seen this lu the express business, the competing companies Having come to the not un natural conclusion that it would he more profitable to unite and plunder tiie people lor ttieir joint oenettt than it was to carry merchandise for too low a rate to amount to compensa tion. Various telegraph conianieg nave passeti tnrougn ttie same experi ence and reached the same result, fiailroad companies ne continued, are not la-hind in the wisdom of this gen eration, and sire now bending all their energies to a consolidation which will prevent competition, mid deliver the js-ople, bound hand and toot, into ihelr tender keeping. For all practi ral purpo-s-s we have hut one tele graph company in the United States, and but one express company. If nothing is done to check the present tendencies, it will not be long tuitil we shall have but one railroad com pany In the United Stab's, slave Holders could plot in secret, hut thev mast go out publicly to execute their plans: the railroad, cxdiths and tele graph business of the United .Sut;, embracing untold millions of eapital, reaching into every village of tM country, may all lie mauaged by a board of fifteen directors, sitting with closed tloors, by candle light, in Wall street, vt tint they detennlne uton they need not submit to public exam ination, nor to the contingency of a general election by the (siple; and thus a power more formidable than the powers of this gigantic National Government, because more closely touching the rights and pockets of the people, win come 10 oe exercj.secl by a few men whose intermits in ail thing are directly opposed to the iutercst-i of the people, without the consent or even the knowledge of the people, llallroad companies nrst sought M - .. ... d. T mncniges irom tne wtate upon the ground that railroads were public highways, and as much under the cou- troi of the legislative power wa any other highway. Then, too, the influ ential and wealthy men of a commu nity formerly became stockholders and controlled the road in the inter ests of the communities along the 1 1 X ii . l I , . one. -sow an mis is cnangcsi, and the stock holders, i nsteftt of bel tig hid ing business men of the communities n forested in the management of the roads, are a few immense capitalists residing elsewhere. The theory upon which the roads wore built b also hanging, and the Supreme (Jourts of Wisconsin and Iowa have recently decided that a railroad company is a mere private corporation, over which the State legislature has no more power than it has over a bank, a man ufacturing company or a gnat mill. The Supreme (Jomt of Iowa in a re cent case said: It is to be remembered also that cor- . porations arc not organized ror tne pur- j tne ot.Ject of our marriage to divide as pose of developing thu material protper- netttlv as may be tile burdeu between fty of the State-tMisls ,. mere i.ici.len of t Aral yet women who have the business they prosts-ute. But thoy 'r(k vorvti ,i . , ' , rh .!; are organized 'y to make mouey for fv rv thing to lose amt nothing to gain their W-khoMers. and the Legislai unt ! bringing this law into disrepute has no more power orer their property are directing their sharpest weapons, ' and rig-tits than it baa over ih Uk prop- against it. erly and riifhfs of natural sixus or othr sirpiratioiis." Sueh a decbtration, Mr. Carpenter said, was not h imfNiriant ami start HiiKthun the Dred aU dts-isiou; for it is evident th.it if tin- o-a-irioe be conceded that our. r.olrouds are mere lrivnte uri.js-rtv. and LeKhtire8 States :tssumed the riq;fit to nifulate the rate of interest rm money, w here there can x' no monoooly, ah it Ls within tho iwer of imxst eMirM to loan it. Thi-iv diottid Is- control over railroatls, lasause they are necea rily monopolies, with which citizens cannot onmiH-te. Coining to the consideration of rem isli, Mr. CnssnMr eontendetl that althouKb an effort to control railroads on the (art of the ililfert-nt States would result la confushm, m mhiiv railroalscruied sevenai States, it was still withiii the constitutional power of the Uenersa! (Government to control , thc-m, under the ohunc which given I r.irvsrre tber ltower to rfsruUtc evwYi- ui-'ii -iie States. He also contended that as tbe power to regu late commerce hi etudes, the power to iMcJIitalc commerce, the (jovernuMMit ijiftrht biirTd road' between sarh prom i i.eart siims ns the goMral intmests of commerce might require, and make them common highways over which anv merchant or ferttrrsr mhftrt nra train of cars, ou cotit -rming to such regulations as sbouid be proscribgMl. Tiits, he thought, the (ioverument could do much more cheaply than would ts- jios-ibio for private corrwra tions, because the tbrmer has greater means and c-an do work upon a greater scale, while the corportmn Is oftwn compelletl to morttriige its road before it is completed, and to ive oontraets in which directors are Intended. He also thought the corporations are sub ject to more losses from swindling by contractors than the Government would Ite. The money appropriated lor the building of pid-ofHoen and court-hous had Ims-ii honestly up plied, and "if th Government cannot find a rattng our people honest men enough to administer its attaint, men who will disburse its funds without stealing, then it should stop and prt nounce free institutions and govern ment by the people a failure and an impossibility." Woman and Marriage. The Birnf persistent snd outspoken oplsmi nL- of mama' at this tbtyare found among vvoiut u. That claas of women uigarly t -riiied stroug inrndod, almost without exception, wage again-d this institution a cease less wurfare. Nun written by wo men dwell with tcauvhlrrg and long drawn pathos mi tho kitoliciues of married life. The active female mn- jjr- s up horror-. which it charges dt- rectly upon the relation which the laws of society compel the sexes to hold to each other. The progressive spirit of the ag,., us exemplified hi the writings of females hn i Tiiancijiafed itrndf fmtn these shackles. Ttie word has not yeit gone forth that women -hall not marry, but every measure la adoph -1 to bring the xHiUou of wife hood into disrepute. In fact, thai cjuictold fogy women who art-content to become wives and mothers are re garded half pityingly and half con temptuously. The bold, pushing, ag grwwlve female admits reluctantly that this kind of lift' may do Air some, but not lor them. They wera created tur a higher purpose. . LK thow suckle fools w lui w iU, the task Is out lor them. The Woman's Rights movement is practically an anti-marriage move ment. Its advocate, almost without exeeptlon either rake ground openly against marriage or k by covert sneers to weaken its bold upon the public mind. Untler tho guise of a distinct individualism, an individu alism which shaii rule the marriage relations as well its other relations of life, a rule of action is advocated which Is incompatible with any relation but that ot voluntary association of the sexes. These lectures do not ail take the ground openly, but the animus w hich directs i heir assaults upon the marriage relation can be seen. We do not believe that all who sympa thize with the movement understand the full purpose of its leading advo cates. They know doubtless of in stances of domestic infelicity, and their sympathy goes out in a vague way as it always goes out to the un fortunate. A story told with strejuo ing eyes touches their hearts. They see only ttie point at which their view is directed, l be suffering and atigeiic heroine of the novel or lecture en grosses all their thoughts. The har- nionv and Isauty of the system Is lost sight of in conteiti illation of some exceptional iiijustice resulting from It. in this way, Ov having their minds constantly directed against excep tional instances, many wiHuen lend the, influence of name and positiou to push forward a work from w hich they would shrink in terror could they see its legitimate result. Whatever unequal burdens matri mony may impose utson women, anv other conceivable relation of the sexes, wouiu oe inmiKeiy worse. Make women Independent if they dmire It: open to them aU trades and pro, sious. endow them w ith the balk and tne right to hold office; place them, so far as money-making U con cerned, upon au exact equality with men, and iu the race of life they w ill be weighed down with a burden iin poesible to escape. Without marriage men would cease, in the holy sense of the word, to be fathers. Women, however, would continue to be moth ers. There is a destiny from whieh neither law nor lecture will relieve them. If the child is a drag upon the mother, w un me miner to aid in ih. support and education, what w ill it io with the rather estrangM, free to fount the fact of paternity and free to evade the responsrbtllty when admit ted? Nature has sealed the rtflVpring to the mother, lu the drew! hour of maternity she finds herself with the helpless infaut upon hor bosom. Th. father may have pa-sod from earth, or the bulk of the globe mav be between them; yet then: is the "child. The mother cannot, If she would, deny her offcoririg. Subject to these conditions, the rbrce of which every woman must feel. It U inooneeivahfe how a sane, right minded woman should make war upon ttje only relation which holds rnan equally responsible with the wo man in the tare unit education oi children. The relation may not be perfect at least its results are mrf al ways what we might desire yet it may he said that human wisdom has exhausted itstelf in rejieatod attempts to perfect it. The evident aim of the marriage law is the procurement of justice. Tiie weaker party In the eoe- tract is as carefully protect tsl as barren words oan protect her. The law can nut secure love, kindness, apprecia tion, not the least of the thousand nothings that make marritsj life a beautiful existence; but the law Can punish gross Infractions of tho Implied tonus of the contract. The law ean not make men just or w omen virtu ous, but it can offer a premium on justice and virtue. This our nifurlagtt law does. Public opinion hohkTu deepen-on tempt the man who neglects to proviue ror nis wmiiv Hum the man who steals thrnigh devotion to It. Neither law nor public opinion can relieve woman entirely from the bur- den impoa-d by nature; but it, seems