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Tun Man in tiik Moon.
by praise ami rush madly on never con
sidoring what injury they may ho intliol
ing upon others so that thoir ambition is
.satisfied and they arc surrounded liy a
multitude of votaries. The temperate
man, on the other hand silts the praise
which lie receives, reserving that which
is given by the. wise and good and disro
gaidinglhal from the rabble. Neverthe
less to strive for praise alone is a dange
rous matter. Hotter live actuated merely
by the desire for riches than to bo moved
solely by the desire for glory.
If a person acts justly towaid all men
and proceeds according to the dictates of
an unperverted conscience, he will receive
whatever praise is good for him. Pub
lic and national men must lie prepared to
receive along with the applause of their
friends, the denunciations of thoir ene
mies, and this too, no matter how excel
lently they may conduct themselves.
Our public men while living are lauded
by their friends and dscried by their ene
mies far more than they deserve. It is
only after such are dead that some unprej
udiced biographer is able to sift the chatf
from the wheat and show forth their true
characters. And now let us see how this
deslrctor praise or admiration allects the
women. Addison says they seek for it
more than men and are more readily intox
ieated by it. Moreover lie treats the sub-
ject as if women desired to be admired
merely for thoir personal appearance or
dress, this may have been the case in his
time when woman was expected lo have
no mind or will of her own, but always to
do the will of her husband we do not
say "tyrant man" as some crazy female
politicians, for we do not consider that
men as a rule are such terrible monsters
ns these poor disappointed persons would
have us believe. Probably women of
that day had nothing else to think or talk
about and very naturelly came to cousid
er nothing else of so much importance to
them as their personal attire. This thuy
made thoir god and we are sorry to say
that many even now cling to this same
idol and think only of how they may
adorn themselves so as to gain admiration.
Hut them are many women wlum we
have no doubt but Mr. Addison would he
pleased to meet and note the contrast, no
ble women, who are living more and more
as tlio creator deigned they should, cul
tivatiug their minda and busying them
selves about something besides their phi
mage. And now it will not be long before
every arlilicial harrier will be thrown
down and man and woman will stand he
side each other free and equal before the
law having all the rights which nature in
tended should lie allowed weak human
creatures. Then woman will gain admi
ration and praise for things of more im
portance than dress. Ve will bring this
unpraiseworthy ell'ort to an abrupt elo&o
by a quotation from the author ol the Tat.
lor "Men of the greatest abilities are most
tired with ambition; and, on the contrary,
mean and narrow minds are least actuated
by it." A ce.
THE MAX W THE MOON.
Science in lior rapid progress during
the last lot) years has almost cast into ob
livion those ancient superstitions con
cerning the moon. The sowing of grain,
the slaughter of animals for food or the
taking of particular medicines is no long
or regulated, as of old, by the age of the
moon. The waning moon is not now
considered to have an evil influence upon
the u Hairs of men, nor is it 'through wars
any that au expiditiou lo be successful
must be commenced at full moon. Hut
whatever astronomers or chemists may
say witli regard to the composition or
structure of the moon or to its real ap
pearance as it now is, it will undoubtedly
always bo regarded, by some at least, as
still pouessiug its ancient merits. Al
though compelled to acknowledge that
the man in the moon of the ancients was
simply the natural outgrowth of au iguo
ran and superstitious mind, nevertheless
there are too many even in this much ou
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