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Show SEMOUS EVIL OF THE DAY. A Tendency to Exaggeration Becoming All Too Common. Exaggeration l one of the mo'-t so-rlous so-rlous evils of the ilnv . It Is common In all the walks of life, people t ot be lng willing to see what Is actually before their ecH, but permitting their Imaginations to enlarge ami extend I their view frequently to the limit ol the mental horizon. Few will deny its deleterious effect. Humors on each aide of the ocean for which thetn ii no reaaonable basis throw the country Into a state of unhealthy anxiety and do positive harm at times of a aerlour character. Very recent events hav strikingly Illustrated this. It la tha vogue, or It la a temporary evil which baa seized upon the public, and there does not appear to be any remedy except ex-cept to let It run Its course llko any other epidemic aud pass away. Hal-tlmoro Hal-tlmoro American. |