Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-11-27
LOOKauP.

= A ship beccaslm1leed. 1t sea Law rocking inc
lasllyi a sp5ightly lad. the Captains
only son. not knowing what to do began
mlscheyiously 10 climb The mast. He had
got half way, to the top. when, turning his
eyes below to see how far he was from
the deck, he uddenly grew. dizzy. 81
am falling. am falling" he cried. "Look
aloft, " shouted his tathsr, who at that
moment, was leaving his cabin. The boy,
accustomed instantly to obey that voice,
looked up where the main truck swung
against the sky, recovered heart. went
on, was saved. - '..' ..s..,. -
We do not give the anecdote as new.
Doubtless every one Of our readers has
heard it before. But the story has a sig.
nldcance not always noticed. Others,
beside the captains son, have been saw
ed by looking up. In the dizzy ascent OF
life. many q man has been on the point of
falling. when some sudden thong ht has
hidden him ''look up, he has taken cour.
age, has persevered. has won the prize.
Bruce, when he saw the spider fail six
times, yet succeeded the seventh, was of
this class. So was Washington, when
CORVALLIS had driven him across the
Delaware, and when. instead Of giving
up In despair, be suddenly gathered up
his resources, fell on the British lines, and
achieved the victory at Trenton,
a There come times even in the expert
ence OF the bravest when the heart is
ready 70 give up. ..Af1ction after aff1ic-
tlon has assailed him till hope itself des-
pairs. Perhaps favorite child has been
stricken down. Perhaps, terrible epi-
demic has destroyed more than ore little
one. Perhaps the wife Of his bosom is
no more. Perhaps. by one of those aw-
full catastrophes which occasionally oc-
ours, his entire family has been swept in
to eternity in moment Of time, in The
twinkling OF an eye. He feels as if there
was no longer any object for him in life.
In the first shock OF his agony he would
not care even if news was brought to him
that his fortunes were bankrupted, and
that he was disgraced begger. But. by
and by, still, small voice within whis-
peres "look up" He sees that the sky
is still MS bright as ever, the breeze as
blessed, the trees as beautiful. Here the
waters run. leaping and laughing down
the hillside, gliStening in silver as they
go. The earth is not less lovely than be-
fore, the stars are as numberless, the
ocean and mountains as sublime. His
fellow creatures have the same kindly
hearts towards him. He owes them the
same old duties. Gradually he realizes
that he has much yet to live for. In time
he recognizes subdued and quiet happi |
ness. He has learned TO "look up.'' ! I
A great financial crisis overtakes the
strong man in the midst Of his schemes
.Hegathers up all his resources, contend>
ing gallanlly long and desperately after
hopeis over struggling for his family
rather than for himself; fighting. agoniz,
ing. like LAGOON in the serpenL's folds.
1t will rot do. The mighty whirld wind,
whose outer eddies he has been striving
to resist, wheels down upon him in all its
power; he is torn up in an instant: he is
hurled on the ground; ke is left breathless,
bruised and seemingly dead. Az first,
when he regAins sensation after the ovet-
whelming shock. he is without hope. He
has neither strength nor wish 10 resume
his work. He is willing that the tempest
shall sweep tho wreck Of his fortune out
Of sight forever. 1t is useless, he says to
try to regain what he has lost. Az last,
gentle wife or So m pa,hiziug friend, bids
him not to despair. Look up" they
say. He looks. At once he is new
man. He RECEIVERS his name and fortune
In every circumstance OF life. "look up"
Are you about TO enter profession? Aim
at no secondary success fix your mark
high "look up" Are you merchant?
Become leader in your business. and to do
this. first ''lOok up" Are you ambitious
ofipolitiral distinction Scorn to be a
mere demagogue resolve to be a states
man ''look up" Is authorship your
wish Endeavor to take rank among the
classics Of your language by study man
ner as well as matter aspire to triumph
greatly and permanently rather than pres
tnaturely; in a word. "look up"
All if all would only "look up" But
some never hear the cheering words.
Some disregard them. Oft thousands
who have failed utterly in life or met only
a secondary success, the majority owe
their misfortunes to not "looking up" In
sorrow or disaster remember the boy upon
the dizzy mast. and "loook up, look up"
GENERAL HENN1NGsEN.-Of this real
hero Of Nicaragua the Washington cores