Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1869-01-20
Wait.


| throw that money down at the bar and de-
mand glass of brandy and water. Ask
yourself if twenty five cents cannot be better
invested in something else. Put it back il
your pocket, and give IL to the little cripple
who sells matches on the corner. Take my
word for 1t, you will not be sorry.
Wait, madam-think twice before you de-
eide on that hundred dollar shawl. 4 hun
dred dollars is great deal of money; one
dollar is a great deal, when people once con.
slider the amount of good it will accomplish,
in careful hands. Your husbands business
is uncertain; there is financial crisis close
at hand. Who knows what that hundred
dollars may be to you yet?
Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudy am
ethyst breastpin you are surveying so earn
estly through the jewelers. plate glass win
dows. Keep your money for another piece
OF jewelry-a plain gold wedding ring made
to tit rosy finger you wot of. 4 shit neat
ly ironed and stockings darned Ike lace work
are better than gilt brooches and flaming
amethysts. You can't afford to marry
Wait and think the matter over.
Wait, mother, bt fore you speak harshy
to the little chabby rogue who has torn his
apron and soiled his white Marseillas jacket.
He is only child land mother is the sweet
est word in all the world to him. Needle
and thread and soapsuds will repair all dam
ages but if you once teach him to shrink
from his mother, and hide away his childish
faults, that damage cannot be repaired
Wait, husband, before you wonder audi
bly, why your wife don't get along with fam
lily cares and household responsibilities ''as
your mother did She is doing her best,
and no woman can endure that best to be
sighted. Remember the nights she set up
with the little bate that died; remember
the love and care she bestowed on you when
you had that long fit of illness. Do you
think she is made of cast-iron? Wait
wait with silence and forbearance, and the
light will come back to her eyes, the old
light of old days.
Wait, wife, before ycu speak so reproach-
fully to your husband when he comes home
late, aud weary and ''out Of sorts. He
has worked for you all day long; he has
wrestled, hand in hand. with Care, and Sci
fshness, and Greed, and all the demons that
follow in the train of money making. Let
home be another atmosphere entirely; lei
MIN feel that there is one place in the world
where he can fud peace and quiet, aud per
feet love.
Wait, bright young girls, before you arch
your pretty eyes, and whisper ''old maid
as the quiet figure steals by, with silver in
It's hair and crow feet around the eyes. Il
is hard enough to lose life's gladness and
elasticity-it is hard enough to see youth
drifting away, without adding to the bitter
cup one drop Of scorn You do not know
what she has endured; you never can know
until experience teaches you so wait before
you sneer at the OLD Maid.
Wait, sir, before you ado billiard room
to your house, and buy he fast horse that
Black and White and all the rest of 1.-THE
fellows" covet. Wait, and think whether
you can afford it-whether your outstanding
bills are all paid aud your liabilities fully met,
and all the chances and changes of life duly
provided for. Wait and ask yourself how
you would like, ten years from now, to see
your fair wife struggling with poverty, your
children shabby and want stricken, and your
self a miserable hanger-on round corner gro
ceries and one horse gambling saloons.
You think that is impossible; do you re-
member what Hall said to the seer of old;
is thy servant dog, that he should do
this thing?'
Wait, merchant, before you tell the pale
faced youth from the country that you can
do nothing for him" You can do something
for him you can give him word of encour-
agement-a word of advice. There was a
time once when you were young, and poor,
and friendless Have you forgotten it al
ready?
Wait, blue-eyed lassie, wait while before
you say yes to the dashing young fellow
who says he can't live without you. Wait
until you have ascertained for sure and for
certain" as the children say, that the cigar,
the wine bottle, and the card table are not
to be your rivals in his heart; a little delay
won hurt him. whatever he may say-just
see if it viii.
And wait, my friend, with the brown
moustache; don't commit yourself to Laura
Matilda until you are sure she will be kind
to your old mother, gentle with your little
sisters, and true, loving wife to you, instead
of mere puppet who lives on the breath
of fashion and excitement. As general
thing, people are in too great hurry in this
world we say wait, WATT
One of the most important items in the
cost of a newspaper is the paper itself.
Many newspapers do not obtain from their
subscribers the price of the white paper
alone The entire expenses must be cover
ed by the receipts from the advertising.
A school ma am has adopted new and
novel mode of punishment. If the boys