The New York herald., 1877-10-21
CHAT BY THE WAY.


CHAT BY THE WAY.
10 all worry well TO be humble, but II possible
boast OF your humility until |. sours into the worst
kind OF self prdc Thore hardly virtue In the cal-
endar which will not lose If talks much about
It
"Al Gods biddngs are enablings," Ia tho beautiful
saying OF one oi the carly Christian fathors.
II God made the world you need not fear that He
can't take OF 70 small part Of II US yourself 1t
Is better, therefore, to trust than 10 grumble.
Ii would do you immense good to have quiet talk,
a while with the man who does not like you.
He would probably open your eyes TO a side or your
character which, excusing friendship does allow
you to look upon, and which your own selfeoncoit
has kept covered up
A great many people who 60 into tho country on
Sunday, saying that they worship God Ia place
well as another, oltentimcs lind themselves
end OF lshpoe Their idea OF worship is somewhat
different from that gwen by ecclesiastical dicon-
ary, and although is possible discover infinite
mechanism In tho running brook, they arc generally
too absorbed In tho motons OF the float discover
anything beyond the TACT that they have nibbie
The last weeks criminal record shows that Satan
can't keep his promises. He offered immunity from
fraud, but Recorder Hackett's .nve years at hard
iabor'' proves that some ono has blundered-
There is a new sect among the Russians They call
themselves ssfhe Purifiers" and their leading
tencts Is that the husband must all subor-
dinate to the wife, and with resignation yield
his masculine will to tho legitimate head OF the
| iY. Tho only difference between the Russians and
most OF that they have tho theory while
tho practice The marriage contract generally begins
with the enforcement Of the wiso judgment Of tho
man, but generally proceeds to ignominious do
feat and ends with entire subjugaton.
Arithmetic is profound study. The young man,
with bewildored gaze. looks round among tho girls
OF the period and contemplatcs addition tho chiof
end OF life. After tow years OF domestic infelicsy
he looks longingy at tho possibilities Of divorce suit
aud iees that subtraction is his only hope But If
he is wise beyond his years, and having read the
words Of tho poot--
Marriage is q rabble rout,
Which those who are out would fain got IN.
And those who are IN would fuin get out
-hc concludes let wcl enough alone and s looked
upon simply vulgar fraction.
Don't run away with tho idea that you were born
genius and that by single stroke OF the pencil you
will some time immoralizo yourself II better dig
away under the impression that you Ounce than
to loll on the sofa waiting for inspiration. It was
Turner, tho grent painter. who said, ~ have
oret but hard work"
Personalities are sometimes sovera gentleman
said to surgeon, "Ny daughter Is very ILL., She
sometimes falls In and continues for hours
without understanding" Tho surgeon repiod, .Wel,
she not III as feared, for have actually known
cases In which people wore afflicted that they
mainsd all their lives without understanding" There
are, therefore, only two classes in the word-those
who have intervals OF common sense and those who
have not.
Sometimes evcn q threat, II properly carried out,
may be q blessing Whom creditor whose debt had
not boen paid, told The delinquent TINT ho would
''knock him into tho middle OF next week., J" no
piled that It could only be done would feel under
grcat obligations because during the three days
Two other notes would due The creditor thought
botter OF 1t, however, and became protestant.
Tho large number OF defalcatons which are making
tho whole community tromble and making every In.
dividual in il feel though ho could not
himself with his own money, remnus us OF nm In
sirucive anocdotc Of Horne Tookc. uo asked how
much treason man could bo guilty of and not be
hanged Tooke replied that tho could not inform him
just yet, but that no trying to nd out Tor him.
| SELF"
There many reasons for marrying and some Tor
not marrying. We have before heard, however,
that refusal could be put on the highest moral
grounds. "Wo do not marry" said young philoso-
pher, ''because have such high for each
other" That deep affection which sternly refuses
ndict misery on Its object Is to be commended.
1t may bo thought that somewhat partial to
tho vcrses OF negro melodies 1t is not that do
light In bad spelling, but that like the quaint way
In which truth Is sometimes put One. for instance,
might reflect those lines with considerable profit
If you SEQ Potter asleep at do gate
Kase do night bcfo' he up so late,
You needn't 'spact with your load oh sin,
Dat you'll slip past him ana steal right In.
DE angels always acts on dc squar';
Dey know you hero, an dey'A know you dar.
Thoro Is another bic OF rhyme which makes a strong
contrast with tho above II is more pretontous but
less truthful IL Is an attempt, but to mind
wrctchod failure, TO divuge tho secret OF success
Tickle tho public and make IL grin
Tho more you tickle tho more you'll win
But teach the public-you'lI never grow rich.
But 1.-Two like boggar and die In ditchl
Tho simple truth s thai tho public has learned to
discriminate between those who teach and those
who think they can Ono Of tho latter class undoubt-
cdy composed this epitaph for his own grave.
A Univcrsast trying to prove TO tho uutu-
tored mind OF negro woman that such place as hell
was a simple absurdty. "Aunty do you bcIiovo that
all tho people who to tho bad place burned In
lako OF brimstone ?" "Cerain docsn promptly ro.
piled the tinted theoogau. swell, now don't you
sce aunty, that there isn't birthstone enough down
there to keep tho drc going all tho while q" This
seemed poser for litto whiic. Sho had novcr
entered calculation OF tho of combustt
bio material necessary Tor tho process Her countc-
nance soon frightened, however, and sho replied
.why, money, don't you know that everybody who
goes thero carries his own birthstone with him 2n
John Milton made Satan say "Myscf am hell" and
tho negro woman simply ampli1cd the ldoa and OK.
planned tho details.
Tho people who do not think do arc therefore
In the wrong. We may not say this aloud, but are
nevertheless apt to think it Russian poasant hear.
ing sono Turks carrying an animated conversation
SAID to his companion. 'Iook at those people, they
are making noso and yet they can't speakn When
mans theology politics different from ours We
arc always under the impression that though ne may
inako noise. no emit speak. They speak plainly
speak our thoughts, while those who differ from us
speak unnteliigibly.
The Sprituaiists are determined to survive tho i'm
prisonment oi Slade stance has lately boon hold
which real miracle was performed. Tho man whu
snw It went straight to "a justice OF tho pcacc and
sworc to all tho "details. bit OF pencil was put be.
twcon Two states, aad then the states wero tied TO-