Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-04-18

Oi myself II all men, or he most part,
praised and admired me il would
prove me to be somewhat like them.
The first step towards making a
man of your son is to train him to earn
whit he spends; the next best step is
to teach him how TO save bis earnings.
Water, although well warmed,
would quench, nevertheless, the fire
that warmed it. Thus may the char
acier of treacherous person be- de-
scribed.
1T is never safe for us TO take coun-
sci Of any OF our bad passions, such as
envy, pride, vanity, covetousness, or
the like. OF evil, nothing but evil can
tome.
Il give it as my deliberate and sol
emn conviction that the individual who
is habitually iardy in meeting an ap-
pointment will never be respected or
successful in life.
Indeed, the grandest of all laws is
the law Of progression and develop
ment. Under il, in the wide sweep OF
things, men grow wiser as they grow
older; societies better
One of the saddest sights is seen
when we see a man falling by his own
counsels, and yet persisting in them.
BY little and little he sinks lower and
lower till his ruin IS complete.
As general thing old men are
better advisers than young ones; but
some old men are very foolish, while
some young men display great discre-
ton. The ruleis general, not universal.
"A prudent man advised his drunk
en- servant to put by bis money for
rainy day. In a few weeks his master
usked him how much OF his wages he
had saved. lie replied: Faith, none
at all; it rained yesterday, and it all
went"
"A woman, hearing a great deal
about preserving autumn leaves"
concluded TO put up a few jars OF them.
She told u neighbur recently that she
didn't think they would ever be fit TO
eat, and that she might just as well
have thrown her sugar away.
One of the most common errors in
giving advice is that il Is hasty aud
aot well weighed. have known a
man to utter AN opinion before the case
was half stated. "IIe that answereth
matter before be heareth il, il is folly
and shame unto him"
The Rev. DIR. Tying, Jr., asked his
congregation ON recent Sunday for
81, 900 for the Church Orphanagc, aud
told the ladies of bis Church that if
they would buy one.button gloves in
stead Of threc-butlon gloves, the differ
ence in price would support tho
Orphange.
Religion does what philosophy
could never do; it shows the equal
dealings of heaven to the happy and
the unhappy, and levels all human en-
ioyments to nearly the same standard.
1t gives to both rich and poor the same
happiness hereafter, and equal hopes
to aspire after it.
Among tho roplios to an advertise
ment of music committee, for ga can
didate as organist, music teacher"
etc, was the following Gentlemen
noticed your advertisement for an
organist and music teacher, either lady
or gentleman. Having been both for
several years, offer you my services"
--To-day's duty can only be done
well to-day. Time and circumstances
are now favorable, and we are in the
best condition to perform it. To-mor.
row all will be changed other exigen-
cies will arise, other objects will claim
our attention, and our capacity for per-
forming that special duty will be sensi-
bly, diminished.
-Erasmus, who was of sickly con.
stitution, and had, therefore, obtained
a dispensation for the eating of flesh in
times of abstinence, was being re-
preached by the priest one day for not
observing Lent, when he replied al
assure your holiness that my heart is q
Catholic one, but ] confess l have a
Lutheran stomach"
1T is only with the well.advised
that we find wisdom. In the midst OF
counsellors there is comparative safety.
II is only the rash and the risky that
90 forward without well.considered
plan. Where no counsel is, the people
fall. Without counsel, purposes are
disappointed. In fact, every purpose
is established by counsel
Sin and bcdgehogs are born with
ont spikes but how they prick and
wound after their birth we all know.
The most unhappy being is he who
feels remorse before the (sinful) deed,
and brings forth SIN already furnished
with teeth in its birth, the bite of
which Is soon prolonged into an incura-
bic wound OF the conscience.
Nothing makes a young man so
} happy as to get around TO the post
Office after il is closed and see letter
, in his box TO have his heart whisper
that II is from her, TO dream sweet aud
tender iancies, balowed with loves
sacrcdncss all night, and TO go IN the
morning and find il TO be bill Of $3.50
for his last six months washing.
-Sensibiity seems TO me TO be
neither good nor evil in itself, but in
its application. Under the influence
of Christian principle, 1t makes saints
and marty rs ill-directed, or uncon.
, trolled, il is u snare and the source OF
every temptation; besides, II people
can not get it, it II is not given them,
to dcscant on II seems as idle Us TO
, recommend people to have black eyes
or fair compilations.
"A very learned Judge was asked
what he would do IL man owed him
ten pounds and refused TO pay. His
reply was worth remembering by
those who are quick to take otfensc
and begin quarrel. He said "Rath.
or than bring action against him, with
! its costs and uncertainty, would give
him receipt in full Of all demands
yes, and would send him FIVE pounds
over to cover all possible expenses."'
Somehow, whether We can explain
il or not, the liberal soul, all things be.
ing equal, is made fat. Liberality will
not atone for want of industry or thrift; /;
but, brains and activity being equal,
getting comes to those who give. There
are some natural principles upon which
this can bo explained, but IL finds It's
completest solution in the fact that