The New York herald., 1878-02-10
CHAT BY THE WAY.

CHAT BY THE WAY.
II inhdelity succeeds In teaching that no will
die ike beast IL will at the time succeed in
teaching him how to live like
When delights TO hear himself talk 1t Is pr1tty
sure proof that nobody else does. 1t
Chatter, chatter all the day,
With nothing in the world 10 say.
The latest argument for paper money is taken from
the fact that It is doubled up when you put It in your
pocket and you nnd It In creases when you take 1t
out
An enthusiast a who tries to make himself
believe what he knows Is not true; and bigot Is a
man who will set you ire II you won't lot him
MAKE your opinions for you.
II mans religion is pretentious on Su4fay and ob.
scuro week days you had better do bd9lness with
him on q cash basis
In tho household column of one Of our religious
papers recipe IL given for boiling q ham properly.
1t will do still greater service to most people n II
will tell them now to get one.
It has been concusivoly proved that to accu-
mulato 81 000, 900 and then leave II by Will to any
but those who are living in expectation OF evi-
dence OF insanity.
1t may be y homoly motto, but 1t is good one
"Aim high; he that aims at a barn door will never
hit the weathercock on the church splre.
The man who depends on his ancestry to hold
him up will probably have posterity that can't de-
pend much on him. When We uso the nobility and
prowess Of our grandfathers our capital In trade
we ure apt to end IN bankruptcy.
If you make q rule never to allow yourself TO be
angry when any else is angry you will escape
great many disagreeable scenes One at time Is
enough; two angry people too many by just half.
"rho wicked stand in slippery places, said cier.
gyman when he stepped bit Of ice and fell, and
then added "but can't do IT,"
Colonel Iugersoll's humble admission that he could
havc improved on the universe If he had been
suited tho dictum Of truly great mind. Not many
such mon come to this lower sphere and ought TO
perpetuato his memory by erecting colossal statue
OF him IN pure brass. de reminds US OF the French
inndeI wno standing under an oak and looking
at gourd vine, said that II he had been spoken to
about the matter he would have advised tho Almighty
to put the gourd tho oak and the acorn on the
gourd vlne Just then an acorn fell and hit him In
the al region, where peoples brains situated
when thoy have any. II was lucky for him that
the acorn was not gourd, ana for once,
and once only, he admitted that things are
better US they are Tho Colonel, however, differs
from the Frenchman, aud persists in thinking that
the universe won't be quite perfect until his great
brain Is permitted to mako suggestions. We believe
IN fair play and suggest that the honors be divided
between the Colonel and George Francis Train II
iellectual propositions OF these gentlemen, delhrono
the Almighty ana accept the rule OF tho two might
lost thinkers Of any age, we'll assured that
som ethng would happen once.
We have heard prayers which have reminded US OF
the following Incidental couple OF dcacons to
call on church member, and, finding him at his de-
votone, stood by the doorway In tho attitude OF
crence. When tho prnyerswas finished they compli-
mented their friend on his fervor and earnostness
He replied, however, ''Ah, II had only known that
you were listening would have shown you what
can DO, but thought was all alone"
You can't tell who your friends are until you have
had stroke OF bad luck Whom the financial sugar Is
gone tho flies go too. lost pocketbook is pretty
sure to make startling revelations about those who
have proiesscd TO love you Tor yourself alone.
You can't have everything you want in this world.
Life Is Ike blanket that Is too short; If you pull It
up over your shoulders you your feet, and II
you cover your feet your shoulders must be bare.
However. cheerful people manage TO draw thoir
feet up little and SO pass pleasant night.
great many people nro like tho man who, having
lost OF his legs sat in his doorway and told pas
sors-by which the right road, though no coudn't
walk in 1t himself.
The real difficulty with business men nowadays is
that thoy absent minded. The bank cashier tho
president Of tao insurance company and the broker,
and all that class oi eccentric persons who put wrong
names to checks and start for Canada, with some one
else's pockctbook, are simply absent Minded. G..
they suffering from lit of abstraction.
II we should happen to engage In another war how
eager should all be to put money at the dis.
posal of government, and how sweet would be the
consciousness tnat tho "homo guard" would some
time get into Congress and pay back at ten per
cent discount IL makes US love our country and
iroe institutions to feel that she delights
TO borrow, but hates to pay back.
A stereoptcou lecturer SAID The other night 10 an
uptown audience that French ladios dress with 70.
marka5le taste, but without duo regard to health,
aud that In Paris no had ladies prone nadi ing
tho principal boulovards with nothing on but pair
OF thin slippers ne saw his mistake, bul It was too
late
There is a Turkish nlegory which tells US that
every man has two angols--one his right and an-
other on his left-and that they record the good
ana evil that Is done. II this be true that loft
handed angel Is pretty busy In these days and the
rsht-harded one may as well 20 of on vacation.
. England's praise OF Stanley. although not quite
grudgngly given, has short but sharp growl under
IT, The Prince Of Wales stepped into the breach and
hushed the barking Of tho dogs. There time
In s'anleys journey when t was necessary for him