The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-28
CHAT BY THE WAY.

cuss the prevalcncy oil suicide.
CHAT BY THE WAY.
II good rule DO very patient vii tho faults Of
others ana very impatient with your own. As = gen.
ersi thing. however. The ruie Is reversed.
Some people would like 10 DO atheists because that
would DO The way got rid OF their sipa They
only afraid OF God. but they arc also afraid
that he will deal justly, which II would 60 hard
with them.
spr,g OF hoartscass viii suks root under the right
conditions, but very few people cultivate Il
II We were TO judge tho religion Of mon BY their
professions by thor Intentions rahcr than By their
actions should conclude that the millennium IL not
far on.
When tho day breaks where do tho pieces goS Why
they 20 into morning, of coarse.
gentleman who recently dicd loft TO bis WHO BY
win .all his household effects and all his wearing APP
parol Tor hor sole usc" She had, undoubtedly, DO.
como accustomed to wearing certain portion Of
his wardrobe, which rendered this legacy valuable
you just pentent enough 10 be sorry that ron
got caushs that Is thing; but you penitent
enough TO commit the Same offence again, that IL
very different tn,ng.
Whenever man uses The personal pronoun 'I''t TOO
much u Is always saio TO discou .. his sorcs about
MY per cont, Tho pronoun '.you" may bs connected
with small ventures aud Insignificant achievements,
but tho pronoun II" Is except in tho
script,on Of immense and very hcroio deeds.
Everything Is aduitcratod in those timcs. Even tho
milk Of human kindness 10 apt TO have certain
amount OF chalk In II Our politics arc SO watcred
that you viii generally ind tho sidc which
represents hts own personal interests; and our
ligion diluted that begins ec that all tho
cream SKINNED on by our fathers, ant that what
s left has turned Still, whenever Diogcnes finds
his honest ana puts his light out she world Is
glad mako hts acquaintance.
great many people profess moro than they can
easily practise 10 thing believe great deal
and quite another thing I all. We are like tho
boy out West, who, wnen asked II hts father
Christian, replied, Eyes, SIR, bot no docsnr work
much" Il rs all smooth sailing 10 assent 10 the
thirty articles Sunday, and hard to shout
.'Glory, Halieluiah,n whom she minister says clio.
quensly that tho right always pays and that II 10
better TO DO poor and honest than rich and carry
round accusing conscience; but on Monday the
dollar looks Diegcr and the religion smaller, one
10 moro Wiling stand . hltlc scolding the part
Of conscience II he increase his bank account
thereby.
The bright lexicon Of you,n, in which the word fail
Is not printed, docs not TO DO In extensive
nowadays. Tho other edition, however, IN which all
the disagroeabc words and phrases found such
woodbine twinetb," Is having extensive sale
Tns temperance movement seems 10 DO worry popu-
lar just M. Murphy, the apostle OF the blue rib
ben, getting up general revival and cnehing the
spikes which Moody and sankey are driving. What
with DR.. Crosby and the Law aud Order League and
tho total abstinence societies. tho demon Of rum Ii
having pretty hard timo Of Il. He has been 90
shaken up In many ycar. Evcn the indies arc in,or
eslcd in IT. One Of them asked her companion the
other day she would Join tho Daughters Of Temper
apcc, but refused. with pretty blush, 'Bocause"
shc said. under her broath, 81 expect 10 join Of
the Sons Of Temperance IN = lew weekA"
Il Is said that tnree yllables most fro
qucn,iy used are lou Il Is said iurtber that sbo
earth moves slowly than IL did . few thou
SAND years ago. But the man who has nose 10 meet
nothing to meos with, nd. that tho earth moves
quito enough TO bring pay day into disagfccAbe
prominence.
II may DO that bcggars can't be chooscrs In ordinary
tines blu. on Thursday night whom the speakers
nj a temperance meeting held in tho Church Of the
Disciples had carefully hung up thor coats 10 tho
anteroom, Dcggar managed, by some happy accident,
10 pick up tho best one aud mako OF with H.
Tnc youns mind Is always OF an inquirng turn.
boy OF four will ask questions which inc OF forty
can't answer; indeed, childhood never Puts easy
nundrums. Even Darwin's children can puzzle thor
father II they viii only say TO him:-
sposo'n you were my boy.
All the ono hal,
And big folks wouldn't tell you things
Shouldn't you icel bad
Every single thing you say
knew years ago.
Where that first hen camq from,
Is what want TO know
some philosophers ssy NO have NO nnsto ideas. but
no one has yet been bold enough declare that tho
love Of gossip is not innate Even those who sup
posed TO iathest removed IRON the vaGtics Of
worid-ycs, even tho ascctIc VINO spends his time In
tho coll irrosssbiy pricks mp MS the
last clopemcnt with she infuria,ed parents in full
chase. tho doiaicn,ion by Sunday school teacher
There Is certain indcnnAbic relish Ia surprise Of
that kind which does Ia good news. We
no. help degree OF satisfaction when We nnd that
people not good they seem to be. IL takcs
larger amount OF religion than most people poscss 70
enable ono TO hear bad ncws OF his ncighor without
tho faintest echo OF chuckio In the ccptrc OF
heart. Human nature IL very discouragiug In this
regard.
ssuttcrcrs compelled to iaxs Ifo easily whohcr
thoy will no. Two thus afflicted at work
a, a forge. The iron was red hot and placed Tho
anvil when tho drst ono said, 'Jobn, s-s-striks u
ha-ha-hardL" Tho other answered, .Jim, wh-wh-
whore h-sb-shaii hi-hhf" mo m-m-mattcr nov !,
s got cococold" was the reply and the bar was put
into the fofgu again ~ ~ Juss 30 somctmcs IN tue
church. People are so long ,cing what they want
by the time they have got ous thoy don't want u.
Rev. DR. Martineau tells very funny story about
q German play. Ito says that In ono OF tho scenes
Adam Is represented Is running across she stage
mis- way to tho Garden OF Eden TO DO created. But
science has doue away win all that u tells rs that
there never was an Adam nor garden, nor anything
slsc except glacial period ana mo'ocuIo. and tho
popular mind so mixed that We arc like the young
lady after the icciurc:-
Yes, think II was perfectly splendid
am sure icci awfuliy wire,
With my mead full 81 giaccrs and iccbcrgs
OF such q ridiculous sire;
And the massss OF what+do-y -call.itf
Tho dirt that 10 so old
And came down The icc 10 New Jersey
IL must have been awiuly cold.
Thcro is a movement on loot In England In tho
direction OF dress reform. III not proposed 70 wear
more clothing as an Insurance against tho London
fog and IT'S rhcumatic but to make believe that tho
climate OF England IS tropical, and to introduce ths
some what scsnt bat certainly graceful garments Of the