Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-05-21
From the n. Y. Herald.
Chat by the Way.

If man will not keep his simpl
word, he'll dodge his bond If he can.
If man is stricken with the mani
OF speculation, he is very apt, at som
point IN his career, to grow careless ant
leave off the ''s."
Opera airs in church are out of place
| 'That is the organ" said the mother t.
her little child, who was at church fol
the first time. ''The organ ? But wher'
is the monkey, mother ?' asked thu
child. Then, when the latest air from
the latest opera rolled through the build
ing, the mother whispered as she looked
at the organist, II can see him, dear
but you can't"
The good deeds of life are the notes OF
beautiful song which the angels sing
TO us as we walk through the dark val
ley of the shadow of death.
A good name is like the cloud of in
cense which remains in the church long
after the fire IN the censor has gone out.
If a man wants little more than any
OF his neighbors have it is hard to make
him happy, but if he wants only what
he absolutely needs he can be happy
anywhere.
Unless you manage to enjoy little
bit of heaven here you will not be likely
to have very much of it hereafter.
One of the papers, after commenting
in glowing language on the splendid
oratory of Rev. DR.. Storrs, of Brooklyn,
adds that he could say ''Remove that
poodle dog from the rear pew" in such
a way that every person in the church
would be thrilled.
The anticipation of possible or imag-
mary evils is our great bane. An Eng
lish proverb says, truly, "Our worst
misfOrtunes are those that never befalI
us.u
Mr.. Moody advised his hearers to "es-
chew tobacco in all forms An litter
ate young man says that he has faith
fully tried to do so, but it made him so
sick that he would rather not be saved
If the only way is to chew tobacco.
The morality of some people goes just
far enough to enable them to resist the
temptation to steal strawberries unless
they can also find the sugar and cream
to eat them with. 1t is not the appro-
priation of what does not belong to
them, but their inability to take exactly
what they want, that seems to trouble
them.
This is boys composition on girls,
but he evidently had mans head on
bis young shoulders. What he learned
by shrewd observation others have
learned by experience. He says: "Girls
is the only folks that has their way ev-
cry time. Girls Is of several thousand
kinds, and sometimes one girl can be
like several thousand other girls If she
wants to do anything. This is all 1
know about girls, and father says the
less !! know about them the better off I
am."
The phonograph will undoubtedly
prove valuable invention, but it must
be confessed that it has its tragic side.-"
The fact is it is going to prove univer-
sal eavesdropper and tell some things
which had better be kept secret. Sup
pose, for instance. that it records the
tender VOWS which lovers whisper, the
baby talk of the first years of married
life, and that these records are compared
with the unromaEtic prose of after time,
when the dinner is late or the steak
overdone or the husband returns in the
small hours from the club. Suppose,
again, that two visitors in the parlor
are commenting on the lady of the
house before she makes her appearance,
and then change their tones to the most
delicate fiattery as she enters, and that
in the midst of the call the stentorian
photograph repeats the criticism The
trouble with that instrument is that it's
ears are too long, and that it can't hold
it's tongue. 1t knows how to speak, but
not how to be dumb. We must either
reform or abolish the new invention
The phonograph is an instrument which
can be appreciated only byea commune
ty which has been deeply affected by
Moodey and Sankey.