The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-16
by saying great deal against him. II is Scott we
believe, who speaks OF these social gueriilas as

cussed by the scientific societies. "Do DARK naired
people or hight headed people marry nrs,?"
No work, reward, is the rule OF natural law The
old saw runs. ..He VIII the keruel must nrst
| crack the shelin
Ifyou want to get in this world you must DO will
ing 10 tako the bitter with sweet Unless you are
ready TO bear your share OF The general burden you
| should not have been born
There are many iolk in the world who stu pray,
"Good Lord, good aevi,n because they do not know
| into whose hands they may fall.
\ Very iew men can be at their own valuation.
Most people like uncerain promissory note; u
| taken a all II must be at q large dacount
/ Don't worry the little ills Of lite II ID like
| swinging sledge hammer TO kill fly.
Have you ever noticed TACT that there good
many imperfect men in the world? Some under
| done, some are overdone. and some, ike Ephraim In
the Scriptures, are "a cake not turned" They are
brown side aud all dough the other
Perfect men, like angels only at inter-
walls.
How much truth there may be in this story we can
not toll. but IL certainly affords opportunity Tor
thought -sJennie, what makes such pad girl?"
said frelial mother The child had Inherited genius,
If not virtue for she replied with voice crisp
an upplc tart, swell, mamma, God sent you just the
best child that was lett, and II don't suit you
/ can't heipu!v
In the long passes for just what ne is
worth. At the first the world takes man al his own
estimate of himself but after little II puts an ex
pert appraiser his track and then tags him at his
actual cash value. If Iittle boys would only blow
| their soup bubbles to reasonable size they would
last longer; but the irresistible tendency IS TO keep
blowing TIL they burst. In the same way those big
boys who only deal IN pretense add sham 10 sham
until they collapse You need not worry, for II you
have thing of real value the world VIII find II out;
and, the other naDd, II you have nothing except
your boasttul voice to proclaim your worth
! wihai you need not lay the aatterlng JUNCTION 10
your soul that you carry tho cheat long,
because
] The world is wonderful CHI enlist, be sure
Aud detects IN u moment the base or the pure.
! We may boast Of cur CLAIMS 10 genius or birth,
But the world takes for just what he's worth.
II gives u man great sense OF security In these
hard times TO know that no tibet can steal from him
4 any thing than his fare to prison. When you
a crowd at the theatre and feel yourself pushed
in that peculiar way which indicates that delicate
fingers exploring the region OF your pocket
smile that chiidke and baud lights up your coun
tcnance and you refrain from dscouraging the
thieis movements, for you are sure that he cannot
discover what you yourself have searched for In vain.
Poverty has It's compensations but do you not once
while feel an ncipent pang OF sympathy Tor the
poor thief who signs over the panic because when
no has succeeded in getting your pocketbook It looks
4
| ~ For ourselves are sorry for both parties.
He quoted Scripture when he said to his father who
stood at one end oil the switch and asked his
catch the other end the ny 'lt Is better TO give
than 10 receive" But he found pas ago In Shake
spoare equally appropriate wnen, finding that the
game OF give and prolonged beyond cndur-
| ancc, he murmured, "This is very like whals.'
| 1t does a m IN good have right hearty laugh;
neither Inconsistent with the serious business OF
he; IL
and spols Well, nothing moro provokes good
| laugh than the peculiar wit Of the HibcrniaD We
have enjoyed This moreover 10 our hearts content,
| and now pass IL over to you:-Two twin brothers
looked SO much alike that 1t difficult 10 tell them
| apart. Pat owed one OF them grudse. but he
couldn't tell which. Ono day he met what he thought
the oeuder, and got ready to swing his wrathiul
snillslah To make sure that he right, however,
he asked, els this you, or Is It your brother" Tho
| young took IN tho situation and answered, "Oh,
Pm only my brother, Pat" Pat loosensd his grip on
his stick and walked away saying, "Be me faith, It's
mighty lucky for 70 that your NOT yourself that's
ALL"
Hero is religion for you, and the most popular form
Of religion in this world IL believed in with all
might, and practised with the most persistent con-
tancy:-A sbrewd merchant who once In while
gave his conscience twist, lay sick Alarmed
at his situation he sent for clergy man, who seems
to have laid down tho Law in pretty plain language.
The sick moved uneasy, but at last sad 10 his
spiritual ADVISER "Parson, you are pretty hard on .
poor fellow, but you about right, after ALL
I have thought It all and made up my mind that
II / get wei l VIII live Principally honest" the
word principally" probably intended to cover
any special contingency that might occur and is a
very convenient adverh
Is IL true that man 10 q canniDal who lives on
other people? We know man who has been nving
Tor tho last iour years. on the plea that he was
in starving condition all tho time Well, we
hope that the scientific statement IL true, that
As naluraIists observe, a flea
Has smaller neas that on him prey;
Aud these have smaller still 10 bite 'cm;
And 50 proceed al tytnifuM-
then may take hope that at no distant day our
canp,bal may Afford square meal for some other
poor and hungry man.
rho catschsm ought to DO handled with great
care. little girl asked, 'sWha. Is tho
sacrament Of malrimonya" Tho poor child, who
had learned her lesson by rote, got a little
mixed, and gave tho answer to another question, as
iollows:-";t is n state OF torment into which souls
enter prepare Tor another ana better world" The
priest VINO had observed but not experienced, simply
replied with a sign, 'For aught know you may DO
perfectly right" and went on with the examination.
What would you naturally think Of such an expert
encc as tnisr When the Rev. Mr.. Hammond had
stirred up a great revival 10 Western town tho
clcrg man OF the parish photographed the news 10
brother preacher IN these significant and suggestive
words: --.Mr. Hammond is preaching here; pray tor
u.s. 1t reminds equivocal story OF the min.
lister who cit out the comma in his notice. which
read ..Brother Jones Is going 10 his wife asks
prayers"
Genius does not always show itself in carly produc-
tioua Even MI. Bryant. who has Lett fragrant
memory behind him, and who wrote "rhanatops's'
when twenty three years Of age did not to have
his earlier efforts preserved. Dear old man Of tho
silver locks, shall sadly miss his CHEEKY voice.
He ncic in deep regard by three generations
who looked his face, anu will De loved ~
many more will know hin only through the
sounding music Of his verses II Is said OF Longel-
luw Loo. that his Surieat attempts at poetry