The New York herald., 1879-03-02
CHAT BY THE WAY.

Excitement In religion Is like delicate and do
licious perfume which Is dissipated. but
solid religious conviction is like musk. which per-
fumes tho life forever.
Clouds beautfy the sky and at times hide the sun.
just to show how dependent upon it we all are So
sorrows beautify this life and to hide the face
OF God to teach US how much we need Him.
It Is a sad truth that o wrong deed. as it were.
whistles ITSELF while it is quite effort get up the
proper pucker for good deed.
When q man begins to hatter you hold on to your
pocketbook. for that is his objective point.
You more sure of success in the end IL you
gard yourself as a man of ordinary talent. with
plenty of hard work before you. than if you think
yourself man Of genius and spend too much
time in watching your hair grow long. that you may
convince people that you are not like other folk.
1t is curious fact that the track of knavery
misplaced switch will be found somewhere, and it Is
sure to wreck the train.
II you do not want to have wrong deed known
there is rule. and only one. which leads to per-
feet success. Don't do it.
The antiChinese legislation Of Congress resembles
. sausage. Of which it may be said that lose
respect for it when learn how it is made.
Logic affords q soothing unguent to certain class
of consciences. Some men who very tender in
their notions of right and wrong more deter
mined to break the law than they skilful in find
ing therefor. This kind of logic is illus
trated by the story of the gentleman who cigar in
mouth. jumped on a street car. The conductor very
politely pointed to the sign which road. mo smok-
ing allowed" and requested the offender to throw
away his Havana. my FRIEND" the reply
of the philosopher. II am shocked (puf) that you
should for moment think pun that would break
any order OF the company. Will you kindly notice
puff) that am not smoking aloud (puff), but doing
1t in the quietest way possible?" So in the old
song:-
''swear not at ALL" the priest exclaims
To James. in angry strife.
II do not swear at all" cries James,
But only at my wife.
When bachelors are so desperately afflicted with
the malady of matrimony and have been unfortu-
nate in personal application to eligible parties that
they compelled to advertise for wife who is
willing to share their lot. they ought to have the
forehought to put into the advertisement the size of
the lot aud what 1t would probably bring under the
hammer. We have observed that in q great many
matrimonial speculations the size of the lot often
times determines the acceptance the ''mitten."
There are great many fanciful troubles in life
which will disappear IL you face them. They
like the boots which the shoemaker made for very
particular customer. On being told that the solos
altogether too thick he replied. "If you will
just put them on and wear them you will find that
that objection will gradually away"
There is one matrimonial rule which can be de-
pended on Of universal application. husband
will mover find any difficulty in footing his wife's
bills provided the wife is put together that she is
not ashamed to foot her husbands stockings.
Is it evidence against the moral character Of in
FAINT. and would 1t be right to him Of being
thief OF tender years. simply because it is well
known fact that he has his mothers eyes and his
fathers chin.
You cannot make yourself better by simply resolv-
ing to be better at some time other any than
a farmer can plough his field by simply turning it
over in his own mind. A good resolution is a fne
starting point. but terminus it has value
1t seems just bit incongruous and yet il is true.
that great many churches are paying off their
floating debts by means of sinking funds.
1t is very dangerous to make up your Judgment
concerning q young ladys weight by measuring her
sighs.
The creative minds Of history can be numbered on
the fingers OF either hand. We all plagiarists
but the dificulty with us is that do not always
pick out the best ideas to If a man holds out
to-day gold coin and silver know which to
choose without thinking, but It often happens that
the stables Of the past pick out hobby horse
rather than Arab stecd TO ride. There is nothing
in the world which will fight harder TO retain
all stand close together and sing in chorus
All. 1 fear there's nothing original in me.
Except original sim
Words that arc spelled the same way have some
times very different meanings
The French have taste in all they do.
Which we are quite without.
For nature that to them gave gout,
To us gave only gout.
English grammar has its after all. II may be
an unpalatable study. but IL will at times
from the smiles of enemies. farmer who
wished to enter Of his live stock an agricul-
tural exhibition. in the innocence of his heart but
with moro truth in his words than he dreamed of.
wrote to the committee, saying. ENTER me for
jackass"
Republics do certainly nd IL easy to forgive in
jury Tho quality of mercy is not strained. the poet
says, but in its conduct toward Of the leading
and still outspoken politicians of the South America
has certainly come as near giving mercy bad
''strain" she could well do We quite willing
that bygoncs should be bygones. and we believe in
healing wound by forgetting all about the i'll temper
that caused IL possible. but eyes open
very wide when VIC SEQ in Mississippi journal
the declaration that jefferson Davis should be
turned to the United States Senate because he could
do noble service in ''unifying' tho people of this
country. So far as we can judge of the gentleman
his peculiar gift does lie in that direction. We
are willing to acknowledge his great talents but
have been led by certain circumstances in the past
believe that the talent for 'unifying the people
of the United States was not prominent in his
character that phrcnologst would easily hnd the
corresponding bump on his Uranium.
Accidents and theologyi Who would ever think
that there could he the rcmotest connection between
the two2 gentleman who for thirty years had been
a high Calvinist. an honorcd member Of an ortho-
dox church and without the slightest tant of hercsy
attached TO him. had bad fall and struck heavily on
his head. Hc unconscious for hours and then
dclirous for weeks. When he sufficiently re-
covered 10 take inventory ot his theological
ideas found to his surprise that he Unitarian
in full bloom. lie aid not fall on n Unitarian side
walk. nor did he fall by marrying into Unitarian
family, he simply bumped his head all out Of shape.
and then found that he had become q Unitarian in