The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-16

borgian Church.
The Row. Russell n. Bellows will preach for the
Church of the Messiah this morning.
CHAT BY THE WAY.
The mean man Ii always moanor 10 himself than TO
any else.
These beautiful lines will sing themselves to many
q sorrowing heart
White winged angels met our child
On the vcstibule OF lifs.
The bcAuty Of thu face an envisbe thing. bat the
beauty OF the heart lasts longer.
They must hunger the frost who win not WORK In
the heat. These words 10 be sung the tune u
TRAMP. tramp tramp"
An ili-temporcd word aud stone alike In that.
when once thrown. they cannot be recalled.
II you determined to succeed you must also be
determined to work. Remember IL IL always the
longest pole that knocks the highest persimmons.
There people whose lives arr like mo-
lasses with spoonful OF vinegar In IL. and othsrs
whose lives like vinegar with . spoonful Of mo-
lasses in il.
There are those who take up much tims in pro-
fesson that there left In which 10 prsctiee
They like thc cinnamon tree. for the barb IL this
best part of them.
II is said that the reason why bissmy is OF such
rare occurrence in Hungary is that ON time
man who convicted Of this crime sentenced
The punishment consdcred cruel. but s had the
desired effect
It may not be polite to tell gentleman that he 10
given classification. but is quite rsg< 10 tell
him that to his lips truth IL stranger than notion.
The policy pursued by some of our politicians
namely, that OF trying to be all things TO all men.
reminds us Of a story heard. who
scorned the of trimmer said to the voters In his
district Gentlemen. thcm's my sentiments. and
they are the sentiments Of honest man. still. II
they don't suit the majority of you. would have
it understood that they can be altered"
Matrimony is always fair target for the witty.
When fellow who had been imprisoned for breach
of promise expressed his willingness marry II he
could get free. Of the lawyers. who either .
soured Benedck else . man Of large family
perience, exclaimed -"Well. that must have
very curious notion Of liberty"
Here is a sad truth which might DO craven more
than one tombstone
/ am amazed that Death. that tyrant grim.
Should think of me. who never thought Of him.
By slow degrees Charles Darwin is proving his
theory correct. For long time he was 1t Loss 70
discover where mans moral sense came from. II IL
now known, however, that the bivalves have
very high appreciation Of the right and that Of
their moral laws runs thus -'Stew unto others
you would have others stew unto YOU" This fact
proves beyond doubt that mans moral sense IL do
rived directly from the oyster.
There are some bits Of fun which have Q great
truth behind them and which ought not to be lost
forgotten. A dental student musing some OF
the intricacies of his profession. and while absorbed
in meditation enamel and nerve. friend entered
and declared in tones of desperation that he had
raging headache. ut the time asking what could
be done. The musing dental genius. still harping
the subject of teeth. and hardly knowing what he
said, replied "well why don't you have It pulled.
or-possibly-flled p
Incongruities will sometimes occur. not In spite Of
fate. but because fate to take sort of
tic delight in producing them. man who weighs
several hundred pounds IL almost always deluded
into taking for wife a woman small enough TO
charm his watch chain. Only the other
day heard Of man who was nearly seven feet
high. while his wife considerably less than Ave
feet. The minister tried to dissuade them. but the
groom simply replied. "well, sir the long and the
short Of it is''-when the clergyman broke in with
Eyes. yes see; it's the long and short of it that
am to unite in matrimony."
.Do you really believe that an ass ever spoke TO
Balaam?" queried u man who prded himself on his
intellect Colerdge to whom the question was put.
reflected very calmly for few moments. and then
responded, my friend. have no doubt whatever
that the story true. have been spoken to In the
same way myself" The Of inquiring mind re-
tired for meditation.
Modern science is doing great deal for civilixa-
ton. but there certain departments In which 1t
has as yet accomplished nothing. It has put bit
the mouth Of the lghtning 1t has built railroads
in the air; it has dreamed the dream of the
telephone and the microphonc but it has devised
way to keep shirt buttons from coming Off just at
the wrong moment. We do not to be called
alarmist but 1t Is Arm convction-the result of
years of experience-that the world will DC
what it should be. that man will never attain that
moral excellence which the evident destiny of the
race until shirt button shall be invented that will
never come of. 1t is startling SURPRISE for which
the most Christian finds himself totally UMPIRE
pared when in the attempt TO fix the collar in place
the button gives way and you left shivering in
the cold until the damage be repaired. No
religious fcrvor stand such strain that. Be-
fore you recall your good resolutions the Often
sive phrase has climbed up to your lips and peeped
out. Spiritual perfection is thing Of the distant
future unless this matter be taken in hand ut
and the sublime gcniuses of the world give their
divided attention to II.
When we think of the political institutions and
aims OF Americans proud. but when think
of political tricksters feel like using the words
of Horace walpole:" should love my country very
much IL IL were not for my countrymen.
Boys are sometimes more logical In their methods
Of thought than they get credit for and they can
when the motive is strong enough. resist tcmpta
ton. Said superintendent. will the little boy who
threw pepper the stove please step to the desk
have a nice book which want to present to him.
The genial invitation not accepted. however. and
the sagacous youth asked his teacher to explain
knotty theological problem instead.
Our government is exceedingly psternal in its
for the Indians and II the Indians grateful It
shows tho depravity Of their natures. One Of the
recent reports tells us that "thc wounded squaws,
with their pappooses lay by the roadside. and
soldiers humanely put them out OF their misery"
This being interpreted that they were all sent
to the happy hunting grounds by means of bayo-
net or bullet The truth is that the Indians do not
appreciate the kindness Of our troops. and are
ceedingy stubborn about dying getting out OF our
way The logic OF history is that when an Indian