Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-05

He has virtues and defects Intentionally mix ed, and one of his defects is inexcusable rude- ! ness; another is prodigious egotism. He is
 an ilustrious poet, but he is full to the lips of
 vanity, and is capable on small provocation of becoming colossal bore.
 SeIfiShnesS.
 sE. J. C."in Providence Jo1rnaI.l We should look on this life, not as large | factory boarding house. where all have the same right to grab for the biggest piece of pie but rather as water cure, where those who sweat the most are nearer permanent health. Those who obtain the greater portion of this worlds pantry obtain also the larger share of this worlds indigestion and heartburn, and
 better is bowl of charity soup with powers of assimilation, than wearisome days filled with rhubarb and magnesia. Those selfish instincts implanted merely for self-preserva- ton become when carried beyond proper bounds, the clements of self destruction for there is no surer way to die by ones own l hands than to be tied to the rope of the self qualifications.
 Selfshness ressnbleth the mullen stalk ia the flower garden it takes nourishment from all the roses without pertaining it's own life, and it withers up and runs to seed until the gardener cometh to consign it to it's everlast- ing heap of compost.
 The grab game, like the grab box, is seldom lucrative to the outside public; for Nature like 8 church fair, never does business at
  shall be drawn out than has been paid in. Men say that they will make much money, and after that comes happiness; but happiness does not follow money as poodle dog it's new purchaser, neither can the upholsterer furnish Eastlake patterns of contentment and sereni- ty of mind If they say we will take the wings of the steamship and fly to the utter most parts of the sea, even there shall they find that selfish natures arc subject to the usual discounts of the trade, and that Sara toga trunk is not thing of beauty and Q joy forever. A man who is mean in Pascoag will not be generous in Palestine. for sacred asso- citations have but little influence upon the small change of life. Selishness is pure indi- go blue, and it changes its climate without changing it's color.
 Can the leopard change his spots or the hand organ it's tunes? How abortive, then, to move about because VIC do not feel at peace; and low every plan of selfish enjoyment which to day seems firm as a pyramid shall to tomorrow see blown down like cir GUS tent in gale of wind If you say will keep COW and feed on pure cream and no skim milk, you shall find your pail kick ed over and the best pair of brooches ruined forever.
 We are like coal sloops rounding Point Ju- ditb, we just proudly mount the crested surge, and behold the next moment we are sunk in the hollow of the sea, with our hen GOODS washed overheard. The wise pagans locked upon selfshness as ignorance, while the pious Christians seem to view @ good,re-- spectacle selfish man es by no means destitute of the faculty of reflection.
 Let us learn that selfshnesss is both igno- rance and suicide. This life contains no re- served seats so let us go humbly into the pit and share our baked peanuts with des- titute friend and brother. So shall we get better view of the stage, and learn the great lesson that it is only by division of the bless ings that we can obtain multiplication of our satisfactions. Leave all the crowding and showing to the swine, and like Sir Philip Sid ney quench your own thirst though the parch- cd lips of another; so shall we escape the fu- gacity of all pork and obtain that immortali ty which always clings to good action.
 Be not deceived. For time it looks as if selfshness had everything its own way, and had secured the leading position, like brass band in g commencement procession. But when the sacred portals arc reached, all brass must stand aside, and then real merit and ademic honors, which are found alone in the tail end Of the procession, are invited to oc- cupy the highest seats in the synagogue ''And the first shall be last and the last shall be frst'