Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-12
CHOICE CnIT-CHAT
On Moral and Miscellaneous
Matters.

When you fail to do thing we'll 1t is
never your fault, Of course, but the fault
of circumstances. The Spanish have
saving which corroborates this state
ment: "The archer that shoots i'll has
lie ready"
There is many man in the world
who. like the Abbot Of Banda, gives
away for the good of his soul what he
can't eat, and thinks 1t ought 10 De
counted in his favor on the last day.
There is one very grave and import
ant subject on which too little has been
written-one problem which all men in
turn give up as a conundrum not to be
guessed. Erskine refers to it in very
touching manner when he declares that
"wbeu the hour comes that all secrets
shall be disclosed we shall krow the
reason why-new shoes are always too
tight"
III there is one thing which is more
than any Other impressed on a man IN
the general competition for success in
life il is the necessity OF seif-rellance and
emancipation from that illusion that
somebody or some good fortune will do
for US what We ought to know We must
do for ourselves. The Germans say,
Every man who wants bread must car.
~ his own sack OF corn TO the mill, and
the Italians put the same idea into the
old saw that Every fox must look alter
his own tail or lose 1t.
True benevolence may begin by doing
good to one, but it goes on until it learns
to do good to all. The poet sings beau
tifully of those
Whose cIrcling charities begin
With the few loved ones heaven has plsced
them near;
Norccase Iill ell mankind are in their sphere.
1t is easier to keep out Of bad habits
than i. is to get out Of them when you
are once in. The first time you yield
to temptation you become bound by a
hair. After a while you are bound by a
green withe and at last by q cable which
no man can break. In FIelding's "Life
of Jonathan Wild" We are told that on
one occasion the great thief was playing
cards with celebrated Count who was
a professional gambler. Such was the
power oilong continued habit that Wild
could not keep his hands out OF the
pockets Of the Count, although he knew
they were empty; neither could the
Count abstain from every once IN
while palming card, and so winning
the game, though he was perfectly aware
that Wild had no money with which to
pay his bets.
The influence OF woman is duly ac-
knowledged in the literature Of every
nation. 1t is generally conceded that
though, as she is apt herself TO assert,
she has none Of her rights" she con-
trolls those who have their own rights
aud all feminine rights superadded. 1t
may possibly be that this is mans
world exclusively, but it is also very
true that behind every man lisa woman
who tells him what to do and then sees
that he does il. Man is the executive
officer, but woman is the queen, and
frequently the despot. The choice OF
wife, therefore, or in other words the
choice OF the individual who Is to gov
ern your destinies so long as you live IN
this lower world, is matter Of some i'm
portance. The shrewd Scotchmen sing
this proverb to their young men:
The guide iii hap O. guide or III life
Is the guide OF III choice o agude or Ill vile.
A careful Englishman once declared
that he had saved himself from great
many equestrian mishaps by carefully
observing a very simple rule. When
ever he came to an unusually high wall
or hedge he always rose high in the
stirrups, closely examined the other side
and then concluded not to take the leap.
Bv pursuing this method he had saved
many broken limb and probably pro-
lOnged his life.
The most fascinating period in boys
life is his babyhood. You cannot help
laughing at his pretty and cunning
ways, even when he fastens his tiny
fingers into your beard, and then, letting
himself drop from your lap, holds on
thereto with the power OF gymnast,
and croaks out his delight. The most
fascinating period in the life OF glrl,
however, is said to be later on, when
she stands in the midst of her teens and
timidly approaches her twentieth birth
day. Good judges say that at that time
she is both fascinating and dangerous.
She delights in necromancy, and can
conjure up such powerful spells that
healthy young men grow thin. hectic
and even dyspeptic under their intlu-
ence. The budding merchant who, in
his untrammelled condition, scorns TO
take ANYTHING but a sternly practical
view OF things, when in her presence
talks about the fading moon and the
eternal stars, and when out OF her pres
ence neylects his business and dreams
of blue eyes, or eyes OF hazel brown,
which float in the air and look down on
HIM i'm such languiShing fashion that he
s;yhs and moans and reads poetry and
oven thinks OF poison and sudden death.
But this latter subject is becoming al
most too much for our feelings and we
return to the cunning ways of the boy
baby with a certain sen3e OF relief.
Think OF him as painted in the following
beautiful lines and then hug your little
one closer to your breast:
Nv baby boy set en- the floor,
Ills liz blue eyes were full Of wonder.
ForFe had never thOIght before,
That baby by the mi TOR door,
What kept the Two, 81 near, asunder.
He LEANED toward that golden head,
The mirror botde framed within.
Until twin cheeks. like rCs-s red.
Law sid by side. then softly said.
len. get Ou;. can't you come Ia
LITTLE BilsE LEGS.
Rich and Poor Parents Arraign-
81 slila nv N Sensible Female