Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-28
CHOICE gHIT-CHAT
On Moral and Miscellaneous
Matters.

On Moral and Miscellaneous
Matters.
cullsd for Saturdays Register.
The man who cant be angry is 1901
the man who will not allow himself to
be Is wise.
When a man regards himself ss all
sufficient the world is apt to think oil
him as insufficient.
No one can know the sorrows OF an
others heart, and no one can tell where
the shoe pincbes except the man who
wears il.
lit is your purpose in life to make
your face your fortune you must look
we'll to it or il will turn out 10 be your
misfortune.
Ii is a vulgar habit to carry your
hands in your pockets, but not 50 dis
agreeable as to have them in some one
else's pockets.
We are all OF us in the position oil the
French marquis who declared "God
will think twice before He condemns a
man of my quality"
This is a very grave question-lf IA
tan should ever be chosen President OF
the United States how many OF Us would
he lind entirely worthy OF his conf
dence?
A great deal OF the mean criticism OF
the world reminds US Of the child who
said, Johnny, how greedy you are to
take the largest apple in the pile; IL want
ed that for myself"
Take the world Just as it is and We
must needs believe in future retribu-
ton. Allow us 70 pick the men, and so
far as they are concerned We can believe
In universal salvation.
In the matrimonial market some
choose the man without the riches and
others the riches without the man. In
after life the former live in Hover gar
den and the latter in dollhouse.
Ii is impossible for man to keep up
with the literature OF the age. Bar
NUNS monstrosity with two heads and
four eyes might do it, but the ordinary
scholar must initiate the humble flea
and-skip good deal.
Chrysotom said beautifully, so beauti-
fully that the words have been preserv-
ed like fly in amber, "God has given
man two eyes; il he lose one he hath an
other. But man hath only enc soul; II
he lose that the loss can never be made
up again
Ii is easy to repent after your fortune
has been made by questionable means,
but to prove your repentance by max
ing restitution, that's very different
thing. A man is always generous and
humble enough 10 be willing 10 be for
given, and the religion which makes no
drafts on our bank accounts is very pop
ular.
Disraeh vas able to illustrate his ideas
in a very telling way. Sometimes a
good story or an effective metaphor is
more potential than the most solid argu-
ments. When speaking OF the tactics
OF Peel toward his opponents he said:
"The right honorable gentleman caught
the Wings bathing anu walked away
with theIS Clothes
When you occasionally refrain from
thinking OF Yourself and condescend to
pay another man a compliment you
ought to speak so plainly that there will
be no chance for misunderstanding.
When Sheridan during a speech spoke
of Gibbon as "a very luminous writer,
the great historian was vastly pleased.
The honey had bitter taste though, for
Sheridan atterward declared that the
word he used Was not luminous" but
yoiuminous.
A typical Irishman gets into every
possible difficulty which presents itself,
aud then manages to get out OF it with
the greatest good nature. His blunders
afford laughter for the world and his wit
makes him friends everywhere. The
clerk OF an iron foundry was OF Celtic
origin, and when two large pulleys we're
ordered, one with a hole in the middle
and the other without, he put them both
down i'm his books as solid. When he
discovered his mistake his tender con-
srience would not allow him TO charge
his customer with more weight Of iron
than he had received, so he gave him
credit in this way: Mr.. Brown,credlt,
one hole, 80 lbs.
Very lev people remember dear old
Father Taylor, the sesmen's preacher,
o. Boston. lie was at once wise, bold
and eccentric. At one time an eminent
banker from the court end OF the city
visited the church and was asked to
make few feeble remarks, which he
did. making them so very weak that
Father TAYLOR wYithed under the IN.
Fiction. The banker eulogiIed the rich
men of Boston and tried to prove TO the
sailors that they ought TO be extremely
grateful TO these wealthy ship)wners.
When he bad finished his offensive ora
ton Father Taylor jumped up and
said, looking over the vast congregation,
ais there any other old sinner from up
town who would like to say word?
Partnership in business is very profit
able whel conducted on the right
principles. The Hebrew who offsets
his experience against the 5000 OF his
partner, and who declares that In the
course of i've years things would be so
changed that he would probably have
the s3, 900 himself and his partner would
have the experience, knew more about
the mutability OF human affairs than
any man, except Hebrew. has a right
to know. Still, you once IN a while find
an American who is not entirely def