Daily Republican., 1882-12-18
MISTAKES.
A Valuable Lesson fer all Ru
mHnIfy TO Read.
BY A, X. II. b,

Reconcile yourself Gf you are to re-
main in this world at aiD TO the coudi-
tions of your being; do not vex your
self and break your heart, struggling
against what IS irTemediable. Do not
look to find here what il not to be
found. Do not fancy that wiser and
lucklsr folk have found f., and that
you would have found 1t too but tor
some unhappy mistake you made at a
critical turning in your life, The mis-
takes you have made, If you be an or
binary mortal living an ordinary life,
have not, in fact, done your life mach
harm. You are makiD g just about as
much of things in this world as it was
10 you to make at all. Make the best
o! the bargain you have made, in this
or that. Doubtless you see 1t was not
perfectly wise bargain. You would
not make it again. Had you been con-
sderably wiser than Solomon you might
never have made 1t at all. But you are
In for 1t uoW.
Ia % the best Of thiuEs,in good nature
and Cheertulness. Do not nope and
keep thinking, thinking, how much
better you might have done, and (ike
Mr.. Bumble) how cheap you went.
So doing, you will bG making the
very worst OF things You will be de-
liberately biAckeuing the sky under
which you must live If you are to live
al all; you will grow into a curse &c
yourself and nuisance to your neigl-
bors. There is plenty for you TO do; e
and do it. There arc people o Lhous
and times worse off than you; try and
holp them. And for any sake, do moi
te always thinking about yourself
GET away from that unsatisfactory
subject OF contemplation. And bt
quite sure that If you have told you
special friends, about ten times each
how unhappy on are aud how many
blunders you have made, they are by
this time mos uucommoDly sick botl
Of you and them.
Being what you are, it is quite certain
that If you had not done the fOolisl
things you did, you would have don
something else as bad or worse. YoV
married early, when you could not al
ford 1t; you bad some anxious years
days have been when it seemed the poo
head was to go under water altogether
Well, but it did not. You have liveC
through these auxieties. Why recall
them? You have got upon firm ground
Be thankful: 1t is far more and bette
than you deserve. And the burdel
which lay on you 30 heavily may hav
saved you from making An in expresSi
bic fool of yourself. A man of sixt
dangling after some silly girl Of five
and-tWenty il an amazing and hum
bling object Of contemplation. Eve
he suspects himself to be = tool every
body around knowsit. Now you, will
your seven grown-up sons, and wit
your masterful wife, are safe not T.
make fool Of yourself in that particu
lar way Other ways are open to you
\ But not one which leads to man
ifsstations quite 30 deplOrable and Goa
temptibe. 1t is likely enough yO
would advise friend not to take tn
turning you did. a mau who has
mother -in.law will generally couDs'
any mortal to marry al orphan. Br
this comes of your knowing the evi
you have, and being unaware Of thot
D which are waiting around the corue
aud from which no earthly lot is fre'
Yon must take all things here. yOr
y profession, your wits, your home, you
D horses, your servant, your ratlV
0 country with its clima5e, all your er
9 vironment, for better for worse.
= friend worries you ny little weaknesss
y = but lie is better than no friend at al
. He may be iksned to = gift OF
7 thousand pounds, subject 10 q dedu
. ticn of of a hundred and fifty. 1t is
disadvantage about locomotive englI
that it gets 80 hot But you must acc
the engine under that deduction. For
3 will not go unless it so hot. II you, b
9 ing human being living in this impe
= feet system OF things, will break ava
a from everything which has its inco
3 veniences,y you will leave yourself Wit
out any possessions or surEoundin
whatsoever.
To speak gravely: One remarks,
these advancing years, that the 9rei
A anxiety and care of worthy men al
, women, growing old, are about the
children; the lesser ones, still going
\ school; the bigger ones, for whom "
, are seeking an aim in life, or who ha'
gene far away. No doubt, If you ht
no children, you would be FREQ fro
many anxious thoughts. The incon
l. would go much farther. Tho furnitu
and the painting of your house wou
I. last much longer. You could tndul
in many luxuries now impossible. "
might buy books without stint, al
cross the Alps yearly. But you wou
' not have these selfish indulgencies
the price. 1t is a cheerless thing,
Childless home. No one will bear WI
/. you in the last fretfuineas, and smoo
the last steps of your way, like 20
!. own boy or girl. II there be IN "
, any good at all, it has been brOug
ort manly by the continual presen
!, and charge of your children. And y
have had CLEANS of pure and unse
cs ish happiness, which are unknown
: a lonely life. Had you kept clear
the responsibilities of life, and given
hostage to fortune, you would,
doubt, have presented narrow ma
to the Shafts of care. But, unless "
: were a very poor creature indeed, eve
time you heard the laughter Of the
tie ones, and watched their winsor
WAYS, their thoughtless merrimel
YOU would have felt that you had mis-
: cd the best happiness Of this life.
And to do that of your own free W
!. is surely the greatest of all mistak,
Your library may be full Of beautiful
I bound volumes; your carpets unwor
your walls unmarked by little finger
G no sudden noises may jar your nerve
=, no eager little faces look in when y
3 are in the very middle of complicat
sentence, and break the tenor of 20
thoughts. And you never yet saw t
s childish eyes close upou this world; II
received the last kiss from the lips th
l. were growing cold; Wnen Somebody
uoallad tu II jnanlfa n little chilI