The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

and stop that noise;;" and altogether they
have very solemn and awful time of it.
Sunday morning comes in another
household, and the father goes from his
room to the room where the children are
and he says: ''Now this is the last
day of all the week; let's be
happy. Now, Jenny, you sit down
to the piano and play Sunday
school tunes, and you, Johnnie and Rob
bic, get down the hymn-books and be
prepared to sing as soon as read this
psalm of David-'O, praise the Lord, all
We angels of His: praise Him, all We
stars and light; mountains and all hills;
fruitful trees and all cedars, beasts and
all cattle, creeping things and flying
fowls; let everything that hath breath
praise the name of the Lord, for His
name only is excellent and His praise
above heaven and earth Go now,
children, get ready to sing while l beat
time for you" They sing, and let me
tell you that person that can sing, and
'front.' sing deserves to be sent to Sing
Sing. Laughter
Dependency is the most improbable
thing that know of. The hyacinth is
the only flower l know of that will start
best in dark cellar. Good cheer di-
vides our burdens and carries three
fourths of them. To most of us, life's a
struggle-an Austerlitz, Waterloo. We
all have care enough. God knows, we
all cry enough. If we didn't laugh and
play sometimes, l don't know what
would become of us. Lack of acquaint-
ance with the laws of life often results in
depression of spirits. Did you ever know
of man among your acquaintance that
preferred to work till ten or eleven
o clock at night, and then take hearty
supper, and do that regularly, to ever
look on the bright side of things? Tell
me what man eats, when he eats, and
how long it takes him to eat it, and will
tell you how he gets along in business.
A man who will 90 to the store in the
morning, find business matters all mixed
up, cannot see how to raise the money to
pay his notes, things all going wrong,
has been up too late the night before or
eaten something that didn't agree with
him. We must live well if we want to
take cheerful view of life. We want
to live outdoors as much as possible
If you own a horse, have him well
groomed-let him be black or bay or
gray or sorrel-no matter, have him
brought out of the stable, get him some
water, put the bucket to his mouth and
hear the water rattle down his throat in
great swallows, pat him on the shoulder,
and then put your foot in the stirup and
leap into the saddle; let him prance and
gallop and paw and plunge till you feel
the blood Jingle in your veins. Let him
trot and gallop and amble, keep a stiff
rein and firm seat, and after an hour
of that, you will come back with an ap-
petite that will amaze the good folks at
home. l have known people
who spent fortunes at Saratoga and
Baden Baden, and came home unbene-
tited to join in game or two of base
ball, and in attempting to catch the ball
have actually taken their lost health 'on
the fly" as it were. Whether it be boat,
skate, rod, gun or gymnasium, get out
of the city if you can, go into the coun-
try, get plenty of fresh air and exercise,
and you will come back to the shop, count
ing-room and stool and pulpit better pre-
pared to bargain, to instruct, to work, to
pray and preach. Remember, there is
no stock that pays better dividend than
cheerful heart and pleasant face and
kind words.