Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-06-16
TRIBUNE,s SPRAYS.

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The overmastering interest Of all time
is the good of human beings.
The wheels of progress never break,
fly the track, or get too hot for revolution.
Go down to death rather than sell your
character for any possible considera-
ton.
The great want of the present intel
lectual and moral world is genius, and
you can't order it.
A moss covered rose is the most beau
tiful rose extant, but moss on the intel
lect makes it too thick.
Things nowadays are commonplace,
but it is better to have a place in the
commons than no place at all.
Diseased society can most effectually
be cured by men and women living hon
est. Industrious, simple, pure, charitable
liyes.
The shortcomings and sins of the poor
are exaggerated and magni6ed, while the
heinous iniquities of the rich are cover
ed up.
A heart so strong as to forget self, and
study, labor and sacrifice for the joy of
of others is not a stranger to heavenly
enjoyments.
Killing by dynamite is hellish meth
cd, although we believe it is adopted
more extensively in this world than in
the world to come.
If every American college had a pro-
fess0rship of politics there would not be
enough statesmen in America and Eu-
rope to fill the chairs.
The majestic river of human progress,
on its way to the ocean of truth, sweeps
by men of small type, leaving them bah
bling in the shadows.
The fires of hell fash and flame in the
inhuman breast that greedily gets mon
ey, without thought of planning for
the happiness of others.
The Emerald Isle has been altogether
too green in submitting to foreign az.
gression, let it now be yerdant with free
dom, independence and progress.
Money boarded. or squandered through
vulgar display, or selfish Indulgence,
brings more distress than visits the one
who pays usuriOus rates of interest.
Give US this day our daily bread Is
not tony enough prayer for Christians
who devour the portion Of the widows
and orphans, leaving them helpless.
The proper and wise use of what
ever is vouchsafed by the Giver Of all
good is better than all theories, mas
much as fact is always better than theo-
ry.
Natural vigOr, skill and force are de-
velOped and emphasized by extraordi-
nary occasions, as great war, the birth
of a nation. or the extinction of an en-
pire.
When the Pope could make and I'M
make kings these royal rulers trembled
in his presence, but his temporal power
gone. no king so poor as to do him hon.
age.
The country that produced such names
as O'Rourcs', O'Byrnes', O'Niels', Ty-
rones', Starfelds', O'Conner and Parnell
must be free, and Ireland is their native
land.
Peasants in the south and west of Ire
land endure fragrant abuses, yet in their
Oyer-worked, ragged, starving condition
exhibit many instances of Christian for
titude.
When riches are used to enrich others,
the person who has them in trust be-
comes wealthy in character that be-
ieves "It is more blessed to give than to
receive"
Sheep raising, railrOading or mining,
however successfully done, does not nee
,ssarily make the man legislator any
more than royal blood makes royal |
character.
Old houses retire to back streets to |
give space to modern and superior struc-
ures, so antiquated systems are forced
tut of the way to give place to new truths
'volved in human progress.
There have been great many heads
Ind hearts broken for the love of Cod
md a great deal of oppression commit
ed in the name of Liberty, and yet God
lways heals and Liberty always frees.