The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-02-06

"Vllus hVW uliil UNi ttiNdYh fitt
what you earn, but il you would
keep oat Of The poor house anis
have . competency in Your old
age. you will Have iowofk iuf Il.
no be sure there is q great diller
encein men, Some 40 endowed
with greater Intellect than OH.
ets:whilesome IRE greater physir.
ally Some men are bornlow down
inatbe scaleoi intellectaalism, hii
inafk you Well The physique OF
such a man, There is a uay pro.
IS 'ea harcrer f'G oiy man 10
iilssile glu inal, aeiLliei u ..3u u3
found II the ganiing table Re
memberone thing ind that 5oa z
have nottho capacity to take into
yourself allthe strong drink made
in the world, aud you had better
let the contract out before you at,
tempt tUrwork-onit Don't Set ALI
you have ona bobtail flush 6f BE-.
fore you know II the other man
viii either raise yOa out Of the
gamo or come in on a straight
flush. Nine hundred aud ninety
yonng men ont Of a thousand, who
started withan idea Of becoming
suddenly rich by betting on a sure
thing, get left, and are worse Oft
than when they came Tito tho
game. The buy horse is more lia-.
bic to get beat if you hold a pool
check on him tbnn he was before
you put up your money suclI
certainties are uncertainties, and
never give up for an uncertainty,
Don't fool with the tiger you canit
always tell whi,h way the beast
will jump.
When a yonng man sits down Il!
idleness, with the idea that tho
world owes him a living, it's high
time his body aas committed to
the dust from whence it ca&e. As
for his soul, nothing wiIl ever be
knowno Of it.
A record Of the young men who
have been unfortunate enough ID
have fortune left them shows
that eight in ten never amount to
a single atom in the world, and
seven out ofsthe eight die bank.
rnptS, financially, morally and 9th.
erwisc.
When a'father brings up his son
in idleness, never tsacbing him
tho first principle Of economy or
the value of a dollar, he commits
a terrible blunder. The father
guilty Of such d crime generally
has to saw wood for living in his
old age. Nine out Of ten Of the
boys with fathers who bring them
up in idle luxury, ere they reach
the meridian q life are total
wrecks, Wrecked on the rocks Of
total depravity which lie beneath
the stream Of life and on whose
sharp and ragged edges thousands
oflives hive been wrecked and
ruined. Money,bags may, liR6
bladderS, keep you abuve the WI.
ters Of distress for time, but pune
ture them, let their contents ea''
cape, aud you sink.
Young man, you bave undoubl.
edly meant to do well. No. young
man ever goes uslray Intentionally
bnt in some idle, thoughtless Bds-
ment he graduates from soda water
and lemonade.to something stron.
ger, and before he is aware Of il he
has not only lost caste, but has q
whole menagerie on his hands and
is employing Gdoctor to help dis.
pose Of his immense elephants anil
snakes that laughingly Ouddle in
his boots. Yes, the world presents
too many temptations for the minds
of all to Withstand, and the olily
safe way fot a young man IL Ia
keep away ffom tho temptations
II yuu see d man al the wheel d
fortune win ten times running by
bettiag OIL the red, you just Keep
your hands ont Of your pocket aud
see him lose all ho made d. the
next Turn Of the wheel, and on Che
very color OF number you knew
would win.
Boys, tho rccklessness Of youths
what has caused so many mothers'
hair to turn us white as the driven
snow, It's this that has caused 81
many fathers and mothers to give
up by the wayside and be laid in
premature graves. The follics of
our youth hang heavier upon tho
7 hearts Of onr fathers and rnnlhe,s