News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-04-16
FOR SUNDAY READING.
SOBER SECOND THOUGHTS FOR A
DAY OF REST.
T"lmnge and the Dude-What n Police Ser
Seaht says HbOnt Temperancc-A Young
Mans Fortune. Etc, Etc.
ONE WHO KNOWS

EeHnt says RbOnt Temperancc-A Youns
MANS Fortune. Etc. Etc.
ONE WHO KNOWS,
} Police Sergeant Oliver Timms, of New
York, lectured on temperance. He has
been sending drunks back to the cells
; these fifteen years.
ut Is sad, he said, s'to note the in
difference of our best citizens to the
temperance cause. Our so-callcd first
families are no friends of temperance.
You never see them at any of our meet
1ngs. They are always to be found,
however, at balls or elite receptions,
where the wine flows as freely as water.
None but the veteran policemen know
how many buns now walking the
streets took their first glass at a social
gathering. Not long ago, as was MAX
ing my rounds, I saw a seedy, miserable
tramp stop in front of the station house,
apparently undecided as to what step
ne should take next. I had curiosity
to see what he would do. Presently a
patrolman hove in sight and bore down
upon him. To my astonishment the
tramp not only stood his ground but
greeted the policeman as an old fri end
and finally got ten cents from him. 1
asked the policeman if he knew
the tramp. Ever since I was a
boy, said he. He was one of the
richest men in the Ninth Ward. l be-
gan years ago by steering him to his
door and unlocking it for him. He has
drank up everything, and is deserted
by friends and family
''Rum is one of the greatest social
Jewellers on the face of the earth. Why,
L once had occasion to take charge of
prominent lawyer of n. Y. city, who,
when brought into the station house,
embraced a dirty tramp, covering his
face with kisses. If I were to tell you
who that lawyer was you would not be-
lieve me. There is this sign over a gin
mill of the West side: AS we journey
through life, let us live by the way
| There is no restaurant attached, and I
often wondered what the significance of
the legend could be. At last went into
the place and asked the proprietor what
it meant. For an answer he simply
pointed to the picture of a donkey
upon the wall. The silly beast was
browsing upon thistles by the roadside,
while in the background were pastures
of luxuriant grass. The solution of
| the legend was complete. How many
human donkeys are there who heed that
| legend ?"
A YOUNG MANS FORTUNE.
DR.. Merrill e. Gates, President of
Rutgers College, delivered lecture the
subject of which was ga Young Mans
Fortune
EVERY young man, sold DR. Gates.
''has fortune in the fact OF his youth.
The energy of youth is unblunted by
defeat or worn by hope deferred With
age one becomes more conservative aud
looks at as impossible what a younger
person would endeavor to accomplish, in
even if there be failure, is grand sue
cess. SeIf-confidence, or self-conceit, ii
you wish to call it so, is a great thing.
A young mans fortune is not to be found
IN inherited wealth or social position.
Every man is the arbiter of his own for
tune. Gracious manners of business
habits are good things to cultivate, but
are not all. Will-power is the young
mans fortune. 1t is the essence of the
man. A young man with only little will
power is foregone failure. 1t should be
cultivated. Genius is gift of God and
should not cause pride, but an honest |
pursuit of duties is an exhibition of will
power and is something to be proud of.
Ii-directed, educated will-power is
what young man needs"
TALMAGE AND THE DUDE.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage addressed |
the Baptist Ministerial Association in
answer to the question: SIS there any |
such thing as Christian Evolution p
In the course of his remarks the reverend |
gentleman said: ST don't think that a |
monkey can evolute into man, but the |
appearance of dude makes me almost /
believe that man can evolute into an ape.
Those poor creatures, the dudes, who, |
by cut of shoe, angle of elbow and the |
use of an eye-glass, make poor imita
tions of foreign soft-heads, are evoluting |
backward. The theory of evolution is
not only infdel, atheistical and alb
surd, but hrutalizing. If there is any
thing in the world that will make a
beast out of man it is the idea that he
is descended from animals. Evolution
lists would make US believe that we are !
only superior kind of cattle; sort of
Alderney among other herds, browsing
on better pastures and housed in better
stalls. Turn away from such stenchful
and damnable doctrines. The question
of my condition million years ago does
not interest me as much as nv condition
a million years hence. The animal
from which they say I evoluted is not so
absorbing topic as the being into
which shall evolute.''
WHAT WE WASTE.
H. &c