Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-21

and one that men often preach to each
other, that man deserves all credit
for everything good that he is. but
that somebody else is to blame for all
the evil in him. Mr.. Cough has been
criticised for saying-and they were
his last words-"Y Young man, make
your record Clean" The prophets
who speak comfortably say that the
young man cannot make his record
clean, when his father makes bad
record before him, that society and
the evil tendencies Of it, and some
thing the scientists call his ''enyiron-
ment," write the young mans record
bad in spite of him. Oh, my dear boy.
this is doctrine too cowardly for
young man to accept. Ever since
Adam, the founder OF society and the
inventor of the first record made in
this world, man without an zen.
vironment' to his back, made o bad
record and then said, 1.-THE woman
thou gavest TO be with me, she'
did it all, men have always plead
the irresistible force Of surroundings
and circumstances. The woman was
younger than Adam, she was weaker,
many wise men say she is intellectual
ly the inferior of man, she was new
conner in the garden, and yet how
glad your old grandfather was to say
that it was all your grandmother's
fault, and that thus being led astray
by influences and examples which no
man could control or resist, he should
not be held responsible for his disobe-
dience. And in turn your grand
mother laid it on to the snake, just as
to-day in the Office of the Sun and in
Christian homes all over the land, the
evil deeds of men and servants are
laid to the cat. But, for all this ex-
cuse, Adam was fired out of the gar
den, and served him right.
Now, my boy, the other man may
eat forbidden fruit until he founders,
and not bite that he swallows is
going to hurt you. A dose of strych-
| nine big enough to kill a COW won't
hurt you, if you don't swallow any of
it. When you swear, you do your
own swearing, you can't borrow any
mans tongue to damn beggar with.
When you get drunk, you get drunk.
the law doesn't fine the man who
sells the whisky, it fines the man who
drinks it. When you steal anything,
from pin to the Broadway road, you
do your own stealing and-in the case
of the pin, at least--the law holds you
responsible for it, not the man who
coaxed you TO steal, nor yet the citi-
zen who by owning valuable property
which you could not buy, thereby
tempted you to steal it, You are the
fellow who does all the wickedness
that is wrought by your hands and
your lips. 1t tires me to hear man
always exousing himself and citing
some dreadful, wicked Jeroboam which
made him sin.
Not, indeed, that we hold the Jero-
boam guiltless. SIT must needs be
that offences come, but woe to that
man by whom the offence comethp'
But because the milestone and soft
place in the sea is the proper combina-
ton for the man who helps you to
stumble, you do not go free. have
no right to turn a cross dog into the
street, but if do, he will bite you il
you go fooling around him. Where
fore cave canem, which by interpetra-
ton is Don't monkey with the dog
AS the dog will not beware of you, do
you beware of the dog. You may
have noticed on the sacerdotal gar.
ments of your instructor, my son, some
queer, unsightly splashes here and
there. Well, l put them on myself.
Without the assistance or by the fault
of any man, did it. AnG if there
are any more to 60 on before have il
renovated, am the only fellow who
can put it there. Now you may &C
play and have fun, and don't let me
ever hear you say that you would be
the best boy in the world il only al
the other boys were dead"
The Postoff ce Sites.
United States Supervising Architec
Bell arrived in this city yesterday
morning, and WAS met at the p, W. Z
B. Railroad station by Hon, Charles u
Lors, Collector of the Port Piokels ant
Postmaster Taylor. Architect Bell
with tne postmaster and collector, pro
csedei at once TO view tae different siteI
which have been offered for the new
postoffioe, as follows:
Tenth and Market, Ninth and Mar
ket, Ninth and King, Seventh ans
French, Eighth and Market, Sixth ant
King, Sixth aud Shipley and Mint
and Shipley. The prices ass ed variet
from $44 800, for the property q
Seventh AMI French, to S96, 500, for tina
at Eighth and Market
| All these places were critically ex'
, amined by Mr. Bell. who, while he die
: 10. express an opinion In reference t,
any OF them, asked great many ques
tons; he also requested that the assessed
valu alton of these different propertie
should be forwarded to him as early o
possible.
The object of the supervising archi
: tect is, II possible, to get the building
and ground within the appropriation o
3 $3.50, 900. II is the desire TO h ave 800, OC
for expenditure on the building, whicl
would leave but $50, 900 for grounds.
: If this plan lie adhered to the Lafay
! cite Hotel property, at Ninth and Ship
ley streets, or that at Seventh an,
; French streets are the only ones whicl
will come within the limit.
After finishing che inspection tn
party called on Senator Gray and spen
some time with him. They then pro
ceeded 10 Congressman Lore's ohc'
where carriage was in waiting, ant
were driven ont to Cool Spring ant
Rodney street reservoir in order to 81
ford Mr.. Bell q view of the city from
. elevated points.
On their return they went to the Clay
, ton House, where the supervisor wa
( entertained until 81 p. M, when b
q took the train for Washington. Moth
Z, ing of course Is known which Of tn
: sites will be selected, and 1t is probabl
that 1t will te some time before decl
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