The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08
WHOLE NO. 2oo7.

of self denial The ability Of snootoi-
mating the passions 20 a well regulated
vii. Avoid teaching the whole Of the
subject in any one grade.
! The Professor gave a class drill on the
subject. creating much merriment and
enforcing many truths.
+ Adjourned 10 SEQ. a. m, Wednesday.
TUESDAY, EVENING sEssioS.
Curtain rises az 8 O'Clock 3. IL
Vocal SoIo--hv Miss Emma Walter Of
Somerset. Pa. EncoTe-resPouded to-
Vocal Solo-by Miss Emelia Fie Of Con-
nelisville, "a. Eneored and responded
10.
County Superintendent Berkey. an
noancsd that wreck near Clarion, Pa.
prevented Mr.. Clark's presence, but in
trodueed nr Brooks who. he said, would
deliver a lecture Of ecual merit. Or.
Brooks said Ladies and gentlemen I
thank you for yonr kind greeting 50
heartily extended 70 me under the disap-
/ pointmenf Of shis evening For il is
always diaiculf and embarrassing to at
tempt 10 iii anothers program Man is
By nature a solver of problems The
first conscious question Of childhood Is
she little word what Some children are
born apparently with ~ interrogation.
point on The end Of tie tongue. Tae
little girl cuts open her sisters acoorieOn
10 lnd where the music comesfrom- The
hoy breaks up his father's watchhwith a
hammer 10 find the little man his grand
pa has told him makes the WHEELS 20
round He cuts his finger % stuiy phys
io,ogy and bumps his bead in the study
of that. principle Of natural philosophy
action and iuaction are equal. In the
solution Of a problem three things are 70
be considered. The obect Of the prob
lem, the conditions, and the nature ofthe
solution. for q cursory glance if l should
ask what Is the object Of the sclu-
ton Of the problem a Life? / should
be tempted 70 ansWer. % get money
When Mary Of England was dying she
told her physiciah. After my death ex-
anime my heart ami yOa will find two
words imprinted thereon; the one Calais
the other Philip I have thought if you
would examine the heart Of one Of the
money kings you'd ind the dollar mark
on it. The Presbyterian catechism con
tains as the first question What Is the
chief end Of nan p "Aad the answer Is
70 serve God and 10 enje y him hereafter
have thought were the question asked
of money men to-day the answer would
he @to get money and to enjoy it." John
Wannamaker has.the f,culty Of getting
money, and he uses II lsneyolently and
is a blessing 70 the city, and TO the coun-
try In tine same city Of Philadslphia.
there once lived a man who was known
- hard listed old miser, ard yet he was
nursing q scheme Of benevolence al
which have often thought the very
angels in heaven laughed with joy and
glee That beautiful Grecian tenn
pie stands and win stand Sor ages, as the
monument to.iis founder stephen Girard-
The first end Of life Is 10 achieve profss-
sional and business success.
The second Is to d. something for 9TH
ers-
The third to achieve christian chsr-
acter. The world has never forgot the
cold and sensual character OF Byron, and
viii never cease 20 regret the errors Of
Robert Burns IN the sterling virtues he
possessed. Never WAS the need for ster-
ling character greater than at the present
time. In our large cities polished boots
are often preferred to polished brains,
Il IS to-day the quiet e'erk, the Sunday
school teacher, and Sunday school scholar
the trusted church member that are the /
ones TO succumb 10 temptation. The I
path Of life has often been compared 10 a
line not very straight. but At the same
time iiue, over the direction Of the /
former part. Of which we cen have no con I
fTol. Had General Grlnt been born Is /
years earlier. he might have nsver been T
heard OF outside his native toxin. Had I
II not raiued on the morning Of Waterloo. (
Napoleon not Wellington would have 4
been the hero OF that battle. A CRYING
child delaying a man 5y keeping him
awake, and 50 causing him % Oversleep
in the morning, may nave saved his
life But whatever may be said regard
ing the frs, part of the line Of life, it must
be acknowledged that we are response
hle for the last part oftle line. Man Is
the creature Of ciFcumstances-m
by culture, conditions. But man is not
the slave Of circumstances on the con-
trary he's the king circumstances. The
apple Of snocess may hang very high, but
can be worked into a lad
der, by which We Inay reach the golden
apple Of success. / believe there are su-
pernataral influences; I believe in a God
that watches over the afEiirs ofmen. I
know it is not always easy to pick up the
golden threads Of Providence. but it
seems to me, that man sian.is between
two forces-ihe natural and the super
Haturai The natural a. af0und us. the
Cp yonjer
In the way of lff-. We sho1Ii look sp-
ward, and put one hani in the hand Of
and trust in him.
The problem Of iifs Is solved by hard
xork. br labor When Denosthenes
vas asked. "what is the first law Of ora :
ory.v lie answered Action. what is
be second77 Action What Is the
bird - Action So Il we're asked
Fhat Is the fTst requisite Of saccess ? /
xould answer labor ami 50 the second
md third.
A young man can't axe a Pullman !,
sleeper and reach the golden coast Of
iaccess. No he mHst labor. 1t has been
aid that if ali the great men Of all ages. ),
sere - meet IN eonvention. they would
lonor Sir Isaac Newton, by making him
ofthe convention. The great
st inventive genius to-day Is Ellison.
ie is the hardest worked man in the
world to-day lie has won his success by :
,eiBg one Of the closest students, one Of
be hardest workers.
Webster's celebrated reply to Hayne
vas sprung on him without any special q
lrepaTatioa, bat when Webster was ask
d how it was possible for him TO deliver :