Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-31
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YEAR AFTERNEAR.
and after one court decides il asccnds tc
another court and isdccided in the oppo-
site direction, and then new evidence i,
found, and the trials are all repeated.
The children who at the fathers funer-
al seemed To have an uncomfortable
grief after the will is read go into an
elaborate process to prove that the faith
er was crazy, and therefore incompc-
tent TO make will; and there are men
on the jury who think the fact that the
tcStator gave so much of his money To
the Bible Society, and the missionary
society, or the opening of free library
is proof positive that ne was insane.
and he knew not what he was signing
when he subscribed To the words: In
the name of God. amen. /, being of
sound mind. do make this my last will
and testament"
The torn wills the fraudulent wills.
the broken wills have recently been
made such a spectacle to angels and To
men that all over the land successful
men are calling i'm architects and saying
20 them; "llow much would il cost for
me to build picture gallery for our
town." or, "What plans can you draw
me out for "a concert hall?' or, Il am
specially Interested in the incurablos,
and how large a building would accom-
MEDIATE three hundred of such paticnts?''
or, The Church of God has been a
great help To me all my life, and | want
You 10 draw me plan for church,
cOmmodiouS, beautiful, well ventilated,
and with plenty Of windows to let in the
light: l want You 10 get right at work
in making out plans of such building,
for. though ann we'll now, life is uncer-
tain. and before l leave the world ]
want TO
SEE SOMETHING DONE
that will be an appropriate acknowl-
cdgment of the goodness OF God TO me
and mine; now when can l hear from
you?"
In our own city We have many ex-
amplcS of this. What grandeur of
bcncticcnce has our fellow-citizcn, Mr..
Pratt. demonstrated, building cduca-
tional institutions which will put their
hands ON the nineteenth century, and
the twentieth century. and all the CEN
turtles, All honor 10 such man. Do
not say 50 when ne Is dead. say il now.
IL would be a good thing if some of the
eulogics We chiSel ON the tombStones
were written ON paper in time for the
20 read them while they
are alive. Less poSt-mortcm praise,
and more antc-mortcml
a poor Scotch lad came 10 America al
twelve years OF age, and went To Pitts
burg. He looked around for work. and
became am engineer in cellar, then rose
To- become telegraph messenger boy.
then rose To a position i'm a railroad Of
fee. then rose 10 a place in telegraph
Office. then rose 90 Doe superintendent
OF railroad. then rose till he became
am iron and steel manufacturer, then
roSeruutil hc opened free Libraries i'm his
native land. and last month free Ii
brary in Allegheny City. and now oilers
two million dollars for a free library i'm
Pittsburg. This example will bee catch
ing until the earth is revolutioniZcd.
How majestic such men ia comparison
with some l wot of. who amaSS wealth
and clutch 10 with both hands until
death begins TO feel for their heart
strings. and then they
DICTATE To An ATTORNEY
81 last will and testament, in which they
spite some daughter because She mar
ricd against her fathers wish, and
fling few cruStS 10 God and suffering
humanity. as much as To say: Il have
Kept this surplus property, through all
these severe winters, and through all
these long years from a needy and Sut-
fering world. and would keep it longer
If 1 could. but as | must give II mp, take
10. and much good may il do YOU Now
we begin 10 understand the text. Bet
ter is living dog than dead lion.
Nv text also means that an OpD0rtu-
uitv of the living present Is better thau
% great opportunity passed. We spend
much of our time i'm saying: If only
had We can AN look back and see
some occasion whore we might have
done a great decd, on might have effect
ed am important rescue. or We might
nave WfAIN 20 ~NANA' AAAtAN NNftAN+ tAtt ~ 'r
.compliShcd yaStrcsult. Through stu
pidity or lack of appreciation oil the
crisis. or through prOcraStination. we
let the chance go by. How
much time We have wasted In
thinking of what we might have
said or might have done. We spend
hours and days and years IN walking
around that dead lion. We cannot re-
suscite 10. IL will never open its eyes
again. There will never be another
spring I'm its paw. Dead as any feline
terror of South Africa. through whose
heart thirty years ago Gordon Cumming
sent the slug. Don't let us give any
more time To the dcploring of the dead
past. There are other opportunities re-
manning. They may not be as great.
but they are worth our attention. Small
opportunitics all around. opportunities
for the saving of kind words and doing
of kind deeds. HclpleSSness to be help
cd. DiShcartcncd ones TO be encouraged
Lost ones to be found. Though the
present may Doe insignificant as com
pared with the past, Better Is living
dog than dead lion.
The most useless and painful feeling
is the one of regret. Repent of lost OPP
portunitics We must. and get pardon We
NAV. but regrets weaken, diShearten
and cripple for future work. II sea
captain who once had charge oil Il Nhi''
Star steamer across the Atlantic ocean
one foggy night runs ON a rock oil NeW-
foundlaud. and passengers and snip per,
ish. shall he refuse to take command Oh
a small boat up the North river and say
II never will go on the water again un
less can run one of the White Stal
linc2~ Shall the engineer Of a light
nine EXPRESS. who at a station miS-reac
the telegram of train-diSpatcher' aho
WENT INTO COLLISION,
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