The Durham daily globe., 1891-08-22
THE OLDEST CHESTNUT.

| THE OLDEST CHESTNUT.
Time is the only chestnut that is al
ways in season. 1t discovered the secret
of eternal youth before PONCE DE LEON
ever dreamed of his rejuvenating foun-
tain; before HAGGARD conceived his
idea of the pillow of flame; and before
DIR. BROWN -SEQUARD came forth for the
hearling of the nations with his peerless
and infallible elixir. 1t remembers but
as yesterday when the morning stars
sang together; when primeval man
roamed the fowerY fields of Eden and
held familiar converse with GOD and
| angels. 1t was an eye and ear witness
Of the confusion of tongues at the Tower
of Babel, and could, if it would, give
valuable information as to NOAH's flood,
and other disputed points of Ancient
and modern history. 1t could settle the
| controversy as regards the particular
shade of CLEOPETRA's complexion, and
| tell an anxious world whether GEORGE
WASHINGTON really did cut the cherry
tree.
Time is the Tree of Life, the years are
its fruit. For each rational being it
bears bur-some large some small, in
proportion as their liyes have been broad
When the annual crop is ready to be
harvested and the Steward of the Past
goes forth to gather in his treasures he
will weigh each bur on his eternal scales
and make his report to the keeper of re-
cords. Opposite some names will be
written O. X. in big caps, but by the ma
jority cross mark of doubtful praise,
and by many a 0 of disapproval. For
upon opening the shell, it will be found
that among so many fair and promising
exteriors there are few perfect within
Some will be poisoned by malice, some
eaten by envy, some dwarfed by preiu-
dice, some bitten with disappointment,
same swelled with vanity and cracked
by ambition. Some will be crumbed to
dust by the dry rot Of Incidence, and
others again will be entirely empty.
There is lesson in all this which even
fool may understand. We recognize
the value Of the eternal NOW, and have
brought home to US the startling realiza-
ton that
THE time of life is short:
TOs: end that shOrtness basely. 'twere too long
Tho life did ride upon dial's point,
Still ending at the arrival of an hour
THE GLOBE, which is always original,
which prints the news when news is news,
and is the great public exponent of moral
and religious truths, suggests for the COM
ing week the following maxims and pre-
ceps:
Worship no idols, neither a craven i'm
age nor thYselef.
Indulge not in profane words, neither
in anger nor in jest, on the street or by
your own hearthstone.
Remember the Sabbath day TO keep it
holy. Get up TO breakfast and let your
wife go to church.
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Avoid haunts of a doubtful character,
spend it. Thus will the evening of their
lives be passed in peace and their sun 60
down in glory.
Kill no man, even though he be cheap
informer.
Take nothing that does not belong to
you. Avoid borrowing books and UNI
brellas
Slander not thy neighbor. tits game
that two can plav at and neither win.
Covet not your neigrbor's wife because
she is handsomer than your own, neither
his riches, since wealth does not always
bring happiness.
Cultivate contented disposition, and
keep abreast of the time by reading THE
GLOBE.