Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-17
SNAP SHOTS IN SEASON.
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| A GREAT many family trees bear forbidding
| fruit
You know some one who is in hard luck, OF
course. The woods of the world are full OF un-
happy people, who imagine they are heirs to
! misfortune-who parade their i'll luck and re-
| fuse to be comforted. There's no sun in their
| sky, no moon in their night, nothing but dark
| days and black clouds-sorrows unepdtng, fate
| unbending. Day in and day out they pour into
| your ears tale of woe and the worlds cruelty.
| They are on the outside of all that's good and
cheerful and hopeful in this wonderful old
| world. and firmly believe that life is a failure
| and they are useless. Footballs of fate,
they roll hither and thither, never stirring
until they are kicked by the toes
of the trampers in whose pathway they lie. OF
course they are believers in luck, and nothing
but luck. The man who has fearlessly faced
life and assembled its scale by tireless effort and
persistent endeavor is lucky dog, nothing
more, nothing less, so far as they are con-
cerned. They would stand on the same
round of the ladder as he had they
only his luck. Pluck isn't in it at
all. The world owes them a living, of course,
but they won't make an effort to collect the
debt and shuttle and shamble along life's path
way, unhappy images of misfortune singing a
sorrowful song day in and day out To be sure
there he unfortunate folk in this big cold
world. We are not all built on huge. strong
lines or launched on calm waters. Sick
ness, the sins handed down by tho fathers the
curses of heredity, find numerous victims. and
they are pitied and helped. These are the suf-
ferers the ones who feel the cruel hand of fate
but not the complainers. They carry their load
In silence and shed their tears in secret.
But the able, healthy and strong who
snivel when they should strive, who drivel
when they should delve, who grumble when
they should grasp, who are cursing their luck
when they should be blazing a pathway, are the
ones who buzz about your ears and spread the
story of mans inhumanity to man, who paint
black picture of life, who imagine that the
world is cold, cruel, heartless, homeless.
The players who stand pat usually win with
hands down.
LIeHT-HEARrED people can carry the heav-
lest loads.
THE Philadelphia doctor who claims lymph
priority over Koch probably belongs to the
class that believes that good thing should be
treasured as q secret. What is the use of
thought if it is not expressed or an invention if
it is not applied?
In billiards a scratch frequently follows a
kiss.
THE Oatmeal Trust is merely mush. but it
makes US feel mealy-mouthed.
THE next time the Indians want to dance
Uncle Sam should hire hall.
THE crank who is cunning for Cleveland
doubtless believes that death loves shining
mark.
The Wanderers.
This is the season when many
Tramp through the snow and the wet
To see where they can find any
Suitable houses to let.
The guns surrendered by the Indians should
be handled with care. If they are fired of the
soldiers behind them will suffer.
THE granger Legislature of Kansas is loaded
for bulls and bears.
The practical joke often survives the practi-
cal joker.
EMMA ABBoTT's will is notable document.
and contains score of bequests.
THE man who is squeezed in crowd by pick
pockets and loses his watch was pressed for
time.
JAY GOULD regrets the close of the Sioux
war; 1t will reduce the w. us receipts, as
the correspondents will soon be called OF.
A GREAT many players in the drama of life
rely too much on the prompter, and are in
bad box most Of the time.
BEFORE legislative measure is dissected it
is frequently laid on the table.
THE housekeeper who owes back rent and
cannot pay it is unable to move.
THE other day man who had snake and
owl story visited THE DISPATCH. He had it
to sell. He located it in Freedom, Blair coun-