The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-25

tempts to fight his natural tenperaIneh0
whether it be too fast or too slow, too ner-
vous or too Emphatic God help him, Tor
God only can.
Furthermore, Incidence is often result
of easy circumstances. Rough experience
in earlier life seems to be necessary In or
der to make q man active and enterprlslng-
Mountaineers are nearly always sWarthy,
and those who have tOiled among
mountains of trouble get the most nerve
and muscle and brain. Those who have
become the deliverers Of nations once had
not where to lay their headJ. Locust5 and
wild honey have been the fare OF many
John the Baptist, while those who have
been fondled of fortune and petted and
praised have often grown up letharglc
They have none Of that berOism which
comes from fighting ones own battles. The
warm summer sun of prosperity has weak
ened and relaxed them, Born among the
luxuries Of lite exertion has been unneces-
sary and, therefore, they spend their time
In taking it easy. They may enter into
business but they arc untitled for its APP
phcadon, for its hardships, for its repulses,
and after having lost the most OF that
which they have invested, 60 back to
thorough inacton. This costly yacht may
do well enough on the smooth, CLASSY bay,
but cannot live an hour amid chopped
sea.
Another case Of Incidence is severe dis
couragement. There are those around US
who started life with the most sangulne ex-
pectation. Their enterprise excited the re-
mark of all compeers. But some sudden aud
overwhelming misfortune met them, and
henceforth they have been inactive.
Trouble, instead of making them more deter
mined, has overthrown them. They have
lost ali self-reliance. They imagine that oil
men and all occurrences are against them.
They hang their heads where once they
walked upright. They never look you in
the eyes. They become misanthropio and
pronounce all men liars and scoundrels.
They 20 melanoholic and threadhaTe TO
their graves You cannot rouse them to
action by the most glitterlDg offer. In most
cases these persons have been honorable and
upright all their lives for rogues never get
discouraged, as there is always some other
plot they have not laid and some other trap
they have not sprung. There are but few
sadder sights than a man Of talent and tact
and undoubted capacity giving up life as
failure, like line Of magnificent steamers
rotting against wharves, from which they
ought 10 have been carrying the exporta-
tions Of nation. Every great financial
panic produces large crop of such men. 10
the great establishments where they were
partners in business, they are now weighers
or draymen or clerks on small salary.
Reverie is also a cause of Incidence.
There are multitudss of men who expect to
achieve great success in life, who are en-
tirely unwilling TO put forth any physical,
great many eloquent theories Of life. They
are all the while expecting something to
turn up. They pass their life in dreaming.
They have read in light literature how men
suddenly and unexpectedly came to large
estates, or found pot OF buried gold at the
foot Of the rainbow of good luck. or had
some great offer made them. They have
passed their lives in reverie. Notwithstand-
ing he is pinched with poverty, and any
other man would be downcast at the forlorn
prospect, be is always cheerful and SAN
Ruine aud jovial, for he does not know but
that he may be within a day or two Of
astounding success. You cannot help be
entertained with his cheerfulness of temper.
All the world wishes him well, for he never
did anybody any harm. At last he
dies IN just the same condi-
tion in which he lived-sorrowful
only because he must leave the world just
at the time when his long-thought-of plans
were about to be successful. Let no young
man begin life with reverie. There is
nothing accomplished without hard work.
Do not in idleness expect something to turn
up. 1t will turn down. Incidence and
wickednesS always make bad luck. These
people of reverie are always about to begin.
They say: "Wait a little" So with the
child who had cage containing a beauti-
full canary and the door Of the cage was
open and the cat was in the room. Better
shut the door Of the cage ~ said the mother.
was waiting the feline creature, with one
spring, took the canary. The way that
many lose the opportunity of a lifetime is
by the same principle. They say: "Wait
a minute My advice is not to wait at ALL
Again, bad habits are fruitful source OF
kindolence. Sinful indugences shut mans
lshop and dull his tools and steal his profits
.Dissoluteness is generally the end Of indus
Nary, There are those who have the rare
faculty of devoting occasionally a day or o
kweek to loose indulgences, and, at the ex-
kPlration of that time, go back with bleared
seyes and tremulous hands and bloated
lcheeks to the faithful and successful per-
Fformance of their duties. Indeed their
employers and neighbors expect this amuse
Fment or occasional season of frolio and
wsssail. Some of the best workmen and
most skillful artisans have this mode OF con-
Quoting themselves, but, as the time rolls
on, the season of dissipation becomes more
protracted, and the season of steadiness and
fsobriety more limited, until the employer
becomes Disguised and the man is given up
TO continual and ruinous idleness. When
that point has arrived he rushes to destruc-
ton with astonishing velocity. When d
man with wrong proclivities of appetite has
nothing to do, no further sslt-respect or
moral restraint Of the 'beseeol ings of kim
dred can save him. The only safety for a
man who feels himself under rhe fascina-
zion OF any form of temptation is an en-
plOyLueuU WHICH dUOTus nelbl6r reCr6aLl0n
nor holiday. Nothing can be more unfort-
innate for man of evil inclination than an
occupation which keeps him exceedingly
busy during a part of the year and then
leaves him for weeks and months entirely
unemployed. There are many men who
cannot endure protracted leisure. They are
like fractions steeds that must constantly
be kept 30 the load, for week'sIquiet makes
them lntractable and uncomfortable. Bad
habits produce idleneness and idleuess pro-
duces bad habits. The probability is that
you will either have TO give up your loose
Indulgeuces or else give up your occupation.
Sin will take all enthusiasm out of your
work, and make you sick of life's drudgery,
and though now and then between your
seasons Of dissipation, you may rouse up to
sudden activity and start again In the
chase of some high and noble end, even
though you catch the game, you will sink
back into slothfulness before you have
roasted that which you took in hunting
Bad habits units man for everything but
politics.
Now, what are the results OF Incidence? A
marked consequence of this Woe is physical
disease. The healthlness of the whole nat
ural world depends upon activity. The
winds tossed and driven in endless circuits,
scattering the mists from the mountains