Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-04-29
MEA1rHY ~ INpolrNr.

ence in earlier life seems to be necessary in
order to make man active and enterpris-
ing. MOuntaineers are nearly always
sVarthy, 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 heads. LOcusts and
wild honey have been the fare of many a
John the Baptist, while those who have
been folSdled of fortune and petted and
praised have often grown up lethargie.
They have none Of that heroism which
comes from fighting ones own battles.
The warm summer sun Of prosperity has
weakened and relaxed them. Born among
the luxuries4bf life exertion has been I'M
necessary .isdehtherefor they spend their
time in screag it easy. They may enter
into business but they are untitled for its
application, its hardships, for its repulses,
and ate: having lost the most of that
which they have invested, go back to thor
ough inaction. This costly yacht may do
well enough on the smooth, CLASSY bay,
but cannot live an hour amid a chopped
sea.
Another cause of Incidence is severe dis
couragement. There are those around us
who started life with the most sanguine
expectation. Their enterprise excited the
remark Of all compeers. But some sudden
and overwhelming misfortune met them,
and hencefOrth they have been inactive.
Trouble. instead OF making them more de-
termined, has Overthrown them. They
have lost all self reliance. They imagine
that all men and all occurrences are
against them. They hang their heads
where once they walked upright. They
never look you up in the eyes. They become
misanthropic and pronounce all men liars
and scoundrels. They go melancholic and
threadbare to their graves. You cannot
rouse them to action by the most glitter
ing offer,
In most cases these persons have been
honorable and upright all their lives, for
ro0ues never yet discouraged, as there is
I 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 ca
pacitv giving up life as a failure, like
/ iineof magnificent steamers rOtting against
wharves, from which they ought to have
/ been carrying the expectations of a nation.
/ Every great financial panic produces
| large crop Of such men. In the great es-
| Establishments where they were partners in
! business they are now weighers or dray-
/ men or clerks on small salary.
Reverie is also II cause Of Incidence.
/ There are multitudes of men who expect
/ to achieve great success in life, who are
4 entirely unwilling to put forth any phys
ieal moral or intellectual effort. They
have great many eloquent theories Of
life. They are all the while expecting
something to turn up. They pass then
life in dreaming. They have read in light
/ literature how men suddenly and uneX
pectcdly came to large estates, or found a
Dot of buried gold at the foot of the rain;
\ bow Of Good Luck, or had some great Offer
made them. They have passed their lives
in revere.
THE UNREAsONING OPTIMIsT.
Notwithstanding he is pinched with
noyertv and any other man would be
downcast at the forlorn prospect, he is
always cheerful and sanguine and jovial'
for he does not know but that he may be
within a day or two Of astounding success.
You cannot but be entertained with his
cbeerfuiness of temper. All the world
wishes him well, for he never did anybody
any harm. At last lie dies in just the
same condition in which he lived, sorrow.
fnl only because he must leave the world
inst 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. It wln turn down.
Incidence and wickedness always make
bad luck. These people of reverie are al
WAYS about to begin. They say, wait a
little" So with the child who had cage
containing a beautiful canary, and the
door Of the cage was open, and a cat was III
the room. Better shut the door Of the
4 q faNNaif a pninrlfa y
said the boy. While he was waiting the
feline creature with one spring took the
canary. The way that many lose the op-
nortunity of a lifetime is by the same prin-
cipIe. They say, wait minute" My
advice is not to wait at all.
AVain. bad habits are a fruitful source
of Incidence. Sinful indulgenccs shut q
mans shop and dull his tools and steal his
nrofts. Dissoluteness is generally the end
If industry. There are those who have the
rare faculty of devoting occasionally day
or a week to loose indulgences, and at the
exniration of that time go back with
bleared ewes and tremulOus hands and
bIoated cheeks to the faithful and success
ful performance Of their duties. Indeed
their employers and neighbOrs expect this
amusement or. occasional season OF frohC
and w;issail.
Some of the best workmen and most
skiliful 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 steadines'
and sobrietv more limited, antil the EN-
ployers become disgusted AID the man L
giveu mn to a continual and ruinous idle
ness. When that point has arrived h'
PUSHES to destruction with astonishing We
lOcity. When man with wrong proclivi
ties of appetite has nothing to do, no for
roer self respect or moral restraint or tie
. beseechings Of kindred can save him. The
only safety for man who feels himself
, under the fascination of any form o
i temptation is an employment which al
fords neither recreation nor holiday
EVILS OF IRREGULAR WORK.
Nothing can be more unfortunate for &
man If evil inclination than an occupation
which keeps him exceedingly busy during
: a mart Of the year and then leaves him FOL
weeks and months entirely unemployed
: There are many men who cannot endur
Drotracted leisure They are like fractions
!, steeds that must constantly be kept to tn
: load, for weeks quiet makes them IN
tractable and uncomfortable. Bad habit
produce idleness and idleness produce
: bad habits. The probability is that yo'
= will either have to give up your loose IN
: dulgences or else give up your occupation
! Sin will take all enthusiasm out OF you
4 work and make yor. rick Of LIES drudgery
4 and though now and then between you
j seasons of dissipation you may rouse up {
4 q sudden activity and start again in tn
/ chase Of some high and noble end, eve
. though you catch the game you will sin
: back into slothfulness before you hay
4 roasted that which you took in huntinl
4 Bad habits unfit man for everything br
e politics.
= Now, what are the results Of inaolenc'
. A marked consequence Of this vice is phys
: cal disease. The healthiness Of the who
n natural world depends upon activity. ~