Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-04-29

paSsei their liVes III rSVefie.
Notwithstanding hs is pincisi with pow
erty. and any otler man would bs downcast
at the forlorn prospect, he is always cher
ful and sanguius AMI iovial fo- he docs not
know but that he may be within day OF
two OF astounding success You cannot but
be entertained with his cieeTlulnsss OF ton.
per. All the world wishes him WE'LL for he
never did anybody harm. At last he dies in
Just the same condition in which he live !,
sorrowful only because he must leave the
world Just at the time when his loug-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 somethiny
TO turn up. IL will turn Iowa. Incidence
and wicke iness always make bad luck.
These people of reverie are always about TO
begin. They say, "Wait little" So with
the child who hal a cage containing a beau
tiful canary, and tho door OF the cage was
open and cat was in the room. Better
shut the door of the cage" said the mother.
"Wait a minute" said the boy. While he
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
minute" Ny advice is not 90 wait at all.
Again bad habits are a fruitful source OF
incidence Sinful indulgences shut a mans
shop AMI dull his tools ami steal his profits.
Dissoluteness is generally the end OF in
dustry. There are those VINO have tae rare
faculty OF devoting occasionally day or a
week 10 loose indulyences, and at the ex-
piratiou of that inc 60 back with bleared
eyes AMI tremulous hanls aud b.o1tol
CHEEKS to the faithful AMI successful per-
formance OF their duties ln1ae1 their en-.
ployers and neighbors expect this amu'e'
ment or occasional season of frolic AMI
wassail.
Some of the best workmen aud most skill
full artisans have this mole OF conducting
themselves, but as tao tina rolls on thu sea
son of dissipation becomes moro protracte
and the season OF stea1iness and sobriesy
more limited, until the employers become
disguised and the man is given up ID con-
tinual and ruinous likeness. When that
point has arrived he rushes to destruction
with astonishing velocity. When a man
with strong proclivities of appetite has moth
ing to do, no former self respect or moral
restraint or the bessechinys OF kindred can
save him. The only sltety for a man who
feels himself under the fascination OF any
form oftempt1tion is an employment which
affords neither recreation nor holiday.
Nothing can be more unfortunate for
man Of evil inclination than an occupation
which keeps him excee lingly busy during a
part OF the year aud 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 to the
load. for n weeks quiet makes them intrac'
table and uncomfortable Bad habits pro-
due, idleness, and idleness produces bad
habits The probability is that you Will
either have to give up your loose indulgences
or else give up your occupation. Sin Will
take all enthusiasm out OF your WORK and
make you sick of life's dru1gery, and though
now and then between your seasons OF diss-
pations 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 untit a man for any
thing but politics.
Now, what are the results OF Incidence: A
marked consequence Of this vice Is physical
disease The nealthneSs of the wnole natu-
raI world dement's uoon activity. The
winds. tossed and driven in endless circuits.
scattering the mists from the mountains, and
scooping out death damps from the caves,
and blasting the miasmi OF swamps, ana
hurting back the fetid atmosphere OF great
cities. are healthy just because OF their
swiftness and observation-disclosures OF sweep.
But. after awhile. the wind falls aud the
hot sun pours through it. and when tue
leaves are still aud the grain fields bend no.
once all day long then pestilence smites ITS
victims and digs trenches for the dead.
All the healthy beauty OF that which We
s,e and hear in the natural world Is depend
ent upon activity AMI ulrest. Men VIII De
healthy intellectually, morally aud physl-
cally-only upon the condition OF an acClvs
Industry 1 know msn die every day OF over
work. They drop down in coal pits ana
among the spadles Of Northern factories,
and on the cotton plantations OF the South.
In every city and town and village you nnd
men proaninE under bur lens as, IN the East,
the cames stagger Kinder their loads between
Aieppo and Damascus. Life is crushed out
every dav at counters AMI worSbencles an1
anvils. But there ara other multltuie' who
die from mere inertia. Induigences every
day are contracting disease beyond tue
catholicon of allooathy and homeopathy and
hydropathy and eclectlcism. k1'her tnan
work they rush upon laucsts and scllpe!s;
Nature has provided for those w3o v.olate
bor laws bv inactivitV-wnat rheum for the
ewes. and what govt for the feet, AMI what
curvature for the spine, and what structures
for the chest, and what tubercleS LOT Tue
lunos and what rheumatism for tue inuscles'
and what neuralgias for the nerves Nature
in time arrairns every such culprit at her
har and nrsssnts against him an Indictment
of one hundred counts, and conyicts MIN on
each one of them. The laws OF nature VIII
rot ston their action because men may Da
IGNORANT of them. Disease when 1t comes
/ 70 do its work. doss not ask whether you un'
derstand hygiene or pathology or materla
medca. ....., -,
If there were not so many lies written on
tombstones and in obituaries you woulu se1
what multitu1es OF the worlds lnhaoitanO
are slain in their attempts to escape tns
/ ,,aoossitv NJ toll Men cross oceans and con
tinents, and climb the Alps, ana slI uaue'
the sky of Italy or the shadow oil Egypuau
/ Pyramid. and 60 down into ancient RUNS
and bathe al Baden Baden. and come nome
with the same shortness of breath, anu tne
same poor digestion, aud the same twitcn'
! inc of the nerves when at home wlth tneli
own shade they might have dug health ou'
/ ~ the Ground. or with their own axe neWi
! health ont of a log. or with their own scytn'
! garnered health from the grain held.
There are many vino estimate tue re
spectability OF al occupation by the littl'
/ eyertion il demands and would not Rave
their children enter any employment wher'
their hands nav be soied. forgetting that
n laborer's overals are just as honorable as
a priests robes an an anvil IS Just as re-
spectacle as a pulpit Health flies from the
be OF Gown and says. Il cannot sleep
hera.- and from the table spread Win
ptarmigan and epicurean viands, saying. =
cannot eat here" AMI from the vehicle o!
soft cushions and easy springs, saying, i
cannot ride here:n aud from house;
uxuriousy warmei and upholstered. say
inc. 81 cannot live here;' and some day you
meet health. who declined all these luxuriant
places. walking in the plows turro", OF
swetering beside the Kissing forge or spin
ming among the looms, or driving dray' or
timing roof. or carrying ho1s OF brick up
the ladder OF wall.
Furthermore. notice that Incidence en-,
dangers the SOU. Satan makes his chief
conauests over men who either have MOTH
ing 10 do. or. it taey have. refuse to do II.
There is a leZen1 that St. Thomas years
otter Chris,'s resurrection, began again 70
doubt. AM he went TO the Apostles and told
them about his doubts. Each Apostle looked
AZ him with surprise AMI then SAID be mus
We excused. for he had no time to listen a1y
.onger Then st. Thomas went 10 the ne'
,out women of his time and expTesse1 nus
ioubts. They said they wero sorry p S.
thew had no time to listen. linen on
Thomas concluded that it was because tney
were so busy that the Apostles an tue u0
vout women had no doubts. -. .,o
Ideuess not ouly leads man luvV -
citations which harm his morals, ouS o,.en
ihrusts uoon him the worst klnd Oh sSeP
icism Loafers are almost always 'ih'e''