The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-31

Death, as grim as possible, standing between
howell and palace At the back
IS lime. devouring everything. On one side
are Adam and Eve being tempted By the
serpent, and on the other is the crucifxion.
Inside OF the plate is a representation Of the
HOLY Family in the stable at Bethlehem,
with angels adoroing the Holy Child Curl
QUE, mustn't il bsl And a cheerful thing to
carry about with one when one was young
and happy. and life seemed full of Joy
And yet, Marie Beatou wore it with glee
and was proud of it.
WHERE IT'S FOLLY TO BE WISE.
To me the most truthful picture upon it
is that Of Time. taking everything Fancy
the beautiful girl sitting down and looking
at that, and realizing that every second that
was going was Selling her youth, her beauty
aud happiness; but what was it giving To
herr It was giving to her knowledge. She
was learning who were her friends aud her
enemies; whose love was true and whose
love weS false. A poor compensation.
think; for, after all, one true thing has
been written, and that is, that Ignorance
is bliss" If your friend is untrue
10 you, you are mucn happier not to
know IL. If your lover is false, life is more
inll OF JOY II you remain ignorant, and if
those you believe honest are thieves, those
you believe good are evil, no pleasure comes
to you IN being told of it. Indeed, among
the people would like to have quietly and
palnlessly put to death are those who 90
around telling you things they think you
ought TO know. You oughtn't to know
them If they are going to hurt you, and
who baselected Mrs. Tom, Dick and Harry to
decide that 1t is her business to tell youf IL
mad my way | would keep people in a
ollsstul state OF ignorance all their lives
It's all very we'll TO talk about the power
OF knowledge, but we all have such a little
knowledge, and it was a very knowing
old gentleman Of years ago who said:
A little knowledge is q dangerous thing
Ii we could only get the right sort of knowl-
edge, but we don't. If we could only learn
how to do the things to make everybody
happier, the world generally more enjoy.
able, aud yet it isn't bad world. All this
Is because l have the grip. 1t is a bad
thing to get; that is, TO let il get hold of
you: 1t is bad thing to let anything or
anybody get the grip on you. And, blythe.
by, IL you have 1t, don't be donkey enough
to dose yourself on whisky and quinine, but
send for doctor who will decide whether
there isn't enough whisky in your constitu-
ton already, and whether quinine is the
one thing that will defy the grip.
THE RIGHT KIND OF GRIPS.
Get grip yourself on whatever you can.
Get grip on as much money as you can,
honestly, and then you Will have the pleas
ure of helping another fellow out of a hole
some day.
Get grip. seriously, on your own opin-
ion, and then you will know who you want
TO vose for when election comes.
Get grip, metaphorically, on your
sweetheart's love, and then she will be a
thing Of joy TO you.
Get grip, positively. on the love of a
dog, and in your time of trouble you will
always have e friend.
Get grip, certainly, on some of the
Get grip. good strong grip, on what
ever you want; but don't get the grip.
speak as one who knows, for four weeks it
has held in its clutches Bah.