Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-17
TIDEC COMING IN

"YOu had better make the most Of
g."
How 500" asked the younger man of
The elder man. his friend who made the
first remark.
"Why. mean, was the reply. "that
the tides coming in with yeu. these
days and years. and you are a fooi if
gou do not make the most Of it,"
Now, as sat there in the car. 1
couldn't help overhearing the sound adj
vice which the elder gentleman gave
the prosperous one. He told him that
every man who lived a decent and in
dusrlous life saw his day Of rising. and
az length OF high tide lie had Observ-
eo, 10 change the figure, that luck had
IT'S bud, us blossom, and It's ripe apple.
after that the apple or luck began 20 de-
cay, and no power on earth could stop
d. Every man saw the time once. i'm
his life when be was making good
wages and little more than his eX-
penses.
Every man?" questioned the youth.
Yes. every decent and industrious
man. The trouble with most of us was
that when the luck was ripest we were
the biggest fools. and Increased our eN-
penses our vanity and our cOnceit ac-
cordingly; we supposed il was only
sign OF bigger days 10 come. But it was
only nearly ripe. not fully ripe We
were at our best I'm an things. Our
health. our endurance. our experience.
our deyeriy with our craft. We're an at
their best The best viii continue for q
season, just as the full moon continues
for TWO evenings. But then comes the
sure decline Depend upon it. my boy.
you are seeing your best days Now.
don't be Ounce and throw away the
surplus on fast horses and fast friends.
but just float your home. YOUR mortgage
on it. and your endowment of your chill
dren, Your life insurance. your favOrite
Charity. u this nigh eide"
There is sound wisdom in that. IL is
singular, too. that q man high tide is
generally at the exact time OF his great
est duties. To is just when his family
need schooling. his son needs books.
and his daugher music, his lodge needs
help and his church needs his hands
The middle years are the most product
i've years with most men. The God of
nature asks the most of him just then.
AS be declines i'm strength. in ability of
an kinds his family has decreased his
sons and daughters are married off and
established in business. younger men
come to the front and begin 20 claim
recognition i'm his lodge and church.
His strength is failing and the demands
on him are lessened. Such. 40 least.
ought 10 be the case I'm an ideal life It.
maddens me TO see children grown Dila
heavy burdens on father as he declines.
1t saddeus me TO see man Of sixty
obliged % toll and strain himself. as he
only ought TO have done from thirty 90
fifty. to meet the eXaciOns of hard for
tune or earlier pr0higacy. It is not nat
ural
A man is mt his best i'm later youth
and on to- the beginning of his physical
decline. I say his physical, not his
mental. The mind often increases in
power mp TO absolute physical decrepi-
tude: but as the body has begun TO
cripple. he ought 90 have easier tasks.
man should know when DE is at his best
and make the most of &C.. lie ought not
10 spend all the mEey 2 is making.
He ought not 90 embark i'm schemes
hat need increasing and yet increasing
strength Pie ought not 90 calculate
that his mighy vig0r, this zestful relish
for hard toll. this magnificent sense OF
competency. Is going 90 grow He
ought not 90 be- deceived into The con-
ceit that the rough experience OF all
The ages is Co De reversed I'M his case.
and he alone be able 20 escape fatigue