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Luck Rev Fl. w. Beecher says, in one OF
his lectures may here, as we'll as any where,
impart the secret of good and bad luck. There
are men. who, supposng Providence to have an
implacabe spite against them, oemoan in the pow
erty of wretched old age the misforunes of their
lives. Lnck forever ran against them and for
others One, with good profession, lost his luck
in the river, where he idled away his time fish
ing, when he should have been in his office.
Another, with good trade, perpctually burnt up
his luck by his hot temper, which provoked his
employers to leave him. Another, with lucra-
tive business, los. his luck by amazing diligence
at every thing bnt his business. Another, who
steadily followed his trade, as steadily followed
his bottle Another, who was honest and con-
slant at his work, erred by perpetual misjudge-
ments he lacked discretion. Hundreds lose their
luck by endorsing by sanguine specuIations; by
trusting fraudulent men; and by dishonest gains.
A man never has good luck who has bad wife.
never knew early rising, hard-working, pru-
dent man, careful of his earnings and strictly hon.
est, who complained of bad luck. A good char
actcr, good habits, and iron industry are imprcg-
nable to the assaults of all the i'll luck that fools
ever dreamed Of But when see a tatterdema-
lion, creeping out of a grocery late in the after
noon, with his hands stuck in bis pockets the rim
Of his hat turned up, and the crown knocked in, I
know he has had bad luck-for the worst of all
luck is to be suggard, knavc or tippier"