The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-08-18

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A Talk W TO THE BOYS AND GIRLs. "a
Thsaaas,svspipg Is alnesE Mss too hot Il I
Tor comfort. The labors of thsldaY had
Es'axsd both body and mind and il 7yas5 go,
decided to bsxea short inta a W. 1'Ia aooA
av"SSsli," saidsIames. who had been lis-rZ
tsnihg for5et9Ysgo9 eysnipgs past without Ia.
kingAny part in the conysraation. s.1 agrss -
With7many things you say, uncle, but
/ thipk there are other ways to % useful III
besides knowing things WE'LL 1 z know 81 sar
some good scholars Who are poor, w0rth-a.s8 fIai
less fellows that nobody likes. and who T-fosq'ea
never seem to do good for themselves 80 $40
anybody else, / saw ionesaof them this -. =
morning on the street that reminded me of "a "a .
an animal which had lost eOnlesbiug.iaI ssls3s
When be tried 10 walk he tEr;o0Isd Shout oi'1Aq
like polyBog, and made more shadows n, i.,-
on theistEeet than any msn you ever sav.,e zsT7.
Some said he had lost his back bone. He saE "a =
never moves when he can avoid Il. Kso' s,az4sI
TO work, he never tries it. ct that same sSs'IoT
man is good scholar, but he is SO lazy -,
that2if it were notion his friends the flies
would blow, him. -----------,
q Says Susan, III think if hist man had 4 D 1d
+ths'right kind of friends they would lst5F CT
the flies blow n him away. T. always r. 1oT ?.
thought that a man without a. Backbone dz. es:j
meant something else than lazy man.. :. =,
A man lives close 10 our house whoais as i=es7 Al
industrious as anybodys and works 81. - :.
but the people ssy hs has ne b4ck6oEe. as.siiss
He never differs from any one unless be - =; :;
is ABSENT he is ons1of the bFavest men to sy2sa
talk ever heard, but when soldiers were 80 s.5
called for he was too sick to go. He al 80 ISIS
ways decides with the strongest party, a.,a -
and always leaves what hesays, so that Sod satos
he might be counted on the other side Of ~ lar
the question if necessary. thought that ria5ass
was the kind of man that needed back d .,tta,s
bone. What do you say. uncle?,' !, % $500 "a q.
Tim, the little mischief, began Ia AK
anime il all the company had backbone,
and declared he could not find any. When
the sport was over IprOceedsd to sAY:J .U1 AZ
''1he man James speaks of needs, rin-i 5szssr
dustry, the one Susan speaks of needs - ,,
courage. Both may be good scholars, Sl,'
get fall to be as useful as they might be. 'I2a Il
A man without industry 7afthe Spoiled guo1dl
meat on the tables of society, offsnsiys a. sdf
slike 10 the TASTE sna smell he Is voted Ell 10 IS
out Of company without debate. A man f.- .. g.,
without courage is never his own, but the
dupe of some one else, and is of no use IT ~ IL
except when noses are counted in tha7 as So
negative. To be q good scholar ID onlysIoac7d
one thing, though very necessary. Thsre, 4
are other qualifications besides, which =
you 10 ast have. A rich man built house
of the most costly material he could Pro-ash1 70
cure. He sent TO every country to pro-
cure all the varieties OF marble to put IN a 10
the building, so when it was built you ase
might have seen the best specimens of n
marble that Europe and America could ID
procure, all put together nicely The % ao9g
building was both strong and beautiful. o. -Ds2
A useful character is just like that build aG Il
ing. 1t must have variety Of good ma ..-g .l,
lsrIaIs 10 it,. Each qualification IS like ,... ~
Block of marble; it has it's peculiar hue NC -
but adds 70 the strength and beautylofi g. $50
the building. KnOWtedge, industry aud si- adj;
courage are blocks in the character. There q; ,sI
aeFsotner blocks besides these which we, -
will talk about the next meeting" So We
all bid good night to UNCLE JoHN.: "''J