The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-02
Do Your Work Well.

"a SUI piiSe III his NOlCc.
Why not y was the answer. cit
will never be seen"
"Would you buy the article, if you
knew just how it was made -
mo"
Why not."
because it might give out in year,
instead of lasting five years.
'And are you going to let the job
pass, when you know that whoever
=. buys it will be cheated :" said the fell
ow-workman.
oh, you're more nice than wise, "
returned the other, with toss of his
head. ''You draw things too fine.
Suppose Mr.. Gray, down at the
store, were to sell you stuff for pants
that he knew would drop to pieces in
less than six months Wouldn't you
call him swindler :"
60 Perhaps would"
g Is there really any difference in the
case: Whoever buys this article that
you are making will be cheated out of
his money. You'll not deny that. AS
much cheated as you would be if Gray
sold you rotten cloth"
The journeyman shrugged his should
ers and arched his eyebrows. .a@1 e
'sWe must draw things fne,' re-
sumed the other, &c if we would be fair
and honest. Morality has no special
bearing, but applies to all mems deal
ings with their fellow men. To wrong
another for gain to ourselves, is dis
honest. Is not that so -
g Yes, suppose it is. $3.50
''You slight this job, that you may
get it done in shorter time than would
be possible if you made it stronger in
every part. Thus, in order to get a
dollar or two more than honest work
will give, you let an article leave your
hands that will prove cheat to any
man who buys it. tell you, it isn't
right We must do as we would be
done by in our work, as in everything
else. There are not two codes of hon
esty-one for shopkeepers and one for
workmen. Whoever wrongs his neigh
Dor out of nis money, cheats him." s
The other journeyman turned away
from his monitor, looked half offended
and bent over his workbench. At first,
he went on finishing his job; but after
awhile his fellow-workman saw him
take out a defective piece of wood, and
rs then remove out another which had not
been properly squared and joined. OBJ
serving him still, he saw him detach
piece which had simply been driven
into place, and which gave no real
strength, and after selecting another,
three or four inches longer, set it by
mortice and tenon firmly into the article
he was making.
All this was done at an expenditure
of time not exceeding an hour and
half.
There" said he, in tone of salts
faction, speaking to his fellow-work-
man. 90 If that doesn't last forever, it
will be no fault of NINE
"A good, honest job, remarked the
other .s
"As ever made"
land you feel better about it than
you would have done had it left your
hands to cheat the purchaser out of his
money!
Eyes, l do" The answer came
frankly.
How much more time has it cost
you to do this work well, y was asked.
." Oh, not over an hour or two
And the thing is worth ten dollars
more to the buyer. In other words, is
well-made article, as it should be, and
will cheat nobody. Now, you have done
as you would be done by have kept
q your conscience clear; have acted as a
Christian should"
"Oh, as to that, don't profess to
be Christian" said the other. " I'm
no hypocrite.'
a Christian profession is one thing,
and Christian life another" answered
the fellow workman. "All professors
are not Christians. Religion is a thing
of daily life, and unless it comes down
into a mans work and business, isn't
worth a copper. No amount of church.
going, or praying, or singing, will save
man, if he isn't honest in his heart.
He must do as he would be done by
and begin just as you have begun, by
refusing to rob his neighbor, though
tempted to do so that he may get an
advantage for himself. .a=
"A new kind of religion that" re-
marked the journeyman.
LAS old as Christianity said the
other, and the only kind that will save
men. As We would that men should
do to you, do ye even so to them, for this
is the law and the prophets He who
said this, knew all about it. And l am
very sure that if we begin to be just to
our neighbor, to try in all things to do
as we would be done by, our feet will
have entered the way that leads Heav-
enward-and though we may be long
way from that happy country, if we
keep walking on we shall surely get
- there in the END" -4rthw's Magazine
for July.
PLAIN FEATUREs.-Plainnes of fea-
lures is not at all incompatible with
beauty. There is a great difference be-
tween persons being plain and being
sas ugly. A person may be very plain,
4 .x,A4n II,