The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-08-07
Discomfort a Condition Of Growth.

DlScOuJenG a COuu1G1O4 OF GrOWGn.
Knowledge is the parent of desire, as
ignorance is the mother of content.
60 He that increaseth knowledge incras-
cath sorrow" has always been the argu-
ment against popular government and
popular education. 1t is being used at
this very time in England against the
new efforts that are making there to i'm
prove the means Of popular educatioD.
elf these people are educated, it is
argued, ''they will be discontinued with
their present position" Then educate
them, by all means. Discomfort is the
first condition of all growth. And, no
doubt, some of the very persons who
use the argument have a great admira-
ton for all those who have been discon-
tented with their positions, and there
fore have resolved to better them. The
best chapters in history are the chap
ters that tell of DISCONTINUED men, who,
spurred by their discomfort, have at
tanned to high places and achieved great
things The worst feature of the negro
problem of to-day is that 50 many ne
groess at the south are not half diseon-
/ tented enough. We hear that culture
is great generator of new wants. The
more culture man has the more books
he wants, the more pictures, the more
elegant things about him. He wants
more than he can have, and so he that
increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
But what dose all this amount to Is a
man n baby that he must have every
| thing he wants The want is even
better than the thing. The man who
wants books and cannot have them is
vastly richer than the man who can have
! them but doesn't want them So with
the man who wants pictures, or beauti-
full objects OF any sort. I would have
men want all these things want them
abundantly. I would have them hate
bare walls and tables void of books
would have them lay to their bones,
and fight for these things like a ban
/ ished monarch for his crown. Besides,
if a man don't want anything, there is
noplace for self-denial. But self-denial,
except when you deny yourself for the
sake of others, should always be a tardy
| virtue. First make a good fight for
what You want; if you cannot get it,
4 then accept the situation That is the
right sort of seIf-deniaI, though of course
this does not apply to any merely sen
sual qualification, but only to the giving
up of things good In themselves. 1t is
no virtue to give them mp, unless you
canuot get them W ChadDiek.
THoRoUaHBBED SToCK.-Occasionally
the plan has been tried of offering vari-
ous types of thoroughbred stock as pre-
miums at agricultural fairs, and such
awards have borne good fruit. Say that
an improved pig. a fine sheep, highly
bred bull, or even a stallion of APP
proved pedigree, is carried off by q
farmer who lives in a section where nc
attention Is paid to breeding. much
benefit Will arise from the same. The
rich blood is disseminated, and the next
generation is sure to be an improvement
on the old. The progeny of the mon
| grel dam is raised degree towards ex-
cellence by the superior blood Of the
sire and the advantage OF the eros Sis 50
apparent that in time, we may look FOX
a revolution In breeding in this partie-
ular section. The only obstacle in the
way of offering different types of male
thoroughbreds in prizes is the cost OF
the animals bat then almost every
agricultural society can afford to present
one premium of the kind, In some class,
20 competitors Certainly it viii do nc
harm 10 think over the matter. - IsUf,
FjCid and Farm,