The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-02-15
POLITENESs.

One OF the English infidels was 80 struck
with the poiteness and good feeling mani
tested in ST Paul's writings. that he affirm
ed that il St Paul had said that he him
self had ever performed a miracle, he would
believe it, because he deemed St. Paul too
much of'a gentleman to tell AN untruth -
Whatever we may think Of this remark.
we cannot but be strIck with the power
which politene-s had over the infidel. Aud
as this inide is not an exception, it wi be
well to show some few of the advantages OF
being polite:
1t is scriptural II ST. Paul laugh: POI
litene-s 10y example, so did lac in his writ
ings. lie tells us: lin honor we must pre-
Ter one another Here is the great sec
ret Of politeness, namely: iorgetiulness OF
self In another place he says BE cour-
teous : ii other words, be polite.
1t makes friends. Nothing so wins upon
strangers as true politeness. A little at
tention, shown in Il stage or in the cars. or
at a public table, costs us very little; but
what an effect it has upon the person 20
whom it is -hown! The pleased look, the
grateful smile, shows us we have gained a
friend
II increases our usefulness. One reason
why some ministers and good christian.
people have no more influence, is on ac-
count of their sour face and forbiding
countenance They look as if they said
Keep away from me" But il they allow
the Vular to come within reach OF their
majestic presence, there is pompous man.
ner or way they have, which prevents the
hearts OF others going out to them, and
thus all influence over such people is
lost
It gives success. Let any man who has
goods to sell, or office to attain, be kind
and polite; no sham-like that put on by
the politicans-and his goods are sold
aud Office Is reached, ten times sooner than
by the man who looks mad, and cuts YOU
up as he cuts off his calicoes and cloths
Pollteness of all things earthly, costs the
least, but its power Is tremendous The
influence OF a genuinely polite man in the
sphere in which he moves il wonderful.
sPlteiul contemporary, evidently edited
by bachelor uses the following elaborate
metaphor: Il have seen lovers look into
each others eyes with that suLlimely silly
expression characteristic Of such uniortu-
mates, somewhat like the pieous, appealing
look OF rorlorn calfgoing home through
the RAIN This expression has been pat
tented.
Florence Nightingale urges women to
put ii emselvcs in training, precisely as
men do, Tor special lines OF business. This
Is exactly what all women would be clad
to do, they were permitted, and what
many OF them, we are inclined to believe,
are doing, in this country, at this time.
There is a well known wager that man
should stand on London Bridge for an
hour, holding tray with soyereigns uyon
it, and offer hem for sale at n shilling a
piece, and that no one Of the Jassers-bv
would purchase. lie fulfilled the coudi-
tons Of the bet aud won his money.
On last Friday evening little child
named Thomas Miner Hess. son Of Sarah
L. Hess, Of this place, was so badly zeal
ded while his mother was washing that he
died the next evening at hall past 9 clock
- Grgtton Sentinel
Horace w Clark, President of the
Union Pacific Railroad, was before the
House Appropriation Committee and made
aud elaborate argument against Senator
Edmunds amendment, annexed to the Ap.
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