The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-11-30

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,. to be caIri-d on by an elaborate machin
d rry Of introductions. calls. cards. etc
y through which all our carpets are worr
out by the feet Of casual comers and
goers. before We hear the football of one
who rally bring. good tidings Of love
r and fellowship To our own soul Or an
other j. called eccentric. because. brarti
ly believing something To be- vital good
To hi- fellow creatures, he invests all bis
money in iurtherinR IL. and spends him
self IN recommending it in season snd
out Of season llis belief itself may BE-
"ccrntric. or 10 may not u may be- In the
golden rule, or IN a particular pill. but
his honest application of that belief H.
not eccentric. and never can be. A. that
point precisely he IL at one with all the
great ni~n who have soiled and strained
Themselves TO push the world towards
God and good.-and one against the huge
army OF charlstans who impose burdens
which they do not bear.
What = huge mass Of small misery
would vanish q people could dare To b.
eccentric in the sense OF doing something
which j. right for themrelv.s as individ.
ual- How many woman suffering
under the close punches Of a nHrruw IN.
come. with n cunstsnt di-piriting sense
OF shabbiners. could lie sst tree from her
worst torture. ~ she gave up the Use OF
gloves except when needed for warmth,
and put their price into her general
treasury l. 10 best To have hands n liz.
tie brown or y lace worried aud anxious 2
| The real beauty OF hand is not spoiled
hy exposure. or even by hard work, and
nothing can be more hidsous than the
preserved whiteness aud plumpne-s Of a
coarse hand We cHnnot imag gine angel.
al. IL a
hrAlhen eoddrs.rs In gloves The hand
cla.ps which We shall never forget were
given by unslov. a fingers.
| To hide hands or lace from ordinary
wear aud tsar lrst they spoil them is ..
had TO starve with money in the bank
lest We spend IT, Hands aud iacss were
/ givs us TO be- used aud worn out. and
wear out tbey will whether or no. The
true t-st OF beauty i it- long resistanc-
aud iis faculty Tor wearing we'll Who
would pat brown holland over Rus.ia
leather chsirs7 While new. they might
BE- taken tor good imitation. but when
old they are undOubtrd
Every body has TO be eccentric some.
how. IL takes mHny a qu.er twist before
the infinite variety OF human character
aud circumstances can be reduced to a
similarity almost - striking ~ that ia = |
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-uggsstive illustration OF this that q book. |
lately written TO advise ladies Of liniitrd |
income how TO look like their richer |
nrighbors. hinted that In order TO secure |
the conventional number Of silk dresses |
and psrasols. they might even wear col /
ored under linrnl
Ia is often said that when poverty ap /
prozches n. "an armed man, the fret
retrenchment IL made on the table, the
last in the wardrobe This ought not 10
he I. not "th- body more than rat.
mentT' Put the hoy into cordurays in.
stead Of broHdcloth. but spare him a good
dinner. and 80 give him a chance Of g-t.
ting his own broHdcloth when his turn
comes. instead OF wearing out your. tili
u drop. in rags about him ~ some casual
ward Any linen shirts aud b-aver hAt-
YOU can buy will soon ~ translated to
-ontr other sphere OF mAttrr quite brs
yond his use. while muscle aud nerve
will remain, There l. nothing saddrr
than the study Of the children Of shabby
genterl families They r-tain the veil
moulded FEATURES aud 1.-THE forms o.
good blood" long after the departure
OF the hot Energy or cool staying power
which really constituted 70 To borrow
a phrase from the stable. They are good
ONES to look at. but bad on-s TO go
They are our social slsvrs-the drug OF
our labor market. and capital shrewdly
knows that IL can e1tort any terms from
them, while il does not insist on fustian
jackets or white caps and aprons.
There msy be- table retrenchments for
which nobody needs pity. II the ehil
iren get porridge instrad OF tea. rosy
apples instead OF j-llies, they may bless
the poverty that suggested the ehange
IL i the poorer tea aud the thinner
bread and butter which Is to De d~pre
cat.d. Even the moderate cost OF the
boarded black silk dress. which
d-ceivrs nobody. Il put into the bread
account. woald relieve all tightnrss in
that quarter Tor the whole period that IL
would wear.
Let a widowed mother make her Sab
bsib-hrst Of serge. aud boldly teach her
lads the virtues OF holland aud corduroy.
that she may grudg~ no gu stiiy OF
" uhole-ome food. no cust oI merry holt I
day. snd she may live 10 display the rich
gifts irum her eldest. end TO boast that
her Youngest. though he docs not make
money. has learned To- live so simply that
he can easily afford To give his lite TO the
art or scirbce OF ambition, and 80 To
write the name che gsve HIM on the beat
page % bis country's history.
To wish To be- like other people IL a.
futile rs il j. fatal. We cannot Ie like
anybody but our.+lv--. The more con
vrntional ~ arr. the more -e res-mll-
the jay which borrowed a feather from
every other bird. We do not succsed in
our attempted resemblance. We only
spoil our own appearance and our own
NOhudy adniirrs such. They
are ridiculous even in the eyes Of simi
larly b-d-ckrd jays. How th" people Ia
~ theatre laugh ~ old Pulonius pro.rs
There - wisdom Ia his words. but 70 !.
wisdom as..a rose alter a snail has slimrd
Il. a.. know right. wrongly. Aud yet
we may be quite sure q ere are more OF
POlonius-s IA box. pit. and gallery than
there are OF vacilstiug llaml-t.. blunt
Horatios. or guilty kings and qu-ens.
Thes. belle the princes words. These
''gallrd iade-" do not vince Thrir cfiti
ci-m j., "Thi. II - tool" the moral they
d.ducr appvsrs TO be. Let us be- 80 like
wise"
Our use Of the word must" should b.
greatly 10 our minds wh.n Ne conisrs
that w. do tho-r things which We ought
not To- do aud leave unduur tho-s thin.
which we should do We n-gl-ct duti.--
that should be- done NJ sny cast Of will
power; W. helplrs-ly sccrpt ~ duties
actions which. done - such is'ss al ths.ir
value How many "canuot' dismiss =
,rrvznt. sud op-n th-ir own hall door or
du-t Ih-ir own SHOES. even though their
annual expenditure 10 regularly IN excess
of their annual incum-l Yet they
must pay calls on people whom they
10 not like. and they must go to par.
ti,- where Two or thr-e hour. of blAc =.
hole atmosphere and ten niinut-s' gobbl+
~ uuwhol.-ou- food leave them with a |
weeks indigestion and b,i t-mp.r Or
uu higher lrv~ls IA may he that ~ can.
not keep a crrtsin commandment. hut
We must" b-lirv- c-rtzin cr-.d. We
cannot serve some frllo~ crratur-. but
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