The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-01-10
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Young man, whatever you do, do it
wells hat when 1t is done, don't kick
it over. This kicking at well done
things, or things that would be well
done, if left natural, is an evil too pre-
dominant. One to often needed. One
that needs eradicating. A spider that
lsads into its parlor too many flies. A
loadstone with mighty power, with
no jpst cause for being one. 1t is too
faithfully pursued. You might term
it disease, and define it as instability.
don't know of . stronger term. only
this: When young men succeed well
enough, they want to prosper better.
Their insatiate appetite Graves after
greater mouthsful. They remind one
of the little child who reached in the
jar after almonds, and in trying to ex.
tricate the hand found it SO full as to
render an accomplishment of the act
impossible unless it relaxed its hold
upon the nuts and in SO doing lost the
prize. Well, these insatiate fellows
are of that type. They reach into the
jar to 90 great q depth, and grab such
. greedy handful that they become
fast. Or, like cattle in the stanshions,
they get their heads fast. They get
down in their stall. They 60 into the
swamp to pick berries. When they
find good picking they don't keep it.
They run from one bush to another,
when the bush they left might have
proven very fruitful. Then they 60 10
the third bush but find no berries.
Then to the stanshions we were talk
ing about. 90
1 remember having noticed at q
point along the lower Mississippi, one
morning, after q hard rainstorm great
trees floating islands, driftwood and
carried along with swiftness down the
strean.I noticed that email limbs
were sucked into the chutes of the riv-
or, and even that the huge trees were
affected by the force of the vOrtexes.
The little islands were broken up and
absorbed. The rocks sank-rocks
never float. Yet I fitted this garment
to sinsatiable man. How he gets
caught out in the storms of folly. Al
lows the tide of some half dozen ideal
fancies to bsar him away. He has nu-
msrens irons In the heating furnace
at . time. As he swims, he is un-
mindful Of the mighty vortex in the
stream just below him. He catches
at the straws of life like a drowning
man 1t fhe plunging spar Of sinking
hulk Nov tho outmost wave Of the
whirlpool begins to master him. The
force Of the male storms are sucking
him In. Be quickI Throw ont the
life-lines HI. il going, sinking, per-
ishing- in the AoJd ! Man to the life
bostl @Too lale," he gasps. Down,
down, and he IL losti - IL Il
We may find his lifeless body the
next morning, miles beyond Oh some
desOlate shore. This is the wreck. II
is buried in the potter's field. A wood
en- slab marks the resting place. ssrrf
Another class of wrecks: Men de-
yeid of profession or calling, And
oh, the stranded barks belonging to
this feet. The boat has no tiller.
Her bow is not iron. clad. The strong
wave defies her prov. If q heavy
wave surges over her ferecastle. she
dips 50 deep and low-into the oceans
bosom that she loses her balance. The
light ballast tips and scstters to her
roof. She sinks and goes to the bot
tom. The elements have overcome
her. The hulk is buried in the depths
OF, the sea. Even the wreckers fail to
restore her agsiD. Her timbers are
rotten, and will not endure the strain
of the wrecker's claims.
And all this tells trite, yet true
story. Tells Us that he did not stick
to good picking when he found it. He
did well for time, yet, ere long, kick
ed it all over. Mans instability is q
sad fact to dwell upon. 1t covers a
deal of territory. 1t walks right into
your wages, eats up your hard earned
savinge, and leaves you nothing for a
rainy day. Are you a married man ?
Then 1t takes the bread from your
wife's mouth. Are you a father ?
Then from the mouths of your chill
dren. Have you mother at home ?
She who 30 faithfully cared for you
through childhood's helnIessness )
and her only support? Then don't
leave the store, the shop, or the Office,
and the dazzling stone mistake for an
intrinsic ruby. Young man on the
farm, don't leave the piow, and launch
ont into vast uncertainties into the
city about which you are SO ignorant.
Because the gay parlor and sparkling
chandeliers are to you but tenticements.
Nought but jewel. You know not
how to wear il. neither upon the fin
ger of which hand it is to be worn.
Silver door. plates are often the lids
to misery. frf,f
Then, if your blush be fruitful, o.
the buds and blossoms index q gOoG
harvest, don't seek after doubtful bush
e. Don't go where the frosts come
early, and nip the healthy bud.
Does the dazzle of o diamond dim
your eyes? Then content yourself
with the lesser lustre, yet purity OF
the pearl. e--r-..--~-
Choose your bush. Be sure that
berries grow thereon. When you
find good picking, keep it yet In your
keeping, "dont kick it over"
HOGS WITH HOOPS LIK + 4 HORSE
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