The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-09-19
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Difficulty of Self-Geyernment.

We do not say That it is easy to acquire hab-
its which are against the orig ginal tendency of
the character. For one who is born careless and
procrastinatiDg it is exceedingly difficult to be
methodical and prompt. The instinct is not to
do to-day what can by any possibility be put off
till tomorrow; and trying to take time by the
forelock involves struggle and much exerion.
Yet both method and prompitude are to be
learned, and human nature, being on one side
of il, utomatic habits are formed whereby that
| which was in the beginning beyond measure dis
tasteful becomes comparatively easy. Those
who really wish to become methodical-say care.
ful over their minor dutics--can help themselves
by mechanical aids. They can put their unan-
swered letters, for instance, in one place and
their answered ones in another, and take pleas
ure in seeing the pile of one diminish while that
| of the other increases They can find enough
energy surely to take day for their accounts and
persstenly let the unsettled book weigh like so
many incubi on their thoughts until they are
properly balanced and arranged They can
force themselves to be orderly by small begin
nings, if they cannot do things all at once; and
they can make themselves ashamed Of the fright
ful muddc in which some people live TO which
they themselves arc prone, but which, also, if
they will hut see things they are, they will
understand is a vice and to he avoided as they
would avoid the beginnings of dcgradation.-
All these things to bc done by conscious and
| courageous self discipline; and without that
There is no more a royal road to good habits
than to learning. Step by step, and with pain
ful effort, we conquer here. we subduc there
We mould ourselves bit by Bit and hou, by hour,
till time comes in to help us with our work, and
habit reacts on itself by crystalizing and CON
solidatng, or custom becomes necessity and nc
ton automatic. Then we may say that we have
formed good habits, ard we may he, 50 far salts
fed with ourselves. But we must always re-
| member TO our condcmnation-if we deserve
condemnation that the most unsatisfactory in
cinations i'm the world could have been con-
quered and turned to good had we but the cour
age to attack our secret foes and determine
forcing our way into the higher class of the self
disciplined. And what we can do with the
more mechanical habits OF life we can also do
with the moral nature The irritable and i'm
patient can. if they will, learn calmness and pa
tiencc, the frctful can be cheerful, the brooding
orcn hearted, the passionate can tame down
those wild beasts. within their hearts and the
jealous can become less selfish and learn
.'altruism' for the good Of the world. We
can all have the possibility of II conscious if
we do not cultivate what we have and we
all have certain amount of reasoning fac
ulticS which might make more Of if we
would. FIVE will, we may he good, Mt least up
to n certain point: for though il is not given to
every human being to be n hero or n saint, it is
given to every one, not an idiot or born n casa-
way, to rise rather than to fall. to cultivate his
virtues rather than sacrifice to his vices. Ii is
all question Of self discipline. whether the
good has teen uppermost or the bad most cher
shed. i. ii. s.
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A LOUISIANA MISUNDERSTANDING Orleans
September 1.-THE anniversary of the over
throw OF the Kellogg Government, on September
II, 1871, WAS observed to-day. The military
companies paradcd the streets, and Requiem
Mass for the members of the militia killed on
that OCCASION was celebrated ut tho cathedral.
FRENCm GoLp SwELLs THE FLoop.-London,
September l3.-Thc steamer which sails from
Ilavrc to-day for New York takes out cS0O COO
III G"d Tor the United States. About CjO,OOD
in gold are sent daily from Paris to London.
FAST GINNING.-We are informed that n sixty.
saw gin operated in Richand County einncd
ninety bales Of cotton from last Monday morn
ing to Saturday morning at Q . clock.-Cot
Register.
SILAISISIEElD.
CRAW WFOED-BRANDDN.- Married, by
Rev. Il. q. Clifford. Sept. lGih 1879. Mr. JouN
| CRAWFORD and Miss LIzZIE BHANpnN, both Of
| Union County.
Consigaocs per Express at Union, S. c., Sept
18th, 1879.
n / Thomson T. ! Greer Miss s WRIGHT