New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-10-06
WHOLE NUMBER 145
Custodlanshlp Of Others Character.

Custodlanshlp Of Others Character.
In addition to that true responsible.
ty for others-respoEsibility ON the part
of parent, teacher, brother, friend, en-
ployer, fellow-worker-which at times
must rest upon every member of hui
man society, there is also laid upon ev.
cry man duty not so much for others
as to others. We must stand in q rep
resentative and responsible position, not
only as substitutes for, or leaders of,
those with whom we have to do, but
also as the medium by which their char
acters are presented to those who know
them only through us. Great and re-
ssponsiblc Us is our duty to our fellows
IN the matter of our influence upon
them and our necessary assumption of
responsibility for their acts, our duty
does not end hero. It also includes tho
constant obligation to make a right
presentation of their character and
their work, and to extend their good
influences by our own offices OF ju-
dicious friendship, instead of harming
their reputation and limiting or destroy.
ing their labors by our own folly or wick.
edness.
An English essayist says, in writing
OF the worlds greatest composer: 1T
is, perhaps, one noteworthy evidence of
the Inherent greatness and stability OF
Beethoven's genius, that even his adj
mirers have not been able to write him
down." How great is the injury done
to eminent men, in every department Of
labor, by ill-advised and extravaganza
eulogy, every student of history and
biography we'll knows. Worthless
characters, to be sure, have for time
been written up,' but such artificial
fame is less lasting than the real mis-
chief brought upon the reputation of
true heroes, and artists, and authors, by
those who have overburdened them
with indiscreet praise. The general
rectitude of the motives of extravaganza
adulators does not save their work from
the mischievOus results which surely
follow it in the minds of disguised
public of readers. In effect, though
possibly not always in morals, the ulti-
mate results of the most sincere praise,
if it lacks the needed elements Of dis
erection, and right thinking, and sound
mental regimen, may not be different
from those of malicious detraction.
Indeed, they are sometimes worse, for
a good character can rally from mean
hostility more readily than from sicken-
ing praise.
But our duty, as custodians of the
character of others, in our presentation
OF their dispositions and doings, is by
no means chiefly confined to our treat
ment OF the great men of the world.
To present false or unwise picture of
a man of established reputation is
slow and difficult process; to present
such picture of one of our equals, or
of an ordinary social acquaintance, is q
speedy and easily-accomplished act.
Daily and hourly, by our words and
manner. we are called on to bear test.
particular deed, OF word, or phase Of
character, may be as hurtful as though
we had lied outright and set about to
wreak malicious vengeance upon those
whom we profess to honor. Could we
always remember that when we speak
of one person to another, we are, to
the extent of our words, the custodian
Of his character, and that we have no
right to speak save in obedience to
large laws of truth and justice and
charity. the number of wounds-nay, of
positive murders-of character would
be far smaller than it is now.-S. s.
Times.
m0ny to others OF those known to US,
and unknown, or partially known, to
them. If that testimony is in the line
of silly and unmerited praise, or hasty
and unjust criticism, or one-sided and
ignorant information, we may by it
greatly, and perhaps permanently, in
jure the reputation and the moral use-
fulness of those of whom we speak
amiss. The harm that we can do in
the one direction of laying false empha-
sis-Cerhaps unwittingly-upon some
Sights In Havana.
I'VE people here appear !islless; they
move slowly, lazily I may cay. There
is manifest little of the vim, and push
seen in our Northern cities. The ma
tives are small of stature, sharp-eyed
and voluble in speech; in communica-
ting simple statement, as. for instance,
directing the coachman where to drive
you, they will talk and talk, and there
seems no end to the iabber. "Walkine
Spanish" means very slow; talking
Spanish, fast and long. The victoria
carriages, French style, are the popular
vehicles in Havana; the streets are full
of them. A course drive which may be
extended three or four miles costs only
eighteen cents, or sixty-five cents tho
first hour and forty-fve cents each sub
sequent hour; two persons may be COM
fortably seated in a victoria, and three
light bodies can squeeze in. So it will
be seen that driving out is a very cheap
luxury here, and it is largely availed Of
by almost everybody except the labor
ing poor. The horses are small, gener-
ally in poor condition, but tough as o
knot; their endurance under the broil-
ing sun of this climate is remarkable;
they trot off at a fair gait and never
seem to tire. The cruelty practiced
upon dumb beasts is shocking; the
horses are most numerically whipped
at their work, and oxen, which are al
most exclusively used in draying service
moving immense loads with clumsy,
heavy carts-are cruelty goaded with a
pole steel-tipped to sharp point Tho
oxen are so harnessed that they draw
from their heads, and rope-reins Gre
attached to rings in their noses to d.
rect their course. Dumb lbeasts are
overworked, poorly fed and tortured to
death. Possessed as they are of won-
derful endurance, they break down and
are used up in three or four years at
longest under such cruel usage.-Letter
TO TROY IN. W Times.
Wrecked by the Fifteen Puzzle.
They were two young men from tho
country. and they drove up to the POST
office corner this morning, attracted by
a Ia re.o oro,,,l ,,rlsel. LII aellaaxel