Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-02-17
The Importance Of Little Things
in the Formation Of Character.

All great things come from small ones.
| The wisest Of us do not always see the
connection between littleness and greatness.
1t is the universal law that greatness can
come only out of littloness. Tho lofty
mountain is composed Of small particles of
matter, and the ocean of drops Of water.
The oak, monarch of the forest, was
once incased in the aoorns slloll, out Of
which it came tiny plant, but little by
little, it grew, year after year, until now it
lifts it's giant branches to the skies and
dehcs tho storms of winter. So in all the
vegetable kingdom, from the smallest seeds
como many of its largest growth.
This is no less true in the animal king
doni. Tho eagle, king of birds, onoc
nestled snugly in small egg, aud the lion,
king of beasts, little child could once
fondlc in its arms
This is true also in the inanimate world.
The Amazon, rolling in its greatness to
the ocean, itself sea in magnitude, bcgius
its course lar back in the mountains
small brook, but little by little it grows 10
volume, until it becomes the largest river
on tho globe.
God has written on all his works in
nature, "Out of lttIeness comes great
ness''
Aud now, when wo como to examine
carefully the character of great men
whether good or bad-we fnd that this
law of greatness out of littcness holds
equally true, and that they all came to
greatness of character little by little.
If this be fact, then, how important is
RESPECTFULLY for the young, who arc now
forming their characters for life--to look
carefully after small things! In the light
of this truth there uro no small things, for
all things arc cupa. le of becoming great
ones.
A kind word or act to that poor old
grandmother in the corner may seem small
to you now, but it mny be the beginning of
that in your life shall bless all that know
you, and make the world the happier for
Jour having lived in it,
An unkind word or act to that sister may
seem little thing now, but remember, it
may be tho commencement uf character
that shall make unhappy all near and dear
to you throughout your whole life.
That act of disohedienco to your mother
may bc the first step toward the Jail or
prison. You Gro unnecessarily late to
school this morning; it seems now of little
consequence, but you havo begun to form a
habit of tardness which may cause you
ruin.
Punctuality in little things is one of the
corner stones of all true success in life. 1t
may seom q little thing to take glass Of
wine, but remember that millions Of drunk.
ards have commenced with the first glass
And SO of all evil tendencies. The chain
of bad hadits which men forge wherewith
they bind themselves in tho worst of all
slavery, is made of small links, but having
wound ituround themselves again and again,
they are like Hercules in the folds of tho
serpent.
The fooish expenditure of cent may be
the beginning Of the loss of fortune, or its
proper % may be the egg out of which
shall como large estate
eaoh day 10 reading some valuable history,
may make you one of the greatest historians
OF your age; or spending the same time in
reading trashy novels, may ruin your intel
lect forever.
All great scholars become eminent by
learning only littlo at u time, but they
continually add, little by little, TO their
stores of learning, until at length they
become eminent in somo department of
knowledge.
The successful captain ayaiIs himself Of
every favoring breeze, however light, and
at lust, through storm and calm, brings his
ship safe into port.
And SO must you my young friends make
q right use of all the small things Of life
and you, too, shall have successful voyage
over lfe's tempcstuous sea, aud at last, by
Gods blessing, enter the haven of eternal
rest.
Forget not the lesson J. have eudeavorcd
| to Impress on your young minds: Be car
fiji Of the lille things IN lile.-Goldcn
Days.
TAXATION IN ENaLASD.-somo of
the features of taxation in England ore
peculiar. If anybody leaves you $500
you will have to pay $40, and if ho dies
without will, you will then pay SIS to
get this $500 The government fec on
$4,000 legacy is 81 900, and Sl,5OO if
there is no will, and if the legacy be
81 900, 900, then the Queens fec is ST.
500, or without n will more than 500, 900.
II you study aud become barrister the
admission costs you $3.50, or as much as
you are likely to caru the first year. If you
graduate in medicine you pay $50. If you
become a mere notary public to administer
oaths, it costs you $3.50. When you execute
lease to rent your house for anything over
Sl5O year, you pay atout seventy cents,
1t you want arms and crest on your
carriage you pay sll, and if you set these
arms granted" to you, 10 measure fully
recognized, you have to pay $50 license