The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-01-05
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ny broad aHd pure FIR men and things.
BrheV" the best uI cvrrvhn /, have faith
in humanity, and as you think better
"f other people you will be better Yourself
You can. with some accuracy, measure "a
mans chAractcr 10y the esteem iu which ho
holds other men When hear man re.
pcaic'ly declaring that all other men are
knavcs, | want a strong endorsement on
that mans paper before IN lend him mon.
cy. When Il man aSurcs me that all the
temperance men i'll the town take their
drinks "u tn sly, wol,dn't leave that
mAn aud my private dcmijohn If | had
onc-toScthcr in a room five minutes.
" hen man tells me that he decent know
one preacher who isn't hypocrtc, have
all the cvi viicnce | want that that man is
liar. Nine times in ten, and frequently
oitcncr. yen will iud that men cndcavur t.
dialgura.- sal o.:aor man with their ,Ncwu
weaknesses, failings and vices. SO do YOU.
ny boy, think well and charitably ofpeoplc,
for the world is full of good people.
Aud If you arc mean you cannot conceal
1T. People will know it. Our unfortunate
human trndncss for gossip always puts us
in possession Of all the worser qualities of
each other. Don't you and your intimate
friends, my boy, discuss the weak and evil
points in your n,ighbor character? OF
course you do; and when You are the absent
Cur, be assured, Tclcmachus, that your
friends are in like manner dssccting you.
Indeed they are. They know all about
known, they know the best.
And, at amy rate, my son, you know it,
and that is enough. Sometimes wonder
what mean man thinks about when ho
goes to bed. When he turns out the light
and lies down. When the darkness closes
in about him and he is alone and compelled
to be honest with himself And not n
bright thought, not manly act, not Il word
o: blessing, not grateful look, comes to
bless him again. Not penny dropped
into the ou;strc,hcd am fpovcrty, nor
the balm Of loving rd d.opped into an
aching heart; no sunbeam Of encouragement
cast upon struggling life; no strong right
hand OF fellowship reached out to help
some fallen nan to his icct--whcn none Of
these th!rgs come to him as the "Gud blc.s
you of the departed day, how he must hate
himself. How h. must try to roll away from
himself and sleep on the other sids of tho
bed. When the only victory lie can think Of
Is some mean victory, in which Eo has wron.
Gcd ncighbor, no wonder he always snccrs
when he tries tosmile. How pure and fair
! and good all the rest of the world must look
to him, and huw cheer csS d dusty aud
drcary must his own path appear. Why,
even one lone, isolated act of mcann - is
enough to scatter cracker crumbs in tho
bed OF the average, ordinary man, and what
must be the feelings Of n man whose whole
iiic is given up to mcau acts? When there is
SO much suffering and hcartacnc and misery
I :" ~ va ! a"yh1 g '.hy "hcuih you add
| one pound of wickcdncSs or sadness to tho
general burden? Font be mean, my boz.
Sulicr injustice thousand times ra,hrv
than commit it once -Burhinyion UnmHcyc
o.
BETTER THAN PoLIyICS I'VE 50 heart.
tily and thoroughly, endorse the following
, sentiment from the New York Star, that
We copy the extract IN which it is cen.
vcycd, rs a substitute for anything that We
may say on the subject, and earnestly cons
mend its pcrrsal to our young men: Young
m@n ni ntcllig"nc. and cultm" and noble
purpose en- earn more money honestly, pre-
serve their scli>respcct better, build up hap.
pier holmes and ID more for the world out
| Of politics than in it. And the steady ten.
dcncy in this country is to reduce political
regulations to their proper dimensions, and
increase the importance ofpriyatG enternrisn.
The man who builds up great productive
industry, giving employment to hundreds Of
people who makes a useful invention
Which adds to human comfort and power;
who achieves distinction in any Of the pro-
icssions or arts who does anything any
where for the good of his fellow men, wins
surcr and and II ore satisfying reward than
any ordinary political success can bring
While every American citiz N should take
an active intcrcs: in politics, all who have
talent and education and industry and chars
actcr, AMI means to preserve their honesty
aud self respect, should shun politics as a
business"
y writer in an exchange paper says :.
[ discovered many ga ago that wood
could b. made to last longer than iron in
tho ryr,n,,l hpt thn,,,l,,