The Indianapolis journal., 1884-11-09
THE WHOLESOME MAN.

Heaven bless the wholesome man, as he in
turn blesses his fellow-men. A man with a
genial spirit, whose good nature bubbles up
like the waters of fountain, whose disposi
ton is sunny and companionable is the man
to cultivate and initiate The morose man
only wades deeper into his selfish taciturnity,
while the man who unbends and amalgamates
with the social world is the salt of the earth
the perfume OF the moral atmosphere. Blessed
is the man who has no spleen, and no
liver to speak of; the man who seeks
to discover the gold-fakes of good
in the quartz rock OF human nature. He
is generally happy because he generally finds
what he seeks, and Fl fpding, rejoices. Get
near to such man; grapple aim, if not with
hooks of steel, at least With the grip of good
fellowship Don't let him get away, and
don't let him feel like he would like to get
away; but, basking in the genial sunshine of
his better nature, absorb and appropriate it
into your own life and nature. Be like him, if
you can; and if you can't at once measure up
to his full standard, initiate it as far
as possible, and you will be gratifed to dis
cover that you are growing in grace. Keep
away from the sordid and sour, and don't fail
to keep away from yourself if you find your
self disagreeable. You can do this by court
ing the companionship of others. If you are
married live in the closest intimacy of your
wife and children. Tell them your hopes and
aspirations, and make each and every one of
them your confdants. Tell them the agreea-
ble things you have read of or heard of, and
charitably and sensibly skip all that is unpleas-
ant or Improbable If you have no wife and
family, take your mothers and sisters into
your confidence beam on them and bask in
the reflected warmth. If you have no sister
of your own, seek some other mans sister,
and-well, be happy and ruddy with gooo
health and fine feelings. 1t is profitable to
associate with excellent women. Your better
self will grow finely in the sunshine Of their
presence.
Don't be selfish and monopolize your own
company too much lest you make it
of such character that nobody will want to be
with you. If you have kindly sentiment in
your heart, nourish and encourage it. Keep
the weeds of selfshness close cropped, and
give the race of wholesome manhood every
chance to grow and expand. This world
wants gentle men as well as gentlemen.
Never mind about courageous men;
1.-THE bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring.
We want social soldiers sunny-faced vete-
rams, who are not above being agreea
BILE. We want men who will act
as tonic to the socially bilious.
There is too much malaria in distorted man
hood. 1t is easy to prescribe the quinine of
reproof but quinine is bitter, and reprooe
very much like the drug, is oftentimes inef-
fectual. An ounce of preventive is worth
pound of cure, is homely adage, but there
is some truth in it. We may prevent many
intermittent-remittent malarial attacks by an
ticipating and preventing them. If you have
the least suspicion that you have liver for
get it as soon as you can. Don't be mean
enough and selfish enough to talk about liver
that is torpid or stomach that is dyspeptic.
Such subjects are of no earthly interest to
fat man or a healthy man, and to anybody un-
fortunate enough to suffer like complaints it
only intensfes their distress. Stand up
squarely on your heels throw back your
shoulders and take good look about you.
The world has much of good in it, and needs
more. You can't do too much toward swell
ing the accumulation.
Almost daily demands are made that call
for polite forbearance, for patience, for that
hopefulness that sees better things a little
further along. If the weather to-
day doesn't suit you comfort
yourself with the reflection that it cannot last
always; that Tomorrow, or the next day, or
some day, and probably many days, will be as