The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-05

manual and pedal addenda they want
twenty -four. A certain amount OF money
for livelihood and for the supply Of those
whom we leave behind us after we have
departed this life is important, for we
have the best authority for saying: "He
that provideth not for his own, and es-
pecially those of his own household, is
worse than an lnfidel :" but the large and
fabulous sums for which many struggle,
if obtained, woiild be a hinderancs rather
than an advantage. The SnNleties and
'annoyances that those havs whos5 ss-
statss heve become plethoric can only be
told By those Nho possess theud 1t will
befa good thing when thr0t yh your in
dustry and public prospsrities you can
own the house in which you live. But
suppose you own fifty houses and you
have all those rents to collect and all
those tenants to please. Suppose you
have branched out in business successes
until In almost every direction you have
Investments. The fire-bell rings at
night you rush up stairs to look out
Of the window to see if it is any Of your
mills. Epidemic of crime comes and
ther are embezzlen15nts and absc ond-
ings IN all directions, aud you wonder
whetltsr any Of your book keepers will
prove recreant, A panic strikes the
financial world and you are like hen
under sky full Of hawks and trying with
anxious cluek to get your over-grown
chickens safely under wing. After a oer-
tain stage of success has been reached
you have to trust so many important
things to others that you are apt to be-
come the prey of others, and you are
swihdled and defraudsd, and the anxiety
you had on your brow when you were
earning your hrst thousand dollars is not
equal to tho anxiety Ca your brow now
that you have won three hundred thou
sand The trouble with su. ch one is he is
pread out like theUnfortunate one in my
text. You have more hGgers and toes
than you know what to do with. Twenty
were useful; twenty-four is a hindering
superfuity. Disrae1i says that q King of
Polan Iabdicated his. throne and joined
the people aud became porter to carry
burdens. Aud some one asked him why
he did so, aud he replied;
upon my honor, gentlemen, tho load
which quit is by far heavier than the
one you see me carry. The weightiest IS
but straw when compared 20 that world
under which 1 labored. l have slept
more in four nj ghts than 1 have during
all my reign ] begin 10 live and to be a
King myself. Elect whom you choose;
for me who am so well it would be mad
ness to return 10 court"
"Wel,". says some body, "such over
| loaded persons ought to be pitied, for
| their worrImeuts are real and their ia
somnia and th cir nervous. prostratiou are
! genuine"
| Ireply that they could get rid Of the
| bothersome surplus by giving it away. If
a man has more houses than hs can carry
EWitho1t vex ation, let him drop a few of
| them. If his estate is so great he can not
manage it without getting nervous dys-
/ pepsia from having too mucH, let him
| divide up with those who have nervous
i dyspepsia because they can NOT get
| enough. NJ, they guard their sixth finger
| with more care than they di the original
/ five. They go linn )iug with what they call
/ gout and know not that like the gi9Iii
/ OF nay tsxt they are lamed by a superhu.
/ Gus toe. A few of them by large chari-
/ ties bleed themselves of this financial
| obesity and monetary plethora, but many
| of them hang on to the hindering SUPER
| fluffy till death, and hen as they are
| compele I to give the M 81 ney up anyhow,
| in their last Will and testament they gem
/ erously give some of ii TO the Lord, ex-
| pociing, no doubt, that II viii feel very
much obliged TO them. Thank God that
once in a while we have n Peter Cooper,
/ who, owning an interesttn the iron works
at Trenton. said to Mr.. Lester:
81 do not feel quite easy about the
amount we are making. Working under
one OF our patents, we have a monopoly
which seems TO me something wrong.
Every body has to come to rs for it, and
we are making none too fast"
So they reduced tho. price, aud this
while our philanthropist was building
Cooper Institute, whioh mothers a hum
dred institutes Of kindness and mercy all
over the land. But this world had to wait
five thousand eight bBndred years for
Peter Cooper. l am glad fer the be-
nevolent institutions that get n legacy
from men who, during their life, were
as stingy as death, but who, in their
last viii and testament, be 5towe1 money
on hospitals and missionary societies;
but for such testators I have no respect
They would have taken every cent OF IL
with them If they could and bought up
| half Of Heaven and let it out at
rulnons rent or loaned the money
to celestial citizens at tHO per cent a
month and got a corner on harps and
! trumpets. They lived in this world fifty
or sixtvyea ar5 in the pressnes Of appall-
| inS suffering and want and made no effort
| TO-. their relief. The charities OF such
/ people are, for the most part in ''paulo-
| post future" tense, aud they are going 70
DO them. The probability is that If sueh
| a one IN ellis lasC will, by donation 70
| benevolent societies. tries to atone for his
| lifetime olose-fstedn sss, the heirs at law
| will try to break the will by proving that
| the old man was seuile or crazy, aud tho
expense Of the litigation Will about
leave IN tie lawyers hands what
/ was meant for tho American Bi BILE So
/ ciety. ye Overweighted, successful
business men, whether. this sermon
/ reach your ear or your eye, let ms say
! that IL you are prostrated with anxieties
Fabout Keeping or investing those tre =
me ndous fortunes, / can tell you how you
! can DO more to get your health back aud
4 ~ a. T. 4 /.
! Ions OF bad asting water at Saratoga,
| Hombure or Carlsbad-gtve TO God aud
humanity ten per cent. o. all your income,
/ and it viii make new man OF you, and
1 from restless walking Of the floor at
/ night you shall have eight hours sleep
/ without tins help of bromide OF potas-
sium, and from no appetite you viii
! hardly be able 10 wait your regular meals,
and your wan cheek viii fill up, and when
! you die the blessings Of those who but for
/ you would have persisted VIII bloom all
over your grave with violets IL it be
/ spring, or gladiolus / 1t be autumn.
Perhaps some Of you viii take this adj
J vice, but the most Of You Will not. And
you viii try to cure your swollen hand by
/ getting on It more fingers, and your
rheumatic foot By getting onit more toes,
| and there viii be a sigh OF relief when
l you are gone out Of the world; and wher
over your remains the minister recitel
the words: blessed are the dead who die
/ in the Lord, " persons who have keen ape
.preciatIon OF tn ludicrous viii hardly b
/ able to keep their face straight.
But whether in that direction my woFdi
/ do good or not, attn anxious that all who
have only Ordinary equipment be thank
fui for what they have and rightly EN-
pioy IL. / think gou ali have, hguratiyell
as well as literally, fingers enough D
not long for hindering superfuitles
Standing in the presence Of this fallei
giant OF my text and IN this post -morten
examination Of him, let us learn hoV
much better of we are with just the usua