The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-21
A HoMILY ON HASTE.
Philadelphia Reeorl.

Don't hurry, Earring AcctdOnt, the person who takes iiie as easily as tst may will outlive his rapid and rest less yoke fellow of equal strength of body and mind. II ope's own common sense and personal observation do not con. vince him that fast pace kills, let him consult the necrologist who keeps list of deaths and dates. Exeessive work Is the great man. killer. Gmesi of fame, thirst for knowledge. rash pursuit of pleasure and reckless disre- gard of necessary precautions, all carry to early gravesa host of victims,
 Excessive drinking Ia one of the worst forms of luxury. To ssy that rapid drinker leads fast lite is such kexprcssiye slang that 1t has been adopted as one of the polite phrases of tho vcrnaoular. A person who is in- considcrate of the quality of his bev- erages can drink himself under a tombstone with great ccicrity. There is perhaps, no form oi indulgence In which it Is more prudent to go slow nor any In which tho dictate of pru- dencc Is more generally dlsrcgardcd.
 Probably no other people In the world arc so given to promlscuous pushing and rushing as are Amerl. cans. 1t Is of little use to reason with them. Like the good old Presby tcrian lady who, when told that through the enduring mercy Of God every body would finally get Into heaven, ex- claimed; Thank goodness. hope for better things than that !" the truc American needs no comforting dissua- sion. He hopes for better things if he run than If he walk, and SO he keeps on running.
 In the same spirit lady friend of the writer, when in haste to go to any point, always walks Iii preference to taking a street car because, Rs she ex- presses it, she feels that she is s"gettlng on faster" In other words, she cx- pcriences the sensation of hurry Ing with who knows what wear and tear to her nerves. We all know the man who jumps of the ferry boat and runs to tho gate as though his lie depended on getting there at the earliest possi- ble second, not because he Is really in haste, but because it Is his habit to hurry at certain times and places, and the ferry boat Is one of those places. Women are. as rule, chronic hur- riers; they hurry for street cars and railroad trains only to stand waiting on the corner or at tho station they hurry through whatever household duties they may have to perform, and dawdle after they are finished the women who have something to do hurry, and those who have nothing to do hurry In season and out of season they hustle and buzz snd fly about with AS much haste as tho busiest humble bee, and to what purpose1 The few wise ones who make haste slowly, who have some method about whatever they strive to do, gather the most honey and live longer and better than do the bustling, hustling ones. To be able to do anything quickly isA very good thiDg--cveD speeding ones self when anything Is to be gained by 1t Is commcndable--~but hAbituAl sour. rying about without reason Is to live uncomforiably and 10 wear out pre- maturely. Undue haste and the best and longest life are not compatible.
 It is singular thing that the slower races of other countries landing on these shores soon catch the infection. 1t is, perhaps, in the air. At any rate, the Irishpan, the Englishmap, the Gaul, the Scandinavian, even tine philosophIc and phlegmatic GerrnaDs and Dutchmen, put of their deiibera- ton and put on the rcckleswDess of Yankeedom, as they become assimi. lated to our population. The Irish. man may bc little quicker about 1t, and the German a little slower than others, but they all fall into the cur. rent, and soon manage to keep up with the crowd.
 This hurry has put us ahead of the people of other nations in accomplish ment, but we do not live % long. There Is, perhaps, some danger to our republican institutions, as well as to ourselves, in sudden and adventurous growth. Swiftly built empires swiftly topplc to the ground. Alexander the Great will probably always remain the most remarkable example of fast living among men. He scaled the top most height Of human renown, built up vast empire and died at the age of thirty three years. His empire fell to pieces in less time than It took him to put 1t together. He furnished to the world . splendid illustration of ibe vanity of hurry.
 Ii is quite possible that there may be an industrial haste lees splendid, less cruel, but quite as satisfactory aid enduring as the msrtisI splendor of the AlexaDdrian empire. The nations thst have become suddenly rich have inva- riably become corrupt. Uncle Sam is growing rich with marvellous rspidity.
 Would ft not i,e well tO now and