The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-05-18

BOB BURDErTE
A Sensible Lecture by the HaVvL
eye Philosopher.

My son il is comforting doctrine
and one that men often preach y
each other, that a man deserves M
credit for everything good tLa, H.
is, but that somebody else i w
blame for all the evil in him H.
Cough has been criticised for saw
ing, and they were his Last words.
Young M make your record
clean" TSS srophets who sne,t
comfortably cay that the yonn~
man cannot make hIs record cles,"'
when his father make a bad record
before him, that society aud tha
evil tendencies of il, and someIhino
the ~scientists cali his 'enyiron'
ment," write the young mans 70.
cord bad in spite OF him. Oh. INV
dear boy, this is a doctrine too
cowardly for a Young man 10 A..
cept. Ever since Adam :. tha
founder OF society and the inyenl.
or of the first record ever made in
this wOrld-a man without an ,sen.
vironmenl" 10 his back, made a
bad record, and then said: "ThO
woman Thou gayest to be with me.
she did it ALL" Men have ALWAYS
plead the the irresistible force Of
surroundings and circumstances.
The woman was Younger than AL.
am /; she was weaker; many wise
men say she is intellectually the
inferior Of man /; she was a new
conner III The garden, and vet how
glad your old grandfather was to
say that il was all your grind.
mothers fault, and that being thus
led astray by influences and exam.
pies which no man could control
or resist, he should moi be held re.
sponSible for his disObediehce. And
in her turn your grandmother laid
it unto the snake, just as to-day, in
The office of the San, and in Chris.
tian homes over all this land, The
evil deed of men and servants are
laid to the cat. But, for all
this excuse, Adam was fired
out Of the garden, and it served
him right. Now, my boys, The 9th.
or man may eat forbidden fruit I'M.
til he founders, and not a bit Of
that he swallows is going 10 hurt
YOU. A dose OF strychnine big
enough to kill q COW won't hurt
you-:fyou don't swallow any oft.
When you swear. you do own
swearing; you can't borrow anolh'
er mans tongue to damn a beggar
with. When you get drunk, you
get drunk. The law doesn't finelh The
man who sells the whisky, ii fines
the men who drinks il. When yOn
steal anything from a pin to The
Broadway road, you do your own
stealing, and-in case of The pin,
at least, the law holds you respou'
Sible Tor it, not The man who coax
ed YOU 10 steal nor YET the citizen
who by owning valuable properly
which you could not buy, thereby
tempted you to steal it. You are
the fellow who does the wickedneSs
that Is wrought by your hand anu
Your lips. 1t tires me to hear a
man always excusing himself ana
citing some dreadful, wicked Jero'
beam which made him TO sin. NoI'
indeed, that we hold the Zero
ans guiltless. at must needs lha'
OffenSes come; but woe totha' mag
by whom the Oifense comethF
But because the milestone and a
soft place in the sea is the proper
combination for The man who helps
you 10 stumble, you do not 20 Tree
| have no night to turn a cross dog
into the street, but if do, be Will
bite you if you go tOoling aroul,u
him. Wherefore, care caAenI, WHICH,
by Interpretation is, "Donl mon
key with the dog" As the dOS
will not beware of You, do beware
of The dog. You may have nollcta
on the sacerdo.al garments OF your
instructor, my son, some queer
unsightly splashes here and mere
Well, | put them OH myself. WIN,
out the assistance or by the iaullO u
any man, | did it. And II 'ne'T
are any more TO 90 on before !
have it renovated | anu the oul!
fellow who can put them there,
Now you may 90 and play anu
have fun, and don't let me .. evsi
again hear you say that you SO uv
be the best boy in the world Il Only
all the other boys were dead