Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-08-10
TIE hAslr OF LYING.
fsi4ehoods That Are Really . Credit 70
Those who Tell Them.

rsi4ehoods That Are Really . Credit te
Tho.. who Tell Them.
Have YOU ever noticed how general
the habit OF telling falsehouds is among
your acquaintances and even with your
sell? II not. just set apart one day 10
keep track OF your own sayings and
tho dse Of others. and II you can not say
at he end OF the day that this world Is
INSIDE up of people who habitually tell /
iibk and falsehoods then IL can be safely
inferred that you have not talked with
any body and have been silent yourself,
or else that you have grown iorgetful
and have no, Tailed correctly. do not
hold up your hands in holy horror at
tn is statement. bat read ON and find out
the use and abuse of untruthS False
h, |ods. when used in the proper place.
are not, as many suppose. things to be
m arked up against us In the records by
which we shall eventually be judged.
but on the contrary. according 10 my
/ ideas. will ent.tte us To bright
SAMMY spot In the great Okla
! hbma OF the future What can be
/ more noble than the words Of the
sick man who. although he feels that
bis maiady IL growing worse, In order
tb save Is friends anxiety declares that
NE Is getting better and while pains
rack his body declares that he is rest
Ing comfortably What more generous
than the words OF the child which will
give up its sweets To another and say
that Il does not care for them. while
IN reality its mouth il fairly water
lug for them? What can cause us TO
respect young lady more than to hear
her tell her parents. whs>n she knows ARE
hversed to her attending an opera OF
some other amusement. that she does
not care TO go. thus relieving the pa.
rental minds Of the idea that possibly
they have caused pain by expressing
their wishes? Or who II more deserv.
ing OF kindness than the man who,
in order 10 help a fellow-being will
devote valuable time 20 his assistance
and then declare that the act did not
Inconvenience him In the least and that
the time he spent in doing IL was value.
less? These are the kinds OF false.
hoods aud fibs that are a credit
Ito those who tell them. There
are only two other kinds OF un
truths. and one OF those, | think, !,
the kind which should cause us tC
pity. not TO blame. the one who tells
them. These are the malformations o
truth which the genus yarn spinner
gets of. which, although they may b,
''whoppers." never harm any body, ant
you generally find that the man who
gets of yarns OF this sort Is harmless
and will not tell falsehOod in order 4
injure his neighbor. That which ha
ruined the regulations Of tibs, false
hoods. untruths and yarns is the genu
inc ''lie." BY that word is meant tina
which IL told by the scandal-monger
the sneak. and those who, althoug II
they may bear the appearance and rep
utltion Of honest people. have yet tina
on their tongues which is more dan
gerous than the venom OF the viper
BY all means encourage the prodnctio
OF the harmless but useful iib or whit
p lie, and don't discourage the man VIII
z is fond OF telling yarns. as he derives
pleasure from them himself. even II a
outsider does not, AMI he never harm
4 but OF all things avoid vicious an
4 deliberate liar. Chicago Journal