Democratic messenger., 1889-07-06

OStttiuut 10 swing THO ncuu trOtn
side 10 side, as when II is wagged IN
is unnatural and unpleasant;
10 throw il back. invites vertigo; but
to drop tho chin in greeting is accom-
panied with so little cxcrtion that all
day long and every day you might
practice il without the least sem
blance Of fatigue So. also. the
Of the hand indicates
handshaking: the knucklcs not made
50 that the fingers can turn out. but so
made that the fingers eau turn in, MS
in clasping hands: and the thumb
divided from and set aloof from the
fingers. 80 that while the fingers take
your nciglbor's hand ON one side. the
thumb takes il on the other, aud,
pressed together. all the faculties Of
the hand give emphasis To the sal,ita.
ton. Five sermons IN every healthy
hand urge MS To lamdshaking.
EE KIND To EvERYEnpy.
Besides this. every day when you
start out. load yourself up with kind
thoughts. kind words. kind express
sions and kind greetings. When
man or woman ,iocs well. tell him so.
tell her SO. II you meet some one who
is improved in health. and il is de-
moiistrslted in girh and color. say:
How well you look" But il ON the
oth /. l.ard. under the wear and tcar
of life hc appears pale and exhausted,
do not introduce sanitary subjects. or
say anything nj all ubou, physical
conditions. In the case Of improved
health. you have by yo,ia words given
another impulse towards the robust
and the jocund; while in the case
Of the failing health you have ar.
rested the decline by your silence.
by which he concludes: IF ! were
really so badly oiI. he would have
said something about H. We ARE all.
especially those Of "A nervous icnipcra.
mcnt. susceptible to kind words and
discoiriging words. Form n con
spirmy against us. and let ten men
meet us at certain points om our way
over To business. and let each one say /:
How sick ..ou look. though we
should start out we'll. after meeting
the first and hearth. his depressing
salute. we would begin Ia examine our
symptoms. Aftcr meeting the second
gloomy arcosiing. we would conclude
we did not feel quite rs well Us usual.
After meeting the third our sensations
would bc dreadful. and after meeting
the fourth, unless we expected CON
spiacy. we would go home and gn Ia
bed. and the either six lGssimiSts would
be- Il useless surplus Of discourage
ment. My dear sir. my dear madam,
what do you mean by going about this
world with dislicaricnmcntSI Is not
the supply Of gloom and trouble and
misfortune enough Ia meet the de
mand without Your running. II factory
of pins and spikes. Why should you
plant black and blue in the world
when God 81 seldom plants ihrml
Plenty of scarlet c"l"rs. plenty Of vel
low. plenty of green. plenty of pink.
but very seldom - plnui black or blue
| never siw black flower. and there's
only here aud there u blue hnll or II
violet. but the blue ls for the most part
reserved for the SKY. and we have Ia
look up 10 see that. aud when we look
up no color can do us harm. Why
not plant along the paths Of others the
DO not pr"phcSy misfortune. II you
mus, he n prophet ut all beam Ezekiel.
and not Jeremiah. In ancient
times prophets who forctold evil were
doing right. for they were divine.
~ directed; but the prophets Of
evil in our time are generally
false prophets. Some of our weather
wise people arr prophcsying we shall
havca summer of unparalleled scorch.
II will not be that nj all. think we
are going Ia have II summer of great
harvest and universal health; ut any
rate know rs much about as they do.
Last fall all the weather prophets
agreed in saying we should have a
winter of extraordinary severity. bliz-
zarl on the heels of blizzard. II was
the mil,lcst winter ever remember "
have passed. lvdccd. the autumn and
the spring almost showed winter out
of the procession Zeal troubles have
no herills ruInin.: ahead of their
>oInh'r charinis. aud no one has any
authority in our time Ia announce
their coming lnad Yourself up with
helpful words and deeds The hymn
once sung in our churches is unfit Ia
hc sung. for il says
wr,aoilid suspect snlir. danger near
Where We i'rsq., delight
In other words, manage Ia kccl
miserable all the time The old song
sung al the planes u quarter Of a cen
iury ago WAS right: Kind words can
never die Such kind words have
their nests in kind hearts. and when
they are haichcd out and take wing
they circle round ia flights that never
cease. and sportsman gun cannot
shoot them. aud storins cannot rutiit
their wings. aud when they cease
flight IN these lower skies IL earth
they sweep around amid the higher
attitudes of heaven. Al lIaliluiona few
days ngo ! talked into u phonograph,
The cylinder containing the words
was sent an la Washington. and the
next day that cylindcr. from anoth
ar photographic instrument. when
turned. gave back Ia me the vcry
words ] lad uttered the day before
and with the same ini"naiions. Scold
inloa plionogE,ph. aud il will scold
hack. Pour mild words into phono
| graph. aud II Will return the gentle
ness. S,riciy and the world. and the
church. nc phonogr,phs Give then
acerbity and rough treatment. ane
accrbiiy and ruugh trs,imcnt yon vii
get hack Give tlr-,, practical friend
illness. aud they will give back pr:,cti
cal friendlincSs. \ father asked hi'
little daughter: Mary, why is il thai
everybody loves your" She answered
Il don't know, unless il is because
love everybody" ~ man that hatl
friends must show himself friendly.
We want something like that spirit o
sacrifice for others which WAS seen il
the English channel. where in th'
storm boat containing three men wa
upset, and all three wcc IN the water
struggling for their lives. y boa
I came io their relief. and rope wa,
4 thrown 20 one of them, aud he rfu@s
To take i. saying ''F'iI>, ling IL {,
Tom; hs is just ready tu go down.
can last some time longer. y mai
! like that. bc he sailor ar landSnan, II
! hc in upper ranks OF sricty ar lowel
ranks. will always have plenty o