The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
DON'T TOUCH IT, FRIEND.
LEARN BY EXPERIENCE WHAT TO DO
AND WHAT NOT TO DO.

Imean, for instance, the food that hurts
you every time"
Why not learn something by experienced
II certain solid always distresses you, or
eight times out Of ten is subsequent misery
to you. why not turn against" the thing as
viciously as it is against" you'
"But even my daughter, not half as strong
as |, can eat it. ;"
That may be. Great is the mystery OF the
human stomach have long ago concluded
that it is no sign l can eat and digest and as
simulate an article of food because some one
else even less rugged than can. know
man to whom butter is rank poison: he has
not dared to taste it for fifty years.
The grossest folly in the world is persistent
punishment of ones poor self by attempting
again and again a Wand that was never Gre
ated for your use. If a man is my enemy, or
even decidedly distasteful to me, do not at
tempt to make a bosom friend Of him. Why
should act on a different rule with my
enemy, pumpkin pie? No, thank you. The
seductive thing still looks tempting, ana, [
presume, would Taste relishful were to try
it.; but more than eight years ago the last
pumpkin pie wrought its misery on ME. The
sickness of that day cost me just Sll6.67, a
profit should have made had been well
enough to attend to business. Being perfect
ly miserable and helpless, Host the days
transactions. The diet that did it had often
unhorsed me. Iresolved to say good-by for
ever. Are you not in memory Of some such
dietic experience, dear readerl And do you
persist
HANDLING "PoIsoS IVY"
Ny youngest brather, now spending few
days with me on my farm, cannot handle
"poison IVY" can touch it with impunitv;
it never injured me. AS boy used to os-
tsntatiously wreathe it about my neck, rub
its leaves till my hands were green with its
juice and do what would with this charm
ing vine, unhurt; for charming vine it Is
when the frosts touch it in the early autumn,
changing its verdure to festoons OF brilliant
scarlet and deep maroon. Now, James, my
brother, has Just acted the FOOLS part again
Last Tuesday he tried it again, just to show
the children that he dare do what Harkley
did" You should see his elephantine hands
He cannot pick up pin with those swollen
fingers to save his life. upbraided him. He
answered, well, thought in twenty years
my constitution might have changed" The
dunce
Why should man, who cannot touch wine
with self restraint, venture to let his glass be
filed at his club supper because other men
can use wine temperately9 There is no dis
putting the fact that some men are temperate
and others Incorporate Each should judge
for himself. Certainly he is wicked wretch
who does thing that exposes him to loss Of
self control, knowing the experience.
One man cannot speculate. If he goes into
Wall street he becomes insane. The fret, the
wild excitement Of the changing market, up
set his sleep, his appetite, his whole nervous
system. There is only one rule for such
man, If be would live out his days. Don't
touch speculative venture. I know singer
whose voice fits her for tho platform. But
the nervous excitement Of confronting an
audience acts strangely upon her health.
Some actors, singers, public speakers, grow
fat upon the toll Of their place; sleep, relish
for food, all the physical functions flourish
on the exciting life they lead. My dear
friend, however. must simply choose another
vocation. There are no two ways about it.
If we, her best friends, can have our way,
when the next manager approaches her with
a $1,000 offer for two months engagement,
we shall hear her say, 81 will not touch it"
For her husbands sake, for the sake Of her
beautiful children, for her own charming
self's sake, this should be her prompt, resolute
reply.
Health is matter of surroundings, OF St
ness of things, more than we realize. man
may work calling for time. making
money His youth, his surplus Of energy,
may enable him to resist the evil physical ef-
fects OF that calling. Yet in the middle
period OF life he will begin to cripple. Then
is the time to change. He ought to have laid
up savings sufficient to support him while in
a transition to business that he can health
fully pursue. He probably will have hatter-
ing overtures to continue. Don't listen to
them, my friend. Save your health. Stop
in season. Your health is worth more to
your family than anything else on earth, ex-
cept your honor. To change today is to live
to green old age. Next year will be too
late.
BE ALWAYS ON THE WATCH.
All along the journey Of existence am on
the watch as to the things that are hurting
me. Not that live life of cringing fear
keep my eyes open and study effects. I
will not twice put my hand on stinging
bee If | can avoid it. I will not expose my
self to the August sun on broiling day if it
Is possible to avoid it; one narrow escape
from sunstroke is quite enough for me. l
will not cool of in draught when in per
spiration; have had my rheumatism, and
II shall not be in vain
However tempting book, VIII not read
it in twilight So might go on to show
you. fair reader, that what I so earnestly
preach to you am willing to practice The
rule is wide in application. SINE men are
''bound to do thing just to SLOW that they
can," ignoring injuries invariably expert
enced. In trade this spirit leads to bankrupt
cy in the end. Let a thing alone if it has
tumbled you once, at least leave it if twice
YOU have suffered mean that if mining
has swamped you twice, decide that life is
too short for you to go putting savings in the
ground Let the other fellow try it. Your
strong point is not mining. Are you poor
Judge of oats! Let the other fellow deal in
grain You are better fitted for dry goods.
1t is true that by years Of application the
ASS -
might make fair physician. But be spoils
a great inventor to become a pasSable doctor.
The avoidance Of injury is q more rare art
than pluck and courage. Success waits on
safety. TO learn the secret of safety is the
highest wisdom, Preserve yourself. Pre-
serve your eyesight, your hearing, your
relish for food, your powers Of application.
Take good care Of yourself. Mark the places
where you slipped aud sprained your foot.
Buoy out the channel you have sailed over.
Make your own chart. Be your own physi-
clan, as far as possible, by preventing the i'll
turns that show plain causes in the backward
look. Hurts in life are worse than fatigues.
1t is not hard work that kills It is woun6s IDS
stacles any man OF spirit can surmount. But
= broken leg no man can quite recover from
Things that hurt US are more also than
things that hinder US. And, thank God, it Is
possible to avoid most the injuries under
which the thoughtless and the headstrong
.u::er For great Nature is a kind mother
30 al |, ~. ca ,-oS,,l children -Harkley Harker