The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-11
LIARS OF ALL SORTS.
Prcvaricators Diagnosed and Classified by
One Who Knows Them.

| PrcvaricatOrs Diagnosed and ClaSSlneO DS
| One Who Knows Them.
\ liar sa person who tells falsehoods
habitually. The word habitually is
used advisedly. A man may take a
drink occasionally without being q
drunkard. It would be hard to class
man as liar who has only occasionally
made false representation. An emf
nent merchant once said no man could
carry on large dry goods business and
get rich at it without lying some. If
he did not lie some he could have men
about him who could say enticing
things and make the worst seem the
best. The goods must be sold at profit
to make money. There are many liars
in this world. The Psalmist remarked :
~ said in my haste all men are liars" "
If he could have deliberated on this
thing during an exciting election con-
contest he might have changed his
mind at leisure. Master George Wash
ington said he could not tell a lie.
If he could not tell one then, ofcourse
his merit for truthfulness was not 80
great as that of one who could tell lie
and would not. But it must be remem-
bered that when George made mis-
merit for truthfulness was he not so great
as that of one who could tell a lie and
would not. But it must be remem-
bered that when George made his cher
ry-tree remark about his truthfulness
he was small boy, and that was long
before he engaged in politics. When
he was running for office and before he
became President, he never said any
thing about not being able to tell lies,
He had promises to make and post
offices to give out, and had to do the
best he could.
Lady Macduff, talking to her little
son during the troublesome times in
Scotland, when men died "ere the
flowers III therr caps withered,": told
him that a traitoris man who lies and
swears, and that they mnst all be
hanged, every one. "Who must hang
them?" asked the boy. "Why, the
honest men," said the mother, "Then,"
said the boy, "the liars and swearers
are fools; there are liars and swearers
enough to beat the honest men and
hang them up" That's how the popu-
lation averaged in those days. Things
have changed since then. Perhaps there
are more liars now, There are more
people.
Somebody is responsible for this. Sa-
tan is on record as the father of lies,
Somebody was the father of Satan. 1t
is written that Satan was once ap angel
and stood high among his associates. It
is terrible to think he could have been
an angel in heaven and telling lies so
stoutly that he was called the Father
of Lies. He must have done something,
for the story goes that he was cast out
Of heaven and sent below for being a
bad angel. 1t shows now low even an
angel may fall. But let that pass.
There are numerous kinds of liars. A
few of the little untruths one meets in
society are called white lies. A polite
person Gays she is glad to see you when
she is not; she says to sesvaat that
she is not at home when the wrong per-
son calls; that she will be sure to keep
an engagement-one she regrets having
made and does not intend keeping
chose uiay be called white lies. Friendly
lies may be told by friends who ape try
ing to make the best Of bad news, and
think they are doing it for the best.
Black and malicious liars are those who
lie to do harm, who pe1ure themselves
to CONVICT others for crimes. They de-
serve the hottest daMnatiGR that can
be laid out for them. A man associated
with Falstaf said: II do despise liar"
So do we all. They are "infinite and
endless liars and hourly promise-break-
e..'s." They are all despised.
There are Dragging !iars. They have
always something wonderful to say
about themselves that really never
happened. They will tell you what
this or that great man said to them
when he said nothing. They brag
about their business when they are
doing nothing to speak OF,
The Oldest inhabitant liar Is among
the most harmless of all old bores. He
will tell you all about Jackson's war,
and how the cotton bales were placed |
for breastworks, as they have never |
been placed since, and how things |
looked when the stars fell, and how he
skated to Algiers when the Mississippi !
River was frozen over, how he talked |
with Lafayette, and how he actually |
took in everything he had ever read
about. The oldest inhabitant liar is
too old to be disposed of: and there is
no backing down q man who tells you
of what he has seen and heard him,
self.
The campaign liar is superb. He is so
grand that his friends have to nail him
to keep him down on earth. He works
for both andany sides at the same time.
He stops at nothing softer than brick
wall. When the campaign is not too
clean he will undertake to ruin the
character of any candidate. He is not
thought much of.
The polite liar is delicious. He al
ways says you are looking we'll that
you do not seem day older than you
lid ten years ago-that he is delighted