The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19
we'll as ito, have,you renounce your 6ccu,
patton and associate with them. Much,

we'll as to hive you renouhce your bccu,
patton and associate with them. Much
Of the time they lounge around tile
club-rooms or the doors OF engine
houses, or after the dining hour stand
upon the steps or fashionable hotel or
an elegant restaurant, wishing to give
yor he ldea that that is the place
where they dine. But they do not dine
there: They arc sinking down lower
and lower, day by day. Neither by
day nor by night have anything to do
with tho idlers. Before you admit a
man into your acquaintance ask him
politely: "What do you do for a liylng?"
II he says, ''Nothing; I am a gentle-
man, look out for him. He may have
q very soft hand and very faultless
apparel, anu have a high sounding
family name, but his touch is death. Be-
fore you know it you will III his pres
ence be ashamed of your work dress.
Business will become to you drudgcry,
and after awhile you will lose your
place, and afterwards your respectable
ity. and last Of all your soul. Idleness
NEXT DOOR TO YILLAINY.
Thieves, gamblers, burglars, shoplifters,
and assassins are made from the class
who have nothing t do. When the
police go to hunt up and arrest Il cul-
prit, they seldom go to look in among
tho busy clerks or in the busy carriage
factory, but they go among tho group
Of idlers. The play is going on at the
theatre, when suddenly there is y scutlie
IN the top gallery. What is it? A
policeman has come in, and, leaning
over, has tapped on the shoulder u
young man saying: 81 want you, sir"
IIe had not worked during Tile day. but
somehow had raked together Il shilling
or two to get into the top gallery. He
is an idlcr. The man on his right hand
is an idler, and the man OH his left hand
Is All ldler.
Shrink back from likeness in your
SELF and in others ii you would main
tain a right position. Good old Ashbel
Green, at moro than eighty years Of age
was found busy writing, and some
young man said to him. "NYhy do you
keep busy2 1t is time for you TO rest"
He answered: II keep busy to Keep
out OF mischief" No mau is strong
enough TO be Idle.
~ NOTABLE PICTURE.
Are you fond Of pictures? If so I
will show you one Of the works of an
old master. Here 1T Is: " went by
tho field OF The slothful, and by The
vineyard of tho man void Of UNDER
standing; and lol it was all grown over
with thorns, and mettles had covered
the face thereof, and the stone wall
was brokon down. Then L saw ara
considered we'll. l looked upon it and
received instruction. Yet u little sleep,
a little slumber, q little folding Of the
hands to sleep. SO shall thy poverty
como as onc that trayeletll, and thy
want as All arMlc:l man. i don't
know OF another sentence in the Bible
more explosive than that. it ii,st
Kisses softly, like tile fuse Of u cannon,
and at last bursts like a iifty-!our
FOUNDER. The old proYerb was right:
''I'he devil tempts most men, but idicrS
tempt the doyil."
a young man came to q man of nine
ty years of age and said to him: "How
have you made out to live SO long and
be SO well2n The old man took tho
youngster to Ill orchard, and, pointing
to some large trees full Of apples, said:
81 planted these trees when was boy,
and do you wonder that now I am per-
United to gather the fruit of them?'
Wo gather in old age what wo plant in
our youth. Sow to the wind, and we
reap the whirlwind. Plant in early life