Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-30

"Sufsci-nt unto tn day." ami Think nos
OF the morr,sw,r we're the iass words Oh his
ips Lefore going 70 sleep. and they sere re-
psatsd with ., much reverence. aud such evt
dent desire to get hoid of ths faisn which wza
dimiy dawning rpua him. that his good angel
must have feis comfortsd
Promptly at g the next morning the young
man took his p.sce Oh his car rhe fira
thing to do was % sweep il out Charles
Barney hai never used . broom In bis life. but
be gave hix mind 10 the work and sucrrsissd
Ia appearing much issssvkward thao be felt
There was q good deal to learn. insiAsd much
more than he sat,p1sei, bat 10 listersst % the
NUMEROUS iastrur tious with attention. aiai his
new WORK coGne1scet
IL was NOT quite a. dreadful - De bad sup
posed Still 1t Was dissastef1l eoeugh. and
the poor fellow wondered IL he sh,,aid ever
zes ussi 10 it. At noon. on his retirn To the
car station, be found letter from his rev
friend, with an Enclosure Of IS,
II had an impression" is said, that you
were entirely out of money. | tried ones
when I was about your age to live without
eating. It didn't work | am sure it won't
In your ease. Come In and ses me some time
When you have leisure. Keep up your cnur
age and stick 70 your stenography-"
The ars, thought that went through the
young mans mind he read and 10 read this
kind letter was that this rich merchant didn't
feel himself Above assoeiating with = car cot-
ductor. To do him justice be recognized that
tt,ir WIS a very mean consideration Then he
wondered how long IL would be before be
could return the money. and concluded h-
could do il in two weeks Then, and not TIL
then. would he call on the gentleman
Only All hour could be given to study in the
first twenty -four hours Of his new life, but
this time was a refresnment instead Of .
drag. and When he put away his book for the
.Isep he must have II was with real reluct
ance.
He had beeu employed about two months
when one morning Uncle Adoniram stepped
On his car His first impulse was 70 pull hi'
hat down over bis eyes and avoid recognition
II possible, but Charles Barney was learning
manliness rs well as application, and he iai-
ne,iiately thought better Of it. The old man
did not look up when his nephew gave him
his change, bit Charles said softly, Good
morning, uncle" and then he sprang To his
feet
.Charlesr be exclaimed, grssping the con
ductors hand Charles. my boy, how do
you dor
There was abundant love and heartiness in
Uncle Adonirams voice and manner. ami
there was something more that was new t.
Charles He knew now that for the first time
his uncle really respected lin. and out Of this
a stronger courage was born.
II have been very lonely without you, the
old man said as he stood on the back plat
form with his nephew. and ! have been
worried about you, too. Why have you no;
BEEN hoIns, CHARLSE
because ! wanted TO see il ! was really
going TO keep nv position" the young niaa
answered; '.a.id because, uncle, wanted 10
rid myself OF all feeling OF humiliation before
! saw you again.
" mere do you stand in the matter nowf'
Uncle Adoniram inquired, as he brushed a
tear froH his cheek.
Almost on my feet" Charles repliei
Are you looking for anything else. my
boyr
Il am studying stenography with all my
might, uncle, and am getting along finely
By and by shall have mastered it. and tnen
| can always find employment.
Your discipline has made a man OF you,
Cbarlesl" said his uncle. Il knew it would
Don't stay away from the old man. my boy
God bless and keep you"
The young man went home the next day,
for he felt that his uncle needed him. but lie
still kept hiS position car conductor, and
studied every spare moment. His uncle read
to him and laughed at the strange characters
he so deity put OIL paper, and in this man
ner a year went by Then Charles Barney
found more congenial employment. helped To
it by the merchant who had been his stead
fast friend. He had served an invaluable
apprenticeship to the inexorable tas&master,
necessity, and had been an apt scholar, not
only learning dispatch and application, but
finding out that a true man can ennoble the
lowliest labor.-Eeanor Kirk in Youths
Companion.
How to Live Long.
What is the secret of longevity everybody
will ask Well the chief feature Of it ap
pears to have been discovered long ago by
Heine "A man should be very careful"
SAID that brilliant cynic, ''in the choice of his
forefathers." The great thing, in fact, to he
gin with is to come of a good stock-to have
had line Of ancestors physically and men
tally strong
Then, we gather, the next step is to be born
a woman, or more strictly speaking a female
"Women," Hufeland declares, ''are more
two centenarians referred to by DR.. Hum
phry, thirty six were Of what is absurdly
called 1.-THE weaker sex"
1t is well, apparently. to be either clergy
man or a lawyer: such men live the longest
1t would take too long to inquire why; suf
fee 1t that the statement carries conviction
with it
1t is pleasant for many of us to know, on
such good authority as DR.. Rooses, that
wealth does not necessarily insure prolonged
existence. The poor ought to have every
consolation possible, and it should crafty
them to know that, if life is not pleasant
for them as for the rich, it is likely to be at
least quite as long II not longer Moreover,
certain proportion Of them may be still fur
Their gratifiel to learn-the u V erage street boy
will delight in it-that cleanliness is, seem
ingly by no iueaiis essential to longevity
We read of feminine c,utenarian who, &c
cording to DR.. E"ise, mast ave been "a sim
gularly dirty person She sIneared her face
with lard and tilought if she washed she
would be sure 10 take cold. But perhaps it
would not be wise to argue too rigidly from
even half "a dozen cases Of this sort "a the
whole, to b. clean appears to be rather a help
to health. Dispatch