The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-26
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BY THE EDITOR.

thought WOulu lell Spl'lS vi liiS o"''S
people how it was, that they may Keep
their eyes open.
When | was little fellow, l took a
long walk and got very tired. An ora
gentleman said to me, $50 you got tlr-
ed, did you?"
"Yes," answered.
"Well," said he. "the next time you
90 to take walk I can tell you what
to do if you get very tired pick up u
heavy log and carry it until you are so
tired that you can scarcely stand up:
Then drop the log, and, being relieved
of that great weight, you will shoot
along as fresh as lark"
So the next time l went to walk L
got so tired that l could scarcely go
along, and was foolish enough TO pick
up q big stone and struggle along with
it about twenty yards, and then drop
ped it and expected to "shoot' for
ward, and did for about three steps,
when was ten times as tired as was
before took the stone up.
T learned from that that some hCVS
are W0rse than none.
Another time / saw stuffed dog on
porch. He was the most perfect mi
age of living dog, and | thought Tor
q few minutes that he was alive, ana
said to gentleman who was walking
with Inc, SIS that dog dead or alive" ~
Said he, He is dead he is stuffed
dog; but evo'y time he hears Nc gate
open he 6CukS."
[ worked the gate four or five times
backward and forward, but there was
no sound. Said l, sit is humbug.
He doesn't bark"
"Well," said the man, che has not
heard the gate open, has he"'
I learned FROM that that when any
thing is said to you it is not al'coys safe
to take the first meaning of 1t, but tH''
1T orer in the mind.
When L got to be little older went
to book auction and looked over .he
catalogue, and picked out four or five
books which thought I would like to
have, and in little while the auction
eer began and called of one OF my
books, and said, Here is a great book
MIR. Emerson's ReprcscAtuttUc -nCn !;
how much for this? Have l hld =,
And somebody said, "Fifty cents" l
said, "Fifty-five y the auctionrer went
went on, :Fifty-five, 1itty-iive, iiily-
five" as fast as he could talk, and got
going so fast he could not say fifty, but
said fddy-fddy,fce. Somebody else
said Sixty" anu he went on. | said,
"Sixly.five,n and they kept adding ON
and on, and finally l said, 1.-TWO dol
lars,n and got it. In similar way l
bought all the books [ had picked cut.
Then went into a bookstore anu ask
ed the price Of those books and found
that 1 had paid about seventy
cents apiece more for these shop-Worn
books than l could have bought them
new for in any store.
T learned from that that the time to
keen your head clear is when you are
making q bargain. The man who
wants to sell may be glad to get you
excited, and the man who wants to
buy must keep cool ,
When | had grown still older had
q sore throat, and instead of going to Il
good physician that lived near me |
thought 1 would send to one whose adj
vertisemeuts l saw in all the papers.
Iwrote to him, telling him l was u
young man earning my own way ana
I had sore throat, and / would IKE
him to send me something that would
be good for it, and to make the terms
as reasonable as he could, as had not
very much money. So he sent me two
pills and Il prescription for Il gd1yTc lor
inv throat. One of these pills | took.
The other have yet.
When I went to have the garglc put
up noticed that the prescription con-
tanned two things; one was chtoftdc u
sodium and the other was capsicun.
= I happened to say to the druggist,
"What kind of thing is chloride Of
sodium?" "Why," said he, ut is
common table saW." Then I said.
"What kind Of Il thing is cQ'sic,sm?n
Said he, 81 is common rel pclIpcr."
Then I showed him one of the pills,
and he said, "That is 4 blue Pill
Now ! had to pay $40 for that mcdi-
cine-that is, paid so for pill that
could have bought for twenty cents
and to find out that salt and pepper
mixed with vinegar or water would
make a gooG gargle for the throat.
You see that | have given you this
prescription for nothing.
What is the moral OF this story:
Never be deceived by great names
Chloride of sodium is salt, and cap-i-
cum is pepper; but some people would
think, as l did, that such 4 prcscrip-
tion was much more valuable with the
big name than with the common
name. Whenever any one uses big
words do not be deceived by the words !;
find out what the Mings are that the
words mean.
! will give you one more, which will
do for this time.
Once was going to take Il train to
20 to an important place. knew that
I had just about time enough to catch
it if I walked very fast. | overlook a
man on the way and he said, "Whcrc
are you going?" said II am going
to take the 1910 train.n co." said he,
"do not be in hurry am going TO
take that train" So waited behind
and walked along and had Il pleasant
chat with him; but when | got there
the train had been gone about three
minutes, and it cost me 4 large sum TO
reach the place by 4 special convey
nnce.
What is the moral of that: When
you kn0W you are right, 90 ahead on
you- oWn account, and let the other
man keep up to you.
That is one lesson, and there are Il
good many more the most serious Of
which is, never put off giving your
heart to God because somebody else
saws, 81 am going to do it sometime t;
wait for me and we will both do it to-
gether.n
Editor New York Christian Advocate.