Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-03-22
The Workers of the World---Past and
Present.

New York Ledger.
Every man is bound To work in
some way or Jther. If he does not
procure employment for himself, the
devil, according to the learned and
pi0us DIR. Watts, is sure to furnish it
for him.
Labor is one of the conditions of
strength. All slothful races are weak,
ply Sically, morally and intellectual
ly Go to the Intercepted regions,
where nature, without culture, pro-
duces all that is necessary to supply
the animal wants Of man, and you
will find the native deficient alike in
brain and Drawn.
Morality is at the lowest possible
ebb among the lazy tribes Of hot
countrieS-a fact that demonstrates
the truth of the theory so musicaiiy
prOpOunded by Il old friend DIR.
Watts.
1t ought to be Il great consolation
to the wOrk.day world that it could
thrash the play-day world in a fair
fight, without pulling off its jacket.
And yet the stalwart toilerS are some
times foolish enough to envy the eff
Terminate Do.nothings. Silly fellows,
they do not know that the most val
liable of all jewels are the sweat
heads that fall from their OWL pores
most valuable, because they pur-
chase health, vigor and sound repOse;
things which all the gems of Golcon-
da cannot buy. There is no real en-
jOyment save that which is fairly
earned either by hand-work, or both.
1t is true that the human machine
may be overtasked. 1t sometimes is.
But in these days, when the toughest
portion of the worlds work is done
by steam-driven iron, there is no me-
cessity, in enlightment countries, for
mar to overstrain his strength.
Let those who are inclined to grum-
BILE at their share of the wear and
tear of life, glance back into antiquity
and learn to be content with their
lot. The miserable ancients-the
toiling class we mean-had a hard
time of it. Think now the steam.
engineless Egyptians must have
strained their unfortunate arms and
spines while piling up the Pyramids
and scooping out the Catacombs-
how the comparatively screwless and
~leverless Chinese must have ruined
their constitution in building theil
"Great Wall" to keep out the Tar
tars-and at what a cost Of broken
backs and contracted sineWs the i'm.
mense masses of rock on Salisbury
Plain were brought from distant
quarries and arranged in circles fol
the mysterious uses Of Nobody-knows
who.
Possibly the poor wretches of thu
past had some mechanical helps thar
we know of, but certainly they haC
no steam engines. Look at the gi
gantic results of Roman labor as seer
in the moldering remains of the no
blest acqueducts, Ravens, roads, anC
public buildings that were ever con
structed. 1t seems incredible tina
these were the achievements of mer,
muscle. The Romans conquered tn,
world, though--we must remembe
that-and that it was only when the,
became lazy when they lost it. Afte
all there is nothing like hard work
it is the parent of greatness.
We have not a very high opinion
of the Turks, but they have one ad
mirable maxim, viz: that every boy
no matter what his degree, shall b
taught some handicraft whereby
under any circumstances, he may ge
a living. Sultan Mahmound was
tolerable shoemaker, and other Sui
tans, were compelled in their youtl
to learn mechanical trades. Tn
worst of it i that your Ottoman is S