The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-29
iNsincERE ApMlRATlon.
A Much More Common vice Than May
at First Be Supposed.

At ElrSb ltt supposed
There are some virtues which receive
unlimited respect In name, and tife
gross and palpable infringements OF
which society Is ready enough to punish
by the loss OF her favor. yct which are
continually violated In spirit without
any social penalty, and apparently with
out any serious conviction OF wrong-do-
ing. Truthfulness is one OF these.
While an open lie is held In Just abhor-
renee by the community at large. there
are various forms OF insincerity that
receive no public censure and scarcely
awaken even a faint protest from the
average individual. One OF the COM
monest OF these forms is insiucere ad-
miration. BY this is not meant that
guile which stoops to fattery with some
definite purpose in view, but that far
more subtle and insinuating habit of
praising and commencing those persons
and things which we suppose we shall
be expected to admire. This Is much
more common practice than may at first
be supposed. Let any one carefully
listen to all the commendatory words hs
hears in single day; all the golden
opinions of great men and their works;
all the applause showered upon art
and artists; all the admiration OF
nature in her vaSious moods, and, 1T he
be possessed of keen insight. he will
I be forced to the conclusion that much of
it Is not the expression OF genuine feel
ing, but n mere echo OF other voices-a
copy of Others opinions. Or let any
one even watch his own expressions OF
applause and honor, with this thought
in view, and answer to himself honest.
ly how many of them are really and
truly the results of his own thoughts
and the translation OF his own feelings,
and how many are simply the reitera-
tion of ecomiums, which are so general
that it is taken for granted they are
just The praise of Shakespeare ars,
upon every lip, but is he II. very deed
enjoyed and appreciated by every one
who can read his words? Do the pro-
auctions OF the old masters delight the
eyes and inspire the hearts Of every one
who pronounces them superb? Is all
; the admiration of poets and poetry that
, we hear the genuine expression a the
heart? May all the iapturous excla-
nations Of delight in the grandeur of
the mountains, the sublimity of the
ocean, the peaceful beauty Of lake,
: river and meadow be directly traced to
: the emotions that have been thus
aroused ? We fear not Much of it is
; doubtless sincere and unaffected. but
| much is also uttered because 1t Is sup
? posed 10 be the right thing to say. Con-
J sciously or unconsciously, there is
La duplicity in it. an effort
i to appear to know what is
! not known and to feel what is
4 not felt Not unfrequently this is the
: unfortunate result of early training.
( the world countenance deception in the
l young really pave the way for 1t by dis
a couraging the oppression Of their crude
but original thoughts, and debating
their own instead. Children are quick
to see and avoid disapproval. and thus
d many a lesson of duplicity is learned
with fatal permanence. To this habit
T of insincere admiration may be traced
q the fact that 50 many people grow up
Z with so little real and sound thought OF
their own, with 50 little true apprecia-
= ton of beauty. with so little power oi
n discrimination and Judgment They
: have become so accustomed TO adopt the
d ideas of others, and to retail them as
5 their own, that they take but little
J, pains to cultivate any for themselves
: To extol popular author serves them
3 instead OF studying him; to praise this
picture that all are praising seems X
K them easier and safer than to try t
5 discriminate for themselves Indeed
o any true representation of themselve:
e strikes them as too tame and insipid Il
't give it utterance, and so duplicity ant
q deterioration react upon each other
IS There is no true developments withou
II sincerity, and there can be no sincerit!
l. while We copy others. rs.-Philadelphii
b Ledger.
e The mosaic with which large po
ton OF the crypt Of ST. Pauls Cath'
= dral is paved is made by the femal
conyicts at Woking prison. In cours
II of time it is probable that the who
floor may be covered with it
The heir apparent to the throne ,
: Japan, Prince Haree, is said 20 be
10 lusty and active boy OF ten years, WI
is being brought up in very sensibl
: Tay. He has plenty of exercise, al
while he attends the mobiles school.
~ is not filed with foolish ideas of b
own rank and Importance.
IL The new observatory of the Vatics
to includes in its scheme meteorological
at magnetieal, chronological. and astr
en- nomical observations. The last wi
lr- consist principally of celestial phi
IN Biography in it's different department
re The observatory of the capitol wi
ch probably not be continued.
or Five little Italian boys were reeen
ts- " sold by their parents to an ente
MS prising stranger ''for olive oil and Il
is francs apiece" and were being taken
DIV their purchaser to Hamburg, Ito
Ily shipped with plaster OF paris figures
er different parts of the world" when thu
do were found by the Austrian police
IT'S Ala, in the Tyrol, and sent home agai
OF The contagiousness of phthisis b
ar been recognized in Germany by mil
zee tary command. An edict has gone for
ms from the War Minister that the cee
ITS of every soldier shall be examined on
at a month. If it does not measu
'es enough, and does not expand with DIR
to and athletic exercises, he is dismiss
DE from the army as being predisposed
'tl- phthisis and likely to infect his CO
cn rades.
hSs -Angora-goat farming Is perhaps {
~ au- most important and profitable indust
io' of the Tasmanian farmer. This indl
er- try was introduced into Tasmania for
iIn years ago, and mohair first appeared
ny an export ten years later, the quaint
'he shipped being 1,036 pounds. In Ii
es- the clip reached 1,157, 900 pounds, Y
AN ued at 5000, 900, lille in 1887 Z, ,154,
ers pounds of hair were exported, valued
en- over one million dollars (the price