The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-10-16


may pluck this royal flower and not
wear IL on the outside of our nature
but wear IL i'm our soul and wear il for
ever, It's radiance and aroma not more
wonderful for time than wonderful for
eternity
Still further, | must speak of kind
ness of word. When you meet anyone
do you say pleasant thing or an un-
pleasant? DO Y tell him of agreea-
BILE things you have heard about him.
or the disagrccablc? When he leaves
you does NE feel better, or does he feel
worse? Oh, the power OF the tongue
for the production of happiness or mis-
cry! One would think. from the way
the tongue is Gagged in, we might take
the hint that 1T has dangerous power
! First it is chained to the back part of
the mouth by strong muscle. Then
! II is surrounded by the teeth of the
! lower jaw, so many ivory bars; and
! then by the teeth of the upper jaw,
more ivory bars. Then outside
of all are the two lips with the power
of compression and arrest And yet
Notwithstanding these four imprison-
iiiNhb0 VI llIlldIlOHSt bOW lldIN IdhC
no hint in regard TO the dangerous
power of the tongue, and the results
are laccration, scari6cation and damna-
ton, There are those, if they know q
good thing about you and bad thing,
will mention the bad thing and act as
though they never heard the good
thing. Now there are two sides to al
most every ones character, and we
have the choice of ovcrhauing the
virtue or the vice. We can greet Paul
and the ships crew as they come up the
beach Of Malta, with the words: What
a sorry looking set you are! How little
OF navigation you must know to run
on these rocks! Didn't you know bet.
ter than to put out on the Mediter-
rancan this wintry month? 1t was
not much of n ship anyhow, or it would
not have gone to pieces so soon as that.
Well, what do you want? We have |
hard enough work to make n living for |
ourselves without having thrust on us |
two hundred and seventy-six ragamuf- |
fms" Not SO said the Maltese think |
they said: Come in! Sit down by the
fire and warm yourselves! Glad that
yourselves at home. You are welcome
to all we have until some ship comes
in sight and you resume your voyage.
Here, let me put bandage on your
forehead, for that is an ugly cash you
got from the floating tim crs, and here is
a man with broken arm. We will
have doctor come to attend to this
fracture" And though for three months
the kindness went on, we have but lit
tie more than this brief record: THE
barbarouS people showed us no little
kindness"
Oh! say the cordial thing! Say the
usual thing! Say the hospitablc thing!
Say the hopeful thing! Say the Christ
like thing! Say the kind thing! | adj
NIT that this is easier for some temper !
lmcnts than for others. Some are born
pessimists, and some arc born opti-
mists, and that demonstrates itself all {
through every thing. 1t is a cloudy I
morning. You meet a pessimist and '
YOU say: What weather to-day?" lie
ITS going to storm" and {
umbrella under arm and waterproof
>vcrcoat show that he is honest in that I
tie after you meet an optimist and you {
Jay: What weather to-day?" Good {
weather; this is only fog a
md will soon scatter" The alb a
ence of an umbrella and the {
lbscnce of waterproof over t
oat show it is an honest uttcrance. On a
our way at noon to luncheon YOU meet h
N optimistic merchant and you say:
What do You think Of the commercial
'rospects?' and he says GLORIOUS. r
'reat crops must bring great business. =
We are going TO have such an autumn :,
nd winter of prosperity as we have \
ever seem" On your way back TO your =
tore you meet a pcssimistic merchant.
What do you think of the commercial "
rospects?' you ask. And he answers:
Wen, | don't know. So much grain
'ill surfeit the country. Farmers have
lore bushels, but less prices, and the :,
rain gamblers will get their fist in. y,
here is the Mckinley bill; and the -
ay crop is short in some places, and in =,
ne southern part of Wisconsin they -
nd hail-storm and our business is as -
NIL as ever it was" VI
You will find the same difference in G
idgment of character. A man of good -
'putation is assailed and charged with g.
'me evil deed At the first story the
essimist will believe in guilt The -,
ipers SAID so, and that's enough
own with him" The optimist will =,
": 81 don't believe a word of il.
mt think that n man that has been
useful and seemingly honest for T.,
'enty years could have got off the r
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