Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-14

NV iile pTlNtifNe ol cCtllk Ills garner
because one visitor has done wrong
No. let them come and see the bcaud
ful grounds"
And when the gardener wished tC
give the king the name of the offender
who had taken the royal flower, he
said. No. my memory is very tena-
cious and do not want TO have in my
mind the name of the offender. lest il
should hinder me granting him favor
some other time Now ! want you
to know that kindness is a royal flower,
and blessed be God. the King of mercy
and grace, that by divine gift and not
by purloining. we may pluck this royal
flower and not wear It on the outside
of our nature but wear il in our soul
and wear it forever. its radiance and
aroma not more wonderful for time
than wonderful for eternity.
POWER or THR TONGUE.
Still further. | must speak of kindness
of word. When you meet any one do
you say a pleasant thing or an unpleas-
antf DO you tell him of agreeable things
you have heard about him or the disa-
greeablei When he leaves you does
lac feel better or does he feel worse
Oh. the power Of the tongue for the
production of happiness or misery
One would think from the way the
tongue Is Gagged in we might take the
hint that It has a dangerous power.
First it is chained to the back part OF
the mouth by strong muscle. Then il
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 puwer of compression and
arrest And yet, notwithstanding these
four imprisonments or limitations, how
many take no hint in regard to the dan
gerous power of the tongue, and the re
suits are laceration. specification and
damnation.
There are those if they know good
thing about you and bad thing, viii
mention the bad thing and act as
though they had never heard the good
thing. Now. there are two sides to
almost every ones character, and we
! have the choice of overhauling 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 arei
How little of navigation you must
know to run on these rocksl Didn't
you know better than to put out on
the Mediterranean this wintry month";
1t was not much of 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
living for ourselves without having
thrust ON US two hundred and seventy
six ragamufflns.
Not so said the Maltese think
they said Come I'M SIT down by
the fire and warm yourselves! Glad
that you all got Off with your lives.
Make 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 Fou got from the floating
timbers, and here is a man with a
broken arm. We will have a doctor
come to attend to this fracture" And
though for three months the kindness
went on, we have but little more than
this brief record, ''The barbarous peo-
pie showed us no little kindness"
Oh, say the cordial thing! Say the
useful thingl Say the hospitable thing
Say the helpful thing Say the Chris
tan thingl Say the kind thing! ad-
init that this Is easier for some temper
sments than for others Some are born
pessimists, and some are born optimists,
and that demonstrates itself all through
everything Ii is cloudy morning
You meet pessimist and you say,
What weather todayr He answers,
Its going to storm" aud umbrella
under arm and waterproof overcoat
show that he Is honest in that utter
ance.
On the same block, a minute after,
you meet an optinist, and you say;
"What weather today" Good wealth
er; this is only fog and will soon scat
ter " The absence of umbrella and alb
sence of waterproof ovecoat show it is
AN honest utteranee. On your way at
noon TO luncheon you meet an opti-
mistic merchant, and you say, What
do you think OF the commercial pros.
pectsr and he says: GLORIOUS Great
crops must bring great business We
are going TO have such an autumn and
winter OF prosperity as We have never
seen"
On your way back 10 your store you
meet a poSsimiStic merchant What
do you think of the commercial pros
peets" you ask Aud he answers
"Well. | don't know. SO much graiI
win surteit the country Farmers hav,
more bushels but less prices, and tn,
grain gamblers will get their fist in
! There Is the Mckinley bill; and the ha!
crop is short in some places and in tn,
I southern part of Wisconsin they had
hailstoun and our business Is as dull a
il ever was
TOOK cpl LOOK uPl TRUST IN GOD
You win lind the same difference il
r Judgment OF character Aman Of goo,
reputation Is assailed and charged will
D some eSil deed At the frst story ia
{ pessiinlst ~ill believe In guilt ''rh
. papers said so and that's enough
o Down with hinr The optimist vi
3 say; Il don't believe a word Of H.
Z don't think that man that has bee