The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-04-14
EDTTOR's CHAT.

TEARING DOWN AND BUILDING Up.
There are those who go through life with an nx
and pick. What they cannot cut down they dig
up and DESTROY.
The sia:eiiest tree and the humblest shrub are
alike the prey OF their vandal touch.
They n curse and a scourge TO The earth, and
that community is TO be pitied that numbers them
in its annual statistics.
No life SO pure, no character SO chaste no fire.
eide so sacred but that The hand OF the destroyer
Will fino them oBt.
They cast suspicion upon every noble act and
dispersion upon the motives of the most just.
They convert commentator Into a sneer and
turn The bloom aud glory Of life into arid desert
OF jeering unbelief.
Philanthropy and religion are n rnockery on
their lirs and Deity profaned by the aspersion
they cast upon all lie has wrought.
There are those again. who follow IN the foot
steps Of Gle destroyer, but only to heal and TO
bless They bind up the brol<en-hearted and in
epire the faint and weary with new hope and trust
They plant tie seeds Of and beneficent life
even in ti4e most forbidding soil. End nurture II
with The hand Of LelpiGlness and water 1t with
their tears.
What The NIX has marred and the pick has over
turned they bind with The sweet cords of mercy
and resbifnate with the whisperiug.s Of hope
They still the stormy passions OF the multitude
famine and confusion.
Tire aud the pick have their uses If bot 10 cut
away the had to make room for the good
Better still are 10 Sc. the foundations O.
character broad and deep, 10 hcw The rough cor
neus, polish aud enibellsh after the simi itude
Of palace"
nyou cauno: help do not hinder; II you canno,
praise do not condemn; il you are in doubt keen
silence.
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st. and let your footsteps he traced by the good
deeds you have done. not by the havoc you have
spread ia the pathway OF Others.
PASSING IL REVIEW
The attention Of the C. c. is called 10 the poiics
In tue Relief Corps Department Of the beautiful
sea-sheiis gathered arc cleaned by Nellie Iaue
and her veteran husband, South Uapeon Me-
Annie J. Williams, always tLe alert recon-
mended the sheils, aud made a plea for Conrade
Lane and has little family. Brother Julius Goearn
sent for some shells. and writes most enth usiastc.
ally about them He says: 9" My vocabulary is TOO
inadequate 10 express my appreciation of them As
the pilgrims formerly wore escaiiopcd shells 10
snow thai isey had been 10 the Holy Lend let the
Guards get soiae Of these and wear them in memo
rvs cRskci, a. q mark that they have helped :,
needy veteran and lis family" @ Mao Nfa,cl,es
ter Lincoln Heb writes: ~ consider thr-, be,-
tics and well worth the price. They can he ar
ranged Ia so inaay ways tiIst viii baautify our
homes, that consider them "A treasure"
:. II. Briggs. Tx pertinent Mill, Pn: Address Ra.
g. HAYES, Commander. Pennsylvania Guards
Royefs!ord, Pm, for desired information.
Lizzie A Wiiiiston, ~ South street; New Bed.
ford Mass, is forming local circle of the Guards
and desires all ia that section the State 10 write
her.
Cora b. Hicks, Marion. Ind. writes ,ba, bor
friends. Cassie fRle and Kate Middleton Marion
lnd-i Alice Blue, 4enia. Ind. and Alice T. McKiil-
hey. bennington, Cal, are not veterans widows
bus all bright young ladies and yetef-.nsi nieocs
Charles ~ Sawyer has changed ls address from
Iulher TO Weston. Mich.
Julius W Gol.ara, q. NC. of the Guards Is
short on badge money from Delroi, Reunion, n
seems That number OF te Guards did not nav for
badges, thinking them free. Every one vino re.
oeired one in this manner viii please ren,. Of cents
he has still some hand at the same price Send
Tor one for d souvenir.