The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-01-24

culture do often come 10 the man who
Is indeed poor, but tths public mas Of
intelhgence and mental power follows
the stream Of property. It costs scme-
thing to secure mental development,
and Therefore the development comes to
those who can pay the cost. The money
need not be vast in bulk, for culture Is
not high I'm price.
Lessons OF LIFE.
For the usa ofthis educated and up
per class ev1ysyearo OF financial distress
comes with lessons Of ife-lessons
hidden by the rich foliage of success.
As rich masses Of ivy often hide q grace
full arch or noble column, so years OF
great sueeees conceal the best philos0-
phy st educated men and women. >As
the tropics make living 80 simple that
nobody thereis driven to any deep study
OF social problems, SO great success long
prevailing In the temperate zones makes
society prize lis pleasure more than It
prizestru and principle. We're It not
for night, the poetssay. we should never
see any stars. Thus the great financial
clouds make visible many principle
which the noon Of success had conceal
ed. It is in such night theyoice comes,
They are asking of thee thy soul. =
We do not know who composed this
word they > but we feel the strange
power of the question.
Nearly all of the greatest living
minds have lived each day few hours
of solitude. Is was necessary to get
away from society that they might the
better measure It. Yhns close times
make a solitude. They lead man from
the noisy palace to the secluded cabin
and there leave him to his thoughts.
The new scene ought not to be terrible;
it ought to be sweet and beautiful. The
man who composed 'Ossian" knew
we'll the worth Of this hour OF isolation,
for in good and long poem he asks
GONE hermit to invite him to his cave
that the tumultuous life Of England
and Scotland may be far away.
Society is#asdngs sof each man his
sonl. K does not want MIN to say;
Soul, 4hsu hast much goods laid up for
many years; take thine ease; eat, drink
and be merry. It would much prefer
that tbs fortunate owner Of q soul
should be busy over different knd:of
daybook and ledger.
Many millions Will live simply in
these MONTHS that they may live
at all; others, that they maysgiye much
to the poor. It isa happy day for man
when he is driven or led into simplicity.
It is law Of all the arts never to do
more than Is required The classic
architecture is making its long journey
partly Ey the help Of simplicity. It has
Just the power, just the beauty, the cen
turies and ages all love. Nobody cares
to add or subtract. It is the highly ex-
cessive that soon dies. In oratory and
literature few qualities are more fatal
than verbosity. All the world says,
Why does the man use Eve words when
one will suffice? All the great Etera-
lure comes to US like the Greek col
ANN, with nothing one dares take
away. There are enough leaves on the
Top Of the Corinthian column, there Is
just scroll enough ON the Ionic. SO in
great literature there are no words to
be erased, for all these men Of genius
knew the eternal charm Of simplicity.
THE USELESS LAID ASIDE.
A student and lover of the Ameri-
can red man says that the squaws did
not make those great bead mantles for
the warriors to wear. No Indian would
attempt to run or walk with q half
hundred pounds Of beads and stuff on
his shoulders. Those wonderful fabrics
are made to Dell to thu big eyed and
credulous white man. Often tremendous
decorations are worn by a chief who is
not going to run or walk, but only to
sit down. Society in its high life thus
Aings aside the useless, and when it is
out ON thousand year march it moves
in simplicity. It says to the soul:
Simplicity will be required Of thee.
Nobody will wear your bushel Of beads.
The same universe that requires a
timple form of beauty asks man to live
upon simple food and drink. We may
wonder what objection nature had to
rich and daily feastings. We may go so
far as to ehink nature very penurious
that it should want the tables Of earth
set of with bread and water. But
think what we please, nature has pass.
ed decree from which there is 20 ap-
naa1 Mans table must be simple or