The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-06-24

people, and thOug Ii 3a ol oWd soine iunes.
comes over YOU throug Ii tho qnerul lous.5
ness or u nreasoHab i0ness OF 5your, old,
father aii d N other it is opl y Or II mo.
ment and the star soon comes out
clear gain and is seen i rom all the,
bal COMES OF tile eighborhood. The
old people will forgive your occasional
Short rtcomings, for they themselves
several times lost their patience ty hon
you were young and slapped you when
you did not deserve it. Hail evening
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sSl But are any OF you the star Worm.
wood2 y Do you scold and gr0wl from
the thrones paternals or maternal2 Are
your children everlastingly pecked at9
Are you always crying Hushl'' to
the merry voices and swift feet, and
their laughter, which occasionally
trickles through at wrong times and is
suppressed BY them until they can
hold it no longer, and all the barriers
burst into unlimited guffaw and
cachinnation, as in high weather the
water has trickled through q slight
opening in the milldam, but after
ward makes wider and wider breach
until it carries all before it with ire
sistible freshet2 Do not be too much
offended at the noise your children
now make. It Will be still enough
when ono OF them is dead. Then you
would give your right hand to hear
one shout from their silent voices or
ono step from the still foot. You will
not any Of you have to wait very long
before your house is stiller thon you
wantit. Alas, that there are SO many
homes not known to the Society for
lthe Prevention Of Cruelty to Children
whore children are put on the limits,
and whacked and cuifed and ear
pulled and senselessly called to order
and answered sharp and suppressed,
until it is $a wonder that under such
processes they do not all turn out
Modocs and Mana Sahibsl
III What is your influence upon the
neighborhood, the town or the city Of
your residence2 I will suppose that
rays do. you shoot forLhs Do you use
world Or to rankle it2 + bless all
The man that makes me laugh is my
TO make me cry. I can do that with
Out ttbJ ttoSlotuIlCOl w u dll Oly
enoughand have enough to cry about.
parteeists, all propounders Of ingeni-
fully surprise us with unusual juxta-
Charles Lamb and Sydney Smith had
successors in these times. They stir
It1nf0 tho Nons1 l1ox ~ 1sca
charine. They make the cupof earth
eifervesce and bubble. They placate
They slay follies and absurdities which
not reach. n
They have for example elijah, who
made fun Of the Baalites when they
called down fire and it did not come,
suggesting that their heathen god had
or was asleep, and nothing but yocf-
feration could wake him. saying
"Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either
venture he sleepeth and must be
awaked." They have an example in
Christ, who with healthful sarcasm
showed up the lying, hypocritical
feet people like themselves needed no
improvements, saying, 'vrhe whole
need not physician, but they that
are sick"
| But what use are you making OF
your wit2 Is it besmirched with pro
ifanity Mid uncieanness7 Do you em.
ploy itin amusement at physical de-
fects for which the victims are not re-
sponsible2 Are your powers of mimi
cry used to put religion in contempti
Is it bunch of nettlesome invectiYe7
Is tia bolt of unjust scorn2 Is it fun
at others misfortuhe2 Is itglee at
their disappointment and defeat9 Is
it bitterness put drop by drop into a
lcup2 Is it like the squeezing of Arte-
misia absinthium into draft already
distastefully pungent7 Then you are
the star il WormWood. Yours is the
fun Of rattlesnake trying how we'll
it can sting. It is the fun of hawk
trying how quickly it can strike out
the eye of a dove.
But [ will change this and suppose
you are star of worldly prosperity.
Then you have large opportunity.
You can encourage that artist by buy
ing his picture You can improve the
fields, the stables, the highway, by
introducing higher style of fowl and
horse and COW and sheep. You can
bless the world with Psychological
achievements in the orchards. You
can advance arboriculture and arrest
this deathful iconoclasm Of the Amer.
lean forests. You can put piece OF
sculpture into the niche Of that public
academy. You can epdow a college.
You can stocking 1000 bare feet from
the winter frost. You can build q
church. You can put q missionary of
Christ on thar foreign shore. You
can help ransom world. A rich
man with his heart right can you tell
mo how much good q James Lenox or
a George Peabody or Peter Cooper or
a William e. Dodge did while living
or is doing now that he is dead2 There
is not a city, town or neighborhood
that has not glorious specimens Of con
secrated wealth.
But suppose you grind the face of
the poor. Suppose when man s
wages are due you make him wait for
them because he cannot help himself.
Suppose that, because his family is
siclcIand he has had extra expenses, he
should politely ask you to raise his
wages for this year, and you roughly
tell him if he wants better place to
60 and get it. Suppose by your
manncrfyou act as though he were
nothing and you were everything.
Suppose you are selfish and overbear-
ing and arrogant. Your first name
| Oupht tO be Attila and yOnr laaI name a