The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-06-05

and be gone. The greatest Of drama
list in the tragedy Of ..The Tempest
sent staggering across the stag
"Stephano," the drunken butler; bu
across the stage Of human life strong
drink sends kingly and queenly ant
princely natures staggering forwart
against the footlights of conspicuity
and then staggering back into failure
till the world Is Impatient for theil
disappearance, and human and dia
bollc voices join in kissing them OF
the stage.
Many also make failure in the
drama of life through Incidence. They
are always making calculations how
little they can do for the compensa'
tion they get There are more lazy
ministers, lawyers, doctors, merchants,
artists and farmers than have ever
been counted upon. The community
is full of laggards and strikers. lean
tell it from the way they crawl along
the street, from their Hardness in
meeting engagements, from the lethar-
gies that seem to hang to the foot
when they lift it, to the hand when
they put it out, to the words when
they speak.
Two young men in store. In the
morning the one goes to his post the
last minute or one minute behind.
The other is ten minutes before the
time and has his hat and coat hung
up, and is at his post waiting for duty.
The one is ever and anon, in the after
noon, looking at his wa tch to see if it
is not most time to shut up. The 9TH
er stays half an hour after he might
go, and when asked why, says he
wanted to look over some entries he
had made to be sure he was right, or
to put up some goods that had been
left out of place. The one is very
touchy about doing work not ex-
actly belonging to him. The 9th
er is glad to help the other
clerks in their work. The first
will be prolonged nothing, and he
will be poorer at 80 years of age than
1T 90 The other will be a merchant
prince. Incidence is the cause of more |
'ailures in all occupations than you
lave ever suspected. People are too
azy to do what they can do, and want |
o undertake that which they can not
10. In the drama of life they don't
want to be common soldier, carry
ng halberd across the stage, or q
or mere attendant, and so
hey lounge about the scenes till they
hall be called to be something great
Ifter awhile, by some accident of pros
,erity or circumstances, they get into
he place for which they have no quail
cation. And very soon, if the man bea
merchant, he is going around asking his
reditors to compromise for ten cen Is
n the dollar. Or if clergyman, he 10
1aking Trades against the ingrati-
ude of churches. Or if an attorney,
y unskillful management he loses q
ase by which widows and orphans are
obbed of their portion. Or, if ply
ician, he by malpractice gives his pa
lent rapid transit from this world to
he next. Our incompetent friend
,ould have made passable horse doc
Dr., but he wanted to be professor of
natomy in university. He could
ave sold enough confectionery to.
ave supported his family, but he
,anted to have sugar refinery like
he Havemeyers. He could have
,ended shoes, but he wanted to amend
be constitution of the United States.
'owards tho end of life these people
re out Of patience, out Of money, out
( friends, out of everything. They 60
D the poor house, or keep out of 1t by
unning in debt to all the grocery and
ry goods stores that will trust them.
eople begin to wonder when the cur.
ain will drop on the scene. After
while, leaving nothing but their com
liments to pay doctor, undertaken
nd Gabriel Grubb, the grave-digger,
hey disappear Exeuntl Kissed off
he stage.
Now, compare some of these goings
ut of life with the departure of men
nd women who, in the drama of life,
AXE the part that God assigned them
nd then went away honored of men
nd applauded of the Lord Almighty.
is about fifty years ago that in
comparatively small apartment of the
ity a newly-married pair set up
ONE. The first guest invited to that
esidenCs was the Lord Jesus Christ,
nd the Bible given the bride on
he day OF her espousal was
he guide of that household.
Jays OF sunshine were followed by
avs of shadow. Did you ever kow a
lome that for so years had no vicissi-
ude2 The young woman who left her
ather's house for her young husbands
lome started out with perennial
and good advice she
will never forget. Her mother said