The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-07-10

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suppr ed by them until they can hold %
mo- longer and an tho barriers nnrH into uu
limited gulaW and caehlHnntI0n, ua On hlgl
weather. Che wutcr has trlckled through
slight opening iu tho mllldHm, but after
want makes wider and wider hrencl
until 10 carries on before it with
irresistible irfshril DO not hB Too much
offended 90 the noise your children nos
make 10 viii be atln enough when ono o
them iH dead Tnrn you would give you
right hand 90 hear one shout from their I'd
lent voice or one step from tho SIN foot
Nou will not any OF yen have Co wait yer
long before your hOuBe is stiuer than yOl
want it. Alas, that there are 30 many home
not known 20 Society For the Prevention o
Cruelty 90 Children. where children are pa
on the limits and whaeked and cufied ant
ear pulled and ssnseleasy called 10 ordo
aud answer sharp and suppressed until Il a.
wonder that under such processes they di
not all turn out Modes and Mana Sahibs.
What Is your influence upoH the neighbour
hood, the town or the city tyour residence
1 win suppose that you are star OF wit
What kind OF rays DO you shoot forthY d.
YOU use that splendid faculty 20 irradiat
the world or 10 rankle az / bless an the
apostolic college OF humorlstl The mar
that makes mo laugh Is my ben0inctor. / ID
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do that without any assistance We all or
enough and have enough 10 cry about. Coz
bless all skillful punsters. all raparteeists
oil pr0pOunders OF ingenious conumdrums
all those who mirthiully surprise us with un
usual iuXtap0sItlOn Of words. Thomas HOOt
aud Charles Lamb and Sidney Smith had Z
divine mission, and so have their successor
In these Times. They stir into the acid bov
erago OF life the sacchanne They make thu
cup Of earthly existence. which Is sometimes
stale, eilervesce aud bubble. They plncat,
animosItles. They foster longevity. They
slay folies and absurditles which all the ser
mons Of all the pulplts cannot reach.
They have FOR examples Elijah, who made
fun Of the Baalltes when they called doWn
fire. and Il did not come, suggesting that
their heather god had gone hunting. or was
on on journey, or was asleep. and nothing
but vooiferadon could wake him, saying
"Cry aloud for he is a god. Either he b
talking or pursuing or perndyenture he
sleepeth and must be awaSed." They have
an example In Christ. who with healthful
sarcasm showed up the lying, hypocrtical
Pharlsees by suggesting that such perfect
people like themselves needed no improve.
ments, saying. "Ihe whole need not a ply
sician but they that are sick"
But what use are You making Of your witt
Is It besmirched with profanity aud unclean.
ness? Do you employ ii In amusement at
physical defects for which the victims are
not responsibe2 Are your powers Of MINI
icry used TO put religion IN contempt? Is Il
a bunch Of nettlesome inyectve2 Isit a bolt
of unjust scorn? Is It fun at others misfor-
tuner Is II glee ut their disappointment and
defeat2 Is 1t bitterness put drop by drop
into a cupY Is It like the squeezing Of Ar
temtsia abslnthium into a draught al
ready pungant? Then you are the star
Norwood. Yours IS the fun OF a rattle
snake trying how well 1t can sting. 1t is the
fun of a hawk trying how quickly It can
strike out the eye OF a dove.
But viii change this and suppose you are
star Of Worldly Prosperity. Then you
have large opportunity. You can encourage
that artist by buying 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 pomological achievement in the
orchards. You can advance Rrboriculture
and arrest this beautiful iconoclasm Of the
American forests. You can put piece Of
sculpture into the niche Of that public
academy. You can endow a college. You
,an stocking a thousand bare feet from the
winter frost. You can build church. You
Eau put a missionary of Christ on that
'oreign shore. You can help ransom a world.
4 rich man with his heart right-can you
| ell me how much good n James Lenox or a
George Peabody or q Peter Cooper or a
William E. Dodge did while living, or is
| loing now that he is dead2 There Is not a
dty. town or neighborhood that has not
i glorious specimens Of consecratel wealth.
! But suppose you grind the face Of the
! Door. Suppose when a mans wages are due
! sou make him wait for them because he can
} 400 halV, bfVnenlf tGuppoaa fbof hpnat1an hfc
family is sick and he has had extra expenses,
ne should politely ask you to raise his wages
.or this year and you roughyt tell him II he
wants better placeto go and get it.. Sup
| pose by your manner you act as though be
we're nothing and you were everything. Sup
pose you are selfish and overbearing and ar
.ogant. Your first name ought TO- be AttilC
and your last name Attila, because you are
the star Norwood, and youhave tmblrtereC
one-third il not three-thirds OF the water
that roll past your employees and operative:
md dependents and associates, and the Ions
inc Of carriages which the undertaken order
FOR your funeral, in order to make the occa
3ton respectable. will be filled with twice a.
many dry, fearless eyes as there are person!
occupying them.
There Is an erroneous idea abroad tina
here are only few geniuses. There an
millions of them-that is, men aud wome
who have especial adaptation and quicknes
Tor some one thing. 1t may be great; it ma
oe small. The circle may be like the circum
ference OF the earth or no larger than thin
DE There are thousands Of geniuses, an
n some one thing you arc star. Whs
zinc OF a star are yon2 You will be in tht
world but few minutes. As compared wit
eternity the stay of the longest life on cart
8 not more than minute. What arc "
ioinp with that minute2 Arewe imbltterin
! he domestic or social or political fountain.
u are we like Moses, who, when the Israeiit
n the wilderness complained that the waite
II Lake Marah were bitter and they eou
lot drink them, cut off the branch OF ee
ain tree aud threw that branch into Il
water, and ii became sweet and slakel Il
thirst of the suffering host2 Are we with
branch OF the Tree of Life sweeteninc ali Il
orackish fountains that we can touch2
, Dear Lord, send us all out on that missio
: All around us imbittered liyes-lnb
tered by prosecution. imbittered by hypc
: criticism, imbittered by poverty. i:
Filtered by pain, imbittered by injustiC
|; lmbittered by sin. Why not go forth al
: sweeten them by smile, by inspiring wore
! by benefactions, by hearty counsel, by pray,
! oy gOspelized behavior2 Let us rememh
y tpof Il WI srn UOrmwOOd to others wa n