The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-03-06

came suddenly and cordially shook
hands with me. knew she had heard
of my protecting umbrella. Oh. if we
could only get at the heart of some
people, who pay us such civil atten-
tions. how often we would find that
their only motive was to get under our
umbrella!
swell, we have fine weather ut last,
| said to the postman who had been
delivering letters at my home for the
last ten years: Il guess you are glad
any way; for the weather is vital
matter with you, isn't it,
1T is all the same to me-" he re-
Piled; Il don't mind the weather ut all
now; it was only when was much in
doors that | minded it.
Well, thought, there is lesson in
that mans experience. 1t is only he
who is unaccustpmed to the .unkind-
ness of the elements that suffer from
them. He who has much to cndur,
can bear much; and he who has been
overmuch protected from the ills oflife
falls easily Il prey to them.
Xxx
There is nothing that illustrates Il
truth like an example; and the truth
that all men. even the ohscurest, are
exercising in their vocation an influence
on some one, or of some kind. is well
illustrated in the following story When
Napoleon was marching with his great
army through the northern part of
France, he heard, on a Sunday morn
ing, the ringing of a village churchbell,
calling the people to worship. The
sound of the bell recalled memories of
early days, when he was wont, with
his father and mother. brothers and sis
ters, to walk to church, and enjoy the
peaceful ministratiOns of the Sabbath
day; and the recollections touched him
so deeply that, according to Bourrien
ne, he shed tears at the remembrance.
How little that village bell-ringer i'm
agined what an influence he was exert
ing that day, what feelings he was rous-
ing in the heart of the great emperor!
| He had done what the most eloquent
of the orators ofthe day had never been
able to do: he had touched the cmpcr-
Or's heart.
Money may bring culture, but mere
money getting will not it may leave
the money-getter as vulgar as it found
him. 4 gentleman of my acquaint-
ance. who is Il cigar manufacturer of
long standing, but not rich, told me
this story "Whcn | began business,
about thirty yeaIs ago, | had in my
employ man named Jones, whom ]
| sent around as Il drummer for trade
He remained with me for some years,
| and then went to Boston. where start
cd cigar-making on his own account.
When | was in Boston the other day,
| heard he had grown rich, and called
on him. On entering his place, which
| found to be dirty, disorderly den,
| ill-lighted and ill-ventilated. but cram
med with tobacco-leaf and cigars, |
saw a gentleman at the desk and asked
for Mr.. Jones. That's my name,
said he. We'll, | guess you are not
the man want | replied, for he is a
man whom knew over thirty years
ago 'Oh, guess you mean my dad,
said he; there the old fellow is, back
there On going back into the
shop, where forty men were work
ing at benches making cigars |
found my former employee, now boss,
with sleeves rolled up, grimy with to-
bacco, and in the midst of a great heap
Of tobacco leaf. which he and two 9TH
ers were sorting or Stemming. so
you're hard at it, said | no wonder
YOU have got on so well in the world.
Do YOU know me? No. | don't, said
he. We'll, I'm Dalton. Robert Dalton
for whom You worked some thirty
years ago You don't say so? And
what are You doing here in Boston,!
I'm looking after trade. and selling all
the cigarsI en- Then he drew HIM
self up. looking at me with an air of
Importance. eNclaim ad: What! you,
Robert Dalton, the long-established
and well-known cigar merchant of
New 1ork,-you are now drumming
for trade in Boston! Why, | thought
you would be in independent eircum-
stances. the owner of blocks and blocks
Of houses by this timer We'll. Mr..
Jones. said feeling somewhat net
| tied at his obvious attempt to crow
over me. i have done better than that.
While you have been rearing houses,
of which You are proud. | have reared
Il family, of which am proud: | have
brought up five boys and three girls.
That is more than YOU can sav' This
settled Jones; for although he had in
deed reared blocks of houses. he had
little to show in the other respect and,
without knowing it. had hit him har-
der than | had intended. But he de-
served it. He had lived for money
making alone. and he got his reward
| -.
don't think it pays to hire an igno-
rant man. even for the commonest la