The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-23

| England. shIpped by his ia!her 10
Madras as Il useless boy whom he want
ed to get rid of. and PridGauX. the
world renowned scholar and theolo-
gian. securing pots and pans 10 work his
way through college, and the mother of
he late William f Dodge, the philan-
thropist and magnificent man. keeping
thread and needle store, and Peter
| Cooper, who worked on small wages
in glue factory. living to give $500,0OO
| for the founding of an institute that
has already educated thousands of the
poor sons and daughters of America,
and Bowditch. the scientist, beginning
his useful learning and af1iuPnt career
| by reading the books that had been
driven ashore from a shipwreck at
Salem. There is, young man. great
financial or literary or moral or re-
ligious success awaiting you if you only
know how 10 go up and take it. Then
take it or get ready to take it. The
mightier the opposition the grander
the. triumph when you have conquered.
| There is a flower in Siberia that blooms
only in January. the severest month
of that cold climate. 1t is a star shaped
|
| specks like diamonds. A Russian took
some of the seeds of that flower TO st.
Petersburg and planted them. and they
| grew, and on the coolest day Of Janu-
arv they pushed back the snow and ice
and burst into full bloom. They called
it the "snow flower" and it makes me
think of those whom the world tries
! TO freeze out and snow under, but who
in the strength of God push through
and up and out and bloom in the hard
est weather of the worlds cold treat
ment. starred and radiant with beau
ty given only to those who find life a
struggle and turn it into victory.
Again, if you would master the sit
IVA ton, when angry do not utter
word or write letter, but before you
speak a word or write word sing a
verse of some hymn in tune arranged
in minor key and having no staccato
passages. If very angry, sing two
verses. If in positive rage, sing three
verses. First of all. the unhealthiest
thing on earth is 0 get mad. 1t jangies
| the nerves. enlarges the spleen AMI
| sets the heart into a wild humping.
Many a man and many woman has
| in time of such mental and physical
agitation dropped dead. Not only that,
| but it makes enemies out of friends,
and makes enemies more virulent, and
anger is partial or consurGrate sur
| eide. Great attorneys. understanding
| his. have often won their cause by
wiIlfuliy throwing the opposing coun-
| sci into a rage. There is one man you
must manage or one woman you must
| control in order to please God and
| make life a success. and that is your
| self. There are drawbridges to every
| castle by which you may keep out oS
| your nature foreign foes, but no man
| has a defense against himself unless
it be a Divine defense. Out of he mil
| lions of the huma race there is only
one person who can DO you permanent
and everlasting harm. and that is the
being that walks under your own hat
and in your own shoes. The hardest
realm that you will ever have to gov
ern is the realm between your scalp
and heel. The most dangerous cargo
a ship can carry is dynamite, and tie
most perilous thing in ones nature is
an explosive temper. If your nature
is hopelessly iraacible and tempestu-
ous. then dramatic placidity. If the
ship is on fire and you cannot extfn-
guish the flames. at any rate keep down
the matches. When at some injustice
inflicted upon you or some insult Of
fered, or some wrong done, the best
thing for you to say is to say moth
ing, and the best thing for you o write
is to write nothing. If the meanness
done you is I'M bear bic. or you must eX-
press yourself or die. then ! commend
plan that ! have once or twice sue
cessfulIy adopted. Take q sheet OF
paper. Date it at your home or office
then put the wrongdoer's name at the
head Of the letter page. without any
prefix of colonel" or suffix of I'D. D..
and begin with no term of cour-
tesy, but bold and abrupt "sir.
Then follow it with statement OF
the wrong he has done you and of the
indignation you have felt. Put it into
the strongest terms of e70ecra ton you
can employ without being profane.
Sign your name to the red-hot epistle
Fold it. Envelope it. Direct il plainly
to the man who has done you wrong
Garry the letter a week or two weeks,
if need be. and then destroy it. In Gods
name, destroy it!
I like what Abraham Lincoln said
to one of his cabinet officers. That cab
met officer had been belied and mis-
represented until in a fury he wrote
a letter of arraignment to his enemy
and in teusest possible phraseology
told him what he thought of him. The
cabinet officer read it TO Mr.. Lincoln
and asked him how he liked it. Mr..
Lincoln replied: ut is splendid for
sarcasm and scorn. | never heard any
thing more complete in that direction.
But do you think you can afford 10
send ?" That calm and wise and
Christian interrogation of the presi-
dent stopped the letter. and it was
never sent.
Again. if you would be master of the
situation put the best Interpretation
on the character and behavior of
others. Do not be looking for hypo-
critics in churches. or thieving among |
domestic servants, or swindlers among
business men, or malfeasance in office. |
There is much in life TO make men sus- |
picicus of others and when that char |
Hcteristic of suspicion becomes domi- |
nant man has secured his own unhap- |
piness. and he has become an offense in |
all circles, religious. commercial and |
political The man who moves for a /
committee of investigation is generally |
moral derelict. The man who goes |
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