The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-30

think YOU can anord to send ft2' ThHt
| ralrn and wise and Christian Interrogation
OF the president stopped the letter. and 1t
was never sent. Young man, before YOU
get FIR on in lie unless YOU are an eNcsp-
tion among men, you will be wronged, you
will be misinterpreted, you will he out
| ragged. All your sense OF justice will be In
| coDnaCratfon. Let me know how you
| ,Eeet that first great ofrenss, and will tell
You whether your life is to be a triumph or
q failure. You see. equipoise at such a
SefS Sontrol. It means capacity to fore
see results. 1t means a confidence In your
own integrity. 1t means a faith in the
Lord God that He will see you through.
Again, II you would be master Of the sit
alton put the best Interpretation on the
character and behavior Of others. Do not
be looking for hypocrites In churches, or
thievlng among domestic servants. or
swindlers among business men. or mall
feasance in office. There is much In life to
make men suspicious OF others. and when
that characteristic Of suspicion becomes
dominant man has secured his own un-
happiness. and he has become an offence
in all circles, religious. commercial and
political. The man who moves for Il COM
mittee OF Investigation is generally moral
dereict. The man who goes with his nos
trils inflated trying to discover something
malodorus is not man, but n sleuth-
hound! The world ts full OF more people,
generous people, people who are doing
their best-good husbands, good wives,
good fathers, good mothers. good OFF,
GERS OF the law; good judges. good gov
ernors, good State and national legisla-
tors, good rulers. Does some man CrUwI
out. "That has not been my experience,
and think just tt q opposite" Well. my
brother 1 am sorry for your afflictive cir
cumstances, and that you had an unfor-
tuuats ancestry. and that You have kept
such bad company and had such discour-
aging environment. notice that after
man has been making violent TRADE
t. ali. 1., to Ia re
down and il he live long enough he will be
asking you for quarter OF dollar to get
n drink or a nights lodging. Behave YOUR
self we'll, oh, young man. and vou will find
life Il pleasant thing to live and tho world
full OF friends and Gods benediction every
where about you.
Again, II you would be master OF the situ
alton. expect nothing from good luck. or
haphazard, or gaming adventures. In this
time, when 1t Is estimated that gambling
exchanges money to the amount OF $780,
000, 900 u day. this remark may be useful.
There come times In manv mans life
when he hopes to get something for which
he does not give an equivalent. and there
are fifty kinds of gambling. Stand aloof
from all OF them. Understand that the
gambling spirit is disease. and the more
successful you are the more certain YOU
are to go right on to your own ruin. Hav-
ing made his thousands. why does not the
gambler stop and make a safe investment
of his life In quiet or less hazardous style
OF occupation? The reason is he cannot
stop. Nothing but death ever cures a con-
tirmed gambler.
drunkard. and there are antitobacco
preparations that will arres: the victim OF
nicotine, and religion can save any one eS-
cept gambler. The fact is he Is irrespon-
| sible. Having got the habit in him he is
| no more responsible for keeping on than
| Nf u n "
house can stop at the window o; the sec
ond story. Here and there you may find
| uu instance where gambler has been re-
| ported or reports himself as being con-
| Sarted, but in that case the man was not
| fully under the heel OF the passion. The
| real gambler is II through passenger to
| death and peraition. The only use in re-
! ferring to him is in the wav OF preven-
chhmPrcdH re Tu.g P"San snr ny taElns .nnnces on !!
! pennies for his last valuable in n nnwn.
brokers' shop. The only man who gam
| bies successfully Is the man who loses
so fearfully at the start that he is dis.
| Susted and quits. Let him win mt the
start ana win again, aad it means fare
| weil TO home and heaven. Most merci-
less OF all habits Horace Walpole saws
that man dropped down ut the door
or clubhouse in London and was car
ried in, and the gamblers began TO bet
whether he WAS dead or not, and when
IL was proposed to bleed him for his re-
would anrc; the fairness o: the bet.
what noble mon they must have beeni
But more and more ladies are becoming
gamblers. They bet Mt the races and ha We
prizes In social groups which are nothing
Dut the stakes of gambling. good wav
ior n iady to get into the Gamester's habit
is by beginning with progressive .uchre !"
That opens the door in a fashionable wav
In one or our great cities invitations were
sent out for such a meeting at the cnrI
gupSfS nd
ana began. After awhile the excitement ran
hlSh, ana the lady who was tn. hostess
tainted and fell under the table. The
guests arose, hut some one said: Don't
touch the beiI Let us finish the game
she would nave done 30 herself and wouId
wish MS IL she spoke" The game went ON
Tor thirty minutes longer. and then n physi
clan was called; ,, A!ter !tr examination of the
10 them, What delicate ma n MN in't-sfen
angelic womanhood! reHhed and
iouhS man. seek ONLY oI
ths hlosthe lost companionship. Do nH. ana
low with I n h,o OF noble family, n fnI'
to1 ne drinks and swears J"u Iaeits,
s,ra,. 'ahe your arm to wal; dmu nieso-
cits or spend an evening ui,M mn the
nember tbot y1"r room or his room Re,
th;n that sin is th;- most oo, re
thats In Gods universe. ha hMoensiVe
,,;tt or Brasil. the knjrb. ,iI read
,rri., me chase, hal a fnIcn, ' 90" OUT
when ni., nn they did in days Of foInorn,E MS
'orth Win hawks or falcons thsr ',y.
- pigeons. aud being very thirsty W Sr"nse
easing the h.tfaHislins fainas from a rock, and re. "
he he nnSie which he carried Mnd ,t1', s ne took
,osn u' h npie:e OF his buglc witt, y tpn'ne tnl,
no toSS, no put this extemporiz al ,. :. 'nit OF
sr the r"cH %hleh enmr down drop hv "1ns5 rop
Ien lifted II r. un,li the cup was fulI. and
nd r.I.naa', ~ "rihk. when tho fal.nn hn
~ c"' e'seu , with sThden swoon Jo.h ne