Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-02-03


In the easy chair, she sat, and the south
wind tried to blow rose leaf into the
faded check. and the children brought
one a red clover top. the
other a violet from the lawn--tO the lap
of the conyalescent, and Bertha stood on
a high chair with a brush smoothing
her mothers hair. and we were told in
a day or two she might ride out JOY
came back TO our house. And as we
helped the old country doctor into his
gig, we noticed not that the step was
broken or the horse stiff in the knees,
and we all realized for the first time in
our life what doctors were worth. En-
courage them.
Encourage the lawyers. They are
often cheated ont Of their fees, and so
often have to breathe the villainous air
of courtr0oms. and they 50 often have
to bear ponderous responsibility, and
they have to maintain against the
sharks in their profession the dignity OF
that calling which was hOnored by the
fact that the only man allowed to stand
on Mount Sinai beside the Lord was
Moses, the lawyer. and that the Bible
speaks Of Christ as the advocate. En-
courage lawyers in their profession Of
transcendent importance-a profession
honored by baving on the bench a Chief
Justice Story and at the bar Rufus
Ch0ate.
Encourage the teachers in our public
schools arduous and poorly
compensated In all the cities when
there comes fit Of economy on the part
Of officials the first thing to do Is al
ways to cut down teachers salaries.
To take 40 or 80 boys whose parents
suppose them precocious and keep the
parents from finding out their mistake:
to take an empty head and fill it, to
meet the expectation Of parents who
think their children at IS years Of age
ought to be mathematicians and meta
physicians and rhetoricians; to work
successfully that great stuffing ma
chine the modern school system, IS a
very arduous work. Encourage them by
the usefulness and the everlastingness
and the magnitude Of their occupation,
and when your children do well COM
pliment the instructor, praise the teach
er. thank the educator
Encourage all invalids by telling them
how many you have known with the
same ailments who got well, and not by
telling them of their sunken eye or ask
ing them whether the color Of their
cheek is really hectic or mentioning
cases in which that style Of disease end
ed fatally or telling them how badly
they look. Cheerful words are more
soothing than chloral, more stimulating
than cognac, more tonic than bitters
Many an invalid has recovered through
the influence of cheerful surroundings
Speak Kindly to the Young.
Encourage all starting in life by your
self becoming reminiscent. Established
merchants, by telling these young mer-
chants when you got your first custom
er. and how You sat behind the counter
eating your luncheon with one eye oD
the door. Established lawyers, encour-
age Young lawyers by telling Of the
time when you broke down in your first
speech. Established ministers Of the
gospel. encourage young ministers by
merciful examination Of theological
candidates, not walking around with a
profundity and overwhelmingness OF
manner as though you were one Of the
eternal DEGREES. Doctors established by
telling young doctors how you yourself
once mistook the measles for scarlatlna.
And if you have nothing TO say that Is
encouraging O man. put your teeth
tightly together and cover them With
the curtain Of your lip; compress your
lips and put your hand over your mouth
and keep still.
A gentleman was passing along, cross
ing bridge in Germany. and lad came
along with a cage Of birds for sale. The
stranger said, How much for those
birds and the eager" The price was an
nounced, the purchase was made and
the first thing the stranger dld was 10
omen the door Of the cage, and the birds
flew ont into the sunlight and the forest.
Some one who saw the purchase and the
liberation said. "What did you do that
forq" "Ah. . said the stranger, Il was
q captive myself once and | know how
good it is to be free. 0 ye who re-
member hardships in early life. bat
have come beyond those hardships. SYM
pathize with those who are in the strug-
elel Free yourself, help others TO gel
free
Governor Alexander Stephens persist
ed in having business matters brought
to his bedside There was on the table
a petition for the pardon Of distin'
guished criminal. the petition signed
bv distinguished men. There was als'
on that table letter from poor WON
An in the penitentiary, written an'
dgned by herself alone. Dying Alexan
der Stephens said "You think that be
cause | have been i'll SO many time
and got well | shall get well now Du
YOU are mistaken. shall not recover
Where is that letter by that woman II
the penitentiaryi l think she has sur
fered enough. AS near as can tell sh
has no friends Bring me that pape
that may sign her pardon. A gentle
man standing by thinking this to-
vreat responsibility for the sick man
said: "Govsrnor, you are very sic
now. Perhaps You had better wait u
tomorrow. You may feel stronger, an
YOU may feel better" Then the eye {
the old governor flashed, and he said
81 know what l am about. Putin
his signature to that pardon, he wro'
the last word he ever wrote, for the
the pen fell from his pale and rheJ
matte and dying hand forever. y IN
, soul. how beautiful that the closin
, hours Of life should be spent in helpin
, one who had no helper
Encourage the Aged.
,, Encourage the troubled by though
Of release and reassociation- Encourat
, the aged by thoughts Of eternal luv
nescence. Encourage the herdsman am
: the troughs Of sin to go back to Il
banquet at the father homestead I'll,
Ms tones in the major key instead OF Il
: minor Give us Coronation" inste'
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