St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-01-21

EpeckS ike QlamOnQS. "A HusSldn tOOk
some OF the seeds of that flower to St.
Petersburg and planted them, and they
grew, and on the coolest day Of Janu-
sry 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 M and out and bloom in the hard
est weather If 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
uation, when angry do not utter
word or write letter, but before you
speak a word or write word sing
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 to get mad. 1t janglcs
the nerves, enlarges the spleen AM
sets the heart into a wild humping.
Many a man and many a 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 consummote sur
eide. Great attorneys, understanding
this, have often won their cause BY
willfully 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 9:
your nature foreign foes. but no man
has a defense against himself unless
it be q Divine defense. Out of the mil
lions of the human 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 nest dangerous cargo
a ship can carry Is dynamite, and tie
most perilous thing in ones nature is
an explosive temper. II your nature
is hopelessly irascible and tempestu-
ous. then dramatic placidity. If the
ship is on fire and you cannot extin-
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 sly moth
ing. and the best thing for you to writc
is to write nothing. If the meanness
done you is undesirable. or you must ex-
press yourself or die. then / commend
a plan that have once or twice sue
ccssfully adopted. Take 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 a bold and abrupt ''sir."
Then follow 1t with a statement OF
the wrong he has done you and Of the
indignation you have felt. Put it into
the strongest terms Of eNecration you
can employ without being profane.
Sign your name to the red-hot epistle.
Fold it. Envelope it. Direct ii plainly
to the man who has done you wrong
Garry the letter a week or two weeks
il need be- and then destroy it. In God 5
name. destroy it!
I like what Abraham Lincoln said
to one of his ca binet officers. That cab
met officer had been belied and mis-
represented until in fury he wrote
a letter of arraignment to his enemy
and in terSest 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: TT Is splendid for
sarcasm and scorn. never hearttany-
thing more complete in that direction.
But do you think you can afford to
send ito" That calm and wise and
Christian Interrogation Of the presi-
deet stopped the letter, and 1t was
never sent. Young man. before you
get far on in life, unless you are an
exception among meL, yon will be
wronged. you will be misinterp<eted.
you will be outraged. All your sense
Of justice will be in confagEtiOn. Let
me know how You meet that first grea!
offense. and / will tell you whether
your life will be triumph or fail
ure. You see. equipoiae at such time
means so many things. II means eelf
control. It means capacity to FORE
see results. 1t means confidence in
{nNx l,
in the Lord God that He will see You
through.
Again. il 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-
picious of others, and when that char
acteristic 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
a moral derelict. The man who goes
with his nostriIs inflated, trying to dis
cover something malodorous. is not a
man. but sleuthhound. The world is
full Of nice people. generous people.
people who are doing their best-good
husbands. good wives. good fathers.
good mothers, good officers OF the law,
good judges. good governors. good state
and national legislators, good rulers.
Does some man growl out: THAT has
not been my experience, and ! think
just the opposite?" VOL. my brother,
am sorry for your affective circnm-
stances. and that you had an unfortun-
ate ancestry. and that you have kept
such bad company and had such dis
couraging environment. notice that
after a man has been making violent
TRADE against his fellow men he is on
his way down. and If he live long