Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-07-01
ever lived and kept on whispering unm

him. and ih,t charged HIM with drinking
iou much and keeping bad company. ~
vine hiilcr aud the friend "f puhlicanS
and sinners Won tak, the best man
that ever lived and pni detective on his
track for ten wears. watching where h"
goes aud when he comes and with de
termination To miScnn~truc everything
and Ia think h. goes here for a bad pur
pose amd Their" FOR bad purInsc with
that determination of DESTROYING him. nj
the end "f the Ten years he will hc held
dc~picahlc in the sight 81 a great many
people
II il i an outrageous thing &" dc>p"il |
i man's character. how much WORSE is il
tn damage "a woman> reputation: Vet /
that evil grow from century tn century.
aud u l. an done 10y whi>pctcrs \ sis
pici"n is started The NEXT whi~pcrcr
who gets hold at il states the suspicion
rs y proven TACT. and H.any a good No
man. rs honorable aS your wife or your
mother. has been whispered OIL II all |
kindly associations. and whispered into /
the grave Some people say there j. n" |
he'll hui il there be- u" he'll fer such u
dcsp"iler ~ womanly character il i high /
time that some phi'anthr"pi>i built unr, /
Rui there Is such a place established. /
aud what time they viii haN" when all /
the whispcrcr> get dawn there together
rchcarsing things Everlasting carnival |
of mud Wee il not for the uucnmfnrtd-
hle surroundings Won mishi surl"S" ih'N
would H. Glad To- get there In that region
wher" they ~" al bad what "t""rinn'
ties for exploitation hN the" wfep"fff>
On earth. tn d''Spnil their lititlilraiS som"
times they had I" II" ah"nt them. INT
down there they can say IL" worst ilnn@,
- a \
possible about their n"i"hl'"iS anu l"i
the truth. Iuhil"" Of whi~i"rrrS. Semi
heaven Of scandal m"n@"r~ et"ppn" their
gahhl" ah"nt their diah"licai n"l=hh"rS
only long enough :" 3" M {" The iron
gate and ;'~k 'oin" ucwc"m"r FROM ih"
earth. What is III" last a"sSip ~ IN"
| city on Garth where "" used Z" live.
10 Curses Every C"mmunit,.
Now. how are wc l.. war against this
iniquii. which curses ",cty community
on earth: First. 10y refusing &" listen Ia
ar believe Il whisper. Every count If the
land has f"r a law aud all decent com
muniiia> have for 4 law that you must
hold people innocent until they are prov.
al guilty. There j. only one person
worse than the whiSpercr. ana thar i the
man or woman who listens without pro-
test The trouble Is ynn hold the sack
while they nh II. The receiver nf the
stolen goods is just ~ bad ~ the thief.
An ancient writer declares thai a Sian
dcrcr and man VIII" receives the slam
der ought both To- hc hanged III" one Ivy
the tongue aud the other 10y the ear and
agree with him.
When YOU hear something bad about
your n"ishhurs. dc not 20 all over and
ask about il. whether it is true. and
scatter il and spread IL. N"n might rs
we'll =" TO a >mallp"X hospital and taxi"
patient AMI carry him all through the
community asking people If they really
thought IL ease 81 smallpox. That
would hc very bad FOR the patient and
for all the ncishh"rS. II" not retail Sian
dcrs and whi>r"rin.S DO not MAX"
yourself the inSr 20 warts. and the
supervisor al 81 ncl">. and III" com
missioner for street CUTTERS. and the
holder ~ stakes Tor dog tight. can il
be that YOU. an immortal man: thai Won.
an immortal woman ran tind II" better
business than to hccorn" a gutter in
spcct"rt
Reside that. AZ y"ur family table allow
no dctraction. Teach Your children {"
speak well of others SHOW Them ~"
diierenc" between a '"" and WASH
me on" gathering money ID" "h"f
TRUSTING sting. r"ah III iAmiy
where they Kept what they called y
SANDER Book. AMI when any ~lanl"r-
ous words were uttered ~ til" house
about anybody ar detractlnn uttered II
was all put DOWN IN tbs book, III" book
was Kept carefully For the first few
weeks Their" w"r" u great many entries.
hut after awhile thcr" were II" entries at
all. Dctracti"n stopped in that h"uS"
hold II would lee good thin. 4" have
Islander ho"k in all households
N" amy OF y"u given To- this hrhit of
/ Whispering about others Let me per
suadc you :" dcsi>t. Mount Taurus WAS
great place for eagles. aud cranes
would ny along that way aud thcy
would cackle ~ loud thai the eagles
would know of their coming. aud they
would pnunrc upon them and destroy
them II is said that the all cranes
found this ont. aud before they started
on their flight they would always have
stone IN their mouth ;" they c"uld moi
cacLle aud then they would rs IN perfect
/ safety. oh my friends hc ~ wise rs
the old cranes aud avoid III" folly Of the
/ Young cranes 10 not cacklr
Dctraction Changed 10 EuIogy.
II there. arr. u..ot,l.. here who are wills
prr,,I ain,ut. If thor. nr, i,,.,,,,l, h,,e who
! are Slandcr,.,l if there are proplr here
who are abused in any circle or life. lot
n,. saw for your announcement Than
/ these vbiSncrnr, Soon RIM ONT 'rh.v ,n.v
do A little damage for awhile. bt after
awhile their ,Ietraction becomes a enlogv
and people understand them inst as wer
| a. though some one .haIkcd an over their
/ ov,rc,at or their shawl these. words
"IIore ,,n.S i vhi>prrcr Enon for the
leper Room Won 90 ahead and Il. vuur
/ duty. ana God will take .gr. ~ ynur rcp
uta,inn. How dare Won ,li>truSt him.
| You have committed Ia him vnur souls
! Can van not trust him with yaur repnia
tiun Get down on your knees before God
and settle Tho Who'd. matter there That
man whom God takes care of is well
sheltered
/ Let me charge Won. my friends. To- make
/ righ, and h"l, usc If thu tongue. 1, is