Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-08-17

plausible. as the ease may be. Ills safer
to mind ones own business. If Il wife
does wrong the husband will find IL out
soon enough and his pride viii be hurt
and his heart laceratcd without you FUR
nishing the lancet. II "A husband rs nor
exactly as sanity as real good husbands
ought\to be-If III" wife really loves him,
hide the knowledge from her if you hap
pen To know Even II she should ask
yot If you have heard. indulge in a httle
bN-play To- smooth over the situation ana
don't let her know the truth If you can
help IT, II is infinitely better To quietly
warn tn. husband 50 that the matter
may be kept from the wife.
Nothing tru.r ever penncd IMAM
"Whpr.. ignorance ~ bliss. ttS iotlN q bc
wise. and don De the iirst 70 cnliGhten
others where II viii breed only unhapli-
ness Ten chances Ia uise, " Nuu do
when tn. heart begins 10 ache. when con
fti,.nC,- is destroyed. when III" BRAN con-
jurcS Ip scenes and incidents. III" very
one YOU were so rampant In doing your
duty towards VIII iccI agEri"N"d ana i"oh
upon YOU dS being In some iDtangiel" way
The aIthur oi all IN, trouble.
Women are strangely constituted. and
wifi ft-timrs shat their eyes 10 tn.
faults and faIlirES ~ e husband. pro-
Vidcd people let them alone Rut whrn
others start "a interest ih' msrlNeS iA the
matter Ana insist upon lmp.rt.ng thu full
knuwi,dE. ~ Affairs the wife 'Nrn
though Sh- MAY !rtr him maGiut> TX in.
her s-lf-resTect. ia put 4 barrier between
their lives and sh" thereby becomes the
greater sufferer tt H. far better 10 deut
absolutely an knowledge of man : or a
woman = peccAdillo,$ than to De- he one
to tell of them
Tn, man friend who offers tp "Npose
"A husband Ia q VIE * = brute who should
be crushed
1t would he much brighter happier
world IL l'upit employed All their time
ia looking after their "wn affairs ana *
tended a. others thc S.tmt privilege. oniN
harm van com. from sNrluitiuG thc faults
At tailiuEs ~ others Hnn oItcn tIC ~turica
f"In W trH mean spirit Of revenge "r mis-
chief making have iIttlv or no s"molanCe
- tnr ,-at uutn y" world y cruel
enough IA it, Judgments ana Sitnls, :
without the indil idual adding TO the
weight ol WOE The greatest cyi' of all
IL where tho gossip Is neither more nor
less than malicious fabrication and Is
prcfaccd 10y. = IN rot exactly sure, but
! have every reason &" believe that 50
and * the case and 4 think. pc"-
plr who think ~huIld Dc muZz.cd 4"
keep them from thinking out loud.
the safest plan IL IN Irt people IND out
fur themselves. unless toI tdn dn E"od
ana w. hcipfnl. then Nou may think out
iuud. III IS better tn patch up an aiair
than 10 ~ the c:tlSc of y rupturr-
rh'rv ar" hoarta"hrs enough IN this
world without opening q creditor ac-
count To- pr"nUlc.f" them
The NufId j. a.wdNs Jgdp" with InoGilt
open. eyes l""riug. and noStriis di@i"ndcd
tu scent scandal or sloat over the suffer-
EN tfi ftNfl~. ilf " , Eititt sum ttfA''-
pursuit. until tho victim iS run q" cover.
Consequently tGt sense of duty thar oilF
with nuctioi balm is nothing n"r" "i
io~~ th,u j rlc,!dl. som. assumption that
would r"duuud rnnrf q" }nUr C.'dt i. N"I
minded your urU business.
Th'rc .r" pirutN yt topics ~ cuuNrrS.i-
ErU tNat r!lr mtNr Nnu more !nNJh.'.
Cultivate TN, trt NJ entertaining. cNra
piViuE " i dash ui inslru,t tlnn. ana yet
.oI uc.d hr ucItuer blue stoCkiHs nor
Etulr
I'VE h,al;hv wholesome enjoyment of
H;c taat finds ricL-urc tn the everyday
incidents k,r.'s The mind above pctt! s"S-
sip.
IL y,u know harm "f any "re keep II
t. - !rstif: p"rhrps q position w"r"
reversed ANA luu htd encountered til"
infinitely worse NJ harm ran rcSui.
ftcm screening others, hut ~ tell all yot.
Know may u, not only harmful. hut mas
lcdd w crime itself. ana II through the
betrayal y; 4 secret crime results then
tlsU httrtA..r is. ] believe. equality : Iilty
in the eyes "f a higher than the ca"thly
court that Judges here below.
Many II man uT woman guilty oi some
bitterly rop,utcj fauit or even sin would
have led ruhlcr lives from " sad expert
cucc ii people bad respected the secret
ur the evil doing. The sense nf duty
that sets tongues wd-Sing thc wrong
way. robS the heart "f hope and the lite
~ love. and the victim goes d"wn-,iuwn
Il is safer to err on thc side ~ good.
not hC 50 interesting. is well worth re-
mrmhcruE In iact ,hc real golden rule
is not 50 much I" love your ncighhor.
which NuIr ncighnur may rot care Il ran
about. lI:t lie Will care If YOU mind your
own business.
II you Sl,oIii learn of some dark sin
Pray never tell
The trtsth may cause the tears to start.
rt.c tr.;th nay break another heart.
The t.tith may tear two lives apart
50 never tell.
~ harm is done through unknown deeds.
SO never tell
Some lives know icSs or day than night;
Don't be the first to cause Il blight
Don't rob life ui sunshine bright
So never tell.
The world is cruelty unjust.
So never tell
II we hut knew how hearts NAV break.
If we but knew how hearts may ache.
We'd leave them Hope for Loves sweet
sake.
And never tell