The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-16

8aIt is said that Dl0genes once eX
! possibly just after he CAV,
alexander the famoub ! answer abon
Rttipg out of his sunshine, though
}is suggestion is merely based bn ou1
d owledge of his oontented frame o.
8 nd at the moment-rt'Ye gods, how
Inv things there are in the worle
Aich do not want!'' He must have
Hen one of the few exceptions to the
.3neral rule that human beings "want
! ]e universe and are never content,
because they cannot have it.
5metimes ole wants wealth, simply
y its own sake and not because they
Neatly care to spend it; sometimes
acy want the things which. money
HI buy and they have not the where
Ithal to purchase them; again they
asi1c something which no gold can
= Say. and this is tho werst want Of eli,
j it is so hopeless; and occasionally
ae thing which one wants more. than
3ything else in the world is his OF
$r own way-and it is sometimes SO
3eadfu.ly hard to get it'll Sancho
Anza reduced this to a fine point
ben he explained: II would do
bat l pleased, and doing what I
)eased I should have my will, and
living my will [ should be content t.
Scre is no more to be desired; and
hen there is no more to be desired
here is an end If it,"
1t is true that things have under
Pne wonderful change since the
pys of Diogenes, SO. that even we're
J to revisit the glimpses Of the i44oon
would probably be no longer CON
int with the narrow limits of ! tub
'r his lodging house; but, at the }ame
me. large portion of those things
hich we have learned to lock up@ as
osolutely necessary to our existhce
ie purely artificial wants and cal be
spensed with under stress Of pir.
without any real detriaen
our health OF happiness. Baore
le war the majority of Southern ben
easy circumstances lived a luxur9nt,
'lf-indulgent life, and enjoyed tahe
III the good things Of the world but
hen they went into the army bHe-
'ees they became Injured to the Bri-
'tions and hardships Of army life to
Id, exposure and almost starvatSn,
I'd bore it all with manly oheerhl-
'ss and even gladnass, so long los
ley felt it was in o cause that las
ore to them than life itself. Ebn
hen they were no longer sustaiAd
that strong incentive to enduranb,
ey were still called upon to practle
g strictest self-denial FOR the sakeif
eir loved ones, until it becameh
'rt Of their nature and prominet |
cit Of their character. Some yeeA
% gentleman who was ramblit
nong the mountains oe West Virgil |
, in conversation with woman !
p -
hose door he had stopped to inqui|
8 way, asked her where abe got hs
'usehold supplies, and was told TIL
10 traded for them at the little sto1
'wn by the creek "And if I'd
mot get them there, where do I'd
2" 81 go Without was the ,laconl|
reply, and "a very suggestive ond
o, though it vas uttered by an ignoH
It country woman and not by a Gree5
lilosopher.
The worst part of our having Sd
any artificial wants lies in our spend
6 so much time providing for then
at we leave ourselves neither leisure
heart to fully enjoy them wheu
ey have been attained. a profes.|
'nal man, or one engaged in business,
n generally without undue exertion,
AXE sufficient income to support
family,in comfort and yet leave
mself some time to enjoy his home,
tn his books. his garden, 81. what
er relaxation best suits his taste.
1T too often the wife and children
not content to live in such simple
yle when so many of their acquain-
noes have fine houses, carriages land
'thes, entertain extensively aud 60
fashionable resorts in the summer.
'nsequently it becomes necessary
the husband to spend nearly all
8 waking hours at his Office so as to
crease his income TO q point that
IL permit him to give them these
xurieB. II he were really adding
~ much to the happiness Of his
mily the pity Of itwould not be SO
eat; but he is not. In those rare
'Meais when the wife allows HERSELF