Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-01-17

road, himself riding into the ditch. As
they passed each other the ruffia said:
81 never turn out for FOOLS" and Mr..
Wesley said: 81 always do" / like the
reproof which a Chinaman in San
Francisco gave an American. The
American pushed him off the sidewalk
until he fell into the mud. The China
man on rising began to brush off the
mud and said to the American: you
Christian; me heather. Goodby." A
stranger entered a church in one of
the cities and was allowed to stand a
long while, although there was plenty
of room. No one offered a seat. The
stranger after awhile said to one of
the brethren: "What church is this?''
The answer was: "Christ's church, SIR
SIS He in ?" said the stranger. The of
hcer of the church understood what
was meant and gave him seat. We
want more courtesy in the churches,
more courtesy in places of business,
more courtesy in our homes.
What a curse of cynics and pessi-
mists aff1icts our time, afflicts all time!
There are those who praise no one I'M
til he is dead. Now that he is clear
underground and heavy stone is on
top of him there is no possibility of his
ever coming up again as a rival. Some
of the epitaphs on tombstones are so
fulsome that on resurrection day a
man rising may, if he reads the cpl
taph, for the moment think he got into
the wrong grave. Speak well one of
another, and if you find yourself in
circles disposed to SANDER and abuse
be for the time as dumb is the sphinx,
which, though only few yards away
from the overshadowing pyramid of
Egypt, has not with its lips OF. stone
spoken one word in thousands of years.
There are two sides to every mans
character = good side and an evil
side. The good see only the good
and the evil only the evil, and the
probability is that only a medium
opinion is the right opinion. Most
of the people whom know are do
ing about as we'll as they can under
the circumstances. When I see peO-
pie who are worse than I am, con-
clude that if I had the same bad in
fiuences around me all my life that
they have had I would probably have
been worse than they now are. The
work of reform is the most impor-
tant work, but many of the reform
ers, dwelling on one evil, see nothing
but evil, and they get SO used to an
athena they forget the usefulness
once in awhile of benediction. They
get so accustomed to eXcoriating
public men that they do not realize
that never since John Hancock in
boldest chirography signed the dec
laration of independence, never since
Columbus picked up the floating land
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ing near some new country, have
there been so many noble and splen
did and Christian men in high places
in this country as now. You could
go into the presidents cabinet or
the United States senate or the house
of representatives in this city and
find plenty of men capable of hold
ing an old-fashio Methodist
prayer meeting, plenty of senators
and representatives and cabinet Off
GERS to start the tune and kneel with
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these places there are men who could
without looking at the Book, recite
the sublime words, as did Gladstone
during vacation at Hawarden, 81 be-
lieve in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of Heaven and earth, and in
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and house of Representatives and the
presidential cabinet and from the
surrounding offices and committee
rooms, if they could hear, would
come many voices responding "Amen
and ameni"
Christian courtesy I especially COM
mend to those who have subordi-
mates. Almost every person has
some one under him. How do you
treat that clerk, that servant, that
assistant, that employe? Do you ac-
cost him in brusque terms and rough
ly command him to do that which
you might kindly ask him to do?
The last words that the duke of
Wellington uttered were: eff you
please" That conqueror in what was
in some respects the greatest battle
ever fought in his last hours, asked
by his servant if he would take some
tea replied: eff you please" his
last words an expression of courtesy.
Beautiful characteristic in any class.
The day laborers in Sweden, passing
each other, take off their hats in
reverence. There is no excuse for
boorishness in any circle. AS COM
plete a gentleman as ever lived was
the man who was endorsed on the
road to Damascus and beheaded on
the road to Ostia-Paul, the apostle.
/ know that he might be so char
acterized by the way he apologized
to Ananias, the high priest. I know
it from the way he complimented
Felix as judge and from the way
he greets the king: 'I thank my
self, King Agrippa, because I shall
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