The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-12-10

Miss Dobbins' husband.
was ever careless or indolsa. in his
youth. .
What hast thou wrought for Right and
For God and Man,
From the golden hours OF brigEt-eyed
youth
To Life's mid span?
queried our Quaker poet.
The man or woman who would an
swer the query satisfactorily must be-
gin in s.bright-eyed youth" the making
of that finished life which has been de-
scribed as "a life that has made the
best of all the materials granted to it,
and through which, be its pattern clear
or clouded, can be traced plainly the
hand OF the Great Designer"
Don't Postpone LIES Enjoyment.
In planning for the future, when we
shall have attained our ambition.
when we shall come into full enjoy
rnent of the beauties OF life, We are
too apt to neglect the now and here,
all that is really ours. We spurn the
treasures within the grasp of to-day
for the dream treasures Of tomorrow.
Nobody says Miss Mulock, Twill
see his own blessings or open his heart
to enjoy them till the golden hour has
gone by forever, and he finds out too
late all that he might haze had and
made and DONE
This putting off ones enjoyment,
happiness, culture, usefulness to soci-
ETY., until the sap of life has been
drained, until the nervous system no
longer responds to a healthy, normal
stimulus; this waiting until the fires OF
life have gone out and nothing but ths
ashes are left, is not only foolish, but
criminal.
A great king, so runs an old legend,
gave to Solomon precious vase con-
tanning an elixir of life which would
kill disease and restore youth Many
people in distress begged the monarch
for a little of the precious elixir, but he
did not dare to remove che cover unit!
he was compelled to use 1t himself, lest
it should escape. At length, when the
king became i'll, he went to the jar,
and to his amazement eli the magic
liquid had escaped.
Many men and wof1sa fail to uss
the gifts which would bless other lives
as well as their own. until they awake
to the fact that the elixir o. sheir pow
ers has vanished-has eyarorated frons
long disuse
The future is a delusion and snafa,
and he who banks upon 1T for his rap
piness, for his power to do good, Is
sure to end in penury OF soul, if not
OF purse. It is as much a duty to en-
JOY life to-day, to give helping har.5
wherever and whenever We can, to fri
the hours with pictures of joy and glad
ness, as it is to tell the truth, to be
honest, upright and Industrious
A man who had amassed fortune
IN trade retired from business to en-.
JOY the fruits of his labor He had a.
city mansion. and q country home He.
filled them with every luxury But he
knew nothing OF life save the trade in
which he had been engaged. TEe
beauties OF nature, art, music. 1itepa-
ture, the service of his fellow meh-
all the higher things Of life-had abso-
lutely no meaning for him. His world
had been bounded by the rise and fail
in prices. Whatever affected his bust
ness had touched him, but that was
all. With leisure and means to enjoy.
the power to do so was lacking. Life
became burden to him. and one
morning he was found floating in tha
dock in front of his island home.
Preferred Muck-Rate to Crown.
Such life is aptly typified by Bun
vans picture Of the man with the
muek-raEe:: There was a man that
could look no way but doWnward-with
muck-rake in his hand: there stood
also one over his head with a celestial
crown IN his hand, and proffered him
s1at crown for his muck-rake, but the
man dld neither look up nor regard,
put raked to himself the straWs, the
small sticks and dust of the foor.''
we may make living or make a
lie, Just as we elect If we prefer the
mack-raEe to the celestial crown none
VIII dispute our right to choose. We
may gfoVel in the mire Of low ideals.
ana spend life in pursuit Of spurious
success, which will turn to Dead Sea
ashes in Cur grasp or we may cherish
lofty ideals. and work toward them
nom the lowliest nook. on Gods earth.
Mailing a life is not, after al. a diff
cult problem. TO gather, each day. all
OF education, Of culture, of love of
beauty, OF nobieness. from every source
within ON. reach. TO put the most into
lie OF generous and outgoing synpa-
thies and interests thar our duties
VIII permit; to put the spirit of Cod
into each day Of life, is not a tess be-
yond the feeblest or the humblest os
Gods children.
tcopssighs 1903, BY Joseph B. BoVles;s
Easily Eeconcilahle.
stoneychap Is such d deeout Baptist.
/ don't see how he reconeiles what he
hears Sunday with what the Standby
Oil company does Nonday."