The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-10-04
IDIOSYNCRACIES
OF AN ISHMAELlTE
C. II. 3D.

q mask day by day, and seem to
tho world what you are not, TO try
to hide the private cares and wor.
ries from the eyes of the world be.
cause of its unsympathetic feelings.
Many q man at business, on the
streets, with his friends, at the
home of his neighbor, assumes a
cheerfulness and gayety he does
not feel, for ho realizes that "leel-
ing" is catching, and he cares not
to mar their pleasures aud joys,
but as he lies on his couch, he lays
aside his mask and looks stern re-
ality in the face. There he rs-
views his life, there he prays to
God to remove the bitter cup, there
his soul cries out for companions
ship, for the true friend who can
advise and sympathize. lie wants
to be able, as in the days OF yore,
when he stubbed his toe or his
playmate wounded his feelings and
he went to his mother, put his
head in her lap and sobbed out his
troubles while she stroked his hoad
and sympathized with him, to tell
his troubles, take a good cry, be
petted and sympathized with and
he will 60 out from there, baving
won the fight, with new determi-
nation to win or die.
With sympathy, in it's true sense
unknown, and the world money
mad, is it any wonder a man after
keeping up appearances as long as
he can, finally drowns his SORROWS
i'll the flowing bowl, or ends it. all
with pistol ball? How many su-
icides and moral deaths are di.
rectly traceable to lack Of sympa.
thy? Watch your friends, study
their natures and sympathize with
them in their Affections. and
cheer them in loneliness and. en-
courage them IN their business ad.
ventures Put forth your hand
and help them over tho hard
places Of life. Do not let them
bear their burdens alone. Help
them that they may know and re-
aliZe that this world is not what 1t
seems, that life is real, that it is
earnest and that it Is worth living.
Whenever YOU do this you help to
uphold a higher standard of life
and tho world is better for Your
sympathy and help to your fellow
man.
Too many Of us are prone to
laugh at mans downfall and to
. take advantage Of his misfortune.
Before you do this try and put
yourself in his place and apply the
Golden Rule to his case: "Do unto
others as you would wish to be
done by"
CIGARETTE SMOKING.
L noted with interest an adver-
tisement in q journal recently that
read:
"Wanted-A boy to do Office
work. No cigarette smoker need
apply"
Now, this ad ls significant; it
speaks volumes in ope little SEN
tence. Why are cigarette smokers
excluded from even applying for the
position? All! that sentence en-
phasiZes fact that parents had
better profit by. Does your boy
smoke cigarettes? If 90, he is de-
'barred from q position that might
prove stepping stone to grand
and noble work. And why? Be-
caus' he is not considered trust
worthy. He may be bonest, highs
tnn'.d md honorable to b"gin with
but if he persists in the habit the
large majority Of frst-class bust.
ness men do not want him. They
are not wiling to entrust their
interest in his hands. Think Of it
boys worthy Of confdence or
unfit for business---a failure-the
result of smoking cigarettes. This
Doctors SAID He Would not Live.