Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-08-31
LEES CROSSES.

Lies crosses take a great many
forms. They march along day by day.
just as fast as you can bear them,
! if you like. but you cannot get rid
of them
You must deal with flies and mos
quitos, and march winds, and house
cleaning, and fires that won't burn,
and the pump frozen up, and your
wife's L told you so, and your
husbands That's just like q wo-
mani
All the money in the world viii
not oovo you from tho troubles whlCl,
living entails. If you are born into
this state of existence, and you
cannot very well help it, if it be so
decreed, you must suffer its incon-
veniences.
You must meet and conquer, or die
in the attempt, difficulties innumer-
able. You will have to bear with your
neighbor's hens in your flower gar
den; with dogs that bark in the next
yard to keep away burglars; with
the musical efforts of itinerary tom
cats; with children which come a
visiting with people who know your
business best, with long winded SER
mons-but why go on2
Somebody else draws the prize in
the fair where we have ticket
somebody else gets the beautiful
mOss-rose tea set valued at $50, !"
which is given away to purchasers of
our superior teas and coffee" and
the stocks we purchased in that won
derful silver mine go down to moth
ing after we get the certificates.
We have oft been there and we
know just how it is We know that
very little of the machinery of this.
world runs to suit our own taste. It
rains when we want to have a pic
mic; it shines when we have set out
tomato and cabbage plants; it thaws
and spoils the sleighing when that
genteel Mr. Jones has invited us to
ride; it freezes when the fire goes out
in the furnace, and all our plants
are ruined, and it rains, pouring, the
first time we wear our new summer
silk, and that silk is reduced to the
condition of a mere dish rag
We have aches and pains, and
'ologies, and "minies," and disor,
ganization generally, and we wish
we had never been born, but we can't
help it, and after all the most affic-
ted and heaviest cross bearing man
in the world had rather bear on lit
tie longer, in the hope that some
thing better may turn up.
COURTESY to woman, young and
old, should be part of every boy S
home training. Without it he is
likely to be boorish and selfish, and
a ruined. overbearing brother and son
is in danger Of developing into an
exacting discourteous husband. He
will be sort of q despot that feels his
personal comfort should be the chief
aim Of his wife's life. A delayed din
ner is an unforgiyable offense, and a
missing button brings on an acute
attack of that disagreeable mental
disorder known as the sulks
THERE is nothing in the world more
pathetic than the meek, timorous,
shrinking ways of certain old peo-
ple-we have all seen them-who
have given up their homes into
younger hands and subsidized into
out of the-way corner of it, to sit by
the Preside and table henceforth as
liz afraid OF making trouble, afraid
Of being in the way. afraid OF ac-
cepting half what is their due, and
going down to their graves with a
pitiful depreciating air as if constant
ly apologizing for staying SO long.
There is no scorn too deep nor sharp
for the sons and daughters who will
accept this attitude on the part of
those to whom they owe SO much.
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If you wish your church to pros
per, keep it clean. See that the plank
walk leading to it is safe and pleas
ant to walk over. Be sure to fill the
stove with fuel and your minister
with food Give what you give with
ont grumbling, and growing and
glunting The Lord loves cheerful
giyer The giver who worms and