The citizen., 1914-02-20
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TALK WITH THE YOUNG MEN.

q TALK WITH The YOUNG MEN.
Accidental greatness dies young, and it
knows no resurrection. II is excited,
boasting. egotistic and tyrannical. All
the litteness OF its common childhood is
lost in the shadow Of its present briei
loftiness. 1t assinates poverty. courts
Godliness under the sun and stabs it un-
der the moon, flatters knowledge to keep
secret its own ignorance.
Character never dies; it is born to live.
1t is never beyond improvement. Man
makes his character and his character
preserves him. Little promises, little
debts, little words and little acts are
small in themselves, but they are the very
weights we throw in the balance over
against mans reputation. One noble
deed doesn't establish true nobility. No
man can be entrusted with the cares of a
high station until he has proven himself
capable and honest in lower ones. Better
see him swim the brook before you bid
him try the river.
And yet, some men begin to rise only
when Fate seeks to pull them down.
Difficulties awake them; and what to
others seems certain defeat, is all that
| nerves them to win the battle. True
bravery and true nobility are shy, unas.
suming. 1t is the traitor who boasts ol
his loyalty, and the villain who modifes
| his honesty! Honor ''vaunteth not itself, y
looks every man in the face, fearing none
asking no advertising and cannot be flat
tered.
Bows. remember these little things and
don't boast of honesty. Boast not at all
And we think it poor philosophy to lend
man four dollars by way of enticing
him to pay the one he already owes you.
Weigh our promises well, and when you
have made, keep them, no matter what
it costs. Judge others by what they have
done, not by what they are going to do
Don't keep your eyes on the stars and
stumble over nuggets
Woman is the most patient of all NOR
tails. She will toll and mol, spin, sew
and coon. She will nurse sick children
and wait on her husband. She will sac
rifice all, surrender all, forego all the or
dinary pleasures and pastimes Of life, and
obey implicitly the call of duty In re
turn she asks and must ask her hus-
bands sympathy and love; without it the
world appears blank. A few words o.
encouragement and sympathy from the
husband to the tired and discouraged
wife will rest and encourage her more
than anything else.
YOU CANNOT PURCHASE HAPPINESS.
One cannot buy love for paltry gold
neither can happiness be purchased, as il
it were pleasant beverage. You can
not put it on and lay it off, as if it were a
garment of brocade. decked with glitter
ing gew gaws and costly jewels. You
cannot take it on your plate at the ban
quet table and eat it. Midnight revelry
and dissipation say, Happiness does
dwell with me-" Neither is it found in
excitement. exhilaration and in worldly
frivollty. Everything has its price.
Wealth comes only by toll, because gold
dollars will not roll into their Golfers
without their earning the gold. The vile
and unworthy pant for the respect of the
virtuous when they do not deserve it.
The indolent invalid wants health with
out strict Temperance in all things. What
a happy world this might be If every one
were willing TO pay quid pro quo-a
fair equvalent-for every good thing re-
ceived. People do have what they pay
for. For this reason nothing but bitter
complaints and murmurngs bubble up
from unhappy hearts. People pay the
price of unhappiness. And they receive
a full equivalent.